May 11, 2017 News-Dispatch

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Dripping Springs voters elect first woman since ’93

BY MOSES LEOS III

Taline Manassian

Bill Foulds

William Travis Crow

Newcomers Taline Manassian and William Travis Crow were voted on to the Dripping Springs City Council as well as incumbent Bill Foulds.

Manassian is the first woman elected or appointed to council in 24 years and only the sixth in the history of Dripping Springs City Council. Ron Jones and Barbara Stroud beat out Trey Powers for two DSISD board seats, and voters in ESD 6 approved implementation of a sales and use tax in areas not already at the maximum 8.25 cents. See page 3 for a breakdown of election results.

Change is coming to the Dripping Springs City Council dais after two political newcomers, including the first woman elected to office in 24 years, ousted a pair of incumbents in the race for three seats Saturday.

DRIPPING SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL Taline Manassian, an attorney who has lived in Dripping Springs for nine years,

rolled to victory by claiming 24 percent of the vote. Roughly 23 percent of registered voters in Dripping Springs cast ballots, with only 6 percent of the 110,384 registered voters countywide hitting the polls in the May 6 election, according to Hays County election results.

Manassian surged ahead to the lead by claiming 96 votes after early voting and maintained the advantage by taking 114 additional votes

Dark skies in danger?

on Election Day. By virtue of her win, Manassian becomes the first woman elected to the Dripping Springs council dais since Annette Rushing in 1993. She also becomes only the sixth woman to be elected or appointed to office in the city’s history.

Voters in Dripping Springs placed support behind incumbent council member Bill Foulds, Jr., who took 18.39 percent of the vote.

Foulds, who has

BY MOSES LEOS III

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s an astrophotographer looking to build a small observatory, Jim Duke chose to move to the Henly area to avoid the rapidly creeping light trespass from Austin.

But light trespass from a recently built concrete batch plant in Blanco County has made Duke’s pursuit more challenging.

Now Duke is trying to raise awareness of the trespass of light near Henly.

Duke said the issue began several months ago when he noticed bright lights in the sky while looking up at the stars.

It wasn’t until he drove near Johnson City when he realized the light source was coming from a concrete plant in Blanco County.

Duke was also concerned about the CTX Field of Dreams baseball complex, located south of

DARK SKIES, 2

As House Bill (HB) 4122 passed the Texas House of Representatives on third and final reading, State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) said he is afraid the bill will “set a bad precedent” for groundwater protection in the future.

Isaac said the controversial bill, which passed by a 112-30 vote in the Texas House May 8, would allow large land-

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CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP MEETING The Alzheimer’s Caregivers will meet on Thursday, May 11, at 1 p.m. at the Wimberley Presbyterian Church Library, 956 FM 2325.

This is an opportunity for caregivers to discuss the latest Alzheimer’s information and to share ideas as they travel the caregiving journey together. If

owners with more than 1,000 acres that straddle more than one groundwater conservation district to switch over to just one district.

“When this bill was originally filed, it was filed for one landowner whose land falls entirely in my district,” Isaac said. “This landowner has had several bills filed on his behalf this session to get out of the purview of any

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Bathroom bill misses deadline PHOTOS BY JIM DUKE

Top, a photo of the Lagoon Nebula taken from the view of a telescope owned by Jim Duke, of Henly.

Inset, a large professional telescope sits inside a makeshift observatory near Henly. Duke looks to bring awareness to the disappearing dark skies in Henly after experiencing light trespass from a nearby concrete plant.

LAGNIAPPE FIRST THURSDAY

ELECTION RESULTS, 2

Bill allows landowners to switch groundwater districts

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

Developments threaten dark skies in Henly

been on the city council for 16 years, used 79 Election Day votes to surge ahead to claim one of the three seats up for grabs.

The biggest surprise of the night was William Travis Crow, a political newcomer, whose 95 Election Day votes catapulted him onto the dais.

Crow was fifth in a field of six candidates after early voting results were released Saturday, but took

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Birdwatching opportunities at Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge will be discussed at Wimberley Birding Society’s quarterly meeting on Monday, May 15, at 10 a.m. in the Wimberley Community Center.

