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Major funding at risk due to non-participation in census.
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County seeks diversity on election committee BY ANITA MILLER
Hays County Commissioners stopped short of naming an “all-inclusive” Community Elections Commission on Tuesday, opting instead for County Judge Ruben Becerra and Pct. 4 Commissioner Walt Smith to develop parameters intended to insure di-
versity among the group’s membership. An actual vote on the commission could come as early as next week. The idea for such a group grew out of a special called meeting on Aug. 19 at which dozens of community members spoke. The proposed committee would operate year-round, and would
The proposed committee would operate year-round, and would have a say in selecting some as-yet-undetermined locations for voting this Nov. 5, as well as other voting-related matters.
tion is the first time Hays voters won’t have to report to their specific precinct ballot box on election day, but instead can vote at any voting center county-wide. In addition to council races in Kyle and Buda, the election will include proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. “This is a nonpartisan
have a say in selecting some as well as other voting-reas-yet-undetermined loca- lated matters. This November’s elections for voting this Nov. 5,
Kyle supports pipeline regulation resolution
BY MOSES LEOS III
Unfortunate run-in
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One person suffered serious injuries after their rental truck careened off of southbound Interstate 35 in Kyle and crashed into a portable building on the frontage road. The incident occurred just south of Kyle Crossing on the southbound I-35 frontage road. No one was in the portable at the time of the accident. A cause for the wreck is unknown at this time and an update on the injured person’s identity and condition was not made available as of press time.
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
Buda submits next proposal for Garlic Creek trail grant BY MOSES LEOS III
A proposed $3.5 million project aimed at creating a trail system in the Garlic Creek subdivision in Buda isn’t expected to affect nearby Hays CISD bus routes, said city staff in early August. But at the same time, Buda is now waiting once again to see if an application aimed at obtaining grant fund-
The proposed trail is expected to have a 10-foot wide shared use path, along with light fixtures, police call boxes and other items. The cost estimate for the project is $3.5 million.
ing that could partially pay for the trail passes muster. On Aug. 6, Buda City Engineer John Nett said Buda’s application for
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) funding, overseen by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), made it to the next round of the
screening process. Nett said the grant does not require a match from the city, which is atypical from other grants Buda has applied for. Buda had submitted an application for SRTS funding in early February, which then made it through two rounds of vetting. Buda submitted a more detailed view of the Garlic Creek trail to
BY CHRISTOPHER GREEN
More than 100 changes have so far been made on the construction process for improving Burleson Street, a project that is now more than a month behind schedule. Joann Garcia, Kyle project manager, said weather issues in the fall and spring slowed progress, requiring numerous changes to be made with the city’s contract with Cash
“There’s been numerous changes in the project because of the old infrastructure that exists on Burleson (Street) with water and wastewater and even gas lines that are very old.” –Joann Garcia, Kyle project manager
Construction, the contractor of the project. That included a rain event that stopped construction for an entire
DOWNTOWN VISION
Cohesive vision for downtown Kyle could spur better businesses.
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month. Garcia said work on Burleson Street is now about 40 days behind schedule. “There’s been
Little to no services associated with a proposed 1,400-acre unilateral annexation of land east of Kyle drew the ire of residents who are fighting a plan they feel has no benefit. Many who oppose Kyle’s proposal Aug. 20 also fear the city is rushing an attempt to forcibly acquire land before a new state law regulating such annexations goes into effect. According to city documents, eight parcels of land east of Interstate 35 were included in the initial unilateral, or forced, annexation proposal. Per a proposed municipal services plan, impacted residents and landowners would receive emer-
KYLE ANNEXATION, 4
Kyle Parks Director resigns BY KATIE BURRELL
numerous changes in the project because of the old infrastructure that exists on Burleson (Street) with water and wastewater and even gas lines that are very old,” Garcia said. Garcia said the changes have affected the city’s contract with Cash Construction. When it comes to the utility relocation process, water line installation from Miller Street
Accusations of bullying by a Kyle city leader could be the reason longtime Kyle Parks and Recreation Director Kerry Urbanowicz abruptly resigned his post in URBANOWICZ late July, according to some residents. While Kyle is now searching for its next Parks Director, Urbanowicz said in a statement he intends to stay on until Kyle finds his replacement. “I plan to stay on with the City of Kyle to ensure a smooth transition with a new PARD director, whomever that may be. My goal is to pass along any history and information that will help that person be successful and continue the good
BURLESON STREET, 11
KYLE PARKS DIRECTOR, 11
GARLIC CREEK TRAIL, 14
Burleson Street fixes fall behind
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PIPELINE REGULATION, 2
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, 5
Residents say ‘no,’ fight annexation
BY CHRISTOPHER GREEN Kyle city leaders have now joined the Texas Municipal League (TML) in approving a resolution that aims to regulate pipeline routing through the state of Texas. Approval of the resolution, completed by a 7-0 vote at the Aug. 20 Kyle City Council meeting, was the result of TML officials approaching Kyle in its attempt to ask for more transparency in the pipeline routing process, said Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell. The resolution was passed during a regular Kyle City Council meeting on Aug. 20. TML seeks to advocate on behalf of all cities in regard to pipeline routing. Mitchell said the resolution won’t have any effect on existing pipelines, but will bring awareness to people who oppose the pipeline approval process. Per the resolution, TML and those who support its resolution are vying for more regulatory process for pipeline routing. One primary component is offering affected communities and landowners more options to oppose a pipeline if it is planned to be routed through their community or private land. The resolution states that elected officials of munic-
effort to inform, inform, inform,” Becerra said, giving a nod to the League of Women Voters, who initially floated the idea of a commission at the Aug. 19 workshop. “This is a Hays County effort, as a whole court, to do the best we can.”
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Hays County at risk of losing major funds due to nonparticipation in 2020 Census
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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.
More than one-third of Hays County residents are at risk for not participating in the 2020 Census, according to a presentation given to Hays County Commissioners Tuesday ahead of the constitutionally-mandated national head count. Nonparticipation on the part of one four-person household could result in the loss of tens of thousands of federal dollars over the course of the next decade, Census Bureau Partnership Specialist Richard Castanon told the court. Citing a survey by George Washington University of the 15 largest federal programs that benefit Texas, Castanon said simply dividing the approximate $43 billion the state gets from the federal government each year
Dividing the approximate $43 billion the state gets from the federal government each year by the state’s population works out to about $1,500 per person. “If a household of four people doesn’t answer, it’s not $6,000, it’s $60,000 – $6,000 a year for 10 years,” said Richard Castanon, Census Bureau Partnership Specialist.
by the state’s population works out to about $1,500 per person. “If a household of four people doesn’t answer, it’s not $6,000, it’s $60,000 – $6,000 a year for 10 years,” Castanon said. Castanon urged the court to either form a Complete Count Committee (CCC) of its own or to partner with the city of San Marcos, which has already established one. Castanon said a city/county partnership is being pursued by Austin and Travis County, San Antonio and Bexar County and Houston and Harris County.
“It’s an organizing tool helping communities throughout the nation,” Castanon said of the committees, which focus on areas identified as being at risk for low participation. “Unfortunately in Hays County we have several Census tracts with a high low-response rate of 27 to 36 percent — that’s the percentage we’re predicting will not respond to the Census.” The 2020 Census will be done differently than in the past, Castanon explained. “The last time you got a questionnaire in the mail,”
he said. “This time you’re going to get an invitation letter, even though the Census is mandatory.” The invitation will explain the three means of participation – online, on the phone, or requesting an actual paper form. Castanon said the system contains some “inherent challenges” like the reluctance of some seniors to go online and the simple clumsiness of pushing phone buttons to fill in information about households with many members. “Some people will see the letter, but not see a
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ipalities and cities believe their ability to address and/or to collaborate with accountable entities is impeded under current State of Texas laws. Officials have noted that state regulations concerning oil and gas pipelines have delegated governmental authority of eminent domain to private companies. As such, they complain there is a lack of a public process, particularly environmental and economic impact studies for intrastate pipelines. “The resolution will serve to build awareness throughout the state,” Mitchell said. “The primary way pipeline oversight should be administered is through legislative oversight, and the best way to create demand at the capitol is for cities throughout the state to speak as one.” Mitchell said citizens in Kyle are supportive of the resolution. “The community has expressed unanimous support in our efforts to have Kinder Morgan held accountable,” Mitchell said. “Many districts and cities throughout the region have passed similar resolutions.” Kyle City Council member Daphne Tenorio said it is a resolution of support to show unity in the community advocating for more pipeline routing regulations. However, Tenorio said the resolution won’t have any legislative authority behind it. “We don’t have the authority to do that, but it’s just saying we’d want something like that,” said Tenorio. The TML resolution comes after a lawsuit aiming to change the pipeline regulation process was struck down by a Travis
questionnaire, and they will toss it,” Castanon said, hence the need for outreach. “We have to develop a strong and solid awareness campaign to let people know how the Census will be done. We don’t want people to toss the letter or forget about it.” When done online, Castanon said the Census would take about 10 minutes to complete. “The importance of Complete Count Committees cannot be overstated … the Census impacts everything,” Castanon said. Hays County Pct. 1 Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe questioned whether every municipality in the count would have to form their own CCC. “They can. We’ve already heard from Buda and Wimberley,” Castanon said. “The more committees set up, the better.”
