JUNE 27, 2018 LPGA BID
SPLASH
Hays alumna Lindsey McCurdy aims for pro
Buda makes splash in Green Meadows
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Plum Creek gas leak shuts down traffic STAFF REPORT
A gas lead in Plum Creek had nearby roads and intersections closed
off for five hours Saturday. According to the Kyle police, the department responded to a call just after 10:30 a.m. about a gas
leak at Jack C. Hays Trail and Hellman. The cause seems to have been a gas line ruptured by a construction crew, according
to a spokesperson. For five hours, the intersection and several nearby streets were closed off for residents’ safety, as the
line was being repaired. According to the Kyle Fire Department, the call was resolved just before 4 p.m. Saturday.
Hays CISD seeking variable rate bonds
BY CARLIE PORTERFIELD A Wimberley teenager has created a petition asking Hays County Judge Will Conley to withdraw his support of the National Rifle Association, an appeal Conley says is an attempt by his opponent to distract voters. In early June, Wimberley High School junior Gabi Perez started a Change.org petition calling on Conley to disassociate from the NRA, writing in the description that “students in Hays County are terrified to go to school.” A press conference was held on the grounds of the Hays County Courthouse in San Marcos June 8 to announce the petition.
BY KATERINA BARTON
HAYS CISD BONDS, 2
PHOTO BY EXSAR ARGUELLO Alexis Cardona works individually with his students during Monday night practice, where he fixes technique and directs the students to properly recite combinations.
Muay Thai Kickboxing kicks its way to Hays County BY EXSAR ARGUELLO
At a regularly scheduled Monday night practice, more than a dozen eager children methodically rehearse a set of combinations: jab, jab, high kick. As the sweat drips down their faces, there is a sense of accomplishment from the young kickboxers. Their teacher, Alexis Cardona, walks around the turf and motivates his students, periodically jumping to practice one on one before moving to the next student. A Buda native, Cardona knew that after grad-
I stayed on my buddy’s couch for months, lived in my car, couldn’t afford rent and eventually found myself sleeping at the gym where I trained and taught. But I knew I was doing this to achieve something bigger than myself. I’m doing this for all the children who are trying to find themselves in an art.” –Alexis Cardona, kickboxing instructor
uating from Live Oak Academy he wanted to make kickboxing his career, but the road to opening the first Muay Thai Kickboxing center in Hays County was filled with challenges and hardships. After graduating
COMING UP Buda Movies in the Park, June 29
Tournament 3 - Arroyo Fishing Tournament Series, June 30
Saturday, June 30 at the Longhorn RV Resort in Niederwald. Come out and watch local youth practice their angling skills in the six tournaments which will culminate in a championship in October.
BLACK HISTORY Kyle, culture awareness group celebrate Juneteenth.
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high school, Cardona took the long journey to Southern California, where he trained for four years to perfect his art with the goal of coming back home and sharing his gift with Hays County. “It was tough. I stayed
on my buddy’s couch for months, lived in my car, couldn’t afford rent and eventually found myself sleeping at the gym where I trained and taught,” Cardona said. “But I knew I was
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Kyle Independence Day Fireworks Show, July 4
Kyle will once again present a spectacular fireworks show at the Plum Creek Golf Course.
Red, White & Buda, July 4
Buda will continue its Movies in the Park series with “The Lego Ninjago Movie” on June 29. The movies will be hosted at the Buda Sportsplex. The movie starts at 8:45 p.m.
INDEX
In order to save the school district money in the long run, Hays CISD school board trustees voted Monday to issue a portion of their bonds using a variable rate. Until now, the district has only issued fixed rate bonds over a long period of time – as long as 25 years. District staff started looking at variable rate bonds, also known as soft put bonds, in order to take advantage of lower interest rates over the long term. “I’m very excited about the opportunity to give us another tool in our debt portfolio to save substantial interest costs. Because we’re still seeing fast growth and, if we can add this tool to help us save money to build capacity and save time, then that’s good,” HCISD Chief Financial Officer Annette Folmar said. Based on a $30 million project fund, the variable rate bond is expected to save $3.87 million over 5 years. Variable rate bonds capture low interest rates on the short end of the yield curve and have that low interest locked in for a term of one to five years. At the end of the term, the bonds are able to be re-marketed at a new interest rate which could either be higher or lower (although capped at a high of seven percent), so there is some risk involved. Fixed rate bonds have predetermined interest
Conley claims anti-NRA petition a ‘desperate ploy’
Buda will host a patriotic parade on Main Street on the morning of July 4 beginning at City Hall. Awards will be given to the best decorated bikes. After the parade, enjoy free activities and more fun at the Buda Greenbelt near the Buda Public Library. Later, come back out to the Buda Sportsplex for food, entertainment and a spectacular fireworks show. Fireworks begin at 9:30 p.m.
