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Houston-based water resaler to begin aquifer tesing.

CAMPO to remove Lone Star rail project from future plans.

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$100K aquifer storage study moves forward

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

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With a price tag nearing $100,000, Buda is preparing to move forward with a study to prove if Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) is feasible.

Buda City Council Aug.

1 unanimously approved City Manager Kenneth Williams to execute a contract with CH2M to perform a feasibility study for Buda to use ASR technology.

According to a Buda press release, the concept behind ASR is that a

portion of water is stored in a suitable aquifer to be retrieved by the city for later use.

ASR technology has been proven in Texas cities such as San Antonio, El Paso and Kerrville, as well as in municipalities across the country

to enhance local water supplies, according to the release.

“A possible scenario for Buda is storing a portion of Buda’s Edwards Aquifer groundwater supply in the Trinity Aquifer during the winter with plans to recover it in the summer

Traffic calming policy stalls at Buda Council

when demand for water is higher,” Buda Public Information Officer David Marino said in a statement.

Joe Jenkins, a representative of the CH2M study team, presented council with a cost of $98,257 for the feasibility study.

Lt. Julie Villalpando shows a deteriorating jail door cell, despite continuous maintenance.

The Hays County Jail was built in 1989.

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Council tables home alarm rules

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Hays County hopes to lock up November bond

BY CYNDY SLOVAK-BARTON

“We don’t want a Taj Mahal, but we want something to fit our needs ... We don’t want to get into the negative spiral of maintenance costs on an old building.

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A move toward a $108 million county jail expansion/renovation bond is expected to be made at next week’s Hays County Commissioners Court meeting.

Commissioners at Tuesday’s meeting heard a presentation that included the Hays County sheriff, district attorney, San Marcos chief of police and others in support of a November bond

–Bert Cobb, Hays County Judge

package.

Hays County’s bond proposal includes various upgrades at the government center

($46 million) and $62 million at the Uhland Road jail facility.

“It (the jail) has clearly become a money

hole, if you want to call it that ... a money pit,” Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner Will Conley said. “We have clearly reached that point where we need to make these investments.”

Sheriff Gary Cutler said changes made years ago altered the way the county did business when it comes to inmates and prisoner processing.

The “diversion

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COMING UP Grand Opening of the Buda Dog Park Saturday Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 at 9 a.m., head to the Buda Sportsplex and celebrate Buda’s first dog park. Mayor Todd Ruge will speak; there will be drawings for free prizes, and more. Large boulders will be placed inside the dog park area to provide additional seating and another play activity for dogs. The city will provide the boulders that are already located at Buda Sportsplex. For more info, contact Parks and Recreation at 512-295-7170.

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Texas Pie Co. in the running for H-E-B award.

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Movies at Lake Kyle: Inside Out

On Aug. 19, the city of Kyle will host a viewing of Pixar’s Inside Out at Lake Kyle. Movies begin after sunset. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and snacks for a fun evening.

INDEX

Division over a cost-sharing concept within a possible ordinance crafting a traffic calming policy led the Buda City Council earlier this month to table the item for further review.

Buda council’s decision to hold off on the ordinance came after David Payne, a representative from Freese and Nichols, gave an explanation to council regarding the proposed policy.

Payne said Freese and Nichols based the proposed ordinance off of previous citizen feedback at Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission meetings, as well as other Texas cities that have adopted similar ordinances.

Buda’s proposed traffic-calming ordinance would be set up in a step-by-step, four level system. The traffic-calming ordinance only applies to residential streets or collector roads like West Goforth Road.

Traffic calming is designed to “change undesired motorist behavior,”

“It’s very specialized work,” Jenkins said, regarding the geological science required for the study.

Jenkins said the city would need to pay CH2M a lump sum payment

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Concerns raised by the Kyle City Council over data security and giving enough time to inform the public on security alarm regulations led officials to table a proposed ordinance indefinitely earlier this month.

Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett proposed an ordinance that would institute a fine for police response to home and commercial alarm system false alarms.

The Kyle Police Department last year responded to over 1,500 alarm calls.

After attending to the alarm, the Kyle Police found fewer than 20 of those calls actually warranted a police response.

Kyle Police is on track for 1600-plus responses and are projecting that fewer than 20 responses will actually be warranted, Barnett said.

The proposed city ordinance called for homeowners and businesses to register their alarm systems with the city. The ordinance called for a registration fee and the retention of a third party company to administer the registry. The fee would be split 60-40 with the third party company, with the larger share going to the city.

Kyle Mayor Todd Webster and other council members, however, had questions ranging from the security of the registrant’s data, to the need for more time to notify citizens and to come up with criteria for issuing the citations.

The measure was sent back for clarification of the duties of the parties involved. Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said he does not expect this proposal to come back anytime soon.

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HISTORY

Founded April 10, 1903,

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

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Locals victims in deadly balloon crash

BY MOSES LEOS III

To date, 15 of the 16 victims have been officially identified

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A Wimberley couple has been identified as two of the 16 people who were killed in what’s been deemed as the worst hot air balloon accident in U.S. history.

According to multiple reports, family and friends have confirmed Ross Chalk, 60, and Sandra Chalk, 55, as two victims in the hot air balloon crash near Lockhart on July 30.

The accident occurred when a Balony Kubcek BB852 model hot air balloon crashed into a field near Jolley Road after striking high voltage power lines, according to a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report.

All 16 passengers, including pilot Alfred “Skip” Nichols, of Kyle, were killed, with the balloon “substantially damaged” due to impact forces and post-crash fire, the report said.

All victims were found near the gondola, with the balloon found 3/4ths of a mile away, according to NTSB officials.

NTSB officials said August 1 the company which owned the balloon, Heart of Texas Balloon Rides, was scheduled to take off at 6:49 a.m. July 30, but

experienced a 20-minute delay.

According to a report from the San Antonio Express News, a source close to the investigation said Nichols may not have seen the power lines ahead and may have been attempting to descend through a break in the clouds.

To date, 15 of the 16 victims have been officially identified, according to a report in the Austin American-Statesman.

Heart of Texas Balloon Rides, according to multiple reports, had a balloon experience a hard landing in an open field near a Kyle church in 2014. Two people were injured in the accident.

It is unknown who was piloting that balloon during that incident.

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Overcrowded Jail tactics”, as Cutler called them, included using ankle monitors for those not needing to be put directly in jail and working with Austin Police to turn around evidence faster.

Cutler said the tactics helped with overcrowding issues.

But the jail – even with the timesaving tactics – has reached capacity, Questions now arise over safety, not just for the prisoners, but for the public and employees as well, according to Conley, Judge Bert Cobb and others.

Because the Hays County jail is not large enough to house all prisoners on site, the county currently outsources prisoners to other jails in the area, including Bastrop and Guadalupe counties.

Shannon Herklotz, assistant director of Inspections & Jail Management for the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, said there is a liability issue when prisoners must be transported off site.

“These guys aren’t in here for singing too loud in church,” he said.

“These inmates will act up.”

Herklotz also said that more beds were needed than actual inmates to house the different classifications of inmates.

The current facility has 362 beds. The bond package as proposed would add an additional 192 beds.

“You’ve got to put apples with apples, oranges with oranges, and grapes with grapes,” Herklotz said.

Because of the county’s population acceleration, and with prisoners

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being sent to other facilities, problems will arise.

District Attorney Wes Mau said that when attorneys need to meet with their clients, sheriff deputies must drive and pick up the prisoner “sometimes for a 30-minute meeting.”

“There are intangible costs of housing people out of the county,” he said.

Mau added that transportation takes a lot of time, as well as delays in cases because attorneys cannot always meet with clients when the prisoner is housed elsewhere.

Because of crowding, the District Attorney’s office is pressured into clearing out people as fast as possible, Mau said.

While commissioners did not formally propose the bond election yet, most of the commissioners seemed in favor of the idea.

Conley and Pct. 2 Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe sat on the committee overseeing the bond options and both expressed support for the proposal.

Pct. 4 Commissioner Ray Whisenant said he thought the pared down Option B gave the county flexibility for future expansion.

“By taking Option B now, I think we’re doing what’s fiscally responsible,” he said.

After questioning consultants on the communications center expansion, Cobb hinted that he supported the project.

“We don’t want a Taj Mahal, but we want something to fit our needs,” Cobb said. “We don’t want to get into the

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negative spiral of maintenance costs on an old building,” he added.

Conley said he thought the idea of continuing to throw money at an old facility was fiscally irresponsible. He added people have to “understand there is another side to the ledger.”

He added a new facility would make the community and jail employees safer.

“These are not people we want in our subdivision,” he said, regarding many of the prisoners held in Hays County.

“We will become a safer community, not only for our citizens, but also for the employees if the new facility is built.”

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Opinion Hays Free Press

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“ You’ve got to put apples with apples, oranges with oranges, and grapes with grapes.”

–Shannon Herklotz, assistant director of Inspections & Jail Management for the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Story, pg. 1

August 10, 2016

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In Congress: The Zika Games

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or the purposes of this discussion, let’s think of Congress as a fetid pool of ideologues.

In frosty February, many weeks before mosquito season, President Obama foresaw an emergency and acted on it. He requested $1.9 billion in funds to combat a disease seen as threatening Americans. Time was on our side.

Came spring’s thaw, and summer, and, well ...

It is now mid-August, and Congress has patty-caked the time away as Zika cases paint a splatter portrait in red, a swarm approaching America from the tropics.

The problem is that while Republican leaders agreed to budget something – about half of what Obama requested, $1.1 billion – they attached riders that they knew Democrats, and the president, would not accept.

Then they left on summer vacation.

Those riders included funding cuts for Planned Parenthood. Interesting.

That’s one of the agencies on the front lines that would be able to help avert pregnancies for women infected with Zika. (One of those trivial matters anti-choice zealots want us to ignore is that most of what Planned Parenthood does is help prevent pregnancy.)

But that wasn’t the only “poison pill” Republicans attached to what they all agreed was vital emergency legislation.

They attached wording to undo legislation to prohibit Confederate flags on federal cemeteries.

They attached wording to undo EPA restrictions on the use of pesticides over water, though the pesticides in question have no bearing on the fight against Zika.

Initially they worded the bill to partially fund the Zika fight from funds going to health-care exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, and from already allocated dollars to fight Ebola.

In other words, congressional Republicans do what they always do with allocations the nation needs desperately: play ideology games.

As the summer Olympics approached, a lot of Americans were pointing derisively at what appeared to be a tragicomedy of errors, Brazilian-style, with Zika and water pollution playing prominent roles. Well, at the moment those games look pretty solid, and

YoungAt-Large by John Young

right now, as the Zika infections frighten Florida, the joke is on us in our inability to do something just about every one of us agrees must be done.

House Speaker Paul Ryan said that, after the Democrats protested about shifting monies from the Affordable Care Act and other sources, Republicans agreed to provide all new money in the $1.1 billion bill. True.

