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MARCH 4, 2020 HISTORY MADE

RACIAL PROFILES

Lady Lobo soccer tops Hays 4-2 to earn first-ever season sweep.

Hays County Sheriff’s Office releases 2019 Racial Profiling Report.

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Sheriff Cutler faces Villalobos in November

BY ANITA MILLER

Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler handily defeated his challenger in the Republican Primary Election Tuesday and will face Democrat Alex Villalobos in November’s

General Election.

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Cutler had 11,304 (77.16 percent) over challenger David Graham’s 3,347 votes (22.84 percent).

In the Democratic primary, Villalobos

won with 15,319 votes (74.32 percent) over challenger Dickey Haverda’s 5,294 votes (25.68 percent).

Returns in Hays County, like much of the state, were late

ELECTION RESULTS, 5

HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF’S RACE

Democrat

TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DIST. 45

Republican

Democrat

Republican

Dickey Haverda

Alex Villalobos

Dave Graham

Gary Cutler

Erin Zwiener

Liliana Posada

Austin Talley

Bud Wymore

Carrie Isaac

5,294 25.68%

15,319 74.32%

3,347 22.84%

11,304 77.16%

15,300 68.9%

6,906 31.1%

1,623 10.88%

6,301 42.23%

6,995 46.89%

Pipeline money going into local pockets Off-duty Kyle officers working security

BY ANITA MILLER

contracted to work security along the path of the There won’t be any pipeline’s construction product moved through while they are off duty. the Permian Highway Though local auPipeline for a year or so, thorities believe a fire but money from the $2 that heavily damaged a billion project is going tree mulching machine to be hitting some local working on the pipeline pockets pretty soon. in Blanco County was Off-duty Kyle Police, as accidental, vandalism well as officers from oth- remains a concern along er local law enforcement agencies, have been PIPELINE SECURITY, 6

Buda makes plans before homeless arrive

Black History Month PHOTOS BY JAMES NIÑO The city of Buda hosted a Black History Month celebration at the Buda Public Library Saturday. The event included art, stories, music, movement, and more. Among attendees were (above, second from left) Shirley Hill, Alicstine Swan and Drosie Brown. Left is San Antonio artist Beatriz Garcia.

BY SAHAR CHMAIS

common around the capital city for many Walking by the Austin years, with homeless Resource Center for the people setting up their Homeless (ARCH), it’s tents, chairs and lives difficult to count how underneath the bridges. many people have set But 2019 brought the up their lives in the highest count of unshelconfined spaces on the tered homeless people, a sidewalks. The small total of 1,086, according community formed to The Ending Comaround the ARCH passes munity Homelessness time in many ways: they Coalition. It was time for eat, they listen to music, a solution. sing, smoke, shoot up Several months heroin and sleep on the ago, Gov. Greg Abbott concrete ground.

This scene has been HOMELESS PLAN, 4

Kyle authorities seek flasher STAFF REPORT

County authorities are seeking the public’s help in locating a man who reportedly exposed himself in an aisle of a Kyle Dollar General.

It happened around

COMING UP It’s an idea first proposed in 1895 to benefit agricultural producers, but increasingly in recent years, challenges have arisen in Texas to Daylight Saving Time (DST), which officially begins at 2 a.m.

Sunday, March 8.

Legislation that would have allowed portions of Texas to opt out of the

annual “Spring Forward” and “Fall Back” exercises Texans have been accustomed to has been introduced during the last three meetings of the Texas Legislature – twice by Republicans and once by a Democrat; however, all three times it has failed.

First suggested in 2015

by State Rep. James White (R-Tyler), the elimination of mandatory DST was suggested again in 2017 by Jose Menendez (D-Austin) and in 2019 by Lyle Larson (R-San Antonio).

Virtually all of the U.S. observes DST. Arizona is

WELL, WELL, WELL Buda secures permit for Aquifer Storage Recovery system.

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INDEX

Spring Forward Sunday

9:50 p.m. on Feb. 22 at the store at 2630 Goforth Road. He was wearing shorts, a T-shirt with IPA on it and a backwards ball cap and is believed to have left in a silver Hyundai Velostar or similar vehicle.

an exception; however, the Navajo observe it on tribal lands located in that state.

Hawaii also does not observe DST. Daylight Saving Time will end on Sunday, Nov. 1.

Community Resource Fair Join us Saturday, March 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Springs Family YMCA in Dripping Springs for the Community Resource fair.

Whether you are interested in finding out about services and resources, finding ways to get involved by volunteering or looking for job leads it’s an event for

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Anyone with any information is urged to contact Detective Chase Fuller at 512-393-7362 or chase.fuller.co.hays. tx.us. Callers who wish to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers at 800-324-8477.

the whole community to come and connect. More than 40 Local nonprofits and businesses will be on hand to talk about how they can help you. This event is free to the community. Food by the Holy Cow BBQ group from the DS Presbyterian will be served as well.

Great Texas River Clean Up Saturday Kyle area residents are invited to show up at Waterleaf Park Saturday morning to take part in the Great Texas River Clean Up. Participants will clean up

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Suspect in Kyle Dollar General.

Photo courtesy of HCSO.

trash along Plum Creek from Waterleaf Park to Lake Kyle.

The event will be held rain or shine, but will be cancelled if there is lightning.

All volunteers will receive a free T-shirt, breakfast tacos at sign in and a pizza lunch.

Registration will be at Waterleaf Park, 628 Abundance Lane beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Those wanting to participate may also sign up by visiting http://bit.ly/GTRCUsignup2020 and registering for Kyle site-Plum Creek.

The Great Texas River Cleanup brings together individuals and organizations that clean the entire 90 mile length of the San Marcos River along with its tributaries.

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Hays County Sheriff ’s Office releases its 2019 Racial Profiling report

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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.

The year 2019 passed without a single allegation of racial profiling being levied against the Hays County Sheriff’s Office, according to the department’s annual Racial Profiling report, which was approved by the Commissioners Court Feb. 25.

According to the report, which was prepared

by Records Program Administrator Stephanie Robinson, 60 percent of traffic stops last year were for “moving traffic” violations. Next came stops for “vehicle traffic” violations at 29 percent.

A moving traffic violation is any violation that occurs while the vehicle is in motion, like speeding and failing to signal a turn. A vehicle traffic violation is more equipment or paperwork related, like an expired registration or a taillight that is out.

Of drivers stopped, 71 percent involved were white, while 23.1 percent were Hispanic and 4.5 percent black.

Only one percent of traffic stops resulted in an arrest. Twenty one percent involved a citation and 75 percent of

MOTOR VEHICLE STOPS BY RACE AND GENDER Race

Female

% Female

Male

% Male

Total

% Total

A

76

1.2%

90

0.9%

166

1.0%

B

272

4.4%

487

4.6%

759

4.5%

H

1248

20.0%

2640

25.0%

3888

23.1%

I

9

0.1%

45

0.4%

54

0.3%

W

4647

74.3%

7286

69.1%

11933

71.0%

Grand Total

6252

100.0%

10548

100.0%

16800

100.0%

while of 158 searches of Hispanics, 98 resulted in a hit and of 30 searches of black drivers, 15 resulted in a hit.

HCSO personnel used force that resulted in bodily injury 17 times during 2019. Of those, 251 did not. Thirty-eight 14 involved individuals Hispanic drivers gave who were white and two consent while 120 did involved Hispanic indinot and two black drivers viduals. No use of force gave consent while 28 did not. Non-consent searches, the report says, were the result of “probably cause, contraband in view, vehicle inventory or incident to arrest.”

Of 505 total searches, 346 resulted in a “hit,” which is the discovery of drugs, weapons, alcohol, currency, stolen property and other items. Of 314 searches of white drivers, 232 resulted in a hit,

Only one percent of traffic stops resulted in an arrest. Twenty one percent involved a citation and 75 percent of the drivers were issued a warning. the drivers were issued a warning.

When it came to total citations, 63.44 percent of citations were whites, 31.20 Hispanic and 4.29 were black.

Of the total in written warnings, 79.8 percent were given to whites, 15.2 percent to Hispanics and 3.6 percent to Blacks.

The HCSO also conducted 505 consent and non-consent searches last year. Sixty-three white drivers gave consent to search while

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Buda secures permit for Aquifer Storage Recovery Well

BY SAHAR CHMAIS The last piece of the puzzle that allows the city of Buda to drill an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) well is now in place.

Kenneth Williams, city manager, announced during the Feb. 18 city council meeting that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) granted the city a permit to begin digging an ASR well. The notice was issued to the well drillers that same week.

With the city’s fast-growing population, securing water for residents has been an issue for years. After considering several options, city officials decided they would use the ASR technique to sustainably meet their water demands during periods of drought.

