Hays Free Press October 23, 2019

OCTOBER 23, 2019 NEW GROCER

UPTOWN PREVIEW

New home-grown grocery and market coming to Buda

Kyle Council gets a preview of Uptown Kyle at Plum Creek

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Buda OKs bond issuance for regional water project

BY ANITA MILLER

The project will supply, Construction on the project, which beginning in 2023, water The Buda City Council the city “sorely needs in includes a new water treatment plant, unanimously approved the future as we continue treated water pipes, pumps and the issuance of $4.37 mil- to grow,” Mayor George lion in revenue bonds as Haehn said prior to the delivery points, is expected to begin part of the city’s particivote. in early 2021. pation in a regional water Graham Moore, ARWA supply contract with the executive director, told as the Guadalupe BlanAlliance Regional Water council members prior to will deliver water from co River Authority, the Authority (ARWA) at its the vote that the project, the Carrizo-Wilcox cities of Lockhart and regular meeting Oct. 15. which Aquifer to Buda as well

New Braunfels and other entities, is currently in the processs of engineering design and easement acquisition, adding that of 325 required easements, only one has been agreed on.

“Obviously, there is a lot ahead of us,” he said.

Construction on the project, which includes

a new water treatment plant, treated water pipes, pumps and delivery points, is expected to begin in early 2021.

The project will also utilize SWIFT funding from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), Moore said.

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Kyle police issue warrant in death of Lehman grad

BY ANITA MILLER

Happy Birthday, Kyle!

PHOTO BY JAMES NIÑO

Kyle, the Pie Capital of Texas, celebrated its 139th birthday this past weekend. Spencer Thomas, co-owner of Texas Pie Company, helped celebrate in style by dressing as a pie in the parade that took place down Center Street. See more photos on page 16.

As Austin home prices rise, Hays County fields disappear The woman at the podium listed off a dozen or so species of songbirds that delight her young daughters by coming to their backyard feeder – tufted titmice, chickadees, wrens, finches and

buntings among them.

“I’m speaking on behalf of the birds that will lose their homes on the land behind our house” on Mather Street, Lisa Trahan told the Kyle City Council on Oct. 15.

“I also speak on behalf of my children, theirs

is the generation that will confront the real problems of overdevelopment,” she continued, before lifting her young daughter Macy to the microphone. “There are cows back there …. And they’re like cutting down the trees,” the little girl

said.

Those emotional remarks followed similar statements by a longer-time resident of the same neighborhood as council was poised to consider changing the

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COMING UP Center Street Trick or Treat

Join your Kyle neighbors Saturday for Center Street Trick-or-Treat 1 to 4 p.m. on City “Scare” Park.

Local businesses and organizations will s provide a fun and safe opportunity for trick-or-treating. All “ghosts” and “goblins” young and old are invited for the trail of treats and costume contest as well as a pumpin carving contest.

See the city of Kyle website for more details.

Boo-Da Halloween

Join your Buda neighbors for the 17th Annual Boo-Da Halloween Saturday from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.. There will be everything from costume contests to a brand new haunted maze, Buda has got your Halloween needs covered. Enjoy this family-friendly event in the heart of downtown Buda.

More information to come as we get closer to Halloween. We look forward to seeing you.

IZZY ON HAIR Barber shop aims to beautify Kyle.

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Pet costume contest and WAG Rescue

Come to Whole Pets Market Oct. 26 in Dripping Springs for a pet costume contest.

This promises to be a fun event from noon to 2 p.m.

Prizes will include a flat screen TV, free pet food for three months and a Yeti cooler. Adoptable pets will also be on hand.

INDEX

BY ANITA MILLER

News………… 2, 4, 5, 16 Opinion Page………… 3 Sports…………………… 6 Education……………… 7

Kyle police hope that the man accused of murdering a Lehman High School graduate last month will be brought back to Hays County within MILLER the next 30 days to face justice.

A capital murder warrant has been issued against 20-year-

old Devonte Miller of Kyle in connection with the shooting death of 19-year-old Ben Verse, who was found dead in a vehicle in the parking lot of a closed business along Interstate 35 early on Sept. 25.

An autopsy revealed Verse had been shot more than once, Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said.

Miller has also been named as a suspect in a shooting in San Marcos Sept. 24 in which an 18-year-old woman was struck multiple times on

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Buda hires new head of economic development

BY ANITA MILLER The city of Buda has announced a new executive director of its Economic Development Corporation, a position that had been vacant since former ANDERSON director Ann Miller was “released” in April.

Traci Anderson, formerly the economic development director in Sunnyvale outside Dallas, will begin work Oct. 28 and on Oct. 30, the city is hosting a reception for her from 5 to 7 p.m. in the main lobby of the Buda Municipal Complex.

During her time in Sunnyvale, Anderson helped to secure more than one million square feet of commercial development and more than $64 million in expansion projects.

Anderson said she was “sad to leave” her former position, but, “I am excited for what the future holds and to return to Central Texas,” she said.

She had formerly worked as vice president and BRE

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Traci Anderson, formerly the economic development director in Sunnyvale outside Dallas where she helped secure more than $64 million in expansion projects. manager for the Taylor Economic Development Corporation.

“The Buda Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors have been deliberate and patient in the search for an executive director,” Board President Jennifer Storm said. “Traci’s experience and connections in the business community will help achieve Buda’s goals and objectives for economic development.”

“Buda is a fast growing community with the benefits of small-town charm in the heart of the

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Hays Free Press • October 23, 2019

Council gets preview of Uptown Kyle

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There won’t be any skyscrapers, but the firm hoping to develop Uptown Kyle at Plum Creek says its project will tickle the town’s highest ambitions.

The mixed-use project with roots going back 20 years is moving closer to reality.

The Kyle City Council has directed city staff to bring back action items related to Uptown Kyle at Plum Creek, envisioned as a blend of apartments, shops, offices, restaurants and a hotel/convention center clustered around a public park and possibly including a new home for the police department.

It is intended as a destination, a “draw” to bring people from out-of-town who would stay at a local

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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.

hotel, shop in local shops and eat at local restaurants.

Moreover, a representative of Momark told council, the look and feel

of the project would be “inspired” by downtown architecture and built on land donated by the Negley family.

“We love the originality

of Kyle and Central Texas.

We want to create a strong mixed-use environment and engaging urban streetscape,” Steven Spears of Momark told the council

as he presented a series of slides illustrating what the “live, work, play” project could look like.

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STATE OF THE CITY

Kyle mayor has the future on his mind

BY ANITA MILLER

spending what he admitted was a disproportionate “The future should be amount of time on the one on the lips and minds of issue no one had foreseen every person trying to — Kinder Morgan and its make an impact on the plans to build a 42-inch city of Kyle … if we consid- natural gas pipeline er what Kyle could be like through Hays County and in 20 years and work our the city of Kyle. way back to the present, Mitchell also touched there is a way forward.” on the concept of managThose were the closing ing growth and the city’s comments on Tuesday of efforts to shift from the Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchel, model of single-family dewho delivered his 2019 tached homes to more of State of the City address to a focus on new urbanism an assemblage of Chamand vertical use projects; ber of Commerce officials, various infrastructure members of the business projects; and economic community and other at development.

Kyle Old Town.

Regarding Kinder Mitchell spoke for about Morgan, the mayor an hour on the challenges stressed the multiple ways and successes the city city officials have strughas seen in the past year, gled against the energy

Police say more vehicles have been burglarized

BY ANITA MILLER

Kyle Police are again warning residents not to leave anything of value in their vehicles. According to Lt. Pedro Hernandez, the KPD received 42 reports of motor vehicle burglaries which have in recent weeks resulted in the arrest of two adults, detention of four juveniles. Additionally, a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a third adult, identified as 31-yearold Christopher Robert Thompson of Kyle.

Thompson is accused of stealing “commercial grade equipment” from work trucks parked in

various neighborhoods.

Based on the account of a witness, officers located Thompson’s truck and talked with him. “He ended up confessing and returning a lot of the property he stole,” Hernandez said. Other property has still to be returned.

Hernandez said the reports that have come in this month have been from throughout the city in both residential neighborhoods and business districts.

To report a crime, call 911. If it is not an emergency, call the Kyle Police Department at 512-2683232.

giant and the route of its planned pipeline since first learning about the project about a year ago from reading about it in the newspaper.

He described the city’s efforts as a “crusade to track Kinder Morgan down and get them to the table,” and the various incarnations the struggle has taken since then. He detailed the city’s learning that the company was not subject to environmental regulations yet had the power of eminent domain.

“They can take people’s land without a public hearing or environmental impact statement,” he said, adding that the decision on the project’s route were made in a

boardroom using outdated maps. “They didn’t take into consideration just how much the Hill Country didn’t like their idea,” he said.

Kyle and 17 other jurisdictions including cities, counties and school districts passed resolutions in opposition to the Permian Highway Pipeline but stressed that the Texas Legislature, for its lack of oversight, shares in the blame. The city’s first lawsuit, which was joined by the city of San Marcos, Hays County and individual landowners, was to force the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) to exercise actual oversight on such projects. That action was struck down

by a judge but is now on appeal.

Next came the a city ordinance that, while it did out outlaw pipelines, sought to enact stricter standards on things like depth. “Kinder Morgan didn’t take that kindly and filed a lawsuit,” Mitchell said. “That's when the opportunity came to sit down with Kinder Morgan and negotiate … we were able to put into place an agreement” that still calls for the pipeline to be deeper in some places but prohibits it ever being converted to carry crude oil, and allows the city to pursuit lawsuits against other entities. It did that

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Vandalism at Johnson High School subject of probe

BY ANITA MILLER The Hays County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is investigating a case of vandalism that occurred early Sunday at Johnson High School; unlike a somewhat similar incident weeks ago, it is not considered to be a prank.

Graffiti including the words “Lehman” and “Lobos” “was located in a couple of places near the front main entrance to the school, on the track, and on the Hays CISD logo on the football field,” said district spokesman Tim Savoy.

“There were no hate symbols or hate speech painted.”

He said most of the graffiti had been removed by Sunday after-

noon, though the best way to remove the mark on the field is still being assessed.

Savoy said a couple of weekends ago, “as part of the Hays High School cheerleaders’ ‘Paint the Town Red’ fundraiser someone painted a red ‘H’ for ‘Hays High School’ on the sidewalk at the main entry. It was

initially mistaken as vandalism by an employee who saw it, but it was washable paint and considered a prank.”

Anyone with any information should contact the HCSO at 512-393-7896. Callers who wish to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers at 512353-TIPS.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Even our expensive houses are relatively affordable” for families coming from New York, Boston or California –J.D. Sanford, Realtor. Story on page 1

Hays Free Press • October 23, 2019

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No victory without defeat Guest Column

by Todd Purcell

I

’m on the fence about this, if you want the truth.

