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Big wins at annual memorial rodeo
Header Garrett Chick, right, and Tyson Thompson, healer, participated in Team Roping at Dripping Springs Ranch Park on Saturday as part of the Gunner Thames Memorial Rodeo. Chick, from Salado, earned a first and second place to win $3,700 and Thompson, from Monday, won $1,480 for second place. Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association lists Chick in 9th place with earnings of $8,445.97 and Thompson in 6th place earning $7,677.02.
Rumors of gas shortage cause panic New laws go into effect BY MOSES LEOS III
Frantic drivers squeezed and honked their way to gas stations across Texas this week after a rumored gasoline shortage led to statewide panic and even reports of price gouging. But, according to state officials, the problem wasn’t a shortage of fuel, but distribution, which has been affected by Hurricane Harvey. In an interview with the Texas Tribune Aug. 30, Ryan Sitton, commissioner of the Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates gas and oil in the state, said 15 fuel refineries in the Gulf Coast area were taken down, or are operating at a reduced capacity, due to Harvey. As a result of taking down refineries, Sitton said in the interview the state has seen a slight decrease in production. However, he said there is no shortage, as there are more than 100 million barrels of gas stored in the U.S. Distributing the gasoline is where the problem lies, as gasoline is transported via 18-wheeler trucks to gas stations across the state. Those trucks obtain gas at
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Laws that will affect every Texan have gone into effect this month, with several aiming to proactively save lives. Nearly 700 new laws tackling issues such as texting while driving, cyber bullying and school lunches went into effect Sept. 1. However, laws regarding the ban of sanctuary cities, as well as a ban on second-term abortion procedure, known as dilation and evacuation, were blocked by judges just days before they were set to go into effect. The sanctuary cities bill drew the attention of groups like Mano Amiga, and is currently facing a legal challenge from civil rights groups which say it could lead to constitutional rights violations of citizens and noncitizens alike. Other laws were able to pass despite the controversy surrounding them. House Bill 3895 allows faith-based child welfare providers to be allowed to deny adoptions and other services based on their “sincerely held religious beliefs”. The law would allow faith-based organizations to place a child in a religious school and refuse to contract with other organizations that don’t share their religious beliefs. Texas lawmakers also crafted House Bill 4, a Child Protective Services
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Lines at gas pumps throughout Hays County reached new lengths this week as rumors of a statewide gasoline shortage spread after Hurricane Harvey caused extreme damage to the coastal region.
distribution terminals, which receive the fuel from refineries via pipeline or train. Sitton said two pipelines were shut down due to the hurricane. But rumors of potential shortages have circulated through social media and stoked panic across the state. From Dallas to San Antonio and even in Hays County, residents have rushed out to gas stations to purchase gas, leading to frustration on the
part of both officials and other consumers. Sitton said residents should avoid rushing to gas stations to fill up and should only obtain gas if necessary. He said resupplying specific gas stations is dependent on the supply network the station is under. He said some gas stations could possibly take a few days before they are refilled. “As pipelines get back in shape, people will realize this
isn’t as big an issue as it is today,” Sitton said. “I feel this issue is going to stem.” Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, also issued a warning to Texas gas stations Thursday after more than 500 complaints of price gouging were made. According to a release, many of the price gouging complaints stemmed from the Dallas area, where gas stations where reportedly charging $6 to $8 per gallon.
LAGNIAPPE County burn ban is off
Torrential downpours associated with Hurricane Harvey have led to Hays County officials calling off the countywide burn ban. Fire Marshal Clint Browning reminds residents to ensure that a responsible adult is on the scene of an outdoor burn and that there is a water source available. Because of muddy fields in some areas, fire trucks may have difficulty responding to an outof-control fire, so take
precautions.
Dripping with Taste
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 hand to help about 2,500 festival goers have a “taste” of what’s happening in Texas. The event runs from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 9. Ticket information
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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 Gardener and Master Naturalist. He
studied ecological restoration at Texas A&M University. His topic for the day is Hill Country Trees – their care and proper pruning. The business meeting will follow. Guests and prospective members are welcome.
