March 8, 2017 Hays Free Press

MARCH 8, 2017 CHUTE OUT

PLAYOFF BOUND

Annual police fundraiser returns to Cabela’s.

Lady Rebs take down Vista Rdige to hit playoffs.

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Ethics issues

Fixing what’s broken

Kyle council members make cross accusations

BY MOSES LEOS III

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KYLE CONFLICTS, 2A

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Frank Arredondo, the new interim Executive Director of the Kyle Housing Authority, is challenged with getting paperwork and protocols back in place after a decade when the housing authority had no guidance from a board of directors.

Newly-appointed director to revamp Kyle housing authority

BY MOSES LEOS III

moses@haysfreepress.com

Fielding a tenant’s call for a busted water heater or trying to find a solution for a door that’s ajar are not-so-new experiences for San Marcos resident Frank Arredondo.

Arredondo in 2014 retired from his position within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he worked with housing authorities and fielded resident’s complaints.

Last month, Arredondo was tabbed as Executive Director on an interim basis for the maligned Kyle Housing Authority.

While much work has to be accomplished, Arredondo said he plans to not only revamp the entire KHA, but improve the quality of life for those living in the Charles Young and Pete Dressen housing complexes.

“I try to be aggressive to take care of as much as I can,” Arredondo said. “I want that next person that walks in here, or if I take that position, to have it running smoothly.”

Arredondo said the Kyle Housing Authority staff consists of himself and a maintenance man, who are responsible for not only routine maintenance, but also to clean vacant units for move in.

Arredondo, who said he has never operated a housing authority before, applied for the position after a friend alerted him to problems within the KHA. A November 2016 HUD audit alleged severe deficiencies within the KHA, which was under the guidance of thenExecutive Director Vickie Simpson.

The audit alleged the KHA had operated without a board of directors for roughly a decade.

In addition, the audit cited administrator pay issues and maintenance problems.

The change in leadership from Simpson, who submitted her resignation in November 2016, was made official Dec. 31 after a new board of directors was appointed.

Arredondo, who offered his services to the board, was appointed in early 2017. He began the task of meeting with the board and assessing the state of the two complexes.

What he discovered is a complex process that begins with how the 51 total units are funded.

The United States Department of Agriculture Rural and Community Development program funds the 30-unit Pete Dresser homes on Burleson Road, while HUD funds the 21-unit Charles Young complex, located on Second Street.

Hybrid funding programs for housing complexes is something normally found

KYLE HOUSING AUTHORITY, 2A

COMING UP 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.

CIGAR VAULT

New Buda cigar business ‘banks’ on historic charm.

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INDEX

An allegation of potential conflicts of interest surrounding a Kyle City Council member was dismissed after it was discovered items purchased by the city from his business did not require city council action or procurement process.

According to an opinion issued by Kyle City Attorney Frank Garza, the city can continue to do business with Mitchell Motorsports (MMS) as long as the owner, Kyle Place 1 City Council member Travis Mitchell, has no involvement “in any capacity with the city in such transactions.”

MMS, according to Garza’s opinion, has been doing business with the city since 2014. Mitchell informed Garza the purchases by the city were “minor.”

According to statistics Mitchell provided to Garza, roughly 54 transactions were conducted between the city and MMS in 2016, with gross profits surpassing $2,600 that year.

Mitchell told Garza most of the items Kyle purchases from MMS are because the business “is the only place in Kyle to have products needed by the city.”

“City management confirmed that because of the minimal cost of these purchases, they are not required to go through the city’s procurement processes nor does the purchases require City Council approval,” Garza said.

Garza added city officials are allowed to

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Former Buda resident killed in wreck STAFF REPORT Two people were killed, one a recent Buda resident, and four children were injured following a head-on collision along U.S. 290 in Oak Hill Thursday.

Robbi Lynn Sluder, 58, of Austin, formerly of Buda, and Brian Tobias Suddath, 49, of Austin, were identified as the victims in the accident, said a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson.

WRECK FATALITIES, 2A

Former Lehman student arrested for gun threat STAFF REPORT A 14-year-old former Lehman High student was arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat after authorities caught wind of an alleged online threat to bring a gun to the campus.

Hays County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) Lt. Dennis Gutierrez said several people saw the alleged threat online and immediately reported it to authorities.

Gutierrez said the HCSO located the student and questioned him at his home. After talking to the student, authorities discovered the threat was made and charged the student with making a terroristic threat, which is a Class B misdemeanor.

The student was taken to the Hays County Juvenile Detention Center. It’s unknown at this time if the student is still at the HCJDC. In a letter to parents, Denisha Presley, Lehman High principal, said she was informed of the gun threat Thursday evening, which involved a student bringing a gun to school.

According to a Hays CISD press release, the student was a freshman at

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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.

Investigation stalls in hit-and-run case

BY LESLY DELEON

likely authorities will find the suspect, Barrera said. moses@haysfreepress.com Authorities believe the suspect’s vehicle was a red Nearly two months ago, Dodge Ram 3500 work Kyle teenager Michael pickup truck which could Mince was killed have damage to in a hit-and-run the right side and along FM 2001 in a missing side Niederwald. mirror.

Since then, Mince had just investigators left a gas station have not received on the corner concrete leads in of FM 2001 and finding the driver State Highway 21 responsible. on Dec. 26, and Officials have he was walking MINCE received tips but westbound on none that lead to FM 2001 when he finding the driver, said was hit.

Robbie Barrera, Texas Mince, who was a Department of Public Lehman High School Safety spokesperson. sophomore, would have As time goes on, it’s less turned 16 in January.

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Kyle Conflicts: Ethics question put to rest Continued from pg. 1A

have transactions with the city, provided they follow Ethics Code requirements.

Those include not taking action as a councilperson regarding any contract or transaction with the city and not having communication with the city at that time.

In addition, if Kyle were to go through a procurement process with MMS, Mitchell would be required to recuse himself and disclose information.

“This section does not prohibit the contract or transaction from taking place as long as the official does not participate in any manner with the

contract or transaction,” Garza said.

He also cannot use his position to “unfairly advance” private interests including his business and cannot attempt to secure any special consideration or treatment that’s lawfully available to other businesses.

Allegations against Mitchell were made

by Kyle Place 6 council member Daphne Tenorio, who claimed he profited through his personal business while on the dais, according to a Feb. 21 letter from Chevo Pastrano, Jr., who is Tenorio’s attorney.

The letter was sent by Tenorio after Mitchell levied his own ethics

violation claim.

The Hays Free Press reported in January Tenorio had purchased the Kyle Stallions basketball team.

According to the letter from Pastrano, the purchase had not been finalized.

On Feb. 21, Kyle city leaders announced they had been working on a project called “Just Peachy,” which involved a sports complex possibly developed in partnership with sports teams, which included the Kyle Stallions.

Tenorio recused herself prior to that discussion. Tenorio did not offer comment on the city attorney’s opinion.

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in larger housing authorities, Arredondo said.

Finding the balance of federal paperwork and addressing maintenance concerns is also a challenge.

Arredondo said the KHA staff consists of himself and a maintenance man, who are responsible for not only routine maintenance, but also to clean vacant units for move in. He has so far contracted assistance to

help with maintenance duties.

“The housing units, they have been here a while,” Arredondo said.

“They’re aged some and they need some extra care.”

Routine fixes include water heaters, refrigerators, ovens, heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units and bathtubs, along with landscaping duties.

Arredondo said he plans to check units’ HVAC systems one-by-one in

the future, along with window screens and other things “I believe need to be done.”

Arrendondo said he personally thought the units could have used more attention over the years.

“Without faulting anyone, it’s the funding that’s difficult, to have enough hands to get the work done,” he said.

Improving the administrative side of the authority is also a plan of action. Checks are “being

done on typewriter,” Arredondo said.

Upgrading filing systems is an important feat. Arredondo said filing cabinets are needed as documents were stored in cardboard boxes, but not filed.

In June, Arredondo must submit a comprehensive budget to HUD. Next week, auditors are expected to visit the KHA. Simpson is assisting the process by helping Arredondo find certain

documents and what reports must be submitted, he said.

Residents were “sad to see her go” and that she had a “good repertoire” with tenants, Arredondo said.

The KHA has also reached out to the community for assistance as well. Arredondo said Lehman High’s shop class was commissioned to fix the Charles Young sign.

“I’m trying to take it one step at a time and not take too big a bite I can’t work,” Arredondo said.

“If we deem some credibility (to a threat), we will arrest a juvenile,” Gutierrez said. “They may think it’s cute, but we think it’s serious.”

Due to an inadvertent error, the statement “Paid Political advertisement by Beth Smith, 116 Cedar Drive, Mountain City, TX, Beth Smith, Treasurer.” was left off the advertisement in the March Hays County Echo magazine.

Gun Threat: Former Lehman student arrested

NOTICE

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Lehman High but withdrew from the campus last week. Presley said in her letter the student is not enrolled in Hays CISD. Once learning of the threat, Presley said campus administration, along with district officials and the HCSO, conducted an investigation.

“We are confident that Lehman High School is not currently in danger, but maintain a commitment to high level

monitoring and awareness to ensure the safety of our students and staff,” Presley said in her letter.

She added the Lehman High administrative team is adjusting schedules to have a stronger presence on campus today.

“I am committed to ensuring that Lehman High School is a safe school that fosters and focuses on quality teaching and learning. Thank you for your partnership and

support in making that happen,” Presley said Gutierrez said the HCSO takes any type of school threat made by juveniles seriously.

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Wreck Fatalities Continued from pg. 1A

Four 11-year-old boys were also injured and were transported to Dell Children Medical Center.

Three of the boys are in serious condition and one is in stable condition, the spokesperson said.

Thursday’s accident occurred around 9:30 p.m. on U.S. 290 roughly 1.5 miles west of Austin.

According to the spokesperson, a 2013 Jaguar, driven by Sluder, was traveling westbound on U.S. 290 when it crossed the double yellow lines into oncoming traffic.

A 2001 Honda FJ Cruiser, driven by Suddath, took evasive action

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attempting to avoid a collision. Both vehicles hit on the front left side, the spokesperson said. It is unknown at this point how fast the vehicles were going at the time of the accident.

