Archive for October 2007

Various city election-related documents archived here

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This is from the Jude Prather for City Council campaign…
By JUDE PRATHER
I lived on Sagewood Trail for three months and it was three of the worst months of my life. Our air conditioner never worked, my toilet leaked wastewater into the wall every time you flushed and the [...]



Cinematic Salute to Veterans

The City of San Macos Parks and Recreation Department will host a cinematic salute to our Veterans at 7PM at San Marcos Plaza Park on November 6th, 7th and 8th.  Special landing of an authentic Huey Helicopter on Thursday night before the show.  They will be showing Fly Boys in honor of WWI Veterans on [...]



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Veterans Day Parade – San Marcos

Join the City of San Marcos in honoring veterans- past and present on November 10th in downtown San Marcos.  The parade starts at 10AM with a vintage airplane flyover by the CAF-Centex Air Wing.  Join the Veterans at 8:30AM for free biscuits and gravy with sausage served until it’s all gone.  The first 200 kids to [...]



Farmer Fred’s Fall Carnival – San Marcos

City of San Marcos Parks and Recreation & Texas State University Recreation Departments Present:
Saturday, October 27, 2007 at 6:00-9:00 PM
Farmer Fred’s Fall Carnival in San Marcos on October 27th will be held at the City Park Recreation Hall and all ages welcome!  Admission is Free.  There will be an age-grouped  costume contest, free activities and [...]



Turkeys Tackling Hunger…Feed a Family for Thanksgiving!

Turkeys Tackling Hunger-Feed a family for Thanksgiving
Many families struggle through the holidays to afford traditions that many of us take for granted – like a holiday meal. They need your help. Last Thanksgiving the Hays County Area Food Bank gave a turkey and a box filled with the trimmings for a holiday meal to over [...]



Greater San Marcos Youth Shelter Annual Car Wash Fundraiser

Join Conley Car Wash & Detail on December 8, 2007 for our 5th annual Car Wash Fundraiser benefiting the Greater San Marcos Youth Council’s Children’s Shelter. Over the last four years, together we’ve raised over $15,000 dollars for the children in the shelter and we could not do it without the help of other businesses [...]



Chapa brothers honored with prestigious law enforcement award

As the youngest in a family of five siblings, Paul Chapa grew up in the shadow of the eldest, Anthony. Both native to San Antonio, the pair looked up to law enforcement officials because their father was a former Marine.



SCOTT JORDAN BLOG: From the collection

Voting Machine
Instructional Model
Jamestown, NY
c. 1930
by SCOTT JORDAN
Manufactured by the Automatic Voting Machine Corps, this sample voting machine is currently on display at the LBJ Museum of San Marcos. It is representative of the mechanical procedure by which the ordinary American participated in the democratic process, at a time when Johnson himself [...]



AMY KIRWIN BLOG: Skate park opens in San Marcos

On June 2, San Marcos held a ribbon cutting for one of the most used year-round parks in the community, the skate park. The anticipation from the youths had been building for 3 years- when they attended the first meeting to discuss what obstacles they wanted in the park.
The San Marcos Parks and Recreation [...]