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A zoo’s bold new take: Pets as food
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
A zoo’s bold new take: Pets as food
by Gayne C. Young 
August 27, 2025
Outdoors On Edge Would you feed your cat to a lion? Toss your dog before a leopard? Or how about chuck your guinea pigs into a tiger pit only to watch as they’re tossed around like some macabre Hacky Sacks from hell before being ripped to shreds and consumed in a feeding frenzy. (AUTHOR’S NOTE: I th...
Vaquero exhibit showcases traditional cowboy living
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Vaquero exhibit showcases traditional cowboy living
August 27, 2025
Pioneer Museum will present “Vaquero: Genesis of the Texas Cowboy,” a traveling exhibition by the Wittliff Collections, starting on Monday, Sept. 1. The collection is from the Alkek Library of Texas State University and presented in partnership with Humanties Texas, the state affiliate for the Natio...
Royal besties: Present, past queen’s courts celebrated
Community, Gillespie Life
Royal besties: Present, past queen’s courts celebrated
August 27, 2025
This year’s Gillespie County Queens contest drew 15 contestants, one of the largest competitor draws in Gillespie County Fair’s history, according to organizers. “We tried to get a big court to try out this year, and these ladies (the fair court) are responsible for that,” said Eric Scott, co-chair ...
Instituting Formal Fridays may help self-esteem
Gillespie Life
Instituting Formal Fridays may help self-esteem
Phil Houseal 
August 20, 2025
Remember when casual Fridays became a thing? All of us who were relegated to office jobs looked forward to that one day each week when we could tear o...
Nine lives and one eye, Drew, the cat needs a home
Gillespie Life
Nine lives and one eye, Drew, the cat needs a home
August 20, 2025
Drew, a one-eyed snowshoe, is available for adoption at the Hill Country SPCA. “Drew’s story began when a kind Good Samaritan found him outside and br...
Gillespie Life
Tickets on sale now for Food & Wine Festival
August 20, 2025
Tickets for individual events at the 2025 Fredericksburg Food & Wine Festival are now on sale. Grand Tasting Badges are now available for earlybird pr...
Gillespie Life
THCW hosts road show to benefit flood victims
August 20, 2025
Texas Hill Country Wineries, a trade association that represents 69 wineries in the Texas Hill Country, is partnering with Horseshoe Bay Resort to hos...
Eli Young Band to headline fair
Gillespie Life
Eli Young Band to headline fair
August 20, 2025
The Gillespie County Fair will welcome the Eli Young Band as its musical headliner on Saturday, Aug. 23. The group’s performance will begin around 10:...
FISD Education Foundation gives over $65k
Education, Gillespie Life
FISD Education Foundation gives over $65k
August 20, 2025
The Fredericksburg Independent School District Education Foundation announced distribution of $67,376 of grants on Friday, Aug. 15. Teachers across th...
Education, Gillespie Life
Young Masters now accepting applicants
August 20, 2025
Applications for the 2026 class of Young Masters, a joint initiative by the Texas Commission on the Arts and Texas Cultural Trusts, that provides Texa...
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