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Volume 8, Number 18 January 13, 2017
“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!” The Blanco ISD
Jeremy Kindla Named to All State Band BHS Band Students Shine at All State Band Auditions
Senior Jeremy Kindla was named to the All State Band
following tryouts last weekend at the ATSSB Area South
Auditions held at Orange Grove, Texas.
“Jeremy is the first All State Band student in Blanco High
School history,” said band director Brian Hecimovich.
Kindla placed fifth at Area auditions last year, and
punched his ticket to State by placing in the top three this
year.
“He has been a leader in our band program for many
years.” said Hecimovich. “This is the most difficult achieve-
ment in the high school band setting, and I am very proud of
him and all the work he put in.”
Cami Manriquez, Jeremy Kindla, Adrian Lamphier, Chase Coggins, Sebastian Thomas.
“Over the years Blanco ISD has had some fantastic band mem-
bers, so for Jeremy to be the first ever in BHS history, it is very spe-
cial and I am so excited for him!”
“Jeremy plans to major in Music next year in college and this will
be an achievement that will afford him many opportunities to join a
top tier music program as well as strengthen his resume for admis-
sions and scholarships.”
In all, five students from the Panther Band auditioned, and all five
ranked in the top ten of their respective categories.
“This is an outstanding achievement for all of these students,” said
Hecimovich. “We are very proud of them.”
Board of Trustees
Darrel Wagner, President
Charles Riley, Vice President Tim Nance, Secretary
Joe Hernandez
Troy Immel Larry Kuebel
Liza Struck
Superintendent
Dr. Buck Ford
ATSSB Area South Auditions
Blanco Results
2nd Jeremy Kindla Trumpet
5th Adrian Lamphier Percussion
7th Chase Coggins Alto Saxophone
8th Sebastian Thomas Alto Saxophone
9th Cami Manriquez Clarinet
(Left) Jeremy Kindla.
“School Board Recognition Month”
Celebrated at Board Meeting
School Board members react to presentation honoring them during
School Board Recognition Month ceremonies Monday night.
(photo Collin Gaskamp)
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BOARD BRIEFS
The school board met on Monday, January 9. Among the
items addressed at the meeting:
School Board Recognition Month—Representatives from
each campus recognized school board members and thanked
them for their service.
“Spotlight on Students—Middle School”: Principal Dr.
Kathryn Korelich recognized middle school CoAPT repre-
sentatives Lexi Creswell and Joseph Hernandez.
Received a reminder of the TASB team training scheduled
for January 23.
Received a reminder on the TASB Winter Governance and
Legal Seminar, scheduled for March 2—4.
Received a reminder on the early release day scheduled for
Wednesday, January 18, at 12:00 Noon.
Received a review of the “What If’ A-F Accountability Rat-
ings for 2015—2016.
Received an update on Standard and Poor’s adjustment to
the district’s underlying rating.
Received notice of a budget/financial workshop scheduled
for February 27.
Reviewed Statement of Impact letters from Virtual Educa-
tion Foundation of Texas, and School of Science and Tech-
nology (Discovery).
Received an update on the Assistant to the Director of Cur-
riculum, Instruction, and Special Programs,/Bilingual Com-
munity Educator Drug Free Communities Staffing position.
Received notice that the District will begin preparing agen-
das with Boardbook agenda preparation software beginning
February 1.
Approved a facility study to be conducted by Fromberg
Associates.
Approved financial audit for the 2015-2016 school year as
presented by Patrick Klein of Klein, Kraus and Company.
Received a rollout of the district’s new website.
Conducted a public hearing on BISD’s Texas Academic
Performance Report.
Conducted a public hearing on a proposed early notification
of resignation incentive for the 2016—2017 school year.
Approved the early notification of resignation incentive.
Ordered an election for school board
places 1, 2, and 3.
Re-scheduled the March board meeting
from March 13 to March 6.
Approved a budget amendment
Adjourned to Executive Session.
Reconvened to Open Session.
Extended the Superintendent’s contract
for another year.
Adjourned.
Lexi Creswell, Joseph Hernandez
Recognized at Board Meeting
Lexi Creswell, middle school principal Dr. Kathryn Korelich,
Joseph Hernandez. (photo Collin Gaskamp)
School Board members were honored for their service during
“School Board Recognition Month” ceremonies conducted at
Monday night’s board meeting.
“I want to thank and recognize the citizens who serve on our
school board,” said Superintendent Dr. Buck Ford.
“We proudly salute these education advocates as they pro-
vide vision and leadership for student achievement, academic
programs, district funding, and school facilities.”
“We honor them for their dedicated leadership and service to
the children of this community.”
