San Marcos Record, San Marcos, TX

Not kid’s stuff: City lands spot among nation’s top communities to raise children
San Marcos was among the winners in BusinessWeek magazine’s fourth annual survey of the “Best Places to Raise Your Kids” in the United States.
Celebration of the people
Yipes, stripes: Hwy 80’s got ’em
SH 80 between Hays and Caldwell Counties is being reconfigured to improve safety as well as to extend the life of the pavement, Texas Department of Transportation officials said Thursday.
Hays tire disposal sites in Wimberley, Driftwood
Hays County is continuing its efforts to rid roadsides, backyards and fields of unwanted tires by waiving the $2 per tire recycling fee for residents until further notice.
CTMC’s center for women
Central Texas Medical Center (CTMC) will hold a grand opening on Sunday, when the public will get its first glimpse inside the new Women’s Center expansion.
Free Thanksgiving feast Friday
Many local residents are expected to take part in a free Thanksgiving feast Friday at the San Marcos Activity Center.
Groundwater Festival
Popular Santa letters will end
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Starry-eyed children writing letters to the jolly man at the North Pole this holiday season likely won't get a response from Santa Claus or his helpers.
Learning about free enterprise
Free Enterprise City, a project by Texas State’s Students in Free Enterprise team, is under way at San Marcos elementary and intermediate schools.
Envision Central Texas
The Envision Central Texas (ECT) board of directors Wednesday announced that Travis Froehlich will serve as ECT’s chairman in 2010.
Senate girds for heated health care bill debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of maneuvering, the Senate stands at the brink of a historic battle over health care with President Barack Obama and his allies on one side and Republicans, outnumbered but unflinching, on the other.
Obama, Holder predict conviction in 9/11 case
WASHINGTON (AP) — From opposite ends of the globe, President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder firmly rejected criticism Wednesday of the planned New York trial of the professed Sept. 11 mastermind and predicted Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would be exposed as a murderous coward, convicted and executed.
$1 million for Texas State: Small tech pays big bucks
Federal funds totalling $1 million have been approved for Texas State University’s Center for Hetero-Functional Materials’ (CHM) to aid in the development of the next generation of devices to be used for military, medical and commercial applications.
Crime does not pay
Hays County Crime Stoppers is having a big year.
Gregoria D. Pastrano
Green Living Showcase set here March 20
The San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce’s first ever Green Living Showcase will take place at the city’s conference center on Saturday, March 20.
Texas State team snags honors in FLW championship regionals
NATCHITOCHES, La. – The Texas A&M team of Paul Manley of Orange, and Andrew Shafer of Chatfield, stunned the crowd on Monday bringing in a bag of six bass totaling 17 pounds, 2 ounces to win the National Guard FLW College Fishing Texas Regional Championship on Sibley Lake with a three-day total of 16 bass weighing 30-7.
Hays County Crime Stoppers celebrates 2009 successes in its efforts to ‘Take a Bite Out of Crime’
The Hays County Crime Stoppers program celebrated a year of hard work and progress in its efforts to make area communities safe from crime.
Pentagon: Wide probe likely after Fort Hood
WASHINGTON (AP) — Worried that the Army may have missed red flags about the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, the Pentagon will likely launch an inquiry into how all the military services keep watch on other volatile soldiers hidden in their ranks, officials said Tuesday.
Army helps vets with 'invisible wounds' find jobs
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Richard Martin keeps a rearview mirror on his desk to prevent co-workers from startling him in his cubicle. The walls are papered with sticky notes to help him remember things, and he wears noise-canceling headphones to keep his easily distracted mind focused.
Texas A&M remembering fatal '99 bonfire collapse
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — The bonfire collapse at Texas A&M University killed Carolyn Adams' daughter, Miranda. A decade later, Adams said she's grateful her daughter and the 11 other Aggies killed haven't been forgotten.
Foreclosures still dogging Hays, CenTex
In the last analysis of the year, the rate of foreclosures in Hays County was 79 percent higher than in December of 2008, with 125 properties included.
Supplementing the springflow
A study on supplementing spring flow from the Edwards Aquifer was approved but another that would examine the relationship between favored foods of the endangered whooping cranes and the marshes where they exist wasn’t.
Big wheels roll into town
The sixth annual Jonathan Broderick Memorial skateboarding contest was held on Saturday and Sunday, with the street competition at the San Marcos
Skate Park.

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