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Hays Rebel softball team on four-game winning streak.

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Kyle mom indicted in daughter’s murder STAFF REPORT A Hays County grand jury earlier this month issued a capital murder indictment against a Kyle woman accused of killing her five-year-old daughter in January.

The indictment was one of two issued by the grand jury against Krystle Conception Villanueva, 25, of Kyle.

According to a Hays County press release, the first indictment against Villanueva is

capital murder of a person under ten years of age. The second was for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, which was issued after Villanueva was suspected of stabbing Eustorgio Arellano-

Uresti, 58, her fatherin-law. An indictment is a formal accusation against an individual suspected of a serious crime but does not determine guilt or innocence.

On Jan. 5, Hays County

New motor vehicles to be displayed inside only PHOTO BY DAVID WHITE

The city of Kyle approved an ordinance preventing retailers from displaying motor vehicles outside on the I-35 corridor within city limits. Established businesses may continue to operate as non-conforming businesses but must conform to the code if they expand.

City of Kyle limits outdoor car sales along I-35 corridor Vehicle sale and rental lots could be a thing of the past after Kyle city leaders decided Tuesday to shut down all future outdoor sales and display of motor vehicles along the I-35 corridor.

The Kyle City Council approved an amendment to a city ordinance which prohibits the outdoor display and sale of any motor vehicles along the I-35 corridor. The amendment does not require current sales or rental businesses to come under the rules until they wish to

“I think the proposal is heavy-handed, unsubstantiated, and focuses on eliminating auto dealerships without realizing that several of the categories on the list don’t even sell autos and are solid generators of jobs, sales tax, vehicle tax, property tax, inventory tax and more.”

–Travis Mitchell, owner of Mitchell Motor Sports and Kyle city council member

expand their facilities.

City officials proposed the amendment because automobile sales do not generate local sales tax, only property tax, and are not typically high volume employers.

As a result, city officials see very

little incentive to accommodate automobile sales.

“The high visibility areas along I-35 should be reserved for those uses that provide for the needs of the motoring public, and for those uses that are less desirable as

locations in toward our neighborhoods,” said Howard Koontz, director of planning and community development, in a staff memo.

Motor vehicle sales, rentals and leasing are

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COMING UP Stephen Dunn Reading and Book Signings Poet Stephen Dunn will hold a reading and signing at The Wittliff Collections on Thursday, March 30 at 3:30 p.m. and the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center on Friday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. Dunn is the author of 16 books, including “Different Hours,” which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller Fellowship, and three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Since 1974 he has taught at Richard Stockton College of NJ, where he is Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing.

His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Nation, New Republic, the New Yorker, Georgia Review, and the American Poetry Review.

HOT FUNDS

Proposed bill sends HOT funds to sports.

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

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authorities responded to a home in the 200 block of Willow Terrace in the Green Pastures subdivision.

The Hays Free Press reported authorities discovered Uresti outside of the home with

stab wounds across his forehead, his back and left shoulder, according to a probable cause affidavit provided by Hays County Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Beth

MURDER INDICTMENT, 2A

MURKY WATERS Proposed water district leaves Buda under-represented

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

news@haysfreepress.com

Tempers flared at times Tuesday over a proposed house bill that could create a watershed district for Onion Creek.

With concerns that include a lack of representation for Buda in the proposed district, Buda city leaders asked staff to draft a resolution outlining necessary changes to House Bill 2851 to better suit the

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city at a future meeting.

HB 2851, introduced

by State Rep. Paul Workman (R-Austin), would create an Onion Creek Watershed district.

The proposed new district would have a board of directors who would have the power to levy taxes and fees on residents who live within its boundaries.

According to Workman’s bill, Travis County would have the

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SORRELLS

ZAPATA

Warrant results in multiple charges for local teens

BY MOSES LEOS III

news@haysfreepress.com

Four men, three of whom have connections to a criminal street gang, were arrested earlier this month after execution of an arrest warrant by authorities led to the alleged discovery of a cache of narcotics with intent to sell.

Andrew McDonald, 19, Calvin Sorrells, 18, and James Zapata, 17, all of Kyle, were arrested on multiple charges by the Hays County SWAT Team at approximately 4:30 to 5 a.m. on Friday, March 17.

One of those charges include engaging in organized criminal activity (ECOA), which is a third-degree felony. They were charged with EOCA based on all three having ties to the Tree Top Piru, which is an affiliate of the Blood criminal street gang, according to a Hays Coun-

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ty arrest affidavit.

Carlos Valdez, 20, of Kyle, was also arrested, but was not affiliated with the street gang. Valdez was arrested on a charge of manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance, which is a state jail felony.

According to the arresting affidavits, the Hays County SWAT team executed an arrest warrant on McDonald stemming from a June 2016 aggravated robbery charge, of which Sorrells was also involved, at approximately 3 a.m. at a home in the 300 block of Discovery in Kyle.

When officers entered the premises, they allegedly saw in plain view drug paraphernalia such as smoking pipes, small 1-inch baggies for drug distribution and a digital scale, according to the affidavit.

A Hays County deputy

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Hays puts brakes on new traffic policy

BY MOSES LEOS III

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Hays County Commissioners Monday opted to delay action on a possible traffic calming policy in order to gather public opinion on the matter.

Commissioners voted 5-0 for a public hearing in two weeks on the policy, which according to officials would be for use across Hays County.

Jerry Borcherding, Hays County director of transportation, said the policy was crafted in order to create consistency for the installation of traffic humps, speed bumps and tables.

Adam Leach, assistant director of transportation, said one of the more common requests to the transportation department is for speed bumps and tables in county neighborhoods.

Hays County’s model would require additional feedback from neighborhoods, as residents “would like a little more buy in, so to speak, in the process,” Leach said.

According to a draft of the policy, a traffic study must be requested by a resident along an affected street and must also have signatures from 10 percent of residents.

Citizens who live in areas governed by a homeowners association or live on roads maintained by the county inside incorporated city

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.

Jerry Borcherding, Hays County director of transportation, said the policy was crafted in order to create consistency for the installation of traffic humps, speed bumps and tables.

This is a schematic drawing illustrating a speed table, provided by the National Association of City Transportation Officials.

limits must send requests to their local governing body.

Requests, however, wouldn’t be considered for county collector, arterial roads or country lanes that service less than 20 homes.

Leach said the county’s transportation department would conduct the traffic study, which would assess speed based on the 85th percentile, similar to what the state uses for traffic studies.

According to the Texas Department of Transportation website, the percentile is based

also allegedly witnessed a small red bag with the word “skittles” printed on it, suggesting that it may have contained K2 or ketamine, which is a powerful horse tranquilizer.

Based on these findings, a search warrant was applied for the entire premises and was granted

by County Court at Law No. 2 Judge David Glickler at approximately 4:30 a.m.

Valdez was charged due to 87 generic Xanax pills in a small baggie and a digital scale found in the living room.

McDonald, Sorrells and Zapata were also charged with the Manufacture/ Delivery of a controlled substance since the living room is a common area shared by all four persons.

McDonald also received a second manufacture/delivery charge for four additional generic Xanax pills in a baggie found in his room.

McDonald is being held on $135,000 bond, while Sorrells is being held on $31,000 bond.

Zapata’s bond was set at $25,000, while Valdez is being held on $10,000 bond.

on the theory that a speed at or below which 85 percent of people drive at any location under good weather and visibility conditions is the maximum speed for a location.

After conducting the study, Hays County will determine whether the road warrants a traffic calming measure based on several criterions. County transportation officials will issue a recommendation to the resident and to the respective commissioner’s precinct office for review.

From there, residents

have 30 days to request action from the transportation department to install a traffic calming measure. Requirements include obtaining 20 percent of signatures from residents on the road for rumble strips or buttons and 51 percent for speed tables and roadway construction.

Leach said it would avoid a single resident from possibly implementing a traffic calming measure that may be unwanted by other residents.

If a traffic calming

measure were to be removed, the county requires 51 percent of residents on the road to remove it at the cost to the county, if county officials recommended it.

However, measures that were not recommended by the county would need 75 percent of resident signatures and must be funded by the residents.

Hays County Pct. 1 Commissioner Debbie Ingalsbe said she believed the policy was good to have. But she also advocated for a public hearing to gather feedback.

“If we’re going to allow devices to be placed, it’s good to have a policy in place and be consistent within the county,” Ingalsbe said.

Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner Will Conley did not support the policy as he felt the system the county has works “quite well.”

He said his precinct is extremely diverse and has a “million different conditions.” He believes Pct. 3 has been responsible in applying traffic calming devices, as they have a policy they have followed for a ‘long time.” He said the current policy allows for flexibility.

“I’m not willing to secede that design and set up,” Conley said. “I think it works quite well and I think it’s a perfect mixture of direct representation of the people we represent and a responsible department that’s maintaining a countywide system.”

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CHARGES FILED: Carlos Valdez • Manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance – state jail felony Andrew McDonald • Aggravated Robbery (Previous charge) – 1st degree felony • Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity – 3rd degree felony • Manfacture and delivry of a controlled substance – state jail felony • Manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance – state jail felony

Smith.

When authorities entered the home, they discovered the body of Villanueva’s daughter, whose body had been “mutilated,” according to Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler in a January press conference.

Cutler added the crime was one of the “worst cases” he had seen in his 43 years in law enforcement and one of the most “horrific cases in the history of Hays County.”

Villanueva was

charged in January with Capital Murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

It remains unknown if drugs or alcohol played a factor in the crime.

