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Mental health initiative for first responders gets green light

Kyle coach wins big at Austin Waldorf High School

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Kyle supports new Emergency Service District

BY MOSES LEOS III

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As demand for emergency services grows in Hays County, city and county officials are look-

ing to the creation of a new emergency service district (ESD) for areas not covered by an existing department.

On March 15, the Kyle City Council approved a resolution in support of

the creation of ESD 9.

According to San Marcos Hays County EMS Chief David Smith, the ESD would extend from Niederwald, Uhland and Kyle, as well as areas around San Marcos, and

as far west as areas south of Dripping Springs’ extra territorial jurisdiction (ETJ).

Smith said the Hays County Commissioners Court could call a November election to create the

ESD. The Kyle City Council’s decision to join in the creation of ESD 9 follows support from the cities of Dripping Springs and Mountain City. Smith said San Marcos city staff rec-

Going Green

NEW ESD9, 5A

Residents speak out on Buda annexation

Buda moves forward with sustainable design project

BY MOSES LEOS III

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BY SAMANTHA SMITH

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Buda city council approved action on the sustainable design plans for its Parks Maintenance building at its last meeting, marking the city’s first steps into reducing its carbon footprint.

Although already approved by the city council, the final cost of the project has not been approved.

The council will take up the cost at its April meeting.

Buda Director of Parks and Recreation Drew Wells said the city anticipates construction to start as early as May 2016. No contractor has been selected for the project at this time.

Wells said he couldn’t be certain if the sustainable designs will feature solar panels or another feature that uses sustainable energy.

The sustainable design project is meant to incorporate sustainable designs and equipment into the existing Parks Maintenance building.

Buda’s process toward the project began Feb. 2, when, according to city documents, city council approved the schematic design of the parks maintenance building.

During discussion

ommended not to participate in the city limits, but allow the ESD to operate in its ETJ. According to Smith, one of the reasons for the

PHOTOS BY JIM CULLEN

Powerlifters strong at state meet Lehman High Girls Powerlifting team (above) came home from spring break flying high as eight of its nine lifters competing at the state competition finished in the top 10 of their weight class. The girls competed at the Texas High School Women’s Powerlifting Association (THSWPA) 6A Girls Powerlifting meet in Corpus Christi. Those placing include: Rubylee Perez (132 class) 6th place; Julissa Gonzalez (97class) 7th place; Anamarie Fajardo (105 class) 8th place; Kali Palomarez (123 class) 8th place; Evelyn Ramirez (198 class) 8th place; Mia Dolin (220+ class) 8th place; Seauanna Watson (220+ class) 9th place; Melysa Alvarez (220 class) 10th place; Mia Palomarez (165 class) 11th place.

Lehman powerlifting coach Trey Rose said the team had an outstanding year, winning the Navarro, Hays, East View and Texas Strength Systems meets, finishing second at the Lehman Invitational, and third at the San Marcos and Region 2 meet. Hays High powerlifter Crystal Mendez (right) closed out her 2015-16 season, making an appearance at the THSWPA state meet, finishing with a 4th place finish at state. Hays High powerlifting coach Stu Foreman said he was proud of Mendez, saying she had a “great meet.”

BUDA ANNEXATION, 6A

Annexation discussions get heated in Kyle

BY MOSES LEOS III

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SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT, 2A

COMING UP

Easter Egg hunts KYLE

Gregg-Clarke Park (1100 W. Center St.) from 5-8 p.m on Wednesday, March 23

BUDA

Buda Sportsplex (310 Buda Sportsplex Dr.) from 9-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 26

Motorcycle Chute Out

MOUNTAIN CITY

From March 30 - April 2, Cabela’s parking lot will be home to the 3rd Annual Capital of Texas Police Motorcycle Chute Out. See law enforcement officers battle it out to see who’s the best biker around. Funds raised by the Capital of Texas Police Motorcycle Chute Out in 2015 will benefit the Center for Child Protection and the Sunshine Kids Foundation.

BILLS OUTSTANDING

Kyle works on program to collect almost $1 million in outstanding utility bills – Page 1D

INDEX

101 Mountain City Drive from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 26 See more Easter celebrations on page 6C.

Buda City Council held a second public hearing last Tuesday to hear public comments on the land annexation plans for 460+ acres located along FM 2770.

According to Buda Director of Planning Chance Sparks, the annexed land will be zoned in accordance with the city’s comprehensive plan for that area. Agricultural (AG) properties that are annexed by the city will be allowed to default to AG zoning.

More than one Buda citizen in attendance at the hearing voiced its concerns about the annexation to the city council.

Buda resident Rose Marie Shelton of Buda was concerned about the cost to the city for providing

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For a second time in the span of a month, Kyle residents turned to the Kyle City Council to express concern over the annexation of 1,500 acres of land.

Kyle’s proposed annexation extends to land east of South Old Stagecoach Road, north of Yarrington Road and west of Interstate 35, outside of the current city limits.

Several residents who live on Opal Lane spoke against annexation.

Kyle resident Juania Parsons, who lives on Opal Lane, asked the city to have an “open heart” and reconsider its plan to annex the area.

Parsons said there “must be a third alternative” to the city’s plan to annex the land.

“I believe there’s a winning hand for all parties,” Parsons said. “As in the

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Prostitution arrest made in San Marcos STAFF REPORT

address as her home.

According to the A San Marcos woman release, officers received was arrested Wednesday a tip last month that the for prostitution business was following a Hays advertising sexual County Narcotics services on social Task Force inmedia outlets. vestigation after Investigashe offered to tion by officers perform a sexual revealed the exact on an underistence of online cover detective reviews where in exchange for various custommoney. ers described According to in detail sexual WANG a Hays County services they press release, auallegedly received thorities arrested Linan at the massage parlor.

Wang, 59, of San Marcos During the arrest, on one count of Prostiofficers noted numerous tution, which is a Class code violations at the B misdemeanor. Wang parlor, according to was booked into the Hays the release. Authorities County Jail Wednesday will begin the process and was released Thursof revoking business’ day on $2,000 bond. license to operate.

Wednesday’s arrest “Prostitution is not occurred at Chi Masa victimless crime and sage, which is located officers will continue in a shopping center at the investigation to 1904 Old Ranch Road attempt to uncover 12 just outside of the any leads that connect San Marcos city limits. the business and its Wang listed the business owners or associates

with organized crime or human trafficking,” Wade Parham, commander of the Narcotics Task Force, said in a statement.

Anyone with information regarding this case may the Hays County Narcotics Task Force Office at 512-7532170 or you may contact the Hays County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-324TIPS (8477).

Remember, you may also submit information electronically from the link on the Hays County Crime Stoppers website or by using the free “TipSubmit” application from a smart phone. Information leading to the arrest and indictment of criminal suspect(s) may be eligible for a CASH reward of up to $1,000.

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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.

Car burglars strike vehicles in Garlic Creek

BY MOSES LEOS III

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The Buda Police Department (BPD) is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying two male suspects who were caught on surveillance video burglarizing vehicles in the Garlic Creek subdivision.

According to a Buda Police press release, the burglaries occurred during the overnight hours of March 9. The two suspects were caught on surveillance camera going vehicle-to-vehicle checking for unlocked car doors.

David Marino, Buda Public Information Office, said four Burglary of Motor Vehicle reports were filed and that items were taken from each vehicle.

The suspects, according to the release, appear to be in their late teens, and were wearing basketball shorts and carrying a backpack.

Buda Police Detective Barry Lee said the department is investigating the burglaries, but the investigation hasn’t “produced anything yet.”

According to Lee, a “high volume” of vehicle burglaries in Buda were crimes of opportunity.

He said pulling on

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unlocked car door handles is a prevalent crime in Buda neighborhoods. While BPD doesn’t see the crime often, they do follow a similar motive, where burglars check for unlocked door handles.

Lee said burglars go through the vehicle and “get anything that is lightweight.” He said money, GPS systems and other small items often are stolen from unlocked vehicles.

“We don’t see a lot of it,” Lee said. “The burglaries come in spurts,” Lee said. He said a majority of crimes of opportunity occur in residential areas.

While forced entry vehicle burglaries are not common, Lee said the department has seen them in Buda’s business district. According to Lee, some of the forced entry vehicle burglaries occurred in the Cabela’s and HEB parking lots.

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Lee said the department stressed the importance of locking doors and not leaving valuables in the car.

“Especially things that can be seen. Items (that are stolen) were left in the center console area or a GPS attacked to the dashboard or windshield.”

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “The increase in the amount of traffic is understandable.

The population has grown. But roads haven’t kept up with the growth.”

–SH 21 resident, story on pg. 5A

March 16, 2016

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EDITORIAL

Transparency means a lot – especially to those who don’t have it

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wo weeks ago we ran an editorial focused on the 10 commandments for open meetings, in time for Sunshine Week, March 13-19. Basically, the premise is that good comes from transparancy.

The quote from Walt Whitman, “I think heroic deeds were all conceived in the open air,” announced the editorial.

It’s a statement that still needs to be taken to heart by local officials.

Hays CISD might have its attorneys say, “Sure, that’s approved to be discussed in executive session.”

The cities of Kyle and Buda might go into closed sessions, as does Hays County, for personnel, real estate or discussions on litigation.

But can some of these discussions – even when officials are tempted and “approved” to talk in closed session – actually be better in public? Would there be less controversy, less suspicion of government officials if the public actually witnessed discussions, rather than assuming the worst?

A South African newspaper editor, Anton van Syl from the newspaper the Limpopo Mirror, wrote his own preface to the same guest editorial. But his intro was poignant.

Van Zyl has been with the Zoutpansberger and Limpopo Mirror for more than 21 years, and is a graduate of the University of Johannesburg (formerly Rand Afrikaans University), with a degree in Communications.

He is also the founder of the Associaition of Independent Publishers.

Van Zyl writes: Across the big waters, where 50 states once combined to form a federal republic, the citizens this week celebrate Sunshine Week. Sunshine Week, however, is nothing like a typical South African Easter holiday at the South Coast where you just lie around baking in the sun. In the USA, it is a national initiative to promote dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.

In our own country, still battling to get to grips with the responsibilities that a democratic society brings, we should perhaps consider having our own version of a Sunshine Week. We need to focus on the importance of transparency and the ordinary citizens’ right to information. We need to say to the politicians, the municipal officials, the sports organisers and even to the often secretive church bodies that the light must at all times shine on their activities. Plans made in the dark can only be evil and we don’t accept excuses for a lack of transparency anymore.

His final sentence so well wraps up the very reason that Sunshine Week was founded in March 2005, with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Excuses for lack of transprency should not be acceptable.

Government officials should look for reasons to discuss ideas and programs in public – rather than looking for excuses to automatically go into closed sessions.

At some point, bureaucratic attorneys advising governmental entities to go talk in private need to understand that this lack of transparency is what drives the political crazies to extremes.

Let’s shine light on government. Don’t be scared to stand up and say, “Let there be light.”

Text neck and other techno-maladies O kay, we all know about the hazards of using a cellphone while driving.

Whether it’s texting, surfing the internet or even talking on your phone, the smartphone can be a major distraction to the notso-smart driver. Even though in many cities it is unlawful to use your phone while driving, a mess of numskulls still do. I still see nitwits texting while driving 20 miles per hour under the speed limit, a dozen cars trailing behind him like a funeral procession.

A recent study revealed that there has been a large increase in vehicle/pedestrian accidents from cellphone users walking into traffic.

I saw a video of a mother grasping the hand of a toddler with one hand and her phone in the other while absent-mindedly stepping into a busy intersection. Luckily the drivers were more aware of their surroundings than this mesmerized mommy. There are numerous reports of folks texting while strolling and running smackdab into street signs and light posts.

Another hazard of texting is a malady called Text Neck. Physicians are seeing numerous patients with severe neck pain caused by excessive texting.

Some iPhone addicts can’t go 10

News and Sports Editor Moses Leos III

by Clint Younts

minutes without checking their phones for texts or recent Facebook posts. This strain on one’s cervical vertebrae while constantly looking down at a text can cause possibly permanent damage to the spine, causing the text-fiend to become an even bigger pain in the neck.

There is also a theory that excessive talking on a cell phone has the potential of causing brain cancer from the phone’s radiation having easy access into the skull.

I don’t know if this is really a big problem for two reasons: First, I figure most folks who talk on their cellphone all day long will end up crashing their car or stepping into an open manhole long before cancer kills them; secondly, few youngsters these days actually use their phone to talk. Kids tend to use their phones nowadays to text, tweet, message and post. Verbal communication is rarely used by the younger generation, and I

am afraid that in the near future, verbal communication will become extinct like proper grammar and good penmanship.

As I was relaxin’ here at the Crow’s Nest, soaking up warm sunshine and cold beer, I began to wonder if there are other perils of excessive cellphone usage. So I acquired the assistance of the research firm of Cuervo, Salt and Lime to help me discover other hazards of chronic cell phone use. These findings are definitely eye-opening, but I suspect there will be some folks who will question the validity of the concocted data gathered here.

