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The Wimberley Village Library is seeking amateur movies for the city’s first-ever film festival and awards competition.

“This is an opportunity for all those talented video producers in our area to get some positive exposure and rewards for their creativity,” said Carolyn Manning, library director. 

 

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Robert David “Tony” McGee died peacefully after a brief stay at the Summit in Lakeway on July 19, 2014 at the age of 85 years.  Born in Dallas on June 5th, 1929 to Robert Goodloe “Mag” McGee and Florence “Flo” Ryan McGee, Tony spent most of his younger years in Waxahachie, Texas, later moving to Nacogdoches, Texas where he graduated high school in 1947.  He entered into the UT Business School the same year, soon transferring to the UT Law School, but was sidelined by the Korean War at which time he joined the Air Force with a rank of Second Lieutenant.  After a promotion and two years of service, First Lieutenant McGee was discharged in September of 1954.  In the same year, he re-entered UT Law and four months after graduation, Tony was admitted into the Texas Bar Association in 1956.

By Dalton Sweat
Editor

 

Wimberley’s hidden little swimming hole has been growing in popularity for years, and it seems the world has finally figured out just how amazing Jacob’s Well is.

The Huffington Post, a blog-based website that aggregates news articles and is one of the top 100 most visited websites, named Jacob’s Well the “coolest place to swim in Texas” on Sunday. 

A New Braunfels man lost his life during a motorcycle crash on Ranch Road 12 Friday morning.

According to Texas Department of Public Safety troopers, Joshua Benoit, 29, of New Braunfels, was going too fast when he lost control of his 2007 Yamaha around a curve between Wimberley and San Marcos, according to reports. His motorcycle reportedly rolled multiple times after leaving the roadway.

The first call to emergency services came in at 9:48 a.m. Friday, and Benoit was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:30 a.m. by Justice of the Peace Jo Ann Prado.

 

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The city of Woodcreek is putting the plans in place for the first park within the city. 

Initially, three properties were considered for a park and two vacant lots on the east end of the intersection of Augusta Drive and Augusta Way were chosen.

The newly created parks committee for the city of Woodcreek has been meeting for about two months discussing the possibilities for the park.

 

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The city of Wimberley submitted three projects to the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization to request funding.

All cities and counties represented within the seven county organization were asked to submit their top three projects. The group, lead by Hays County Commissioner Will Conley, will select which projects receive funding from the $80.8 million fund. 

 

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By Lucy Dysart

 

I offer this idea of creating a Better Business Bureau or a similar agency/list to enable the general public to have a vehicle in which businesses can be commended or in some cases made aware of a much less than professional job performance. 

 

U.S. Senator John Cornyn was the Grand Marshal for the 69th VFW Rodeo on Thursday. Before the rodeo, he spoke about why he decided to come to Wimberley for Independence Day.

“This looked like the best place to be,” Cornyn said. “I’ve never been to this particular rodeo before. I know it’s an annual event. And just being able to welcome some of these wounded warriors from Brooke Army Medical Center and get ready for Independence Day. This is about as patriotic and down home as you can get.”

 

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