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Students head back to class as COVID cases rise By KRISTEN MERIWETHER Staff Writer When students and teachers left campus for their winter break on Dec. 17, COVID cases were low in the district. There were class parties and parents on campus for a variety of holiday events. Williamson County was holding steady with an average of 75-100 new cases per day, according figures from the County’s COVID dashboard. What a difference two weeks makes. A combination of holiday interactions, travel and the omicron variant have led to a widely different COVID picture as students headed back to Liberty Hill ISD schools on Tuesday. On Monday, 20 students self-reported testing positive for the virus, bringing the total to 25 since New Year’s Eve, according to the LHISD COVID Dashboard. Twelve teachers self-reported on Monday, brining the total to 24 since New Year’s Eve. On Sunday, Williamson County reported 1,864 new cases, smashing a previous pandemic record, according to the County’s COVID dashboard. The County reported over 1,000 cases in the first two days of the year, the last day data is available. Nationwide testing shortages have not helped. At-home tests sold out of many local pharmacies and large-scale retailers like Amazon and Walmart were not expected to be restocked until the first few weeks of January. LHISD did not send students home with test kits prior to the break and does not have kits to send home now, according to Superintendent Steven Snell. “One of the challenges for our community is with the spike in cases, testing options for our staff and community are limited,” Snell said Tuesday. “We are hoping to partner with the City of LH [Liberty Hill] to bring a testing site back to our area.”
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Traffic survey shows respondents want to see lower speeds on SH 29
By KRISTEN MERIWETHER and RACHEL MADISON Staff Writers The City of Liberty Hill published the results of its Community Transportation Survey on Dec. 29. The feedback was given by residents during the annual Christmas Festival on Dec. 11. Of the 365 responses, 333 said they live in Liberty Hill. When asked, 44.3% of respondents said they experienced unacceptable congestion during their commute, with 31.8% saying they were unsatisfied with Liberty Hill roads. Respondents were asked to rank their top three priorities for roads inside the city limits. Safety at the entrance of the Liberty Parke neighborhood ranked number one, with 35% of respondents ranking it their highest priority. Lowering the speed limit on State Highway 29 ranked second. After reviewing and analyzing a Texas Department of Transportation study, the Liberty Hill City Council voted on Nov. 3 to reduce the speed limit from
What is the main cause of congestion you experience? Accidents 3%
Not Enough Infrastructure for Amount of Traffic 22.1%
4-way stop at RR 1869 & Loop 332 4.9% Not Enough Traffic Signals 4.9%
Toll Road Construction 6.2%
Lack of Turn Lanes 6.5%
School Traffic 16.2%
High Speed Limits 6.7% Liberty Parke 11.9%
55 to 50 miles per hour. City Administrator Lacie Hale said at that meeting TxDOT plans to do another study after all of the traffic lights scheduled for SH 29 are installed. “There will eventually be seven lights between CR 200 and Seward Junction,” she said in November. “Once we get those completed it will, by nature, slow down traffic.”
Speeding, running lights and distracted drivers were listed above 10% on all three priority lists. Forrest Street was cited as a specific road where respondents wanted to see better speed enforcement. In a Dec. 20 interview with The Independent, Hale said she was at the Christmas Festival on Dec. 11 receiving questions from residents for a
Traffic Signal Timing 10.5%
portion of the time. She said she enjoyed helping residents understand what problems the City could solve and which ones needed to be addressed by the County. “A lot of residents, they’re very passionate about projects outside of our city limits,” Hale said. “We were able to direct them on where they can get the best information.”
Toll road construction, County road maintenance and getting on and off of SH 29 were the top three priorities for roads outside the city limits, according to the survey. Respondents suggested repairing potholes, widening and adding lanes, adding signals for each subdivision and adding shoulders or turn lanes to existing roads.
