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Gillespie Life
High school seniors eligible for GCHS scholarship
February 5, 2025
Applications for the Flora Wertheim Scholarship, offered by the Gillespie County Historical Society, are now open for high school seniors in Gillespie County. Flora Wertheim was an educator and community leader in Gillespie County, and the scholarship is intended to honor her legacy and inspire youn...
Kerr hosted first annual chess tournament last Monday
Education, Gillespie Life
Kerr hosted first annual chess tournament last Monday
February 5, 2025
The first annual William Kerr chess tournament was held on Monday, Jan. 27 at Java Ranch Coffee House. First place went to Tommy Hays and second place to Ava Perry. Sixteen participants from ages 15-80 played for trophies and prize money. The event also raised $50 for the Hill Country SPCA. The tour...
Education, Gillespie Life
Sam Houston State announces fall 2024 Dean’s List
February 5, 2025
Sam Houston State University in Huntsville announced that four Gillespie County students were included on the fall 2024 Dean’s List of Academic Honors. Receiving recognition from Fredericksburg were Emory Adams, Thomas Pence and Charlotte Rogers, and from Harper, Ashley Harper. Students listed on th...
Herring tacos: Mixing memories, melding culture
Gillespie Life, Taste
Herring tacos: Mixing memories, melding culture
Culinary Adventure Mark Wieser 
February 5, 2025
My dad loved herring. Here in the 1950s, as now, only canned herring was available. Often my mom would open a jar. With great anticipation, both my pa...
Thrills on the cheap
Gillespie Life, Movies
Thrills on the cheap
Cinematic Considerations By Matt Ward 
February 5, 2025
If writer/director Neil Burger’s latest film was on Netflix, it would be the top film on the streaming service within a week. In a tight 100 minutes, ...
White house dogs through history
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
White house dogs through history
by Gayne C. Young 
February 5, 2025
Outdoors On Edge President Donald J. Trump doesn’t own a dog. This fact makes him only the third president in United States history not to have any pe...
Panic Polka is the dance of loss
Gillespie Life
Panic Polka is the dance of loss
Phil Houseal 
January 29, 2025
You’re walking out of your house for an important appointment, when you remember you misplaced your keys/wallet/ eyeglasses/portfolio/computer mouse/o...
Gillespie Life
Texas Exes plans Thirsty Thursday, highway cleanup
January 29, 2025
The Texas Exes Fredericksburg Chapter’s will hold its monthly Thirsty Thursday at 5 p.m. Thursday, February 6 at Burger-Burger, 209 East Main. The bus...
Gillespie Life
Local A&M club offers scholarships
January 29, 2025
The Gillespie County A&M Club is offering scholarships for graduating high school seniors in Gillespie County, who are accepted to attend Texas A&M Un...
January’s Night Sky Notes: The Red Planet
Gillespie Life
January’s Night Sky Notes: The Red Planet
By Kat Troche NASA Night Sky Network 
January 29, 2025
Have you looked up at the night sky this season and noticed a bright object, sporting a reddish hue, to the left of Orion? This is non other than the ...
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