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Hurricane Harvey hits Hays County Dripping Springs, Wimberley unaffected by weather event BY MOSES LEOS III Downed trees and flooded streets were the extent of the impact seen around parts of Buda and Kyle as Hays County seemingly escaped the brunt of Hurricane Harvey’s wrath. The storm, which landed ashore in Rockport as a Category 4 hurricane,
Opioid abuse on rise in Hays County BY TIMOTHY STUCKEY As opioid related deaths continue to rise across the country, a lack of resources locally could make it difficult for Hays County residents to overcome the addiction. Opioid related deaths have surged in recent years, with 33,000 deaths reported in 2015. Of that number, 1,186 opioid related deaths were in Texas. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), more than 90 Americans per day die after overdosing on opioids. Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illegal drug heroin, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, and pain relievers available legally by prescription, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine and morphine. The crisis first began in the late 1990s, when pharmaceutical companies such as Purdue and Johnson and Johnson reassured the medical community that patients would not become addicted to prescription opioid pain relievers.
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stalled over the Cuero area Saturday, which led to torrential downpours in Central Texas. One Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) rain gauge in Buda at Onion Creek measured close to a foot of rain from Friday through Sunday. Kerry Urbanowicz, Kyle Parks and Recreation director, said city rain
gauges collected close to 11 inches of rain during the same time period. In Dripping Springs, Harvey’s impact was relatively minor, said Kay Allen, city of Dripping Springs Emergency Planning Coordinator. Her rain gauge in the Harmon Hill subdivision collected roughly 4.5 inches of rain over the
two-day period. LCRA rain gauges in that area took in roughly five inches of rain. To prepare for the storm, Allen said Dripping Springs organized its plan with the North Hays County Fire Rescue (NHCFR) in the event of an emergency. That plan featured “trigger points” that
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 35 The contested district spans five counties, including eastern Hays and western Caldwell counties. The lines were set to be redrawn after a federal court ruled lawmakers had illegally used race as the predominant factor in drawing the lines, but on Monday the U.S. Supreme Court put a temporary stay on the ruling.
would engage a local Emergency Operation Center (EOC), if needed. The primary trigger point was conducting three swift water rescues in a short period of time. Allen said the city did not activate its EOC, but they “were prepared to do that.” She said NHCFR had “all hands on deck,” with
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Gerrymandered?
Hold placed on redrawing of congressional district lines BY SAMANTHA SMITH Changes to congressional district boundaries in Hays County may be coming after a federal court ruled they were gerrymandered in 2013 using “unconstitutional discrimination.” That decision came after a three-judge panel ruled Congressional District 35, represented by
Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), along with Congressional District 27, represented by U.S. Rep. Blake Farenhold (R-Corpus Christi), violated the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act, according to a Texas Tribune report. But those changes may be on hold after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Monday put a temporary hold on the lower court’s ruling, in order to settle
a lawsuit against the state over its congressional district lines, according to the Texas Tribune. According to the ruling, lawmakers illegally used race as the predominant factor in redrawing CD-35, and that the district was a “racial gerrymander,” according to the Texas Tribune. Gerrymandering is manipulat-
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Flood map updates coming soon
portunity to get information from National Flood Insurance programs, as well as county and municipal officials. Smith said the proposed flood plain maps have been under construction by the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority before the 2015 flood event. Most of the data is complete, but residents still have a comment period where they can address their concerns before the maps are
BY MOSES LEOS III One woman was killed while another man was injured in a three vehicle collision along FM 1826 Thursday that shut down the roadway near Driftwood for several hours. Authorities have identified the victim as Carene Mary Carlborn, 77, of Austin, who was pronounced dead at the scene by Hays County Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Terry Kyle, according to a Texas Department of Public
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Hays County residents were able to view flood plain map updates at recent meetings held by FEMA representatives.