Sluder and Sudduth were both pronounced dead at the scene, the spokesperson said. Their bodies were transported to the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office.

It is unknown at this time if drugs, alcohol or medical issues contributed to the crash, the spokesperson said. DPS is investigating the accident.

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Opinion

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “They are a bunch of goldfish out there. We’ve played these teams before and they forget what they do ... They are really good at listening; they just have a hard time remembering.”

–Brad Baker, Lobo coach, on Lobo soccer falling at Senior Night. See story, page 2B.

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EDITORIAL: SB6 needs to go down the drain

Set aside the argument about the discrimination of Senate Bill 6, known as the transgender bathroom bill, which would require people use the bathroom of their birth gender.

Instead, with those in control of the Texas House, Senate and Governor’s mansion saying they are ‘business friendly’, take a long, hard look

at what’s happened to tourism in North Carolina, which passed a similar bathroom bill.

Sports tourism, a very big deal in North Carolina, went down the drain.

Let’s face it – college sports are big money. When the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) deciced to relocate to another state, North Carolina felt the financial

pain.

Just in one North Carolina city, Charlotte, the local Chamber estimated that the metro region there lost approximately $285 million because of the bathroom bill.

And that’s just one city.

One just has to look down the road to San Antonio to see what could happen in Texas.

San Antonio hosts a lot

of sporting events, and is a convention mecca – both nationally and internationally. The Henry B. Gonzalez Cention Center and the myriad of other venues in San Antonio are constantly busy.

What happens if the NCAA withdraws the 2018 basketball Final Four because Texas’ legislative “business-orient-

ed” ignorants in Austin?

Look at the cities that have hosted the finals before. The city of Houston generated in the neighborhood of $300 million just from the Final Four.

If the NCAA were to pull out of San Antonio, the effects would just come on down the highway. Do we get residual tourism from San Antonio?

You bet. San Marcos and Kyle hotels would be booked and restaurants would be full. We’re talking money into local pockets here.

So, let’s look at local economics. We don’t need the transgender bathroom bill. What we need is common sense and less fear-mongering.

Flush the bathroom bill. We don’t need it.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR APOLOGIES We, Commissioner Mark Jones and Constable James Kohler, would like to thank Justice of the Peace Pct. 2 Beth Smith and K Friese and Associates for their kind donations and apologize for leaving them off of the initial list. We would also like to thank, again, all of the businesses and individuals that kindly donated to the Hays County Youth Livestock Show.

Thank you, Commissioner Mark Jones, Hays County Pct. 2 Constable Kohler

IN SUPPORT OF STUDENTS After reading the harsh words directed to protesting students (Letter to Editor March 1), I felt compelled to offer Ms. Denisa Villanueva, Mr. Jesus Tovar and fellow Lehman students an alternative message. To those students: Thank You! Thank you for having the courage to stand up for what you believe is right and taking peaceful action so that your voices were heard. Peaceful protest is an effectual agent of social change and is also an incredibly rich learning experience. It prompts participants to get clear on current issues and their own ideas, have dialogue with each other and engage the world in a meaningful manner. I am sure all of you who participated learned a great deal from the experience. Some of the most significant education occurs outside the walls of the classroom.

I am extremely grateful to live in a community with young people like you, who care about the world and engage it by taking action rather than by being passive observers. With all the humanitarian, environmental and social challenges in the world today, we need people who care and are willing to work for solutions. We need the courageous! Seeing all of you take initiative and getting involved gives me hope for the future.

Ms. Villanueva, Mr. Tovar and fellow Lobos, please, please, never stop raising your voices! Whatever your cause, whatever your beliefs, this is your world too and you need to help shape it. Continue to empower and educate yourselves and serve as inspiration to others. Don’t be discouraged by criticism or condemnation. Use it to find deeper inner resolve and strength. You are the future of this world, and we need people like you who are willing and have the courage and wisdom

to work toward positive, peaceful solutions for everyone and the planet as a whole.

In love & service, A. Melchizedek Kyle

TIME FOR A CHANGE? Time for a culture change for Hays High football? Quite possibly the case.

For the past three seasons ever since Hays moved up to 6A in 2014 the Hays Rebels football team has been 12-18 in three seasons. I understand that moving to 6A was going to be a big challenge and Hays would have their work cut out for them, but to see the team struggling on offense and defense, there in all honesty are no excuses.

I’ve talked with another football parent last year and he was saying that the lack of commitment in the offseason and during the season is evident. There is no shame in losing to Lake Travis or Westlake, and there’s no shame in getting blown out against those two, but to see the team flat and noncompetitive is inexcusable and something has to change and it starts with coaching and a change of mindset.

The things that have hurt us the past three years is the lack of hard work put in during the offseason as well as not being prepared mentally and physically for the games especially against Lake Travis and Westlake.

In LaHue’s first season, Hays won the district title and advanced to the area round and finished 9-3 after getting totally anihalated by Rouse on a freezing night in Round Rock, but that was with the talent that he inherited from Blake Feldt who left for Permian after the 2012 season.

The mindset has to change and what is in the best interest is a coaching change and a change of mindset. To be fair, I knew Hays was going to have trouble with this district but the lack of commitment during offseason and season and lack of preparation for games and the stale play calling is inexcusable.

I’m not trying to make personal attacks, I’m just stating the facts and want to be fair but honest. To be fair, Hays fans knew this new classification would be very difficult and we’ve seen it but the culture of Hays Rebel football has to change and it starts with coaching, because if Hays doesn’t make changes, they will go nowhere.

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School vouchers earn an ‘A’ M r. Gardner’s column about vouchers several weeks ago has another side to his thinking. First, he says that what is needed to improve the public school system is lots and lots of cash. Just like a liberal to say that when over and over it has been shown that throwing more money at a problem school has no effect in the way of improvement.

Hays CISD spends $9,600 per student per year and Wash DC spends $29K per year per student with the 8th graders having a 17% proficiency in reading.

That’s just one example among many almost as bad. Ok, we got that out of the way.

He says vouchers take money out of public schools and funnel them to religious schools and that should stick in the craw of those believing in the separation of church and state.

Gardner is behind in the times by 15 years.

The Supreme Court in 2002, the Zelman vs.

Simmons-Harris case, ruled that vouchers given to parents, as long as they make the decision, to apply to another school whether it be another public school or a religious private school that will accept a voucher, does not violate the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment.

He says private schools charge more tuition than the

My two daughters went to Hill Country Christian School ... The teachers are paid much less than public school teachers, close to a 3rd, but they consider their services a joyful ministry.

I could be wrong

by Ray Wolbrecht

vouchers provide so the financially disadvantaged families won’t be able to pay the difference. OK, Mr. Gardner, then let’s not even give them a chance.

A past president of the San Marcos ISD, Jim Neuhaus, sent his son to a private religious school in San Marcos because the boy did not do well in a public school setting – the tuition being as of today $3600 per year per student, well under the $5000 voucher the state legislature is considering. The teachers there are as dedicated to the students as any public school teacher. I know this because I know them. My two daughters went to Hill Country Christian School. There is discipline there, but it is sparingly used because they are taught ethics and behavior according to the Ten Commandments, which is nothing more than about relationships

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between God and his people and between His people and themselves.

The teachers are paid much less than public school teachers, close to a 3rd, but they consider their services a joyful ministry.

In another article in the Hays Free Press, it was stated that Hays (CISD) kids are underperforming. A school board member said that, among other things, that they will need more input from the teachers how to remedy this deficiency.

What a novel idea! So far from what I hear almost every teacher is thinking about quitting teaching. Before they do this they should poll the teachers about what’s wrong. Well, this has already been done. The results: 1. Teachers are swamped with CYA paperwork 2. They get little support from the administration 3. They get little support from the parents, and 4, which is kind of a surprise, is low pay.

No one is questioning the dedication of teachers.

What has to be questioned is their

working conditions.

Another oft repeated argument is that with school choice all the smart kids will leave.

Then the test scores will go down. Ok, for the sake of test scores let’s keep the smart kids in schools where they have to teach to the slowest students. This argument just condemns itself.

First of all, not even saying their school is underperforming, plenty of smart kids will stick around because they want to play sports on a high level that private schools can’t afford. Also there’s more variety in social clubs at public schools.

Let’s let the parents of the students have that choice in where to send their children.

If Hays CISD gives a $5000 voucher to a parent, they have $4600 remaining and an empty desk.

There’s extra money for whatever they want throw it at. How can they be against that?

What if vouchers don’t work?

Concerning his New Deal work programs, an aide asked FDR, “Sir, what if it doesn’t work?”

FDR answered,” Then we’ll try something else.” (paraphrased for brevity).

The arguments against vouchers are old, worn out, and boring. And most of them are just wrong.

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Animal Control update allows locals to trap nuisance animals

BY MOSES LEOS III

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An update to Kyle’s existing animal control ordinance now allows for private individuals to borrow cage traps to capture small nuisance animals.

The caveat, however, is those who use the traps will be held responsible for ensuring any animals that are trapped are treated humanely, said Kyle Police Department Chief Jeff Barnett.

The ordinance update, which was approved by the Kyle City Council in January, harbors two primary components.

One of those allows for citizens to have easier access to get their pets registered.

With the update, pet owners can register their pets during a routine checkup, rather than applying at the police department. Barnett said several local veterinary clinics offered to participate in the service.

“Our traps will be loaned to those who understand the severity and importance of their actions ... We would certainly only want those who are willing to abide by local laws to use our equipment.”

–Jeff Barnett, Kyle Police chief

The second component extends to lending out traps. With the update, residents can opt to borrow a trap for a $50 fee.

The traps, which must be placed on property owned by the borrower, can capture small animals such as dogs, cats, opossums and raccoons.

Barnett said the reason for the change is because the city’s Animal Control department can only put down and check on a certain number of traps per day.

“She gets calls for loose dogs and all kinds of stuff throughout the day,” Barnett said. “In between those calls for service, she

tries to make rounds for traps set the day before.”

Kyle’s two animal control officers, who work on a full-time basis, are sometimes asked to place traps for nuisance animals. Due to the high volume of requests, however, officers at times have had to turn requests down.

