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Thursday, January 19, 2017
Citizens group takes stance on wastewater BY MOSES LEOS III
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Concerns over the method Wimberley city leaders should take to alleviate wastewater woes drove hundreds to the Wimberley Community Center last week to hear what one group feels is the best way to proceed. The Citizens Alliance for Responsible Development (CARD) held a town hall meeting to voice their support of a plan that would expand the city’s wastewater system to 75,000 gallons per day,
with the construction of a 500,000-gallon storage tank for reuse. Members of CARD opposed a separate plan, which would outsource the city’s wastewater system to Aqua Texas. Steve Klempfer, a Wimberley business owner and former mayor, said the plan of expanding the city’s wastewater facility was the culmination of a process that was “vetted by city council many times.” Additionally, Klempfer said the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality vetted and “backed it,” with support
from the Meadows Center and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). Expanding the Wimberley wastewater system would cost roughly $4.5 million to implement. In 2015, Wimberley received a $1 million grant from the TWDB toward the project. “This is a shovel ready project. It’s ready to go,” Klempfer said. Longtime Wimberley resident Donn Lamoureux was concerned about the personal affordability for residents
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PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS III
Hundreds of residents packed into the Wimberley Community Center Jan. 12 to hear members of the Citizens Alliance for Responsilbe Development speak on the city’s wastewater woes.
LAGNIAPPE ‘My Fair Lady’ at DSHS
It’s show time!
Tickets are on sale to the public for this year’s Dripping Springs ISD musical: Lerner & Leowe’s “My Fair Lady.” This is the first time DSHS has worked with this beloved classic. Choose seats and reserve tickets online at www. dshstheatre.com. Tickets may also be purchased at the door for $10/students/ seniors and $15/adults. As always, DSISD employees are free. Performances will be held Jan. 26, Jan. 27, Jan. 28 and Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 29 at 2:00 p.m.
Scholarship opportunity
The Dripping Springs Women’s Club will award two $500 college scholarships for female students in May. Applications are due by April 10 and can be found at www. dswomensclub.com or by contacting womenofds@ gmail.com.
Call for auditions Do you think you can act? Wimberley Players will hold auditions for “By the Water” by Sharyn Rothstein on Monday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. at Wimberley Playhouse and Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. at St. Andrews Episcopal School. Actors may bring a monologue if they have one prepared, otherwise they will be asked to read from the script. Callbacks will be held Saturday, Jan. 28 from 12-4 p.m. at the Wimberley Playhouse. Please schedule a reserved audition time slot
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show,” Dodd said. Over the years, participation levels have ebbed and flowed, Dodd said. Participation roughly three to four years ago was higher than today. But the show has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 30 years, Dodd said, who himself participated as a youth in the 1980s. Nita Leinneweber, who is part of the board, said participation has grown “across the board” in nearly every category. That includes the
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Livestock Show celebrates traditional skills BY MOSES LEOS III
Participating in the Hays County Livestock Show and Expo (HCLSE) is a tradition Dripping Springs resident Jeff Dodd passed down to his children. As the years went by, Dodd’s three sons, whose interest was spurred by Dodd, not only completed their projects and obtained money for college, but also gained life skills along the way. Now as a member of the HCLSE Board of Directors, Dodd hopes to continue advocating the show in order to hold on to the agricultural roots of the region. “I think we’re losing some of the agricultural background in Texas,” Dodd said. “This gives a lot of our kids an opportunity to see the process and to stay involved with the roots of the community.” The HCLSE, which official-
“I think we’re losing some of the agricultural background in Texas ... This gives a lot of our kids an opportunity to see the process and to stay involved with the roots of the community.” – Jeff Dodd, member of HCSLE board of directors
ly kicked off Saturday with the annual horse show, will feature 1,500 total entries that span multiple categories that include livestock, agricultural mechanics and home skills. Exhibitors come from only Hays County, Dodd said. Helping manage the expansive show is a 25-member board that Dodd said helps “divide and conquer.” Every species that is shown has a superintendent that helps set up pens, line out specific classes, and eventually run the show. “They are responsible for micromanagement of the
BY SAMANTHA SMITH
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A Dripping Springs woman was arrested earlier this month after she was suspected of assaulting her ex-boyfriend, which then led her to prevent him from calling authorities before she ultimately threatened BURNAM him with a gun. Suzette Burnam, 46, of Dripping Springs, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, which is a second-degree felony, and theft of a firearm, which is a state jail felony. Burnam was also charged with interference with emergency request, which is a Class-A misdemeanor. According to a Hays County probable cause affidavit, a Hays County Sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to Hays Country Acres Road in Dripping Springs at approximately 12:32 a.m. Jan. 2 in reference to a verbal disturbance where a gunshot had been fired. According to the affidavit, Burnam, who called authorities, advised dispatchers she had grabbed a handgun belonging to Marty Williams, 48, whom she said was her ex-boyfriend. When the deputy arrived on scene, he made contact
Wimberley resident Ashley Wortham poses with her show horse prior to competing in the Hays County Livestock Show and Expo horse show at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park Jan. 14. The annual horse show kicked off the livestock show, which will take place Jan. 24-26 in Dripping Springs.
