July 13, 2016 Hays Free Press

JULY 13, 2016 MAKING THE GRADE

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Former Lobo soccer player to play for pro San Antonio team

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Family members arrested in drug bust

BY MOSES LEOS III

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Two people were arrested July 6 after they were suspected of delivering a controlled substance following the execution of a search warrant by the Hays County Narcotics Task

Force.

Authorities arrested Norman Lee McKnight, 48, and Sommer Cheynne McKnight, 17, both of Buda. Both were booked into the Hays County Jail on charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, which is a first degree felony.

Sommer McKnight was also charged with possession of marijuana weighing more than two ounces but less than four ounces, which is a Class A misdemeanor.

Norman was charged with possession of marijuana weight less than two ounces, which is a Class B misdemeanor.

Both are being held on $32,500 bond each.

According to a Hays County arrest affidavit, a detective with the HCNTF executed a court ordered search and arrest warrant at a home in the 300 block of Tobin Drive in the Bradfield

DRUG BUST, 2A

NORMAN MCKNIGHT

SOMMER MCKNIGHT

Officials stand against discharge permit

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

BY MOSES LEOS III

PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III

No serious injuries in FM 2770 wreck

No one was seriously injured after a two vehicle collision occurred at the intersection of FM 2770 and Kohler’s Crossing Tuesday morning. The accident, which happened in the middle of the intersection, was still being investigated by the Hays County Sheriff’s Office as of press time. Deputies on scene said no occupants of either vehicle were transported to a hospital.

Driving protocol for police

What rules govern officers on the road?

BY SAMANTHA SMITH

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Many drivers on Texas roadways have encountered reckless driving, but they usually don’t expect it from a person driving a marked police car.

It is uncommon, but there has been documentation as recent as January of this year of police officers abusing their authority to disregard the rules of the road.

According to a report from a CBS affil-

In certain instances, officers refrain from using their lights and/or sirens in order to not alert a suspect of their presence. iate in Florida in January, a civilian recorded a video and followed an officer travelling at a high rate of speed toward I-95 for no apparent reason.

Buda Police Chief Bo Kidd said the Transportation Code of Texas outline police

officer driving protocols and vehicles are in compliance with it.

Kidd said officers operating a marked police car are not required to activate their lights and/or sirens when responding to a call.

In certain instances,

officers refrain from using their lights and/ or sirens in order to not alert a suspect of their presence.

Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett agreed with Kidd about situations in which officers’ lights and sirens would be detrimental to use.

“A hostage situation would constitute not using lights and sirens especially if the suspect was unaware that an alarm had been triggered,” Barnett said.

POLICE PROTOCOL, 2A

COMING UP

Eating Well: Navigating the Food Trends in 2016

Back-to-school supply drive at Kyle pool

Join health and wellness coach Kim Fry for an informative class on navigating the food trends of 2016. The class will be held in the meeting room at the Buda Public Library on July 21 from 6:30-8 p.m.

The event is free.

POKÉ-GO

Locals explore the area with new game app – Page 1D

Bring a backpack full of supplies and get free admission to the Kyle pool on July 16 from 6-8 p.m. The pool will host an evening of door prizes, games and activities in and out of the pool, including music, hot dogs, giveaways, and most importantly, fun. All of the proceeds benefit Hope & Love 4 Kids. All money raised will provide school supplies to needy children in Hays County.

INDEX

ONION CREEK, 4A

Council resists golf carts on bridge

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Roughly a week after the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) formally opposed Dripping Springs’ proposed discharge permit, the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD) Thursday followed suit.

By a 4-1 vote, the HTGCD made a resolution opposing issuance by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) of Dripping Springs’ proposed permit to discharge treated effluent into Walnut Springs until more science is conducted.

Board member Jimmy Skipton cast the lone dissenting vote.

District 4 board member Linda Kaye Rogers said passage of the resolution was a “sigh of relief.” She said the GCD needed to be “leaders in this” and was “embarrassed Barton Springs got on this before we did.”

On June 30, the BSEACD passed its resolution asking

Getting over it

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A majority of Garlic Creek residents were up in arms at the last Buda City Council meeting as the council attempted to amend an ordinance to ferry children to Elm Grove Elementary across a pedestrian bridge in golf carts.

The Buda City Council, however, tabled the agenda item for further discussion after realizing the city could potentially owe money to the state for infrastructure if it changed the ordinance.

The bridge is funded through the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) through the Texas Safe Routes To School (SRTS) program, which is focused on finding ways for kids to walk and bike

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Local politicos head to nationals STAFF REPORT Hays County will be well represented at the Democratic and Republican national conventions later this month.

The Republican Convention is being held July 18-21 in Cleveland, OH, while the Democratic Convention follows one week later in Philadelphia July 25-28.

Representing the Republicans is Brian McAuliffe of San Marcos.

McAuliffe is a certified financial planner who volunteers with Human Love and Chastity, and as a juggler at Dell Children’s Hospital. He had served as an alternate to the national convention in 2004 and a delegate in 2008. McAuliffe has been politically involved as an organizer, precinct chair, and an advisor for Donna Campbell’s Congressional and State Senate campaigns.

For the Democrats, four Hays Countians will be heading to Philadelphia.

Rose Brooks, 82, who has gone to numerous national conventions and has

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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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Drug Bust

Continued from pg. 1A Park subdivision.

After executing the warrant, the detective allegedly found in Sommer’s room a glass container of what he recognized was cocaine, according to the affidavit. The container held approximately 8 grams of cocaine, which according to the affidavit is a distributable amount.

The detective also found

containers of cocaine weighing less than one gram in Norman’s bedroom and in the kitchen.

While searching through multiple rooms and common areas, glass and rubber containers were found with what the detective recognized as allegedly hashish or THC. Several butane canisters and alcohol soaked mar-

ijuana was also found during the search.

Several jars of what the detective believed was marijuana weighing between two and four ounces was allegedly found in Sommer’s bedroom.

An amount of marijuana weighing less than two ounces was found in the living room determined to be accessed by Norman.

No Golf Carts

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to school.

The primary issues surrounding the debate are growing traffic concerns at Garlic Creek and FM 1626, according to Vanessa Petrea, a Garlic Creek resident and parent.

The only way for Garlic Creek students to avoid the nearby traffic congestion is by using the Garlic Creek pedestrian bridge to walk or bike to school.

The SRTS program required the school district to remove bus service from the Garlic Creek neighborhood because it is located less than two miles away from Elm Grove Elementary. An agreement was signed between the city and TxDOT in 2010 for SRTS infrastructure, which funded the pedestrian bridge.

Petrea said parents have scheduling issues that conflict with their ability to walk their children to school twice a day.

Their solution has been to purchase and use golf carts to improve travel time and safety.

Buda currently has an ordinance restricting the use of golf carts in public parks. Some Garlic Creek residents are trying to get the ordinance amended in order to use the small-motorized vehicles to transport kids to school.

But what seemed like a viable solution has turned into a legal discussion since a majority of the funds for the Garlic Creek bridge came from the state funded SRTS program.

Program guidelines state the funding is to be used specifically for walking/bi-

COURTESY PHOTO

The above photo shows how constricted the Garlic Creek bridge is when an ATV or golf cart uses it.

cycling routes to school.

Legal teams from TxDOT and Buda are looking into whether the city would be responsible for paying back the funds to the state used to create the Garlic Creek bridge.

Buda Mayor Todd Ruge said the city petitioned the school district on behalf of Garlic Creek and Cullen Country residents to retain bus service in those areas. Only bus services to Cullen Country, not Garlic Creek, were continued.

But Ruge said a lot has changed in Garlic Creek since the agreement was made. Garlic Creek is now home to over 1,000 Elm Grove Elementary students.

Petrea said the transportation issues are only going to get worse with the upcoming construction on FM1626 to widen lanes and the possible addition of a third high school.

Garlic Creek parents would be willing to help the city pay back any money to the state

Convention

Continued from pg. 1A been a Precinct Chair for 40 years, is on the Standing Credentials Committee.

She is from San Marcos.

She graduated in 1958 from Houston Tillotson College with a degree in Business with a minor in Social Work.

Victor Boylan, of San Marcos, is a Delegate at Large and works with the Texas College Democrats.

Kathryn Garza of Kyle is a District Delegate and representing the younger voters. Both of her parents, Ruben Garza and Jacqueline Cullom, were involved in politics. Garza received

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a BA in Government from the University of Texas Austin in May 2015. She worked as district director for State Rep. Celia Israel during the 84th legislative session and is currently working for State Senator Royce West.

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through various fund raising activities, Petrea said.

She also suggested safety improvements, such as a crossing guard to monitor the traffic on the bridge, and a 5 mileper-hour speed limit, if golf carts were allowed.

Petrea said the possibility of a “group walk” to school with a designated adult was explored, but many parents were reticent about the idea of sending their children to school with a stranger.

Petrea didn’t disregard the idea and said that if Garlic Creek residents chose to organize such a program, it may help alleviate parents concerns to have a trusted friend walk their kids to school instead of a “stranger.”

