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Fajita King dies at age of 81 BY DAVID WHITE
A local area icon whose claim to fame was introducing the fajita as a mainstay in Tex-Mex cuisine has died today at the age of 81. Juan Antonio “Sonny” Falcon was originally from Mercedes, Texas and made his way to Austin in 1959 where he got a job in shipping and receiving at the Austin Meat Market. In 1962 Falcon married Guadalupe Guajardo and soon thereafter became the meat market manager in his wife’s parents’ East Austin neighborhood store, called Guajardo’s Cash Grocery. It was during this time Falcon experimented with an old Rio Grand Valley recipe in which he took beef skirt, cooked it until tender and served it with tortillas. The meat was cut into little strips, thus the name fajitas – fajitas being the Spanish word for little belts. The normally tough-tochew beef skirt was never thought of as a prime piece of meat and was usually ground up or sold as
“Anybody that knows fajitas, or that are a part of these cooking competitions, knows the name Sonny Falcon. He’s an icon … I can’t eat a fajita without thinking of Sonny.”
BY CYNDY SLOVAK-BARTON
–J.R. Gonzales, Executive Director, Buda Chamber of Commerce
PHOTO COURTESY OF J.R. GONZALES
Sonny Falcon serves up fajitas at Buda’s Fajita Fiesta. Falcon popularized the Tex-Mex delicacy when he introduced them at a weekend-long Diez y Seis celebration in Kyle 50 years ago.
scraps, but Falcon had the realization that he could turn this scrap meat into a delicacy that he could promote at the Guajardo
Hays CISD looks at $221 Million bond package
family store. Diez y Seis celebration. Falcon introduced his fa- The introduction wasn’t jitas to the public in 1969 at an overnight success, but a concession stand in Kyle during a weekend-long FAJITA KING, 2
Residents wanting a say on whether or not Hays CISD should call a bond election – and on what should be included in a bond election – have three forums in January to look at the proposed bond. School district officials will be on hand to answer questions about the possible bond election and what will be included. The proposed bond election proposal came about after the Facilities and Bond Oversight Committee (FBOC) reviewed student population growth as presented by a demog-
THE PUBLIC FORUMS WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS:
• Jan. 11, 2020, 10: 30 a.m. – McCormick Middle School (También en Español) • Jan. 13, 2020, 6 p.m – Dahlstrom Middle School • Jan. 15, 2020, 6 p.m. – Wallace Middle School
rapher, necessary new facilities and maintenance issues, what the district’s bond capacity sits at, and the latest legislative rules on new Bond Laws. Currently, Hays CISD has 25 campuses and
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Special election Two killed in head-on crash on FM 1826 in Kyle Jan. 25 STAFF REPORTS
tin was traveling through a curve northbound on Two people were killed FM 1826 as a 2018 Ininin a three-vehicle accident iti QX8 driven by Kaylee on FM 1826 Dec. 18. Rosales, 30, of Austin, According to DPS Sgt. followed by a 2016 Subaru Deon Cockrell, the crash WRX, which was travelhappened at 3:27 p.m. ing southbound through approximately nine miles the same curve. “For uneast of Dripping Springs. known reasons, the Toyota Cockerell said a 2016 traveled into the southToyota 4Runner driven by bound lane and struck the Cranda Mathis, 38, of Aus- Infiniti head-on,” he said.
“As a result of the impact, the Infiniti then struck the Subaru.” Both women were pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace John Burns. The driver of the Subaru sustained minor injuries, and was treated on scene. The investigation is ongoing and all contributing factors are currently
unknown. The Texas Department of Public Safety would like to remind all drivers to slow down and adjust to adverse weather and road conditions. Drivers should minimize distractions, don’t drive fatigued, don’t drink and drive, obey traffic control devices and always wear your safety belt.
Main Street, historic preservation team up to oversee construction, expansion in Buda BY CAMELIA JUAREZ
HAYS FREE PRESS FILE PHOTO One goal of the Main Street program is to expand district boundaries through historic preservation.
Main Street plans to use its Historic Preservation grant, valued at $65,000, to help businesses that may be affected by the construction over the next two years. Street seeks to expand, the HPC will help make sure their goals are aligned. “Because the Historic Preservation boundaries are larger than ours (Main Street), if we want to add to our district, we want to make sure that the areas we’re doing research on are compatible and allowable because we
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in its grant application process, kick-off the first Buda’s Main Street HPC month celebration program in joint effort in May and work together with the Historic to expand Main Street Preservation Committee boundaries. will bring several projects As downtown sees an benefiting business influx of construction, owners and local residents Main Street plans to use in 2020. its Historic Preservation Main Street Program grant, valued at $65,000, Manager Maggie Gillespie to help businesses that said it will include HPC may be affected by the construction over the next two years. The joint effort between programs will make sure that grant recipients follow HPC guidelines. “As we are administering this grant, we’re making sure that the HPC has insight on how the grants are administered and making sure that each of the applicants follow the correct process through the city and receive their certificate of appropriateness,” Gillespie said. One goal of the Main Street program is to expand district boundaries through historic preservation. Gillespie said as Main
have to go through a process with the Texas Main Street program,” Gillespie said. Gillespie said she is looking forward to Historic Preservation Month in May. The details for the event, along with other team efforts for 2020, will be discussed in a future joint meeting.
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Two in the running to fill Tenorio’s council seat STAFF REPORTS
board of trustees of the Hays CISD and Tobias An unexpired Kyle Elementary School is City Council seat for named after his father, District 6, that Rosalio Tobias Jr., was held by who was a Hays council member CISD school Daphne Tenorio, board trustee for is expected to be over a decade. filled by a special “When I look election Jan. 25. at relationships The seat remains that I have open after Tenformed here in orio resigned in Kyle, I realize it order to run for is like a second the office of Hays HEINDL family; I want County Tax Asthe best for all sessor-Collector. of us in Kyle beTwo candicause people are dates, Michael what makes Kyle Tobias and Brangreat,” Heindl dy Heindl, threw said. “I view a their hats in the seat on council ring prior to the as a chance to Dec. 16 filing represent the deadline. best that Kyle Tobias has has to offer, its TOBIAS been an officer citizens. I will with the Travis work for and County Sheriff’s Office with the citizens of Kyle, for 16 years. He has lived I will help bring the in Kyle for 15 years. citizens of Kyle into the “Kyle has grown quite decisions about what a bit throughout these Kyle is and what we will years, and I am excited become in the future about the businesses while respecting the and opportunities that greatness that brought we have attracted,” he us here today.” said. “Unfortunately, as Only persons living in with all cities that exand registered to vote in perience rapid growth, this district can vote for we also face challenges. this representative. The Public safety, infrastruc- District 6 term will expire ture and keeping up with in November 2021. citizen demands are just The last day to register a few of the challenges to vote in the special that we face. I decided to election is Dec. 26. Early run for Kyle City Council and election day voting because I care about this will take place at the community and I would Hays CISD administralike to serve its citizens.” tion office, 21003 InterTobias’ wife Teresa state 35 North. is currently serving her second term on the SEE VOTING DATES, 2
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New crime prevention program invites locals to share surveillance camera footage
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Buda police are asking to use residents’ and businesses’ surveillance cameras in a new crime prevention program called Smart Watch. Locals can share their surveillance camera locations with police and can voluntarily provide the footage for investigations. If a neighborhood or business is targeted, police will check Smart Watch to find cameras in the affected area that could help the investiga-
–Freddy Erdman, Crime Prevention Officer
tion, said Crime Prevention Officer Freddy Erdman. “First, we identify a potential area of impact then we go to a secure registry (Smart Watch) and break it down by subdivision or location that may have video evi-
dence. Myself, detectives, or officers involved will contact people on the registry and ask to review their video and see if they captured anything,” Erdman said. The Smart Watch is a way for Buda police to create a partnership
with the community, said Erdman. Participation in the program is entirely based on consent of the camera owner. “We don’t have remote access to the cameras. People are not obligated to turn it over,” Erdman said. “They can partic-
ipate at any level they want. If they share the video, that’s great. If not, thank you for your time.” The video footage could potentially be used in a criminal investigation. However, Erdman said it is unlikely that the camera owner will be brought to court or any legal proceedings in the case. Depending on the type of investigation, the camera owner could be used as a witness, but Erdman said it is unlikely. To sign up for the Smart Watch Program, go online to find the form.