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Garison Road closure in Buda BY CARLIE PORTERFIELD Downtown Buda drivers may face traffic delays with the closure to public traffic on San Antonio Street and Garison Road for construction starting June 21 until the fall. The road improvement projects will “focus on intersection safety improvements by separating San Antonio Street and Garison Road turning movements,” according to a press release from the city. The two roads will be worked on in phases and will not be completely closed through the entirety of the project. The roads will be closed to through traffic, but will be open to residents and businesses located on the roads. David Marino, public information officer for the city, said that he does not expect the construction to impact traffic on Main Street, however it may impact residents and businesses on San Antonio Street and Garison Road. It may also impact any through traffic that customarily cuts through San Antonio Street. The project’s purpose is to create better access to City Park in the future
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HISTORY
Founded April 10, 1903, by Thomas Fletcher Harwell as The Kyle News, with offices on the corner of Burleson and Miller streets in the town’s oldest remaining building. It merged into The Hays County Citizen in 1956. The paper consolidated with The Free Press in October, 1978. During its more than 100-year history the newspaper has maintained offices at more than a dozen locations in Kyle and Buda.
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Buda makes splash in Green Meadows BY KATERINA BARTON A highly anticipated splash pad on the east side of Buda is in the early stages of construction and set to open later this summer. This will be the first public water amenity Buda has provided, with another planned to open in 2019 for City Park. The city does not currently have a public swimming pool, although there are several private ones within subdivisions and at the local YMCA. The water feature was set amount of time “to ensure originally brought forth efficient use of as a community need utility costs,” by focus groups for the 2012 Buda Parks, Recre- according to a press release. ation, Trails and Open The city is Space Master Plan. working with After being identified HOAs to set as a top priority, the operational city allocated $360,000 hours for the for the Green Meadows splash pad. Splash Pad through Currently, city Proposition 5 Park and park hours Trail Improvements in the 2014 Bond PackAfter being are 6 a.m. age, accordto 10 p.m., ing to Parks identified but the city and Recreas a top wants to take ation Diinto account rector Greg priority, the when it gets Olmer. city allocated dark to conThe Pubserve water. lic Works $360,000 for The official Departthe Green hours of the ment broke splash pad ground on Meadows will be postthe project Splash Pad ed on signs in the Green in the park Meadows through once open. Park in April. Proposition 5 Olmer The splash said the city pad, with Park and Trail is thinking more than Improvements about having 19 water the water features inin the 2014 feature funccluding waBond Package tioning for ter tunnels, the public spray jets in the months between and geysers, will be operational through a push March and October. The annual budget for button and active for a
County urges caution during July 4 firework celebration BY EXSAR ARGUELLO
upkeep of the splash pad for a March-to-October season is $4,200, which covers chemical and water costs, according to Buda Public Information Officer David Marino. Water for the splash pad will be supplied from the Goforth Water Special Utility District. It will use a recirculation system in which water will be treated through several processes to ensure a clean water supply. “It has a holding tank of about 5,000 gallons. That (water) is chemically treated with chlorine, then goes under an ultra violet light as well, before it’s pumped
into the splash amenities on the splash pad and once it goes down the drain it goes back into a sand filter, to clean it and sanitize it with the chlorine and UV again,” Olmer said. Vortex, Inc. will soon be installing the plumbing and the splash features and pouring the concrete for the splash pad floor. The city will be building the pump house and the bathrooms. The city does not yet have an official open date for the splash pad. The six-acre Green Meadows Park is located off Green Meadows Lane near Tom Green Elementary School.
Hot dogs, cookouts, American flags and a lot of fireworks all combine for a classic American Fourth of July experience. But, with a burn ban in full effect for Hays County, dry weather conditions could pose a fire threat to the upcoming Independence Day celebration. As the summer season continues to progress, less and less rainfall will cause dry conditions, perfect for fueling fires, specifically near high grass and cedar trees. Despite the burn ban, outdoor grilling is allowed with a lid. However, open fires, burn barrels, fires at Hays County Parks and fire pits are prohibited. “While the drought index was below the threshold for banning fireworks with sticks and fins by the deadline of June 15, please remember that much of our environment is very dry, and grass and brush fires ignite easily,” Hays County Fire Marshal Clint Browning said. “If you plan to set off fireworks of any kind, be sure that there is a water source nearby, and that all fireworks litter is cleaned up and placed in a safe, fireproof container or doused in water
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Hays CISD Bonds: Variable rates will save money Continued from pg. 1
rates over a long term, and these interest rates are at the longer end of the yield curve, resulting in slightly higher interest rates overall. Although there is some risk involved with variable rate bonds, Folmar seemed confident the change would result in savings for the district. “These are the kind of savings that made us take a look and say ‘okay let’s just see if this is a good option for us.’ We asked the board for flexibility so that in August when we want to issue we see if the market still makes sense, does it make sense for our values. And if we still see substantial savings, the board gave us flexibility to lock in those savings for those five years,” Folmar said. The board approved two bond parameters, one authorizing the issu-
The total amount of the bond needed to fund the second portion of building projects for the 2017 Bond is $75 million. ance of fixed rate bonds with a principal amount not to exceed $75 million and the other authorizing the issuance of variable rate (put) bonds with a principal amount not to exceed $30 million. The total amount of the bond needed to fund the second portion of building projects for the 2017 Bond is $75 million. With the adoption of both types of bonds, district staff now have the flexibility to check interest rates in the fall to see if they would result
in savings and then issue $30 million in variance rate bonds and the rest, $45 million in fixed rate bonds. Alternatively, they have the option to issue all bonds at the fixed rate. “There’s enough variables that we still need to wait and see to see if it’s going to be good,” Folmar said. Folmar was questioned whether people will still want to purchase bonds if there is less return on lower interest rates of the vari-
able rate bonds. Public school district bonds are tax exempt, have a lower interest rate, and are guaranteed by the permanent school fund, making the bonds attractive for buyers because they are low risk, the board was told. This new type of bond savings was only introduced to trustees last week at their June 18 meeting, and the presentation was not listed in the agenda. This made several trustees uncomfortable including Meredith Keller, board president, and Esperanza Orosco, board vice president. Both Keller and Orosco voted against the recommended $30 million in variance rate bonds. The motion passed 5-2. “The information came in very late and is still unclear, there’re still
questions even today, so I’m going to need to vote no on this and maybe this is something we can do in the future. But I am definitely not ready to take this risky step,” Orosco said. Last year, the school board approved a fixed rate bond issuance of $175 million to fund the first portion of building projects; however, variable rate bond interest rates were not attractive for the bond at the time, Folmar said. The district currently has more than $4 billion in outstanding bond debt. Adding $30 million in variable rate bonds to the district’s portfolio would result in seven percent of the districts debt being variable. Rating agencies recommend no more than 25 percent of a district’s debt be in a variable rate mode.
