April 27, 2022 News-Dispatch

APRIL 27, 2022 TIGERS VS. LOBOS

HCISD TEACHER SHORTAGE

The Dripping Springs Tigers outlast Lobos in a slugfest.

Hays CISD is facing shortage, the district may have found a solution to help remedy it.

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Caught the win!

Man dies in car Wind and win no real problem crash for lady Tigers pitcher STAFF REPORT A Dripping Springs man died April 15 following a single-vehicle collision in San Marcos.

Bryson Waggle, 21, was reportedly traveling outbound on Old Ranch Road 12 near Blanco Street when his vehicle crossed the centerline, leaving the roadway and striking a tree.

Waggle was the only person in the car and there were no other vehicles involved.

Emergency crews responded to the area and found a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta with the driver, later identified as Waggle, not breathing and unconscious, and was later pronounced deceased at the scene.

Waggle was a 2019 graduate of Dripping Springs High School and studied at Texas State University.

The San Marcos Police Department is continuing to investigate the collision.

BY WAYLAND D. CLARK

Dripping Springs' pitcher Haiden Anderson had no problem in the circle getting the win while fighting the wind, with gusts up to 16 mph last Friday night against Kerrville Tivy.

“My curve ball is off speed and starts on the plate but moves out a bit,” Anderson said, after the game about the wind, “so sometimes I’ll struggle a bit if it moves out too far.”

Anderson, a sophomore, pitched a complete game and shut out Tivy through six innings, giving up 4 hits and the lone Tivy run in the top of the seventh inning, for a 5-1 win in the final home game of the regular season. “Shut out? A win is a win and what’s important,” Anderson said.

Dripping Springs, the 5A Region IV District 26 winner, will face either Georgetown East View or Leander Glenn in a district playoff game, likely Friday, April 29 but at press time, details to be determined.

Senior Haley Kanetzky had a pair of hits including a triple, but junior Jo Hudgeons led the offense with 4 of the 11 total hits for the Lady Tigers. In seven innings pitching, Anderson, 12-5, struck out 7 Tivy batters and relied on her defense. “I get flyouts and groundouts, and with the defense behind me, we come together to work well.”

In 106 innings, Anderson has a 1.39 ERA and has 97 strikeouts. One way she gets those is a wicked change-up that must have looked like a beach ball to Tivy batters and was hard not to take a whack at. “It’s my go to pitch,” Anderson said.

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Sophomore pitcher Haiden Anderson stays focused while delivering a pitch last Friday night when the Lady Tigers faced visiting district rival Kerrville Tivy.

Dripping Springs Lady Tigers are the Class 5A District 26 Region IV Champions and ended their regular season last Friday night with a 5-1 win over visiting Kerrville Tivy.

Dripping Springs increases wastewater rates

BY MEGAN WEHRING

through December, January and February.

DRIPPING SPRINGS – Typically, changes on rates Wastewater bills will be are reflected on April 1, higher in Dripping Springs but the city postponed the soon. increase this year.

On June 1, city According to city wastewater customers will officials, the rates “remain see a rate increase of 10% competitive in comparison on their base fee and usage to neighboring fee on their wastewater communities such as Bee bill being sent from the Cave, Blanco, Kyle and Dripping Springs Water Buda.”

Supply Corp (DSWSC).

The city hired Bruce These rates are based Fairchild to conduct a on water consumption

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wastewater and water rate analysis/study, which can be found in the Dripping Springs City Council’s April 19 agenda. Fairchild also did the last analysis completed in 2018, resulting in a rate increase.

Customers who believe that their new wastewater rate is incorrect due to error in usage reporting, leaks, or other causes, can apply for a wastewater billing rate adjustment.

To receive a wastewater billing rate adjustment, customers must do the following: Customers must fill out a Wastewater Adjustment Form on the Forms & Reports page of the Dripping Springs Water Supply website.

Customers must also submit proof via email: usage reports from DSWSC or plumbing invoice/ receipts due to breaks/

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leaks, property owner’s receipts of materials, supplies, etc.

If approved, rates will be adjusted and the customer will receive notice from the city.

The rate adjustment will be reflected on next month’s bill. For more information about the wastewater billing rate adjustment, customers are directed to call 512-8584725.

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Dripping Springs updates Buda approves funds Comprehensive Plan for new projects

BY MEGAN WEHRING

DRIPPING SPRINGS – As the city of Dripping Springs continues to see more homes popping up on every block, the city is updating its Comprehensive Plan.

The Comprehensive Plan, Reimagine Dripping Springs Initiative, is a visioning process that will establish a guiding framework for development in Dripping Springs. Through this initiative and the updated Comprehensive Plan, the city hopes to establish priorities for the area’s future land use and major development projects.

It will help guide real estate, infrastructure investments, economic development and zoning.

The Comprehensive Plan will also incorporate the recently adopted Transportation Master Plan and the Parks, Recreation & Open Space Master Plan.

To help with the process, the city has hired DTJ Design, a firm with an extensive background in urban planning. DTJ will

work with the city to create a plan that will

1) Provide overall guidance to help direct future land use and resource decisions 2) Address a broad scope of topics, including land use, housing, mobility, public services, recreation and natural and cultural resources 3) Provide long-range guidance on how the city’s vision for Dripping Springs can be reached.

City Planning Director Howard Koontz says the process is needed with all the growth, “The city is at a crucial moment in development,” said Howard Koontz, planning director. “This is our opportunity to look at previous and current development while looking to the future of the community when it comes to density, roads, business and more. Now is the time to reimagine Dripping Springs, keeping the heritage of what makes our city so great, while also

having a clear vision of future development and how we can best serve the community in its rapid growth.”

An important component of the comprehensive plan is gathering input and feedback from citizens and business owners.

The city established a Comprehensive Planning Committee to work with DTJ to provide guidance during the process.

The city officially kicked off the plan at the annual Founders Day Festival on Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24. Residents had the opportunity to meet the team involved, learn more about what the process entails, share feedback and more.

The process is expected to go through the end of this year into 2023 and there will be numerous opportunities for residents and businesses to give added input.

For more information, please contact the Planning Department at planning@ cityofdrippingsprings.com or call the city at 512-858-4725.

Texas State University to be under new leadership STAFF REPORT SAN MARCOS — Kelly R. Damphousse was named as the 10th president of Texas State University.

The unanimous vote by the Board of Regents of the Texas State University System occurred during a special meeting called for Thursday, April 21. Dr. Damphousse was named sole finalist for the position last month, following a national search, and he will assume office July 1.

Damphousse has served since 2017 as president of Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. He previously served as Associate Dean, Interim Dean and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma (OU).

He is “an accomplished scholar and has conducted extensive research on terrorism and substance abuse, rising through the faculty ranks to become a tenured Presidential Professor of Sociology,” according to a news release. Dr. Damphousse started his academic career as an assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and at Sam Houston State University, before joining the OU faculty

in 1997.

A native of Canada, Dr. Damphousse is familiar with Texas and the Texas State University System, having earned a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Sociology from Texas A&M University. He also holds an associate degree in

law enforcement from Lethbridge College, a community college in Alberta, Canada.

He succeeds Dr. Denise Trauth, who is retiring June 30th after 20 years.

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terms of your view as a small city with a lot to Buda – The Buda City offer, and that innovation Council recently authoand investment in your rized numerous spending community is key and so packages at its last meetwe will take that into deep ing on Tuesday. New proj- consideration as we look ects included numerous at different ownership surveys, improvements to options or public-private city infrastructure, and a partnerships, or how we permit for a new restaucan incentivize growth rant in the I-35 business and development in your district. city,” said Cobb, Fendley Council first issued Project Manager Melissa a specific use permit to Beaudry.

