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A new face will join the Kyle City Council after Kyle voters elected candidate Travis Mitchell to the dais by a wide margin in Saturday’s District 1 runoff MITCHELL election.

Mitchell defeated longtime District 1 incumbent Diane Hervol 722-509, according to unofficial, final results.

Mitchell, who claimed victory in his first-ever run for political office, said with a few exceptions, Saturday’s win was the “greatest honor of my life.”

“The amount of people that have come to my side and in support of this campaign is overwhelming,” Mitchell said.

“I’m beside myself and thankful my supporters’ efforts were released today.”

From the moment early voting results were released Saturday, Mitchell held momentum in the race and never relinquished it.

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Unofficial, final election results for Kyle City Council District 1 runoff election TRAVIS MITCHELL 722 total votes (461 early/absentee voting) - 58.65%

DIANE HERVOL 509 total votes

(371 early/absentee voting) - 41.35%

County searching for armed robbers STAFF REPORT The Hays County Sheriff’s Office continues its search for two suspects who authorities say committed an aggravated robbery at a Niederwald gas station Saturday that left a store clerk shot in the leg.

According to a Hays County press release, deputies were dispatched to the Valero Convenience Store at 13901 Camino

Real for an aggravated robbery call at 10:15 p.m.

Saturday.

Upon arrival, authorities made contact with store personnel and found one male clerk had been shot in the leg below the knee. The clerk was transported to University Medical Center Breckenridge Hospital in Austin in stable condition. A second store clerk was not injured during the incident.

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Anyone with information regarding this incident should contact the Hays County Sheriff’s Office at 512-393-7896 and speak with the Criminal Investigations Division or contact Hays County Crime Stoppers at 1-800324-TIPS (8477).

According to the release, the two suspects entered the store and

fired multiple shots.

Authorities believe the suspects may have fired additional shots outside of the store. The suspects fled with an undisclosed amount of cash from the register.

Authorities describe the suspects as two possibly Hispanic males of an unknown age. The suspects were wearing hoodies and had masked their faces.

It is unknown at this time what color hoodie the

suspects were wearing at the time of the incident.

The suspects were armed with multiple weapons, according to the release.

The two suspects are believed to have been traveling in a dark-colored pickup truck of an unknown make and model.

The truck was last seen traveling north on Highway 21 toward Bastrop.

Hays County detectives are continuing to investigate the incident.

Shots fired

Local youths arrested for aggravated robbery

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STAFF REPORT Three people were arrested June 8 after they were accused of committing an aggravated robbery in Buda that involved a firearm and a baseball bat.

According to a Hays

Hays High second baseman Tyler Wilson takes a leap forward as he attempts to shuttle the baseball to first base during the 2016 Austin Area Baseball Coaches Association All-Star game at the Dell Diamond on Sunday. Wilson and teammate Mike Gonzales were selected to play in the game, which featured local graduating seniors from across the Austin area.

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AGGRAVATED ROBBERY, 2A

Residents blame Buda for flooding issues

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

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Buda City Hall was filled with drama June 7 as residents voiced concerns about the city dumping treated wastewater into Plum Creek, which they claim is causing flooding issues in the area of the Soil Conservation Service Site 6 reservoir in Kyle.

But city officials claim they’re following State standards for discharging treated effluent, and that maintaining the area near the SCSS 6 dam falls beyond their jurisdiction.

Roughly 30 to 40 citizens packed into the council chambers to voice their concerns and show their support for various causes.

Seven of the public

comments were from residents who shared frustrations regarding flooding events of the past three years.

Karen Hipsman and Mary Caudell were concerned about the inadequate drainage planning at the Bella Vita community. They said the retention pond at the Bella Vita development is very shallow and can’t hold a lot of water.

Hipsman said culverts

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had not been cleaned out from the last flood and expressed her dissatisfaction with the city for not maintaining them.

“We have been lucky no one has died,” Hipsman said.

Concerns were also raised by residents about the safety of the effluent discharged into Plum Creek.

Garcia was upset that the city did not

send notices to inform residents that they were planning on discharging treated effluent into Plum Creek.

“I wish notices had been sent to everyone,” Terry Garcia, Sr. said.

Elizabeth Vargas asked why the fish in Plum Creek were dying if the effluent water discharge was treated.

Vargas said that the

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Tenant structure on hold in Kyle Village

BY BAILEY BUCKINGHAM

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The Planning and Zoning Commission held a meeting Tuesday evening and voted to postpone the approval of Kyle Village’s Conditional Use Permit.

Sac-N-Pac, the applicant, is seeking a permit to construct a 17,263 square foot, one-story, multitenant structure. The

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structure will be located along the Interstate 35 southbound frontage road with frontages along I-35, Old Highway 81 South and East Lockhart Street.

“It (the building) only fronts the I-35 frontage road and shows the back of the building as basically bare,” said a resident during the citizens’ comment period. “I think if we

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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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CRIME BRIEFS STAFF REPORT

Four vehicle break-ins reported at Shadow Creek

Four car burglaries were reported to Hays County Sheriff’s Office the morning of June 5; the burglaries are suspected to have occurred the previous evening.

Hays County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Jeri Skrocki said all four of the vehicles were left unsecured and unlocked throughout the night.

There was no physical damage on any of the vehicles, however, personal items were stolen. The items stolen include: a computer, tools, cash, personal information and other items left in the vehicles.

There are no suspects at this time.

According to the National Highway Traffic

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Safety Administration, a motor vehicle in the U.S. is stolen every 46 seconds, while nearly half of vehicle thefts are due to driver error.

Nationally, nearly 45 percent of vehicles reported stolen are never recovered. Texas ranked number two for most vehicles stolen in 2014.

The Hays County Sheriff’s department reminds everyone to always lock vehicles, never leave keys or valuables in the vehicle and report suspicious persons and activity immediately.

Two arrested for Plum Creek car break-ins

Two teens were arrested Monday after they were accused of breaking into a vehicle in Plum Creek.

Kyle Police arrested Deric Christenson Munoz, 19, and Jacob Mendiola, 18, of Buda after authorities obtained a search warrant for their alleged involvement in stealing items from vehicles in Plum Creek.

Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said surveillance video evidence showed two men entering a homeowner’s vehicle. An officer identified Munoz, who was arrested a few days earlier for an unrelated public intoxication charge.

Stolen items included an iPhone and a guitar.

