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Buda man indicted for murder in fatal wreck

BY MOSES LEOS III

A Buda man involved in a fatal December 2016 collision on FM 2001 was indicted by a Hays County Grand Jury earlier this month on a charge of murder and intoxication manslaughter.

Rogelio Garduno, 36, of Buda, was booked into the Hays County Jail Tues-

day on $200,000 bond as a result of the indictments.

An indictment is a formal accusation of a charge, but does not constitute guilt.

In addition, Garduno will also be required to have a deep-lung alcohol analysis ignition lock device installed in his vehicle as an order for his bond.

According to the indictment, Garduno is accused of driving while intoxicated and GARDUNO running his vehicle head-on into a vehicle

driven by Frances Campbell, 58.

Campbell was killed following the collision, which took place around 9:30 p.m. Dec. 7, 2016 on FM 2001 between Satterwhite Road and Hillside Terrace.

The Hays Free Press reported Campbell was transported to a local hospital, but later died of her

injuries.

According to the murder indictment, Garduno allegedly committed an “act clearly dangerous to human life” and is accused of having driven while intoxicated with two or more previous convictions.

In September 2006, Garduno was arrested

by Hays County Sheriff’s

Office for a misdemeanor DWI charge.

A murder indictment in a DWI case is the second such instance tried by the Hays County District Attorney’s Office this year.

A Hays County jury in March found Buda realtor Jason Tarr guilty of murder and intoxication manslaughter in the death of Nancy Sterling-Dalton.

Kyle murder suspect’s bond increased after death threats

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

IH-35 Pile-Up PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III

A Kyle Fire Department firefighter stands near the wreckage of several vehicles involved in a three-car pileup on the northbound frontage road of Interstate 35 near the 213 exit last week. No one was seriously injured when the vehicles collided on the frontage road in front of the Kyle Flea Market. According to police, two people were transported to a local hospital with minor injures.

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Join in the celebration of Independence Day this July 4th as Kyle once again has planned for a spectacular fireworks show. Fireworks will be launched from Plum Creek Golf Course around 9:30 p.m. The golf course will also host a tournament and live music from 6-9 p.m.

The Hays CISD Performing Arts Center will also host a star-spangled event with ample parking, live music from 7-9:30 p.m. and and a great view of the fireworks.

Find a spot early enough to see the tall water tower that is next to the Hays CISD PAC on Kohler’s Crossing. If you can see the water tower, you will have a great view of the fireworks.

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Come celebrate the 4th of July with Buda at the annual Red, White & Buda event at City Park.

From 9 a.m. to noon, join neighbors for a patriotic parade on Main Street. Line up begins at 8:30 a.m. at City Hall. Awards will be given to the best decorated bikes. After the parade, enjoy free activities and more fun at Buda City Park. Comeback from 7-10 p.m. for food, entertainment and a spectacular fireworks show. Fireworks begin at 9:30 p.m.

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Larkin Tackett, vice president of community for IDEA public schools in Austin, said Tuesday the company purchased property on Goforth

Road off of Interstate 35 in Kyle.

The proposed Kyle campus, which Tackett projects will open Fall 2018, would initially house 450 students in grades Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 6th grade.

The goal is to add 240 students every year afterward, with the school ultimately housing over 1,400 students.

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A Kyle man indicted for his girlfriend’s murder in March 2016 had his bond increased to $500,000 after he not only violated his bond conditions, but also allegedly threatened to “kill Muslims.”

KEEN James Craig Keen, 50, who was originally indicted for felony murder June 22, 2016 with

a bail amount set at $250,000, had his bond increased to $500,000, according to documents filed with the Hays County District Clerk’s office.

Keen had been bailed out of the Hays County Jail July 15, 2016 for the alleged murder of Erin Wright, whom he is accused of shooting on his front

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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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Pastor arrested for sexual assault of a child STAFF REPORT

Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested a Buda man who works as an east Austin assistant pastor on indictments of sexual assault of a child in Hays and Nueces Counties.

Ruben Garcia, 59, of Buda, was arrested by the Task Force June 12 and was booked into the Hays County Jail. Garcia is being held on $300,000

bond.

Garcia, who was on the run for the past two months, was the subject of an arrest warrant stemming from a 2015 sexual assault GARCIA of a child investigation by the Nueces

County Sheriff’s Office, according to the release.

A Hays County Grand Jury indicted Garcia in April on two separate counts of sexual assault of a child, along with one count of indecency with a child by sexual contact. Those indictments stemmed from an investigation that began in early 2016.

According to the release, Task Force officers established surveillance

at the Betania Baptist Church on Tillery Street in east Austin. Garcia worked as an associate pastor at the church.

Officers identified Garcia in Buda and arrested him without incident in the 500 block of Torrinton Street.

According to a KXAN report, Garcia led the youth ministry at Bentania Baptist Church, attended summer camps as a counselor and allegedly

invited youth to stay at his home.

The task force urges those who have reason to believe their children may have been encountered inappropriately to contact local law enforcement.

Members of the task force include the Buda and Kyle police departments, along with the Hays County Sheriff’s Office, Austin Police and the U.S. Marshal’s Service.

Bill grants water agency eminent domain powers

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

A bill signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott last week could pave an easier path for the future water needs of municipalities in the region.

Senate Bill (SB) 1198, which relates to the conversion of the Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency (HCPUA) to the Alliance Regional Water Authority (ARWA), was signed into law Thursday.

The bill, co-authored by State Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) and State Sen. Donna Campbell (R-New Braunfels), and sponsored

by Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs), grants ARWA the power of eminent domain and provides them with the authority to impose fees. It also allows the ARWA bonding power, which could assist the authority in funding major

“Each city involved with the entity still has representatives on the Alliance Regional Water Authority Board so even though they don’t have to go through City council we still have representation there.”

–Todd Ruge, Buda mayor

water projects in the future.

According to the Texas Legislature website, the controversial bill passed through the House and the Senate before making its way to the governor’s desk on May 28.

Kyle Mayor Todd Webster said the bill “simplified operations” for the new water authority, which will be acting as its own entity, instead of working as a proxy through the cities partnered with the authority.

“The eminent domain authority was exercised by

the cities involved, but now it can be done through the entity itself,” Webster said.

Previously, the HCPUA called upon member cities, such as Buda and Kyle, to assist with funding for projects, which includes a proposed 40-plus mile pipeline that could bring water from the CarrizoWilcox Aquifer to the area.

Buda Mayor Todd Ruge agreed the new law turning the water agency into a full-fledged water authority would be more like cutting out the middleman. He said the bill could make

things easier for the authority to do its job of acquiring water for the region.

“It gives them a clearer path moving forward,” Ruge said. “Each city involved with the entity still has representatives on the Alliance Regional Water Authority Board so even though they don’t have to go through city council we still have representation there.”

Ruge and Webster maintained that residents won’t really even notice the change, but said the work the authority is try-

ing to do would not have changed if the bill had not been passed.

“The passage of this bill doesn’t change the outcome,” Webster said. “The work that they’re (ARWA) doing is going to bring us the water that the people in the region will be using for the next 50 years.”

Webster, who previously worked for Governor Rick Perry for five years, said residents “shouldn’t read anything” into the twoplus week long delay for Abbott to sign the bill.

Webster said Abbott likes to read all the proposed bills himself instead of relying on staff, which was the reason for the delay.

The Hays Free Press reached out to Graham Moore, executive director of the ARWA, for comment, but was unable to obtain a response prior to press time.

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lawn on March 23, 2016.

Keen was re-booked into the Hays County Jail June 12.

According to documents, the State requested the increase due to Keen violating the conditions of his previous bond requirements.

On June 5, Ross Smith, a friend of Keen’s who said he speaks with him several times a week, gave information to the state that Keen was allegedly using marijuana, which is in violation of his bond requirements. Keen allegedly had plans to evade a drug test.

Smith also advised that Keen had allegedly threatened to “kill Muslims” and said he had a way to do it. He also had a way to obtain weapons with another person “as passionate about it as he is” to help him.

According to documentation, Smith said Keen allegedly stated that he would rather “go out on the blade of glory” rather than being sent to the penitentiary.”

Smith also told the state that prior to the alleged murder of Wright, Keen had allegedly told Smith he was going to kill

the victim, but Smith did not entirely believe him.

According to court documentation, Keen has a history of violent confrontations. In July 2005, Keen was charged with Assault Bodily Injury in Tarrant County after he admitted “he slapped” Wright.

According to the indictment, Keen did knowingly or intentionally cause the death of Erin Wright by shooting her with a firearm on March 26.

An indictment is not an admittance of guilt, but is a formal accusation made by a grand jury.

According to a probable cause affidavit, a Kyle Police officer was dispatched to Grant Way in Kyle at 7:50 p.m. March 26 and encountered a neighbor who informed him that a woman, later identified as Wright, had been shot.

The neighbor said she and her husband were in their front yard with three children who live in the home on Grant Way. After the officer directed the neighbor and the children away, he saw Keen through the front windows of the residence on a cell phone.

The officer observed a woman, later identified as Wright, in the driveway of the residence.