Dutch Brothers Coffee Two other projects to construct and operate were funded that night. a new coffee shop off Up to $45,778 is going Interstate 35 in a business toward the construction zoned district. contract with Archer Cobb, Fendley and Western Construction Associates inc., a previous LLC to finish phase three partner for municipal of the city of Buda Wasteprojects, was also authowater Treatment Plant rized to conduct a study expansion, and then up covering the broadband to $93,430 for the Buda and internet throughout Economic Development the city. The goal of the Corporation (BEDC). study is to investigate the to improve the safety of use of broadband services the playgrounds of Buda and find out what the city and the purchase of will need moving fortemporary fencing. The ward. The total expenditemporary fencing would tures of the project are be available for rental by capped at $99,9430 and event organizers for those will be funded in part using the park and could with the American Rescue cover up to three-quarters Plan act with a goal to be of the park’s perimeter. finished by July.

Events that might use it “We hear you all in would include the Buda

Wiener Dog Races or future Buda festivals, while also encouraging other events to come into town.

“So the fencing was more appealing to the board because it actually provided something to bring people to the community. It was more event-based. The safety surfacing was something we supported before for replacing materials that needed to be replaced,” said Jennifer Storm, BEDC President. “The fences rose to the top, while the surfacing was something we could still afford to do in that budget.”

Not all agenda items were passed; the city decided to table an agreement with Pape-Dawson Engineers to conduct a Boundary and Improvement Survey of cityowned property as part of the Downtown Build Out Assessment. The BEDC asked for $39,000 to fund the survey, but the city council cited that they would like to take more time to consider before approving it.

The Buda City Council will convene for their next meeting on May 3.

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Deaf Kyle athlete attends international sporting event

BY C.J. VETTER

and the athletes are mostly sponsored for,” Holly said.

KYLE – Overcoming “So with the Deaflympics, adversity is a daily fact of we are not recognized as life for the deaf community. much as them. But I believe But for a local athlete, he is that is going to change one embracing the challenge. day. “ Jeffery Courtney, a local Currently, Jeffery is deaf athlete, is set to attend seeking to raise money to the 2022 Deaflympics, an cover the costs for their international competition wrestling gear and other for the deaf community, clothing items, such as team covering numerous differsinglets, wrestling shoes, ent sports with teams from hoodies, joggers and gear around the globe. Courtney packs. Those who donate to is a recognized member of the cause will be featured the National Wrestling Hall on the team’s social media of Fame and holds a medal PHOTO BY C.J. VETTER page. Donations are also of courage for his achieveJeffery Courtney, a local deaf athlete, is set to attend the 2022 qualified tax exemptions, ments. He has soared in Deaflympics in Brazil. He is pictured with his wife, Holly. and the receipts can be numerous tournaments and provided upon request. The is a two-time state champi- Courtney is coming out of team. However, Courtney’s goal is to raise $4,000 before on. Courtney comes from retirement is to help get wife and children will not the end of the games. a long line of wrestlers and children in the deaf combe in attendance. Holly When asked about what has been wrestling since the munity passionate about Courtney has been married he likes most about Kyle, he age of three. sports and motivate them to to Jeffery for nearly 15 years stated that he found its wel“My father, Donald Milbe more outgoing. and will be honoring their coming and friendly people ton Courtney, started this “I would like to see anniversary while Jeffery is make him feel like he is at tradition back in the ’60s in deaf youth involved in in Brazil. home.

Fairmont WV. he won the something that they love,” “He will be in Brazil on “I would say the people in 1970 state championship, Courtney said. “Currently I our anniversary, which is Kyle are the most friendly in then my oldest brother, have two beautiful deaf girls on the 12th, but that is ok. the state! I don’t feel like an Christopher Donald Court- and I don’t want to see them That’s a huge honor for him outcast from them,” Jeffery ney, won his state champifall into the same pattern as to attend the Deaflympics said. “For example, the pie onship in 1993,” Courtney today, where they only want and represent our country company is one of my favorsaid. “Then my second to play together for socializ- and the deaf community,” ites to stop by and pick a pie oldest brother, Ryan Scott ing. I would like to see them Holly said. “He has a goal up from. They don’t need a Courtney, was a two-time grow their love into sports. and he likes to go big and go piece of paper and pen to state champion in 1996 and So, I decided to get out of for it. “ communicate because they 1997. Then I am the baby my retirement and go to the Holly points to the recent are good at body language of my family and I’m a two- Deaflympics to show them attention that the deaf com- or gestures. In my opinion, time state champion in 2001 what it looks like. “ munity has gotten from acthey are the best pie I ever and 2002.”

Jeffery will be leaving tivists like Nyle DiMarco, the had!”

Prior to his retirement, this Saturday, April 23, for 2015 winner of America’s For more information, or Jeffery was a head coach for West Virginia, where he will Next Top Model, and the to learn about events in the the Texas School For The train in his family’s gym 2021 film CODA, which cov- Deaflympics you can visit Deaf’s wrestling program, as before flying out to Miami ers the difficulties of parents www.usdeafsports.org. If well as a residential dormiand then Brazil. He expects raising a deaf child, as signs you wish to contact Jeffery tory counselor at Michigan to reach Brazil by May 4, that the deaf community is about possible donations, School For The Deaf, where and he will compete from becoming recognized. you can email him at he organized that school’s May 10 to May 14. He will “You know the Olympics Jcourtney22@me.com. wrestling program as well. be joining nine other deaf itself is a huge deal right One of the main reasons athletes to form the U.S.

Tree season is underway

Buda designated a Tree City USA for third year STAFF REPORT

USA designation is an affirmation of our BUDA – The Texas efforts.”

Forest Service and Arbor Nearly 3,700 Day Foundation recently communities across the designated Buda as a country — including Tree City USA for the 94 in Texas — have third consecutive year. earned the designation.

Buda’s Sustainability Each community has Commission and achieved Tree City Parks and Recreation USA status by meeting department collaborated four core standards in leading the effort to of sound urban obtain the designation. forestry management: Known as the “Outdoor maintaining a tree Capital of Texas,'' and its board or department, mantra to “breathe easy having a community tree here,” the characteristic ordinance, spending live oak trees that line at least $2 per capita Buda’s Main Street on urban forestry, and and populate its parks celebrating Arbor Day. are impressionable on Arbor Day will be residents and visitors celebrated on April alike.

29. More information The Tree City USA on Arbor Day and the program is a nationwide Tree City USA program movement that provides can be found at www. the framework necessary arborday.org/programs/ for communities to treecityusa. manage and expand their public trees.

“Buda is proud of its Tree City USA designation because we value the natural beauty of this community, have made sustainability a priority and want to protect natural assets as we grow,” said former Buda city manager PHOTO COURTESY OF Kenneth Williams.

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HCISD faces teacher shortage

BY BRITTANY ANDERSON

HAYS COUNTY – Schools across the U.S. are struggling to hire and retain teachers — and while it’s also a problem Hays CISD is facing, the district may have found a solution to help remedy it.

Reports show that recruiting and retaining teachers and staff is becoming more challenging, and coupled with HCISD’s fast growth, the district has anticipated these challenges and has worked to address the need for more employees for the 2022-23 school year and beyond.

As such, the HCISD

Board of Trustees unanimously voted to approve a cost of living adjustment for employees during its regular meeting on April 25.

Based on information provided by HCISD’s Chief Financial Officer Randy Rau and at the recommendation of Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright, the cost of living adjustment will entail an increased pay rate of 7% based on the midpoint of each pay grade in order to help offset living increases in Central Texas for teachers and staff, such as transportation, housing, groceries, utilities and

Teachers will get an annual raise of $4,528, counselors will get an annual raise of $4,694, and bus drivers will give an hourly raise of $1.72.

healthcare.

