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Four neighbors standing at the side of CR1492 on the morning of February 8 were involved in a vehicle - pedestrian accident that seriously injured two of them, Alison Harla and Steve Gregg. Tricia Linklater Fields and Charla McCracken narrowly escaped being struck but sustained injuries while taking evasive action. Wimberley Fire and Rescue and EMS received the 911 call at 9:45 a.m. and Harla and Gregg were transported by ambulance to Ascension Seton in Kyle.

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The City of Wimberley’s Parks and Recreation Department rescheduled their showcase event at the Community Center slated for last Saturday until a later date.

Becca Hancock, Executive Director of the Wimberley Valley Chamber of Commerce, has recently completed her third year at the Institute for Organization Management, a fouryear nonprofit leadership training program at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

The National Speech and Debate Association has awarded a Diamond Coach Award to Wimberley High School Speech and Debate Coach Kyla Brookshier-DeLeon. The award recognizes a professional career that combines excellence and longevity in speech and debate education. This is her first Diamond Award.

In partnership with the Wimberley Parks and Recreation Department, a fundraiser to benefit King Feed will be held February 25, from 2 to 4:00 p.m. at the Wimberley Community Center. Three sound workers, healers, and wellness practitioners will lead participants in a two hour-long healing event. Called the Sound Bath Journey, leaders include organizer Kathy Lindsey of Hill Country Singing Bowls, Jennifer Zavaleta a musician and founder of Open Space Yoga and Sound, and Buffalo Thunder, a tribal healer and professional percussionist. Participants will relax to the sounds of drumming, native american flute, gongs, and singing bowls.

Riffs, Roams and Raves uncovers the creative, noteworthy and accomplished in the Wimberley Valley and beyond with tips on who to hear, where to go and what to see from managing editor Teresa Kendrick.

Texas Style Giving and the Wimberley Texan Athletic Booster Association is holding its second annual “Love Like Logan: L3 Benefit” on March 2, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Messina Inn, 1000 Cypress Creek Ln.

Part Two coverage of the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association and the Wimberley Valley Watershed Association meeting held February 9 at the Wimberley Community Center will be available when the video has been fully transcribed. It is not yet complete. Look for Part 2 in next week’s edition.

Old Glory Ranch is hosting a fundraiser for King Feed on February 18 from 2 to 8 p.m. The live music event will offer food and the opportunity for supporters to bid on auction items as well as make a donation at the door and throughout the event.

WimberleyArts.org continues to command the limelight with the news of the expansion of Wimberley’s Cultural District from a small downtown area to a large triangle that reaches as far north of the Square as the VFW Hall and Rodeo Grounds, as far west as the Emily Ann Theatre, and as far south as Savage’s Hill Country Bar.

The Barnabas Connection has received a $50,000 incubation grant from the St. David’s Foundation to fund lowcost mental health services in the Wimberley Community. The grant will sustain their Clinical Services program.