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BY ALEXA URA of the Texas Tribune A proposal to gut cities’ and school districts’ trans-inclusive bathroom policies did not advance in the House ahead of a crucial deadline, nixing the measure’s chances of getting a vote by the full chamber. But that doesn’t mean that the issue itself is dead.

Up against bill-killing deadlines, the House State Affairs Committee on Monday did not act on House Bill 2899, which some were hoping would serve as an alternative to the Senate’s “bathroom bill.” That means the proposal won’t reach the Calendars Committee, which sets the House’s daily agenda.

The proposal, by Republican state Rep. Ron Simmons of Carrollton, would have banned political subdivisions, including school districts, from enacting or enforcing policies to protect a class of persons if those aren’t already protected by federal or state law as applied to bathrooms,

showers or changing facilities.

HB 2899 would have nullified parts of nondiscrimination ordinances in several Texas cities that have been in place for decades to protect certain classes of persons, including transgender residents, from discrimination in public accommodations. Those protections are meant to allow them to use public bathrooms that match their gender identities.

The House bill differed from Senate Bill 6 — a legislative priority for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick — which would regulate bathroom use in government buildings, public schools and universities based on “biological sex,” keeping transgender Texans from using bathrooms that match their gender identities. The measure would also prohibit local governments from adopting or enforcing local bathroom regulations.

The Senate passed SB 6 in March.

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attended a function this weekend that was a first for me. It was a gender reveal party for my daughter and her hubby. No, not like the one Bruce Jenner held with Diane Sawyer, but one like lots of expecting couples have these days where the sex of the baby is a big secret until the party. With suspense building like scratching off your last million-dollar lottery ticket of the day, the gender is revealed by showing either pink or blue in some elaborate way. If you’re color-blind, these parties must be a real bummer.

You know, we didn’t have these gender reveal parties back in the ’80s when my daughters were born. I reckon it’s because we didn’t have fancy ultrasound equipment back then to determine the sex of the baby. Down in south Texas, if you wanted to know the sex, you’d have to hire a gypsy woman with a dead chicken. And dang if she wasn’t correct 50% of the time.

Well, in case you’re wonderin’, I’m gonna have another granddaughter to spoil in four months. That’s fine with

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Henly.

“I don’t know why they would build a ball park that far out,” Duke said.

“There’re no hotel rooms or anything out there.

What’s the point of building it out there.”

Duke said the light trespass has a “huge” affect on astrophotography, as security lights are in the “spectrum of what you’re imaging at.” While he said photoshop could be used to fix the light issues, it doesn’t eliminate the problem.

In addition, the light has also affected an observatory Duke is attempting to build on his property, which he’s “put a lot of

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hood. Teenage girls will turn your hair gray and get you addicted to Tums.

You will have a good 15 years of parenthood until you hear that dreaded four-letter word: Prom.

Well, rest easy because I am going to share how I handled prom night.

When the young lad comes to pick up your daughter, have him sit at the kitchen table with you while you are sharpening your pocket knife. Keep the conversation light, at first. Chat about sports for a while, and then tell him how many bull calves you’ve castrated with that knife in your hand. Not only will your daughter make it home by curfew, but she’ll probably arrive two hours early.

One last thing, dads.

No matter how big you are or how tough you think you are, when you are walking your little girl down the aisle to the altar, you may well be the one crying like a baby.

money into.”

Duke believed the plant’s location across the county line prevents it from adhering to any regulation regarding lights. That includes the city of Dripping Springs’ Dark Skies Ordinance that regulates the brightness of lights within the city limits.

Michelle Fischer, Dripping Springs city administrator, said anyone who turns in a development application in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction is requested that they comply with the ordinance.

Cindy Luongo Cassidy, section leader/chapter

leader of the International Dark Skies Association Texas section, said she’s aware of light pollution issues in the Henly area.

She said people should have a view of the night sky, not just for the natural darkness, but also for health reasons.

At dusk, the human body begins the production of melatonin, which helps humans, and other animals sleep.

However, when artificial light is introduced around cells, the production of melatonin is reduced, Cassidy said.

In addition, she said researchers are starting to link macular degener-

ation to the artificial light around us.

“There’s a huge, long list of health issues that are associated with the pervasiveness of artificial light especially in the blue wavelength,” Cassidy said.

She added that any facility can use lighting controls where light is kept on property and light trespass is minimized.

