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News-Dispatch Volume XXXVII No. 30 • Serving Western Hays County, Texas since 1982
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Home appraisal values up 10% in Hays County STAFF REPORT More than 2,000 new homes and 49 new commercial structures has led to the rise in preliminary market value of property in the county, according to a Hays County press release. The preliminary market value of the average household in Hays County rose
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by 10 percent from 2016 to 2017. Overall, the county’s market value went from $21.32 billion to $23.46 billion in a year’s time. Commercial and industrial property values rose by 10.45 percent during the course of the last calendar year, according to the release. Meanwhile, residential
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multi-family property values in the county continued to see double-digit increases, as value rose by 14.07 percent, from $2.01 billion in 2016 to $2.22 billion in 2017. Total new improve-
ments added more than $637 million to the taxable value for 2017, with the average market value for homes increasing by nine percent. Market values in Buda rose by roughly eight per-
cent from last year, while Kyle’s market values rose close to 10 percent. The city of San Marcos saw the highest jump in market values with an 11 percent increase from 2016. The Hays Central Appraisal District has started to mail out 86,122 appraisal notices on May 1. Property owners that receive a notice of appraised value
have until May 31 to file a protest to appeal. Last year the CAD received 11,523 protests. It’s unknown at this time how the appraisals could affect Hays County homeowners’ tax bills, as the county, cities and school districts will use them to determine 2017 property tax rates, according to the release.
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SUBMITTED REPORT The Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) water conservation period began Monday and extends through the end of September, according to a press release. The five month period is the time when water use is at its peak, according to district officials. Since January 2016, groundwater levels in the district have been
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Spending, home-rule top forum topics
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Dripping Springs Tiger junior Hannah Biggs soars through the air as she participates in a preliminary run of the Class 5A girls 100 meter hurdles during the Region IV, 5A meet at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio. Biggs, along with Tiger senior Sydney Cole, punched their tickets to the UIL State track and field meet in Austin. Results of Tigers at the region meet can be found on Page 3.
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BY LESLY DELEON Campaign spending and possibly becoming a home-rule city were two topics tackled by Dripping Springs candidates vying for three city council seats during a forum Sunday. The forum, held at Church of the Springs, featured incumbent council members Santos Alba, Charles Busbey and Mayor Pro-Tem Bill Foulds, and challengers Taline Manassian and Harrison Thomas Schultz. Candidate William Travis Crow did not attend. Candidates shared
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Racers careen around the track at a 2016 race at Central Texas Speedway. The raceway, which has recently shut down, served Central Texas racers.
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County racetrack shuts its doors for good BY MOSES LEOS III
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ntering the motorsports world was an easy decision for Kyle resident Sean Folsom. While working as a photographer at what was Thunderhill Raceway in Kyle six years ago, Folsom grew tired of seeing his race car driver friends have all of the fun on the track. As a result, Folsom invested in his own racecar and regularly competed at the venue, later known as Central Texas Speedway. But Folsom and many others were shocked when CTS officials announced they were shuttering the track, raising a red flag on one of the last short-track asphalt speedways in Texas. “It’s sad to see CTS die and go away,” Folsom said. “I would love to see it reopen, but the way
it sounds, I don’t think it’s going to.” CTS demise began when Tim Self, the previous leaseholder, and his company, AM Racing, chose not to renew for 2017, said Rick Coleman, who owns the property CTS is located on. Coleman said Self came to him and gave up his lease 15 months before it expired. Once Self chose to not renew, Coleman said he didn’t seek another suitor, as he feared the liability a racetrack presented. “I didn’t care to have it. I didn’t want the liability of something happening to someone on the track and I was liable for them,” Coleman said. “CTS had insurance for that, but I didn’t want that problem.” Coleman added that he would have allowed Self to run the track “for as long as he wanted to,” but Self was “tired of it” and was “moving on.”
