Hays Free Press October 31, 2018

OCTOBER 31, 2018 MOVING ON

YOUTH MOVEMENT

How HCISD educator motivated herself past breast cancer.

Lady Rebel basketball looks to underclassmen in 2018.

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Early voting extended on TXST campus

BY EXSAR ARGUELLO

Amid allegations of voter suppression, Hays County Commissioners Friday unanimously approved to extend early voting at three sites, including the LBJ Student Center at Texas State University, during a special called meeting.

In addition to scheduled earling voting sites, early voting will take place Nov. 1-2 at the

Officials seek more input on FM 150 project

Live Oak Health Center (Precinct 1), LBJ Student Center (Precinct 3) and the Belterra Welcome Center (Precinct 4).

The decision to add polling locations at all three sites came after concerns from commissioners about being balanced in their approach to adding voter locations.

Lon Shell, Hays County Pct. 3 commissioner, said he was not initially

Early voting will take place Nov. 1-2 at the Live Oak Health Center (Pct. 1), LBJ Student Center (Pct. 3) and the Belterra Welcome Center (Pct. 4).

comfortable with the idea of adding a polling location only at Texas State University, as requested by Democratic leaders in a letter to the county. After a lengthy discussion in executive

session, Shell said he was pleased to reach a conclusion that was not biased towards one precinct or the other.

Due to an influx of over 1,200 registered voters from Texas State Uni-

versity, the LBJ Student Center will now host a new polling location on Election Day, a decision that required at least 500 registered voters, a feat that was unprecedented in previous elections.

“It was never the intention of the county to suppress any votes and we are encouraged that we have seen so many folks come out to vote,”

VOTING EXTENSION, 4A

Happy Halloween!

BY EXSAR ARGUELLO

FM 150 REALIGNMENT, 2A

PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III

A ghoulish figure enters this dimension to dive into a large bowl of sweet treats during the Center Street Trick or Treat event at City Square Park in Kyle. More photos from Halloween related events can be found on Page 1C.

Hays county forms commission for no-kill animal shelter status

BY KATIE BURRELL

Calls for turning the San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter into a no-kill facility has now received the support of Hays County leaders.

Last week, Hays County Commissioners approved support for the no-kill goal at the shelter and will form a

commission to ensure the initiative is reached.

Multiple Hays County municipalities, including Buda, Kyle and Wimberley, have passed resolutions in support of a no-kill status for the regional shelter, which would guarantee at least a 90 percent live-outcome for the animals. The

shelter currently serves all of Hays County with money coming from the city of San Marcos and participating municipalities. With the large number of animals coming in throughout the county, the shelter has to resort to euthanizing animals at times, and is often full.

Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner Lon Shell and Pct. 1 Commissioner Debbie Ingalsbe led the commission’s support of the no-kill goal and believe it could be reached within two years. An Interlocal Animal Services Commission will

NO KILL STATUS, 2A

COMING UP Kyle Garden Club

The Kyle Garden Club will meet on Friday, Nov. 2 at the Historic City Hall at 12:30 p.m. in downtown Kyle.

The program is a workshop on candleholder flower arrangements. The public is welcome.

Buda Farmers Market Shop, eat, buy local every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the weekly farmers market at Buda Mill & Grain in downtown Buda, 308 Main Street.

DESTINATION KYLE Business owners discuss how to make Kyle a destination city.

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Countdown to Election Day Nov. 2 is the last day of early voting this election season. You can vote at any voting site in Hays County.

Nov. 6 is election day, but you must vote in your precinct on that day. If you’re unsure what precinct you’re in or where to vote, call 512-393-7310.

INDEX

Summer 2020 is the time period officials expect to obtain results from an environmental impact study related to the proposed realignment of FM 150 in Hays County.

The project is a cooperative effort aimed at enhancing safety while providing an additional access to Interstate 35 going south, relieving congestion off of downtown Kyle at Center Street to the interstate.

An open house at the Hays Performing Arts Center in Kyle outlined a preliminary look at the project, including the proposed location of the roadway, which would start near Arroyo Ranch, head southwest and eventually connect to I-35.

But the project is years before construction, and engineers are currently conducting environmental studies to determine a possible location of the road.

According to some engineers at the open house, an environmental decision will be made by Summer 2020. The road ahead is filled with evaluations, public input and

Veterans Day Parade in Buda

Starting at 9 a.m. Nov. 10, the Buda VFW Post 12161, in conjunction with the Buda Area Chamber of Commerce, is hosting the city’s inaugural Veterans Day parade, which will go down Main Street in the downtown area. Citizens, businesses and community organizations are invited to participate in the parade. For more information, and to obtain an entry form, contact VFW Commander David Condel at cw4dlc@yahoo.com.

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Hays CISD rezoning concerns still being addressed

BY MOSES LEOS Frustrations boiled over Oct. 25 as a handful of Hays CISD stakeholders opposed a proposed high school rezoning draft map they believe could negatively impact Lehman High.

Those comments were forwarded to the district’s high school rezoning committee during a second scheduled public forum held at Lehman High.

Discussion centered on Draft Map 5, which was the latest proposed map crafted by the 35-person committee.

Per district policy, the committee follows six criterions when crafting rezoning maps, including a focus on neighborhood schools, as well as preventing, reducing and eliminating overcrowding.

But concerns from the majority of speakers Thursday ranged from school population problems to socioeconomic balance issues associated with Draft Map 5.

According to district projections, Lehman High would surpass its building capacity by the year 2020.

Hays High would not surpass its building capacity until 2028, while Johnson High wouldn’t go beyond capacity until 2023. All Hays CISD high schools have a building capacity of 2,250 students.

A majority of residents also were concerned about the high percentage of economically disadvantaged students at Lehman High under Draft Map 5.

According to district data, 68 percent of Lehman High’s student population in 2019 would be economically disadvantaged (ED), if Draft Map 5 were approved. Lehman’s current ED percentage is at 64 percent.

Hays and Johnson High would have an ED percentage below 45 percent.

Callie Raymond, a Hometown Kyle resident and Hays CISD parent, opposed Draft Map 5, believing that increasing the ED percentage at Lehman High would decrease parent and student involvement in extracurricular activates. She felt the issue could make it difficult to find “highly qualified administration and teachers.”

Raymond advocated for Draft Map 4, which called for each high school to pull students from middle schools on both sides of Interstate 35.

JD Sanford, a Buda resident and former educator, was disappointed in Draft Map 5 and believed it doesn’t ensure the district has the fairest schools

HCISD REZONING, 2A

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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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be formed as a result of commissioners’ decision, and will be responsible for determining a reasonable path toward no-kill.

Shell said the commission will likely be made up of representatives from all over the county who will be capable of determining the best plan in regard to necessary funding and legislation.

“The solution may be to build multiple shelters or expand the current one,”

Shell said. “Either way, we’re all committed to making the shelter a nokill facility that works well for the county’s needs and the shelter’s needs.”

According to representatives of the city of San Marcos, neither the shelter nor city officials have made any decisions regarding the matter and are awaiting future decisions before implementing any changes.

“Council does not have

any resolutions regarding (a) “no-kill” policy on any upcoming agendas,” said a San Marcos spokesperson in a statement.

“However, they will have a Work Session on Nov. 7 to discuss increasing live outcomes at the Animal Shelter. Staff will see what direction is given during that work session and proceed per council direction.”

Kyle and Wimberly city councils have said they

support the idea and are willing to participate in any efforts necessary.

“It’s all still very preliminary,” said Kyle City Council Member Alex Villalobos. “City council members have been looking into it a lot and doing research. Now, we’re just waiting for what’s next.”

For the shelter to become a no-kill facility, there will either need to be more room to house animals or fewer home-

less animals to care for. To do either of those things, officials say it is necessary to attract more animal shelter volunteers and encourage people to spay and neuter their pets.

Programs including Emancipet and Prevent-a-Litter of Central Texas (PALS) help provide funding for those looking to have their pets fixed, which in turn, cuts down on the number of stray animals in the area.

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possible. Sanford worried raising the ED percentage at Lehman could be a hindrance. He cited research that shows schools with high economically disadvantaged populations having reduced academic achievement.

“The current proposed map makes a hard problem worse,” Sanford said.

Sanford said splitting middle school feeder patterns could be inevitable with more campuses on the horizon. He also believed the district’s proposed concept of a socioeconomic diversity choice program could also hurt Lehman High.

Maria Mattis believed Draft Map 5 pulls the district away from its own mission statement and beliefs. Mattis also felt the proposed map creates a higher hurdle for Lehman High to compete.

“We are already a district divided. We say we’re not, but we are, even if it’s just public opinion and nothing else,” Mattis said. “But now it feels like

the administration at the district level is not only accepting that but endorsing it with the current map we have.”

Blanco Vista resident Kelly Talovera, who was in favor of Draft Map 5, said while ED numbers are “alarming,” she believed it’s an issue the committee is not charged with addressing. While the committee discusses socioeconomics during their meetings, it’s not one of the six main criterion used to craft the maps.

“That’s not this committee and that’s not what this committee’s supposed to do,” Talovera said.

