April 26, 2017 Hays Free Press

APRIL 26, 2017 HOMES FOR HEROES

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National program gives home to disabled Marine.

Lady Rebels look ahead to playoff run.

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Filed bill could merge groundwater districts

BY MOSES LEOS III A proposed house bill could call for five groundwater conservation districts (GCD) spread across Hays, Blanco, Burnet, Comal and Kendall Counties to merge into a single aquifer management entity.

But concerns are rising that the legislation filed

by State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) has resurfaced debate over state versus local control.

Isaac’s bill, HB 3677, would create the Heart of Texas Aquifer District (HOTAD), which would span the five county area and include the Hays Trinity, BlancoPedernales, Comal Trinity, Cow Creek and Central Texas Groundwater Conservation Districts.

The bill would dissolve the five districts and require they transfer their debts, assets and obligations to the HOTAD, which would have full GCD powers via Chapter 36 of the Texas Water Code.

GCDs unaffected by the legislation include Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer, Edwards Aquifer and Plum Creek.

According to language

in the bill, the HOTAD would have five directors appointed by the Hays, Blanco, Burnet, Kendall and Comal commissioners courts.

During a virtual town hall on Facebook, Isaac said the reason for the bill was to eliminate the “patchwork quilt” of districts that regulate groundwater in Central Texas and consolidate all those districts into one.

The concern, Isaac said, was that each district has different rules for aquifer regulation.

“We need to do more based on science, in my opinion, on how water flows and not on man-made political boundaries,” Isaac said.

He added the bill was not an attempt for a water grab for other counties.

“We have food to grow and animals to feed,

and we have economic development and tourism we enjoy in Hays County,” Isaac said. “We want to protect those springs.”

Linda Kaye Rogers, board president of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, is concerned about the bill, primarily the operation of the proposed HOTAD.

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No fixes yet in Lehman parking drama

Save the trees?

BY LESLY DE LEON

PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III

Buda’s heritage oak trees have been protected by city officials when planning improvement projects, but proposed legislation could change that practice.

Legislation could kill Buda tree protections Protections that help preserve heritage trees in cities such as Buda could go by the wayside if legislation makes its way through the Texas Senate.

As city leaders keep an eye on Senate Bill 782, authored

by State Sen. Donna Campbell (R-New Braunfels), Buda Planning and Zoning Commissioners are forwarding to council possible changes to the city’s

Unified Development Code (UDC) that address perceived flaws regarding heritage trees.

Those changes, which include stiffer penalties for those who cut down trees, could make their way into the city’s new UDC should the Buda City Council decide on it in the future.

Colin Strother, Buda P&Z chair, said issues with Buda’s draft for the new UDC extended to language that could allow those who cut down a heritage

tree to replace it with new trees.

“That’s not what we want to go for,” Strother said, “We want them (City Council) to have to protect the trees that are already here.”

Strother said that P&Z commission members made recommendations to city council to “remove the provisions allowing people to cut down whatever trees they want and add a tax or penalty for those individuals who cut down protected and heritage trees.”

COMING UP Wiener Dog Races

The wiener dogs are back at Buda City Park April 29 and 30 for one of Central Texas’ biggest wiener dog festivals. Watch pups from all over put their best paws forward in the wiener dog races, enjoy local vendors and snacks and listen to live music at this annual event. Other events include pet parades, martial arts demonstrations, a spelling bee, cook-offs and much more. See budalions.com for a schedule or to register your racer.

NO MO POLLO

Restaurant chain to close in Kyle, San Marcos.

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INDEX

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

Strother is currently serving his third term on the P&Z Board and remembers when the mission to protect the trees in Buda got a shove forward.

“The issue of protecting our trees was more of a sunrise than a lightning strike,” Strother said.

“It most likely escalated when TxDOT wanted to cut down 163 trees to widen 967.”

Strother said that most of the desired 163 trees were heritage

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The Work and Career of Sandra Cisneros

Join the Wittliff Collections on Saturday, April 29 for a day-long scholarly symposium on Sandra Cisneros’ diverse body of work and celebrated career, featuring lectures by scholars from around the country. The event will last from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is free and open to the public. On April 30 from 2-4 p.m., Cisneros will join the Wittliff to celebrate the opening of her archives with a public reading, an interview by John Phillip Santos and a book signing. The Wittliff Collections is located on the seventh floor of the Alkek Library at Texas State University.

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Furor is growing among residents of a Kyle neighborhood who expressed frustrations to the Kyle City Council last week about Lehman High students parking in residential areas.

But two proposals attempting to fix the issue were both denied by Kyle City Council members, leaving Kyle city officials to find ways to alleviate the issue, which encompasses several streets in the Southlake Ranch Estates

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Water bills in the Lege Where are they now?

HB 4122

Author – Kyle Kacal (R-College Station) What: Bill would allow the owner of a parcel of land greater than 1,000 acres and included in the jurisdiction of two or more groundwater districts to petition to transfer their entire parcel of land into a single district.

Status – In committee: HB 4122 went before the House Natural Resources Committee April 5, but has not made its way to the house floor. State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) said the bill was postponed. It could have a committee substitute that lessens the requirement for land size to 100 acres.

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Founded April 10, 1903,

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

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Hays Free Press • April 26, 2017

Buda council approves Main Street sidewalk improvements

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

The high cost of maintaining a large aesthetic medallion in the FM 967 and Main Street intersection in Buda led city leaders to forgo the project, which could have cost $104,000.

Buda city officials instead chose to go with a cheaper option, which ranges from $27,000 to $55,000, that they hope could beautify the sidewalks near the intersection.

The decision was made after city staff presented the preliminary design of a project calling for colored concrete and aesthetic features at the Main Street and RM 967 intersection.

The preliminary design schematics, designed

by RPS Klotz and HDR Engineering, were for improvements to the intersection as part of the Proposition 3 2014 Bond

“If it’s a few thousand dollars and it’s aesthetically pleasing, it’s not a problem ... But when you’re talking about $66,000, you think about the things you could buy with it. You go through your head about things in the budget.”

aesthetic improvements, Grau said he wasn’t exactly sure since the generated numbers were only estimates.

“If it comes down to it, I would rather lean toward trees and benches than colored concrete,” Buda councilmember George Haehn said.

But Ruge said council decided to forgo the medallion due to the heavy traffic that could go in the area.

“It would take pressure washing and upkeep,” Ruge said.

But the high price tag

was a secondary factor that led officials to pump the brakes on the medallion option.

“If it’s a few thousand dollars and it’s aesthetically pleasing, it’s not a problem,” Ruge said. “But when you’re talking about $66,000, you think about the things you could buy with it. You go through your head about things in the budget.”

Ruge said the city chose an option that could allow for colored sidewalks and landscape features. It could also allow the city to implement medallion designs on the sidewalks.

Ruge said the city hasn’t bid the project out and no exact costs have been pinned down just yet.

It’s unknown at this time when the city will implement the improvements to the Main Street and RM 967 intersection.

Main Street projects are ongoing, according to city staff.

He said he wasn’t surprised P&Z wanted to make penalties “even stiffer than they are now.”

Ruge said he was okay with the draft of the UDC at this point. He said city council has not seen changes recommended

by P&Z just yet.

“When it comes to design and profitability, it’s not as easy for (developers) to cut down heritage trees without some sort of remediation or penalty,” Ruge said. “They have to either pay back or replace trees.”

However, city leaders are waiting on the outcome of Senate Bill (SB)

782.

If the bill is passed, governmental entities cannot prohibit a landowner from trimming or removing trees or timber located on the land.

Ruge said he believed the bill is focused on property rights. It’s something city leaders are publicly opposing.

“A lot of cities have ordinances that say, ‘we’d rather you not cut down that beautiful oak tree.

If you do, there has to be some remediation,’” Ruge said. “We’re going to wait and see with the UDC. That piece of legislation we’re not in favor of.”

–Todd Ruge, Buda mayor

projects.

Micah Grau, Buda assistant city manager, said while design plans were only 90 percent complete and utility relocation was still an ongoing process, he “felt confident that they were under budget.”

Staff had requested council direction regarding the use of stamped and colored concrete for a proposed intersection medallion located at the Main Street 967 intersection. The installation of the medallion and crosswalks was projected to cost $66,000.

Grau said the Buda Bond Advisory Committee had agreed on recommending the stamped and colored concrete over the option to stain the concrete because of future maintenance costs due to tire streaking.

Council members also provided direction regarding aesthetic sidewalk concepts. Grau said the advisory board supported using trees, benches and planters along city sidewalks, which would cost approximately $8,000.