But they couldn’t and wouldn’t resist the politically drenched riders attached to the legislation, riders which were inviting a veto, just like the 62 times Republicans in Congress have voted to abolish the Affordable Care Act. Mosquitoes incubate in inert water, generally in compact and isolated quantities, much like the gerrymandered constituencies to which many in Congress owe their longevity. Generally, the key to keeping that seat is to do nothing, to perform Kabuki theater rather than anything that appears to be governing.

Though the Zika threat remains without a significant federal response, something encouraging happened the other day relative to the nation’s health. It didn’t happen in Florida but in Kansas.

U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp, a major carrier of the tea party strain of political contagion and obstruction, was routed in the GOP primary by Roger Marshall, a more moderate and traditional Republican. Marshall campaigned against Huelskamp’s tendency to posture and demagogue, the Sen. Ted Cruz way, rather than do anything to make things work in Washington.

Carl Hulse writes in the New York Times, “A veteran Republican House member told me years ago that the safest vote was always ‘no,’ that it was hard to get in trouble by opposing things."

At last, however, Hulse writes that a defeat like Huelskamp’s may signal “that lawmakers need to again begin saying 'yes' once in a while.”

What? And disrupt a fine vacation?

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

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

Starry, Starry Nights

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ooking for some free entertainment in August, the only month that has no national celebrations or holidays? First you have to go a few miles west of I35 to avoid light pollution. With some cold watermelon and a few lawn chairs have a seat in a friend’s front yard – let him know you’re there first – and look skyward.

What you’re seeing is order, not chaos. What you see there is not much different from what astronomers saw 5000 to 3000 years ago. King David of Israel wrote Psalm 19 looking at the same thing you are seeing now. It begins, “The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of His hands…”

To enjoy the spectacle begin by finding the Big Dipper (everyone should know this from the 1st grade on). It’s almost right overhead. Follow the curve of the handle slightly more than one more handle length and you’ll see Arcturus. In

I could be wrong

by Ray Wolbrecht

1893 Chicago had its first World Fair. Their second World Fair was in 1933.

It was estimated that Arcturus was 40 light years from earth so it was appropriate, some deemed, to open the 1933 World’s Fair with the light that left the star at the time of the first World Fair. And that they did – with the newly invented photocell.

Follow that curve another handle length and you’ll see Spica, the major star of Virgo. It’s actually a double star with one 4 times the size of the sun and the other 7.8 times. They revolve around each other.

Now the real fun begins.

In a straight line to the east you’ll see three bright objects forming a perfect isosceles triangle (think

arrowhead shape) lying on its side. The object at the apex is Mars and the two at the base are Saturn and Antares, Saturn being the upper one and Antares the lower. Antares is a giant red star and is the “heart” of Scorpio.

Scorpio is one of the most obvious summertime constellations because it’s so discernable with the sighting of that hooked tail slightly farther to the east and downward.

Behind Scorpio (to the east again) is Sagittarius, the archer, whose pentagon defines the constellation. The mythology of Greece has Sagittarius as an centaur with an arrow nocked in a drawn bow aiming at the heart of Scorpio in revenge for Scorpio’s killing of Orion, the hunter. The gods put Orion in the opposite side of the night sky as the finest of the wintertime constellations to protect him from future Scorpio predations.

Once again find the arrowhead on its side

with Mars at the apex.

A month ago the three main stars of Scorpio’s pincers formed a belt across the arrowhead in the same manner as Orion’s belt. But as Mars travels to the east the belt is slipping over tip of the arrowhead. The point of the arrowhead lines up again with Spica and equidistantly points to Jupiter, far to the west.

The moon is waning and becoming an obstacle yet these things can still be seen best around 10pm.

This is good family time, and something the kids will never regret that you showed them. For the rest of their lives they’ll remember these times whenever they gaze at the night time sky. That’s part of the legacy you leave them without the TV and the video games.

Ray Wolbrecht is retired from his dental practice in Kyle. He still reads his emails and his newspapers. rbrickwall@gmail.com

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THANKS, RAY I want to thank Ray Wolbrecht for reading my columns with such interest. I would just like to clarify one point: Mr. Wolbrecht says I have a “social worker” mentality. My column is called “God and Country” for a reason.

As a baptized Christian, I took a vow to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving my neighbor as myself. I seek to imitate Christ to the best of my feeble ability. I try to think with His mind, see with His eyes, and speak with His voice, and bring all this to bear on the issues of the day. If that makes me a social worker, so be it. After all, wasn’t Jesus a social worker, among other things?

Thanks for all you do, Phil Jones Buda

VIOLATORS SHOULD BE FINED I understand the need to be reimbursed for these false alarms that are sending out our officers on wild goose chases and agree something needs to be done. I don’t mind paying $25 a year for the service they provide to me. But, why aren’t these violators being charged at least $25 dollars each time an officer responds to their home now after the first false alarm? It’s not only a waste of valuable manpower and of gas to respond over and over to these same violators but possibly pulling them from something important! I know when I first got my system I couldn’t reach to reset the pad on the wall quick enough because I’m in a wheelchair so alarm went off and they responded to my house ... once.

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I got AT&T to give me extra hand held devices so that wouldn’t happen again and the police have not had to respond to another false alarm at my residence since. I’m using myself to point out that there are ways to fix these false alarms if the owners care enough to figure it out. Maybe if they were fined each time they’d have incentive to care to do that?

Janis Payne Kyle

NO BAD BLOOD, JUST DIRTY WATER Regarding the article “Buda backs opposition to discharge permit” dated July 27th 2016, I want to be clear that there isn’t any bad blood between The City Buda and Drippings Springs or between myself and Mayor Todd Purcell.

Mayor Purcell and I

had a very productive phone conversation this week. We spoke about Buda’s opposition to the discharge permit and quotes that I had made in the article. Perhaps I was a bit harsh when describing our relationship and could have chosen my words more wisely. Mayor Purcell told me he fully understands my point of view and understands that as mayors we have to lookout for the best interests of our individual constitutes. Mayor Purcell has graciously invited me to Drippings Springs to meet with him later this month to discuss their TCEQ permit and other regional matters. I would like to thank Mayor Purcell for addressing my concerns and look forward to working with him in the future.

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Kyle kills ordinance regulating stop signs

BY RAFAEL MARQUEZ

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In an attempt to remove politics from the decision making process, the Kyle City Council decided to kill a new ordinance regulating traffic control devices, such as stop signs, by a 4-1 vote earlier this month.

Kyle council instead instructed city staff to come up with clear guidance for studying citizen requested stop signs that removes the council from

the decision process, but allows for citizens to appeal decisions where the traffic control device is “not warranted.”

The proposal would have required applicants to canvas and obtain support from 2/3rds of all residences and businesses within 1,000 feet of the intersection of a proposed traffic control device.

The purpose behind the canvassing is to show the council that there is neighborhood support for the signage.

“Our message should be, ‘we do not want unwarranted stop signs.’”

–Todd Webster, Kyle mayor

Kyle Chief of Police Jeff Barnett said that the study to determine whether a new traffic control device is warranted costs the city $851.62 per new device.

The cost covers the work performed by the city secretary, Public Works, City Engineering and Police Departments, who all assist with war-

rant studies.

Based on this cost, Kyle’s proposed ordinance called for the city to ask applicants for a deposit of $200 to $800 that would be refunded if a traffic control device is warranted.

The deposit would be forfeited if the traffic control device were found to

be unwarranted. Council would have had the ability to override the decision and proceed with installing the traffic control device.

Council brought up the ordinance after expressing concern over the number of stop sign requests by area neighborhoods.

“Our message should be, ‘we do not want unwarranted stop signs,’” Mayor Todd Webster said on the dais.

Webster, however,

expressed concern that council would still be able “to do unwarranted stop signs” based on politics.

Council member Travis Mitchell expressed concern about people thinking that since they paid the deposit, they should get the traffic control device.

Mitchell also expressed concern that the council should not be in the position to override the city staff’s decision that a traffic control device is not warranted.

Shedding light on streetlight costs

Buda, Whispering Hollow discuss cost-sharing agreement

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

they are located in the city’s right-of-way. news@haysfreepress.com Assistant City Manager Brian LaBorde said both the city staff and A proposed cost-sharthe Whispering Hollow ing agreement between Homeowners Association Buda and an area homewere confused as to which owners association could split responsibility for the entity was responsible for upkeep of streetlights and maintaining the lights and signs in the city’s right-of- signs.

“The developer (of way. the subdivision) initially While discussion took installs the streetlights, place in early July, city traffic control signage, council ultimately tabled etc. as part of the platting the item to give city staff process,” David Marino, time to develop possible Buda public information cost estimates before any officer, said. “Normally the decisions are made. maintenance then transiDiscussions on the tions to the city assuming topic began as a neighall items installed are stanborhood inquiry into the funding of the Whispering dard (standard streetlight poles, standard stop sign Hollow streetlights and poles, etc.).” signs last month. It then Another issue presented turned into debate into who’s financially responsi- to council was mainteble for streetlights in Buda. nance costs related to the upkeep of the decorative Questions centered lights in Whispering Holaround whether Buda is financially responsible for low park as well as around the city that are not maininstalling and repairing tained by Pedernales Elecstreetlights and signs if

Within the proposed agreement, the city would be responsible for maintaining the lights in the rightof-way up to the amount spent on the “standard” PEC lights in Buda. tric Cooperative.

In June, city staff and the Whispering Hollow HOA reached a consensus on drafting a property maintenance agreement that identifies each party’s responsibilities when it comes to streetlights.

An agreement between the HOA and the city could entail a shared responsibility agreement.

Within the proposed agreement, the city would be responsible for maintaining the lights in the right-of-way up to the amount spent on the “standard” PEC lights in Buda.

Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase The Hays County ESD #8 will hold two public hearings on a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by 5.82 percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax calculated under Chapter 26, Tax Code). Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

The first public hearing will be held on August 18, 2016 at 7:30 PM at Buda Fire Main Station, 209 FM 2770, Buda, TX 78610.

The second public hearing will be held on August 25, 2016 at 7:30 PM at Buda Fire Main Station, 209 FM 2770, Buda, TX 78610.

The members of the governing body voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase as follows: FOR:

Jim Weatherford Carol Greaves Paul Kaskie

Scott Stevens Joe Segovia

AGAINST: PRESENT and not voting: ABSENT: The average taxable value of a residence homestead in Hays County ESD #8 last year was $202,647. Based on last year's tax rate of $0.1000 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed last year on the average home was $202.65.

The average taxable value of a residence homestead in Hays County ESD #8 this year is $218,875. If the governing body adopts the effective tax rate for this year of $0.0945 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $206.84.

If the governing body adopts the proposed tax rate of $0.1000 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $218.88.

Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views.

“I’m supportive of a cost sharing agreement,” Mayor Todd Ruge said.

City staff requested direction from council regarding maintaining and operating the current decorative streetlights in Whispering Hollow, as the cost would be more expensive than standard PEC lights.