Talovera pushed for the district to create more programs for success, such as intervention teams and transfer opportunities, which might not improve the ED disparity, but would give faculty and staff more resources to “change the outcomes.”

She also cited neighboring school districts using proximity as a factor in redrawing attendance

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an environmental impact analysis.

Officials are also trying to stay cognizant of existing FEMA flood maps, historical sites, natural typography, cemeteries, wells and other natural features.

“When we look at existing 150 with the traffic demand, we found that most of those folks near downtown Kyle are going south, so the question is how do we provide people with an alternative way to head south,” said Laura Harris, the county’s general consulting project manager and senior project manager for HNTB,

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the engineering consulting firm on the project.

“What we found is that most people going North take a left at 2770 and are not part of the congestion and safety issues in downtown Kyle.”

Joe Cantalupo, a general consulting project manager, said it is too early to tell where the road may be located. Officials use color-coded maps to offer citizens a visual representation as to where the roadway might be.

“Every step in the screening we look at these potential spots in more detail and we’ll eventually narrow down the options,” Cantalupo said.

Part of this screening includes the effect on the contributing and recharge zones of the Edwards Aquifer, the habitat of the endangered Golden Cheeked Warbler and potential impact on residential and commercial displacements.

The county has some funding in its 2017 bond package, but no construction dollars are currently allocated to the project.

So far, the county has only committed to the engineering and environmental analysis before it can even begin looking at a potential location for the road.

A record of decision, which will be conducted

by Summer 2020, is the result of the environmental impact study. If the environment is deemed inefficient for such roadway, a decision can be made “to do nothing” or to proceed with the project, according to the engineers.

“This environmental study will have us to a certain level of engineering,” Cantalupo said.

“This will allow us to talk to folks in more detail about the impacts on property, natural and archeological resources will be. It’ll also tell us how to mitigate that if we can.”

The engineers said comments and concerns can be submitted to Nov. 8 by email, mail or submission online. Details can be found at www. improvefm150.com.

boundaries.

However, former Kyle Mayor Lucy Johnson disagreed “very strongly” with Draft Map 5, citing her concerns that socioeconomics and ethnicity are not primary factors in the committee’s decision making process.

While Johnson believed the neighborhood school concept is important, she also advocated for a map that offers diversity and fairness.

“It’s important to create neighborhood schools, but the top priority is educational outcomes for all students, it’s not just making sure everyone in

the same subdivision goes to the same school,” Johnson said.

The committee now plans to go back to the drawing board following Thursday’s comments, said Sandra Bryant, secretary for the rezoning commmittee.

Bryant said she wasn’t surprised by the tone of discussion Thursday and felt the high population and ED numbers at Lehman would be the talking point.

While the committee has tried to bring numbers down, Bryant said the area around Lehman High has a dense population,

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which creates issues trying to craft maps. But Bryant said several committee members have asked why socioeconomics are not part of the map-making process.

Bryant hopes to now hear from district administrators regarding the maps, a voice she said the committee “hasn’t heard from” much, if at all. She hopes to obtain feedback from officials in transportation, extracurricular activities and information systems.

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No warm beer for me

EDITORIAL

Of conspiracies, A failures and a county judge candidate W e would not be commenting here on last week’s news story about the failure of Democratic candidate for county judge, Ruben Becerra, to pay his taxes – except that Mr. Becerra and his family seem determined to keep the story alive.

Rather than explaining himself, or paying his taxes (or just keeping quiet and letting the campaign move on), Mr. Becerra – or at least his campaign, and sometimes family members speaking as surrogates – is aggressively on the attack against the Hays Free Press and the News-Dispatch, misrepresenting some facts, fabricating conspiracy theories, and – in imitation of national politicians caught in embarrassing positions – crying “fake news.”

To refresh: we reported last week that Becerra owes almost $90,000 in back taxes; the IRS recently filed a lien against his business property for, among other things, withholding payroll taxes from his employees’ paychecks but then never paying the withheld funds to the government. This came to light recently when the IRS listed liens in a public notice that contradicted earlier statements by Becerra, prompting a Hays Free Press reporter to investigate.

The story about his taxes, business finance problems, and related issues are relevant because Becerra wants to be the chief budget and administrative officer for the county.

This newspaper routinely checks to make sure that aspirants to political jobs pay their taxes, and has reported on a previous county judge and a city council member who had outstanding tax bills. Mr. Becerra was not singled out. We also checked to see whether his competitor in the race, Republican Will Conley, had paid his taxes. He has.

Mr. Becerra did not respond to requests sent by phone, email and text to be interviewed. Since the story came out, he and his surrogates, including his wife, have declared his innocence on social media and in a mass email, proclaiming that he has proof he paid his taxes, and asserting he is the victim of a conspiracy.

However, despite what he says, he still has not provided any evidence, such as tax receipts. Instead, he tries to shift focus to the rather silly notion of a conspiracy, whose main perpetrators, he says, are members of the “Barton family,” who own a significant portion of this newspaper and have been identified with the Hays Free Press since its founding.

This takes real chutzpah, since the matriarch of the Barton family (who is also the largest single stockholder in the company that owns this newspaper) has had a 4x8 sign supporting Becerra on her fence for several months.

No, this newspaper was not out to get Mr. Becerra.

Rather, the owners see the paper’s mission as one of impartial truth-telling, and of holding people in power – or those who would seek power – accountable to the citizens. Our goal is to hire good journalists and to give them the resources and support to do their jobs with the highest levels of integrity and ethics.

Of course we make mistakes at times. But we’re proud of our record and extremely careful about news stories that might affect people’s careers or the votes of our readers. We don’t print such things lightly, nor with glee, nor out of spite.

And we don’t play favorites with friends or political parties. Part of Mr. Becerra’s anger, or at least the anger of some of his supporters, seems triggered because several of our stockholders – though by no means all of our owners – are active Democrats.This band of critics seem to feel that, because of the political philosophy of some of the owners, we should suppress a story about Mr. Becerra, because he is the Democratic nominee. The battle lines this year seem so starkly drawn that, to some on both sides, no sin is too great to overlook if you belong to right party.

We have editorialized about how Republicans should stand up to hypocrisy and excess in their own party; there’s no double standard when it comes Democrats.

Whatever the political leanings or business friendships of the owners, those concerns will always take a backseat to the integrity of the newspaper so long as the current owners preside. That’s the compact we have with our staff, our readers, and more importantly, with ourselves.

We stand by the story written, researched, and factchecked independently by our reporter and editors.

In our view, Mr. Becerra’s trouble with the law and his questionable financial acumen are relevant to his qualifications and an important piece of information for voters – in short, news.

We did not offer an opinion at the time the story was printed on whether that information should disqualify Mr. Becerra. Had we, we would have said, “No, it’s one piece of the puzzle but not the whole of his record nor all he should be judged upon.” Now, having seen the crassness of the tactics he is using against his opponent as the campaign draws to a close, having experienced first-hand what can most charitably be described as his carelessness with the truth, and having observed his utter unwillingness to take responsibility for his own problems, we say this: the failures revealed in our story do not alone make Mr. Becerra unqualified for the job, but his effort to hide and obfuscate his record, and his failures after the story came to light, just might.

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s I sit out here on the Crow’s Nest in short sleeves, watching the leaves fly about in the autumn breeze, I start to ponder over the subject of climate change, or as some folks refer to as global warming. I know I’ve chatted about this a time or two, but it hasn’t really affected my life much. Well, we did have some damage here from Hurricane Harvey, and we couldn’t spend our summer vacation in Port Aransas this past summer because of the storm damage, but we’re doing okay.

Scientists claim the severity of hurricanes like Harvey, Florence and Michael was due to global warming, and future hurricanes will probably have huge tidal surges and extensive flooding due to warmer seas. This might be true, but we’re 3 hours from the coast. We should be fine, right?

Weather experts expect hotter summers from here on out, but we Texans are used to triple digits.

Find a good shade tree and enough ice to chill a 6-pack of beer, and we’re fine and dandy. No worries over global warming here. I think I’ll pop the top on another cold one and read the paper on this beautiful, warm October day.

Reporters Exsar Arguello and Katie Burrell

News and Sports Editor Moses Leos III

Columnists Bartee Haile, Chris Winslow, Pauline Tom, Clint Younts

by Clint Younts

Whoa! Hold your horses! Have y’all read this article about some study published in the journal Nature Plants? It says here that some British professors and other smart fellas did some research on the ever-changing climate, and they concluded that global warming will significantly affect the production of barley.

The study shows that in some European countries, barley production will decline drastically, and here in America we’ll see a moderate decrease due to climate change.

Some of y’all might wonder why this is such a big deal. Somebody might be saying, “I don’t even eat barley. I like white bread and Cheerios”. Well, Bubba, what you might not realize is that barley is used in making beer, and now you know why I’m as nervous as a three-legged cat in a dog pound.

Let me spell it out to y’all who flunked Econ 101. If the supply of barley decreases, the production of our favorite elixir decreases and there is less beer sitting on the shelves at your neighborhood

convenience store. And when the supply is low but the demand for cold beer is high, the price of good beer rises. Now some of my fellow beer drinkers might be fine with drinking the cheap stuff made with water from the Milwaukee sewage treatment plant, but those of us who enjoy a well-crafted brew will have to pawn some power tools just to be able to buy a 12-pack of beer.

