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$250M school bond approved Voters greenlight new high school, two new elementaries

BY MOSES LEOS III A new high school, two new elementary campuses and improvements across Hays CISD were given the green light by voters Saturday as a pair of bond propositions totaling $250 million were approved by a wide margin.

Support was high for both Proposition 1 and 2, which held sizable approval percentages after the release of early voting numbers, and continued to hold that trend as Election Day results came in.

Over 1,200 of the 2,102 total votes cast in the Proposition 1 election approved the measure, which called for $189 million to be spread across three new campuses in the district. Included was a $122 million third high school campus that will be located along FM 967 near Carpenter Hill Elementary. District officials estimate the campus could open by the 2019 school year.

Proposition 2, a measure that called for roughly $60 million in improvements district-wide, received 64 percent of the vote.

According to Hays County elec-

tion results, only 4.48 percent of the 47,305 registered voters in Hays CISD cast ballots.

Voters approved a proposition that earmarked improvements to Career and Technology Education facilities in the district, as well as a $3.6 million baseball/ softball complex at Hays High.

Tim Savoy, Hays CISD public information officer, said there were many people who were passionate on both sides of the issue regarding the bond, and the district appreciated all viewpoints.

Savoy said Saturday’s result

was a “victory for the people supporting the bond,” but added the conversation continues because “our growth is going to continue.”

“These are decisions the community has to make and we appreciate everyone who made that decision,” Savoy said. “Regardless of the outcome, we appreciate everyone bringing their points to the table.”

As both propositions move forward, Hays CISD voters also gave the nod to a political newcomer to make her way on the

ELECTION RESULTS, 2A

TOBIAS

Newcomer Vanessa Petrea and incumbent Teresa Tobias won Hays CISD at-large and District 1 seats, respectively. See a breakdown of votes for trustees and propositions on 4A.

DWI Could landowners switch murder groundwater districts? trial sent to jury

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

Prominent Buda realtor Jason Tarr’s defense attorneys rested their case on Tuesday, seven days into his trial on murder and intoxication manslaughter charges.

A jury is expected to begin deliberations on Wednesday following closing arguments from prosecutors and defense attorneys. The panel – 12 jurors and two alternates – will be sequestered until they reach a verdict, sleeping overnights at a local hotel if necessary, 207th State District Judge Jack Robison said at the close of proceedings Tuesday.

Tarr was driving south on FM 1626 near Buda in September 2014 when he crossed into oncoming traffic and collided head-

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collection of property taxes by groundwater districts. Currently in Hays County, neither the As House Bill (HB) 4122 Barton Springs Edwards Aquipassed the Texas House of Repfer Conservation District nor resentatives on third and final the Hays Trinity Groundwater reading, State Rep. Jason Isaac Conservation District collects (R-Dripping Springs) said he is property tax revenue. afraid the bill will “set a bad “I don’t like “I think this is a bad precprecedent” for groundwater edent and I voted against it the fact that protection in the future. and I encouraged others Isaac said the conto do the same,” Isaac we’re making troversial bill, which said. “I don’t like the passed by a 112-30 legislation for people fact that we’re making vote in the Texas legislation for people who are particularly wealthy.

House May 8, would who are particularly allow large landownwealthy. We’re pickWe’re picking classes ers with more than ing classes and say1,000 acres that and saying ‘if you’re wealthy ing ‘if you’re wealthy straddle more than then you can pick then you can pick which one groundwater which groundwaconservation dister conservation groundwater conservation trict to switch over district you want to to just one district. district you want belong to.’”

“When this bill Isaac was also to belong to.’” was originally filed, it concerned about was filed for one landHouse and Senate bills – State Rep. Jason Isaac owner whose land falls that he believes could entirely in my district,” undermine 2015’s House Isaac said. “This landownBill 3405, or the “Save our er has had several bills filed Wells” bill, which expanded on his behalf this session to the jurisdiction of the Barton get out of the purview of any Springs Edwards Aquifer Conconservation districts.” of property to hold a hearing servation District (BSEACD) in Isaac said the version of on the matter.

Hays County.

4122 that passed the House Isaac said he felt better Isaac referenced Senate was not the same bill that Bill 2254, authored by Rep. about the bill, but believed it was introduced and featured Juan Hinojosa (D-McAllen), “still sets a bad precedent.” significant changes. That which would grant Needmore The change includes included allowing each district Ranch, owned by south language that addresses any that receives a petition from a landowner for the transference future disputes regarding the GROUNDWATER, 4A

Community mourns district icon

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INDEX

BY BRAD ROLLINS

of the San Marcos Mercury

The Hays CISD community early Wednesday learned of the passing of Delvin John “Red” Simon, who was a 12-year board member of the Kyle Independent School District, which later consolidated into Hays CISD. Simon was an instrumental part in the creation of Hays CISD and served as one of the first members of the Hays CISD school board and served as the first district board president until 1972. Simon was 92 years old. More on the life of one of Hays CISD’s founding fathers can be found online at haysfreepress. com. At left, Red Simon displays a photo of his late wife during a 2016 interview with the Hays Free Press.

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Hays CISD leader resigns

BY MOSES LEOS III Hays CISD could soon be searching for its next leader after Superintendent Michael McKie informed his executive staff Tuesday he MCKIE intends to resign at the end of the school year.

According to a Hays CISD press release, the announcement was made at 3 p.m. Tuesday.

McKie was unable to provide additional information as the Hays CISD school board has not yet met to deliberate about or taken action on the pending resignation and related agreement, according to the release.

On Tuesday, Hays CISD posted an agenda item stating the Hays CISD board of trustees will take the resignation up in executive session, along with discussing potential candidates for acting or interim superintendent.

According to the agenda, the board could consider taking action on the agreement and possibly name an acting or interim superintendent.

Following that meeting, McKie and Board President Holly Raymond will issue a joint statement to employees and parents.

McKie was hired as Hays CISD superintendent on May 23, 2013 and started serving the district five days afterward.

McKie’s current contract runs through June 30, 2019.

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HISTORY

Founded April 10, 1903,

by Thomas Fletcher Harwell as The Kyle News, with offices on the corner of Burleson and Miller streets in the town’s oldest remaining building.

It merged into The Hays County Citizen in 1956.

The paper consolidated with The Free Press in October, 1978. During its more than 100-year history the newspaper has maintained offices at more than a dozen locations in Kyle and Buda.

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Election Results

May 6 Election Results

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Vanessa V. Petrea, a former PTA member who works as a paralegal, claimed the board of trustees At-Large seat by a 202 vote margin Saturday.

Petrea gathered the lead after early voting numbers were released and emerged with 41 percent of the vote after Election Day ballots were counted. Petrea defeated candidate Debbie Munoz who took 31 percent of the total vote. Candidate Doyla A. Burrell finished third with 27 percent of the vote.

Petrea said she was “extremely honored and grateful� for the opportunity to serve on the dais and she was eager to dig into the process. She was with friends at Buck’s Backyard near Buda when she got the news of her victory.

She added she was impressed with all of the can-

“I’ve never done this before and I wasn’t confident when the early voting numbers came in that I would win the election ... I was cautiously optimistic, but never expected to win.� –Vanessa Petrea, newly elected HCISD trustee

didates and “everyone ran a great race.� “I’ve never done this before and I wasn’t confident when the early voting numbers came in that I would win the election,� Petrea said. “I was cautiously optimistic, but never expected to win.�

Petrea said she was eager to begin Texas Association of School Board (TASB) training, but also to start to focus on one of her platforms, which is pushing for social and emotional learning programs.

“I’ll be eager to vote on important issues right away,�

Petrea said. “But I want to get all of the facts and learn as much as I can before I jump into the issues.�

Hays CISD voters also supported the reelection bid of incumbent District 1 council member Teresa Tobias, who carried 59 percent of the vote to win the seat.

Tobias defeated candidate Charles McNiel, Jr., who gathered 84 of the 203 votes, and Michelle R. Carey, who took 37 votes.

Tarr

When Lashlee told Tarr that he would have to involuntarily submit a blood sample, Tarr rolled out of a hospital bed and appeared to try to flee, the trooper testified. ples for alcohol. Under questioning by George Scharmen, a third defense attorney, Salinas said he was under orders to rush testing of Tarr’s sample and inadvertently gave it a duplicate file name in a computer system.

Salinas and Mudd insist that the error does not affect the outcome of their testing, which found Tarr’s blood sample to contain an alcohol concentration of 0.102 percentage, more than the legal limit of 0.08 to drive a vehicle. The test has a margin of error of about 10 percent, Mudd testified.

