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This is part one of a two part story breaking down the hot topics that will continue to be discussed in 2024.

Local artist, Denbangana Banerjee, teaches a shadow puppet class to local children at the San Marcos Public Library. The class began with information on how to write a script for the shadow box play with suggestions like pulling a couple of books and using dialogue from those, writing your own or making it solely from sounds. She showed them different instruments and handmade trinkets, such as an Easter egg filled with rice and a container with two rubber bands on it, that made sound for use as background music. Then there was a demonstration of what a shadow box play would look like before the kids took to working on their own. The San Marcos Public Library has many upcoming events for kids and adults alike. The schedule can be found at this link: sanmarcostx.gov/ calendar.aspx?CID=31.

Former U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Michael “Zark” Markowitz will bring his vast law enforcement experience – as well as his work as an author – into focus when he speaks to the San Marcos Lions Club Friday, Jan. 5.

Steep price cuts helped electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. increase its fourth-quarter vehicle sales by almost 20% as EV sales growth slowed across the industry.

Dear Abby

Hays County has opened a new virtual pet resource center with Austin Pets Alive! (APA!), expanding the Positive Alternatives to Shelter Surrender (P.A.S.S.) program to further support people and pets. The P.A.S.S. program provides people with access to specific services in the area to help keep pets out of the shelter system and with their families.

Hays County Commissioners Court adopted a proclamation recognizing Jan. 15, 2024 as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day to commemorate his 96th birthday and the tenth reunion of the Crossroads Memorial in San Marcos. The Dunbar Heritage Association President Alex Banbury invited the public to attend the events occurring from Jan. 13 to 15. at various locations throughout San Marcos.

Texas’ new method for funding community colleges could position two-year, public institutions as major players in training students on skills employers say are missing in the state’s labor force.

TOP DOG

The city of San Marcos is looking to fill vacancies on city boards and commissions with volunteers from the community.

Senator Judith Zaffirini, the first Mexican American woman elected to the Texas Senate in 1986, on Sunday at 10 p.m. will become the first woman Dean of the Senate in the history of the State of Texas. Often called the “Dean-in-Waiting” as the second-highest-ranking senator for 16 years, she will rise to highest-ranking as former Senator John Whitmire resigns at that time to become Mayor of Houston on Jan. 1.

DEAR ABBY: Three months ago, my husband of 30 years came home from work, told me he wasn’t happy anymore and said he wanted a divorce. He announced he was moving in with his brother until he could find a place. Six days later, I found out he’d moved in with a woman he’d been seeing for a few months.