County District Judge in June. That lawsuit, which included Kyle and Hays County, was filed on behalf of landowners who are fighting Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline, a 430-mile, 42-inch project that will stretch from west Texas to the Houston area. Kyle, along with a handful of entities and municipalities, have crafted resolutions in opposition to the PHP, which is slated to go through the Texas Hill Country, including Blanco, Hays and Caldwell counties. Kinder Morgan officials estimate the pipeline will be operational by late 2020. Allen Fore, Vice President of Public Affairs for Kinder Morgan Inc., said Kinder Morgan would be open to a dialogue in regard to the resolution. “I think there’s room to discuss with involvement in a respected group like the Texas Municipal League,” Fore said. “Whenever the city acts in coordination with a large trade association in the state, that’s meaningful and I think we should have a dialogue.” Fore said that if the resolution were to go through the legislative session Kinder Morgan would follow the standards set forth by the legislature. However, changes would not be enacted unless proposed and approved during the next legislative session in 2021. “We’re going to follow it. There’s a regulatory process in place in Texas and we follow that. If there are changes to the law, we are going to follow that,” Fore said. “Whenever we look at a project in building it we look at the laws and regulations and see if we can meet that threshold.”
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “(HB374) is a carefully politically crafted law that allows development to continue unfettered.” –Travis Mitchell, Kyle Mayor. Story on pg. 1
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Officials, and public, should know open government laws (Publisher’s Note: This editorial was written by Carlos Rodriguez at the Brownsville Herald. However, its relevance to all local governmental entities regarding open goverment laws cannot be overlooked nor ignored.)
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ou might want to keep this website handy: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/ open-government/governmental-bodies/ pia-and-oma-training-resources. This site, managed by the Texas Attorney General’s Office, offers links to information about state open government laws, and to the laws themselves. Specifically, trustees and administrators with the San Benito School District are invited to visit the site, if they haven’t already. And they should have. These officials and others who regularly are involved in public meetings or handle public information should have earned state certification that they know and understand those laws. Acquiring that certification within six months of taking their positions is one of those laws. At least one San Benito official apparently doesn’t have such knowledge. Earlier this month a district official issued an email addressing information in a newspaper article about the firing of after-school director Jack Garcia after he reportedly improperly used a district credit card to buy airline tickets for district chess players to attend the state championship tournament. School board member Mary Lou Garza, Garcia’s aunt, was quoted in the article, and apparently prompted the email that was sent to district officials and to some local news media. The email suggested information used in the article was “leaked,” and stated that anyone who divulged information that had been acquired in a closed-door meeting could face criminal charges. “At this time, the San Benito CISD board of trustees is prepared to use any of the legal tools available to enforce these confidentiality policies and ensure that information that is discussed in accordance to the provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act remains confidential,” the email states. Those statements aren’t true. Texas open government laws, which are among the best in the country, follow the basic premise that the public has a right to know what government officials are doing and how public funds are being used. Exclusions to public disclosure are relatively few and specific; if the law doesn’t specifically exempt information from public disclosure, it is presumed to be public. It’s worth noting that there is no such thing as a “closed meetings act.” What’s more, the disclosure of exempted information, whether intentional or accidental, generally isn’t a crime. It might violate a government entity’s policies or, in the case of land dealings or trade secrets, the terms of a contract, but that would be a civil matter. Observers have suggested that the missive simply was an effort to intimidate district officials into silence. But since those to whom it was directed should have taken the open meetings certification course and should know the laws, the threat should have had little effect. However, the obvious attempt to elude public disclosure about district actions should concern those whose children attend San Benito schools, whose taxes support the district and whose votes elect the governing board. Fortunately, open government laws and the certification courses about them are also public, and interested parties can arm themselves with the facts in order to recognize any misstatements about what the public can and cannot know.
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ell, another school year has begun. Kids of all ages are back in the classroom while their moms are back on the sofa with a well-deserved bottle of wine. Teachers seem eager to return to school so they can be in a building with good air conditioning. As for the rest of us, we can fuss about the horrible school traffic for the next nine months. I have heard there have been some changes in school policies and curriculum this year for several Texas schools. I could report on these for y’all who aren’t informed on such matters, but I have no idea what they are either. For the past three months, I have been traveling to distant lands like Mississippi, New Mexico and Padre Island so I’m a little out of touch with local happenings. I have heard some high schools have gone back to having vocational classes for those kids whose families can’t buy their admission into college. I think this is great because I have never had an Ivy League graduate replace a busted water pump in my truck
trying to erase a chapter of American History, but how Crow’s can you correct the present and plan for the future Nest without knowing the past? by Clint Younts As for other school subjects, I would appreciate the addition of a few rather or install satellite TV in my pertinent items to the curhome. riculum. In Earth Science, I have heard that many could you teachers teach schools have stopped the kids about climate teaching certain subjects change? Sure, lots of folks that I took back when the don’t believe there is a only technology we had in problem with global warmthe classroom was an over- ing, but dang, look at the head projector. Like cursive data. Watch the Weather writing. Okay, I understand Channel. Look at the meltthat these days, kids do ed ear wax dripping out of most of their writing on a my ears. touchpad or keyboard, but Can we teach kids how sometimes you need to to do simple math in their know how to write legibly. heads without having to Say you are marooned on a grab a smart phone? If kids deserted island with nothdon’t have to memorize the ing but a notepad, pencil times table, then what will and an empty beer bottle. happen to that part of the How are you gonna get res- brain reserved for holding cued without a message in math data? It’ll just wither a bottle? Even if your phone up and die, or absorb usesurvived the plane crash less information like which and the swim to the island, Kardashian is married to I doubt you’d get any cell some obnoxious rap star. reception. How about teaching I have also learned that kids in Driver’s Ed how and many historical events will when to use their blinkers? be removed from the Social And inform them that tailStudies curriculum. We all gating is rude and can lead know how some folks are to massive dental work if a
squirrel runs in front of the truck they’re following too closely. As part of the Political Science curriculum, I think all students should be required to take a field trip to a cattle ranch so they can identify a load of bull crap. Chemistry is not a very interesting class but it is essential if someone wants to go into medicine, nuclear engineering or, equally important, craft beer production. More emphasis should be placed on finding a way to make good beer that doesn’t make the consumer so gassy. As I wrap up this literary thunder pot (only old folks and history students will know what this is), I advise all you kids to accept and respect classmates of different color, religion or nationality because someday, that person sitting beside you might be your Uber driver, surgeon or president. Clint Younts knows a bit about teaching, as his wife is a retired teacher and his daughter is a current teacher. However, they don’t claim to have educated him.
