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Kyle officials respond to ‘8 Can’t Wait’ in wake of protests

BY MEGAN WEHRING

PHOTOS BY ANITA MILLER

Signs outside a Monday press conference in Wimberley (above) can be seen all along the route of the Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP).

Below, Dr. Teri Albright holds a glass of tap water from her home, out of a well fouled by an accident during pipeline construction.

Kinder Morgan pipeline accused of violating Safe Drinking Water act

BY ANITA MILLER

The laughter of children playing in and along Cypress Creek provided a backdrop as a new federal lawsuit against Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) was announced in Wimberley on Monday.

The setting was by design, explained by Jeff Mundy, attorney for the litigants. “This lawsuit is about water.”

The Wimberley Valley Watershed Association (WVWA) and Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association (TESPA) filed the suit for violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, asking for the company to clean up as

best it can a March 28 spill that fouled a number of drinking water wells and to agree to never again use a drilling mud substance that contains known human carcinogens.

Dr. Teri Albright, whose well near Chimney Rock Road in Blanco County was fouled as Kinder Morgan began a bore for the first of two crossings under the Blanco River, said that on the Sunday it occurred, she and her husband, both physicians, first thought it was a problem with their well pump.

“We did not know what was happening. It had

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REBEL REVOLT

Is it time to change the high school mascot?

BY ANITA MILLER Should the student body of Hays High School decide it’s time to ditch its Rebel mascot, the pump is primed for the process to begin, Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright said.

Spurred by dialogue on social media, emails from students and a petition, Wright told the Hays Free Press that district officials

“We’ve had some students come forward and say they are concerned.

We need to hear from the rest of the student body and find out what their feelings are.”

–Eric Wright, Hays CISD Superintendent

are “thinking of what the potential steps might look like” on the way to finding

a new mascot.

Whatever the process might look like, Wright was

adamant it be student-led, as have similar changes in the not-too-distant past.

The district has been distancing itself from the concept of the Confederacy for two decades, first banning the Confederate flag being displayed by the school, expanding that to display by students and, just five years ago, drop-

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Face masks required in most circumstances in Hays County

BY ANITA MILLER

Hays County residents are now, for the most part, be required to wear face masks while out in public.

EXCEPTIONS INCLUDE: • When driving alone or with passengers who are part of the same household • While pumping gas or operating outdoor equipment

• When exercising outside or engaging in outdoor activity • While in a building or activity that requires surveillance or screening like a bank or consuming food or drink.

County Judge Ruben Becerra issued his new order on the courthouse steps Thursday afternoon.

Since the pandemic began in March, instructions on how best to avoid

GRADUATION Wimberley, Dripping Springs graduate 653.

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infection have been a hodgepodge of orders from Gov. Greg Abbott and county and municipal governments statewide.

Abbott, while continuing to allow greater occupancy in businesses, has refused to institute a statewide mandate for mask wearing in public.

Local governments have pushed back. Mayors

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“A TBI (traumatic brain injury) is anything from limited function to a vegetative state. That concerns me.

The idea of somebody being in a vegetative state just bothers me. I really hope that you do really look into that and maybe very highly consider taking even that type of control out of the policy.”

Demonstrations continue to grow as the American public protest against police brutality.

Kyle Police and the city council on June 16 reviewed the police deSee pg. 5 partment’s for story policies on Kyle’s regarding Dialogue how they for Peace align with and Equality. the “8 Can’t Wait” campaign.

The campaign is to implement policies that will reduce immediate harm caused by police and increase community safety. One of the policies, coming after George Floyd’s death, is to ban chokeholds and strangleholds. Kyle Chief of Police Jeff Barnett discussed the department’s view on the use of restraints in certain situations.

“We do not allow a –Tracy Scheel, chokehold,” Barnett said.

Kyle City Council Member “Chokeholds are intended to block the airway.

Those are prohibited and ered a chokehold because we do not allow those. We it’s not blocking the do have this trained tech8 CAN’T WAIT, 12 nique that is not consid-

Early voting for runoff elections begins June 29 STAFF REPORT Early voting for the July 14 runoffs for the March 3 primaries runs Monday, June 29 through Friday, July 10.

Democrats wil decide between Mary “MJ” Hegar and Royce West for U.S. Senate, between Roberto R. “Beto” Alonzo and Chrysta Castañeda for the Railroad Commission, as well as between Donna Haschke and Angela “Tia Angie” Villescaz for Hays County Party Chair.

Republicans within Congressional District 35 will choose either “Guillermo” William Hayward or Jenny Garcia Sharon for U.S. Rep. District 35, Lani Popp or Robert Morrow for member, State Board of Education, and Kent “Bud” Wymore or Carrie Isaac for State Rep. District 45. Republicans outside District 35 will choose between Lani Popp and Robert Morrow for State Board of Education and Kent “Bud” Wymore and Carrie Isaac for State Rep. District 45.

Early voting will be

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Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch • June 24, 2020

Growth of COVID 19 in Hays County Hays County has one of the fastest-growing seven-day averages of new COVID 19 cases in the state. Compared to surrounding counties, Hays is averaging more new cases than all but Travis, whose population is five times that of Hays.

And compared to counties of similar size, Hays is averaging far more new cases. This includes other counties with large university populations, considered more at risk because of a lack of social distancing among students. Hays County’s

growth rate in COVID 19 cases exceeds that of Brazos (Texas A&M); Smith (Tyler Junior College and UT-Tyler); and Lubbock (Texas Tech).

Source: State and local health agencies and hospitals, reported in New York Times

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Rio Vista Park in San Marcos was crowded on Sunday, June 21. The city is again closing all river parks, effective Thursday, June 25. Five Mile Dam park will close at the same time.

Travis Hays

When a cool river is a Coronavirus hot spot

BY ANITA MILLER

Nothing takes the edge off the Texas summer sun like a float on a cool, spring-fed river.

As it turns out, the coro600 navirus flourishes in that same environment.

Floating the San Marcos, Guadalupe and Comal rivers was among the high-risk activities 500 by brought forward Hays County Epidemiologist Eric Schneider on Wednesday during a Zoom press conference with area media.

400had 441 Hays County positive cases on June 8 and 1,093 on June 16.

People in their 20s accounted for 125 of those cases on June 8 and 568 on June 16. 300 Most of those people live in San Marcos.

Schneider also mentioned high levels of transmission have occurred among people who have attended protests 200 in the wake of the Memorial Day murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.

However, those crowds are more multi-generational, and the Hays Free Press 100

Hays County had 441 positive Coronavirus cases on June 8 and 1,093 on June 16.

has observed that many people attending demonstrations wear face masks while the same is not true of river traffic.

Schneider lauded those tubing companies who are “doing the right thing,” staggering and spreading out the number of people they put on the river at one time but he did not identify which companies were exercising those best practices. The San Marcos Lions Club, which operate the in-town tubing stretch, is now limiting its operations to those who register in advance.

Check out their Facebook page or call 512-396-5466 or visit tubesanmarcos. com for more information. Don’s Fish Camp and Texas State Tubes, which operate on the lower river, also have a presence on Facebook.

Schneider said he drove across the Guadalupe and Comal rivers last weekend

and “could have walked across just stepping on tubes. If one person had it (COVID-10), there’s a good chance 20 other people are going to get it.”

In terms of high risk occupations, Schneider listed health care providers, construction workers and food service workers.

The flurry of cases detected since Memorial Day represent an infection rate of about one in five.

“Most residents should assume they take the risk of coming into contact with someone with COVID-19 every time they leave their home,” he said.

Schneider also addressed for the first time the county’s 15 residents currently hospitalized.

They range in age from 45 to 75. The county’s five fatalities have all been in persons over the age of 60.

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Opinion

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “All the other schools around us know exactly what the Rebel is – a symbol for racism. Why are we the last to know, why don’t we see it ourselves?

–Jennifer Price, parent of Hays students. Story on page 16.

Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch • June 24, 2020

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The Rebel past I n 2012, an unidentified lady and I sat next to each other at a Hays Consolidated School District Board (HCISD) meeting. We stood to speak on opposite sides of a volatile issue: display of the Confederate flag at Jack C. Hays High School.

She spoke in support of flag displays, sharing that her great-grandfather had fought for Texas against the United States during the Civil War. I argued against the flag as a veteran who had sworn to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic” and as a former U.S. diplomat. After we spoke, we returned to our seats next to each other.

Recently, some HCISD parents have suggested we retire the Hays Rebel mascot, and Mayor Travis Mitchell has proposed a vote to replace Rebel as a Kyle street name. We, as a community, should do both. Confederate symbols cannot be credibly detached from their disturbing history in support of slavery and the preservation of white supremacy. Texas’ role in that history should be remembered, not venerated. Hays County residents can love our state and regret parts of its history.

I was born and raised in East Texas, surrounded by Confederate symbols, including the flag and ubiquitous bumper stickers proclaiming, “the South will rise again.”

Symbols carry meanings.

That’s why questions of removing them evoke so much emotion. There, the symbols empowered white American schoolmates to call me the n-word. They affirmed a culture of racism responsible for a jarring disruption of my childhood innocence: regularly watching white Americans call my father “boy,” bringing down the biggest man I’ve ever known, right in front of me.

Since arriving in Kyle, a decade ago, greeted by Confederate flags and debates over “Dixie,” students have assaulted my children with the n-word and felt entitled to physically abuse them “because you are Black.”

Symbols carry meanings.

HCISD teachers and officials have been relentless in their care for my kids after these unfortunate, unforgettable incidents.

A positive move toward emphasizing that all kids matter equally in Hays CISD is to retire the Rebel mascot.

The Confederate symbols of my childhood said to Black residents, “This is our town, our Texas; not yours.” The “South” of the slogan referred to a Texas that enslaved Black residents, a Texas that lynched Black men after church services, and a Texas that did not permit black and white children to attend school together. The symbols, their message, and the mistreatment were real. And, they were wrong. That was our town equally as it was theirs. Confederate symbols have no place in Kyle. My family may not be from here, but

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Guest Column

by Ronald Johnson

Kyle is our home. The Texas that Confederate symbols represent no longer exits. It’s history.

Let’s replace the street name with one that reflects the city and the state we have become and hope to be.

After the HCISD Board meeting, the lady and I exited together. She asked, “How can I go against the flag, and still honor my great-grandfather?” That was the real question. She wanted to honor her family’s history. In response, I found the remembrances of General Ulysses S. Grant instructive. At the Confederate surrender, he considered the army of General Robert E. Lee “a foe who had fought so long and valiantly… for a cause, though that cause, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought.” I suggested to the lady, “You can honor the memory of your great-grandfather by remembering his devotion to fight for his beliefs.

You do not dishonor his memory by holding a different belief.”