Justin Hrabovsky, Tarr’s golfing partner at a charity tournament, testified Tuesday that Tarr drank only two or three beers during a six- or seven-hour period prior to the fatal wreck.

The jury will have the option of convicting or acquitting on one or both of two charges: Murder, a first-degree felony punishable by up to life in prison, and intoxication manslaughter, a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison.

Tarr’s prosecution is one of, if not the first, case in Hays County in which a murder indictment stemmed from a drunken driving case.

For – 59.56% 1,252 early/607 election day Against – 35.27% 850 early/366 election day

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For – 64.73% 1,362 early/653 election day Against – 35.27% 366 early/742 election day

HAYS CISD AT-LARGE TRUSTEE Vanessa V. Petrea – 41.94% 775 early/357 election day Debbie Munoz – 31.01% 573 early/288 election day Doyla A. Burrell – 27.06% 500 early/234 election day

HAYS CISD DISTRICT 1 TRUSTEE Teresa Tobias – 59.61% 121 early/52 election day Charles McNiel, Jr. – 27.59% 56 early/28 election day Michelle R. Carey – 12.81% 26 early/11 election day

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Continued from pg. 1A on with a convertible driven by 60-year-old Nancy Sterling Dalton.

She died at the scene in the crumpled wreckage of her car.

The prosecutors, Hays County District Attorney Wes Mau and assistant district attorney Jennifer Stalbaum, have called a parade of witnesses whose testimony they say proves Tarr was drunk at the time of the collision.

One Austin couple testified that they followed Tarr’s truck for miles before the accident and became increasingly concerned as it swerved repeatedly into the opposite lane.

Tarr gave conflicting stories about the wreck, telling Buda police officer Joshua Albarez at the scene that another car had stopped abruptly in front of him and later telling state trooper Kevin Lashlee that the car had pulled out suddenly into his lane.

Footage from Albarez’s body camera, on the other hand, showed Tarr walking without any apparent problems and talking without any discernible slurring.

When Lashlee told Tarr that he would have to involuntarily submit a blood sample, Tarr rolled out of a hospital bed and appeared to try to flee, the trooper testified.

The defense, led by San Marcos attorneys Billy McNabb and Scot Courtney, have relied primarily on cross-examination of the state’s witnesses and two experts of their own to cast doubt about the reliability of a field sobriety test and the subsequent blood-alcohol testing.

Samuel Salinas, a former state crime lab technician, and his supervisor, Anna Mudd, testified for more than 10 hours collectively during the course of several days about methodology used for testing blood sam-

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “It will mean we don’t have to deplete our other aquifers as much when we’re in a drought because the water’s stored there and ready to be used.”

–State Rep. Jason Isaac on aquifer storage and recovery bills in the State Lege. See story, page 4A.

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Smart choice by Castro Guest Column

by Juan Palomo

T

he decision by San Antonio Democratic U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro to stay out of the 2018 race for the U.S. Senate is a wise one, for him, for the Democratic Party, for the state – and for the nation.

Castro would have probably lost his party’s nomination to El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke, who is generating plenty of excitement among Texas Democrats eager for a fresh new face and voice, one who stands outside the traditional politician mold.

We don’t know if Castro ever intended to run, but he was certainly talked about by the pundits and party activists as if he was the anointed one, as if the nomination was his for the asking.

If he did intend to run, Castro simply waited too long. While he was playing coy, O’Rourke plunged right into the race with a spirited young Turk-ish campaign designed to be financed strictly by grassroots support (no PAC money). That kind of campaign can only succeed if the candidate offers excitement and passion.

Castro doesn’t, and he never really has. Both he and his twin brother, former San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro have never showed much flair for the kind of populist campaign it will take to defeat Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.

Both have been way too cautious in their politics and in their campaigning, which is rather surprising given that their mother and mentor, María del Rosario, got her start in politics with the Raza Unida Party in San Antonio.

There may be other Texans considering a race for the Cruz seat, but they too will probably decide that they can’t overcome O’Rourke’s head start, and his charisma. Having no major opponent in the primary means that O’Rourke will be able to use the money he is raising to make himself better known to all Texans, and to mount a meaningful campaign to expose Cruz as the fraud he is.

No doubt there are many out there who believe Cruz is unbeatable.

He’s got the name and he’ll have the millions of dollars that he’ll collect from the same people who financed his run for the 2012 GOP nomination.

But Texas is changing, and the presence of Donald Trump in the White House and the mess he and his GOP supporters in Congress (Cruz among them) have created – and will continue to create – could be enough to make voters finally turn their back on the Republican Party when offered a clear and attractive alternative.

Palomo, a former Hays Countian, is a retired newspaperman living in Houston.

Advice for dads and daughters I

attended a function this weekend that was a first for me. It was a gender reveal party for my daughter and her hubby. No, not like the one Bruce Jenner held with Diane Sawyer, but one like lots of expecting couples have these days where the sex of the baby is a big secret until the party.

With suspense building like scratching off your last million-dollar lottery ticket of the day, the gender is revealed by showing either pink or blue in some elaborate way. If you’re color-blind, these parties must be a real bummer.

You know, we didn’t have these gender reveal parties back in the ’80s when my daughters were born. I reckon it’s because we didn’t have fancy ultrasound equipment back then to determine the sex of the baby. Down in south Texas, if you wanted to know the sex, you’d have to hire a gypsy woman with a dead chicken.

And dang if she wasn’t correct 50% of the time.

Well, in case you’re wonderin’, I’m gonna have another grand-

News and Sports Editor Moses Leos III

From the Crow’s Nest

by Clint Younts

daughter to spoil in four months. That’s fine with me because, having two daughters and one granddaughter, I know a lot about raising girls. So far this year, my nephew had a baby girl as well as a fellow passenger on the infamous Party Bus Tour of 2016. And once my son-in-law becomes a daddy, I anticipate some phone calls from these three fellas asking for bits of parenting advice from this old pro.

And what better source is there for sound advice? Lots of people have informed me that I’m full of it.

Let me share with all y’all new and future dads on the difference in raising girls and boys.

First of all, changing a girl’s diaper is safer than changing a boy’s. I have read medical journals about novice fathers experiencing temporary blindness after a blast of baby boy urine to the eyes. I recommend wearing a welder’s helmet along with cotton balls stuffed in each nostril when changing diapers.

Experts claim girls

are easier and faster to potty train than boys. I reckon that’s true since I’m 58 and still peeing behind rose bushes and parked cars.

A little girl will ask dad to join her and her dolls in her room for a tea party. Meanwhile, boys will get their dads out in the hot summer sun tossing a baseball around. Yep, a dad with a girl sweats less.

Having a daughter means you won’t wake up from your nap on a July afternoon from the sound of a red ant bed erupting from an improvised explosive device constructed of a coffee can and leftover Black Cats.

When you have a daughter, you probably won’t find a mangled bicycle from a failed attempt to clear the hedgerow by using a ramp made of a 2x6 plank and cinderblocks.

The parents of a little girl aren’t likely to find a horny toad in their kid’s school lunchbox.

Okay, I ought to warn you greenhorns that daughters are easier to raise only in early childhood. Teenage girls

will turn your hair gray and get you addicted to Tums. You will have a good 15 years of parenthood until you hear that dreaded four-letter word: Prom.

Well, rest easy because I am going to share how I handled prom night. When the young lad comes to pick up your daughter, have him sit at the kitchen table with you while you are sharpening your pocket knife. Keep the conversation light, at first. Chat about sports for a while, and then tell him how many bull calves you’ve castrated with that knife in your hand. Not only will your daughter make it home by curfew, but she’ll probably arrive two hours early.

One last thing, dads.

No matter how big you are or how tough you think you are, when you are walking your little girl down the aisle to the altar, you may well be the one crying like a baby.

Clint Younts is an old softy when it comes to his daughters. crowsnest78610@gmail.com

LETTER TO THE EDITOR YES TO WYNETTE Tutta is the voice of reason and my hero.

After reading Wolbrecht’s initial paragraph (column, two weeks ago), the first words that came to mind were WHAT the f... is he talking about. To begin with, many theologists (those who study the nature

Hays Free Press Publisher Cyndy Slovak-Barton

Let me share with all y’all new and future dads on the difference in raising girls and boys. First of all, changing a girl’s diaper is safer than changing a boy’s. I have read medical journals about novice fathers experiencing temporary blindness after a blast of baby boy urine to the eyes.

of God and religion) are not part of the scientific community, unless maybe those who teach comparative religion classes or look at the historical-metaphorical basis of the Bible. And as Tutta points out, scientific theories are constantly subject to peer review based on real

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evidence not irrational beliefs.