According to doctors, there has been a huge increase of patients in the ER with lacerations and embedded glass in the buttocks of guys who forgot their iPhones were in their back pockets when they plopped down on a hard bar stool.

There have been numerous reports of blunt force trauma to the head of selective hearing-impaired men who were too busy changing their Fantasy Football line-ups to hear their wives say for the last time to come to dinner.

Shoeshine men report a 33% rise in business due to texting at urinals.

Marriage rates have declined over the past five years due to the lack of serious, long-term dating.

It has been discovered that young people prefer to gaze at their phones more that into the eyes of their dinner dates.

Neurosurgeon Ben Carson might’ve stated that the average size of a teenaged brain has shrunk over the past decade due to kids relying on their smartphones to hold data and to do simple calculations instead of using their minds. If Dr. Carson didn’t really say this, he should’ve.

Okay, let me conclude by revealing my hypothesis of this extensive research. More accidents, injuries and stupidity transpire from excessive cell phone use than from backyard beer drinking.

If you want to debate my theory, ice down a case of beer and tote your cooler over to the Crow’s Nest. Bring an open mind, but leave your dadgum cellphone at home.

Clint Younts would love to win the lottery. He’d probably buy out the Lone Star Brewery and have beer delivered cold, directly to the Crow’s Nest. crowsnest78610@gmail.com

They keep tearing down old memories E very time I read my print edition replica of the Houston Chronicle online, I read where they’ve’ torn down something else from the great memories of my past. (The headline reference to “Old Coot” is a club I organized a few years back. Anyone either past retirement age and/or disenchanted with what young whippersnappers are doing to our world can be a member.)

Latest in the Sad Headline Category is the announcement that they knocked down the old Houston Club building. No, I didn’t belong to the club or any other such bastion of exclusivity but my first job upon graduation from college with that wonderful Journalism degree was as associate editor of a magazine for an association headquartered in that building.

Texas Industry was the magazine and the association was the then-Texas Manufacturers Association, an organization devoted primarily to the boosting of the manufacturing segment of Lone Star state business. It is today the Texas Association of Business and is located in Austin closer to the halls of state government.

TMA’s iron-fisted ruler in

Hays Free Press Publisher Cyndy Slovak-Barton

From the Crow’s Nest

Webb’s Wisdom

by Willis Webb

those days was Ed Burris, executive vice president of TMA, and who scared me because I listened to my boss, Opal Hill Munz (use all three names, please), Texas Industry’s very literate, stylish, dignified editor, but who could also swear with any gutter-mouthed sailor. Burris could be scary but no more so than Opal Hill Munz.

TMA and Texas Industry were both in the Houston Club Building (although thankfully on separate floors) which was good for the image but another important reason (perhaps equally so) was that our Houston regional director (meaning membership sales), Col. Bill Saffarans (U.S. Army, Ret.) could sit at a pinochle table in the club all day – playing and winning – and sell enough memberships to fund the association entirely.

TMA had the state divided into six regions. That was the more lucrative times for the oil

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industry, primarily headquartered in Houston and the major reason for being there instead of Austin.

Opal Hill Munz and I shared an office suite with Col. Bill and his secretary.

Col. Bill was rarely in but he showered us regularly with some of the niceties of the club.

He’d have the club send up a cart of coffee, rolls and pastries.

And, once in a blue moon, he’d have them wheel in with lunch.

Of course, Opal Hill Munz (all three names, remember) didn’t believe in lunch breaks or in leaving until well after 5 p.m. (our day started at 8 a.m.). All of that for 300 bucks a month.

And, I had to wear a suit, tie, hat and carry an umbrella and brief case, per Opal Hill Munz’s orders.

We must be professional and dignified.

I’d been led to believe in some quarters in college journalism, that magazines were the ultimate. Of course, two years at the magazine, squirming under Opal Hill Munz’s glaring, drill-bit eyes, made me realize that country editing was what I was meant to be doing no matter what some higher education professors sang hallelujah about.

But, back to the Houston Club Building. There was no parking in the building available to lowly associate editors (not that I could afford it on $300 per month), so I parked a few blocks away in a cheap parking lot (no street parking and no free places). At least my new 1960 Morris Minor was economical gas-wise.

While Houston’s traffic in those days wouldn’t approach today’s rush hour(s) jams, it was nerve-wracking enough to this country boy. Thankfully, there were several good burger and sandwich places near the Houston Club Building because I couldn’t afford lunch there much less the club membership.

I’ve been disdainful of exclusivity ever since even though the days in that building did produce some good memories and great experience. And, one great outcome was that it sent me directly into the country editing business.

Willis Webb is a retired community newspaper editor-publisher of more than 50 years experience. wwebb@wildblue.net

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Bridging troubled water Flood report not issued for Hays County

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

news@haysfreepress.com

Ten months after the 2015 Memorial Day flood that devastated parts of Hays County, officials still have not issued an After Action Report meant to show leaders where additional resources or funding needs to be applied.

Hays County Communications Manager Laureen Chernow said the delay is due to the October flood following too closely on the heels of the May 2015 floods to give the county adequate time to recover enough to issue the report.

According to Chernow, the formal writing process of the AAR is underway.

When it will be issued to the public is still undetermined.

In addition to mapping out resources and funding, the report will also show where first responder training is needed before

“As far as we are concerned there was really no rescue effort during the Memorial Day flood. They told my son-in-law they didn’t even know we existed.”

–Patricia Hohman, resident affected by flood

another weather disaster strikes.

When asked why smaller counties, such as Blanco and Caldwell Counties, issued their After Action Reports while Hays County remains empty handed, Chernow said those counties “were less affected than Hays County.”

Chernow also said that even without the report, first responders and emergency personnel used knowledge gained from the Memorial Day flood to aid the community during the Oct. 30 flood.

Several measures, such

as the installation of river gauges along the Blanco River in Wimberley and the rebuilding of the Fischer Store Bridge, have taken place prior to the issuance of the report.

In addition, SkyWarn classes taught by the National Weather Service throughout Hays County has gone to help citizens understand different weather aspects to be better prepared in the future.

Chernow encourages citizens living along the Blanco River with debris piles to allow members of FEMA on to their property

to remove them, in case of future imminent flood conditions.

She also said residents and visitors alike can sign up for the Capital Area Coalition of Governments (CAPCOG) inclement weather alert system.

“Our setup works well for Hays County and we recognize there is always room for improvement,” Chernow says.

But for one Hays County resident, those measures may not be enough.

Patricia Hohman, 69, who lives along State Highway 21 in San Marcos,

said Hays County has a lot of work to do in regard to response times.

Hohman claims that during the beginning stages of the Memorial Day flood, her family reached out to emergency responders in Hays County for help.

“My son-in-law called 911 during the May flood to see if someone could help us get out, and they responded by saying they didn’t know anyone lived on our street,” Hohman said.

She went on to say the county made Gary Job Corps aware of the flood danger and evacuated them, but failed to alert or evacuate the Hohmans, who live right across SH 21 from Gary Job Corp.

Hohman said the water level rose quicker than she and her family had anticipated, forcing them to climb atop their two vehicles with the hope of being rescued.

Zika virus scare hits home in Hays County

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

news@haysfreepress.com

Rapid spread of the Zika virus in recent months has raised concern in Hays County over the projected health and welfare of its citizens if the virus spreads to North America.

For now, the virus seems to be restricted to the areas already on the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) travel warning list that includes Central and South America, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean islands and Mexico.

Currently there are no reported cases of the virus that have been locally acquired within the U.S. According to the CDC website, there have been 107 travel-associated Zika virus cases in the country.

Two such cases have been reported in Travis County, according to reports. There have been no

People are encouraged to reduce the spread of mosquitoes by getting rid of any outside standing water, which is an ample breeding ground for the insects.

the virus spreads quickly and symptoms can be so mild, a patient may not know they are even infected.

The virus is spread predominately by infected mosquitoes within the travel warning zones. The CDC encourages citizens in the U.S. to continue to remain vigilant as the virus can be transmitted sexually through a male reports at this time of Zika virus rarely die from the partner has travelled to virus in Hays County. virus, but are typically sick the CDC’s warning zones But there have been for several days to a week. and been infected with nine documented cases of Once a patient is infected Zika. the virus that have been with the virus, however, No information is yet locally acquired within he or she is likely to be known about whether U.S. territories such as protected from future in- an infected woman can the commonwealth of fection. transmit the virus through Puerto Rico, the U.S. VirThe virus is dangersexual intercourse. gin Islands, and America ous to pregnant women There is no vaccine that Samoa. because it attacks the exists to prevent the Zika The Zika virus is not unborn baby and can virus and treatment is redeadly and most sympcause microcephaly, or a stricted to palliative care toms patients complain smaller than normal brain against the symptoms. of are fever, rashes, joint and head.

President Barack Obama pain, and conjunctivitis Officials at Seton Med- announced a request on (pink eye). ical Center Hays in Kyle Feb. 8 for $1.8 billion in According to the CDC, and the CDC urge citizens emergency funds for repatients infected with the to exercise caution. Since search into a vaccine and

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by PGI. Additional development could include office space, hotels, restaurants and retail shopping. But Webster said neither a truck stop nor a sexually oriented business (SOB) would be allowed for development.

Webster said in a statement that the city and PGI are discussing what type of development “comes to fruition” at the location.

Helping will be Catalyst and Gateway, which will design a conceptual plan that is part of the “Sustainable Kyle Initiative,” City Manager Scott Sellers said in a statement.

Rezoning of the property would be done once the conceptual plan is completed.

“There’s commitment to do high quality development and PGI is interested in doing that too,” Webster said.

The plan also calls for extending a wastewater line to the area. Sellers said the city estimates spending $900,000 to $1 million to extend a wastewater line, which was done through a partnership with San Marcos.

Sellers said the extension would postpone the need for an $2 million lift station by five to seven years.

That $2 million is part of an estimated $6 million plan to bring wastewater service to the I-35 Corridor south of Center Street, according to Assistant Kyle City Manager James Earp. He added that Kyle

The agreement allows for a 10,000 square foot convenience store with an eight pump gas station to be placed on two acres of property. The convenience store would be owned and operated by PGI. would recoup capital investment dollars through recovery fees as more businesses are developed on the PGI and surrounding properties.

The agreement brings an end to a four year saga that centered around PGI’s desire to bring a truck stop to Kyle. Previous plans led to an outpouring of opposition from nearby neighbors, including residents of the Blanco Vista subdivision.

In February, PGI sought to rezone the land from Agricultural (AG) to Warehouse (W), which was denied by the Kyle Planning and Zoning Commission.

Webster said talks about the agreement began roughly two months ago. He said conversations with San Marcos were “in good faith” and were “in a nature to problem solve.”

“I wasn’t about to throw away an opportunity to develop a key piece of property. We can’t afford to do that,” Webster said.

San Marcos Mayor Daniel Guerrero said during meetings with Kyle and Hays County, they “stressed the investment in this area” and the need to make “this gateway to our community an area we can all be proud to showcase.”

“This agreement is a step in the right direction, and an affirmation in the power of regional planning and cooperation,” Guerrero said.

Hays County Precinct No. 4 Commissioner Ray Whisenant was pleased with the new agreement, saying it offers “an attractive and viable business plan for that property.”

Adriana Cruz, president of the GSMP, said the plan will provide “highly beneficial” information that will guide the development into a “fruitful economic hotspot.”

“I do think it creates a platform for future conversation and future collaboration,” Webster said.

public education about Zika to be distributed to several agencies involved to accelerate the process.

Spokesperson for Seton Medical Center, Steve Taylor, says that plans are in place through the county health department for community outreach on a massive scale in the event that Zika spreads to Hays County.

“In the case of large scale health issues, standardized responses are orchestrated by government entities, but that doesn’t seem to be imminent right now,” Taylor said.

He went on to say citizens in Kyle should watch the media coverage on the Zika virus closely for any updates.

In the meantime, Taylor encourages people to reduce the spread of mosquitoes by getting rid of any outside standing water, which is an ample breeding ground for the insects.

According to Hohman, they waited three hours for the water to go down, waving at passing rescue helicopters during that time, unable to get assistance.

When the water finally receded enough for them to escape, rescue volunteers in kayaks came by to help, but were not able to give the Hohmans any information about where they could be evacuated to.

Hohman agreed with Chernow on the improved response from Hays County officials during the October flood.

She said the same kayak team came to warn them when they needed to evacuate much sooner than the May flood, but they still didn’t know where to direct them for evacuation.

“As far as we are concerned there was really no rescue effort during the Memorial Day flood,” Hohman said. “They told my son-in-law they didn’t even know we existed.”

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of misconduct by Jesse Espinoza has been completed,” according to the release.

Per the release, the timing of the matter will be determined as part of the ongoing litigation.

Hernandez will oversee day-to-day operations of the department until the investigation is concluded. He will also act as interim police chief until disciplinary action, if any, is taken as a result of findings of the investigation by Edge.

In May 2015, Barnett was placed on administrative leave as the city conducted its investigation of former Kyle Police Sgt. Jesse Espinoza.

Espinoza was put on indefinite suspension in May 2015. Espinoza appealed the suspension in September 2015, which led to an arbitration hearing.

