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Locals compete for title of Buda Ninja Warrior.

HCISD athletes compete at annual relays.

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A Kyle Police officer takes photos of a vehicle driven by a suspect who was arrested following an officer-involved shooting in Kyle Saturday.

Shots fired in Kyle

No injuries, one arrest after car chase MOSES LEOS III

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The Kyle Police Department continues to investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred after a 21-yearold man fled from a traffic stop in the Steeplechase subdivision.

No one was injured in the incident, but charges have been filed

against Javier Hernandez, of Kyle, who was booked into the Hays County Jail Sunday.

Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said the incident began around 7:30 p.m. Saturday when police conducted a traffic stop along Brandi Circle.

The stop involved a driver who police suspected of Driving Under the Influence (DUI).

When police initiated

the stop, Barnett said the suspect, later identified as Hernandez, immediately fled the scene at a high rate of speed.

Hernandez drove through neighborhood streets, bypassing stop signs and narrowly avoiding two vehicles before leaving the roadway. Hernandez drove his vehicle into a ditch near the Brandi Circle and Goforth Road inter-

section.

As the officer exited his patrol car, Hernandez was alleged to have reversed his vehicle toward the officer, who then fired “multiple” shots with his handgun at Hernandez’s vehicle, according to a release.

It’s unknown at this time how many shots the officer fired.

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Hays County seeks more courts to deal with backlog of cases news@haysfreepress.com

Hays County Commissioners approved a resolution Feb. 21 supporting and requesting the creation of an additional district court and county courtat-law.

With the support of

commissioners and county officials, the request is moving to the 85th Texas legislature for possible approval.

Precinct 3 Commissioner Will Conley worked with Senator Donna Campbell and Representative Jason Isaac on getting the proposal on the state legislature’s agenda.

As Hays County continues to grow, officials agree there’s a need for additional courts.

County district judges and court-at-law judges unanimously supported the proposal, as did the Hays County Bar Association, District Attorney Wes Mau and the San Marcos Police

Officers’ Association.

County officials, including judges, the DA, clerks and law enforcement, have worked to manage civil and criminal proceedings as efficiently as possible.

However, the county and its volume of court proceedings continue to

COMING UP

Hays Talent Showcase

Hays CISD invites you to the annual Hays Talent Showcase March 2 at 7 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center (979 Kohler’s Crossing Road in Kyle).

See the community’s top talent as performers try to win prizes. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students K-12 and senior citizens with a district pass.

Kyle Garden Club

The public is welcome at the Kyle Garden Club meeting Friday, March 3 at 12:30 p.m. at the Historic Kyle City Hall. The program is on ‘Recycling, A Necessary Way of Life’ by Marlene Gillman. There will also be a plant exchange.

MILL & GRAIN Signage approved for Buda development.

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Shattered Dreams

The Shattered Dreams program will be presented at Hays High School on March 9 from 9-11 a.m. Please be aware that there are no spectators allowed at the accident scene, but that FM 2770 will be closed during that period.

Approximately 2,600 students will be lining the road in front of the high school. The program shows local teens the dangers of distracted and drunk driving.

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A Kyle teen who went missing last week was located by authorities near the Texas and New Mexico border Saturday after they arrested the registered sex offender she had been traveling with.

Kylei Ashlyn Greer, 13, of Kyle, was located by Yoakum County Sheriff’s officers after they arrested the Travis County man she was traveling with, who is a registered

sex offender.

Daniel Kelsey Minter, 26, of Austin, was arrested for a Travis County probation violation warrant stemMINTER ming from a previous sexual assault of a child charge.

Yoakum County Sheriff David Bryant said addi-

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City waits for Budafest report SAMANTHA SMITH

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A current member of the Budafest committee apologized to the Buda City Council earlier this month for not coming forth with answers to questions regarding the event’s cancellation in 2016.

Bert Bronaugh, Budafest committee member, spoke on his own behalf and not on behalf of the committee Feb. 17 and said he plans to present

information about the festival at a future council meeting.

Bronough said council members had received an email from the Budafest committee Feb. 7 prior to a post-event presentation given by Buda Tourism Director Lysa Gonzalez “I would like to offer first an apology,” Bronaugh said as he referenced his absence at the Feb. 7 city council meeting.

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Proposed senior care development raises concerns LESLY DE LEON

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The rezoning of a 35.53-acre development for senior citizens on Creekside Trail, which includes an activity center and independent residential cottages, was approved by the Kyle City Council earlier this month, but not without controversy.

Sarah Files, owner of Life’s Journey Hospice & Palliative Care, applied for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) in January. According to documents submitted to the city, the initial construction would include 14 residential cottages ranging from 800 to 1,100 square feet and a 10,000 square foot community center and administra-

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The initial construction would include 14 residential cottages ranging from 800 to 1,100 square feet and a 10,000 square foot community center and administrative building. tive building.

“We want to put a home health and hospice office on site,” Files said.

“We also want to put an

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HISTORY

Founded April 10, 1903,

by Thomas Fletcher Harwell as The Kyle News, with offices on the corner of Burleson and Miller streets in the town’s oldest remaining building. It merged into The Hays County Citizen in 1956. The paper consolidated with The Free Press in October, 1978. During its more than 100-year history the newspaper has maintained offices at more than a dozen locations in Kyle and Buda.

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Kyle Teen: Found in NW Texas with sex offender Continued from pg. 1A

tional charges for evasion could be pending, but none have been filed at this time.

Jeff Barnett, Kyle Police Department chief, said Greer and Minter, who had been talking on social media for several months, fled Feb. 22 and traveled “through the afternoon and night” into New Mexico, and then eventually Roswell, NM. Barnett said the two “narrowly escaped” being located by the Roswell Police Department and then checked into a local hotel.

Barnett said the two

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety sex offender registry database, Minter is a high-risk sex offender who must annually register for life as a sex offender. then traveled into Yoakum County where they were spotted.

Bryant said his deputies received information the two were traveling through the county around 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

The vehicle Minter was

traveling in, a blue Hummer, was located and a Yoakum County Sheriff’s Office deputy attempted to initiate a stop.

Minter, however, fled from the deputy and drove into a field. Members from the YCSO, the Denver City Police Department and

the Texas Highway Patrol converged to secure the area, Bryant said.

Barnett alleged Minter befriended Greer “some time ago” on social media and began the process of “trying to develop a friendship” so that he could lead her to an event and she could be lured away from home.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety sex offender registry database, Minter is a high-risk sex offender who must annually register for life as a sex offender.

Minter was sentenced

to 10 years of probation, community supervision for a 2011 sexual assault of a child charge against a 14-year-old.

Barnett said Greer was reunited with her family in the Kyle area. He encourages parents to monitor their children’s activities.

“We encourage parents to monitor their children’s Internet activites and make sure they know who their friends are and who they’re talking to on the Internet,” Barnett said.

Bond has not been set for Minter at this time, according to Bryant.

Bronaugh said. “They may be the faces associated with Budafest, but they should not be held responsible for any problems associated with the event.”

Bronaugh informed council members during public comment that he would be requesting to speak at a future council meeting in order to present a more thorough post event report from the Budafest committee.

Buda Mayor Todd Ruge lauded the Budafest committee and its collaboration with the Parks and

Recreation Department in the wake of the event’s cancellation.

“I believe it’s a step in the right direction,” Ruge said. He added that he was not ruling out ideas for possible collaboration with the city for future Budafest events.

Ruge said the Budafest presentation could appear within the next couple of meetings.

“We have been hosting Budafest for 35 years and don’t want to see that end,” Bronaugh said, “We want to see Budafest continue.”

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Bronaugh told council members in his letter that it was a committee decision for him to not attend the Feb 7 meeting, as he has no involvement in the financials of the event, deferring to committee members Eileen Conley and Elaine Purvis.

Gonzalez presented the item Feb. 7 but said the city did not receive financial information from event organizers.

Budafest, which was to be held the first week of December 2016, was canceled due to weather.

“Looking back, that was probably not the wisest thing to do,” Bronaugh said, “It would have been better to show up and let the residents and the council know that we (the Budafest committee) are still here working on this.”

Bronaugh said that he has been working with the Parks and Recreation Department to collect all the information city staff requested from the Budafest Committee regarding the financial end of the event.

“My desire as a committee member is that we can

move forward and we can clear this up,” Bronaugh said.

In the email, Bronaugh requested a photo showing Santa and Mrs. Claus used by the Hays Free Press in a recent Budafest article not be interpreted as an accusation of the volunteer couples’ involvement in the current Budafest situation.

“They (Santa and Mrs. Claus) are unpaid volunteers who have given their time and talent to assist with the Budafest fundraising event for many years,”

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activity center in the front and agreed the road would of the development, and have to be improved. then behind it we wantPeeler said he was coned to create single-unit cerned about the develophousing for seniors to have ment’s impact on nearby their own space and to residents’ lifestyles. Peeler be around similarly aged and his wife purchased people.” their home 28 years ago The combecause they munity cenliked the quiet, ter will have undeveloped “It’s just a quilting he said. frustrating area, room, an “It was in the art studio, country, which that a business is what I wanted center, and what other the life a dining people that were that we area and a out there wantcommercial ed,” Peeler said. invested kitchen. It’s “It’s just frustratgoing to be in, that we ing that the life a nice place that we invested invested where senior in, that we investcitizens can ed our life savings our life just be with in, is basically others, Files being wasted.” savings said.

Peeler and The other some residents in, is side of the are also conbasically one-story cerned changing building will the property’s being be offices zoning from Agfor at-home wasted.” riculture to PUD hospice care does not restrict – Bill Peeler, providers what’s developed area resident who treat pathere. tients off-site.

“Once the However, property is resome council members zoned commercial, there and residents expressed are certain restrictions but concerns about the develthose restrictions are pretopment. ty broad and she can do Creekside Trail is a onewhatever she wants to with lane road that cannot han- that,” Peeler said. dle the increased traffic the According to city docudevelopment will bring, ments, PUD zoning allows said Bill Peeler, resident of for neighborhood comthe area. Council members mercial, residential conshared Peeler’s concern dominium districts and

agriculture zoning districts within it.

Any PUD is required to be a well thought out development that will ultimately enhance the immediate and surrounding area, the document states.

Additionally, this development will only serve

residents within the PUD boundaries.

“I want to take in their concerns,” Files said. “I want to actually listen to them and make changes, even the lay out of my property to accommodate their living situation.”