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Aggravated Robbery: Local youths arrested

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Accident/Major - 9:00 p.m. - Windy Hill Rd at Palomino Rd - June 7 Possession/Controlled Substance - 2:43 a.m. - Lehman High School - June 7 Assault - 7:41 p.m. - Seton Hays - June 9 Illegal Dumping - 10:02 a.m. - Halifax Ranch - June 9 Resisting Arrest - 12:02 a.m. - Stripes 1524 / Valero - June 9 Accident/Major - 8:53 a.m. - FM 150 at Hwy 21 - June 10 Driving While Intoxicated - 7:07 p.m. - 1XX High Rd - June 10 Assault/By Contact - 2:10 p.m. - 24XX Goforth Rd - June 11 Driving While Intoxicated - 11:15 p.m. - IH 35 NB at Exit 215 - June 11 Robbery/Aggravated - 10:19 p.m. - Stripes 1528 / Valero - June 11 Theft - 11:31 a.m. - 4XX Gini Ln - June 11 Illegal Dumping - 8:31 p.m. - Martin Church Rd at FM 2001 - June 12 Burglary/Habitation - 1:15 p.m. - 27XX High Rd - June 13 Theft/Identity - 9:07 p.m. - 1XX Sunrise Dr - June 13

BUDA Arson - 10:15 p.m. - 1XX Blossom Valley Stream - June 7 Impersonating/Police Officer - 9:19 a.m. 6XX Quarter Ave - June 7 Possession/Marijuana - 7:28 p.m. - Black Cap Run at Shadow Creek Blvd - June 7 Assault/Aggravated/Deadly Weapon - 12:46 a.m. E Access at FM 2001 - June 8

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County press release, one of the suspects allegedly shot at and struck a vehicle of their victims as they attempted to flee the scene.

The Hays County Sheriff’s Office arrested Michael Anthony Llamas, 18, of Kyle, along with Cierrah Marie Reyes, 18 and Alecsandra Traian Uzer-Dima, 25, both of Buda.

The three were booked into the Hays County Jail June 8 on a charge of aggravated robbery, which is a first-degree felony. They were also booked on misdemeanor possession of marijuana charges.

Reyes was released on June 9 on $31,000 bond.

Uzer-Dima and Llamas were released from jail on $27,500 bond on June 10.

A fourth person, a juvenile who was not identified, was released to parents pending further investigation.

According to the release, deputies were dispatched to the area of FM 2001 and Interstate 35 in Buda for a “disturbance in progress” involving weapons.

Deputies responded and located the victim at the Hampton Inn along Cabela’s Drive in Buda.

The victim told deputies they went to an address in the 4400 block of Dacy Lane in Buda. It is unknown at this time why the victim went to the address or if they knew any of the suspects.

Four subjects approached the victim and demanded money.

One of the suspects was

Sheriff ’s Report

Assault/By Contact - 5:29 p.m. - Trails at Buda Ranch June 8 Accident/Major - 10:46 a.m. - IH 35 NB S of Exit 223 June 9 Doc/Fighting - 12:05 p.m. - Barton Junior High - June 10 Violation/Protective Order - 9:45 a.m. - Live Oak Academy - June 10 Arrest/Warrant Service - 3:54 p.m. - FM 1626 at Maybrook Dr - June 11

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armed with a handgun, while another had a baseball bat.

As the victim attempted to flee, the suspect armed with the handgun fired at the victim’s vehicle and struck it.

The victims that were shot at included two children, whose ages were one and two years old, according to the release. Neither of the victims were wounded in the attack.

Hays County Lt. Jeri Skrocki said in an emailed response that the Sheriff’s Office has no indication that the children were shot at specifically, and that it was “a shot at the vehicle.” It’s unknown where the bullet hit the victim’s vehicle.

Officers from the Buda Police Department aided the HCSO with a search of the area. They located the suspects’ vehicle, a white Ford Focus, at the Buda HEB, where HCSO deputies arrested them.

Skrocki said the case is still on-going.

Anyone with information regarding this or any case may contact the Hays County Sheriff’s Office at 512-393-7896 and speak with the

UZER-DIMA Criminal Investigations Division or you may contact the Hays County Crime Stoppers at 1-800324-TIPS (8477).

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Are they really moving up?

“This is the year of jubilee/Send them angels down/The Lord has come to set us free.”

The words of the Negro spiritual are celebratory, but the truth of them is in the title: “My Way’s Cloudy.”

A long struggle was ahead. Many who sang it would never know freedom.

Emancipation launched a century of recriminations and malevolent machinations. The Voting Rights Act? It would be resisted with fury. And the oppression would continue. And it continues, even when the Supreme Court chief justice pronounces this to be a post-racial time.

These civil rights dynamics came to my mind when Hillary Clinton stepped on the stage as the presumptive Democratic nominee, the first female in U.S. history so poised.

As she pointed out, the year her mother was born was the year Congress passed the 19th Amendment giving women the vote.

Since then women have led Israel, India, Pakistan, Great Britain, South Korea and a host of countries.

The United States is as far behind on gender equality as Cuba is on automotive technology.

Evidence? The front-runner for the Republican nomination didn’t hurt himself at all when he launched insults employing a female debate moderator’s anatomy. They were his best rejoinder to her question about his referring to women as barnyard animals.

The Virginia Slims cigarette slogan of 1968 intoned, “You’ve come a long way, Baby.” Would that it were true in 2016.

The evidence is that it’s not, and don’t expect even the ascendance of a woman to the presidency to be the “jubilee” moment one might conjure.

If anyone presumed the election of our first black president would herald the last rites for racism – well, no. In some corners, particularly the South, Barack Obama’s presidency has proved to be much like the disturbing of a pile of fire ants.

Similarly, were Hillary Clinton to break through the “last glass ceiling,” the view from there would be one of silent oppression – in the workplace, in the board room, in the courtroom.

Consider what happened in the court of Santa Clara (Calif.)

County Judge Aaron Persky, who ruled that

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three months in jail was enough for boyish Stanford swimmer Brock Turner for raping an unconscious co-ed behind a trash receptacle.

Or consider that Baylor University football player Sam Ukwuachu kept practicing after he had his way with a female soccer player. (And after Baylor made a cursory investigation of her claim.) She, on the other hand, had no choice but to transfer.

Recriminations. No one would consider sexual violence a manly response to the equal athletic opportunities mandated in 1972 by Title IX. But the way that young lady was treated would make a young lady wish she opted for homemaking and child-raising, and that she’d dispensed with the big-picture dreams of seekers and strivers.

Those of us who would wish for a better set of priorities sometimes bemoan the fact that the only thing one ever hears about, in regards to higher education, is athletics.

Of late, it seems the only thing one hears about higher education involves sexual assault.

Stanford. Baylor.

Tennessee. Kansas State. Brigham Young.

BYU, by review, was the fine institution that expelled a coed who reported she was raped. She was judged to have violated the school’s honor code for having premarital sex. Oh, and this action came as a result of a Title IX investigation.

Recriminations.

Once upon a time these things didn’t happen to women because, well, because women couldn’t attend college with men, didn’t have opportunities that placed them so commonly in the paths of privileged predators.

While this form of oppression may not necessarily be in our DNA, it is deeply embedded, much like racism.

As women ascend in power, expect to see even more jet trails of ugliness along the paths they set.

Longtime newspaperman John Young lives in Colorado. He formerly lived in Waco. jyoungcolumn@gmail. com

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Healing open wound takes time and strength

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atching our Catahoula-mix puppy, Goldie, run is a joy to behold. Sometimes we let her loose just for the sheer joy she gets from running as well as our joy in watching her. She stays pretty much in the yard so there is little danger in her getting loose. One day we did that and regretted the decision. She tried to get out of the front gate, but was going too fast, and caught her side on the latch that stuck out on that ancient gate; she ripped a six inch hole in her side.

