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As the old saying goes, the more things change the more they remain the same. This is especially true in Wimberley with Keep Wimberley Beautiful and Covid-19. Fall, with Halloween right around the corner, has been a tricky season the past few years.

I’ve been struggling all week to come up with a topic for my column. As I drove through the square recently, I was reminded that I have wanted to write a column thanking the merchants of Wimberley for keeping their shops, interiors and exteriors, so clean, litter-free and beautiful.

Another first-rate production from the Wimberley Players gets underway Sunday, Nov. 1. The traditional sit-down fundraising dinner has been replaced by an online auction orchestrated to make holiday gift-giving a breeze. More than thirty quality items will be auctioned off in a reimagination of the annual fundraiser.

Margaret Baker is the oil for the machines she cares about around town. An explanation is due. A lot of the time, volunteers and their skills are not noticed in the public eye, but without them the organizations couldn’t operate effciently. A good accountant is always necessary and needed.

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The Price is White looks to be one of the hottest new coneflowers making its debut in the spring and you need to line out your sources now, for not only it but the entire Color Coded series. The size of coneflower blossoms is not something we tout as horticulturists but with The Price is White, I have to say they are the largest echinacea flowers I have ever grown. Pristine white blossoms that don’t mature to ugly makes The Price is White a real winner.

This month I have been noticing a small pink puffy flower by the side of the road. It is Palafoxia (Palafoxia callosa). The plant is between 1 and 2 feet tall and the singular light pink-lavender flowers are well spaced apart giving the plant an airy appearance. You probably will not notice the slender sparse leaves, unless you consciously look for them.

Mike Crusham, the station manager of the local radio station, KWVH 94.3, is stepping down as Station Manager with the naming of Tim Kiesling to run the local, volunteer low power FM station. Crusham will remain KWVH Board President.

Being a high school math teacher, knowing and understanding calculus, algebra, and even physics is quite easy for Rob Landauer. It comes with the job. But no matter how it is measured or calculated, one hundred miles is a long distance, especially on foot. This is the goal, one hundred miles in about one day that Landauer has set for himself.

The folks at Fall Creek Vineyards in Driftwood have a dual mission.

Members of the Hays County Commissioners Court Proclaim October 2020 as Hill Country Night Sky Month at the Sept. 29 meeting. The Proclamation representing more than a dozen organizations, including the Wimberley Valley Dark Sky Committee, was brought to the court by Precinct 3 Commissioner Lon Shell, and signed by Judge Ruben Becerra, center, and, from left, Commissioners Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe, Mark Jones, Lon Shell and Walt Smith. Members of the WVDSC stand in front.

Helping to keep families warm in the coming months, winter clothes and coats are available for area families and it was completely free on Saturday, October 17 at the Chapel of the Hills at 9 a.m. Pictured is last year’s volunteers for the event. The event will be slightly different this year as it will be held outside at Chapel in the Hills and masks will be required.

October means cooler enjoyable weather, cypress trees turning orange on the Blanco, and Hunters Night Out. What? In 2020? Yes indeed, but this year the 17th Annual Hunters Night Out will be a little different, virtually only.