You see, more school districts are banning childhood games that were staples when I was growing up in the 1970s.

Some say dodgeball, kickball, keepaway, tug-of-war, Red Rover and other games are teaching children the wrong lessons.

This past summer, for instance, researchers in Canada argued that dodgeball is a tool of oppression that can unfairly target “weaker” students.

On one hand, I can see the researchers’ point. I was a good athlete, able to hold my own in these games. But the less athletic kids got eliminated early, sometimes by meaner kids who humiliated them by throwing balls off their noggins.

On the other hand, these games helped prepare me for some of life’s unpleasant realities.

Keep-away certainly could be unpleasant. One kid carried the ball and everybody else tried to rip it away from him. It was about individualism; there was no teamwork, no rules, no adults to intervene. It was simply you against everybody else – just like the adult world often is.

Kickball definitely favored the more athletic kids. I loved crushing the ball with my right leg and rounding the bases. But some kids couldn’t kick it out of the infield and surely didn’t enjoy the game as much as I did.

My favorite was dodgeball. We played it during gym class in the winter months.

Thirty to 40 kids would line up on either side. Balls were whipped back and forth until the herd was thinned. If you caught a ball thrown at you, or avoided it, you stayed in the game. If somebody caught a ball you threw, or somebody hit you with a ball, you were out.

I was always among the last survivors, but the kid who won the most was Mikey Miller. Quick, agile and cunning, he was nearly impossible to hit. And though he lacked the arm strength to knock you down, he usually figured out a way to catch a ball you whipped at him.

I still remember – with glee – the day I beat him. It was a great victory that filled me with excitement, pride and, dare I say, self-esteem. It won me the other kids’ respect.

I realize that childhood has changed since the rough-and-tumble 1970s. It’s a good thing that educators are concerned for the well-being of every child. But there’s a fine line between concern and coddling.

Efforts to shield children from every sort of unpleasantness — efforts to ensure that every child gets a trophy, regardless of performance — aren’t doing children any favors when it comes to preparing them for adulthood.

Like it or not, adults occasionally face mean people in the real world. Like it or not, adults have to compete if they wish to succeed in their chosen fields. Like it or not, trophies in the adult world are granted only to people who win.

If you want to ban dodgeball for safety reasons, fair enough. But kickball, tug-of-war and many other traditional childhood games?

To borrow from the ABC “Wide World of Sports” motto of the ’70s: In order to truly experience “the thrill of victory,” it’s helpful to also experience “the agony of defeat.”

Tom Purcell, author of “Misadventures of a 1970’s Childhood,” a humorous memoir available at amazon.com, is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist and is nationally syndicated exclusively by Cagle Cartoons Inc. Tom@TomPurcell.com

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Conservation district must protect us all

BY JIM BLACKBURN, J.D.

An obscene, illogical groundwater permit application to pump almost a billion gallons of groundwater a year from the Trinity Aquifer near Driftwood is currently being pursued by a private company, Electro Purification (EP).

know it will cause disastrous impacts?”

In 2015, the Texas LegislaThe point here is vitally ture gave the Barton Springs important. The district must Edwards Aquifer Conserprotect all of us. It is not their vation District additional job to please a private appliterritory and responsibility cant. It is their job to regulate for regulating groundwater groundwater, and they have withdrawal from the Trinity the legal authority to do so.

Aquifer in a portion of Hays We understand that Texas ity Aquifer from 360 feet at County. It’s important to cation to pump almost a groundwater law is complione mile away (about 76% of cated. Both the applicant know the district also probillion gallons of groundtects Barton Springs, which, water a year from the Trinity a well’s water column) to 140 and the adjacent landowners feet at five miles away (about have property rights in the during drought, is sustained Aquifer near Driftwood is 30% of the water column).

by Trinity Aquifer groundcurrently being pursued by groundwater. The district’s This is unacceptable, and water. a private company, Electro regulatory responsibility rejust wrong.

The Trinity Edwards Purification (EP). TESPA, quires fairness and balance, No single landowner Springs Protection AssociaHays County and a number not capitulation. As we see should be able to harm tion (TESPA) and the Hays of private landowners are it now, the district is capituCounty community are fighting it with all our might. neighbors and kill springs lating and acting in opposiin this way. No reasonable concerned about how the EP’s intention is to sell this tion to the community it is interpretation of property district is interpreting this groundwater to the Goforth obligated to protect. rights allows this to happen. new responsibility. Based on Special Utility District in The Barton Springs EdThe damage will be felt from wards Aquifer Conservation recent decision-making, it eastern Hays County.

Wimberley to Dripping appears the district is more Our expert has testified District is on the verge of Springs and to the outskirts concerned with avoiding that after pumping this volmaking decisions that set a legal fight with permit ume of water for seven years, of Kyle and San Marcos – an a dangerous precedent for area of more than 78 square applicants than with actually the drawdown at Jacob’s how groundwater will be miles. One applicant should managed in Hays County. regulating groundwater pro- Well, 5.5 miles away, will be not be given the right to duction. This should worry approximately 140 feet. It’s These decisions will not only drain the aquifer we all the residents of Austin, Hays a well-established fact that impact Jacob’s Well, Cypress share.

County and the Hill Country. Jacob’s Well will stop flowCreek, the Blanco River and This could be the result of Barton Springs, but everyThose living west of Inter- ing after only a few feet of state-35 share an intrinsic drawdown. Jacob’s Well is the BSEACD’s proposed action, one’s groundwater rights. We which is to issue EP’s full per- want the district to use its connection through the karst source of water for Cypress mit with some safeguards. limestone that lies below Creek, which runs through authority to regulate in a way However, an alternative us. This porous substrate Wimberley and into the that protects all of us who does exist. District staff has welcomes the rain, stores Blanco River. depend on the aquifer – and determined that if pumping to protect the groundwater, it, and slowly gives it back Equally alarming, EP will were permitted at 250,000 through seeps and springs impact hundreds of landnot the groundwater district. gallons per day (rather than throughout the Hill Counowners’ household wells.

In this, we all will benefit. try. Excessive groundwater After seven years of pumping 2.5 million gallons per day), negative impacts would not withdrawals are threatening at the full permit volume, Jim Blackburn is board occur. these seeps and springs, and wells will be drawn down chair of TESPA, Professor in TESPA’s key question, we are in grave danger of as far as five miles away the Practice of Environmenthen, is this: “Why must a losing them. from the EP well field. The tal Law at Rice University, An obscene, illogical drawdown varies in the Cow permit be issued for the full and Rice Faculty Scholar at groundwater permit appliCreek formation of the Trin- amount requested when we the Baker Institute.

Red Ribbon Week to raise awareness To heighten awareness of the legal and social consequences of underage drinking and drug use, the Travis County Underage Drinking Prevention Program (UDPP), serving Travis, Hays and Williamson counties, is focusing its prevention efforts to promote a safe and sober fall.

Youth and their families are enjoying football games and tailgate events, Fall Fests and Halloween. The UDPP wants to remind these tri-county communities to think before they drink, and be aware of the legal and social consequences of underage drinking, providing alcohol to minors, and DWI. In 2018, there were

Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among teens, and is more likely to kill young people than all other illegal drugs combined (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence).

262 DUI-alcohol reportable motor vehicle traffic crashes involving drivers of all ages in Hays County (TxDOT).

Oct. 28- 31 is designated as Red Ribbon Week in schools across the country. Red Ribbon Week honors Drug Enforcement Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, who was kidnapped and killed in 1985.

Alcohol is the most com-

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monly used drug among teens, and is more likely to kill young people than all other illegal drugs combined (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence). Parents play the largest role in influencing underage alcohol use, experts say. “Adults need to rid themselves of the ‘not my kid’ mentality and talk openly with teens about

the dangers of drinking and riding with friends or anyone else who has been drinking,” said Gloria Souhami, director of the Travis County Attorney’s Underage Drinking Prevention Program (UDPP).

The UDPP offers resources and free presentations for area school districts, private schools and other youth groups. It receives federal funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration through a grant administered by the Texas Department of Transportation. For more information or to schedule a presentation, please call 854-4229 or email Gloria.souhami@ traviscountytx.gov.

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Hays Free Press • October 23, 2019

Hays County Sheriffs Office Police Blotter getting mental health grant

The following is a tally of all calls made to law enforcement within Hays County between Oct. 14 and Oct. 20, 2019.

ANITA MILLER

The grant, for $62,304, is from the U.S. DeHays County Sheriff’s partment of Justice and Office personnel will be handled through the govbetter equipped when ernor’s Criminal Justice they encounter individDivision. uals with mental health “These funds will assist issues, due to a grant the the Hays County SherCommissioners Court vot- iff’s Office in providing ed last week to accept. services and assistance

directly to peace officers and first reposnders to address direct and indirect trauma that occurs in the course of their normal duties,” according to the agenda.

No matching funds on the part of the county were required.

NOTICE OF ELECTION (AVISO DE ELECCIÓN) Notice is hereby given that Hays County Emergency Services District No. 9 (the “District”) will hold an election within the District on November 5, 2019, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., for the purpose of adding the area within the city limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction of the cities of Mountain City, Mustang Ridge, and Creedmoor, and the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the cities of Uhland, Austin, and Dripping Springs, to the extent those areas are within Hays County and not already within the boundaries of the District, Hays County ESD No. 2 and North Hays County ESD No. 1, to the District, and that area assuming its proportionate share of the outstanding debts and taxes of Hays County ESD No. 9, if the area is added to the District.

(Por lo presente se avisa que el Distrito de Servicios de Emergencia Número 9 del Condado de Hays (el “Distrito”) llevará a cabo una elección el 5 de Noviembre, 2019, entre las horas de 7:00 a.m. y 7:00 p.m. dentro del Distrito con el propósito de agregar el área dentro de los límites de la ciudad y de la jurisdicción extraterritorial de las ciudades de Mountain City, Mustang Ridge, y Creedmoor, y la jurisdicción extraterritorial de las ciudades de Uhland, Austin, y Dripping Springs, hasta el punto de que dichas áreas estén dentro del Condado Hays y que al momento no sean incluidas dentro de los límites del Distrito, Hays County ESD No. 2 y North Hays County ESD No. 1, para que sean parte del Distrito, y que dicha área asuma su parte proporcionada de la deuda e impuestos pendientes de Hays County ESD No. 9, si el área es agregada al Distrito.)

