April 20, 2016 Hays Free Press

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Hays baseball team beats Westlake 8-4.

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Wastewater Mitchell leads in spending spill enters Garlic Creek KYLE COUNCIL CAMPAIGN FINANCES

BY MOSES LEOS III

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As Election Day draws near, the Kyle City Council District 1 race continues to speed full steam ahead as both candidates vying for the seat spent $8,600 from Jan. 1 to April 7 toward their campaigns.

Leading the way in spending for the District 1 race was challenger Travis Mitchell, owner of Mitchell Motor Sports in Kyle, who spent over $6,300, according to his Campaign Finance Report filed 30 days before Election Day.

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DISTRICT 1

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MITCHELL

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ARABIE

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Contributions: $695 Spent: $6,312.84

Contributions: $3,060 Spent: $2,290.56

Contributions: $100 Spent: $100

Contributions: $0 Spent: $25

Feelin’ soulful at Old Settler’s Music Festival

An estimated 195,000 gallons of domestic wastewater spilled into Garlic Creek Tuesday following a suspected pump malfunction at a lift station that is currently under construction.

The spill happened at approximately 1 a.m.

Tuesday at the FM 967 Lift Station. Domestic wastewater comes from homes and road runoff.

According to a city of Buda press release, the

location of the spill is FM 967, north of Hayley’s Way. The spill has no impact on Buda’s public water supply system, according to the city.

The domestic wastewater, however, spilled into Garlic Creek, east of FM 967. A portion of the spill, according to the release, may have been infiltration and inflow from the recent rain event.

City Manager Kenneth Williams, along with Mike Beggs, Direc-

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Bailing out the jail?

Commissioners vote for a bond for jail facility

BY ANNA HEROD

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Lead singer Kam Franklin of the Houston area band The Suffers thrills the crowd as she performs a song on the Bluebonnet Stage of the 2016 Old Settler’s Music Festival in Driftwood on Friday. Fans from far and wide braved threatening weather conditions as they flocked to the Salt Lick Pavillion and Camp Ben McCulloch for the event, which was held April 14-17.

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Founders Day Festival

The wieners are back April 23 and 24! See the dogs wiggle their way to the finish line and enjoy a bestdressed dog contest, barbecue cook-off, a bake-off, a washers tournament and arts-and-crafts booths. See http://budalions.com/ for more information.

Wimberley Arts Fest

The Wimberley Arts Fest 2016 will be held at Blue Hole Park in Wimberley on Saturday, April 23 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday, April 24 11 a.m.5 p.m. Come out and see 75 juried local artists, enjoy live music, and eat great food. Visit www.

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CHANGES

Downtown Kyle gets a new face – Page 1D

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Wiener Dog Races

The 29th annual Dripping Springs Founders Day be held in downtown Dripping Springs April 22-24 The celebration kicks off with the grand parade and includes free music and entertainment on two stages, the Mighty Thomas Carnival, street dances, cook-off competitions and over 150 arts and crafts booths and business vendors. See a schedule at www.cityofdrippingsprings.com.

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A new jail might be in Hays County’s future.

After Hays County spent an estimated $500,000 to $1 million on outsourcing inmates last year, commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to pursue a November bond election to fund a new jail, law enforcement center and communications facility.

As the standing jail’s infrastructure continues to age, the commissioners agreed that doing nothing about the time-weathered building is not a feasible option.

Hays County Precinct No. 1 Commissioner Debbie Ingalsbe said if a new jail is not funded soon, the county will continue to pour money into fixing the old one and outsourcing inmates.

The county currently outsources inmates to Bastrop, Caldwell and Guadalupe counties.

“The jail facility is just really old and out of date and it’s becoming a huge liability for us,” said Precinct 3 Commissioner Will Conley. “Cell doors don’t lock and the place can catch on fire from wiring that is 30 years old. We’d be in an endless cycle of funding a couple of million dollars for a while on an annual basis of duct taping that whole thing together.”

Commissioners voted for the county’s Law Enforcement Committee

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Keeping up with growth • The 157,107 population of 2010 has increased to 194,739 residents presently.

• Not only does Hays hold the top spot for fastest-growing county in the state, but it also ranks at No. 5 in the national ranking.

to recommend a program director who will be charged with guiding the county through the bond election process, and then bringing the final proposal back to the court.

According to County Judge Bert Cobb and the commissioners, a recent report from consultants said the current jail’s 300 beds simply aren’t enough for the growing county.

According to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, Hays County’s population has increased by 23.9 percent since 2010.

The consultants suggested the new jail have anywhere from 500 to 600 beds. Although this may be more than needed at a given time, it puts a buffer in place, which is mandated by the Commission on Jail Standards.

The court intends for the election, which must be called by August, to be for general obligation

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Of that amount, roughly spending toward her $4,400 was labeled as campaign. advertising expenses, inHervol, who is seeking cluding $2,800-plus dollars re-election for a second for political signs. During time, spent $2,290 on polthe same time frame, tical advertising expenses.

Mitchell gathered $695 in It includes an expenditure political contributions, of $2,248 on political signs. with Nathan But the enand Jennifer tirety of HerCross, ownvol’s spending ers of Cross came directly Plants and from the Read questionnaires Produce, over $3,000 from candidates contributing in political Travis Mitchell, Diane $200. contributions Hervol, and Randall Mitchell, she received Lloyd online at www.

HaysFreePress.com. who has during the spent his time period. own money Highlighttoward his campaign, has ing Hervol’s contributions $845 in his war chest. was $500 from Buda realMitchell said the reason tor Clara Springs-Adams, for spending so much was and a $1,000 contribution because he was “going from Bill Johnson. against a secure incumHervol said the monbent that’s been in town etary donations were a longer than me.” Since result of people “believing Nov. 10, 2015, Mitchell has in me … in some fashion.” spent a total of over $9,800 “There are others who toward his campaign. have volunteered toward He said spending block walking, or graphmoney on polltical signs ic design,” Hervol said. was important for “raising “For some, contributing awareness.” money is what they chose “To me, I can’t do it half- to do.” way. I’ve been committed She added the infrom the very beginning,” creased spending showed Mitchell said. “I’m going to both candidates were do everything to pull out “doing their job.” all of the stops and give it But Hervol said she has my best effort.” recently spent money to Mitchell said he is replace five political signs continuing to “engage she believes may have everyone he can to get his been stolen or vandalized. message that the “future Despite the issues, of Kyle is at stake and we Hervol said the campaign need someone local that thus far has been “good.” represents the people.”

As the spending skyrock“We need a business eted for the District 1 race, owner on council that is expenses for incumbent in the vested future of this and challenger in the Distown,” Mitchell said. trict 3 at-large city council Meanwhile, incumbent seat have been low key.

Diane Hervol has joined From Jan. 1 to April 7, the trend of high dollar District 3 incumbment

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Shane Arabie and candidate Randall Lloyd have spent a combined total of $100 toward their respective races.

Arabie, who is seeking re-election for the first time, collected $100 in contributions, and made a $100 expenditure toward his campaign.

Lloyd, who is a 13-year Kyle resident, collected $25 in political contributions, but did not make a political expense.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Cell doors don’t lock and the place can catch on fire from wiring that is 30 years old.

We’d be in an endless cycle of funding a couple of million dollars for a while on an annual basis of duct taping that whole thing together.”

– Will Conley, Precinct 3 Commissioner, on the Hays County Jail

April 20, 2016

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National fetish is double-barrel menace

T

he current Texas Monthly is a special issue – a .38 Special, if you will.

It’s about guns.

Page after page, see and hear about Texans and their rods. A cover shot and photo gallery show people and their beloved rifles, carbines and sidearms. See former Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson pose with his Colt .45 Younglike one might a troat-Large phy walleye.

by John Young If one could peer down that barrel, you’d bet one could see into the man’s soul.

Artist Matthew Diffee depicts what he saw and heard at a San Antonio gun show. One quote: “We sell freedom implements and other bunker supplies.”

Ah, freedom. In a bunker.

I understand how a few readers might see it differently, but one must ask how this form of fetishism took root.

After all, a firearm is an appliance that shoots a projectile. I have a toaster. It shoots toast.

Precedent set, we can look forward to Texas Monthly’s “Toast” issue. For the photo gallery, I offer to pose with my Sunbeam 2-Slicer. We are inseparable.

My slogan: “Toast – the taste of freedom.”

No one should take this as a criticism of gun ownership. My father had a service revolver, making him one among millions. One distinction: He was openly disdainful of any group that, like the NRA, would make the gun the Golden Calf of our time.

Once again: A rifle is an appliance. So when something called the National Rifle Association can be considered Washington’s most powerful lobbying arm, one wonders what power the National Waffle Iron Association could wield.

The other day legions of petitioners called on the Republican Party to allow the open carrying of firearms at the national convention this summer in Cleveland. Fortunately, the Secret Service expressed its reservations.

As a fallback, petitioners could ask the Secret Service to allow the brandishing of blenders and food processors. Therein lies the solidarity of a great cause. I’ll yield my Cuisinart when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

None can dispute the utility of rifles for trophy-hunting possum or nutria on a river bank. However, it is necessary to wonder how one’s gun has become the extension of one’s self.