Luckily, it didn’t involve any vital organs, but the vets at the Kyle Animal Hospital – a fine place full of hard-working compassionate people – say that it will be weeks before she will totally heal. In the meantime she has an open wound that we doctor and clean every day.

I was thinking about that as I listened to the horri-

Goldie Walks

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ble news about the worst mass shooting in American history. Fifty people died for no good reason, and again the nation mourns a craven act of wanton violence. In a collective cry of pain and rage the whole nation ought to ask, “When will the violence stop?” How can the richest, most powerful and freest country on the face of the earth survive in the face of this painful reality?

When will the political will to do something about sensible limits on purchases of guns be put into place by elected officials too afraid to rock the boat of donor support? We continue to look the other way, hoping that the pain and

the hard choices will go away and we can return to the way things used to be.

We have passed that point long ago.

The open wounds of the family members who have survived their loved ones’ violent death will never heal until and unless real, substantive and lasting change comes about. We are all outraged now, we all pray for the families of those who were lost, but that is not enough.

That is never enough.

And that is why all the other mass-murders in the blood-stained annuls of our nation’s history will never heal.

I’m not smart enough to know how to fix this. I do know the last time something like this happened Congress got to the precipice of real change, but then there was an incredible, collective failure of nerve. The families of those who are left to pick up the

pieces of their lives want to know; the brave men and women who put their lives on the line every day want to know; and the nation that holds itself to the high standard of “liberty and justice for all,” wants to know: when will this senseless violence end?

Goldie will one day soon be well enough to run with the same abandon she did before her accident. I can’t wait for that day. She will most assuredly heal from her open wound. I wish I could be as sure of the open wound that still festers in the heart of this great nation.

A retired Presbyterian minister, Mark Stoub lives in Kyle with his wife, Janie, Goldie and Calvin the cat.

He is author of Blood Under the Altar, and the soon to be publised sequel, Fire in the Blood. mj.stoub@sbcglobal.net.

Some lessons in high school were too difficult

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ometimes it seems that we are, to use a good Texas term, “snakebitten.”

Perhaps the handful remaining of my high school graduating class feels the same way. Tragedy enveloped us and put us to some severe tests early in life.

Dealing with death of someone close to you — a relative or good friend — is hard enough when it occurs at an age when maturity has come with lots of years of living. To have it happen in your teen years is extremely difficult.

Decades ago when I had to deal with this, neither I nor any of my classmates knew how nor were we prepared to face losing a classmate or relative, much less several in a short period of time.

Not that it is any easier when you’re older, but maturity and the witnessing of the effects of death on people in small towns has given you a bit more preparation and insight to such a shocking event.

During my senior year, and in a few short weeks immediately following, we

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had losses that shook our young bones through and through.

Less than three months before graduation, the boy class favorite and one of the most personable people you’d ever expect to meet, had his life end due to a freakish house fire.

His parents worked and he came home after school to a house that had been closed up all day. Undetected by him, a natural gas leak filled the house. When he flipped the light switch, a spark ignited the gas and he was burned badly.

He lived for almost a week but with every inch of skin burned from his body, he succumbed.

For most of our class of 39, it was our first exposure to the death of a friend. The lingering death made it doubly tough to take.

There came the occasion then to do what friends and family do with the loss

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of a loved one — some sit in the funeral home in shifts with the body.

Let me tell you, 17- and 18-year-old boys don’t know how to respond.

Most attempted to behave in a manner they deemed appropriate, but sitting with a casket containing a friend for hours presents most youngsters with a first-time experience that is scary, sad and sobering.

To “cover up,” some of the boys on the “night shifts” took to first exploring the funeral home. It was a first-time experience for just about every one of us. Some roamed around.

Others crawled in empty caskets to show they weren’t afraid. Frankly, I’m sure that of the few of us left in this world 60 years later, are still a bit embarrassed by the shenanigans that occurred that night.

Within a few weeks of that sad loss, our class was dealt yet another tough blow — one classmate’s father, a man said to be given to heavy drinking and who some said had been “sick” a long time, took a hammer and as his wife slept, hammered her forehead

repeatedly, killing her.

Shortly after graduation, two young men from that year’s junior class were killed in a car wreck on the infamous S curve on Old U.S. Highway 75 between Buffalo and Centerville.

For a small high school, with about 210 students in the four grades, this was a devastating loss and rattled most of us to the tips of our toes.

Five years later, one of our top students from our class, had passed through a college Air Force military program, gone to flight school and got his wings.

He was flying a bomber in Arkansas and the plane never gained enough altitude. With engines failing, the plane crashed through the roof of a barn, killing the crew as well as some children in the structure.

It took a great many years for some of us to get past the feeling of being jinxed and doomed.

Willis Webb is a retired community newspaper editor and publisher of more than 50 years experience. wwebb1937@att.net

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Plum Creek: Residents blame Buda for flooding issues Continued from pg. 1A

fish that did survive, when caught and gutted, had maggots inside them and could not be eaten.

Byrd said the daily volume of water being released into Plum Creek, 1.5 million gallons, is contributing to the consistent flooding problems and wanted to know what the city was prepared to do to fix the issue.

Buda Mayor Todd Ruge said the city discharges treated effluent at FM 967 and Cement Road, which is located over six miles north of the SCSS 6 dam and is the state approved location for such discharge.

“We have a permit from TCEQ for our wastewater treatment

plant,” Buda City Manager Kenneth Williams said.

TCEQ Media Relations Specialist Brian McGovern said in an emailed response the discharge travels from an “unnamed tributary; thence to Andrew’s Branch; thence to an unnamed lake; thence to Porter Creek; thence to SCS6 Reservoir; thence to Plum Creek in Segment No. 1810 of the Guadalupe River Basin.”

In addition, the SCSS 6 dam belongs to the Plum Creek Conservation District and is under its management, according to documents.

Williams added that the city of Buda had won an award in 2014 for the

Ruge said the city is “taking these accusations very seriously” and that the city heard of the accusations six months ago via a letter from Byrd. He added Guadalupe Blanco River Authority General Manager Bill West and himself co-authored a letter to Byrd “answering all those questions” in her original letter. “exceptional condition” of its wastewater treatment plant.

“We haven’t had any violations, we haven’t had any raw sewage

discharge into this waterway (Plum Creek),” Williams said.

Williams expressed the city’s concern for all Hays County citizens, but

maintained that the city was not illegally dumping wastewater.

Ruge said the city is “taking these accusations very seriously” and that the city heard of the accusations six months ago via a letter from Byrd.

He added Guadalupe Blanco River Authority General Manager Bill West and himself coauthored a letter to Byrd “answering all those questions” in her original letter.

“So the notion that we are not being proactive and answering questions is false,” Ruge said.

Williams reached out to Byrd on June 8 via email regarding the issue.

Williams said he offered to set up a meeting with

city staff and all involved entities to discuss solutions to the issue.

The city encouraged Byrd to invite other concerned citizens as well.

Byrd replied in an email that she was not interested in the proposition of a meeting unless the City of Buda or other involved entity was prepared to offer financial compensation for her land or damages sustained on her property.

“If any of the entities are interested in discussing ways to purchase a portion of my property or pay me for damages, then feel free to contact me again,” Byrd wrote in her email.