No decision has been made at this time on the arbitration case.

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Lawsuit filed against SH 45 project

BY MOSES LEOS III

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Litigation filed by a coalition of groups and individuals seeks to halt the Texas Department of Transportation’s State Highway 45 Southwest project months before construction is scheduled to begin.

But according to Hays County Precinct No. 2 Commissioner Mark Jones, TxDOT officials are“confident” they could begin the project by summer 2016.

The lawsuit, filed on Feb. 24 in the U.S. Western District Court of Texas, was made on behalf of 12 parties, including the Save our Springs Alliance. Other parties include former Texas Comptroller and Railroad Commissioner Carole Keeton, along with singer and songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker and his wife Susan.

Their lawsuit, which was filed against TxDOT

“Austin has had the attitude, ‘if you don’t build it they won’t come.’ They are still coming ... We don’t have a choice.”

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and the Central Texas Regional Mobility Assocation (CTRMA), sought an injunction on construction on the southern half of Loop 1 (MoPac) in Austin.

One of the projects is the construction of SH 45 SW, a 3.6 mile, four-lane toll road that would connect FM 1626 to MoPac. The road is projected to cost $70 to $100 million.

According to the SH 45 SW website, Hays County commissioners in 2014 pledged $5 million toward construction of SH 45 SW. According to Jones, TxDOT and CTRMA officials “expected” a lawsuit to be filed. But he believed those who filed a lawsuit would “save their ammo”

for improvements to south MoPac in Austin as SH 45 SW was a “done deal.”

The injunction is the latest hurdle placed against SH 45 SW since it was first introduced in 1985.

In July 2014, TxDOT presented an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which evaluated the impact the project could have on the area. In March 2015, TxDOT issued its decision to proceed with final design and construction of the project.

According to the lawsuit, the injunction was filed concerning an “inter-connected set of far-reaching actions”

agencies are “instituting in the recharge zone of the Barton Springs segment of the Edwards Aquifer.”

One party against the MoPac project is the Friendship Alliance of Hays County, a non-profit representing residents along FM 1826 and US 290 West.

According to the lawsuit, the Alliance claims SH 45 SW would harm the interests of residents they represent by making traffic on South MoPac worse.

Within the lawsuit, the Alliance also claims SH 45 SW would encourage “more unmanaged growth” in northern Hays County that could harm “the rural character, sce-

Residents concerned about safety on State Highway 21

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When Jeff Turner moved to Uhland roughly 30 years ago, there were more farm tractors than cars traveling along State Highway 21.

But growth along SH 21, primarily the influx of 18-wheeler traffic, has Turner and nearby residents concerned about the safety of the roadway. For Turner and resident Patricia Sylvester, hosting a public meeting with officials on March 29 is part of their effort to improve safety conditions.

“We’re wondering how much longer it will take (to fix the road), and I don’t mean a 10-year plan,” Sylvester said.

“How much longer before residents sue the state for not protecting us?”

A primary issue is the increase in traffic along a roadway that is “20 years behind what the growth is,” according to Turner.

One Uhland resident attributed the growth to an increase in subdivisions and construction in the area.

He also said traffic that “used to go down I-35 now goes down Highway 21.”

As a result, Turner said he has had to wait nearly 10 to 15 minutes at the end of his driveway, which intersects with SH 21, to enter the road.

Other residents shared their concerns of traffic maneuvering around the edges of the highway to avoid turning vehicles that stop the flow of traffic.

Residents also had concerns about the lack of shoulders along the side of the road.

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“It’s, who is going to get killed before they do something? Not how many, but who?” the resident said. “But roads haven’t kept up with the growth.”

Widening the road to add shoulders, or adding a dedicated turning lane were residents’ solutions to the problem.

But residents are fearful about possible accidents involving school buses as a result of the speed of the highway and increased traffic.

“It’s, who is going to get killed before they do something?” one resident said. “Not how many, but who?”

Sylvester’s concerns extend toward the increase in 18-wheeler traffic along the highway.

She said that speed along the highway and law enforcement presence was also an issue. Residents were also concerned about highway speeding, primarily by younger drivers.

Sylvester said adding additional law enforcement presence and lowering the speed limit to 50 miles per hour would alleviate some issues. State Highway 21 is currently a 65-mile per hour road.

“Every Saturday and Sunday, there are kids going back and forth.

They are young and crazy, 19 years old and bulletproof,” Turner said.

He added slowing the speed down would help with truck traffic in the area.

In an emailed response, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) spokesperson Kelli Reyna said they are looking

nic beauty, water resources, traffic flow and quality of life in Northern Hays County.”

It claims the harm could be “legitimately considered and would likely be reduced or avoided” if there were first prepared a “comprehensive analysis” of the impacts of SH 45 SW. “Every time we try to build it, there’s been a lawsuit,” Jones said. “We did everything that was required. We are building an environmentally sound road.”

Jones discounted the claims for unmanaged growth, saying not building the road has “not slowed the growth one bit.”

“Austin has had the attitude, ‘if you don’t build it they won’t come.’ They are still coming,” Jones said.

“We don’t have a choice.

We have to improve infrastructure whenever we can. If we don’t, we could have as much gridlock and congestion as Austin.”

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to determine what improvements can be made to the corridor.

TxDOT currently has a $2.3 million project scheduled for late 2016 that would add 10-foot shoulders to Highway 21. The shoulders would extend on SH 21 from the Hays County line to 1600 feet east of the county line, Reyna said.

That project also calls for pavement repairs and resurfacing from the Hays County line to the Bastrop/Caldwell County line.

Reyna also said a $17 million project adding passing lanes within the right of way of SH 21 from State Highway 80 to 71 is under development.

“This should help address some of the shortterm needs until funding for construction can be obtained,” she said.

Changes in the speed limit, however, depend on engineering studies that calculate what speed 85 percent of the population travels on a road way.

Reyna said a speed study was conducted in 2012 on SH 21 in Uhland and results were reflected in changes in the speed limit. TxDOT will conduct a “more thorough speed study” this spring after a few speed measurements dropped.

But residents continue to wait for a solution.

Many feel the state won’t alleviate the problem.

“This road has been exactly the same as it is right now for years,” Turner said. “Nothing has been done at all.”

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In the affidavit, Glickler was driving at 79 mph and failed to signal when switching lanes, as well as failing to stay in a single lane.

Terreo said in the affidavit that he smelled alcohol when he was approaching the vehicle and that it was more pronounced on Glickler’s breath when he spoke.

According to Terreo’s account of the arrest in the affidavit, Glickler appeared to be “nervous and frustrated.” Glickler also displayed signs of intoxication, such as bloodshot, watery eyes, a flushed face, and profuse sweating.

When asked about his destination, Glickler allegedly told Terreo that he was headed home to Buda after drinking a few beers at a friend’s house a few hours prior to the

traffic stop.

Concerned that Glickler was over the legal limit, Terreo asked Glickler to exit his vehicle and move to the rear of the vehicle to administer Standardized Field Sobriety tests to determine if Glickler was intoxicated.

According to the affidavit, Glickler stumbled to the rear of the vehicle and refused to perform one of the three sobriety tests, the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test, the most accurate field test to determine intoxication.

He displayed three out of four clues for intoxication during the One Leg Stand Test, and four out of eight clues during the Walk and Turn test.

Terreo arrested Glickler for DWI. Glickler also refused to take a blood or breathalyzer test to determine

intoxication, the affidavit reports.

According to a May 2015 report by the Austin American Statesman, this is not the first alcohol related arrest on Glickler’s record.

In 2004, Glickler was arrested after driving backwards on a one-way street in Travis County and refused to take a breathalyzer test at that time as well.

Glickler, a former prosecutor in the State Attorney General’s Office, had only been on the bench in Hays County for seven months before his arrest.

The Hays Free Press reached out to Russ Savlatura, Glickler’s attorney, for comment about the resaons he waived his right to a jury trial.

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Rebel bats pummel Lehman 17-0

BY MOSES LEOS III

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Lehman High pitcher Luis Jimenez (left) looks over his shoulder from the stretch position at a Hays High baserunner who took a lead-off of first base during Monday’s district game. A barrage of hits helped Hays defeat Lehman 17-0. See more photos online at HaysFreePress.com.

From the first inning to the last, Tuesday, the Hays Rebels slammed on the gas pedal and didn’t look back.

Sixteen hits, which included four home runs, highlighted Hays dominant 17-0 win over the Lehman Lobos at Lobo Field.

Hays wasted little time in scoring runs as they put up four in the first inning. Guiding the Rebels was senior first baseman Brandon Hunter, who highlighted the inning with a three-run home run to left field.

“I was waiting for the high fastball, and just tried

“It was just me out there playing catch with my catcher and trying to execute pitches … and get off the hill as quickly as I could.”

–Mike Gonzales, Hays pitcher

to put a good swing on it and not do too much,” Hunter said. “The rest takes care of itself.”

Hunter said Hays’ performance at the plate helped build the team’s confidence. Rebel pitcher Mike Gonzales said getting off to a quick start was key.

“We’ve always been told that great teams put them away early,” Gonzales said.

“We came out with the

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Lady Lobos thrash Akins 8-1, return to postseason

mentality that we’ve got to jump on them now and keep the gas pedal on.”

On the defensive side, Gonzales proved dominant as he held Lehman to one hit in a complete game, shutout effort.

Gonzales said mixing his off-speed pitches and his fastball kept Lehman batters off-balance. Hays head coach James Howard said Gonzales had “good velocity” on the mound

and was effective in changing speeds.

But for Gonzales, the game “wasn’t for me, it was for the team.”

“It was just me out there playing catch with my catcher and trying to execute pitches … and get off the hill as quickly as I could,” Gonzales said.

On the opposite end, Lehman bats couldn’t catch up to Gonzales.

One of their best opportunities at scoring a run came in the bottom of the third frame when they manufactured a runner to second base.

Gonzales, however, pitched out of the inning to end the threat. Hays’ Josh Burnett followed in

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14-6A All-District Players

BY KYLE LEHNICK

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A 30 minute weather delay Friday wasn’t enough to rain on the Lehman Lady Lobos’ parade toward a playoff berth.

An overwhelming Lehman offensive effort carried the Lady Lobos to a decisive 8-1 win over the Akins Lady Eagles on senior night at Lobo Field. By virtue of the win, along with a Hays High loss to Anderson, Lehman solidified its first playoff berth since the 2014 season.

For senior Lexi Sanchez, ensuring the senior class rectified missing the playoffs last season was their ultimate goal.

“We wanted (to make the playoffs) in our senior year,” Sanchez said.

“We came out here, we did it and we’re so proud of each other.”

Lady Lobos head coach Nauri Garcia said the team wanted to “come out on all cylinders” to start the game.

He cited the importance of the contest, as Lehman had to win to keep pace with the playoff chase.

The Lady Lobos didn’t waste time in building a insurmountable lead in the first half. Lehman’s offense overpowered Akins to take a commanding lead at halftime.

Leading the charge was the play of the seniors, including Sanchez, Riley Block and Pamela Lasprilla.

The trio accounted for four of the Lady Lobos’

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Hays CISD selections to the 14-6A Girls All-District team LEHMAN Newcomer of the Year Makayla Coy – Fr. First team Makayla Coy – Fr. PHOTO BY LINCOLN RAMIREZ

With rain drops falling on her head, Lehman High senior Riley Blok lines up to take a penalty kick during Friday’s game at Lobo Field. Lehman rolled past Akins 8-1 en route to securing a playoff berth.

eight goals, with Lasprilla scoring twice in the contest.

Garcia said the team’s ability to follow shots assisted the team in notching goals and building on the lead. He also cited the team dribbling the ball into the 18-yard box, instead of passing it.

But for Garcia, ensuring the Lady Lobos didn’t look past Akins was his top priority.

“We were trying not to fall in the idea that the game was going to be given to us. We had to get the game,” Garcia said.

“We needed this win and the girls made sure they

got ahead early.”

Lehman continued to press forward in the second half as the team dominated the field, outscoring Akins in the final 40 minutes.

The experience of the seniors, Garcia said, has helped push the team forward as they now ready for the postseason.

He said the experience shows when they step on the field.

“We have fun, but when it comes down to business, they click on and the underclassmen follow along,” Garcia said. “The seniors have bonded together and

made it about the whole team.”

Lehman currently holds third place in 14-6A and is fighting for playoff positioning. On Tuesday, Lehman played Westlake.

Focusing on team defense is what Garcia said will be priority as they face offensively oriented opponents from 13-6A. Utilizing underclassmen such as freshman Kyla Johnson, who has scored six goals over the last seven games, has helped, Garcia said.

“This was a good win for spring break and the playoffs,” Sanchez said.

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Rebel softball 6-2 after weekend competition Hays Lady Rebel senior first baseman Karina Rocha fields the ball during the team’s district game against the Westlake Chaparrals on March 11. Hays played three games over a four day span.

The Lady Rebels finished with a 2-1 mark during that time frame. Leading their week off was a come from behind 3-1 win over the Westlake Chaparrals Friday at the Lady Rebel softball field.