I subscribe to Time and thought the article was spot on. When Wolbrecht mentions “arrogance and buffoonery,” I couldn’t help but think the person he seemd to be supporting fit that definition to a T. Thanks,

Tutta.

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Bill could open faucet for aquifer storage project

BY LESLY DE LEON

The city of Buda may be able to pass water through the Edwards Aquifer and into the Middle Trinity for storage if the Texas Legislature passes a bill that eases restrictions relating to Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR).

House Bill (HB) 3333, authored by State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs), allows the TCEQ to authorize an injection well that transects the Edwards Aquifer within the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District

(BSEACD).

The bill could ultimately allow Buda to store treated water for later use in the Middle Trinity Aquifer.

Current BSEACD rules state water passing through the Edwards Aquifer can only be comprised of untreated Edwards water.

The TCEQ could authorize the injection of fresh water into a well provided it isolates the Edwards Aquifer, is part of an engineered aquifer storage and recovery facility, and if water is sourced from a TCEQ-permitted public water system.

Water that’s injected into wells will meet water quality standards for public drinking water, which are established by the TCEQ, Isaac said.

“This would give Buda an opportunity to provide water for their residents and to basically purchase the rights to that water now and store it beneath Buda to be used at a later date,” Isaac said.

If the bill passes, Buda’s aquifer storage and recovery project will start small with one well, said Brian Lillibridge, Buda’s water specialist.

“This is great planning, it’s great for-

Man indicted on six years of sexual assault charges

BY SAMANTHA SMITH A Buda man was indicted earlier this month on several felony charges of continuous sexual assault of a child relating to incidents that ranged over a six-year BANKS period.

Steven Lance Banks, 48, of Buda, was indicted in January on one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child, one count of sexual performance by a child and four counts of

indecency with a child by sexual contact. Banks was also indicted on two additional counts of sexual assault of a child.

According to arrest warrants, the dates of the offenses ranged from December 2010 to November and December 2016.

According to Banks’ indictment, there were at least two victims under the age of 17 with abuse starting for one of them before the age of 14.

An indictment is not an admission of guilt, but is a formal accusation against an individual suspected of committing a crime.

Banks is being held in the Hays County Jail on 205,000 bond.

Groundwater

Continued from pg. 1A Texas beer distributor Greg LaMantia, as its own groundwater conservation district that he would “completely control” and could pump as much water as he wanted.

“Any of those proposed bills jeopardizes HB 3405 that we worked so hard to pass during the last legislative session dealing with the protection of our wells,” Isaac said.

HB 3405 was crafted after Houston-based water provider Electro Purification sought to pump water from what were previously unregulated portions of the Middle Trinity Aquifer in western Hays County.

Isaac stressed the importance of not backpedaling on 2015’s HB 3405.

“We don’t want to risk that, we take any chances undoing what was passed,” Isaac said.

“Any of those proposed bills jeopardizes HB 3405 that we worked so hard to pass during the last legislative session dealing with the protection of our wells.”

ward-looking to do it now when we’re not in a drought. getting prepared for when we are in a drought,” Isaac said.

Water can also be stored to be used during seasonal peak demand, such as storing water in the winter for use in the summer to meet higher demand, Lillibridge said.

There’s all sorts of flexibility on the size of an aquifer storage and recovery project and what it does, Lillibridge said. He referenced ASR operations in Kerrville, along with the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) ASR project.

“It will mean we don’t

have to deplete our other aquifers as much when we’re in a drought because the water’s stored there and ready to be used,” Isaac said.

The cost of an ASR project depends on the cost of infrastructure and how deep the well is drilled, Lillibridge said.

Buda officials will need to consider the cost when working on the budget, Lillibridge said.

After an April 19 Natural Resources Committee meeting, the bill was put on the committee’s calendar for a vote, although it hasn’t been scheduled yet. If the

committee approves the bill, it will move to the House for a vote.

There was no opposition at the committee’s meeting and public hearing.

Committee members are familiar with ASR and understand its benefits, Lillibridge said.

Buda city officials brought the idea to Isaac in between legislative sessions, asking his office to file the bill.

“I applaud the City of Buda for their efforts to serve the citizens that they represent by helping me with the passage of H.B. 3333,” Isaac said.

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Informal Review Please attempt to discuss your problem with a staff appraiser, before the date you are scheduled. He/she may be able to help you resolve your problem and avoid the formal hearing with the ARB. Review by the ARB If you cannot resolve your problem informally with the county appraisal district (CAD) staff, you may have your case heard by the ARB. The ARB is an independent board of citizens that reviews problems with appraisals or other concerns listed above. It has the power to order the CAD to make the necessary changes to solve problems. If you file a written request for an ARB hearing (called a notice of protest) before the deadline, the ARB will set your case for a hearing. You will receive written notice of the time, date and place of the hearing. If necessary, you may request a hearing in the evening or on a Saturday or Sunday. Prior to your hearing, you may ask to review the evidence the CAD plans to introduce at the hearing to establish any matter at issue. The law provides that before a hearing on a protest or immediately after the hearing begins, you or your agent and the CAD shall each provide the other with a copy of any written material intended to be offered or submitted to the ARB at the hearing. To the greatest extent practicable, the hearing will be informal. You or a designated agent may appear in person to present evidence or you may send notarized evidence for the ARB to review at your hearing. The CAD representative will present evidence about your case. You may cross-

examine the CAD representative. The ARB will make its decision based on the evidence presented. In most cases, the CAD has the burden of establishing the property’s value by a preponderance of the evidence presented.

In certain protests, the chief appraiser has the burden of proving the property’s value by clear and convincing evidence. You should review ARB hearing procedures to learn more about evidence and related matters. You can get a copy of a protest form from the appraisal district office, Hays Central Appraisal District, 21001 IH 35 N, Kyle, Texas, 78640 or on our website www.hayscad.com.

You should not try to contact ARB members outside of the hearing.

The law requires ARB members to sign an affidavit saying that they have not talked about your case before the ARB hears it.

Review by the District Court, an Arbitrator or SOAH After it decides your case, the ARB must send you a copy of its order by certified mail. If you are not satisfied with the decision, you have the right to appeal. If you choose to go to court, you must start the process by filing a petition within 60 days of the date you receive the ARB’s order. In certain cases, as an alternative to filing an appeal in district court, you may file, not later than the 45th day after you receive notice of the ARB order, a request for binding arbitration with the county appraisal district. In certain cases, you may appeal to the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH). An appeal to SOAH is initiated by, not later than the 30th day after you receive notice of the ARB’s order, filing with the chief appraiser of the county appraisal district a notice of appeal. Appeals to district court, binding arbitration, or SOAH all require payment of certain fees or deposits.

Tax Payment You must pay either the amount of taxes due on the portion of the taxable value not in dispute or the amount of taxes due on the property under the order from which the appeal is taken.

More Information You can get more information by contacting your appraisal district at Hays Central Appraisal District, 21001 IH 35 N, Kyle, Texas, 78640, (512) 268-2522. You can get additional information on how to prepare a protest from the Comptroller’s Property Tax Assistance Division’s website at comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/property-tax/

Deadline for Filing Protests with the ARB* Usual Deadline On or before April 30 for residence homesteads and May 31 for all other property (or 30 days after a notice of appraised value was mailed to you, whichever is later). The filing deadline is postponed until the next business day if the deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal state or national holiday.

Late protests are allowed if you miss the usual deadline for good cause. Good cause is some reason beyond your control, like a medical emergency. The ARB decides whether you have good cause.

Late protests are due the day before the ARB approves records for the year. Contact your appraisal district for more information.

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For ARB changes (the ARB has informed you of a change that increases your tax liability and the change did not result from a protest you filed), the deadline is not later than the 30th day after the notice of the determination was delivered to you.

If you believe the appraisal district or ARB should have sent you a notice and did not, you may file a protest until the day before taxes become delinquent (usually Feb. 1) or no later than the 125th day after the date you claim you received a tax bill from one or more of the taxing units that tax your property. The ARB decides whether it will hear your case based on evidence about whether a required notice was mailed to you.

Special Deadlines For change of use (the appraisal district informed you that you are losing agricultural appraisal because you changed the use of your land), the deadline is not later than the 30th day after the notice of the determination was mailed to you. * The deadline is postponed to the next business day if it falls on a weekend or holiday.

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El Paso coach takes over as Lobo coach, athletic leader

BY MOSES LEOS III

While making his way to the 2014 UIL state basketball tournament, Joshua Kirkland never forgot how “gorgeous” the Kyle and Buda area were to him.

