August 31, 2016 Issue
Before an event can begin, there has to be a vision, and in Llano those visionaries come from all walks of life. The “Fourth Friday Llano Art Walk” began as just that, a vision of Marcus Hammons and Valerie Smasal–Hammons earlier this year.
The art walk happens the fourth Friday of the even months and has been a successful venture between local artists and shop owners.
First of all, I would like to thank everyone for welcoming me as the new City Manager for the City of Llano. I consider this a great honor and look forward to working with staff to lead the city forward. It is my goal to try to keep you informed of projects and activities as they take place so you can be prepared as these events may affect you.
I also wanted to take a moment to update everyone on a couple of projects that will be taking place in the near future.
For most people, the mention of “knitting” brings up images of grandma sitting alone by a warm fire, knit-one-purl-two-ing to the rhythm of her rocking chair. For a group of Llano ladies, this sort of solitary needling couldn’t be farther from the truth.
Seven years ago, Marilyn Hale and Sandy Shaw, both Llano locals, decided that while they enjoyed knitting, it would be a lot more fun with good company to enjoy it with.
“We put up a few flyers,” Hale remembered, “and knitters ...
A talent for tumbling to the top - and winning medals in Houston
If you weren’t impressed with the gymnastics at the Olympics, you probably think the Wright Brothers weren’t doing much more than what school kids did when they tossed around folded paper before the teacher arrives.
Keihana Palmares of Llano may not be ready for Tokyo in 2020, but she’s a dandy who brought back medals — that were not souvenirs — earned at a national AAU competition in Houston this summer.
Keihana, of Llano, is 11 years-old.
A proposed fiscal year 2017 budget for the City of Llano will spend over $2 million less than the proposed budget a year ago if passed by the city council.
Budget hearings are set for the Sept. 6 and Sept. 19 city council meetings. The proposed budget for the next fiscal year is expected to bring in over $4.2 million in revenue and spend just less than that amount.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion last Thursday on the Llano County vehicle policy. The opinion summary said that the county may only put into place vehicle policies for sheriff’s office vehicles that do not “unreasonably interfere with the sheriff’s constitutional or statutory duties.”
The second part of the opinion dealt with the county auditor’s ability to access records on the use of county vehicles.
The Llano Youth Football and Cheer teams traveled to San Saba this past Saturday to take on the always tough Armadillos. This was the opening game of the season for both teams as they compete in the Hill Country Youth Football League.
On a hot and muggy day, both teams won hard fought games to start out the season victorious.
The Llano Freshman and Junior Varsity teams played different opponents this past week, but both recorded the same winning results!
The Llano Freshman team battled the Marble Falls Mustangs Freshman B team while the JV team took on the Smithville Tigers at Jacket Stadium. Both teams recorded impressive victories and now look forward to playing the Sonora Broncos this Thursday evening in non-district play.
The Freshman team takes on the Broncos at Jacket Stadium at 5 p.m., while the JV plays Sono ...
In their first game of the season, the Llano Junior Varsity Yellow Jacket football team ran over the visiting Tigers from Smithville for a 34-6 victory.
After taking the opening kickoff from Kimble Schuessler, the Tigers were forced to punt, which was blocked by Drew Cooper. It didn’t take long for the Jackets to get the ball in the end zone.
COMFORT — Good name for the dateline to this story. More than a Comfortable beginning to the 2016 cross country season for the Llano Jackets and the head-coaching career at LHS for Lauren Parker Timms.
The top boys finished 9th, 10th, and 11th in a field of 109 at this End of Summer Meet, 20 (picturesque) minutes south of Fredericksburg; the leading girls were all in the top 30 — good enough to leave with medals in a congregation of 86.
“Couldn’t have asked better for the kids ...
The Jacket volleyball team did not go to Denver, August 25-27, but it did go almost as far — Denver City, which is about a soft serve from New Mexico. You would have thought the coaches and girls were sent to pick up information for Larry McMurtry so he could write a sequel to Lonesome Dove.
It took a while, but the adventure paid off: three wins to conclude the visit on Saturday and a triumph in the consolation bracket of the tournament — and now an impre ...
SMITHVILLE — They saved their best for first. That would be the Llano football Jackets, and that would be the first half. Llano hit the balance beam — with running, passing, and more than a spot of defense — for a 25-0 lead at intermission.
You can tell Mr. Smith, the second half was dulls-Ville, but no reason to dwell on the negative after a 31-15 victory to start the 2016 adventure.
“Thrilled with the win,” said head c ...
Kenzie Johnson, left, sprays shaving cream on the head of LHS theater teacher Caleb Strauss, as teacher Lisa Petty, right, watches during last Friday’s pep rally at the school.
Dr. Myron H. Dees was born on June 14, 1932 in Llano, Texas to Matt Moss Dees and Almeda Harwell Dees. He graduated from Llano High School in 1949, where he excelled in various sports. In 2008, Myron was inducted into the Llano High School Hall of Fame.
Myron attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, where he completed a Bachelor of Science in Health and P.E.
Hilton B. Swindle, 84, of Tow, Texas passed away August 10, 2016. He was born to William Newman and Clara (Marwitz) Swindle in a small house in Indian Gap, Texas.
Mr. Swindle married Bessie Clara Anderson on November 15, 1952 in Waco, Texas. Shortly after, he entered and proudly served in the United States Army.
Dear Editor,
As a person disabled by TBI, congenitally blind in one eye, and a hole in the retina of the other eye, and living alone, it is difficult to find pride in the fact that I can no longer take care of myself adequately, do many of the tasks I used to do with ease, get the rehab support needed to become productive and for more than four months have been left without the in home help twelve hours a week which enables me to live independently per the Disability Civil Rights expressed in t ...
Dear Editor,
I would like to apologize for erroneously referring to a living person, Diane Gage, as deceased. I am over joyed to learn that I was mistaken.
Since writing that letter, I have learned of support for the LRO from several individuals and organizations and feel much more optimistic about securing the new baler machine in a shorter time.
Dear Editor,
I very much appreciate Winnie J. Tate-Morgan for her letter from last week concerning the Llano Special Opportunity Center and the Llano Recycling Opportunities.
The Llano Special Opportunity Center is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization which pays the bills for the Main Street Center and the Llano Recycling Opportunities. Our recycling drop-off facility was opened in September, 1996.