Hays hit the diamond less than 24 hours later as they fell to the Bowie Lady Bulldogs 2-1. On Monday, Hays outlasted Akins in a 6-5 win at home.

The Lady Rebels finish the first half of the district schedule with a 6-2 mark. The Lady Rebels host Lake Travis on March 24 at 7 p.m.

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Wet weather conditions didn’t stop the host Hays Rebel boys and girls track and field teams from taking first place at the 2016 Don Shelton Relays at Shelton Stadium on Thursday. The Hays High girls track and field team finished in first place with 183 points, while the boys track and field team finished with 147 points. The Lehman varsity boys team finished in seventh place, while the girls finished in sixth place. Browse and buy photos online at www.haysfreepress.com under the photos link.

Anderson ends Hays’ playoff hopes in PK’s

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The Hays Lady Rebel soccer team took a tough home loss against the Anderson Lady Trojans in their final game of the regular season.

Friday’s game was tied 3-3 at the end of regulation and went to a penalty kick shootout, where Anderson outkicked Hays by a 4-3 margin.

The Lady Trojans offense scored three goals in the first five minutes of the match. The first two goals occurred with 37:42 and 37:15 left in play. The third consecutive goal was scored on a free kick at the 35:45 mark.

Despite their early misfortune, the Lady Rebels persevered.

“We made some miscues defensively, and they took advantage,” head coach Brent Holcomb said. “That could’ve been it, but they didn’t let that defeat them, and it didn’t.”

Holcomb said his team’s approach to Friday’s game differed, as the pressure to stay in the chase for the playoffs loomed.

“We’ve been burned so many times lately because we’ve come out flat. Today, we came out

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Hays High senior Kayla Humphries controls the ball during the team’s game against Lehman earlier in the year.

mentally unbalanced, knowing we had to have the win to stay in it and we just weren’t on sound footing,” Holcomb said.

“They got some through balls, we made mistakes and if that happens, we’re going to get burned.”

Hays’ trail toward a comeback began midway through the first half.

Gabriella Segovia found the net first for Hays off a corner kick with 27 minutes left in the first half. Anderson

took a 3-1 lead into the halftime break before Hays tallied another goal in the second half.

Hays’ Maya Hood found the back of the net with a header after the ball bounced like a pinball inside the Trojan 18-yard box.

The game-tying goal came with 30:51 still to play in the second half.

Kayla Humphries served up a corner kick and Mariah Gonzales was on the receiving end to

knock the ball home.

From there, the game turned into a bit of a volleyball match, with neither team controlling possession.

“The goals in the first part of the second half were good, but there was a lot of unsettled, un-tactical play on both sides for most of that half,” Holcomb said.

With the game tied at 3-3 to end regulation, a best of five penalty kick shooout ensued.

Hays found the net on its first three shots while Anderson went two for three. But Hays missed its final two shots and the Trojans went one for two resulting in a 3-3 tie.

In the sixth round of kicks, Anderson found the net while the Rebel shot was blocked.

While the loss meant an end to the Lady Rebels playoff hopes, Holcomb said the team advanced their level of play and their speed of play this season.

“Every year has been a learning experience. Last year we wondered if we could even hang in this district, we proved that we could,” Holcomb said.

“This year, our goal was to be competitive against the top four teams in district from last year and we did that. It was a good season in many ways.”

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the next half inning by hitting a solo home run to give Hays a commanding 5-0 advantage.

From there, Hays’ offense peppered Lehman’s pitching staff by scoring 12 runs over the final three innings.

“We always preach to the guys … if you get that pitch you’re looking for, you’re sitting on that pitch, get your best swing on it early in the count,” Howard said.

Hays held a 9-0 lead after six innings. The Rebels

followed by adding eight more runs in the top of the seventh frame.

Highlighting the eight run salvo was a two run home run by second baseman Tyler Wilson.

“It’s a good win against a quality team,” H oward

said. “It does well for our confidence to put up so many runs tonight, but we’re also playing well defensively.”

Lehman hosts Crockett in a non-district game on Monday, while Hays hosts Westlake on Tuesday.

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Committee tabs northwest site for Hays CISD’s third high school

BY MOSES LEOS III

moses@haysfreepress.com

Hays CISD’s process of finding a site for a proposed third high school got a step closer to being finalized last week.

On March 10, the Hays CISD Site Selection Committee voted to recommend building the district’s third high school at a northwest site along Ranch Road 967.

Hays CISD’s committee will present its recommendation to the Board of Trustees on March 21. The board could vote on the site during its March 28 meeting.

The northwest site, which is located near Carpenter Hill

Elementary School, was one of two potential locations the district pinpointed for the third high school campus, which could be included in a May 2017 bond.

According to the district, Hays CISD’s third high school could cost $100 million.

Hays CISD’s alternate option was a site located in the northeast portion of the district in the Sunfield Municipal Utility District.

But local residents expressed concerns that the northeast site was located in Travis County.

Because of the location, response times for emergency services for the northeast location raised additional concerns.

According to the district, the nearest

The conceptual design called for a school bus transportation center as long-range use facility on the property. But according to the release, the idea has “been abandoned as incompatible on that property with a high school.”

fire station, located along FM 1327 in Travis County, is roughly five minutes from the third high school campus. The nearest EMS station located on Ralph Ablanedo Dr. is 11 minutes from the proposed third high school site.

Response times for the northwest location were less than two minutes for Fire and EMS service,

as Buda Fire Station No. 3 is located less than a mile from the site.

Emergency services availability was one of 11 criteria considered by the committee on March 10 when submitting its recommendation.

The northwest site scored a 4.8 out of 5, while the northeast site scored 2.3 for emergency services.

Hays CISD’s site on RR

967 scored higher in six categories, including site access and site elevation, than the site in Sunfield MUD. A new transportation facility, however, will not accompany the proposed northwest site for the high school.

According to a statement from Hays CISD, the district in 2009 had a conceptual schematic design to show the “possible maximum use of the property.” It was done when the district was applying for an impervious cover construction variance on the RR 967 property.

The conceptual design called for a school bus transportation center as long-range use facility on the property.

But according to the

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release, the idea has “been abandoned as incompatible on that property with a high school.”

“Any discussion of building a transportation center would be part of a future bond committee to determine its need and location, a Board vote to call for that item on an election ballot, and approval by voters to build the facility,” Savoy said in the statement.

He went on to add Hays CISD administration has “not discussed this matter as a viable option.”

“The administration does not and will not recommend a transportation facility on the proposed northwest high school property,” Savoy said in a statement.

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Hays High School’s Rebel Vocal Music Department members had an outstanding outing at their 2016 UIL Solo and Ensemble contest, held recently at Austin’s McCallum High School. There were 47 Charles Flores-directed Rebs entered in the audition competition. 34 of those earned First Division (Superior) ratings on their solos. 21 students qualified with a top rating of “1” and will advance to the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Competition to be held in May at University of Texas-Austin. Students qualifying to advance to State included Alayna Bedwell, Taylor Burrell, Emma Cole, Taylor Cooper, Sean Corbett, Allison Garcia, Jasmyne Garcia, Makaela Gotchey, Hailey Heatherington, Hermalinda Hurtado, Eboni Jones, Valisa Kinder, Veronica Mendez, Peiyan Li, Aracely Rojas, Juliana Smith, Hailey Williams, Derrick Dawson, Joel Ferguson, Wesley Ramirez and Michael Samaro. Additional students scoring “1” included Alyssa Blazi, Lydia Emery, Katrina Fitch, Taryn Grannis, Summer Lopez, Sofia Martinez-Gonzalez, Gabriella Reyna, Arianna Thomas, Annleise Vigil, Jacob Hebert, Graydon Hornsby, Seth Lyon, and Casper Smith.

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15 Lobo singers receive top rating at Solo and Ensemble competition

It was a great showing for the Lehman High School Choir at the 2016 UIL Solo & Ensemble Contest this year, with no fewer than 15 of the talented Lobo vocalists claiming judges’ scores of “1,” the competition’s top rating. Of that pool, a dozen of the students, directed by Andrea Baragas, earned the right to move on to the State Solo and Ensemble Contest at the University of Texas-Austin in May. Above are all of the high-scoring Lobos, with an asterisk denoting an advance to State. Lobo soloists are (back, l-r) Brianna Boone*, Isabel Gloria, Nathan Meneses*, Paulina Robles*, Briana Davis*, Diego Gutierrez*; (Front, L-R) Cayden Raymond** (solo and ensemble), David Garcia*, Sarah Greenfield, Brittany Felch*, Kyler McGehee*; (not pictured: Taelor Pena).

Hemphill Elementary School will be hosting a Pet Vaccination Clinic on Tuesday, March 22 from 5-7 p.m. at the school. Take the bus entrance. Vaccines include rabies for dogs and cats ($5); DHLP, parvo, coronoa, bordatello for dogs ($10-$15); and PRCC and feluk for cats ($15).

A complete yearly vaccine with flea and heartworm preventative will also be available for $20.

A portion of the proceeds will go to help fund field trips and a cover for the playground.

For more

information, call Hemphill Elementary at (512) 268-4688.

Parent meeting set for new middle school students

A parent meeting for next year’s McCormick Middle School students will be held on Tuesday, March 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center (PAC). This meeting is intended for parents who were not able to attend the meetings on Wed., Feb. 24 or Wed., March 2. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to e-mail me or call McCormick principal, Thad Gittens, at (512) 268-2141 x6032.

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While they competed on the field Monday, the Hays and Lehman baseball teams were brothers in arms prior to the game during a ceremony held in honor of late head baseball coach David Null. The Lobos, which wore blue and red ribbons pinned to their jerseys, presented Hays head baseball coach James Howard with a token baseball bat. Lehman also had the initials “DN” placed on each of the four bases, along with the initials behind the mound.

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With your parent’s ________, put the bird back in its nest. (The old belief that mother birds won’t accept a baby covered with a human’s scent is false!)

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Speedway hosts inaugural Tejano Extravaganza With a large feather in his hat and a zoot suit to match, Los Garcia Bros. lead singer and guitar player Joey Garcia, Jr. performs on stage during the inaugural Central Texas Tejano Extravaganza held at the Central Texas Speedway in Kyle. Tejano music aficionados from near and far converged to Kyle as they took part in the Tejano Extravaganza. The event featured various Tejano music acts, which included the Hometown Boys, Jay Perez, Mazz and the Garcia Bros.

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Books can make the best movies Check it Out

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dapting movies from books is an extremely popular trend. In fact, nine of this year’s Academy Award winning and nominated movies were based on books.

The book adaptation that won the most Oscars was The Revenant by Michael Punke. The grueling story of an early American trapper’s wilderness survival and quest for revenge earned awards for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Cinematographer.

In fact, all the acting categories were won by book-based films.

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Barbeque rosemary PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III

A wish is granted

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Kyle boy visits Disney World and it was such a cool time

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wen Sirmons and his family of four waited in anticipation at the Makea-Wish Central & South Texas banquet. Before they knew it Storm Troopers walked onto the stage to present the family’s trip to Disney World.

“It was an over the top experience for a six-year-old,” his mom Erica said. “Honestly we thought Make-a-Wish was for terminally ill kids.”

The Sirmons, of Kyle, will fly to Disney World in Florida March 10 –March 16 to fulfill Owen’s dream of visiting the amusement park.

Erica said Owen is like any typical six-year-old, who loves Lego’s and Star Wars. The only difference is he was born with Escobar’s Syndrome.

Escobar’s Syndrome is a rare genetic condition that restricts movement during development and causes the joints to form tightly, Erica said.

“In some ways he’s a normal fun-loving child and he just has the best attitude,” Erica said.

“This is all he knows.”

He has already had 23 surgeries and there will be more in the future to work on his back, she said.

Her husband, Richard, encouraged her to apply to Makea-Wish when they saw other children with chronic illnesses getting their wishes granted, she said.

“At first he didn’t understand why we were doing the application or got the wish,” Erica said.

“One day he said, ‘I think I got it, I have been through a lot.’”

Erica said the application asked for three wishes in case one didn’t work.

“He just wanted to go to Lego Land,” Erica said. “Once we looked up videos he got all excited about Disney and Universal.”

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The Sirmon family of Kyle will fly to Disney World this month. The trip was made possible by the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

“At first he didn’t understand why we were doing the application or got the wish ... One day he said, ‘I think I got it, I have been through a lot.’”

– Erica Sirmons, mother of Make-a-Wish recipient

She said the family will now get a chance to go to all three.

She said the trip will be a good break for the family and especially their 14-year-old son Cameron, since the family hasn’t taken a vacation since Owen was born.

“Everything kept moving forward and we are beyond grateful and excited,” Erica said. “We’ve met so many people through Make-a-Wish.”

When a child’s wish is granted Make-a-Wish holds a going away

party for the family and invites friends, family and the wish’s sponsor.

SouthWest Water Corporation’s director of operations Gary Rose first met Owen at his going away party March 5.

Rose said his company sets aside funds to support wishes in Pflugerville, East Austin and the Kyle/Buda area.