Twenty years ago, when our community first debated changing the flag from Hays, one resident argued, “The Rebel flag, the Rebel name and Dixie are all about who we are.” Some people may still believe that. I disagree. I do not think Kyle is a town that honors the horrors of slavery. I do not think HCISD parents want my children demeaned with racist epithets. Even if Confederate symbols once represented those things in Kyle, they do not represent who we are.

I am a U.S. historian who believes our nation advances as each generation completes the Founders’ work “to form a more perfect Union.”

In 1961, Kyle ISD superintendent William “Moe” Johnson, newspaperman Bob Barton, Jr., and grocer Willie Tenorio led Kyle to become the state’s first community to vote for school integration. In 2015, Hays students voted for a new school song.

And here we are, in 2020, a thriving city, facing questions of Confederate symbols that represent who we want to be when our children replace us as leaders.

Let’s put the Rebel to rest. Let’s remove the Confederacy from our streets and our school and allow it to live where it belongs: in history.

After our talk in the parking lot, the lady and I shook hands and departed, probably still disagreeing. Despite this, we had moved closer to each other through mutual respect and a shared love for our school.

I think that’s how we move beyond the past – together, as a community, with respect and care for each other.

Ronald Angelo Johnson, Ph.D. is the Presidential Fellow and Associate Professor of History at Texas State University.

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Glock-man takes on antifa Youngat-Large

by John Young

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t was a small misunderstanding. A little thing, really.

The two men were prone on the ground face-first, fearing for their lives. A man with two Glocks and the tactical vest had ’em there.

He was sure they were antifa.

Leave it to the media to make a big thing out of this: the fact that they were not antifa but roofing salesmen walking the streets of Loveland, Colo., wearing pandemic facial coverings, wearing company logos on their polo shirts, carrying clipboards and company pamphlets.

Also, the media made a big deal out of the fact that the one who is black, a member of the Colorado State University football team, had been secured by the man’s knee to his neck.

Big overreaction by the media.

As President Trump has advised, we should be on the lookout for antifa. They (it?) could be anywhere.

Glock-man Scott Gudmundsen was doing his job as a patriotic citizen. Why should a court order him to explain this to a shrink?

What about a man’s freedom to express himself with his carbine? That’s Amendments 1 and 2.

I know; a few who don’t watch Fox News ask, “What the ‘fa’ is antifa?”

What and where and who? Tell us where it is, so we can smite it and them.

Well, as Donald Rumsfeld once explained about weapons of mass destruction, antifa is there, and there, and over there.

So, yeah, what is this antifa? Is it the antifa? Is it an antifa? Capitalized or no?

Anywhere, everywhere or nowhere?

The failing Washington Post sent out one of its two-bit, no-talent reporters, Isaac Stanley-Becker, with his worthless doctorate in history from Oxford, to ask.

His conclusion: Though antifa may actually be a thing, it isn’t much of one.

Par for the course, lamestreamers.

After interviewing a raft

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of experts about domestic extremism, he reported, “The group the Trump administration has labeled a menace has mostly been non-existent.”

You mean Trump was misleading us when he said a bony 75-year-old white man pushed to the ground at a Black Lives Matter protest in Buffalo was not doing antifa’s bidding by menacing – “scanning” – police with his – um – cell phone?

Can’t be true. Trump always levels with us, he and Fox News. Don’t dare call this just another example of right-wing hysteri-“fa.”

Oh, sure, Fox on occasion has taken a speck of something and built an interstate with it, but it’s all for a good cause.

In 2008 with the threat of a black president looming over our nation, Fox News constructed a mortal threat out of a near-handful of Black Panthers – well, two – who showed up at a Philadelphia polling station looking intimidating. Fox News devoted 95 news segments to the matter.

That paled in comparison to the white rage over brown people coming our way in 2018 via a Central American “caravan” awash with criminals – 300, count ’em.

Inquiring, pain-in-thepatootie reporters tried to apply math to the claim.

They asked the Trump administration to provide a

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list or actual evidence. But why provide evidence if straight-shooters like Sean Hannity will devote sufficient air time without it?

And now with marches about racial justice involving a goodly sample of multi-colored bodies, set your binoculars on the advance of antifa, the formless foe.

Sen. Chuck Schumer calls the whole thing an attempt to frame legitimate protests “as terrorist threats to justify unnecessary federal, even military, intervention.” What a snowflake.

“Antifa.” It means

anti-fascist. And what is fascism? It’s a leader who puts himself above the people, who uses the military to bolster himself and his ego, who elevates the unholy to the holy and his kin above the whole.

Well, I’m against that. My wife is against that. So are the sons we’ve raised and all their friends and mine. So, Glock-man has a legitimate fear. Antifa is everywhere.

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

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Make the most of your mask

BY MEGAN WEHRING

the skin.

“We think that cotton Face coverings have masks are a pretty good become the new accescompromise between sory before walking out effectiveness and the door. gentleness on the skin, With rising numbers especially when they’re of the coronavirus, layered and washable,” Hays County issued an Hollmig said. executive order requirMoisturizing reguing residents to wear larly can also help treat face masks when out in and prevent mask-republic. Dr. Tyler Hollmig, lated dermatitis. It will director of dermatologic help provide a barrier surgery at Ascension protection and help Texas, said the summer irritation from masks. heat can cause skin As the summer season is issues related to wearing underway, it’s advised to masks if individuals are use a lightweight moisnot careful. turizer since one that’s “Mask-related deroverly greasy can cause matitis is something clogged pores.

I'm definitely seeing, Wearing little makeup being asked about and as possible underneath have been treating since a mask can reduce irriMarch,” Hollmig said. tation. Hollmig advises “Masks can worsen skin individuals to use the issues that already exist pandemic as a time to or cause new ones, and steer clear of makeup, as related skin problems it could eventually lead seem to be increasing as to acne outbreaks when heat and humidity rise wearing a mask. this summer.”

“COVID is a good During the COVID-19 opportunity to break up pandemic, wearing face with your makeup,” Holmasks are considered lmig said. “So many of us to be essential and the are working from home specific fabric also plays and makeup trapped a factor. Hollmig said beneath the mask, escotton masks allow pecially as we head into for more filtration and summer and the air gets breathability while more humid, it can be adding a gentle touch to irritating for the skin.”

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of several large cities petitioned the governor last week to return them some local control. Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff issued an order anyway, instructing businesses to mandate employees and customers wear masks. Abbott let that stand.

Becerra’s order as issued on Thursday included a fine of $1,000 for businesses that did not comply; however, within hours his office issued a corrected statement. “Judge Becerra decided not to include that, instead giving our already-struggling local businesses the direction and allowing them the opportunity to comply without subjecting them to the possibility of fines,” the county’s Public Information Officer Kim Hilsenbeck said. “Compliance in that area could have been subject to interpretation, which was also a consideration.”

On Friday, Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler posted on social media that he is “concerned with the current rise in COVID cases in Hays County and would like to urge everyone to voluntarily comply” with Becerra’s order.

He also “stands by his

previous position that the order will not be enforced with any criminal or civil penalties” as per the governor’s order. “Deputies may speak with people about the benefits of wearing masks but will not be ordering people to do so.”

Cutler went on to say the “only time his deputies will get involved is when a business owner or employee has asked a customer to leave and the customer is refusing to do so.” At that point, he said, “we will get involved for a criminal trespass issue and not the requirements of social distancing or wearing of masks.”

Becerra ordered all the county’s commercial entities to “develop and implement a health and safety policy” that is posted in conspicuous locations. Business are also allowed to implement additional policies like temperature checks or health screenings.

Basic preventative measures include staying six feet apart and washing hands thoroughly and frequently, not touching one’s face, not overusing disposable masks and washing reusable masks frequently.

Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch • June 24, 2020

Buda mayor, council members differ over equality resolution

BY SAHAR CHMAIS When Buda City Council members were presented with an Equality and Justice Resolution at Tuesday night’s meeting, a strong difference of opinion arose, with the mayor on one side and council members on the other.

All members of the council were welcoming of the resolution, with the exception of Mayor George Haehn. In fact, some of his first comments about it were complaints about how the coronavirus has stripped Americans of their freedoms.

The verbal joust went on between Haehn and Council member Ray Bryant about what changes are needed in the country in the aftermath of COVID-19, protests against racism and local changes.

Haehn said that he is fine with some of the sections in the resolution, but he did not agree with the language presented in parts four through seven.

He said he believes that many racial injustices are being done around the country and that some reform should happen, but he did not agree with the wording of the resolution.

Haehn voted against the resolution based on the language.

However, Haehn said later in the meeting that he didn’t believe there were racism issues within the Buda police department because of the leadership. And that’s the final reason he could not support the Justice and Equality Resolution as written.

“When COVID first hit New York, the CDC experts,” to which Haehn sardonically emphasized experts, “were telling us over 2 million people could die. I stepped all over the rights of the people, especially the First Amendment right.

For the last three months, we surrendered our rights to peaceably assemble,

“Somehow we can’t go to church but it’s okay to go to protests, and ignore the restrictions ... You can’t do anything, but you can protest, and we throw COVID out the way when it’s convenient. I can’t agree with the wordings of these recitals.”

–George Haehn, Buda Mayor

the very rights that are guaranteed under the First Amendment; you can’t go to church, you can’t do this, you can’t go here, you must do this, you have to do this, if you don’t wear a mask, somehow you’re a mass murderer. And I fell for it, I issued the order because I didn’t want to have possibly 20 percent of the population wiped out.

But now we’re presented with this resolution and it’s the wording of the resolution that bothers me more than anything.”

The mayor connected the dots later in his speech that he is unsure where people land on COVID-19 safety and assembly.

In part six of the resolution, it states, “U.S. Constitution reserves the right of the people to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances which has resulted in positive civil disobedience throughout American history.”

Haehn questioned the application of this part of the amendment.

“The right to peacefully assemble, that went away three months ago,” he said. “We can’t even go to church, we can’t go anywhere. Would it be okay for us to just ignore COVID? And what happened to COVID during the protests? Somehow we can’t go to church but it’s okay to go to protests, and ignore the restrictions provided by the CDC, Washington and our government because we’re protesting. You can’t do anything but you can protest, and we throw

COVID out the way when it’s convenient. I can’t agree with the wordings of these recitals.”

Bryant, however, countered, saying that protests are a necessary part of the American system.

“I think the justice system needs to be worked on and I do promote protesting,” Bryant said. “You need to get your voice out there and I think it’s necessary.”

Haehn’s concerns with the resolution hit on many of the redresses, not just on peaceful assembly.

For example, he found that naming the victims in the resolution – Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Mike Ramos and George Floyd – to be incorrect, saying that it’s economic status that has more to deal with who is potentially targeted by police.