Oh, the horrors!

This study also reports other grains will be affected, and food prices will rise due to shortages.

With the decrease yield in barley production, a bottle of beer could double in price. Dang! How will I work that into my budget? I’m gonna have to cut back on other luxuries like air conditioning, beef or health care just to keep my beer fridge well-stocked. What in the name of Samuel Adams

will I do?

So, what can we do to slow down this global warming? I know there are several folks up in Washington D.C. who are blind to this problem. They probably drink martinis or herbal tea, although I believe Trump prefers Russian vodka. These folks aren’t real concerned over the possible beer shortage, but I doubt these politicians know that most of us voters usually have a good beer buzz going on as we cast our ballots.

As Election Day approaches, I suggest to do some research on the candidates. Cast your vote for that candidate who is concerned about global warming, protecting residents along our coastlines and making darn sure I have affordable beer in my fridge. crowsnest78610@ gmail.com

Whose rights are presumptive?

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fetus is obviously a living thing.

It shares all the characteristics of living things – namely, it grows organically, moves on its own, and exchanges energy with its environment. These are things we can observe without analyzing its chemical makeup, but if we did, we would find it is carbon based, like all life on earth, and has DNA with 46 chromosomes, which also marks it as human.

So, a fetus is a human life. Period.

It is also an innocent life, and a life that has no voice. So, unborn children deserve advocates, and those who vigorously advocate for the rights of the unborn deserve respect and a measure of admiration. There are millions of such advocates in the United States today. They call themselves “Pro-Life”, and they think of themselves as modern day abolitionists, treading in the footsteps of our 19th century heroes who brought about the end of slavery.

According to the Guttmacher Institute, the number of abortions has been declining every year since 1981, but in 2014, which is the most recent year for which

of this country, she has certain inalienable rights, Guest among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit Column of happiness. She is as

by Phil Jones worthy of these things in the eyes of God as any other human being, and a complete count is she does not forfeit them available, approximately if and when she becomes 914,000 fetuses still died pregnant. Furthermore, in abortions. No other slightly more than half cause of death comes of fetuses will be born close to matching these female, if they are born at numbers. This is 30 all. Nearly all of those girls times the number of will grow up to be women deaths from gun vioof child-bearing age. lence. It is a very serious A woman of any age problem. has a right of self-deLike all living things, fense. She has a right to a fetus is designed to act in any way necessary live in a certain environ- to preserve her own life ment. You and I cannot or the life of a loved one survive long if hurled when that life is under into the ocean unprethreat. That includes killpared, or catapulted into ing the agent of threat, outer space, because we even if it is another huare designed to live on man being. Self-defense land and breathe oxygen is a well-established into our lungs. Similarly, legal principle, going far a fetus cannot live long back before the foundoutside the mother’s ing of this country, and womb, because that I doubt anybody would is the environment in seriously disagree. which a fetus is designed All abortions are to live. homicide, but not all And that’s where the homicides are criminal, problem lies. What do or even morally wrong. you do when the rights Killing in self-defense is of the mother conflict homicide, but it is both with the rights of the un- legally and morally perborn child? missible. Other widely A woman of child-bear- accepted forms of hoing age is clearly a human micide include capital being and, according to punishment and war. the founding principles All women have a

right of sexual self-defense as well. Every woman has a right to decide who they will have sex with, as well as when, where and how. I think the vast majority of us agree on that.

In the case of a pregnancy unwanted by the mother, regardless of how that pregnancy occurred, the fetus’ right to life collides with the mother’s right to defend herself sexually, as well as her right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. How do we balance these rights against each other?

This divide, and the zeal of those who wish to force their particular solution on all the rest of us, has brought us to the desperate political mess our nation finds itself in today. But there is one thing we pretty much all agree on. Abortion is undesirable, and we would all like to live in a world where it never happens.

That is an agreement we can build on.

Phil Jones is a local Christian musician who occasionally writes columns. He recently released a new CD under the stage name of Phoenix Jordan. djones2032@austin.rr.com

LETTER TO THE EDITOR GOOD STORY The front page story on county judge candidate Ruben Beccera was balanced reporting at its best.

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Voting Extension Continued from pg. 1A

said Debbie Ingalsbe, Hays County Pct. 1 commissioner. “We’re very proud of that.”

Shell said the issue of voter suppression was not evident during the days of early voting at Texas State, where the Hays Free Press reported waiting lines of around 2 hours for students.

“This is not an issue of voter suppression, absolutely not,” Shell said. “We expected high voter turnout, and that did not come into play.

It’s unfortunate to see this issue turn partisan.”

Shell said without the lawsuit threats, the special meeting would not have been possible, as a 72-hour notice is required to schedule a meeting under normal circumstances.

As per state law, a fiveday notice must be issued in the paper of record before newly granted polls could open, which is the reason why the polling sites will not be operational until Nov. 1.

Commissioners did not comment as to how much the addition of new polling sites would cost Hays County, but said the county has enough polling workers to make the new locations run functionally.

Their decision came after the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP), on behalf of two Texas State students, the MOVE Texas Action Fund and the League of Women Voters Hays County, sent a letter to officials demanding the county reopen the on-campus polling site in order to avoid litigation.

During the first days of early voting, students at Texas State were forced to wait in lines at the LBJ Student Center that exceeded two hours in length. The issue drew outcry from various Hays County and Central Texas Democrats who claimed

voter suppression.

Furor over the issue grew Thursday when Wally Kinney, president of the North Hays Republican Group, called for residents to email Hays County Pct. 2 Commissioner Mark Jones to share dissent on the possibility of extending early voting at the on-campus site.

According to a TCRP press release, the county’s “failure to extend the time for a temporary early voting location on campus is against the law,” citing it violates the U.S Constitution and the Texas Election Code. The TCRP gave Hays County officials

a deadline of noon Oct. 26 for a response.

Ryan Seidel, a Texas State University student, could not vote during early voting at the university, despite trying to stay in line to vote before being forced to leave to attend class. Seidel said the site only had four machines set up, which he believed did not accommodate the student population.

“Somehow, the school or the county ignored the fact that LBJ (Student Center) is currently under construction so half the building is closed down PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIN ZWIENER and it’s just ridiculous Students at Texas State University sit and wait to vote at the LBJ Student Center during the first that this was the polling few days of early voting. location,” Seidel said.

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Canyon ousts Hays VB from playoffs in four

BY MOSES LEOS III

Twenty kills from New Braunfels Canyon Cougarette Kylie Trefflich Tuesday brought the Hays Rebels volleyball team’s season to a close in a 16-25, 25-14, 22-25, 1825 bidistrict round loss at Lehman High.

Amid the emotions from players and parents,

Hays head coach Stephanie Coates believed her team’s never-give-up attitude not only was a big step in the right direction, but was, in essence, a moral victory.

“Sometimes you win games, sometimes you lose games, but sometimes you lose games but they’re wins,” Coates said. “Tonight was a win.

“...sometimes you lose games but they’re wins.Tonight was a win. We came to play and we kept fighting all the way through.”

to avoid critical unforced errors at key moments during the match, Coates said. Errant passes, net violations, double hits and service issues were all problems Hays dealt with.

Working past Canyon’s formidable front line, –Stephanie Coates, Hays volleyball head coach anchored by Treflich and 6-foot, 2-inch Angel Jones, We came to play and we through.” was a challenge kept fighting all the way Hays (28-18) was unable as well.

Lehman football falls to Anderson on homecoming “It’s been a tough go, but I tell you, I can’t be more proud of the kids that stuck it out and that have continued to fight through it.”

–Bruce Salmon, Lehman football head coach

BY EXSAR ARGUELLO Struggles on both sides of the ball, along with the inability to halt a potent Anderson Trojans offense, hurt the Lehman Lobos in a 42-7 homecoming loss Friday at Shelton Stadium.

The Lobos (0-8, 0-6 in district) struggled early in the game as the Trojans opened with a 45-yard touchdown pass from Carsten Groos to Coy Fullmer to take a 7-0 lead.

Anderson maintained momentum by securing an interception that led to another scoring drive, which increased the Trojans’ lead to 14-0 in the first frame.

A successful Anderson onside kick late in the first frame led to a touchdown early in the second quarter. Anderson led 21-0 at halftime and added an additional 21 points in the second half.

In an attempt to change the dynamic on offense in the fourth frame, the Lobos changed quarterbacks, moving Bryant Lewis to wide receiver and bringing on senior quarterback Cayden Raymond. The move proved successful as the Lobos generated

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Canyon notched eight combined blocks on the night, four of them from Jones.

Hays dropped the first set to Canyon before responding back in the second frame. Improved execution across the board, along with solid communication, helped

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Westlake football pummels Rebels 70-14

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Hays Rebel Lily Guevara zips a pass to the wing during a 2017 game played at Bales Gym. Guevara is one of a handful of returning underclassmen who will make up the Hays roster in 2018.

