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Kyle man and Buda woman named in Williamson County car wreck.
County to name new roads in the county after fallen veterans and first responders.
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Local business owners give forward BY SAHAR CHMAIS
From South Korea to Texas, Jimmy Ferguson has lived through war, segregation, Asian-American hate and peace. The Asian-American business man has truly lived the American Dream and found his home in Texas 30 years ago. “I did not speak any English when coming to the U.S. at about 8 years old,”
The couple said that they just forgive (negative comments) and move on because 99 times out of 100, the hate is coming from a place of ignorance or a preconceived thought, just as they are seeing today with COVID.
Jimmy Ferguson recalled. “My father was in the [U.S.] Army. After the Korean war, we went to New Orleans and there was some
adjustment there.” When Jimmy Ferguson came to the U.S., his mother had to teach him English. She did such a
good job that he eventually lost the ability to speak Korean. But it was not so simple for the now-owner of 22 McDonald’s to assimilate to American culture. At a time of segregation in 1958, it took months of litigation to find out which school he could get into. Over the years, Jimmy Ferguson moved around the country as his father
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Cindi and Jimmy Ferguson work as a team on their McDonald’s franchises.
Kyle invests nearly $13M in parks
Masks remain focus at heated DSISD board meeting
BY MEGAN WEHRING KYLE – After several years in the making, the city of Kyle is breaking ground on two public parks expected to be completed by next year. Kyle City Council approved a $7.95 million contract for the construction of Heroes Memorial Park and $4.85 million for the construction of Uptown Central Park and Cultural Trails (now known as the Brick and Mortar District). “It’s been a long journey to get to this point,” said Mayor Travis Mitchell during Tuesday’s city council meeting, “to award these contracts and get them designed. There’s certainly a lot of excitement to see these projects get underway.” These funds are available through a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) that enables the city of Kyle to invest in a series of projects that will help benefit the public as a whole. A TIRZ sets aside a portion of the city property tax for rein-
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PHOTO BY SAHAR CHMAIS NASCAR truck driver Carson Hocevar, above, was on hand at a meet and greet Friday with team drivers Ryan Truex and Bayley Currey at Niece Equipment in Buda.
Locals meet locally-sponsored NASCAR truck team in Buda BY SAHAR CHMAIS
NASCAR fans could get their fix Saturday as the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) race track opened for the first time since COVID restrictions were put in place in 2020. This year, Al Niece, owner of Niece Motorsports and Niece equipment in Buda, had his team of four drivers race in Saturday’s COTA truck races.
Prior to the race, Niece put on a customer appreciation barbecue where local residents could eat, chat and meet the racers. Saturday, from Niece’s team, 18-yearold Carson Hocevar won 7th place, Ryan Truex placed 20th and Bayley Currey won 26th place. Logan Bearden did not place on the race chart. Hocevar and Currey said they have been
driving since they were about seven years old. “I grew up racing quarter midgets and got a chance to run two truck races,” Hocevar told the Hays Free Press/ News-Dispatch. “I got a call from Niece Motorsports to run part-time last year and had really good speed. [Niece] wanted to take a chance on me and I was really interested in it full time, so that’s where we are now.”
Hocevar said that driving a truck is almost like driving a boat; it is heavy, long and does not drive great. He speeds up to around 180 to 190 miles per hour in the Chevrolet truck. The race was part of the Truck Series inaugural race at COTA. “But as a racecar driver, you don’t want it to drive that great,” Hocevar smiled. “It’s a lot more fun when it’s out of control.”
Memorial Day happenings SAN MARCOS
A memorial service honoring all Hays County veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice will occur at the Hays County Veterans Memorial at 450 E. Hopkins Street in San Marcos beginning at 10 a.m. In the event of inclement weather, the event will be held at the San Marcos Activity Center.
KYLE Join the city of Kyle in honoring our veter-
ans, first-responders, and other community heroes at the Heroes Memorial Park Groundbreaking on Memorial Day, May 31 from 10-11:30 a.m. next to the Hays Performing Arts Center, 979 Kohlers Crossing. The community is invited to attend this groundbreaking and learn about the unique features that will be included in Heroes Memorial Park. There will be a Procession by Honor Guards and a War Bird flyover.
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Throughout the groundbreaking, the city of Kyle will also have an Oral History booth available to Kyle veterans and community members to share their histories, family stories and life experiences to be archived by the city and later buried in a time capsule at Heroes Memorial Park. Following the groundbreaking, the American Veterans Central Texas Post 115 will be serving barbecue at the AMVET Post, 401 Veterans Dr., from 12-2
p.m. Groundbreaking event attendees may park at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center, adjacent to grounds of Heroes Memorial Park, that will be located at the corner of FM 1626 and Kohlers Crossing. The Heroes Memorial Park has been made possible by the generous donation of Texas Disposal Systems and with the leadership and direction of Kyle City Council and Kyle TIRZ #2 Board members.
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BY SAHAR CHMAIS There were tears, boos, laughter and applause taking place in the Dripping Springs High School auditorium, but there was no play. Only parents pleading in front of the DSISD Board of Trustees regarding mask policies. Nearly two hours of testimonies were presented, with many urging the board to remove the mask mandate before June 4. These parents stated the hardships masks have caused their children, such as physical and psychological issues. The school board listened and will not be waiting until June 4 to enforce Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order, which says that schools cannot force anyone to wear a mask after June 4. The board unanimously approved that masks become optional beginning May 28, in advance of graduation and the start of summer school and camps. Not all parents wanted the mask regulations lifted. Several took their allotted three minutes to discuss their children’s health conditions, like having an immunocompromised system, and how removing masks can be potentially life threatening. In one case, a parent mentioned their child being bullied for receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, a parent began arguing with an audience member for using her child’s vaccine photo from
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Locals killed in Williamson Co. crash STAFF REPORT
old Kyle resident was driving with passenA fatal car crash led ger August Holland, a to the death of two Hays 46-year-old Buda resiCounty residents on dent, when the incident May 11 in Williamson occurred at around 5:26 County. a.m. Davis was proNames of the denounced dead on site ceased were released and Holland was taken over the weekend. to Ascension Seton WilLarry Davis, a 27-year- liamson, where he was
pronounced deceased. Davis was driving a 2014 Hyundai Elantra southbound on IH 35 in Williamson County, one mile south of Jarrell. There was a Freightliner truck tractor towing a trailer, traveling in front of the Hyundai. For unknown reasons,
the Hyundai struck the rear of the trailer being towed by the Freightliner, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) preliminary investigation. Once the investigation is complete, a crash report will be posted on the Texas DPS webpage.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Naming roads after these heroes who died in the line of duty will help create a lasting memorial to their ultimate sacrifice.” – Jude Prather, Hays County’s Veterans Services Office director. Story on page 5.
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Some unsolicited advice for the Class of 2021 By the time most of you read this, my son Gideon will have marched across the gymnasium floor and received his high school diploma. I have brainstormed some sage advice for Gideon’s next phase and hope that his fellow grads nationwide can benefit. I’ll allow someone else to lecture 2021 graduates about following your dream, keeping a journal, subscribing to the local newspaper, formulating a career backup plan, paying it forward, starting retirement planning early, yada yada yada. I prefer to share tips you’re unlikely to hear anywhere else. First, be patient with your elders when they emit trite expressions such as “Finishing high school already? Where does the time go?” Refrain from exclaiming, “When the baby takes its first step, you ask, ‘Where does the time go?’ When you unbox the Christmas decorations, you ask, ‘Where does the time go?’ Maybe if your generation wasn’t always asking where the time goes, we’d have a colony on Mars with a cure for the common cold by now! Buy a calendar!” Before you move too far away, make a point of thanking favorite teachers who inspired you. Don’t procrastinate until you run across them in a retirement home. (“Mr. Johnson, you were an amazing Drivers Ed instructor. Of course, that was back when you could still see above the stick shift…”) Don’t be one of those “School’s out… forever!” misanthropes who fall off the face of the earth. Stay in touch so you’ll know about class reunions. If you feel awkward about reunions, assemble the new IKEA Reunion Table Deluxe. It has built-in popular kids! Be true to your school. Keep the STANDARDIZED TESTING momentum going. Don’t submit to a field sobriety test until you see some Number Two pencils!
