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April 4, 2018 Issue

Ryder Hamm, left, and Rylee Freeman scoop up eggs at the Llano Nursing and Rehabilitation Easter Egg Hunt held Saturday.
Approximately 30 Llano High School students walked out of class last Wednesday to protest the fact that Robert Vaade’s teaching contract had not been extended. Other teachers were offered contracts by a vote of the LISD board of trustees at the March 26 meeting. The board did not have an opportunity to vote on a contract for Vaade, who has taught math at LHS for 10 years, since his name was not on the list.
Congressman Mike Conaway stopped in Llano County during the current two-week Congressional recess. He was in the county to meet with his regional youth advisory council in Horseshoe Bay. He routinely visits with the high school juniors and seniors on the committee to gather their thoughts on a variety of issues.
The Llano City Council temporarily suspended its tree trimming policy at Monday’s meeting to allow work do be done in preparation of street repairs this spring. Canopy Tree Service is expected to begin this work approximately April 16. They will trim trees near the streets to approximately 14 feet above the roads in order to allow machinery to safely fix and pave the roads. The company will mainly do work the first three days of the week.
On Saturday, the John L Kuykendall Arena was home to one of the largest, single day barrel races since its opening. Over 150 racers, some of the top in the field, were vying for the $2,000 added bonus money that was offered. Rafter E Productions produced the race that was sponsored by the Llano Lions Club, whose members also helped work the concessions, to raise money for the many annual events the club is part of.
On April 13, Llano will join Mason, Fredericksburg and Enchanted Rock State Park in a regional partnership to “Turn On The Night.” All four of these communities are in some of the last remaining dark night sky areas in Texas, closest to the major metropolitan areas of the state. By everyone turning off as many unnecessary and too-bright lights, we will be able to see more stars. The “Lights Out Night Out” initiative was conceived by Terry “Tex” Toler, Llano Main Street Manager ...
The Llano Independent School Board accepted about 80 acres of land at its March 28 meeting. The board accepted a donation of 80.10 acres of property left to Llano ISD by the late Norman Grenwelge, who died last year. The property is located off FM 2323. According to Grenwelge’s will, the property or the proceeds, if sold, are to be held in a separate fund for the purpose of providing a scholarship for Llano High School graduates that are interested in agriculture.
TAYLOR—A good comeback for the Lady Jackets, March 27, but the Ducks countered with two runs to win, 9-7. “We expect to win when we hit like that,” said head coach Kemp Lowery. His bunch opened fast with two runs in the first inning. Lauren Young and Jordyn Hull got singles and were helped home by a Taylor error.
This is a column on Dakoda Trull, the powerlifter, but I promise no more (super) stats on what he lifted to become Number One at the State Championships, March 24, in Abilene. I wanted to deliver a couple of personal thoughts and take you “behind the scenes” at the event. I have followed Dakoda’s success for two (maybe three?) years.
And Nic George’s life has never experienced anything better on the track than it did, March 29, at home in the Jacket Relays. He captured the Llano Stadium Triple Crown: the 800 and 1600-meter races and capped the triumphant tour in the Jacket Relays by anchoring the 4x400-meter relay team to its first victory of the season in personal (personnel?) record time of three minutes, 33.1 seconds. “I knew I had to start faster,” said Nic, concerning the fourth and final lap.
Llano High freshman Anna Casey wound up her first regular season in Track & Field with three gold medals in the March 29 Jacket Relays. The opponents will certainly get tougher, but Casey has no control of the entry list, and her splendid campaign now totals nine race titles. She ran the 800 in two minutes, 20.6 seconds.
Dennis Allen Snyder, 60, passed away peacefully in Bryan. Dennis was born in Missouri but live in Llano for most of his life. He is survived by family in Theresa and husband Charles Pankey of Bryan, nephew Robbie Wisdom and wife Barbie, nephew Bryant and wife Tina in Alabama, and eight great nephews and nieces. A memorial will be set later.
Loy Jean Hawkins Austin née Pence died peacefully at home on March 25 in Mesquite, Texas. She was 70 years old. Jean was a doting grandmother and great-grandmother who spent her life caring for others. She had a deep love for her family, gospel music, the church, and her feisty Chihuahua, Sugar.
Frances Margaret Hische Merritt, 84, of St. Francisville, Louisiana, died Feb. 7, 2018 after a long and fruitful life. Born Sept. 8, 1933 in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Harry L. Hische and Grace Obaugh Hische, Frances and her sister Nan moved around as children but considered Galveston, where they graduated from Ball High School, as their home. Not long after graduation, Frances married Warren Franklin ‘Skeeter’ Merritt Jr.
Robert Michael Whitaker born Dec. 7, 1990 to Timmy Whitaker, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2018. Robert always had a smile on his face. He never met a stranger and had no enemies. Robert would light up a room when he walked in. Robert loved a lot of things including drawing, coloring, horses, Santa Claus, scary movies, music and dancing.
Doraine Shirley Parks died March 26, 2018, in Lakeway. She spent her final days surrounded by her loving family. A memorial service in remembrance and celebration of her life was held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, at Kingsland Community Church in Kingsland, with a graveside service which followed at 4:30 p.m.
Dear Editor, I need to respond to the letter by Jill Hinckley complaining about litter alongside the roads. Yes, there is a law against littering. It is a class C misdemeanor. Unfortunately, the officer has to have evidence of who committed this offense before the offender can be prosecuted and convicted. If a police officer sees the offense being committed, the officer will often issue the offender a ticket and require the offender to clean up the mess the offender made.
Dear Editor, Has LCAD been taxing your property correctly? I have owned two houses since coming back to Llano in 1998, and both had significant errors in coding and taxing by Llano County Appraisal District. How can that happen? LCAD is supposed to review all properties on a regular basis and make sure the property is being coded and taxed correctly.
Dear Editor, We live in a world of light. Not just the sunlight in the day but lights at night. This can cause disruption in our sleep patterns and effect wildlife as well. The organization, International Dark Sky Association (IDA) has its mission to make people aware of the consequences of the loss of the night dark sky.

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