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Children ages 8 to 11 will soon participate in the second session of the San Marcos Junior Fire Academy this summer. At the Junior Academy day camp, children will develop skills in leadership, teamwork, self-esteem, citizenship, friendship, and service. In each session, campers will be issued personal protective equipment, participate in safety discussions, engage in hands-on-training for CPR, search and rescue, forcible entry, rope training and extrication, etc. The campers have a homework assignment to establish safe evacuation routes at home. All campers will receive a t-shirt, lunch, and snacks, all free of charge. Session 2 begins July 10 and ends July 14. Classes are between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day. Registration for this session is closed but one may still volunteer to help. A background clearance is required. JFA is open to kids who have completed 3rd, 4th, or 5th grades by summer, no exceptions. and there is no charge. Children meet at the SMFD Station, 5 100 Carlson Circle. Call 512805-2660.

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The San Marcos Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sewing Guild has been busy during their weekly Tuesday sewing meetings constructing more handmade and hand-designed small lap and children's quilts to donate locally to the San Marcos Housing Authority this month.

The Meadows Center is hosting “The Good, the Bad and the Wicked” climate science conference this Fall at Texas State University. Keynote speaker Michael E. Mann, professor of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, opens the event with a preview of his forthcoming book, about how Earth’s past can offer guidance to help survive the climate crisis.

Each of the twenty- plus music shows you can hear on KZSM. org expresses the unique vision of one of our program hosts. Three of these, “Celtic Corner” (Saturdays noon- 2 p.m.), “Smooth Honey Bear Blues” (Tuesdays 8-10 p.m.), and “Texas River Tonk” (Fridays noon -2 p.m.) highlight the hosts’ deeply felt connection with a musical tradition, inviting listeners to revel in the variety of the form.

A searing heat wave has pushed temperatures to record highs in recent days in several cities in South and West Texas, prompting health advisories and pleas for energy conservation.

Texas State University’s College of Education, Round Rock ISD and Austin Community College District celebrated the launch of a new teacher preparation partnership to help address Texas’ teacher workforce shortage.

The Hays County Commissioners Court took steps to remedy the county's recent employee payroll issues.

County recognizes Children's Awareness Month

DEAR ABBY: I was never close to my late husband’s family. He had two half-siblings from his mother and seven from his father. (He was the only mutual child between them.) At his funeral, his sister on his mother’s side wore what appeared to be a white wedding dress and had her three daughters dressed like flower girls. She had threatened me often with violence and stalked me at my job. I got a protective order, but it took three filings to get it because her father has friends in the court system. The order is for one year, but we’ll see what happens when it expires.

The Kids of the Kingdom Child Development Center will celebrate 35 years of providing a Christian- based education in August.

DEAR ABBY: I met my wife in college. We have been married for 40 years and have two adult sons. My wife had a brief affair early in our marriage, but we have long since moved on from that. However, increasingly over the last 15 years, my wife (career homemaker, her choice) has been aggressively making demands in exchange for anything she does for me – i.e., if I don’t buy her something, she won’t cook dinner, do laundry or have sex.