May 2017 Hays Coutny Echo

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s the days get longer and the school year comes to a close, many parents, students and residents are looking ahead to summer plans.

Places such as Universal Studios, Disneyland and the like come to mind when it comes to summer fun.

But unless you’ve saved your money and planned correctly (or sold a few organs here and there), the dream of a mega-vacation may not be in reach.

Luckily, we at the Hays County Echo are here to help.

In this month’s Echo, we’re highlighting some of the best places for fun in Hays County. Locations range from local rivers and swimming areas to wineries and distilleries, where

local residents can stay and play.

While fun in the sun and around the pool is always enjoyable, staying safe is also a priority too.

This month, we also highlight the lifeguards at Hays Communities YMCA, who continually train to ensure the safety of those in the pool.

Our focus moves from the present to the future as we take a glance at some of the fun options that could be in store for Hays County residents. We

In this issue...

Living the pool life Lifeguards train to be the best in case of the worst ........ 4-5

Summer Fun in Hays County Places to go and things to do in Hays County .............. 6-10

Help Save the King of Butterflies The decline of the monarch butterfly ..............................11-13

Central Texas Festivals and Events .................... 14 Service Directory ........................................................15 ABOUT THE COVER:

Paul Del Rio is a lifeguard at the Hays Communities YMCA and a student at Texas State University. (photo by Moses Leos III)

take a look at some of the proposed improvements that could be coming to Buda City Park, as well as a proposed splash pad that could make its way east of Interstate 35.

While beautiful to look at, the future of the ever-iconic monarch butterfly is in question as numbers are on the decline. Columnist Chris Reid sheds a spotlight on the colorful insect and how many people are trying to prevent its extinction.

Whether you’re ready for a dip in the pool or a day-trip across the county, the Hays County Echo has you covered.

Thanks for reading.

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Living the pool life Lifeguards train to be the best in case of the worst

BY MOSES LEOS III

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urrent San Marcos resident Hunter Denio learned from an early age just how vital pool lifeguards could be.

While swimming at a wave pool in his native Pittsburgh, Penn., Denio, who was eight years old at the time, couldn’t swim back to shore due to the power of the waves. A lifeguard saw Denio in distress and jumped in to swim him to safety.

For Denio, who has worked as a lifeguard with the Hays Communities YMCA since October 2014, the moment hit home how important his job is.

“That [drowning] experience alone drives home why I want to do it,” Denio said. “It’s important to me because I can relate to the kids now … there’s an understanding.”

Billy Warren, aquatics director at the Hays Communities YMCA, said the job of a lifeguard extends beyond stereotypes such as “Baywatch,” which dramatizes the profession.

Instead, lifeguards prevent major issues and injures from occurring, rather than reacting to them.

“It’s not the ‘Baywatch’ stuff … it’s not grabbing all of the gear and jumping in,” Warren said. “Most of my day is, ‘hey, I need you to walk,’ in order to prevent someone from slipping and hitting the concrete.”

Warren said the Hays YMCA, located in Buda, has a staff of 35 lifeguards, which grows to roughly 50 or 60 during the summer months.

The mean age of lifeguards that apply for the job is between 18 and 20. Those who apply must be over the age of 16. Who applies depends on the location, with the Hays YMCA seeing many applicants from Hays and Lehman high schools, along with those from Texas State University and Austin Community College.

Roughly half of those who apply have certifications that allow them to lifeguard from day one, Warren said.

Those who are certified are familiarized with the facility and are then able

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to go on duty.

The other “It’s not the ‘Baywatch’ stuff … it’s not half are taken grabbing all of the gear and jumping in. through a 40hour training Most of my day is, ‘hey, I need you to course that is walk,’ in order to prevent someone from conducted inhouse. The trainslipping and hitting the concrete.” ing involves 30 hours of training –Billy Warren, in the classroom Aquatics Director and the pool. at the Hays WarThe remaining 10 Communities YMCA hours are conducted via online tutoriren said als prior to the classroom training. proWarren said trainees go through spective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) lifeand automated external defibrillator guards (AED) certification, as well as certificadon’t tion to administer oxygen. have to Lifeguard training, which involves come assessing the situation and learning in with how to assist others in distress in the experience, but should be willing to water, is also taught, along with first learn and take direction. He said the aid, which Warren said is “probably most successful applicants are those the thing (lifeguards) see most.” who don’t “have the answers yet.”

