Archive for December 2007

Rattlers earn football awards

From staff reports
Seven San Marcos Rattlers football players earned All-District honors this season in District 25-5A and two of them took home awards for both offense and defense. Senior, D.J. Hemphill was named 1st Team as a running back and a defensive lineman, while fellow Senior, Chris Garcia was 1st Team as a tight-end and [...]



QUOTE OF THE DAY

“What we got when we tried it was nothing but hell. No one wanted to change. If you try it, you’re going to catch holy hell too citywide.”
— Businessman and downtown property owner LUPE CARBAJAL. Read the story>>.



Public Works to pave Clyde Street

Project in the Westover neighborhood part of 8-miles of minor reconstruction budgeted this year.



CHUCK NASH BLOG: 1ST Annual Responsible Parenting Initiative Awards Ceremony

Last August, Chuck Nash Auto Group and the local Head Start Program were approached by Akzo Nobel with the National Benevolence Program Responsible Parenting Initiative. Chuck Nash Auto Group agreed to become a partner in the program with the local Head Start. Both staffs donated their time and talents to award a local San Marcos [...]



Narvaiz elected CAPCOG chair

AUSTIN — San Marcos Mayor Susan Narvaiz was elected 2008 Chair of the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) this week at the annual meeting of the ten-county regional agency.
“Local governments working together through an organization like CAPCOG can maximize their impact on every issue that affects us whether its air quality, homeland security, or [...]



Texas State offers small business training in Austin, Round Rock

Creating a Total Team
Tuesday, December 18, 2007; 11 am to 1 pm; Cost $30
The fastest way to grow profits in any business is to get everyone working towards a common goal, as a committed team. If you’re going to take time out from running your business, then the people who work there will need [...]



Police, narcotics taskforce seize cocaine, make arrest

San Marcos Police and the Hays County Narcotics Task Force arrested and charged a 56-year old man Thursday for multiple offenses after an anonymous tip alerted police to drug dealing in a San Marcos neighborhood.
Oscar Capetillo Lopez, age 56, (DOB: 8-06-1951) is jailed at the Hays County Law Enforcement Center under $160,000 in bonds after [...]



Texas State’s Mariachi Nueva Generacion wins national competition again

Mariachi Nueva Generacion from Texas State University-San Marcos placed first for the second consecutive time at the annual Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza in San Antonio at San Antonio’s Municipal Auditorium on Nov. 30.
“For the last five years we have had a steady improvement,” said John Lopez Director of Multicultural Ensembles. “Our students worked really hard and [...]



Austin Community College graduates 72 nursing students

The Health Sciences Department at Austin Community College will graduate 122 students in ceremonies to be held today and Friday, December 13 and 14, in Room 8500 at Eastview Campus, 3401 Webberville Road.
Vocational nursing, in which students become licensed to provide patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse or physician, will graduate 24 [...]



QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Doing only for our pocketbook or state of mind is also not acceptable and not San Marcos. Together and only working together can we build a strong community.”
-Chris Jones