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News-Dispatch Volume XXXVI No. 23
Serving Western Hays County, Texas since 1982
Bubbles and Balloons
Women’s Club Monthly Meeting
The Dripping Springs Women’s Club hosts its monthly meeting at the Terrace Club on Wednesday, March 23 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. for lunch and presentation by Signature Stylist and Image Consultant Thea Wood. Come join us for socialization time and learn about Style PRINTciples. Program and lunch is $20. For reservations please contact womenofds@gmail.com.
WAG Adoption Day
WAG Rescue invites you to fall in love with your new best friend on March 26 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at its dog adoption event at Whole Pets Market, 911 W. Hwy. 290 in Dripping Springs. Visit www. WimberleyWagRescue.org for more information.
Toastmasters meeting
Every Tuesday, improve your communication and speaking skills while enjoying an hour of fun, growth and great energy. The Toastmasters meet weekly on Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Pioneer Bank, 100 Creek Road, Dripping Springs, TX 78620. For more information contact Patrick Reznik at (512) 773-9639 or preznik@ braungresham.com, or Larry Dunlap at (512) 913-4804 or oneeyedlarry@gmail.com. To submit your event for inclusion in Lagniappe, send an email to christine@ haysfreepress.com.
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Locals call for change on 290
LAGNIAPPE
This spring break special event at the Dripping Springs Community Library will be fun for all ages! In the children’s wing and the courtyard, there will be bubble fun and some interesting games that everyone can enjoy. There may even be a competition. The event will be held Thursday, March 17 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. The library’s special visitor, Nate the Great, will be in the children’s wing creating balloons for all ages from 11 a.m.-noon.
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BY PAIGE LAMBERT
News-Dispatch Reporter
Improvements to U.S. 290 west of McGregor Lane are finally coming to life after multiple accidents and hundreds of residents’ calls for change. County and state officials met with northern Hays County residents to discuss needed changes to U.S. 290 around Holder Lane and Dos Lagos Drive, which has been the location of many potential and life threatening collisions. Jennifer Mays, who was in the Jan. 28 collision at Holder Lane, said there have been many times her family have been in nearcollisions. “We’ve been sitting at Holder before and seen a car come over the hill, turn sideways, hitting their brakes to not run into us,” Mays said. “My husband was driving and he hit the gas, or we would’ve been hit
Run Dead 2016 PHOTOS BY MOSES LEOS III
With “zombie” make-up applied, Tamaira Burgess, of Cedar Park (left) chases a participant in the 5K Run Dead event held at Dripping Springs Ranch Park. Before the race, participants (left to right) Amber Austin, Jarvier Peeples and Keara Foster show off their best Zombie stare as they readied for the 5K race. Runners from across Texas and beyond made their way to Dripping Springs as they ran in the 5K Run Dead event, which wound through the wooded terrain of Dripping Springs Ranch Park. Those who played as “zombies” were given the chance to look the part as a makeup artist turned normal individuals into the undead. They were given the task to remove flags from race participants, who did their best to avoid becoming a victim of the zombie horde. (See more photos online at www.HaysNewsDispatch.com)
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County still waiting for flood report
Fowl at play in Dripping Springs
BY SAMANTHA SMITH
PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III
With a chicken perched atop her head, Josephine Ford addresses a person inquiring about a sign she was holding during the Fancy Feathers Eighth Annual Chicken Show held at Dripping Springs Ranch Park. Bird was the word in Dripping Springs Saturday as revelers from near and far brought roosters and chickens, ranging from Seramas to Bantams to Silkies, to the event. Saturday’s event also featured an egg judging competition along with a chicken clucking competition. (See photos online at www.HaysNewsDispatch.com)
Some facts about chickens • Chickens are omnivores, which means they eat both vegetables and meat. • Chickens are the closest living relative to the dinosaur Tyrannosaurus Rex. • While chicken eggs come in white, different shades of brown, blue and green, they are all the same nutritionally. • Hens don’t need a rooster to lay eggs. They do need one to lay fertile ones, however. • The frequency of egg laying depends on the chicken’s breed, age and number of daylight hours. Hens lay fewer eggs in the winter and more eggs in the summer, though they may slow down in extreme heat. • Generally speaking, chickens with white earlobes lay white eggs and chickens with red earlobes lay brown or tinted eggs. There are exceptions to this rule. • Chickens lay the most eggs in the first year. They will lay fewer and fewer eggs in years two to three and drop off sharply after that. Some senior chickens have been known to still produce eggs on occasion. • There are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird. • Fertile chicken eggs take 21 days to hatch, but modern chicken varieties have mostly had the “broody” gene bred out of them. If you want baby chicks, you usually need to use an incubator. • Roosters can crow at all times of the day, not just in the morning. Facts provided by Chris Reid of Reid’s Nursery
responders and emergency personnel used knowledge News-Dispatch Reporter gained from the Memorial Day flood to aid the community Ten months after the 2015 during the Oct. 30 flood. Memorial Day flood that devSeveral measures, such as astated parts of Hays County, the installation of river gauges officials still have not issued an along the Blanco River in After Action Report meant to Wimberley and the rebuilding show leaders where additional of the Fischer Store Bridge, resources or funding needs to have taken place prior to the be applied. issuance of the report. Hays County In addition, Communications SkyWarn classes Manager Laureen taught by the In addition to Chernow said the National Weather mapping out delay is due to the Service throughresources and October flood folout Hays County lowing too closely has helped citifunding, the on the heels of the zens understand report will also May 2015 floods different weather to give the county aspects to be show where adequate time to better prepared first responder recover enough to in the future. issue the report. Chernow entraining is According to courages citizens needed before Chernow, the living along the formal writing another weather Blanco River with process of the AAR piles to aldisaster strikes. debris is underway. When low members of it will be issued FEMA on to their to the public is still undeterproperty to remove them, in mined. case of future imminent flood In addition to mapping out conditions. resources and funding, the She also said residents and report will also show what first visitors alike can sign up for responder training is needed the Capital Area Coalition of before another weather disasGovernments (CAPCOG) inter strikes. clement weather alert system. When asked why smaller But for one Hays County counties, such as Blanco and resident, those measures may Caldwell counties, issued their not be enough. After Action Reports while Patricia Hohman, 69, who Hays County remains empty lives along State Highway 21 in handed, Chernow said those San Marcos, said Hays County counties “were less affected has a lot of work to do in rethan Hays County.” gard to response times. Chernow also said that Hohman claims that during even without the report, first
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