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Both pets are available for adoption at the San Marcos Regional Shelter. All ready-to-go pets are normally $22 and include spay/neuter, vet exam, vaccinations, and a microchip. To meet the pets, visit the San Marcos Regional Animal in person from noon-7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and from noon-5 p.m. on Saturdays, or online at www.sanmarcostx.gov/adopt to choose a pet and fill out an online adoption application. Then, give the shelter a call at 512.805.2650 or email [email protected]. Anyone interested in fostering a pet should email [email protected] or visit www.sanmarcostx.gov/foster to fill out a foster application.

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After watching so many sports programs on television lately and trying to switch channels when an ad came on only to find that it seems all stations put the ads on at the same time. You can’t get away from them. The ones that caught my attention are the weight loss ads. Such a large number of success stories from the various products. I go back to when the Atkins Diet was the big rage. Now the number has increased ten-fold. The most frequent spots on TV include Weight-Watchers; Nutrisystem, GoLo, on down to Green Chef, Fuel Meals, Blue Apron, etc. Many of these are mail in meals for the person to eat. It sounds good in that it takes the burden of grocery shopping for food out of your daily life. And then the conic sections enter the picture with the dislike for broccoli, kale, and spinach from a parent-child confrontation. My dislike for spinach came from a can my mother opened and dropped a wet, soggy, mass of cold spinach on my plate. I was sure Popeye would never force a kid to eat that “healthy” food to get strong. When I found out you can get spinach as a green leaf vegetable in a salad my perspective changed.

Business Lots of people enjoy watching birds.

Tart, red cherries and Valentine’s Day seem to be the perfect pair. Not only do cherries align with a Valentine’s Day color scheme, they even resemble little hearts when hanging from their stems.

The Rattlers will hit the diamond this Saturday as San Marcos starts the 2024 season in hopes of defending their district championship.

A 17-point third quarter for the Bobcats propelled Texas State to a 63-44 win over South Alabama.

Are truancy officers about to get help in fighting absenteeism?

As we start 2024, Central Texas is seeing lots of growth and there is a strong need for Workforce, as a member of the Board of Directors for Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area (WSRCA), I want to share with you a few insights on what WSRCA can do to support your business.

No news was good news when it came to the arctic blast that brought freezing temperatures to Texas this week.

The First Tuesday SMTX Film Series will screen “Dance Hall Days” about the history of Texas dance halls on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at The Price Center. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Complimentary pizza and drinks will be served starting at 6:30 p.m. with the film beginning at 7 p.m.

The San Marcos Queer Council (SMTXQC) is hosting a drag show and voter registration event on Friday, Feb. 2 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Wake the Dead Coffee House at 1432 Old Ranch Rd 12, in San Marcos. The air of this event is to support the art and freedom of speech of drag, and to register eligible Hays County residents to vote in the upcoming primary. This is also an opportunity to learn about the San Marcos Queer Council and its goal of opening a LGTBQIA2S+ community center. SMTXQC will be asking participants to take a short survey about their vision for such a center for a free SMTXQC logo sticker.