City council was then given direction by the city attorney to develop a “standard of care” that will be uniformly offered throughout the city of Buda in order to better navigate these issues in On the left is a standard streetlight in Creekside subdivision. On the future. the right is a decorative streetlight in downtown Buda.

2016 Property Tax Rates in Hays County ESD #8 This notice concerns the 2016 property tax rates for Hays County ESD #8. It presents information about three tax rates. Last year's tax rate is the actual tax rate the taxing unit used to determine property taxes last year. This year's effective tax rate would impose the same total taxes as last year if you compare properties taxed in both years. This year's rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate the taxing unit can set before taxpayers start rollback procedures. In each case these rates are found by dividing the total amount of taxes by the tax base (the total value of taxable property) with adjustments as required by state law. The rates are given per $100 of property value.

Last year's tax rate: Last year's operating taxes ..........................................$2,650,151 Last year's debt taxes ..................................................$0 Last year's total taxes ..................................................$2,650,151 Last year's tax base......................................................$2,650,151,000 Last year's total tax rate...............................................$0.1000/$100 This year's effective tax rate: Last year's adjusted taxes (after subtracting taxes on lost property) ....................$2,648,840 ÷ This year's adjusted tax base (after subtracting value of new property)....................$2,802,174,222 =This year's effective tax rate ......................................$0.0945/$100 (Maximum rate unless unit publishes notices and holds hearings.)

This year's rollback tax rate: Last year's adjusted operating taxes (after subtracting taxes on lost property and adjusting for any transferred function, tax increment financing, state criminal justice mandate, and/or enhanced indigent healthcare expenditures) .................................................$2,648,840 ÷ This year's adjusted tax base .....................................$2,802,174,222 =This year's effective operating rate ............................$0.0945/$100 x 1.08=this year's maximum operating rate ................$0.1020/$100 + This year's debt rate .................................................$0/$100 = This year's total rollback rate ...................................$0.1020/$100 Statement of Increase/Decrease If Hays County ESD #8 adopts a 2016 tax rate equal to the effective tax rate of $0.0945 per $100 of value, taxes would increase compared to 2015 taxes by $201,598.

Schedule A - Unencumbered Fund Balance The following estimated balances will be left in the unit's property tax accounts at the end of the fiscal year. These balances are not encumbered by a corresponding debt obligation.

Type of Property Tax Fund Balance General Fund 1,492,635 This notice contains a summary of actual effective and rollback tax rates' calculations.

You can inspect a copy of the full calculations at 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, San Marcos, TX 78666.

Name of person preparing this notice: Luanne Caraway Title: Hays County Tax Assessor-Collector Date Prepared: 08/05/2016

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2016 Property Tax Rates in Plum Creek Conservation District This notice concerns 2016 property tax rates for Plum Creek Conservation District. It presents information about three tax rates. Last year's tax rate is the actual rate the taxing unit used to determine property taxes last year. This year's effective tax rate would impose the same total taxes as last year if you compare properties taxed in both years.

This year's rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate the taxing unit can set before taxpayers can start tax rollback procedures. In each case these rates are found by dividing the total amount of taxes by the tax base (the total value of taxable property) with adjustments as required by state law. The rates are given per $100 of property value.

Last year's tax rate: Last year's operating taxes ............................................................................... $783,202 Last year's debt taxes ................................................................................................... $0 Last year's total taxes ....................................................................................... $783,202 Last year's tax base.................................................................................. $3,480,897,527 Last year's total tax rate.......................................................................... $0.022500/$100 This year's effective tax rate: Last year's adjusted taxes (after subtracting taxes on lost property) ......................................................... $783,290 ÷This year's adjusted tax base (after subtracting value of new property) ............................................... $3,668,859,399 =This year's effective tax rate .................................................................. 0.021300/$100 This year's rollback tax rate: Last year's adjusted operating taxes (after subtracting taxes on lost property and adjusting for any transferred function, tax increment financing, state criminal justice mandate and/or enhanced indigent health care expenditures) .................................................................................. $783,290 ÷This year's adjusted tax base ................................................................. $3,668,859,399 =This year's effective operating rate ........................................................ 0.021300/$100 ×1.08 = this year's maximum operating rate ........................................... 0.023000/$100 +This year's debt rate ............................................................................... 0.000000/$100 =This year's rollback rate ......................................................................... 0.023000/$100 Statement of Increase/Decrease If Plum Creek Conservation District adopts a 2016 tax rate equal to the effective tax rate of 0.021300 per $100 of value, taxes would increase compared to 2015 taxes by $36,833.

This notice contains a summary of actual effective and rollback tax rates’ calculations.

You can inspect a copy of the full calculations at 211 Bufkin Lane, Lockhart, TX 78644.

Name of person preparing this notice: Vicki Schneider Title: Deputy Tax Assessor/Collector Date prepared: August 8, 2016

Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase The Northeast Hays County ESD #2 will hold two public hearings on a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by 5.93 percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax calculated under Chapter 26, Tax Code). Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.

The first public hearing will be held on August 18, 2016 at 7:00 PM at Buda Fire Main Station, 209 FM 2770, Buda, TX 78610.

The second public hearing will be held on August 25, 2016 at 7:00 PM at Buda Fire Main Station, 209 FM 2770, Buda, TX 78610.

The members of the governing body voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase as follows: FOR:

Jim Hollis J B Kolodzey Tom Dahlstrom

AGAINST: PRESENT and not voting: ABSENT:

Halley Ortiz Richard Garrett

The average taxable value of a residence homestead in Northeast Hays County ESD #2 last year was $202,647. Based on last year's tax rate of $0.0500 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed last year on the average home was $101.32.

The average taxable value of a residence homestead in Northeast Hays County ESD #2 this year is $218,875. If the governing body adopts the effective tax rate for this year of $0.0472 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $103.31.

If the governing body adopts the proposed tax rate of $0.0500 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $109.44.

Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views.

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NOTICE OF 2016 TAX YEAR PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR CITY OF KYLE A tax rate of $0.5848 per $100 valuation has been proposed for adoption by the governing body of City of Kyle. This rate exceeds the lower of the effective or rollback tax rate, and state law requires that two public hearings be held by the governing body before adopting the proposed tax rate.

The governing body of City of Kyle proposes to use revenue attributable to the tax rate increase for the purpose of PROPOSED TAX RATE ......................$0.5848 per $100 PRECEDING YEAR'S TAX RATE .....$0.5848 per $100 EFFECTIVE TAX RATE .....................$0.5444 per $100 ROLLBACK TAX RATE .....................$0.5797 per $100 The effective tax rate is the total tax rate needed to raise the same amount of property tax revenue for City of Kyle from the same properties in both the 2015 tax year and the 2016 tax year.

The rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate that City of Kyle may adopt before voters are entitled to petition for an election to limit the rate that may be approved to the rollback rate.

YOUR TAXES OWED UNDER ANY OF THE ABOVE RATES CAN BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOWS: property tax amount= (rate) x (taxable value of your property)/100 For assistance or detailed information about tax calculations, please contact: Luanne Caraway Hays County Tax Assessor-Collector 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, San Marcos, TX 78666 512-393-5545 luanne@co.hays.tx.us www.cityofkyle.com You are urged to attend and express your views at the following public hearings on the proposed tax rate:

First Hearing: August 17, 2016 at 7:00 PM at City Hall, 100 W. Center Street, Kyle, TX 78640.

Second Hearing: August 24, 2016 at 7:00 PM at City Hall, 100 W. Center Street, Kyle, TX 78640.

2016 Property Tax Rates in Northeast Hays County ESD #2 This notice concerns the 2016 property tax rates for Northeast Hays County ESD #2.

It presents information about three tax rates. Last year's tax rate is the actual tax rate the taxing unit used to determine property taxes last year. This year's effective tax rate would impose the same total taxes as last year if you compare properties taxed in both years. This year's rollback tax rate is the highest tax rate the taxing unit can set before taxpayers start rollback procedures. In each case these rates are found by dividing the total amount of taxes by the tax base (the total value of taxable property) with adjustments as required by state law. The rates are given per $100 of property value.

Last year's tax rate: Last year's operating taxes..................................$1,325,502 Last year's debt taxes ..........................................$0 Last year's total taxes..........................................$1,325,502 Last year's tax base .............................................$2,651,004,000 Last year's total tax rate ......................................$0.0500/$100 This year's effective tax rate: Last year's adjusted taxes (after subtracting taxes on lost property)............$1,324,846 ÷ This year's adjusted tax base (after subtracting value of new property) ...........$2,803,441,241 =This year's effective tax rate..............................$0.0472/$100 (Maximum rate unless unit publishes notices and holds hearings.)

This year's rollback tax rate: Last year's adjusted operating taxes (after subtracting taxes on lost property and adjusting for any transferred function, tax increment financing, state criminal justice mandate, and/or enhanced indigent healthcare expenditures)...........................$1,324,846 ÷ This year's adjusted tax base ............................$2,803,441,241 =This year's effective operating rate ...................$0.0472/$100 x 1.08=this year's maximum operating rate .......$0.0509/$100 + This year's debt rate.........................................$0/$100 = This year's total rollback rate ..........................$0.0509/$100 Statement of Increase/Decrease If Northeast Hays County ESD #2 adopts a 2016 tax rate equal to the effective tax rate of $0.0472 per $100 of value, taxes would increase compared to 2015 taxes by $99,462.

Schedule A - Unencumbered Fund Balance The following estimated balances will be left in the unit's property tax accounts at the end of the fiscal year. These balances are not encumbered by a corresponding debt obligation.

Type of Property Tax Fund Balance General Fund 1,049,715 This notice contains a summary of actual effective and rollback tax rates' calculations.

You can inspect a copy of the full calculations at 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, San Marcos, TX 78666.

Name of person preparing this notice: Luanne Caraway Title: Hays County Tax Assessor-Collector Date Prepared: 08/05/2016

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EP returns

Electro Purification aquifer test on horizon STAFF REPORT

production.

District staff is comA Houston-based wapleting the review of the ter firm that applied for EP Test Well Applications, a permit with the Barton which were submitted Springs Edwards Aquifer March 15. The deadline Conservation District for administrative com(BSEACD) to obtain water pleteness of the applicafrom the Trinity Aquifer tion is Sept. 11. will soon conduct an EP, which currently has aquifer test. six test wells constructed, According to a BSEACD is proposing to test three release, Electro Purificaof those wells for approxition (EP) has submitted mately five days each, acan aquifer test work plan cording to the release. and descriptive stateThe overall test will be ments to conduct a formal conducted at a rate to aquifer test that will be support a future producused to support future tion volume of 2.5 million

gallons per day. Prior to testing, the three test wells will be developed, then equipped, with temporary instrumentation, packers and pumps that isolate the target production zone, which is in the Cow Creek formation of the Trinity Aquifer.

BSEACD staff will coordinate with EP to monitor approximately 20 wells surrounding the pumping wells, according to the release.

The chosen monitor wells vary in location and in aquifer zone comple-

tion.

