Letter to the editor: Questioning commissioner pay hikes
Charles O’Dell of HaysCAN finds it interesting that three commissioners who had declined pay increases now are receiving them.
Commissioners approve H-E-B tax deal
The Hays County Commissioners Court approved a 20-year tax abatement deal with H-E-B, which is planning to double its 750,000-square-foot distribution warehouse on Hunter Road. The City of San Marcos made a similar deal with the local grocery giant last month. Also, the court agreed to maintain Kyle Mayor Miguel Gonzalez as the county’s city representative on the Capital Area Metrpolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO).
Texas State student dies in shooting
Though San Marcos police are investigating, they believe the Wednesday shooting death of Jon Ryan Paysse may have been accidental.
San Marcos man gets 30 years after probation violation
Richard De La Cruz, placed on deferred adjudication in March after sexually assaulting a 10-year-old child, received a 30-year sentence this week after failing to comply with probation.
Turning Your Prisons into Pulpits
He turned his prison into a pulpit. I was sitting behind bars when I pondered this sermon.I don’t know what kind of prison you...
Saved By a Church of Christ, Converted by a Methodist, Convinced by a Presbyterian, And Clothed for a Lutheran
In last Sunday’s lectionary devotions, Bert wrote a very short but stimulating section on the book of Psalms reading. He mentioned...
The Blue Dot
Yesterday I bumped into Betty (the town dog groomer and member of our church) at the HEB grocery store. She goes by Honey so I called...
Guys Don’t Have Outfits
Labor Day. Moses. Burning Bush. No, the phrase Burning Bush is not a political statement either way. Burning Bush is this story about...
The Keys
We are never really ready for much of what we are handed in life, are we?People ask us How are you doing since Daniel has left home?...
Looking for Shade While on a Walk
This morning’s Children’s Sermon was the first one I have done in 26 years without one of our two children being up here...
Picking up the pieces of life
I can not stop laughing over what a little girl said in Vacation Bible School this week.The firemen were spraying down our Vacation...
Rollover Shower Minutes and Catching Trout by Hand
Daniel’s last Sunday before leaving for Germany The septic tank at the log cabin in New Mexico has limited capacity, so I told...
Floatin’ By a River Baptism
526-mile-trip in one day on Friday to watch a baseball game.The disciples asked Jesus “Why do you keep telling us parables (stories)?”...
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