Teachers will get an annual raise of $4,528, counselors will get an annual raise of $4,694, and bus drivers will give an hourly raise of $1.72.

February through May are months in which employees most often contemplate a change in employment, so the board’s approval of the adjustment allows the district to improve recruitment and

retention efforts in a timely manner, according to Chief Human Resources Officer Dr. Fernando Medina.

The district has also struggled to find and hire bilingual teachers.

Currently, the bilingual stipend is based on years of service in HCISD, where a first-year bilingual teacher is given a recruiting and retention stipend of $5,000. A bilingual teacher with 20+ years can earn a

stipend of $6,000.

Bilingual stipend values vary in surrounding districts, from $4,000 in San Marcos CISD to $7,000 in Del Valle, Pflugerville and Round Rock ISDs. Per Dr. Wright’s recommendation, the bilingual stipend will be $7,100, making it one of the highest in the area. The compensation structure will also no longer be based on a bilingual teacher’s years of service in the district.

Dr. Medina and the trustees acknowledged that there is still work to be done on the compensation plan that includes the cost of living adjustment to

address compression and other equity issues. The plan will be brought back to the board as needed, as well as presented with the 2022-23 budget.

The board’s decision regarding both the cost of living adjustment and bilingual stipend will set a precedent that other districts will look to follow, and board member Merideth Keller urged the trustees and community to not lose sight of the positive impact these adjustments will have on the district and its employees.

“We’re doing something that nobody else is doing; it’s unheard of,” Keller said.

Start the conversation

Bakeries raise awareness about mental health, one gray dessert at a time

BY MEGAN WEHRING

symbolize hope.

Bakers and mental health advocates read about the idea and started building

pop-up shops of their own Atlanta, Australia and more. internationally in places like “Many of the cakes were DRIPPING SPRINGS — San Francisco, Los Angeles, designed and donated by There’s always a rainbow afGlasgow, Houston, Seattle, bakers who had personal ter the rain. But oftentimes, experience with depresit’s hard to find that hope sion, and they used their when you are in the midst creations to express their of a storm. struggles with and expeTwo bakeries in Dripriences of their illnesses,” ping Springs are joining an according to the Depressed international effort to start Cake Shop website. “Others the conversation about were compelled to join bemental health awareness. cause they had seen friends The ‘Depressed Cake Shop’ and family members suffercampaign is a community ing and wanted to be part of bakers, makers and menof a solution. The committal health activists who have ted co-conspirators who discovered their shared have kept the Depressed interest in mental health Cake Shop movement alive and cake. are continually looking How Depressed Cake for new opportunities to Shop was created change the conversation Emma Thomas, a crearound mental health, one ative director and public gray cake at a time.” relations specialist in the Local bakeries particUnited Kingdom, organized ipate a pop-up event in England Skull & Cakebones and in the summer of 2013 to Abby Jane Bakeshop are raise awareness for a mentwo bakeries in Dripping tal health charity (she called Springs that are whisking it Depressed Cake Shop). away in their kitchens for The cakes had to be gray, Mental Health AwarePHOTO COURTESY OF SASCHA BIESI according to Thomas’ specness Month. Depressed Skull & Cakebones in Dripping Springs is using the entire Cake Shop bakeries must ifications, but they could month ofMay for its Depressed Cake Shop featuring cupcakes, also show a pop of color to participate for at least May cookies and its beloved charcoal lemon scone.

1 through May 14, but some may decide to extend that for the entire month.

“Mental health has gray and dark moments when we are in the struggle,” said Kate Hix, Executive Director of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Central Texas, “and then it has light and colorful moments when we are in recovery [or] in that hope of recovery. The original vision was a cake that was gray on the outside but when you cut into it, it had a rainbow or [rainbow sprinkles].

The whole idea is that it represents that yes, there are dark [and] challenging times and mental health challenges are very real but there is hope.”

Abby Jane Bakeshop will be featuring cloud cupcakes.

“I’m not a skilled cupcake maker,” said owner Abby Love. “But, the kids seem to like them so we are hoping to spread the message more in that way.

We are going to have a little gray cloud on top of our

cupcakes and some housemade sprinkles.”

Owner Sascha Biesi will turn her bakery, Skull & Cakebones, into a Depressed Cake Shop for the entire month of May. “We are collecting resources from therapists so there will be a table where people can collect business cards [and] we have NAMI talking cards/business cards,” Biesi said. “We also will have a hope jar. We did that two years ago and it was really successful.”

Along with cupcakes and cookies, Biesi will feature charcoal lemon scones — a pastry that has a deeper meaning.

“I had an employee who was also a dear friend, she grew up with my daughter,” Biesi explained. “She took her own life and when she was working for me, she developed charcoal lemon scones. It’s to honor Beatrice’s memory but also, it really represents that light and darkness because it’s

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These things I saw: Hello, from a new A few random observations I perspective

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t was a normal Tuesday morning at the KTSW 89.9 station.

I was in my graduating semester at Texas State University, in constant worry of what my next few months were going to look like and probably wired with too many cups of coffee.

Then, something unexpected happened.

The words, “Hays Free Press,” appeared on my phone. Was I about to get a job offer?

Before I started to let my overthinking mind come to the surface, I answered. During the brief call, I was offered my dream journalism internship for that summer.

Finally. I was confident and felt at peace with my future.

Nearly two years later, I am the editor at the Hays Free Press/ News-Dispatch. At only 23 years old, I did not expect to be head of the editorial/ news department for a publication, let alone remotely five hours away. All I can say is I’m blessed.

Megan

Wehring

is also a big help on publication days by updating the website and any additional graphic design work we need. Arlene Monroe will continue to greet any visitors who walk into the office, while also maintaining her other important responsibilities.

You will also still see my byline on various articles as my writing days are far from over.

But, we are also adding some new touches.

We are improving our appearance on social media by posting more frequently to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram than we were in the past. This is all thanks to Catalina Sanchez who heads up production.

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never had the Easter Bunny pegged for a PR flack, but he can now add it to his CV. Shortly after the White House Easter Egg Roll, the basket-toting Easter Bunny intervened and led President Biden away from a reporter who asked the president about Afghanistan.

The funny thing was Biden actually followed the Easter Bunny’s instructions as if it were all perfectly normal. Additional questions on international affairs were referred to the Tooth Fairy.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn) fired off an Easter tweet taking issue with a viral video that showed a Christian worship leader playing his guitar and singing with several other passengers on a commercial flight. It was, after all, Easter Sunday.

"I think my family and I should have a prayer session next time I am on a plane.

How do you think it will end?" Omar tweeted.

To answer her question, I predict it would end uneventfully. Omar wasn’t on the flight so I’m not sure why she cares, unless she just objects to anyone publicly celebrating a faith that isn’t hers.

CNN spent $300 million to launch it’s new CNN+ platform which proved to be about as popular as John Wilkes Booth. The network had hoped to attract about 2 million subscribers the first year but signed up a paltry 150,000 before announcing it was pulling the plug.

I have an idea for CNN that could solve all of its problems – how about just covering the news?

If you’re going to transport illegal drugs, you need to pay attention to the details, such as making

Guest Column

by Rich Manieri

sure you have fuel in your vehicle. A Tennessee woman, who was hauling about 230 pounds of marijuana, ran out of gas on a bridge, which tends to attract the attention of police. When the cops showed up, she advised them not to go inside the vehicle, which also tends to attract the attention of the police. Police did search the vehicle and found enough cannabis to get half of Memphis stoned silly.

The woman was promptly arrested.