“They see kids with nosebleeds and But those who last in the probig bites and stuff like that,” Warren fession understand “what the job said. really is,” Warren said. Oftentimes, the He added that the lifeguards who job has lifeguards go through their are selected keep up their skills by 30-minute shifts on the stand without training two times per month for a 2 incident. and a 1/2 hour period.

“The ones that do well are the ones Denio, who went through the who aren’t afraid of facilitating the training, said everyone is “bad in the rules,” Warren said. “Young ones, they beginning,” but over time trainees are can feel bad they’re going to make worked with and learn what to do. someone feel bad by telling them they “They want to make it so comforthave to walk. Those are the ones that able with what you’re doing, it’s not don’t last or do as well.” scary in the moment,” Denio said.

Through their experiences, lifeHe referenced a recent incident guards also learn key skills that help at the Hays YMCA where lifeguards them outside of the pool. helped a patron who suffered from Denio said the job also helps those heat stroke near the sauna. who wish to go into the medical field Denio’s training also kicked in and provides a boost to a young peroutside of the pool when he and a son’s resume. Denio, who aspires to group of fellow lifeguards saved a man become an Austin Police officer, said who suffered a heart attack they were he hopes his experience as a lifeguard leaving the San Antonio Zoo. can help when he applies for the “His heart stopped beating, but we academy. brought him back to life,” Denio said.

“It looks good on your resume, and “Within five minutes EMS arrived you help your community,” Denio and he went to the hospital. The next said. “And you have the basic knowlday, we got a phone call from the man edge of medical stuff and you know thanking us.” how to work with people.”

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SUMMER FUN

Where to get in the water

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Rio Vista Park San Marcos City Park

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Five Mile Dam Kyle Pool

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City Park Buda Dog Park Jackson Tyler Norris Memorial Skate Park Buda Sportsplex Bradfield Village Park Stagecoach Park Garlic Creek Park Bonita Vista Park Stoneridge Park Green Meadows Park

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In the works for Buda Schematics for improvements at Buda City Park have been unanimously approved by city council earlier this month. The improvements, which are expected to cost in the range of $6 million, include plans to build new restroom facilities, as well as an upgraded pavilion, new amphitheater and more parking options for park visitors. A full story on what Buda’s proposed improvement to City Park could look like can be found online at haysfreepress.com

Five Mile comeback Dudley Johnson Park, a.k.a. Five Mile Dam, is open this summer even though the gates for the riverside parking are closed. According to the Hays County Parks and Recreation Dept., the parking is closed to allow the 7,000 trees that were planted by Tree People after the Memorial Day flood of 2015 a chance to grow, but access to the river, by foot, is allowed.

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This summer’s movie lineup at Buda City Park is: • June 2 – Moana • June 9 – The Secret Life of Pets • June 16 – Star Wars - Rogue One

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Family Entertainment

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Help save the king of butterflies

BY CHRISTINE REID

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he monarch butterflies really need our help! These beautiful orange and black insects, Danaus plexippus, may look graceful and elegant as they flit about the garden, but the cold, hard facts about their future look quite grim. Their numbers have been on a zigzaggy decline for more than a decade.

The total area occupied by monarch colonies in overwintering sites in Mexico went from a high of 18.19 hectares (a unit of measurement equal to 100 acres) in 1996-97 to a disturbingly low 2.91 hectares in 2016-17. The takeaway is that the North American monarch population has been in a dangerous decline over the past decade. Cathy Downs, a volunteer conservation specialist with Monarch Watch, a nonprofit education, conservation and research program based at the University of Kansas, spoke recently at a meeting of the Hays County Master Gardeners in San Marcos. “Monarchs face unique challenges,” she said. “They never evolved to use any host plants other than milkweeds.”

That’s one big part of the problem.

Milkweed plants, the only food that monarch butterflies absolutely have to have in order to survive, are disappearing.

“Agricultural fields used to have milkweeds,” Downs explained, along with other wildflowers. But, in the late 1990s, farmers began accelerating their use of herbicides, such as glyphosate, to clear the areas around and between their rows of crops. It made it easier for the growers but it was very damaging for pollinators who depended on the large swaths of milkweeds and native plants, especially the monarch butterflies.

Another troubling aspect of the monarch decline is related to their distinctive migratory pattern. Monarch butterflies are the only insects that migrate to a warmer climate more than 2000 miles away. To find their larval

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“Monarchs face unique challenges.

