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Dripping Springs, Texas December 2014 discover LOCAL INFORMATION & ADVERTISING Published by the Hill Country Sun For advertising, call 512-484-9716 or email [email protected] See GIVING OPPORTUNITIES, page 2 Opportunities for giving abound this season Dripping Springs Pharmacy is Your Complete Supplement Stop! at Dripping Springs THANK YOU for supporting one of Dripping Spring’s locally owned businesses! JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS! Factory Rep in store on December 5 for personal demonstration On-site Specials on Lift Chairs and Scooters Many colors & styles to choose from PROUDLY INDEPENDENT! 100 Commons Rd, #1 • 512-858-7935 • 512-894-0285 www.martinscompoundingandwellness.com at Dripping Springs Pharmacy • Friday, Dec 5 • 10 am - 4 pm Golden Technologies Lift Chairs & Scooter Show Helping Hands helpers working on the Mitten Tree. LEFT TO RIGHT Marvin Williams, Lynn Osler, Wendy Lively, Jacquie Pinholster, Crystal Emmons, Ryan Emmons, Jay Emmons. Photo courtesy DS Helping Hands. By LAUREL ROBERTSON F or those who believe the true spirit of Christmas is in giving, the Drip- ping Springs community offers sev- eral opportunities to share the joy of the season. Helping Hands, the Hays County Sheriff’s office, and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul gather donations to pro- vide food, toys and gifts for local families in need during the holidays. Helping Hands’ Elf Project has been helping local families during the Christ- mas season for more than 25 years, pro- viding toys, clothing and books for chil- dren who otherwise might go without this time of year. Head Elf Jacquie Pinhol- ster coordinates a crew of about 40 help- ers that will distribute more than 1,800 gifts on December 20, in time to help cre- ate a happy holiday for many families in the Dripping Springs Independent School District area. Beginning in September each year, Jacquie explains, Elf Project volunteers accept requests from parents for help with Christmas. Information listing each child’s age, gender and special gift re- quests is printed onto paper “mittens” that decorate evergreen trees located at 25 churches, businesses and schools around Dripping Springs from Novem- ber through December 12. Each child receives one toy and one clothing request, along with a book. Com- munity members are encouraged to select a mitten from a tree and purchase the re- quested item ($30 spending limit). The Elf Project also seeks new or gently used chil- dren’s books and cash donations, which are used to purchase requested items. Donors bring the requested items (gift-wrapped, if possible) to “the North Pole” (a vacant warehouse or business lo-

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Page 1: Discover Dripping Springs, Dec. 14

Dripping Springs, Texas

December 2014discover LOCAL INFORMATION & ADVERTISING

Published by the Hill Country Sun For advertising, call 512-484-9716 or email [email protected]

See GIVING OPPORTUNITIES, page 2

Opportunities for giving abound this season

Dripping Springs Pharmacy is Your Complete Supplement Stop!

at Dripping Springs

THANK YOU for supporting one of Dripping Spring’s locally owned businesses!

JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!Factory Rep in store on December 5 for personal demonstration

On-site Specials on Lift Chairs and ScootersMany colors & styles to choose from

PROUDLYINDEPENDENT!

100 Commons Rd, #1 • 512-858-7935 • 512-894-0285 www.martinscompoundingandwellness.com

at Dripping Springs Pharmacy • Friday, Dec 5 • 10 am - 4 pm

Golden Technologies Lift Chairs & Scooter Show

Helping Hands helpers working on the Mitten Tree. LEFT TO RIGHT Marvin Williams, Lynn Osler, Wendy Lively, Jacquie Pinholster, Crystal Emmons, Ryan Emmons, Jay Emmons. Photo courtesy DS Helping Hands.

By LaureL robertson

For those who believe the true spirit of Christmas is in giving, the Drip-ping Springs community offers sev-

eral opportunities to share the joy of the season. Helping Hands, the Hays County Sheriff’s office, and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul gather donations to pro-vide food, toys and gifts for local families in need during the holidays.

Helping Hands’ Elf Project has been helping local families during the Christ-mas season for more than 25 years, pro-viding toys, clothing and books for chil-dren who otherwise might go without this time of year. Head Elf Jacquie Pinhol-ster coordinates a crew of about 40 help-ers that will distribute more than 1,800 gifts on December 20, in time to help cre-ate a happy holiday for many families in the Dripping Springs Independent School District area.

