MARCH 29, 2017 AGING
VICTORY
Buda looks at resources for growing, aging population.
Lobo softball takes down Leander Lions.
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Authorities warn of police impersonator STAFF REPORT Hays County Sheriff’s Office officials are warning residents of a possible police impersonator who conducted illicit traffic stops on at least two residents in the Kyle area last week. According to a Hays County
press release, the two reported incidents involved a white or silver Chevrolet pickup truck with damage to the front left quarter panel. The most recent incident involving a police impersonator took place around midnight Thursday.
A male driver was traveling along FM 2001 near Satterwhite Road east of Buda when a vehicle activated red and blue dashboard lights to pull the driver over. According to the release, the suspect took a “long time” to exit the pickup truck, causing
concern for the complainant. The suspect then exited the pickup and shined a flashlight in a manner that the complainant took as a command to exit his vehicle. The man did not see any law enforcement markings on the pickup truck and sped away,
Playing for Brynn
Community mourns loss of Hays High student BY MOSES LEOS III
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From Dripping Springs to Leander and across Central Texas last week, the motto of “Play for Brynn” became a call of solidarity. Whether that meant using eye black to scribble the number 13 on faces, arms or ball caps, many used the AYLOR motto as a way to help the Hays High softball team mourn the loss of one of its own. Brynn Aylor, 16, of Buda, a Hays High junior varsity softball player, was killed March 22 in a two-vehicle accident along FM 2770 roughly a mile south of Buda. Heather Colleen Wartenburg, 47 and her daughter, Norah Elize Wartenburg, were injured
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A potential roundabout at the FM 150 and FM 3237 intersection near Driftwood could be considered within a character plan aimed at revamping the stretch of road between Kyle and Dripping
Water war boils back up BY MOSES LEOS III
The fight over Hays County groundwater is bubbling once again after legislation in the 85th Texas Legislature has drawn the ire of a local state representative. At the center of the controversy is the 5,000-acre Needmore Ranch, located along the Blanco River in Wimberley and owned by south Texas beer distributor Greg LaMantia. The property is within the jurisdiction of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District. The latter was added as a result of 2015 House Bill 3405, or the “Save our Wells” bill, which allowed the BSEACD to take over jurisdiction over previously unregulated portions of the Trinity
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The Lady Rebel Softball team, as well as other athletes in and around the district, chose to remember Hays student and softball player Brynn Aylor, who was killed in a car accident last Wednesday on FM 2770, by adopting the motto “Play for Brynn.”
Springs. The proposed roundabout was part of an update on the plan given to the Hays County Commissioners Court early last week. Joe Cantalupo, K-Friese and Associates vice president and FM 150 Character Plan project manager, said his team set out to understand
the corridor and learn what nearby residents value about the road. Cantalupo said that this plan was slated for completion in November or December 2017, but residents of the county spoke out to accelerate the project. “People instead of saying, ‘Why are you doing this?’
started saying, ‘Why are you taking so long? Let’s get this done,’” said Cantalupo. The FM 150 character plan seeks to gather input from the citizens of Hays County on how the span of road between Arroyo Ranch Road in Kyle and Ranch Road (RR) 12 in
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COMING UP
Coffee with the Superintendent Come meet your Hays CISD Superintendent Michael McKie to discuss the upcoming school bond proposal on Friday, March 31, 7:30 a.m. at Casa Maria’s Restaurant in Kyle – 22604 IH 35. Coffee will be provided free of charge.
Community Easter Party
Stephen Dunn Reading Poet Stephen Dunn will hold a reading and book signing at The Wittliff Collections on Thursday, March 30 at 3:30 p.m. and the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center on Friday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. Dunn is the author of 16 books, including “Different Hours,” which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
GREEN LIGHT
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Roundabout near Hays City store? BY LOGAN MCCULLOUGH
according to the release. The suspect vehicle followed the complainant as he turned on to Goforth Road. When the complainant pulled in to a driveway of a residence, the suspect vehicle drove past him
Come out to the First Lockhart Kyle Banking Center (800 W. FM 150 in Kyle) on Saturday, April 8 from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. for this free annual event. Enjoy an afternoon of fun, featuring a moonwalk, DJ, petting zoo, pictures with the Easter Bunny, egg hunts and more family-friendly fun.
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$6.5M for south Kyle sewers BY LESLY DE LEON
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Construction on a $6.5 million sewer line project in the southern side of Kyle is estimated to be completed in 2019, bringing more development to the area. Discussion on the project began six years ago, when city officials decided a main sewer line was needed in south Kyle. The proposed line would run south along I-35 from FM 150 as far south as Yarrington Road. In the late 1990s, city officials decided to run a main sewer line on the north side of Kyle, which lead to development. Without a main sewer line, the southern part of Kyle couldn’t develop properly as no developer could afford to install the main sewer line, said James Earp, assistant city manager. To resolve the issue, the city will install collection lines, a lift station, which is a collection tank with pressure pumps to move sewage through lines, and force
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Police: Impersonator stopping residents Continued from pg. 1A
and left the area. Thursday’s report was the second police impersonator report fielded by law enforcement. The original incident occurred March 16 at 11:44 p.m., according to a county press release. A complainant, who was not identified, told authorities she was traveling with a friend on FM 2001 near Goforth Road east of Kyle when a white or silver Chevrolet pickup truck activated red and blue interior lights on their vehicle. The woman told authorities she thought she was being pulled over by law enforcement in what appeared to be a traffic stop. However, she said she
and her friend observed a male suspect wearing all black clothing exit the truck. The woman drove off in fear they were not being stopped by law enforcement, the release said. The suspect initially began following them but stopped after she made a turn off of FM 2001. The occupants of the vehicle thought they observed a second subject in the pickup truck. Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler offered several tips for citizens who may be unsure of the legitimacy of a law enforcement traffic stop by an unmarked vehicle. Drivers should activate a vehicle’s emergency flashers in order to alert officers they are aware of
their presence. The driver should then proceed to the nearest lighted area following the posted speed limit, Cutler said. Citizens may also call 911 to advise dispatch of their concerns and where the stop is taking place. All officers are required to carry official identification cards and can be requested to produce them to ensure citizens they are peace officers, Cutler said. Anyone with information regarding the police impersonator should call the Hays County Sheriff’s Office at 512-393-7896 and speak with the Criminal Investigations Division. Citizens can also call Crime Stoppers at 1-800324-8477.
What can you do to ensure you’re in a real traffic stop? • Activate flashers. Officers will be alerted that the driver is aware of their presence • Proceed to the nearest lighted area. Be sure to follow the posted speed limit • Ask for an officers identification card. All peace officers are required to carry an official ID card. • Call 911. Those who are concerned can also contact emergency dispatchers of their concerns and where the stop is taking place.
Sewers: $6.5 million for Kyle sewer line Continued from pg. 1A
mains, which use pressure from the lift station to force sewage towards the sewage treatment plant. As the completed project will make development more feasible, the city will collect more in sewer fees, Earp said. While working on the project, city officials considered partnering with San Marcos and sending sewage to San Marcos for the first several years. It might have offset some of the construction cost, but the plan didn’t work out, Earp said.
“It’s been a project a long time coming ... It’s really encouraging to us as staff that the council had enough foresight to start thinking about this problem so long ago.” –James Earp, assistant city manager
Engineers estimated San Marcos would be able to receive 4,300 LUEs (living unit equivalents, or the sewage of one household) per day. However, due to the land’s elevation, the collection line would be too flat
for sewage to flow south pulled by gravity to San Marcos. “The elevation made the pipe so flat they could only get 900 LUEs instead of 4,300 LUEs,” Earp said. As the city could get a greater capacity of 2,200
LUEs without connecting to San Marcos, officials decided it made financial sense to proceed with their initial plan, Earp said. City Engineer Leon Barba said he hopes to have the project out for bids by the end of the year, after TxDOT and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approve required permits. After a development contract is approved, construction is estimated to begin January or February 2018, Barba said. Con-
struction is estimated to take 10 to 11 months. “If we can get it done sooner, that’s what we’re going to do,” Barba said. With the project possibly completed in 2019, the city may see increased development in the southern side of Kyle within a few years. “It’s been a project a long time coming,” Earp said. “It’s really encouraging to us as staff that the council had enough foresight to start thinking about this problem so long ago.”
and they will come’ strategy from Hays County or TxDOT,” Conley said. “Having this plan gives us the opportunity to be proactive and not reactive to the activities of the central working part of Hays County.” Pct. 4 Commissioner Ray Whisenant seconded Conley’s sentiment on the importance of public input and commitment of time from Hays County citizens. Cantalupo defended the project while commenting on the deliberate, open and transparent pro-
cess of the plan. He said doing so could provide additional steps to make such a plan “live on.” “The idea is that the more you put in up front, the more proactive you are, the more input you get, the greater chance you have of a plan or program living over time,” Cantalupo said. The updated schedule calls for the public input portion of the plan to be completed by June or August 2017, with a complete character plan is likely to be published this summer on the county website.
Roundabout: Proposed near Hays City Store Continued from pg. 1A
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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.
