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Kyle man convicted Former Austin cop pleads guilty in murder of Kyle victims coordinator of murder during marijuana deal STAFF REPORT

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Lambert approached the car while the transAndrew Martinez, 24, action was taking place. of Kyle, was convicted of An argument ensued murder this week between Lambert for shooting Jacob and Martinez, Lambert in 2014. who was also 19 at Evidence at the the time. Eventutrial, which began ally the car pulled Dec. 2, showed away and accelerthat Andrew ated towards the Martinez, an alend of the street. leged small-time The driver then marijuana dealer, turned the vehicle was the passenger MARTINEZ around to leave in a car conductthe neighboring drug deals in hood. As the car the Kyle area on Sept. 14, returned to the scene of 2014. In the late evening the argument, Martinez hours, the car stopped in opened fire on Lambert the Waterleaf neighborfrom the passenger winhood in Kyle for the driver dow. Lambert was proof the vehicle to finalize nounced dead by EMTs a drug deal with another after their arrival. dealer. Upon the vehicle’s arrival, 19-year-old Jacob MURDER CONVICTION, 2

Former Austin police officer VonTrey Clark pled guilty this week to the killing in 2015 of his pregnant girlfriend, former Kyle Police Department victims services coordinator Samantha

Dean.

Dean was seven to eight months pregnant at the time of the murder.

Clark’s plea agreement was a reversal of his initial non-guilty plea made Nov. 19, 2015. He was 32 years

old at the time.

According to warrants in 2015, Clark allegedly offered to pay two hit men $5,000 to murder Dean and her unborn child, Madeline.

Clark will be sen-

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DEAN

RUNNING FOR HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF

DAVID GRAHAM

ALEX DICKEY VILLALOBOS HAVERDA

Contested races for March primaries

BY ANITA MILLER No matter their political party, Hays County voters will be facing several choice in the Democratic and Republican primary elections May 3.

HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF There’s a race in both parties for sheriff, where incumbent Republican Gary Cutler will face challenger David Graham of Dripping Springs.

On the Democratic side, candidates Alex Villalobos and Dickey

Haverda, both of Kyle, will go head to head to win the nomination.

HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE, PRECINCT 1 Other law enforcement positions up for election include Constable Pct. 1, where incumbent David Peterson of San Marcos will face challenger Cody Cheatham, also of San Marcos. The winner there will face Republican Eliseo Galarza of San Marcos in the fall.

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Spreading the holiday cheer

On Dec. 14, choir students and staff from Lehman High, Simon Middle School and Chapa Middle School joined forces as they toured Kyle, Buda and south Austin spreading holiday cheer through caroling. Two of those stops included the New Haven Assisted Living center in Kyle and the Huntington Senior Community Apartments in Buda. The group sang various holiday tunes to the delight of residents at the complexes. See more photos on page 6.

Trinity Springs aquifer protection group denied rehearing on Needmore water case

BY SAHAR CHMAIS

Executive Director Vanessa Puig-Williams of the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Alliance (TESPA) stood before the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) Dec. 12 in a final attempt to ask for a rehearing on the Needmore Water LLC case, but her request was shot down.

She presented no new

COMING UP Hays County holiday closures

Hays County offices will be closed Wednesday-Friday, Dec. 25-27, for the Christmas holiday, and Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020, for New Year’s Day. The city of San Marcos Municipal Court, located at the County Government

Center in San Marcos, will also be closed the same days.

All county parks will be closed only on Christmas Day, Dec. 25.

All county clerk office locations will be closed on Dec. 30. All county clerk substations – Dripping Springs, Kyle and Wimberley – will be closed from Dec. 23, 2019 through Jan. 1. The main clerk’s Office in San Marcos will close at

TAX REVENUES RISING Most municipalities ending year with sales tax allocation increase.

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GARY CUTLER

“I do not like the outcome and personally find it offensive that one landowner can pump so much groundwater in an area of Hays County when water is sparse.”

–Blayne Stansberry, BSEACD board president

data, only asking the five-member board to reconsider its decision in allowing Needmore Water LLC to pump up to 289

4:30 p.m. on Wednesdays during December instead of 6 p.m. All clerk’s offices will resume their regular hours on Jan. 2.

Wimberley Players to screen holiday film series The Wimberley Players are hosting a holiday film festival. “The Muppets Christmas Carol” will screen at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21.; then on Sunday, Dec. 22 at

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millions of groundwater each year.

“Needmore should never have been allowed to apply for a House Bill

2:30 p.m. the feature will be a sing-a-long version of White Christmas.

Words appear on the screen making it easy for audience member to participate.

The film series concludes on Saturday, Dec. 28 at 7:30 p.m. with “Mamma Mia!” Hot chocolate and popcorn will be available at each showing, as will beer and wine.

All showings are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under.

Children must be accompanied by an adult and everyone must have

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3405 permit in the first place,” Puig-Williams said.

“I’m asking you to rethink your decision to grant this permit, to listen to the community that you represent – a community who is not afraid to say no to applicants who want to withdraw unreasonable and unsustainable volumes of groundwater. This may mean taking risks or veering from the charted

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their own seat.

Tickets are available at www.wimberleyplayer. org, 512-847-0575.

Buda Trail of Lights

The last few days for the Trail of Lights to be open will be Dec. 20-22.

Trail of Lights is a free holiday event held at Historic Stagecoach Park that features lighted and decorated displays provided by local businesses and organizations.

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Most municipalities ending year with sales tax allocation increase

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December of last year.

Niederwald, which has a With the exception of sales tax rate of 1 percent, Mountain City, all of Hays was allocated $51,384.87 County’s taxing municin 2019. ipalities are ending the The second biggest year on a positive note increase was seen in Hays when it comes to the City, where allocations percentage of sales taxes grew by 23.05 percent allocated from the office over last year. Hays City’s of the State Comptroller.

December allocation was The year’s final alloca$1,167.47, 14.13 percent tions were delivered this higher than in December week, revealing how much 2018. In total, Hays City ground was gained or lost was allocated $19,567.97 in sales tax allocations this year. Hays City’s tax compared to a year ago. rate is 1 percent.

The biggest gain, 29.73 Dripping Springs came percent, was in Niedin with the third largest erwald. Niederwald’s increase, 17.46 percent.

December allocation The city was allocated of $4,297.48 was 42.32 $268.784.59 this month, percent higher than 7.89 percent more than a

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year ago. Dripping Springs received allocations totaling $2,804,423.75 this year, based on a sales tax rate of 1.25 percent Woodcreek saw an increase of 16.53 percent for the year. With a sales tax rate of 1 percent, Woodcreek received a December allocation of $5,604.76, up 39.22 percent from last year.

Woodcreek has been allocated a total of $61,331.02 this year.

Buda’s sales tax allocations increased by 11.75 percent, with a December payment of $717,418.87, 33.89 percent higher than last year. Buda, which has a sales tax rate of 1.5

percent, was allocated $76,662,832.09 during 2019.

Kyle saw a monthly payment of $743,386.97, up a scant .86 percent from a year ago. The city sees an annual increase of 9.91 percent, though, with a total of $8,892,338.85 allocated so far this year.

Kyle’s sales tax rate is 1.5 percent.

Uhland, meanwhile, ends the year with an increase of 9.05 percent.

Uhland’s December allocation was $18,547.35 and its sales tax rate 1.5 percent. During 2019, Uhland was allocated $230,372.34.

San Marcos, which was allocated $37,775,468.70

this year, has a sales tax rate of 1.5 percent and saw a December allocation of $28,854,070.34. San Marcos ends the year up 7.44 percent.

Wimberley had total allocations of $960,638.45 this year, with a December payment of $82, 061.58, which was down 10.87 from last year. Wimberley’s sales tax rate is 1 percent.

Mountain City ends the year with a deficit of 7.86 percent. The city saw a $1,267.77 December payment which was down 14.5 percent from the year prior. Mountain City has a 1 percent sales tax rate.

has the chance to appeal its case to the district court.

“I do hope TESPA will not appeal this decision,” Stansberry said. “The district really needs to be spending its limited funds on monitoring aquifer levels in this area to protect Hays –Blayne Stansberry, BSEACD board president County landowners.”