According to the affidavit, Keen, a self employed electrical contractor, was inside the house and abruptly walked out the front door and handed the officer a cell phone saying, “talk to my grandfather.”

According to the arresting affidavit, Field said Keen “appeared to be agitated, making erratic movements with his arms and breathing rapidly.”

Field then placed Keen

in handcuffs and stayed with Wright until EMS arrived at 7:58 p.m.

According to the arresting affidavit, Field alleged Wright still had a pulse.

Two of the three children in the home made voluntary statements to paramedics that “mommy and daddy were arguing” and that an argument had escalated into Keen allegedly getting a firearm.

Keen allegedly told authorities that he and Wright were arguing, and that after he asked her to leave, she refused and

he locked her out of the house.

According to the affidavit, Keen alleged that Wright continued to argue and began to kick the front door. Keen said he felt threatened by Wright kicking the door and went to get his gun. However, he did not say anything further.

Wright was pronounced dead at the scene by Hays County Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Beth Smith.

Currently, an arraignment is scheduled for July 27 at 9 a.m.

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Opinion

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “The work that they’re (ARWA) doing is going to bring us the water that the people in the region will be using for the next 50 years.”

–Todd Webster, Buda mayor from story on pg. 2A

Hays Free Press • June 21, 2017

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Health policy

‘Team Mean’ hands off to ‘Coward Caucus’

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onald Trump didn’t just say the House-passed bill to replace the Affordable Care Act was mean. He called it “mean, mean, mean.”

That’s “mean” times three.

Interesting. When he invited the House White Caucus, er, Republican Caucus, over for a celebratory photo op after its passage, he said the bill was “incredibly well-crafted.”

But let’s give Trump credit here for saying something true – maybe a first. The House bill is well-crafted – for something so incredibly mean.

What this means is that Senate Republicans have a low bar to scale – or a high bar to limbo – as they take their own stab at wrecking health coverage in America.

They can take the cue that “mean” multiplied by just two will do.

That certainly appears to be the case from what we know.

Of course, what we know is minimal, for Senate leadership has been stirring this concoction behind closed doors, with the anticipation of putting it on the floor without a hearing, and with as quick a vote as possible.

One thing we know is that Republican senators are honing their propaganda skills for what emanates.

We know this from a statement from West Virginia Sen. Shelley Capito, who attempted to say that cutting off millions from Medicaid in seven years wouldn’t mean cutting them off.

It would, said she, mean “transitioning” them from the health coverage on which they were relying.

Yes, one of the tools of the propaganda trade is the art of euphemism: hiding meanings with words, like “collateral damage” for a whole bunch of dead civilians and “enhanced interrogation” for torture.

Capito is considered a GOP moderate, and she is putting a nice spin on the fact that, apparently under this bill, states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA would have seven years to, um, transition all those millions of insured people over to, um, being uninsured.

Once again, we are only guessing at the Senate’s designs, because all discussions are being held behind closed doors, with the reported intent to have little to no discussion once the bill hits the Senate floor.

Hence, Washington Post columnist Paul Waldman has called the architects of this maneuver the “Coward Caucus.”

As Waldman observed, an aide to a GOP senator involved in the secretive process said, “We aren’t stupid.” The senators are hiding their cards

YoungAt-Large by John Young

Yes, one of the tools of the propaganda trade is the art of euphemism: hiding meanings with words, like “collateral damage” for a whole bunch of dead civilians and “enhanced interrogation” for torture.

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

An exchange between Ray Wolbrecht and Wynette Barton

until they can make their play. They know that the moment Americans find out what’s actually at play, they’ll burn up the phone lines.

In fact, they should be doing that right now (Capitol switchboard – 202-224-3121) and demanding that the Senate slow down and allow the public to see what’s going into the sausage.

It’s been said countless times that the Affordable Care Act was “rammed down Americans’ throats.” But it took over a year to write and approve, and the process involved hundreds of hearings and meetings, even a speech from President Obama about the legislation.

Additionally, Senate Democrats accepted 160 Republican amendments to the bill. What’s the chance that Republicans will accept Democratic amendments to this bill?

Zero. Three times zero.

So, yes, this is cowardice, and the American people should not sit by idly as it happens.

We’ve seen a similar yellow streak from Republicans who have dodged town hall meetings with constituents, knowing they’ll get grilled foremost about health care.

You see, governing is not just think-tank slogans and what sounds good coming from Sean Hannity or Grover Norquist. Governing involves people. Governing affects people.

These wall-hugging chameleons offered their services to us, the governed, and part of the deal was to involve us in their decisions, to hear us out.

Call your senator and be heard. However, try not to sound too mean.

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ortunately my column is titled “I Could Be Wrong,” and I fall back on the latitude my title affords me. About a month ago “Tutta’s Take” by Wynette Barton taught me a lesson about overstating facts. Since she still counts me as a friend I can appreciate the gentleness of her evisceration.

I said experts in such fields as Egyptology, archaeology, psychology et.al. gather, vote on what they think are facts, and as a result of the vote, the truth is found.

Wynette, a Jungian psychoanalyst and archaeology hobbyist, refuted this, saying she has been to many conferences and has never seen or heard of a vote taken on what is true.

Recently I phoned Miles Jones, a linguistic archaeologist who studies the origin of language and writing. His book, “The Writing of God,” destroys the time worn idea that the first phonetic alphabet began with the Phoenecians, but was the writing on the 10 Commandments.

He is a fascinating man whose energy and passion is contagious.

Miles said these experts do meet together and make agreements about the way it has to be, not by pro forma vote, but by consensus.

The exclusion is subtle (not necessarily) but the effect is the same.

Let someone with new evidence arrive, like Galileo (Tutta’s Take uses him as an example) and his lifestyle and career may be in jeopardy. New PhDs will likely not get hired by a university if they disagree with its establishment. Particularly notable is the bias of many Egyptologists and archeologists against Biblical history.

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

Hays Free Press

Ideas, experts and reluctance to change

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I could be wrong

by Ray Wolbrecht

Many say the Exodus from Egypt is a fantasy because there’s no proof it ever happened because the Egyptians never wrote about it. But it did happen. And there is evidence that they wandered for 40 years in northwest Saudi Arabia, not the Sinai Peninsula.

Try getting these biased persons to accept that new evidence. It’s like pulling teeth.

This majority rule was exemplified when, in a social setting, I asked a psychotherapist what is the current thought about flying dreams. I was interested because I’ve had so many of them, from the Peter Pan flying to dunking a basketball from the free throw line. How I loved them! Anyway, this psychotherapist began with, “We think,” telling me that a consensus – a de facto vote – had been formed among experts.

Shirley McLaine would say flying dreams were astral projections, out of body experiences. Now where would she fit in at a Psychology convention?

So I overstated this thing about a formal voting on the truth. Teach me a lesson. But the majority rules just the same. And they write the textbooks. Only when they die off and younger ones replace them does new evidence stand a chance.

So I think Tutta and I are both right. I acquiesce to the accusation that I was loose with the facts. Maybe I oughta get with Dan Rather next time. rbrickwall@gmail.com

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won’t argue about how difficult it is to change the mind of an expert, although experts aren’t alone in this. Firm ideas are characteristic of human life. That said, not all ideas are created equal.

There are bodies of knowledge that exist.

Civilization’s signature is the holding, adding to, and passing down of knowledge, is it not? “Experts” (from the Latin “to try”) are those who devote years or decades to study, research, and raw-fisted debate in trying to understand and learn more. They know the discoveries that came before, mistakes already made, markers understood and not yet understood, and theories proposed.

Do experts know everything? Certainly not, but it isn’t surprising that they aren’t overly impressed when someone waltzes in with a half-baked idea based on random thought and misinformation.

Take Ray, who seems not to recognize himself as being among the experts he denounces. My guess is that on his first day of dental school, he wasn’t tossed into a roomful of patients and told to try out his own ideas on them. Years of study, observation, supervision and exams formed and informed his ideas about mouths and teeth.

That subject I know nothing about, so when Ray became a dentist I deferred to him about present and future implications of dental complexities. His order for a root canal wasn’t exactly thrilling, but I didn’t consult Shirley Maclain for an opinion, fine actress though

Tutta’s Take

by Wynette Barton

she is. I had it done, and now a trouble-free tooth owes its long life to an expert.

Ray spoke of Miles Jones, who wrote a book about finding the original 10 Commandments. Not kidding.

The original copy.

Jones may be charmingly enthusiastic; however, most people who are considered experts in the field believe he was duped by a forgery. Among other problems, photos of the stone he acquired show YHWH, the Hebrew designation for God, to be incorrectly written, only very slightly, but something an expert would notice right away. Moses, too, no doubt.

Naturally it’s embarrassing to be fooled, especially after distributing a book about it.

That might eventually be forgiven by the academic community.

What won’t be forgiven is his refusal to concede that his “find” may well be a fake. The last I heard, he hadn’t allowed serious scholars to examine it, years after he announced the discovery. That may have changed, but at the very least it calls into question his judgment and ability to learn from those who know more than he does.

So back to ideas, experts and slow, tediously careful change.

