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Korean tech firm makes headquarters in Kyle BY ANITA MILLER
“From our family to yours, welcome to Kyle.” Those were the words of Kyle City Manager Scott Sellers last week at the groundbreaking for ENF Kyle Technology LLC on Kohler’s Crossing in the master planned Plum Creek community. Sellers and other officials had only warm words for the new business despite a steady cold drizzle as attendees gathered under a large tent. Sellers explained that his family had always
“The reason it was so emotional is because of the type of company that ENF is, it really embodies what the city of Kyle is pursuing — an atmosphere where residents can live, where they can find gainful employment, primary wage, and the many amenities the city of Kyle provides.”
ENF executive vice president Lee Seungho addressed the audience of local representatives at the ENF Technologies groundbreaking ceremony on Kohler’s Crossing last week with the help of his interpreter.
–Travis Mitchell, Kyle mayor
held Asian culture in high regard, in part because his father had worked in Hong Kong and made frequent trips to the region. His understanding of how family-oriented Asian cultures are was cemented on his first trip
to China over a year ago, he told those assembled. “It’s a very family-oriented culture, and Kyle is a family-oriented city,” he said. “We really value family, and when we first heard about ENF, we felt that you were family. And
those feelings of family survived all the way to this moment. Welcoming you to our city is truly like welcoming a brother or cousin or one of our own. We look forward to
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Innovative cancer treatment gives Kyle resident a new lease on life BY ANITA MILLER
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PHOTO BY ANITA MILLER A small group of protesters convened at the corner of Burleson Street and Center Street in Kyle Friday to protest the Permian Highway Pipeline. The group is expected to protest again in the same location this Friday.
Water district joins in fight against natural gas pipeline BY ANITA MILLER
A small but determined group of opponents to Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline gathered in downtown Kyle for the first of two protests last week. Carrying signs that said “Safe pipelines don’t exist” and “Clean energy now,” they encouraged passing motorists to
and species they support. The latest salvo in the ongoing war between the company, landowners, environmental groups and governmental entities came Jan. 16, when the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) voted to join a lawsuit against Kinder Morgan, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service (USFWS) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) that alleges violations of the Endangered Species Act. Specifically, the legal action argues there “is not a reasonable assurance that the aquifers will be protected during the construction and operation of the pipeline.”
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“‘We know Austin continues to be one of A tract in Buda is the fastest growing cities among two recent land in the nation, and our purchases the Texas goal is to help suppleChildren’s Hospital ment and add value to closed on late last year. the great health care Close to the area options already availknown as Estancia, the able to Austin-area famproperty is located on ilies,” added Michelle the north west corner of Riley-Brown, executive Puryear Road and Inter- vice president. state 35. Also purchased Though there are was a plot in North Aus- currently no confirmed tin known as Presidio. plans for the land, “In June 2017, Texas Texas Children’s said it Children’s first anis “constantly exploring nounced plans to extend options and assessing our brand of pediatric the needs of children and maternal care to and women in the comthe Austin community,” munity to help fill gaps CEO and President Mark in care where they exist.” A. Wallace said in a DeThe organization’s cember news release. first health care loca-
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honk their support, and many did as they passed the corner of Center and Burleson. At issue is the routing of the 42-inch, natural gas pipeline through some of the most environmentally-sensitive areas of the Texas Hill Country, putting in jeopardy the Edwards and Trinity aquifers, all the springs they produce
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nies are “strugging” with how to approve it. The patient, Kyle Basically, CAR-T inresident Brianna Bonnet, volves taking T-cells, part says the new treatment of the body’s immune for her lymphoma system “involved turned her blood in attacking forcells into “ninjas.” eign cells” out of Her doctor is a the patient, then bit more scientific sending them off in his explanato a specialized tion. lab where they Bonnet, 34 and are “essentially a kindergarten reprogrammed to teacher in Austin, attack the cancer began receiving cell. CAR-T, a new Cancer cells BONNET form of immunohave proteins therapy, in 2018, on their surface, and she was the first Tex- Melear explained, and as Oncology patient from the reprogrammed cells the Austin area to do so. “hone in only on the canTwo years later, she is cer and kill it.” back in the classroom Though tests are onand her physician, Jason going, the treatment is Melear, M.D., medical on- currently approved only cologist and hematologist for “a couple of indicaat Texas Oncology, says tions.” Melear said testing she has responded wonfocuses on being able to derfully. “The last time widen the “targets” for I saw her she was doing the reprogrammed cells. great, and I’m going to “Theoretically it could see her again in the next work for any type of tufew weeks,” he said. mor, you just have to find The treatment was the right target,” he said. approved by the FDA in A strength of the treat2017 to treat very specific ment is that there are types of lymphoma and fewer side effects and no leukemia and, Melear possibility of rejection besaid, is still so new that cause the reprogrammed some insurance compacells are the patient’s own. “It’s like a living drug, the drug itself is alive. Your T-cells, they float around the body and find these cells and fight them and kill them like they would viruses … the nice thing is, old treatments like chemotherapy attack fast-growing cells of all types. This doesn’t. People who might be resistant to chemotherapy won’t be resistant to this.” Bonnet is his only patient to have received the treatment, he said. “She had a very aggressive type of lymphoma” and “did very well” with chemotherapy, though it didn’t kill all the cancer cells. He
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Two vie for Kyle City Council Place 6 Saturday
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An unexpired Kyle City Council seat for District 6, that was held by council member Daphne Tenorio, is expected to be filled by a special election Saturday. The seat remains open after Tenorio resigned
in order to run for the office of Hays County Tax Assessor-Collector. Two candidates, Michael Tobias and Brandy Heindl, are running against each other for the open position. Only persons living in and registered to vote
in District 6 can vote for this representative. The District 6 term will expire in November 2021. Voting will take place at the Hays CISD administration office Saturday, located at 21003 Interstate 35 North.
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Highway study aims to make travel on SH 21 better
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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.
with TxDOT and other local governments on the project. It connects some of the The goal is to develop a fasting growing commudetailed, long-term plan nities in all of Texas, and to upgrade the highway now SH 21 – on the eastern through Hays County, border of Hays County – is possibly in several phases, being studied to make it over the coming decades. easier, and safer, to travel. Engineers will analyze The state highway, also traffic and population known as Camino Real, projections, environmenbecause it follows roughtal constraints, existing ly along the old Spanish buildings, historic sites, “King’s Road,” will undergo business and school bus a long-range “corridor pres- patterns, and a range of ervation study,” thanks to other issues in developing the Hays County Commisdesign recommendations sioners Court and Commis- for future travel lanes and sioners Debbie Gonzales intersection, sidewalk and Ingalsbe and Mark Jones, shoulder improvements. who are Hays co-sponsorCounty ing the effort. plans to use The state “This is the study to highway, also Hays County preserve the living up to right-of-way known as a long-term along the Camino Real, commitroad that will ment,” said be needed in because it Ingalsbe, the future to follows roughly implement the county commission’s the plan. along the senior memSchool old Spanish ber. Her disdistricts and trict, Precinct “King’s Road,” emergency 1, stretches responders will undergo from the are among south and those glad for a long-range east sides of the study. SH “corridor San Marcos 21 has been through the scene of preservation Uhland and repeated fatal study.” the east side collisions in of Kyle, along recent years. the Hays-Caldwell counTxDOT crash data by ty line, with SH 21 as the county indicate at least 37 boundary. fatalities on the road within “We’ve made a number the study area over the three of improvements to SH 21 years from 2016 through over the years. Now we’re 2018 (current year data is looking at the long-term not yet available). and the big picture: how do Among them, in 2016 we plan this road to meet a Lehman High School the demands of the future student was killed by a and the growth we know passing pickup truck, and is likely to keep coming,” a San Marcos woman was Ingalsbe said. seriously injured and lost Jones agreed. “We’re one both her unborn child and of the state’s fastest growher husband in a head-on ing counties,” said Jones, collision. In 2018, a volunwhose Precinct 2 includes teer firefighter was killed on Niederwald, Buda, and his way to work. There have parts of Kyle. “We’re seeing been serious collisions on very rapid growth along SH the San Marcos portion of 21, and even more growth the road as well. planned. In addition, SH Those are just a few 21 is a major route for car examples. “Every one of and truck traffic passing those affects a whole family, through our region. We have a whole community of peoto think ahead to make this ple,” Ingalsbe said. road safe and to keep traffic “It’s not just fatalities,” moving.” Jones said. “We’ve also had a The study will focus on lot of injuries on SH 21, and one of the critical sections there can be delays, congesof the road, an approxition and flooding problems mately 17-mile stretch of at certain choke points and the highway between its intersections.” intersection with SH 80 in Justice of the Peace San Marcos and the Hays Beth Smith, who like other County line near U.S. 183 at justices of the peace can be the Travis County line, close called to the scene of crashto the village of Niederwald. es to verify death, has seen Hays County is cooperating the worst. She calls the road
“We’ve made a number of improvements to SH 21 over the years. Now we’re looking at the long-term and the big picture: how do we plan this road to meet the demands of the future and the growth we know is likely to keep coming.” –Debbie Ingalsbe, Hays County Commissioner Pct. 1
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Hays County’s SH 21 corridor preservation study will help plan improvements for safety and mobility.