The proposition will appear on the ballots in the following form: PROPOSITION FOR

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AGAINST

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ADDING THE AREA WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITIES OF MOUNTAIN CITY, MUSTANG RIDGE, AND CREEDMOOR, AND THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE CITIES OF UHLAND, AUSTIN, AND DRIPPING SPRINGS, TO THE EXTENT THOSE AREAS ARE WITHIN HAYS COUNTY AND NOT ALREADY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF HAYS COUNTY ESD NO. 9, HAYS COUNTY ESD NO. 2 AND NORTH HAYS COUNTY ESD NO. 1, TO THE HAYS COUNTY ESD NO. 9, AND THAT AREA ASSUMING ITS PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE OUTSTANDING DEBTS AND TAXES OF HAYS COUNTY ESD NO. 9, IF THE AREA IS ADDED TO THE DISTRICT.

(La propuesta aparecerá en las boletas como sigue:) PROPOSICIÓN A FAVOR ( ) EN CONTRA ( )

AGREGAR EL ÁREA DENTRO DE LOS LÍMITES DE LA CIUDAD Y DE LA JURISDICCIÓN EXTRATERRITORIAL DE LAS CIUDADES DE MOUNTAIN CITY, MUSTANG RIDGE, Y CREEDMOOR, Y LA JURISDICCIÓN EXTRATERRITORIAL DE LAS CIUDADES DE UHLAND, AUSTIN, Y DRIPPING SPRINGS, HASTA EL PUNTO DE QUE DICHAS ÁREAS ESTÉN DENTRO DEL CONDADO HAYS Y QUE AL MOMENTO NO SEAN INCLUIDAS DENTRO DE LOS LÍMITES DE HAYS COUNTY ESD NO. 9, HAYS COUNTY ESD NO. 2 Y NORTH HAYS COUNTY ESD NO. 1, PARA QUE SEAN PARTE DE HAYS COUNTY ESD NO. 9, Y QUE DICHA ÁREA ASUMA SU PARTE PROPORCIONADA DE LA DEUDA E IMPUESTOS PENDIENTES DE HAYS COUNTY ESD NO. 9, SI EL ÁREA ES AGREGADA AL DISTRITO.

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Canine Search.......................................... 2 Drone Deployment................................... 2 Viol City Ordinance................................... 1 Suspected Gang Activity......................... 1 Missing Person......................................... 2 SRP Drill................................................... 1 Runaway................................................... 5 Public Assist........................................... 10 Community Contact............................... 23 Disabled Vehicle..................................... 18 Foot Patrol................................................ 1 Close Patrol.......................................... 133 Parental Discipline Assist......................... 3 Welfare Concern..................................... 41 Suicidal Person........................................ 6 Investigation............................................. 8 Supplement.............................................. 2 Suspicious Circumstances.................... 31 Suspicious Person................................. 18 Suspicious Vehicle................................. 33 Wanted Person....................................... 16 Indentity Theft.......................................... 4 Theft....................................................... 25 Unauth use Vehicle.................................. 1 Vehicle Theft............................................. 2 Accident Minor....................................... 42 Accident Hit and Run............................... 6 Accident Major/Injury............................. 24 Accident Fleet.......................................... 1 Abandoned/Stored Vehicle...................... 4 Traffic Control/Direction........................... 4 Directed/Area Enforce............................ 41 Traffic Hazard......................................... 33 Attempt to Locate.................................. 61 Parking Enforcement................................ 2 Traffic Stop........................................... 470 Trespassing/Unwanted.......................... 12 911 Abandoned/Open.......................... 204 Deadly Conduct....................................... 3 911 Aban/Misdial/Open........................... 3 Discharge Firearm.................................... 8 Drowning/Driving/Scuba Acc................... 1 Unknown Problem.................................... 1 EMS Response........................................ 1 Private Tow/Repo................................... 16

Below is a sample of events reported by law enforcement from Oct. 14 through Oct. 20, 2019. The location is where the event was reported or responded to and may not necessarily be where the event occured.

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Abduction/Kidnapping............................. 1 Civil Matter............................................... 3 Information............................................... 7 Deliver Message....................................... 1 Compliance Check................................. 12 Sex Offender Registry.............................. 1 Property- Lost/Found/Imp....................... 3 Alarm Business...................................... 36 Alarm Residential................................... 22 Alarm Panic.............................................. 1 Animal Calls............................................ 85 Field Euthanasia....................................... 6 Loose Livestock..................................... 27 Sexual Assault.......................................... 1 Assault...................................................... 4 Assist EMS............................................. 11 Assist Fire Dept........................................ 3 Assist Outside Agency........................... 15 Burglary Building...................................... 1 Burglary Habitation.................................. 3 Burglary Vehicle........................................ 2 Criminal Mischief...................................... 7 Enviromental Crime.................................. 1 Illegal Dumping........................................ 5 Disorderly Conduct.................................. 5 Fireworks.................................................. 3 Reckless Damage.................................... 1 Death Investigation.................................. 1 Disturbance Noise.................................. 27 Disturbance Physical Fight...................... 6 Disturbance Verbal................................. 25 Child Custody.......................................... 3 Violation of Order..................................... 1 Narcotics/Information.............................. 3 Marijuana.................................................. 2 Public Intoxication.................................... 1 MIP Tobacco............................................ 1 Fraud........................................................ 8 Credit/Debit Abuse................................... 2 Harassment............................................ 10 Threat....................................................... 5 Mental Health Invest................................ 7 Mental Health Follow Up.......................... 3 Mental Health Transport........................... 2 Canine Training......................................... 1

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Niederwald Strasse/Camino Real Kyle 3425 Hugo Rd San Marcos E US 290 Dripping Springs

Salt Lick BBQ of Driftwood on RR 1826 Cabelas Dr Buda Fairfield Inn Marina Cir Wimberley Shale Cir Buda

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A rundown of the 10 proposed Constitutional amendments STAFF REPORT Texans will decide 10 amendments to the Texas Constitution on Nov. 5, and ahead of the election, the League of Women Voters is presenting arguments both for and against each.

PROPOSITION 1 Proposition 1 proposes adding elected municipal judges to the list of public officials who may hold more than one office at a time.

Currently, officials that are allowed to hold multiple offices include county commissioner, justice of the peace, notary public and postmaster.

Arguments for passage of the amendment include that filling some positions would be easier for smaller municipalities if municipal judges could serve more than one community; and that it would make it easier for authorities to obtain search warrants and streamline other proceedings.

Arguments against include the possibility of a judge being elected in a community he or she was not familiar with, along with the fact the Texas Constitution already permits a person elected in one municipality to be appointed in another.

would provide a better source of funding than stressing local general funds.

Those opposed point to the economic impact, noting that it would cost $3,375,000 through 2021 and that the issue should be addressed locally, not through the state.

PROPOSITION 3 Proposition 3 would authorize the Legislature to give temporary property tax exemptions in areas where the governor has issued a disaster declaration. Exemptions would range from 15 to 100 percent, depending on the amount of property damage the taxpayer received. Local governments would decide whether to adopt the exemption and determine how long it would last.

Those in favor say the amendment would provide a quicker way of delivering relief and that it would be easier and more affordable for local governments than the current reassessment process.

Those against it say it’s not guaranteed to help as many as it could, since local governments will make the call, and that despite predetermined damage categories, extensive reappraisals might still be necessary.

PROPOSITION 2

PROPOSITION 4

Proposition 2 would allow the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) to issue general obligation bonds for the Economically Distressed Area Program (EDAP).

Not to exceed $200 million, the bonds would help develop water supply and sewer projects.

Those in favor of the amendment argue that access to clean water should not be determined by socioeconomic factors and that bonds

Proposition 4 would enact a Constitutional ban on establishing a state income tax.

Those in favor note that most Texans do not want a state income tax, and that the establishment of one would dampen the state’s lowtax, pro-growth stance and fewer people would move here if one were enacted.

Those opposed say the amendment is unnecessary since the Constitu-

tion prevents one being established without a statewide referendum, that revenue from an income tax could reduce the tax burden on businesses and that without a state income tax, property and sales taxes would continue to rise.

PROPOSITION 5 Proposition 5 would dedicate sales taxes on sporting goods go to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Historical Commission.

Those in favor of the amendment point to the fact that many parks and historic sites are badly in need of maintenance; and the money would allow for more preservation and the development of new parks.

Those opposed generally don’t want any funds dedicated to a specific purpose, which eliminates budget flexibility.

PROPOSITION 6 Proposition 6 would benefit cancer research, increasing the maximum bond amount for the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) from $3 billion to $6 billion.

Proponents of the amendment say the move would ensure Texas continues its investment in cancer research and note that current funding for CPRIT, which has created jobs and generated other economic activity, expires in 2021.

Opponents note CPRIT’s history of mismanaging funds and say it could cost the government $12.5 million in general revenue funds.

PROPOSITION 7 Proposition 7 would increase from $300 million to $600 million the amount the Gen-

eral Land Office could annually distribute to the Available School Fund.

The fund gets its money from the management, sale and leasing of more than 13 million acres of land for the Permanent School Fund.

Those in favor argue the amendment will improve funding for Texas’ public schools, which would reduce their dependence on local property taxes.

Those opposed point to a history of questionable investments at the expense of public education funding and argue the amendment could skew distributions from the Permanent School Fund.

PROPOSITION 8 Proposition 8 would establish a Flood Infra-

structure Fund outside of general revenue though a one-time fund transfer from the state’s “rainy day” fund. The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) would distribute the funds as loans or grant to establish a regional approach to flood infrastructure.

Those in favor point to disasters such as Hurricane Harvey, and note that the fund would eliminate the need for local governments to come up with matching funds because it would supply that part needed to match federal money.

Those opposed say local governments could default on a TWDB loan and that flood control has historically not been the role of state government.

Gilcrease Medical Group Candace Vielma, AGCNS-BC joined our practice in 2019.

She received her B.A. at the University of Texas at Austin in Sociology with a minor in American Sign Language. She received her nursing degree from UT and worked in the ER for 3 years prior to completing MSN at the University of Texas at Austin.

She is board certified as an Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist. Her passion and aim as a provider is to enable patients to take control of their health. In her off time she enjoys traveling, rock climbing, hiking, and spending time with her dogs.

PROPOSITION 9 Proposition 9 concerns exempting precious metals held in the state’s precious metals depository from taxation.

Those who want to see it passed say the exemption would bring Texas in line with other states that do not tax precious metals, and would allow the Texas facility to join COMEX, the leading marketplace for precious metals.

Those who do not favor the amendment say it’s unnecessary since counties do not enforce the property tax on precious metals and that it gives preference through a tax break for precious metals over other investment options.

PROPOSITIONS, 13

Providing a Continuum of Quality Care for ChroniC and aCute Conditions for residents of hays, Caldwell and southern travis Counties Sandra Franco, FNP–C joins Glicrease Medical Group with 22 years of direct patient care in the hospital setting specializing in cardiology and E.R. receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from McMurray University in Abilene, Texas, and her Master of Science in Nursing from Chamberlain University in Chicago Illinois.

