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Wed
01
Oct

Junior High motto ‘B GR8’

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It is hard to believe that 2014-15 school year is already in the 5th week!!  It seems as if it were just yesterday that the teachers were coming back to school and getting their classrooms ready for the students to arrive on Aug. 25.  The old saying of “time flies when you are having fun” is really true!
Danforth Junior High is off to a GR8 start!  We have challenged ourselves to “B GR8” this year in all that we do.  As adults, teachers, and role models, we want to be great educators, husbands/wives, mentors, colleagues, supporters, and motivators.  As students and learners, we want them to be great classmates, citizens, friends, students, and critical thinkers.  Our motto of “B GR8” was born from an activity our staff completed combined with the technology that will define this school year in Wimberley ISD.  
Wed
01
Oct

New chef in town

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Chef Jay Events was welcomed to the Wimberley Valley Chamber of Commerce at a ribbon cutting ceremony. With 20 years of experience Chef Jay brings his expertise in all things "excitement" to the Texas Hill Country. Local ingredients and farm to table specialties are the focus of his ambition. Timeliness, cleanliness, and attentiveness are the cornerstones of any Chef Jay wedding or event, be it large or small. Chef Jay understands that the food should always be a centerpiece of any wedding or special even

Chef Jay Events was welcomed to the Wimberley Valley Chamber of Commerce at a ribbon cutting ceremony. With 20 years of experience Chef Jay brings his expertise in all things "excitement" to the Texas Hill Country.  Local ingredients and farm to table specialties are the focus of his ambition.  Timeliness, cleanliness, and attentiveness are the cornerstones of any Chef Jay wedding or event, be it large or small. Chef Jay understands that the food should always be a centerpiece of any wedding or special event, and each facet of wedding and event planning, from DJs to florists, to cake chefs, even lodging in Wimberley and San Marcos, is made easy and affordable. For more information call (512)847-2393 or go to www.chefjayevents.com.

Wed
01
Oct

Local girls scouts help flag retirement

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Troop 1429 with Makenzie Haston, Cameren Davis, Leah Booth, Gracie Byrnes, Hannah Doherty and Jaylynn Campos

Troop 1429 with Makenzie Haston, Cameren Davis, Leah Booth, Gracie Byrnes, Hannah Doherty and Jaylynn Campos (Submitted photo)

On Sunday September 28th, 2014 Girl Scout Troop 1429 participated in a Flag Retirement Ceremony with Boy Scout Pack 127 of Wimberley, Texas.  The  Veterans of Foreign Wars Commander,  Chaplain, and additional members of the VFW where in attendance with the Girl and Boy Scouts. 
The girls participated in  the proper way to retire a flag, where to cut the stars and how to separate from the stripes.  
Members of the Boy and Girl Scouts took turns speaking about each stripe in front of the audience as the flag was being cut and each stripe was burned. 
After all 13 stripes where burned, Taps was played and the stars where burned.  
Wed
24
Sep

Goodbye Bowen, Hello HEB

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Many of Bowen’s former teachers, principals, coaches, administrators and staff were on hand for the ceremony to say goodbye. Standing left to right: Marilyn Beasley, Steve Meeks, Cindy Meeks, Brad Wubbena, Julia Robinson, Ed Shand, Kelley Shand, Kim Dobbins, Rhonda Patterson, Leon Cordova. Kneeling from left to right: Linda Land, Johnna Dennis, Erin Springs and Robin Williams.

Many of Bowen’s former teachers, principals, coaches, administrators and staff were on hand for the ceremony to say goodbye. Standing left to right: Marilyn Beasley, Steve Meeks, Cindy Meeks, Brad Wubbena, Julia Robinson, Ed Shand, Kelley Shand, Kim Dobbins, Rhonda Patterson, Leon Cordova. Kneeling from left to right: Linda Land, Johnna Dennis, Erin Springs and Robin Williams. (Photo by Dalton Sweat/Wimberley View)

Dalton Sweat
Editor

A good-bye ceremony for Bowen Elementary and a welcoming ground breaking for HEB was held on Thursday of last week. 
Many former teachers, students and staff of Bowen Elementary were on hand to share memories about the school that opened in 1945.
“Bowen was the heart of the community,” Johnna Dennis, a W.I.S.D teacher who taught at Bowen from 1999 through 2009, said. “We could walk to Bill and M.F. Johnson’s property and learn about wildflowers. We could walk to the Winter’s House and learn about Wimberley’s history, or we could walk to the library to read. Bowen was in the center of everything.”

