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Blanco ISD has made several changes to its 2020-21 school calendar with COVID-19 in mind.
Hoping to avoid any unknown impacts that forced major changes to school districts in the spring, Blanco ISD has built in 12 days in a revised school calendar that can be used for the impacts of COVID-19, if they are needed.
“We do not know how COVID-19 will impact us next year, but this calendar is a way to be prepared,” said Clay Rosenbaum, BISD superintendent, on the school’s website.
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Two Blanco teenagers died Monday night as the result of a vehicle accident on U.S. Hwy. 281.
According to a Texas Department of Public Safety report, a 2013 Chevrolet driven by Jaley Brown, 16, of Blanco, was traveling northbound on U.S. Hwy. 281 when it left the roadway and struck an embankment at approximately 8:49 p.m., about 5 miles south of Johnson City.
The vehicle rolled several times.
Many in the county are in the process of recovering from the pain of a pandemic; but for others, another kind of suffering has remained.
“Our counselors have reported an increase in abuse with their existing clients, mostly because of employment loss, which leads to financial instability,” said Conny Steele, program director for the Highland Lakes Family Crisis Center in Marble Falls.
Keep Blanco Beautiful (KBB) and the City of Blanco host an annual Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off event each spring, but this year has been different due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The city will be host the trash-off event July 6-11. The city yard will be open to the public for drop offs each weekday from July 6-10, from 8 a.m.
Kinder Morgan donated $172,000 to the North Blanco County EMS last Wednesday at the North Blanco County Emergency Station in Johnson City. Kinder Morgan representative Alan Fore said this was one of several donations planned for local organizations and services in Blanco County. “Judge Bray recommended many organizations, and the EMS and ESD was at the top of his list,” Fore said.
Mayor Pro Tem Martin Sauceda called the Blanco City Council regular meeting to order at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9. The meeting was broadcasted live via MyMeeting and the city’s Facebook page. Council members: Deda Divine, Matt Lewis, Keith McClellan, Sauceda and Mike Smith were present.
The minutes from the May meetings were approved.
The June CoAPT meeting was called to order at 11:30 a.m. via Zoom by Amber Corder, program coordinator.
Corder informed the other members that the summer Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) training will be offered virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She explained that the coalition will be able to afford sending more members since there will not be any travel expenses; CoAPT members that are interested should contact Corder.
Vivian Florine (Kaeding) Lord passed away peacefully at her home in Blanco, on June 11, 2020. Born on July 10, 1924 in Gonzales County, Texas to Louisa Jane (Greer) and Knox Green Kaeding, she was the oldest of their three girls. Florine married Harold B. Lord, a handsome World War II Air Force veteran, on Sept.
Esther Erna Dowlearn, a loving wife and mother, was born March 4, 1925 to Gustav Karger and Minna Kammlah Karger in San Antonio. She went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, June 14, 2020.
In addition to her husband of 75 years, James, and her parents, Esther is preceded in death by brothers Hugo, Rudolph, Felix, Emil, Stanley and Walter, and a sister, Sarah.
Esther and James graduated from Brackenridge High School where she was a member of the Purple Jackets.
