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Hays County will soon start a new COVID-19 vaccine pre-registration list for those who do not fall into the 1A or 1B category soon.

The Hays County Commissioners Court extended the local disaster declaration for another 70 days due to COVID-19 in Tuesday’s commissioners court meeting. The meeting was rescheduled from Feb. 16 due to last week’s winter storm.

The sales tax totals collected by local jurisdiction like the local cities, county and library defied most logical expectations in 2020. For amounts that were administered to the city of Wimberley during the calendar year 2020, revenue from sales tax increased almost 15 percent. That was the lowest increase of any local jurisdiction compared to the prior year.

The Wimberley Players has been providing live theater to Central Texans for 40 years. But 2020 disrupted its entire production season.

Michael Boese has been selected City Administrator by the Wimberley City Council. He will start on March 29.

As weather warnings and situation reports started flowing on February 11, the Hays County Veteran Services Office got working. They knew things were doing to get bad. Just how bad, no one predicted.

In its continued efforts to help control pet overpopulation, Hays County Commissioners Court proclaimed February as Spay & Neuter Awareness Month. This coincided with World Spay Day on February 23, created by the Doris Day Animal League in 1995 (originally called Spay Day USA). The day is recognized in nearly 70 countries worldwide.

Gardeners and farmers were hit by a state-wide freeze that shattered and set new records for cold, temperature and longevity. Power outages affected heating sources for both people and plants, even covered or greenhouse plants.

With mayoral approval once again given to the Wimberley Lions Club to hold their popular monthly event, Saturday, March 6, will kick off the 2021 Market Day season. The same safety measures, masks and distancing, which were observed at Lions Field in the latter part of last year, will be observed in all future events until such parameters are officially rescinded. Beer, wine, and limited food concessions will be open. Lion President, Bobby Burris, said, “It fills us with such ‘pride’ to be able, once again, to host these markets. Despite last year with all of its challenges and difficulties, the no-quit spirit of Wimberley and our Lions Club will strive to continue this age-old tradition of hosting Market Days at Lions Field.”

Hays County deputies arrested a Canyon Lake man in connection with a convenience store robbery that occurred in Wimberley.

Allison Smith put her hound dogs outside in a pen they have near the porch the morning of February 20. Due to the harsh weather, they had added some blankets and a heat lamp for the dogs as the federally declared disastrous weather required. She walked to the edge of her property to see if the roads were passable. She wasn’t the only one. She ran into some of her neighbors in the farthest corners of Rolling Oaks. Then she saw something strange as she looked back up her driveway. It looked like smoke was drifting up from the area of her home.

Somewhere in the future, the question will be, “during the big snowstorm where were you?” That will bring back loads of memories, electrical rollbacks, lack of water and boil notices. But of all those bad memories, there are also moments of the best that humanity and Wimberley has to offer.

Texas’ power grid was “seconds and minutes” away from a catastrophic failure that could have left Texans in the dark for months, officials with the entity that operates the grid said Thursday.