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During the current summer transition time between school years Wimberley ISD is restructuring some administrative personnel roles. Ms. Andrea Pope was asked by Superintendent Dwain York to serve Wimberley ISD as Student Academic Services Advisor. Replacing her as Principal at Jacob’s Well will be current Blue Hole/ Scudder Primary Assistant Principal Mrs. SueAnna Thomas.

Hays County Local Health Department today reports three new COVID-related fatalities; all three are males from San Marcos. Two of the deceased are a father, in his 70s, and son, in his 50s. The third male was in his 80s. The County now has a total of 10 COVID-related deaths.

The Hays County Sheriff’s Office reported that 38 inmates and eight correctional officers at the Hays County Jail have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Of the 38 inmates, only three are exhibiting symptoms.

The Wimberley Valley is starting to see a spike in COVID-19 cases with an additional 14 reported in the last week. There are now has 36 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 25 of those being active in Wimberley. That is a 63.6 percent increase in total cases in the valley in the last seven days.

The city of Woodcreek held a special meeting to address the city’s social media and public comment policies. No action was taken during the meeting, but the public was allowed to comment on the items.

July 1 begins a new year for the Wimberley Lions Club by ushering in new board members as well as a new president. During the 2020-2021 year, Bobby Burris, Minister at Buda-Kyle Church of Christ, will lead this local service organization with several specific goals in mind. As outlined in a speech given on June 16 during an installment ceremony, he stated, “It is my desire this year as president of our club to continue its distinguished tradition of service to our community under a theme ‘Our Time to Shine’.” He said that Lions will shine by having a deep, abiding conviction to serve, by making connections and having effective communication, by having courage to implement innovative projects, and by showing compassion. Also in his speech, Burris urged all Lions to redouble their commitment to the international organization’s motto “We Serve.”

Wimberley’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6441 will host a fireworks display for the community on July 4.

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital — San Marcos (formerly Central Texas Medical Center) is reportedly at capacity on any given day for COVID-19 patients, Director of Public Safety Chase Stapp announced at a special called San Marcos City Council last week.

Wash Day Laundry suffered a small yet significantly damaging fire Monday morning.

A racist sign was left on the front porch of a Black family’s cabin rental at 7A Ranch last week causing the family to leave town and head back home to Houston.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday took his most drastic action yet to respond to the post-reopening coronavirus surge in Texas, shutting bars back down and scaling back restaurant capacity to 50%.

Hays County Epidemiologist Eric Schneider said the county is currently experiencing a second wave of virus cases as new COVID-19 diagnoses continue to climb.

Wimberley without a Fourth of July Parade is like a stone in your boot, it just doesn’t feel right. Although it’s such a small town there’s always a big parade with the town just bursting at the seams with visitors wanting to see our Boy Scouts, old fashioned cars, marching kids and floats of all kind, with plenty of red, white and blue and waving flags throughout the route.