See an interactive map of current flood plains at maps.riskmap6.com/TX/Hays See preliminary maps at http://bit.ly/2pfCCU0
One killed in FM 1826 collision
finalized and submitted to the state. Diane Howe, a representative with FEMA, said the appeal and comment period lasts approximately 90 days. If a concerned resident wanted to appeal the proposed flood plain map, FEMA would accept only technical data provided by the homeowner to make alterations, if needed. “It can’t just be ‘I don’t like it, I don’t think it’s right,’ it has to be technical data,” Howe said. Howe said FEMA would take all the information collected from residents during the appeal and 90-day comment period. FEMA then would review and follow up on anything that may need attention before any finalization could occur.
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The Dripping Springs High School Student Council has initiated a district- and community-wide relief effort to assist those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Donations are being collected for displaced families and those in need of basic supplies. Collections are being done all day on Friday, Sept. 1 (9 a.m.-4 p.m.) in the front parking lot at DSHS. Donation boxes also will be placed at all DSISD schools, and accepted at the Sept. 2 varsity football game. While all donations are welcome, some specific items have been requested: • Money • Toiletries/hygiene produces (sanitizer, soap, toothbrushes) • Socks/underwear • Tools (shovels, brooms) • Diapers/pullups/ wipes • Cleanup supplies (trash bags, leather/ utility work gloves) • Box fans • School supplies On Thursday, Aug. 31, collections will be held at other DISD schools. A bus will be parked at each school with a “Hurricane Relief” banner to serve as drop-of points. In addition, a coin collection will be held during drop-off and
BY SAMANTHA SMITH Giving Hays County residents a chance to gain insight into new FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) was the goal during the course of three open house meetings held last week. The events were a direct response to an effort by individual counties to provide critical flood plain mapping information to their residents. Hays County and the city of Wimberley, with assistance from FEMA, hosted an event at the Wimberley Community Center Aug. 22. FEMA public information officer Robin Smith said the open houses are designed to better prepare residents who own or are buying a home for the eventual change in the flood plain. Changes could cause a homeowner’s flood insurance premiums to rise, based on the new maps. The proposed maps are an update of the existing FIRMs in Hays County that used data that is over 30 years old, according to county officials. Updates to the maps include drainage pattern changes, updates to new development, as well as the use of technology and modeling techniques that have improved over the years. “In each open house, it’s the counties hosting the open houses, FEMA is just assisting,” Smith said. Residents also had the op-
career firefighters on call during the storm. Dripping Springs ultimately dodged a bullet, with only Creek Road at U.S. 290 and Trautwein at Baron Creek closed due to flooding. “I wish no one had been impacted,” Allen
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“We don’t know when the 90-day comment period is going to start but we hope it will start by this fall,” Howe said. “At the end of the 90 days FEMA has to go through and address every concern from every resident that submitted during the comment period.” Howe said the proposed flood plain maps could be finalized by 2018. The maps could take longer to be finalized depending on the issues collected from residents and how long it takes to resolve them. Howe said homeowners who don’t already have flood insurance may want to purchase it before the proposed flood plain maps are finalized in September or October 2018. The reason is to avoid an
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The updated flood plain maps, reviewed at recent meetings with FEMA representatives, will only go into effect after appeal and comment periods have passed.
even steeper bill if their land changes in flood risk designation. Howe said another issue that concerns residents regarding the new flood plain maps is proper building elevations if a
homeowner wants to elevate their home or rebuild their home according to the standards of the new plans. Howe said once a second public notice appears in local newspapers the
90-day appeal and comment period will begin, then after that FEMA will take 6 months to review the comments and concerns of residents before finalizing it and sending it to the state in fall 2018.
“The court unanimously found that the Republicandrawn congressional map was intentionally discriminatory ... What Republicans did was not just wrong, it was unconstitutional.”
Doggett said the extended struggle is “not yet over.” Woo said the Supreme Court will hold a Sept. 5 hearing regarding “an appropriate remedy that redraws the district.” “Unless the Supreme Court rules otherwise, I plan to seek re-election in the district that I currently represent,” Doggett said. Woo also said that Doggett “believes that gerrymandering interferes with the need for citizens to have representatives that are accessible and accountable.” Regardless of the results of the hearing in September, Woo said Doggett plans to serve his constituents and remains “fully accessible and accountable” to his voter base. “Everyone loses when Republican gerrymandering makes elected officials less accessible and less accountable,” Doggett said.