As a child, I never questioned why Davy Crockett called his rifle “Old Betsy,” but I am quite sure he didn’t plan to marry her. For some of those portrayed

by Texas Monthly’s cavalcade of exhibitionism, one wonders if nuptials were performed.

The line is, “Guns don’t kill people.”

True in the abstract. However, guns are more likely to kill when their owners have transformed them into Pixar characters. The term is “anthropomorphizing.” Webster’s will explain that for you.

I understand how guns are “part of our heritage.” So, too, is the butter churn. I understand how guns have “preserved the peace.” So, too, have handshakes.

The problem, of course, is that firearms kill increasing numbers of us every year. In sum, and inarguably, guns don’t make this a safer place (“keeping the peace”). They make it far more dangerous than – say, oh, just about anywhere where run racks aren’t treated like communion candles.

Reasonable gun regulations that would save lives are thwarted by unreasonable parties. Meanwhile, gun industry proxies terrorize lawmakers into doing their bidding.

I am the first to acknowledge that I would react violently if government knocked on my door to take away my toaster. However, I’ve told myself that’s an overreaction. Considering how little has been done in 30 years to alter the proliferation of appliances that kill in bunches, maybe the bunker I had planned for my front yard would be overkill.

Longtime newspaperman John Young lives in Colorado. jyoungcolumn@gmail.com

Insomnia resurrects memories of poverty

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recent one-night bout with insomnia and the always-resulting thought swirls, resurrected some childhood experiences that steeled the determination already being forced into my young mind about “succeeding in life.”

My parents worked hard as beginner farmer-ranchers to successfully keep us a few meals above the starvation-poverty level. Their aim was twofold: providing a living and setting an example of “trying to get ahead.” That was the battle cry of most post-World War II families.

If their common sense and work ethic weren’t inspiration enough, there were examples close at hand that made Tobacco Road look like gentrified farm country. Seeing that kind of existence firsthand will, or should, add impetus to the broadsides of hard work and education already being fired point blank by diligent parents.

Combining ambition and will to succeed with the lessons of those days – reinforced by those caring parents – not only introduced my siblings and me to worlds beyond Webb Bottom (a series of creeks) but provided ongoing impetus to stretch and to reach

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for the fruit higher up in the trees.

And, the aforementioned “Tobacco Road” look-alikes merely added daily exclamation points to the lessons being carefully imparted by Mom and Dad. Dad had an eighth-grade education and survived a de facto parentless pre-teen and teen years. Mother finished high school (11 grades in those days) but maintained she didn’t have enough education to be much else but a housewife and mother, two titles she wore with marvelous dignity and grace, not to mention great success.

I remember my brother, Kerry, and I playing with our neighbor tenant farmers’ children and thinking to myself how different their lives were from ours.

These neighbors – call them the Alberts (not their real name) – consisted of the mother and father, Linda and Royce, twin sons Jackie and Johnny, a younger son and daughter whose names

river (the Trinity), both from a boat and via trotlines to supplement his family’s food supply. Sport fishing would’ve been a term that was totally puzzling to him.

Then, one weekend came the crushing news. Royce and a friend were running trotlines in a spring rain-fed swelling of the treacherous Trinity. Their boat was swamped. Neither could swim and perished in the reddish waters of that unforgiving river.

Royce left a wife and four children, none old enough to maintain his farming efforts.

It was the first time in my young life that someone I knew well died, much less perished in such a tragic way. My mother’s attempts at shielding us and at the same time explaining Royce’s demise, was an almost impossible task for a young parent faced with such a sad, sobering experience.

I hope I don’t suffer from insomnia again anytime soon.

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

LETTER TO THE EDITOR FOR THOSE THAT DON’T KNOW HER...

I would like to share with the readers and staff of the Hays Free Press my feelings and thoughts about a wonderful and caring citizen of the Hays County area – who just so happens to be the marketing director for this paper, and also happens to by my mom – Tracy Mack.

May name is Zach Cannon. I’m 27 years old and currently incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison system on a 5-year sentence and sadly this is not my first time – I’ve been in trouble my whole live, but can honestly say I was raised correct and taught how to live a decent life from my mom,

Hays Free Press Publisher Cyndy Slovak-Barton

Webb’s Wisdom

I don’t remember.

Jackie and Johnny ages fell somewhere between my age and Kerry’s. I was six or seven and he’s three years younger.

The Albert kids never wore shoes that I can remember. The soles of their feet were like leather. Despite their mother’s desires and leanings, they didn’t bathe as often as we did.

Once, the twins were “showing off” to Kerry and me. One of them grabbed a handful of dirt, stuck it in his mouth and began chewing with a grin that said, “Look at me (please). See how brave and clever I am.”

All of this while a stream of saliva-induced mud ran out of the corners of his grinning mouth that reflected the sad ignorance in which he’d been raised.

As mentioned previously, Royce, the father worked hard at sharecropping and at performing farmhand service to my parents’ operations to make ends meet for his large family. That sort of dual labor ensured that he spent little quality time, save around the supper table, with his children.

In addition to farming his own crops and working for my parents, Royce fished in a not-too-distant major

even though I did not follow the path I was shown by her.

It’s my fault I am where I am and nobody else’s.

Regardless of where I am and the choices I’ve made, she has always been my main support system and refused to give up on me through all I’ve been though in life. She’s got the heart of a saint and the most honest person I know. She’s always gone the distance for anyone she loves and does all she can not to let people down. She’s a dedicated person with morals and correct values. A religious person who lives and believes in the things she stands for and represents.

She’s a beautiful person inside and out. A loving moth-

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er, grandmother, daughter, wife and friend to anyone who knows her.

She takes the time to care for other people who I know with troubled backgrounds.

She spends her free time caring and being with family and keeps in touch with her friends she’s had longer than I’ve been alive. She participates in community events and gatherings, goes to church on Sunday, and has always had a way with plants and animals.

I don’t get to speak with her face to face or hear her voice often bacause I’m halfway across the state in prison, so we keep in touch through mail, but sometimes I’m not the best at expressing how much I appre-

ciate, respect and love her for all she does for me and am hoping to maybe have this letter put in the paper for her and everyone else to see. It would mean a lot to me for her to receive the recognition she deserves for the things she does for not just me, but everyone around her.

I receive this paper every week and am on the mailing list and enjoy reading what’s going on in the Hays County area through the Hays Free Press. Hopefully I’ll see this letter in there in the near future. Thank you for the time, and also the local news y’all bring to the community.

With respect, sincerely Zach Cannon

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Kyle forms new beautification plan

BY ANNA HEROD

“These things are really starting to evolve kind of naturally, but we wanted to make sure there was a plan that we all follow so we all have a shared vision of what Kyle needs to look like moving forward.”

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Following the lead of surrounding municipalities, Kyle City Council unanimously adopted a beautification plan brought forward by city staff at an earlier meeting.

Erin Smith, a city intern who spearheaded the drafting of the plan, said its purpose is to beautify the community, along with increase desirability of real estate and encourage investment in landscaping.

The beautification plan consists of seven initiatives including corridor beautification, revitalization of downtown, attractive signage and code compliance.

The code compliance initiative is aimed to identify and abate code violations to improve the quality of life for the general citizenry, Smith said.

Both City Manager Scott Sellers and Smith said Kyle’s new beautification plan mostly formalizes steps the city has already been taking to make the community more attractive.

“And I think we’re allowing that documented priority to guide future policies and future projects in a more informed capacity moving forward,” Smith said.

Sellers said officials hired two more code enforcement officers this year, which is “big” for the community. He said the city has only had one code enforcement officer position in its history.

“That will help us beautify the city,” Sellers said. “These things are really starting to evolve kind of naturally, but we wanted to make sure there was a plan that we all follow so we all have a shared vision of what Kyle needs to look like moving forward.”

Although the city is not closing the door on the possibility of charging residents a beautification fee in the future, Sellers

–Scott Sellers, Kyle City Manager

number of initiatives that do not come with a cost, which is great. I would say that, with respect to next steps, it’s really doing some of the leg work of identifying additional costs – should they arrive – but for the most part • Improve the attractiveness and utility avoiding them at all costs of commercial buildings and utilizing the resources that we already have or property, in the designated downtown available.” area.

Sellers said making Kyle more attractive • Promote the economic vitality of the designated would help citizens have a greater pride in their downtown area. city, and make them want • Support and promote to stay in it while also start-up efforts of new drawing in newcomers. and/or developing “Businesses, when they businesses within the look to relocate, they look designated downtown at whether or not the city area. is attractive, how their • Promote the restoration employees will feel,” he and continued said. maintenance of historic Sellers said the adoption commercial buildings of the plan will help make in the designated downtown area. beautification efforts more precise, since there is now a supporting document.

He said it’s part of a “larger said that for now he is very content with the plan holistic effort” to bring the community “where it as drafted, without a fee. ultimately needs to be.”

However, the plan that “Absent the plan was adopted by Kyle City we won’t have dollars Council does not include targeted to our any type of fee to be paid beautification effort, it by citizens. would just continue to be San Marcos and haphazard,” Sellers said.