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Specifically, the petition description asks that Conley refuse any donations from the group and remove all “supportive” mentions from his campaign website. While only naming Conley specifically, it also asks that all candidates running for office in Hays County do the same. However, Conley said he has never received donations from the NRA, and that no one from any
of the progressive Hays County groups named in the petition have ever reached out to him to talk about his support of the NRA. “My honest opinion is this is a desperate ploy from my opponents to try to distract citizens from the real issues of the county,” Conley said in an email. According to Conley, he helped implement a county-wide school
safety system that Governor Greg Abbott praised during a May visit to San Marcos, where the governor announced a new school safety plan in the wake of the Santa Fe shootings. “School safety is paramount to me,” Conley said. “I will always ensure that this remains one of our highest priorities.” Perez did not make herself available for comment.
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as well as improve the intersection between the Main Street, San Antonio Street and Garison Road intersection. The anticipated end to the project will be in mid-November when fi-
nal paving of the roads is completed. Cox Commercial Construction will complete the project in four phases, according to the press release. The contractor will be working on
San Antionio Street first, between the area from Main Street to San Marcos Street. Detour signs will be placed off Main Street informing the public about alternative routes.
Opinion
QUOTE OF THE WEEK “... we’re still seeing fast growth and, if we can add this tool to help us save money to build capacity and save time, then that’s good.” –Annette Folmar, HCISD Chief Financial Officer on variable rate bonds, page1
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Confusing facts & opinions Guest Column by Tom Purcell
“The Pew Research Center quiz was harder than I expected.” “Ah, yes, you speak of the recently released survey in which Pew quizzed 5,035 adult Americans to determine their ability to distinguish between factual information and opinion statements in the news.” “That’s right. The Pew website lets anyone take a quiz featuring 10 statements, five that are true-or-false factual statements and five that are opinion statements. Pew told me to ignore whether or not a statement is accurate and also to ignore whether or not I agree with it. I follow the news and figured I’d ace the quiz, but I didn’t.” “Let’s take a look at the quiz. Pew’s first statement says, ‘Abortion should be legal in most cases.’ Did you classify that as a fact or an opinion?” “I classified it as an opinion and got it right. This is a contentious issue, but the statement is still an opinion.” “Pew’s second statement said, ‘Immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally have some rights under the Constitution.’ How did you classify that one?” “It’s factual. Look, it’s true that undocumented immigrants don’t have the full rights of a U.S. citizen, but, according to the ACLU, our Constitution does afford them some rights, such as freedom of speech, religion, privacy and others. I struggled with Pew’s next statement, however.” “That ‘Democracy is the greatest form of government’?” “Yes. I classified it as a fact, because I strongly believe that democracy - in our case a representative republic - is the greatest, but the statement is, in truth, an opinion.” “It’s not always easy to separate one’s strong beliefs and opinions from facts. Pew found that each participant was more likely to classify both factual and opinion statements as factual when the statements validated his or her personal politics or beliefs.” “That’s probably why Pew chose 10 statements that may get people fired up, depending on their political points of view. Such as this one that’s still driving conspiracy nuts crazy: ‘President Barack Obama was born in the United States.’ I correctly classified that as a fact.” “Which others did you get right? “It’s a fact that ‘Health care costs per person in the U.S. are the highest in the developed world,’ that ‘Spending on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid make up the largest portion of the U.S. federal budget,’ and that ‘ISIS lost a significant portion of its territory in Iraq and Syria in 2017.’” “Which opinions did you classify correctly?” “It’s an opinion, not a fact, that ‘Immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally are a very big problem for the country today,’ and that ‘A $15 federal minimum wage is essential to the health of the U.S. Economy.’” “That leaves us with one more statement: ‘Government is almost always wasteful and inefficient.’” “Even though I know that statement is an opinion, I couldn’t resist classifying it as a fact!” “You did better than most. Pew reports that only 26 percent of the adults surveyed correctly identified all five factual statements as factual, and just 35 percent identified all five opinion statements as opinion.” “That’s worrisome.” “To be sure. Our republic depends on a well-informed populace to remain strong. If the majority of our people can’t differentiate between fact and opinion - or fact and fiction, for that matter - they can be easily misled. That doesn’t bode well for our future.”