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Mitchell had a 461-371 lead over Hervol after early voting. He garnered 261 more votes on election day to Hervol’s 138.

Mitchell said he was “excited” when he held the lead after early voting, but was “certainly not celebrating.” In the May 7 election, Mitchell, who trailed after early voting, pulled an election day rally to tie Hervol 510-510 to force the runoff.

“I know well what it’s like to be down after early voting,” Mitchell said. He added one of his goals was to increase the number of votes he gathered in the May 7 election.

Mitchell gained 212 more votes in the runoff election. The number of new votes cast during the runoff election was an “incredible thing,” Mitchell said.

“It was just exactly what I set out to do from the beginning,” Mitchell said.

“I wanted to engage new people in the process.”

Mitchell lauded the efforts of his supporters, who helped him draw more voters on Saturday.

“I’m beyond humbled and honored for what they sacrificed in order to win this chair,” Mitchell said.

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Both Mitchell and Hervol said setting several firsts during the course of their campaigns were important feats.

During the course of the Hervol/Mitchell council race, the city experienced the first ever tie in an election, along with the first time the number of voters in a runoff exceeded the number during the general election.

“It’s an honor to be a part of history, a part of this campaign, in Kyle’s history,” Hervol said. “This is going to be a triva question someday.”

He also congratulated Hervol for her service to the community. Hervol was first elected to the dais in 2010 and has served two terms.

“It’s no easy thing to be a council member,” Mitchell said. “She served the office well and I wish her all the best.”

On the opposite side, Hervol said she worked on having more of a

presence in the lead-up to the runoff election.

She said she was working on “being out there and vocal,” and that she “ran a grassroots campaign.”

Hervol said she believed Mitchell had the advantage after he hired Benezet Consulting during the lead-up to the runoff.

Mitchell said he hired Trent Pool, founder of Benezet Consulting, at the very beginning of early voting for the runoff.

Pool’s role was to get things “organized and I was operating efficiently,” Mitchell said.

While it was too early to tell if she would run again for office in the future, Hervol said she does plan to be “very active” in the Kyle political scene. She said she intends “to make sure the citizen’s voice in Kyle is heard.”

“I don’t think it’s being heard,” Hervol said.

Hervol said it was an honor to serve on the dais for six years.

“It’s a complete honor to be a part of the city in this time when it’s growing leaps and bounds,” Hervol said. “Having the faith and trust of the constituency of Kyle is very important.”

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It didn’t take long for teammates Mike Gonzales and Tyler Wilson to begin tossing the ball around on the well-manicured outfield Sunday at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock.

Both players began their warm-up with short-range throws, which quickly progressed to long tosses.

While their warm-up routine didn’t change, the venue and stage they performed on was a whole new experience for the both of them.

Both Gonzales and Wilson, who played on the Hays Rebel baseball team last year, joined various other players from around Central Texas in the Austin Area Baseball Coaches Association AllStar Game. Participating in Sunday’s game was an honor for both players.

“It’s a great honor to be around a bunch of good guys,” Wilson said. “It’s a good way to go out, the last time wearing a Hays High hat probably forever. And I get to spend it with my buddy.”

Both Wilson and Gonzales played on the

Semi-pro soccer team gets its name – LOBOS On Monday, Zuzeca Affiliated Soccer Clubs announced the selection of the Central Texas Lobos as the name of the new team, which will be based in the Kyle/Buda area.

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On Monday, Zuzeca Affiliated Soccer Clubs announced the selection of the Central Texas Lobos as the name of the new team, which will be based in the Kyle/Buda area.

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Both Gonzales and Wilson went up against Hutto High’s Tristian Bayless, who went 7-1 and had an ERA of 1.03 in 2016.

Gonzales said it was “great to see that” for players who are continuing on at the next level.

Gonzales will continue his career at McMurry University in Abilene.

“It’s great to see that kind of talent and see some higher level of pitching you don’t see every time on the field, “Gonzales said.

“It’s beneficial for improving and getting better as a baseball player.”

Wilson, who played second base Sunday, was the busiest of the two players, as he made several key plays in the ball game.

While he did incur an error, Wilson said the Dell Diamond field was the best he’ll ever play on.

“I stayed busy, trying to make all of the plays that I could and try not to make too many errors,” Wilson said.

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Gonzales said he hopes to take some vacation time, but understood the importance of improving during the summer.

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“So we wanted to ensure fan input during the naming process,” Walding said in a statement.

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south team, which was comprised of players from various districts and classifications, including Dalton Warren and Shep Shepard, who played for Dripping Springs last season, along with Wimberley outfielder Antonio Jaime.

But the chance to play in the game was meaningful for Gonzales, who said many players don’t get the opportunity.

Going up against talented opposition was also something both players had a chance to

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a name sponsor for home matches.

“And we want to keep a local focus, so the partnership with Pedernales Brewing Company from Fredericksburg, and a name reflective of the Kyle community, are both in line with that vision,” Walding said.

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grade at Wallace Middle School this fall, is one news@haysfreepress.com of the Hays CISD students selected to attend a Science, Technology, sabelle Lozano sits Engineering and Mathin the far back of the ematics (STEM) Innovaroom at a computer, tion Camp, hosted by listening to the snatches the nonprofit Skillpoint of conversation floating Alliance. around her.

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So many students apLozano sits, doodling plied,” Hays CISD CTE in her notebook, waiting Director Suzi Mitchell for the session on video said. “So we added game design to start. At elementary and middle 13 years old, she’s one of the oldest students in the school this year, and we still have openings for room. the next two weeks.”

Lozano, who will be Mitchell said the entering the eighth

camps expose students to training in Scratch, an MIT-hosted coding system designed to teach students animation and click-and-drag coding.

The system also teaches video game design and Makey Makeys, which allow students to turn any object into a touchpad that they can merge with the internet for interactive activities and gameplay.

For students like Lozano, this kind of camp can open up new possibilities. As part of the Gifted and Talented program, Lozano took Gateway to Technology (GTT) courses in sixth and seventh grade. Her father enrolled her in the video game design camp prior to her eighth grade year.

Much of the appeal of the camp lies in the challenges it presents, Lozano said.

“I like the programming. I like that it confuses most people, they think it’s hard, and for me being able to do something that’s difficult to most people makes me feel accomplished,” Lozano said.

Lozano has also read stories and done research on those who created “things like Facebook.” She discovered the founder of Tumblr was a high school dropout, but is now a millionaire.

“So, I think maybe if I go through high school and keep doing coding, I can do something with it,” Lozano said.

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Something, perhaps, like the Velocity Prep camp currently running at Hays High School, where 40 students from both Hays and Lehman High Schools partner with clients in the tech industry to engineer solutions in a month-long, paid-internship style camp.

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ents, and they solve a real problem that has a social impact,” said Sara Silva, Velocity Program Lead.

“They create their own company. We give them two facilitators to guide them, but they run the program on their own.”

The four-week intensive Velocity Prep camp operates much like a paid internship. Students who are selected are paid $800 for the month, with the possibility of a shared bonus at the end of the month.

Once the groups are partnered with a client, they generate a prototype design and presentation, which they will present on June 30 to the clients and the community at large.

