Exploring Nature: Cedar Waxwings
I can’t remember a better winter around my place when it comes to seeing birds.
I can’t remember a better winter around my place when it comes to seeing birds.
The VFW Auxiliary invites high school students in Grades 9 - 12 to participate in the Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. The contest, which began in 1979 to recognize upand- coming artists and encourage patriotism in youth, offers the firstplace winner from each state a chance to compete for national awards totaling $34,000.
Yes, it’s winter in Central Texas. However, that doesn’t mean there is nothing for gardeners to do besides dream of spring. February is a great time to clean up your perennial beds and prepare for your spring vegetable garden.
Many people take to the great outdoors to escape the increasingly tech-driven daily grind. Though that’s an understandable perspective, gardeners who aren’t deploying tech in their home gardens could be missing out on a host of benefits that could help their plants, flowers and vegetables thrive.
Tickets for the Broadway in Austin performance of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” go on sale Feb. 3 at 10 a.m.
The Wimberley Community Civic Club is pleased to continue its tradition of offering financial aid to area students who have a record of achievement and who require financial assistance to pursue ed
Q.February is Black History Month. What are some examples of racism in historic educational literature? Also, why do we have Black History Month? A. Black History Month in the United States is a time of remembrance and celebration honoring the contributions and history of African Americans throughout the United States. It is particularly important because so much African American history has been diminished, obscured, ignored and outright dismissed by historians and, unfortunately, the public school system. As a collector of late 19thand early-20th century juvenile history and geography textbooks, I see this firsthand.* Many of the books in my collection often only mention African Americans in terms of their skin color and “characteristics” of their race. School books at this time focused on “levels of civilization.” People were “classified” in a pseudo-scientific way as “red, black, yellow and white.” For example, In the book titled, “The Elementary Geography Book” published as part of the Indiana Educational Series from the Indiana School Book Co., 1889, the levels of “civilization” and “Races of Men” are discussed in detail (p.20). Public schools throughout the country used this book to teach children not only geography, but overt racism. At one point the book blatantly says, “The white race is called the Caucasian. It is the ruling race of the world.” (p.20) The writing exercise in this chapter of the book asked the children to:
Local painter gets banner treatment downtown
The San Marcos Art League kicks off 2023 with a brand-new exhibit in collaboration with the Cenikor Foundation’s Project AIM that will feature works surrounding the topics of substance use, addiction and recovery. The exhibit will be showing at the San Marcos Art Center on The Square from Feb. 2-28. The exhibition’s opening reception will take place on Thursday, Feb. 2 from 5-7 p.m.
As the world’s population has increased, so, too, has the need to accommodate such growth. Areas that were wild as recently as 100 years ago may have long since been overrun by housing and urban development, leaving little space for local wildlife to call home.
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