Sheriff ’s Report KYLE

Arson - 7:58 a.m. - Dudley Johnson Park - July 5 Assault - 7:01 p.m. - 2XX Morrell - July 5 Environmental Crime - 12:58 p.m. - 2XX Country Ln July 5 Public Intoxication - 2:19 a.m. - 5XX Railyard Dr - July 6 Assault/Aggravated - 5:02 p.m. - 1XX Sunrise Dr - July 7 Criminal Trespass - 10:05 a.m. - Lumber Yard - July 7 Criminal Trespass - 6:55 p.m. - 1XX Peaceful Valley Rd - July 7 Deadly Conduct - 4:08 p.m. - 18XX Mathias Ln - July 7 Fraud - 11:58 a.m. - Kyle Substation - July 7 Theft - 6:39 p.m. - Park Place Foods - July 7 Assault/By Contact - 7:07 p.m. - 3XX Santa Fe Run July 8 Burglary/Building - 6:32 p.m. - Mr W Fireworks - July 8 Burglary/Habitation - 12:16 p.m. - 4XX Buffalo Pass July 8 Sexual Assault - 1:33 a.m. - 2XX Meadow Woods Dr July 8 Theft - 7:38 a.m. - 1XX Park South Dr - July 8 Accident/Major - 9:24 a.m. - Goforth Rd at Cotton Gin Rd - July 9 Accident/Major - 6:38 p.m. - 63XX Fm 150 W - July 9 Accident/Major/Hit & Run - 7:48 a.m. - 7XX S Old Stagecoach Rd - July 9 Assault/Family Violence - 3:08 p.m. - 2XX Love Dr - July 9 Possession/Marijuana - 11:06 p.m. - Creeks Landing Dr at Goforth Rd - July 9 Theft - 12:34 p.m. - 33XX Goforth Rd - July 9 Theft - 2:51 p.m. - 1XX Foster Pl - July 9 Accident/Major - 2:13 p.m. - Prairie Wind Dr at Goforth Rd - July 10 Assault - 6:33 p.m. - 19XX Goforth Rd - July 10 Assault/By Contact - 6:29 p.m. - 4XX Regina Dr - July 10 Driving While Intoxicated - 3:47 a.m. - Ih 35 Sb @ 215 MM - July 10

BUDA

Environmental Crime - 9:07 a.m. - 3XX Millington Ln July 5 Theft - 8:03 a.m. - 4XX Twisted Oaks - July 6 Public Intoxication - 4:30 a.m. - Trails at Buda Ranch July 7 Accident/Major - 12:59 p.m. - Fm 2001 at Woodbrook Trl - July 8 Fraud - 1:20 p.m. - 28XX Wren Rd - July 8 Possession/Marijuana - 7:01 p.m. - Canyon Wren @ Towhee Dr - July 8 Accident/Major - 11:31 a.m. - Windy Hill Rd at Dacy Ln - July 9 Assault/By Contact - 10:15 p.m. - Trails at Buda Ranch - July 10 Criminal Trespass - 6:09 p.m. - 3XX Dunlin Dr - July 10 Criminal Trespass/Habitation - 10:36 a.m. - Trails at Buda Ranch - July 10

Opinion Hays Free Press

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“I feel like some of our board members closer to all of this should have brought it up. I’m pleased. It opens it up for us to have time to come to the table and do what we need to do (to find a solution).”

–Linda Kaye Rogers, District 4 board member, story pg. 1

July 13, 2016

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Still waiting for answers a year after daughter’s death Y

our daughter is thrilled. She just got her first job after college, and it’s right up her alley!

She went out of state to get her bachelor’s degree. She graduated several months ago, and came back home to live with you, while she sorted out her next move. She is idealistic and intelligent, and goes to church every Sunday. She does not pass judgment on others who don’t share her faith, but she is candid and forthright in speaking up for the God she loves.

Your daughter is no angel. She has had a child out of wedlock.

She is high-strung, and can be mouthy and even profane (a bad habit she is trying to quit), but she has been searching her soul, and feels convinced that she is called to help young people make the most of their lives. Up to now, though, she has not been able to get her career started. But finally, the waiting is over. She went back to her out-of-state alma mater, to interview for a job that is right in line with her calling, and they just told her she has been hired!

It is late in the afternoon, and she wants to get the paperwork filled out and turned in tomorrow, so she can start to work on Monday. But first, she needs a few groceries.

EDITORIAL

Is the pot melting?

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ike many others From the across the globe Thursday, Sidelines I couldn’t help by but stay glued Moses Leos III to my mobile device and television trying the flames of racial to comprehend the and societal divide. senselessness of the Our country is ambush that claimed based on the concept the lives of five Dallas of a “melting pot” Police officers. society. But what With each passing happens when hate moment, social and violence begin to media and the evermelt the pot itself? present 24-hour news Events such as what cycle continued to happened in Dallas, paint a tragic and the Pulse nightclub heartbreaking scene. shooting in Orlando How a group of and many other mass snipers positioned shootings and the above a peaceful Black shootings of unarmed Lives Matter protest, black men by police which showcased the officers occur. epitome of democracy It all needs to stop. at its finest, gunned Enough is enough. down Dallas Police It’s high time our and Dallas Area country hit the brakes Rapid Transit officers and take an inward protecting that group. look at ourselves.

How officers and We can’t let citizens alike tried hate, fear and desperately to avoid violence dictate our becoming victims, livelihoods, much sprinting for cover as less how we treat best they could in the and perceive other many cell phone video peoples. coverage that’s been Perhaps we’ve played. forgotten that we’re all Then came the on the same team. announcement A good majority of authorities found us, if not all, believe a “suspect,” whose in our country’s image was wrongfully ideals. Ultimately, we shared across social all want what’s best media before anyone for our children, our had any answers. grandchildren and so One of the most on. harrowing images of So why in the hell the night came from do we decide it’s the heartbreaking okay to fire weapons front page from on a large group of the Dallas Morning people to get our News. The image of a point across? Why police officer in tears do we allow hate to below the headline, permeate itself into “Ambush,” will be a our consciousness? tough image to shake.

It’s mind boggling Every single one of how narrow minded these images has now we can be as a society, been burned into our as a democracy. collective national When are we going conscience. The to realize that all lives confusion, the chaos, matter? the overwhelming Not just black lives grief – all of it tearing or white lives, but all into what seems to lives. Every last single be an ever growing one of us on this great hole into our souls as blue marble.

Americans.

Our forefathers who It’s becoming fought for freedom painfully aware that and equality for our our country is slowly nation would be tearing itself apart extremely ashamed of from the inside out. our actions today.

Animosity between We need to remind peoples has suddenly ourselves that we’re all and shockingly human and that we’re become the norm. Not all in this so-called life helping are bombastic together. morons such as moses@haysfreepress.

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Hays Free Press Publisher Cyndy Slovak-Barton News and Sports Editor Moses Leos III

God and Country

by Phil Jones

She leaves the campus and heads for Walmart, carefully observing the speed limit. She notices a police car gaining on her rapidly. Neither the lights nor the siren are on, but the patrolman is definitely speeding, so your daughter deduces that the officer is in a hurry. She is currently on a two-lane road, but it soon widens to four lanes, and when it does, she immediately moves to the right hand lane to get out of the policeman’s way.

To her dismay, the policeman activates his lights and siren, and pulls her over. He says he has stopped her for failure to signal her lane change. (I don’t know about you, but I have changed lanes without signaling hundreds of times, and have never been pulled over for it.) Your daughter is understandably annoyed, and is sullen and taciturn. After a few preliminaries, as he is preparing to write her a ticket, the officer says, “You seem irritated.”

She calmly explains that yes, she is irritated, because she was pulling over to get

out of his way, since he seemed to be in a hurry. The officer says contemptuously, “Are you done?”

As he continues writing the ticket, he asks your daughter to put out her cigarette.

She is under no legal obligation to do so. She refuses, without raising her voice.

The policeman immediately loses his cool, for reasons known only to him, and orders her out of the car. She refuses to get out of the car, saying, “I am not under arrest.”

The officer says, “You ARE under arrest!”

She asks, “On what charge?”

He refuses to answer, but instead repeats “YOU ARE UNDER ARREST,” louder and louder, and also repeats his demand that she get out of the car, louder and louder. He jerks the door open, continuing to shout his demands. He tries to forcibly unfasten your daughter’s seat belt so he can drag her out of the car. She resists.

Frustrated, the policeman pulls his taser and points it directly at your daughter’s head, shouting, “I WILL LIGHT YOU UP!” Not wanting to be tased, your daughter quietly gets out of the car. She is arrested.

The charge against her is “assaulting a police officer.” Yet at the time he told her she was

under arrest, she clearly had not assaulted him.

She had been seated in her car the entire time. This is clearly a false and wrongful arrest, carried out with complete disregard for her rights as a U.S. citizen.

Three days later, your daughter is found dead in her jail cell. The county coroner rules her death a suicide.

This seems suspicious to you, because your daughter had so much faith, and so much to live for.

What would you do? Would you meekly accept the official story, or would you do all in your power to find out all the facts surrounding your daughter’s death?

Sandra Bland died in the Waller County jail one year ago Wednesday. Maybe it was a suicide, maybe it wasn’t. Her mother has not called for an armed revolution against the police. All she wants is a full and fair accounting for what happened to her daughter in prison. A year later, she is still waiting.

Phil Jones is a local columnist who makes his living teaching math to kids with “learning disabilities”, especially dyslexia and ADHD. He writes original songs through the nonprofit Sunrise Ministries. djones2032@austin.rr.com

Raised on Stamps Quartet’s ‘sangin’

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hen you’re born, bred and raised ‘country’, there are some givens.

My mother saw to my baptism, inoculation and total exposure to what is known today as “Southern Baptist quartet sangin’.”

That was enough to ensure my lifelong liking for that music genre’ and to always marvel at the variety of the music and the devotion of country Baptists to the Stamps “brand” and the resulting “products.”

And, if that wasn’t sufficient, we happened to live across the street from a veterinarian by that same last name and a brother of Frank and V.O. Stamps, founders and leaders the well-known quartet.

Occasionally on their travels to concerts, the Stamps Quartet would stop in my hometown to visit their vet brother.

With the reaction and activity among the neighbors you’d think that day’s version of a rock band was making an appearance.

Our little one-room country church had paperback “song books,” not hymnals

Webb’s Wisdom

by Willis Webb

(too citified), for all to use in the congregational singing.

Those songbooks were published by the Stamps Quartet Gospel Music Publishing Company.

And, the Stamps boys thought of everything.

Musical notes had different shapes, one for each part — soprano (lead), alto, tenor and bass — to help the untrained singer easily follow his part.

At that age, I only knew one part – LOUD – and sang that way.

After all, in our little frame one-room church – the Luna Missionary Baptist Church – we needed every one of the two-dozen or so voices booming away to sound like a sizable congregation and, more likely, to match the faithful zeal expected of all seated on those handmade wooden benches.

As I grew older, I

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imagined myself more “manly” than my years and thought I should sing bass. However, in high school choir director LaClair Williamson set me straight and had me in the tenor section. I couldn’t read music, so I was thankfully seated next to Douglas Aycock, who had a good tenor voice and could read music. He also played piano and had a brilliant mind (later P.D. Aycock, M.D.).

