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Cooling off with a frosty summer treat
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Cooling off with a frosty summer treat
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July 19, 2017
  Summer just isn’t summer without a big icy freezer of homemade ice cream. And, what better way to celebrate a special occasion on one of these hot summer evenings than to prepare a freezer of that luscious calo-rie-laden dessert? Top your treat with fresh peaches or some hot fudge syrup, and, yum!...
Support ideas of ‘the good guys’
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Support ideas of ‘the good guys’
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July 19, 2017
We all love a good movie filled with drama and suspense. Most of us like to see a happy ending with the good guys prevailing in the end. The new call for the Texas Legislature makes me feel like I am a player inside of one of these movies in which the bad guys keep popping back to life time after ti...
Old trail called ‘Spanish Pass’
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Old trail called ‘Spanish Pass’
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July 12, 2017
Spanish Pass is a narrow gap through the hills northwest of Boerne. The pass marks the southern limit of the Edwards Plateau. The area is not well known today, but Spanish Pass has been a gateway into the Hill Country for centuries. Driving out of San Antonio on I-10 in the direction of Comfort, the...
‘Nightlights’ of our youth found outside
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‘Nightlights’ of our youth found outside
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July 12, 2017
When we were kids growing up in the country, it didn’t take much to keep us occupied. But when it got dark outside, we took solace in one care-free fo...
Two-steppin’ in Texas doesn’t come naturally
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Two-steppin’ in Texas doesn’t come naturally
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July 6, 2017
The Texas two-step is the staple move of dance floors across the state, so common that most people in the state could do it with their eyes closed. Bu...
Acquisition signals big shift ahead for grocers
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Acquisition signals big shift ahead for grocers
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June 28, 2017
The grocery business is about to change rapidly. Amazon, the one-stop online shop, purchased Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. In the corporate world, th...
Glad to get to fly home to Fredericksburg
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Glad to get to fly home to Fredericksburg
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June 28, 2017
In mid-June, I opted to fade away for a few days and vacation up north. My Dad, myself and eight fellow pilots (most from Fredericksburg) decided to t...
The ‘Silent State Tax’
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The ‘Silent State Tax’
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June 28, 2017
Our public school finance system in Texas has been broken for the past three decades, yet no meaningful solutions have been passed and implemented. Is...
Let’s remember, honor ‘first Texans’
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Let’s remember, honor ‘first Texans’
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June 21, 2017
Various Native American tribes came to Fredericksburg last weekend to Marktplatz for the Traditional American Indian Society’s “Honoring the Past” Pow...
FISD trustees: Schools support needed
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FISD trustees: Schools support needed
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June 21, 2017
The 85th session of the Texas legislature adjourned this year without addressing the crisis in K-12 education funding. Texas ranks 45th out of 50 stat...
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