According to the calculapassage of HB 3405, which the controlling law,” Stone tions done by the environmental team, the worst-case in 2015 had given Needadded. “We just have to prediction is that Barton more Water LLC the permit be financially responsible Springs will hit a drought by to regulate certain wells in with public funds and not late January. Wells including producing groundwater. complying with the law is the Lovelady monitor well “I do not like the outnot responsible.” come,” Stansberry said, The decision comes with and others are expected to “and personally find it some restrictions on Need- reflect increasing drought by the month after that. offensive that one landmore to accommodate Still, Stansberry states owner can pump so much changing water conditions groundwater in an area of and protect the integrity of that the Needmore Water LLC case is unique in that Hays County when water is neighboring wells. it’s been handled in a backsparse.”

Brian Smith, aquifer Similarly, Mary Stone, science team leader senior ward manner.

“There should not ever director of BSEACD, said hydrogeologist, broke be another permit like this,” that they didn’t write the down the regulations. law, but they have an oath The water is drawn from Stansberry said. “This is the price of having managed to uphold it. Stone said 460 feet down the well. If the more popular decision the drawdown reaches 550 groundwater in Hays Counwould have been to deny feet, then Needmore will the permit, but she had need to cut back pumping also considered the public by 20 percent. After anothmoney in her decision and er 25 feet, they must cut didn’t want to waste it. back 40 percent.

“A permit denial would Although the BSEACD clearly have been overboard denied a rehearing turned by a court in light of request from TESPA, it still

ty, which is harm reduction considering how much could be pumped.”

Needmore Ranch, which encompasses that stretch of the Blanco River formerly known as “Little Arkansas,” is an auxiliary beneficiary of the fight between those in the area who rely on private water wells and Enviro Purification (EP), a Houston-based firm that planned to sell water pumped from the Trinity and Edwards aquifers. EP’s plans to draw hundreds of millions of gallons annually would threaten wells nearby, well owners maintained. HB 3405, which expanded BSEACD jurisdiction to include water well fields not previously covered, was passed by the Texas Legislature in the wake of that fight.

EP had already begun to drill test wells when the matter came to public scrutiny.

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course, but it is what is right.”

This board also heard testimony from a member of TESPA and from attorney Eddie McCarthy on behalf of Needmore. No community members came forward to speak, though they had in a lengthy meeting in July.

“There’s no change in law, no change in facts,” McCarthy said. “All I heard was an emotional plea and accusations that Needmore’s application is based on greed, which is both unfair and unfounded.

District staff was readily involved with the HB 3405 process and are well aware of what’s required by an applicant and required by district. The district properly evaluated the permit via science and via law and made the right decision in July.”

After listening to both sides, the board members voted five to zero to grant the permit.

BSEACD Board President Blayne Stansberry said that she had hoped things would go a different way, but the members’ hands are tied by the Texas Legislature’s

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“I do hope TESPA will not appeal this decision. The district really needs to be spending its limited funds on monitoring aquifer levels in this area to protect Hays County landowners.”

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Murder Conviction Continued from pg. 1

Martinez and the vehicle’s other occupants were apprehended by the Hays County Sheriff’s Office shortly thereafter.

Martinez had thrown the murder weapon – a stolen .40 caliber handgun – out of the window of the vehicle on Highway 21, where it was later recovered by police.

At trial, Martinez claimed he had shot Lambert in self-defense, despite no evidence of Lambert’s possessing a weapon at the time.

Five eyewitnesses to the shooting – the three other occupants of the vehicle, Lambert’s friend who had accompanied him to the

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by Thomas Fletcher Harwell as The Kyle News, with offices on the corner of Burleson and Miller streets in the town’s oldest remaining building.

It merged into The Hays County Citizen in 1956.

The paper consolidated with The Free Press in October, 1978. During its more than 100-year history the newspaper has maintained offices at more than a dozen locations in Kyle and Buda.

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vehicle, and a neighbor located in a nearby house – refuted Martinez’s version of events and established that Lambert, while angry at Martinez that night, was unarmed and had done nothing to justify Martinez’s opening fire. The jury rejected Martinez’s self-defense claim and found him guilty of murder, and also rejected his sudden passion claim and sentenced Martinez to 45 years in prison. 22nd Judicial District Court Judge Bruce Boyer presided over the trial.

The Hays County District Attorney, Wes Mau, congratulated Assistant

District Attorneys Ben Gillis and Jamie Liu for their hard work, and commended former Kyle Police Officer Adam Watson and Detective Joseph Swonke for their excellent investigative efforts. Recalling the six teenagers arrested earlier this week for capital murder, Mau lamented this and other recent losses of Hays County youth to senseless violence, but said, “The jury’s verdict and swift sentence of Mr. Martinez make it clear that our community believes even young violent offenders must be held accountable.”

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Opinion

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “There should not ever be another permit like this. This is the price of having managed groundwater in Hays County, which is harm reduction considering how much could be pumped.”

–Blayne Stansberry, BSEACD board president. Story on page 1.

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GUEST EDITORIAL

Young men need help in righting their wrong

BY DR. CHRISTINE LYNN NORTON, LCSW TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

“I don’t understand why kids don’t think everything through.” I’m sure all of us have shaken our heads and asked this same question, especially those of us who are parents or teachers.

This question was asked recently on the Hays Free Press website in response to the story about three high school students charged with vandalism at Johnson High School. It is an earnest and appropriate question that deserves an answer.

Why don’t kids think everything through? The neuroscience of child and adolescent development provides an answer. During adolescence, the social-emotional part of the adolescent brain actively seeks rewards and sensations, is emotionally reactive, and pays a lot of attention to social cues; hence, why young people are so easily influenced by their peers. At the same time, the frontal lobe, the part of the brain responsible for mature decision-making, problem-solving, impulse control, and anticipating consequences is not fully formed until the age of 25.

This mismatch often leads to poor choices.

According to the American Bar Association, there is an ethical need to apply neuroscience to juvenile culpability. In other words, there is a strong argument for trying anyone under the age of 18 as juveniles, especially in cases that involve no personal or bodily harm.

Clearly, what these boys did was an act of immaturity and thoughtlessness, and it makes sense that many people in our community feel violated and angry. However, we are the adults in this situation, and must role model both accountability and compassion.

Yet, in reading the other comments posted on the Hays Free Press website in response to this news story, I was deeply concerned to see members of our community dispensing harsh blame and criticism, engaging in name-calling and expressing a complete lack of sympathy.

As hurtful as these comments are, sympathy is not what these boys actually need. They need justice, and so does our community.

The question is how do we get there? How do we move from a place of anger and blame to a place of healing and growth, both for these boys and for the community?

Based on my work as a clinical social worker in schools, outpatient mental health and juvenile justice, the answer involves restorative justice. Restorative justice includes victim reparation, offender responsibility, and communities of care that can promote reconciliation. The goal of restorative justice is to repair the harm done, to foster greater empathy and maturity, and to prevent future acts of crime.

According to the Institute for Restorative Justice and Restorative Dialogue at the University of Texas, school-based restorative discipline practices, as well as restorative justice practices in our juvenile and criminal justice system, can lead to greater accountability and decreased recidivism. These practices ask the people who broke the law to acknowledge the harm done, take ownership and accountability, and help to facilitate the healing process for both victims and offenders.

Trying these boys as adults, publishing their photos and names in the newspaper, and ostracizing and shaming them, versus engaging them in righting their wrongs by implementing a developmentally appropriate legal consequence, will do nothing but fuel the cycle of anger and isolation. If this happens, these boys – who committed an act of vandalism, not assault, not drug dealing, not murder – risk becoming wasted human capital. But if they learn and grow from this, if they are given a second chance by the criminal justice system and if they are welcomed back into a community of belonging in their schools, they can go on to become more mature, productive and empathic members of this community.

Moving beyond this situation, Hays CISD and the communities of Kyle/Buda/San Marcos have an opportunity to think about youth in our midst who get lost along the way, and ask ourselves, what potential is underneath those poor choices. Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, said “we’re all more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.” I hope we can all help each other remember that.

Christine Norton is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional and Associate Professor at Texas State’s School of Social Work.

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

Why Christmas nostalgia is good for us

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indulge more deeply in Christmas nostalgia with every passing year, but it turns out that doing so is a good thing.

