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Election results New council members, school board trustees

BY BRITTANY ANDERSON

HAYS COUNTY — Nearly 16,000, or 9.83%, of registered Hays County voters headed to the polls during the May 7 uniform election. Candidates from across the county were

vying for seats on the Hays CISD and Dripping Springs ISD boards of trustees, as well as for several council seats in the small community of Hays. Two state of Texas propositions were also on the ballot These are the election

results as of May 9 at 11:40 a.m.

HAYS CISD Replacing outgoing HCISD trustee Merideth Keller is Byron Severance, who will take the District

4 seat with 1,148 votes against Amy Grant’s 851 votes. Incumbent Esperanza Orosco will remain on the board in the District 5 seat, receiving 835 votes over opponent Bear Heiser’s 465.

Also in HCISD,

Proposition A passed with 2,556 votes, with 2,420 votes against. The proposition, geared towards addressing the growth the district has seen and anticipates, will issue $115 million for elementary #16

Elon Musk comes to Kyle Boring Company looks to build underpass

BY BRITTANY ANDERSON KYLE — One of Elon Musk’s companies is planning a project in Kyle that will connect the entire community with an equitable transportation option — no car required.

During the Kyle City Council meeting on May 3, a 6-1 vote approved a professional services agreement with The Boring Company (TBC) to construct a railroad underpass under the Union Pacific Railroad tracks southwest of Kyle Marketplace and FM 1626.

Council member Yvonne Flores-Cale was the dissenting vote.

TBC was founded in 2016 by Musk and creates low-cost and fast-to-dig transportation, utility, pedestrian and freight tunnels.

According to the project proposal, the underpass will accommodate multimodal transportation, including electric vehi-

cles (such as golf carts), bicycles and pedestrians.

It will also be connected to The Vybe, Kyle’s 80-mile long citywide trail system that is being planned to connect all of the city’s neighborhoods to business, recreation and entertainment destinations.

City Manager Scott Sellers said that the parameters from the tunnel trail are from the Kyle Crossing development on the southwest corner of Marketplace and 1626, and the terminus will be at the cul-de-sac in Plum Creek at the eastern edge of Cromwell. Residents near Cromwell, especially those who have limited modes of transportation, have reportedly been asking for a safe crossing in order to get to commercial spaces.

Additionally, the tunnel will be 12 feet in diameter and the path will be 10 feet wide. It will be well-lit and cameras are planned to be installed for safety, according to Sellers.

construction, elementary #17 design fees, the creation of an Academic Support Center, the expansion of Live Oak Academy and the purchase

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The railroad underpass will be located southwest of Marketplace and FM 1626 and connect to Kyle’s Vybe trail network.

“The funding for this project comes out of a development agreement with the developer,” Sellers said. “It’s a $3 million set-aside of private development dollars, so no

taxpayer dollars are anticipated to be expended on this project,” adding that while they don’t have the money in hand yet, the developer is also planning to front the $50,000 for

the professional services agreement.

The city has also had preliminary discussions

See BORING, page 12

Hawks roost in victory Hays softball soars to quarterfinals KYLE – The Hays Hawks softball team squared off against the East Central Hornets this weekend, culminating in a tense three-game series before the

Hawks won, crowning them as area champions. The games were played on May 6 at San Marcos High School and May 7 at Marion High School.

On Friday, the team started off with a lengthy match with the Hornets nabbing an early lead. The Hawks persevered, and almost pulled a win later in the 7th inning but fell one run short, losing the game 5 – 6.

“Well, I feel like the umpire squeezed us a little bit at the beginning of the game, and my pitcher had to put the ball right over the plate, and we had to make adjustments, and we did make those adjustments,” said head coach Lisa Cone. “We just stuck with it and battled back and, you know, we just fought back. I’m proud of their fight and they’re gonna come back tomorrow and fight.”

The Hawks were unbowed and played again on Saturday, where they evened the score

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A WARRIOR'S JOURNEY

HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS CONTINUE – Page 8

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Bella Gomez eyes the next base for a steal.

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KYLE — Dazrine ChagoyaWilliams, 24, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole for the death of her infant son.

ChagoyaCHAGOYAWilliams’ WILLIAMS trial began on April 25, 2022. She was convicted of capital murder of a child under 10 years of age after the jury’s guilty verdict Friday, May 6, 2022. Bill Henry, the 428th Judicial District Court Judge, sentenced ChagoyaWilliams to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The sentence is automatic in a capital murder case as the State of Texas does not seek the death penalty, according to a Hays County news release.

According to trial evidence presented over the last two weeks, Chagoya-Williams called 911 on July 4, 2018, claiming that her 20-monthold son, Mason Williams, was discovered to not be breathing after a nap. After the Kyle Fire Department and EMS attempted to perform life-saving measures, they soon noticed bruising on the infant and other evidence that the death occurred hours earlier.

Investigators later learned that up to 12 minutes before calling 911, ChagoyaWilliams and her husband, Stevie Dwayne Williams, Jr., 27, placed multiple calls to tell family members the baby was dead.

Both the medical examiner and a Dell Children’s Hospital pediatrics expert testified that the death resulted from squeezing Mason’s body, depriving his brain of oxygen. The day following Mason’s death, the Williams’ 8-month-old daughter was

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Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch • May 11, 2022

WWII veteran given ‘trip of a lifetime’

BY BRITTANY ANDERSON WIMBERLEY — Nestled along one of the many winding roads of Wimberley is the home of 100-yearold Mary Riddle — one of the last remaining World War II veterans.

Riddle is part of what many call the Greatest Generation. Born in September 1921, she was one of a small minority of women who served during WWII in the Marines — a branch that, at the time, was not keen on welcoming women into its service.

“They resented us something terrible,” Riddle said. “Marines didn’t want women out there for them … You had to be firm.

Some of the girls were not that firm.”

Riddle, who was born in Germany to German parents and then grew up in Dallas, TX, joined up in 1942 at the age of 20. Her parents were ultimately supportive of her decision, despite her mother’s hesitation.

“My dad went and talked to them, and I could go in at 20 instead of 21,” Riddle said. “I was happy. I was going to be a Marine.”

Riddle worked as a pay clerk for two years at the Marine headquarter base out of San Diego, taking care of soldiers' allotments.

The job still required her to attend six weeks of boot camp in North Carolina where she trained and “learned how to do everything.” The flight to boot camp was also her first time on an airplane.

Riddle even recalled seeing Japanese submarines off the coast of San Diego, saying that’s as close as she got to the enemy while serving, but it didn’t phase her much.

“I wasn’t afraid,” Riddle said. “It didn’t scare me.”

Riddle is also acutely aware of the sacrifice the end of the war meant, particularly for those in Japan.

“Thousands of people were killed with one bomb,” Riddle said.

“You don’t feel good about it, but Japan surren-

"I was happy. I was going to be a Marine."

– Mary Riddle dered. We were celebrating that the war was over, but not about how many people died. You don’t celebrate that.”

Despite knowing the challenges she would face as a woman, Riddle didn’t let that sway her decision to join up.

“Something kept urging me,” Riddle said. “You’re young and you see what’s happening. I was led. In my heart, [I thought] I can do this. And I’ll do it. And I did it.”

Riddle has lived a colorful life since. She met her husband Jim on a blind date while they were both in service (he had just finished 32 months in the South Pacific) and went on to have two children together before he passed away in 1990. Together, they “had a good life” and traveled to national parks, Europe and on mission trips to Africa and South America.

Riddle also proudly holds two college degrees — one in English and one in history. She lived in Japan for two years following the war, as Jim was stationed there, and traveled to China to teach English, remembering fondly of how kind her students were to her. She took her latest English-teaching trip to China at the age of 90 for six weeks.

Today, Riddle lives independently. She still does her own grocery shopping at H-E-B and recently got her driver's license renewed for another two years. She’s never broken a bone or had any replacements, and only takes eye drops and

multivitamins. She said her secret to life is waking up every day and asking how she can serve the Lord.

Riddle has been attending First Baptist Church of Wimberley for over 30 years and is an active member, still finding herself deeply grounded in her faith as she was all those years ago.

“I don’t know why I chose to be a Marine. I don’t,” Riddle said. “God has you in positions, and you make a choice, and that was my choice.

longtime Dripping Springs resident, was “honored” to be asked to be Riddle’s “Guardian” on the trip.