“I told my wife, ‘If I get the opportunity to come here to work, I’ll take it,’” Kirkland said. “It has everything you want to do.”

Three years later, Kirkland was sure to made good on that promise.

On Thursday, Kirkland was officially hired as the third head coach and athletic coordinator at Lehman High. His hiring, which was approved by the Hays CISD board of trustees during a special called meeting, fills the void left by Todd Raymond, who left to take the athletic director role at Pflugerville ISD. The focus now lies on preparing a Lobo football team that’s won only four games in three seasons.

Kirkland has wasted little time on this undertaking.

“I’m really excited to be here and I’m fired up about where we’re headed,” Kirkland said.

Kirkland was at his El Paso home when he got the call from Hays CISD officials regarding his hiring.

While he knew his name was being brought before the board of trustees, Kirkland didn’t know what to expect.

Once he got the word he was the new coach, Kirkland didn’t waste time in readying himself for the job.

Kirkland, who is originally from the Lubbock area, describes himself as an “educational leader through athletics who emphasizes character building.”

By 7 a.m. the next morning, Kirkland informed his previous team at El Paso Parkland High of his decision to leave.

By 10:30 a.m. that day, Kirkland had turned in his gear to Parkland, picked up his wife and children in their car and traveled the 10-hour trip to Kyle.

“I was ready,” Kirkland said. “It’s May 8, so we’re behind and I had to get here and get rolling.”

From the moment he met his new football team and athletics program staff, Kirkland stressed his focus on building character in athletes. He said the Lobo football team was attentive and excited about what Kirkland was bringing.

That mentality was forged during his time as an assistant at Daingerfield High in far northeast Texas before going to El Paso.

“You focus on the inside of the child and if you get those things right, the outside takes care of itself,” Kirkland said. “You try to intrinsically make kids into better people.

You try to use athletics to make better men and women.”

A high-energy, “energetic and very positive” approach is what Kirkland also brings to the table.

Kirkland said he’s often seen “running around practice,” and at times, will “jump in the drill” with students.

Kirkland proved that point when he raced a student while pushing prowler sleds on Lobo Field last week.

“I told him, if you beat me, you’re good. They looked at me like I had lost my mind,” Kirkland said. “They seemed to enjoy it. It’s one of those deals where I won’t ask them to do something I can’t do.”

Kirkland is also meeting with coaches individually, where he’s giving them an idea of what he’s expecting.

He said he’s looking at who’s currently working at Lehman and looking at what’s needed.

Strategy on the field

could center on the run game, which Kirkland found success at while at Parkland. Focusing on what the Lobos can do, and not on anyone else in the district, is the key.

“We’re going to focus on what we do and use getting better and not focusing on who we’re going to see,” he said.

Joshua Kirkland who was the head coach and athletic director of El Paso Parkland was officially hired as the third head coach and athletic coordinator at Lehman High, filling the position formerly held by coach Todd Raymond.

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A San Antonio Reagan Rattler baserunner attempts to dive back to first base as infielder Jackson Massey collects the ball Saturday at Hays High.

Rattlers shake Rebs to close baseball season PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III

Hays Rebel baserunner Kari Louk slides into second base as a San Antonio Brennan infielder collects a throw in Game 3 of the best-of-3 series played at Converse Judson High.

Rebels playoff dreams ended by the Bears

BY QUIXEM RAMIREZ

With one out and bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning, Hays’ Maxine Valdez stepped up to the plate with a chance to win the playoff series against the Brennan Bears in game two.

Hays appeared to be in good hands at the time. Just one run separated the team from advancing to the regional quarterfinals of the 2017 6A softball playoffs.

But it wasn’t meant to be as the Rebels, who struggled to generate offense in key situations

Saturday, saw its 2017 campaign conclude in heartbreaking fashion.

Valdez was perhaps the best bet to accomplish the feat, too, considering her performance in the series at that point. She pitched

REBEL SOFTBALL, 2B

BY MOSES LEOS III Struggles in finding rhythm against stout San Antonio Reagan Rattler pitching brought the Hays Rebels’ 2017 campaign to a close in a two-game sweep in the bidsitrict round of the playoffs last week.

Reagan began by defeating Hays 7-1 Friday, aided by the arm of Cal Carver who threw five strikeouts and walked only five in a complete game, three-hit effort.

Hays, however, gained the upper hand by taking a 1-0 lead after two and a half innings.

Reagan took the lead

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a no-hitter in Friday night’s 4-0 victory. The next afternoon, she held Brennan to three runs in seven innings in her Saturday afternoon start, along with a timely single to centerfield that drove in two runs in the fifth inning.

Instead, with the crowd hanging on every pitch, she pinged a soft fly ball to centerfield for the second out. Hays never scored again, dropping the second game, 4-3, and forcing a door-die third game in the series.

Brennan took advantage of its fortuitous break with a quick rally in the eighth inning.

Bears third baseman Kayla Sanchez connected on a pitch high in the zone from Valdez for a one-run home run to deep centerfield – one of the few mistakes Valdez made all series. And it proved to be costly.

Hays responded with three quick outs to end the game, unable to match Sanchez and the Bears’ late scoring punch. Besides Valdez, Hays’ only source of offense in the second game came from a one-run home run from Annalise Rodriguez in the third inning that drifted towards left field.

The roles switched in the third and decisive game of the series. This time around, it was the Rebels playing a game of catch-up and Brennan trying to maintain a lead to advance to the next round of the playoffs.

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Hays High’s Brianna Rodriguez (center, right) hugs teammate Kaylin Davis after the Rebels’ season came to a close in a 3-1 loss in Game 3 of the best-of-3 series against the San Antonio Brennan Bears. Below, Hays Rebel head softball coach Lisa Cone argues with an umpire after officials made a controversial call that brought Hays’ half of the sixth inning of the third and decisive game of the series with San Antonio Brennan to a close.

Brennan took a 1-0 lead early in the contest before the Rebels equalized with an RBI triple from Rodriguez.

Brennan manufactured a run in the fifth frame to take a 2-1 lead.

The Bears then caught a break in the sixth inning via a controversial call made by umpires who deemed the Rebels, which had runners at first and third base with two outs at the time, advanced a runner illegally, causing officials to call the final out.

Brennan took advantage of the momentum by scoring an extra run in the sixth inning, giving them a 3-1 cushion heading to the final inning.

Hays generated another bases-loaded situation when Kaylin Davis entered the batting box.

The margin of error was razor-thin, with two outs in the seventh inning.

Unlike Hays, Brennan recorded the final out,

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completing the series victory and moving on to face state-ranked Johnson in the regional quarterfinals.

Hays’ 2017 season ended with a 16-10 overall record and a 7-1 mark in district.

Hays’ Morton signs to Prairie View A&M

Hays High senior Hailee Morton last week signed her national letter of intent to continue her playing volleyball career at Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View. Last season, Morton led the Rebels with 521 kills in 122 sets played.

Morton finished her senior season with a kill percentage of 41.1 and a hitting percentage of 25.2.

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for good in the bottom of the third inning by scoring five runs. The Rattlers padded their total with two additional runs in the bottom of he fourth to take a commanding 7-1 advantage.

Fielding errors played

a major role in Hays’ struggles as the Rebels committed four errors in the first game of the series. Hays committed ten combined errors in the two game series.

The Rattlers needed only four runs in the top

of the second inning to gain the upper hand against the Rebels. All four of Reagan’s runs were unearned as a result of a pair of Rebel throwing errors.

Hays was unable to find success off of Reagan

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Rebel pitcher Weston Wolf went 6.2 innings Saturday and threw five strikeouts in his outing.

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ACC breaks ground STAFF REPORT Austin Community College and local represenratives threw the “first dirt” Tuesday morning in the official groundbreaking at the Hays Campus. More than 100 people, including local citizens, students, governmental representatives, builders, architects and ACC officials welcome the start of construction of the $22.4 million Phase 2 project. This build-

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labs, a shooting range and other necessary training labs for criminal justice and first responder training.

Hays CISD’s juvenile justice students were on hand, helping with the celebration. The students are able to study juvenile justice at the high school and also at ACC. Phase 2 Project Manager Deborah Femat shows Kyle Chamber and Economic Development representative Tony Spano the new facilities.

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Reb speech duo shines at national Tournament of Champions

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Barton MS memorably dedicates Kana Field

Hays High School’s Speech and Debate team standouts Chance Walker and Jude McClaren competed last weekend at the Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions at Northwestern University in Chicago.