The embarrassment-a-thon continues
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t’s a stunning number. A new Associated Press-NORC poll finds that 62 percent of Americans disapprove of what Donald Trump is doing, while 36 percent approve. Think of that. An imponderable number – a little more than 100 million Americans, one in three of us – thinks this man is not a global embarrassment. Assess your surroundings right now. Count to three. Determine what person might be the one-ofthree this survey identifies. Then slowly back away. Such people are free to believe what they want, but – my goodness: Could they possibly be OK with denying children soap at the border, while entertaining the purchase of Greenland? Could they possibly see logic in cancelling a presidential trip to Denmark because its prime minister reacted the way any other head of state would to such ridiculousness? Rest assured, the world as a whole does not see Donald Trump as “favorably” as Americans do. He is the most reviled American leader in history. No contest. Check any poll you want. Consider his statement
assume Ivanka will not get the memo. YoungAway from the tweeting and the flapping of lips at-Large that are sorely in need of by John Young a restraint device, Trump consistently shows that he doesn’t know what he says that Jews who vote Demabout matters that matter, ocratic are showing “great like guns: disloyalty,” the next day He has crossed the refusing to walk back the gun-sanity Rubicon over intellectual insult he had and over since the horrors hocked up. of El Paso and Dayton, Had such words come intimating he supports from any other U.S. public heightened background figure this side of Reps. checks and then backing Steve King and Louie off after one ringy-dingy Gohmert, they would be from the National Rifle Asthe most politically damn- sociation. ing and damaging that With the economy person ever uttered. looking as green around The utterance came the gills as his own presiafter Trump goaded Israel dency, he doesn’t want to into putting two U.S. conshow he knows it. He said gresswomen on a string he wasn’t considering an regarding an official visit. election-year payroll tax This from a nation that re- cut before saying he was in ceives untold aid from our fact considering pushing taxpayers. for it. Disgraceful. Let’s hope it doesn’t And of course, there’s happen. Trump has always Trump’s “chosen one” shot his wad in the tax-cut statement about himself. arena. The result is an inHe may be joking, but reli- creasingly stagnant econgious right mullahs like Jer- omy and projections of a ry Falwell Jr. and Franklin deficit that next year will Graham – not to mention exceed $1 trillion. David Duke of the Klan – Yes, $1 trillion of a deficit are serious about it. that was actually declining Now the Chosen One in President Obama’s secsays he orders American ond term, with a ravaged businesses not to do busi- economy on the mend. ness with China. We can Do you imagine that
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frantically anti-debt tea party fundamentalists remain tightly packed in that one-third of Americans who remain in lust with Trump? You can bet your yellow beehive “Don’t Tread on Me” bumper sticker they are. Now let us consider the plight of the Republicans, who polls show are still enamored with this man who has put a clown’s nose on our nation’s image. The president blithely has predicted a “Jexodus”– Jews fleeing the Democratic Party. That’s more pink elephant fodder from him, particularly after the damage from his “disloyal” comments. Indeed, the latter language harks, for many of the Jewish faith, to the rhetoric that led to pogroms, concentration camps and, in the age of Trump, lit tiki torches. The actual, certifiable exodus is from Republican moderates in Congress and Trump voters in the swing states that made him king – or at least so he thought. Longtime newspaperman John Young lives in Colorado. jyoungcolumn@gmail.com
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Kyle Annexation: Residents oppose land acquisition Continued from pg. 1
gency services protection, tries to put a subdivision including from the Kyle out there and we don’t Fire Department, which is have the ability to connot funded by the city, but trol development, they would not receive water or will change their mind,” wastewater services at this Mitchell said. time. Kyle would also not Multiple landowners exbe responsible for mainpressed concern with the taining roads. terms of the plan, leading Kyle Mayor Travis more than 200 residents Mitchell said recent acto sign a petition against tions during the 86th Texas Kyle’s proposed move. Legislature Ed Gran“escalated” ing, an affectthe city’s ed landowner Many who time frame propoppose Kyle’s whose for annexing erty is mostly property they vacant, said proposal had planned he underAug. 20 also to eventustood the ally acquire. city’s need for fear the city Mitchell said growth, but is rushing they wanted felt impacted to annex the residents an attempt land to limit were “going to forcibly developto get nothing ment in the and all we’re acquire land outskirts of is taxbefore a new getting the city and es.” Graning not “based said those state law on a desire points were regulating to increase confirmed property tax to him by such revenue.” Community annexations House Bill Development 374, which Director goes into was signed Howard effect. into law by Koontz. Texas Gov. Daniel Greg Abbot in May, limits Saucedo, who spoke on how municipalities can behalf of 11 families on a annex properties into street within an impacted their jurisdictions. That in- parcel, opposed the move, cludes ending the practice saying they don’t see any of unilateral annexations, benefit of the annexation. which Mitchell said has Residents on that street been a tool used by Kyle also currently pay to mainto slow down “predatory” tain their caliche road, one development building of the few in the county, outside city limits and reg- which Saucedo said won’t ulations. be paved by Kyle. Mitchell said HB 374 Kyle resident Dave is a “carefully politically Douglas, who said he crafted law that allows doesn’t have a dog in the development to continfight, felt city officials ue unfettered.” Mitchell should focus on fixing said annexation is also infrastructure in town, not taking property, but instead of acquiring more “recognizing a property is land. Kyle City Council part of the community and candidate Yvonne Floresneeds to participate with Cale said the city needed a certain amount of rules to “take a step back” and and regulations.” asked what the rush is to “While individual land- annex the properties. owners think annexation In a letter to city offiis not in their best interest, cials, residents who signed the moment a developer the petition said what the
city is proposing “does not help you or us in any way.” “I think it’s wrong to start taking on these extra properties and annexing them when we’re not taking care of what we have now,” Douglas said. Mitchell said the city is determining which properties would be annexed. Mitchell estimated there
could be “quite a few” properties in the proposal that might be dropped from the plan. City leaders are currently reaching out to landowners to discuss the topic further. Going through annexation proceedings other than unilateral was “logically inconsistent,” as developers who might
purchase a landowner’s property down the road won’t want to join the city, Mitchell said. In addition, Mitchell said extending utility services to properties in the unilateral annexation would have to be incorporated in a long-term plan that he said would take time to develop.
Kyle resident Peter Parcher, however, said city leaders should listen to those who don’t want to join the city right now as they’re getting “the bad end of the deal.” “They don’t want it. They live there, you don’t. I don’t,” Parcher said. “We need to listen to them and you need to listen to us.”
WATER DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE The Hays County Development District No. 1 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2019 on September 10, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. at the offices at 5501 West William Cannon, Austin, Texas 78749. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in taxable value of your property in relation to the change in the taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted. FOR: the proposal:
Kevin Pogue, Kitten Franks, Shawn Connolly, and George Baker
AGAINST: the proposal:
None
PRESENT: and not voting:
None
ABSENT:
David Reynolds
The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year. Total Tax Rate (per $100 value)
Last Year $ 0.90/$100 Adopted
Difference in rates per $100 of value Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-)
This Year $ 0.90/$100 Proposed $ 0.00/$100 0.0%
Average appraised residence homestead value
$ 528,834.44
$ 542,387.24
General homestead exemptions available (excluding 65 years of age or older or disabled person’s exemptions)
$ 0
$ 0
Average residence homestead taxable value Tax on average residence homestead
$ 528,834.44 $ 4,759.51
$ 542,387.24 $ 4,881.49
Annual increase/decrease in taxes if proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) and percentage of increase (+/-)
$ +121.98 2.563%
NOTICE OF TAXPAYER’S RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code.
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Smith said he would like to see input from the county’s Elections Administrator “as far as outreach that was done in the past,” as well as clarification of who would speak for municipalities. “I’d like someone from each municipality that can speak for that municipality,” he said. “I want to make sure we’re cognizant and get a committee that can really do the work we are asking them to do.” Smith also pointed out that the state of Texas is “very clear on what our roles in the county are, and very clear on how we set up some of these things,” and noted that before the commission begins work, members should be aware of “what is possible and allowable under state law.” Precinct 3 Commissioner Lon Shell was first to question whether elected officials should be part of the commission. “I can go back and forth. I personally lean toward not, but I’m
open to conversation.” Precinct 2 Commissioner Mark Jones also said he wanted to know if the commission would include elected officials or not. “My preference would be non-elected with the exception of party chairs,” he said. “Membership should not be decided by population,” he said, “but by area, so everyone is represented no matter what the population is.” Precinct 1 Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe also questioned “what entities, what groups, should participate” and “how do we decide who appoints those individuals.” Shell suggested a student be named to represent Texas State University, and that the commission should also include someone to represent churches, which are frequently used as polling places. Becerra charged the commissioners to bring recommendations ahead of
a vote. “I want an organized grass roots approach. Go back to your cities. Ask your elected officials to help shape what this looks like.” Commissioners have not said how many members the commission will have. Hays County League of Women Voters President Linda Calvert was among members of the public who spoke to the issue. “I’m concerned because I don’t hear an explicit mechanism for pulling in unrepresented groups,” she said after listening to the discussion. “Texas is not so much a Republican state or a Democratic state. It’s a non-voting state … If you just go to the places people are already voting, you miss a huge pool.” Becerra said he and Smith intend to reach out to the League as they develop parameters “so that we can have something concrete as soon as possible.” No motion resulted from the discussion.
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TxDOT Aug. 15, which was approved by city council by a 7-0 vote Aug. 6. That updated application included renderings of the trail, which is expected to have a 10-foot wide shared use path, along with light fixtures, police call boxes and other items. Buda also submitted a cost estimate to TxDOT, which showed the project costing $3.5 million. However, Nett said when the city applied for SRTS funding, it was battling 357 total projects from across the state that are all competing for $46 million in grant funding. Buda has $300,000 earmarked for the Garlic Creek Trail from Proposition 5 of the 2014 bond, which dealt with parks projects.