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Get a head start on embellishing your “uphill both ways” tales of Covid-19 for sharing with youngsters someday. (I’m serious. In a heartbeat, you’ll go from being a senior who steals a rival school’s eagle mascot to being a senior who swipes extra packs of condiments from the Early Bird Special.) Regale them with horror stories of doggedly administering wedgies with remote learning. Hear me out on this: get massive injections of Botox. That way you can keep a straight face when you tell the NEXT generation how great Generation Z’s music was. Disprove the myth that “you’ll never use most of the stuff you learn in school.” Make it fit. (“As a certified EMT, I can see that a tracheotomy is called for. But what say we apply a little Faulknerian trigonometry to the wound? And climb that rope, you loser!”) Steel yourself for the fact that the Real World is shockingly different than school. Snow days? Few and far between. In-service days? Forget it. And there’s no such thing as pulling the wool over the eyes of “this week’s substitute CEO.” That’s right; there’s no one to con with “But…but… the regular CEO lets us take a three-hour lunch and matches our 401(k) contribution with an actual Cayman island!” Finally, pick a random quote from your yearbook and fully incorporate it into your life. For instance, “Never forget French class!” So, in 15 years when you’re an airline pilot, you’ll suddenly have a flashback. (“Zut alors! Ou est la bibliotheque? Ou est la bibliotheque???? Passengers, fasten your seatbelts, s’il vous plait…I’m diving lower to find that bibliotheque! AIIEEEE!”) tyreetyrades@aol.com
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Republican talking points reveal undemocratic ideals Who knew that America was filled with so many amateur social studies teachers? Whenever I write about Republican-led efforts to sharply curtail voting rights (which disproportionately impact Black and brown voters who tend to support Democrats), I’ll often get a letter from aggrieved conservative readers who remind me, “John, you of all people should know we’re a republic and not a democracy.” Strictly speaking, those readers are correct. We’re not a direct democracy. But the notes came with such startling regularity, that I had to ask myself: After decades of sending American forces around the world to spread and defend our very particular brand of democracy, what did conservatives suddenly have against it? The answer came in the form of a November essay in The Atlantic by Claremont McKenna College political scientist George Thomas, who argued why the GOP’s sudden insistence on this semantic distinction is a “dangerous and wrong argument.” “Enabling sustained minority rule at the national level is not a feature of our constitutional design, but a perversion of it,” Thomas argues, pointing to such Republicans as Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, who have been trotting out this corrosive chestnut as a way to justify the limited kind of political participation envisioned by the current incarnation of the GOP. “The founding generation was deeply
“the Electoral College, the House of Representatives and state legislatures are all tilted in favor of the GOP,” the FiveThirtyEight by John L. analysis continues. “As Micek a result, it’s possible for Republicans to wield skeptical of what it called levers of government ‘pure’ democracy and without winning a defended the American plurality of the vote. More experiment as ‘wholly than possible, in fact — it’s republican,'” Thomas already happened, over writes. “To take this as a and over and over again.” rejection of democracy There’s another pattern misses how the idea that emerges if you start of government by the examining those who most people, including both a often make this shopworn democracy and a republic, argument: They’re white, was understood when the privileged, and speaking Constitution was drafted from a position of great and ratified. It misses, too, power. Thus, it behooves how we understand the them to envision as idea of democracy today.” limited an idea of political He pointed out that participation as possible. President Abraham “That is a phrase that Lincoln, whom is uttered by people Republicans like to who, looking back on embrace when it’s the sweep of American convenient, “used history, see themselves as constitutional republic safely at the center of the and democracy narrative, and typically synonymously, eloquently they see their present casting the American privileges under threat,” experiment as government documentary filmmaker of the people, by the Astra Taylor told Slate in people, and for the 2020. “And so, they want people. And whatever the to shore up the privileges complexities of American that they possess, and constitutional design, they’re looking for a sort of Lincoln insisted, ‘the historic hook.” rule of a minority, as a Taylor points out that permanent arrangement, the United States has is wholly inadmissible.’” never really been a fully And it is indisputable inclusive democracy that Republicans are a — going back to the minority, representing 43 Founders who denied percent of the nation, but women and Black people holding half of the Senate, the right to vote — and according to an analysis who didn’t even count by FiveThirtyEight, which the enslaved as fully also points out that, while human. Still, the political Democrats need to win pendulum of the last few large majorities to govern, years has been swinging Republicans are freed from away from that conceit this onerous task. And the to a view of American system is rigged to ensure democracy, while not it continues. fully majoritarian, is In addition to this nonetheless evermore imbalance in the Senate, diverse and inclusive.
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A recent report by Catalist, a major Democratic data firm, showed that the 2020 electorate was the most diverse ever. Pointedly, the analysis found that while white voters still make up nearly three-quarters of the electorate, their share has been declining since the 2012 election. That shift “comes mostly from the decline of white voters without a college degree, who have dropped from 51 percent of the electorate in 2008 to 44 percent in 2020,” the analysis notes. Meanwhile, 39 percent of the coalition that backed President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris was made up of voters of color, the analysis found, while the remaining 61 percent of voters were split more or less evenly between white voters with and without a college degree. The Trump-Pence coalition, meanwhile, was about as homogeneous as you’d expect it to be: 85 percent were white. Republicans who wanted to “make America great again” were looking back to a very specific and mythologized view of the country: One that preserved the rights and privileges of a white majority. With Trump gone, but scarcely forgotten, the “Republic Not a Democracy” crowd is just another look on the same endlessly aggrieved face. An award-winning political journalist, John L. Micek is Editor-in-Chief of The Pennsylvania CapitalStar in Harrisburg, Pa. jmicek@ penncapital-star.com
My beef with beef There are few things I enjoy more than grilling up tasty steaks for a group of close friends, but red meat isn’t going to be on the menu this summer. The cost of beef is higher than ever. According to Bloomberg, “Food inflation has been inching up for months, driven by soaring commodity costs, costlier transportation and challenges securing labor.” “Inching up” is putting it lightly. “Soaring” would be a more accurate description — thanks to COVID disruptions and the crippling government lockdown policies enacted because of them. Restaurant Business explains that in the early months of COVID, restaurants, the largest buyers of beef, shut down – slashing demand. If that wasn’t bad enough, says Restaurant Business, the virus spread among workers in Midwest meatpacking plants and forced them to shut down or drastically cut production in 2020. So why are beef prices soaring in 2021 as restaurants open and life slowly begins to get back to normal? Along with the law of supply and demand, you can thank generous government unemployment policies. Butchering is a labor-in-
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tensive process — but this year meatpacking plants have been unable to fill thousands of job vacancies because, in many places, the combination of state and federal unemployment payments makes not working more appealing for many than working. Since packing plants can’t fill thousands of job vacancies, they can’t process enough meat to meet the growing demand. And since packing plants are buying less meat, cattle producers are slaughtering fewer cattle. As growing demand for beef collided with reduced supply this spring, prices soared — and they’re likely to keep going up, according to Jason Cheplic, the third-generation owner of my favorite local butcher shop, Cheplic Packing, Inc. “In the 60 years we’ve been in business, beef prices have never been higher,” says Cheplic. “PreCOVID we ran a boneless Choice ribeye special for $9.99 a pound. To cover our payroll and business costs, we must now charge $13.29 a pound — at profit margins that are lower than they’ve ever been.”