The photo with borderline truth T he little girl at the border with tears in her eyes. We saw her on front pages, on TV newscasts and on the cover of Time magazine. It’s a powerful image – perhaps more responsible than anything else for forcing a change in the administration’s policy on separating kids from parents in immigration cases. Yet, as we learned a few days later, this particular child was never separated from her mother. At the moment the photo was taken, the mother was being frisked by border agents, a fairly routine process that took roughly two minutes. Does it matter? That’s a question prompting robust debate among journalists as well as fierce pushback from the White House. The photographer, veteran John Moore of Getty Images, never suggested that the young Honduran girl was being separated from her parent. Moore called the photo “a straight-
Guest Column
by Peter Funt
forward and honest image” showing a “distressed little girl” whose mother was being searched. However, the flood of emotion and outrage that swept across the nation was clearly not about searches. It was about separation. And Moore’s photo quickly became an icon in protests about the later. The picture was used by a California couple who set up a fundraiser on Facebook. Over a half-million people have contributed, and the fund has exceeded $20 million. The New York Daily News ran the photo as its entire front page. A tiny caption stated that the girl’s mother was being searched, but the clear implication was that this was a case of sep-
aration. Indeed, the paper’s accompanying headline spoke of “children ripped from parents at border.” News photos play an important role in selling a story – and a point of view – because photos never lie. Or do they? Consider the quickly-viral photo of President Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, seemingly locked in a stare-down at the Group of Seven gathering. Mr. Trump tweeted that it was a neutral moment, but many editors used the image to accompany reports of a contentious meeting. Perhaps editors felt the photo truly reflected both a moment in time as well as the bigger picture. But what about the girl at the border? Is it journalistically responsible to use an image to represent something that it clearly is not? The administration and conservative commentators have pounced on John Moore’s photo to criticize
media and promote the notion that if this photo was misleading then perhaps the entire immigration coverage is too. That’s not the case. But editors and advocates did themselves no favor by allowing the image to illustrate a broad position rather than a specific fact. Moore told the Washington Post: “I believe this image has raised awareness to the zero-tolerance policy of this administration.” He added that “this photograph for me is part of a much larger story.” Perhaps. But ends-justifythe-means coverage is not good journalism. The notion that a picture is worth a thousand words is of no use if those words must be devoted to clarifying what the picture is really about. Peter Funt is a writer and speaker. His book, “Cautiously Optimistic,” is available at Amazon.com and CandidCamera.com.
Tom Purcell, author of “Misadventures of a 1970s Childhood,” a humorous memoir, is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist and is nationally syndicated exclusively by Cagle Cartoons Inc. Tom at Tom@TomPurcell.com
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Hays alumna McCurdy works to earn LPGA BY SHANE SCHOLWINSKI
busy,” McCurdy said. “I’m glad to finally start to play A year after graduating golf for a living now.” from Southern Methodist McCurdy has gone University (SMU) with a from winning the 2012 degree in advertising and state golf title at Hays a minor in psychology, High during her junior Hays High alum and golfer season, to playing team Lindsey McCurdy is grind- golf at Southern Mething away in mini-tournaodist University (SMU), ments across the United to now competing with States in order to reach some of the best golfers her goal of qualifying for in the world on a weekly the Ladies Professional basis. McCurdy’s schedule Golf Association (LPGA). consists of four weeks on After McCurdy barely the road, and then one missed the LPGA last year, week back at home. She she had to re-enter qualdescribed this process as ifying school and is now taxing, but also a fun excurrently in the middle perience. of the qualifying process “I’m pretty surprised at with her ninth week on how friendly everyone is the road playing in tourout here,” said McCurdy. “I naments. mean everyone gets along “It’s been good, it’s been really well. I guess we are
all trying to do the same thing and our goal is to make the LPGA.” Her time at SMU taught McCurdy the value of staying mentally strong even when things aren’t going your way. This aspect of her game has stuck with her during her play on the mini-tournament circuit. “At SMU I really worked on having a little bit better resilience on the golf course,” McCurdy said. “Getting over bad shots and being more positive. Also, the short game obviously. So that was an aspect of the game that I really focused on.” McCurdy described her game as simple, and just trying to keep the same mind set even if things go
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Lindsey McCurdy, shown during her high school state tournament, is working through mini-tournaments to get a LPGA bid.
wrong. Other than keeping that mental edge, McCurdy has been focusing on improving her putting. “I’ve been working on my short game, my putting specifically,” said McCurdy. “Out here everyone is good. Basically whoever can make the most puts can have a good week. I feel like that’s something I’m just constantly working on.” Going back to her play at Hays High School, McCurdy appreciated the
local support of her program and the city of Kyle during her high school career. She credited that support motivated her while she trained and competed on the green. McCurdy had some advice for younger golfers who wanted to be in the position she is in today, and that is to just keep going. “There are going to be good days and bad days in golf,” McCurdy said. “And at the end of the day you
just have to accept it and be positive moving forward. Just know that if you work hard eventually it is going to pay off.” After competing in the Michigan mini-tournament this past weekend, McCurdy will head to her last event in Cincinnati before she is able to go home for a week. These next few tournaments will be pivotal in McCurdy’s march to to qualify for the LPGA at the end of the year.