Duke hopes a solution can be reached, for not only himself, but also his neighbors.

“Henly is growing just like Dripping Springs is growing. I don’t think we can slow that down,” Duke said. “But we can at least keep the dark skies.”

by Clint Younts

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20 percent of the vote on Election Day to win.

His victory signaled the defeat of candidate Harrison Thomas Schultz, who was running for office for the first time, along with incumbents Santos Alba and Charles Busbey.

Alba, a Dripping

Springs native, had served on the dais since he was first elected to office in 1993, while Busbey was first elected in 2011.

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According to the district, the new tax could bring in as much as $160,000 annually with the passage of Proposition 1. Currently, ESD 6 levies a property tax rate of 7.95¢ per $100 property valuation in its district, which encompasses 244 square miles and serves approximately 35,000 residents.

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me because, having two daughters and one granddaughter, I know a lot about raising girls. So far this year, my nephew had a baby girl as well as a fellow passenger on the infamous Party Bus Tour of 2016. And once my sonin-law becomes a daddy, I anticipate some phone calls from these three fellas asking for bits of parenting advice from this old pro. And what better source is there for sound advice? Lots of people have informed me that I’m full of it.

Let me share with all y’all new and future dads on the difference in raising girls and boys. First of all, changing a girl’s diaper is safer than changing a boy’s. I have read medical journals about novice fathers experiencing temporary blindness after a blast of baby boy urine to the eyes. I recommend wearing a welder’s helmet along with cotton balls

stuffed in each nostril when changing diapers.

Experts claim girls are easier and faster to potty train than boys. I reckon that’s true since I’m 58 and still peeing behind rose bushes and parked cars.

A little girl will ask dad to join her and her dolls in her room for a tea party.

Meanwhile, boys will get their dads out in the hot summer sun tossing a baseball around. Yep, a dad with a girl sweats less.

Having a daughter means you won’t wake up from your nap on a July afternoon from the sound of a red ant bed erupting from an improvised explosive device constructed of a coffee can and leftover Black Cats.

When you have a daughter, you probably won’t find a mangled bicycle from a failed attempt to clear the hedgerow by using a ramp made of a 2x6 plank and cinderblocks.

The parents of a little girl aren’t likely to find a horny toad in their kid’s school lunchbox.

Okay, I ought to warn you greenhorns that daughters are easier to raise only in early child-

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Voters in Dripping Springs ISD chose to reelect two incumbents who were vying for their seats in a three person field Saturday.

Ron Jones and Barbara Stroud both claimed victory by each taking 39 percent of the vote. Jones, a consultant who was first elected in 2013, led the way with 1,049 votes, while Stroud, an attorney and mediator who sought her fourth reelection bid, took 1,032 votes.

Political newcomer Trey Powers, a mortgage loan officer who has lived in Dripping Springs six years, finished third with 557 votes.

May 6 Election Results CITY OF DRIPPING SPRINGS - THREE SEATS

Taline Manassian – 24.45% – 210 early votes/96 election day votes Bill Foulds – 18.39% 158 early votes/79 election day votes William Travis Crow – 18.16% – 156 early votes/61 election day votes Harrison Schultz – 16.76% – 144 early votes/64 election day votes Charles Busbey – 15.48% – 133 early votes/70 election day votes Santos Y. Alba – 6.75% – 58 early votes/34 election day votes

DSISD TRUSTEE – TWO SEATS

Ron Jones – 39.76% 1,049 early votes/613 election day votes Barbara Stroud – 39.12% – 1,032 early votes/600 election day votes Trey Powers – 21.11% – 557 early votes/289 election day votes

ESD 6

For – 70.54% – 893 early votes/521 election day votes Against – 29.46% – 373 early votes/207 election day votes

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Dripping Springs neighbors push for skateboard park

BY MOSES LEOS III

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ripping Springs resident Dennis Baldwin remembers how a neighbor 30 years ago kick-started his love of skateboarding.

At the time, the neighbor, who lived two doors down from his Irving residence, had just received a skateboard and built a half-pipe to go with it. He was hooked ever since.

“I love the fact that you can get on a board, get on a driveway and be in a whole other world,” Baldwin said.