Due to the “overwhelming” response from Hays CISD, Silva said, Skillpoint Alliance chose to run two projects simultaneously instead of their usual one per school. This allowed 40 students to participate, where normally only 20 are selected.

“We received over a hundred applications,” Silva said. “So we decided to do two projects last year, and we did again two projects this year, because the Hays students are awesome, and so into it. They take the initiative and really dive in.”

This year, project clients include TinyHackerHouse, which tasks students with designing and developing a “smart tiny home” using technology or micro controller devices to “reduce the impact of flooding in Hays County,” Silva said.

Web hosting service WP Engine is another client, where students must develop an interactive website that “illuminates what websites are impacted by servers that have gone down” and “come up with ways for

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Ever since his freshman year of high school, Dripping Springs High graduate and UIL state swimming gold medalist Micah Slaton has dreamt of going to the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Omaha, Neb. It was a dream fostered when he watched the event on television for the first time in 2012.

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“I’m super excited. It’s

Micah Slaton at the Olympic Trials • 200-meter butterfly preliminary heats – June 28 • 100-meter butterfly preliminary heats – July 1 Preliminary heats will begin at 10 a.m. and will be webcasted on NBC Sports

been a goal of mine since freshman year,” Slaton said. “It’s been my end goal of my senior year to qualify. It means a lot.”

Slaton’s road to reaching Omaha was a feat accomplished during the

final week to meet qualifying times, or cuts.

He made his Olympic Trial cuts at a small agegroup meet at the University of Texas at Austin.

Prior to the meet in Austin, Slaton missed the

cut during the Atlanta Classic swim meet at Georgia Tech.

With one last chance to get in, Slaton said he returned home, regrouped and rested for a week before hitting the pool.

“I put on a fast suit and had the 200 (meter butterfly) the first day, but didn’t make the cut,” Slaton said.

“I then tuned up for the 100-fly the next day, but I went for the (200) and got the cut first.”

Training to reach the cuts meant a focus on

weight training, which Slaton said “helped a lot.”

Last year, Slaton said he focused on aerobic and crossfit style body weight training regiments. During the course of 2016, Slaton added in core training, with weight lifting one time a week.

“The heavier lifting once a week helped out with strength,” Slaton said. “The overall difference maker was the lifting.”

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Rebel boys basketball head coach Sam Lunz resigned his position earlier this month to take over as the head boys basketball coach at Jackson Hole High School in Wyoming.

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For the third time in the last four seasons, the Hays High boys basketball program will have a new head coach patrolling the sidelines.

Hays High Athletic Coordinator Neal LaHue confirmed Friday the departure of Rebel boys basketball head coach Sam Lunz, who resigned his position earlier this month.

Lunz was hired to

take over as the head boys basketball coach at Jackson Hole High School in Wyoming, according to a report by the Jackson Hole News & Guide.

“I thought he did a good job. I really liked Sam,” LaHue said in an emailed response.

“He was really a good person and good for our profession. We will miss him.”

The search is on for the school’s third head boys basketball coach since the 2012 season. Lunz took over the Rebel program in

2014 after the departure of current Westlake High head boys basketball head coach Robert Lucero.

Lucero was hired in 2013 after the departure of Dean McMullen, who is currently the head boys basketball coach at Pflugerville Connally High.

Lunz compiled a 29-32 overall record during his two-year tenure at Hays High. His tenure included leading the Rebel boys basketball team to the regional quarterfinal playoff round in 2014.

Hays Lady Rebel softball player Addie Vayas (center) celebrates with teammates Clarissa Gonzalez (left) and Aspen Salazar (right) after winning the 2013 UIL 4A state championship at McCombs Field. Vayas, who now plays at Temple College, earned an academic student athlete award from the National Junior College Athletic Association. Browse and buy photos online at www.haysfreepress.com under the photos link.

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Hays High School alumna Vayas earns student-athlete award

Young baseball fans from around the area converged on Lehman High this week for the 2016 Lehman Lobo baseball camp. Players received instruction from Lehman head baseball coach Toby Robinson and the Lehman High baseball staff on various hitting, fielding and throwing drills. Above, Dillon Smith joins other Lehman Lobo baseball campers in their warmup in the outfield at the Lehman High baseball field Tuesday. Bottom left, Noah Corpus, of Kyle collects wiffle balls following a drill in the outfield at the Lehman High baseball camp. Bottom center, a camper focuses on using both hands to collect a shallow fly-ball during outfield drills on Tuesday. Bottom right, Lehman High baseball camp participant Kanui Guidry rears back to throw the ball toward first base during infield ground ball drills. Browse and buy photos online at www.haysfreepress.com under the photos link.

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STAFF REPORT Earlier this month, Temple College studentathlete and Hays High alumna Adelae Vayas, of Buda, earned an Academic StudentAthlete Award from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for the 20152016 academic year.

Vayas received the Exemplary Academic Achievement Award, which is given to student-athletes who

maintain a 3.60 to 3.79 GPA. Vayas was a member of the softball team at Temple College during the 2015-16 academic year.

Temple College is a public, two-year college with locations in Temple, Taylor and Hutto.

Vayas was also selected to the second team North Texas Junior College Athletic Converence (NTJCAC) All-Conference softball team.

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Buck Owens got his name from family donkey

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ee Haw,” a country music variety show co-hosted

by Buck Owens and Roy Clark, hit the airwaves on June 15, 1969 as a summer replacement for the “Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.”

Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. was born in 1929 on a farm near Sherman a short distance from the Red River. As a small boy, he declared that he preferred the name of the family donkey to his own. His parents went along, and after that everyone called him “Buck.”

Driven west by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl, the Owens clan headed for California in 1937 but got only as far as Mesa, Arizona. That was where Buck quit school in the ninth grade to work on the family farm and to

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master the guitar, his real interest.

By his late teens, Buck’s picking had improved to the point that he was playing once a week on a radio show and most nights in the honky-tonks in the Phoenix area. At 19, he married a country music singer, the first of his four wives, and by 1950 had fathered two sons.

To support his growing family, Buck drove trucks through the San Joaquin Valley in central California. He liked the looks of Bakersfield so much that he talked his

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Photo of Buck Owens and Roy Clark from the television program Hee Haw in 1970.

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Mt. City Dumpster Days was another success this year.

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LORY!!! If last week’s headline had you asking, “WHAT?!”,know that I am in that same boat with you.

Some wondered why I gave the column such a headline. The headline is an element that’s in with my name and photo. But, inserting a headline is not within my boundaries.

Normally, the paper goes through the column I submit and adds a clever, engaging headline.

Rest assured, there are no mountain lions in Mountain City. Sightings have been “near Mountain City. Meadow Woods residents reported sightings in May.” Actually, it’s nice this came up. Give all credit and all questions on headlines to The Editor.

Give Mountain Cityians a high five for filling Dumpster Days dumpsters to the point the City shut down five hours early. If you want tax dollars to pay for more dumpsters next year, speak up to the City Council, mountaincitytx@gmail. com, or speak during citizen comments at the start of any monthly council meeting, 7 p.m. on the second Monday of any month.

Christine Greve, our “somewhat” new neighbor kitty-corner across the street, keeps getting a message “mail chimp down” when she tries to sign up for the city’s distribution list for email communication.

