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The Blanco County Show Barn in Johnson City was packed Saturday night for the 20th annual Wild Game Dinner. Attendees enjoyed a wide variety of things to eat, from axis, wild game chili, sausage, quail, roasted hog and more. There were 55 raffle items, in addition to door prizes, a live auction and a silent auction.
What makes a good chili?
It depends on who you ask, but Laura Coad of San Angelo just might know. She finished second at the Ladies State Chili Championship of Texas last year. She was the state winner in 1998.
“Just a good combination of good spices that people mix together,” she said.
“It’s meat and gravy.
Zweiner Town Hall
State Rep. Erin Zwiener will host a fall town hall in Johnson City to provide an update on the 86th Legislative Session, and to hear from constituents. It will be held at the Johnson City Library on October 9 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Fields of Faith
The Johnson City Fields of Faith Annual Community worship event will take place at Eagle Stadium on Wednesday, October 9 at 7:30 p.m.
With less than 80 days until Christmas, Santa’s helpers are already busy in Johnson City preparing for the 30th year of the Hill Country Night Spectacular.
On Thursday, Sept. 19 approximately 35 volunteers from the Lights committee, PEC and even Johnson City Mayor Rhonda Stell spent the entire day replacing the lights that adorn the outside walls of the Blanco County Courthouse, the central focal point for the entire month-long festival.
“The lights and the adjoining cords need to be ...
JOHNSON CITY—The Blanco County Unit of the League of Women Voters - Hill Country Texas is sponsoring a Candidate Forum for the Blanco County North District Library Board. Scheduled for Saturday, October 19th from 11:00am to 12:30pm, the forum location is the Blanco County Annex - Hoppe Room at 101 East Cypress in Johnson City.
By Julie Storer
The LBJ High School and LBJ Middle School teams competed in the midweek Mason Invitational last Wednesday - their final warm-up before the October 14th District 25-3A Meet in Jarrell. Freshman Lydia White was the lone top ten Varsity finisher with her 13:21 earning her 7th place in the Varsity Girls’ Division.
By Julie Storer
The Varsity Eagle Football team will take the momentum of a 38-7 win against Florence and the extra preparation from an open week into their District 13-3A opener at Comfort this Friday night. The Bobcats (3-2) are coming off of a 47-27 victory against Grand Oaks. Comfort - picked to finish fourth in district by Texas Football Magazine - return nine offensive starters and 8 defensive starters from a 2018 squad with a record of 3-7/1-4 district that failed to make the playoff ...
The Lady Eagles wrapped up the first round of district play with the Lady Panthers of Blanco to take sole possession of the lead in a tough District 25-3A. The Freshmen girls started things off with a 3-set (22-25, 25-21, 25-15) victory winning back-to-back sets after dropping the first. The JV Lady Eagles fought hard in their 3-set match (23-25, 25-21, 19-25), but fell short of the victory.
The 8th Grade A team raised their record to 6-0 and the 8th grade B team fell to 4-1 after matches against Lago Vista last Monday evening.
The B team fell to Lago Vista in two sets (21-25, 15-25) giving them their first loss of the season. Unforced errors plagued the Lady Eagles keeping them from establishing their rhythm in either set.
Matt Lewis, a two-term Blanco City Council member, has announced he is running for County Commissioner for District 1. Lewis also served five years on Blanco's Planning and Zoning Commission and has experience in real estate, small business ownership, and finance.
“I'm running because growth is coming to Blanco and it will bring many challenges,” Lewis said.
The historic Old Blanco County Courthouse, seen from high above from its location on the Blanco square, is a Texas Historic Landmark. See more photos from “high above” in future editions. Photo by Rio Blanco Drone (www.rioblancodrone) and Blanco Drone Club.
THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF A MAN SHOT by a former Dallas Police officer stunned the world when, instead of condemning Botham Jean’s killer for shooting him in his own apartment by mistake, said something so outrageous, so ridiculous, so weird, that he must have been an authentic believer in Jesus Christ.
In his seminal book, The Population Bomb, written in the 1960’s, Paul Ehrlich described the future, with over-population as the root causes of global warming, with rising sea levels, and concomitant increase in both the number and the severity of storms worldwide, being one of the results. He also predicted famine, drought, and mass migrations of people from poorer regions to richer.