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That’s a 40 percent price increase in a little over one year — and Cheplic’s price for ribeye is still far better than what chain supermarkets are charging. One local Pittsburgh chain is charging $15.99 a pound for the same cut of meat. What this means is that weekend grill and barbecue aficionados like me are experiencing some serious pain in our pocketbooks — and stomachs. With the summer just ahead and life slowly beginning to return to normal, I was looking forward to hosting many evening barbecues. Before COVID, there were few things I enjoyed hearing more than the words, “Oh, my, Tom, this juicy ribeye steak is as tender as butter!” But this year, I hope to at least hear, “Tom, this is the most delicious budget burger meat I have ever had!”
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Or: “Tom, these lowcost chicken thighs are the tastiest really cheap food you’ve ever made!” And possibly: “Tom, this meat is delicious, but why does it have an impression from a Goodyear tire tread?” Hey, nothing but the best for my friends! In any event, industry experts are predicting that beef prices are going to get plenty worse before they get better. Until they come back to Earth, we weekend grill masters will have to get extra creative to keep our barbecue parties rolling along. By the way, I was kidding about barbecuing road kill. Tom Purcell is an author and humor columnist for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Tom@TomPurcell.com
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Special session coming this fall to address redistricting Texas lawmakers will adjourn the regular session on Monday – Memorial Day – but Gov. Greg Abbott has already indicated he will call a special session in the fall to grapple with redistricting after detailed census results are finally released. Last week, Abbott told lawmakers he would put them in charge of deciding how to spend nearly $16 billion in federal money the state received for COVID-19 recovery efforts. During the first two rounds of stimulus funding, Abbott decided how the money would be spent, which angered some legislators. The special session comes just months before the 2022 primaries, with Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Attorney General Ken Paxton and Comptroller Glenn Hegar all planning to seek reelection. That raises the possibility of other topics being added the special session that could appeal to the governor’s base, according to the San Antonio Express-News. Abbott has drawn one primary opponent, former state Sen. Don Huffines.
MASK MANDATES LARGELY A THING OF THE PAST IN TEXAS Abbott last week issued an executive order banning all government and public entities from mandating the wearing of masks. The order went into effect May 21, except for public schools, which can require masks until June 4. Local governments or officials can be fined up to $1,000 for requiring the wearing of masks, although businesses can still require them. Most large retailers, such as Walmart, Costco and Target, announced they were ending mask requirements. However, statesupported living centers, government owned or operated hospitals, state prison juvenile justice facilities and county and municipal jails are exempt from Abbott’s order and can still require masks be worn.
A DAY IN TEXAS WITH NO COVID-19 DEATHS For the first time since March 21, 2020, the state’s Department of State Health Services on Sunday, May 16, said no deaths related to COVID-19 were reported. The milestone was noted by Abbott and others, though celebrations were tempered at least among some, the Houston Chronicle reported.
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The hiatus was shortlived, however, as DSHS reported 23 new deaths the following day. The number of Texans hospitalized who are COVID-19 patients is at its lowest level since last June, according to DSHS, with 2,070 cases that were lab confirmed as of Sunday. The number of new cases in the past week in Texas, as reported by the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University, stood at 12,290, down 17.5 percent from the previous week and continuing the steady decline statewide. A total of 269 deaths were recorded statewide for the same time frame. Meanwhile, the number of Texans who are fully vaccinated reached nearly 9.8 million.
DROUGHT CONDITIONS EASING UNDER WIDESPREAD STORMS Much of the state has experienced a soggy May thus far, with widespread precipitation blanketing much of the eastern and central regions. As a result, drought conditions have eased except in the Panhandle and West Texas and the counties around Laredo on the border. The Texas Water Development Board reports a total of 44% of the state’s area is now under moderate or worse drought conditions. By comparison, we reported on April 4 that drought conditions existed in more than two-thirds of the state.
of job openings in Texas is almost identical to the number of Texans who are receiving unemployment benefits. That assessment does not include the voluminous jobs that typically are not listed, like construction and restaurant jobs.” The state’s jobless rate was 6.7% in April, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. down from the record high of 12.9% in April 2020.
SECRETARY OF STATE HUGHS TO STEP DOWN Texas Secretary of State Ruth Ruggero Hughs will step down at the end of May, she announced last week. Hughs was appointed by Abbott in August 2019. However, the Texas Senate never formally confirmed her nomination. Abbott will now be free to appoint a new secretary of state, who could be confirmed during the upcoming special session.
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Lt. Socrates Pappas, my Tío Catis, was a bombardier killed in action over Alaska during World War II. The 22-year-old was survived by his pregnant widow; his parents; and three brothers, including my father. Although we never knew my uncle, we always loved him. His legacy of exemplary patriotism, courage, and honor lives in our hearts and minds. It will continue to inspire future generations of our family, including my beloved grandsons, Asher and George Zaffirini. Memorial Day is a time to express our gratitude while sharing our respective stories about our families’ fallen heroes. By doing so we ensure we will never forget their ultimate sacrifices.
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TEXAS OPTS OUT OF FEDERAL JOBLESS ASSISTANCE PLAN Abbott last week announced the state will no longer accept federal jobless assistance funds after June 26, including the extra $300-per-week approved earlier this year by Congress. The state is also leaving a federal assistance program that provides aid to self-employed and gig workers not normally covered by unemployment insurance. The move is intended to encourage people to return to work, as restaurants and other businesses say it is difficult to attract workers. “The Texas economy is booming, and employers are hiring in communities throughout the state,” Abbott said. “According to the Texas Workforce Commission, the number
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Balinese Room star attraction of wide-open island Backed by a new crime-fighting attorney general, who campaigned on a pledge to clean up Galveston, the Texas Rangers finally got their wish and padlocked the Balinese Room on May 30, 1957. The combination nightclub-casino had been the crown jewel of two Sicilian brothers’ Island empire for three decades. The rich and famous came to the Balinese Room for the high-stakes gambling and live entertainment that featured big-name performers. Legitimate barbers by trade, Sam and Rosario (Rose) Maceo came to Galveston in 1910 following a seven-year stopover in New Orleans. After Prohibition became the law of the land in 1919, the Maceos like countless other Americans made extra money by selling illegal alcohol on the side. The brothers soon caught the eye of Dutch Voight, boss of the Beach Gang, who persuaded them to quit cutting hair for full-time bootlegging. When federal agents rounded up Voight and other violators of the Volstead Act, the Maceos were left in a perfect position to take control of the Oleander City’s underworld. Sam and Rose expanded their part interest in the Hollywood Club, an early prototype of the Balinese Room, into full ownership. They ran their illicit enterprises, which included everything from prostitution to bookie parlors, from the downtown Turf Grill/Athletic Club. In 1929 the ambitious brothers opened Maceo’s Grotto at the intersection of 21st Street and Seawall Boulevard within walking distance of The Galvez, the luxurious hotel preferred by visitors with money to burn. Three
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years and a facelift later, The Grotto was turned into a Chinese restaurant called Sui Jen. A 200-foot pier that stretched out over the Gulf enhanced the dining experience of customers who liked to listen to the waves while they ate. The anti-Asian backlash unleashed by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 necessitated another name change. The Sui Jen became the Balinese Room complete with South Seas décor, a 400-foot longer pier and the fanciest casino this side of Havana. The Maceos offered their free-spending clientele more than no-limit games of chance. Band leader Phil Harris, who held a benefit for victims of the 1947 Texas City Disaster, comedians like Bob Hope, George Burns and the Marx Brothers and singers such as Peggy Lee were but a few of the well-known headliners at the Balinese Room. The most frequently asked question is “How did the Maceos get away with it?” Gambling was against Texas law and Galveston, though an island, was still a part of Texas. For one thing, the Balinese Room had air-tight security. Not just anyone could walk in the door, especially anybody with a badge. The years have not dimmed the memory of Ronnie Maceo, who told Texas Monthly in a 2019 interview: “You didn’t wind up in the gaming room by accident. The pier extended far out into the Gulf and had many checkpoints. First, you got the thumbs up from the walk-up
window at the seawall. Then you were allowed to proceed another couple hundred feet down the pier to the coat/hat check booth. You needed an additional ‘all-clear’ to proceed to the dining room. “And, if you somehow got past all the sets of guarded doors and you didn’t belong there, you were escorted out rather quickly.” Every bit as important as the elaborate precautions was Sam Maceo’s razor-sharp mind and charming personality. He played the part of the genial gangster to perfection and sold the entire town, from civic and busi-
ness leaders to the men in the street, on the idea that gambling and other victimless crimes were good for the economy. Gently but firmly, Maceo kept locals who could not afford to play out of the casino. For the lucky few granted access to the slot machines and tables, a strict limit was set on how much they could lose. Sam polished his public image with generous donations to Island churches and charities. He made strolls along the seawall safe for ordinary citizens, as well as out-oftown patrons of the Balinese Room, by deploying a private patrol dubbed
the Night Riders. Times change and so do attitudes, as Galvestonians learned too late. After World War II, mainland Texans and state legislators in particular took an increasingly dim view of the brazen defiance of state law on the Island and resolved to do something about it. Attorney general Will Wilson was serious about keeping his campaign to “close down Galveston.” The Maceo organization might have weathered the storm like others in the past had it not lost guiding genius Sam to cancer in 1951. Wilson gave the Rangers carte blanche for an
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label a new road, Lt. John Decker Drive, in the Trace HAYS COUNTY – Roads subdivision. around Hays County will As Hays County grows soon carry the names and adds more streets in of local fallen service developments, there will members and first line be more chances to name responders to honor their streets after fallen heroes. heroism. The Hays County Veterans The first street unServices Office will work der this proposal will with veterans organizabe named after Lt. John tions around the county Decker, a Marine who to create a list of names was killed in the Battle of for these streets, Prather Palau in the Pacific thesaid. There are already ater during World War II. a few more names lined Decker received a Purple up for when more streets Heart and the Silver Star become available. posthumously, the third “The goal is to find highest U.S. military com- names that would warbat decoration. rant that honor,” Prather “Naming roads after told the Hays Free Press/ these heroes who died in News-Dispatch. the line of duty will help A ribbon cutting and create a lasting memorial ceremony will take place to their ultimate sacrifice,” at 10 a.m. on May 28 at said Jude Prather, Hays 357 Horsemint Way in San County’s Veterans Services Marcos, an address that is Office director. close to the new street to Decker’s name will be named after Decker.