Thirty years later, Baldwin, along with many others, began a grassroots movement to fundraise a skateboard park in Founders Park in order to make the sport accessible to Dripping Springs residents.

The movement for a skate park began three years ago when Baldwin offered skateboarding camps through Dripping Springs ISD’s Community Education program.

It was there he met the parents of campers who sought a permanent place for not only their kids to skateboard, but themselves also.

The closest public skate parks to Dripping Springs are in Lakeway, Buda and Austin.

“A lot of the dads of these kids were saying, ‘Hey, we want to skate too,’” Baldwin said. “We’ve seen more grown men come out and they were interested because their kids are into skateboarding. They missed doing it and wanted a place to recreate.”

Soon, the group began reaching out to city officials, primarily the Dripping Springs Parks and Recreation Department, about the skateboard park. They soon discovered a skate park was on the city’s Parks Master Plan, but was number 22 on the priority list.

The group took to a November 2014 Parks and Recreation meeting where 80 people expressed their support of the park. As a result of that meeting, the skateboard park was moved up to the number 5 spot on the plan.

“From that, it showed the Parks and Recreation Commission there was definitely an interest here,” Baldwin said.

Ever since then, the movement for a skate park continued to gain

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Over 100 people packed into the Dripping Springs City Council chambers last month during a presentation given by the Dripping Springs Skate Park Initiative. With the assistance of city staff and volunteers, a group aims to bring a skateboard park to Founders Park in Dripping Springs.

“We’ve seen more grown men come out and they were interested because their kids are into skateboarding. They missed doing it and wanted a place to recreate.”

– Dennis Baldwin, skatepark advocate

momentum. In 2015, the Dripping Springs City Council created a six person skateboard park committee tocome up with a potential location of a skate park, along with raising awareness about the benefits of the sport.

Baldwin said the group generated interest, as well as talked to people in the community. They also gained a “groundswell” of people to follow them.

As a result of the committee’s work, the Dripping Springs City Council identified Founders Park as a possible location. The group began to work on what they’d like to see in a possible skateboard park.

Baldwin said a park similar to Buda’s, which is approximately 10,000 square feet, is a target size. Crafting a “plaza style park,” which could feature an urban environment with ledges, planters and stairs is a focus for younger skaters.

The addition of large skating bowls could be implemented as well.

“A bowl is something we’re thinking about.

We know there are older skaters where tricks can be rough on their knees, so they want to cruise around in a bowl,” Baldwin said.

Much of the details of a possible skateboard park could be spelled out in a donation agreement between the city and the skateboard park commission, said Michelle Fischer, Dripping Springs city administrator.

Fischer said the agreement, which wasn’t been approved, could identify how many acres of land is needed for the park, as well as how the park could potentially be funded.

Baldwin said the Dripping Springs Skate Park Initiative, a group of individuals who advocate for the park, are focused on raising funds to assist in building of the park,

in order to alleivaite the burden from the city. He said the DSSPI pitched the fundraising idea to city leaders in April, with the group aiming for a $400,000 skateboard park.

The group is also eyeing the opportunity to apply for grants from the Texas Parks and Wildlife to assist with the cost.

Fischer said the city is also open to assisting with the grant application process, and is talking with other stakeholders, including the Pound House and the Dripping Springs Youth Soccer Association.

“It provides a need we don’t have in the area,” Fischer said. “It could bring visitors to (Founder’s Park).”

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Obituary CALHOUN Together Again – Lila Smith Calhoun (July 30, 1929 – May 6, 2017) and Lindon Ray Calhoun (May 20, 1920 – January 5, 1992) Wife, mother of 7 children, grandmother of 16 children, great-grandmother of 9, and great-great-grandmother of 2.

Cattle rancher, real estate broker, family architect and building contractor, accountant, tax preparer, secretary, salesclerk, model ... and all around hell raiser and trail blazer! She lived a full and happy life.

At Lila’s request there will be no formal service.

A private memorial will be held with her family for the burial of her ashes beside her husband Lin, at “The Resting Place” on the Lin-Lila (Calhoun) Ranch, one of the oldest continuously working ranches in Hays County.”

Lila was preceded in death by her husband

Lin, her mother Dollie Garnett, her sister Bonnie Schneider, her brother Basil (Sony) Garnett and her stepsister Freddie Kay Comer.

