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Thursday, November 11,1999
Deer Capital of Texas
Commissioners give Dillo buses away
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Llano sqad set for bi-district in Devine
Bandera win catapults
Jackets to sixth playoff
Lady Jacket CC
team captures
regional crown
a regular meeting, the court
voted to give them to the Rail
Road Association, who plans to
sioners held a special public
hearing to discuss the proposed
rural fire district, that would
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Wolf Mountain Ranch, Llano,
Texas.
Rain this week:
Rain this month:
About a year ago, Llano County
Commissioners voted unani-
mously to accept two Dillo Buses
from Capital Metro. The buses
Friday-Saturday:
Clear to partly cloudy skies,
lows in the lower 50's, Highs
in the mid to upper 70's.
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10-Day Outlook:
Temps Near Normal
Rain: None Expected
ments.
After a short meeting, dates
were set for calling a special elec-
tion where voters in those rural
areas can vote to start a fire dis-
trict. That election will be called
for January.
The proposal came to commis-
sioners after several of the vol-
unteer firefighters circulated a
petition that gained enough sig-
natures to be added to the court’s
agenda.
In other action the court:
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Briefs
The latest cold front to
the Texas Hill Country
gave all indications that
the winter migration of the
North American Bald
Eagle had begun. Captain
Shawn Devaney sighted
the first eagle of the 1999-
2000 season right over the
docks of Vanishing Texas
River Cruise on November
3.
North American Bald
Eagles begin their annual
migration south each au-
tumn from Alaska and
Canada, depending on the
weather and remain in the
Hill Country and other lo-
cations throughout the
state until late winter/
spring.
Texas is a popular winter-
ing area for the North
American Bald Eagle due
, to the state’s abundance of
large reservoirs with plen-
tiful supplies of fish, the
staple of the bald eagle
diet.
According to the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Depart-
ment, approximately SOO-
SOO North American Bald
Eagle are sighted in Texas
each year.
" You can look for the
eagles at the newly opened
Canyon of Eagles Park - a
new LCRA park on Burnet
County Road 2341.
River Flow
Llano River flowing at
202 CFS as of Tuesday
a benchmark he hopes his play-
ers and fans can appreciate.
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FORECAST
Courtesy of Bob Rose,
LCRA Meteorologist
Thursday:
Partly cloudy skies, a high
near 80 degrees. A low in the
lower 50's.
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Feria 126, (4) Wimberley 161, (5) the state meet are Keri Manning spite suffering dehydration at Jackets are District 27AAA and
Palacios 172, (6) Santa Rosa 177, of Burnet (2), Kerri Winters of the end of the race. Region IV Cross Country Cham-
TURNOVER .... Jerry Holcomb (83) holds up the football he recovered on the opening
kickoff against Bandera last week. He, along with the Yellow Jackets, came away with a
win over the district foe. 43-36, after erasing a 15-point lead. This week, Llano will face
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Texas Track and Field News
number two ranked Class AAA DISTRICT 27-3A OFF AND RUNNING .... The Llano Lady aged to outdo the Bulldogs, led by Lacey Leifeste, who was
girls team (Burnet), to capture jacket Cross Country team brought home a regional chain- the individual champion. Other runners shown here include
the UIL District 27 AAA Cross pionship after dominating its opponents. They are shown (I-r) Jordan Willmann. Sarah Barkley, Courtney Mitchell,
Country Meet, the Lady Jackets here wedged between District foes Burnet (left) and Jordanna Rode and Leifeste. (Photo by Bob Barkley)
stepped it up another notch, Wimberley. Burnet was the favored team but Llano man-
dominating the UIL Region IV
Cross Country Meet as they de- (7) Devine 236, (8) Yoakum 248, Liberty Hill (4), Heidi Eberling . The other two Lady Jacket en- pions, but they should also be
feated the defending Region IV (9) La Feria 250 and (10) West of Burnet (5), Heather Arras of tries were freshman Karis Hopf proud that the Lady Jackets
Champion, Burnet by 37 points. Campus 156. Ingram (7), and freshman Sara and sophomore Courtney compete in the strongest cross
The team domination was so In addition to winning the UIL Barkley of Llano (8). Sarah’s Mitchell. Both girls finished in country district in Region IV.