They never evolved to use any host plants other than milkweeds.”

–Cathy Downs, a volunteer conservation specialist with Monarch Watch PHOTOS BY CHRISTINE REID

According to Cathy Downs, left, the population of tropical milkweed (Asclepias Currasavica) – which is necessary for the survival of Monarch butterflies – is declining, due to herbicides and agricultural land being used for other purposes.

food and to escape freezing weather in the north, monarch butterflies spend the winter hibernating in Mexico and parts of California.

The butterflies east of the Rockies go to Mexico to live in the Oyamel fir tree forests and those from the west go to places like Pacific Grove, California, near Monterey. In California, there are more than 450 monarch sanctuaries where the butterflies roost in eucalyptus, pine and cypress trees. Migration usually starts in October, even earlier if the weather turns cold. After they end hibernation and mate in February and March, the monarchs fly north, searching for milkweed plants on which to lay their eggs, seemingly guided by a built-in compass.

No single monarch makes it through the whole trip north. It takes two to

three generations to complete the entire journey.

Because of rampant deforestation, such as illegal logging in Mexico, the monarchs are losing more and more of their winter habitat, along with the larval food that grows in the warmer areas. In addition, the rest stops that the monarchs need along their migratory path are being destroyed due to roads and homes being built, which in turn removes more milkweed plants. “We’re also losing pollinator habitat to roadside mowing,” Downs said.

The battle to save this special butterfly is being waged by national and state agencies as well as nonprofit groups and individuals. The monarch is currently being considered for inclusion on the endangered species list. Downs, a master gardener and master naturalist from Comfort, has worked with Monarch Watch the last four years to provide guidance to those who want to make

their outdoor spaces monarch-friendly.

Along with doing outreach programs that show people how to create pollinator gardens and answering questions sent to their website, monarchwatch. org, she also works closely with the Native Plant Society of Texas.

In her talk, Downs strongly encouraged the planting of milkweeds in home and school gardens, as well as in parks and other public spaces. Also, “by planting nectar or blooming plants you benefit the monarch’s fall migration as well as all pollinators,” she said. To further help monarchs, consider forgoing the traditional landscape of a high maintenance lawn and a standard row of conifer shrubs. Downs suggested replacing parts of the lawn with low-growing native grasses, blooming annuals and perennials that will attract pollinators and reduce mowing. Always avoid the use of pesticides and herbicides, chemical (always) or natural (whenever possible),

Resources for monarch butterfly and native plant information monarchwatch.org Monarch education, conservation and research npsot.org Native Plant Society of Texas monarchjointventure.org Partnership of agencies and groups dedicated to helping monarchs

in order to protect the insects. first frost,” she explained. Check with Monarchs, with their colorful wings your AgriLife extension office, the Native of orange and black, can, at first glance, Plant Society of Texas and local nurserlook very similar to the queen and ies to see what milkweeds grow in your viceroy butterflies. The differences are area. While it’s best to plant the native subtle but discernible, once you know milkweeds, they’re not always available what to look for. The queen butterfly has and can be difficult to get started. So, white spots on its hind wings and is a along with any native milkweeds you darker orange. The viceroy has a black can find, plant the easy care tropical line across its hind wings and is a little milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) and smaller than the monarch. While the cut it down at the end of summer to monarch and queen keep it in alignment butterflies both lay their with the native milkAfter the monarchs eggs on milkweeds, the weed life cycle. viceroy butterflies lay Some may have wonend hibernation and eggs on willows, poplars dered why such a fuss mate in February and cottonwoods. By was being made about and March, they fly wearing the monarch’s one particular species colors, the queen and of butterfly. Downs had north, searching for viceroy butterflies cona ready response to milkweed plants on fuse and repel predators that. “Firstly, monarchs which to lay their that have learned the are an eco-indicator,” eggs, seemingly monarchs taste bad, she noted. “Where which results from eatthere is monarch deguided by a built-in ing milkweeds. cline there is also bee compass. No single When it comes to decline, beetle decline, monarch makes it milkweeds, there are hummingbird decline, more than 100 species through the whole trip etc.” Viewing it from in the United States, another angle, she north. It takes two to ranging from the comreferred to something three generations to mon milkweed (Asclepithat Dr. Lincoln Browas syriaca), to the exotic er, the world’s leading complete the entire looking Antelope-horns monarch expert, said journey.

(Asclepias asperula), in an interview with along with many others.