Dripping Springs should be approached for the future. Officials have said the road will eventually need more capacity to accommodate the anticipated future growth in population of Hays County. This portion of the road is unique in that it features multiple water crossings and passes through a rural and underdeveloped portion of the county. The conception of this plan came in November of 2014. Improved include better intersections, widened shoulders in dangerous areas and the construction of a bypass road that could pass through the Rutherford Ranch. In addition to providing input on considerations of alternative intersections, the project team is considering inclusion of a roundabout at the intersection of FM 150 and FM 3237. Cantalupo said his team is currently in the process of doing testing on both the safety and environmental impacts of a roundabout. He admitted that, as a team, they are sold on the roundabout
“This is not a ‘build it and they will come’ strategy from Hays County or TxDOT ... Having this plan gives us the opportunity to be proactive and not reactive to the activities of the central working part of Hays County.” –Will Conley, Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner
for its potential safety features and high capacity for vehicles. “The great benefit of a roundabout is in this setting, if designed properly, it can take up to 20,000 cars a day, is much safer than a normal “T” intersection, and it could very well have less impact on the surrounding property owners,” said Cantalupo. However, Hays County Judge Bert Cobb voiced concerns with the possibility of a roundabout. “Why did the federal government spend around one billion dollars taking out roundabouts?” asked Cobb. “Because they don’t work – they’re dangerous.” Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner Will Conley said the court must
go off the community of people that have had tremendous involvement in this project. “This is not a ‘build it
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “[Proposed legislation] could allow a land owner to look for the district that has the least amount of regulations required of them.” – John Dupnik, BSEACD general manager. See story, page 1A.
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Life with the Most Famous Dog in Kyle T
he Matriarch of the Hays Free Press, (I love that name, especially in this era of “Fake news”) Tutta Barton, once said that Goldie was “the most famous dog in Kyle.” I was very pleased to receive that compliment on Goldie’s behalf, and I have no way of knowing if that’s true. But assuming it is true, I got to thinking, what that might mean. It means that as we progress on our walks around town, people notice my dog. She is the most friendly dog I know, and maybe a little too friendly for some people and situations. The reason she is famous is not just the fact that I write an occasional column about our walks and what we learn on them. The reason for her fame is that she is known. When we walk to the post office, postal workers talk to me about my dog, and how they missed me when I didn’t come get the mail with Goldie the other day. When we go to the bank to transact business, the tellers always give me a couple of dog biscuits for Goldie. It’s interesting to note that she won’t eat them while we’re on the road; she waits to eat them at the end of her walk. We’ve made friends with several people on our route, and when they are not there to greet us when we walk by, Goldie whimpers and barks until I convince her we have to move on. Maybe Goldie would not be as well known in Austin as she is in Kyle. It also helps to have free access to the paper, which would not be the case on the Statesman, for which I thank the Hays Free Press profusely. Having grown up in the suburbs of Chicago, having been a “number” in my high school, I can appreciate the advantages of a small town, even if that small town is no longer “small.” There is simply something to be said for “being known,”
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The reason she is famous is not just the fact that I write an occasional column about our walks and what we learn on them. The reason for her fame is that she is known. not famous, but known to be a part of something. The Apostle Paul says that the goal of love is to be known. More specifically, the goal of love is to know as we are known. And so scientists are driven to know the secrets of the universe because there are always more questions that need answers; teachers are driven to excite in their students a love of learning to ignite a passion that will compel them to want to know more and more. There is a great story about a 90-year-old woman who recently got her college degree, and when asked what was next, she said she wanted to get her Master’s. That is the kind of attitude I want to emulate. Being known is a wonderful thing; being loved is better. Mark W. Stoub is a retired Presbyterian minister who has written a novel, Blood Under the Altar” and the forthcoming Fire in the Blood and as always he may be found at mj.stoub@sbcglobal. net.
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iberals used to occupy the moral high ground in American politics. Operating from a Christian ethic of generosity and kindness, Christian Democrats in the highly Christian and democratic American culture of the late 1950s and early 1960s succeeded in making conservative Republicans look like nothing but so many selfish churls. Then several things happened. First, television ownership became widespread in the late 50s. Nearly everybody, even the working poor, had a black-and-white TV. With this came the rise of the cancer of commercialism that is increasingly strangling us. The purpose of commercial television is not to entertain or to inform. It is to deliver an audience to a sponsor – to get you to watch, so the advertisers can pitch their products to you. Quality programs that don’t deliver an audience get cancelled. Cheap and exploitive programs that deliver an audience become national sensations. Advertisers soon learned that sex, violence and controversy are the main things that draw attention, and began to exploit all three to sell products. America became increasingly violent, oversexed and uncivil. Betty Friedan’s book, “The Feminine Mystique,” gave rise to a feminist movement, which in turn gave rise to a liberal Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, which found that a fetus is not a human being, but only a lump of tissue. The Democratic Party embraced abortion on demand as a woman’s right, and the gender feminists
Cheap and exploitive programs that deliver an audience become national sensations. Advertisers soon learned that sex, violence and controversy are the main things that draw attention, and began to exploit all three to sell products. God and Country
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who came to dominate the feminist movement have defended this extreme view ever since, while becoming a major constituency in the Democratic Party base. The televised movie “Inherit the Wind” popularized Charles Darwin’s 100-year-old theory of evolution. The apparent conflict between the Biblical story of creation and the Darwinist version caused a crisis of faith in American life. On the one hand, you have the beautiful, kind, altruistic teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. On the other, you have the merciless Darwinist ethic of survival of the fittest, power to the strong, and death to the weak, that leaves little room for generosity. Simply put, Christianity fell out of vogue. Secular liberals embraced Darwinism, out of a profound distrust of the institutional church – a distrust that the church has unfortunately earned – and drove Christians to the margins of the Democratic Party. Christians are welcome to stay and give money and vote Democratic, but
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must remain quiet about their faith, like an embarrassing old uncle. Conservatives, on the other hand, embraced Darwinism, because it painted rich people as superior to everybody else, and relieved them of any responsibility to care for those less fortunate. The Watergate scandal shook Americans’ confidence in their government. The workings of the Nixon administration, brought to the light of day, created the impression that those in government had been lying to us all along. Instead of being a noble institution that is all about the common good, government appeared to be a cynical power struggle and nothing else. Worse, because those who made the laws did not obey the laws, Americans began to lose respect for the law, and increasingly take the Darwinist view that life is every man for himself. The advent of the birth control pill ushered in an age of sexual freedom, overpowering the Christian teaching of sex during marriage only. At the same time, the increasing absence of parents from the home due to feminism, and the commercial media’s glorification of sex as a way to sell
products, led to an epidemic of out-ofwedlock births, despite the pill’s availability and effectiveness. This, coupled with Roe v Wade, in turn gave rise to an epidemic of abortion. The appalling reality of millions of innocent human lives being extinguished every year drove millions of well-meaning Christians into the arms of the Republican Party. The Republicans used the votes of these Christians to elect Presidents who packed the Supreme Court with conservative judges. But instead of overturning Roe v Wade, the Supremes in their 2010 Citizens United ruling brought to reality the long-cherished Republican dream of dismantling American democracy, and handing the government over to the corporations and the very rich. Republicans have always thought these should be the people who run everything. This is only a partial list of the factors. The upshot is that as a Christian, I have a choice. I can be marginalized and shushed by the Democrats, and agree to the continued wholesale slaughter of innocent human life, or I can be cynically used by the Republicans, who promise the moon on abortion but deliver next to nothing, while they complete their agenda of making sure that the sovereign power of government lies not with the people, but the almighty dollar. Do you hear that crumbling sound? Phil Jones is a minister, a musician and a teacher. He can be reached at djones2032@ austin.rr.com
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Area water agency turns to Lege for name change BY LESLEY DELEON
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The Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency (HCPUA) may be making a name change if a proposed bill in the 85th Texas Legislature is approved. Through Senate Bill 1198 and House Bill 2540, the agency seeks to become the Alliance Regional Water Authority (RWA). “Being able to convert to the Alliance RWA will allow us to provide water to our sponsor in a more
Groundwater
Continued from pg. 1A Aquifer. As a result of HB 3405, Needmore LLC applied with the BSEACD for a regular production permit of 280 million gallons of water per year from the Trinity. But Senate Bill (SB) 2254, authored by State Sen. Jose Hinojosa (D-McAllen) this year, would remove the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1, which was created in 2013, from the districts. In addition, the bill would give the ranch powers under Chaper 36 of the Texas Water Code to operate as its own groundwater district. SB 1814, authored by Hinojosa, and HB 4122, authored by State Rep Kyle Kacal (R-College Station), would allow a property owner with more than 1,000 acres of land situated in two groundwater conservation districts to petition a transfer into a single district. Meanwhile, HB 4045 would allow a district to issue groundwater permits without notice or opportunity for a hearing to a property owner whose land is greater than 1,000 acres and is in two groundwater districts. Permits that meet such criteria would be authorized production on a per acre basis. All four bills have met resistance from the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association (TESPA), which opposes the bills. On Tuesday, State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) said the bills are “aimed at undoing the protections” in HB 3405. “I’m incredibly disappointed that a few of my colleagues are playing games with the citizens of Hays County and attempting to undo the important groundwater protections that were passed last session for their own political gain,” Isaac said in a release. John Dupnik, BSEACD general manager, said HB 4045 was of most concern to the district.
efficient nature,” said Graham Moore, HCPUA executive director. SB 1198, co-authored by Senators Donna Campbell and Judith Zaffirini, and House Bill 2540, authored by Representative Jason Isaac, are identical bills regarding the conversion of the HCPUA to the Alliance RWA. HCPUA considered converting after attempting to make changes to Texas’ public utility statute in the 84th legislative session. “Working as a PUA for last 10 years, there’s been
some problems with the statute,” Moore said. Wanting to address issues with the statute, the HCPUA Board of Directors decided it was best to convert to a regional water authority. “I sat down and reviewed our options to figure how we wanted to move forward,” Moore said. In a six-month discussion with HCPUA’s Board of Directors, HCPUA reviewed the possibility of converting to a RWA, considering the pros and cons of the move. “Finally in August, our
Four bills that could impact Hays County groundwater SENATE BILL 2254
authored by Juan Hinojosa (D-McAllen) The gist: SB 2254 would grant the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 powers as a groundwater conservation district under Chapter 36 of the Texas Water Code if an election is held for such purpose. At that time, Needmore Ranch MUD No. 1 would also be removed from jurisdiction of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District.