Mrs. Franco maintains memberships in professional associations including the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Texas Nurse Practitioners, Austin Advanced Practice Nurses, and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. With over 20 years nursing experience in women’s health as well as chronic disease management and prevention, Ms. Franco has a keen interest in preventive medicine, functional medicine, women’s health, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, integrative medicine, alternative medicine, pediatrics, and comprehensive health care for the family across the lifespan. When not assisting patients with their health care needs, Ms. Franco enjoys spending time with family, playing tennis, and traveling.

135 Bunton Creek Road, Suite 102, Kyle, TX 78640 Phone: 512-268-2091 • Fax: 512-268-2190 Located immediately behind Walmart in Kyle | Participating with most insurance plans.

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NEWS

Sports

Hays Free Press • October 23, 2019

PHOTOS BY TRACI HIGHTOWER Left to right are Omar Guzman, Kip Appleton, Declan Trevethan, Jaden Tumale, Tyler Gabriel, Aidan Vocke and Ivan Guzman.

PHOTO BY SUSIE RUCKEL

Hays’ Ryan Torres (14) sets the ball for a kill by Maddie Krafka (11)l.

Left to right are Abigail Parra, Adia Vera, Yesenia Parra, Jennifer Mendoza, Logan Ferris, Deasiah Batton and Mariah Solis-Turner.

Hays High Cross Country will race again on Monday, Oct. 28 at the Dugan Track and Soccer Stadium at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. There will be a “Wave-Off” for the athletes on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 10:15 a.m. at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center.

Rebel boys, girls X-country head to regional meet STAFF REPORT

the Lobo boys team with a 17th place individual The Region IV, 5A meet finish. is on the horizon for Hays On the girls side, Rebel High’s boys and girls cross sophomore Abby Parra country teams after the secured another podium programs earned podifinish by taking second um finishes at the 25-6A place with a time of just district championships over 19 minutes. Hays Oct. 15. junior Adia Vera claimed Leading the way was sixth place. As a team, the Rebel boys team the Hays girls finished in which took second place third place behind district in the team standings, champion Lake Travis second only to district and second place Westchampion Lake Travis. lake.

Guiding the boys team Lehman Lobo sophowas senior Jaden Tumale more Trinity Montalbo and juniors Kip Appleton, led her team with a 19th Omar Guzman and Tyler place finish.

Gabriel, who finished 10The Hays boys and 14 respectively and within girls cross country teams six seconds of each other. travel to participate in the Not far behind was Region IV, 6A meet Oct. Lehman High senior 29 at Texas A&M Corpus John Rodriguez who led Christi.

Hays and Lehman at the 25-6A District Championships HAYS GIRLS

HAYS BOYS

Abby Parra – 19:00.10 Adia Vera – 19:41.90 Mariah Solis-Turner – 20:52.90 Logan Ferris – 20:54.70 Deasiah Batton – 21:40:00 Yesenia Parra – 21:46.90 Jennifer Mendoza – 23:01.00

Jaden Tumale – 17:11.30 Kip Appleton – 17:12.70 Omar Guzman – 17:14.10 Tyler Gabriel – 17:17.70 Declan Trevethan – 17:59.50 Ivan Guzman – 18:19.00 Aidan Vocke – 18:33.50

LEHMAN BOYS

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John Rodriguez – 17:32.50 Luis Cortez – 18:24.40 Vincent Trujillo – 19:29.90 Hayden Lugo – 20:07.40 Sebastian Roque – 20:33.50 Marco Garza – 21:13.00 Tyler Perry – 22:24.40

Trinity Montalbo – 20:44.90 Melina Garza – 21:15.50 Sophie Mullinix – 22:58.20 Stephanie Quistian – 23:28.00 Jade Hickey – 24:33.50

Hays football crushes Lehman 62-7 For the 13th straight year in a row, the Hays Rebels proved too much for the Lehman Lobos to handle.

Close to 500 yards gained on the ground by Hays Oct. 18 spurred a 62-7 Rebel win over Lehman at Shelton Stadium.

Hays’ 55-point margin of victory is now the largest in the history of the series.

But all Rebel eyes now converge on a grueling final third of the season that begins Friday with a test against state-ranked Westlake. While Rebel head coach Les Goad doesn’t deny the talent Westlake brings, preparing for each opponent in the same manner remains the approach.

“All we can do is control what we can control and try to get better and eliminate those mistakes, get healthy and put the best game plan together,” Goad said. “Westlake is a top 10 team in the state, but we have to control what we can control.”

Hays (7-0, 5-0) took the latter mantra to heart by hitting the ground running early and often against the Lobos. All told, Hays amassed 493 rushing yards on 60 carries in the contest, while also out-gaining Lehman 544189 in total yards.

The Rebels leapt out to a commanding 20-0 first quarter lead highlighted by an 80-yard touchdown run by running back Xavier Green.

The onslaught continued into the second frame

as Xavier Green tallied two more rushing touchdowns, giving Hays a 34-0 advantage at intermission.

Xavier Green led all rushers with 186 yards on nine carries and three touchdowns in only one half of work. Hays’ Christian Garcia finished with 64 yards and two scores, while Rebel Bobby Green rushed for 48 yards and two touchdowns.

Xavier Green said execution of team’s base plays, along with blocks from of the offensive line,

DISTRICT 25-6A STANDINGS Hays 5-0 Lake Travis 5-0 Westlake 4-1 Bowie 3-2 Anderson 3-2 Del Valle 3-3 Austin 1-5 Lehman 0-5 Akins 0-6

helped to usher the quick start. Cohesion across the board among the team has

also been a vital ingredient for success.

“This is the most connection I’ve had with any group. We hang out with each other before school and after school,” Xavier Green said. “We’re like family and I love those guys.”

Meanwhile, Lehman (16, 0-5) struggled to get the ball rolling from the get go.

Five total turnovers, four of those coming from lost fumbles, stymied progress

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BY SHANE SCHOLWINSKI adding six kills and four

Hays High’s volleyball team kept its playoff hopes alive with a three-set sweep over the crosstown rival Lehman Lobos Friday at the Lobos Den. The Rebels dominated the first set in a 25-7 win, then worked to claim the next two sets 25-16 and 25-12 over the Lobos.

“It was a pretty big win, it helped us with our district record,” said Hays senior setter Ryann Torres. “We’ve been kind of struggling throughout the season a little bit, but it was a good three-set match.

Everybody played together, worked together, and I just felt very confident in my team tonight.”

As a team, the Rebels controlled the match by dominating Lehman in kills, aces and blocks. Hays had a 38-6 kill advantage over the Lobos, while also having 10 aces compared to Lehman’s two. Over the match Hays also had seven blocks to the Lobos’ three.

A key factor to Hays’ success on the court was strong communication and team play.

“I think we really worked together,” said Rebels junior outside hitter Maddie Krafka.

“Coming together on the court is something really important for us.

So we are just trying to get stronger in that point and keeping our communication up.”

Krafka and Torres led Hays with eight kills each, while Krafka also contributed two aces and Torres had two digs.

Seniors Reagan Casey and Sydney Collins had big nights for the Rebels as well. Collins had seven kills over the three sets, with Casey

blocks.

The win over Lehman places Hays at 11-4 in District 25-6A. The Rebels are currently tied for fourth place with the Austin High Maroons.

The Rebels trail Lake Travis (13-2), Westlake (13-2), and Bowie (10-3) in the standings, with just three games remaining in their regular season.

“I think we have good confidence, really good,” Krafka said about making the playoffs. “I think we all want it. We’ve never made it past the first round in playoffs, and that’s very important for us this year and that’s what we want to do.”

Hays’ three remaining games contained two home matches versus Anderson (1-10) and Westlake on Oct. 22 and 25, respectively, with their final match of district play on the road at Bowie on Oct. 29.

If the Rebels and Maroons, who split their season series 1-1, end up tied for fourth place at the end of the regular season, they will play in a winner-take-all elimination game to advance to the playoffs.

For Lehman, the loss was a result of their continued struggles throughout district play where they now currently stand at a 1-12 record, which is tied for last place. With only two games remaining, Lobos head coach Karen Young wants her team to play loose and have fun.

“Just play, and play hard and have fun.”

Young said. “Stay in the game and compete. Just be in every game and see where the cards lay.”

The Lobos final home match takes place Oct. 29 versus Westlake at 6:30 p.m.

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12 Hays High choir members advance to Pre-Area auditions

Hays High SchoolRebel Choir, directed by Charles Flores, landed 15 slots on the TMEA Region 18 Choir, with 12 of the honorees qualifying to advance to the next level of competition, Pre-Area. Auditions were held last weekend at Austin's Bowie High School. The advancing Rebel Region Choir roster includes Faith Knott, Eden Martinez (Soprano 1), Lily Miller, Hannah Cook, Ella Davis (Soprano 2), BeBe Davis (Alto 1), Alana Roberson, Caroline Barnett (Alto 2), Raul Villareal (Tenor 1), Bodhi Chae (Tenor 2), Slade Appleby (Bass 1), Dallin Bedwell (Bass 2); Pre-Area Alternates include Christina Thies (Soprano 2), Dominique Rodriguez (Alto 1), and Sam Stringham (Bass 2).

14 Lehman High choir members advance to Pre-Area auditions

The Lehman High School Choir Program, directed by Mary Grasso, came away from the the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region 18 Mixed Choir auditions at Bowie High School with 17 members earning Region Choir honors, 14 of them with high enough scores to advance to Pre-Area auditions, set for next month at Austin's Anderson High. Honorees and their parts included the following: Alexandra Dorantes (Soprano 1), Kayla Loupe (Alt. Soprano 1), Becca Muro (Soprano 1), Alyssa Rodriguez (Soprano 2), Arianna Juarez (Alto 1), Frida Lazcano (Alto 1), Lyani Lopez (Alto 2), Mikayla Ojeda (Alt. Alto 2), Madison Rivas (Alto 2), Xavier Rocha (Tenor 1), Jacob Laing (Tenor 2), Logan Robinson (Tenor 2), Alan Torres-Jimenez (Tenor 2), Jorge Dovalina (Bass 1), Zachary Freitag (Bass 1, 2nd Chair), Jarell Pierce (alt. Bass 1) and Nicholas Pollack (Bass 1).

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frame before the Lobos orchestrated their lone response.

A six-yard touchdown run by Lobo quarterback Logan Travis capped off a three-play, 75-yard drive that was aided by a key 67 yard run by Kanui Guidry.

Guidry led all Lobos with 78 yards rushing on four carries, while running back Keyshaun Williams finished with 73 yards on 13 carries.