When asked about the exact cost of sidewalk

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oaks, but Buda fought for the trees and TxDOT only ended up removing 27 smaller trees along 967.

Strother also mentioned the recent Main Street expansion project as being contingent on the survival of the ancient oaks winding along the road as well as the heritage tree over 200 years old that was relocated on the city’s new municipal site.

“We said if they couldn’t improve Main Street while preserving the trees, we would rather not do it,” Strother said.

The draft of the new UDC is still in a develop-

“We said if they couldn’t improve Main Street while preserving the trees, we would rather not do it.”

–Colin Strother, Buda P&Z chair

ment and review stage, but the recommendations from P&Z have been added to the draft code and will be reviewed by City council members before the new UDC is adopted.

There is no organized movement to save the trees, but when people

talk about what they love about Buda, it’s the smalltown charm and the trees are a part of it,” Strother said.

Buda Mayor Todd Ruge said the city is trying to be a leader when it comes to the “conservation of trees, wildlife and even water.”

Water Bills: Where are the bills in the Texas Legislature?

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HB 4045

Author: Phillip Cortez (D-San Antonio) What: Bill would allow a district to issue permits to landowners with more than 1,000 contiguous acres of land that’s under two or more groundwater districts without notice or the opportunity for a hearing. A permit issued would be authorized based on the volume of groundwater on a per acre basis based on the greatest amount authorized by the district that receives the application.

Status – Dead: State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) said Cortez would not move forward with HB 4045. The bill had

been referred to the House Committee of Natural Resources.

SB 2254

Status – Dead: Hinojosa will not pursue the bill, which could have granted the Needmore Ranch groundwater

conservation district powers under Chapter 36 of the Texas Water Code, according to State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping

Springs). The bill had been filed and referred to the House Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs Committee.

Author: Juan Hinojosa (D-McAllen) What: SB 2254 would grant the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 powers as a groundwater conservation district under Chapter 36 of the Texas Water Code if an election is held for such purpose.

At that time, Needmore Ranch MUD No. 1 would also be removed from jurisdiction of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District.

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Opinion

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“We said if they couldn’t improve Main Street while preserving the trees, we would rather not do it.”

–Colin Strother, Buda P&Z chair, on the preservation of Buda’s heritage oak trees.

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You can’t replace me

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ost of y’all saw the movie “The Terminator” where the world was ruled by machines, right? At the time that movie came out, most of us thought it was just science fiction, but today, with all the current technology and stuff that will be appearing in the near future, you’ve got to wonder how far from the truth it is. Just look at what we have now. There are robots assembling cars and other products.

Drones are used by the military to attack the enemy. Robots are used by the police to defuse or detonate bombs. And who hasn’t received those annoying robo-calls from political groups or time-share resorts?

Cool, Huh? But hold on! Each new gadget puts humans out of a job. Toll roads used to have booths manned by humans, but now, cameras and computers do most of the work.

Crossing guards are rare these days thanks to electronic monitors on crosswalks that say “Wait” or “Walk”.

Personally, I’d like to see one that reads “Better move it, old man.”

Who remembers going into a drug store and getting a refreshing beverage from a soda jerk?

Today, if you want a soda, you go up to some fancy machine with lots of buttons to push. I used one just recently. Now, I admit that I’m not real tech savvy, so it took a while for me to figure this contraption out.

First, I pushed one button for Coke. Then one for cherry and a third button for vanilla. I was so proud of myself for being a nouveau nerd but quickly realize I made a slight mistake by forgetting to put a cup under the dispenser.

Hey, there was no instruction on that screen that said “Put a cup in first, old man.”

I saw the other day on TV that we will soon have driverless taxis and big rigs cruising down the highway. I found this a little scary but then I realized driverless vehicles are probably safer than those humans who text and drive. And I bet robocars will use their blinkers and won’t tailgate. These might be alright, unless you are a truck driver or a cabby.

We have all been to stores with selfcheck out lanes, but now, Amazon has a grocery store that scans products taken off the shelf and links up to your smart phone to create an

From the Crow’s Nest

by Clint Younts

invoice. Shoppers just grab what they need and skedaddle out the store without going through a check out lane. No need for human grocery clerks.

Schools are turning to technology to teach kids. Computer programs and online classes have become abundant. Human teachers may get booted to the curb while the class is being taught by artificial intelligence.

I wished I had a computer teaching me when I was in the 3rd grade. My knuckles still ache from being whacked so often by a rulerwielding teacher.

So, what jobs are left that won’t be stolen by robots?

Well, as y’all probably guessed already, I have come up with a few. No hot-blooded man will tote a wad of currency into a strip joint to watch an exotic dancing machine gyrate around a pole. And I can’t see a robotic bouncer tossing out a drunk who went too far and grabbed the dancer’s mother board.

It’s safe that urologists won’t lose their jobs to a machine. A woman may place her bosoms in a mechanical device for testing, but there ain’t a man alive who’d allow a steel claw to check his prostate or want to hear a robot say, “Turn your head and cough.”

What kind of robot could do the work of a cowpoke? No cyborg could rope a steer, mend a fence or pull a calf all in the same day. Besides, wet cow manure would surely short out some circuits on some electronic cowboy.

And lastly, even with all the technology we have today, there is no electronic substitute for some redneck who writes a humor column for a newspaper. I reckon I have job security unless some goober up at MIT creates artificial ignorance.

Clint Younts. He’s not a robot, nor is a robot likely to replace him. However, his wife would probably love to have a robot run around the house cleaning the floors after he walks in from herding cattle – at the Crow’s Nest outside of Buda. crowsnest78610 @gmail.com

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

Two friends in discussion of Truth

Is truth really dead?

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s I was dumping paper in the local recycling bin, I saw a discarded TIME magazine with “IS TRUTH DEAD?” on the cover. It caught me enough for me to stick my arm in the bin (not my first dumpster dive) for that April 3rd issue. I thought a history of truth with its relevance to modern times would be explored; that intolerance and exclusivity – two hated words of political correctness today – of non-truth would be exposed; that an ultimate source of truth, a divine intelligence (God to some) would be the subject. I thought it might explore why people say they love truth, but often lie. I pondered that if secular humanism can advocate situational ethics, why do people go to prison for doing something that is right according to their personal standards?

If engineers and contractors skimp on cement to save money, as seen in China, and the bridge collapses and kills multitudes, why do Chinese courts sentence the builders to death?

Their social philosophy, communism, is based on lies, and builders are merely following in the footsteps of their leaders.

You’ve seen this: In studying evidence in their fields, philosophers, sociologists, theologists, environmentalists, Egyptologists, archeologists and psychologists decide to arrive at the truth together once and for all. They gather in a convention hall and pose questions, facts and missing data related to their subjects, and then vote on possible answers.After votes are tallied, what’s true is settled. What arrogance and buffoonery! When new evidence appears, they reject it so they won’t have to admit their majority vote was useless.

Truth is that which conforms to reality, but they cannot decide what

Columnists Bartee Haile, Chris Winslow, Pauline Tom, Clint Younts

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I could be wrong

by Ray Wolbrecht

reality is. Reality is that which works. If it works it has to be true. I thought the TIME article might discuss the fact that reality is often ignored in favor of what people want to believe, eg. government programs like Head Start which don’t work yet continue to be funded.

I thought they might explore policies related to secular humanism, which goes back to Darwin’s “Origin of the Species” and advocates that God is nonexistent and unnecessary. And it follows that mankind is inherently good and given enough time can solve all the world’s problems. How’s that working out for you?

Truth is opposite to unrepented sin. 1John:10 says if we say we have no sin we make God out to be a liar and His word is not in us.

Imagine then as you must, that humanism calls God a liar. How could one possibly accuse the Creator of this magnificent universe, Author of all things, including truth, to be a liar? Judgment is upon them, and in the end there will be abject sorrow as a reward.

So … how deep does TIME go into truth? Sadly, true to their political agenda their essay is merely dedicated to calling Trump a liar, exploring his exaggerations, and belittling him. True, there’s a lot to belittle, but in Washington he’s in good company. Such a nano facet of TRUTH. I cannot but call it a mere iota of the subject, thousands of time less than they could’ve said if they were serious about their cover catch phrase.

I was hoping for a rib eye but they gave me Raman noodles.

The issue was worth less than I paid for it.

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ay Wolbrecht, my favorite dentist, retired without my permission, which I’d never have given had he asked. My trust is complete in his skill in all things between the nose and chin; his reasoning, however, sometimes leaves me baffled.

