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July 5, 2017 Issue

KINGSLAND — If TxDOT listens to what Kingsland residents said, June 27 — and agrees with what they said — the proposed work on three stretches of RM 1431 in their community won’t happen. What did receive positive applause was a recommendation that TxDOT spend $15-million on turning Hwy. 29 from 1431 into Llano into a Super Two.
After meeting every week for the past two months and a year in the planning, July 1 was the day for the annual Llano Rock `N Riverfest, jet ski races and a fireworks show touted as the best in the Texas Hill Country. Vendors started setting up on Friday evening, teams for the BBQ cook-off began cooking their entries -- each one said they would take home the first-place prize, but their talk would have to wait until Saturday afternoon at 6 p.m.
The Llano Country Opry will be staged on Saturday, July 8, at the Lantex Theater in Llano. Tickets are now on sale at www.heartoftexascountry.com or by calling 325-247-5354.  Admission is $15 per person and the show begins at 7:30 p.m.   The Survivors -- Darrell McCall, Tony Booth -- will be featured. McCall and Booth will do a set of their solo hits and then the join each other for some selections off of their Survivors album that also featured the late Curtis Potter.          ...
The Llano High School classes of 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1953 will hold a reunion on Saturday, July 15, at the Llano ISD community building and board meeting room. The reunion is set to begin at 10 a.m. with a lunch to be served at 12:30 p.m. Everyone in the community is welcome to attend. RSVP and send a monetary donation of $10 to Ms.
Nick Hussain is joined by many friends, Mayor Gail Lang, and board members of the Llano Chamber of Commerce as he cuts the ribbon at the all new TexStar laundry in Llano. Located at 410 W. Young Street, the hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. An attendant is on duty at all times.
The annual Rock'N Riverfest included fireworks, jet ski races, a ribbon cutting, vendors, live music and more.
What a rarity for the Llano football Jackets: linebacker Ian Fletcher has been named preseason Defensive Player of the Year in 13-4A by the “dean” of high school gridiron journalism, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine. “Kind of puts extra pressure on me,” Ian said. “I like being the underdog; now, it’s just expected.” It probably would have been “expected” anyway, considering Fletcher enters his senior year as one of the young men Jacket coaches and fans are counting on ...
What a rarity for the Llano football Jackets: linebacker Ian Fletcher has been named preseason Defensive Player of the Year in 13-4A by the “dean” of high school gridiron journalism, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine. “Kind of puts extra pressure on me,” Ian said. “I like being the underdog; now, it’s just expected.” It probably would have been “expected” anyway, considering Fletcher enters his senior year as one of the young men Jacket coaches and fans are counting on ...
SAN SABA—High school girls and boys say, “Good job, good job, good job,” or, “Good game, good game, good game,” in—I think—that ridiculous handshake line following a game, but if Armadillo players delivered those expected words to the Llano basketball boys, on the last Thursday in June, they would have been correct, on the money. The Jackets, with new head coach Chris Armstrong in the stands, whipped the host five, 54-40, in the last game of the San Saba Summer League. “More in ...
SAN SABA—High school girls and boys say, “Good job, good job, good job,” or, “Good game, good game, good game,” in—I think—that ridiculous handshake line following a game, but if Armadillo players delivered those expected words to the Llano basketball boys, on the last Thursday in June, they would have been correct, on the money. The Jackets, with new head coach Chris Armstrong in the stands, whipped the host five, 54-40, in the last game of the San Saba Summer League. “More in ...
MARBLE FALLS—A year and a half ago, he had not competed in a bodybuilding event since 1969, but on July 22 in Pittsburgh, Pa., Ed Thompson of Horseshoe Bay will show what he’s made of—literally—as he takes a perfect record into the Masters National Championships in the 70-and-over division. “It’ll be tough,” he acknowledged at the Marble Falls Athletic Club where he trains.
MARBLE FALLS—A year and a half ago, he had not competed in a bodybuilding event since 1969, but on July 22 in Pittsburgh, Pa., Ed Thompson of Horseshoe Bay will show what he’s made of—literally—as he takes a perfect record into the Masters National Championships in the 70-and-over division. “It’ll be tough,” he acknowledged at the Marble Falls Athletic Club where he trains.
Okay, I’m not opposed to raising money and fighting for worthy causes, honoring our forefathers on Independence Day and year ‘round. But I’ve had it with changing the color of the Major League uniforms. I don’t even watch baseball that much, but my son-inlaw is an Astros’ fan, and it seems like whenever I’m at his house, the Astros are on and too many times wearing odd colors. I think Houston’s Blue and Orange is just fine; I think the Red and Blue of the Cubs is nice; and I like ...
Okay, I’m not opposed to raising money and fighting for worthy causes, honoring our forefathers on Independence Day and year ‘round. But I’ve had it with changing the color of the Major League uniforms. I don’t even watch baseball that much, but my son-inlaw is an Astros’ fan, and it seems like whenever I’m at his house, the Astros are on and too many times wearing odd colors. I think Houston’s Blue and Orange is just fine; I think the Red and Blue of the Cubs is nice; and I like ...
Dr. James Edward Heath, 82, of Buchanan Dam, Texas, passed away June 27, 2017. He was the son of Max Levi Heath Sr. and May Blossom McNutt Heath. He was born May 3, 1935 in Evansville, Indiana. While still in college, he married high school sweetheart Muriel Maxine Shoemaker on April 2, 1955.
Dorothy Lee Newman passed away on May 22, 2017, in Bell Mead, Texas, at the age of 88. Dorothy was born May 24, 1928, in Clayton, Oklahoma, to Claude Sisco and Ercie Lee Seaton Sisco. One of four children, she was the youngest. On Dec. 3, 1949, she married Charles Jack Newman in Denver City, Texas.
Gaynelle Draper, 84, of Kingsland, passed away June 28, 2017. She was born to William H. and Mary (Floy) Stringer on Dec. 24, 1932 in Big Spring, Texas. Gay worked in the computer field in data entry and was a member of the First Christian Church in Austin. Her hobbies included square dancing, fishing, camping, sewing and being with family. She married Jerry Draper on March 19, 1954 in Austin. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Jerry Draper; daughters, Donna Severs, Sheri McMillen and ...

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