unprecedented crackdown, and they did not disappoint. The lawmen succeeded at last in making a case against the Maceo operation that led to the permanent closure of the Balinese Room in May 1957. For the next half century, the ghostly reminder of Galveston’s wide-open era stood empty. Then on Sep. 12, 2008, Hurricane Ike blew it into oblivion and the history books.
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OBITUARY MACIAS Elizabeth Ann Macias, age 83 of Austin/ Buda, Texas passed away on 19 May, 2021. Ann was born in Oxford, England on 11 August 1937 and was a child of World War II. In 1951, she met a Yank, Arthur Macias who swept her off her feet and two years later they married. In
1955 Ann and 2-year-old son Gerald (Jerry) Macias sailed across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary to America. Eventually making Austin, Texas their permanent home in 1959. they expanded their family with another son, William Arthur Macias. Arthur and Ann were blessed with their first grandchild, Amber Nicole in 1981. Making her a forever “Granny”.
Ann worked for Austin ISD and retired after 25 years. She was a loving and strong woman who will be missed greatly by her family and her friends. Ann was preceded in death by husband, Arthur Macias. Ann is survived by her sisters, Patricia Stone, Hilary Henwood from England, son Gerald Jerry Macias and wife Donna of Buda, William Macias and wife Lori of Georgetown, Grandchildren, Amber
Nicole Macias Johnson, Russell Arthur Macias and wife Amy, and Dylan James Macias, three great grandsons, Hudson Cole Macias, Hunter Arthur Johnson, and Wyatt Clay Macias A celebration of life will take place at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at Harrell Funeral Home in Kyle (1715 Kirby, Kyle, TX 78640) with burial to follow at Assumption Cemetery.
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Facebook to pass around a Dripping Springs neighborhood page disdaining the choice to get vaccinated. This caused a ruckus and a brief argument between the two parents. The board said that next year, they must find ways to stop bullying for choices regarding mask wearing and vaccinations. Those against enforcing masks also made their case on how this has been so detrimental on their children. Parents were very emotional standing at the microphones, citing incidents of kids feeling depressed and anxious because of the restrictions of the school year. One child told her mother the only time she can
breathe in school without a mask is when she goes to the bathroom. Some young children are afraid to speak up when their masks are wet or dirty, so they stay in the sullied cloth all day. One child told the board she is afraid that if she slips the mask beneath her nose, her grades go from a 100 to a 50. Several mothers cried while talking about their children’s experiences, both from the harm not masking can cause them and for the harm the mask is doing to their children’s mental wellbeing. The encounter was not entirely civil with some parents booing those who are pro-mask wearing. The board tried
to set order, but tensions and emotions were high through the discussion portion of the meeting. The school district continues to record active COVID-19 cases, and most recently reported 12 active cases among children at Dripping Springs Elementary School and a total of 22 student cases across the district. Parents against enforcing masks condemned the board for not acting sooner on easing mask restrictions and asked that the board members resign. Others praised their unwavering stance for listening to what the science says. They claimed that the precautions being taken have helped their children return safely to school.
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Some added that there is a majority of parents who side with the board’s decision to have kept the masks this school year, and referred to the Dripping Springs sit out against masks, where 97 of over 7,400 district kids participated. While the board cannot change Abbott’s June 4 deadline, parents and students will continue to have a choice on mask-wearing.
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went from one military base to another, and in his high school years, he met the love of his life and wife, Cindi Ferguson. The couple will be celebrating 43 years together this November, but it was not always smooth sailing. They were subjected to racism and received backlash for being an interracial couple. Nothing stopped the love these two shared from being together and growing their future. More than half of their relationship has been spent as a team, working together to nurture their McDonald’s franchises ownership. They own locations all over Central Texas and one of their most recent locations was in Kyle which opened nine years ago. “Cindi is an entrepreneur,” Jimmy Feguson said about his wife. “It was her leadership and entrepreneurial spirit I followed.” Prior to the restaurants, Jimmy Ferguson worked in higher education for 15 years. He served for many years on the Hays Education Foundation, working to raise money to give grants to teachers and awards to the Top 10%
students in Hays CISD. Then 27 years ago, the Fergusons got the idea to open a McDonald’s franchise, hoping to own three locations. Their teamwork and dynamic personalities helped them grow their business, but it comes with an understanding and delicate balance so work problems do not affect their relationship. “Working all day with somebody and coming home with them, you have to separate it,” Cindi Ferguson said. “We split responsibilities so each of our focus is one area and in opposite areas so we don’t step over each other’s areas.” Not only does the couple support one another in their work and personal lives, but they also use the platform that Jimmy Ferguson has to help the Asian-American community. Jimmy Ferguson is part of the American Pacific Economic Council (APEC) and was selected as one of the 30 U.S. entrepreneurs to visit the Philippines to represent the U.S. This unique experience shines a light on how Jimmy Ferguson has excelled as an
Asian-American entrepreneur. He is also chairman of the board for the Asian McDonald’s Operators Association, as there are 116 McDonald’s franchises owned by Asian-Americans. This board links owners from all over the country, Hawaii to Boston. It advocates and supports Asian-Americans in the field and in two weeks raised $160,000 to stop the hate waged against the Asian-American community. “The last three months were the worst of reported cases of harassment – from pushing women to verbal harassment,” Jimmy Ferguson said. “National Chambers (of Commerce) came as one alliance and spoke against what is happening with the Asian-American community. Education and communication is important, but leadership is super important. From the beginning, we all had misinformation; we did not have knowledge on COVID, and I think we are in a better stage today, but still, stigma has led to violence. The Asian-American population is still misun-
subjected to Asian-American hate. But this hate began long before recent events spurred by COVID-19. “When we were first married, we lived in Arkansas,” Cindi Ferguson said. “Being racially mixed there in 1979, things could get really awakening, not everybody was accepting. Even when we moved to Texas, some things were said to our kids, but Jimmy Ferguson is known in the local busi- our kids are ness community as co-owner of our Buda very resilient and Kyle McDonald’s, but in addition to and they giving back locally through his past work don’t have a on the Hays Education Foundation, Ferguson is a member of the American Pacific problem with Economic Council and chairman of the anybody from board for the Asian McDonald’s Operators anywhere.” The couple Association. said that they derstood.” just forgive The Fergusons have and move on because 99 heard some stories of times out of 100, the hate is their employees being coming from a place of ig-
norance or a preconceived thought, just as they are seeing today with COVID. Instead of giving into the hate or shying away from it, the couple has taken the path of education. They believe in the importance of informing the community about the accomplishments Asian-Americans have brought forth, such as knowing that the author and sponsor of Title IX is an Asian-American woman, Patsy Mink. While these are things that are being taught through social media especially during May, Asian American History Month, the Fergusons have also been educating their grandchildren about their Asian heritage. Their grandchildren do not look Asian, said Cindi Ferguson, so being able to teach them about their ancestors and having a month focused around it has been helpful. “It’s important for history not to repeat itself,” she explained. “Having a particular month to celebrate that; we have Asian food, teach the kids to use chopsticks and expand their pallet.”