“When was the last time you saw a chokehold applied to a lawyer from Westlake,” the mayor asked. “With that being said, though, we name the names of the victims of police shootings but we don’t name the names of those officers who were killed in the line of duty only doing what they were told by the politicians needed to be done, and that is enforce the law and protect others.”

He also did not like the wording of section five, which opposes “patterns of systemic and institutional racism which is often a matter of life or death for people of color.”

“The word systemic and institutional racism, it indicates to me that many people, Black,

Hispanic, Asian, some white, doesn’t matter, feel the legal system is rigged and cannot be trusted.

Trials and judgements are not to be trusted.

There’s no justice in the justice system for anyone of color, if you have a white officer that shoots a minority, he’s automatically guilty. There are marches in the street, no justice no peace, you see Atlanta on fire because of the shooting. You see the videos from the dashcams showing there’s two officers struggling to handcuff a man who from all appearances was legally intoxicated, but the no justice no peace. Does that mean since no one can trust the legal system, turn them over to us and we will get justice, what hang them? Beat them to death? Where do we take it from here? When we include the words system and institutional racism, I cannot accept that, I have not seen it.

“Are there racist cops?

Absolutely,” Haehn said.

“Are there police officers that should not be trusted with a badge and gun?

Absolutely. But the idea that the entire system is rigged and it’s intrinsic racism, I cannot accept those words, I cannot.

And still have a belief that somewhere, somehow we can come to the realization that everyone in the U.S. is a citizen of the U.S. Everyone has the right guaranteed under the constitution.”

He paused then took another stab at COVID-19 restrictions. “Oh, I forgot, we’ve given up our constitutional rights, willingly, over the past three months.”

After stating his opinion on the resolution, the state of the country, racism and COVID-19, Haehn opened the floor for other council members.

“I respect your opinion,” responded Bryant, “because we all have our opinion. I totally disagree with it, wholeheartedly, but I do respect it.”

Kyle under Stage 1 water conservation rules Kyle water customers and residents are advised that Stage 1 water conservation rules are in effect as of June 16.

The city’s drought plan is governed by City Ordinance 569 which issues guidelines for when and how residents can water and irrigate lawns as well as wash automobiles.

KYLE RESIDENTS MAY WATER OR IRRIGATE THEIR LAWNS: • By handheld hose with shutoff nozzle or bucket any time during the day or night.

• By a hose and

sprinkler, soaker hose or drip irrigation from midnight to 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. to midnight on designated outdoor water use days • By permanently installed automatic irrigation systems from midnight to 10 a.m. on designated outdoor water use days Kyle residents may wash automobiles, trucks, trailers, boats or other vehicle or mobile equipment only from midnight to 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. to midnight on designated outdoor water use days with handheld hose with shutoff nozzle or bucket.

At all times the drought management plan requires customers to repair leaks, broken lines, watering fixtures, and to ensure that irrigation systems are operated in a manner which reduces waste. It also prohibits run-off from property lines to a distance of 50 feet or more, allowing water to pond in a street or parking lot to a depth in excess of 0.25 inches and watering or irrigating landscape between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.

A Voluntary Irrigation Schedule is in effect.

Residential oddnumbered addresses can

water on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Residential evennumbered addresses can water on Thursdays and Sundays. Commercial and multi-family addresses can water on Tuesdays and Fridays.

As outlined in the City Ordinance 569, Sections 4 and 12, failure to comply with this ordinance can result in a fine of up to $2,000 and not less than $50 per violation.

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Diversity speaks: A dialogue to bring peace

BY MEGAN WEHRING

Juneteenth in Kyle brought together a diverse, multi-perspective panel for an open dialogue that could bring change to the community.

The city of Kyle hosted the in-person Inaugural Dialogue for Peace and Progress Summit at City Hall and a virtual streaming for the public.

The coronavirus pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests are at the forefront of many minds.

Marquet Curl, Kyle Police chaplain, said that the public is living in a time of a dual pandemic.

“We have the pandemic of COVID-19 as we are all sitting here with masks on and the threat of a virus that could affect our respiratory system,” Curl said. “This pandemic has slowed the world down and for many of us, it’s made us stay at home for two to three months. During the two to three months of

staying at home, we have the pandemic of racism that’s been around much longer than COVID-19.”

Awareness was the first major topic for discussion.

Kyle Council Member Dex Ellison started the conversation with a leading question, asking for the primary reason behind the protests around the world and in downtown Kyle.

Gladys Carrillo, member of Mothers4BlackLives, said demonstrations are circulating around the country to bring awareness after the death of George Floyd.

“Some refer to this death as an act of police brutality,” Carrillo said. “Some only see racism. In the end, no matter the terminology used to refer to this event, a black man was killed by somebody in power. This is what the outrage is about.”

Laura McMahon, founder and president of Kyle Cultural Awareness, said that people of color need to have their voices heard in order to address that there

The city of Kyle hosted the in-person Inaugural Dialogue for Peace and Progress Summit at City Hall and a virtual streaming for the public.

is a problem.

“A lot of times, black and brown individuals are often dismissed and they’re dehumanized,” McMahon said. “The reason they are protesting is to be heard, to be acknowledged as human and also to acknowledge that there is a problem that exists. In order to fix something, you have to acknowledge there is a problem.”

The panelists started looking at the bigger picture. Ellison questioned whether these protests are any different from the past, since this is not the first time in history for social justice movements.

“This is not the first time communities have spoken up about concerns and fears regarding policing,

social injustice, various different things,” Ellison said. “This is also not the first time awareness and unrest has happened as a result of injustices and blatant racism on display. Is this moment different, why or why not?”

Winston Dean, standup comedian and former teacher, said the American public is failing the social experiment of blending cultures and perspectives.

Dean also said in order to produce any change, looking at the individual level is a good start.

“I think when it comes to the micro level, and what you can do personally, is diversify your friend circles,” Dean said. “Have your kids having other people of other races be their

Coronavirus reaches jail population, risks future inmate outsourcing have tested positive for the

BY ANITA MILLER coronavirus, though none COVID-19 has reached have required hospitalHays County Jail and, if ization. She said random unchecked, could jeopartemperature checks dize the county’s attempts detected four inmates with to control jail overcrowd“slightly elevated” teming by outsourcing inmates peratures and that subseto other facilities. quent COVID-19 testing Jail Administrator found them positive. “Due Capt. Julie Villalpando “is to that, we decided to test holding a very hot potato,” the whole living area,” Hays County Judge Ruben where the 36 were detectBecerra said during the ed. Of them, she said, only commissioners court’s three are showing sympTuesday meeting. toms.

Villalpando said as of “We’re taking every meaMonday, 36 inmates and sure we can to keep this nine corrections officers from our jail, but unfortu-

nately it is among us.” She said jail staff are continuing to sanitize and conduct temperature checks while pursuing additional testing opportunities. “We’re doing everyone we can to keep it clean. We’ve provided masks. Common areas are sanitized once a day and twice a week the entire living area.”

Inmates who test positive are held separately from those who tested negatively, and those who refused to be tested are kept in still another area, Villalpando said. “It’s

very fluid and changing every day as we get more information.” She also said that the Texas Commission on Jail Standards requires a daily report. “You all know how overcrowded we are. It’s hard to do social distancing.”

It’s also hard to place inmates in other facilities, she said. Hays County has been outsourcing inmates for many years because of overcrowding, and the expansion of the jail, now underway, is still months

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uncles, their aunts. When you have that going on, they’re calling somebody who’s black their uncle and they’re white. They think nothing of it, that’s when you have movements of actual change.”

In order to evoke change in the world, individuals need to be aware that there is a problem. Ben Wempe, private client advisor for JP Morgan, said white individuals need to join the fight with black individuals against racism.

“Black people have fought this fight by themselves for too long,” Wempe said. “How can the majority change if it’s only black people fighting for that change? As a white person, white people need to be with black people fighting for that change.”

Wempe also said that having the tough conversations with diversified friend circles is key.

“We have to have the conversations and listen to understand,” Wempe

said. “Make sure to have conversations with people who look different than you but, I think where I also need to make a change, is having the conversations with people who look just like you.”

The panelists went through local and American historical connections that relate to the cultural movements today. Vanessa Westbrook, former Texas State University professor, said education is one of the beginning steps to making changes in the community.

“Once we get educated, we begin to rethink things,” Westbrook said. “Seek information to make sure you know what you’re talking about. Seek information to try to understand different points of view. Always walk into the room open-minded. Open-mindedness and being able to sit at the table and talk is half of our battle.”

Lastly, the panelists un-

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Summer school cause of concern due to virus

BY ANITA MILLER

The impact of thousands of students returning to San Marcos for the second session of summer school at Texas State University drew concern from members of the Hays County Commissioners Court on Tuesday.

The university says in-person classes will be held during the second summer session July 6-Aug. 6 and that

its “Roadmap to Return” includes mandatory face covering and classes held in spaces large enough to allow social distancing.

However, Pct. 4 Commissioner Walt Smith noted that unlike public school students, who are in the care of their parents when not in class, “these are young adults who are going to do whatever

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White outlaws go on Hays CISD to declare bond warpath with Indians election moot in August A

“I think if we do declare it moot and bring it back to the voters in May, I’m not sure the voters are going to accept the package that big.”

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During a hit-and-run Comanche strike on Fredericksburg in the late 1860s, Gen. John P. Hatch caught a fleeting glimpse of a familiar face.

Although he had not seen Thomas “Bise” McLean in more than two decades, the middle-aged brave that galloped past was the spitting image of the former West Point cadet.

Kicked out of the United States Military Academy for conduct unbecoming a human being, much less an officer and a gentleman, McLean wandered west with a chip on his shoulder. Wherever he went, trouble was never far behind. Shunned by the dregs of frontier society as too uncivilized even for their crude company, the pariah eventually found his niche among the Kotsoteka Comanches.

A white man in Comanche costume was killed in a September 1872 clash with the Fourth Cavalry in the Texas Panhandle. A captain, who viewed the body, came away convinced “Bise” McLean had been slain by soldiers he might well have commanded.

In addition to criminals and outcasts, there was a third category of white renegades that made every Texan’s flesh crawl.

Child captives, taken at a tender age and raised as Indians, frequently exhibited a fanatical hatred of whites which surpassed the natural animosity of their adoptive people.

Following his “rescue” from the Kiowas in 1874, an 18-year-old captive named Tehan played along with official efforts to locate his relatives.

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captives, regardless of age or length of captivity, longed for liberation and their biological parents.

As soon as the troopers turned their backs, Tehan fled the fort for the reunion he truly desired.

But in his absence the practical Kiowas had chosen the path of least resistance and encouraged the hothead to join them on the reservation.

Cursing his red brothers for their weakness, Tehan vowed never to surrender. He would fight on alone and show them how to be real Indians.