Austin pay a monthly Smith and Sellers beautification fee to help hope the adoption of the make their initiatives a plan will lead to greater reality. community involvement, While residents would as citizens will have like the city to focus on opportunities to maintain image, Sellers said they the city through the haven’t seen requests for implementation of the more art or “expensive beautification initiatives. type beatification “We’re very pleased to initiatives.” have the approval of city He said the city will council and the adoption “evolve (the plan) over of this plan,” Smith said. time” and see what the “We’re looking forward “citizenry wants and to where it leads both the expects here in Kyle.” city and communities in “A good amount Kyle in terms of making of initiatives that are things even brighter and outlined are actually more beautiful than they already budgeted for,” already are.”

Smith said. “There are a

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PUBLIC HEARING Groundwater Management Area 10 Proposed Desired Future Conditions and Relevant Aquifer Designations Date: May 17, 2016 Time: 10:30 a.m.

Location: 1101 W. San Antonio St., Lockhart, TX 78644 At an open meeting of the Groundwater Management Area 10 Joint Planning Committee (GMA-10) held on March 14, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas, and attended by representatives from the following groundwater conservation districts located wholly or partially within Groundwater Management Area 10: Edwards Aquifer Authority, Medina County Groundwater Conservation District, Uvalde County Underground Water Conservation District, Plum Creek Conservation District, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Comal Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, and Kinney County Groundwater Conservation District; GMA-10 considered and adopted the following Proposed Desired Future Conditions (DFCs) for GMA-10 regional groundwater planning purposes:

Groundwater Management Area 10 Proposed Desired Future Conditions and Relevant Aquifer Designations Austin Chalk (Uvalde County) No drawdown (including exempt and non-exempt use).

Austin Chalk (Medina County) Declared non-relevant Buda Limestone (Uvalde County) No drawdown (including exempt and non-exempt use).

Buda Limestone (Medina County) Declared non-relevant Edwards (BFZ) Northern Subdivision Springflow at Barton Springs during average recharge conditions shall be no less than 49.7 cubic feet per second averaged over an 84 month (7year) period; and during extreme drought conditions, including those as severe as a recurrence of the 1950s drought of record, springflow of Barton Springs shall be no less than 6.5 cubic feet per second averaged on a monthly basis.

Edwards (BFZ) Northern Subdivision Saline Zone No more than 75 feet of regional average potentiometric surface drawdown due to pumping when compared to pre-development conditions.

Edwards (BFZ) San Antonio Segment within Edwards Aquifer Authority Desired future conditions and modeled available groundwater for the Edwards Aquifer within jurisdiction of the Edwards Aquifer Authority are set by the Texas Legislature (Act of May 28, 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., ch.

1351, § § 2.02 and 2.06, 2007 Tex. Gen. Laws, 4612, 4627, and 4627; Act of May 28, 2007, 80th Leg., R.S. ch. 1430, § § 12.02 and 12.06, 2007 Tex. Gen. Laws 5848, 5901, and 5903). The DFCs are specified in Sections 1.14(a), (f ), (h), and 1.26 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Act. The DFCs are specified in Sections 1.14(a), (f ), (h), and 1.26 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Act, and relate to levels in index wells (J-17 in the San Antonio pool and J-27 in the Uvalde pool) or flows in the Comal Springs and San Marcos Springs. Refer to the Edwards Aquifer Authority Groundwater Management Plan for details.

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Members of the public are invited to attend and provide oral comment, testimony, and/or submit other documentation and information relevant to the Proposed DFCs and Relevant Aquifer Designations to the Board of Directors at this Public Hearing.

If unable to attend the Public Hearing, members of the public are invited to submit written comments, testimony, and/or other documentation and information relevant to the Proposed DFCs and Relevant Aquifer Designations to the Board of Directors at the District Office located at: Plum Creek Conservation District P.O. Box 328 1101 W. San Antonio St. Lockhart, TX 78640 GMA-10 has prepared standardized Public Comment Forms to help you organize and substantiate your submission. This form is available at the address above or on our website at http://pccd.org/forms

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NOTICE OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS (AVISO DE ELECCION GENERAL Y ESPECIAL) To the Registered Voters of the City of Kyle, Texas: (A los votantes registrados de la Ciudad de Kyle, Texas) Notice is hereby given that the polling places listed below will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., on May 7, 2016 for voting in a General Election to elect a Council Member District 1 and Council Member District 3, and a Special Election to vote “For” or “Against” on the following propositions: Notifiquese, por la presente, que las casillas electorales abajo se abrirán desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. el 7 de Mayo de 2016 para votar en la Eleccion General para eligar a un miembro del Conejo de Districto 1, y a un miembro del Consejo de Districto 3, y una Eleccion Especial para votar “A favor de” o “Contra” de las proposiciónes siguientes que son enmiendas propuestas a los Estatutos de la Ciudad:

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Wastewater Spill: Into Garlic Creek Continued from pg. 1A

tor of Public Works, and other government officials have been notified.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) was notified and conducted an investigation at the site.

The TCEQ has detected “no adverse effects due to this incident,” according to the release, along with no solids released. TCEQ also observed no fish kill.

As a precaution, the TCEQ is asking those who use private drinking water supply wells located within a half-mile of the spill site or within the potentially affected area should use only distilled water or water boiled for one minute.

Distilled or boiled water should be used for personal uses including drinking, cooking, bathing and tooth brushing.

Individuals with private water wells should have their well water tested and disinfected, if necessary, prior to discontinuing distillation or boiling.

In addition, people who

purchase water from a public water supply may contact their water supply distributor to determine if the water is safe for personal use.

According to the TCEQ, the public should avoid contact with waste material, soil or water in the area potentially affected by the spill.

If the public comes into contact with waste material, soil or water potentially affected by the spill, they should bathe and wash clothes thoroughly as soon as possible.

Buda Water Specialist Brian Lillibridge said Mark’s Overlook’s Lodge was issued notification required by the state regarding the spill.

But according to Lillibridge, due to recent rainwater runoff, there were no solids in Garlic Creek that needed to be cleaned up.

Lillibridge said recent rains diluted any solids that may have spilled.

“We don’t want something like this to happen,”

Lillibridge said. “But runoff from the recent rain event helped a lot. With the overflow, no solids were observed. It was liquid, so there’s no solid to clean up.”

The suspected cause was due to work conducted by a contractor installing new equipment when a bypass pump malfunctioned.

A Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) line was also accidentally cut by the contractor and there was no alarm notification, according to the release.

The bypass pump has been restored to operation and the SCADA communication line has been repaired and tested.

The SCADA line, which is a land based line that transmits a high level alarm in case of emergency, is installed in all lift stations in Buda.

The contractor performing the work will hire qualified personnel to obtain water quality samples of Garlic Creek.

Jail Bailout: Is it time for a new one?

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In order to expand the jail, property near the standing structure will need to be acquired and will require the city of San Marcos to finish improvements on Uhland Road.

Commissioner Debbie Ingalsbe said the road is on the city’s list for capital improvements.

A law enforcement facility and a communication facility will be covered by the bond election as well.

The court agreed that the communication facility should house and serve both the county and municipalities within it.

Cobb said he still remembers the ribbon cutting ceremony for the

“Cell doors don’t lock and the place can catch on fire from wiring that is 30 years old. We’d be in an endless cycle of funding a couple of million dollars for a while on an annual basis of duct taping that whole thing together.”

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Rebs plaster Chaps 8-4 With Saturday’s win, Hays (12-11-1, 9-5) stayed a game ahead of Westlake and the Bowie Bulldogs for second place in 14-6A with four games left in the regular season.

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A second straight trip to the UIL Class 6A Region Golf Tournament was made by Lehman High junior Hillary Hernandez, who competed against the best golfers in the state April 11-12. Hernandez finished with a score of 153 during the two day event, scoring a 78 on the first day of competition, followed by a 75 on day two.

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A pair of rain delays Saturday didn’t stop the Hays Rebels from not only notching a key district win against one of their rivals, but also maintain their standing in the playoff chase.

Six runs scored in the seventh frame provided the Rebels enough separation to beat the Westlake Chaparrals 8-4.

Westlake took a 1-0 lead in the second inning before Hays battled back to tie the game in the fourth frame.

The Rebels tallied a run in the fifth inning to take a slim 2-1 lead.

Westlake, however, countered by plating three runs in the bottom of the fifth frame to take a 4-1 advantage.

Hays exploded with a six run salvo in the seventh inning to pull away.

The Rebel offense scattered 10 hits on Westlake pitching.

Senior Mike Gonzales started the game on the mound but earned a no decision, went 3 for 3 at the plate.

Gonzales went five innings in his outing.

Rebel junior Justin Peevey went 2 for 3, scoring two runs and also had an RBI. Hays junior Cole Irby finished with two RBIs, while sophomore Clayton Cathey and junior Bryce Symmes finished with one RBI. Hays’ Dallas Vega earned the win by going one inning and tossing two strikeouts.

