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Hopefully the past week you didn’t search the radio dial and think that Wimberley’s radio station was off the air. It wasn’t, it merely changed its frequency from 94.1 to 94.3. Better reception for the low power station is the big reason why. The Floresville station also broadcasting on the same wavelength interfered with KWVH’s signal.

Call it what you will serendipity or a lost soul yearning for home!

Pedernales Electric Cooperative’s (PEC) Board of Directors approved a rate reduction that will save PEC members over $6 million a year. The rate decrease, which goes into effect June 1, 2020, reflects a reduction in the cost of power from PEC’s primary suppliers, including the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA). At 1,25o kWh of use, this adjustment represents a savings of $1.25 per month for members.

Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) invites area nonprofits to apply for community grants of up to $5,000. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Friday, April 3.

PHOTO BY GARY ZUPANCIC/WIMBERLEY VIEW Keep Wimberley Beautiful, the Wimberley Lions and the City of Wimberley all sponsored the cleanup of the local roadways this past Saturday. Sign up and assignments started early but soon there was a line of people waiting for trash bags and orange vests. “We had over 100 people show up and an estimated one ton of trash picked up from the roadsides,” Sarah Attwood of KWB said. Each volunteer was handed a packet of wildflowers seeds to spread on the clean roadsides. Pictured are Brenda Walk and Matt Coletti getting assigned by Brent Coen.

PHOTO BY GARY ZUPANCIC/WIMBERLEY VIEW Classy Rods and cars were all over town with the Hot Rod Showdown at 7A Ranch but also the 1st Sunday Car show at the Brookshire’s parking lot. Classic and hot rods were all over town.

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“The Tin Woman,” which is currently on stage at the Wimberley Playhouse, opens with a woman in a hospital bed clutching a heart-shaped pillow to her chest. She has just received a donated heart.

Cue the lights, fast beating music, referees in zebra shirts, crowds of kids, a pinball type of atmosphere, complete with flippers, spinning balls, whole teams of kids dressed up and Hays County Deputies guarding the door. Wow, no wonder the parking lot was packed.

Hays County Local Health Department Epidemiologist Eric Schneider said the coronavirus shouldn’t be viewed as an immediate threat to the county.

The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University was awarded a $351,101 grant from the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to implement Years 4-6 of the Cypress Creek Watershed Protection Plan (WPP).

Though their playoff spot had been already secured, there was plenty to play for as Wimberley battled Canyon Lake on Senior Night.

The emphasis on STEM, Math and sciences in schools has broadened the horizons of high school kids when it comes to dealing with the 21st Century and skills needed. Robotic competitions that are happening in high schools across the country are common and influenced heavily by popular culture; it keeps the students fascinated and builds enthusiasm for the project.