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The Hill Country Community Band will present their first concert of the year, “Feste Italiana”, on February 18 at 4 p.m., at the First Baptist Church in Wimberley. Directed by Dr. Manuel Arambula, this free and family-friendly program will include “some Italian blockbusters” such as “The Pines of Rome” by Ottorino Respighi, and transcribed by Guy M. Duker, “Nessum Dorma”, an aria from the final act of Puccini’s opera Turandot and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera, and “Florentiner March”, an Italian Grand March, by Julius Fucik, Op.214, and edited by John R. Bourgeois.

Part 1 In a turnout that filled the Community Center’s main room to capacity, Wimberley citizens attended a meeting initiated by The Wimberley Valley Watershed Association and the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association last Friday evening. Both organizations presented speakers to clarify the reasons the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District levied an unprecedent- ed fine against water supplier Aqua Texas that led the company to sue the District in a federal lawsuit.

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.

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.

Week of February 8 - 13 February 9

THE CHAMBER HOSTED A RIBBON

The board of the Wimberley Valley Arts and Cultural Alliance has voted to discontinue referring to the organization as WVACA in favor of its new name, WimberleyArts.org.

The Wimberley Valley Chamber of Commerce has initiated an Ambassador Club program. Ambassador volunteers will attend ribbon cuttings, support Chamber events and recommend businesses who would benefit from Chamber membership.

St. Mary’s parish activity center lit up like triple 7s on Saturday as players engaged in the Knights of Columbus Mardi Gras Casino Night games. Roulette, slots, craps, poker and other games of chance and skill tested 220 guests who were eager to play and win. The fundraiser included Mardi Gras-themed food that included muffulettas and king cake. In addition to trying their luck at the various games, revelers won silent auction items and gambling gifts.