Water levels will be monitored before, during and after the well is pumped to measure baseline aquifer conditions, drawdown and recovery, respectively, the release said.

BSEACD staff will make spot measurements at additional key wells and the applicant will monitor the three other EP test wells, in order to augment seven district continuous monitor sites.

EP, according to the release, has worked closely

with district staff to develop a plan that meets its requirements.

Test results will be analyzed by BSEACD staff and will be evaluated through future hydrogeological reports and analysis.

According to the release, results from the aquifer test will be used to inform a production permit decision.

The aquifer test comes after EP in October 2015 filed a temporary permit with the BSEACD following the passage of House Bill 3405 in 2015. The

legislation, sponsored

by State Representative Jason Issac (R-Dripping Springs), extended the district’s boundaries to include “white zones,” or unregulated portions, of the Trinity.

The legislation was filed following the Hays County water wars of 2015, where residents opposed EP’s project to develop a water field in what was an unregulated part of the Trinity Aquifer.

End of the line near for Lone Star rail project

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

news@haysfreepress.com

Central Texas could bid farewell to the Lone Star Rail project after the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) board of directors opted to take it off its long-term transportation plan.

The CAMPO board voted 17-1 Monday to remove the project from its 25-year transportation plan over the course of two months, according to a report from the Austin American-Statesman.

For the past 13 years, the Lone Star Rail District (LSRD) has been working to build a passenger rail

system through the Interstate 35 corridor from Georgetown to San Antonio.

But the CAMPO board made its decision on LSR after Union Pacific pulled out of the project, according to the Statesman.

Union Pacific was involved in funding negotiations with the Lone Star Rail District about the construction of a new rail line would be used for freight travel, while the existing track would become a passenger rail.

CAMPO board members are now exploring other options to fund such a project without the Lone Star Rail District. While the board voted to phase

The CAMPO board voted 17-1 Monday to remove the project from their 25-year transportation plan. out LSR Monday, a final vote won’t be taken until October.

Buda Mayor Todd Ruge said he was “disappointed” about the Lone Star Rail District’s demise, but he is confident that a light rail in Central Texas is still possible just with a different organization than LSRD. “I hope moving forward that elected officials see the need for a light rail system in Central Texas,” Ruge said.

Buda City Council mem-

should only be used for transportation solutions that don’t involve building more roads.

“I think it (money allocated for Lone Star) should be invested into a transber Angela Kennedy said portation project that will one of the main reasons get cars off of roads, not she ran for city council go towards paving more of was to help the citizens our landscape,” Kennedy of Buda with water and said. transportation, including Kyle Mayor Todd the realization of a regional Webster said he wasn’t commuter rail. surprised by CAMPO’s de“We need to get cars off cision to dissolve the Lone roads and reduce emisStar Rail District. Webster sions,” said Kennedy. said he was “skeptical Kennedy said she was about the project from the going to hold out hope that start.”

Union Pacific would recon“A regional rail system is sider its involvement in the needed in this area, but not project. She added allowith this entity,” Webster cated funds for the project said of the Lone Star Rail

District’s inability to produce results on the project.

“The shame of it is that the idea (regional rail system) shouldn’t be thrown out, but CAMPO made the right decision regarding Lone Star Rail. It wasn’t an easy decision, but it was the right one,” said Webster.

According to the Statesman, CAMPO and its San Antonio counterpart want the two transportation planning groups as well as TxDOT to work on finding a viable rail plan.

A possible decision to move forward with an alternate passenger rail system could be voted on in San Antonio as early as August 22, 2016.

said council approved the study in hopes that ASR technology will be a viable solution to Buda’s ever-present water needs.

Lillibridge said in a statement one benefit ASR could provide is drought resiliency to Buda.

“Drought resiliency is one of the huge benefits

that ASR can add to an existing water supply,” Lillibridge said. “The ability to store a large volume of water to offset pumping reductions is invaluable.” Approval of the study comes after the city’s water/wastewater committee recommended moving forward with it

“I’m very excited to get started on it,” committee chairman council member Angela Kennedy said, “ Kennedy also addressed the need for the city to be proactive about the city’s dwindling water supply.

“Making the best and most efficient use of our current supplies through

water sharing agreements, water recycling and water conservation pushes the need for more expensive supplies further into the future and saves Buda citizens’ money”, said Kennedy..

Kennedy hopes the feasibility study will be another needed step in

Buda’s future available water supply.

“The city of Buda has chosen the most economically and environmentally sustainable approach to managing our water resources”, said Kennedy.

According to Marino the study will be complete in six months.

traffic calming measures at levels 1 and 2, which includes speed trailers, educational components, dynamic radar signs, rumble strips and additional road striping.

Levels 3 and 4 of the proposed ordinance, which could call for extensive measures such as temporary or permanent blocking off of intersactions and infrastructure changes, call for a cost-sharing model.

Payne said interested

citizen entities or neighborhoods would cover a portion of the cost of the traffic calming measure.

The city would then be responsible for financing the remaining portion.

Within the proposed ordinance, there is a point system that prioritizes traffic calming projects.

It also determines what percentage of the overall cost would be covered by the city and which costs citizens who requested

them would cover.

Chance Sparks, Buda Director of Planning, said the Buda P&Z forwarded the agenda item to council with the recommendation to adopt without a cost-sharing requirement.

Sparks said city staff was comfortable with the proposed cost-sharing agreement.

But city council members were divided on the cost-sharing portion of their proposed ordinance.

Buda Mayor Todd Ruge was in favor of the cost sharing aspect, while council member Eileen Altmiller was in staunch opposition to it.

Altmiller claimed that the developer should address traffic calming methods before a new neighborhood is even built.

“I want to make sure we prevent issues before they arise,” said Altmiller.

Council member

Bobby Lane was in favor of the ordinance, echoing Altmiller’s sentiments that it would tackle traffic calming problems before they actually exist.

“This ordinance could be used as a roadmap for future developers coming to the Buda area,” Lane said.

Buda’s proposed traffic calming ordinance is slated to reappear on the August 16 city council agenda.

ASR

Continued from pg. 1A that is non-negotiable.

Even if council decides not to implement ASR technology, the city of Buda is still responsible for the cost of the study.

Brian Lillibridge, Buda Water Specialist, said the city has available funds for the feasibility study in the current budget. He

Traffic

Continued from pg. 1A Payne said, and can be accomplished through many different approaches. That includes adding traffic calming features such as speed humps.

The traffic calming features and education would be available through an application process for citizens, so it would be completely citizen driven, Payne said.

The proposed ordinance calls for the city to be responsible for financing

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August 10, 2016

Hays volleyball rolls past Tivy in season opener

BY MOSES LEOS III

news@haysfreepress.com

Three sets were all the Hays Lady Rebel volleyball team needed Monday to claim its first win of the 2016 season.

A 13-kill effort from senior Hailee Morton guided the Lady Rebels to dominant 25-14, 25-15, 26-24s win over Kerrville Tivy in their season opener at Bales Gym. Hays High senior middle blocker Mackenzie Coates said starting off the season with a straight set win was the goal for the Lady Rebels and the seniors.

“For the seniors, this is our last first game,” Coates said. “So we wanted to make sure we went out strong.”

Hays quickly took control of the match early on as they rolled past Tivy in the first two sets of the match.

Hays head coach Stephanie Coates said adept ball control allowed Hays to dictate the tempo of the match.

“We weren’t giving away points and it allowed us to build momentum and not give one (point), take one, give one, take one,” Coates

PHOTOS BY MOSES LEOS III

Left: Hays High’s Anais LaHue (5) joins fellow teammates (left-to-right) Jamie Agnew, Mackenzie Coates, Kaitlyn Krafka, Ashley Slovak and Hailee Morton in celebrating a point scored in the third set of Tuesday’s match against Kerrville Tivy. Right: Hays Lady Rebel Catherine Croft goes up for a kill attempt in Tuesday’s season opening match at Bales Gym. Browse and buy photos at bartonpublications.smugmug.com.

said.

Morton said the Lady Rebels, who were starting off fresh and with a “lot of energy,” were focused and were able to work with each other.

She said the team entered the game expecting to win, with the focus of limiting themselves

to six errors per set. But she said the team also focused on having fun on the court.

“We were having fun.

That’s what it was,” Morton said. “We were having a lot of fun.”

Tivy, however, stormed back in the third set, keeping the score close

in the early going.

Hays led 18-13 before Tivy rallied for a 9-2 run, taking a 22-20 advantage.

Coates said reminding her team to finish out games, which they strug-

HAYS VOLLEYBALL, 2B

Lobos look ahead to new season

BY MOSES LEOS III

news@haysfreepress.com

PHOTOS BY MOSES LEOS III

Hays Rebel senior running back Cade Powell receives a handoff from quarterback Gentry Brawith during Saturday’s team scrimmage held at Shelton Stadium. Browse and buy photos at bartonpublications.smugmug.com.

Returning Rebels getting ready to shine

BY MOSES LEOS III

news@haysfreepress.com

Hays High senior Cade Powell made his presence known Saturday during the team’s intrasquad scrimmage at Shelton Stadium.

With a handful of strong runs, Powell, along with the Rebel football team, provided fans a glimpse of what they could see in 2016.

For Powell and the senior class, helping guide a relatively young Rebel program has been the focus during the first week of practices.

“It’s becoming a team,” Powell said. “Working together and having each other’s back. We have to

work on that a little bit and pay attention to the plays and stay focused on the field.”

Hays head coach Neal LaHue said the team has worked hard and has come “in pretty good shape” during the initial week of practice.

“We still have to get in football shape,” LaHue said. “We’re dead legged right now, which is understandable with the number of practices we’ve thrown with them.”

Hays opted last May to forgo spring football in order to obtain an extra week of summer practice. LaHue said the extra week allowed the coach-

HAYS FOOTBALL, 2B

Hot temperatures didn’t keep the Lehman Lobos from giving their fans a glimpse of what to expect for the 2016 campaign during Saturday’s Lobo Kickoff at Lobo Field.

But for Lehman High head coach Todd Raymond, gains made in the weight room by forgoing spring football last May could help the Lobos ready themselves for a tough 25-6A schedule.

“It was huge (forgoing spring football). Our kids are so much stronger,” Raymond said. “We aren’t big or tall, so we have to be stronger, because we have to take those hits and those shots.”

Lehman’s scrimmage Saturday culminated the first week of practices for a Lobo team that has experience, Raymond said.

Lehman has “a bunch of older kids” who have been in the Lobos’ system “for a while,” he added.

Much of the experience extends to the offense, where quarterback Jacob Zamora, wide receiver and Navy commitment Tyler Henderson and running back Bryan Mendoza highlight up to fifteen returning starters.

Leading the way is Zamora, who has been a part of the Lobo system for a year. Raymond said Zamora has more confidence and experience under his belt.

“I like that and their football savvyness, so to speak,” Raymond said. “(Jacob) and Tyler and Bryan, they are going to be the ones that make us go.”

