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the Austin City Council during their Nov. 29 meeting. The band is comprised of
(Lto R) singer Brian McKinney, singer Quinn Walton and bassist Gary Luedecke.
After they played, Mayor Steve Adler (right) proclaimed Nov. 29 as “Gypsy Drift-
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Carol and Lew Seward
from Elgin, Texas, were
recently vacationing in
Tiberias, Israel, when they
met a gentleman named
Lucas Belickas from
Elgin, (pronounced the
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Goods. In addition to pro-
ducing over 120 musical
performances in Elgin and
playing over 52 open mic
nights and other perfor-
mances of their own at The
Owl by the end of this year,
the band has played at The
Skylark Lounge in Austin
and for a function hosted
by state representative Kirk
Watson at Scholz Garten in
Austin, and they performed
on the main stage at this
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On Monday, December
3, students of all ages and
their parents spent the eve-
ning plugged in at the Elgin
High School library learn-
ing about computer science
during the Hour of Code.
Hour of Code is a world-
wide event in which orga-
nizations, such as schools,
host local events for people
to learn computer science
and coding skills. Hour of
Code is run through Code,
org, an organization that
promotes computer sci-
ence education in schools,
and is a part of Computer
Science Education Week,
which was held December
3-7 this year.
During the Elgin Indepen-
dent School District’s Hour
of Code event, students and
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Ginsel, Cindye. Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 51, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 19, 2018, newspaper, December 19, 2018; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1555471/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Elgin Public Library.