HHS Speech and Debate Sponsor Gina Lozano reports the tournament’s rigorous qualification process “restricted entry to the nation’s sixty most elite extemporaneous speakers this year.” Jude fell just short of qualifying to out-rounds. Chance advanced to the quarterfinal round, earning him distinction as being among the top 24 extemporaneous speakers in the nation.

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Lobos give blood

At a place and day that could be no more appropriate, Barton Middle School formally dedicated Kana Field to the inspiring life and memory of its long-time, beloved school nurse, Susie Kana. With all the trappings of yet another Relay for Life gathering, an event to which Susie Kana brought life and love, an admiring and appreciative crowd joined Rick Kana, Susie's husband, and their family in an unforgettable ceremony of remembrance and rededication to a cause. “Celebrate – Remember – Fight Back” was the charge on the back of the BMS t-shirts, as well as the words emblazoned on the archway that now welcomes visitors to “Kana Field!”

Health Science classes at Lehman High School once again partnered with We Are Blood (formerly the Blood Center of Central Texas) to gather pledged donations of the life-saving commodity from willing Lobo participants. Fifty to seventy-five students, faculty, and staff showed up to offer a pint of their blood and their donations were gladly accepted and will be put to important use according to Health Sciences teacher Yvette Sutten. Above is junior Tiana Mejia.

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Hundreds lined FM 2770 in front of Hays High Saturday to give a big “Happy Birthday” shout to Hays CISD, which celebrated its 50th anniversary with a parade on the highway. The celebration consisted of various floats from all 23 of the district’s elementary and secondary campuses, with former Hays High head football coach and Athletic Director Bob Shelton serving as the grand marshal of the ceremony. On May 6, 1967, a vote was taken to consolidate the Buda, Kyle and Wimberley school districts into one. At the time of consolidation, Hays CISD opened with just over 1,000 students and three campuses. Today the district boasts over 19,200 students. See more photos online at HaysFreePress.com.

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Raising awareness for the local, independent farmer is the focus for Farmgrass, a non-profit organization that will hold the fourth annual Farmgrass Festival in Niederwald this weekend.

Sowing the seeds of success

Annual festival raises awareness for local farmers

BY MOSES LEOS III

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rowing up in a family of ranchers in the Manchaca area, Tymothy Bryce always had the agriculture life coursing through his veins.

He knew how dangerous the farming profession could be, and how an injury sustained by a local farmer could affect an entire family.

By turning a Niederwald-area farm into a concert venue, Bryce, along with his wife, Talia, hope to provide a helping hand to injured farmers in need.

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hough the fortunes of the monarchs rise and fall from year to year, when you look beyond the latest statistics and look back to the numbers recorded 20 years ago, then you realize how steep the overall decline has been.

As gardeners, and as stewards of our lands, I believe we should all put aside some part of our gardens to be good hosts to our magical visitors on their epic 2,800 mile journeys back and forth between Mexico and Canada.

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Farmgrass, an Austin area 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization, will hold its third annual festival May 12-13.

The organization, according to its website, promotes the well-being of local, independent farmers in the Austin area.

That includes fundraising to assist farmers who have suffered injuries while at work.

Over the past three years, organizers have raised more than $34,000 to assist six farmers in the area.

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ers,” Talia Bryce said. “We want to see them do well and to thrive and help them, so they can keep going on and pass along (farming) to the next generation.”

Origins of the festival began three years ago when Talia and Tymothy conceptualized the idea, which was to create a festival for a good cause.

They also sought to start an emergency medical fund for farming, which Talia Bryce said is a “super dangerous profession.”

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or many children, learning how to read in a public setting can be a nervewracking experience. A fear of being judged based on how they perform is often a reality.

With the help of a local pooch, an Austin-area organization hopes to make reading a much more paws-itive experience for Buda residents.

Lillian Sikorski, of Wimberley, along with her five-year-old golden retriever, Samson, have spent Monday afternoons at the Buda Public Library listening to children read without judgment.

The duo is part of the Bow Wow Reading Dog program, which is done through the Austin Dog Alliance.

“We go to schools and libraries and kids read to him which increases their reading skills in an environment where they won’t be judged and they have a patient audience,” Sikorski said.

According to the ADA website, the Bow Wow program is where “non-judgmental therapy dogs” listen to “at-risk students reading aloud.” The dogs are paired with handlers who are also educated on how to help at-risk readers learn how to read. The Bow Wow teams volunteer their time at local elementary schools, selfcontained classrooms, libraries, after-school programs and college campuses.

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Therapy Team Jillian Sikorski with ‘Samson’ listening to Buda resident Erin read at the Buda Public Library.

sional Dog Trainer, said Samson has been a certified therapy dog through Austin Dog Alliance for about a year now.

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as they already had a therapy dog, she decided to approach the Buda Public Library about the therapy team going there.

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“Samson had to go through various tests with people, kids, loud noises and commotion to become certified as a therapy dog,” Sikorski said.

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Together Again – Lila Smith Calhoun (July 30, 1929 – May 6, 2017) and Lindon Ray Calhoun (May 20, 1920 – January 5, 1992) Wife, mother of 7 children, grandmother of 16 children, great grandmother of 9, and great-great grandmother of 2. Cattle rancher, real estate broker, family architect and building contractor, accountant, tax preparer, secretary, salesclerk, model ... and all around hell raiser and trail blazer! She lived a full and happy life.

At Lila’s request there will be no formal service. A private memorial will be held with her family for the burial of her ashes beside her husband Lin, at “The Resting Place” on the Lin-Lila (Calhoun) Ranch, one of the oldest continuously working ranches in Hays County.”

Lila was preceded in death by her husband Lin, her mother Dollie Garnett, her sister Bonnie Schneider, her brother Basil (Sony) Garnett and her stepsister Freddie Kay Comer.

She is survived by her sister Violet and brother-in-law Leonard Voges and stepbrother Richard Smith. She is also survived by her daughter Linda and her family Leigh and Mark, Lance, Lexie, Ava, and Marleigh; daughter Lana and her family Tami, JoLana, Joshua, Jeremiah, JJ, Jaxson and Jade; daughter Loveta and her family Jeanette, Corbin and Richlan; daughter Lesa and her family Michael and Conor; daughter Luta and her family Jessica, Travis and Elaine; son L. Ray and his family Jackie and Lin; son Lex, and his family Cindy, Tatum, Cody, Lexi, Railie, Kason and Peyton. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

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Grace Marie Barr Hilderbrand, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and aunt, was called home to be with our heavenly Lord on Tuesday May 2, 2017, after 89 years.

She was born in Bastrop County near Smithville, Texas, on December 7, 1927; to Clyde Barr and Lillian Rolsten Barr. Grace graduated salutatorian at Smithville High School in 1945. She attended Durham’s Business College in Austin, Texas, where she met her husband Otis Taylor Hilderbrand of sixty-one years. Otis and Grace were married on February 3, 1948, in Austin, Texas.

Grace was predeceased by her parents, husband, sister Lillian Barr Talley, brother John T. Barr; and granddaughter Margaret Grace Hilderbrand.

Grace is survived by her son Charles Richard Hilderbrand and wife Karen Hilderbrand of Palacios, Texas and daughter Peggy Hilderbrand Nelson of Buda, Texas. Grandchildren: Kimberly Norman and husband Sean of Midlothian, Texas; Corey Nelson and wife Amber of Buda, Texas and Charlie Hilderbrand of Palacios, Texas. She was blessed with four great grandchildren: Keaton and Aubrey Norman and Jade and Claire Nelson.

Grace worked as a Legal Secretary before moving to Wharton, Texas in 1957, where she worked 17 years in Wharton County Judge’s office and 17 years in Wharton County District Judge’s office, before retiring in 1992. Grace was a founding member of the Pilot Club of Wharton and active in the Order of the Eastern Star, El Campo Chapter 535 and a Past Matron of the former Wharton Chapter.

Her joyful love of family, friends and her service to her community was a blessing and she will be missed by all.

Funeral services were held May 7, 2017 at Harrel Funeral Home in Kyle.

Burial was at Kyle Cemetary.

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as fueling stations or pit stops for many different species.

Other great nectar plants commonly found in our central Texas gardens are lantanas, butterfly bushes (Buddlea), pentas, mistflowers (Eupatoriums), mealy sages, Turk’s caps, and wild bergamot.

There are other types of butterflies that we can attract to our yard through careful choice of plants.

For black swallowtail butterflies, I offer my triple curled parsley, which will reach a height of two and a half feet in May, and will have hundreds of beautiful blooms. The caterpillars will then get busy eating the foliage.

(Other hosts for black swallowtails are dill, fennel, and rue.)

The list of host and nectar plants is lengthy and includes many native and adaptive species that thrive in our region with little care.