“It’s probably not likely Buda will receive one project worth $3.5 million,” Nett said. City leaders also questioned some of the costs associated with the proposed trail. Per city documents, Buda estimates spending more than 900,000 on lighting, $32,000 on call boxes, along with a 25% contingency that amounts to $471,000. Additional costs include more than $200,000 for environmental documentation and approximately $380,000 for construction costs. “That’s big dollars, call boxes and lights,” said Buda City Council member Lee Urbanovsky. Buda City Manager Kenneth Williams said staff wanted “to get correspondence from Hays
CISD in writing” if the project would impact bus routes in Garlic Creek or Cullen Country. Hays CISD executive leadership told city staff the trail has redundancies that show similar connectivity and connectivity to Elm Grove as existing sidewalks already in place, Nett said. Williams cited a bridge built several years ago that caused a handful of homes in Garlic Creek and Cullen Country to lose bus service. Per the Texas Education Code, students who live within two miles of a campus and have access to a safe path to school are not eligible to receive bus service. “It doesn’t appear to affect Hays CISD based on the decision they are making,” Nett said.
WATER DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX RATE Crosswinds Municipal Utility District will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2019, on Thursday, September 12, 2019, at 11:30 a.m. at 5501 West William Cannon, Austin, Texas 78749. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted. FOR:
Lee Weber, Elizabeth P. Edwards, Anthony Dell’Abate and Michael Gideon
AGAINST:
None
PRESENT and not Voting:
None
ABSENT:
Amy Laine
Difference in rates per $100 of value Percentage increase/decrease in rates(+/-) Average appraised value General exemptions available (excluding senior citizens or disabled persons exemptions) Average taxable value Tax on average residence homestead Annual increase/decrease in taxes if proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) and percentage of increase (+/-)
The Plum Creek Underground Water will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2019 on 09/06/2019 at 1:00 PM at 1101 W. San Antonio St., Lockhart, TX. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted. FOR the proposal:
Last Year $0.90/$100 Adopted
This Year $0.90/$100 Proposed $0/$100
$235,951
+/-0% $268,943
$ -0$235,951 $2,124
$ -0$268,943 $2,420 +$296 +13.99%
NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code.
James A. Holt. Ben Twidwell, Lucy Knight, Fred Rothert
AGAINST the proposal: PRESENT and not voting: ABSENT:
Peter Reinecke, Tom Owen
The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year. Last Year $0.021400/$100 Adopted
Total tax rate (per $100 of value) Difference in rates per $100 of value Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) Average appraised value General exemptions available (excluding senior citizen's or disabled person's exemptions Average taxable value Tax on average residence homestead Annual increase/decrease in taxes if proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) and percentage of increase(+/-)
This Year $0.021000/$100 Proposed
- $0.000400/$100 - 1.87% $132,593 $146,846 $0 $132,593 $28.37
$0 $146,846 $30.84 + $2.47 + 8.71%
NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS' RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. The Plum Creek Underground Water proposes to use the tax rate increase for the purpose of: DFC Compliance, monitoring, alternative groundwater.
Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Increase The Plum Creek Conservation District will hold two public hearings on a proposal to increase total tax revenues from properties on the tax roll in the preceding tax year by 6.635071 percent (percentage by which proposed tax rate exceeds lower of rollback tax rate or effective tax calculated under Chapter 26, Tax Code). Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted. The first public hearing will be held on September 6, 2019 at 1:00 PM at 1101 W. San Antonio St., Lockhart, TX. The second public hearing will be held on September 10, 2019 at 1:00 PM at 1101 W. San Antonio St., Lockhart, TX. The members of the governing body voted on the proposal to consider the tax increase as follows: FOR:
The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year. Total tax rate (per $100 of value)
Water District Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate
James A. Holt, Ben Twidwell, Lucy Knight, Fred Rothert
AGAINST: PRESENT and not voting: ABSENT:
Peter Reinecke, Tom Owen
The average taxable value of a residence homestead in Plum Creek Conservation District last year was $134,109. Based on last year's tax rate of $0.023200 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed last year on the average home was $31.11. The average taxable value of a residence homestead in Plum Creek Conservation District this year is $158,264. If the governing body adopts the effective tax rate for this year of $0.021100 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $33.39. If the governing body adopts the proposed tax rate of$0.022500 per $100 of taxable value, the amount of taxes imposed this year on the average home would be $35.61. Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views. * “Appraised value” is the amount shown on the appraisa1 roll and defined by Section 1.04(8), Tax Code. ** “New property” is defined by Section 26.012(17), Tax: Code *** “Taxable value” is defined by Section 1.04(10), Tax Code
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Lobo football seeks consistency in 2019 BY MOSES LEOS III
us,” Salmon said, even with so many things that have been out of their control. But the chance to possibly end a nearly twoyear long losing streak is one of a handful of goals Salmon and the Lobos know are within arm’s reach in 2019. It’s all part of their plan to forge a
new identity for the program, encompassed by Among the tasks astheir motto of building it sociated with preparing “brick-by-brick.” for their Aug. 30 season “We’re in the process opener, dwelling on of building and it’s not the past isn’t on the list going to be built overfor Lehman Lobo head night. Rome wasn’t built coach Bruce Salmon and in one day, but it was his program. built every day,” Salmon Truthfully, the chalsaid. lenge has “always been Through a week-plus of practices, Salmon said the Lobos are off on the right foot despite a “shotgun start.” Lehman began fall drills Aug. 12, which was then followed by the start of classes Aug. 15. Aiding it all has been a vast amount retained knowledge shown by returning Lobo players, who participated in spring ball. Salmon said obtaining that kind of continuity is the one thing Lehman has been missing over the past few seasons. “As a coach it makes it easier because you have experienced kids who have got through the system and know what it looks like and they are helping to teach,” Salmon said. PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III One of those leaders Lehman High Keon Bailey makes a tackle in the Lobo Kickoff is senior Gilbert Partida, who is expected to be scrimmage.
Hays XC vies for more success in 2019 season BY MOSES LEOS III
her teammates. While Parra aims at When the first day another trip to state, of preseason practices Hightower said the goal arrived Aug. 1, memis attempting to get her bers of the Hays Rebel closer to the front of boys cross country team the pack. In 2018, Parra took stock of a trophy finished 18th out of 150 displayed in head coach competitors in the 6A Traci Hightower’s office. girls state meet. The item itself wasn’t Getting more runners the motivation behind from the girls team to adthe visit. What it took to vance to region and state earn that trophy, claimed is also a program goal by winning the 25-6A in 2019. Adia Vera and boys cross country team Logan Ferris, who are title in 2018, meant “fighters and competienough for the runners tors” and are the “spirit to remind themselves of of the team,” will also be the fruits hard work can leaned on for guidance, cultivate. Hightower said. For Hightower, that “We want to try to get form of motivation is key more girls on the bus to for a program that aims region and get more of for continued success in those girls on the bus to 2019. state,” Hightower said. “We remind ourselves On the boys side, sethat (going to region and nior Jaden Tumale will state) is a tradition and lead a group that seeks to what’s expected of Hays repeat as district chamcross country,” Hightow- pions. Hightower said er said. “Each person has winning state was an to put their best effort, “out of body experience” make sacrifices and for the boys team, who make sure they’re carryplan to experience the ing that tradition on.” same thrill of winning Overall, Hightower the district title again said the Rebel cross this year. country teams are a coWhile the boys team hesive group that reguscouts their competitors, larly trains and supports Hightower said doing one another. All memwhat they can control is bers of the team are “goal important this season. oriented” and rally to“We keep them gether to “get that done,” grounded. This is our Hightower said. domain and what we can Leading that charge control. When we get on the girls team is Rebel into October, we’ll reap sophomore Abby Parra the rewards and do what who returns after reach- we can do,” Hightower ing state in both cross said. country and in track and Hays will host a cross field in 2018. Even with country meet Sept. 21 the success during her at Waterleaf Park in first year, Hightower said Kyle. The 25-6A district Parra is the “same old meet will be held Oct. Abby” and continues to 15 at Old Settlers Park in help motivate and push Round Rock.
PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III
A lehman Lobo runningback eludes a tackler in the team’s inter-squad scrimmage.
an anchor for a Lobo of- jardo and Logan Travis, fensive line that will be who are currently locked inexperienced. Salmon in a battle for the startsaid Partida is a “heck of ing quarterback spot, a football bring depth player” to the posi“We’re in the who has tion, Salmon process of learned said. In the how to building and it’s backfield, channel senior Keynot going to be shaun Wilhis aggressivewho built overnight. liams, ness from led the team Rome wasn’t whistle to with 464 whistle. rushing built in one day, yards Salmon last season, but it was built returns and said Partida carries is expected every day.” respect to carry the with his load, backed –Bruce Salmon, teamup by Nate Lehman head mates, a Guidry and football coach critical JD Brown. compoOn denent as the Lobos still fense, defensive back have questions in the Keon Bailey is expected trenches. to make the transition “We have guys who from cornerback to safecan give some answers ty, while Brown will play and we need them to get both sides of the ball at together and find that the linebacker position. continuity,” Salmon said. Outside linebacker Meanwhile, Joey Gua- Braxton Leonard, who
amassed 17 solo tackles in 2018, also returns, along with defensive end Damon Allen. Salmon said building a “brand which we play,” as well as fostering consistency, are several short term goals they aim to attain leading up to their road opener against New Braunfels Canyon. Playing at a high level, especially against a daunting road in District 25-6A, is what they hope to achieve down the road. “The atmosphere around here is drastically improved. It all starts with the attitudes of our kids and the community,” Salmon said. “We’re excited about things that are going on and we’re looking forward to our kids playing this fall.” Lehman opens at Canyon Aug. 30. The Lobos return home to host McCallum Sept. 6.
Rebs rattle Raiders in four BY MOSES LEOS III
that pretty rapidly,” Davis said. “I’m proud Twelve kills from of our progress through junior Sydney Collins tournament season until helped the Hays Rebels now.” upend the Cedar Ridge Hays (14-16) took Raiders in a high-octane advantage of Cedar 25-12, 25-21, 28-30, 25Ridge miscues in set 23 non-district match one, which was followed Tuesday at Bales Gym. by weathering a furious While Hays struggled second set Raider rally with errors at times, head to take a 2-0 match lead. coach Ashley Davis said Hays was led by Ryann patience paid dividends Torres, who had 27 as the Rebels notched a kills, and libero Brooke key win before district Sheely’s team high 16 play opens Friday. digs. Guiding Hays’ “It was more…let the attack was Collins, along game come to you. It’s with hitters Maddie Krafjust growing up and ma- ka and Trista Strasser. turing and we were doing Davis said making the
PHOTO BY CALEB RUCKEL
Hays High libero Brooke Sheely performs and over-the-shoulder pass toward the net.
“right decision” during certain situations, as well as recognizing the need to adjust to Cedar Ridge’s block, helped Hays’ offense thrive. But a myriad of errors in clutch moments, primarily when serving, hurt Hays in a back-andforth third frame that had 14 ties and five lead changes. Tied at 22-22, Cedar Ridge outscored Hays 8-6 to prevent the sweep. Tight play continued for most of the fourth PHOTO BY CALEB RUCKEL frame; Hays and Cedar Hays High junior Sydney Collins (18) attacks the ball for a kill Ridge were deadlocked at 19-19. But a 6-3 Rebel attempt Tuesday.
run gave Hays enough separation to close the match. Davis said playing in close matches during pre-district tournament action was beneficial. “To me, it was ‘we’ve been in these tough situations before,’ it was ‘let’s find a way to close these matches,’” Davis said. With district play on the horizon, Davis said Hays is in a “good place.” “We’re just thankful we’re just healthy and ready to go,” Davis said. Hays opens district play Del Valle Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Bales Gym.
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Education
50 years of Red & Blue
PHOTOS BY MOSES LEOS III
Hays High’s athletics program opened the season with the annual Red & Blue BBQ at Shelton Stadium Aug. 21. The event was the 50th Red & Blue held and it introduced all who are in fall athletics and extracurricular activities. Above, surf’s up for a Hays football player who joined fellow classmates in celebrating the end of the event. Left, members of the Hays Color Guard sing the school’s alma mater.
Hays CISD OKs 6.1% teacher pay increase BY CAMELIA JUAREZ AND MOSES LEOS III
A 6.1% overall average pay bump is forthcoming for Hays CISD educators after district officials finalized how much they can offer, based on additional state funding. By a unanimous 7-0 Aug. 19 vote, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees finalized increasing pay by $3,250 annually for teachers, librarians and nurses in the district. In addition, trustees also approved additional incentives for educators ranging from $100 to $400, based on the number of years they worked. Part of the pay increases are a result of a boost in state funding that came with passage of House Bill 3, which was signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in June. In June, Hays CISD
leaders had budgeted a 4.35% pay raise for teachers, nurses and librarians, which amounted to a $2,250 increase. The district also planned for a 4% pay raise for auxiliary staff, such as custodians and maintenance, and a 3% pay bump for administrators. However, district staff waited until August to finalize any pay increases until they knew exactly how much they were getting from the state. As a result, the district was able to offer teachers $1,000 more than what had been approved. Eric Wright, Hays CISD superintendent, said the district “didn’t have as much data” in June to determine the total pay increase amount. Once the district got a “warm body temperature” with its first day enrollment of 20,418 and how much
Hays CISD’s board of trustees finalized increasing pay for teachers, librarians and nurses in the district by $3,250 annually. In addition, trustees also approved additional incentives for educators ranging from $100 to $400 based on the number of years they worked.
they could get from the state in terms of education funding, Wright said staff gave its green light to recommend the pay raise. Wright said ensuring the district recruits and retains “high quality teachers” is its goal. “We have to be competitive with school districts around us. With this increase … we are right there and we are highly competitive with the surrounding commu-
Lobo Kickoff
nities whe you factor in all the benefits.” However, Wright said the pay increase, even with state funding, will
cost approximately $1.5 million, deepening the district’s budget deficit to roughly $1.9 million. Wright said an expected surplus from the Fiscal Year 2018-19 budget could help cover the deficit and accommodate pay raises for FY 2021-22. Any pay increases after FY22 will be subject to future legislation taken during the 87th legislature in 2021. “This (increasing salaries) is a great idea. This is something we need to do,” Hays CISD trustee
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Willie Tenorio said. Hays CISD Chief Communication Officer Tim Savoy said all funds received from the state goes straight to the teachers because they are the foundation of the school. “We have been asking for help from the legislature for years. Our hope is that this is a trend that will continue every legislative session because investing in our children will make a huge difference in the future,” Savoy said.
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All animals are fully vaccinated, spay/neutered, microchipped and dewormed. PHOTOS BY MOSES LEOS III Lehman High introduced its athletics extracurricular programs at the annual Lobo Kickoff at Lehman High. Above, members of the Lehman Star Strutters perform at Lobo Field. Inset, Lehman High bass clarinet players belt out a tune before football players hit the field for their scrimmage.
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Famous Ranger haunted by scandalous skeleton
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nder the assumed name of George Washington Arrington, an Alabama fugitive enlisted in the Frontier Battalion of the Texas Rangers on Sept. 1, 1875. John C. Orrick, Jr. grew up fast going off to war at 16 and fighting at both battles of Manassas/ Bull Run, Harpers Ferry, Antietam and Gettysburg. He spent the closing months of the Civil War as a guerrilla and sometimes spy with Mosby’s fabled Rangers. Like so many restless veterans north and south, Orrick had trouble readjusting to civilian life. He joined the mass exodus of ex-Confederates to Mexico but arrived too late to offer his services to the French puppet Maximilian. In June 1867, the same month the Mexican emperor was executed by a peasant firing squad, Orrick killed a black businessman in cold blood. He admitted his guilt in an interview with his hometown newspaper, telling the editor that “he would allow no damn negro to call him a damn liar.” The wanted man fled Alabama never to return. For two long years, he roamed Central America careful to stay far off the beaten track. Then at last he decided that it was better to be a fugitive in Texas than in the tropics. The grim young man, who walked down the gangplank at Galveston in 1870, called himself George Washington Arrington. The tight-lipped stranger took whatever job he could find, working in a Houston sawmill, farming in North Texas and punching cattle on intrastate drives over the next five years. In the summer of 1875, Arrington met by chance Major John B. Jones, commander of the Fron-
lieutenant – and within a year made captain. Major Texas Jones rewarded him with his own company operatHistory ing out of Coleman. by Bartee Haile In deference to his rank, Arrington’s men called him “Cap” though tier Battalion of the Texas never to his face. Walter Rangers, in Brown Coun- Prescott Webb explained ty. The two got to talking, why in his classic The a rarity for both, and the Texas Rangers: “He was southerner with the disa strict disciplinarian, tinctive drawl expressed a never took his men into desire to enlist. his confidence, and disArrington came clean charged them for infracabout his past, the troution of his rules. Many ble back in Alabama as of them disliked him well as his war record. because of his unyielding Impressed by his combat nature.” credenArtials and rington John C. Orrick, unfazed by stayed six the murder months in Jr. grew up charge, Coleman fast going off Jones whipping agreed to a Compato war at 16 tryout as a ny C into and fighting at scout. shape beThe fore receivboth battles of 46-yearing orders Manassas/Bull old Ranger to move may have north to Run, Harpers seen his Fort GrifFerry, Antietam younger fin. After self in the and Gettysburg. killing the applicant. crooked He spent the Each was sheriff, vigbelow ilantes had closing months average in Shackelof the Civil War height and ford Counskinny as as a guerrilla and ty all to a rail – one themselves sometimes spy biographer and badly described needed with Mosby’s Arrington a dose of fabled Rangers. as “rather real law small, aland order. most frail” – and no-nonWhile Arrington was sense men of action who bringing the nightriders kept to themselves. to heel, reservation IndiOn the first day of ans were running amok September, Major Jones in the Panhandle. On told Arrington he was government-approved hired and assigned hunting trips to Texas, him to Company E of small bands would slip the Frontier Battalion. away from their military Under the watchful eye escorts and raid isolated of Capt. Neal Coldwell, ranches. the new but obviousWhen Washington ly experienced recruit ignored repeated protracked hostile Indians tests from Lone Star in west-central Texas and authorities, Arrington hunted outlaws in the Rio was sent to investigate. Grande Valley. In September 1879 east Arrington was promot- of present-day Crosbyed twice in 1877 – first ton, he established the to sergeant and later to first Ranger camp in the
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ful children, Amanda, Terry and Lyndsay. Boone was born and raised in Kyle. Melony Boone and Pat met in 1993 and were married in October 1994. They were married for 25 years before her passing. Boone leaves to cherish her loving memory, her husband, children, grandchildren and family whom she loved with all her heart. Join us in celebrating Boone’s life at Harrell Funeral Home in Kyle with a visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29 followed by funeral services at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home with interment following at Live Oak Cemetery in Manchaca, Texas. Visit www.Harrellfuneralhomes.com to share a fond memory, photograph, or condolence with Boone’s family on her on-line memorial site.