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Five (5) complete bound copies and one (1) electronic copy (flash drive) of the qualifications are required. Qualifications are to be delivered by 5:00 p.m., June 23, 2021 to: Leon Barba, P.E. City Engineer City of Kyle City Hall 100 W. Center Street Kyle, TX 78640 The complete submittals shall be enclosed in an envelope and plainly marked on the outside of the envelope or on any carrier’s envelope: PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES Kyle, Texas “K20-21.10” A virtual pre-submission conference will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. You can access the meeting by clicking on this link: https://meetings.ringcentral. com/j/1481220687 Qualification specifications may be secured from the City of Kyle (City) website at the following link: https://www. cityofkyle.com/rfps The City reserves the right to negotiate with any and all persons or firms. The City also reserves the right to reject any or all submittals, or to accept any submittal deemed most advantageous, or to waive any irregularities or informalities in the submittal received, and to revise the process schedule as circumstances arise. Leon Barba, P.E. City Engineer
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The Buda City Council will hold a public hearing regarding the following item at its regular meeting to be held Tuesday, June 15, 2021: A 20-03: Hold a public hearing and first reading of the Ordinance for the full-service annexation fof 16.14 +/acres described The Emerson Subdivision, Block A, Lot 1, Hays County, TX addressed as 950 FM 2001 Buda, TX 78610 (Emerson Annexation). The hearing will be held at 6:00 in the Council Chambers at Buda City Hall, 405 E. Loop St. Building 100, Buda, TX 78610. Please visit the city of Buda website (ci.buda. tx.us) for meeting details and public participation options. The agenda will be published 72 hours prior to the meeting.
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The Buda City Council will hold a public hearing for the following item at its meeting to be held Tuesday June.15 , 2021 at 6:00 PM: Z 21-03: Zoning Change from Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) to Urban Residential (R-5); for The Emerson Subdivision, Block A, Lot 1, Hays County, TX. The property is addressed as 950 FM 2001, Buda, TX 78610. The meeting will be held in the Council Chambers at Buda City Hall, 405 E. Loop
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to City of Buda Charter, Article III, Section 3.11 (D). Ordinances, that the Buda City Council, at its regular meeting on May 18, 2021 adopted ordinances amending zoning from Form District 4 (f4) to Interstate 35 business (B-3) for Camper Clinic Subdivision, Block A, Lot 1, Hays County, Tx, being +/22.98 acres and addressed as 15855 s. ih 35, Buda, Tx 78610 (Z 20-07); and, a
Specific Use Permit (SUP) application for automobile or other motorized vehicle sales in the Interstate 35 Business (b-3) zoning district for Camper Clinic Subdivision, Block A, Lot 1, Hays County, Tx, being +/- 22.98 acres and addressed as 15855 S. IH 35, Buda, Tx 78610 (SUP 20-02); providing for penalties for failure to comply with such ordinance(s); providing for publication; and, providing for an effective date. By: Mayor Lee Urbanovsky. Attest: Alicia Ramirez, City Clerk. (full text is available in the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 405 E. Loop Street, Building 100, Buda, TX, during business hours and on www.ci.buda. tx.us.)
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LEGAL NOTICE Application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a BG Wine and Beer Permit by Crazy Fruits 4 LLC dba Crazy Fruits, to be located at 1290 Beebe Rd, Ste 400 Kyle, Hays County, Texas. Officers of said corporation are Elizabeth Arroyo/ Manager and José Luis Fernandez/ Manager.
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Application has been made with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for a BG Beer & Wine Retailers Permit by Zoi Clinic PLLC d.b.a. Zoi Market to be located at 200 N. Main Street, Buda, Hays County, Texas. Owners: Brittany Sutherland and Travis Sutherland. General Manager is Abigayle Peka-Stansberry. NOTICE FOR PROPOSALS Sealed Proposals will be received by the Finance Department of the City of Buda until 2:00 p.m. June 7, 2021, for “RFP 21-006 City Firework Shows”. Request for Proposals may be obtained from the Purchasing Manager at the Buda Municipal Building, 405 E. Loop St., Buda, Texas 78610 or go to www.texasbidsystem.com. The City desires to enter a contract with a single vendor to provide a turn-key annual firework display to include the following: 1. Provide approximately 25-minute show choreographed to patriotic music. Successful vendor will provide music to City. 2. Provide a 5 minute show for annual Budafest event, first weekend in December. 3. Provide all necessary labor, equipment, and supervision to set-up and dismantle display. 4. Shell size must not be greater than 8” for the 2021 fireworks display. However, the City reserves the right to adjust shell size on an annual basis to accommodate the firing site (no ground effects). 5. Locate all unexploded shells at the conclusion of display. 6. Perform thorough cleanup of the display site. 7. The successful vendor will meet with Parks & Recreation, Police, and Fire Department personnel prior to the contract renewal period to discuss site selection and fireworks display for the upcoming year. The successful vendor will be required to submit a firework display package to the City for consideration and approval ninety (90) days prior to the contract expiration date. ADDRESS AND MARK ENVELOPE: “RFP 21-006 City Firework Shows” TO: Purchasing Manager, City of Buda, 405 E. Loop St., Buda, Texas 78610. TO BE OPENED: 2:00 p.m. June 7, 2021.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND INTENTION TO ISSUE COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Kyle, Texas, will convene at its regular meeting place of said City Council located at City Hall at 100 W. Center Street, Kyle, Texas, at 7:00 p.m. July 20, 2021, or by videoconference if necessary, and, during such meeting, the City Council will conduct a hearing on whether to issue combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation, and, upon conclusion of the public hearing, will consider passage of an ordinance and take such other actions as may be deemed necessary to authorize the issuance of combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation for the purpose of paying contractual obligations of the City to be incurred for the design and construction of roads and recreational and cultural trails within, around, and related to Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 2 and the Uptown Plum Creek Development, and the payment of professional services and costs of issuance related thereto. The combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation will be payable from the levy of an annual ad valorem tax, within the limitations prescribed by law, upon all taxable property within the City, and a pledge of the surplus revenues of the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 2. The combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation are to be issued, and this notice is given, under and pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971, as amended, Local Government Code Section 271.041, et seq. As further required by Local Government Code Section 271.049(b), the following additional information is provided: (A) The current principal of all outstanding debt obligations of the City is $96,290,000. (B) The current combined principal and interest required to pay all outstanding debt obligations of the City on time and in full is $134,010,065.72. (C) The maximum principal amount of the certificates to be authorized is $5,000,000. (D) The estimated combined principal and interest required to pay the certificates to be authorized on time and in full is approximately $6,719,504.17. (E) The maximum interest rate for the certificates to be authorized is 5.000%. (F) The maximum maturity date of the certificates to be authorized is 2041. Pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Section 271.049, an election on the question of the issuance of the certificates will be called if before the time tentatively set for the authorization and issuance or if before the authorization of the certificates, the City Secretary receives a petition signed by at least five percent of the qualified voters of the City protesting the issuance of the certificates, the City may not issue the certificates unless the issuance is approved at an election ordered, held and conducted in the manner provided for bond elections. Mayor, City of Kyle, Texas
