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Trinity Lutheran Church is holding its Vacation Bible School this week Monday, July 26 through Friday, July 30. The theme for the VBS is Serengeti Safari - Where Kids Are Wild about God’s Kingdom!
The Blanco County Commissioners made changes to voting at Tuesday morning’s meeting.
The commissioners voted 4-1 to implement the countywide voting program and eliminate voting precinct 304. Precinct 3 Commissioner Chris Liesmann was the lone vote against the proposal.
The countywide voting program would allow any registered voter in the county to vote at any precinct on election day.
The City of Blanco has hired an interim city administrator.
The city council voted July 20 to hire Kelly Kuenstler as interim city administrator.
Councilors voted to enter into negotiations to name Kuenstler interim city administrator at a lengthy July 13 meeting. She has served as a consultant to the city since this summer.
Kuenstler opened her consultancy firm, City Hall Essentials, in January of this year.
The 12U Blanco Panthers finished ninth out of 16 teams in the South Zone Tournament at Deer Park. Pictured front row, from left, are: Santiago Castillo, Henry Pfluger, Rylan Gautreau, Aiden McCarthy and Noah Gallas. Back row, from left, are: Wyatt Allison, Jonathan Hernandez, Hunter Gonzales, Andrew Martinez, Langston Ponder and Chris Martinez.
In 1821, Stephen F. Austin, known as the “Father of Texas” made a contract to bring 300 families to the Spanish province, which now is Texas. By 1823, probably more than 600 to 700 people were in Texas, hardy colonists from the various portions of the United States at that time, who settled not far from the Gulf of Mexico.
There was no regular army to protect them, so Austin called the citizens together and organized a group to provide the needed protection.