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Hays CISD Letter of Intention Signings

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A Hays High senior Dale Caswell signed his letter of intent to play football at Howard Payne University. Joining Caswell were his parents, Dale and Amy Caswell, and his brother, Colt.

Lehman High senior soccer player Jennifer Gonzalez signed her national letter of intent to continue her career at HustonTillotson University in Austin. Joining her in the photo were parents Janette Velez and Cirino Gonzalez and her sisters.

Hays Rebel Johnson Elrod signed on to continue his football career at Southwestern University in Georgetown. He is joined in the photo by parents Robert and Melisa Elrod.

Hays High softball player Karina Rocha signed a letter of intent to continue her career at Angelo State University in San Angelo. She was joined in the photo by parents Carlos and Zulma Rocha.

Hays High senior softball player Nadia Netek signed a letter of intent to continue her career at Southwestern Unversity in Georgetown. She was joined in the photo by parents Vanita and Jerry Netek.

fter months of descending into a downward spiral, former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel may have to find a new line of work soon.

It comes after Manziel, aka Johnny Football, saw his career as a pro football player take another substantial sack this past week.

The latest development in the Johnny Football soap opera took place this week when notable agent Drew Rosenhaus officially “fired” Manziel as his client.

Rosenhaus, who has represented many big name athletes in the sports industry, cut ties with the embattled quarterback after he gave what amounted to an ultimatum. Rosenhaus threatened to, and ultimately did, end his relationship with Manziel after Manziel failed to receive help for his substance abuse issues.

Of course, sports fans who have been following social media or the hot sheets (i.e. tabloid pages) have been front and center to the train wreck that’s been Johnny Football’s playing career and his off-the-field issues.

Issues that have been well documented by various sports media outlets.

Issues that led Manziel’s former team, the Cleveland Browns, to throw in the towel and waive him March 11.

It says something when a team that’s won only 19 games in five seasons thinks you’re a liability despite your talents.

Perhaps that’s what makes this saga the sports equivalent of a Greek tragedy.

It’s a story that’s become far too commonplace in the world of sports. The tale of a young athlete with tons of promise, but little discipline, succumbing to the pitfalls of fame and fortune.

For a young, brash, athlete like Manziel, the vices of alcohol and drugs seem to be too much to ignore.

At the same time, some of the behaviors Manziel is exhibiting (primarily the party-hardy lifestyle) isn’t far off from the actions of other 23-year-old males in America.

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I applaud Nike for making that decision. Unfortunately, it may not make much of a difference in how Manziel behaves.

Perhaps that’s what makes this entire saga so painful to take in. The fact that Manziel hasn’t learned that his status as a high-profile athelte/celebrity doesn’t entitle him to act like a buffoon.

Because of his off-thefield transgressions, images of Manziel’s on-thefield prowess, primarily at A&M, are fading away faster than a 40-year-old veteran quarterback on the depth chart.

Worse is that he has now shown patterns of acting in a violent manner toward others, not just himself.

According to media reports, a Dallas County grand jury is expected to hear Manziels’ misdemenaor domesitc violance case.

Manziel ultimately needs help in conquering his issues. It’s something the star quarterback has vowed for some time to alleviate.

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Hays CISD School Board Candidate Questionnaires See what your local school board candidates have to say about the issues. Incumbent school member Merideth Keller and candidate Jonanna Mikulenka will be competing for the District 5 seat, while Priscilla Harrell and Esperanza Orosco will compete for the District 4 seat.

The Hays School Board election is Saturday, May 7. Early voting starts Monday, April 25.

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HAYS SCHOOL BOARD • DISTRICT 5

Merideth Keller

Jonanna Mikulenka

Priscilla Harrell

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What prompted you to seek election or reelection?

I am seeking re-election to the Hays CISD Board of Trustees to continue my leadership and record of supporting our students, parents, staff members and taxpayers. I have a unique perspective because of my intimate current and historical knowledge of the workings of our board, administration and, most importantly, the education of the students we serve. The community deserves dedicated leaders and I have a long history of serving our community well.

What prompted you to seek election or reelection?

I feel that it is my passion and obligation to serve my community and I am frustrated with the current school performance - I expect more than we are currently receiving from our Trustees! This community has been home to my family for 20 years and I have served in various organizations within the School District and through many other service programs. Serving as a Trustee is another way to share my talents and skills with the community.

My children have attended or are attending HCISD schools and this is another way for me to be an active member of my community. I care about this community and have always wanted to help our school become more than it currently is. I feel that my skillset combined with my plans to help raise the bar on education will improve our School District performance, which is desperately needed and has been needed for quite some time. Change is a good thing!

What prompted you to seek election or reelection?

I am super excited to be running for Hays CISD School Board Trustee–District 5.

As a proud parent of 2 daughters, both graduates from Public Schools and now a new proud grandmother of a baby girl, like you, Education is certainly a priority for me. I strongly believe in being involved and engaging in our schools. As a Mom, Parent, Advocate, Community Leader and supporting public school for 27 plus years. I want to continue working and advocating for the education of all students in our community. I want to ensure 110% that every student gets a wellrounded Education. Our students deserve it! I strongly believe that we have amazing teachers and staff working with our students. I want the best resources and programs (CTE programs, Special Education, and Student Support Services-Guidance and Counseling) to be invested in our students, teachers, transportation, administration, nutrition for our students and classrooms. I will also require that our tax dollars are used effectively and efficiently. My efforts as a board member would center on serving all of the students in the community; one student is no more important than another.

What prompted you to seek election or reelection?

Having taught over 10 years in Hays CISD, I believe that I can bring an important perspective that has not yet been present on the board. As a classroom teacher, I experienced firsthand the consequences of budget cuts, like increases in class sizes and the real world impact these types of changes have on our students. As President of Hays Educators Association TSTA for over seven years, I was an advocate for retaining reading intervention teachers, for smaller class sizes, and for valuing our District employees with competitive salaries.

What do you bring to the table that your opponent doesn’t have?

I am the most qualified candidate because the leadership I provide began thirteen years ago and has not waivered. As your current District 4 Trustee, I serve as the current Board President and served as the past Vice-President and Secretary.

I have 180 hours of board training and served on multiple board-level committees. I have successfully advocated for low elementary class sizes, lower taxes, higher teacher pay and process improvements. My district-level service includes the District Leadership Team, Growth Impact Committee, Bond Committee, Attendance Zone Committee, Principal Hiring Team, and the State Comptroller Task Force on Student Learning. I have served at the campus level on committees such as the Campus Leadership Team, PTA and booster clubs.

I am the most involved, knowledgeable and dedicated candidate.

What are the three biggest issues facing your district and what do you plan to do to alleviate those issues?

Improving academic advancement for all students is the biggest issue facing our district. We need to embrace a clear college and career readiness plan. It is up to the board to ensure that teachers are provided with the appropriate resources and training. I have been and will continue to be their biggest advocate.

Addressing the explosive growth is another important issue. In 2017 we will propose a bond that should alleviate some of our overcrowding, In the interim, we cannot allow our student to teacher ratio to go over 22:1. I have successfully advocated for our district to adhere to that ratio.

We must also improve our parent and community involvement. We have already started a district level volunteer plan but we have to build support at the campus level. I will advocate for this to be a continued board goal.

Should Hays CISD consider magnet high schools in the future and why?

I support the idea of considering magnet schools at all levels.

Statistically, magnet campuses provide more specialized learning and teaching which result in the best academic outcomes. Individualized, project-based instruction that draws on student strengths, while improving weaknesses, is a proven method that is often associated with magnet schools.

Along with a third high school, what should Hays CISD place in the proposed bond to voters next May and why?

In addition to a third high school, the bond should address the need for new elementary campuses and possibly another middle school. The bond oversight committee or the growth impact committee will work with administration to determine the

What do you bring to the table that your opponent doesn’t have?

As an active parent within Hays CISD, I know several of the pain points at the elementary, middle and high school levels – as I have experienced it with my own children!

In addition, I can bring my business experience, college degrees (I have two) and my CPA certification to help challenge the status quo that the District seems to be perpetually stuck in. My credentials also speak for themselves…I am a financial expert and know how to make wise financial decisions! I possess more than 20 years of business experience – particularly in a fastpaced, growing technology industry. I understand how effective, prosperous organizations are run and feel that this knowledge can vastly challenge and improve many areas of the School District. I understand that we have to move quicker, smarter and faster than the current system allows and I have the skill and knowledge as to how to successfully manage this oftentimes cumbersome process.

What are the three biggest issues facing your district and what do you plan to do to alleviate those issues?

As one of the fastest growing Districts in Texas, HCISD has and will continue to have many challenges – first and foremost being academic performance followed by budgetary constraints and managing the rapid growth. Our dropout rate is close to 10%...we as a community are doing a large disservice to ourselves if we cannot reduce that rate. In addition, the preliminary budget forecasts currently under review for the next three years shows the District with a significant deficit and tough challenges ahead. My business experience as a CPA will help provide the financial guidance that the District desperately needs. Finally, the rapid growth can be managed and a plan developed based upon projected patterns and trends. We should not be signing waivers every year when we determine at the end of the calendar that our classes are overcrowded! We should be pro-active and manage classroom size early on to reduce the cycle of waivers that we seem to do all the time.

