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August 17, 2016 Issue

Jamie Osbourn, left, and Jennifer Page, right, are with Friend of Extension recipient Marilyn Hale at the 16th Annual Extension Banquet held last Tuesday. Other honorees were: Miiller’s Llano Smokehouse for Friend of 4-H, Jerry Don Moss as Outstanding 4-H Leader, and McKayla Lively as the Silver Star Award winner.
It was a night to recognize the accomplishments of those that volunteer their time to the Llano County Extension Office, held at St. James Lutheran Church in the Schorlemmer Hall. Marilyn Hale, former Llano County Extension Agent, received the Friend of Extension award presented by present County Extension agents Jamie Osbourn and Jennifer Page. The keynote speaker of the evening was the Director of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Dr.
A Kingsland man was killed on Sunday afternoon when he was involved in a two-vehicle accident on Hwy. 281 just north of the Loop 163 intersection near Blanco. Blanco Police stated that Kyle McAlister, 66, died in the crash that took place at about 4:15 p.m. The fatality was the second one in recent weeks involving a Kingsland man in the Blanco area.
The Llano City Council approved a plan for employee insurance at Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting. Baylor Scott & White held the city’s employee health insurance plan during the last fiscal year. The two finalists selected among the companies that bid were BS&W and the Texas Municipal League. The bids were solicited for the city by Javier Reyes and Deana Kenner. Lynda Kuder, city finance director, said the current BS&W plan employees use will no longer be available.
A Harlingen man died Tuesday, Aug. 9, while swimming in Lake LBJ. The Sunrise Beach Police Department reported that the body of William Thornton Jr., 74, was found Wednesday, Aug. 10, after he disappeared while swimming in the lake. At approximately 7:45 p.m. on Aug. 9, a call came into the Llano County Sheriff’s Office in reference to a man who was swimming off a boat.
The Llano Crawfish Open presented funds to local charities on Thursday, which were raised at its annual event this spring. Funds were given to Meals on Wheels, represented by Gwen Brumm; the Llano Food Pantry, represented by Pat Culpepper and Doris Rainwater; New Horizons, represented by Martha Long and Frances Young; Hill Country Childrens’ Advocacy Center, represented by Jane Price; the LYJ Special Olympics Team, represented by Valerie Ozanne; the LHS Backpack Buddies; Hope Haus, represente ...
The Castell Community Center will host an open house at the Castell School honoring Dan and Hatty Sagebiel and Vera Honig for their many years of dedication and service to the Castell School, Castell community and Llano County. The open house will be Saturday, Aug. 20, from 2-4 p.m. Refreshments will be served and there will be dominoes and games after the open house. Daniel Sagebiel moved to the Castell community with his parents Ben and Nettie Sagebiel in 1930.
Donny Carpenter of the Llano Volunteer Fire Department gives Ronald Dexton Saltibus Jr. an up close demonstration of a working fire hose during Thursday as members of the Lutie’s Kids Club at the Lutie Watkins Memorial United Methodist Church visited the fire and police departments in Llano.
Llano ISD schools met the standards for accountability ratings, the Texas Education Agency announced Monday. All four campuses, along with the school district as a whole, met the standards in each of the four categories measured – student achievement, student progress, closing performance gaps and postsecondary readiness. “It’s still in the very early stages, but we’re certainly happy with how things look at this point,” said David Waters, Llano ISD assistant superintendent.
DALLAS — The Oklahoma Sooners are coming off one of the worst halves they’ve experienced in Bob Stoops’ sensational 17 years in Norman — 179 wins. That would be Clemson’s 21-0 showing in the third and fourth quarters in the Final Four — a 37-17 triumph for the Tigers. But...that also means, they are one of fewer than a handful coming off the national semifinals.
WALL — These Hawks are pretty good. The football Jackets received proof in regular-season losses in 2014 and ’15, and, unofficially, the Class-3A school near San Angelo prevailed in a scrimmage, August 12. Not much to live up to from last autumn: a 12-1, regional- semifinalist performance. “They’re as good as we’ll  see all year,” said Llano head coach Craig Slaughter. "Offensively, I wish we had made something happen;  ...