Uresti alleged in the affidavit Villanueva used drugs, including marijuana.

The Hays Free Press reported in January a relative of Villanueva informed authorities she had been admitted to a treatment facility in late 2015 for substance abuse. While in

treatment, Villanueva was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia and ADHS. According to a release, the Hays County District Attorney’s office will make no further comment on the case at this time. Some aspects of the investigation are ongoing, according to the county’s release.

There is no decision on whether or not the DA’s office will seek the death penalty.

Calvin Sorrells • Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity – 3rd degree felony • Possession of a dangerous drug – Class A misdemeanor • Manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance – State jail felony James Zapata • Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity – 3rd degree felony • Manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance – State jail felony

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Opinion

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “The old saying is, with a breakfast of bacon and eggs, the chicken is involved but the pig is committed … We’re the pig, we’re committed and we can never change this.”

–Willie Tenorio, District 2 trustee on Hays CISD’s Freeport exemption, pg. 3B

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aybe up close the outfits weren’t stitched to perfection, but from the spectator seats they were dazzling: Scarlet jackets with black pants and shiny boots, gold satin blouses, filmy sequined skirts and dashing leotards. Trapeze artists flew from rope to swing in star-spangled costumes, defying gravity while the audience gasped. The band played; hawkers hustled through the crowd selling roasted peanuts and monkey puppets; eighteen clowns and a dog piled out of a Volkswagon. The greatest show on earth.

The circus thrived in a simpler time, or at least that’s what we call it now. It’s actually not so simple to struggle to save enough money to take the family to the circus and wonder if the car will make it without a flat tire on the way. It’s not as simple as it sounds to have a grand total of five toys and wonder if it might, just might, be possible to have one of those furry monkeys on a string, or a clown mask. It only seems simpler because there were fewer gadgets and organized activities. And no TV shows.

None.

Gradually life evolved into a perpetual circus. Toys of every conceivable kind are now available at Walmart. Roasted peanuts come in a can.

Extravaganzas are daily TV fare and computers offer magic with a single keystroke, right in the living room.

As the barrage of glitz and action filtered into daily life, Barnum and Bailey attracted fewer and fewer people to its tent. The parade from railroad station to circus site, with

Tutta’s Take

by Wynette Barton

elephants, prancing horses and tooting calliope, was no longer a big event; traffic later made it an impossible event. Instead, trucks drove to the grounds, unloaded without fanfare, and tents rose up for the show. Then people came … or didn’t.

I planned to go to the last big extravaganza to witness the end of an era, but not a single performance came to this part of the world for its last glorious fling. I missed it, just as I missed it last year, and the year before that. Too busy, too much traffic, too hard to park, so I had a hand in the demise of the circus, just as we all did, just as changing times did.

Terms from the Big Show – lion tamer, ringmaster, barker, bandwagon – will drop into oblivion, and the circus will become a distant legend. Its day is behind us, along with days of a wild frontier, a time when aeroplanes were big news and America was isolated from the rest of the world by two oceans. Life keeps re-arranging itself, and no matter how good the good old days sound in retrospect, there’s no bringing them back.

So goodby, Circus, with all your glitz and glory. Life behind the scenes may not have been so terrific, but in those moments when you were on stage you sparked a thousand imaginations and spread a lot of joy.

Godspeed.

I like my Crow hot and spicy F or the record, I didn’t vote for Trump.

Didn’t vote for Hillary neither. I was pulling for Ted Cruz before he got knocked out of the race, but not for reasons you might suspect. I wanted a Texan in the White House mainly because I was hoping Cruz might issue an executive order to put an end to an injustice that has been going on way too long. Nope, nothing to do with immigration or health care. I’m talking about something that eats at me like a tick on bull’s gonad.

How in blue blazes can an eating establishment serve a bowl of tomato squeezings with some green herbs stirred in and call it salsa if it’s as mild as breast milk? Salsa is supposed to be fiery hot in my book. Salsa should light you up as that first dipped tortilla chip lands on your tongue. Good salsa will make your eyes water and your nose run. Great salsa will melt ear wax and kill intestinal parasites.

I have spent most of my life savoring the spicy cuisine from south of our border. As a baby, I didn’t have any store-bought pacifier.

From the Crow’s Nest by Clint Younts

My mom stuck a serrano pepper in my mouth to hush me up while she did the ironing and watched Days of Our Lives. Ever since, I have eaten pert near every type of Mexican food there is. Heck, I even sampled a tamale made with armadillo meat. Not a big fan of armadillo. Slimy as snail poop and about as tasty.

So, when I visit a new Mexican food restaurant, I am excited about trying the salsa. But when the salsa tastes like curdled V8 juice, I suspect the entrees will be as bland as a Baptist preacher’s joke book. Okay, I reckon in northern states and down in southern Florida where old Yankees go to die, restaurants can get away with mixing some oregano and tomato entrails and calling it salsa, but in the south, and especially here in Texas, salsa should singe your nose hairs. If a bowl

of salsa can’t break up that sinus blockage that you’ve had since cedar fever season, then it shouldn’t be called salsa.

I recently ate at a Mexican food restaurant along the Texas coast that should know something about making spicy salsa. I suspected right away that it wouldn’t be real hot since I didn’t see any jalapeno seeds floating on top, but there was some leafy thing mixed in that I prayed was cilantro. As that first chip passed under my nostrils, I knew this was going to be a big disappointment.

That salsa was milder than a South Texas winter. I’ve had gnats fly in my mouth that were tastier than that bowl of tomato guts.

Dagnabbit, this is Texas!

We demand good and spicy salsa. Not something you can spoon-feed an infant.

Up in Fort Worth, there’s a restaurant that serves authentic Mexican food.

I could tell y’all a story about my nephew who sampled the food there as a toddler, but I’m sure his parents and the staff at Joe T Garcia’s would like to forget the entire incident. I’m

sure that highchair went straight to the dumpster.

But, dang, that was good salsa!

Even Taco Bell tries to pass off its hot sauce as being spicy. Yeah, they have one packet that’s labeled “Diablo” but if hell is that hot, you’d better be buried in long sleeves. And isn’t “Mild hot sauce” an oxymoron? I coined the name Probably Hot for the sauce they hand out at Taco Bell, a term we frequently use in our family.

So, this is why I wanted a Texan with some Latino DNA in his blood like Ted Cruz to sit in the White House, but instead we have Trump. I just hope President Trump doesn’t deport the Mexicans who know how to make good salsa, just the ones who think Whataburger’s spicy ketchup is a zesty condiment.

of San Marcos? We are all very aware of the fact that the city of SM has been trying to take control of the San Marcos River for quite some time under the pretext that they would make the better guardian of our river.

They can’t even take care of our streets and infrastructure much less of our beautiful river.

Our city officials already have in place plenty of restrictions: No Fishing from bridge; No Jumping from bridge; Curfew-11pm; No homeless allowed (park rangers are always trying to rid the homeless from our parks); No drinking; No glass bottles; No using park after major or minor flooding has occurred (even though nothing serious has occurred); and many other restrictions. But, they are very

glad to have hundreds of tubers and kayakers invade our river so they can make money at the expense of San Marcos citizens who can’t use their own river because of all these invaders who come and make a mess and swimming very dangerous because they are everywhere (especially kayakers).

I have tried to call Sen. Zafferini to demand a townhall meeting so she can listen to her constituents tell her to her face that we do not want the city to own our river, and to assure her that if her bill passes, this will be her last term in office. I will do the most that I can to make sure she or the San Marcos city counmcil members are not re-elected again.

Ezekiel Enriquez, Sr. San Marcos

Clint Younts’ mother was a saint who wrote all about the area in her book, “People and Places in and around Historic Buda.” She probably gave him that serrano pepper to make him be quiet. His wife does the same these days.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR PROTECT ONION CREEK FROM SEWAGE EFFLUENT All we ever hear from Dripping Springs is that its intentions are not to discharge sewage effluent into Onion Creek with the discharge permit they seek. I’m sure they are telling you the same thing, that you should resolve to support this because “with all this beneficial reuse we’re getting signed up we don’t intend to discharge, we just need the flexibility of a disposal/discharge pipe to Onion Creek..”

Understand the facts before taking the bait!

The ordinance passed last November says participate or pay fee towards 210 beneficial reuse; if the City does not use those funds for wet weather contingencies (subsurface drip irrigation and storage ponds), then that just means more sewage

effluent pumped into the creek during those times.

The beneficial reuse contract is extremely lax and non-committal. Either side can shut down at any time with no consequences, resulting in discharge into Onion Creek.

Involves huge amount of buried pipeline infrastructure which will ultimately leak and fail, again resulting in need to discharge.

During wet weather, developments will not take effluent and the City will need to discharge during these conditions. You can never keep up in storage ponds, without also having drip irrigation fields; again, this results in more need to discharge into Onion.

Residents may complain about the smell or harmful effects of sewage effluent sprayed and demand it be shut off, resulting in discharge into Onion.

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

A pipe to Onion Creek is a means of emergency discharge of raw sewage in event of a catastrophic emergency. This would completely destroy Onion Creek!

Future councils would not be bound to pursue beneficial reuse contracts.

They could change the ordinance or not enforce the contracts, and just increase their volume with TCEQ! If this moves forward, what do you think that disposal pipe to Onion will be flowing in 5, 10 or 15 years?

Make the smart decision not to support destroying Onion Creek with sewage effluent.

