The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 30, 2005 Page: 1 of 18
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The Deer Capital of Texas
Wednesday, March
The Llano News
Vol 117 No 26* Llano. Texas • thenewsft4star.net • 18 pages. 2 sections
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Don’t
Forget,
Daylight
Saving lime
Begins
Sunday,
April 3
INSIDE:
Jackets
go to 2-0...
The Llano baseball
team is 2-0 In district
play.
See Page 12
Rain Palls
Rain this wHk: 1.58
Rain In March 3.80
Total for 2005 8.29
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Ranch. Llano, TSxas.
FORECAST
Wadnasday Night: Partly
cloudy, with a low noar 54.
Wa*t wind around 5 mph be-
coming calm.
Thursday: A 20 percent
chance of showers and thun-
derstorms after noon. Partly
cloudy, with a high around 74.
North northwest wind be-
tween 10 and 15 mph.
Thursday Night: A 10 per-
cent chance of showers and
thunderstorms before mid-
night Partly cloudy, with a low
around 44. North northwest
wind between 5 and 15 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a
high near 68. North northwest
wind around 15 mph.
Friday Night: Claar, with a
low around 37. North north-
east wind 5 to 10 mph becom-
ing south
Saturday: Sunny, with a high
around 76. Southwest wind
between 10 and 15 mph.
Saturday Night: Clear, with
a low near 50.
Sunday: Partly cloudy, with a
hloh around 80
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy,
wNh a tow around 56.
OBITUARIES
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Board triples up on
school calendar options
It may seem as though students
Who will attend Llano ISD in the
fall of 200S will have a choice of
when to begin classes, but that is
really not the case.
During a regular meeting of the
board of trustees, three options
for the 2005-06 school calendar
were approved unanimously.
However, only one will be
adopted.
Superintendent Dennis Hill
explained to board members that
the choices deal with a possible
early start day in August that may
or may not happen.
The best situation, according to
a committee assigned to set up the
school calendar, would be for
school to begin Aug. 15. During
the same meeting, the board held
a public hearing and approved a
motion to request a waiver from
the Texas Education Agency for
the early start date prior to Aug.
22, which is recommended by
TEA. If the waiver is not ap-
proved, the first day of instruc-
tion will be Aug. 22 and the cal-
endar will be changed accord-
ingly.
Still, a third possibility would
come into affect if the state leg-
islature passes a bill that will not
allow school to begin prior to the
Labor Day holiday. That means
school would begin Sept. 6.
With each calendar, the district
must plan for 180 instructional
days.
During other meetings con-
cerning the school calendar, it
was reported that the early start
time helps students and teachers
in a number of ways, including
the ability to complete an entire
semester prior to the Christmas
break. Also, getting out earlier in
the spring makes for a better
learning environment, according
to past calendar committees.
In other board action, the jun-
ior high and high school princi-
pals made presentations on the
TAKS scores for their respective
campuses in the 2004-05 school
years.
Junior high principal Candice
Hughes reported that even though
her campus was rated acceptable
in the recent accountability re-
port, the TAKS scores were ac-
tually up from a year ago.
In sixth-grade, reading im-
proved from 82 percent mastery
to 99 percent but math scores fell
from 83 percent to 77 percent.
However, that was just one per-
cent below the state average.
On the seventh-grade level,
reading improved from 93 per-
cent to 94 percent while math in-
creased from 70 percent to 81
percent and writing was up from
91 percent to 95 percent. In all
cases, the economically disad-
vantages “sup populations" in-
creases TAKS scores.
In eighth-grade, reading rose
from 90 percent to 95 percent and
math was up from 71 percent to
76 percent. Social studies scores
fell from 90 percent to 88 percent.
Hughes outlined plans to im-
High school principal Earl Jarrett made a presentation
about TAKS testing during Monday’s school board meet-
ing in Horseshoe Bay.
prove the "areas of concern,”
where scores had fallen or were
not exceeding the state average.
High school principal Earl
Jarrett reminded board members
that the requirements for master-
ing the TAKS tests are ever in-
creasing. He stated that only one
3A high school was rated aca-
demically exemplary this year —
Lorena High School. Only 19 out
of 185 3A high schools were rated
recognized. The remainder were
recognized of low performing.