“one of the most dangerous roads in Hays County for head-on collisions … Personally, I avoid that road as much as possible because I’ve seen some of the worst fatalities there as anywhere in my precinct. One collision that killed a young family of three, the child being a four-year old traveling home from a Christmas trip, has haunted my mind for eight years. They’re all tragic, but some are even harder to leave behind than others.” On the San Marcos side, SH 21 runs past the San Marcos airport and Gary Job Corps before it intersects with another regional arterial, SH 80. As the road moves northeast through Uhland and Niederwald, it moves into the Hays Consolidated Independent School District. “It’s the land that’s available and affordable,” said the school district’s chief communications officer, Tim Savoy. “Developers are looking all along there. We expect the growth to be there.” Savoy said the district – one of the region’s fastest growing school districts – is keenly aware of both the growth happening in what was once quiet farming communities and the dangers of SH 21. “We would welcome any improvements on Highway 21,” Savoy said, noting that the district only recently opened a new elementary school in Uhland, and has other relatively new elementary and middle schools along the SH 21 cor-
ridor. The district also has a bus facility with frontage on SH 21 but uses a different road for access, in part because of safety concerns. So many new subdivisions are springing up in the area that Savoy says the district’s long-range plan is likely for its next high school to be located along the corridor. Local residents will have a number of opportunities to learn more about the county’s SH 21 project, how it might affect them, and to provide suggestions or comments. The county is planning public meetings this spring and will launch a website, as well as hold stakeholder meetings with
cities, school districts and other organizations and landowners who might be directly affected. The study is funded by bond money approved by Hays County voters in November 2016. Since then, county officials have been addressing short-term needs and putting into place the pieces to launch this long-range study. A selection committee recently recommended HDR Engineering to lead the long-term analysis. Final approval to conduct the engineering study and formal project kickoff was approved by a formal vote of the full Commissioners Court Tuesday.
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This tablet is hard to swallow Crow’s Nest by Clint Younts
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s some of y’all know, I’m not the sharpest crayon in the box when it comes to all these electronic contraptions we’ve got these days. It’s like everything we use has gone digital, and I’m here rubbing Ben Gay on my arthritic digits. I can use my TV remote alright, but it’s hard flipping from satellite to another source. I’ve gotta switch remotes to control the Roku that has about 200 streaming channels. And once I find the right channel, I spend another 30 minutes searching for my show. On most nights, with all that switching, searching and scrolling, by the time I start watching my show, my brain is plumb wore out and I fall asleep 10 minutes into it. My 9-year-old grandson can finagle his way through the electronic jungle with ease. More than once, he has grabbed the TV remote from my hands so he can get to his Netflix show without waiting an eternity. When I was his age, I was pretty good at changing the channel on our TV, but then, we only got three channels, four if you count the one from Mexico that televised bullfights every Friday night. Televisions today are so easy to get a clear picture; just press the ON button. Back in the days, my dad would have me adjust the fine tuning knob while my brother scooted the rabbit-ears antenna around until we got a good picture on that old RCA. I was 11 years old when I discovered that not every televised football game was played in snow. When I was young, a 19-inch screen was the norm. Over the next half century, screens got larger and flatter. It’s rare to go into a home today and not see a television the size of a billboard attached to the wall. I like watching football on these big screens, but it’s hard on my neck turning my head back and forth. Some young’uns these days spend huge bucks on phones with stamp-size screens to watch TV and sporting events. They must have really good eyes to be able to see what’s on that small screen. Dang, I have to search for my readers just so I can see who’s calling me on my phone. By the time I find my glasses, the caller’s hung up and left me a message on my voicemail. Then I have to go over to my daughter’s house to get my grandson to open my voicemail. Do any of y’all have trouble answering a call on your phone, or is it just me? When I get a call, there is a green dot to answer and a red dot to hang up on the screen. I can’t remember if I’m supposed to press the dot or swipe it. Eventually, the ringing stops and my trigger finger is all wore out from all the punching and swiping. Then I go visit my grandson again. Lots of folks have iPads or tablets. I’ve got one, but heck if I know what I’m doing on it. My wife gave it to me as a Christmas present so I wouldn’t be hogging our desktop computer all the time. My tablet allows me to write my column on it instead of our home computer, but I prefer typing on a real keyboard instead that little sensitive keypad on my Android. Did you know if you keep your finger on the keys on a tablet, all sorts of letters, punctuation marks and hieroglyphics will appear? My typing skills are slightly better than my phone-answering proficiency, and it’s really bad when one of my two typing fingers is sore from pounding a green dot on my stupid phone for 5 minutes. There is some app that allows me to dictate to my tablet and it’ll write down what I say. I’m thinking if Siri can’t decipher my Texas accent, then there’s no telling what I’ll see on my Word document. I may just have to switch tablets and use the one with a picture of a big Indian chief on the cover. I know how to use that tablet. We can all agree for sure that Clint Younts is digitally impaired. Maybe that’s why there are always a few strange sayings in his columns. crowsnest78610@gmail.com
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‘Say it ain’t so’? GOP leaders say, ‘So?’ T
hey cheated. They got caught. They’re gone. If only our nation were governed like Major League Baseball. If it were, Donald Trump would take the same exit as Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch and Boston Red Sox manager Joey Cora, confirmed cheaters and rule-breakers. They’re out, in baseball’s biggest scandal since the Chicago White Sox threw the 1919 World Series. That bygone episode, the Black Sox scandal, immortalized the plaintive call to White Sox star Joe Jackson – “Say it ain’t so, Joe” – from a young believer in fair play. Of course, that’s baseball. In the minor matter of heeding our Constitution, even as Republican senators swear to be true to it, they are prepared to give Trump a pass to do whatever he wants. We don’t need no stinking rules. They are going to let him get away with breaking the law in freezing aid to Ukraine to facilitate a personal political vendetta, and insist as his lawyers are doing, that the American people are on trial. Or that a sitting president cannot be indicted. Never mind that our government’s own watchdog – the nonpartisan Government
