April 26, 2017 Issue
Kyle Park performs Saturday night at the Llano Crawfish Open before a more than packed crowd.
Llano seniors and educators were recognized on Thursday night at the Masonic Lodge. Those awarded and their particular awards were: Cameron Hall, scholarship; Evan Wheeler, Mirabeau B. Lamar Award; McKenzie Cockerham, scholarship; Kyra Hazel, scholarship; Katie Yount, scholarship; Madison Dotson, scholarship; and educator Mary Ellen Halamicek, Mirabeau B. Lamar Award.
Mirabeau Lamar was a Mason and was also known for his work that resulted in the State of Texas setting up a public school s ...
Not many students choose to spend their weekends taking tests, but for Llano High School senior Evan Wheeler, it’s his chosen University Interscholastic League (UIL) competition.
Wheeler, son of James and Melinda Wheeler, not only competes, but excels at academic contests and recently placed fourth at the state competition in his chosen category of current issues and events.
In order to compete at the state level, Wheeler had to qualify at first the district and then again at the regional lev ...
Llano High School student Sydney Kuehne qualified for the second time to compete at the national level with her FCCLA project focusing on women in crisis.
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a student-led leadership organization in which students create projects designed to make them better leaders and to then use those projects in competition at the regional, state and nationwide levels.
The Llano County Commissioners continued with changes to the library system at Monday’s regularly called meeting. After voting last week to eliminate the director position and distribute its responsibility to the three library managers, the commissioners voted this week to officially give the individual library managers at Llano, Kingsland and Buchanan Dam more responsibility.
Crawfish Open draws newcomers, returnees
It has come and gone, the 28th Annual Llano Crawfish Open, with its crowds, the mudbugs, the barbecue, the music, and all the fun that comes with it.
It began on early Friday morning, after a year of planning, with cooks boiling the sought-after crawfish, vendors opening their booths, and musicians taking the stage at Robinson Park.
BASEBALL SENIORS, L-R: Bryson Agee, Jason Gann, Blake Dillard, Drew Baker, Rhett Weaver, and Jaden Napolez. The Jackets lost at Taylor, 11-2, April 21. They finished their season, April 25, at Salado.
The Llano softball and baseball seasons are over. Better news for the Lady Jackets, who went 4-8 in district and 10-14 overall. Three of the 10 wins were against Burnet.
The finale
Llano finished at Taylor, April 21, and played a fine game before losing 4-3. “Maybe the best game of the year that Lauren Young pitched,” advised Head Coach Bobby Williams.
LIBERTY HILL — Ray Dixon, who wins almost as much as the Warriors do, and who throws a shot put more than twice as far as a threepoint basket, has added two more gold medals to his expanding collection. He won the shot and discus at the Area Meet, April 19, on the Panthers college-esque campus.
“It was a really good day,” the Llano High junior said.
LIBERTY HILL — One throws. One runs long, and One runs some and soars some. Three Llano Lady Jackets will take their talents to Huntsville, April 28-29, for the Region III Meet. Track & Field’s postseason is gathering a few of the state’s finest athletes.
“The girls showed up ready to compete,” said Coach Amy Withrow, discussing the Area Meet at Panther Stadium, April 19.
Nicholas Allen Rose Middleton, 24, of Llano, died April 23, 2017 in Llano. He was born on Jan. 8, 1993 in Austin. He graduated from Ingleside High School in 2011, having participated in tennis, track and swimming. He previously attended school in Dripping Springs. He attended college and worked around the Austin area.
Myrtis Gerene Clawson, 95, passed away in Johnson City, Texas. Myrtis was born October 14, 1921, in Levita, to Bunyan P. Powell and Fannie B. Powell (Newman).
Myrtis was born at the Powell homeplace in Levita, Texas where she grew up picking cotton and attending local schools. After graduating from the Ireland School with honors, she worked as a switchboard telephone operator in Hamilton.
God was shining down on the lives of many on Jan. 17, 1966 when he blessed us with Becky Louise Blackwood-Bell. She was born in Lampasas, the first daughter and third born of the 6 B’s, all of whom are devastated by the loss of their beloved sister. She went to be with Our Lord on April 19, 2017.
Billy Don Greenwood went to his heavenly home on April 17, 2017 at the age of 63. He was born Nov. 1, 1953 in Burnet, to Homer Greenwood and Cleva (Halliburton) Greenwood. He lived all his life in Llano except for a few years working in the oil fields in west Texas.