Coleman began the demolition process earlier this year, removing bulidings, including the press box, which was damaged during a March storm. Rodney Rodriguez, a generational racecar driver who was an announcer and competitor at CTS, said the decision to close the track left him “crushed,” as there are few asphalt short tracks left in the state. Kyle resident and former racecar driver Christine Molis said the closure “hurts” as there are many local drivers who competed at CTS. “There’s a lot from Kyle, Buda, the Manchaca area and Austin,” Molis said. “This is their home track. Now with it being gone, they have a car in the garage doing nothing.” With CTS gone, drivers now must go elsewhere.
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With early voting coming to an end this week, voters in the Dripping Springs area have one last chance to cast their ballots when Election Day hits Saturday. Several elections involving Dripping Springs area residents are on the ballot including the race for two Dripping Springs ISD board trustee seats and three Dripping Springs city council seats. Some voters within the boundaries of Emergency Service District 6 (North Hays County Fire Rescue) will decide on a proposition calling for implementation of a sales tax in areas not already at the state maximum of 8.25 percent. For more on Election Day location and times, go to haysnewsdispatch.com.
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Grace Baxter and other members of Center of the Plate display a refrigerator full of donated meat for hungry local families.
Local teen credits 4H program for nonprofit, scholastic success BY MOSES LEOS III
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rom an early age, Dripping Springs senior and Kansas native Grace Baxter was immersed in the agriculture lifestyle. Her father, who had grown up in Kansas, showed steers and heifers in 4H, much like his brothers before him. Many of her babysitters growing up were also a part of the local 4H program. Perhaps it was no surprise that at seven years old, Baxter herself got into 4H. Ten years and a myriad of projects later, including starting up her own 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, led Baxter to be named the Texas recipient of a national $10,000 scholarship toward her college pursuits. For Baxter, the award was the realization of a world that goes far beyond just showing cattle. “There was a lot more opportunities to get involved,” Baxter said. “It shaped me into the future I want go into.” When she first joined her local 4H program in Baldwin, Kan., Baxter said she never realized 4H went beyond raising and showing livestock. It wasn’t until she got involved that she learned the organization offers
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Baxter and volunteers celebrate Founders Day with a float for Center of the Plate, a nonprofit she started with members of her 4H group.
soil stewardship, crop Baxter said going up science, agronomy and against the competition much more. in Texas was a “whole As she attended nanew ball game.” tional and state conJordan Blount, Dripventions over the years, ping Springs High agriBaxter also learned how science teacher, rememdiverse the 4H programs bers Baxter as someone could be. whose work ethic and “The conventions are passion for agriscience where you meet so many was noticeable. people with different “Whatever she needed backgrounds,” Baxter to do, she put her heart said. “There are a lot of and soul into it and different people involved would give maximum that bring something to effort,” Blount said. contribute to That the organizawork ethtion.” ic paid off “The During her this past conventions time in Kanyear when sas, Baxter Baxter’s are where sharpened show her showsteer, you meet so ing skills, Honeymany people butter, gathering experience with different won in raising grand different livechambackgrounds stock. But she pion at also gained ... There are a the Hays experience in County lot of different Youth public speaking as well. Livestock people It was a Show. The shock to the steer also involved system for placed that bring Baxter, who third at was not a the San something natural pubAntonio lic speaker. Livestock to contribute “I was one Show. The to the of the shyest result was kids. I would culorganization.” the hide behind mination my parents of many –Grace Baxter when they early introduced mornings me to someone,” Baxthat consisted of managter said. “Now that I’ve ing the steers weight and gone through 4H, I went grooming care. through projects and “It’s a lot work to make topics that interested me. cattle look their best (for It forced me to become a show),” Baxter said. good public speaker.” It’s on community serA larger world opened vice projects that Baxter up for Baxter when she focuses most of her attenand her family moved to tion. Texas four years ago. And that’s how in 2016 Once a student at Drip- when she started Cenping Springs High, Baxter ter of the Plate (COP), a said she discovered there non-profit that provides was much more available meat products to needy in 4H and FFA in Texas families. than in Kansas. The idea came when But Baxter also realshe saw some local food ized more opportunities pantries did not have permeant more competition. ishable food items, which
are “essential parts of the diet,” Baxter said. Baxter applied for and received nonprofit status for the organization. She then gathered a group of her 4H peers and started the long process to reach their goal. With the help of her peers, Baxter was able to coordinate livestock donated from 4H and FFA members. With the help of her parents, Baxter coordinated processing the animals, which is done at a United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) licensed facility in Smithville in order to ensure the quality of the meat. From there, the organization coordinated with Central Market to help carry the product from Smithville to the Dripping Springs Presbyterian Church. In 2016, COP helped feed four families, with each receiving 320 pounds of beef that lasted them eight months. She hopes to double the impact in 2017 by helping eight families. She’s so far received 12 market hogs and one market steer. “It’s been a group effort. There’s been so much community support for everything that’s been done,” Baxter said. “ Receiving a $10,000 college scholarship from AXA was a humbling experience, Baxter said. Baxter plans to dual major in degrees in Agriscience and Animal Science while at Blinn College, with plans to potentially transfer to Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Blount said Baxter is one of the first Dripping Springs students to apply for and receive the scholarship. “I’m happy and proud and glad that’s what she’s doing,” Blount said. “It makes me feel I’m doing my job.”