Guardians travel with a veteran and ensure they have a safe and memorable experience.

The trip began at Austin Bergstrom International Airport, where veterans were greeted with a small parade, bagpipe performance from the Austin Police Department and a decorated plane cabin on Southwest Airlines. Once reaching D.C., the group visited the many war memorials across the city.

Some sites were understandably difficult for

veterans. Cummings said that while Riddle had been to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial before, she didn’t want to see it again as she knew many names on the wall, so they just passed by it.

Active military members were also present to assist the veterans, but were also able to speak with them and get advice.

“I loved that active women in the military would seek you out,” Cummings told Riddle. “Every place we stopped at, they wanted to be with her … “I’m here because you started it. I’m having a full life and doing what I want to do because

of women like you who had the strength to do it.””

But Riddle’s favorite part of the trip was seeing kids in D.C. learning about the nation’s history and what veterans have sacrificed for the country, something that is very important to her.

“I’m an old historian, so seeing our children learning about the history of our country, well, I get tearyeyed,” Riddle said. “They don’t know what it means … And it could happen again.”

The whirlwind trip included six miles of walking

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“Time is of the essence” In early April, Riddle had the opportunity to go on a “trip of a lifetime” through Honor Flight Austin, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to give veterans the opportunity to find camaraderie with fellow veterans and visit the many memorials honoring them across Washington D.C. for free.

There are four flights in the spring and four in the fall, and expenses for the flight, hotel, bus rides and food for the day-and-a-half trip are all paid for through donations from various community members and organizations.

WWII veterans are made a priority, as statistics show that hundreds of them are dying every day, but Korean and Vietnam War veterans are also invited. On her flight, Riddle was one of three WWII veterans out of the 40 some-odd veterans who attended, and was the PHOTO COURTESY OF KATHY CUMMINGS only female.

Honor Flight Austin Flight 71 at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington A mutual friend of Riddle and HonD.C. or Flight Austin volunteer Kathy Cummings got her signed up for the trip.

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Buda council approves new art commission

BY C.J. VETTER

BUDA – The Buda City Council recently approved the creation of a new art commission with the goal of helping develop the local art community.

The new commission will allow the city access to state grants designed to boost the cultural uniqueness of communities throughout Texas alongside other benefits, such as organizing and directing local art projects.

Art has always been a vital piece of Buda’s history, and programming for it has been worked on since 2017. The topic of an Art

Commission for the city had been circulated about previously by other boards, such as the Mainstreet Advisory board. The desire for the inclusion of art was also included in the comprehensive and master plans.

“It’s something that all of our tourism initiatives have been working towards but really departments that have been working on it started in 2017,” said Lysa Gonzales, Director of Destination Services. “So we’ve been slowly bringing all that together, with partners like Inspired Minds Art Center, that’s really helped us get that extra push that we needed to be able to

establish an arts commission.”

The art commission will cover dance, music and other forms of art in response to the growing rise in talented groups and individuals around Buda. The Inspired Minds Art Center partnered with the city of Buda in 2019 to begin fostering the art community, which eventually evolved into the new Art Commission’s creation.

“We’ve got a few dance studios here. We’ve got theater companies. It’s really just a given that we’d have an arts commission to help steer policy and find grant money for funds,” said Sinead Whiteside,

co-founder of the Inspired Minds Art Center.

The newly formed commission will begin accepting applications in the following months. For information, visit https:// www.ci.buda.tx.us/414/ Board-Commission-Application-Process.

Bonds authorized in Buda

The assessment for further downtown expansion and authorizing the issuance of bonds were also approved on May 3.

The presentation on the Phase I Downtown Build-Out assessment was

led by Buda Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) President Jennifer Storm and was passed by the council. The goal of the assessment is to perform a survey to show the possibility of future development. If shown feasible by the survey, more shops, office space and restaurants could be constructed on the east side of main street.

“So, essentially, our first step was here in phase one, which showed us where all the boundaries were as far as the railroad tracks, the road, and things like that.

Sort of superficial boundaries,” Storm said. “So my first thought was is it even

worth the play, right? Like could the building be big enough to make it worth it, and the short answer to that is yes.”

Other items on the agenda included the issuance of bonds worth $41 million of general obligation bonds and $8 million in certificates of obligation.

The $41 million was part of the 2021 election bond voted upon last year. In addition, they issued a specific use permit to Longhorn Rentals.

For more information, you can visit www.ci.buda. tx.us/89/Agendas-Minutes-Archives.

VETERAN, from page 2 around D.C. to visit the sites, which was not a problem with Riddle’s spunky spirit.

“She could walk it; I just want everyone to know that,” Cummings said. “But I was her secret service.

I wanted to wrap her in cellophane, like, “Nothing is going to happen to you on my watch.” We had a compromise. She would walk some [and be pushed in a wheelchair some]. At one point, she was walking faster than me … Even at 100 years old, she still wanted adventure.”

Despite having only

known each other for a month now, Riddle and Cummings have forged a special lifelong friendship.

She said looking at Riddle is like “looking at a unicorn.” Riddle will celebrate her 101st birthday later this year on Sept. 22, and if it’s anything like her 100th birthday, multiple parties will be held.

As for her next adventure?

“Wherever He sends me,” Riddle said. “I’m going to leave it all up to Him … The Lord has something for me to do. I’m still here.”

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Silent squires of suffering without Roe T

his is not about Alito, or Kavanaugh, or Gorsuch, or the Federalist Society, our now de facto judicial branch.

This is about Olivia. She’s 16. A beauty. A waitress.

She met a guy. Dreamy.

Twenty-two. Great car. Said he loved her. Then an EPT changed his tune. He lost that loving feeling. He’s gone.

A little romance, and a little statutory rape. To the Republicans who rule Olivia’s state, it doesn’t matter.

Nor does any other contingency that would face a woman when a pregnancy brings lawmakers, mostly male, into her life.

Her body, her privacy, her medical decision, is not hers. It is theirs.

Again, this is about Olivia.

The smooth-talking sire will bear no penalty. Men

when it was hard to tell between Democrats and Young at Republicans? I do. Kennedy and Nixon had so little that Heart distinguished each other

by John Young that their only true disagreement in their televised debates came down to the in good suits will bear no disposition of Quemoy and penalty, will never know Matsu. inconvenience.

Don’t bother to look them Or maybe on Election Day up. they will. This election and Now, the GOP has become the next. Maybe the majori- a party of raw oppression. ty of Americans consistently Democrats, or at least the supporting abortion rights vast majority holding public will rise up and be counted. office, are the defenders of No more apathy, no more the oppressed. assumptions that a womRoe vs. Wade was so an’s reproductive decisions, “egregiously” decided that and Americans’ privacy 50 years of courts upheld it rights, will be protected by over and over and over. the Constitution.

But then, across that That majority must make half century, justices were Republican lawmakers presumed to be about the defend their choice, over law, and precedent, not and over. what might tip a primary Does anyone remember election.

And so here we are.

Republicans and Fox News commentators want to talk about who leaked the fact that this court is about to dynamite Roe. They don’t dare talk about what this will do to women.

Not a word. Like Olivia’s boyfriend, they are mute, assuming they are immune to the consequences of what they’ve done.

It is all sobering and scandalous: Like a con man ascending to the presidency with a million fewer votes than his opponent. Like a Senate refusing to have hearings for one Supreme Court nominee and rushing to have hearings for another.

This is not majority rule.

This is a few having their way over the rest of a nation, and over the Constitution.

The tendency is to say, “These things happen.”

That’s a cop-out.

The right to abortion hung in the balance going into the 2016 presidential election. Republicans knew what the stakes were. A lot of people who are aghast at what the Supreme Court is poised to do didn’t think things through. They stayed home that Election Day. A lot of people want to blame the Electoral College for this development.

Others want to blame the filibuster. Neither is correct.

The reason this happened was because of apathy – apathy that bequeathed us the Trump presidency, apathy that ceded the bullet points of this discussion to “prolife” propagandists.

The demise of Roe will be a national tragedy. But now the battle lines are clear.

They are in each state and each legislature.

No one running for statehouse should be allowed to waltz onto a stage without a succinct explanation of his or her stance on empowering the state to order a woman to gestate to term.