However, Barnett said the traps would only be loaned to “responsible adults” who abide by the department’s rules for using the traps.

Those who borrow the devices are required to check them at a minimum of once per day. Residents are also responsible for any animals or wildlife

that are captured.

Barnett said a resident would have to contact the proper state agency if they capture a protected species.

“Our traps will be loaned to those who understand the severity and importance of their actions,” Barnett said. “We would certainly only want those who are willing to abide by local laws to use our equipment.”

The department will also check regularly on residents who borrow the traps as well. Barnett said the traps are only used for a short-term duration and will not be loaned out “for months on end.”

The reason is the lack of traps the department currently has. Each trap costs anywhere from $50 to $200.

“Our Animal Control officers are certainly willing to help and educate someone who desires to use a trap on their property,” Barnett said. “We want them to operate in the law as well.”

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Buda strives to represent senior needs said Feb. 21 the survey

BY SAMANTHA SMITH results would be available moses@haysfreepress.com for presentation within the next couple of council The city of Buda is plan- meetings. ning to take the next step Buda Public Informain attempting to provide tion Officer David Maservices for the 65-yearrino said in an emailed old and over population. response the survey is to On March 21, the Buda help “prioritize the critical City Council is expected needs for aging adults and to take up results from their caregivers.” the city’s aging survey and Marino said the survey focus groups, which were was completed in early conducted in January.

March with 102 total reBuda Human Resources sponses from residents.

Manager Kristin Williams The survey was made

available to Buda’s seniors and their caregivers via numerous outlets, including digital and physical templates.

“The survey was dispersed through social media, the city website, copies were available at City Hall and it was also distributed to our senior communities,” Marino said.

While the survey was completed, Marino said the city continues to gather more information on

how to improve services for seniors in the community.

“We will continue to find ways to communicate services and programs to our senior population in Buda,” Marino said.

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High costs associated with an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) pilot study, along with wanting to monitor legislation, led to Buda city leaders’ inaction on an agenda item on the topic Tuesday, said Buda Mayor Todd Ruge.

The decision to table the item came after the Buda City Council received a presentation from Buda Water Specialist Brian Lillibridge and James Dwyer, a representative with CH2M, a construction and engineering firm, on the city’s ASR feasibility study.

Results of the study identified the Middle Trinity Aquifer as the ideal storage zone for Buda’s stored potable water

supply. However, Dwyer, who was the administrator of the study, saidthere would be a problem because of Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) regulations.

BSEACD rules state water passing through the Edwards Aquifer can only be comprised of untreated Edwards water.

This means that the city could not store water from Guadalupe Blanco River Authority (GBRA) or Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency (HCPUA).

A bill filed during the 85th Texas Legislature could make ASR technology more affordable for Buda by bypassing some of the current restrictions, if it’s passed.

“If it passes we have a lot more options,” Ruge said. “If it fails, we have to

readdress how to mitigate future water demands.”

Even if the city adopts ASR as a water storage measure, it is not a stand-alone solution, but only offers flexibility, Lillibridge said.

He added the next step in the process would be to consider funding an ASR pilot study in fiscal year 2017-2018.

Another hurdle would be to work with the BSEACD to define project regulations and refine costs.

Lillibridge said in order for ASR to be feasible for Buda, there would have to be changes to rules enabling storage of other sources of potable water, which he added are already underway.

Lillibridge told council members that the key to having water in the future

is to try and conserve as much as can be saved now.

“We possibly need to look at stricter conservation ordinances,” Lillibridge said.

Lillibridge told council that BSEACD has shown interest in ASR technology, but wants to make sure it doesn’t pose any danger to the Trinity Aquifer water supply before it lifts restrictions.

“The ability for the city to store our potable drinking water, no matter the source, makes ASR more appealing,” Lillibridge said regarding the feasibility of ASR if BSEACD were to change its restrictions.

It is unknown when additional discussion on future steps toward ASR technology will be brought to council.

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Lady Rebs clinch playoff spot Victory over Vista Ridge sends team to postseason

BY LOGAN MCCULLOUGH

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A combined 16 shots news@haysfreepress.com on goal, including two shots that caromed off the While things didn’t crossbar, a yellow card and always go according to an exceptional goalkeepplan for the Hays Rebels ing all occurred in the first girls soccer team Friday, 40 minutes. big plays in big moments Hays goalkeeper Alexis carried the program to a Spears kept Vista Ridge key 2-0 win over the Vista off the board with two Ridge Rangers. critical saves in the first With the win, Hays half. Spears’ first save (8-5-1, 6-5) punched its came when she dove and ticket to the used an postseason outstretched “That isn’t by clincharm to ing a playoff deflect a free something berth. It kick from marks the Ridge we practice, Vista first time sophomore but that is since the Kaitlynn 2013-2014 Jones. something season Hays Two minwill reach utes later, an that happens the postseaoutlet pass son. when you got sent Ranger The Rebsenior Erynn Maya Hood els closed Jones led to the regular a breakaway up top.” season with chance, a [RESULT]. where – Brent Holcomb, Two 40Spears made Rebels head coach yard passes her second transitioning diving save from the Rebels defense to of the game. senior forward Maya Hood “This was the game of were the difference in a her life,” said Holcomb. highly contentious district “We had some excellent matchup on senior night. play from a few players, “That isn’t something and she was the player of we practice, but that is the game.” something that happens The Rebels took advanwhen you got Maya Hood tage of a golden scoring up top,” said Rebels head chance as the half came to coach Brent Holcomb. a close.

After technical difficulRebel defender Jenna ties prior to the game, Sheeley booted a 40-yard it only made sense the mayhem translated on the LADY REBS, 2B

PHOTO BY NATHAN LATSHA

Hays High’s Sydney Franklin (9) jostles with a Lake Travis Cavalier player for possession of the soccer ball while Rebel Jenna Sheely (8) watches in the background in Friday’s district game at Shelton Stadium.

New year, new coach for Lady Lobos

HCISD lifters power up for meet

BY LOGAN MCCULLOUGH

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PHOTO BY JIM CULLEN

Above: Six Hays Rebel powerlifters flexed their muscle last weekend by participating at the regional meet. Earning their way to region were seniors Memory Seale and Cassidy McMahon and junior Morgan Fitzgerald, with teammate Delani Jackson drawing the alternate slot. On the boys side, juniors Ryan Leal and Rick Reyes took region slots and will compete at Burleson High School for the right to advance to the state meet. Right: Lehman High powerllifters Alexis Ysla, Rubylee Perez and Evelyn Ramirez pose with medals and honors won at the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association regional event held at Del Valle High.

Ysla, Perez and Ramirez, who each claimed first place in her respective class, are three of seven Lobos who qualified for the 6A state meet at the Extraco Events Center on March 18. Others going to state include Julissa Gonzalez, Mia Dolin, Mia Palomoarez and Maddie Cruz.

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Rebels fall in extra innings

BY MOSES LEOS III

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For eight innings Tuesday, the Hays Rebels and Lake Travis Cavaliers stared each other down in a scoreless pitching duel.

But a leadoff solo home run in the ninth inning gave Lake Travis the momentum to roll away with a 4-1 win to open the best-of-3 series.

Lake Travis, which

struggled to find consistency against Rebel pitching, broke the stalemate by pounding out four runs on four hits in the ninth frame.

Cavalier Hunter Salinas opened with a solo home run to right center field that gave Lake Travis a 1-0 lead.

Cavalier bats followed with three more runs on three hits, aided by an RBI double by Gabe

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Hays Rebel sophomore pitcher Aidan Martinez rears back to deliver a pitch during Tuesday’s district tilt with the Lake Travis Cavaliers.

PHOTO BY GWOKO PHOTOGRAPHY

It’s a new day and new dawn for Lehman softball as a new head coach takes the helm in 2017.

Lydia Bagget, a Texas native and University of Houston graduate, was hired over the winter to take over the Lobo softball program.

Baggett, whose coaching career began when she was in the eleventh grade, was asked in 2005 to return to her high school and help revamp a program that had significantly declined.

In the 10 years Baggett was a part of the program, she managed to improve the team and help them make the playoffs in nine of the 10 season. She capped it off with a district championship in her final year.

Last season, Baggett was at Galena Park High where she was a varsity assistant.

She said she came to Lehman seeking a change. Both Baggett and her husband accepted jobs at Lehman.

Baggett said that she brings an energy that allows an athlete to remember why they fell in love with the game in the first place.

“That little spark that they had when they started out and what it

“Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, the win becomes the goal and what’s forgotten is the foundation that was laid to get there.

I’d like to help rebuild that appreciation for the foundation and help pave a new path for the Lady Lobos Softball Program.”

– Lydia Bagget, Lady Lobo coach

has become, now that they are older,” said Baggett. “Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, the win becomes the goal and what’s forgotten is the foundation that was laid to get there.

I’d like to help rebuild

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Chaps top Lobos on senior night

BY QUIXEM RAMIREZ

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Lehman soccer coach Brad Baker wished his team would be less like goldfish and more like elephants.

All too often, Baker said, the Lobos jump out to a lethargic start early in the match and have to play catch-up in the second half. Friday’s 3-1 loss to Westlake followed a familiar trajectory. The Chaparrals scored the first goal seven minutes into the match, putting the Lobos in comeback mode.

Baker likened his team to goldfish based on the belief they have a short memory span. He prefers a team that embodies the mind of an elephant, which has one of the best memories in the animal kingdom.

“They are a bunch of goldfish out there. We’ve played these teams before and they forget what they do,” Baker said. “It takes them 10-15 minutes to figure it out, then I give them general observations that the kids take it to heart.

They are really good at listening; they just have a hard time remembering.”

After Westlake took a 1-0 lead, Lehman fought to rally back.

Lehman’s Elijah Barrientos rebounded a deflection after Westlake’s goalkeeper stopped the first shot attempt, and pinged the ball into the back of the net for the tying goal.

But Westlake added two quick goals, one from Ike Petrik and the other from captain Robert Vassilev, in a span of 90 seconds to take a 3-1 lead late in the first half.

Petrik scored on a onehop pass, while the 6-foot, 3-inch Vassilev muscled a shot into the goal from more than 10 yards away.