Sometimes that holds us back; and sometimes it keeps us out of the tar pits. wbarton2@austin.rr.com

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New PEC President

Buda discusses switch to single member voting districts

BY SAMANTHA SMITH No action was taken Tuesday on a proposed amendment to Buda’s city charter that could potentially designate single member districts in the city.

Council member Wiley Hopkins, who requested the agenda item, said he did so to gather city leaders’ thoughts on the matter.

“I requested this item so the council could voice their opinions and we could get a consensus and pass it on to the committee (charter review committee),” Hopkins said.

Buda’s current election system is an at-large format; elected officials are voted in by a simple majority of all voters in the city limits. With single-member districts, candidates can only run for office from the district where they reside. Additionally, voters who live in a certain district can only vote for the candidates who are on their specific ballot.

Buda, along with Wimberley and Dripping Springs, are all cities that elect officials on an atlarge basis.

Buda Mayor Todd Ruge

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as board president during the past year, addressed members, citing achievements and improvements for members as costs have continued to decrease.

“In 2016, PEC added 12,000 new meters — that’s the size of a regular electric cooperative. With those new meters came new poles, wires, transformers and substations. Low-cost power, delivered to you safely and reliably: This is the core of what we do at PEC every day,” Pataki said. “It’s an exciting time to be a PEC member, and it’s an honor to serve you.”

However, PEC’s board elections come at a time of tumult as Pataki, along with other members of the board of directors, faced intense scrutiny following the resignation of John

Buda Mayor Todd Ruge said that the milestone for many neighboring cities such as San Marcos and Kyle, which have a single-member format has been a population of 20,000 people.

Census Bureau estimates have Buda at 15,000 residents. said the move to single member districts for the neighboring cities of San Marcos and Kyle came when the cities reached a population of 20,000 people. Census Bureau estimates have Buda at 15,000 residents.

“By the time the census happens in 2020, I think this will be possible,” Ruge said.

Council member Lee Urbanovsky said single member districts had been on his mind, but felt Buda wasn’t quite there yet.

Council member Eileen Altmiller was in favor of single member districts.

However, Altmiller also requested the Charter Review Committee discuss the possibility of moving Buda’s elections to May

instead of November, when it could coincide with a national election.

Hopkins agreed that single member districts were a good idea. Council member David Nuckles added that with further research into the methods of redistricting, he would support single member districts.

Buda City Manager Kenneth Williams said Hays County is in charge of the redistricting process. County officials will enlist the assistance of a citizen committee and most likely hire a consultant or perform the required research of a region in-house, Williams said.

“Right now, it’s too early to take anything off the table,” Ruge said.

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into the Austin American-Statesman, which they said services Hays County and the Kyle area.

Tackett said the posting was not just for property in Kyle, but also Travis County.

“I don’t read the Statesman,” Tenorio said. “I was a little surprised that we weren’t notified of this.”

Tenorio also claimed Hays CISD officials were not invited to Tuesday’s city council meeting to take in the discussion.

Tackett said he reached out to board president Merideth Keller two days ago and informed her they were approaching the community. He said IDEA would welcome an open dialogue and embraces feedback.

“We appreciate the feedback and we are committed to being transparent, from officials to the parents we serve,” Tackett said.

Tackett said IDEA is “just building” the relationship with Hays CISD and is committed to any opportunity to partner on behalf of students. While he understood concerns many have regarding charter schools, people ultimately are for good schools, “regardless of the school they’re in.”

“When adults work together, students win,” Takett said. “That’s really the principle that’s going to guide our work here.”

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Webster believed IDEA wouldn’t be the last charter school that could make its way to the Kyle area. Webster said charter schools are consumer driven, and that it gives families a “high quality choice for parents and families here to choose something different” than what’s currently available.

Webster, who has spent 23 years in education and currently works as a lobbyist, said on the dais he has no ties to IDEA public school.

“The school wouldn’t be coming here through their analysis if they haven’t determined there was a sufficient number of students to populate the school,” Webster said.

Council member Shane Arabie said Tuesday he advocates for charter schools as his son is a product of a charter school education. He supported an “intense” college prepatory campus.

Council member Daphne Tenorio, however, was concerned about what she claimed was a lack of public notice of IDEA’s bond issuance.

She cited a recent May 10 IDEA board meeting where $220 million in bonds were approved.

Chang said a public notice for IDEA’s bond meeting was placed

against comments made by board director James Oakley in 2016.

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Charter School: Proposed for Kyle be the first in their families to graduate from college,” Tackett said.

IDEA, which has been in operation for almost 17 years and has over 30,000 students, has considered the Kyle area for some time, Tackett said. The charter school receives 90 percent of its funding from the state and is open to anyone who applies, but IDEA can choose who can get into the school.

Teachers who work at IDEA are selected after a “thorough” interview process, with the system attracting educators from the community they are serving. He added IDEA goes through a lot of training to help educators and principals prepare.

Kyle Mayor Todd Webster kick-started the discussion when he introduced at Tuesday’s council meeting an item that required his signature for bond financing documents for IDEA’s campus.

In May, IDEA held a public meeting in Austin where $220 million in bonds were issued, Cathleen Chang, bond counsel for IDEA, said Tuesday. According to city documents, the bonds won’t be a debt or liability to the city. Only $20 million would go to the Kyle campus.

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Hays High alum looks toward professional career on the links

BY MOSES LEOS III Ever since she first hit the links, Hays High alumna Lindsey McCurdy dreamed she would have a chance at one day qualifying for the Ladies Professional Golfing Association (LPGA).

During her early days on the Southern Methodist University Mustang Women’s golf team, however, McCurdy wasn’t “I always knew quite sure if she could acI wanted to complish that feat. give it a shot.

By making some changI felt in the es on the course, Mcsecond half Curdy built of my college up her confidence to the career, I turned point where the dream of it around, and playing in the levels felt good about highest of golf is a reality. the LPGA.” It was bolstered last –Lindsey McCurdy, week when Hays High alumna golfer McCurdy claimed the 2017 Women’s Southern Amateur championship in Hot Springs, Ark. She now readies for the LPGA’s Q-School, a 90-hole competition where the top 20 players earn full LPGA status.

“I always knew I wanted to give it a shot,” McCurdy said. “I felt in the second half of my college career, I

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turned it around, and felt good about the LPGA.” McCurdy’s process toward the chance for the LPGA came when she arrived at SMU for her freshman year.

McCurdy, who won the 2012 Class 4A state golf championship as a junior at Hays, discovered just how competitive collegiate golf was.

She welcomed the challenge, as she competed against her teammates every day, while also going up against top tier athletes from other schools.

“It helped me to play against better players and people who were just as committed as I was and (I) worked harder on my game,” McCurdy said.

With the help of coaches, McCurdy also made some changes on the course.

While she had a solid game, McCurdy’s coaches felt she needed to make the changes to take it to the next level.

Alterations included changing her grip, which felt as if she was “starting golf all over again.” From there, McCurdy learned course management and bolstered her course IQ. Seeing such results pay off wasn’t a fast process, McCurdy said. It took a while for results to show.

Once they did, however, McCurdy learned just how strong of a player she could be.

“It helped with consistency and helped me move up the leaderboard each year,” McCurdy said. “It was fun to progress like that.”

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Hoopin’ it up Prospective basketball players from grades 1-9 got the chance to learn on the hardwood during the annual Hays Rebels boys basketball camp, which was held June 12-15 at Bales and Red Gym. The camp was split into two groups, with campers in grades 1-4 focusing on the fundalemtnals of the game, including passing, catching shooting and dribbling. Students in grades 5-9 learned fundamentals, as well as advanced techniques on positioning and on-court IQ. Leadnig the camp was Hays High head basketball coach Matt Sandoval, who was also assisted by several Hays High basketball alumni, including Steven Ayala, Jacob Rodriguez and Heath Agnew. See more photos online at HaysFreePress.com. Just follow the photos link.

here wasn’t much to the one and only major tackle my soul experienced in a rather short and uneventful football career.

Falling backward in a one-on-two person tackling drill in middle school was enough to rattle the ol’ bean in the dome.

There was a slight sense of disorientation, followed by the smallest of headaches.

There was no blackout moment, nor did my bell get too rung.

Get up, get back in line and prepare for the next drill was the focus in my middle school mind.

Such a scenario was no big deal for me back then.

“Just deal with it and keep going,” I’d say.

Looking at it today, however, my thought process might be a little

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Equity concerns arise in Hays softball, baseball complex talks

BY MOSES LEOS III

Equity among baseball and softball fields at Hays CISD high schools hit the board of trustees dais Monday.

The discussion came as the district reviewed a proposed list of approved architects and delivery methods for 2017 bond projects.

One of the items the district is working on is the $3.6 million baseball/softball complex at Hays High, which was part of Proposition 2 of Hays CISD’s May bond initiative.

Stantec, which Hays CISD used to design the Lehman High baseball and softball fields, is the lead architect in the project.

Carter Scherff, Hays CISD acting superintendent, said the plan for the district it to construct Hays’ new complex similar to what is currently being built for the new third high school on FM 967 in Buda.

