Hays Free Press October 09, 2019

OCTOBER 9, 2019 FIRST CLASS

MUSIC FEST

Hays High’s first graduating class to be honored at Lobo Homecoming

Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival happening Oct. 18-20

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SmileDirectClub to bring 850 jobs to Kyle

BY ANITA MILLER

The largest employer in the city of Kyle will be taking up shop in what was only a few years ago a sheep farm.

The Kyle City Council, along with Hays County Commissioner Mark Jones, the Greater San Marcos

Partnership and others on Tuesday welcomed SmileDirectClub, which manufactures teeth aligners, to a new facility at the Hays Logistics Center on Vista Ridge.

Under the terms of an incentive package approved by both the Kyle council and the Commis-

sioners Court, the company will hire 439 people in its first year of operation, bringing that number to 643 during its second year and achieving a final payroll of 850 employees in its third year.

All the jobs will meet a “minimum pay requirement” of around $40,000 a

year and will all be generated locally. Additionally, the business received a $2,215,000 grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund through the office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

“This has been a long time coming,” Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell said, giving a nod to the “team effort”

that led up to the announcement. “If not the biggest, this is one of the largest job announcements in our city.”

“This is a big event for not just the city but the whole region, Hays County in particular,” Jones said.

“That this many people can work without a com-

mute to Austin is huge.”

Jones called the business an “industry disruptor” that is joining like-minded others along the “Innovation Corridor” stretching from Austin to San Antonio. “It will have a significant economic impact.”

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Hays CISD eyeing May bond election

BY ANITA MILLER

Fall Bubbles

PHOTO BY JAMES NIÑO

Several Kyle families attended the Kyle Public Library Fall Festival Saturday. Attendees enjoyed the Tiny Tales petting zoo, fall crafts and Frito Pie by Marty’s. And there were bubbles. Lots of bubbles. See more photos at www.haysfreepress.com.

Growth that has continued unabated in northern Hays County has led the Hays CISD to once again consider a bond election.

No firm decisions have been made, but a Facilities and Bond Oversight Committee (FBOC) is currently meeting to review the possibility of a bond election in May 2020, the district said last week.

It would be the first bond election in three years and the seventh since 2001. In 2017, voters approved $250 million for the construction of Johnson High school, two elementary schools including the replacement of Buda Elementary, a new district transportation facility, a new band hall and

Chief items being considered for May 2020 include a new elementary school as well as expansions at some middle and elementary schools. softball/baseball complex for Hays High School, career and technology education and maintenance projects.

The district says chief items being considered for

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City of Kyle reaches settlement Former Kyle man agreement with Kinder Morgan gets life for murder Energy giant Kinder Morgan posted second-quarter profits earlier this year that surpassed the operating budget of the city of Kyle over the course of the past decade.

That’s the backdrop against which the city fought the Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP), a 42-inch, 430-mile natural gas pipeline routed across the Edwards Aquifer and through the Kyle.

Under the agreement, the city agrees to “release, acquit and forever discharge” the company and its partners and agents from past, present or future claims in return for $2.7 million, which will be paid in two installments.

After a rare Friday night meeting last week, the Kyle City Council and Kinder Morgan came to an agreement to settle the city’s lawsuit.

Terms of the agree-

ment basically allow the company to do as it proposed. However, language specific to the agreement prevents the pipeline’s future conversion to crude oil.

Under the agreement, the city agrees to “release, acquit and forever discharge” the company and its partners and agents from past, present or future claims in return for $2.7 million, which will be paid in two installments. The first will be paid within 30 days after the completion of the pipeline within the city limits and the second approximately one year later.

Nothing in the set-

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COMING UP Squeeze Me Creedmoor on the Square Oktoberfest Creedmoor’s Oktoberfest Music Fest will be held Saturday, Oct. This unique event will feature Tejano, Czech, German, Zydeco, Polka, Conjunto and Cajun music all prominently featuring an accordion, or squeezebox this Saturday at Kyle’s historic square from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. This event is hosted by Kyle Parks and Recreation.

19, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Creedmoor Community Center. It is a family-friendly community festival with a parade, pancake breakfast, craft and food booths, games, cake walk and tours of the Texas Disposal Systems exotic game ranch beginning at 10 a.m., and a live auction at 2 p.m.

HAYS CO. GETS KATERRA

Manufacturing firm ditches San Marcos Air, Rail and Truck Terminal for Hays County location.

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INDEX

BY ANITA MILLER

Songwriters Festival

The public is invited to the annual Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival Oct. 18-20 to enjoy three days of singer/ songwriter showcases.

45 songwriters from across the U.S. and around the world will be there. The Festival is free and takes place on six stages at six venues: Barber Shop Bar, Acopon Brewing Co., Mazama Coffee Co., Hudson’s on Mercer, The Sidecar Tasting Room and Milton’s Lodging, all within the Dripping Springs Downtown Historic District.

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release that the murder occurred “only three weeks A former Kyle resident after Wright and her two has been sentenced to life daughters had moved in in prison with Keen.” for the Testimony in the trial in murder District Judge Bill Henry’s of his courtroom began Sept. estranged 23. On Sept. 30, the jury girlfriend. returned a verdict of guilty.

James Two days later, jurors reCraig Keen, turned with their sentence 52, killed of life behind bars, the Erin Wright, maximum, in addition to a who was fine of $10,000.

KEEN 39 at the Witnesses during the time of her death on March punishment phase includ26, 2016. It happened in ed Keen’s ex-wife, who told her kitchen and one of her jurors he had been abusive young daughters testified throughout their 30-year that she saw the two argu- on-again, off-again relaing before Keen climbed tionship. Keen had been up on a counter and convicted of assaulting his grabbed a gun that had first wife in Tarrant County been on top of a cabinet. in 1996; and he had been The girl told jurors she saw placed on deferred probahim point the gun at her tion for a 2007 assault on mother and shoot, saying Wright that occurred in she also remembered Dallas County. The child holding her mother’s hand the couple shared also took afterward. the stand.

The couple have one The guilty verdict came child together and had a on the same day that counhistory of domestic abuse. ty officials held a press Wright had moved away conference to call attention when their baby was just to the fact that October months old, but moved is Domestic Violence back from Oregon earAwareness Month, and ly in the month Wright Mau referenced that in his was killed in order that remarks.

Keen could get to know “This trial is another his daughter, then nine. reminder – especially District Attorney Wes Mau’s office noted in its press LIFE SENTENCE, 2

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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.

Cost of outsourcing inmates rises – again

BY ANITA MILLER

Outsourcing Hays County inmates to other jurisdictions – a practice that has already cost taxpayers close to $2 million since the first of the year – is getting still more expensive.

On Oct. 2, the Hays County Commissioners Court updated its agreement with Burnet County to house Hays inmates when the county’s own lockup is full.

Under the new agreement, the per diem rate per inmate goes from $40 to $45 per day. Additionally, it increases the compensation for having a guard present when inmates are “admitted or committed to an off-site medical facility” from $35 per hour per guard to $40.

Burnet is one of several counties Hays has signed interlocal agreements with concerning housing inmates. Hays County also sends inmates to other counties including Caldwell, Guadalupe, Bell, Bastrop and Walker.

Most of those counties are compensated at about the same rate but the most recent new agreement

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sunglasses, phone chargers, knives, a cell phone, Kyle Police say a team of a wallet and an iPod,” Kyle four at work in Kyle early Police Chief Jeff Barnett on Oct. 6 said. burglarized He added that more numerous charges may be forthcomvehicles ing as the investigation and stole continues. In addition to two as they Purple Martin Avenue, he targeted 10 listed Masonwood Drive, streets in Caraway, Brandi Circle, or near the Hogan, Primrose, Cowboy Meadows Cove, Phillips, Dandelion of Kyle and Fender streets as part CORTEZ neighborof the burglary area. hood.

“In addition to investiThree juveniles and gating other car burglaries, 18-year-old Anderson Cor- we are actively looking tez were taken into custody for two stolen vehicles,” and charged with burglary he said, one a black 2003 of a vehicle and engaging Chevy Tahoe with a threein organized criminal inch lift kit, chrome wheels activity, a charge that is a temporary tag and a U.S. added with four or more Marine Corps emblem on people are connected to the back and the other, a the same crime.

2010 maroon Ford Edge.

Police said the juveOne of those was unlocked, niles, whose names were and the burglars got into not released, were 13, 14, the second vehicle after and 16 years old. Cortez, finding the keys in the first. a resident of Austin, was The incidents serve as a assessed a bond totalreminder to residents to be ing $16,000. He was also sure to lock vehicles and placed on an ICE detainer, to remove valuables from according to Hays County them, Barnett said. He Jail records. also discouraged leaving Police responded to keys to one vehicle inside Purple Martin Avenue after another. someone called to report Anyone with any people rummaging through information is urged to one of their vehicles, later contact Kyle police at their to learn they had illegally non-emergency number, entered both a 2003 Pontiac 512-268-3232. and a 2017 Chevy Malibu, Burglary of a vehicle is both of which had been left a Class A Misdemeanor. unlocked.

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to be struck, with Travis County, says that Hays will pay $70 per day per inmate or up to $3,500 daily for up to 50 inmates.

In January, County Judge Ruben Garza resurrected the practice of a weekly, public jail report. Normally, between 100 and 200 inmates are outsourced weekly, far more males than females.

Hays Count Jail’s “on paper” capacity is 362; however the state Commission on Jail Standards recommends a buffer zone, dropping the actual capacity to 311.

Outsourcing was one of the reasons behind the 2016 bond election to increase the jail’s capacity; however Sheriff Gary Cutler said the practice of outsourcing is likely to continue even after the expanded facility is ready for increased occupancy.

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during Domestic Violence Awareness Month – that the escalating cycle of domestic violence can and too often does culminate in murder. This jury’s verdict and resounding life sentence echo my own feelings: domestic abusers have no place in our society,” he said. “Ms. Wright’s family, having endured this painful journey – which for them will never be over – remain living reminders of the heart-rending toll domestic violence leaves not only on its victims, but on everyone around them.”

He singled out Detective Diana Talamantes of the Kyle Police Department, along with Sgt. Tracy Vrana and former Detective Adam Watson, to thank them for their roles in the investigation.