Files said she and her

consultants would be working with the city to come up with an agreement and work out issues like repairing the road.

“We’re just really excited about bringing something like this to Kyle,” Files said.

“I think it’s a much needed thing for seniors.”

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Opinion

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “I remember the college application process, and I didn’t know if I could do it or leave my family. CIS told me, ‘ You need to go out and experience life.’”

– Melissa Limon, Communities in School awards recipient. See story, page 3B.

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Cattle ranchers will be first trade war casualties (Note: The following opinion piece first ran in the Dallas Morning News and is reprinted here with permission.)

by Richard Parker

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f the first casualty of war is truth, then the first casualties of trade war are the working man and woman. And first among them is about to be the iconic Texas rancher.

Here in the rolling pastures of bright, green spring grass at the edge of the Texas Hill Country, the handful of large spreads prosper from a wet winter.

The short-horned Charolais breed, imported from France via Mexico, grow thick and wide, their white coats bright in the sunshine of impending spring.

The Charolais makes for some of the finest grassfed beef in the world. Now that a years-long drought has broken, ranchers can count on trucking in less of that expensive coastal grass they require in the dry months.

But the Texas cattle rancher now faces a new threat: the Trump administration’s blundering, blustering trade policy.

By threatening a trade war with Mexico within days of inauguration, the president helped trigger a slide in cattle futures.

Mexico is a major export market. By sinking the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the new administration cut off long-sought access to the Japanese market.

Now banks have raised the conditions for collateral for loans for ranchers.

Texas ranchers, though, will not be alone for long.

Beef producers from Nebraska to the Dakotas face the same problems.

So do grain farmers in Kansas and the snow-covered corn fields of Iowa, just like tomato farmers in California and Florida and autoworkers in Michigan, longshoremen, truckers and railway workers in Miami and Houston and Long Beach. These will be the first casualties of a trade war.

Trump fired his opening salvo right after his inauguration by threatening a 20 percent tax on Mexican goods coming into the United States, the funds would ostensibly fund the border wall. That

Texas is the largest exporter among the 50 states with nearly $280 billion in exports, according to state data. The top destinations: Mexico, followed

by Canada, Brazil and China, three of which are now embroiled in trade disputes with Washington even as Texas exports oil, coal, petrochemicals, heavy machinery and transportation equipment. led to Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to cancel a summit with the new American president.

Trump’s was an artillery shell delivered for effect.

Peña Nieto answered in kind. Within days, both beat a hasty retreat though, putting their diplomats behind closed doors with the Canadians to work out a new trade agreement.

By then, however, the collateral damage was done. It was clear that the Trump administration would at least rewrite trade agreements if not scuttle them. The first to go down was the Trans-Pacific Partnership. And rewriting the rest means, at the very least, injecting uncertainty into what the new rules of trade look like. At the worst, it means that the trade wars will resume in earnest. No state in the country has more exposure to economic damage in each scenario than

Texas.

Texas doesn’t remotely fit the mold of Trump’s enfeebled America that is losing jobs to competitors overseas. Texas is the largest exporter among the 50 states with nearly $280 billion in exports, according to state data.

The top destinations: Mexico, followed by Canada, Brazil and China, three of which are now embroiled in trade disputes with Washington even as Texas exports oil, coal, petrochemicals, heavy machinery and transportation equipment. That means Texas is home to some of the nation’s busiest ports, such as Laredo, El Paso, Houston and Galveston.

More Texans work in trade than in oil and gas. Nearly a half-million work for foreign-owned companies, which have pumped more than $20 billion annually into the economy.

Now all that is at varying

forms of risk. Sinking the Trans-Pacific Partnership may have been popular with Trump’s supporters, but it was not popular with cattle ranchers. They have been building herds for years and anticipated shipping beef products -- some of which are not exactly popular among American consumers -- to Japan as tariffs fell from 38.5 percent to just over 9 percent.

Now that opportunity is gone. Instead, other cattle-producing nations like Australia will try to seize the Japanese market on a bilateral basis.

Last week, Texas ranchers shipped 1,430 cattle to Mexico, most to slaughter and to market.

On an annual basis that’s 74,000 head, part of a brisk two-way business that sees hundreds of thousands of Mexican cattle coming north to be fattened in Midwestern feed lots. But in the event

of a trade war, all bets are off. A tariff here means retaliation by the Mexican government there, and the last time that happened, it was the United States that surrendered. In phasing in NAFTA in the early 2000s, Congress abruptly interrupted the movement of Mexican trucks north.

The Mexicans retaliated with a crippling tariff on American tomato growers.

The Republican Congress caved and today, Mexican trucks head north freely.

Ranching is a tough business. Even in good times, a margin is thinner than barbed wire. A spike in feed costs here or a change of government policy there and the year is a bust before it’s begun. Already cow-calf operators aren’t coming close to breaking even on their calves. But ranchers wouldn’t be alone. A variety of studies and forecasts show that Iowa corn farmers would find themselves in huge trouble; they are highly dependent on exports to China and to Mexico. So are grain farmers on the High Plains.

The interruption of supply chains between Mexico and Detroit would be felt by autoworkers. Americans export cars, after all, for sale in Mexico – not just assemble parts of them

there. Even shippers are in trouble. Citigroup warned investors about five companies with exposure in Mexico recently. One was Kansas City Southern, whose rails connect Mexico and much of the United States. The stock price plummeted. But that was only after Citigroup cut its own exposure in Mexico first, of course.

Now, even the investor class is starting to feel the headwinds of economic war. Despite a rally at the stock market, the president’s policies are now proving logically incoherent when they’re put together. The border wall was to be budget-neutral, meaning no new taxes or spending, but now it turns out to cost an estimated $20 billion, which the Mexicans will, in fact, not pay. That means increasing deficit spending or raising taxes, both of which seem non-starters.

A wall and a spending spree on infrastructure will not, it turns out, be free because debt-to-productivity ratios are climbing. Banks are tightening lending conditions, anticipating a profitable credit crunch.

Fitch Ratings has warned that the president’s erratic foreign and trade policy is causing so much uncertainty that even foreign government debt is starting to look shaky.

“The Trump administration represents a risk to international economic conditions and global sovereign credit fundamentals,” according to Fitch. “U.S. policy predictability has diminished, with established international communication channels and relationship norms being set aside and raising the prospect of sudden, unanticipated changes in U.S. policies with potential global implications.”

The irony, of course, is that states like Texas, the plains states and Michigan all helped put Trump in office. But the cows in pasture don’t care about politics. And cowboys rightly don’t care about irony, even if they are to be its first casualties.

Richard Parker is the lecturer-of-practice in journalism at Texas State University. Twitter: @ richardparkertx

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR REF: PROTEST: LOBOS WALK OUT IN SUPPORT OF IMMIGRANTS In answer to the students who walked out of class and protested on Feb. 16th, you broke the laws.

To Ms. Denise Villanueva, and I quote her from the Hays Free Press, “We’re not trying to cause any problems. We’re just showing our voices.” You and your fellow students did cause problems: broke the law by walking out of school during hours to protest, caused major disruption along a major thoroughfare in Kyle, and forced law enforcement to monitor your protest march which caused them not

to be available for more demanding and important duties.

I support immigrants, just not the illegal ones who use our hard earned tax dollars that should be helping our own legal citizens, U.S. veterans, disabled individuals, the mentally ill, homeless persons, U.S. Native American Indians and children, and the poor (not the ones who abuse the system) that need financial assistance.

As a Hays ISD official stated, all of you violated the rules of using the campus for non-school acitivites.

Punishment needs to be given to the students who participated in this march during school

Hays Free Press Publisher Cyndy Slovak-Barton News and Sports Editor Moses Leos III

hours. This type of behavior costs the school monies to educate others and taxpayers dollars!

In the Community Impact paper of Feb. 15th, Hays ISD has these ratings: Domain I, grade C, Domain II grade C, Domain III, grade D, and Domain IIII, Grade D. Lehman falls into this district of Hays. These students need to be in school learning, not protesting. Our district is almost failing. This is not acceptable either.

I am tired of educating individuals who are not willing to learn and become better people and U.S. citizens.

A concerned citizen of Central Texas, Renee Hill, Buda

IN SUPPORT OF BUDAFEST I may be late to the debate on this topic, but I would like to comment on this issue. I am a parttime Buda resident.

I’ve been doing craft shows since 2002.

I have been a vendor at Budafest only four times (2016 would have been the 5th). I was a vendor for the “ice postponement” year.

While it was nice to have a make-up day, there were negatives as well.

One reason this is a twoday event is because of potential weather events.

After all, what Texas is famous for? Wait a while and the weather will change. I’ve also been

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as a vendor at a previous Budafest that saw one rainy day (low turnout) and one sunny day (great turnout) during the same weekend.

In my experience, it’s rare to have a cancellation refund at these events. Sometimes one may not even make enough in sales to cover the fee. It has happened to me a time or two but fortunately, only in my early years of craft shows.

And, think about this.

Budafest is a fundraising of the first order and finest production!

What about the scout troops, club groups, church groups that all count this event as a major annual fund-

raising. This was a tough one for sure, but I never once thought about the fee. It is clear in the vendor app that there is no rain delay.

I am happy to have my fee go to Project Graduation and to have paid for any advanced fees that were entailed during preproduction.

This is the cost of doing business folks!

I hope others will step up in defense of this event and the folks who manage it. Even if it wasn’t the outcome we all hoped for, it is one of the many, many things that make Buda such a wonderful town!

Martha (Marty) Wallgren, part-time Buda resident

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Buda okays possible Travis County service district SAMANTHA SMITH

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The creation of an additional Travis County emergency service district that will serve the outer portions of Buda’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) got the green light from city council the Feb. 7.

The agenda item for ESD 15 originally was presented to council

members at the Jan. 17 meeting. The item was tabled unitl February to give council and staff time to review the item more thoroughly.

According to city documents, Buda’s consent to the creation of the new ESD is only one step Travis County has to take before the creation of the ESD 15 is voted on by Travis County residents.

Buda Mayor Todd

Ruge said the portion of the Buda ETJ in question currently is not inhabited by any residents nor is there any development in the area.

“No residents live there right now,” Ruge said, “There isn’t any development there right now either.”

Ruge said the decision came from executive session at the Feb. 7 council meeting and

was made due to the lack of effect it would have on the city.