She is survived by her sister Violet and brother-in-law Leonard Voges and stepbrother Richard Smith. She is also survived by her daughter Linda and her family Leigh and Mark, Lance, Lexie, Ava, and Marleigh; daughter Lana and her family Tami, JoLana, Joshua, Jeremiah, JJ, Jaxson and Jade; daughter Loveta and her family Jeanette, Corbin and Richlan; daughter Lesa and her family Michael and Conor; daughter Luta and her family Jessica, Travis and Elaine; son L. Ray and his family Jackie and Lin; son Lex, and his family Cindy, Tatum, Cody, Lexi, Railie, Kason and Peyton. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

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Sports

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Dripping Springs Tiger sophomore Ryann Campbell (left) slides into home plate as an Angleton Wildcat player waits for the softball Saturday at La Grange High.

Tigers top Tigers sweep Jaguars 2-0 Angleton in to advance in postseason titanic state ranked battle PHOTO BY WAYLAND D. CLARK, WFOTOS.COM

Curtis Raymond, who relieved Dripping Springs’ starter Johnny Hoyle, delivers a pitch on Saturday afternoon against LBJ in the bottom of the fifth inning. Raymond shut down the Jaguars and the Tigers held on for a 5-4 win and a two game sweep of LBJ to capture the bi-district title.

BY MOSES LEOS III

A pair of wins over a two-day period led the Dripping Springs Tiger baseball team to an 8-1, 5-4 bidistrict playoff series sweep of the Austin LBJ Jaguars last weekend.

By virtue of the sweep, Dripping Springs (23-9) advances to take on Victoria East in the area round of the playoffs. Game 1 is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at Riverside Stadium in Victoria. Game 2 is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday in Dripping Springs, with a possible third game to follow 30 minutes later.

Dripping Springs opened the series with a dominant 8-1 win in Game 1. Tiger starting pitcher Grant Gaspard kept Jaguar bats at bay by giving up only one run on four hits in a complete game effort. Gaspard struck out ten Jaguars in the game.

Tiger head coach Chris Payne said Gaspard “felt good” and mixed his change up and fastball effectively.

On the opposite side, Dripping Springs battled against LBJ pitcher Sam DiCarlo, who gave up one run on two hits through five innings.

The Tiger offense burst out of the gate in the sixth inning by scoring seven earned runs on four hits.

Payne said DiCarlo was locating his spots and had a strong curveball, which created issues for Tiger

BY MOSES LEOS III

PHOTO BY WAYLAND D. CLARK, WFOTOS.COM

Trailing LBJ 4-3 in the top of the fifth inning, Reed Beverly lays a perfect bunt down the third base line to move two Tiger base runners into scoring position.

“We needed a spark. Coach Amrine told me their third baseman had been playing back all game and I was able to get the job done,” said Beverly, who was safe on the play. Both runners scored to give the Tigers a 5-4 lead when Curtis Raymond singled on an error by the Jaguar’s shortstop.

batters at times.

But Payne said the Tigers didn’t want to have to go to “small ball game.”

“We finally sat back and waited for a pitch we could drive,” Payne said.

Dripping Springs closed the series by toppling LBJ 5-4 Saturday afternoon.

LBJ and Dripping Springs each

scored three runs in the first frame, but LBJ gained the upper hand with a run in the fourth inning.

Dripping Springs regained the lead for good with two runs scored in the fifth inning.

Tiger Curtis Raymond finished Game 2 with three RBIs. Tiger starting pitcher Johnny Hoyle struck out seven in 3.1 innings.

Tiger bikers earn accolades Dripping Springs mountain biker Ben Marsan poses with the championship jersey after claiming first place in the state following the Texas Interscholastic Mountain Bike League championships in Comfort. The Dripping Springs High School mountain bike team finished seventh overall in the state, with Katelynn Marsan taking seventh in the varsity girls division. A full list of competitors and where they finished can be found online at haysnewsdispatch.com.

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Facing a situation hotter than the Texas sun Saturday, Dripping Springs softball pitcher Kiele Miller and the Tiger defense stayed cool under pressure.

Stuck in a bases-loaded jam with only one out in the fifth inning, Miller and the Tigers closed the book on what was the Angleton Wildcats’ final threat in Dripping Springs’ 9-2 Game 2 victory.