Gulf fritillaries and zebra longwings have a passion

for passionvine, for example. Red admirals like pellitory, and for tiger swallowtails, it’s Texas ash.

Many of these plants add beauty to our landscapes and are tolerant of drought.

For more detailed information, a visit the Austin Butterfly Forum website (austinbutterflies.org) would be a good idea.

Why not add a few of these droughthardy species to your garden and be a good Lepidopteral host to these marvels of nature . . . and if we can all provide more milkweed for the monarchs, we should be able to continue to support and increase the number taking part in these epic migrations.

Happy butterfly gardening everyone!

A word of thanks to her friends at Forget Me Not Caring at New Haven Assisted Living & Memory Care in Kyle, Texas and Guiding Hospice; for all the care, love and affection bestowed.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pilot Club of Wharton; P.O. Box 963 Wharton, Teas 77488 or charity of choice.

Please send your loving memories, a fond photograph, or condolence to Grace’s family at www. harrellfuneralhomes.com

JASSO On Saturday, April 29, 2017, at the age of 45, Roger Rivera Jasso Jr., recently married in February, a mechanic

and father, passed away at Central Texas Medical Center in San Marcos, following a lengthy illness.

Roger was born in Deming, New Mexico on June 27th, 1971 to Roger Rivera Jasso Sr. and Connie Bettyjean (Gonzales).

He moved with his family from Deming to Simi Valley, California before moving permanently to Austin, Texas. Roger loved cars and motorcycles.

He rode his first motorcycle at sixteen and was hooked. He developed his mechanical skills as a teenager when he had to work on his yellow 1972 VW SuperBeetle daily to get it to start so he could go to school and work.

He had a big heart and didn’t like to see people sad. His caring demeanor caused him to stop for strangers with vehicles stranded alongside the road and often made repairs to get them

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His favorite phrase was “Hakuna Matata,” meaning no worries. He was always happy and put others needs ahead of his own, providing cheer to everyone he met. Roger loved 80s music. He often played one of his favorite Ozzy Osbourne songs “See you on the Other Side” while teaching his daughter Samantha to drive. Roger’s son Christopher raced quarter midgets where Roger served as his son’s push start, mechanic, and spotter.

They traveled together to races all over the country.

He was known for always having busted up knuckles and greasy jeans. Roger truly enjoyed spending every moment with his children. He would wait every day for Zachary to return from school just to enjoy his company.

Roger deeply cared for his youngest son, Ozzie. He

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always provided him with compassionate care and infinite love.

Roger’s life was richly blessed by those who loved him. His survivors include his wife Diadira Juarez. His children: Samantha Sleeman, her husband Jared; Christopher Wilson, fiancé Erin; Zachary Juarez Jasso, and Ozzie Jasso. Grandchildren: Kalleigh Wilson and Makenzie Sleeman. As well as his parents Roger and Connie Jasso Sr., brothers: Elias Jasso, fiancé Bessie; Craig Jasso, wife Sofia; Dylan Jasso, and his sister Heather Hinojosa, husband Miguel.

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lers’ no-holds-barred “crusade against corruption in public office.” He said over and over again, “If the United States Attorney was on the job, Lyndon Johnson would be in the federal penitentiary instead of in congress.”

Hollers smelled the following “rats”: First, Johnson’s father-in-law turned a six-figure profit building rural electrification systems and made another bundle on a land sale to the federal government; second, Herman Brown of Brown & Root received contracts for construction of the Corpus Christi Naval Base and other defense installations while LBJ was on the Naval Affairs Committee; third, the Johnsons bought an expensive Austin home for cash from a Brown & Root partner; and fourth, the congressman used his influence in 1943 to purchase Austin radio station KTBC and later arranged for ten friends to go into sham competition with

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Hollers’ kickoff comments “a vicious speech” in a letter to Lyndon in Washington.

“He hit the war record, yours and his, pretty hard.” The future governor confidently predicted that voters would soon be “awfully sick of a man publicly and blatantly patting himself on the back about what a great hero he is.”

Johnson’s campaign manager was far more worried about the challenger’s charges of corruption and unethical conduct. “His insinuations about your affluence and the enrichment of friends will have some effect and will eventually have to be answered.”

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Johnson publicly refuted some charges and ignored others. He flatly denied any involvement in his father-inlaw’s affairs and simply gave him credit for being a shrewd businessman. He proved that the cash for the residential purchase came from wife Lady Bird’s inheritance. As for KTBC, that was her baby and he had nothing to do with it.

LBJ relied upon his experienced staff to do his campaigning for him until three weeks before the July election.

Then he hurried home to deliver the knockout punch in a 17-day blitz during which he made 51 stump speeches and shook thousands of hands.

His well-oiled campaign machine left nothing to chance. Postcards were mailed to all registered voters in advance inviting them to come out and see their congressman. Newspaper ads, posted notices and telephone calls reminded them of the big event. Two hours before the rally, “Johnson’s Hill Billy Boys,” a four-piece band, toured the town on a flat-bed truck playing country music to attract a crowd.

Gene Autry returned a wartime favor by hitting the campaign trail with his benefactor. After singing his standard “I’m Back in the Saddle Again,” the popular movie star would tell his

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For the past year, LBJ had thought about running for governor instead of a fifth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. However, an opinion poll persuaded him to play it safe. Even though the 37 year old politician was the first choice of prospective voters in 23 towns, his 22-percent share in the field of six made him think twice about a statewide race.

Johnson warned of a sinister scheme to unseat him in a telegram to the Austin American in April 1946. With the “support of the same oil crowd that tried to defeat me two years ago,” veterans would declare their candidacies in each of the ten Hill Country counties in his district with nine dropping out at the last minute in favor of the strongest.

The last candidate left standing was 45 year old Austin attorney Hardy Hollers, a preacher’s son and decorated veteran of both world wars. After the second, he had played a small part in the prosecution of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg.

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Squeezebox Music Fest

Kick off your summer with an afternoon of familyfriendly fun on May 13 with the “Squeeze Me On the Square” Squeezebox Music Fest at Kyle Market Days. In addition to local vendors, live music will feature The Fabulous Polkasonics, Czech Melody Masters, Gulf Coast Playboys and the Conjunto Cats. The event will last from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Starlight Symphony Orchestra

Kick off Kyle’s 2017 Movies in the Park series with “Star Wars - Rogue One” (PG-13) on May 19 beginning after sunset at Lake Kyle.

Bring your blankets, folding chairs and movie snacks to enjoy a relaxing evening by the water.

Celebrate color at this free performance by the Starlight Symphony Orchestra featuring “My Many Colored Days” by Dr. Seuss. Performances will be May 20 at Hays Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. and May 21 at the First Baptist Church of Wimberley at 4 p.m. See www.starlightsymphony. org for more information. Starlight Symphony Orchestra is a regional community orchestra whose performances are always free.

Front Porch Days

Spend some time celebrating Kyle at the annual Front Porch Days at Plum Creek’s Fergus Park on May 20 and 21. The festivities kick off Saturday with races and a morning garden tour. Sunday’s events include carnival activities, shopping, fishing, and more.

Activities both days include inflatable games, Jigglebug Express, petting zoo, pie baking contest, pony rides, washer tournament, live music and more.

See www.frontporchdays.com for a schedule and more information.

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And although the website classifies Bow Wow Reading Dogs as therapy for “at-risk” readers, Sikorski said all children are welcome to read to Samson as it may help more than just the reader.

“One day we were here

there was an advanced reader who wanted to read to Samson, so while we were reading, his little brother, who didn’t read in public, became interested and sat down with us,” Sikorski said, “He then asked if he could read to Samson and his mother started crying, because he had never had the confidence to read aloud in public before then.”

The therapy dog craze

has caught on in other parts of Central Texas where people realize the healing effect of dogs on stressful situations.

In Dripping Springs, the REDy to Read program, which is part of RED Arena, allows readers of all ages and skill levels to read aloud to a horse.

In addition, Divine Canines in the Central Texas area has partnered with Texas State University to provide a group of thera-

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fans, “Let’s put my friend Lyndon back in the saddle again because that’s where he belongs.”

But in the end it was the congressman’s record, nine years of bringing home the bacon to his rural constituents, that made the difference. He proudly pointed to political protein like Colorado River dams, electricity for 13,000 farms, soil conservation, stable farm prices, farm-to-market roads,

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Sikorski said Samson is a therapy dog, which differs from a service dog.

Samson is not asked to perform specific specialized services for disabled handlers such as opening doors or switching on lights.

According to the ADA website, a Bow Wow Reading Dog must meet certain requirements to participate in the program.