Ruge said the land that Travis County wants for the ESD lies along the frontage road of Interstate 35 near South Park Meadows in Austin where the CAT construction equipment is located and falls into an “overlapped” district.

Ruge said the city also reached its decision after consulting ESD

8 Chief Clay Huckaby, who assured council members and city staff that EMS and fire service in Buda was okay, even if the creation of ESD 15 passed in Travis County.

It is currently unknown when Travis County residents will

be voting for or against the creation of the new ESD 15.

Ruge said even if it doesn’t pass, any Travis County residents residing there or near there have access to fire protection and EMS service from Travis County.

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Courts: Hays County seeks help for backlog Continued from pg. 1A

grow, Conley said.

“Every square foot is changing and growing,” Conley said. “Demands on our services continue to grow with it.”

The county’s growth has translated into backlogs in the criminal justice system and the existing courts, said Daniel Arredondo, representative for the San Marcos Police Officers’ Association.

Felony and misdemeanor cases are not going to trial in a timely fashion and are often reset numerous times, Arredondo said.

“This slow process does not serve the victims who are awaiting justice, the offender who wants his day in court, or the community efficiently,” Arredondo said. “In addition, law enforcement officers are called repeatedly for trials that do not ever seem to get past the docket.”

The creation of

“This slow process does not serve the victims who are awaiting justice, the offender who wants his day in court, or the community efficiently ...

In addition, law enforcement officers are called repeatedly for trials that do not ever seem to get past the docket.”

than for county court-atlaw, the legislature might be more likely to approve the county court.

Currently, Hays County includes the 22nd, 207th, 274th, 428th Judicial District Courts and County Court at Law No. 1 and No. 2.

According to commissioners’ resolution, the newest courts were created in 1987 and 2005.

Hays County Courtat-Law No. 2 was created during the 70th legislature session and the 428th – Daniel Arredondo, representative for the Judicial District Court was San Marcos Police Officers’ Association created during the 79th legislature session.

By proposing the creation of the two courts. additional district and With the growth of Hays creation of two additional county courts in Hays courts, county officials County and the volume of County would serve to are trying to plan ahead cases in the court system, alleviate much of this the argument of why these to ensure a justice system inefficiency, Arredondo courts need to be created is that’s accessible to said. citizens, and addresses obvious, Conley said.

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Hernandez then fled the scene again and narrowly missed hitting an arriving police cruiser head-on, Barnett said. In a statement, Barnett said officers saw the vehicle was on fire from underneath the carriage.

Police followed Hernandez, who drove for roughly 1.5 miles before stopping in front of a home in the 400 block of Masonwood Drive.

Barnett said Hernandez stopped the car, exited his vehicle and fled on foot before he was apprehended by law enforcement. Kyle Police helped extinguish the car fire.

Both the officer and Hernandez were taken to a local hospital for observation. The suspect was not shot in the incident and no one else was hit by the gunfire, Barnett said.

But the event created a cause for concern for some nearby residents.

Sheila Henderson, who has lived along Masonwood Drive for 19 years, said a friend called to inform her something was happening on her street.

Henderson said the first thing she thought when she received the news was the safety of her family. Henderson said no one in her family was home when the incident took place.

For Henderson, seeing the event on her street is something she said she sees on television or reads about elsewhere.

“You hear it and see it, it makes you nervous because it hits so close to home,” she said. “You also think about the reality of how big Kyle has grown.”

Jason Graschel, who has lived along Masonwood for seven months, captured officers arresting Hernandez on his cell phone.

Graschel said he heard a police siren and opened the door to see what was happening. He then saw police officers arriving at the scene as a man exited a smoking vehicle “almost as if he was drunk.”

He then watched Hernandez run to the side of a nearby home before he was caught.

Graschel, who has a cousin who is a Kyle Po-

lice sergeant, said he was “kind of shocked” the incident took place on his quiet street. However, he said he had faith Kyle Police could stop him.

“KPD was on top of it and took care of business quickly,” Graschel said.

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Cool early morning temperatures didn’t deter hundreds of track and field athletes from competing in Saturday’s Lobo Relays, which were held at Shelton Stadium. Three Hays High track and field teams captured top honors as the junior varsity boys, girls and varsity girls teams claimed first place in the eight team field. The Rebel boys track and field team finished second overall.

Lehman’s varsity girls track team took fifth place, while the boys finished seventh.

Lobo junior varsity boys finished fourth, while the girls team finished third.

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The Hays Rebels needed half an inning Tuesday to validate the hardball axiom that hitting is contagious.

A 10 run, six hit bottom of the fourth inning catapulted Hays to a 12-9 come-from-behind district opening win over the Lake Travis Cavaliers at the Rebel Softball Field.

Key adjustments at the plate led the Rebel offense to find success in the fourth inning and beyond, said head coach Lisa Cone. Prior to the fourth frame, Hays struggled to take advantage of scoring chances.

Despite having runners in scoring position in the second and third innings, Hays was unable to scratch across any runs.

Cone said her coaching

staff noticed players were swinging at pitches early, which led them to ask batters to step up in the batters box.

“I’m not sure if it took their mind off of it. We made solid contact after we made that adjustment,” Cone said. “The girls were all over it. I think it was that adjustment we made at the plate.”

Hays had to make adjustments after Lake Travis sped out to a 5-0 lead after three innings.

Hindering the Rebels were several defensive errors, which allowed Lake Travis to extend innings and score runs.

Cone said nerves relating to the first district home game got the better of a young Rebel infield that had trouble making the routine plays early on.

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Hays Rebel baserunner Illyana Cisneros (right) attempts to slide under a tag placed by Lake Travis’ catcher Tuesday at the Rebel softball field. A 10-run fourth inning provided Hays momentum to roll past Lake Travis 12-9.

A wayward shot from Leander’s Andrew Zenk dribbled past the first line of defense. Another Rebel defender took a stab at the ball with his foot, but missed. The ball continued its trajectory, passing another defender en route to the goal.

Hays goalkeeper Evan Barker ranged to his left in preparation for the slow dribbler that continued to defy the odds.

At the time, Leander held a 3-2 lead over Hays with less than 15 minutes to play. Zenk’s fortuitous shot – which passed three Rebel defenders and dropped

in the bottom left corner for a goal – gave the Lions a two-point lead.

The goal was enough to ensure Leander held on for a 4-3 win Tuesday night.

“They played hard,” said Hays coach Jason Burnett. “It was a cheeky game – a lot of goals were scored.”

That’s becoming an alarming trend. Hays has allowed at least four goals in five of its last eight games – resulting in six losses and two ties.

Even with another lopsided defensive performance Tuesday night, the Rebels remained in position because their offense kept the margin

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Selections to the 25-6A 2016-17 All District team A pair of Hays Rebels made the cut as members of the 25-6A All-District first team. Rebel senior Gabby Bosquez, who led the team with 15.4 points per game in 25 games played this season, along with Rebel Jada Finister, who tallied 11.1 points per game, were named to the first team.

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Lehman Lobos girls soccer remain winless in district after a second half collapse led to a 4-0 loss to the Lake Travis Lady Cavaliers Tuesday night in Kyle.

Lehman came into tonight’s game having lost 10 of its last 11 games, while the Cavaliers are winners of five of their last six contests.

A penalty on Lehman inside of the penalty box provided Lake Travis with their first scoring opportunity early in the game.

However, the penalty kick was no good after Lehman’s senior Maya Erwin made a spectacular diving save.

“I have been really fortunate in the last four years to have Maya Erwin be our

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goalkeeper,” said Lehman head coach Nauri Garcia.

In the four years Erwin has been Lehman’s varsity goalkeeper the Lobos have made the playoffs twice, with the one exception being her sophomore year where they missed the playoff by only two points.

Although the Lady Cavaliers were dominating time of possession, the Lehman defense performed under the “bend, but don’t break” philosophy. The Lobos allowed five shots on goal, constant opportunities yet zero goals in the first 32 minutes of play.

The lone Lake Travis goal

came after freshman forward Haley Shaw stole the ball from a Lehman player and dribbled in for an unassisted goal with eight minutes left in the half.

The Lobo offense produced one shot on goal in the first 40 minutes of play.

Garcia said the key problem with the Lobos’ offense this year is succeeding in transition.

“We have to be able to sustain an attack – we get started and then we just don’t transition our number quick enough to keep the ball up front,” said Garcia. “The best defense is always possessing the ball.

In soccer if you hang back there long enough, they’re gonna score.”

The second half started in the same fashion as the first with Lake Travis again dominating time of possession, however this time the

opportunities awarded to them translated into goals.

After a handball by Lehman, Lake Travis was awarded its second penalty kick of the contest. This time the Lobo goalkeeper had no chance as freshman forward Caroline Brooks rifled a shot into the top left corner.

Despite only one score in the first 40 minutes of play, the Lady Cavaliers managed to score three goals in the first five minutes of the second half.

The Lobo defense recomposed themselves after this debacle, not allowing another goal from the Cavaliers for the remainder of the game.

However, Lehman continued to fail to produce offensively. They found the occasional opportunity, but recorded zero shots on goal in the second half.

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Hays added its third goal of the match with under five minutes to play. A fervent late rally, including two corner kicks, misfired and the Rebels lost their fourth consecutive game.

“I think the match was anyone’s match,” Burnett said. “If we played five more minutes, we are tied back up. That’s the way we were playing. It was just one after the other. We scored, they equalized, we scored, they equalized.”

Hays’ Gerardo Rodriguez opened the game with a straightaway goal from 10 yards out. He almost added another goal later in the first half, but it was wiped away due to an offsides call.

“I thought the offense did a great job all the way around,” Burnett said.

“The kids were playing hard, playing physical, playing aggressive. We had opportunities. Some went in. Some didn’t.”

Less than two minutes

after Rodriguez’s goal, Leander responded with a goal of its own to tie the match.

“I don’t think it was a defensive breakdown and I don’t think it was anything special they were doing,” Burnett said.

“They just won. That’s it.”

Once the second half resumed – tied 1-1 at halftime – the Lions only needed 20 seconds to score the go-ahead goal.

Kyle Vogel leaked out past the Rebels backline and

fired a goal in the back of the net against a backpedaling goalkeeper.

It was that kind of night for Hays, still searching for its first district win of the season.

In 11 district matchups this season, the Rebels have been outscored by 28 goals.

“All we can do is go out each game and work as hard as we can,” Burnett said. “Sometimes there’s just teams that are better than you.”

