August 23, 2017 Issue
More than 200 people made it to the Llano Visitor Center on Monday to view the solar eclipse.
Water and sewer rates in the City of Llano will increase starting Oct. 1.
City council members voted Monday to approve a change in the master fee schedule to include increases in water and wastewater rates. The base water rate will climb from $28.50 to $42 per month, while the base sewer rate will rise from $39 to $68 per month.
“The city has been operating water and sewer at about a $330,000 deficit for several, several years,” said councilor Sammy Leverett.
Hunter Hampton is off to his first day of kindergarten last Wednesday at Llano Elementary School. Hunter is escorted by Burnet firefighters Travis Tschoerner (left) and James Schuetz (right). His parents are Lisa Hampton and late Burnet firefighter Daniel Hampton. See additional back-to-school photos in this week's edition of The Llano News.
No one spoke at a sparsely attended public hearing on the Llano County tax rate Monday morning.
Monday was the first of two public hearings on the tax rate. The second hearing will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 28, in the commissioners courtroom in the law enforcement center.
Last week, the commissioners unanimously approved a $0.30212 proposed tax rate per $100 valuation for Fiscal Year 2018 with a proposed budget of $15.3 million.
Saturday night, inside the Lantex Theater, another round of magic was unfolding with a musical group from Houston.
John, Paul, Ringo and George took the audience back in time to the 1960s. This was not the real Beatles band, but if you closed your eyes for a moment, and then opened them again, you would swear you were on the Ed Sullivan show watching the Beatles.
Llano ISD student James “Dakota” Wimberly scored a 100 percent on the math portion of the state’s STAAR exam administered to third graders in May.
Dakota also mastered grade level for the reading portion of the test.
Dakota is the son of proud parents, Stephen and Penny Wimberly. The family moved to the Llano district in 2015, and Dakota has attended Packsaddle Elementary.
Originally a scientist, the art of glass is now Sheri Zoch’s passion
You don’t have to be a scientist to create art from glass, but you can be.
Llano’s Sheri Zoch, who has owned and operated The Glass Menagerie for about two and a half years, fell into the art of glass while searching for something to exercise the creative part of her brain.
After taking about 15 classes in a variety of art mediums, from drawing to paper making to painting and more, Zoch took a class on glass.
“I took that one (class) and it blew my mind,” she said.
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Llano High varsity players show off their new orange jerseys with members of the youth football teams. LHS head coach Matt Green expressed great appreciation to the youth football program for purchasing the new orange jerseys for the high school team.
LITTLE RIVER—You wouldn’t think that in a small, but elegant, rural town, with August not ready to hand its sword to September, that unofficially winning a football scrimmage would result in a tasteful but boisterous reaction to the outcome.
But that’s what happened, August 18, at Little River Academy, as Llano High dominated the Bumblebees and Florence Buffaloes, and Jacket players and coaches were pretty proud of their performance.
It took the Lady Jackets a couple of matches to find themselves in the Gatesville tournament, but they rebounded in time to grab a doubleheader on August 19 and make their record a much more respectable 6-9.
“We left at 5:30 AM,” head coach John Black said in discussing the getaway hour on that Saturday.
Sports Illustrated certainly likes Oklahoma State. Why shouldn’t their readers from around the country feel the same way?
These Cowboys are always closer to greatness than Trigger and Silver were. They have an outstanding quarterback—maybe the best in the nation. Maybe the second best in Oklahoma. No one, though, has a much better receiver than James Washington, and Sports Illustrated?
Dear Editor,
This is in regard to Americans not having the right to know where our beef comes from, as in born, raised, processed and labeled as such. At present any imported beef that is repackaged in the U.S. can carry a label of “Product of USA.” The Central American Nations that can ship fresh beef to the U.S.
Dear Editor,
Two weekends ago, we witnessed domestic terrorism and a President who tolerates violence by his supporters against American citizens. In fact he wants to ‘study it.’ For those who support him “war is peace, freedom is slavery. And ignorance is strength.”
Show no support. If you are related to an honorable Confederate soldier whom you want to honor in return, establish or contribute to a scholarship or museum in their name or put flowers on their memorial.
Dear Editor,
I am the owner of Heart of Hope Counseling and Mediation PLLC. I opened my practice in Llano, in 2010. I was working in Marble Falls, with many clients making the drive from Llano weekly.
I worked with Bebe Piatt, who was employed as the Juvenile Probation Officer at the time, on several cases.