Beginning in September each year, Jacquie explains, Elf Project volunteers accept requests from parents for help with Christmas. Information listing each child’s age, gender and special gift re-quests is printed onto paper “mittens” that decorate evergreen trees located at 25 churches, businesses and schools around Dripping Springs from Novem-ber through December 12.

Each child receives one toy and one clothing request, along with a book. Com-munity members are encouraged to select a mitten from a tree and purchase the re-quested item ($30 spending limit). The Elf Project also seeks new or gently used chil-dren’s books and cash donations, which are used to purchase requested items.

Donors bring the requested items (gift-wrapped, if possible) to “the North Pole” (a vacant warehouse or business lo-

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GIVING OPPORUNITIES, from page 1

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cation provided each year by local businessman Whit Hanks) between December 15 and 18.

The North Pole is abuzz with activity December 15-20, as volunteers busily sort all the donated gifts by family and child, ready for the joyful pickup on December 20. Help of all kinds — including sort-ing, stacking, shopping, wrapping and cleanup — is needed and welcomed by the crew of volunteers.

Helping Hands, Inc., with a motto of “Neighbors Helping Neighbors,” also sponsors a twice-weekly food pantry in Dripping Springs and a yearly school supply drive, “Stuff the Bus.” Their sole fundraiser is the Empty Bowl Project at Sunset Canyon Pottery each November.

The Hays County Brown Santa pro-gram, run by volunteers from the Hays County Sheriff’s Office, accepts dona-tions of toys, canned goods and money from local businesses and citizens to as-sist families in need in Hays County. Dripping Springs residents can donate locally at the Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace’s office at 195 Roger Hanks Park-way.

Brown Santa accepts new toys for children up to the age of 16. Gift-wrapped toys should have a tag identifying the toy, along with the appropriate age and gen-der of a recipient. Unwrapped toys are accepted through December 12; wrapped gifts through December 15. The Sheriff’s department will arrange pick up for do-nations, if convenient.

All toys will be wrapped on Decem-ber 13, 2014 from 9 am to noon. Children are welcome in the warehouse to help out!

Deputies and helpers will deliver toys and food Saturday December 20 from 7 am until approximately noon. Any family requesting assistance from Brown Santa can sign up at the Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace’s office by December 11 at 5 pm.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul at St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church in Dripping Springs provides toys, clothes and HEB gift cards to needy families in the north Hays County area. Volunteers accept requests for assistance, and the names of recipients are written on paper ornaments that are taken by donors, who then do the shopping (two gifts per child, $30 limit). The fifth grade class at St. Mar-tin’s also makes Christmas cards for the families.

FYI • Helping Hands is located at 28900 Ranch Road 12 in Dripping Springs. For more information on Project Elf, visit www.helpinghands-drippingsprings.org, or call 512-

858-7219. Donations may be mailed to P.O. Box 804, Dripping Springs, 78620.

Donations for the Brown Santa program may be delivered to the Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace’s Office at 195 Roger Hanks Parkway, or you can call Lieuten-ant Dennis Gutierrez at 512-393-7877.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul collects do-nations for their Christmas program at St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church in Dripping Springs, at 26160

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OAK HILL H Celebrate Christmas Texas Style, December 5, during Story Time Art at 10:45 am at The Art Garage Austin, where kids can hear “The Night Before Christmas in Texas,” color Christmas boots and paint a ceramic ornament. Choices in-clude Texas A&M and The University of Texas, plus lots of Texas critters, too! A December 12 Story Time Art at 10:45 am features Rudolph vs Frosty. Kids can choose a craft to get started, then head over to the storytime corner to sing “Frosty the Snowman,” “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” and more. Frosty and Rudolph ornaments rounds out the fun.

The Art Garage also offers Saturday Art Camps December 13 and December 20. Kids can create gifts, enjoy pizza for lunch and plenty of fun, with five projects: two pottery, one glass fusion, one can-vas painting and one other craft. Hours are 10 am to 4 pm (option to extend until 6 pm) The cost is $99 (plus $20 for aftercare).