Lady Rebel Softball: Wins opener a three-run RBI double, said the team was surprised at the offensive output in the contest.

Cone, however, said the Rebels hit the ball “extremely well” during a tournament last weekend and got “good cuts” on practice the day before the game.

“Usually, when we’re down, we’re kind of negative about it,” Tovar said.

“But we came out strong and finished strong.”

With a 10-5 lead in hand, Hays turned to pitcher Maxine Valdez, who earned the win by going 6.1 innings and giving up nine runs on six hits in the game.

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“The girls were nervous to open up at home.

That’s to be expected,” Cone said. “We settled down after the first couple of innings and we were good after that.”

Hays rallied with a vengeance in the fourth frame, led by designated player Jordan Tovar who compiled a single, double and four RBIs all in one half-inning.

During the course of the fourth inning, Hays sent 13 batters to the plate and received RBIs from Brianna Rodriguez, Lulu Arroyo, Illyana Cisneros and Abbie Blackwell.

Tovar, who capped the fourth inning with

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adjusted after Lake Travis caught on to her inside pitches. She instead chose to attack the outside of the plate, which helped keep Cavalier bats off balance down the stretch.

Valdez also battled heat-illness toward the end of the game.

“I’m proud of her. She didn’t act like a sophomore tonight,” Cone said.

Lake Travis inched closer to the Rebels in the fifth inning by scoring two runs to cut the Rebel lead to 10-7.

But for every Cavalier response, Hays answered right back. The Rebels gathered two more runs in the bottom of the fifth

inning to take a 12-7 lead.

Lake Travis added two more runs late, but couldn’t pull back into contention.

The Cavaliers had two runners on base and the tying run at the plate with two outs in the seventh inning, but Gabie Aleman, who earned the save, forced a ground out to end the threat.

With Westlake on the horizon Friday, Cone said the win was a boost of confidence for the Rebels.

“This is huge for us. It gives us confidence, to know we can hit the ball and come back from a 5-0 deficit,” Cone said. “I know it’s something we can build on.”

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Above is a conceptual rendering of what the exterior of Elementary School 14, which is within a proposition in the 2017 bond, could look like. The Hays CISD board of trustees approved design documents for the campus.

Board shaves plan on new elementary school

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The design for a 115,000 square foot, $34 million elementary school that’s part of a $189 million propostion in the Hays CISD bond was forwarded by board trustees Monday.

By a 6-1 vote, trustees approved design documents for Elementary School (ES) 14, to be lo-

cated on High Road in the eastern part of the district.

Trustee Esperanza Orosco cast the lone dissenting vote, citing cost concerns.

The design, created by lead architect Claycomb Associates, Architects, is 20,000 square feet larger than Carpenter Hill Elementary and Pfluger Elementary schools, which were the last schools Hays CISD constructed.

Carter Scherff, Hays

CISD deputy superintendent, said the new elementary school is built to house 900 students. Depending on any changes, the school is projected to hold 768 students when it’s projected to open its doors in September 2018.

Bo Ledoux, vice president at Claycomb Associates, Architects, said Feb. 20 the company’s design reflected changes from the current elementary school

prototype to adhere to a changing curriculum. That prototype was used for Science Hall, Camino Real, Pfluger and Carpenter Hill elementary schools.

According to Scherff, the district will use the design approved by trustees Monday for ES 15, a replacement for the Buda Elementary lower campus, which is also within the bond, and future campuses.

ES 14 will be a twostory facility that features a larger gym that can house two groups of students at the same time. The campus will also have a maker space area adjacent to the library and some classrooms added to each wing.

In addition, the campuses will have science laboratories, which are added to the Pfluger design, with area underneath

to be used as outdoor learning spaces.

But board trustees eliminated several components in the design.

Those included a physical properties of matter and photosynthesis learning spaces, Spanish tile roofing and finishes in the outdoor learning spaces.

Scherff said Monday the district removed the items,

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Lehman High grad honored for mentorship, community service SUBMITTED REPORT

A 2009 Lehman High graduate has been named as one of five honored by the national Communities in Schools (CIS) office for the 2017 All In For Students award.

Melissa Limon, who is a first-generation college student, was named as an award recipient.

The All In for Students awards, created in 2007, honors the dedication of CIS staff, educators, community partners and CIS alumni, who go over and above for students, empowering them to stay in school, graduate and go on to brighter futures.

This year, one superintendent, one principal, one CIS coordinator and two CIS alums from the national network of 155 affiliates received this recognition.

Limon said in a statement she credits Communities In Schools

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for supporting her throughout high school and encouraging her to leave home to pursue her dreams.

“With CIS backing me I gained self-confidence that I could do things for myself,” she said. “I remember the college application process, and I didn’t know if I could do it or leave my family. CIS told me, ‘You need to go out and experience life.’”

Limon graduated from Stephen F. Austin State

University and currently serves as a CIS AmeriCorps member at Webb Middle School in Austin where she mentors and tutors students full time.

When her AmeriCorps service ends, Limon plans to be involved with CIS. Limon is applying to graduate school to earn her social work degree.

“I would love to stay with CIS. It has always stayed close to my heart,

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More training, observation among fixes for low performing campuses

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Hays CISD Board of Trustees Monday approved a targeted improvement plan that’s meant to help address areas of low performance.

After a report showed bilingual/ESL and special education students were scoring lower on standardized tests than their peers, the district began drafting a TIP to better serve those students.

Performance Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBMAS) is an accountability system that monitors the programs receiving federal title funds, including special education, English Lan-

guage Learners (ELL), and Career and Technology Education (CTE).

The annual PBMAS report stages each program’s success on a scale of 0 to 4, with zero being the best score. According to the 2015-2016 PBMAS report, Hays CISD’s special education program is in Stage 2, and ELL and CTE programs are in Stage 4.

Due to the PBMAS report, Hays CISD had to undergo a TEA audit and produce a comprehensive targeted improvement plan to increase performance rates.

The approved targeted improvement plan focuses on improvement in special education, ELL and CTE. The first goal for the

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ESL program is that students will achieve 10 percent growth on State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exams, said Alejandro Góngora, director of bilingual, ESL and migrant programs.

“What we want to do is celebrate progress and not so much focus on a passor-fail measure,” Góngora said.

The second goal

focuses on ensuring 70 percent of ESL students will graduate on the Recommended High School Program or Distinguished Achievement Program diploma plan.

Currently, 59.7 percent of ESL students are graduating on those diploma plans, Góngora said.

The goal for special education focuses on helping students achieve passing rates of at least

60 percent on the STAAR, said John Fuerst, executive director of special programs.

“We continue to have issues with the passing standard for the STAAR assessment,” Fuerst said.

In the plan, features include providing co-teach training, inclusion training, follow-up observations and feedback, Fuerst said.

The goal for CTE focuses on helping students who receive special education and ESL services score at the same level as their non-SPED/ESL peers on STAAR assessments.

CTE teachers are experts in their content areas, but may not have sufficient instructional

training needed to meet the needs of all students, said Suzi Mitchell, director of CTE. Teachers surveyed said they need assistance in differentiation education for special education and ESL students, Mitchell said.

“Most CTE teachers don’t come from a world of education,” Mitchell said. “They have a business background. That’s where they need the help, with instruction.”

To improve these issues, the plan includes hiring full-time instructional coaches to work with teachers and the integrating of more of the core curriculum into CTE

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Students show their stuff at talent show A wildly applauding audience greeted and cheered on Lehman and Hays high school performers at the 7th Annual Foundational Learning Talent Show. Performers from both schools convened at the Burdine Johnson Theater at Hays High School for a show filled with singing, dancing and skills-demonstrations in this annual show featuring their talents.

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The properties of matter studio featured a Lego bricks, magnetic and Velcro wall, as well as cloud shaped artwork on the ceiling. It also featured the words rain, sleet, snow and hail spelled out. The room centered on curriculum within the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

In the outdoor learning spaces, a mural of the United States was to be painted.

Orosco said Feb. 20 she loved the idea, but was concerned that approving the studio could send the wrong message to concerned residents who have complained about excessive building costs.

Trustee Sandra Bryant said going with the studio would tell concerned community members “we didn’t hear you.”

Trustee Merideth Keller said she supported the science labs and outdoor learning, but opposed spending “25-year bonds on a sign that says rain.”

“That seems extravagant to me,” Keller said. “I feel like I might have been led down the primrose path. These drawings are shocking to me.”

Keller also opposed the Spanish tile roof at the

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Above is an aerial photo rendering of the proposed 14th elementary school in the district.

campus, citing the need for the district to maintain consistency for finishes.

The district decided to use a metal roof for the school.

For Orosco, the high cost of the school has been a point of contention for the board, which she said they’ve worked to try and lower.

While she supported the bond, she felt the district could do “more in getting the cost down,” which

Limon: Lehman grad honored Continued from pg. 3B

and I love the work that happens with CIS.” A new national report from CIS chronicles the barriers faced by 14.5 million children in the U.S. who are living in poverty.

The report also highlights success the organization has achieved over the last 40 years to keep students on a path toward graduation.

“Many students come to school with barriers to learning, whether it’s unmet mental health needs, lack of food, lack of adequate health care, or having to stay home

to watch siblings while their parents are at work,” said Suki Steinhauser, Chief Executive Officer at Communities In Schools of Central Texas. “At CIS, we are on campus full time supporting children with the individualized services they need so that they have fewer distractions and can focus on being a student.”

Currently, CIS of Central Texas serves 63 schools with the support of community partners, AmeriCorps members, and more than 500 volunteers.

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classes.

The PBMAS District Leadership Team, which consists of district administrators and teachers, met Jan. 12 to review the data that led to stage two and four scores. The committee submitted a draft targeted improvement plan based on the district improvement plan.

After the board of trustees directed administration to include more teachers and parents, the committee met Jan. 31 to revise the plan and include additional input from committee mem-

bers.

Then, after the TEA’s visit from Feb. 6-10, the committee met again on Feb. 16 to review and revise the plan based upon suggestions and remarks from TEA and others.

The revised improvement plan was discussed at the Feb. 20 board of trustees meeting before its approval Feb. 27.

Additionally, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees approved the early hiring of five bilingual teachers who will be absorbed into campus allocations for the 2017-2018 school year.

is why she voted against the design. She said the district could form a committee in the future to get experts who can provide feedback to the district to bring cost down.