Fajita King
Continued from pg. 1 he continued to to sell the newly-revived product at rodeos, fairs and other outdoor events and the popularity grew. More recently, Falcon competed at the annual Fajita Fiesta in Buda for the past five years. J.R. Gonzales, Executive Director of the Buda Area Chamber of Commerce, who is also from Mercedes and who is instrumental in promoting the Fajita Fiesta, has known Falcon all his life. Their families have had a life-long relationship since the day Falcon drove Gon-
zales’ mother to the hospital when J.R. was born. And in 2013, with the creation of Buda’s Fajita Fiesta, Gonzales has always recruited Falcon to participate in the annual event as a judge. “Anybody that knows fajitas, or that are a part of these cooking competitions, knows the name Sonny Falcon. He’s an icon … I can’t eat a fajita without thinking of Sonny.” Gonzales says Falcon will be missed and we can expect some special honors in his name at the upcoming Fajita Fiesta.
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Tired of updating your apps? Tyrades by Danny Tyree
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o you share my frustration at being required to update smartphone apps at the most inopportune of times? With aggravating regularity, my quick lunchtime stops at fast-food chains have become anything but efficient. Silly me, I turn to the restaurant’s “trusty” app for the daily deals, only to be told that the app I updated two weeks ago is suddenly in need of ANOTHER crucial update and will not function AT ALL until I genuflect to the code-writing gods and redo the whole process. (When a corporation’s “best and brightest” are constantly experiencing “Oh, wait, I forgot something” moments, don’t expect me to place oodles of confidence in the “Employees must wash hands after using restroom” signs.) Okay, I’m hungry and cheap, so I sheepishly step out of line and try downloading, installing, lathering, rinsing and repeating what I thought had been a perfectly serviceable application. The “update, order, eat and get back to work” process grinds to a standstill when the app outright LIES to me and insists I don’t have enough space on my phone and that I will have to DELETE one of my other apps. So instead of enjoying a leisurely meal at an eatery where my family and I made many carefree memories in halcyon preapp days, I am plunged into a nerve-racking game of “The rowboat is sinking, and you can save only your wife OR your child! PICK ONE! Tick tock, tick tock!” I seldom notice any practical technological improvements when I comply with the command to update. I can handle a human being asking me, “You want fries with that?”; but I come unglued when an anonymous programmer asks me, “You want bells and whistles with that?” Usually, the stated reasons for an update are gibberish to me. I do notice “improved stability” popping up with some frequency. So, apparently my phone is “unstable.” That’s why I’ve taken to keeping it locked in the car trunk when I take a shower, so we don’t have any of this Alfred Hitchcock “Psycho” drama going on. By the time I finally get my grub, if an acquaintance asks me whether my phone has an Android platform or iOS platform, all I’m interested in is a platform high enough for me to plunge to my merciful doom! Of course, not all updates are so heavy-handed and mandatory. Some time-tested apps will keep limping along indefinitely. But the retailer, news site, social media hub or game developer will try to GUILT you into going with the latest version. (You’re liable to scuff your phone dragging your knuckles like that, don’t’cha know?) Yes, you can stick with your quaint software, but you’ll be doing the “swipe of shame” while all the cool kids laugh behind your back. The app stores become more persistent when there’s some recent “security issue” that they’ve hurriedly patched up. It really makes you want to go back to cash, paper maps and board games when you’re cajoled into playing “Consumers, let’s see if we can continue to stay one step ahead of the evildoers! Oh, crud! Larry has gone over to the Dark Side.” Don’t get me wrong. I really appreciate some of my apps; but more and more, when someone says, “There’s an app for that,” I gaze at my phone and sigh, “There’s a ball peen hammer for that.”
Was Trump all that worried about corruption?
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he best defense the Republicans have been able to mount in the impeachment inquiry has been that President Trump was rightly concerned about corruption in Ukraine, and was acting properly in attempting to make sure our military aid did not go to a country where it would just be divvied up by the rich and powerful for themselves. That is certainly a legitimate concern, and most of us would agree that we don’t want our tax dollars being wasted that way. So was it Trump’s true purpose to root out corruption? If so, that raises a series of questions. What made him think Zelensky was not already very serious about cleaning up corruption in his country? Zelensky had run for President of Ukraine on an anti-corruption platform, and was elected by a landslide. He is universally praised by the State Department as a good person who is not motivated by selfish gain. What reason could Trump have had, to think Zelensky would so thoroughly betray his supporters? Why did he approve aid to the previous, corrupt, pro-Putin administration, all without objection or condition?
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Why didn’t Trump trust his own Department of Defense? Ukraine had already met all the DoD’s corruption-related requirements, so the military aid had been cleared, even before Trump decided to put a hold on it. Why did he not mention rooting out corruption as a key concern in his first phone call with Zelensky on April 21? (Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, the top expert on Ukraine at the National Security Council, had recommended that he mention it, in the talking points for that call.) Why did he not mention it on July 25 either? Why did he remove Marie Yovanovitch from her post as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine? She had a sterling reputation as a fierce anti-corruption force in Ukraine. He has never really explained why he said she was “bad news”, and in the impeachment inquiry, she was showered with praise by members of both parties. Sure, the President has the right to appoint ambassadors as he chooses, but having
recalled her from her post, why take the additional step of smearing her and trashing both her reputation and her work? Why did he recommend to Zelensky that Yuriy Lutsenko, who is well known to be a corrupt pro-Putin official, be retained in his post as Ukraine’s Prosecutor General? Why would he characterize Lutsenko as “very fair” and someone who had been “treated very badly”? If you want to root out corruption, surely you would not trust that job to someone known to be corrupt. Zelensky could not retain Lutsenko in that post without facing pushback from Zelensky’s own supporters. Why did Trump’s Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry, use the power of his office to help secure a lucrative 50-year oil and gas deal with the Ukrainian government for a pair of his campaign donors? Doesn’t that at least create the impression of possible U.S. corruption? And why is it that Zelensky still has not gotten that White House meeting? Sadly, the answer to all these questions is simple. Trump believes Putin, rather than our own State Department. This appears to be yet another favor Trump is doing
for Putin. The false narrative that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election, and Russia did not, is Putin’s concoction, spewed out by Lutsenko and lapped up by Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer. If Putin can sell this narrative, he hopes to get a lifting of the sanctions that Obama and an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress placed on Russia. He also hopes to get his hands back on a slice of all that money. What money, you ask? All the oil and gas that goes from Russia to Western Europe flows through Ukraine. Before Zelensky was elected, Putin got a cut of all that, through Russian mob boss Dmitro Firtash. (Firtash is now under indictment in Austria for bribery, and awaiting extradition to the U.S.) And although all 17 of our intelligence agencies and a bipartisan committee in the Senate all concluded that it was Russia that interfered in the 2016 election, Trump believes Putin about that too. Which raises the most disturbing question of all. Where do Donald Trump’s loyalties actually lie? We have never had to seriously ask this question, about any other president.