to this matter? It was none other than Lindsey Young Graham. It was October. At-Large Graham was in reflexive by John Young dismissive mode about the contents of the July 25 telephone call Accountability Office that has led to Trump’s – says Trump broke the impeachment. law in trying to wheedle Graham refused to and bully Ukraine’s give much weight to one new president to do his phone call, but, said, bidding with taxpayer “If you could show me money. that Trump actually was Republican senators engaging in a quid pro are going to ignore quo, outside the phone assertions by many, call, that would be very including Rudy Giuliani’s disturbing.” pet Ukrainian, Lev Yes, it would, Sen. Parnas, about Trump’s Graham. It would be close coordination of the one corrupt president effort. using the weight of the They’re going to U.S. government, with ignore Parnas-supplied life-or-death military aid evidence that Team attached, to cheat his Trump had Ukrainian way to re-election. Ambassador Marie I’m still waiting for Yovanovich tailed. one other Republican They’re going – just one – to say to ignore credible what GOP Sen. Lisa accounts that Vice Murkowski said about President Mike Pence, this. ex-energy secretary “If this set of facts Rick Perry, chief of staff were to be in front of Mick Mulvaney and me and the president Congressman Devin was Hillary Clinton as Nunes were in on this opposed to President whole illegal gambit – Donald Trump, would bribing a foreign nation I be viewing this a for a political favor. different way? Because if Sen. Lindsey Graham I do, that’s wrong.” has acknowledged all of We need not speculate the above, and so has what McConnell, Senate Majority Leader Graham and Trump’s Mitch McConnell in so chief sycophants would many words. say. Does anyone If any hint of remember who was these allegations among the first to trot were attached to a out the phrase “quid pro Democratic president, quo” as being pivotal they’d come charging
with bayonets. And this applies to the host of matters identified by Robert Mueller that other prosecutors called clearly indictable. Republicans would never cease to probe the role of a Roger Stone, a Paul Manafort, a Michael Flynn, a Rudy Giuliani with his shadow foreign policy if they were on “the other side.” Add Vladimir Putin and his army of trolls. These are the mobsters of Trump’s Black Sox scandal. The players who cheated – the guys on our payroll – are Trump, Pence, Mulvaney, Perry and more. Back to today’s baseball scandal: Contemplated the role of the players on the Astros and Red Sox who benefited from the cheating, broadcaster Bob Costas observed that the players were observing the “Code of Omerta” a Sicilian oath of silence to shield rulebreakers. They are the cheaters who prosper. As are Pence. McConnell. Graham. Nunes. Pompeo. Perry – the whole bunch: They should be banned from the sport. Of course, this isn’t baseball. Longtime newspaperman John Young lives in Colorado. jyoungcolumn@gmail.com
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Hays Free Press • January 22, 2020
Rebs blank Trojans 4-0
PHOTOS BY MOSES LEOS III
The Hays varsity soccer team won Saturday’s home conference game against Anderson by a score of 4-0. Top left, Hays Rebel Thomas Fisher, Jr. (19) makes a last-ditch effort to prevent the ball from going out of bounds in the second half of the game. Top right, Hays Rebel goalkeeper Lane Reynolds (00) manages to get a mitt on a loose ball as he attempted to prevent an Anderson corner kick. Right, just as an Anderson Trojan midfielder attempted to drive further downfield, Hays Rebel defender Anthony Hellen (3) executes a slide tackle to dislodge the ball.
Lady Cavs blank Lobos 3-0
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BY MOSES LEOS III Much like the cold breeze that blew over Lobo Field Tuesday, there was little the Lehman Lady Lobos soccer team could do to weather the Lake Travis Lady Cavaliers. A relentless Lake Travis attack that spanned from whistle to whistle proved too much for Lehman to contain in a 3-0 home loss. Part of the struggle for the Lady Lobos (4-3, 2-2) was containing a Lake Travis offense that aggressively pushed the tempo forward for the majority of the match. Lady Lobo head coach Sean Dickson said Lake Travis’ athleticism allowed the Lady Cavs to control the open space on the field, primarily in the scoring third, as well as maintain possession for most of the match. That aggressive play paid dividends when the Lady Cavaliers took a 1-0 lead ten minutes into the match. A second goal scored 12 minutes prior to halftime gave Lake Travis a commanding 2-0 lead. On the opposite side, Dickson said Lehman’s offense couldn’t get “ball to feet” and was unable to combine multiple passes together. A physical Lake Travis midfield and back line kept Lehman from generating any momentum on offense. “Since we couldn’t get the ball to field, we couldn’t get the midfield into the game and couldn’t get passes together,” Dickson said. “It wound up being a long night for us.” Amid the struggles, Dickson lauded goalkeeper Emma Botello who withstood Lake Travis’ first half onslaught and limited the Lady Cavs to only one more goal the rest of the way. Meanwhile, Lehman’s offense generated a handful of attacks into Lake Travis’ territory in the second half. “They’re a fighting unit. They all fight. They’re all getting after it,” Dickson said. “I like that about them. They’re a collective unit. They make it a joy, to coach girls like that.” Having now played Lake Travis and Westlake, currently the top two teams in 25-6A, for the first time this season, Dickson said Lady Lobo players still maintain a “why not us” mentality. Despite falling short in both contests, Dickson said Lady Lobos remain confident they can keep pace with the frontrunners. “I don’t think the Lake Travises or the Westlakes really intimidate them. They sit there and say, ‘why can’t we play with
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Gold medal meet for Lobo lifters Another week, another first place finish for the Lehman Lobo boys and girls powerlifting squads as they both secured the gold medal Saturday at the Hays Rebel meet held at Joe Graham Gym. The Lehman Lady Lobos tallied 69 team points, which surpassed second place San Antonio East Central’s 29. On the boys side, Lehman finished with 52 points while Geronimo Navarro took second with 30 points. Lady Lobo powerlifters Malia Gonzales, Karla Olmedo, Kayla Loupe, Amber Saenz and Ashley Villanueva secured gold in their individual weight classes Saturday, while Lobos Brayden Bromonsky, Jacob Vasquez, Diego Macedo, Seth Sanchez took first place during the Rebel meet. Hays Lady Rebel powerlifter Anissa Burnham took first place in her respective weight class. On Jan. 8, both Lobo powerlifting squads held serve as hosts of the Lehman kickoff, winning first place at that meet as well. PHOTOS BY MOSES LEOS III
Above, Lehman Lobo powerlifter Rolando Valenzuela (left) quite literally had the back of teammate Eric Cruz whom he helped to apply chalk prior to taking on the chest press at the Hays Rebel powerlifting meet Saturday. Left, Lehman Lobo Kayla Loupe makes sure to locate the best place for her hands to go prior to settling in for another attempt at the chest press Saturday at Joe Graham Gym. Right, Hays Rebel Anissa Burnham (center) composes herself and takes some time to reflect prior to settling in under the bar as she readied for one of her first chest press repetitions of the day.
Late game meltdown sinks Bulldogs blow out boys Hays girls hoops 44-42 Rebel basketball 63-41 BY SHANE SCHOLWINSKI
BY MOSES LEOS III
Postseason dreams are now on the brink of slipping out of the Hays Lady Rebel basketball team’s grasp. Lady Rebel miscues within the final three minutes Friday allowed the Anderson Lady Trojans to orchestrate a key 7-2 run to escape with a 44-42 win. The defeat kept Hays (12-16, 3-6) two games behind Austin High for the fourth and final playoff spot in 25-6A. With only seven games left in the regular season, Hays head coach Danny Preuss said his team will have to “play with pride,” and get some help, to make up ground and stay in the postseason chase. “We kind of wiggled our way out of the playoffs. We’re not out by any means, but we don’t control our own destiny,” Preuss said. “Every game’s got to be where ‘hey, this could be our last.’” Hays led Anderson 40-37 with roughly three minutes left in the game before the Lady Trojans stormed right back. Guided by senior Cai Wilson, Anderson went on a 7-0 run that was partially aided by Rebel defensive breakdowns. After free throws from junior Lily Guevara, Hays had several opportunities in the final minute to tie or take the lead but was unable to equalize. Preuss said he felt An-
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Hays Lady Rebel Lily Guevara (32) fights to wrestle possession away from a Anderson Lady Trojan player in the paint late in Friday’s district game at Bales Gym.
