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For this holiday season, we at KZSM 104.1 FM and KZSm.org have done our best to create gifts for the community we serve. Veteran DJ Metal Mark Moniz began his fifth annual toy drive back in November, and by December 15 we delivered a truckload of toys to the Southside Community Center for the families they do so much to serve. We provided a soundtrack for the 5K Jingle Bell Run, with strategically placed jeeps blasting our signal to encourage the runners. On “Bookmarked,” we celebrated a Christmas classic with a live dramatization of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” complete with sound effects. Some of our broadcasts, like our blues and Reggae shows, feature holiday specials you might not expect, and we offer an eclectic selection of Christmas music throughout the holiday week.

I had mentioned a few weeks ago about getting the book ‘Running Up The Mountain’ about the success of the Northern Arizona University cross country team. I had an interest because the team started up when a teammate of mine in football and track became the head coach in 1964. I was there for four of those start up years as the wrestling coach and professor in physical education. The book continues on through the years, right up to 2022 about the different runners that made the team so successful. It goes into the personality of the runners and the training methods they followed.

Male Sometimes in nature, the male species gets the short end of the stick.

Eggnog is a rich and delicious beverage that has become synonymous with the most festive time of year. This milk- and egg-based concoction is tasty on its own, or it can be dressed up with other flavors and spiked with a favorite spirit when celebrating the holiday season with other adult partygoers.

It was a day for celebration in San Marcos as offensive lineman Ory Williams signed his national letter of intent to play for the Louisiana State Tigers. He becomes the second San Marcos High School Rattler in the past two years to sign with an SEC school behind now Vanderbilt basketball player Malik Presley.

Head Coach G.J. Kinne signed a new five year contract extension through the 2028 season to make the first year head coach one of the highest paid coaches in the Sun Belt Conference.

‘Tis the season to be jolly – but it hasn’t always been so jolly. There is a dramatic history of battles at Christmas time.

That is what Lisa Arceneaux, an environmental engineer in San Marcos Texas thought about adding a rainwater collection cistern to a spot in her yard where no bushes would grow, and the rain off the house splattered mud on the walls.

Immigrant rights organizations have sued Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott approved one of the strictest state immigration enforcement laws, which authorizes police to arrest immigrants suspected of crossing the border illegally.

Money magazine has named Texas State University’s health administration master’s program one of the “Best Grad School Programs in America” for 2024.

This holiday season, the Hill Country Freethinkers Association made contributions to two San Marcos charities: the Bobcat Pride Scholarship Fund and the Cold Weather Shelter Program of the Southside Community Center.

City aiming for public outreach before moving forward