My musical ear was pretty good, so I could follow a tenor note from the piano or from someone nearby who could belt out the tenor part where I could easily follow. Doug was my ticket to a good grade in choir.

Through the years, a sinful trail of cigarettes, a pipe and demon rum deepened my voice to the much-desired “manly” bass. Now, I can chirp along with the best of ‘em. Oh, and the only sinful contribution to my manly voice now is an occasional glass of white wine before dinner/supper.

My exposure to the gospel music continued

into young manhood, thanks to my mother.

She loved to sing, particularly the Southern Gospel she’d grown up singing all of her life. Mother was basically always shy, or as she would say, “timid.” She often described herself as a “timid alto.”

Once I attended a gospel quartet concert and was keeping my ear closely tuned to the bass singer, who was quite good. At a break in the concert, I caught up with the bass singer and told him I admired his singing. During the conversation, I said Mother labeled herself a “timid alto,” and that I supposed I must be a “closet bass,” meaning to me shy or timid.

The concert quartet bass looked at me in shock and said, “Well, I don’t think I’d describe it quite that way.”

I made a mental note to eliminate the phrase from my vocabulary.

Willis Webb is a retired community newspaper editorpublisher of more than 50 years experience. wwebb1937@att.net

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Police Protocol Continued from pg. 1A

Kidd added many officers are deterred from using their lights and sirens due to the sluggish reactions of drivers around them.

“Officers tend to not want to use lights and sirens because people tend to move slower,” Kidd said.

Barnett added some people hear sirens and see lights flashing and will “slam on their brakes and stop.”

These exceptions, however, do not give an officer license to ignore safe driving habits.

Many new officers tend to have an issue with safe driving habits

when responding to calls because they “tend to think that every call is a break neck call,” Kidd said.

But nobody is above the law and Kidd believes these new officers need to be reminded of that.

Although officers are not required to use their lights or sirens when responding to calls, Kidd recommends that they use them when going through intersections, at the very least.

“Just because they (police officers driving marked vehicles) have the authorization to break traffic laws doesn’t mean they are released

from their duty to protect the public,” Kidd said.

According to both Kidd and Barnett, both departments have exemplary officer driving records and every public inquiry into an officer’s driving conduct is investigated to determine any wrong doing on the officer’s part.

Kidd said there could be issues if officers’ mentalities go above obeying traffic laws.

“If that is a belief of officers in a department, then there is a problem in the department,” Kidd said.

Onion Creek: Officials against permit Continued from pg. 1A

Dripping Springs and TCEQ to delay action on the proposed discharge permit, which could directly discharge treated effluent into the recharge zone of the Trinity Aquifer.

“I feel like some of our board members closer to all of this should have brought it up,” Rogers said. “I’m pleased. It opens it up for us to have time to come to the table and do what we need to do (to find a solution).”

In a some times contentious meeting on Thursday, 14 people spoke against Dripping Springs’ permit and voiced concerns about water quality in Onion Creek if the permit is granted.

Dripping Springs’ proposed permit could discharge close to 1 million gallons per day of treated effluent into Walnut Springs, which is a tributary of Onion Creek. It’s part of the city’s wastewater treatment plant expansion project.

Ginger Faught, Dripping Springs deputy city administrator, said the city’s current treatment plant is operating at 70,000 gallons per day, with capacity set at 350,000 gpd.

When asked about the permit for discharge doubling, Faught said it didn’t “make economic sense” for the city to expand to 500,000 gpd, then expand again in two years.

While she said city council continues to consider options such as Direct Potable Reuse, the city still wants to obtain a discharge permit, as opposed to a land application for discharge.

She said the city plans on and has contracts for Chapter 210 beneficial reuse to irrigate ball fields and parkland.

“In our mind, it makes more sense to go through discharge and put dollars to purple pipe than to put in a land applicaton and

“This body has a duty to do the right thing by our water … a resolution based on science, good sense and good neighborliness is what’s called for right now.”

–Susan Cook, area resident

infrastructure and not use it,” Faught said.

No city council members were in attendance at the HTGCD meeting Thursday.

Wes Pitts, President of Protect our Water, held concerns the city’s desire to expand into a regional wastewater system could “potentially devastate” the water quality and health of Onion Creek. He said the city could also pollute drinking water supply for Dripping Springs and affect “well owners and downstream interests” of the Middle Trinity and Edwards Aquifer.

GW Smith Gordon, a representative for Camp Ben McCullough, said the park’s livelihood and longevity “100 percent depends” on Onion Creek.

Resident Susan Cook, who was concerned about rampant growth in the area, said not every place has to “become the city and not every place has to become polluted.”

“Let me swim in (Camp) Ben McCullough forever, and not have to worry I’m taking hypertension drugs,” Cook said. “This body has a duty to do the right thing by our water … a resolution based on science, good sense and good neighborliness is what’s called for right now.”

Al Broun, a geologist for HTGCD, said there was a discovery of a loss of flow from Onion Creek as it reaches an area over the Cow Creek formation of

the Middle Trinity Aquifer.

Chemistry shown from samples collected from one of four Dripping Springs Water Supply Wells, which obtains water from the Middle Trinity and are downstream of the discharge point, show freshwater collected in the wells.

While Broun said it’s unknown how much or how fast recharge from Onion Creek into the Upper and Middle Trinity occurs, he said there is “evidence to believe” some of Onion Creek “in all probability might end up in the DSWSC wells.”

Brian Smith, principal hydrogeologist with the BSEACD, said studies were conducted on Onion Creek, which painted a “better picture” that the creek was one of the major contributors of recharge to the Barton Springs zone of the Edwards Aquifer, but also the Upper and Middle Trinity.

Smith said further tests, such as dye testing, will be needed for further study.

Rogers said the board had to make a decision Thursday on what its stance was on the permit.

She said the HTGCD didn’t have “time to wait two weeks.”

She ultimately hopes for a compromise from all parties to keep the aquifers protected.

“There’s going to have to be some give and take by everybody,” Rogers said.

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“He (Diego Garcia) has been training and impressing in first team practices and is now available for our upcoming matches. He is focused on getting better and is a skillful wide player who we feel has a bright future ahead of him.”

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Lehman High wide receiver Tyler Henderson shirks off a tackler during spring practices held in May 2015. Henderson late last month announced his commitment to play football at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. He becomes one of the first Lehman football players to commit to a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) university.

–Darren Powell, San Antonio Football Club Head Coach

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Former Lehman High soccer player Diego Garcia moves the ball downfield during a game played in the 2014 season. Last week, Garcia signed a contract to play professional soccer for the the San Antonio Football Club, which is part of the United Soccer League.

Lobo soccer standout signs with pro team

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A former Lehman High soccer standout will now take his talents to San Antonio as he continues realizing his dream of playing the sport professionally.

In a press release, the San Antonio Football Club announced its signing of Diego Garcia, 18, of Kyle, to the ball club.

For Garcia, signing with the club, which

plays the United Soccer League (USL), was a groundbreaking moment.

“It means a lot. It’s always been my goal since I started playing soccer.

I wanted to be a professional soccer player,” Garcia said. “It’s been my goal since I was a kid.”

Garcia’s path toward his professional contract began when he participated in an open tryout with the club.

Many of the coaches for SAFC knew Garcia

from his time playing at the academy level of what was then known as the San Antonio Scorpions, which has since folded. Garcia said many of the SAFC coaches were a part of the Scorpions organization.

It was at the open tryout where Garcia caught the eye of the coaching staff. Garcia said he played five or six games of 5-on-5 soccer, which allowed coaches to pick those who showed potential.

Garcia made it to the last two groups, where the head coach talked to him personally and asked him about his plans. At the time, Garcia was playing with the Lone Stars club out of Austin.

“I told him I planned on playing professionally. That’s all I wanted to do,” Garcia said. “After that I was invited to train.”

After his tryout, Gar-

LOBO GOES PRO, 2B

OP/ED: Thanks, Tim Being a fan of San Antonio Spurs power forward Tim Duncan came with the knowledge that flash and substance wasn’t going to be part of his game.

A lucrative advertising deal also wasn’t something you were going to see from Duncan.

In fact, most of Duncan’s accomplishments came with little fanfare or notoriety.

That’s just how the big man liked it. That’s how all of his fans, myself included, liked it as well.

This week, Duncan announced via a very low-key team press release that he is retiring

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by Moses Leos III

from basketball after a successful 19-year career.

It was a career that saw him set numerous records and essentially changed the way the power forward position is played.

During that time, Duncan helped shape the Spurs franchise into a formidable and consistent competitor.

Five NBA titles, two NBA

MVP’s, a three-time NBA Finals MVP and rookie of the year honors were among the laundry list of accomplishments Duncan experienced in his storied career.

But it was the way Duncan carried himself that resonated with so many of his fans and followers.

As showmanship and gaudiness rule the NBA, Duncan instead treated his professional career as if it were any other job.

Though, Duncan’s version of carrying a lunch pail and grabbing a tool belt was posting up big men in the paint.

But that’s what made

Duncan such an endearing and motivational figure. Duncan had that “nose to the grindstone” mentality many of us in the real world experience on a day-to-day basis.

He was a player for the people and a person to rally around. His fans looked up to him. It was no more apparent than in the Central Texas area, who respected his ability to consistently guide Spurs teams to the playoffs.

Nothing, and I mean nothing, felt as good as watching Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Gino-

THANKS TIM, 2B

Obtaining an education has always been the top goal for Lehman High wide receiver Tyler Henderson.

With his mom, Sheila, who worked as a math teacher in his youth, Henderson grew up liking numbers. It’s the sole reason why math is one of his favorite subjects.

But even when Henderson realized how adept he was at playing football, the prospect of obtaining a quality education remained.

It was the primary motivation for Henderson’s decision to commit to play football at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. last month.

“The most important thing (in making a decision on a college) beside athletics was academics,” Henderson said. “They (Navy) have a top five academic program. That’s the main thing I was looking for in a college – to come out of school with a great education.”