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Martin, “Doc” Dockendorf, of Dripping Springs, TX passed away August 21, 2019 at the age of 61. He was born Nov. 23, 1957 in Plainview, NY to parents Walter and Dorthea Dockendorf. Dockendorf was an employee of the city of Buda since 2001 and was currently serving as the Wastewater Utility Supervisor. A memorial service for Dockendorf was held Aug. 26, 2019 at the Legends Funeral Chapel in San Marcos.
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Panhandle and wasted no time in taking the army to task. Arrington figured out that AWOL braves from the Indian Territory were not causing all the trouble. Tribes far to the west were picking the Panhandle clean, and he resolved to track them to their source. In the dead of winter, Arrington and a dozen other Rangers picked up the trail of an Apache raiding party. Their pursuit of the retreating band took them, to quote the captain’s report, “into country that was at the time unknown to white men.” Although Arrington did not realize it until later, the trek took the Texans into the New Mexico Territory. Low on supplies, they turned back only to run straight into a blizzard and below-zero temperatures. But the discipline the stern captain had instilled his troops enabled everyone to survive the monthlong exploration. Eighteen months later, Arrington resigned from the Rangers and put down roots in the Panhandle. He resumed his career in law enforcement in 1882 as sheriff of Wheeler and 14 unorganized counties, a post he held until 1890. Until the day he died in 1923, Cap Arrington always had a pistol within reach. Whether it was a healthy fear of his enemies or paranoia about the Alabama murder charge, the old Ranger never stopped looking over his shoulder.
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Starting this September, the Buda Library will host General Education Development (GED) classes in coordination with Community Action Inc., a local nonprofit. Buda Librarian Melinda Hodges said Community Action officials contacted library staff about possibly administering the courses. Community Action Inc. is an integrated health, education and human services agency that provides a multitude of services across ten counties in the rural capital area of Texas. Community Action will provide instructors, administrative oversight, curriculum and supplies. “Community Action contacted us a few months ago to see if we would be interested in hosting a high school equivalency course for people in the community,” Hodges said. “They already have courses out in Hays County but nothing this far north.” Heather Austin, Buda area coordinator for Community Action, said the Buda Library was chosen
Currently, GED courses are offered at the Kyle Learning Center. The Kyle Learning Center, a project of Community Action, offers GED preparation & ESL classes free to adults who have completed a new student orientation.
as a GED class location because it gives people an easier location to access. It also fulfilled a need for GED classes in the Buda area, which had been identified. A GED is a certification that shows a person has passed tests that are equivalent to knowledge gathered in high school. Currently, Community Action offers GED courses at the Kyle Learning Center. The Kyle Learning Center, a project of Community Action, offers GED preparation and English as Second Language (ESL) classes free to adults who have completed a new student orientation. “If the students are coming to Kyle Learning Center to work towards their GED, then that’s an
Fire & Ice approaching It doesn’t seem time for a “fall” festival. But the 10th annual Fire & Ice Festival is right around the corner. Well, it’s right up at the City Hall property on Mountain City Drive. Yes, it’s way early this year. Thie date worked on key calendars and required coordination. It looks like more fire-y than ice-y, even with the tasteoff contestants. Mark your calendar for Saturday, Sept. 14, 4-8 p.m. Events include: Bounce House, 4-8 p.m.; Games, Crafts, and Activities, 4-8 p.m.; Silent Auction, 4-7 p.m.; Business Booths, 4-8 p.m.; Mountains of Love Carnival, 4-8 p.m.; Food Booths, 4-8 p.m. (while supplies last); Fire and Ice Tasteoff, 5-5:30 p.m. Bring your own chair or blanket. Earlier on Sept. 14, (watch City’s Facebook for the time,) the new City Message Center in memory of Mayor Phillip Taylor will be dedicated.
identifier of a need, so we just try and make it easier by being closer to them,” Austin said. According to Austin, there are currently no GED classes being offered in Buda. Austin said the reason for holding the GED classes is to further people’s careers and sustainable living. “Our ultimate goal is for people to improve their education so they can get a good job and continue their education beyond a GED,” Austin said. “We also have a goal of sustainable living for people and this helps them achieve that.” Austin said the program offers distance learning to keep retention rates high and that the amount of time it takes to get a GED
differs with each individual. “You might have a person come in who only has a third-grade education or someone who is a high school dropout, so it varies with each student,” said Austin. “What we do to keep our students attending is offer distance learning, so they can work on subjects at home or in class.” Austin said she will be conducting the day-to-day program matters between Community Action Inc. and the Buda Library. She also will work with students and promote the program. “We will advertise to recruit students, register students, take assessments, begin classes,” Austin said. “Focus will be on individual needs of each student.” According to a memorandum between Buda and Community Action, all adult education teachers must hold a minimum of a bachelor’s degree. All educators working with Community Action must meet annual professional development
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Bicycles donated to children’s home in Buda Members of the Baylor, Scott & White staff took time to assemble 30 bicycles that were donated to kids at the Central Texas Children’s Home in Buda.
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Faith Schexnayder, as assessor assisting with a meeting about downtown Kyle, offers input during a meeting held at Kyle City Hall Aug. 22. Photo by Moses Leos III
Downtown vision could spur better businesses BY MOSES LEOS III
Crafting a unified community vision that could boost downtown was a recommendation made Friday by assessors who took in what Kyle has to offer. With differing opinions on just how Kyle could go about revitalizing Center Street, assessor Catherine Sak, executive director of the Texas Downtown Association, said stakeholders and residents must come together to find a happy medium. Sak, along with four other assessors, discussed ways to fix downtown Kyle during a discussion at Kyle City Hall. The group met with stakeholders to hear their opinions on developing downtown, then took a tour of Center Street to offer their opinions Friday. Kyle Cramm, an assessor who is also director of the Main Street program in Seguin, said he saw a “lot of good assets” in downtown Kyle and some quick fixes could help improve issues. One problem that Cramm said must be ad-
dressed is walkability in the downtown sector, which was a concern brought up during the meeting. Several residents and assessors were concerned about the volume of traffic on Center Street and the danger it poses for residents trying to cross the street. Cramm said stop signs on Center Street could be a quick fix. He also said plans for the Texas Department of Transportation’s FM 150 bypass could alleviate traffic issues as well as make walkability easier. But, he said, it could be a double-edged sword that reduces commuters to downtown. “I would encourage businesses in downtown Kyle to create an alliance to help be the voice for downtown and create the vision for what’s wanted,” Cramm said. Sak said finding ways to better utilize the Kyle Square could boost involvement in downtown. Currently, the Kyle Area Senior Zone uses the Pete Krug Center on the square, with the city of Kyle hosting several events and programs during the year.
One problem that Cramm said must be addressed is walkability in the downtown sector. Several residents and assessors were concerned about the volume of traffic on Center Street and the danger it poses for residents trying to cross the street.
