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TAGGED .... Luting's Pat Carter tagged Mark Schulze out
before he reached home. Schulze got caught off base at third
and couldn’t quite beat the tag to score.
Luling stops
'Jackets in
Regional final
Missed it by that much.
The Llano Yellowjacket baseball squad fell just one game short of
earning a berth to the state tournament in Austin after a heartbreaking de-
feat at the hand of Luling Friday in Nelson Field.
The 7-2 loss snapped a 17-game winning streak that began three games
before district 25-3A action got underway. The 'Jackets must watch to see
if Luling can go on to a stale title.
"I think Luling has a pretty good shot," said head coach Ken Barington.
"They've got some really good hitters and their pitching is not bad. It may
be between them and Hallctsvillc."
Llano entered the regional final game after beating Bishop, 5-0,
Wednesday afternoon in Uvalde in a regional semi-final contest. The Yel-
lowjackcis, who graduate five seniors including four first team All-Dis-
trict selections, finished the year at 25-6.
The four senior first team All-District players are pitcher Mark Schulze,
catcher Cory Halliburton, first baseman Eric Schuesslcr, and outfielder
David Svrcck. (Sec All-District story this edition)
Llano 5 • Bishop 0
Llano used four hits to score five runs in the shutout win over Bishop
last Wednesday in Regional Semi-Final action in Uvalde.
On the mound, Mark Schulze completed the game taking his tenth win
on the year. He struck out 11 batters and allowed just one walk and three
hits.
Although Llano's hitting was not quite up to snuff, the 'Jackets man-
aged to string some hits together in the fourth along with the help of
some big errors by the Badgers.
The two teams remained scoreless after three complete innings. It
wasn't until the top of the fourth that Llano was able to get the bat to the
ball. Halliburton kicked things off when he doubled down the right field
line. Svrcek reached first on a walk and that's when Josh Wilson sent a
hard ground ball to the shortstop.
A bad throw to first allowed both runners on base to score. Wilson then
scored when Schuesslcr knocked on to right for a double.
For the remainder of the contest, Schulze and his defense turned away
Bishop batters three up and three down.
Halliburton swatted his second double on the day in the top of the sixth
and scored on a Wilson sacrifice bunt. Later, Matthew Hawkins reached
first on a bunt that advanced Jeremy Hubble to second.
However, a bunt by Schulze forced Hubble out at third. Hawkins scored
when Halliburton sacrificed to center field. The win sent Llano to the Re-
gional Final contest against the Luling Eagles.
Lbling 7 - Llano 2
Llano tacked just three hits on the board while Luling posted eight hits
in the 7-2 win over the Yellowjackets Friday in Austin's Nelson Field.
"We’ve been having trouble with our hitting for about the last month
now," said Barington. "It's surprising we went this far with our hitting
like it's been."
Compared to district action when Llano was averaging more than five
hits a contest, the batters have definitely been in a slump. It was not more
evident than Friday against the Badgers.
In the lop of the first inning, Luling started out at the plate with
Hawkins on the mound. He fanned the first batter while the next two
cranked out fly balls to ccntcrficld. Markus Rcagor tracked down both hits
and turned Luling away.
Right away the Eagle pitcher got into trouble walking the first two
Llano baiters, Schulze and Craig Bauman. But neither would reach home
as Schulze was caught off of third and tagged and Bauman was left
stranded.
Continued on page 6
Deer Capital of Texas
Thursday, June 8, 1995
20 pages in 1 section
LEDC re-adopted
4B Corporation adopted, new board named
The documents have been drawn up, the res-
olution passed, and board members appointed
for the new 4B Llano Economic Development
Corporation.
In Monday's meeting of the Llano City
Council, a 4B corporation was adopted and two
new board memhc»werc announced.
Along with the five original LEDC board
members, two more will be added. They are
Charlie Bauman and William Buttery. The five
original members are Ricky Crenshaw, Clytic
Hagemann, Charlie Watkins, David.
Hawthorne, and Paul Paxton.
However, the council did not yet pass a
resolution to dissolve the 4A corporation until
all documents have been checked by the city's
attorney and signed by all parties.
In a presentation by members of the Llano
Golf Association on the progress of the new
nine holes, council members were educated
about the happenings at the golf course.
Mayor Ross Bauman invited members of the
association to come to Monday's meeting and
give an update.
George Rogers repeated what the golf
association has prided itself in all along.
"When we get through with this new nine,
the city of Llano won't owe a dime," he com-
mented. "We plan to and have always planned
to build this thing without acquiring any debt"
Rogers said that the golf association is ready
to plant grass and seed and within 30 days, that
phase will be completed. He also said that if
the economic development money makes its
way to the golf course, then the plans of
building a new clubhouse and other improve-
ments will be implemented.
However, until that, Rogers stated that there
is currently $103,000 in the new-nine funds
that will be used to "get the course up and
running." Although Joel Daniel stated that
when the course is planted and grass is grow-
ing, there will be six to nine months of down
lime before they will allow golfers on.
Both staled the fact that Llano is really lim-
ited with the nine hole course. Other commu-
nities surrounding Llano have passed bonds to
build 18-hole course and "arc already feeling
the benefits," according to Rogers.
"The Crawfish Open collected $70,000 and
netted about $35,000," he staled. "I don’t think
there is any other activity that can raise that
kind of money for charily but we're just lim-
ited with the nine-hole course.
"This new nine will attract people to Llano
that will build homes just because of the golf
course."
Daniel also gave a breakdown of the budget
for this year and in expectation of the new
nine, the golf association has already raised
membership dues to $30 per month for a sin-
gle member and $40 per month for a family
membership.