Onion Creek is a prime example of the very reason that people want to come see and enjoy our Central Texas Hill Country!

Wes Pitts

SAN MARCOS RIVER FIGHT IS ON This letter concerns most citizens of Hays County and surrounding areas. It is of the utmost importance that each of us contact Tx St Senator Judith Zafferini’s office and demand a townhall meeting with her in regards to her legislation to make San Marcos the sole owner of the San Marcos River.

Just who gave her the permission to file a bill to take our river that for centuries has belonged to the citizens of the State of Texas and turn it over to the city of San Marcos?

Do we stick our noses in trying to pass legislation that will affect the Rio Grande River and her city of Laredo? Just who does she represent, the citizens of San Marcos or the city

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most representation on that board due to its large population.

Several residents spoke during public comment against the bill.

Mark Gerrosis said one of the main issues with the proposed bill is that there isn’t equal representation on the board of directors for the entities involved.

Gerrosis claimed Buda and Hays County would be more directly affected by flooding mitigation solutions in the bill than Travis County.

Buda resident and landowner Carl Urban, who opposed HB 2851, encouraged council members to get involved before the legislation is passed and it’s too late.

One speaker pleaded

with council members not to let Travis County ruin the “natural resource that flows through Buda” with possible flood mitigation tools such as floodwalls.

Micah Grau, Buda assistant city manager, said an Onion Creek Watershed study was performed by Travis County in order to assess possible solutions to mitigate flooding in Travis and Hays counties.

The study cited three possible sites where retention ponds could be constructed in order to help mitigate flooding.

One possible site is the CenTex West Retention pond, which is in the Kyle ETJ path. The CenTex East is in Buda’s ETJ, and the Buda/I-35 retention

“I agree with you that I oppose the passage of this bill, but to accuse city staff of making deals with anyone is just foolish.”

–Todd Ruge, Buda mayor

pond would be located along Onion Creek.

Grau said each of these sites produces its own challenges for the environment and the economy and has an estimated cost of $84 million.

Grau said Hays County, Buda and Austin were unaware of the

flood mitigation.

Caterina Gonzales, Buda city attorney, said the bill was still “very early in the process.”

She said HB 2851 had not even reached a committee or had funding identified yet.

But the meeting soon turned chaotic.

Buda resident T.J. Higginbothom had to be gaveled down after making comments from proposed legislation until the audience during discussion on the item.

December 2016.

Buda Mayor Todd Hays County Pct. 2 Ruge argued with Commissioner Mark council member George Jones said the main Haehn after the latter issue with HB 2851 accused city staff making is that it lacks equal potential deals with other representation on a entities when they first potential board of learned of HB 2851. directors, which has the John Nett, Buda City ability to levy taxes and Engineer, said three fees on residents for

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permitted only within a covered, enclosed building and require city council approval of a conditional use permit.

I-35 is the gateway into Kyle and that view forms the first impression of most visitors, Koontz said.

“This amendment is not a land use amendment,” Koontz said. “This amendment is an aesthetic amendment.”

The amendment only changes the manner in which merchandise can be displayed to encourage better use of land, Koontz said.

“We’re not telling anyone they can’t build,” said Councilmember Shane Arabie. “We’re telling them we want review approval. This gives us the ability to clean up the look of our city.”

Council members approved the amendment 5-0, with Councilmember Travis Mitchell and

Councilmember Daphne Tenorio abstaining from voting.

Before discussion began, Mitchell and Tenorio both stepped down from the dais due to conflicts of interest.

Mitchell is the owner of Mitchell Motorsports, a motor vehicle dealership on I-35 which sells UTVs and motorcycles. Tenorio said her family property is within 1,200 feet of the I-35 overlay.

While Mitchell did not vote on the amendment, he publicly opposed it in a video published on his Facebook page.

“I think the proposal is heavy-handed, unsubstantiated, and focuses on eliminating auto dealerships without realizing that several of the categories on the list don’t even sell autos and are solid generators of jobs, sales tax, vehicle tax, property tax, inventory tax and more,” Mitchell

staff members who attended a December 2016 wastewater meeting were unaware of the seriousness of the topics.

While Ruge agreed with Haehn that he couldn’t support the bill, he didn’t believe staff members performed any misdeeds.

“I agree with you that I oppose the passage of this bill, but to accuse city staff of making deals with anyone is just foolish,” Ruge said.

Council member Wiley Hopkins suggested Buda craft a resolution after coordinating with all entities involved that stipulates what changes are needed to represent Hays County, Buda and Austin.

said.

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Rebels rally to take down Lobos 9-4

BY LOGAN MCCULLOUGH

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Aggression at the plate proved beneficial for the Hays Rebels Tuesday as they rolled to a 9-4 comefrom-behind win over the crosstown rival Lehman Lobos at the Rebel baseball field.

Hays’ win, which was the team’s third straight, secured the best-of-3 district series with the Lobos.

It also marked the second straight district series Hays has won.

Lehman, however, dropped the team’s fourth straight district contest and the team’s third straight series.

The Lobos wasted little time in developing a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. After Hays responded with runs in the bottom of the first and second frames,

Lehman countered with a run in the top of the third that came via an RBI single from Luke Stanaland.

Toby Robinson, Lehman High head baseball coach, said the team practices a balanced offensive attack and put it on display in the first two innings.

Lehman led 4-2 and held control of momentum.

“We go out there swinging, we put the ball in play and got runners on,” Robinson said. “We’ve hit the ball hard all year long.”

All of that changed in the next half inning as Rebel bats pounded four runs on four hits, highlightd by a two-run home run by Adrian Cisneros.

Hays head baseball coach James Howard said the Rebels had good approaches at the plate, which focused on looking

PHOTO BY CHAPARRAL PHOTO

Hays High shortstop Clayton Cathey (8) slides into first base as Lehman Lobo Courtney Curry tries to apply the tag during Tuesday’s district matchup at Hays High.

for pitches earlier in the count.

Howard said the Rebels also focused on taking things “one pitch at a

time.” He said the team has struggled with being too defensive at times, often swinging for contact and not to drive the ball.

“Tonight, we were the aggressor and we went to the plate with great approaches early in the county,” Howard said.

“We took advantage of some situations and hit some good, hard shots.”

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Lady Rebs maintain win streak Changes coming with victory over Vista Ridge from Baylor

BY LOGAN MCCULLOUGH

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Stout defense bookended with dominant offense propelled the Hays softball team (4-6) to an 8-3 victory over the Vista Ridge Rangers (6-6) Tuesday night at Hays.

Both Hays and the Lady Rangers came into the game boasting perfect records in district. In Vista Ridge’s three district games before tonight they had outscored their opponents 33-1, while the Rebels only outscored their two opponents 4-2.

After holding Vista Ridge scoreless in the first frame, the Rebels put together a two-hit, two-run bottom of the first inning after a RBI single from Rebels pitcher Maxine Valdez.

In addition to earning runs for the offense, Valdez put together a sensational performance on the mound. The Lady Rangers came into this game leading the district in both runs and hits.

Throughout the first four innings, Valdez allowed only one hit and zero runs.

After an impressive offensive performance in the first inning, the Lady Rebels cooled off on the offensive side of the ball, going scoreless in innings two, three, four and five.

However, the highlevel of play on the defense was in no way affected by the lack of production by the offense.

“The defense played great behind (Valdez),” said Rebels head coach Lisa Cone. “We had a lot of ground ball outs which is what we want – ground balls or fly balls that’s the perfect scenario for us defensively.”

Vista Ridge earned its first run in the top of the sixth inning after a two-out RBI single from sophomore Kristian Chapa went straight up the middle of the Rebel defense to cut the deficit to 2-1.

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by Moses Leos III

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Hays Rebel outfielder Kaylin Davis takes a big swing at a pitch delivered by a Vista Ridge pitcher in the sixth inning of Tuesday’s district game. Davis, who delivered a three-run home run in the at-bat, highlighted a six run sixth inning for Hays in an 8-1 win. Below: Hays High courtesy runner Madi Villarreal slides into third base in Tuesday’s district game against Vista Ridge.

“The defense played great behind (Valdez) ... We had a lot of ground ball outs which is what we want – ground balls or fly balls that’s the perfect scenario for us defensively.”

– Lisa Cone, Rebels head coach

However, the Rebel offense that had struggled to produce came alive yet again with a four-hit, six-run bottom of the sixth capped off with a threerun home run from right-fielder Kaylin Davis to extend the lead to 8-1 going into the final inning.

The Rangers managed to earn two runs in the top of the seventh after back-toback RBI doubles, but the hole they had dug themselves proved too deep.

Cone said that her defensive game plan coming into tonight’s

matchup was to try and keep the Lady Rangers off balance.

“Our scouting report was that the Rangers struggle more with the outside pitch and that’s where we tried to stay as much as we could,” said Cone. “And Max hit her spots. Every pitch I was calling tonight she was covering her spots – she did a great job.”

With ice on both her throwing shoulder and throwing hand, Valdez after the game said that she was nervous at first, but after her nerves calmed down it was just like any other game.

She also complimented

the play of the defense behind her.

Valdez ended the game with four hits and three runs allowed on seven innings pitched.

With the Rebels now

3-0 in district and one game remaining in the first round of district play, Cone said she told her team tomorrow is a new day – enjoy tonight, but stay focused.

et’s begin with the notion that we’re a Baylor loss away from celebrating 51 years since a men’s basketball team in Texas last won an NCAA tournament title.