Actor Johnny Depp is involved in a very public defamation suit against his ex-wife. It’s all very sordid and sad but I don’t care either.

It was inevitable but Major League Baseball players will soon serve as walking billboards. The San Diego Padres are the first team to strike a deal with an advertiser. Motorola will be buying space on uniform sleeves and helmets to advertise its line of cell phones. The bigger story is that Motorola still makes phones.

If you own stock in Netflix, I hope you sold

most of it. If you don’t, now might be a good time to buy. Shares are down 25% and the streaming giant is hemorrhaging subscribers – 200,000 last quarter. What happened?

For starters, consumers are no longer housebound and other streaming services are gaining traction. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk believes he knows what’s going on. “The woke mind virus is making Netflix unwatchable,” Musk tweeted. Instead of listening to Musk, Netflix announced it was going to crackdown on password sharing, further endearing itself to alreadydisgruntled subscribers.

A California woman flipped out on flight attendants, opened the plane’s emergency exit door and slid down the inflatable slide moments before takeoff from Buffalo. She then ran around the tarmac for a bit until police caught her. There’s something about air travel that turns otherwise reasonable people into raving maniacs.

It has to be more than surly flight attendants and delays.

Maybe travelers will be less grumpy now that a federal judge has struck down the Biden administration’s mask mandate. Maybe not, which dovetails nicely with our final item.

If you were going to become rude and unruly on a commercial airplane,

who is the last person on earth you would want to antagonize? Go ahead. I’ll give you a minute. How about Mike Tyson?

Indeed, on a recent JetBlue flight, a passenger sitting behind Tyson made the ill-advised decision to talk trash to the former heavyweight champ.

Published reports indicate that, initially, Tyson repeatedly and politely asked the man to stop. He didn’t. What happened next? Take another minute.

Yes, Tyson, having had enough, unleashed a restrained combination to this Bozo’s skull. I say restrained because if Tyson really wanted to hurt the guy, he would have disembarked toes up. As it was, he had a few cuts and bruises.

I would like to propose the launching of a new airline specifically for passengers who can’t behave themselves, like the guy behind Tyson and the woman in Buffalo. We can call it “Unruly Air” or something like that. I’m not married to it. But we need capital and leadership. Mr. Musk, are you listening?

Rich Manieri is a Philadelphia-born journalist and author. He is currently a professor of journalism at Asbury University in Kentucky. You can reach him at manieri2@gmail.com.

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ome of y’all who religiously read this column might think I’ve got all the answers to the many mysteries of life. Well, I hate to burst your bubble, but there are times I see or hear something that makes me scratch my head and say, “What the heck were they thinking?”

Like seeing some abstract paintings sell for millions of dollars, and it strongly resembles the artwork doting grandmothers stick on the side of their refrigerators.

I often scratch my head in total confusion when I see some young fella with tattoos plastered all over his head and metal objects piercing all facial features.

Does he think this “skin art” is attractive? Perhaps I should contact Kim Kardashian and get her opinion.

As I read about how much warmer Austin has gotten over the past few years than the rest of Texas, I scratch my head and wonder if the data for this research was collected while the legislature was in session.

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remove a fire hydrant in your neighborhood and Crow’s then complaining that your house burned down.

Nest I often scratch my head

by Clint when I drive by new subdiYounts visions with homes lined up like houses on a Monopoly board and backyards with Am I the only person not shocked at seeing Will Smith insufficient room to bury rattle Chris Rock’s cage after your pet parakeet. A kid the obnoxious host insulted can’t play lawn darts without the risk of impaling the Will’s wife? Dang, this hapold guy mowing his yard 4 pens in honkytonks all over houses down the street.

Texas every Saturday night I still scratch my head and you don’t see Savannah and Hoda talk about it for an when I see yet another apartment complex popping entire week.

I scratch my head when I up in Kyle. Just how many see a sign reading a subdivi- apartments do they need sion is already in Stage Two there? And if you think they’re for all the young water restrictions. What’s mind-boggling is the sign is folks who can’t afford a posted in a new subdivision house, y’all should check out that has hundreds of homes the rent in these places.

I scratch my head and and apartment buildings think, “Didn’t I wash my under construction. truck yesterday?” when I see Why are the residents of my white Silverado is once large cities who were once again a yellow Silverado. demanding to defund the If my back stops hurting police now complaining after drinking two beers in about the rise in crime? the afternoon, should I start It’s like getting the city to drinking at 10 a.m. instead?

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I’m asking for a friend.

After watching the CMT Awards show recently, I was really wondering if the producers know the CM stands for Country Music. I heard stuff that was as country as a New York subway token.

I always scratch my head and wonder “What were they thinking?” when I see so many shade trees being cut down and grasslands being covered with concrete and asphalt. Then I think about it again when I hear the new residents ask, “Why is it so hot here?”

My young grandson recently watched Rocky for the first time. I’m scratching my head trying to think when the last time Hollywood made a really great movie was. Probably Saving Private Ryan .

Well, if I keep scratching my head, I’ll have a funny-looking bald spot, so I think I’ll end my column here and go receive treatment on my aching back.

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OBITUARIES CHAPA Armando Chapa was born on January 1, 1941, in Houston, Texas to Jose and Alberta Chapa. Growing up in his neighborhood of “Magnolia” he attended Harris Elementary, Edison Junior High, and Milby High School. There he was a standout athlete, teammate, and learned life lessons that would shape him into the impactful servant leader the city of Kyle would see him become.

Armando enrolled and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, following the guidance from his father to continue his education. After graduation, Armando stayed in Central Texas and began working at Gary Job Corps Center in San Marcos. During this time, he knew there was someone missing from his life. He returned to his neighborhood to find his companion, Evangelina.

They married in September of 1966 and began their life together in Hays County.

In 1974, Armando was recruited to work with the Hays-Blanco Special Education Cooperative.

Thisopportunity moved the family to their current home in Kyle, where they added to their family and raised five daughters Veronica, Cynthia, Rebecca, Jessica, and Cassandra.

As a coordinator with the Co-Op, Armando displayed his amazing work ethic, passion for serving others, and a sense of humor that uplifted those around him and it did not go unnoticed.

He was promptly promoted to a Special Education Supervisor and then to principal at Hays Middle School in 1977.

To serve at these capacities Armando showed loyalty and determination by returning to school and earning his master’s degree in Guidance and Counseling from Prairie View A&M and receiving his necessary certifications from UT and Prairie View respectively.

Armando would continue to serve Hays Consolidated School District for another 27 years as Principal of Kyle Middle School and a counselor at Barton Jr. High.

Even before his retirement in 2004, Armando had already established quite a legacy in the Kyle community. He earned the endearment of “Papa Chapa” for modeling to others what it means to put family first and then treating everyone he served with love, dignity, and respect as he did for his own family. As an avid reader he knew the details were important, and the small things matter. This mindset encouraged him to be a highly visible community member. His presence allowed him to make deep long-lasting relationships that would shape the lives of so many people around him. He became a role model for the Hispanic community and an advocate of education for all. He had such an impact that before he could truly settle into retirement, Hays Consolidated named its fourth middle school, Armando Chapa Middle School, in his honor in 2006.

God blessed Armando with a unique gift for servant leadership. For anyone

in need, Armando was willing to help and encouraged others to do the same.

As a member of St. Anthony Marie De Claret Knights of Columbus for 40 years he was able to live his faith and lived out his commitment to serve his community.

He used his love of sports to promote the then Hays Rebels as a statistician, announcer, and journalist.

Even when his daughters were not participating you could find him as a proud supporter because he knew that the students were the heart of the community. He was a mentor to so many people even after retirement for Hays CISD and in Lockhart ISD. He also continued to serve his alma mater by attending sporting events and working within the UT sport systems.