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The Hays CISD Board of Trustees discussed the possibility of postponing the election that was delayed to November at its meeting Monday.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the May 2020 election was originally postponed per Gov. Abbott’s directives. The administration is recommending the board to declare the bond moot for November 2020, cancelling the election.

If the board proceeds with the November election, the deadline for any revisions is Aug.17.

Though there is no deadline to declare the election moot, the board is required to take action in August if it has yet to be declared moot.

While the economy and fate of the reopening of school in the fall are unknown, Board Trustee Willie Tenorio agrees with the recom-

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mendation.

“We’re not sure what the economy is going to be like by the time we get to the bond in November, especially if we have a downturn in the economy,” Tenorio said.

“I think if we do declare it moot and bring it back to the voters in May, I’m not sure the voters are going to accept the package that big.”

Tim Savoy, chief communications officer for Hays CISD, wanted the board to discuss the administration’s recommendation before the final decision in August.

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much anticipated report reached the governor’s desk on June 27, 1859.

It really was true. A special commission confirmed as fact the rumor that white outlaws were leading renegade Indians in ruthless raids against unprotected pioneers.

However much he hated so-called “savages,” the typical Texan understood the fierce resistance of the western tribes. They were defending their territory and an ancient way of life.

But how could any white man turn against his own kind?

The first documented attack carried out by the white collaborators was the Lost Valley Raid of April 1858. A band of Indians with four fairskinned allies clearly in charge murdered seven members of two Jack County families sparing only the small children.

After robbing the homesteads of cash and valuables, the redheaded bandit boss seized a human trophy. Sevenyear-old Mary Cambern watched helplessly from hiding as the cutthroat rode away with her younger brother Thomas.

But the lad was in luck. Passersby from a California-or-bust wagon train gave chase forcing the abductor to lighten his load by dumping the boy. Though scared out of his wits, the child survived the harrowing experience with nothing worse than a few bumps and bruises.

For no other reason than the color of their hair, ten or so suspects were rounded up and brought before the traumatized tot. The tension mounted, as the belt-high victim walked down the row studying each face until he declared at last that the kidnapper was not present.

For years the identity of the white participants in the Lost Valley massacre was a subject of intense speculation. Some believed them to be the Willis brothers, later lynched as horse thieves, while others swore the red-haired leader was John Garner, a desperado hanged in 1860 for an unrelated crime. But no one could ever say for sure who committed the atrocity.

The state was still abuzz over the findings of the gubernatorial inquiry, when another incident in September 1859 added to the anxiety. escorting a batch of his Brazos Reservation dependents to their new home north of the Red River, Robert Simpson Neighbors was ambushed by aborigines.

The federal Indian agent and his comrades repulsed the attackers, who scattered to the four winds without stopping to collect their dead. Perplexed by the close-cropped hair of an unclaimed casualty, Neighbors wiped off the war paint to find features as pale as his.

During the Civil War decade, a white known only as “George” once more made red a dangerous hair color. Time and again eyewitnesses swore Comanche warriors took their orders from the mysterious turncoat.

The elderly sole survivor of the Elm Creek Raid in Young County remembered “George” as the heartless overseer, who supervised the torture of her daughter and grandchild. He also fit the description of the white “chief” that lay siege to a Hamilton County schoolhouse, which cost the teacher her life and a student his

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OBITUARY DE LA ROSA Martin Pineda De La Rosa, age 51 of Buda, Texas died unexpectedly on June 8, 2020 in Austin. Martin was born Aug. 29, 1968 to Manuel and Benita De La Rosa in Austin, where he lived most of his life. He was a gifted athlete with natural talents for basketball and baseball.

After graduating with the Class of 1987 from McCallum High School in Austin, Martin headed east of the Brazos to Texas

A&M University in College Station to continue his education, graduating in 1992. While pursuing a successful career in the Information Technology field, he completed the requirements for a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Baylor University in 2011.

Martin’s family described him as the embodiment of the core values of being an Aggie: He was committed to excellence, he lived a life of integrity, he did not shy away from roles of leadership. He was fiercely loyal to his family and friends, living his life

with respect for all, filled with selfless service to his family, friends, community and industry.

In 2000 he met the love of his life and two years later Michelle Ziegler became Mrs. Martin De La Rosa. From their joyful union came two precious daughters, Sophia and Amelia. Martin was a caring and loving husband and father, sacrificing for his family to provide a nurturing home. He was funny, even silly sometimes, loving animals of all kinds.

Martin was preceded in death by his mother,

Benita Murrieta De La Rosa. He is survived by his wife of 18 years, Michelle, and his daughters Sophia and Amelia; his father, Manuel De La Rosa and wife Amalia. Martin is also survived by his brother Manuel P. De La Rosa and his niece Jamie; his sister Marietta De La Rosa and her husband Thomas Serold; his mother-in-law Pam Ziegler, as well as his father-in-law and wife, Ken and Cari Ziegler.

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This past week a case of COVID-19 was reported in Mountain City.

Mountain City scheduled Limb Days (the city contracts the removal of tree limbs placed alongside street) for Oct. 17 – 18.

Typically, the deadline for limb placement is at dark on the second day. The next morning those on the bid list drive past and submit bids. This is why more limbs cannot be placed after the deadline, even though the limbs have not been picked up.

The October Limb Days are in the budget for next year. Mountain City has a fiscal year of October –

September.

Dumpster Days will take place near the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 19 – 20. Those with a Mountain City utility water bill can participate. Drop at dumpster bins placed on city property any large items that do not go into weekly household garbage.

The city provides a list of excluded items including tires.

The Loving Mountain City Fourth of July Parade takes place on Independence Day at 9 a.m. The Hays County Fire Department in Mountain City (the truck says “Kyle” but it’s not the city of Kyle) will lead the parade.

This year’s parade will be on wheels rather than on foot. It will follow the Kyle FD Santa Route, meandering along major streets. To participate, email lovingmountaincity@gmail.com.

Everyone will meet at city hall July 4th at 8:45 a.m.

Recently we were stand-

Hays CISD Graduations Live Oak Academy Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.

Hays High School Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.

Lehman High School Friday, June 26, 2020 at 8:00 p.m.

Mountain City sightings C ontinued from week before last … Chloe Garza is the 2020 graduate in the Garza household. Going around the block we see two more 2020 Hays High graduate signs next door to one another on Maple, close to Juniper.

A recent banner on Maple read, “Cheers to 40 years.” In that yard, there’s a spectacular red gladiola.

Patricia and Brian Porterfield on Maple were last week’s Yard of the Week honorees. It’s what’s on the other side of the house that makes jaws drop.

Patricia tends a spectacular native plant garden in her backyard out of view from the street.

Also on Maple is this week’s Yard of the Week: The Hernandez. Della says her husband has put a lot of work into it.

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Last Monday, we saw three Cattle Egret on the ground along Lynn Cobb’s fence line. The large white birds have a long yellow beak and long yellow legs.

AllAboutBirds.org says the Cattle Egret began expanding worldwide in 1800s and reached North America in the 1950s.

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Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch • June 24, 2020

How the Rebel mascot came to be

BY ANITA MILLER

“A Tribute to Vision, Courage, and Trust: The story The Hays Rebels didn’t of the Hays Consolidatexist until 1968 – the ed Independent School same year District” by Martin Gene JohnIn 2000, the Luther son, the King Jr. colors and district banned and Bobby mascot the Confederate and school Kennedy were asof the flag emblem and song sassinated. new high it was removed However, school the Civil were left to from uniforms Rights be made but students movement by the with all its were still able to student marches councils of display it until and ideals the three were seemstudent 2012.

Three ingly very bodies. years late, in far from JohnCentral son 2015, the district was Texas, removed “Dixie” vague where many comabout as the fight munities what song. were only happened just emergnext. “Acing from cording to their rural cultures. the memories of some on Schools in Kyle, Buda the committee, one group and Wimberley were made the suggestion for brought together as the the mascot and anothnascent Hays Consolidat- er for the colors,” ed School District (Wimshe wrote in the berley would form its own book published in in 1986) and, according to 2007. “After these

suggestions were made – all by student committees – students in grades eight through eleven were given the opportunity to vote” on suggestions that included the Rebels and the Ranger. Red, white and blue were the chosen colors the Rebel football team wore on the field that September.

Johnson went on to relay stories from that season’s biggest game against the Ran-

dolph Rohawks from Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio. “One avid Rohawk fan, sitting on the Hays side, so incensed the Rebel fans with his bugle that the home fans became more strongly united in intensity in support of the Rebels.

Prior to this incident, Kyle, Buda and Wimberley fans tended to sit in

See reactions to a possible change in Hays’ mascot, page 16

their own groups and were not totally united.

When that Randolph fan began to blow that bugle, the Rebel fans united as one and the great Rebel spirit was born.”

In the district’s early days, a regular feature at football games was “Johnny Reb” leading the team onto the field riding a white horse and carrying the “Stars and Bars.”

The district’s original fight song was one sung to the tune of the school song of Ohio State University. Of “Dixie,” Johnson wrote, “Fans were further roused by the band with a spirited rendition of ‘Dixie,’ which became the fight song … So far as we know there were no words, but fans happily joined in the tempo by standing and clapping hands in time with the music to spur on our ‘kids,’ a strong tradition still car-

ried on today.”

That Rebel spirit persisted for decades virtually unchallenged. But by the end of the 1990s the wheels of distancing the school from associations with the Confederacy had begun to turn. In 2000, the district banned the Confederate flag emblem and it was removed from uniforms but students were still able to display it until 2012. Three years later, in 2015, the district removed “Dixie” as the fight song. Over the years the mascot itself has undergone changes, gradually looking less like a soldier of the south and more like a generic, Yosemite Sam kind of character.

Over that same period of time, diversity in the district has increased.

Today, Hays is actually a minority-majority district, with an approximate 64 percent of the students Hispanic, 30 percent white and 3 percent black. Ethnicity for the student body of Hays High School was not available.

body wants.

Though Wright acknowledged “great strides” had been made in distancing the district from names and symbols associated with the Confederacy, “we also know the conversation continues regarding the Rebel mascot. We are listening.”

“In 2015, our hope was that by divorcing the hard symbols of the Confederacy such as Dixie and the flag, we might be able to rebrand what it means to be a Rebel – a 21st Century Reb-

el,” he continued. However, that may not be possible. If it is possible to re-imagine a Rebel with no association to the South, the Civil War or the Confederacy – we’ll do the work it will take. If a change is inevitable, we are committed to undertaking that work as well.”

The decision to approve a new mascot would be made by the district’s Board of Trustees. Wright and Savoy stressed that by the time it goes before them, a new mascot would already have been chosen.

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ping “Dixie” as the school’s fight song.

All those changes were implemented in the wake of student initiatives, Wright said.