Again, the Lobos were afflicted with short-term memory loss.

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Above: Lehman High senior goalkeeper David Hernandez keeps his eye on the ball following a close-range shot from a Westlake Chaparral in Friday’s district game at Lobo Field. Below: Lehman High senior Daniel Palacios (left) races to a free ball with a Westlake Chaparral player in tow Friday at Lobo Field.

“We’ve played these teams before and they forget what they do ... It takes them 10-15 minutes to figure it out, then I give them general observations that the kids take it to heart. They are really good at listening; they just have a hard time remembering.”

– Brad Baker, Lobo soccer coach

“That’s been the carbon copy all season long,” Baker said. “We either go down in the first half and it’s a scoreless sheet in the second half. We are a second half team through and through.”

Once the second half re-

sumed, Baker had a better feel for his team. He asked his wing players to oscillate between offense and defense more frequently to put additional pressure on the Chaparrals. Baker believes the tactical adjustments played a part in the

scoreless second half, in which Westlake attempted just five shots.

“We needed a win,” Baker said. “We had good opportunities, but we were half a step behind in finishes. If we could have called a timeout in the first half, it would have probably been a different game.

But that’s the nature of soccer. It’s a fluid game.”

The loss dropped Lehman to 6-9-4 overall and 4-7-1 in district play, good for sixth place in the standings.

On a big picture-scale, with the playoffs a long shot, Friday night was the last opportunity for the 2017 senior class to play at home.

Eight players from this year’s 17-man roster are seniors. Baker knows the senior class well as he selected them all to the varsity team.

“This class is special.

This is probably the first batch of seniors that I have coached from start to end,” Baker said. “This is the group that I molded the most. It’s the last of the Old Era or the first of the New Era. This is my first batch out the door, so it’s nice to see them play so well.”

Lady Rebs: Clinch playoff berth Continued from pg. 1B

outlet pass, sending Hood on a foot race with two Rangers. Hood then exhibited both speed and grace as she ran past the two defenders and floated a rainbow over the Vista Ridge goalkeeper.

“It’s unusual to find somebody of her stature that’s got the speed but also has that last little bit of touch,” said Holcomb.

The intensity present in the first half translated to some hostility in the second half. Aggressive slide tackles, pushing after the whistle and two more yellow cards were handed out.

The second long-range boot from the Hays defense came with just over 28 minutes remaining in

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the game. After a failed header attempt from the Rangers’ defense, Rebel defender Isa Hernandez’s 40-yard pass landed in the lap of Hood, which led to her second goal of the game.

With five minutes remaining in the game, Vista Ridge earned another oneon-one opportunity with the Hays keeper; Spears came up big yet again solidifying her shutout.

“Alexis denied not only those but had ridiculous saves off really good shots,” said Holcomb.

“This game easily could have been 9-2, and when you say that, you feel it and you know it; Alexis Spears – fantastic.”

PHOTO BY NATHAN LATSHA.

Hays Rebels Isa Hernandez (front row, left) high-fives teammate Sydney Franklin while (back row, L-R) Maya Hood, Jenna Sheely and Nicole Lewis join in celebration following a goal scored in Friday’s district game at Shelton Stadium.

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Hays, which equally labored to find an offensive rhythm, fought to rally back into contention in the bottom of the ninth.

With a runner on first and two outs, Hays’ Erique Hernandez kept the game going with a base hit up the middle. That was followed by an RBI single from Tristan Peevey, which cut the Cavalier lead to 4-1.

“In the ninth, we kind of had our hearts ripped out of us, playing a good game and they hit a home run and get a couple more runs. But we came back, we were right there, two outs and we start battling back,” Hays catcher Cole Irby said.

But Hays couldn’t secure a hit in the clutch to take advantage of its opportunities, said Rebel head coach James Howard.

The Rebels had baserunners on second and third base in the ninth, but a pop-up fielded by the catcher behind the plate ended the game.

Hays left seven runners stranded on the bases in the game.

While the Rebels have several players that don’t have much varsity experience, Howard said they have so far stepped up to “fill some pretty big shoes.”

“We had some opportunities, we just got to learn how to capitalize,” Howard said.

“These guys have got to learn to find ways to win … great teams find ways to win. We definitely had some opportunites. We just

have to take advantage of it.”

Hays’ bats also struggled to decipher Lake Travis starting pitcher Landon Ausley, who Howard said was able to use his velocity and mix of pitches to keep Hays off-balance.

While the Rebel offense had some struggles, Hays’ defense and pitching staff thrived against a potent Lake Travis lineup.

Behind the arm of starting pitcher Aidan Martinez and reliever Weston Wolf, Hays limited Lake Travis to only four hits in the first eight innings.

Howard said Martinez is a “bulldog” and was successful in mixing his pitches and hitting his spots, along with his competitive attitude.

Martinez said he followed Irby’s lead behind the plate and received help from the “senior core” of infielders around him.

Doing so allowed Martinez to notch key strikeouts in the second and third innings, forcing Lake Travis to leave runners stranded in scoring position.

“For a sophomore, being able to compete against a team like Lake Travis and to limit them to no runs when he came out in the sixth inning, that’s a quality start,” Howard said.

Hitting the ball hard is priority for Hays as it closes the series with Lake Travis on Friday and Saturday.

“We have to score some runs. I think we can do that with this group of guys,” Martinez said.

Lobo Softball: New coach builds a new foundation Continued from pg. 1B

that appreciation for the foundation and help pave a new path for the Lady Lobos softball program.”

The coaching philosophy Baggett believes in is that it’s always about the athlete.

As far as the athlete goes, only three returning starters, Kaylee Wipff, centerfielder Gabby Rodriguez and shortstop Seryna Avalos, return.

Baggett believes that to say any one particular athlete stands out amongst the rest is unfair

to the other players working just as hard and that they all do their job and are all needed to function.

While the spring season started with “a few bumps” for Lehman, Baggett said despite all the changes the chemistry is working well and the team seems to be meshing in a way that works.

“I like that they don’t get down on themselves,” said Baggett. “It’s tough when you’re in a game

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and the score starts running up and no matter what you do, it gets away from you. The pitchers work hard and the defense is right behind them, it has just worked itself out in a way that did not favor us.”

Although Baggett is optimistic, she is still a coach, and believes there is room for improvement.

For Baggett, the most important aspect to work on is depth. She wants to be able to have each of her players have

the ability to play 3 to 4 positions. She also emphasizes the small-ball ideology for her team.

“As an ex-player, sometimes it feels like the weight of the game is on you and have to get that amazing hit that brings everyone in,” said Baggett. “It doesn’t always have to be that. A base hit here, a base hit there, one steal and a RBI – it’s a new ballgame!”

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at the end of the game, her team should be both physically and mentally exhausted.

She just wants to make sure that the young ladies that make up the program learn what it means to have each other’s back.

She wants to instill in her team that the game is important.

Bringing a level of respect to Lobo softball and Lobo athletics is her goal.

“We have our spurts of success and we have

teams that consistently do well, but just in being in the district for a few months, talking with our athletes, talking to other coaches both here and in the general area, we sometimes get the short end of the stick on what our full potential can be,” Baggett said. “Things are often “assumed” and I hope to change that. I have told my athletes that they need to embrace the target that stands in their way and above all, win the moment.”

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HCISD students make magic at Maker Monday

Thomas Bashara (right) works with various puzzle cubes from the mobile maker space at the Buda Public LIbrary.

Kelleah Meuth (center) shows off a creation to fellow mobile maker space participants.

Area students got the chance to show off their creative skills during Teen Tech Week held at the Buda Public Library.

The event allowed students on Monday to work with the library’s pop-up mobile maker space, which is a “do it yourself” space where people gather to “create, innovate and learn,” according to the city’s website.

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HCISD Board approves audit of 2016-17 year

BY LESLY DE LEON

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Hays CISD Board members approved a third Academic Program Management audit conducted by Gibson Consulting Group.

According to documents, the audit would cost $21,500. The consulting group will visit six schools, as well as conduct two focus groups and interview up to eight Hays CISD central office staff.

Gibson Consulting Group conducted an audit in 2014-15 and a follow-up audit in 2015-16. Board members

voted 7-0 to approve a third audit for the 201617 school year.

This audit will evaluate the implementations made after the initial audit’s recommendations.

Superintendent Michael McKie recommended the audit because 2016-2017 is the first year of full implementation of recommendations.

The audit will “take a quick snapshot of where we are at the end of this year,” McKie said.

After this audit report is finalized, it will be submitted to the Board Audit Committee and the consulting group will present its findings at a

“We’re making a lot of strides and we’re moving in a direction we want to go but we really need to see how well we’re doing and look at ourselves critically.”

– Willie Tenorio, district 2 trustee

board meeting.

“We would have the results to make any adjustments needed moving forward into next year,” McKie said.

The audit is a good way to measure and see how the implementation is working, said Bert Bronaugh, district 3 trustee.

“The concern around the table and the discus-

sion was that we needed this audit to make sure this idea was realized,” said Teresa Tobias, district 1 trustee. “I think it was valuable that the board would be able to see what came about from this process.”

According to documents, the audit will focus on how implementation is being managed

and how resources are used to support instruction.

“We’re making a lot of strides and we’re moving in a direction we want to go but we really need to see how well we’re doing and look at ourselves critically,” said Willie Tenorio, district 2 trustee.

During last year’s follow-up audit, the consulting group noted significant progress in the development of materials, tools, and professional development.

Tenorio said the first audit was conducted because officials felt there was a need for improvements.

“We felt we had some improvement there that was needed and we wanted an independent observer to come and look at what we needed to do,” Tenorio said.

At the Feb. 27 meeting, HCISD Board members received a 53-page progress report from the audit and follow-up audit conducted by Gibson Consulting Group.

The report included comments on the district’s implementation of recommendations. Recommendations included enhancing curriculum training for teachers and developing a districtwide staffing strategy for instructional support.

PHOTO BY JIM CULLEN

Lobo Murphy receives award for aspirations

Lehman High School’s Meghan Murphy has been selected as a 2017 recipient of the Award for Aspirations, an honor given by the National Center for Women and Information Technology. The award noted Meghan’s computing-related aspirations and demonstrated interest in technology, her leadership ability, academic history, and plans for post-secondary education.

