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December 28, 2016 Issue

Llano County Democrats celebrated Christmas together on Dec. 21 in Llano at the home of Linda Gammage. Along with fellowship and sharing food and spirits, club president Dick Maddern presented a gratitude plaque to the outgoing Democratic Party chair and welcomed this year’s annual scholarship winner (and her mother) to the celebration. Shali Niemeyer has finished her first semester at Texas State University in San Marcos and is studying to be a teacher with a specialty in music education. Th ...
An oath ceremony for incoming elected officials will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 30, at the Llano County Courthouse at 801 Ford Street in Llano. Officials will be sworn in for the coming year at the ceremony. Those who will be sworn in include: Allan Garrett, 33rd District Judge; Wiley “Sonny” McAfee, district attorney; Rebecca Lange, county attorney; Bill Blackburn, county sheriff; Kris Fogelberg, county tax assessor-collector; John Ables, county surveyor; Peter Jones, precinct 1 co ...
David Willmann cuts the ribbon for the new Llano National Bank. The building has been completely refurbished.
The Llano Recycling Opportunities is thankful for its new baler and appreciates everyone who donated to the effort, said Jerry Land of the LRO. The LRO had been operating for months with just one baler after one of its two balers became unoperational earlier this year. With only one baler, operations greatly slowed, as did income coming into the center. “With the $14,700, the new baler was purchased and it is a wonderful machine,” Land said.
Llooking back at Llano in 2016, the John L Kuykendall Event Center comes of age, Llano sees a new city manager, The Llano News becomes the city’s only newspaper, and a new librarian comes to the Llano County Library. Most of all, it was a year to remember in the Deer Capital of Texas. The year got kicked off with a bang at the John L Kuykendall Event Center and Arena with new manager Ray Craig, and the City of Llano officially took over the facility.
Center wins national title with Mary Hardin-Baylor football team
BELTON — The dateline — the city mentioned a few words ago — isn’t totally a stretch. I did see Mary Hardin-Baylor beat Linfield College of Oregon, 27-10, here, November 26, in the second round of the Division III playoffs. That was en route to a national championship, and Llano’s Colton Center was part of the perfect-season ride. “The first time I thought we could win the big one this year was the third game of the regular season when we ran over then third-ranked Linfield, 66-27.
If you can’t understand the creative headline, it translates to: The following is a montage of thoughts, which range from superficial to its Roget twin: cursory. Should coaches be allowed to call timeouts? Absolutely not! In basketball, the referees, oftentimes, are not looking their way and cannot hear them in a noisy arena.
I have been following sports since 1950, as I have mentioned before. It took me several years, after everyone else knew what a point guard was, before I did. Despite John Heflin’s tutelage, I’m still not clear on what cover-2 means. And I hate walk-off the most of all descriptions in athletics. But what several college football players have done recently makes the above seem as pure as a baby’s cheek after a bath. Christian McCaffrey of Stanford and Leonard Fournette of LSU are two of the ...
I really like to look back on the highlights in sports when December 31 approaches. I get to be the tour guide. Please join me. Near Waveland Avenue The Cubs were the Team of the Year, writing the Story of the Year. World Series Champions for the first time since 1908. Chicago edged the Indians, 8-7, in 10 innings in Game 7, to complete a comeback of not just 108 years, but trailing 3-1 in games. Cleveland hasn’t won the Series since 1948.
Center wins national title with Mary Hardin-Baylor football team
BELTON — The dateline — the city mentioned a few words ago — isn’t totally a stretch. I did see Mary Hardin-Baylor beat Linfield College of Oregon, 27-10, here, November 26, in the second round of the Division III playoffs. That was en route to a national championship, and Llano’s Colton Center was part of the perfect-season ride. “The first time I thought we could win the big one this year was the third game of the regular season when we ran over then third-ranked Linfield, 66-27.

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