In recent days, he said, “We’ve had some students come forward and say they are concerned. We need to hear from the rest of the student body and find out what their feelings are.”

That process will be through a survey the district said could go out as early as the week of June 29 to students who will be in

grades 9-12 for the 20202021 school year. Students will be sent the survey on their gmail accounts.

Wright said faculty and staff, who have to “live with the campus mascot every day,” will alsobe surveyed.

“Their voices must weight heavily in the discussion.”

The Hays CISD went through a similar process two years ago prior to the opening of Johnson High School. Students suggested mascots (that didn’t duplicate any of the district’s other mascots) and then

the list was narrowed down and students were allowed to vote. In all likelihood, there would be two votes throughout the process.

Once a decision was made the school was able to order band and sports uniforms and banners and paint the Jaguar on gym floors and other areas of campus.

Choosing a new mascot for an existing school would be more complicated. For one thing, “booster clubs operate independently and they’ve

probably already ordered supplies for this upcoming year,” said Tim Savoy, chief communications officer for the district.

“If there was a change, implementing it is probably not something we’d be a able to do this fall.”

Savoy also said it might not take a year, holding out the possibility of a Jan. 1, 2021 changeover.

Although Wright noted the cost would be “sizable,” it’s likely the district would cover it, Savoy said, as long as it’s what the student

Police Blotter The following is a tally of all calls made to law enforcement within Hays County between June 15 and June 21, 2020.

Below is a sample of events reported by law enforcement from June 15 through June 21, 2020. The location is where the event was reported or responded to and may not necessarily be where the event occured.

Civil Matter...............................................................................................8 Deliver Message......................................................................................2 Information.............................................................................................18 Property Lost/Found/Imp........................................................................6 Sex Offender Registry.............................................................................3 Alarm Business......................................................................................54 Alarm Residential..................................................................................31 Animal Calls...........................................................................................70 Field Euthanasia......................................................................................4 Loose Livestock......................................................................................7 Assault - Aggravated...............................................................................2 Assault.....................................................................................................3 Sexual Assault Child...............................................................................1 Assist EMS.............................................................................................10 Assist Fire Dept.......................................................................................4 Assist Outside Agency..........................................................................13 Burglary Building.....................................................................................2 Burglary Habitation.................................................................................2 Burglary Vehicle.....................................................................................15 Criminal Mischief.....................................................................................9 Environmental Crime...............................................................................1 Illegal Dumping........................................................................................1 Death Investigation.................................................................................3 Fireworks.................................................................................................1 Attended Death.......................................................................................3 Disturbance Noise.................................................................................19 Disturbance Physical Fight...................................................................14 Disturbance Verbal................................................................................23 Child Custody........................................................................................14 Violation of Order....................................................................................4 Narcotics/Information.............................................................................1 Fraud........................................................................................................6 Harassment..............................................................................................9 Threat.......................................................................................................2 Mental Health Follow Up.........................................................................2 Mental Health Invest...............................................................................4 Mental Health Transport..........................................................................3 Canine Search.........................................................................................1 Canine Training........................................................................................1 Viol County Ordinance............................................................................1 Viol City Ordinance..................................................................................3 Missing Person........................................................................................3 Drone Deployment..................................................................................4 Runaway..................................................................................................1 Public Assist..........................................................................................18 Community Contact..............................................................................54 Disabled Vehicle....................................................................................25 Foot Patrol.............................................................................................17 Close Patrol.........................................................................................356 Welfare Concern....................................................................................35 Suicidal Person........................................................................................8 Investigation............................................................................................5 Supplement...........................................................................................89 Suspicious Circumstances...................................................................26 Suspicious Person.................................................................................22 Suspicious Vehicle................................................................................34 Wanted Person........................................................................................6 Vehicle Theft............................................................................................3 Identity Theft............................................................................................2 Theft.......................................................................................................10 Recovered Stolen Vehicle.......................................................................5 Accident Minor......................................................................................19 Accident Hit and Run..............................................................................9 Accident Major/Injury............................................................................18 Accident Fleet..........................................................................................1 Accident Unknown..................................................................................1 Abandoned/Stored Vehicle.....................................................................8 Traffic Control/Direction..........................................................................2 Directed/Area Enforcement..................................................................32 Traffic Hazard.........................................................................................23 Attempt to Locate.................................................................................60 Parking Enforcement...............................................................................6 Traffic Stop...........................................................................................362 Trespassing/Unwanted.........................................................................13 911 Abandoned/Open.........................................................................253 911 Abon/Misdial/Open..........................................................................1 Illegal Hunting/Poaching.........................................................................1 Discharged Firearm.................................................................................5 Deadly Conduct.......................................................................................1 Falls..........................................................................................................2 Private Tow/Open....................................................................................5

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Buda holds its first Juneteenth parade with messages of peace, change and celebration

BY SAHAR CHMAIS

Buda had a one-of-akind parade, for many reasons, celebrating Juneteenth. Not only was this the first time the city celebrated Juneteenth, but it was organized during an increase of coronavirus cases and in the midst of an American social awakening.

Amy Grant, mother of a biracial child, organized the car parade in Antioch Colony to highlight the rich black history in Buda.

Antioch Colony was a community built by the hands of freed slaves in 1870. The community continued to see change – from being a farmland that fed many families, to holding a school that educated black children until integration into the Buda school systems. This land continued to thrive by giving residents a community to live in.

“In an amazing show of community strength and support to our black community,” Grant wrote, “we are holding a Juneteenth/ Black Lives Matter car parade through a couple of neighborhoods in Buda. It will be a tribute to the descendants of the Antioch Colony, many of which will participate in the procession.”

On the side of the park at Coldwater Hollow, a variety of cars were lined up end-to-end. Some people brought their classic cars, police officers and fire engines were leading the parade, cars and trucks were decorated in Black Lives Matter flags and people held their artistic signs displaying paintings of black culture. The parade gathered many Budaites for seemingly a single cause – Juneteenth, but each person had a reason that

Amy Grant, mother of a bi-racial child, organized the car parade in Antioch Colony to highlight the rich black history in Buda. Antioch Colony was a community built by the hands of freed slaves in 1870.

brought them out.

For Anthony Evans, an avid activist and who was hit in the jaw and injured

by Austin Police during a protest, his reason for coming out was to spread joy and let everyone feel the love for the community he grew up in.

Evans struggled to let his words out due to his wiredshut jaw, but still wanted to tell his message of peace.

“I have friends here, so it gives me a chance to come back and show face, let everyone know I’m not just in this for black lives; I’m in this for everyone, I care about everyone’s impression. Everyone should be brought to light and justice.” After making his statement, standing in the bed of a truck with his family, Evans held up his fist with a look of pride.

Anong other parade attendees was Winnie Nelson, has her roots ingrained in the community.

Her grandfather was in Antioch working with cotton, hogs and more. She grew up in the same community, went to Jack C. Hays High School, but did not want to reminisce on her tough ex-

PHOTOS BY SAHAR CHMAIS

A variety of cars were lined up end-to-end for the June 19 parade. Some people brought their classic cars, police officers and fire engines were leading the parade. Cars and trucks were decorated in Black Lives Matter flags and people held their artistic signs displaying paintings of black culture.

perience there. Instead, she is attending the Juneteenth parade for her grandkids.

“It’s different because my grandkids have never seen this,” Nelson spoke through her black and gold mask, which said “I can’t breathe”.

“We have to explain to them where we came from and what’s going on right now to let them know this is a different way for them, it’s going to be a change going on from then.”

Nelson is not alone in her hopes for change.

Many of the city representatives were in attendance, speaking messages about the future and change. Among the city representatives were: Texas State Representative Erin Zwiener, City Council members Ray Bryant, Evan Ture and Lee Urbanovsky, Buda City Manager Kenneth Williams, Hays County Chief of Staff Alex Vil-

lalobos, Executive Director of the Buda Area Chamber of Commerce J.R. Gonzales and more.

Bryant said he believes that there is still a lot of injustice happening in America, and in that lies the need for people to continue demanding to be seen and heard so they can achieve their rights.

“I believe strongly that we need to continue to be a voice,” Bryant said. “This

is part of being a voice, and we need to continue to be a voice in America to let them know that we don’t agree with the way things were and do want things to change. What we don’t want to do is let go of the momentum that we now have, we need to continue the momentum and push until change happens.”

Bryant’s support for the

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New leadership to guide Lobo baseball

BY MOSES LEOS III

in what was then District 27-4A. In his final season For the fourth time in in spring 2020, Robinson program history, Lehman guided the Lobos to a High’s baseball team will 9-5 overall record, which have new leadership at included a six game win the helm. streak during tournament On June 17, Lehman play, before play abruptly athletic coordinator ended March 13 due to Bruce Salmon announced the COVID-19 outbreak. the promotion of assisSalmon said in a tant coach Jacob Kaase statement Kaase is a as the next Lobo head "great fit" for the head baseball coach. Kaase coaching position after takes over for longtime looking at program needs head coach Toby Robincommunicated through son who in 12 seasons at a recently conducted Lehman accumulated 111 baseball survey, as well as total wins. assessing "the future of During his tenure, the baseball program."

Robinson led Lehman Kaase, an Austin native baseball to the program’s and a Manor High gradlone playoff appearance uate, has six years of exin 2011 after finishing 4th perience coaching at the

varsity level, according to a release. During his tenure at Lehman, Kaase served as an assistant coach in volleyball and baseball. Kaase played collegiately as a shortstop at Texas Lutheran University from 2004-2007, during which time he was a three-year letter winner and helped the Bulldog baseball program claim three straight American Southwest Conference championships.

Following his junior season at TLU, Kaase was drafted in the 23rd round of the 2007 MLB draft by the Texas Rangers.

Additionally, Kaase was at the time the first TLU player to be drafted by a

MLB club since the 1999 campaign.

During his professional career, Kaase played for several minor league ball clubs, reaching as high as the AA level in 2010 with the Frisco Roughriders.

Salmon said Kaase has a “never stop learning” attitude and studies the game tirelesslessly to provide the “best training and instruction for student-athletes.”

“Behind a 100 percent mindset, coach Kaase is determined to lead the Lobo baseball program, building young men of integrity on and off the field who are relevant in the community,” said Salmon in a statement.

PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III

Lehman High educator Jacob Kaase sets the ball for a teammate during the school’s annual Staff versus Students volleyball exhibition in December 2019 at the Lobo Den. Earlier this month, Kaase, who has worked as an assistant coach at Lehman High, was promoted to lead the Lobo baseball team in 2020-21.

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they want to do,” including engaging in high-risk behaviors like not wearing masks and practicing social distancing.

His remarks came after the county’s Chief of Staff Alex Villalobos told the court that testing administered by the Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM) at locations east of Interstate 35 including San Marcos, Kyle and Uhland earlier this month resulted in 2,489 individuals being tested.