Assistant District Attorney Katie Arnold headed up the prosecution.

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Opinion

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “When you replace one sophomore quarterback with another sophomore quarterback, and the other one has only been in your program for two and a half weeks at the point, you tend to train your horse at the rodeo and grow up.”

–Bruce Salmon, Lehman head football coach. Story on page 6.

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You can’t do that

EDITORIAL

Need to face Raging Moderate that global warming is A here, now

by Will Durst

Our local community is suffering directly because of global warming – and it’s going to get worse. Soon.

A new report released last week by leading climate scientists from around the world finds that oceans are heating even faster than feared. This has grave implications for fish and food sources, and for long-range weather patterns in Central Texas and across the world.

Even now, a few of our neighbors still doubt the climate is changing, despite overwhelming scientific evidence accumulated over decades. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of studies, reports, tests and research efforts come to the same conclusion: the earth is warming dramatically, and the most likely cause is us – humans.

Approximately 93 percent of experts in the field agree. The issue is no longer up for serious debate.

Yet out of stubbornness and political expediency, Republicans in our state government refuse to allow state-funded scientists to talk honestly and openly about the problem, or to work on direct fixes. Nationally, President Trump has pulled out of international efforts to address the problem and is weakening what were once bi-partisan laws intended to slow the damage. Two of the three congressmen who represent parts of Hays County — Roger Williams and Chip Roy — are eager to ignore the science, conveniently allowing them to defer hard choices that some constituents won’t like, effectively leaving a growing problem to future generations, even at a time where scientists say every moment counts.

It’s like trying to ignore math. The danger is multiplying, whether we like it or not, whether we admit it or not.

Look at it this way. If nine out of 10 doctors recommended surgery to save your child’s life, would you have the surgery, even if there was no guarantee? If nine out of 10 auto-mechanics said the brakes on your car were worn and highly dangerous, would you give that car – unfixed – to your teenaged niece for a long trip because you’d rather spend the money on a fancy dinner?

Often, we think of climate change as something that might create a few extra 100-degree days here and there, but as something that won’t really affect us in Hays County the way it will in, say, Miami, where parts of the city already experience frequent flooding from rising seas.

Truth is we will be affected in innumerable ways, in business, government, and the family. Some changes may be good (milder winters anyone?). Many are potentially horrifying.

Insects, viruses, birds, deer will be affected in both worrying and unpredictable ways as we become more tropical. The strain to air condition and water our communities in the summer will increase.

Everything from building roads to repairing metal roofs to planting tomatoes will require new levels of planning as 110-degree temperatures in the summer become routine. And then there are the mega-storms: bigger, fiercer, more frequent. We live in an amazing part of the country, where ecosystems and geographic systems meet. But there’s a downside. We are prone to drought, and to deadly flashfloods. Both are likely to get worse.

That will endanger lives, agriculture, recreation, travel and tourism. It will affect thousands of property owners, raise the cost of housing and roadways, hike insurance rates, and reduce property values as floodways expand and floodplains become more unpredictable. It’s already happening.

We’re smart and resilient in Texas. We’re tough and inventive in this part of it. We can fight climate change. We can adapt.

But we can’t fix the problem if we let “leaders” pretend it doesn’t exist. And we can’t afford to pretend, any longer, that doing nothing, just for our own convenience, and then bequeathing a worsening mess to our children and our children’s children, is anything but a sin.

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

ll of Washington is vibrating like the foam on a latte in the cup holder of a convertible jeep riding railroad tracks over a bridge. Republicans are scrambling to hold together their diverse coalition of rich white men frightened about the next election and well-to-do white men worried about the next election. Democrats also seem mildly engaged, which to them borders on a frenzy.

It's all due to the substantial evidence that Donald Trump conspired to withhold military aid to Ukraine unless President Volodomyr Zelensky agreed to assist in the upcoming election by digging up dirt on Joe Biden's family. A great way to resolve this would be to launch an investigation into corruption activities by all family members of the executive branch of government, past and present, but that's probably not going to happen.

The proof of Mr. Trump's malfeasance consists of texts, emails, depositions, multiple whistleblowers and a little thing called Trump's own admission. Either he doesn't believe he can commit a crime, doesn't think anybody cares, or considers himself untouchable (stemming from the fact that lately, nobody wants to touch him).

The problem with swimming with Trump is he's constantly pooping in the pool and expecting every-

one to pretend not to notice while smiling at the honor.

Then he pees from the high board and calls it liquid gold. And still his enablers are surprised when they get out and no one will lend them a towel.

It was bound to happen: you cut enough corners, eventually all you're left holding is a hole, hopefully big enough to hide in. Which is what all of his staffers and appointees are looking for right now as the investigation spreads like basement mold.

He then didn't just double down, he quintupled down by publicly threatening to ask China to do the same thing. First he leverages Ukraine, then China, who's next; Wakanda?

Ruritania? Fredonia? He's already got Absurdistan's support, aka: Fox News.

Why does Trump have to dig up dirt on anybody

when he has plenty Trump branded dirt in his own back yard? Obviously, he's not going to give away his extremely valuable dirt for free, but couldn't he lend Biden a couple of wheel barrels full at 10 percent interest?

The man has never heard the words, "You can't do that." From anybody. Ever. Whether it concerned legal, ethical, moral or strategic matters.

He's Billy Mumy in that Twilight Zone episode.

Either you agree with what he wants or suffer the consequences. Hopefully he'll hear "No, I'm sorry, you can't betray your oath of office, you're fired" from the American people soon.

But right now, the president is double-dog daring Congress: "Yeah, I did it, and I'll do it again, and who's going to stop me?

You? Right, you and what

army?" Even though he's under intense fire for abuse of power, the House of Representatives – controlled

by Democrats – decides this information is so critical, they immediately spring into action... and take a two- week recess.

But in the middle of October, when they get back, Congress is expected to buy a one-way ticket on the Impeachment Train without any idea of where it's going, when it'll get there or how much it's going to cost.

And as usual, checked bags are extra.

Will Durst is an award-winning, nationally acclaimed columnist, comic and former sod farmer in New Berlin, Wisconsin.

For a calendar of personal appearances, including his new one-man show, "Durst Case Scenario," please visit willdurst.com.

Yes, I have. Thank you for asking.

N obody likes going From the to the doctor. Most of the time, you’re Crow’s suffering from some wicked virus. Sometimes you go Nest because you did something

by Clint Younts a 60-year-old man shouldn’t do. And then there are those making me wonder what he occasions you visit your saw floating in my eyeballs. doctor every 2 or 10 years So, I finally gave in and for your annual check-up. agreed Yeah, to get I don’t scoped.

It seems like believe Now, in getting every doctor some an annual of y’all exam, not and nurse I’ve might’ve when I’m had a feeling seen in the past colospry and noscopy healthy.

12 years asked already, so It’s not like me if I’ve had a y’all might I’m afraid want of needles colonoscopy yet. to quit or anyreading thing, but Heck, I think my now and I’m not turn the real fond optometrist even page to of hearing check on the doc asked, making any garage say, “Let’s me wonder what sales this check that prostate, he saw floating in weekend.

But for shall we?” those of I think my eyeballs. y’all who the real have been reason I pondering over getting one put off having an annual done for the first time, allow physical was my fear of hearing the doctor say the C me to pass (no pun intended) some relevant informaword. Not, not the “Big C”, tion to you about the entire but the other one: Colonoscopy. It seems like every process.

I had heard from several doctor and nurse I’ve seen people who said the actual in the past 12 years asked scoping procedure is no me if I’ve had a colonosbig deal, but the prep is the copy yet. Heck, I think my optometrist even asked, worst part. As I was making

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the appointment, my nurse explained the prep, also known as colon cleansing.

She said, “I’m not going lie to you. The prep is not pleasant.” Not pleasant?

Having your grandbaby load her diaper while riding in your backseat is not pleasant. Stepping on a grass bur as you walk outside to pee is unpleasant.

I’ll tell you what, that bowel cleansing prep you have to do the day before the colonoscopy is as far from pleasant as El Paso is from Beaumont.

Step one is going one day with no solid food at all. I figured I could do that as long as I had plenty of clear liquids and a few bowls of Jello. That wasn’t any fun but it wasn’t all that bad either. So I’m thinking the stuff I’ve gotta to drink at 5 o’clock that evening probably isn’t as bad as everybody said. Boy, was I mistaken!

Around 5:15 after swigging that awful concoction, my stomach began to sound like someone cranking an old Evinrude. After 10 minutes of hearing all that rumbling, my gut got real quiet. You know how quiet it gets right before a tornado hits? It’s kind of like that. And then some part of your brain sends you a message that you might want to grab some reading material and head to the bathroom farthest from other family members.

So, at approximately 5:30

p.m., that unpleasant part of the prep that my sweet nurse warned me about began. I won’t go into a lot of detail, but somehow, my entire large intestine unleashed its fury that was reminiscent of Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79AD. Holy crap, Batman! I’m not talking your run-of-themill food poisoning kind of symptoms. This is more like a dropping a stick of dynamite into a port-a-potty after a chili cook-off.

The worst part is just when you think it’s over, a second wave hits, and then another. And for the next 3 or 4 hours, you and your roll of Charmin are on standby.

Definitely not pleasant.

As for the actual colonoscopy, it was a breeze. I had to wait a while because the doctor was running a little behind (pun intended).

Once the anesthesiologist gives you some Michael Jackson juice, you fall asleep and wake up 30 minutes later with a smile on your face, knowing you can tell the next doctor or nurse you see, “Yes, I have had a colonoscopy. Thank you for asking.”

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Prop. 8 pitched as first step to mitigate flooding

BY ANITA MILLER

Central Texas has experienced three 100year floods within the last six years, and Hurricane Harvey and Tropical Storm Imelda dumped literally feet of water across southeast portions of the state, both within the past two years.

Cities and counties, left struggling in the aftermath, were largely dependent on federal disaster declarations and subsequent funding, which, as local residents have learned, takes years to materialize.

Although those kinds of massive destructive events will likely stay beyond mankind’s attempts at control, lesser events, say 10 to 12-inch rainfalls, may be be something Texas can engineer around, if enough Texans vote for in favor of it.