No one running for Congress or the statehouse should be allowed to wink away what happens when a woman is victimized by rape, incest or faces a life-threating pregnancy.

Alito, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch will never have to face what Olivia now must.

But we must make every lawmaker face the ramifications of what these justices decide.

Longtime newspaperman John Young lives in Colorado. Email: jyoungcolumn@ gmail.com.

Thank God I was adopted, not aborted F

orget inflation, forget Ukraine, forget the crashing stock market.

Thanks to a troublemaking leak by some jerk inside the U.S. Supreme Court, abortion is dominating the front pages of our media again.

The leak of the first draft of a majority decision by the Supremes to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion in the U.S., has reignited the abortion issue overnight.

Pro-life, pro-abortion, prochoice, anti-abortion….

Abortion is a hot and ugly moral and political issue that is always smoldering under the national landscape like a coalmine fire that can never be put out.

But the prospect of the court deciding to strike down Roe v. Wade has sent angry protestors into the streets and sparked a thousand fiery editorials.

Liberal politicians, naturally, are calling for the elimination of the Senate filibuster or the packing of the Supreme Court to protect Roe v. Wade from conservative judges.

The abortion case before the high court, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, is from the state of Mississippi.

It doesn’t outlaw all abortion in Mississippi, as you might think if you only watched TV, but it forbids it after the 15th week of pregnancy.

As Supreme Court Justice Alito, the author of the leaked draft, says, reasonably, there has to be a point during a pregnancy where you say, “No, you can’t abort the child.”

From the uproar this week you’d think Mississippi is trying to employ woman-crushing abortion rules handed down from caveman

Guest Column

by Michael Reagan

times.

But other states already have laws with similar cutoff times to protect the unborn from murderous late-term abortions.

And though you rarely hear it from the liberal media, abortions are far more available and much easier to get at a later time in America than around the world.

Only six other countries beside the U.S. allow on-demand abortions past 20 weeks of pregnancy: Canada, China, Netherlands, North Korea, Singapore and Vietnam.

If Roe v. Wade is overturned because it was a poorly reasoned and constitutionally faulty decision, as many legal scholars have argued for decades, you won’t see me shedding any tears.

I’m pro-life for moral, religious and selfish reasons.

I’m glad I wasn’t aborted by my unmarried birth mother and was instead adopted in 1945 by Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman.

As I’ve written before, I’m also glad my adoptive mother Jane Wyman and my stepmother Nancy Reagan were both adopted as infants and not aborted.

I often think about how different the world would have been if all three of us had not been adopted but aborted.

So here we are fighting again over abortion, which seems to never go away.

What does go away – forever -- are the children who are aborted

every year and never get the chance to be adopted.

That’s why, when I speak to prolife groups, I always point out that there are 400,000 foster kids in this country looking for forever parents.

Any Christian looking to adopt a child ought to be looking to bring one of them home.

Also, states need to pass laws to make it easier and faster to adopt American kids, because one reason children are aborted instead of being carried to term and put up for adoption is that governments have made it so difficult to adopt.

At the same time parents – particularly fathers – need to be more like Jesus Christ.

Just as Christ died for all our sins, fathers in the USA need to get on that Cross for their young daughters who get pregnant.

Instead of driving your daughter out of the house because of her mistake, or because you don’t want to be embarrassed by her pregnancy, why not embrace her with a loving heart as Christ would?

Supporting your pregnant daughter would be a small but important step parents could take

to reduce the number of abortions.

Instead of chasing her to the nearest abortion clinic, she’ll be loved by you at home and bear a child that might grow up and change the world for the better.

Michael Reagan, the son of President Ronald Reagan, is an author, speaker and president of the Reagan Legacy Foundation.

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National small business week

Shining light on Hays businesses A

s a continuation of our Small Business Highlight last week, we are featuring a few local businesses in our community. We asked small business owners in Hays County to reflect on the challenges they face; how their business supports the community; and how the community has supported their business along the way.

PEAK PHYSICAL THERAPY - KYLE We are an LLC that is owned and operated by a woman entrepreneur. We started the business at the very end of 2019 and we're just starting to see growth until March of 2020 hit us with the COVID crisis.

We are a healthcare facility that treats patients with a hands-on approach.

This was severely limited with the onset of social distancing. We did not have strong financial backing so instead of furloughing staff we decided to all make sacrifices and went "part time" and found other part time jobs so that we could stay afloat. Many of the hospital based PT clinics, Physician Owned PT clinics and nationally owned clinics in our area have deep pockets and they often refer their PT patients in house. We do not have that advantage and have to market heavily to physicians in the area as well as to the public via direct marketing and community service. This is challenging but very rewarding as people get to know us and experience the level of care and individual customer service that sets us apart from our competitors.

Our physical therapists have volunteered to help teach at the Kyle Area Senior Zone for fall prevention, balance control and safety. We have partnered with the Phoenix Stone Foundation, Buda/ Kyle YoungLife Ministries and Pratt Karate Club.

Peak has had the privilege to not only support these organizations financially but to offer seminars on injury prevention and treatment. Peak PT has also volunteered to serve at Focus Sports Camp for kids. We will be helping run the first aid tent and assisting with injuries or advising families on injury prevention and care.

The community has supported our business by trusting us with their care.

We are starting to grow and many people are "repeat customers." Although we do not wish people to reinjure themselves in order to return for rehab, we are thrilled that they have come to trust us and know that we care and will do our very best to help them recover The Kyle Chamber has supported us with a ribbon cutting and celebration when we opened our doors. The majority of Kyle and many community leaders and other small businesses have encouraged us and supported us. We are thrilled and blessed to be part of the Hays community!

BLUE COMPUTER SOLUTIONS - KYLE Supply shortages and price increases have been an ongoing challenge over the last few years.

We volunteer. We've hosted fundraisers in

our community to raise money so we can donate computers and other supplies to organizations and individuals.We have the best small business community! Word of mouth is priceless and we appreciate our customers and community partners for spreading the word about Blue Computer Solutions.

OLDHAM FAMILY ORTHODONTICS - KYLE Some challenges that we face are just getting our name out there. We opened in Jan 2021, so we are still fairly new.

My husband, Dr. Oldham, and I live here in Kyle and love being and living in this community. Every patient that walks through our doors becomes part of our family. That's the beauty of being a small business. Forming these relationships with your community. I know all our patients by name. I don't have to look at the schedule to check the name of a patient who is coming in. I recognize them immediately when they walk through the door. Being a family owned business does face challenges. You are always thinking of where your next patient is coming from because that helps the business stay alive.

You don't have corporate backing when times are slow. Also, your business is your livelihood. … We as small business owners pour our heart and soul trying to provide the best care and service to our patients.

We love going to local events, attending church locally, and giving back to our community. I grew up doing service projects all the time, and I definitely wanted to incorporate that

into our business. We have had local food drives and my favorite, we made tutus for Halloween costumes for children at Greater San Marcos Youth Council. I'm also on the Hays Education Foundation Board. I love being on this board and helping give back to our teachers in our district.

This is the most welcoming community ever!! Immediately, we felt the love and support from other small business owners, who still continue to give us advice. We are such great friends with people who were so supportive of us when we first opened. And our patients! We just want to say thank you to the community here in Kyle and surrounding areas!

Thank you for welcoming us with open arms.

We try to make it both affordable and possible to own one or the other. It's hard to keep pricing low due to the costs, but we are looking for a second outlet to keep pleasing our customers. We provide another option for people with bad credit, no credit or first time buyers to become a car or RV owner.

We know "life" happens and sometimes people just need a second chance.

Throughout the years, we've been recommended by other customers and friends that take advantage of our second chance financing, which we are grateful for. And at times, we've sponsored schools and sports to show the community we care.

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Buda’s bright side, Hays Hope Closet and large events such as Night to Shine, by providing free and discounted limos for their special events and help drive donations.

Referrals and publicity are a huge part of our community support. Just simply spreading the word of our service is what our community helps us out with.

EVERYBODY FITNESS BUDA A challenge I have faced is advertising and getting the word out about my new small business throughout the community. My small business supports this community because everybody is welcome!

Inclusivity is important to me so anybody can come to a fitness class and not feel intimidated, embarrassed or judged.