SENATE BILL 1814
authored by Juan Hinojosa (D-McAllen) The gist: SB 1814 would allow the owner of a parcel of land greater than 1,000 acres and included in the jurisdiction of two or more groundwater districts to petition to transfer their entire parcel of land into a single district.
HOUSE BILL 4122
authored by Kyle Kacal (R-College Station) The gist: A companion bill to SB 1814, HB 4122 would allow the owner of a parcel of land greater than 1,000 acres and included in the jurisdiction of two or more groundwater districts to petition to transfer their entire parcel of land into a single district.
HOUSE BILL 4045
filed by Phillip Cortez (D-San Antonio) The gist: HB 4045 would allow a district to issue permits to landowners with more than 1,000 contiguous acres of land that’s under two or more groundwater districts without notice or the opportunity for a hearing. A permit issued would be authorized based on the volume of groundwater on a per acre basis based on the greatest amount authorized by the district that receives the application.
He said the bill, if passed, could guarantee a large landowner a groundwater permit “without the application of science to consider pumping effects.” He added it would also eliminate due process for adjacent landowners, limiting them from the ability to view the permit or protest if they’re affected by it. Dupnik said SB 1814 and HB 4122 were slightly problematic as they could allow a landowner to “shop around for the best rate deal for him.” “It could allow a land owner to look for the district that has the least amount of regulations required of them,” Dupnik said.
board decided that was the path they wanted to see us try for,” Moore said. It was a 14-month process of reviewing the pros and cons of remaining a PUA, while also looking at the benefits of converting to a RWA, Moore said. After the board’s decision, HCPUA submitted a bill draft to legislators August 2016. Converting to the Alliance RWA would accomplish many things, including allowing it to partner with entities other than its current
sponsors, which include Kyle, San Marcos, Buda, and the Canyon Creek RWA. “We could partner with other entities on pipeline capacities or on water supplies that would make projects larger and therefore would bring down the cost of the project for our sponsors,” Moore said. “That’s really one of the main reasons we’re looking to have this conversion.” Having that option would bring down the cost of overall future water supply for sponsors, Moore said.
HCPUA’s main project involves a proposed 42mile pipeline that could bring water from the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in Gonzales County to cities along the Intersate 35 corridor. Moore said he doesn’t know whether the bill is likely to pass, although he’s not aware of any opposition. “We certainly hope for the best and don’t think anybody should have any questions or real concerns about it, but I’m not going to place odds on whether it’ll pass or not,” Moore said.
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in the wreck and transported to an Austin hospital. Heather Wartenburg was listed in serious condition, while Norah Wartenburg was in stable condition. According to a Texas Department of Public Safety accident report, the incident happened around 4:35 p.m. March 22. A 2009 Ford Mustang, driven by Aylor, was traveling north on FM 2770 “likely at a high rate of speed” when it was passed by a vehicle in a no-passingzone prior to a curve, according to the report. The Mustang lost control shortly after being passed, according to the report. While trying to negotiate the curve, the Mustang overcorrected and spun into the path of a 1998 Ford Expedition, driven by Wartenburg, who was traveling southbound. The Mustang was struck on the passenger side by the Expedition, according to the report.
Both vehicles came to rest in the roadway. Hays County Pct. 5 Justice of the Peace Scott Cary, who also ordered an autopsy, pronounced Aylor dead at the scene. Many across the Hays CISD community immediately felt the impact of Aylor’s death. Tim Savoy, Hays CISD public information officer, sent a letter to Hays High parents March 22 regarding Aylor’s passing. In addition, the district sent crisis counselors to Hays High to talk with students. On March 23, the district released a statement on Facebook mourning Aylor’s death. They also said the accident affected the district “in too many ways”, as Heather Wartenburg is an active parent in the Hays CISD community, while her daughter is a junior at Hays High. Many took to the Hays Free Press
Facebook page to express condolences and their grief. Some also expressed concern over the safety of that stretch of FM 2770, which links FM 1626 to Main Street in Buda. In an emailed response, resident Frank Ledesma said he encountered five or six cars driving erratically at a high rate of speed earlier in the month along FM 2770 near Buda. On Friday, the Hays High softball team took the field in its first game following the accident, which resulted in a 6-0 win over the Vandegrift Vipers. All team members did their part to honor the memory of their fallen teammate. “A lot of us were close to Brynn and we felt we needed to do that as a team,” Hays High softball player Illyana Cisneros said. “It really brought us closer together.”
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Reagan muscles past Hays 5-1 BY MOSES LEOS III
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In the face of what could have been a bittersweet moment Friday, Hays Rebel senior forward Maya Hood showed a broad smile. After enduring 71-plus minutes of a physically dominant San Antonio Reagan Rattler back line, Hood fought to score the Rebels’ lone goal in a 5-1 bidistrict playoff round loss. But there was a silver lining beyond the end of the season and beyond Hood’s last goal of her high school career. For Hood, Friday’s game meant finally being able to play in the postseason. “This is my first time making it past district, so it meant something,” Hood said. “I’m glad we could (make the playoffs) as a team. This is the team I wanted to do it with.” Hays quickly found itself in a hole against a state ranked Reagan team that reached the state semifinals a year previous. After tallying a goal within the first ten minutes of play, Reagan pad-
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Hays Rebel Cianne Talamo uses her body and her right leg to hold off a San Antonio Reagan Rattler defender Friday at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin.
For only the second time in its history, the Lehman High athletics program will begin searching for its next leader. On Thursday, the Pflugerville ISD Board of Trustees approved Todd Raymond as that district’s next athletic director. Raymond, who was hired by Hays CISD in 2012, is the current head football coach
and athletic coordinator at Lehman High. Raymond was hired to helm the Lobo athletics program after former head coach Steve Davis resigned. Following approval by the PISD board, the next step is to begin the process of completing paperwork, which is expected to take place next week, Raymond said. After all of the official processes are complete, both within Hays CISD
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A handful of Hays CISD and Hays County varsity track and field athletes are readying for the chance to take on the nation’s best when they compete at the 90th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, which will be held March 29-April 1 at the Mike A. Myers stadium in Austin. According to texassports.com, over 7,700 athletes from 17 countries and 37 U.S. states are competing. In addition, nearly 800 high school teams will descend on Austin for the relays this year. Shown are Hays CISD and Hays County participants at the Texas Relays.
1600 meter sprint medley Parker Alford, Bryce Kalsu, Nathan Blevins, Reese Johnson, Zack Kovar, Curt Raymond (Dripping Springs)
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Lehman softball upsets Leander BY LOGAN MCCULLOUGH
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A combination of stout defense, exceptional hitting and gummy bear reinforcement helped propel the Lehman Lobo softball team to a 7-3 win over district foe Leander Lions Tuesday night at home. Things didn’t start out according to plan for the Lady Lobos early. Although Lehman was down 3-1, it was fortunate the score was that close. In the first three frames the Lion offense produced seven hits – including one triple and two doubles – but left four runners in scoring position. Lady Lobo head coach Lydia Baggett said that she knows her team has an amazing defense, but sometimes they let one mistake affect their emotions. “I just have to keep reminding them it’s okay, you’re gonna make mistakes,” Baggett said. “It happens, it’s life, it’s a game, it’s softball. You can’t let it affect the rest of your game and you
can’t let it define you.” The Lobos took these words to heart, and everything changed in the top of the fourth after freshman first baseman Lexi Bechtel made a spectacular catch off a line-drive, and then turned the double play to end the top of the fourth. Then in the next frame sophomore shortstop Seryna Avalos was up to bat with the bases loaded and only one out. After going down in the count, Avalos rifled a shot down the left-field line for a three-RBI double to give Lehman the first lead of its game. “I’ve been struggling throughout the season, and I just wanted to get the ball in play to bring whatever I could do to at least start a rally for my team,” Avalos said. “My mindset was just swing early, and it just went through.” This surge in scoring not only gave the offense confidence, but the defense too, as they held the Lady Lions scoreless in innings four, five, six and seven. Baggett said Lehman tends to fall behind in
the beginning of game, but she just keeps trying to tell them it’s one hit, hitting is contagious, it’s gonna happen. Contagious it was, as Lehman put together seven hits after the Avalos double, including two triples from senior third baseman Alyssa Martinez, three doubles and two singles. Baggett has a unique way of inspiring her team. Incorporating a technique she learned throughout her coaching career, Baggett uses “positive reinforcement” through candy and treats to help inspire her team. Tonight, it was gummy bears. “So base hits, great defense, great pitching ... you get a gummy bear,” said Baggett. “It’s just something to keep spirits up and keep them working – keep everybody up.” However, Baggett does not believe gummy bears were the main reason for Lehman’s success tonight. “The biggest factor was that nobody was getting down on themselves,” said Baggett. “It can’t just
be one thing; it has to be both the offense and defense together. There was one point where I told them we can have the best defense, but it’s not going to amount to anything if we can’t start getting hits, getting on base, and scoring.” Martinez seconded her coach’s sentiment on the importance of the team coming together. “We realized the potential of this team when we (became) more of a family,” said Martinez. “I think we finally got to the mindset of we’re here, let’s go all out and play for the team. We got down as a team in the first round, now we’re seeing what we really can do.” After earning their second win in district with the second round of play coming up, Baggett and her team are optimistic. “Why not us?” said Baggett. “Why not have a great second half? Why not? Surprise everybody. Why can’t it be Lehman? If we give 100 percent and you keep working hard, why can’t it be us? All we have to do is never stop working.”
