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Project Graduation
Community, Gillespie Life
Project Graduation
May 6, 2026
Community members can support Fredericksburg High School’s Class of 2026 Project Graduation by making donations via check or Venmo. Checks can be made payable to Class of 2026 Project Graduation and dropped off at the Fredericksburg High School office or mailed to Class of 2026 Project Graduation, c...
Let the leaders lead
Community, Gillespie Life
Let the leaders lead
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Phil Houseal 
May 6, 2026
HOUSE The most effective leader is not who you think it is. Many of us buy into the idea of “servant leadership.” As I understand it, the concept means that in order to lead an organization effectively, you need to perform all the tasks you ask your minions to perform, no matter how menial or time c...
Toastmasters open house to feature guest speaker
Community, Gillespie Life
Toastmasters open house to feature guest speaker
May 6, 2026
The Fredericksburg Toastmasters Club will host an open house Friday, May 15, featuring guest speaker Mo Saiidi, who will share his personal journey from Iran to Texas. The event is scheduled to begin at 11:45 a.m. at First United Bank South, 1108 S. State Hwy. 16. Saiidi’s presentation will focus on...
Friday’s Founders Day luncheon celebrated Evelyn Weinheimer
Community, Gillespie Life
Friday’s Founders Day luncheon celebrated Evelyn Weinheimer
By McKenna Dunworth Standard-Radio Post reporter 
May 6, 2026
Evelyn Weinheimer was born in Fredericksburg during the final years of World War II. Her first years were backdropped by stories of the past as her gr...
Homeward bound … or just home bound?
Community, Gillespie Life
Homeward bound … or just home bound?
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Phil Houseal 
April 29, 2026
HOUSE Ihad dropped off my tax forms at the post office and, as I am oft accused of doing, abruptly headed out the door. The clerk called out to remind...
Community members do some heavy lifting
Community, Gillespie Life
Community members do some heavy lifting
Staff reports 
April 29, 2026
A group of volunteers decided it was time to move “an old, broken-down, mouse-infested behemoth of a piano” out of the Pecan Creek Community Club, acc...
Over the River and Through the Woods shows at FTC for one last weekend
Community, Gillespie Life
Over the River and Through the Woods shows at FTC for one last weekend
By McKenna Dunworth Standard-Radio Post reporter 
April 22, 2026
The Fredericksburg Theater Company (FTC) is in the midst of presenting its 29th season, Joe DiPietro’s Over the River and Through the Woods. Friday, A...
We are all ghosts
Community, Gillespie Life
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We are all ghosts
Phil Houseal 
April 22, 2026
HOUSE Have you ever made a terrible faux pas in public and wished you could just disappear? Good news! You’re already gone! There was a psychology exp...
Give me that old AI Religion
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Give me that old AI Religion
Phil Houseal By Phil Houseal, 1994 
April 8, 2026
HOUSE Have you heard that people are now setting up religions worshipping Artificial Intelligence? This should not be unexpected. After all, the vario...
Frontier Fest shines during rainy weekend
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Frontier Fest shines during rainy weekend
April 8, 2026
Strong winds and intermittent heavy rain did not stop the blacksmith’s hammer from swinging or the cannon from blasting as Fort Martin Scott State His...
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