The win allowed Dripping Springs to sweep an Angleton ball club that was ranked 5th in the Texas Girls Coaches Association’s Class 5A state poll.

“It’s a big win and a good win for our program,” Tiger head coach Wade Womack said.

Guiding the Tigers was Miller, who only allowed eight hits and four earned runs over the course of two games. Miller also collected 10 total strikeouts across the 14 innings she pitched in.

Womack lauded Miller’s play, along with the Tiger defense, which he said was “solid in both games.”

Miller said the defense played a huge factor in the team’s 3-2 Game 1 victory.

“Kiele, she’s our lockdown pitcher,” Tiger second baseman Camile Corona said. “Those batters couldn’t catch up with her and our defense was great.”

Timely offense also aided the Tigers in both contests. Dripping Springs, which trailed 1-0 after five innings, tallied three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to gain separation.

Womack, who said Game 1 was “one of the more exciting ball games” he’s been a part of, said executing the “little things, such as stolen

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Dripping Springs advances to play Austin High in the regional quarterfinals in a best-of-3 series that starts 7 p.m.

Thursday. Game 2 is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, while an “if necessary” third game is set for noon Saturday. All games are at Westlake High.

bases and squeeze bunts, helped that effort.

In Game 2, Dripping Springs’ offense struck for six runs, aided by a three-run home run by Miller, who helped her own cause.

Motivation for Miller was payback against Angleton’s pitcher, who hit a home run off of her the day previous.

“Yesterday, the pitcher for their team hit a homerun off of me,” Miller said. “Today, before the home run, I was like, ‘c’mon, girl, give it to me,’ and she did and I swung as hard as I could.”

But Angleton didn’t go away and had several opportunities to orchestrate a rally off of Miller.

For Miller, focusing on the mentality of getting batters out provided motivation.

“When any girl gets three balls in an inning, my mentality is, this girl is not getting on,” Miller said. “It doesn’t matter if the bases are loaded or not loaded, your goal is to get that girl out, pitch by pitch.”

Womack felt Dripping Springs’ victory was a statement for the program. Miller said the team will continue to look at the opponent in front of them.

“We’re going to feed off of this win,” Corona said.

“Austin is a great team.

We’re going to keep doing what we’re doing.”

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Education Tiger robotics team inspires at world championships SUBMITTED REPORT

At the World Championship FIRST Robotics Competition April 22, the Dripping Springs High team “Spring Konstant” finished 34th out of 67 in the Galileo Division, winning five of 10 qualification matches. Although they were not chosen to play in the finals, the Spring Konstant team members were recognized by the judges with the Rookie Inspiration Award.

Spring Konstant was the only American team to win a rookie award, with the other awards going to teams from Mexico, Turkey, and Israel. This award is a message from the FIRST Robotics community

that the Spring Konstant is one of the top 12 rookie teams in the world this year. It is an extremely high honor to win an award at the Championship level, based on the students’ explanation of their design process and community service to the judges.

Spring Konstant has one more competition this spring: the UIL Texas State Championships) on May 19-20 at the Austin Convention Center. The event is free and open to the public.

In addition, team members will be driving the robot around on STEM Day at Dripping Springs High School on Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

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School Briefs TIGERS EXCEL AT MATH PENTATHLON Numerous DSISD students have been honored at recent Math Pentathlon competitions over the past several weeks.

At the middle school level, this was the first year that Dripping Springs Middle School sent a student team. Seventh-grader Anton Miller-Thomas earned a spot in the Gold Medal Hall of Fame and sixth-grader Ryan Adams received a Silver Medal.

Elementary students from all three DSISD schools competed in the Math Pentathlon.

Receiving Gold Medal Hall of Fame recognition were: Benjamin Seshan

(RSE), Blake Bassford (WSE), and Jackie Truesdell (WSE).

Earning Silver Medals were: Noah Belyea (RSE), Madelyn Gurasich (RSE), Colton Inglish (RSE), and Anthony Keithly (DSE).

Bronze Medals went to: Benjamin Cheatham (RSE), Kieran Fox (RSE), Michael Gearing (DSE), Ian Jensen (RSE), Evan Murphy (DSE), Alex Nestlerode (RSE), and Alexander Seshan (RSE).