CBS news in 2010 when “Look at milkweed wherever you can in asked how the world would be different its native or natural habitat and try to if there was no monarch migration. He mimic those conditions whenever possi- replied, “My answer to that is, what good ble,” Downs said. Plant different milkis the Mona Lisa? What good is Mozart’s weed varieties to extend the egg laying music? We could live without it, but we season. “Milkweed seed is best sown in would be diminished as a culture and as the fall, young plugs in the early spring a people.” Brower concluded, “There is and established root systems after the nothing like it. It is unique.”

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Central Texas Festivals and Events May 6

Wimberley Market Days Come celebrate summer at Wimberley Market Days Saturday May 6 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. rain or shine. Listen to live music on three stages from 11:00 a.m. through 2 p.m.

This free event is located at Lions Field on RR 2325 Wimberley with ample parking in three lots. For more information see the Market Days web site at www.shopmarketdays.com or follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/ wimberleymarketdays.

Feria del Mariachi This annual event hosted by the Latin Music Studies department at Texas State University features competitions, workshops and concert performances. The event will be held at the Performing Arts Center at Texas State University, 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX. Call (512) 245-8386 or see latin. music.txstate.edu/events/2017-Feria-delMariachi.html for more information.

May 12-13

Farmgrass Fest

Viva! Cinco de Mayo & State Menudo Cook Off The 43rd Annual Viva! Cinco De Mayo & State Menudo Cook-off will be held at San Marcos Plaza Park from 10 a.m-6 p.m. on May 6. Bring the whole family for a day of live music and fun for all. To register for the cook-off, please email vivacincosmtx@twc. com or call (512) 665-0785

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Come out for a weekend of pickin’, grinnin’ and farm-fresh tunes at Farmgrass Fest May 12-13 at Simmons Family Farm in Niederwald. This annual event supports a local 501(c)(3) that supports farmers suffering from medical emergencies. at Simmons Family Farm in Niederwald. See farmgrassfest.org for more information.

May 13

Squeeze Me On the Square On May 13, come out to Kyle Market

Days for the “Squeeze Me On the Square” Squeezebox Music Fest. In addition to local vendors, live music will feature The Fabulous Polkasonics, Czech Melody Masters, Gulf Coast Playboys and the Conjunto Cats. The event will last from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at City Square Park.

May 19

Movies at Lake Kyle Kick off Kyle’s 2017 Movies in the Park series with “Star Wars - Rogue One” (PG13) on May 19 beginning after sunset at Lake Kyle. Bring your blankets, folding chairs and movie snacks to enjoy a relaxing evening by the water.

May 20-21

Starlight Symphony Orchestra Celebrate color at this free performance by the Starlight Symphony Orchestra featuring “My Many Colored Days” by Dr. Seuss. Performances will be May 20 at Hays Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. and May 21 at the First Baptist Church of Wimberley at 4 p.m. See www.starlightsymphony.org

for more information. Starlight Symphony Orchestra is a regional community orchestra whose performances are always free.

Dirt Dauber Festival Partake in a celebration of all things clay at the Eye of the Dog Art Center in San Marcos on Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday from noon-5 p.m. This free event features clay art demonstrations, refreshments, a kids’ clay play table and live music. What’s not to like? Eye of the Dog Arts Center is located at 405 Valley View West Road, San Marcos, TX.

May 27-28

Wimberley Memorial Day Rodeo It’s a weekend of fun for the whole family at the Wimberley VFW Arena, 401 Jacobs Well Road, for this Open Pro Lester Meier Rodeo. This event includes great food and vendors and benefits the local 4H Wimberley Club. The event will be held Saturday & Sunday night from 7:30-10 p.m.

See www.wimberleyrodeo.org for more information.

Hays County Echo Service Directory AIR CONDITIONING AIM A/C and Heating Service Free estimates for replacements.

Service, sales, installs, duct cleaning.

Locally owned and operated.

Licensed, bonded, insured and registered.

512–312–9080 www.AIM4AC.com

APC Service, LLC Electrical, A/C, heating Commercial and residential.

Free service call with repair.

512–295–4023 www.APCServicePros.com

NEMEC Heating and Air Proudly serving Central Texas.

Residential, commercial and after hours available. chris@nemecheatingandair.com 512–312–9081 512–789–5132

AUTOMOTIVE AMM Collision Center Three great locations!