Armando never ceased to be present for the community and his family up until the time God called him to his final resting place on April 13, 2022. He peacefully rejoined his parents and leaves behind his siblings, Josephina Benavidez, Lydia Jaquez, Guadalupe Chapa and Raul Chapa.

Armando is survived by is wife of 55 years, Evangelina “Angie”, his daughters, Veronica and her husband Doug Biglen, Cynthia and her husband Michael Vandegarde; Rebecca Chapa; Jessica and her husband Jonny Zeplin; and Cassandra and her husband Cedric Newton. His legacy will also live on through his grandchildren, Christopher Michael Chapa, Matthew Chapa, Jaxson Vandegarde, Jace Vandegarde, Joseph Zeplin, Juliana Zeplin and Jordan Newton. His loved ones also included his

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extended family of nephews and nieces.

Beyond his family, Armando will be fondly remembered as a pillar to the community he so humbly served. Through his many special qualities and characteristics his legacy will continue through the city of Kyle’s Resolution established on April 19, 2022, Armando Chapa Middle School, and through those within the community which he served.

To the Medical Team of Ascension Seton Heart Specialty Care and Transplant Center and to Dr. Fidelis Amadi, we thank you for your commitment, dedication and support you have provided to Armando and Angie these past five years.

There will be a Memorial Service for Armando Chapa on Thursday, April 28 at 6:00 p.m. at Chapa Middle School, Kyle Texas.

Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, April 29 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Anthony Marie de Claret Catholic Church in Kyle, Texas with a reception to follow.

Peggy Jean Robinson Schmeltekopf, age 95, went to be with her heavenly Father on April 24, 2022. She passed away at Legend Oaks Healthcare in Kyle, Texas.

Peggy was born in Gonzales, Texas on January 17, 1927 to parents Theodore Robinson and Marie Cotton Robinson. She graduated from Gonzales High School in 1945. She was proud of her Texas heritage.

Great- great grandfather, George Washington Davis participated in the Texas Revolution as a member of the “Old Eighteen” and the famous ‘Come and Take It’ cannon was buried in his peach orchard to hide it from the Mexican army.

Peggy met Calvin Schmeltekopf on a blind date set up by their friends Dorothy Dubose of Gonzales and Edward Posey of San Marcos. They married on June 1, 1949 and were happily married for 69 years until Calvin’s death in 2018. They first lived in Kyle and then moved near Martindale where Peggy worked first as a clerk in the Martindale Post Office and then in1972 was installed as Postmaster.

Peggy was preceded in death by husband Calvin Schmeltekopf; parents, Theodore and Marie Robinson; brothers Thomas Robinson and Fred Robinson; sisters Edna Ruth Robinson and Anne Lee and son Clay Schmeltekopf. She is survived by daughter Diana

In lieu flowers, the family asks donations to be made in Mr. Chapa’s honor to the CMS Scholarship Fund.

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Jones (Robert) of Cedar Creek; daughter-in-law Diane Schmeltekopf of Kyle; granddaughter Casey Jones of Waring; grandsons Randy Schmeltekopf (Morgen) of Austin and Kyle Jones of Kyle; great-grandson Carter Schmeltekopf of Austin.

Visitation will be held by the family at 1 pm on Friday, April 29, 2022 at Pennington Funeral Home, followed by a funeral service at 2 pm. Interment will follow at Memory Lawn Memorial Park in Martindale, TX. Donations may be made to the Texas Methodist Children’s Home at mch.org.

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Prevent sexual violence in your community

BY HAYS-CALDWELL WOMEN’S CENTER STAFF MEMBER

Two in five women and one in five men will experience a form of sexual assault in their lifetime.

Recognizing sexual violence is an important first step to preventing sexual violence is recognizing its many forms, including sexual assault and sexual harassment. Recognize that

it can happen to anyone of any gender, age, race or nationality, education level, sexual orientation, economic background, or ability. When we learn more about the dynamics of abuse and its many forms, we can start to end abuse in every community.

The unfortunate reality is that, statistically, almost everyone knows someone who has been impacted by sexual violence. They may

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be a survivor themselves or someone they know is a survivor. It’s not always something we are comfortable acknowledging and discussing. By talking more about violence, we can support survivors, share resources and discuss ways communities can come together to prevent sexual violence.

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Caring for your mental health is important One in five adults and one in six youth will experience a mental health issue, according to NAMI statistics.

“That’s over 50 million Americans,” Hix said. “It’s very pervasive and those numbers are only getting larger in the pandemic.

They are now recommending, on a national level, that all children over the age of eight be screened for anxiety. … Mental health is another health issue that people have to deal with, like anything that you go to the doctor to get a checkup [for]. It’s a health issue that needs to be dealt with and needs to be discussed.”

From a young age, Love has dealt with chronic depression.

“I only really learned the best ways to treat and care for it in my adulthood,” Love explained. “I originally started volunteering for NAMI because I thought I wanted to do the in-school programs but I got too intimidated.

I wonder if somebody had spoken to 14-year-old Abby about mental health, how different my journey would have been [and] I’m glad where I am now. But, there are some parts that I would have liked to have gone differently. I think the most important part is starting

the conversation.”

Biesi encouraged more people to incorporate mental health into their daily conversations.

“Everybody here, especially in Austin, is going on and on about their allergies,” Biesi said, “how sick they are and how they don’t feel good. It’s a common thing we do but we don’t talk that way about our mental health. I always say I’m wrapped in this warm blanket made out of stigma, it just smothers me. It wasn’t until I was a grownup that I learned how

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Help keep kittens out of shelters this spring STAFF REPORT

“Kitten season” is beginning in many parts of the country, and this means kittens will be turning up in every community: in sheds, behind bushes, under porches, and overwhelmingly in local shelters.

Kitten season is generally spring through fall, when unspayed female cats have the majority of their litters, and shelters across the country are inundated with kittens, some of whom need round-the-clock care.

When you find kittens outside, it's natural to be concerned. It may seem like they've been orphaned or abandoned and should be scooped up and taken to a shelter right away.

However, in most cases, removing the kittens is not the best response and doing so may end up putting them in even greater danger.

Most “orphaned” kittens are not orphaned at all, so the best thing to do for healthy

kittens is to leave them with their mother, who is often nearby and planning to return. She is their best source of nourishment and can give them better care than even the most attentive human foster.

Many shelters don’t have the resources, space, staff or volunteers to provide newborn kittens with the critical care they need.

Young kittens are at high risk of dying or being killed in shelters since newborns need to be bottle fed every two to four hours, and they are also extremely fragile and susceptible to illness.

Data from Best Friends Animal Society shows that two cats are killed in shelters for every one dog.

In 2020, nearly 347,000 dogs and cats were killed in America’s animal shelters, of which nearly 70% were cats and kittens.

The best way to help most found kittens is to leave them with their

mother. When they are more than eight weeks old, contact your local shelter or rescue for spay/neuter resources.

To give newborn kittens the best chance of survival, ask yourself these questions:

HOW LONG AGO DID YOU FIRST NOTICE THE LITTER? If it has only been a short time, leave the kittens alone and try to figure out if their mom is still around. Observe them from a distance every couple of hours. It’s okay to wait up to 10 to 12 hours to see if mom returns for them. If the kittens seem content and are not fussing, there’s a good chance their mom is coming back.

HAVEN’T SEEN THE MOM CAT RECENTLY?

Sprinkle a ring of flour around the kittens so you can go away but check periodically for paw prints from a returning mother cat, or use a wildlife camera

to monitor the nest from a safe distance.

ARE THE KITTENS IN ANY DANGER?