What do you bring to the table that your opponent doesn’t have?

I believe that I am the most qualified because as a Mom, Parent, Advocate and Community Leader I have built strong relationships and earned the trust of parents, teachers, students, administrators and community members and leaders. I understand the issues and values of our district, and I will work collaboratively and support our district. I have been involved and supporting public schools for 27 plus years. From Elementary, Middle School and all the way thru High School. Having the experience and opportunity of volunteering as a PTO/PTA Chairperson/Class Room Mom is where I started my contributions, fundraising for scholarships for our students, volunteering, hosting teacher appreciation & dance banquets, running concession stands, assisting school carnivals, sponsoring with Shattered Dreams Program. This is where I have become passionate about the quality of education our students receive. The last 4 years I have served on the Lehman High School Dance Booster Club as President and Treasurer, The Hays CISD Leadership Team, (committee advised the Board in establishing and reviewing the District’s educational goals, objectives and major district wide classroom instructional programs), 28 years in telecommunications, Bilingual Communicator, compassionately served and helped families, parents, students and our community thru critical times in the Funeral Business with my husband Jerry Harrell (Harrell Funeral Home). One of the most important skill sets I possess is my ability to listen, identify important issues and work together to identify and implement solutions. I have the experience in working with budgets, day to day policies with the city, state and different countries. I have the leadership, commitment, integrity, focus and get the job done qualities, always going the extra mile, skills and experience to be your School Board Trustee- District 5

Should Hays CISD consider magnet high schools in the future and why?

I definitely see magnet schools as valuable, but feel that our current schools need to be performing at a higher level before we throw another challenge into the mix ...

What are the three biggest issues facing your district and what do you plan to do to alleviate those issues?

First, Financial Resources/Supplies/Funding (books, computers & educational programs, CTE programs, Special Education, and Student ...

What do you bring to the table that your opponent doesn’t have?

At this critical time for our district, we need someone knowledgeable on district matters and board history – someone who can hit the ground running. I have actively let the board and administration know my positions with regard to policy, on budget discussions, and advocating for the implementation of best practices on specific programs. I have attended over 100 board meetings, budget workshops, goal settings, and board trainings; so, my historical reference of the District’s business and experience as a teacher afford me a unique perspective. I have been an active participant and advocate for our children and employees. And I can pledge that I will continue to do just that.

What are the three biggest issues facing your district and what do you plan to do to alleviate those issues?

Hays CISD has accomplished many things, but we need to continue to strengthen our academic programs, deal with rapid growth, and recruit and retain highly qualified educators for our students. To strengthen our academic programs, an increase in advanced curriculum options will prepare & inspire our students to reach their goals. I am also committed to prioritizing issues resulting from our District’s rapid growth, like class sizes & staffing. It is critical that we decrease class sizes and set policy that will keep K-4 at 18:1 for low socio economic schools and 20:1 for other schools; this issue also needs to be addressed at the secondary level. With regard to the retention and recruitment of highly qualified teachers, implementing recommendations from the TASB market salary study that revealed just how much Hays CISD employees are behind in pay would allow us to close that gap.

Should Hays CISD consider magnet high schools in the future and why?

Magnet high schools should be considered as an option. Magnet schools are part of the public school system and governed by the School Board. They do, however, receive additional funds to enable them to spend more money on teachers, students, educational programs and supplies. Magnet schools allow for a focus on one theme, i.e. STEM, Arts, Music, to be integrated into every subject taught. A magnet school also implements a different mode of instruction that promotes excellence beyond what is offered in a regular school setting. As a district, we need to gauge interest in magnet schools and, if the interest is there, explore what it would take to begin formulating a plan to implement such a program. This would include observing successful magnet programs and speaking with parents, students, and teachers of these programs, so we can work to meet the needs of our district...

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Whoops! The octopus grabbed some of the words out of this article. Can you replace them? n octopus mom is a busy mom.

She lays from 50,000 _________ to as many as 200,000 eggs!

She carefully ____________ her eggs and stitches them together in long ____________. She then attaches them to the roof of a cave.

This is her nursery.

What did the mother Surinam toad say to her kids? Unscramble the answer:

It can take ___________ for the th eggs to hatch. The mother octopus stays with her eggs the entire time. She protects the eggs from _______________. She waves her tentacles gently over the eggs. The moving water keeps them clean and _____________ them with plenty of oxygen.

But watching the eggs means she can’t go ____________ to feed herself. Sadly, after the eggs hatch and she releases them into the ocean, she dies.

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals adapt in different ways in order to survive.

Donkey mothers may be the most devoted of all. They will not let any other animal come between them and their babies.

Even if a curious little kitten comes close, a donkey mom will chase it away.

Find the differences between the mother donkey and its foal and their reflection in the pond.

he mother Surinam toad cares for her eggs in one of the strangest ways. As the mother toad lays eggs, the male toad presses them one by one into the soft skin on the mother’s back. After a while, each egg sinks into a little pocket that forms on the mother’s back. Then a covering of skin grows over the pocket. The baby toads hatch and develop in these little pockets. A few weeks later, the mother rubs her back and the little toads swim free.

mama alligator covers her eggs with old, rotting plants. As the plants rot, they give off heat which means mama doesn’t have to sit on her eggs to keep them warm.

Help the alligator find her way back to the nest.

While she may not sit on her eggs to keep them warm, a mama alligator does stay close to the nest to protect the eggs from predators.

Once her babies are born, she carries them around in her jaw for protection.

ALLIGATOR PREDATORS OCTOPUS SURINAM CURIOUS DONKEY MOTHER HATCH WAVES TOAD BABY BORN CAVE NEST SWIM

The wolf spidur is a caring mom. While most spiders wrap their eggs in a silken pouch and leaf them behind, this mom carries her egg sac on her back.

She carry it everywhere she goes. If it fall off, the wolf spider mom puts it back on. And once her eggs hatch, she takes care of the little crawlers and let’s them ride on her back until they are reddy for life on their own.

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Community

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Buda icon passes away at 103

BY MOSES LEOS III

Market and Grocery on Main Street and opernews@haysfreepress.com ated the business over the course of 23 years.

It was during that timeHaving lived a life frame when Clark became that spanned 103 years, Cecil M. Clark experienced one of the first members of the Buda Volunteer Fire events ranging from the Department.

Great Depression, to the Afterward, Clark worked moon landing and cell at what was Buda Grocery phone technology. for another 22 years.

But for Clark’s son and Kasper, who recalled daughter, Cecil A. Clark working at the Clark’s and Bobbie Clark Kasper, Market on a memories of daily basis, their iconic said her father, who father was passed one to help, away Friday, even if some extend to customers his alwayscouldn’t pay friendly their bills. disposition.

“If anyone “He never needed any met a stranghelp with er,” Kasper anything, he said. “He was ready to could talk help them,” to anyone Kasper said. and he was But she friends with also reeveryone. He membered never had a her father’s bad word to –Cecil A. Clark, ability to be say.” son of Cecil M. Clark a great comClark, municator. according She said he often talked to a 2012 All Around Hays with a group of men who article, grew up on a farm conversed on the front in Goforth and lived in porch of Clark’s grocery.

Central Texas his whole “He liked people and life. talking to them and being During the 1940s, Clark around them,” Kasper said. worked as a firefighter at In 1972, Clark entered a Camp Swift in Bastrop.

Following the end of World new venture when he became caretaker of the Live War II, Clark and his wife, Oak Cemetery. He held Wayne, opened Clark’s

“He loved people.

He really did. And he helped a lot of people.”

Moringa tree is a living pharmacy

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ecently while doing some research for our new medicinal / healing garden, my wife shared an article with me on the Moringa tree, and the more I read, the more fascinated I became.

First of all, the Moringa, also known as the ‘Drumstick Tree,’ is nearly entirely edible. It can grow with little water, has multiple times the amount of nutrients as oranges, carrots and milk, and grows very well in regions of malnutrition. Could this impressive tree, Moringa oleifra, solve the world’s food crisis?

Many are convinced it will.

The Moringa is a distant relative of cabbage and papaya. Its roots taste so much like its cousin horseradish, that sometimes people called it the horseradish tree.

The fruit, a popular Indian vegetable, looks like a cross between an okra and a pole bean, and has the flavor of asparagus. The tree’s cooked flowers mimic mushrooms in taste, while the leaves hint at spinach and lettuce.

Its immature seeds are used like peas, and if you fry them when mature, they resemble peanuts.

In fact, it’s hard to find a part of the Moringa tree that isn’t edible.

Even the bark is sometimes taken internally for diarrhea. Locals consider it a living pharmacy.

It’s About Thyme

by David K. Sargert

The Moringa has proven to be a multipurpose arsenal that dispenses some of the best secrets nature has to offer. For centuries it has been used in ancient Indian ‘Ayurvedic’ herbalism to treat a host of ailments such as anemia, bronchitis, tumors, scurvy, and skin infections.

Drought hardy and disease resistant, the Moringa Tree is a godsend during the dry season, when little food is available. The leaves offer a spectrum of nutrition, rich in vitamins A, B, and C, as well as protein, calcium, and iron.

