Eight of the Blanco FFA chapter officers attended the 93rd Annual Texas FFA convention held in Fort Worth last week.
The week-long in-person event was long anticipated due to last year’s convention being held virtually. The Blanco chapter officers experienced the excitement of over 12,000 FFA members and guests, listened to an amazing keynote speaker, voted on official business of the Texas FFA Association, heard the retiring addresses of the current Texas FFA state officers, and help ...
Blanco’s students turned in strong STAAR scores in many areas despite pandemic and winter storm-related challenges, with the district outperforming or equaling the state averages on nearly 91 percent of the testing areas.
“Our scores turned out well, and I’m proud of what our students and staff members were able to accomplish during this crazy school year we had,” said BISD Superintendent Clay Rosenbaum.
Blanco County Commissioners approved requests from Lights Spectacular in Johnson City at Tuesday morning’s meeting.
The commissioners approved a request for a fireworks show to be allowed the Friday after Thanksgiving. They also approved the sale of beer and wine to be held on the east side of the court house parking lot.
Old sash-weighted, double hung wood windows are an important architectural element of any historic building. No other element quite defines the period and quality of a structure like its windows.
Wood windows were designed to compliment the structure by an architect. The original wood windows were originally hand crafted out of quality materials by the craftsmen of a past era; they are durable and never go out of style.
Many historic windows have been replaced because they were drafty, op ...
The Blanco Chamber of Commerce last week celebrated the opening of Blanco’s newest venue, the Blanco Underground Club. Pictured are partners Mike, Amy and Stephen Arnold and Mable Rollins, along with friends Jon Brieger and Brandon Carlson, Blanco Chamber of Commerce Membership Coordinator Jennifer Johnson, and two of the club’s professional poker dealers.
Blanco students will be seeing a new face in the hallways next month, but the new school resource officer is no stranger to the city or its school campuses.
Officer Austin Smith with the Blanco Police Department was selected at the end of last school year to be the district’s new school resource officer.
He graduated from Blanco High School in 2009.
“Working in the same schools I attended means a great deal to me,” Smith said.
The Blanco 14U baseball team finished second, behind the Northwest Team, at the Directors Tournament held last month in Austin. They were undefeated at and won the 2021 Pony South Zone Sectional Championship Tournament. That tournament was held on June 19-20 in San Marcos. The team will be playing in Youngsville, Louisiana, July 27-31, in the Pony South Zone Championship Tournament.
What is a COA? “A Certificate of appropriateness is simply a document stating that the proposed work is appropriate for the historic district and meets criteria in the local code.”
Before you make exterior changes, order and install any signs, build or demolish a building, or need a zoning variance or rezoning of a property in the Blanco downtown historic district, you are required to apply for a certificate of appropriateness (COA).
The Blanco Streetscape Committee held a special meeting on June 30, 2021 at 1, p. m. at the Old Blanco County Courthouse Courtroom.
The committee board members attending were Pamela Capps, Retta Martin, Liz Waller and Richard Standifer. Member Mary Harris was absent. Ronnie Rodriguez, city public works liaison was in attendance.