A Winter Wonderland Art Camp December 22 – 23, features painting a snowman on canvas and creating cool glass fusion snowflakes. Hours are 10 am to 2 pm (with the option to extend until 6 pm). The cost for the Winter Wonderland Art Camp is $49 for one day, $90 for both days (plus $5 an hour for aftercare). Extended care will include a wintertime-themed movie and more crafts.

December 29-30, kids can enjoy Art Around the World Art Camp. Students can learn about art and cultures from all around the world as they create batiks, Native American dream-catchers, and paint a ceramic Chinese dragon. Along with those projects, camp-ers can look forward to learning Japanese origami, painting canvas and drawing. Art Around the World Art Camp funs from 10 am to 2 pm ( with the option to extend until 6 pm). Cost is $49 for one day, $90 for both days (plus $5 an hour for aftercare, which include a fun movie and more crafts).

FYI • The Art Garage Austin is at 11190 Circle Drive, Suite 202. For more information, email [email protected], call 512-852-9900 or visit the web site at www.theartgarageaustin.com.

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Making art is fun.Photo courtesy Art Garage Austin.

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By LaureL robertson

It’s served as everything from a post of-fice to a brothel, with a short stint as an army barracks (though which war that

was for is not clearly remembered now). Over more than 150 years, the small

frame building that forms the core of the now-rambling structure housing both 290 West Bar and Grill and Robin’s Grill in Cedar Valley has been moved, had the county line shift back and forth beneath it, been added to and has even purportedly been haunted by a ghost.

And today, the old structure has melded with later additions so that the original lines are barely traceable in the beadboard ceiling.

Owner James Faron points to a faint yellow line along the ceiling that once marked the county line.

“You could buy your beer on that side of the line,” he says, indicating the bar on the far side of the room, “but you had to walk over here to drink it.”

When Faron (as everyone calls him) was cleaning up the building before open-ing his 290 West Bar and Grill 12 years ago, he found a layer of robin’s egg blue paint beneath other paint on the ceiling.

That, he contends, hails from the building’s days as The Blue Goose, a no-torious bar and brothel run by Amanda Hudson and “her girls.”

To conduct her business, Amanda had small concrete rooms constructed along the outside of the building. “I saw remnants of those,” Faron recalls.

“In fact, those were knocked down just a few years ago.”

What has remained, he believes, is a ghost. Several bartenders have seen it, Faron claims, including himself.

“I was standing at the bar at closing time one night, and felt a strange charge,

like electricity, run up my neck. It caused my hair to stand on end. Then I saw a vague, opaque shape near the back wall. It was short and wearing a woolen hat. I ran towards it, yelling, but it avoided me and then floated right through this wall!” he gestures towards the rear of the bar.

The bartenders regularly find that a certain locked door has come open, a fa-vorite trick of the ghost, Faron believes.

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James Faron, owner of 290 West Bar and Grill and Robin Collins, the owner and cook at Robin’s 290 Grill. Photo by Laurel Robertson.

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Robin’s 290 Grill advertises food “just like your mama’s,” but more precisely, owner and cook Robin Collins makes comfort food just like her grandmother in Jonesboro, Arkansas, made for her when she was a child.

“My earliest memory is of my grandmother giving me pieces of biscuit dough to shape,” Robin recalls with obvious fondness. Robin’s own biscuit recipe—along with her pot roast, cobbler (with dough that rises through the fruit, in true Southern style), and many other recipes—are straight from her grandmother’s kitchen.

Robin’s food may be familiar, but not common. Her burgers are hand-patted, her salad dressings all homemade, her lasagna a three-day process. Then, there are the little specialities of her own concoction, like Bacon Cheddar Biscuit Bites with fresh home-made strawberry jam,that she uses to really “wow” her customers.

When the former mortgage broker tired of the craziness of that business in 2011, she first thought of opening a food trailer. But instead, she talked James Faron into leasing his (unused) kitchen at The 290 West Bar and Grill to her during the hours before his bar opened, piggy-backing two separate businesses into a single venue. Robin’s 290 Grill serves breakfast and lunch. After she closes around 2 pm, The 290 West Bar and Grill takes over the facility for drinks and evening entertainment.

The benefits are mutual. Breakfast diners can have a Bloody Mary or mimosa with their morning meal. Old-timers from the area tend to gather for Tuesday lunch, and then spend the afternoon playing dominoes, drinking beer and reminiscing about old days in Dripping Springs.