derson outhustled Hays for most of the contest; he also said Hays didn’t stick to its game plan down the stretch Friday. Preuss also cited Hays’ continued struggles in finishing games in the clutch. Four of Hays’ six district losses have come as a result of second half meltdowns; two of those six losses were by three points or fewer. “[Assistant coach Detrick] Stigall said we have to outhustle the other team. If we did that we’d
be okay,” Preuss said. “But teams are coming into our gym, or we’re going to other places, and they’re outhustling us. I’m not okay with that. We’ve got to do a better job of setting the pace.” Early on, Hays’ offense found its groove in the paint via junior Trista Strasser who tallied the team’s first 10 points of the contest. Strasser led the team with a double-double by scoring 17 points and 18 rebounds. Guevara also had a double-double with 11 points and 13 boards. Preuss said Strasser played with more aggressiveness and has gained more confidence with her abilities and vision on the court. “She’s gotten a lot more active. I can see that more in practices and games where she’s raising the bar a little bit with her game,” Preuss said. But for every Lady Rebel run, Anderson answered in-kind. After Hays led 10-5 midway through the first frame, Anderson rallied and surged ahead to take a 1911 advantage early in the second quarter. Following a 17-2 Lady Rebel run giving Hays a 28-21 lead early in the third frame, Anderson battled back to cut Hays’ advantage to 34-33. Struggles in shooting the ball played a role in An Anderson Lady Trojan player tries to poke the ball out of the Hays’ inability to fend hands of Hays Lady Rebel Jasmine Taylor as she attempts to drive the lane.
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while the Bulldogs offense exploded for 34 In a disappointing points. Missed layups performance at home and 11 turnovers in the Tuesday night Hays two quarters plagued basketball lost its second the Rebels offensive game of the season to execution. the Bowie Bulldogs by “We missed a lot of a score of 63-41, droplayups, and that cost us ping the Rebels to a 4-5 some transition buckrecord in 6A District-25. ets,” Sandoval said. “I Everything seemed to mean so not only were go wrong for the Rebels we not hitting shots, after they started the but we weren’t hitting game up 9-2 on the layups. Some of them Bulldogs in the first were forced, but it was quarter, but then were just one of those things outscored by Bowie 27-9 where you got to make over the next 12 minutes your layups.” of play before going into As a team Hays shot halftime. 5-of-18 from beyond Missed shots and the arc, 27.8%, and only lack of rebounding by managed to get to the the Rebels were the two free throw line five times biggest issues, according (2-of-5) for the game. On to Hays head basketball the other end Bowie shot coach Matthew Sando5-of-14 from three point val. range, 35.7%, and made “Rebounding and 12-of-20 from the free hustle, we didn’t hit throw line. shots either so that On the boards, the didn’t help,” Sandoval Bulldogs simply out said about what went muscled the Rebels by wrong during the game. out-rebounding them “But there is no excuse 32-21 across the four for not boxing out, not quarters. rebounding, fifty-fifty “The first game they balls, they got every out-rebounded us and loose ball. I mean you’ve I was hoping the bigger got to want it, you’ve got lineup would help us, to want the loose balls. but no, it did not,” SanIt was embarrassing to doval said. “Not in the watch.” area that we needed it to Hays offense became help.” stagnant in the second Hays junior guard Will and third quarters only Agnew led the team with scoring 12 total points, 11 points, while adding
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five rebounds and four assists. Senior guard Caden Doyle had 10 points for the game, and junior guard Durand Hill contributed nine points and five rebounds. For Bowie, junior guard Coleton Benson led all scorers with 24 points and seven rebounds. With the loss the Rebels are on the outside looking in for the playoff picture in District-25. With a 15-9 overall record and 4-5 in district, Hays sits in fifth place with only six games remaining. Westlake holds first place at 9-0, with Anderson in second at 7-1. Bowie controls third place with a 5-4 record, with Lake Travis just behind them with a 4-4 record. “We need to keep practicing hard, stay focused and just stay on it,” Sandoval said. “One game doesn’t define your year. You know they (Bowie) are a good team. They showed us exactly what our weaknesses are, and the good thing is they are correctable mistakes to a degree. It’s on us to correct them.” Hays will look to get back on track with a road game this Friday versus Austin Akins (2-6) at 7:30 p.m.
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ometimes life in Mountain City can only be understood by those who’ve been here awhile. Last week, a post showed up in NextDoor, “There are cows in front of a house on Maple Drive.” According to the emoji response, this brought laughs. It’s just funny, seeing cows on a city street. Someone joked, “Did you check if they were microchipped?” Until the rancher back behind Maple sent a particular bovine being to auction, there was no fence that would hold back a gal hell-bent on eating the hay from our Nativity scene. This year, with the rancher’s permission, we’ll toss the leftover hay over the fence. NextDoor.com reports 76 percent of Mountain City households now registered. It’s an effective way to communicate with the citizenry. Outgoing posts can go only to those in Mountain City or to those in Mountain City and numerous “nearby” neighborhoods. The ribbon cutting for the new message board constructed as Drew Hilton’s Eagle Scout project brought a nice crowd of neighbors, visitors and the Brownie troop that meets at City Hall. As folks
Sandra Bryant and Commissioner Mark Mt. City Jones, two selfless Montage servants from outside of Mountain City, took the by Pauline time to attend the ribbon Tom cutting to support Drew and honor the late Mayor came up, lively music Philip Taylor. filled the air. It was only It seemed the commiswhen someone asked that sioner came incognito. the music be turned down Without his cowboy hat, during the ceremony his voice and smile gave that it came to light that him away. the music was coming If you watch Mark from the stadium. Life in Jones’ Facebook, you saw Mountain City! on Monday that the latest Judge Beth Smith read completion date from the a lengthy list of Drew’s contractor on FM 1626 is accomplishments, menApril 2020. tioning the quantity of On the city’s Facebook, volunteer hours he has there’s new word of the given just through Loving city’s “new” website, Mountain City. Loving developed by alderperMountain City offers self- son Cyndie Holmes. less service opportunities https://mountaincitytx. for all in Mountain City. com There’s a link to Did you include pay your water bill by “selfless service” in your credit card. The link to resolutions? Watch the Hays County Emergency Facebook page of Loving Information gives word Mountain City or send an on whether or not we’re email to lovingmountain- under a burn ban. (We city@gmail.com to sign are not.) Upcoming up as a volunteer. Events shows Loving Already, Loving Mountain City events as Mountain City’s Facewell as council meetings. book asks for little prizes Check it out. for the Easter Egg Hunt. For several weeks, EastChristmas clearance sales ern Bluebirds have been can produce amazing checking out the bluebird “stocking stuffers” for as nestbox in our front yard. little as a quarter. Drop off Kindly take time to donations at the 301 Live send tidbits for Montage. Oak Drive front porch at Ptom5678@gmail.com any time. It’s never too (subject: Tidbits) Thanks! early! Love to you, PTom.
