Community News

The award winning Marksmen Quartet will bring their unique style of gospel music to the Llano High School Auditorium on Sunday, April 18 at 2:00pm. This event is a fundraiser for the Llano Masonic Lodge to help support our Llano High School Scholarships. Tickets are $9 and will be sold by phone.

The Llano Art Gallery will be holding a “Beef Stew and Cornbread” lunch this Friday from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Along with the beef stew and cornbread, guests will be treated to a cookie and tea; all for just $5. Guests will be welcome to eat at the gallery (503 Bessemer) and enjoy the work of local artists, or to call ahead for orders to go (325-247-4839).

The Llano Woman’s Culture Club will sponsor its seventh annual Lasagna Dinner on Sunday, March 21, at St James Lutheran Church, 1401 Ford Street. Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and will include a generous portion of lasagna, green salad, and garlic bread. Drinks and desserts will be provided.

Bernice Ende, also known as Lady Long Rider started her journey from the northwest corner of Montana and headed west to the mouth of the Columbia River; Naselle, Wash., and is now in Central Texas riding her horse. She has been through Wimberley, Dripping Springs, Round Mountain and is on her way to Llano. Bernice will be arriving in Llano Thursday afternoon or Friday morning, depending on weather. Bernice’s rides are funded by a variety of sponsors, by pass-the-ha ...

A new documentary film scheduled to premiere April 7 at the Uptown Marble Theater will feature the fascinating story of Kingsland residents Julian and Elena Chitta, who grew up in Romania and experienced the horrors of communism first-hand for more than twenty years before escaping to Austria in 1969. The film, entitled The Dream Killers, tells the story of how communists took over a prosperous European country (Romania’s capital, Bucharest was known as the “Paris of the E ...

The American Legion, Department of Texas, 21st District is holding its semi-annual convention at Frank Griggs Post 370 located at 200 Legion Drive in Llano on March 20-21. Over 200 delegates are registered to attend. Mail-in or door registration is $30 for the two-day event that includes a Saturday box lunch, evening banquet and dance in addition to the regular business sessions.

The Llano Military News Group met this past week to begin planning for the Armed Forces Day Rally scheduled for Friday, May 14. Last year we had an awesome event to honor and acknowledge our active-duty service men and women and we’re hoping to make this year’s event spectacular! There are almost eighty men and women serving our country that grew up here in Llano County and went to school here.

Llano Pack 301 celebrated 100 years of scouting at their annual Blue and Gold Dinner on February 23, 2010 at 6:30 pm at the Llano Church of Christ. Mayor Mike Reagor and Teddy Rodgers the Pack Chairman was also in attendance. There were many awards given out for the hard work that the scouts have done. Tigers: Holton Hawkins received his Tiger badge and stripe, Mom’s pin, Blue & Gold patch, recruiting patch and a communication and bowling belt loop.

Natalie Sanders of Llano received the 2010 American Chemical Society Award for Outstanding Graduating Senior from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. Sanders received the award at the University’s Honors Convocation Feb. 20. She will be graduating May 2010 with a degree in Chemistry. After graduation, she plans to pursue an MD/PhD studying infectious diseases. Sanders is the daughter of Mike and Janet Sanders of Llano.

At a remarkable literary event last Tuesday, local author and poet Laurie Wagner Buyer entertained a capacity crowd at Fuel Coffee House with readings from her new book, When I Came West, “extra” stories not included in the book, and video clips of her life in the mountains from a Wyoming television station. Laurie Wagner Buyer was born to an Air Force family in Edinburgh, Scotland.