The Dahlstrom Middle School Band earned a dozen chairs in the All-Region Band and three chairs in the All-Region Orchestra. Thirty-six Mustang band members initially earned All-District honors, and 24 of those qualified for Region auditions. The All-Region Orchestra honorees included Jackie Gibson, ...

Wolverines in the Simon Middle School Band program are howling over the accomplishments of 8th-Grade bass clarinet player Chloe Julius. Julius was named to the All-Region Band.

romoting men’s health is easy as growing a mustache for a local group that calls themselves the Simply Charming Mo’s. For Kyle resident Sean Claes, who heads the group, growing the mustache is a way he and many others across the country raise awareness for men’s health issues. Movember is a movement...

group that addresses the needs of an older adult population in Buda could be on the horizon. Earlier this month, the Buda City Council   considered developing an advisory commission on aging following a presentation by Patricia Bordie, director for the Capital Area Coalition of Governments (CAPCOG) ...

belated Happy Thanksgiving! And, Joyous Advent Season! I meld Thanksgiving and Christmas, giving thanks to God “for His unthinkable, indescribable, inexpressible gift.” (II Corinthians 9:15) Words in Dr. Denison’s daily article the Monday before Thanksgiving popped out at me (much more dramatic than...

ith water conservation in mind, I am always on the look-out for drought tolerant additions to my landscape, and a few years back I came across the wonderful sedums. Commonly called ‘stonecrops,’ sedums are a large grouping of low-growing, flowering groundcovers in the Crassulaceae family. Sedums sto...

n an angry editorial on Dec. 5, 1849, an influential Austin newspaper advocated a scorched-earth policy in response to the pending theft of New Mexico from the Lone Star State. “Rather than surrender to the usurpation of the General Government one inch of our blood bought territory,” fumed The State...

EmilyAnn Trail of Lights Enjoy more than 100 lighted exhibits created by Wimberley businesses and organizations from Nov. 26-Dec. 29 at the EmilyAnn Theatre in Wimberley. Roast a marshmallow at the Yule Log, listen to live music and meet Santa. Get details at emilyann.org. Budafest Buda’s annual Chr...

he most common owl in our area is the eastern screech-owl. It is a bird that many people try to attract with houses.  Generally, to be successful, these houses should be about 15 feet high and in a wooded neighborhood.  Don and Nan Perkins of Wimberley and Cara Wernli and Jane Little of Woodcreek ha...

n November 2011, Amberlyn Fett, 22, lost her lifelong battle with Cystic Fibrosis. However, her legacy of caring and giving and the charity she created lives on. Fett, who spent many Christmases in the hospital for treatment, saw firsthand children who had no one there and no present to open. For th...