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Lehman boys soccer looks to defend district crown in 2020 BY MOSES LEOS III
Coming off the heels of last season’s wildly successful campaign, Lehman High boys soccer head coach Rene Medina didn’t waste time in wiping the slate clean. With only three lettermen returning from last season’s 25-6A district title winning squad, Medina made sure his players knew the size shoes they’d need to fill as they head into 2020. By instilling a mantra of “compete every day,” Medina aims to prepare a young crop of Lobos for the chance to defend their district crown. “We told the guys they have questions to answer, roles to fit into and shoes to fill,” Medina said. “What we’ve seen is a group of guys who have come together. Lately it’s been energetic. They’ve are ready to get after it.” Leading the way for Lehman are returning seniors Isaac Salazar and Edwin Beltran whose experience will be called upon this season. Medina said both players show “championship habits” both on and off the field, which is something he hopes younger players look up to. Lobo Luis Rodriguez, who saw limited playing time last
Leading the way for Lehman are returning seniors Isaac Salazar and Edwin Beltran whose experience will be called upon this season.
season, is also expected to see significant minutes in 2020. “They have a desire and the self-motivation to go out there and try to do the best they can,” Medina said. Behind them, however, is a group that consists mostly of underclassmen. Freshman Adrian Perez and sophomore Emilio Bartolo are two players Medina said could make a difference this season. While youth does bring about some change from a tactical standpoint, Medina said the Lobos plan to keep the same defensive-minded strategy on the table. "It does change a little based on the personnel we now have. But the way we play and the way the program wants to
look is on the kids buying into that,” Medina said. All of this comes as Lehman shoulders a sizeable target on its back in 2020. Perennial powers Lake Travis, Westlake, Bowie and Del Valle are slated to contend for the district title, while teams such as Hays, Anderson and Akins all gained valuable experience. Lehman suffered the largest hit by losing 17 players to graduation this past summer. “You can’t take a night off (in this district). All teams are solid and all of the teams are good,” Medina said. But at the same time, the Lobos have dealt with life as the hunted in 25-6A ever since last spring, Medina said. It’s a feeling Medina, his staff and players all relish. “It’s been a big theme since last spring. We’ve let the guys.know we have a big target on our back,” Medina said. “We have to adjust accordingly and have those daily habits and routines of a championship winning program.” Lehman opens the season at home against Corpus Christi Winn in the first round of the Rebel Cup held Jan. 1-3.
Lady Rebel soccer strives for playoffs in upcoming season BY SHANE SCHOLWINSKI Entering the 2020 season, Hays girls soccer head coach Mario Bellver wants his team to have fun, but also strive toward ending the program’s three-year playoff drought. “So expectations I think, first thing is we should have fun out there on the field,” Bellver said. “I believe win as many games as possible. And one goal is to definitely be in the top four (record in district).” In addition to lifting weights and running conditioning drills during the off-season program, the Lady Rebels have focused on perfecting their ball handling and scoring more goals. In order to score more goals, Bellver wants his team to play to their system rather than a formation, and to continue to push the ball up through their wings. Hays returns a small senior class of just four players that includes forward Izel Gaitan, midfielder Cianne Talamo, as well as defenders Aliya Ibarra and Mariah Acosta. Gaitan and Talamo were All-District selections last season, and will be team captains for the 2020 season. Talamo, who is committed to play
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Two Lobos go All American
On Dec. 16, a pair of Lehman High senior football players got the chance to play at AT&T Stadium in Arlington as part of the 2019 Blue-Grey All American Bowl. Lobo offensive lineman Gilbert Partida (60) and running back Keyshaun Williams were selected to play for the Blue team in the All American Bowl that drew high school athletes from all across the nation. The Blue team, coached by former Dallas Cowboy football player George Teague, fell to the Grey team 41-15. Joining Partida and Williams was Lehman assistant football coach Peter Zoumboukos.
PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III
Lexi Bechtel, who signed with Concordia University, is on the left and Devorah Urea, who signed with Bethany College, is on the right. Back row are coaches Karen Young, Robert Young, Toby Robinson and Kent Smith.
Lady Lobos Bechtel and Urea sign letters of intent
Hays returns a small senior class of just four players that includes forward Izel Gaitan, midfielder Cianne Talamo, as well as defenders Aliya Ibarra and Mariah Acosta. Gaitan and Talamo were All-District selections last season, and will be team captains for the 2020 season. soccer at Northwestern State, brings a playmaking presence to the middle of the field for the Lady Rebels. Bellver said Talamo’s range and speed of running back and forth as the key factors in her playmaking ability. As for Gaitan, she will be tasked with leading Hays defense. Her leadership qualities and competitive spirt gives Bellver confidence in her ability to lead the team. On the offensive attack, Hays will be relying on junior strikers Kayli Wagner and Janneke Waenink. Wagner returns from last year’s squad, while Waenink, an international exchange student from the Netherlands, is playing in her first season with the Lady Rebels. At goalkeeper, Hays will have two players vying for the starting position in junior Katherine Foate and
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freshman Bella Briceno. Bellver envisions using both goalkeepers throughout the season. In order to get better on the field and achieve their goal of making the playoffs, Bellver wants to see improvement with communication between players and having a good mindset during practices and games. “I want to see that we hold together as a team, everybody should be able to talk to everybody on the team about anything soccer related,” said Bellver. “And everybody with a positive mindset. If we keep that positive mindset, and we are able to run and play soccer the way we practice, then I think that should definitely show on the scoreboard.” Hays opens the season Jan. 2 against Corpus Christi Flour Bluff at Burger Stadium in Austin.
Smiles, hugs and even a few tears of joy were just a handful of the emotions experienced at Lehman High Dec. 18 as Lobo senior Lexi Bechtel and senior Devorah Urea each signed her letter of intent to play at the collegiate level in a ceremony held at The Den. Bechtel, a standout pitcher and four-year letter winner on the Lehman High softball team, signed on to continue her playing career at Concordia University in Austin. Concordia University is a Division III school and competes in the American Southwest Conference (ASC). Joining Bechtel at her signing were parents Brett and Nancy Bechtel, as well as Lehman head softball coach Robert Young and assistant coach Karen Young. Urea, who is entering her fourth year competing on the Lobo girls golf team, signed to continue playing at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. Bethany College is a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) school and competes in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC). Urea was joined
by parents Joanna and Daniel Urea, as well as Lobo golf head coach Kent Smith and assistant coach Toby Robinson. Following her signing ceremony, Urea received the ultimate
