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Wednesday, April 27, 2022
INSIDE: Quarterly Rock & Vine magazine breaks out the picnic blankets for spring
SPORTS: Billie boys, girls golf teams head to state tournament B1
ELECTIONS
Administrator clears election confusion
Read all about the 175th Grand Finale Weekend planned activities A8-9
City, Constitutional Amendment, FISD elections underway
By Samuel Sutton
Independent School District Board in it. of Trustees race and bond elecAccording to the Texas Secretary tion, and the City of Fredericksburg of State website, Proposition Taking into account the trio of election. Number 1 proposes an amendment elections underway, local officials authorizing the Texas Legislature want to clarify what races are hapConstitutional to reduce the amount of a limpening and in which ones voters Amendment election itation on the total property tax could cast ballots. Since the Constitutional amount that could be imposed for Early voting is currently underway Amendment election is a state- elementary and secondary public for a Constitutional Amendment wide election, all 20,686 voters in school purposes on the home resielection, the Fredericksburg Gillespie County can participate dence of someone who is elderly or Standard-Radio Post editor
Family remembers longtime Gillespie County librarian MacWithey A3 CVB looks ahead to National Travel and Tourism Week A6
New Public Defender Office keeps five counties
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Stroeher, Schuch said office has boosted defense attorneys
WEATHER April 19-25, 2022 Rainfall for this week................ 1.21 Rainfall for April ......................... 1.31 Rainfall for 2022....................... 2.88 Normal for Date......................... 7.76 Same Date Last Year............... 3.13 Low — April 19............................... 52 High — April 22,23...................... 86
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Burn ban is on for Gillespie County. Use caution and call 830997-5603 for information.
Nine bronze statues of mockingbirds, sculpted by local artist John Bennett, now perch at eight historic buildings along Main Street. Amy Beicker wrote the scavenger hunt-style book, “Main Street Mockingbirds.” Here, Silver Wing and Willow can be found at Pioneer Memorial Library. — Standard-Radio Post/Brooke Nevins
Main Street Menagerie Resident writer, artist collaborate for unique project for 175th finale and to ‘bring kids back to Main Street’ By Brooke Nevins
Standard-Radio Post Reporter
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The maxim that “the only constant in life is change” is one that Fredericksburg residents know full well. Over decades, the purposes of Main Street’s shopfronts have transitioned with the times. The street has retained its charm through the preservation of many historic buildings, but as these structures are repurposed, their original
history is unknown to many visitors and residents, alike. But “Main Street Mockingbirds,” a book set to release during Fredericksburg’s 175th weekend celebration, offers people of all ages a way to explore the subtle details and history behind some of Main Street’s most iconic buildings through a scavenger hunt-like experience. The book, by Fredericksburg resident and mom, Amy Schwede Beicker, feaMOCKINGBIRDS ▶ A15
‘Main Street Mockingbirds’ Book release party 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, May 7 at Pioneer Museum. Profits from the book will support the Gillespie County Children’s Foundation
THE WEEKEND
St. Joseph’s Society sets Feast Day barbecue, festival this Sunday Proceeds to go to preservation, scholarships, ministries
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ELECTIONS ▶ A4
GILLESPIE COUNTY
175TH ANNIVERSARY ART PROJECT
Mike Barr writes of Ostrow Hotel owner who loved Fredericksburg D5
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disabled. This would be done to reflect statutory reductions in the maximum compressed rate of the maintenance and operations taxes imposed on one’s homestead from the previous year. Proposition 2 proposes an increase in the amount of the residence homestead exemption from
The Men of St. Joseph’s Society invite the public to its Annual Feast Day Barbecue Celebration and Festival, to be held on Sunday, May 1, from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at the restored St. Joseph’s Halle, 212 W. San Antonio St. The group will be keeping with traditions of the past and serving up a pork barbecue dinner with all the trimmings and homemade desserts for guests.
Plates are “guaranteed to be one of the biggest plates of barbecue for the money that you will see at a benefit in the Hill Country,” organizers said. Songs from Fredericksburg’s own Akkordion Club and ice-cold “German soda water” will be flowing from the tap. Plates are $9 each pre-sale and $10 each, day of the dinner. FEAST DAY ▶ A13
Gi l le spie C ou nt y Commissioners met on Monday to discuss amending the Hill Country Regional Public Defender Office Interlocal Agreement. The Public Defender Office (PDO) is in its first year for Gillespie County and is funded by a grant from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission. The PDO exists to provide a network of attorneys available to clients who cannot afford to hire representation in both misdemeanor and felony cases. Along with Gillespie County, the current PDO includes Kerr, Kendall, Bandera and Medina counties. Kerr County currently serves as the fiscal agent for the agreement. Following an Oversight Board meeting for the PDO last Friday, member counties were asked to approve Medina County as the new Fiscal Agent for the office. Judge Mark Stroeher and Commissioner Donnie Schuch attended as Gillespie County COMMISSIONERS ▶ A12
TAKIN’ IT TO THE STREET Participants in the 2022 Hill Country Memorial Wildflower Run 10k launch off the starting line in good spirits. 10k racers ran a route starting at Marktplatz, to part of Cherry Mountain Loop and back. Kaleb Dale, left, finished second in his division after Aaron Kolterjahn (to his left). Jackie Mancuso, right, placed third in her division. — StandardRadio Post/Brent Burgess
HCM is offering back to school and camp physicals. For more information visit hillcountrymemorial.org/all-student-physicals 87880.48