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A four-run sixth inning made the difference for the Hays Rebels Friday as they rolled past the Lehman Lobos 8-1 at the Lehman baseball field. Hays’ (12-4-1, 5-4 in 25-6A play) win, which was the team’s fourth in a row, also secured a series sweep of the Rebels’ crosstown rivals. Hays outscored Lehman 28-6
in the three game series. The Rebels also secured the team’s second straight 25-6A series victory. Lehman (4-13-1, 1-8 in 25-6A play) dropped its fifth straight game in a row. The Lobos have lost seven of its last eight games. Hays and Lehman went toe-to-toe through the first three innings before the Rebels drew
first blood. Hays tallied a pair of runs to take a 2-0 lead. Lehman countered with a run in the bottom half of the fourth inning to cut the Rebel lead. After Hays extended its lead with a run in the fifth inning, the Rebels exploded for four runs in the sixth frame, aided by several Lobo errors. On the mound, Hays pitcher Weston Wolf held
Lehman scoreless in the final three innings. Wolf, who earned the win, went six innings and tallied six strikeouts in the game. Lehman’s Nathaniel Garcia, who started the game and incurred the loss, went 1.2 innings. Jameson Castillo pitched 3.2 innings in relief. Hays hosts Leander Friday at home, while the Lobos host Lake Travis on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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ded its lead with a goal scored midway in the first half. Several minutes later, the Rattlers struck again to take a 3-0 halftime lead. Brent Holcomb, Hays Rebel head soccer coach, said Reagan was “by far” the fastest counter attack team they had played all season long. The Rattlers’ ability to quickly move downfield left Rebel defenders unable to keep up. Reagan combined its speed with a size and skill advantage as well. Reagan’s offense moved with fluidity, forcing the Rebels to match. “When you get out to this level, it’s going to be rough and tumble,” Holcomb said. “This level of play deserves the next level of rough and tumble.” Hays, however, adapted to the physical style
of play and settled in to start the second half. They did so by effectively possessing the ball and limiting Reagan’s offense. Hood, along with sophomore Jenna Sheely and senior Isa Hernandez helped Hays combat the Rattlers. But trying to match the Rattlers’ physicality also led to several miscues for the Rebels, which include two penalty kick opportunities converted by the Rattler offense. Reagan utilized its speed and muscle to
score a pair of second half goals to take a commanding 5-0 lead late in the second half. “They’re a great team and they have great speed,” Holcomb said. “It was difficult to play with.” But for Hood, trying to tally at least one last goal provided ample motivation. With roughly nine minutes left, Hood pushed her way past defenders to find herself with only the goalkeeper to contend with. Hood used her momentum to hit the shot
over the top of the goalkeeper. “If it was going to be my last game, I wanted to go out with a goal,” Hood said. Making the postseason was an “immense victory” for the 2017 Rebel soccer program, as few expected Hays to compete in the new 25-6A. “The game doesn’t show the quality of the team. That’s tough because they did a great job this year,” Holcomb said. “I told them not to judge the season by the game. They fought hard.” Hood said success during the season may have forced other teams to catch up with Hays, which is a role reversal from years past. “In the past, we’ve always been the underdogs,” Hood said. “Now we have a chance for ourselves.”
my son’s case,” Raymond said. “Hopefully, it takes some of the stress off of them too.” Raymond said he began notifying his coaching staff and his football team first thing Friday morning following approval from the PISD board. The reason was to try and ensure they “heard it from me first,” Raymond said. Coaches were told at 7:45 a.m. Friday during a staff meeting, with players notified roughly 30 minutes afterward. Informing the players of his depature was “tough,” Raymond said, as he was close to many of them. “It’s hard. It’s always really hard. I’m an emotional person, so it’s easy for me to get choked up as a person,” Raymond said. “But they understood, for the most part. They were confused at
first, but they knew it was a move up in the career ladder.” Raymond’s focus now extends to heading up to Pflugerville and to “figure out what needs to be done.” He will not be involved in the search for the next Lobo head football coach and athletic coordinator. Raymond said his new job is expected to be a “different kind of stressful.” Raymond will oversee four high school campuses as the PISD athletic director, as well as the opening of a new football stadium next fall. “The big part for me is that it’s really hard right now with the responsibilities of all the middle school and high school campuses here and as a football coach,” Raymond said. “The ability to just focus on the administrative side and
take things I’ve been doing here and take it up there is a good thing.” He said many of the campuses in Pflugerville are set up similarly to those in Hays CISD, where there is an athelic coordinator in place. Having coached in that area, Raymond said he is familiar with many coaches. Raymond said he was ultimately proud of what he had accomplished at Lehman, which included seeing numbers increase in athletics and improvements in facilities. He also cited the transition from a small 4A school to a large 6A program in “one of the toughest districts in the state.” No timetable has been set by the district to begin looking for the next Lehman athletic coordinator/head football coach.
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Continued from pg. 1B and Pflugerville ISD, the process toward transition will follow. As the Pflugerville ISD athletic director, Raymond said he would be focusing on the administrative component of the position and will not have coaching duties. Raymond said he became interested in the new position at Pflugerville as it is a “big career jump.” He said he interviewed for the Pflugerville position when it came around, “took a shot at it and got lucky.” But another factor for the move was the ability to watch his children, who are both athletes at Hays CISD, as a parent and not as an athletic coordinator or coach. “Every time I watch them, I’m always in the role of the athletic coordinator or the coach in
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Hays CISD counselors help students, staff cope with loss BY MOSES LEOS III
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rying to lend a helping hand to Hays CISD students and staff coping with loss is an all too familiar occurrence for Charlotte Winkelman, the district’s director of guidance and counseling. With the assistance of a dedicated plan and numerous staff members, Winklemann and her team support many who grieve during difficult circumstances. Such was the case last week as the Hays CISD community mourned the loss of Brynn Aylor, who was killed in a tragic accident. Winkleman said the initial approach to such events is to begin instilling the district’s crisis plan, which involves the help of a “core group” of counselors who have experience in dealing with grief. Within the plan, the district’s counseling team sets up different rooms where they can meet with students. In the event of a student or teacher passing away, the district will follow their respective schedules and have two counselors on hand to escort students to a dedicated counseling area. Teachers and staff are also given a counseling room and are allowed to talk with counselors on an individual or group basis. Winkleman said the district has an employee assistance program that allows free counseling assistance to staff members. The team also begins talking with staff members to provide guidelines on what to do, and not to do, in the classroom following a death or accident. One of the key attributes is
“In the moment, people write and do things and put photos online ... They don’t know who’s reading those and how it’s going to affect someone’s life.” – Charlotte Winkelman, HCISD director of guidance and counseling
having students and staff reminisce in a positive light about the student or staff member who passed away. “We allow them to grieve, but we do not allow them to talk about details if it’s an accident,” Winkleman said. “A lot of times they are under investigation.” The team also guides students and staff on social media etiquette. In many circumstances, social media is where information that is not fact and is more
drama surrounding a traumatic event can build, Winkleman said. She added the district does its best to teach social media etiquette to students. “But in the moment, people write and do things and put photos online,” Winkleman said. “They don’t know who’s reading those and how it’s going to affect someone’s life.” Winkleman said the counseling team then sends an email
blast to all counselors in the district and to the Community in Schools staff to be on “high alert” that they may be needed to help. Aylor’s death brings this counseling plan to the forefront as her death affected two schools and touched “a lot of lives” within the district. Helping students prepare for the return of siblings who are affected by tragedy is also a plan of action.