Kyle: 21681 IH–35, 262–1013 Austin: 11740 Manchaca Rd., 292–1060 Dripping Springs: 3990 Hwy 290, 512–894–3888

Buda Automotive You know us... by our reputation!

Full service car & truck repair.

601 S. Loop 4 in Buda 512–295–2832

Central Garage, LLC Complete Auto Repair, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

20 Hwy. 290 West, Dripping Springs 512-894-4114 or 512-858-4252

COMPUTER SERVICE Hays Technical Services Want help selecting the best value?

Office systems not maintained?

Did your kids or employees leave your computer useless? mike@haystech.com

DIRT Rick-Rob Trucking Loam, topsoil, sand, gravel, roadbase, asphalt millings, granite, compost mix.

Tractor work available. Specializing in country driveways.

512-858-7952. robinnds@aol.com, www.rick-rob.com

GLASS SERVICE Berry Glass Company Commercial and Residential Contract glazing, storefronts, insulated glass, furniture tops, tempered glass and mirrors. Framed & frameless tub & shower enclosure.

5360 Industrial Way Dr., Buda, TX 78610. 512–312–2767

LANDSCAPING/LAWN CARE Daniel Stone & Landscaping Supplies We deliver. Grass: St. Augustine, Buffalo, Bermuda, Tifway. Chopped rock, patio rock, flagstone, drystack, gravel, river rock, mulch, sand and loam. 12015 Hwy 290 W, Cedar Valley, Austin. 512-288-8488.

Lawn Service Call Jesse Reyna at 512-788-2180 or email apa6207@sbcglobal.net Offering competitive pricing and superior service in the Manchaca, Buda, and Kyle area since 2010.

Taking care of all lawn needs so you can play. Mowing, trimming, edging, debris removal, flower bed maintenance

LEGAL SERVICES John A. Hall Attorney and Counselors At Law Business law, wills, trust, probate, family law, divorce, custody, consumer law, deceptive trade, property law, landlord–tenant law, personal, injury, DWI, criminal defense, debt defense, general civil litigation. 130 Hall Professional Center , Kyle, TX. 512–268–6425

LOCKSMITH AALCO Locksmiths

Auto, home, business. Established 1985, License B11969.

512-443-3444, lockmedic.com

PLUMBING Prince Plumbing Company Residential repair, remodeling, water heaters, sewer maintenance, slab & gas leak repair. 20 years experience, family owned and operated.

512–312–0710

POOL SERVICE G&S Pool and Spa Service Serving South Austin, Dripping Springs, Driftwood, Kyle and Buda since 1994. 512–326–4695 www.gspoolspa.com

High Tide Pool Service Over 10 years cleaning and maintaining pools. Drain & cleans pressure washing, full service repairs, replastering. Free estimates, call Keith Miller at (512) 965-3465.

REMODELING Tri–County Construction Let us make your dreams a reality!

Specializing in custom remodeling and insurance repairs since 1984.

Fully insured. 512–282–6224

Wild West Remodeling

No job too small or too big!

Kitchen/bath remodels, painting, tile, siding, decks, trim, door & window replacements, drywall repair, electrical and plumbing.

Curtis Dorsett, 512–402–4704

ROOFING Area Roofing Company

Serving Hays County. Residential & Commercial. Free estimates.

Insurance claims welcome. Ron Johnson, owner. 512–312–5050

SEPTIC SERVICES All American Wastewater Solutions, LLC

Septic problems... Let us help! Locally serving our community since 1982.

Septic repair and installation specialist, septic tank pumping and servicing, aerobic system servicing and more.

Commercial and residential. www. allsepticcheck.com, 512–282–3889.

TREE SERVICES Lees Trees

Firewood, pruning, tree removal, chipping, planting, cedar posts, bulk mulch. Free assessments & estimates.

Affordable oak wilt treatment.

Schedule ball moss treatment for May. Call Marcus Lees at (512) 858-4018, leestrees@vownet.net

WINDOW TREATMENTS Made in the Shade

Custom window treatments at affordable prices. Graber, Hunter Douglas, Norman and more. Blinds, shades, draperies and shutters.

Low prices with lifetime guarantees and fast professional installation.

Call 512-847-8970, www. madeintheshadeofwimberley.com

Sellman Enterprises, Inc.

Septic plumbing, cleaning, repairs Commercial & Residential Serving the Hays Metro area, including Travis, Blanco, Bastrop, Williamson & surrounding counties.

512–312–0002 www.SellmanSepticServices.com

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