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Judge’s Office to host Holiday Lighting Ceremony

The Hays County Brown Santa program has started its annual drive for money, food, and toys to assist families in need in Hays County.

The Empty Bowls project is the largest fundraiser for the Dripping Springs Helping Hands food pantry. It accounts for more than 60% of their annual budget and, according to their website, the rising cost of food, housing, utilities, transportation and healthcare has left many in our area to make impossible choices. Two-thirds of their clients say they have to choose between buying food and paying for housing and 80 percent say they have to choose between food and medicine. The pantry, which is 100 percent volunteer, is currently serving over 100 households each week. For more information about this important, well-organized event that benefits our neighbors, go to helpinghands-drippingsprings. org.

With the holidays now on the horizon, police are urging people to be on their guard for the type of attempted theft that occurred in Hays County on Oct. 26.

The Little Sisters of Hoboken are back on The Wimberley Players stage to bring you Nuncrackers, the Christmas themed sequel in the Nunsense series written by Dan Goggins, opening on Nov. 17 and running weekends through Dec. 10.

Demolition is nearly complete on the old clubhouse at the Woodcreek golf course to make way for a new event center. Purchased in April by Joe and Jennifer Gambino of Phoenix, the course is now called the Double J Ranch Golf Club. It was previously named Quicksand at Woodcreek Golf Club, although ownership had changed multiple times since it was built in 1973.

The ghost, ghouls and goblins have headed back into their seasonal slumber but not before they swarmed across Wimberley. There were events across town all of Halloween weekend and into last week celebrating with children and adults alike donning the best costumes around. Many local organizations participated in Boo! Hole at Blue Hole on Saturday before every costumed creature in the valley showed up to the Wimberley Square on Tuesday, Oct. 31 for Halloween.

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Hays County Commissioners Court honored veterans by adopting a proclamation in support of Operation Greenlight.

Commissioners Court honors local volunteer