Winkleman said counselors instruct students on what to say and not to say to a grieving family member. In some instances, some classrooms will make a card for those who are grieving. For younger students, reading books on death or grieving in a group setting is a method counselors will employ to discuss a tragedy or death. Sit-down floor conversations is the route taken for older elementary school students. Counselors approach middle school students with classroom guidance while high school students are spoken with on an individual basis. In addition, counselors contact students who may be at-risk following a tragedy. The parents of at-risk students are also contacted, in order to ensure they are keeping an eye on them, Winkleman said. After a week or so, the district offers grief groups in which students can speak with counselors. In addition, Winkleman and her staff monitor the Hays Hopeline, which is a confidential way for students and parents to report personal crisis. Building an “army of support” around grieving students is what Winkleman stresses to parents. She also encouraged parents to contact the district or respective school if they begin to see signs that their student is at-risk, or if they wish to check on them as well. Winkleman said constant communication with students is a key element for parents when tragic circumstances arise. However, she said parents should avoid expressing feelings if it could make the situation worse. “Be there for the child and always listen,” Winkleman said.
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Lobo Winter Guard makes history at WGI San Antonio SUBMITTED REPORT Lehman High School’s Winter Guard placed second at the WGI San Antonio Regional in the prelims round, winning the General Effect Caption (less than a point behind
World championship Finalist San Antonio Reagan HS), coming out fifth of 29 overall in Scholastic A Prelims, then placing 6th of the 15 Finalists. Director Johnnie Green said, “It was the highest placement in history for the program
leaping past a number of world championship finalists.” For the experience of performing at the national level, the Lobo JV competed in a higher division than normal. The JV team hit a new record score at a Regional.
The Lobos host the WGI Austin Regional this weekend, the seventh consecutive year to do so. The event’s growth has necessitated a “two site” contest, with the Scholastic A Prelims being held at Hays High School. Green said,
“It’s one of the largest and most competitive Prelims in the country with the contest becoming known as the ‘Hunger Games’ of Scholastic A! If you reach the top three here, a team can probably win at the World championship.”
Rebel Winter Guard wins Gold at TCGC State SUBMITTED REPORT Hays High School’s Winter Guard took home the Gold Medal in the Region A Class at the Texas Color Guard Circuit West State Championships. The Lehman PHOTO BY VERONICA MARTINEZ
High School JV Winter Guard earned bronze in the Novice class. As a result of their respective showings, both groups earn “promotion” for next year’s competitive season, making history for both programs.
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The Hays High School’s Legacy Players excelled at their Bidistrict UIL One Act Play competition, held at Vista Ridge High School. The group advanced to the Area round of competition, set for Saturday, April 1, at Smithson Valley High School. Shows begin at noon and run back to back. “Silent Sky” will be the final show before the awards are presented. Tickets are $7 at the door. The group presentation, sponsored by Catherine Crafton, of “Silent Sky” once again drew individual honors. Clayt Nicholas Aziz was named Best Actor. Erin Swearingen and Sailor Mayberry were named to the All-Star cast, and Gus Brown was named to the Honor Crew.
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The Miraculous Moringa Tree: A living pharmacy
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few years ago, while doing some research for our new medicinal / healing garden, my wife shared an article with me on the Moringa tree, and the more I read, the more fascinated I became. First of all, the Moringa, also known as the ‘Drumstick Tree,’ is nearly entirely edible. It can grow with little water, has multiple times the amount of nutrients as oranges, carrots and milk, and grows very well in regions of malnutrition. Could this impressive tree, Moringa oleifra, solve the world’s food crisis? Many are convinced it will.
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The Moringa is a distant relative of cabbage and papaya. Its roots taste so much like its cousin horseradish, that sometimes people called it the horseradish tree. The fruit, a popular Indian vegetable, looks like a cross between an okra and a pole bean, and has the flavor of asparagus. The tree’s cooked flowers mimic mushrooms in taste, while the
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Top: Michel Clausen poses with Kyle Recreation Division Manager Jason Miller after winning the men’s under 45 division first place and catfish grand prize title at the 2017 Hooked on Fishing tournament. Inset: Kathy Modern (left) shakes the hand of Jason Miller after claiming the women’s over 45 division first place trophy at the 2017 Hooked on Fishing tournament at Lake Kyle last weekend. Area anglers from Kyle and beyond woke up before the dawn’s early light Saturday to take part in the 2017 Hooked on Fishing spring tournament that was held at Lake Kyle Park in Kyle. The event tested anglers’ skills to catch qualifying species of fish in Lake Kyle, which include large-mouth bass, sunfish, perch and channel catfish.
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Owls, dogs, cats and birds L ast week’s Montage pulled in an owl tidbit for this week. Priscilla Bettes, who lives on Indian Creek Lane, behind Poplar, wrote, “Last year one took up residence in our barn up in the rafters. It would come out at night and peek down at me as I was feeding our horses. We saw it for several nights and then one morning I went out to feed the horses and it was dead. I wondered if it fell from the rafters. It didn’t appear to be sick. That was only the second one we have seen since living here for 20 years! They are pretty little creatures.” Two loose dogs on Indian Creek Lane, growling and teeth-showing, have frightened several Mountain City residents recently. KittyHulk /Mister Muffin, who attacked several cats on Maple in recent months, has not been seen in weeks. We’ll see April before the week is up, no joke. Our own Karen Herrmann is once again coordinating the 3rd Annual Mega Bunco benefitting Relay for Life of Hays County.This year, it’s Luau Style. Saturday, April 8. 420 Bartons Crossing, Buda, TX 78610. Potluck dinner at 6 p.m, Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Dice will roll at 7 p.m. Wear something Hawaiian or a floral print! Bring $20 donation for Relay for Life of Hays County. You can RSVP to Karen at 512-
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268-6381, or email karen. herrmann@hayscisd.net One week later, hop on over with the kids to the Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, April 15, 10 a.m., City Hall. This week, “my” Eastern Bluebirds nestlings will fledge. They’ll fly to a nearby tree and stay sheltered for a week or so before joining their parents in hunting for food. At this point, they are fully feathered and about the weight of an adult. Remember how they started out, almost naked and blind, looking like fishing worms? The rapid transformation is a miracle to behold. And, science will benefit as we record observations of avian nestings through NestWatch.org or with the new NestWatch app. It was 15 years ago that the first Eastern Bluebird nesting occurred in a nestbox in the back parking lot of the nearby Church of Christ, where Ron Tom and James Polk and I installed a nestbox the summer before, hoping to draw bluebirds to Mountain City. For quite a few years now, bluebirds have nested in Mountain City nestboxes. Back then, Diana Hutts
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Buda looks to meet needs of senior citizens BY SAMANTHA SMITH
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Buda city leaders earlier this month tabbed the creation of a task force to discover ways to better represent and serve the city’s aging population. The decision came after Buda Human Resources Manager Kristin Williams presented results of the city’s aging survey to the Buda City Council March 21. The survey aimed to find ways to help the city’s population, 65-years-old and over. Williams said 102 Buda residents responded to the survey, with 73.5 percent of those being Buda seniors. Williams said respondents’ top two complaints consisted of seniors not being able to access the information they need, such as where to go to receive resources, and not enough senior transportation. “They’re not finding the information,” Williams said, regarding the respondents’ desire to have information provided at one central location, possibly downtown. Williams said the survey asked respondents to identify where they get most of their information regarding senior resources. Roughly 31 percent received their information from the newspaper, while ap-
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Buda residents at a February meeting on the needs of seniors in Buda.
Where do seniors in Buda get information? Calling Texas211 Onion Creek Senior Center resource guide Other local senior centers Nextdoor Local newspaper Other sources
proximately 30 percent receive information from the Nextdoor smartphone app. In addition to better transportation op-
tions and centralized information services for seniors, Williams said respondents were interested in not only socializing with residents of
their own age group, but young people as well. “Those are things I think we can tackle with
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OBITUARIES AYLOR On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at the tender age of 16, Brynn Ashtyn Aylor, a sophomore at Hays High School in Kyle, passed away and entered the presence of the Lord following a tragic traffic accident. Born in Austin, Texas to Jill Susanne Cox Eddleman and Thomas Everett Aylor, Brynn was a beautiful young lady inside and out. She loved all kinds of critters, volunteering at Pets Alive where she would give her love and play with all
sorts of animals needing attention and adoption. Her compassion was boundless. She aspired to become a pediatric nurse who worked with children battling cancer. Brynn loved working with children and had just started her new job in child care at the Buda YMCA. Brynn was always giddy and loved to be outside. She loved to play softball and was unstoppable in the right field. She had lots of friends, was faithful, super sweet, adored her siblings, and was an awesome big sister. She was confident about who she was, held her own in an argument, exerted a strong will and was known to have the best music playlist. Brynn
loved to eat cookie batter and enjoyed baking; making a mean banana nut bread, red cake and multiple desserts which she loved to share. In addition, Brynn’s life was richly blessed by those who loved her, including her parents Jill and Keith Eddleman, Thomas and Chrissy Aylor; her grandparents - Nancy “Nana” and Larry Buffington; James Cox “Papa” (deceased), Wilbur “Pampaw” Aylor and Cindy “Meme” Truly. She had 6 precious brothers she adored…. Dain, Knox, Noah, Luke, Nate and Jamison. She also leaves behind her Uncle Justin and Amber Cox; Uncles - Arron Salem, Blake and Salem as well as her cousins AJ, Jade, Kimley, and Kyler.