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is given that a Public Hearing by the Board of Directors of the Barton Springs/ Edwards Aquifer Conservation District will be held, via telephone and video conference (Zoom link provided below), during its Regular Meeting on Thursday June 10, 2021, at 4 p.m. for the following purpose: Groundwater Management Area 10 Proposed Desired Future Conditions and Relevant Aquifer Designations At an open meeting of the Groundwater Management Area 10 Joint Planning Committee (GMA-10) held on April 20, 2021 via zoom, and attended by representatives from the following groundwater conservation districts located wholly or partially within Groundwater Management Area 10: Edwards Aquifer Authority, Medina County Groundwater Conservation District, Uvalde County Underground Water Conservation District, Plum Creek Conservation District, Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, Comal Trinity Groundwater Conservation District, and Kinney County Groundwater Conservation District; GMA-10 considered and adopted the following Proposed Desired Future Conditions (DFCs) for GMA-10 regional groundwater planning purposes: Groundwater Management Area 10 Proposed Desired Future Conditions and Relevant Aquifer Designations Austin Chalk (Uvalde County): No drawdown (including exempt and non-exempt use). Buda Limestone (Uvalde County): No drawdown (including exempt and non-exempt use) through 2080. Edwards (BFZ) Northern Subdivision: Springflow at Barton Springs during average recharge conditions shall be no less than 49.7 cubic feet per second averaged over an 84 month (7-year) period; and during extreme drought conditions, including those as severe as a recurrence of the 1950s drought of record, springflow of Barton Springs shall be no less than 6.5 cubic feet per second averaged on a monthly basis through 2080. Edwards (BFZ) Northern Subdivision Saline Zone: No more than 75 feet of regional average potentiometric surface drawdown due to pumping when compared to pre-development conditions through 2080. Edwards (BFZ) San Antonio Segment within Edwards Aquifer Authority: Desired future conditions and modeled available groundwater for the Edwards Aquifer within jurisdiction of the Edwards Aquifer Authority are set by the Texas Legislature (Act of May 28, 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., ch. 1351, § § 2.02 and 2.06, 2007 Tex. Gen. Laws, 4612, 4627, and 4627; Act of May 28, 2007, 80th Leg., R.S. ch. 1430, § § 12.02 and 12.06, 2007 Tex. Gen. Laws 5848, 5901, and 5903). The DFCs are specified in Sections 1.14(a), (f), (h), and 1.26 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Act. The DFCs are specified in Sections 1.14(a), (f), (h), and 1.26 of the Edwards Aquifer Authority Act, and relate to levels in index wells (J-17 in the San Antonio pool and J-27 in the Uvalde pool) or flows in the Comal Springs and San Marcos Springs. Refer to the Edwards Aquifer Authority Groundwater Management Plan for details. Edwards (Kinney County): Water level in well number 70-38-902 shall not fall below 1184 feet mean sea level through 2080. Leona Gravel (Uvalde County): No drawdown (including exempt and non-exempt use) through 2080. Trinity: Average regional well drawdown not exceeding 25 feet during average recharge conditions (including exempt and non-exempt use); within Uvalde County: 20 feet through 2080. Trinity (Plum Creek GCD only): Declared Non-relevant Members of the public are invited to attend and provide oral comment, testimony, and/ or submit other documentation and information relevant to the Proposed DFCs and Relevant Aquifer Designations to the Board of Directors at this Public Hearing. If unable to attend the Public Hearing, members of the public are invited to submit written comments, testimony, and/or other documentation and information relevant to the Proposed DFCs and Relevant Aquifer Designations via the U.S. Postal Service, hand delivery or via email to the Board of Directors at the District Office located at the physical mailing address or email address described below: GMA-10 has prepared standardized Public Comment Forms to help you organize and substantiate your submission. This form is available at the address above or on our website at www.bseacd.org The Public Comment period runs from April 23, 2021 through July 22, 2021. The District will prepare a report of any relevant comments received at the Public Hearing and attach any written comments, testimony, and/or other documentation and information relevant to the Proposed DFCs and Relevant Aquifer Designations received through July 22, 2021. This report and attachments will be provided to the GMA-10 Committee for their review, consideration, and incorporation into the DFC decision-making process. Join the Meeting using Zoom – use your computer audio/video features https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83815354713?pwd=VlE5MjhLTUQ2QVFCWThaRmhSNGhOdz09 Meeting ID: 838 1535 4713 Passcode: 821328 Join the Meeting by Telephone only Meeting Dial In +1-346-248-7799 Questions or requests for additional information may be submitted to: Michael Redman telephone 512-282-8441, email mredman@bseacd.org or at the District Office: Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, 1124 Regal Row, Austin, TX 78748 The District will make available in the District Office at the address above a copy of the documentation of factors considered under Texas Water Code section 36.108(d) and groundwater availability model results.
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By order of the Hays County Commissioners Court, notice is hereby given that on June 1st, 2021 at 9 a.m. in the Hays County Courthouse, 111 E. San Antonio Street, the Hays County Commissioners Court will hold a public hearing to consider: Price Addition, Phase 2, Lots 1 & 2, Replat
PUBLIC NOTICE
By order of the Hays County Commissioners Court, notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 9 a.m. in the Hays County Courthouse, 111 E. San Antonio Street, the Hays County Commissioners Court will hold a public hearing to consider: ESTABLISHING A “NO DUMPING” ZONE ALONG BOTH SIDES OF ELM GROVE LANE BETWEEN FM 1626 AND THE CUL-DE-SAC NEAR BUDA.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF HAYS, TEXAS JUNE 10, 2021 AT 6:30 P.M. HAYS HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH 1401 N FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1626 BUDA, TEXAS 78610.
The City of Hays, City Council will hold a special called meeting to conduct a Public Hearing on June 10, 2021 at 6:30 pm, at Hays Hills Baptist Church, 1401 N Farm to Market Road 1626, Buda, TX 78610, to hear public comments on proposed changes to amend various sections of Chapter 94, “Zoning,” of the Municipal Code, City of Hays, Texas, the same being known as the Zoning Code, specifically amending Section 94.005 Definitions, Section 98.008 (d) Review by Council (2) Notice, (A) Publication, Section 94.020 Establishment and Classification of Districts, (b) Permanent Zoning Classification (3) Notice of Hearing, Section 94.032 “R” Retail District (b) Permitted Uses (30) Warehouse Space, New Section 94.034 “GN” Good Neighbor District, Section 94.060 Dimensional Regulations, (h) New Maximum Floor Area for Buildings, (i) Schedule of Regulations (1) Dimensional Regulations, (2) Additional Dimensional Regulations for Non-Residential Districts, Section 94.062 General Regulations (a) Uses Prohibited in City, (13) New Non depository Financial Institutions (14) New Storage Facilities (f) Screening of Nonresidential Uses From Residential District or Use, (2) Screen Planting, (4) Width; Maintenance, Section 94.063 Special Uses, (b) Criteria Applicable to Individual Special Uses (3) Minor Emergency Clinic, Section 94.068 Exterior Lighting (All District) (g) Artificial Lighting for Parking Lots, Section 94.069 Signs and Billboards for the purpose to amend certain land use provisions and requirements and add new sections to provide opportunities for quiet, low density, neighborhoodfriendly business activity along Farm to Market Road 1626. A complete copy of the proposed changes to the zoning code may be obtained at the City website, cityofhays.org or by contacting the City by email at cityofhays@cityofhays.org or 512-295-4792. All interested persons are encouraged to attend the public hearing and express their opinions on the proposed changes to the zoning code. If you are unable to attend, but wish to have your opinions made a part of the public record, please submit written comments prior to the public hearing, to the following address, City Hall City of Hays 520 Country Lane, Buda, TX 78610-9314 or by emailing the city at cityofhays@cityofhays.org
CITATION BY PUBLICATION
To all persons interested in the In the Estate of Richard Leewayne Minter, Deceased, Cause No. 21-0185-P, in the County Court at Law, Hays County, Texas.