Round Rock-based chemical manufacturer opening facility north of Liberty Hill
By KRISTEN MERIWETHER Staff Writer Round Rock-based Exfluor Research Corporation has plans to open a new manufacturing facility north of Liberty Hill in 2023. The company began in 1984, primarily doing contract research for NASA and the United States Air Force. In the early 1990s, the company transitioned to manufacturing specialty fluorinated chemicals. Today products made by Exfluor can be found in everything from satellites to televisions. The company holds over 25 U.S. patents covering its fluorination process and many of the fluorinated products, according to the company’s website. The company purchased a 36.07 acre parcel on County
Road 236, just west of U.S. Highway 183 in December 2019, according to Williamson Central Appraisal District records. The company has not finalized plans for the new Florence facility, but Vice President Tim Juhlke told The Independent that they hope to finish the facility and move equipment in sometime in 2023. He said as of now the company plans to keep the Round Rock facility for at least a few years. Williamson Central Appraisal District records show the company has owned the land the Round Rock facility is on since 1994. Juhlke said the company is currently going through the permitting process by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the state agency charged with protect-
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ing public health and natural resources. “We’re permitting everything and doing everything humanly possible to have no impact on anything,” Juhlke said. The Independent reached out to TCEQ for a status on the permit and for clarification on the process, however, emails were not returned by press time. A search of the TCEQ
Compliance History database only showed one record for Exfluor Research Corporation. The rating was not given, with a rating date of Sept 1, 2021, and the classification was listed as unclassified. Juhlke said the Florence location would not have customer traffic in and out of the facility. He added that most of their products are small batches and
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can be shipped via FedEx, limiting the number of 18-wheeler traffic coming in and out. “We make small quantities of materials,” Juhlke said. “It’s not like a typical chemical manufacturing operation. We make specialty chemicals, very small amounts in comparison.” 12-28-2020
Golf Cart King’s new building goes vertical
By RACHEL MADISON Staff Writer What’s that big, concrete building behind the QuikTrip gas station on County Road 214? That’s been the question on a lot of residents’ minds in recent weeks as the walls have gone vertical at the new location for Austin-based Golf Cart King. Golf Cart King is a family-owned business that started in Austin in 2010. The company was launched for golf cart owners who wanted more per©2022 The Liberty Hill Independent
sonalization options and access to a variety of parts to perform their own maintenance on their golf carts. Aaron Gouldie, founder and CEO, told The Independent he decided to relocate and build Golf Cart King’s new facility in Liberty Hill because geographically it worked well for him. “We didn’t have a footprint in the area of Sun City in Georgetown, and I lived in [Leander],” he said. “I was looking at somewhere in between my house and Sun City to open up a new headquarters. When I met with the staff with the City of Liberty Hill, it seemed like a good fit and everyone was welcoming.” The project broke ground in fall 2021 and is anticipated to
A rendering of the 12,000-square-foot Golf Cart King, which is under construction on CR 214 near QuikTrip convenience store. (Courtesy Graphic)
be completed by April 2022, Gouldie said. Golf Cart King will bring 23 new jobs to the community and anticipates that amount moving up to as many as 41 within the next decade.
While for now the 12,000-square-foot, two-story building looks intimidating as it looms just off State Highway 29, Gouldie said the finished product will be beautiful. “I am putting $250,000 into
the landscaping alone,” he said. “I will be planting over 50 trees there. There will be a glass façade in the front, and the building will be painted multiple colors and have lighting on it. It’s going to be really
nice. My intention was never to build an eyesore—it will be a very nice facility when it’s done.” Upon completion, the
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Weekly Highlights: - On Dec. 27 at approximately 8:01AM, officers responded to the 15000 block of W. SH 29 for mental disorder complaint. - On Dec. 27 at approximately 11:32 AM, officers responded to the 3000 block of RM 1869 for a suspicious vehicle complaint. - On Dec. 27 at approximately 1:00 PM, officers responded to the 14000 block of W. SH 29 for a traffic hazard. - On Dec. 27 at approximately 3:40 PM, officers responded to the 2000 block of RM 1869 for
