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The single exclamation, “Wowza!” is sufficient enough to describe the musical comedy, Nuncrackers, now running through November 23 at the EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens. “Nuntheless,” some elaboration is in good order. Once again, The EmilyAnn delivers fine, family-friendly entertainment through this lively and sensationally silly Christmas themed musical, written by Dan Goggin, author of the popular Nunsense series. Set in a Hoboken, New Jersey convent basement, the fund-raising Sisters of Mt. Saint Helen’s attempt to tape their Nunsense Christmas Special for cable access television with zany results. Director Karin Cunningham describes the storyline as “uproarious humor and heart-melting sentiment peppered with a little innocent irreverence, all culminating in a special message of love and generosity.”     

From 1854 to 1929, orphaned children of the northeast were packed on to trains and shipped southwest to be placed in homes across the country. It is estimated that more than 250,000 children rode the aptly named Orphan Train, yet it is a part of America’s history that is unknown to many.

That changed in Wimberley as the library and the Friends of the Wimberley Village Library hosted Alison Moore and Phil Lancaster for the program “Riders on the Orphan Train” at the Wimberley Community Center.

An estimated 130 people attended the program to learn more about the Orphan Train.

“It was such a successful event we probably would do it again,” Caroline Manning, director of the Wimberley Village Library, said. “We’ve never had one that got this much attention. It’s obvious that people are very interested in history.”

Several hundred folks joined King Feed on a clear, cool, beautiful day in busy Wimberley to support the charities that make such a big difference in our lives locally. Those in attendance voted for the charity of their choice and the results are in! The top three vote-getters are receiving a $500 donation from King Feed Garden and Hardware. They are Good Sam, W.A.G. and Barnabas Connection

“We are humbled to be a small part of honoring these terrific organizations as well as all of the participating charities and other community groups who made this event possible,” Tim Thompson with King Feed said.

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 St. Stephen’s Episcopal School hosted the 10th Annual Fun Run this past Saturday, November 1st, which kicked off its Welcome Home Weekend celebration.  The many 5K and 1K runners braved the chilly morning weather to wind their way through the nature trail on the 52-acre campus that the School shares with St. Stephen’s Church.  The Welcome Home Weekend’s events brought together current and former school families, faculty and friends, along with Church and community members in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the School. 

To the chagrin of some people who would like Wimberley to stay secret forever, pop culture is starting to uncover the reasons that so many people love this tiny Texas town. 

In fact, that is the latest of many popular Internet lists that are driving people to the Wimberley Valley. BuzzFeed, a entertainment and news website that specializes in creating viral content online, created a list of “14 Tiny Texas Towns That Are Totally Worth The Trip.” The list ranked Wimberley fourth behind Round Top, Archer City and Pecos.

“Wimberley is a sleepy little town located in the Hill Country between San Antonio and Austin,” the article says. “Wimberley boasts a number of attractions, including wildflowers, arts and crafts fairs, wineries, and natural features like the Jacob’s Well swimming hole.”

It was late October my seventh grade year and a group of my friends and I were headed to a late movie in San Marcos. Matt Polhemus, the older brother of a close friend of mine, was driving us, like he did on many occasions, but that night turned out to be very different. 

The group of us, maybe six including Matthew, were a mix of boys and girls. We were so excited to be spending Friday night together, so we piled into the Polhemus’ suburban. Off we went to San Marcos.

Just after taking the left at the junction, we were approaching the “Hanging Tree” between The Junction and what was at the time called Winston’s Dance Hall. It’s a huge oak tree on the left side of Ranch Road 12 as you are headed towards San Marcos. 

Halloween, the time thoughts turn to ghosts, goblins and things that go bump in the night.  Although there are many scary ghosts stories about Wimberley and all around the area, this one really is about things that go bump in the night, or more specifically, little things that happen that are out of the ordinary that make you wonder.

In everyone’s life there are times one has to say, “Did that really just occur?” That things that happen can be just a coincidence or as Shakespeare put it centuries ago in Hamlet, “(T)here are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”  Although these are just little incidences, it is a true story as there isn’t a reason to lie about what happened.

Over the last few weeks, we at the Wimberley View have been talking to people in the community about ghost stories. We thought it would be a fun thing to publish on Halloween. What I didn’t expect from this experience was to begin truly questioning what it was I just saw.

A woman came into the Wimberley View office last week and overheard our conversations about ghost stories and her eyes lit up. She had a picture she wanted to show us of a ghost. 

As a bit of a skeptic myself, I was interested. I’ve seen pictures on the Internet of “ghosts,” but you can never be sure of what you see. Sometimes the picture looks real, but there is always the lingering question about the use of photo editing software or any other trick you can think of. Just watch a movie these days and it’s easy to realize that very fake images can look very real. 

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he Wimberley Veterinary Clinic hosted the 17th Annual Pet Costume Contest at Deer Creek of Wimberley on Saturday with Mooskellington, owned by Andre Van Leeuwen, taking Best in Show.

Mooskellington, who goes by Moose when not dressed up for Halloween, is a black dog that was painted as a skeleton in the style of Jack Skellington from the movie Nightmare Before Christmas. 

Overall, dozens participated in the event.

“Deer Creek has been a perfect spot for this,” Tracy Sheffield, practice manager for Wimberley Veterinary Clinic, said. “The residents love it, and it’s a great location. It’s a fun thing and we also get to raise money for WAG Rescue.”

The contest raised about $600 for WAG this year.