Middle School students Lexi Creswell and Joseph Hernandez
were recognized at Monday night’s board meeting.
“Both Lexi and Joseph exemplify Panther and personal pride
and set the bar high for others to follow,” said middle school
principal Dr. Kathryn Korelich. “We could not be prouder.”
Both students are actively involved in both the school and
community, and represent BMS on the Blanco Coalition on
Awareness, Prevention, and Treatment of Substance Abuse.
Cattle Showmanship winners
Reserve Brock Nichols and Champion Kolby Marek.
(Top Left Clockwise) Swine Showmanship Reserve Molly Edmond-
son and Champion Logan Parker.
Lamb Showmanship Champion Caleb Meyer and Reserve Dalton Savanich.
Goat Showmanship Reserve Ryan Richnow
and Champion Raylee Faris.
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“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”
FFA Chapter Show a Big Success
The 20th Annual Blanco FFA Chapter Show proved to be a
huge success as more than 100 FFA and Jr. FFA members par-
ticipated in the various divisions this year. The annual event
which is held the Friday and Saturday before the Christmas
Holidays, has proven to be a popular event for all local FFA
members.
The shows began with senior Dalton Savanich winning
Grand Champion Lamb with his Champion Medium Wool. Jr.
FFA member Caleb Meyer followed with his Champion South-
down being named the Reserve Grand Champion Lamb. Other
champions and reserves included: Landry Meyer – Reserve
Champion Southdown, Caleb Meyer – Champion Fine Wool,
Raylee Faris – Reserve Champion Fine Wool, Cole Meyer –
Champion Cross, Dalton Savanich – Reserve Champion Cross,
Raylee Faris – Champion Dorper, Craddock Faris – Reserve
Champion Dorper and Sydney Shiller – Reserve Champion
Medium Wool. Champion and Reserve Champion Showman-
ship winners included Caleb Meyer and Dalton Savanich re-
spectively, while Brian Faris would take home the honor of
champion adult showman.
Friday night concluded with the goat show and Caleb Meyer
winning Grand Champion with his Champion Heavy Weight.
Dalton Savanich would take Reserve Grand Champion honors
with his Champion Light Weight. Others champions and re-
serves included: Wyatt Richnow – Reserve Light Weight,
Raylee Faris – Champion Middle Weight, Landry Meyer –
Reserve Middle Weight and Cole Meyer – Reserve Heavy
Weight. In addition, Raylee Faris would be selected as the
Champion Goat Showman while Wyatt Richnow would take
home Reserve Showmanship honors. The adult showmanship
winner selected by the kids was David Savanich.
Saturday would begin with the steer show and Gage Nichols
winning Grand and Reserve Grand Champion with his Cham-
pion British and Exotic Steers respectively. Others winning
champion and reserve honors included: Kolby Marek – Cham-
pion American, Kelton Marek – Reserve Champion American,
Rooster Johnson – Reserve Champion American and Brock
Nichols – Reserve Champion Exotic. Kolby Marek would also
win the Champion Showmanship buckle with Brock Nichols
winning the Reserve Showmanship buckle. Adult showman-
ship in the steer division would go to Jason Marek.
The day, and this year’s show, would conclude with Hanna
Garrett winning Grand and Reserve Grand with her Crossbred
and Hampshire hogs respectively. Other breed and reserve
breed champions were: Sydney Shiller – Champion Duroc,
Molly Edmondson – Reserve Duroc, Brenna Wallace – Cham-
pion OPB, Reserve Hampshire and Reserve Crossbred, Logan
Parker – Champion Yorkshire, Tate Trammell – Reserve York-
shire and Rylee Davis – Reserve OPB. Senior Logan Parker
would win the overall showmanship in the hog show with sen-
ior Molly Edmondson winning reserve. Will Wallace would
be selected as the adult showmanship winner.
***Ag Quotes***
Senior FFA member Dalton Savanich—”It means a lot to
do so well at my last chapter show. Over the years, this
has always been one of the funnest shows to compete in.”
Senior FFA member Molly Edmondson—”Although I
have only shown pigs for two years, I’m definitely going
to miss competing in events such as this.”
Junior FFA member Rylee Davis—”I was so excited to
win my first buckle. I hope that I can win many more in
the future.”