“Nostalgia,” according to Merriam-Webster, is “a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for the return to some past period or irrecoverable condition.”

Time is certainly irrecoverable. I wish I’d known, when I was child, that time would go by so incredibly fast – which makes me now long for my past.

I remember vividly one Christmastime Saturday when I was 5 or 6. It was uncharacteristically warm for Pittsburgh – so warm, my mother opened our living room windows, allowing a fresh breeze in.

I sat by those windows, waiting for my hero – my father – to return with our Christmas tree. Trapped in a kid’s time warp, minutes ticked by like hours.

In future years, I’d be his sidekick as we shopped for the perfect tree. But it was too early for that yet.

Eventually, our white

Guest Column

by Tom Purcell

Ford station wagon pulled into the driveway, a big, thick evergreen tied to the roof. As my father got out and began untying it, I ran outside to help.

He was in his early 30s then, his hair black as coal.

He stood nearly 6-foot-2, a powerful man. In an era when children argued that “my dad can beat up your dad,” my dad could.

I marveled as he set the tree on the living room platform like it was a stick.

Then he kissed my mother, as he did every single time he walked through our front door.

This memory still fills me with a deep sense of security. How blessed I have been to be part of a large family, imperfect as it was and still is, with my parents together, doing their best to sacrifice for and love their children.

I re-experience the deep sense of the security they gave my sisters and me when I watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

All were huge childhood events, which my family gathered around the television to watch with Snyder of Berlin potato chips and French onion dip, a special treat in our home.

For years, according to Dr. Max Pemberton in the Daily Mail, psychologists warned against such nostalgic indulgence.

But Constantine Sedikides, a Southampton University professor, says they got it wrong. Sedikides, who researches the effects of nostalgia, argues that nostalgia can comfort people, helping them connect and cope with adversity.

Nostalgia, writes Pemberton, can “imbue us with resilience by reminding us that we possess a store of powerful memories and experiences that are deeply intertwined with our identity.”

Scratchy old Christmas albums, luminaria lining the streets, Christmas Eve gatherings with our longtime next-door neighbors the Kriegers, bittersweet memories of so many people no longer here – this is the nostalgia that holds more power over me each Christmas season.

It makes me hold doors open for strangers, give more to those in need, try to be more understanding and gracious toward those with whom I disagree.

These are the benefits of Christmas nostalgia.

May you and your family – and our country as a whole – enjoy an abundance of those benefits this year.

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.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Wrong headline: Campaign fund use by former state rep questioned A recent headline in your newspaper implied that retired Republican state representative, Jason Isaac, had misused campaign funds. The article itself did not show any evidence of abuse. It was simply the opinion of one lawer versus another along with

a confusing history of real estate transactions for the Isaac family which seems completely irrelevant. What exactly is the transgression? Given that the article itself did not support the headline, I wonder why the headline was created. For possibly use in future litera-

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ture opposing Isaac?

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ditures still came into question. Opiela said the ethics behind the expenditures has to do with intent, which could not be proved with the facts as we know them.

However, the headline is factually correct, because the validity of the expenditures were questioned.

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Rebel basketball takes down Akins Eagles 67-31

BY SHANE SCHOLWINSKI

Behind solid defensive play and three players scoring in double figures Friday, the Hays Rebels basketball team notched its first district victory by crushing the Akins Eagles 67-31 at Bales Gym. “Every win is a good win, but we are trying to focus on having good practices,” Hays head coach Mathew Sandoval said after the victory. “So that being said, the senior leadership and working hard everyday, we just want to continue to hold serve on that end.

We talk about the way you practice is the way you play.”

Rebels senior power forward Carlos Rocha led

the team in scoring with 12 points, while also adding five rebounds, four assists and two steals to the stat sheet. Rocha showed off his shooting range by hitting 3-of-4 three point shots.

“It’s a big deal (to get the win), we’ve just got to keep it going to get some more wins in district,” Rocha said. “It feels good to get this first win under the belt.”

Hays also had key performances from senior guards Caden Doyle and Zack Harris. Doyle had 11 points, three steals, one assist and one rebound, while Harris contributed 10 points, four rebounds and three assists.

“They’ve been through

this, suffered a lot of growing pains, and I just tell them that it’s their time now,” Sandoval said about the Rebels senior group.

“They are taking it in and maximizing the opportunities they have in front of them. They want it and they are hungry.”

The Rebels offense struggled at times in the first half against Akins’ 3-2 zone defense, going 4-of14 from beyond the arc.

But a halftime adjustment to get the ball into the paint helped Hays score 40 points in the second half, including a 23-point fourth quarter performance.

“We did okay (on offense), we can always improve,” Sandoval said.

“We settled for a lot of

Rebel girls hoops notch first district win of the season

threes, which I like to work it inside-out, so we didn’t do that as much as I would like. But we did hit a few (three-point shots).”

Hays’ suffocating manto-man defense had 14 steals for the game, while forcing 25 total turnovers by the Eagles. Junior guard Durand Hill led Hays with four steals, while Doyle and junior guard Will Agnew had three steals each.

“We’ve kind of hung our hat a little bit on defense this year,” said Sandoval.

“We can play fast if we need to. At the end of the day we are a good basketball team and we want to hang our hat on the defensive side of things.”

For Akins, junior forward Michael Robertson led

PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III

Carlos Rocha goes for the layup in a recent game.

the team with nine points and four rebounds. Senior guard Beto Morales added six points, four rebounds and one assist.

The win puts Hays at 7-3 overall, with a 1-1 record in 25-6A.

The Rebels travel to play at Austin High (6-5, 1-1) Friday at 7 p.m.

Hays then hosts the Hays CISD Classic Tournament Dec. 26-28 before hosting Lehman Dec. 31 at 7 p.m.

Lobos fall to Cavs 57-26

A two-game district skid came to a close Friday for the Hays Lady Rebel basketball team as it held off the Akins Eagles 4032 on the road. Hays notched its first district victory of the season and the program’s third win over its last eight games.

That stretch included losses to district foes Anderson and Bowie. The Lady Rebels (8-9, 1-2) continue district play Friday with a critical home contest against Austin High at 7 p.m. at Bales Gym. A Lucas Lovejoy player is accosted by Hays Lady Rebel senior Aspaisa Youngbird near the baseline during the team’s Dec. 7 game at Bales Gym. Right, Hays Lady Rebel Jasmine Taylor (3) fires off a shot in the lane over a Lucas Lovejoy player.

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PHOTOS BY NICK MORRIS

District struggles continued for the Lehman Lady Lobos basketball team Friday after a 57-26 home loss to the Lake Travis Cavaliers at The Den. Lehman (1-10, 0-3) trailed 18-4 after a quarter of play and never recovered. The Lobos never scored more than 10 points in any quarter during the contest.

The defeat marks the team’s 10th straight loss, dating back to Nov. 12. Lehman will have roughly two weeks off before hosting rival Hays High Dec. 31 at 7 p.m. at The Den. Above, Lehman High’s Melina Garza (2) tries to prevent a Lake Travis Cavalier ball handler from moving downcourt.

Left, Lehman Lady Lobo senior Ari Daniels (3) drives toward the paint as she attempts to work past a Lake Travis Cavalier player.

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Wimberley Texans halt Silsbee to reach state title game

BY MOSES LEOS III

A vital component in Wimberley’s win was an ofKATY – From the mofense that flexed its muscle ment he began playing early and often. Guiding football as a child, Wimthe Texans was quarterberley Texan junior Dalton back Cooper McCollum Blackburn always dreamt who accounted for 359 of of nights like Friday at Wimberley’s 416 total yards Legacy Stadium.

Friday. McCollum went 18 By securing a critical of 28 for 311 yards and five fumble late in the fourth touchdowns passing, three frame, Blackburn made the of those scored in the first play that quashed a furious half. second half Silsbee Tiger Wimberley built a 28-9 rally and helped the Texans lead at halftime, which escape with then swelled a wild 56-43 to 49-16 with The victory shootout win roughly 92 in the 4A, Diseconds left catapults vision II state in the third Wimberley semifinal. frame. That The victory (13-2) into the included a catapults fumble re4A, DII state Wimberley covery in the (13-2) into championship end zone for the 4A, DII game at AT&T abytouchdown state champiTexan onship game Brandon Stadium in at AT&T that Arlington, the Martin Stadium in came via Arlington, a Silsbee program’s the program’s miscue on third trip in third trip in the opening the last 15 kickoff of the the last 15 years. second half. years.