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Mentors needed for children of incarcerated parents SUBMITTED REPORT
Seedling, a nonprofit organization serving children who have an incarcerated parent, is seeking mentors in Hays Consolidated ISD’s Kyle schools for the spring semester. Seedling is seeking to match at least 8 more elementary and middle school students with volunteer mentors over the next month. Seedling’s mission is to support children challenged by parental incarceration with innovative, research-driven, school-based mentoring. Seedling serves children in HCISD, Austin ISD, Del Valle ISD, Pflugerville ISD and KIPP Austin Public Charter Schools with a trained volunteer mentor. Mentors typically meet with the child once per
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order. Captured documents taken from Scott’s couriers revealed the entire American strategy to Santa Anna. In strict secrecy he mobilized 20,000 troops and marched on the vulnerable Taylor. Deprived of his Texas scouts, Taylor was blind to the impending danger. However, at that very moment, an indispensable Ranger kept his promise to return, and the grateful general immediately sent Ben McCulloch to locate the lurking enemy. The night of Feb. 20-21, 1847, the Texan found the Mexican camp. Realizing an accurate estimate of the size of the enormous force was essential, he slipped past the sentries and hid until daylight. The count complete, McCulloch rode like the wind back to the American lines and told Taylor that Santa Anna outnumbered him better than four to one. The general simply nodded and said, “Very well, Major. That’s all I wanted to know. I am glad they did not catch you.” To trick Santa Anna into thinking he had been caught off guard, Taylor patiently waited until his foe finally showed himself on the morning of Feb. 22. On cue, the Americans gave a convincing imitation of a panic-stricken retreat, while deliberately withdrawing into a narrow valley near a hacienda called Buena Vista. The battle began at the crack of dawn. To lure the Mexicans into artillery range, the tenacious troops endured heavy casualties that terrible morning. But the afternoon was a different story, as the “Napoleon of the West” stumbled into the carefully laid trap that subjected his soldiers to merciless cannon fire. Terrified by the appalling carnage, the squeamish Mexican officers begged Santa Anna to call off the attack. Realizing his spineless staff was not up
local school districts. Based on best practices for mentoring, Seedling trains and supports its mentors, specializing in the challenges faced by a child who has an incarcerated parent.Individuals can go to the Seedling website www.seedlingmentors.org/ mentor to complete the application or call Seedling at 512-323-6371 with questions.
week during the lunch hour. There are an estimated 8,000 kids that have a parent in jail or prison in the four county area of Travis, Hays, Bastrop and Williamson counties. The organization began mentoring children who have incarcerated parents in 2005 at the request of principals in
Inspired Minds Art Center grand opening Saturday STAFF REPORT Inspired Minds Art Center of Buda will have its grand opening from 1-5 p.m. Saturday. The art center is in the old city hall in downtown Buda, and will offer children, teen and adult classes in ceramics, photography, painting, stained glass and more. Classes are now
Texas scout key to victory at Battle of Buena Vista
he deadly game of cat-and-mouse Texas that culminated in the Battle of Buena Vista History began on Jan. 28, 1847, by Bartee Haile when Gen. Zachary Taylor camped for the night within striking distance of Santa Anna’s much larger vious answer was a quick army. victory but that was sure Divided and demoralto catapult Gen. Zachary ized by a series of humiliat- Taylor, a known Whig, into ing defeats, the desperate national prominence if not Mexicans the White recalled House. To trick Santa Santa Anna So far from one Taylor had Anna into of his many unblemthinking he had an exiles. If the ished record charismatic in the Mexbeen caught charlatan ican War, off guard, Gen. could not giving Polk stop the no reason ZacharyTaylor American replacpatiently waited for invasion, ing him as then all was commanduntil his foe truly lost. er. However, finally showed In dire the generneed of al’s strange himself on the money to in morning of Feb. conduct arm, equip Septemand feed 22. On cue, the ber 1846 thousands Americans gave provided of fresh the perfect recruits, pretext for a convincing Santa Anna presidential imitation of a appealed to interventhe Catholic tion. panic-stricken Church, the Taylor retreat, while wealthiest had the institution enemy on deliberately in the desthe ropes at withdrawing titute counMonterrey, try. The when he into a narrow comfortinexplicably valley near a able clergy consented was willing hacienda called to a ceaseto give the fire and Buena Vista. patriotic allowed the endeavor well-armed their blessing but drew the adversary to retire from the line at cash contributions. field of battle. This colossal Not to be denied, the de- blunder caused the Texas termined dictator resorted detachment to go home in to wholesale seizure and disgust and justified Polk’s sale of church property to appointment of Winfield finance the war effort. The Scott as commanding genpriests retaliated by warn- eral for the final phase of ing the faithful that the real the Mexican campaign. enemy was not the gringos Reaching the Rio but their own government. Grande in December 1846, President James K. Polk Scott instructed Taylor to faced a serious domestic relinquish 9,000 of his top dilemma of his own. Each troops and to stay out of day the conflict continued, the way while he wrapped support diminished for his up the war. “Old Rough Democratic administraand Ready” surrendered tion and the Whig opposi- the soldiers but ignored tion grew stronger. The ob- the second part of the
There are an estimated 8,000 kids that have a parent in jail or prison in the four county area of Travis, Hays, Bastrop and Williamson counties.
to leading the charge the following day, he agreed to an orderly pullout. As Polk had feared, the momentous triumph at Buena Vista transformed Zachary Taylor into a firstclass folk hero. Though more interested in retirement at age 65 than a political career, he reluctantly accepted the presidential nomination of the Whigs in 1849. The election of her husband so infuriated Margaret Taylor that she flatly refused to perform the duties of First Lady. A daughter fulfilled the ceremonial role, while she sulked in her room. But the presidency soon proved to be fatal for her frail husband. Only 16 months into his term, Taylor died after a short illness. While the lion’s share of the credit for “Old Rough and Ready” winding up in the White House went to Ben McCulloch, he had no hand in picking his mediocre successor. The voters had only themselves to blame for Millard Fillmore. Bartee has a can’t-miss talk for the New Year! The history of Texas elections! To schedule a speaking engagement for your group, contact him at barteehaile@gmail.com for more information.
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TDS $1.5M donation means Heroes Park gets green light STAFF REPORT A partnership between Texas Disposal Systems (TDS) and the city of Kyle means the Heroes Memorial Park will soon become a reality. Excitement was evident at Tuesday’s council meeting as veterans and first responders gathered around Bob Gregory, president and principal owner of TDS, as he presented a $1.5 million check to the city.
The donation will be made half in cash ($750,000) and half in goods and services during design and construction of the memorial park. The donated services will be incorporated into the streetscape design through the Uptown development, as well as the central park. The Heroes Memorial Park will be located in the planned Uptown Kyle development, which is in the Plum Creek area between
FM 1626 and FM 2770 (Jack C. Hays Trail). The presentation was part of a long negotiation with TDS regarding the new contract for services within the city of Kyle. The new contract includes a rate reduction to take effect in April 2020, reducing the rate from $22.97 per month to a rate of $22.14 per month. In addition, projected rates will be 2.5% instead of the current rate increases of 3-4% residential accounts.
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and had a passion for helping others. He was Andrew heavily involved in recov(Andy) Cass, ery efforts with Hurricane a resident Katrina in 2005. Cass truly of Austin, had a heart of gold, putTX, died ting others before himself. unexpectHe touched many lives edly on Jan. with his generosity and 10 at the age passion for life. of 54. Family and friends will Cass is survived by his be invited to attend a Celparents, Val and Holly ebration of Life gathering Cass of Mountain City, to be announced at a later son Andres Cass, life-long date. In lieu of flowers, soulmate Leigh-Anne the family requests that Aiken, sister Carrie Adams donations be made to: and her husband Shane, PAWS Shelter of Central brother Cody Cass and his Texas. wife Rochelle, niece and Please go to www.Harnephews Emma, Dylan rellFuneralHomes.com to and Daniel, as well as share a fond memory , numerous aunts, uncles photo or condolence with and cousins. Cass's family. Cass was born in Los Angeles on Nov. 22, 1965 GURLEY to Donna Divine and was Arthur adopted and raised by Val Edward and Holly. He graduated from Lanier High School. Gurley, 83, of Austin, Cass had most recently TX died been Chief Operations Jan. 13. Officer of TourPro, Inc. Gurley was Cass was creative at born in heart and had a deep Austin on passion for music, art July 6, 1936. He graduated and photography, from from Austin High School. hosting his own radio Gurley began his career show, to DJing at some at the Internal Revenue of Austin's top night Service (IRS) shortly after clubs in the early 90s, to that. He joined the Army writing his own music in July 1958 and served for and podcasting in most six months at Ft. Chaffee recent years. Cass was also a lover of electronics, Arkansas. He continued travel, romance, children in the Army Reserves until and animals alike. He was June 1964. Gurley married Charlotte Irene Bales incredibly bright, funny of Kyle on July 17, 1959.