Ray’s dumpster rummage for Truth is as good as any. One never knows where Truth will be found, and the search may be as valuable as the find. Some say that’s so, and such a search begins with unraveling cherished notions, picked up along the way but having little relationship to reality. Accuracy, as Ray pointed out, has more than a passing relationship to Truth, so let’s talk about accuracy.

Ray stated as fact (no evidence included) that philosophers, sociologists, theologists, environmentalists, Egyptologists, archeologists and psychologists gather in their respective groups, present evidence, ask questions, debate facts, and then vote on what the truth is. WHAT??

I have at least a hundred psychological conferences under my belt, and with archeology and Egyptology as favorite hobbies, I go to meetings on those subjects as well.

Interest in world religions takes me to yet more conferences. Never have I seen any of these groups vote on what is “true” or do anything remotely resembling that. I suspect that any attendee proposing such a thing would be either ignored or laughed out of the building.

Possibly he is confused by hearing about the Jesus Seminar, a group once dedicated to separating fact from fiction about Jesus. After examining the Bible, other documents, archeological data, and whatever else they could find, they voted on the probable accuracy of each biblical account of Jesus. I know nothing about their quality in scholarship, but I know that it is a mistake (to put it politely) to say their technique is or

Tutta’s Take

by Wynette Barton

ever was followed by the groups he mentioned.

Next Ray tackles either secular humanists or the theory of evolution; it’s hard to tell which. If it’s evolution, it should be noted that theory and wild guess are not the same animal. Theory presents evidence and invites further investigation to prove or disprove its premise; wild guesses don’t. Galileo barely escaped death for presenting evidence that Earth circled the sun. Inquisitors insisted his “foolish and absurd” theory conflicted with biblical teaching. Had his students not persisted, we might still believe Earth is the center of the universe. So long, satellites and cell phones.

Some theories fall apart after further study, like the one that proposed eating bat wings to deter demons from causing disease. Sounds crazy now, but who’d have guessed that organisms too small to see could kill people? Its end came after the microscope was invented.

Verifiable facts: Charles Darwin, Origin of the Species author, was a deeply religious man who studied for the ministry before taking up science.

He never suggested that God was nonexistent, but rather that genes follow natural laws that help animal life survive.

Nature has laws, like the one that makes a hammer fall back down if you throw it up. Every time.

I’ve not heard anyone say that accepting the law of gravity interferes with religious beliefs.

Ray said if something works, it has to be true.

Lies, slander, prejudice and murder “work” frighteningly well, but that discussion is for anther time. Meanwhile, I wish Ray happy dumpster diving … in every way. I’ll try it too.

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Hays Free Press • April 26, 2017

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Traffic citations, stops drop in Buda, Kyle STAFF REPORT

A decrease in the number of traffic stops over the course of 12 months highlighted the Kyle Police Department’s annual racial profiling statistics, which were made public earlier this year.

Jeff Barnett, Kyle Police Department, chief, said the decrease is attributed to reassigning patrol officers back to traffic enforcement and higher officer visibility.

While Kyle Police have more boots on the ground when it comes to enforcing traffic regulations, Barnett said the city continues to have officers go from call-to-call due to the high volume of calls for service in the city.

“It doesn’t mean our pa-

trol officers can’t handle traffic, but they’re busy going from call to call,” Barnett said. “The time for traffic enforcement is not as high as we would like.”

According to city documents, Kyle Police received one complaint of racial profiling. Pedro Hernandez, Kyle Police captain, said in a memoradium to Barnett the allegation was determined to be “unfounded” after a full internal affairs investigation.

Meanwhile in Buda, officers wrote fewer citations to motorists than they did in 2015.

Bo Kidd, Buda Police Department chief, said the city issued just over 1,434 citations last year, which amounted to a 241-citation decrease from 2015.

Traffic stops broken down by race/ethnicity Buda

African

Asian

Kyle

Caucasian

Hays County

Hispanic

Native American

Other

Groundwater: Bill in Lege could merge water districts Continued from pg. 1A

She said the bill doesn’t specify where funding would come from, nor does it say how science would be handled within the district. Rogers said there are people who are “very upset” the bill could take away local representation and the ability to elect directors to their seats.

“This is just mindboggling how this could be managed,” Rogers

said.

John Dupnik, Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District general manager, said it wasn’t clear to him how the new district could work, but he felt it could help the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD), which has limited funding and authority.

The HTGCD is the only

district in the state that doesn’t have full powers under Chapter 36 of the Texas Water Code. Rogers said the district isn’t able to regulate agriculture wells, which places them in a “disadvantage” of managing available groundwater.

But Dupnik said the bill could be “complicated in practice” as some of the districts, which do not levy taxes, could become

taxing authorities.

Dupnik said the groundwater district model is the “preferred” method based on the access to local officials.

He said the bill is also the manifestation a larger debate over state and local control.

But could the HOTAD bill see the light of day?

Rogers said she met with Isaac, who told her the bill likely isn’t going

anywhere and could have difficulty getting passed.

The bill was referred to the House Natural Resources Committee in March.

But Rogers said merging the five districts would be difficult to do, as they each have their own legislation guiding their rules.

In addition, she felt it could undermine the work entities

within Groundwater Management Area (GMA) 9 have done to coordinate science.

She said the HTGCD has in the last two years brought its rules to be more in line with the BSEACD. “We’re already working to more similar procedural rules,” Rogers said. “It’s in order to be more cohesive as we can with different legislation.”

Parking: No fixes yet for Lehman High students parking in residential areas Continued from pg. 1A

subdivision.

Homeowners in the neighborhood who spoke on the matter April 18 said students who park on the street make it difficult for residents to back-out of their driveways or have guests over.

City officials considered issuing permits for residents and prohibiting parking of non-permitted vehicles on Brutus Drive, Orion Cove, Casper Cove, and Lake Washington Drive from the Goforth intersection to the Town Lake Bend intersection.

However, city council members voted not to approve the proposal due to various concerns.

“For years now, we’ve had input from citizens that had been concerned about the parking that has occurred in their community,” said Police Chief Jeff Barnett. “People wanted to be able to entertain guests, or to park their own vehicles in front of their houses.”

Wanting to know why students parked in residential areas, police officers talked with students as they walked to and from school.

Officers believed students could not pay the fee for a school parking permit, or didn’t have a Driver’s License or car in-

“We don’t have the authority to do that ... The city streets belong to all citizens, whether they live there or not, unless other rules are put into place.”

–Jeff Barnett, Kyle police chief, on restricting parking in residential neighborhoods

surance. However, Barnett discovered that was not the case.

“They actually said it was to avoid the afternoon traffic jam so they could get to their afternoon jobs and to get home,” Barnett said.

Officers met with Lehman High School’s principal and parking officials, as well as Hays County Sheriff’s Office law enforcement working on campus.

“We tried to work with the school district to try to encourage any program that could entice the students to use the school parking lot,” Barnett said.

Police officers cannot tell students they are not allowed to park there, Barnett said.

“We don’t have the authority to do that,” Barnett said. “The city streets belong to all citizens, whether they live there or not, unless other rules are put into place.”

cilmember Daphne Tenorio. “This ordinance, while it’s a good starting point, is restricting.”

Tenorio said the consensus of a neighborhood meeting at Lehman High School was signage prohibiting parking on one side of the road.

“We’re completely

To solve the issue, officials proposed restricting on-street parking during school hours on school days, excluding weekends and holidays, unless the driver has obtained a permit.

Under the proposals, residents have to provide proof of residency and proof of vehicle ownership to obtain two permits for free and up to two more for $5 each at the police department.

“It’s a tough decision but I think this [proposal] is the one that’s going to solve the problem,” Barnett said. “We know this will stop it, students won’t be able to park in front of the homes.”

However, city council members denied the proposal and asked Barnett and city officials to consider the issue further.

“While I think this is a good starting talking point, I don’t think it’s quite there,” said Coun-

losing sight of what our citizens asked for,” Tenorio said.

City council members voted 5-0 to not approve the proposal.

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Lobos smash Leander in season finale

BY LOGAN MCCULLOUGH

The Lehman Lobo baseball team left little doubt of its dominance last week as it cruised to an 11-1 win over the Leander Lions in six innings April 18.

Lehman maintained momentum as they closed the 2017 season by debating Leander on Saturday, which secured the program’s first district series win.

The Lobos appeared sharp from the jump April 18 as they put together a 1-2-3 inning in the opening frame. But

the Lions were able to reach base following the first and only Lehman error of the game in the second inning.

Lehman head coach Tony Robinson said his team has performed well on offense all season; however, the Lobo defense has struggled.

“We’ve been swinging the stick really good all year,” said Robinson.