They are so nutritious, in fact, that they contain more vitamin A than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges, more calcium than milk, more iron than spinach, more potassium than bananas, and more protein than either milk or eggs! A traditional item in pickles and curries, the raw leaves are also perfect for salads.

Like the leaves, the flowers too are edible when cooked, packed with calcium and potassium. As a bonus, they are incredibly fragrant, and help support native bee populations.

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Cecil (right) and his wife Wayne Clark pose near the front of Clark’s Grocery and Market, that they owned and operated for 20 years on Buda’s Main Street.

the position of caretaker until 2015, and remained president of the cemetery association until his death.

According to family, Clark was asked to work there, and did so without hesitation.

“That was his nature,” Kasper said. “He loved to work.”

Deer hunting was one of Clark’s lifelong passions.

His son, Cecil, said his

father killed “two bucks nearly every year.” His first kill was made on the Fox Ranch in Johnson City many years ago, Cecil said.

The trophy remains hung on the wall of Clark’s home.

“Most of the time he killed one on the first day,” he said.

Clark hunted at several locations during his life, with the latest being the McCoy Ranch in Kyle.

He also held a fondness of driving well into his later years, along with the domino game “42.” His enjoyment of Whataburger was also an important factor. Several of Clark’s birthday celebrations were held at the Buda location.

On Oct. 24, 2012, the Hays County Commissioners Court celebrated Clark’s 100th birthday by proclaiming “Cecil Clark Day.”

He also gained recognition from the state of Texas and President Barack Obama.

His son Cecil said Clark was the “best man in town.”

“He loved people. He really did. And he helped a lot of people,” Cecil said.

Clark is survived by eight grandchildren, 23 greatgrandchildren and 20 great-great grandchildren.

Support: The best-kept secret of trauma recovery

BY PAIGE LAMBERT

news@haysfreepress.com

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elissa Rodriguez and her brother met after years of hurt and frustration caused by his drug addiction.

As they talked, he explained his addictions stemmed from concealing the abuse he received as a child.

“We never talked about it as a family,” Rodriguez said. “And when he went to treatment, he said every single person had childhood trauma, every single one.”

Rodriguez, director of community partnerships for the Hays Caldwell Women’s Center (HCWC), said one of the biggest issues with child abuse is the victim or family won’t talk about it.

“It is not uncommon for them to keep a secret and not go to mom or dad immediately,” Rodriguez said. “Even to parents that say if anyone ever does anything you need to tell me.”

She said feelings of shame or embarrassment keep the child from going to the parents because they typically know the abuser.

According to a Children’s Bureau 2014 Child Maltreatment report, 93.2 percent of abusers had some form of a relationship with the child – whether as parent, teacher, friend of family or other instances.

Familial abusers are more likely because the family doesn’t want to confront the issue or the victim doesn’t want to cause trouble, Rodriguez said.

“Most people want to be good parents ... If you have a little bit of education and support, you can be.”

Julie Ramsay New, Greater San Marcos Youth Council director

“We are sending them this message that it’s okay. And why? Because they are family,” she said.

“And we are sending a message to the victim that they don’t matter as much.”

The children at risk for prolonged trauma, even into adulthood, are those whose parents are unsupportive or don’t believe them, Rodriguez said.

Unbelieving parents

tend to be the least likely to take the child to therapy, follow up and especially be supportive through the criminal justice process, she said.

“All those things compound in a child and can make their efforts at healing more difficult,” Rodriguez said. “They tend to take back their allegation because they don’t have the support of a mom.”

Rodriguez said her

own mother didn’t want to talk about her brother’s abuse for fear that bringing it up would cause him more pain.

Julie Ramsay New, Greater San Marcos Youth Council director, said most parents want to help their children, but don’t know how.

The council offers parental counseling for those whose kids may be abused, or use the council’s service, New said.

“Most people want to be good parents,” New said. “If you have a little bit of education and support, you can be.”

Rodriguez said the best thing a family member can do is be part of a child’s support network.

Many of the therapies and recovery processes at HCWC include the parents and focus on how to move forward as a unit.

“The truth is when trauma happens to your child it happens to your family unit,” Rodriquez said. “This changes not just their life but it changed yours too and you need to process that.”

She said many times, an adult’s history of abuse will come out while attending therapy for their own child.

Keeping the abuse hidden has shown to create patterns of abuse in the person’s life, whether it is with drugs, alcohol or sexual abuse, Rodriguez said.

“I know what keeping it a secret does, I know the dangers that are involved with that,” Rodriguez said. “I also know there is power in healing and recovery.”

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Santa Cruz Wellness Fair PHOTOS BY MOSES LEOS III

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Hays-Caldwell Women’s Shelter hosted a Child Wellness Extravaganza this past Saturday at the Buda City Park Pavilion! It was 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.

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Keep your eyes peeled for rogue wieners, roadrunners by Pauline Tom

On an earlier date than usual, hundreds of dachshunds will arrive at the famous Buda Wiener Dog Races this weekend, April 23 and 24. April has five Saturdays this year. Mountain City can be proud that our own Diane Krejci presented the concept of these races to the Buda Lions Club over 19 years ago.

The first Saturday Montage in June will be here before we know it. That’s the day for the citywide garage sales.

It’s followed by Dumpster Days, the 2nd Saturday and Sunday in June.

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251 N. FM 1626, Bldg. 2, Ste. C, Buda, Texas 78610 312-1917

DRUG STORE

203 Railroad Street Downtown Buda Pharmacy 312-2111 Fountain 312-2172

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

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Faith Assembly of God 1030 Main St., Buda

St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church 725 RR 967, Buda

Monte del Olivar Christian Center 2400 FM 150 E., Kyle

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church RR 3237 (Wimberley Rd.), Kyle

The Connection Church 1235 S. Loop 4, Buda

BAPTIST First Baptist Church-Buda 104 San Marcos St., Buda First Baptist Church-Kyle 300 W. Center St., Kyle Hays Hills Baptist Church 1401 FM 1626, Buda Sledge Chapel Missionary Baptist Church 709 Sewell, Kyle Southeast Baptist Church 5020 Turnersville Rd., Creedmoor

Your Hometown McDonald’s

McDonald’s of Buda

15359 IH-35, Ste. B P.O. Box 1364, Buda, TX 78610 512-312-2383 Locally owned and operated

by Jimmy and Cindi Ferguson

Manchaca Baptist Church Lowden Lane & FM 1626 Immanuel Baptist Church 4000 E. FM 150, 4 miles east of Kyle Center Union Baptist Church Goforth Rd., Buda

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church 11819 IH-35 South

Jehovah’s Witnesses South 10802 Manchaca Rd., Manchaca

Mission Fellowship Church 200 San Marcos Street, Buda

LUTHERAN Living Word Lutheran ELCA 2315 FM 967, Buda Good Shepherd Ministries FM 967, Buda

2325 FM 967 • 312-0701

St. John Lutheran, LCMS 20 N. Camino Real (State Hwy. 21), Uhland

St. Michael’s Catholic Church S. Old Spanish Trail, Uhland CHRISTIAN

New Life Christian Church 2315 FM 967, Buda Iglesia Israelita Casa de Dios 816 Green Pastures Dr., Kyle

A non-denominational church with live contemporary Christian music and life giving teaching!

Located 1 block off FM 2001 at 302 Millennium Dr., Kyle, Texas (Millennium Drive is an entrance road) Pastor Rusty Fletcher and family

Services Sun. 11:00 a.m.

Wed. 7:30 p.m.

Call or Text 512.393.4460

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

Worship Service, 10:55 a.m.

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

Men’s Bible Study, 7 p.m.

Family Discipleship, 7:15 p.m.

(Spanish)

and Dale Brown

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

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

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

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

Driftwood United Methodist Church RR 150 at County Road 170

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

PRESBYTERIAN

Hays Hills

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

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

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

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

First Baptist Church

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

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

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Baptist Church

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

www.hayshills.org 1401 N. FM 1626

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

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

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SANTA CRUZ John CATHOLIC CHURCH St. Lutheran Church

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

2315 FM 967, Buda at Living Word Lutheran

Friendly, Courteous Service

Call 1-866-691-2369

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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A Fountain of Life Church 302 Millenium Dr. Kyle

Journey United Methodist 5151 Industrial Way Dr., Buda

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

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

Informal Worship (Chapel)-11 a.m.

Wednesday Evening (Chapel)-6:30

Pure Texas Spring Water!

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

Kyle United Methodist Church Sledge & Lockhart St., Kyle

Elm Street & San Marcos

FM 2770, Buda, Texas 295-4801

Por Tu Gracia Fellowship 701 Roland Lane, Kyle

METHODIST

Buda United Methodist Church

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

CHURCH OF CHRIST

Southern Hills Church of Christ 3740 FM 967, Buda

A FOUNTAIN OF LIFE

The Well Buda

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

Antioch Community Church Old Black Colony Rd., Buda

Kingdom United Christian Church 100 Madison Way, Buda

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OBITUARIES CLARK Cecil M. Clark was born on October 24, 1912 to Samuel Jackson and Ida Bell Clark in Goforth, Texas. He grew up on a farm in Goforth where he learned at an early age to pick cotton, plow the fields and work the farm.