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$1.9M for low water crossing upgrades BY LOGAN MCCULLOUGH
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Hays County Commissioners recently authorized an agreement with Water and Earth Technologies for the installation of low-water crossing warning systems within the county. In a deal that will cost the county $1.9 million, Hays County Judge Bert Cobb said in a recent commissioners court hearing that he believes the project provides a better handle on how the county can manage low-water crossings in a timely manner for the utmost public safety. “There is so much lag time
between when an identified low-water crossing is flooding, and you have people there wondering if they can cross it safely or not when obviously, they can’t,” Cobb said. “Then we have to send an officer out there to officially close it and put up the barriers that are already sitting on the side of the road.” Water & Earth Technologies (WET) is a water resources and environmental engineering firm that provides engineering services in the areas of surface and ground water hydrology, flood warning, data acquisition, and data management systems.
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A Kyle Fire Department truck carefully navigates through high water at a low water crossing near Five Mile Dam in San Marcos the morning after the 2015 Memorial Day Flood. Hays County officials selected a firm to begin updating low water crossings countywide.
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The best cure for cedar fever
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an someone remind me why we can’t chop down every stinkin’ cedar tree in Texas? Yep, you’re right if you are thinking I must be suffering from Cedar Fever. As soon as that first cruel conifer let loose of its hellish pollen, a bucket-load of the sinister seed flew directly up both nostrils, and I have been miserable ever since. My eyes have been watering like I’ve been watching “Old Yeller”, and my nose is running like a beer tap during happy hour. In the past week, I have coughed up enough crud to fill a Big Gulp. I haven’t felt this bad since I mistakenly made S’mores with Ex-Lax instead of a Hershey bar. So, back to my question about cutting down all cedar trees, and, yes, I know they are actually Ashe junipers, but “Juniper Fever” sounds like the name of a porn star. We wouldn’t have to remove all cedars, just the ones pollinating. I can’t recall if it’s the male or female trees that pro-
I have vast experience in trimming trees and have spent countless hours drinking cold beer beneath them, but I don’t know if it is feasible to get rid of all male cedars. From the Crow’s Nest by Clint Younts
duce the wretched pollen, but I suspect if you were to ask any woman, she’d say it’s the male since we men get blamed for everything. Anyhow, couldn’t we just chop down the troublemakers and leave the other sex to live in celibacy? I recall a while back a few residents out in the Hill Country wanted to remove all cedars in the area. Besides being the most allergic tree in Texas, cedars also suck up more
ground moisture than any other tree, so some folks thought removing cedar trees would be beneficial. Well, some environmental group stepped in and claimed cedar trees are the nesting place of some rare bird. I believe it’s the orange-crested tweeter. No, that’s the dodo bird who was just elected president. It must’ve been the golden-cheeked warbler. So, these tree-hugging, bird-loving folks made a big fuss, the cedars and birds were saved, and thousands of mucous-laden Texans spend a fortune on allergy medicine and Kleenex every winter. My idea of just chopping down the pollinating cedars might be a good
plan, but I’m no tree expert. I have vast experience in trimming trees and have spent countless hours drinking cold beer beneath them, but I don’t know if it is feasible to get rid of all male cedars. And if we were to kill all male cedars, would the females survive? Again, most women would say yes. So, if we were to chop down a mess of cedars here in Texas, what will we do with all that wood? Well, I pondered some over that while I was rehydrating after blowing out enough snot to fill a rain barrel, and I have a dazzling idea. We can donate all that lumber to Mexico for them to build Mr. Trump’s wall along the Rio Grande. It would save Mexico a fortune in building supplies and eradicate Cedar Fever to boot. As for those warblers, they fly to Mexico for the winter anyways, so next summer, they’ll stop at the border along with all those northbound immigrants. Tell me if this plan isn’t sheer
brilliance! I suspect I might ruffle some feathers of bird lovers, and arborists might say I’m barking up the wrong tree, but I think my idea merits more research. Look, if scientists can eradicate small pox and polio, why not work on fighting my allergies? Just think how popular President Trump would be if he were to stop illegal immigration and help eradicate Cedar Fever. He might end up ranking somewhere between Andrew Johnson and Millard Fillmore in popularity. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to dump out my spit can and rinse out my bandana.