When Mayor Tiffany

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Crape Myrtle

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The city of Buda hosted a fishing tournament at Bradfield Park Pond on Saturday. Fishing equipment and bait were provided. The event was free and participants enjoyed snacks and beverages as well. Fishing licenses are not required for kids 16 and younger.

Concert for a Cause Local musician Luke LaGrange performs a song on the main stage as the opening act at the May Concerts for a Cause event, which was held at the Car Bar at Central Texas Speedway in Kyle on June 4. Below, Keith Kelso also performed.

Patrons braved rainy conditions as they took part in the concert series, which raised funds for the Hays Swim Club.

Over the past two year, Concerts for a Cause has raised over $15,000 for local charities.

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or a low-maintenance ornamental tree, you cannot beat the good old crape myrtle.

This wonderful flowering tree or shrub (depending on the variety) provides three seasons of color without a lot of fuss or maintenance.

They bloom for months on end, and they come in any size you could imagine. Once established they can hold up with our native tree species during even the most prolonged droughts. Vibrant color and water conservation rolled together into one beautiful tree.

Muskogee, for example, grows to a height of 25 to 30 feet, and blooms for up to four months! Its blossoms are light lavender and have a strong resistance to powdery mildew.

Its fall leaf color is red and yellow and in winter its bark is grey and pinkishbrown.

Another outstanding crape is Natchez. This white flowering beauty grows from 25 to 30 feet and has the second longest bloom period of 110 days.

Its fall leaf color is redorange and its winter bark color is cream-cinnamon brown. Natchez is resistant to diseases, and is considered the benchmark that all other varieties are compared to.

For a dwarf tree, one of the best is Victor. This dark red variety grows to 4 to 5 feet and blooms for 85 days.

For mid-size trees, those growing from 8 to 12 feet there is Siren Red, Pink Velour, Catawba (purple), and Acoma (white).

For trees between 15 and 20 feet there is Dynamite (deep red), Red Rocket (red), and Tuscarora ( coral red to dark pink).

For truly shade size trees, 25 feet and up, along with Muskogee, there’s Basham’s Party Pink.

The crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica) has been in the South since they were first introduced from Asia in 1747. Since that time, hundreds of colors and heights have been bred.

In the mid 1950s, the Japanese crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia faueri) arrived and an extensive breeding program began.

Horticulturalists began to mix the color variations of the Asian crape myrtle with the disease resistance of the Japanese varieties.

The Japanese crapes also had trunk color attributes and greater cold tolerance. They could now be planted farther north.

As these amazing plants go through their amazing bloom cycle, we should all give thanks for the bright colors they bring to our landscapes during the upcoming harsh summer months.

Happy gardening everyone!

If you have a question for Chris, send it via email to iathyme@yahoo.com. Or mail a postcard to It’s About Thyme 11726 Manchaca Road, Austin, TX 78748 www.itsaboutthyme.com

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OBITUARIES GERDES Levada Gerdes was called home to be with our Lord on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at the age of 96.

Levada was born in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas on Sept.

16, 1919. She married her late husband of 61 years, Leroy Gerdes, Sr. in Orange, Texas in 1945.

They then moved to Seguin in 1947.

Levada is preceded in death by her parents, James and Mary Siau; brothers, Willie Fleming Siau, James Eddie Siau,

Benjamin Franklin Siau, Dalton James Siau; sisters, Anita Siau, Mary Narcissus Siau, Dorothy Lee Siau and Gwendolyn Louella Siau. She is survived by her son Leroy Gerdes, Jr. and his wife Kathy; two grandchildren, Amy Lear and her husband David, Alissa Spry and her husband Aaron; great-grandchildren Curtis Lear, Evelyn Lear, JJ Lear, Reanna Lear and Nora Spry.

A visitation was held Friday, June 10, 2016 at Goetz Funeral Home.

A Chapel Service was held Saturday, June 11, 2016 at Goetz Funeral Home with a burial following at Elm Creek Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Goetz Funeral Home.

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Continued from pg. 1C wife into moving there in 1951.

The club scene in his adopted hometown provided Buck with plenty of paying gigs and the opportunity to form his first band, the Schoolhouse Playboys. Bakersfield’s close proximity to Hollywood made regular round-trips to Capitol Records possible, enabling Buck to sit in on recording sessions with artists like Tennessee Ernie Ford, Faron Young, Wanda Jackson, Gene Vincent and Sonny James to mention a few.

But Buck was not satisfied with being a studio musician and a big fish in the small Bakersfield pond. He jumped at the chance to sign with Capitol but was bitterly disappointed by the lack of success his initial singles enjoyed.

Convinced his recording career was over before it had even begun, Buck relocated to Tacoma, Washington with his second wife in 1958.

During the day, he spun records and sold advertising for a radio station and at night performed in any club that let him on stage.

Late that year, Capitol Records decided to give Buck another shot, and this time allowed him to use the steel guitar and fiddle so essential to his honky-tonk sound. To everybody’s surprise, a single from that secondchance session titled “Second Fiddle” caught fire and climbed to No. 24 on the Billboard country chart.

Buck soon proved he was no one-hit wonder with “Under Your Spell Again,” which peaked at No. 4. That was right about the time he moved back to Bakersfield followed by Don Rich, a Tacoma-based guitarist and vocalist who became his closest collaborator and best friend.

On the strength of several more Top Ten hits and brisk sales of his first album, Buck and his new buddy went on the road.

After months of making do with “house” musicians, the duo patiently pieced together a band of their own that a bass player by the name of Merle Haggard called The Buckaroos.

Buck knew it would take a No. 1 single to put him on top, but he did

not think “Act Naturally” was the song that would do it. Rich managed to change his mind, and the result was the first of an incredible streak of 15 consecutive No. 1 hits that spanned four chartbusting years.

Halfway through the ’60s, Buck Owens and The Buckaroos were the hottest act in popular music.

They sold records and albums by the truckload and performed live in front of packed houses of every description – small clubs to giant arenas – nearly every night of the year.

In 1969 two Canadian television producers dreamed up a cornball country-music version of Rowan and Martin’s “Laugh-In” as a summer substitute for the Smothers Brothers. Buck argued that he did not have time for the show with his hectic schedule, a problem the producers solved by having him tape his segments twice a year.

“Hee Haw” turned out to be the Smothers Brothers’ permanent replacement with ratings that went through the roof. After a two-year run on CBS, cut short by the network’s purge of programs with a rural theme, it found new life in syndication and stayed on the air until 1992.

Since the tragic death of Don Rich in a motorcycle accident in 1974, Buck had only been going through the motions. Other than “Hee Haw,” on which he continued to appear until 1986, his career had come to a screeching halt.

Buck finally broke his silence on the subject of Rich’s premature passing in the late 1990s. “He was like a brother, a son and a best friend. I think my music life ended when he did.”

In 2006, hours after what turned out to be a farewell performance at his Crystal Palace restaurant, club and museum in Bakersfield, Buck Owens died in his sleep of an apparent heart attack. The Dust Bowl refugee was 76 years old.