Henderson, who became one of the first Lobos to be recruited by a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) program, said his decision was made after he toured the campus in Annapolis.

Henderson said the Naval Academy showed a “great family feel.” He said the coaching staff treated him “like I was one of their own.”

He also got the chance to meet Navy head coach Ken Niamatuolo during his college visit, whom Henderson said was a “down to earth man” and another father figure for him.

“They showed us what they had to offer. It was a great experience,” Henderson said. “Out of all the colleges I visited, this was the best. I felt like I was a home, not like I was 20 hours away.”

But it was the prospect of earning his degree in four years, along with serving his country, that allowed Henderson to make his decision. Henderson, who has had relatives

“They showed us what they had to offer.

It was a great experience.

Out of all the colleges I visited, this was the best.

I felt like I was a home, not like I was 20 hours away.”

–Tyler Henderson, former Lehman wide receiver

in the military, doesn’t see life after playing football at Navy as “service,” but rather as a job opportunity.

“I get there, serve my years, and I get to serve my country as well,” Henderson said. “This was a great chance.

There’s a guaranteed future with this and this path.”

Along with the academics comes the athletic factor for Henderson, who began playing tiny mite football with the North Hays Optimist Gators in Kyle.

Ever since, Henderson has loved the game. This love was bolstered by his ability to continue playing with his friends from little league to Lehman High.

“Growing up with my friends, it was a blessing,” Henderson said. “It was important to me that I got to grow up with and play with my friends I grew up with.”

Henderson also continues his family’s tradition of participating in athletics. Sheila Henderson was a track and field star at the University of Texas at Austin; she now works as athletic director at Lockhart High. His father, Orlando, has college basketball experience.

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43 games played 106 at bats 16 runs 36 hits 3 doubles 2 triples 13 RBI’s 5 stolen bases .406 slugging percentage • 95 percent fielding percentage

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bili lead victory parades down the Riverwalk.

Duncan accomplished his feats without the need for flashy dunks and the like. Being “Mr. Fundamental,” Duncan was able to score points and make big plays by playing the game as it’s meant to be played.

Whenever one watched

Tim Duncan play, you could bet the banks were always open. His iconic off-the-backboard bank shots are the stuff of legend.

His style of play is something that is slowly disappearing from the game. More athletes should take a page out of Duncan’s style-book.

His quiet demeanor was also a trait that made him famous. As a fellow introvert, it was gratifying to see someone who let their actions do most of the talking.

While it’s sad to see Duncan end his career without one final championship, it was nonetheless a wild ride to experi-

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The victories, the championships and even some defeats were all a part of a sensational path he had.

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cia joined fellow former Lehman soccer player Fernando Mercado in Spain as they played with Real Valledolid.

Garcia’s time in Spain helped him see “what European soccer is all about” and how serious they are about the sport.

Playing in that professional environment changed Garcia’s mentality. He realized there are a “lot of things” that go into playing professional sports.

He saw that everyone went “100 percent” and that there was competition for positioning on the starting 11. With that

knowledge, Garcia said he was ready and “on top of my game” to train with the club. “(Playing in Spain) helped me as a player, knowing every little thing matters on the practice field,” Garcia said.

Since that time, Garcia has trained with SAFC, eventually earning the chance to sign a contract.

The terms of his contract were not disclosed, per club policy, according to a press release.

“We are excited to add a young local player in Diego to our roster,” SAFC Head Coach Darren Powell said in a state-

Lobo to Navy: Education is key Continued from pg. 1B

In addition, several of Henderson’s aunts and uncles ran at the UIL state track and field meet, while one cousin participated at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials.

While all of his family got Henderson interested in athletics, he said he wants to forge his own path.

But he also heeds their advice when it comes to what to expect at the next level. He said they impart advice such as commitment and the different kinds of

distractions he may face.

“They give me pointers on things how’s it going to be in college,” Henderson aid. “To find the right kind of mindsets to get through distractions and stay focused.”

Getting better overall has been the goal this summer for Henderson, who seeks to improve his footwork and overall strength heading into the 2016 season.

Helping build a brotherhood for the Lobos in his final season is also imperative.

ment. “He has been training and impressing in first team practices and is now available for our upcoming matches. He is focused on getting better and is a skillful wide player who we feel has a bright future ahead of him.”

Garcia said he’s ready to “take this in full stride” as he hopes to reach the starting 11.

The chance to play so close to home is an added bonus.

“I always told myself, ‘work hard, no matter what and show how good you are. That’s been my goal – to get there,” he

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Hays CISD approves $220K service cost for national expert

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A $220,000 professional development service to help teachers instruct balanced literacy was approved by the Hays CISD school board.

But one school board trustee believes advanced training would help students beyond what Hays CISD is paying for.

The board approved the professional development service with Debbie Diller and Associates by a 5-1 vote at last week’s school board meeting. Board trustee Esperanza Orosco voted against the agreement.

Debbie Diller and Associates has been working with teachers in the district for three years now because of a federal grant, which focuses on instructing balanced literacy.

Due to low STAAR testing scores, Science Hall, Kyle Elementary and Hemphill

Due to low STAAR testing scores, Science Hall, Kyle Elementary and Hemphill Elementary are listed as Tier 3 schools. This tier makes the district eligible for funding by Title 1 of the Texas Education Agency for the purpose of enlisting professional help in specific areas.

Elementary are listed as Tier 3 schools.

This tier makes the district eligible for funding by Title 1 of the Texas Education Agency for the purpose of enlisting professional help in specific areas.

According to the TEA website, this fund provides supplemental funding to state and local education agencies. Title 1 funding pays for resources to assist schools with high concentrations of students from lowincome families.

These resources improve education quality and help ensure all children in low-income contexts

meet the state’s student performance standards.

Christina Courson, Hays CISD communications specialist, said there is no specific cap on the funds allocated to the district for these professional services.

However, the funding varies from year to year.

These funds cannot be used for anything other than professional development services.

Courson said some teachers struggled with balanced literacy, which is complex. Orosco said balanced literacy is an approach or framework that guides students to be “effective and proficient in reading and writing.

For this reason, the district selected a national expert to provide the support Hays teachers need.

“The balanced literacy classrooms focus on different types of reading, reading aloud, shared reading, guided reading, reading conferences, and independent reading,” Orosco said. “The types of writing include shared writing, interactive writing, guided writing, writing conferences, and independent writing.”

Orosco, however, did not vote to approve Debbie Diller’s services because of comments and conversations she has had with teachers within the district.

She said experienced teachers who have implemented Debbie Diller strategies or shown success in students could benefit from other advanced training. She said the advanced training would help “especially with respect to technology and in accordance with our strategic plan and priority to develop 21st century leaders.”

Even with Orosco’s opposition, the board must approve a professional development service company to continue to receive the Title 1 grant.

Orosco said because the board approved the continuation of

Debbie Diller’s services, it is important to move forward in support of the decision.

“I do want to make sure that we monitor our teachers’ satisfaction with the training,” Orosco said. “How bilingual teachers are included and have access to differentiated training, and how we realize student outcomes in the area of reading and writing.”

Courson said the district implements its own plans to monitor the progress of the teachers’ and the implementation of what they’ve learned from Debbie Diller.

“There are districtlevel coordinators who work with campuses to monitor and support implementation,” Courson said. “On the campus level, principals conduct walk-through observations to ensure fidelity to the model.

Additionally, each campus has an identified instructional coach to provide job-embedded support for our teachers.”

Con Mi Madre

Austin based outreach program seeks inclusion in Hays CISD

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n Austin-based nonprofit program that centers on helping Latina youth seeks to extend its program into Hays CISD. In June, representatives from Con Mi Madre presented to the Hays CISD board of trustees its past successes and its plans for the Hays school district.

“I was floored by the success that they’ve had in AISD and Del Valle and the surrounding areas,” Board secretary Teresa Tobias said. “I was intrigued by their different approach, in the sense that it helps not only the girl but it really helps the mother.”

Tobias said the program has a zero level percentage of dropouts and near zero level of teenage pregnancies, which she said showed her the importance of this program.

Teresa Granillo, Con Mi Madre executive director, said it was a natural fit to extend the program into Hays CISD as the population in the area continues to grow.

“Hays has seen significant growth in the Latina community, especially Latina youth,” Granillo said. “And it tends to be low income so that’s the target demographic for our program. We want to help those that wouldn’t otherwise have the chance. We want to plant that seed early to make sure they succeed.”

Granillo said during its presentation that to begin the program in Hays, they are requesting $15,000, which will cover the program’s costs.

Karen Gonzales, Con Mi Madre program director, said students can begin participating in the sixth grade once the pro-

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A group of students receive awards at the 24th annual Con Mi Madre leadership summit held in Austin. The Austin-based non-profit program that centers on helping Latina youth seeks to extend service into Hays CISD.

gram is in a district and recruitment takes place.

“We visit the girls twice a month and it would be during school hours but not during core periods,” Gonzales said. “Either a lunch period, advisory period, any time of the day that isn’t a core curriculum class.”

Con Mi Madre has licensed social workers and educators who have designated curriculum for each meeting with the girls.

“For example, for our 6th grade girls, we start out with a vision board,” Gonzales said. “This gives the girls an opportunity to put into something tangible what they want to accomplish for their future, such as career goals or what university they want to attend, so the girls can see that whatever they’re hoping for is

Tobias said the program has a zero level percentage of dropouts and near zero level of teenage pregnancies, which she said showed her the importance of this program. attainable.”

When the girls reach 11th and 12th grade, the program shifts focus to undergraduate preparation. Con Mi Madre holds workshops to teach the girls how to fill out college applications and financial aid forms with the assistance of their mothers and Con Mi Madre representatives.

“Once the girls reach that age, aside from the workshops, they also have the opportunity to have a

mentor that is dedicated to only that particular student in order to give them personalized advice,” Gonzales said.

Some of the girls in the program go on overnight stays at universities such as The University of Texas at Austin and Texas State University.

During the overnight stay, students are accompanied by their mothers, so the child and parent can experience college lifestyle.