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WOW! Whata lotta lights. Congrats and thanks, Mountain Citians. “Light up the City” accomplished! Many of you switched on your lights on Thanksgiving weekend. By the weekend after Thanksgiving, our city was well lit. What love. Loving Mountain City’s Décor Recognition gives applause to giving neighbors who “Light up the City,” filling their yards with holiday delights. The Casses on Live Oak Court and the McClendons (JOY) have the LMC “Legacy Award”. In 2018 they were removed from the recognition process and given this permanent special award. Val and Holly, and, Ralph and Marcia wanted others to obtain “Grand Prize” and “People’s Favorite,” the awards they earned year after year. On Friday night, childen on the Santa Party hayride voted for 102 Pecan @Pin Oak as “Kid’s Favorite.” Over the weekend, residents voted online for the “top winners.” Thanks to former Mayor LaVerne McClendon, who initiated “Let’s Light Up The City.” Some of her “little green Christmas trees” are still in use, marking each house nominated for a Big Award. Give Brian Porterfield and Patricia Porterfield a big round of applause for adding scallops of lights to the Big Oak Tree. Patricia also helped with the remainder of Loving Mountain City’s “City Hall Christmas Light Project” and helped me install the “little green Christmas trees.” Condolences to The Hauptrief family. About dusk on Tuesday, December 10, their dark dachshund, Louis, was hit and killed near Live Oak at Maple. The driver did not stop. Just minutes before, Elsa Saiva (red and white decorated house on Hemlock at Juniper), noticed the loose dog and tried in vain to catch him. She posted a photo on the Facebook page of Loving MountainCity. Minutes later, Louis was hit. This sad note is a reminder to drive safely and be kind. Reminder: send tidbits, please. Email ptom5678@gmail. com (subject: tidbit.) Thanks. Merry Christmas, PTom
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201 Maple – HO HO HO
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300 Pin Oak Ct at Pin Oak – yard filled with colors, shapes, sizes
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129 Maple – full color nativity cut–outs
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214 Live Oak Court – “Peace on Earth” in lights w/rope light nativity
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209 Maple – Texas flag
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206 Maple – color–wrapped trees
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107 Pin Oak at Pecan – snowmen with red hats, sleigh
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319 Cedar near Maple – side yard, front yard, fence
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114 Cedar – Dalmatians
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125 Maple – white nativity with deer
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209 Ash (blue icicles) 112 Cedar, EAST (penguins) 312 Cedar, WEST (2nd story porch decorated) 4610 Jack C Hays Ct (spot–lit red sleigh & deer) 322 Juniper at Maple (front, side & back) 300 Live Oak NORTH at Pin Oak (assortment of light types, colors, and layout; many shapes of Christmas elements) 211 Live Oak CT (Hagemann sign with Santa and snowman) 325 Live Oak WEST (yard filled) 124 Maple (clear trees, Santa and snowman) 102 Pecan at Pin Oak (“Merry Christmas”) 206 Pin Oak w/Juniper mailbox (lit snowmen and deer, huge dog) 124 Poplar (red canes, green rope trees, inflatable Santa w/reindeer, snow slide, colored ground lights)
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Sam Houston the loser in ‘archives war’ O n the night of Dec. 30, 1842, Angelina Eberly sounded the alarm that dealt Sam Houston a stinging defeat and kept the new capital of the Texas Republic from drying up and blowing away. Taking Houston’s place as president in December 1839, Mirabeau Lamar advocated construction of a capital city on the western limits of the three year old nation. Built on the banks of the Colorado River smack dab in the middle of Indian territory, it would be dedicated to the memory of Stephen F. Austin. Sam Houston and other influential East Texans attacked Lamar’s idea as an unnecessary strain on the hard-strapped treasury. The site was ridiculed as foolishly dangerous and outrageously inconvenient. Nonetheless, congress gave the project its blessing, and in October 1839 Austin was officially proclaimed the headquarters of the Lone Star Republic. Houston kept up a steady barrage of barbs against what he blasted as “the most unfortunate site upon earth for the Seat of Government.” When Texans voted for a second Houston administration in late 1841, it was no secret the president-elect planned to turn Austin into a ghost town. The surprise seizure of San Antonio, Refugio and Goliad by a Mexican strike force in March 1842 dramatically strengthened arguments of Austin’s vulnerability and gave President Houston a golden opportunity. In private he acknowledged the brief invasion was a case of face-saving theatrics by Mexico, but in public Old Sam shrewdly exploited the widespread fear. He ordered George Hockley, secretary of war and marine, to move the government papers from Austin to Houston for safety’s sake. Confronted by a bitter protest from the citizens of the capital, the skittish cabinet officer backed down and buried the documents. Citing the insecurity of the frontier, Houston called for a special session of congress to convene in June at Houston. Many western members smelled a trap and refused to attend, but a quorum finally assembled for an address from the president. Emphasizing the hardship of conducting official business in Austin, Houston dropped the twin questions of the archives and the capital in the congressmen’s laps. Far more concerned with retaliation against the Mexicans than the presidential obsession with Austin, the politi-
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cians ignored the speech and instead passed a war resolution, which an angry Houston vetoed. His anti-war stand seriously undermined Houston’s prestige and popularity. From the elections in early September, his opponents emerged stronger and loaded bear. Realistic friends begged the embattled president to compromise on the capital controversy. Although it rubbed his principles and ego raw, Houston agreed to meet his adversaries halfway. For the time being he would not insist on reinstating Houston as the capital, if the other side dropped its demand on behalf of Austin. How about Washington-on-the-Brazos? No one was thrilled by the suggestion, but it was better than the current stalemate. However, the very day Houston declared the virtually deserted hamlet the temporary capital, the Mexicans struck again. After another short stopover in San Antonio, the foreign troops hightailed it for the Rio Grande. In the meantime, Houston completed his relocation and by Oct. 2 was ready for business at Washington-on-the-Brazos. Capitalizing on the latest threat, he again ordered retrieval of the archives. A hurriedly impaneled Austin grand jury indicted the President of Texas for “moral treason.” A mob roughed up Houston’s messenger, shaved his horse’s mane and tail and put the contested
documents under armed guard. Vowing to settle the archives issue once and for all, Houston issued instructions on Dec. 10 to the Texas Rangers to remove the records from Austin. He authorized them to use whatever means necessary, force of arms if it came to that, to carry out their mission. Three weeks after receiving their secret orders, 20 Rangers rode silently into Austin in the dead of night. With the whole town fast asleep, their task seemed easy enough, but they failed to reckon on the feisty proprietor of a local hotel. Roused from her bed by strange noises, Angelina Eberly spotted the shadowy figures loading the Houston-bound wagons with crate after crate of government papers. Not about to lose her livelihood over a silly political dispute, she rushed outside in her night clothes and fired a thunderous shot from her handy cannon. The Rangers somehow escaped but were surrounded by pursuers the next afternoon in Williamson County. Deciding the documents and the president’s personal agenda were not worth fighting for, the practical lawmen surrendered the archives. Ten days later, Sam Houston grudgingly admitted defeat in a message to the House of Representatives. The archives stayed put, Austin remained the capital and the Hero of San Jacinto lost his first and only war. Bartee has a can’t-miss talk for the New Year! The history of Texas elections! To schedule a speaking engagement for your group, contact him at barteehaile@gmail.com for more information. • Locally owned and serving the community for 13 years • Board certified pediatric dentists • Treat kids 6 months to 18 years old • Saturday appointments
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Third graders from Carpenter Elementary were given the assignment of writing cover letters to Santa for a job as an elf. Here are what some of the kids had to say.
Dear Santa, You should hire me because I know you are busy and I could help you! The reason why is because I’m really good at watching people. I been trying t be good all year. But the promblem is I kept getting in fights with Jimmy. I’m am a really hard worker and really like to make cookies. So I hope take me and like cookies and a really hard worker. Love, Betty
times too. Sometimes me and my little sister will fight. Sometime we will fight over the littlest things. I know, I know it’s bad… But she starts most fo them. I will brag, and yell, and I will be sassy at times, but of it is just for play: But in my opinion, (It’s your choice.) I’m a good elf ad I feel like I would fit in totally well!
