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Rebel alum Karina Rocha becoming key player for Angelo State University

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San Marcos apartment fire victims identified STAFF REPORT

to comb through the rubble, an investigation inFour of the five people volving multiple state and who had been reported federal entities is starting missing following the July to ramp up.

20 San Marcos apartment On July 26, San Marcos fire have now been identi- officials identified Haley fied as victims, according Michele Frizzell, 19, of to a city of San Marcos San Angelo, David Ortiz, press release.

21, of Pasadena, Dru EsAs authorities continue tes, 20, of San Antonio,

and James Miranda, 24, of Mount Pleasant, as victims in the fire. Frizzell, Ortiz and Estes were all Texas State University students; all four victims lived in building 500 of the Iconic Village Apartments, which was the

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Belinda Moats (Missing)

David Ortiz

Dru Estes

Haley Michelle Frizzell

Little known in Buda homicide

Kyle budget includes repairs & rate hikes

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BY MOSES LEOS III

Quidditch, anyone?

Kelpie. While the neighbor did not have video of the February or March incident, she showed officers five video clips from a separate May 24 incident.

According to the affidavit, the clips allegedly showed Vetrano “tortured the dog by causing unnecessary pain and suffering.” The dog was cornered and then physically abused, according to investigators.

The first video clip showed Vetrano holding

A $3.54 average increase in the average monthly wastewater bill could be on the horizon for Kyle utility customers as city leaders look to fund future infrastructure improvements next fiscal year.

Despite a rise in wastewater rates, Kyle’s proposed $85 million budget is not expected to alter the current $.5416 per $100 valuation property tax rate, said City Manager Scott Sellers during a July 28 budget workshop.

Kyle’s proposed wastewater rate increase, currently set at 10 percent for all customer classes, is expected to help front nearly $19.2 million in wastewater upgrades in Fiscal Year 2019. Included in the list are wastewater line improvements in Plum Creek, Elliot Branch, Bunton Creek and in the south side of town.

Sellers said the increases will primarily address $9.5 million in proposed new debt for expansion of the city’s wastewater treatment plant.

Kyle officials seek to increase the capacity of its WWTP from 3.5 to 4.5 million gallons per day to accommodate new development. Current

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Appropriately dressed as the “Boy Who Lived,” Ruth Kearly (center) and Fischer Chung (right) toss ping pong balls during a game of table-top quidditch at the Buda Public Library’s downtown location. Buda and Kyle residents Tuesday celebrated the fictional birthday of Harry Potter, the protagonist in J.K. Rowling’s iconic series of novels, at several events. At Buda Library, Potter fans crafted wands, worked on a Potter related puzzle and even made Potter related buttons.

Austin cop arrested on animal cruelty, child endangerment charges in Kyle

BY MOSES LEOS III

Editor’s Note: The following story has descriptions of alleged animal abuse or cruelty and offensive language. Reader discretion is advised.

A Kyle man faces animal cruelty and child endangerment charges after authorities accuse him of beating his dog in front of his 10-year-old son while in their yard, with all of it caught on video.

Christopher Vetrano, 47, of Kyle, was booked

into the Hays County Jail July 27 on a charge of cruelty to non-livestock, a third-deVETRANO gree felony, along with abandoning or endangering a child, which is a state jail felony. Kyle city officials confirmed Vetrano currently works as an Austin Police Department officer.

According to an arrest affidavit, Kyle Police officers were dispatched to the 100 block of North Front Street May 29 for an animal cruelty call.

When officers arrived, a neighbor said she saw her neighbor, Vetrano, throw his dog to the ground and yell at it in February or March. The neighbor then saw Vetrano “repeatedly punch the dog in the face” until she believed the dog bit him in defense, according to the affidavit.

The dog is a 60-pound, seven-year-old Australian

COMING UP Writers Group at Kyle Library

The Kyle Library Writers Group currently meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month at the Library.

This month’s meetings are Aug. 1 and Aug. 15 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and writers utilizes a workshop format where members share manuscripts and exchange feedback. For more information, contact the Kyle Library at 512-268-7411.

Learn about soil and all the components that help plants grow on Aug. 2 at the Buda Library. This class is for students entering fourth-sixth grade. Pick the program time that works for you. The library will be hosting this class from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and a repeat class from 3 to 4 p.m. For more information, call 512-295-5899.

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Kyle aims to lose “bedroom community” status.

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Dinosaur George at Buda Library Travel back in time with this presentation on prehistoric creatures including dinosaurs at the Buda Library on Aug. 4, from 2 to 3 p.m. For more information, call 512-295-5899.

Science Club: Soil Science at Buda Library

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Few details are known about the death of a Buda man that was ruled a homicide earlier this week.

An investigation is ongoing FOTNETTE into the death of Brandon Lamont Fotnette, 36, of Buda, who was found in a residence in the 200 block of Brandon’s Way near Buda.

According to a press release, law enforcement was dispatched to the residence around 8:30 a.m. July 27 for a welfare concern. Authorities who responded to the residence found a deceased man, later identified as Fotnette, in the home.

Beth Smith, Hays County Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace, said she pronounced the man dead at 8:54 a.m. July 27. Smith said the residence was not Fotnette’s home and that he died of “unusual circumstances.”

However, Smith could not provide additional information as the investigation is ongoing.

According to the release, the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide. Officials said they do not believe there is a public safety concern and that it was an isolated incident.

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Yarn Groupies (for adults 18+)

Meet up with this group of fiber artists every Tuesday at the Kyle Public Library to crochet, knit or stitch to your heart’s delight. Next meeting is Aug. 7 at 6:30 p.m. Call 512-268-7411 for more information.

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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.

Hays Free Press • August 1, 2018

Hays County approves $90,000 in upgrades for voter check in equipment

BY CARLIE PORTERFIELD

Plans for a $90,000 upgrade election equipment could mean fewer lines for voters, more information on Election Day and less set up for poll workers, Hays County officials said.

On July 24, Hays County Commissioners unanimously approved a technology upgrade from Tenex Software Solutions to help overhaul the system that checks voters in at the polls on Election Day and during early voting.

The new equipment will not tally votes, but will help bring the voter check in process into the 21st century, said Hays County Elections Administrator

The upgrade will mean moving from cabled printers to a wireless system in which voters can fill out the same documents on iPads and have a small receipt with their signatures printed out for them.

Jennifer Anderson.

The upgrade will mean moving from cabled printers to a wireless system in which voters can fill out the same documents on iPads and have a small receipt with their signatures printed out for them.

In the long run, using less paper will save the county money, Anderson said. It will take voters less time to sign in, save poll workers time setting up and decrease the weight

of the equipment they carry. The new system will also improve live reporting on Election Night, and feature more detailed information, Anderson said.

The system, with the iPads, licensing and other equipment will cost about $90,000, Anderson said. It was requested in the 2019 budget, and is cheaper than updating the laptops currently used at polling places, she said.

“I’m excited we’ve been able to make this purchase,” Anderson said. “I think voters will like it. I know poll workers will.”

Several community members, however, cautioned commissioners against the move, citing previous mistakes with counting votes in Hays County over the years.

Following the 2016 election, Hays County officials discovered 1,800 votes were not counted

due to a policy lapse at an early voting lcoation.

The issue led to community outcy, along with discussion from Hays County officials and leaders to possibly replace outdated voting equipment.

“We don’t need to have any more electronic aparati [sic] in polling places,” said Hays County resident Harvey Jenkins.

“What we need to have is more stringent way of doing things to make sure when we vote our votes are not miscounted, not lost.”

New voting machines will be brought up during Hays County’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget talks.

The best way to prevent fires: careful precautions, officials say

BY CARLIE PORTERFIELD

In the wake of a San Marcos blaze that left five dead, area officials believe the best way for residents to protect themselves against fire is to take thoughtful precautions.

That includes checking smoke and carbon monoxide detectors within a house or apartment to ensure they are operational, keeping their batteries fresh and maybe even investing in a fire extinguisher for home use.

The number one thing Buda Fire Department recommends is installing a working smoke detector in all living areas of a residence, Chief Clay Huckaby said.

“Obviously, because they detect smoke and go off and alert someone in the middle of the night to wake up,” he said. “When you have a fire, the carbon monoxide you inhale tends to put you further asleep, and can get you to the point you’re unconscious.”

Huckaby said the recommended number of times a year to check smoke alarms is once per quarter, and to change the batteries out twice a year. An easy way to remember is to change out the batteries when the time changes for Daylight Savings, whether the batteries are dead or not. He also said anyone with gas appliances in their home can invest in a carbon monoxide detector, in case a stove or other appliance were to be left on.

