World Heart Day calls for increased vigilance in maintaining good health
Fri, 09/29/2023 - 12:00am
CHRISTUS Health is recognizing World Heart Day on Friday by bringing attention to cardiovascular disease.
CHRISTUS Health is recognizing World Heart Day on Friday by bringing attention to cardiovascular disease.
Texas State opens up conference play on the road against Southern Miss. The Bobcats are hoping for their first three-game winning streak since 2013 and their best start since 2005.
Daily Record photo by Gerald Castillo
Bobcats look for their best start since 2005 against Southern Miss
After two years of post-pandemic rebounding, job growth in Texas will begin to slow back down in the last few months of the year, said Roberto Coronado, senior vice president and senior economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, at a Texas Tribune event Tuesday.
Children decorate a window as part of last year's Art Scared event, designed to transform windows throughout the city for the Halloween season.
Photo provided by San Marcos Art League
A witch flies across a decorated window as part of last year's Art Scared event, designed to transform the city for the Halloween season.
Photo provided by San Marcos Art League
For the fourth consecutive year, the San Marcos Art League is bringing Art Scared back to the downtown Square on Saturday, Oct. 21.
Paul Vanlaere, a Rotary Youth Exchange student from Mouscron, Belgium, is attending San Marcos High School and in his spare time is getting to see many local sights including the Devil's Backbone and its “dollar-bill” ceiling.
Photos provided by Rotary Club of San Marcos
Belgian student is studying at San Marcos High School through Rotary program
The observance of “Patriots’ Day' holds a solemn place for the Gary Job Corps Center each September. The ceremony on Sept. 11 brought together the center's cadets and instructors, as they all honored the memory of PFC Kristan Menchaca, a Gary Job Corps Corrections graduate who lost his life in Iraq in 2006 while serving with the U.S. Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pictured are Gary Job Corps Corrections/Security cadets and Student Government Association students, instructors and others.
Photos provided by Gary Job Corps
PATRIOTS SALUTE
Texas Mutual Insurance Company, a policyholder- owned company and the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, has distributed $340 million in dividends to over 69,000 Texas businesses, representing approximately 92% of the company’s policyholders, according to a press release Wednesday.
Household debt in the United States is at an alltime high – more than $17 trillion. Of that amount, the lion’s share, almost $12.4 trillion, is for housing, and credit card obligations recently topped $1 trillion. These are big numbers, and they are rising. The question is whether they are a cause for concern. The short answer is “not really” given current conditions, though there are some underlying issues which bear watching.
A San Marcos restaurant will be soon host a a visit from America’s Best Restaurants.
Declared Emergency Preparedness Month, this September various organizations in Hays County have emphasized tips for staying safe, lauding the work of staffs that protect this community in all areas of emergency management. A key event was the 6th Annual Emergency Preparedness Fair: 'Celebrating Community Heroes,' hosted by the Hays County Office of Emergency Services at Heroes Memorial Park in Kyle, that brought out all the equipment including a Black Hawk helicopter and first responders who normally work behind the scenes. All month at the website www.haysinformed.com/30-days-30-ways, officials have posted tips to keep families safe. Pictured above include: Fire Academy cadets Connor McMillan, David Barrientes, Mason Curtis and Eric Hernandez; North Hays County Fire Rescue's Lt. Joe Cardenas, Chaplain Tom Gripka and Intern Zach Johnson; Texas A&M Forest Service Wildland Urban Interface Coordinator Walter Flocke; and Wyatt and Patricia Padovano of the San Marcos Animal Shelter.
Daily Record photos by Barbara Audet
Hays County: September is prepared
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