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his antiConfederacy movement reminds me of a dung beetle. It starts with a little piece of poop and, as he rolls it, it becomes a huge ball of manure. These folks with their drawers all wadded up must think all their problems will be solved by destroying statues of Confederate soldiers and removing other reminders of a war that ended 152 years ago. Like the dung beetle, all they are doing is making a big pile of crap. We all know what recently happened out in South Carolina, and I won’t give my opinion on what we should do with those inbred, heartless extremists whose cumulative IQ is still lower than a sack of nails. What I will discuss is how ridiculous this antiConfederacy movement has become over the past few years. If you think you might become offended at what I might say, maybe you should go read something more suited to your intellect, like the funny papers. This all started a while back when some ignorant, hate-filled kid shot folks in a
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church. When a photo of this punk showed a Confederate flag in the background, the dung beetle went to work. Confederate flags began to come down, beloved songs of the South were banned from schools, and the ball of manure gets bigger. Now let’s jump to present day. In the past week, the dung beetle rolled into some fresh poop. Six Flags Over Texas amusement park removed the Confederate flag along with others that historically flew over our great state. In the dead of night, officials at the University of Texas removed statues of Confederate soldiers from campus. Both actions are another attempt to erase a chapter of American history instead of educating young Texans of our past. Now, let’s get to the utterly ridiculous stuff that was just added to the ball. Out west on the campus of USC, there is now an issue with the school’s mascot or rather the horse he rode up on. Since 1961, the mascot, a Trojan soldier, has ridden a white horse named Traveler at football games. Although there have been several horses in the past 56 years, they’ve all been
Okay, if we are serious about erasing everything linked to the Confederacy, then let’s do it right. For starters, let’s ban all Americans from wearing Lee jeans.
named Traveler. It’s a tradition, much like Bevo and Reveille. Well, some dung-rolling dodo bird is offended because Traveler was also the name of General Robert E. Lee’s horse. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I recall California supported the north, not the Confederacy. Maybe they don’t teach American History at USC. Another absurd event occurred this past week that really raised a stink. Big shots at ESPN pulled a sports reporter who was assigned to cover an upcoming football game in Virginia because his last name is Lee. And to add another bit of cow flop to this ball of dung, Mr. Lee is AsianAmerican. I seriously doubt he’s related to Robert E. Lee. Okay, if we are serious about erasing everything linked to the Confederacy, then let’s
do it right. For starters, let’s ban all Americans from wearing Lee jeans. And grocery stores should stop stocking any pastries from Sara Lee. All episodes of “The Dukes of Hazzard” and merchandise from the popular show should be pulled so nobody gets offended by seeing an orange, souped-up Dodge Charger. Here in Texas, we should follow the lead of those folks at Six Flags. There are 22 counties in Texas named after famous members of the Confederacy and no telling how many towns. We have Lee County and Jeff Davis County. Stonewall, Texas is named after General Stonewall Jackson, and Lubbock was named after a Confederate colonel. Should we start looking for new names for all these places like we did for certain public schools? I don’t know about all y’all, but I think the dung beetle has enough crap rolled up. This antiConfederacy movement needs to end now. The war is over, folks. Oh, by the way, you folks causing all this stink should know that dung beetles eat and live in the mess they’ve created. Clint Younts has family members who fought on both sides of the Civil War. He still lives on property that has been in the family since the mid1800s. crowsnest78610@gmail.com
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reform bill that provided extra funding to relatives or caregivers fostering children based on their family income. The law will make it easier for relatives and caregivers to be able to look after foster children as the state faces a CPS crisis. Other laws focused on the safety and welfare of children were passed. One of those is David’s Law, which makes it a Class A misdemeanor to harass someone under the age of 18 through text messages, social media, websites or other electronic venues with the intent to cause harm or to cause suicide. The law would also allow people to acquire temporary restraining orders against accounts used to harass or bully children. The state also created a grace period for parents
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to pay existing balances on school lunch for their children. The law allows students to continue eating hot lunches before they are “lunch shamed” by being given cold sandwiches. Senate Bill 968 and Senate Bill 969, both authored by State Senator Kirk Watson (D-Austin), aim to increase reporting of sexual assault on college campuses. SB 968 requires universities to include an online reporting option for anyone who wants to anonymously report sexual harassment, sexual
assault, dating violence or stalking, or feels too intimidated to address their concerns to an administrator in person. SB 969 protects students from disciplinary action regarding alcohol use if they are victims or witnesses of incidents involving sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking. House Bill 4102 also seeks to help survivors of sexual assault. Although it is not specific to college campuses, this new law, authored by State Rep. Victoria Neave (D-Dallas) creates an opportunity for people to donate money for rape kit testing while renewing their driver’s licenses or registering their vehicles. The state has a backlog of 19,000 untested rape kits from before 2011.