A broad framework for future flood mitigation based on watersheds instead of political boundaries established in SB 8 passed both houses of the Texas Legislature unanimously and became effective Sept. 1. Making sure that money won’t be taken away by some future Legislature, however, is contingent on voters approving Prop. 8, as an amendment to the Texas Constitution, on Nov. 5.

State Rep. Dale Phelan, (R-Orange) chairman of the House Committee on State Affairs, spoke at a town hall gathering sponsored by State Rep. Erin Zwiener (D-Kyle) in San Marcos on Oct. 4.

As a native of Southeast Texas, Phelan said Harvey was a “wake-up call” to many. “People had not seen rain like that before,” he said, nor the flooding such an inundation results in.

“Floodwaters do not respect political boundaries,” he said. “The water will go where water wants to go.” Given that, the efforts of cities and counties, acting within their physical jurisdictions, don’t do a lot more, he said, than recall the old adage about the definition of insanity – doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

After the waters recede, Phelan said, requests start pouring into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). “Grant requests come in based on political boundaries,” he said, while “cities are dumping water on each other, counties are dumping water on each other and it makes no sense. No one was talking to each other and nothing was being done on a regional basis.”

Prop. 8, he said, “will empower local governments to come together and cooperate,” drawing on a $1.7 billion flood infrastructure fund established within the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), safe from the hands of future legislators who might want to divert the money.

Phelan also proposed that projects that build flood resiliency should be undertaken like transportation projects are, where entities “come together and identify projects, engineer them, rank them and score them … science should dictate. The highest scoring project is not necessarily the most expensive project.”

Three recent reports from the Governor’s office, the General Land office and the TWDB reinforce a regional approach, he said.

But, it will take time. “If we’re going to move the needle of flood mitigation projects in Texas, it’s going to take a decade, maybe two decades,” he said, adding that the approach must be “science-based,” as well as depoliticized.

Given recent history – Phelan said his district has experienced flooding in a string of recent years except for 2018, which saw no flood but was the wettest year in Houston history with 100 inches of rainfall – there’s an urgency to Prop. 8.

There is also opposition from some who “say it’s not the proper role of government to get involved in flood mitigation” or that it would disrupt markets, Zwiener said, adding that “misunderstandings” over Prop 4, concerning a future state sales tax, might skew the vote because it is expected to draw to the polls “intensely fiscally conservative folks.”

Another urgency is built into SB 8, which mandates the development of regional flood plans by Sept. 1, 2024. “In five years there’s no funding from the state unless you are in the plan,” Phelan said.

He stressed that Prop.

8, though opposed by “conservative think tanks,” has no impact on property taxes. “The money has already been appropriated,” from the state’s Rainy Day Fund. “Prop. 8 makes it certain – it can only be used for flood mitigation.

This is not gonna raise your taxes,” he said, explaining that the state’s emergency fund comes entirely from oil and gas production. “I want to educate folks as best I can,” said Phelan, who’s been preaching Prop.

8 across the state. “I want a

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Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival is back in full swing SUBMITTED REPORT

Local, national and international songwriters will be gathering in Dripping Springs Oct. 18-20 for the annual Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival.

This 6th annual event will present more than 35 showcases a day, featuring a wide variety of finely-crafted songs and the people and stories behind them.

More than 40 extremely talented songwriters, coming from four countries and five states, will play “in-the-round”, Nashville-style, on six intimate stages located at The Barber Shop, Mazama Coffee Co., Acopon Brewing, The Sidecar Tasting Room, Hudson’s on Mercer and Milton’s Cottage – all of which are within safe, easy walking distance of each other in the quaint Historic District of downtown Dripping Springs.

Performances run continuously on Friday and Saturday from afternoon to evening, and on Sunday the festivities include a spirited Gospel Brunch Showcase at Hudson’s on Mercer, followed by the ever-popular Festival Wrap-Party at the Barber Shop. Parking is plentiful, food and drinks will be available at each venue, and admission to all the showcases is free to the public. There will also be complimentary shuttle service between venues, provided by Golf Cars of

a nonprofit, charitable organization that provides musical instruments and one-on-one instruction and mentorship to foster children in Central Texas.

For more information about the 2019 Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival please visit www. drippingspringssongwritersfestival.com.

PHOTOS BY ALBERT SANCHEZ Julie Gribble and Brandon Luedeke play before a packed crowd at The Mazama Coffee Company last year at theVista Brewing Stage.

This annual event offers people the up-close and personal chance to see, hear and get to know some very talented performers who have a deep love of the art of songwriting.

Austin.

Easily accessible and well-organized, the Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival is a welcome, “industry-opposite” change from the typical “Austin-Palooza-Music-Fest” that everyone is familiar with. This annual event offers people the up-close and personal chance to see, hear and get to know some very talented performers who have a deep love of the art of songwriting. Since its inception in 2014 the Dripping Springs

Songwriters Festival has been all about finely-crafted songs, and the talented artists who have written them.

After performing here that first year, Grammy-winning Nashville songwriter Dean Dillon said, “This festival could grow to be something big, you’ve really got a great thing going here.”

Each year a portion of the proceeds of the Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival are donated to Kids in a New Groove,

Flood Mitigation: Prop 8 supported by locals Continued from pg. 4

mandate so we can go back (in the future) and say we want more money.”

“The biggest strength of the proposition is it’s designed to encourage watershed-level cooperation,” Zwiener said. “Those are the boundaries that make sense. This provides tools for folks to come together and coordinate and make it easier for the city or county” to, as an example, fund some regional project to mitigate Blanco River flooding.

On hand for the discussion were elected officials, including Pct. 4 Commissioner Walt Smith, Sheriff Gary Cutler, Kyle Mayor Pro Tem Dex Ellison and San Marcos Mayor Jane

Hughson. Smith asked the spirit of regional cooperation might be a good backdrop for the Legislature to grant counties more power, like zoning.

“We at the county lack zoning authority,” Smith said. “A lot of these issues interact with municipalities. We don’t have similar authority, especially over what can go in a flood plain. If this goes forward, and I hope it does, will the Legislature look in the future at giving us a little bit of authority?”

“It’s something we may have to look at,” Phalen said.

Zwiener said the Legislature may need to address that issue at least

in certain fast-growing counties, where much of the development is taking place both outside city limits and extra-territorial jurisdictions. “We need to acknowledge that. Please come and be vocal at the Legislature,” she said.

Early voting for the Nov. 5 election starts Oct. 21 and runs through Nov 1. This election will be the first in Hays County where voters may cast their ballots on election day at any of dozens of voting centers scattered throughout the county instead of being required to do so in the precinct where they reside.

“If you see a sign for a voting center, you can vote there,” Zwiener said.

SmileDirectClub: 850 new Kyle jobs Continued from pg. 1

Diana Torres, the city’s director of Economic Development, said the firm represents a capital investment of $37 million and that under the terms of the economic incentive agreement, SmileDirectClub will get a 50 percent rebate on taxes over eight years. The city of Kyle, she said, put forth an incentive estimated at $659,799 and should receive a benefit of $5,234,235 over eight years.

The county’s investment, estimated at $474,922, will result in a benefit of $1,781,183. The Hays CISD did not offer incentives but will benefit to the estimated tune of $1,544,009, also over an eight-year time frame.

Jones noted that the school district helped make the development possible by granting a Triple Freeport Exemption, as did the city and county.

Generally speaking, the exemption applies to goods that are stored at a facility.

The incentives will kick in as soon as the business is granted a certificate of occupancy, Torres said.

Mitchell noted that in addition to the jobs, SmileDirectClub is expected to provide internships to students in the Hays CISD. “They can learn valuable skills right there,” something that helps bring to fruition the concept of live, work and play. “It’s more than an overused phrase,”

he said. “This could not have happened without years of advocacy and groundwork and strategic planning.”

Dan Baker, head of Global Supply Chain for SmileDirectClub, said it was a “privilege” to be bringing more than 800 professional jobs to Kyle.

“We chose Kyle and the Great Austin area because of the caliber of the workforce,” which he called “skilled and committed” and praised the “culture all based around innovation, collaboration and inclusion.”

Baker said the company’s “aggressive timeline” calls to start production in February 2020. “We expect to give millions of people around the world the opportunity to have the smile of their dreams through affordable and convenient teeth straitening … We are bringing our latest generation of technology to this facility, pioneering the way for an even better product for our customers.”

Kyle Mayor Pro Tem Dex Ellision noted that currently, 80 percent of Kyle residents don’t work in the city, and must commute to Austin or elsewhere on a daily basis. “It’s going to keep jobs here in the city and that’s huge economically and for the overall performance of our city.”

He said such an opportunity “had been a focus of

the city of Kyle and Hays County for a long time.”

“They are not bringing anybody in from outside,” Jones said, calling the company “an opportunity for residents to get high paying jobs and not travel.

That’s a win-win.”

The Greater San Marcos Partnership, which is a public/private economic development initiative for Hays and Caldwell counties, helped to negotiate the incentives. Atlanta and other cities in the Southeast had also tried to recruit the company, which Mitchell characterized as adding to the sustainability of the local economy.

Regarding commercial development, Mitchell said “the question the council faces is ‘what kind of jobs are going to come and if we are not involved, what else could potentially come?’

Without recruitment, a company would come here, but what kind of company, and how would that affect sustainable growth? We came to the conclusion SmileDirectClub was the best possible deal we could have put together for the community. This is not going to be a distribution center with 50 minimum-wage jobs. This is a massive, high wage-earning type of facility that will have a huge impact on our quality of life.”

TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND PARTIES: Fred Weber, Inc., has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for: Issuance of Permit 158488 This application would authorize construction of the Sand and Gravel Facility located at 7071 Camino Real, Maxwell, Hays County, Texas 78656. This application is being processed in an expedited manner, as allowed by the commission’s rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 101, Subchapter J. Additional information concerning this application is contained in the public notice section of this newspaper.

Police Blotter The following is a tally of all calls made to law enforcement within Hays County between Sept. 26 and Oct. 2, 2019.

