On February 4th the Llano Tea Party will host a Forum for the local races. Expected are Candidates for the offices of Sheriff, Tax Assessor/Collector, Commissioner Precinct 3 and Precinct 410 Chair. Some of the candidates for uncontested offices will also be present.
Attendees will have an opportunity to visit with the Candidates beginning at 5:30pm during the meet and greet hour.
First day to file to run for City Council is this Wednesday, Jan. 20. There will be three open seats. Those whose terms will expire in May are Alderman Allen Hopson, Alderwoman Gail Lang and Mayor Pro Tem John Ferguson. Contact City Secretary Toni Milam for more information. 325-247-4158.
Filing period for the school board is the same.
The Castell community Club meet January 16, 2016 for their monthly get together, which 21 members enjoyed a meal and then a business meeting. Denise Kennedy the president for the past two years requested not to be re-elected. The club thanked her for her service for the last couple of years.
New officers were elected and are Patty Pfister; President, JoAnn McDougall; Vice-President, Iline Flint; Secretary/Treasurer, and the three directors are Denise Kennedy, Martha Rowlett, and Hatty Sagebiel.
On January 1, Texas became the 45th state in the nation to legalize the “open carry” of a handgun. This came about due to House Bill 910, which passed last year during the 84th legislative session. The new law expands the scope of a license to carry a concealed handgun to include the ability to carry it in plain sight, so long as the gun is holstered.
Dr. Mort Kothmann will be giving a lecture on Range Management at the Llano Master Gardeners’ meeting Tuesday, January 21 at 5:30 at the Llano Public Library. The public is welcome to attend.
Mort Kothmann was born and reared on a ranch in eastern Mason County. He attended The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, graduating with a BS in Range Management in 1961.
Llano Uplift Archeological Society (LUAS) will be meeting on January 13, 2016 at the Nightengale Archeological Center in Kingsland.
Excavations at the Barnhill #3 Rockshelter in Coryell County have produced an intriguing array of plant remains from a relatively small volume of flotation-processed fill. Finds include corn (probably imported from East Texas), a seed of fiddleleaf tobacco, and some seeds of coreopsis, a plant that was probably used to make a yellow dye.
The Highland Lakes Chapter of Texas Democratic Women (HLDW) will begin the new year with their first monthly luncheon on January 28, at Meadowlakes Country Club. Registration will begin at 11:30 a.m.; lunch will be served as each member and guest is seated, a short business meeting will be called to order about 11:45, and a guest speaker will address the crowd at noon.
Bill Drake, Executive Director of the Marble Falls Boys and Girls Club since 2012, will be the chapter’s first ...
The Llano Country Opry will be stage on Saturday, January 9, with two special performances at the Lantex Theater in downtown Llano. Grand Ole Opry Star John Conlee will headline the Llano Country Opry.
The afternoon matinee begins at 2:30 PM and the evening performance begins at 7:30 PM. Admission is $21.00 and tickets are now on sale online at www.heartoftexascountry.com or by calling (325) 247-5354.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Crader of San Antonio are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sandra Crader to Forrest Hoerster, son of Dr. and Mrs. David Hoerster of Llano. Sandra is a 2010 graduate of John Marshall High School in San Antonio and earned her BAS degree from Texas A&M in 2014. She works as a nurse in Fredericksburg, Texas. Forrest graduated from Llano High School in 2010 and from Texas A&M in 2015 with a degree in Parks and Recreation. He is ...
Mark Hierholzer will be presenting a concert of free improvisation on the piano at Hill Country Evangelical Free Church, 107 East Lower Crabapple in Fredericksburg at 3 PM on Sunday, November 8.
Hierholzer is director of the Fredericksburg Chorale and the German Choirs. He performs his compositions and improvisations regularly in Fredericksburg and surrounding areas.