Aquifer Storage and Recovery allows the city to store water underground so that when droughts hit, there is a backup water supply.

Blake Neffendorf, water resource coordinator, explained this storage process as one that’s

kept underground. One perk to this underground technique – water doesn’t evaporate.

This 1,450-foot well, to be drilled on the west side of Buda, will reach into the Trinity Aquifer, take water from well number five which is located in the Edwards Aquifer zone, and store it in the Trinity Aquifer.

The city’s contracted drilling company will be mobilizing to the area soon to begin the process. While well drilling takes between 30 to 60 days, they will perform many tests on the water in both aquifers to ensure it meets drinking standards. Neffendorf said that all-in-all, it will take about one year for this public well to be usable.

“The Aquifer Storage and Recovery well design and construction must meet strict standards,” said Andrew Keese, media relations specialist at TCEQ. Some of the standards include features that prevent unintended commingling of aquifer waters, monitoring and reporting of ASR system information such as

was noted against black individuals.

Racial profiling reports have been required of law enforcement agencies for years. However, the Sandra Bland Act of 2017 removed some exemptions and mandated all agencies to comply with provisions of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedures.

water volumes pumped for storage and injection pressures. Additionally, the city must sample and analyze the injected and recovered water and report the data to TCEQ as per its rules.

For efficient water storage, the city will bank several hundred million gallons of water over a long-term period instead of injecting large amounts of water all at once. Water will be stored when there is an ample supply available, Neffendorf said. The Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District sets aside a certain amount of water specifically for ASR permits and uses which are counted in cubic feet per second, he added.

The ASR well will eventually utilize water from other aquifer sources.

Until recently, the city was only allowed to use the Edwards Aquifer, but a legislative law passed that allows the city of Buda to use any source as long as it meets public drinking standards.

The next option, which will be further down the

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“we’re going to keep campaigning the way we always have, reaching out to voters on critical issues like education, access to health care and protecting this beautiful Hill Country home of ours.”

–Erin Zwiener, State Rep., Dist. 45. Story, pg. 1

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GUEST COLUMN

Pipeline could damage oaks

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COURTESY OF THE TEXAS REAL ESTATE ADVOCACY & DEFENSE COALITION

inder Morgan has frantically raced to clear Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat on its 145-mile route through the Hill Country in less than two weeks since its endangered species permit was okayed Feb. 15.

In its mad rush, the company has endangered much more than the small songbird that began its protected breeding season on March 1. Tree clearing crews have implemented almost none of the required preventive measures to reduce the spread of oak wilt. The disease is almost certainly now being spread over a much larger area around the pipeline route, because the federal agencies approved clearing in the worst season for transmission of the disease (February – July) and Kinder Morgan ignored the treatments that would have reduced the threat.

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit contesting the federal permit have submitted evidence today of widespread non-compliance documented by a oak wilt expert and a group of biologists, landowners and volunteers.

The Central Texas region has long been home to large populations of oak species, especially live oaks, which are an important feature of the terrain.

Central Texas live oaks can take 50 to 100 years to reach a mature size and are about 40 to 50 feet tall with a broad, thick canopy. Mature live oaks provide habitat for wildlife and invaluable shade for all sorts of animals, including domestic stock and ourselves. In addition to Ashe juniper, live oaks serve as a critical component of Central Texas and Hill Country habitat for the Golden-cheeked Warbler, a bird that requires these oaks for nesting and foraging sites, using mature Ashe juniper bark for nesting material.

Oak wilt has spread through and devastated large areas of Central Texas and the Hill Country over the last 40 years, leaving thousands of large, dead oaks in its wake. Oak wilt is a disease caused by a fungus and is moved from location to location by sap-feeding beetles commonly called picnic beetles. Beetles visit a spore mat produced on red oaks, get the sticky disease spores on their bodies, and then fly to a fresh wound on an oak and deposit the disease spore.

Oak wilt is heat-sensitive, producing spore mats on Red Oaks during cool, wet periods, generally during winter and early spring in Central Texas. Spring is a period when disease spore is readily available and beetle populations are high and active. The most dangerous period in Central Texas for the spread of oak wilt to new locations is from Feb. 1 until June 30.

The Permian Highway Pipeline will require clearing and preparing the right-of-way for trenching and pipe installation, which involves the removal of a large number of oak trees. In addition, the pipeline right-of-way has to be cleared and left open to aerial viewing, meaning that tree canopy has to be removed.

The equipment used often damages oak trees in the vicinity of the clearing activities. Large equipment accidentally hits trees that are to remain, felled trees can break limbs on trees just beyond the easement boundaries, tub grinders can fling large wood debris and wound trees that are to remain. All of these wounds need to be treated as soon as they occur. Broken branches need to be properly pruned and treated as soon as they happen.

This type of aggressive and consistent maltreatment of peripheral oaks, which is often unanticipated and unnoticed, is incredibly important to avoid.

“Based on the foregoing matters, and my expertise as an arborist, it is my opinion that right-ofway activity (i.e., clearing, trenching, and related earth-moving actions), in the Central Texas and nearby Hill Country area any time during the Feb. 1 through June 30 time frame is likely to increase the spread of Oak Wilt in the area and damage and reduce the critical Oak-Juniper habitat required by the Golden-cheeked Warbler,” said David Vaughan, an arborist certified by the International Society of Arboriculture.

The disease is difficult to control, and it continues to spread across the Central Texas oak forest, destroying new, previously un-infected stands of oak trees. The spread of oak wilt is greatly accelerated by activities such as removing, pruning, or wounding oaks. These activities produce fresh wounds that attract the sap-feeding beetles. For this reason, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, the Texas Forest Service, and the Texas Chapter of International Society of Arboriculture produced Oak Wilt Guidelines suggesting to not wound oaks in Oak wilt areas of Texas from Feb.1 through June 30.

Clearing oaks during such a fragile timeframe could potentially cause irrevocable damage to the Central Texas landscape and the species that call it home.

At least Bloomberg gave it a try

H

aving done poorly in a prior debate, he joked during the Charleston, S.C., debate that he was surprised the other candidates showed up – because he “did such a good job beating them last week.”

His poorly timed attempt at humor was ridiculed on social media.

So what has happened to humor among our presidential candidates?

Partisanship makes way too many of us way too serious way too much of the time. But the American sense of humor has a deep history and most presidents have used it well.

Barack Obama’s deadpan humor brought the house down during several White House Correspondents’ Dinners.

In 2009, he said: “There was a point in my life when I started palling around with a pretty ugly crowd, I’ve got to be honest. These guys were serious deadbeats; they were lowlifes; they were unrepentant no-good punks. That’s right: I’ve been a member of the United States Senate.”

Lincoln. Ronald Reagan loved to poke fun at soGuest cialism and communism.

He told a story about a Column Russian wanting to buy a

by Tom Purcell car. The man goes to the official agency, puts down his money and is told his George W. Bush showed car will be delivered in a great sense of humor exactly 10 years. opening the 2005 event: “I “Morning or afterlook forward to these din- noon?” the purchaser ners where I’m supposed asks. to be funny … intention“Ten years from now, ally.” what difference does it Bill Clinton always make?” replies the clerk. had a charming twinkle “Well,” says the in his eye, as though we car-buyer, “the plumber’s were all in on the joke. coming in the morning.”

At the 2000 dinner, amid Which brings us back to investigations targeting current affairs. A Polithim and his wife, he said: ico writer argues that “Over the last few months President Trump has a I’ve lost 10 pounds. Where self-deprecating sense of did they go? Why haven’t I humor, quoting him as produced them to the insaying: “I do my best work dependent counsel? How off script. … I also do my did some of them manage worst work off script.” to wind up on Tim Russert But where do 2020’s [news show]?”

Democratic presidential George H.W. Bush candidates stand in terms wasn’t noted for his wit, of humor? but tried his best. He told Bloomberg lacks timthe 1989 Gridiron Club ing. dinner: “People say I’m inJoe Biden is said to decisive, but I don’t know be charming and witty about that.” in person, but that isn’t In Bush’s defense, he coming across on the did follow one of our witti- campaign trail. est presidents since Abe Elizabeth Warren?

Self-deprecating humor isn’t her strong suit.

Bernie Sanders? Does Bernie ever smile?

Amy Klobuchar seems comfortable in her own skin. In a recent town hall, she showed an easy sense of humor, which is refreshing – but she just ended her campaign.

Anyone seeking the presidency should remember that Americans want a sense of humor in their presidents. Self-deprecating humor is a sign of confidence and strength – and, in Jimmy Carter’s case, grace.

