Islanders outrebound Bobcats, sink TXST’s comeback effort
Texas State fell to Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 56-47, inside Strahan Arena on Friday.The Bobcats jumped out to a 10-4 lead after the opening quarter.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] Sports San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.com3 women's basketball teams withdraw from Vegas tournament
Three women's basketball teams have withdrawn from a Las Vegas tournament as part of continuing fallout from a similar event at a Strip resort over Thanksgiving weekend where safety concerns were raised. Dayton, Purdue and Texas A&M are out of the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic at South Point Arena.
news.yahoo.comThe Texas State Tree, Health Nut, and Pie: Pecan
Texas pecan lore was captured in a lengthy 1964 entry in the Congressional Record by U.S. Sen. Ralph Yarborough, who cited the writings of a Texas A&M horticulturalist and professor Fred Brison. “Pecan growing is a way of life for those who love trees,” said Brison, who taught a course on pecans. “The trees herald the spring with bursting buds, with beautiful rosettes of developing pecan clusters, 25,000 on one tree, comparable in beauty to a giant Christmas tree.” Yarborough’s entry also referred to Texas Gov. Jim Hogg’s 1906 burial directive—“I want no monument of stone or marble, but plant at my head a pecan tree—prior to the 1919 resolution establishing it as the state tree. The enterprising research of teacher Mary Mikeska’s students contributed to the 2013 Legislature’s recognition of pecan pie as our state pie, which are “hands-down the best, especially when made with Texas pecans by a Texan.” As recounted in the Houston Chronicle, the youngsters traveled to Austin to lobby a Senate committee with slices of pecan pie.
texashighways.comJoshi, AgriLife get $1.5M for spinach research
Vijay Joshi, Ph.D., will lead research on a three-year project to improve organic spinach productivity. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded an approximate $1.5 million grant to Vijay Joshi, Ph.D., a plant systems physiologist at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde and an associate
uvaldeleadernews.comRainfall totals 1.63 inches
Overnight rainfall that turned to hours-long drizzle brought 1.63 inches of precipitation to Uvalde on Monday, Oct. 17, as measured by the Texas A&M Uvalde AgriLife Research and Extension Center. Starting Sunday, varying amounts fell in surrounding areas with the highest reported total of nearly 5 inches in Camp Wood. This brings the year-to-date precipitation
uvaldeleadernews.comPicking up speed: TRAIN program announces partnerships
Through the Hub’s TRAIN program, local community members receive the necessary training to go to be able to fill local industry jobs. Partnering with local schools is another aspect of the TRAIN program. County Judge Eddie Treviño Jr. said it’s an opportunity for county employees to enhance current skills plus learn new ones, which will benefit the county and prepare employees for other job opportunities countywide. Treviño conceded the new training could enable some county employees to seek employment elsewhere, but said it’s worthwhile in the long run. That is why the Texas A&M System is so deeply dedicated to communities of the Rio Grande Valley and the TRAIN program.”
myrgv.comNo. 2 Alabama faces 3-game stretch of ranked foe
Alabama has mostly breezed through the first month of the season, with one big scare and three games that were frightfully but predictably easy. The second-ranked Crimson Tide (4-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) start a three-game stretch against ranked teams with Saturday's visit to No. 20 Arkansas (3-1, 1-1). Then comes No. 17 Texas A&M and a visit to red-hot eighth-ranked Tennessee.
news.yahoo.comAP Top 25: Washington moves in; Penn State, Oregon move up
Washington made its season debut in The Associated Press college football on Sunday at No. 18, and Penn State and Oregon moved into the top 15 after all three had decisive nonconference victories. A weekend filled with blowouts by highly ranked teams kept the top 10 almost unchanged. No. 1 Georgia picked up six more first-place votes in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank.
news.yahoo.comRainfall tally swells to 10.95 inches
Garner State ParkWater flows over the dam at Garner State Park after recent rainfall. The photo was posted on the park’s Facebook account on Aug. 24 at 4:33 p.m. Garner State Park representative Brett Rimkus, during his dam report video on Aug. 24, said they received between 2.5 and 3 inches of rain, which he
uvaldeleadernews.comHays County homebuyers can anticipate cooldown, economist says
The Hays County housing market will cool down in the coming months, according to projections from Texas A&M Real Estate Research Center Economist Adam Perdue.Perdue predicts Hays County's rising home [San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.com'We're done': A&M's Fisher fires back at 'narcissist' Saban
Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher called Nick Saban a “narcissist” Thursday after the Alabama coach made “despicable” comments about the Aggies using name, image and likeness deals to land their top-ranked recruiting classes. Saban called out Texas A&M on Wednesday night for “buying” players. “I know the consequence is going to be difficult for the people who are spending tons of money to get players,” Saban said while speaking at an event in Birmingham, Alabama, to promote the World Games being held there in July.
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