CCFVTF’s 7th Aunnual Community and Professional Education Conference
What: Domestic Violence: Myths and Misconceptions
When: October 17, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: First Lockhart Baptist Church
318 W Prairie Lea
Lockhart, TX 78644Lockhart, TX - To recognize October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Caldwell County Family Violence Task Force is hosting their Seventh Annual Community and Professional Educational Conference on Family Violence. The Caldwell County Family […]
Citizen Police Academy Class to start September 4
San Marcos residents are invited to sign up for the Citizens Police Academy, a free 12-week course exploring the responsibilities and operations of the San Marcos Police Department.
The San Marcos Police Department will start Class # 24 on Thursday, September 4 at 6 p.m. More than 325 residents have taken the course since the […]
Officer in dog death gets oral reprimand, counseling
San Marcos Police Department has completed their investigation of a traffic stop that ended with the death of a dog. Local resident Michael Gonzalez and his girlfriend, Krystal Hernandez, were rushing their teacup poodle, Missy, to a veterinary clinic in New Braunfels to save their life-threatened “baby”.
Officer Paul Stephens pulled Gonzalez over for speeding on […]
Newstreamz.com will print updates of dropped charges or not guilty verdicts upon request. Send requests with appropriate documentation and working daytime phone number to cops@newstreamz.com or by fax to (512) 392-5132.
•12:50 p.m. August 19. Criminal Mischief, 508 Hines St. Reported.
•5:46 p.m. August 19. Assault Causes Injury/FV, 927 Hwy 80. Reported.
•6:35 p.m. August 19. Warrant Service, […]
Eighteen wheeler hits gas pump at local gas station
According to a bystander, an 18-wheeler struck a gas pump at the corner of Moore and Hopkins causing one the fuel pumps to catch on fire. More information as it becomes available.
Photos courtesy of John Dunn
Foster-Hylton finishes sixth in 100-meter hurdles final at Olympics
San Marcos, Texas- Former Texas State All-American Brigitte Foster-Hylton registered a sixth-place finish in the women’s 100-meter hurdles final at the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Running out of lane nine for the island of Jamaica, Foster-Hylton finished the race with a time of 12.66 seconds, one-hundredth of a second behind her teammate Delloreen Ennis-London […]
Texas State grad student Marc Speir wins Austin film contest
Posted on November 26, 2007 at 11:57 pm • Print • Share
From Texas State University
Marc Speir, Texas State University-San Marcos mass communication graduate student, was one of six winners in the annual “Filming Austin’s Lives” contest hosted by KLRU-TV and News 8 Austin.
This year’s theme was “Austin-tatious Landmarks.” The contest invited amateur and professional filmmakers to compose short films about true Austin landmarks.
Speir’s three-minute film debuted on News 8 Austin throughout the day on Nov. 20. The film is a historical journey about Chateau Bellevue. It highlights the history of this mansion on Seventh Street and San Antonio Street in Downtown Austin. It was built in 1874 and modeled after the castles of Europe . Now it is home to the Austin Women’s Club.
Speir said it was important for him to capture this historic structure so that people will not forget the true character of Austin .
“Cities like Philadelphia are losing their identities and calling it progress,” said Speir, graduate student and Austin native. “I hope Austin doesn’t go that way as the city expands in all directions with faceless strip malls and subdivisions–keeping Austin weird isn’t just a state of mind, it’s dependent upon our actions.”
The Austin Women’s Club is a social non-profit organization and provides for the maintenance of the mansion. The club raises money to maintain it by hosting weddings, receptions, and is a meeting place for numerous organizations.
News 8 Austin , KLRU-TV and the University of Texas Humanities Institute judged the entries. All entries will be donated to a permanent archive at the Austin History Center .
To view Speir’s winning submission visit www.news8austin.com/content/special _coverage/filming_austins_lives/?ArID=195596&SecID=520. For more information about the contest visit www.filmingaustinlives.com.
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