Youth movement Lady Rebs look to underclassmen in 2018

BY MOSES LEOS III Leading up to the start of the 2018 campaign has been a bit of a surreal experience for Hays Lady Rebels basketball head coach Danny Preuss.

Several weeks ago, projected starting point guard Jasmine Taylor had surgery to repair a torn ACL and will miss the entire season. Prior to that happening, Preuss lost an experienced junior player whose family moved out of state to Boise, Idaho.

Amid the trials and tribulations, Preuss is looking ahead with a roster consisting of mostly underclassmen.

With some key elements returning from last season, Preuss and his program aim to contend for the postseason in a crowded field.

“Their aspirations are high. They want to win a lot of games and make the playoffs,” Preuss said. “It’s a nine-team district and there are a few added teams and proven teams, but I also feel like there are a lot of teams that have a shot.

We’re one of them.”

Hays returns several key players including

“Their aspirations are high. They want to win a lot of games and make the playoffs. It’s a nine-team district and there are a few added teams and proven teams, but I also feel like there are a lot of teams that have a shot. We’re one of them.”

–Danny Preuss, Hays Lady Rebels head coach

sophomore Lily Guevara, who notched a starting spot as a freshman during the 2017 season.

Preuss said that, while Guevara is playing as a small forward during the preseason, he hopes to move her out to the wing to take advantage of her range.

Also coming back will be 6-foot, 3-inch sophomore post Trista Strasser, along with sophomore guard Madison Logan, who will be one of two underclassmen pointguards orchestrating the Rebel offense.

They will be tasked with filling the shoes of alumna Gabby Bosquez, who over the course of her four-year career at Hays was a key go-to player.

While filling Bosquez’ shoes will be a challenge, Preuss said it

could also allow the Lady Rebels to move the ball around and avoid funneling everything to one person.

“I’m excited because we’re moving the ball a lot better. We need everyone to be successful and we can’t rely on one person. We have to rely on each other,” Preuss said. “Part of that is depending on one another and moving the ball around and working for the best shot we can.”

Providing help will be four seniors, three of whom will get their first varsity experience in 2018. Preuss said he anticipates his eight to nine person rotation possibly consisting of six underclassmen at a time this season.

During a recent scrimmage Saturday, Preuss said he was

“pleasantly surprised” at how the team played minus several key players.

They will all be tasked with taking on a district teeming with competition. Westlake, which brings back a handful of returning players, is expected to be the front-runner, along with Lake Travis and Bowie. The addition of Del Valle and Akins, who have excelled in girls basketball in recent years, could add parity.

“There’s going to be about five teams fighting for those last three playoff spots,” Preuss said. “I’d like to be one of those teams that can do it.”

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AUSTIN – Looking upon a handful of shellshocked faces Friday, Hays Rebels head coach Les Goad instilled upon his players that football, as in life, is often filled with hard knocks.

A 70-14 loss at the hands of the state-ranked Westlake Chaparrals, which abruptly ended the Rebels’ seven game win streak and possibly their district title hopes, hit that point home.

But for Goad and his staff, challenging players to respond is imperative with two more regular season games left. As an important battle with Lake Travis looms, Goad said many of the goals the team is striving for remain attainable.

“You have to put this (loss) behind you. It’s going to hurt, but you have to be thick-skinned and committed enough to bounce back,” Goad said.

“The goals these guys have before them … making the playoffs, a winning season, they’re still there.”

Hays (7-1, 5-1) struggled to contain a torrid Westlake offense that lobbed a flurry of knockout punches early in the contest.

At the center of it all was Chaparral quarterback Taylor Anderson who went 10 of 13 for 259 yards and five touchdowns passing. Wide receiver Mason Mangum, who was Anderson’s primary target, caught five passes for 169 yards and a trio of touchdowns.

Goad said players and staff understood Westlake was a tough team to stop.

But before they knew it, Westlake built a 21-0 lead with a minute left in the first frame, snatching momentum the Rebels didn’t recapture.

“We took a lot of chanc-

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es on our end and put ourselves in bad position many times,” Goad said.

But the Rebels were their own worst enemies at times as well. Execution issues and miscues partially played a role in Rebel offensive struggles in the game.

The inability to break through a formidable Chaparral defense, however, hindered Hays and kept its offense to only 264 yards and three total turnovers in the game.

That includes a Westlake interception returned for a touchdown, which increased the Chaparral lead to 28-0 heading into the second quarter.

Hays’ lone response of the first half came on a 17-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Xavier Martinez to running back Sam Scott. Once on the canvas, however, Hays never got back up.

Goad believed not taking advantage of early opportunities set the tone for Hays in the rest of the game. Running back Xavier Green led Hays with 62 yards on 11 carries, while running back Bobby Green rushed for 45 yards on six carries and a late fourth quarter touchdown.

“We haven’t seen a defense like that all year, as far as the way they played, personnel and the way

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Lehman Lobo wide receiver Bryant Lewis (1) tries to bypass the line of scrimmage and the Anderson Trojans defense Friday at Shelton Stadium.

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Hays Rebels Garrett Moore (44) and Aiden Fitzgerald (96) team up to tackle Westlake quarterback Taylor Anderson (6) Friday at Chaparral Stadium.

they execute,” Goad said.

“They’re a great team.

You have to give credit to them. They’re ranked in the top 10 for a reason.”

Focus now centers on Lake Travis, which brings an equally explosive offense led by quarterback Hudson Card, a University of Texas at Austin pledge, and wide receiver Garrett Wilson, an Ohio State University commitment.

The stakes will be raised as the winner of Friday’s game secures the district’s top seed in the 6A, Division I playoffs, and avoids possibly playing powerhouse Converse Judson in the first round.

“There’s still a big feather out there. Lake Travis is

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PLAYOFF POSITIONING PROJECTIONS

In Class 6A, the top four teams that qualify for the postseason are split into Division I and Division II, which is based on student enrollment numbers.

So, if the regular season ended today, Hays (2,988) and Lake Travis (3,085) would be in Division I, while Westlake (2,706) and Bowie (2,873) would be in Division II.

offense late in the contest.

Lobo running back Keyshaun Williams punched in a 9-yard touchdown run for Lehman’s lone score of the game.

Lehman head coach Bruce Salmon lauded the support from fans on homecoming night.

“We appreciate all the

support that we get from our fans, administration and our school,” said Lehman head coach Bruce Salmon. “It’s been a tough go, but I tell you, I can’t be more proud of the kids that stuck it out and that have continued to fight through it.”

Salmon said he knows

it isn’t easy for the athletes to suffer another loss, but is grateful for those who are seeing the season through.

“We tell them we love them on the daily and they keep showing up with their heads high and a good attitude,” Salmon said.

right up there with Westlake,” Goad said. “We have a big challenge next week and it will be a testament on how we bounce back.”

Hays hosts Lake Travis Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Shelton Stadium.

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Hays notch a 25-14 set win.

Coates lauded the play of senior libero Kayla Tello who maintained a high level of energy and dug out multiple kill attempts from Treflich and Jones.

Rebel senior Jamie Agnew said better communication led to an increase in confidence, along with more kills and improved first contact.

Leading the charge was senior Catherine Croft, who finished with 18 kills in the match. Coates said Croft has been a consistent asset for her offense and “stepped up and turned it on” in her final match as a Rebel.

“We picked up our

energy and we told each other we wanted this,” Tello said. “We told each other to pick it up, so that helped us.”

Hays initially kept up that momentum early in the third set. After trailing 14-11, Hays went on a 5-1 run to take a 16-15 lead and force a Cougarette timeout.

But the Rebels couldn’t keep pace with Canyon, which stayed ahead at arm’s length. Canyon used a 6-1 run to surge ahead 21-17; the Cougarettes held off a late Rebel rally to win the third set 25-22.

“In games like this where they’re going to be close, you’ve got to take care of the ball and you

can’t have that many unforced errors,” Coates said.

“In sets one and three, we had too many unforced errors.”

Despite the loss, Coates praised her senior class whom she knew was “special” when she saw them in middle school. Along with Tello, Croft and Agnew are role players such as Ashley Esparza, Julie Bowen and Sierra Dittmar, who was the “consummate teammate” following her knee injury.

“Everyone has been with the program for four years and we’ve worked our butts off and it’s paid off,” Agnew said. “But we’re sad that it didn’t turn out the way we wanted it to.”

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On Oct. 26, ten Hays High students participated in the political process by exercising their rights and voting for the first time in a national, state and local election. This was the culmination of a project led by Eagle Scout candidate Casper Smith (center) who worked in conjunction with Hays CISD Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright, the Hays High administrative team and teachers, and the Hays CISD Transportation Department.

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Kyle, Buda festivals bring out the best in Halloween revelers Ghosts, goblins and a Pillsbury Doughbaby or two took to a pair of Halloween related events in Kyle and Buda this past weekend. In Kyle, hundreds hit City Square Park for the annual Center Street Trick or Treat, which featured vendors and even a haunted house. Later in the day, residents hit Main Street in Buda for the annual Boo-Da Halloween.