a welfare concern. - On Dec. 27 at approximately 5:50 PM, officers responded to the 13000 block of W. SH 29 for a traffic complaint. - On Dec. 27 at approximately 7:54 PM, officers responded to Terrace Cove to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Dec. 28 at approximately 8:23 AM, officers responding to Falcon Lane to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Dec. 28 at approximately 11:07 AM, officers responded to the 100 block of US 183 for a mental health issue. - On Dec. 28 at approximately 5:00 PM, officers responded to Hillcrest Lane for a disturbance. - On Dec. 28 at approximately 7:29 PM, officers responded to Desert Rd for suspicious activity. - On Dec. 28 at approximately 10:01PM, officers responded to the 13000 block of W. SH 29 for suspicious activity. - On Dec. 29 at approximately 8:32 AM, officers responded to the 300 block of US 183 to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Dec. 29 at approximately 11:59 PM, officers responded to Bailey Lane for a suspicious activity complaint. - On Dec. 29 at approximately 12:19 PM, officers responded to the 1000 block of Loop 332, for a welfare check. - On Dec. 29 at approximately 4:14PM, officers responded to the 19000 block of Ronald Reagan Blvd. to assist the Leander Police Department. - On Dec. 29 at approximately 6:19 PM, officers responded to the 4000 block of W. SH 29 to
assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Dec. 30 at approximately 3:25 AM, officers responded to Horseshoe Loop for a disturbance resulting in the arrest of a male adult for assault. - On Dec. 30 at approximately 10:36 AM, officers responded to the 13000 block of W. SH 29 for an animal bite complaint. - On Dec. 30 at approximately 12:14 PM, officers responded to the 6000 block of W. SH 29 to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Dec. 30 at approximately 6:50PM, officers responded to the 12000 block of W. SH 29 for an assault complaint. - On Dec. 30 at approximately 8:17 PM, officers responded to the 11000 block of W. SH 29 for suspicious activity. - On Dec. 30 at approximately 11:52 PM, officers responded to Kingfisher Lane to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Dec. 31 at approximately 8:45 AM, officers responded to the intersection of US 183 and W. SH 29 for a follow up. - On Dec. 31 at approximately 3:05 PM, officers responded to Shoetop for suspicious activity. - On Dec. 31 at approximately 4:39 PM, officers responded to the 14000 block of W. SH 29 for a lost senior adult. - On Dec. 31 at approximately 6:47 PM, officers responded to American Ave for a fireworks complaint. - On Dec. 31 at approximately 8:36 PM, officers responded to Spotted Rail Ridge for a fireworks complaint. - On Dec. 31 at approximately 9:35 PM, officers responded
to Green Bur Oak Loop for a fireworks complaint. - On Jan. 1 at approximately 1:12 AM, officers responded to the 2000 block of RM 1869 to assist the Liberty Hill Fire/ EMS. - On Jan. 1 at approximately 9:19AM, officers responded to the 13000 block of W. SH 29 for an accident. - On Jan. 1 at approximately 1:13 PM, officers responded to Green Bur Oak Loop for a disturbance resulting in the arrest of a male juvenile. - On Jan. 1 at approximately 4:12 PM, officers responded to the 13000 block of W. SH 29 for a stray animal complaint. - On Jan. 1 at approximately 7:54 PM, officers responded to Syrah Ct. for suspicious activity. - On Jan. 1 at approximately 9:51 PM, officers responded to the 1000 block of Loop 332 for an alarm call. - On Jan. 2 at approximately 1:34 AM, officers responded to Boulderwood Dr. to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Jan. 2 at approximately 2:43 PM, officers responded to US 183 and Whitewing to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Jan. 2 at approximately 8:42 PM, officers responded to the 20000 block of W. SH 29 to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Jan. 2 at approximately 9:46 PM, officers responded to the 15000 block of W. SH 29 for a welfare concern.
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From left, are Mrs. Back (sponsor), Morgan Philpott, Stephanie Smith, Jason Permenter, Chelsey Urban and Mrs. Nation (sponsor). The students captured the 2005 state championship in UIL Spelling. (Courtesy Photo)
Recalling another state championship
By JAMES WEAR Columnist It’s that time of year when there’s a lot of talk about championships, whether it be the state title in schoolboy football or the national championship at the collegiate gridiron level. Liberty Hill, of course, is the proud owner of two state championship trophies in football, and can boast of several more near-misses in both football and basketball. One championship we sometimes forget, however, isn’t that many years ago…2005 in fact, and that’s the year a group of Liberty Hill High School students claimed in the state championship in a University Interscholastic League
literary event: spelling. Now, before you think there’s anything easy about spelling, consider that among the words contestants were asked to spell correctly included “grandiloquence,” “triskaidekaphobia,” “pleuropneumonia,” and “lumpenproletariat.” The four students who made up Liberty Hill’s spelling team included Jason Permenter, Morgan Philpott, Stephanie Smith and Chelsey Urban, and not only did the quartet have the highest score among all other Class 3A schools competing, but they outperformed all schools, regardless of classification. Individually, Philpott was third place winner while Smith wound up in fourth place.
The group prepared by studying a word list that included 1,500 challenging words, but as sponsor Edna Nation pointed out, 20 percent of the test could include words from outside the study list. Each of the students received a medal. The state championship was not the only thing making the news in Liberty Hill that second week of May. That’s also the week the Liberty Hill City Council approved a resolution of its intent to adopt a property tax. Also, early voting got underway on a $65 million bond package that included building a new elementary school (now known as Bill Burden Elementary).
