Constancia Balboa Huerta, 74, of Kyle, Texas, died on July 29, 2020. Visitation and services took place Friday, August 7 at Iglesia Amistad Christiana in Del Valle, Texas. Interment followed at the Assumption Cemetery in Austin. Services were under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.
Robert Lenn “Bobby” Barnard
Robert Lenn “Bobby” Barnard was born March 9, 1953 in Fort Worth, TX and died August 6, 2020 in San Antonio, TX. From an early age, his twin obsessions were sports and music, passions that stayed with him until the day he died.
Manuel Leal Gamez, 81, of Buda, Texas, died on August 10, 2020. Visitation will be held at Thomason Funeral Home in Lockhart, Texas on Thursday, August 13 from 3 to 8 p.m. with a recitation of the Holy Rosary scheduled for 7 p.m. Funeral services will take place at the Santa Cruz Catholic Church in Buda, Texas on Friday, August 14 at 10 a.m., with interment to follow at the San Miguel Cemetery in Uhland, Texas. Services are under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.
Richard Ybarra Piña, 60, of San Marcos, Texas, died on Monday, July 27, 2020. Visitation will take place at Thomason Funeral Home on Monday, August 10 from 9 to 10 a.m. Services will follow. Interment will take place at the San Juan Cemetery in Reedville, Texas. Services are under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home. For more information and to sign the online registry, please visit thomasonfuneralhome.com.
We would like to draw a parallel line between where we today find ourselves as a nation, working hard to right the long-standing housing inequalities American citizens continue to experience, and how local appointed and elected leaders make decisions that either eliminate or perpetuate these inequalities. When city leaders refuse to take action or worse, actively resist strategies/opportunities that would support the creation of affordable housing types, the overall health and welfare of the community is negatively affected. Housing is a human issue.
One of every six public school students in Texas does not have access to high-speed internet, and 30% of them don’t have a “dedicated and adequate learning device” — a laptop or tablet computer — according to Texas educators who answered a voluntary state survey earlier this year.
Eddie Durham was born August 19, 1906, in San Marcos, Texas, and passed away on March 6, 1987 in New York.
The Calaboose African American History Museum invites the public to its 5th Annual Eddie Durham Jazz Tribute on Saturday, Aug. 22, 7 - 10 p,m. CDT. Normally held in the Eddie Durham Park, on MLK Drive, the jazz tribute will take place online. Local fans who enjoy Eddie Durham’s music will be able to invite their friends from (almost) anywhere in the world to share this event.
Above, San Marcos Consolidated ISD Board of Trustees member Anne Halsey holds a sign supporting the school district's employees at a caravan-style rally advocating for teachers to work from home as the school year approaches. Below, a sign reads "We respect our teachers and staff. Please keep them safe. No one is disposable." Daily Record photos by Lance Winter
San Marcos community members and teachers led a caravan-style rally Friday to show support for teachers who are advocating the need to work from home as they are called back to campus for professio
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