When he left the White House after only one term, he said this: “My esteem, in this country, has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers.”

Tom Purcell, author of “Misadventures of a 1970’s Childhood,” a humorous memoir available at amazon.com, is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist and is nationally syndicated exclusively by Cagle Cartoons Inc. Tom@TomPurcell.com

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Veterans Court program at risk despite results

BY CAMELIA JUAREZ

The graduation rate of the Hays County Veterans Court graduates increased from 73 percent to 90 percent between 2018 and 2019, but grant funding is unsustainable to maintain future success.

An executive summary says more veterans are becoming stabilized thanks to robust screening changes, by using local treatment providers with military experience and creating a “Recidivism Prevention plan.” The most beneficial addition is clinical staff, but the current budget does not accommodate for staff with higher education and experience.

The Veterans Court is a one to two-year drug and mental health treatment program focused on accountability and strives to help put veterans on the right path after facing criminal charges.

The program utilizes traditional judicial system players like prosecutors, lawyers, probation officers and judges, but their roles are not adversarial and punishment based. That

The Veterans Court is a one to two-year drug and mental health treatment program focused on accountability and strives to help put veterans on the right path after facing criminal charges.

doesn’t mean the veteran is off the hook, but the court players are looking for accountability and someone interested in self-improvement. The court’s role is to provide resources and structure that treats the disabilities that are a by-product of military service.

Veterans Court Program Manager Gerald Ramcharan attributes success to veterans getting help from other local veterans, which created a nuanced level of communication and understanding of military indoctrination.

“Everyone on staff has a connection to the military whether they are retired or come from a military family. There is a different culture in the military and it can be difficult for someone who doesn’t understand that culture to understand the language.

There is a perspective difference, especially experiences like combat.

There is no equivalent and having someone who can understand and communicate with our veterans is just imperative,” Ramcharan said.

Veterans on staff can help find the deeper issue in a once obedient and functioning veteran. Ramcharan said another factor in higher graduation rates is developing a personalized plan to address their deeper underlying issues.

“We carefully look at every veteran, look at the conditions that brought that person there to begin with and develop a plan in advance for how to deal with that temptation or how to deal with the fallout of the future failure with the triggers that got them in trouble and put in place a plan that will address those triggers,” Ramcharan said.

Currently the staff shows their dedication by being available 24 hours a day to veterans in the

– we've deliberately gone through and said, this one we can help, this one we cannot help. And we hold each other accountable, right. And a team comes together initially and stays together throughout the program, said Ramcharan. ing about what salary is process, to clarify what's However, the level of serappropriate for constant happening with that pervice is not covered through effort. I mean, part of the son,” Ramcharan said. the current grant funding success is the constant Developing a deeper rate. For example, the case effort, and that hard work relationship with clients manager who currently and discipline, that takes is what makes the court handles 36 cases is always a toll. And that requires available, but is the most somebody to do it and that so unique, according to Johnson. underpaid. person needs to get paid “The purpose of the The Veterans Court properly,” said Judge Chris criminal justice system is program is funded by a Johnson. different than the purpose grant through the Texas After a veteran is of the Veterans Court.

Veterans Commission. arrested for a crime, they We treat you because we The grant request for this can be referred to the genuinely want to help year is valued at $300,000. program and go through you. Our program starts Services like mental health an intense interviewing by recognizing whatever assessments, individual process. Ramcharan said and family counseling and there are several rounds of is bothering you, which is deeply entangled with service dog programs are interviews that last from always paid for first. Unone to two hours in length. service to the country and trauma and injury that you fortunately, staff salary is Changes to the interview suffered serving us. We on the cutting board when process have proven suctrying to budget. cessful because each facet owe you, we will treat you different, we will actually “We do have an issue of the program decides care about this problem with getting the proper if available resources are and about you as an indipay for some of our indiadequate to bring this vidual. So the whole ethos viduals approved through veteran success. immediately separates us the system. That's not an “So we have had a lot from criminal justice. And easy thing. The court was of professionals look very consequently, it's much put together fairly quickly closely at every single more thorough, much to serve the need in the individual who comes more interested in that community, but there in. And I think that's a individual,” Johnson said. wasn't a lot of understand- huge part of the success

Buda prepares for future wastewater needs

BY SAHAR CHMAIS

One of the biggest concerns discussed during the Feb. 18 Buda City Council meetings is how to approach the South Loop 4 wastewater project. Some solutions were proposed in late 2018 and now, the Buda Economic Development Corporation is seeking guidance from council members.

During the workshop portion of the meeting, council members gave several opinions on approaching the wastewater project. They also approved several motions, unrelated to the wastewater dilemma. The BEDC board members listened to the council’s input and will relay that informa-

Currently, the wastewater project designs are in motion but there’s a question on the number of lines to run (one or three). There was also a question of whether they should fund the plans that support the city at its current and near-future capacity, or if they should fund lines that would support a bigger population and activity in the long-term.

tion to the corporation’s board, then report back during the March 9 Buda City Council meeting.

Currently, the wastewater project designs are in motion but there’s a question on the number of lines to run (one or three). There was also a question of whether they should fund the plans that support the city at its current and near-future capacity, or if they should

fund lines that would support a bigger population and activity in the long term.

So far the design plans alone have cost about $50,000 for one line. If the city decides to go with one wastewater line, the design phase will need another $75,000. But if it chooses to design three lines, which supports a bigger population and future developments, it

gap analysis. The council approved the funds.

The 2020 fiscal year budget amendment was also approved. Finance director June Ellis presented a long list of this period’s expenditures. The budget will include some changes to tree mitigation funds, payment for will cost an additional option to follow through city-wide meter changes $101,000. on the project. from last fiscal period, There will also be the The BEDC presented reimbursement to FEMA, much steeper price to pay another, unrelated item to replacement of five police for building these designs. the council for expendilaptops for ruggedized If the city builds one ture to engage the Retail laptops and more. line for wastewater, the Coach, LLC services.

Kenneth Williams, the estimated budget will be It will cost $18,500 of city manager, reported to $1.5 million. If the other marketing funds so the the city council that the two lines are added on, it Retail Coach can perform TCEQ has approved an will cost an additional $2 a highest and best use Aquifer Storage Recovery million. study for properties with- (ASR) permit and is issued For now, the city and in Buda. This includes to proceed to the well BEDC will further conretail recruitment, updriller. sider and discuss the best dated demographics and

Buda Aquifer Storage Continued from pg. 1

line, is the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in Caldwell County, Neffendorf told the Hays Free Press.

The project that allows for Carrizo-Wilcox water usage was agreed upon through a partnership between Canyon Regional Water authority and Alliance Regional Water Authority.

Several years ago, a

report was released on the Carrizo-Wilcox water supply showing the aquifer had increased water levels as a result of recharge between the years 2000-2005. But around 2005, the southernmost portion of the aquifer (in Southwest Texas) experienced a drawdown, possibly correlated with the expansion of oil field

activity. These studies were conducted by the Texas Water Development Board.

Neffendorf didn’t express worry about the Carrizo-Wilcox water supply being low in the area. He said that the alliance has permits from the district for using that water supply, should water levels change.

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stepped in and moved a big portion of the homeless population away from the city’s center and into a campground in southeast Austin. Texas Tribune reported that homeless Austin residents said this campground was an improvement, but an incomplete solution because they do not have steady shelter.

With Buda right down the interstate from Austin, some of those experiencing homelessness may begin moving into the city.

Because the city of Buda is not immune to homelessness, its leadership is looking at what can be done to aid these people.

Mayor George Haehn recently listed homelessness as a discussion item on the city council agenda. He said he wants a briefing on the city’s policies because of the growing homeless populations in cities like Austin. Now would be the time to act proactively instead of acting retroactively, Haehn said.

“My interest is in what policies are in place or could be implemented to get the people help; if

“I do not want homeless encampments like the bigger cities are dealing with, and hope to be proactive rather than reactive.”

–George Haehn, Mayor of Buda

they are trying to camp in or around Buda now or in the future,” Haehn said. “I do not want homeless encampments like the bigger cities are dealing with, and hope to be proactive rather than reactive.”

Haehn asked for a breakdown on the current situation to better understand ways to help chronic homelessness. He shared some statistics around homelessness in the U.S. that got his attention, making him want to seek new treatment alternatives.

The National Coalition for the Homeless found that 38 percent of homeless people are alcohol dependent, 26 percent are dependent on other harmful chemicals and 33 percent battle mental illness.

“I wanted to see if we could do something to help them get off the

streets by getting them the treatment they need,” Haehn told Hays Free Press.

Using this approach could possibly prepare homeless people in finding steady shelter, rather than moving them in to a temporary campground, like the one in the neighborhood of Montopolis.

