Community News

A pep rally for the Llano High School Yellowjackets was held at the Care Inn Wednesday, Sept. 24. Residents enjoyed watching the Pop Warner cheerleaders, the high school cheerleaders and ate with Sting and the football players. The football players also brought cookies, corsages and bookmarks to pass out to the residents.

01-Oven breaded chicken, Salisbury steak, broccoli & cheese, seasoned corn, white wheat bread, peaches 02-Chicken fajitas, burrito, ranch style beans, lettuce & tomatoes, chilled fruit 03-Hamburger, sloppy joe, tator tots, burger salad, gelatin 06-Pizza sticks, fish strips, seasoned corn, raw veggie sticks, white wheat bread, blushing pears 07-Chicken nuggets, chicken fried steak, baked potato, green beans, white wheat bread, graham crackers 08-Steak fingers, chicken drumstick, cheesy new potatoes, peas & carrots, wheat roll, fresh fruit 09-Taco nacho salad, cheese nachos, refried beans, lettuce & tomatoes, fruit 10-Hamburger, swiss chicken burger, potato smiles, burger salad, cherry crisp 13-No School-Columbus Day 14-Fish strips, turkey corndog, macaroni & cheese, seasoned carrots, white wheat bread, peaches 15-Chicken patty, Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, broccoli & cheese, white wheat bread, fresh fruit 16-Tamales, chicken quesadilla, Mexican rice, garden salad, strawberries & bananas 17-Hamburger, sub.

The Llano High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), elected it’s officers for the 2008-2009 school year. FCCLA is a local, state, and national organization that helps young people examine many of the issues and challenges facing youth today. FCCLA is unique among youth organizations because its programs are planned and run by members.

Llano Memorial Hospice is seeking volunteers to help serve patients. In order to meet government guidelines, volunteer hours must equal at least five percent of paid staff patient hours. On that note, Llano Memorial Hospice program is looking for men and women interesting in spending some time each week to help reach that goal. Some duties include, visiting with patients for an hour or so, running errands, reading to patients, or walking a patient’s pet. Volunteers, who are not comfortable visiting with patients can help in other ways, such as sewing or crocheting, play a musical instrument, or any other special talent can be used. The Llano Hospice program provides support and care for people in the last phases of incurable disease, so they may live as fully and as comfortable as possible.

Pumpkins, autumn leaves, corn stalks, crisp cool air, the smell of a wood burning fire – well, maybe not here, means it is time to decorate for the season. The Promotion Committee of Main Street is again sponsoring “Fall Pride in Decorating.” Pumpkins are available at the grocery stores, “Growing Crazy,” Rode’s Feed for hay, other places in the area, corn stalks, and tall grasses are still around.

Highland Lakes Republican Women (HLRW) recently distributed dictionaries to all third graders at Llano Elementary School as part of a nationwide non-profit Dictionary Project designed to assist students in developing lifetime reading skills. Shown here are the students of Mrs. Wilson’s third grade class, enthusiastically receiving and learning how to use their own personal dictionaries.

Congratulations to John “Stephen” Brownlee, one of only 16,000 students nationwide named as a Semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Competition (NMSC). Stephen will now advance to the Finalist level competition where he hopes to advance and become one of 8,000 recipients of a Merit Scholarship. Last year, Llano High School boasted two National Merit Semi-Finalists who went on to become Merit finalists: Valerie Hoerster and Kaitlin Newell.

The Llano Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications from individuals who wish to serve on the board of directors. The term of director positions are three years and will begin in January 2009. Applicants must be in good standing with the Llano Chamber of Commerce. Applications may be picked up at the Llano Chamber office.

The Llano County Historical Commission is sponsoring a photo display that will be held in our historic courthouse Oct. 18, the day of the Heritage Day Festival. Everyone has pictures that were taken through the years of a house, building, or someplace special that brings back memories. Think of the many places in Llano County that have been completely remodeled, or demolished that were captured on film and hidden away in a scrapbook.

On Friday, Sept. 26, there will be an open football schedule, and Main Street has scheduled a performance of The Dark Knight at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 27 at 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. $1 off coupons are available in all of the local stores. Batman, originally referred to as the Bat-Man began as a fictional comic book superhero created by artist Bill Kane and writer, Bill Finger and was published by Detective Comics in 1939.