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Working the body, helping the child Parents look to world of sports to calm kids with ADHD BY MOSES LEOS III
Teaching techniques on how to grapple and restrain an opponent as it relates to jiu jitsu is a daily experience for Joao Crus. Crus, who owns a jiu jitsu studio in the Dripping Springs area, has taught the martial art for close to two decades. But it was helping instruct a student with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that changed how Crus approached his instruction. Several years later and Cruz now uses jiu jitsu to help develop self-esteem, communication and social skills for children who may suffer from ADHD and Autism. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopment disorders of childhood. According to 2013 statistics from the American Phyciatric Association, roughly five percent of children have ADHD. According to a 2012 CDC report, approximately 11 percent of children aged 4 to 17 have ever been diagnosed with ADHD. Children who have ADHD may have trouble paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors or could be overly
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active. Crystal Kent, a licensed professional counselor who works with children who have ADHD and autism, said self esteem is one of the primary issues many ADHD children face. But another is completing daily tasks, such as getting dressed in the morning or completing work when they attend school. A person with ADHD may find those tasks more challenging as their brains are working in overdrive, Kent said. “We may view a task as simple, but they are working a lot harder to complete them,” Kent said. One of Crus’ first
Obituary BRAWLEY Janice Marie Burch Brawley, age 79 went to meet her Lord and Savior on August 13, 2017. She was born in Austin, Texas to Robert and Marie Burch on April 11, 1938. She lived with her daughter, Molissa Welch and her grandson, Storm Welch in Kyle, Texas. She passed peacefully with her family by her side. Although, an only child, her aunts and uncles adored her and treated her like their own. She was nicknamed “Tut” by her Aunt Emma and Uncle Roy Davis because she was so small. That nickname stuck with her for her entire life. She loved to dance, garden, help people and most of all, she loved to cook. Janice owned and operated Buda Café in the 60’s in Buda, TX (where the Carrington Crossing building is today). She made the best hamburgers, chicken fried steak and peach cobbler in the area. The locals flocked there to have coffee every morning. The sounds of her children running up and down the metal stairs on the side of the building could be heard and Becky would sneak down the stairs to sit with the regulars while they had their coffee and they would “hide” her so she wouldn’t get sent back up to the
living quarters. Janice’s sweet smile, and kind heart won people over. Janice moved to Dripping Springs later in life where she raised her youngest children. She was the Head Cook at Hill Country Care in Dripping Springs. There she would spend 14 years being a friend and mentor to the employees and residents. She was survived by 7 children, Dale Lowden (Lanette) of Wimberley, TX, Mike Lowden (Laura) of Liberty Hill, TX, Gayle Carman (Larry) of The Colony, TX, Darrel Lowden (Debbie) of Wimberley, TX, Becky LowdenKnight (Tommy) of Driftwood, TX, Glen Welch (Michelle) of Clovis, CA and Molissa Welch of Kyle, TX; 14 grandkids, 2 stepgrandkids,17 great grandkids and 4 stepgrandkids and 1 greatgranddaughter on the way (Storm’s baby that he so desperately wanted her to meet). She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Marie Burch, many aunts, uncles and her favorite dog, Bridgette. May the angels surround you with Heaven’s love until we meet again, Mama. We will be loving and missing you. Heaven will shine brighter with you in it. Although it is not traditional, following cremation, the services will be delayed until November so that all of her children can be together and in attendance.
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experiences with ADHD came when a client recently moved to Dripping Springs and brought their son, whose attention “was zero.” As a result of the student’s challenge to focus, Crus had to develop techniques of his own to help gather his attention. Those techniques involve a four phase, year-long experience that covers physical development, active speaking and listening, social development and cognitive skills. All of the phases are incorporated into the martial art, which involves body contact, grappling and reacting to an
opponent’s movement. Crus said the art involves constant engagement in the “present moment.” “It’s not pushing and walking away or punching and walking away. You try to choke, to sit on their belly or restrain them. It’s a lot of body contact,” Crus said. “You have to respond to impulse and get rid of that and escape.” It’s through active speaking and listening where the “magic happens,” Crus said. During classes, Crus focuses on having students actively respond when someone is talking to them. Crus said instructors don’t accept head movements, as it
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Sports Lady Tiger XC takes first in hosted event STAFF REPORT
The Dripping Springs Tiger girls cross country team took home the gold this weekend as it claimed first place in the Dripping Springs Invitational meet, held at Dripping Springs Ranch Park. Dripping Springs, which hosted the meet, claimed first place by narrowly edging out in-county rival Hays for the top spot. Both Dripping Springs and Hays were tied with 68 team points at the end of the event. However, the Tigers claimed the title based on a faster team
time while on the course. Tiger senior Izzie Guerrero finished in seventh place overall, while junior Aubrie Caldwell finished in ninth place. Tiger Maddie Livingston took 11th place in the event. On the boys side, Dripping Springs took fifth place overall with 112 points on the day. The top Tiger finishers were senior Bryce Kalsu and Caleb Lopez, who finished 17th and 18th respectively. Tiger Bobby Holt finished in 20th place. The Tigers travel to St. Andrew’s High School for the St. Andrew’s Invite on Sept. 9.