Lehman quarterback Joey Guajardo went 4 of 8 for 24 yards and an

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Xavier Green (20) led all rushers with 186 yards on nine carries and three touchdowns in only one half of work.

on the offensive side. Hays scored 34 of its 62 points off Lehman turnovers.

Goad said Hays’ defense, led by coordinator Dave Holmgreen, has been able to swarm to the ball and scheme effectively against opponents, which helps to offset an undersized front seven.

Improvement when it comes to tackling along with relying on their speed and technique also kept

Lehman’s offense in check.

“Playing 11 man defense and not giving up the big play. That’s the big key to being good on defense,” Goad said. “If you can continue to get the turnovers we’ve been getting, it puts you in position to compete with anybody.”

Even with second and third string players in the contest, Hays kept momentum and built a 55-0 lead in the fourth

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Fixing the little things will be what Goad plans to work on as the ready for Westlake. Limiting mistakes, such as penalties, will be important. Those mistakes are “something that as a coaching staff continues to haunt us,” Goad said.

“We’re trying to get the dub (win),” Bobby Green said. “We have to continue to get our blocks and be strong running the ball.”

Freshman Jag first to Pre-Area auditions Another first came for Johnson High School, as freshman vocalist Tristen Avant won a berth in the TMEA Region 18 Choir at last weekend's audition at Bowie High School.

The competition the first step in competition that could lead to a berth in the All State Choir. Tristen, a student of choir director Tanna Bills, earned the right to advance to Pre-Area auditions next month.

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CASA of Central Texas welcomes new advocates The largest swearing-in of Court Appointed Special Advocates so far this year was celebrated Oct. 15, with 16 trainees representing Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe and Hays counties.

Each volunteer completed five weeks of training, background checks, courtroom observation and is now

ready to advocate for children in court. Volunteers will be assigned to children who have been removed from their homes because of abuse and neglect and are now placed in the state’s care. As advocates, the volunteers will get to know everyone in the children’s lives and speak up for them in court, advocating for their best interest.

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BY CAMELIA JUAREZ After a quiet neighborhood endured a string of car burglaries, Cullen Country is coming together against crime to form the first neighborhood watch.

After a string of burglaries in Buda and Kyle, Cullen Country residents hope to be prepared if there is any future criminal activity.

“In the outskirts of Austin, we often have people coming through and trying to open door handles. There were a couple vehicles taken.

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their information, or if someone saw something or has something on video, we hope to have a quicker line of communication with police and help investigations as much as possible,” Inderman said.

Inderman said he plans to maintain communication with members through social media, email and phone.

“We want everyone to be aware of what’s happening in the neighborhood. If there’s anything they have questions about or they need contact information, we can help,” Inderman said.

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Join the fun as the city of Buda and the Buda Public Library celebrate Texas Arbor Day by offering the community two engaging events. Come to Green Meadows Park on Friday, Nov. 1, at 10 a.m. for a tree planting ceremony, then pop by the Buda Public Library from 3-5 p.m. for activities such as tree and nature art, face painting and more.

For the tree planting ceremony, Tom Green Elementary students will assist the city’s Parks and Recreation Department at Green Meadows Park, located at 2357 Green Meadows Lane. Feel free to stop by and help plant some trees.

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OBITUARIES IBARRA Lehman High School first graduating Class of 2007 graduate, Veronica Janeth Rios Ibarra; born May 10, 1989, age 30, lost her battle to cervical cancer and died on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019.

Ibarra had a passion for living life to the fullest; she was the definition of a true go-getter. She had a drive that was so motivational, so admirable and so contagious you could not help but love her.

She was always hard working, passionate and dedicated in creating the best life for her two beautiful daughters – Kayla, 14, and Ileen, 11.

Ibarra impacted so many lives; she leaves behind a legacy that will live on and remain forever.

“Just close your eyes and you will see all the beautiful memories that you have of me. When you think of me just sit, relax and you will find I am really still there inside your mind. So please don’t cry for me now I am gone, for I am in your heart, there is no pain, there is no fear so dry away that silent tear. For here I am, no longer in pain, I am in the place so magical known as the heavens up above.”

SIERRA Gregory Daniel Sierra, beloved son, brother, nephew, uncle and friend to so many, died suddenly on Oct. 13, 2019. Sierra was born in San Marcos on Nov. 24, 1976. He was born on Thanksgiving as Tom and Katie’s second child, and made a great the impact on lives.

He is remembered for the true man he was – happy and loving.

He was a family man. He was always there for his family, especially his mother whom he had a very special bond with. He called her every day to check on her and just to talk. He loved his mom like a good son does. He taught his younger sister Amanda how to drive and she’ll tell you that his patience with her was the reason he was so effective as a teacher.

He was a great cook too, from his jalapeño poppers to his chicken fajitas. He truly believed his tortilla soup was far more superior than his older sister’s recipe and he loved the friendly competition. He loved babies. He bought

Karen Ann (Clark) Ury was born on Sept. 3, 1959 to Douglas Ethan and Dolores Kathryn (Dahlke) Clark in Elmhurst, Illinois.

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Her heart was open, especially to those most in need. She would share anything she had with those many considered to be the least among us. Over the years she opened not only her heart but also her home to those in need. She carried this caring into her chosen profession of nursing.

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Everett Thomas Keesee, age 87, of Manchaca, Texas, originally from Austin, died on Oct. 20, 2019.

He is preceded in death by his mother and father Luther Floyd and Nova Vivian (Farquhar) Keesee, sisters June and Geneva, son Glynn Keesee and great-grandson Malachi Rios. He is survived by his longtime partner, Pricilla Douthit, his two daughters, Diane Keesee, Paula Otto and her husband Roy, grandchildren LaDonna Keesee and Eric Navarre and one great-grandchild Alicia Rios.

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Ury was a free spirit in the truest sense of the word. Youthful in the hippie generation, she embodied that free hippie spirit whether it be her love for southern rock and roll, or questioning of the rules that restricted her ability to live her life in the freedom of the moment, and share with others.

She loved the Native American spirit of being in harmony with the nature around them.

Ury loved most of all her children and her grandchildren, whom she referred to with nicknames like “Lovebug” and “Fuzzball”.

Ury is predeceased by her mother and father, as is her husband Mike Ury, and one niece. She is survived by her children Robert Lee Shirley, Krystal Ann Shirley and James Ethan Shirley, as well as four grandchildren. She also is survived by her brother Gary Clark, and sister Susan Gage, along with two nephews and one niece.

Viewing was Oct. 21, following the services she will be cremated, with interment at Pleasant View Cemetery in Burley, Idaho, and true to her spirit a portion of her ashes will be set free to the wind at Detroit Lake, Oregon along with her husband Mike’s ashes.

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his niece Aubriella a crib before she was even born, because that was the kind of man he was.

He loved all types of music from Queen to Journey, Outkast to Rammstein, and lots of 90s rock and hip hop. He was also a great friend. He loved being social, making people laugh with his great sense of humor. Karaoke and trivia were just some of his favorite things. He may even be the biggest Yankee fan ever. He loved the New York Yankees and one of the highlights of his life was attending a Yankees game in New York at the original Yankee Stadium in 2004.

Sierra always put himself behind his family. He will live in our hearts always.

Sierra is survived by his loving family and friends – his father Tom Sierra, his mother Katie Sierra, sisters Lana Sierra and Amanda Sierra, nieces Sydney Sierra and Aubriella Lopez, unborn nephew Presley Lopez, brotherin-law Marcus Lopez and many aunts, uncles and cousins, and his closest friends Russell and Francine.

Funeral services were Oct. 18, 2019 at Santa Cruz Catholic Church in Buda with interment following at San Miguel Cemetery in Uhland.

Go to www.Harrellfuneralhomes.com to visit Greg’s memorial web page to share a memory or kind thought with his family.

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Hays Free Press • October 23, 2019

New grocery and market coming to downtown Buda

BY ANITA MILLER

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Kyle barber Izzy Vidauri puts the finishing touches on a client’s “crop top” at his Barber Palace. Across the street from Lehman High School, Vidauri says students make up much of his business.

Barber shop aims to beautify Kyle

BY ANITA MILLER “Our goal is to make everyone in Kyle look good.”

That’s how Izzy Vidauri, proprietor of Barber Palace in Kyle, describes his mission.

“Our motto is ‘you look good, you feel good, you do good’ — that’s something I aim to establish,” the native of California said.

Vidauri opened his shop at 1501 Bunton Creek on Aug. 2 and so far, business has been brisk. Located right across the street from Lehman High School, Vidauri said the students there have made up a good deal of his business. “We love Lehman kids,” he said.

“They have definitely helped us out.”

Vidauri said he has been working since the age of 15 and early on, had a job at a barber shop called Jupiter’s. “I started liking it a lot,” he said, prompting him to attend and graduate from barber school.

He moved to Kyle about six months ago and his shop has three barbers, including himself. One of the others, a San Marcos resident, has also been practicing his craft for more than 10 years.

“We’ve pretty much

Barber Izzy Vidauri said designs are also once again popular. “That’s a big thing,” he said, adding the most asked-for design is a part, “like a hook part on the side of the head.” been doing barbering for a long time.’

When the Hays Free Press stopped by to visit, the client in Vidauri’s chair was getting a “crop top,” a popular style that features sharp edges and sometimes, bangs or hair that is longer on top.

He said designs are also once again popular.

“That’s a big thing,” he said, adding the most asked-for design is a part, “like a hook part on the side of the head.”

Barber Palace also does enhancements.

For example, most places, Vidauri said, will simply just make beards look neat while his shop goes a step further. “We add a dye,” that further defines the beard and stays for days, so that customers can look their best for a wedding, big meeting or other special occasion.

He said he came by the name Barber Palace after finding out that his first choice, Olympus, was already registered by another barber shop

in Texas.

“I needed to find another name. One of my friends said, hey, you need to name it something that stands out. If you go to Vegas the best place to stay is Caeser’s Palace. If you go to Cancun, the best place to stay is Mayan Palace.

“So I thought, why not Barber Palace, we ended up staying with that,” he said.

The initials BP have a particular meaning, he said, because he grew up in Baldwin Park, which, he mentioned, was the site of the first In-and-Out Burger place While he’d like to see one of those franchises open in Kyle, Vidauri said he’s firmly on the side of Texans when it comes to burgers. “I love Whataburger,” he said.

Barber Palace can be found on Facebook and Instagram. The shop is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.

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A new restaurant and grocery market is coming to downtown Buda.

The Buda City Council on Oct. 15 approved a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for Los Olivos Market Buda, LLC, which is scheduled to open late this year or early in 2020.

It will be located at 306 S. Main Street within the larger Buda Mill & Grain complex. Owners Rafael Varela and his daughter Rebecca Varela also own a restaurant of the same name in Wimberley.