can integrate it and get it installed.” The low-water crossing warning system that is currently in place does not provide or retain any historical data of the closure notifications. Hays County Emergency Management Coordinator Kharley Smith said the ability for the new system to retain historical data is one of the program’s biggest benefits. “Not only will we see how many times a low-water crossing closes – that helps us look at infrastructure projects – but the data collected out in the field are stage values,” said Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator Justin McInnis.
McInnis said that the data is useful to look at trends over time and to plan infrastructure. County residents will also see what’s going on at area streams with real-time data. Ritsch said that the biggest obstacles are the logistics of simply getting started. The county expects to complete the entire project by 2018. Ritsch claims the company is starting to gain traction. “We’re working as quickly as we can to order equipment and get the system installed because it’s quite a bit of work to do in the 12-month period allotted,” said Ritsch.
Clint Younts’ acreage is covered in cedar trees, but occasionally one or two might be used as a Christmas tree, or fence post, or craft project ... or whatever else he can think of to legally get rid of the suckers. crowsnest78610@gmail.com
Low Water: $1.9M for crossing upgrades Continued from pg. 1
Markus Ritsch, Vice President and Principal Engineer with WET, said that the majority of these 22 low-water crossings flashers are pre-existing. He said WET would be retrofitting these existing flashers with new and updated equipment. The locations for the new low-water flashing locations that will be installed have not been determined at this time. In addition to the installation and retrofitting of 22 low-water crossing flashers, there will be five dam monitoring stations along with 10 rain gauges installed throughout the county. The five dam monitoring stations will be detention basins that are located at the five National Resource Conservation System (NRCS) structures that surround the city of San Marcos. The county, with the aid of the National Weather Service, will determine the locations for the rain gauges. These locations have not been officially finalized, but the county, the national weather service and WET are actively
“Not only will we see how many times a low-water crossing closes – that helps us look at infrastructure projects – but the data collected out in the field are stage values.” – Justin McInnis, Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator
researching potential locations for the 10 rain gauges. “We are still in the preliminary stages of the project,” said Ritsch. “We are logistically planning our work schedule, identifying equipment to order this week and figuring out what aspects of the project we can begin immediately.” WET has also started working with the Hays County IT department making sure infrastructure is set up properly for the new systems. That includes getting software installed and having servers configured to process the data. Once completed, this will provide the county with the ability to provide data to both the NWS and Hays
County citizens alike through a front-facing public website. “We have to integrate hardware from several different manufacturers,” Ritsch said. “A big part of our startup effort will relate to getting equipment ordered and received in a timely fashion so that we
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Refuge gives a home to whoopers BY JERRY HALL
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he whooping crane came perilously close to going extinct in 1941, when there were only 15 of the birds left. Fortunately, things have improved since then and today some 350 birds are found in the wild. The birds will remain endangered until there are about 1,000 individual birds or at least 250 reproductive pairs, so there remains much room for improvement. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on the lower Texas coast is home to the whooping crane. Founded in 1937, this refuge closely monitors the well being of Texas whoopers. If you’d like to see one of these majestic birds, you should visit this refuge. “We offer six hiking trails, all open to
the public,” said Laura Bonneu, refuge manager. “Entrance fee is two dollars for an individual or five dollars for a car.” The whooping crane is snow white, with black wing tips that are visible when it takes flight. It sports a small red patch on top of its head and has long, black legs. At five feet tall, it is the tallest bird in North America. The cranes breed in northern Canada during the spring and summer, then fly 2,400 miles to Texas to spend the fall and winter. They start arriving at the Aransas refuge in late October and stay around until March or April. They feed on blue crabs, small fish, clams and roots and berries. Tour boats leave the Rockport-Fulton area and travel to the refuge for close-up views of the cranes.
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Continued from pg. 1 by emailing auditions@ wimberleyplayers.org and bring a headshot and resume.