“We’ve just struggled on defense a little bit, and when we’ve struggled on defense it’s hurt us.

But it’s nice to know this is what we should have been doing.”

With six outs on seven batters faced, the defense did its job in the first two frames.

This success helped motivate the offense, as Lehman followed its defensive performance with a three-hit, five-run third inning, capped off with a two-out grand-slam over the left field fence from senior first baseman Courteney Curry.

“I just stayed patient and kept my eye on it,” said Curry. “It was a big play, but this was a huge win for our team. Big win

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Hays Rebel assistant football coach Stu Foreman (right) instructs members of the defensive line during a drill on the opening day of spring practices at Shelton Stadium. The Rebels will continue to conduct spring drills during the next week.

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BY MOSES LEOS III With a three-game bidistrict playoff series looming, the Hays Rebel softball team diligently kept up the pace during practice Tuesday.

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Lehman’s lead was extended to 7-0 in the bottom of the third after second baseman Ben Gettig swatted an RBI double to score two runs.

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“Inside fastball,” said Miles. “He just turned on it.”

A clearly bothered Miles responded with striking out three of the next six Lion batters.

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Over capacity schools projected District student population could reach 25,930 in 10 years

BY LESLY DE LEON

Rapid population growth in Hays County means increased enrollment for Hays CISD. At the April 17 meeting, Hays CISD Board of Trustees were presented with the district’s capital improvement plan, which assesses growth for the next ten years.

According to the capital improvement plan, district officials could enroll between 19,600 and 19,800 students for the 2017-18 school year.

Officials expect an increase of approximately 2,800 students during the next five years.

According to Hays CISD’s capital improvement plan, officials project to have 21,995 students enrolled by 2021-22, and 25,930 by 2026-27.

“When you look at the capital improvement plan, it’s based off the projection from our demographer over the next five to ten years,” said Carter Scherff, HCISD chief operations officer.

According to the document, a majority of schools will be over capacity in future years.

By the 2021-22 school year, 15 of the district’s 27 schools will be over functional or building capacity. By 2026-27, 18 of the 27 schools will be over enrollment capacity.

Currently only seven schools, including both high schools, are over functional capacity and Hemphill Elementary School is over building capacity.

While Lehman High School has a building capacity of 2,760, it’s expected 3,732 students will be enrolled there by 2026-27.

Hays High School has a

Campus

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Functional Capacity

Building Capacity

Actual 2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2,250

Lehman High School

2,890

2,761

2,939

3,031

3,124

3,126

3,195

2,250

2,760

2,512

2,631

2,833

2,951

3,121

3,254

Live Oak Academy

175

175

181

141

155

159

151

155

Barton Middle School

900

1,100

647

663

671

618

683

675

Chapa Middle School

765

920

780

820

849

907

913

896

Dahlstrom Middle School

855

1,080

880

857

852

846

874

908

McCormick Middle School

800

980

660

711

772

822

828

878

Simon Middle School

765

880

718

782

789

799

834

828

Wallace Middle School

765

940

797

813

829

917

930

957

Blanco Vista Elementary School

800

900

764

802

828

872

915

956

Buda Elementary School

702

770

541

557

561

584

607

647

Camino Real Elementary School

800

820

781

763

743

740

739

739

Carpenter Hill Elementary School

800

880

664

641

637

620

614

616

Elm Grove Elementary School

720

790

784

820

832

821

817

772

Fuentes Elementary School

720

790

618

662

673

698

722

770

Green Elementary School

714

780

724

762

786

810

875

891

Hemphill Elementary School

720

720

848

825

813

827

827

899

Kyle Elementary School

770

850

682

690

701

679

684

710

Negley Elementary School

780

900

755

740

734

771

802

857

Pfluger Elementary School

800

880

672

678

669

652

693

742

Science Hall Elementary School

720

810

740

799

827

837

856

850

Tobias Elementary School

Above Functional Capacity

building capacity of 2,890 and it’s expected 3,556 students will be enrolled there by 2026-27.

All middle schools, excluding Barton Middle School, will be over enrollment capacity by 2026-27.

Ten elementary schools, excluding Camino Real Elementary, Carpenter Hill Elementary and Kyle Elementary, will be over enrollment capacity by 2026-27.

To address growth, district officials are planning constructing two new high schools, one new middle school and four

720

790

700

707

733

765

753

798

19,291

22,405

19,209

19,803

20,318

20,819

21,364

21,993

Above Building Capacity

Currently only seven schools, including both high schools, are over functional capacity and Hemphill Elementary School is over building capacity. new elementary schools.

“The school needs are assessed by bonds for the future,” Scherff said.

Voters are being ask to vote May 6 on a $189 million bond for High School #3, Elementary School #14, a new Buda Elementary campus and a transportation center.

Early voting began this week.

The 2019 bond would include one middle school, two elementary schools and an administrative building. The 2021 bond would include High School #4, one elementary school and a transportation center.

As more subdivisions are built in Kyle, Buda and surrounding areas, more children are enrolled in Hays CISD schools.

Kyle and Buda’s home sales are up more than 10% over the same period last year, and the unemployment rate in Hays County is below 3.5%.

District Growth By the numbers

% growth Year expected 2016-17 3.0% 2017-18 3.1% 2018-19 2.6% 2019-20 2.5% 2020-21 2.6% 2021-22 2.9% 2022-23 3.3% 2023-24 3.0% 2024-25 3.5% 2025-26 3.6% 2026-27 3.4%

Hays bond arguments split district

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

Residents’ tempers flared during a public forum Monday at the Hays CISD Monday night Board meeting.

The audience attendees spoke about mistrust of the HCISD administration and the 2017 Bond projects.

Of the eight total public comments, six were from residents speaking out for or against the bond projects; most raised concerns about the lack of trust for the current adminsitration.

Will McManus called the proposed 2017 Bond projects “the latest of many leadership deficit issues that we (Hays CISD) are suffering from.”

Describing the current leadership in the district, McManus said, “At best we have allowed a root of indifference and medioc-

rity to be planted and, at worst, we have been deceived into believing that it is okay to be that way.”

McManus referred to low student test scores, low SAT scores and a low AP pass rate across the district as a few of the many concerns he has with the current administration. He also said Hays CISD has a poor rating on www.niche.com.

McManus also took his entire five minute time to address his and other residents’ mistrust in the district after feeling forced to vote for an expensive bond package or see Hays CISD students suffer the consequences of inaction.

“I have been here a long time and I have never seen trust between the community and the district this low,” McManus said.

Matt Ochre also com-

“At best we have allowed a root of indifference and mediocrity to be planted and at worst we have been deceived into believing that it is okay to be that way.”

–Will McManus, resident in the Hays CISD

plained about the 2017 bond projects, saying he was “underwhelmed with the current leadership” of the district.

Ochre called for more transparency from the district on the cost of the bond projects and claimed that the way the administration promoted them felt more like coercion than cooperation.

“Some people in the administration or on the

board wanted to make it very painful for residents to vote No to the bonds,” Ochre said, using the Federal government shutting down National Parks as an example of trying to teach people a lesson in obedience.

Zack Hall addressed the board regarding his mistrust with the current administration as well as his begrudging support for the 2017 bond projects.

“We have been put in a position where, if we don’t support these bonds, the students will be in very bad shape,” Hall said.

Hall said that board members had “some tough choices to make.”

He talked about the strength of district’s current leadership, compared to the public perception and district scores in the 1980s and 1990s.

Trace Shelton echoed Hall’s sentiments about the dominance of the Hays school district in the region in the 1980s and 1990s, but added, “We don’t need to go backwards to be great.”

Shelton said the district needed a change in culture, calling it one of fear instead of creativity, innovation and excellence.

“This administration and in some cases

this board have really destroyed my faith in people,” Shelton said.

In addition to the culture of Hays CISD, Shelton said he and many others were concerned about the integrity of the administration and cited the controversy over the Hays High Fight Song “Dixie” as an example.

“Let’s fight for a better district,” Shelton said defending his choice to stay, instead of moving to Wimberley or Dripping Springs.

Both Carla Perez and Laura Millet voiced their support for the bond projects but insisted that a change in leadership may be necessary in order to achieve results.

“Perhaps it’s time for a change,” Perez said.

“We must not be held back by a lack of administrative leadership,” Millet said.

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Hays school board candidates on the issues

Hays Free Press • April 26, 2017

Hays school board candidates running for District 1 and At-Large seats were asked the following questions: 1. What are the three biggest issues facing Hays CISD today?