It was all a “We came special moout with ment for Blackburn and his intensity that we’ve had teammates to soak in. before and we were click“I’ve dreamed of this ing,” McCollum said. “We since i was little, man,” were executing and kept Blackburn said, voice wathe intensity high and they vering. “This is crazy.” didn’t.”

Friday’s win was an But Warren said he equally cathartic moment never felt comfortable with for Texan head coach Doug the lead, citing Silsbee’s Warren who exorcised a penchant for late game 2017 state semifinal loss at comebacks.

Legacy Stadium to reach Those worries manifesthis first state title game as ed when Silsbee countered a head coach. Warren was with a 27 unanswered an assistant under former point flurry scored over Texan head coach Weldon five-plus minutes, highNelms during the prolighted by a 95 yard kickoff gram’s 2011 title win. return by Drayln Taylor.

But perhaps more Wimberley’s lead dwindled importantly for Warren to 49-43 with roughly sevwas having the chance to en minutes in the contest. celebrate a punched ticket Despite the struggles, to state with his father, a McCollum said he never longtime high school head worried as the Texans football coach, who never had been “in spots where got the chance to do it we were in a way worse himself. situation.”

“It’s a coach’s dream (to “We had to trust in each play for a state title). My other and what we worked dad coached for a long for,” McCollum said. “I time, he always dreamed of was going to put them on this opportunity and never my back. We were going to got it,” Warren said. “It’s execute and we were going special. It makes my heart to get the win.” feel good for my family, our The Texans turned to kids and this community. their defense which kept They deserve it.”

Silsbee out of the end zone

PHOTO BY WAYLAND D. CLARK, WFOTOS.COM Some players hoist up the trophy while others reach out just to touch it as Wimberley fans look on at Legacy Stadium in Katy.

A 56-43 win over Silsbee earned the Texans the title on the trophy, “4A - Division 2 Semifinal Champion.” Wimberley plays Pleasant Grove for the state championship at 3 p.m. Friday, December 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

the rest of the way. Blackburn’s fumble recovery with five minutes left in the game kick started a methodical three minute, game-winning drive capped off by a three-yard touchdown plunge by running back Moses Wray.

Wray, who rushed for 56 yards on 12 carries and had two rushing scores, while also catching four passes for 102 yards and a touchdown, said the score provided instant relief.

“We kept driving and fighting and fighting through the storm,” Wray said. “Our coaches tell us, ‘It takes what it takes.’

That’s what we did and we got the win.

The focus now shifts to Pleasant Grove, the lone team that stands between Wimberley and the program’s third ever title.

Blackburn said playing like “we’ve never had before” is what is necessary for the Texans to win.

For McCollum, who felt the pain of losing in the 2017 state semifinal, shedding tears of joy was a

welcome change of pace.

“It’s awesome. You’re seeing tears of joy. I’m doing everything to hold them back,” McCollum said.

“Especially after the last few years where no one gave us a chance, it’s awesome.”

Silsbee quarterback Raymond Foster finished the game 12 for 23 passing for 301 yards and three touchdowns with an interception. Tiger wide receiver K’Drian Cartwright caught five passes for 130 yards and touchdown.

Texan wide receiver Jaxson Watts caught six passes for 100 yards and score, while Josh Limely finished with 48 yards on 2 catches and touchdown.

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On Dec. 14, choir students and staff from Lehman High, Simon Middle School and Chapa Middle School toured Kyle, Buda and south Austin spreading holiday cheer through caroling. Two of those stops included the New Haven Assisted Living center in Kyle and the Huntington Senior Community Apartments in Buda.

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boatload of Napoleonic exiles sailed from Philadelphia on Dec. 18, 1817 on a mysterious mission to establish a secret sanctuary for their imprisoned hero in Spanish Texas.

Since he always preferred to keep power in the family, Napoleon Bonaparte put no fewer than four siblings on as many European thrones. His oldest brother Joseph ruled Spain for five years before fleeing with 50 million francs to, of all places, New Jersey.

In the aftermath of the disaster at Waterloo in 1815, the Little Corporal himself tried to reach sanctuary in the United States. But the victors got wind of his vacation plans and deposited him for safekeeping on the island of Saint Helena 1,200 miles off the coast of Africa.

Hundreds of Napoleon’s never-say-die soldiers succeeded where their fallen hero had failed and managed to escape to America.

But blind obedience to the Bonapartes was a hard habit to break, and they looked to the nearest family member for their marching orders.

Overlooking this loyal legion, Joseph inexplicably picked a young Spaniard to champion his cause. In 1816 he handed 26-year-old Francisco Mina a $100,000 letter of credit to finance a long-shot scheme to steal the centerpiece of his native land’s New World Empire.

The two-step strategy seemed simple enough. After Mina swiped Mexico out from under the very noses of his drowsy countrymen, Joseph would graciously consent to serve as emperor.

To his everlasting regret, Mina found the Spaniards waiting with open arms and sharp swords. The amateur invaders were squashed like so many bugs, and the shackled commander was the guest of honor at a public execution in Mexico City.

Even before he learned of Mina’s fate, Joseph wrote off the half-baked adventure as a bad investment.

With more money than good sense, he decided to bankroll an even more improbable plot.

A clique of high-ranking French officers, under the direction of Brigadier General Charles Lallemand, took charge of the conspiracy. They politely paid lip service to Joseph’s egocentric fantasy, while privately pursuing their own agenda.

After carving out a secure home base in the East Texas wilderness, an elite team of carefully chosen commandos would liberate their leader from Saint Helena. In the final act of the preposterous plan, the Mexican crown would adorn the brow of

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Napoleon rather than his undeserving brother.

Security was so tight at Philadelphia in December 1817 that only a handful of the 150 Frenchmen that slipped aboard the schooner knew the final destination.

Most of the seasick soldiers, who staggered down the gangplank in Galveston, had no idea where the monthlong voyage had taken them.

As Jean Lafitte played a two-faced game as host, his cutthroats preyed upon the gullible guests. A number died in drunken brawls and rigged duels before Gen. Lallemand showed up with the rest of the 400 volunteers.

Half French but all opportunist, Lafitte wasted no time in betraying the expedition. Lallemand and company had hardly vanished from sight on their way up the Trinity River, when the pirate snitched to the Spaniards.

A few miles south of present-day Liberty, the French constructed a fortified village called Champ d’Asile. To preserve the pretense of peaceful intentions, Lallemand issued an impressive manifesto in May 1818 which described the exiles’ quest for an agrarian paradise.

But it was too late to fool the Spaniards or their own growling stomachs. As the food supply ran dangerously low, Lallemand left promising to return with fresh provisions. Weeks went by without a word from their missing leader, and his starving subordinates finally faced the fact that he had abandoned them.

Dodging a Spanish column sent from San Antonio to round them up, the Champ d’Asile contingent wearily retraced their steps to Galveston. The footsore French arrived just in time to catch the brunt of a howling hurricane.

Although he lost six ships in the storm, Lafitte gladly gave the surviving refugees one of his few seaworthy vessels. Anything to get rid of the wanted men before a Spanish patrol happened by!

Three years after the collapse of the harebrained campaign, Napoleon succumbed to cancer (or was poisoned by his captors) leaving his floundering followers alone and adrift in America. Joseph accepted his comfortable lot as the wealthiest hermit in New Jersey, and Gen. Lallemand succeeded in worming his

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OBITUARIES contagious smile was never ending, and he brought joy and laughter to everyone he met. He will be forever missed. We ask for your continued prayers.

loved sales and would often say his favorite Travis movie line, “Who’s Allan the world’s greatest Cutler, 42, salesman? You’re of Kerrville looking at him!” Henry Texas, died became a financial on Dec. planner and friend who 7, 2019 at served families for more HENRY the family than 50 years. Financial Michael ranch in Roosevelt, planning was a natural Harold Texas. Cutler was born in for him. It combined his Austin to Gary and Carol Henry, love of people, money “Mikie”, Cutler on June 21, 1977. and sales. Henry had a loud, Travis Cutler went to a million hobbies. He always high school at Jack C. loved taking road trips, funny, Hays Hight School and collecting rocks, playing seldom graduated in 1995. He poker, bowling, playing went on to earn a degree wrong, never in softball and deer doubt, type A, devoted in marketing from Texas hunting. He coached husband and father Tech University. He kids’ baseball and died on Dec. 14, 2019 in worked as a regional coached his youngest Kyle, Texas, following a sales representative for son all the way through lengthy decline.

