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Dr. Robert Galván honored for lifetime of love, dedication, service

This is the third of a three part series that will be run this month highlighting the history of the Kiwanis Club of San Marcos and projects they sponsor in the community as they hold their centennial celebration.

The Texas State University System Board of Regents has named Texas State University faculty members Michael Devlin and David Lemke recipients of the Regents' Teacher Award.

KZSM.org showcases our uniquely creative community with programming you won’t hear anywhere else. Now you can tune in Wednesdays from 2 to 4 p.m. and be carried into the flow of our newest show, “Carlos’ Groove Box.” Carlos Cedillo is the host; the Groovebox M-707 is a synthesizer and sampling machine that allows several channels of music to be played at once. “The different sounds may be drawn out at random, allowing for happy accidents to happen,” he explains.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas— Researchers from The Texas A&M University System shared several proposals to improve emergency management at a research symposium hosted by the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) on Tuesday.

First Step School made Valentine cards for Maurice T. Suttles VFW Post 3413 Auxiliary to deliver to the veterans at Brookdale Senior Living. Tina Thomas-Owens, owner of the First Step School on Posey Rd., contacted Bernie Adams of the VFW post to coordinate the Valentine’s for Veterans project. Adams and volunteer Dorothy Cook picked up the cards on Monday, Feb. 13 and delivered them along with candy and puzzles to the veterans at Brookdale Senior Living. Due to COVID-19 and flu season, the volunteers were not allowed to mingle with the veteran residents. However, they left the cards in the care of Brookdale employees Laura Ramirez, Wendy Hajduk, Karla Flores and Betty Silguero, who later delivered the gifts to the veterans and their spouses.

The Snowbird Concert series is an annual all ages free concert series hosted by Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos and OYOU.

State Highway 123, also called Guadalupe Street, will once again be closed at the intersection of Interstate 35 through the weekend, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. This will allow crews to pour the new I-35 bridge deck.

Two of Texas’ congressional representatives are calling on President Biden to take action on requests from the state for funding to address the repercussions of the ice storm that hit the state earlier this month.

WHERE'S WINTER?

Republican leaders in the Texas Senate are intent on raising the penalty for voting illegally from a misdemeanor to a second-degree felony, despite the lack of evidence of widespread voter fraud in Texas. The effort comes nearly two years after the Legislature passed a sweeping voting bill, Senate Bill 1, that lowered the penalties for such crimes to a misdemeanor — and then almost immediately began discussing raising them back.