As of Monday, 1,132 San Marcos residents had tested positive. After Villalobos told the court the Hays CISD’s Performing Arts Center in Kyle is being eyed for a five-day testing administered by the TDEM, Pct. 3 Commissioner Lon Shell asked why there wasn’t a plan for something similar in San Marcos. “We need to set up something more,” than testing already available, which is primarily

The university says in-person classes will be held during the second summer session July 6-Aug 6 and that its “Roadmap to Return” includes mandatory face covering and classes held in spaces large enough to allow social distancing. limited to health care workers, first responders and people who are already sick.

“The age group, obviously that’s an impact,” Shell said, who will be working and recreating in the community and on the river. “We will maybe see some more dramatic numbers. We’d better be ready to respond to some very high numbers.” He suggested the county try to get something put together within a week.

“Obviously we’re a hot spot,” Smith said, adding that Texas State is the “only Tier 1 institution in the state that’s decided

that summer school two is a good idea.” Though he said he “couldn’t throw stones” at the behavior of young people, Smith noted that “when it’s sunny and there’s a chance to have a good time,” the students will do just that.

He said the county needs to set up a permanent testing site students can have access to “before 35,000 people from all over the U.S.A. come back here in two months – what impact is that going to have?” He noted the site could be accomplished using CARES act funding the county has already received.

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Dripping Springs High School Class of 2020 Graduation was June 19 at Tiger Stadium in Dripping Springs

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DSHS creates Alumni Association An official Alumni Association has been created for Dripping Springs High School to promote a sense of unity among graduates.

Membership is free and can be completed online.

In addition to graduation year, members will be able to share information about organizations they were involved in at DSHS and current career field.

Benefits for members will include a membership decal, periodic email updates, and reunion connec-

tions. In addition, making connections between local alumni and current students for the purpose of mentorship or internship opportunities will be explored.

"The student body at Dripping Springs High School has a great sense of school spirit and pride," said Principal Angela Gamez. "The Alumni Association will provide a way for graduates to stay connected and foster that pride after they move on to

the next chapters of their lives."

For more information go to: www.dsisdtx.us/alumni.

Please note: there are third-party companies (eg. alumniclass.com) not affiliated with Dripping Springs ISD or Dripping Springs High School that have an online presence with the stated purpose of gathering DSHS alumni, and require a membership fee. These are not associated with the official Dripping Springs High School Alumni Association.

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Elementary #5 comes to fruition in Dripping Springs Dripping Springs ISD held a socially distanced, mask-wearing groundbreaking for Elementary #5 on Darden Hill Road. Left to right: County Commissioner Walt Smith, State Representative Erin Zwiener, Board member Ron Jones, Board Vice President Dr. Mary Jane Hetrick, Board member Barbara Stroud, Board President Carrie Kroll, Superintendent Todd Washburn, Board member Joanna Day. (DSISD Board members Marisa Grijalva and Shannon O’Connor are not pictured.)

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never happened before” in the years their well had been in service.

A well company found otherwise and, two days later, Albright learned her neighbor had experienced the same thing. Water that used to come out of the tap pure, clean and “delicious” was now muddy.

Kinder Morgan halted work at the site but in the 175 days since, the lawsuit alleges, has done nothing to clear up the contamination, Mundy said. David Baker of the WVWA said he doesn’t even know if that is possible, as the 36,000 gallons the company admitted it “lost” when its bore hit a karst feature during that initial pilot bore has travelled through the aquifer.

He noted that tests of samples confirmed the existence of heavy and light metals. The chemical in the drilling mud the company has called inert contains, according to

its manufacturer human carcinogens.

There’s no safe level for exposure to human carcinogens,” he said. “None.”

After the breach, Albright and her husband both continued to work under rules of the coronavirus including washing their clothes every day, but were unable to do. Nor could they even bathe, she said. Samples of the water from her tap were on a table and, while speaking, Albright lifted one up to the light. “I don’t know what’s in it and it doesn’t matter. I would not put this in my dog’s bowl,” she said.

They now have a temporary water tank on the property that costs “well over $1,000 a month” to keep full. They had to replace the water heater, filtration systems, etc., that were “clogged with thick, brown mud.”

“This is the only source of water on our proper-

ty,” she said. “For Kinder Morgan to be negligent enough to pump into a karst feature and to continue to pump and not tell us – they have violated our home, our lifestyle and the value of our property.”

Though they planned to stay in their “retirement home” along the Blanco, she said if they ever do decide to sell they will have to disclose that the water has been fouled. “It’s like they came on our property and set a match to our house.”

Mundy characterized the legal action as a citizen suit, where people step into the government’s role as enforcer. There’s a $57,000 a day fine for violating the law and Mundy made it clear that money goes into the U.S. Treasury, not to any of the individuals or communities that have been harmed.

“It’s pretty simple,” he said of the law. “It prohibits the injection

of contaminants into underground sources of drinking water.” Before the breach, he said the water that came out of Albright’s well was “some of the highest quality water in this state, indeed the U.S., purer than the water that comes out of city of Austin tap water.” Now, he said, “it’s unfit for human consumption.”

Among the substances the Lower Colorado River Authority found in the sample was arsenic.

“Drinking arsenic is not good for your health,” Mundy said. “Drinking arsenic is dangerous. Putting arsenic into our aquifer is a threat to this community’s water supply.”

More than 10,000 people from Blanco to Kyle depend on the aquifer for their drinking water.

Baker of the WVWA and Patrick Cox of TESPA said they had been fighting the 72-inch, 430-mile pipeline that would transport nat-

8 Can’t Wait: Taking a look at local police policies ing a taser or pepper spray.

Barnett said if officers feel that they or another person is in a situation where they could be killed, they are allowed to use deadly force with a handgun.

Mayor Travis Mitchell highlighted the public’s concern about implementing a clear policy within police departments to establish which tactics are allowed.

“When you don’t create a black and white rule, you allow for grey areas,” Mitchell said. “The association and general response we’ve seen historically has been one of using that grey area to allow for officers to misuse those policies.

There’s a fine line between appropriate use of force and inappropriate use of force.”

In the “8 Can’t Wait” policies, officers have a duty to intervene and prevent excessive force.

Officers are also required to report these incidents immediately. Barnett addressed the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics as it pertains to how officers are expected to act in any given situation. “‘I will never act officiously or permit personal feelings, prejudices, political beliefs, aspirations, animosities or friendships to influence my decisions,’” Barnett read from the code at the city council meeting. “‘With no compromise for crime and with relentless prosecution of criminals, I will enforce the law courteously and appropriately without fear or favor, malice or ill will, never employing unnecessary force or violence and never accepting gratuities.’”

Regarding Floyd’s death and related events, many are still shaken up after what happened in the hands of police officers.

Robert Rizo, Kyle City Council member, said he’s felt uncomfortable bringing up the event in conversation because Floyd’s life was taken from him suddenly.

“I’ve never seen someone’s life taken away so slowly, methodically,” Rizo said. “It really hurt me to see that there’s evil like that in the world. It’s been kind of hard to talk about.

I can’t unsee what I’ve

seen.”

Similar to others, council member Dex Ellison grew up in an environment where there was a natural fear of the police.

Ellison said that watching one terrible event can alter the way you view the world.

“You were raised to dislike and have distrust of law enforcement based

the unique karst geological region of the Texas Hill Country,” said Jim Blackburn, TESPA president and environmental attorney.

“Kinder Morgan ignored these pleas and then failed to competently construct this project – violating the trust our politicians and state agencies gave them and, in the process, violating common law and federal law. Kinder Morgan earned this lawsuit.”

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airway, but it is a restraint hold around the neck that reduces blood flow.”

In the Kyle Police policy, the carotid restraint control hold is only allowed when it’s necessary to prevent harm to the officer or another person. Barnett said the events that happened in Minneapolis would not align with the policies.

“What we all witnessed on television recently in Minneapolis, that was a chokehold,” Barnett said.

“The use of the body and placement of a knee on the neck that did block the airway of an individual, in my opinion, is a chokehold. Those are absolutely prohibited and they’re not allowed by our policy.”

Tracy Scheel, Kyle City Council member, questioned whether the restraint control hold should be allowed by the police.

“Limiting blood to the brain can also cause a traumatic brain injury,” Scheel said. “A TBI (traumatic brain injury) is anything from limited function to a vegetative state. That concerns me.

The idea of somebody being in a vegetative state just bothers me. I really hope that you do really look into that and maybe very highly consider taking even that type of control out of the policy.”

Tactics used by the police across the country are being questioned, causing many to leave their homes and join massive crowds to protest. Alex Villalobos, Kyle City Council member, is concerned about the training that police officers undergo when learning about restraints.

“I think currently with the resources and what we have in place is that if we strictly write it,” Villabolos said. “I think it’s better to take it out at this point until we can assess it, understand it and provide the resources for our officers to effectively use it on a consistent basis.”

While officers have to be trained to use the restraint choke hold, Barnett said the officers can use other techniques and tools on hand if they’re not authorized to use the restraint.

If available, they can use tools on their belt includ-

ural gas from West Texas oil fields to near Houston, where much of it will be exported, since first learning of the PHP almost two years ago.

From the beginning, they said their message to the industry giant has been consistent: The Hill Country is not a safe place to locate such a project.

“The company was repeatedly asked to reroute their pipeline away from

on a myriad of examples and circumstances that you see with your own two eyes,” Ellison said.

“When you feel helpless to do anything about it, it’s a difficult relationship to build.”

In honor of Juneteenth Day, Ellison moderated the Inaugural Dialogue for Peace and Protest Summit on June 19.

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San Marcos River parks closing June 25 The city of San Marcos river parks will be closed again until further notice as of 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 25. The dog park, the skate park and natural areas will remain open, but visitors to these areas should observe CDC recommendations on social distancing and wear masks if they are unable to keep six feet distance between them and people outside their household.

“We have witnessed our city’s case count skyrocket over the last week,” said Mayor Jane Hughson. “By preventing large gatherings of recreational

visitors in nearby parks, we are doing our part to ensure our local health organizations don’t exceed capacity in treating seriously ill patients. Our council supports staff as they continue efforts to keep our community safe and keep people from becoming sick.”

Children’s Park, Crook Park, Dog Beach, Cape’s Dam, Thompson’s Island, Stokes Park, Ramon Lucio Park and Wildlife Annex/ Wilderness Park.

Other Park Facilities Remaining Closed: Children’s Park Playscape, City Park Playground, tennis courts, all neighborhood park CLOSED PARKS playgrounds and neighborhood park basketball The following parks courts. Rio Vista pool will will be closed until further notice as of 8 p.m. on remain closed.

