CASTLE HILLS MEDICAL SECTION
CITY MULLS VENUES FOR HEALTHY LIFESTYLES PG. 20 - Walkability, bike lanes, safer crossings are considered while town continues road, drainage work
JULY 11 - AUGUST 8, 2016
VOL. 5, ISSUE 1
Throwing Texas culture a curveball?
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by SUSAN YERKES
COMMUNITY NEWS SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF CASTLE HILLS SHAVANO PARK NORTH SIDE 78213 78230 78231 78248 78249
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SMART METER DEBATE After a workshop and City Council meeting, neighbors request a 6-month moratorium — PG 22
PG.29 BUY LOCAL
SCUBA SMILES
PG.30 EAT LOCAL
ROSSINI ITALIAN BISTRO
LOCAL COMMENTARY
School on North side expands instruction to teach world music Lessons range from Indian sitar to European Western
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he planning and publicity bandwagon is up and rolling for the city’s big 300th birthday in 2018.
San Antonio 300 will be a “once-in-alifetime endeavor that will be celebrated over the course of a calendar year,” according to the official Tricentennial Commission website. It will be a great opportunity to showcase and appreciate the rich, colorful mix of folks and folkways that makes San Antonio such a special place. The University of Texas at San Antonio Institute of Texan Cultures, in the heart of the rapidly redeveloping Hemisfair, would seem a perfect jumping off point for citywide festivities. Born as the Texas State Exhibits Building for the original HemisFair ’68 (the 1968 World’s Fair), it was turned over to the University of Texas System in 1969. Containing exhibits, collections and archives of groups who have helped shape our state, it’s both a fascinating museum and important source of material for Texas educators. It seems ironic that as the ITC nears its own 50-year mark, its own future is highly uncertain. This spring, speculation mounted when Mayor Ivy Taylor announced San Antonio’s interest in a downtown baseball stadium, whereupon San Antonio Missions owner David Elmore said he’s committed to trading his club, a Double-A Texas League affiliate,
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