Tuesday News Rundown (9-23-2014)

by Veronika Kondratieva
News Reporter

Wal-Mart has partnered with Texas State’s Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center to train associates in the Avoid Deny Defend active shooting awareness program. The program, which has trained more than 60,000 law enforcement officers, has now developed a civilian response plan to assist associates in the event of a crisis. The program is easy to understand and simple for workers to share with family members and others in the community.

After a year-long battle with cancer, Texas State Head Athletic Trainer David Gish died yesterday morning after being employed with the university for 25 years. Services for Gish will be held Sunday, October 12 at the San Marcos Embassy Suites and Convention Center.

More than 70 employers, including major companies like ExxonMobil and AT&T, and liquor distributors will be at the two-day job fair starting tomorrow at the LBJ Ballroom from noon-4 p.m. The fair will continue through Thursday afternoon.

A new hookah lounge in San Marcos may be a possibility after tonight’s San Marcos Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. Starting at 6 p.m., the public will have the chance to provide input during a public hearing. All meetings are held at the City Council Chambers at City Hall.