Having a fire extinguisher in the house is not a bad idea either. He himself has two in his own home; one under the kitchen sink, and another on the wall leading from the garage into the living area.

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The number one thing Buda Fire Department recommends is installing a working smoke detector in all living areas of a residence.

“We’ve seen fires start in kitchens that could have been put out much more quickly if they’d had a fire extinguisher on hand,” Huckaby said.

Fire extinguishers can be purchased at Walmart or a home improvement store and usually last a few years, he said.

Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said having a fire safety plan for families can help keep them safe in case of a fire. Residents should know how to escape from a fire from each room in a house, and where fire extinguishers are located.

Inspector Rodney Solis, with the Buda Fire Department, said fire safety plans should also include a meeting place outside of the home, such as a tree a safe distance away, for residents of a house or apartment to meet at in the event of a fire. Solis also said to not go back inside a burning building to retrieve a pet.

Residents should leave that to first responders.

According to Solis, it is common for people stuck in a fire to jump out windows to escape; multiple people involved in the San Marcos blaze broke bones that way.

Anyone who has a two-story home or lives on the second-floor of an apartment complex should look into buying rolling ladders, Solis said.

“People never think to purchase those ladders you can get, but they allow you to safely get out and not have to jump,” he said.

“In apartments, those are a good idea to have.”

Sometimes, preventing a destructive fire can be as easy as closing a door. Go ahead and shut bedroom doors at night, Solis said.

“If a fire starts in a bedroom, it uses up all the oxygen. A door that’s open and leads to another room is a fresh source of oxygen and allows fire to spread to other parts of the house,” Solis said.

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“It’s all about buying time. The more time you have, the safer you’ll be,” Solis said. “Closing your doors is a good habit to form, just like locking your doors at night.”

Fires in the home are not the only blazes to look out for; in the midst of this record-breaking heat wave, Barnett said summer wild-

fires can pose a danger too.

Wildfires often have unlikely causes, he said, like a lit cigarette butt tossed out the window of a car or a chain from a trailer dragging on the road, causing sparks.

Barnett said anyone barbequing or smoking outside should make sure embers are stomped out, to take care that their trailer chains do not drag and that they are not burning when county-wide burn bans are on, or on windy days.

“The best ways to prevent fires is to be thoughtful in your actions, really the basic stuff,” Barnett said.

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“Nobody has a track like this. Most of your law enforcement people have visited and they’re all drooling over this track.”

–Dale Toler, criminal justice professor and a retired sergeant with the Austin Police Department

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EDITORIAL

Stand against this law D

oes Texas have a “Stand Your Ground” law?

It sure does, and the shooting in Clearwater, Florida, last week about a handicapped parking space shows that it is all too easy for the law to be misinterpreted.

The background of the shooting: Britany Jacobs pulled into a handicapped parking space at a convenience store while her boyfriend Markeis McGlockton, 28, went into the store with his son to buy snacks.

A short time later, Michael Drejka, 47, pulled into an adjoining space and confronted Jacobs about why she was parked in that space.

McGlockton came out of the store, confronted Drejka about why he was yelling at Jacobs and pushed him.

Drejka fell to the ground, pulled a gun out of his pocket and shot McGlockton once in the chest. McGlockton staggered into the store, clutching his chest and died while his son looked on.

Drejka was not charged for manslaughter or murder. He was freed, with the local sheriff, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri saying that his hands were tied in the case because of the “Stand Your Ground” law.

He said that the law has“created a standard, that is a largely subjective standard” for the use of deadly force by a shooter.

Both Florida and Texas laws allow use of deadly force in the case of “imminent death or great bodily harm.”

The Texas Penal Code Title 2 states that use of force is only to be used if there is an imminent threat of harm or death. This law allows the force to be used when someone is unlawfully or forcefully entering your home, vehicle or place of business.

The problems are many in this case. Drejka has a concealed handgun license.

Yet classes for a CHL clearly state that anyone with a gun should not provoke in a fight; instead, you are taught to always de-escalate a sitution, not contribute to it.

Drejka obviously, after watching tapes, escalated the fight.

Finally, Drejka wasn’t anywhere near imminent danger or great bodily harm. He was pushed to the ground because he was yelling at a woman.

Sure, Jacobs should not have pulled into the handicapped parking space. Maybe she should have driven around to the other side of the store for a parking space.

But she stayed with the car while McGlockton ran inside for a snack.

The Florida situation had so many things going wrong.

But in the end, Drejka had a choice to make – a lot of choices – and the one he decided on, to pull a gun and shoot McGlockton, was a wrong choice. It seems that Drejka didn’t really listen in his CHL classes.

He used a gun and escalated the sitution.

And a man is dead because of it.

Could something like this happen in Texas? It has already, several times.

In 2016, a man was shot in Houston in a traffic altercation. He was never charged with murder, because a Texas law, passed in 2007, stated that civilians have no “duty to retreat” from their cars or trucks. They can use deadly force in self-defense.

The caution here is to “drive off” and leave a situation. Trigger-happy gun supporters – not all gun owners, but the ones who would use a gun rather than conversation or argument – seem all too willing to take actions that provoke a situation, rather tha de-escalating a fight.

Drive off and maybe go straight to your state representative’s office, demanding that this law be changed.

A quote from The Graduate– “Plastics”

N

o doubt everyone has heard about the straw ban in California by now.

While it seems futile to the point of being ridiculous it brings to the forefront of the mind that there is a serious problem with plastics.

The straw ban therefore is not just another bogus eco-fad, even if it did originate in California.

There’re several islands of floating, swirling plastic debris in different parts of the world’s oceans and as the plastic deteriorates it falls to the bottom and becomes involved with the marine life food chains. Now, mercury isn’t the only thing of concern in sea food.

So California takes the lead and of all the whimsical, fatuous and farcical legislation California passes I must say I have to agree with this one, but the punitive

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aspect is the joke. It’s not much and it hardly makes a difference but, by golly, it’s a start. And now that China is toning down its buying of trash from the USA we have a problem with what to do with our own debris. And it’s not that hard to fix.

The USA is 20th on the list of being responsible for 2% of the plastics that pollutes the oceans. As a rule we are very good at cleaning up our messes. As I have read, China itself at 90%, and other developing countries, like India, are responsible the vast majority of the pelagic garbage which enters the oceans through the 10 major river systems

I don’t use straws, drink bottled water, buy beer, drink milk and the plastic we consume goes to the recycle center which I hear is going to close because of the Chinese program they call Green Fence.

So I and everyone else will be issued plastic credits. And when someone goes to the store and buys 20 cases of bottled water they will use up their credits quickly and run out.

Same with fast food plastics. Then I can sell my plastic credits to them so they can plunge themselves once again into the mountain of garbage of their own making. I really am joking around using credits as a solution. It’s just as stupid as carbon credits.

Now plastic is strong, handy, convenient, lightweight; it’s pretty much indispensable to modern life.

The only practical

way to keep using it it to recycle. Don’t use new petroleum to make the stuff. And if some types of plastic is undesirable for recycling then don’t make it. Construction products from garbage are on the rise. And plastic road paving materials prove more resilient than conventional products.

But like climate change, if indeed it does exist anthropogenically, it’s a sure thing garbage is man-made, and if you can’t in some way force the countries that are responsible for 90 % of air pollution and ocean pollution to change their dirty habits nothing will get done until it gets to the critical stage ... or war breaks out over it.

What it all reduces down to is consumerism. If we don’t buy it, manufacturors will change.

Drink tap water, y’all.

Wearing out longevity’s welcome

B

oy, are Americans getting old.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median age - the age at which half of the population is older and half is younger - hit an all-time high of 38.0 in 2017.

Why is it rising?

Because our massive baby-boom generation continues to go geezer, while young moms and dads are having way fewer kids than American parents used to.

What’s more interesting is that the number of Americans who were 100 years or older also hit a record in 2017 - a number that is poised to explode.

According to the World Future Society, we are in the early phases of a superlongevity revolution. Thanks to advances in nanotechnology and

Hays Free Press Publisher Cyndy Slovak-Barton

I Could Be Wrong

of the world in India and China.

Which brings me to certain observations: I see at Sam’s people going to the check out with flat dollies loaded with 20 cases of bottled water. Good grief what a marketing success bottled water is. I want to go scream in their ears, “WTH are you doing!” They wash their clothes and dishes in tap water, brush their teeth, let their kids swim in backyard (plastic) pools filled with the hose ... and it’s not good enough to drink? For years now research has shown that municipal water is cleaner than bottled water. And then what happens to the empty containers?

Landfills is what happens. Once it’s buried UV light can’t break it down.