Overseer wanted
A member of the general public is needed to assist in the oversight of retirement pension and death/disability benefits for volunteer firefighters within Hays County Emergency Services District #6 (Dripping Springs, Driftwood and Henly). The volunteer firefighters of North Hays County Fire/Rescue are seeking a member of the general public to serve on their Local Pension Board. Applicants must live within the geographical boundaries of Hays County Emergency Services District (ESD) #6 and be willing to serve for a two-year term. Letters of interest, to include a onepage summary of job experience and education, may be forwarded by regular mail or electronically to: Sheri Gomez, Office Manager, Hays County ESD #6, North Hays County Fire-Rescue, P.O. Box 1237, Dripping Springs, TX 78620 or
sgomez@northhaysfire. com. Questions about the position may be sent to: Bill Coffman, President, coffman@northhaysfire. com.
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Storytime gets Loco at Dripping Springs library
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Lisa Baker smiles with joy as she holds Poco, a newborn baby goat born Jan. 1, during the Jan. 11 Kids Storytime event at the Dripping Springs Library. Rachel Butler, along with her father, Tom Butler, brought newborns Poco and his goat brother, Loco, during the “meet and greet,” which drew a large crowd.
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Assault
Continued from pg. 1 with Williams, who said Burnam had been in the residence and was angry with Williams, which led to an argument. According to the affidavit, Burnam alleged Williams struck him on the back with her hand, which prompted him to reach for his phone to call law enforcement. When Burnam realized what he was doing, Williams alleged that she grabbed the phone and threw it away so he would not be able to contact police. When he tried to pick up the phone, Burnam was alleged to have confiscated the phone and threw it away again, which broke the phone. According to the affidavit, Williams then began to dress and start looking for his car keys in order to leave the residence to contact authorities. Burnam was alleged to emerge from Williams’ bedroom with his handgun. Williams alleged that Burnam pointed the gun at him multiple times and even fired a shot into a door. The gunshot prompted Williams to exit
the residence and hide in the brush. The deputy then made contact with Burnam, who admitted to firing the weapon. However, she couldn’t give an explanation as to why she retrieved Williams’ gun in the first place. According to the affidavit, the combination of Williams’ statement and Burnam telling the deputy she fired the gun led to the aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge. Burnam told the deputy she discarded the handgun in Williams’ front yard before leaving the residence. Deputies searched the area but found no trace of the firearm. As a result, Burnam was charged with theft of a firearm for depriving Williams of his gun. The deputy filed an emergency protective order (EPO) against Burnam. Burnam was booked into the Hays County Jail and was released Jan. 3 on $42,000 bond. A case has not yet been filed at this time, according to Hays County court records.
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Sports Tigers lift their way to second At right, Dripping Springs High senior Zach Reid powers his way to complete a repetition during the squat at the 2016 Hays Rebel powerlifting meet Jan. 14. Inset, Lady Tiger junior Rozalynn Sheppard works to finish a squat repetition during the Hays meet. The Dripping Springs boys and girls powerlifting team took on an 11-team field at the Hays Rebel meet, which was held at Joe Graham Gym. The Tiger boys team finished in second place overall, with Reid and Matthew Hemphill winning first place in their weight classes. Leading the girls powerlifting team was Sheppard and Kiele Miller, who both finished in second place in their weight classes.
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Dripping Springs senior Caron Howorth takes a look downfield as he claims possession on the ball. Howorth, a Navy enlist, and Canisius commitment Tanner Heinchon lead the Tiger lacrosse team in 2017.
