April 13, 2016 Hays Free Press

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Buda completes annexations, denies Austin ETJ news@haysfreepress.com

Action was taken at the Buda City Council meeting April 5 approving land development agreements with local landowners, which completes Buda’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) agreement with Austin from 2002.

According to Buda Planning Director Chance Sparks, all of the development agreements approved by city council had been in progress since January.

Sparks explained to council that the agreements were called “non-annexation development agreements,” meaning that the city has no intention of developing the land at this time, but will use the agreements to extend the city’s ETJ.

Citizens within the ETJ are not necessarily within the Buda city limits, so they are only privy to limited city services. The extension of those boundaries keeps Austin from imposing its ETJ on Buda citizens.

The approval extends Buda’s influence over future development decisions concerning the land and resources located in the newly extended ETJ. Council member Bobby Lane said the extended ETJ “helps protect our vital natural resources like trees and water.”

Lane said at the meeting that he worked for former Austin Mayor Kirk Watson when the original agreement was drafted, which took six months.

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City Manager Scott Sellers has declined to provide additional information about a consulting opportunity he is pursuing after council voted unanimously Tuesday to allow him to do so after discussing the matter in executive session.

After the motion granting Sellers permission to pursue the opportunity was ap-

Four injured, one killed in I-35 accidents Statistics continue to rise with population growth

BY MOSES LEOS III

BUDA ANNEXATION, 4A

Moonlighting Kyle city manager declines to disclose consulting clients

BY ANNA HEROD

PHOTOS BY MOSES LEOS III

A line of vehicles collect on the southbound access road of Interstate 35 near the Center Street bridge after an accident closed the highway on Friday. At right, a Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol trooper assesses the scene of a major, but non-fatal, accident that happened along southbound IH-35 near mile marker 213 in Kyle Friday.

proved, the city manager explained that he plans to do consulting on his own time for two startup companies, one in the lighting industry and one in the biorefinery industry.

“They are not city related nor would they be in conflict with working with city of Kyle,” Sellers said at the meeting.

“Most of that consulting would, again, be on my own time, and if there was ever traveling

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Four people were injured and one person was killed Friday after a trio of separate accidents occurred within a 24-hour time frame on Interstate 35.

Friday’s initial accident, a fatality accident currently being investigated by the Kyle Police Department, occurred just after midnight along southbound IH-35 near Yarrington Road in Kyle.

Authorities identified Nathaniel Boado, 32, of San Antonio, as the victim in the accident near

Yarrington. Two people riding in a truck driven

by Boado were identified as Ivan Trujillo, 24, and Michael Garcia, 42, both of San Antonio. They were transported to an area hospital with serious injuries.

Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said in a release that the accident near Yarrington Road occurred when an 18-wheeler struck Boado’s pickup truck from behind.

The truck then collided with an 18-wheeler in front of it, causing the pickup to catch fire.

According to Barnett, several Kyle Police

Kyle Police officers on scene pulled Trujillo and Garcia, both unconscious, out of the burning vehicle.

But Barnett said they were unable to pull Boado from the wreckage.

COMING UP Old Settler’s Music Festival

Old Settler’s is back for another year of folksy fun.

This annual event features Americana, acoustic jazz and blues, bluegrass, old-time local faves and other artists from around the world. Visitors can also enjoy arts and crafts, camping, food and libations and more. The event is held at Salt Lick Pavilion and Camp Ben McCulloch in Driftwood April 14-17. See more at www. oldsettlersmusicfest.org.

Spring Fling to Your Feet 5K & Kids’ Dash

Manchaca United Methodist Church will host this spring benefit event on April 16 starting at 7:30 a.m. to raise funds towards helping community schoolchildren.

The inaugural Spring Fling to Your Feet 5K & Kids’ Dash will take place at Manchaca Elementary School, 12120 Manchaca Road, across the street from the church.

Visit www.ManchacaUMC.org/5KRun for more details.

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INDEX

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

Serving Buda, Kyle and Northeast Hays County, TX • 75¢

Accident Statistics in Kyle 8 3-4 3

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Number of accidents in Kyle on April 8 Average number of accidents per day Number of motorcycle accidents in Kyle on April 7 and 8 Number of fatality accidents in Kyle since April 2015

officers were working in the area at the time of the accident helping with lane closures due to construction.

“The accident happened in front of several of our officers,” Barnett said in a statement.

“They assisted in rescue operations until Kyle Fire Department arrived.”

Kyle Police officers on scene pulled Trujillo and Garcia, both unconscious, out of the burning vehicle. But Barnett said they were unable to pull Boado from the wreckage.

“They tried in vain to pull out a third occupant but he was pinned in-

Spring Clean & Green Fun Fest

Join Kyle Parks and Rec for the first ever Spring Clean & Green Fun Fest. This family-friendly event features a showcase of local organizations and businesses who offer services and products that can help us protect our city’s resources and keep Kyle beautiful, up-cycled and recycled craft vendors and a Lake Kyle Park cleanup. The event will be held Saturday, April 16, 2016 at City Square Park from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

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side,” Barnett said. “They also used about seven fire extinguishers to battle the blaze.”

Kyle Public Information Officer Kim Hilsenbeck said four Kyle Police officers were taken to an area hospital for smoke inhalation after the rescue.

Hilsenbeck said all four police officers were treated and released.

At least two of the four officers witnessed the accident as they were on scene for construction in the area.

Roughly two hours later, a second multi-vehicle

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Child Wellness Extravaganza

Saturday, April 16 from 12-4 p.m. at the Buda City Park Pavilion, Hays-Caldwell Women’s Shelter will host a Child Wellness Extravaganza. This is a free family friendly event with games, activities, and local resources for families such as free vision screenings for children by the Buda Lions Club, Community Action’s mobile library, and much more. Find out more information at hcwc.org/news-events-2/childwellness-extravaganza.

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HISTORY

Founded April 10, 1903,

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

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Two arrested for DWI Sheriff ’s Report with child passengers

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

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Two women were arrested in separate DWI incidents last weekend where children were passengers in the vehicle.

On April 9, Buda Police arrested Samantha Lyn Ingram, 26, following a hit-and-run incident with an unoccupied black Mazda truck in the 300 block of Tobin Drive.

Ingram was arrested and charged with multiple offenses, including driving while intoxicated with a child less than 15 years of age in the vehicle, and duty on striking unintended vehicle.

Ingram is currently being held at the Hays County Jail on bonds totaling $17,500.

According to an arrest

affidavit, Ingram told officers that she had consumed an alcoholic beverage before operating her vehicle. She also failed all standardized field sobriety tests that were administered.

Ingram had two children in the vehicle at the time of the collision under the age of 15. The ages of the children in the vehicle were not released in the arresting affidavit.

On April 10, Kyle Police arrested Monica Garcia, 44, of Corpus Christi, after other drivers reported her driving erratically on Interstate 35.

Garcia was booked on one charge of driving while intoxicated with a child less than 15 years of age, three counts of abandon/imminent endangerment of a

child, and one count of possession of a controlled substance.

According to the arresting affidavit, a caller described to police a burgundy van failing to maintain a single lane.

The van was speeding, swerving, and slamming on the brakes almost hitting the caller on multiple occasions.

Police stopped Garcia at mile marker 218, where she informed them she had taken allergy medication and Xanax around 11 a.m. that day.

Garcia had four people, ages 4, 9, 11 and 26, in the vehicle with her at the time of the incident.

According to the affidavit, police searched Garica’s purse and found pills identified as Tramadol, which is a controlled substance.

Duo arrested for credit card fraud in San Marcos

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

Fields was approached by officers Daniel Arredondo and Pete Weaver while he was still in his Two people were vehicle. After questioning, arrested on March 29 and Fields revealed that he 30 for multiple counts had multiple credit cards of credit card fraud and in his name and multiple organized retail purchases in his theft stemming vehicle all with from a June 2015 corresponding incident where receipts. they cloned credit Fields said to cards to purchase Arredondo and items at the Prime Weaver that he Outlets Mall in was willing to San Marcos. cooperate in any Authorities way he could arrested Carl because he was FIELDS Romander already on probaFields, 33, of New tion in Louisiana Orleans, LA, who and under court was booked into order not to leave the Hays County the state.

Jail on March 29 It was later reon one count vealed that Fields of organized was on probation retail theft, a third in Louisiana on degree felony, drug charges. and 12 counts of The affidavit credit card abuse, detailed that SMITH which is a state Fields told Arrejail felony. Field dondo and Weavwas released on March 30 er he was waiting for his on $85,000 bond. friend, Smith, who was Police indicted Tyranika still shopping, and that Smith, 27, of Humble, on she had multiple credit March 30 on one count cards as well. of organized retail theft, a The affidavit detailed count of fraudulent posthat while Fields was besession of identification, a ing detained at his vehisecond degree felony, and cle, Smith was located in 17 counts of credit card a different section of the abuse. Smith is currently mall by undercover officer being held in the Hays Phil Jackson, where she County Jail on $125,000 was stopped and quesbond. tioned about the credit According to an arrestcards in her possession. ing affidavit, Fields and his Officer Jackson asked friend Smith were reportSmith about her credit ed flashing multiple credit cards and she said they and debit cards at the Guwere all in her name, cci store on June 4, 2015 which he verified. while attempting to make Officer Dustin Slaugha purchase. Their display ter soon arrived at their prompted store employlocation and after he ran ees to call the authorities.

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license, he discovered she had an outstanding felony warrant for her arrest from Harris County Texas.