But she also was “disappointed” cost savings from eliminated design elements was so low.

“We need to reel in those costs and I think we can do a little better to do that,” Orosco said.

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Alamo coward leaves comrades to die Texas History

by Bartee Haile

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Above, Buda resident Alisha Edwards plans her next move on an obstacle at the Buda Ninja Warrior event at the Hays Hills Baptist Church Saturday. Inset left, Michael Kroesche uses his strength to power his way up a vertical peg board obstacle. Below, Buda resident Nathan Hendon bounds down the opening obstacle of the Ninja Warrior course.

Numerous residents from the area participated in the Buda Ninja Warrior, which had contestants compete on obstacles modeled after the hit television show. Jared Greer, a former contestant on the show, used his equipment for the three-stage event.

hile the Alamo heroes fought to the last man on March 6, 1836, a cowardly former comrade found shelter in an empty cabin on the Guadalupe River.

Until his own dying day, Louis Rose would stay on the run from a guilty conscience.

During a lull in the Mexican bombardment on March 3, Col. Buck Travis briefed the exhausted defenders on their hopeless predicament. The garrison had three alternatives: surrender, try to escape or fight to the finish. No matter what the choice, death was inevitable.

Because he believed

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Garden activities for March It’s About Thyme

by Chris Winslow

1.

KittyHulk? More like Mr. Muffin R

emember hearing about the wretched KittyHulk bringing terror to cats and cat owners along Maple and Ash? To the Garza girls, he’s gentle “Mister Muffin”.

Quite some time ago, maybe two years, when the now infamous tomcat showed up in the backyard of Live Oak at Ash, they fed him a muffin. Mister Muffin he became.

The Garzas have fed that cat off and on. At the point when the girls let him inside, Roland bellowed out, “What’s that cat doing inside?”

Charming Mister Muffin rolled over on his back for a scratch.

Roland called out to us as we walked KissMe past his house, to let the secret out of the bag.

With all the uproar, we laughed about “aiding

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and abetting.”

The Garzas have not seen the cat in a couple of weeks. Sallie Wilson reported a sighting this past week.

Should the cat be trapped again, the Garzas will take him, in the trap, to “get fixed.”

Roland furnished a photo of their Mister Muffin. The cat fits the description of KittyHulk: large with extra large head, charcoal gray, white paws.

••• Peggy Meador furnished information about the “Raised

Bed Gardening” class available now at the Y, through a grant. The “Y’s 1’s” meets on Tuesday mornings at 9 a.m.

Participants will gain some of the fruits (well, veggies) of their labors as crops ripen.

Peggy is embarking upon her annual “swim a mile” in conjunction with the Y’s campaign to bring in funds for special programs for individuals with special needs. She’ll swim 32 laps/64 links and collect money from those willing to donate per lap or a flat donation. Contact the Hays Communities YMCA to make arrangements: 512-523-0099.

••• This Saturday, March 4, Scouts will collect

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PHOTO BY PAULINE TOM

If anyone sees this homeless cat, that may or may not answer to the name of KittyHulk or Mister Muffin, the Garza family of Mountain City is willing to take him and get him fixed so he’s not a nuisance to his neighbors.

Cut back roses and shape your shrub roses. Those tall bushes can be trimmed to 1 ½ to 2 feet in height with open centers. Use a sharp pair of pruners and a good pair of leather gloves.

Climbing roses should be left un-pruned until after their spring bloom. March is also a good time to add roses to the landscape.

2. Care for fruit trees.

There is still plenty of time to spray wintering insects with dormant oil. Pruning to open up the centers will help to reduce disease problems with better air flow. Added sunlight will help to ripen and color the fruit. A few ideas of additions to your orchard: peaches, pears, plums, nectarines, figs, cherries, apples, pomegranates, and persimmons.

3. Tend vegetable garden. The first half of the month is the right time to plant potatoes, asparagus crowns, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, mustard and collard greens, carrots, radishes, Swiss chard, and lettuce.

4. Care for lawn. Early March is a great time to cut the lawn close and aerate if the soil has become compacted. A quarter to half inch top dressing of manure-based compost like Happy Frog soil conditioner will go a long way to revitalize turf grass with nutrients, microbes, and beneficial bacteria. If the soil below the turf grass is poor, aeration and Happy Frog will work wonders. As a top dressing, Happy Frog mixed with a little sand can help to level off the low places. To stop lawn weeds, apply corn gluten by the end of next week.

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OBITUARIES LOCKLEAR Sharron Farrell Locklear, age 74, of Buda, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017.

Sharron’s talents spanned a variety of careers that included time spent working at IRS, Austin State Hospital, Employees Retirement System of Texas and Jimmie Farrell Electric. Quilting and crafting were two of her many talents, but there was nothing she wouldn’t want to try. She was an active member of the Buda Bee’s Quilt Club and many of her family and friends were gifted with quilts designed and made with love. She had a knack for making those around her feel loved, especially through her gifts. Sometimes her gifts of love came in the form of a can of Pringles and a Gatorade on a Friday afternoon.

Daughter, sister, wife, mother, gran and friend.

She touched many lives in her 74 years. She will

be remembered for her dedication to family and friends, feisty spirit, organization and endless perseverance. She loved Jesus with all her heart and never hesitated to talk about him or call on him when she needed to.

Throughout her life she was an active member in many churches, but most recently she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Buda.

Sharron’s greatest blessing was being ‘Gran’ to five amazing grandchildren and six beautiful great-grandchildren. Gran was probably the best grandma ever and she was always there when there were important events and she always supported her grandchildren and great-grandchildren with her love. Gran and her babies lived by a different set of rules when they were together, and the parent that tried to tell her different, well they needed to watch out. She was also completely devoted to her furbaby Miss Snickers.

Sharron was preceded in death by her parents, C.L. Hocker, Sr. and Juanita Hazelwood; her first husband, Joe Farrell and her second husband, Benny Locklear.

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Continued from pg. 1C of the month, with the last average frost date is behind us, we can shift to warm season gardening.

Some gardening activities to concentrate on: 5. Fertilize turf grass.

This will begin to grow as the ground warms up.

An organic lawn fertilizer with a 3 -1- 2 ratio can be applied to the lawn at the rate of 10 to 15 pounds per 1,000 square feet. Be sure to water the lawn fertilizer in thoroughly after applying.

6. Insect control. With new growth from all our trees, flowers, and shrubs… come the insects. Aphids will show up on just about everything. A safe, organic spray, like All Seasons Oil will keep them at bay without harming the environment or poisoning ourselves. Our oak trees will be shedding their leaves and putting on new growth any week. With this change come the oak leaf rollers and forest tent caterpillars. Sprays with organic B.T. should be an effective and safe way to control these damaging insects. Look for products with names like Thuricide and Dipel to do the trick.

7. Planting vegetables.

The vegetable garden for the latter half of the month will see an explosion of activity. It’s finally time to plant tomatoes, peppers, snap beans, limas, corn, cantaloupes, cucumbers, eggplant, and squash.

8. Flower garden. The winter flower garden

should be in full force.

Those snapdragons you planted back in October should be starting their second (and best) bloom.

Flowering cabbage and kale should be at their peak. New annuals to set out are alyssum, dianthus, lobelia, phlox, geranium, gerbera daisy, petunias, marigolds, zinnias, and nasturtiums.

9. Perennial care. Keep an eye out for those returning perennials; don’t mistake them for weeds and pull them up.

Better to surround them with fresh compost and a little mulch. This spring will bring a world of new perennials to plant. Many will be natives that will thrive in our climate with minimal care and minimal water. Some to look for are ox-eye daisy, black-foot daisy, skullcap, rudbeckia and gloriosa daisies. There will be tons of salvia and lantana varieties to choose from.

10. Have fun! Above all, get outside and enjoy yourself. Nothing can be more rewarding than eating homegrown vegetables and enjoying your own beautiful landscape.

Happy gardening everyone!

Survivors include her step-mother, Matilda Hocker; sister, Madge McNamara; brother, C.L. Hocker, Jr. & wife, Pat; her children, JJ Farrell & wife, Sara, Sheri Brady & husband, Jud, and Teri Wenck & husband, Chris, step-son BJ Locklear; grandchildren, Stacy Rose & husband, Jonathan, Margret Jain & husband, Ravi, Andi Hodgson, Christian Wenck and Archer Wenck; great grandchildren, Mason Rose, Hunter Rose, Emma Jain, Sophia Jain, Addison Brock and Daniel Espinal; and Snickers, her faithful dog.

The family received friends Friday, February 24, 2017 at Harrell Funeral Home in Austin.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017 at Harrell Funeral Home Chapel. Interment

will follow in Onion Creek Memorial Park.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Buda or Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.

KINZELMANN John Baptiste Kinzelmann, 84, of Manchaca, TX, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Monday, February 27, 2017 in his home.

He was born in Kingston, NY on May 24, 1932 to John and Julia Kinzelmann. He was married on June 29, 1985, to Cindy Judge, his wife of 31 years. Although John was a Master Plumber for over 60 years, he was

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a jack of all trades and could fix anything. John was known by all to be a great cook, especially when it came to BBQing on his hand crafted smoker. Above all, he was a family man, fiercely loving his ten children and numerous grandchildren, and showed everyone Christ’s love through his servant’s heart. His infectious smile, love for life, sense of humor, and trademark finger wave will be forever missed.

He is survived by his wife Cindy, three loving siblings, and children Kathy (Michael) Chiappetta of Milwaukee, WI, Karen (Robert) O’Connell of Catskill, NY, Laura (David) Ryan of Reading, MA, Susan (Thom) Murcko of Highland, NY, Jerry Kinzelmann of Catskill, NY, John (Gail) Kinzelmann of Castleton,

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the nesting. So, I’ll keep sharing on FaceBook and here.

While I was writing about blue eggs on FaceBook, the beautiful bluebird pair showed up just at my breakfast window. He flirted with a wingwave.

At the same time, I saw Owl’ee. She, the red morph Eastern Screech Owl, returned to the rim of our Owl Shack.

But, darndest thing, on Monday afternoon, a gray Eastern Screech Owl perched on the rim.

Whatever’s going on, to God be the glory!

••• Snail mail is not a mode for sending tidbits.

