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Columnist marks 20 years of trying to fill page
Gillespie Life
Columnist marks 20 years of trying to fill page
Phil Houseal 
August 27, 2025
I must take a pause here to acknowledge hitting a milestone: This month marks the 20th anniversary of writing these Full House columns. For those counting, that is 1,040 original columns with never a missed week. Even during a 10-day stay in ICU, although I’m not sure those columns made sense. The q...
Local distillery gifts Stonewall firefighters over $65,000
Gillespie Life
Local distillery gifts Stonewall firefighters over $65,000
August 27, 2025
Garrison Brothers co-founders, Dan and Nancy Garrison presented donation checks of more than $137,000 to local volunteer fire departments from Stonewall and Johnson City. The funds raised at this year’s Winner Winner Chicken Dinner, an annual distillery event held in June, were divided evenly betwee...
Gillespie Life
Wine camp set to start in fall
August 27, 2025
A new all-day Wine Camp experience is included in the September-October schedule of events announced by Texas Hill Country Wineries. Tickets are $85 per individual or $120 per couple and $5 from each ticket supports the Texas Hill Country Wine Scholarship Fund. More information and tickets for these...
Gillespie Life
GC retired teachers offer student grants
August 27, 2025
The Gillespie County Retired Teachers Association is now accepting applications for $1,000 grants for college students seeking teacher certification. ...
Gillespie Life
Becker hosts annual grape stomp this weekend
August 27, 2025
In celebration of harvest season, Becker Vineyards is hosting its 30th annual Grape Stomp on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 30-31. There is no fee and no r...
Abbey named to Fredericksburg Education Initiative board
Gillespie Life
Abbey named to Fredericksburg Education Initiative board
August 27, 2025
A long-time industry-based supporter of SystemsGo, Joyce Abbey was named to the board of directors of the non-profit’s Fredericksburg Education Initia...
Education, Gillespie Life
Gillespie students earn awards at Angelo State University
August 27, 2025
Eighty-four Angelo State University Rams and Rambelles student-athletes, including two from Gillespie County, have been honored with 202425 Academic A...
Students lead classroom supply drive
Education, Gillespie Life
Students lead classroom supply drive
By Michaela Rush Standard-Radio Post reporter 
August 27, 2025
A group of students is going beyond to help teachers get the supplies they need for a successful school year. Clear the List is a student- run organiz...
Diners can enjoy many versions of arroz con pollo
Gillespie Life, Taste
Diners can enjoy many versions of arroz con pollo
Culinary Adventure Mark Wieser 
August 27, 2025
Although Europeans had been eating chicken for more than 2,400 years, the bird was slow to find its way onto the dinner tables of the English colonies...
Ethan Coen brings back B-movie with ‘Honey, Don’t’
Gillespie Life, Movies
Ethan Coen brings back B-movie with ‘Honey, Don’t’
Cinematic Considerations By Matt Ward 
August 27, 2025
The smaller budgets and genre-focused nature of B-movies have relegated them to streaming services rather than theaters. These films might have appear...
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