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By CHRIS PEZOLD Liberty Hill City Council For starters… Happy N e w Ye a r, Liberty Hill! I have b e e n hoping for a calm in the storm to give my neighbors an update and a glimpse into the City of Liberty Hill and what is being done with their tax dollars. I have still not experienced smooth seas, but feel progress is being made and that Liberty Hill is way overdue for an update. First, please put the Water Town Hall meeting on your calendars, January 12th at 6 p.m. at the Liberty Hill Middle School. Great news will be given on our most precious resource, water. In other infrastructure news, a solution to our lack of sewer infrastructure has been found to allow downtown to grow, not just the large developments to the East and West of Liberty Hill. I have been very concerned with Liberty Hill having a similar situation that the city of Austin has had for decades. The East and West divide of IH-35. The nice part of town, and the not so nice side of town. In looking into past development agreements between the City and developers that have used municipal utility districts (MUD) as a way of financing the improvements to their subdivisions, I have seen a disturbing pattern. The City’s resources are used, traffic increases, and tax rates increase. The MUD agreements of the past do not have developers paying into the development of our city to keep up with the growth that is brought to our area. It is a donut effect. The MUDs do not contribute to the taxes of the City for about 30 years, all the while increasing the strain on the City. I am working to change this culture so that the City of Liberty Hill is not the forgotten center of the donut that becomes run down and burdened by these developments. Ethical profit. Even though the new members on the City Council have worked hard to bring solutions to the infrastructure, we are still determining how to fund it. The City Council is still working on the budget and audit. Our Audit has not been completed from our pri-
or year. The current Council and staff are working hard on the City’s finances, including mending issues from the prior administration. I have been informed by our current City Administrator of the following facts: 1. Our former Treasurer was paid additional remuneration by our former Mayor (Rick Hall) without approval from Council. Since she was HR director as well as Treasurer, no one else was aware of this illegal monthly transfer of funds. This was above the 115% pay rate compared to other treasurers in Texas. Also, our former Treasurer did not have an accounting degree nor a financial degree, she has a political science degree. 2. Our former Treasurer did not reconcile accounts since the last Mayor left office. 3. All the City money was put into one account as opposed to allocating funds in different accounts as prescribed by state law. 4.Council has no way of knowing if or how much money is missing. Council will be informed on the final audit at the upcoming Council meeting. We have uncovered what appears to be favoritism for certain businesses in the form of incentives given by both EDC and the City’s lack of charging for the proper number of LUE’s for water and sewer for some businesses. We are still investigating these issues. We have an EDC Director, the former Mayor of Cedar Park, who was hired by our former Mayor. The EDC hired its own lawyer who happens to have served on the Cedar Park City Council under the EDC director’s term as Mayor of that City. We have also found out that the EDC Director is using an employee of his personal company, as a consultant to the EDC. I am requesting a special election that would give the citizens of Liberty Hill the opportunity to review the EDC’s role and whether they would like to continue funding the EDC with their tax dollars. Currently, we have a Council member, who was appointed by our former Mayor, that has hired an attorney as well. The word harassment has been used by this member of Council to describe the questions into the legal habitability of a dwelling that is claimed as her residence. We have a former IT Director that was paid 120% of any
other IT Director in this size city when compared to a salary survey that was conducted. The City received complaints from citizens for nearly a year that they could not hear audio from council meetings streamed online. This employee’s performance kept our constituents from participating in our democracy. Not acceptable! The City has been working on changing procedures in the IT Department to allow the City to better function. I share this with all of you for one reason. Change. If you or anyone you know is angry at federal politics and feel powerless to create positive change, get involved locally. We have an election coming up in May. We must do better. We, as citizens of Liberty Hill, have an obligation to see Liberty Hill flourish. No more closed-door politics. No more favoritism. No more Council members that feel they know better than engineers and consultants. I hate to bring up Austin again, but you can literally trace back to a City Council that attempted to keep Austin small by limiting expansion of certain traffic infrastructure. The amount of lost time due to traffic in Austin is staggering. The majority of that could have been avoided if the constituents where more involved in their government. Liberty Hill has blessed my family more than words can express. I will be on the City Council for two and a half more years. I will not run again. I am not a politician. My job is to bump into every leader in this town and make sure they are doing their best for this community. My job is to question everything that is not abundantly clear with our government. I view my role on the City Council as one who is on a board of directors of a large company. The constituents are the investors in this company. My role is to make sure that the company is healthy and that our investors see a positive return. In the case of the City, this positive return is a quality of life, a safe community, quality employment opportunities and retail that satisfies their needs. Please get involved. Be a Patriot. Central Texas has a migration coming this way. We must preserve liberty. Please consider running for City Council and join me in keeping liberty in Liberty Hill.
