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Riffs, Roams and Raves:

Michael O’Connor and Jeff Plankenhorn are on the road together again, still kicking and coming to Susanna’s Kitchen on March 16.

The end of each sport’s season provides an opportunity to celebrate the successes of that single season while looking forward to a playoff game or to reflect on the friendships and effort together. The last home game is different altogether. Family, friends and fans gather — not just to cheer on the team for its last home game — but to recognize the senior players and their parents — for their effort and commitment to their teams and their support of the players and the program.

Wimberley High School Texan baseball rolled into a busy stretch last Tuesday, March 7 with the district opener at Davenport High School. The game began a week that would conclude with the Texan Classic tournament on Texan Field the afternoon of Saturday, March 11.

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.