But do not despair; I have the solution: Plastic credits (I jest).

enjoy their company at Sunday dinners for another 20 years or more.

But there are downsides to living so long.

by Tom Health-care costs are Purcell already out of control and the majority of that cell and gene manipspending goes to the ulation, scientists may elderly. Such costs may eventually learn how to become unmanageable keep humans alive for as our median age keeps 120 to 500 years. climbing.

Though it’s great that If we live 100 years or Americans are living lon- more, how are we going ger, I’m not sure I’d ever to pay for it? Living is want to live THAT long. expensive. Are we going Look, I’m 56, a tailto work 50 years, retire, end baby boomer. If burn through our nest I was confident I’d be eggs, then spend 20 or 30 vibrant and healthy for years greeting customers another 44 years, I might at Walmart? finally get around to And what of our marrying and starting a younger generations, family! kids who are notorious My parents are of slackers? Mother to son the silent generation. in year 2075: They’re in in their 80s. I’d “You’re 100 years old! love for them to live well When are you going to beyond 100, so that I can move out and get a job?”

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Four years shy of 60, I’m already showing signs of fatigue. I don’t know when it started, but, like my elderly father, I groan every time I slowly pull myself out of a chair.

Sure, the “primitive male” part of me thinks I could still handle myself if a bar brawl were to break out - but I’d have to do 30 minutes of jumping jacks before I could even think about participating.

Besides, in my experience, life is largely made up of colds, bills, speeding tickets and people who let you down.

These experiences are connected together by a series of mundane tasks. The drudgeries are occasionally interrupted by a wonderful meal, a really good laugh or a romantic evening with a

lovely lady.

Then the mundane stuff starts all over again.

I don’t think I want 500 years of that.

At 56, you see, it seems to me that the key to human happiness is not an abundance of a thing, but a lack of it.

Doesn’t pie taste better when we know it’s the last slice? Doesn’t a football game capture our attention more when it’s the last of the season - the one that determines who goes out the winner and who goes out the loser? Isn’t a comedian funnier when he exits the stage BEFORE we want him to go?

Besides, if I were to live to 500, I’d have to endure 111 more presidential elections - a punishment I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy!

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Hays Free Press • August 1, 2018

Lady Rebel alum becoming key player for Angelo State

BY SHANE SCHOLWINSKI

Kyle resident Karina Rocha is no stranger to winning.

As a freshman at Hays High, Rocha held a starting spot when the program claimed the 2013 state softball title; she helped the program return to state that next season.

Lately, Rocha’s talent on the field helped the Angelo State University Rambelle softball team reach back-to-back Division II College World Series appearances in 2017 and 2018.

As she enters her junior campaign in 2019, Rocha plans to put in more work and become a vocal leader for a program searching for a national title. Her background is what she believes will provide guidance in her own quest for success.

“Going to state my first two years in high school really helped me stay calm when we went to the World Series,” Rocha said. “I mean there is a big competition difference, but that experience definitely helped me there.”

During her sophomore season at ASU, Rocha slashed a .318 batting average with a team-leading 18 home-runs, as well as 56 RBIs. Rocha credited her focused approach at the plate and attitude to her breakout success in 2018.

“Pitch location, like being able to track a pitch when I’m in the batters box,” Rocha said.

“Also staying a positive teammate, because we all need that one teammate who picks you up when your’re down during a game or having a bad practice. I’m just trying to work on seeing the ball and hitting the ball, and staying a great teammate.”

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has carried over from Rocha’s days at Hays High to ASU, where she will wear the same pair of socks if she recently had success in that pair. No matter the condition of the socks, even times when they have holes, Rocha will stick with that pair until her good luck is gone.

Sometimes, however, not even the most super of superstitions can shake a slump.

During the 2018 Lone Star Tournament, Rocha experienced a hitting slump that she struggled to get out of.

During ASU’s semifinal matchup versus Tarleton State, Rocha approached the plate in the bottom of the ninth with a 5-5 tie ball game and two Rambelle runners on base. Her teammates and coaches kept her motivated going into the at bat.

“Throughout the whole game I was actually

struggling in the box, and my teammates and my coaches kept me positive and they were like ‘You can do it, you’ve done it before. Look for your pitch and just do you,’” said Rocha.

Rocha then cranked a walk-off, three-run home run to give the Rambelles a 8-5 victory and a trip to the Lone Star Tournament Championship.

“It was actually the first pitch she pitched me and I said “okay this is it’, and then I swang,” Rocha said. “It was an amazing feeling, it felt great to help my team get the win.

I thanked every single one of my teammates for keeping me up and saying that I could do it. It was an amazing feeling.”

Rocha and the Rambelles fell short at the DII World Series after being eliminated by Southern Arkansas University.

Even after losing six

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a consistent basis, which Halatin said is not inherent for teenagers.

“You talk about a sport you know you’re going to be physically beat down and exhausted,” Halatin said. “To willingly go out and get into an activity because you know you want to conquer that, it’s special.”

On the boys side, junior Jose Cano, who reached the 2017 6A, Region IV meet, returns, along with Santos Hernandez, who will lead as many as six senior runners on the roster. Meanwhile, the coaching staff will instruct a young team on the girls side, which will feature several sophomores and a few seniors “sprinkled in.”

Helping Halatin will be assistant coach Sean Dickson, whose background in marathon running will help to fine tune the details.

“They (the students) could run the workouts on their own. They know the terms and what their bodies need, whether they need to work harder or idle down,” Halatin said.

“They are almost a smooth running machine on their own.”

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Retired Texas Ranger GW Hildebrand gets a twinkle in his eye when he talks about Austin Community College’s new Hays Criminal Justic and Emergency Training facility in Kyle.

A former state trooper, FBI profiler and Texas Ranger, Hildebrand now heads ACC’s Criminal Justice Department and gave a tour of the new facility to area officials and business leaders.

The closest facility with even comparable training capabilities is as far away as the Dallas-Fort Worth area or Texas A&M. It took years to get such PHOTO BY CYNDY SLOVAK-BARTON a facility on the radar, and to be built in Kyle, he said. Mike Martinez with ACC shows off the new firing range and how different scenarios can be displayed.

Phase II of the ACC campus will open this fall and is the latest portion of program. dents graduating would the community college to like this,” he said. “Most of your law enforcement The classroom viewed understand what was be funded by bonds.

by Smith and Jones expected of them when Hildebrand said that his people have visited and they’re all drooling over included 5 operations they graduated. former boss and mentor this track.” screens, a tiered working/ Finally, the Kyle facility with ACC told him to Another feature that has classroom environment, will also include a new keep asking for a vehicle the ACC staff members all wiring for computers and EMT certificate program training track, gun range atwitter is the gun range. phones and more. starting in August. and more.

The range Zaleski said the idea Classes at ACC begin “You includes behind the classroom was Aug. 27. Registration is won’t get The closest shooting to make sure that stucurrently going on. it, but keep lanes with asking,” facility with even ballistic he said his comparable steel roof mentor told and him. training to ACC plates 14 inch conBut Hays campus’s crete walls Hildebrand so that no kept pushcapabilities is bullets esing the idea as far away cape. In adand said, dition, ACC “They (the as Dallss-Fort put in an voters) can’t Worth area or air-filtration say yes if system that you don’t Texas A&M. cleans the ask.” air 99.97% The new before it is exhausted from facility will include a the building. The facility building set aside just for also has a bullet capture classes and emergency system to make sure that operations, a 19-acre all the lead from bullets is driving track, and a state captured. of the art gun range.

Hays County EmergenThe 19-acre Emergency Management coordicy Vehicle Operations nator Kharley Smith and course has a skid pad to simulate a vehicle sliding, Precinct 2 Commission Mark Jones viewed the banks on the curves and new emergency manrailroad crossing tracks, and various other training agement facility with thoughts that, should the paths. The course will be open for training local law county need to, it might be able to run any emerenforcement. gency in the northern end Dale Toler, criminal of the county from the justice professor and a ACC campus. retired sergeant with the The Emergency ManAustin Police Department, agement program being including SWAT, bomb taught at ACC will include squad and hostage negotiations, talked about how the “meat and potatoes level of what you’re going the track will enhance local law enforcement and to be doing in the field,” said Nate Zaleski, who emergency departments. is in charge of the new “Nobody has a track

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BY MOSES LEOS III At a cost of just over $100,000, Hays CISD officials are budgeting monies slated toward possible future mold and asbestos remediation.

The amount, which was given the green light by a unanimous Hays CISD Board of Trustees vote July 17, is a “placeholder” of sorts within the district’s budget, said Max Cleaver, Hays CISD chief operation officer (COO).

