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Tammy Cook has joined the City of Wimberley as City Secretary, effective this week. She officially took the oath of office at last week’s council meeting.

Planning for the annual Independence Day rodeo is a year-round job, and the 2022 VFW and VFW Auxiliary rodeo committee is putting the finishing touches on this year’s big event.

The Cover of Life by R.T. Robinson has been extended over Memorial Day weekend with performances on May 27, 28, and 29. The story takes place in 1943 when Tood, Weetsie and Sybil, all married to a Cliffert brother, are living with their mother-in-law while their husbands are serving in WWII. A local reporter’s story about the wives keeping the home fires burning in rural Louisiana, catches the attention of Life Magazine. War correspondent and photographer Kate Miller, who is assigned to head south and get their story for the cover, gets more than she bargained for. Filled with laughs and charm, The Cover of Life is a deeply affecting story about the struggle for self-worth.

The Wimberley Village Library expansion and renovation project was on full display last week at an open house attended by around 200 people.

Wimberley High School graduated more than 200 members of the senior class on Friday at the first graduation held at Strahan Coliseum in San Marcos since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pictured is WHS graduate Christian Cortes after walking across the stage. See page 8 for more graduation photos. PHOTO BY DALTON SWEAT/WIMBERLEY VIEW

Pedernales Electric Cooperative CEO Julie C. Parsley will serve on the newly created State Energy Plan Advisory Committee. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan appointed Parsley and three other committee members. The committee was created during the 87th Texas Legislature in 2021 and is tasked with preparing a state energy plan that will evaluate and make recommendations to improve the reliability, stability, and affordability of electric service in the state. The plan must be delivered to the Legislature by September 1.

On Tuesday, May 17, the Wimberley Lions Club held its annual Scholarship Awards Night at the Wimberley Community Center. That evening, eight Wimberley High School Seniors were awarded with scholarships. Each scholarship is good for four years as long as students make their grades. The Wimberley Lions made seven academic scholarships worth $2,000 a year for four years and one technical scholarship worth $2,000 a year for two years.

Blue Hole Bug-A-Thon

The children of Wimberley had a hands-on opportunity to practice their business skills last week at the Kid-preneur Kid’s Market hosted by the Friend’s of the Wimberley Village Library.

This Saturday is Armed Forces Day, and Wimberley’s VFW Post 6441 is celebrating by hosting an open house for all service members, veterans and their families.