Students receiving honorable mention were: Grover Bendall (DSE), Connor Caffrey (RSE), Tyler Krajecki (RSE), Nicholas Maring (RSE),Isabella Martinez (WSE), Susan Nestlerode (RSE), Mor-

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WSE ARTWORK HONORED Artwork from four Walnut Springs Elementary students recently was entered in the TEAM (Texas Elementary Art Meet) competition, and all pieces received high honors.

Of the seven works of WSE art that were entered, all won second place and received Exemplary status after being evaluated with artwork form other Region 13 elementary schools. Students who were honored are (left to right in photo): Madison Mahorsky, Jillian Muckelroy, Benny Saldana, and

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City eyes state grant funds for sidewalk improvements STAFF REPORT

Concerns about the safety of pedestrians walking on Sportsplex Drive is pushing Dripping Springs city officials to explore a program that could provide grant money for a sidewalk project.

According to a press release, the city of Dripping Springs is currently exploring a grant opportunity from TXDOT’s Transportation Alternative

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Pursuing this project with the adequate funding would result in safe walkways and would separate vehicles from pedestrians along the roadway.

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conservation districts.”

Isaac said the version of 4122 that passed the House was not the same bill that was introduced and featured significant changes. That included allowing each district that receives a petition from a landowner for the transference of property to hold a hearing on the matter.

Isaac said he felt better about the bill, but believed it “still sets a bad precedent.”

The change includes language that addresses any future disputes regarding the collection of property taxes by groundwater districts.

Currently in Hays County, neither the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District nor the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District collects property tax revenue.

“I think this is a bad precedent and I voted against it and I encouraged others to do the same,” Isaac said. “I don’t like the fact that we’re making legislation for people who are particularly wealthy.

We’re picking classes and saying ‘if you’re wealthy then you can pick which groundwater conservation district you want to belong to.’”

“I don’t like the fact that we’re making legislation for people who are particularly wealthy. We’re picking classes and saying ‘if you’re wealthy then you can pick which groundwater conservation district you want to belong to.’”

– State Rep. Jason Isaac

Isaac was also concerned about House and Senate bills that he believes could undermine 2015’s House Bill 3405, or the “Save our Wells” bill, which expanded the jurisdiction of the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) in Hays County.

Isaac referenced Senate Bill 2254, authored

by Rep. Juan Hinojosa (D-McAllen), which would grant Needmore Ranch, owned by south Texas beer distributor Greg LaMantia, as its own groundwater conservation district that he would “completely control” and could pump as much water as he wanted.

“Any of those proposed bills jeopardizes HB 3405 that we worked so hard to pass during the last legislative ses-

sion dealing with the protection of our wells,” Isaac said.

HB 3405 was crafted after Houston-based water provider Electro Purification sought to pump water from what were previously unregulated portions of the Middle Trinity Aquifer in western Hays County.

Isaac stressed the importance of not backpedaling on 2015’s HB 3405.

“We don’t want to risk that, we take any chances undoing what was passed,” Isaac said.

Isaac said a version of HB 4122 could make its way to the Senate floor this week. Isaac says State Senator Donna Campbell (R-New Braunfels), whom he’s working closely with, is “keeping watch against people who want to see protections for wells decreased.”

such legislation, has not referred SB 6 to a committee. Meanwhile, more than half of the Republicans in the House had signed on as co-authors to Simmons’ bill.

Thursday is the last day for most bills that started in the House to win tentative approval, and HB 2899 would have needed to clear the State Affairs Committee on Monday to even have a chance to get onto the House calendar.

But the House adjourned on Monday with no plans

for the committee to meet.

Simmons on Monday afternoon wasn’t giving up on the issue just yet, indicating he could bring back the bill’s language as an amendment to another piece of legislation.

“I still am confident we will have an amendment opportunity,” he said.

But similar efforts in the House to attach language from the Senate’s bathroom proposal onto other legislation have been unsuccessful so far.

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Shunning the Senate’s proposal, the House State Affairs Committee considered Simmons’ legislation in an overnight hearing last month but did not vote it out.

Proponents had hoped the bill would be more palatable to the business community, which has fiercely opposed SB 6; but representatives for Texas businesses and local tourism officials said they were still not on board.

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