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building will include a 6,000-square-foot retail store front and showroom, 6,000 square feet of offices, storage space for golf carts, and areas for custom upholstery projects. Gouldie said he has put everything he’s made into his business and is excited to bring his family-based company to Liberty Hill. “Golf Cart King is not a corporation,” he said. “We’re just a bunch of small-town people bringing our building to a small town to help it grow. I promise the building won’t be an eyesore—it’s going to be really nice.” Golf Cart King comes to Liberty Hill through an incentive agreement between the City of Liberty Hill and the Economic Development Corporation, which includes both employment incentives and sales tax reimbursements. According to the agreement, Golf Cart King will receive $2,000 per fulltime equivalent position at the end of 2023, 2025 and 2027, up to $230,000 total with an annu-
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Education Foundation awards over $20,000 in grants
By RACHEL MADISON Staff Writer For the third time since it started in late 2019, the Liberty Hill Independent School District Education Foundation was able to award more than a dozen grants across the school district on Dec. 16. The Foundation board selected 14 of 17 grants submitted in this cycle and awarded a total of $20,391 to teachers across the district for innovative projects and programs they intend to use the funds for. At Liberty Hill Middle School, art teachers Misti Schulz, Leslie Krizan and Marie Layne received a check for $1,400 for their community bowls project, which will be the catalyst for a fundraising project to combat childhood hunger, Schulz said. “Art students will create pottery to resale as a fundraiser for our local pantry,” she said. “We will be working with students to teach hand-built pottery skills using the materials purchased with grant funds. We will host an Ice Cream Social and a purchaser will receive a handmade bowl made by an LHMS student with their ice cream. All profit funds will be donated to our local pantry for local families who are in need.” Schulz added that success from this project will be two fold in that students will learn the technical skills of pottery, but also the social skills of community involvement and the importance of using developed skills to give back. Another project, called Pawsitive Parenting, was funded in a previous Foundation grant cycle, and was awarded once again due to its success. Missy Whitsett, school counselor at Santa Rita Middle School, was awarded $1,200 for the second round of the program. She said she is grateful the Foundation decided to support her program a second time. “This program seeks to open up communications between
school and parents as we all learn more about mental health and how we can strengthen our partnerships to support our students, families and mental health needs,” she said. “We are so fortunate to be in a district that sees the value in this work. I am excited to meet with our counseling team in January and start working on putting together our next event.” The remaining grant recipients included: Jennifer Hurley of Liberty Hill Elementary, who received $1,044 for small group reading activities and book club chapter book sets; Jolie Jennings and Tara Gray of Bill Burden Elementary, who received $966 for a listen and learn program with VOX books; Caroline Montgomery of Noble Elementary, who received $2,850 for a professional teacher library; Jennifer Coates of Noble Elementary, who received $2,598 for news broadcasting equipment; Cheryl Simmons and Bailey Wipff of Noble Elementary, who received $915 for a Math For All program; Alison Jalufka of Rancho Sienna Elementary, who received $575 for a going deeper in mathematics program; Cathy Kieschnick of Santa Rita Elementary, who received $307 for phonics-based decodable readers; Katie Ann Prescott, Jordan Hunt and Wendy Stocker of LHMS, who received $1,000 for an Audio Books For All program; Prescott, who received $900 for a Read & Ride program; Prescott and Sheri Durham of Santa Rita Middle School, who received $3,000 to fund a visit from author Jennifer Nielson; Christine Huppee, Mikyela Tedder and Julie Bowse of Liberty Hill High School, who received $2,650 for Carnipalooza—a classroom carnival experience for students with special needs; and Jennings and Lauren Claymon of Liberty Hill High School, who received $986 for a Let’s Go on a Story Walk! program.
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(TOP) Art Teacher Leslie Krizan (center right) stands with a group of her students at Liberty Hill Middle School and LHEF President John Newburg (left) after learning she and fellow art teachers Misti Schulz and Marie Layne received a $1,400 grant. (SECOND FROM TOP) From left, LHEF President John Newburg, art teacher Marie Layne and Superintendent Steve Snell pose with a $1,400 grant check from the Liberty Hill Education Foundation. Layne, along with fellow Liberty Hill Middle School art teachers Misti Schulz and Leslie Krizan, will use the grant funds for a project to fight childhood hunger. (RIGHT) From left, Santa Rita Middle School Principal Josh Curtis, SRMS librarian Sheri Durham, Liberty Hill Middle School librarian Katie Ann Prescott and LHMS Principal Monica Miller, hold up a grant check for $3,000 which will fund a visit from author Jennifer Nielson for middle school students. (BELOW) From left, LHEF President John Newburg, Snell, and Missy Whitsett, school counselor at Santa Rita Middle School, after Whitsett learned she received a grant.
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THE LIBERTY HILL INDEPENDENT Thursday, January 6, 2022 Page 5
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The Lady Panthers finished with an overall record of 36-11, including a second-place district finish with a mark of 12-3 and a playoff win over Cedar Park to secure the No. 2 seed entering the playoffs.
