April 7, 2021 Issue

The Easter bunny arrives in appropriate fashion...on horseback, at the Twin Sisters Dance Hall Spring Fling Grand Re-Opening Saturday, April 3. The Easter bunny’s arrival signaled the start of the Easter egg hunt for three age groups of children. Following the egg hunt, families took pictures with the Easter bunny.

There are two new police officers patrolling the streets of Blanco, and their police chief said that community members have given them a warm welcome. Officers Jazmine Salazar and Brynn Warrick officially started working at the Blanco Police Department on Feb. 1. Both officers are new to police work, although Warrick began her career as a first responder as a dispatcher. “I’m excited they decided to apply with our department and chose, out of all the communities in Texas, ours to serv ...

Blanco-Pedernales Groundwater Conservation District (BPGCD) will have three director seats up for election this spring. The positions on the ballot are director at large, director for precinct 1 and director for precinct 2. Tom Murrah, the incumbent, is running unopposed for director for precinct 1. Three candidates are running for director for precinct 2.

The March Blanco Coalition of Awareness, Prevention, and Treatment of Substance Abuse (CoAPT) meeting was called to order at 9:30 a.m. by project coordinator Amber Corder. She provided an overview of the Texans for Safe and Drug Free Youth’s (TxSDY) advocacy day. There were four hot topics: alcohol excise tax, cannabis legalization, alcohol-to-go deliveries and tobacco/e-cigarette prevention.

Blanco Performing Arts is delighted to announce that the Miró String Quartet returns to Blanco on Saturday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Uptown Blanco Courtyard. This marks the third time this distinguished and remarkable group has performed for BPA. Former BPA president Robin Somerville commented on their last appearance, “It seemed as if the group were in our own home giving us our own special treat.

With a large crowd of family, friends, coaches, classmates and teammates gathered in the Blanco High School cafetorium last Thursday, senior Tristan Schlinke signed a commitment to play basketball at Schreiner University in Kerrville. He had multiple offers to play college basketball and ultimately chose to sign to compete as a Mountaineer in the fall of 2021. Schreiner participates in the NCAA Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

District 25-3A Track Meet Tuesday, March 30 Wednesday, March 31 Llano High School Top four varsity finishers advance to area Varsity girls Third place – 98 Points 6. Tori Adkinson, 200 meter dash, 30.06 2. Laci Creswell, 400 meter dash, 1:06.16 5. Evelyn Trammell, 800 meter run, 2:39.59 4. Evelyn Trammell, 1600 meter run, 6:01.26 6. Riley Edmondson, 1600 meter run, 6:58.29 5.

The Blanco boys golf team finished as the District 25-3A runner-up and regional qualifiers on Monday at Scott Schreiner Golf Club in Kerrville. The team consists of Jake Broyles, Wyatt Ledesma, Jacob Gallas, Trayton Preiss and Mitchell Dalland. Gallas was also awarded second place medalist honors for his outstanding play.

The Blanco baseball team got two tough district wins last week with victories against Lago Vista and Llano. The Panthers defeated the Jackets 5-0 March 29 and outlasted Vikings 5-4 in eight innings. The Panthers are 17-3 on the season and 2-0 in district. Zack Wisdom got the win against Llano.

The Blanco softball team added two district wins last past week to improve to 10-9 overall and 4-0 in district play at the halfway mark. The Lady Panthers rolled to a 15-7 win over the Llano March 29 and slugged a 17-2 run-rule win over Lago Vista last Thursday. Against a strong Llano team that had previously held an 18-0 record before district games, the Lady Panthers were hot at the plate, recording 18 hits.

Albert R. Jones, 61, went to be with our Lord on March 24, 2021. He was born October 6, 1959 in North Fort, Virginia to Claude Clifton (NAVY) and Francis Alberta (Jackson) Jones. Albert graduated from Johnson City High School in 1978 and married his high school sweetheart in 1983. When Albert was not working on the roads, which he did a lot of and valued his workmanship, he was hunting, watching deer year-round, camping with family, binge-watching old Westerns and NASCAR, playing nine-pin b ...

Martha Ann “Schatzy” Rimmel Johnson, age 77 of Seguin, entered heaven’s gates on March 3, 2021. Schatzy the name given by her Opa Scheibe meaning “sweetheart” was born was born on Feb. 21, 1944 in Seguin, to Genevieve Scheibe Wagner and Herbert Rimmel. She is preceded in death by her husband, Rufus Johnson Jr.; daughter, Juanita Jo (Knoll) Schaefer; her parents; siblings, Gloria Wagner Fischer (Gary), Gilbert “Boy” Wagner Jr.