Civil Matter.................................................................. 11 Deliver Message............................................................ 2 Information.................................................................... 4 Compliance Check........................................................ 7 Property – Lost/Found/Imp........................................... 3 Alarm – Business......................................................... 34 Alarm – Residential..................................................... 31 Alarm Vehicle................................................................. 1 Animal Call.................................................................. 65 Field Euthanasia............................................................ 3 Loose Livestock.......................................................... 18 Sexual Assault – Child.................................................. 2 Assault – Aggravated.................................................... 2 Assault......................................................................... 10 Sexual Assault............................................................... 1 Assist EMS.................................................................... 9 Assist Fire Dept............................................................. 3 Assist Outside Agency.................................................. 8 Suspicious Package...................................................... 1 Burglary – Building........................................................ 1 Burglary – Habitation..................................................... 4 Burglary – Vehicle.......................................................... 6 Criminal Mischief ........................................................ 20 Disorderly Conduct....................................................... 2 Fireworks....................................................................... 1 Death Investigation....................................................... 2 Disturbance – Noise.................................................... 10 Disturbance – Phys/Fight............................................ 19 Disturbance – Verbal................................................... 13 Drug Paraphernalia....................................................... 1 Environmental Crime..................................................... 1 Violation of Order.......................................................... 1 Child Custody............................................................... 2 MIP – Tobacco.............................................................. 1 Narcotics Information.................................................... 2 Public Intoxication......................................................... 2 Fraud............................................................................. 8 Credit/Debit Abuse........................................................ 2 Harassment................................................................. 11 Threat............................................................................ 2 Indecency w/ Child....................................................... 1 Indecent Exposure........................................................ 2 Mental Health Follow Up............................................... 1 Mental Health Invest..................................................... 7

Mental Health Transport................................................ 2 Canine Search............................................................... 4 Drone Deployment........................................................ 1 Viol City Ordinance........................................................ 2 Missing Person.............................................................. 1 Runaway........................................................................ 2 Public Assist................................................................ 16 Community Contact.................................................... 15 Disabled Vehicle.......................................................... 17 Foot Patrol..................................................................... 2 Close Patrol............................................................... 115 Parental Discipline Assist.............................................. 1 Flagged Down............................................................... 1 Welfare Concern.......................................................... 40 Convulsions/Seizures.................................................... 1 Suicidal Person............................................................. 4 Investigation................................................................ 11 Supplement................................................................. 56 Suspicious Circumstances......................................... 28 Extradition..................................................................... 1 Suspicious Person...................................................... 11 Suspicious Vehicle...................................................... 19 Wanted Person.............................................................. 6 Identity Theft................................................................. 2 Theft............................................................................ 22 Unauth use Vehicle....................................................... 2 Accident – Minor......................................................... 36 Accident – Hit and Run............................................... 12 Accident – Major/Injury............................................... 18 Abandoned/Stored Vehicle........................................... 8 Traffic Control/Direction................................................ 6 Directed/Area Enforcement ........................................ 28 Traffic Hazard.............................................................. 26 Attempt to Locate....................................................... 72 Parking Enforcement..................................................... 7 Traffic Stop................................................................ 390 Tresspassing/Unwanted.............................................. 12 911 Abandoned/Open............................................... 187 Weapon Concern.......................................................... 1 Deadly Conduct............................................................ 2 Discharge Firearm......................................................... 7 Stab/Gunshot/Trauma................................................... 2 Private Tow/Repo........................................................ 19 Alarms........................................................................... 1

Below is a sample of events reported by law enforcement from Sept. 19 through Sept.

25, 2019. The location is where the event was reported or responded to and may not necessarily be where the event occured.

Agency Activity Date BPD Sexual Assault - Child 09/26/2019 HCSO Sexual Assault 09/26/2019 BPD Burglary - Building 09/26/2019 HCSO Burglary - Habitation 09/26/2019 HCSO Burglary - Vehicle 09/26/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 09/26/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 09/26/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 09/27/2019 HCSO Public Intoxication 09/26/2019 HCSO Harassment 09/26/2019 HCSO Harassment 09/26/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 09/26/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 09/26/2019 HCSO Extradition 09/26/2019 HCSO Theft 09/26/2019 HCSO Theft 09/26/2019 HCSO Theft 09/26/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/26/2019 HCSO Sexual Assault - Child 09/27/2019 BPD Assault - Aggravated 09/27/2019 HCSO Assault 09/27/2019 HCSO Assault 09/27/2019 HCSO Burglary - Vehicle 09/27/2019 HCSO Burglary - Vehicle 09/27/2019 HCSO Death Investigation 09/27/2019 HCSO Death Investigation 09/27/2019 BPD Disturbance - Phys/Fight 09/27/2019 BPD Disturbance - Phys/Fight 09/28/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 09/27/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 09/27/2019 HCSO Drug Paraphernalia 09/27/2019 HCSO Indecency w Child 09/27/2019 BPD Indecent Exposure 09/27/2019 BPD Theft 09/27/2019 HCSO Theft 09/27/2019 HCSO Theft 09/27/2019 HCSO Theft 09/27/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/27/2019 HCSO Assault - Aggravated 09/28/2019 HCSO Burglary - Habitation 09/28/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 09/28/2019 HCSO Burglary - Vehicle 09/28/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 09/29/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 09/29/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 09/29/2019 HCSO Indecent Exposure 09/28/2019 BPD Theft 09/28/2019 HCSO Theft 09/28/2019 BPD Accident - Major/Injury 09/28/2019 BPD Accident - Major/Injury 09/28/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/28/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/28/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/28/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/28/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/29/2019 BPD Assault 09/29/2019 HCSO Assault 09/29/2019 HCSO Burglary - Habitation 09/29/2019 HCSO Burglary - Habitation 09/29/2019 BPD Disturbance - Phys/Fight 09/29/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 09/29/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 09/30/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 09/29/2019 BPD Theft 09/29/2019 BPD Theft 09/29/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/29/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/29/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/29/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/29/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/30/2019 HCSO Stab/Gunshot/Trauma 09/29/2019 BPD Assault 09/30/2019 HCSO Assault 09/30/2019 HCSO Assault 09/30/2019 HCSO Missing Person 09/30/2019 BPD Suicidal Person 09/30/2019 BPD Theft 09/30/2019 HCSO Theft 09/30/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/30/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/30/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 09/30/2019 HCSO Assault 10/01/2019 HCSO Burglary - Habitation 10/01/2019 HCSO Burglary - Habitation 10/01/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 10/01/2019 HCSO Extradition 10/01/2019 BPD Theft 10/01/2019 HCSO Theft 10/01/2019 HCSO Theft 10/01/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 10/01/2019

Time 17:19:58 4 11:53:18 8:12:15 14:16:32 13:04:20 11:23:36 17:15:15 3:53:41 15:29:01 11:22:43 22:27:58 8:02:54 13:19:54 8:15:07 6:50:55 8:43:47 13:39:11 18:20:06 14:20:37 23:12:02 11:12:22 13:56:11 9:27:12 9:55:14 9:47:10 21:15:17 21:28:08 0:49:25 18:34:17 20:40:34 10:51:23 11:27:13 17:43:51 11:51:03 10:41:04 15:12:56 15:52:31 13:12:35 14:52:34 9:19:10 19:27:30 9:08:53 0:33:54 1:43:51 2:19:18 11:31:52 19:25:42 16:38:31 13:11:09 14:25:53 8:54:21 9:26:12 9:38:11 10:33:59 1:38:58 12:41:55 12:12:36 9:42:39 11:25:52 17:50:28 23:49:20 0:05:40 14:51:52 13:12:10 18:51:52 6:31:47 13:12:07 17:26:33 21:23:32 5:52:11 14:44:21 20:59:46 11:00:20 17:08:42 20:00:58 23:44:23 15:24:58 15:44:49 7:40:41 8:29:43 13:05:38 17:54:07 17:37:42 17:38:56 15:20:22 15:24:15 19:26:06 13:24:59 16:31:54 7:57:21

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Hays Free Press • October 9, 2019

Despite early struggles, Hays tops Akins 45-7

BY MOSES LEOS III

Amid a handful of first half miscues Oct. 3, the Hays Rebels stayed in the realm of the unbeaten.

A 21-point third quarter outburst ultimately helped Hays (5-0, 3-0) overcome a sluggish start en route to a 45-7 win over the Akins Eagles at Burger Stadium.

But as the back half of the 2019 campaign arrives, Rebel head coach Les Goad said his team must find a way to eliminate early game mistakes as several key tests loom.

“We figured some things out before halftime.

In the second half, we figured out some blocking schemes and made some adjustments. It paid off for us,” Goad said. “We have to get off to a better start and we have to eliminate those mistakes.”

Early game struggles centered on a myriad of

Next Game

Hays will play Austin Friday, Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Shelton Stadium.

Rebel penalties in the first two quarters. Of the 101 yards of penalties Hays had Thursday, 55 of those were issued in the first half.

While part of those issues could have stemmed from an emotional hangover from Hays’ one-point win over Bowie, Goad said Hays “can’t use those as reasons” for early game struggles.

“We have to focus on what we can do and eliminate the penalties,” Goad said.

Hays’ struggles were Akins’ gain as the Eagles, guided by a strong defensive effort, kept the game scoreless through one quarter.

But a key turnover on downs forced by Hays’ defense early in the second

frame was the catalyst for a 10-point Rebel flurry before the halftime break.

Momentum carried over into the second half as Hays scored 21 more unanswered points over a seven-minute span in the third frame, highlighted by a 70-yard touchdown run by Xavier Green, who finished with 186 yards rushing on 16 carries.

Hays led 31-0 before Akins countered with its lone touchdown via a seven-yard strike from quarterback Quincy Welch to wide receiver Greg Borgeson.

Rebel running back JoeAngel Carrasco, who finished with a game-high 212 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown, said the offensive line found its groove after a slow start.

Hays’ offense amassed 591 total yards, 512 of those on the ground.

“They (the offensive line) just picked it up.

PHOTO BY JAMES NIÑO

Zack Harris celebrates after escaping a dog pile with the ball. The Rebels defeated Akins, maintaining their undefeated record, so far.

They came out of gate strong in the second half,” Carrasco said.

“They found it deep down inside.”

On the opposite side, Hays’ defense clipped the Eagles to 91 total yards of offense. Welch amassed 71 total yards in the game.

Goad said the Rebel defense kept the team in “great position” in the first half, but he also lauded Akins’ effort.

“They (Akins) played

their butts off and they had a great scheme for us,” Goad said.