The affidavit stated that both Smith and Fields were in possession of over 32 different credit and debit cards. It was suspicious to the officers, according to the affidavit, since most people may have multiple store credit cards but typically only have one debit card.

During a case follow up, Jackson determined from his research that all 32 credit and debit cards had been cloned, which means they displayed Smith and Fields’ names on them, but they had the wrong bank information, names and account numbers attached to them.

While Smith and Fields were reported as being together at the outlet mall during this investigation, the two cases are being tried separately.

At this time there have been no court dates set for either Smith or Fields.

BUDA

Illegal Dumping 8:47 a.m. - Hatters Cv At Howard Ln - April 5 Theft/Identity 10:28 a.m. - 4XX Eagle Brook Ln - April 5 Fraud 9:02 a.m. - 6XX Canyon Wren Dr - April 6 Indecency W/Child 11:40 a.m. - 3XX Mary St - April 6 Possession/Controlled Substance 2:52 p.m. - Dahlstrom Intermediate - April 6 Assault 12:55 p.m. - Dahlstrom Intermediate - April 7 Burglary/Habitation 6:30 p.m. - 4XX Maybrook Dr - April 7 Credit/Debit Card Abuse 3:23 p.m. - Huntington Apartments - April 7 Theft 12:19 p.m. - Barton Junior High - April 7 Theft 12:19 p.m. - Barton Junior High - April 7 Assault 4:47 p.m. - Dns Group Home - April 9 Terroristic Threat 8:51 p.m. - Hays High School - April 9 Assault/By Contact 6:10 p.m. - X Windmill Way - April 10 Assault/Family Violence 7:38 p.m. - 4XX S Turnersville Rd - April 10 Criminal Mischief 6:01 p.m. - 4XX Ranger Dr - April 10 Driving While Intoxicated 10:55 p.m. - Quarter Ave At Spanish Trl - April 10 Theft/Identity 4:51 p.m. - 125XX Eagles Nest Dr - April 11

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Assault 9:57 a.m. - Wallace Intermediate - April 5 Burglary/Building 1:42 p.m. - Uhland Superstore - April 5 Fraud 3:09 p.m. - 1XX Jane Ellen Cv - April 5 Possession/Marijuana 2:33 p.m. - Wallace Intermediate - April 5 Assault 3:11 p.m. - Simon Middle School - April 6 Assault/Bodily Injury 5:30 p.m. - XX Summer Sun Cv - April 6 Assault/Family Violence 10:16 a.m. - XX Dairy Rd - April 6 Fraud 2:06 p.m. - 2XX Golden Cv - April 6 Assault 9:56 a.m. - Chapa Middle School - April 7 Assault/By Contact 1:37 p.m. - Seton Hays - April 7 Credit/Debit Card Abuse 6:27 p.m. - 3XX Teal Ln - April 7 Terroristic Threat 1:50 p.m. - Chapa Middle School - April 7 Assault/By Contact 12:54 a.m. - 1XX Four Aces Rd - April 9 Theft 5:17 p.m. - 1XX Berry Ct - April 10 Assault/Family Violence 10:51 p.m. - 11XX Heidenreich Ln - April 11 Criminal Trespass 10:19 p.m. - 6XX Engelke Rd - April 11 Theft 4:17 p.m. - 3XX Goforth Rd - April 11 Theft/Vehicle 7:06 p.m. - 3XX Railyard Dr - April 11

Opinion Hays Free Press

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “It (annexation) will protect the interest and quality of life for the citizens of Buda along with providing quality development.”

–Bobby Lane, Buda council member

April 13, 2016

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Do these pants make my butt look old?

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et’s talk fashion for a bit. I rarely see much in print dealing with what’s fashionable these days, From the so I figure I Crow’s might toss in my opinNest ion. I am

by Clint Younts not going to spend much time chatting about clothes that youngsters are wearing nowadays, but I must say I don’t understand why young ‘uns are wearing ripped up jeans or why holey pants cost more whole ones. I often have torn jeans, but they got that way being too close to barbed wire. I sure didn’t pay extra to look poor.

I would rather discuss what attire is appropriate for us men of distinction.

Now, for most of my 50+ years on Planet Earth, I have had a female giving me fashion tips. As a youngster, my mother and sister would offer advice in men’s fashion, and in the past 35 years, I receive daily input from my wife. Oh, in the early days of dating and marriage, her comments would be subtle, like “Babe, that shirt doesn’t go well with those pants”, or “Let me pick out a shirt for you.” Once the honeymoon was over, she’d say, “You’re NOT going to wear THAT, are you?” And “When was the last time you wore that shirt? 1975?”

I must admit that for half a century, my clothing preference hasn’t changed much. I continue to wear jeans nearly every day until they are so threadbare that folks can see what color of drawers I’m wearing underneath. Then I toss ‘em away and head down to Tractor Supply and buy a new pair. Maybe I should sell my old jeans to some kid who doesn’t care about showing off his underwear to the general public.

Over time, some fashions have been discontinued in my household, thanks to garage sales and sneaky daughters who have to be seen in public with their old man. My favorite pearl-snap western shirts that were so stylish back in the ‘80s mysteriously disappeared from my closet in the ‘90s. My wife claims they were either destroyed in our washer or were lost at the dry cleaners. It was kind of strange that only my clothes were destroyed while being laundered.

Being an astute observer and good listener, as long as there’s not a football game on TV, I have picked up on what attire may be considered unstylish for mature men. Some ensembles have been seen on my lanky frame until I heard “You’re NOT going to wear THAT, are you?”, but I would never be caught dead wearing some of these outfits.

Skinny jeans. I don’t think dudes should wear them. You’d never see a country fella wearing pants that require a crowbar and axle grease to get ‘em on and off. What country boy has never had to drop trou quickly after discovering he’s been standing in a fire ant bed? If he had been wearing those skinny jeans, he’d have ant bites all the way to his dangly-bits.

I have been informed that men should never wear socks with sandals.

Although I agree this is a fashion faux pas, I might’ve done it a few times at home when I needed to step outside to “water the grass” on a cold night. It is also apparently inappropriate to wear cowboy boots with shorts. Again, if I feel an urgency to go water the grass or I hear some critter digging in the trashcan, I have been known to venture outdoors wearing an ensemble of Joe Boxers and Tony Lamas.

Older guys shouldn’t wear Spandex or muscle shirts for the same reason Spam is packaged in a tin can and not in clear plastic wrap. French jeans with button flies should only be worn by men with strong bladders, and tight leather pants can make slight flatulence sound like a tuba rehearsal. Guys, my best advice of wearing proper attire are this: Let your wife pick out your clothes.

Local history walked in the door this week

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part of the history of this newspaper walked in the front door this week, and it was an incredible feeling.

Family members of T.F. Harwell, who founded the Kyle News in 1903, walked in the door after noticing the stone at the top of the Hays Free Press building showed a date of 1903.

Bob Barton, owner of this newspaper until his death a few years ago, bought the Kyle News from Turner Harwell, T.F.’s son, in 1953. Bob was in college and jointly purchased the paper with his best friend and local legendary superintendent Moe Johnson.

After a series of name and location changes, the newspaper finally settled back in Kyle as the Hays Free Press,

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only a few blocks from the site of the original newspaper.

Turner continued to work at the newspaper for another 40 years and could be found helping customers at the front counter and taking photos for Kyle.

Where was the Kyle News located at its founding?

Across the street from the current Kyle Baptist Church on Center Street. The old Harwell home has since been moved. The presses and business were in a shed behind the home.

This week, Tommy Edwin Harwell and his daughter Tonja Harwell Mettlen were attending a wedding in San Antonio and decided to make a stop at the cemetery in Kyle. Tommy is the son of Don Lee Harwell, Turner’s youngest brother.

Neither Tommy nor his daughter and son-in-law live in Kyle and just wanted to take a look at the town after all those years.

And when they walked in, they found a surprise. After more than 20 years of hanging on to old Harwell family photos, I was finally able to hand over the photos to family members.

It brought tears to everyone’s eyes. It is something incredible to look at photos of grandparents and

great-grandparents and realize the family resemblance.

It was especially important to Tonya Harwell, since her young son is named Fletcher, after his great-grandfather.

According to Tonya, he looks just like all his kinfolk – even down to the Harwell ears.

It just shows that family history and photos are important. No matter how many generations have come and gone, families like to look at their past and compare – and see who looks like whom.

For Tommy and Tonya, we hope they enjoy their little surprise.

For me, I’m glad to hand over the precious photos to family members.

It made my day.

Funny how life’s twists, turns shape attitudes

Bless Clint’s wife for keeping an eye on him before he heads to work. Even the cows might give him strange looks, if left to his own devices.

Publisher Cyndy Slovak-Barton

Hip Czech

ost of us are or have been dreamers. As youngsters, we see or read about successful, well-known people.

Everyone says wonderful things about them, so we start developing our ideas about life’s journey based on those attitudes.

Many youngsters want to be like one or both parents.

I knew my mother was a rock solid, honest and true to her faith, so I wanted to have those qualities. Dad was a rancher who had a formal education of 7th or 8th grade; it was never quite clear to me which.

What was abundantly clear was that, from a math standpoint, he had a PhD mind. I was blessed enough to inherit some of that math ability but no desire to be a rancher or a mathematician.

My high school buddies all took a lot of math courses, especially my best pal, Douglas Aycock. We didn’t do IQ tests in those days, but I believe Doug would’ve been off the charts. He became a doctor specializing in psychiatry.

I followed Doug and a couple of other friends and took five math courses in high school: Algebra I, Algebra II, Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry and

Webb’s Wisdom

by Willis Webb

Trigonometry. I didn’t take a solitary math course in college in attaining a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism.

