"What do you have in common with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln?" That's the question I asked Fred L. Thompson. "We're all surveyors!" And they were all elected to office.
Fred Thompson at 75 years of age is the longest serving elected official of Llano County. "I believe so," he said.
He came here in 1975 and was appointed to fill an unexpired term in "about 1976."
"Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the film is so delightful"....inside the Lantex theater last Friday night for the showing of locally made movies. Especially nice was the free admission and refreshments.
The four films shown were gifts of love – that's actually the root of the word "amateur." Comes from the Latin for "love"
Student-made posters praising the Board members lined the wall of the community room for School Board Appreciation Night. Eighteen elementary school students sang to the Llano ISD school board members at the January meeting. The Singing Jackets offered "Kind and Generous" with the repeated chorus, "thank you for all you do."
Llano High School Student Council officers presented the Board members with a special Tee shirt, a hand-written thank you note, and a certificate.
The Llano Meats Team recently competed at the Western National 4-H Roundup in Denver, Colorado bringing home the title of Champion Team. The contest was held at the JBS and Pilgrim's Pride Headquarters in Greeley, Colorado. Team members include Julianna Ball, Kathryn Cunningham, David Forrister, and David Meier. Individually, Kathryn was 1st high individual, Julianna was 3rd high individual, David F.
Virginia Walker, the Llano Woman's Culture Club's own "tea expert" presented the program "The World in a Tea Cup" at the January meeting, appropriately since January is "Hot Tea Month." She told the club that tea is the second most popular beverage in the world next to water and shared details about the customs of drinking tea in other countries.
Guests at the meeting were Judy Miller, Diane Thompson, Lynda Boss, Gayle Beckman and Marnie Powell.
The January hostesses Barbara Heldridge, Gail Joh ...
It's almost time for the Annual "Souper" Supper Smack Down – and you want to be sure to mark your calendar so you won't miss it! Where else can you try about twenty different soups, vote for your favorite, listen to some great jazz music, and have a chance to win some hand-dipped chocolates?
Plink! There, I heard it again, then again; the distinct plink of a metal golf club hitting a ball. What made it remarkable was the timing. It was an hour after dark on Saturday night. I sat by a campfire at Robinson Park by the glass-smooth surface of the Llano River with Boy Scout Troop 301 of Llano.
Looking in the right direction we could see the eerie green glow of golf balls in flight, because the city park is adjacent to the city golf course.
It's really not a secret that tent camping is ...
Matthew Tyler Aten was born August 27, 1976 in Cleburne, Texas and passed away November 11, 2015 in Meadowlakes, Texas. He grew up in Kingsland and Llano, and graduated from Llano High School in 1995. While there, he was a member of the National Honor Society, played basketball, ran cross country, played drums in the Yellow Jacket Band, and was the first male cheerleader at LHS.
Overheard in a conversation with his friends in San Antonio, Robert Haley of Floresville, Texas, "Next year you should bring your family to Llano, they have things for the kids, vendors along the river, a chuck wagon cook-off and a gunfight, y'all would have a blast. We are fixin' to go into their old theater to watch a John Wayne movie and John Wayne is introducing it himself".
Crossing the Llano River Bridge on Friday and Saturday may have had some scratching their heads, with smoke coming fr ...
The Llano County Sheriff's Office issued a warning to Llano County area residents after receiving several complaints of people getting phone calls claiming that they have won prizes.
According to Llano County Sheriff's Investigator Bucky Boswell, a man has been calling area residents posing as an agent for Publisher's Clearinghouse, and telling them that they have won $2.5 million and a Mercedes.