2. Where do you stand on Hays CISD’s two 2017 bond propositions and why?

3. What do you bring to the table, if elected (or reelected) to the school board?

4. Who do you identify as your base of

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MICHELLE CAREY 1. Hays needs to grow at a faster pace than we are to compensate for the growth we’re seeing and projected to have. Programs for our workforce directed students, i.e. a need for more specialized staff hired into the CTE & Dual Language programs. A strong plan for innovative curriculum to include training our incoming students for the workforce without using a broad sweeping brush that assumes all students are graduating high school to attend a 4-year university.

2. Regarding the bond propositions I am supportive, I know we need more funds to prepare for the incoming population moving here over the next 10-20 years. I am not

TERESA TOBIAS 1. Our district is facing many important challenges, so it would be difficult to pinpoint a top priority. I know that if elected I will work diligently alongside my fellow board members to improve our school district in all areas.

supportive of spending without strict accountability for where the dollars are distributed. I think the budget needs to be examined line-by-line to ensure we leave no room for misdirected funds or lack of fiscal irresponsibility.

district because we can always improve. If we decide that there is no more room for improvement then we have settled for “good enough”. Seeking a standard of excellence means there is always work to be done defining ways to improve.

3. I bring 20 years of experience working directly with families and their children in the schools and the ministry. I have served on staff for multiple non-profit programs and volunteered in the classrooms, I realize the incredible trust and responsibility that the community bestows upon us as trustees of the School Board.

6. I am concerned that our 3rd high school is going to receive increased funding for CTE programs that will not best serve that demographic.

I think the direct graduation to workforce opportunities such as cosmetology, electrical, plumbing certifications and auto mechanics should be built into all of the high schools, but I am interested in examining these programs to ensure that the unique needs at each campus are best served through careful allocation of funds to those programs.

4. I consider my base of support to be the voter who is interested in positive change, clear leadership and can appreciate an individual who uses common sense and balanced listening methods for making decisions.

5. I am not completely satisfied with the leadership in the school board is a group of talented individuals who all bring unique perspectives to the Dais. I am the mother of a child with Autism, so it’s not surprising that I love to advocate for children with special needs and their familes. I’m very involved in several Special Needs Advocacy groups and I volunteer as a new parent mentor. My fellow board members can always count on me to weigh in on the SPED budget and/or restructuring.

7. I had a mother and son date to the movies a couple months ago and we saw “The Space Between Us”, it was pretty good! do have concerns that I plan to address in the upcoming weeks. As we evaluate our superintendent and review contracts for our administration, I know how important it is that we are making the right decisions for our district’s future success.

2. I am supporting both of our bond propositions this election year. Our schools are experiencing record enrollment and we need the new schools that the bond will fund. In addition, Proposition two will allow the district to add and improve some our CTE programs. I encourage our citizens to learn more about the bond propositions and how important they are to our district.

3. I feel that our current

4. I believe my base of support would be fellow parents and community volunteers. Those that get to know me, see me in many of our schools volunteering, and representing our school district at various community events. My supporters have seen me in action and they know my heart.

6. Although, I know our district has areas of concern that need our attention, we do have great things happening at Hays CISD. I don’t believe that we celebrate our successes as much as we should. Everyday, I am reminded of how amazing our Hays CISD students are. They are winning competitions, succeeding academically, and being recognized nationally for their accomplishments.

Sometimes it’s good to take a step back and appreciate our district accomplishments.

5. There is always room for improvement for any administration. That being said, I

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earn their support or not.

5. I think it would be prudent to reserve judgment in that regard until I have a chance to interact with the administration personnel in an official capacity. The concerns are sobering for me, and I certainly do not dismiss them.

However, principle dictates that I extend every courtesy to the professionals of the District, and that includes allowing the leadership team an opportunity to prove themselves to me.

1. The declining test scores and ratings, the crisis of confidence in the administration that is currently revealing itself, whether warranted or not, and the upside down priorities that place building designs above teacher compensation and true education.

2. I oppose both propositions. Having heard the objections of a critical mass in the community on both sides of the issue over the process that unfolded, it is impossible to think their concerns lack merit. Beyond that, the prices are exorbitant. Hays CISD does not have the luxury of a large tax base, and engaging in construction that ignores that reality is foolish. It is also not possible to look past the dishonest tactics inherent in

3. I bring a fresh perspective. I have no promises to fulfill to any special interest, and I have no biases that I bring to the position. My professional life places me in the role of applying innovative solutions to unique applications, and I see that as this Board’s greatest deficiency.

4. The neighbors and friends that I have throughout the District and in the general region. One thing that this endeavor has taught me is the humility that comes from reconnecting with old friends that support my decision to run. I am thankful for the many relationships that I have forged throughout the years, and their support is greatly appreciated. It is important to state that I will serve all citizens of Hays CISD, whether I

6. From what I have seen, it appears as though everything under the sun is being addressed. If there is one thing that always could use more attention, it is innovation.

Local government works as a large machine, and can be slow to change, but we owe it to our constituency to be ever mindful that an evolving world demands innovative solutions.

Continuing to do things as we have always done them is never an appropriate answer.

7. Sing

support in this race?

5. Are you satisfied with leadership within the district and why?

6. What is one issue that’s not being talked about and should be getting attention?

7. What was the last movie you saw in theaters?

The Hays School Board election will be May 6th. At-Large candidate Debbie Muñoz did not respond prior to print deadline.

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to offer the same courses and capture students that have not been able to take the classes I will vote yes for this proposition.

1.

Leadership, Education and Growth 2. I will vote AGAINST Proposition 1.

There needs to be a redesign to the buildings which should result in a lower cost.

I will vote FOR Proposition 2. There are items on this list I am not in favor of. In order to get the CTE (technical training) expansion so that each HS campus will be able

VANESSA PETREA 1. Growth.

We need functioning facilities, lower teacher-to-student ratios, increased teacher satisfaction and innovative instructional tools despite budget constraints.

Clear Vision. We should be speaking a common language and embracing a shared vision for our district. There should be a consistent student journey regardless of your feeder pattern.

Social & Emotional Learning. We are becoming a more disconnected society. Our students want to understand why they should care about learning and where they fit in the world. Teaching students effective teamwork skills, empathy, how to handle emotions, self-awareness, citizenship, leadership, confidence and self-management will be paramount for post-secondary success.

2. No one can argue that

3. I have leadership and management experience.

I have a strong work ethic and I work well with others.

4. People who believe we need to do a better job at educating the students, which prepares them for the next phase in life. People who feel the district needs to provide more accountability for the revenue and how it is being spent.

5. Not at all. The leadership allowed our campuses to be poorly maintained to the price tag of $66 million. They are proposing a $122 million HS#3 what will be the ability of the leadership to properly maintain this building when they have not maintained the other 22 school campuses?

6. The understaffing of our campuses. Even though the board has approved recent hires we are still understaffed. This affects students learning.

7. Star Trek Beyond

many of our campuses are overcrowded. We desperately need new schools, fire sprinklers and leaky roofs need to be fixed. But, I think the district needs to improve how new school designs are selected and how critical maintenance needs are addressed. I am supporting both bond propositions; however, if elected, I will advocate for community input and more transparency to review and approve new school designs.

have support from educators, administrators and parents due to my involvement in various campuses.

3. I have two children in the district, including a son with special needs. I currently serve on the Hays CISD Education Foundation board and as PTA President at Elm Grove. I previously served as PTA President at Blanco Vista. I work for a law firm as a proposal manager. I understand the bidding process and how professional services are purchased. Our family has also lived in both Kyle and Buda, and I understand the challenges throughout the district. I believe my proven leadership, dedication to the district and business acumen would be an asset to the district.

6. Academic standards have slipped in our district over the past few years. At the high school level, our students are below the state averages on Advanced Placement (AP) tests. The Texas Education Agency also stepped in and required the district to create a Targeted Improvement Plan for our low performing campus along with a plan for improvement for our Special Education and English Language Learners. As a district, we need to be having more conversations about curriculum, supporting our educators and raising academic standards.

4. Having lived in both Kyle and Buda, I have strong support across Hays County. I also

7. My kids and I went to see Beauty and the Beast. We love all things Disney!

5. I believe our district needs strong, visionary leadership to address the multifaceted challenges faced by our district.

Unfortunately, I have not witnessed the kind of leadership from our current district administration that is required to really push the needle forward on some very critical issues.

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issMe extends to you an invitation to the Buda Wiener Dog Races this weekend.

There’s a full schedule in this newspaper and on budalionsclub.com At the time of weaving together this Montage, the time of KissMe’s heat had not been announced.

It’s likely to be in the 10 a.m. batch since he registered early.