Henderson said the team succeeded in adapting back into football after forgoing

PHOTOS BY MOSES LEOS III

Lehman Lobo senior quarterback Jacob Zamora steps through a tackle attempt by two defenders during Saturday’s Lobo Kickoff held at Lobo Field. Browse and buy photos at bartonpublications.smugmug.com.

“I like that and their football savvyness, so to speak. (Jacob) and Tyler and Bryan, they are going to be the ones that make us go.”

–Todd Raymond, Lehman head football coach

spring practices. He said the Lobos will make a “big impact” when they begin the football season on both sides of the ball.

Zamora said the team is doing “a lot better than I expected” after the first week of practices. He lauded his offensive line, which on Saturday gave Zamora time in the pocket to deliver passes.

“Compared to last year, I have a lot more time to throw the ball,” Zamora said. “I’m proud of the lineman to take that step up and give me more time than last year.”

The dynamic between Zamora and Hender-

son was also on display Saturday as the two connected with success on multiple occasions.

Henderson said the duo worked “a lot” on timing and routes during 7-on-7 practices over the summer.

“It’s really going to help in the season. It’s going to feel like second nature,” Henderson said.

“It won’t be hard to think about, because I trust him to know where to throw it.”

On the defensive side, the Lobos “flew around” and created turnovers during Saturday’s Lobo Kickoff. Raymond said the group was “excited about getting the ball.”

“I thought they did a great job with that.

Energy and effort can overcome a lot of stuff,” Raymond said.

Leading the way defensively will be Carl Ferguson and Abel Longoria on the defensive line, while Austin Lakey and Edward Arana return to the defensive backfield.

Raymond praised Longoria, a powerlifter, as “the strongest kid in our program.”

“If you let him get into you, he’s a tough little load,” Raymond said.

“He’s short and compact.

I hated playing against guys like him.”

Ball security now becomes the focus for the Lobos as they head into their first scrimmage on Saturday.

Zamora said continued progress on execution is also paramount.

“We’re working on being more mentally prepared and just executing our plays better,” Zamora said.

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How Hays and Lehman stack up in their new district?

Volleyball

Football

Lake Travis Cavaliers 2015 record: 26-15, 13-3 in District 14-6A Eight players are slated to return for Lake Travis after last season’s third round playoff appearance and second place finish in 146A. Guiding the Cavs are sophomore setter Skylar Besch, who was an All 14-6A first team selection, and middle hitter Mitchel Hierholzer, who was selected to the second team.

Lake Travis 2015 record: 15-1, 8-0 in 14-6A With a plethora of talent returning at key skill positions, Lake Travis can be considered a front runner in 25-6A following a year that was a win away from a state title.

Starting quarterback Charlie Brewer, who’s committed to SMU, returns after throwing for more than 3,400 yards.

Running back Santiago Villegas will patrol the backfield, while 2015 14-6A first team offensive lineman Brendan Jaimes leads the Cavs in the trenches. Defensive back Austin Hiller and defensive tackle Sammy Ochoa return to guide the Cavalier defense.

Westlake Chaparrals 2015 record: 39-8, 16-0 in District 14-6A Experience will guide a Westlake team that’s slated to return 11 players from last year’s team that swept through 14-6A and reached the regional quarterfinals. Madison Baptiste, who was selected as the 14-6A newcomer of the year in 2015, returns for Westlake, along with junior middle blocker Holly Campbell. Westlake is helmed by 2015 14-6A coach of the year Al Bennett.

Westlake 2015 record: 14-2, 7-1 in 14-6A Much like its Lakeway counterparts, Westlake is slated to compete for the district championship. University of Texas at Austin commitment Sam Ehlinger, who was the 14-6A MVP in 2015 and led the team in rushing and passing yards, returns for his senior campaign. First team 14-6A selection Joe Heironimus returns to the offensive line, with wide receiver Andrew Boykin returning at wide receiver.

The Chaps totaled over 6,600 yards in offensive last year.

Vista Ridge Rangers 2015 record: 15-26, 4-10 in District 25-5A After a difficult season in one of the more challenging volleyball districts in 5A last year, Vista Ridge moves up to an equally challenging district in 25-6A. The Rangers are expected to return seven players from last season’s roster, including Kylie Nothnagel, who was selected first team 25-5A and led the squad with 327 kills.

Vista Ridge 2015 record: 13-3, 5-2 in 25-5A Replacing key players at skill positions is the focus for Vista Ridge, which will attempt to replace their starting quarterback and running back from a year ago. The Rangers no longer have the services of Matt Snow, who led the team in passing and rushing yards in 2015, and running back Isaiah Vilaire. Both players combined for over 4,000 yards last season. Wide receivers Jamil Pittman and junior Ryan Landrum are slated to return, along with linebacker Blake Harrison. Vista Ridge reached the state semifinals, where it bowed out to Richmond George Ranch.

Vandegrift Vipers 2015 record: 40-10, 11-3 in District 25-5A Change is forthcoming for Vandegrift, which will see it attempt to fill the void left by several key players from last season’s regional quarterfinal appearance. Bella Benoit, who was a first team All District selection in 255A, will lead the Vipers this season. Benoit scored 206 kills during the 2015 campaign.

Joining Benoit will be junior Simone Priebe and junior Katarina Mendez, who had 285 kills.

Vandegrift Vipers 2015 record: 11-3, 5-2 Much like Vista Ridge, which also moved over form 25-5A, Vandegrift will look to fill a senior laden roster from a year ago. Sophomore Mack Parker and junior Reid Marburger will attempt to replace 2015 25-5A MVP Travis Brannan, who’s now at Rice. Junior Jackson Bischoping, who saw limited playing time last year, could be a frontrunner at quarterback. Defensive end Sam Brod and linebacker Pete Cornell, who were second team 25-5A defensive selections, are slated to return. Vandegrift was eliminated by fellow district foe Vista Ridge in the 5A, Division 1 state quarterfinals.

Leander 2015 record: 4-6, 3-4 Leander looks to continue its upward climb following a 2014 campaign that saw the team go winless. The Lions’ resurgence begins with quarterback Parker McNeil, who threw for over 2,100 yards and 15 touchdowns in his junior campaign in 2015. Junior running back Jai Garcia, who rushed for just under 200 yards, is slated to return, as are linebacker Alex Williams.

Leander Lions 2015 record: 6-25, 2-9 in District 25-5A The 2016 may be an uphill climb for Leander, which limped to a six win season in 2015. The Lady Lions look to rebound from a season that saw them win seven sets all season long.

Hays Volleyball: Beat Tivy in opener Tivy held set point at 2423 in set three.

Hays closed the match on a 3-0 run for the win.

While she felt the Lady Rebels could have “played more aggressively and quicker speed tonight,” Coates said she was proud of the team’s execution.

She said the win helps provide the team confidence as they head into the Pearland Invitational Tournament, which draws some of the top volleyball teams in the state.

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gled with last season, was paramount to their success.

“Our big thing this year is to maintain intensity and push people all the way through the match and not let them come back,” Coates said. “I reminded them, ‘let’s not slip back into old ways.’”

Mackenzie said the team’s defensive errors led to struggles in the third set. The team’s ability to push through the issues and play consistently helped Hays stave off the Antlers, even as

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Morton said playing as a team will help as they hit the tournament.

“We learned we worked together really well and we’re excited for Pearland,” Mackenzie said.

“There are a lot of good teams, but we’re a good team.”

Coates led the team with 33 assists, while Kaitlyn Krafka finished with 13 digs. Coates and Kacie Hall each finished with four blocks.

Tivy’s Kaylie Morgan led the Antlers with seven kills.

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ing staff to further implement offense, defense and special teams.

During the spring, LaHue said the team went thorough a “spring phase” without pads during the athletic period, with the team getting “a lot out of it.”

On offense, questions still remain on who will be named the starting quarterback for the season opener. LaHue said the team won’t know the starter until after the second scrimmage against Pflugerville Hendrickson.

Hays’ quarterback battle is a three-person race that includes senior Issac Castilleja, sophomore Gentry Brawith and junior Tyler Conley, who LaHue said has not yet been fully cleared to play.

“All three have gotten better every day,” LaHue said. “We’ll see. I like all of them right now.”

Powell returns as the team’s leading rusher from a year ago. LaHue said Powell is one year older and the team expects “a lot of big things out of him.” Behind Powell are sophomores Dahlen Roberts and Ty Mayberry.

“I feel it’s my year,” Powell said. “I’m the start-

“I feel it’s my year. I’m the starting running back. I have to execute these plays and make these runs as a running back.”

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ing running back. I have to execute these plays and make these runs as a running back.”

While the Rebels will work with a relatively young wide receiving corps, Hays returns a vast amount of experience in the trenches. Peyton Steele, along with Seth Seale and Josh Lopez, joins a group of returning players who opened holes for Powell Saturday and paved the way for success.

“Our offensive line is doing better than last year,” Castilleja said. “I’ve got more time to throw the ball and get it on time to where I need to be.”

While the defense gave up “too many big plays” Saturday, LaHue said the group is currently “flying to the ball” during practices.

LaHue said the team's strength is its defensive front, which is anchored by defensive lineman Manny Galvan. Linebackers Ryan Leal, along with Peyton Pearson and Cameron Johnson, bolsters a defense that will be tasked with stopping some of the most prolific offenses in the state in district play.

Focusing on their first scrimmage against San Antonio East Central is the goal for LaHue. He said the team plans to run some of their “simpelest stuff” in order to see how their players respond in front of a crowd.

“It’s a matter of putting them in front of a different color jersey they have seen, a person they're not comfortable practicing against, and seeing how they react," LaHue said.

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ASL workshop gets a thumbs up from educators

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

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For decades, teachers of foreign languages have been able to attend workshops where educators can standardize not only teaching expectations, but student performance as well.

American Sign Language (ASL) educators, however, have had to create their own curriculum, spending countless hours outside the classroom working on lesson plans and activities without any regional support.

Shelley O’Donnell, a Hays CISD ASL educator for 22 years, along with Tyler Bazzi, a Hays CISD educator from Lehman High School, changed all that by organizing the inaugural Texas ASL Educators workshop, held July 28-29. The workshop was a two-day event for ASL educators to share ideas with other teachers.

O’Donnell’s inspiration for creating the workshop came when her husband asked why she spent so much of her personal time working on developing an ASL curriculum.

She said there are only 240 certified ASL teachers in Texas, with only 130 Texas high schools offering ASL as a foreign language. As a result, networking capabilities are slim to none.

It’s a challenge as the deaf population in

both Buda and Kyle are “booming,” O’Donnell said, with the Texas School for the Deaf located nearby in Austin.

ASL, which wasn’t taught in schools until the 1990s, has quickly become the third most common language in the U.S. “Oral languages have all the advantages,” O’Donnell said.

According to O’Donnell, more than 60 teachers attended the two-day workshop from 48 different school districts across Texas. It was intended to help teachers standardize the curriculum for ASL student performance across the state.