Mikie Hillman for the past high school. Mik Henry was 74 years old.

2 years. He had love earned the nickname Henry was born for the outdoors, all “45 Mike” because sports, and a passion for Nov. 8, 1945 in Salina, he drove so slowly Kansas to Ruth Thelma hunting. everywhere he went. and Harold Dwight Cutler is survived by Henry is survived his father Gary Cutler of Henry. He served in the by his loving wife of Driftwood, mother Carol U.S. Army during the 45 years, Susan Henry, Vietnam conflict but Cutler of Driftwood, his daughter Amanda was never deployed brother Trevor Cutler of Henry, son Joshua Wimberley, sister-in-law overseas. In 1967 Henry, his sister Barbara Jessica Cutler, and three Henry graduated from Wichita State University. Myton and her husband nieces Sophia, Sydney Bruce, niece Linda, and On June 29, 1974, in and Scottlyn. nephew Jeff. He was Raytown, Missouri, he Funeral services preceded in death by his married the love of his were held at the son Jason Henry on Aug. Dripping Springs United life, Susan Lorraine 1, 2019.

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Henry loved people, was memory, photograph, For those who were or condolence with hard of hearing, tone fortunate enough to deaf and couldn’t carry a Henry’s family on his know Cutler fell in love with him. His nonstop tune but often tried. He on-line memorial site.

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as well as Golden Key Honor Society. She went Allison on to earn her masters Christine from UT Arlington in (Christy) 2012 in Curriculum and Alexander Instruction.

Henry, a Henry always had dedicated the energy and drive mother, to inspire others. dynamic She put that drive to educator, compassionate use as a teacher and volunteer and driven instructional coach. individual, died Beginning her career at unexpectedly in Austin, Wallace Middle School, Texas at the age of 45. moving on to the Luling Henry was born to School district, then Marilyn and Samuel to Hays CISD where Alexander in Muskogee, she was recognized as Oklahoma on Nov, 4, teacher of the year in 1974. She was an only 2013, and most recently child which caused moving to Austin her to form close Region 13 Education relationships with her Service Center. Very friends throughout her little held Henry back life. She was a spirited and every obstacle student, accomplished was an opportunity to pianist, talented tennis leap forward. She was player, and gymnast an amazing, nurturing and cheerleader in mother to two wonderful high school. She girls. She poured love made nationals in and compassion into cheerleading, and also them and taught them made the All-State how to care for the tennis team. Henry less fortunate through graduated in 1993 from Brownfield High School, volunteering with them at homeless kitchens in Brownfield. She and assisting with the started college at the Wimberly flood. She University of Tulsa and would do anything for walked on the tennis her girls and instilled a team, she changed focus and became a Red legacy which will always be cherished. Henry Raider, graduating from loved her essential oils Texas Tech in 1998 with which perfumed the air a degree in education. of her home. She also She was an active loved cheese and pickles member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and was legendary at

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Henry is survived by her daughters, Cambria and Jordan Henry, her parents Samuel Alexander and Marilyn Cheek, her step-mother Sharon Alexander, step-sisters Samantha Stockley and Meagan Alexander, aunts Hettie Charboneau and Myra Starr, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her exhusband Greg Henry and his partner Lisa Salganik along with her loving, lifelong friends.

A celebration of life was held Dec. 16 in Kyle.

Memories and photos may be shared at her online webpage at www. harrellfuneralhomes. com In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Christy Henry’s memory to the Austin Humane Society.

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March Primaries

Guilty Plea

Continued from pg. 1

HAYS COUNTY CONSTABLE, PRECINCT 2 Constable Pct. 2 incumbent Democrat Michael Torres of Kyle has no primary challenger, but will face Republican Steve Avalos of Kyle in November. Republican Constable Pct. 3 Ray Helm of Wimberley has no primary challenge and no Democrat has filed to run against him. The same goes for Constable Pct. 4 Ron Hood of Dripping Springs and Constable Pct. 5 John Ellen of Buda.

HAYS COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 3 Judicial positions on the ballot include Hays County Court at Law No. 3, where incumbent Republican Tacie Zelhart of San Marcos, who was appointed to the position when the court was created in November, Zelhart will face either Tony Fusco of San Marcos or Millie Thompson of Dripping Springs, Democratic primary opponents.

HAYS COUNTY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, PRECINCT 1 Incumbent Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, Place 1 Joann Prado of San Marcos, a Democrat, has no primary challenger nor Republican opponent.

HAYS COUNTY COMMISSIONER, PRECINCT 1 Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe of San Marcos, Democratic incumbent commissioner for Pct. 1 is unopposed in both the primary and general election; though Pct. 3

commissioner Lon Shell of San Marcos, who has no primary opponent, will face Democrat Lisa Prewitt of San Marcos in November.

Continued from pg. 1 November. Regarding Place 7 on the Supreme Court, incumbent Republican Jeff Boyd of Austin will go up against Brandy Voss of McAllen or Staci Williams of Dallas in November. Democrats Peter Kelly of Houston and Gisela D. Triana of Austin will face off in the primary for Place 8 on the high court, the winner facing incumbent Republican Brett Busby of Austin in the general election.

Republicans Inga Cotton, Robert Morrow of Austin and Lani Popp of Fair Oaks Ranchwill go headto-head March 3; the winner of that contest will face either Rebecca Bell-Metereau of HAYS COUNTY TAX San Marcos or Letti ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR Bresnahan of San Hays County Antonio in the fall. incumbent Tax Republican Will Assessor-Collector Hickman of Houston Jenifer O’Kane has no opponent in the of Wimberley, a primary for District Republican, has no 6 on the State Board primary opponent of Education; while but will go up against Democrats Dera Kerner Democrat Daphne COURT OF CRIMINAL of Bellaire, Kimberley Tenorio of Kyle in the McLeod of Houston APPEALS fall. and Michelle Palmer of Bert Richardson Houston will face off of San Antonio, RAILROAD Republican incumbent on March 3.

COMMISSIONER More State Board in Place 3 on the Regarding stateof Education races Court of Criminal wide races. Roberto are in District 8, 9, Appeals, has no Alonzo of Dallas, 10, 14 and 15. In primary challenger Chrysta Castañeda District 8, Republican but will square off of Dallas, Kelly Stone Audrey Yonbmg against either William of San Marcos and is unopposed; in Pieratt Demond of Mark Watson of Dallas District 9, incumbent Houston, Elizabeth will compete in the Republican Keven M. Davis Frizell of Cedar Democratic primary; Ellis will face Democrat Hill or Dan Wood on the Republican Brenda Davis; in Terrell in the fall. side, incumbent Ryan District 10, incumbent Keven Patrick Yeary, Sitton of Austin and Tom Maynard, a incumbent in Place James “Jim” Wright of Republican, will face 4, is unchallenged in Robstown will battle it either Marsha Burnettthe primary; while out for the nomination.

Websterr or Stephen Democrats Tina Wyman of Georgetown; Clinton of Dallas and CHIEF JUSTICE OF in District 14, Stevenn Miears of TEXAS SUPREME COURT Grapevine will face incumbent Republican Sue Melton-Malone For the position of off in the primary. of Robinson will Chief Justice of the In the race of Place face Democrat Greg state’s Supreme Court, 9 on the court are incumbent Republican Republican incumbent Alvord of Aubrey; In District 15, Democrat Nathan Hecht has no Republican David John Betancourt of primary opponent, Newell of Richmond but will face either and Democrat Brandon Amarillo will go up against Republican Jay Amy Clark Meachum Birmingham of Johnson of Pampa. of Austin or Gerald Carrollton.

Zimerer of Bellaire in the general election.

TEXAS STATE STATE BOARD OF

EDUCATION TEXAS SUPREME COURT No incumbents JUSTICES are in the race There’s no primary challenge for incumbent Supreme Court Justice Place 6 Republican Jane Bland of Austin; she will face either Kathy Cheng of Houston or Larry Praeger of Dallas in

for State Board of Education District 1.