“I do not want to see the chronically homeless people who are hurting not getting the medical or psychiatric help they might need to help them get off the street,” Haehn added.

For the time being, Haehn is waiting on the staff’s report to find an approach which addresses the issue in a holistic manner. These holistic approaches include getting treatment for those who need it, housing, job training and employment assistance in Texas.

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The Colony at Cole Springs:

What is the tradeoff?

BY SAHAR CHMAIS The Colony at Cole Springs has sparked a plethora of questions from Buda residents and the city council. Representatives from the project recently came back to the Planning and Zoning Commission with some answers.

SEC Planning LLC has responded to 15 requests and explained them to the Planning and Zoning Commission during the Feb. 25 workshop meeting. They addressed questions about the bridge, schools, roads, financial benefits to the city, traffic concerns and more.

Much of the discussion weighed down on an alltoo familiar problem for Buda residents: the traffic on FM 967, FM 1626 and Main Street and all of the surrounding roads. The developers have presented a Traffic Impact Analysis, but the prediction models did not account for several scenarios because of limited information.

Commission members weighed a few road and traffic questions.

First of all, do the proposed road changes make the traffic flow easier by opening accessibility to Jack C. Hays Trail, an under-used road? If Jack C. Hays Trail becomes more accessible, this might alleviate some of the traffic from the over-crowded Old Black Colony Road. Vehicles may be more efficiently distributed.

A counter argument was made that the development would be adding more vehicles on the road; regardless of a more even distribution, how much traffic can these roads handle?

Some committee mem-

Much of the discussion concerning the development weighed down on an all-too familiar problem for Buda residents: the traffic on FM 967, FM 1626 and Main Street and all of the surrounding roads. bers took a step back to look at the traffic concerns from the city’s viewpoint.

They believe that not all the responsibility falls on the developers to fix the infrastructure. Eventually the city will add more developments, so not fixing road problems will continually come up in future development meetings.

These questions were mulled over throughout the workshop, but no resolutions have been made. Some of their other questions, however, did get answered.

The developers came into this meeting prepared with more answers than they have given in previous gatherings.

One of the biggest hurdles has been the bridge over Onion Creek. Phase two of the development will not begin until bridge construction has begun. If there are any issues in acquiring

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Election Results Continued from pg. 1

Thompson for Judge of “I feel so honored I have the Hays County Court-atoverwhelming support of law No. 3 with 16,180 votes (77.87 percent) Democratic voters in District 45, compared to Tony especially with the constant influx Fusco’s 4,599 votes (22.13 percent). of new residents and the high turnout for the presidential race.

HAYS COUNTY The decisive win shows that folks in DEMOCRATIC PARTY the district know who I am and are CHAIR RACE The race for Hays proud of the work I’ve done.”

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due to a surge of voting on Election Day. Final results were posted on the county website at 12:29 a.m. Wednesday.

Neither Cutler nor Villalobos returned phone calls from the Hays Free Press seeking comment.

REPUBLICAN STATE REP., DISTRICT 45 RACE The Republican primary for State Representative District 45 was close all night and will go to a runoff between Carrie Isaac and Kent “Bud” Wymore. Isaac held the lead with 6,995 votes (46.89 percent), while Wymore had 6,301 votes (42.23 percent).

Austin Talley came in with 1,623 votes (10.88 percent).

Isaac and Wymore could not be reached for comment.

DEMOCRATIC STATE REP., DISTRICT 45 RACE On the Democratic side incumbent District 45 State Rep. Democrat Erin Zwiener defeated her opponent by a vote of 15,300 (68.90 percent) to Liliana Posada’s 6,906 (31.10 percent).

“I feel so honored I have the overwhelming support of Democratic voters in District 45, especially with the constant influx of new residents and the high turnout for the presidential race,” Zwiener said. “The decisive win shows that folks in the district know who I am and are proud of the work I’ve done.”

Looking forward, Zwiener, said, “we’re going to keep campaigning the way we always have, reaching out to voters on critical issues like education,

won decidedly over challenger Jessica Deatherage. Helm pulled in 2,543 votes (83.65 percent) compared to challenger Deatherage’s 497 votes (16.35 percent).

Party Chair will be decided in a runoff between Angela “Tia Angie” Villescaz, who had 8,355 votes (41.55 percent) compared to Donna Haschke’s 7,903 votes (39.36 percent).

Trevor Newman had 3,833 votes 19.09 percent).

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–Erin Zwiener, State Rep., Dist. 45

access to health care and protecting this beautiful Hill Country home of ours. I’m confident that my values and my record will line up with this district. We won’t stop working until November.”

DEMOCRATIC U.S. DISTRICT 35 RACE In the U.S. District 35 race, longtime Democratic incumbent Lloyd Doggett held off challenger Rafael Alcoser III by a statewide vote of 47,003 (72.86 percent) to 17,512 (27.14 percent).

In Hays County, Doggett got 73.07 percent of the vote compared to Alcoser’s 26.93 percent.

REPUBLICAN U.S. DISTRICT 35 RACE Who Doggett will face in November will be the winner of a runoff between Jenny Garcia Sharon, who had 6,730 votes statewide (37.09 percent) and “Guillermo” William Hayward, who finished with 6,226 (34.31 percent). Nick Moutos came in third with 5,188 votes (28.59 percent).

In the race for State Board of Education District 5, Hays County resident Rebecca Bell-Metereau won the Democratic primary with 13,864 votes over Leti Bresnahan’s 7,718 votes. In Hays County, Bell-Metereau won 63.7 percent of the vote over Bresnahan’s 36.3 percent.

REPUBLICAN STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, DISTRICT 5 RACE Republicans are headed for runoffs in the race for State Board of Education District 5. The faceoff will be between Robert Morrow, who had 54,387 votes (40.12 percent) and Lani Popp had 45.921 (33.88 percent). Inga Cotton trailed with 35.238 votes (26 percent).

REPUBLICAN PRECINCT 3 CONSTABLE RACE

DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COUNTY COURT-AT-LAW #3 JUDGE RACE

Republican Precinct 3 Constable Ray Helm

Hays County Democrats chose Millie

Middle school students in Hays Consolidated Independent School District (Hays CISD) submitted essays for the recent SouthWest Water Company writing contest.

Bob Parks will be the new Hays County Republican Party Chair, coming in with 7,762 votes (60.24 percent) over Wesley Doss’ 5,124 votes (39.76 percent).

Runoffs in both parties will be held Saturday, May 26.

RESOLUTIONS Hays County Democrats and Republicans approved all the resolutions their party put on the ballot.

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL RACE Former Vice President Joe Biden won the Texas Democratic Primary for President with 535,952 votes (32.41 percent). Sen. Bernie Sanders captured 491,468 votes (29.72 percent) statewide. In Hays County, however, Sanders came out on top with 38.72 percent of votes to Biden’s 27.85 percent.

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Thank you to all the students who entered and to the teachers who scored the contest.

Monarch Utilities congratulates the contest finalists: Tomasa Renee Contreras, Chapa Middle School Haley Henry, Dahlstrom Middle School Caitlyn Timmermann, McCormick Middle School Ethan Murphy, Wallace Middle School

And the grand-prize winner: Ethan Williams Barton Middle School

Winning Essay by Ethan Williams Did you know that the US ranks 31st in the world for clean drinking water? Clean water is a wonderful privilege that most of us take for granted, and that’s natural when we’ve had it our whole lives. But did you ever stop to consider what life would be like without it?

Clean water doesn’t seem like such a big deal but think of all the things we use it for. We drink water, use it to prepare food, and we even clean ourselves with it. Without clean water, you would have to either spend hours boiling water to purify it or take the risk of getting sick. I traveled to Guatemala once and saw life with unclean water as a reality, and that helped me realize how lucky we are. We were there giving out water filters, and at one house, the people living there refused to drink the filtered water because the clean water looked extremely different from the murky water they were used to. My dad had to drink the water to convince them it wasn’t poisoned. Can you imagine what it would be like to have water so distorted that you don’t even recognize clean water?

Clean water alone improves our quality of life greatly, and it needs to be protected, but how can we do that? We can start by preventing pesticides and other chemicals from farms and factories from polluting our waterways by disposing of them properly.

We can also try to waste less water by taking shorter showers, making sure to turn off the faucet when it’s unused, and running complete loads of laundry and dishes. It’s our responsibility to keep our water clean. We need to do our best to conserve water, and we need to educate others on water conservation. Clean water is a privilege, and if we don’t protect it then we will lose it.

