County commissioners and the public discussed a proposed bridge at Schneider Slab for almost an hour at Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting.
In January, commissioners unanimously approved an agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to build a bridge across the Llano River near the slab. The state presented preliminary plans, none of which have been approved, and the plan county officials most agreed with was one that would keep the slab in place for recreational use. ...
REGION TALENT, L-R: Nolan Keller, Luis Coronado, Coach Clint Easley, Dakoda Trull, Ray Dixon, Quint Pincelli, Luke Keller and Coach Ricky Sparks. The plaques all belong to Dakoda, who will compete at state. Not pictured is Luke Williams. See stories in the sports section.
Geese migrating on and off Lake LBJ inspired Bill D. Rose of Kingsland to write his second book.
Rose’s work, Callsign: Bandit, was recently published by Dorrance Publishing. He observed the Canadian geese, including one with a broken wing, migrating over the years near his home off the lake.
“I’ve been enamored with the Canadian geese ever since I moved there, coming in on their migration, leaving and coming, having their babies, and watching them teach them how to fly.
While sitting on the Roy Inks Bridge over the weekend you may have seen a jeep or two in the mix of cars waiting to get across the Llano River. Making their way from all over the United States and a few from abroad, the first weekend of the Llano Jeep Jamboree took place.
The Llano City Council last week awarded a bid to a Blanco firm to start improvements for the city’s swimming pool.
Aquatic Commercial Solutions was chosen to repair the city’s swimming pool at a cost of $240,000. The funds used for the project come from the bonds that voters approved last May.
Work on the pool is expected to take at least two months, depending on weather.
nd Llano Junior High bands performed well at the region concert and sight reading contest at the high school last week.
The high school concert band made a 2 in concert and 1 in sight reading. The symphonic band made a 1 in concert and a 1 in sight reading. A 1 is the highest rating that a band can receive in the contest.
The Llano Junior High School black band made a rating of 2 in concert playing and a 2 in sight reading.
In the battle of first names, Ron Cunningham has gained another designation in front of Ron: it will be Judge when he is sworn in January 1.
Ron defeated (one term) Llano County Judge Mary Cunningham in the Republican primary, 2,140 votes to 1,819. Right at 54 percent to 46 percent, a sizable decision for the challenger.
Incumbents held firm in Llano County races outside the county judge race in Tuesday’s Republican primary election.
County clerk Marci Hadeler, Precinct 2 Commissioner Linda Raschke and Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Bebe Piatt each won re-election on Tuesday night. There are no Democratic Party challengers, meaning all those who won Tuesday win the election.
The only race not yet determined is the Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace race, where no candidate reached the more than 50 percent ...
The Llano River, the life-giving waters to our town, the constant that is always open, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks out of the year.
We have three major festivals each year on the river, the first coming up this week, and activity daily around or on the water.