“He is a neat young man and it made my heart warm to meet him,” Rose said. “It’s the part of the giving back that is very

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enjoyable.”

Rose presented Owen with Minecraft and hero-themed gifts. He said the employees contribute by making the gift baskets or even dressing up at the parties.

He said Make-a-Wish told them it is rare for a sponsoring company to be so involved.

“It’s a good ice breaker when you first meet the kids,” Rose said. “I’ve had many employees say that they take pride in the company doing this.”

Many who participate in Make-a-Wish say the wishes give kids an added boost of hope and positivity, Erica said.

She said the she plans to bring up memories from the trip whenever Owen goes into surgery.

“It’s a lifelong memory we’ll be able to look back on,” Erica said.

“He is going to be on cloud nine for a long time.”

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osemary is possibly my favorite herb.

It is an essential seasoning in any chef’s pantry, and comes in an array of shapes, growth habits and flower colors.

The most common forms are either upright evergreen shrubs (up to 3 feet tall), or low-growing groundcover plants. Their flowers can be pink or white, but most often they’re blue.

One of the latest varieties of Rosemarinus officinalis to filter into the nursery is called ‘barbeque rosemary.’

My first inclination was to rub a branch to see if it smelled like barbeque.

Not in the slightest. Like most of the rosemary I’m familiar with, it had the fragrance of pine.

What is unique to this rosemary, however, is its upright growth habit, and its long, straight stems. The stems clearly inspired the name… because they make perfect barbeque skewers.

All the chef/gardener needs to do is cut off 12 inch sections from the plant. These herbal skewers will release special aromatic and savory essences into the food as it cooks, and are perfect to use as shish kabob sticks or as pins for butterflied meat and poultry.

They will transform your ordinary barbeque food into succulently infused delicacies!

Barbeque rosemary is easy to grow. Just plant it in a sunny location with good drainage and it will flourish. When mature it will reach a height and width of 3 to 4 feet. It is evergreen, winter hardy, and fairly drought tolerant. Another plus? Deer won’t touch it.

Let’s fire up the grill!

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OBITUARIES KINNETT John Arthur Patrick Kinnett began his journey to the Lord on February 7, 2016, surrounded by his family.

John was born August 18, 1935 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana to Anna Ethel Johnston and Arthur Denton Kinnett.

John was a remarkable man who touched the hearts of everyone he met. John is survived by his wife Josephine Burdette, the love of his life. Also survived by his daughter Elizabeth, sons Larry and Dan, and his son-in-law Kevin who he regarded as his third son. His grandchildren Crystal, John Daniel, Jacob, Victoria, Laura, Dale, and Joslyn and their spouses and fiancés.

Great-grandchildren Samantha, Isaac, Jeremiah, Ellah, Rylyn, and Madi.

He was blessed to have found a second family with Josephine and is survived by his step-children JoAnn (Layton), Steve (Angie) and their children, Joel, Anna, Matheau, Marcus, Mitchell, Steven, and Micah.

A memorial rosary and mass were celebrated at Santa Cruz Catholic Church on February 12, 2016. A celebration of John’s life was also held on Sunday March 13, 2016 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, where he was interred at St. Joseph Cemetery.

A military veteran, John served his country honorably in the U.S. Coast Guard from 19541958. Upon retirement as a career educator, John dedicated his life to the growth of Santa Cruz Catholic Church and School. His true passion was the children and the joy they bought to his life as he touched theirs in ways that can only be described as pure and true love.

Memorials in the form of donations, please direct to Santa Cruz Elementary School/ Library/Media Center.

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HATCH Willie Fay Hatch passed away on 12 March 2016 in Kyle, Texas at the age of 90 years.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Kyle, TX and was a wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, as well as an artist and poet. Willie was devoted to God and her family and always put them first during her lifetime, though she derived much pleasure from her artistic pursuits. She has two murals to her credit at Sunrise Baptist Church in El Paso, TX, as well as having exhibited her oil paintings at the San Antonio International Airport for a number of years. She has published numerous books of poetry. Willie, with her husband, John K. Hatch, also from Beeville, TX raised their eight children in El Paso, TX, where he was employed at the nearby White Sands Missile Range, NM. They lived in El Paso, but summered at their cabin in Cloudcroft, NM. In 1978, they returned to Beeville, TX to live on John’s ranch and to care for their aging parents, Emma Hatch, John’s mother (his father, Jim Hatch had passed away in 1955), and Martha and Barney Shows, Willie’s mother and father, all of Beeville. After Emma Hatch and both

of Willie’s parents passed away, Willie purchased a home in Corpus Christi, TX and moved there in 1990 to be near her doctors. John eventually joined her there when his health also began to fail. In 2005, John moved to Georgetown, TX under the auspices of his son and by then, guardian, Tom Hatch of Round Rock, Texas. In July 2007, Willie followed John to Central Texas, purchasing a home in Plum Creek, Kyle, Texas to be near her eldest son, John Mack Hatch, and to occasionally visit her husband in nearby Georgetown. She lived there comfortably until her passing.

Willie Fay is preceded in death by her husband, John Kenneth; a son, Matthew; her parents, Barney Ernest and Martha Irene; two sisters, Lela Delia and Lucille Mae; and a brother, Ernest Jasper.

Willie Fay was survived by six sons, John Mack, Thomas Gregory, James Ernest, David Joseph, Michael Wayne, and Jeffrey Brian; two daughters, Jodie Kay Mytro and Irene Ann; four grandsons, Christopher Shawn, Tyler Garrett, John Joseph, and Matthew Mark Mytro; five granddaughters, Emily Nicole Diaz, Angela Kay Hill, Laurel Nicole, Amanda Marie Besteiro and Michelle Marie Springs; three great granddaughters, Victoria Scarlet Besteiro, Brooklyn Kay Hill and Olivia Alyse Mytro; and four great grandsons, Mason Lee and Nolan Zachary Springs, Blake Michael Hill, and Dominick Adonis Diaz.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 18, 2016 at Galloway & Sons Funeral Home Chapel in Beeville.

Funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Galloway & Sons Funeral Home Chapel.

Interment will follow at Glenwood Cemetery, also in Beeville, Texas.

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ylvia Coffey tidbitted, “Driving through Mountain City I am surprised to see so much cardboard put out to be picked up by trash companies.

Would love to see that cardboard put into the recycle bin. Thinking what a load that would take off of Howard especially.”

(From PTom: Isn’t it amazing the love so many in Mountain City have for “Mr. Green,” even when he misses trash pick-up? Mr. Green has a reputation for acts of kindness, like taking the garbage can to the garage for single moms.

He blesses my life.)

Back to Sylvia: “Also, I notice oak trees being cut inappropriately and

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not being painted. I don’t know that people understand if the limb is not cut at the “collar” it will not heal properly. Sorry, I’m on a binge.”

Thanks, Sylvia.

Seeing oak tree pruning at this time year is dreadful news. This is the period with highest risk of oak wilt, which spreads through open wounds in live oaks, the time when the Texas Forestry Service says “NO” to general oak tree pruning. Like I said a few weeks back, one new resident who has not “met”

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oak wilt, could prune a tree during this time and (in a few years’ time) inadvertently kill oak trees yards away. That’s “yards” as in our halfacre to one-acre+ lots.

Maybe some do not know cardboard (broken down) is accepted in Mountain City’s recycling bin? Maybe someone or a service group would offer to pick up boxes on the street

and put them into the recycling bin?

If you want the recycling bin emptied more frequently, talk with your City Council representatives. There’s a Council Meeting this next Monday, March 14, 7 p.m. at City Hall. They take citizen comments at the beginning of each meeting.

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REYNOLDS James Delano Reynolds, 82, of Wimberley, Texas, born June 21, 1933, passed away on March 7, 2016 in San Marcos, Texas. A memorial service was held on Friday, March 11, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Thomason Funeral Home in Wimberley, Texas.

James attended University of Houston.

He served as a Captain in the Army Reserve.

He was a mechanical engineer designing offshore drilling equipment. He was a loving husband and father. James was an avid outdoorsman and also enjoyed singing in his church choir and community chorus. He will be dearly missed by family and friends.

James is preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Ruth Reynolds and his sister, Betty Jane Anderson.

James Reynolds is survived by his wife, Betty Reynolds of Wimberley, Texas; son, Greg Reynolds of Dallas, Texas; daughter and son-in-law, Laura & Rob Corrieri and 2 granddaughters, Andra and Krysta Corrieri of Magnolia, Texas.

Funeral arrangements entrusted to Thomason Funeral Home in Wimberley, 512-8472226. You may sign the guest register at www. thomasonfuneralhome. com

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Continued from pg. 1C processor or blender and puree to make a marinade. Place meat in a re-sealable plastic bag with marinade, massage well, and marinate chilled for 1 to 4 hours.

Remove and drain meat, saving the marinade for basting. Assemble kebabs by threading on rosemary skewers: meat-onionmeat-pepper-meat-onionmeat. Grill skewers over indirect coals, or under a broiler, basting with reserved marinade until medium rare (pork should be grilled to 140º, chicken to 155º).

A bunch of parsley makes a nice basting “brush”. Season with salt and serve over rice or couscous.

Mick Vann is a chef, food writer, restaurant consultant, horticulturist Happy gardening everyone!

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SUNDAY: Bible Study for all ages, 9:45 a.m.

Worship Service, 10:55 a.m.

Pastors: (English and Spanish) Silverio Hernandez WEDNESDAY: Bible Study, 2 p.m.

Men’s Bible Study, 7 p.m.

Family Discipleship, 7:15 p.m.

(Spanish)

and Dale Brown

God with us SING OUT: 1st & 3rd Sundays; open mic; bring your voice and instruments.

Buda United Methodist Church San Marcos & Elm St., Buda

Trinity United Chuch of Niederwald 13700 Camino Real, Hwy. 21, Niederwald PENTECOSTAL Mision de Casa de Oracion S. Hwy. 81, Kyle New Life Sanctuary Kyle 18869 IH 35 North La Quinta Inn Meeting Room

St. John’s Presbyterian Church 12420 Hewitt Ln., Manchaca

Driftwood United Methodist Church RR 150 at County Road 170

First Presbyterian Church 410 W. Hutchison, San Marcos, TX 78666

PRESBYTERIAN

Hays Hills

1100 Main Street • Buda, Texas 78610 Office: 512-312-2520 • Fax: 512-295-2034 • santacruzcc.org Rev. Kirby D. Garner, Pastor • Fr. José Luis Comparán, Assoc. Pastor CONFESSION Saturdays: 4 p.m.-5 p.m.

OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday evening: 5:30 p.m.

Sunday 8:30 a.m. (Spanish), 11 a.m. (English) 5 p.m. (English)

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.

Nursery Provided www.firstbaptistbuda.com • fbcbuda@austin.rr.com

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Baptist Church

Adult, teen, children’s classes • Children’s worship Professionally-staffed nursery & pre-school

www.hayshills.org 1401 N. FM 1626

816 Green Pastures Drive, Kyle, TX 78640 www.iicdd-kyle.org 512-937-2989

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8:30 a.m. Traditional service 9:45 a.m. Contemporary service 11:00 a.m. Blended service

SANTA CRUZ John CATHOLIC CHURCH St. Lutheran Church

AWANA’s (Wednesday)..........................6:00 p.m.

2315 FM 967, Buda at Living Word Lutheran

Friendly, Courteous Service

Call 1-866-691-2369

Word of Life Christian Faith Center 400 Old Post Road, Kyle

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

Wednesday Bible Study/Youth Activities...6:00 p.m.

5:30 p.m. Sunday evenings Pastor JD Elshoff 512-638-6042

Fellowship Church at Plum Creek 160 Grace Street at 2770, Kyle

Buda-Kyle Church of Christ 3.5 miles south of Buda on FM 2770

Morning Worship....................................10:45 a.m.

New to Buda? Seeking to be baptized?

Make your church home with us; receive communion.

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St. Paul’s United Methodist Church 7206 Creedmoor Rd., Creedmoor

Rev. Nancy Day Office 295-6981, Parsonage 512-393-9772 www.BudaUMC.org

Privately owned From local springs

A Fountain of Life Church 302 Millenium Dr. Kyle

Journey United Methodist 5151 Industrial Way Dr., Buda

Traditional Worship (Worship Center)-9 a.m.

Sunday School (all ages)-10:00 a.m.

Informal Worship (Chapel)-11 a.m.

Wednesday Evening (Chapel)-6:30

Pure Texas Spring Water!

Generations Church 801 FM 1626 (Elm Grove Elem.), Buda

Kyle United Methodist Church Sledge & Lockhart St., Kyle

Elm Street & San Marcos

FM 2770, Buda, Texas 295-4801

Por Tu Gracia Fellowship 701 Roland Lane, Kyle

METHODIST

Buda United Methodist Church

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New Covenant Community Church 1019 Main Street, Buda (in Dance Unlimited)

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Southern Hills Church of Christ 3740 FM 967, Buda

A FOUNTAIN OF LIFE

The Well Buda

Santa Cruz Catholic Church 1100 Main Street, Buda St. Anthony Marie Claret Church 801 N. Burleson, Kyle

Antioch Community Church Old Black Colony Rd., Buda

Kingdom United Christian Church 100 Madison Way, Buda

Baptist Church of Driftwood 13540 FM 150 W. CATHOLIC

TEXAS LEHIGH CEMENT CO. LP

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses FM 2770, Kyle

Redeeming Grace Lutheran LCMS FM 1626 & Manchaca Rd., Manchaca

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Church by The Boston Globe. Betrayal contains the complete findings and reporting of the newspaper’s brilliant investigators who uncovered the horrific revelations about the Catholic Church’s coverup of child sexual abuse.

