Where is Hays County on the curve?
(Editor’s Note: The COVID-19 figures in this article are up to date through May 21)
(Editor’s Note: The COVID-19 figures in this article are up to date through May 21)
It was overcast and gloomy. After multiple inches of rain it was a mess to get up to the top of the hill at the EmilyAnn to Veterans Memorial Plaza. With thunder rolling in the distance, it was a perfect setting for a Memorial Day where thoughts are on those no longer with us who served in this country’s military.
Wimberley ISD has moved on from the logo issue and is now looking to the future when it comes to protecting its trademark.
Two months after Hays County released 273 inmates to prevent COVID-19 spread, the population is rising again. Outsourcing costs, however, are close to half of pre-pandemic numbers.
Following the latest release of graduation ceremony guidelines from Texas Governor Abbott and the Texas Education Agency on May 5, Wimberley High School has announced its plan for a graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020 on Friday, June 5 at Texan Stadium. The ceremony will begin at 8:30 p.m. It’s important to note that the state has informed districts that the guidelines may be modified if the public health situation changes.
Testing, sanitizing and emergency food benefits increased as Texas entered its third month of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Wimberley Village Library will reopen on a limited basis on May 26, according to Library Director Carolyn Manning.
The Wimberley Senior Citizens Activities Center, Inc. has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Pedernales Electric Cooperative to help fund a renovation program at the Wimberley Thrift Shoppe.
Many of our spring blooming plants have set seeds and some of the birds like to eat the seeds. My Bluebonnet seeds have split open and so I know the seeds are mature. Some of the Mealy Blue Sages are still in bloom, but the first blooms that came out have set seeds. I like to watch the birds (especially Lesser Goldfinch) land on the Mealy Blue Sage stalks. The stalk bends with the added weight of the birds. The birds seem to expect this as they extract the seeds from the plant while they bounce along with the wind.
Eleven lives lost.As Wimberley looks back on the Memorial Day Weekend Flood of 2015, it all starts there. Eleven people lost their lives. As tragic as that is, it could have been much worse.
Montana Federal Judge Brian Morris’s ruling regarding the Keystone XL pipeline may slow construction for the Permian Highway Pipeline.
The Wimberley High School Class of 2020 graduates ranking in the top-10 percent of their class, including the valedictorian and salutatorian, have been announced by Principal Jason Valentine.
Thinking outside the box is what most of us in Wimberley do. Whether it is music, painting or expressing ourselves in other ways is normal for residents of the valley. Maybe it’s the air or in the water, but it is there.
At the May 7th Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District Board meeting, District Directors voted to move the Jacobs Well Groundwater Management Zone into 20% Curtailment drought status.
Dr. Roshni Koli is a Child and Adolescent psychiatrist and Medical Director for Pediatric Mental Health Services for Dell Children’s Medical Center. She is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin.
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