June 13, 2018 Issue
The Texas Department of Transportation gave a presentation June 5 on its plans for the next few years.
Cathy Kratz and Michael Dutton of TxDOT were at a sparsely attended meeting at the Llano Library to receive comments on the Rural Transportation Program for fiscal years 2019-2022 for Llano, Blanco, Mason, Gillespie and Lee counties.
Those who did not attend the meeting can get more information online at https://www.txdot.gov/contact-us/form.html.
Bode Barker, left, is joined onstage with Donny Jung on Saturday night at the Llano Country Opry.
The Llano County Commissioners heard an update on the VETRIDE program during Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting.
Sophie McCoy, VETRIDE program manager, told commissioners the program is up to using seven vans. The multi-county program, based in Burnet, has provided 100 additional rides from Llano County in the last 12 months than it did the previous year.
“It has been a busy year,” she said.
The program is designed to help veterans, their wives and widows get to medical appointm ...
Harvey Klee of Llano County was awarded the “Best Tai Chi Instructor Training Provider 2018” in the U.S. by United Kingdom-based LUX magazine.
According to LUX, “Klee has designed a unique self-study tai chi program based on the premise that all learning is self-learning. This was the basis for the award.”
The Highland Lakes Tai Chi, an association of tai chi practitioners that meets regularly at Highland Lakes United Methodist Church in Buchanan Dam on Saturdays at 9 a.m.,
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When it’s hot in Texas, it’s HOT.
Extreme temperatures call for extreme measures, and this local resident (me) is fighting back to beat the heat!
If you’ve been wondering what the heck those shiny things are, clothes-lined around the sun blasted, west-facing wall of this hot little house on Sandstone, they’re called space blankets.
The Lantex Theater was a cool place to be on a hot Saturday night in June in the Texas Hill Country. With Tracy Pitcox, promoter of the Llano Country Opry, in Snyder for the West Texas Western Swing Festival, the night was left to Tom Tolson to emcee, and he did a remarkable job filling in.
But, this night was not about western swing, it was about pure country music.
LAMPASAS—The Llano boys’ basketball Jackets opened the June league to solid reviews from their head coach after beating the host Badgers and losing a close one to Goldthwaite, June 7.
Chris Armstrong said the 47-36 victory was a “good win—good to experience success against those guys. We built up a big lead,” and the game, “was not that close.”
While Armstrong, heading into his second year in Llano, said statistics weren’t kept officially, Kendall Downey led all scorers, w ...
Naomi Ruth Niblett Rogers was born July 6, 1934 to Ruby Ella Spangler Niblett and Joseph Miles Niblett in Abbott, Arkansas. She left this world on June 8, 2018 for her heavenly home.
She grew up in Mansfield, Ark., and attended First Assembly of God Church of Mansfield. Naomi was the last of several siblings.
Judy Charlene Hinds Lombard passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 10, 2018 at the Pflugerville Health Care Center. Charlene was 77.
Charlene was born on Oct. 23, 1940 in Cleburne, to the late Cecil Smith and Sally (Owens) Smith of Kingsland..
Charlene was known for her steadfast faith and close walk with Jesus Christ.
Dear Editor,
Last week, a friend emailed me a letter someone sent to her. It falsely purported to be written by Jack Minzey, author and respected educator from Eastern Michigan University. It was designed to foment a new civil war between members of our two major political parties. Have you seen it?