At age 14, the writing bug bit me. I wanted to be the world’s greatest sportswriter and wrest the crown from Grantland Rice, acknowledged as America’s best in the first half of the 20th Century.

Journalism-English teacher and school newspaper sponsor Louise Forke began to nudge me toward the writing field in junior high and, of course, I joined the paper staff in my freshman year and remained through high school.

As a senior, I received a one-year scholarship of tuition, books and fees from Dr. Ferol Robinson, head of the journalism department at then-Sam Houston State Teachers College. That and a job as an evening short order cook in the Club Café across the street from the campus paid for the first semester.

While the scholarship

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continued for the second term, I moved out of the kitchen and into the job of sports publicity director for SHSTC for a whopping $45 a month and got to travel with the Bearkat football team and some with the basketball team. I was told the job was part time and I was still carrying a full course load. I was also required to run the public address system at home basketball and baseball games.

Things cruised along busily through the rest of that freshman year and well into my sophomore year before it became painfully apparent that I was running out of money. Forty-five dollars a month and no scholarship didn’t enable me to pass Go. So, Grantland Rice was in no immediate danger, and I sought full time employment in order to replenish the college fund.

My hometown newspaper, The Teague Chronicle, was in an ownership transition and needed a newsman to handle all general news except “society,” which the bookkeeper-receptionist would handle. And, shucks, they were going to quadruple my monthly salary as SHSTC’s sports publicity director. Plus I

could live at home with no room and board bill.

After a year in Teague, I decided I needed to go to school where there were more job opportunities than Huntsville offered and off I went to the University of Houston, where I could get cheap room and board with an aunt and uncle and attend a BIG school.

With the help of Huntsville Item editor Don Reid Jr., I garnered a $1,000 scholarship ($500 each semester) to private school U. of H. Three part-time jobs the first year and a full-time job my senior year dictated night school. The full-time slot was as general manager of a suburban weekly paper completed the erasure of the sports writing hall of fame from my dreams. I was inoculated with the special brand of printer’s ink that flows through a newspaperman’s veins.

And, the magic of full immersion in a small town’s life dictated a half centuryplus as a country editor.

It was a blast.

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

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Death of teen struck by train ruled accidental STAFF REPORT

The Buda Police Department Monday ruled the death of Dahlstrom Middle School student Tanley Yacos, who was killed by a train on March 26, as accidental.

According to a city press release, the Buda Police Department reached its finding as part of the completion of its investigation.

Per the release, an official cause of death will not be listed by Hays County Justice of the Peace No. 5 Judge Scott Cary until an inquest is complete.

Cary ordered an autopsy and a toxicology report done on March 26. The results of the toxicology report have not come back.

Yacos was killed in the early morning hours

March 26 after she was struck by a train. At roughly 1:50 a.m. March 26, Buda Police responded to a call from a Union Pacific engineer at the railroad tracks between the South Loop 4 and Houston Street railroad crossings. Yacos was struck by a southbound train as she walked on the tracks. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Cary.

Buda Annexation Continued from pg. 1A

thank you to the planning department for achieving this milestone in Buda’s history,” Lane said.

Sparks said his department received the cooperation from landowners.

“We’re happy the process is done and how successfully we worked with the property owners along the way,” Sparks said in an emailed response.

The annexed land

remains with the property owners while also allowing Buda to have jurisdiction over it, protecting it from neighboring cities.

“We’ll have a better say over what is developed on the property,” Lane said.

“It will protect the interest and quality of life for the citizens of Buda along with providing quality development.”

Lane said persistence

“pays off” for the city as it worked to expand its ETJ. “We’ve gone from being surrounded by Austin to having our own ETJ on the west and south sides, and I just wanted to say thank you to staff and property owners for helping us to get through that process,” Lane said. “[Here we are fourteen years later and we finally got it done.”

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accident, which is being investigated by the Texas Department of Public Safety, occurred along southbound IH-35 near mile marker 213.

DPS spokesperson Robbie Barrera said the accident occurred at 2:15 a.m. and involved four 18-wheelers and a Dodge pickup truck.

According to Barrera, an 18-wheeler rear-ended a pickup truck and pushed the pickup truck into an 18-wheeler.

The second 18-wheeler

was pushed into a third 18-wheeler, which then hit a fourth.

Emergency personnel conducted an extrication of the occupant of the pickup truck, who was identified as Russell Smith, an Austin Police Department officer.

He was transported via STARFlight to University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin.

According to a KXAN report, Smith was offduty at the time of the accident. Smith, who

was transported to University Medical Center Brackenridge hospital in Austin, was listed in stable condition, per the report.

Later that afternoon, the Kyle Fire and Police departments responded to an accident involving a motorcycle along the northbound IH-35 access road near exit 213.

The motorcycle operator, whose identity has not yet been released, was transported to an area hospital with nonlife threatening injuries.

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should be treated any differently than anyone else who works for the city and represents the city in Discussions on possibly public,” Nuckels said at an adding background checks earlier meeting. to Buda board and comThe topic sparked mission applications hit debate amongst council the Buda City Council dais members as to the neceslast week. sity of such While the an addi“I guess I’m background tion. check idea Council more concerned member was indefiabout making nitely tabled Eileen by council, Altmiller sure as a council amending opposed we get our board and the suggescommission tion to add house in order applications a backbefore we start to possibly ground include votcheck to investigating er registrathe existing people who tion status application could be on boards want to be on a for the horizon. and comThe discommission.” mission cussion on appointbackground ments. Alt–Eileen Altmiller, Buda checks for miller said council member civil service members of applications those comwas proposed by council missions and boards have member David Nuckels at limited or zero interaction an earlier meeting. Nickels with the public. cited requirements for po“I guess I’m more contential city staffers to pass cerned about making sure a background check before as a council we get our being offered a position. house in order before we Nuckels said the start investigating people background check would who want to be on a comhave been an “additional mission,” Altmiller said. tool for helping council Council member Angela members make more inKennedy held similar senformed decisions” during timents to Altmiller’s. board and commission “I think we’re trying appointments. He also to solve a problem that said it would have allowed doesn’t exist,” Kennedy for full disclosure and said. “greater transparency” in Mayor Pro Tem Wiley the process.

Hopkins agreed with “I don’t think they council member Nuckels, news@haysfreepress.com

saying he would be interested in the application reflecting an applicant’s prior arrest record or criminal background.

Mayor Todd Ruge said if city council decided in favor of including background checks on board and commission applicants, records would be subject to open records requests and could be viewed by anyone.

“I think that’s opening up a huge can of worms,” Ruge said.

Ruge instead suggested board and commission applications could be amended to include whether or not an applicant is a registered voter, which is a requirement for prospective city council members already.

Ruge said asking about an applicant’s voter registration status would satisfy the need to know an applicant’s criminal background since registered felons are not allowed to vote.

It could also prevent an unnecessary intrusion on an applicant’s personal information, he said.

“We are still a small enough town where everyone knows each other, so it’s just not the right direction,” Ruge said.

An item on amending board and commission applicants could appear at the April 19 city council meeting. Discussion could include possibly adding voter registration status, and how long an applicant has been a citizen of Buda.

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Duel of the fates: Lobos hold off Rebs 1-0 Left in

BY MOSES LEOS III

Over the course of six innings Saturday, the Hays Rebels and Lehman Lobos squared off in the baseball equivalent of a staring contest. The Rebels were the first to blink.

A Lehman run scored in the top of the seventh inning lifted the Lobos to a 1-0 win over Hays at the Hays Rebel baseball field.

With the win, Lehman not only notched their first district win of 2016, but also snapped a four game losing streak to the Rebels. That losing streak dated back to April 19, 2013. The Lobos also snapped a nine game

lurch

“Everyone in our district has great ball players,” Howard said. “Every day we have to put in our best game. This loss makes them a little more hungry and humble.”

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skid they had been on since March 8.

Hays (9-11-1 overall) drops into a tie for third place in the 14-6A standings with Bowie and Anderson with five games left to play.

Saturday’s contest featured a pitching duel be-

tween Hays High’s Erique Hernandez and Lehman’s Zach Sendejo.

Both pitchers kept the opposing offense at bay, as each pitcher limited the opposition to only one hit through the first

LOBO BASEBALL WIN, 2B

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Lehman High’s Courtney Currey (13) picks up teammate Jonathan Scheckler as the two, along with Rylee Henderson (15), celebrate a go-ahead run scored in the top of the seventh inning against the Hays Rebels on Saturday. Browse and buy photos online at www.haysfreepress.com under the photos link.

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Hays High shortstop Alyssa Martinez (right) applies a tag to an Austin High base runner who attempted to slide into second base during Friday’s 14-6A district game at the Lady Rebel Softball Field.

Lady Rebs shine bright in 11-6 win

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Even as the power went out Friday at the Lady Rebel softball field, Hays High kept shining a light on its march to the playoffs.

An efficient night at the plate, highlighted by a four run sixth inning, launched the Hays Lady Rebels to an 11-6 win over Austin High.

Hays head coach Lisa Cone said Friday’s win helps build the team’s confidence as they hit the final week of the regular season.

“It just gives us even more confidence later on this season,” Cone said. “It’s great to play at this level going into next week.”

Hays High’s offense didn’t waste time finding a rhythm against Austin pitcher Lexi Ybarra. Four runs crossed the plate in the bottom of the second inning, highlighted by an RBI single from Maria Arroyo, giving the Lady Rebels a 4-0 lead.

After Austin rallied for two runs in the top of the third, Hays’ offense responded in the bottom half.