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ing the boundaries of an electoral constituency to favor one party or class. Doggett’s district extends from the eastern portion of Travis County and as far south as central and western Bexar County. CD-35 includes the eastern part of Hays County, including all of Kyle, and the western part of Caldwell County. Jamie Woo, communications director for Lloyd Doggett, said that up until January 2013, when the current congressional maps were approved, CD 35 included all of Hays County. Hays County is currently split between three congressional districts. Along with Doggett’s district is CD 25, represented by U.S. Rep. Roger Williams (R-Austin), which takes in most of western Hays County, including Dripping Springs and Wimberley.
–State Rep. Lloyd Doggett on gerrymandering in CD-25
CD 21, represented by U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-San Antonio), includes a small sliver of central Hays County, including some parts of Buda. Texas’ legislature first attempted to redraw the lines to include four additional congressional seats allocated to Texas after the 2010 census. Prior to this month’s ruling, the same three-person panel ruled the Texas Legislature aimed to weaken the strength of Latino and
black voters while attempting to redraw maps in 2011, according to the Tribune. While those 2011 maps were never approved, the current maps were approved in 2013. According to Doggett’s website, the Aug. 15 ruling was one of vindication. “The court unanimously found that the Republican-drawn congressional map was intentionally discriminatory,” Doggett said. “What Republicans did was not just wrong, it was unconstitutional.”
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Water District Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate
The Hays County Development District No. 1 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2017 on Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. at 235 Ledge Stone Drive, Austin, Texas 78737. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.
Hays County Water Control & Improvement District No. 2 will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2017 on September 21, 2017 at 5:45 p.m. at the Belterra Centre, 151 Trinity Hills Drive, Austin, Texas. Your individual taxes may increase or decrease, depending on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property and the tax rate that is adopted.
FOR the proposal:
David Inman, David Reynolds, Kevin Pogue and Shawn Connolly
FOR the proposal:
Thomas Patrick Phillips, Royce Wachsmann, Donald P. Kelly and Robert M. Krick
AGAINST the proposal:
None
PRESENT and not voting:
None
ABSENT:
Jason Mehigan
AGAINST the proposal: PRESENT and not voting: ABSENT:
Mike McKinney
The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year.
Total tax rate (per $100 of value) Difference in rates per $100 of value Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) Average appraised residence homestead value General homestead exemptions available (excluding 65 years of age or older or disabled person’s exemptions) Average residence homestead taxable value Tax on average residence homestead Annual increase/decrease in taxes if proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) and percentage of increase (+/-)
Last Year 0.90/$100 Adopted
This Year 0.90/$100 Proposed
$0.00/$100 0.0% $475,462.50 $571,061.94
The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year.
Total tax rate (per $100 of value)
Last Year $0.875/$100 Adopted
Difference in rates per $100 of value $0 $475,462.50 $4,279.16
$0 $571,061.94 $5,139.56
$+860.40 +20.11%
NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the water district by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code. Include the following statement if the water district proposes to adopt a combined tax rate that would authorize the qualified voters of the district to require a rollback election (the proposed tax rate exceeds the roll back tax rate). The Board of Hays County Development District No. 1 proposes to use the tax increase for the purpose of Operation and Maintenance expenses.
$0.00/$100
Percentage increase/decrease in rates (+/-) Average appraised value
This Year $0.875/$100 Proposed 0.00%
$397,796
$427, 513
Average taxable value
$397,796
$427, 513
Tax on average residence homestead
$3,480.72
$3,740.74
General exemptions available (excluding senior citizen's or disabled person's exemptions)
Annual increase/decrease in taxes if proposed tax rate is adopted (+/-) and percentage of increase (+/-)
+260.02 +7.47%
NOTICE OF TAXPAYERS' RIGHT TO ROLLBACK ELECTION If taxes on the average residence homestead increase by more than eight percent, the qualified voters of the district by petition may require that an election to be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the rollback tax rate under Section 49.236(d), Water Code.