Outside our office window on the Turk’s Cap, we watched three “lizards” this past week. The green anole and Texas spiny lizard we expected. An identification is not yet in on a prehistoric-looking lizard with a jagged Mohawk-looking ridge coming up from behind his head and extending most of the way down his back.

Outside our breakfast window, a Whitecrowned Sparrow splashed in the boulder birdbath one day last week. Mostly we’re seeing Lesser Goldfinch, Northern Cardinals, Eastern Bluebird, Blue Jay, Northern Mockingbird, Carolina Chickadee, Rubythroated Hummingbird, Black-chinned Hummingbird, Summer Tanager.

Any day now, someone will have Mountain City’s FOS (first of season) report on Painted Bunting.

On Monday, a squirrel came through KissMe’s side door into our garage and helped himself to black oil sunflower seeds in a 50-pound bag in a wheelbarrow. From the kitchen, RonTom heard a noise.

Outside, we offer squirrels whole peanuts in a new spiral wire wreath feeder.

A belated Happy Birthday to my friend and neighbor, Elaine Kiernan, April 23rd Tiffany Curnutt posted a notification on Loving Mountain City’s Facebook page, “Now is the time to buy your Easter Egg Hunt prize donations on sale! We will take your donations all year long....” Keep your eyes open for huge discounts.

Two of the three winners at Loving Mountain City’s 2017 Easter Egg Hunt were children of fathers who were raised in Mountain City – Jeremy Davis and Brandon Patterson.

The Easter Egg Hunt was made possible through behind the scenes work by Patricia Brown Porterfield, Penny Moulder and their families. Loving Mountain City extends gratitude to everyone who donated prizes, eggs, and candy and especially the annual Grand Prize Basket contributors, Everett and Beth Smith.

A robust Montage comes about with the help of contributors. I take tidbit donations all year long. Email tom5678@gmail.com (Subject: TIDBIT) or leave a message at 512268-5678.

Thanks! Love, PTom

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All four members of the Lathers family gaze upon the kitchen of their new home for the first time during a welcome home ceremony held in the 100 block of Tupelo Drive in Kyle Saturday.

Charitable organization provides home for local vet

BY MOSES LEOS III Cars lined the 100 block of Tupelo Drive in Kyle when police escorted Daniel Lathers and his family’s SUV to the driveway of their new home.

Once there, numerous friends, family and well-wishers applauded and smiled as the Lathers looked upon the brick exterior residence.

But for Lathers, a United States Marine Corps veteran who suffers from injures sustained after three tours to Iraq, the home meant much more than a roof over his family’s head.

It also signified the willingness of volunteers to help disabled veterans such as he to find normalcy after combat.

Building Homes for Heroes (BHFH), a national 501(c)3 nonprofit, builds or remodels homes for disabled or wounded veterans and gifts them mortgage-free.

The program began to assist veterans following

the events of Sept. 11 and the subsequent conflicts in the Middle East.

Jessica Baker, Texas Team leader with BHFH, said the goal of the program is to provide peace of mind for veterans. It also works to combat the issue of homelessness for veterans.

“We are slowly but surely making a meaningful impact to provide homes and families with a sense of stability, so they can focus on rebabiliation and not be bound by a mortgage payment or navigate a home they may not own,” Baker said.

Participants who apply must not own a home and must be 100-percent disabled, Baker said.

While Baker said the program specializes in helping severely injured veterans, the program selects applicants on a case-by-case basis.

Baker said the program doesn’t turn veterans away, and there isn’t a veteran who’s more deserving than another.

Over 5,000 applica-

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The Lathers family (center) is joined by members of the Buda/Kyle Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 12095 as well as members of the community in front of a gifted residence given

by Building Homes for Heroes.

tions have been submitted nationwide since the program began, with over 2,000 of those seeking residence in Texas.

BHFH works with Chase Bank, which gifts foreclosed homes to the organization. From there, the organization works with selected applicants

to ensure the home fits their needs and meets their checklist. That may require modifying the home to suit the veteran and his/her family.

Baker said the organization prioritizes the building of new homes for the most severely wounded or injured

veterans.

BHFH has four foreclosed modified homes being gifted in Texas this year and will have two ground up construction builds.

Lathers’ persistence in checking on the program

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Ten great vines for Central Texas T

here is nothing that brightens up an empty fence or bare wall like a vine.

They come in many shapes and sizes, but the one trait they all have in common is their desire to climb something ... anything! This gives them a versatility that shrubs and perennials just don’t possess.

Even though I have a small yard, I’ve been able to use vines in the ground and in large pots to cover some lessthan-beautiful spots. A galvanized bucket of red cascade rose blocks the view of my gas meter, and an ugly chain length fence is covered by star jasmine. Much prettier to look at! Here are ten of my favorite vines for central Texas gardens.

Tropical Beauties 1. Bougainvillea – A bright sun-tolerant summer bloomer, bougainvillea in its original

It’s also drought tolerant once established.

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form is a vigorous vine that in more tropical climates can scale two story buildings. In our area it does well in a large pot trained up a tripod-type trellis or allowed to cascade down a wall. The standard pink is the most cold tolerant and will usually come back from temps down to about 25 F if planted in a protected location.

Allow the plant to dry between waterings for best blooms.

2. Mandevilla Another sun-loving tropical that makes a beautiful small vine for a large pot on a deck or by the pool. This vine blooms large trumpet flowers in bright shades of pink, yellow or red. Protect

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Bougainvillea is a brightly-colored vine that can handle summer heat.

from frost and they will give you summer blooms for years.

3. Mexican Flame Vine – More cold-tolerant than the previous two, this vine can be planted

in the ground and will cover a trellis in a season. The blooms are a bright orange daisy and attract butterflies. Absolutely beautiful when in bloom – which is often.

Cottage Bloomers 4. Coral Vine – An old-fashioned vine that adorns many old homesteads throughout Texas.

This plant blooms buckets of pink flowers on a vine that can cover a wall in a matter of months.

Will die to the ground in cold winters but usually returns with vigor the next season. Probably my favorite vine of all!

5. Passionvine – A native vine sought after to attract monarch larvae, it also is available in several cultivars. The traditional purple is the most winter hardy, but all are extremely aggressive once established. The flowers are a sight to behold, almost daisy-style with funky stamens dancing out from the center.

6. Red Cascade – A one inch red rose with

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Rookie pitches ‘perhaps most perfect game ever’ Robertson called time, walked A over to shortstop Eddie Mulligan rookie from the Lone Star State pitched his way into the majorleague record book on April 30, 1922 by retiring 27 batters in a row.

The rarest achievement in baseball is a perfect game. To accomplish this incredible feat, a pitcher cannot allow a single batter to reach first base. Only 21 have done it since 1900, and one of those was a nobody from North Texas.

Charles Culbertson Robertson was born in 1897 at Dexter in the northeastern tip of Cooke County four miles from the Red River. The gifted athlete attended Austin College, where he played baseball, basketball and football while studying for the ministry.

Robertson left college in 1918 to go to spring training with the Chicago White Sox. Failing to earn a spot on the regular-season roster, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and won his wings just before the First World War ended that November.

The White Sox gave the right-hander another tryout in 1919, and he hung around long enough to pitch two innings for the infamous club that threw the World Series. Recalled

by Chicago in 1922 after three seasons in the minor leagues, Robertson started three games in April and recorded his first bigleague victory.

On the last day of the month, the rawboned rookie took the mound against the Detroit Tigers in front of an overflow crowd at Navin Field. Since there were not enough seats for the 25,000 ticketholders, hundreds ringed the playing field.

The Tigers were led by player-manager Ty Cobb, who at age 35 would hit .401. Detroit had a team batting average of .305,

and said, “That little fat fellow stands between me and a nohit game.” Without saying a word, Mulligan turned the rookie around and shoved him back toward the pitcher’s mound.

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the highest of any team in history ever held hitless.

That was one reason a baseball historian called Robertson’s masterpiece “perhaps the most perfect game ever pitched.”

In the opening inning, Robertson disposed of the first three batters, including the immortal Cobb, without breaking a sweat.

In the top of the second, his teammates scored two runs, all he would need on that perfect afternoon.

The lead-off batter for Detroit in the bottom of the second drove a fast ball deep into left field. The spectators politely parted for center fielder Johnny Mostil, who caught the fly ball “just inside the ropes separating the crowd from the players.” The next two Tigers also knocked the horsehide into the outfield, but both were long outs.

It was smooth sailing for Robertson until the fifth, when for the first and only time he fell behind on a batter. “I had a 3-2 count on him, and I threw a fast ball that didn’t come close.

But Bobby (Veach) bit on it and popped it up. The rest was like batting practice.”