It’s surprising to realize the 1966 Texas Western College men’s basketball team still holds the lone men’s hoops title in the Lone Star State.

That fact is a little more eyepopping when you account for the plethora of talented Texan hoopsters that have played at Texas universities over the years.

Adding to all of the irony is only three of the 1966 Miners hailed from Texas.

Baylor’s squad, helmed

by Scott Drew, isn’t exactly laden with Texas talent either.

Roughly half of its roster comes from within the state.

Does that give them some sort of parallel to the last NCAA championship winning team from the state? Not really.

The odds don’t exactly favor the Bears. According to an ESPN report, one Las Vegas scorebook gives Baylor 18 to 1 odds to win the whole shebang, which ranks 10th out of the final 16 teams in the tournament.

It’s gotta be those retinaburning, radioactive neon highlighter yellow jerseys Baylor wears.

Long story short, don’t go putting money on the Bears to end TWC’s reign.

In fact, while we’re talking about it, one shouldn’t put money on 18- to 22-year-olds to begin with. But don’t be surprised if the Bears pull off a few big upsets along the way.

While the Baylor men’s basketball team’s season could very well end this weekend, Baylor’s women’s team continues its march to another potential title.

Texas, led by head coach Karen Aston, is also in the running after escaping a thriller with NC State at home Sunday.

Whichever team makes it the furthest may have to find a way to finally put the

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PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III

Lehman Lobo third baseman Elexiana Artiaga prepares to whip a throw across the diamond during a district game against the Hays Rebels earlier this month.

Lobo bats fall silent in loss Lobo girls perform at State to Lake Travis HAYS FREE PRESS FILE PHOTO

Lehman High powerlifter Mia Dolin executes a successful lift during the Hays Rebel powerlifting meet at Joe Graham Gym in January. Dolin, along with six other Lobos, took on the state’s best at the state powerlifting meet in Waco last week.

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The Lehman High girls powerlifting team took on the state’s best in the Class 6A Texas High School Women’s

Powerlifting Association state meet in Waco last weekend. Lobo Evelyn Ramirez capped off her senior year with a fourth place finish in the 220-pound weight

class and a personal best 985 total pounds lifted on the day. Lehman’s Alexis Ysla, who finished seventh out of 18 competitors, finished with a personal best

of 860 total pounds in the 148 pound weight class. Also lifting at the state meet were Rubylee Perez, Julissa Gonzalez, Mia Palomarez, Maddie Cruz, and Mia Dolin.

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(L-R) Brianna Salas, Raven Hamilton, Diego De La Fuente and Alexandra Rivera pose for a photo after a San Marcos tennis tournament in February.

Lobos net medals at San Marcos tournament

BY MARK CISNEROS

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The Lehman junior varsity and varsity Lobo tennis teams traveled to San Marcos in February and came away with ten total medals scored over a two-day period. The Lobo junior varsity team scored six medals, including two for freshmen Tegan Sullins and Connor Webster. The pair reeled off four more match wins and their third straight boys doubles tournament win.

Senior Andrew Guadarrama and sophomore Savannah Gardner fought hard in their mixed doubles draw for a 3rd place finish.

And after losing their first match of the day, sophomores Nailea Udave and Danna Hernandez won 3 straight to win the consolation ladder in mixed doubles.

Lehman’s varsity team earned four medals.

Sophomore Diego De La Fuente won his second tournament of the season, losing only one game the entire day en route to a boys singles victory.

Junior Alex Rivera earned a hard-fought

BY MOSES LEOS III

news@haysfreepress.com

Struggles in generating offense with runners in scoring position hampered the Lehman Lobos in a 6-2 loss to the Lake Travis Cavaliers March 13.

With the loss, Lehman falls to 1-3 in district play as the team nears the midway point of the district slate.

Lobo head softball coach Lydia Baggett said the loss to Lake Travis was “heartbreaking” as they couldn’t generate the runs they needed.

“We had runners in scoring positions more than just a few times,” Baggett said in an emailed response.

“But we couldn’t pull off the runs to even the score up.”

The loss is the third district defeat in a row for Lehman, following a lopsided 10-2 win over the Vandegrift Vi-

“We had runners in scoring positions more than just a few times ... But we couldn’t pull off the runs to even the score up.”

–Lydia Baggett, Lobo head softball coach

pers earlier this month.

Baggett said the team is working hard and the “games we play are really a lot closer than the score reveals.”

“We just have to keep our heads up and keep working hard,” Baggett said. “Everything will fall into place.”

Lehman traveled to Westlake Tuesday and hosts Leander Friday.

Baseball

Continued from pg. 1B With a 6-4 lead in hand, Hays turned to its pitching staff and defense to stymie Lobo bats.

Hays pitcher Roman Ruiz, who earned the win by pitching in relief of starter Aidan Martinez, went four innings and gave up three hits while striking out three batters.

Behind him, the Rebel defense make key plays in the field to limit the Lobo offense scoreless in the final four frames.

“Roman did a great job. It was obvious Aidan didn’t have his great stuff tonight,” Howard said. “Roman workd ahead in counts and got the ball in the

play. The defense behind him made plays when they needed to.”

Lehman’s pitching staff, however, was unable to halt the Rebel offense. Hays tallied three combined runs in the fifth and sixth innings and finished the game with 13 total hits.

While Howard said there are things to clean up on defense, gathering a win in district was imperative.

“There’s not a bigger game than one in this district,” Howard said.

“A win against Lehman is as big as a win over Westlake. If we focus on the fundamentals, good things will happen.”

From the Sidelines Continued from pg. 1B

PHOTO COURTESY OF MARK CISNEROS

Lehman Lobo tennis players Danna Hernandez (left) and Nailea Udave pose for a photo after claiming medals at the San Marcos tennis tournament in February.

second place in girls singles. In the quarterfinals, Rivera dropped the first set 2-6 before fighting back to win the second set 6-3 and the third set super tiebreaker 10-6. Rivera won her semifinal match against an opponent from Hays High.

Senior Brianna

Salas and junior Raven Hamilton won three straight matches to enter the finals in girls doubles against a stout Wimberley team. The two teams were evenly matched, but Salas and Hamilton stood strong, winning a first set tiebreak 7-5. The duo seemed to frustrate the Wimberley team

in the second set, and at a crucial moment in the match, Salas hit an amazing volley-winner at deuce to take a 5-2 game advantage that proved to be the nail in the coffin.

Salas and Hamiilton closed the match out in the next game to earn their first tournament win of the season.

Connecticut Huskies in the loss column.

UConn hasn’t lost a game since the year before the dinosaurs roamed the earth. To be exact – and eliminate hyperbole – UConn has won its last 109 games.

While it’d be nice to see Texas team put that historic streak to rest, chances are UConn will easily float to another national title.

Speaking of floating, Texas State’s basketball team’s run in the Collegeinsider.com Tournament (CIT) is about as exciting as a summertime tube

excursion on the San Marcos river.

While the CIT doesn’t have the notoriety and flair of the NCAA’s or the National Invitational Tournament, it does give plenty of exposure for up-and-coming squads such as Texas State.

The work Danny Kaspar has put in during his fourth season in San Marcos has Texas State primed for big things down the road.

With only three seniors on the roster, the Bobcats could use 2017 as a launch pad for years to come.

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Hays CISD Sweepstakes Winners moves closer to Freeport exemption

Four concert bands throughout the Hays CISD earned Sweepstakes Trophies at the recent Region 18 South Zone Concert and Sight-Reading Contest March 8-9. The Region 18 South included 33 middle school bands from Austin, Bastrop, Dripping Springs and Del Valle ISDs, as well as 13 bands from the Hays CISD. The four bands, from top to bottom are: Wallace Symphonic Band directed by Jason Brown; Chapa Wind Ensemble directed by Nathaniel Smith; Barton Wind Ensemble directed by BJ Sager; and Wallace Middle School Wind Ensemble directed by James Malik.

BY MOSES LEOS III

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Hays CISD trustees are one step closer toward implementing an ad valorem tax exemption for certain manufacturing companies in the area.

Board trustees next week are expected to vote on potentially adopting the Freeport Exemption, which is a form of tax exemption used by communities for economic development and job creation.

In addition, the board will rescind a December 1989 resolution denying tax exemption for Freeport goods. Board trustees will also authorize Superintendent Michael McKie to execute proposed Freeport Exemption agreements with eight companies currently operating in the district.

Annette Folmar, Hays CISD chief financial officer, said Monday the board’s resolution is complicated as it was the culmination “of a lot of discussion” on the Freeport Exemption.

Dan Casey, with Moak, Casey and Associates, said one reason the Freeport tax exemption is important to businesses that Texas is one of a half-dozen states that taxes inventory.

Companies that qualify for the Freeport Exemption would be exempt from paying property taxes on inventory.

Most states don’t have similar discussions, as inventory is already exempt from taxes.

Casey said over the last 20 years, areas that don’t have a Freeport or Triple Freeport Exemption have not been on the lists for companies to move to.

Triple Freeport is the situation in which a city, county and school district offer the tax exemption.

Hays County and Kyle have passed legislation in favor of a Freeport Exemption.

Diana Torres, Kyle Economic Development director, said having a Triple Freeport in place is the “final piece of the puzzle, it’s the deal breaker” for some businesses.

But implementing the Freeport exemption will be a permanent move by the board and cannot be revisited in the future, Casey said.

Additionally, the district would be negatively impacted in the first year as the state wouldn’t be able to recognize the property tax value change.

