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TLU hosts Science Mill Camps for local students Special by Tracy E. Donley
Texas internet outage slows local businesses Pecantown Books & Brews shares impact Lizz Daniels
(Seguin) -- Texans across the state found themselves in the dark ages as Spectrum Internet suffered a massive outage Tuesday afternoon. In Seguin, residents and local businesses were forced to figure out how to continue normal operations without internet connectivity. One business impacted by the event was Pecantown Books & Brews. Owner Tess Coody-Anders explains. “Our point of sale provider allows us to take payments off-line,” she said. “There
are lots of uncertainties with it and no guarantee that those payments will actually be processed when we’re back online, but we have a fighting shot at it. So, we ran credit cards as usual, and we’re hoping for the best. Fortunately, our customers were very understanding and tried to use cash instead, whenever they could.” However, this is not a foolproof solution and has left Coody-Anders and Pecantown with a day of low sales. Internet, pg. 3
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(Seguin) -- The inception of the Science Mill was something of a stroke of brilliance. An old feed mill, built in the late 1800s, stood in the heart of the little town of Johnson City in the Texas Hill Country. It was a landmark in the community—and although it ceased operation as a mill in the 1980s— about a hundred years after it had come into being—it still stood, an icon along US-290. It was converted into a restaurant and entertainment complex, but then, in 2012, was purchased by the Science Mill, a 501(c)3 non-profit. About three years later, it opened to the public, and now serves as the ultimate fieldtrip destination for area children—as well as curious adults. But just as that old mill evolved, so has the Science Mill. “Not everyone can come to the Science Mill,” says Ashley Kortis, Director of Advancement and Marketing. “So now we bring our programs into their communities.”
That’s right, the Science Mill is no longer fully contained in that repurposed mill in Johnson City—although if you ever have a chance to go there, it’s not to be missed. Now, it hosts summer science camps across the nation— and recently as far off as Nairobi, Kenya. And for the past three years, Texas Lutheran University has played host to the camps in Seguin, this year, offering one camp for elementary school students and another for middle school students from the Seguin, Navarro, and Marion ISDs. The goal? Science, pg. 3