Sophomore Lewis brings versatility to Lobos offense BY SHANE SCHOLWINSKI
during the 7-on-7 play. “We’ve done really good at our tournaments,” Lewis said. “We went to the
San Marcos tournament and we went 4-2, and then
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letic rushing quarterback his freshman year, Lewis is working on his passing game going into his sophomore season. Throughout the spring and summer workouts Lewis has been working on his accuracy and footwork. Another big goal of his is to be able to take better command of the offense this time around. “My goal is to be able to run the offense better,” Lewis said. “Like go in with a game plan and not just going in trying to do my job, I need to learn how to be more comfortable. Last year there was
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During his freshman season Bryant Lewis was thrown into the fire of being the Lehman starting quarterback after then starting quarterback Daniel O’Neal went down with an injury in the third game of the 2017 season. The transition from wide receiver to quarterback was easy for Lewis since he had played both positions for most of his life, but the expectations and pressure of the quarterback position proved to be a lot to handle during his freshman campaign. “It was pretty nerve-wracking, because it was also my third game,” Lewis said. “I had been practicing a lot with the quarterbacks taking one or two reps, but I didn’t expect it to happen, it just came out of nowhere. During halftime I didn’t know what to do and I asked coach what I could do to stay calm. I knew it would be bad for me to freeze up in front of everyone whenever it was my job to get the job done. I just knew I had to execute.” Lewis flashed some incredible playmaking ability with his feet throughout the season, which was highlighted by a 63-yard touchdown in his first game as the Lobo signal caller. Since the Lehman coaching change in the offseason, Lewis has been working at both quarterback and wide receiver under new head coach Bruce Salmon’s new offense. “The offseason has been going pretty good,” said Lewis. “We’ve been learning the new offense and learning how to come together instead of rushing into things real fast.” Known as an uber-ath-
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Education
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Hays CISD to hit 20,000 students in fall BY CARLIE PORTERFIELD
Thanks to demographers, the district has With Hays CISD pro“seen this coming for jected to hit an enrollment years” and has made necof 20,000 students in the essary changes needed to fall, the district has made accomodate the 20,000 preparations to accommo- students they expect in date the growth and mini- the fall, HCISD spokesmize growing pains during person Tim Savoy said. this watershed year. The biggest impact 20,000 According to district students will have will be data, student enrollment on facilities and infrastruchas grown by about 20 per- ture, he said. cent in just five years. Hays “You don’t wait for CISD is the third-fastest 20,000, you have to plan growing district in Region in advance and you have 13, which is made up of 60 to stay ahead of it. That’s Central Texas school diswhat we did,” Savoy said. tricts and includes Austin The passage of bonds in ISD and Pflugerville ISD. 2014 and 2017 also allowed
Hays CISD is the third-fastest growing district in Region 13, which is made up of 60 Central Texas school districts and includes Austin ISD and Pflugerville ISD.
the district funds to grow, he said, But Hays CISD made additional changes to relieve growing pains, he said. Methods Hays CISD has implemented to accommodate the growth include hiring more staff and staying competitive as an employer by maintaining and increasing salaries.
With 60 percent of students riding buses, more drivers and buses were needed, he said. The opening of a Kyle IDEA Public School, a charter school system, is expected to relieve some of the growth, Savoy said. While not ideal, constructing portables on
school grounds to hold classes in also gives the district “breathing room,” he said. Districts are limited in how large bonds they can present to voters; called the bonding capacity, it is a determined maximum amount of debt school districts can propose, based on tax rates. “(Portables) are necessary just because it gives you a buffer in that bonding capacity,” Savoy said. “When you’re in a fast-growing district, you need to build schools faster than bonding capacity
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Despite the burn ban, outdoor grilling is allowed with a lid. However, open fires, burn barrels, fires at Hays County Parks and fire pits are prohibited. According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, in 2016, at least 4 people died and around 11,000 injured after fire-work related accidents, most of prominent during July. Both Browning and Taylor said having a water source readily available during the holiday celebration is a good way to prevent fires in the case of an accident. “With our conditions, it is extremely dangerous to light these fireworks,” Taylor said. “But if something does happen, you can put it out quickly if you are aware. Be vigilant.”
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Fireworks Safety before you leave the area.” Across the county, hundreds of citizens will make their way to seasonal firework vendors which opened their doors during the last weekend in June. These vendors will be in operation until July 4. Kyle Taylor, fire chief for Hays County Emergency District #5, urges citizens to participate in proper etiquette when lighting fireworks by avoiding fields that have not been mowed. Despite rainfall during the week of June 18, Taylor said rainfall could have minimal effect on dry conditions with a constant heat index of over 100 degrees. The west side of the county did not see any rain during the last shower, Taylor said. There are areas of the county that have stayed dry. “We will have an uptake in emergency calls during the holiday with small fires around the area,” Taylor said. “People don’t understand that despite some moisture, it is constantly too hot to make a difference. It’s a county-wide burn ban and we need to be vigilant.”
can grow. People are reluctant to build new schools if the current schools aren’t full.” With new schools in the works, including a third traditional high school, Savoy said the district will continue to rely on the community to help the district grow. “At the end of the day, it is the community’s decision on which schools to build and when to build them,” Savoy said. “You have to find that balance between what you need and utilizing every source you have available.”