“Con Mi Madre means ‘with my mother’,” Tobias said. “They’re trying to push the daughter and the mother up and it truly does not only help the young women succeed but their family as a whole.”

Con Mi Madre began in 2008. It had been an extension of the Hispanic Mother Daughter Project, which originated in 1990 after a state demographer reported that a Latina girl had less than a 1 percent chance of going to college.

In 2013, the Con Mi Madre team recognized they weren’t doing enough by just getting girls graduated and in college, Granillo said.

“We realized we needed to ensure that they stay in college,” Granillo said.

“So, we started the Success Program which fo-

cuses on post-secondary success.”

Granillo said the mission has stayed the same throughout the years. Con Mi Madre primarily focuses on assisting Latina girls to get an education, while also giving mothers the tools to assist their daughters in achieving success.

San Marcos CISD has adapted this program and recruitment for the upcoming year took place in May. The next step for the Hays process is meeting with administration for schools within Hays CISD to ensure they understand the requirements and the program’s policies before moving forward.

Tobias said she is hoping to get Con Mi Madre into an action item by August or September at the latest.

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The green on Brazil’s flag stands for its forests and fields. Yellow is for the country’s rich deposits of gold. The blue circle represents the night sky and its twenty-seven stars are for Brazil’s 26 states.

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constant parade of birds visits our limestone boulder water feature these hot days. The shallow water and soft flow of recirculating water beckons birds.

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t’s always fantastic when you have plants that look beautiful in the garden, and work really well in the kitchen.

For readers who enjoy Mexican cooking, the good news is that three of the top four Mexican culinary herbs fall in this culinary/horticultural category: Mexican oregano, hoya santa, and Mexican marigold mint and cilantro.

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Roach seems to delight in taking subjects that are particularly outlandish, weird and gross and turning them into writings that are incredibly engrossing.

Stiff: the Curious Life of Human Cadavers covers many of the ways that cadavers are used in scientific research. Cadavers have contributed so much to our current way of life and Roach gives them the recognition they deserve as they are used for medical practice, decomposition study and any number of other uses.

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal is Roach’s exploration of the path of our food from ingestion (and all that entails) to excretion and everything in between including the roles that smell and spit play in eating and digestion all the way to the dangers of toxic megacolon (a cool phrase but absolutely not something you want to happen to you).

Mary Roach’s latest book is called Grunt: the Curious Science of Humans at War. It asks and answers a lot of questions about science in the military. It opens with a discussion about chicken guns (large air cannons made to shoot chickens into aircraft) and moves on to other subjects such as uniform demands, dealing with threats to soldiers’ hearing, using maggots to save lives, sleep deprivation and many other issues that our modern military works to deal with.

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Concert for a Cause benefits Hays County Santa Kyle City Council member Travis Mitchell fires a water gun at a patron while inside of a dunk tank near the Car Bar at Central Texas Speedway during Saturday’s Concerts for a Cause fundraiser. This month, Concerts for a Cause, a non-profit organization that raises money for charitable causes, donated funds from their concert to assist Bruce King, “the Hays County Santa,” with medical bills. The concert featured performances from Sean Garrison and the Third Watch and Brotherhood of the Girl.

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As Central Texas nears the “dog days of summer,” residents are faced with the ageless debate over sunscreen usage and what really matters when it comes to sun protection.

According to Dr. Ammar Ahmed M.D., a dermatologist at Seton Medical Center Hays, there are a few important points to remember when thinking about buying sunscreen.

Ahmed said that a sunscreen’s SPF rating only rates the products ability to block ultraviolet-B (UVB) rays from affecting the skin.

“We (dermatologists) usually recommend to use a sunscreen with at least 30 SPF, but I believe higher is always better so I recommend 50 SPF,” Ahmed said.

Ahmed referenced the

overwhelming information on the divide in the medical community concerning whether or not a sunscreen with an sun protection factor (SPF) rating higher than 50 is really more effective.

“There are studies that indicate that it may not be beneficial to go higher than 50 SPF,” said Ahmed.

But more than a sunscreen’s SPF rating, Ahmed pointed out that many people do not apply sunscreen as directed by the sunscreen manufacturers.

Ahmed said when sunscreen is tested for it’s efficacy in blocking UVB rays, the volume of sunscreen used to measure those levels is more than the average adult uses on themselves before sun exposure.

No matter what SPF rating the sunscreen has, it is only providing an SPF rating proportionate to the volume of sunscreen

Seton doctor Ammar Ahmed used, recommends his patients Ahmed use a broad-spectrum said. A sunscreen with an SPF rating sunof at least 30, but depending screen on the volume of sunscreen at SPF 30 might used, a sunscreen with SPF only be 50 may be better.

SPF 15 depending on the amount of sunscreen used.

Ahmed also adscreen like a lotion or a dressed the need for stick over spray-delivery consumers to protect system sunscreens. against UVA rays as Ahmed said there are well as UVB by using natural sunscreen altersunscreens labeled as natives on the market, “Broad Spectrum.” but none he has seen But Ahmed reccould be as effective at ommended that his patients not use a spray- protecting against UVA/ UVB rays as commercial based sunscreen.

“In general non-spray sunscreen.

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The reason for the dif- that as been trademarked as an oral sunscreen as ference in effectiveness well as a liquid drink deagain is directly related signed to block harmful to the way it is applied. rays, but the “technology Ahmed said brand isn’t there to substitute names don’t really matthe efficacy of commerter, but that he recomcial grade sunscreen. mends using a sun-

ith the Summer Games in Rio less than a month away, let’s take a look back at the XV Olympics that began in Helsinki, Finland on Jul. 19, 1952 and featured gold-medal performances from six different Texans.

In the high jump held on opening day, Walter “Buddy” Davis of Texas A&M was the favorite despite his inexperience.

The Nederland product had gone to College Station on a basketball scholarship and lived up to high expectations by blossoming into a star.

A childhood victim of polio, who had not been able to walk for three years, Davis went out for track in 1951 “to escape spring basketball practice because we had a coach who was a demon for workouts.” To everyone’s surprise, including his own, he proved that some high jumpers are born not made.

Within two years, Davis was threatening the world record of six feet 11 inches set in 1941.

He actually bettered the mark by half an inch at the Southwest Conference track meet in the spring of 1951 but had the incredible effort erased on a technicality.

The best on the planet were no match for the six-foot-eight Texan, who broke the Olympic record by jumping half an inch above his head. He also earned a unique place in Olympic history by becoming the tallest athlete ever to win a gold medal in individual competition.

Buddy Davis immediately announced his retirement from amateur sports. With a wife and child and another baby on the way, he had bills to pay. He played six seasons in the National Basketball Association mainly as backup to Wilt Chamberlain.

The next native Texan to take gold was pole vaulter Robert E.

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OBITUARIES MCCLINTOCK Katherine Ruth McClintock was born in Thornton, Texas to the late Mary (Brown) Hunter and Governor J. Brown. The family moved to Hamlin in 1941, where she attended Oscar DePriest School. Katherine lived in Abilene for a short while and later moved to Amarillo where she lived until 1971. During that time, Katherine attended Mt. Zion Baptist Church where she was a Sunday school teacher and recognized as “Mother” of the church. Katherine moved to Big Spring in 1971 with her daughter, Arleda McClintock, and attended Mt. Bethel Baptist Church. She worked at Big Spring State Hospital for nine

years and was named Aide of the Year. In 1991, she moved to Austin where she and her daughter operated a daycare.

Katherine was preceded in death by her husband, Claude McClintock; grandson, Kory John Wright; her parents, Governor J. Brown and Mary Hunter; two brothers, G.B. Brown and James Brown; and six sisters, Maxine Williams, Bessie Jennings, Emma J. Freemon, Frances Stevenson, Janie Marshall, and Joyce Covington.

She leaves to cherish her memory her only child: Arleda McClintock of Kyle; four grandchildren, Jasmine McClintock and Torey Anderson of Kyle; Trevor McClintock of San Antonio; Barry McClintock of College Station; two great-grandchildren, Breylon and Tremayne Anderson of Kyle; four sisters, Joann Elix of Roosevelt, OK;

Minnie Robinson of Hamlin; Bertie Pinkard of Hutto; Mary Nelson of Kyle; three brothers, Howard Brown of Abilene; William Brown (Ruth) of Hamlin; Charles Brown (Lillie) of Tulsa, OK; and a host of nieces, nephews, other family members, and many friends.

Katherine was the first to leave home, and she never forgot about her family. She frequently sent the family care packages, and when she did make a visit home, our house was filled with joy. She was a wonderful family member and a great friend to everyone she met. Being a great listener who gave positive feedback in any situation was one of her many attributes. Her favorite pastimes included sewing, working puzzles, and playing with her great-grandchildren.

Katherine was a shining light in everyone’s life, who always wore a smile on her face.

THIGPEN Albert Ray Thigpen, lovingly known as Daddy, Granddad and Greatgranddad, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016, in Hondo, TX. Born Jan. 25, 1930, in Eldorado, TX, he was the son of Albert P. and Dena Kruse Thigpen.

Albert, 86, served our country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, 195156. A former resident of Kyle, he was a manager at K-Mart for many years.

A family member said, “Anyone who ever met our dad was an instant friend. He loved us as a family and he loved his friends. He was the first to help you if you needed help. His faith in God kept him

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Clutching the shining symbol of his supremacy, Skippy Browning said with a hint of sadness, “I’m glad I won it because I don’t think I’ll ever see another Olympics.” and television shows and as Robert Redford’s stunt double in three films.

The fifth gold medal for Texas came in a team sport. Slaton’s Bill Lienhard, a college player at Kansas, was a member of the U.S. basketball squad that won every game in Helsinki by an average of 20 points.

The last gold medalist was the smallest of the six – little five-foot, fourinch Skippy Browning from Dallas. A three-time state diving champion at Highland Park, he collected four consecutive NCAA trophies for the University of Texas.

At Helsinki, Brown left no doubt as to who was the best diver in the world. When he was done, the Dallas Morning News reported “the spectators, including the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, cheered wildly.”