Republican Jennifer Ivey of Clint will face Democrat Georgina Perez of El Paso in November. Regarding District 5, State Board of Education,

REPRESENTATIVES

Democratic incumbent State Senator Judith Zaffirini, representing District 21, will face Republican Dade Phelan of Nederland in November. In the race for State Representative District 45 are Republicans

Carrie Isaac of Dripping Springs and Austin Talley of Kyle; Democrats in the race are incumbent Erin Zwiener of Driftwood and Lilian Posada of Kyle.

DISTRICT JUDGE District Judge races include 22nd Judicial District incumbent Bruce Boyer of New Braunfels, a Republican, will face no opposition.

U.S. SENATE In the race for the U.S. Senate, incumbent Republican John Cornyn of Austin faces primary challengers Virgil Bierschwale of Junction, Dwayne Stovall and Mark Yancey of Dallas; Democrats vying for the nomination are Chris Bell of Houston, Michael Cooper of Beaumont, Amanda Edwards of Houston, Jack Daniel Foster Jr. of Baytown, Annie “mama’ Garcia of Houston, Victor Hugo Harris of Harlingen, Mary “MJ” Hegar of Round Rock, Sema Hernandez of Pasadena, D.R. Hunter of Amarillo, Adrian Ocegueda of Flower Mound, Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez of Austin and Royce West of Dallas.

Incumbent Chip Roy of Austin, U.S. Representative, District 21, has no primary challenger but will face either Wendy R. Davis of Austin or Jennie Lou Leeder, also of Austin.

Incumbent Democrat Lloyd Doggett of Austin in District 35 faces challenger Raphael Alcoser III of San Antonio. No Republicans are in that race.

tenced to life without parole, according to the plea. Prosecutors will drop a second murder charge on the murder of his unborn child.

The trial took place in the Bastrop County district court Monday.

Dean was found dead Feb. 4, 2015 in a vacant shopping center in Bastrop.

Clark was fired as an Austin police officer when he fled to Indonesia July 17, 2015.

In cooperation with the U.S. government, Indonesian officials had extradited Clark back to the U.S., where he was later arrested.

Dean had served at the Kyle Police Department Crime Victim Services Coordinator.

“On this day, as the person responsible for her death received a life sentence without the possibility of parole, our only thoughts are with Samantha’s family, her co-workers, her friends and everyone who knew and dearly loved her. She was a light in the darkness for so many. Her personality, her smile and her friendship will not be forgotten,” Kyle Chief of Police Jeff Barnett said Monday.

“Samantha Dean came to Kyle PD to help victims of crimes. She provided a safe haven for those in stressful, painful and sometimes dire situations. Her compassion and caring for each and every victim was apparent in everything she did,” he said.

“Samantha’s tragic murder, along with that of her unborn baby girl, left a huge void in our department. In her honor, we helped posthumously fulfill Samantha’s dream of becoming a police officer,” Barnett said after the completion of the trial.

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SUBDIVIDE

An application has been filed with HAYS COUNTY to subdivide 30.00 acres of property located at 425 Indian Hills Trail, Kyle, TX 78640. Information regarding the application may be obtained from Hays County Development Services (512) 393-2150. Tracking number: PLN-1401.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of MELINDA CATHERINE NEFF HINZ, Deceased, were issued on December 11, 2019, in Docket No. 19-0382-P, pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to: MICHAEL DENNIS HINZ The residence of the Independent Executor is in San Marcos, Hays County, Texas.

Address claims in care of the representative, MICHAEL DENNIS HINZ, Independent Executor. The post office address to which claims may be presented, is: c/o MICHAEL DENNIS HINZ, Independent Executor 1501 Thurman Road San Marcos, Texas 78666 All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

Address claims in care of MICHAEL DENNIS HINZ, Independent Executor.

DATED the 16th day of December 2019.

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

GRANT SERVICE PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF GRANT ADMINISTRATOR SERVICES FOR WINDY HILL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS AT RICHMOND BRANCH “RFP NO. 2020-01-JE”

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The City of Kyle submitted an application to the Texas General Land Office under the 2015 Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Fund to support infrastructure. Accordingly, the City is seeking to contract with a qualified Grant Administrator or Service Provider (individual/firm) to assist with the administration, environmental, right of way, and construction oversight of the contract for the Windy Hill Road Improvements at Richmond Branch.

Proposal specifications may be secured from the City website.

Please submit one (1) electronic copy (CD or flash drive) and four (4) complete bound copies of your proposal of services and cost for the proposed services to the office of Leon Barba, P.E., City Engineer, City Hall, 100 W. Center St., Kyle, Texas 78640.

Proposals shall be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked: Request for Proposals for the Procurement of Grant Administrator Services Provider for Windy Hill Road Improvements at Richmond Branch “RFP No. 202001-JE” The City of Kyle will accept sealed proposals for Grant Administrative Services for the Windy Hill Road Improvements at Richmond Branch project until 10:00 A.M., January 15, in the City’s Engineering Department, located

at City Hall at 100 W. Center Street, Kyle Texas. Proposals received after this time will not be considered.

Proposals will be acknowledged on January 16, 2020 at 8:00 A.M. Attendance is not required. All interested persons are invited to attend the acknowledgement at City Hall, Falcon Room.

Section 3 Residents, Minority Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises, and Women Business Enterprises are encouraged to submit proposals. The City of Kyle is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer.

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

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

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Shirley Ruth Liepitz, Deceased, were issued on December 9, 2019, under Docket No. 19-0360-P, pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to Tonya Marie Matthews.

Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate, addressed as follows: Representative, Estate of Shirley Ruth Liepitz, Deceased c/o John H. Gilliam John H. Gilliam Law Office 302 W. Martin Luther King Dr. San Marcos, Texas 78666 All persons having claims against this estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

DATED 12/12/2019.

John H. Gilliam By: /s/ John H. Gilliam Attorney for Applicant

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Administration for the Estate of VELIA NEVAREZ RODRIGUEZ were issued on October 16, 2019, in docket number 19-0113-P, pending in the County Court at Law, Sitting in Probate, Hays County, Texas, to PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ. All persons having claims against the estate, which is presently being administered, are required to submit them, within the time and manner prescribed by law, and before the estate is closed, addressed as follows: c/o Patricia Rodriguez 10819 Crown Colony Drive, #34 Austin, TX 78747 Dated the 9th day of December, 2019 THE BOLING LAW FIRM 1301 S. Old Stagecoach Rd. Kyle, TX 78640 Tel: (512) 504-3051 Tel: (877) 629-5353 Fax: (877) 629-3130 Anna Martinez Boling SBN: 00791188 annaboling@bolinglawfirm. com Attorney for Juanita Sustaita Beltran

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Administration for the Estate of PHILLIP SUSTAITA, JR. were issued on October 30, 2019, in docket number 19-0311-P, pending in the County Court at Law

Number 3 of Hays County, Texas, to JUANITA SUSTAITA BELTRAN. All persons having claims against the estate, which is presently being administered, are required to submit them, within the time and manner prescribed by law, and before the estate is closed, addressed as follows: c/o Juanita Sustaita Beltran 1295 Calder Road Dale, TX 78616 Dated December 9, 2019 THE BOLING LAW FIRM 1301 S. Old Stagecoach Rd. Kyle, TX 78640 Tel: (512) 504-3051 Tel: (877) 629-5353 Fax: (877) 629-3130 Anna Martinez Boling SBN: 00791188 annaboling@bolinglawfirm. com Attorney for Juanita Sustaita Beltran

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HAYS CAUSE: 18-2554

By virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the 428th District Court of HAYS County, Texas, October 21, 2019, in cause numbered 18-2554, styled Post Oak One Homeowners Association, Inc. versus Yvonne Martinez aka Yvonne Garza on a judgment rendered against Yvonne Martinez aka Yvonne Garza; I did on December 6, 2019, at 10:40 a.m., levy upon as the property of Yvonne Martinez aka Yvonne Garza the following described real property: Lot 24, Block Q, Post Oak Subdivision, Phase 2, a subdivision in Hays County, Texas according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Volume 12, Page 138, Plat Records, Hays County, Texas more commonly known as 245 Donatello, Kyle, TX 78640 (“Property”) On January 7, 2020, being the first Tuesday of the month, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., beginning at 10:00 a.m., at the Hays County, at the South Door, 712 Stagecoach Trail of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of San Marcos, Texas, I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the right, title and interest of Yvonne Martinez aka Yvonne Garza in and to the real property described above.

