Christopher Morris
ON INTERMISSION
Sun, 04/21/2024 - 5:00am
Morris shares the craft of creating the stage
Christopher Morris
Morris shares the craft of creating the stage
Students learning how to apply a stucco finish have contributed to many projects around San Marcos.
Photo courtesy of Gary Job Corps
Gary Job Corps Plastering students are busy at work applying stucco finish to the Student Bank Building. To date, the students have refinished approximately 30 buildings. Over the years Nicho Garcia, the class instructor, teaches students the value of work and satisfaction of a completion of projects. The San Marcos area is a recipient for the many projects over the years including the sign at the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce, Mosaic Wall at the Lion’s Club Tube Rental, GARY intro at the Main Gate, statue bases for firemen and policemen at San Marcos City Hall, the base for the Chief Placido at San Marcos City Park, San Marcos Iris Garden and the brick on the electronic sign at the San Marcos Activity Center. The Gary crew has also assisted in construction of the San Marcos Outlet Mall, San Marcos Library, San Marcos Activity Center. Tile setting students assisted with the tile work at St. Philips College and Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, the Community Center in Redwood and assisted in construction of Maxwell Fire Department as well as rebuilding Education Building at Burke Center for Youth in Driftwood, just to name a few of the many projects in the Central Texas area.
Chris Johnson
Texas State University’s Christopher Johnson, a clinical professor in the Department of Sociology, joins the Big Ideas TXST podcast to discuss understanding Alzheimer’s disease as a type of time travel.
On Sunday afternoon, April 28 from 3 to 8 p.m., up the highway at exit 213, is an event so awesome it will be difficult to wait that long.
The pecking order, clockwise from the left: The Carolina wren, the scissor-tailed flycatcher, the northern cardinal and the roadrunner. All are contenders for the Texas State Bird, a title currently held by the mockingbird (not pictured).
Graphics from Metro Creative
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The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University will host the 11th annual Earth Day San Marcos Festival on Saturday, April 20.
Photo courtesy of the Meadow's Center for Water and the Environment
Meadows Center to Host 11th Annual Earth Day San Marcos Festival at Spring Lake
Parks and Recreation breaks down single use container ban
“Blu-Escape” is Hehmsoth’s fifth jazz album.
Photo provided by Texas State University
Hank Hehmsoth
Hank Hehmsoth, an associate professor of practice in the School of Music at Texas State University, has released his latest jazz album, “Blu-Escape.”
DEAR ABBY: I have a 25-year-old niece, “Meadow,” who embraces the hippie lifestyle. She’s kind and sweet and loves everyone. She has also opposed “the Establishment.” She’s heavily tattooed and has several facial piercings and thick underarm hair.
Nine Texas State University programs have been included in the Best Graduate School Rankings for 2024 by U.S. News and World Report.
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