While it’s necessary to protect the clean water we already have, we also need to create clean water in places that need it the most. Our responsibility is not just to ourselves, but to others that live in this world as well. We are all sharing a planet and we all need to work together to maintain its resources because if we don’t, we won’t have a planet anymore.

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Hays Free Press • March 4, 2020

Fire breaks out at pipeline site

BY ANITA MILLER A fire that heavily damaged a large mulching machine along the route of the Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline in Blanco County last week is under investigation.

The Blanco Volunteer Fire Department said firefighters were alerted to the fire at 1:55 a.m. Friday

and that a fire crew of 15 personnel brought it under control in about two hours. It did not spread from the machine itself.

The mulcher had been operating on property off Chimney Valley Road in Blanco County, said Lt. Robert Woodring of the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office.

The investigation is

continuing through the State Fire Marshal’s Office, media spokesman Jerry Hagins convirmed. Meanwhile, a Blanco County officials said the blaze was likely accidental.

“We didn’t see anything to make us believe it was anything but accidental.,” Lt. Robert Wodring said.

“When they mulch the trees stuff gets all over the

tractor. When you’re done and you turn it off it’s still warm. The dust and stuff in there is fairly easy to catch on fire.”

Kinder Morgan, in a statement, said it is working with fire authorities “as they conduct an investigation into the cause of the incident,” adding that the site was secured after fire personnel left the scene.

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the 430-mile route of Kinder Morgan’s PHP. The city of Kyle has also established other parameters for its relationship to the pipeline and its builder. Those are laid out in the settlement agreement the city signed with Kinder Morgan last October and include protections for the city regarding how the pipeline will affect existing infrastructure and future development projects.

The settlement agreement also includes a $2.7 million payment from Kinder Morgan to the city of Kyle to be delivered in two payments, as well as assurances of protection “from incurring any undue financial burden caused by the pipeline on existing infrastructure, and requires Kinder Morgan participation in the alleviation of conflicts between the PHP and future infrastructure projects within Kyle.

Construction in the local area is expected to begin on the south end of the project’s route through the city and move northward.

According to a map of the route provided by the city of Kyle, the pipeline will cross State Highway 21 near CR 158, and will roughly parallel that roadway through the planned developments of Waterstone and Cool Springs.

It takes a southward jag prior to crossing Interstate

35 and then, going northwest, will roughly parallel Opal Lane. The route takes it through BRI/McCoy, Cypress Forest, Six Creeks and Blanco River Ranch.

The map cuts off before showing where the project will cross the Blanco River.

In order to speed up the construction timetable, Kinder Morgan split the PHP’s route into five segments, and has started construction along each — including through the city of Kyle. Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said off-duty Kyle officers often work private security. “Local officers are often seen at local businesses and events including movie theaters, hospitals, etc. assisting with public safety needs outside of their official business as a Kyle Police Officer,” he said.

City Manager Scott Sellers also weighed in.

“The city of Kyle was one of the first to oppose the pipeline project and was joined by other local municipal governments and Hays County,” he said. “With the project now under construction in our area, our efforts are now focused on safety and preparation. We support all local and regional efforts to provide our residents resources to address safety concerns.”

“If Kinder Morgan is going to build their pipeline through Kyle, I want them to do so in safety,” said Mayor Travis Mitchell.

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Buda Elementary, Dahlstrom Middle School and either Hays or Johnson high schools. Hays CISD confirmed to the developers that the capacity within these schools can accommodate the new students.

The Planning and Zoning Commission was asking about the Municipal Utility Districts, which this development plans on utilizing.

The developers said that MUD dollars will only be used to reimburse the development over time for utility infrastructure such as water, wastewater, storm sewer and roads.

By the end of the meeting, commission members still had questions and their skepticism was not put to rest. Commissioner Henry

Altmiller wanted to look at the bigger picture, independent of the developers. The city is already welcoming a new development to the area, so another question was: would the infrastructure handle two developments?

That question may not have a quick response, but

the developers said they are bringing in money to build a little infrastructure; in fact, they are putting in more than the legal requirements.

Financial benefits being brought to the city from the development are in the millions.

Nearly $16 million of fees and improvements

generated from property taxes, impact fees, building permits, utility revenues, transportation improvements, park and trail improvements. More than $5 million of improvements are being offered that are beyond the city requirements.

The developers argue

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More roadwork is expected from the developers.

Old Black Colony Road will be realigned with Creekside Villas driveway.

The developer will fund and install a traffic signal at this intersection, which will be improved during phase one. Improvements to Cole Springs Road will also be done in phase one of the development. A new north/ south collector road with bike lanes, walkways and street trees is also expected to be constructed in phase one.

The Robert S Light Blvd. extension is anticipated to start in May of 2020 and end in summer of 2021.

The city has also asked that access to the Antioch Church needs to be maintained, to which the developers have agreed.

Additionally, the developer will dedicate three times the required amount of parkland to the city, including all of the frontage along Onion Creek. They will also provide a public trailhead with a public parking area for access to the trail.

The developer has agreed that it will only use zoning categories found in the city’s Unified Development Code.

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Comanches slaughter Spaniards at San Saba The Spanish captain responsible for protecting the San Saba mission sensed grave danger on March 10, 1758.

The Apaches viewed the seventeenth-century arrival of the Spaniards with alarm and apprehension.

The Europeans’ preoccupation with their eternal enemies – the Comanches, Tejas, Tonkawas and other East Texas tribes – was interpreted as an act of aggression.

Sixty years of constant conflict eventually convinced the Spaniards to turn their attention to the troublesome thorn in their western side. A treaty was signed with the Apaches in 1749 and plans were made to tend to the spiritual needs of the long-neglected nomads.

Saying exactly what the gullible white men wanted to hear, the Apaches really laid it on thick in a conference with Father Alonso Girabldo de Terreros in September 1756. Much to the padre’s delight, they expressed a fervent desire to become practicing Christians and loyal subjects of the Spanish king. To expedite their conversion, the Apaches stressed the importance of a mission in their midst.

Although the governor of Texas opposed the proj-

At dawn the next day, two thousand well-armed braves descended upon the mission. The corporal of the five-man guard peeked through the cracks in the flimsy stockade and recognized many familiar faces from his tour of East Texas. Jumping to the fatal conclusion that the visitors had come in peace, he threw open the gates.

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ect, the Church cleverly exploited the viceroy’s fear of the fierce warriors coming under French influence. The last obstacle was removed when Father Terreros informed the tight-fisted bureaucrat that a wealthy cousin would pick up the entire tab for the first three years.

In April 1757, a caravan of clergy and soldiers reached the site of the mission and presidio near the present town of Menard.

To clearly distinguish the heavenly from the military in the minds of the skittish savages, the two structures were built several miles apart on opposite sides of the San Saba River.

Father Terreros supervised the speedy construction of the religious outpost only to be kept waiting by the Apaches.

Three thousand finally dropped by that summer on their annual buffalo hunt but left as soon as the charitable clergymen ran out of free food and clothing.

From time to time, roving bands of antsy Apaches

stopped at the mission just long enough to replenish supplies. Worried that a huge war party of eastern adversaries was headed their way, they promised to return when the danger passed.

The understandably skeptical priests dismissed this ominous talk as another lame excuse.

However, by March 1758, the evidence of a hostile presence in the San Saba region was irrefutable.

Positive an attack was imminent, the garrison commander pleaded with Father Terreros on March 15, 1758 to abandon the mission for the safety of the presidio. Equally certain no Indian would harm the agents of God, he ignored the potentially life-saving advice.

At dawn the next day, two thousand well-armed

the sullen swarm. A silent volley of arrows pierced their chests killing both men in the saddle.

The howling horde rushed the remaining missionaries and military escort. Too busy mutilating the bodies of their victims to bother with four Spaniards barricaded inside the sanctuary, the Indians set fire to the thick walls and went about their bloody business.

The garrison captain braves descended upon ordered a rescue party the mission. The corpoacross the river the instant ral of the five-man guard flames began to dance peeked through the cracks above the treetops. When in the flimsy stockade and several hours passed withrecognized many familiar out word from the nine faces from his tour of East soldiers, he knew he had Texas. Jumping to the fatal sent them to their doom. conclusion that the visitors The commander waited had come in peace, he until late that evening threw open the gates. before dispatching a But Father Terreros was second detachment. In the not so sure. The grim dedarkness the Indians mismeanor of the Comanche chief in charge caused him to doubt this was a courtesy call. Why, for example, was everyone wearing war paint?

Anxious to get the guests off the mission grounds, he offered to accompany the chief to the presidio.

The Comanche nodded in agreement, and the priest quickly called for his horse.