He warned the board that in
two years, the accepted level for
students taking the TAKS to be
considered mastery will peak and
that two years ago, if the new
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Burglary
suspects
nabbed -
A pair of teenage suspect were arrested recently on suspicion of
burglary of a habitation in Horseshoe Bay.
According to a police report, on March 17 Horseshoe Bay Police
Department officers responded to a residential burglary on Island
Drive in HSB. During the investigation they discovered that some-
one had entered the residence through a garage door by means of a
key pad and took approximately $5,000 worth of items consisting of
aide vision, VCR. other electronic items, and a large quantity of H-
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Douglas Hart, Jr., 19, of Granite Shoals and Trevor Miller, 18, of
Cottonwood Shores were arrested and taken to Llano County Jail the
following Friday after the burglary was discovered.
Acting on information received, along with what the investigator
discovered at the crime scene, officers responded to a residence in
Granite Shoals the following day and recovered all of the items taken.
The two suspects were part of a moving crew which was tempo-
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The Llano High School Percussion Winter-Guard Unit performed its show for students and teachers Tuesday morning. The Orange Line Indoor
Percussion Unit is in the middle of its contest season.
County votes not to lay off on bed tax,
despite postponement by legislature
It could be up to two more years until Llano County has a bed
tax.
The Llano County Commissioners Court decided Monday not
to rescind a resolution it signed in January supporting state legis-
lation that would have allowed for the tax, but county officials
said the state legislature will not act on the resolution for a couple
of years.
After a meeting in Horseshoe Bay last week involving repre-
sentatives of state senator Troy Frazier and representative Harvey
Hilderbran, Frazier told the county he did not want to change the
law to allow the bed tax. The state officials also feared that the
entire county did not support the idea.
The bed tax was first brought to the commissioners court in Janu-
ary calling for a 7-percent bed tax for all hotels and motels not
already in an incorporated city that has a bed tax. The measure
could have brought significant income to the county, but the funds
could only be used for promoting the county.
Ken Rostron, who attended the meeting representing the group
who wanted to install the tax, said all who attended the meeting
left with a spirit of cooperation. He also said the group would work
on three points in the next couple of years.
“We agreed to make sure the Marriott in Horseshoe Bay is the
center of tourism, we have to protect the citizens of that commu-
nity and we have to promote the growth of the county and pro-
mote all areas,” Rostron said. “This group is going to work on
these areas and have the unified message that this is a great place
to come for vacation."
Other items ...
•Llano County Judge R.G. Floyd told the court the county is
trying its best to fix as many roads as possible. He commented
that it would cost the county more than $30 million to pave all the
roads in the county that cover 573 miles. The judge commented
the county does not have that kind of money to spend on paving.
“Let me go on record and say those who want (all All Lounty
roads) paved I’ll give you a push broom and a tar mop,” Floyd
said.
Floyd also said he thinks the road and bridge department under
new supervisor Bill Smith is doing a good job.
"The road and bridge department in my opinion is running a lot
better,” Floyd said.
• The court approved a bond for Deputy Sheriff Jerome Louis
Ondrias. The court also approved salary adjustments in the sheriff's
department.
•The court approved supporting The Hill Country Region of
Texas Heritage Trails Program, designed to promote tourism in
Llano County.
•The court approved to amend Llano County Order Pertaining
to the Resolution of Private Sewage Systems by removing the 10
acre exclusion.
•The court approved a floodplain variance by George Davis.
•The court approved a resolution in support of the Mental Health
Mental Retardation Local Authority and Provider Roles (MHMR).
Floyd said the MHMR is well run and supports the county when
needed.
Play ball,
eat fish
Little League
opening day set
The Llano Little League will be
starting its 2005 season April 2
at the Moore Baseball Complex.
The day will be full of baseball
and fried fish.
Ages five through 15 will be
playing games throughout the
day. The five and six year olds
will start the day playing a couple
of t-ball games.
Next will be some softball and
pitching machine games. The af-
ternoon will be complete as the
nine and 10 year olds take the
field with 11 and 12 year olds fol-
lowing shortly after. The 13
through 15 year olds will take the
field later that evening.
Members of the Crawfish
Board of Directors will be donat-
ing their time to cook the fish
while Little League parents and
board members will be serving.
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Stephenson, Jimmy. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 30, 2005, newspaper, March 30, 2005; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1125254/m1/1/?q=%2522dewey+redman%2522: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.