Baking maybe just for you, wrapping bright and colorful beautiful packages for all the children! Whatever you want me to do I think am good at picking fun wraping papers! I am good at wraping fun toys for children! I am good at baking “yummy” food for my bosses and elf friends! And I think I would love building Dear Santa, and painting toys with I would like to be an colorful colors! Perhaps elf. You should hire me stuffed aniamals, metal bacause I try my best. I toy cars sometimes Dear, Santa like to wrap presents. I wood, yeay maybe I Think you shold could paint toys I like to wooden horses and hire me because I’m paint. I love christmas other fun toys! Just one responsible for my music, I would and I quesiton can I ask what toys and stuff! I Love to could listen to it all year if language do your cute eat milk and cookies. I had to. I think I am very friendly elves speak? Even though my mom nice but sometimes I get Do you speak elf? So do and Dad makes me eat a little bit frustrated lila, you consider me doing veggies alot! So anywayI my sister. I think im really a brillient job for you! I love to make stuff! I helpful I help my mom would love, love to work would like if you choose cook and do the laundry. at your workshop! It me! Thanks I have lots of friends, so would be a huge hunor Love, Elana it will be easy to make to me! friends with the over elv’s Love, Mal Dear Santa, . When I say I have a lot I hard you are looking of friends I mean it my Dear Santa, for a naw elf to hire friends are… Graycen, I heard you were will yoru in luck, I am Mady, Hannah, Emma M, hiring elves to help for a hard worker. I could Emma P, Willa, Scottland this christmas. I hope make a beanbag set. I and way more! I love you consider hiring me, can build toys. I will be a sugar im sure that wont because of the following good helper. I can wrap be a problem! I think it reasons. I would like to presents. I can built would be a good choice wrap presents, because I really fast and sometimes to hire a new elf because am fast but neat. I think slow. It is going to be a the more elv’s more gifts! I would be done before good job for me. I always Thanks Santa oh, by the christmas eve. I practice have a smile on my face. way tell comet he is my wraping a lot I would You are amazing. favorite reindeer, but also like to take care of Love, TJ not in front of the other raindeer, because I adore reindeer! animals! I have one of my Dear Santa, Yours truly, Xoey own. I think I am pretty I think you should hire good at both of these. I me to be a elf because Dear Santa, really hope you consider Christmas eve is my Can I be an elf at the me being one of your favorite night of the North Pole? Because my elves. year. I love listening to last job I got fired. Being Love, Ava Christmas songs while an elf sounds fun. Santa, I am decorating the can I be your cooking Dear Santa, Christmas tree. I have maker? Plus my family Are you really hiring been nice my whole life. has been cooking for a elves this season? I’d I am nice because I am long time. I can cook really like it if you hired always kind and helpful any thing. I love making me! You should hire me to everyone. I’m a great all types of cookies likes because I love children, helper because I love sprinkles, chocolate and I want to make kids building toysand things chip, and sugar cookies. happy. If you wante I so please let me be a elf. My Memall makes the can work in the bakery Because I love Christmas best cookies but she and make ginger bead Graycen past away and I have her houses and decorate incredible recipe book. them too! Mrs. Clause Dear Santa, Santa you will love her can help me and so can I know you need some recipe’s your mouth will my other elf friends. Or I new elfs so you really be watering. So you can can feed Dasher, Dancer, should hire me. One see why I would bethe Praner, Vicsin, Comid, because I really like to best person for this job. Cubid, Doner, Blicin, and wrap presents, two I bet Love, Roudolf so that they can you need a lot of help Journee be storng when they fly making all the toys for in the dark pretty sky! So all the kids in the world. Dear Santa, that’s why you should Also I have wanted to I heard you’re hireing hire me to be one of your work with you since my elves. I hope I get hired elves! first Christmas. I hope to feed the raindeers. A Love, you hire me. reason I would like to Emma Pitre From Avery Wymore feed raindeer is because I help my dad feed my Dear Mr. Claus, horses and cows. I will I heard you are hireing Dear Santa Cringel, feed them and to prepare new elves so I was I would totally love them for christmas. I also wondering what jobs and appreciate to be can shower them and fly are open? I just have hired for a elf!! Here ar them. I willhelp them some jib suggestionsthat some reasons. Reason when they get sick. They would be perfect for me one: I’m a really fast probaly don’t get sick. I and I would love them. worker and I am very you will consetor me as I am very hard working helpful! By the way, an elf. so I can make hunderds yesterday (Dec 10, 2019) Aaron salicia lopez and hunderds of cookies I finished homework that and gingerbread houses is due tomorrow! (Dec Dear Santa, and I love to cook sooooo 12, 2019) Reason two: I am looking for a much so I woild like to I LOVE working! I love job and I would love be the North Pole baker homework, school work to work with you and and decorator please. I and much more! I love help you alot. Santa, am also magnificent with reading and writing at you have so many good. animals, so I would like home too! Reason three: fun exciting jobs I to be the reindeer keeper, I’m really kind and love can’t even choose one please. I am really Christmas spirit! I adore single one. Anyways, looking forward to your Christmas music! I listen maybe I could be able response. I’ll hope you’ll to Christmas music all to do some of these consider. the time! But I am being like, giving reindeer Your hopeful elf, honest, I have some bad food and special care. Carolynn Smith
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Elf For Hire Dear Santa, I heard you were hiring elves because you want incridble elfs. The job I woulb want is making toys. Im really good at fixing them and making them to. I can feed the raindeer because I had horses and because I am responsible of feeding my pets. I’m so excellent at wraping presents becauseI already wraped some and my dad said I was good. So you can see why I can be the best best person for this job. Love, Ambrie Dear Santa, I heard you were hiring elvs and I am a grea elf if I say so my self. I think I would be a great present wraper because I cut clean and nice and wrap the presents neatly. I can also bake cookies and frost them very decorative an I won’t burn the cookies. I can also get you some milk with your cookies. I think I would be a great elf because I am kind, respecful and I have manners, like excuse me and I am sweet, I think I should take care of the reindeer because I’ll feed them, wash them and give them treats. I think I can teach the new elves like how to wrap presents very well andto take care of the reindeer. I wont be rude and say mean things. As you can see I am perfect for the posison and I houp you say yes to my request. Love, Cheyenne Dear Santa, I would like to deilver presents with my powers. I could help you. We both have powers so we can delver way faster to kids. And, pluse we can eat milk and cookeys together. I make toys realy fast and I can go through the naughty or nice list. I am a helpful and respifyll elf. Im a good worker because I arive on time for work. So now you know why I will be a good elf. Please hire me for the job. Love, Brandon Dear Santa, I hear you are opening a workshop and need some elves for the job. Also I am an amazing detailed toy worker. One time I made a robot shooting cannon all by myself. I am an excellent toilet cleaner. I can keep Mr. Clause Mrs. Clause toilets clean and sparkley. I am expert at keeping peoples houses organized. I am gonna make your house the cleanest in the north pole. Tres R.
Dear Santa, I am looking for a job with you so can you please hire me? Thank you. Here are the jobs that I could do, I could feed the reindeer and clean their antlers. I could make some toy’s like, trucks, bats, and more. I could make sure me and the elves are doing the right thing in the workshop. I will be able to show you the toys because I’m fast. I can help bake cookies for you whne you get back from giving presents. After ya’ll unrap presents I could pick up the trash. I hope you can see why I would be best for the job. Hopefully you consider my application. Love, Preston Dear Santa, I heard you were hiring jobs. I want to join in. I am looking for a job and I would love to work for you. Working for you seems like a pleasure. You would be a good friend. I am good at making fun objects like hoverboards and paint and pots. I also like to wrap presents. It is really fun. I did it last year or the year before and it was not that good so I would like to practice at your workshop. I love cooking especially baking brownies and chocolate or M&M Cookies and Ice Cream and probly every common dessert. I am helpful, kind to others, and have manners. Also I am always a hard working girl That is why I should be hired in the north pole. Love, Brooke B Dear Santa, I heard you were hiring elves for your workshop. I would love to be at your assistance. Here are some resons why you should hire me. I am organized because I like to keep my desk neat and clean. You whould need an elf like me beause I will organize all your stuff. I’m full of Christmas cheer because I’m always making Christmas things or decorating my house. I’m also good at building stuff. I like to help my dad work on things he’s building. I can build my toys extra fast. So I hope you consider hiring me. Love, Carter Erwin Dear Santa, I heard you were hiring elves for your workshop. I’m looking for a job and I would love to work for you. Reason 1# I am kind. Because I’m looking for a job to get money for
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Hays Free Press • December 25, 2019 Dear Santa, I heard you were hiring new elves for your workshop. I am volunteering for that job. Hire me because I can spell really well. I can write side notes on the presents like “do not open until Christmas” or “__________(persons name)” . I would be good for that job because I got 3rd place in the entire school spelling bee . Secondly, hire me because I am good at decorating. I could decorate the presents or the north pole. I do that at home a lot. Also, hire me because I am good at wraping presents. I do it for my siblings’ birthday. Now you know what I can do for you. Please approve me as an elf. I would really enjoy it! Hopefully on the nice list, Sophie Semur Dear Santa, I heard you were hiring elves for your workshop. I’m looking for a job I would love to work for you . I really good at checking my homework, so I could check if any one is naughty or nice. I’m really good at being helpful because I take the trash out for my mom. I could help feed the reindeer and clean the North Pole. I’m really good at being creative because I love to decorate trees with ornaments so I could decorate the North Pole and decorate the trees. So you can see why I would be the best person for the job.