He died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones on April 15, 2016. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, greatgrandfather, great-great grandfather and a friend to all, as he never met a stranger.

He married Wayne P. Foster on April 15, 1936 in Kyle, Texas. Early in their marriage they lived in Goforth and had their son, Cecil A. Clark. They moved to Austin where they had their daughter, Bobbie J. Clark. In 1945, they moved to Buda where they lived together for more than 60 years.

He worked many jobs including the CCC Camp in Vatiles, New Mexico; worked at Camp Swift in Bastrop County, Texas as a fireman; started a business, “Clarks Grocery and Market” that they ran for more than 20 years and was the caretaker for Goforth Cemetery. After selling the store he also worked as a butcher at Buda Grocery and Market for 22 years. He also held the position of president at Live Oak Cemetery since 1972.

Cecil loved to play “42” with the Senior Citizens and family.

Every year, he looked forward to deer season with his son and family.

And if you know Cecil, he always got his bucks and hit his limit. He also enjoyed working at the Live Oak Cemetery. He was the hardest working man and took so much pride in his work. He loved visiting with his sisters, family, and friends.

We are blessed to

know such a humble man and to have him in our lives. His generosity and unselfishness; his strength and wisdom; his morals and values and his strong work ethic will forever be instilled in each of us.

He was proceeded in death by his loving wife, Wayne Foster Clark, his parents Samuel Jackson and Ida Bell Smith, three brothers: Otis, Clifton, Preston; one sister: Alma; two grandchildren Cecil Allan Jr. and Jowayne and two greatgrandchildren Cliff and Dustin. Cecil is survived by his son, Cecil Allan Clark and Marian; daughter, Bobbie J. Kasper all of Buda; eight grandchildren: Debbie, Donna, Elizabeth, Dena, Sammy, Marty, Willie, Sarah; 23 greatgrandchildren: Lexi, Allen, Ty, Clint, Kimberly, John, Melissa, Kayla, Trey, Misty, Steven, Matt, Kori, Dylan, Kamri, Jessica, Victoria, Samantha, Preston, Brooke, Wesley, Kaleb, Madalyn; twenty greatgreat-grandchildren: Hayden, Jhett, Lilah, Madyson, Taylor, Dakota, Riley, Ryan, Tyler, Aubrie, Marli, Jordan, Ava, Jaxon, Jayson, Arya, Roman, Jared, Jenna, Clint Jr. and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were Tuesday at the funeral home and burial followed in Live Oak Cemetery Manchaca.

The family wants to extend a special thanks to Nolan, John and his friends at the Senior Citizens for making his domino days special.

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 on August 13, 1955, and had four children: Becky, Kevin, Lindell, and Susan. Lyle completed his degree in Industrial Education at Pan American University in the Rio Grande Valley.

Lyle and his family lived in McAllen, Texas, for 20 years and 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, woodworking

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 passed away peacefully on April 12, 2016, at home with his family and with his dog on his lap. There will be a “Lyle-Style Texas Wake” (this means a BBQ & party … yes, new terminology has been created for Lyle) at the family home in Kyle from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 16. A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, at Bethany Lutheran Church, 3701

W. Slaughter Lane, Austin, Texas. This service will be followed by a reception in the Fellowship Hall. Anyone who knew Lyle and would like to honor his memory is welcome.

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

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In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate memorial contributions made to one of the following organizations that were important to Lyle: The Kyle Fire Department (Hays County ESD #5), 210 W. Moore, Kyle, TX 78640 Central Texas AMVETS Post 115, 401 Rebel Drive, Kyle, TX 78640 (www.amvets115.org) Bethany Lutheran Church, 3701 W. Slaughter Lane, Austin, TX 78749.

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fter serving six years in the Montana state penitentiary, a train robber from Texas walked out of prison on April 21, 1901 a free man – free to resume a life of crime.

Orland Camillo Hanks was born in DeWitt County during the Civil War and grew up around Yorktown. Little is known about his childhood and adolescence other than he preferred the initials O.C. to the tongue-twister of a name his parents gave him.

Hanks was a year or two out of his teens when he hired on with a longdistance cattle drive from the Rio Grande Valley to the Montana Territory. He would not see Texas again for more than 20 years.

Soon after reaching Montana, Hanks started calling himself Charley Jones. He also went by the name Charles Kinkaid and, because of a hearing impairment, Deaf Charlie. Those aliases suggest that like so many Lone Star exiles, he was a wanted man back home.

From the mid-1880s until well into the next decade, Hanks wandered from ranch to ranch across Montana. Many of his fellow cowboys were common criminals, but two had earned memorable nicknames – Harry Longabaugh, the famous Sundance Kid, and Harvey Logan, another member of the Holein-the-Wall Gang better known as Kid Curry.

There is no telling what made O.C. Hanks try his luck at big-time crime.

Money may have been the motive or maybe he was sick and tired of being a saddle-sore cowpuncher.

Four masked men stopped and boarded the Northern Pacific Express 20 miles east of Big Timber, Montana on the night of Aug. 26, 1893. The express car messenger guessed what was going on and stashed packets of greenbacks in his favorite hiding places before unlocking the door.

When the robbers ordered him to open the safe, the messenger pleaded ignorance. The railroad did not trust him with the combination, a big lie he told convincingly. That made sense to the bandits, who did not bother to blow the safe, even though they had brought along plenty of dynamite, or search the express car.

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the tension by cracking jokes.

If the gang was disappointed by the take, a few hundred dollars and a sackful of cheap jewelry, they did not show it. The outlaws rode off into the night laughing and shooting their six-guns in celebration.

But their timing could not have been worse.

Train robbery was bad publicity for a brand-new state trying hard to live down its Wild West reputation. The culprits had to be brought to justice and fast.

Two county sheriffs pooled their resources and with a combined posse of 13, including U.S. Marshal Samuel Jackson, were hot on the outlaws’ trail within 36 hours. However, when five days of hard riding failed to gain any ground, the Northern Pacific effectively canceled the chase by announcing it would no longer pay the posse’s expenses.

Marshal Jackson went on alone and gradually closed the gap. At a small settlement 175 miles northwest of the crime site, he learned the fugitives had purchased supplies and played poker with the local deputy sheriff. From all indications, they had long ceased looking over their shoulders.

The federal bloodhound caught up with the train robbers on Oct. 2 near the Blackfoot Indian Agency. Thirty Blackfoot police and several civilians responded to his request for reinforcements, and the next morning they attacked the cabin containing the sleeping outlaws. After a gunbattle that left one

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With a fresh posse, Marshal Jackson tracked the desperadoes through the snow. In the second shoot-out in 24 hours, one bandit was killed and another mortally wounded. The dying man blamed the murder of the posseman on the Texan “Charley Jones,” who had escaped into the mountains with the fourth gang member.

Four days later on the edge of the wilderness wonderland soon to become Glacier National Park, an exhausted O.C. Hanks surrendered without a struggle. His companion once again eluded capture only to be shot and killed by a sheepherder.

The deathbed declaration of his talkative accomplice and the testimony of a guide paid to lead the gang through the Rockies were enough to convict Hanks of manslaughter. With time off for good behavior, he served six years and four months of a 10-year term.

The ex-convict did not have to think twice before accepting Harvey “Kid Curry” Logan’s invitation to a train robbery three months after his release. Taking his share of $40,000 in unsigned bank notes, he high-tailed it out of Montana and went on a wild cross-country spending spree.

Hanks ended up back in Texas after a run-in with the law in Nashville.

One night in April 1902, a San Antonio madam called the sheriff to remove a belligerent drunk from the premises. When O.C. Hanks resisted arrest, he was shot dead on the spot.

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Changing the face of Center Street Above, a worker with Great Big Signs in Kyle positions a large sign of a cowboy on the side of Milt’s BBQ on Center Street in Kyle. If you’ve driven down Center Street toward Interstate 35 in Kyle within the past week, you’ve probably noticed a tall Texan in full rodeo wear and a tengallon hat greet you. The sign is one of several projects that are part of the city’s Downtown Revitalization Grant Program, which helps businesses improve facades in the downtown sector. A story updating the project can be found online at www. haysfreepress.com.

Uhland sees 97% sales tax revenue increase STAFF REPORT A 96.8 percent increase in sales tax collections from last April gave Uhland the top spot over all other Hays County cities.

Uhland collected over $14,000 in sales taxes this month, with the city collecting over $54,000 so far in 2016.

According to Uhland Economic Development Corporation vice president

Karen Gallaher, Five Star Concrete is the city’s main sales tax contributor.

Uhland also receives sales taxes from the Bon Ton Grocery and Sassman Equpiment.

Wimberley collected the second highest increase from last April as the city saw an uptick of 36 percent.

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Keys on making a municipality attractive to businesses and visitors was one point Texas Secretary of State Carlos H. Cascos CASCOS spoke on during the Buda Area Chamber of Commerce Luncheon April 14.

