June 28, 2017 Issue

The American Legion Frank Griggs Post 370 installed newly elected officers for the 2017-18 term at its June 15 meeting. Installed were Kenneth Poe, commander; Roy Buntyn, vice commander; John Sawyer Jr., adjutant; John Cutler, finance officer; Harvey H. Klee, judge advocate; Sue Ellen Cutler, chaplain; Vera Honig, historian; Harold Goehmann, sergeant-at-arms; and Warren Groff, service officer.

Llano County employees will now get personal/flex time through at least the end of the year. The commissioners voted Monday to give 12 hours of personal/flex time to county employees through the end of 2017. The policy will be effective immediately. County judge Mary Cunningham said this will stop a practice of adding unearned time when an office is closed early near a holiday. The extra time off was listed on some time sheets as administrative time, which doesn’t exist in county policy, or i ...

Llano ISD officially welcomes Mac Edwards this summer as the district’s superintendent of schools. Although he is new to Llano ISD, he is not exactly new to Llano. Over the years, the Edwards family has been frequent visitors to Llano. His wife, Courtney Osbourn Edwards, is from Valley Spring, and they have been coming to town to visit her family for many years. Mac Edwards was reared in the northeast Texas town of Paris.

Evelyn Gould, of Llano, was taken for a helicopter ride last Thursday morning in celebration of her 96th birthday. One may wonder, why a helicopter ride to celebrate your birthday? Evelyn managed the Llano Airport for over 30 years, located on Hwy. 16 north of town, and the airport is located at 100 Evelyn Gould Drive - yes, the same Evelyn Gould in the photo.

By Briley Mitchell Every other month, the even ones, Llano businesses stay open a little later than normal and welcome local artists into their shops, allowing them to show their work. Now a year old, the Llano Fourth Friday Artwalk is gaining some ground. This past Friday, after younger artists have been working on their projects for the past few months, the teen art class from Calamity & Grace showed off the works they were so proud of.

Work is progressing quickly on the new multi-purpose facility behind Llano High School. The mainframe for the structural part of the pre-engineered 2,300 square foot building has gone up in a matter of days. The inside will have the same turf as the football field and can be marked for football, baseball, soccer or any other turf sport, so that those teams, as well as the band, can practice there.

The Jackets didn’t just get a head football coach from Marble Falls—but because of Matt Green—they also collected two assistant coaches for the varsity and a coach for the middle school. When traveling north on 281, don’t wear Black and Orange or Green after you cross the bridge. Defense Witness Ricky Sparks comes to LHS as defensive line coach and co-defensive coordinator with Clint Easley.

The Jackets didn’t just get a head football coach from Marble Falls—but because of Matt Green—they also collected two assistant coaches for the varsity and a coach for the middle school. When traveling north on 281, don’t wear Black and Orange or Green after you cross the bridge. Defense Witness Ricky Sparks comes to LHS as defensive line coach and co-defensive coordinator with Clint Easley.

It looks like (some) guys who live in Llano or close by, but coach elsewhere, finally “see the light,” and say, “Hey, I’ve got an idea!” Matt Green was Exhibit A with that situation, and Todd Doucet is Exhibit B—and also the new head coach of the varsity baseball team. That should be a familiar name.

It looks like (some) guys who live in Llano or close by, but coach elsewhere, finally “see the light,” and say, “Hey, I’ve got an idea!” Matt Green was Exhibit A with that situation, and Todd Doucet is Exhibit B—and also the new head coach of the varsity baseball team. That should be a familiar name.

Kristina Jayne Morgan Aust, 48, of Llano, died on June 15, 2017 in Llano. She was born June 30, 1968 in Llano to the late Bobby D. Morgan and surviving Polly Morgan of Llano. Kristina was married to the late Jeff Aust of Llano. Also, surviving are her mother Polly Morgan of Llano; two sons, Bobby Lee Tumlinson of Austin and Carry Blake Otto of Jasper; one grandson, Axel Otto of Houston; two sisters, Lisa Wisdom and Diane Valentine, both of Llano; one brother, Randal D.