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The Rotary Club of Wimberley has announced the winner and runner up of its third Rotary Loves Readers contest of the school year at Danforth Junior High.

Pedestrian and vehicle traffic issues in the city’s downtown area are the focus of an upcoming Transportation Town Hall hosted by the city of Wimberley later this month.

Sewage from the city of Wimberley’s sewer system flowed into the Blanco River for at least four hours over the weekend, due to a faulty lag float and an either ineffective or faulty alarm system.

Hays County remains gripped by excessive drought, but lawmakers have offered little in the way of proposals to quench the mounting problem. To the west, the Trinity Aquifer and the private wells it feeds are going dry. To the east, the San Marcos river flows at its lowest recorded level since 1997.

The value of a key youth program in the county was reinforced last week with the introduction of Sierra Murray, who was recently appointed as the 4H and youth coordinator for the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office.

The Texas Redbuds (Cercis canadensis var. texensis) are blooming around town.

Capital Highlights by Gary Borders

As announced last month, The Wimberley Players planned to launch a new community outreach initiative offering 20 free tickets to randomly selected local businesses or organizations for the opening weekend of each of their five 2023 season productions. The Wimberley Community Civic Club was the first to receive this prize.

Opening a Wimberley restaurant was a long-time dream for Ryan and Mollye Hildebrand.

Pickleball culture has come to Wimberley, and Wimbo Pickles has come to facilitate.