Dated at Kyle, Hays County, Texas, December 6, 2019.

Michael Torres Constable, Pct. 2 Hays County, Texas 5458 FM 2770 Kyle, Texas 78640

by Robert L. Eller, Deputy Notice to Bidders: You are buying whatever interest, if any, the Debtor has in the property. Purchase of the Debtor's interest in the property may not extinguish any liens or security interests held by other persons. There are no warranties, express or implied, regarding the property being sold, including but not limited to warranties of title, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Notice to Judgment Debtor: If there is any property, real or personal, you want to point out for levy in lieu of the above described property, you must contact this office immediately.

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Public Notices, continued from pg. 10 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HAYS CAUSE: 17-2041

By virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the 428th District Court of HAYS County, Texas, October 18, 2019, in cause numbered 17-2041, styled Indian Paint Brush Home Owners Association, Inc. versus Jessica Acevedo and Francisca Palacios on a judgment rendered against Jessica Acevedo and Francisca Palacios; I did on December 6, 2019, at 11:00 a.m., levy upon as the property of Jessica Acevedo and Francisca Palacios the following described real property: Lot 5, Block C, INDIAN PAINTBRUSH SUBDIVISION-PHASE TWO FINAL

PLAT, A SUBDIVISION IN Hays County, Texas, according to the map or plat of record in Volume 11, Page 109, Plat Records of Hays County, Texas, more commonly known as 160 Dandelion Loop, Kyle, TX 78640 (Property) On January 7, 2020, being the first Tuesday of the month, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., beginning at 10:00 a.m., at the Hays County, at the South Door, 712 Stagecoach Trail of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of San Marcos, Texas, I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the right, title and interest of Jessica Acevedo and Francisca Palacios in and to the real property described above.

Dated at Kyle, Hays County, Texas, December 6, 2019.

Michael Torres Constable, Pct. 2 Hays County, Texas 5458 FM 2770 Kyle, Texas 78640

by Robert L. Eller, Deputy Notice to Bidders: You are buying whatever interest, if any, the Debtor has in the property. Purchase of the Debtor's interest in the property may not extinguish any liens or security interests held by other persons. There are no warranties, express or implied, regarding the property being sold, including but not limited to warranties of title, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Notice to Judgment Debtor: If there is any property, real or personal, you want to point out for levy in lieu of the above described property, you must contact this office immediately.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of David Charles Robertson, Deceased, were issued on December 11, 2019, in Cause No. 19-0331-P, pending in the County Court at Law No. 1, Hays County, Texas, to: Doris Ann Robertson.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being

administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

In care of: Leonard F. Green Attorney for Doris Ann Robertson, Independent Executor Of the Estate of David Charles Robertson 4600 Spicewood Springs Rd. Suite 102 AUSTIN, TX 78759 DATED the 18th day of

2019.

Leonard F. Green Attorney for Doris Ann Robertson State Bar No.: 08365400 4600 Spicewood Springs Rd. Suite 102 AUSTIN, TX 78759 Telephone: (512) 3381745 Facsimile: (512) 2332907 E-mail: Green-andGreen@austin.rr.com

Police Blotter The following is a tally of all calls made to law enforcement within Hays County between Dec. 10 and Dec. 17, 2019.

Injury to Child/Eld/Disabled.................................... 1 Information............................................................... 5 Civil Matter............................................................... 3 Deliver Message...................................................... 2 Compliance Check................................................ 14 Property-Lost/Found/Impound............................... 8 Civil Service Process............................................... 4 Civil Standby............................................................ 1 Sex Offender Registry............................................. 1 Alarm-Business..................................................... 50 Alarm-Residential.................................................. 44 Alarm-Vehicle........................................................... 1 Animal Call............................................................. 75 Field Euthanasia...................................................... 4 Loose Livestock...................................................... 6 Aggravated Assault................................................. 1 Assault..................................................................... 2 Sexual Assault......................................................... 4 Aggravated Sexual Assault..................................... 1 Assist EMS............................................................. 11 Assist Fire Department............................................ 3 Assist Outside Agency............................................ 9 Suspicious Package................................................ 1 Burglary-Building..................................................... 2 Burglary-Habitation................................................. 4 Burglary-Vehicle.................................................... 26 Illegal Dumping........................................................ 4 Environmental Crime............................................... 1 Death Investigation................................................. 3 Criminal Mischief..................................................... 6 Disturbance-Noise................................................. 16 Disturbance-Phys/Fight........................................ 10 Disturbance-Verbal................................................ 18 Narcotics Information.............................................. 4 Marijuana................................................................. 2 MIP Tobacco............................................................ 2 Drug Paraphernalia................................................. 1 Credit/Debit Abuse.................................................. 3 Impersonating LE Officer........................................ 1 Child Custody.......................................................... 3 Fraud...................................................................... 11 Harassment............................................................ 17 Threat....................................................................... 5 Mental Health Investigation.................................... 7 Mental Health Follow Up....................................... 13 Mental Health Transport.......................................... 3

Violation City Ordinance......................................... 4 Runaway.................................................................. 1 Public Assist.......................................................... 16 Canine Training........................................................ 6 Drone Deployment.................................................. 1 SRP Drill................................................................... 1 Missing Person........................................................ 1 Runaway.................................................................. 3 Community Contact.............................................. 19 Disabled Vehicle.................................................... 25 Foot Patrol............................................................. 10 Close Patrol......................................................... 159 Parental Discipline Assist........................................ 5 Welfare Concern.................................................... 33 Suicidal Person...................................................... 15 Investigation.......................................................... 11 Supplement........................................................... 63 Suspicious Circumstances................................... 24 Suspicious Person................................................. 20 Suspicious Vehicle................................................ 33 Wanted Person........................................................ 6 Extradition................................................................ 1 Identity Theft............................................................ 2 Theft....................................................................... 20 Unauthorized Use of Vehicle................................... 1 Vehicle Theft............................................................ 5 Recovered Stolen Vehicle....................................... 1 Accident-Minor...................................................... 41 Accident-Hit and Run............................................ 10 Accident-Major Injury............................................ 21 Accident Fleet.......................................................... 1 Accident-Unknown.................................................. 3 Abandoned/Stored Vehicle..................................... 3 Traffic Control/Direction.......................................... 5 Directed/Area Enforcement.................................. 13 Traffic Hazard......................................................... 30 Attempt to Locate................................................. 75 Parking Enforcement............................................... 4 Traffic Stop........................................................... 585 Solicitors.................................................................. 2 Trespassing.............................................................. 3 911 Abandoned/Open......................................... 217 Deadly Conduct....................................................... 1 Discharged Firearm............................................... 17 Traffic/Transport Accident....................................... 1 Private Tow/Repo.................................................. 18

Below is a sample of events reported by law enforcement from Dec. 10 through Dec. 17, 2019. The location is where the event was reported or responded to and may not necessarily be where the event occured.