Those two stadiums are currently being designed to accommodate 6A high school play. Scherff estimated the capacity at the baseball field at 1,000 seats, while seating at the softball complex would be

approximately 500.

“It should be fairly adequate for some tournaments,” Scherff said. He added if the district begins on the project immediately, the new complex at Hays would be open for the 2018 season.

Whenever Hays CISD builds a fourth high school campus, the district will look at constructing a district-wide athletic complex, Scherff said. Such a venue would house a football, baseball, softball and soccer field, as well as a track.

“It will be designed to host district-wide events and state wide tournaments,” Scherff said.

When asked about parking, Scherff said there are 50 parking spaces planned at Hays’ baseball, softball complex. Additional parking would be directly behind the current Hays High band hall, which is within walking distance to the fields. The “long-term” goal is to turn the area where Hays High’s current baseball field is located into a supplemental parking lot.

Board trustee Vanessa Petrea said citizens have concerns that the district has, in the past, underbuilt

projects in order to save revenue. She wanted to ensure the district wasn’t short-sighting baseball and softball athletes.

“My intention is to spend every penny of the $3.6 million and spend it very wisely to get as much as we can for Hays High School,” SCherff said.

However, Scherff said the fields at the district’s new third high school will be larger than those at Lehman High.

Board trustee Teresa Tobias said district leaders were told the field at High School No. 3 would be “comparable” to Lehman’s.

“I did not realize the difference when we started the process,” Scherff said.

Scherff said the district will “go back later” and replace the grass at Lehman’s baseball and softball field with field turf. Other changes will extend the stands, as one of the chief complaints at Lehman is line-of-sight issues.

But Tobias wanted to make sure changes to Lehman athletic facilities wouldn’t be set aside.

“I just want to make sure we’re being fair to all of the schools,” Tobias said.

Board trustee Holly Ray-

mond said one way the district could pay for such changes is to use funds from the operations and maintenance budget. She said she also understood that “people are watching” when it comes to equality of fields.

Trustee Esperanza Orosco forwarded concerns about the district using the same architect who designed the Lehman baseball and softball fields. She said small grandstands and the field being too close together as safety concerns.

Scherff said the district is “very involved with the process” and that Betsy Russell, Hays CISD director of student activities, makes certain every drawing the district got is “looked at very thoroughly.”

Russell also flagged several changes in the first set of drawings for the field with the help of Hays’ softball and baseball coaches.

Russell said she contacted Hays High coaches and gathered feedback immediately after the district met with architects two weeks ago. After that, Russell provided a summary to the architects.

A phenomenal fouryear collegiate career at Texas A&M Commerce came to a close this spring for DeAndre Carson. Over the course of four seasons, Carson played in 111 games and made 50 starts for the Lions, according to the Commerce athletics website. Carson, who set the Lehman High record for points during his time as a Lobo, finished college with a 38.4 shooting percentage from the field.

Carson hit 35 percent of his three-point shots while at Commerce and had 224

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In his senior season, Carson played in all 30 of the Lions’ games and helped the team reach its sixth NCAA Division II berth in program history.

KRAIG SHEILDS – LEHMAN A change in scenery helped Lehman High alumnus Kraig Shields, who saw action in basketball during his first year at St. Edward’s University in Austin this season. Shields, who was sat out a season after transferring from North Dakota, played in 16 total games and had two starts in 2017. Shields shot 75 percent from the field

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Gray set her indoor personal best came at the Tyson Invitational, where

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The proverbial “ah-ha” moment came during the summer prior to her junior year at SMU in 2015.

That summer, McCurdy reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Women Amateur Open tournament, where she took on some of the best amateurs in the game.

“If you could make it here, you could do well in the pros, too,” McCurdy said.

She used success in the open as a springboard during her junior year. McCurdy, who won the Kansas State tournament that year, had three rounds in the 60’s, which according

to the SMU website is tied for the second lowest in program history.

McCurdy maintained momentum during her senior season, where 33 of the 34 rounds she carded counted toward SMU’s team score.

She also registered the lowest all-time single season scoring average SMU with a 72.18, while finishing her career with the third best career scoring average.

“That was a turning point in my career,” McCurdy said. “I felt like I could compete at that point.”

Ironically, winning the

Southern Amateur was McCurdy’s first win this season. It was a feat that was a relief, as it was a confidence booster to best a field with competitors from Arkansas, Georgia, North Texas and other schools.

Having graduated with a degree in advertising, McCurdy said she is going to try to continue her goal of playing golf professionally.

McCurdy believes her advertising background could pay dividends if she could play professionally.

“It could help me even as I’m trying to play golf.

A big part is promoting

yourself and getting sponsorships early on,” McCurdy said. “It could help me in making connections with brands and companies.”

Even as she readies for the next stage of her career, McCurdy said she still receives support from those who remember a golfer who practiced at the Plum Creek Golf Course with her father.

“It’s nice to see people who are still following me and how I’m playing,” McCurdy said. “It’s nice and I think the Hays area has been supportive and it’s a lot of fun to see that.”

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Head injuries in contact sports isn’t a new phenomenon, nor is it something that will go away with the advent of technology.

Constructing helmets that make football players look like the Great Gazoo from “The Flintstones” may not help curb the concussion issue.

We also can’t seem to escape tragedies that befall those who choose to make a career in the contact sports.

Last week, Canadian UFC fighter turned boxer Tim Hague died several days after he was knocked out in the ring.

Hall of Fame NFL lineman Warren Sapp earlier this week chose to donate his brain to science, citing issues with his memory after a long and arduous

career on the gridiron.

Similar stories come from those who have also played their respective sport, but are also battling some sort of brain injury.

It’s becoming a challenge for American sports fans to continue to supporting our favorite teams, knowing full well the damage it’s causing athletes.

Part of the issue is we at times see players as the on-field product, rather than the human that’s underneath the layers of protective padding.

But the big multi-million dollar question seems to be will people turn away from contact sports – football, hockey, soccer, boxing – due to the injuries suffered by players?

Conventional wisdom says no, at least not in the near future.

But 50 years from now, the tone of such a question could take on different meaning.

In my mind, boxing, for all of it’s Hollywood glory, may not survive the next two decades. Concussions may not be the primary factor for the sports’ decline, though.

Soccer, which has more concussions than one might assume, could one day require all players to wear some sort of protective headgear, at least at the younger levels of the sport.

For as much as we clamor for football, asking young children to hit the gridiron could one day be an outdated practice.

Yet, for all of the pitfalls that could arise from contact sports, I also can’t see myself preventing any

potential offspring I might have in life from competing in them.

It wouldn’t be my place as a future parent to restrict a child from playing football or hockey.

But at the same time, the responsibility falls on parents to know when enough is enough.

And maybe that’s what we as a society must do more often. To ensure players understand that at some point, the risk of playing contact sports isn’t worth the perceived reward it may bring.

Debate on the dangers of contact sports surely won’t go away anytime soon.

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Fuentes alum leads artists in mural honoring school namesake Austin muralist Wiley Ross, a Fuentes Elementary parent, is leading some FES artists in an effort to bring life to the campus stage with a mural highlighting the school’s namesake, Susie T. Fuentes. Stars Art teacher Jayme Salinas and Ross came up with the concept and FES Principal Regina Butcher gave the idea her approval. The huge image is taking shape this week.

Helping Ross are Enelisi Hernandez and Diego Lara, as well as Jace Juarez.

HCISD pledges $5M for swimming complex

BY MOSES LEOS III

A $5 million pledge from Hays CISD toward construction of a natatorium owned and operated by the YMCA of Austin is part of a proposed agreement that could grant the district first access to the facility.

Per the agreement, which was up for discussion at Monday’s board of trustees workshop, Hays CISD would have a 30year lease on a 25-yard, 10-lane covered natatorium, or swimming complex. Trustees could take action on the agreement at the June 26 meeting.

James Finck, president of the YMCA of Austin, said Monday the natato-

rium will be located at the YMCA’s proposed 85-acre Camp Cypress project, which will be located along Old San Antonio Road in Buda.

The camp, which has a projected total price tag of $20 to $22 million, would be a “world class camp environment” and is proposed to have 250 cabins, a 450-seat amphitheater, more than five miles of hiking trails and two 600-foot zip lines, Finck said.

Finck said the camp is “all about the kids” and the YMCA is building it to help with critical social issues facing the community.

“It’s not just for Hays CISD,” Finck said. “We’re

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building the new model of an urban camp for kids to get out in nature and discover and learn.”

At the front of the camp property would be Hays CISD’s $33.9 million Elementary School 14, which was approved by district voters as part of Proposition 1 of the May 2017 bond. The campus would replace the Buda Elementary lower campus, located along

FM 967.

“There will be no other swimming pool that I know of in the country for a high school that will be surrounded by this type of environment,” Finck said. “You will be without a doubt, be the envy of other high schools that want to compete.”

The natatorium, which is covered, would house the district’s two current varsity high school swim-

ming teams. The facility would have lockers for up to 50 students for all Hays CISD high schools, and would have the flexibility for informal water polo matches or scrimmages.

Hays CISD would be able to operate concession stands and collect revenue from it.

