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Since 2009, Wimberley’s Veterans of Foreign Wars, Oldham-Cummings Post #6441, has remembered the 2,977 people who died and the thousands who were injured on Sept. 11, 2001.

Riffs, Roams and Raves:

Comedy Producer, stand-up comedian, and Wimberley homeboy Jack Schutze (pronounced Shoot-zee) is bringing stand-up comedy to Wimberley’s Opera House at 7A Ranch. His show, “Outlaws in the Opera House,” features three seasoned comics: Ryan Shields, Ellis Aych and Jason Johnson. All are regular marquee headliners in Texas and several of the most requested return acts in Schutze’s shows. All know something about growing up in a small town.

For three years, Alexis Pointe has enjoyed hula performances and tropical fare with their annual Luau Family Night, but this year, the event meant much more.

It’s a time of watching and waiting. Watching to see which plants survive this drought and waiting to see what reappears when we receive substantial rain. All summer I’ve been watching a plant that volunteered in my yard. It started out as a bright green shoot, and I fenced it to discourage the deer. It grew and grew and began to display leaves and thorns while the trunk that was the original shoot retained its bright green color. The thorns meant we were safe from neighborhood deer. Today my volunteer plant is a small tree standing seven feet tall, and I’ve not given it a drop of water. Well, it sounds like this deer proof, drought resistant species is one for Wimberley! Research tells me my new tree is a Parkinsonia aculeata commonly known at Paloverde, Retama or Jerusalem Thorn. It is a small tree native from Central Texas to Northern South America and west to Arizona. Next Spring I can expect a profusion of yellow blossoms each with a single orange spot. The nectar of the flowers will attract bees, butterflies, and other insects, while the seed pods that follow will provide food for birds and small mammals. It’s always important for me to know how a plant benefits members of the Animal Kingdom. These reciprocal relationships are what makes the world go ‘round.

The first week of suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial in the Senate ended with his former lead law enforcement officer testifying an Austin developer alleged to have bribed Paxton constructed a “conspiracy theory” that federal officials altered a search warrant for his property, the Austin American- Statesman reported.

Wimberley Pride March

Thursday, September 14

If it seemed like last week’s football game versus the Brock Eagles (1-2) was a little bit too familiar, that’s because it was. Eerily similar to last season, Wimberley (3-0) jumped out to a two-score lead in the first half before Brock came back to nearly steal the game with a last minute stand sealing the victory for the Texans.

Wimberley extended their winning streak to 11 games as the Texans swept both Blanco and Fredericksburg, the latter being the first district game of the season.