The alleged heir(s) at law in the above-numbered and entitled estate filed an APPLICATION TO DETERMINE HEIRSHIP in this estate on the 3rd day of May, 2021, requesting that the Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of Richard Leewayne Minter, Deceased, and their respective shares and interests in such estate. The Court may act on this Application at any call of the docket on or after 10:00 A.M., on the first Monday next after the expiration often (10) days, exclusive of the day of Publication, from the date this citation is published, at the Hays County Government Center in San Marcos, Texas. All persons interested in this case are cited to appear before this Honorable Court by filing a written contest or answer to this Application should they desire to do so. To ensure its consideration, you or your attorney must file any objection, intervention, or response in writing with the County Clerk of Hays County, Texas on or before the above noted date and time. Applicant's Attorney: Victoria Broussard P.O. Box 4445 Lago Vista, TX 78645 512-963-7094 Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at the office of the Hays County Clerk in San Marcos, Texas on this the 19th day of May, 2021. Elaine H. Cardenas County Clerk, Hays County, Texas 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, Suite 2008 San Marcos, Texas 78666 BY Darren Jones, Deputy
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Administration for the Estate of Raynaldo Rodriguez, Deceased, were issued on May 19, 2021, in Cause No. 21-0090-P, sitting in matters probate of Hays County, Texas, to: Robert Rodriguez. All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. Estate of Raynaldo Rodriguez c/o Robert Rodriguez 416 Broadway San Marcos, Texas 78666 DATED May 19, 2021. Respectfully submitted, THE GARZA LAW FIRM, PLLC 102 Wonder World Dr., #304-607 San Marcos, Texas 78666 (512) 667-7324 Ana Marilín "Mari" Garza State Bar No.: 24084385 mari@marigarzalaw.com Attorney for Independent Administrator, Robert Rodriguez
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR APPLICATION TO SUBDIVIDE
Notice is hereby Given to all interested persons, that: Pursuant to Ordinance #962, the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Kyle, Texas, will hold a public hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony, comments, and written evidence from the public regarding a preliminary plan application to subdivide approximately 180 acres of land for property located off E. Post Road, adjacent to Quail Ridge Subdivision (Limestone Creek Subdivision) within the City Limits of Kyle. The public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 6:30 P.M. This is planned as a hybrid meeting taking place at 100 W. Center Street, Kyle, Texas 78640; Spectrum 10. https:// www.cityofkyle.com/kyletv/ kyle-10-live
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that Original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of Lloyd A. Robertson Jr., Deceased, were issued on the 14th day of April, 2021, in Cause No. 21-0128-P, pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County,
Texas, to Connie Robertson, Independent Executrix of the Estate of Lloyd A. Robertson Jr. The address is: c/o Colin G. Wise 1921 Corporate Drive, Ste. 102 San Marcos, Texas 78666 All persons having claims against this Estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present themselves within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. DATED this the 18th day of May, 2021. Respectfully submitted, COLIN G. WISE State Bar No. 00794875 Morris and Wise Attorneys At Law 1921 Corporate Drive, Ste. 102 San Marcos, Texas 78666 (512)392-2197 (512)396-7599 Fax colin@morrisandwise.com
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that Original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of Johnny Tienda Sr., Deceased, were issued on the 17th day of May, 2021, in Cause No. 21-0092-P, pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to Johnny Tienda Jr., Independent Executor of the Estate of Johnny Tienda Sr.,. The address is: c/o Colin G. Wise 1921 Corporate Drive, Ste. 102 San Marcos, Texas 78666 All persons having claims against this Estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present themselves within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. DATED this the 18th day of May, 2021. Respectfully submitted, COLIN G. WISE . State Bar No. 00794875 Morris and Wise Attorneys At Law 1921 Corporate Drive, Ste. 102 San Marcos, Texas 78666 (512)392-2197 (512)396-7599 Fax colin@morrisandwise.com
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of GEORGE VON DER LIPPE, Deceased, were issued on May 12, 2021, in Docket No. 210131-P, pending in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, to: KRISTIN FARRINGTON. The residence of the Independent Executrix is in Loudon, Loudon County, Tennessee. Address claims in care of the representative, KRISTIN FARRINGTON, Independent Executrix. The post office address to which claims may be presented, is: c/o KRISTIN FARRINGTON, Independent Executix 103 Cheestana Circle Loudon, Tennessee 37774 The Independent Executrix has appointed JOE COX, JR. to be Resident Agent to accept service of process in all actions or proceedings with respect to the Estate. Claims may, therefore, also be sent to JOE COX, JR., Resident Agent, addressed to him at 800 Franklin Drive, San Marcos, Texas 78666. All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. Address claims in care of KRISTIN FARRINGTON, Independent Executrix or JOE COX, JR., Resident Agent. DATED the 18 day of May, 2021. Respectfully submitted, SCANIO & SCANIO A Professional Corporation BY: FRANCESCA SCANIO STACEY State Bar No. 24077299 144 E. San Antonio Street San Marcos, Texas 78666 Tel: (512) 396-2016 Fax: (512) 353-2984 E-Mail: scanios@ scaniolaw.com Attorneys for Kristin Farrington
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
Pursuant to Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code,
TJO 10 X 10 Management, Ltd Managing properties listed below will hold a public auction of property being sold to satisfy a landlord’s lien. The sale will begin on or about the time indicated at www.Selfstorageauction. com. Property will be sold to highest bidder for cash. Deposit for removal and cleanup may be temporarily required. Seller reserves the right to reject any bid and to withdraw property from sale. Property may be sold by the space. Property being sold includes contents in spaces of following tenants, with brief description of contents in each space. Wednesday, June 16, 2021 12:00 pm AAA Self Storage Dripping Springs at 2300 W. US Hwy 290, Dripping Springs, TX 78620 www.SelfStorageAuction. com Richard Reid: Boat.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the Court granted Letters Testamentary in The Estate of Francoise Noelle Le Foll Harris, Deceased (the “Estate”) to Gregory D. Harris on April 9, 2021, and original Letters Testamentary for the Estate were issued to Gregory D. Harris on April 13, 2021 in Cause No. 20-0340P, County Court at Law No. 2, Hays County, Texas. The address for presentment of claims is: The Estate of Francoise Noelle Le Foll Harris, Deceased Gregory D. Harris, Independent Executor c/o Kenton D. Johnson, Attorney at Law P.O. Box 49389 Austin, Texas 78765 All persons having claims against the Estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present such claims within the time and manner prescribed by law. Publishing Date: May 19, 2021
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Bartlett Cocke General contractors, Construction Manager-at-Risk, for: Dahlstrom MS and Elm Grove ES Reno & Additions, is requesting competitive proposals from subcontractors and suppliers. Subcontractor and supplier proposals will be received via Fax to (512) 326-4339 or (512) 326-3990 or via email to bidaus@bartlettcocke. com no later than 2:00:00 PM on 6/3/2021. Any proposals received after this time will not be accepted. Electronic copies of the proposal documents may be obtained from Bartlett Cocke or viewed at local and online planrooms. Contact Stefan Doerr via email Sdoerr@ bartlettcocke.com or phone (512) 326-4223 to make arrangements. Small, Woman Owned, Disadvantaged, HUB, HUBZone, 8(a), Minority, and all similar firms are encouraged to submit proposals on this project. Bartlett Cocke General Contractors is an equal opportunity (EEO) employer.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Bartlett Cocke General contractors, Construction Manager-at-Risk, for: McCormick MS and Barton MS Reno & Additions, is requesting competitive proposals from subcontractors and suppliers. Subcontractor and supplier proposals will be received via Fax to (512) 326-4339 or (512) 326-3990 Fax or via email to bidaus@ bartlettcocke.com no later than 2:00:00 PM on 6/1/2021. Any proposals received after this time will not be accepted. Electronic copies of the proposal documents may be obtained from Bartlett Cocke or viewed at local and online planrooms. Contact Stefan Doerr via email Sdoerr@ bartlettcocke.com or phone (512) 326-4223 Phone to make arrangements. Small, Woman Owned, Disadvantaged, HUB, HUBZone, 8(a), Minority, and all similar firms are encouraged to submit proposals on this project. Bartlett Cocke General Contractors is an equal
opportunity (EEO) employer.
