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September 6, 2017 Issue

A large crowd gathered in front of the former Hill Country Healthcare Center on Green Street early Tuesday morning, to see a new beginning. Dr. Alice Smith, headmaster of Llano Christian Academy, couldn’t keep her tears of joy back as she offered a short prayer to officially open the 2017-18 school year.
The run on gas that started in Dallas last week also hit Llano, and it has lasted into this week. Most stations in town were completely out of fuel over the weekend, while more than one did not have any fuel as of Tuesday morning. Lengthy lines started forming Thursday afternoon and went for as long as gas was available in town. Gas was available at some stations Monday or Tuesday.
Ray Hamm enjoys a Kona Ice with Ellis Erwin and Vala Stephenson at Badu Park on Sunday evening.
Last Wednesday night, the committee for Keep Llano Beautiful met for the third time and is on its way to becoming an official Keep Texas Beautiful city. There are eight requirements to becoming an affiliate with the state program, and after Wednesday night, Llano is just about there. They include: 1.
From in-person volunteer work to fundraising or donating items, Llano County residents have more than chipped in to help Hurricane Harvey victims. Many groups or businesses are still raising funds or collecting donations to help Hurricane Harvey victims. The Llano County Farm Bureau is currently holding a non-perishable food drive to donate to Hurricane Harvey victims.
No question, the negatives outweigh the positives in Llano’s disappointing, 35-21 loss to Smithville, on the first of September. There were, however, some—not silver—but “shades of grey” linings. “You did not see kids giving up,” said Matt Green, but he acknowledged after his debut appearance at Llano Stadium, “Too many mistakes; not t-w-o but t-o-o.” The Tigers, who were 010 in 2016, marched to the 16-yard line to open the game, but pass coverage by Tyler Gann and Aaron ...
BANDERA—It may have been a first for the Lady Jackets, and, if not, it was a rarity. The Llano girls, in the Bandera Cross Country Invitational, ran a 5K (3.1 miles) at tree-lined City Park, instead of the usual two-mile trip. The longer race is a regular exercise for Classes 5A and 6A. “Very intense and very hard,” said Meagan Riley.
BANDERA—It has been a rather long wait for the Llano High cross country team to go to a meet, but it was certainly worth it for Andy Wright. He finished third in a talented field of 78 at City Park on the final day of August. The Jackets bypassed a small meet during the month, and Hurricane Harvey was the reason another was cancelled in Comfort. “It was one of the hottest days ever,” Wright said, as we return to Bandera.
The Llano volleyball team took on Johnson City last Friday and suffered a home defeat.
My son-in-law, John Crabb, gave me sufficient razzing for Baylor, my favorite team—on the field—losing to Liberty, 48-45, on the first big weekend of college football. The Flames, from Lynchburg, Va., are a Division I-AA school, which means they are supposed to be half as good as a Division I college.
The Llano Freshmen and Junior Varsity teams traveled to Marble Falls this past Thursday for their opening games of the season. With Smithville unable to send their sub-varsity teams to Llano due to the Hurricane Harvey flooding, the Jackets picked up games with the Mustangs who also had their games against Bastrop Cedar Creek canceled due to the flooding.
Janice Long Hopson of Mobile, Ala., passed away August 22, 2017. She was the daughter of lifelong Llano residents Jim and Janie Oestreich. She was born June 4, 1958 and graduated from Llano High School. She was always quick with a smile that could light up room. She loved people and would give the shirt off her back to anyone in need.
Anna Mae Henderson passed away Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 in Pflugerville, at the age of 82. She was born Feb. 12, 1935 in Brady, to Ben Honig and Alta (Ake). Anna was raised in Llano. She and her husband married in 1954 then moved to Austin where she lived from 1954 to 1983. Anna worked as the office manager at Beall’s department store in Austin for 22 years, then returned to Llano and worked for the Llano County Tax office then later was elected Tax Assessor Collector.
Dear Editor, This letter is in response to Carl A. Russell’s letter to keep the Confederate battle flag up. First allow me to say, Mr. Russell’s letter was so long with so many points that it was difficult to keep up; but, since I am apparently not one of those “educated-beyond-their-intelligence” people I will respond as best as I can. Yes, the Confederate flag is well known but, “like it or not” it is known for hate, racism, slavery and those who believe in white supremacy. ...

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