The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Hall of Fame recently announced the induction of Blanco native Leon Coffee. Coffee is one of 10 Class of 2018 inductees.
As a PRCA gold card member and National Finals Rodeo (NFR) barrelman, Coffee has enjoyed a long career in ProRodeo as one of only three cowboys to be both a barrelman and a bullfighter, according to the PRCA.
Since 1973, this Texas cowboy has fought bulls at the NFR twice (1979, 1984) and was a barrelman at the NFR in 19 ...
The Blanco City Council meeting on April 10, 2018 began with Mayor Martha Herden announcing that the April 7, 2018 Trash-Off was successful.
The council discussion on the upcoming June 8-10, 2018 Lavender Festival.
Lavender Festival representative Libbey Aly reported, “Not much has changed since last year.”
Council confirmed with Aly that the front of the Byars Building on the east side of the town square would be used as a staging area for EMS during the festival, and Bindseil Park ...
Blanco is home to many interesting people, and next week, residents will have the opportunity to meet and hear the adventures of a local doctor who spent a year sailing around the world as a ship’s surgeon in the 1960s.
Barnett Cline, MD, will be talking about the book 4 to 6 p.m.
The Blanco Independent School District continues to make the safety and security of our students and staff a priority. Social media has become a common place for inappropriate use and potential dangers. Parents as well as community members are invited to attend this important presentation at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2018, in the Blanco High School cafeteria.
As a follow up to a recent presentation made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Johnson City, Blanco ISD will host a sess ...
“Blanco County 911, what is your emergency?” Words many hear at some point during their most dire situations. The voice behind the words is a nameless and faceless dispatcher acting as the lifeline for the caller and then engaging and assisting emergency responders as they navigate to the situation.
Surrounded by eight screens that manage active calls for the eight county emergency agencies, locate callers and control jail security, dispatchers are the ultimate multi-taskers during thei ...
As I approach the end of serving in this office for a year, this milestone seemed a good opportunity for reflection on the history of the town. I started with the basics and reviewed the ordinances back to the very beginning that form the structural foundation of our town is governed.
What is interesting is that what we are working on today is much the same work as what our forefathers worked on, such as ad valorem and sanitation ordinances.
Ordinance no.
A candidate’s forum featuring individuals seeking city of Blanco councilmember positions has been scheduled for Tuesday, April 17, 2018. The event will take place at 6 p.m. upstairs in the Old Blanco County Courthouse Courtroom.
The moderator will be Libbey Aly, who will accept questions from attendees and monitor timed responses.
Incumbents Martha Gosnell, Martin Sauceda and Tony Vela, and resident Susan Moore are vying for two seats on the city council.
Local distiller Andalusia Whiskey Company, 6462 N U.S. Hwy 281 in Blanco, spent the month of March on the road at the two major craft distilling competitions specifically geared for independently-owned companies not classified as mass producers of spirits.
Most recently, owners Tommy Erwin and Ty Phelps, returned from competing at the American Distilling Institute’s, which convened March 26-28, 2018 in Portland.
More than 40 of the industry’s leading and most respective experts evalua ...
Three area veteran pilots are part of a volunteer program that gives students between the ages of 8 and 17 the opportunity to experience the freedom of flight and see first-hand what pilots do. The Young Eagles program, sponsored by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), provides a one-on-one flight experience for young people exposing them to a possible career in aviation.