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McManus scores in Computer Science Invitational

Hays High School computer science students competed in the Viperwolf Computer Science Invitational sponsored by Oracle.

Zach McManus, second from the right, placed 7th in written out of 93 students.

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Reb choir breaks solo, ensemble record

Their showing in Solo and Ensemble competition still setting new records, Hays High School’s Choir set a new program record for State-qualifying auditions. Performing at Austin McCallum High School, 22 HHS soloists and an ensemble qualified to advance to the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest at University of Texas at Austin this May. The State-qualifying ensemble include (*indicates additional qualification as a soloist): *Taylor Cooper, *Emma Cole, Sean Corbett, *Valisa Kinder, *Ben Miller, *Paul Stumpf, *Elijah Saenz, and Joel Ferguson. State-bound soloists include: Alayna Bedwell, Lauren Evans, Allison Garcia, Sarah Gianotti, Makaela Gotchey, Taryn Grannis, Melinda Hurtado, Mikayla Tumale, Hailey Williams, Lilly Miller, Meridian Parham, Tori Sosa, Christina Thies, Bodhi Chae, Dawson Derrick, Casper Smith. Other Superior Rating Medalists include: Walker Graham, Arianna Thomas, Chris Fenton, Zoe Burr, Ada Cruz, Savannah Elkins, Doralicia Garza, Bryahna Lara, Ashley Nguyen, Paolina Sada, Koryn Sidiqqui, Andreas Truong. Twelve more students and a freshman ensemble earned an Excellent Rating.

The HHS Rebel Choir Is directed by Charles Flores.

Rebel a finalist in Poetry Out Loud Hays High School’s Erin Swearingen had a big weekend at the Texas State University “Poetry Out Loud” competition. Sponsor Gina Risher reports Erin made it to the contest’s “final five.” She recited three poems from memory, one of which was “Boy and Egg” by Naomi Shihab Nye, who just happened to be the program’s emcee. “It was a happy coincidence,” Risher says, describing Erin’s performance as “a beautiful job” with all three poems, adding that Hays High School is “proud to claim this young lady.”

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Spelling out success at annual Hays CISD bee

Five of Hays CISD’s finest spellers, all of them campus champions, represented the district at the Zone X Spelling Bee, a qualifying meet for the Houston Public Media Spelling Bee. Local campus champs include third grader Cooper Yanta (above), as well as fifth graders Gillian Martin, Zoe Contreras, Kristen Castro (HES), and Ethan “Bear” Williams (PES). Buda Elementary’s Karen Sullivent pronounced for the contest, with Elm Grove teacher Jamie Perez and HCISD Board Trustee Merideth Keller doing the judging. Of the HCISD champions, Cooper advanced farthest, reaching the 12th round, before yielding to the four visiting students who would all vie into the 26th round before 1st and 2nd places were determined.

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Rebel accepted to prestigious summer vocal program

Emma Cole, Hays High School Choir student, has been accepted into the Boston University Tanglewood Institute in the Young Artists Vocal program this summer. The institute is a six-week summer conservatory program for high school-aged singers. Hays High Choir Director Charles Flores says the program is “very prestigious, with roughly 70 students participating each summer.” He adds, “The program offers its students many courses, including music theory, music history, sightsinging, diction, and opera.” Alumni of the institute include Harry Connick, Jr., Aaron Copeland and Yo Yo Ma.

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t the Academy Awards on March 14, 1945, Joan Crawford took home the “Best Actress” Oscar for her 68th motion picture “Mildred Pierce.”

Life was a struggle from the start for Lucille Fay LeSueur born in San Antonio in either 1904, 1905 or 1906. Her father abandoned the family, while she was still in the womb, leaving her mother in desperately dire straits.

Shortly after giving birth, Anna LeSueur moved with her new baby and a son, who was not much older, to Lawton, Oklahoma, where she had friends and kinfolks. She met and soon married Henry Cassin, owner of a local theater called the Ramsey Opera House.

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t my nursery I am often asked to suggest a plant for a particular location. ‘Can you name an evergreen plant that blooms profusely, has large, showy flowers, and thrives in the shade?’

This used to involve a lot of head-scratching… until the introduction of the beautiful Encore Azaleas. This patented grouping of flowering shrubs blooms up to three seasons a year. They thrive in the shade and don’t care a bit about extremes of summer heat and winter cold.

‘They begin their performance with the spring flowering season. Once this first act of blooming concludes, new shoots begin to grow and set buds,’ they write at www. encoreazalea.com.

The Encore Azalea’s ‘second act’ opens when these buds begin blooming into full flower midsummer. This unique bloom season continues through the fall, the curtain dropping with the onset of cold weather.

Encore Azaleas are easy to grow if planted in the proper soil and kept moderately moist.

Remember, shade is a must. Cool sun exposure is fine in the morning; however, protection from the hot afternoon sun is essential.

Proper soil for azaleas is peat moss. Either sphagnum or reed peat will work. The peat moss gives them the acidity to

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With lights aglow, over 20 police officers lined up neatly in a row preparing for competition in the Capital of Texas Police Motorcycle Chute Out Saturday.

Chute-ing out the gate Local law enforcement rides for charity

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

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The rumble of motorcycles of all makes and models shook the pavement at Cabela’s last weekend as the Capital of Texas Police Motorcycle Chute Out revved into Buda.

The event, according to the Kyle Chamber of Commerce website, has grown from 65 competitors the first year to 124 last year. This year, 165 competitors from 13 different states competed in a series of different motorcycle riding skills in order to raise money for charity.

The elimination competitions feature two riders per heat and can contain a pattern ride, where either the leader or the following rider wins the heat, or a partner ride, where the competitors’ motorcycles are tied together. Competitiors can also participate in a “slow ride” competition.

According to the Kyle Chamber, the event has raised more than $57,000 for charity in the last 3 years, with proceeds going to a different charity each year.

Competitors also vie for prizes such as new helmets, advanced glass motorcycle

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Surrounded by law enforcement officials, Nova Kinkade watches during Saturday’s Police Motorcycle Chute Out at Cabela’s in Buda.

windshields and motorcycle gear. The winner of the chute out also gets a Texas flag flown in their honor at the State Capitol in Austin courtesy of State Representative Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) Buda Mayor Todd Ruge said

the event is “by far the biggest event in Buda.”

“We don’t have a motorcycle division but we do have Cabela’s, so we get to sponsor/host the chute out,” Ruge said, “We are so lucky to have this event in Buda.”

Multiple local law enforcement departments, including the Buda, Kyle police departments and the Hays County Sheriff, have sponsored the event Tiffany Curnutt, who is the director of the chute out, said more than one charity would be benefitting from the event’s proceeds this year.

“Seventy-five percent of the funds raised through registration fees from the competitors will be donated to the Sunshine Kids Foundation, and the board voted on the organization to receive the other twenty-five percent, and it will be awarded to the Hays County and Travis County Police Explorers program,” Curnutt said.

Curnutt said the event is more than just officers riding around on motorcycles. It’s a good skill builder and serves as competitive training for the officers that compete.

“Each cone represents a building or a person or a curb,” Curnutt said. “There are a lot of novice riders out here that can learn a lot and take the training they learned back to their departments.”

Curnutt also said that the

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Area residents support local organizations through Amplify Austin

BY LESLY DELEON

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Central Texas residents came out to donate and support local organizations making a positive impact and helping the community through the Amplify Austin fundraising event, which was held March 1-3.

Amplify Austin was a success for many local organizations, including the HaysCaldwell Women’s Center, Onion Creek Senior Center, Central Texas Tortoise Rescue and Hays County Food Bank.

The Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center, which has participated for 5 years, raised more than $30,000 in donations. Established in 1978, the women’s center’s mission is to help victims of family violence, sexual assault, dating violence and child abuse.

“We are very grateful to our supporters who every year surprise me and come on out,” said Melissa Rodriguez, director of development and community partnerships.

Money raised through Amplify Austin is crucial to the women’s center work because it’s unrestricted funding, Rodriguez said.

The women’s center may use the donations for needs not covered by state and federal funding, such as providing an interpreter for a client or helping a client move out and find a new residence.

Rodriguez said she was surprised and moved by people donating in honor of Samantha Dean, who was murdered allegedly by VonTrey Clark, a former Austin Police officer, in 2015.

Dean, who was the Kyle

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Eastern Bluebird eggs are (usually) blue – a breathtaking blue. The four Eastern Bluebird eggs in a Texas Bluebird Society nestbox in Pauline Tom’s yard are expected to hatch before next week’s column.

Nature in the city T his week, just four subjects: Owl, Paulownia, blue eggs, and NestWatch app.

Laura Craig stopped by to see one of the Screech Owls frequenting the ledge of our Owl Shack. RonTom and I know we have “two” because one is a red morph.

Look! Laura captured a pesky squirrel harassing the owl.

Cliff Shackelford, maker of the Owl Shack, tells me we have a “Screech Owl mixed

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breeding pair”. A gray and a red morph.

Paulownia: If you don’t know the paulownia tree, let me introduce you to

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Texas History: Stardom a long road for Joan Crawford Continued from pg. 1C

vaudeville was Cassin’s bread-and-butter. Lucille watched the endless parade of acts from backstage, paying special attention to the dancers.

Encouraged by her stepfather, she began dancing herself during the brief intermissions.

Even though Cassin beat the case in court, the scandal from an embezzlement charge caused the family to relocate to Kansas City. “Billie,” as she was called, was in her teens when her parents separated. Forced to do the cooking, cleaning and other household chores, she stopped going to school altogether, ending up with an elementary education.

About the time she turned 18, Billie left home to pursue her childhood dream of becoming a professional dancer. Taking back her birth name of Lucille LeSueur, she joined the chorus line of a traveling revue.

Producer Jacob J. Shubert happened to be in the audience the night the troupe opened in Detroit. He hired Lucille on the spot for his Broadway show “Innocent Eyes,” and the next week she was tripping the light fantastic in New York City.

