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News prompts pondering the ‘Bigfoot of Venezuela’
Gillespie Life
News prompts pondering the ‘Bigfoot of Venezuela’
OUTDOORS ON EDGE By Gayne C. Young 
January 7, 2026
My thanks to the United States doing whatever it is that they’re doing down in Venezuela for this week’s column. You see, I’ve been sick most of the Christmas holidays and am currently on my second round of antibiotics as the Z-Pak I took last week didn’t kill whatever it is that has been making my ...
Johnson City museum gives $20,000 to animal shelter
Gillespie Life
Johnson City museum gives $20,000 to animal shelter
January 7, 2026
Gordon Massie, owner of the Texas Vintage Motorcycle Museum, donated $20,000 to the The Hill Country Animal Rescue (HCAR). Massie hosted an adoption event at the Johnson City museum. “We are incredibly grateful to Gordon for not only opening this amazing space to our organization, but for his remark...
Into the light with Golden Glow angel food
Gillespie Life
Into the light with Golden Glow angel food
Stories from the F&W Farmstead Mark Wieser & Case Fischer 
December 31, 2025
Another recipe I found to investigate from Kerrville’s Wesley Philathea Class Recipes (1931) was one submitted by Florence Butt, then 67 and a widow. Because her husband, Clarence, had suffered from tuberculosis, she moved her family to Kerrville in 1905. It struck me as interesting that Florence, a...
Hudson, Jackson chase ordinary dreams
Gillespie Life
Hudson, Jackson chase ordinary dreams
BY MATT WARD 
December 31, 2025
Cinematic Considerations How music impacts people’s lives has frequently been the foundation of movies, both in traditional Broadway adaptations and i...
Fun and drug use on the Amazon
Gillespie Life
Fun and drug use on the Amazon
OUTDOORS ON EDGE By Gayne C. Young 
December 31, 2025
Iworked for a time for an outfitter in Amazônia. The company hosted fishing expeditions on a yacht that cruised up and down the Amazon River. Clients ...
Farewell song of Fritze family
Community, Gillespie Life
Farewell song of Fritze family
Local learns he’s living his ancestors’ dream
By Bruce Campbell Special to the Standard 
December 31, 2025
In 1845, my ancestors, the Fritzes of Dillenburg, Germany, made the decision to emigrate to the new Republic of Texas. My third great-grandparents, Ge...
My sitcom: Unscripted life worth watching
Community, Gillespie Life
My sitcom: Unscripted life worth watching
My sitcom:
Phil Houseal 
December 31, 2025
HOUSE Unscripted life worth watching What if your life were a sitcom? SCENE: Breakfast table, cluttered with opened cereal boxes, butter dish, crumbs ...
Tamales are a big part of Christmas
Gillespie Life
Tamales are a big part of Christmas
Stories from the F&W Farmstead Mark Wieser & Case Fischer 
December 24, 2025
One Saturday morning in the late 1950s, I walked into my best friend’s house and found his parents busy in the kitchen making tamales. It was clearly ...
Grace Center drive continues through January 5
Gillespie Life
Grace Center drive continues through January 5
December 24, 2025
Donors have until Monday, Jan. 5, to contribute to a holiday drive benefiting The Grace Center of Fredericksburg by providing daily living essentials,...
Gillespie Life
Historical society annual meeting ahead January 24
December 24, 2025
The annual membership meeting of the Gillespie County Historical Society and Pioneer Museum will be held Saturday, Jan. 24, in the Gillespie County Hi...
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