Above, out at Centerpoint Road, course participants tour a Union Pacific facility and get hands on training in railroad safety. Below, at the Hays County Public Safety Building, the written test is graded.
Daily Record photos by Barbara Audet
Above, Union Pacific Conductor Beau Beam describes how the piston brake functions on the locomotive. Left, top, Beam demonstrates track switching. Left, below, public safety personnel
from throughout
Central Texas participate in Operation Lifesaver, a course designed to teach railroad investigation techniques and safety measures. Below, Union Pacific Engineer Robert Hadley provides information about the workings of the locomotive including how communication is handled with Union Pacific in Omaha.
Daily Record photos by Barbara Audet
Course outlines best practices for local railroad safety
Editor's Note: This is Part One in a series looking at conservation measures for land and water resources in Hays County.
Greater San Marcos Partnership Interim President Will Conley talks with San Marcos CISD Superintendent Michael Cardona and Lockhart ISD Superintendent Mark Estrada.
Daily Record photo by Dalton Sweat
Top, at the State of Workforce and Education
Summit 2003 held
recently in San Marcos, San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Page Michel acknowledges contributions of those at the Summit, joined by Ted Groholske, Greater San Marcos Partnership Workforce Development manager.
Daily Record photo by Dalton Sweat
Editor's Note: This is Part One in a series looking at education and workforce issues.
The League of Women Voters of Hays County is coordinating volunteer deputy registrar training to be held at 3 p.m., Aug. 17, at the LBJ Museum of San Marcos, 131 Guadalupe St., San Marcos.
It’s back-to-school season for students across Texas, which means there will be some major adjustments families may need to work through.
Judy Telford, left, SMUUF Sewing Guild member, recently delivered 20 handmade children's quilts to a local nonprofit, Any Baby Can. Receiving the quilts are, from left: Amber Jensen, Early Childhood Intervention Program assistant; Kira Simon, Early Childhood Intervention supervisor; and Kaylin Snyder, Early Intervention specialist. The guild welcome's fabric donations to create children's quilts, and also senior lay quilts, to give to non-profit organizations that serve clients who are grateful to receive them. For more information or to make fabric donation, contact Jeannie Lewis, SMUUF Social Justice chair, at jeannie@centurytel.net or (512) 353-2872.
Photo provided by San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Unitarian Sewing Guild Donates Children's Quilts
From parents taking their kids to soccer practice to friends cheering on their favorite pro team in a bar, sports pervade the life of a community. KZSM.org, your true community radio station, honors that tradition every Saturday morning from 11 a.m. to noon with “The Blitz,” hosted by Damian Entrican.
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