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“The capacity for empathy Judge Cary built throughout his long and distinguished law enforcement career, and his deep understanding of the issues that impact the safety and security of the community he serves, makes him uniquely qualified to sit on the bench.”

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Undocumented families face anxiety while waiting longer for court dates

BY EXSAR ARGUELLO

Wait times for undocumented residents to be heard before immigration court judges are continuing to get longer, leaving those detained or out on bond unsure what the future holds.

In Hays County, one family is waiting to receive a call or letter for their hearing, a repetitive game of patience that has been practiced since February.

Victor Alejandro Avendano-Ramirez, a Wimberley resident who was detained by Kyle police after a traffic stop violation in January, was released in February but has still not seen an immigration judge about his future

A data gathering and research organization at Syracuse University, found that the Immigration Court’s backlog of cases reached an all-time high of 717,067 in May.

residency status.

This situation is not just a reality for Avendano-Ramirez and his family, but for many immigrants in the United States awaiting a court hearing.

A new study by the Transaction Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a data gathering and research organization at Syracuse University, found that the Immigration Court’s backlog of

cases reached an all-time high of 717,067 in May. This despite measures by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to alleviate the influx of cases.

According to TRAC’s analysis, there are 26,168 pending cases in Texas alone. Over the past two or so years, the backlog has increased by almost a third with 171,656 more cases added.

“We’re just glad he’s out, but we still don’t

in the agency’s history, according to a statement by the DOJ. United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions acknowledged the backlog of over 700,000, calling the situation “unacceptable.”

“EOIR continues to make great progress in know what’s going to hiring the immigration happen,” said Nataly Avendano-Ramirez, Victor’s judges needed to reduce a backlog of nearly 750,000 daughter. “We have been pending immigration waiting for a court date court cases,” said James and we haven’t received McHenry, Director of one yet.”

EOIR in a statement.

On Friday, the Execu“Alongside our efforts tive Office for Immigrato improve immigration tion Review (EOIR) anjudge productivity and nounced the investiture modernize our informaof 46 immigration court tion technology systems, judges, including two assistant chief judges, mark- growing our immigration ing for the second month in a row the largest class ICE DETENTION, 3C

American volunteers fight to liberate Texas

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he Republican Army of the North, a motley crew of American adventurers and Mexican rebels, reached La Bahia on Nov. 1, 1812 and made themselves right at home in the empty fortress.

When Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara hurried off to Washington, D.C. in March 1811, the Mexican revolt against the Spaniards was treading water.

As he begged the U.S. government for desperately needed aid, his compatriots went down for the final time.

But Don Bernardo refused to call it quits and resolved to foment another rebellion. Learning from the fatal mistakes of his dead predecessors, he chose a more favorable site, the poorly guarded province of Texas, and more experienced fighters, the outcasts and outlaws of the Neutral Ground.

From the notorious no-man’s-land nestled between the Sabine River and the Arroyo Hondo, Spanish spies reported as early as April 1812 that the infamous exile was up to no good. Noting Gutierrez had resumed his seditious activities, an informer added, “and with him is an American who seems to be of much importance.”

The mystery man was Augustus Magee, a 24-year-old lieutenant who resigned from the U.S. Army in order to organize the invasion of Spanish Texas. Enlisting the same ruffians he had once arrested in a cleanup of the Neutral Ground, Magee began whipping into shape the ragtag force he optimistically named “The Republican Army of the North.”

Gutierrez and his young commander spent the summer of 1812 recruiting additional adventurers with the promise of 40 dollars a month and a league of Texas land. Patriotic Mexicans, renegade Indians and a few idealists willing to fight for free rounded out the combat strength of the RAN at roughly 500.

Though warned well in advance of the imminent invasion, Spanish troops were caught napping on the morning of Aug. 8, 1812. They fell back to Nacogdoches allowing Magee and his men to cross the border uncontested.

Deciding discretion was the better part of valor, the local garrison joined their comrades in a panic-stricken retreat.

Relieved residents sent a delegation to greet the advancing invaders and to welcome them to town.

After receiving the all-

But the historic victory that might have severed Texas Texas from Mexico 23 years ahead of schedule History was tragically short-lived.

by Bartee Haile Sickened by the atrocities committed by their Mexican allies, most of the clear from Magee, Gutier- Americans left for home rez rode triumphantly into before a Spanish counterliberated Nacogdoches. attack wiped out the RAN While the former tended in August 1813. to military matters in The bodies of more preparation for the march than a thousand invadon the colonial capital of San Antonio, the latter issued eloquent appeals to the frightened populace.

Gutierrez tried to put the best face on the troubling fact that the Republican Army of the North was predominantly non-Mexican. “I am now marching to your succor with a respectable force of American volunteers who have left their homes and families to take up our cause, to fight for our liberty,” he claimed. “They are the free descendants of the men who fought for the independence of the United States.”

Gutierrez knew, of course, that he was stretching the truth. There was no doubt Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine and George Washington would have objected to the farfetched comparison.

The RAN broke camp at Nacogdoches in September. Progress was slow but bloodless as the enemy failed to show his face all the way to La Bahia, later known as Goliad.

The easy occupation of the vacant fortress on the first day of November lulled the ranks and Magee as well into thinking the spineless Spaniards would never stand and fight. San Antonio was sure to be an instant replay of Nacogdoches making them the masters of Texas.

In a matter of hours, however, the filibusters were under siege by a larger enemy detachment determined to starve them into submission. Days dragged into weeks as repeated attempts to break through the impenetrable circle were repulsed.

As food and water ran dangerously low, disease ravaged the trapped invaders. Sometime during the four-month ordeal, Magee died from an unknown illness, an assassin’s bullet or by his own hand. The actual cause of death was never revealed, and that in itself suggested foul play.

The plight of their doomed countrymen inspired hundreds of Americans to rush to the rescue.

The siege was shattered in March 1813, and in less than a month San Antonio fell to the rejuvenated Republican Army of the North.

ers were left to rot on the field of the final battle.

Only when Stephen F. Austin happened upon their bones in 1822 did the governor consent to a Christian burial.

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OBITUARIES MCNIELL

finished in Gulf Port, Mississippi after becoming a part of the Brenda and D. Cooper family.

He joined the Marine Corps in November 1976 and became a Field Radio Operator seeing duty in a number of South Pacific and Asian countries, being discharged after 10 years of military service.

McNiell was an avid Dallas Cowboys fan and loved to go fishing whenever he was able.

McNiell enjoyed a number

Michael Wayne McNiell (Mike), of Kyle, Texas, 61, left this world peacefully at home on October 20, 2018 after struggling with a long illness.

McNiell was born in Memphis, Tennessee on Aug. 29, 1957 to Arlene and Guy Earnest McNeill.

In his younger years he lived with a foster family in a Baptist Children’s Home in Tennessee, then, began high school in Rockwall, Texas, but

of career opportunities in life including nurseryman and warehouse manager.

He is preceded in death by his parents, sister Elaine, and foster father D. Cooper.

McNiell is survived by his wife Susan of 41 years, his sons Mitchell, Anthony and Thomas; brothers Jim McNiell of Missouri, Dwayne McNiell of Pennsylvania, sisters Melinda Irving of Tennessee, Melissa Basham of Missouri, foster mother Brenda

Cooper of Munford, Tennessee, foster brothers Scott and Darrius Cooper, foster sisters Brandy and Lee, 2 nephews, a niece, and 10 grandchildren.

A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, Nov. 1 at 5 p.m. at First Baptist Church Buda, 104 S. San Marcos Street, Buda, Texas 78610, Donations may be made to Heart to Heart Hospice, 1340 Wonder World Drive, #4202, San Marcos, Texas 78666.

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Mayor chooses Best in Show

The Annual Kyle Quilters exhibit featured 41 quilts on display at their October showing. Travis Mitchell picked the “Bigfoot” pieced by Katie Schouest and quilted by Kathie Gilson as Best in Show. The small raffle quilt “Breezy Stroll” was won by Angie Duncan. Small Raffle Quilt “Snowbird” was won by Kathie Strehlow. Above is Travis Mitchell with Katie Schouest and her winning quilt.

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judges, resulting in a 74 percent reduction in the time it takes to get them onboard, according to a statement by the DOJ. Since January 2017, 128 immigration court judges have been sworn in.

Locally, Nataly Avendano-Ramirez and her family are looking to politicians for help.

Beto O’Rourke, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, has had close contact with Avendano and her family, using their story as a part of his platform to improve what he believes is a broken immigration system.

“It helped a lot when Beto got involved,” Avendano said. “He talked to us, used this case for his campaign.

He mentioned us at the town hall he hosted in San Marcos, and his support will help us a lot going forward.”

This article is part of a series of reports that will follow the current situation of recently detained persons by ICE.

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judge corps remains a top agency priority.”

Despite the efforts by the Attorney General, the backlog of hearings continues to plague families across the country.

Avendano-Ramirez said the situation has become more difficult as finding a lawyer willing to represent immigration hearings is hard to come by.

It’s a lot of work for lawyers and the process is very long, Nataly Avendano-Ramirez said.

It’s worrying, she said.