John Herdman, director of operations for the venture, told the city council that the retail focus will be on artisan products from small producers, “nothing sold in local stores,” and that in addition to food, beer and wine will be sold on the premises. Council unanimously approved the SUP, which is required for any retail food establishment within F5H zoning, in a single and final vote.

Buda Senior Planner David Fowler told the council that letters were sent to 34 nearby property owners and the plan was advertised twice in the Hays Free Press.

Los Olivos Market Buda, LLC, is scheduled to open early in 2020 and will be located at 306 S. Main Street within the Buda Mill & Grain complex.

“There was no response,” he said, to either.

The approximately 6,809 square foot site is located where a ramen restaurant was to open.

Fowler also said there is ample parking at the site and that, in response to a questions raised before approval by the planning and zoning commission, the business would be comprised of approximately 45 percent food, 30 percent alcohol and 20 percent retail — with retail located in the front and the kitchen, which would also include a butcher shop, in the back.

Along with the P&Z approval came the condition that the grocery and market be limited to Suites 103 and 104.

“Should a similar use come in somewhere else” in the complex, it would require its own SUP, Fowler said.

There are several criteria for approval of an SUP and Fowler said the proposal met them all. “The

approved site plan is fairly recent” and the plan is also in compliance with traffic safety, drainage, height of structures and fire safety. Noise and lighting are not expected to be a problem either.

“Luckily, where this is located, the nearest uses are non-residential,” he told the council. “Staff recommends approval.”

Council members all seemed warm to the project. “It looks good to me, I like it,” said Paul Daugereau, representing single member district A. “I like restaurants coming to Buda. It’s exciting,” said Remy Fallon, representing at-large position 2. “It’s good for the area and it’s a good mix,” said Evan Ture, representing single member district B. Ray Bryant, who represents at-large position 3, noted that the Wimberley location, only open about a year, is doing well.

Herdman said the goal is to open in December of 2019 or January of 2020.

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Typically, the trust allows a person to create the trust for his or her benefit while alive and then to allow the property to pass seamlessly to others, such as children or grandchildren or to charities. The person who creates the trust may be the “grantor” or “settlor” – the person who sets up the trust and that same person can be the “trustee” or administrator who runs the trust, and can even be the “beneficiary” who is the person who benefits from the trust! The trust allows a person to grant or convey real estate property or personal property into the corpus, or body, of the trust and to be held by the trust and takes the property out of the name of the individual and places the property into the name and ownership of the trust agreement. That may sound a bit complicated, and it can be.

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Moore, who made similar presentations on Oct. 15 to the city councils of Kyle and San Marcos, said the 20-year note has been secured with an interest rate of 2.6 percent, which will result in an overall savings of $556,000.

Council member Lee Urbanovsky, who represents the at-large Position 1, pressed Moore on the project’s financ-

es. “How is the project looking overall as far as budget,” he asked.

Moore said that although estimates are now running a little high, meetings were in the works to seek input from the ARWA Board on how to bring costs down.

“It’s difficult to estimate what costs will look like in 18 months,” Moore said, “but I’m confident we are finding ways to reduce the costs. There is a potential we might come back and ask for additional funding but I think

we will find the right balance. Everybody is interested in keeping the cost of the project low as long as we don’t sacrifice the long-term viability of the project.”

The bond issuance is the second of three the city will be asked to approve. In total, Buda’s portion of the project will be just over $10.8 million.

The ARWA board is composed of representatives of the cities of Buda, Kyle and San Marcos and Canyon Regional Water Authority.

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Uptown Kyle: Council gets preview of new development coming to FM 1626 Continued from pg. 2

It would have as its heart a 1.67 acre urban park and include 300 residential units, some 8,000 square feet of retail with 20 foot ceilings, buildings no taller than four stories, a 6,000 square foot amenity/ fitness/wellness center, a swimming pool and other outdoor amenities. The retail area would “spill out” into the park.

If a police station is included, it would be paid for out of the general fund and possibly a 2020 bond election. Other funding would come from local and state hotel occupancy taxes and still other portions of the project would get = money from a tax increment reinvestment zone (TIRZ), a funding

mechanism created in Texas to allow cities and counties to subsidize projects without raising taxes.

TIRZ funding, the developers said, can be used for improvements including streetscapes and transportation, public art and water features, parks, plazas, trails and pedestrian connectivity, public parking facilities, signage and lighting and “festival amenities.”

The presentation drew a favorable response from council members and several others who spoke up during discussion.

Julie Snyder of the Kyle Chamber of Commerce said Uptown excites her. “The Kyle chamber supports local businesses

and economic growth,” she said. “Kyle is gaining momentum by having a forward-thinking mentality … We encourage and support council to continue your efforts and maintain forward progress.”

Steve Swindell, owner of Ilario’s Restaurant, said the project is exactly what Kyle is lacking. “This is the kind of development that would offer the ability for people to live and work here,” he said. “It’s a heck of an opportunity.”

District 4 Council member Alex Villalobos said the concept illustrates Kyle’s PIE perspective, referencing public safety, infrastructure and economic development. “It’s been a

community effort to get to this point,” he said.

Robert Rizo, who represents District 3, said he thinks the project is a great idea. “I’m pretty excited about a convention center,” he said. “We’ll probably get a lot more revenue from other cities.”

District 2 Council member Tracy Scheel thanked Momark for “taking in what Kyle means and what it looks like and not just trying to put up a brick structure because that’s what you’re used to doing.

I appreciate that you really looked at Kyle.”

Should a new police station be a part of the project, Scheel noted that would facilitate quicker police response times. “I

look forward to being able to enjoy an area in Kyle where you can sit back, relax, watch a movie maybe, enjoy a band in the park and eat a very good meal.”

Mayor Pro Tem Dex Ellison (District 1) also said he appreciates that Momark intends to take inspiration from existing architecture.

“It’s obvious you put a great deal of thought into our city, what’s important to our city. I look forward to further discussions.

Council member District 6 Daphne Tenorio was also happy about the presentation, but less so about events that led up to it.

She complained that she had been left out of the loop on what was

coming. “I’m extremely disappointed in being left out of the conversations,” she said. “I’m at a disadvantage, which puts my constituents at a disadvantage. You’ve got all the information – I’ve got nothing.”

Mayor Travis Mitchell, who began the discussion by noting it was a “complicated proposal” with a “lot of elements” involving “a lot of different groups,” told Tenorio the project was “not something I’ve negotiated,” but rather “something I’m presenting.”

The project is expected to be back on the council agenda, Spears said, sometime in the first quarter of next year.

as many trees as possible and to maximize green space.

Mark Trahan, husband of Lisa and father of Macy, said he’s seen the result of unchecked growth growing up in Houston.

“My concern as a home-

owner and what’s going on in general is the speed at which things are moving,” he said “Maybe we should slow down. Maybe we have enough homes for now.”

But the statistics are not now proving that fact to be true.

Rising Home Prices: As area prices rise, fields disappear Continued from pg. 1

zoning on 7.3 acres along Rebel Drive from retail services to single family residential.

“I’m concerned about what will happen to the animals that are in this field” behind her home, said Marlene Silcox, who has lived on Mather Street for more than 18 years.

“I’m concerned about two-story homes going up behind me. It’s enjoyable to watch the sunsets and that’s going to go away too … I won’t even see the sky, much less the sunset.”

As Kyle struggles to keep abreast of its burgeoning population, fields, cattle pastures and shade trees are fast disappearing as homes go up in their place.

And as has been typical for years, many of those new residents get on Interstate 35 each morning to drive to jobs in Austin or other points north.

That’s not likely to change, as rising home values in the state capital continue to edge out the middle class. The median price of a home in Austin hit $406,000 last month, marking an all-time high for September, according to figures from the Austin Board of Realtors (ABOR) Central Texas Housing Market Report.

“There is a lot of growth in Austin right now, that’s a big driver of growth in outlying areas like Kyle and Buda,” said Buda real estate broker J.D. Sanford.

“You’ve got a lot of people who will, one, move to Austin for work and, two, decide housing is too expensive.”

According to the ABOR report, Austin home prices rose 11.9 percent from August to September, and all Travis and all surrounding counties experienced increases.

In Hays County, the median price of a single family home rose by 5.2 percent to $269,950 and single-family home sales rose by 9.7 percent to 329 sales. New listings declined by 0.6 percent during the same period while active listings were down by 3.5 percent. Hays County had a housing inventory of 3.1 months during September, a decrease of 0.2 percent.

In comparison, home values rose 9.1 percent in Travis County, 6.1 percent in Williamson County, 11.2 percent in Bastrop County and 6.1 percent in Caldwell County. Sanford noted that the increase wasn’t as steep locally, largely because of the number of homes being built. “ Hays has approved a lot of new houses. There’ a ton of new construction and increasing inventory like that can help keep prices a little more reasonable,” Sanford said. He also noted that Travis County’s stricter building codes leads to fewer development going in.

“Every year, I think may-

be this will be the top of the market, but each year prices continue to rise,” Sanford said. Moreover, Austin’s economy is more dependent on high tech than oil. “As long as that sector is doing well Austin will keep doing well.”

Not only that, he said more and more new residents are coming from places where real estate is even more expensive.

“Even our expensive houses are relatively affordable” for families coming from California, New York, Boston and Chicago. “As long as other major American cities are more expensive, you can count on Austin prices continuing to rise.”

Families new to the area aren’t the only group turning to northern Hays County as a respite from rising Austin prices. Sanford noted that people who bought homes in Austin 30 years ago for $100,000 are now selling them for three times that price. “They’re tired of living in Austin but they still want to live in Central Texas,” he said.

Another trend likely to continue is the likeliness of smaller lot sizes. Sanford explained that in years past, when homes in what were rural areas were built, they were on septic tanks.

In fact, it was a county regulation that half-acre lots were required for on-site sewer.

“Once the sewer came out there was no reason

to build on large lots anymore,” Sanford said.

“There’s a lot of desire to live on large lots but no new product that delivers it,” he said, noting a “disproportionately high range of rising value compared to people living on small lots … They’re not building any more houses on large lots in the Kyle/Buda area anymore and those houses tend to sell for high prices because of it.”

Along with calling attention to the rising home prices, the ABOR report addressed what it called the need for a more flexible land use code.

Sanford agreed that more flexible usage – different types of home ownership, can also help keep prices down. He noted that Buda is about to get its first major condo development on Robert S. Light Blvd. That, he said, “will be a little test for the market to see if Buda’s ready for that,” breaking from the traditional single family residence mode.

As development continues, he said there may well be a place for condos and town homes. “There’s not a lot of that yet,” he said.

“Maybe in the future.”

