The San Marcos City Council agreed to move forward with renaming San Marcos Rec Hall (pictured above) to the Pauline Espinosa Community Hall. Daily Record photo by Nick Castillo
The San Marcos City Council unanimously agreed to move forward with the renaming of San Marcos Rec Hall to the Pauline Espinosa Community Hall.
Above, members of Rotary Club of San Marcos and Travis Elementary Early-Act pose for a photo. Photo submitted by Rotary Club of San Marcos
Every year, Travis Elementary EarlyAct raises funds for a scholarship for a San Marcos High School graduate who attended K-5 at Travis. This year they raised $850 and Rotary will add funds to bring it up to $1,500. Rotary also plans to award a second scholarship for a Travis alum. The $850 was presented to the Rotary Club on March 23 at the Rotary meeting.
The Buda City Council named Jim Hollis, former mayor and recently retired President of the Emergency Service District Board #2, as the city’s first “Local Legend” for his long history of service to the Buda community. The award will be presented at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2 during the inaugural founder’s day celebration, Buda’s Birthday, at Buda Amphitheater and City Park.
Above, firefighters prepare to fight a brush fire in San Marcos near Old Bastrop Road on Friday. Daily Record photo by Nick Castillo
Much of Texas is at an elevated risk of wildfires this weekend and early next week because of higher-than-usual temperatures and a worsening drought, according to Texas A&M Forest Service analysts and the state climatologist.
KZSM.org, your true community radio station, proudly presents “The Personhood Project,” a new broadcast featuring interviews with established poets and discussions of works by incarcerated writers. “The Personhood Project” airs at 4 p.m. on the last Sunday of every month.
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The column, The Journey Continues, celebrates six years this month. I have written about equality, trust, respect, service to the Nation, national holidays, people, places — but always with a Biblical reference. I have had the privilege of interviewing a variety of folks, both well-known and unknown to the general readership. I always have asked them to share their favorite verse (life verse) from the Bible.
The Heritage Association of San Marcos will host its annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 16, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Veramendi Park, 400 E. Hopkins St.
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