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Veteran reflects on 50 years of Naval Wings
Community, Gillespie Life
Veteran reflects on 50 years of Naval Wings
By Michaela Rush Standard-Radio Post reporter 
November 5, 2025
Lieutenant Commander Doug Payne (U.S. Navy, ret.) knew from a young age that he wanted to soar with the eagles. “I’d always wanted to be a pilot. When I was kid, I saw in the magazines how airline pilots made a lot of money, and that’s how it started,” Payne said. With this childhood dream, and a pu...
Gillespie Life
GCRTA offering grants for prospective teachers
October 29, 2025
College students seeking teacher certification are invited to apply for grants being offered by the Gillespie County Retired Teachers Association. These $1,000 grants will be awarded to selected Gillespie County residents who are actively pursuing teacher certification, either locally or outside Gil...
Gillespie Life
Gillespie students invited to apply for Forging Futures scholarship
October 29, 2025
Forging Futures Education Fund continues to accept scholarship applications from Gillespie County residents. Application deadline is March 15, 2026. The fund offers grants and scholarships based on academic achievement and financial need to students planning to attend accredited institutions that of...
Travels with Phil, Part I
Gillespie Life
Travels with Phil, Part I
Full House Phil Houseal 
October 29, 2025
Recently, I had to embark on something I haven’t done, nor had the desire to do, for three decades — travel. More specifically, I had to undertake a c...
Book festival announces Texas children’s author lineup
Gillespie Life
Book festival announces Texas children’s author lineup
October 29, 2025
Three area Texas young adult (YA) and children’s authors will be presenting at Pioneer Memorial Library at the Second Annual Book Festival, Saturday, ...
Zonta Club works to increase literacy through lit program
Gillespie Life
Zonta Club works to increase literacy through lit program
October 29, 2025
The Zonta Club of Fredericksburg was awarded a matching grant from Create Healthy to promote the Dolly Parton Imagination Library project. The Zonta C...
FHS band advances to state contest
Education, Gillespie Life
FHS band advances to state contest
October 29, 2025
The Fredericksburg High School Band qualified for the UIL 4A State Marching Band Contest for the second year in a row. “The Pride of the Texas Hill Co...
Students to participate in chick hatching class
Education, Gillespie Life
Students to participate in chick hatching class
October 29, 2025
Fredericksburg Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Ja’Nay Settles Wise received a grant from the Fredericksburg Independent School District Educati...
Huevos con migas are joy on a plate
Gillespie Life, Taste
Huevos con migas are joy on a plate
Culinary Adventure Mark Wieser 
October 29, 2025
Tex-Mex was still Texas’ bestkept secret at the beginning of the 1960s. It remained largely unknown outside San Antonio and South Texas, and even thos...
Biopic bites off more than it can chew
Gillespie Life, Movies
Biopic bites off more than it can chew
Cinematic Considerations Matt Ward 
October 29, 2025
Writer/director Scott Cooper takes a second stab at a musical drama after his award-winning 2009 film, “Crazy Heart,” based on Hank Thompson’s life, w...
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