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Above, a bacon cheeseburger from Highway 80 Feed Barn in Martindale. This bacon cheeseburger came with a delicious beef patty, bacon, pepper jack cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles and mustard. Highway 80 also offered a heaping order of fries on the side. Daily Record photo by Nick Castillo

Foodie Friday: Highway 80 Feed Barn

Thu, 03/18/2021 - 7:34pm

In search of a delicious burger, we made the quick trek to Martindale to get a taste of Highway 80 Feed Barn.

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Jason Giuilietti

GSMP’s Get HIRED! Job & Training Fair designed to help optimize local talent

Wed, 03/17/2021 - 6:39pm

The light at the end of COVID-19’s tunnel has never shown brighter than it has in the last few weeks.

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M. Ray Perryman

The Economist: Imperfect, yet essential

Wed, 03/17/2021 - 6:37pm

The latest stimulus comes with a price tag of $1.9 trillion, adding to the $4 trillion authorized last year.

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

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

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

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.

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

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

‘If it ain’t Ruuch, it ain’t raw’

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

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.

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

VFW helps veterans

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

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

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

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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The Journey Continues: ‘Let no one lose heart’

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

My journey this week takes me to a message preached at First Baptist Church, McCarty Lane, on Jan. 31, 2021. Pastor Lonny Poe, adjunct professor with our pastor, Chad Chaddick, at Logston Seminary, had been asked to supply preach. I have permission from Poe to use his notes for this column.

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Answers to Go

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

SAN MARCOS PUBLIC LIBRARY 625 E. HOPKINS ST. 512-393-8200

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Chia-Chia Lin wins 2020 Clark Fiction Prize for ‘The Unpassing’

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

Chia-Chia Lin's novel, "The Unpassing," has won the 2020 L.D. and LaVerne Harrell Clark Fiction Prize. The prize of $25,000 is one of the largest literary awards in the United States.