EveryBODY Fitness is supportive of all and promotes positivity, kindness and always with a smile. Friends within the community have shown

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This community rocks! I started EveryBODY Fitness to help my community by providing fitness for ALL bodies.

MILAGROS RELIGIOUS GIFTS & MORE - KYLE Since we are located downtown there is not much foot traffic as there are no other shops downtown, just bars. We do have some wonderful customers that travel from surrounding areas to visit our shop. We've been in business for almost six years and we'd like to be more visible through some type of city advertisement/ exposure. We get lots of customers on the east side of town that had no idea

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Buda PID workshops near completion

BY C.J. VETTER

spending of the city and are brought before the city by a private landowner.

The development of the proposed PID began in 2018 and was brought to the council unsolicited

by Milestone Community Builders. The primary purpose of the project is to help build a connecting road between FM 967 and FM 1626, alongside further residential, commercial and park areas. The project plan also allocates space to build emergency service and school facilities in addition to the construction of a roundabout.

“The first and largest benefit is the transportation network improvement," said Garrett Martin, Milestone Community Builders president. "This road has been on the plans since 2006, that’s when it was added to the transportation master plan. Since

BUDA – The Buda City Council continues to workshop the possible upcoming Public Improvement District (PID) with Milestone Community Builders.

At its last meeting on May 1, the city council received numerous public testimonies and made further progress on green lighting the proposal.

PIDs are a financing and development tool provided to cities by the state of Texas and are created in an area within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdictions (ETJ) of a city. Property owners that would benefit from the PID pay for the improvements after assessments are made. The payments made by the property owners help fund and pay for the PID without increasing the

that time frame, very little to nothing has been done to take meaningful steps to build that road, but with this project, in one fell swoop they get the right of way and the funding, and a diligent team of project managers to build that road. That’s key benefit number one.”

Since Milestone brought the project to the council, they have made numerous adjustments and attended multiple meetings and workshops to help suit and tailor their project to the needs of the community.

Plans have been formed to preserve heritage trees alongside local flora, and factors such as aquifer recharge zones and wells have been included. There has also been work done to ensure that the project falls in the master plan of the city and that it will connect to pre-existing trails as

well.

“We had three people talk at the last hearing, and in prior hearings, we’ve had more than that,” Martin said. “Most of the concerns in the most recent ones have been in timing, of course there’s been other ones, but we’ve had worked with them.”

One of the most pressing issues that have expedited the process is the plan to extend SH45. To avoid future traffic congestion from the new four-road highway, the connector will help disperse traffic from one road to two. The city has also helped in reviewing the plans through third parties.

“So initially, the community was concerned about the timing, and I think it was rightly so, there’s a lot of congestion, and we weren’t sure we could build as early as it is in the

process as we are able to, so we were cautious about that,” Martin said. “We’ve made a commitment to building that road as soon as we can.”

Milestone aims to have the project up for approval

within the next 60 days, with the next meeting this May 17. For more information, you can view their last presentation on May 3 at www.ci.buda.tx.us/390/ Council-Board-Commission-Meetings

Physicals recommended for summer

BY MEGAN WEHRING

sign the necessary paperwork without a second visit, according to Baylor Scott & White.

While some schools do offer group physicals for student athletes, it may not assess the overall health of the child.

“That’s usually organized by schools through their trainers,” said Dr. Emily Fisher, Baylor Scott & White in Buda. “They do whole teams where they say, ‘alright, everybody come in and let’s get checked up on everything.

That doesn't totally replace coming in [to the doctor’s office] with a parent to make sure that everything

HAYS COUNTY – Now is a good time for parents to look into having their child go in for a physical or wellness exam.

During the past two years, many children missed necessary checkups and recommended vaccinations, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Following disruptions from COVID-19, the CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend children catch up on routine childhood vaccinations.

Well-child visits and recommended vaccinations are essential and help make sure children stay healthy, the CDC said.

Students who are in sports must also undergo a physical exam to participate in athletic activity.

Well-child visits can be used to approve the child’s participation in sports as long as the visit is scheduled within six months prior to participation, and then the pediatrician can

else is up to date. But it is great to get kids back safely into activities so they can participate.”

Fisher recommends late spring to summer for children to get their checkups done.

“Typically, summers are a big time for families,” Fisher explained. “I think they have a little more scheduling flexibility and it’s less disruptive. But it’s also a really good reset between school years. So if there were academic troubles, behavioral issues or missed days due to illness, summer is a good time to reflect and play up for the

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OBITUARIES

TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN WATER QUALITY PERMIT AMENDMENT

LANA NANCE Lana Yvette Harbour Nance was born on October 13, 1944, in Baytown, Texas to Ray and Loura Harbour and passed away peacefully after a long illness on May 2, 2022, at St. David's Hospital in Austin, Texas. She was 77 years young and lived a beautiful life. She was a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a friend to many. She was and always will be immensely treasured and loved by those who knew her.

Lana is survived by her loving husband Scott of Mountain City, Texas; son Derek Southard, his wife Tana, grandson Mason and granddaughter Presley of Austin, Texas; son Greg Southard and his wife Katy, grandson Ricky, and granddaughters Zoe and Harley of Buda, Texas; step-daughter Laurie Collins and her husband Jimmy, granddaughter Alexandria, and grandsons Andrew and Zachary of Fischer, Texas; and stepson Justin Nance and wife Windy, granddaughters Ameera, Nacoma, Sonora, Tahlea, and grandsons Benjamin and Isaac, of Yellville, Arkansas. She is preceded in death by her parents Ray and Loura Mae Harbour, and sister Cynthia Forsythe.

Lana grew up in Baytown, Texas, and attended the Cedar Bayou School District where she graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in (1963).

Continuing her education, she earned her Associate's degree from Lee College in Baytown, Texas. She then pursued studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

She worked at Neil Spelce Communications in Austin and later at the State Board of Insurance where she met her husband, Scott. They both retired from the state and enjoyed 31 years of marriage at their home and

PERMIT NO. WQ0011041002

LANA NANCE ranch near Kyle, Texas.

Lana was extremely talented. Her hobbies included doing crafts such as ceramics, painting, and sewing. Her floral arrangements still grace First Baptist Church in Kyle today.

She also enjoyed shopping, collecting antiques, learning history, genealogy, traveling, and spending time with family. She especially enjoyed the Christmas season and decorating both inside and outside the house with light and music displays. This often took several days for the family to set up and even required an extra electric panel box to run the 20,000+ light display. The family often joked about notifying the power company before turning on the lights to avoid a widespread blackout in the community.

The family will host a visitation Thursday, May 12, 2022, from 5 PM to 7 PM at the Harrell Funeral Home (1715 Kirby, Kyle, Texas 78640). The funeral service will begin at 10 AM on Friday, May 13, 2022, at the Harrell Funeral Home, and then travel to the Kyle Cemetery (County Road 136, Kyle, Texas 78640) for graveside services.

If desired, donations can be made to First Baptist Church Kyle (400 West Center Street, Kyle, Texas) in Lana's name.

LOIS PACE Our sweet wife and mother, Lois Lavern Farris Pace, 78 years old, passed peacefully in her sleep to her heavenly home on Saturday, May 7, 2022, just after sunrise to a beautiful day. Her husband of 57 years of precious marriage and her two children were present. It was a blessing, and she is now healed after suffering with dementia several years and spending the last year of her life in bed.

She created a happy and loving home as a homemaker her whole marriage life and today her children still talk about coming home and Mom was there to greet them.

Lois became a follower of Jesus, her Lord and Savior, early in her marriage life after viewing a Billy Graham video. She loved her church and Bible study.

She loved reading her Bible, reading it several years from cover to cover.

She is survived by her husband, Charles (Chuck) Chesley Pace, her son, Charles Russell Pace, and daughter, Jennifer Lynn Galle and husband Bart, and five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

She is also survived by eight siblings and many nieces and nephews.

Lois is preceded in death by her father, Hubert Farris and mother, Minnie Lee Farris, and a sister and two brothers.

Lois received tremendous home health care

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LOIS PACE from Sherry and Sharon of Comfort Keepers of New Braunfels for the past year.

These precious ladies have become part of our family and will never be forgotten.

Their supervisor, Kristi, was always present to help and cheer up Lois when necessary and prayed the sweetest prayers for her.