After months of making do with “house” musicians, the duo patiently pieced together a band of their own that a bass player by the name of Merle Haggard called The Buckaroos.

Bartee’s three books and “Best of This Week in Texas History” column collections are available for purchase at barteehaile.com.

HYDE Joyce Dell Hyde, 91, passed peacefully into her heavenly home on June 9, 2016.

Our beloved Mother, Nanaw, and friend now shares her eternal birthday with the earthly birthday of her cherished husband, Regnal Eugene Hyde – “Gene,” who preceded her in death after 60 years of loving marriage.

Born to parents, Bertha and John Simank, on February 8, 1925, Joyce enjoyed

her childhood years with three sisters and two brothers who all preceded her in death.

At an early age, Joyce professed her faith in Jesus Christ and later became a charter member of Bethany Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas. Joyce enjoyed a 25 year career with the Department of Public Safety where she gained lifelong friends and retired in 1985. Joyce’s love of family, however, was the hallmark of her life.

Joyce Hyde’s legacy of love continues through her son Johnny Earl Hyde and wife Donnie Diane Hyde, her daughter, Vickie Lynn Wilson and husband Richard David Wilson (who now greets

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Nanaw in heaven), four grandchildren (Johnny Hyde, David Hyde, Lori Keegan, and Lisa Pate), ten great-grandchildren and two great-greatgrandchildren.

When asked to describe Nanaw in one or two words, Joyce’s grandchildren and greatgrandchildren describe her best: loving, funny, inviting, kind. Nanaw was gentle, generous, and genuinely sweet.

She was warm-hearted and extremely caring.

Nanaw had a comforting voice and presence.

She was selfless, soft, yet strong and capable.

Sweetness defined Nanaw. Everyone loved her.

Truly Joyce loved her family of all ages, but she especially revelled

in her children. Joyce’s radiating smile would light up a room any time a child came near.

Children knew Nanaw’s lap was a safe place.

The Hyde family extends genuine gratitude to the loving staff of Live Oaks Estates Assisted Living, Heart to Heart Hospice, and Pastor William Knippa with Bethany Lutheran Church. In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift in Joyce’s honor to Bethany Lutheran Church.

Visitationwas held at Harrell Funeral Home on June 11, 2016.

The Hyde family held a celebration of Joyce Hyde’s life at Bethany Lutheran Church on June 12, 2016. Reception and interment followed.

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Fight the summer slide at the library I Check It Out by Melinda Hodges

keep up with the titles of the books that they read. Our time log readers (entering 2nd grade through 6th grade) and teen readers (entering 7th through 12th grade) keep track of the number of minutes that they read.

Many local businesses have donated prizes to keep our kids and teens motivated to keep reading all summer long. Because of their support, everyone gets a small prize every time they turn in a reading log and gets chances to win bigger prizes at the award ceremonies at the end of the summer. You can turn in logs until August 6 so there’s still plenty of time to get started.

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

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t’s summer again! Here at the Buda Public Library, the Summer Reading Clubs are in full swing.

We know how important it is to keep reading, especially for students who are still building up their brainpower. Reading and attending educational classes help students fight the “summer slide” that can strip students of knowledge and skills learned over the previous school year. Kids and teens need to keep reading over the summer in order to keep up the skills they build up each school year. This way, when school starts back up, they can jump back in where they stopped, instead of having to fight to regain what they lost over the summer.

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Come out and support your community at the June 18 NWA Pro Wrestling TeXas, benefitting a local family who lost their home in a fire in May. The wrestling event will be held at Pinballz Kingdom (15201 South Interstate 35 in Buda). Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. and the event will begin at 8 p.m. Wrestlers scheduled to appear at this benefit event include NWA World Heavyweight Champion “Godzilla” Jax Dane, NWA Pro Wrestling TeXas Heavyweight Champion “Moonshine” Mantell, current Ring of Honor superstar “The King of Old School” Steve Corino, and many more.

Camp Ben Mcculloch Reunion

Head out to Camp Ben McCulloch at 18301 FM 1826 in Driftwood, for the 120th annual reunion June 17-24.Throughout the eight day reunion you can enjoy music, dancing, camping, swimming, food, games, washers and plenty LONG ORTHODONTICS would like to WELCOME you Back to School! of time to catch up with friends and family. Visit www.campben. com for more info.

Juneteenth

This is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the U.S. Festivities include a cake auction, and a cook-off on Friday beginnning at 7 p.m, and a parade through downtown San Marcos Saturday at 10 a.m. A second cookoff will be held at San Marcos Plaza Park after the parade.

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Summer in the Park Concert Series

This year marks 30 years of the Summer in the Park Concert Series in San Marcos. The Derailers will perform on June 16. Different bands of various genres come play every Thursday night from June to the second week of August at Plaza Park. The concerts will start at 7:30 p.m.

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Beer burros taking off in Hays County

BY MOSES LEOS III AND PAIGE LAMBERT

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aving worked in the field of event planning for several years, Alisha Randig understands fulfilling odd requests often comes with the territory.

But what started out as a request from clients to have donkeys at an event led Randig to become the first to conceptualize the idea of “beer burros.”

Randig, who works with Hill Country Events in Dripping Springs, said the concept of having the donkeys interact with guests at events has taken off, especially in Dripping Springs, which is the wedding capital of Texas.

“I think it’s allowed it to take off a lot faster than I would have thought,” Randig said.

Randig’s path toward the beer burro idea began when she was approached by the Salt Lick at the beginning of 2015.

At the time, the venue had clients who wanted to have donkeys serve guests at their event.

The venue approached Randig about the venture because her family has a ranch in the Wimberley area and could house the animals.

After talking with her husband, Travis, who is a roper and is familiar with livestock, Randig immediately jumped on the idea. She quickly found two donkeys, Annie Oakley and John Wayne, and purchased them from Craigslist.

Randig then turned to Dennis Moore, curator of the Buggy Barn Museum in Blanco, who helped her train the animals.

She said Moore got the animals accustomed to having a packsaddle on their back.

While the process can vary on the personality of the donkey, Randig said it took two months for Annie Oakley and John Wayne to be trained.

During that time, Randig invested in packsaddles for her animals, which she purchases from Colorado. The packsaddles, she said, cost roughly $200 to $300 and allow for guests to collect items, such as favors, food or alcohol.

Those who work as bartenders also go

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Above: Beer burros work at a wedding in Dripping Springs. Right: Delaney Collins, who works with Ears with Beers, trained Sassy and another miniature donkey.

“Everyone from grandparents to children took photos (with the donkeys) ... As it progressed, we knew we were on to something.

We saw on Snapchat themselves with the donkeys. That’s when I knew it caught on.”

– Alisha Randig of Hill Country Events

through donkey handling training, Randig said, so they could serve alcohol while guiding the donkeys.

“Each of our donkey handlers are trained and they are certified handlers,” Randig said.

It didn’t take long for Randig to find success with the Beer Burro idea.

She said the first event

BIZ NOTES

Anniversaries abound for local businesses STAFF REPORT June must be a hot month for business openings, as some local organizations are celebrating their anniversaries.

Buda Drug Store, on Railroad Street, opened its doors 10 years ago.

They’ve got lots of celebrating going on with specials this month.