Followed by a single soldier, Father Terreros rode through the gate into

took the 14 Spaniards for a far larger force and fled into the night. Expecting to find no one left alive, the soldiers could not believe their eyes as four survivors crawled out of the red-hot ruins of the sanctuary.

For years the motive for the San Saba massacre remained a mystery. After finally restoring relations with the Comanches that carried out the raid, the Spaniards learned the chilling truth. The slaughter was their old friends’ way of telling them not to get too cozy with the Apaches.

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OBITUARY GARCIA He was a good man who lived his life in service to others. Jorge Garcia was an unusually kind and thoughtful person who spent more than 25 years providing comfort and kindness to students in the Hays school district. He saved countless students from dropping out, giving them the courage to try one more time, and he retrieved many who had already disappeared. He posted his phone number on the wall in the Com-

munities in Schools (CIS) office At Hays High, the large clock on his wall always marked the wrong time, giving students the idea that time was of no concern when they needed to talk to him. Beginning his career in education as a teacher at Hays High, Garcia was plucked from the classroom by Principal Chris Hines to join the counseling staff so he could reach more students.

He also served as counselor at Lehman High School and at Wallace Middle School before returning to Hays High.

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Always willing to serve his neighbors and his community, Garcia was on the Uhland City Council from 1999 to 2001. He was a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Kyle and was a member of Knights of Columbus. He ushered at the church and helped with the annual fiesta. He also served as a Eucharistic minister for the homebound.

Garcia is survived by his wife of 21 years, Allison Hogle Garcia, and his two children Gabriella Mercedes (Jose Garibay) and Anthony Howard and granddaughter Leah Juliet.

He is also survived by his brother Juan Garcia (Alice)

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and his sister Rosa Maria Garcia, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

His parents Ambrosio and Juliana Tapia Garcia predeceased him.

A 1977 graduate of Hays High School, Garcia earned a B.S. in Agriculture Science from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State) before he earned his M.Ed. in Counseling at Prairie View A&M. Visitation was March 3, at Los Angeles Funeral Home in San Marcos. The funeral was at St. Anthony’s Marie de Claret Catholic Church in Kyle on Wednesday, March 4. Interment will be in St. Michael’s Cemetery in Uhland.

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Lady Lobo soccer tops Hays 4-2 to earn first-ever season sweep

BY SHANE SCHOLWINSKI

After more than a decade of battles against the crosstown rival Hays Lady Rebels, the Lehman Lady Lobo soccer program Friday accomplished a feat none of their prede-

cessors could.

By virtue of a gusty 4-2 win over the Hays Friday, Lehman scored the program’s first-ever season sweep over the Lady Rebels. Fueling Lehman’s win Friday was a pair of clutch goals scored in the

“A very, very important win to be honest with you. A setback would make it a struggle, and we still have a lot of games left in front of us, three games in front of us. Beating a quality team like Hays hopefully gives us even more confidence.”

–Sean Dickson, Lehman head coach

second half.

“A very, very important win to be honest with you,” Lehman head coach Sean Dickson said. “A setback would make it a struggle, and we still have a lot of games left in front of us, three games in front of us. Beating a quality team like Hays hopefully gives us even more confidence.”

Each goal matters this late in the season and Lehman found two key ones in the second half with scores by Megan Morris and Alyssa Ponce.

Morris broke up a 2-2 tie in the 25th minute of the second half on a penalty kick that was given to the Lady Lobos due to a handball in the 18-yard PHOTO BY JAMES NIÑO box by Hays. With 12 Lehman Lobo Hannah Loya (10) uses her body to shield Hays minutes remaining in the Lady Rebel Lyla Jones from taking the ball away Friday. match, Lehman extended

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its lead to 4-2 on a shot from Ponce that deflected off the Hays goalkeeper's hands.

“Megan is a very composed player,” Dickson said about the key penalty kick. “Very methodical player. With that composure, she put it in the back of the goal.”

In the first half, Lehman players found themselves down 1-0 in the first six minutes of the match when Hays Rebel Kayli Wagner struck the back of the net on a one-on-one opportunity.

The Lady Lobos answered quickly with a goal from Hannah Loya who deployed a spin move, which freed her up for an open shot that she nailed in the top left corner of the net.

“I just spun off of the

PHOTO BY JAMES NIÑO

Lehman High’s Lilyanna Torres hip checks Lady Rebel Emily Saxson in a fight for possession.

back, dribbled it in and took my shot,” Loya said.

“I was just feeling the play. Whatever was in the moment.”

Two minutes later, Lehman took a 2-1 lead off a corner-kick score from Karis Hickey. Hickey’s shot made its way into a crowded box and deflected off multiple players before going into the goal.

Hays tied the game at 2-2 just before the half with a shot from Izel Gaitan.

“You want your kids to bounce back from adversity,” Dickson said. “That early punch in the mouth and for them to basically get up off the floor and

come back with two goals showed the competitive edge.”

Lehman sits in third place in District 25-6A with just three games remaining in the regular season. Back-to-back road matchups against Anderson and Bowie, two teams also fighting with Lehman for the third and fourth spot, will likely determine the outcome of playoff seeding in the district.

The Lady Lobos host Akins for the team’s final home match on March 11.

Hays’ final home game will be March 6 against Lake Travis.

Rebel boys repel Lobos in 3-2 thriller

“I’ve always told my boys, if you can’t get up to play against Lehman, you shouldn’t play soccer. The game tonight shows it in both directions.

It’s been a great rivalry. I’m sorry to lose it as a part of our district.”

BY MOSES LEOS III

Perhaps it was fitting that Hays CISD’s two varsity boys soccer programs needed all 80 minutes Tuesday to settle their final district bout against each other.

When the dust settled, a trio of goals scored within a 14-minute span gave the Hays Rebels enough leverage to hold off a late Lehman Lobo rally en route to a critical 3-2 road win. The victory kept Hays’ playoff hopes afloat with only three games left in the regular season.

Hays (11-6-4, 4-5-4) built a commanding 3-0 lead midway through the second half before Lehman stormed back into contention.

An over-the-top pass to Lobo forward Isaac Salazar led to him scoring a breakaway goal at the 57th minute, cutting the Rebel lead to 3-1. Lehman struck again roughly seven minutes later when Salazar received a second over-the-top pass, which led to another breakaway opportunity.

After Hays goalkeeper Lane Reynolds deflected

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late in the first frame when John Murillo possessed a loose ball in front of the Lobo net and kicked in the game’s first goal at the 29th minute of the match.

Roughly three minutes later, Rebel Will Turner passed the ball to Gerardo Rodriguez, who in turn tallied a breakaway goal to give Hays a 2-0 advantage at halftime.

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his initial shot, Salazar recovered the rebound and blasted in a close-range goal that sliced Hays’ lead to 3-2.

But Hays’ defense stood firm and kept the Lobos off the scoreboard the rest of the way. While the Lobos had several chances to equalize in the final 15plus minutes of the match, Hays’ backline solidified and harkened back to fundamentals, Hays Rebel head coach Cole Reynolds said.

“They’re (Lehman) a tough team and they were connecting passes and we were not,” Reynolds said.

“But we figured it out and started connecting them

second goal three minutes into the second half, giving Hays a 3-0 advantage.

Reynolds applauded his team’s ability to find the scoreboard, citing the program’s recent struggles on offense. Over the last three games, Hays has tallied six total goals. In the four contests prior to that point, Hays had scored only three

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Early on, Hays’ offense dominated possession and controlled the pace of play, leading to a handful of scoring chances.

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Hays’ Matthews signs Letter of Intent to play basketball at Howard Payne University

Brownwood and Texas' high plains will be the next stop for Hays Lady Rebel basketball player Anastasia Matthews as she signed her letter of intent Feb. 28 to play at Howard Payne University. Joining Matthews for her signing were parents Jamie and Gabriel Matthews, club basketball coaches Michael and Sabin Taylor, Hays Lady Rebel basketball coaches Danny Preuss, Deatrick Stigall, Madison Koehler, Jason Ferrell and numerous family and friends. Howard Payne University is a Division III school and competes in the American Southwest Conference (ASC).

times, Reynolds said.

Connecting passes into “dangerous areas” where the team had previously been prone to defend has also been a primary change, Reynolds said.

“Gerardo (Rodriguez) is a driving force, but we’re starting find other players who are scoring points when we need them, which is really big for us as well,” Reynolds said.

Hays’ gaze now turns to a critically important final stretch of the season.

The Rebels travel to Westlake Friday, followed by a home match against Lake Travis March 10 and then a home match against Del Valle March 13.

Currently sixth in the district standings, Hays must win out or have Anderson or Bowie lose games down the stretch to sneak into the playoffs.

“This is the right time to peak,” Reynolds said.