However, Sak said getting programming onto the square shouldn’t just fall into the city’s purview. “It’s a matter of encouraging other organizations to use downtown because it’s theirs as much as anyone else’s,” Sak said. At the same time, Sak said communicating with residents who live in the downtown sector is necessary for crafting whatever vision stakeholders plan to take. Several residents said that one of Kyle’s unique traits is the high number of residents living in the downtown area. Sak said better communication with downtown residents could help the city decide the next best step. Many longtime res-
idents might be hesitant about development if they don’t know what the city’s current vision is, Sak said. Getting businesses into downtown that can help draw crowds, such as boutiques and shops, is also needed. Eric Davis, an assessor who is a partner at an area real estate company, said offering co-working spaces could help draw millennials to downtown. It could allow other businesses, such as coffee shops and restaurants, to flourish. Extending hours of operation in the downtown sector is a component stakeholders felt was needed if downtown development is to occur. Julie Snyder, Kyle Chamber CEO, said shops
and businesses closing early is the primary complaint the Chamber receives. Area resident Angel Longoria said typical hours of operation for some Kyle businesses, which sometimes go from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., caters only to retirees or unemployed. Hosting evening events at City Square Park in conjunction with local businesses could help that cause. Having businesses incorporate outdoor space in front of the business could also draw traffic as well. “If they want to see a thriving downtown, they need to extend the business hours to later in the evening,” Longoria said. “Lots of parents want to be with their children picking up meals.” However, residents continued to clash on whether developing downtown is appropriate. Longtime resident Angie Chapa said she isn’t against development in downtown, but worried about the growing number of vacant commercial structures on Center Street. Chapa said
she ultimately was confused about what the vision is for downtown Kyle. Kyle resident Lila Knight said problems arise when “loud businesses” are next door to residents who have lived in the area for decades. Knight said Kyle needs clarification of the boundaries of downtown and that development should be focused on the square. However, resident and business owner Carol Whisenant, who supported downtown development, said Center Street has become a suburb of Plum Creek. “When someone has a good idea to come in and bring a business, there is some force, it might be two people who vote on Center Street who control the force, but it kills the idea,” Whisenant said. Tim McHutchion said Kyle’s downtown area is stuck in a time capsule, but is also a diamond in the rough. “Our downtown is a jewel in the rough and all it needs is some polish,” McHutchion said.
ask questions and offer criticism and even find solutions, but we should not ever tolerate anyone being bullied by the dais.” Urbanowicz denied all claims and has made no comment on the matter since, nor has he clarified where he will be going next or what he will be doing.
According to the city, Urbanowicz has lived in Kyle with his wife since at least 1980. Before working as a staff member, Urbanowicz served on the Kyle Parks Board and the Kyle Planning and Zoning Commission from 1994 to 2003.
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work we’ve done,” Urbanowicz said. While details of Urbanowicz’ departure are not fully known at this time, several residents point to a terse back-andforth debate between him and council member Rick Koch at a mid-July city council meeting as a reason for the resignation. Originally, Kyle city leaders met July 9 to discuss and break down the cause of a malfunction at the city’s July 4 fireworks show. The discussion soon turned to the contractual length of the fireworks show, which Koch alleged had been shifted. Koch questioned Urbanowicz on whether he breached an existing contract with the vendor
for an Independence Day Fireworks show and asked Urbanowicz whether or not he ordered a shorter 15-minute display, instead of a 30-minute program that had been in the contract. During the meeting, Koch said Urbamowicz was the only city official with the authority to shorten the show and then alleged Urbanowicz had been pushing to do so for months. “At this point, regardless of the mishap, it looks like a breach of contract,” Koch said. “I mean, I’m just playing investigative reporter here, trying to find out.” Urbanowicz denied Koch’s accusations. The length of the program
Council member Rick Koch questioned Urbanowicz on whether he breached an existing contract with the vendor for an Independence Day Fireworks show and asked whether or not Urbanowicz ordered a shorter 15-minute display, instead of a 30-minute program that had been in the contract. was not a cause for the technical issues that occurred July 4. The Hays Free Press reached out to Urbanociwz for comment on this story, but he declined an interview request. However, several citizens spoke during public comment at a mid-
July city council meeting to complain about Koch’s open questioning of Urbanowicz. “I would like to say that I am utterly ashamed and rather horrified at how one of our valuable employees was treated at your last meeting,” said resident Lila Knight. “It’s fine to
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Painted Buntings gorging on seeds in preparation for their flight to Mexico / Central America. Aug. 15 we saw our most recent male Painted Bunting. Lesser Goldfinch continue to flock to Wagner’s thistle seed. Laura Craig taught me, “Other brands do not work.” That has
been our experience, too. Eastern Bluebird parents with about eight juveniles strip berries from our large poke plants and linger at our bird baths. The cool app that shows which birds might be seen today (or any day of the year) in Mountain City is Merlin. It shows abun-
dance and plays sounds. Another “go to” app of mine is iNaturalist. Unidentified plants often become identified within hours, from a snapped and cropped photo. This week, a very young poke plant was identified. And, a large mystery plant with no blooms was tagged
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to Star of Texas is roughly 70% complete. However, a water line installation from Live Oak to the I-35 frontage road is only 20% done. Garcia said Burleson Street is 47% complete at this time. “We still have to go back and evaluate how those changes have affected the contract, and if the contractor needed more time because of the additional work, or what we had to do differently than what was in the plan,” said
Garcia. Burleson Street, part of the city’s 2013 $35 million road bond, has an estimated completion date in 2020. Meanwhile, Garcia said construction on Lehman Road, another project part of the city’s road bond, is now ahead of schedule. Under current construction plans, Lehman Road will go from two to three lanes, which will accommodate the increase in traffic in the area.
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effluent, water line near the FM 150 intersection is 70% complete. However, water line conflicts between FM 150 and Hiver in the Four Seasons Farm subdivision is 35% complete. The entire Lehman Road project is approximately 21% complete, Garcia said. Improvements on Lehman Road will go from Goforth Road to east FM 150 and is expected to be completed by 2020, Garcia said.
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Hays Free Press • August 28, 2019
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Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Helen Marie Helm, Deceased, were issued on July 29, 2019, in Cause No. 19-0067-P, pending in the Hays County Court-at-Law No. Three, Hays County, Texas, to: David Glickler. 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: David Glickler Attorney at Law 130 Hall Professional Center Kyle, TX 78640 DATED the 22nd day of August, 2019. /s/ David Glickler David Glickler Attorney for The Estate of Helen M. Helm State Bar No.: 00787549 130 Hall Professional Center Kyle, TX 78640 Telephone: (512) 268-6425 Facsimile: (512) 268-5404 E-mail: glick@ johnhalllawfirm.com
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of CINDY SUE KLEMSTEIN PEARSON, Deceased, were issued on August 21, 2019, under Cause No. 19-0247-P, pending in the County Court of Hays County, Texas, to JIMMIE JUSTIN KLEMSTEIN. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the Estate addressed as follows: Jimmie Justin Klemstein Independent Executor of the Estate of Cindy Sue Klemstein Pearson C/O Fleur A. Christensen Attorney for the Estate Blazier, Christensen, Browder & Virr, P.C. 901 S. Mopac, Bldg. V, Suite 200 Austin, Texas 78746 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. Fleur A. Christensen Attorney for the Estate
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of DOMINGO TOBIAS, deceased, were issued on August 21, 2019 under Docket number 19-0257-P, pending in the County Court of Hays County, Texas to JOHN
ANTHONY TOBIAS. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the Estate addressed as follows: John Anthony Tobias Independent Executor Estate of Domingo Tobias C/O Andrew Gary P. O. Box 727 San Marcos, Texas 78667 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 this 21th. day of August, 2019 Andrew Gary Bar #7721000 P.O. Box 727 San Marcos, Texas 78667 512-396-2541 andrewgary@grandecom. net
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
Pursuant to Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code, TJO 10 X 10 Management, Ltd Managing properties listed below will hold a public auction of property being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. The sale will begin on or about the time indicated at www.selfstorageauction. com. Property will be sold to highest bidder for cash. Deposit for removal and cleanup may be temporarily required. Seller reserves the right to reject any bid and to withdraw property from sale. Property may be sold by the space. Property being sold includes contents in spaces of following tenants, with brief description of contents in each space. Tuesday, September 10, 2019 12:00 p.m. Kyle Premiere Storage at 19580 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640 www.SelfStorageAuction. com Arthur Gonzalez: misc. items. Crystal Martinez: misc. items. Wesley Cole: misc. items. Olivia Ruckman: misc. items.
