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The Wimberley View placed in three statewide award categories at the Texas Press Association conference held in Round Rock earlier this month.

The Wimberley Village Library’s summer reading program kicked off with a bang last week with more than 450 people packing the library and grounds. Young patrons were treated to a magic show that emphasized literacy, a “Tiny Tails” petting zoo with animals small enough to hold, face painting and a bubble depot where gigantic soapy orbs could be created. Revelers, young and old alike, enjoyed snow cones, cotton candy, hot dogs and a nature exhibit by the Hays County Master Naturalists.

As the days get longer, the early summer flowers appear.

Gov. Greg Abbott late last week warned lawmakers to be prepared for several special sessions to pass a tax reform bill that he will accept, as well as a school voucher plan that failed to pass during the regular session. Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick are at odds over how to deliver more than $17 billion in property tax relief, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Joining celebrities like Bradley Cooper, Selena Gomez and Ryan Gosling, kids at the Katherine Anne Porter School have their very own Emotional Support Animal in the form of Mistii, a 12-weekold black and gray tabby kitten.

“The things that inspire me vary,” said Nita Dixon, a New Braunfels mixed media artist and painter who shows her work at Art on 12 in Wimberley. “Sometimes it’s landscapes or water or skies, and sometimes it’s shapes. For a while, I was consumed by the shape of old trucks until I finished studying it in my mind’s eye.”

Riffs, Roams and Raves:

With a career that has spanned four decades and traversed more than a million miles, versatile singer- songwriter Jimmy Davis is the embodiment of the term “troubadour.” He is also Suzanna’s Kitchen’s next featured artist on June 15.

There are new officers in town, belonging to the local VFW.

One Wimberley resident has died after a vehicle collision over the Memorial Day weekend.