The Blanco Panthers look to rebound from a disappointing 4-6 campaign on the gridiron a year ago as the 2020 season starts Friday night. The Panthers return eight starters from a team which just missed the playoffs in 2019 as they open the season with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff at Yorktown.
Blanco football coach Bill Tesch emphasized that his team needs to stay healthy to have a successful 2020 campaign.
“We have great senior leadership, our juniors have size and our sophomores will have to co ...
The Blanco volleyball returns five starters from its district runner-up finish a season ago as it navigates a differently-scheduled season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Lady Panthers aren’t allowed to play in their normal pre-district tournaments, but will play more matches than normally allowed. Blanco has posted a 4-5 record through Saturday.
“I’m really very excited about my pre-season schedule.
Postseason experience from 2019 should greatly help the Blanco girls cross country team this year.
The Lady Panthers return seven lettermen from a squad that advanced to regionals a year ago.
“They are a young team, and I see awesome potential in them,” said coach Michael Seales.
Returning letter winners include Lauren Anderson, McKenna Clark, Riley Edmondson, Daryn Kirkland, Avery Nance, Ella West and Kendall Kramer.
Paul E. Gosnell has served his country well. A decorated World War II veteran, Paul served as a cadet in the Army Air Corps and as an Army combat infantryman in Europe.
“At that time Europe was up in the air, Hitler was trying to take over everything, and we didn’t think he should do that,” Paul said.
Every chance they get, military veterans Liza and Carl Struck display an American flag outside their Blanco home. Their family’s custom means even more when they raise the flag for Independence Day.
“The flag is very special and personal to me, as it is to many veterans,” said Liza, a retired
colonel who served in the U.S.
Leo Osterhout has served America in two wars, and then began a successful business that spanned over six decades. Leo’s most important legacy, however, is his family that follows him.
Leo joined the Navy in January 1942, soon after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor had a big impact on him, and because of it, Leo decided to enlist in the Navy so that he could choose his branch of service and hopefully avoid the draft.
At almost 99 years of age, Leo was the oldest Blanco ve ...
The faded photograph taken in Saudi Arabia in 1991 captures a smiling young woman, wearing a combat helmet and holding an M16 assault rifle.
“That was Hope,” said Maria Uballe Nunn, who recently reflected on her six years of service as an Army Reservist. She’s seated at a conference table at Guardian Title Inc., where she has worked an escrow officer since 2005.
The ESD No. 2 Auxiliary Committee is sending out a call to arms to Blanco residents. Just as the definition of auxiliary denotes, the committee is exactly that; they are supplementary support and help to our firefighters and EMS of the ESD No. 2.
The committee is comprised of officers appointed by the ESD Board of Commissioners and anyone willing to lend a hand to these first responders.
At their annual community meeting in August, President Caroline Richardson and Vice President Theresa ...
The Blanco County Fair wants your entries—from informational booths, baked goods to photos of the Hill Country and crafts.
Entries in 21 different categories will be checked in from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15 at the Exhibit Hall the Blanco County Fairgrounds, according to Diane Schoenert, who is serving her first year as Fair Superintendent.
The Hill Country Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was recognized for its ongoing efforts to honor and support National Flag Day and Week by the Blanco County Commission, which proclaimed the week of June 19-15 as “National Flag Week” in Blanco County.
Flag Day is June 14, 2018, which marks more than 241 years of displaying the American flag since the Second Continental Congress adopted the American flag on June 14, 1777.
The proclamation by t ...
