The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1985 Page: 1 of 31
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Hoerster, Wentsch win election
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The Llano Independent School
District installed two new board
members Tuesday night following a
resounding vicotry by one candidate
and a late rally by another in one of
the most hotly contested races in
pchool board annals.
Unseated in her bid for a fourth
term as a trustee was Alberta Allred
who served as president of the school
board this past year. Winning with a
70.02 percent of the vote was Dr.
David Hoerster who took seven of
eight boxes. Allred captured the
Kingsland box 206-154 in what was
said to be a very disappointing
turnout of voters.
Meanwhile Llano voters, 673 of
them, turned out in force to give Dr.
Hoerster his first term on the board
by a margin of 502-166. With all the
votes in Allred managed a slim 29.8
percent of the total for the Place 5
seat. *
It was a different story for
Rayburn Houston in the four-man
race for Place 1 on the board. The
Llano box wgs the first one in and
Houston took an early lead getting
371 votes to 184 for George Wentsch,
105 for Mikel Virdell and two for
Richard Van Hoose of Kingsland.
Houston's 228-vote lead looked
good for awhile. He had also won the
Tow box 15-9 and the Kingsland box
ght as
forse-
shoe Bay and Sunrise Beach came
rolling in. Houston even lost the
MUD, City races also decided
Valley Srping box 36-16 to complete
the Wentsch rally.
Cutting Houston's lead was the
Deerhaven - Blue Lake vote for
Wentsch, 107-15. It was even more
devastating at Horseshoe Bay where
Wentsch scored a 164-11 victory and
Sunrise Beach made it 63-19 to give
Wentsch a final 94 vote victory.
Wentsch was the big spender in
advertising, letter mail-outs and
election cards. He accented a need
for good business practices in his
campaign that drew protests from
some on the allegations made.
Dr.Hoerster’s main theme in his
campaign was "time for a change"
and apparently the majority of voters
went along with the idea despite
Allred’s long record of service and
accomplishments.
City of Llano
There -were 203 votes cast in the
City of Llano election for mayor and
154-119 bu^ that was all for naugh
the lake boxes of Deerhaven, Ho
Commodity recipients at
Llano reregister tuesday
All participants who receive free surplus food commodities each
month at the Llano Senior Center must re-register for the next 12
months' distribution at the Llano Senior Center, 1110 Berry Street on
April 16 from 8 a.m. td 4 p.m.
Participants in Llano County who pick up commodities at Buchanan
Dam or Tow are already registered and do not need to come to the
Llano Center on the 16th, says Center Director Gwen Brumm.
Commodities will arrive April 23. Guidelines for eligibility for the next
year are as follows for households with at least one member 60 years or
older: a household size of one and monthly income is less than $685; a
household size of 2 and monthly income less than $924; 3 with a
monthly income less than $1,164.
Eligibility guidelines for households where all are under 60 years old
are as follows: a household size of one and monthly income less than
$540; a household size of 2 and monthly income less than $728; a
household size of 3 and monthly income less than $917; a household
size of 4 and monthly income less than $1,164; a household size of-5
and monthly income less than $1,294.
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The LLANO
NEWS
Llano, Llano County, Texas 78643
Volume 94 No. 24
Thursday, April 11, 1985
Deer Capital of Texas
26 Pages in 2 Sections
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Kingsland group asks
road repair, widening
A delegation of about., 25 people
from Kingsland, mostly' residents
along Euel Moore Drive, confronted
Llano County commissioners and
particularly Rex King with an
emphatic request for improvements
in the road that had been promised
but still not accomplished.'
Commissioners also accepted a
high bid for used pickup, kicked in
$2.60 cents each to clear up a
mistake on a delinquent tax decision
and called for bids for painting and
improvements to the courthouse
exterior. This was all part of their
regular meeting held Monday at the
courthouse.
Enel Moore Drive
A spolkesman for the Kingsland
group said that improvement of the
Kenneth Brandenberger
elected board president
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Kenneth Brandenberger, Llano
County rancher, was unanimously
elected president of the Llano
Independent School Board at its
regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Eddy Gould was elected vice-
president and Cynthia Bauer was
elected board secretary. Appointed
as school tax assessor-collector was
Margie Jung, lax assessor-collector
for Llano County.
In other action Tuesday, the board
canvassed the results of the Saturday
trustee election and installed newly-
elected board members Dr. David
Hoerster and George Wentsch.
' The board approved a contract
with the county for tax services for
the 1985-86 tax year and agreed to
insert a paragraph calling for a
ceiling of $25,625 to be paid to Llano
County for tax collection fees.
Dorman Moore, superintendent,
said he felt the contract "very fair to
the school district" and that the
"county is treating us right."
In his superintendent’s report
Moore presented a chart indicating
that most grades had improved their
percentages of subject failing grades
from the last report. "It looks as
though we are making progress,"
Moore said.