Public restroom faciliJune 25: ties and water fountains San Marcos River Parks: Rio Vista Park, City in all city parks and natural areas will rePark, San Marcos Plaza main closed until further Park, Juan Veramendi Park, Bicentennial Park, notice.

Area; Purgatory Creek NATURAL AREAS OPEN WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING Natural Area; Ring Tail Ridge Natural Area; RULES Natural areas in the city remain open at this time, but visitors to these areas should practice social distancing of at least six feet between individuals not in your household and wear masks if you are unable to do so. Visitors are prohibited from gathering in groups of more than five people. The following natural areas remain open: Natural Areas: Blanco Shoals Natural Area; Prospect Park Natural

Schulle Canyon Natural Area; Sessom Creek Natural Area; and Spring Lake Natural Area.

Most closed park areas will be marked with signage and chain link fencing. People violating these parks closures are subject to a fine of up to $1,000 and possible arrest on charges of criminal trespass if a person refuses to leave after being warned to do so by a peace officer.

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The Hays County Veterans Memorial will remain accessible, but river access from behind the memorial will be restricted.

To read more about park closures visit www. sanmarcostx.gov/covid19parksinfo or visit www.sanmarcostx.gov/ covid19info for current information on free COVID testing opportunities, and Hays County’s order mandating face coverings that became effective on June 22.

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Public Notices CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE 2020 GENERAL CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES ROTATION LIST “K20-21-6”

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INVITATION TO BIDDERS

A virtual pre-submission conference will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. You can access the meeting by clicking on this link: https:// meetings.ringcentral. com/j/1498785514.

No fax submissions will be accepted. No late submissions will be accepted. All submissions received after the deadline will be returned unopened.

CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS Leon Barba, P.E. City Engineer

Sealed Bids addressed to North Hays County Municipal Utility District No. 2, Attention Meghan Skornia, President, Board of Directors, will be received, until 10:00 a.m. Local Time, Friday July 17, 2020, and then publicly opened and read at LandDev Consulting, LLC, 4201 W Parmer Lane, Suite C-100, Austin, Texas 78727, for “PLUM CREEK MARKETPLACE AVENUE PHASE 2 – WATER, WASTEWATER, DRAINAGE, AND PAVING FACILITIES” for North Hays County Municipal Utility District No. 2, Hays County, Texas.”

Due to the pandemic and Federal guidelines, bids will be opened and read aloud over a teleconference hosted by LandDev Consulting, LLC. Bidders may call into the bid opening through the following phone number: (512) 900-8904, (User Pin: 4607) Scope of Work of the Contract includes the following: Furnish and install approximately 826 LF of new roadway along with drainage, water, and wastewater infrastructure in Plum Creek. Drainage improvements include approximately 543 LF of drainage lines and approximately 83 LF of 4 x 10’x5’ culverts. Water improvements include approximately 941 LF of water line and appurtenances. Sewer improvements include approximately 144 LF of sanitary sewer line and appurtenances. An additive bid alternate includes the construction of approximately 2007 LF of conduit with related appurtenances.

Bids received after the closing time will not be considered. An OPTIONAL pre-bid conference will be held on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. Local Time. The teleconference will be conducted through the following link: https://join.me/landdevatx.

If contractors choose to call-in instead of using the link above, please utilize the call-in number and meeting ID noted below: +1.720.650.5050 Conference ID: 411-683-201 # Attendance by each prospective bidder or its representative at the pre-bid conference is OPTIONAL. Please also include the name of the bidder and the words “Plum Creek Marketplace Avenue Phase 2 – Water, Wastewater, Drainage, and Paving Facilities” on the sealed envelope. Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or a certified or cashier’s check, acceptable to the Owner, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount Bid, as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the Contract and execute the Bonds on the forms provided, and provide the required insurance certificates within seven (7) days after the date Contract Documents are received by the Contractor. If a certified or cashier’s check is provided, the successful bidder shall deliver, at the bid opening address, the original certified or cashier’s check within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the bid opening.

Copies of the bidding documents may be reviewed and obtained from LandDev Consulting, LLC, by emailing Anthony.Ennis@LandDevConsulting.com. There is NO charge to view or download documents.

A Bidder submitting electronic Bids must submit its Bid and bid securities in compliance with Owner’s Order Adopting Section 49.2731 Electronic Bidding Rules and all electronic Bids and bid securities must be submitted through www.civcastusa.com search: Plum Creek Marketplace Avenue Phase 2 – Water, Wastewater, Drainage, and Paving Facilities. Bidder must register on this website in order to submit a Bid and bid security and there is no charge to submit Bids and bid securities on this website.

By submitting a Bid, Bidder acknowledges and agrees that the Contract Documents may be accepted, executed or agreed to through the use of an Electronic Signature, as defined by and in accordance with Owner’s Electronic Signature Rules for Construction Contracts.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and to waive all defects and irregularities in bidding or bidding process except time of submitting a Bid. The Successful Bidder, if any, will be the responsible Bidder which in the Board’s judgment will be most advantageous to the District and result in the best and most economical completion of the Project.

The requirements of Subchapter J, Chapter 552, Government Code, may apply to this Bid and/or Contract and the Contractor agrees that the Contract can be terminated if the Contractor knowingly or intentionally fails to comply with a requirement of that subchapter.

NORTH HAYS COUNY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Creedmoor, Texas (the “City”) will meet at its regular meeting place at 5008 Hartung Lane, Creedmoor, Texas 78610 (or if the City is still subject to a stay-at-home order via teleconference and video conference in compliance with an advisory issued by the Office of the Governor) at 7:00 p.m. on the 20th day of August, 2020, which is the time and place tentatively set for the passage of an ordinance and such other action as may be deemed necessary to authorize the issuance of the City’s certificates of obligation, payable from an annual ad valorem taxation, as well as a limited (in an amount not to exceed $1,000) subordinate pledge of certain revenues derived from operation of the City’s community center, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $500,000, bearing interest at any rate or rates not to exceed the maximum interest rate now or hereafter authorized by law, as shall be determined within the discretion of the City Council at the time of issuance and maturing over a period of years not to exceed forty (40) years from the date thereof, for the purpose of evidencing the indebtedness of the City (1) to pay contractual obligations to be incurred for improvements to the City-owned park, street and bridge repairs, parking lots and related costs and (2) for the payment of contractual obligations for professional services pursuant to Subchapter C of Chapter 271, Texas Local Government Code, as amended. The estimated combined principal and interest required to pay the Certificates on time and in full is $672,157. Such estimate is provided for illustrative

purposes only and is based on an assumed interest rate of 3%. Market conditions affecting interest rates vary based on a number of factors beyond the control of the City, and the City cannot and does not guarantee a particular interest rate associated with the Certificates. As of the date of this notice, the aggregate principal amount outstanding of tax-supported debt obligations of the City is $0, and based on the City’s expectations, as of the date of this notice the combined principal and interest required to pay all of the outstanding tax-supported debt obligations of the City on time and in full is $672,157.

City Secretary City of Creedmoor, Texas

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Effie Jean

Jackson, Deceased, were issued on June 17, 2020, under Docket NO. 20-0137-P pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to Carol Annette Wheeler.

Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate, addressed as follows: Representative, Estate of Effie Jean Jackson, Deceased c/o John H. Gilliam John H. Gilliam Law Office 302 W. Martin Luther King Dr. San Marcos, Texas 78666 All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

DATED June 19, 2020.

John H. Gilliam By: /s/ John H. Gilliam Attorney for Applicant

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given in accordance with the terms of the provisions of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code that Sumaiya Enterprises Inc. d/b/a Tristar #10 has filed application for a Wine and Beer Retailer’s Off-Premise Permit.

Said business to be conducted at 2041 S IH 35, Ste. 104, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas 78666. Owner: Sumaiya M. Kapadia, President/ Secretary.

LEGAL NOTICE Application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a Package Store Permit, Beer Retail Dealer’s Off-Premise Permit, Local Cartage Permit, and Package Store Tasting Permit by ZWay Inc d/b/a ZWay Market, to be located at 326 Cheatham Street, San Marcos, Hays County, TX 78666. Officer of said Corporation is Brad Gill, President and Secretary.

Hays CISD Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) During the school year, the Hays Consolidated Independent School District will use a portion of the federal funds it receives under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for participation by private school children with disabilities in the District’s special education services. Children with disabilities who are 5 years old and older or eligible to attend a public school kindergarten program when the new school year begins, may be entitled to be considered for participation in the District’s special education services if they attend a private elementary or secondary school located in the District, regardless of the child's residence.

The children in private schools who are eligible to be considered for participation in the District’s special education services are those who meet the following criteria: • Evaluated by a public school district, or the public school district has accepted a private evaluation; • Determined by an Admission, Review, and Dismissal Committee (ARD Committee) to have a disability covered by IDEA and need special education and related services;* • Parent has chosen to voluntarily enroll the child in a private elementary or secondary school, including a religious school or home school; and • The private elementary or secondary school is located in the District.

We appreciate your assistance in helping the District accurately count the number of children with disabilities attending a private school located in the District and determine the special education and related services appropriate for them.

Please feel free to call Margarita Limon-Ordonez at Hays CISD Special Education Office at 512.268.8250 ext. 45951 or email Margarita.Limon-Ordonez@hayscisd.net if you have questions regarding your student who at-tends private school in our district. *Disabilities covered by IDEA include autism, auditory impairment including deafness, deaf/blindness, emotional disturbance, learning disability, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, speech impairment, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment including blindness, and noncategorical early childhood disability (3–5 years old).

Hays CISD la Ley de Educación de Individuos con Discapacidades (IDEA) Durante el año escolar, el Distrito Escolar Independiente Consolidado de Hays (Hays CISD) usará una parte de los fondos federales que recibe bajo la Ley de Educación de Individuos con Discapacidades (IDEA) para la participación de niños con discapacidades en los servicios de educación especial del Distrito. Los niños con discapacidades de 5 años de edad o mayores o elegibles para asistir a un programa de temprano de infancia de la escuela pública cuando comience el nuevo año escolar pueden tener derecho a ser considerados para participar en los servicios de educación especial del Distrito si asisten a una escuela primaria o secundaria privada ubicada en el Distrito, independientemente de la residencia del niño.

Los niños en escuelas privadas que son elegibles para ser considerados para participar en los servicios de educación especial del Distrito son aquellos que cumplen con los siguientes criterios: • Evaluado por un distrito escolar público, o el distrito escolar público ha aceptado una evaluación privada; • Determinado por un Comité de Admisión, Revisión y Despedida (Comité ARD) que tiene una discapacidad cubierta por IDEA y que necesita educación especial y servicios relacionados; * • El padre ha escogido voluntariamente matricular al niño en una escuela primaria o secundaria privada, incluyendo una escuela religiosa o una escuela en casa; y • La escuela primaria o secundaria privada está ubicada en el Distrito.