people who don’t have friends. I also think that I am I respectful person. This how I know, I do break anything, and I clean to. I know that I also am very loveable person. I know you wan to know now, I always sleep with at least a stufft animal, and I give lot’s of hugs! So you can se why I would be the best person for the job! Love, Elizabeth
Dear Santa, I heard you were hiring elfs for your workshop. I will be a good for the job because I love decorateing the tree. Every year I decorate the tree with my mom. Another reason why is that Im creative. I love doing arts & crafts. Lastly, I love cookies! Every year I am the boss of the cookies. Please consider me for the position of the elf! Love, Kenzie
Dear Santa, Hi I heard you are hiring elfs. I wold love a job like that. The first thing is I am rilley rilley good at buillding. I help my dad build my shed and my chiken coop. Reson two is I love christmas you shold see my house it is rilley decoratif whithe diffrent kins of decoratifs. Number three I am rilley good at making shuger cookies. Pleas writ back. PS I
Dear Santa, I am looking for a job and I woild love to work for you! I thnk that how I will be a good elf is I am kind and caring. This is how, I help my friend’s, and I play with
Dear Santa, I’m looking for a job, and I would like to work for you. My 1 reason I like cooking cookie with my mom. I like the smell of cookie. Another reason I like to build. I helped my Dad fixts the chiar. My 3 reason I like to help peaple. I help Dad bring wood to the fire plaese. Please consider me for the positon of elf. Love, Nico Aha! Here’s my pencil! Dear Santa, I see that you’ll need more elves this winter? Great! I’d be great for the job! #1 I’m very positive. If anybody in the workshop feels down I’ll bring them up! Everyone thinks I’m happy all the time! #2 I’m very helpful. I’m great at wrapping presents because my Mom taught me how last year. At home I also help out in the kitchen. Finally #3 I’m patient. If someone is having a rough day I’ll be very patient with them. I’ll make sure that by the time we stop talking they’re happy! I hope you’ll consider me as an elf! Sincerely, Willa P.S. I’ll shave your beard if you want! Dear Santa, I heard you were hiring elves for your workshop and I think I would
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Dear Santa, I heard that you might need some elves to hire, hopefully Im right well let me tell you some reasons why. My first reason you should hire me is I would like to be a elf-on-the-shelf, I know It’s kind of risking If I loose my power but that’s ok anywhay why? I think I would be great looking over kids I might be the youngest but I think it might be fun. Another reason you should hire me is I be great at wrapping gift and the toys with the other evles. Anothe reason you should hire me is because I would be helpful with the gift wrapping gifts, decorating, baking, and specialy if something happended that was not supposed, and looking over kids please considerd me. Thank you for taking time to read this (if you arent reading reading this now maybe another time, and I like to visit my family for a little) Love, Scotlyn Dove
Dear Santa, I heard you were hireing elves and I think I would be grat for the job. Christmas is my fravent time of the year because it’s Jesuses birthday. I will help. I help my mom put in the dishes and help her put them up. I am very creative and love to make stuff. I am allways gitting caught takeing something outside to creat with . I hope you chose me to work with you. Love, Kate
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Dear Santa, I heard you were hiring elves for you workshop. I think I would be a good elf for you because I am very joyful and I love christmas time. Another reason of how I am joyful is that I can make people joyful. Another reason I think I would be a great
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Dear Santa, I heard you were hiring elves for your workshop. I would love to work for you because I love wrapping gifts, it brings joy to my hart and another reason is I work hard by doing a-lot of sports and I love building things like bird houses. So I hope I’m the person for the job! Love, Mady S. P.S. Merry Christmas
elf for you is because I am a very hard worker I work 13 hours a week at gymnastics and I work very hard at school. The last reason I think I would be a good elf is because I love to rap presents for people I am pretty good at it. Please consider me as one of your elves to hire. Love, Teagan
Dear Santa, I heard you were hireing elves for your workshop. I would love to bild toys for all the good boys and girls because I love creating things. My first reason is I am obedeant because when someone tells me to do something I do it. And my second reson is that I am jolly because I am always in the christmas spiret my thrird reson is I love raping gifts for people. My last reson is that I love to light, carols, and decoratetions. I hope you consider me for the position for a elf. Love, Lucus Anthony Arntson
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Dear Santa, I’am looking for a job and I would love to work for you. The first reason is christmas is my favrit time of year. I like christmas because you get to write notes to the elfs and santa. My second reason is I liked to make cookies. I like to make cookies because it is fun. My third reason is I work hard at school. please consider me for the position of elf. Love, Bryndle
could help you with toys I-I mean your santa let me tell you some thing about me! One reason I could be a good chef! Because grandma told how and her food is great. Second reason is im a good carpenter! I like to help my uncle with tools and stuff! Last reason I fine with cold. Because every year Im in colarodo. Love, Griffin
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make a great elf. For example I would make a great elf because I am helpful and I will help with anything you need me to do like wrap presents and decorate. Another reason why I would make a good elf is I love creating things and I would love to help make toys. Another is I love baking so I could make you yummy, delicuos, sweet cookies for you. Now that you have read my letter pleese hire me! Love, Savannah G.
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Ms. Hillman’s First Grade Class at Elm Grove Elementary School Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Kase. I am 7 Years old. I liv in Kyle Texas. This Year i would like a baby Yodu and a nintindo shwich and a puppy. how miny cucys do you Eat every year. how miny Elfs do You have. Love, Kase Dear Santa, Hi! My name is SoPhie I am 6 yeals old I Live in Buda texas. Kemra Lsu doL and I wut a Barn doL and I wut Lseu mermaid elf on the shef Two questions I have How old are you Santa where did you git your magic what do you in the sumte thak you Santa Love, Sophie Yr. the Best Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Allison. I am 26 years old. I live in Kyle, Texas. This year I would like a hammock and dog toys and bunny toys. Two questions I have are how old are you? Where did you get your magic? What do you in the summer? Thank you Santa! Love, Allison Dear Santa, Hi! my name is claire I am 6 yere old. I live in Buda Texas. This yearI would like mrbl set and skee ball and younu kon set. Two quesitons I have How old aer you. Where did you get your magic? Love, claire Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Brooklynn I am 7 yirz old. This year I want LOL Huds umerukin grl dols
classroom fun Two questions I have wut Do you in sumr. Huo Do you Giv the elfs the majik. Thak you Santa Love, Brooklynn Dear Santa, Hi! My name is auinlyn I am 6years old. Wut po you do in sumr huo do you grieeire the majik LOLS N me ruk DOS kapedrus fou randeiir mr mad sti yo dlrbe s I so Mchuc R Renute iftt Ba be Bber Bolitais Riz to Love, auinlyn Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Eli. I am 7 years Texas Kyle This year I would like a Projex. Planetanrium projector. Elite tar Blaster How old are you Santa? where did you get yeur magic? Love, Santa Love, Eli Dear Santa, Hi! My name is keneebown I an 6 yers lLb I like LOLS anb Brbe anb wob Hoose wut boow ir the sumr wut did you get your magik? thkyu Santa. Love, Keneebown Dear Santa, Hi My name is Nixon I am 6 yeal old I live in buda tektis, Thisyear I would like some game inc hefuns lazrx prokectxs, How old are
Ms. Lugo’s Second Grade Class at Fuentes Elementary School Dear Santa, I have been good! Snowflake has been good! I wood like makeup and knee pads and elbow pads and a helmet! Lolee Dear Santa, I lie most of the time doesn’t mean I don’t get prents. I wanta sciensekit. I want a lapop. I wanta art kit. I wanta ??? I wanta Elf on the shelf. I wanta Slushy Mshg. Love, Jaiden Dear Santa, For christmas I want some more dresses long sleves, pant’s. I hope my brother’s don’t eat the cookies that I made you. I want a LOL Doll house with pool, trampoline, bouncy castle. For my birthday I want some slime and my birthday is in 7 day. Can you please get me some more shoes please bring it. I will be very happy I also want an I Phone. Can you get me some boats, some nerfguns please.