Rather, email ptom5678@ gmail.com (Subject: TIDBIT) or phone 512268-5678 Thanks! Love to you, Pauline

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Montage: KittyHulk? donations for PAWS left at your Mountain City mailbox between 2-4 p.m. The “PAWS for Love” list includes dry kitten and adult dog food with “meat” listed as first ingredient, kitty litter, pet toys, towels, mats, blankets, poop bags, and, gift certificates to pet stores.

It’s a clutch of four near our mailbox. Breathtaking. Four blue eggs.

Normally, I “nest watch” (open side door of nestbox, snap image, report to http://nestwatch.org) about twice/week. This does not cause abandonment. It provides data for science, and pleasure for the human heart.

Incubation started on the day she laid the 4th.

They should hatch in about two weeks.

At Fellowship Church on Sunday morning, friends who read my FaceBook asked about

NY, Lisa (Rich) Toellner of Oshkosh, WI, Amy (Dale) Baker of Hutto, TX, Lynette (Wayne) Bunce of Windham, NY, Kristi (Calvin) Ortiz of Ravena, NY, and Ashley (Andrew) Kniffin of Napa, CA. John is also survived by 29 grandchildren and 46 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 4 at Hays Hills Baptist Church in Buda, TX at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor David Sweet officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Medical Missions Outreach, 9200 Philadelphia Road, Baltimore, MD 21237 (medical-outreach. com), or to Go-drill (godrill.org). His family wishes to express their sincere thanks for the many prayers and to Silverado Hospice for the outstanding care provided to John and his family.

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Because he believed in the importance of holding off Santa Anna as long as humanly possible, Travis declared his determination to leave the mission feet first. Drawing a line in the dust, he invited everyone to join him in the historic stand.

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65 miles away, the Alamo was under attack from wave after merciless wave of Mexican soldiers. As Rose gorged himself on the provisions a panic-stricken family had left behind, his one-time compatriots were being slaughtered.

When he could eat no more, Rose lapsed into a coma. For three days, he slept around the clock regaining consciousness only for meals.

Finally regaining his strength, he continued his solitary journey.

Near the Brazos River, the Zuber family took in the suffering stranger and doctored his infected wounds. During his lengthy visit, Rose told his amazing tale in far more detail than he ever would again. Years later, the father and mother passed down the story to their son, who became the recognized authority on the controversial figure.

Rose returned to Nacogdoches and went about his business as if nothing had happened. For the next six years, he ran a butcher shop and attracted surprisingly

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Rose refused to listen. Trying a different approach, Davy Crockett insisted escape was out of the question. Snipers would cut him down in an instant. The Frenchman muttered that was a better way to die than waiting around to be butchered.

In the fading sunlight, Rose dropped his bundle of belongings into a pool of blood and went over the wall. Heading west away from the Mexican lines, he walked through the deserted streets of San Antonio. He followed the town’s namesake river south about three miles before turning east onto the open prairie.

Staying far away from roads, Rose set out crosscountry where progress was painfully slow. Cactus needles tore his legs to shreds, but he dared not pause to tend to the wounds. For 60 hours, he pushed on without eating or sleeping.

On the morning of March 6, Rose staggered into a vacated cabin along the Guadalupe. At that very moment

little attention.

How was the only man to desert the Alamo treated by his neighbors? After such a despicable display of cowardice, how did he manage to remain in the Republic of Texas and stay in one piece?

Apparently ashamed of his actions, Rose rarely revealed his role in the Alamo drama after his candid confession to the Zubers. The few times he mentioned the matter, the reaction was disbelief rather than outrage.

People told him to his face that he was a crazed impostor. The real Louis Rose had perished at the Alamo. Sure enough, on the first monument erected at the sacred site the list of the dead included the name “Louis Rose.”

This ironic confusion made it possible for Rose to live his last years in quiet obscurity.

So far removed was he from the public eye that the exact date of his death went unnoticed.

The record was not set straight until the 1870s, when the Zubers’ son published the sensational story Rose had told his parents. By then, of course, the infamous fugitive was 20 years in his grave and safe from mortal reprisals.

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in the importance of holding off Santa Anna as long as humanly possible, Travis declared his determination to leave the mission feet first.

Drawing a line in the dust, he invited everyone to join him in the historic stand.

Individually and in small clusters the martyrs-to-be crossed the line. A single figure soon stood all alone, the grizzled Frenchman named Rose.

The cynical adventurer wanted no part of a suicide pact. In his romantic youth way back in 1812, Rose had followed Napoleon into Russia and survived the disastrous invasion by the skin of his teeth. From that ordeal he learned never to buck the odds and to avoid causes like the plague.

Yet the revolutionary zeal which swept Texas in the fall of 1835 somehow rekindled the long dormant passion in the 50-year-old. Selling his ramshackle home and few possessions, he rushed off to San Antonio to fight the Mexican army.

But Rose had not bargained on defending the Alamo with less than 200 men against 6,000 regular troops. According to his pragmatic philosophy, those who fought and ran away lived to fight another day. As far as he was concerned, Travis and the rest had taken leave of their senses.

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Classes, meetings and local events can be found on the calendar at haysfreepress.com. Email event submissions to christine@haysfreepress.com.

Texas Night Sky Festival

Celebrate the Hill Country’s night skies at this annual festival March 18 at Dripping Springs Ranch Park.

Bring your whole family and your friends to a free celebration of the Texas Night Sky. Two-thirds of the U.S. population can’t see the Milky Way at night, and the fault lies not in our stars, but in our lighting. Join in fun citizen science activities, see the exhibits of good lighting you can have at your home or business, learn from the pros how to take pictures of the stars and explore the night sky. The event is free and open to the public. See www. texasnightskyfestival.org for more information.

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Join Manchaca United Methodist Church for the second annual Spring Fest 5K and Kids Dash. Race starts bright and early at 7:30 a.m. on April 1 at Menchaca Elementary School at Manchaca Road and FM 1626. Rain or shine, bring out the whole family for this celebration and help raise money to create opportunities for students in area schools.

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Susanna Dickinson, Alamo survivor

On Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 11 a.m., join the San Marcos Public Library for a free program by A. Fletcher Clark and Donaly E. Brice on Alamo Survivor Susanna Dickinson. Dickinson and her infant daughter Angelina were among the few American survivors of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Her husband, Captain Almaron Dickinson, and 182 other Texian defenders were killed by the Mexican Army.

Writing Symposium

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at Wimberley Market Days Saturday, March 4 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. rain or shine. Listen to live music on three stages from 11 a.m. through 2 p.m. This free event is located at Lions Field on RR 2325 Wimberley.

This gathering held March 16-18 at the Wimberley Village Library offers insight into writing for fiction, nonfiction and poetry as well as sessions on publishing. The seminar is presented by the Texas Authors Institute of History, a one-of-a-kind museum dedicated to Texas Authors. See Writing.TexasAuthors.

Institute for a list of sessions and schedule.

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Kyle Field Day takes it back to the schoolyard for a high-energy weekend of throwback fun and friendly competition at Gregg-Clarke Park March 31-April 1.

Spend a weekend playing tug-of-war, dodgeball, capture the flag, human foosball and more.

In between activities, teams can take a break in the beer garden, grab a bite to eat and browse vendor booths.

Participants must be 21+ and teams must be co-ed. See www.cityofkyle. com/specialevents/ kyle-field-day to register.

Considering Matthew Shepard

Texas State University’s leading Choral ensemble under the direction of Dr. Joey Martin and Dr. Craig Hella Johnson will be performing Dr. Craig Hella Johnson’s “Considering Matthew Shepard” on March 30 in Texas State’s Evans Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. “Considering Matthew Shepard” is a musical response to the tragic death of a young American boy, Matthew Shepard.

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March 1, 2017 • Page 1D

Use your tax refund wisely

Buda Mill & Grain Co. sign here

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Financial Focus

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PHOTOS BY DAVID WHITE

A 2-foot by 75-foot sign made of stainless steel letters and backlit by LEDs has been approved to go over the south entrance of the Buda Mill & Grain development on Main Street.

Preservation commission okays new signage for Buda Mill development SAMANTHA SMITH

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n iconic Main Street structure will have a new outlook, thanks to signage for the development project recently approved by the Buda Historic Preservation Commission (HPC).

The Buda HPC approved new signage to be added to the Buda Mill & Grain development in the 300 block of Main Street in downtown Buda Feb. 16.

The new proposed signage came in two different agenda items, as owner of Buda Mill & Grain Dodi Ellis requested signage for Buda Mill & Grain, as well as three smaller signs designed for tenants at the smaller businesses on site.

According to an agenda report, the proposed sign will be that the Buda Mill & Grain approximately 2 feet by 75 feet complex is currently home to six and will be made of stainless vendors that include a coffee/ steel. Letters on the sign will cocktail bar, yoga studio, spebe backlit with Light Emitting cialty bike shop, hair salon and a Diodes (LEDs). retail consignThe sign will ment store. create a gateEllis said the Dodi Ellis also way as an entry more immedisaid that she from the south, ate future of according to Buda Mill and her husband the city docu& Grain is to ments. have four more envision the The smaller retail tenants, signs reas well as space Buda Mill & quested by marked for one Ellis are part of restaurant and Grain as a a master sign space marked destination design where for a separate each building/ brewery. spot for Buda tenant gets a Ellis also 3-foot by 3-foot said that she residents and sign that will and her husproject out band envision visitors to from the wall. the Buda Mill The fonts and & Grain as a experience colors used for destination the “old town the signs will spot for Buda be dependent residents and feel” and on each tenant. visitors to The signs will the interconnectivity experience be internally lit “old town feel” with LEDs. and interconof Buda.

According nectivity of to documents, Buda.

Buda city staff recommended “We keep saying we’ve been HPC approve the signage a gathering place since 1914 requests as they meet Buda’s and we still want to be that current Unified Development gathering place where people Code (UDC) standards and fit can go outside of work and within the context of the Buda home,” Ellis said.

Mill & Grain.

With more vendors coming The HPC members apin that means more parking proved the applications for the spaces and Ellis plans on a new signage. Included in the total of 300 spaces for the Buda application is a stipulation that Mill & Grain complex. the applicant will not com“It’s in the original footprint mence work on erecting any of the old Mill,” Ellis said. “And signage until an approved CDC it’s a place where people can certificate is issued by the HPC feel a sense of community chairman. which is what everyone is lookEllis said in a later interview ing for.”

ellipses It’s proposed that each tenant at the Buda Mill & Grain development would get a 3-foot by 3-foot sign that will project out from the wall.