Tiger lacrosse preps for 2017 SUBMITTED REPORT After going 9-6 in its inaugural season at the Division I level in 2016, the Dripping Springs High School boys lacrosse team is looking toward the 2017 and the prospect of progression. The Tigers are led by senior Navy enlist longstick midfielder Cameron Howorth and senior Canisius commitment Tanner Heinchon. With the loss of ten seniors last year, head coach Bill Cafferata is looking to his younger talent to fill the field around Howerth and Heinchon. “We are creating a whole new team, it’s a completely new process.” Cafferata said. Cafferata said he is building a player-led team, focusing on peer
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Marble Falls rides past Tigers in close contest BY LOGAN MCCULLOUGH
play with more energy and confidence on both news@haysfreepress.com sides of the ball. However, they were facing Dripping Springs’ multiple height disadLady Tigers basketball vantages and the Lady three game win streak Mustangs continued to was snapped Friday capitalize in the paint. night in Tiger Gym after Even when the Musa grueling 47-44 loss to tangs missed their shots the Marble Falls Lady inside, their distinct Mustangs. height advantages The Lady Tigers helped them out-restruggled in bound the the first quarTigers 38 ter as they to 20, with “We didn’t appeared much of ambivalent their 38 want to to the Musrebounds change tang’s fullcoming on court press completely offense. by conceding Facing a five turn24-13 defias a team overs and cit coming scoring only and who we out of six points. are, but we halftime, It allowed Joiner and Marble Falls the Tigers knew we to jump out knew they to a 15-6 lead had to had to do going into up their something.” intensity. the second frame. Trying “Disap–Laura Joiner, Lady to offset Tiger head coach pointing,” the Mussaid Dripping tangs’ adSprings Head vantages Coach Laura Joiner when inside, the Tigers began asked how to describe to press out on Marble her team’s play to start Falls’ guards. the game. “I thought we Nevertheless, the Lady came out timid, tentaMustangs pounded the tive and that’s not what ball inside or retrieved we talked about doing an offensive-rebound for before the game.” an easy put-back score. In the second quarter, the Lady Tigers began to LADY TIGERS, 7
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Dripping Springs’ senior Nicole Nading looks for a shot under the basket and the outstretched arm of Marble Falls’ Meghan Owens. Getting shots off and rebounding was a tall order for the Tigers, who were at a height disadvantage against Marble Falls, but one the Lady Tigers almost overcame.
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Education
DSISD board finalists for excellence award SUBMITTED REPORT The Dripping Springs Independent School District (DSISD) School Board is one of five finalists statewide for the H-E-B Excellence in Education awards program 2017 School
Board of the Year. This prestigious award recognizes school boards that demonstrate strong leadership in the community. The H-E-B awards program honors districts, teachers, principals and school boards each
year. This is the first year the DSISD has been nominated for the board award. As a district, DSISD has been a finalist for the past three years for District of the Year. The finalists were chosen based on an application packet
submitted by the board with each finalist receiving $5,000. To determine overall statewide winners, a panel of judges will visit each district, meet with the board, and talk with administration, staff, students, community
members and parents. The statewide winner, which will be announced May 7, receives $25,000. Dripping Springs ISD’s board is comprised of President Carrie Fontana Kroll, Vice President Barbara Stroud, Secretary Shelly Reeves, Dr. Mary
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‘Fab lab’ puts Tigers ahead of the pack
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ripping Springs High School this month learned that it has received the designation as a “Fab Lab” location. The Fab Lab concept began as an outreach project from MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, eventually becoming an independent organization. Fab Labs are part of an international movement to make fabrication equipment available to members of a broader community. In order to earn the “Fab Lab” designation, a location must fulfill core capabilities and make an effort in the area of community outreach. Dripping Springs High
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Jane Hetrick, Ron Jones, Shannon O’Connor and Jon Thompson. Other finalists in the School Board division this year are Harlingen CISD, Fort Bend ISD, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD, and Schertz-CiboloUniversal City ISD.
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A pair of Dripping Springs students use a Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and a 3-D printer in what has recently been designated as a “Fab Lab.”
The filing period for school board candidates in Dripping Springs ISD began Wednesday, Jan. 18, and continues through Friday, Feb. 17. DSISD’s seven board members do not represent places; they are all “at-large” representatives. Trustees serve threeyear terms. The current terms of trustees Barbara Stroud and Ron Jones expire this May. An informational session on becoming a board member will be held Wednesday, Feb. 8, in the board room at 6 p.m. Early voting will run from Monday, April 24, to Tuesday, May 2. Election Day is Saturday, May 6. For more information on becoming a DSISD school board member, see www.dsisdtx.us.
To run for school board in Texas, you must: • Be a United States citizen • Be 18 years of age or older • Not be mentally incapacitated (as defined in policy) • Have not been convicted of a felony • Be a resident of Texas and the district for a specified period of time (see policy) • Be a registered voter from the territory of office sought
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School applied for the designation based on equipment already in use in the technology, engineering and robotics classroom including a plasma cutter, laser engraver, CAD design software, and 3-D printer. DSHS is the only high school in Texas that has completed the process for Fab Lab. Engineering and robotics students have started some outreach activities, within the school district and community. There are plans for all
DSISD students to have opportunities to use Fab Lab resources, not just those taking courses in these areas. Some students already are working on independent projects, including the development of a mechanism to harness solar energy as a power source for a vehicle. Robotics students will be teaching a class at the community library, and DSHS is reaching out to local tech-related businesses to develop partnerships that
potentially could lead to anything from equipment donations to internships. Many aspects of the DSHS engineering and robotics program have real-world applications for students. For instance, opportunities have been developed for students to receive certification in areas such as ComputerAided Design. Leadership skills also are being cultivated, as teacher Jad Jadeja is training his students to be qualified to help other students operate the equipment in
the lab. “It is my dream to have the lab opened up to the public and have our students lead what is happening here,” said Jadeja. “When students are teaching skills to others, they are learning in the process, and we have many community members who have valuable expertise in different fields as well.” The Dripping Springs Fab Lab will continue to expand opportunities to connect with members of the community.