Hoping for some change Despite efforts to decrease the backlog of cases since 2016, extended action from President Donald Trump’s crack down on illegal immigration by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is adding the already high numbers of cases.

In 2017, Sessions announced a “streamlined hiring process” for immigration court

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Phenomenal woman

Hays CISD educator motivates self in drive against cancer

BY KATIE BURRELL

Sutten was the first in her family to be diagnosed Among the plethora of with breast cancer and was songs Hays CISD educator more than surprised by her Yvette Sutten has heard diagnosis. She scheduled in her lifetime, few hold surgery to have her cancer as much significance as a removed, expecting that was musical rendition of Maya going to be the course of Angelou’s poem “Phenome- action. Sutten’s doctor later nal Woman.” realized she That would need “My doctors poem, as radiation iconic as it treatments for were 99.9 is, pops into weeks. percent sure Sutten’s head “My docwhenever tors were 99.9 I didn’t have she needs percent sure cancer, 99.9 a reminder I didn’t have of her own cancer, 99.9 percent sure strength. percent sure I would only After all, I would only that tune was need surgery need surgery the primary and 99.9 and 99.9 song Sutten percent sure I used to mowouldn’t have percent sure I tivate herself complicawouldn’t have tions,” Sutten during her successful “But I complications. said. fight against had it all. I But I had it all. really needed breast cancer.

Sutten was help to get I really needdiagnosed through it all, ed help to get and I got it.” with breast cancer five Sutten’s through it all, years ago family all live and I got it.” during a rouin Califortine mamnia, but her mogram that chosen-fam–Yvette Sutten, she’d been ily, a mixture cancer survivor getting every of friends, summer for coworkers years. A 50-year-old single and students, made sure mother at the time, to her she still worked when she then 10-year-old son Zane, could, got to and from Sutten only had a moment treatment and always had to take in the news of her childcare. diagnosis before she had to “The students even made develop an action plan. t-shirts that said “Team Sut“I had a fast-growing ten” that I still see around, breast cancer,” Sutten said. even at HEB sometimes, I’ll “I cried for I think, a minsee a student still wearing ute, and then I had to be a theirs,” Sutten said. planner for myself and for After a year of surgery, my son.” chemo treatments and Sutten graduated from indescribable pain, Sutten’s Texas State University behealth improved. fore becoming a respiratory She got her hair back, therapist, which eventually went back to work, and led her on a path to become now, five years later, she a teacher at Lehman and her son barely rememHigh, where she prepares ber the time she spent students interested in the fighting for survival. medical field.

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Cancer Resource Center in Austin offers support to survivors, especially to those who have complications.

She also recommends patients keep a strong support system around them, an asset Sutten had plenty of.

“Breast cancer can be pretty expensive,” Sutten said. “I’ll be in debt forever because of it, but I have my life and I have so many people around me that I’ve gotten closer to … and I did find resources that made it easier.”

Another major support Sutten had was the help from Wonders and Worries, an organization focused on survivors and their families.

The people at Wonders and Worries aided Sutten with child care. She and her son later held a fundraiser selling pink shoe laces that made $700 for the organization, in return for their free help during her time of need.

Sutten said getting her annual mammogram saved her life, and recommends all women seek annual check-ups and ask for help when they need it.

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Business owners discuss future of Downtown Kyle “We want to follow a 10-10-10 model. We want to have 10 dining destinations, 10 retail shops and 10 places open after 6p.m. for entertainment.”

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The majority of busiFinding ways to imness owners present prove the economic reported that their busivitality of Kyle’s downtown nesses were doing well sector in the future was and that they welcome the focus of an Oct. 18 similar businesses to join stakeholders meeting at in an effort to give people City Hall. options and drive compeThe meeting, led by Kyle tition. Other additions to City Manager Scott Sellers downtown that were sug–Scott Sellers, Kyle City Manager and Julie Snyder, Kyle gested include crosswalks Area Chamber of Comand employee parking your money on food and merce CEO, sought input town as both the main separate from customer from downtown business attraction of the city and a things you can do with parking. owners and neighbors to place for both tourists and your family, and that’s all “We need to make it after 6 p.m,” Sellers said. craft goals for the heart of citizens to enjoy. easier to get to multiSellers said he would the city.

“We want to follow a ple stores and to park like to see downtown Kyle’s downtown square 10-10-10 model,” Sellers somewhere,” said Cathy function like a mall – a is closer to a downtown said. “We want to have 10 Lemoine, owner of the Out square with multiple triangle with storefronts dining destinations, 10 of The Blue salon. claiming only two sides retail shops and 10 places options for spending, that Lemoine said she open and close around the moved her salon out of of west Center Street and open after 6 p.m. for ensame time.

Main Street. Business tertainment.”

Downtown San Marcos Will Caldwell, owner of owners said they would Before working in Kyle, after construction and Dojo Kyle, said he would like to see the area offer Sellers worked in several parking issues drove her like to see downtown more storefronts, as well other cities across the out of town and into Kyle. as residential space such state and has visited many become an active center Official plans have not as lofts and apartments, downtowns to do research for families; stakeholders been made, but the city unanimously agreed. spread across the rest of on why some spots are anticipates holding future “We’re saying there the space to complete a successful and why some meetings with city leaders full downtown square. are not. Sellers said down- needs to be more density and Kyle residents. Dedowntown,” Caldwell said. velopments will depend Kyle City Council mem- town business owners “As someone who lives bers Alex Villalobos, Tracy should also consider how on realty investors and down here and has friends construction on Burleson Sheel and Mayor Travis they themselves shop. come into town, we wonMitchell expressed their “You go out after busiStreet to complete the goal to showcase downness hours and you spend der what we’re going to do downtown square.

Businesses find ways to cash in on fall, Halloween season

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menu is filled with fall and Halloween inspired drinks, From big box stores to giving coffee enthusiast small businesses, the fall an opportunity to shop season, primarily Hallocally. loween, is a billion dollar But the coffee industry industry many in the busi- isn’t the only business ness world look to cash in looking to cash in on fall. on every year.

Wildflower Blessings in According to Wallethub, Kyle is also taking part and Halloween 2018 will is building bouquets that generate $9 billion in sales match the season. this year alone, ranging Nicolie Linder, the ownfrom costumes, candy, er of Wildflower Blessings, decorations, flowers and said the floral industry reyes, pumpkin spice lattes. volves around what flowIn 2003, Starbucks intro- ers are in season. During duced the pumpkin spice Halloween, the team at latte in 100 locations, Wildflower Blessings can eventually sparking a naadd spooky decorations to tional phenomenon that a bouquet of flowers with has since become associdarker, earthy tones, in acated with fall festivities. cordance with the season.

In a 2017 report, Star“It adds creativity to bucks sold around $350 our work and allows us to million in pumpkin spice craft a bouquet that goes lattes, amounting to $1.4 with the season,” said billion in company reveHeather Olson, manager nue since the drink was at Wildflower Blessings. introduced in 2003.

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Holiday seasons allow businesses like Wildflower Blessings to be more creative with seasonal flowers and colors.

other Halloween inspired decor.”

Halloween inspired floral arrangements includes crotons, a plant that has pigments of green, burgundy, dark reds and oranges, all colors associated with fall.

Linder said business has continued to grow since she acquired the business

in the summer.

During Thanksgiving, the team expects large floral arrangement orders to come in.

Whether it be coffee or flowers, businesses across the country and in Hays County, will look towards incorporating season items that have been historically successful.

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Consolidate accounts for a more clear financial strategy

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one of us can completely control all the things that happen to us. Yet, when it comes to achieving your longterm financial goals, including a comfortable retirement, you do have a great deal of power – as long as you follow a clear, well-defined financial strategy. And one way to help build and maintain such a strategy is by consolidating your financial accounts.

Over the course of their lives, many people pick up a variety of financial accounts from multiple sources. They might have a few IRAs from different providers, a couple of old 401(k) plans from past employers, an insurance policy (or two) purchased many years ago, and a scattershot of stocks, bonds, certificates of deposit and other investments.

If this picture describes your situation, you may want to think about consolidating.

For one thing, having a variety of accounts can run up a lot of fees.

Furthermore, you’ll have lots of paperwork to keep track of all your accounts, including several different tax statements. Plus, just by having so many accounts, you risk forgetting about some of them – and if you don’t think you’d ever forget about your own money, consider this: Well over $40 billion in unclaimed cash and property, including 401(k)s, pensions and IRAs, is awaiting return to the rightful owners, according to the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators.

But beyond reducing your possible fees, paperwork and potential for lost assets, consolidating your accounts with one provider can give you a centralized, unifying investment strategy, one that can help you in the following ways: Diversification – If you own several different financial accounts, including IRAs, 401(k) s and online accounts, you might have many similar investments within them. You might

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even own a cash-value insurance policy containing investments that closely track the ones you have in the other accounts. This type of duplication can be harmful, because if a market downturn primarily affects one type of asset, and your portfolio is dominated by that asset or similar ones, you could take a big hit. But if you have all your investments in the same place, a financial professional can review your holdings and recommend appropriate ways to diversify your investment dollars.