The Hays Free Press reported in April 2016 the district stands to lose $700,000 in revenue the first year of the exemption.

The district would also lose $45,000 per year that goes to debt service.

But to counterbalance, the district would work

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The list of Freeport companies within Hays CISD are: CFAN Co.

Goodrich, UTC Corp.

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with businesses for a “holdharmless” agreement. The agreement could mitigate the loss, as companies would pay 100 percent of the Freeport tax the first year.

Afterward, the amount of taxes paid by the companies decreases by 25 percent.

Folmar said the agreements were conducted between existing Freeport companies with a tax liability of $1,000 or above. The district came up with a list of eight companies. However, the district will not seek similar hold-harmless agreements with any new companies in the future.

Casey said school districts have protections with hold-harmless agreements.

“The other thing in hold-harmless, I have never recalled a company that has not made good on its obligations within an agreement,” Casey said.

Of the eight companies the district is working with for agreements, all companies are in good standing with the Hays County Tax Assessor Collector’s office, Folmar said. One company is reviewing language within its agreement.

Folmar added timing of the resolution is also important, as the district wanted to ensure the companies’ contracts are in place before implementing the Freeport exemption.

“We’ve been talking about this item for over a year, but we didn’t want to rush it until all of the contracts have been signed,” said Holly Raymond, Hays CISD board president. “We wanted to do our due diligence. We wanted to make sure all of the contracts are in place.”

Willie Tenorio, District 2 trustee, said because Hays CISD is a fast growth district, it’s gaining taxable property “all of the time,” which would help continue to increase property tax revenue.

But ensuring the district is cautious prior to implementing Freeport exemption is paramount.

“The old saying is, with a breakfast of bacon and eggs, the chicken is involved but the pig is committed,” Tenorio said.

“We’re the pig, we’re committed and we can never change this.”

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In its final regular season show, the JV winter guard placed in the top half of the contest with a 5th place finish, allowing team members to remain ranked 6th on their road to the state championship later this month. Johnnie Green, Lehman winter guard director, said it will be the second year in a row the Lehman junior varsity entered the state championships ranked in the top ten. The Varsity winter guard competed for the first time this year in the “National A” class, after being promoted for its high score at the Cedar Park show three weeks ago, and came away with a first place trophy. The team broke the 80-point mark for the first time since winning state in 2012, Green said.

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Lobo Choir soars at Madrigal Festival

The Lehman High School Choir received top scores at the recent 2017 Madrigal Festival in San Antonio. The group, directed

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Lobo Choir members head for State Solo & Ensemble

Lehman High School’s showcase Choir program qualified a number of its members for State Solo and Ensemble competition in May at the University of Texas at Austin. Auditions were conducted at Austin McCallum High School. Six soloists and a sixmember ensemble will represent the Lobos at State Solo and Ensemble. The soloists include Dalton Cunningham, David Garcia, Diego Gutierrez, Christian Pena, Cayden Raymond and Stefan Rodriguez. The State-qualifying Lobo ensemble includes members Brianna Boone, Gabriella Hernandez, Diego Gutierrez, Christian Pena, Izzy Robledo and Kaela Watson. The Lehman High Choir is directed by Andrea Baragas.

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(To thrive they need a minimum of 6-8 hours sunshine.)

But within the rose family there are different groups and classes, and if you understand these, you’ll have a better understanding of which roses will work best in your yard, and which ones will give you the shape, color or fragrance that you’re looking for.

Roses are divided into three main groups: antiques, old garden, and modern. The groups are then divided into classes.

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Some classes, for example, do best with a heavy pruning every year, and others are better left alone.

ANTIQUE ROSES This class contains roses that were introduced before 1867, when the first hybrid tea rose, La France, was introduced. In some cases many of these roses have been grown somewhere on this planet for more than 1000 years. So you could say those still in

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Ex-congressman negotiates release of Texan expedition

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addy Thompson did not let the fact that he had been a private citizen for two weeks keep him from asking one more life-saving favor of Santa Anna on March 23, 1844.

Texans naively presumed their neighbors in New Mexico would jump at the chance to join the Lone Star Republic. So, in the summer of 1841, President Mirabeau Lamar sent more than 300 soldiers, merchants and a grab bag of adventurers to deliver an engraved invitation and to stake Texas’ claim to the lucrative trade of the Santa Fe Trail.

But the Mexican army was waiting for the trespassers. Tricked into surrendering by a snake in their own grass, the so-called Pioneers were disarmed, shackled and forced-marched hundreds of miles into the interior of Mexico.

The capture of the Santa Fe Expedition caused an angry uproar not only in Texas but also throughout the United States. Newspapers, state legislatures and public rallies put extreme pressure on the federal government to take swift and effective action.

Secretary of State Daniel Webster instructed his minister to tell the Mexicans in no uncertain terms that Washington expected the immediate release of every American and humane treatment of the Texans. When the request was ignored, President John Tyler appointed an ex-

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congressman as a special envoy to intercede on the prisoners’ behalf.

Waddy Thompson, Jr. of South Carolina was the man for the job. During his three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Whig had tirelessly championed the Texas cause. He overcame footdragging by President Andrew Jackson and the opposition of New England fanatics, led by former White House occupant John Quincy Adams, to obtain diplomatic recognition for the new nation 11 months after the Battle of San Jacinto.

Thompson was hardly surprised by his chilly reception in Mexico City.

Relations between the two countries had been strained since Texas independence, and over the years he had said a lot of harsh things about his hosts.

But the unwelcome foreigner warmed Santa Anna and his cabinet right up by speaking to them in Spanish at their first meeting. He had gone to the trouble of learning the language, something unheard of for a U.S. diplomat in those days.

Thompson made such a positive impression on Santa Anna that the dictator agreed to face-

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The RED-y to Read Program at REDArena in Dripping Springs allows readers of all ages and skill levels to read to horses or minihorses for free as a form of hippotherapy, or horse-based therapy.

Free horse therapy program builds confidence in readers

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s someone who has worked around horses for many years, Julie Froidcoeur has seen how therapeutic the animals can be for people.

Through RED Arena, a Dripping Springs-based 501-C 3 nonprofit organization, a type of horse-based therapy, or hippotherapy, can now help those who aim to boost their reading confidence.

RED-y To Read is an Equine Facilitated Learning program that began roughly three weeks ago at the organization’s 20-acre facility on Bell Springs Road in Dripping Springs.

Froidcoeur said a recent foundation grant allows residents participate in RED-y To Read for free.

The program, which is open to all ages, allows individuals to openly read aloud to one of nine full-sized horses or two miniature horses that are a part of the program.

One of the primary benefits for readers is the ability to build confidence in their abilities without the prospect of being criticized or corrected.

Parents who try to correct younger readers can sometimes discourage them, Froidcoeur said. She added the horses don’t criticize, correct or judge, but just listen.

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“Most importantly, we wanted to empower those kids and adults who perhaps don’t feel comfortable reading in front of a group ... They can read in front of a horse.”

– Karen Bailey, RED Arena farm manager and volunteer coordinator

manager and volunteer coordinator, said when the idea of the reading program sprouted, the first goal was to share the arena’s resources with others.

RED Arena, which was founded in 2008, serves approximately 110 to 130 people per week who hail from all parts of Central Texas, including Kyle, Buda, Wimberley and Dripping Springs. The facility is a therapeutic riding center that offers hippotherapy to those with learning needs and those with a physical disability.

“Most importantly, we wanted to empower those kids and adults who perhaps don’t feel comfortable reading in front of a group,” Bailey said. “They can read in

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Welcome and not-so-welcome critters abound in Mountain City

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n schedule, “our” Eastern Bluebird eggs hatched on Sunday, March 12.

Bluebirds hatch about as ugly as it gets. Almost naked and blind, in just over two weeks they’ll be fully-feathered, jumping up and down, ready to fly out into the world near the end of March.

Just last week I read of a chick hatched by the world’s oldest known bird. Guess how old? … Wisdom, a Laysan Albatross is thought to be at least 66 years old.

She nests at a wildlife refuge at the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii. For her, it takes nearly seven months to

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incubate an egg and raise a chick to fledge.

Death hit one of Mountain City’s secretive “ringtails” on Cedar at Pin Oak on Sunday night.

Sally Kachoris snapped a photo. Many years ago, we occasionally saw one in our backyard live oaks.

It’s sometimes called a “ringtail cat”. A cat it is not. It’s shaped like a mink, with a ringed-tail about as long as its body.

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The bluebirds have hatched! This picture was taken when the birds where six days old.

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OBITUARIES REEVES

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Joan Lorraine Reeves, age 85, of Buda, beloved daughter, wife, mother, grandmother and friend passed away Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. She was born in Norman, Ok on Dec. 2, 1931 to Justin and Ruby Craig.

She was proceeded in death by her husband C. L. Reeves, her mom Ruby and her sister Peggy.

She is survived by her two sons, Steven L. Hill and Jeffrey C. Hill and wife Pam of Driftwood TX, daughter Kelly A. Carwile and husband Mike of Fredericksburg, TX, grandchildren, Clint Hill and Matthew Hill, Camaran Breshears and Cari Ann Carwile; as well as several great-grandchildren and an extended family.

Jo’s talents spanned a variety of careers and interests that included time spent working for Senator Roy Harrington, Davis and Davis Attorneys at Law and the Texas State Realtors Commission. She enjoyed sewing, crafting, painting and playing Bunko with her friends.