During the month of December, Robin transforms the dancehall in the building into a Winter Wonderland especially for a dinner she caters for a corporate Christmas party, and then leaves the decorations up for other events/parties/nights during the remain-der of the month. When the bar goes to no-smoking in January, Robin plans to begin a once-a-week evening meal.

FYI • Robin’s 290 Grill is located at 12013 Highway 290 West, in the same building as 290 West Bar and Grill in Cedar Valley. Hours are 6 am to 3 pm six days a week (closed Mondays). For more information, find Robin’s 290 Grill on Facebook or call 512-288-0808.

The 290 West Bar and Grill has a large, open floor plan with a full liquor bar flanked by long stretches of polished wooden serving bars, multiple pool tables, and tables for enjoying the home cooked meals from Robin’s 290 Grill.

Along a back wall, sliding barn doors open to reveal a 3,000-square-foot dance-hall, complete with bandstand for live mu-sic, a large dance floor and the “Chicken Coop” table seating area along one side, perfect for private parties.

In good weather, large doors along the sides slide up to open the dancehall to a large patio and grassy yard beyond.

Every Friday evening (and some Sat-

urdays) live bands play for crowds of danc-ers and listeners, with never a cover charge, says Faron. Wednesday nights, there are pool tournaments, with karaoke on Thurs-days, he adds. And beginning in January 2015, smoking will be limited to a small area outside.

“That’s been a hard sell,” he admits, “but I’m sticking to it. I think lots of people will appreciate the change.”

FYI • The 290 West Bar and Grill is located at 12013 Highway 290 West, in Cedar Valley. It opens daily at 2 pm (just after Robin’s Grill closes). Closing times are Monday and Tues-day at 9 pm, Wednesday and Thursday at midnight, Friday and Saturday at 2 am, Sunday at 7 pm. For more information find the 290 West Bar and Grill on Facebook or call 512-288-0808.

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Robin Collins. Photo courtesy Robin’s 290 Grill.

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Dripping Springs CalendarEVERY SUNDAY• Live Jazz Brunch at the Nutty Brown Cafe. www.nuttybrown.com.EVERY MONDAY• Rotary Club Meets. 11:45 am at Flores Restaurant, 2440 East Highway 290. 11:45 am. www.drippingspringsrotary.org.• Boy Scout Troop 280 meets at St. Martin de Porres Church Hall. 512-9 0 4 - 0 4 4 4 , c k i c h u k @ y a h o o . c o m , drippingsprings280.mytroop.us. SECOND MONDAYS• Group of Dripping Springs (GODS) Moms meets at Dripping Springs Methodist Church 9 am to 11:15 am. 512-894-0581.FOURTH MONDAYS• Artists of Dripping Springs. Gatherings at area studios. 512-894-0394.• Gen. Ben McCulloch 2435, UDC meets at the Veterans Hall, 27500 Ranch Road 12 at 7 pm. Call Sharon Hudson at 512-858-7177.EVERY TUESDAY• Dripping Springs Toastmasters. 6:30 pm at Pioneer Bank, 100 Creek Road. Visitors welcome. www.dstoastmasters.comEVERY TUESDAY• Dripping Springs Property Tour. 512-579-7711, [email protected] E C O N D , T H I R D , F O U R T H TUESDAYS• Dripping Springs Boy Scout Troop 101 meets. Dripping Springs United Methodist Church. 7 pm. Tom Chenault at 512-707-7488.FIRST and THIRD TUESDAYS• Lions Club meets. 6 pm at Flores Restaurant. Sharon at 512-858-5159.SECOND TUESDAYS• Friends of the Dripping Springs Community Library. 11 am. 512-771-3217 or [email protected] for information and volunteer opportunities.EVERY WEDNESDAY• Dripping Springs Farmers Market. The Triangle (Highway 290/ Ranch Road 12) 3 pm to 7 pm. cityofdrippingsprings.com.• Open Mic at Mercer Street Dance