She also received precious help from the sweetest staff of Christus Hospice of San Marcos.

Please join Lois’ family to celebrate her life during a time of visitation at Harrell Funeral Home, 1715 Kirby in Kyle, TX, on Tuesday May 17th, 2022, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm and at her funeral service at the First Baptist Church in Buda, 104 S San Marcos St, Buda, TX, at 11:00 am. A private interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park in San Antonio, TX. In lieu of flowers, the family requests any donations be given to the First Baptist Church, Buda, TX, building fund.

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APPLICATION. City of Kyle, 100 West Center Street, Kyle, Texas 78640, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to amend Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0011041002 (EPA I.D. No. TX0119466) to authorize increasing the discharge of treated wastewater to a volume not to exceed an annual average flow of 12,000,000 gallons per day. The domestic wastewater treatment facility is located at 941 New Bridge Drive, Kyle, Texas 78640. The discharge route is from the plant site directly to Plum Creek. TCEQ received this application on March 11, 2022. The permit application is available for viewing and copying at Kyle Public Library, 550 Scott Street, Kyle, Texas. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility's general location is provided as a public courtesy and 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=-97.835277%2C29.967777&level=12 ADDITIONAL NOTICE. TCEQ’s Executive Director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. After technical review of the application is complete, the Executive Director may prepare a draft permit and will issue a preliminary decision on the application. Notice of the Application and Preliminary Decision will be published and mailed to those who are on the county-wide mailing list and to those who are on the mailing list for this application. That notice will contain the deadline for submitting public comments.

PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting on this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or to ask questions about the application. TCEQ will hold 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, and the Executive Director’s decision on the application, 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 reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision and for requesting a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in 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.

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.

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 https://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. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address, and physical address will become part of the agency's public record. 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 City of Kyle at the address stated above or by calling Mr. Timothy Samford, Division Manager of Treatment Operations, at 512-262-3024.

Issuance Date: April 28, 2022

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A warrior’s journey continues Humanitarian efforts ongoing in Eastern Europe

BY C.J. VETTER

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s the war continues in Ukraine, community member Greg Miller is in the city of Kyiv, helping with the medical needs of the country.

Miller, a retired special forces operative, has been in Ukraine since April 9, partnering with different groups to help instruct medics, first responders, and frontline personnel in life-saving procedures. Operations such as hemorrhage prevention via tourniquet application or respiration clearing are some of the techniques that Miller has been teaching recruits. In addition, he has been helping outfit surgery centers and assisting in more advanced operations.

“We’ve been giving first aid to soldiers, but they need the specialists for surgery.

The soldiers are getting training, but the next level of care is lacking,” Miller said.

“We really need tourniquets. There’s a worldwide shortage. Cell savers, a machine for reusing blood, and automatic defibrillators are also needed.”

What has stood out to Miller, however, is the dedication of the Ukrainian people to their country. The people of Ukraine are determined not to allow the attacks of Russia to intimidate them, and they will not let Russia take away their freedom.

“It’s like any regular part of Europe.

They’re doing their everyday thing, and try not to worry about the war,” Miller said. “It’s very surreal, you’ll see a building that was obviously hit with artillery and there’s a restaurant where people are eating next door.”

Miller also observed firsthand those people who fled from Russian invaded territories. Many of the cities within Ukraine were very similar to other western countries and featured both populations and amenities like those found in America, but were destroyed when the war broke out.

“I was sitting at a coffee shop there, and there was this broke lady, not just poor, but broken. If you’ve never seen the total loss of everything, it’ll wake you

Greg Miller stands next to a Ukrainian soldier and a military vehicle.

First responders investigate the scene of a Russian attack PHOTOS COURTESY OF GREG MILLER

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up,” Miller said. “They wouldn’t let her sit there because she couldn’t pay, so I gave her my coffee. We sat there for hours, not even talking. But she was just so happy to sit.”

As the war continues, and more refugees flee west from the frontlines, more volunteers have stepped up to help accommodate the displaced population.

Food kitchens and shelters have been set up in apartments and other areas to help them as they make their way to safety.

“America is so used to the afghani war, with dirt roads, dirt houses. This is not that. This is modern Europe. Just as modern as your hometown, maybe more,” Miller said. “Imagine San Antonio; what if everyone who lives there suddenly had no place to live?”

In Ukraine, there is a saying amongst the population, slava ukraini, or glory to Ukraine. The words can be seen across the country, and are shown through numerous posters, monuments, and writings. From the propaganda featured by the state, where Ukraine is depicted as a badger chewing the legs off a Russian bear, to Ukrainian graffiti on a destroyed Russian tank, the resilient spirit of the Ukrainian people was on full display.

“One of the commanders I work with had a birthday, and what they did was put a picture of Putin up on a target and shot him with a bow and arrow,” Miller said.

Miller plans to return to the U.S. before July 4 but has said that he plans to return in the future to help rebuild and give further support. During his time in Ukraine, Miller has made connections with the people he has helped and wants to see his work to its end.

“I can almost guarantee I’ll come back,” Miller said. “I’ve been all around the world, and I’ve never seen a people like this.”

For those wishing to donate money to the people of Ukraine, Miller suggests that they send direct donations via mail to individuals. Alternatively, donations can be made directly to Miller over Venmo at @Gregory-Miller-295.

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Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch • May 11, 2022 BUSNESS, from page 5 we were here.

Since the start of our business, we give a percentage of our monthly proceeds to St. Vincent de Paul, which is an organization located at the Catholic Church but not funded by the church, money and perishable food items are collected from donations received from parishioners. The organization uses the money and food to help those in the Kyle community who are in need with payments with utilities, and food.

This organization helps anyone, regardless of religious affiliations or denominations.

Thanksgiving Turkeys and fixings are provided to some families who apply.

At the end of every year the families with children that were visited during each year are kept on a list and the family and children are invited to a Christmas meal with Santa and the children are given gifts. We love being able to help our community in this way, it is a special way to give back.

TEXAS INDEPENDENT AUTO GLASS - KYLE The challenges I face are having folks supporting and trusting a small glass company [as] they support [larger businesses like] Safelite more. We offer the same services and accept insurance as well.

Also, rising prices make it difficult to do business when the customer traffic flow isn't quite there.

I help sponsor some local youth football programs, and sponsor the Buda 4H every year. I offer discounts to military, first responders, and teachers!

We appreciate them for all they do. I felt supported by the community by them voting for me as best glass company for "Best of Hays" 2 years in a row as Don't Mess With Texas Windshield Repairs. It made me feel like I was doing the best job I could for only being in business for myself since 2017. They refer to me a lot as well.

TRIPLE ELEVATION CUSTOM CREATIONS - BUDA When people tell you to start a business, they don’t necessarily tell you how hard things are going to be to get it started and keep it running. I spent countless hours researching and [using] YouTube [to learn] how to use certain settings on a camera, create a website from the ground up, get color just right on a photograph, use different programs to create a custom design, etc.

There were days when we had over 500 shirt orders come in, one heat press, two people aligning designs, two to three people weeding decals and we had to process all of them within a certain time frame. So my family and I would wake up at 6 a.m. and would not go to bed until midnight or later. We were not nearly prepared for the chaos and we had shirts covering our dining room table and boxes of shirts along the walls.

Eventually we cleared out our game room and turned it into a workshop.

We were finally up and running and doing extremely well, until we got hit with the pandemic of 2020. A lot of our work comes from schools since we do a lot of their school uniforms, so when they shut everything down, we really had to take a step back from pushing sales because we didn’t want to put others in a financial struggle and that’s when we took an even bigger

hit. We really had to get creative and come up with new ways to not only help the community feel some type of “normalcy,” but also keep our business up and running. Till this day, we are still learning the ropes of having a small business.

We support other local businesses in our community by sharing with our customers other local business information so that those businesses can grow. Our team also volunteers at the end of the year with Brown Santa wrapping and delivering gifts to family members for Christmas. We also do many collaborations with other local small business hosting giveaways throughout the year. This allows small businesses to interact with the community and grow.

When the community shops locally, that is great support in itself. This allows small businesses to build rapport with our community along with building relationships.

When providing phenomenal customer service, our community will share small business information with other individuals.

ALL WEATHER RESTORATION - KYLE During Covid, cash flow was a real problem.