The therapy reading dogs must be “calm, quiet,

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low-cost agricultural loans and the G.I. Bill.

And Johnson knew how to tell his story. He never tired of talking about “the hard times we had during the thirties, the banks going broke, people not having anything to eat or any jobs, and how we built back up and saved democracy.”

With his chances of pulling an upset fading fast, Hollers played the Nazi card. He claimed he

came home from the war to find “my own people with fear in their eyes and fear in their hearts because they were afraid of the Johnson political machine. We were only one step ahead of the Gestapo system they had in Germany.”

Although Hardy Hollers gave him a mild scare, the outcome was never in doubt. The incumbent won with 69 percent of the vote, but it was the

other 31 percent that bothered Lyndon, who never did understand why anyone would vote against him.

had emergency surgery for a gallbladder issue, and a Lockhart farmer who had suffered severe back injuries.

“They’re a small business and if (farmers) get hurt, it impacts their ability to farm,” Talia Bryce said. “It affects their livelihoods and their families.”

The Bryce family put its idea in motion and began to search for a location for the festival. They received assistance through the Simmons Family in Niederwald, which hosts seasonal events on their farm.

Talia Bryce then sought out acts for the event and used her background as a performer in a Bluegrass band in the Austin area.

While the event focused on Bluegrass music in the beginning, Talia Bryce said the genre shifted to Americana.

During the first year, Farmgrass raised roughly $5,000 for its cause. They also garnered interest from those who were “surprised” there was a festival going on in Niederwald, Talia Bryce said.

“Everyone who came had an amazing time,” Talia Bryce said. “There was good music and the food was great.”

In 2015, the event’s second year, Farmgrass doubled attendance and tripled the amount raised, she said.

Ever since then, the festival has continued to grow, both in attendance and interest. Big name acts, such as Grammy award winning artist Shiny Ribs, now perform at the event.

All of it is done with a staff that includes two full-time, two part-time employes and 30 volun-

teers.

The ability to raise awareness for not only farmers, but also the industry itself is also an important point for the Bryce family. Talia Bryce said farming isn’t a flourishing industry and there’s a disconnect between farming and the younger generation.

“It’s all about education and they’re not educated about good, local, healthy food,” Talia Bryce said. “There’s a lot of marketing and education for people to understand that supporting local farms is supporting a sustainable local food system.”

py dog teams to the Alkek Library during finals week to help students relax.

“Dogs are special,” Sikorski said, “They love to be loved and they support us when we need it most.”

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Pray for Peace All Catholics (And everyone else) are invited to come and pray for peace from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 13th at St. Anthony Catholic Church, 801 N. Burleson St., Kyle, TX 78640 in the parish hall.

If your mother ever told you to stop fighting, then you will understand why Jesus’ mother encourages our prayers for peace.

Pamphlets and rosaries will be available for all.

Bartee’s three books “Texas Depression-Era Desperadoes,” “Murder Most Texan” and “Texas Boomtowns: A History of Blood and Oil” are available at barteehaile.com.

And look for his fourth book “Unforgettable Texans” this summer!

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Continued from pg. 1C Bureau of Labor Statistics information, farmers, ranchers and other agricultural managers were within the top ten most dangerous jobs in the United States. The profession had the sixth-highest rate of fatalities, 26 per 100,000 workers.

For local farmers, who are usually “small mom and pop operations” that operate on fixed incomes, suffering an injury on the job can be catastrophic.

Other issues that may arise could be illnesses suffered by the farmers themselves or their families.

Talia Bryce referred to one farmer who was diagnosed with cancer and had to sell many of his cattle to afford $12,000 chemotherapy shots.

More locally, the organization helped a San Marcos area farmer who

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May the 4th be with you! That theme resonated last week at the Kyle Chamber of Commerce annual Business Expo as hundreds of local residents toured booths set up by local business. Bringing together the Cinco de Mayo and Star Wars theme seemed to be a hit as business owners dressed up in all kinds of costumes while handing out goodies and partying to the pounding music. And, to add to the theme, the Lehman High mariachi band entertained attendees at the end of the event. See more photos online at www.HaysFreePress.com.

Give mom the gift of a healthy financial future Financial Focus contributed by Jon Albright, CFP®

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ith Mother’s Day around the corner, you might wonder if you should go beyond chocolates and flowers this year and give Mom something that can help her far into the future. What sort of financial gift can improve her life?

You could, for instance, encourage your mother to fund her IRA. As long as she has any earned income, she is eligible to invest in a traditional or Roth IRA (although a Roth IRA does have income limits which, if exceeded, will reduce and eventually eliminate contributions).

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Buda survey aims to focus priorities for Main Street

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

A survey meant to gather what Buda residents want in their downtown is the first priority of an advisory board that assists the city’s newly appointed Main Street program.

The survey, created by the Main Street Advisory Board, is to get direction from residents for the downtown sector and narrow the focus for planned projects, said Maggie Gillespie, Buda Main Street manager.

“They (MSAB) are new to the job so getting this survey out kind of helps with the process of trying to narrow down our focus and the things that we should tackle first,” Gillespie said.

Gillespie said with admittance to the Texas Main Street program comes certain requirements for the state’s resources and funding.

“It’s a contract,” Gillespie said, “Whenever a city becomes a Main Street City they enter into a contract with the state for resources and funds, and in return we have to show them we are working towards historic preservation, and every month we have to send them a monthly report of our progress.”

Gillespie also mentioned creating a work plan for each year that’s focused on one of the four points in the Texas Main Street program, then submitting it to the state for approval.

PHOTO BY SAMANTHA SMITH

Above are renderings presented at the Main Street Program kickoff in April that shows a vision of future Main Street.

Gillespie said the downtown survey is less about the schematics of downtown and more about the “feeling.”

“The survey is more about feeling, how do they want to

feel when they come into downtown and how can we help create that feeling,” Gillespie said.

Gillespie said survey questions range from asking what time of day residents come into

downtown Buda and why they go to the downtown sector. In addition, the survey asks how residents would like to see the

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Hays Free Press • May 10, 2017

MULTIPLE FAMILY ESTATE/ GARAGE SALE

CITATION BY PUBLICATION

In the County Court of Rock County, Wisconsin, Cause No. 17GN45 in the interest of Rhea E. Cole, notice is hereby given that Petitioner Courtney Lynn Tompkins has attempted to locate Respondent Alicia Elizabeth Cole, whose whereabouts are unknown, by writing and/or questioning the Respondent’s friends and family: Heather Tompkins, Mary Lumbard, Dalton Chandler and Sheila Chandler.

Respondent Alicia Elizabeth Cole has 14 days to respond to the above cause number in the County Court of Rock County, Wisconsin.

Dated May 10, 2017

By Courtney Tompkins 608-617-4963 16 Marshall Pl. Janesville, WI 53545

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of AGNES SHIRLEY TERRY, Deceased, were issued on May 8, 2017, in Cause No. 17-0108-P, pending in the County Court at Law, Hays County, Texas, to: DOUGLAS TALLANT. All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: DOUGLAS TALLANT 1017 Mountain View San Marcos, Texas 78666 DATED the 8th day of May, 2017. /s/ Carrie Lane Carrie Lane Attorney for DOUGLAS TALLANT State Bar No.: 24013085 100 E. San Antonio, Ste. 102 San Marcos, Texas 78666 Telephone: (512) 392-1273 Facsimile: (512) 396-8539 E-mail: carrie@ majorslawfirm.com

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code hereby gives notice of public sale under said act to wit: This sale will be held on May 31, 2017 at 11:45 AM. Safe-n-Sound Self Storage is located at 1602 Goforth Road, Kyle, Texas 78640. The property in the storage unit(s) listed under tenant’s name is being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. The property contents of all storage unit(s) sold at this sale are purchased “as is” “where is” for CASH/ CREDIT. Safe-n-Sound Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or to cancel any public sale advertised.

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

Auctioneer: Chad Larson # 17344 Jordan Keeton 10x15 Full of misc. household items.

CITY OF KYLE ORDINANCES

The City Council of the City of Kyle will consider adopting the following ordinances on second reading on May 16, 2017 at Kyle City Hall, 100 W. Center Street, at 7:00 p.m.: An Ordinance regulating traffic, authorizing and directing the installation and erection of stop signs for traffic control at the intersection of south Nance Street and Miller Street; South Nance Street and West South Street; South Burleson Street and West South Street; and South

Main Street and West South Street in the city limits of Kyle.

An Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, amending the adoption of the 2015 Edition of the International Fire Code; providing for the amendment of local amendments thereto; providing that this ordinance is cumulative of all ordinances; amending the City Ordinance and the Code of Ordinances.

An Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas Code of Ordinances amending Chapter 5, Animals, Article I. In General and Article II. General Regulations.

An Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, Annexing Approximately 119.2 acres of land located in Hays County, Texas all of which are lying within the City's Extra Territorial Jurisdiction and to incorporate such properties into the City of Kyle, as shown in the attached exhibits.

An Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, Disannexing Approximately 242.2 acres of land located in the City of Kyle, Hays County, Texas and to remove such properties, as shown in the attached exhibits, from the corporate limits of the City of Kyle.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Hays CISD is Requesting Competitive Sealed Proposals for Proposal RFP#25-0517WC for Workers’ Compensation coverage. Proposals will be accepted until 5-19-17 at 2:00 p.m. local time.

Specifications are available in the HCISD Office of Employee Services (512268-8975 ext. 46013) between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Proposal responses must be returned to the HCISD Office of Employee Services, 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.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Kyle Pkwy Self-Storage, located at 5141 Cromwell Dr., Kyle, TX 78640, will hold a Public Auction of property being sold for CASH to satisfy a landlord’s lien. The sale will be held on May 31, 2017 at 11:15 AM. The contents in the space of Cynthia (Cindy) A. Hunter contains: household furniture.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Pursuant to Chapter 59 of the TX Property Code, A&D Storage, located at 3280 Hwy 150 East, Kyle, TX 78640 will hold a public auction to satisfy a self storage lien. Sale will be held May 19, 2017 at 1:00 pm at the storage facility. Property will be sold by the unit to the highest bidder for cash.

Seller and auctioneer reserve the right to remove property from sale. Property includes contents of spaces for the following tenants: Robert Davila - Household items and clothing, Fred Williams Household items and tools, Brian Everhart - Household items, tools, and archery equipment, Eddie Hernandez - Household items and lawn care equipment, David Pickering - Household items and baby items, Wesley McFerrin - Toys and construction materials, Kayla

Maldonado - Restaurant booths, Breana Chapa Household and baby items.

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INVITATION TO BID

Separate sealed bids addressed to the City of Kyle, ATTENTION: CITY ENGINEER, will be received until 10:00 A.M. on May 19, 2017 at City of Kyle Public Works Building located at 520 E. RR 150 in Kyle, Texas, 78640 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing all labor, material, tools and equipment and performing all work required for the 2017 MISCELLANEOUS STREETS MICRO SURFACING AND REPAIR PROJECT including approximately 83,624 square yards of micro surfacing and striping. This project also includes 4” mill and asphalt pavement of approximately 6,066 (SY) square yards on Spring Branch Drive between Burleson Street and Hunter Drive.

Bids must be submitted on the Bid Form provided, and must be accompanied by a bid security in a penal sum approximately equal to and not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid. The security shall be in the form of a certified check or cashier's check, or bid bond furnished by a reliable surety company having authority under the laws of Texas to write surety bonds in the amount required, with such security made payable without recourse to the City of Kyle. The envelope containing the bid shall indicate clearly on the front that the bid is for the 2017 MISCELLANEOUS STREETS MICROSURFACING AND REPAIR PROJECT. The final Notice of Award of Contract shall be given to the successful bidder by the City of Kyle within thirty (30) days following the opening of bids and no bidder may withdraw his bid within thirty (30) days after opening thereof. Performance period of construction may be used as a criterion for selection and award of bid. The successful Bidder must furnish a performance bond and payment bond on the forms provided, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount from a surety company holding a permit from the State of Texas to act as surety.

State statutes including wage and hour provisions and contract regulations must be adhered to as they relate to this project.

Contractors will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws Copies of the Specifications and Bid Documents will be on file

by May 3, 2017 and may be examined at the following locations: City Hall, 100 West Center Street, Kyle, Texas 78640 Public Works Building,

520 E. RR 150, Kyle, Texas 78640 Builders Exchange, 4047 Naco Perrin, San Antonio, Texas 78217 Bid Documents may be obtained at the Public Works Building located at the address above upon payment of Twenty-five dollars ($25.00). No refunds will be made.

Bidders should carefully examine the plans, specifications and other documents, visit the site of work, and fully inform themselves as to all conditions and matters which can in any way affect the work or the cost thereof. Should a bidder find discrepancies in, or omissions from, the plans, specifications or other documents, or should be in doubt as to their meaning, bidder should notify the City Engineer and obtain clarification p1ior to submitting any bid, but no later than May 12, 2017.

A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on May 11, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the offices of the City of Kyle Public Works Department, 520 E. RR 150, Kyle TX. The right is reserved, as the interest of the City of Kyle may require, to reject all bids and to waive any info1malities in bids received.

Leon Barba, PE, City Engineer City of Kyle

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) 312-5745.

NOTICE TO SUBDIVIDE

Notice is hereby given that an application has been filed with Hays County Services Department to subdivide 3.65 acres located at Williamson Drive in, Niederwald, Texas, 78640, to be known as Ranchitos of Niederwald. Information regarding the application may be obtained from Hays County Development Services (512) 393-2150.

Tracking Number: SUB-789”

TABC NOTICE

Application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a Wine and Beer Retailer’s Permit and a Food and Beverage Certificate by Big Rob’s Burgers LLC, dba Big Rob’s Burgers, to be located at 130 Kirkham Circle, Suite A, Kyle, Hays County, Texas 78640. Officers of said corporation are Robert Garza, Sr., member; and Robert Garza, Jr., manager.

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Main Street Program Continued from pg. 1D

current city hall, library and public annex buildings used, as they will be vacated when the new municipal building is completed in 2018.

“We want to draw more people into our downtown area, whether that is with more events, more local shops and restaurants and the kind of events people want to see downtown,” Gillespie said.

Gillespie mentioned that a resource team from the state would be arriving in the middle of this week to speak to different

groups of residents to understand the area, as well as how they can better assist in the revitalization of downtown.

“We want to continue to support our local businesses and have that local flair that brings people in for our historic downtown, for the trees and just the beauty we have here in Buda,” Gillespie said.

Gillespie said the survey is available online on the city’s website and will close on May 12, which is around the same time the resource team will finish

forming with its recommendations and send them to Buda.

Gillespie is expecting to make a presentation to city council on the survey results as well as the state findings at the council meeting after the May 16 council meeting.

“I think the role of the Main Street Advisory Board as well as my role in the Main Street project are very important because we are laying the foundation for the look and feel of downtown Buda in the future,” Gillespie said.

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In 2017, the IRA contribution limit is $5,500, or $6,500 for individuals 50 or older. Traditional IRA contributions may be deductible, depending on one’s income, and earnings can grow tax deferred. Taxes are due upon withdrawal and withdrawals prior to age 59½ may be subject to a 10% IRS penalty. Roth IRA contributions are not deductible, but earnings are distributed tax-free, provided an investor has had the account at least five years and doesn’t start taking withdrawals until age 59½.

You can’t contribute directly to your mother’s IRA, but you can give her money to use for that purpose, if she chooses. And since she has until April 17, 2018, to fully fund her IRA for the 2017 tax year, your gift now may help make it that much easier for Mom to “max out” on her account.

Here’s another suggestion: Consider helping Mom pay one or two months’ worth of insurance premiums. It’s possible that your mother

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is paying for multiple insurance policies, like life insurance and disability or long-term care insurance, so any financial help on your part would be valuable.

You might also want to give Mom some tips on how she can help maintain her financial independence throughout her life. If she ever needed some type of long-term care, such as an extended stay in a nursing home or the services of a home health aide, the costs could be extremely high, and Medicare typically pays little of these expenses. So you might want to connect her mother with a financial professional, who can provide strategies for protecting her from long-term care costs.

Here’s one more suggestion: Give a gift to a charitable organization your mother supports.

Even though you’re making the gift in Mom’s name, you should be able to reap some benefits yourself, even apart from the good feelings you’ll get by helping a charitable group. As long as

the charity has 501(c)(3) status (named after the section of the Internal Revenue Code that governs such groups), your gift can offer you tax advantages. On the most basic level, a gift of cash can earn you a tax deduction.

So, for example, if you are in the 25% tax bracket, and you give $1,000 to a qualified charity, you will be able to deduct $250 from your taxes.

You may be able to get even more tax benefits if you donate appreciated assets, such as stocks, to a charity. If you give appreciated stocks you’ve held for more than one year, you can deduct the value of the securities, based on their worth when you make the gift – and neither you nor the charity will have to pay capital gains taxes on the donated investments.

Your mother has done a lot for you. This Mother’s Day, show her you appreciate her efforts.

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