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KXAN meteorologist Kristen Currie gave a presentation to third grade students at Bowie Elementary on Feb. 21. Currie shared weather basics, going over the types of clouds, precipitation and weather events. She also went over the instruments meteorologists use to forecast the weather, including an anemometer, which measures wind speed; a weather vane, which is used to show the direction of the wind; and weather balloons, which carry instruments to capture weather data.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together for six years, married for four. We have had a lot of marriage issues during the last few years, sexually and otherwise. I no longer trust him because of something I found out last year.

The College of Education at Texas State University has expanded its community tutoring program for the 2023 spring semester to serve more students of all ages from local schools– kindergarteners to high school seniors.

The Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) invites the public to attend a community visioning session at the San Marcos Public Library on Wednesday, March 1, from 2-4 p.m. Hosted by the HCLHD and Initium Health, the session is a part of the Community Health Assessment currently being conducted to understand local health trends.

VFW Hall gets facelift 50 years in the making

DeZavala Elementary participated in the National African American Read-In on February 17.

With a vote in her favor during the city council meeting today, Stephanie L. Reyes will have a new title: city manager, after serving in an interim capacity for more than a year.

The San Marcos Consolidated ISD is calling for two election items with a projected cost of $166,187, 938 to appear on the upcoming May 6 ballot, according to school officials.

Dr. Dwonna Goldstone, director of the African American Studies Program at Texas State University will host an event on the status of Black Studies at Texas State and in Texas more broadly. Join them at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, at the Cephas House for this lively discussion. Dr. Goldstone earned her B.A. in American Studies and a minor in African American Studies from the University of Iowa. She holds an M.A.T. in Secondary English Education from Brown University and a Ph.D. in American Civilization from the University of Texas at Austin . Her book Integrating the Forty Acres: A Fifty- Year Struggle for Racial Equality at the University of Texas, won the Coral H. Tullis Memorial Prize for the best book on Texas history, and she is currently finishing an article titled “Teaching While Black: A Black Professor in Trump Land.” This event is free and open to the public.

BEAD DAY

This is the second 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.

Local transportation leaders and aviation industry officials came to San Marcos recently to talk about development of infrastructure for the future of this region, sharing that the assets and land available here offer unlimited potential for years of economic growth.