Everything continued to fall almost magically into place for Lucille. The publicist for the Loews Theater chain arranged a screen test with MetroGoldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

She was spending Christmas at her mother’s place

On her rise up the ranks of MGM’s contract players, a former scriptwriter once remarked, “No one decided to make Joan Crawford a star.

Joan Crawford became a star because Joan Crawford decided to become a star.” in Kansas City, when the telegram came with the studio’s offer of a $75-aweek contract. Excited beyond words, she borrowed the money for a train ticket to California and reported for work on New Year’s Day 1925.

MGM kept its new-hire busy, to say the least.

In her first year on the payroll, Lucille appeared in no fewer than 13 films, all silent, of course. Every part was anonymous meaning her name was omitted from the credits.

But the head of publicity at MGM saw Lucille’s star potential, an opinion he shared with studio boss Louis B. Mayer. Both agreed she needed a new name – LeSueur sounded too much like “sewer” – and prevailed upon a fan magazine to sponsor a contest.

The winner was “Joan Arden,” but that turned out to be the real name of an extra on the MGM lot. So they settled on the runner-up – “Joan Crawford,” which the actress never liked because it

the slightest trace of her Texan/Okie accent.

“I would lock myself in my room and read newspapers, magazines and books aloud. At my elbow I kept a dictionary.

When I came to a word I did not know how to pronounce, I looked it up and repeated it correctly 15 times.”

A box-office queen during the Depression and World War II, Joan Crawford in middle age had to fight for the choice roles usually reserved for younger actresses. But fight she did until the final curtain came down in 1977.

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Continued from pg. 1C Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t have an evergreen plant that blooms throughout the year. Encores can and they are easy to grow. A little peat, a little water, and a little (or a lot) of shade is all you need.

(Be warned: some Austin folks who promote native and adapted species may frown at your beautiful shady patch of these amazing flowering shrubs!)

Happy gardening everyone!

If you have a question for Chris, send it via email to iathyme@yahoo.com.

Or mail a postcard to It’s About Thyme: 11726 Manchaca Road, Austin, TX 78748 www.itsaboutthyme.com

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Police Department’s Victim Services Coordinator, worked with HaysCaldwell Women’s Center staff through their child abuse program, sexual assault program and family violence program, Rodriguez said.

“To see people donating in her honor really touched me,” Rodriguez said. “It shows she’s not being forgotten. It’s doing what I know she would want, which is people using that horrible thing that happened to give to something good.”

The Onion Creek Senior Center in Buda, a non-profit founded in 1984 to serve the needs of senior citizens, received $7500 through Amplify Austin and an additional $2,000 from an anonymous donor.

The donations will cover the senior center’s many expenses, including bills and its mortgage, said Ann Moreland, vice chairperson of the board of directors. Moreland was chairperson of the center’s Amplify Austin committee and teaches exercise classes at the center.

“We did well,” Moreland said. “There were a lot of people that donated that I didn’t know. We got some good donations.”

The Central Texas Tortoise Rescue received

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and rather risqué performance in the 1928 hit “Our Dancing Daughters” vaulted her to stardom.

No less than F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper.”

As a symbol of her admission into Hollywood “high society,” Crawford wed Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in 1928. Fairbanks Sr. and wife Mary Pickford were against the marriage, refusing for months to allow the bride to set foot in their mansion, but she proved how good an actress she really was by eventually winning over her in-laws.

While most stars of the silent era never successfully switched to “talkies,” Crawford hit her stride with sound. Behind the scenes, she toiled tirelessly to rid herself of

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withstand the alkalinity of our soils and water.

Two parts peat to one part pine bark mulch will make a great soil mix. After planting, use additional pine bark to mulch around the base of the plant.

Encore azaleas also look beautiful when planted in containers.

Placed in shady entryways or on porches or shady decks, they will add a startling array of color throughout the year.

Speaking of colors, you can choose from Encore Azaleas selection of 23 varieties, from a dozen shades of pink, to purple, lavender, white, salmon, coral, deep orange-pink, and shades of light to deep red.

reminded her of crawfish.

Crawford was not one to sit back and wait for the studio to give her top billing. Understanding the importance of being seen while showcasing her original talent, she attended dances held at the Hollywood hotels and frequently won the Charleston and Black Bottom competitions.

On her rise up the

ranks of MGM’s contract players, a former scriptwriter once remarked, “No one decided to make Joan Crawford a star.

Joan Crawford became a star because Joan Crawford decided to become a star.”

Her parts got bigger and better leading to Crawford’s selection as one of the “Baby Stars” of 1926. She was in impressive company with Fay Wray, Dolores del Rio, Janet Gaynor and Mary Astor also on the list of female up-and-comers.

In 1927 Crawford was cast as the assistant to Lon Chaney Sr. in “The Unknown,” a silent classic about an armless knife thrower. Years later, she recalled learning more about acting from Chaney than anybody else in her entire career.

Crawford’s high-energy

$2,300 in donations, said founder Krista McDermid.

McDermid, who studied the habits of aquatic turtles for her Master’s thesis and operates the rescue out of her home, said she founded the tortoise rescue after friends and colleagues asked her to foster turtles and tortoises.

“It became to me that there was a real need for more tortoise and box turtle rescue operations,” McDermid said. “Central Texas Tortoise Rescue’s mission is to adequately house, care for, rescue and rehabilitate land turtles who need a helping hand, and to place them into loving forever homes.”

The Hays County Food Bank received nearly $2,500 in donations, said Mallory Raschke, communications coordinator.

“It’s just to fund our everyday operating expenses so that we can keep providing services and programs for those that we serve,” Raschke said.

Of the three times the food bank has participated in Amplify Austin, this year it received the most donations, Raschke said.

“We are excited because this year we did raise the most funds and we’re excited to see how next year goes,” Rasche said.

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Continued from pg. 1C Eastern Bluebirds has been reported to NestWatch. org. When you go to the map room at the website, select the year 2017 and the species “Eastern Bluebird”.

One pink dot appears right on Mountain City, indicating the reported nesting. In fact, so far, there are no other reported Eastern Bluebird nestings this year in the entire area to which this newspaper is delivered.

Any avian nesting can be reported to NestWatch. And, starting last week, it became easier with the NestWatch app. It’s available for Apple and Android smartphones.

Sudoku Puzzle, from page 2C

Here’s what you’ll do: 1. Tag the exact location of a nest you want to monitor.

2. Name your nest 3. Determine the bird species.

4. Observe if there are any eggs or young.

5. Move away from the nest to enter nest details.

6. Visit the nest every few days until the nesting attempt is completed.

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Santa Cruz John Catholic Church St. Lutheran Church

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Manchaca United Methodist Church FM 1626 & Manchaca Rd., Manchaca

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A Fountain of Life Church 302 Millenium Dr. Kyle

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First Baptist Church

A loving & caring Southern Baptist Church 104 S. San Marcos Street, Buda Buddy Johnson, Pastor • 295-2161 Sunday School...........................................9:30 a.m.

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Thursday Evening Bible Study, 6 p.m., and Open Communion on the first Sunday of every month, 6 p.m.

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Southeast Baptist Church 5020 Turnersville Rd • Creedmoor, TX 512-243-2837

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ours. She sits just past our mailbox, near the street, at the Live Oak Drive culde-sac. For weeks, we’ve watched people stop for a photograph. Rebecca Perucca asked about her on Sunday.

The “Chinese Empress” is stunning, dripping with immense pink flowers, and pink flowers blanket the ground. Fast growing, at about 12 years old, I estimate she’s 30-feet tall.

Still, I would not recommend this tree because it is, in Texas, an invasive alien. A paulownia is a perfect choice for those living in eastern Asia.

Blue Eggs: Eastern Bluebird eggs are (usually) blue – a breathtaking blue.

The four Eastern Bluebird eggs in a Texas Bluebird Society nestbox in our yard should hatch before next week’s column. She laid the first of four eggs, one a day, on February 23rd.

Incubation, about 16 days, started with the last egg.

So, they should hatch this weekend.

Sometimes, rarely, bluebird eggs are white.

They produce the same nestlings as the blue eggs. Bluebirds become red, white, and blue with their first molt, losing the speckled breast with which they “fledge” (leave the nest.)

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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.

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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-ofwar, 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 coed.

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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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Hill Country Writing Symposium

This gathering of Texas authors and writers 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-ofa-kind museum dedicated to Texas Authors.

Topics include comedic writing, writing for a young audience, record keeping and more.

See Writing.TexasAuthors.Institute for a list of sessions and schedule.

Spring Fest 5K

Ring in the spring season with the Manchaca United Methodist Church’s second annual Spring Fest 5K and Kids Dash. This fun 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. Register at tinyurl. com/MUMCSpringFeAt.

Lobo Theater

On March 9 and 10, come support your Lobos by watching two performances by the Lobo Theater group at Lehman High School starting at 7 p.m. The first show will feature scenes from “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett, adapted by Pamela Sterling. The second performance will be “dont u luv me”

by Linda Daugherty, a play that is meant for mature audiences about dating violence. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door.

Hooked On Fishing Spring Fishing Tournament

On Saturday, March 25, the city of Kyle will hold its annual spring fishing tournament at Lake Kyle for all adults with a valid Texas Freshwater Fishing License. This unique tournament will test your strategic ability to catch qualifying species of fish in Lake Kyle: Large-mouth bass, sunfish/perch and channel catfish. See www.cityofkyle. com/recreation/fishing-tournaments to register and for a schedule.

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.

Shepard was a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming who was mercilessly attacked and tied to a fence in 1998. After being found the next morning by a biker who mistook him for a scarecrow, Matthew was taken to the hospital in Laramie, Wyoming, where he succumbed to his wounds a few days later. Investigations into the murder strongly suggest that Matthew was murdered for his homosexuality, prompting communities all around the world to mourn. To this day, Matthew Shepard’s death is remembered through a variety of dedications and activism, such as the Matthew Shepard Foundation, the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and now Dr. Craig Hella Johnson’s original work “Considering Matthew Shepard.”

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A pair of competing riders braved less-than-ideal conditions during Saturday’s Capital of Texas Police Motorcycle Chute Out, which was held at Cabela’s.