Finck said the YMCA would be responsible for operations costs, which is projected to be $3 to $4 million over the 30-year lifespan of the pool. The YMCA projects the pool opening by August 2018.

Lance Clary, Hays High varsity swimming coach, said he was excited at the opportunity to provide more space for his athletes. He also believed the

facility could expand participation in high school swimming at Lehman and Hays.

Clary said the swim team is an exclusive program as there isn’t enough space for all students who try out to participate. The Hays and Lehman swim teams have practiced at the Hays Communities YMCA for a decade, but each team is only allow two lanes.

“Given 10 lanes over two lanes, we could double, triple or even quadruple our program, for Hays and Lehman,” Clary said. “I’m excited about the opportunity to move forward with this

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Trustees tap brakes on new strategic plan

BY MOSES LEOS III Questions over the scope of Hays CISD’s new strategic design plan led district leaders to hold off on adopting the measure until June 26.

Trustees Vanessa Petrea and Esperanza Orosco all advocated on “finessing” the plan before the district opts to decide on implementing the plan.

Hays CISD’s strategic design plan is a shared, long-term vision for the direction of the school district. The plan was crafted by the district’s strategic design team, which included a citizens committee, which conducted workshops in February and March.

But Petrea raised concerns that the workshops were conducted during

the day, which could have prevented parents from participating due.

Tim Persall, Hays CISD assistant superintendent, didn’t have an exact number of parents who attended the workshoips, which encompassed six days.

However, he said some parents could make the six days for the workshiop, while others could only make four to five.

Orosco didn’t feel comfortable taking a vote on the plan as she believed it was rushed and didn’t capture “the spirit of an employee friendly organization.”

She also asked staff to flesh out the plan more, while also ensuring the community understood the action steps. Orosco said the community may

not be able to measure the plan with “words that we don’t understand.”

Orosco motioned during the meeting to postpone the item indefinitely, but it failed due to a lack of a second.

“I want the community to be clear to what our goals are as a district,” Petrea said.

Trustee Willie Tenorio said the board should also discuss whether the new strategic plan would supersede any of the existing goals the district has currently.

Orosco said she wanted to ensure the district’s new superintendent has some ownership with the plan and will have some input on the process.

“They are going to be the face (of the plan),” Orosco said.

Tenorio said he would like to see a mechanism that’s made public, so constituents can see the progress of the district’s plan.

“It’s extreme transparency and it engenders trust, so people can see specifically what we’ve promised to do, and see what’s getting done or not getting done,” Tenorio said.

BOARD TRUSTEES DISMISS POSSIBLE BOND PROJECT MANAGER POSITION Several Hays CISD board trustees balked at the proposition of the district possibly hiring a manager for its 2017 bond projects.

Holly Raymond, Hays CISD board trustee, said she was not a supporter of creating positions for a temporary need.

District officials are proposing to hire a bond project manager, who would be responsible for managing the work of staff and contractors constructing district facilities, according to district documents.

The manager would also work with district staff, its consultants and construction management firms to provide technical assistance in executing the district’s facilities master plan.

Raymond said there would always be projects going on, and that in her experience, firms can handle similar tasks “a lot better.”

“We’re not creating a position we may have to terminate at some point,” Raymond said. “There’s a better way to go about it.”

Merideth Keller, board

president, was also not in favor of the bond project manager position. One of Keller’s concerns was that the salary for the bond project manager wasn’t added to the fiscal year 2018 budget, even though district officials knew they could have to manage a $250 million bond.

Carter Scherff, interim superintendent, said the salary for the proposed position is $60,000 per year.

COST RISES IN LEHMAN TURF REPLACEMENT “Hidden conditions” found during replacement of the artificial turf at Lobo Field at Lehman High might require $25,000 additional dollars.

Board trustees discussed the additional cost, which

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could be acted upon June 26.

Scherff said damage extended to the base layer underneath the field turf surface at Lobo Field.

Within the contract, the district had a “very small contingency.”

“If I had done like I normally do, we would have built in an additional contingency for these types of conditions,” Scherff said. “However,

“If I had done like I normally do, we would have built in an additional contingency for these types of conditions ... However, I failed to do so, so we’re back to the drawing board with this.”

– Carter Scherff, interim superintendent

I failed to do so, so we’re back to the drawing board with this.”

Hays CISD trustees last

month approved roughly $700,0000 in turf replacement at Lobo Field and at Shelton Stadium.

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program, and the pros outweigh the cons.”

When asked about the location, Clary felt comfortable it would work “just as well, if not better” than the current practice facility for all Hays CISD schools, especially for Lehman High swimmers.

The facility could also be a place where the YMCA can continue its Project Safe program, which teaches first graders how to swim for free.

Finck said the YMCA currently conducts its Project Safe program by busing students to the Hays Communities branch on FM 967.

With the size of the proposed pool at the natatorium, Finck said they could “teach every kid in the district how to swim.”

The covered aspect of the natatorium would allow the YMCA to conduct the program before the summer months.

Board Vanessa Petrea was concerned about the presentation, citing she had never heard of the $5 million expenditure regarding the natatorium.

Other concerns extended to community engagement for a natatorium, and the environmental impact. She added there are “nice” facilities at the Buda YMCA and a facility

at Plum Creek.

She also believed the district could spend the $5 million elsewhere.

“For that amount of money, we could buy iPads for every single student from 6th through 12th grade,” Petrea said.

“Academics, to me, are the most important and we have some significant deficiencies in our academics.”

Board trustee Holly Raymond supported the natatorium as it could expand the swim team, but also could offer the chance for the district’s 1,400 first graders to swim, which is “lifesaving.”

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Rising from the ashes

Mt. City preps for July 4th Mt. City Montage

by Pauline Tom

H

urray! We can look forward to Loving Mountain City’s 4th of July Parade and Lawnmower Races.

Patricia Porterfield stepped forward to fill the vacant spot as lead.

(Thanks, Patricia!)

Streets will be closed from 10-11 a.m.

Festivities will start with the lawnmower races, followed by a parade around the block, starting on Pecan near the City Hall. Patricia is looking for band members to lead the parade. And, Loving Mountain City reminds participants to decorate their wheels and wear RED, WHITE and BLUE. ••• Up there at city hall, in the June council meeting our aldermen appointed former mayor and longtime resident Rick

MONTAGE, 2C

PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III

Harley Jones uses free space on a chalkboard shaped as the front portal of the Cypress Creek Café to write an inspirational message Saturday at the Waters Point in Wimberley. Residents near and far attended the From the Ashes concert, which benefitted employees displaced in the Cypress Creek Café fire last month. See more photos from the event online at HaysNewsDispatch.com. Just follow the photos link.

Community rallies for employees of ravaged business

BY MOSES LEOS III

W

ith a smile on her face and friends around her, Dripping Springs native Tori Giles danced away as Jennifer B and the Groove jammed out on the stage at The Waters Point in Wimberley Saturday.

Such smiles and good vibes couldn’t be found three weeks ago as Giles, along with 53 other employees of the Cypress Creek Cafe, learned of the destructive fire that destroyed one of Wimberley’s most iconic businesses. Giles, who was ill the night before, didn’t learn of the destruction until the next morning.

“I was just in shock,” Giles said. “It was so much more than I could understand. I felt like it was my own home that burnt down.”

But with the help of members of the community both near and far, Giles, along with musician Marvin Boterra, sought a way to help the em-

PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III

ployees displaced by the blaze.

By hosting the “From the Ashes” benefit concert, Giles and Boterra both fundraised to help get employees of the illfated restaurant back on their feet.

Giles said the motivation was to assist those employees who counted on a paycheck from the cafe to support their

families.

“When this place burned, it wasn’t just some small town restaurant, it really was the livelihood of some people,” Giles said.

After talking with two other servers, Giles thought the idea of a benefit concert was a “great idea.” She reached out to many of the musicians who played at

the cafe, who also lost a place to perform their craft.

Giles said as soon as Boterra heard about the concert, he “jumped in with both feet.”

Boterra said the goal is to help those who needed assistance going from one job to another.

“It’s a great opportunity to be part of this community. We’re all family. We truly are,” Boterra said.

Haley Fowell, who has worked at Cypress Creek since 2014, said owners Randy and Trish Uselton were immediately worried about their employees, rather than themselves.

“They were worried about us, it speaks to who they are as people,” Fowell said.

Getting businesses and vendors to take part in the event wasn’t a difficult proposition, Giles said. People jumped at the chance of assisting the concert, whether as food vendors or musicians. Giles said the community has rallied together

CYPRESS CREEK, 4C

$500K for better patient care at Seton Hays

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

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s a result of a half-million dollar investment, Seton Medical Center Hays is now a full-fledged Level 3 advanced trauma center.

The local area hospital, located in Kyle, was designated as a Level 3 center earlier this spring, which means instead of it being a stabilize-and-transfer facility, Seton Hays can treat advanced trauma patients without sending them to Austin for more advanced care.

Seton Hays had a ceremony to mark the momentous designation June 16 and to specifically identify the level of medical trauma cases that could be seen at the hospital based on the new designation.