“We would like to respond quickly and that gives us the spending authority to use that amount, if needed,” Cleaver said.

Currently, Hays CISD campuses do not have

issues with friable, or crumbled, asbestos, said Cleaver.

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Cleaver said most of the existing asbestos in the district extends to floor tiles and carpeting.

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Five days after the fire, Rosen finally got the phone call she had been hoping for.

The San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter reached out to tell her Holst had been found in the wreckage of the apartment, and seemed to be fine. Holst had been located in the rubble by search crews from Texas Task Force 1.

His tank had been filled with debris from the fire, and the water level was significantly lower than usual.

Rosen said she had cleaned his tank the day before, and when Holst was recovered, the tank appeared to only have been filled up about a quarter of how full it had been, she said.

“I’m really glad to have him back, he’s so special to me. I’m grateful firefighters took time out of their day to make sure he was safe,” Rosen said. “He’s so resilient. I knew he had to be alive. He’s such a fighter, and smart too. I know he probably went underwater and tried to stay there as long as he could.”

It seemed like the fire was hot enough to have evaporated the water, a testament of what Holst went through, Rosen said. Holst had been alone in what remained of the apartment for four days after the fire.

“The firefighters were pretty surprised he survived,” Rosen said.

Holst is shaken after his experience, but is doing much better, Rosen happily reported. He has been a little more withdrawn than usual, but is coming out from under his log more.

He suffered from a film across his eyes, probably due to ash falling in his tank, and was treated for an ulcer at the Kyle Animal Hospital. The shelter in San Marcos covered his medical bills.

For several days after going home, Holst was so nervous he had to be fed by hand, but he has begun to eat on his own over the weekend and seems to be regaining his sight, Rosen said.

She will move into a new apartment this week, and said she is excited to give Holst a stable home after what he went through; since she lost her apartment at Iconic Village, she has been staying with friends and family.

In her new unit, Rosen has a spot in mind for Holst; a windowsill in the living room, perfect for sunbathing on logs, Rosen said.

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Amid the devastation of the tragic July 20 San Marcos apartment fire, resident Elisa Rosen remained optimisitc her pet turtle, Holst, somehow survived the blaze.

Call it owner intuition or otherwise, but sure enough, Rosen July 25 received news that Holst, aquarium and all, managed to escape major injury, much to the her surprise and that of first responders.

Holst, a two-and-a-halfyear-old Red-Eared Slider, a species of turtle that is native to the San Marcos River, is the size of a small paper plate, and is named after the English composer Gustav Holst, said Rosen, a self-professed “music nerd.”

Rosen said Holst is a happy turtle. He is enthusiastic about meals and also loves to sunbathe on a log in his tank. His favorite food is shrimp.

“He knows the sound of his food. He’ll start swimming and splashing around when he hears his food.

He’ll follow my finger on the glass and swim with me. He gets perked up really easily,” she said.

But on July 20, Rosen was staying at her boyfriend’s house in Buda while she let a friend stay in her apartment in order to attend new student orientation at Texas State dog. But amidst the chaos, University. Rosen and a Holst remained in his tank roommate lived at Iconic on the windowsill of RosVillage Apartments in en’s bedroom.

San Marcos, located near Rosen immediately campus.

It was just after 4:20 a.m. drove from Buda to San Marcos July 20 after when Rosen’s friend and learning Rosen got a call roommate managed of the fire and from her to escape the told first roommate, apartment fire, along responders her who said with the roommate’s turtle was the buildinside. ing that dog. But amidst At that housed the chaos, Holst point, it their two-bedremained in his tank was too dangerroom on the windowsill of ous for unit had anyone caught Rosen’s bedroom. to go in. fire. The In the roomdays following the blaze, mate had been woken up by screams from neighbors, she continued to go to the scene and talk to firefightRosen said. Later, investiers about her turtle, who gators said building 500, admitted things did not which is where they lived, look good for Holst. suffered the most damage “They were like, ‘There’s during the blaze. All five reported victims of the fire a slim chance he survived. were killed in that building. Fire made it to every room Rosen’s friend and room- (of the building),’” Rosen said. “But I stayed extrememate managed to escape, along with the roommate’s ly optimistic.”

iling Period for City Office is July 21 through Aug. 20 for the positions of Alderman (2 seats) and for Mayor for the November 2018 election.

File for office by obtaining and processing an application from City Secretary, Ellis Craig, ecraig1@ austin.rr.com . His phone number and address appear in the new Loving Mountain City directory.

Why should any among us care? From this observer’s eyes, this coming year is the most crucial because the city has decided to create enforceable ordinances.

The mayor reiterated in the last council meeting, the current ordinances (after all the hours and legal fees that went into them through the years) are not enforceable. The current council wants enforceable ordinances.

City council sets ordinances, not the citizens.

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Can poultry be allowed or not allowed, and with some restrictions or no restrictions? What about rabbits, sheep, goats, horses, swine? File for office.

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from Mr. Anderson for the removal of any significant tree. Does Mountain City need a tree ordinance? File for office.

Depending upon who is elected and how the balance changes this year (if any), Mountain City as we know it could change. Sidewalks could be added (that was the desire of some who ran in the past). Mountain City could use savings to pay off the purchase of City Hall.

Mountain City could have no enforceable ordinances.

Mountain City could give fines for mowing early in the morning or at night.

Citizens do not vote on each issue; rather, citizens vote on their elected officials. Usually Mountain City’s election is cancelled because of no contested positions.

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‘Old Hickory’ tries to buy Texas from Mexico as a diplomatic tool, his original instructions Texas sanctioned the practice.

The president candidly History confided to Butler that

by Bartee he “scarcely ever knew a Haile Spaniard who was not the slave of avarice, and it is made a worse choice. His not improbable that this new charge d’affaires in weakness may be worth Mexico City was a diploa great deal to us.” The matic tenderfoot, whose emissary concurred with ignorance of the country, his boss’ assessment callculture and language ing the Mexicans “selfish, was an embarrassment. corrupt, utterly unprinciOn the personal side, pled” and adding, “Any of according to a reputable them may be successfully historian, he was “a bully appealed to through their and swashbuckler openly cupidity.” scandalous in his conduct But for all his big talk, and a national disgrace.”

Butler had nothing to The Mexicans had show in August 1833 for Butler’s number from the four years south of the very start. The governborder. Realizing his ment controlled press ex- superior was a sucker posed his hidden agenda for inflated promises, and scornfully dismissed he swore, “I will succeed as a national insult the in uniting Texas to our pittance he was prepared country before I am done to pay for the northernor will forfeit my head.” most province.

Practically salivating at Although Jackson the prospect, Jackson later disavowed bribery replied, “If you succeed it

will be a feather in your cap.”

When Old Hickory began to question the propriety of paying off foreign officials, the thirdrate envoy delivered a condescending lecture.

“How little you know of Mexican character! I can assure you, sir, that bribery is not only common and familiar in all ranks and classes but freely spoken of.”

Butler picked the wrong president to patronize and was promptly punished with a notice of recall. He not only ignored the summons but countered with a harebrained scheme for the military seizure of the prize that had exceeded his grasp.

Jackson could not believe his eyes, when he read the preposterous plan. “If you will withdraw me from this place and make the movement to possess that part of

Texas which is ours placing me at the head of the country to be occupied, I will pledge my head that we will have all we desire in less than six months.”

“A. Butler: What a scamp!” the president scribbled in the margin of the incredible communication and reiterated his desire to have the loose cannon recalled “at once.”

For leading Texans the removal of Butler could not come too soon. “Such men as he is would destroy a country,” snorted a disgusted Sam Houston, “but take my word for it, he will never gain one!”

“I have never known so bad and base a man,” complained Stephen F. Austin, whose two-year detention was due in part to the diplomat’s petty refusal to intercede on his behalf. Butler did not lift a finger to free Austin because imprisonment was

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Shedding a stigma?

Kyle aims to lose “bedroom community” status

BY MOSES LEOS III Wanting to shed the “stigma” of a bedroom community is pushing Kyle city officials to think outside of the box.

By unveiling plans for a special taxing district on the proposed 132acre, mixed-use Uptown development July 24, Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell believes it could be the key that shifts the city into the 21st century.

For Mitchell, a narrowed focus on mixeduse development is necessary as Kyle continues to expand. It was part of five “pegs” discussed during his State of the City address that Mitchell hopes can keep Kyle ahead of the growth.

According to city of Kyle estimates, the city could cross the 50,000-population threshold by 2019; “conservative” estimates have the city reaching 100,000 people by 2040.