 

Wed
24
Sep

Hays County gets much needed rain

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Dalton Sweat
Editor

Central Texas received its hardest rain in months late last week after rain started late Wednesday and continued through Sunday in much of the Hill Country.
Wimberley showed solid rainfall numbers throughout the week, but not as high as other potions of the county. 
The rain seemed to cluster along the Interstate 35 corridor and the Hays and Travis county line.
“In Hays County it rained right along the Hays Travis border, where there was up to seven inches of rain,” Aaron Treadway, meteorologist for the Austin San Antonio National Weather Service, said. “As you move further south, the totals dropped off to one and a half to two inches. Across the county it was a very good rain, not a drought buster, but the most rain we have seen in at least a few months.”

 

Wed
24
Sep

Wimberley ask for $5.5 million for sewer system

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Dalton Sweat
Editor

The city of Wimberley officially put in a request to the Texas Water Development Board for a $5.5 million loan for the Wastewater Treatment plant. They are also considering adding further restrictions to the requested discharge permit.
“The difficulty with this request is that we are applying for money without a firm cost,” Wimberley City Administrator Don Ferguson said.

 

Wed
24
Sep

Brewster’s wins statewide award, will be on Discovery Channel

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Photographer Brett Allen was filming at Brewster’s including little Jadyn Collie serving pizza.

Photographer Brett Allen was filming at Brewster’s including little Jadyn Collie serving pizza. (Photo by Dalton Sweat/Wimberley View)

Dalton Sweat
Editor

Brewster’s Pizza was named the best family-run pizza restaurant in the state of Texas by The Official Best Of, a website that produces “Best Of” restaurants for every state. The show that will feature Brewster’s is expected to air in all major U.S. cities in the month of October and eventually air on the Discovery Channel. 

 

Wed
24
Sep

Meet the Texans raises $25,000 for athletes

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Becca Richards was so into the auction she had to stand on the rails of the gym at Wimberley High School.

Becca Richards was so into the auction she had to stand on the rails of the gym at Wimberley High School. (Photo by Dalton Sweat/Wimberley View)

 

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Wed
17
Sep

HEB ready to start construction

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The new H-E-B store could be ready by the end of next spring 2015. Demolition of the former Bowen Elementary will start immediately.

The new H-E-B store could be ready by the end of next spring 2015. Demolition of the former Bowen Elementary will start immediately. (Submitted design)

Dalton Sweat
Editor

In seven or eight months, Wimberley residents could be shopping at their own local H-E-B.
The H-E-B grocery store that was approved amidst much public debate by the Wimberley City Council in January will officially break ground on Sept. 18 with the beginning of demolition starting that afternoon. The store is expected to be complete by late spring 2015.
“The Wimberley H-E-B is the result of two years of collaboration with city leaders and residents so we could meet the needs of this Hill Country community,” Leslie Sweet, H-E-B director of Public Affairs for Central Texas, said.

 

Wed
17
Sep

More charges for Kim-Soo Karate owner

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Dalton Sweat
Editor

More charges have been filed against Richard Dale Griffin, owner of Kim-Soo Karate on Ranch Road 12, stemming from the investigation into sexual assault allegations.
He has now been charged with a total of five felony accounts in regards to this single case.
Griffin turned himself into police on Monday, Sept. 8 on warrants for possession of child pornography and sexual performance of a child, both second-degree felonies.
According to the affidavit for probable cause, search warrants were executed on July 31 at Griffin’s home on Lazy L Lane and at the Kim-Soo Karate Studio.

 

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