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t’s tax time again – which for many Americans means that a tax refund is on its way.

If you’re going to get a refund this year, how can you use the money to your best advantage?

Of course, it’s always tempting to spend the check from Uncle Sam on something fun.

But a tax refund could be sizable – the average amount in 2016 was $2,857, according to the IRS – so putting this money to work could help boost your progress toward your financial goals.

Here are some possibilities for using your refund: Help fund your IRA. If you were to receive a tax refund of $2,857, you’d have slightly more than half of the $5,500 annual IRA contribution limit for 2017, although, if you are 50 or older, you can contribute an extra $1,000. Consequently, you may find it much easier to fully fund your IRA for the year — and you should do exactly that, because an IRA is a great retirement savings vehicle. If you have a traditional IRA, your contributions may be fully or partially deductible, depending on your income, while your earnings can grow tax deferred. (Taxes are due upon withdrawal, and withdrawals prior to age 59½ may be subject to a 10% IRS penalty.) With a Roth IRA, your contributions are not deductible, but your earnings are distributed tax-free, provided you don’t start taking withdrawals until you’re 59½ and you’ve had your account at least five years.

Help diversify your portfolio.

If a market downturn hits one asset class, and that’s where you keep most of your money, you could take a big hit. Owning an array of investments – such as stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit, and so on – can help prepare your portfolio to weather the effects of market volatility, By adding new investments, or increasing your holdings of existing investments, you may be able to further diversify your portfolio – and you can use your refund for this purpose.

(Keep in mind, though, that diversification, by itself, can’t guarantee profits or protect against loss.)

Contribute to a 529 plan. If you have children or grandchildren whom you’d like to help send to college, consider using your tax refund to help fund a 529 plan. Your 529 plan contributions may be deductible from your state taxes, and your earnings are distributed tax-free, provided they are used for qualified higher education expenses. (However, withdrawals not used for higher education expenses may be subject to both income tax and a 10% penalty.)

Pay off some debts. You can help improve your financial picture by reducing your debt load – but it may make sense to prioritize these debts. For example, rather than make an extra mortgage payment, you might want to first tackle those debts or loans that carry a high interest rate and that don’t allow you to deduct interest payments. After all, your monthly mortgage payment will remain the same even if you make an extra payment, but if you can get rid of some smaller debts, you will free up some cash that you could use to invest for your future.

Think carefully about how to use your tax refund. It represents an opportunity that you won’t want to waste.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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DIRECT CARE COUNSELORS Provide positive role modeling, structure, and supervision to adolescent boys. No exp. required, We train comprehensively. Pay starting at $10 per hour for flexible 8 & 16 hr shift schedules.

Health/life/dental insurance after 60 days. Min. requirements: Must be 21 yrs old, HS/GED, clean TDL, clean criminal history, pre-employment TB skin test, and drug screen. Growing (20+ year old) non-profit organization. www.pegasusschool.net.

Call (512)432-1678 for further information.

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We are on Hwy 183 S near Mustang Ridge.

1. Entry level Septic Technician – Will train or, Licensed Septic Technician.

2. Administrative Assistant/ Customer Service – 4 days per week.

3. CDL Driver- Pump truck driver and will also train for septic technician.

Benefits: Health Insurance, paid vacation, paid holidays, no weekends. Must be physically fit enough to perform some manual tasks. Please email your contact info and resume and we will contact you by the next day.

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Real Estate Company is looking for a bright, well-organized individual for a PERMANENT PART-TIME WEEKEND RECEPTIONIST in our Dripping Springs office.

Good computer skills required. You will be answering phones, greeting clients & helping agents. Self motivated and good organizational skills preferred. If you are cheerful, good with people, productive, great at multi-tasking, we want to talk to you. Email resume to drippingsprings@stanberry.com

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Garage Sale BELLY DUMP DRIVER NEEDED

Seeking experienced Belly Dump Driver. Class A CDL. Min 2 year experience.

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DRIVERS WANTED

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BUDA IS SEEKING A PAID NURSERY WORKER

Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings.

Approximately 7 hours a week. Background check is part of employment. Please email resumes to fbcbuda@ austin.rr.com

LOCKHART ISD GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNTANT

Lockhart ISD is accepting applications for a fulltime General Ledger Accountant position at the Central Administration Office. 2 years experience accounting in school business is preferred, but not required. Experience in A/P, A/R, procurements and federal programs. Should be highly organized and knowledgeable of financial controls and policies. Master level in MS Excel, and ability to analyze data. Bachelors degree in Accounting required. CPA preferred.

TASBO certification a plus.

Skyward Finance software a plus. Applications will only be accepted online at: https://lockhartisd.tedk12. com/hire/index.aspx.

HIRING OWNER OPERATORS!

Competitive rates! Stay busy year round! Sand & cement hauling. Trailers provided.

Required: CDL-A, 2 Yrs Exp, Good MVR.Truck Must Pass Inspection.Call Tony: (855) 395-8637

Care Giving PRIVATE CAREGIVER

House cleaning and babysitting in Buda/Kyle/ Austin area. Excellent references, call Rebecca at 512-599-7188.

Cleaning Services HOUSE CLEANING AND DETAILING

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AMBERWOOD COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE IN KYLE

Saturday March 4, 2017, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Exit 217 South.

Exit 215 North. Off of IH 35 in Kyle, TX (near gas station)

INDOOR BAZAAR & OUTDOOR GARAGE SALE Sat, March 4th

8 am - 4 pm at ONION CREEK SENIOR CENTER 420 Bartons Crossing in Buda (Two blocks off Main St at FM 2770)

Public Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION

Pursuant to chapter 59; Texas property code; Cornerstone Storage 281 N FM 1626 Buda, TX, 78610 will hold a public auction of property being sold to satisfy a landlord lien. The sale will end on or around 10:00 am on March 16th, 2017 via storagetreasures. com. Property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash.

A $50.00 clean up deposit will be required. Unit must be cleaned out 48 Hrs. from end of sale. Sale is subject to adjournment. Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale. A general description of unit contents is but not limited to misc. household items, furniture, electronics, and tools.

Property includes contents from units of the following tenants: Chistopher Doyle AKA Christopher Doyle

REQUEST FOR BIDS

Auction ESTATE AUCTION!

March 4, 9:30 a.m. 1154 Madelline St. New Braunfels, TX 78132. Firearms, JD lawnmower, gold/silver, household items, power and hand tools, tons more! warrenauctioncompany.com for more details. 13%BP Caleb Warren TXLC15944, 512-787-0047

Plum Creek Conservation District is accepting bids for ground application of fertilizer and herbicide to approximately 446 acres on 22 flood control structures.

Approximately 201 acres to be applied around the 1st of April and 245 acres to be applied around the 1st of May. For more information, call 512-398-2383. Respond on or before noon on March 21st. Send bids to PO Box 328, Lockhart, TX 78644.

PCCD reserves the right to evaluate bids and to reject all bids.

CITY OF KYLE ORDINANCES

The City Council of the City of Kyle will consider adopting the following ordinances on second reading on March 7, 2017 at Kyle City Hall, 100 W. Center Street, at 7:00 p.m.: An Ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of rezoning approximately 68.5 acres of land from Single Family Residential-2 “R-1-2” and rezone approximately 10.38 acres of land from Central Business District-1 “CBD-1” to Single Family Detached Residential “R-1-A” for property located on the west side of Scott Street at W. Third Street, in Hays County, Texas.

An Ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of rezoning approximately 6.278 acres of land from Single Family Residential “R-1” to Single Family Detached Residential “R-1-A” for property located on the southwest corner of Zapata Street and W. Hays Street, in Hays County, Texas.

An Ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of assigning original zoning to approximately 35.5 acres of land from Agriculture ‘AG’ to Planned Unit Development ‘PUD’ for property located at 602 Creekside Trail, in Hays County, Texas.

R. Todd Webster Mayor

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Public Notices

NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION FOR AN AIR QUALITY PERMIT PROPOSED PERMIT NUMBER: 142331L001 APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION. Texas Landfill Management, L.L.C., PO Box 17126, Austin, Texas 78760-7126, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for issuance of Proposed Air Quality Permit Number 142331L001, which would authorize construction of a Rock and Concrete Crushing Plant located at 3016 FM Road 1327, Creedmoor, Travis County, Texas 78610. This application was submitted to the TCEQ on August 9, 2016. The proposed facility will emit the following contaminants: carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, organic compounds, particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less and sulfur dioxide.

The executive director has completed the technical review of the application and prepared a draft permit which, if approved, would establish the conditions under which the facility must operate. The executive director has made a preliminary decision to issue the permit because it meets all rules and regulations. The permit application, executive director’s preliminary decision, and draft permit will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ Austin regional office, and at the City of Creedmoor Government Offices, 5008 Hartung Lane, Creedmoor, Travis County, Texas, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review at the TCEQ Austin Regional Office, 12100 Park 35 Circle Bldg. A Rm 179, Austin, Texas.

PUBLIC COMMENT/PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting about this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comment or to ask questions about the application. The TCEQ will hold a public meeting if the executive director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing.

You may submit additional written public comments within 30 days of the date of newspaper publication of this notice in the manner set forth in the AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION paragraph below.

RESPONSE TO COMMENTS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACTION. After the deadline for public comments, the executive director will consider the comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material or significant public comments. Because no timely hearing requests have been received, after preparing the response to comments, the executive director may then issue final approval of the application. The response to comments, along with the executive director’s decision on the application will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments or is on a mailing list for this application, and will be posted electronically to the Commissioners’ Integrated Database (CID).

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Approximately 2000 s.ft., nice, 3/2 plus office room w/small fenced-in yard. Walk to Kyle park/ pool in downtown. $1100/month. Dep. $800, app fee $30. 512-848-6866, leave message.

INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE. When they become available, the executive director’s response to comments and the final decision on this application will be accessible through the Commission’s Web site at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/ cid. Once you have access to the CID using the above link, enter the permit number for this application which is provided at the top of this notice. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility's general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=30.10695&lng=97.76305&zoom=13&type=r.

MAILING LIST. You may ask to be placed on a mailing list to obtain additional information on this application by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www.tceq.texas.gov/about/comments.html, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. If you communicate with the TCEQ electronically, please be aware that your email address, like your physical mailing address, will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the Public Education Program toll free at 1 800 687 4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

Further information may also be obtained from Texas Landfill Management, L.L.C. at the address stated above or by calling Mr. Paul Gregory, Business Development Specialist, at (512) 421-1300.