“We are pursuing a development that will elevate the trajectory of Kyle forever,” Mitchell said. “This is how we manage growth. My vision is to once and for all shed the stigma of a bedroom community lost in the sea of urban sprawl.”

The city plans to tackle the issue by creating a Tax Increment Financing district (TIF), which will finance amenities within the Uptown development.

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Kyle’s iconic water tower is bathed in sunset on a summer night. City officials hope plans for more mixed-use development can end the “stigma” of Kyle operating as a bedroom community.

Uptown Kyle, part of the Plum Creek Phase II project on FM 1626 near the intersection of FM 2770, calls for a mixeduse development that could have restaurants, retail, destination retail and Class-A office space.

Plans for the TIF is expected to go before the Kyle City Council for a vote at a future meeting.

Mitchell said the idea of a TIF came from several visits he and other officials made to cities, such as Greenville, SC., that successfully used the financing.

However, a TIF is not an incentive, Mitchell said. Instead, areas under a TIF generate money that does not go to the developer or infrastructure, but toward public improvements.

Control over where the money goes falls onto a dedicated TIF board, which Mitchell said could be the Kyle City Council.

That board would then be able to “leverage” with other jurisdictions to participate in the TIF as well, so as to double the investment into the development.

“Just doing a tax abatement, I felt like that wasn’t right for what we’re trying to do,” Mitchell said. “We’re wanting to have as much influence in Uptown as possible. The TIF district is the way to keep control of things.”

Dex Ellison, Kyle City Council member, said the city is working to “actively change” the bedroom community

moniker Kyle has had.

He said it was one of the reasons the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission created the Office/Institutional zoning category.

The motive is to create jobs that keep residents from commuting into other cities. Mitchell estimated roughly 82 percent of Kyle residents commute more than 30 minutes to work each day.

But with a mixed-use focus also brings a need for improved connectivity and walkability, Ellison said.

“The biggest part is connectivity in neighborhoods where people can walk and move without using a vehicle or traveling long distances,” Ellison said.

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Select panel considers approaches to mass shooting prevention

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special interim committee of state lawmakers met July 24 at the Texas Capitol to further explore what can be done to prevent mass shootings like the one that resulted in 10 deaths and 10 injuries in May at Santa Fe High School.

Testimony before a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Violence in Schools & School Security centered on “red flag” laws, in which a law enforcement entity or family member could petition a judge who may then order that a potentially dangerous person temporarily be prohibited from purchasing or otherwise acquiring or possessing a firearm.

More than a dozen other states have enacted red flag laws. Such laws allow a petitioner to present evidence of previous behaviors that demonstrate a public safety risk, such as: • Domestic violence; • Harm to animals; • Reckless use of firearms; • Threats to self or others; or • Drug abuse.

Under such laws, a person who is the subject of a red flag order has a right to legal counsel and may offer counter evidence and argument in their defense. But if the judge decides the person poses a risk to public safety, they could be compelled to surrender their firearms to authorities.

A report on the July 24 hearing and three previous hearings of the select panel will be released to the public in early August, said Committee

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Chairman Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood.

On May 30, Gov. Greg Abbott spoke positively about red flag laws in releasing a long list of recommendations for citizens and governmental bodies to take under the heading, “Preventing Threats in Advance.”

Since then he has not mentioned red flag laws, however, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said recently that neither he nor the governor favor that approach.

MALC calls for actions

itol staff. Here are a few of the working group’s recommendations: • It is critical that the state reject any policy such as the licensing of family detention centers that may indefinitely prolong the detention of children; • For children held in facilities longer than a few days, medical care standards must be improved with consultation from pediatricians. The standards should include mental and physical health evaluations, as well as follow-up appointments; • Apply continued pressure for state oversight in cases of abuse and neglect within facilities; • Require legal representation of separated parents; • Continue to monitor the reunification process so that every child who has been separated from parents is reunited in a timely and cost-effective manner; and • Require that the Legislative Budget Board conduct a cost analysis of the impact of the federal policies of zero-tolerance and family separation on the state, specifically on the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services and Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

On July 26, the Trump administration failed to meet a federal court-ordered deadline to reunite all children under 5 years old who were separated from their families under President Trump’s zero-tolerance directive.

Two days earlier, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus of the Texas Legislature recommended a list of actions for the state to take to provide impacted migrant families with appropriate care and to determine the role of the state in the reunification of children and families. MALC organized a working group of advocates, including In its July report on the key personnel from state state’s economy, the Texas agencies and members of Workforce Commission the Texas House and Cap- said Texas had experi-

Job growth continues

enced 24 consecutive months of employment growth.

Also, some 27,200 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs were added in June, bringing the monthly unemployment rate down another tenth of a point to 4.0 percent.

The Midland Metropolitan Statistical Area recorded the month’s lowest unemployment rate among Texas MSAs, with a non-seasonally adjusted rate of 2.4 percent. It was followed by the Amarillo MSA, which had the second-lowest with a rate of 3.1 percent. Following were the Austin-Round Rock and Odessa MSAs, which both recorded 3.2 percent for June.

Longtime state rep dies Former state Rep. Delwin Jones died in Lubbock on July 25. He was 94.

A farmer, investor and veteran of World War II, Jones first was elected to the Texas House in 1964 and served consecutive two-year terms until 1972. He returned to the House in 1989 as a Republican and served consecutive terms until 2011.

Among Jones’s accomplishments were laws creating the Texas Tech Medical School, the Lubbock County Hospital District, the 137th District Court and many other entities.

Ed Sterling is director of Member Services for the Texas Press Association. edsterling@texaspress.

Hays Free Press • August 1, 2018

Consider these financial tips for single women

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f you’re a single woman, most of your financial challenges and aspirations may resemble those of single men.

Men and women face the same economic stress factors of modern life, and both groups have similar financial goals, such as the ability to retire comfortably. But women still face specific obstacles. You need to be aware of these challenges – and do everything you can to overcome them.

For example, women still face a wage gap. In 2017, women earned 82% of what men earned, according to the Pew Research Center. However, the wage gap narrows among younger workers, and may even disappear for highly educated women, especially those in the STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Another financial concern for women is connected to their role as caregivers. Women spend an average of 12 years out of the workforce to care for children, elderly relatives and even friends, according to an estimate by the Social Security Administration.

Other studies report different figures, but all the evidence points to women being the ones who take time off from work to care for loved ones. This means fewer contributions to Social Security, 401(k)s and other retirement plans.

Faced with these and other issues, what can you do to help yourself move toward your important goals? Consider these steps: Develop good financial habits. Establishing good financial habits can pay off for you throughout your lifetime. These habits can include maintaining a budget, keeping your debts under control, and putting aside some money for a “rainy day.”

Take advantage of available opportunities. If you work for an organization that offers a 401(k) or similar plan, contribute as much as you think you can afford. At the very least, put in enough to earn your employer’s matching contribution, if

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one is offered. And every time your salary goes up, increase the amount you invest in your plan.

Also, think about opening an IRA, which, like a 401(k), can offer tax-advantaged investment opportunities. If you have children, you’ll also want to explore college savings vehicles, such as a 529 plan.

Educate yourself about investing – and get professional advice. Some people think investing is just too complex and mysterious to be understandable.

Yet, with patience and a willingness to learn, you can become quite knowledgeable about how to invest, what you’re investing in and what forces affect the investment world.

And to help you create an investment strategy that’s appropriate for your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon, you may also want to work with a financial professional.

Discuss financial issues with your future spouse. If you get married or re-married, you’ll want to discuss financial issues with your new spouse. Specifically, you’ll want to answer questions such as these: What assets and debts do each of you bring to the marriage?

Do you plan to merge your finances or keep them separate?

Are your investment styles compatible?

Do you have similar long-term goals?

You and your new spouse don’t need identical views on every financial topic, but you both need to be willing to work together to advance your common interests.

Ultimately, you have a lot of control over your own financial future. And making informed choices can help make that future a bright one.

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Texas History Continued from pg. 7

an effective way to silence the influential colonizer he saw as his chief critic.

Butler finally returned to Washington in June 1835 but not with his tail between his legs. To prove that money truly did talk in Mexico, he brought a letter from Father Ignacio Hernandez, a member of Santa Anna’s inner circle.

For half a million dollars, the priest promised to pull the strings that would make Texas the property

of the United States.

“Plausible denial” may have been what the president had in mind, when he recorded his opposition to the arrangement right on the Hernandez document. Yet if Jackson wanted no part of the shady deal, why did he let Butler keep his job?

Even after the Texas Revolution was well underway, Butler refused to give up on his pipe dream. He kept stalling

for time until the very day of his replacement in January 1836 and hung around Mexico City until the month after the Battle of San Jacinto.

