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Camel Trophy revive is for soccer moms, not smokers
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Camel Trophy revive is for soccer moms, not smokers
by Gayne C. Young 
July 23, 2025
Soccer moms rejoice. Your new vehicle is almost here. Land Rover is reimaging and rebranding its classic SUV. The new 2025 Land Rover Defender 110 Trophy is constructed of thin aluminum, features leather trim, and is heavy on the plastic. It looks like a soccer mom SUV. Let me start by stating that ...
Culinary institute brings hospitality courses to town
Community, Gillespie Life
Culinary institute brings hospitality courses to town
By Michaela Rush Standard-Radio Post reporter 
July 23, 2025
Last week, the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce hosted the first session of collaborative hospitality classes with the San Antonio-based Culinary Institute of America. Chamber president and CEO Jim Mikula said the collaboration is the first of its kind. “(The Chamber) had been looking to do some h...
K9 search team hopes to give families peace, solace
Gillespie Life
K9 search team hopes to give families peace, solace
Phil Houseal 
July 16, 2025
I first worked with Alpha SAR when they teamed up with SystemsGo during our rocket launches near Anahuac. Alpha SAR is a non-profit search and recovery organization based in Houston since around 2012. As part of their intensive training, several volunteers brought out their dogs to our rocket launch...
Wineries unite for Hill Country Flood Relief
Gillespie Life
Wineries unite for Hill Country Flood Relief
July 16, 2025
Texas Hill Country Wineries are joining forces to assist in the ongoing cleanup efforts following the July 4 flooding. Members have organized a donati...
Going Greek: Hercules the pitbull is up for adoption
Gillespie Life
Going Greek: Hercules the pitbull is up for adoption
July 16, 2025
Hercules, a male pitbull, is available for adoption at the Fredericksburg Animal Shelter. Shelter staff say Hercules is playful and loving, adding he ...
Chicken à la King debuted in 1917 Fredericksburg cookbook
Gillespie Life, Taste
Chicken à la King debuted in 1917 Fredericksburg cookbook
Culinary Adventure Mark Wieser 
July 16, 2025
Chicken à la King began its rise in the late 1800s. It was made with diced poultry and served with a creamy sauce. Its inclusion by Mary Love for the ...
Education, Gillespie Life
School supplies still in demand for Needs Council program
July 16, 2025
Deadline for donating school supplies to the Hill Country Community Needs Council “Supplies for Success” campaign is Monday, July 21. “Over the next f...
DC is back with summer blockbuster Superman
Gillespie Life, Movies
DC is back with summer blockbuster Superman
BY MATT WARD 
July 16, 2025
Cinematic Considerations James Gunn’s “Superman” is almost everything one might want out of a comic book movie. The iconography, nostalgia and altruis...
Rolling and boiling for fish on Lake Michigan
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Rolling and boiling for fish on Lake Michigan
July 16, 2025
It was pitch black, almost to the point of freezing, and the swells of Lake Michigan beneath me were rising and falling in rapid fivefoot- tall secess...
Library summer reading finale to ‘Rock’
Community, Gillespie Life
Library summer reading finale to ‘Rock’
July 16, 2025
Pioneer Memorial Library’s final summer program was held today, Wednesday, July 16, at 9:30 a.m. The show, “Why Reading Rocks!” by Turtle Dance Music ...
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