Clutching the shining symbol of his supremacy, Skippy Browning said with a hint of sadness, “I’m glad I won it because I don’t think I’ll ever see another Olympics.” In March 1956, while training for the Melbourne Games, he was killed in a plane crash.

Here is a fascinating tidbit of trivia: If the Lone Star State had still been an independent nation in 1952, the six gold medals won at Helsinki would have tied Texas with France, Finland and Australia for seventh place among the 69 countries!

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Texas History: Olympians “Bob” Richards, whose birthplace was the tiny community of Gordon, north of Stephenville.

Following in the footsteps of Earle Meadows, the 1936 Olympic champion from Fort Worth, the theology professor cleared the winning height of 4.56 meters (14.9 feet) on his third and last attempt.

A repeat gold medalist at Melbourne in 1956, Richards went on to become one of the best known athletes in America during the 1950s and 1960s. Millions of kids ate breakfast every morning with the personable reverend, whose face was featured on a cereal box.

Next came Malvin “Marvelous Mal” Whitfield, the greatest half miler of his day. For six phenomenal years, the Bay City native dominated the half mile and its metric equivalent, the 800-meter race, winning 66 of 69 contests.

Whitfield burst upon the Olympic scene at London in 1948. A Frenchman led in the finals of the 800, until the Texan took off like a rocket and pulled away from the pack. He held off heavily favored Arthur Wint of Jamaica down the stretch to break the tape.

The 800 at Helsinki was a rematch of Whitfield and Wint. They were third and first respectively with 250 meters to go, when the defending champion shifted into high gear and passed the challenger.

“Marvelous Mal” crossed the finish line with two yards to spare in exactly the same time he had run four years earlier.

Two years later, Malvin Whitfield was the first black awarded the Sullivan Award as the nation’s best amateur athlete. Failing to qualify for his third Olympics in 1956, he withdrew from competition and spent several years in Africa teaching the finer points of running to eager young Kenyans and Ethiopians.

A speed demon from Graham collected the fourth gold medal for Texas by running the initial leg on the 4x100meter relay. First out of the starting blocks in the 100-meter dash, Dean Smith looked like a cinch for a second gold but finished 14 inches behind the winner in fourth place.

When his running days were over, the University of Texas track star earned his living as a Hollywood stuntman. He appeared in hundreds of movies

strong throughout his life.”

Albert is reunited in heaven with his loving wife, Elizabeth Rieber Thigpen; his parents, two sisters and two brothers.

He is survived by his children, Margie (John) Lawhon, Dianne (David) Westfall, Dale (Melinda) Thigpen, Eddy (Pam) Thigpen and Mike (Shá) Thigpen; 13 grandchildren; 18 greatgrandchildren; and extended family.

Rosary at 9:30 a.m., followed by the Memorial Service at 10 a.m., will be held Thursday, July 14, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.

The family suggests memorials may be made to the charity of your choice.

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Mexican oregano (Poliomentha longiflora) is an evergreen that grows to three feet and blooms a light pink to lavender flower from spring to frost. This flowering perennial has a spicy oregano flavor that turns off the deer and can be quite drought-tolerant when established. It looks beautiful with salvias, lantanas, and Mexican mint marigold in our perennial landscape beds.

Hoya santa (Piper auritum) is a large leaf herbaceous perennial herb that has a curious root beer flavor to its leaf. This plant can grow from full shade to full sun depending on how much water it gets.

Its large leaf and size will give a tropical look to the landscape. The leaves are used to wrap fish fillet or chicken breast and baked in the oven or steam.

In Mexico, its leaves are an essential ingredient in green mole. In Guatemala it is used to make traditional tamales, which are wrapped in banana leaves.

Hoya santa is very popular along the east coast of Mexico and can be found on the menu of Fonda San Miguel in downtown Austin.

Mexican marigold mint (Tagetes lucida) grows from spring to fall and has an anise flavor to the leaf.

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Hoya santa is one of the top four Mexican herbs used for cooking.The large leaves can be wrapped around protein for steaming or baking.

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Santa Cruz John Catholic Church St. Lutheran Church

1100 Main Street • Buda, Texas 78610 Office: 512-312-2520 • Fax: 512-295-2034 • santacruzcc.org Rev. Kirby D. Garner, Pastor • Fr. José Luis Comparán, Assoc. Pastor

Call 1-866-691-2369

Word of Life Christian Faith Center 400 Old Post Road, Kyle

Manchaca United Methodist Church FM 1626 & Manchaca Rd., Manchaca

Rev. Nancy Day Office 295-6981, Parsonage 512-393-9772 www.BudaUMC.org

Privately owned From local springs

A Fountain of Life Church 302 Millenium Dr. Kyle

Buda-Kyle Church of Christ 3.5 miles south of Buda on FM 2770

*Traditional Worship (Worship Center)-9 a.m.

Sunday School (all ages)-10:00 a.m. *Informal Worship (Chapel)-11 a.m.

Wednesday Evening (Chapel)-6:30 p.m. *On 5th Sundays we conduct one service at 10 a.m. with special music.

Pure Texas Spring Water!

Generations Church 801 FM 1626 (Elm Grove Elem.), Buda

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church 7206 Creedmoor Rd., Creedmoor

Elm Street & San Marcos

FM 2770, Buda, Texas 295-4801

Por Tu Gracia Fellowship 701 Roland Lane, Kyle

METHODIST

Buda United Methodist Church

CENTEX MATERIALS LLC

New Covenant Community Church 1019 Main Street, Buda (in Dance Unlimited)

CHURCH OF CHRIST

Southern Hills Church of Christ 3740 FM 967, Buda

A FOUNTAIN OF LIFE

The Well Buda

Santa Cruz Catholic Church 1100 Main Street, Buda St. Anthony Marie Claret Church 801 N. Burleson, Kyle

Antioch Community Church Old Black Colony Rd., Buda

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

Rosebrock

Veterinary Clinic

TEXAS LEHIGH CEMENT CO. LP

9:00am 10:00am 6:00pm 7:00pm

Wednesday 

www.hayshills.org 1401 N. FM 1626

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Thursday Evening Bible Study, 5:30 p.m. & Open Communion

Highway 21, Uhland

Pastor: Rev. David Goeke 210-635-8584 • www.stjohnlcmsuhland.org 20 N. Camino Real (State Hwy. 21) • Uhland, Texas 78640

First Baptist Church

A loving & caring Southern Baptist Church 104 S. San Marcos Street, Buda Buddy Johnson, Pastor • 295-2161 Sunday School...........................................9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship....................................10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study/Youth Activities...6:00 p.m.

AWANA’s (Wednesday)..........................6:00 p.m.

Nursery Provided www.firstbaptistbuda.com • fbcbuda@austin.rr.com

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of Uhland , LCMS Bible Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:15 a.m.

Church Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.

Bible Class Worship Worship Bible Class

2315 FM 967, Buda (at Living Word Lutheran Church) Pastor J.D. Elshoff jelshoff@earthlink.net 512-638-6312

Make THIS your church home!

Southeast Baptist Church 5020 Turnersville Rd • Creedmoor, TX 512-243-2837

Sunday Bible Study: 9:45 a.m.

Worship: 11:00 a.m.

WEdnESday Pray & Devotion: 6:30 p.m.

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Debbie Thames, Agent 251 N. FM 1626, Bldg. 2, Ste. C, Buda, Texas 78610 312-1917

If you have a question for Chris, send it via email to iathyme@yahoo. com. Or mail a postcard to It’s About Thyme: 11726 Manchaca Road, Austin, TX 78748 www.itsaboutthyme.com

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nial blooms heavily in the fall is an effective substitute for French tarragon, which is difficult to grow.

Last but not least is cilantro. Though not the best plant for your landscape, this essential Mexican herb is easy to grow if you pick the right season. It loves the cooler weather of fall

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COMMUNITY

Hays Free Press • July 13, 2016

Classes, meetings and local events can be found on the calendar at haysfreepress.com. Email event submissions to christine@haysfreepress.com.

ENTERTAINMENT

3200 Kyle Crossing (512) 523 9012

Bodacious Burger Cookoff and Bingo

Experience it in

EVX

Please join us Saturday, July 16, 4-10 p.m. at Eye of the Dog Art Center in San Marcos. There will be Bingo and silent auction indoors, (with air conditioning) chicken bingo and Karaoke outside. For more information, text Bev at 512-5581588.6:30-8 p.m.

ENHANCED VIEWING EXPERIENCE

For all showtimes and listings, please check our website or call our showline!

Tuesdays

$5

Any Movie.

All Day.

Excludes special events & advanced showings. EVX & 3-D upcharges still apply

New Year. Same Price.

2016 Refillable Tubs and Cups.

Only $7.50 each!

Be sure to visit our website!

EVO-ENTERTAINMENT.COM Films. Lanes. Games.

Retro Video Game Nights: Castlevania

Dive-in Movie

Meet your friends at the Kyle pool for a screening of “Happy Feet” July 19. Pool staff will begin handing out admission tickets at 7 p.m. until all 230 tickets are handed out. The pool gates will reopen at 8 p.m. and only admit those 230 people with admission tickets.

Gates open at 8 p.m. and pool closes 30 minutes after conclusion of the movie. For more information contact Kyle Parks and Rec at 512-262-3939. The event is free to the public.

Kyle Market Days

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MakeaaDifference Difference Make New 20” Box Fans

New 12” or Larger New 12” or Larger Oscillating Fans Oscillating Fans

Cash or Check Cash or Check

PHOTOS BY MOSES LEOS III

When?

Friday, July 22 Friday, July 22 4:00-8:00 p.m.

Where?

4:00—8:00 p.m.

Saturday, July Saturday, July 23 23 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

8:30 a.m.—1:00 p.m.

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SUPER EARNINGS, SUPER EASY

FirstStar Flex Rate Certificate of Deposit

Writing prompts for age groups: Child – ages 8 to 12 It was a nice summer day for a family picnic, but I realized something was wrong when our picnic basket began to jump up and down. Something in the basket was alive....

Youth – ages 13 to 17 You’ll never guess who I got stuck in an elevator with last summer...

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during the night – can and all.

