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The Knights of Columbus Bishop Reicher Council No. 9151 in Wimberley Texas presents a gift of $10,000 to the TruChoice Pregnancy Resource Center of San Marcos. The $10,000 gift was made possible through the Knight’s Nina Kohler Fund in participation with TruChoice’s Adopt A Room Campaign for their new San Marcos building. Pictured (L-R) Chris Oddo KC Grand Knight, Angie Borges Board President TruChoice Pregnancy Resource Center, San Marcos, Cheri Martin Executive Director of TruChoice, Rosemary Vorpahl a key TruChoice Volunteer and James Svetlik KC Deputy Grand Knight. PHOTO BY GARY BARCHFELD

The Hays County Commissioners Court approved early voting times and locations for the upcoming November election.

If you happen to visit a high-traffic area in one of the state’s larger cities, you might come across some folks wearing sandwich boards, such as one sees during tax season or mattress sales. The Texas Department of Transportation has adopted this marketing device to promote its “Be Safe. Drive Smart” pedestrian safety campaign this month.

The aquifer levels across the county and in Wimberley have now reached historic lows causing regulatory agencies to start making calls for more drastic conservation measures.

In partnership with the Austin Central Library, the Wimberley Valley Watershed Association has created a poster exhibit highlighting eight great Texas springs. The exhibit, located on the 6th floor gallery of the Austin Central Library, features posters illustrating the beauty, significance and challenges for each spring. The poster exhibit deepens the discussion of the springs initiated by the Sacred Springs Kite Exhibition with posters focused on each of the eight featured Sacred Springs: San Solomon, Comanche, the Blue Hole, Comal, San Marcos, Barton, Krause, and Jacob’s Well Springs. The poster series, on display now through the end of August 2022, compliments the art kites of the Sacred Springs Kite Exhibition and serves to further educate and inspire visitors.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised Hays County’s COVID-19 level from medium community spread to high.

According to his application to fill the vacant seat on council, Kotarba has been involved with civic affairs since moving to Woodcreek 13 years ago. He has been on the Planning and Zoning Commission since 2014 and served as the chair

I feel like the community concern regarding the Horseshoe Ridge RV Park planned for the west side of RR 12 roughly between the intersections of RR 12 with Old Oaks Ranch Rd. and Gold’s Rd has been summarily dismissed. How can there be so little coverage of a project expected to be as densely populated (201 RV tenants on 30 acres) as this is to be?

For the first time since before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wimberley Valley Art League hosted a Juried Art Show with guests available to meet and greet in person.

For more than 50 years, Texas singer-songwriter Shake Russell, has been entertaining audiences throughout the region and all over the United States with his unique Americana style of folk rock. Weaving sophisticated harmonies through his songs and drawing from various genres, Shake created a style of folk-rock that is uniquely his own.