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50 YEARS AGO in the Standard
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50 YEARS AGO in the Standard
News Staff 
August 19, 2020
AUGUST 19, 1970 The 82nd Gillespie County Fair begins Friday morning and continues through Sunday afternoon. The fair opens with the traditional parade up and down Main Street at 10 a.m. and then moves to the Gillespie County Fair Grounds for family entertainment, livestock and home exhibits, a carn...
2020 Census adds another obstacle
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2020 Census adds another obstacle
News Staff 
August 12, 2020
Around the country, canvassers are going door to door to reach residents who have yet to fill out the census, a form of outreach that only started up again last month following delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. However, efforts will be short-lived. The Census Bureau has decided to end all c...
50 YEARS AGO in the Standard
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50 YEARS AGO in the Standard
News Staff 
August 12, 2020
AUGUST 12, 1970 Gillespie Countians are responding to the call for help in aiding the victims of Hurricane Celia in Corpus Christi and other coastal cities who were hit last week by one of the most destructive storms in the state’s history. A shipment of food and clothing donated by local residents ...
Dear teachers…
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Dear teachers…
News Staff 
August 12, 2020
We see you. We notice that you have had lots thrown at you during the past six months, including grasping a mostly foreign, online way of instruction....
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
News Staff 
August 12, 2020
Look at the stars I am a German descendant of Fredericksburg, and am fortunate enough to have never lived anywhere else. I am saddened to read the rec...
PPEs on back-to-school lists
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PPEs on back-to-school lists
Highlights By Chris Cobler 
August 12, 2020
Back-to-school lists aren’t the same this year. Gov. Greg Abbott talked last week about why the state is stockpiling personal protective equipment. Te...
Health tips to help the ‘COVID blues’
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Health tips to help the ‘COVID blues’
Texas 
August 12, 2020
In light of the financial challenges small businesses are facing, I joked with other small business owners that we are all suffering from “A.D.D. — An...
Isolation can hurt productivity
Commentary
Isolation can hurt productivity
Tom Purcell 
August 12, 2020
COVID-19 is getting old – particularly for employees who’ve been working from home for months. That’s the finding of an article in The Wall Street Jou...
50 YEARS AGO in the Standard
Commentary
50 YEARS AGO in the Standard
August 5, 2020
Gary Frantzen, member of the Hubertus Shooting Verein, who has either won or tied for the title of Schuetzenkoenig the past four years, won it again S...
A traffic jam in Bankersmith
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A traffic jam in Bankersmith
Hindsights Michael Barr 
August 5, 2020
The line of slow-moving cars, brake lights glowing, was backed up all the way to Grapetown Cemetery. It was a sight I’d come to expect on I-10 between...
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