The Lady Rebels pounded across two more runs, aided by back-to-back doubles from senior Alyssa Martinez and Nadia Netek.

Arroyo said the team’s ability to “get the hang” of Ybarra and the “feel of what’s she throwing to us” helped propogate success at the plate.

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Rebs rack up medals at District

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Above, Hays High athletes achieving first place at the District meet hit the track before practice. For full results of District 14 6A Track meet, go to www.HaysFreePress.com.

Hays CISD varsity athletes taking first place in their events at the District 14-6A track meet includes:

GIRLS, HAYS, VARSITY • • • • •

100 Meter Dash Varsity, Camille Dickson, 12.71 200 Meter Dash Varsity, Camille Dickson, 25.84 1600 Meter Run Varsity, Esmi Fuentes, 5:12.09 3200 Meter Run Varsity, Esmi Fuentes, 11:14.59 Pole Vault Varsity, Lauren Sikoski, 10-03.00

BOYS, HAYS • 4x400 Meter Relays, Varsity, Austin Maulding, Dillion Baker, Tristan Tate, Robbie Woodworth, 3:23.43 • Pole Vault Varsity, Raney Moore, 14-00.00

Hays pole vaulters (l-r) are Raney Moore, 1st place varsity; Coach Jason Ferrell; Justin Chapman, 1st place 9th grade; Elizabeth Gibson, 1st place JV; and Lauren Sikoski, 1st place varsity.

For Hays High senior Braeden Kent, Saturday’s Maroon and Gold football scrimmage at Texas State University was supposed to be an enjoyable venture with family and fellow Bobcat committments.

But a decision by Texas State head coach Everett Withers to rescind a scholarship offered to Kent leaves him scrambling to keep his college football dreams alive.

Kent, who had committed to Texas State in 2015, announced via Twitter Monday he would no longer attend the school and that he was reopening his recruitment.

It stemmed from a meeting Kent had with Withers “minutes” after the end of the spring game, where Kent and his family found out the school no longer had a scholarship for him.

Withers’ reasoning, according to Kent, was due to Texas State being “top heavy with scholarships.” In addition, Whithers said the program’s quarterback system is “messed up” and that Kent wasn’t “going to fit well with what we’re going to do.”

According to Kent, the school offered to assist him with finding another school to go to. They also said he could try to walk on to the team.

“We were just blindsided,” Kent said.

“That’s the last thing that I thought was going to go on in there.”

The decision to pull the scholarship was a puzzling one for Kent after he was assured a scholarship in January

by Withers, who was hired that month to replace Dennis Franchione.

Kent was given the chance to grayshirt and take a scholarship in spring 2017. Kent said he understood the logic, as he was continuing to rehabilitate following a severe knee injury suffered against Lake Travis last football season.

As a result, Kent said he shut down his recruitment by other schools.

Kent said Withers talked about the potential of signing a scholarship agreement on signing day that would have bound the school to stay committed. Kent said no such agreement was ever signed.

Once the decision was made, Kent met with Hays High head football coach Neal LaHue to plan the next steps.

In addition, Kent has also received assistance from Lehman High head football coach Todd Raymond and assistant Trey

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Eagle bats lift Akins past Lehman 6-0 single from Luke StanaBY SPENCER SPILMAN land. They were able to news@haysfreepress.com get him to second but were unable to get him any further.

The Lehman Lobos Akins rallied in the baseball team played fourth inning by scoring a tough district game three runs after Friday night getting the first against the Akins four runners on Eagles. But the base.

Lobos struggled They scored to bring runners one on an RBI home once they The Lobos single, then got on base. return home followed it with While Akins’ April 19 as back-to-back offense struck they host sacrifice flies to the ball well, Anderson. take a 5-0 lead.

Lehman left 10 First pitch is The Lobos left runners on base set for 7 p.m. two more runduring the game, ners on base in allowing the the fourth, including Luis Eagles to run away with Jimenez standing 90 feet 6-0 win. away on third base.

Lehman had trouble The following inning, getting runners home the Lobos loaded the after getting on base, but bases and senior Zach strong defense and adept Sendejo came to the plate pitching kept Akins from looking to make it a one scoring until the third run game. inning.

Sendejo unloaded on a Adam Ivey came up with a runner on first and pitch, leaving most in the stands to believe it could he found a pitch to hit.

Ivey smashed a home run have been a grand slam.

But Akins’ center over the right field fence fielder made a catch at to give the Eagles a 2-0 the warning track, ending lead. the threat.

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the plate and struggled to get anything going offensively.

Strong pitching was the reason, as Lehman used Braden Sullins and Courteney Curry on the mound.

Akins pitcher Jason Porter threw over 100 pitches in the game and was in command most of the night. He struck out seven Lobo batters and also helped his own cause with an RBI sac-fly in the fourth inning.

Lehman had a two out rally going in the sixth inning where they loaded the bases for a second straight inning, and for the second straight inning, they left all three on base.

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Lehman couldn’t mount a comeback in the final inning and fell to Akins 6-0.

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“We were all just getting on it, it was like a chain reaction,” Arroyo said.

Cone said the team’s ability to make good adjustments at the plate provided success.

“They were looking for the one pitch she was throwing that was waist high,” Cone said. “There was that one pitch that was right to drive. It was the one they were looking for.”

On the defensive end, Lady Rebel pitcher Nadia Netek controlled the Maroon bats in the circle, allowing only two runs and five hits through the first three innings of play.

Hays held a 6-2 lead and momentum. That all changed when a power outage led to a 40-minute delay in the top of the fourth frame.

When play resumed, Austin High took advantage and surged back into contention, cutting the Rebel lead to 6-4.

Cone opted to make a pitching change, swapping out Netek for freshman Max Valdez. She said the reasoning was to give a change of pace.

“I told Nadia that she wasn’t doing anything wrong. I just wanted to change it up,” Cone said.

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help. Nadia was in a great rhythm, but it broke it up.”

Austin continued to hang tough with Hays, pulling to within a run at 7-6 in the top of the sixth frame.

But every time the Maroons responded, Hays answered right back. They did so once again in the bottom of the sixth inning as they manufactured a two out rally.

With two runners on and two outs, Hays’ Illy-

ana Cisneros smacked an RBI double to left center field, giving Hays a 9-6 lead.

After Brianna Rodriguez drew a walk, Arroyo stepped up and delivered a bases clearing RBI triple to left center field.

Arroyo said she didn’t feel like the hit was “going to do much,” but that she “hit (the ball) as hard as I could.”

“I kept going around the bases and I was freaking out,” Arroyo said.

“Once I got to (third base), I didn’t realize it. I was still thinking about my hit. It wasn’t the best hit, but it got the job done.”

As the regular season draws to a close, Hays will take on district frontrunners Bowie and Westalke in the coming weeks.

“We have to play our best games, both of those games,” Cone said. “We’re trying to end the season far on top as we can be.

To build momentum for us going into next week.”

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ensuring no runs came across was the key.

“I’ve got to keep us in the game. We didn’t score until late, so I had to do what I could to keep it even,” Sendejo said.

Howard commended Sendejo, who “pounded the zone” and consistently threw strikes.

But Howard said the Rebels’ approaches at the plate were “terrible.”

Offensively, we couldn’t get any momentum going,” Howard said. “We struck out at the plate, or we just didn’t have any momentum. You have to tip your hat to [Sendejo].”

It wasn’t until the seventh inning when the Lobos became the first team to take advantage of their opportunities.

Lehman loaded the

bases with one out when a passed ball allowed Jonathan Scheckler to score the eventual winning run.

With a 1-0 lead in hand, Lehman worked to maintain its advantage.

But the Rebels had a chance in the bottom of the seventh with a runner on first base and one out.

Hays seemed to have runners at the corners after Ryan Manley grounded to third base, and was called safe by an umpire.

The call was reversed, however, by the umpiring crew. It left the Lobos with a runner at third base and two outs, which led to a groundout on the next at bat to end the game.

For Howard, learn-

ing from the loss will be priroity as the Rebels move forward.

“We can’t take anyone in our district for granted.

Everyone in our district has great ball players,” Howard said. “Every day we have to put in our best game. This loss makes them a little more hungry and humble.”

Sendejo, who missed last season due to Tommy John surgery, said the ability to pitch against Hays during his senior season was “great.”

Robinson said Saturday was a time where all phases of the game aligned.

“It goes to show that these kids work hard all year long, and that one thing that hurts us every game, that didn’t happen today,” Robinson said.

Stiffed: Scholarship rescinded late in the game many schools he has contacted have already fulfilled scholarships for 2016.

In addition, Kent faces the added challenge of going through the recruiting process. LaHue

said it was something he didn't engage in, as he committed early to Texas State and closed off other recruiting opportunities.

But LaHue said Kent's resiliency, as shown in his knee rehab, could be the

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Defense played a key role in both pitchers’ success on the mound. Hays Head coach James Howard said Hernandez was able to mix speeds on his pitches and kept throwing the ball for strikes.

“He deserved better than the outcome. We needed more support offensively,” Howard said.

“Defensively, we made the routine plays when we needed to.”

On the opposite end, Sendejo said the use of fastballs, primarily his two seam fastball and change-up early on, was effective in halting the Rebel offense.

As a result, Hays left a total of four baserunners on base during the course of the game. For Sendejo,

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“We’ll play it by ear and keep working. There are a lot of avenues,” LaHue said. "Some doors are closed, but maybe some will open in this process.”

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or Barton Middle School student Cierra Fore, adjusting a book’s text color and its reading speed on the Learning Ally app is just a screen tap away.