This week, rotting bananas are working fairly well to bring in small flying insects and some butterflies. Our overripe bananas go into a freezer bag.

Recently, on a late afternoon walk, Deanne and Terry Hauptrief watched a mini-nature show in our front yard as they walked past. A “limb” drop with a thud, and began to move.

Suddenly, a Screech Owl

AND HELP

BRING COMFORT TO THOSE IN NEED !

Buda library essay contest deadline August 1

pecker, Summer Tanager, cardinal, Painted Bunting, Brown-headed Cowbird, Northern Mockingbird, Ash-throated Flycatcher, White-winged Dove, Inca Cove, Mourning Dove.

Many of our bathing beauties hatched this season. Some gape for food from parents, wings spread backwards.

In my attempt lure small flying insects, stinky cat food sat in a bird feeder. Up came the fire ants and gone it was

H ELP US PROVIDE HEAT RELIEF H AYS C OUNTY FAMILIES THIS SUMMER .

What?

New 20” Box Fans

The prompt will not be included in the 500 words.

Stories must be received at the Buda Library by Aug. 1.

Submissions can be emailed to librarian@ budalibrary.org or hand delivered to the library at 303 Main Street in Buda. For more information, visit haysfreepress.com

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Market Days was in full swing this past weekend and will be the first Saturday of every month through September. See photos from Market Days online eat www.HaysFreePress.com.

Just follow the photo link.

Young Buda library patrons can show off their literary skills in the Friends of the Buda Library Summer Contest for Young Writers.

The contest is open to Buda Library cardholders between the ages of 8-17 and will feature two divisions, Child and Youth.

Stories must be 500 words in length or less.

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The Kyle Public Library will host a night of retro fun with Castlevania 1 and Castlevania 4 (Super Castlevania). Try (if you dare) to conquer some of the most challenging games ever made. The event will be held July 14 at 6:30 p.m.

swooped down, pecking the rat snake. We’re on the lookout for a nest of owlets, perhaps in our OwlShack.

Word of the death of Sue Ruston (Cedar Drive) brought sadness. Condolences to members of her family. So sorry for your loss.

Kindly report to me Mountain City-related tidbits. ptom5678@gmail. com (subject: TIDBIT) or 512-268-5678. Thanks!

Love, Pauline

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• APY cannot drop below the initial rate and can rise monthly based on interest rate changes • 15 month term • Additions to the CD allowed during the term (Minimum $10,000 for each addition)

Kyle Banking Center 800 W. FM 150 | Kyle, TX | 512.268.4444 * Annual Percentage Yield - The minimum to open and obtain the APY is $10,000 for the 1.15% APY and $100,000 for the 1.40% APY. Rates tied to the One-Year Constant Maturity Treasury Rate and may change monthly after the account is opened. APY assumes the interest is compounded quarterly and paid quarterly.

A penalty will be imposed for early withdrawal. Refer to Truth-in-Savings disclosure for complete details. Additional deposits of at least $10,000 may be made to the CD. Available for personal and business accounts. The rates are effective as of May 2016.

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Business Hays Free Press

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Real estate

Single family home sales, May 2016

On the go with Pokémon

BUDA Sales: 38, an 8.6% increase from May 2015 Average Price: $257,805, an 8.5% increase from May 2015 Median Price: $255,520, an 8.5% increase from May 2015 New Listings: 46

Active Listings: 68 Pending Sales: 35

Days On Market: 43

KYLE Sales: 98, a 38.0% increase from May 2015

PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III

Elijah Darnell and Parker Schutze, of Kyle, both play Pokemon Go on their phones while riding their bikes at City Square Park Monday.

Median Price: $203,375, a 13.0% increase from May 2015 New Listings: 103

BY MOSES LEOS III

ers can collect items and network. news@haysfreepress.com The popularity has led to success for the app. The app has been Destiny and Manuel downloaded to more Vargas, of Kyle, joined than two million iPhone many other people operating systems Monday with their and has phones generated strolling roughly about City “Most of $1.6 million Square Park in revenue in Kyle. the time, daily from The in-app Nintendo couple, like purchases, many others, keeps it according had caught to an article the fever of to their in the a new phone Wall Street app called consoles Journal.

Pokémon The app Go, which is and has boosted based off of the market handheld the popular value of Pokémon games Nintendo video game Co. by $9 of the 1990s. ... The billion, For the according to couple, fact they the WSJ. playing the A Kyle Fire app brought brought Department about firefighter, something nostalgia who was from their to the playing the youth. game while “We grew mobile on break up watching the series market and Monday, lauded … we enjoy the game’s (the app),” it’s that business Manuel said. model, as brand, it The game, it’s “active” created resonates and brings

by Nian“into tic, allows with a lot of people the world.” players to Kyle walk around people.” resident in the real Dakota world and –Dakota Kittleson, Kittleson virtually colPokémon enthusiast said the lect pocket game monsters, brought back nostalgia or Pokémon. The game of his childhood. uses GPS technology to While he said there allow players to find the isn’t necessarily a point virtual monsters. to the game, it does get Landmarks, such as people from all walks of the Kyle water tower and library, are used as POKEMON, 4D “Pokestops,” where gam-

Average Price: $207,499, a 11.7% increase from May 2015

Active Listings: 108 Pending Sales: 109

Days On Market: 29

SAN MARCOS Sales: 36, a 2.9% increase from May 2015

Average Price: $232,126, a 4.0% decrease from May 2015 Median Price: $184,150, a 10.6% decrease from May 2015 New Listings: 41

Active Listings: 113 Pending Sales: 38

Days On Market: 54

WIMBERLEY PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III

Playing Pokemon Go while on the steps of historic city hall were (left to right) Joseph Hernandez, Chris Tipton, Dakota Kittleson and Taylor Cortez.

(Wimberley had no single family home sales for May, 2016)

Sales: 0, a 100% decrease from May 2015 Average Price: No data, a 100% decrease from May 2015 Median Price: No data, a 100% decrease from May 2015 New Listings: 8

Active Listings: 33 Pending Sales: 2

Days On Market: No data

DRIPPING SPRINGS Sales: 2, a 100% increase from May

Average Price: $484,000, a 16.3% decrease from May 2015 Median Price: $484,000 an 16.3% decrease from May 2015 New Listings: 5 PHOTO BY DAVID WHITE

In search of more Pokémon balls are (left to right) Sean McElvogue and Jocelynn Juvinall and in the background are Johnny Martinez and Zachary Allister Salas.

Active Listings: 15 Pending Sales: 5

Days On Market: 92

Who’s #1 in Kyle and Buda?

Let your voice be heard!

We’re looking for the best burgers, tacos, BBQ, Asian food, sandwiches, chicken, hot wings, chips and salsa, frozen yogurt/ice cream, coffee, margaritas, beer joints, drink specials and overall ambience around. Send your suggestions to news@haysfreepress.com or mail in your ballot to 113 W. Center Street, Kyle, Texas 78640. Voting cutoff is Wednesday, Aug. 3. Winners will be announced in the September 2016 Hays County Echo.

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Employment

Public Notices

DIRECT CARE COUNSELORS Provide positive role modeling, structure, and supervision to adolescent boys. No exp. required, We train comprehensively. Pay starting at $10 per hour for flexible 8 & 16 hr shift schedules.

Health/life/dental insurance after 60 days. Min. requirements: Must be 21 yrs old, HS/GED, clean TDL, clean criminal history, pre-employment TB skin test, and drug screen. Growing (20+ year old) non-profit organization. www.pegasusschool.net.

Call (512)432-1678 for further information.

PLUMBERS APPRENTICES

NOW HIRING!!!!

Austin-based commercial plumbing company has immediate openings for Plumbers Apprentices. Must be willing to travel. Compensation up to $18.00 an hour, based on experience. Please call 512-263-0266

Hiring techs to do Fiber Optic work, involves hanging fiber optic cable, aerial, underground and risers. Experience not required, paid training included. Must be comfortable using power tools and ladders. contact our office (281) 674-9066

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS

Austin-based plumbing company has immediate openings for heavy equipment operators. Must be willing to travel. Compensation up to $22.00 an hour, based on experience. Please call 512-263-0266

JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS

Austin-based plumbing company has immediate openings for journeymen plumbers. Must be willing to travel. Compensation up to $30.00 an hour, based on experience. Please call 512263-0266

DRIVERS: LOCAL OWNER OPERATORS!

Home time every day. Steady work year round. Great rates & trailers provided. CDL-A, 2 years tr/tr exp and good mvr required. Call G.W. 855-3135730

Garage Sales GARAGE SALE

129 Cloverleaf Cove, Buda, Texas. Garage sale items: Welders, woodworking tools, furniture, guns, hunting stands, utility trailer and much more.

MOVING SALE

Moving sale at 728 Fairway in Kyle on July 16 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Kids and home items must go.

Real Estate 141 OAK HOLLOW CT, BUDA, TX

Beautiful Victorian style home on 2.55+/- acres! Longleaf pine repurposed from original Elliott Ranch farm home. Gorgeously handcrafted throughout. Carpenter Hill, Dahlstrom, Hays schools. 4BR, 2.5BA, 2GA. www.141OakHollowCt.com Barbara Gremillion Coldwell Banker United Realtors 512-775-2904

141 Oak Hollow Ct, Buda, TX Beautiful Victorian style home on 2.55+/- acres!

Long-leaf pine repurposed from original Elliott Ranch farm home. Gorgeously handcrafted throughout. Carpenter Hill, Dahlstrom, Hays schools. 4BR, 2.5BA, 2GA. www.141OakHollowCt.com Barbara Gremillion Coldwell Banker United Realtors 512-775-2904

NOTICE OF BUDA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PUBLIC HEARING JULY 20, 2016

In accordance with the Development Corporation Act, Sections 505.159 and 505.160 of the Texas Local Government Code, a public hearing will be held by the Buda Economic Development Corporation, a Type B economic development corporation, on July 20, 2016 at 5:30 p.m., at the Buda City Hall – Conference Room located at 121 Main Street, Buda, Texas, to solicit input prior to expending funds in support of the following project: to provide a financial incentive not to exceed $200,000 to Project Bourbon, for economic development purposes, being assistance with the construction costs, permitting, impact and tap fees associated with building or renovating a building in the City of Buda and the purchase or moving of equipment, into said building, which will house a manufacturing and bottling facility for a distillery company and the possible future location of a tasting room to be located within the City of Buda. It is requested that you make your views known, either in person or by writing to the Buda Economic Development Corporation.