you. How dus your sla fli? Love, Nixon Dear Santa, Hi! My name is tru. I ma 7 years old. I live in Texas. This year i would like a I Phone 11 and a Xbox and a Beats. two question I have. How old are you and How mine elfs do you how do you get your magic? Love, Tru Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Erin. I am 6 years old. I live in Buda Texas This year I would like Elf pets and Tigr wrist Four questions Haw ild are you? where did you get your magic? What do you do in the summer? How meny Elfs do you hav? Love, Erin
Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Lucy. I am 7 years old. I live in Buda Texas. This year i would like a elf on the shelf and a iphone 11 and a little puppy. two questions i have are how old are you santa? how many cookies do you eat a year. Thank you santa Love, Lucy Dear Santa Hi! My name is Aralynn I am 6 years old. This year I would like is a LOLS Brbes chek up Krisbabes. Two questions I have are How old are you santa? Ware did you git your majek? Thank you Love, Aralynn Dear Santa, Hi My name is Mason Smith. I am 7 years old. I live in Buda Texas. This year I would like 1st a Pac of Ers Pos!!!!!!!!!! Second I For 11 X. 3 X box. Two
questions I have are can I see you in prin? An You gon to siu me col? Thank you Santa! Love, Mason
Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Sohini Agrawal. I a six years old. I live in Garlic Creek buda texas. This year I would like… kids car and color pink and blue Mini camara and phone LOL 70+ surpise inside owlees Elf on the shelf How old are you Santa?______ where did you get your magic?_______ what do you do in summer?_____ thank you Santa. Love, Sohini Agrawal
Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Cole. I am 6 years old I live in Buda, Texas. this yearI would like a Bunny the most and a nentendo Swech and a Phone. How menny keds do you have How old are you. How menny elfs do you have. Love, Cole
Dear Santa, Hi my name Is Harvey. I am 7 years old. I live in Kyle Texas. This year I would like a Elite Titan Blaster and a Nerf Ar-L Elite Dart Blaster. A X-Box Roblox. Ps4 and Fortnite 4x4 X-treme off roader. Apple iphone 11 Pro Max. Love, Harvey
Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Alex. I am 6 yers old I live in Byood Texis This yer I would like collection serese s figyres 12 pk serese and figyers Museum hist play set Tow questions I have How menee elfs to you have wut do you do in the sumer Thak you Love, Alex Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Mayka. I am six years old. I live in buda Teaxs This year I would like… Woody and Silcone and Pupy Pless. Two questions. Do you Have kids? How meny Elvs Do Have? Thank You. Love, Mayka
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Thank you Love, Jazmine Dear Santa, I have been a good boy for Christmas. I would like Thor and King Kong. I also would like. Hello Neighbor and everything. Love, Tristan Dear Santa, For Christmas I would like a VR set please and toys. I’ve been good and how is Rudolph doing? How are you doing? Love, Derek Dear Santa, I hope you like the cookies. I believe in you a lot. Buf if you are my Dad Don’t force yourself. I wish for my Dad not to force himself.
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Dear Santa, Snowy was good this. Year and I’ve been good this year too I want a unicorn fun case and. Snowy is funny I will make cookies for you. Love, Jessica
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the student enrollment exceeds 20,000 students. The Hays CISD trustees heard the report from the bond committee at its Dec. 16 board meeting and recommended moving forward with reviewing a bond election for $211,840,445, though that amount is still under review. A final decision on whether or not, or on the amount of a bond, has to be made by Feb. 14, 2020 for the May 2, 2020 election. The vote by the board could come as early as its Jan. 27, 2020 trustees meeing. State law requires that bonds can only be called during May or November elections. The proposed $211 million bond package could include: • Middle school expansion and improvements; • A new elementary school; • Live Oak Academy ren-
Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Ryder Ryder. I am 7 years old. I live in Buda, Texas. This year I Would Like a Elite Dart Rovel and MARIO MAKER 2 and_SUPER Smash Bros. Two questions I have How old are you? Where do you get your magic? Love, Ryder
ovation & expansion; • Elementary school expansions; • Campus HVACs and fire alarms; • Campus roofing projects; • Hays High science labs; • Various other technology upgrades. The FBOC was made up of residents who listened to proposed projects by school administrators and ranked the projects. The FBOC determined a maximum cost for the bond and made the recommendation to the board of trustees. A breakdown of the estimated cost of each recommended project can be found at https://www. hayscisd.net/cms/lib/ TX02204837/Centricity/ Domain/49/191122%20 MASTER%202020%20 Bond%20Ranking%20 List%20FINAL.pdf. An overview of the entire bond package recommendation can be found on the Hays CISD website.
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Ms. Johnson’s Second Grade Class at Fuentes Elementary School Dear Santa, How are you doing do you have a machine to make pesses? How is Mrs. Clause? All I want for christmas are m to teeth! Love, Risah
doing? Your friend Jeramiah Dear Santa, I want a video game for christmas. I want a dirt bike too. From AJ
Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is airpods. Are you magiDear Santa, cal? How are you? Tell Mrs. How is the North Pole? Claws I said hi! For Christmas, can I Natalie please have a dirtbike? How are alllllll those cookDear Santa, ies? I hope like them……. All I want for Christmas MERRY CHRISTMAS. is $5000 and a iphoe and From JJ a charm bracelet. I have one more thig to ask is Dear Santa, Rudolph rea yes or no I hope there will be Love Claire. snow in Texas. Every year I hope there will be snow Dear Santa, in Texas. Please it snow. I want a Five Nights at Plase Santa Plase. Freddys toys. Five and six Love, Mya and one. I want a dogman book. And Captain Under- Dear Santa, pants book. How are you How are you doing? I
hope Mrs. Claus is doing okay. I am so excited for christmas. I want snow and slime for christmas. And appil wath. And makeup. Your friend, Mariah
Dear Santa, How are you doing? I hope you are good. I want an I Phone 11 pro, a dirt bike, a hellmet, and a dirt bike suit. I also want gloves, Jordans and an iphone 10. I love your work! I want hair die (Red and Blue). You are a good man. Your friend, Adrian.