Each student in the dyslexia class also found the perfect setting to help them enjoy reading.

Learning Ally was originally created to help blind World War II veterans understand textbooks in college. Now the nonprofit has over 6,000 audio books and aids thousands of people with dyslexia.

Laura Younts, Barton Middle School’s certified dyslexia teacher, said the program has helped her students actually want to read and feel less isolated.

“It really boosts their confidence when someone starts talking about a book and they have already read it,” Younts said.

“With audio books they can be part of that conversation.”

Dyslexia is a learning disability characterized by problems with identifying speech sounds and learning how to connect them to letters and words.

According to the Dyslexia Center of Utah, 15 to 20 percent of the national population has a language-based learning disability.

Reading for someone with dyslexia can be likened to trying to read a foreign language, said Debbie Brown, a Fuentes Elementary dyslexic teacher.

“When you are reading a foreign language, you are trying so hard to read all those words and it’s very tiring,” Brown said. “This takes that piece out of it so they can enjoy reading.”

Fore said at times she strug-

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Third grade students listen to stories and read using the Learning Ally program at Fuentes Elementary school.

Left to right are Cauis Coy, Michael Cariaga, Adyn Luna, KK Hatnot and Tyler Hix.

Learning Ally was originally created to help blind World War II veterans understand textbooks in college. Now the nonprofit has over 6,000 books audio recorded and aids thousands of people with dyslexia. gles with remembering how to pronounce a word. The program allows her to repeatedly hear the word or view it in a particular way.

Brown said her students like to read with a black background and brightly colored words. Others like to ear read, or listen, at a quicker speed than sight readers, she said.

“One of their strengths is oral comprehension so they are able to learn more just by listening,” Brown said. “If these kids can ear read faster it’s great, as long as

they get the practice.”

The nonprofit and teachers encourage students to practice with the assistance of a national reading competition. Students get one point for every twenty minutes they read during a sixweek period.

This year Younts’ students Beau Bilbo and Jack Coats won 7th and 9th place, respectfully, for the most read pages. The two competed against 3,000 students across the nation.

Younts said the program also encourages students to explore

new ways to read using technology.

One student has already gotten into the habit of using tools like Google Read&Write in the classroom, she said.

“I didn’t think of adding that (Google Read&Write) component but he was already thinking about how am I going to read that?,” Younts said.

Brown said many of her younger students have shown that out-of-the-box thinking and express it a lot more after using Learning Ally.

She said many of her students create new inventions with Legos and projects that many students without dyslexia would have created.

“Since they are reading in a different part of the brain, that part is freed up to be more creative and inventive,” Brown said. “That is a good strength of that gain.”

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Hemphill Hawks hosts Career Day Hemphill Elementary students got the opportunity to discover some of their limitless career options at the 2016 Career Day event last Friday. Volunteer representatives from careers as wide-ranging as criminal justice to veterinary medicine.

Above, a representative from Firehouse Veterinary Clinic speaks to thirdgraders about what it’s like to be a veterinarian.

Bottom left, former county court-at-law judge Linda Rodriguez spoke to kids about her career, and right, Lehman criminal justice students demonstrate the job duties of a law enforcement officer.

Fewer than 50 Hays CISD students were affected after issues were discovered with the Texas Education Agency’s online State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test.

But according to Hays CISD public information officer Tim Savoy, exactly how many students’ test answers were affected by the glitch won’t be known until results come back in June.

Savoy said, however, affected students won’t be penalized as a result of the issue. “(Fifty) is a high number, but we’re pleased they won’t be penalized for something that wasn’t their fault,” Savoy said.

According to a TEA press release, the TEA became aware of technical issues March 29 involving the online STAAR test after a number of districts, included Hays CISD, reported issues.

Districts reported to the TEA and the Educational Testing Service, which administers the STAAR test statewide, that students’ previously selected responses to the online test weren’t appearing.

The problem occurred once a student logged back on to their test after logging out, after the test timed out after 30 minutes, or where the district lost connectivity to the internet.

“The technical issues experienced today during the online administration of STAAR are simply unacceptable,” Commission of Education Mike Morath said in a statement March 29. “Such issues undermine the hard work of our teachers and students.

Kids in the classroom should never suffer from mistakes made by adults.”

Morath went on to add that ETS isn’t new to administering tests on a “large scale basis,” so he couldn’t accept the transition to a new testing vendor as an excuse.

“TEA also shares in the responsibility in the proper administration of these assessments,” Morath said.

Testing resumed March 31, with ETS restoring all of the student responses “that could be recovered,” according to the release. According to report from KXAN, the Leander, Round Rock and Austin ISDs experienced online STAAR test issues.

Savoy said Hays CISD immediately contacted the TEA to report the issues, which is standard district protocol.

“When there is a concern or issues with testing, we call them. We report it right away,” Savoy said. “The protocol is to call them right away with any testing issue that comes up.”

The district, however, wouldn’t know the full scope of the impact until this summer.

“There could be the issue where answers were not recovered (by ETS),” Savoy said.

“TEA has said those students will not be penalized.”

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Rebel academic qualifiers roll to Regional contests STAFF REPORT

Hays High’s Academic UIL program had a great showing at its District Meet recently, hosted by Westlake High School. The Rebs came away with an array of wins, topped by a group who either qualified to roll on to region or claimed alternate status.

Topping the 2016 Hays UIL showing were sophomore Madalyn Raymond and senior Lois Bronaugh, both of whom earned the right to compete at UIL Region at Baylor University later this month. Madalyn, competing in multiple Journalism events, qualified for region in both News Writing (1st Place) and Editorial Writing (3rd Place), additionally earning alternate status for her 4th in Headline Writing.

Lois claimed a 2nd and region qualification for her effort in Literary Criticism.

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Because of its distinctive features and its status as endangered, the giant panda was chosen by the world’s largest conservation organization as a symbol of conservation.

© 2016 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 32, No. 20

What’s black and white and loved by kids all over the world? Pandas, of course!

Read on to learn about these gentle creatures.

3 Can you imagine a world without pandas?

Only about 1,800 giant pandas live in the wild today. They are in danger of becoming extinct—gone forever.

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Giant pandas live in the Sichuan mountains of southwest China, where they feed on bamboo.

Pandas are losing their habitat. Giant pandas need forests with lots of bamboo to survive.

These forests are rapidly disappearing as humans use them to meet their needs.

Standards Link: Life Science: Students know changes in the environment can be detrimental to organisms.

The Chinese call the panda “Da xiong mao,” which means “giant bear cat.”

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Giant pandas need to eat a lot of food every day. They eat day and night, constantly wandering through the forest eating and eating. Add up the numbers along the correct path of the maze to find out how many pounds of food one giant panda can eat in a day.

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Scientists debated this for years. About 20 years ago, a group of experts determined that giant pandas are most closely related to bears, Panda although they are also a eye lot like raccoons.

Pandas are different from Bear other bears. For one thing, eye they have eyes like a cat.

And their front paws have an unusual thumb—sometimes called a false thumb. This is not actually a thumb, like a human thumb. It is a part of the wrist bone that sticks out to the side like an extra finger.

5 While bamboo makes up most of a giant panda’s diet, pandas sometimes eat small animals.

Because of this small amount of meat eating, giant pandas are classified as carnivores.

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Standards Link: Number Sense: Calculate sums to 30.

The largest giant pandas can grow to be about 250 pounds. Ask five friends how much they weigh.

Add up their weights. Does it equal 250 pounds?

Baby pandas are itty-bitty bears. They weigh only 4 to 6 ounces at birth (114-170 grams).

Number the pandas in order from smallest to biggest.

A mother panda is about 800 times heavier than her baby. (If a human mother with a 7-pound baby weighed 800 times more, she would weigh 5,600 pounds. That’s nearly 3 tons!)

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The panda is a symbol of peace in China.

What’s black and white and red all over?

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Look through the newspaper and cut out parts of different animals to create a new animal. Give your creature a name.

Describe where your animal lives and what it eats.

Standards Link: Writing Applications: Write brief expository descriptions.

Look at one page of today’s newspaper and circle in red all the words you know that begin with the letter P. Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

About 300 giant pandas live in zoos and research centers worldwide. Threatened with extinction, these captive breeding programs are seen as hope for the giant panda’s survival.

All giant pandas and their cubs are on loan from China.

Agreements between these zoos and the Chinese conservation organizations are helping to preserve these endangered species.

Do the math to find out the number of giant pandas in each of these zoos in America and Canada:

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Bring on the broil

Tobacco attracts detrimental bugs away from other plants.

Bugs become addicted to the nicotine in the plant and inhabit the plant until they die.

Get rid of bugs with tobacco plants

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ast year ‘Mighty’ Quinn Peterson joined us here at It’s About Thyme garden center from Texas A&M. We were in the midst of a particularly serious infestation of aphids and white flies following the torrential rains of the spring.

Quinn advised us to place small tobacco plants at the entrances of the greenhouses.

He germinated the minute seeds himself, and in a few weeks we had some fairly good sized plants ... which immediately became full of ‘bad bugs.’ This was pretty fascinating as they actually left our ‘good plants’ to seek out the new plant in the house. I was intrigued.

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Quinn explained that the bugs are drawn to the nicotine, become addicted and will stay and not leave until death. Ugh, I thought, this is bad stuff.

Perhaps the Surgeon General should be made aware of this.

I took a few of his baby plants and placed them in our new medicine, butterfly and hummingbird gardens.

I planted them at the north and south exposures as I figured

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Central Texas Speedway hosted the inaugural Hays County Fair, Music & Crawfish Festival Thursday through Saturday.