Learning from their mistakes is now a priority for Hays as the team readies for the final half of the season. After hosting Austin High Friday and taking on Lehman Oct. 18, Hays then faces district frontrunners Westlake and Lake Travis followed by a test against a scrappy Del Valle squad. The latter three programs have a

combined 14-3 overall record.

Rebel quarterback Durand Hill, who finished with 111 total yards and three scores, said coming together “as one, as a team” could go a long way toward success.

“If we’re going to really reach our potential as a football team, we have to reduce the penalties and establish our assignments more properly,” Goad said.

Bond Election: Hays looks at May Continued from pg. 1

PHOTO BY SUSIE RUCKEL

Keyshaun Williams breaks a tackle as he tries to advance the ball against the Cavs. Williams scored the sole touchdown for the Lobos that night.

Cavs cruises past Lobos 59-7

BY MOSES LEOS III

Next Game

is the bigger thing in the long run,” Salmon said.

For the better part Leading the way for Lehman travels to play at of four-plus minutes Del Valle Friday. The Lobos Lehman was quartersquare off against crosstown back Logan Travis who Friday, the Lehman rival Hays Oct. 18.

Lobos showed exactly finished 7 of 15 for 61 what head coach Bruce yards passing and had in only one half of play, Salmon felt they were 58 yards on the ground. while running back capable of.

Lobo running back Kanui Marcelo Alanis rushed Granted, such moGuidry led the team with for 95 yards and two ments were few and far 71 yards rushing on 17 between in a 59-7 district touchdowns. carries, while Williams Lake Travis (5-1, 4-0) loss to the state-ranked had 25 yards on 11 carleapt out to a quick Lake Travis Cavaliers. ries.

14-0 lead in the first None of that matSalmon said Logan frame. Lehman (1-4, 0-3) has developed despite a tered when the Lobos countered early in the orchestrated an eightlimited amount of time second frame with a sixplay, 81-yard second in the starting role. Loyard touchdown run by quarter scoring drive gan took over the offense that, at that time, cut the running back Keyshaun roughly a month ago afWilliams, cutting the Cavalier lead to only a ter starter Joey Guajardo touchdown. For Salmon, Cavalier lead to 14-7. suffered a season-ending But from there, the getting players to realize injury.

Cavaliers slammed on the consistency needed “When you replace one the gas pedal and tallied to replicate that success sophomore quarterback 28 more points, building with another sophomore is a block he hopes to a 42-7 halftime lead. build around. quarterback, and the With second and third other one has only been “Right now, we talk string players in the con- in your program for two about being an engine. test, Lake Travis added 17 and a half weeks at the We’re getting our spark more unanswered points point, you tend to train plugs to fire, but we’re not firing enough to keep in the second half. your horse at the rodeo Even so, Salmon said the motor going. That and grow up,” Salmon the focus for the Lobos drive, we put it togethsaid. was attempting to play er,” Salmon said. “It’s a Continuing to develop their best game and take their offense, primarily catch-22. It’s what we’re care “of the things we’re capable of, but it’s not through the air, is the supposed to do and not what we do consistently goal for the Lobos in the worry about what they’re back half of the season. yet.”

(Lake Travis) doing.”

Amid the success of “We have to mix the At the same time, Lehman’s lone scoring run and pass. Because in Salmon said taking on drive was the team’s this league, you can only Lake Travis provided the overall struggle in atdo one, then eventually program a “good measur- you can run into sometempting to quell an explosive Cavalier program. ing stick” of where they one who can take that Lake Travis out-gained stand. away,” Salmon said.

“Sometimes you make Lehman 435-218 in total Lehman travels to play it bigger than what it is. yards. Cavalier quarat Del Valle Friday. The That’s the trick we have terback Hudson Card Lobos square off against amassed 157 all-purpose to take care of. Getting crosstown rival Hays Oct. through it healthy I think 18. yards and three scores

May 2020 include a new elementary school as well as expansions at some middle and elementary schools. Key needs categories – all fueled by growth – are new construction, major maintenance, transportation, safety and instruction/ technology.

At the end of September, the district had 20, 882 students enrolled – that’s up 860 students from the year prior.

According to the district’s timeline, the bond committee was empaneled in June. Through December, the school board will be considering recommendations related to the impacts of growth.

In January, public forums will be held. Should the board decide to go forward with the May election, that vote will be held in late January or early February of next year, Election Day would be May 2, 2020.

The first meeting of the FBOC was Oct. 3, and committee members began consideration of $213,099,630 in spending, including: • $50,619,868 for expansion and improvements at Wallace Middle School ($21,667,955); Dahlstrom Middle School ($19,403,515); and McCormick Middle School ($9,548,398).

• New elementary school with 900-student capacity in Sunfield Development ($39,011,578).

• Elementary School expansions at Negley Elementary School ($4,665,426) and Elm Grove Elementary School ($7,814,642).

• Historic Buda Elementary Improvements: select demolition and improvements at upper campus, preserving Kunkel Room ($4,359,457); demolishing all structure except playground at lower campus ($1,323,592).

• Stadium expansions and renovations: Increase capacity to 8,500 at Johnson High School and Lehman High School, renovate locker room and add “Bleacher Creature” area at Shelton Stadium ($16,587,489).

• Shelton Stadium parking: Replace stadium parking lost to residential development (across FM 2770) and provide a competition-size band practice

area ($1,981,839).

• Lehman High School baseball and softball improvements: Renovate bleachers, backstops and dugouts ($1,623,511).

• Hays High School weight room: Increase size of weight room ($1,112,483).

• General Administration Building: Move Curriculum and Instruction and SPED to Central Office, includes demolition, renovation and new construction ($27,768,317).

• Live Oak Academy renovation and expansion: Convert Curriculum and Instruction Department areas into classroom space, approximately 26,500 square feet and parking for additional students ($8,113,384).

• Campus HVAC and fire alarms: Lehman High School ($9,528,576); Hays High School ($4,025,141), Fuentes Elementary School ($3,332,744); Elm Grove Elementary School ($3,136,841); Kyle Elementary School ($1,111,761); Tom Green Elementary School ($4,239,480); Bard units districtwide ($170,000).

• Campus roofing projects: Lehman High School ($4,025,000); Hays High School ($1,759,000); and Kyle Elementary School ($787,000).

• Campus flooring projects at Blanco Vista Elementary School, Camino Real Elementary School, Carpenter Hill Elementary School, Science Hall Elementary School, Hemphill Elementary School, Lehman High School, Fuentes Elementary School, Negley Elementary School, Tobias Elementary School, Hays High School, Kyle Elementary School, Plfuger Elementary School and Elm Grove Elementary School ($2,417,002).

• Miscellaneous maintenance projets at Fuentes Elementary School, Hemphill Elementary School, Hays High School, Performing Arts Center and Barton Middle School including stage lighting, bleachers and wash stations ($942,000).

• Hardscape improvements at Kyle Elementary School, Hays High

School, Child Nutrition Warehouse, Carpenter Hill Elementary School, Hemphill Elementary School, Dahlstrom Middle School, Fuentes Elementary School, Camino Real Elementary School and Lehman High School ($1,694,799).

• Athletic Cycle maintenance: Athletic Cycle replacement tennis courts at Barton Middle School, Chapa Middle School, Dahlstrom Middle School and Simon Middle School ($120,000).

• New buses: 50 new fully equipped school buses for replacement and growth ($5,608,700).

• Keyless entry upgrades: Software system upgrade with connectivity to the district’s Active Directory to allow automatic able/disable upon hire and termination ($1,200,000).

• Intercom upgrades at Lehman High School, Barton Middle School, Chapa Middle School, Wallace Middle School, Kyle Elementary School, Tom Green Elementary School, Elm Grove Elementary School, Blanco Vista Elementary School, Hemphill Elementary School, Fuentes Elementary School, Science Hall Elementary School, Tobias Elementary School, Camino Real Elementary School and Negley Elementary School ($320,000).

• Instructional technology: Provide additional mobile devices for teaching, virtual learning and on-line state assessments ($1,100,000).

• Musical instrument purchase: Replacement cycle and new orchestral program ($1,500,000).

• Uniform replacements: Cycle replacement of uniforms ($900,000).

• Technology infrastructure: Add storage capacity ($200,000).

The FBOC has 28 members, including four appointed by each of the district’s seven trustees and some Hays CISD administrators who serve as non-voting advisory members.

For more on the bond election, including the opportunity to share thoughts and idea through the “Bond Talk” feature, visit hayscisd.net/ bond2020.

Hays Free Press • October 9, 2019

Education

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Johnson Band racking up honors in its first season

The Johnson Band participated in the Bands Of America (BOA) Austin Regional in Kelly Reeves Stadium in Round Rock on Sept. 28 and placed 1st in their division while also winning Outstanding Visual, Outstanding Music, and Outstanding General Effect honors. Each student received a BOA Champion Medal for winning their Division. On Oct. 5, the Johnson Band traveled to Gupton Stadium in Cedar Park to participate in the Vista Ridge Marching Festival. The band placed second in their division in the Vista Ridge Marching Festival. They were also chosen as the winner of both caption awards for Outstanding Color Guard and Outstanding Percussion. “The most impressive item of all of these events is that the Jaguar Band is competing, and being successful, at the varsity level with only 9th and 10th grade students while every one of their opponents has grades 9-12,” according to band director Joey Lucita.

Mariachi program saved after directors, parents met

BY URSULA ROGERS

The mariachi program has been preserved within Hays Consolidated Independent School District (CISD).

Dr. Eric Wright, along with mariachi band directors Joseph Baird (Lehman High School), Frank De Leon (Simon Middle School) and Yvonne Vasquez (Wallace Middle School) met with parents and others to discuss mariachi’s future with Hays CISD at the district’s Performing Arts Center on Oct. 2. Also present for the meeting were Hays CISD Board President Esperanza Orosco and Deputy Academic Officer Michael O ’Guin.

