November 2, 2016 Issue
From the Llano County Farm Bureau
With the general hunting season for white-tailed deer just days away, landowners and hunters are reminded to use caution on all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).
“More Texans have died in ATV-related accidents over the last 30 years than in any other state,” Bill Tuckness, Llano County Farm Bureau president, said. “They’re a popular and important way to get around the farm, ranch or deer lease, but with that convenience also comes a certain risk we need to be aware of.”
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The Llano County Courthouse will soon receive a new chiller. The county commissioners unanimously voted to purchase the $92,200 80-ton Trane unit from Way Service LTD of Austin in a special meeting last Thursday morning.
The previous chiller used to cool the courthouse became unoperational in August, and a rental unit has been used shortly after that time at a cost of $3,500 per month.
The county must pay a 25 percent down payment.
Members of the Llano High School class of 1961 met at the Dabbs Hotel on Saturday for its 55-year class reunion. Pictured front row, from left, are: Mary Jean Fry Scantlin, Shirlene Parks Rogers, Bobby Ratliff, Linda Williams Jewell, Helen Feuge McGee, Mary Ann Gage McCarver and Mrs. Esther Weber (Guest).
Over the years the Llano pumpkin glow has had several homes, from East Main Street, the courthouse square, and last year at the Llano Fine Arts Guild. This year it has a new and possibly permanent home, the Llano River at Badu Park.
After presenting the idea to the Llano City Council in August, organizer Cheryl Quallenberg went to work on the logistics of the pumpkin glow, and its new name, the Llano River Pumpkin Float.
The first hurdle to cross, after city council approval, was how to get the ...
Students at Llano Junior High were wowed by this fire breathing science experiment on Friday.
Returning to Castell has been Leifeste’s joy
Some might know him as the fellow who once had a promiscuous rooster; others as the guy who runs the Castell General Store. Or maybe you know him as the cattleman who sold a Santa Gertrudis bull for a record high of $475,000 in 1981 or the visionary who turned Castell from a virtual ghost town to a popular tourist destination.
From the Llano County Elections Office
The Secretary of State’s (SOS) office has received reports concerning rumors that some voting machines may be changing candidate selections when voters cast a straight party ballot. The SOS is actively monitoring the situation and has yet to receive any verified reports of machines changing votes.
The Llano County Elections Office encourages voters to carefully review the voting machine summary screen and confirm that it accurately reflects your choices before casting your ballot.
Poll worker ...
Llano High’s stellar volleyball season came to an end Tuesday night in Georgetown with a 3-0 loss to Caldwell. The Lady Jackets fell 25-19, 25-17 and 25-21 in the bi-district round. In this photo, the Lady Jackets take on Liberty Hill earlier this season. They finished second in district with a 9-3 mark..
The Llano Youth Football Varsity 5th and 6th Grade team battled the undefeated Blanco Panthers in the Division II championship game of the Hill Country Youth Football League.
The two teams had battled to a scoreless tie at the end of regulation in their first meeting during the regular season with the Panthers eventually coming out on top in overtime 8-0.
The Llano 7th and 8th Grade Daubers played their final games of the season as the 7th graders played host to the Bandera Bulldogs while the 8th Grade A and B teams traveled to Bandera.
The 7th Graders, playing with a combined A and B team, defeated the Bulldogs 44-20 to finish the season with a 4-3 record.
The Llano Yellowjacket Sub-Varsity teams ended their season facing the Bandera Bulldogs. The Bulldogs did not have enough players to field both a freshman and a junior varsity team, so the Jacket JV headed to Bandera to take on a combined freshman/JV team for the Bulldogs.
The junior varsity ended things with a bang by posting a 40-27 victory over the Bulldogs to up their season record to 7-2.
BANDERA — The Llano Jackets will forever be indebted to the gridiron gods for not deciding 24 minutes of a high school football game was plenty, when they made up the rules 150 years ago — give or take a few months.
The struggling (charitable) Jackets got a chance for vindication, a makeover. It was like Monet getting the lilies right; or the Wright Brothers, the wings; or Eisenhower, Normandy.
HUNTSVILLE — It’s one of the top achievements in high school athletics: going to State in any competition. Meredith Zyetz and Nic George, Llano High cross country sophomores, will run at Old Settlers Park in Palm Valley near Dell Diamond, November 12. They qualified in the Region III race,
October 30.
Both Jackets were capping off — for now — superb comebacks from subpar seasons.
Zyetz ran two miles in 12 minutes and 32 seconds and finished a magnificent 10 ...
Patricia Bernadette Forseberg Farmer, known as “Mom” to her children, “Nani” to her grandchildren and “Patty” to her many friends, traveled from this temporary mortal world to the life everlasting to be in the loving care of her Creator and in the company of her loved ones who have passed before on Oct.
Mary V. Shipp Lewis, 90, went to be with the Lord on Oct. 27, 2016, after decades of happy memories with her family and countless friends. A visitation was at Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 5-6 p.m. at Scanio-Harper Funeral Home 3110 Airport Rd Temple. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, Nov.
Clara S. Wittig was called home to be with our Lord on October 25, 2016 in Seguin, Texas at the age of 91. She was born in Llano, Texas on June 22, 1925.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Chester A. Wittig; parents, Rudolph and Lydia Schoerlemmer; sisters, Emilie Schoerlemmer, Emma Marie Schoerlemmer and Esther Schoerlemmer; brother, Reynold Schoerlemmer and daughter, Kathryn Williams.