If the kittens are in danger due to their location, move them to a safer spot nearby so the mom can easily find them when she returns.

DO ANY OF THE KITTENS LOOK INJURED, SICK OR ARE CRYING?

if they are in a tidy location she’s been around recently.

How old do you think the kittens may be? Determine the kittens’ age and identify key milestones (are their eyes open, are they walking, etc.). The younger the kittens, the more likely they will need human intervention if mom doesn’t show up soon.

DID YOU SPOT THE MOM?

If the kittens are dirty, meowing or appear sick, underweight or dehydrated, this could be a sign that the mom hasn’t been around in some time. Contact a local rescue organization, trap-neuter-vaccinate-return (TNVR) or community cat program. They can help you determine if the kittens are at risk and if you should intervene.

IS THEIR NEST CLEAN OR MESSY?

Mom cats are very fastidious about keeping their babies clean, so chances are

If the mom is nearby, leave the kittens alone and let her be the one to care for them. She is their best chance of survival.

ARE THE KITTENS OLD ENOUGH TO BE SPAYED OR NEUTERED? When the kittens have been eating on their own for about four weeks or are big enough for surgery (typically between two to three months old), a TNVR program can help you humanely trap the whole family and have them spayed or neutered. This is the most

humane, safe and effective method of preventing cats and kittens from entering the shelter system while reducing the overall stray cat population.

DID THE MOM NOT RETURN AFTER 12 HOURS OR SO? If mom doesn’t return and the kittens otherwise appear healthy, it’s time to step in. By caring for the kittens yourself and keeping them out of the shelter, you are giving them a better chance to survive and thrive.

Taking newborn kittens to your local shelter should be a last resort, but because countless kittens do end up in shelters during kitten season, kitten foster volunteers are needed throughout the country to save lives and give them a chance to find forever homes. Learn more about how to help kittens in your community at www.bestfriends.org/ kittens.

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agreement for a specific act or activity that is freely given and can be changed at any time. It is ongoing communication based in respect and equality, and it doesn’t have to just be for sexual situations. By learning more about consent and normalizing asking for it in everyday situations, we create environments where boundaries can be communicated and respected.

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costs of the Kyle 57 Public Improvement District (the ANTHEM MUNICIPAL “District”) which includes UTILITY DISTRICT property owned by the (A Political Subdivision Petitioner and further deof the State of Texas Located scribed herein (the “Propwithin Hays County) erty”). $2,770,000 Unlimited Tax Time and Place of the Road Bonds, Series 2022 Hearing. The public hearing The Board of Directors will start at or after 7:00 (the “Board”) of Anthem p.m. on May 17, 2022 to be Municipal Utility District held at Kyle City Hall City (the “District”) will publicly Council Chambers, 100 W. receive sealed bidson its Center Street, Kyle, Texas $2,770,000 Unlimited Tax 78640.

Road Bonds, Series 2022 General Nature of the (the “Bonds”), on WednesProposed Public Improveday, May 11, 2022, at 9:00 ments. The general nature A.M., Central Time, at the of the proposed improveDistrict’s Financial Advisor ments to be provided by the office, Hilltop Securities, District, in phases, includes, Inc., 717 N. Harwood Street, without limitation: (i) the Suite 3400,Dallas, Texas establishment of parks and 75201, ATTN: Andre Ayala. open space, together with The Board will take action the design, construction to reject any and all bids or and maintenance of any anaccept the bid resulting in cillary structures, features the lowest net interest cost or amenities such as trails, to the District, on Wednespavilions, community facilday, May 11, 2022, at 11:45 ities, irrigation, walkways, A.M. Central Time at the lighting, benches, swimDistrict’s regular meeting ming pools, trash receptaplace located outside the cles and any similar items boundaries of the District, located therein; (ii) land805 Las Cimas Parkway, scaping improvements; (iii) Building 3, Suite 310, Ausacquisition, construction, tin, TX 78746. and improvement of water, A bid for the Bonds may wastewater and drainage be delivered to the District facilities; (iv) acquisition, electronically or delivered construction and improvedirectly to the District in a ment of streets, roadways, sealed envelope addressed rights-of-way and related to the Financial Advisor facilities; (v) construction of of the District at the above entry monumentation and address of the District's features; (vi) signage; (vii) Financial Advisor. Bidders, projects similar to those listother than bidders submit- ed in subsections (i) - (vi) ting an electronic bid, must above; and (viii) payment of submit signed Official Bid costs associated with conForms on the date of and structing and financing the before the time of the sale. public improvements listed All bidders must submit a in subparagraphs (i) - (vii) bank Cashier’s Check in above, including costs of the amount of $55,400.00 establishing, administering payable to the order of the and operating the District; District as a Good Faith all of which promote the Deposit. Additional terms interests of the City. and conditions related to Estimated Cost and the submission of a bid for Terms of the Proposed the Bonds are included in Construction of the Public the "Official Notice of Sale Improvements. The original and Bidding Instructions." estimated costs of the The Bonds will mature proposed construction of serially on September 1, the public improvements 2024 through 2047 (inclupursuant to Resolution No. sive) and will be dated May 1249 was approximately 15, 2022. The "Notice of Sale $8,000,000. The increased and Bidding Instructions," estimated costs of the the "Preliminary Official proposed construction of Statement" and the "Official the public improvements Bid Form" may be obtained pursuant to the Petition is from the District’s Financial approximately $9,000,000 Advisor, Hilltop Securities (including issuance and Inc., 717 N. Harwood Street, other financing costs).

Suite 3400, Dallas, Texas Proposed District Bound75201. This notice does not aries. The District includes constitute an offer to sell approximately 57.293 acres the Bonds but is merely no- of land, generally located tice of sale of the Bonds as south of FM 150 and west required by Texas law. The of Old Stagecoach Road, looffer to sell the Bonds will cated within the corporate be made by means of the limits of the City, and as "Notice of Sale and Bidding more particularly described Instructions," the "Prelimby a metes and bounds inary Official Statement," description available at Kyle and the "Official Bid Form." City Hall located at 100 W. Mr. Brandon Brydson Center Street, Kyle, Texas President, Board of 78640 and available for Directors public inspection during Anthem Municipal Utility regular business hours.

District Method of Assessment.

An assessment methodoloNOTICE OF APPLICATION TO gy will be prepared that will SUBDIVIDE address: (i) how the costs of the public improvements An application has been financed with the assesssubmitted with HAYS ments are assessed against COUNTY to subdivide 4 acres of property located at the property in the District, (ii) the assessments to be along 4400 W Highway 290 Dripping Springs, TX 78620. collected each year, and (iii) reduction of the assessInformation regarding the ments for costs savings application may be ob(pursuant to the annual tained from Hays County review of the service plan Development Services for the District). Additional(512)393-2150. Tracking ly, a report will be prepared number: PLN-1875-NP". showing the special benefits NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING accruing to property in the District and how the costs CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEAR- of the public improvements are assessed to property on ING REGARDING THE the basis of the special benPETITION TO INCREASE efits. The result will be that THE ESTIMATED COSTS equal shares of the costs OF THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE KYLE 57 PUBLIC will be imposed on property IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT similarly benefited.

The assessment methPursuant to Section odology will result in each 372.009(c) and (d) of the parcel paying its fair share Texas Local Government of the costs of the public Code, as amended (the improvements provided “Act”), notice is hereby with the assessments based given that the City Council on the special benefits reof the City of Kyle, Texas ceived by the property from (“City”), will hold a public the public improvements hearing to accept public and property equally situcomments and discuss the ated paying equal shares petition (the “Petition”), of the costs of the public filed by Kyle 57 Developimprovements. ment, Inc., a Texas corpoProposed Apportionment ration (the “Petitioner”), of Cost between the District requesting that the City and the City. Authorization increase the estimated and creation of the District

will not obligate the City to provide any funds to finance the public improvements. The estimated costs of the public improvements shall be apportioned between the District and City such that all of the costs of the public improvements are paid from assessments levied on the property within the District and from other funds available to the District.