“We still have a good shot of getting in.”

But for Reynolds, Tues-

day’s game also provided a bittersweet moment.

With Lehman dropping down to the 5A ranks next season, Reynolds lamented the hiatus of a longtime district rivalry.

“I’ve always told my boys, if you can’t get up to play against Lehman, you shouldn’t play soccer.

The game tonight shows it in both directions,” Reynolds said. “It’s been a great rivalry. I’m sorry to lose it as a part of our district.”

Police Blotter The following is a tally of all calls made to law enforcement within Hays County between Feb. 25 and Mar. 01, 2020.

Civil Matter............................................................. 12 Deliver Message...................................................... 2 Information............................................................. 10 Compliance Check.................................................. 4 Property- Lost/Found/Imp...................................... 2 Sex Offender Registy.............................................. 2 Alarm Business...................................................... 42 Alarm Residential.................................................. 35 Alarm Panic.............................................................. 1 Animal Calls........................................................... 46 Loose Livestock.................................................... 18 Sexual Assault – Child............................................. 1 Assault – Agg........................................................... 1 Assault..................................................................... 1 Sexual Assault......................................................... 2 Assist EMS............................................................. 10 Assist Fire Dept....................................................... 4 Assist Outside Agency............................................ 8 Burglary Building..................................................... 3 Burglary Habitation................................................. 2 Burglary Vehicle....................................................... 2 Reckless Damage.................................................... 1 Criminal Mischief..................................................... 3 Illegal Dumping........................................................ 2 Enviromental Crime................................................. 1 Attended Death....................................................... 2 Death Investigation................................................. 3 Disturbance Noise................................................. 20 Disturbance Physical Fight..................................... 6 Disturbance Verbal................................................ 15 Child Custody.......................................................... 3 Violation of Order.................................................... 1 Narcotics/Information............................................. 3 Marijuana................................................................. 3 Public Intoxication................................................... 1 Fraud..........................................................................

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Credit/Debit Abuse.................................................. 1 Harassment.............................................................. 7 Threat....................................................................... 3 Sex Offenses............................................................ 1 Mental Health Follow Up......................................... 7 Mental Health Invest............................................... 4 Mental Health Transport.......................................... 1 Canine Search......................................................... 3 Drone Deployment.................................................. 1

SRP Drill................................................................... 3 Missing Person........................................................ 1 Runaway.................................................................. 1 Public Assist.......................................................... 10 Community Contact.............................................. 33 Disabled Vehicle.................................................... 14 Foot Patrol............................................................... 7 Close Patrol......................................................... 151 Flagged Down......................................................... 1 Parental Discipline Assist........................................ 1 Welfare Concern.................................................... 18 Suicidal Person........................................................ 8 Investigation............................................................ 7 Supplement........................................................... 33 Suspicious Circumstances................................... 17 Extradition................................................................ 1 Suspicious Person................................................. 16 Suspicious Vehicle................................................ 20 Wanted Person........................................................ 1 Identity Theft............................................................ 2 Theft....................................................................... 10 Unauth Use Vehicle................................................. 1 Vehicle Theft............................................................ 2 Recovered Stolen Vehicle....................................... 2 Accident Minor...................................................... 15 Accident Hit and Run.............................................. 5 Accident Major/Injury............................................ 19 Accident Unknown.................................................. 3 Traffic Control/Direction.......................................... 1 Accident Unknown.................................................. 1 Abandoned/Stored Vehicle..................................... 4 Traffic Control/Direction.......................................... 1 Directed/Area Enforce........................................... 45 Traffic Hazard......................................................... 22 Attempt to Locate................................................. 61 Parking Enforcement............................................... 3 Traffic Stop........................................................... 423 Trespassing/Unwanted........................................... 5 911 Abandoned/Open......................................... 149 Deadly Conduct....................................................... 1 Discharge Firearm................................................... 3 Sick Person.............................................................. 1 Private Tow/Repo.................................................. 11

Below is a sample of events reported by law enforcement from Feb. 25 through Mar.

01, 2020. The location is where the event was reported or responded to and may not necessarily be where the event occured.

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Date

Time

Location

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02/25/2020

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Accident - Major/Injury 02/25/2020

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EXIT 221 SB Buda EXIT 221 SB

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Accident - Major/Injury 02/25/2020

16:30:32

EXIT 220 SB Buda EXIT 220 SB

HCSO

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15:17:44

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02/25/2020

10:23:19

S Rainbow Ranch Rd Wimberley

HCSO

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02/27/2020

16:26:27

RR 967 Buda Impact Center

HCSO

Accident - Major/Injury 02/27/2020

15:35:21

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HCSO

Accident - Major/Injury 02/27/2020

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HCSO

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21:59:18

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HCSO

Disturbance - Phys/Fight 02/28/2020

16:19:49

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HCSO

Disturbance - Phys/Fight 02/28/2020

18:55:39

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HCSO

Disturbance - Phys/Fight 02/29/2020

4:53:02

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HCSO

Accident - Major/Injury 02/28/2020

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HCSO

Accident - Major/Injury 02/28/2020

8:20:48

RR 12Dripping Springs Elementary

HCSO

Accident - Major/Injury 02/28/2020

16:33:33

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HCSO

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HCSO

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HCSO

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HCSO

Disturbance - Phys/Fight 03/01/2020

18:09:51

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BPD

Accident - Major/Injury 03/02/2020

5:50:04

EXIT 220 NB Buda EXIT 220 NB

HCSO

Accident - Major/Injury 03/01/2020

10:31:59

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HCSO

Accident - Major/Injury 03/01/2020

18:36:30

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HCSO

Accident - Major/Injury 03/01/2020

20:27:13

Lovelady Ln/Sh 123 San Marcos

HCSO

Accident - Major/Injury 03/01/2020

20:47:18

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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.

In care of: Leonard F. Green Attorney for Doris Ann Robertson, Independent Executor Of the Estate of David Charles Robertson 4600 Spicewood Springs Rd. Suite 102 AUSTIN, TX 78759 DATED the 4th day of March, 2019.

Leonard F. Green Attorney for Doris Ann Robertson State Bar No.: 08365400 4600 Spicewood Springs Rd. Suite 102 AUSTIN, TX 78759 Telephone: (512) 338-1745 Facsimile: (512) 233-2907 E-mail: Green-and-Green@ austin.rr.com

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CITY OF BUDA FINAL PUBLIC NOTICE

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF A PROJECT PENDING FUNDING BY THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) Notification is hereby given of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) pending intent to provide Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding for the City of Buda to provide drainage improvements generally described as an area between FM 2770 and Main Street. Funds will be provided in accordance with the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as amended. Pursuant to Executive Order 11988 (Floodplain Management) and FEMA’s implementing regulations at Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 9, the City of Buda hereby provides interested parties with a notice of its final decision and an explanation of the alternatives that were considered.

The City of Buda, Texas proposes to construct a new relief/outfall channel at latitude 30.07661 and longitude -97.85085 to latitude 30.07612 and longitude -97.84749 and culverts under FM 2770 (Jack C. Hays Trail) latitude 30.07688 and longitude -97.85034.

The proposed improvements provide a new outfall channel and culvert under FM 2770 in order to divert excess flow from the unnamed tributary of Onion Creek. A side channel will also be constructed along FM2770 to convey additional flows to the new culverts.

These improvements will eliminate overtopping of FM 2770 and reduce flood risk to the Fire Station, the Onion Creek Village Apartments on Bluff Street, houses on Bluff Street, and houses on Watson Court.

Portions of the project are located in and/or affect the “AE” zone, area of 100-yr flooding, per Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) panel 48209C0280G, dated 4/7/17 and “AE Floodway” zone per effective FIRM 48209C0280F, dated 09/02/2005. An “AE” zone has a 1-percent probability of flooding every year, respectively. A map of the project area and its location within the floodplain/floodway is available for public inspection. Parties interested in receiving a copy of the map should contact the City Engineer using contact information provided in this notice.

Three alternatives to the proposed actions were considered in place of or in addition to the relief/outfall channel and culverts at FM 2770: Alternative 1 was to build a regional detention pond. Although there is room between the railroad and FM 2770 to construct a pond, this option was not selected because the cost of the pond construction and land acquisition proved too costly and was determined to not financially feasible. Alternative 2 was to build local diversion berms. The berms to protect the Fire Station and Bluff Street areas were determined to be infeasible because the existing topography would require the berm to surround the at-risk structures entirely to prevent wraparound flooding.

