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May 16th, 2013

Options to pay for Texas roadways

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 5:00pm

Editor,
I recommend the following collection of options that should all be used together to get Texas back on track with paying for roadways:

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Soldier stress and excessive taxes

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 5:00pm

Editor,
I haven’t read or heard the Pentagon’s 2013 statistics, but at the end of 2012 it reported that more uniformed U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan committed suicide than were killed by their opponents. What does that tell you about moral and belief in the cause?

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Water Plan: Why more and not less?

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 5:00pm

Editor,
The billions being spent on the Texas Water Plan is all about taking water from one community and piping it (or dammming it up) and giving it to other, more “preferred” communities.

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Let’s not sacrifice privacy on altar of cyber security

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 5:00pm
By
Steve Macek

In the name of protecting us from hackers, computer viruses and cyber-terrorists, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make it easier for sites like Facebook and Twitter and Internet service providers like Comcast and Time-Warner to share users’ private messages and files with government agencies.


On the hunt: Diet Coke to give away Taylor Swift tickets

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 4:00pm
By
Staff Reports

If you’re feeling 22 or just love Taylor Swift, Diet Coke is giving away four pairs of tickets to Swift’s show at the Frank Irwin Center in Austin.
Via their Twitter handle, Diet Coke will host a Swift-themed scavenger hunt to lead participants to a “local Austin treasure” and the location of the “Silver Ticket.”
The clues will be released throughout the day on Monday, May 20 starting at 8 a.m. The first four fans (must be 18 or older to enter) to arrive at the Silver Ticket location will get two passes to see Swift perform on Tuesday, May 21.


Third annual clay festival to be held this weekend at Eye of the Dog Art Center

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 3:58pm
By
Kaitlin Schmidt - Features Editor

Billy Ray Mangham, co-owner of Eye of the Dog Art Center, didn’t always do clay. But once he got started he couldn’t stop, getting his undergraduate degree in California in clay and a Master’s of Fine Arts at Stephen F. Austin University.


There's a new 'Outlaw' in town: Randy Rogers, Les Lawless open food truck at Whitewater

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 3:56pm
By
Kaitlin Schmidt - Features Editor

Randy Rogers is adding something new to his country music brand: Food trucks.

That’s right, Rogers of the Randy Rogers Band and his drummer, Les Lawless, officially opened The Outlaw Food Truck today just outside of the Whitewater Ampitheater on the bank of the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels.

The truck will be open weekly Thursday through Sunday and after shows at the ampitheater.


College Baseball: What Texas State needs

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 2:51pm
By
Tyler Mayforth — Daily Record Sports

Texas State head coach Ty Harrington looked at wits’ end Tuesday night.

Harrington, who develops the Bobcats’ defensive game plan and is the team’s defensive instructor, watched his team commit six errors in a 5-4 loss to Rice. Perhaps the biggest kick to Texas State’s ribs was a throwing error by junior pitcher Donnie Hart on a routine sacrifice bunt that gave the Owls just enough space to hold on for a win.


New rules might change summer fishing on the Gulf

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 2:48pm
By
Jim Darnell — Outdoors Columnist

We are moving rapidly toward summer. Spring winds should subside.

Summer is the season that the offshore, deep-sea fishermen wait for all year. The deep blue water beckons — but several mitigating factors may influence fishing in the Gulf this summer.


Adelene E. Wisian

Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 8:43am

Adelene E. Wisian, 86, of San Marcos, passed away in San Marcos on Friday, May 10. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at the Thomason Funeral Home in San Marcos. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Monday, May 20 at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Memory Lawn Memorial Park in Martindale.
For more information, call (512) 396-2300.