Debbie Slangal has always loved all things Texas. Her grandparents on both sides were here in the Republic of Texas days! She grew up in the Lake Buchanan area, went to school in Llano, then on to UT and became an RN where she worked in surgery in San Antonio.
It's time to buy raffle tickets to win an incredible Pecanwood Lazy Susan, or a fabulous Bubbling Water Fountain. The Drawing will be held April 2, 2016 at 12:45 at the Llano County Lawn and Garden Show.
The Pecanwood Lazy Susan was locally built by the J Craft Company. This beauty is 22"
Belle Laning was the lucky winner of the 2015 Culture Club Holiday Gift Basket. The proceeds from the raffle goes toward the Llano County Scholarship Fund. Thanks to all who contributed to this effort.
The Llano Special Olympics Yellow Jackets participated in the 2-day Special Olympics Basketball Tournament, March 4 and 5 in San Marcos. The event brought together students from elementary to high school from schools across Central Texas. The team participated in unified basketball where half the team has special needs, and the other half can assist and play with them.
One Jacket is heading to state, and two who missed were also outstanding in the Powerlifting Association, Region II, Class-4A Meet, March 12.
“Great accomplishment,” declared head coach Clint Easley. A robust nine from Llano made it to the prestigious event at Robinson High School near Waco.
Dalton Dewveall, who plays a bit of tennis—see Spring Sports Special—and football, achieved one of his major goals.
I’ve written this before, but my attacks were on Texas and Texas Tech. I didn’t like the Longhorns wearing black on the basketball court, and I really didn’t like seeing Tech in all that gray in football.
I’ll bet Chris Christie will get back into the GOP presidential-nomination race and then beat Hillary Clinton, before Texas wears black at DKR Texas Memorial Stadium.
I’ve written this commentary before, and I will be glad to stop the repetition if someone would listen to me!
The general theme is: the baseball season is too long; the specific subject today is Spring Training, the main culprit.
Are you going to tell me it takes four or five weeks to get ready for the 162-game endurance test?
HORSESHOE BAY—Phil Dawson, who has been a field goal kicker in three different decades—college and NFL—did a superb job of stitching life’s lessons inside a pro football career, March 2, at the Horseshoe Bay Sports Club.
Candor was abundant, as the former Longhorn (mid-to-late 1990s) indicated not every NFL player hums the Nationwide tune.
“There’s a lot of insecurity,” said the 41-year-old Dawson, who recently re-signed for a fourth year in San Francisco.
The 2nd annual Llano Earth Art Festival (LEAF) and Rock Stacking World Championship Competition will take place March 11-13, 2016 at Grenwelge Park in historic downtown Llano, Texas on the banks of the Llano River.
A celebration of the bridge between man and nature known as 'Earth Art", LEAF is a full weekend of amazing artistic performances centering on the use of natural, found materials along the river bed and surrounding area.
Rock balancers from across the U.S.