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Winterguard marks champion season
The Dripping Springs High School varsity winterguard completed a successful competition season by earning the bronze Medal at the Texas Color Guard Circuit State Championships earlier this month at Texas A&M University’s Reed Arena. Out of a field of 28 teams from central Texas, San Antonio and Houston, the Tiger winter guard placed third in the Scholastic National A Class. This year’s show, titled “Primary Anarchy,” was set to the fast-paced music of Sergei Prokofiev, using primary colors and performed on a hand-painted image inspired by the Spanish contemporary artist Juan Miro. This year’s success continues a strong DSHS Winterguard tradition that includes a state championship and finalist status at the World Championships in 2016.
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over $20K in scholarships STAFF REPORT Five Dripping Springs area seniors received a combined $22,500 in scholarships from Pedernales Electric Cooperative during an April 27 reception, according to a press release. Kirby Cathey, a Dripping Springs High senior, received PEC’s top scholarship worth $10,000. Senior Karen Crews, also a student at Dripping Springs High, earned a $5,000 scholarship, while Aidan Williams and Grace Baxter each received $2,500 in scholarships. Ashley Bruno, a student at the Penn Academy, received a $2,500 schol-
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arship. A panel of indpenendent judges based the scholarships on the applicant profiles, Criteria included academic performance, community involvement, extracurricular activities and financial need. Applicants also submitted an essay identifying challenges teenagers face and what changes or programs they would implement to improve their community. According to the release, 28 local students received $100,000 in scholarships ranging from $2,500 to one $10,000 award. More than 230 students applied for the scholarships.
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Continued from pg. 1 Folsom said the nearest tracks in the area, located in Pleasanton and Paige, are dirt tracks. Molis said dirt tracks are gaining popularity due to affordability. The nearest asphalt short-tracks that operate consistently are located in Louisiana, Alabama and Florida. For many weekend-warrior racecar drivers, the prospect of traveling out-of-state to find an asphalt track isn’t feasible. Folsom estimated costs ranging from $600 and up for a driver when they add in travel expenses, pit passes, gasoline and tires for the hauling vehicle and racecar. The loss of the speedway created an impact on Kyle as well. Julie Snyder, Kyle Chamber of Commerce CEO, said the speedway drew tourism due to the racing, as well as go-karts that were offered at the circult. In addition, the land was also
used as a music venue, with the Kyle Fair and Music Festival held at the location. In 2016, CTS claimed the Kyle Chamber’s “Business of the Year” award. “Anytime we lose a business, it’s a loss for us. Not only services they provide, but the financials we receive,” Snyder said. “From a visitor’s side, it’s tough to lose an activity such as that, which was family oriented.” For Rodriguez, the chance to race on a unique, last-of-its kind venue was worthwhile. “Because the asphalt group is so limited, it felt like a very distinct group of racers out there,” Rodrigiez said. “There’s a lot of tracks, but there’s few of us that could do that.” For Folsom, the unique track is something that he will miss. “It was a great track,” Folsom said. “I loved racing there and I met a lot of great friends and people.”