Butler settled in the new Republic and actually persuaded a sufficient number of voters to grant him a seat in the Third Congress. His constituents must have seen through his smoke-andmirrors routine, however, because they did not elect

him to a second term.

On the one occasion Anthony Butler put the interests of others above his own, he got himself killed. He died a hero on the Mississippi River in 1849 trying to save passengers from a fire aboard a burning steamboat.

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most heavily damaged.

A fifth victim recovered from the scene remains unidentified pending DNA analysis, according to officials.

The four victims were identified by the Travis County Medical Examiner’s office in conjunction with Hays County Pct. 1.2 Justice of the Peace Maggie H. Moreno.

Belinda Moats, 22, of Big Wells, remains listed as missing by authorities.

More than 200 people were displaced by the fire,

which heavily damaged the Iconic Village and Vintage Pads apartments, located near the Texas State campus. In a statement, Dr. Joanne Smith, Texas State vice president of student affairs, said a number of services were made available to students affected by the fire.

Smith extended condolences to the families and friends of the victims, mirroring sentiments expressed earlier in the week from Texas State University President De-

nise Trauth “The support and comfort accorded to them and everyone affected, has come from the San Marcos community and hundreds of people like you who have donated funds to assist in their recovery,” Smith said in her statement. “Thank you to those who have lent a helping hand, and if you are able to make a contribution to the Student Emergency Services fund to aid students, please do so.”

A cause of the fire is unknown at this time. However, the San Marcos Fire Marshal’s Office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Respone Team (ATF) and the State Fire Marshal’s office, continue investigative operations at the scene.

According to San Marcos officials, once the scene has been processed and clean-up efforts starts, the investigation into the fire could continue for months.

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estimates have the total cost of the expansion, including engineering and construction, to be anywhere from $19 million to $20 million.

Recent changes in the planning phase for the plant has delayed the project by six to nine months, said Leon Barba, Kyle city engineer. City officials estimate completing the expansion by the first quarter of 2019, but the plant might not be operational at the new capacity until late 2020.

Sellers said the city has worked to save up as much as possible for the new plant, which has totaled $8.5 million. Contributions from outside developers, which has totaled $2.68 million, has also gone toward limiting the amount of new debt the city looks to take on.

However, Kyle is slated to take a $9.5 million, 20year certificate of obligation (CO) bond to cover the remainder of the project.

Other primary expenses planned for FY 2019 include various road improvement projects, including a combined $9 million toward the long-awaited reconstruction of Burleson Street and Lehman Road.

The city plans to spend $2.5 million on reconstruction of Old Stagecoach Road from Center Street to FM 2770, along with $800,000 on improvements to Kyle Crossing.

The city had already included $500,000 for its micro surfacing project on a

handful of Kyle streets.

All told, the city plans to spend roughly $45.4 million in capital improvements projects in FY 2019.

Additionally, the city’s budget will encompass 16 new full-time equivalent positions totaling just over $770,000, nine of which will be paid for by the general fund.

Those new positions include two new police telecommunications personnel and an additional records compliance specialist. Sellers said the latter position is a pressing need based on state legislation increasing the amount of records to be kept by department.

“It’s not just unique for us. Police departments are being hammered by public information requests,” Sellers said. “We’re not able to keep up at this point. This is to allow us some relief.”

Alex Villalobos, Kyle City Council member, was concerned about the number of police vehicles in the fleet and whether the department had enough.

Jeff Barnett, Kyle police chief, said the city is at the threshold of having just enough cruisers for its 52 sworn officers on duty.

Kyle plans to spend $1.3 million for new equipment and vehicles, with just over $500,000 going toward road construction equipment.

In 2017, Kyle city leaders approved an agreement with Enterprise to replace some of its aging fleet. However, James

Earp, Kyle assistant city manager, said a fire at the Enterprise production plant has delayed the replacement process. The replacement vehicles will also not add to the city’s number of cruisers on the street, Earp said. Kyle’s current proposed budget does not include a new police cruiser.

Council members also differed on $50,000 toward city manager expenses in the next fiscal year, which could be introduced at a later meeting. Travis Mitchell, Kyle mayor, said the money could be allocated for hiring a lobbying firm to assist with the pursuit of federal dollars.

Mitchell said the city has been “missing out” on those opportuniites due to a lack of lobbying. Mitchell sought take $50,000 from a city program to help cover the city council’s proposed lobbying efforts.

The program proposed to be decreased is “First Year on Us” program, which helps with a start-up small business with its first year of city property taxes.

Shane Arabie, Kyle City Council member, believed the plan should be moved into the city manager’s budget and not city council budget, as they operate on volunteer basis only.

Arabie said he wanted to see details of the lob1 bying plan before making a decision. Villalobos 2also wanted to know the cost benefit behind that plan.

“Once I see those, 620I will make a better decision,” Villalobos said.

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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.

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TRUCK DRIVERS

Five Star Concrete, Inc. is currently seeking quality drivers. Please give us a call at (512) 398-7797.

FAMILY MOVING SALE

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390 Teal Lane, Kyle. Friday, Aug. 3, 12-6pm and Saturday, 9am-3pm. Antiques, collectibles, kids items. Lots of good stuff.

PRIVATE PAY PERSONAL CARE ASSISTANT

Private Pay Personal Care Assistant for sweet, kind, elderly male in Kyle. $15/ hour, approx 10-20 hours per week. Contact Judy 512-8486866, leave message.

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1 bedroom, 1 bath. Kitchen fully equipped. Washer / Dryer connections. Located off of 1626, close to schools. Trash and water paid. No pets. $1200 month. Call 512-461-9982.

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AUCTION Estate Auction, Tues., Aug. 7, starts at 8:48 a.m. 14205 E 460 Rd., Claremore, OK. 50 head of Longhorn Cattle, trucks, trailers, tractor, backhoes, boat, farm implements and more. For a full item list and pictures, visit chuppsauction.com. 918-638-1157 or 918-639-8555.

EVENTS Cuero – Texas Hold’Em World Series of Cuero Fundraiser, Sat., Aug. 4, 2018. $3,500 value grand prize. Sign up now. Call Cuero Chamber at 361-2752112 or visit Cuero.org. Fried turkey lunch at 11:30 a.m., main event at 1 p.m., casino games, gun raffle.

OIL AND GAS RIGHTS We buy oil, gas & mineral rights. Both non- producing and producing including non-Participating Royalty Interest (NPRI). Provide us your desired price for an offer evaluation. 806-620-1422, LoboMineralsLLC@ gmail.com. Lobo Minerals, LLC, PO Box 1800, Lubbock, TX 79408-1800.

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WANTED FREON R12 WANTED: Certified buyer will PAY CA$H for R12 cylinders or cases of cans. 312-2919169; www.refrigerantfinders.com.

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Hwy 183 frontage, South Austin, close to toll rd & airport. Commercial office plus ground space for lease $890 / mo. Nice office approximately 600 sq ft w/ bathroom & kitchenette. Contact Lyn 512-848-6866

Public Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Administration for the Estate of JOEL B. ROBERTS, Deceased, were issued on July 16, 2018, in Docket No. 17-0301-P, pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to: DONNA ROBERTS The residence of the Independent Administrator is in Austin, Travis County, Texas. Address claims in care of the representative, DONNA ROBERTS, Independent Administrator. The post office address to which claims may be presented, is: c/o DONNA ROBERTS, Independent Administrator 9217 Ovalla Drive Austin, Texas 78749 All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

Address claims in care of DONNA ROBERTS, Independent Administrator DATED the 25th day of July, 2018.

Respectfully submitted, SCANIO & SCANIO A Professional Corporation BY: Francesca Scanio Stacey FRANCESCA SCANIO STACEY 144 E. San Antonio Street San Marcos, Texas 78666 Tel: (512) 396-2016 Fax: (512) 353-2984 E-Mail: scanios@scaniolaw. com State Bar No. 24077299 ATTORNEYS FOR DONNA ROBERTS

Public Notices NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Independent Administration for the Estate of Robert A. Gibson, Deceased, were issued on July 23, 2018, in Cause No. 18-0201-P, pending in the County Court at Law No. 1, Hays County, Texas, to: Rebecca Gibson Hatch.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: Rebecca Gibson Hatch 216 Lear Ave. Buda, Texas 78610 DATED the 25TH day of July, 2018.