O’Donnell said the workshop centered on topics like how to teach ASL with voice only, how to teach with signing only, hearing versus non-hearing teachers as well as integrating technology into the ASL classroom to assist hearing and non-hearing students alike.

Hearing and nonhearing ASL educators attended the Texas ASL Educators workshop and, according to O’Donnell, “not a word was spoken in those two days.”

“It’s easier to do it (teach ASL) as a village instead of on an island”, O’Donnell said of the challenge of teaching a foreign language without any colleague support.

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Shelley O’Donnell, a Hays CISD ASL educator for 22 years, along with Tyler Bazzi (above), a Hays CISD educator from Lehman High School, organized the inaugural Texas ASL Educators workshop, held July 28-29. The workshop was a two-day event for ASL educators to share ideas with other teachers.

ASL, which wasn’t taught in schools until the 1990s, has quickly become the third most common language in the U.S. O’Donnell said technology has opened doors for ASL educators. Since ASL is a visual language, instructors teaching without the aide of technology often take days or

a week to cover certain material. With the help of technology, O’Donnell said she could teach the same amount of material in minutes.

In today’s age of

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smart phone technology, students can record each other signing with their smart phones, and then post the videos to Google Classroom, where they can be viewed and shared at a faster pace, O’Donnell said.

O’Donnell received nothing but positive feedback from the teachers who attended the workshop, with about 70 percent of them want-

ing to return next year as members of the planning committee.

O’Donnell, who began teaching ASL because her daughter is deaf, said the overall goal is taking ASL into the “real world.”

“It’s about integrating hearing and non-hearing students in the same class and taking ASL outside of the classroom and into the real world,” O’Donnell said.

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Led by three members earning the title of All-American, the Hays High School Rebel Cheer team won numerous trophies and titles of distinction at the 2016 UCA Summer Camp at Texas A & M. Hays’ All-Americans include (left to right) first-year All-American Catherine Dickson, three-time All-American Brianna Vasquez, and first-year All-American Maryssa Mears. The varsity claimed 2nd place overall for their Gameday Performance, as well as the camp’s Improvement Award. The Rebel mascot won the Leadership Award and the Most Spirited Mascot, which was voted on by UCA staff. The Hays JV cheer squad took first place in extreme routine, cheer and game day performance, as well as second place in sideline performance. The Rebs’ freshmen scored a Superior rating throughout the week and took home the Most Improved trophy for their week-long effort. Sponsor is Alyssa Alex. (photos courtesy of Alyssa Alex)

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Almost two dozen members of the 2016-2017 Lehman High School Cheer/Yell-leading team returned from summer camp at Great Wolf Lodge Saturday, with five earning All-American honors.

The Lobos who earned All-American status include (left to right) senior Eric Richardson, freshman Faith Dierschke, junior Tanea Lindsey, Captain Lexi Denen and Co-Captain senior Kyleigh Keilman Jeffries.The team was sponsored by coaches Vanessa Banuelos, Donye Curry and Katie Upton. Photos courtesy of Vanessa Banuelos.

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Just like fingerprints, this part of a cat’s body has a pattern of ridges that is unique to that cat.

Unscramble the word to find the answer.

The number of years ago that we believe cats were first domesticated.

MILLION The approximate number of dollars spent each year in the U.S. for kitty litter.

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The number of muscles in each ear of a cat.

The approximate number of kittens born in the U.S. each day.

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How many toy mice can you find on this page?

3. A stray or abandoned cat lives only a week or two.

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Egyptians considered cats to be sacred, which is why they mummified and K buried them in tombs.

They would honor a god by portraying it with a cat’s head.

Animals in the News Look through the newspaper to find articles about animals. How many different kinds of animals are in the news?

Make a graph to show your results.

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ats have been pets for people for thousands of years. They were taken in to help keep mice and snakes out of homes, farms and businesses.

The cats at Dr. Stalling’s office won’t sit still to be weighed. The owners have to hold them and weigh themselves and their pets at the same time.

Subtract each owner’s weight from the total weight to find out how much each wiggly cat weighs.

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Look at the Want Ads in the newspaper.

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Desert rose: A perfect plant Ask Chris

by Chris Winslow

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ne of my favorite house or container plants is the desert rose. This little succulent is part of the dogbane family of flowering plants which includes oleander, mandevilla, vinca and plumeria.

The desert rose (Adenium obesum) is a native of Mauritania, Senegal, Sudan, south through the Arab nations to South Africa, and it simply thrives in our central Texas sunshine and heat. However, like its friends plumeria and vinca, you have to

Hays County law enforcement officials teamed up with Kyle and Hays CISD officials and the Lehman athletics department last week as they participated in Blended Voices Across Lehman. The event featured discussion between students and law enforcement on providing information on how law enforcement officials helps their generation and the community. Sheila Henderson, a Lehman High parent who assisted in organizing the event, said the goal was to send a positive message to students regarding law enforcement as students head back to school this month. Attending the event were representatives from the Kyle Police Department and Hays County Sheriff’s Office, along with Hays County Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Beth Smith, Kyle council member Daphne Tenorio and Hays CISD board trustee Teresa Tobias. See more photos online at HaysFreePress.com. Just follow the photos link.

GeoTour offers visitors a new way to look at Kyle

BY BAILEY BUCKINGHAM

launched on June 11, but Walker had been developing the tour for almost a year. She said the furhrough the help of thest visitors came from Geotours, the Kyle 483 miles away and came Area Chamber of specifically to complete Commerce is hoping to Kyle’s tour. spur tourism in the city.

The majority of geoGeotours are a subset cachers who have gone of geocaching, which a on the tour are visitors, real-world, outdoor treawhich Julie Snyder, Kyle sure hunting game using Chamber of Commerce GPS-enabled devices, CEO, said is a huge vicaccording to tory for the the geocachchamber. ing website.

“The There have Participants only five navigate to a entire tour been residents who specific set of particiis focused have GPS coordipated in the nates and then tour so far. on the attempt to Walker, find a hidden history GeoTour cregeocaching ator, said the container at of Kyle tour is focused that location. the history Geocaches so where on of Kyle and come in all is how we came that shapes in sizes she decided – from a travel from and where the size medicine caches would container or where we be hidden a 40-gallon throughout drum. are now.” the city.

The cham“The entire ber has set tour is focused – Jessica Walker, up 17 geoon the hisKyle Chamber caches on the manager and tory of Kyle tour and has GeoTour creator so where we partnered with came from three individuand where als in Kyle to have a total we are now,” Walker said. of 20 caches on the tour “We’re featuring the for visitors and residents majority of the historical to find. sites that are located in The tour is designed for all ages and all experi- Kyle, parks and recreation and things to do while ence levels, including you’re in Kyle.” those new to geocache, Walker said the time whom are referred to as it takes to complete the “muggles.” tour depends on how According to Jessica Walker, Kyle Chamber manager, the tour GEOTOUR, 2C news@haysfreepress.com

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The Kyle GeoTour includes 20 caches in Kyle. Those who find all the caches receive a coin from the Kyle Area Chamber of Commerce. Kyle Chamber of Commerce CEO Julie Snyder says the majority of participants have not been residents.

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f you haven’t taken a look lately, now is a great time to check out our TexShare Databases. These are online resources that libraries across Texas come together to purchase, allowing us to have some awesome databases that we otherwise couldn’t afford! (Cheers for statewide cooperation!)

There are 65 databases and resources to choose from through the TexShare Databases. They cover a huge variety of subjects for most ages, including some popular publications. One thing I found recently is that you can get full text, full picture PDFs of Consumer Reports. At the time I write this, EBSCO Enhanced Business Source has all the issues from January 1984 all the way to September 2016!

Another great resource, especially for high school students, is Learning Express. The College Preparation Center has tutorials and practice tests for the 2016 SAT and has several practice tests for the PSAT. Learning Express also has the Adult Learning Center, Job

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Continued from pg. 1C and Career Accelerator, Computer Skills Center, and more options to help people learn new skills.

Want to learn a new DIY skill? Take a look at the Do-It-Yourself Reference Centers, including Hobbies & Crafts, Home Improvement, and Small Engine Repair. These collections have articles and videos that can get you started on a new project.

A new resource is the Gale Legal Forms Library.

You can either search for a specific form or browse by subject. Once you have the right form, it can be downloaded to be filled.

There is also a definitions section, so you can look up legal terms.

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protect them from our cold winters.

So this deciduous, succulent shrub, that can handle our extreme heat and sun with ease, is a perfect choice for our central Texas weather.

I have had a rather large, old specimen at home for years. With the warming weather of spring, I set her out on a deck with full sun exposure. As the days get warmer, I water and feed the plant more frequently. Missing a few days or even a week doesn’t hurt.

These plants have a swollen base known as a caudex. This is where they store water for periods of drought.

During the summer months we are rewarded with pretty flowers. They are tubular and starshaped with five-petals, similar to the lei-flowers of the plumeria.

As days become shorter and cooler in the fall, the desert rose will begin to shed its leaves and become dormant.

I then move my plant indoors and place her near a sunny, southfacing window. There she will stay throughout the

winter months, without a drop of water.

With the return of warmer weather and the longer days of spring, out she goes again for another season in the sun.

Older plants will sometimes reward you with a seed pod. Seeds resemble small, hollow toothpicks and are easy to germinate. These desert roses will grow 6 inches tall in the first year. They will continue to grow 6 to 8 inches a year throughout their life. In their native habitat, they can be as tall as 10 feet.

To see photographs of these wonderful plants, google ‘Isle of Socotra’ on your computer and check out some of the images.

They’re easy to grow, with a beautiful flower and plant form. What more could we ask for in a plant? Happy gardening everyone!

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skilled the geocacher is.

The points one receives for doing the tour can be used to receive a geocoin, which the chamber has at its office.

“The true incentive is a geocoin, and you have to get 25 points,” Walker said. “You can’t purchase it anywhere, the only way to get it is to do the tour.”

Walker said you could track your geocoin online after registering it and watch as it progresses throughout the country and abroad. There are other point incentives geocachers can take advantage of as well.

Geocachers can receive additional points by finding geocaches in Kyle that are not apart of the tour, spending money in Kyle or staying at a hotel in Kyle by showing a receipt.

Snyder said the reason creating a tour was appealing to her was the tracking abilities geocaching offers.

“It’s really hard for us to track the results of what we’re doing, in ads for example, so for this, we can tell council we’ve had five overnight stays, 76 percent of the people are buying and spending money here, it’s really great for us to be able to track,” Snyder said.

Snyder said many comments on the geocaching logs for the Kyle tour has been not only positive, but in a sense, free

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She said people mention when they’ve had a good meal or saw something that caught their eye and it has helped to promote the city.

Snyder said the process of creating the tour is meticulous and there were a lot of steps to take before they could launch. She said one step was informing the police department of the geocache locations in case someone reported suspicious activity.

Walker said because of the success and positive feedback she hopes to roll out a second phase of the geotour, but it is in the very early stages of development.

