The Annual Powder Puff game will be Thursday, May 16 at 7:00 PM – Jacket Stadium. This year’s game will be sure to impress . . . as much as last year’s BU vs. Kansas State match up? Hmmmm I don’t know . . . but you won’t want to miss this fun and fiercely competitive event.

Mayor- Mikel Virdell 395. Mike Reagor 221. Alderman 2 Year Term- Bryan Miiller 434, Todd Keller 219 Sherry Simpson 193 Gail Lang 93 John Ferguson 68. Unexpired 1 Year Term Allen Hopson 255 Cheryl Crabtree 110 Dustin McLeod 105 Ron Anderson 71 Rich Staley 19. School Board Place 2 Cody Fly -881 Place 6 Lyn Jenkins 462 Trevor Dupuy 385 Paul Hull 302 Place 7 Ronnie Rudd 638 Letitia McCasland 636.

This Saturday, May 11, will mark 60 years that Lee Duncan has been a barber in Llano, not only in the same shop, but at the same chair. Lee and his wife Virginia were born and raised right here in Llano; and have always lived here, with the exception of Lee, who left for a brief career in the Navy.

On Thursday, May 2 an Amber Alert was issued for 13-year-old Savannah Sloan and 15-year-old Misty Sloan after they were reported missing from a residence in Kingsland. At the time the Amber Alert was issued, 33-year-old Keith Mize was named as a person of interest. Later that evening, Llano Sheriff's Office received a tip.

Donny Stewart and Scottie Bryan Scoggins plead no-contest in the 2011 death of a Llano County inmate on Thursday, May 2 before District Judge Dan Mills. The two former Llano County jailers accepted a plea agreement in the case; both were charged with a Class A Misdemeanor for deadly conduct and both will serve jail time. The two were indicted by a Llano County Grand Jury in July 2012.

The Faith Academy tennis Flames are like the UCLA basketball Bruins of the 1960s and ‘70s; the Yankees, 1949 to 1953; the Canadiens, 1956-60; and the Celtics, 1959-1966. Champions all, with repeat, three-peat, four-peat, five-peat, and “for Pete’s sake” in the mind of their foes. The Lady Flames, April 25 in Waco, captured their fourth TAPPS-2A state tennis title in a row and sixth in the last seven year (The boys won, too, and we will tell you all about their big victory very soon.) ...

LLANO to LUBBOCK—That itinerary probably tells you you are not going to learn anything about Niagara Falls, or Bryce Canyon, or Goliad. If the kids in the back say, “Are we there yet?” I can’t blame them, but these are my paragraphs, for now anyway. It was in Brady, 54 miles into the trip, I saw my first jewel: the Palace Theater.

LUBBOCK—Every athletic career has to end—whether it’s at the Super Bowl or the discus ring on the Texas Tech campus. And the athlete, in the crowd of humanity, always seems to be the first to move on. “This way, please. Next.” On April 26, it was Cierra Jordan’s turn for her high school days to conclude, as she threw the disc for the third and final time at the Region I Meet.

LUBBOCK—When you’ve won 18 races in the long journey of a track season, from San Saba to Bandera to Stephenville, third place is usually not the most indelible memory. But when it comes at the Region I Meet, against some of the state’s incomparable speedsters, you know this is a moment (and a half) in time. “They deserve everything they got,” beamed Llano’s excitable and talented head track coach, Jarrett Vickers.

On April 16, 2013, the Llano FFA Chapter went the San Saba District FFA Convention in Goldthwaite, Texas. The two members that attended the convention were Kathryn Cunningham and Julianna Ball. These two individuals served as the voting delegates and also received the awards for Llano FFA. The awards they received were 1st in Meats Judging 2013, 1st in Livestock Judging 2013, 3rd Jr.

There were fewer games to report this week as the league game schedules were limited due to the STARR tests being given at the school. However, there were still a few contests in each division that provided plenty of baseball action! Llano 4 Year Old T-Ball Llano Angels vs. Llano Green Machines Game Summary: It was a 4-year old t-ball thriller between the Angels and the Green Machines.

For four days the skies over Willow City will be buzzing with up to 60 rockets sent upward for Rockets 13, on May 2–5, 2013. Rockets 13 is the culminating activity for students in the SystemsGo Aeroscience program at 30 Texas high schools. The STEM curriculum–originally developed at Fredericksburg High School–directs first-year students to design and build a launch vehicle that will carry a one-pound payload one mile high.

Llano, TX—All first graders at Llano Elementary recently received free prevent tooth decay kits through the Fantastic Teeth Fan Club. Lee Ellis, a member of Llano Masonic Lodge, organized the effort. Lodge members assembled and delivered 90 kits.  The Fantastic Teeth Fan Club, sponsored by Masonic Home and School of Texas, works to prevent suffering from toothaches, reduce missed school days due to dental problems, and cut costs for dental treatment.

Feeling down about money? You’re not alone. Millions worry about meeting money needs every day. But their fretting doesn’t add one cent to their bank accounts nor bring one slice of bread to their tables. Being down about money is unprofitable. And it is detrimental to emotional and physical health. We simply can’t afford the money blues. What then can we do about pressing bills and future financial needs?

This past weekend marked the first combined class reunion for graduates of Llano High School between 1960 and 1969. A goodly number of former students and their spouses attended a pleasant night down memory lane in the patio area of the Badu House. Background music featured appropriate tunes from the era, while guest mingled casually and munched from a well supplied buffet table constantly replenished with hearty and tasty snacks and appetizers.