Notice posted at the Buda Economic Development office and Buda City Hall, July 12, 2016.

Ann Miller, Executive Director Buda Economic Development Corporation

NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF ANTHONY W. TOMBLIN, DECEASED

Notice is hereby given that in Cause No. 16-0194P, styled Estate of Anthony W. Tomblin, a.k.a. Lucky Tomblin, Deceased, pending in the County Court at Law No. 2 of Hays County, Texas, original letters testamentary were issued on July 6, 2016, to Rebecca Ann Tomblin.

Claims may be presented and addressed to the personal representative of the estate in care of the attorneys at the following address: GRAVES, DOUGHERTY, HEARON & MOODY A Professional Corporation Attn: Patricia A. Campbell P.O. Box 98 401 Congress, Suite 2200 Austin, Texas 78767-9998 All persons having claims against this estate are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

DATED July 8, 2016 GRAVES, DOUGHERTY, HEARON & MOODY A Professional Corporation P.O. Box 98 401 Congress, Suite 2200 Austin, Texas 78767-9998 512-480-5626 Telephone 512-480-5825 Fax pcampbell@gdhm.com By: Patricia A. Campbell State Bar ID No.: 03714100 ATTORNEYS FOR INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR

CITY OF KYLE PUBLIC NOTICE

The City Council of the City of Kyle will consider adopting the following ordinance on second reading on July 19, 2016 at Kyle City Hall, 100 W. Center Street, at 7:00 p.m.: An Ordinance regulating

traffic, authorizing and directing the installation and erection of stop signs for the traffic control at the intersections of Kirby and Sanders, and Hartson and Mather, both in the city limits of Kyle; repealing any ordinance or resolution in conflict; providing a severability clause; declaring a penalty; and providing an effective date.

R. Todd Webster Mayor

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code hereby gives notice of public sale under said act to wit: This sale will be held on July 26, 2016 at 11:45 a.m. Safe-n-Sound Self Storage is located at 1602 Goforth Road, Kyle, Texas 78640. The property in the storage unit(s) listed under tenants name is being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. The property contents of all storage unit(s) sold at this sale are purchased “as is” “where is” for CASH/ CREDIT. Safe-n-Sound Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or to cancel any public sale advertised.

Announcement made the day of the sale takes precedence over any printed materials.

Auctioneer: Chad Larson # 17344 John Teachey 5x10 – Misc. items

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that it is the intention of the City Council of the City of Buda, Texas, to issue interest bearing certificates of obligation of the City entitled “City of Buda, Texas Combination Tax and Limited Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2016A” for the purpose of paying contractual obligations incurred or to be incurred by the City for (1) site development, construction, expansion, extension and/ or improvement costs related to the City’s new Municipal Facility and Public Safety Facility buildings and site, including drainage and other site improvements, (2) development, construction, expansion, extension, equipping and/or improvement costs related to City buildings, structures or other improvements on such site, and (3) the payment of professional services in connection therewith including legal, fiscal and engineering fees and the costs of issuance in connection with the certificates.

Public Hearing The Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Board of Directors will hold a Public Hearing in its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, July 21, 2016, at 1124 Regal Row, Austin, TX 78748. The Board Meeting will commence at 6:00 p.m., and the Public Hearing will begin at 6:15 p.m.

HAYS CISD REQUEST FOR BIDS

Hays CISD is Requesting Proposals for CSP #18071601MS Control Renovations. Proposals will be accepted until 7-26-16 at 2:00 p.m. local time.

Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-268-2141 ext 6035) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Bid responses must be at HCISD Purchasing department by the date and time indicated above. Late bids will be returned unopened. The HCISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all formalities in the CSP process.

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LEGALS SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS. Unable to work? Denied benefits? We Can Help! WIN or Pay Nothing! Contact Bill Gordon & Associates at 1-800-755-0168 to start your application today!

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PHONE/INTERNET AT&T U-Verse Internet starting at $15/ month or TV & Internet starting at $49/month for 12 months with 1-year agreement. Call 1-800-425-9081 to learn more.\

ADOPTION Adoring couple long to share outdoor adventures, dance, theatre & loving extended family with 1st baby. Expenses paid. Beth & Jim 1-888-330-3388 adoptingtogether.com.

The City Council tentatively proposes to authorize the issuance of such Certificates of Obligation at its regular meeting place at City Hall, 121 Main St, Buda, Texas, 78610, at a regular meeting to commence at 6:30 p.m. on the 16th day of August, 2016. The maximum amount of Certificates of Obligation that may be authorized for such purpose is $4,100,000.

The City Council presently proposes to provide for the payment of such Certificates of Obligation from the levy of ad valorem taxes and from a limited pledge of the surplus revenues derived from the operation of the City’s combined waterworks and sewer system, after payment of all operation and maintenance expenses and all debt service, reserve and other requirements in connection with all of the City’s revenue bonds or other obligations (now or hereafter outstanding) which are payable from all or any part of the revenues of the City’s combined waterworks and sewer system, which amount shall not exceed $1,000.

CITY OF BUDA, TEXAS

The Public Hearing concerns the District’s proposed fiscal year 2017 Annual Budget, and the proposed 2017 District Fee Schedule. At the conclusion of this Public Hearing the Board may approve the fiscal year 2017 Fee Schedule by resolution and the fiscal year 2017 budget.

The proposed budget and fee schedule are available for inspection and copying in the District office at 1124 Regal Row, Austin TX 78748. For more information about these items, please contact the District at (512) 282-8441.

EMPLOYMENT

REAL ESTATE

Walk-in bathtub sales person wanted. $100,000+ $4,000/mo guaranteed. Sales experience required, Call Jerry Stewart at 1-913-276-2143 Ewing Enterprises, LLC

Hunting/recreation. We have affordable land in the following counties. Coke, Edwards, Concho, Menard, Kinney, Val Verde. Low down payment, long term financing. 800-876-9720. www. ranchenterprisesltd.com.

SCHOOL/TRAINING AIRLINE CAREERS begin here - Get started training as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance.

Av i a t i o n I n s t i t u t e o f M a i n t e n a n c e 1-800-475-4102

HELP WANTED EARN $500 A DAY: Insurance Agents Needed-Leads, No Cold Calls-Commissions Paid Daily-Lifetime Renewals-Complete Training-Health & Dental Insurance-Life License Required. Call 1-888-713-6020

REAL ESTATE Reach 38 ACRE WILDERNESS RANCH $219 MONTH Quiet & secluded 6,100’ northern AZ off grid ranch bordering hundreds of acres of State Trust & BLM woodlands.

Fragrant evergreen trees & grassy meadows blend with sweeping views across surrounding wilderness mountains and valley from ridgetop cabin site. No urban noise, pure air & AZ’s best climate.

Near historic pioneer town services & fishing lake. Free well access, loam garden soil & maintained road. RV use ok. $25,500, $2,550 dn. Free brochure with similar properties, photos/ topo map/ weather/ area info: 1st United Realty 800.966.6690.

15 acres, Uvalde/Bracketville. End of road, back corner, fenced 2 sides. Earthen tank, large mesquite, brush cover. Deer, hogs, turkey, quail. $3112/down, $515/mo. 1-800876-9720. www.ranchenterprisesltd.com

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Service Directory Automotive

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Buda Automotive

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Pokemon

Continued from pg. 1D life together. Kittleson joined several of his friends to play the game in City Square Park Monday. Kittleson said the Pokemon brand has a place “in a lot of people’s hearts.”

“Most of the time, Nintendo keeps it to their consoles and handheld games,” Kittleson said. “The fact they brought something to the mobile market and it’s that brand, it resonates with a lot of people.”

Kyle resident Joseph Hernandez, who played the original game in his youth, said he joined the bandwagon after his friends downloaded the game. Hernandez said the game is immersive that there’s “not another app like that.”

But with the app’s notoriety, there are also concerns.

A group of teens in Missouri used the app to stake out locations and robbed people. The Texas Department of Transportation tweeted reminders on Monday for people to not play Pokémon Go and drive.

Gary Miliefsky, co-founder and CEO of SnoopWall, Inc., a mobile device security company, said the app’s augmented reality aspect has opened a “Pandora’s Box” to Internet security issues.

Miliefsky said he sees the app as “creepware,” which could potentially allow hackers to mine information from children and the parents who allow them to use it.

“As the app starts to hit 25 to 50 million downloads, it becomes a target for cyber criminals to hack into (Niantic’s) database,” Miliefsky said.

He also was

“As the app starts to hit 25 to 50 million downloads, it becomes a target for cyber criminals to hack into (Niantic’s) database.”

– Gary Miliefsky, co-founder and CEO of SnoopWall, Inc.

concerned over the GPS element, which he said records “where you are at all times,” which could be a danger for children.

Miliefsky said the behavior of those playing the game is also concerning, as those who play are “so immersed in the screen, they don’t care about anything else.”

While he hasn’t reached out to Niantic, Miliefsky said he has reached out to Google in the past regarding similar security issues. “(Niantic) won’t change until there’s lawsuits,” Miliefsky said.

“I predict there will be class action lawsuits.”

Kyle Police Chief Jeff

Barnett said officers are aware of the app and have seen people playing the game.

He said people playing the game should pay attention to their surroundings at all times and stay safe while crossing or walking down the street.

Barnett also said players shouldn’t play the game and drive, as it’s illegal to use mobile devices while driving in Kyle.

Players should also respect property rights when playing and that it’s illegal to trespass on someone’s property without permission, Barnett said. There have been no calls regarding trespassing as a result of the game in Kyle.

“The biggest thing is make sure children are not playing this game without adult supervision,” Barnett said. “It’s best to travel in pairs and don’t put yourself in a dangerous situation.”

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