great that the Lady Jackets Region IV team title, Llano also eighth place finish means that the top half of the field as TheLadyJacketswillbemak-
would have still qualified for the captured the individual Region for a fourth straight year a Mitchell finished (48) and Hopf ingtheir second team state meet
UIL State Meet even if their IV title, as sophomore Lacey Barkley has qualified as an in- finished (66). appearance in the last three
sixth and seventh runner’s place Leifeste outdistanced the field by dividual to the UIL State Cross Obviously, Llano was well rep- ‘ years. In 1997, the Lady Jack-
had been used in place of any one 39 seconds to gain the individual Country meet. resented a the UIL Region IV ets finished tied for third place
ofthe top five Lady Jackets run- gold medal. Leifeste led a field The other three Lady Jackets Meet, as was District 27AAA. at 130 points, but lost the tie
ners whose points were used to of then individual medalists that to figure in the team total were Not only did District 27AAA ad- breaker to finish out of the med-
accumulate the team total of 60 included the defending state freshman Ashley Eldridge, se- vance the six previously listed als in fourth place. Entering the
point. champion, Heidi Zimmerman of nior Jordan Willmann and jun- individuals, and the top two 1999 UIL State Cross Country
Final Class AAA girls team Port Isabel and five more Dis- iorJordana Rode. Eldridge came teams of Llano and Burnet, but Meet, the Lady Jackets are
standings for the UIL Region IV trict 27AAA entries, across the finish line at (19), they also had the fourth place among the strongest teams in
Cross Country Meet were. (1) The other District 27AAA en- while Willmann crossed at (22). team, Wimberley. Llano should the field of twelve teams. The
Llano 60, (2) Burnet 97, (3) La tries to qualify as individuals for Rode finished number (28), de- not only be proud that the Lady twelve teams by regions and their
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Colleen Ara Burns
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Last week, a coach from “It takes a lot of work to get to
Somerset advised Llano coaches this point,” he said.
to do whatever it takes to beat The two teams stack up rather
Bandera to avoid playing Hondo, closely, statistically speaking.
Well, the Llano Yellow Jackets On the season, Devine has
(7-3, 4-1) did just that and will rushed for 186 yards per game
enter the State Playoffs as the and has passed for just under
leading small school team toplay 100. Defensively, it has given up
the Devine Warhorses (8-2,5-2), 178 yards per contest and al-
Saturday morning, Llano Head lowed 76 passing.
Cdach Karl McCormack watched Llano has given up 153 rush-
the Devine coach call a flip and ing yards per game and 89 pass-
win homefield advantage - so, ing yards while the offense has
Friday, it’s off we go to South to rushed for 244 a game and
Warhorse Stadium for a 7:30 passed for another 93.
kickoff*. * Devine’s only two loses this year
The playoff berth for Llano came at the hands of district foes
marks its second consecutive - Hondo and Pearsall, both play-
Capital Metro and were offered The court also approved several
for $100 each to municipalities, annual contracts for services
At that time, the Hill County from individuals and organiza-
Rail Road Association, who saw tions such as local volunteer fire
the opportunity to use the buses, departments.
came up with the funds to pur- Each year the court awards
chase them on behalf of the $1,000 each to 10 volunteer fire
county. Later, the City of Llano departments in the county, in-
pitched in some $800 to dp re- eluding Llano, Horseshoe Bay,
pairs on the tour buses. Blue Lake, Castell, Buchanan
Over the course of the past year, Dam, Kingsland, Sandy Harbor,
commissioners have decided Sunrise Beach, Tow and Valley
that the buses are too much Spring.
trouble to maintain. Monday, in Monday evening the commis-
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• Approved a proposal from step, we can’t apply for the
Volz and Associates Architect money without a master plan.”
Firm to develop a master plan • Approved a resolution to ac-
tor the Llano County Courthouse cept finds and authorize signa-
Restoration. Funding from the tones for $350,000 awarded to
state legislature will be available the county by the Texas Depart-
this fiscal year in the amount of ment of Housing STEP grant for
$300 million. Those funds will up improvements to the Kingsland
for grabs for courthouses around Community’s water distribution
the state to be restored to origi- system.
rial conditions and Llano will be • Approved the purchase of two
seeking those funds. four-ton and two three-ton air
The cost ofthe master plan will conditioning and heating units
not exceed $9,126 but the entire for the Llano County Tax Office
plan could cost ribout $50,000. at a price of $5,800 from E & S
“I think we need to take an ag- Services.
gressive stance for this money,” • Set holidays for the 2000 Fis-
said Commissioner for Pct. 1 Bill cal year for county employees.
Kinney. “This is the first logical
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Stephenson, Jimmy. The Llano News (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1999, newspaper, November 11, 1999; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1603362/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.