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MINT TO BE CHILDREN’S BOUTIQUE Children’s clothing offered from a grandmother’s perspective
JUNE 27 - JULY 25, 2016
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WISEGUYS CHICAGO EATERY Bringing the tastes of the Windy City with a second location
PG.04 LOCAL EDITORIAL It may not be in your neighborhood yet, but oak wilt is a serious malady that must be stopped before it takes root
NORTH SIDE PARKS
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More amenities promised by area parks’ improvements; City Council approves new playground for Lady Bird Johnson Park
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MEDICAL UPDATE SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF HILL COUNTRY VILLAGE
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WHAT’S NEW IN DERMATOLOGY & MORE
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Throwing Texas culture a curveball?
THE SIGNS
by SUSAN YERKES
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PG.12 Matching-grant funds help fix up stores in Naco-Perrin corridor ... After
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-a-lifetime 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
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