The LISD will host a Texas
Association of School Boards work-
shop April 18 at high school and have
three group sessions for board
members from the area. A catered
steak dinner will also be included in
the Thursday evening meeting.
road had been promised 18-24
months ago but there had not been
anything done about the road which
was said to be too narrow for two
vehicles to pass each other safely.
County Judge Bill Miller presided
over the discussion and all commis-
sioners were present; King, Ross
Bauman, Pete Overstreet and Leon-
ard Grenwelge.
Complaints ranged from inade-
quate patching, a lack df speed
signs, dangerous dips in the road
and hazardous driving particularly
for school busses.
"We pay our taxes in money not in
promises," said E.L. Peel, "We
want something done abut the road
this spring."
King tried to explain that weather
played a key part in the delay. After
each rain he said, it is necessary to
drag the roads. He also cited the
work that needed to be done at the
county dump.
"The paving equipment is used by
four precincts," King explained.
"Then the weather turned bad and
after each rain we have to go bak and
drag the dirt roads.”
When asked for a curb along the
road King said that would be
impossible.
"We will try to construct the road
to halve the water," King said. "It
would cost too much to curb and
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two aldermen. There were a few
write-ins apparently just for the fun
of it. When all the votes were
counted, Mayor John Landon had
174 votes, Alderman Jimmy Walker
151 and R.L. Adams 167.
KMUD
Elections for directors of the
Kingsland Municipal Utility District
wpre also held at Barrow Hall along
with the school elections. Election
judges had only one problem for the
day. People had a tendency of
putting their ballots in the wrong box
despite separate tables and well-
marked boxes.
When it was all over. Chairman
Sidney Morton easily defeated chal-
lenger Larry Reagor for Place 4,
174-95. Unopposed was Jon Mc-
Whorter who received 261 votes for
Place 3 and Earl Riggs, 239 votes for
Place 5. "v
Horseshoe Bay MUD
It was a four-man race for three
seats on the Lake LBJ Municipal
Utility District and Incumbents Da-
vid Martin received 157 votes and
George Edgerton 147 for re-elqption.
The new member on the board is
John Godwin with 151 votes. Left out
was T.A. Brown with 47 votes. There
were 175 casting ballots at Horse-
shoe Bay.
Public hearing
set for PLBIA
All member? of the. Protect'
Lake Buchanan And Inks Asso-
ciation and friends are invited to
^' attend the public hearing before
the Texas Department of Water
Resources on Thursday, April 18,
- at 1:30 p.m. in the Stephen F.
Austin building.
"We have asked for a morator-
ium on the dumping of effluent in
Lakes Buchanan and Inks similar
to other lakes on-the Colorado^!.
said association president Bob
Root. "We would like ta.JuutCAV
many as possible attend. I would
recommend organizing car pools
so we can show our support for
-the request.”
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A CLOSE LOOK — The Annual Bluebonnet Trull begins this weekend and It
appears It will be one of the most beautiful lb many years. Roadways and
entire pastures are covered with the state flower and also the colorful Indian
paintbrush. The two weekend tour will be highlighted by arts and crafts
displays, festivals, chill cook-offs, bass tournaments and many other events.
Bluebonnet tour
Starts Saturday
LLANO
Eugene McElyea
McElyea is guest
Speaker for law
Enforcement dinner
Friday, April 12, Llano Lodge #242
and Llano Chapter Order of the
Eastern Star (OES) # 216, will
co-sponsor a program to honor the
law enforcement people of the area.
Dinner will be served in the Masonic
Lodge Dining Room at 7 p.m.
Guest speaker for the occasion will
be Eugene McElyea of Crockett. He
is a practicing attorney in Crockett,
at this time.
Mr. McElyea attended Crockett
High School. He received his A.B.,
Degree (Magna Cum Laude) at
Bethany Nazarenc College in Okla-
homa; attended University of Texas
Law School in Austin; South Tcx^s
College of Law, Houston, where he
received his LLB.
He was Instructor at Texas A&M
College of Business; worked at Texas
A&M Extension Serice on County
Officials Program and served as
Judge of County Court at Law,
Houston County* He was admitted to
practice law in Texas and Illinois
before the U.S. Courts. 5th Circuit
Court of Appeals, and the U.S.
Supreme Court.
At present. Mr. McElyea is Unit
Chairman for the Salvation Army in
Crockett, and State President of
Texas Right to Life Committee, Inc.
Llano Pine Arts Guild Gallery —
located 1 block north of the Llanc
River Bridge on Hwy. 16. Open JO
a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Local and
visiting artists showing multi-media
work. Watercolor painting by Clif-
ford Locklin awarded in drawing at
close of show. Trail information
available.
Bluebonnet Festival Events
6th Annual Invitation Golf Tourn-
ament — Llano Golf Course. 8:30
a.m., April 13-14.
Third Annual. > Chisolm Classic
Western ARt Show — Llano High
School, April 20-21, Chuck-wagon
supper - 5:30 p.m. and art auction - 7
p.m., Saturday. Art Show - 10-7
Saturday, 10-4 Sunday.
Old Time Fiddler's-Contest — 10
a.m. til dusk, Llano City Park. |f
inclement weather, contest will bfc
held at high school auditorium. April
13.
