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One local business is taking charge of engaging in environmentally sustainable practices, both from a practical and community-minded point of view.

DEAR ABBY: Our son plays a college sport for which he receives four complimentary tickets for each game. It works out well because there are four of us in his immediate family. However, my husband has been asking friends of his to join us at games by offering them free tickets. Our son then must find a teammate with unused tickets and ask for them. My husband gives no warning. He just announces a couple of days prior to a game that he has invited so and so. Then, on game day, we are responsible for getting these friends in and seated with us.

Danny B. Harvey and Annie Marie Lewis Friday, Dec. 1, 8 - 11 p.m.

The San Marcos Daily Record suggestions for things to do in and around San Marcos

Texans and Tigers ready to punch their ticket to the State Semifinals

Sights and Sounds arrives for 2023 holiday season

Twice a week starting around 6:30 a.m., drivers head to a parking lot in South Austin. Once there, volunteers direct them into orderly rows, where they are ushered forward one-by-one to open their doors and receive a bundle of free food.

The Southside Community Center is looking for the support of the community to help some of its neighbors this holiday season.

Texas State University, Saleen Performance and Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area have partnered to bring a nocost, cutting-edge training program in composite materials to students at the university's Round Rock Campus.

Theatre students receive grant

Diamonds visit Meadow Center

Literacy is defined as “the ability to understand, evaluate, use and engage with written texts to participate in society, to achieve one’s goals, and to develop one’s knowledge and potential” by the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC—part of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)). Through my economist lens, another aspect of literacy is that it greatly enhances job opportunities for individuals and provides some near-term relief to the workforce shortage.