During the public hearing, any interested person may speak for or against the increased estimated costs of the District and the advisability of the improvements to be made for the benefit of the property within the District.

Contract, Plans, Specifications, Performance and Payment Bonds and the Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations: SOUTHWEST ENGINEERS, INC., 307 ST. LAWRENCE STREET, GONZALES, TEXAS 78629 (830) 672-7546 Plans and Specifications are available at the office of Southwest Engineers, Inc. in two different formats: Hard Copy - $80.00 (Non-Refundable) ~ Download - $25.00 (Non-Refundable).

A bid bond in the amount of 5% of the bid issued by an acceptable surety registered with the U.S. Treasury shall be submitted with each bid.

A certified check payable to AUCTION NOTICE the County Line SUD may Chapter 59 Texas Propbe submitted in lieu of the erty Code. River Road Self Bid Bond.

Storage will conduct a The County Line SUD Public Sale to the highest reserves the right to reject bidder for cash on their premises. This sale is being any or all bids and to waive any informalities in the listed below. bidding.

The company reserves Bids may be held by the right to reject any bid the County Line SUD for a and withdraw any from the period not to exceed thirty sale at any time.

Date: May 7, 2022 (Saturday) (30) days from the date of the bid opening for the River Road Self Storage purpose of reviewing the wishes to avail themselves bids and investigating the of the Texas Provision of bidder's qualifications prior Chapter 59 of the Texas to the contract award.

Property Code. This sale is April 20, 2022 County listed below.

Line SUD Time: 9:00a.m.

Chris Betz, President Location: 880 River Road, San Marcos, Texas 78666 BLANKET ORDER FOR BID Unit #010 Ð G. Garcia Ð ADVERTISEMENTS work bench, folding chairs, ladders, welding equipment For Fiscal Year 2022 Unit #026 Ð C. Rocha Ð Requesting proposals weed eater, tool box, holifor RFP #25-042201VL day décor, furniture, boxes Bilingual Speech Therapy Unit #067 Ð N. Gonzales Services. Proposals will be Ð washer, sewing machines, accepted until 05-04-2022 furniture, boxes, baby at 2:00 p.m. local time. swings Specifications are available Unit #266 Ð R. Saucedo Ð in the HCISD Purchasing couch, folding tables Office (512-268-2141 ext.

Unit #279 Ð R. Scandurra 45092) between the hours Ð totes, furniture, clothes, of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., luggage Monday through ThursUnit #294 Ð A. Ortiz Ð day. Bid responses must furniture, wicker chair, be returned to the HCISD camping chairs, hand Purchasing Office, Valerie truck/dolly, tv, boxes Littrell, 21003 IH 35, Kyle, Unit #303 Ð H. Rivera TX 78640, by the date and Ð boxes, furniture, totes, time indicated above. household goods Late Bids will be returned Unit #360 Ð F. Cantu Ð unopened. The HCISD heater, Dallas Cowboys Board of Trustees reserves folding table, coolers, baby the right to reject any and/ toys, fishing poles or all bids and waive all Unit #377 Ð G. Knowles formalities. Ð Black & Decker weed eater, vacuum, furniture, tote NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL Unit #407 Ð D. RichiPROPERTY son-Golden Ð totes, State of Texas weights, wooden fraternity County of Hays letters Cause: 19-2463 PK Ð R. Bridgman Ð AlleBy virtue of an Order of gro Bay Pusher RV Sale issued by the clerk of the 453rd District Court ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS of HAYS County, Texas, Separate sealed Bids for February,07,2022, in cause the County Line Special numbered 19-2463, styled Utility District’s (SUD) Community of Amberwood GRISTMILL SOUTH Homeowners Association, GRAVITY MAIN & REINC. versus Ayers, GregUSE MAIN, SWE Project ory and Ayers, Misti on a No. 0017-080-21 will be judgment rendered against received by and at the office Ayers, Gregory and Ayers, of the General Manager, Misti; I did on March 22, 8870 Camino Real, Uhland, 2022, at 2:30 p.m., levy Texas 78640 until Thursday, upon as the property of May 12, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. Ayers, Gregory and Ayers, where they will be opened Misti the following deand read aloud. Bids must scribed real property: be clearly marked on the LOT 18, BLOCK I, AMoutside of the envelope or BERWOOD PHASE THREE, package with the words ACCORDING TO THE “County Line SUD Ð GristMAP OR PLAT THEREOF, mill South Gravity Main & RECORDED IN VOLUME Reuse Main Project”. Bids 11, PAGE 147, PLAT REreceived after this time will CORDS, HAYS COUNTY, be rejected and returned TEXAS MORE COMMONunopened.

LY KNOWN AS 170 AMBER Project consists of, but is ASH DRIVE, KYLE, TX not limited to the following: 78640.

Furnish and install approxOn May 3, 2022, being imately 4,777 L.F. of 18” & the first Tuesday of the 15” PVC SDR 26 Gravity month, between the hours Main and 5,190 L.F. PVC of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., C900 DR-18 Reuse Pipe, in- beginning at 10:00 a.m., cluding bored steel casing, at the Hays County, at the concrete manholes, gate South Door, 712 Stagecoach valves, air release valves, Trail of the Courthouse mechanical joint restraints, of the said County, in the tie-ins, trench safety, City of San Marcos, Texas, livestock gates and erosion I will sell for cash to the control. The project will be highest bidder, all the right, located near Gristmill Road title and interest of Ayers, South in Uhland, Texas.

Gregory and Ayers, Misti Each Bidder shall also in and to the real property include the time when he described above. could begin work and the Dated at Kyle, Hays number of days needed County, Texas, March 22, to complete the project as 2022 part of his bid. This may Michael Torres factor into the award of the Constable, Pct. 2 project.

Hays County, Texas The Information for 5458 FM 2770 Bidders, Bid, Bid Bond, Kyle, Texas 78640

by Patrick Chasse, Deputy Notice to Bidders: You are buying whatever interest, if any, the Debtor has in the property. Purchase of the Debtor's interest in the property may not extinguish any liens or security interests held by other persons.

There are no warranties, express or implied, regarding the property being sold, including but not limited to warranties of title, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Notice to Judgment Debtor: If there is any property, real or personal, you want to point out for levy in lieu of the above described property, you must contact this office immediately.

NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

County of Hays Cause: 20-0410 By virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the clerk of the 453rd District Court of HAYS County, Texas, March,4, 2022, in cause numbered 20-0410, styled POST OAK ONE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC. versus Araceli Hernandez on a judgment rendered against Araceli Hernandez; I did on March 31, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., levy upon as the property of Araceli Hernandez the following described real property: Lot 27, BLOCK Q, POST OAK SUBDIVISION, PHASE 2, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 12, PAGE 138, PLAT RECORDS, HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS 281 DO-

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CITY OF KYLE, TEXAS REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) Special Events - Destination: RFP-2022-04-SE SPECIFICATIONS AND GENERAL PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY OF KYLE DESTINATION SPECIAL EVENTS PROPOSALS NOTICE TO RESPONDERS: The City of Kyle is accepting proposals to provide services for full-service event planning to include two events per year in this RFP and posted on our website: www.cityofkyle.com. Proposals marked Special Events Destination: RFP-2022-04-SE are to be submitted to: Jerry Hendrix City of Kyle, Assistant City Manager 100 W. Center Street Kyle, TX 78640 (512) 262-3921 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL DEADLINE: 12:15pm, April 29th, 2022 Introduction The City of Kyle is seeking proposals from qualified individuals, agencies, companies, or groups to plan, produce and promote two large special events each year. These events are expected to draw attendees from inside the city as well as surrounding cities and counties. Each event is also expected to achieve Kyle’s Gold Standard in terms of event quality and attendee satisfaction. The services include, but not limited to concept development, planning, assistance with sponsorship, event production, and overall event management coordination, including day-of-event coordination, budget management, programming, and implementation.