We were not able to do projects due to employees not being able to go to people's homes. We were able to give them projects to do but due to low cash flow it was very difficult to keep employees employed but we did.

We support our community by offering discounts to military, educators, senior citizens, law enforcement and first responders. We also like to employ local members of our community.

The community supports us quite a bit. They refer our business to their friends and family by word of mouth, reviews on Facebook as well as Google. We do the majority of our work on Kyle and Buda. Simply by hiring us, they are supporting our small business.

BRYNN ASHTYN HANDBAGS - BUDA Challenges we face as a handbag company are that people usually buy one or two products and don't need more than that. It takes a while before they need to "replenish" so to speak. So sometimes we struggle with holding interest in the company and keeping people excited about new and upcoming products.

We support our community by providing an annual scholarship in our daughter’s name to a Hays High School student in the softball program. We are so honored to say we've provided over $25k in the past four years sending girls to college.

The community has supported us in so many ways. Not only purchasing our products (which directly contribute to the scholarship) but also selling our products in downtown Buda in Ellipsis Boutique, at pop-up events in Buda, showcasing us in Buda special videos, and providing special event nights at the highschool.

Not to mention all the wonderful emotional support and love we've received from the community the past 5 years.

BENEVIDA HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - KYLE Benevida Health and Wellness opened in 2014, well before the crazy boom we are experiencing now. It was a fine balance between challenging and terrifying. Rather than purchasing an established

Page 9 practice, we chose to build new. You can imagine the excitement in those early days when we reached 25 patients per week – oh the days of small beginnings.

A unique challenge we had was that we are a selffinanced, family-owned and operated business.

We all brought different knowledge about business, administration, and

chiropractic medicine, but were really in uncharted territory. Kyle was still a relatively small community and while learning and growing, we had to establish ourselves as a trusted community partner. Another challenge we faced was, although we are a small business, we did not want to allow finances to drive patient

care. Our goal has always been to keep the lights on but keep our services affordable and accessible.

Although not unique to our business, the covid pandemic brought new challenges. One of the most rewarding was that we really became a safe haven for our patients. Dr. Lain is someone that our patients trust not only with

their health care, but also with their struggles and celebrations.

The Kyle community is amazing. I feel extremely supported by other businesses as well as the community in general. In many ways, I feel like the community is locking arms and venturing into exciting times ahead as we grow and prosper.

TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN WATER QUALITY PERMIT PROPOSED PERMIT NO. WQ0016111001 APPLICATION. Blizexas, LLC, 258 Union Avenue, Los Gatos, California 95032, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for proposed Texas Land Application Permit (TLAP) No. WQ0016111001 to authorize the disposal of treated wastewater at a volume not to exceed a daily average flow of 12,000 gallons per day via subsurface drip irrigation system of 2.75 acres. The domestic wastewater treatment facility and disposal area are located approximately 0.25 mile east of the intersection of Crumley Ranch Road and Fitzhugh Road, in Hays County, Texas 78737. TCEQ received this application on February 17, 2022. The permit application is available for viewing and copying at Dripping Springs Community Library, 501 Sportsplex Drive, Dripping Springs, Texas. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and 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=-98.025555%2C30.245555&level=12 ADDITIONAL NOTICE. TCEQ’s Executive Director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. After technical review of the application is complete, the Executive Director may prepare a draft permit and will issue a preliminary decision on the application. Notice of the Application and Preliminary Decision will be published and mailed to those who are on the county-wide mailing list and to those who are on the mailing list for this application. That notice will contain the deadline for submitting public comments.

PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting on this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or to ask questions about the application. TCEQ will hold 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, and the Executive Director’s decision on the application, 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 reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision and for requesting a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in 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.

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.

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 https://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. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address, and physical address will become part of the agency's public record. 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 Blizexas, LLC at the address stated above or by calling Mr. Bill LeClerc at 978-877-1798.

Issuance Date: April 26, 2022

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NEWS

Tigers' season comes to end in bi-district play

Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch • May 11, 2022

TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

BY ALBERT SANCHEZ DRIPPING SPRINGS — The Tigers were swept by Cedar Park High School on Saturday in game two of the series at Tiger Stadium.

The final score in game 1 was CPHS 6 and the Tigers 1; The final score in game two was CPHS 9 and the Tigers 1.

CPHS showed strong pitching and great offense in both games. CPHS will advance to the next round and the Tiger's season comes to an end. The Tigers ended the season with an overall record of 18 -13 and district record of 11-5.

NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN WATER QUALITY PERMIT PROPOSED PERMIT NO. WQ0016125001 APPLICATION. Cypressbrook 290, LP, 1776 Woodstead Court, Suite 218, The Woodlands, Texas 77380, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for proposed Texas Land Application Permit (TLAP) No. WQ0016125001 to authorize the disposal of treated wastewater at a volume not to exceed a daily average flow of 30,000 gallons per day via subsurface area drip dispersal system on approximately 6.9 acres of land. The domestic wastewater treatment facility and disposal area will be located at 13900 West Highway 290, Austin, in Hays County, Texas 78737. TCEQ received this application on March 11, 2022. The permit application is available for viewing and copying at Dripping Springs Community Library, 501 Sportsplex Drive, Dripping Springs, Texas. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility's general location is provided as a public courtesy and 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=-98.008888%2C30.198055&level=12

PHOTO BY ALBERT SANCHEZ Senior Brandon Arvidson being tagged out at home plate by the CPHS catcher.

ADDITIONAL NOTICE. TCEQ’s Executive Director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. After technical review of the application is complete, the Executive Director may prepare a draft permit and will issue a preliminary decision on the application. Notice of the Application and Preliminary Decision will be published and mailed to those who are on the county-wide mailing list and to those who are on the mailing list for this application. That notice will contain the deadline for submitting public comments.

PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting on this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or to ask questions about the application. TCEQ will hold 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.

PHOTO BY ALBERT SANCHEZ Head coach Chris Payne gives a post-game talk to his team.

Jaguars advance in playoffs

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, and the Executive Director’s decision on the application, 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 reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision and for requesting a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in 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.

PHOTO BY SHELBY WILLIAMS The Johnson Jaguars varsity baseball team celebrates its historic victory of winning its first playoff series against Liberty Hill.

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.

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.

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.

PHOTO BY SHELBY WILLIAMS Johnson senior pitcher Cody Templeton, throws a pitch during the team’s first playoff series.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at http://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. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address, and physical address will become part of the agency's public record. 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 Cypressbrook 290, LP at the address stated above or by calling Mr. Luis Bordes, Vice President, at 832-602-4779.

Issuance Date: April 27, 2022

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PHOTO BY SHELBY WILLIAMS The Jaguars are 2022 Bi-District Champs, continuing on to the next series beginning with Game 1 on Friday, May 13 at 1 p.m. at San Antonio ISD Sports Complex and Game 2 on Saturday, May 14 at 4 p.m. at Johnson High School.

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Classifieds PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that in Cause No. 22-0083-P, styled Estate of John E. Gordon, Deceased, pending in the County Court at Law No. 3 of Hays County, Texas, original Letters Testamentary were issued on April 28, 2022, to Marva E. Gordon.

Claims may be presented and addressed to the personal representative of the estate in care of the attorneys at the address below.

All persons having claims against this estate are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

Signed on May 5, 2022.

McGINNIS LOCHRIDGE LLP 1111 W. 6th Street, Bldg. B, Suite 400 Austin, TX 78703 512-495-6170 Telephone 512-505-6370 Fax DPaul@mcginnislaw.com By: Douglas J. Paul State Bar No. 24051170 Attorneys for Independent Executor

INVITATION FOR BIDS

East Hays County Municipal Utility District No. 1 (Owner) invites the submission of sealed Bids from qualified bidders for: East Hays County Municipal Utility District No. 1, Prairie Lakes Phase 2 Section 1.

The work shall consist of the following: RCP drainage piping, including approximately 18”- 48” pipe, 10’x4’ box culverts; manholes; headwalls; junction boxes, inlets and appurtenances; Water piping, including 8” - 16” mains, valves and appurtenances; Wastewater piping consisting of 8” Ð 18” gravity wastewater pipe, manholes and appurtenance; Paving, sidewalk, curb and gutter, signing and striping; Excavation and embankment; and Sedimentation and Erosion Control Improvements.