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Tiger baseball hits playoffs after 13-1 victory BY MOSES LEOS III Fireworks at the plate carried the Dripping Springs Tigers baseball team to a decisive 13-1 five-inning victory Friday over the Boerne Champion Chargers in a seeding game meant
to determine the second place team in 25-6A. With the win, Dripping Springs (20-9-1) secured the second seed in the district and will square off against the LBJ Jaguars in a best-of-3 series this weekend. Game 1 is scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m. in Dripping
Springs. Game 2, and if necessary Game 3, begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Nelson Field. Dripping Springs, which led 1-0 after the first inning, slammed on the accelerator in the second frame by tallying six runs. The outburst was highlighted by a three-run
home run from pitcher Grant Gaspard. The Tigers padded their lead with three runs in the third inning, aided by a two-run home run from Tiger Noah Orr. After the Chargers responded with a run in the bottom of the third, Dripping Springs capped
the game with three additional runs in the fifth frame. Reese Johnson led the team with three hits, while Gaspard finished with two in the game. On the mound, Gaspard, who earned the win, threw five strikeouts over the course of four innings.
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Dripping Springs’ senior Kiele Miller delivers a pitch in a playoff game against Gregory Portland last year. The Lady Tigers are in the playoffs again and will meet Angleton in a best of three game series at La Grange.
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Tigers pounce at Region IV track meet Bryce Kalsu
A pair of Dripping Springs Tigers are state bound after their performances were qualified for them for the UIL state track and field meet, which will be held May 11-13 in Austin. Tiger junior Hannah Biggs qualified after finishing second in the girls 100 meter hurdle finals. Dripping Springs senior Sydney Cole punched her ticket to state after claiming the Region IV title in the 1600 meter run.
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Bryce Kalsu (400m prelims) – 50.52 Zack Kovar (800m finals) – 1:57.14 Bryce Kalsu (800m finals) – 1:58.40 Justin Wright (110m hurdles finals) – 15.71 Dripping Springs 4x400 meter relay (finals) – 3:34.02
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Avery Kalsu (400m finals) – 57.58 Sydney Cole (800m finals) – 2:21.46 Sydney Cole (1600m finals) – 5:15.37 Hannah Biggs (100m hurdle finals) – 15.84 Lightsey Puryear (300m hurdles finals) – 50.61 Girls 4x400m relay (finals) – 4:03.76 Sydney Loveless (triple jump finals) – 37’ 8”
It quickly became apparent April 27 the state ranked Dripping Springs Tigers weren’t going to fall victim to a first round trap. Twenty-two hits spread across five innings guided Dripping Springs to a dominant 25-0 five-inning softball bidistrict playoff round win over the LBJ Jaguars at the Noack Softball Complex. Dripping Springs (27-6) advances to play Angleton in a best-of-3 playoff series at LaGrange High this weekend. Game 1 is scheduled for Friday at 6:30 p.m. Game 2 is scheduled for noon Saturday with a possible game 3 taking place 30 minutes afterward. Fourteen Tigers recorded plate appearances in the LBJ contest with senior Kiele Miller leading the way by going a perfect 4 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs in the game. Dripping Springs junior Danielle Northrup went 3 for 4 with a pair of hits and two RBIs, while Ryan Campbell went 2 for 2 with three RBIs. In total, the Tigers went 25 for 38 at the plate as a team with 18 combined RBIs in the contest. Aiding the Tigers were nine LBJ errors in the game. On defense, Miller and junior Paige Leschber combined to pitch a perfect game, allowing no walks and tossing a combined nine strikeouts. Miller earned the win by going three innings. Dripping Springs leapt out to a 7-0 lead after two innings before exploding for 12 runs in the third frame. The Tigers continued the barrage by tallying six runs in the final two innings of the game.