UIL Students Excel at
Medina Valley Invitational Meet
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“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”
Panthers Travel to Gateway Tonight Lady Panthers Take the Night Off
UIL INVITATIONAL MEET
Medina Valley High School
January 7, 2017
Blanco Results
Mark Kuebel 1st Computer Applications
Mark Kuebel 1st Computer Science
Jayme Mowery 2nd Informative Speaking
Jacob Robinson 2nd Computer Science
Tre Pruitt 2nd Computer Applications
Brandon Steed 3rd Computer Applications
Lance Reinhart 3rd Number Sense
Clarissa Derby 4th Editorial Writing
Mark Kuebel 5th Math
Lance Reinhart 6th Math
David Struck 6th Computer Science
Taylor Kotfas 1st JV Number Sense
Christa Townsley 3rd JV Science
Mitchell Barnett 4th JV Math
Mitchell Barnett 5th JV Number Sense
Mitchell Barnett 6th JV Science
Carlie Waxler 6th JV Calculator Applications
***Computer Science—1st Place Team***
***Varsity Number Sense—2nd Place Team***
Blanco boys are on the road to
Gateway tonight.
Boys
Blanco’s boys basketball team travels to Gateway tonight to
take on the Gators.
“It will be a tough challenge,” said head coach Derrick Her-
nandez. “They have yet to win a game in district play, but
Gateway is a tough place to play and we will have to be sharp
defensively.”
“Bringing our record to 2—2 is extremely important heading
into next week’s games at Ingram on Tuesday and hosting
Florence on Friday.”
Girls
The girls enjoy a night off, before resuming district play next
Tuesday at Ingram. The Lady Panthers currently are second in
district play.
“We are playing good but are striving for greatness,” said
head coach Stuart Schultz. “We are working on all the little
things that will get us there.”
District 25-AAA
Girls Basketball
Standings
Lago Vista
Blanco
Comfort
Ingram
Johnson City
Florence
District 25-AAA
Boys Basketball
Standings
Johnson City 4—0
Comfort 2—1
Ingram 2—1
Florence 2—2
Blanco 1—2
Lago Vista 1—2
Gateway 0—4
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“Hear Ye, Hear Ye!”
District Puts Unsold Property
Up for Sealed Bids Two Electric Ranges, School Bus to
Go to the Highest Bidder
Prince Died from an Overdose of Fentanyl
Medical authorities have discovered what caused the death of
musician Prince: He overdosed on the drug fentanyl.
The announcement may have been the first time you heard
about fentanyl. It’s a drug that can be very bad news if used in
a way other than recommended by doctors.
Fentanyl is a very powerful synthetic opioid that doctors
sometimes prescribe for patients who are in extreme pain, like
right after serious surgery, or cancer patients nearing the end of
their lives.
Prince reportedly had hip surgery in the mid-2000s and he
may have still been in some pain, but it’s unclear how and
where he got the drug. People sometimes get it from their doc-
tors, but there’s also an illegal version of fentanyl, with street
names like Apache, China White, China Girl, and TNT.
Lethal Weapon
Just how powerful is fentanyl? Up to 50 times stronger than
heroin, and up to 100 times stronger than morphine. It’s sup-
posed to be used only by patients who have the highest level of
pain.
How dangerous is it? Well, when officials seize a batch of
fentanyl, they have to wear the highest-grade Hazmat suit, be-
cause the drug can also be absorbed through your skin.
So it’s easy for someone to overdose on fentanyl. In fact,
between 2013 and 2014, fentanyl overdoses increased by 80
percent in the US.
Hiding in Plain Sight
Sometimes fentanyl is sold by itself; sometimes it’s mixed
with heroin, cocaine, or other drugs. So a person who uses
those drugs also risks using fentanyl without knowing it. And
because even a small amount of it can be dangerous or deadly,
the user wouldn’t know they’re risking their life.
What this all comes down to is: If you use any one of sever-
al different illegal drugs, you could also be using fentanyl. And
Prince’s death is a reminder that fentanyl can give you much
more than you bargained for.
As part of our effort to reduce substance abuse by our young peo-
ple, The Bell will be running Public Service Announcements each
week to educate students and parents in regards to substance abuse.
Today’s information comes from a an article published on the web-
site of the National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teens, 6/27/16..
Two electric ranges placed up for sealed bids.
Blanco ISD is placing two electric ranges and a school bus
up for sealed bids.
The two electric ranges are surplus items from the Family
and Consumer Sciences Department. They were originally part
of an inventory of items that were placed up for sealed bids in
December; however, nobody placed a bid on them.
The school bus was placed up for bid last summer, and did
receive one bid. However, the person who placed the bid never
paid for the bus and never came to pick it up.
Bids for the property items will be received until 2:00 PM on
Thursday, January 26, 2017.
***Link to bid packet***
https://s3.amazonaws.com/
scschoolfiles/1167/11317_bid_notice.pdf
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Middle School Boys Basketball vs. Johnson City by Diana Schwind, Blanco County News
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