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Continued from pg. 1 Healthcare providers began to prescribe them at greater rates. This led to widespread distribution and misuse by patients and doctors for some time before it was discovered that these medications were indeed highly addictive. Additionally, those who became addicted to prescription medication turned to other sources of relief, harder drugs like heroin, when they couldn’t receive or afford their pain medication. According to NIDA, roughly 80 percent of people who use heroin first misused prescription opioids. Roughly 21 to 29 percent of patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them. The issue has increased in severity as synthetic opioids, such as illegally made fentanyl, makes their way onto the street, resulting in a greater risk of overdoses. Fentanyl, which is typically used for advanced cancer pain, is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. This has caused some crime database funded by concern for emergency Purdue Pharmacy. responders such as law However, Hays County enforcement and pararesidents dealing with medics, who can become addiction may sick or even face a lack overdose “The sad of resources on the to overcome substance fact of it is their need for themselves drugs. while trying there’s no There are to assist eight subsomeone. inpatient stance-abuse The ecotreatment sober nomic costs facilities in of the crisis facility here Hays Counhave also ty that have taken their in Hays been licensed toll. through the The County Texas DepartCenters of Health unless you ment for Disease and Human Control and have private Services and Prevention accept walk-in (CDC) insurance.” patients. Of estimates those facilities, the total six offer in– Wade Parham, economic patient rehab commander of burden of services, and the Hays County prescription Narcotics Task Force, none are locatopioid mised in the city use alone in limits of San the United Marcos, Kyle or Buda. States is $78.5 billion a Additionally, inpatient year. That figure includes rehab facilities throughthe costs of healthcare, out the county do not lost productivity, addiction treatment, and crimi- accept Medicare or Medicaid. nal justice involvement. For the 10.5 percent of While Texas ranks Hays County residents lower than the many of who rely on Medicare or the other states in terms Medicaid as their primary of opioid related deaths, it does rank as the highest insurance, few drug treatment options are readily in terms of pharmacy available. break-ins related to the “The sad fact of it theft of opioids to be sold is there’s no inpatient on the street, according sober facility here in to RXPatrol, a pharmacy
OPIOID ABUSE BY THE NUMBERS HAYS COUNTY
TEXAS
Percent of people 12+ Reporting Drug Dependence (2016)
2.23
2.19
Percent of Population 12 or Older Reporting Non-medical Use of Pain Relievers (2016)
4.7
4.19
Drug-related Deaths (2015)
14
2,588
Facilities Providing Mental Health Services (2017)
2
904
Facilities Providing Substance Abuse Services (2017)
3
1433
Opioids prescribed per capita, in morphine mg equivalents (MME) (2015)
454.6
420.63
Percent of All Medicare Part D Prescriptions that are Opioids (2014)
5.72
5.97
Percent Needing but Not Receiving Addiction Treatment (2016)
92.38
93.61
Percent of People without Health Insurance (2015)
15.67
20.58
Information from amfAR Opioid & Health Indicators database
Hays County unless you have private insurance,” said Wade Parham, commander of the Hays County Narcotics Task Force, a collaboration among the sheriff’s office and Hays County cities. Tori Bowman, a licensed addiction counselor and therapist based in Kyle, said one out of every four patients she
sees is dealing with abuse or mismanagement of an opiate. “Over the past two years it’s gotten worse,” Bowman said. Most of her patients are between the ages of 16-25. “If I look at my schedule of 25 people for this week, I have eight of them that are within that age range, and they’re dealing with prescription
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monitor and regulate the dosages of all opioid prescriptions in the state. This would allow a state-wide database of patients for medical professionals to reference anytime a patient requested a refill, preventing them from “doctor-shopping” for the purpose of acquiring more opioids then recommended.
