by Phil Houseal | Aug 2, 2017 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country
Aug 2, 2017–When it comes to whistles, Jeffrey Wanek would rather overblow than suck. Wanek is a basketball referee. The Fredericksburg High School and Texas Lutheran graduate is in his sixth year officiating games at the high school level and for college Division II,...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 27, 2017 | All Articles, Food, People of the Hill Country, Venue
July 26, 2017–I was just trying to get my manos on a bottle of Inca Kola. Inca Kola is a soda that is popular in Peru. I don’t remember liking it–it’s a sugary sweet concoction whose color can only be described as anti-freeze yellow, with a name appropriated from an...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 20, 2017 | All Articles, Philosophy
July 19, 2017–It took me 40 years to take Aunt Betty’s advice. Back when I was a know-it-all college student, I stayed overnight at my Grandma Cupp’s house. Aunt Betty happened to be there, and we were enjoying one of those rare things–a conversation. I say rare,...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 9, 2017 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country
July 12, 2017–I always thought it was called cursive because I cursed it when my 4th-grade teacher gave me a C in Penmanship. Even my immature brain wondered why we started school painfully learning how to print letters, then had to unlearn it and switch to making...
by Phil Houseal | Jul 6, 2017 | All Articles, Education, People of the Hill Country
Update: Mensa will administer the Mensa qualification test on Friday, Oct 6, at Schreiner University from 1:45 to 4 pm in the “Fishbowl.” For details, call Gary at 830-739-1730. Sample Mensa test and answers at end of column. July 6, 2017–When I entered...