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Community Kyle celebrates Black history BY KATERINA BARTON
Last week, community members and families joined the city of Kyle and the newly founded Kyle Cultural Awareness Group in celebrating their first ever Juneteenth event at Wallace Middle School. A little history on the holiday that might not be commonly known is that on June 19, 1865 a Union Army major announced to Texas that slavery had ended two and a half years previously. June 19, or Juneteenth, is now considered one of the most popular annual celebrations of the emancipation from slavery in the United States. Although not officially recognized as a national holiday, Juneteenth is seen as an unofficial holiday, es-
pecially by African Americans. It is also recognized as a state holiday or special day of observance in 45 states, including Texas. Juneteenth commemorates an important part of American history, and rather than being a solemn day, it is considered a day of celebration. “Juneteenth itself is a celebration. A lot of people think it’s something negative but celebrations are something you’re excited about. We’re excited that African Americans were free, they were no longer slaves, Texans were free,” Founder and President of the Kyle Cultural Awareness Group Laura McMahon said. She continued, “This is something that not a lot of people are educated about and something that I
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PHOTOS BY KATERINA BARTON Founder and President of the Kyle Cultural Awareness Group Laura McMahon cuts the cake at the end of the Juneteenth celebrations.
tural awareness group and also from Council member Dex Ellison. Ellison said he was inspired to help push Malyne Wilkins is a TexThe community event for the city’s first celebraas University at Austin art stems from the founding tion by his constituents. student, and grew up in principals of McMahon’s “This is one of the reaKyle. Although she’s never group which she said she sons I ran for city council,” celebrated Juneteenth put together in February Ellison said. “It’s to do before, she wanted to help to educate people in Kyle things that people want to set up Kyle’s first ever cele- about different cultures see done in their commubration. and heritages in the city nity and I saw a great need “It’s a great opportunity and the world. that they wanted someto not just celebrate a very “Right now, based on thing like this going on and important moment in things going on in the I said ‘let’s do it.’” Black History but also to world, I thought it was With such a great turnget out the understanding important for us to get out at the first event as a of different experiences together and learn about group, and the city’s first and also to remember that different cultures so we Juneteenth event, both it’s all about unifying, espe- can work together,” McMa- McMahon and Ellison said cially now, about unifying hon said. they are excited to make the state and unifying us Efforts to put on the the celebration an annual all as people.” event came from the culcity event.
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gnoring the fresh graves that dotted boothill, the Tascosa Pioneer had the nerve to claim on June 27, 1886, “Our society is not so rough as many have been led to believe.” The residents of the toughest town in Texas surely shook their heads in amused amazement. Either the public-spirited publisher had baked his brains in the noonday sun, or he somehow slept through the Big Shootout. Trouble had been brewing in the Panhandle for years. The uncompromising conflict pitted the big ranchers and their legion of gunslinging range-riders against small independent cattlemen, assorted squatters and those cowboys blackballed after their unsuccessful strike in 1883. A jilted prostitute inadvertently brought it all to a head in March 1886. After losing Lem Woodruff to another lady of the evening, Sally Emory promised the moon and several stars to Ed King, an LS ranch hand, if he would help even the score with her fickle ex-boyfriend. Recruiting a couple of cohorts from the LS camp, King made a beeline for Woodruff’s favorite haunt, where the trio tried to taunt him into a gunfight. Although the insults were so humiliating that he broke down and cried, Woodruff stayed put safe inside the saloon. A few days later, Sally
as Lem Woodruff emerged from the shadows, placed the barrel of his Winchester on King’s throat and squeezed the trigger. by Bartee Sticking his head in Haile the poker parlor, Lang shouted, “They just killed Emory sent a note to King Ed!” Valley and Chilton asking him to meet her that dropped their cards and night. Not about to venture grabbed their guns, but alone into Tascosa, King King was dead by the time persuaded Frank Valley, the trio reached his side. Fred Chilton and John Lang Assuming the murderto go along with him. ers were waiting for them The four cowhands to storm the entrance of passed the early evening Jenkins and Dunn’s, they at a private party and a decided to attack from the hospitable watering hole, rear. But as they turned the where they did not have corner into the alley, there to worry about watching stood Woodruff with four each other’s backs. Then at accomplices. two o’clock in the mornLang, Valley and Chilton ing, they rode the short opened fire simultaneously distance into town. before their prey could Valley and Chilton head- clear leather. As his assoed for a permanent poker ciates scrambled for cover, game, while King and Lang the impact of two slugs moseyed on down Main knocked Woodruff back Street. Finding Sally in front inside the barroom. of the Exchange Hotel, Lang He kicked the door shut freed his friend to keep his behind him, but Frank date by graciously offering Valley emptied his pistol to tie up the horses. into the thin wood. Pausing As the couple strolled to reload, he listened past Jenkins and Dunn’s intently for any sound of saloon, the known hangout life. Hearing none, he could of the Woodruff clique, a not resist taking a peek at voice from the pitch-black Woodruff’s corpse. porch loudly questioned Valley gently opened the the marital status of King’s perforated door only to get parents. Ordering Sally the biggest and last surprise to go on without him, he of his life. A Winchester stepped toward the source roared, and Woodruff regisof the slander. tered his second kill. A block away, John Lang Seconds later, curiosity heard the tell-tale sound of caused another casualty. gunfire and turned to see When cafe owner Jesse Ed King fall on his back. He Sheets leaned out a window watched horror-stricken for a better view of the bat-
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would rather put a community effort together than call animal control to fix the problem. At the council meeting, Enyart requested seed money from the city to start a community project which would help fund the purchase of a humane trap, money to fix and vaccinate cats in the area, and to assist verified low-income residents who are unable to pay for their pets’ needs. Enyart was also looking at the potential to bring a vaccination clinic to the city twice a year to curb rabies outbreaks. After the initial seed money, the project would be funded by community donations. Volunteers who join the project would help catch and transport feral cats in the community and bring them to low-cost spay and neuter facilities. Council discussed the proposal at its June 11 meeting, but decided to appoint a committee to look at options and see what it would cost the city to make the donation. The committee met June 23 and is awaiting word from the city attorney to see if there is any liability in conjunction with the community program. Candice Blake, a city council member, said the meeting was “an exploratory meeting, to make sure that the animals in the neighborhood stay safe,
