http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:23:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_310102416.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_310102416.html You can't call yourself a true Texan until you've stood at the edge of the multihued majesty of Palo Duro Canyon that rends the flapjack flatness of the Panhandle plains south of Amarillo and gazed upon what AOL Travel recently called one of “America's 10 Underrated Natural Wonders.” Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:22:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_310102304.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_310102304.html My grandmother often said “I heard” and “they say” are the two biggest liars in the country. Of course, that was before “.com” and “e-mail.” Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:39:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_309113909.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_309113909.html Twelve Native American artists from across the nation will be honored from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 13 at the San Marcos Activity Center as part of their participation in the “Seven Directions Art Exhibit” at the Walkers’ Gallery. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:37:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_309113726.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_309113726.html The Katherine Anne Porter School (KAPS) invites everyone to their 10th annual Java Jive fundraiser at Wimberley Market Days Pavilion on Sunday, Nov. 8. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_309113555.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_309113555.html The local Pet Prevent a Litter (PALS) organization recently created the PALS Pet Pantry program to help make pet food available to clients who have trouble feeding their pets during the holidays. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:33:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_309113444.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_309113444.html Look! Up in the air! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a movie based on a 1950s Japanese comic book that later became an international TV cartoon! Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:49:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_308105010.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_308105010.html It seems like everyone is falling under the weather lately. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:47:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_308104820.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_308104820.html The president of the National Pork Producers Council — the person who represents the people who represent the nation's pigs — appeared recently before Congress to talk about sales in the swine flu era. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:29:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_307112908.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_307112908.html Judy Williamson, an early citizen of Texas who moved to Hays County in 1851, will be remembered Thursday by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:27:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_307112737.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_307112737.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:15:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_307111552.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_307111552.html A new system in Texas state parks that are part of the World Birding Center network in the Lower Rio Grande Valley will allow bird watchers to record their sightings and use an online, interactive databas Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:14:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_307111447.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_307111447.html When the Gruene Orchid Society meets tonight, it will be doing something new. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:13:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_307111325.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_307111325.html "Manhood for Amateurs" (Harper, 320 pages, $25.99), by Michael Chabon: The singular experience of becoming a father can change everything. This seems to include — for literary papas — what you want to write about. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:56:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_304125732.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_304125732.html Hasn't the rain been great? It has been so hot and dry for so long everyone was ready to gravel out the lawn, but before anyone could muster up the strength to haul both gravel and wheelbarrow, here came the rain. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:55:00 +0000 http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_304125557.html http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_304125557.html Although San Marcos roots run deep in my family, it was not until 2007 that I finally got the opportunity to live here.