(Be aware, though, that while diversification can reduce the impact of market volatility on your portfolio, it can’t guarantee profits or protect against all losses.

Staying on track – With all your accounts in one place, you’ll find it easier to keep the big picture in mind and make the moves necessary to help you progress toward your financial goals. Two main actions include buying or selling investments and adjusting your portfolio to make it more aggressive or conservative, depending on your situation.

Avoiding mistakes – If you own several separate accounts, you could see a loss in one or more of them and overreact by selling investments that could still be valuable to you.

But with a consolidated investment platform, you can see more clearly that the impact of a loss may be small, relative to the rest of your holdings.

As we’ve seen, consolidating your investment accounts with a single provider can have several advantages. So think carefully about bringing everything together – you may find that there’s strength in unity.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

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No. 17-0304-P - NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT - Notice is hereby given that Letters of Independent Administration for the Estate of RUTHALYN CASSANDRA ANDERSON, Deceased, were issued on October 22, 2018, under Cause No. 17-0304-P, pending in the Probate Court Number Two of Hays County, Texas, to Adolphus Anderson.

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this estate on the 9th day of July, 2018, requesting that the Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of Elizabeth Ann McKenzie, Deceased, and their respective shares and interests in such estate.

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

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

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

Applicant's Attorney: Lucinda Doyle 251 N. FM 1626 Suite A Buda, TX 78610 (512) 757-3309 Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at the office of the Hays County Clerk in San Marcos, Texas on this the 29th day of October, 2018.

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I-35 corridor mayors band together in regional coalition

BY EXSAR ARGUELLO

ors plan to convene before the next state legislative Rapid expansion along session in January 2019 the Interstate 35 corrito tackle the increasing dor from San Antonio to amount of property taxes Georgetown is prompting their residents are paying, city leaders to form a an issue that is prevalent coalition they believe can throughout the cities in help solve growth-related the corridor. issues.

“We had a very Mayors from San Anto- thoughtful and engaging nio, Austin, San Marcos, meeting and we certainly Kyle, Buda, Round Rock want to work on a nonand Georgetown created partisan coalition going the Central Texas Regional forward,” said San Marcos Mayors Coalition, a joint Mayor John Thomaides. initiative that was first an- “Productive and respectnounced Oct. 25 at Austin ful dialogue is something City Hall. we want to have with the The mayors are hopenext Texas Legislature.” ful the coalition will help Austin Mayor Steve Adsolve issues such as access ler said the cities throughto water, transportation, out the I-35 corridor have property tax reform, flood similar interests, and mitigation and economic will jointly work with the development.

Capital Area Metropolitan Additionally, the mayPlanning Organization

The mayors are hopeful the coalition will help solve issues such as access to water, transportation, property tax reform, flood mitigation and economic development.

(CAMPO) in regard to infrastructure needs and improvements.

Adler said the coalition will work to address the growing amount of property taxes residents have been paying, which he believes lies in the state’s recapture, or “Robin Hood,” school finance system.

Adler said 72 percent of property tax increases in

Under Chapter 41 of the Texas Education Code (TEC) school districts in property wealthy areas are required to share part of their tax revenue with other school districts with lower appraised property values.

“We oppose efforts to cap cities’ ability to raise local property taxes lower than current caps,” according to the statement. “The state’s continued failure to address school finance is the true driver of rising property tax bills in our city, and our state leaders should focus their attention on fixing school finance, and not on local communities’ ability to tax themselves to fund safety, infrastructure and public services our residents demand.”

the Austin area are a result of the state’s recapture system. He added the value of homes in the Austin area has gone up by $2,000 in the past few years.

According to a joint statement, the mayors believe “real property tax relief” can only come from the legislature funding public schools adequately and equitably.

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Adler called this the state’s camouflaged “hidden state property tax.”

Leaders agreed changes must be made within the legislature.

On flood mitigation efforts, particularly in Hays County, Thomaides said the cities will work together to ensure community preparedness during flooding, which includes open communication with the cities of Kyle and Buda for relief during natural disasters.

As the next legislative session nears, the coalition will meet to discuss pertinent issues the coalition will address before the Texas Legislature.

The Hays Free Press will cover the regional initiative as the coalition develops in the future.

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Public Notices CITY OF NIEDERWALD On November 12, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the City of Niederwald, Texas, located at 8807 Niederwald Strasse Road, Niederwald, Texas, the City Council will hold a public hearing giving all interested persons the right to appear and be heard on the proposed annexation by the City of Niederwald, Texas, of approximately 0.33 acres, as petitioned by the property owner, said property being located near the 13000 block of Camino Real If you have any questions regarding this annexation, contact Niederwald City Hall at 512-398-6338.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION Pursuant to chapter 59; Texas property code; Cornerstone Storage 281 N FM 1626 Buda, TX, 78610 will hold a public auction of property being sold to satisfy a landlord lien. The sale will end on or around 10:00 am on November 15, 2018 via storagetreasures. com. Property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash.

A $50.00 clean up deposit will be required. Unit must be cleaned out 48 Hrs. from end of sale. Sale is subject to adjournment. Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale.

A general description of unit contents is but not limited to misc. household items, furniture, electronics, and tools.

Property includes contents from units of the following tenants: Valerie Moreno, Seth Kuykendall, Eloy A Reyes

EARLY NOTICE AND PUBLIC REVIEW OF A PROPOSED ACTIVITY IN A 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN To: All interested Agencies, Groups and Individuals This is to give notice that the City of Buda (city) has determined that the following proposed action under the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program is located in the 100-year floodplain, and that the city will be evaluating alternatives to locating the action in the floodplain and the potential impacts on the floodplain from the proposed action, as required by Executive Order 11988, in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 Subpart C Procedures for Making Determinations on Floodplain Management.

Project Location: At a point on FM 2770 (approximately 30.076368, -97.851128), to extend approximately 650 LF southeast and approximately 350 LF northwest, Buda, Hays County, TX 78610 Project Description: The proposed improvements will provide a new outfall channel and culvert under FM 2770 in order to divert excess flow from the unnamed tributary of Onion Creek, to reduce flood risk in the area. Installation of three 11’ x 6’ box culverts and wingwalls at FM 2770; construction of new outfall channel (approx. 1,400’ long and 45’ wide); installation of rock riprap or concrete energy dissipaters, or drop structures, as needed between FM 2770 and Onion Creek main stem; replacement of road surface and stabilization of roadway embankment following culvert installation. Project activities include associated appurtenances, and Administration and Engineering work.

An estimated 0.50 acres are located in Zone AE of the 100-Year Floodplain. There are no feasible alternatives.

There are three primary purposes for this notice. First, people who may be affected by activities in floodplains, and those who have an interest in the protection of the natural environment, should be given an opportunity to express their concerns and provide information about these areas. Commenters are encouraged to offer alternative sites outside of the floodplain, alternative methods to serve the same project purpose, and methods to minimize and mitigate impacts. Second, an adequate public notice program can be an important public educational tool. The dissemination of information and request for public comment about floodplains can facilitate and enhance Federal efforts to reduce the risks associated with the occupancy and modification of these special

areas. Third, as a matter of fairness, when the Federal government determines it will participate in actions taking place in floodplains, it must inform those who may be put at greater or continued risk.

Written comments must be received at the following address on or before 11/15/18: City of Buda, 405 E. Loop Street, Building 100, Buda, TX 78610, Attn: City Engineer/Floodplain Administrator. A full description of the project may also be reviewed at the City Engineer’s Office during the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday, at the same address.

Date: 10/31/18

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS To All Interested Parties: The City of Buda is seeking proposals for the tax exempt financing of certain equipment required in connection with energy savings measures located within, owned and managed by Buda.

The financing will be in an amount not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Eighty Four Thousand Four Hundred Seventy Five Dollars ($2,584,475.00) with a construction period of approximately eight (8) months and an amortization period described in the RFP. Please submit four (4) copies of the proposal [one (1) CD or flash drive and three (3) hard copies, signed in ink in a sealed envelope to: City of Buda Attention: Purchasing Manager RE: RFP 19-004 ENERGY SAVINGS FINANCING 405 E. Loop St. Bldg. 100 Buda, Texas 78610 The deadline for submission of proposals is 12:00 p.m. on Thursday November 15, 2018.

The City of Buda reserves the right to negotiate with any and all persons or firms submitting proposals, per the Texas Professional Services Procurement Act and the Uniform Grant and Contract Management Standards.

The City of Buda is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and strives to attain goals for Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u), as amended.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS To All Interested Parties: The City of Buda is seeking proposals for Lease/Purchase financing, for equipment to be acquired by the City. The financing will be in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Sixty Five Thousand Dollars ($265,000.00) with an acquisition period of approximately twelve (8) months and an amortization period described in the RFP. Please submit four (4) copies of the proposal [one (1) CD or flash drive and three (3) hard copies, signed in ink in a sealed envelope to: City of Buda Attention: Purchasing Manager RE: RFP 19-005 Equipment Lease/Purchase 405 E. Loop St. Bldg. 100 Buda, Texas 78610 The deadline for submission of proposals is 12:00 p.m. on Thursday November 15, 2018.