Points of Interest
Llano County Courthouse — Town
Square, built in 1892 of brick and
stone is a three-story structure.
City Park 250
unjl trailerarca^^mmingpool, and
picnic area in the shade of lovely
trees on the banks of the Llano River.
Llano Museum — On Hwy. 16,
Bessemer Street. Maps for "Walk-
ing Tour of Historic Llano" available
here and at Chamber of Commerce.
Winter hours: 1:15 - 5:15 p.m..
Friday - Saturday.
Enchanted Rock State Park —
Located 22 miles south on RR 965.
Named for dome^shaped granite hill.
Camping, hiking/picnickjng.
The Badu House — Originally
built as a bank in the 1800’s, now
restored as a hotel and listed in the
National Register of Historic Places.
Maps for "Walking Tour of Historic
Llano" available here.
KINGSLAND
The House of Arts and Crafts Art
Exhibit — on FM 1431. April 13-14
and 20-21. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Approximately 65 arts and crafts
exhibits under beautiful oak trees.
Register for a bluebonnet landscape
painting by artist Dot Golightly, to
be awarded at the conclusion of the
show. Delicious home prepared food.
6th Annual Kingsland
Bluebonnet Festival
Saturday. April 20, sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce. Events
include ^ giant flea market, 10K run,
4 mile walk, horseshoe pitching,
washer toss, egg toss, cow chip
throwing, and pet parade.
Point* of Interest
Miller Fisher Land Grant (Histori-
cal Market) — Hwy. 1431 at Lookout
Pass, panoramic view of the area of
the Miller Fisher Land Grant en-
compassing t>0 counties between, the
fork of the Llano and Colorado
Rivers.
Packsaddle Mountain — Site of
the last Indian battle in Texas hill
country. From Lookout Pass Hwy.
1431. Packsaddle Mountain can be
seen to the southwest. James R.
Moss and a group of Texans tracked
a band of Apaches to the mountain
and defeated them on August 5,
1873.
BUCHANAN DAM
Buchanan Arts and Crafts Gallery
— Hwy. 29 West. April 13-14 and
20-21,9a.m. to5 p.m. 512-793-2858.
Original paintings in oils, acrylics,
watercolors. pastel, pen and pencil,
and paintings on native granite.
Variety of crafts, bronze, sculptures,
animal caricatures, ceramics and
bargait) art. Food-booth catered by
the Buchanan Lions Club. Visiting
artists and craftsmo<f%£iH operate
booths on grounds. Drawing for a
bluebonnet landscape painted by
Faye .Casqll, Sunday April 21 at 5
p.m.
Point* of Interest
Buchanan Dam — One of the
world's largest multiple arch dams,
150 feet tall, 11,200 feet long with
walkways on top where you can see
and feed fish. Observation deck with
telescopes on top of restaurant.
Inks Lake State Park — On Park
Road 4:- Facilities for picnics, fishing,
boating, water skiing. A nine hole
golf course adjoins the park
Longhorn Caverns State Park —
On Park Road 4. Daily guided tours
through one of the world's largest
caverns, a former home of cavemen.
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Factory construction starts
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From the left are Mac Hutto, Mikel Virdell, Henry
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president) Looter lai
and David
Construction of the new cap
factory in the Llano Industrial Park is
now underway following the official
groundbreaking held last week. The
new building, which will incorporate
the newest manufacturing methods
will be 'ready to begin production
around June I and applications are
already being accepted for the first
20 employees.
Bearing the name “Walker Com-
pany," the president of the firm Is
Rode Walker and the production
manager is Ed Alexander. Ray
Hawkins of San Angelo is the
secretary-treasutprand Jocqui Alex-
ander will be the office manager.
"We are certainly pleased to come
to Llano," Walker said Monday.
"Thcfc were several places that wc
had ’in fnind but our partner Mr.
Hawkins and the interest of the
Llano National bank directors helped
us to make Llano our choice."
The new facility will include two
material handling transporters and
two 12-head direct embroidery sew-
1 ing machines that arc all computer-
ized. Items will be able to be mass
produced in an assembly-line fashion
and orders of all sizes will be
handled.
Their main source of business will
^be with advertising specialty market
- accounts .said Walker. 'Their style
will be western OrteiHmL. ...The
Will DC western mticttwaa.......mi; wvu t*vvpa.w.*m* v
company-^ already Outfitters fbT "appreciate it, very much.
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such organizations as the National
High School Rodeo Association; the
National Little Britches Rodeo Asso-
ciation; the Texas Quarterhorse
Association and George Strait’s Tour (
Apparel to name just a few.
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“Twnety* employees /is just a
beginning," said Alexander. "We
will be adding on as we go along."
The 12.000 square foot, air condi-
tioned building is the first business
to locate in Llano's Industrial Park
located southeast of Ltano on SH 71.
“It is certainly a pleasure to come
to Llano," Walker said. '.‘The
cooperation and friendliness has
been exceptional and we certainly
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