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Continued from pg. 1C event is the fastest growing charity event in the nation that they have found. However, she didn’t want to make any promises regarding the event next year until the new Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez signs off on it.

“We’re working on setting up a non-profit for the chute out,” Curnutt said about getting fund-

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ing for it if the new Travis County Sheriff doesn’t wish to participate next year.

“I hope (Travis County) Sheriff Hernandez wants to continue the event next year,” Ruge said regarding the future of the event in Buda.

So far the event organizers have not charged spectators to watch the competition on Saturdays

and there are currently no plans to charge in the future.

“Each team also receives a trophy to take home to their departments,” Curnutt said.

Curnutt said the new Travis County sheriff attended the spectator event on Saturday March 4 but there is no word yet on her impressions of the future of the chute out.

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PHOTOS BY SAMANTHA SMITH

Buda business owner Jeff Beal will soon be sharing his love of cigars with the opening of the Cigar Vault on Main Street in Buda. Beals is renovating the historic building that once housed Farmers State Bank. Beals has retained some of the bank items and plans on maintaining the character of the old bank.

Come on in, have a cigar...

New Buda business banks on historic charm

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

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A love of cigars drove a current Buda business owner to consider lighting up a new business idea.

By renovating the old Farmers National Bank building along Main Street, Jeff Beal plans to open his new business, the Cigar Vault, on April 1.

Beal, who owns Olympia Hills Gymnastics in Buda, said he was inspired to open the business based on his fondness for stogies of all types.

The lounge is designed to be a smoking lounge, with a bar serving beer and wine and the antique bank vault serving as a humidor where customers can purchase cigars.

“Of all the ones (cigar lounges) I have seen, this one is meant to be a culmination of them all,” Beal said.

While the old bank building provided a lot of “old bones,” Beal understood the need to provide a facelift for the structure, in order to open the new business.

The last time the old bank building was occupied was decades ago.

The structure served as a display area for artwork and glassware by the former property owner, who also stored antiques in the building.

Beal said the floors, roof, sign and bars on the windows are original, as are the old bank vault and safe in the structure.

Other aesthetics that remain are the original lettering on the windows from the structure’s history as a bank.

Beal said lighting, air conditioning, electrical wiring and plumbing are all new elements, which cost Beal $50,000 total to complete.

In keeping with the antique feel of the structure, Beal also invested in a chandelier from Europe that hangs from the vaulted ceiling, and a section of replacement

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Lynn Wilkerson of Great Big Signs, who created the Texas Pie Company sign in Kyle, will incorporate a vintage clock into the Cigar Vault sign, which will be crafted using the framework from the old sign.

fencing from France.

Beal also intends to have a rock mason build a side patio onto the building and put a door where currently a window is located to provide access to the outdoor patio.

But he also gained approval from the Buda Historic Preservation Commission earlier this month to add a new touch to the old sign that overhangs the door.

The HPC gave Beal approval to use the original Farmers National Bank signage for a new sign, which will be designed by Lynn Wilkerson, owner of Great Big Signs in Kyle.

Wilkerson, who created the Texas Pie Company sign in Kyle, will incorporate a vintage clock into the Cigar Vault sign, which will be crafted using the framework from the old sign.

“We’re trying to stay vintage and use antiques whenever we can,” Beal said. “That’s what we are, a vintage cigar lounge where people can come to relax.”

BACK IN 1926

‘Flapper Bandit’ strikes Buda Bank

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he soon-to-open Cigar Vault is located in the second Farmers State Bank location. The original Farmers State Bank was up the street where Raby’s Roots is now. Back in 1926, in the original Farmers State Bank’s location, Rebecca Bradley, a 21-oneyear-old student at the Universtiy of Texas in Austin, decided to rob banks to pay her college tuition.

First, she set fire to a vacant house near downtown Round Rock and rushed into the nearby bank thinking the employees would be distracted by the blaze. When that plan failed, she drove south of Austin to the Farmers National Bank in Buda and pretended to be a newspaper reporter as she made careful notes while interviewing local farmers about their crops and government

policies. She secured permission to use the bank’s typewriter inside the teller’s cage. After a time, she pulled a .32 automatic, herded both employees into the walk-in safe and fled with $1,000 in fivedollar bills. Her Ford Model T coupe got stuck in the mud on the way back to Austin. The bank employees used a screwdriver to jiggle

their way to freedom, and by the time she reached home she was arrested. Newspapers across the country went nuts reporting on the pretty, little coed who they dubbed the “flapper bandit.”

Above is a photo of Rebecca Bradley soon after she was caught.

History and photo from Buda Texas: Celebrating 125 years.

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LOCKHART ISD GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNTANT

Lockhart ISD is accepting applications for a full-time General Ledger Accountant position at the Central Administration Office. Two 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 poli-

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Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings. Approximately 7 hours a week.

Background check is part of employment. Please email resumes to fbcbuda@austin. rr.com

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.

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Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area, Austin Community College and Community Action are sponsoring a

20-Week Medical Office Support Class Monday, Wednesday & Friday 1-5 p.m. at the Community Action Training Center, 1633 State Highway 80, San Marcos, 78666 starting March 20th.

Students completing this course will be able to take the Medical Administrative certification test. Near the end of the session, students will participate in an externship at a medical facility. The class is free. Anyone interested in enrolling in the class should contact Francesca Ramirez at 512-392-1161 ext. 313.

Public Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code hereby gives notice of public sale under said act to wit: This sale will be held on March 28, 2017 at 11:45 a.m. Safe-n-Sound Self Storage is located at 1602 Goforth Road, Kyle, Texas 78640. The property in the storage unit(s) listed under tenant’s name is being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. The property contents of all storage unit(s) sold at this sale are purchased “as is” “where is” for CASH/CREDIT. Safe-nSound Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or to cancel any public sale advertised. Announcement made the day of the sale takes precedence over any printed materials.

Auctioneer: Chad Larson # 17344 Joe Lopez 10x20 – Household misc. items Josh Cox 10x20 – Bedroom set, Household Misc. items Yvette Deleon 7.5x10 – Full of Household misc. items Martin Fuentes 10x5 – Misc. items

NOTICE OF INITIATION OF THE SECTION 106 PROCESS: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

Mobilitie proposes the construction of a pole style telecommunications tower within existing road rightof-way at 134-298 Puryear

Rd, Manchaca, Travis County, TX 78652. Members of the public interested in submitting comments on the possible effects of the proposed projects on historic properties included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places may send their comments to Andrew Smith, RESCOM Environmental Corp., PO Box 361 Petoskey, MI 49770 or call 260-385-6999.

REQUEST FOR BIDS

Hays CISD is Requesting Bids for Bid #18-031703SC Concrete Work. Bids will be accepted until March 24, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-2682141 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

Notice of public sale of property to satisfy a landlord’s lien.

Sale to be held online at Storagetreasures.com by

competitive bid.

Anytime Storage, LLC 880 Windy Hill Rd. Kyle, TX 78640 Will be ending on or after MARCH 24,2017 at 11 a.m.

Cleanup deposit is required.

Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale.

The property contents of all storage unit(s) sold at this sale are purchased “as is” “where is” for CASH/ CREDIT. Unit items sold for cash to the highest bidder.

Property includes the contents of spaces of the following tenant (s).

MAXIMINO MORANELECTRONICS, VACCUM, SPEAKERS, FURNITURE, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, MISC. BOXES, ERIC SIMS - TOOLS, CONTRACTOR SUPPLIES, BAGS, MISC.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Constance Sue Roccato, Deceased, were issued on February 13, 2017, in Docket No. 17-0035-P, pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to: DENNIS JOE ROCCATO The residence of the Independent Executor is in Buda, Hays County, Texas. Address claims in care of the representative, DENNIS JOE ROCCATO, Independent Executor. The

post office address to which claims may be presented, is: c/o DENNIS JOE ROCCATO, Independent Executor 16113 Oak Grove Road Buda, Texas 78610 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.

Address claims in care of 16113 Oak Grove Road, Buda, Texas 78610, Independent Executor.

DATED the 28 day of February, 2017.

Respectfully submitted, SCANIO & SCANIO A Professional Corporation BY: /s/ Vincent J. Scanio, Jr. VINCENT J. SCANIO, JR. 144 E. San Antonio Street San Marcos, Texas 78666 Tel: (512) 396 2016 Fax: (512) 353-2984 Email: scanios@ scaniolaw.com State Bar No. 17702500 ATTORNEYS FOR DENNIS JOE ROCCATO

REQUEST FOR BIDS

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.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Hays CISD is Requesting Competitive Sealed Proposals for Proposal CSP#18-031704NT Roofing and Related Work.

Proposals will be accepted until 3-22-17 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-2682141 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.

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 participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.

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).

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Public Notices NOTICE Draft Environmental Assessment Available for Public Review and Public Hearing FARM-TO-MARKET (FM) 2001 From Interstate Highway 35 (I-35) to State Highway (SH) 21 CSJs: 1776-02-018 Hays and Caldwell Counties, Texas

AVISO Borrador de la Evaluación Medioambiental Disponible para Revisión Pública y Audiencia Pública FARM-TO-MARKET (FM) 2001 De la Carretera Interestatal 35 (I-35) a la Carretera Estatal (SH) 21 CSJs: 1776-02-018 Condados de Hays y Caldwell, Texas

Hays County in conjunction with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), as the lead agency, are proposing to widen and realign FM 2001 from I-35 to SH 21 (Camino Real) in Hays and Caldwell Counties, Texas. Pursuant to Texas Administrative Code, Title 43, Part 1, Chapter 2, Subchapter E, §2.107 and §2.108 and Code of Federal Regulations, Title 23, Chapter I, Subchapter H, §771.111 and Title 40, Chapter V, §1506, this notice advises the public that a draft environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review and that TxDOT will be conducting a public hearing on the proposed project. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Studio Estates Club house, 6880 Goforth Road, Kyle, TX 78640. Displays will be available for viewing at 5:00 p.m. with the formal hearing starting at 6:00 p.m. The purpose of the hearing is to present the planned improvements and to receive public comment on the proposed project.