Notice Issuance Date: February 21, 2017

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Public Notices CITY OF BUDA ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

A citizen’s point of view provides valuable insight to the operations of the city and council’s decision-making process. The job of boards and commissions members is crucial to the success of Buda’s representative government. The City of Buda is seeking volunteers and accepting completed application forms from citizens interested in serving on the various Board and Commissions.

Application forms may be picked up at City Hall, 121 S. Main St., during normal business hours, Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., and on Fridays from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Applications are also available on the website at www.ci.buda. tx.us; download and mail the application to City Secretary, P. O. Box 1380, Buda, TX 78610. The deadline to submit a completed applications is March 3, 2017. For additional information, contact the City Secretary at 512 312-0084.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Notice is hereby given pursuant of Chapter 59 Texas Property Code, (Chapter 576 Acts Of the 68th Legislature Regular Session 1983).

Storquest Self Storage will sell at public sale by competitive bidding to satisfy a landlord’s lien on March 10, 2017 at 10 a.m. at 5500 FM 2770, Kyle TX 78640 The personal property of: Beau Cryar - 433 (Boat); Amy Lewis - 159 (Misc.); Jimmy Dean Hart - 1124 (Misc.); Hector Garcia - 584 (Misc.)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Michael Wayne Smith, Jr., Deceased, were issued on February 8, 2017, in Cause No. 16-0403P, pending in the County Court at Law No. Two, Hays County, Texas, to: Elizabeth L. Morgan.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: John Hall Attorney at Law 130 Hall Professional Center Kyle, TX 78640 DATED the 24th day of February, 2017.

John Hall Attorney for Elizabeth L. Morgan State Bar No.: 08759880 130 Hall Professional Center Kyle, TX 78640 Telephone: (512) 268-6425 Facsimile: (512) 268-5404 E-mail: johnhall@lawyer. com

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Manuel Guerra, a/k/a Manuel Guerra Salcido, Deceased, were issued on February 22, 2017 under Docket No. 17-0048P, pending in the County Court of Hays County, Texas, to Maria Del Pilar Domitila Guerra.

Claims may be presented

in care of the attorney for the estate, addressed as follows: Representative, Estate of Manuel Guerra, a/k/a Manuel Guerra Salcido, Deceased c/o Bethann Eccles Eccles & Mcintosh, PC 506 West 16th Street Austin, Texas 78701 All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

Dated February 24, 2017.

Eccles & Mcintosh, PC Bethann Eccles Attorney for Independent Executor

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Catherine Overstreet Corbitt, Deceased, were issued on February 13, 2017, in Cause No. 17-0018P, pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to: Leslie Eugene Corbitt.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: Leslie Eugene Corbitt 226 Clifton Moore Buda, TX 78610 DATED the 13TH day of February, 2017.

THE BOLING LAW FIRM, PLLC Plum Creek Square 140 Kirkham Circle Kyle, TX 78640 Tel: (877) 629-5353 Fax: (877) 629-3130

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Guardianship for the Estate of Michael E. Wood, An Incapacitated Person, were issued on February 22, 2017, in Cause No. 332-G, pending in the County Court-at-Law Hays County, Texas, to: James Wood and Patricia Wood.

The residence of the Guardian is Kyle, Hays County, TX; the post office address is: c/o: M. Elizabeth Raxter Attorney at Law P.O. Box 281, Lockhart, Texas 78644 All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

DATED the 23 day of February, 2017.

By M. Elizabeth Raxter M. Elizabeth Raxter Attorney for the Estate State Bar No.: 24050084 E-mail: eraxter@tx-elderlaw. com

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of David Franklin Hoppe were issued on February 8, 2017, under Docket No. 17-0030-P, pending in the County Court of Hays County, Texas, to Sally Mae Moss.

Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for Sally Mae Moss addressed as follows: Douglas A. Booth Sneed, Vine & Perry, P.C. 900 Congress Avenue,

Suite 300 Austin, Texas 78701 All persons having claims against this Estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Hays CISD is Requesting Competitive Sealed Proposals for Proposal CSP#18031704NT Roofing and Related Work. Proposals will be accepted until 3-2217 at 2:00 p.m. local time.

Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-268-2141 ext 6035) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Proposal responses must be returned to the HCISD Purchasing Office, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640, by the date and time indicated above. Late proposals will be returned unopened. The HCISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all formalities in the bid process.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Jay Michael Goodman were issued on February 17, 2017, under Docket No. 17-0038-P, pending in the County Court of Hays County, Texas, to Guy Hugh Goodman.

Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for Sally Mae Moss addressed as follows: Douglas A. Booth Sneed, Vine & Perry, P.C. 900 Congress Avenue, Suite 300 Austin, Texas 78701 All persons having claims against this Estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for Unincorporated Areas of Hays County, Texas, Case No. 16-06-3012P. The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicits technical information or comments on proposed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

These determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect to qualify or remain qualified for

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For more information on the proposed flood hazard determinations and information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at www.fema.gov/ plan/prevent/fhm/bfe, or call the FEMA Map Information eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877336-2627).

REQUEST FOR BIDS

Hays CISD is Requesting Bids for Bid #14-031702SC Band Instruments. Bids will be accepted until March 2, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. local time.

Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-268-2141 ext 46035) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday or on the Public Purchase web site (www.publicpurchase.com).

Bid responses must be into the HCISD Public Purchase

web site by the date and time indicated above. Late bids will be returned unopened.

The HCISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all formalities in the bid process.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE/ AUCTION

Tom Thumb Mini Storage LLC pursuant to the revised civil statutes of Texas 5238B, shall conduct a public sale of the contents of the Storage Rooms listed below in San Marcos, Texas. Telephone (512)396-3434 on the date shown to satisfy a landlord’s lien. All successful bidders shall take possession and remove the contents of the room immediately.

Tom Thumb Mini Storage LLC reserves the right to reject any bids and to withdraw any items from such sale.

Date: March 11th, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

LOCATION: 1006 Hwy 80,

San Marcos, TX. HOUSEHOLD GOODS TO BE SOLD 1-219 RALPH WILLIAMS 1-241 LUIS SANCHEZ ORDAZ 1-248 GINA HERNANDEZ 1-255 BRANDON HOES 1-334 JOHNNY RYINES 1-354 GLENDA SEGURA 1-355 GABRIEL VEGA 1-356 LUIS CAMPOS JUAREZ 1-386 MYRA MCINTYRE 1-390 RUBEN PEREZ 2-109 GLORIA LOREDO 2-127 ELIZABETH CAMPOS 3-076 DORA SMITH 3-134 ELEAZAR MARTINEZ 3-136 MARY COLEMAN 5-07A JAVIER IBARRA 5-12C MANDY FUENTES 5-14D BRADLEY ROLLINS 5-23B NICHOLAS GARTNER 7-025 BRYON STILLWELL 7-098 RACHEL COVARRUBIAS 7-143 ANTHONY TORRES

AMENDED NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN AIR PERMIT RENEWAL PERMIT NUMBER 55480 APPLICATION Industrial Asphalt, LLC, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for renewal of Air Quality Permit Number 55480, which would authorize continued operation of a Rock Crushing Plant located at 6185 Farm-to-Market Road 967, Buda, Hays County, Texas 78610. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility's general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=30.084444&lng=97.923611&zoom=13&type=r. The existing facility and/or related facilities are authorized to emit the following air contaminants: particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less.

This application was submitted to the TCEQ on December 6, 2016. The application will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, TCEQ Austin regional office, and the Buda Public Library, 303 Main Street, Buda, Hays County, Texas, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review in the Austin regional office of the TCEQ. The executive director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. In addition to the renewal, this permitting action includes the incorporation of the following authorizations or changes to authorized facilities related to this permit: alterations, permits by rule, and standard permits. The reasons for any changes or incorporations, to the extent they are included in the renewed permit, may include the enhancement of operational control at the plant or enforceability of the permit. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the Public Education Program toll free at 1 800 687 4040. The TCEQ may act on this application without seeking further public comment or providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.

PUBLIC COMMENT You may submit public comments, or a request for a contested case hearing to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application. The deadline to submit public comments is 15 days after newspaper notice is published. After the deadline for public comments, the executive director will prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments.

Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the TCEQ’s jurisdiction to address in the permit process.

After the technical review is complete the executive director will consider the comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. If only comments are received, the response to comments, along with the executive director’s decision on the application, will then be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments or who is on the mailing list for this application, unless the application is directly referred to a contested case hearing.

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING You may request a contested case hearing. The applicant or the executive director may also request that the application be directly referred to a contested case hearing after technical review of the application. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. Unless a written request for a contested case hearing is filed within 15 days from this notice, the executive director may act on the application. If no hearing request is received within this 15 day period, no further opportunity for hearing will be provided. According to the Texas Clean Air Act § 382.056(o) a contested case hearing may only be granted if the applicant’s compliance history is in the lowest classification under applicable compliance history requirements and if the hearing request is based on disputed issues of fact that are relevant and material to the Commission’s decision on the application. Further, the Commission may only grant a hearing on those issues submitted during the public comment period and not withdrawn.

A person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility is entitled to request a hearing. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and permit number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing;” (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests the group or association seeks to protect must also be identified. You may also submit your proposed adjustments to the application/permit which would satisfy your concerns. Requests for a contested case hearing must be submitted in writing within 15 days following this notice to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

If any requests for a contested case hearing are timely filed, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for a contested case hearing to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. Unless the application is directly referred to a contested case hearing, the executive director will mail the response to comments along with notification of Commission meeting to everyone who submitted comments or is on the mailing list for this application.

The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn.

If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to address in this proceeding.

MAILING LIST In addition to submitting public comments, you may ask to be placed on a mailing list for this application by sending a request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. Those on the mailing list will receive copies of future public notices (if any) mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk for this application.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www.tceq.texas.gov/about/comments.html, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. If you communicate with the TCEQ electronically, please be aware that your email address, like your physical mailing address, will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the Public Education Program toll free at 1 800 687 4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

Further information may also be obtained from Industrial Asphalt, LLC, 9020 North Capital of Texas Highway, Building II, Suite 250, Austin, Texas 78759-7235 or by calling Mrs. Kathryn Sipe, Westward Environmental, Inc., at (830) 249-8284.

Amended Notice Issuance Date: February 15, 2017