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Brady Mitchell Kent (right) supporting Danielle Madsen (left) as she prepares for audition. Photo courtesy of Danielle Madsen

Love, San Marcos, and Brady

Sun, 02/13/2022 - 5:00am

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching. As people are rushing to grab the perfect stuffed bear or chocolate treat for their sweetheart, I can’t help but stop and think that San Marcos has filled my life with so much love. As a red cheeked, big dreamer teenager, San Marcos became home at the age of 16 when I had the amazing opportunity to attend boarding school at San Marcos Academy.

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Five things we can all do today to prevent dating violence

Sun, 02/06/2022 - 5:00am

The following article is part one of a four-week series focusing on raising awareness about dating violence. February is Dating Violence Awareness month, and we hope to educate our community on this very important issue. 1 in 3 young people will experience dating violence in their lifetime. Locally, the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center has been serving victims of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault and child abuse since 1978. Last year, HCWC served 2,055 victims of abuse (face-to-face) primarily from Hays and Caldwell Counties.

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Letter to the Editor

Sun, 02/06/2022 - 5:00am

Hays County is on the brink of a momentous decision that will restore Indigenous stewardship to a modicum of our homeland that archaeologists acknowledge as the oldest, continuously inhabited site in North America.

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Planning a romantic getaway for Valentine’s Day?

Sun, 02/06/2022 - 5:00am

I dare you to google news about Valentine’s Day.

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The Daily Record's beloved office cat, Daily, who often greeted customers and gave comfort to employees, recently passed away. Above, Daily sits on end rolls at the Daily Record office. Daily Record photo by Alyssa Gonzales. Below, Daily poses for a photo. Daily Record photo by Lance Winter

FAREWELL TO A FRIEND

Sun, 01/30/2022 - 5:00am

It’s been said Angels walk among us. Well, I can tell you without a doubt it’s true.

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The dog days of our lives

Sun, 01/30/2022 - 5:00am

Recently, Texas passed the Safe Outdoor Dogs Act, which enforces humane guidelines for restraining pet canines outdoors. Unfortunately for me, the act fails to impose similar guidelines for the treatment of grouchy husbands and embarrassing dads.

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The Daily Record's beloved office cat, Daily, who often greeted customers and gave comfort to employees, recently passed away. Above, Daily sits on end rolls at the Daily Record office. Daily Record photo by Alyssa Gonzales. Below, Daily poses for a photo. Daily Record photo by Lance Winter

FAREWELL TO A FRIEND

Sat, 01/29/2022 - 2:34pm

It’s been said Angels walk among us. Well, I can tell you without a doubt it’s true.

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Analysis: Texas government is business-friendly, but not businesslike

Sun, 01/23/2022 - 5:00am

Government is not a business and doesn’t run like one. That “run government like a business” motto you hear from political candidates comes from the “tastes great, less filling” school of advertising.

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Voting by mail in Texas under the new rules

Sun, 01/23/2022 - 5:00am

I have been voting by mail for the last 12 years. It has always been a simple process. But this year's experience with vote-bymail is far more difficult than it used to be. In some counties, half of the applications are being rejected because of identity problems that don't appear to be the fault of the applicants as much as the fault of inadequate or inaccurate databases available to election clerks and confusing application forms.

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Analysis: Texas politicians can change their minds. But it helps if the public goes first.

Sun, 01/16/2022 - 5:00am

Neither of the top candidates for governor of Texas wants to keep jailing people for possession of marijuana. Reefer madness has been replaced by reefer indifference.