In the end that night, council voted to approve the rezoning that will bring new homes along Rebel Road. Assurances came from the developer in the form of promises to be a good neighbor, to preserve

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last week, along with the city of San Marcos and the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District.

“We don’t know what the future holds … we don’t know if the pipeline is going in the ground and through the city,” he said, noting that Kinder Morgan recently announced the project has been delayed due to “regulatory challenges.”

On infrastructure, Mitchell went into several road projects that constitute a lion’s share of the city’s new $87 million budget. “There’s nothing that impacts the quality of life quite to the degree of roads – from congestion, to bumpy roads, to dangerous intersections,” but said such improvements are necessary given the city’s rapid growth.

He also stressed that such projects will be less expensive in the future, since the city’s street division finally has all the equipment needed to complete the jobs in house, without hiring outside contractors – a practice which drives up the price.

He also spoke of the city’s growing workforce, now at more than 250 employees, what’s available at the public library and the need of the police department for a new, larger facility.

On the economic development front, Mitchell said 484 new single family home permits have been issued in the past year along with 48 certificates of occupancy. He pointed to SmileDirectClub’s bringing their headquarters here along with 850

jobs paying an average wage of $40,000 per year; as well as the Korean company ENF that is scheduled to start construction next year on a facility to manufacture microprocessors and semiconductors.

He also addressed the Uptown Kyle at Plum Creek multi-use project that would include a new public park, a hotel/convention center, apartments and “a vertical, Class A office building” that would be funded from a variety of sources.

“Uptown is going to be a type of development that does not exist in Kyle, does not exist in Buda and does not exist to this scale in San Marcos.”

Back to his conclusion, Mitchell said it’s been his experience that “the most important thing to a city

council is that we do a good job of collaboration with the community, with our regional partners, with our staff and with each other. When you see a council member, encourage them to keep thinking about the future … we know the planning process we have gone through will have a maximum return on our future.”

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POWWOW 2019

Hays Free Press • October 23, 2019

Halloween Costume Contest PHOTOS BY ANITA MILLER

Native American tribes from across North American gathered over the weekend at Spring Lake, the headwaters of the San Marcos River, for the 2019 Sacred Springs Powwow. Dancers competed for prizes in several categories, accompanied by song and the beat of drums. Vendors were also on hand selling food and a variety of handmade crafts, and lectures and educational events were held in a separate tent. The annual event is made possible by the Indigenous Cultures Institute and the Tomblin Family Foundation.

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PROPOSITION 10 Proposition 10 would allow law enforcement animals, on retirement, to go live with their

former handler or other caretakers to adopt them without paying a fee.

Those for the move say it would assure the well-being of retired law

enforcement animals and make it easier for former handlers to adopt.

Those against it say it may reduce state income in that the auction of a

law enforcement animal would raise money, and there could be problems if a handler decides to retire before the animal’s retirement.

Early voting begins Oct. 21 and runs through Nov. 1. Polls are open on Nov. 5, election day, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. This election marks the first time

Hays County voters may cast ballots at any Voting Center instead of being required to report to the precinct in which they reside.

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Public Notices PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

Discovery Practice Management, Inc. (located at 4281 Katella Ave #111, Los Alamitos, CA 90720), proposes to open a Residential Child Care Operation under the name of Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program at 11205 Bonham Ranch Road, Dripping Springs, TX 78620.

We will be providing clinical, therapeutic, and behavioral health counseling services to up to 14 male and female adolescents between the ages of 9 and 17 with mood and anxiety disorders.

A public hearing will be held on Monday, November 4, at 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM at 11205 Bonham Ranch Road, Dripping Springs, TX 78620.

Any person may submit comments concerning the application instead of or in addition to the public hearing to Sara Foshat at Texas Health and Human Services Commission, 14000 Summit Drive #100, Austin, TX 78728; 512-647-8766; Sara.Foshat@ hhsc.state.tx.us.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Independent Administration for the Estate of Sheila Garrison, Deceased, were issued to Lori Devereaux on September 16, 2019 under Cause No. 18-0375-P, styled “In the Matter of the Estate of Sheila Garrison, Deceased”, pending in the County Court at Law Number 2 of Hays County, Texas.

Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the Estate addressed below.

All persons having claims against the Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

J. Milton Chapman Anderson, Smith, Null & Stofer, LLP 101 W. Goodwin, Suite 700 Victoria, Texas 77901 ATTORNEYS FOR THE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Independent Administration for the Estate of Ronald Neil Garrison, Deceased, were issued to Lori Devereaux on September 16, 2019 under Cause No. 18-0374-P, styled “In the Matter of the Estate of Ronald Neil Garrison, Deceased”, pending in the County Court at Law Number 2 of Hays County, Texas.

Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the Estate addressed below.

All persons having claims against the Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the

manner prescribed by law.

J. Milton Chapman Anderson, Smith, Null & Stofer, LLP 101 W. Goodwin, Suite 700 Victoria, Texas 77901 ATTORNEYS FOR THE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SUBDIVIDE

An application has been filed with HAYS COUNTY to subdivide 6.00 acres of property located at along Marlstone Trail, Buda, TX 78610. Information regarding the application may be obtained from Hays County Development Services (512) 393-2150. Tracking number: SUB–1362.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Pursuant to Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code, TJO 10 X 10 Management, Ltd Managing properties listed below will hold a public auction of property being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. The sale will begin on or about the time indicated at www.selfstorageauction.com. Property will be sold to highest bidder for cash. Deposit for removal and cleanup may be temporarily required. Seller reserves the right to reject any bid and to withdraw property from sale. Property may be sold by the space. Property being sold includes contents in spaces of following tenants, with brief description of contents in each space.

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 12:00 pm Kyle Premiere Storage @ 19580 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640 www.SelfStorageAuction. com Jerome Spells: misc. items.

Edgar Cuencabarragan: misc. items. Teri Higgins: misc. items. Michael Asonye: misc. items. Ashley Bronstad: misc. items. Crystal Martinez: misc. items.

REQUEST FOR BIDS

The City of Kyle is requesting sealed written Bids for furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, and incidentals, and for performing all work required for the City of Kyle Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion which includes the following: New influent piping and junction appurtenances; screening headworks and influent lift station; new operations center building; new aeration basins, diffusers, mixers, and aeration blowers; new secondary clarifiers and return, waste, and scum pumps; new UV disinfection channels; new post-aeration basins and blowers; new aerobic digesters and blowers; new vactor truck receiving station; modifications to existing treatment facilities;

electrical and control system, piping, and appurtenance upgrades to be installed within and around new and existing facilities (including new access road to site).

Please visit the civcastusa. com website; a complete set of Bid Documents, including all sections of the Project Manual and Drawings, are included in the attachments section of the solicitation.

All addenda and answers to Bidders' questions will also be posted on the civcastusa. com site.

A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on October 29, 2019 2:00 PM at the City of Kyle Public Works Department, 520 E. RR 150, Kyle, TX 78640.

The Bids are to be received by and opened on November 14, 2019 at 2:00 PM at the City of Kyle Public Works Department, 520 E. RR 150, Kyle, TX 78640.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Hays CISD is Requesting Proposals for RFP #22101901VL Curriculum for Advanced Classes. Proposals will be accepted until 11-1819 at 2:00 p.m. local time.

Specifications are available in the HCISD Purchasing Office (512-268- 2141 ext. 45092) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Bid responses must be returned to the HCISD Purchasing Office, Valerie Littrell, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, TX 78640, by the date and time indicated above.

Late Bids will be returned unopened. The HCISD Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and waive all formalities in the bid process.

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 PINGO-

RA 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

NOTICE OF SALE

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

The company reserves the

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

This sale is listed below.

Date: 11/11/19 Time: 10:15 AM Location: Morningstar Storage, 1001 W. Goforth Rd., Buda, TX 78610 Units: Unit 2009 Brittany Nevarez - Fridge, AC, Deer Antlers, Clothes, Boxes, Totes, Bed frame, household décor, misc household Unit 1043 Sandra Villarreal - Suitcase, Pillows, totes, bags, Couch Purse, Boots, shoes, luggage, Jewelry box.

Unit 3121 Margaret Givens - Chairs, couch, Large and small TVs, dressers, pictures, boxes , beds, end tables Unit 3130 Jeffrey Moore Clothes, suitcase, vacuum, totes, boxes, back pack, camera case.

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TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

NOTICEOF OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION APPLICATION AND NOTICE OF RECEIPT AND INTENT TOWATER OBTAIN WATER QUALITY PERMIT RENEWAL INTENT TO OBTAIN QUALITY PERMIT RENEWAL PERMIT NO. WQ0011060001 APPLICATION. City of Buda and Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority, 405 Loop Street, Building 100, Buda, Texas 78610, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to renew Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0011060001 (EPA I.D. No. TX0057436) to authorize the discharge of treated wastewater at a volume not to exceed an annual average flow of 2,000,000 gallons per day via Outfall 001 and 2,000,000 gallons per day via Outfall 002, with a combined total discharge of 3,500,000 gallons per day. The domestic wastewater treatment facility is located at 575 County Road 236, Buda, in Hays County, Texas 78610. The discharge route is from the plant site via Outfall 001 to an unnamed tributary; thence to Andrews Branch; thence to Porter Creek; thence to Soil Conservation Services (SCS) Site 6 Reservoir; thence to Porter Creek; thence to Plum Creek and via Outfall 002 to an unnamed tributary; thence to an unnamed lake; thence to an unnamed tributary; thence to SCS Site 11 Reservoir; thence to an unnamed tributary; thence to SCS Site 12 Reservoir; thence to Brushy Creek; thence to Plum Creek. TCEQ received this application on August 2, 2019. The permit application is available for viewing and copying at Buda Public Library, 405 Loop Street, Buda, Texas. 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 the exact location, refer to the application. https://tceq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html? id=db5bac44afbc468bbddd360f8168250f&find=-97.84144%2C30.08932 ADDITIONAL NOTICE. TCEQ’s Executive Director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. 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 the Application and Preliminary Decision will be published and mailed to those who are on the county-wide mailing list and to those who are on the mailing list for this application. That notice will contain the deadline for submitting public comments.

PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting on this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or to ask questions about the application. TCEQ will hold a public meeting if the Executive Director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing.

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. After the deadline for submitting public comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Unless the application is directly referred for a contested case hearing, the response to comments, and the Executive Director’s decision on the application, will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to those persons who are on the mailing list for this application. If comments are received, the mailing will also provide instructions for requesting reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision and for requesting a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court.

