Castell School Restoration Fund, 5205 CR 106, Llano, Texas 78643, gratefully acknowledges the following donations: In Memory of Leroy Rode by Vera Honig, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rode, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pyka, Mr. and Mrs. Timon Keller, Norman and Joann Grenwelge, Hattie Sagebiel, Allen and Patty Pfister. In Memory of Margaret Grenwelge Kent by Norman and Joann Grenwelge, Allen and Patty Pfister. Llano County Library System Memorials Memorials received at the Llano County Library: In memory ...

The next meeting of the newly formed club, “Texas Hills Quilters” will be held July 16.  We meet the third Monday of each month at The Country Quilt Shop (100 Exchange Place, Llano, Texas) beginning at 11AM.  Our meetings are open to anyone that’s interested in quilting. At last months meeting, our club members decided to take on a couple of community projects.  Cathy Bellars graciously volunteered to head this committee.  For the next two meetings, each one is asked to bring a non ...

God knows that we are creatures of sight.  We are bound by time and space.  We need pictures, stories, visual aids.  We need God to open our eyes so that we can see spiritual reality.  I do not believe that God created things and then later revisited those creations when He decided He wanted to illustrate something.  It seems to me that God created objects and processes specifically to illustrate spiritual realities.  The spiritual reality existed in the mind of God, and then He created t ...

It was Sunday morning. I stood alone in the study of the active, growing church where I was the pastor and didn’t feel like preaching. Hundreds of people awaited a sermon to help them with their many needs and build their faith, but I wasn’t up to the occasion. My busy schedule had caught up with me; I was weary and couldn’t seem to summon enough strength to walk through my study door and make my way to the pulpit. Then I noticed an envelope on my desk addressed to “Pastor”. Pic ...

The Hill Country 100 Club, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is proud to announce that for the 2012 – 2013 school year, it has awarded $12,000 in scholarships to six area students representing all four of the our supported counties – Burnet, Llano, Blanco and Lampasas Counties. This is our fourth year to award scholarships to graduating seniors from the high schools within our support area.

The 33rd and 424th Judicial Districts District Attorney’s Office is proud to announce and welcome Rebecca Lange as its newest Assistant District Attorney. Ms. Lange comes to us after completing a four-year mobilization in the U.S. Army Reserve, first at Ft. Hood in Killeen and then at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio.

Avis (Al) Sibert, 83 of Tow, Texas passed away Saturday, July 7, 2012. He was born September 18, 1928 to Rufus Sibert and Elizabeth (Ripley) Sibert in Comanche, Texas. Avis (Al) married Lola Pauline Scheller in 1948; she preceded him in death in March 1973, he later married Ramona Jo Cabral in December 1973; she preceded him in death in 1997.

Leon O. Barber Jr. (Popeye) 84, of Sweeny passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family on July 5, 2012. He was born in Pontotoc, Texas to Leon O. Sr. and Laura Waleska Bode Barber. He was an avid outdoorsman and was the best husband, father and gramps.

William (Bill) Reson Guthrie, Jr., Sr. Msgt. USAF Ret., died July 8, 2012 in Tow, Texas. He was born at home Jan. 1, 1930, in Pahokee, Florida, to Helen (Gibler) and William Reson Guthrie, Sr. He moved to Miami in his teens where he enjoyed sand, sun, and lots of water until he joined the military in 1947.

Dear Editor,  I recently represented the City of Llano at a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) meeting in Fredericksburg. TCEQ oversees and regulates water in the state of Texas as well as LCRA. The meeting was about new legislature concerning the need for a Water Master on rivers. The drought of 2011 affected many people on the Llano River, of 148 senior water rights called during the drought; the City of Llano affected 69 water right holders upstream.

Dear Editor, You know when you vote for the President, you are not really electing a Presdient, you are electing someone to vote for the President for you. The fact is they could vote for somone else if they chose to. This is basically how the Electoral College works. Than’s why in a Presidential Election, they count electoral votes.

Dear Editor, Please accept this as an apology from the Kingsland Lake LBJ Chamber of Commerce. We are sorry for the shortness of the 43rd Annual Aqua Boom Fireworks as there was honestly a technical difficulty. As a person whom has seen from start to finish it is a very fine detail work in progress.

We are just a few days into July and have already had plenty of excitement at Pecan Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation. Birthday parties and celebrations galore. Wednesday, July 4, we had a 4th of July picnic (inside... way too hot outside). The dining room was decorated with red, white and blue flags, bells and stars.

Llano Elementary School will be offering a pre-kindergarten class for four-year-olds during the 2012-2013 school years. The Pre-K program is available to students who are four years old by August 31, 2012. Registration will be held at the Llano Elementary School office starting in May 2012 between 8:30-3:00. You will need to bring the following items to complete the registration: •Childs Birth Certificate •Social Security Card •Current Immunization Record The Pre-K program is planned ...

Don’t tell Darrell Hagemann that Llano High is not a basketball school. It served his purposes just fine, and those who follow McNeil High in Round Rock have no complaints. Hagemann, Jackets’ Class of 1980, has completed 20 years as the Mavericks’ head coach—the team’s only head coach in boys’ varsity basketball. “That was definitely not the highlight of my time in Llano,” said Hagemann.

Did you see where there was an Under-19 football tournament in Austin, June 30-July 7? I’m not talking 7-on-7 here; I’m talking about the International Federation of American Football. No, I hadn’t heard of it, either. The guests were Japan, France, Sweden, Austria, Panama, Canada, and American Samoa. I imagine the other Samoans feel discriminated against.

GEORGETOWN—Players were everywhere but not many fans; you saw nicknames for the offseason only like Avengers and Fury; there were four games in progress at once. On the sidelines were wintertime coaches not allowed to coach in the summer and summertime coaches not on anyone’s payroll in the winter. They were all enrolled in a basketball-thon on the Southwestern University campus, July 6-8. Nobody knew less about his team than Aidan Callahan, the new varsity boys’ coach in Llano, and he ...

SAN SABA—You think it’s awfully hot to be playing baseball, softball, or 7-on-7, because those are outdoor ventures in the Texas good ol’ summertime? Basketball (and volleyball) are inside jobs, but the sweat is evidence how wearing these sports are, too—forget about the air-conditioned gymnasiums. The Llano High girls have been playing two basketball games every Tuesday since last month at the home of the Armadillos. “I’m proud they’ve done as well as they have,” said head co ...

The Llano Little League All Star Teams have been hard at it during the month of June as each age group has been competing in tournaments around the area. The machine pitch all star teams consisting of a 7 year old all star team (Llano Black) and an 8 year old all star team (Llano Orange) recently competed in the Johnson City, Fredericksburg and Llano tournaments.

What a great topic for stimulating the senses we traditionally associate with the images of summer. This wonderful summer fruit not only provides great visual appeal, it also provides super taste and tactile experiences. The fruit of the watermelon is most commonly an attractive red/rose-pinkish color as opposed to a fire-engine, red-orange color.