Medical centers can be designated from levels 1 to 4. Level 4 is the most basic where patients are stabilized then transferred, level 3 advanced trauma centers can treat any patient as long as they are stable.

The only Level 1 trauma cen-

ter in the area is the Dell Seton Medical Center in downtown Austin.

Neal Kelley, Seton Hays chief operating officer, projected population in 2026 to be 29% more than it is now.

“If you’re stable, regardless of mechanism, we can take care of you here,” Dr. Oscar Rios, MD, Seton Hays trauma director, said. “If you have a fractured pelvis or broken ribs, we can treat you here.”

Rios said in most trauma cases, the patient is stable and presents a high blood pressure and a stable heart rate. Instead of transferring such cases as a small laceration or small head injury, they can now be treated at Seton Hays.

“Things you won’t see treated here are the unstable, critically ill patients that require a more advanced trauma center,” Rios said.

Rios said the new designation helps to relieve the burden on families of patients from having to travel great distances

PHOTO BY SAMANTHA SMITH

Neal Kelley, Chief Operating Officer Seton Medical Center Hay, speaks at the ribbon cutting for the Level 3 advanced trauma center earlier this week.

to be with family while taking off work and school to do so.

“Our operating room (OR) is open 24 hours a day, if you’re stable this is where you want to be,” Rios said. “We have partnered with orthopedic surgeons that are the same doctors you would see at hospitals in Austin with the same skills

and expertise.”

Kelley said in a later interview that the $500,000 from Ascension went toward new advanced equipment in the OR for more advanced surgical procedures. Rios stressed that great patient care comes

SETON HAYS, 2C

Chili pequin

Mighty pequin

Hot and beautiful It’s About Thyme

by Chris Winslow

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s you think about ideas for your garden this year, one plant that I urge you to consider is the chili pequin – one of my favorites of the Texas perennials.

This is a plant of many names. Chilitepin is another name, and sometimes it’s called turkey pepper and even bird pepper. (Migratory birds helped to spread it from South America up to Mexico and Texas.)

Whatever you call it, this native pepper makes a great addition to any landscape. The fruit starts out green, and ripens to a brilliant red.

It also makes a great addition to any cook or chef’s culinary repertoire.

To give a dish an extra special zing, add this notoriously hot pepper to chili, soups, beans, and fresh salsas. (See below for a recipe.)

As an ornamental, chili pequins can be grown in sun or shade. The more sun they get, the more water they will need.

Their leaves are a medium green, their flowers white. Seed pods are green at first and ripen to a orange-red to scarlet.

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Hays Free Press • June 21, 2017

OBITUARY CORDER

DelValle on April 4, 1944 in Saginaw, Michigan.

Linda graduated from SS Peter and Paul High School and attended Ferris State University where she was voted as Sweetheart Queen. She received her BA Degree from Saginaw Valley State University in 1987.

Linda was a member of the American GI Forum 1962-63 and was selected as first GI forum local and state queen from Saginaw and placed 2nd at the National Convention in Colorado.

She started her

Linda Daria Chavez Corder, loving wife, mother, grandmother, friend passed away Sunday, June 18, 2017 at the University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.

She was born to Albert Ruiz Chavez and Margaret Frances Gonzales

career in 1966 at GM Saginaw Steering Gear, as secretary, and eventually promoted to Plant Manager's Secretary. She was the first woman of Hispanic decent to be promoted to First Line Supervisor, was the QWL Divisional Coordinator, Team Facilitator, and GM Training Coordinator. Linda transferred to Saturn Corp. Springhill, TN in 1988 as Organizational Development Consultant. She was promoted to Manufacturing Training Leader and then Supervisor of

Education and Training.

She retired after 31 years of service and settled in San Antonio.

Linda was elected Past Historian, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President and President, during her involvement with the American Auxiliary Unit 592 San Antonio She was a current auxiliary member of Unit 83 Austin.

Genealogy was her favorite hobby and she was a member of the following genealogical societies: Los Bexareanos, and San Augustine Society, Laredo TX. She also loved

to shop boutiques, thrift stores, and garages.

Linda was preceded in death by her parents; son Christopher A. Boissonneault and loving best friend Clayton Corder.

She leaves behind her son Kevin J. Boissonneault and wife Virginia of Buda, TX; her grandchildren Isabella Rose Boissonneault, Joe and Veronica Hermosa; special Aunt Jane Chavez and Uncle Pete Arriaga; nephew John Arriaga and wife Jessica; dear friends Annie Langston, Nina Thickston and

Hilda Tovar.

Please join Linda's family for a time of visitation on Monday June 26, 2017 at Harrell Funeral Home, 1715 Kirby in Kyle, TX, from 5-7 p.m. followed by Rosary services at 7 and eulogies.

Please visit www.Harrellfuneralhomes.com to share a fond memory, photograph, or condolence with Linda’s family on her in-line memorial site.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to your favorite charity.

Seton Hays: Kyle area hospital now Level 3 trauma center Continued from pg. 1C

from more than the right equipment.

“Seton of Hays invested half a million dollars into operating rooms to help our community but it’s not just about having the right equipment, it’s having the right doctors,” Rios said.

Kelley said Seton Hays is a 3+ facility due to the level of doctors available

from a Level 1 facility, such as Dell Seton.

“Now that we have this capability, many, many patients, in fact the majority of patients, can be treated here in Kyle,” Kelley said.

David Smith, San Marcos Hays County EMS chief, praised the partnership with Seton Hays and the new desig-

“Next year, we expect to respond to almost 14,000 incidents on the I-35 corridor alone ... That’s a 50 percent increase from only two years ago.” increase.

“Next year, we expect to respond to almost 14,000 incidents on the I-35 corridor alone,”

Smith said, “That’s a 50 percent increase from only two years ago.”

Rios said the advanced trauma distinction meant

more advanced trauma certifications such as advanced heart and pediatric support for nurses and staff.

“We want to send a message to the community that we are here for you, we are able, we are capable, and we are safe and look forward to taking care of you and your family,” Rios said.

who are blown loose from their roosts in tree foliage, weighted down by two to four pups. They can’t take off from the ground carrying so much weight. Also, young freetailed bats are learning to fly and may end up grounded.”

Regardless of what kind of bat it is, it poses no risk if no one attempts to handle it. However, if handled, it might bite in

self-defense like other animals. Even among downed bats most are not rabid, but don’t take a chance by touching it!”

“Try carefully scooping it onto a shovel and moving it to a safe location away from people or pets. If possible, allow it to climb onto a tree trunk. It is a healthy mother just needing help getting airborne, it will climb up

a bit and eventually fly away.”

If late at night the bat has not flown away, visit https://austinbatrefuge. org if you are willing to take the bat into Austin. It’s a nonprofit organization that exists entirely on donations.

If late at night you have a tidbit for Montage, just email ptom5678@gmail. com (subject: tidbit).

Thanks! Love, Pauline

David Smith, San Marcos Hays County EMS chief

nation. He said it would be very beneficial to EMS personnel as the number of incidents along the I-35 corridor continue to

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Tarr as city administrator.

Recently on NextDoor. com someone (Kyle address) asked what do to with a bat on the ground in a backyard where dogs and children play. This comes when a rabid bat was recently found in Buda and also in Kyle.

Anytime a bat is “turned in” to a government entity, it will be killed and tested for rabies. I wondered, “Is it true that any bat on the ground probably has rabies?”

I sought facts from

Dr. Merlin Tuttle, who has been involved in bat conservation for over 55 years. Anyone can contact him through http://merlintuttle.org.

Tuttle concludes it’s only in the extremely unlikely situation that the bat has bitten a person or a pet that has not been vaccinated against rabies, that we would call Animal Control (512-393-7896).

“Otherwise, it’s just a waste of taxpayer dollars to have it tested. Finding a sick bat is not indicative of a rabies outbreak,

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or cause otherwise for concern. Even a sick bat is extremely unlikely to attack anyone.”

Tuttle’s short answer on conserving a grounded bat: CAREFULLY scoop bat onto a shovel and move it to a tree trunk.

“It is common at this time of year to find grounded bats. Here in Austin, these are often healthy mother red bats

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These chili plants will provide flower color and fruit color throughout the spring, summer and fall growing season.

I found a cluster of them once in the Flatonia area that were six feet tall.

The seeds from this plant are populating the flower beds all over the nursery.

Pequins also are a perennial, returning after the winter. Seed germinates readily and your pequin crop will scatter everywhere. This might be good… as they can sell for up to $50 a pound.

On the culinary side, chili pequins are a spicy pepper with intense but transitory heat.

People still use the Scoville scale to measure the ‘heat’ of spices. This scale places these mighty pequins at between 30,000 to 50,000 units . . . similar to cayenne peppers.

In Mexico, the fiery intensity of the pequin is called arrebatado which means rapid or violent.

The heat is great but it diminishes quickly. The

following is a suggested chili pequin salsa recipe from New Mexico:

CHILI PEQUIN SALSA RECIPE

• 6 chili pequins • 2-16oz. cans crushed tomatoes • 1 white or yellow onion • ¼ cup vinegar • ¼ teaspoon of sugar

Toast the chili pequins in the oven for 30 seconds. Cool the peppers and coarsely crush. Dice the onions. In a large bowl, add the crushed peppers to the onions, tomatoes, vinegar, salt and sugar and mix thoroughly.