Spotlight also won for Best Original Screenplay, while The Big Short by Michael Lewis (author of The Blind Side) won Best Adapted Screenplay for its story about the collapse of the American stock and housing markets.

Other books whose film adaptations were nominated for Academy Awards include Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt (renamed Carol), Andrew Weir’s The Martian, and Colm Toibin’s Brooklyn.

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searing Room, which combined the story of a mother’s love with the grueling account of her abduction, and captivity – all told from the perspective of her fiveyear-old son – garnered the Best Actress award.

In supporting categories, the adaptation of Giles Whittell’s book Bridge of Spies, the true account of three Cold War prisoners exchanged

by American and Soviet agents on a Berlin bridge in 1962, won Best Supporting Actor.

Best Supporting Actress went to the movie version of The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff, a novel loosely based on one of the first people to receive sex reassignment surgery in the 1920s.

Best Picture went to Spotlight, based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic

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THE WELL Matt Behrens, Pastor

512-693-4790 matt@TheWellTX.com @justmattbehrens

P.O. Box 184 Buda, TX 78610

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U.S. Navy caught running guns to Santa Anna W

hile on patrol This Week off the Mexican coast on March in Texas 20, 1836, the Invincible History vanquished an enemy

by Bartee Haile man-of-war and seized an American blockade runner on the high seas.

Pocket. But the refusal It was all in a day’s work of the American skipper for the Texas Navy. to comply with a routine During the darkest hour request for destination of the Lone Star Revoluand papers instantly put tion, Jeremiah Brown put Brown back on his guard. to sea in a converted slave The Texans stormed smuggling schooner. As aboard and took control captain of the Invincible, of the Pocket at gunhis mission in the afterpoint. The sight of cocked math of the Alamo maspistols convinced the sacre was to keep Mexican uncooperative captain to vessels bottled up in port hand over the manifest, and to stop third countries which showed he carried from supplying Santa harmless consumer goods Anna with war materiel. bound for Matamoros. But A month before the why the initial defiance Battle of San Jacinto, a and what was the U.S. merchant ship brimming Navy doing on a commerwith military hardware cial cruise? slipped out of Matamoros Although the very idea harbor. To ensure that the of American seamen in freighter rendezvoused league with Mexicans was with ground forces in unthinkable, Capt. Brown Texas, the man-of-war decided to inspect the Bravo provided an armed hold. He could not believe escort. his eyes. The Pocket was The two-ship convoy packed with contraband made a – guns, desperate powder, amCapt.

Brown dash for munition, could not open water, everything but the Inbelieve his eyes. dictator vincible was Santa Anna waiting. The The Pocket was needed to Mexican finish off the packed with warship retreating accepted rebels. contraband – the chalThe ship guns, powder, lenge, and was searched for the next from stem ammunition, hour the to stern, and everything adversarmoments ies traded later a loud dictator Santa broadsides commotion with the below deck Anna needed Bravo getsignaled to finish off the ting the another worst of it. retreating rebels. shocking discovery. Into From the bright out of nowhere, a dousunlight, the Texas sailors ble-masted intruder of dragged four Americans unknown allegiance caught red-handed with appeared on the horizon. commissions in the MexiTaking advantage of the can Navy. lull in the fighting, the BraOne of the quakingvo limped away while the in-their-books quartet Invincible headed straight needed no introduction. for the mystery ship.

Capt. Brown, as well as To the Texans’ surprise, most Anglo colonists, the party crasher was flywould have known the ing the Stars and Stripes. hated Thomas Thompson Spared a second round anywhere. of combat, Capt. Brown While serving as a leisurely pulled alongside Mexican naval officer in the brig bearing the name the summer of 1835, the

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The Invincible, a converted slave schooner, was used by the Texas Navy to deter the passage of boats carrying munitions and supplies to Santa Anna’s armies.

Englishman ordered the inhabitants of Anahuac to disband their militia.

Infuriated by their refusal, Thompson threatened to torch the town.

Two months after the Anahuac incident, the Texans took their revenge. In retaliation for the unwarranted capture of a private boat, they opened fire on the Brit wounding him in both legs. He was taken to New Orleans and formally accused of piracy.

By the time the case came to court in early 1836, the Texas Revolution was in full swing. The trial degenerated into a shameful circus, as the presiding judge shied away from the political implications of the proceedings and opposing counsels threw books and inkwells at each other. In the end, the Louisiana magistrate turned the defendant loose but jailed the lawyers.

Clapping Thompson and the three American turncoats in irons, Capt.

Brown sailed the Pocket

Good times roll at Rajun’ Cajun Throwdown in Luling GUMBO

1st - Roux Roux Si 2nd - Lease Crue 3rd - Dewville Social Club

OPEN DISH Weather held out for the 6th Annual Rajun’ Cajun Throwdown put on by Luling Main Street this past Saturday. This annual event is the main fundraiser for revitalization efforts in the Main Street District. This year’s event drew record crowds.

There were children’s activities such as face painting, bouncy houses, bungee trampolines, barrel train, Mud Bug 500 wiggle races and the new Crawfish Derby where the mud bugs

squared off against each other.

This year, performing on the Main Stage were Cher-La-Bas and Gumbo Ce Soir.

Derek Hall, Luling Main Street Manager, said “We are proud of what this event has become and it’s encouraging to see all the new faces and hear some of the distances people are travelling to come be a part of our little Throwdown.”

Food category winners were as follows:

1st - Voo Don’ts 2nd - DVSC 3rd - Melon Thumpers

DESSERTS

1st - Stirrin’ the Pot 2nd - Voo Don’ts 3rd - Melon Thumpers

JAMBALAYA

1st - Mama Tried 2nd - Melon Thumpers 3rd - Voo Don’ts

BLOODY MARY

1st - Mama Tried 2nd - Melon Thumpers 3rd - DVSC

SHOWMANSHIP

1st - Melon Thumpers

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Ron and I happened upon a couple empty moving boxes on Ash last Saturday while walking KissMe. The new resident at the door added in all the moving boxes in his garage. Our friend, Linda Freeman, is well-boxed for her upcoming move.

Does everyone know about NextDoor.com?

Registered users can send a message (like “moving boxes available”) to all registered emails in Mountain City. So far, it’ll go to 97. And, there’s an option for nearby

communities including Plum Creek and Meadow Woods.

The time has been announced for the Saturday, March 26 Annual Easter Egg Hunt. It’s a free event. Kids 5th grade and younger are welcome to participate. It’s hosted by Loving Mountain City.

101 Mountain City Drive, 10 a.m.

My bluebird house with a nest of cedar bark strips, now has eggs.

Beautiful blue eggs. With bluebirds, the process for eggs becoming blue

is somewhat like Easter eggs. The color is added onto the shell in the oviduct. So, females that don’t have what it takes lay white eggs.

This weekend is time change! Spring forward.

This is one time a year when it’s of special value to attend a church with multiple worship services.

Spring into sending tidbits, please. Email ptom5678@gmail.com or leave a message at (512) 268-5678 Thanks! Love, Pauline

to Galveston. Leaving the fate of the prisoners and their ship in the hands of his superiors, he went onto New Orleans for provisions and repairs.

Worked up by a prejudiced press, the usually sympathetic citizens of the Crescent City greeted the Invincible with hostility.

Fearing a mob attack, the Texans raced back to ship but hardly cleared the mouth of the Mississippi before being overtaken by a naval cutter.

Detained as pirates, the captain and crew of the Invincible were freed by a local judge, who defied public opinion by tossing the preposterous case out

of court. On their second try, the lucky Lone Star sailors made good their escape from New Orleans.

The rebel regime in Texas soon released the Pocket prisoners and purchased the ship, a generous gesture not required by international law.

Under the circumstances, Washington should have been more than satisfied, especially since running guns to Santa Anna contradicted official U.S. policy.

But the American government chose to make an issue out of the Pocket affair and demanded compensation for the “victims.” After at first refusing

to pay a penny in damages, President Sam Houston authorized a settlement of $12,455 in March 1838 to improve the chances of early annexation.

When the Potomac politicians would not give Texas the time of day a few months later, Houston probably wished he had stopped payment on the check.

Don’t have a copy of “Texas Boomtowns: A History of Blood and Oil”?

Order Bartee’s latest book today with a check for $28.80 to Bartee Haile, P.O. Box 152, Friendswood, TX 77549 or on-line at barteehaile.com

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Classes, meetings and local events can be found on the calendar at haysfreepress.com.

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Spring Break Clean-up

Help keep Kyle beautiful. Kyle Parks and Rec will host the inaugural spring break fun fest March 19 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Lake Kyle Park (700 Lehman Road in Kyle). Learn about water quality, enjoy fun activities and help clean up your parks. Wall-e will be shown on the big screen afterwards. The movie begins 30 minutes after sunset.

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Corn dog day

Corn dog Day will be held on the Hays County Courthouse Lawn March 19 from noon to 4 p.m. Corn dog Day is a family friendly event celebrating the venerable corn dog.

Enjoy free corn dogs while supplies last, corn dog-themed activities, a corn dog eating contest and the crowning of a Corn dog King and Queen. The event is free and open to the public.

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Hays Rebel Run 5K

The 2nd Annual Hays Rebel Run 5K takes place in the scenic surroundings of Mountain City on Saturday, April 2. The race starts at the west end of city hall and continues throughout the city, ending back at city hall. At the finish there will be a post race festive with entertainment. Visit www. tinyurl.com/2016HaysRebelRun or contact Thomas Brown at twbrown72@gmail.com for more information.

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Hooked On Fishing Spring Tournament

On Saturday, April 2, head to lake Kyle for this annual tournament. This fishing tournament is open to all adults with a valid Texas Freshwater Fishing License. Test your strategic ability to catch qualifying species of fish in Lake Kyle: Large-Mouth Bass, Sunfish/Perch and Channel Catfish. Win a 3 day/2 night stay in Rockport, trophies and prizes. Proceeds from this tournament go to the Kid’s Fishing Clinic & Derby and Lake Kyle Development. See www. cityofkyle.com/recreation/fishing-tournaments for more information.

San Marcos Downtown Gallery Night Come celebrate the new artists and each of the four unique galleries that downtown San Marcos has to offer. Enjoy Main Street’s free photo booth (located in Kissing Alley) and complimentary wine for 21+. Event starts at 5 p.m. and will continue till 8 p.m. March 24.

Swing on the Square

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Easter Activities New Haven Assisted Living will host a free community Easter egg hunt March 19 at 2 p.m. at 107 Creekside Trail in Kyle. There will also be a bike raffle, visits with the Easter bunny and more. Call 512667-0077 for more information.

Kyle Easter Eggstravaganza

Buda Easter Egg Hunt

Hop to City Park for an eggciting egg hunt on March 26 from 9-11:30 a.m.! Kids will make a dash towards the hunting ground to try and collect as many eggs and treats that can be found.

Following the egg hunt, there will be more activities and fun for the whole family.

The annual spring carnival will run from 6-9 p.m. March 24 and feature a free egg hunt, concessions and attractions for an additional cost. The event will be held at San Marcos Plaza Park.

Eikon Church Easter Egg Drop Extravaganza

Maundy Thursday 7 p.m. at the Worship Center Good Friday 7 p.m. at the Worship Center Easter Sunday 7 a.m. on the Chapel Lawn 9 a.m. at the Worship Center 11 a.m. at the Chapel 10:00 a.m. Children’s Events: Egg Launch and Hunt Free nursery care available at the 9 & 11 services

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On Saturday, March 26 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the San Marcos High School, Eikon Church will be hosting the largest Easter egg hunt the San Marcos area has ever seen. 40,000 eggs will be dropped from a helicopter in a designated zone for the kids. There will be multiple drops for different age groups as well as a specific area just for toddlers. For each hunt the drop zone will be cleared, eggs will be dropped from the helicopter, and finally the children will be released to collect the eggs. The helicopter will be showing up to drop the eggs starting at 11:30 a.m., so be sure to come early. In addition to the Easter Egg Hunt, there will be fun activities for the entire family. There will be inflatables, face painting, a photo booth, a live DJ, and the Easter bunny will even be there.

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EASTER WORSHIP SERVICE 10 a.m. at Onion Creek Senior Center, 420 Barton Crossing, Buda Easter Brunch and Egg Hunt, 11 a.m.

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Community Easter Service

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Please accept this invitation to a Community Easter Service, Sunday, March 27, at 10 AM at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center at Kohler’s Crossing and FM 1626 in Kyle.

(Address is 979 Kohler’s Crossing, Kyle, TX 78640.)