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Safety spokesperson. The collision took place around 3:15 p.m. near the 16000 block of FM 1826, roughly five miles southwest of Austin. According the spokesperson, a 2000 Buick Sentry, operated by Carlborn, was going east bound approaching south Green Hills Loop when it drifted over a no passing zone “for some unknown reason.” The Sentry then collided head-on with a 2013 Isuzu NPR, driven by Jorge Alfredo Diaz, 43, of Austin, the spokesperson said. The resulting collision caused the Sentry to spin
clockwise 90 degrees and strike the right front quarter panel of a 2015 Hyundai Elantra, operated by Michael David Reid, 51, of Kyle, who was traveling east bound on 1826. Carlborn was pronounced dead at the scene. Diaz was transported via StarFlight to St. David’s South Austin Medical Center in critical condition. Reid was uninjured in the collision. A cause for the incident is unknown at this time. Kyle has ordered an autopsy on Carlborn. DPS will continue to investigate the accident.
Small Taxing Unit Notice The Village of Bear Creek will hold a meeting at 7:00 PM on September 18, 2017 at Driftwood Volunteer Fire Department, 15850 Camp Ben McCulloch Rd, Austin, TX 78737 to consider adopting a proposed tax rate for tax year 2017. The proposed tax rate is $0.0920 per $100 of value. The proposed tax rate would increase total taxes in Village of Bear Creek by 3.95%.
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Education Community raises funds for DSISD counselor
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BY TIMOTHY STUCKEY
The effort to gather funds for a Dripping Springs ISD employee’s chemotherapy treatment has already reached half of its goal in roughly one week. Efforts to raise $10,000 for Melissa Fleming, a Dripping Springs ISD school counselor, are underway thanks to Charlene Cox, Dripping Springs ISD nurse. Cox, who’s worked with Fleming for more than seven years, described her as a warm, charismatic character who always has a smile on her face and who would do anything to help someone. “She would never ask for monetary help,” Cox said. “She is the one who always helps others in need.” According to Cox, Fleming has already spent $12,000 for medical bills in her battle against cancer since she was first diagnosed in June, $5,000 of which was granted by Fleming’s cancer treatment center. Fleming has recently undergone an extremely aggressive form of chemotherapy treatment known as Adriamycin, or the “red devil," a chemotherapy agent used to treat many kinds of cancer, including breast, lung, ovarian and blad-
Melissa Fleming
der cancer. Adriamycin's list of side effects can include low white blood cell count, low red blood cell count, low platelets, hair loss and mouth sores. The effort was started Aug. 14 via gofundme. com and in just one week,$5,765 has been accumulated. “I just appreciate and love you all and my family does too.” said Fleming in response to the support shown by the Dripping Spring community. “Words can't even begin to describe what I'm feeling.” Cox, however, was unsurprised at the quick and generous outpouring of donations and support for Fleming. “They’re just showing what Dripping Springs does, it’s a loving and generous community, said Cox. “She's loved by everyone here; I know of people who've given to her that have only ever heard of her.”
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Above: A Sycamore Springs Elementary student happily poses for parents for a first day of school photo. The first bell of the 2017-2018 school year rang across Dripping Springs ISD campuses Aug. 23 as classes officially got underway. Last week opened a new era for the district as it welcomed the newly built Sycamore Springs Elementary and Middle School into the fold.
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Thursday, Sept. 7: Parent Orientation–Pre-K and Kinder, Classrooms, 5:30-6:15 p.m. Parent Orientation–Grades 3 and 4, Classrooms, 6:15-7 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 7: Parent Orientation for Pre-K and Kindergarten, Classrooms, 5:30-6:15 p.m. Parent Orientation for Grades 3 and 4, Classrooms, 6:15-7 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 7: Parent Orientation for Grades 2 and 4, Classrooms, 6-7 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 7: Meet the Teacher Night, 6-8 p.m., Classrooms
Tuesday, Sept. 12: Parent Orientation for Grades 1 and 2, Classrooms, 5:30-6 p.m. Parent Orientation for Grade 5, Classrooms, 6:15-7 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 12: Parent Orientation for Grades 1 and 2, Classrooms, 5:30-6 p.m. Parent Orientation for Grade 5, Classrooms, 6:15-7 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 12: Parent Orientation for Grades 1, 3, and 5, Classrooms, 6-7 p.m.