Let stand in the fridge for a day or two.

Happy gardening… and cooking everyone!

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Mayor defends Galveston on eve of crackdown

by Bartee Haile

mayor. No longer an outspoken idealist dedicated to driving the pimps and gamblers off the island, he had reemerged as the chief advocate of “a regulated open town.”

“I don’t believe in prostitution or kids gambling and drinking,” Cartwright insisted. “But when a man or woman gets to be 21 years of age, I don’t worry about them.”

One thing the young mayor did believe was that Galveston was a world unto itself, where mainland laws did not apply. “We don’t butt into the affairs of our sister cities,” he told a Dallas audience, “and we don’t want them to butt into ours.”

But change was in the salt air after the Second World War. The free-spirited days of booze, brothels and black jack on the outlaw island were clearly numbered.

The Maceo machine lost Sam, its guiding genius, in the spring of 1951 three weeks before the state legislature opened hearings on the scandalous goingson in Galveston. Lacking the dearly departed’s gift for public relations, the gamblers and their cronies made a bad impression in Austin.

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the district attorney refused to accept the complaint because he did not want “to set a precedent.”

“The people of Galveston seem to think because they live on an island they are immune from the laws of this state,” Garrison concluded with visible anger.

The gambling joints that closed for the hearings were soon back in business. But it was definitely not business as usual in Galveston and never would be again.

Attorney general and future governor Price Daniel obtained an injunction that cut the Maceo horseracing wire and crippled their bookmaking racket. The legislature made possession of a slot machine a felony, which resulted in the reluctant storage of a thousand onearmed bandits, and the IRS took many family members and associates to court for income tax evasion.

Mayor Cartwright lost his reelection bid in 1955 to a challenger, who promised worried voters “gambling and prostitution will keep Galveston an ‘isle of enchantment.’”

But he was powerless to prevent the plug from being pulled two years later on the paradise of illicit pleasures.

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Citing their Fifth Amendment right against selfincrimination, 14 members of the Maceo organization refused to answer any questions from the special committee. Three even declined to give their names.

Cartwright and other local officials were more talkative, however. Following the mayor’s impassioned argument in favor of the hands-off policy of the past, the recently retired police commissioner summed up a lifetime on the island with a candor that stunned lawmakers. “Galveston was wide-open before I was born. It was wide-open when I came into office and I left it wide-open.”

The most entertaining witness was Frank Biaggne, who was asked to explain why in nearly two decades as county sheriff he never busted the Balinese Room, the swank seaside casino.

“I go to the man at the desk, and I say, ‘How about getting in?’ And he says, ‘Nothing doing,’” Biaggne answered with a straight face.

“You see, my name is not in the book. I’m not a member.

And then I just walk away.”

Col. Homer Garrison, director of the Department of Public Safety and head of the Texas Rangers, testified that a raid on the Balinese Room in 1947 taught him the futility of trying to enforce the law in Galveston. He said that in spite of “a perfect case” put together by the Rangers,

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estifying in front of a legislative committee on June 25, 1951, the mayor of Texas’ “sin city” defended his much-maligned constituents with the curious logic, “The people of Galveston ought to be commended for not being hypocrites!”

The island was wide-open decades before Sam and Rose Maceo appeared on the scene just before World War I. Barbers by trade, the ambitious brothers soon discovered there was a killing to be made in bootlegging.

During the Great Depression, the Maceos branched out into big-time gambling and ruthlessly eliminated the competition. None of the slayings was ever traced back to the genial gangsters with one notable exception.

In that instance the victim with his last breath named Rose as the triggerman. But the jury disregarded the deathbed finger-pointing and acquitted the older Maceo of the homicide.

Although Galvestonians shrugged off the occasional underworld assassination, the Christmas Eve 1938 murder of a popular young groom-tobe outraged the law-abiding element. Nineteen year old Herbert Cartwright rose to prominence as a leader of the short-lived crusade that petered out after a Maceo employee was sentenced to death for the killing.

Nine years later, Cartwright unseated the incumbent

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Help for Cypress Creek employees has also come from area businesses, which have taken them in and offered them a chance to work again.

Jay Bachmann, coowner of the Back Porch and Tavern, said Cypress Creek was the “crown jewel” on top of Wimberley, where many in the community hang out.

As a result, Bachmann, along with fellow co-owner Jody Merritt, brought in eight former employees of the Cypress Creek Café. The idea was to give

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Start your July 4 with this challenging course that covers much of Plum Creek at this annual event. For added fun, this run will include some color stations along the course and Soaker Stations for a quick, refreshing splash by our volunteers.

Popsicles provided by Lone Star Delights will reward the participants at the finish line. All races start and finish at Negley Elementary. The course will include a 4 mile course, 3K course, and 1K course. Early packet pickup and walk up registration available at Plum Creek Community Center (450 Haupt), July 3 from 4-6 p.m.

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and they wanted to help.

Wimberley Mayor Mac McCullough, who is also the co-owner of the Wimberley Cafe on the square, said businesses helping the event are “another example of what we like to do in Wimberley.”

McCullough said he couldn’t think of a better reason than to help support “what Randy and Trish contributed to the community.

He cited the success Cypress Creek had on business in the square.

McCullough said business on the square rose by 10 percent when

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“We’re a tight knit community,” Bachmann said.

“Whenever something weird like this happens, we come together.”

Revelers who attended the event also had some connection to the café.

Wimberley resident Adam Merritt said he has done graphic design for Cypress Creek’s crawfish boil in 2008. Since then, Merritt retains fond memories of the café as the community hangout.

But he also has seen how the community comes together in times

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of crises – something Wimberley residents have done time and again over the course of the last four years.

“We’re one big family,” Merritt said. “When bad things happen, we come together as a community and help out. It’s the Wimberley way.”

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$92K operation estimate for Buda parks

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

Drew Wells, Buda parks and recreations director, said Chance Sparks, Buda assistant city manager, and himself traveled to Fischer Park in New Braunfels to get a scope of what they pay to operate and maintain their new 62-acre park.

Positive reactions to operations and maintenance (O&M) cost estimates for improvements under Proposition 5 of the city’s 2014 bond emerged from the Buda City Council dais June 13.

The projected cost for the O&M for improvements to City Park, as well as the proposed Green Meadows Splash pad and the Garlic Creek Trails is $92,121, according to Drew Wells, Buda parks and recreation director.

“I feel comfortable moving forward with it,” Buda Mayor Todd Ruge said.

Wells said projected O&M costs for City Park might go up after the cost of providing

electricity is factored in.

Buda would see a small return in revenue from an increase in festivals and events being booked at the various parks once they are completed, Wells said. That will help mitigate some of the O&M costs.

Council member Lee Urbanovsky praised Wells and the Parks department for their

work in gathering the estimates. He admitted that he was prepared to see an overall O&M cost of over $200,000.00 for the Proposition 5 park improvements.

“Part of the price of expanding parks is a higher O&M cost, which the residents could expect when they voted on the bond propositions,” Ruge said.

One way the city could mitigate the cost is implementing an impact fee for incoming developers.

Such a fee would require new developers coming in to either develop existing Buda parkland or pay a fee in lieu of developing a park on their own.

Wells said Chance Sparks, Buda assistant city manager, and he traveled to Fischer Park in New Braunfels to get a scope of what they pay to operate and maintain its new 62-acre park.

But Urbanovsky questioned Wells on heavier staffing requirements for Fischer Park, which has four full-time main-

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State of the City

Mayor sets sights on managing rapid population growth

BY MOSES LEOS III Managing what’s been called the fastest growing city in Texas was the message from Buda Mayor Todd Ruge in his state of the city address June 14.

While the city continues to grow in population, with the increase comes the prospect of providing necessary infrastructure and services to meet the demand.

“We are growing at a rapid pace. There’s good and bad that comes with that,” Ruge said. “With more people here, we can keep the tax rate low, but there are some struggles, too.”

Ruge centered on the high growth rate Buda has experienced over the past seven years. According to recent Census Bureau estimates, Buda now has just over 15,000 people. The population is a 105 percent rise in population from the 2010 Census figures.

Buda is “probably a little more well off than some of our neighboring cities,” Ruge said.

Buda residents, with a median age of 33, have an average income of $96,000 per year. The average household size is 2.95, Ruge said.

Ruge said that the city has a abundance of parkland, making it attractive to newcomers.

Buda currently has 366 acres, which is “unheard of for a city our size,” he said. Recent legislation now makes it easier for cities such as Buda to “free up money” to increase city park space.

That option includes the Buda SportsPlex, which the city can now use Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) dollars to install lighting at sports fields.

“We’re able to not only have parkland, but be able to

maintain them,” Ruge said.

“We want to have places where not only our citizens can go to, but have attractions that bring people out of town.”

Financially, times are “good right now,” which hasn’t always been the case, Ruge said.

Currently, the city’s expenses are coming in under budget and revenues are meeting projections.