Celebrate Resurrection Faith Together!

Bring a Flower to Place on the Cross.

SonRise Service - Youth led @ the Pavilion Traditional Worship - Sanctuary Casual Praise Worship - Family Life Center

JOIN US FOR WORSHIP EASTER SUNDAY MORNING AT 10 AM!

7:00 am 8:30 & 11 am 11 am

Professional/secure child care and children’s programs will be provided for babies through 5th grade (optional).

www.ManchacaUMC.org ~ 512.282.7274

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Kyle auto insurance rates ranked among highest

BY ANNA HEROD

news@haysfreepress.com

Although age and car accident history are factors known to affect insurance rates, where one lives and parks their car may also impact their monthly bill, according to a study conducted by Value Penguin.

At $715 annually, automobile insurance in Kyle costs six percent more than the state’s average rate of $677, according to the study.

Researchers from Value

Penguin conducted the study by analyzing rates with a benchmark motorist.

For the study, a 30-yearold man got estimates from multiple insurers in nearly 300 Texas cities and 314 zip codes to evaluate how much location affects insurance rates. Quotes ranged by 67 percent between Houston and Memphis, totaling in a $372 difference.

Srankie Kuo, lead analyst with Value Penguin, said the study’s purpose was to “bring attention to people” about how where one lives

affects how much a person pays in car insurance. The actual cost, according to Kuo, is ultimately dependent on a person’s driver profile, the type of car a person drives and age.

By controlling the driver profile and only changing the benchmark motorist’s location, the analysts were able to see how insurance costs vary when not impacted by other factors, she said.

Rates used in the analysis were obtained from the Texas Depart-

ment of Insurance data, including estimated premiums from 28 auto insurance

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KYLE Rates ranked #214 out of 293 Texas cities Rates are 6% higher than state average $372 difference annually between the most expensive and least expensive Texas city

PHOTO BY RAFAEL MARQUEZ

A Formula 1 race car speeds down the track at Circuit of the Americas during a United States Grand Prix race held at the facility. With the announcement Formula 1 will return in 2016 to COTA, Buda Mayor Todd Ruge said the event will continue to boost tourism.

Formula One (F1) will make its way back to Circuit of the Americas Oct. 21-23 after speculation rose that the U.S. Grand Prix may not return this season.

For Buda Mayor Todd Ruge, the news was welcome as the city sees an increase in tourism dollars during the threeday event.

“We are very excited to hear that F1 is returning to COTA,” Ruge said.

According to a report

by KXAN on March 8, an anonymous government employee leaked the news F1 was returning to Austin to COTA track officials.

COTA officially confirmed the return of the F1 races on March 9 via its website while also announcing that Taylor Swift is scheduled to be the headline act.

The return of the race

How does COTA effect Buda?

“The return of F1 means a boost in tourism and every year the races have come to COTA, every hotel room in Buda is booked.”

–Todd Ruge, Buda mayor

to COTA was uncertain due to financial concerns for the track.

That included the transfer of control of the Major Events Trust Fund, where the race gets most of its funding, to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office last year. The state cut $6 mil-

lion from the Trust Fund budget due to the low attendance in 2015, which was a result of inclement weather.

The announcement came as a huge relief to Formula 1, as well as local government and businesses profiting from

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the large crowds that are drawn to events of this caliber.

The official return of the races marks a huge accomplishment to the motor series since they did not race in America between 2008-2011.

Ruge said that while it is still too early to gauge Buda citizen reactions to the return of the races, the announcement ultimately means more tourism to the city.

“The return of F1 means a boost in tourism and every year the races have come to COTA, every hotel room in Buda is booked,” Ruge said.

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lected roughly $135,000 in sales taxes in March, with the city collecting $471,293 so far in 2016.

Uhland’s March sales tax numbers rose by 25 percent from last year as the city collected $13,910.

Uhland has the highest year to date increase in sales taxes as the city has seen a 37 percent rise in year-to-date collections from 2015 to 2016.

Buda, however, saw sales tax figures dip from last March. While the city saw a sales tax decrease of less than one percent from March 2015, Buda still collected $396,693.

Buda has collected $1.4 milllion in sales taxes so far in 2016, but that amounts to only a two percent yearto-date increase.

County sales tax numbers rose by 15 percent from March 2015 to March 2016 as the county collected $3.2 million. So far in 2016, Hays County has collected roughly $11.4 million.

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For a third straight month, sales tax figures in Kyle have risen by double digits over a year’s time.

According to the March sales tax report, Kyle saw a 17.9 percent increase in sales taxes from March 2015 to March 2016, which amounted to roughly $448,000 in sales tax.

Kyle saw sales tax collections increase by 23 percent in January and 20 percent in February.

So far to date, Kyle has collected $1.6 million in sales taxes, which accounts for a 20 percent overall increase in the year-to-date amount from 2015.

Dripping Springs and Uhland also saw their sales tax collections rise by double digits for a second straight month.

Dripping Springs, which saw a 12 percent increase in sales taxes last month, had an increase of 15 perecnt in March.

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STAFF REPORT

PRICE FOR TWO ADULTS (ONE BED) AT BUDA HOTELS:

Oct. 21-23

(COTA weekend) Hampton Inn and Suites $259 America’s Best Value Inn $260

Change from March 2015 to 2016 payments March 2016 to date

Current rate

Sales tax receipts up 10% in county

Buda welcomes return of Formula 1 to COTA

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

Average annual rate in Texas: $677 Average annual rate in Kyle: $715 Average annual rate in Memphis: $558

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HARDY SIDING & TRIM INSTALLED Steel HorSe ConStruCtorS Email steelhorseconstructors@gmail.com or call 512-781-2911. steelhorseconstructors.com

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WAREHOUSE RECEIVING

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Excellent customer service skills. Duties include counts, sorts, or weighs incoming goods to verify receipt of items against packing list. Records and checks quantity and quality of goods received. May inspect, accept, or reject received goods. Input stock items into computer and store in assigned warehouse location. Mark inventory with proper labeling. Pay rate based on experience.

Benefits, 401k. Please send resumes to: resumes7732@ gmail.com.

DIRECT CARE COUNSELORS Provide positive role modeling, structure, and supervision to adolescent boys. No exp. req., We train comprehensively. $9.00 to $16.00 per hr 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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PUBLISHED NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that Letters Testamentary for the Estate of ROBERT E. PULVER, Deceased, were issued on the 23rd day of November, 2015, in Cause No. 15-0316-P, pending in the County Court of Hays County, Texas, to ELEANOR PULVER. The address of record for ELEANOR PULVER is 732 Willow Ridge Drive, San Marcos, Texas 78666.

All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

DATED this the 18th day of February, 2016 By: /S/ H.C. Kyle, III H.C. KYLE, III Attorney at Law 118 North LBJ Drive San Marcos, Texas 78666 (512) 396-4844 Telephone (512) 805-0235 - Fax E-mail: hckyle@bizaustin. rr.com ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE

HAYS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Hays CISD is Requesting Proposals for RFP #17021605SC Indoor Athletic Turf Flooring. Request for Proposals will be accepted until date at 2:00 p.m. March 2, 2016. Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-2682141 ext 6035) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. RFP responses must be delivered by mail or hand delivered 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.

PUBLIC SALE

Lawn Services

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids will be received in the Office of the City Administrative Assistant at the City of Buda until 2:00 p.m., March 31, 2016, for “Interim Water Improvements – Pump Stations”. Invitations for Bid may be obtained from Thomas Printing, 304 East 3rd Street, Austin, TX 78701 or go to www.texasbidsystem.com.

ADDRESS AND MARK ENVELOPE: “Interim Water Improvements – Pump Stations” TO: Purchasing Manager, City of Buda, 121 Main Street, Buda, Texas 78610.

TO BE OPENED: 2:00 P.M., March 31, 2016.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Harry Bishop Sr., Deceased, were issued on March 9, 2016, in Cause No. 16-0044-P, pending in the County Court at Law No. 2, Hays County, Texas, to: Harry Bishop, Jr. All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: M. Elizabeth Raxter Attorney at Law P.O. Box 281 Lockhart, Texas 78644 DATED the 14th day of March, 2016.

By: /s/ M. Elizabeth Raxter M. Elizabeth Raxter Attorney for Harry Bishop, Jr. State Bar EMPLOYMENT No.: 24050084 P.O. Box 281 BUYING Lockhart, Texas 78644 SELLING Telephone: (512) 398-6996 Facsimile: (512) 668-4501 REAL ESTATE E-mail: eraxter@tx-elderlaw.com AND MORE! MARTINEZ LAWN SERVICE Lawn care, mowing, edging, weed eating and clean up.

512-484-5838.

FIRE WOOD FOR SALE 512-317-7817

Chapter 59 Texas Property Code. They will conduct a Public Sale to the highest bidder for cash on their premises. This sale is being listed below.

The company reserves the right to reject any bid and withdraw any from the sale at any time.

Morningstar Mini Storage wishes to avail themselves of the Texas Provision of chapter 59 of the Texas

Property Code. This sale is listed below.

Date: 03/07/2016 Time: 11 a.m.

Location: Morningstar Mini Storage, 1001 W. Goforth Rd., Buda, TX 78610 Units: Unit 2060 – Daniel Reyna – Furniture, Schwinn bike, boxes, misc. household

The City of Buda City Council will hold a public hearing beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 and Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in the City Council Chambers at Buda City Hall, 121 Main St., Buda, Texas 78610 to receive written and oral comments in regard to annexation of the following properties: 1. Approximately 1.00+/acres of land generally located 314 San Antonio Street, adjacent to City Park.

2. Approximately 460+/acres of land generally located west of the Union Pacific Railroad, north of the Kyle City Limits and along FM 2770 and the east side of FM 1626.

3. Approximately 230+/acres of land generally located along the west side of FM 1626 between Elm Grove Elementary School and Onion Creek.

At said time and place all such persons shall have the right to appear and be heard.

Of all said matters and things, all persons interested in the subject matter herein mentioned shall take notice.

For more information regarding the above matters, please contact the City of Buda Planning Department at (512) 312-5745.

PARK ATTENDANT

FULL-TIME PARK LABORER

The City of Wimberley is seeking applications for the seasonal position of Park At-

PUBLIC NOTICE

Replat of Lot 6, Green Acres Subdivision (SUB-451)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Pursuant to Ch 59 of the Texas Property code, A&D Storage located at 3280 FM 150 East Kyle, TX 78640 will hold a public auction of property being sold to satisfy a landlord lien.

Auction will take place on Mar. 16, 2016 at 3:00 pm.

Property will be sold to the highest bidder and includes household items from the following tenants: Tammy S. Schneider / Ransom; Christopher A. Martinez; Jean Mustachia; Katelynn D. Johnson; Nicolas C. Tufford.

Auctioneer K. Wares #16014 aceauctioncompany.com

THE STATE OF TEXAS CITATION BY PUBLICATION TO: FAYAD S. ISBER

And to all whom it may concern.

Defendant(s) GREETINGS:

YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days after you were served this citation, the same being 14th day of March, 2016, a default judgment may be taken against you.

YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the 274th District Court, Hays County, Texas, at San Marcos then and there to answer the ORIGINAL PETITION FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT filed in said Court on the 14th day of January, 2016, and said suit being numbered 16-0093 on the docket of said Court, wherein Laura Helton is the Plaintiff and Fayad S. Isber is the Defendant.

The City of Wimberley is seeking applications for the fulltime position of Park Laborer

DIRECT CARE COUNSELORS Provide positive role modeling, structure, and supervision to adolescent boys. No exp. req., We train comprehensively. $9.00 to $16.00 per hr for flexible 8 & 16 hr shift schedules. Health/ life/dental insurance after 60 days. Min. requirements: Must be 21 yrs old, HS/GED, clean TDL, clean criminal history, pre-employment TB skin test, and drug screen. Growing (20+ year old) non-profit organization. www.pegasusschool.net.

Call (512)432-1678 for further information.

The nature of said suit is as follows: Applicant prays that on final hearing, Applicant have judgment declaring that Fayad S. Isber died on December 31, 1983, all relief requests herein and all other relief requested in Original Petition.

bolinglawfirm.com Ana Marilín “Mari” Garza SBN: 24084385 E-mail: marigarza@ bolinglawfirm.com Attorneys for Marsha Gonzales BEVERLEY CRUMLEY Hays County District Clerk Hays County Government Center 712 Stagecoach Trail, Ste. 2211 San Marcos, TX 78666 # 561811

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PUBLIC NOTICES, 4D

PUBLIC NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

By order of the Hays County Commissioners Court, notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, March 22nd at 9 a.m. in the Hays County Courthouse, 111 E. San Antonio Street, the Hays County Commissioners Court will hold a public hearing to consider:

Application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for wine and beer retailer's permit by Spicy Bite LLC, dba Spicy Bite, to be located at 101 Hall Professional Dr. Suite A, Kyle, Texas 78640, Hays, Texas. Officer of said owner Efrain Alvarado, member manager/Ana Martinez Cervantes, member manager.