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Thursday, Sept. 7: Parent Orientation for Grades 3 and 4, Classrooms, 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12: Parent Orientation for Grades 1 and 2, Classrooms, 6-6:30 p.m. Parent Orientation for Grade 5, Classrooms, 6:30-7 p.m.
SYCAMORE SPRINGS MIDDLE Tuesday, Sept. 5: Meet the Teacher Night, 6-8:30 p.m., Classrooms
DRIPPING SPRINGS HIGH Monday, Sept. 11: Meet the Teacher Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Classrooms
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Tiger football home opener delayed by Hurricane Harvey STAFF REPORT Weather related closures in Bastrop ISD due to the ongoing impact from Hurricane Harvey is forcing Dripping Springs ISD officials to push back its inaugural game at the new Tiger Stadium. Dripping Springs’ home opener against the Bastrop Bears will be held Saturday, Sept. 2 at 2:00 p.m., according to a district press release. The game had been scheduled for Friday night. The move comes as Bastrop ISD, along with Bastrop County, continue the recovery effort from torrential downpours related to Harvey. According to Lower Colorado River Authority rain gauges, Bastrop County has received anywhere from 16 to 20 inches of rain during the past week. As a result, the Colorado River has risen well above flood stage, inundating most of Bastrop
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A Tiger defensive player forces the New Braunfels quarterback out of the pocket during a scrimmage game last Friday. The Tigers’ preseason roster lists #92 as Kevin Perrydore but a player will often change numbers before the season opener against Bastrop at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 2 at Dripping Springs’ new Tiger Stadium.
and Smithville, which is also located in Bastrop County. Bastrop ISD pushed the start of its 2017 school year to Aug. 29 due to weather
Dripping Springs’ head coach Galen Zimmerman, second from right, watches as quarterback Trevor Greenman completes a pass to Wesley Owens (20) in a scrimmage against New Braunfels.
and road conditions. Dripping Springs’ contest against Bastrop will be the first official football game at the newly constructed Tiger Stadium.
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Don’t miss out! Numerous Texas area wine companies, and even a few from Dripping Springs, will gather at Dripping Springs Ranch Park Sept. 9 for the 10th annual Dripping with Taste event. Roughly 75 vendors will be on
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Wimberley Garden Club
The Wimberley Garden Club will hold the first meeting of the season at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection at 101 W. Spoke Hill Drive on Wednesday, Sept. 13. Refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m. followed by the speaker, Delbert Bassett, at 10 a.m. Bassett is a Hays County Master
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BY JERRY HALL
igeons don’t get a lot of respect. In fact, some people refer to them as “flying rats.” I think that is unfair and I consider pigeons to be quite handsome birds. In an urban setting, they add a spot of color and motion that is most welcome. Their only drawback – ask any statue – is their tendency to poop. One thing that certain pigeons are good at is
long-distance flight and strong homing instincts. That’s why the pigeon is a dependable bird when it comes to message delivery. Egyptian pharaohs used them; so did the King of Persia, who counted on them to provide information on his far-flung empire. When taken into battle zones during both World Wars, pigeons were used to deliver urgent messages tied to their legs. They were used by both the
Allied and the Axis forces. Pigeons were also easy prey for their mortal enemy, the peregrine falcon. Because of this, the English trained these falcons to hunt down German pigeons, which alerted spies sent to scope out invasion possibilities. The falcons were used all along the Cornish coast to knock enemy pigeons from the skies. If they survived, the pigeons became POWs, just like their human counter-
Cher Ami is one of the famous pigeons in the modern world. The patriot delivered a crucial message to American forces in World War One.
parts. In World War 1, a bird known as Cher Ami lost a leg delivering a crucial message to the American command from a battalion trapped by the Germans near Verdun. For this valiant effort, the French government awarded the bird a Croix de Guerre with Palm. Both Cher Ami (stuffed) and his medal are now on display at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History.