THE BOLING LAW FIRM, PLLC 1301 S. Old Stagecoach Rd. | Kyle, TX 78640 Tel: (877) 629-5353 Anna Martinez Boling SBN: 00791188 E-mail: annaboling@ bolinglawfirm.com Attorney for Rebecca Gibson Hatch

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of CAROLYN MADDOX CAMPBELL, Deceased, were issued on JULY 18, 2018, under Docket No. 18-0221-P, pending in the Probate Court of Hays County, Texas, to LORI CAMPBELL TYE. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate, addressed as follows: Representative, LORI TYE Estate of CAROLYN MADDOX CAMPBELL, Deceased c/o THE ROLAND BROWN LAW FIRM POST OFFICE BOX 278 WIMBERLEY, TEXAS 78676-0278 All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

DATED July 19, 2018 ROLAND BROWN

By Attorney(s) for Applicant

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION Pursuant to chapter 59; Texas property code; Cornerstone Storage 281 N FM 1626 Buda, TX, 78610 will hold a public auction of property being sold to satisfy a landlord lien. The sale will end on or around 10:00 am on August 16th, 2018 via storagetreasures. com. Property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash.

A $50.00 clean up deposit will be required. Unit must be cleaned out 48 Hrs. from end of sale. Sale is subject to adjournment. Seller reserves the right to withdraw the property at any time before the sale. A general description of unit contents is but not limited to misc. household items, furniture, electronics, and tools.

Property includes contents from units of the following tenants: Valerie Moreno, Corby Allbright

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Richard Joseph Probst, Deceased, were issued on July 23, 2018, in Cause No.18-0224-P, pending in the County Court at Law No. ONE, Hays County, Texas, to: Nathan Santoyo.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: John Hall Attorney at Law DATED the 23 day of July, 2018.

John Hall Attorney for Nathan Santoyo State Bar No.: 08759880 130 Hall Professional Center Kyle, TX 78640 Telephone: (512) 268-6425 Facsimile: (512) 268-5404 E-mail: johnhall@lawyer.com

PUBLIC NOTICES, 10

PUBLIC HEARING

The Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District Board of Directors will hold a Public Hearing in its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 9, 2018, at 1124 Regal Row, Austin, TX 78748. The Board Meeting will commence at 6:00 p.m., and the Public Hearing will begin shortly thereafter.

The Public Hearing concerns the District’s proposed fiscal year 2019 Annual Budget and Fee Schedule. At the conclusion of this Public Hearing the Board may approve the fiscal year 2019 Fee Schedule by Resolution and the fiscal year 2019 proposed 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, please contact the District at (512) 282-8441.

PLUM CREEK CONSERVATION DISTRICT STAFF POSITION Plum Creek Conservation District’s Board of Directors is seeking applicants for a staff position with the District.

Currently, the District has three staff positions: an Executive Manager, an Assistant Manager and an Office Secretary. The current Executive Manager will be retiring.

Plum Creek Conservation District (PCCD) is a Water Control and Improvement District, a Political Subdivision in Texas operating under provisions of the Texas Water Code. The District’s powers include those of a Groundwater Conservation District. The original purpose of the District was to carry out obligations under Agreements between the District and NRCS as the District is the primary sponsor for maintenance of 28 flood water retarding structures. When Groundwater Conservation District powers were added to PCCD the scope of its duties became much more complex.

Both the Executive Manager and the Assistant Manager position require ability to interact with the District’s Board of Directors, other water professionals involved in programs like those included in the list of duties of PCCD, and for communications with the general public on matters within the duties of PCCD. Duties also include responsibility for the District’s compliance with obligations of a political subdivision that levies taxes and can involve some work in the field. The employees of the District filling each of the three positions have developed a practice of working together to accomplish the purposes and obligations of PCCD and the Board is expecting that type of working relationship will continue.

Successful applicants for each position must possess ability to function as an integral part of the organizational structure. Minimum qualifications are a high school diploma with at least some college or technical training or experience related to all the operations of PCCD. Computer skills, GIS and fiscal management software knowledge, and agricultural land management experience will also be considered beneficial. Criminal Background checks will be obtained and references will be checked and consulted.

Salaries and benefits associated with the position have not yet been determined by the Board. To some extent those will reflect the education, backgrounds, experiences of applicants and the position for which the applicant is selected. Applicants should state expected salary ranges based on their qualifications.

Those interested are invited to submit applications listing qualifications, experience, salary expectations, and listing references to: Position Applications, Plum Creek Conservation District, P. O. Box 328, Lockhart, Texas 78644.

Applications may also be delivered to the Plum Creek Conservation District Office at 1101 W. San Antonio St., Lockhart, Texas 78644.

The Board expects to act on applications received during September 2018 at the latest. If there are questions, please call Johnie Halliburton at (512) 398-2383.

Hays Free Press • August 1, 2018

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Public Notices NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR

Notice is hereby given that on July 23, 2018, Letters of Independent Administration upon the above Estate were issued to: DEBRA HINES by the Honorable County Court at Law No. 1 of Hays County, Texas, in Cause No. 18-0219-P pending upon the Probate Docket of said Court.

All persons having claims against the Estate being administered are hereby requested to present the same within the time prescribed by law to the following: Andréa Villarreal Oaks, Hartline & Daly, L.L.P. 5524 Bee Caves Rd., Ste. K-1 Austin, TX 78746

NOTICE BUDA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PUBLIC HEARING

August 1, 2018 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 August 1, 2018 at 5:30 pm, at the Buda City Hall located at 405 East Loop Street, Buda, Texas, to solicit input prior to expending funds in support of the following project: to provide a financial incentive not to exceed $25,000.00 to Project Chocolate Chip, for economic development purposes, being assistance with permitting, infrastructurerelated, and/or construction costs associated with the construction of a 40,000+ Square Foot expansion to an existing industrial facility that shall house Project Chocolate Chip and other future industrial projects, which is to be built in 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 6, 2018.

Ann Miller, Executive Director Buda Economic Development Corporation

NOTICE OF SALE

Morningstar Storage wishes to avail themselves of the Texas Provision of chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code. They will conduct a Public Sale to the highest bidder for cash on their premises. This sale is being listed below.

The company reserves the right to reject any bid and withdraw any from the sale at any time.

Date: 08/13/2018 Time: 10:15 AM Location: Morningstar Storage, 1001 W. Goforth Rd., Buda, TX 78610 Units: Unit 2093 – Sheila Burbage – Hope Chest, Furniture, Boxes, Misc. Household Unit 2116 – Emiley Williams – Furniture, Framed Art, Bags, Toys, Misc. Household Unit 3137 – Sheila Burbage – Boxes, Christmas Décor, Boxes, Misc. Household Unit C319 – Michael Atherton – Shelving, Computer Parts, Safe, Misc.

AUSTIN WATER NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENT OF IMPACT FEES

Date: August 30, 2018 Time: 4:00 p.m.

Place: Austin City Hall Council Chambers 301 W. Second Street Austin, Texas The purpose of the hearing is to consider the amendment of land use assumptions and a capital improvements plan and the imposition of an impact fee.

Any member of the public has the right to appear at the hearing and present evidence for or against the update.

The impact fees program is managed by Austin Water Infrastructure Management.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

The City of Buda is soliciting statements of qualifications for Wastewater Master Planning Services. Please visit the City of Buda purchasing website for more information. https://www. ci.buda.tx.us/137/Purchasing Please submit 1 electronic copy in .pdf format via disc or flash drive and four (4) copies of your statement of qualifications for these proposed services to: City of Buda Attention: Purchasing Manager City of Buda 405 East Loop Street Buda, TX 78610 Statements of Qualifications must be received by the City no later than 2:00 p.m. August 9, 2018, to be considered.

The City of Buda reserves the right to negotiate with any and all management firms that submit proposals, as per the Texas Professional Services Procurement Act and the Uniform Grant and Contract Management Standards.

REQUEST FOR BIDS

Hays CISD is Requesting Bids for Bid #18-071802VL Lehman HS Roof Replacements. Proposals will be accepted until 08-2118 at 2:00 p.m. local time. A Mandatory Pre-bid meeting will be held on 08-09-2018 @ 10:00 a.m. at Hays CISD Central Administration Building Annex A, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, Texas. Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-2682141 ext. 45092) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Bid responses must be returned to the HCISD Purchasing Office, Valerie Littrell, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640, by the date and time indicated above. Late Bids will be returned unopened.

The HCISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all formalities in the bid process.

CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS INVITATION FOR BID FOR THE YARRINGTON NO. 2 TANK REHABILITATION

Sealed bids addressed to the City of Kyle will be received for the Yarrington No. 2 Tank Rehabilitation until 2:00 p.m. on August 15, 2018 at City of Kyle Public Works Department, 520 E. RR 150, Kyle, TX. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 2:00 p.m. on August 15, 2018 at City of Kyle Public Works Department Conference Room.