For Cascos, who toured 37 Texas cities in 2015, the importance of every city in Texas, large or small, is vital to the state.

“Every community plays an integral role in Texas, whether it’s Houston or Bullard,” Cascos said. “There is no role that is too small.”

According to Cascos, a community’s ability to find its “niche” to draw vistitors is one major component.

Cascos said one difficult challenge cities have is to overcome “trying to be all things to all people.”

“It’s nearly impossible, especially for smaller communities, because they don’t offer a lot of big time retail stores, but a lot of small mom and pop operations,” Cascos said.

“But that’s what sets small towns apart, the mom and pop operations.”

Cascos cited cities such as Wimberley and Kerr-ville, which he said are a “tourism Mecca” due to their adherenace to small businesses.

While Cascos wasn’t sure what the niche is for all small cities, he said economic development corporations and chambers of commerce should take up the task.

Buda Mayor Todd Ruge said the city is “heading in the right direction” in terms of finding its niche. With the addition of Cabela’s in 2010, Ruge said the city gave itself the moniker of “outdoor capital of Texas.”

Focusing on eco-tourism could be an avenue Buda may explore in the future, Ruge said.

He cited the city’s recent acquisition of Garison Park and the city’s plans to redo city park.

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“We’re blessed to have parks … there’s no reason to not attract visitors to our parks,” Ruge said.

But for cities such as Buda, where small businesses are starting to compete with big box stores, finding a balance can be a challenge.

He said it’s a “tough call” as big box stores can buy in larger volumes and offer lower prices than smaller businesses.

“That’s something the locals have to find a way to overcome,” Cascos said. “The days of walking into a store and knowing the owner by a first name basis are slowly disappearing.”

Ruge said the city plans to use its parks system to continue to build the “small town charm.”

“Our small town charm is important to us and we can build upon that with the parks system,” Ruge said.

“It’s an avenue we can discuss.”

But Cascos said cities should follow four main principles that could help draw more business to the area.

Focusing on improving infrastructure was one aspect, with a second involving tax rates, which can range from ad valorem to ESD taxes.

Education and healthcare were two important sectors Cascos said cities could focus on to attract more business.

Cascos said the quality of the education system in or near a city, from administration and teachers, is also important.

“But for those without kids, it may not be a big deal,” Cascos said.

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INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT: Call 512-268-7862. Deadline is Monday at The City of Kyle shall hold a public hearing noon prior to the Wednesday publication. on a request by Tom Jordan to assign original zoning to approximately 5 acres from Agriculture “AG” to Warehouse District “W” on property located at 245 Lehman Road, in Hays County, Texas.

The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend andof the City Council may Notice Public Hearing consider assigning any zoning districtTO which NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN is equivalent or more restrictive.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT:

The City of Kyle shall hold a public hearing on a A public will original be held request

by Tomhearing Jordan to assign zoningby to the Planning Commission on approximatelyand 5 acresZoning from Agriculture “AG” to Warehouse District “W” on property located Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 6:30 P.M.at 245 Lehman Road, in Hays County, Texas.

Thepublic Planninghearing and Zoning Commission A will be held may by recommend the Kyle and the City Council may consider assigning any City Council on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at zoning district which is equivalent or more restrictive.

7:00 P.M. A public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.

Council action and second reading may be A public hearing be held by the Kyle Council considered atwill the meeting to City follow the on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. public hearing (June 7, 2016 at 7:00 P.M.).

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Public Notices

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SOUTH AUSTIN ONION CREEK SUBDIVISION COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE. Saturday, April 23rd, 7 a.m.

- 2 p.m. Enter from IH-35, Exit 225, Onion Creek Pkwy or from Bradshaw. Over 60 homes participating.

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Notice is hereby given that in Cause No. 16-0113-P, styled Estate of Audrey E. Oswalt, a/k/a Audrey Elaine Gregg Oswalt, Deceased, pending in the County Court at Law No. 1 of Hays County, Texas, original letters testamentary were issued on April 12, 2016, to Clifton Oswalt and Evelyn E. Nicholson.

Claims may be presented and addressed to the personal representatives of the estate in care of the attorneys at the following address: c/o GRAVES, DOUGHERTY, HEARON & MOODY A Professional Corporation Attn: Patricia A. Campbell

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located on the southwest corner of Porter Street and Cockerham Street, in Hays County, Texas.Public Notices

The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend and the City Council may Notice of any Public Hearing consider assigning zoning district which NOTICEorISmore HEREBY GIVEN TO is equivalent restrictive.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT: The public City of Kyle shall holdwill a public A hearing behearing held onby the a request by WS Live Oak Kyle, LLC. to rezone Planning Zoning approximatelyand 3.576 acres of landCommission from Single Familyon Tuesday, 2016 at 6:30 P.M. “CC” Residential May “R-1” 10, to Community Commercial

for property located on the southwest corner of Porter Street and Cockerham Street, in Hays County, Texas.

A public hearing will be held by the Kyle The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend City Council on Tuesday, 17, any 2016, at and the City Council may considerMay assigning zoningP.M. district which is equivalent or more restrictive.

7:00 A public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 6:30 Council action and second reading may be p.m. considered atwill thebe held meeting to City follow the A public hearing by the Kyle Council on Tuesday, May 17, 2016,7,at2016 7:00 p.m. public hearing (June at 7:00 P.M.).

Council action and second reading may be considered at the meeting to follow the public hearing (June 7, Kyle City Hall Council Chambers 2016 at 7:00 p.m.).

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original zoning to approximately 1.118 acres from Agriculture “AG” to Retail Service District “RS” on property located at 289 Anton Drive, in Hays County, Texas.

The Planning and may Notice ofZoning Public Commission Hearing recommend and the City Council may NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN consider assigning any zoning districtTO which INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT: isALL equivalent or more restrictive.

The City of Kyle shall hold a public hearing on a

request

by Jassiel Reyes towill assignbe original zoning A public hearing held by to the approximately 1.118 acres from Agriculture “AG” to Planning Commission on Retail Serviceand DistrictZoning “RS” on property located at 289 Tuesday, May 10,County, 2016 at 6:30 P.M. Anton Drive, in Hays Texas.

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City Council on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at A public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zon7:00 P.M.

ing Commission on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.

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Public Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Iris K. Blythe, Deceased, were issued on April 11, 2016, under Docket No. 16-0056-P, pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to Paul Markham Davenport, Jr. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate, addressed as follows: Paul Markham Davenport, Jr., Independent Executor of the Estate of Iris K. Blythe, Deceased c/o The Voeller Law Firm 19311 FM 2252 San Antonio, Texas 78266 All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Hal T. Blythe, Deceased, were issued on April 11, 2016, under Docket No. 16-0055-P, pending in the County

Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to Paul Markham Davenport, Jr. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate, addressed as follows: Paul Markham Davenport, Jr., Independent Executor of the Estate of Hal T. Blythe, Deceased c/o The Voeller Law Firm 19311 FM 2252 San Antonio, Texas 78266 All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS CONTRERAS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of ARTHUR CONTRERAS, Deceased, were issued on April 11, 2016, in Docket No. 16-0095-P, pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to: RAQUEL CONTRERAS SERRANO and ARTHUR JEFFREY CONTRERAS The residence of the Independent

Co-Executor is in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas. Address claims in care of the representative, RAQUEL CONTRERAS SERRANO, Independent Co-Executor. The post office address to which claims may be presented, is: c/o RAQUEL CONTRERAS SERRANO, Independent CoExecutor 959 Field Street San Marcos, Texas 78666 The residence of the Independent Co-Executor is in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas. Address claims in care of the representative, ARTHUR JEFFREY CONTRERAS, Independent Co-Executor. The post office address to which claims may be presented, is: c/o ARTHUR JEFFREY CONTRERAS, Independent CoExecutor 2618 Deerstand Loop San Marcos, Texas 78666 All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

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

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It is an honor to have the support of these and many more well-respected former Hays CISD School Board Members who continue to demonstrate their commitment to our community.

Mr. Ralph Pfluger, 1967-1974, 2004-2009, 2011

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512 787-2540 Pol. Adv. paid for Esperanza Orosco Campaign, David A. Salazar, Treasurer, 236 Morrell Kyle, Tx 78640

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Address claims in care of RAQUEL CONTRERAS SERRANO, Independent Co-Executor or ARTHUR JEFFREY CONTRERAS, Independent Co-Executor.

DATED the 12th day of April, 2016.

Respectfully submitted, SCANIO & SCANIO A Professional Corporation BY: /s/ Francesca Scanio FRANCESCA SCANIO, JR. 144 E. San Antonio Street San Marcos, Texas 78666 Tel: (512) 396 2016 Fax: (512) 353-2984 State Bar No. 24077299 ATTORNEYS FOR RAQUEL CONTRERAS SERRANO and ARTHUR JEFFREY CONTRERAS

HAYS CISD IS REQUESTING BIDS

Hays CISD is Requesting Bids for Bid #18-041602MS Roofing. Bids will be accepted until 4-26-16 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-268-2141 ext 6035) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Bid responses must be received by the HCISD Purchasing department 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.

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 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.”