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San Marcos City Council discussed and voted in favor of the allocation of $550,000 of the Human Services Grant Fund from the city’s general fund and $100,000 from American Rescue Plant Act funds to different nonprofit organizations in town at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. Various organizations had applied for specific amounts of funding and the Human Services Advisory board evaluated the groups across different criteria, including the city’s need for the services it provides, and gave recommendations on how much to allocate to each of the groups.

DEAR ABBY: Forty years ago, a neighborhood boy fathered a child with a neighborhood girl. “Billy” was 17 at the time, and “Becky” was 14 or 15. Both were friends of mine. They were not a steady couple. She liked him, but I feel he used her. I heard that she married an older gentleman who accepted the baby, “Matt,” as his own.

State officials have apparently found a legal tactic to prevent a slew of election contest lawsuits from derailing the constitutional amendments that voters overwhelmingly approved in November.

DEAR ABBY: I recently found out that my 20-year high school reunion took place and I wasn’t invited. I’m still occasionally in touch with several friends from high school and easy to find on social media. I did attend my 10-year reunion, although I may not have received an invite myself because I went as part of a group.

San Marcos City Council discussed the possibility of the establishment of a single-use container ban in all riverfront parks at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. The discussion focused on the specifics of what that could look like for the city, what ways the rules could be equitable and unique to San Marcos and possible procedures for enforcement as well as the suggestion of a strategic partnership with Texas State University to enforce the ban in Sewell Park.

More than 2,800 candidates for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees are expected to cross the stage during six commencement ceremonies to be held at Texas State University on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 8-9.

The Hays County 4-H delegation showcased outstanding talents and achievements at the recent District 10 4-H Fall Roundup, securing multiple top placements across various educational presentations, public speaking, food shows, and the food challenge categories.

The fourth special legislative session ended Tuesday when the House adjourned without taking action on some key bills the Senate had passed, leaving senators with little choice but to adjourn as well.

Bringing the message that the sky is the limit for the San Marcos Regional Airport, Cassidy Berenato, vice president of Texas Aviation Partners, will be the guest speaker at the San Marcos Lions Club’s meeting Friday, Dec. 8.

The US economy has demonstrated remarkable resilience over the past several years. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, historic inflation, supply chain snarls that have taken years to untangle, and conflicts around the globe, we’ve seen ongoing expansion. In fact, jobs have been added at a significant pace, and employment is now about 4.5 million higher than it was before the pandemic.

Klaus Pontoppidan, Ph.D., a researcher with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., will deliver a presentation on the James Webb Space Telescope today in Ingram Hall Room 3101 on the Texas State University campus.

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