Football, volleyball dominate Panthers fall season
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series reviewing Panther sports from 2021. By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor In the second part of our twopart series on Liberty Hill’s year in sports, the spotlight shines on the Panthers’ football and volleyball teams. Both qualified for their respective state playoffs, but only one advanced to within a whisker of a coveted championship. Football Perhaps it was only fitting Liberty Hill’s football team would face the same team at the same stage of the playoffs and even on the same field as they had less than 12 months earlier with once again a chance to advance to a state champion-
Both teams secured playoff berths
ship game on the line. The venue was Merrill Green Stadium in Bryan, the opponent was Crosby and the stage was the Class 5A Division II state semifinals. However, after heartbreaking defeat the first time around, the Panthers prevailed in the rematch by a score of 42-14, thereby punching their ticket for a date at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. But, before reaching that point, the Purple-and-Gold had endured a 2-2 pre-district schedule before another league campaign that saw them only challenged once – in a 21-14 home win over Marble Falls – so just like the previous season, one didn’t know quite what to expect once the playoffs began. After all, the offense started the season with an entirely
new cast, as 11 rookie starters had to come together and find synergy with the complicated machinations of the Slot-T offense. Throw in an injury to the starting quarterback in the fourth game of the season and a running back who began the year as the backup signal-caller and you get somewhat of an idea what a topsy-turvy campaign it was for head coach Kent Walker and his team. Yet there they were on the field with the big, blue star at the 50-yard-line with a chance to win a state championship in only the program’s second season of being a Class 5A program. Alas, the opportunity went wanting with a 23-14 defeat to South Oak Cliff, but the result in their final contest of the season certainly doesn’t
detract from the fact the Panthers were one of only 24 high-school football teams in the entire state of Texas that was still standing on the final day of the season. Liberty Hill ended the season with a 13-3 record and a district championship to its name, but it was the big one that got away in the end that will be painful moving forward – particularly for the players that won’t be back next season, said Walker. “Our senior class is a special group,” he said. “Most of you all know what they’ve been through and what we’ve been through over the past year and I can’t thank them enough for the support they’ve given me. Just an awesome group of young men.” Volleyball In mirroring its gridiron coun-
terparts, the Lady Panthers volleyball squad also found itself facing the same postseason opponent at the same stage as the previous season with a rematch against Alamo Heights in the opening round of the Class 5A state playoffs. However, while the football team was able to vanquish the previous season’s ghosts, head coach Gretchen Peterson’s club was once again defeated by the Mules to end its season in disappointing fashion. But, in the program’s second season of Class 5A competition, there was much to be proud of, as the Lady Panthers scored a second-place district finish with a record of 36-11 and a league mark of 12-3, which included a victory over rivals Cedar Park in a playoff to determine runner-up status in the district behind champi-
ons Rouse. “We played in a tough district and we have high expectations here – we expect more,” said Peterson. “We’re playing teams now that are equally as good or even better than us, so I’m proud of our girls for what they were able to accomplish.” Moving forward as the program continues to adjust to life in a higher classification, Peterson said it’s vital to remain focused on simply being the best version of themselves as possible. “As a program, you have to be able to evolve, but still be yourselves,” she said. “We can’t compare ourselves to Canyon or Dripping Springs – we’re Liberty Hill, but we understand the stakes have been raised.”
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Following a big win against Crosby in Bryan (above), Liberty Hill’s football team found itself playing for a state championship at AT&T Stadium despite a season that presented the Panthers with many challenges.
Setter signs with University of Dallas
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Lady Panthers senior Emma Parsons (#10) has signed a national letter of intent to plat volleyball at the University of Dallas.
By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor Emma Parsons is no different from any other high-school volleyball player who has wished to continue her playing career at the college level. However, it was just as important – if not more – for the Liberty Hill senior setter to choose the right institution of higher learning with an extra emphasis on the academic side in order to provide herself with the best chance of pursuing her career choice. Parsons has signed a national letter of intent to play at the University of Dallas, an NCAA Division III program located in Irving, which was a desirable destination for her, she said. “I really like the area,” said Parsons. “Also, I didn’t want to be too far away in case I need to come home.” For the past four years, Parsons has made her home as the primary provider of assists for her Lady Panthers teammates and led Liberty Hill with 1,049 helpers during her senior season, while also playing on the front line due to a change in the team’s formation.
As a result, Parsons ranked sixth on the squad with 124 kills in playing a vertical game that belies her relatively small stature and was also fourth on the team with 37 aces and third in digs with 321 on the season. Head coach Gretchen Peterson said Parsons plays much bigger than her height would suggest. “Emma’s very unassuming and people underestimate her because of her size,” she said. “Also, she’s such a smart kid and takes coaching very well.” Speaking of smarts, Parsons plans to study pre-med with a focus on biology, which means she’ll certainly have a heavy study load in addition to her responsibilities on the court for the Crusaders and the ability to successfully navigate such a busy schedule is perhaps her primary concern moving forward, she said. “I think time management will be a big thing,” said Parsons. “Basically, volleyball never ends at the college level, but I’ll have to find time to remain focused on school because I’ll be in medical.”