The existing FM 2001 facility is a rural two-lane highway that provides access to the cities of Buda and Niederwald, as well as numerous residential subdivisions. The existing roadway consists of one 11-foot-wide travel lane in each direction, typically with four-foot-wide outside shoulders. The existing FM 2001 right-of-way (ROW) varies, with a minimum ROW width of 70 feet. Overpass Road, which connects existing FM 2001 to I-35, consists of two 12-foot-wide travel lanes in each direction within a 120-foot ROW. The proposed project is approximately 8.5 miles and connects I-35 to SH 21.

The I-35/FM 2001 intersection is a logical northern terminus for the proposed improvements as I-35 is a major traffic generator. SH 21 is a logical southern terminus that would allow for the straightening of the 90-degree turns and the construction of a continuous connection of FM 2001 north and south of SH 21.

The proposed project consists of both an urban and suburban roadway configuration. The urban section is located at each end of the project and consists of two 12-foot-wide lanes in each direction, a 16-foot-wide raised median, 5-foot-wide bike lanes and 6-foot-wide sidewalks within a 120-foot ROW. The suburban section is in the middle of the project between the two urban sections and consist of two 12-foot-wide lanes, 10-foot-wide outside shoulder in each direction, and 16-foot-wide center two-way left turn lane within a 160foot ROW, including an allowance on the edge of both ROW lines for future 5-foot wide sidewalks. The 10-foot-wide outside shoulders that would be built along the suburban section as part of the proposed project would accommodate bicyclist/pedestrian movements throughout these areas before the sidewalks are constructed.

The purpose of the proposed project is to improve safety, improve mobility, and to provide system linkage between FM 2001 north and south of SH 21 to improve travel times for commuters and emergency vehicles.

The proposed improvements would require approximately 113.9 acres of additional ROW, 5.02 acres of temporary easements and 4.68 acres of permanent easements. The proposed project would displace one residence. Information about the TxDOT Relocation Assistance Program, benefits and services for displacees, as well as information about the tentative schedules for ROW acquisition and construction can be obtained from the TxDOT district office at the address listed below. Relocation assistance is available for displaced persons.

The proposed project would include construction within approximately 6.48 acres of the 100-year floodplain along Brushy Creek and one of its tributaries.

Waters of the U.S. present in the project area that would be impacted include two wetlands, six creeks (Brushy Creek and its tributaries) and four ponds. Impacts to these waters of the U.S. would be authorized under a Clean Water Act Section 404 Nationwide Permit. A traffic noise analysis determined that noise impacts would occur and that noise abatement would be feasible and reasonable.

The draft EA, maps showing the project location and design, tentative construction schedules, and other information regarding the project are on file and available for inspection Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the Hays County Precinct 2 Office (5458 FM 2770, Kyle, Texas 78640) and at the TxDOT South Travis Area Office (9725 S IH 35, Austin, Texas 78744) and http://www.co.hays.tx.us/commissioner-precinct-2.aspx. This information also will be available for inspection at the hearing. Verbal and written comments from the public regarding the project are requested and may be presented at the hearing, or submitted in person or by mail to the TxDOT Austin District Office. Comments must be received on or before April 12, 2017 to be part of the official hearing record.

The hearing will be conducted in English. Persons interested in attending the hearing who have special communication or accommodation needs, such the need for an interpreter, are encouraged to contact the Hays County Precinct 2 Office at (512) 262-2091. Requests should be made at least two days prior to the hearing. Every reasonable effort will be made to accommodate these needs.

If you have any general questions or concerns regarding the proposed project or the hearing, please contact Jennifer Scott, Commissioner Precinct 2 Assistant at (512) 262-2091 or jennifer.scott@co.hays.tx.us.

The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried-out by TxDOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated December 16, 2014, and executed by FHWA and TxDOT.

El Condado de Hays, junto con del Departamento de Transporte de Texas (TxDOT, por sus siglas en inglés), como la agencia principal, proponen ampliar y realinear FM 2001 de la I-35 hasta SH 21 (Camino Real) en los Condados de Hays y Caldwell, en Texas. Conforme al Código Administrativo de Texas, Titulo 43, Parte 1, Capítulo 2, Sub- Capítulo E, §2.107 y §2.108 del Código de Regulaciones Federales, Titulo 23, Capítulo I, Sub- Capítulo H, §771.111 y Titulo 40, Capítulo V, §1506, este aviso le informa al público que el borrador de la evaluación medioambiental (EA, por sus siglas en inglés) está disponible para revisión pública y TxDOT llevará a cabo una audiencia pública sobre el proyecto. La audiencia se llevará a cabo el martes, 28 de marzo de 2017 en Studio Estates Club House, 6880 Goforth Road, Kyle, TX 78640. Representaciones gráficas estarán disponibles para revisión a las 5:00 p.m. y la audiencia pública formal empezará a las 6:00 p.m. El propósito de la audiencia pública es presentar las mejoras propuestas y recaudar comentarios del público sobre el proyecto propuesto.

La FM 2001 existente es una carretera de dos carriles que provee acceso a las ciudades de Buda y Niederwald, y a varias colonias residenciales. Esta vialidad consiste en un carril de 11 pies de ancho en cada dirección, típicamente con arcenes exteriores de cuatro pies de ancho. El derecho de vía (ROW, por sus siglas en inglés) existente de FM 2001 varía, con una anchura mínima de 70 pies. Overpass Road conecta el FM 2001 existente a la I-35 y consiste en dos carriles de 12 pies de ancho en cada dirección en un derecho de vía de 120 pies.

El proyecto propuesto mide aproximadamente 8.5 millas y conecta a la I-35 con la SH 21.

La intersección de la I-35 y la FM 2001 es un punto final lógico en el norte para las mejoras propuestas ya que la I-35 genera gran cantidad de tráfico. SH 21 es un punto final lógico en el sur que permitiría la realineación de las vialidades con curvas de 90 grados y la construcción de una conexión continua de FM 2001 norte y SH 21 sur.

El proyecto propuesto consiste en una vialidad de configuración urbana y suburbana. La parte urbana se ubica a cada extremo del proyecto y consiste en dos carriles de 12 pies de ancho en cada dirección, un camellón elevado de 16 pies de ancho, carriles para bicicletas de 5 pies de ancho y banquetas de 6 pies de ancho en un derecho de vía de 120 pies. La parte suburbana se ubica en medio del proyecto entre las dos partes urbanas y consiste en dos carriles de 12 pies de ancho, arcenes exteriores de 10 pies de ancho en cada dirección, y un carril en el centro de 16 pies de ancho para voltear a la izquierda en ambas direcciones en un derecho de vía de 160 pies que incluye espacio para instalar banquetas de 5 pies de ancho en el futuro. Los arcenes exteriores de 10 pies de ancho que se construirían a lo largo de la parte suburbana como parte del proyecto propuesto acomodarían a los ciclistas y peatones que viajan en esta area antes de que se construyan las banquetas.

El propósito del proyecto es mejorar la seguridad y la movilidad y proveer un vínculo entre FM 2001 norte y SH 21 sur para mejorar los tiempos de viaje para los conductores y vehículos de emergencia.

Las mejoras propuestas requerirán aproximadamente 113.9 acres de derecho de vía adicional, 5.02 acres de áreas de acceso temporal a propiedades y 4.68 acres de áreas de acceso permanente a propiedades. El proyecto propuesto desplazaría una residencia. Información sobre el Programa de Asistencia para la Reubicación de TxDOT, beneficios y servicios para personas desplazadas, así como información sobre los programas provisionales para la adquisición de derecho de vía y la construcción se pueden obtener en la oficina de TxDOT del distrito en la dirección proporcionada aquí abajo. Asistencia para la reubicación de las personas desplazadas está disponible.

El proyecto propuesto incluirá construcción dentro de aproximadamente 6.48 acres de la zona de inundación de 100 años a lo largo de Brushy Creek y de uno de sus afluentes. Aguas de los EEUU presentes en el area del proyecto que serían impactadas incluyen dos esteros, seis arroyos (Brushy Creek y sus afluentes) y cuatro estanques. Los impactos a estas aguas de los EEUU se autorizarían bajo un permiso nacional 404 de la Ley de Agua Limpia. Un análisis de ruido de tráfico determinó que sí habría impactos de ruido e iniciativas para la reducción del ruido serían viables y necesarias.

El borrador del EA, mapas de la ubicación y diseño del proyecto, programas provisionales de la construcción y otra información sobre el proyecto están documentadas y disponibles para revisión de lunes a viernes entre las 8:00 a.m. y 5:00 p.m. en la Oficina de Distrito 2 del Condado de Hays (5458 FM 2770, Kyle, Texas 78640) y en la Oficina de TxDOT Área de South Travis (9725 S IH 35, Austin, Texas 78744) y http://www.co.hays.tx.us/commissioner-precinct-2.aspx. Esta información estará disponible para revisión en la audiencia pública.

Se solicitan comentarios verbales y escritos del público sobre el proyecto propuesto. Estos se pueden presentar en la audiencia pública o entregados en persona o enviados por correo postal a la Oficina de TxDOT- Distrito de Austin. Los comentarios se deben entregar a más tardar el 12 de abril para ser parte del registro oficial de la audiencia pública.

La audiencia pública se llevará a cabo en inglés. Aquellas personas que tienen interés en asistir y que tengan necesidades especiales de comunicación u otras necesidades, tal como la necesidad de un intérprete, se les pide ponerse en contacto con la Oficina del Distrito 2 del Condado de Hays al (512) 262-2091. Cualquier solicitud se deberá hacer por lo menos dos días antes de la audiencia pública. Se hará todo esfuerzo razonable para satisfacer estas necesidades.

Si tiene preguntas en general sobre el proyecto propuesto o la audiencia, por favor comuníquese con Jennifer Scott, Asistente del Comisario del Distrito 2 al (512) 262-2091 o jennifer.scott@co.hays.tx.us.

La revisión ambiental, consultas y otras acciones requeridas por las leyes ambientales federales aplicables para este proyecto están siendo ó han sido, llevado a cabo por TxDOT – en virtud de 23 USC 327 y un Memorando de Entendimiento fechado el 16 de diciembre del 2014, y ejecutado por la Administración Federal de Carreteras (FHWA, por sus siglas en inglés) y TxDOT.

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