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I. NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed proposals addressed to Kyle 150 LP (“OWNER”), on behalf of Anthem Municipal Utility District (“DISTRICT”), for furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, and performing all work required for the construction of the following four (4) projects will be received at the office of Atwell, LLC (“ENGINEER”) at 3815 S. Capital of TX Hwy, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78704 until Thursday, September 19th, 2019 at 2:00 pm. Bids will be opened publicly and read aloud. Any proposal received after the closing time will be returned unopened. Proposals shall be plainly marked with name and address of the BIDDER and the following, bolded, words: 1. ANTHEM SUBDIVISION PHASE 1A IMPROVEMENTS The ANTHEM SUBDIVISION PHASE 1A IMPROVEMENTS proposal includes approximately: 46,293 SY of right of way preparation and 12,826 LF of roadway; 7,345 LF of RCP storm sewer with inlets, manholes and all associated appurtenances; three detention pond facilities and all associated appurtenances; 10,923 LF of PVC water line with fire hydrants, valves and all associated appurtenances; 8,656 LF of PVC wastewater line with manholes, associated erosion controls, and all other necessary appurtenances and improvements. All work must conform to State of Texas, County of Hays, City of Kyle, TxDOT, TCEQ, and Anthem MUD applicable rules and criteria. 2. HOOVER DRIVE STATION, GROUND STORAGE TANK & HIGH SERVICE PUMP STATION The HOOVER DRIVE STATION, GROUND STORAGE TANK & HIGH SERVICE PUMP STATION proposal includes approximately: the construction and installation of an approximately 525,000 gallon welded steel ground storage tank, high service pump station, a hydropneumatic tank, emergency generator, chlorination facilities, a paved driveway/ parking area, site fencing, and all necessary pipes, valves, fittings, and all other necessary appurtenances. Improvements will be constructed at the locations shown on the construction plans. All work must conform to State of Texas, County of Hays, City of Kyle, TxDOT, TCEQ, and Anthem MUD applicable rules and criteria. 3. ANTHEM OFFSITE WASTEWATER LINE The ANTHEM OFFSITE WASTEWATER LINE proposal includes approximately: the construction and installation of an offsite gravity wastewater line, with approximately 7,300 linear feet of 15 inch diameter wastewater line including fittings, casing pipe, manholes, other miscellaneous site improvements, and all other necessary appurtenances. Improvements will be constructed at the locations shown on the construction plans. All work must conform to State of Texas, County of Hays, City of Kyle, TxDOT, TCEQ, and Anthem MUD applicable rules and criteria. 4. RM 150 STATION, OFFSITE WATER LINES & BOOSTER PUMP STATION The RM 150 STATION, OFFSITE WATER LINES & BOOSTER PUMP STATION proposal includes approximately: the construction and installation of a skid-mounted water booster pump station, with backup emergency generator, and all associated controls and appurtenances, site lighting and other miscellaneous site improvements, approximately 7,610 linear feet of 12 inch and 16 inch diameter water transmission main, approximately 6,350 linear feet of 16 inch diameter water distribution main, including all necessary fittings and valves, an offsite pressure monitoring station, and all other necessary appurtenances. Improvements will be constructed at the locations shown on the construction plans. All work must conform to State of Texas, County of Hays, City of Kyle, TxDOT, TCEQ, and Anthem MUD applicable rules and criteria. ____________________________________________________________________________ Copies of the Plans, Specifications, and Bidding Documents will be on file at the office of Atwell, LLC at 3815 South Capital of Texas Highway, Building III, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78704, where they may be examined without charge. Copies may be examined or obtained from the ENGINEER on or after Wednesday, August 28th, 2019 for a non-refundable fee of $75.00 per set, or you can request an electronic version. Checks for Plans and Specifications, and Bidding Documents shall be made payable to Atwell, LLC. A Cashier’s Check, Certified Check or acceptable Bidder’s Bond, payable to Kyle, LP in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the Bid must accompany each bid as a guarantee that, if awarded the Contract, The BIDDER will enter into a contract and execute bonds within ten (10) days of award of the Contract. Performance and Payment Bonds shall also be executed on the forms furnished by the DISTRICT and shall specifically provide for “Performance” and for “Labor and Materials Payment”. Each bond shall be issued in an amount of one hundred percent (100%) of contract price by a solvent Surety company, authorized to do business in the State of Texas and acceptable to the DISTRICT. The DISTRICT reserves the right to reject any and all bids to waive any and all technicalities and formalities in bidding. The DISTRICT reserves the right to determine which bids are most advantageous to the OWNER and the DISTRICT, and to award the Contract on this basis. No bid may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after opening of the bids. If a submitted bid is withdrawn within said period, bid guaranty shall become the property of the OWNER, not as penalty, but as liquidated damages, or DISTRICT may pursue any other action allowed by law. A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held on Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 at 2:00pm at the offices of Atwell, LLC located at 3815 S. Capital of Texas Highway, Building III, Suite 300, Austin, Texas 78704. Prospective bidders are encouraged to visit the site before or after the pre-bid meeting.
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Public Notices INVITATION TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids, in duplicate, addressed to North Hays County Municipal Utility District No. 2, Attention Paul Byars, President, Board of Directors, will be received at the office of LandDev Consulting, LLC, 5508 W. US Hwy 290 Service Road, Suite 150, Austin, Texas, 78735, until 3:00 p.m. Local Time, Thursday, September 12, 2019, and then publicly opened and read for “PLUM CREEK MARKETPLACE AVENUE PHASE 1” for North Hays County Municipal Utility District No. 2, Hays County, Texas. Scope of Work of the Contract includes the following: Furnish and install street, drainage, water and wastewater infrastructure in Plum Creek Marketplace Avenue Phase 1. Bids received after the closing time will be returned unopened. An OPTIONAL pre-bid conference will be held on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. Local Time, at the office of LandDev Consulting, LLC, 5508 W Hwy 290 Service Road, Suite 150, Austin, Texas 78735. Attendance by each prospective bidder or its representative at the prebid is OPTIONAL. Each Bid must be accompanied by a Bid Bond or a certified or cashier’s check, acceptable to the owner, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount Bid, as a guarantee that the successful bidder will enter into the Contract and execute the Payment and Performance Bonds on the forms provided, and provide the required insurance certificates within seven (7) days after the date Contract Documents are received by the Contractor. Copies of the bidding documents are on file at the following locations: 5508 W. Hwy 290 Service Road, Suite 150, Austin, Texas, 78735 Copies of the bidding documents may be obtained from LandDev Consulting, LLC, by emailing a request to Anthony.Ennis@ landdevconsulting.com. Bidders must register on this website in order to view and/ or download specifications, plans, soils report, and environmental reports for this Project. There is NO charge to view or download documents. Bidding documents may be examined at the above locations or may be obtained by prospective bidders or suppliers upon payment of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00 non-refundable plus cost of delivery) for each set of documents at 5508 W Hwy 290 Service Road, Suite 150, Austin, Texas 78735. Checks should be made payable to LandDev Consulting, LLC. No cash will be accepted. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and to waive all defects and irregularities in bidding or bidding process except time of submitting a Bid. The Successful Bidder, if any, will be the responsible Bidder which in the Board’s judgment will be most advantageous to the District and result in the best and most economical completion
of the Project. NORTH HAYS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
Morningstar Storage wishes to avail themselves of the Texas Provision of chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code by conducting a Public Sale to the highest bidder for cash on their premises. The company reserves the right to reject any bid and withdraw any from the sale at any time. This sale is listed below. Date: 9/16/19 Time: 10:15 AM Location: Morningstar Storage, 1001 W. Goforth Rd., Buda, TX 78610 Unit 3066 – Preston Boydston
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Patricia K. Wood, Deceased were issued on August 5, 2019, in cause No. 19-0253-P, pending in the County Court of Hays County, Texas, to Kenneth P. Wood. The residence of the Independent Executor is in Hays County, Texas, the address is: Kenneth P. Wood 226 Treetop Way Buda, Texas 78610 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 the 21st day of August 2019. Respectfully, By Kenneth P. Wood
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Patricia Lynn Moulton a/k/a Patricia Peters Moulton, Deceased, were issued on August 26, 2019, under Cause No. 19-0232-P, pending in the County Court of Hays County, Texas, to Bruce
Alton Moulton. Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the Estate addressed as follows: BRUCE ALTON MOULTON Independent Executor of the Estate of Patricia Lynn Moulton a/k/a Patricia Peters Moulton C/O Fleur A. Christensen Attorney for the Estate Blazier, Christensen, Browder & Virr, P.C. 901 S. Mopac, Bldg. V, Suite 200 Austin, Texas 78746 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 the 26th day of August, 2019. Fleur A. Christensen Attorney for the Estate
NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SUBDIVIDE
An application has been filed with HAYS COUNTY to subdivide 21.170 acres of property located along Bluff Street, Buda, TX 78610. Information regarding the application may be obtained from Hays County Development Services (512) 393-2150. Tracking Number SUB-1334”.
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