WIMBERLEY — A successful Llano High run in this volleyball mecca, August 12-13. The Jackets went 3-3 in the annual TexFest, and one win came in the Silver Bracket (middle tier) playoffs. The action was part of a whopping 10-game stretch from August 8-16. “Great tournament, lot of good things,” said head coach John Black. A signature triumph arrived Saturday morning, the 13th, against Harper.
They are coaches. They are teachers. And former athletes. One is in Llano; the other is in Marble Falls. They are sisters. Jessica Withrow is the first-year head coach of the Mustang volleyball team, while Amy Withrow — five years younger — is in her second year as a Lady Jackets’ assistant. “Athletics growing up was everything to us,” said Amy, who added that their dad, Jeff, “was one of the best coaches I have ever known.” Jessica wouldn’t disagree.
Wallace W. “Wally” Walker, 87, long time resident of Sunrise Beach, Texas, passed away on Aug. 10, 2016, surrounded by his loving daughters. He was born on Dec. 20, 1928 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Wally proudly served the United States of America in the Army in Korea and Viet Nam, receiving the Bronze Star for both conflicts as well as an Oak Cluster.
Jackie Errol Tatsch, 76, passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12, at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Chapel in Midland. Graveside services were held on Saturday, Aug. 13, at 1 p.m. at Murray Cemetery in Young County. Jack was born Oct. 12, 1939 in Llano, Texas to Ilda Irena Schneider and Gardner Tatsch.
Donald Leroy Connely passed away Monday, Aug. 8, 2016 in Tow, Texas at the age of 74. He was born Nov. 23, 1941 in Miami, Okla., to Laura Elaine (Herring) and Leroy Connely. He was in the U.S. Navy and served in the Vietnam War. Donald lived in Tow, Texas for 47 years. He is survived by mother Laura Elaine Connely; daughter, Ada Elaine Ramon; brother Robert Dale Connely; sister Vicki Lynn Dillard; grandchildren Richard Alton Brumley II and Cameron Andrew Brumley and great grandchild Brystol Mae ...
Blake Odell Lewis-Blackwell was born Jan. 3, 1921 to Thomas Loyed West and Blake Draper West in Lohn, Texas.She passed away at her home in Tow, Texas on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016 at the age of 95 years, 7 months and 3 days. Odell and Billy Gordon Lewis moved to Kingsland in 1969 and were owners of Bill Lewis Septic Service until 1996. Odell is preceded in death by parents, Thomas Loyed and Blake Draper West; spouse, Billy Gordon Lewis Sr.; sisters Mary Ann West Goheen and Bernadine West Burnett. S ...
Daryle Wayne “Frank” Brown was born June 7, 1949 in St. Louis, Mo., to Benjamin Franklin Brown and Ruth Laverne Wise. As a young man, Frank became a successful drafter working in Houston during the oil boom. Then with his young family, he moved to the quiet of the Texas Hill Country and worked at everything from an Austin cab driver to a truck driver.
The St. John Lutheran Community Association of Crabapple, Texas (Gillespie County) will hold its annual business meeting on Sunday, Aug. 21, at 1 p.m. at the Sunday School Building in Crabapple. Discussion of the annual homecoming worship service planned for Sunday, Sept. 25, will be an agenda item, along with any new business that may come before the meeting.
Dear Editor, If you missed the bylined article on page 5 in last week’s Llano News, count yourself lucky. The wandering and incoherent diatribe by Nick Ford of Massachusetts entitled “Mass Murder is Just a ‘Mistake’ for Empire” tries to make the case that the U.S. is guilty of mass murder. He refers to the U.S.
Dear Editor, Over the last five years Llano’s golf course has lost about $975,000. That works out to over $300 for each man woman and child in this city. But the fact is the golf course is an asset, and like the airport it brings in people and other intangible benefits to us all. At the same time the city won’t put in the infrastructure for a developer like Mike Hazel.
Dear Editor, The Llano Recycling Opportunities was opened September 1996. Last week it was reported that the 20-year old baler needs to be replaced. In the last week we have received two donations with one as a pledge of $1,000 and one for $25. We need your help to purchase a new baler for $15,000. On the south side of the LRO building a storage area for cardboard is just about full, as is the storage area for sorted recyclables inside the building that are waiting for baling and shipment.

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