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wife Charlotte Bales Gurley who passed away on June 1, 2002. Gurley is survived by his brother Jesse Gurley of Austin, three children and their spouses: Greg and Kelly Gurley of Manchaca, Jennifer and Rick Werner of Oshkosh, WI and Melissa and Kevin Foley of Kyle; four grandchildren: Dana Pompa and husband Erik Pompa of Buda, Jordan Gurley and fiancé Nate Alvarado of San Antonio, Drake Foley of Kyle and Madison Foley of Kyle. One great-granddaughter: Ambrie Pompa of Buda. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Harrell Funeral Home in Kyle. Service will be held at Hays Hills Baptist Church in Buda on Saturday at 10 a.m. Graveside service will follow at Kyle Cemetery and the family will then return to Hays Hills for a lunch reception. Pallbearers include David Smith, Kevin Schnautz, Denny Gosser, Erik Pompa, Nate Alvarado and Drake Foley. In lieu of flowers if you would like to make a donation to a cause important to Gurley, donations can be sent to Restore and Rebuild Transitional Housing Ministry at Hays Hills, 1401 Farm to Market 1626, Buda, TX 78610.
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off Anderson. The Lady Rebels shot 20% from the field, 13% from threepoint range and 43% from the charity stripe. “We didn’t put the nail in the coffin. We kind of let up and let them back in,” Preuss said. “Every time they went on a run, we went on a run to keep it close. Anderson’s a team where they keep it close and get a point or two
lead, they’re tough.” Improvement is key for Hays as the team essentially must win out to keep its postseason hopes afloat. “I’ve got a lot of good players. We have to put it together. We have to play more like a team,” Preuss said. Hays hosts Akins at home Friday at 7 p.m. at Bales Gym.
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then initiated a second type of chemotherapy but “didn’t get a good response.” Then, Bonnet was started on immunotherapy, which uses the body’s own immune system. “She got a response but it hadn’t shrunk away completely. She was given some time essentially.” By the time she started undergoing CAR-T, “She didn’t have any other good options.” “We tried every treatment possible,” Bonnet said. “We basically did everything there was and nothing worked. Thankfully CAR-T was approved right when I needed it.” She had to go to Dallas for the five- or six-hour procedure by which the cells were taken out of her body and, after a couple of weeks in the hospital, had to remain nearby for daily visits with doctors during which she was tested physically and mentally. “They ask you questions, who is the president, what year is it. I had to write a sentence over and over.” She was released from the hospital right after Thanksgiving and in June of 2019, interviewed for her current job. Her return to the classroom in the fall of last year was
“bittersweet,” because although teaching is her passion, some parents who had read her blogs “actually called administration to say they didn’t want their child in my classroom” because of the cancer. “Before they even saw me, even knew me — if I had been keeling over dying I would understand. But they’d never seen me or met me. That’s just crazy to me.” There were other consequences as well. Though she’d always wanted to be a mother, the treatment had dire consequences for her fertility. “I’m not able to have children now. Cancer literally takes your whole life away. I lost my hair three times. Physically, emotionally, it’s really tough. It’s more emotionally hard than the actual physical going through it.” As for the future of CAR-T, Melear said only time will tell. “We will run into snags, if history teaches us anything,” he said. “At last we have a new therapy for cancers that are usually fatal.” If patients who had “very short life expectancies” can be put into long-term remission, “That’a a huge step forward.”
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Public Notices
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION FOR WATER QUALITY LAND APPLICATION PERMIT FOR MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER RENEWAL
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PERMIT NO. WQ0011976001
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APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION. Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP, P.O. Box 610, Buda, Texas 78610, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal of TCEQ Permit No. WQ0011976001 which authorizes the disposal of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 2,700 gallons per day via surface irrigation of 3.0 acres of non-public access company-owned landscape. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into water in the state. TCEQ received this application on July 12, 2019.
APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION. Aqua Texas, Inc., 1106 Clayton Lane, Suite 400W, Austin, Texas 78723, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal of Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0013293001 which authorizes the discharge of treated domestic wastewater at a daily average flow not to exceed 42,400 gallons per day. TCEQ received this application on August 5, 2019.
The wastewater treatment facility and disposal site are located at 701 Cement Plant Road, Buda, in Hays County, Texas 78610. The wastewater treatment facility and disposal site are located in the drainage basin of Plum Creek in Segment No. 1810 of the Guadalupe River Basin. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and is not part of the application or notice. For the exact location, refer to the application. https://tceq.maps.arcgis.com/ apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=db5bac44afbc468bbddd360f 8168250f&marker=97.853333%2C30.054444&level=12 The TCEQ Executive Director has completed the technical review of the application and prepared a draft permit. The draft permit, if approved, would establish the conditions under which the facility must operate. The Executive Director has made a preliminary decision that this permit, if issued, meets all statutory and regulatory requirements. The permit application, Executive Director’s preliminary decision, and draft permit are available for viewing and copying at Buda Public Library, 405 Loop Street, Buda, Texas. PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting about this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or to ask questions about the application. TCEQ holds a public meeting if the Executive Director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing. OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. After the deadline for submitting public comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Unless the application is directly referred for a contested case hearing, the response to comments will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to those persons who are on the mailing list for this application. If comments are received, the mailing will also provide instructions for requesting a contested case hearing or reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in a state district court. TO REQUEST A CONTESTED CASE HEARING, YOU MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN YOUR REQUEST: your name, address, phone number; applicant's name and proposed permit number; the location and distance of your property/activities relative to the proposed facility; a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the facility in a way not common to the general public; a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period; and the statement "[I/we] request a contested case hearing." If the request for contested case hearing is filed on behalf of a group or association, the request must designate the group’s representative for receiving future correspondence; identify by name and physical address an individual member of the group who would be adversely affected by the proposed facility or activity; provide the information discussed above regarding the affected member’s location and distance from the facility or activity; explain how and why the member would be affected; and explain how the interests the group seeks to protect are relevant to the group’s purpose. Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for reconsideration or for a contested case hearing to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material water quality concerns submitted during the comment period. TCEQ may act on an application to renew a permit for discharge of wastewater without providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACTION. The Executive Director may issue final approval of the application unless a timely contested case hearing request or request for reconsideration is filed. If a timely hearing request or request for reconsideration is filed, the Executive Director will not issue final approval of the permit and will forward the application and request to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. MAILING LIST. If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing or a reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision, you will be added to the mailing list for this specific application to receive future public notices mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specific applicant name and permit number; and/or (2) the mailing list for a specific county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent and/or the county mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. All written public comments and public meeting requests must be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 or electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/ epic/eComment/ within 30 days from the date of newspaper publication of this notice. INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE. For details about the status of the application, visit the Commissioners’ Integrated Database at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/ cid. Search the database using the permit number for this application, which is provided at the top of this notice. AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Any personal information you submit to the TCEQ will become part of the agency’s record; this includes email addresses. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. Further information may also be obtained from Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP at the address stated above or by calling Mr. Luis Rodriguez, Environmental Manager, Texas Lehigh Cement Company LP, at (512) 295-9233. Issuance Date December 17, 2019
