Middle schools choralists from all over Central Texas auditioned last weekend for Region Choir and three outstanding singers from Wallace Middle School were among those earning the high honor! WMS Director Kelly Reyes and Assistant Director Richard Shehulski are pleased to announce the Ranger Choir’...

In a rare and highly encouraging sign for a brand new program, three members of McCormick Middle School’s first-year school choir have been honored as members of the Region Choir! Celebrating the showing are (pictured, l-r) Raul Villarreal (5th chair), JD Rice(17th), and Jayli Cavarrubio (24th). The...

The Simon Middle School Choir family is celebrating one of its own being named to the Region Choir. Eighth-grader Rebecca “Becca” Muro sang her way to a high 7th chair in her voice part during the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region 18 Choir auditions, hosted by Simon Middle School. Over...

Four Chapa Middle School Choir members are being celebrated as members of the Region Choir. Eighth-graders (l-r) Logan Robinson, Kylee Nemetz, Jared Brown, and Sean McAweeney all earned chairs in the Texas Association of Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region 18 Choir, the results of successful a...

It was an incredible showing for the Dahlstrom Middle School Choir in this year’s Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region 18 Choir auditions. A record-setting twenty-two of Director Tanna Bills’ Mustang Choir members swept to places in the Region Choir. The DMS contingent traditionally score...

or the past two years, San Marcos resident Jim Kimball tried his best to save up for an expensive $1,800 tooth extraction. After waiting for three hours Saturday, Kimball, who was the ninth person in line for Ascension’s Medical Mission at Home event at Seton Medical Center Hays, got the chance to r...

ounding Father Thomas Jefferson famously said, “Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.” Enlightenment is much harder to come by than information, especially in today’s information-rich environment. Enlightenment ...

or me from now until the middle of February always brings with it a sense of celebration: it is Irish potato season. Woo-hoo! This is one of my all-time favorite crops to grow… and to consume. Potatoes are a cool season crop. They do very well if you plant them in the late winter, between now and mi...

ecause 200 candles would be too many to place on a cake, Hays County officials last week instead opted to pass a proclamation celebrating the bicentennial birthday of the county’s namesake. The court, joined by members of the Hays County Historical Commission, celebrated Col. John “Jack” Coffee Hays...

ontinuing from where we left off in early January … Some rather close-up marvels of nature burst with details with a pair of binoculars. It’s been awhile since I recommended the Pentax 6.5 x 21 Papilio binocs.  Ohhhhhh, the close-up magnification of the ice flowers on Frost Weed! And, they’re marvel...