The City of Buda reserves the right to negotiate with any and all persons or firms submitting proposals, per the Texas Professional Services Procurement Act and the Uniform Grant and Contract Management Standards.

The City of Buda is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and strives to attain goals for Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u), as amended.

REQUEST FOR BIDS Hays CISD is Requesting Bids for Bid #18-101804JO Uniform Services. Bids will be accepted until 11-16-18 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-268-2141 ext. 45092) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Bid responses must be returned to the HCISD Purchasing Office, Jennifer Ornelas, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640, by the date and time indicated above. Late Bids will be returned unopened. The HCISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all formalities in the bid process.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Hays CISD is Requesting Proposals for RFP #25-101806VL Event Staff Services. Proposals will be accepted until 11-15-18 at 2:00 p.m. local time.

Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-268-2141 ext.

45092) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Bid responses must be returned to the HCISD Purchasing Office, Valerie Littrell, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640, by the date and time indicated above. Late Bids will be returned unopened.

The HCISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all formalities in the bid process.

NOTICE OF REQUIREMENT TO COMPLY WITH THE SUBDIVISION SERVICE EXTENSION POLICY OF RUBY RANCH WATER SUPPLY CORPORATION Pursuant to Chapter 13.2502 of the Texas Water Code, Ruby Ranch Water Supply Corporation hereby gives notice that any person who subdivides land by dividing any lot, tract, or parcel of land, within the service area of Ruby Ranch Water Supply Corporation, Certificate of Convenience and Necessity No. 12849, in Hays County, into two or more lots or sites for the purpose of sale or development, whether immediate or future, including re-subdivision of land for which a plat has been filed and recorded or requests more than two water service connections on a single contiguous tract of land must comply with the Rules and Regulations Concerning Ruby Ranch's Service to Subdivisions (the "Subdivision Policy") contained in Ruby Ranch Water Supply Corporation's tariff.

Ruby Ranch Water Supply Corporation is not required to extend retail water utility service to a service applicant in a subdivision where the developer of the subdivision has failed to comply with the Subdivision Policy.

Applicable elements of the Subdivision Policy include: File a written request, with the necessary information and payment, that Ruby Ranch Water Supply Corporation perform a feasibility study to determine if there exists sufficient capacity in Ruby Ranch’s System to serve the proposed subdivision; Evaluation by Ruby Ranch Water Supply Corporation of the impact a proposed subdivision service extension will make on Ruby Ranch Water Supply Corporation's water supply system and payment of the costs for this evaluation; Payment of reasonable costs or fees by the developer for providing water supply capacity; Payment of fees for reserving water supply capacity; Forfeiture of reserved water supply capacity for failure to pay applicable fees; Payment of costs of any improvements to Ruby Ranch Water Supply Corporation's system that are necessary to provide the water service; Construction according to design approved by Ruby Ranch Water Supply Corporation and dedication by the developer of water facilities and easements within the subdivision following inspection.

Ruby Ranch Water Supply Corporation's Tariff and a map showing Ruby Ranch Water Supply Corporation's service area may be reviewed at Ruby Ranch Water Supply Corporation's offices, at P.O. Box 1585, Buda, Texas, 78610; the tariff and service area map also are filed of record at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in Austin, Texas and may be reviewed by contacting the TCEQ, c/o Water Utilities and Districts Section, Water Supply Division, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the City of Kyle, Hays County, Texas, Case No. 18-06-2155P. The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

solicits technical information or comments on proposed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

These determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program.

For more information on the proposed flood hazard determinations and information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at www. fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/ bfe, or call the FEMA Map Information eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Maria Cristina Chio, Deceased, were issued on October 22, 2018, in Cause No. 18-0318 - P, pending in the County Court at Law No. ONE, HAYS County, Texas, to: Jeffrey Smith, Jr. All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: John Hall Attorney at Law 130 Hall Professional Center Kyle, TX 78640 DATED the 31st day of Oct., 2018.

John Hall Attorney for Jeffrey Smith, Jr. State Bar No.: 08759880 130 Hall Professional Center Kyle, TX 78640 Telephone: (512) 268-6425 Facsimile: (512) 268-5404 E-mail: johnhall@lawyer. com

CITATION BY PUBLICATION TO DOE VALLEY, INC., UNKNOWN SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, 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 3RD DAY OF DECEMBER, 2018 a default judgment may be taken against you.

YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the 22nd District Court, Hays County, Texas, at San Marcos then and there to answer the PLAINTIFF’S ORIGINAL PETITION filed in said Court on the 2ND DAY OF AUGUST, 2018 and said suit being numbered 18-1766 on the docket of said Court, wherein Matt Lowry is the Plaintiff and Doe Valley, Inc. is the Defendant.

The nature of said suit is as follows: JUDGMENT FOR TITLE AND POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS (1) LOT 278, WOODCREEK, SECTION 20, HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS; (2) LOTS 130 AND 131, WOODCREEK, SECTION 20, HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS; AND (3) LOT 76, WOODCREEK SECTION 20, HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS. 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 MAY HAND AND SEAL of said Court at office, on this the 17th day of October, 2018.

REQUESTED BY: Joseph Malone, Attorney at Law Stevens & Malone, LLP 150 RR 3237 P.O. Box 727 Wimberley, Texas 78676 joe@stevensmalonelaw.

com www.stevensmalonelaw. com T: 512-847-9277 F. 512-847-5131 BEVERLY CRUMLEY Hays County District Clerk Hays County Government Center 712 Stagecoach Trail, Ste. 2211 San Marcos, Texas 78666

By Mallory Rogers, Deputy

CITATION BY PUBLICATION TO DOE VALLEY, INC., UNKNOWN SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS 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 3RD DAY OF DECEMBER, 2018 a default judgment may be taken against you.

YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the 207th District Court, Hays County, Texas, at San Marcos then and there to answer the PLAINTIFF’S ORIGINAL PETITION filed in said Court on the 2ND DAY OF AUGUST, 2018, and said suit being numbered 18-1767 on the docket of said Court, wherein Wimberley Valley Habitat for Humanity, Inc. is the Plaintiff and Doe Valley, Inc. is the Defendant.

The nature of said suit is as follows: JUDGMENT FOR TITLE AND POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS LOT SC49, WOODCREEK, SECTION 9A, HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS AND LOT 129, WOODCREEK, SECTION 13, HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS. 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 MAY HAND AND SEAL of said Court at office, on this the 17th day of October, 2018.

REQUESTED BY: Joseph Malone, Attorney at Law Stevens & Malone, LLP 150 RR 3237 P.O. Box 727 Wimberley, Texas 78676 joe@stevensmalonelaw. com www.stevensmalonelaw. com T: 512-847-9277 F. 512-847-5131 BEVERLY CRUMLEY Hays County District Clerk Hays County Government Center 712 Stagecoach Trail, Ste. 2211 San Marcos, Texas 78666

By Mallory Rogers, Deputy

REQUEST FOR BIDS Sealed Bids, pursuant to Local Government Code Chapter 252, will be received for the Oxbow Neighborhood Area Drainage Improvements construction project by the City of Buda – Finance Department, 405 E. Loop Street, Buda, Texas until 2:00 PM local time on November 13 , 2018.

Immediately thereafter, the bid proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud in the

Council Chambers (Room 1097) located at 405 E. Loop Street.

The project includes construction of improvements to the existing drainage system including earthen channels, culverts, utility adjustments, traffic control, erosion and sediment control, and site restoration.

Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a lump sum and unit price basis, with additive alternate bid items (if any) as indicated in the Bid Form.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: City of Buda – Finance Department, 405 E. Loop Street, Buda, Texas 78610, Victor Castillo, CTCM, Purchasing Manager.

(512) 523-1015, VCastillo@ ci.buda.tx.us.

Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents from the Procurement Website as described below.

REQUEST FOR BIDS Hays CISD is Requesting Bids for Bid #18-101805VL Waterproofing and General Maintenance – Multiple Campuses. Bids will be accepted until 11-15-18 at 2:00 p.m. local time. A Pre-bid meeting will be held on 11-06-2018 at 10:00 a.m. at Hays CISD Central Administration Building Annex A, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, Texas. Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-2682141 ext. 45092) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Bid responses must be returned to the HCISD Purchasing Office, Valerie Littrell, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640, by the date and time indicated above.

Late Bids will be returned unopened. The HCISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all formalities in the bid process.

NOTICE BUDA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PUBLIC HEARING November 7, 2018 A public hearing will be held by the Buda Economic Development Corporation, a Type B economic development corporation, on November 7, 2018 at 5:30 pm, at the Buda City Hall - Multipurpose Room, located at 405 East Loop Street, Buda, Texas, to solicit input prior to adopting an Economic Development Strategic Plan. The draft version of the Plan can be downloaded at www.BudaEDC.com/Strategic-Plan.

It is requested that you make your views known, either in person or by writing to the Buda Economic Development Corporation.

Notice posted at the Buda Economic Development office and Buda City Hall, October 19, 2018.

Ann Miller, Executive Director Buda Economic Development Corporation Ann Miller, Executive Director Buda Economic Development Corporation

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