San Marcos Daily Record

01/27/2025

A new year means a new beer from local craft brewery Roughhouse Brewing. On Jan. 18, beer lovers trekked to the 50 acre ranch to celebrate the sixth anniversary of Roughhouse Brewing and the launch of their new fruited sour beer titled 78666. Guests enjoyed live music from The Lonesome Heroes, a popup art market from artist Rene Perez and a special anniversary menu, including the new beer and fresh food. The brewery also released a new line of merchandise with designs from Graham Franciose and live screenprinting from Print This.

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01/27/2025

Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most important figures in the fight for civil rights, using methods of peaceful protest to ensure that every human received the rights that they deserve. On Nov. 2, 1983, Ronald Reagan signed a bill making King’s birthday, Jan. 20, a federal holiday, according to the American Presidency Project website. The San Marcos MLK Jr. Day festivities are spearheaded by the Dunbar Heritage Association — a local nonprofit with the mission of preserving Black culture through social practices, traditions, rituals, knowledge, spiritual beliefs, language, and artistic expression. The DHA held a wreath-laying ceremony, followed by a march through the historic Dunbar Neighborhood that ended at the Dunbar Recreation Center where free food and music awaited participants.

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01/24/2025

The Rattlers took down Buda Johnson 68-58 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak and earn their second district win of the season.

“I’m just happy to get a win, it’s been a little drought (in district) since the first game,” said San Marcos head coach Dan Miller. “Now we just got to try to build off it, but I’m proud of the guys. One thing about this group is they never give up.”

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01/24/2025

Sometimes it is best to play hard after working hard, and that’s just what UFCU did at their Grand Opening Event for their new branch and partnership with Texas State University. University Federal Credit Union is a member- owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative that has been a part of the San Marcos and TXST community for the past decade. They celebrated the grand opening of the new TXST branch located on campus at the LBJ student center on Jan. 14. The event included speeches by San Marcos Mayor Jane Hughson and UFCU executives and staff commemorating the occasion. There was an official ribbon cutting sponsored by the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce as well as a grand party for attendees, which included UFCU staff, TXST students and faculty, and the general public. Guests enjoyed live music, a huge catering spread with a prime rib cutting table, a 360 spin photo booth and a tour of the new TXST facility.

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01/22/2025

Avenging their loss from last Saturday, Texas State defeated Southern Miss 85-82 in overtime in spite of the Bobcats playing just seven players with the roster overwhelmed with injuries.

The Bobcats and Head Coach Terrence Johnson improved their record to 11-8 overall and 4-3 in conference play.

“Wow what a game,” Johnson said. “That is a really good team that has a number of different weapons, and they don’t have a necessarily defined weakness. I’m super proud of my guys because I’m not so sure that we ran any play right today. But we made the plays that we needed to make when we needed to make them.”

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01/22/2025

Mardi Gras started early this year for the TXST Sculpture Club. The San Marcos Mardi Gras Society, The Mistick Krewe of Okeanos, partnered with the student arts club to help build parade floats that will be showcased at the Mardi Gras Parade on March 1st. The Krewe sponsored a three day trip for the club to New Orleans, Louisiana in order to learn about Mardi Gras history and to gain new skills in a float making workshop. The club plans to use their upcoming meetings to construct parade props to contribute to the San Marcos Mardi Gras floats as well as their own float to be featured in the parade.

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01/22/2025

The San Marcos City Council received a staff presentation on the Blanco Gardens Neighborhood Area Plan at the regularly scheduled meeting tonight.

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Graphic courtesy of the city of San Marcos.

01/21/2025

Who is having fun in this snow?! Share your pictures here and they might just end up in the newspaper this week!

01/20/2025

01/20/2025

Hoping for the best is always encouraged, but law enforcement officers prepared for the worst during the 34th annual Crisis Negotiation Competition and Seminar. Teams from police precincts all over Texas gathered in San Marcos the week before the Spring semester began for a three-day training competition focused on hostage negotiations. Officers participated in a two-day simulation where their task was to negotiate with hostage-takers to deescalate the situation and return hostages to safety, followed by a seminar on the last day. Stations were set up throughout the Criminal Justice building at TXST and throughout campus where criminal justice students, volunteers and actors played the roles of hostage-takers.

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01/20/2025

Navajo Metalsmithing is an artform made by people that take pride in its construction; the pieces are sturdy and made to last a lifetime. Edgewater Jewelry Company, owned by husband and wife duo Orrin and Deborah Mc-Cray, is a San Marcos artisan business that produces handmade pieces with a blend of Navajo and contemporary style, using techniques passed down in the McCray family for generations. Edgewater Jewelry pieces are heirlooms that can be passed down for as long as the techniques that produced them.

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01/20/2025

The Best of Hays Nominations ballot closes soon. Nomination your favorite businesses, organizations, non-profits and people before time runs out. Go to https://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/p/7/best-of-hays today to nominate. You could even win a $100.

01/17/2025

Podcast paves way for TV show

Texas is a state largely defined by its oil industry, so entertainment that touches on that aspect of the culture is quite popular around these parts. Landman, a show created by Taylor Sheridan, is about an oil-field worker, Billy Bob Thornton, navigating the ins and outs of an often dangerous career. The show is an offshoot of the podcast Boomtown by Christian Wallace, a Texas State University Graduate who has lived in San Marcos on and off ever since, that chronicles the oil boom in the Permian Basin.

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01/17/2025

CAT NAP ON CAMPUS

A friendly bobcat has found a new home on top of Texas State University’s newest dorm Cibolo Hall. Artist Matthew Mazzotta was commissioned by the Texas State University System Committee of Public Art to install a permanent artwork in correlation to the opening of the Hilltop Housing Complex. His larger than life bobcat sculpture titled “Local Habitat” rests with a soft smile and a dangling paw at the entrance of the residence hall.

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01/16/2025

In the first home game of 2025 for the team, the Bobcats came out with a dominating offensive performance, beating the Georgia State Panthers 94-80.

Following a long road trip, Head Coach Terrence Johnson gave his appreciation for crowd support while being proud of his team for holding their own against the Panthers.

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01/15/2025

Dance like no one is watching in a room full of people doing exactly the same. Joydance is an improvised dance ensemble that meets up at The Price Center for an hour and a half of nonstop rhythmic dance expression. The event is open to the public, with all ages young and old encouraged to move and groove. Vicki Hartin has been hosting Joydances in the San Marcos community for years. Molly J. Hayes is a cohost of the event and describes the environment as one of inclusion and freedom.

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01/15/2025

Find your inner ‘freak’ at new downtown store

There is a local store that sells costumes but is so much more than just a costume store. Freaky Findz, located at 218 North LBJ Drive, is deceivingly massive, based on what can be seen from the outside, and is filled with horror collectors items, theatrical and special effects makeup as well as everyday beauty products, jewelry and Samurai swords in addition to their robust costume collection.

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