Community News

The non-profit organization Llano Alliance for Drug Intervention, Inc. (LADI) is partnering with local pharmacies, Sun Rise Beach Village and Llano National Bank for the launch of LADI’s Love Your Child: In-Home Drug/Alcohol Test Kits Program. LADI is providing instant-read drug and alcohol test kits for parents use. They will be available at participating local pharmacies and the Sunrise Beach Village City Hall.

The Llano High School Class of 1990 held their 20 year reunion on the weekend of July 30-31. The reunion had a great turnout with over 30 classmates attending the two day event. The following members of the class were able to attend the reunion: Kristine Beesley, Michael Brascom, Christy Chaney, Beth Clement Grimes, Lee Davis, Christie Fisher Carlson, Drew Foster, James Foster, Mary Kay Foster Becher, John Gammill, Natasha Garrett, Gena Hallmark Reven, Brad Hatfield, Richard Houston, Joey Ja ...

Llano Fine Arts Guild is pleased to present Sue Kaan as our artist for the September program. This will be a "hands on" demo and Sue will be our guide on this journey, giving us her wisdom. Sue has always been interested in art and creative expression of all kinds.

The Llano Uplift Archeological Society (LUAS) meeting will be September 8, 2010 at 7:00pm at The LCRA Nightengale Archaeological Center (NAC) in Kingsland. This month’s presentation by Dr. Steve Black will be about Wickiups, Ovens, and Shelters: Ongoing Research on Shumla Bend of the lower Pecos River. The Lower Pecos Canyonlands of southwest Texas are renown for the many dry rockshelters and caves whose walls are spectacularly adorned with pictographs many dating 3,000 ...

Robert Livingston, veteran Texas songwriter who played an important and instrumental role in the development and evolution of Texas Music we know and love today will be featured at the bi-monthly Songwriters in the Round Series at the Famous Fuel Coffee House on Thursday, September 2, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

The 10th Annual Extension Banquet, sponsored by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Llano County and the Llano County Leadership Advisory Board, will be held Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. at the St. James Lutheran Church Activity Center (Schorlemmer Hall) in Llano. The Leadership Advisory Board is composed of individuals who serve on committees which give direction to the Texas AgriLife Extension Service’s programs in Llano County.

New Girl Scout troops of all ages are being formed and we need enthusiastic adults to lead them. Name your own meeting schedule. Training and mentoring will be provided. Adults must complete a volunteer registration application and criminal background check. Anyone interested in more information, please contact Christi Johnson at (325)247-5241.

Llano National Bank is joining with the Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) to help consumers take full advantage of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance, offering tips to help depositors increase the amount of money that will safely be covered. The basic coverage for deposits in an FDIC-insured community bank is up to $250,000 per depositor and $250,000 per owner for certain retirement accounts.

Over 500 Hill Country energy consumers gathered in the Fredericksburg High School Auditorium on August 17, as Central Texas Electric Co-op hosted its 63rd Annual Members’ Meeting. CEO Robert A. Loth III welcomed them and introduced Board President Michael Randolph nine other CTEC directors in attendance. Dr. Don Higginbotham, pastor of First Baptist Church in Fredericksburg, provided an invocation. The business of the meeting included the election of four directors.

TEMPLE, Texas – Scott & White Healthcare Board of Trustees Chairman Drayton McLane announced on August 20, 2010 the future retirement of Scott & White Healthcare President and CEO Alfred B. Knight, M.D. Dr. Knight, who in 2000 became the first President and CEO for the merged hospital and clinic system now known as Scott & White Healthcare, will assume the role of President of the Scott & White Healthcare Foundation (Scott & White’s philanthropic arm) upon lea ...