The event featured live music, carnival rides, games, go-kart rentals, helicopter rides and crawfish. Above, Trent Chisholm of Louisiana Wild helps prepare some of the 1,500 pounds of crawfish served over the weekend.

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n April 20, 1999, teenagers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold started shooting fellow students at Columbine High School outside of Denver. Less than an hour later they had killed 13, wounded more than 20, and committed suicide.

It was the worst high school shooting in U.S. history. Unfortunately, it would not be the last.

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For the last 16 years, Dylan Klebold's mother Susan has lived with the unimaginable shame and sorrow of that day.

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(All author profits are donated to mentalhealth related research and charitable organizations.) She traces her family's life from their earliest days through the wrenching aftermath of the devastation her son left behind, which she knows will never end for her family or the families of those whose lives were taken on that horrible day.

Emotional and unforgettable, Susan draws on numerous interviews with mental health experts, as well as the videos and writings Dylan left behind, to understand brain health issues.

She hopes the insight she has gained will help other families recognize a child in distress.

With over 11% of the U.S. teens aged 12 to 17 suffering from at least one major depressive episode in 2014 (according to the National Institute for Mental Health) and school shootings continuing to occur, the need for understanding is urgent indeed.

Buda woman authors childrens book about losing a loved one

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Losing a loved one is always difficult, especially for young children.

A Dripping Springs ISD graduate and now Buda resident has created a way to open the dialogue of talking about loss with preschoolers.

Lauren Flake published “Where Did My Sweet Grandma Go?: A Preschooler’s Guide to Losing a Loved One” March 21. The 28-page illustrated book talks about a loved one’s passing in a way that children understand.

Flake’s mother passed from early onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2013, when Flake was pregnant with her second daughter, she said.

The next year, Flake wrote a sonnet when her two-year-old began calling her grandmother a pretty bird, she said.

“My mother-in-law cried when I read it to her on the phone,” Flake said. “And she said you need to publish this.”

Currently there are few books that deal with

Lauren Flake of Buda published “Where Did My Sweet Grandma Go? A Preschooler’s Guide to Losing a Loved One” in March.

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loss and are geared to young children, said Kim Lauer, Bethany Lutheran Church children’s minister.

She said many books

focus on how parents can talk to their kids about death.

“This will help a little child deal with loss and it’s perfect for the age

range,” Lauer said. “It’s so visual and simple it will help them grasp it a little better.”

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OBITUARY BOLLINGER Lyle Udell Bollinger was born on February 5, 1934, in Chester, Illinois, to Floyd and Marie Bollinger.

Lyle grew up in Ellis Grove, Illinois, on the family farm.

After graduating from Chester High School, Lyle joined the U.S. Army and served during the Korean War. Shortly after his discharge, Lyle met and fell in love with Mary Rathert. They married and had four children: Becky, Kevin, Lindell, and Susan. They lived in McAllen, Texas,

for 20 years and then moved to Kyle in 1978.

Lyle’s family was of the upmost importance to him and he was the happiest when he had his family around him and one of his pets on his lap.

Lyle loved to share stories about his life on the farm, life in the service, and life in general. He loved airplanes, nature, fishing, and camping.

He proudly served his country and always appreciated participating in local Veterans Day programs with his grandsons at Hays CISD campuses.

He was an Emergency Services District commissioner for many years supporting the

Kyle Fire Department.

Lyle was preceded in death by his son, Kevin Lyle Bollinger, his parents, Floyd and Marie Bollinger, and brothers, Robert Dunn and Gerald Bollinger. He is survived by his loving wife of 60 years, Mary Rathert Bollinger; daughters, Becky Bollinger Radtke (Ken Radtke) of Spring, Texas, and Susan Meckel of Kyle, Texas; son, Lindell Bollinger (Soo Im Tan Bollinger) of Kyle; grandchildren, Kate Radtke of Boston, Massachusetts, Chris Radtke of Big Spring, Texas, Kevin Meckel of Kyle and Ryan Bollinger of Kyle; and one greatgrandchild, Colton Radtke of Big Spring. He is also survived by one

brother, Jean Bollinger (Evelyn) of Cedar Park, Texas. He was a loving surrogate “Pa-Pa” to numerous extended family and friends, many of whom knew him as “Lyle from Kyle”.

Lyle passed away peacefully on April 12, 2016, at home with his family and with his dog on his lap. Arrangements are being handled by Harrell Funeral Home in Kyle. Memorial service time is pending for the coming weekend. Please check online obituaries at Hays Free Press and Harrell Funeral Home for updated information.

The family would appreciate memorial contributions made to the Kyle Fire Department in lieu of flowers.

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all caregivers, thanks to the support of St. David's Foundation and Alzheimer's Texas.

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In the book, one black night sky to blue, couplet mirrors a Flake said. watercolor image of Flake said her younger nature that corresponds daughter also helped with the pick out the words.

“The message cover. While Flake took she doesn’t I want to another year remember to publish her instill is that because she grandmother, grandma, didn’t find she the right constantly or whoever illustrator, or asks Flake it was that one that was to read the affordable. died, is gone, book, she During the said. but she still fall of 2015 “The she had an message lives on in epiphany of I want to you ... And how to put instill is that her mom into grandma, the activities the book, she or whoever in there are said. it was that “There died, is gone, basically a were couplets but she still way to honor lives on in in the sonnet that went their memory.” you,” Flake perfectly with said. “And my mom’s the activities – Lauren Flake artwork,” in there are Flake said. “I basically finally decided I could fill a way to honor their in the other pages and memory.” just started sketching.”

A parent guide in the Mitzi Hudgins, director back gives guidance of the Hays Hills Baptist and examples of how Church preschool, said parents can talk to many parents have their children about asked for tools to talk death. The guide lists with children about the anything from crafts touchy subject. and activities to movies At a young age, many like “The Lion King” and children don’t know how “Inside Out.” to express grief, or what The book is available it even is, she said. through Amazon “It’s hard for and Barnes & Noble, preschoolers to deal she said. Flake said with emotion,“ Hudgins she hopes to publish said. “It (the book) editions that apply to helps initiate questions grandpas, adults and in and will help keep Spanish. the memory of the “It’s a foundation for grandparents alive.” understanding these Flake’s four-year-old concepts they can relate learned much about to more fully down the her grandmother while road,” Flake said. “Even she helped approve the as adults the concepts of illustrations, such as death are hard to wrap making Flake change a your head around.”

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Kyle Market Days is back Kyle resumed its firstSaturday-of-the-month Market Days event this past Saturday on City Square Park in Kyle.

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Aside from the myriad of images that magically become fixed in your head as you weed and work around them like the Marlboro Man, a Camel and some guy with a black eye, the smell is rather pleasant. crops take a tremendous toll on the environment – because of the amount of chemicals required to keep the plants insect-free to grow production-grade leaves. Some tout the use of tobacco tea as an organic insect repellent. I’ve not tried it yet only because I’ve not had to.

The tobacco we plant is purely sacrificial. We plant it to draw all the bad bugs to it and that’s that.

I actually thought ours would have died over the winter but they actually thrived and are bigger and healthier than last year.

I have 500 plant babies started and they will be

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Family Discipleship, 7:15 p.m.

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

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

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First Baptist Church

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

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

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ready for sale next week at $6.99 each. Plant them in full sun for best results.

Tell us how they worked for you for your bug problems. Save your seed pods for next year, you will get a million seeds ... seriously! Please don’t use the leaves for anything else; your garden needs you.

Happy gardening everyone!

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this is the path of our prevailing winds and the flight path of ‘the invaders.’

Bingo. It worked! Neither garden has had any pests in the past year. All of the plants are still flourishing after our non-winter.

Tobacco is a member of the nightshade family.

The species we grow is Nicotiana tabacum – Virginia gold. It reaches a height of 6 feet, and has velvety light green leaves and beautiful pink trumpet flowers. It’s quite lovely and adds a level of interest to the gardens. Aside from the myriad of images that magically become fixed in your head as you weed and work around them like the Marlboro Man, a Camel and some guy with a black eye, the smell is rather pleasant.

Many online gardening sites suggest using the tobacco plant as an insect repellent, but this is incorrect. These plants are insect attractors. In fact this is the reason tobacco

La Casa de Dios, que es la iglesia del Dios vivo, columna y apoyo de la verdad. 1a Timoteo 3:15

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Two Texans play historic parts in Utah confrontation F

ormer Texas Ranger Ben McCulloch left for Utah on April 13, 1858 with orders straight from the president to stop the Mormons led by Brigham Young and federal troops commanded by a fellow Texan from going to war.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints had been a target of persistent and often violent persecution since its founding in 1830 by Joseph Smith. Driven from Ohio and Missouri, the Mormons enjoyed temporary tolerance in Illinois until a mob murdered Smith in 1844.

In search of a sanctuary for his flock, Brigham Young led a mass migration to the valley of the Great Salt Lake. The thriving colony soon petitioned for admission to the Union as the State of Deseret, but congress chose instead to create the Territory of Utah.

President Millard Fillmore placated the Mormons by appointing Young territorial governor, but the gesture merely delayed the inevitable. Federal officials, nearly all nonMormon, charged the church with religious tyranny, while the Saints accused the outsiders of blatant bigotry. By 1855, most office-holders had gone home in disgust leaving their posts vacant.

Meanwhile, the Mormon practice of polygamy became a bi-partisan national scandal. Democratic Sen. Stephen A. Douglas condemned the denomination as “a loathesome ulcer,” and the Republican platform of 1856 branded slavery and polygamy as America’s “twin relics of barbarism.”