TO REQUEST A CONTESTED CASE HEARING, YOU MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN YOUR REQUEST: your name, address, phone number; applicant's name and proposed permit number; the location and distance of your property/activities relative to the proposed facility; a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the facility in a way not common to the general public; a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment period and, the statement "[I/we] request a contested case hearing." If the request for contested case hearing is filed on behalf of a group or association, the request must designate the group’s representative for receiving future correspondence; identify by name and physical address an individual member of the group who would be adversely affected by the proposed facility or activity; provide the information discussed above regarding the affected member’s location and distance from the facility or activity; explain how and why the member would be affected; and explain how the interests the group seeks to protect are relevant to the group’s purpose.

Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for reconsideration or for a contested case hearing to the TCEQ 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 water quality concerns submitted during the comment period. TCEQ may act on an application to renew a permit for discharge of wastewater without providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.

MAILING LIST. If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing or a reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision, you will be added to the mailing list for this specific application to receive future public notices mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specific applicant name and permit number; and/or (2) the mailing list for a specific county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent and/or the county mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE. For details about the status of the application, visit the Commissioners’ Integrated Database at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid. Search the database using the permit number for this application, which is provided at the top of this notice.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. Public comments and requests must be submitted either electronically at https://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 TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

Further information may also be obtained from City of Buda and Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority at the address stated above or by calling Ms. Lauren Willis, Manager of Environmental Science, at 830-379-5822, Ext. 312.

Issuance Date: September 24, 2019

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The City ofLEGAL Kyle shallNOTICE hold a public hearing on a request by Walton Texas, rezone Application has been made withLP thetoTexas approximately 275.376 acres of land from Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a Retail Service District ‘RS’, Residential Winery Permit (G) by 512DWine LLC Townhome ‘R-1-T’, Single Family Attached DBA Water 2 Wine TX 10 to be located at ‘R-1-A’, Multi-Family Residential-1 ‘R-3-1’ 304 S. Main Street, Suite 103, Buda, Single Family Residential-2 ‘R-1-2’Hays and County,Family Texas 78610.

Managers of the LLCto Single Residential-1 ‘R-1-1’ are Dane S. Aziz Residential-3 and Donald E. Gottschalk.

Single Family ‘R-1-3’ for property located at 410 Bunton Lane in Hays County, Texas. (Z-19-0049).

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NoticePlanning is hereby Given to all interested persons, that: The and Zoning Commission may The City of Kyle shall hold a public hearing on a recommend, and the City Council may request by Walton Texas, LP any to rezone approximateconsider, assigning zoning district ly 275.376 acres of land from Retail Service District which is equivalent or more restrictive.

‘RS’, Residential Townhome ‘R-1-T’, Single Family Attached ‘R-1-A’, Multi-Family Residential-1 ‘R-3-1’

Single Family hearing Residential-2 ‘R-1-2’ Singleby Family A public will beandheld the Residential-1 ‘R-1-1’ to Single Family Residential-3 Planning and Zoning Commission ‘R-1-3’ for property located at 410 Bunton Lane in on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 6:30 P.M. Hays County, Texas. (Z-19-0049).

The Planning and Zoning Commission may recomA public hearing will may be consider, held byassigning the Kyle mend, and the City Council any zoning district on which is equivalent or more restricCity Council Tuesday, November 19, tive.

2019 at 7:00 P.M.

A public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at Kyle City Hall Council Chambers 6:30 P.M.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT: The City of Kyle shall hold a public hearing on a request by Texas Realty Retail Partners, Inc. to assign original zoning to approximately 7.027 acres of land from Agriculture ‘AG’ and to rezone approximately 2.495 acres of land from Commercial-2 District ‘C-2’ to Retail Service District ‘RS’ for properties located ! south of 22801 IH-35 in Hays County, Texas. (Z-19-0050).

Notice of Public Hearing

NoticePlanning is hereby Given to all interested persons, that: The and Zoning Commission may recommend, and hold thea public City hearing Council The City of Kyle shall on a may request by Texas Realty Retail Partners, Inc. to district assign consider, assigning any zoning original zoning to approximately 7.027 acres of land which is equivalent or more restrictive. from Agriculture ‘AG’ and to rezone approximately 2.495 acres of land from Commercial-2 District ‘C-2’ to

A public be held by south the Retail Service hearing District ‘RS’will for properties located of 22801 IH-35 in Hays County, Texas.

(Z-19-0050).

Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, November 2019 atmay 6:30 P.M. The Planning and Zoning 12, Commission recommend, and the City Council may consider, assigning any zoning district which is equivalent or more restricA public hearing will be held by the Kyle tive.

City Council on Tuesday, November 19, A public hearing will be held by the Planning and 2019 at 7:00 P.M. Zoning Commission on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 6:30 P.M.

Kyle City Hall Council Chambers A public hearing will be held by the Kyle City Council 100 W Center St., Kyle, Texas on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 7:00 P.M. Kyle City Hall Council Chambers

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The warrant in that case alleges aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Miller was arrested in Acadia Parish, Louisiana the night of Sept. 25 on charges that included evading arrest. Barnett said since the San Marcos Police warrant was the first to be issued, Miller’s continued incarceration is based on that warrant.

“We hand delivered our warrant to the Hays County Sheriff’s Office,” Barnett said. “He is going to eventually come back to Texas on the San Marcos charge, most likely picked up by a Hays County jail transport deputy and brought back … Once he returns here they will officially serve him with that arrest warrant.”

A charge of capital murder generally reflects that investigators believe the killing was committed in the course of another crime.

San Marcos Police, citing witnesses, said Miller fled the San Marcos scene in a 2010 Hyundai Genesis. Barnett said he was unaware of those reports, but that he believes the vehicle Miller was arrested in in Louisiana was the same he was driving when he allegedly killed Verse.

Verse graduated from Lehman High School in 2018. Miller had no prior criminal record in Hays County.

Barnett said that although he believes Miller will be brought back in 30 days, that’s “not set in stone.”

“Things could change that,” he said. “The charges in Louisiana are still pending on him.”

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Hays Free Press • October 23, 2019

Pipeline opponents target federal agencies and ESA

BY ANITA MILLER

PHOTOS BY JAMES NIÑO

Kyle Founders Day

The city of Kyle celebrated its 139th birthday Saturday with a Founders Day parade through downtown.

Under state law, pipelines are considered infrastructure, and are only subject to regulation by the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC), which does not address environmental concerns.

the USACE, USFSW and Kinder Morgan must satisfy Kyle isn’t going it alone. to ensure compliance with The city council’s recent the ESA, the Clean Water decision to notify two federAct and the NEPA.” al agencies of its intent to He also said the new sue for failing to hold Kindnotice of intent “asserts er Morgan accountable to that the aquifers … are the Endangered Species under direct threat by the Act (ESA) was mirrored pipeline” and that Kinder in actions by the cities of Morgan “has no intention Austin and San Marcos, as of making public its plans 60-day intent to sue. includes wetlands and well as the Barton Springs to mitigate the damage “We hereby notify you other ‘waters of the United Edwards Aquifer Conservacaused by this pipeline.”

States’ but does not include tion District (BSEACD) and of violations of the EndanT.R.E.A.D. spokesperson uplands.” the Wimberley Valley Water- gered Species Act (ESA) Elyse Yates noted that, at Such a course of action shed Association (WVWA). in connection with the this point, “we are dealing Permian Highway Pipeline would “violate various Kinder Morgan is planwith a known entity,” addthat Kinder Morgan intends provisions of the ESA,” ning to build the Permian ing that “Kinder Morgan to construct in the near Eubanks wrote, and would chose this route before hirHighway Pipeline (PHP), a also “impose obligations 42-inch pipeline that would future,” Eubanks’ letter ing an environmental conunder other federal laws, carry natural gas from West says. “This pipeline and its sultant, and refuses to make associated construction including the National Texas fields to near Housits internal environmental and operation activities will Environmental Policy Act ton. The proposed route studies public. We have no (NEPA).” would bisect the Wimberley result in serious adverse idea what the company impacts to federally enHe goes on to charge Valley, cross the Edwards knows about the impact of that in the absence of a Aquifer Recharge Zone and dangered and threatened the pipeline on the region’s species and their habitat “legally adequate biological water quality and endanthe Trinity Aquifer, come .. (which includes) at least opinion” and written inciwithin a mile of Jacob’s gered species. It is simply seven aquifer-based species dental take statement, “any not enough for them to tell Well and cross the Blanco activities likely to result in River twice in the Kyle area. in the vicinity of the pipeus to trust them.” line’s proposed route.” incidental take of members Together, the Edwards and Several cities including Allen Fore, Kinder of listed species are unlaw- Kyle, some school districts Trinity aquifers supply Morgan vice president for ful” and that “anyone who drinking water for more and conservation groups Public Affairs, reponded undertakes such activities, than two million people. filed suit against the energy Tuesday, saying, “We look or who authorizes such The route also cuts giant in the spring alleging forward to continuing to activities, may be subject through the established that the limited oversight work with the city of Kyle to criminal and civil federal by the RRC was unconstihabitat of endangered and all stakeholders as our enforcement actions, as species including the tutional. That was struck project moves forward.” well as civil actions by citiGolden-cheeked Warbler, down by a judge but has Fore made no other comzens or others for declarato- been appealed. the Texas Blind Salamanments regarding the notifi- ry and injunctive relief.” der and several more.

More recently, Kyle cations to the agencies.

“It is beyond legitimate Under state law, agreed to a settlement with Eubanks said in his letter scientific dispute that Kind- Kinder Morgan in a sepapipelines are considered that it appears Kinder Mor- er Morgan’s construction infrastructure, and are rate legal action. Though gan does not intend to seek and operation of its large only subject to regulation the company won the right either an incidental take pipeline through these by the Texas Railroad to proceed with construcsensitive areas will pose a Commission (RRC), which permit for the pipeline nor tion, it promised that the does not address environ- to prepare a habitat conser- serious threat to these aqui- pipeline would never be vation plan. “Rather, Kinder fers and the endangered mental concerns. converted to carry crude oil.

On Oct. 16, attorney Wil- Morgan intends for the U.S. and threatened species that Because pipelines are liam S. Eubanks sent a let- Army Corps of Engineers to live there,” Eubanks told the considered infrastructure utilize the Section 7 consul- Texas Real Estate Advocater to the U.S. Army Corps projects, companies that of Engineers (USACE) and tation process of the ESA to cy and Defense Coalition build them have the power address all incidental take (T.R.E.A.D.), a bi-partisan the Fish and Wildlife Serof eminent domain. The associated with the pipeline group formed after Kinder vice (USFWS), along with PHP proposal brought including for uplands” not Morgan announced its PHP together private property Kinder Morgan VP Allen plans.

Fore and Ryan D. McCarty, subject to the Clean Water advocates and environAct that “is expressly limited “As a result, there are sev- mentalists, two sides that Acting Secretary of the Army, informing them of a to ‘navigable waters’ which eral legal obligations that have often been at odds.