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Aubrie Caldwell
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Bobby Holt
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Tigers christen new stadium with 55-21 blitz
Near the goal line, en route to an 82-yard touchdown run, Johnny Hoyle (13) looks over at teammate Parker Alford. Hoyle had a pair of touchdown receptions totaling 97 yard in the game. (photo by Wayland D. Clark, wfotos.com)
BY MOSES LEOS III Dripping Springs Tigers Saturday wasted little time in picking up where they left off last season. Twenty-seven unanswered points scored in the first 24 minutes of play guided the Tigers to a dominant 55-21 victory over the Bastrop Bears.
The ability to claim victory in the first game at the newly built Tiger Stadium was a moment to relish for Tiger head coach Galen Zimmerman and his team. But the ability to also help their opponents, who are continuing to recover from the impact of Hurricane Harvey was equally important.
“We talked to them about our opponent and how they were affected and how we were going to honor them,” Zimmerman said. “How we honor them is by preparing for this game and playing the game.” Dripping Springs’ first game at the new Tiger Stadium was delayed by a day due to the impact of
Hurricane Harvey in the Bastrop area. Tiger quarterback Trevor Greenman said staying focused was how the team attempted to overcome the unusual 2 p.m. start time. Dripping Springs needed only four plays on its opening drive to set the tone. A 15-yard touchdown pass from
Lady Tigers top Cougars in four sets STAFF REPORT Eight kills from a trio of players lifted the Dripping Springs Tigers past the 6A volleyball power New Braunfels Canyon Cougars 25-22, 10-25, 2523, 25-23 Sept. 1. With the win, Dripping Springs (18-13) ended a three game losing skid that stemmed from a difficult final day stretch at the Leander Rouse Volleypalooza a week
previous. Senior Graceyn Tippens, junior Alexis Haydt and sophomore Avery Kalsu each tallied eight kills a piece in the match. Senior Darby Stowers contributed five kills. Sophomore Sarah Nading led the team with 19 assists. A trio of Tigers finished in double figures in digs Sept. 1. Sophomore Avery Kalsu finished with 15 digs, while Tippens and
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sophomore Mackenzie Murray each had 14 digs. At the net, senior Ava Pritchard finished with a team high three blocks.
On the opposite side, New Braunfels Canyon junior Kylie Trefflich was limited to 12 kills, while junior Hannah Berry had nine. Prior to the match on Sept. 1, the Tigers compiled a 5-3 mark at the Volleypalooza. Dripping Springs won its first five matches of the tournament before running into Aledo, Byron Nelson and Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway in succession.
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Greenman to wide receiver Johnny Hoyle gave the Tigers a 7-0 lead. From there, the Tigers exploded for 20 additional unanswered points to hold a commanding 27-0 lead at intermission. Zimmerman said the offense “clicked right” from the start. He added the game plan was to get out to a fast pace early in
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A grand opening celebration and dedication for Sycamore Springs Elementary and Sycamore Springs Middle School will be held Thursday, Sept. 21, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. A short program will be held at 6:30 p.m., followed by tours, refreshments and activities. The community is invited to tour both schools, with several designated tour stops. The PTAs from both schools will have tables and activities set up as well. Sycamore Springs Elementary and
Sycamore Springs Middle School will operate as separate schools, but share some core facilities like the Center for Learning and Innovation and the kitchen. The schools are located at 14451 Sawyer Ranch Rd.
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On Thursday, Sept. 21 from 6-7:30 p.m., the Dripping Springs Community Library will host a book reading and signing with Jane Little Botkin, author of “Frank Little and the IWW: The blood that stained an American family.” Franklin Henry Little (1878–1917), an organizer for the Western Federation of Miners and
the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), fought in some of the early twentieth century’s most contentious labor and free-speech struggles. Following his lynching in Butte, Montana, his life and legacy became shrouded in tragedy and family secrets. In “Frank Little and the IWW,” Botkin chronicles her great-granduncle’s fascinating life and reveals its connections to the history of American labor and the first Red Scare.
Pound House Pioneer Day This one-day event features more than 40 pioneer craft demonstrations such as butter churning,
blacksmithing and quilting. The event will be held at the Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead in Dripping Springs. Pioneer Day is an educational experience of pioneer times held annually on the grounds of the museum, this year on Saturday, September 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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