Baird said she believes that mariachi will be strengthened by adding an orchestra program to

The district is looking to add orchestra to McCormick, Barton and Dahlstrom middle schools, and there will be a fine arts program that includes stringed instruments at Fuentes Elementary School. Mariachi will not be available at Hays High School, though students can transfer to Lehman for the opportunity. If students express interest in mariachi, they may also start programs at other locations.

the school curriculum. By starting orchestra, mariachi has even greater potential, she said. Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, all Hays CISD middle schools will include orchestra programs. With orchestra as a building block, all the other music programs, including mariachi, will have

an opportunity for growth, Baird argued.

Mariachi will continue at Wallace, Chapa and Simon middle schools and at Lehman High School.

Wallace will have both orchestra and mariachi, allowing the program to continue.

Students may request

transfers in January. Students wishing to transfer should contact Adrianna Price (adrianna.price@hayscisd.net) and are advised to specifically mention mariachi as the reason.

Parents, educators and Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright spoke about the success of the mariachi program and the fact it helps kids build character and self-esteem. One parent stated that, “Ms. Pruitt envisioned something big and beautiful.” “Mariachi is a family,” another said.

Wright praised the band directors, “ [the mariachi] directors have a lot of passion, love what they do and love the kids.”

Another parent asked, “How does the community get involved?” The answer; come to the performances to keep interest in the program.

Hays High School to honor first graduating class at Homecoming STAFF REPORT Hays High School will pay special tribute to its first graduating class at Friday’s homecoming game on Oct. 11. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the graduation of the Class of 1969, the “Original Rebels.”

“We are honored to celebrate this milestone with our original graduates,” said Hays High School Principal David Pierce.

“Fifty years ago, this class set a standard of excel-

lence for our campus that we continue to uphold.

They instilled within our school a spirit of community, teamwork, honor, and pride.”

Hays High School was created shortly after the Kyle, Buda, and Wimberley school districts consolidated in the late 1960s. Kyle and Buda high schools that merged to form Hays High School had been strong rivals.

Whether the school district consolidation would work, and be lasting, was

unknown at the time. The 63 members of the Class of 1969 played a key role in helping to create a unified district.

In addition to pre-game stadium recognition on Friday, Hays High School will host a special Homecoming tailgate tent for the members of the Class

of 1969, near the south end zone at Shelton Stadium. Each of the members of the class will receive commemorative VIP field passes and get to enjoy the game with friends and classmates.

The Class of 1969 motto is: “Forward ever, backward never!”

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HCISD Teachers of the Year announced The Hays CISD recently selected its Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year. Elm Grove Elementary School Music teacher Hilary Adamson (above), received her title’s commemorative ring before a gathering of the Eagles’ faculty and administrators.

Adding icing to an already special cake, Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright memorably got down on one knee to pop the question, “Will you be our Teacher of the Year?”

Hilary said “Yes!” and Wright slipped the ring on Adamson’s finger amid applause from her co-workers and friends.

Hays CISD’s Secondary Teacher of the Year is McCormick Middle School Spanish teacher Ruth Thornburg (inset). Wright and Hays CISD Education

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The Indigenous People’s Day event will begin at 10 a.m.

Sunday with a blessing by the shores of the San Marcos River headwaters. After the blessing, the public and all participants are invited to share breakfast and then take a free tour on the glass bottom boats to experience the sacred springs.

Roxanna Garza, right, will be present to smudge individuals with sage and a blessing.

Indigenous People’s Day celebration Oct. 13

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On Oct. 13, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Indigenous Peoples Day will be celebrated at the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, on the shores of the sacred springs of Spring Lake in San Marcos.

The event is co-hosted by the Meadows Center and local nonprofit Indigenous Cultures Institute founded by the Miakan-Garza Band, a state-legislature-recognized tribe of Texas.

The celebration comes a little over a week after the Hays County Commissioners Court voted to proclaim Oct. 12 as Indigenous Peoples Day. The motion,

by County Judge Ruben Becerra, recognizes the fact that the county “contains within its boundaries one of the oldest continually inhabited sites in North America,” which is the area around the San Marcos Springs.

“We’re inviting all communities to celebrate our Native culture at this sacred site,” said Indigenous Cultures Institute board of elders chair Dr. Mario Garza. “Our indigenous people are part of the greater community of humankind that will come together to save our Mother Earth from the imminent threats to our future.”

The event will begin at 10 a.m. with a blessing by the shores of the San Marcos River headwaters, an area considered sacred by some Coahuiltecan people who believe this to be their origination site. After the blessing, the public and all participants are invited to share breakfast and then take a free tour on the glass bottom boats to experience the sacred springs.

In the outdoor space in front of the Meadows Center, there will be several indigenous arts booths that will provide a preview of

“We’re inviting all communities to celebrate our Native culture at this sacred site,” says Indigenous Cultures Institute board of elders chair Dr. Mario Garza. “Our indigenous people are part of the greater community of humankind that will come together to save our Mother Earth from the imminent threats to our future.”

–Dr. Mario Garza, chairman for Indigenous Cultures Institute board of elders

their work featured on the following weekend at the Sacred Springs Powwow, Oct. 19 - 20. The event will also feature several environmental activities for children including the popular mud ball making booth. Children can combine seeds into a mud ball that can then be taken home and planted for a beautiful array of flowers.

Food will be available through the Hispanic Business Student Association and Sigma Lambda Beta from Texas State University.

The Indigenous Arts Summer Encounter students will perform danza at 11:30 a.m. The Aztec dancers from the Kalpulli Ayolopakzin in San Antonio will perform at noon and there will also be a guest performance

by Matthew Davila on his sacred drum.

At 2 p.m., the film “L’eau est la Vie (Water is Life): From Standing Rock to the Swamp” will be screened in the Meadows conference room. The film follows water protector Cherri Foytlin as she leads viewers on a journey of Indigenous resistance to the Bayou Bridge Pipeline (BBP) in the swamps of Louisiana.

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Connally came so close to vice presidency

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ather than go to prison, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned on Oct. 10, 1973 and gave Richard Nixon a second chance to replace him with a former governor of Texas.

John Bowden Connally, Jr. rose from the humblest circumstances to become Lyndon Johnson’s righthand man. He managed every major campaign of his mentor starting with LBJ’s unsuccessful race for the U.S. Senate in 1941 to his landslide election as president in 1964.

In the meantime, Connally had stepped out of Johnson’s shadow by challenging Gov. Price Daniel in the 1962 Democratic primary. Starting out at four percent in the preference polls, he made short work of the scandal-plagued incumbent, who finished a poor third in the first round, and won a hard-fought runoff against Don Yarborough.

The next November, the 46 year old governor was thrust onto the national stage by the tragedy in Dealey Plaza. Connally recovered from the serious gunshot wounds he suffered that terrible day, but for better or worse his life would never be the same.

After winning reelection with over 70-percent of the vote in 1964 and again in 1966, the popular politician decided he had done all he could do as Texas’ chief executive. He returned to private life with a prominent law firm in Houston.

The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was a turning point for Connally. Personal loyalty to Johnson and a hawkish position on the Vietnam War caused him to bitterly resent the president being hounded from office by his own party. He left the Windy City a disenchanted Democrat.

When the new Republican president offered him a position on his foreign policy advisory board in 1969, Connally took it without reservation. The Texan felt he had more in common politically with Nixon – both were, in his words, “conservatives with a belief in active government” – than most members of his own party.

Nixon was so impressed with Connally – “awed” was how a close advisor described it – that in 1971 he invited him to join his cabinet as secretary of treasury. Again the Democrat accepted without a second thought.

After George McGovern, the “peace candidate,” captured his party’s presidential nomination in July 1972, Connally took the dramatic step of organizing “Democrats for Nixon.” Liz Carpenter, Lady Bird Johnson’s former press secretary, reacted to the news with the famous quip, “I’m just glad that we did not have to count on them at the Alamo.”

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campaign. He wanted to dump Agnew, an asset that had turned into a liability, and was convinced the unhappy Democrat would help carry Texas and key southern states for the GOP ticket.

But Connally could not be tempted, not even when Nixon promised more power than any Vice President in history. He belittled the mostly ceremonial post as “useless” much like fellow Texan John Nance Garner’s comparison to “a pitcher of warm spit.”

Richard Nixon did not need Connally at his side to swamp McGovern at the polls that fall. Nor, for that matter, did he need a dirty tricks unit called “the plumbers” to break into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee.

In his autobiography published in 1993, the year of his death, Connally expressed his firm opinion that Nixon had no prior knowledge of the bungled burglary. “I do not defend or excuse what happened in the Watergate scandal, but I believed, then and now, that he had no part in the break-in.” Going a giant step farther, he added, “I believe the long reach of history will treat him favorably as a president.”

In May 1973, four months after Lyndon Johnson passed away, Connally switched parties. He may have seen Agnew’s disgraced departure coming or simply thought the time had come to make it official.

Either way, when the Vice President resigned that August as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors, Connally was a Republican and apparently willing to fill the vacancy. The prohibitive favorite in the press, he sat back and waited for the telephone to ring.

It took ten days for Nixon to make up his mind.

The announcement that a Michigan congressman named Gerald Ford would be the next Vice President caught just about everybody by surprise.

In private Nixon bluntly informed Ford that Connally had been his first choice.

But in the end he faced the fact that the congressional confirmation required by the Constitution would be too tough a battle in the midst of the Watergate mess.

Nixon did, however, make it clear that the Texan would have his support for a White House bid in 1976.

Connally’s name came up two more times in connection with the Vice Presidency – in August 1974, when Ford had to choose his own successor, and in August 1976, when the incumbent candidate selected a running mate in place of outgoing VP

Nelson Rockefeller. On both occasions, John Connally’s late conversion to the Republican Party and the white-hot anger of Democrats over his defection kept him out in the cold.

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OBITUARIES MARTINEZ Our beloved Guadalupe H. Martinez Jr., 60, resident of Kyle, Texas died on Wednesday, October 2, 2019.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Guadalupe Sr. and Frances Martinez, and brother, Jimmy Martinez.

He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Benita Martinez and sons, Gua-

dalupe Martinez III, and Daniel Martinez; brother, Leon Martinez Sr.; sister, Margaret Cantu; and with many more loving family and friends.

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Burial was Oct. 7 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Uhland.

Rev. Father John Boiko officiated. Interment followed at Santa Maria de Iris Cemetery in Maxwell.

Serving as pallbearers were Simon Torres, Raymond Garcia Jr., Francisco Torres, Paul Martinez Jr., Seff Hernandez and John Estrada.

