At the March 27 Board meeting, the Dripping Springs ISD board of trustees recognized recipients of the 2017 Above and Beyond awards. Above and Beyond awards recognize employees who have put forth a special effort or completed an exceptional act that clearly exceeds that individual’s job responsibili...

 Fourth-graders at Dripping Springs Elementary for many years have participated in a “Famous Texans” project where they research the life of a prominent Texan, then dress up to represent their person during the Living History Museum, and share information with others attending the event. This year, ...

rock Huffman is a mostly retired criminal trial lawyer from San Antonio who still takes an occasional case, but for the most part now lives in San Cristobal de las Casas in Mexico. While in Mexico, he has trained several people to serve as guides to English-speaking birdwatchers and now offers birdi...

The Lehman High variety winter guard capped off its season with a bronze medal the Texas Color Guard State Championship competition, which was held at Reed Arena at Texas A&M last week. The group, directed by Johnnie Green, also won the meet’s equipment caption. Lobo senior Caroline Salas was also a...

The clock is ticking for those interested in participating in the May 6 election. Aspiring voters have until Thursday, April 6 to register to vote. Early voting for elections in Hays County begins April 24. Those within Hays CISD within District 1 will decide on three candidates, including incumbent...

Hays CISD will dedicate the track and field at Barton Middle School for a longtime school nurse who succumbed to cancer in 2016. On May 6, the district will rename the complex the Susie Kana field during the 2017 Relay for Life event. In January, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees approved the naming o...

(photo courtesy of Cecilia Barrentine) At the time of printing for our March edition of the Hays  County Echo , which was devoted to the 50th anniversary of the Hays School District, we did not have a photo of Eric Dahlstrom, namesake of Dahlstrom Middle School. Since then, granddaughter Cecilia Bar...

ringing a smile to a child in a hospital is routine for Tucker, a former shelter dog who is now the Central Texas Protection for Animal Welfare Services (PAWS) ambassadog. Tucker could be joined in the future by two additional dogs, Toby and Mojo, whose job it is to visit hospitals, nursing homes, c...

Spring vegetable gardening: Plant those warm season crops. This list includes beans, black-eyed peas, okra, squash, cantaloupe, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, watermelon, corn, and eggplant. There’s still time to plant those cooler season crops: lettuce, radishes, and carrots. 2. Fertilize your garde...

ometimes a photo is not available. Such is the case with what RonTom described when I returned home from a bus trip to Wichita Falls (to hear Beth Moore) with ladies of Fellowship Church. Remember how I told you about putting blond dog hair from my mom’s dog, Buddy, into a “suet cage” for birds to u...