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Thursday, January 6, 2022
Achieving a big-time dream Hair signs with Division I college for volleyball
By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor When Ailie Hair was a little girl bumping a volleyball around, she was living more than just in the moment. She was dreaming. In her vision, she would someday take the court for a college team, but not just any team. Hair wanted to be part of an NCAA Division I program. Fast-forward all these years and many inches in growth later and the Liberty Hill senior middle blocker has inked her name to a national letter of intent to play at Lamar University, which just happens to be a Division I squad. Just like in the dreams of her youth. In fact, not only did she achieve her goal of playing for a big-time school, but also one that is still small enough for her liking, she said. “I didn’t want to go to a super-big school,” said Hair. “I knew a smaller Division I school would have more of a family atmosphere.” Lamar, which is located in Beaumont, plays in the Western Athletic Conference, which encompasses schools in seven states as far away as California, Washington and
By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor As we embark on 2022 and what lies ahead for Liberty Hill sports, it’s only proper to take one last look in the Purple-and-Gold rearview mirror before we move forward. With so many things vying for our attention across the sports spectrum, it’s difficult to pinpoint what indeed was the Panthers’ proudest moment for the calendar year 2021, but there are certainly a few that immediately come to mind. The first is when the Lady Panthers’ volleyball squad went on the road into a hostile environment and defeated the No. 3 team in the state in Rouse and not only that, but sent them packing in straight sets less than a month after
Illinois, so she’ll definitely have a chance to mingle with plenty of different people, but will always be able to return to the relative quiet and calm of southeast Texas, where she will join former Liberty Hill teammate Lilli Wilkins, who was a freshman for the Cardinals this past season. However, before departing the Purple-and-Gold, Hair had an outstanding senior season, one in which she led the Lady Panthers in blocks (116) and aces (66) and ranked second with 351 kills on the campaign and was named first-team all district. Liberty Hill head coach Gretchen Peterson said Hair has improved immensely as a player since she debuted on the varsity squad three years ago and will be ready for whatever the college game throws her way. “I think the biggest thing for Ailie is she’s just matured so much and grown in confidence,” said Peterson. “She’s done a lot of work on both her mental and physical game and knows what’s expected of her.” Hair said she knows what she’s in for once she steps onto a college court for the first
time. “I know it’s going to be a lot more physical and require toughness and commitment,” she said. “It will definitely be a big change – especially during the season.” Peterson said one of Hair’s biggest improvements has been her level of self-belief – even when things might not be going exactly her way. “Ailie has the ability to believe in herself even when she doesn’t seem to,” she said. “One of her biggest improvements has been her ability to trust herself more, which will be important because she’s going to face adversity, but her confidence and belief will get her through.” Hair attributed her achievement to having never been satisfied with where she was at a particular time, but to always strive for the next step up the volleyball ladder. “When I started out, I set a goal to get to the next highest team above me and kept on doing that,” she said. “Now, I’m just proud because I kept accomplishing those goals one by one and I’m really happy because I’ve worked so hard ALEX RUBIO FILE PHOTO for it.” Lady Panthers senior middle blocker Ailie Hair (19) has signed a national letter of intent to play college volleyball at Lamar University – an NCAA Division I program.
Year that was in Purple-and-Gold they had lost to the Raiders in four sets on their home court. With all the talk the past two years of Liberty Hill’s athletic program moving up to compete at the Class 5A level, head coach Gretchen Peterson has done a fine job indeed of leading a charge that has set up her team for success without missing a beat. After years of steamrolling district opponents on the way to one league championship after another, the Lady Panthers stepped up to the challenge of having to play with the kind of intensity match in, match out that is required to be competitive against the likes of accomplished sides such as Rouse, Georgetown and Cedar Park. On the individual side of things from a sports coverage standpoint, it was very enjoyable to see the team’s core group of seniors in Emma Becker, Ailie Hair, Haley Kuhlmann and Emma Par-
sons, mature from the group of sophomores we first met three years ago upon our arrival in Pantherville into a group of not only very accomplished players, but strong young people. Listening to Peterson at season’s end, one senses she knows the task ahead of her will be a difficult one in now having to continue improving from one year to the next against bigger schools with bigger talent pools to pull players from, but if anyone can get the job done, it’s GP. Next up on our trip down memory lane for 2021 was when we stood on the sidelines at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown for the Lady Panthers’ soccer showdown with their new district rivals in the Eagles, with a league championship on the line. With such high stakes, the contest was a physical affair from the outset – the kind of roughhouse tactics not usual-
ly seen in the girls’ game, but nevertheless, bodies clattered into one another ending up in a heap on the plastic pitch time and again. Fitting then, a defender, junior Alyssa Lee, would open the scoring with only her second goal of the season. But, with the game still in the balance and Liberty Hill nursing at 2-1 midway through the second half, freshman Carson Glenn found the ball at her feet 35 yards from goal and instinctively launched a long, arching, majestic shot over the Eagles goalkeeper and into the back of the net to all but secure the victory and the district title with a strike David Beckham himself would’ve been proud of. Finally, though, the biggest moment of Liberty Hill’s sports calendar year of 2021 is the Panthers’ trip to AT&T Stadium in Arlington for the Class 5A Division II state championship game.