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CAREGIVER’S SUPPORT GROUP MEETING
you or someone you know is caring for a loved one with dementia, please join us. For more info, contact Linda Germain, volunteer for Alzheimer’s Texas, at 512 924-3661.
The Alzheimer’s Caregivers will meet on Thursday, May 4, at 1 p.m. at the Wimberley Presbyterian Church Library, 956 FM 2325. This is an opportunity for caregivers to discuss the latest Alzheimer’s information and to share ideas as they travel the care giving journey together. If
See firstthursdaydrippingsprings.org for more.
STARLIGHT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Experience downtown Dripping Springs like never before from 5-9 p.m. May 4 with live music, local shopping, art and more.
Celebrate color at this performance by the Starlight Symphony Orchestra featuring “My Many Colored Days� by Dr. Seuss. Performances will be May 20 at Hays Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. and May 21 at the First Baptist
its permittees. “Our groundwater users are traditionally very conscious of water use. Simple leak fixes and water conservation choices can add up to make a big difference in extending our long-term water supply,� states Robin Gary, Senior Public
Information and Education Coordinator. Water conservation strategies, rainwater harvesting information, water-wise landscaping ideas, and self irrigation audit guidance is available at www.bseacd.org/ education/water-conservation/.Â
FIRST THURSDAY
Church of Wimberley at 4 p.m. See www.starlightsymphony.org for more information. Starlight Symphony Orchestra is a community orchestra whose performances are always free.
WIMBERLEY BIRDING SOCIETY Birdwatching opportunities at Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife
Refuge will be discussed at Wimberley Birding Society’s quarterly meeting on Monday, May 15, at 10 a.m. in the Wimberley Community Center. Speaker will be Elizabeth Bouchard, a member of the Friends of the Refuge, and an avid birder. Covering 27,500 acres located northwest of Austin, the Balcones refuge is a haven for the golden-cheeked warbler and
the black-capped vireo, both endangered species. Some 245 bird species are found in the area, which has canyons formed by erosion by Colorado River tributaries. New members and visitors are welcome. Do you know of a free community event to be included in Lagniappe? Send an email to christine@ haysfreepress.com.
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above drought thresholds. Recent wet weather has helped augment water supplies, but there is still a need to conserve water resources, according to the release.  Starting May 1, the BSEACD initiates a voluntary 10% reduction in groundwater pumping by
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30 YEARS. OFFERING SCENIC VIEWS OF THE HILL
COUNTRY AND OF OUR SERENE ENCLOSED COURTYARD.
their opinion on moving forward with an election to possibly become a homerule city when the population reached 5,000. “There are some benefits that come with it, and there are some disadvantages that come with it,� Foulds said. “I want to look at it very closely.� Foulds said ETJ residents could have concerns as annexation imposes added taxes and restrictions. “It could be something that people in our ETJ would be very concerned about because at that point you can be forced annexation,� Foulds said. “I would like to get input from people out in ETJ on how they feel about it.� Busbey said city council would have address numerous issues and consider becoming a home-rule city.
“As soon we get to 5,000 residents, I’m all in favor of having an election for the citizens to vote to decide whether or not we want to switch from a general law city to a home-rule city,� said Schultz. “I think it’s in the community’s best interest.� Schultz said he favors promoting multiple public forums on the pros and cons of annexation, which he believes the current city council has failed at. Taline Manassian said the issue should be considered slowly and thoughtfully. “Whether we become a home-rule city is something we need to look at very closely,� Manassian said. “We have to be careful in approaching that issue because if it’s rejected there’s some time limitation on when we can
approach it again.� That could be a big issue as the city grows, Manassian said. The issue of campaign finances and candidates’ qualifications came up during closing remarks. Busbey said he spent less than $500 on his campaign, while some candidates spent “considerably more� and received donations from ETJ residents ineligible to vote. “I’m not implying there’s anything illegal because it isn’t,� Busbey said. “Perhaps it’s an ethical thing.� Manassian said she disagrees with the implication ETJ residents shouldn’t be involved in the election. “The ETJ is affected by this council and can’t vote,� Manassian said. “That is how they participate, by contributing to the election.�
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