Ruge said the Buda council takes a “conservative approach” when it comes to budgeting. He said the city projects 5 or 6 percent growth, instead of 10 percent, which is what some cities project.

“We’ve done an excellent job in not doing that,” Ruge said. “I’m proud of our staff of holding us back and pulling us in when it comes to not overspending.”

Ruge lauded the success of the downtown corridor, which has seen an explosion of growth in the last year.

Several new business have opened on Main Street, including at the Buda Mill and Grain site.

Earlier this year, Buda was selected to be part of the Texas Main Street Program, which allows the city to apply for grants to help improve the downtown sector.

Ruge said the downtown area is “important to me” and there has been a renaissance in the downtown area.

“These are the types of businesses that we need to patronize and we need to spend our money locally,” Ruge said.

Buda Mayor Todd Ruge gesticulates as he presents his annual State of the City address at the Buda Area Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon June 14. Managing Buda’s rapidly rising growth was one of the topics touched on by Ruge during the address.

“They are truly our neighbors.”

The city’s staff has also worked hard to have clean audits for the past two years, Ruge said.

Several

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$5,815

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Small uptick in sales tax revenue for Hays County Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced earlier this month that he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $640 million in local sales tax allocations for June, 3.6 percent more than in June 2016. These allocations are based on sales made in April by businesses that report tax monthly. “The cities of Round Rock, Frisco, San Antonio, Midland and Odessa saw noticeable increases in sales tax allocations,” Hegar said. “The cities of Houston and Austin saw small decreases.” Locally, smaller cities of Mountain City, Uhland and Neidwerwald carried the highest percentage of sales tax revenue growth.

Hays County, as well as larger cities such as San Marcos and Buda, struggled to maintain revenue numbers.

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CURRENT TAX RATE

NET PAYMENT THIS PERIOD

% CHANGE JUNE 2016 TO JUNE 2017

PAYMENTS YEAR TO DATE

% CHANGE 2016 TO 2017

Buda

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$457,561.05

0.57%

$2,937,999.63

4.43%

Dripping Springs

1.250%

$172,841.32

3.46%

$999,635.51

4.11%

Hays

1.000%

$657.03

-54.61%

$6,867.18

3.29%

Kyle

1.500%

$568,870.97

12.35%

$3,548,310.72

8.80%

Mountain City

1.000%

$1,476.39

53.69%

$7,206.85

21.33%

Niederwald

1.000%

$2,878.04

29.52%

$17,211.11

16.41%

San Marcos

1.500%

$2,030,955.38

5.38%

$13,775,967.47

-3.50%

Uhland

1.500%

$15,350.78

23.71%

$91,823.01

14.88%

Wimberley

1.000%

$70,299.56

2.44%

$445,413.76

1.61%

Woodcreek

1.000%

$4,350.24

32.41%

$23,596.30

14.30%

Hays County

0.500%

$1,351,193.05

9.25%

$8,573,461.53

1.63%

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on a request FM 158 Land, (Z-17Attend the publicby meeting to review theLtd. concepts and alignments proposed for the FM 150 Character Plan from 012) to rezone approximately 38.78 acres of Arroyo Ranch Road outside of Kyle to RM 12 in Dripping land from Entertainment District ‘E’ Springs.

The meeting is an open house format withtoa 10-minute welcome at 6:15.

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AThepublic hearing behearing heldonby the City of Kyle shall holdwill a public a request by FMand 158 Land, Ltd. (Z-17-012) to rezone on Planning Zoning Commission approximately 38.78 acres of land from Entertainment Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 6:30 P.M. District ‘E’ to Warehouse District ‘W’ for property located at 24801 N. IH-35, in Hays County, Texas.

AThepublic will be heldmay byrecommend, the Kyle Planninghearing and Zoning Commission and the City Council may consider, assigning any zoningat City Council on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, district which is equivalent or more restrictive.

7:00 P.M.

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Administration for the Estate A public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zonof Susan Lynn Dudolski, ing Commission on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 6:30 P.M. Kyle City Hall Council Chambers Deceased, were issued on A public hearing will be held by the Kyle City Council June 13, 2017, in Cause No. 100 W Center St., Kyle, Texas 17-0151-P, pending in the on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, at 7:00 P.M. County Court at Law of Hays Kyle City Hall Council Chambers County, Texas, to: Connie Owner: FM St., 158Kyle, Land, Ltd. 100 W Center Texas Dudolski.

All persons having claims Agent: Stephen Ramsey, P.E. Owner: FM 158 Land, Ltd. against this Estate which is Agent: Stephen Ramsey, P.E. Ramsey Engineering, LLC currently being administered Ramsey Engineering, LLC are required to present them to the undersigned within Publication Date: JuneJune 21, 2017 Publication Date: 21, 2017 the time and in the manner Z-17-012 prescribed by law.

Z-17-012 c/o: Elly Del Prado Dietz Del Prado Dietz, PLLC The Young Building 323 W. Hopkins Street San Marcos, Texas 78666 DATED the 14th day of Public Notice June, 2017 Elly Del Prado Dietz Notice of Public Hearing Attorney for Connie Dudolski State Bar No.: 05857170 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL The Young Building 323 W. Hopkins Street INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT: San Marcos, Texas 78666 Telephone: (512) 878-0999 Facsimile: (512) 757-8696 The City of Kyle shall hold a public hearing on a E-Mail: elly@delpradodietz. com

request by Larkin Tackett (Idea Kyle Academy) located at the northeast corner of Goforth Road PUBLIC NOTICES, 4D and Bluestem Street for a Conditional Use Permit Real Estate to allow a school as required by Chapter 53 (Zoning) Section 1047 (Authorized Conditional Uses (8) of the City of Kyle Code of Ordinances, which states Schools, public and denominational, Notice of Public Hearing but not day care in all districts where not otherwise NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO specificallyALL permitted INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT:

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We do business in accordance with the Federal Fair Housing Law. It is illegal to discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin: in the sale or rental of housing or residential lots; in advertising the sale or rental of housing; in the financing of housing; in the provision of real estate brokerage services; in the appraisal of housing; Blockbusting is also illegal. Anyone who feels he or she has been discriminated against, may file a complant of housing discrimination: 1-800-669-9777 (toll free) or 1-800927-9275 (TDD).

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by Larkinwill Tackett Kyle located and A public hearing be(Idea held byAcademy) the Planning at the northeast corner of Goforth Road and Bluestem Zoning Commission on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at Street for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a school as required by Chapter 53 (Zoning) Section 1047 6:30 P.M.

(Authorized Conditional Uses (8) of the City of Kyle Code of Ordinances, which states Schools, public and A public hearingbutwill becare held thewhere Kyle City denominational, not day in allby districts not otherwise specifically permitted Council on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. A public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at 6:30 P.M.

Kyle City Hall, Council Chambers A public hearing will be held by the Kyle City Council 100 W. Center St., Kyle, Texas on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 7:00 P.M. Kyle City Hall, Council Chambers

Petitioner: Larkin 100 W. Center St., Tackett Kyle, Texas Agent:Petitioner: Shauna L. Weaver, Larkin Tackett P.E. Agent: Shauna L.Engineers Weaver, P.E. Pape-Dawson

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You need to establish your goals and keep them constantly in mind as you invest. And you will never really reach the end of your investment journey, because you’ll need to make choices and manage your portfolio throughout your retirement

years.

Hopefully, you will enjoy a pleasant vacation sometime this summer.

But your investment portfolio shouldn’t take time off.

Financial Focus: Don’t let portfolio take a vacation Continued from pg. 1D

go “unsupervised.” Your investment portfolio can be subject to “drift” if left alone for extended time periods. In fact, without your making any moves at all, your portfolio can move in directions that may not be favorable to you. Suppose you think your holdings should be made up of 70% stocks,

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But the ability to “get rich quick” is much more of a myth than a reality.

True investment success

State of the City: Rapid growth in Buda Continued from pg. 1D

big projects are on the horizon, including a proposed wastewater treatment plant expansion in the near future.

In addition, the city continues to progress on

finishing projects under the 2014 bond.

Buda’s new city hall, located along north Main Street, is projected to open in late Spring 2018.

The city’s new police sta-

tion will open by October or November of this year.

“Our staff takes to heart that we want to keep our small town feel and we want to be a beautiful city,” Ruge said.

Buda Parks: $92K operation estimate Continued from pg. 1D

tenance workers. Wells projected a 1.75 full-time employee requirement for Buda park improvements.

Wells said parks staffing is handled differently in a larger city like New Braunfels. The current staffing requirements for parks operation is an estimate and may lean toward the conservative side, Wells said.

According to the agenda report, both Green Meadows and the Garlic Creek trails are

According to the agenda report, both Green Meadows and the Garlic Creek trails are expected to be complete and operational in fiscal year 2017-2018. expected to be complete and operational in fiscal year (FY) 2017-18.

City Park will be in construction during FY 2017-18 and is scheduled for completion in December 2018.

During the presentation to council members, Wells said Buda would experience the financial impact of the O&M costs for City Park improvements for nine months of the FY 2018 budget.

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