This would in turn require internal drainage systems and mechanical systems to drain the protected area. In addition, construction of the berms would likely cause adverse impact to surrounding properties by raising the existing water surface elevation in the unnamed tributary upstream and downstream of FM 2770 while increasing the overtopping depth of FM 2770. Alternative 3 is to do nothing. This alternative was excluded by the City based on the history of repetitive flooding. These areas are expected to continue suffering further damage so the “do-nothing” alternative will not reduce or eliminate the risk of flooding to city residents, damage to their property, the need for emergency response, future flood insurance payouts, or disaster assistance.

FEMA and the City of Buda have determined that the proposed project is the only practicable alternative available; therefore, a portion of the proposed action must be located in the floodplain. The proposed action would have no significant adverse impact on the floodplain and will benefit the area by reducing the risk of flooding and flood damage.

Therefore, measures to minimize impacts on the floodplain are not necessary. The City of Buda has declared that the proposed action conforms to local floodplain standards, and is responsible for the management, construction, and maintenance of the proposed action.

Interested persons may submit written comments to: City of Buda 405 E. Loop Street, Building 100, Buda, TX 78610 Attention: John Nett, City Engineer, during the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Comments may also be submitted via email with subject line HMGP DR 4245-008, jnett@ci.buda.tx.us. Interested persons may also obtain more detailed information about the action, or request a copy of the findings from John Nett, City Engineer, jnett@ci.buda.tx.us, 512-302-0084. All requests should be received no later than March 20, 2020. No action will be taken before this date.

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Hays Free Press • March 4, 2020

Texas Independence Day, Census information tops Saturday event at Hays County Courthouse Hays CISD student groups – budding community leaders – are making sure everyone knows how important the 2020 Census is to education and so much more! Join them March 7 on the grounds of the historic Hays County Courthouse in San Marcos for a familyfocused Everyone Counts! event that will also honor Texas Independence Day. Hays CISD student

Keira Redburn, a fifthgrader at Elm Grove Elementary, recently met with the Hays County Complete Count Committee to tell members that Hays CISD students have been working hard to make sure that everyone is counted during the upcoming Census.

Student groups have joined forces to offer free arts and crafts, face painting, speakers, and music from Elm

Student groups have joined forces to offer free arts and crafts, face painting, speakers and music from Elm Grove Elementary Choir, Johnson High School Black & Gold Choir, and Carpenter Hill Elementary Choir on Saturday, March 7, from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m.

Grove Elementary Choir, Johnson High School Black & Gold Choir, and Carpenter

Hill Elementary Choir on Saturday, March 7, from 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. Planned speakers

include Dr. Mario Garza and Maria Rocha from the Indigenous Cultures Institute of San Marcos, Hays County Chief of Staff Alex Villalobos, and San Marcos City Councilman Mark Rockeymoore.

The students will also have a booth to collect donations for Hays CISD’s Hays Hope 2 Go, which will help end food insecurity for students who are facing economic hardships. Donations of Spaghettios (7.5oz),

mac & cheese cups, granola bars, and oatmeal packets are especially appreciated. More info about Hope 2 Go is at https://www.hayscisd. net/hayshope2go.

Lawn chairs and blankets are welcome.

The fun happens rain or shine – the event will move inside the Courthouse in case of bad weather. The County Courthouse is at 111 E. San Antonio St., on the Square in San Marcos.

in the Hays CISD Purchasing Office (512-268-2141 ext.

46035) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

BID responses must be returned to the Hays CISD Purchasing Office, Attn: Jennifer D. Ornelas, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640, by the date and time indicated above.

Late BIDs will be returned unopened. The Hays CISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all BIDs and waive all formalities in the BID process.

said suit being numbered 191644-C on the docket of said Court, wherein Omurphorodz, LLC is the Plaintiff and Texas Department of Motor Vehicles; Quincy Jarmon, Lois Jarmon; Kenneth Price are the Defendants.

The nature of said suit is as follows: Omurphorodz, LLC seeks the equitable relief of a county order to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles for issuance of the title to two certain vehicles, the Total aggregate value of which is estimated at no greater than $10,000.00.

ALL AS MORE FULLY APPEARS OF RECORD ON FILE IN THIS OFFICE, AND WHICH REFERENCE IS HERE MADE FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES. ISSUED AND GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL of said Court at office, on this the 5th day of February, 2020.

REQUESTED BY: Matthew Johnston 401 Congress Ave, Suite 1540 Austin, TX 78701 512-852-4399 ELAINE H. CÁRDENAS Hays County Clerk Hays County Government Center 712 Stagecoach Trail, Suite 2008 San Marcos, Texas 78666

By Jennifer Grantham, Deputy

Public Notices, continued from page 11 INVITATION TO OFFERORS FOR COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS

RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS: Sealed proposals for ARWA Phase 1B Well Construction will be received by the Alliance Regional Water Authority (“OWNER”) at the following location: Alliance Regional Water Authority 520 Ranch to Market Rd 150 Kyle, TX 78640 until 2:00PM, Thursday, April 2, 2020.

Proposals will be opened publicly and read aloud at 2:00PM at the above location.

PROJECT ENGINEER: R. W. Harden & Associates, Inc., 9009 Mountain Ridge Drive, Suite 100 Austin, TX 78759 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Construction of four public supply groundwater wells.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Submission requirements for the competitive sealed proposals shall be found in Section -00 21 14 Ð Instructions to Offerors.

BOND REQUIREMENTS: Each Proposal must be accompanied by a Bid Bond, on the furnished form, in an amount of not less than five

percent of the total Proposal, as specified in Form 00 21 14, Instructions to Offerors.

Performance and payment bonds, when required, shall be executed on forms furnished by the OWNER. Each bond shall be issued in an amount of 100% of the Contract Amount by a solvent corporate surety company authorized to do business in the State of Texas, and shall meet any other requirements established by law or by the OWNER. DOCUMENT EXAMINATION AND PROCUREMENT: The Proposal submission requirements and Contract Documents may be obtained without charge from www.

CivcastUSA.com. Offerors must register on this website in order to view and/or download Bid Documents.

At the time a Bidder registers on this website, the Bidder must provide a working e-mail address, so the Bidder will receive any addenda or clarification issued by the OWNER. PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: A non-mandatory pre-proposal conference will be held as described in Section 00 21 14 - INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS at the following location, date, and time: DATE: March 10, 2020 TIME: 10:00 AM

PLACE: 362 Wolf Run Rd Rosanky, Texas 78953 OWNER’S RIGHT TO ACCEPT OR REJECT PROPOSALS: OWNER reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals and to waive any minor informality in a proposal or in the solicitation process.

FIRST NOTIFICATION OF IMPOUNDED VEHICLE

Commercial Towing Services impounded a 2019 white Ford Fiesta, license plate AF74C54 (CA), VIN 3FADP4AJ8KM127614 on Feb. 29, 2020 as a result of an accident. Towed from Rohde Road & Goforth Road in Hays County, Texas 78640.

Stored at Commercial Towing Services LLC, 228-A Edwards Drive, Kyle, TX 78640. $558.23 due upon release of vehicle. Authorized by Hays County Sheriff’s Office, 1307 Uhland Rd, San Marcos, TX 78666, Phone 512-393-7896.

REQUEST FOR BIDS

Hays CISD is Requesting Bids for BID #21-022003JO Cosmetology Furniture. BIDs will be accepted until 03-052020 at 2:00 p.m. local time.

Specifications are available in the Hays CISD Purchasing Office (512-268-2141 ext.

46035) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.,

Monday through Thursday.

BID responses must be returned to the Hays CISD Purchasing Office, Attn: Jennifer D. Ornelas, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640, by the date and time indicated above.

Late BIDs will be returned unopened. The Hays CISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all BIDs and waive all formalities in the BID process.

REQUEST FOR BIDS

Plum Creek Conservation District is accepting bids for ground application of fertilizer and herbicide to approximately 532 acres on 24 flood control structures. Approximately 254 acres to be applied around the 1st of April and 278 acres to be applied around the 1st of May. For more information, call 512-398-2383. Respond on or before noon on March 17th, 2020. Send bids to PO Box 328, Lockhart, TX 78644.

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

REQUEST FOR BIDS

Hays CISD is Requesting Bids for BID #22-022004JO Retail Vendor for General & Instructional Supplies. BIDs will be accepted until 03-112020 at 2:00 p.m. local time.

Specifications are available

CITATION BY PUBLICATION

TO: Quincy Jarmon, Lois Yett Jarmon and Kenneth Price And To All Whom It May Concern, Defendant(s) GREETINGS: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney.

If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days from the date of issuance of this citation, a default judgment may be taken against you.

YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the County Court at Law #3, Hays County, Texas, at San Marcos then and there to answer to the Original Petition filed in said Court on the 12/09/2019, and