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Although the Purple-and-Gold came up short in its bid for a state title, the occasion was one to remember for anyone associated with the program who had made their way to the enormous football cathedral to witness the proceedings. Panthers sophomore running back Joe Pitchford will someday be able to tell his grandchildren about the time he broke loose on a 62-yard run down the sideline on which he came oh-so-close to crossing the goal line before finally being caught by his pursuers. Or how about senior Andon Thomas, who will be able to tell the men under his command once he graduates from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point about what it was like to score a pair of touchdowns on the same field where so many professional football legends have done so? What about the image of senior Reid Bynum standing atop one of the metal benches
on the sidelines after the game holding aloft the Panthers’ runner-up trophy for the adoring legion of Purple-and-Gold supporters that filled an entire side of the stadium on the first two levels of the mammoth arena? Of all the places in the entire United States of America to get to cover a high-school state championship contest, what better than the great state of Texas, where the game is a religion and revered more perhaps even than the college and pro games? We were truly blessed to be there. Indeed, that was our No. 1 Panthers sports moment of the year. Going to be tough to top, but we’re going to give it a try in 2022.
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Curative, one of the largest free COVID testing companies in the country, does not operate any sites in Liberty Hill. They do, however, have sites in Leander, Cedar Park, two in Georgetown and one in Round Rock. As of Tuesday morning the earliest available appointment was Saturday, with nearby Leander and Cedar Park having no appointments available until Jan. 10. As students and staff return to campus, the district is asking everyone to self-evaluate their symptoms and stay home if they feel ill. “The number one way to prevent the spread of COVID or any transmissible illness is to stay home if you have any symptoms,” Snell said. “We ask that families evaluate their child’s health and keep them home if they have any symptoms. We will also continue with our protocols to keep our schools and buses clean.” In early November when the COVID numbers were low, the district relaxed its COVID policies and began allowing parents to eat on campus and for schools to host larger events and activities. Snell said for now, that policy will remain in place. “If actual data shows the need to restrict access to the cam-
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A sign displayed after Christmas at H-E-B Pharmacy at Ronald Reagan Blvd in Leander indicates tests were not available. pus, close classrooms, or even schools, we will evaluate that
data and make decisions based on the data,” Snell said.
During her time in Purpleand-Gold, Parsons had an uncanny knack of always being in the right place at the right time in being the main cog in the Lady Panthers’ pipeline as the middleman in the supply chain between dig and kill. But, finding the right place to attend college was a different story altogether and was quite a painstaking procedure – although now that she’s signed,
sealed and almost-delivered, Parsons can now relax and enjoy the rest of her senior year of high school firm in the belief the path laid out before her is the right one to be on, she said. “I’m excited because I worked really hard to find the right school to go to,” said Parsons. “Now, I can sit back and know I’m going to be playing someplace next season.”
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Peterson said Parsons’ value to prospective college coaches increased when she showed she could hold her own at the net in addition to her customary duties as a setter in the backcourt. “I know when she gets there, her new coaches will find a place for her to play,” she said. “Whatever role she’s given, she’ll play to the best of her ability.”
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P&Z approves zone map amendments for planned unit developments
By RACHEL MADISON Staff Writer The Planning and Zoning Commission approved two separate zone map amendments, both for the construction of future planned unit developments, at their most recent meeting on Jan. 4. The first project, located at 14365 Highway 29, which includes the building that currently houses Anytime Fitness, The Blue Door Gift Store and Uptown Liquor, will rezone about 35 acres from general commercial to planned unit development (PUD). That building will serve as the anchor for additional commercial and retail along Highway 29. Directly behind the commercial and retail will be about 20 acres of
mixed residential and 5 acres of open space, said applicant Jordan Maddox, who is on the design team for the project, and will be called Liberty Center. According to City Planner Jerry Millard, the mixed residential will include multiple family living in a moderately dense setting, at an overall density not to exceed 12 units per acre to accommodate townhouses and single-family rentals. Community parks, sports fields, pools and other amenities are also planned for the open spaces. The P&Z’s approval will now move to the City Council for final approval. The second project, submitted by Holmes 29, is located at Holmes Road just north of
Highway 29. The P&Z approved approximately 13.8 acres to be rezoned from multifamily residential to PUD. Holmes 29 intends to build a gated multifamily apartment complex on the property, which will include 14 different buildings, a community pool, dog park and clubhouse. The P&Z’s approval on this project will also move to the City Council for final approval. Also at the meeting, the commission approved a recommendation to City Council to amend the Unified Development Code to include a use category for brewpubs, breweries, distilleries, and wineries, so that those businesses could be allowed by conditional use and by right in
certain zoning districts, said City Planner John Byrum. The zoning districts the P&Z recommended include commercial (C1, C2, C3) and light manufacturing (I1, 12). Lastly, the commission discussed the creation of the City’s tree mitigation ordinance, which it had directed the planning staff to fast track at its last meeting in December after denying tree removal for the Popeye’s development planned for Stonewall Crossing. The ordinance is still being written and will come before the Planning and Zoning Commission at its next meeting on Jan. 18 for recommendation to City Council. The next P&Z meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 18.
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