CITATION BY PUBLICATION THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HAYS
To all persons interested in the In the Estate of Leigh Ann Thompson, Deceased, Cause No. 21-0013-P, in the County Court at Law, Hays County, Texas. The alleged heir(s) at law in the above-numbered and entitled estate filed an APPLICATION TO DETERMINE HEIRSHIP AND FOR ADMINISTRATION OF INTESTATE ESTATE AND FOR ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION in this estate on the 11th day of January, 2021, requesting that the Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of Leigh Ann Thompson, Deceased, and their respective shares and interests in such estate. The Court may act on this Application at any call of the docket on or after 10:00 A.M., on the first Monday next after the expiration of ten (10) days, exclusive of the day of Publication, from the date this citation is published, at the Hays County Government Center in San Marcos, Texas. All persons interested in this case are cited to appear before this Honorable Court by filing a written contest or answer to this Application should they desire to do so. To ensure its consideration, you or your attorney must file any objection, intervention, or response in writing with the County Clerk of Hays County, Texas on or before the above noted date and time. Applicant's Attorney: M. Elizabeth Raxter P.O. Box 281 Lockhart, TX 78644 512-398-6996 Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at the office of the Hays County Clerk in San Marcos, Texas on this the 13th day of January, 2021. Elaine H. Cárdenas County Clerk, Hays County, Texas 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, Suite 2008 San Marcos, Texas 78666 BY Christopher Alaniz, Deputy
CITATION BY PUBLICATION
To: Shawn P. Robbins And To All Whom It May Concern, Defendants(s) GREETINGS: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days after you were served this citation, the same being MAY 10, 2021 a default judgment may be taken against you. In add it ion to filing a written answer with the clerk, you may be required to make initial disclosures to the other patties of this suit These disclosures generally must be made no later than 30 days after you file your answer with the clerk. Find out more at TexasLawHelp.org. YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the 428th District Court, Hays County, Texas, at San Marcos then and there to answer the PLAINTIFFS' ORIGINAL PETITION filed in said Court on the 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 2020, and said suit being numbered 20-2920 on the docket of said Court, wherein OSCAR YSASSI AND OTILIA YSASSI, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF CLARISSA YSASSI AND JELENA YSASSI, BOTH MINORS are the Plaintiffs and CAREY JON ROBBINS AND SHAWN P. ROBBINS are the Defendants. The nature of said suit is as follows: On or about February 23, 2019, Plaintiffs Oscar and Otilia Ysassi, lndiv. and A/N/F next friends of Clarissa and Jelena Ysassi were operating their car on River Road approaching Highway 80, in San Marcos, County, Texas, when Carey Jon Robbins, operating a motor vehicle slammed into the side of the Ysassi vehicle. Plaintiffs, as a result of the collision, sustained injuries
and damages for which they sue. Cary John Robbins was operating a vehicle owned by Shawn P. Robbins. Petition has been filed for this personal injury/auto accident lawsuit number 20-2920 of which Carey John and Shawn P. Robbins are Defendants. ALL AS MORE FULLY APPEARS OF RECORD ON FILE IN THIS OFFICE, AND WHICH REFERENCE IS HERE MADE FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES. ISSUED AND GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL of said Court at office, on this the 23rd day of March, 2021. REQUESTED BY: Desiree Marrufo Davis Law Finn 10500 Heritage Boulevard Suite 102 San Antonio TX 78216 210-444-4444 BEVERLY CRUMLEY Hays County District Clerk Hays County Government Center 712 Stagecoach Trail, Ste. 2211 San Marcos, Texas 78666 By: Nicole Fenner, Deputy
CITATION BY PUBLICATION
To: Carey Jon Robbins And To All Whom It May Concern, Defendants(s) GREETINGS: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days after you were served this citation, the same being MAY 10, 2021 a default judgment may be taken against you. In addition to filing a written answer with the clerk, you may be required to make initial disclosures to the other parties of this suit. These disclosures generally must be made no later than 30 days after you file your answer with the clerk. Find out more at TexasLawHelp.org. YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the 428th District Court, Hays County, Texas, at San Marcos then and there to answer the PLAINTIFFS' ORIGINAL PETITION filed in said Court on the 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 2020, and said suit being numbered 20-2920 on the docket of said Court, wherein OSCAR YSASSI AND OTILIA YSASSI, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF CLARISSA YSASSI AND JELENA YSASSI, BOTH MINORS are the Plaintiffs and CAREY JON ROBBINS AND SHAWN P. ROBBINS are the Defendants. The nature of said suit is as follows: On or about February 23, 2019, Plaintiffs Oscar and Otilia Ysassi, Indiv. and A/N/F next friends of Clarissa and Jelena Ysassi were operating their car on River Road approaching Highway 80, in San Marcos, County, Texas, when Carey Jon Robbins, operating a motor vehicle slammed into the side of the Ysassi vehicle. Plaintiffs, as a result of the collision, sustained injuries and damages for which they sue. Cary John Robbins was operating a vehicle owned by Shawn P Robbins. Petition has been filed for this personal injury/auto accident lawsuit number 20-2920 of which Carey John and Shawn P. Robbins are Defendants. ALL AS MORE FULLY APPEARS OF RECORD ON FILE IN THIS OFFICE, AND WHICH REFERENCE IS HERE MADE FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES. ISSUED AND GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL of said Court at office, on this the 23rd day of March, 2021. REQUESTED BY: Desiree Marrufo Davis Law Firm 10500 Heritage Boulevard Suite 102 San Antonio TX 78216 210-444-4444 BEVERLY CRUMLEY Hays County District Clerk Hays County Government Center 712 Stagecoach Trail, Ste. 2211 San Marcos, Texas 78666 By: Nicole Fenner, Deputy
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Hays Free Press • May 26, 2021 Top right, Brandon Arvidson delivers a pitch in game 2 against Alamo Heights on Friday. After winning 4-1 Thursday in the opening game of a three game series, Nico Ruedas, Thursday’s winning pitcher, drove in the lone run and the Tigers pulled off the sweep with a 1-0 win advancing to the 5A Regional Semifinals to face Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial. In the shutout Arvidson pitched the complete game, giving up one hit and striking out six batters. Bottom right, in the bottom of the sixth inning, after a perfect throw from catcher Reece Dunn, Dripping Springs second baseman Dylan Wolfe tags an Alamo Heights runner out who was trying to steal second base.
PHOTOS BY WAYLAND D. CLARK, WFOTOS.COM
Tigers maintain momentum in playoffs Dripping Springs players celebrate as they leave the field after a 1-0 win in game 2 against Alamo Heights on Friday. “I don’t know how to describe these guys but they remind me of the 2017 team,” Head Coach Chris Payne said after the
win. “They’re just warriors – they don’t quit and don’t give in and it doesn’t matter – they have two strikes they don’t care, two outs they don’t care, they just keep playing.” The Dripping Springs Baseball Regional Semifinal Playoff Schedule vs.
Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial is as follows: All games played at North East Sports Park in San Antonio. Game 1: Thursday, May 27 at 4:30 p.m. Game 2: Saturday, May 29 at 1:30 p.m. Game 3: (if necessary) 30 minutes after game 2.
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