Visitation was Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Harrell Funeral Home in Kyle. Funeral Services were held on Sunday, March 26, 2016 in the sanctuary at Hays Hills Baptist Church in Buda. Please send your loving memories, a fond photograph, or condolence with Brynn’s family at www. harrellfuneralhomes.com. Donations may be made in honor of Brynn’s life to the Ronald McDonald House,1315 Barbara Jordan Boulevard Austin, TX 78723 or to St. Jude Children Research Hospital at www.stjude.org.
HAMMACK On Tuesday, March 21, Billie Harold Hammack, 87 of Manchaca, Texas passed
from this world to join the Lord in Heaven. Born January 12, 1930 near Big Spring, Texas, Bill grew up working on his family’s farm, playing games at Fairview school, and sacking groceries at the local store. He had many fond memories of his life in Big Spring. Bill joined the Army where his typing skills later earned him a position with the Department of Veterans Affairs. He was an avid gardener and wood turner. He was very active with church ministries, volunteering much of his time and lived a very faithful life. Bill is survived by his wife of 19 years, Kay, his daughters Carolyn and Kaicie, his son Mike,
his stepdaughter Micky, stepson Michael, 15 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. Bill was preceded in death by his first wife, Pat, his daughter Christine, stepdaughter Danielle, and one grandchild. A memorial service was held at Hays Hills Baptist Church in Buda on March 24. In lieu of flowers please send donations on behalf of Bill Hammack to the Hays Hills Baptist Church Silver Servants ministry. Please visit www. Harrellfuneralhomes. com to share a fond memory, photograph, or condolence with Billie’s family on his online memorial site.
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leaves hint at spinach and lettuce. Its immature seeds are used like peas, and if you fry them when mature, they resemble peanuts. In fact, it’s hard to find a part of the Moringa tree that isn’t edible. Even the bark is sometimes taken internally for diarrhea. Locals consider it a living pharmacy. The Moringa has proven to be a multi-purpose arsenal that dispenses some of the best secrets nature has to offer. For centuries it has been used in ancient Indian ‘Ayurvedic’ herbalism to treat a host of ailments such as anemia, bronchitis, tumors, scurvy, and skin infections. Drought hardy and disease resistant, the Moringa Tree is a godsend during the dry season, when little food is available. The leaves offer a spectrum of nutrition, rich in vitamins A, B, and C, as well as protein, calcium, and iron. They are so nutritious, in fact, that they contain more vitamin A than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges, more calcium than milk, more iron than spinach, more potassium than bananas, and more protein than either milk or eggs! A traditional item in pickles and curries, the raw leaves are also perfect for salads. Like the leaves, the flowers too are edible when cooked, packed with calcium and potassium. As a bonus, they are
Drought hardy and disease resistant, the Moringa Tree is a godsend during the dry season, when little food is available. The leaves offer a spectrum of nutrition, rich in vitamins A, B, and C, as well as protein, calcium, and iron. incredibly fragrant, and help support native bee populations. The ‘drumsticks’ contain the nine essential amino acids that humans must obtain exclusively from their diet. Hidden within the drumsticks are even more remarkable seeds. Loaded with protein, they also contain special non-toxic polypeptides that act as natural Brita filters. When ground into powder and mixed with water, they cause sediments to clump together and settle out. When strained through a cloth, they provide cheap access to clean water. Amazingly, just two seeds are enough to purify a liter of dirty water. In turn, the seeds themselves yield valuable yellow oil called ben oil. Sweet, clear, and odorless, it doesn’t spoil easily - perfect for perfumes, cosmetics, and lubrication. It’s also used for cooking due to its high levels of healthy unsaturated fats. In one serving of
Moringa leaves, you can find: 22% daily value of vitamin C, 41% daily value of potassium, 61% daily value of magnesium, 71% daily value of iron, 125% daily value of calcium, 272% daily value of vitamin A, 92 nutrients,
46 antioxidants, 36 antiinflammatories,18 amino acids, and 9 essential amino acids. For such a versatile tree, it’s almost hard to believe that the Moringa can be grown easily via seeds or cuttings all around the world, including here in the Hays and Travis counties. Happy gardening everyone! If you have a question for Chris Winslow, send it via email to iathyme@ yahoo.com.Or mail a postcard to It’s About Thyme: 11726 Manchaca Road, Austin, TX 78748 www.itsaboutthyme.com
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a task force,” Williams said. Council members agreed the next step toward helping Buda’s current and future aging adult population would be to create a task force or commission that could meet quarterly. “We need to move forward on this,” council member Eileen Altmiller said. Altmiller referenced a recent Capital Area Coalition of Governments (CAPCOG) newsletter announcing Buda as one of the cities that’s thinking ahead regarding improving services for aging adults. “It has been needed for a long time,” Buda Mayor Todd Ruge said of the task force. Williams suggested those helping with the task force should be volunteers and not appointed by city leaders. “They (aging adults)
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want an opportunity to volunteer,” Williams said as she mentioned the respondents’ feedback about wanting to be more involved in the community. According to a Buda press release, there are nine volunteer positions open on the task force, with council assigning members at the April 4 city council meeting. David Marino, Buda public information officer, said the deadline for residents interested in volunteering to serve on the task force for aging adults is April 2.
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Dallas vs. Houston over federal banks Bankers and businessmen across the Lone Star State faced a twofold challenge. First, they had to join forces in order to convince the powers on the Potomac that Texas qualified for one of the depositories. When that hurdle was cleared, they could make the case for the district bank to be located in their respective towns.
The spokesman for the Dallas delegation bristled, “Why not attach Missouri to Texas? Why suggest that the tail wag the dog?” His point was clearly welltaken. When the dimensions of the Eleventh District were disclosed a few days later, Texas was in the driver’s seat with western Louisiana, eastern New Mexico, a sliver of southern Oklahoma and a chunk of Arizona merely along for the ride. Next came the bruising three-sided battle for the bank. In reality, the fight was between Houston and Dallas since Fort Worth did not qualify as a serious contender. Many believed Houston had the inside track because E.M. House, the enigmatic advisor who was the president’s right-hand man, hailed from the Bayou City. But the fact that Dallas was the
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nate the all-out campaign. The group quickly wrote a tome extolling the economic virtues of Big D. A leatherbound copy was presented personally to each member of the federal site selection committee prior to its February hearing in Austin. Secretary of Agriculture David F. Houston, one of several Texans in President Woodrow Wilson’s cabinet, chaired the proceedings. He stunned the audience by suggesting Lone Star interests might be better served by putting the state in a district dominated by an industrial metropolis like Kansas City, Chicago or St. Louis.
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Word of Life Christian Faith Center 118 Trademark Drive, Buda
Manchaca United Methodist Church FM 1626 & Manchaca Rd., Manchaca
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Buda-Kyle Church of Christ 3.5 miles south of Buda on FM 2770
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First Baptist Church
A loving & caring Southern Baptist Church 104 S. San Marcos Street, Buda Buddy Johnson, Pastor • 295-2161 Sunday School...........................................9:30 a.m. Morning Worship....................................10:45 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study/Youth Activities...6:00 p.m. AWANA’s (Wednesday)..........................6:00 p.m. Nursery Provided www.firstbaptistbuda.com • fbcbuda@austin.rr.com
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Thursday Evening Bible Study, 6 p.m., and Open Communion on the first Sunday of every month, 6 p.m. Make THIS your church home!
Southeast Baptist Church 5020 Turnersville Rd • Creedmoor, TX 512-243-2837
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hometown of Thomas B. Love, the very first Texan to support Woodrow Wilson’s darkhorse candidacy, made it too close to call. Big D boosters seized every opportunity to sing the praises of their city. Hearing that a member of the selection committee was on his way to Texas by rail, two prominent Dallasites hurried to St. Louis to intercept the train. At the end of the all-night ride, the red-eyed duo had sewed up another vote. Only a strict sense of decorum kept the businessmen, bankers and politicians from dancing in the streets that April afternoon in 1914. The smallest city awarded a district bank, Dallas had triumphed over its old rival and assured financial preeminence for decades to come. The losers were not, however, left entirely out in the cold. The honor of serving as the first governor of the federal piggy bank went to a Houstonian, who was succeeded by a resident of Fort Worth. Hurt feelings were further healed by the establishment of three branches of the national bank. The El Paso branch opened for business in June 1918, followed by Houston in August 1919 and San Antonio eight years later. Dallasites soon discovered how handy it was to have Uncle Sam’s money so close
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Stephen Dunn book reading Poet Stephen Dunn will hold a reading and signing at The Wittliff Collections on Thursday, March 30 at 3:30 p.m. and the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center on Friday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. Dunn is the author of sixteen books, including “Different Hours,” which won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller Fellowship, and three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Since 1974 he has taught at Richard Stockton College of NJ, where he is Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing.
