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Happy Pi Day

Raisin d’etre: This French apple pie recipe features a surprisingly sweet addition. Photo by Metro Creative

Happy Pi Day

Certain foods are synonymous with particular holidays or times of year. For example, few people can imagine celebrating Valentine’s Day without ample supplies of chocolate on hand. And what summer barbecue is complete without grilled hot dogs and hamburgers? While these foods and others are must-haves during certain times of the year, that doesn’t mean they cannot be enjoyed whenever a craving arises.

Machu Morado: The Ruellia you’ve always wanted
Machu Morado: The Ruellia you’ve always wanted

This Pipevine Swallowtail finds this Mexican petunia in Harris County GA to be a feast.

Machu Morado: The Ruellia you’ve always wanted

Machu Morado like other Mexican petunias will attract butterflies like this Zebra heliconian.

Machu Morado: The Ruellia you’ve always wanted

Machu Morado is a new award-winning introduction of Mexican petunia or ruellia with luscious purple blooms and no threat of unwanted spread in the garden. Photos by Norman Winter

Machu Morado: The Ruellia you’ve always wanted

Machu Morado is one of the most intriguing new plants in both name and performance. In reality it is a dream come true but I’ll explain. First, it is a Mexican petunia or Ruellia, the gregarious ‘Uncle Buck’ of the Acanthus family. A lot of gardening folks think it is a petunia.

‘If it ain’t Ruuch, it ain’t raw’

Texas artist Ruuch makes waves with his music as a member of the San Marcos hip-hop community. Photo by Snoopography

‘If it ain’t Ruuch, it ain’t raw’

Art at work: Ruuch in the recording studio. Submitted photo

‘If it ain’t Ruuch, it ain’t raw’

Everyone has an origin story. For artist and rapper K’ron Major, a.k.a Ruuch, it begins in the small town of Hopkinsville, Ky., but that was just the beginning of the ride that would lead him to San Marcos and the burgeoning hip-hop community here.

VFW helps veterans

Adelina and Abril Flores volunteered to prepare food distributions for veterans after February’s winter storm. Submitted photo

VFW helps veterans

Maurice T. Suttles VFW Post 3413 Auxiliary member Laura Davis worked with Post Commander Stephanie Brown, Post Members, Veterans Service Officers Jude Prather and Michael Hernandez, and the Hays County Food Bank to provide a mobile food distribution for veterans and their families. Twenty registered participants were planned for. The food was picked up at the food bank and donated by members of the VFW and placed into proper packaging. The city of San Marcos and many local organizations donated three pallets of water and several cases of flavored water that the San Marcos Fire Department delivered to the post for distribution.

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Ermias Ketema Gebremeskel with the Rotary Club of Wimberley's President, Patty DeVazier. Submitted photo

New Rotarian sworn in

The Rotary Club of Wimberley welcomes a new member, Ermias Ketema Gebremeskel. Gebremeskel is from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and holds degrees in Biology, Business Administration and Tour Operations. His company, Stunning Ethiopia Tours, can be found on Tripadvisor. He is proud to now call Wimberley home. Gebremeskel met his future wife, Carrie Campbell, during a literacy mission trip in Ethiopia coordinated between the Rotary Club of Wimberley and the Davis Moon Project (DMP). DMP is a nongovernmental organization working in Ethiopia to increase literacy and was founded by a former Wimberley Rotarian, Sonja Simmons. Gebremeskel has also recently joined Sonja on the DMP Board of Directors to help improve conditions in his country of origin.

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