Fiery Cobb, who could not believe some no-

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name rookie was making fools of his mighty Tigers, blew his stack. Convinced Robertson was putting a foreign substance on the ball, he demanded that the home-plate umpire frisk him. When the ump announced the hurler was clean, the Georgia Peach insisted he inspect the White Sox first baseman, too.

By the eighth inning, the hostile throng had switched sides “and were openly rooting for the

rookie to give them a memory for a lifetime.”

They roared in approval as Robertson sent the 22nd, 23rd and 24th Tigers in a row back to the dugout.

In the bottom of the ninth, the first Tiger was called out on strikes, and the second popped up to second base. Johnny Bassler, a .323 hitter who had taken the day off, came up to bat for the pitcher.

Robertson called time, walked over to shortstop Eddie Mulligan and said, “That little fat fellow stands between me and a no-hit game.” Without saying a word, Mulligan turned the rookie around and shoved him back toward the pitcher’s mound.

The pinch-hitter sent a high fly ball into foul territory that Mostil caught for the 27th out. The Detroit fans rushed onto the field and carried Robertson off

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on their shoulders.

The Texan won 12 more games in 1922 for a total of 14, second highest on the White Sox pitching staff.

However, that was one less than his number of losses, which may explain the pitiful hundred-dollar raise he received from stingy owner Charles Comiskey.

Robertson was the workhorse for the 1923 White Sox with 34 starts and 255 innings but again lost (18) more than he won (13). Plagued by arm trouble, he was 12-22 his last two seasons in Chicago before being traded to the St. Louis Browns and the next year to the Boston Braves. He retired after the 1928 season with a career record of 49 wins and 80 losses.

After Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series, every sportswriter in the country

wanted to interview the last pitcher to throw one.

Those that went to the trouble found Charlie Robertson hard at work in his North Texas pecan grove.

“Baseball didn’t give me a particularly bad break,” he said. “But I went through it and found out too late that it is ridiculous for any young man with the qualifications to make good in another profession to waste time in professional athletics.”

That was not what anyone expected to hear from a member of baseball’s most exclusive fraternity.

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Continued from pg. 1C canes pliable enough to be grouped with other vines.

This little beauty can be twisted around poles and trellises, trained in ways other roses cannot bend.

Tough As Nails Lastly, these vines are some of our most commonly grown here and for good reason. Once established they can survive almost anything our climate can throw at us, and are adaptable to almost any soil conditions.

7. Star / Confederate Jasmine – Fragrant white flowers in spring, evergreen most years. Vigorous once established.

8. Honeysuckle – A vigorous vine with trumpetshaped flowers in white,

cream or coral. The coral honeysuckle is the least aggressive of the group.

Evergreen.

9. Crossvine – A noninvasive substitution for trumpet vine. Large salmon-colored blooms cover the vine mid-spring.

Dormant in winter.

10. Carolina Jessamine – Profusions of yellow flowers in early spring, evergreen, and deer-resistant.

Happy vine gardening everyone!

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guided the BHFH staff to him, Baker said.

But the process for Lathers’ home took approximately two years, he said. Lathers and his family live in Schertz, located north of San Antonio, but he expressed interest in moving into the Kyle area.

BHFH notified Lathers he would be gifted a home in February. Lathers worked with BHFH to make sure the home was in the right place and could suit his needs.

For Lathers, the chance to walk through his new home left him in a dreamlike state.

“It’s hard to believe. It was like a dream. It feels like a dream,” Lathers said. “It’s pretty exciting and overwhelming, but for the better.”

Once the home is gifted, Baker said BHFH continues to check on the families, offering financial assistance and stewardship opportunities.

Families can also network with other veterans who have been gifted homes

as well.

The home also gives veterans a chance to focus on the road to recovery. Primarily, a chance to start the healing process and focus on life and a career after the military.

Lathers, who suffers from Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, said attempting to assimilate to civilian life after a wartime experience is “one of the hardest things there is.”

“It’s because you’re so used to everyday life in the military and then it changes,” Lathers said.

“The biggest thing is the camaraderie. You lose all of the people you’re around every day.”

But Lathers also appreciated seeing support from the community, many of whom he’s never met.

“We’re excited because there was so much community involvement,” Lathers said. “That’s how I want to raise my kids, in an involved community.”

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St. John’s Market Days

On Saturday, May 6 from 8 a.m. to noon, join St. John’s Church in Uhland for Market Days. The church is located at 9865 Camino Real (Hwy 21) in Uhland.

Golf Tournament

On Thursday, May 11 the Onion Creek American Legion Post 326 will hold its 29th annual Memorial Golf Tournament at the Onion Creek Club in Austin. This is a charity 4-person scramble golf event with live and silent auctions benefiting a variety of veterans and community projects. For registration and scehdule, please visit the Post web site at www.alegiononioncreek.org.

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Wiener Dog Races and Country Fair

The wiens are back! Come out to Buda City Park April 29 and 30 to see the fastest pups around at one of Central Texas’ biggest wiener dog festivals. This year’s theme is “Wienertopia.”

Watch pups from all over put their best paws forward in the wiener dog races, enjoy local vendors and snacks and listen to live music at this annual event. Other events include pet parades, martial arts demonstrations, a spelling bee, cook-offs and much more. See budalions. com for a schedule or to register your racer.

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Farmgrass Fest

Come out for a weekend of pickin', grinnin' and farm-fresh tunes at the annual Farmgrass Fest May 12-13 at Simmons Family Farm in Niederwald.

This annual festival celebrates farming in the Hill Country with a weekend of live music and familyfriendly fun. The event supports a local 501(c)(3) that supports farmers suffering from medical emergencies.

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Pollo Tropical closing in Kyle, San Marcos

BY MOSES LEOS III Less than a year after opening in Kyle and San Marcos, the parent company that owns the Pollo Tropical brand has shuttered the two locations.

The move comes after the Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. announced the closure of 28 other restaurants in Austin, north Texas and in Nashville, Tenn., according to a news release on the groups’ website.

FRGI, which is the parent company of Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana, said the plan to close the stores is part of its strategic renewal plan which is designed to drive long term creation.

“As part of the plan, the company intends to relaunch the Pollo Tropical brand in September of this year and to relaunch the Taco Cabana brand

According to the release, preliminary first quarter 2017 sales results, which ended April 2, showed a 6.7 drop in restaurant sales at Pollo Tropical and a 4.5 percent drop at Taco Cabana. late in the year once priority initiatives under the renewal plan are achieved,” according to the release.

Initiatives include returning to the founding principles that “made each brand iconic,” improving ingredients, and delivering “exceptional” hospitality.

Other methods include reducing costs through the organization, while also reducing broadcast media where possible and optimizing “postlaunch advertising support.”

According to the release, preliminary first quarter 2017 sales results, which ended April 2, showed a 6.7 drop in restaurant sales at Pollo Tropical and a 4.5 percent drop at Taco Cabana.

Industrywide headwinds, prevalent in Florida and Texas, along with the impact of sales cannibalization, continued to negatively impact performance, the release

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Kyle’s Pollo Tropical, which opened in 2015, is one of thirty locations that will close.

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Above, volunteers coordinate their efforts at a 2016 Habitat for Humanity build site. The organization, which provides those in need with home loans in exchange for “sweat equity”, may be allowed to offer up to $150,000 in home loans in the future if legislation passes.

State approves higher ceilings for homebuyers’ Bootstrap loans STAFF REPORT

A recently passed house bill could go a long way toward helping organizations such as Habitat for Humanity guide Texans toward homeownership.

House Bill (1512), authored by Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs), increases the maximum amount of loans organizations such as Habitat can extend from $90,000 to $150,000.

These loans are partially serviced by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs through the Bootstrap Loan Program and partially by other sources, which are often charitable grants.

According to a press release, the rising cost of living, property values and permitting costs are providing challenges for nonprofit organizations to help Texans in need.

“I’m excited to have passed this important piece of legislation,” said Rep. Isaac. “Habitat and nonprofit organizations like it provide an outstanding service to Texans in need, help-

ing them find a pathway out of poverty.”

Amy Ledbetter Parham, executive director of Habitat for Humanity Texas, said homeownership has widely documented benefits for residents. Those include improved health and economic freedom, to more stable family livelihoods.

“This bill will give more hard-working Texans a boost to buy their own homes. It’s good for them and great for the Texas economy, bringing communities all the benefits of solid neighborhoods,” Parham said in the release.

Isaac said his bill would help more lowincome Texans forge a path toward homeownership.

“I look forward to continuing to work on more ways to reduce regulations, fees, and taxes to relieve the financial burdens on the hardworking people I serve.”