Sealed Bids addressed to the Owner and marked "Bid for East Hays County Mud No. 1, Prairie Lakes Phase 2 Section 1" will be received until 11:00 AM on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at the Design Engineer's office, BGE, Inc., 101 West Louis Henna Blvd, Ste. 400, Austin, TX 78728. Direct questions to (512) 879-0400.

Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at the Design Engineer's office, BGE, Inc., 101 West Louis Henna Blvd, Ste. 400, Austin, TX 78728.

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at the Design Engineer's office, BGE, Inc., 101 West Louis Henna Blvd, Ste. 400, Austin, TX 78728.

Plans, specifications, and bidding documents may be examined without charge at the offices of BGE, Inc., 101 West Louis Henna Blvd, Ste. 400, Austin, TX 78728. Plans, specifications and bidding documents may be obtained without charge from www.civcastusa.com.

Bidders must register on this website in order to view and/or download plans, specifications and bidding documents.

A Cashier’s Check, Certified Check, or acceptable Bidder’s Bond in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Bid must accompany each bid. Performance and Payment Bonds will be required as stated in the Contract Documents.

The prices and terms of the bid must be made on the forms included in the Contract Documents.

The Owner may, on its own initiative, issue Addenda before the Bid opening and, if necessary, delay the Bid opening to ensure that bidders have had sufficient time to consider the Addenda.

A Bid which, in the opinion of the Owner, deviates significantly from the Contract Documents, and which has not been clarified through a written Addendum prior to Bid submittal deadline, shall be considered an exception to the Contract Documents and grounds for the Bid to be rejected.

Bidders should read and understand all terms and conditions contained in these Contract Documents.

The Owner reserves the right to accept the lowest and best Bid as deemed by the Owner, or reject any and/or all Bids. The Owner may request qualification information including references, bonding, insurance and other information for use in determining the lowest and best Bid.

Any bid may be withdrawn prior to the above scheduled time for the opening of the bids or authorized postponement thereof. Any bid received after the time and date specified will not be accepted.

IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) LEADERSHIP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT #17-RFP-GNRL-2022

IDEA Public Schools and affiliated entities (IDEA) is accepting proposals for Leadership Professional Development in accordance with instructions, specifications, terms and conditions contained in this solicitation. A copy of the solicitation can be found on the IDEA website https://ideapublicschools. org/our-story/finance-budget/ or through Tyler Munis Vendor Self Service at https://selfservicetx.ideapublicschools.org/ MSS//. Sealed proposals will be submitted to IVendorsDEA Public Schools Headquarters, Attn: Jennifer D. Ornelas, 2115 W Pike Blvd, Weslaco, TX 78596 on or before 3:00 PM CST on Friday June 3, 2022. Proposals received after this time will not be accepted and returned unopened.

For questions related to this solicitation, contact Jennifer D. Ornelas at 956-373-3819.

CITY OF KYLE - REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS (EVCS)

Firm shall submit one (1) electronic copy via email by 12:00 p.m. (noon), June 15, 2022 to: Email to: rfp@cityofkyle.com Subject: RFP_ ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS (EVCS)_(Firm name) Proposals delivered after the deadline will not be accepted.

Qualification specifications may be secured from the City of Kyle (“City”) website at: https://www.cityofkyle.com/ rfps A presubmittal meeting will NOT be held.

The City reserves the right to negotiate with any and all persons or firms. The City also reserves the right to reject any or all submittals, or to accept any submittal deemed most advantageous, or to waive any irregularities or informalities in the submittal received, and to revise the process schedule as circumstances arise.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SUBDIVIDE An application has been submitted with HAYS COUNTY to subdivide 205.81 acres of property located at along Spanish Oak Trail, Manchaca, TX 78652. Information regarding the application may be obtained from Hays County Development Services (512) 393-2150. Tracking Number PLN-1833-NP”

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Billy Henry, Deceased, were authorized on May 2, 2022, under Docket No. 22-0144-P pending in the Hays County, Texas, County Court at Law in favor of Chalor Henry.

Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate, addressed as follows: Representative, Estate of Billy Henry, Deceased c/o John H. Gilliam John H. Gilliam Law Office 302 W. Martin Luther King Dr. San Marcos, Texas 78666 All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

John H. Gilliam By: /s/ John H. Gilliam Attorney for Applicant

INVITATION TO BID

Plum Creek Phase 1B North Hays County MUD #2, hereafter called OWNER are requesting sealed written Bids for furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, and performing all Work required for the following project: Name: Plum Creek Phase 1B (City of Kyle Case #: CP-210114) The work consists of the construction of approximately 1,350 LF of new roadways, along with sewer, water, dry utility, and drainage improvements.

Sewer improvements included approximately 350 LF of sanitary

sewer main and appurtenances.

Water improvements consist of approximately 600 LF of water main and appurtenances. Dry utilities consist of approximately 1,800 LF of electric main and telecommunication service, with required appurtenances.

Drainage improvements consists of approximately 2,100 LF of drainage channels, grading for a pond (+/- 1.62-acres), and approximately 2,100 LF of drainage lines.

Bidding documents may be obtained from www.CivcastUSA.com: search Plum Creek Phase 1B. Bidders must register on this website in order to view and/or download specifications, plans, soils report, and environmental reports for this Project.

There is NO charge to view or download documents.

A MANDATORY pre-bid teleconference will be held on May 12, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Local Time. The teleconference will be conducted through the following link: https://wginc.zoom. us/j/92135979350. If contractors choose to call-in instead of using the link above, please utilize the call-in numbers and meeting ID noted below: US: +1 346 248 7799 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 929 436 2866 or 877 853 5257 (Toll Free) or 888 475 4499 (Toll Free) or 833 548 0276 (Toll Free) or 833 548 0282 (Toll Free) Meeting ID: 921 3597 9350 Attendance by each prospective bidder or its representative at the pre-bid conference is MANDATORY, and no Bid will be opened unless the bidder or representative was present at the pre-bid meeting.

Sealed Bids for the construction plans will be received by the offices of Jones-Heroy & Associates until 10:00 AM C.D.T. on May 26th, 2022 at: Jones-Heroy & Associates, Inc 13915 North MoPac Expressway Suite 408 Austin, Texas 78728 Please address Bids to OWNER and include the name of the Bidder and the words “Plum Creek Phase 1B”.

Proposals will be opened and bids will be read aloud over a tele-conference call hosted

by WGI’s PROJECT ENGINEER. Bids received after the specified time may be returned unopened.

Bidders may view the bid opening through the following link: https://wginc.zoom. us/j/98203772590 or choose to call-in instead utilizing the call-in numbers and meeting ID noted below: US: +1 346 248 7799 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 929 436 2866 or 877 853 5257 (Toll Free) or 888 475 4499 (Toll Free) or 833 548 0276 (Toll Free) or 833 548 0282 (Toll Free) Meeting ID: 982 0377 2590 Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or a certified or cashier’s check, acceptable to the Owner, in an amount not less than two percent (2%) of the total amount Bid, as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the Contract and execute the Bonds on the forms provided and provide the required insurance certificates within seven (7) days after the date Contract Documents are received by the Contractor.

By submitting a Bid, Bidder acknowledges and agrees that the Contract Documents may be accepted, executed or agreed to through the use of an Electronic Signature, as defined by and in accordance with Owner’s Electronic Signature Rules for Construction Contracts.

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The property contents of all storage unit(s) sold at this sale are purchased “as is” “where is” for CASH/CREDIT. Unit items sold for cash to the highest bidder. All Units have miscellaneous household items, boxes, furniture.

Property includes the contents of spaces of the following tenant (s).

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Anytime Storage, LLC 880 Windy Hill rd. Kyle, TX 78640 Will be ending on or after May 20, 2022 @ 11 AM Cleanup deposit is required.

Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale.

The property contents of all storage unit(s) sold at this sale are purchased “as is” “where is” for CASH/CREDIT. Unit items sold for cash to the highest bidder. All Units have miscellaneous household items, boxes, furniture.

Property includes the contents of spaces of the following tenant (s).

GAGE FOULOIS mattresses, lamp TIFFANY ODOM mattresses, lamp, file cabinet, office MATHEW RIVAS tools, small appliances, bike JOELLEN RATHBUN uniform NOTICE OF AUCTION Chapter 59 Texas Property Code. They will conduct a Public Sale to the highest bidder for cash on their premises. This sale is being listed below.

