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.
The champion has his portable throne! Teammates, L-R: Reigh Neudorf, Tyler Gann, Ray Dixon, Nolan Keller (barely), Luis Coronado, Quint Pincelli, and Ian Fletcher’s face tells the whole story. Dakoda deserved to be carried. He did the heavy lifting all day in Abilene.
The Llano County Commissioners took up cattle guard sizes and other associated issues at Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting.
They spent more than an hour discussing cattle guards and what issues would need to be agreed to in order to adopt a standard cattle guard policy.
The issue came to the forefront when a Precinct 1 landowner wanted to have a larger than standard cattle guard installed on a county road to keep exotic animals inside fencing.
The commissioners discussed a policy d ...
Our ancestors dressed in a different way than we do today, at least the women did, and some of it looked to be pretty warm for humid central Texas.
This was a day out for the ladies, put on by Virginia Walker and led by the Texas Victorian Lady, J’Nean Henderson, with special model escort, the suave and debonair Jack Walker.