THE STATE OF TEXAS CITATION BY PUBLICATION TO: FAYAD S. ISBER

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And to all whom it may concern.

Defendant(s) GREETINGS:

YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days after you were served this citation, the same being 14th day of March, 2016, a default judgment may be taken against you.

YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the 274th District Court, Hays County, Texas, at San Marcos then and there to answer the ORIGINAL PETITION FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT filed in said Court on the 14th day of January, 2016, and said suit being numbered 16-0093 on the docket of said Court, wherein Laura Helton is the Plaintiff and Fayad S. Isber is the Defendant.

The nature of said suit is as follows: Applicant prays that on final hearing, Applicant have judgment declaring that Fayad S. Isber died on December 31, 1983, all relief requests herein and all other relief requested in Original Petition.

ALL AS MORE FULLY APPEARS OF RECORD ON FILE IN THIS OFFICE, AND WHICH REFERENCE IS HERE MADE FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES. ISSUED AND GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL of said Court at office, on this the 28th day of January, 2016.

REQUESTED BY: Kent E. Wymore, IV Attorney at Law 1250 Capital of Texas Highway South Building Three Suite 400 Austin, TX 78746 512-346-3600 BEVERLEY CRUMLEY Hays County District Clerk Hays County Government Center 712 Stagecoach Trail, Ste. 2211 San Marcos, TX 78666 # 561811

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The City of Wimberley is seeking applications for the seasonal position of Day Camp Counselor for Blue Hole Regional Park. Responsibilities include supervision of campers, coordination of camp activities and environmental education lessons, serving as a responsible role model for campers, general housekeeping, other duties as assigned, and leading kids in fun outdoor activities. Counselors must be available to work for all 6 weeks of camp and be available between 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Camp dates are June 6-7 (training), June 13-17, June 20-24, June 27July 1, July 11-15, July 18-22, and July 25-29. Starting wage is $8.25 per hour.

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REQUESTED BY: Kent E. Wymore, IV Attorney at Law 1250 Capital of Texas Highway South Building Three Suite 400 Austin, TX 78746 512-346-3600

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ISSUED AND GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL of said Court at office, on this the 28th day of January, 2016.

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The Park Laborer will maintain and repair park facilities and equipment by performing a variety of semi-skilled and skilled carpentry, painting, plumbing, landscaping, irrigating, and mechanical repair work; and participate in trash removal, various cleaning and sanitizing activities, and other duties as assigned. Must be able to operate a variety of tools and equipment and have a valid driver’s license. Applications are available online at www. cityofwimberley.com.

ALL AS MORE FULY APPEARS OF RECORD ON FILE IN THIS OFFICE, AND WHICH REFERENCE IS HERE MADE FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES.

Service Directory

Replat of Lot 6, Green Acres Subdivision (SUB-451).

STUDENT RECRUITER

10 to 15 hours per week preparing meal for approximately 130. Send resume to OCSC, PO Box 65, Buda, TX 78610

By order of the Hays County Commissioners Court, notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, March 1st at 9 a.m. in the Hays County Courthouse, 111 E. San Antonio Street, the Hays County Commissioners Court will hold a public hearing to consider:

CITY OF BUDA ANNEXATION PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

tendant for Blue Hole Regional Park. Responsibilities include the collection of fees, enforcement of park rules, general housekeeping and other duties as assigned. Starting wage is $8.25 per hour. Applications are available online at www. cityofwimberley.com.

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Tom Thumb Mini Storage LLC pursuant to the revised NOTICE TO CREDITORS civil statutes of Texas 5238B, Notice is hereby given that shall conduct a public sale of original Letters Testamen-Air Conditioning the contents of the Storage Air Conditioning tary for the Estate of Peter Rooms listed below in San Gonzales, Deceased, were Marcos, Texas. Telephone issued on February 10, 2016, (512)396-3434 on the date in Cause No. 15-0270-P, www.ae4cool.com •shown to satisfy a landlord’s 512-312-9535 pending in the County Court lien. All successful bidders at Law No. 2, Hays County, shall take possession and Texas, to: Marsha Gonzales. remove the contents of the All persons having claims room immediately. against this Estate which is Tom Thumb Mini Storcurrently being administered age LLC reserves the right are required to present them to reject any bids and to to the undersigned within withdraw any items from the time and in the manner such sale. prescribed by law.

Date: APRIL 2nd, 2016 c/o: Marsha Gonzales Time: 9:00 a.m.

109 Cowboy Cr. LOCATION: 1006 Hwy 80, Kyle, Texas 78640 San Marcos, TX. DATED the 1st day of HOUSEHOLD GOODS TO March, 2016.

BE SOLD: THE BOLING LAW FIRM, UNIT # 1-196 PLLC Jose Lopez Jr Plum Creek Square UNIT # 1-279 140 Kirkham Circle Samantha Webber Kyle, Texas 78640 Telephone: (877) 629-5353 UNIT # 1-323 Facsimile: (877) 629-3130 George Stock /s/ Anna Martinez Boling UNIT # 1-355 Anna Martinez Boling Cassandra Leal SBN: 00791188 UNIT # 1-383 E-mail: annaboling@ FREE ESTIMATES FOR REPLACEMENTS SERVICE • SALES • INSTALLS DUCT CLEANING • LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED LICENSED, BONDED, INSURED AND REGISTERED

PSA Healthcare seeking nurses in Kyle for weekend nights and weekday days. Call 512-248-0400 or email sjenkins@psaheathcare.com

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Duties include apartment maintenance and make readies. A stable working environment with a long-term opportunity for advancement. A/C certification a plus, excellent benefits, E.O.E., salary D.O.E. Send resume: Kayea@dmacompanies.com

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Insurance

Public Notices, continued from 2D NOTICE TO BIDDERS

SEALED PROPOSALS addressed to the City Council of the City of Buda, Texas will be received at the office of the City Engineering Department until 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2016 for the purpose of furnishing all plant, labor, materials and equipment and the performing of all work required in the construction of the Interim Water Supply 12” Water Line (FM 967 to Garlic Creek Pump Station) project and other improvements incidental thereto, at which time and place the proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud and retained by the City for tabulation, checking and evaluation.

BIDS shall be submitted in sealed envelopes upon the blank form of proposal furnished. Sealed envelopes shall be marked "Bid for Interim Water Supply 12” Water Line (FM 967 to Garlic Creek Pump Station) - DO NOT OPEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016."

Contract documents may be examined without charge at the office of the City Engineer, 100 Houston Street, Buda, Texas 78610. Bid documents can be ordered and obtained for the cost of reproduction at ARC, 4107 S. Capital of Texas Hwy, Ste. 400, Austin TX, 78704 or call (512) 441-2475 or email austin.prod.lamar@e-arc.com.

A hard copy can be viewed at the Engineering and Planning office located at 100 Houston Street, Buda, Texas 78610.

The project involves boring a new 12” water pipeline (HDPE), with no encasement, using horizontal directional drilling methods, at 3 crossings of Garlic Creek as per specifications and drawings.

The City of Buda does not anticipate issuing project Change Orders. Prospective bidders must read the Instructions to Bidders, Contract Documents, and Detailed Specifications to be considered for award. Bids must be submitted on the PROPOSAL AND BID SCHEDULE forms provided.

In case of ambiguity or lack of clearness in stating proposal prices, the Owner reserves the right to adopt the most advantageous construction thereof, or to reject any or all bids. No bid may be withdrawn within sixty (60) days after date on which bids are opened.

The final NOTICE OF AWARD of Contract shall be given to the successful bidder by the City within sixty (60) days following the opening of bids and no bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after opening thereof.

The successful Bidder must furnish a PERFORMANCE BOND and PAYMENT BOND on the forms provided within these Contract Documents, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount, from a surety company holding a permit from the State of Texas to act as surety. State statutes including wage and hour provisions and contract regulations must be adhered to as they relate to this Project. Contractors will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and

regulations. The successful bidder will be required to enter into a contract for the performance of the work for the price quoted in the Bid and will provide evidence of current Personal Injury, Property Liability, Worker’s Compensation, and Builder’s Risk Insurance. In addition, required bonds will need to be submitted. The Contractor will also be required to submit a Reference and Qualifications statement. This form must be complete with the most recent similar type projects within the past three years and other current information.

The bid will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder whose bid is determined to be the most advantageous to the City, its officers, employees, and agents. The City will evaluate the bid based on the criteria listed in Texas Government Code 2267.055(a) including but not limited to price; offeror's experience/ reputation; quality of goods or services; impact on ability to use HUBs; safety record; proposed personnel; offeror's financial capability. Price, in accordance with law, will not be the sole evaluation factor.

Misrepresentation, whether substantial or otherwise, at any stage of the bidding and award process, shall be considered in this and all future bids in determining whether or not a bid is “responsible”.

THE CITY OF BUDA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW, RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS. The right is also reserved to eliminate a portion of the work or add additional work as required to keep the total contract amount within the funds budgeted. The City shall be the sole judge of “responsible” and “advantageous” and this determination shall be final except in cases of a clear definitive showing that such determination is arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable.

GRANT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES PUBLIC NOTICE

The City of Buda is soliciting proposals for consultant/ management services for grant writing services to prepare FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) applications and the subsequent project management / administration of the grant if the city is awarded a State HMGP contract.

Please submit three (3) copies of your proposal of services with one electronic copy on CD or flash drive and a statement of qualifications for these proposed services to Stanley Fees, P.E., City of Buda, 121 Main St. Buda, TX 78610-3320.

Proposals must be received by the City no later than 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2016 to be considered. The City of Buda reserves the right to negotiate with any and all management firms that submit proposals, as per the Texas Professional Services Procurement Act and the Uniform Grant and Contract Management Standards.

The City of Buda is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and strives to attain goals for Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u) as amended.

GRANT ENGINEERING SERVICES PUBLIC NOTICE

The City of Buda is soliciting proposals for engineering services to include budget/BCA/scopes of work/ draft specifications for the preparation of FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) applications and the subsequent preliminary and final design plans and necessary interim and final inspections required by the City for the implementation of the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program project(s) if the City is awarded a State HMGP contract.

Please submit three (3) copies of your proposal of services with one electronic copy on CD or flash drive and a statement of qualifications, resumes of key personnel, references and a list of jobs performed under this or similar programs to Stanley Fees, P.E., City of Buda, 121 Main St. Buda, TX 78610-3320.

Proposals must be received by the City no later than 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2016 to be considered. The City of Buda reserves the right to negotiate with any and all engineers/engineering firms that submit proposals, per the Texas Professional Services Procurement Act and the Uniform Grant and Contract Management Standards.

The City of Buda is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and strives to attain goals for Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u) as amended.

Continued from pg. 1D under Docket number 160054-P, pending in the County Court of Hays County, Texas to PAMELA SUE ALLEN. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the Estate addressed as follows: Pamela Sue Allen Independent Executor Estate of Earnest Greer Davlin C/O Andrew Gary P.O. Box 727 San Marcos, Texas 78667 All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

Dated this 9th. day of March, 2016 Andrew Gary, Bar #7721000 P.O. Box 727 San Marcos, Texas 78667 512-396-2541 andrewgary@grandecom.net Attorney for Pamela Sue Allen

companies licensed in Texas. The study cites premiums for coverage just above what the state requires.

The state of Texas requires drivers to get coverage for $30,000 per person and $60,000 per accident. The study obtained premium estimates for a plan that insures $50,000 per person and $100,000 per accident.

Texas officials require vehicle operators to get $25,000 of coverage for property damage while the study used coverage rates from a plan that insures $50,000 for property damage.

The cities with the highest insurance rates have greater population density and its drivers have longer average work commutes.

Researchers found that both population density and average commute time seemed to impact the estimates.

Similar logic is used by insurance providers when it comes to average commute time as well, she said. Due to the city of Kyle’s geographical location, residents often commute to San Antonio or Austin when going to work.

“Insurance companies think the longer you’re on the road, in other words, the more miles you drive on average, also increases the risk of you getting into an accident,” Kuo said.

“That’s a few of the factors that would affect why one (city) would cost more than another.”

Thank You

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

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

Storquest Self Storage will sell at public sale by competitive bidding the personal property of: Rodriguez, Christina Urrego, James Runge, Justin Acosta, Zachary Davis, Daunell Figg, Jed Crosby Johnson, Bobby Habbit, Jennifer Simmank, Michele Sigler, Donnie Quincy, Beatty Hoover, Michael Jerald L. Price III Washington, Kimberly Property to be sold: misc., household goods, furniture, tools, clothes, boxes, toys and personal content. Auction Company: DAVIS AUCTIONEERS, L.P. (817)447-9805 TX #8325.

The sale will commence at 10a.m. on March 25th, 2016 at the property where said property has been stored and which is locate at Storquest Self Storage, 5500 FM 2770 Kyle, TX 78640. goods must be paid in cash and removed at time of sale. Sale is subject to cancellation in the even of settlement between owner and obligated party.

Thank you to all my supporters for electing me to continue serving Hays County, Pct. 2 –Constable James Kohler

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of EARNEST GREER DAVLIN, deceased, were issued on March 9, 2016

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