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Pipeline Settlement: Kinder Morgan, Kyle agree Continued from pg. 1

Firm ditches SMART Terminal for Hays County location

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personal property – movable assets like equipCaldwell County’s ment. According to John loss appears to be Hays Ellis, vice president for County’s gain.

Marketing and CommuThe news last week nication for the Greater that Katerra, a CaliforSan Marcos Partnership nia-based manufacturer (GSMP), Katerra would of home components, get a 30 percent rebate has decided to relocate on its real property taxes from the planned SMART for the first three years of (San Marcos Air, Rail the 10-year agreement, and Truck) Terminal in a 20 percent rebate for Caldwell County to a site years four through six adjacent to Interstate 35 and a 10 percent rebate in Hays County came as a for the remaining four surprise to many. years.

But according to Rebates for persona spokesman for the al property would be company, it was simply a 80 percent for the first business decision. three years, 70 percent “Katerra has long for the next three and 60 believed that San Marcos percent for the remainis a good fit for the new ing four. The rebates are facility,” said Angela contingent upon Katerra Ewert, of Katerra’s Govliving up to its end of the ernment & Regulatory bargain, Ellis said.

Affairs. “Once the deterOver the course of the mination was made that agreement the county is we no longer required a expected to receive more rail-served site, Katerra than $1.9 million in new explored other options tax revenue. that would keep us in San Although the 380 Marcos.” agreement the compaThe site chosen is in ny signed with the city the Whisper developof San Marcos when it ment, a proposed blend was still planning for the of homes, commercial SMART Terminal site and manufacturing mandated the company with easy access to I-35. provide at least 542 full“Whisper best suited our time jobs at a wage of at needs,” Ewert said. least $15 per hour, KaterOn Oct. 2, Hays Coun- ra’s deal with the county ty Commissioners gave specifies it will hire at their unanimous okay to least 530 employees, also a Chapter 381 agreement at wages of at least $15 with Katerra that lays out hourly. incentives.

The move should not Under the agreement, jeopardize the eventucopies of which have not al development of the yet been made available, SMART Terminal, acperformance-based cording to Jason Guilietti incentives apply to both also of the GSMP. Though real property – meaning more than six months the land on which the have passed since the city facility will be built, and of San Marcos annexed

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the acreage and zoned it Heavy Industrial, there’s been no physical activity at the site, located near the intersection of State Highway 80 and FM 1984.

“The SMART Terminal is a tremendous asset for us and will still go on as planned,” Guilietti said.

“We continue to market the opportunity and there are currently several prospects that are considering the property … we don’t have anything signed but the activity level is there,” something he called a “very positive sign.”

Though It will not be physically located in Caldwell County, Guilietti said the county will still stand to benefit because it’s likely Katerra will hire residents from both Hays and Caldwell counties.

“At the end of the day the counties showed partnership in working together for the betterment of the region.”

The GSMP is a public/ private initiative that was instrumental in formulating the concept of the industrial park. Though the name refers to air, rail and truck traffic, the site, which is adjacent to San Marcos Regional Airport, would require the construction of a new rail line as well as the completion of that leg of FM 110. Ground for that roadway was just broken last week.

Ewert did not respond to addition questions, including a timeline for the beginning of construction or when the company might achieve the stage of beginning to hire.

tlement alters the PHP’s proposed route, which was the basis of opposition from not only Kyle but other cities along the way, as well as counties, school districts and water conservation districts.

As routed, the pipeline would twice cross the Blanco River and would come within a mile of the pristine Jacob’s Well.

“In a perfect world, this pipeline would have been routed through unincorporated areas of Texas – preferably those areas already established with oil infrastructure – minimizing the effect on landowners, local governments and our environment,” Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell said. “Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world.”

Mitchell said the council and city staff worked “diligently” with Kinder Morgan to develop the framework of the agreement he said “will provide protections to the city that otherwise are not granted through current state and federal regulations,” one of which being forbidding any potential switch to a cruel oil carrier.

Kinder Morgan also agreed to participate in resolution of conflicts

Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchel said the crux of the fight has been “how to leverage our limited city resources to carry this fight against an opponent with virtually unlimited resources. between the pipeline and any future infrastructure projects within the city.

Mitchel said the crux of the fight has been “how to leverage our limited city resources to carry this fight against an opponent with virtually unlimited resources.”

“We believe that this settlement agreement represents a better outcome than what we could have expected in a long and drawn out and expensive legal battle,” he said.

One of the concerns about the pipeline and its routing has been that, because it is an infrastructure project, the only entity that had to give its approval was the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC), meaning the pipeline, which in addition to the fragile Edwards Aquifer crosses the habitat of federally-endangered species,

required no formal environmental assessment or potential economic harm.

Moreover, the RRC was not required to give any consideration to issues other than safety.

In April, Kyle joined Hays County and other stakeholders in a lawsuit – Sansom et al v. Texas Railroad Commission – that challenged the constitutionality of such limited governmental oversight.

It was the first such legal challenge to the RRC, and it was struck down by a district judge. The case is presently on appeal, and the settlement agreement specifically states that the city of Kyle retains its right to participate, as well as the right to participate in “any claims that it may have arising under the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water

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Pipeline Settlement: Kinder Morgan, Kyle reach a $2.7 million settlement Continued from pg. 10

Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and the regulations promulgated under any such Act.” The city council on July 2 approved an ordinance that would have put stricter controls on the

pipeline’s construction within the city limits but Kinder Morgan countersued, arguing that state and federal law prohibits cities from regulating pipeline. Council amended the ordinance Sept. 11

to bring the ordinance in line with state and federal law.

“While we’re satisfied to have this particular legal proceeding behind us, we remain committed to advocate for Kinder

Morgan to build in the most responsible manner possible,” Mitchell said.

“This is a step in the right direction, but it is also not the end of the fight.”

Mitchell encouraged “any and all residents

of Texas to engage our state legislature and encourage them to give communities a better say in the pipeline routing process, better protection of landowner property rights, public-

ly and independently produced environmental impact studies, and the preservation of local jurisdictions’ ability to regulate those projects within their incorporated boundaries.”

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Public Notices PUBLIC NOTICE

By order of the Hays County Commissioners Court, notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 9 a.m. in the Hays County Courthouse, 111 E. San Antonio Street, the Hays County Commissioners Court will hold a public hearing to consider: ESTABLISHING A STOP SIGN LOCATION ON LIVE OAK DRIVE AT CHAPARRAL ROAD, A YIELD SIGN ON SPANISH OAK TRAIL AT LIVE OAK DRIVE, AND A YIELD SIGN ON POST OAK PATH AT LIVE OAK DRIVE (ALLEGRE MONANTIAL SUBD.).

NOTICE OF SALE

Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code hereby gives notice of public sale under said act to wit: This sale will be held October 25, 2019 at 2:30 PM on StorageAuction. com. The property in the storage unit(s) listed under tenant’s name is being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien.

The property contents of all storage unit(s) sold at this sale are purchased “as is� “where is� for CASH/ CREDIT. Safe-n-Sound Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any bid or to cancel any public sale advertised. Announcement made the day of the sale takes precedence over any printed materials.

JENNIFER OCHOA 5X10 NC – 2 Bikes, Scooter, Flat-screen TV, Microwave, Hoover Sweeper, Bed and Box Spring, Christmas Tree and Misc. items.

PATRICIA GONZALEZ 10X15 NC – Bird Bath, 10’ Ladder, Lamps, Table, Mirror, Chest of Drawers, Nightstands, Bookcase and Misc. items.

CITY OF BUDA LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to City of Buda Charter, Article III, Section 3.11 (D).

Ordinances, that the Buda City Council, at its regular meeting on DATE, adopted an ordinance(s) amending the Fiscal Year 2020 Appendix A Fee Schedule; providing for penalties for failure to comply with such ordinance(s); providing for publication; and, providing for an effective date. By: Mayor George Haehn.

Attest: Alicia Ramirez, City Clerk. (full text is available in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 405 E. Loop Street, Building 100, Buda, TX, during business hours and on www.ci.buda.tx.us.)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Eliobardo Sepulveda, Sr., Deceased, were issued on

October 7, 2019, in Cause No. _19-0332-P_, pending in the County Court at Law No. 3, Hays County, Texas, to: Carmen Sepulveda.

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, Texas 78640 DATED the 7th day of October , 2019. /s/ David Glickler David Glickler Attorney for Carmen Sepulveda State Bar No.: 00787549 130 Hall Professional Center Kyle, Texas 78640 Telephone: (512) 2686425 Facsimile: (512) 268-5404 E-mail: glick@ johnhalllawfirm.com

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SUBDIVIDE

An application has been filed with HAYS COUNTY to subdivide 17.059 acres of property located at 3303 Goforth Road, Kyle, TX 78640. Information regarding the application may be obtained from Hays County Development Services (512) 393-2150.

Tracking number: SUB-1280

NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN AIR PERMIT PROPOSED AIR QUALITY PERMIT NUMBER 158488 APPLICATION Fred Weber, Inc., has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for: Issuance of Permit 158488 This application would authorize construction of the Sand and Gravel Facility located at 7071 Camino Real, Maxwell, Hays County, Texas 78656. This application is being processed in an expedited manner, as allowed by the commission’s rules in 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 101, Subchapter J. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/ hb610/index.html?lat=29.930053&lng=-97.836104&zoom=13&type=r. The facility will emit the following contaminants: particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less.

This application was submitted to the TCEQ on September 19, 2019. The application will be available for viewing and copying at the TCEQ central office, the TCEQ Austin regional office, and the Kyle Public Library, 550 Scott Street, Kyle, Hays County, Texas beginning the first day of publication of this notice. The facility’s compliance file, if any exists, is available for public review in the Austin regional office of the TCEQ. The executive director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application.

PUBLIC COMMENT/PUBLIC MEETING You may submit public comments, or request a public meeting or a contested case hearing to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below. The TCEQ will consider all public comments in developing a final decision on the application. After the deadline for public comments, the executive director will prepare a response to all public comments.

The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or ask questions about the application. A public meeting about the application will be held if the executive director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application, if requested by an interested person, or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing.