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Cowboys and cowgirls from across the state converged on Dripping Springs this past weekend as they participated in the 2016 Texas Senior Pro Rodeo Association event at Dripping Springs Ranch Park. The event featured participants of all ages who competed in barrel racing, breakaway roping and tie-down roping. See more photos online at www.HayFreePress.com.

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Manchaca Baptist Church Lowden Lane & FM 1626 Immanuel Baptist Church 4000 E. FM 150, 4 miles east of Kyle Center Union Baptist Church Goforth Rd., Buda

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St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church 725 RR 967, Buda

Monte del Olivar Christian Center 2400 FM 150 E., Kyle

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church RR 3237 (Wimberley Rd.), Kyle

The Connection Church 1235 S. Loop 4, Buda

St. Alban’s Episcopal Church 11819 IH-35 South JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

Completed & Perfected Faith Church Tobias Elementary Cafeteria, FM 150, Kyle

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses FM 2770, Kyle

Kingdom United Christian Church 100 Madison Way, Buda

Jehovah’s Witnesses South 10802 Manchaca Rd., Manchaca

Mission Fellowship Church 200 San Marcos Street, Buda

LUTHERAN Living Word Lutheran ELCA 2315 FM 967, Buda Good Shepherd Ministries FM 967, Buda

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Redeeming Grace Lutheran LCMS FM 1626 & Manchaca Rd., Manchaca

2325 FM 967 • 312-0701

Baptist Church of Driftwood 13540 FM 150 W.

St. John Lutheran, LCMS 20 N. Camino Real (State Hwy. 21), Uhland

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New Life Christian Church 2315 FM 967, Buda Iglesia Israelita Casa de Dios 816 Green Pastures Dr., Kyle

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Located 1 block off FM 2001 at 302 Millennium Dr., Kyle, Texas (Millennium Drive is an entrance road) Pastor Rusty Fletcher and family

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SUNDAY: Bible Study for all ages, 9:45 a.m.

Worship Service, 10:55 a.m.

Pastors: (English and Spanish) Silverio Hernandez WEDNESDAY: Bible Study, 2 p.m.

Men’s Bible Study, 7 p.m.

Family Discipleship, 7:15 p.m.

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Buda United Methodist Church San Marcos & Elm St., Buda Kyle United Methodist Church Sledge & Lockhart St., Kyle Journey United Methodist 5151 Industrial Way Dr., Buda

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Fellowship Church at Plum Creek 160 Grace Street at 2770, Kyle

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Trinity United Chuch of Niederwald 13700 Camino Real, Hwy. 21, Niederwald PENTECOSTAL Mision de Casa de Oracion S. Hwy. 81, Kyle New Life Sanctuary Kyle Science Hall Elementary 1510 Bebee Rd.

St. John’s Presbyterian Church 12420 Hewitt Ln., Manchaca

Driftwood United Methodist Church RR 150 at County Road 170

First Presbyterian Church 410 W. Hutchison, San Marcos, TX 78666

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8:30 a.m. Traditional service 9:45 a.m. Contemporary service 11:00 a.m. Blended service

Santa Cruz John Catholic Church St. Lutheran Church

1100 Main Street • Buda, Texas 78610 Office: 512-312-2520 • Fax: 512-295-2034 • santacruzcc.org Rev. Kirby D. Garner, Pastor • Fr. José Luis Comparán, Assoc. Pastor

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Manchaca United Methodist Church FM 1626 & Manchaca Rd., Manchaca

Rev. Nancy Day Office 295-6981, Parsonage 512-393-9772 www.BudaUMC.org

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A Fountain of Life Church 302 Millenium Dr. Kyle

Buda-Kyle Church of Christ 3.5 miles south of Buda on FM 2770

*Traditional Worship (Worship Center)-9 a.m.

Sunday School (all ages)-10:00 a.m. *Informal Worship (Chapel)-11 a.m.

Wednesday Evening (Chapel)-6:30 p.m. *On 5th Sundays we conduct one service at 10 a.m. with special music.

Pure Texas Spring Water!

Generations Church 801 FM 1626 (Elm Grove Elem.), Buda

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church 7206 Creedmoor Rd., Creedmoor

Elm Street & San Marcos

FM 2770, Buda, Texas 295-4801

Por Tu Gracia Fellowship 701 Roland Lane, Kyle

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New Covenant Community Church 1019 Main Street, Buda (in Dance Unlimited)

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Southern Hills Church of Christ 3740 FM 967, Buda

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Santa Cruz Catholic Church 1100 Main Street, Buda St. Anthony Marie Claret Church 801 N. Burleson, Kyle

Antioch Community Church Old Black Colony Rd., Buda

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First Baptist Church

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

Morning Worship....................................10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study/Youth Activities...6:00 p.m.

AWANA’s (Wednesday)..........................6:00 p.m.

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Texans elect closet Klansman to represent as U.S. senator O

n Aug. 16, 1922, prohibitionist Cullen F. Thomas, eliminated in the first round of voting for a seat in the United States Senate, endorsed frontrunner Earle B. Mayfield, the Klan candidate, in the upcoming runoff.

Alcoholism and Bright’s disease earned Charles A. Culberson the derisive nickname “the sick old man of the Senate.” Nevertheless, the four-term incumbent was determined to die on the job and announced he would stand for reelection in 1922.

With Culberson literally on his last legs and dependent on stand-ins to do his campaigning, there was no shortage of challengers. Two early aspirants destined to fade in the stretch were Fort Worth newspaperman Clarence Ousley and Cullen F. Thomas, former Waco prosecutor. Ousley entered the race only because better known Wilson Democrats chose to sit it out, while Thomas hoped to capitalize on his prohibitionist credentials.

The estimated 100,000 votes under Ku Klux Klan control tempted two avowed members of the “Invisible Empire” into throwing their hoods in the ring – Big D oilman Sterling Strong and former congressman Robert L. Henry of Waco.

They were soon joined by fellow Klansman Earle B. Mayfield, who preferred to keep his sheet in the closet.

Born in the East Texas town of Overton in 1881, Mayfield obtained his undergraduate degree from Southwestern University before going on to the University of Texas to study law. He moved to Meridian and at 25 became the youngest state senator ever. Six years later, the up-and-comer won a spot on the powerful Railroad Commission, where he had stayed for the past decade.

Klan leaders believed Mayfield was their best bet by far but hesitated to tell Strong and Henry to fold their tents. In a waitand-see compromise that merely postponed the inevitable, all three “Klanidates” were allowed to remain in the running.

Meanwhile, a familiar figure turned the election into a referendum on the Klan. Though banned for life from holding state office, James E. Ferguson could do as he pleased in the federal arena. The impeached ex-governor

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threw down the gauntlet to the KKK: “Your arrogated mission to save the American republic with an invisible empire is so plainly the idea of a foolish fanatic that I sometimes don’t blame you for wearing a mask.”

The ferocity of the Ferguson attack convinced Klan leaders that three candidates was a luxury they could ill afford. A secret survey taken in mid-June showed Mayfield was the overwhelming favorite of the rank and file. He was quickly certified as the official standard bearer and his two rivals were ordered to drop out of the race.

Strong obligingly obeyed, but Henry defiantly declined to Earle B. Mayfield withdraw. Instead, he echoed Ferguson’s call for as boiled owls” at a party Mayfield to come clean impressive second-place three years earlier and about his Klan affiliation. showing. Culberson jogging naked along the Realizing the truth could came in third trailed by banks of the San Gabriel cost him crucial support, Thomas and Ousley with River.

Mayfield continued to die-hard Henry bringing The war of words refuse to confirm or deny up the rear. ended on Aug. 26 with his membership, arguing Forced to choose a 54-percent victory for the KKK was not an issue. between a cross-burner Meanwhile, Ferguson and a disgraced governor, Mayfield. Two hundred came up with an ingemany Texans picked May- and sixty-five thousand Texans turned out for nious way to field as the Farmer Jim, but he was remind the lesser evil.

“Your electorate All that mat- no match for the unholy alliance of Klansmen of Culberter to proarrogated and prohibitionists. son’s poor hibitionists, Dissident Democrats health and including mission to staged an independent prolonged Sen. Morris protest that fall with absence Sheppard, save the from the was his pub- the write-in candidacy of a young district atLone Star lic commitAmerican torney stripped of his State. If the ment to the republic with dry crusade. Sunday school duties intoxicated invalid Culberson after casting a ballot for an invisible Ferguson. Mayfield beat returned to refused to George Peddy better Texas, where take sides in empire is than two-to-one even he had not the second after divulging under set foot in primary as so plainly oath that he had indeed ten long did Gov. Pat belonged to the Ku Klux years, and Neff. But the idea of Klan until late January. gave two William a foolish The KKK was on the 20-minute P. Hobby, speeches, Neff’s prede- skids in 1928, when fanatic that Earle B. Mayfield had Farmer Jim cessor and the gall to ask for six promised to Ferguson’s I sometimes replacemore years. Congresspull the plug man Tom Connally on his own ment, don’t blame made him a one-term campaign. backed fluke, but he failed to An aide later Mayfield “in you for admitted keeping with get the message and wearing a ran for governor two the inabilthe progress years later. Finishing ity of the of democmask.” a humiliating seventh Senator to racy and with just six percent of call Ferguthe forward the vote, Mayfield went son’s bluff march of – James E. Ferguson, into permanent political doomed impeached ex-governor Texas.” of Texas, to Klansman retirement. him to deFergurunning for Senate feat. son with Bartee’s three books Mayfield his usual and “Best of This Week was the top no-holdsin Texas History” column vote-getter in the Jul. 22 barred style tried to kill collections are available Democratic Party pritwo birds with one stone. for purchase at barteemary, but Ferguson quali- He accused Mayfield and haile.com. fied for the runoff with an Hobby of getting “drunk

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Who’s #1 in Kyle & Buda?

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We’re looking for the best burgers, tacos, BBQ, Asian food, sandwiches, chicken, hot wings, chips and salsa, frozen yogurt/ice cream, coffee, margaritas, beer joints, drink specials and overall ambience around. Voting cutoff is Friday, August 12 at midnight.

Vote by going to www.HaysFreePress.com and clicking on the Vote Now tile on the right to fill out a survey, or circle your favorites below and drop off your results to 113 W. Center Street, Kyle. No photocopies, please.

Winners will be announced in the September 2016 Hays County Echo.

