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Animal behavior is simply amazing
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Animal behavior is simply amazing
Jim Stanley 
August 16, 2023
Hill Country Naturalist The scientific study of animal behavior is called ethology. Much of ethology is concerned with understanding what is instinctive behavior and what is learned behavior. Instinctive behavior, sometimes called innate behavior, is inherited and not based on any prior experience. ...
Hunting the Devils River, Part 3
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Hunting the Devils River, Part 3
OUTDOORS ON END By Gayne C. Young 
August 16, 2023
After a five-year hiatus, my friends, Joel and Will, and I have returned to making Lake Amistad an annual retreat. Friday saw us boat from The Lodge at Sanders Point to the headwaters of the Devils River where Joel and I each took several carp. Here’s a look at the end of our spearfishing the Texas-...
Stiff punches
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Stiff punches
BY MATT WARD 
August 16, 2023
Cinematic Considerations Movie studios are trying very hard to develop content that replicates existing intellectual property rather than create original ideas, especially action blockbusters whether they be comic book properties or not. Netflix has tried unsuccessfully to start its own film franchi...
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GCRTA offers money for student teachers
August 16, 2023
The Gillespie County Retired Teachers Association is now accepting applications for $1,000 grants for student teachers. These grants will be awarded t...
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Local students receive ASU honor roll recognition
August 16, 2023
More than 150 Angelo State University student-athletes have made the Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2023 spring semester. To b...
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Bourgeois graduates from Marquette University
August 16, 2023
Cole Bourgeois of Fredericksburg, graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Bourgeois earned a juris doctor in law. Bourgeois was o...
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Cookbook makes use of Texas wine
August 16, 2023
Popular food blogger Katie-Rose Watson of The Rose Table, has released a paperback copy of her cookbook with a nod to Texas wine. Her debut cookbook, ...
‘Moonlight Madness’ star-gazing dinner ahead at Becker Vineyards
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‘Moonlight Madness’ star-gazing dinner ahead at Becker Vineyards
August 16, 2023
There will be no stars on red carpets, but there will be stars in the night sky to view on Saturday, Aug. 19 for the Moonlight Madness Arabian Nights ...
A strange tradition: Funeral Pie (raisin pie)
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A strange tradition: Funeral Pie (raisin pie)
Mark Wieser & Case Fischer 
August 16, 2023
CULINARY ADVENTURE Ihave found some strange recipes among my mother’s cookbooks, but none as strange as “Funeral Pie” (Raisin Pie). I’ve never eaten a...
Saying things I’m not supposed to say out loud
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Saying things I’m not supposed to say out loud
Phil Houseal 
August 16, 2023
FULL HOUSE “Yes, young girls need role models. But whether these are male or female is irrelevant. We admire other people for certain qualities. For m...
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