Community notices from Wimberley area events and meetings
Digest printers note upcoming local events across Wimberley including Cypress Creek Garden Club September 9 meeting at the Senior Center with Robbie Wills on bulbs and native plants. the 14th Annual Wimberley Gospel Music Festival October 2 to 4 at Blue Hole Campground with calls for volunteers. St Stephen's School PFC back to school bake sale September 5 front of Country Boys. San Marcos Garden Club hosts Dr. Charles Cole on Africanized Bees and imported fire ants September 8 at Hays County Extension Service. Wimberley Valley Art League meets September 14 at Woodcreek Conference Center with Irene Mowen program and Nikki Johnson art raffle. Camp Fire organizational meeting September 23 at Wimberley Senior Citizens Center. New Neighbors Club tours Schulenberg painted churches September 10.
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Garden Club
Robbie Wills
Wimberley
Blue Hole
Nancy Scantlin
Irene Mowen
Johnny
Nikki Johnson
Camp Fire, Inc
Wimberley Senior Citizens Center
Balcones Council
Austin
Wimberley Discovery Club
New Neighbors
New Neighbors’ Club
Schulenberg
Visitors Center open house previews kick off Saturday
The Wimberley Visitors Center opens with an open house on the grounds of a 1,750 square foot facility in the North Top Shopping Center. Sessions run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday with tours Sunday noon to 4 p.m. and Labor Day Monday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Libby Linebarger will present a Capitol flown Texas flag at 11:30 a.m. Monday. Refreshments are served. Formal dedication is set for Thursday Sept 10 at 7:30 p.m. with the Wimberley Chorus, Community Band, and a Desert Song and The Italian Street Song program directed by Dr. Bruce Billingsley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimberley Visitors Center
Wimberley North Top
Libby Linebarger
Texas
Capitol
Wimberley Chorus
Bruce Billingsley
Wimberley SAT Scores Rise Sharply
Wimberley Independent School District reports higher 1992 SAT averages, with total up 76 points to 1002 and verbal 464 while math climbs to 538. The district posts the largest one-year gains in the Austin area and exceeds state and national averages. correction issued for budget hearing details.
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Wimberley Independent School
WISD
U.S
Wimberley
Austin-area
Residents push Ranch Road 12 expansion vote petition
County commissioners received a 308 signature petition backing widening Ranch Road 12 from San Marcos to the Blanco River bridge near Wimberley. Judge Etheredge announced an economic development meeting on Sept. 16 at 6 30 p.m. at Kyle City Hall. Local residents Dustin Brooks Vail and John Williams Mayfield were arrested by Hays County Sheriff for a Wimberley burglary tied to over 100 break ins in six months.
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Wimberley View
San Marcos
Blanco River Bridge
Wimberley
Eddy Etheredge
Kyle City Hall
Dustin Brooks Vail
John Williams Mayfield
Hays County
WIC Historic Tour to stop at mill site
The article recounts how a settlement grew around William C. Winters mill, later Winter's Mill, with a flour and sawmill that produced furniture used in the Texas Capitol. It notes Cypress Creek water power, other owners like Mr Cade and Pleasant Wimberley, and the community’s long economic role through 1925. The WIC historic sites tour on Saturday, Sept. 19 will visit the mill.
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Glendale
Winter's Mill
William C. Winters
Texas Capitol
Cypress Creek
Cade
Pleasant Wimberley
Blanco County
Pleasant
Hick
John Willyland
WIC
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P.O. Box
Cypress Creek Garden Club
St. Stephen's Bake Sale
St. Stephen's School
PFC
Country Boys
Home Sweet Home
Mary Jo Harding
Gary Weeks
Wimberley Valley Art League
New Wimberley Visitors Center
Art League
Wimberley's
Kay & Allen Henderson
Joe Cliett Lumber Company
Wimberley Senior Citizens’ Activities, Inc
Wsca, Inc
P.O
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