JCISD will celebrate Homecoming 2021 on Friday, Sept. 10 with the varsity Eagles hosting Geneva Christian School in football at 7:30 p.m.; the Lady Eagle Volleyball schedule currently shows an opening on that date.
Festivities surrounding homecoming were somewhat curtailed in 2020 due to COVID-19, but school officials hope to resume a week of full-scale celebration to include the community pep rally and parade of the decades.
The Johnson City Lady Eagles All-Star 14U team won four games this past weekend without a loss to win the Regional Championship in New Braunfels and qualify for the 2021 Pony 14U World Series. The Lady Eagles will face the top teams in the South Zone at the Youngsville Sports Complex in Youngsville, Louisiana July 14-18.
Three new members were inducted to the Rotary Club of Blanco County at the June 21 meeting. The club welcomed Teri and Doug McKenzie, who are owners of RE/MAX Genesis in Blanco, and Barbara Propes who is a self-employed event planner.
Some of the reasons to join Rotary, according to the club, are:
• Friendship and fellowship
• Opportunity to serve and do good both locally and internationally
• Community involvement
• Continuing education and speakers to keep members informed ...
The Emergency Services Commissioners of North Blanco County Emergency Services District No. 1 held a regular meeting on June 21, 2021 at the new Round Mountain VFD Fire Station. President David O’Bannon called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm, and all commissioners were present.
Commissioners unanimously approved the minutes of previous meetings, as well as the treasurer’s report.
New fire station ceremony
In observance with tradition of opening of the new fire station, the five comm ...
The Blanco County Commissioners discussed reinstating the county-wide burn ban, but ultimately decided not to do so at this time.
At their meeting Tuesday morning, they discussed growing incidents that would likely lead to a burn ban reinstatement soon. In the end, they kept the burn ban off, but warned the public to be careful.
“It won’t be much longer before it’s going to have to come back on,” said Precinct 3 Commissioner Chris Liesmann.
The commissioners also approved a proc ...
Preparations have begun for a new festival that is set to enliven Blanco with color this fall.
The Blanco Chamber of Commerce’s first Texas Marigold Festival, to be held over the course of two weekends in October, will celebrate the flower with “movies, music and merriment.”
“We’re still planning, but now that the Lavender Festival is wrapped up we’ll be finalizing many details in the weeks to come,” said Libbey Aly, executive director of the Blanco Chamber of Commerce.
Blanco County continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in the nine-county Rural Capital Area of Central Texas, it was announced Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission.
Blanco County’s unemployment rate for May was 3.4 percent, down from 3.6 percent in April. The region’s unemployment rate fell from 4.6 percent in April to 4.3 percent in May.
A severe thunderstorm rocked areas of the Hill Country with heavy rain, high winds, or both in some cases on Monday night. Burg’s Corner in Stonewall reported upended trees in the peach orchard due to the wind. The heavy hail in May is also bearing fruit now, as harvests reveal bruised and battered peaches throughout the orchard for many local farms.
After issues--some of which remain unresolved--arose with Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline, folks have wondered if there will be other pipelines running through the Blanco County in the years ahead.
“Whether or not another pipeline comes through Blanco County is anyone’s guess,” said Blanco County Judge Brett Bray. “Other county judges tell me about the many pipelines crisscrossing their jurisdictions and that pipeline projects happen all the time.