Agency Activity Date HCSO Sexual Assault 12/10/2019 HCSO Sexual Assault - Agg 12/10/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 12/10/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 12/10/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 12/10/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 12/11/2019 BPD Theft 12/10/2019 HCSO Theft 12/10/2019 HCSO Theft 12/10/2019 BPD Accident - Major/Injury 12/10/2019 BPD Accident - Major/Injury 12/10/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/10/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/10/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/10/2019 HCSO Inj to Child/Eld/Disabled 12/11/2019 HCSO Burglary - Habitation 12/11/2019 HCSO Death Investigation 12/11/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 12/11/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 12/12/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 12/11/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 12/11/2019 HCSO Theft 12/11/2019 HCSO Theft 12/11/2019 BPD Vehicle Theft 12/11/2019 HCSO Vehicle Theft 12/11/2019 BPD Accident - Major/Injury 12/12/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/11/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/11/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/11/2019 HCSO Sexual Assault 12/13/2019 HCSO Burglary - Habitation 12/12/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 HCSO Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 HCSO Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 HCSO Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 HCSO Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 HCSO Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 HCSO Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 HCSO Burglary - Vehicle 12/12/2019 HCSO Death Investigation 12/12/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 12/13/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 12/12/2019 BPD Theft 12/12/2019 BPD Theft 12/12/2019 HCSO Theft 12/12/2019 BPD Accident - Major/Injury 12/12/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/12/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/12/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/12/2019 HCSO Assault - Aggravated 12/14/2019 HCSO Assault 12/13/2019 HCSO Burglary - Habitation 12/13/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 12/13/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 12/13/2019 HCSO Marijuana 12/13/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 12/13/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 12/13/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 12/13/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 12/13/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 12/14/2019 HCSO Vehicle Theft 12/13/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/13/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/13/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/13/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/13/2019 BPD Deadly Conduct 12/13/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 12/14/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 12/14/2019 HCSO Disturbance - Phys/Fight 12/15/2019 BPD Suicidal Person 12/14/2019 BPD Suicidal Person 12/14/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 12/14/2019 HCSO Suicidal Person 12/15/2019 BPD Theft 12/14/2019 HCSO Theft 12/14/2019 HCSO Theft 12/14/2019 HCSO Vehicle Theft 12/14/2019 BPD Accident - Major/Injury 12/14/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/15/2019 HCSO Burglary - Habitation 12/16/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 12/15/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 12/15/2019 HCSO Burglary - Vehicle 12/15/2019 BPD Disturbance - Phys/Fight 12/15/2019 BPD Theft 12/15/2019 BPD Theft 12/15/2019 HCSO Theft 12/15/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/15/2019 HCSO Accident - Major/Injury 12/15/2019 HCSO Assault 12/16/2019 HCSO Burglary - Building 12/16/2019 HCSO Burglary - Building 12/16/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 12/16/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 12/16/2019 BPD Burglary - Vehicle 12/16/2019 HCSO Burglary - Vehicle 12/17/2019 HCSO Death Investigation 12/16/2019 HCSO Marijuana 12/16/2019 BPD Theft 12/16/2019 BPD Theft 12/16/2019 HCSO Theft 12/16/2019 HCSO Theft 12/16/2019

Time 14:41:26 12:17:58 19:32:25 18:03:12 19:39:01 5:50:51 13:12:25 16:34:13 20:24:42 11:29:10 19:05:53 10:51:40 12:05:42 17:50:27 19:50:58 12:51:56 15:44:24 11:50:39 0:16:27 23:20:20 23:29:27 12:47:00 15:24:33 14:19:40 13:34:16 1:14:53 16:00:28 19:56:34 20:03:13 5:05:41 20:48:13 6:21:36 6:36:22 6:38:00 6:52:43 7:07:12 7:17:52 7:31:56 15:19:37 8:34:05 8:39:48 9:16:59 13:39:52 14:21:44 16:29:12 18:08:53 13:59:26 2:13:43 11:43:31 7:29:52 19:37:08 13:03:32 17:53:31 7:22:22 7:29:14 14:12:07 1:06:25 17:04:03 7:12:47 18:12:00 22:46:58 16:24:44 10:33:19 14:55:44 22:10:27 23:23:21 1:49:14 18:11:16 7:58:09 10:47:20 18:21:29 19:06:22 21:18:55 12:59:58 23:45:51 0:05:21 20:30:53 22:47:35 23:19:42 0:14:03 15:30:37 11:19:51 22:29:42 11:03:58 22:06:46 3:48:08 3:45:09 8:27:41 15:01:09 15:52:23 20:17:46 10:14:31 13:55:38 20:05:59 18:49:00 19:02:31 18:01:58 9:49:26 11:37:43 7:23:28 14:17:48 15:56:20 4:59:54 14:03:45 14:45:32 14:24:10 16:48:23 6:23:24 20:59:34

Location Doc’s Drive In Theatre Buda 3311 Dacy Ln Kyle Chapa Middle School 828 Bebee Rd Kyle Hays Junction Apartments Terrace Canyon Dr Dripping Springs Spring Creek Rd Dripping Springs Rolling Oaks San Marcos Walmart of Buda Desert Springs Cv Buda Shale Cir Buda 162 Commercial Dr Buda 1447 Cabelas Dr Buda 20800 block W RR 150 Driftwood 11700 W RR 150 Driftwood Double Xing East Kelly Smith Ln/Dacy Ln Buda Tuscany Park Apartments Buda Country Ln Woodcreek Dragon Ridge Rd Buda 4260 RR 967 Buda Johnson High School Eagle Brook Ln Buda Windy Hill Rd Buda Loma Vista Wimberley 225 Old Highway 290 Dripping Springs 2801 RR 12 San Marcos Academy Silverado Crossing Apartments Buda Taylor Dr Buda 17301 IH 35 Buda S FM 1626/Sheldon Dr Kyle Hugo Rd/RR 12 San Marcos 6490 RR 12 San Marcos The Lodge San Marcos Shadow Creek Blvd Buda Blushing Dr Buda Oyster Crk Buda Oyster Crk Buda Patriot Dr Buda Crooked Crk Buda Oyster Crk Buda Crooked Crk Buda Devons Cv Buda Monarch Ln Austin Monarch Ln Austin Monarch Ln Austin Monarch Ln Austin Aspen Dr Austin Trinity Hills Dr Austin Serenity Ct Austin Fox Rd San Marcos Gray Horse Saloon San Marcos Studio 6 Motel Buda 15019 IH 35 Fr Buda Via Verona Buda 13158 W US 290 Austin Kwik Kar 824 Main St Buda Willies Joint Windy Hill Rd/Dacy Ln Kyle N FM 1626/Lakewood Dr Buda 10535 RR 967 Buda Peggys Trl Kyle Foster Pl Kyle Cypress Creek Ln Wimberley 9595 RR 12 San Marcos Brewsters Twisted Crk Kyle Lehman High School Kyle Harmons Way San Marcos Lehman High School Kyle Hilltop Dr Wimberley Deerfield Dr Woodcreek Quarter Ave Buda Windy Hollow Ln Kyle Hilliard Rd/Valley View West Dr San Marcos 52 Limestone Trl Wimberley 6050 S IH 35 Fr San Marcos Camino Real/High Rd Kyle Green Meadows Ln Buda Nutty Brown Rd Austin Whitetail Run Austin 201 High Rd Kyle Poco Loco/Valero Camp Creek Ct Buda Breccia Cv Buda Breccia Cv Buda Hwy 21 San Marcos Walmart of Buda Denise Ellen Dr Buda Petras Way Kyle E Inwood Forest Dr Wimberley 15211 IH 35 Buda 2135 Windy Hill Rd Kyle Travertine Trl Buda Maribel Ave Buda Maribel Ave Buda Sandstone Trl Buda Nandina Dr Buda Maribel Ave Buda Walmart of Buda 2093 Rohde Rd Kyle 6060blk S IH 35 San Marcos 1825 Post Rd San Marcos 158 Bonanza St Kyle 700 Old Fitzhugh Rd Dripping Springs CR 158/Yarrington Rd Kyle Clarence Ct Buda Sangaree Dr Buda IH 35 Fr Buda Southpoint Sale Shelf Rock Rd Driftwood S Old Bastrop Hwy San Marcos Lehman High School Kyle Logans of Buda Twin Liquors Of Buda Cattle Trail Dr Dripping Springs Coral Stone Trl Buda

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Hays Free Press • December 18, 2019

Enjoy the reason for the season at the church of your choice Luke 2: 8-14

as recited by Linus in a Charlie Brown Christmas

Celebrate the birth of Jesus at our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service December 24 at 5 p.m.

401 FM 967, Buda, TX 78640 www.ResurrectionBuda.org

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nd there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

And this [shall be] a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.

Christmas Services December 22nd, 9:30a.m. & 10:45 a.m.

Candlelight Christmas Eve Service December 24th, 5:30 p.m.

Hays Hills Baptist Church 1401 N. FM 1626, Buda, TX 78610 (512) 295-3132 • HaysHills.com

Come Celebrate Christmas Eve with us at First Baptist Church , Buda

Christmas Eve Lord’s Supper Service December 24th at 5:00 p.m.

First Baptist Church, Buda 104 S. San Marcos St. Buda, TX 78610 512-295-2161