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Tom Talcott is running for re-election in the Wimberley City Council, Place 1 race. The election for Place 1 is the only contested spot in the upcoming election as Talcott will face Bob Dussler.

Talcott has been on the city council for four years and has lived in Wimberley for 15 years. He was also the city’s representative for the Hays County 25 Year Road Plan Committee. He has a B.A. in Business Administration from TCU and a master degree in Business Administration from Midwestern State University. 

Talcott is a retired Air Force Colonel and currently works as a federal contractor.

Tom Talcott is running for re-election in the Wimberley City Council, Place 1 race. The election for Place 1 is the only contested spot in the upcoming election as Talcott will face Bob Dussler.

Talcott has been on the city council for four years and has lived in Wimberley for 15 years. He was also the city’s representative for the Hays County 25 Year Road Plan Committee. He has a B.A. in Business Administration from TCU and a master degree in Business Administration from Midwestern State University. 

Talcott is a retired Air Force Colonel and currently works as a federal contractor.

Bob Dussler is throwing his hat in the ring for the Wimberley City Council, Place 1 race. Place 1 will be the only contested spot in this year’s May election and Dussler will face incumbent Tom Talcott.

Dussler has been a homeowner in Wimberley since 2005, and he and his wife Margot moved to Wimberley permanently in 2012. He served on the Friends of Blue Hole Board of Directors as director and treasure. He is currently the president. 

Dussler has a B.A. in mathematics from the University of Texas and an M.B.A. in finance and economics from the University of Houston. Before moving to Wimberley, he worked in the commercial banking industry in Houston before a career in private investment management. Dussler listed his occupation as “Professional Director” on is application to run for city council.

Former City Councilman and 2014 Mayoral candidate Mac McCullough will be back on the city council as he is running unopposed for Place 3. Councilman Matt Meeks was up for reelection, but he chose not to apply again.

“It’s just that time in my families young life to pursue other things,” Meeks said. “The city has been great to me, and I felt that four years of my life was not anywhere relative to what it has given to me. At the same time you have to analyze things with your family. In my family, we have a four year old and a two year old. We’ve got tee-ball starting, and I’m the coach. I’m going to focus my efforts and time and energy toward them. It’s just time.”

Councilman Johnny White will also stay around for his fourth term. He is running unopposed for Place 5.

It was a day that had gone to the dogs, literally!  Amplify Austin, a fundraising event came to Wimberley and big dog (Brenda Thackston) was waving a sign for WAGS, (Wimberley Adoption Group and Rescue) on Ranch Road 12 in front of Wimberley Chamber of Commerce. 

The local group was the recipient of local funds collected in the 24-hour Amplify Austin a non-profit fundraising effort, which raised $11,585. It was a part of the I Live Here I Give Here initiative to help those in the Central Texas Area, on March 5 and 6. Donations were ‘amplified’ by cash prizes, and other incentives. 

The city of Wimberley is now “hands free” when it comes to using an electronic device while driving. Joining the cities of Austin and San Antonio, Wimberley passed banning the use of electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle during last week’s council meeting.

“Long-term, this is intended to get people focused on the road and not on the phone,” City Administrator Don Ferguson said. “It is a growing problem with people holding cell phones and talking while driving.”

This does not prohibit using a Bluetooth device to talk while driving. It does prohibit holding a cell phone though. 

“We are probably going to be one of the first smaller cities to jump in,” Ferguson said. “I think it’s likely the state will considering making it a state law also.”

Running the district out of a portable is not an easy thing for any of Wimberley ISD’s Administration or its employees.  “We were promised three to six weeks and it turned into six months,” said receptionist Julia Osborn, a smile on her face that said “finally.” 

On moving day, the IT Department and others worked bugs out of the system and boxes were being moved into the new adminstration building. 

The structure that once housed a bowling alley will now house the Superintendent and his staff, with a real Board of Trustees facility with an operating sound system, conference rooms and storage. 

Wimberley High School Cheerleader Lizzie Tennyson has been battling a second bout of Leukemia for months now. As it tends to happen in events like this, medical bills have been piling up, and the community has come together to try and help out.

On Saturday, March 14, the community will fight for Team Lizzie at Cypress Creek Café with a day full of live music, a silent auction and shaved heads to raise money for the cause.

“Lizzie has been such a big part of Wimberley High School and the community,” Joshua Poole, who is helping organize the event with KoKopelli Salon said. “We just want the community to be there for her and her mom Susan.”

From noon until 8 p.m., at least five bands will be on stage while KoKopelli Salon shaves the head of anyone willing to raise awareness and support of the fight against Leukemia. 

It was the first Saturday in March, meaning the Lion’s Club Market Day season was off and running through December. Parking lots were full with shoppers from the area wanting to visit the second largest outdoor market in the state. As usual the BBQ smell was in the air and the weather was almost warm enough.

Whole families, couples and individuals turned out to walk the paths searching, for what? Something that might turn up just around the corner, a purse, a flag, or one of those “I grew up with one of these.” Smiles were on the faces of just about everyone there, especially on the faces of the vendors.

The Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association (TESPA) on Wednesday announced its formation as a Texas non--profit corporation created to protect the Trinity and Edwards aquifers and their associated springs. 

The group said they hope to bring clarity to the groundwater property rights associated with owning land over the aquifers and springs. They say they are planning to file suit to protect the Rolling Oaks area from the Houston-based company Electro Purification (EP), which has started a well field and says it intends to pull 1.5 million gallons of water daily from the Middle Trinity Aquifer. T