The bill has been sent to the Texas Senate for consideration bill in the House, where its companion was recently voted out of committee.

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Volunteers work together to build a home at a 2016 Habitat for Humanity build in Wimberley.

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Of course, Tax Freedom Day is something of a fiction, in practical terms, because most people pay their taxes throughout the year via payroll deductions. Also, you may not mind paying your share of taxes, because your tax dollars are used in many ways – law enforcement, food safety, road maintenance, public education, and so on – that benefit society.

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The City of Creedmoor, Texas will hold a public hearing 7:10 p.m., May 18, 2017 at Creedmoor Community Center, 12513 FM 1625, Creedmoor, Texas for public comments on proposed Re-zoning to the 5107 FM 1327 property to commercial zoning.

By the order of the City Council of the City of Creedmoor, Texas, Robert R. Wilhite, City Administrator, Creedmoor

CITY OF NIEDERWALD

On May 15, 2017, at 7:10 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the City of Niederwald, Texas, located at 8807 Niederwald Strasse Road, Niederwald, Texas, the City Council will hold public hearings giving all interested persons the right to appear and be heard on the proposed annexation by the City of Niederwald, Texas of 91.88 acres, as petitioned by the property owner, said property being located at 7720 FM 2001.

If you have any questions regarding this annexation, contact Niederwald City Hall at 512-398-6338.

septic system in the I1-Light Industrial & Warehousing zoning district from 55 percent to 75 percent. The subject property is 16586 IH 35, legal description being Lot 38, Block C of Park 35 South Subdivision Section 3, and located immediately south of the existing WeRent-It business.

At said time and place all such persons shall have the right to appear and be heard. Of all said matters and things, all persons interested in the subject matter herein mentioned shall take notice.

For more information regarding the above matters, please contact the City of Buda Planning Department at (512) 3125745.

CITY OF KYLE ORDINANCES

The City Council of the City of Kyle will consider adopting the following ordinances on second reading on May 2, 2017 at Kyle City Hall, 100 W. Center Street, at 7:00 p.m.: An Ordinance amending the City's Approved Budget for Fiscal Year 2016-17 (Budget Amendment No. 4) by increasing total appropriations for CITY OF BUDA expenditures in the General ZONING BOARD OF Fund by $100,000.00 and decreasing the fund ADJUSTMENT PUBLIC balance in the General HEARING NOTICE Fund by the same amount The City of Buda Zoning in order to provide funding Board of adjustment will to reimburse Union Pacific hold a public hearing Railroad Company for beginning at 7:00 p.m. on engineering review costs Thursday, May 11, 2017 in associated with the City's the City Council Chambers design for the four rail at Buda City Hall, 121 Main crossing quiet zones to be St., Buda, Texas 78610 constructed in Kyle to receive written and An Ordinance amending oral comments in regard Ordinance 891; Chapter to a requested variance (“Utilities”),TO ArticleALL IX NOTICE IS HEREBY 50 GIVEN from Unified Development (“Stormwater Regulations”) Code Section 5.4(3)PERSONS, Lot INTERESTED THAT: on February adopted Standards to increase the 16, 2016 so as to reflect maximum impervious cover changes shown in Exhibit ofbyKyle, forThe a lot City served onsite Texas, proposes to facilitate

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annexation proceedings at the request of Blanco River Ranch Properties, LP to extend the boundary Public Notice of said city to include approximately 119.20 acres Notice of Public Hearing of land located west of N. Old Stagecoach Road in NOTICE IS HEREBY TO the Blanco River Ranch and theGIVEN De-Annexation of ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT: approximately 242.12 acres located west of the The City of Kyle, Texas, to facilitate intersection of N. Oldproposes Stagecoach Road annexand W. ation150 proceedings at the River requestRanch. of Blanco River Ranch RR in the Blanco

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A; providing for an effective date; and making such other findings and provisions related hereto An Ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas for the purpose of rezoning approximately 3.93 acres of land from Warehouse District 'W' to Retail Service District 'RS' for property located at 400 Windy Hill Road, in Hays County, Texas.

R. Todd Webster Mayor

CITY OF NIEDERWALD

On May 15, 2017, at 7:20 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the City of Niederwald, Texas, located at 8807 Niederwald Strasse Road, Niederwald, Texas, the City Council will hold public hearings giving all interested persons the right to appear and be heard on proposed Ranchitos of Niederwald subdivision consisting of 3.653 acres, with variances by the City of Niederwald, Texas, as petitioned by the property owner, Rogiero Saul Martinez, said property being located south of the intersection of Williamson Road and Satterwhite Drive.

The variances requested include four lots with widths of approximately 85 feet and lot sizes of less than

one acre.

If you have any questions regarding this annexation, contact Niederwald City Hall at 512-398-6338.

CITY OF BUDA ANNEXATION PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The City of Buda City Council will hold a public hearing beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 and Tuesday, May 16, 2017 in the City Council Chambers at Buda City Hall, 121 Main St., Buda, Texas 78610 to receive written and oral comments in regard to annexation of approximately 29.383+/- acres of land located on Hillside Terrace approximately 400 feet east of its intersection with Green Meadows Lane and adjacent to the Green Meadows Subdivision.

At said time and place all such persons shall have the right to appear and be heard. Of all said matters and things, all persons interested in the subject matter herein mentioned shall take notice.

For more information regarding the above matters, please contact the City of Buda Planning Department at (512) 3125745.

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Bucks Backyard LLC dba Buck’s Backyard, James Dunn, Member, Todd Otte, Member, Notice of Public and Robert Badger, Member,Hearing is making application with the Texas Alcohol Beverage NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL Commission for Mixed Beverage Late Hours INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT: Permit at the address of 1750 S. FM 1626 Buda Texas in Haysproposes County to Texas.

The City of 78610 Kyle, Texas, facilitate

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FRGI estimated the 30 total closed stores contributed $27 million of restaurant sales and $14.6 million of pre-tax operating losses.

That includes close to $5 million of depreciating expense and $1.8 million of pre-opening costs.

“Fiesta’s recent growth initiatives diverted resources from our core markets and some amount of renewal is required to restore momentum in these markets,” said Richard Stockinger, Fiesta President and Chief Executive Officer in the release.

“While the decision to close restaurants is never easy, we believe it is vital to focus the company’s resources and efforts on markets and locations that have proven successful for our brands.”

Stockinger added the company will retain 19 Pollo Tropical restaurants in Atlanta and in South Texas to provide a “low risk opportunity to refine and test our long-term growth potential.”

“We will execute our plan with measured urgency, and I look forward to reporting our progress and success as the plan is implemented,” Stockinger said.

According to the release, the company will offer positions at nearby restaurants to employees impacted by the closures.

It’s unknown how many employees were affected by the move.

The closure of Pollo Tropical by the numbers 30 Number of Pollo Tropical restaurants in Austin, north Texas and Tennessee that were closed

$27 MILLION Dollar amount the closed restaurants contributed in restaurant sales

$14.6 MILLION Dollar amount the closed restaurants

contributed to pre-tax operating losses

$4.9 MILLION

Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, Construction Managerat-Risk, for the: Hays CISD - Hays Elementary School #14, is requesting Competitive Proposals from subcontractors and suppliers. Subcontractor and Supplier Proposals will be received via FAX to (512) 326-4339 or (512) 326-3990 Fax or email to bidaus@ bartlettcocke.com no later than 2:00 PM on: May 11, 2017. Any proposals received after this time will not be accepted.

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Hays CISD is Requesting Competitive Sealed Proposals for CSP#18041707VL Air Purification System for LHS and HHS. Proposals will be accepted until 4-28-17 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-2682141 ext. 46035) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Proposal responses must be returned to the HCISD Purchasing Office, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640, by the date and time indicated above. Late proposals will be returned unopened. The HCISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all formalities in the bid process.

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A thorough cleanup of the Kyle Cemetery is scheduled for May 6, 2017. All items not in compliance with the rules and regulations will be removed from the grave sites. Items will be kept for two weeks for the families to pick up.

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Follow a “buy-andhold” strategy. If you sell investments you’ve owned for less than a year, and their value has increased, you will have to pay capital gains taxes at your personal income tax rate, which, in early 2017, could be as high as 39.6%. But if you hold investments for at least a year before selling them, you’d be assessed the long-term capital gains rate, which tops out at 20%. Be aware, though, that the Trump administration and Congress seem likely to change the tax rates. Early plans call for a maximum personal income tax rate of 33%, with the top rate for capital gains and dividends either staying at 20%, or possibly being reduced to 16.5%. In any

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