She will be dearly missed by not only her family but by many friends who loved her.

Jack Carroll Starlin, 83, passed away on March 3, 2017 in Seton Medical Center Hays, in Kyle, Texas.

Funeral services were held March 8, 2017 at Harrell Funeral Home, Kyle.

Burial followed at Live Oak Cemetery in Manchaca, Texas.

Jack Starlin was born in Winfield, Kansas on October 21, 1933. He married Roberta Jean Thomason on Sept. 28, 1951 in San Antonio, Texas. He was a veteran of the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Army from 1948 to 1968, retiring after 20 years of service. He was awarded Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Purple Heart, Prisoner of War medal, United Nations Service medal. He became a Certified Peace Officer and worked for Capitol Police until retirement. He was Post Master and member of Live Oak Lodge 304 in Kyle, Texas.

Jack is survived by Roberta J. Starlin, children Robert E. Starlin, Patricia J. Stephens, Chris A. Starlin and spouse Lisa, Dean A. Starlin and spouse Lavin. He had 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Chris

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mother and master gardener, peacefully passed away on Friday, March 10, 2017 at Hays Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in San Marcos, TX. She was 91 years old.

Bette was born Feb. 1, 1926 to Frank B. and Edna (Hodgkins) Neel in Albuquerque New Mexico. Bette was a seamstress by trade but her passion and talents revolved around gardening. She was a master gardener, taught gardening to elementary school age children and worked with the city of Albuquerque in land development and conservation. She was always busy. She helped establish the South Valley’s Growers Market and was known as the “Gourd Lady” because of her painting of gourds which she

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sold at the market in Albuquerque. Bette loved being outdoors. She enjoyed fishing, hunting and camping. Bette had a great sense of humor which she maintained throughout her diagnosis of dementia. She was always cracking jokes and delighted her physicians.

Bette was preceded in death by her husbands; Robert LeRoy Deering Sr. in 1982 and Perry Wilkes in 2006. She was also predeceased by her siblings; Walter Neel, Mildred Foster and Ray Neel.

Bette is survived by her son Robert LeRoy Deering, Jr, his wife Mary, her grandchildren Andrea Deering, Glen Deering and his wife Rebbecca. She will also be missed by her greatgrandchildren Ryan Deering, Sean Deering,

Catherine Deering, Marie Bernadette Deering, Gabriel Deering and Monica Deering.

Friends and family were invited to Harrell Funeral Home in Kyle on March 16, 2017 for calling hours and a rosary service. A memorial mass was held March 17, 2017 at Santa Cruz Catholic Church in Buda. Interment of her cremated remains followed at Assumption Cemetery in Austin.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Society or to their favorite charity.

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Continued from pg. 1C to-face talks about the Santa Fe prisoners. The two must have hit it off because in a matter of weeks every American was homeward bound.

Freedom for those captives with Texas addresses took much longer, but in time they too were released.

In September 1842, Mexican troops struck San Antonio for the second time in six months. They stayed only long enough to massacre a small force commanded

by Nicholas Dawson and to take three dozen civilians back across the border as human trophies.

Upwards of 500 Texans gave chase, but the raiders beat them to the Rio Grande. Most turned back, but the rest kept going and fought a Christmas Day battle with Mexican regulars in the border town of Mier.

Running low on food, water and ammunition, 176 capitulated in the mistaken belief they would be treated as prisoners-of-war.

Their captors went back on their word – if, in fact, it was ever given – and orders were issued from on high for their execution as bandits. As soon as Waddy Thompson learned of the imminent mass murder, he hurried to the office of the foreign minister.

The official running the show in Santa Anna’s absence refused to hear him out. “They are not American citizens, and you have no right to interpose on their behalf.”

“They are human beings and prisoners-ofwar!” Thompson retorted.

“It is the right and duty of all nations to see that Mexico does not violate the principles and usages of civilized warfare.”

But the foreign minister would not budge. “Then, sir, shoot them as soon as you choose,” said Thompson rising to his feet. “But let me tell you that if you do you will at once involve a much more powerful enemy than Texas.”

His parting words changed history and saved lives. The death decree was amended to spare nine out of every ten Texans. The condemned were selected

Starlin, Dean Starlin, Eric Starlin, Andrew Starlin, Andrew Starlin, Jr. and Lane Starlin. Honorary pallbearers included Jason Byrd Starlin, Damian Martinez Starlin and Jack Starlin.

Donations to the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children may be made in lieu of flowers at www. tsrhc.org/honorariums.

Please visit www.Harrellfuneralhomes.com to share a fond memory, photograph, or condolence with Jack’s family on his online memorial site.

Upwards of 500 Texans gave chase, but the raiders beat them to the Rio Grande. Most turned back, but the rest kept going and fought a Christmas Day battle with Mexican regulars in the border town of Mier. by lot with the unlucky drawing infamous black beans.

Thompson spent his last 14 months in Mexico City lobbying for better conditions for the Mier prisoners and negotiating for their eventual release. Two weeks after submitting his resignation, he paid a final call on Santa Anna.

After exchanging pleasantries, Thompson asked “The Napoleon of the West” what he planned to do with the 36 Texans kidnapped in San Antonio a year and a half earlier. “Do you intend to keep them always?”

The persuasive southerner gradually wore down Santa Anna, until he finally asked for the names of the prisoners the visitor wanted let go.

“All of them,” Thompson answered.

“How can I distinguish between men, all strangers to me personally, whose cases are in all respects the same, and why should you?”

Waddy Thompson left Mexico a few days later with 36 very happy and very grateful Texans.

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Ask Amanda: A basic guide to Central Texas roses Shrub roses were never meant to be classified. They were developed to grow and behave like blooming shrubs. Knock Out roses are probably the best examples of this class. They are for the most part disease resistant, fast growing and heavy blooming.

1920s. They are large shrubs that can also be trained as small climbers and can take five hours of sun a day and still bloom well. They have a nice musky fragrance and bloom in clusters. My family has several musk roses that have been passed down for more than 60 years.

Older Hybrid Teas have been around so long that they’re now grouped in with the other antiques and old fashioned roses. They tend to have longer stems and higher centers than the tea roses. Some of their blooms, like Peace, can be quite large and showy. They also have more of an upright, slender growth habit than their predecessors.

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see the huge full flowers that florists crave and the vibrant colors not seen in antique and older roses. Oranges and bright yellows especially make their mark with the newer introductions.

Shrub roses were never meant to be classified. They were developed to grow and behave like blooming shrubs. Knock Out roses are probably the best examples of this class. They are for the most part disease resistant, fast growing and heavy blooming.

Hybrid Teas and Grandifloras are two classes of roses developed for their flowers.

They have large, full, bright flowers on long stems . . . perfect for floral arranging. They can require a little more care than other classes and need yearly hard pruning, but they can’t be beat for their blooms.

Floribunda roses are best thought of as the original shrub roses. These are smaller bushes (under 4’ typ-

This is the ‘everything else’ group. These roses are more recently developed than the previous group, but still contain some great rose varieties. It is with the modern roses that we start to

Though not technically antiques, these roses have been around long enough to have proven their mettle in our tough climate.

Hybrid Musk roses really hit their stride starting in the

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They usually perform very well with little oversight and don’t need much pruning except to keep their shape.

Here are some of the beautiful roses that we are carrying this year at the nursery: JF Kennedy, Mr. Lincoln, Dame de Coeur, Queen Elizabeth, Old Blush (shrub and climbing), Red Cascade, Maggie, Cecile Brunner, Livin’ Easy, Julia Child, Iceberg (shrub and climbing), Penelope, Lavender Lassie, Marie Pavie and Belinda’s Dream.

Last but not least an amazing tale of survival known as Peggy Martin.

This rose was discovered after Katrina had ravaged its homesite, where she had sat for weeks under brackish water only to come out alive on the other side. This thorn-less, climbing rose has gained traction over the last 8 seasons because of this resilience and is a fine addition to any landscape.

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Tea roses are the predecessors of our modern hybrid teas. They typically have larger blooms full of petals with a high center common with florist roses. The buds are smaller than hybrid teas and the stems shorter, but most tea roses have a wonderful light fragrance. The bushes tend to be large and round and they bloom heavily in the spring and fall.

China roses are one of my favorite rose classes. They are sturdy and can bloom nine months out of the year.

Generally large shrubs (with some climbers) they are hardy and drought resistant.

This is one of the classes found on abandoned homesteads throughout the state.

The best thing about bourbon roses is their amazing, heady fragrance. Bourbons can be large shrubs, climbers or smaller more manageable bushes.

Polyantha roses are smaller bushes, with smaller flowers borne in clusters at the end of the branches.

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Poet Stephen Dunn will hold a reading and signing at The Wittliff Collections on Thursday, March 30 at 3:30 p.m. and the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center on Friday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m.

Dunn is the author of sixteen books, including “Different Hours,” which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller Fellowship, and three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Since 1974 he has taught at Richard Stockton College of NJ, where he is Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing.His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Nation, New Republic, the New Yorker, Georgia Review, and the American Poetry Review.

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

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Ring in the spring season with the Manchaca United Methodist Church’s second annual Spring Fest 5K and Kids Dash. This fun race starts bright and early at 7:30 a.m. on April 1 at Menchaca Elementary School at Manchaca Road and FM 1626.

Rain or shine, bring out the whole family for this celebration and help raise money to create opportunities for students in area schools. Register at tinyurl. com/MUMCSpringFeAt.