Hall hosted by Nick Gatwood. www.mercerstreetdancehall.com.• Awana. Wednesday. Henly Baptist Church. henlybaptistchurch.org.SECOND WEDNESDAY• Free Alzheimer’s Support Group meets at Arveda Alzheimer’s Family Care, 11013 Signal Hill Drive. RSVP to 512-637-5400. www.arvedacare.com.EVERY THURSDAY• Hill Country Jam at Mercer Street Dance Hall with Doug Moreland. Free. 7:30 pm. www.mercerstreetdancehall.com.• Thyme and Dough Bistro Nights with live music, dinners and decadent desserts. 6 pm to 9 pm. 512-894-0001.• Henly Baptist Church JOY (Just Older Youth) Club meets at 9:30 am. www.henlybaptistchurch.org. FIRST THURSDAYS• Dripping Springs American Legion 7 pm. 512-858-5637.FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAY• Lions Club meets at 131 East Mercer Street. 512-858-5159.SECOND THURSDAYS• Knights of Columbus, Council 11695, meets at the St Martin de Porres Parrish Hall on Post Oak Road, at 7:30 pm. Preceded by a pot luck dinner.THIRD THURSDAYS• Dripping Springs Cookoff Club. Meets at 6:30 pm in the VFW Hall in Dripping Springs. [email protected].• Dripping Springs VFW meets. 27500 Ranch Road 12. 7 pm. 512-858-5637.• Thirsty Thursday meets at 7 pm at 1042 DS Ranch Road, in the ranch house located at Dripping Springs Ranch Park. Poets, musicians, songwriters and storytellers now share work under the co-sponsorship of the City of Dripping Springs and New Life Lutheran Church. 512-858-2024.FOURTH THURSDAY• Photographers of Dripping Springs (PODS). Dripping Springs Community Library. 6:30 pm. 512-524-7897.

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EVERY FRIDAY• Men’s Breakfast at Fitzhugh Baptist Church. 6:30 am. 512-913-4808.• Free wine tasting and art gallery. 5 pm to 8 pm at Cedar Valley Spirits. www.cedarvalleyspirits.com.FIRST SATURDAY• Low Cost Pet Vaccinations at Tractor Supply. 512-858-7229.EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY• Dance Lessons at Mercer Street Dance Hall. 7:30 pm. More information at www.mercerstreetdancehall.com. 512-858-4314.SECOND & FOURTH SATURDAY• Pet Adoption Sponsored by Thundering Paws Animal Sanctuary. Tractor Supply. 512-402-9725.DECEMBER 5• Silo Road. Enjoy live music at Mercer Street Dancehall. www.mercerstreetdancehall.com.DECEMBER 6• 10th Annual Christmas on Mercer Street. Downtown sparkles with lights, decorations, and excitement. Admission is free to the public. www.cityofdrippingsprings.com.DECEMBER 5-6• Sami Show at DS Ranch Park Event Center. Browse the aisles full of home and garden decor, floral designs, jewelry, woodcrafts, art, candles, gourmet foods, boutique clothing, fashionable accessories and unique gifts. www.samishow.com.DECEMBER 6• Weldon Henson. Live music at Mercer Street Dancehall. www.mercerstreetdancehall.com.

DECEMBER 12• Meagan Tubb and Shady People. Live music at Mercer Street Dancehall. www.mercerstreetdancehall.com.DECEMBER 13•Aaron Navarro Band. Live music at Mercer Street Dancehall . www.mercerstreetdancehall.com.DECEMBER 13-14• Saxet Gun Show. Guns, knives, ammo, coins, militaria, shooting supplies and more at DS Ranch Park. Saturday 9 am to 6 pm, Sunday 9 am to 5 pm. DECEMBER 18•Kevin Fowler. Live music at Mercer Street Dancehall. Advance tickets recommended.www.mercerstreetdancehall.com.DECEMBER 19• Thom Shepherd. Live music at M e rc e r S t re e t D a n c e h a l l . w w w.mercerstreetdancehall.com.DECEMBER 20• Dale Watson. Live music at Mercer Street Dancehall. Advance tickets recommended. www.mercerstreetdancehall.com.DECEMBER 26• Homer Whisenant. Live music at M e rc e r S t re e t D a n c e h a l l . w w w.mercerstreetdancehall.com.DECEMBER 27• Tessy Lou and the Shotgun Stars. Live music at Mercer Street Dancehall. www.mercerstreetdancehall.com.DECEMBER 31• News Years Eve with Bracken Hale. Live music at Mercer Street Dancehall. www.mercerstreetdancehall.com.

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