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Morningstar Storage wishes to avail themselves of the Texas Provision of chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code. This sale is listed below: Date : 05/26/2022 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Storage Auctions. com Unit - C310 Melissa Rocha Washer and dryer, TV, Bed & mattress, Furniture, Totes, suitcases, boxes , home décor Unit- 2191 Kennth Case Brake rotors 4, 2 Bed frames, totes, clothes, boxes, ice chest, baby stuff

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City of Kyle Requests for Proposals Construction Manager at Risk 104 S. Burleson Building Project The City of Kyle is soliciting proposals from qualified general contractors with successful commercial building experience to serve as Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) for a new mixed-use building in downtown Kyle, Texas. Submittals are due Thursday, May 26, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. to Amber Lewis, Assistant City Manager at alewis@cityofkyle.com

LEGAL NOTICE Application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a Retail Dealer’s Off-Premise License (BF) by Miquel Bustos dba Palenque Drive-Thru, to be located at 970 Mathias Lane, Kyle, Hays County, Texas. Owner is Miquel Bustos, Managing Member.

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BORING , from page 1 with Union Pacific, and while UP has concerns with having the tunnel in its right-of-way and how it might affect its tracks, Sellers said that geotechnical engineering will be performed as part of the professional services agreement, and a proposal will be presented to UP to “hopefully satisfy them that their tracks will not be disturbed.”

The tunnel is also in the Austin Chalk, which has ideal conditions for tunneling and will likely cause minimal or no disruption to the surface development.

A bridge was initially considered, but TxDOT (Texas Department of Transportation) denied the request, saying it was an unsafe crossing for pedestrians. Additionally, a pedestrian overpass over the railroad was also deemed unsafe, due to electrical lines.

Sellers said that the tunnel proposal council received a month ago when TBC was selected to be the firm to move forward with the design-build contract outlines several

items contained within the professional services agreement and what the scope of work will be for the project, and this is not a project that has occurred overnight, but has been worked on for several years.

Council members also listed a few safety concerns, particularly concerning flooding and ensuring that the tunnel is well-monitored. Council members Yvonne FloresCale and Michael Tobias also said that they felt the project was not advantages for east Kyle residents.

“This is benefitting a specific part of town once again,” Tobias said. “You’re getting to the people of Plum Creek and Hometown. The people east of Kyle are again beginning to feel left out when we do these projects. I’m just being the voice of the residents that I deal with on this end.”

Council member Dex Ellison, however, views the project differently.

“The idea with this whole Vybe network is to get people across our city, no matter where you are,

to all different kinds of places without having an automobile,” Ellison said.

“You can get from an east subdivision in Kyle and get all the way to Heroes Memorial without having to get into a vehicle because of this tunnel … I could certainly understand this [Tobias’] argument if the city was using $3 million of taxpayer funds to pay for this tunnel, but this is a development-funded project … It’s all about equitable modes of transportation.

I think this is part of connecting all of it. It just so happens that this one is in the place that it is because of that railroad track.”

Sellers said that a design-build contract will be brought to council next that will have a guaranteed maximum price, at which point the contractor would be obligated to stay at or under that dollar amount.

If it is over, council would then be able to vote to halt the project.

The tunnel is expected to be completed in only a few months once construction starts.

Back pain common in moms

50% of moms experience back pain in pregnancy

BY MEGAN WEHRING DRIPPING SPRINGS — With all of the challenges that mothers shoulder daily, back pain is one of them.

Lower back pain affects over 50% of pregnant women, according to Veritas Health, and it’s typically most troublesome during the second and third trimesters. While pregnant women who live a more sedentary lifestyle may be at a higher risk of developing back pain, heavy physical labor or being active throughout the day can also lead to back pain symptoms.

“With the lower back, when women are pregnant, there are a few different reasons why they start to feel it,” said Dr. Krista Aschenbeck of Airrosti in Dripping Springs. “For one, they have a lot of hormonal changes that are happen-

ing in the body. … The other reason would be weight fluctuation. As women are pregnant [and] the baby grows, they start to gain weight. That additional weight adds pressure onto the back and spine.”

Postural changes can also play a factor.

“The position of the pelvis is starting to shift,” Aschenbeck explained.

“So, as the baby grows, a woman's center of gravity is starting to change. It becomes more pressed out in front of her, where the baby is, which means the back starts to arch and the pelvis starts to take more pressure on.”

After the baby is born and a mother begins to breastfeed, they start to feel more of a perpetual postural strain in the upper back and neck, according to Aschenbeck.

She also talked about some remedies for back pain.

“There aren’t a ton of extreme interventions that can be done,” Aschenbeck said. “With pregnancy, specifically, they are limited on what medications they can take or more invasive interventions like steroid shots they can’t do.

A lot of time, OBGYNs or primary care physicians will prescribe some sort of pregnancy-state inflammatory and ice/heat or therapy are always an option.”

For those experiencing back pain should go see a doctor the sooner the better, Aschenbeck suggested.

“It’s usually easier to treat the quicker the onset we see someone,” Aschenbeck said. “For example, if you've been experiencing back pain for five years, it’s going to be harder to reverse the effects of that faster. But if you’ve been experiencing that for five days, then chances are it’s going to resolve quicker.”

HAWKS, from page 1 and won their second game. The third game followed immediately after the first, with both teams playing hard to see who would win the tiebreaker. In the end, the Hawks took home the victory, with the score ending 6 – 4.

“Right now we’ve got some good things going our way, we’ve been stringing some hits together to put some runs across, and we’ve played amazing defense, and that’s helped a lot in the last few games,” Coach Cones said.

The team is ecstatic about going forward in the season. Alongside their victory, four of the players were recognized by the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA); Megan Kelnar, Katie Noble and Makayla Rodriguez were all selected to participate on the THSCA’s second team, while Erin Doherty was honorably mentioned. The Hawks will be moving into the regional quarterfinals following this victory. For more information, and to see when their next game is, you can follow the Hays Athletics Twitter at twitter.com/GOHAYSHAWKS.

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The Hawks gather around Coach Cone for an after game brief.

MURDER , from page 1 removed from their care by Child Protective Services (CPS). Physicians at Dell Children’s Hospital discovered multiple serious injuries on the sister, similar to those Mason suffered.

CPS caseworkers also testified to observing similar injuries on Mason in 2017. Mason had been returned to ChagoyaWilliams and her husband

by CPS in March 2018, only after the parents completed required services.

Chagoya-Williams gave multiple statements containing numerous inconsistencies and denying knowledge of her children’s injuries. Phone extractions showed that injuries to both children occurred over the course of several months.

The Hays County Criminal District Attorney’s Office represented the Department of Family and Protective Services in a parental rights termination trial in February 2019

that concluded with a jury terminating the couple’s parental rights to their surviving child.

Stevie Dwayne Williams was convicted of capital murder in October 2021 and is currently serving life without the possibility of parole.

“The fact that both his parents were complicit in ending Mason Williams’ too-short life makes this case doubly tragic,” said Wes Mau, Hays County Criminal District Attorney.

the amount of taxes that elderly and disabled residents pay to support public education starting next year. The State of Texas Proposition 2 also passed, with 13,979 votes.

This proposition will increase the amount that homeowners can subtract from the value of their home from $25,000 to $40,000.

ELECTION , from page 1 of 55 new school buses.

DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD Tricia Quintero (2,978 votes) and Olivia Barnard (2,981 votes) were elected to the DSISD Board of Trustees. Out of the four candidates — the other two being Thaddeus Fortenberry and incumbent Joanna Day — the two with the most votes were to both be elected to serve.

Fortenberry received 2,746 votes and Day received 2,912 votes.

CITY OF HAYS The three races in the City of Hays were tight. In the race for Mayor, Billy Maphies won with 53 votes over current Mayor Pro Tem Lydia BryanValdez’s 52 votes. Glennell Strawn won Council Place 2 with 53 votes over Thomas Lemmon’s 52 votes, and Tony S. Valdez won Council Place 3 with 54 votes over incumbent Richard Gibbens’ 51 votes.

STATE PROPOSITIONS The State of Texas Proposition 1 passed with 13,518 votes. This proposition will reduce

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