Agradecemos su ayuda para ayudar al Distrito a contar con precisión el número de niños con discapacidades que asisten a una escuela privada ubicada en el Distrito y determinar la educación especial y servicios relacionados apropiados para ellos.

Por favor llame a Margarita Limon-Ordonez en la Oficina de Educación Especial de Hays CISD al 512.268.8250 ext. 45951 o por correo electronico Margarita.LimonOrdonez@hayscisd.net si tiene preguntas sobre su estudiante que asiste a una escuela privada en nuestro distrito. * Las discapacidades cubiertas por IDEA incluyen autismo, impedimento auditivo incluyendo sordera, sordo / ceguera, alteración emocional, discapacidad de aprendizaje, discapacidad intelectual, discapacidades múltiples, impedimentos ortopédicos, otros impedimentos de la salud, impedimentos del habla, lesión cerebral traumática, impedimentos visuales incluyendo ceguera y falta de categoría discapacidad en la primera infancia (3-5 años de edad).

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Public Notices from pg. 14 NOTICE OF SALE

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The company reserves the right to reject any bid and withdraw any from the sale at any time. This sale is listed below.

Date: 07/13/2020 Time: 10:15 AM Location: StorageAuctions. com Units: Unit#3032: Samantha Murray - 2 hat boxes, pillows, Ratan chair, Couch, Vacuum, Dining Table with chairs, pet carrier, pet skylight door, TV Tray stands.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SUBDIVIDE

An application has been filed with HAYS COUNTY to subdivide 10.381 acres of property located along O’Neill Ranch Road, Dripping Springs, TX 78620.

Information regarding the application may be obtained from Hays County Development Services (512) 393-2150. Tracking number: PLN-1475-NP

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Bobby Stacy

Montague, Deceased, were issued on June 10, 2020, in Cause No. 20-0130-P, pending in the County Court at Law, Hays County, Texas, to: Bobby Stacy Montague, Jr., Independent Executor.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law to the Independent Executor c/o Robert Giberson, Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 430, Buda, Texas 78610.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Marta Blumenthal, Deceased, were issued on June 17, 2020, in Cause No. 20-0160P, pending in the County Court at Law #2 of Hays County, Texas, to: Michael Blumenthal.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: David Glickler Attorney at Law 130 Hall Professional Center Kyle, TX 78640 DATED the 17th day of June, 2020. /s/ David Glickler Attorney for Michael Blumenthal State Bar No.: 00787549 John A. Hall & Associates, P.C.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

On April 14, 2020, CareFor qualified as Guardian of the Estate with Full Authority of Victor L. King, Jr., an incapacitated person, in Cause No. 17-0029-G pending in the County Court at Law No. 1 of Hays County, Texas. The address of the Guardian of the Estate is c/o Donald Carnes, 509 W. 18th Street, Austin, Texas 78701, and all persons having claims against this estate are required to present them to such address in the manner and time required by law.

CareFor Guardian of the Estate of Victor L. King, Jr.

CITATION BY PUBLICATION

To all persons interested in the Estate of Roy John Adair, Deceased, Cause No. 200171-P, in the County Court at Law, Hays County, Texas.

The alleged heir(s) at law in the above-numbered and entitled estate filed an APPLICATION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND FOR LETTERS TESTAMENTARY in this estate on the 15th day of June, 2020, requesting that the Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of Roy John Adair, Deceased, and their respective shares

and interests in such estate.

The Court may act on this Application at any call of the docket on or after 10:00 A.M., on the first Monday next after the expiration of ten (10) days, exclusive of the day of Publication, from the date this citation is published, at the Hays County Government Center in San Marcos, Texas.

All persons interested in this case are cited to appear before this Honorable Court by filing a written contest or answer to this Application should they desire to do so.

To ensure its consideration, you or your attorney must file any objection, intervention, or response in writing with the County Clerk of Hays County, Texas on or before the abovenoted date and time.

Applicant’s Attorney: Anna Martinez Boling 1301 S. Old Stagecoach Road Kyle, Texas 78640 512-504-3051 Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at the office of the Hays County Clerk in San Marcos, Texas on this the 18th day of June, 2020.

Elaine H. Cárdenas County Clerk, Hays County, Texas 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, Suite 2008 San Marcos, Texas 78666

BY Darren Jones, Deputy

Viral Hot Spot Continued from pg. 2

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Even though contract tracing may be the most useful tool in understanding and eliminating

COVID-19, it has its own problems. Though he’s followed up on every case since the first one on March 13, he noted that no one is required to answer any questions about where they work, where the have been and who they have interacted with.

“A lot of our data doesn’t actually synch up,” as a result, he said. “We just try to get as much

information a we can.

Schneider also spoke about increased testing and the resumption of in-person classes at Texas State University in a few weeks.

He reiterated the necessity of wearing a mask in public, maintaining distance from others and washing hands regularly for at least 20 seconds with warm water.

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Hays Free Press • September 18, 2019

Reactions to a possible change in Hays’ mascot

BY ANITA MILLER

in a class. I don’t feel like our children should have Even though it’s the to continue to glorify the students who will decide if Confederate soldier when Hays High School needs to the symbolism is so negreplace its Rebel mascot, ative against the African their parents have opinAmerican community.” ions on the subject.

Emily Strobel agreed, Comments in favor of likening keeping the maskeeping the mascot and cot to a “continual fight to changing it were expressed glorify” what we should on the Hays Free Press actually be ashamed of Facebook page; however, “for extending the systhree parents who spoke temic oppression of black directly to the newspaper people.” were all in favor of moving She noted that the ahead with a different im- mascot didn't become age for Hays High School. the Rebel until 1968 “right Though Hays CISD in the middle of the Civil officials have tried to liken Rights era” and was “a the Rebel of today with direct response to that more of a generic freedom movement, saying ‘We are fighter, “It has always been racist.’ That’s not where we the Confederate soldier,” are now, and we need to said Jennifer Price, whose focus on the future.”

African American daughThe mascot issue is ters will be sophomores at just one facet of the larger Hays High School in the story “of the oppression of fall. “I know some people an entire race of people,” feel strongly we’re trying Strobel said. “It’s someto change history but thing that Americans need that’s not what it is. You to look in the face and do can find history in a book, all that we can to heal.”

“It’s gotten really heated at some of the games to the point that games had to be stopped and fans escorted out … all the other schools around us know exactly what the Rebel is – a symbol for racism. Why are we the last to know, why don’t we see it ourselves?

graduated from Hays High School within the past five years and he believes now is the time to take action.

“I don’t think it needs to be changed to reflect current events. It needs to be changed to reflect the community we live in — it’s no longer the same.”

Both Price and Foley mentioned that the im–Jennifer Price, parent of Hays students plicit racism in the Rebel mascot often surfaced For 400 years, she noted, named after someone in during sporting events. blacks worked to enrich favor of their enslavement “Back in the day there white society. “We‘ve been is horrific to even think was a point where San stepping on their necks about.”

Marcos High School for that long. To say there’s Kevin Foley said it’s time refused to play us when we no oppression anymore to change the mascot and were in the same district is laughable. We have to the name of Hays High because of the Confedgive (black Americans) the School, since the district erate flag,” Foley said. same chance of experienc- now has four high schools, “People don’t realize it, but ing happiness and success and will within a matter of you see what you want to as white Americans … To years have five. “We need see. It’s easy to see nothing force black children to go to rebrand Hays from the when it’s not happening to to a school that celebrates ground up. Let the student you or your children. It’s a their oppression is just body take a mascot more different story to those it is wrong. It hurts my heart to representative of our com- happening to.” think about it. “ munity today. Let the stuPrice, whose daughter Strobel is also for redent body take a nickname played basketball, said naming Hays High School. more representative.” she’s heard opposing “Having to go to a school Foley’s two children teams actually call the

Hays students racist. “It’s gotten really heated at some of the games to the point that games had to be stopped and fans escorted out … all the other schools around us know exactly what the Rebel is – a symbol for racism. Why are we the last to know, why don’t we see it ourselves?

It’s hard for the girls, they don’t want to not have school pride,” but neither do they want to participate in “Go, Rebels, go” chants.

“They don’t want to say those things.”

Though they wouldn’t speak publicly, some responses on Facebook included, “I’m against the change, they already ‘changed’ it once;” “There are bigger problems to worry about;” Enough for changing this community’s history … some of the families have had Hays graduates since the school opened;” and “The mascot is fine. It’s people who need to change.”

continuing to carry that message of ‘there are still changes that need to be made and there is still systematic and institutional racism that we have to root out.’ There is a groundswell of growing and understanding of this situation

that the country still finds itself in.”

As the parade drivers were finishing up their preparations, Zwiener stood by her yellow Jeep, decorated with the black bold letters “BLM.” Zwiener said she felt grateful to be

at the parade, celebrating the inaugural Juneteenth parade. She honored the idea of holding this parade in the historical community of Antioch Colony.

“I think folks are recognizing the importance of celebrating across every

single community,” Zwiener said, “regardless of the demographic breakdown of the community. Because of the need to acknowledge that black lives matter and that we still have some real racial disparities in this country.”

sibility to change the way they think about what’s going on in the world.

“Repentance means a changing of the mind,” Curl said. “Until there is a changing of the mind, nothing will happen any differently. There will be another hashtag, another march, six months from

now when things go back to normal.”

Curl also said the last step is renewal, cleansing the heart to ultimately heal the nation.

“If we don’t do these things, we will be here this time next year on Juneteenth having a great dialogue with nothing com-

ing from it,” Curl said. “The Bible says faith without works is dead. James says show me your faith by your works.”

Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett told residents that the officers and staff of the police department are there to listen for ideas of reform.

“We’ve had a lot of inter-

nal discussion in the police department. I assure you that our hearts, eyes, minds and ears are open. We see you. We hear you. If no other time before has proven it, what you are seeing in the last couple of weeks and what you continue to see at the Kyle Police Department will prove that to you.”

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change does not mean he wants to abolish the police; instead, he said he believes in rooting out the bad police.

This year’s Juneteenth celebration is different, according many of the attendees. Ture said that he

went to the parade to stand with those who suffered injustice while celebrating.

“It’s timely to be celebrating Juneteenth in the midst of a lot of things going on,” Ture told the Hays Free Press. “I think this is more celebrating and

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covered the next steps that can be taken.

Mariah Santos, of Mothers4BlackLives, provided feedback to the Kyle officials that they are in a position of power that can be used for the greater good.

“I’m grateful now that the city of Kyle and the police department are releasing

statements,” Santos said.

“You have to keep doing it.

Keep standing up against racism, because you all are respected, and the people who respect you need to know that it won’t be tolerated here.”

Recognizing that there is a problem, Curl said that individuals have a respon-

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