too I also want a coller for the dog I want it to show I laptop. Mrry Christmas Do you like the snow? Brandon
Dear Santa, I want 100,000,000 dollars. I want a bunny. Dear Santa by Yareni Please can you at least do How are you doing? I the real kitten one? Do am doing well thank you you like your job? for giving me presnts what Dear Santa, Your friend, I want for christmas is I hope you have a Merry Avery slime and real makeup Christmas. I want a rocar. and LOL and some paper. Keyton Dear Santa Love, Yareni I hope you give me a Dear Santa, phone a dog, and fortDear Santa Santa, how is your rain- nite pugamas one more All I want for Christmas deer santa? I cant wait for thing…how is mrs. Claus is my two front teeth! Do christmas! How do your doing today How are you you celebrate Christmis elves make toys? May you doing. yourself? Do you actugive me a five nights of Anthony ally have elves? What do freddy please? they do? P.S I don’t have Your freind, Dear Santa, a chimney so go to my Julien Does rudolphs nose grama’s hose. really light up? Do you like Thank you, william Dear Santa books? Love foxes? Can I I want a PS4 and a dog have 5 small plastic foods
and a play kitchen. Love, Amani Dear Santa, How are you doing? Christmas is my favorite. What I Whant is an elf on the shelf and legos. How do you visit so many homes? I hav never had an Elf on the shelf Your friend, Hector Dear Santa, Thanks for my presents last year. I wanta big giant teddy! I love you Santa! Your friend, Isaac Dear Santa How are you doing. I hope you’re doing good I want a rock crawler and a playdayt with an elf I also a I phone 10 and 11. From Ethan
Ms. Smith’s Second Grade Class at Fuentes Elementary School Dear Santa, How are you doing? I hope you ae doing well. I am so excited for Christmas. There are only 14 more days until Christmas. Nate Dear Santa, For Christmas I want a sewing Barbie set and a pikmi pop. What do you do in the spring? There are only 15 more days until Christmas! Your friend, Jade Dear Santa Claus, Dec 10, 2019 How is Mrs. Claud the reindeer? I wanta pet tur turtle for Christas. Love, Roman Dear Santa, I Hope you have a good
15 days until chrismas I hope I get a I phone 8 plus your really good at your job! Your friend, Cole Dear Santa, I don’t want toys. I really want a snake, and a trantula. I wish you a merry christmas. Your friend, Savannah Dear Santa, Are you doing well? Are the reindeer still bullying Rudolph? This Christmas can I pleas have a violin. Your friend, Charlie Dear Santa, How are you doing? How is Mrs. Claus doing? Can I have a big elf and a littl elf for christmas? Can
I have some reindeer food plese? Love, Emily. Dear Santa, How are your elves? You are so jolly and holly. How is Mrs. Claus? I need a reminder of all of the reindeer. You are nice. How are you doing can I please have a I phon 11 pro max plus. May I please have a great Christmas with my family? Please put chocolate. Your friend, Kamille Dear Santa, How are you? I hope you have a good Christmas. What is your favorite color? I am so exited for christmas. Love your friend, Jillian
Dear Santa I love my family and you too! I’ve never see you Roman whats Ketchup for Christmas. From, Brandon Dear Santa, I love Christmas! I want you to know I am making you some cookies. I hope the reindeers are good for christmas. Love your friend Amy Dear Santa, How are you doing? How are the reindeer doing? I want a santa toy. I want a reindeer. Love your friend, Jeremiah Dear Santa, What is your Favorite food? Do you love God?
How are you doing? How are the reindeer? I hope Mrs. Smith gets a day off. From, Kayden Dear Santa, How are you doing for Christmas I would like Barbies, LOL dolls and slime Santa how old are you Love, Soraya Dear Santa, I dont want toys for Christmas I want another dog and a soft blanket. I want a pet turtle. Love, Kyanna Dear Santa, I know there are 15 more days until christmas. I love Christmas. You get presents and everything. Love, Eddie
Dear Santa, How are you doing? I hope you are doing good. I want a candycane for christmas. Love, Esmi Dear Santa, How are you doing? I hope you are doing fine! I am doing great! For Christmas I want more art supplies and some new toys! And I would also like a rubber ban bracelet making kit! And have a great day and Merry Christmas!! Love you firend, Elyanna Dear Santa, I want a new stuffed animal for chritmas Lilan
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Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized use: By this Copyright Notice, both the juristic person and the agent of said juristic person, herein after jointly and severally “User,” consent and agree that any use of SCOTT EDWARD ESPINOZA© other than authorized use as set forth above constitutes unauthorized use, counterfeiting, of Secured Party’s common-law copyrighted property, contractually binds User, renders this Copyright Notice a Security Agreement wherein User is debtor and Scott Edward Espinoza© is Secured Party, and signifies that User: (1) grants Secured Party a security interest in all of User’s assets, land and personal property, and all of the User’s interest in assets, land, and personal property, in the sum certain amount of $500,000.00 per each occurrence of use of the common-law-copyrighted trade-name/trade-mark SCOTT EDWARD ESPINOZA©, as well as for each and every occurrence of use of any and all derivatives of, and variations in the spelling of, SCOTT EDWARD ESPINOZA©, plus cost, plus triple damages; (2) authenticates this Security agreement wherein User is debtor and Scott Edward Espinoza© is Secured Party, and wherein User pledges all of User’s assets, land, consumer goods, farm products, inventory, equipment, money, investment property, commercial tort claims, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights, chattel paper, instruments, deposit accounts, accounts, documents, and general intangibles, and all User’s interest in all such foregoing property, now owned and hereafter acquired, now existing and hereafter arising, and wherever located, as collateral for securing User’s contractual obligation in favor of Secured Party for User’s unauthorized use of Secured Party’s common-law-copyrighted property; (3) consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of a UCC Financing Statement in the UCC filing office, as well as in county recorder’s office, wherein User is a debtor and Scott Edward Espinoza© is Secured Party; (4) consents and agrees that said UCC Financing Statement described above in “(3)” is a continuing financing statement, and further consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of any continuation statement necessary for maintaining Secured Party’s perfected security interest in all of User’s property and interest in property, pledge as collateral in this Security Agreement and described above in paragraph “(2),” until User’s contractual obligation theretofore incurred has been fully satisfied; (5) consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of any UCC Financing Statement, as described above in paragraphs “(3)” and “(4),” as well as the filing of any Security Agreement, as described above in paragraph “(2),” in the UCC filing office, as well as in any county recorder’s office; (6) consents and agrees that any and all such filing described in paragraphs “(4)” and “(5)” above are not, and may not be considered, bogus, and that User will not claim that any such filing as bogus; (7) waives all defenses; and (8) appoints Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default re User’s contractual obligations in favor of Secured Party as set forth below under “Payment Terms” and “Default Terms,” granting Secured Party full authorization and power for engaging in any and all actions on behalf of User including, but limited by, authentication of a record on behalf of User, as Secured Party, In Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate, and User further consents and agrees that this appointment of Secured Party as Authorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s default, is irrevocable and coupled with a security interest. User further consents and agrees with all of the following additional terms of Self-Executing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use: Payment Terms: In accordance with fees for unauthorized use of SCOTT EDWARD ESPINOZA© as set forth above, User hereby consents and agrees that User shall pay Secured Party all unauthorized-use fees in full within (10) days of the date User is sent Secured Party’s invoice, hereinafter “Invoice,” itemizing said fees. Default Terms: In event of non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees by User within ten (10) days of date Invoice is sent, User shall be deemed in default and; (a) all of User’s property and property pledged as collateral by User, as set forth in above in Paragraph “(2),” immediately becomes, i.e. is, property of Secured Party; (b) Secured Party is appointed User’s Authorized Representative as set forth above in paragraph “(8)”; and (c) User consents and agrees that Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate, including, but not limited by, sale at auction, at any time following User’s default, and without further notice, any and all of User’s property and interest, described above in paragraph “(2),” formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, in respect of this “Self-executing Contract/Security agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use,” that Secured Party, again in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deems appropriate. Terms for Curing Default: Upon event of default, as set forth above under “Default Terms,” irrespective of any and all of User’s former property and interest in property, described above in paragraph”(2),” in the possession of, as well as disposed of by, Secured Party, as authorized above under “Default Terms,” User may cure User’s default only re the remainder of User’s said former property and interest property, formerly pledged as collateral that is neither in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party within twenty (20) days of date of User’s default only by payment in full. Terms of Strict Foreclosure: User’s non-payment in full of all unauthorized-use fees itemized in Invoice within said twenty- (20) day period for curing default as set forth above under “Terms for Curing Default” authorizes Secured Party’s immediate non-judicial strict foreclosure on any and all remaining former property and interest in property, formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of Secured Party, which is not in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party upon expiration of said twenty- (20) day default-curing period. Ownership subject to common-law copyright and UCC Financing Statement and Security Agreement filed with the UCC filing office. Record Owner: Scott Edward Espinoza©, Autograph Common Law Copyright © 1993. Unauthorized use of “Scott Edward Espinoza” incurs same unauthorized-use fees as those associated with SCOTT EDWARD ESPINOZA©, as set forth above in paragraph “(1)” under “Self-executing Contract/ Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use.”
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Public Notices, continued from page 10 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”
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. 2020-01-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
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
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.
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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
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Public Notices, continued from page 11 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.
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