Exploiting the public feeling against the Mormons, President James Buchanan called out 2,000 troops to put

This Week in Texas History

by Bartee Haile

down the “rebellion” in Utah and to force obedience to a new batch of appointees. When the army officer in charge of the mission openly questioned his orders, command went to the respected Texan, Col. Albert Sidney Johnston.

Arriving at Fort Leaveworth, Kansas in September 1857, Johnston was shocked to learn that the badly organized expedition was strung out over 1,500 miles of wilderness trail. Hoping to unify his fragmented force and take Utah by winter, he rushed west in a race against time and the elements.

The week of Johnston’s departure, Brigham Young declared the territory under martial law and off-limits to the U.S. military. As per his instructions, the Mormon military began to fortify the mountain passes and prepare for armed resistance.

In early October, guerrillas caught the advance guard napping and destroyed 72 wagonloads of supplies in a bloodless raid.

Bracing for an early blizzard, Johnston ordered all units to meet at Fort Bridger 125 northeast of Salt Lake City.

Five miles a day was the best Johnston and his men could manage in the waist-deep snow and zero temperatures. Axle grease froze on wagons and artillery, as horses, mules and oxen dropped dead in their tracks.

The frostbitten soldiers only thought their ordeal over, when they finally reached the rendezvous point. The Mormons had leveled Fort Bridger forcing the enemy to

In search of a sanctuary for his flock, Brigham Young led a mass migration to the valley of the Great Salt Lake.

The thriving colony soon petitioned for admission to the Union as the State of Deseret, but congress chose instead to create the Territory of Utah.

build winter quarters with their bare hands.

A promotion to general did little to lift Johnston’s spirits as he waited impatiently for spring and the last leg of the miserable march.

Back in Washington, however, the Buchanan administration had second thoughts about the entire enterprise and hurriedly dispatched a special envoy to arrange an armistice.

Johnston greeted his old friend Ben McCulloch with mixed emotions in May 1858.

He could not believe the government had chosen to compromise with the Saints, especially in light of their apparent complicity in the recent massacre of defenseless families at Mountain Meadows. Although he regarded the Mormons as fanatics never to be trusted, decades of discipline compelled him to abide by the outcome of the peace talks.

McCulloch found the church hierarchy open to a sensible way out of the dangerous impasse.

Brigham Young had never dreamed Johnston would survive the winter much less be ready and willing to fight. After several fruitful sessions, McCulloch and the Mormons came to terms.

As part of the understanding, Johnston occupied the Saints’ heartland. But when he marched through Salt Lake City on June 26, 1858, there was not a living soul in sight. The Mormons had evacuated the town until the good intentions of the soldiers could be confirmed.

Distrust was deeply ingrained on both sides.

Constructing a permanent camp midway between Salt Lake City and Provo, Gen. Johnston spent the next year keeping a watchful eye on the Mormons. However, he never again set foot in their capital. To his immense relief, he was finally reassigned in May 1859 and allowed to go home to Texas.

Neither Albert Sidney Johnston nor Ben McCulloch lived through the Civil War as both died in battle as Confederate generals. As for Utah, statehood did not come until 1896, six years after the Mormons formally abandoned polygamy.

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Concerts for a Cause kicks off for the year On April 2, Kyle area non-profit Concerts for a Cause kicked off its 2016 season with its first concert of the year at Down South Railhouse. The nonprofit’s first concert benefitted Hays County ECI Homespun, which is a statewide program that assists families with young children with developmental delays with support needed to help their children reach their potential through developmental service. The first concert featured music by Joey Alba and Lucas Cook. Above, musician Lucas Cook performs on stage at the first Concerts for a Cause event held at Down South Railhouse. At right, local musician Joey Alba performs on the main stage at the first Kyle Concerts for a Cause event held at Down South Railhouse on Center Street.

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Old Settler’s is back for another year of folksy fun. This annual event features Americana, acoustic jazz and blues, bluegrass, old-time local faves and other artists from around the world.

Visitors can also enjoy arts and crafts, camping, food and libations and more. The event is held at Salt Lick Pavilion and Camp Ben McCulloch in Driftwood April 1417. See more at www. oldsettlersmusicfest.org.

Spring Fling to Your Feet 5K & Kids’ Dash

Manchaca United Methodist Church will host this spring benefit event on April 16 starting at 7:30 a.m. to raise funds towards helping community schoolchildren. The inaugural Spring Fling to Your Feet 5K & Kids’ Dash will take place at Menchaca Elementary School, 12120 Manchaca Road, across the street from the church. Visit www.

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Buda Wiener Dog Races The wieners are back April 23 and 24! See the dogs wiggle their way to the finish line and enjoy a best-dressed dog contest, barbecue cook-off, a bake-off, a washers tournament and arts-and-crafts booths. See www. budalions.com for more information.

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Spring Clean & Green Fun Fest

Join Kyle Parks and Rec for the first ever Spring Clean & Green Fun Fest. This family-friendly event features a showcase of local organizations and businesses which offer services and products that can help us protect our city’s resources and keep Kyle beautiful, up-cycled and recycled craft vendors and a Lake Kyle Park cleanup. The event will be held Saturday, April 16, 2016 at City Square Park from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

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Child Wellness Extravaganza

201 E. Main Street in Historic Downtown Cuero

Saturday, April 16 from 12-4 p.m. at the Buda City Park Pavilion, Hays-Caldwell Women’s Shelter will host a Child Wellness Extravaganza!

This is a free family-friendly event with games, activities, and local resources for families such as free vision screenings for children by the Buda Lions Club, Community Action’s mobile library, and much more.

Find out more information at hcwc.org/news-events-2/child-wellnessextravaganza.

Event Hours: 11AM-7PM, Live Music: 5PM-7PM

Farmers Market opens at 9AM

For more information or to be a vendor, please call 361-485-8008 or visit our website at cueromainstreet.com

19th Annual Lions 19th AnnualBuda Buda Lions CountryFair Fair and Country and Wiener Dog Races

Wiener Dog Races Buda City Park (204 San Antonio Road)

April 23 & 24, 2016 • 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Buda City Park 204 San Antonio Road $5 General Admission

Kids 12 years and under get in FREE

FREE parking at Cabela’s and FREE bus ride to the park

Wiener Dog Races Saturday 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. & Sunday 10:00 a.m. with finals Sunday at 3:00 p.m.

NEW THIS YEAR Mixed Breed Dachshund Races Saturday 11:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. & Sunday at 11:30 a.m. with finals Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

April 23 & 24 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

Complete details at www.budalions.com

Other Happenings during the weekend: BBQ Cook-Off (Saturday), Arts & Craft Booths, Food, Kid Games includes Bouncy $5 General Admission Houses, Petting Zoo and Fish Event sponsored Kids 12 years by and under getPond, in FREE Live Music, The Buda The Buda Lions Club Bee and Bake-Off (Sunday)

FREE parking at Cabela’s and FREE bus ride to the park

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Saturday, April 23, 2016 8:00 am 9:00 am

9:15 am 10:00 am 10:30 am 11:00 am 11:30 am 12:00 pm 12:30 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm 4:00 pm 5:30 pm

Registration for Wiener Dog Races Pet Parade Registration and Judging Pet Parade begins DJ Jimmy Z Starts Olympic Hills Gym Buda Bee Sign-up (K-5th Grade) Opening Ceremonies – Presentation of Colors Pet Parade Awards PKC Karate Wiener Dog Races Begin Washer Tournament Registration Turn-In Beans Turn-In Chili Buda Bee – K–5th Grade Spelling Contest Mixed Breed Dachshund Races Begin Turn-In Chicken Washer Tournament Begins “The Merles” Band Wiener Dog Races Begin Turn-In Ribs “The Merles” Band Mixed Breed Dachshund Races Begin Turn-In Brisket Cook-Off Awards

Buses 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM (Parking at Cabela’s)

Wiener Dog Races

Sunday, April 24, 2016 8:30 am 9:00 am 9:30 am 10:00 am 10:30 am 11:00 am 11:30 am 12:30 1:00 pm 1:30 pm 3:00 pm 5:00 pm

Registration for Wiener Dog Races DJ Jimmy Z Dance Unlimited PKC Karate Elvis on Stage Wiener Dog Races Begin Turn-In Bake-Off Entries Judging Bake-Off Mixed Breed Dachshund Races Begin Bake-Off Awards Bake-Off Auction Mixed Breed Dachshund Finals & Awards Wiener Dog Quarter Finals, Semifinals and Finals Wiener Dog Winner Trophy Presentation

Buses 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM (Parking at Cabela’s)

Saturday 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. & Sunday 10:00 a.m. with finals Sunday at 3 p.m.

NEW THIS YEAR Mixed Breed Dachshund Races Saturday 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. & Sunday at 11:30 a.m. with finals Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Other Happenings during the weekend:

BBQ Cook-Off (Saturday), Arts & Craft Booths, Food, Kid Games includes Bouncy Houses, Petting Zoo and Fish Pond, Live Music, The Buda Bee and Bake-Off (Sunday)

Complete details at

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Living life on the midway Carnival work offers employees a different way to see the world

BY MOSES LEOS III

moses@haysfreepress.com

Over the course of 20 years, Oklahoma City native and Somerset resident Ray-Ray Duffy has helped the Merriam Midway Shows set up at different spots.

Last week, Duffy was one of many who helped prepare gaming booths and carnival rides for the Hays County Fair, Music and Crawfish Festival at Central Texas Speedway.