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prepared itself by placing barricades near low water crossings. Other preparation items included clearing debris from drainage channels, along with lowering Lake Kyle by four feet to accommodate for runoff. Hilsenbeck said the city’s public works and police department constantly checked culverts, ditches and streams for potential issues. The city also engaged its EOC, which worked with emergency and county officials to monitor the storm situation. “We did so many things in advance of the storm to keep everyone safe in what could have been a way worse situation,” Hilsenbeck said. “We had time in advance to make sure we had everything ready to go.”
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Smiles abound as Yauss Berenji (center left), Ruby Biesi and Sascha Biesi celebrate with two H-E-B representatives after their Dripping Springs based business, Skull and Cakebones, claimed H-E-B’s Quest for Texas Best competition.
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Much like a devoted scientist, Dripping Springs business owner Sascha Biesi took great care in mixing soy milk with pureed beets over a large mixer. The resulting concoction was a blood-red mixture that looked more movie studio than bakery. Throw that into some white frosting, however, and out came a confectionary pink marvel, free of food coloring dyes. Such is the path Biesi has chosen ever since she and her partner, Yauss
Barenji, first opened Skull and Cakebones cafe and bakery in Austin years ago. But for Biesi, what began as a way to create vegan and organic meals for her daughter has grown into much more. On Aug. 11, Biesi and Berenji were named as the grand prize winners for the 2017 H-E-B Quest for Texas Best promotion with their product, Mocha Marmalade, which is a cake in a cup. The success is validating for the two, who aim to prove vegan cuisine may be a state of mind, but it doesn’t have to taste bad.
Vigil held for Charlottesville With candles shining bright, a handful of residents peacefully sat at Blue Hole Regional Park in Wimberley as they held a candlelight vigil following the events in Charlottesville, Virginia earlier this month. The event was held to honor the victims of a white nationalist’s attack on counter-protesters in Charlottesville, which left one person dead and 19 others injured. Wimberley High students spoke at the vigil and shared what they experienced in watching the events unfold. City, school and church leaders also spoke of efforts to keep the community’s bond strong.
ORIGINS FOR SUCCESS The path toward success began after Biesi gave birth to daughter and realized she suffered from severe eczema. A change in her diet – eliminating dairy – cleared up the problem. The issue surfaced again when her daughter, Ruby, started eating solid foods. Biesi found out Ruby was allergic to eggs. At that point Biesi knew she had to make a change. She had to go vegan. The problem, however,
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Filings begin for 2018 election BY MOSES LEOS III While the election is a year away, candidates are already starting to line up in the upcoming race for the Texas House District 45 seat, currently held by Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs). Elizabeth Bryant, a first responder from Driftwood, and Erin Zweiner, an educator and author from San Marcos, are the first to throw their hats into the ring for the HD45 race, which will be decided in Nov. 2018. Zweiner, a fifth-generation Texan, is a conservationist, children’s book author and an educator, according to a press release. She sought to run for the office to “ensure our government protects and serves all Texans.”
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LBJ’s Boot Scootin’ Birthday Fiesta
A young girl marvels at the astronomical event. Many of the attendees battled heat and cloud cover to witness the eclipse at the Wimberley Public Library’s event this week. While 14 states were in the path of totality, Texans were able to see a partial eclipse in the early afternoon on Monday. Texas and Mexico will see a total eclipse in 2024. See more photos from eclipse events in Hays County online at HaysNewsDispatch.com.
The Hays County Democratic Party will host its annual celebration of LBJ’s birthday 3 to 6 p.m. Aug. 27 in Stone Hall at Texas Old Town in Kyle. “LBJ’s Boot Scootin’ Birthday Fiesta,” both a celebration and a fundraiser, is a free event that will feature office holders and candidates, a catered enchilada
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