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Most of the United States has already experienced their peak fall color display, but November is often our most colorful fall period. Admittedly our colors are muted compared to the Northern show, but we appreciate what we have.

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The Blanco River Meat Company roasted a whole steer over an open fire over the weekend while raising money for the nonprofit Sunshine Kids, which helps children with cancer.

Believe it or not, the dream of having a radio station in Wimberley was in the works for three decades. Back in the old days, before HEB and the new Ace building, there was a dire need in the community for some sort of instant alert system in case of an emergency.

Rob Landauer, a Math teacher at WHS, likes to run – a lot. There are long distance bike trips and other events but the latest is something that is incomprehensible and a feat that is to be marveled at, one hundred miles on foot in 18 hours.

Rob Landauer wins the Cactus 100. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Saturday was a beautiful, sunny, fall day and a great day to remember those who put their lives on the line for this country. Many Veterans Day events have been canceled across the country but that didn’t stop Wimberley’s Veterans of Foreign Wars, Oldham-Cummings Post #6441 from celebrating a little early with a free BBQ lunch for vets.

When a whole roasted, split steer is grilled over a fire, think about it. The sound and the smell of beef sizzling, slowly, permeating your entire breath, so you can almost feel it, mask on or off. It has that Old West feel to it.

This is one thing that will give puzzling looks to even long time residents. Did you know that there is an actual fresco in Wimberley, right off the Square? Seriously, but it wasn’t imported from Spain, Italy, Mexico or even Albuquerque.

When Melissa Busby walked out on stage in her skimpy blue bikini in her first-ever bodybuilding competition, she was nervous.

Fall is the season when we see many butterflies migrating through Central Texas on their way South. These pollinators appreciate our native plants that bloom when the days get shorter.

In the two years since Hays County Commissioners Court issued a resolution to “create a plan to achieve no-kill status for the San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter”, much has changed.

James Buchanan (Buck) Winn has left an indelible mark on Central Texas, especially Wimberley with his ranch off of Ranch Road 12 on the National Register of Historic Places. Not a cowboy or politician, Buck was an artist in every sense of the word.