Considering Matthew Shepard Texas State University’s leading Choral ensemble will be performing “Considering Matthew Shepard” on March 30 in Texas State’s Evans Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. “Considering Matthew Shepard” is a musical response to the tragic death of a young American boy, Matthew Shepard. Shepard was a 21-year-old student at
the University of Wyoming who was mercilessly attacked and tied to a fence in 1998. After being found the next morning by a biker who mistook him for a scarecrow, Matthew was taken to the hospital in Laramie, Wyoming, where he succumbed to his wounds a few days later. Investigations into the murder strongly suggest that Matthew was murdered for his homosexuality, prompting communities all around the world to mourn.
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Come meet your Hays CISD Superintendent Michael McKie to discuss the upcoming school bond proposal on Friday, March 31, 7:30 a.m. at Casa Maria’s restaurant in Kyle – 22604 IH 35. Coffee will be provided free of charge.
The Story of Jack C. Hays Kyle Field Day
It’s time for the inaugural Kyle Field Day! Take it back to the schoolyard for a highenergy weekend of throwback fun and friendly competition at Gregg-Clarke Park March 31-April 1. Spend a weekend playing tug-of-war, dodgeball, capture the flag, human foosball and more.Take a break in the beer garden, grab a bite to eat and browse vendor booths. Participants must be 21+ and teams must be co-ed. Participants are asked to bring one jar of either peanut butter or jelly to support the Hays County Food Bank Peanut Butter and Jelly Drive. Register online at KyleFieldDay.com or check out the Facebook for more information.
Historian and filmmaker Richard Kidd will be the featured speaker at the 2017 Spring Lecture at the LBJ Museum of San Marcos on March 30, showing his documentary on the life of John Coffee Hays, for whom Hays County is named. Co-sponsored by the museum and the Political Science Department at Texas State University, the free event will begin with a reception at 6 p.m. and the program at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The LBJ Museum is located at 131 N. Guadalupe, San Marcos. Kidd is the Director of Documentary Filmmaking for the Hays County Historical Commission. He will show his documentary, “Captain Jack, the Story of John Coffee Hays” followed by a question and answer session.
Book Launch: The Blanco River
Author Wes Ferguson and sponsoring editor Andrew Sansom will celebrate the launch of a new book, The Blanco River at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center at 508 Center Street. in Kyle. Presenters at the April 8 event include Ferguson and Botter as well as a mapmaker, geologist, botanist and flood survivor who contributed to the book. A reception will follow. The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University sponsored Ferguson’s book project, which was fully funded by the Burdine Johnson Foundation.
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Continued from pg. 1C Aston lived in Mountain City. She had a passion for bird eggs. Diana’s book, An Eggs is Quiet, jumped out at me when we visited Magnolia Market in Waco. The same thing happened several years back in a bookstore in Yosemite National Park. Emails with the subject “Tidbit” capture my attention. Maybe I’ll see one from you. Please send to ptom5678@ gmail.com or phone 512 268 5678. Thanks! Love to you, Pauline
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Continued from pg. 3C at hand. A groundless rumor triggered a hysterical run by panic-stricken depositors on the Security National Bank in 1921, a wild stampede that in the not-so-distant past would have forced the doors to close. But the feds were just a phone call away and immediately responded with an emergency transfusion of cash. Within minutes, an armored truck arrived on the chaotic scene, and guards began toting bags of currency into the beleaguered bank. The sight of so much money instantly calmed the mob of agitated customers. A federal official announced from the center of the suddenly silent lobby, “There are thirty million more dollars in the Dallas Reserve Bank, and every dollar of it is behind the Security National.” If there had been a hole in the marble floor, the embarrassed depositors would have gladly jumped in it. They scurried for the exit secure in the knowledge their money was safe. Read all about Spindletop, Mexia, Roarin’ Ranger and Bloody Borger in “Texas Boomtowns: A History of Blood and Oil.” Order autographed copies from the author at barteehaile.com.
Saturday, April 8, 2017 11:00am - 3:00pm Kyle Banking Center (next to the Post Office in Kyle) Free and open to the public Moonwalk • DJ • Petting Zoo • Pictures with the Easter Bunny Train Rides • Popcorn • Face Painting Serving hamburgers or hot dogs, chips, cookie and a drink Easter Egg Hunt (Don’t forget your Easter Basket!) 12:00pm: 3 years and under 12:30pm: 4-8 years 1:00pm: 9 years and up
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Implementation of greenery and aesthetic improvements for a storage facility on an existing application was enough for the Buda City Council to give it the green light earlier this month. By a 5-1 vote with one council member abstaining, the Buda City Council March 21 approved a special use permit (SUP) for the Class A Self Storage Facility along Goforth Road. Council member Eileen Altmiller cast the lone dissenting vote, while council member Wiley Hopkins abstained from voting. Council’s move came after the city’s Planning and Zoning commission denied the original application from Capella Capital Partners on Jan. 10. Chance Sparks, Buda assistant city manager and planning director, said P&Z denied the SUP due to the facility’s proximity to other storage facilities, as well as design of the building. Cappella applied for a three-story structure with approximately 589 units, 100
Todd Daly, owner of Cappella, said only “Class C retail,” such as a Planet K or a nail salon, would be interested in the land, along with automotive shops or gas stations. percent of which are climate controlled. Ryan Shelton, of the Hohmann, Brophy and Shelton Law Firm PLLC, explained to council members his desire to see the “responsible growth” of Buda. Shelton explained that Capella is a full service office/ retail developer. After doing market research studies, Capella deduced the best use of the land at the location of the proposed site is a storage facility. Shelton said that a major concern of the P&Z was the building looked “imposing and monolithic,” which Capella addressed by adding rain gardens along the buildings periphery, as well as more trees around the facility. Shelton said Cappella would restrict access to the storage units on the upper
levels by installing only one door to enter the main level with additional access once inside. “Buda is underserved in the storage industry,” Shelton said as he explained that many businesses of the same kind tend to cluster together in order to generate more competition in the market. But council member Eileen Altmiller disagreed and cited the proximity to the nearest self storage facility, which would be 500 feet from the proposed Class A site. “If P&Z turned it down, we should turn it down too,” Altmiller said. While Sparks said P&Z didn’t see the revised SUP application, Cappella had “addressed all concerns” P&Z board members had. Council member George Haehn and Mayor Pro Tem
Bobby Lane were both in favor of approval because the land in question had been vacant for a very long time and the facility would be a different self storage option for Buda residents. Lee Urbanovsky asked if there was any retail potential for the site. Todd Daly, owner of Cappella, said only “Class C retail,” such as a Planet K or a nail salon would be interested in the land, along with automotive shops or gas stations. He said no other retail industries, such as restaurants, would be interested based on the market study his company conducted. Buda Mayor Todd Ruge voted to approve the facility because the design was unique among storage units being 100 percent climate controlled, and because the land had been vacant for long enough. “It’s a good use for that land,” Ruge said, “I think it’s a good idea.” Ruge said the approval of the SUP is only the start of the process and Capella will have to submit its design plans. P&Z will have an opportunity to review the site plan.
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Kyle’s historic downtown water tower will be repainted and welded as part of negotiations with a contractor who also calls for improving two functioning water towers. The historic water tower will be repainted in its original red, white and blue and welded to fix the roof. “I’m actually really excited,” Councilmember Travis Mitchell said. “It’s going to be awesome.” There has been some talk about having to tear the historic water tower down because it’s in pretty bad conditions, Mitchell said. However, improvements, which would cost approximately $40,000, were negotiated at no additional cost to the city. The contractor hired by the city, was commissioned
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Kyle’s historic water tower, that has been in operation for more than 60 years, will be repainted and welded in an effort to save the iconic structure.
to paint the water tank on FM 1626 white and will paint and weld some weak areas in the metal on the Yarrington water tank, Sellers said. “In that bid, because we were doing a pretty large
project, two different tanks, we were able to negotiate in our budgeted dollar amount an improvement to our historic water tower,” City Manager Scott Sellers said. “We’re very excited by that.” The move comes after the
Kyle City Council sought a way in 2015 to rehabilitate the aging structure, which had not been in use since the early 2000s. In 2014, the city commissioned Texas Tank Services to conduct a structural analysis for the tower. The analysis discovered corrosion on several features of the water tower, as well as holes in the internal roof plates of the structure. But the report also called for $800,000 in rehabilitation options, which city leaders ultimately chose to not go forward with. Mitchell said Jason Biemer, Kyle division manager – treatment operations manager, should get the credit for “creatively solving an aesthetic problem without dipping into taxpayer funds,” “Everything should be structurally and visually sound when we’re done with this contract,” Sellers said.