While the touring life can be a challenge, for Duffy getting a chance to interact and help people is what he enjoys best.

“I love this,” Duffy said.

“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t love it.”

Duffy’s path of working in the midway began in PHOTOS BY DAVID WHITE high school – he wanted Ray Ray Duffy of Merriam Midway Shows guides a nervous to travel and see the carnival rider onto one of the rides at last weekend’s Crawfish world. At the age of 19, Boil and carnival at Central Texas Speedway.

Duffy set out and began helping set up carnival said, was figuring out and other workers. He rides in Corpus Christi. “what piece goes where” said the Merriam’s group “I wanted to travel the when assembling and began in Pleasanton, TX, country and see what it disassemmade its way to Kyle, and was like,” he bling the will travel to Kerrville and said. “When rides. CarniCorpus Christi before I graduated, val operators heading to Iowa.

I got out and must place Carnival worker and enjoyed it.” equipMinnesota native Shags It was at ment into Anderson, who has that time 18-wheel worked in the industry for when Duffy trailers, eight years, said workers realized which ferry travel with the company how strenuthe games and stay in bunkhouses. ous the job and rides to Each house has three to could be. their next six rooms in a trailer.

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ax Freedom Day, which typically occurs in late April, according to the Tax Foundation, is the day when the nation 2001 as a whole has earned enough money to pay off its total tax bill for the year. So you may want to use this opportunity to determine if you can liberate yourself from some investment-related taxes in the future.

Actually, Tax Freedom Day is something of a fiction, in practical terms, because most people pay their taxes throughout the year via payroll deductions.

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So, what moves can you make to become more of a “tax-smart” investor? Consider the following: Know when to hold ’em. If you sell an investment that you’ve held for less than one year, any profit you earn is considered a short-term capital gain, and it will be taxed at the same rate as your ordinary income. (For

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The City Council of the City of Kyle will consider adopting the following ordinances on second reading on April 19, 2016 at Kyle City Hall, 100 W. Center Street, at 7:00 p.m.: An Ordinance of the city of Kyle, Texas, annexing approximately 528.8 acres of land located in Hays County, Texas, all of which are lying within the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction and to incorporate such property into the city of Kyle, as shown in the attached exhibit; making findings of fact; providing a severability clause; providing an effective date; and providing for open meetings and other related matters.

An Ordinance of the city of Kyle, Texas, annexing approximately 8,153 acres of land located in Hays County, Texas, all of which are lying within the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and to incorporate such properties into the city of Kyle, as shown in the attached exhibit; making findings of fact; providing a severability clause; providing an effective date; and providing for open meetings and other related matters.

R. Todd Webster Mayor

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Sue E. Dunn a/k/a Susan Dunn, Deceased, were issued on April 5, 2016 in Docket No. 16-0083-P, pending in the County Court at Law Number One of Hays County, Texas, to: Franklin D. Crawford The residence of the Independent Executor is in Kyle, Hays Co., Texas, but the post office address for notice is as follows: c/o John A. Hall & Associates, P.C. 130 Hall Professional Center Kyle, Texas 78640 All persons having claims against the Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

DATED the 6th day of April, 2016.

John A. Hall & Associates, P.C. 130 Hall Professional Center Kyle, Texas 78640 (512) 268-6425 FAX: (512) 268-5404 By: /s/ Joshua D. Wilson State Bar No. 24073801 ATTORNEY FOR INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR

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NOTICE OF CONSTABLE’S SALE, REAL ESTATE State of Texas County of Hays By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the 22nd Judicial District Court of Hays County, Texas on February 10, 2016 in the case of Cullen Country Homeowners Association, Inc., Plaintiff v.

Michael James Rowland and Juliana Rowland, Defendants, Cause No. 14-1130, and to me, as Constable, directed and delivered, I have levied upon the below-described property on March 11, 2016 and will, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., on May 3, 2016, it being the first Tuesday of said month, in the Hays County, Texas Government Center, located at 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, San Marcos, TX 78666, proceed to sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand all right, title and interest, if any, which Defendants Michael James Rowland and Juliana Rowland had on May 3, 2016, or any time thereafter, of, in and to the following described property: 140 Hartkopf St., Buda, TX, and legally described as Lot 24, Block “E”, CULLEN COUNTRY SUBDIVISION SECTION 2, a subdivision in Hays County, Texas according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Vol. 12, Pgs. 142-145 of the Plat Records of Hays County, Texas Said property will be sold to the highest bidder to satisfy the judgment dated November 12, 2014 in favor of Plaintiff Cullen Country Homeowners Association, Inc. which judgment was for the sum of $1,688.39, pre-judgment interest at the rate of 18% per annum on the sum of $1,688.39 from June 11, 2014 through November 11, 2014, costs of collection in the amount of $582.44, court costs, foreclosure costs, attorneys’ fees in the sum of $2,300.00, post-judgment interest at the rate of 18% per annum on all sums awarded in this judgment from November 12, 2014 until all amounts awarded in this judgment are satisfied, and for foreclosure of a lien on the abovedescribed property.

05 GIVEN UNDER MY HAND on this _______ day of April, 2016.

MATT MANCILLAS III, Constable Precinct 5 of Hays County, Texas By:________________________________ Jerry Talley, Deputy Constable of Hays County, Texas

INVITATION FOR BIDS Separate sealed bids addressed to the Village of San Leanna, will be received until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, the 19th day of April, 2016 in the Community {00131740 3} located at 11906 Sleepy Hollow in the Village of San Leanna, Texas Building at which time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for furnishing all labor, material, tools and equipment and performing all work required for CIRCLE DRIVE PAVEMENT OVERLAY AND RECONSTRUCTION consisting of approximately 2,060 linear feet of varying width 1-inch HMAC overlay paving work to match existing pavement width and reconstructing approximately 750 linear feet of existing roadway including removing existing material for 23-foot width subgrade and base material with 20-foot width 1½-inch HMAC pavement, constructing 2 speed bumps, grade and shape approximately 300 linear feet of drainage swale and other related work.

Bids must be submitted on the Bid Form provided. The envelope containing the bid shall indicate clearly on the front that it is a bid for CIRCLE DRIVE PAVEMENT OVERLAY AND RECONSTRUCTION and shall state the mailing address and name of the Bidder on the front of the envelope. Bids received after the date and time specified above shall be returned unopened.

The final Notice of Award of Contract shall be given to the successful bidder within forty-five (45) days following the opening of bids and no bidder may withdraw his bid within the forty-five (45) day period. Bid security in the form of a bid bond or cashier’s check made payable to the Village of San Leanna in the amount of 5 percent of the total bid amount must accompany each Bid. Performance and payment bonds in the amount of 100% of the contract amount from a Surety company holding a permit from the State of Texas to act as surety are required.

State statutes including wage and hour provisions and contract regulations must be adhered to as they relate to this project. A listing of prevailing wage rates is included in the bid documents. The contractor will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations.

Copies of the Plans, Specifications and Bid Documents are on file and may be examined at the following locations.

- Neptune-Wilkinson Associates, Inc., 4010 Manchaca Road, Austin, Texas 78704.

- McGraw Hill Dodge, 3315 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Arkansas 71913.

- Builders Exchange, 4047 Naco Perrin, San Antonio, Texas 78217.

Bid Documents, Plans and Specifications may be obtained at the office of Neptune-Wilkinson Associates, Inc. at the above address upon payment of forty dollars ($40.00). No refunds will be made.

The award of contract, if awarded, shall be to the lowest responsive and responsible Bid submitted. All work shown on the Plans and described in Bid Form shall be completed within the number of consecutive calendar days submitted on the Bid Form.

The right is reserved, as the interest of the Village of San Leanna may require, to reject any and all bids and/or to waive any informalities in bids received.

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Public Notices PUBLIC SALE

Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code hereby gives notice of public sale under said act to wit: This sale will be held on April 26, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Safe-nSound Self Storage is located at 1602 Goforth Road, Kyle, Texas 78640. The property in the storage unit(s) listed under tenant’s name is being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. The property contents of all storage unit(s) sold at this sale are purchased “as is” “where is” for CASH/ CREDIT. Safe-n-Sound Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or to cancel any public sale advertised.

Announcement made the day of the sale takes precedence over any printed materials.

Auctioneer: Chad Larson # 17344 Melissa Moncada 10X5 – Camping gear.

Delores Stoering 5x10 – Misc. items.

HAYS CISD IS REQUESTING BIDS

Hays CISD is Requesting Bids for Bid #23-041604SC Welding Equipment.

Bids will be accepted until April 14, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing

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Office (512-268-2141 ext 6035) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday or on the Public Purchase web site (www. publicpurchase.com). Bid responses must be into the HCISD Public Purchase web site by the date and time indicated above. Late bids will be returned unopened. The HCISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all formalities in the bid process.”

CITY OF BUDA PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The City of Buda City Council will hold a public hearing beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016 in the Council Chambers at Buda City Hall, 121 Main St., Buda, Texas, 78610, to receive written and oral comments in regard to a request for a special use permit to allow a Laundromat in Arterial Commercial/ Office-Arterial Retail (C2/R2) for the property located at 935 W. Goforth Road, being 2.612 acres of Ashford Park Section 1, Block D, Lot 33.

For more information regarding this matter, please contact the City of Buda Planning Department at (512) 312-0084.

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2016, ordinary income tax rates range from 10% to 39.6%.) But if you hold the investment for longer than one year, your profit will be taxed at the long-term capital gains rate, which, for most taxpayers, will be just 15%. If at all possible, then, hold your investments at least long enough to qualify for the lower capital gains rate.

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