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posted, I found people were quite fond of him and Funding the spaying and had given him numerous neutering stray animals is names including, Fluffy something that interests Kitty, Mr. Gray, Moose the City of Hays city coun- Kitty, and Fluffers,” Enyart cil. said. This small community Enyart took him to get within a subdivision off neutered and his ear fixed of 1626 incorporated in and once he returned, her 1978 in order to protect the neighbors offered to help community from Austin’s pay for the treatments. southbound growth. “Everyone came together Pat Enyart, City of Hays for this mangy little cat,” resident, spoke during a she said. city council meeting in All of the community April asking council if they support gave her an idea. would be willing to fund “With all the attention her efforts to spay and neu- on this cat, the recent rater feral animals in the area bies outbreak, seeing sevto curb overpopulation. eral ferals in the neighborEnyart’s main goal to curb the overpopulation of the stray animals in her neighborhood is an effort to stop overpopulation and euthanasia at the San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter, which serves as Hays County’s only animal housing facility. Enyart began her advocacy for stray animals after joining the Hays County Animal Advocates group on Facebook a few months ago. Soon after, she noticed a large tomcat coming by her house that had a bite out of his ear. She posted on NextDoor to see if anyone owned the long-haired, brown-grey cat and found out that he was a neighborhood cat that had been around for at least 10 years. “As more pictures were
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Continued from pg. 7 shrubs (with some climbers), they are hardy and drought resistant. This is one of the classes found on abandoned homesteads throughout the state. The best thing about bourbon roses is their amazing, heady fragrance. Bourbons can be large shrubs, climbers or smaller more manageable bushes. Polyantha roses are smaller bushes, with smaller flowers borne in clusters at the end of the branches. They bloom profusely and are very easy to take care of. Old Garden Roses: Though not technically antiques, these roses have been around long enough to have proven their mettle in our tough climate. Hybrid Musk roses really hit their stride starting in the 1920s. They are large shrubs that can also be trained as small climbers and can take five hours of sun a day and still bloom well. They have a nice musky fragrance and bloom in clusters. My family has several musk roses that have been passed down for more than 60 years. Older Hybrid Teas have been around so long that they’re now grouped in with the other antiques and old fashioned roses. They tend to have longer stems and higher centers than the tea roses. Some of their blooms, like Peace, can be quite large and showy. They also have more of an upright, slender growth habit than their predecessors. Modern Roses: This is the ‘everything else’ group. These roses are more recently developed than the previous group, but
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still contain some great rose varieties. It is with the modern roses that we start to see the huge full flowers that florists crave and the vibrant colors not seen in antique and older roses. Oranges and bright yellows especially make their mark with the newer introductions. Shrub roses were never meant to be classified. They were developed to grow and behave like blooming shrubs. Knock Out roses are probably the best examples of this class. They are for the most part disease resistant, fast growing and heavy blooming. Hybrid Teas and Grandifloras are two classes of roses developed for their flowers. They have large, full, bright flowers on long stems . . . perfect for floral arranging. They can require a little more care than other classes and need yearly hard pruning, but they can’t be beat for their blooms. Floribunda roses are best thought of as the original shrub roses. These
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On Sunday, July 1 Buda United Methodist Church welcomes their new minister Rev. Lisa Straus. Rev. Straus comes STRAUS to Buda UMC from Westlake UMC in Austin and holds degrees from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (MDiv) and from Boston University (MTS). Buda UMC invites everyone to welcome this new voice to their congregation.
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PLUM CREEK CONSERVATION DISTRICT PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PROPOSED GROUNDWATER RULE REVISIONS
Plum Creek Conservation District will hold a public hearing on proposed revisions to its current Groundwater Management and Protection Rules, adopted on August 1, 2012. The hearing on proposed Rule revisions will be held at: 1:00 P.M. Thursday, July 19, 2018 1101 West San Antonio St., Lockhart, Texas 78644. The Proposed changes would (1) revise the provisions in Rule 14 “ Time During Which a Permit Shall Remain Valid ” in order to clarify the terms of the permit and the conditions for renewal, and to include additional requirements for the transferring of a permit, (2) include provisions for “Well Field Projects”, (3) include provisions under Rule 19 “ Classification, Spacing and Production Provisions” for the permitting of brackish and saline groundwater, (4) eliminate major portions of Rule 24, “Recharge Wells and Facilities, Including Aquifer Storage and Recovery Wells and Projects”, (5) revise the provisions in Rule 20 “Rate of decline” ,(6) add or eliminate some definitions in existing rules, and make other changes that based on its experience with existing Rules the District believes are necessary to clarify the meaning of existing Rules or to improve administration of the District’s groundwater management plan and program. The District has also prepared an Overview of the Rules together with a flowchart showing processes associated with application decisions. While not part of the proposed Rules, the Overview and related charts are also available for inspection and posted on the District’s website. Copies of the Proposed Revisions to the Rules as well as the current Rules are available at the Plum Creek Conservation District office and are posted on the District’s web site: www.pccd.org. For more information, please contact: Johnie Halliburton, Executive Manager Plum Creek Conservation District (512) 398-2383 jhalliburton@pccd.org or Daniel Meyer, Assistant Manager Plum Creek Conservation District (512) 398-2383 Daniel.meyer@pccd.org
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to City of Buda Charter, Article III, Section 3.11 (D). Ordinances, that the Buda City Council, at its regular meeting on June 19, 2018, adopted an ordinance by adding a new Article 12.04 of Chapter 12; providing regulations prohibiting the use of
tobacco and smoking in and near city facilities, in city vehicles and on city equipment; providing for penalties for failure to comply with such ordinance(s); providing for publication; and, providing for an effective date. By: Mayor George Haehn. Attest: Alicia Ramirez, City Clerk. (full text is available in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 121 S. Main Street, during business hours and on www.ci.buda. tx.us.)