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Continued from pg. 4 The fourth quarter began similar to the first three. Trailing 33-21, the Lady Tigers worked the ball on offense, finding the open player and scoring the rock. Marble Falls’ height advantage, however, seemed to be Dripping Springs’ kryptonite. As Marble Falls took a 42-29 lead with just over six minutes to play, the script flipped. The Lady Tigers channeled consistent intensity down the stretch in the form of a full-court press. “We tried to press them from our 1-3-1 half-court set, because we really have never pressed this year from the full,” Joiner said. “We didn’t want to change completely as a team and who we are, but we knew we had to do something.” Dripping Springs tallied seven unanswered points, eventually cutting Marble Falls lead to 47-40 with just under a minute to play. After a steal from the Tigers’ leading rebounder Danielle Northrup, point guard Cassie Louthan hit a three-pointer to cut the
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Mustangs’ lead to 47-43 with just over 50 seconds left. Lady Tigers’s defensive specialist Madi North tallied another steal, which led to Louthan sinking a key free throw to make it a 47-44 game with 21.2 seconds left. The Tigers had another chance to tie the game following a pair of missed Marble Falls free throws. But with four seconds on the clock and no tim-
eouts, Dripping Springs was forced to move the ball up the floor for a last-second shot attempt. However, the game ended anti-climactically after a controversial no-call following a major collision between a Marble Falls player and North at midcourt. Joiner said the Tigers aim to fix their mistakes and learn from this loss in preparation for the latter part of their upcoming
schedule. “Looking back, I’m obviously frustrated when I think about how we came to play in the first half,” said Joiner. “But then I see how these girls competed and played their hearts out and I just can’t help but think, ‘Gosh, I love this team’ – I love the effort, the determination, all the things you want from your team – we’ve just got to understand it has to be a 32-minute thing.”
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Thurber said. “Whatever they do, they do.” He added citizens’ only recourse would be to lobby the Public Utility Commission, which he said was a “long, drawn out process.” He added that rate payers under a private owned utility pay 154 percent higher rates than a municipality-owned system. Thurber’s concerns extended to 80 permit violations that were filed against Aqua Texas. According to information provided by Thurber, Aqua Texas was
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On Saturday, the Hays County Livestock Show and Expo announced the 2017 queen and queen’s court during a coronation ceremony at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park. Members of the 2017 court are (pictured left to right) duchesses Avery Herron, Lauren Jones, Konleigh Eben, Destinee Cabrera, Grace Baxter, princess Makenna Hawkins, queen Hannah Fults. Not pictured are duchesses Hannah McGee and Hannah Griffin.
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homeskills category, which features food, arts, crafts and clothing and even photography. From there, each category is further split into specific classes that youth participate in. With a variety of categories and classes, both Dodd and Lenneweber said participants often compete in multiple disciplines at the same time. Help from the family, and the community, guides participants through the process. McKenna Hawkins, a member of the Buda 4H and princess in the HCLSE queen’s court, said participants rarely compete in projects alone. “You always have the community surrounding you, always helping if you have questions,” she said. Financial support for youth that participate in the show is what has grown significantly over the years, Dodd said. Within auctions held at the show, the HCLSE has sold over $600,000 per year, with 100 percent of the money going back to the participants. Funds then go to the exhibitors, who then use the money for additional expenses for a project. Many, however, opt to place a portion of their winnings away for “college
“It’s something for you to work for every single day ... It’s something beneficial you can take with you to college.” – Grace Baxter, duchess in the queen’s court
or higher education,” Dodd said. Grace Baxter, a member of the Dripping Springs FFA and a duchess in the queen’s court, said there are a variety of scholarship opportunities, both through FFA and 4-H, as well as through the shows that help with college. But Dodd said the event goes beyond the image of showing livestock. For Dodd, it’s helping the next generation learn “life skills they can take on” for their future endeavors, regardless if it involves agriculture or livestock. Baxter said learning about work ethic, not only in “the big picture” but also on a day-to-day basis, was one of many skills learned through partici-
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