Coffee with Mckie Come meet your Hays CISD Superintendent Michael McKie to discuss the upcoming school bond proposal on Friday, March 31, 7:30 a.m. at Casa Maria’s restaurant in Kyle – 22604 IH 35. Coffee will be provided free of charge.

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Dell Children’s Hospital will host a Car Seat Inspection Station on Saturday, April 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kyle Fire Department, located at 210 W. Moore St. At the car seat inspection appointment a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician will help you: inspect your car seat to ensure that it is not recalled, expired, or unsafe to use; determine if your car seat is the correct fit for your child’s height and weight; help you learn how to install your car seat and ensure it is compatible with your vehicle; help you learn how to properly harness your child in the car seat; and answer any questions or concerns you have about your child’s safety while riding. For more information or to schedule a car seat inspection, visit www.dellchildrens.net/safety or call 512-324-TOTS (8687)

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The April 2009 Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine featured a nice article about a two-year study of these agile little-known midsize carnivores at Palo Duro Canyon using live trapping in order to place a collar that emits signals on the animal (for tracking purposes). The bait that worked was a combination of sardines, apples and honey.

One detail that caught my attention was this: Ringtails ambush their prey and kill them with a bite to the neck.

Wow! KissMe, Our Great White Hunter with Red Spots, suffered a bite

to the neck this past week and a puncture wound on his apple-shaped big spot while on an escapee escapade. We heard soft knocking during Jimmy Kimmel. There at the door was a filthy KissMe in the arms of Andrea Wells.

Alerted to commotion by their dog that did not let up, Britt went outside and broke up a loud brawl between KissMe and an opossum. We thought KissMe was in the kitchen asleep.

Once again, KissMe is okay, after a trip to Dr. Bob the next day for antibiotics.

Such is not the case for Alex, the horse belonging to Scott Follett in Ruby Ranch. Mid-week last week, Scott posted on NextDoor.com a photo of a long dead rattlesnake draped over a fence. The next day, Scott posted word that Alex, who was struck on the nose and back leg, died.

Ruby Ranch may seem a long way from Mountain City, if you’re accustomed to traveling by car over on 2770 to 1626 and then heading up to 967 and turning west, toward Salt Lick. But, take a look at the maps of the Anthem Develop-

ment behind Mountain City. Anthem stretches from 150 almost to Ruby Ranch. It’s closer than you think, with mostly the former Nance Ranch in between.

Be on the lookout and keep your ears open for rattlesnakes. Listening through headphones, it’d be easy to miss the telltale warning.

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front of a horse.”

Participants in the program range in age from four- to 21-years-old.

Froidcoeur said the focus is to have the program open to all reading abilities.

The program encourages readers to bring their own books that are at their own reading level.

The facility also has books for them to read as well.

“There’s older students and young adults who are having reading trouble as well,” Froidcoeur said. “It’s not just for kids.”

Participants who engage in the RED-y To Read program are allowed to read to the animal for an hour. Certified horse trainers observe the animal during the session to ensure the comfort and safety of all.

Many who read to the horses are excited at the opportunity to do so, Froidcoeur said. Children who may not be excited about reading are interested in reading to the animal.

“They are motivated to read to the horse,” Froidcoeur said. “Most kids love horses. They get excited about reading to them.”

The idea to bring the program to RED Arena began after Froidcoeur learned of other successful reading-to-animal programs.

She said that, in the past, programs offered the chance for readers to improve their skills by reading to dogs, such as the “Read to Chopper”

program held weekly at the Wimberley Village Library.

RED Arena began a pilot program in January to see if it could get off the ground. Soon thereafter, the popularity of the program “exploded,” Froidcoeur said.

“The kids that have come so far have loved it. Folks that are invited or give it a chance are thrilled with the opportunity,” Bailey said. “The

parents are receptive to it and the kids are thrilled.”

The chance to potentially grow the program is also there, both Froidcoeur and Bailey said.

While RED Arena is not looking for horses now, the opportunity to add more to the reading program could be an idea for the future.

RED Arena is also in the midst of a capital campaign. The growth plan could include looking

for a larger plot of land to house a bigger facility with a covered area.

The growth could also extend to expanding RED Arena’s program to help injured and disabled veterans.

“Our program is so multi-faceted that it offers so much,” Bailey said.

“The riders, volunteers, parents and staff agree it’s a special type of place.

Peaceful and enriching, even for parents.”

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Buda is working with Texas representatives to allow funds from the hotel occupancy tax (HOT) to be used toward improving sports-related facilities and venues.

The over-arching goals of House Bill 2354, filed Feb. 23 are to incentivize tourism and increase the number of people spending time in Buda hotels.

Chance Sparks, assistant city manager, calls this putting “heads in beds.”

Sparks said Buda earned $637,656.82 from the hotel occupancy tax in the 2015-16 fiscal year, up about $14,000 from its total during the 2014-15 fiscal year.

The money from the tax, Sparks said, can’t be used towards a sporting facility because the law limits the use of these funds.

After canvassing the local hotels for information, Sparks said the city discovered youth sporting tournaments correlate with increased spending in the tourism industry. Parents and kids need places to sleep for these tournaments, meaning there are more heads in Buda hotel beds.

“When you get families coming in for soccer tournaments or lacrosse, there’re people that have to eat, buy gas and shop while they are in town,” said Terry Franks, chief of staff for Texas Rep. Jason Isaac (RDripping Springs). “It’s an economic development tool, basically.”

The discussion began in Fall 2016 starting with city council. Officials referenced a similar bill passed in Bryan-College Station, which allowed funds from the hotel

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A pair of soccer players vie for possession of the ball during the 2015 Kyle Copa Vive soccer tournament that was held in Kyle. Buda city officials hope legislation within the 85th Legislative session could allow for Hotel Occupancy Tax dollars to be used for sports recreation purposes.

occupancy tax rate to be used in renovating Kyle Field.

“Our bill was functionally identical to it,” Sparks said. “If you see something that worked for someone else, there’s no good sense in reinventing the wheel.”

Months later, House Bill 2354 was filed to committee, with Isaac sponsoring the bill. If passed, city officials will be allowed to use the excess money from the tax toward its sporting

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The public hearing schedule is as follows: Two public hearings will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 and Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 6:30 P.M. A public hearing will be held by the Kyle City Council on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 7:00 P.M.

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addressed to Hays Shadow (512) The 421-7624 City of Kyle shall hold public hearing Creek aDevelopment, Inc. on behalf of on a request

by Steven(“OWNER”) Lynn Goss (Z-17TEXAS North Hays Municipal 008) DISPOSAL to assign original zoning to Utility District No. 1 SYSTEMS .92 acres (“DISTRICT”) for furnishing approximately of land from all labor, materials, Agriculture ‘AG’ to Retail Service District equipment, and performing ‘RS’ for property located at 1900 Dacy Lane, in HaysPublic County,Notices Texas.

The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend, andPublic theNotice City Council may consider, assigning anyHearing zoning district Notice of Public IS HEREBY TO which isNOTICE equivalent or moreGIVEN restrictive.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT:

The City of Kyle shall hold a public hearing on a request A public will tobeassign held byzonthe

by Steven Lynnhearing Goss (Z-17-008) original Planning and .92 Zoning Commission ing to approximately acres of land from Agricultureon ‘AG’ to Retail Service for property Tuesday, April 11,District 2017‘RS’ at 6:30 P.M. located at 1900 Dacy Lane, in Hays County, Texas.

The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend, A hearingmay will be held by any thezoning Kyle andpublic the City Council consider, assigning City Council on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at district which is equivalent or more restrictive.

7:00 P.M. A public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 6:30 P.M.

A public hearing be held by the Kyle City Council Kyle City Hallwill Council Chambers on Tuesday, April 18, at 7:00 P.M. 100 W Center St.,2017, Kyle, Texas Kyle City Hall Council Chambers 100 W Center St., Kyle, Texas

Owner: Steven Lynn Goss Owner: Steven Lynn Goss Agent: Jessica Shelton Brent Williamson Agent: Jessica Shelton / Brent/ Williamson Publication Date: March 22, 2017

Publication Date: March 22, 2017 Z-17-008 Z-17-008

all work required for the price by a solvent Surety construction of SHADOW company, authorized to do CREEK DETENTION business in the State of POND IMPROVEMENTS Texas and acceptable to the will be received at OWNER. the office of Texas The OWNER reserves Engineering Solutions, LLC the right to reject any (“ENGINEER”) at 3815 S. and all bids to waive any Capital of TX Hwy, Suite and all technicalities and 300, Austin, TX 78704 until formalities in bidding. The Friday, March 31st, 2017 at OWNER reserves the right 2:00pm. Bids will be opened to determine which bids publicly and read aloud. Any are most advantageous proposal received after the to the OWNER and the closing time will be returned DISTRICT, and to award unopened. Proposals shall the Contract on this basis. be plainly marked with No bid may be withdrawn name and address of the for a period of forty-five BIDDER and the following (45) days after opening of words: the bids. If a submitted bid PROPOSAL FOR SHADOW is withdrawn within said CREEK DETENTION POND period, bid guaranty shall IMPROVEMENTS become the property of the The SHADOW CREEK OWNER, not as penalty, but DETENTION POND as liquidated damages, or IMPROVEMENTS proposal OWNER may pursue any includes approximately: other action allowed by construction of 3 law. A pre-bid conference detention ponds with a will be held on Wednesday, limits of construction of March 22nd, 2017 at approximately 9 acres, 1:00pm at the offices of the including earthwork and Engineer (Texas Engineering outfall structures and all Solutions) at 3815 S. Capital associated appurtenances. of TX Hwy, Suite 300, All work must conform to Austin, TX 78704. While State of Texas, County the pre-bid conference is of Hays and North Hays not mandatory, prospective Municipal Utility District No. bidders are strongly 1 rules and criteria. encouraged to attend, as Copies of the well as visit the site prior to Specifications and Bidding bidding.