After technical review of the application is complete, the executive director may prepare a draft permit and will issue a preliminary decision on the application. Notice of Application and Preliminary Decision for an Air Quality Permit will then be published and mailed to those who made comments, submitted hearing requests or are on the mailing list for this application. That notice will contain the final deadline for submitting public comments.

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING You may request a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court. A contested case hearing will only be granted based on disputed issues of fact that are relevant and material to the Commission’s decision. Further, the Commission will only grant a hearing on those issues submitted during the public comment period and not withdrawn. The deadline to submit a request for a contested case hearing is 30 days after newspaper notice is published. If a request is timely filed, the deadline for requesting a contested case hearing will be extended to 30 days after the mailing of the response to comments.

A person who may be affected by emissions of air contaminants from the facility is entitled to request a hearing. If requesting a contested case hearing, you must submit the following: (1) your name (or for a group or association, an official representative), mailing address, and daytime phone number; (2) applicant’s name and permit number; (3) the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing�; (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location and distance of your property relative to the facility; (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility; and (7) a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period. If the request is made by a group or an association, one or more members who have standing to request a hearing must be identified by name and physical address. The interests the group or association seeks to protect must also be identified. You may also submit your proposed adjustments to the application/permit which would satisfy your concerns.

If a hearing request is timely filed, following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for contested case hearing to the Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submitted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the subject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating to relevant and material air quality concerns submitted during the comment period. Issues such as property values, noise, traffic safety, and zoning are outside of the Commission’s jurisdiction to address in this proceeding.

MAILING LIST In addition to submitting public comments, you may ask to be placed on a mailing list to receive future public notices for this specific application by sending a written request to the Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public record. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the Public Education Program toll free at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Espaùol, puede llamar al 1-800-687- 4040.

Further information may also be obtained from Fred Weber, Inc., 2320 Creve Coeur Mill Road, Maryland Heights, Missouri 63043-4207 or by calling Ms. Melissa Fitts, Westward Environmental, at (830) 249-8284.

Notice Issuance Date: September 30, 2019

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Attorney at Law 130 Hall Professional Center Kyle, TX 78640 DATED the 3rd day of October, 2019 Ryan V. Vickers Attorney for Verlenne Monroe State Bar No.: 24079518 130 Hall Professional Center Kyle, TX 78640 Telephone: (512) 268-6425 Facsimile: (512) 268-5405 E-mail: rvickers@ johnhalllawfirm.com

Notice is hereby given that Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of ROBERT for the Estate of Maggie Jo E. ANDERSON, deceased, Hipskind, Deceased, were were issued on October 2, issued on September 9, 2019 under Docket number 2019, in Cause No. 19-027219-0327-P, pending in P, pending in the County the County Court of Hays Court at Law No. 1, Hays County, Texas to JANET County, Texas, to: Verlenne KATHRYN REDDEN. Claims Monroe. may be presented in care of All persons having claims the attorney for the Estate against this Estate which is addressed as follows: currently being administered Janet Kathryn Redden are required to present them Independent Executor to the undersigned within Estate of Robert E. the time and in the manner Anderson prescribed by law.

C/O Andrew Gary c/o: Ryan V. Vickers PUBLIC NOTICES, 14 P. O. Box 727 San Marcos, Texas 78667 All persons having claims NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING against this Estate which is currently being Doral Academy of Texas Board of Directors will administered are required conduct an informational meeting for the public on to present them within the October 10, 2019 at Buda Public Library to time and in the manner provide details of a proposed public openprescribed by law. enrollment charter school named Doral Academy of Dated this 3rd. day of October, 2019 Texas Participants will hear a presentation that explains Andrew Gary the proposal and will have an opportunity to ask Bar #7721000 questions about the proposed school. The members P.O. Box 727 of the school board are Douglas Rodriguez, Olivia San Marcos, Texas 78667 Suarez, of Krista Piferrer Management, & Kara Belew.

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Public Notices CITATION BY PUBLICATION

TO: STEVE GROSSMAN AND TO ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, HEIRS, OR CLAIMANTS IN THE LAND DESCRIBED HEREIN, Defendants, GREETINGS: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney.

If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days after you were served this citation, the same being the 4th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2019 a default judgment may be taken against you.

YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the 22nd District Court, Hays County, Texas, at San Marcos then and there to answer the PLANTIFF’S FIRST AMENDED PETITION SEEKING A JUDICIAL JUDGMENT FOR FORECLOSURE filed in said Court on the 9TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2018, and said suit being numbered 17-0760 on the docket of said Court, wherein PINGORA LOAN SERVICING, LLC is the Plaintiff and DAVID R. WHIDDON; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF PATTI JEANE ROWE; JERRY GROSSMAN; STEVE GROSSMAN; TIMOTHY GROSSMAN is the Defendant.

The nature of said suit is as follows: SUIT TO ENFORCE VENDOR’S LIEN ON AND ASSERT SUPERIOR TITLE TO THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 7, BLOCK “L”, EL CAMINO REAL, PHASE 1, SECTION 3B, A SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT RECORDED IN VOLUME 17, PAGES 84-86, PLAT RECORDS OF HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 416 CAPISTRANO DR., SAN MARCOS, TX. All as more fully appears of record on file in this office, and which reference is here made for all intents and purposes.

ISSUED AND GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL of said Court at office, on this the 20th day of September, 2019.

REQUESTED BY: Mark Torabi IRELAN McDANIEL PLLC 10440 N. Central Expressway, Suite 800 Dallas, Texas 75231 972-331-2300 BEVERLY CRUMLEY Hays County District Clerk 712 Stagecoach Trail, Ste. 2211

San Marcos, Texas 78666 By: Jane May, Deputy

GRANT SERVICE PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE WINDY HILL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AT RICHMOND BRANCH “K20-21.1”

The City of Kyle has submitted an application to the Texas General Land Office under the 2015 Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Fund to support infrastructure.

Accordingly, the City is seeking to contract with a qualified Engineering Firm (individual/ firm) to prepare all preliminary and final plan designs and specifications, surveying and geotechnical investigations, bid packet, material testing, and assist with utility, and construction oversight for the Windy Hill Road Improvements at Richmond Branch. Qualification specifications may be secured from the City website.

Please submit one (1) electronic copy (CD or flash drive) and four (4) complete bound copies of your proposal of services and a statement of qualifications for the proposed services to the office of Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer, City Hall, 100 W. Center St., Kyle, Texas 78640. Qualifications shall be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked: Request for Qualifications for the Procurement of Professional Engineering Services for the Windy Hill Road Improvements at Richmond Branch “K20-21.1” A pre-submission conference will be held in the Public Works Training Room at the City Public Works Department, 520 E. RR 150, Kyle, Texas at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 7, 2019.

Sealed qualifications shall be received by City Engineer no later than October 23, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. to be considered. The City reserves the right to negotiate with any and all individuals or firms that submit qualifications, as per the Texas Professional Services Procurement Act and the Uniform Grant and Contract Management Standards, Section 3 Residents and Business Concerns, Minority Business Enterprises, Small Business En-

terprises, and Women Business Enterprises are encouraged to submit proposals. The City of Kyle is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer.

No fax submissions will be accepted. No late submissions will be accepted. All submissions received after the deadline will be returned unopened.

CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS Leon Barba, P.E. City Engineer

p.m. to be considered. The City reserves the right to negotiate with any and all individuals or firms that submit qualifications, as per the Texas Professional Services Procurement Act and the Uniform Grant and Contract Management Standards, Section 3 Residents and Business Concerns, Minority Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises, and Women Business Enterprises are encouraged to submit proposals. The City of Kyle is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer.

No fax submissions will be accepted. No late submissions will be accepted. All submissions received after the deadline will be returned unopened.

CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS Leon Barba, P.E. City Engineer

GRANT SERVICE PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATOR OR SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE WINDY HILL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS NOTICE OF SALE AT RICHMOND BRANCH River Road self Storage “K20-21.2” wishes to avail themselves of The City of Kyle has submit-

ted an application to the Texas General Land Office under the 2015 Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Fund to support infrastructure.

Accordingly, the City is seeking to contract with a qualified Professional Administrator or Service Provider (individual/firm) to assist with the environmental and right of way acquisition documentation, and administration oversight of the contract for the Windy Hill Road Improvements at Richmond Branch.

Qualification specifications may be secured from the City website.

Please submit one (1) electronic copy (CD or flash drive) and four (4) complete bound copies of your proposal of services and a statement of qualifications for the proposed services to the office of Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer, City Hall, 100 W. Center St., Kyle, Texas 78640. Qualifications shall be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked: Request for Qualifications for the Procurement of Professional Administrator or Service Provider for the Windy Hill Road Improvements at Richmond Branch “K20-21.2” A pre-submission conference will be held in the Public Works Training Room at the City Public Works Department, 520 E. RR 150, Kyle, Texas at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 7, 2019.

Sealed qualifications shall be received by City Engineer no later than October 23, 2019 at 2:00

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. 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: October 26th 2019 (Saturday) Time: 9:00 am Location: River Road Self Storage 880 River Rd, San Marcos, TX, 78666 #055 (K. Betacourt) - snow cone machine, heater, chair, clothes; #58 (S. Delgado) - table, bike, tires; #69 (R. Gutierrez) - mattress, recliner; #90 (J. Valero) - 2 mattresses, desk; #91 (R. Natal) - futon, couch, recliner, 2 dressers, kids toys; #111 (T. Bell) - table, headboard, bike, chair, small elliptical; #140 (V. Rios) - amp, dresser, couch; #149 (G. Weldon) - barstools, speaker, misc.; #161 (R. Haverda) - tv, stereo, trek bike, work lights, gun case, clothes, cookware; #193 (L. Alonzo) - drums, chair, heater, table, cookware, bedding, clothes, misc.; #225 (J. Lopez) - chairs, tool box, coffee table, ottoman, misc.; #234 (C. Wallace) - headboard,·mattress,. box spring; #320 (A. Hill) - wheel chair, wagon, full size box spring, misc.; #363 (A. Nolasco) - printer, bike, Nerf gun, razor scooter, kids toys; #420 (C. Frit z) - shelves, mop bucket, wagon, hand crafted wood tables approx 3X8ft.; #441 (J. Grimaldo) - microwave, tv, futon, bbq pit, coolers, misc.