A sweeping education bill introduced in the Texas Senate late Friday would allow families to use taxpayer money to send their children to private schools, establish new opportunities for parents to review instruction material and impose new rules on how gender and sexual orientation is taught in all grades.
The Hays County Clerk’s Office now offers a faster way of obtaining vital records like birth, death and marriage certificates. The office recently partnered with Permitium, an online portal that provides a more convenient service option for residents by allowing them to apply and pay for vital records online.
Top left, Gumbo cook-off contestants brought their ready-to-eat culinary creations to compete for the top prize. Top right, Gonzo’s Barbecue from Luling brought their Tex Mex and Tongue and Cheek boudin to compete in the festival cook-off. Bottom left, Joe Nick Patoski in the back seat and Kevin Russell riding shotgun take the Backbone Tavern’s pink Cadillac to the dance hall for the opening ceremony of Sunday’s Boudin and Gumbo Festival. Bottom right, Patoski, a celebrity judge and Wimberley local, presides over the gumbo portion of the cooking competition.
Photos by Jason and Celeste Cook
Ranch to Market Road 32 dips out of the Blanco River Valley and climbs the peak of Texas Hill County. Its serpentine crawl across the top of the hills gives it the appearance that the crooked backbone of the Devil is pushing up from beneath. It is normally a calm drive to stop and look over the edge of the hills and admire the valley below. But on Sunday, cars draped the edges of the roadway as overflow parking overfilled with hundreds of wanna-be Cajuns – and perhaps a few authentic ones ‑ who joining the stampede to Devil's Backbone Tavern for the Boudin and Gumbo cookoff.
Above, in the LBJ Student Center Ballroom, 348 new citizen petitioners listen to a keynote speech by Texas State’s Dr. Andrew Ojede, associate professor of finance and economics. Below, Ojede was keynote speaker at the 5th Annual Naturalization Ceremony.
Daily Record photos by Barbara Audet
President Kelly Damphousse welcomes candidates and guests to the 5th Annual Naturalization Ceremony at Texas State University on Friday. Damphousse came from Canada and later became a U.S. citizen. Below, Ann Nguyen, of Vietnam, and a nail saloon specialist, became a new citizen Friday.
Daily Record photos by Barbara Audet
Above, U.S. District Judge Robert L. Pitman heard the oaths of new citizen petitioners during the ceremony. Below, new citizens say the Pledge of Allegiance including Abed Yaghi (far right) of Georgetown, formerly of Jordan.
Daily Record photo by Barbara Audet
Representing dozens of countries, their hearts and minds now aimed in a new direction, hundreds raised their hands together as one, to take the oath of citizenship at the 5th Annual Naturalization Ceremony at Texas State University this week.
At the recent Hays County Commissioners Court meeting, commissioners received brief presentations regarding funding allocation from the American Rescue Plan Act and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund.
Pamela Steger runs Steger’s Chiffonade, one of the Crestwood Center businesses impacted by recent water and wastewater concerns.
Daily Record photo by Barbara Audet
Above, businesses at Crestwood Center located on Old Ranch Road 12 respond to news that water might be turned off as early as March 16. Below, Susan Mutschlechner, co-owner of The Pita Shop, is pictured inside the restaurant.
Daily Record photo by Barbara Audet
Gray Horse Saloon, The Pita Shop and more face threat of closer over wastewater issues
During a recent Aspiring Assisstant Principals Institute meeting, SMCISD Assistant Principals Walker Cleveland, Goodnight Middle School; Blair Hartley, San Marcos High School; Suzanne Perkins, DeZavala share ideas. Elementary; and Shannon Voigt, Travis Elementary.
Photo by SMCISD
Current assistant principals from campuses across San Marcos CISD provided advice and shared their experiences at the Aspiring Assistant Principal Institute meeting.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is urging Texans to avoid traveling to Mexico during spring break, and beyond, due to the ongoing violence throughout that country.
Kissing Alley is back. Thursday, March 16, from 7-9 p.m.
A bill filed Friday in the Texas Senate would prohibit public colleges and universities from awarding tenure to professors hired after September, legislation that critics have said would make it extremely difficult for the state to recruit top faculty and negatively impact the reputation of its higher education institutions.
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