One can’t talk about the origins of Lights Spectacular without thanking Norma Honeycutt, Rosie Danz, and Rhonda Stell. Danz was the 1990 JC Chamber President at the time and said, “Norma Honeycutt made this possible, and we’re so blessed she joined our community.”
Honeycutt was a newcomer and Garden Club President in 1990.
JCISD Trustees held a Special Meeting on Monday, September 27th at 5:00 pm in the Administration Building. President Matt McKennis called the meeting to order, and a quorum was established. There were no public comments.
Trustees discussed the purchase of a school bus, and voted 6-0 to approve the purchase in the amount of $105,300 for a new 72 passenger bus.
A large crowd attended the Wild Game Dinner on Saturday. Attendees enjoyed a variety of food, live music, live and silent auctions, raffles and more. The annual event supports the county stock show participants.
More than 1,000 Blanco County residents have contracted COVID-19 since the pandemic began, but a county health official told the News on Monday that the recent surge is starting to stabilize.
“As of Monday, 1,265 people in our county have contracted COVID-19, which is more than 10 percent of our population,” said Blanco County EMS Chief Ben Oakley, who is the county’s health authority.
Blanco County residents could see significant changes to its legislative districts if preliminary redistricting plans are accepted.
Newly released proposals would significantly change State House and Senate Districts for Blanco County, while its district in the U.S. Congress would remain largely the same.
In the first proposed plan released by the Texas House, Blanco County would join State House District 19 with Gillespie, Kendall and Burnet counties, along with a portion of western Trav ...
On Sunday, the rebuilt sign welcoming visitors to Blanco County and proclaiming it the home of President Lyndon B. Johnson was installed at the intersection of RR165 and RR2325.
On hand at the installation on Sunday were Bernard Mollberg, local coordinator and facilitator of the project; Art Brooks, master carpenter; and Adrian Landon Brooks, the muralist who painted the sign.
“We have been delighted with the local support of this project,” Mollberg said.
The Blanco County Commissioners breezed through its light agenda in approximately 15 minutes Tuesday morning.
The commissioners approved an agreement to borrow $541,942 from Government Capital Corporation to purchase equipment and various services. The agreement sets the interest rate at 2.897 percent, and payments of $280,677.17 will be made in June 2022 and June 2023.
Equipment to be purchased and items to be funded with the loan are a dual tandem 10-15 yard dump truck for Precinct 1, a ...
ame Dinner are looking forward to serving a delicious variety of game to a large crowd this Saturday, Oct. 2nd, at the Blanco County Show Barn in Johnson City.
A few items of this year’s fare will be fried Axis, wild game chili, whole roasted hog, fresh homemade sausage, fried shrimp, catfish, pork cutlets, brisket, gumbo, jambalaya, along with bacon wrapped quail. Meal includes homemade desserts and tea.
Come join us when the doors open at 4:00 pm. The raffle starts at 5:00, and ...
President David O’Bannon called the Regular meeting of NBCEMS (ESD 1) to order at 7:00 pm on September 20th, and a quorum was established. There were no public comments.
Approval of budgets and tax rate
Budgets for 2021-2022 were reviewed, discussed, and approved. O’Bannon reported that the JCVFD Budget is $189,750, and the budget for RMVFD is $81,300.
JCVFD President Ray Bible called the September Regular meeting to order on September 8th at 6:03 pm, and there were no public comments. Those present included: President, Ray Bible; Justin Davis; Hunter Jenkins; Aiden Greene; Tom Monaghan; Penny Whisenant; Sam Richardson; Assistant Chief, Danny Alba; Captain and Vice President, Kemp Elliott; and Chief, Whitney Liesmann.
