PEC employees donate over 750 toys to local children
Fri, 12/15/2023 - 12:00am
Pedernales Electric Cooperative employees are spreading cheer this holiday season by donating 750 toys to local organizations.
Pedernales Electric Cooperative employees are spreading cheer this holiday season by donating 750 toys to local organizations.
MUSIC, MUSIC AND MORE MUSIC
On Friday, Devil’s Backbone Tavern is having one heck of a holiday show with the Bri Bagwell Christmas featuring John Cannon and Grant Gilbert of the Lowdown Drifters. If you’ve never heard Bri Bagwell, take the opportunity to search her up on Spotify or Apple Music.
Bagwell has been named Texas Female Vocalist of the Year seven times, and her deep southern country music is both sweet and solid, like bourbonlaced iced tea. I highly recommend Bagwell’s album, “Corazón y Cabeza,” which is a good place to start when delving into her work. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $30-$35 for reserved seating. Check devilsbackbonetavern.com/live-music for details.
MASKS AND MUSIC
Tonight at the Porch at 8 p.m. Attic Ted will be performing a Christmas Opera, Mary’s Little Secret, alongside Dead Music Capital Band, Janet, Lazy Suzanne, Bobb Hatt and Window Shop. If you haven’t been to an Attic Ted show yet then there are a few things you need to know. Grady Roper, the lead singer who plays various instruments, and Coby Cardosa, the drummer, will both be wearing various masks constructed of cardboard and most of the audience will be wearing them as well. There are several reasons that this is great fun, the main one being that you can dance your heart out without anyone knowing who you are. I have been working on masks for myself and my mother all week and they are really coming along. One is a one-eyed red devil with three-dimensional horns and a nose as well as tons of rhinestones. The other is a lilac bunny with a tooth gem and diamond earrings. Also, the band's music is awesome, so you will have a good time all around.
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House Cup Member Happy Hour $2 off pours on third Fridays of each month Friday, Dec. 15, 5 - 7 p.m.
Texas State enters new territory as the Bobcats continue football practice throughout the month of December. The Bobcats will take on Rice in the First Responder Bowl Dec. 26.
Daily Record photo by Gerald Castillo
Texas State will look to win their first ever bowl game against the Rice Owls in their first meeting since 1987.
Daily Record photo by Gerald Castillo
Texas State continues to prepare for their first ever bowl game as the Bobcats will take on the Rice Owls in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl.
The field is set for the Texas primary — making way for a dramatic few months ahead of the March election.
San Marcos Fire Chief Les Stephens accepts the Texas Fire Chiefs Association Award during the December 5 San Marcos City Council Meeting.
Photo by the city of San Marcos
The award presented to the San Marcos Fire Department is in 'recognition of their awarded status as a Recognized Best Practices Fire Department.'
Photo by the city of San Marcos
The San Marcos Fire Department was recognized by the Texas Fire Chiefs’ Association and received the Best Practices designation. This is the first time a city of San Marcos public safety department has earned a third-party accreditation.
Fireflies light up the Hill Country during summer nights and contribute to an enchanted atmosphere, but a Texas Certified Master Naturalist said they are on the decline. Firefly Conservation and Research Founder Ben Pfeiffer, a group that supports firefly research, conservation and public knowledge, was a guest on Texas State University’s Big Ideas podcast to discuss the flying insect and threats to their existence.
At the 37th Anniversary Celebration of the Sights and Sounds of Christmas in San Marcos, Gary Job Corps Corrections/Security Cadets, Gary students, and staff have volunteered, as they have over the past 20 years with traffic/crowd control, Dutch Oven cooking biscuits, Master of Ceremony the event, Bethlehem and assisting where needed. Pictured are Gary Job Corps Cadets, students, staff, Capt. Jesse Gonzalez, Capt. Preston Smith, Susanne Ritter, Kendale Harris, Randolph Goodman, David Case (Event Organizer). Others include the sights of Sights and Sounds, San Marcos HS Jazz Band, Groupo Tianchana(
dancers) and the Goodnight Band, naming a
few of the many that participated.
Photos provided by Gary Job Corps
Job Corps helps make Sights & Sounds a very Gary Christmas
DEAR ABBY: After decades of research, I’m thrilled with the recent major progress being made in treatments for people who already have symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. I’m hoping that, one day, we will be able to prevent people from developing memory impairment and dementia.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday for a third straight time, a sign that it is likely done raising rates after having imposed the fastest string of increases in four decades to fight painfully high inflation.
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