"We’re trying to project as best as we can
what it will cost to run the course and what
kind of income we will have," Daniel said. ” •
In a statement handed out to council mem-
bers, Daniel described the duties of the golf-
pro, who receives a salary of $20,500 per year.
The statement reads, "Effective March, 1995,
the Llano Golf Association Board of Directors
has hired a new club manager/pro. His duties
are to oversee the overall operations of the
Golf Course including the pro-shop, dues, and
fee collection, course and equipment mainte-
nance, and direction of all employees. The Golf
Pro is paid a monthly salary. He also is al-
lowed to own and sell food, drinks, and golf
equipment in the pro shop. He is currently in
the process of obtaining a beer license."
Daniel said that with the new pro in place, it
should relieve some of the strains the associa-
tion has experienced in recent past from being
disorganized. He said the new pro will also
have the duties of helping to make the golf
course a comfortable place to play and be more
welcoming for new golfers.
"This is a municipal golf course and that as-
sociation just has an agreement to run and
maintain the course," Daniel said. "We want
people to come out and play golf."
Finally, Rogers said that any surplus rev-
enues that do not go back into the course for
improvements or maintenance, will be money
that belongs to the public trust - the city
hoping to ease the minds of council members.
In another presentation, the council heard a
progress report on the Northeast and Southwest
Sewer Projects. Engineer Dan Hejl said that in
the Northeast, the project was ready to go for
bids.
In :tction by the council, advertising for bids
was approved. The council also heard from
Erich Landis of Bill Langford Associates on
the progress of grant monies for the two pro-
jects.
In other action the council:.
• Approved a building variance for Buttery
Hardware to build a new loading dock on
Haynie Street.
• Approved a request by Harold Underwood
to purchase an air hammer at an approximate
cost of $2000 for use by city workers.
• Authorized Bauman to sign a release of the
earnest money contract and disperse funds due
for failure to comply with the contract to pur-
chase the O.K. Jones house and property.
• Adopted the final annexation ordinance for
six sites include the city park lake. Highway
RM 152 West, the city farm, the Kathleen D.
Hussey Property, Robinson Park and the old
golf course, and the new golf course.
• Appointed Steve Haveriah and Lance Cen-
ter to replace Bauman and Terry Hutto on the
Llano Zoning Board.
• Set July 5 as the date for the next city
council meeting since the original July 2 date
falls on a city holiday.
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RIDE 'EM .... This cowboy was the first out of the shoot Saturday night at the 60th Annual
Llano Rodeo. He was also one of the few to ride the full eight seconds but wound up getting
snared and was drug around the arena. After some Intense moments, he was able to get up and
walk away.
Sandy Harbor residents
pose questions to LCRA
City-wide
Cleanup
June 12-16
The City of Llano will have a
City-Wide Cleanup Week from
June 12 to 16.
There will be two sites where
rolloff containers will be placed.
The site for residents on the south
side of the river will be at the old
county shed, just north of the old
jail. The one for the north side will
be behind the American Legion
Hall.
There will be a city employee at
each site to help with the handling
of the materials. The sites will be
open to the public from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
The materials that will be ac-
cepted arc roofing, shccirock, insu-
lation, lumber, furniture, and mis-
cellaneous debris.
The materials that will not be
accepted are tires and batteries, oil
and filters, appliances containing
freon, limbs, brush and lawn and
garden waste (these items can be
taken to the City Recycling Cen-
ter), hazardous household materials,
and dead animals.
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A standing-room-only crowd of
disgruntled Sandy Harbor subdivi-
sion residents who had been inun-
dated by flood waters late Monday
night, May 29, met with Lower
Colorado River Authority officials
last Wednesday to voice their com-
plaints and get questions answered.
Bluebonnet Hills Baptist Church
was the scene of the meeting at-
tended by more than 120 citizens
and LCRA officials. Mark Rose,
LCRA General Manager, opened
the meeting and said the wall of
water flowing down Sandy Creek
would have only been one foot
lower even if LCRA could have
drained Lake LBJ.
"Sandy Creek came down too
fast," he said. "It hit a maximum of
27 feet at the Highway 71 bridge,
about 10 feet higher than the previ-
ous maximum in 1968."
Sandy Harbor resident Harvey
Duffy complained that neither he
nor any other resident received a
phone warning of the rising water
from LCRA. "Weiiave in the past
and I don't understand why not this
time.”
Rose explained that LCRA docs
not currently have equipment in-
stalled or other methods to monitor
creek activity coming into the
Highland Lakes.
He said that the National Weather
Service out of Hondo did in fact is-
sue a flood warning for Sandy
Creek at 10:50 p.m. Monday night.
However, few lake residents were
tuned to the weather radio.
Rose admitted that LCRA
"Clearly needs to do a better job on
communications."
Oldtimc Llano County rancher
Ted Franklin, who has a ranch
southwest Hwy. 71 on Sandy
Creek, said that the flood of 1952
was 4 feet higher than this Memo-
rial Day flood and that the 1959
flood was about 3 feet higher.
Weather
CMitMjr: V*U Mooatala luck
May/June '95
High
Low
Rain
May 30
72
64
1.35
May 31
90
59
1J4
June 1
90
59
.00
June 2
94
69
.00
June 3
91
72
.00
June 4
92
69
.00
June 5
94
67
.00
•Courtesy..WoH Mtn. Ranch
Rainfall for this week ...... 2.69"
Total for 1995 • 13J7"
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Courtesy Randy Rleman/
LCRA Water Reeouroee
Friday: Partly cloudy
with a slight chance of
thunderstorms.
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