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Model 763, VIN#512256023, picked up on 3/26/2017 at 121 Tio’s Creek near Burleson St. in Kyle TX. Now located at 300 South Front Street Kyle. Contact Pete’s Wrecker Service, 512-2681137
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CITY OF KYLE ORDINANCES
The City Council of the City of Kyle will consider adopting the following ordinances on second reading on April 4, 2017 at Kyle City Hall, 100 W. Center Street, at 7:00 p.m.: An Ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of rezoning approximately 52.990 acres of land from Single Family Residential-2 ‘R-1-2’ to Single Family Residential-3
‘R-1-3’ for property located on the north side of Bebee Road, 1/4 mile west of Dacy Lane, in Hays County, Texas. An Ordinance amending Chapter 53 (Zoning) of the City of Kyle, Texas, for the purpose of assigning original zoning to approximately (Tract 1: 27.66 acres of land) (Tract 2: 4.19 acres of land) from Agriculture ‘AG; to Retail Service District ‘RS’ for properties located at (Tract 1: 900 and 1000 Scott Street) (Tract 2: 1101 Old Stagecoach Road), in Hays County, Texas. An Ordinance of the City of Kyle, Texas, amending Section 53-899 “I-35 Overlay District Development Standards.”, of Chapter 53 “Zoning”, of the City of Kyle Code of Ordinances, by removing the allowance for outdoor display and sales of new and used vehicles (as described herein), from the I-35 Overlay District Development Standards. R. Todd Webster Mayor
CITATION BY PUBLICATION To all persons interested in the Estate of Melinda Ann Sulzen Snow, Deceased, Cause No. 17-0086-P, in the County Court at Law, Hays County, Texas. The alleged heir(s) at law in the above-numbered and entitled estate filed an APPLICATION FOR INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATE AND FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION,
AND FOR DECLARATION OF HEIRSHIP in this estate on the 14th day of March, 2017, requesting that the Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of Melinda Ann Sulzen Snow, 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 abovenoted date and time. Applicant's Attorney: Michael Z. Stern 1907 N. Lamar Blvd., Suite 300 Austin , TX 78705 (512) 469-9006 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 24th day of March, 2017. Liz Q. Gonzalez County Clerk, Hays
BID NOTICES The Plum Creek Conservation District (PCCD), Lockhart, Texas is requesting sealed bids from qualified, responsible bidders for REPAIRS to 7 Floodwater Retarding Structure Sites at Plum Creek Watershed in Hays and Caldwell Counties, Texas, as a result of a large rain storm event in October 2015. Invitation for Bids No. PCCD-17-PCWEWP-01 (Repairs at Sites 2, 5, 7, 10, 11, and 14) One award for all sites will be made. Performance time is 99 calendar days. Estimated price range is between $250,000 and $500,000. Major items of work are: vegetation establishment; site preparation (shaping, excavation, earthfill, and topsoiling of eroded areas); shaping and smoothing (Sites 2, 7, 11); and debris removal (Site 14). Invitation for Bids No. PCCD-17-PCWEWP-02 (Site 12 Repairs) Performance time is 101 calendar days. Estimated price range is between $500,000 and $1 million. One award for all items will be made. Major items of work (quantities listed are estimates) are: Structure Removal, Fence (2,128 lin.ft.); Sediment Filters (2,259 lin. ft.); vegetation establishment (5 acres); Rock Riprap (5,563 tons); field fence (2,177 lin. ft.); geotextile (6,158 sq.yd.); 1 job lump sum each for pollution control, construction surveys, mobilization and demobilization, removal of water, contractor quality control, and site preparation. PCCD reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids. A 5 percent bid guarantee for each project is required. The successful bidder will be required to furnish performance and payment bonds. Invitation for Bids (IFB) documents will be available electronically beginning April 3, 2017. Complete IFB documents and a Plan Holders Registration Form / Terms & Conditions for both IFBs may be viewed and downloaded at no charge from the Plum Creek Conservation District website: http://pccd.org/ and click on Job Bids tab and then the IFB No. PCCD-17-PCWEWP-01 or 02. Contact Daniel Meyer (512) 398-2383 if you have problems downloading documents. No printed copies of the IFBs will be distributed to interested parties, but a printed copy is available for viewing at the PCCD office. Bids will be received at PCCD office, 1101 W. San Antonio Street, Lockhart, Texas 78644 until 2:00 p.m. local time April 18, 2017 for IFB #01, and until 10:00 a.m. local time April 25, 2017 for IFB #02. Electronic, facsimile, and telegraphic bids will not be considered. A pre-bid conference and site showing will be held beginning at the PCCD office – IFB #01 begins at 9:30 a.m. April 11 and IFB #02 begins at 9:30 a.m. April 18.
County, Texas 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, Suite 2008 San Marcos, Texas 78666 By Alfredo Sanchez, Deputy
CITATION BY PUBLICATION
To all persons interested in the Estate of William Keith Marks, Deceased, Cause No. 17-0087-P, in the County Court at Law, Hays County, Texas. The alleged heir(s) at law in the above-numbered and entitled estate filed an APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION AND DECLARATION OF HEIRSHIP in this estate on the 16th day of March, 2017, requesting that the Court determine who are the heirs
and only heirs of William Keith Marks, 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 abovenoted date and time. Applicant's Attorney: William "Rusty" Hubbarth 9600 Escarpment Blvd., Suite 745 Austin, TX 78749 (512) 288-7317 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 24th day of March, 2017. Liz Q. Gonzalez County Clerk, Hays County, Texas 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, Suite 2008 San Marcos, Texas 78666 By Alfredo Sanchez, Deputy
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CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS NOTICE OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 In accordance with the requirements of the City Charter, Article VIII, Section 8.13, the City of Kyle completed an audit of all accounts of the City by an independent certified public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016. The independent auditors' report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016 was presented by the auditors to the City Council at their regularly scheduled meeting held on March 21, 2017 at Kyle City Hall. Highlights of the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and the Independent Auditors’ Report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016 include the following: • The independent auditors conducted their audit of the City's financial statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. • The auditors issued a "clean" or an unqualified report on the financial statements of the City of Kyle for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016. This the highest level or the best type of independent auditors' report that can be issued on the financial statements of governmental entities including city governments. • Based on independent auditors’ examination and audit of the City’s financial records, the auditors’ report states ”the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the governmental activities, the business- type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City of Kyle, Texas as of September 30, 2016, and the respective changes in financial position and, where applicable, cash flows thereof for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.” • The City's Statement of Net Position for all accounts and funds for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016 reported a net financial position totaling $137.3 million. • The City’s overall net financial position of $137.3 million as of September 30, 2016 is an increase of $16.5 million or 13.7 percent as compared to the prior fiscal year. • The ending fund balance for the City's General Fund at September 30, 2016 totaled $9.9 million. This is $0.5 million or 5.3 percent increase from the prior fiscal year. • Revenue for the General Fund for fiscal year ending September 30, 2016 totaled $20.9 million from all sources including transfers-in (GAAP basis). • Expenditures for the General Fund for fiscal year ending September 30, 2016 totaled $20.4 million incurred for public safety, public works, parks and recreation, permits and inspections, land planning and zoning, code enforcement, animal control, public library, municipal court, economic development, general government and transfers-out (GAAP basis). A complete copy of the City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and the Independent Auditors' Report for fiscal year ended September 30, 2016 are available on the City's website, at the Kyle City Hall and the Kyle Public Library. Date Issued: Issued By:
March 22, 2017 Perwez A. Moheet, CPA Director of Finance City of Kyle, Texas
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Public Notices REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Proposals for Proposal RFP#06-041703VL District-Wide Dark Fiber Services. Proposals will be accepted until 4-27-17 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-268-2141 ext 6035) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Proposal responses must be returned to the HCISD Purchasing Office, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640, by the date and time indicated above. Late proposals 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.
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TO THE RESIDENTS OF CROSSWINDS MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT AND ALL OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES: TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with V.T.C.A., Water Code, Chapter 49, as amended, the Board of Directors of Crosswinds Municipal Utility District (the “District”) has, on March 9, 2017 established offices outside the boundaries of the District at 401 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100, Austin, Texas 78701 and 8200 Hickory Creek Drive, Austin, Texas 78735, which offices may be used for meetings, for the storage of District records, for the mailing address of the District and for the transaction of such business as is not required to be done within the District. In addition, the Board of Directors has established offices at 5501 W. William Cannon, Austin, Texas 78749, which may be used for meetings, for the purposes of the storage of engineering records
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Hays CISD is Requesting Sealed Invitation for Bids, Bid #30-041704NT Sale of Real Property -60 acres +/- . Bids will be accepted until 4-28-17 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512268-2141 ext 46035) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Proposal responses must be returned to the HCISD Purchasing Office, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640, by the date and time indicated above. Late proposals 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
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
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against all losses. It’s always smart to buy investments that have performed well recently. You may have read, in investment prospectuses, that “past performance is no guarantee of future results.” These words are certainly true; just because an investment has had a good run recently, it doesn’t mean its success will continue indefinitely. You need to evaluate each investment on its own merits and on how well it fits into your overall portfolio. International investing is too risky. In today’s global economy, it may be more risky not to invest some of your portfolio internationally. U.S. stocks represent less
than half of global stock market capitalization – so by stopping at our borders, you are depriving yourself of a world of opportunities. It’s true that foreign investments carry some special risks relating to currency fluctuations and political and economic events, but you can help contain this risk by confining your international holdings to a relatively small percentage of your portfolio. A financial professional can suggest the best ways for you to add a global element to your investments. You need a lot of money to make a lot of money. Of course, it doesn’t hurt to have a sizable amount of money to invest right
away. But the world is full of people who started investing with small sums and ended up having enough money to enjoy the retirement lifestyle they had envisioned. If you’re just beginning to invest, put in as much as you can afford each month; as your income goes up, increase your investments. As an investor, time is your greatest ally. Sticking to a consistent investment strategy can help you write your own investment tale – and you can leave the myths to the storybooks. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor.
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