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Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Ann Williamson, Deceased, were issued on June 13, 2018, under Cause No. 18-0151-P, pending in the County Court at Law No. 2, Hays County, Texas, to Eric Brian Williamson. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate, addressed as follows: Representative, Estate of Ann Williamson, Deceased c/o Kenneth W. Pajak, Esq. Pajak Law, PLLC 2210 Western Trails Blvd., Suite 103 Austin, Texas 78745 All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. DATED the 14th day of June, 2018. /s/ Kenneth W. Pajak Kenneth W. Pajak, Esq. Attorney for Estate State Bar No. 24007797 2210 Western Trails Blvd., Suite 103 Austin, Texas 78745 (512) 774.4030 (844) 300.3315 Facsimile
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Texas Provision of chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code by conducting a Public Sale to the highest bidder for cash on their premises.. This sale is listed below. Date: 07/09/2018 Time: 10:15 AM Location: Morningstar Storage, 1001 W. Goforth Rd., Buda, TX 78610 The company reserves the right to reject any bid and withdraw any from the sale at any time. Units: Unit 1023 – Bertha Ubando – Desk, Boxes, Luggage, Plastic Totes, Misc. Household Unit 3095 – Collene Garland – Boxes, Bedding, Toys, Kitchen Items, Misc. Household Unit 3122 – Nadine Cawvey – Boxes, Plastic Totes, Household Décor, Kitchen Items, Furniture, Misc. Unit B211 – Brent Haas – File Cabinets, Furniture, Washer, Dryer, Boxes, Misc.
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Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code hereby gives notice of public sale under said act to wit: This sale will be held at StorageAuction. com on July 13, 2018 at 2:30 pm. The property in the storage unit(s) listed under tenant’s name is being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. The property contents of all storage unit(s) sold at this sale are purchased “as is” “where is” for CASH. Safen-Sound Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or to cancel any public sale advertised. Announcement made the day of the sale takes precedence over any printed materials. Priscilla Cancino - 7.5X10 NC 6 Wooden doors, clothing, boots, travel bag, clock,computer, plastic plants, stuffed animals and misc. items.
TABC NOTICE Application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a Beer and Wine (BG) license for a Wine Bar by Mama Merlot’s LLC to be located at 1570 Satterwhite Road, Buda, Hays County, TX 78610. Owners Christopher Denny and Sarah Graziano.
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doing this to achieve something bigger than myself. I’m doing this for all the children who are trying to find themselves in an art.” Iron Kickboxing, which opened its doors June 12, is a program that accepts eager students from all age groups. Cardon teaches adult and child classes throughout the week with the goal of giving people a different way to exercise and express themselves through art. Kickboxing is not a sport, but an art form that allows people to express themselves through the gloves,
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Cardona said. Muay Thai isn’t about fighting. Once the gloves are on, the battle is done, he says. As a new business owner in Hays County, Cardona hopes to bring a new artform to the county. Despite being a young entrepreneur, Cardona makes accommodations for children of lower income households to learn kickboxing. “I grew up poor and lived poor in California,” Cardona said. “We’re doing this for the kids and our program will accept them regardless of money. I want this program
Continued from pg. 4 to be able to help them with that. I want to give back.” Through his six years behind the gloves, through the hardships and sweat, Cardona has learned that hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard – a philosophy he tries to instill in his students. “It takes a lot of confidence and will (power) just to put the gloves on,” Cardona said. “One thing I want to teach my students is to not give up. Despite their hardships at home or at school, this is a place to push through the adversity.”
we went to a Rouse tournament and we got 4th place out of that.” Lewis said he always wants to improve his speed. Lewis is also part of the Lehman track program, and has been clocked at a 4.45-second 40-yard dash. The love of running is a big part of Lewis’ decision to both play football and track. “I just love running to be honest,” Lewis said. “Like every day, if my workout includes running, I love to do it.” Lewis’ goal for his upcoming sophomore season is to continue to improve on a weekly basis and to settle in and
communicate better with the offense. Lewis will be a key piece to the Lobo puzzle heading into the 2018 season. “We want to start strong and finish strong,” Lewis said about his
goals. “Also being able to communicate and talk on the field while plays are going. Not getting side tracked and just keeping your mind on one goal. Just trying to get better and to win.”
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