Even older is the Buda/ Kyle Church of Christ on Jack C. Hays Trail, which celebrated its 30th Anniversary Homecoming in May. Proof Liquor is also celebrating its one year anniversary.

OTHER NEWS AROUND TOWN: The Buda Area Chamber of Commerce has scheduled its Fajita Fiesta for Sept. 23-24 in downtown Buda.

Ribbon cuttings galore for new business in both Buda and Kyle. Info can be found on the Chambers’ websites.

PEC’s annual meeting is Saturday at Dripping Springs High School Performing Arts Center. Activities begin at 8 a.m. and the business meeting begins at 10:30 a.m.

was “huge” and “everyone loved it.”

“Everyone from grandparents to children took photos (with the donkeys),” Randig said. “As it progressed, we knew we were on to something. We saw on Snapchat themselves with the donkeys.

That’s when I knew it

BEER BURROS, 4D

Minor growth in sales tax revenue STAFF REPORT Niederwald and Woodcreek both saw high percentage increases in their sales tax collections from last June.

According to Sales Tax Collection data, Niederwald saw a 21.81 percent jump in sales tax collections from June 2015. Woodcreek, which collected roughly $3,200, saw their sales tax collections rise by 18 percent.

Buda saw an 11 percent jump in sales taxes, while Kyle only saw a two percent rise over the course of a year.

But San Marcos saw their sales tax collections drop by two percent from last June.

Despite the drop, San Marcos’ year-to-date sales tax collections has risen by eight percent.

Change from June 2015 to June 2016

2016 payments to date

Year-to-date change from 2015 to 2016

$454,950.67

+11.18%

$2,813,258.14

+6.99%

1.25%

$167,049.28

+7.56%

$960,106.32

+13.14%

Kyle

1.50%

$506,314.41

+2.60%

$3,261,131.17

+17.43%

Niederwald

1.00%

$2,221.97

+21.81%

$14,783.86

+24.67%

San Marcos

1.50%

$1,927,095.96

-2.95%

$14,276,420.14

+8.08%

Uhland

1.50%

$12,408.12

+13.07%

$79,926.73

+39.69%

Wimberley

1.00%

$68,621.04

+2.80%

$438,352.52

+13.66%

Woodcreek

1.00%

$3,285.30

+18.86%

$20,643.54

+17.46%

$3,144,355.12

+0.52%

$21,877,209.88

+9.67%

Local gov’t

Current rate

Net payment this period

Buda

1.50%

Dripping Springs

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CARTS service replaced in Kyle

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

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A pilot transportation program kick started by the city of Kyle meant to replace the loss of the Capital Area Rural Transportation Service (CARTS) attempts to fill the transportation needs for residents.

The “Trips Around Kyle” program began March 15 and was designed to help residents without access to transportation get around to the services they need within the city.

Jerry Hendrix, Kyle chief of staff, said ridership for the program has been what the city expected.

According to numbers provided by the city, the pilot program has averaged 1.7 riders per day of service, which runs on Tuesday and Thursdays.

Kim Hilsenbeck, Kyle Communication Specialist, said in an emailed response on June 1 that there had been no riders to date for Austin or San Marcos.

Hendrix said the city was paying more for CARTS service for roughly the same amount of riders.

The city was spending $2,000 per month for 5 to 10 riders under the CARTS program. Kyle is currently spending $300 a month for the same amount of riders in the pilot program.

Hendrix said the pilot transportation program is designed to operate in a similar demand/response format as CARTS. The city had a contract with Capital Metro, who operates CARTS, until December 2015, when it expired.

“The pilot program is for helping people who are transit-dependent get to shopping, and helping them with the cost of that,” Hendrix said.

The city entered into a contract with Kyle/ Buda Taxi, the only taxi company with a franchise agreement with the city, to provide the service to residents. Riders must contact Kyle/Buda Taxi in advance so drivers can accommodate them with an appropriate vehicle to meet their needs.

Hendrix said the city has an agreement with Kyle/Buda Taxi that helps absorb a portion of the cost of the ride. Hendrix said the contract is more affordable for residents, as opposed to other ride sharing options, such as Uber and Lyft.

Hendrix said residents are able to utilize ridesharing programs if they so choose, but they

Beer Burros: Serving Hays County Continued from pg. 1D

caught on.”

Delaney Collins, who works with Ears with Beers in Dripping Springs, has also seen the idea of beer burros take off.

Collins trained a pair of miniature donkeys – a process that had to be completed all the way through. One of the major components was getting the donkeys used to the weight on their backs. She said the training is done in an incremental process.

“It’s okay to stop at a place to take a break with a horse, but with a donkey, you have to push through,” Collins said.

But the trend of beer burros is growing, primarily through wordof-mouth, Collins said.

With Dripping Springs’ rural character, the concept of having a donkey at an outdoor wedding is “doable” and acceptable.

“It’s a novelty to have a small barn animal at a wedding. It’s unexpected, cute and different,”

“The behavior of donkeys is interesting. They’re similar to a dog. They enjoy the companionship of their owners. They cuddle and are compassionate ... They enjoy the weddings and taking photos.”

– Alisha Randig of Hill Country Events

Collins said. “It’s something so unexpected, weird and cool … a wedding with a donkey, you can’t help but be happy about that.”

Ensuring the donkeys are taken care of, along with respected by guests, is an important factor for Collins and Randig.

Randig said the donkeys are excited about going to events, and are accustomed to being around groups of people.

“The behavior of donkeys is interesting.

They’re similar to a dog.

They enjoy the companionship of their owners.

They cuddle and are compassionate,” Randig said. “They enjoy the weddings and taking photos.”

The chance to share the donkeys with clients and other people is what drives Collins.

“To share that kind of interaction with other people and have them be able to have a connection with the donkeys, it’s a joy to see the joy light up in their faces,” Collins said.

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Kyle/Buda Taxi Taxi has replaced CARTS as the public transportation option in Kyle.

The city entered into a contract with Kyle/Buda Taxi, the only taxi company with a franchise agreement with the city, to provide the service to residents.

Riders must contact Buda Taxi in advance so drivers can accommodate them with an appropriate vehicle to meet their needs.

Trips Around Kyle by the numbers 1.7 riders per day of service $3 for a one-way trip in Kyle

$6 for round trips in Kyle

$2,000 per month for 5 to 10 riders under the CARTS program $300 per month for 5 to 10 riders under Tripa Around Kyle

would be responsible for 100 percent of the cost.

Kyle residents pay $3 for a one-way trip in Kyle and $6 for round trips.

The Taxi will pick up and drop off riders at their home address.

According to the city’s website, Kyle/Buda Taxi

will transport riders to Austin and San Marcos for an increased fee, where they can connect to other transportation options like CARTS if needed.

“Part of the equation is determining the need of an express route,” Hendrix said regarding the correlation between the pilot transportation program and Kyle’s future mass transportation needs.

Hendrix is hopeful that if the pilot program is successful and ridership/ demand increases, the city can scale up the services that the program can offer like possibly more operating days and different service hours.

“We think the option we have is more riderfriendly and meets the criteria of people who need transportation services to make their appointments and shopping needs twice a week,” Hendrix said.

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