The facility is located at 5271 GoForth Road, in Hays County, Texas 78640. The treated effluent is discharged to an unnamed tributary, thence to Brushy Creek, thence to a reservoir, thence to Brushy Creek, thence to Plum Creek in Segment No. 1810 of the Guadalupe River Basin. The unclassified receiving water use is limited aquatic life use for the unnamed tributary. The designated uses for Segment No. 1810 are primary contact recreation, aquifer protection, and high aquatic life use. All determinations are preliminary and subject to additional review and/or revisions. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and is not part of the application or notice. For the exact location, refer to the application. https:// tceq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=db5bac44afbc468bbddd360f8 168250f&marker=-97.80364%2C30.020322&level=12 The TCEQ Executive Director has completed the technical review of the application and prepared a draft permit. The draft permit, if approved, would establish the conditions under which the facility must operate. The Executive Director has made a preliminary decision that this permit, if issued, meets all statutory and regulatory requirements. The permit application, Executive Director’s preliminary decision, and draft permit are available for viewing and copying at Kyle Public Library, 550 Scott Street, Kyle, Texas. PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting about this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or to ask questions about the application. TCEQ holds a public meeting if the Executive Director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing. OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. After the deadline for submitting public comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Unless the application is directly referred for a contested case hearing, the response to comments will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to those persons who are on the mailing list for this application. If comments are received, the mailing will also provide instructions for requesting a contested case hearing or reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in a state district court. TO REQUEST A CONTESTED CASE HEARING, YOU MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN YOUR REQUEST: your name, address, phone number; applicant's name and proposed permit number; the location and distance of your property/activities relative to the proposed facility; a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the facility in a way not common to the general public; a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period; and the statement "[I/we] request a contested case hearing." If the request for contested case hearing is filed on behalf of a group or association, the request must designate the group’s representative for receiving future correspondence; identify by name and physical address an individual member of the group who would be adversely affected by the proposed facility or activity; provide the information discussed above regarding the affected member’s location and distance from the facility or activity; explain how and why the member would be affected; and explain how the interests the group seeks to protect are relevant to the group’s purpose. Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for reconsideration or for a contested case hearing to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material water quality concerns submitted during the comment period. TCEQ may act on an application to renew a permit for discharge of wastewater without providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACTION. The Executive Director may issue final approval of the application unless a timely contested case hearing request or request for reconsideration is filed. If a timely hearing request or request for reconsideration is filed, the Executive Director will not issue final approval of the permit and will forward the application and request to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. MAILING LIST. If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing or a reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision, you will be added to the mailing list for this specific application to receive future public notices mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specific applicant name and permit number; and/or (2) the mailing list for a specific county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent and/or the county mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. All written public comments and public meeting requests must be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 or electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/ epic/eComment/ within 30 days from the date of newspaper publication of this notice. INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE. For details about the status of the application, visit the Commissioners’ Integrated Database at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/ cid. Search the database using the permit number for this application, which is provided at the top of this notice. AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Any personal information you submit to the TCEQ will become part of the agency’s record; this includes email addresses. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. Further information may also be obtained from Aqua Texas, Inc. at the address stated above or by calling Mr. Abel Bautista at 281-651-0174, Extension 54119. Issuance Date January 9, 2020
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Public Notices CITY OF KYLE CITY COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT ORDINANCE WITH TEXAS DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, INC.
The City Council of the City of Kyle will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located at Kyle City Hall, 100 W. Center Street, Kyle, Texas, on a proposed franchise agreement ordinance for solid waste and recycling collection disposal services with the Texas Disposal Systems, Inc.
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NOTICE TO RESPONDENT: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. of the Monday next following the expiration of twenty days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you. The petition of Marina Ines Cabrera Mendez, Petitioner, was filed in the 274th District Court of Hays County, Texas on November 13, 2019 and is numbered 19-2802 on the docket of said court, and entitled IN THE INTEREST OF JHON DERIK HARLY YAXSUARY ARITA CABRERA, A CHILD. THE NATURE OF SAID SUIT IS A REQUEST TO ESTABLISH CONSERVATORSHIP AND SUPPORT OF MINOR CHILD, that the court adjudicate the child’s paternity or make appropriate findings regarding the paternity of the child, that appropriate orders be made for conservatorship, access and possession of the child. The date and place of birth of the child who is the subject of the suit: JOHN DERIK HARLY YAXSUARY ARITA CABRERA; born in POPTUN, PETEN, GUATEMALA; on February 23, 2002. The court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or decree in the children’s interest which will be binding upon you, including the termination of the parent-child relationship, the determination ofpaternity, and the appointment of a conservator with authority to consent to the children’s adoption. Issued and given under may hand and seal of said court at San Marcos, Texas on this the 13th day of January, 2020. REQUESTED BY: Willis Boone Harper Chambers Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services 2800 IH-35, South Suite 215 Austin, TX 78704 BEVERLY CRUMLEY HAYS COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK 712 S. STAGECOACH TRAIL, STE. 2211 SAN MARCOS, TEXAS 78666 By Linda Euresti, Deputy
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Hays CISD is Requesting Bids for BID #26-012001JO Child Nutrition Small Wares & Large Equipment. BID’s will be accepted until 01-312020 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-268-2141 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, Jennifer Ornelas, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640, by the date and time indicated above. Late Bids will be returned unopened. The HCISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all formalities in the bid process.
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Property: Manufactured Home: Used 1995 Redman Palm Harbor home MASTERPIECE model, Serial No. MP221556, Length/Width 18x76, located at Kyle Blue Bonnet dba Lakeside Crossing, 127 Sonoma Drive (lot 90) , Kyle, TX 78640 Date: February 17th, 2020 Time: 9:00 a.m. Place: The Levine Law Firm, P.C. Plaza 7000 7000 N. Mopac, Suite 200 Austin, Texas 78731 Telephone: (512) 476-9800 Attention: Mr. Jeremy Levine
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF KENNETH RAY BAKER, DECEASED NO. 19-0445-P NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
Notice is hereby given that on January 15, 2020, Letters Testamentary as Independent Executor upon the above Estate were issued to: LISA WILLIAMS BAKER by the Honorable County Court at Law No. 1 of Hays County, Texas, in Cause No. 19-0445P pending upon the Probate Docket of said Court. All persons having claims against the Estate being administered are hereby requested to present the same within the time prescribed by law to the following: Andrea Villarreal Oaks, Hartline & Daly, L.L.P. 5524 Bee Caves Rd., Ste. K-1 Austin, TX 78746
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The administrative office of Hays County Emergency Services District No. 9 is located at 210 W. Moore Street, Kyle, Texas 78640. This notice is published pursuant to Section 775.036(f) of the Texas Health & Safety Code.
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To all persons interested in the In the Guardianship of Guy Hawes, an Incapacitated Person, Cause No. 304-G, 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 TO DETERMINE HEIRSHIP in this estate on the 15th day of January, 2020, requesting that the Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of Guy Hawes, 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
Employment Center in San Marcos, Texas. All persons interested in this case are cited to appear before this Honorable Court by filing a written contest or answer to this Application should they desire to do so. To ensure its consideration, you or your attorney must file any objection, intervention, or response in writing with the County Clerk of Hays County, Texas on or before the above-noted date and time. Applicant’s Attorney David A. Munson 2002 Timberloch Pl., Suite 200 The Woodlands, TX 77380 (281) 210-3467 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 15th day of January, 2020. Elaine H. Cárdenas County Clerk, Hays County, Texas 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, Suite 2008 San Marcos, Texas 78666 By Darren Jones, Deputy
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Pursuant to Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code, TJO 10 X 10 Management, Ltd Managing properties listed below will hold a public auction of property being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. The sale will begin on or about the time indicated at www.selfstorageauction.com. Property will be sold to highest bidder for cash. Deposit for removal and cleanup may be temporarily required. Seller reserves the right to reject any bid and to withdraw property from sale. Property may be sold by the space. Property being sold includes contents in spaces of following tenants, with brief description of contents in each space. Tuesday, February 11, 2020 12:00 pm Kyle Premiere Storage @ 19580 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640 www.SelfStorageAuction. com Mary Ranow: misc. items. Caitlyn Krause: misc. items. Melba Flores: misc. items. Mark Delgado: misc. items.
