It’s rare these days to hear of a couple that has been married for seven decades. It’s rarer still to find such a couple still as deeply in love as Olvis and Verna Osborn, married on Dec. 20, 1946 in Llano.
It’s not uncommon to see Verna, now 85 years old, reach for her husband’s hand and give it a squeeze or for Olvis, now 95, to coo words of adoration to the wife who rarely leaves his side.
President
Carlton Hanson
1st Vice President
John Roberie
2nd Vice President
Jim Norfleet
Executive Director
Briley Mitchell
Board Members
Karalina Venable
Marcus Hammons
Cheryl Crabtree
Monica Riggs
Tommy Scott
Chris Karrington
Visitor Center Staff
Angela Lewis
Kim Webb
OUR MISSION: The mission of the Llano Chamber of Commerce is to engage in projects and activities that have a positive economic impact on the community and serve the members of the Chamber. The Llano Chamber of Commerce has been in existence since 1919 and was formed “to acquire, preserve and disseminate valuable business information, and generally to promote the interest of trade and increase the facilities of commercial transactions.”
As Llano has evolved through ...
Why join the Llano Chamber of Commerce? That is a question we hear all the time, and we love to answer it. First and foremost, it is being a part of the community. The chamber works daily on ways to promote Llano and getting people into town. We depend on our businesses to be here and open so we can tell the many visitors that come to town about them.
In 2016 we had 13,934 recorded visitors to the Visitor Center that wanted to know where to eat, shop, stay and play.
Come out and see the best of Llano at the 93rd annual Llano Chamber of Commerce banquet. The event will be held Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the John L. Kuykendall Event Center. The social hour kicks off at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the awards ceremony at 7:30 p.m.
A U.S. Navy Korean War veteran from Llano County, Harvey H. Klee was appointed national chaplain of the American Legion during the organization’s national convention in Cincinnati in September.
The American Legion has 2.2 million members and is the largest veterans organization in the world. As national chaplain, Klee provides spiritual guidance to the entire organization and its members, worldwide.
Though it was never his intention to become a chaplain for the American Legion, Klee saw a nee ...
As a veteran with 20 years of service in the US Navy, Nancy Patrick of Llano knows first-hand the healing power of horses.
The Veterans Administration (VA) estimates that as many as 31 percent of combat veterans suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In addition, many vets face depression and anger issues that often lead to suicide and a reported 22 veterans a day take their own lives.
After serving two tours in some of the world’s worst war zones, including time in Baghdad (2005-2007), Staff Sgt. Charles Sexton of Llano needed something to help him deal with the extreme combat related PTSD he brought home with him.
Sexton found a bit of zen by turning firepower into flower power by creating works of art out of ammunition casings.
“The VA had me on 22 different medications,” Sexton said.
Not many people can say they have seen the North Pole, but Rear Admiral Albert Kelln (Ret.) of Llano has not only seen it, he was the first person to accomplish a rare trifecta.
While stationed aboard the USS Skate, he stood on, flew over, and sailed under the North Pole.
Kenneth “Rabbit” Hare of Kingsland, a Korean and Vietnam War veteran who served for 22 years in the United States Air Force, always dreamed of becoming a pilot.
As a young boy growing up in the 1950s in Amarillo, Hare would sweep up at the Tradewind Airport in exchange for flying lessons.