Bids are invited for the Yarrington No. 2 Tank

Rehabilitation consisting of minor repairs and repainting of one, 500,000 gallon welded steel water storage tank located in the City of Kyle, Texas.

Bids must be submitted on the Bid Form provided and must be accompanied by a bid security in a penal sum approximately equal to and not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid. The security shall be in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check, or bid bond furnished by a reliable surety company having authority under the laws of Texas to write surety bond in the amount required, with such security made payable without recourse to the City of Kyle. The envelope containing the bid shall be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked: Yarrington No. 2 Tank Rehabilitation Bid/Contract Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications are on file at: City of Kyle Public Works Department, 520 E. RR 150, Kyle, Texas 78640 Builders Exchange, 4047 Naco Perrin, San Antonio, Texas 78217 Bid Documents in an electronic format may be obtained on the City of Kyle website at: https://www. cityofkyle.com/rfps State statutes including wage and hour provisions and contract regulations must be adhered to as they relate to this project. Contractors will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations.

City of Kyle reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding. Bids may be held

by City of Kyle for a period not to exceed 30 days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the bidder’s qualifications prior to the contract award.

The final Notice of Award of Contract shall be given to the successful bidder by the City of Kyle within sixty (60) days following the opening of bids and no bidder may withdraw his bid within sixty (60) days after opening thereof.

The successful Bidder must furnish a performance bond, if required, and payment bond on the forms provided, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the contract amount from a surety company holding a permit from the State of Texas to act as surety.

Bidders should carefully examine the plans, specifications and other documents, visit the site of work, and fully inform themselves as to all conditions and matters which can in any way affect the work or the cost thereof. Should a bidder find discrepancies in, or omissions from, the plans, specifications or other documents, or should be in doubt as to their meaning, bidder should notify the City Engineer and obtain clarification prior to submitting any bid, but no later than August 7, 2018.

Leon Barba, P.E. City Engineer

Purchasing Office (512-2682141 ext. 45092) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Bid responses must be returned to the HCISD Purchasing Office, Valerie Littrell, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640, by the date and time indicated above. Late Bids will be returned unopened.

The HCISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all formalities in the bid process.

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

State of Texas County of Hays Cause: 17-1989 By virtue of an Writ of Execution issued by the clerk of the District County Court #428 of HAYS County, Texas, June 8, 2018, in cause numbered 17-1989, styled NATIONAL FUNDING,INC. versus THOMAS TRUCKING, INC., & ROY THOMAS on a judgment rendered against THOMAS TRUCKING, INC., & ROY THOMAS, JOINTLY AND SEVERLY I did on July 13, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., levy upon as the property of ROY THOMAS described below: OAK RIDGE ESTATES NW 1/2 LOT 9 0.43 AC IN HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS GEO #90215050 (PROPERTY ID R37093) ALSO DESCRIBED AS 311 HARMONS WAY, SAN MARCOS, TX 78666 On August 7, 2018, being the first Tuesday of the month, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., at the Hays County Government Center, at the Main Doors, 712 Stagecoach Trail of the Government Center Courthouse of the said County, in the City of San Marcos, Texas, I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the right, title and interest of ROY THOMAS in and to the real property described above.

Dated at San Marcos, Hays County, Texas, July 13, 2018.

David Peterson Constable, Pct. 1 Hays County, Texas 712 South Stagecoach Trail Suite 2210 San Marcos, Texas 78666 /Alice Flores /

By Alice Flores, Deputy Constable Notice to Bidders: You are buying whatever interest, if any, the Debtor has in the property. Purchase of the Debtor's interest in the property may not extinguish

Public Notice Notice of Public Hearing any liens or security interests Newman a/k/a Patsy Ann

held by other persons.

There Girard & Patsy GirardNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL are no warranties, express or Newman, Deceased, were INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT: implied, regarding the property issued on June 25, 2018, being sold, including but not in Docket No. 18-0199-P, limited to warranties of title, pending in County Court at The City of Kylefor shall holdNo.a 1public merchantability or fitness a Law of Hays hearing County, particular purpose.

Texas, to Girard Rynnee to on a request by John Hall (Z-18-0028) Notice to Judgment Debtor: Newman. Persons having rezone 0.2887 acres land If there is anyapproximately property, real claims against this of estate or personal,you want to point are required to present them from Single Family Residential ‘R1’ to out for levy in lieu of the above within the time and in the described property, Commercial you must manner prescribed by law, Community ‘CC’ for property contact this office immediately. addressed to Representative, located on the southwest corner of Blanco Estate of Pat Girard-Newman a/k/a in Patsy Ann Girard & Street Barbee Street, Hays County, NOTICE and TO CREDITORS Patsy Girard-Newman at 10 Notice is hereby given that Texas.

Tanglewood Trail, San Marcos, original Letters Testamentary Texas 78666. for the Estate of Pat Girard-

The Planning and Zoning Commission may recommend, andPublic theNotice City Council may consider, assigning any zoning district Notice of Public Hearing NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO which is equivalent or more restrictive.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT:

The City of Kyle shall hold a public hearing on A public hearing will be toheld a request

by John Hall (Z-18-0028) rezoneby the Planning approximatelyand 0.2887 Zoning acres of landCommission from Single Familyon Residential ‘R-1’ to Community ‘CC’ for Tuesday, August 14, 2018Commercial at 6:30 P.M. property located on the southwest corner of Blanco Street and Barbee Street, in Hays County, Texas.

A will be heldmay byrecommend, the Kyle Thepublic Planninghearing and Zoning Commission and theCouncil City Council consider,August assigning 21, any zoning City on may Tuesday, 2018, district which is equivalent or more restrictive. at 7:00 P.M. A public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at 6:30 P.M.

Kyle City Hall Council Chambers A public hearing will be held by the Kyle City Council 100 W Center St., on Tuesday, August 21,Kyle, 2018 atTexas 7:00 P.M. Kyle City Hall Council Chambers

Owner: John 100 W Center St.,Hall Kyle, Texas Phone: (512) Owner: John Hall268-6425 Phone: (512) 268-6425

Publication Date: August 20182018 Publication Date: July1, 25, Z-18-0028 Z-18-0028

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Hays CISD is Requesting Proposals for RFQ #25071801VL Special Education Professional Services.

Proposals will be accepted until 08-07-18 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Specifications are available in the HCISD

Cruelty Charge: Austin cop arrested in Kyle Continued from pg. 1

a broom or a rake and allegedly yelling “bite me” several times to the dog.

Vetrano then allegedly said “I will f***** kill you, dog” and “I won’t put up with your s***, I will put your a** down” to the animal, who is heard yelping in the video.

According to the affidavit, Vetrano, over the course of the five clips, allegedly punched or struck the animal initially with his left hand, then later struck the dog approximately six times with the broom or rake in his right hand.

The child, who witnessed the incident, “displayed non-verbal signs of disbelief by jumping out of the way and placing his hands over his mouth,” according to the affidavit.

In later clips, the child is seen walking around and not wanting to leave the animal. According to the affidavit, it “appears” the child tried to physically grab Vetrano and pull him away from striking the dog.

At one point during the

video, Vetrano walks away as the child stands between him and the animal, before he continued to hit the dog.

The neighbor eventually confronted Vetrano and yelled, “what the f*** are you doing,” with Vetrano replying, “I’m beating my dog.” The exchange was also witnessed by the child, according to the affidavit.

When the neighbor tried to tell Vetrano to “not beat your dog in front of your kid,” Vetrano said for them to “mind your own f***** business.”

According to the affidavit, a health evaluation was conducted on the dog June 4, as required by Kyle Animal Control. During the physical exam, the veterinarian was unable to localize a specific area of pain and said the dog was nervous and anxious and had a stiff hindlimb gait and a tense abdomen. The dog, however, reported no signs of aggression.

On June 7, Vetrano agreed to a voluntary in-

terview with investigators, which was done with his attorney present, according to the affidavit. Vetrano said he was disciplining the dog because “the dog digs.” However, he declined an interview to be conducted with his child.

Child Protective Services (CPS) was notified due to the Vetrano’s behavior on the video. Additionally, investigators met with a dog behavior specialist, who reviewed the video.

The specialist said using a stick or broom is “not an appropriate way to discipline a canine,” according to the affidavit.

The specialist added that Vetrano’s actions placed the child in imminent danger and of physical or mental injury based on the accusations that Vetrano cornered the animal and struck it. It could also possibly lead the animal to attack the child, according to the affidavit.

Vetrano was released from the Hays County Jail July 28 on $30,000 bond.

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