The complete RFP is available at https://www.cityofkyle.com/specialevents/ destination-special-events

INVITATION FOR BIDS CBD NO. 5332 This Invitation for Bids is for the construction of Crosswinds Subdivision, Phase 3B. The work general ly consists of Streets, Drainage, Water, Wastewater and Erosion Control Improvements. Sealed Bids should be addressed to MileStone Community Builders, on behalf of Crosswinds Municipal Utility District (the “District”), Attn: Charles Hughes. Bids will be received at the office of the Project Engineer, Attn: Brett Pasquarella, P.E., Carlson, Brigance & Doering, Inc. (CBD, Inc.), 5701 W. William Cannon Dr., Austin, TX 78749 until the date of Thursday, June 2, 2022 for a public bid opening at 2:00 p.m. Proposals will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Any Proposals received after the closing time will be un opened.

Bid documents for this project will be available for purchase from the office of the Project Engineer-CBD, Inc. A non-refundable purchase fee of $125.00 will be charged. The link will contain CAD files, pdf set of plans and bid documents. Make checks payable to Carlson, Brigance and Doering, Inc. Bid documents may be viewed at the office of CBD by scheduling a time with Susan Martin (smartin@cbdeng.com).

A Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at the offices of CBD, Inc, 5701 W. William Cannon, Austin, Texas 78749, in the third-floor conference room. The Pre Qualification Statement included in the proposal packet and as required by Crosswinds M.U.D. shall be complet ed in its entirety and submitted as part of the pro posal. Any proposal lacking the Pre-Qualification State ment will not be considered.

All questions, clarifications, requests must be received in writing to Quynn Dusek, P.E. via email to quynn@cbdeng.com and received no later than noon, Monday, May 30, 2022. Any requests received after that time and date will not be addressed.

A Cashier’s Check, Certified Check, or Bid Bond pay able to Crosswinds M.U.D. and Development Solutions CW, LLC in an amount not less than 5% of the total bid must accompany each Bid as a guarantee that, if award ed the contract, the bidder will within 10 days of the award of the contract, enter into a contract and furnish an acceptable Performance and Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the Contract price. The Bidder’s surety will be forfeited and become the property of the Owner should the bidder fails to enter into a contract and furnish bonds acceptable to the Owner within 10 days after award of the contract.

Proposals shall not be withdrawn for a period of 90 days after the opening of the bids. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and to waive all defects and irregularities in bidding or bidding process except time of submitting a Bid. The Successful Bidder, if any, will be the responsible Bidder which in the Owner’s judgment will be most advantageous to the District and result in the best and most economical completion of the Project.

A Maintenance Bond will be required and is to remain in force for a period set by the governing requirements from the date of the letter of final acceptance from City of Kyle, Hays County and the Crosswinds MUD. Prevailing Wage Rates, in accordance with Govern ment Code 2258 are applicable to this project.

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PUBLIC NOTICES NATELLO, KYLE, TX 78640 (“PROPERTY’) On May,3, 2022, being the first Tuesday of the month, between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., beginning at 10:00 a.m., at the Hays County, at the South Door, 712 Stagecoach Trail of the Courthouse of the said County, in the City of San Marcos, Texas, I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, all the right, title and interest of Araceli Hernandez in and to the real property described above.

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NEWS

News-Dispatch • April 27, 2022

Swinging to State

DS soccer coaches reflect Local golfers qualify for UIL State on season

Tanner Wardlaw, golfer at Dripping Springs High School (DSHS), and Jared White, golfer at Live Oak Academy, qualified for the UIL State

Tournament that will be held on May 9 and May 10 at the White Wing Golf Club in Georgetown.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF DSISD

Tigers outlast Lobos in a slugfest

BY ALBERT SANCHEZ

On Friday, April 22, the Tigers hosted the Lobos from Lehman High School.

The Tigers opened the game with three runs in the first innings. The Lobos later tied the game with three runs in the 4th inning.

In the bottom of the 4th

inning, the Tigers regained the lead with six additional runs and padded their lead with two more runs in the 5th. The Lobos had a late rally in the 7th inning with two runs but Nico Ruedas came in and closed out the game with the final score of Tigers 11 and Lobos 7.

Senior #25 Brandon

Arvidson (Texas A&M Commit) pitched in the 4th inning. Arvidson pitched five innings and allowed six hits, with three runs, seven strikeouts and one walk.

The Tigers are currently in 3rd place in district and they have one remaining home game on April 29 at 7 p.m. with Kerrville Tivy.

PHOTO BY ALBERT SANCHEZ Tiger 3rd baseman #4 Cooper Dixon applied the tag for an out to Lobo #16 Pete Clenega as he attempted to steal 3rd base.

BY MEGAN WEHRING

DRIPPING SPRINGS — While the Dripping Springs Tigers boys and girls soccer seasons ended earlier than they had hoped, coaches Josh Hill and Bailee Perrine still considered it to be a successful year.

With a score of 3-1, the Lady Tigers earned their way to the UIL 5A Regional Finals after defeating Gregory-Portland High School on April 8, in Corpus Christi. At the Regional Finals on April 9, the Tigers faced Boerne Champion — while they won both games against them prior, the Tigers were unable to secure the win the third time.

After both teams remained at a 1-1 score at the end of regulation play, the game went into extended overtime yet both teams were unable to score. They went to a penalty kick/shootout and Boerne-Champion won 3-1.

“This year, we broke the record for longest winning streak,” said Perrine, girls soccer head coach. “We only had two games that were within one goal.

This whole season, we won every game by two or more goals except for [the games] against Lake Travis and Boerne-Champion.”

The Lady Tigers finished their 2022 season with a 25-1 record.

“I would say it was a pretty successful season,” Perrine said. “I don’t think the girls feel the same way, because when you come off a year of winning state to lose in the regional final, it feels like an unsuccessful season even though it was very successful. We

got to the final eight in the state and it’s a huge accomplishment.”

As for the Dripping Springs boys team, they punched their ticket to the state championship game after defeating Katy Jordan High School 1-0 on April 14. The championship against Wakeland High School was held on April 16, at Georgetown High School.

“For the last four or five years,” said Hill, boys soccer head coach, “we’ve won four out of the last five district championships. We’ve made it to the third round all five years. So, I think we’ve been knocking at the doorstep, breaking through. This team took it to the next level.”

Wakeland went into the second half with a score of 3-0. While the Dripping Springs Tigers played aggressive, they were unable to score in the second half, leaving the final score as Wakeland 3

and Tigers 0.

The Tigers finished 26-4 in their 2022 season and this was their first appearance in the championship game. According to school officials, the Tigers set new records in the season with 26 wins, 117 goals and 18 shutouts.

“We had a couple guys that scored a lot of goals,” Hill said, proud of his team. “But really, our defense was the key to our success.”

Dripping Springs High School is moving up to a 6-A classification next year.

Perrine discussed some goals for the next season.

“We plan on making a big run next year. If you ask the girls, they would say to win state at 6A,” Perrine said. “I’m going to challenge them in the pre-season by taking them up to Dallas and try to get games against big 6A schools. I think the girls can handle it and I think they are excited.”

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