Documents may be examined or obtained from PUBLIC NOTICE the ENGINEER on or after By order of the Hays Thursday, March 16, 2017.

County Commissioners They will be on file at the Court, notice is hereby office of Texas Engineering given that on Tuesday, Solutions at 3815 S. Capital March 21st at 9 a.m. in the of TX Hwy, Suite 300, Hays County Courthouse, Austin, TX 78704, where 111 E. San Antonio they may be examined Street, the Hays County without charge, or they are available electronically Commissioners Court will upon request. For electronic hold a public hearing to copies of the plans and consider: contract documents please Replat of Lot 13, Burnett e-mail ccarlton@txengs.

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A Cashier’s Check, NOTICE OF PUBLIC Certified Check or HEARING acceptable Bidder’s Bond, Notice is hereby Given to payable to Hays Shadow all interested persons, that: Creek Development, Inc. The City of Kyle shall in an amount not less hold a public hearings on than five percent (5%) of amendments to multiple the Bid must accompany sections of Chapter 29, each bid as a guarantee Sign Standards and Permits that, if awarded the of the City of Kyle, Code of Contract, The BIDDER will Notice Ordinances enter into a contractPublic and A Hearing public hearing will be execute bonds within ten Notice of Public held by the Planning and (10) days of award of the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL Zoning Commission on Contract.

Performance and Tuesday, April 11, 2017, at Payment Bonds shall PERSONS, also INTERESTED THAT: 6:30 P.M. be executed on the forms A public hearing will furnished by the OWNER be held by the Kyle, City andThe shallCity specifically of Kyle shall hold a public hearing Council on Tuesday, April provide for “Performance” request Mortgage Investors, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. andon for a “Labor and by Kyle 18, Kyle City Hall, Council Materials Eachto rezone LLC Payment”.

(Z-17-007) approximately Chambers bond shall be issued in an 57.26 acres of land from Retail Service 100 W. Center St., Kyle, amount of one hundred District ‘RS’ and SingleTexas Family Residentialpercent (100%) of contract

2 ‘R-1-2’ to Planned Unit Development ‘PUD’ for property located off of W. FM 150 and Old Stagecoach Road, in Hays County, Texas.

Public Notice

The Planning andofZoning Commission may Notice Public Hearing recommend, and the CityGIVEN Council NOTICE IS HEREBY TO may ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT: consider, assigning any zoning district The City is of equivalent Kyle shall hold publicrestrictive. hearing on a which or amore

request by Kyle Mortgage Investors, LLC (Z-17-007) to rezone approximately 57.26 acres of land from Retail A public will Family be held by the Service Districthearing ‘RS’ and Single Residential-2 ‘R-1-2’ to Planned Development ‘PUD’ for properPlanning and Unit Zoning Commission on tyTuesday, located offApril of W. 11, FM 2017 150 and Stagecoach atOld 6:30 P.M. Road, in Hays County, Texas.

The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend, A public hearing will be held by the Kyle and the City Council may consider, assigning any zoning City on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at district Council which is equivalent or more restrictive.

P.M. A7:00 public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 6:30 P.M. Hallwill Council AKyle publicCity hearing be held Chambers by the Kyle City Council on Tuesday, April 18, 7:00 P.M. 100 W Center St.,2017, Kyle,at Texas Kyle City Hall Council Chambers 100 W Center St.,Mortgage Kyle, TexasInvestors, LLC Owner: Kyle Agent:Kyle Chris Lynch,Investors, Gehan LLC Homes Owner: Mortgage Agent: Chris Lynch, Gehan Homes Publication Date: March 22, 2017 Publication Date: March 22, 2017 Z-17-007 Z-17-007

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Sparks said the most likely target for the money is the Buda Sportsplex, a 52-acre park featuring four baseball fields, four recreational fields, a trail system, a large playground and other on-site facilities. Other sporting venues in the area could receive a cash infusion from the tax, as well.

“It just needs some improvements to be a tournament-caliber facility,” Sparks said. “That would be our most likely target. It can be used for a variety of different sporting events.”

Until then, city officials can only wait and see.

Sparks, for one, likes the chances of the bill passing.

“A similar bill passed in 2015, which gives us cause for optimism,” Sparks said.

NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION FOR TPDES PERMIT FOR MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER RENEWAL PERMIT NO. WQ0014377001 APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION. Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 4 and Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, 933 East Court Street, Seguin, Texas 78155, have applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal of Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0014377001, which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 990,000 gallons per day. TCEQ received this application on July 28, 2016.

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buy the jeans – but if she requires more for what she wants, it’s on her. It’s amazing how quickly kids change their mind about needing something when they’re paying for it.

WORK IT OUT Your children may not need or want to work, but a job can teach a lot about having a solid work ethic, the importance of getting a good education and competition in the marketplace. Volunteering can have similar benefits.

Parents want to give their children every advantage, Walser says, and that’s just what you’re doing if you prepare them to better deal with real-world financial decisions.

“A little tough love now will go a long way towards preventing an unwelcome sense of entitlement from your kids and keeping them out from under a cloud of debt when they’re older.”

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“A little tough love now will go a long way towards preventing an unwelcome sense of entitlement from your kids and keeping them out from under a cloud of debt when they’re older,” she says.

Walser has the support of her husband – from humble beginnings himself – whose family routinely says “the best thing my father ever gave

me was nothing.”

Walser sums this all up by admitting that “finding the right balance, when you do have something to give, is the key to providing a more comfortable life for your children without quenching that inner drive that we all are born with to make something of ourselves – something that cannot just be handed to you.”

The facility is located at 1431 Satterwhite Road, in Hays County, Texas 78610. The treated effluent is discharged via Outfall 001 (Route A) to an unnamed tributary; thence to a small pond; thence to SCS Site 10 Reservoir; thence to Brushy Creek; via Outfall 002 (Route B) to an unnamed tributary; thence to SCS Site 10 Reservoir; thence to Brushy Creek; via Outfall 003 (Route C) to an unnamed tributary; thence to SCS Site 12 Reservoir; thence to Brushy Creek; thence all discharge to Plum Creek in Segment No. 1810 of the Guadalupe River Basin. The unclassified receiving water uses are minimal aquatic life use for the unnamed tributaries, high aquatic life use for the small pond and SCS Reservoirs, and limited aquatic life use for Brushy Creek. The designated uses for Segment No. 1810 are high aquatic life use, aquifer protection, and primary contact recreation. All determinations are preliminary and subject to additional review and/or revisions.

The TCEQ Executive Director has completed the technical review of the application and prepared a draft permit. The draft permit, if approved, would establish the conditions under which the facility must operate. The Executive Director has made a preliminary decision that this permit, if issued, meets all statutory and regulatory requirements. The permit application, Executive Director’s preliminary decision, and draft permit are available for viewing and copying at Buda Public Library, 303 Main Street, Buda, Texas. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and is not part of the application or notice. For the exact location, refer to the application. http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=30.061666&lng=97.797222&zoom=13&type=r CHANGE IN LAW: The Texas Legislature enacted Senate Bill 709, effective September 1, 2015, amending the requirements for comments and contested case hearings. This application is subject to those changes in law.

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

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. After the deadline for submitting public comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Unless the application is directly referred for a contested case hearing, the response to comments will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to those persons who are on the mailing list for this application. If comments are received, the mailing will also provide instructions for requesting a contested case hearing or reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in a state district court.

TO REQUEST A CONTESTED CASE HEARING, YOU MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN YOUR REQUEST: your name, address, phone number; applicant's name and proposed permit number; the location and distance of your property/activities relative to the proposed facility; a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the facility in a way not common to the general public; a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period and, the statement "[I/we] request a contested case hearing." If the request for contested case hearing is filed on behalf of a group or association, the request must designate the group’s representative for receiving future correspondence; identify by name and physical address an individual member of the group who would be adversely affected by the proposed facility or activity; provide the information discussed above regarding the affected member’s location and distance from the facility or activity; explain how and why the member would be affected; and explain how the interests the group seeks to protect are relevant to the group’s purpose.

Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for reconsideration or for a contested case hearing to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.

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The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material water quality concerns submitted during the comment period. TCEQ may act on an application to renew a permit for discharge of wastewater without providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACTION. The Executive Director may issue final approval of the application unless a timely contested case hearing request or request for reconsideration is filed.

If a timely hearing request or request for reconsideration is filed, the Executive Director will not issue final approval of the permit and will forward the application and request to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.

MAILING LIST. If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing or a reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision, you will be added to the mailing list for this specific application to receive future public notices mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specific applicant name and permit number; and/or (2) the mailing list for a specific county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent and/or the county mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

All written public comments and public meeting requests must be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 or electronically at www.tceq.texas.gov/about/comments.html within 30 days from the date of newspaper publication of this notice.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. If you need more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-6874040. General information about the TCEQ can be found at our web site at www.TCEQ.texas.gov.

Further information may also be obtained from Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 4 and Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority at the address stated above or by calling Mr. Michael Urrutia, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, at (830) 379-5822.

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