Best Pizza Papa Murphy’s Centerfield Pizza Classics

Best Burger

Tavern on Main Dan’s Hamburgers Cleveland’s Five Guys Bailey’s Burgers Garcia’s (Buda) Pinballz Chavelo’s Centerfield Burger King

Best Asian Food

Beijing Bistro Mama Fus Koy Hays City Chinese Tavern on Main Thai 2U Pho Thaison East Buffet IM Thai

Best Tacos

Helen’s Casa Alde Chavelo’s Garcia’s Casa Maria Piscis Casa Garcias Dan’s Hamburgers Donuts 911 Spicy Bite Laredo Taco Co. Shugabees Taco Cabana

Best Chips and Salsa Casa Garcias (Kyle) Chavelo’s Casa Alde Garcia’s (Buda) Tavern on Main Super Slicks Casa Maria

Best Wings

Wings to Go Tavern on Main Centerfield Chili’s Zaxby’s Dominos

Best BBQ

Shugabees Milt’s Willie’s Joint South Austin BBQ Bill Millers Salt Lick

Best Froyo/Ice Cream Buda Pharmacy Chill Out Yogurt Josie’s Dairy Queen Sonic HEB Baskin Robbins

Best Sandwiches Proof Liquor Firehouse Subs Tavern on Main Texas Pie Co. Grind House Jersey Mike’s

Best Chicken

Golden Chick Chicken Express Dan’s Hamburgers Zaxby’s KFC Chik-fil-a Taco Cabana Popeyes

Best Coffee

Summermoon Nate’s Grind House Dunkin Donuts Proof Liquor Buda Drug Store and Pharmacy

Best Margaritas

Casa Garcia’s Casa Maria Nate’s Super Slicks Chili’s Tavern on Main Willie’s Joint

Best Beer Joint

Tavern on Main Willie’s Joint Grind House Nate’s Centerfield Pinballz Kingdom

Best Drink Specials Nate’s Centerfield Tavern on Main Willie’s Joint Grind House Casa Garcia Cleveland’s

Best Ambience

Proof Liquor Willie’s Joint Casa Alde Nate’s Hays City Store Tavern on Main Casa Garcia Ilarios Buda Drug Store and Pharmacy Summermoon

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Buda Dog Park Grand Opening

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Buda gets gold for scenic city

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eeting scenic standards for roadways and public spaces has earned Buda the Texas Scenic City “Gold” certification level once again from the non-profit organization Scenic Texas.

According to a Buda press release, the city was originally certified as a Scenic City in 2011 and was required to apply for re-certification five years later.

According to a press release from the Scenic Texas Organization, the Scenic City certification recognizes cities that are “committed to high quality scenic standards for public roadways and public spaces.”

According to its website, the Scenic Texas Organization has four levels of classification for cities that qualify to be a Texas scenic city.

The levels are Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Buda was given the level of “Gold” based on its billboard restrictions, building design standards, parkland requirements and landscaping.

According to the state-

Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., head to the Buda Sportsplex and celebrate Buda’s first dog park. Mayor Todd Ruge will speak, there will be drawings for free prizes, and more. Large boulders will be placed inside the dog park area to provide additional seating and another play activity for dogs.

The city will provide the boulders that are already located at Buda Sportsplex. For more info, contact Parks and Recreation at 512-2957170.

DOG PARK AMENITIES

Large Dog Area A-Frame, Dog Walk Ramp, Hound Hoops, Adjustable Tire Ramp, Tri-level Jump, and Bow Wow Barrel.

Small Dog Area Wait Table, Teeter Totter, Agility Walk, Hound Hurdles, Adjustable Jump Bars, and Bow Wow Barrel.

Other Amenities 8 trees (2-3” diameter), Shade canopy (2), Pet and Person drinking fountain (2), Pet waste stations, and bench with back (2).

Movies at Lake Kyle: Inside Out On Aug. 19, the city of Kyle will host a viewing of Pixar’s Inside Out at Lake Kyle. Movies begin after sunset. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and snacks for a fun evening.

Kyle Honeybee Festival

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wide press release from the Scenic Texas organization there are currently 66 cities in Texas that hold the Scenic City certification.

A few of the cities that earned a 2016 Scenic City certification in addition to Buda include Cibolo, Marble Falls, Denton, Fort Worth and McAllen.

“This certification is

based mainly on development standards that promote good design aesthetics and a better pedestrian environment,” Buda Planning Director Chance Sparks said in the release.

According to Buda Mayor Todd Ruge, the city’s re-certification is a positive thing for the city of Buda and her residents.

“It’s certainly a selling point for relocating businesses and eco-tourism.

It’s also a credit to city staff and council for their dedication to preserving Buda’s small town charm,” Ruge said.

To view the entire list of Texas Scenic Cities and their level of certification visit the organizations website at www. scenictexas.org.

On Aug. 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sustainacycle at 409 W. Center Stree will host this free event celebrating honeybees. Enjoy a day of live demonstrations, talks on urban beekeeping, honey tasting, refreshments and more.

Teen Video Game Club

On August 25 at 4:30 p.m. headto the Kyle Public Library to test your skills in a Super Smash Bros. tournament. The tournament is held the fourth Thursday of every month. Play on the new 135-inch projection screen. Prize awarded for the top player. The event is for teens ages 12 to 17.

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That’s where she also learned that baking from scratch not only helped with stress, but also helped others smile.

Albertson, co-owner of Texas Pie Company in Kyle, could be bringing smiles to households across Texas, as her idea of a raw, frozen pie dough puck is one of 25 items competing in H-EB’s Quest for Texas Best contest.

Competition for her product to go on H-E-B store shelves is not only a humbling experience for Albertson, but also a chance to represent Kyle.

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Texas Pie Company. An idea researched by Albertson over a two-year period could turn Her path toward the her product, a frozen, raw dough puck, into dough as she participates in the H-E-B’s Quest competition began for Texas best contest. Below, Albertson and a Texas Pie Company employee work on when she saw an adverThanksgiving pies in 2011. tisement for it at H-E-B. Once she read up on the pre-made pie dough rules, Albertson began puck. the process of penning a “When I got the first 1,000-word call, I put essay on down the “When I her history telephone as a baker did got the first and and her the Snoopy business. dance,” call, I put It was an Albertson experience down the said. “They she said was have never telephone “cathartic.” seen what She was I’m offerto and did the then notiCompaing. That the next round. By the fied in April ny currently makes 4,000 was my Snoopy time she got the call, Alby H-E-B pies per month. verification bertson feared she was that out of “It’s a very exciting dance ...

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The City Council of the City of Kyle will consider adopting the following ordinance on second reading on August 17, 2016 at Kyle City Hall, 100 W. Center Street, at 7:00 p.m.: An Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Kyle, Texas; amending Chapter 53 ("Zoning"), Article V (‘Landscaping and Screening Requirements”); authorizing the city secretary to amend Ordinance 438 of the City of Kyle so as to reflect this change; amending the title of the article; assigning section numbers to the article text as required; establishing purpose, scope, exemptions, definitions, provisions for non-conformities, plan submittal requirements, general requirements, provisions for variances, and establishing civil and criminal penalties; and determining that the meeting at which this Ordinance was passed as open to the public as required by law R. Todd Webster Mayor

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice to Creditors of the Estate of Mary Elizabeth Hudson, Deceased, is hereby given notice that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Mary Elizabeth Hudson, Deceased, were issued on May 31, 2016, under Docket No. 16-162-P, pending in the County Court of Hays, Hays County, Texas to Mandy Mae Mistretta, Independent Executor.

Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate, addressed as follows: Dorothy Butler Law Firm - Attn: Dorothy K. Lawrence - Estate of Mary Elizabeth Hudson, Deceased - 28515 Ranch Road 12 Ð Dripping Springs, TX 78620.

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 August 4, 2016 By: /s/ Dorothy K. Lawrence, Attorney for Independent Executor.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that, at a regular meeting of the Hays County Commissioners Court, beginning at 9 a.m. on September 13, 2016, a public hearing will be held pursuant to Chapter 253 of the Texas Transportation Code to consider proposed improvements to Blue Creek Drive, located in the Blue Creek Subdivision in Precinct 4 of Hays County, and to assess all or part of the costs of the improvements, pro rata, against owners of real property in that subdivision.

The public hearing will be held at 111 East San Antonio Street, Suite 301, San Marcos, Texas 78666.

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Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of COLLEEN MARIE MCCORMICK, Deceased, were issued on July 25, 2016, in Docket No. 16-0214-P, pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to: LAWRENCE MCCORMICK The residence of the Independent Executor is in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. Address claims in care of the representative, LAWRENCE MCCORMICK, Independent Executor. The post office address to which claims may be presented, is: c/o LAWRENCE MCCORMICK, Independent Executor 18323 Sonterra Place, Apt. 2402 San Antonio, Texas 78258 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.

Address claims in care of LAWRENCE MCCORMICK, Independent Executor DATED the 3rd day of August, 2016.

Respectfully submitted, SCANIO & SCANIO A Professional Corporation BY: /s/ Vincent J. Scanio, Jr. VINCENT J. SCANIO, JR. 144 E. San Antonio Street San Marcos, Texas 78666 Tel: (512) 396 2016 Fax: (512) 353-2984 State Bar No. 17702500 ATTORNEYS FOR LAWRENCE MCCORMICK

THE STATE OF TEXAS CITATION BY PUBLICATION

To: Jennifer Leigh Boyd And To All Whom It May Concern, Defendant(s) GREETINGS: You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days after you were served this citation, the same being 22nd day of August, 2016 a default judgement may be taken against you.

You are hereby commanded to appear and answer before the 428th District Court, Hays County, Texas, at San Marcos then and there to answer the plaintiff’s original petition and requests for disclosure filed in said Court on the 28th day of

October, 2015, and said suit being numbered 15-2198 on the docket of said Court, wherein Rita Reyes is the Plaintiff and Jennifer Leigh Boyd is the Defendant.

The nature of said suit is as follows: That a judgement be entered for the Plaintiff, Rita Reyes, against Defendant Jennifer Leigh Boyd for damages in an amount within the jurisdictional limits of the court; excluding interest, and as followed by Sec. 41.008, Chapter 41, Texas Civil Practice and remedies code; pre-judgement interest at the maximum rate allowed by law (accruing from the day of the filing of this petition through to the date immediately preceding the date of the rendition of judgement in this cause); post-judgement interest at the legal rate; costs of court; and such other and further relief to which the Plaintiff Rita Reyes may be entitled at law or in equity.

All as more fully appears of record on file in this office, and which reference is here made for all intents and purposes.

Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at office, on this the 13th day of July, 2016.

Requested by: Margaret Ingle Ingle Law Firm PC 2101 S IH 35 Suite 215 Austin TX 78741 512-782-8211 Beverly Crumley Hays County District Clerk Hays County Government Center 712 Stagecoach Trail, Set. 2211 San Marcos, TX 78666 By: Mallory Rogers, Deputy

NOTICE FOR QUALIFICATIONS

Sealed Qualifications will be received by the City Utilities Office of the City of Buda until 10:00 a.m. August 18, 2016, for “RFQ 16-011, Impact Fee Preparation Services”. Request for Qualifications may be obtained from the Purchasing Manager at the Buda Municipal Building, 121 Main St., Buda, Texas 78610 or go to www.texasbidsystem.com.

ADDRESS AND MARK ENVELOPE: “RFQ 16-011, Impact Fee Preparation Services” TO: Purchasing Manager, City of Buda, 121 Main St., Buda, Texas 78610.

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August 18, 2016.

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Officers of said corporation are Robert Garza, owner; and Robert Garza, Jr., manager.

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