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Notice is hereby given that Original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of Vernon H. Harmon, Deceased, were issued on the 8th day of January, 2020 in Cause No. 19-0402-P, pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to Cory Harmon, Independent Executor of the Estate of Vernon H. Harmon. David H. Morris Morris & Wise Attorney at Law 1921 Corporate Drive, Ste. 102 San Marcos, Texas 78666 All persons having claims against this Estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present themselves within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. DATED this the 14th day of January, 2020. Respectfully submitted, DAVID H. MORRIS MORRIS & WISE Attorneys at Law 1921 Corporate Drive, Ste. 102 San Marcos, Texas 78666 Telephone: (512) 396-7525 Telecopier: (512) 396-7599 State Bar No. 14476600
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LEGAL NOTICE Application is being made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for Beer Retail Dealer’s Off-Premise, Wine Only Package Store and Local Cartage Permits by GoBrands Texas LLC located at 1820 Peter Garza drive, San Marcos, Hays County, Texas 78666. Officers of said Company are Rafael Ilishayev, Secretary and Yakir Gola, Manager.
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ENF Technologies: Makes headquarters in Kyle
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welcoming you to our family and want to be just as much of a family to you as you are to us.” Mayor Travis Mitchell recalled that the one and only time the city council has given a standing ovation to a business wanting to relocate here was when the city was approached by ENF. “The reason it was so emotional is because of the type of company that ENF is, it really embodies what the city of Kyle is pursuing – an atmosphere where residents can live, where they can find gainful employment, primary wage, and the many amenities the city of Kyle provides. With gainful employment comes
the increase in the standard of living that we as a city are pursuing.” ENF Kyle Technology is the region’s newest high-tech manufacturer and the groundbreaking was for a $45 million facility that will encompass 75,000 square feet on a 25-acre site (which also provides room for future expansion). The company says it will be hiring 45 to 50 employees in the second half of this year, and that number will increase in the future. Commercial production is expected to start in the third quarter of 2021. “We are honored to be a member of a business-friendly community that is on a phenom-
enal growth trajectory,” Lee Seungho, ENF executive vice president, said through an interpreter. “The city of Kyle and Hays County officials have warmly welcomed ENF Technology to the Texas Innovation Corridor – a location that provides the ideal site for use to serve our U.S. customers.” Projects like ENF “don’t come from nowhere,” Mitchell said. “We are excited about the future of Kyle. Our city council is working nearly around the clock to put together great partnerships. It does take a team and this is team Kyle. It takes all of us working together to achieve the outcome
we are so desperately pursuing. I believe we are on our way.” Jason Giulietti, interim president of the Greater San Marcos Partnership, noted that the economic impact of the facility will extend beyond Kyle. “Jobs will potentially be secured by community members throughout the Greater San Marcos region in Hays and Caldwell counties.” Established in 2000, ENF produces electronic materials and fine chemicals and says it has experienced remarkable sales growth with high-quality projects for electronic devices including semiconductors.
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The project has met with stiff opposition ever since the energy giant began approaching Central Texas landowners in late 2018. Because they are considered infrastructure, pipelines companies have the power of eminent domain. Because it is completely within the state of Texas, the project does not require approval from any state agency except the Railroad Commission. Plaintiffs in the suit say the actions of Kinder Morgan – which has already begun construction at the west end of the pipeline – is “attempting to avoid” steps including obtaining a biological opinion from USFWS, the preparation of an incidental take permit and the creation of a habitat conservation plan, “both of which are called for when any action – direct or indirect – presents a signifiant
Pipeline opponents plan to stage a second vigil at the corner of Center and Burleson streets this Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. threat to a species or its habitat in wetlands under the USACE’s jurisdiction as well as in uplands on private lands.” “Kinder Morgan has avoided review of the pipeline by appropriate environmental agencies and vetting by the public,” said Blayne Stansberry, president of the BSEACD Board of Directors. “Without these processes, we cannot ensure construction and operation of the pipeline will be reasonably protective of our water resources. If the water that supplies the Interstate 35 corridor in Hays County is negatively impacted by the pipeline, the economic and environ-
mental impacts would be disastrous.” The district noted that species listed in the Endangered Species Act are “granted certain protections” from development. Among others, the pipeline’s route crosses through the habitat of endangered salamanders and songbirds. Allen Fore, a Kinder Morgan vice president who has been the face of the company in much of Central Texas, said on Jan. 8 that the project is proceeding. The company is “still anticipating construction beginning in Hays County” during the first quarter of this year “pending regulatory ap-
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proval” but also noted that construction has not yet reached Blanco County either. When complete, the pipeline would carry natural gas from the oilfields of west Texas to the Houston area. Last year, the city of Kyle and other entities filed suit challenging Kinder Morgan’s right of eminent domain, but the action was dismissed by a judge. Kyle later settled another suit with the company, the terms of which call for Kinder Morgan paying the city $2.7 million and protecting the city from incurring any undue financial burden caused by the pipeline on existing infrastructure. The settlement also required Kinder Morgan to participate in the alleviation of conflicts between the pipeline and future infrastructure projects within Kyle.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code hereby gives notice of public sale under said act to wit: This sale will be held January 31, 2020 at 2:30 PM on StorageAuction. com. The property in the storage unit(s) listed under tenant’s name is being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. The property contents of all storage unit(s) sold at this sale are purchased “as is” “where is” for CASH/ CREDIT. Safe-n-Sound Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or to cancel any public sale advertised. Announcement made the day of the sale takes precedence over any printed materials. DEION ALEXANDER – 10X15 NC – Scooter, 2 Overstuffed Chairs, Washer, Dryer, Refrigerator, 4 Poster Bed Frame, Square Table with 4 Chairs, Area Rug, 2 End Tables. PATRICIA GONZALEZ – 10X15 NC – Bird Bath, 10’ Ladder, Lamps, Table, Mirror, Chest of Drawers, Nightstands, Bookcase, Christmas Decorations, Garden Hose, 3 Truck Tires and Misc. items. NICOLE MCCALL – 5X10 NC - Suitcase, Light Fixture, Boxes, Bags, Totes of Misc. items. LINDSEY MILLARD – 10X5 NC – Day Bed Frame, Utility Dolly, Twin Bunk Bed Frame, Boxes of Misc. items.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HAYS CAUSE: 18-1591 By virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the 22nd District Court of HAYS County, Texas, November 18, 2019, in cause numbered 18-1591, styled Post Oak One Homeowners Association, Inc. versus Joe M. Canales and Valorie
a. Canales on a judgment rendered against Joe M. Canales and Valorie a. Canales; I did on January 2, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., levy upon as the property of Joe M. Canales and Valorie a. Canales the following described real property: Lot 1, Block S, of Post Oak Subdivision, Phase 5B, a subdivision in Hays County, Texas, according to the map or plat recorded in Volume 18, Page 119, Plat Records of Hays County, Texas more commonly known as 256 Unity, Kyle, TX 78640 (Property) On February 4, 2020, being the first Tuesday of the month, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., beginning at 10:00 a.m., at the Hays County, at the South Door, 712 Stagecoach Trail of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of San Marcos, Texas, I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the right, title and interest of Joe M. Canales and Valorie a. Canales in and to the real property described above. Dated at Kyle, Hays County, Texas, January 2, 2020. Michael Torres Constable, Pct. 2 Hays County, Texas 5458 FM 2770 Kyle, Texas 78640 by Robert L. Eller, Deputy Notice to Bidders: You are buying whatever interest, if any, the Debtor has in the property. Purchase of the Debtor’s interest in the property may not extinguish any liens or security interests held by other persons. There are no warranties, express or implied, regarding the property being sold, including but not limited to warranties of title, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Notice to Judgment Debtor: If there is any property, real or personal, you want to point out for levy in lieu of the above described property, you must contact this office immediately.