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School bus drivers train extensively to deal with special cargo

LHISD, City have meeting of the minds

By RACHEL MADISON & KRISTEN MERIWETHER Staff Writers A renewed sense of camaraderie was reached at a joint meeting of the Liberty Hill Independent School District and the City of Liberty Hill last week, where the entities discussed mutual concerns as well as future plans. Council member Crystal Mancilla said the overall feeling she got from the meeting was that it would be the first of many between the school district, school board, city council, city officials, and the city and school district police departments. “We’re looking at doing these meetings quarterly so we can start working collaboratively and supporting one another in the future of our citizens and students,” she said. “It was the first of many meetings to talk about the growth of our town and how we can support each other and work together as good neighbors.” Mayor Liz Branigan said the school district and the City had a disagreement many years ago, which was the main reason for the two entities not working together in recent years, but in the past several months, the groups have realized the need to work together. She said LHISD approached the City to set up a meeting, which she was “very pleased” about. “When we met, we talked about the [disagreement] and it turns out the causes of that falling out were so very minor that we decided to just resolve the lingering hard feelings,” she said. “That time is over, and my administration is looking forward to building bridges and mending relationships with school district [personnel].” LHISD Superintendent Steve Snell said he has a similar goal. “This is something that I had as a goal since I got here, to restore the relationship and to coordinate with all the city and county services,” he said. “I think everyone left that meeting optimistic. We have a great relationship moving forward and as long as we’re all on the same page, then it really helps us work together and support each other and the kids in the community.” Snell said a wide variety

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Tyrone Knight, a lead bus driver and trainer with LHISD, shows the inspection points under the hood of a Liberty Hill school bus.

Local stone carver recreates headstone for ‘witch’s grave’

By KRISTEN MERIWETHER Staff Writer An internet search for “witch’s grave Liberty Hill, Texas” will show countless tales of a “witch” buried at the Bittick Family Cemetery. According to the most popular version of the legend, Elizabeth Simpson was a Black slave accused of being a witch. Simpson allegedly stole a horse in an attempt to escape, was captured and hung from a nearby tree. Her headstone, which features numerous misspellings, gives an ominous warning: “And remember, As yo ar pasing By yo must dy, As well as I”. The story has captivated generations around Liberty Hill since at least the 1960s, with kids going out to the cemetery to light candles, leave tokens and scare each other. As the story began to be spread online The completed recreation of a headstone for Elizabeth Simpin the 1990s, the legend grew, son, who was falsely believed to be a witch. The headstone was destroyed after decades of vandalism. See HEADSTONE, Page 9 (Photo courtesy Matthew Johnson)

By KRISTEN MERIWETHER Staff Writer At least 30 minutes prior to their shift, all Liberty Hill Independent School District bus drivers arrive at the Transportation Building near Liberty Hill Middle School. Some gather earlier to talk, drink coffee and swap stories with their fellow drivers in the mechanics garage, which is doubling as an extended break room during COVID. As it nears time for the shift to start, the drivers head out to their buses to run through a pre-trip inspection. They check the lights, make sure the rear door is operational and visually inspect the tires. Drivers then pop the hood to check the

motor’s ﬂuids, belts and ensure there are no leaks. Once the drivers have veriﬁed the bus is operating properly, each takes off on their assigned route to pick up their precious cargo—LHISD students. “When I’m training drivers, I tell them that my ultimate goal is to get them to where I feel safe enough that my daughter could ride with them,” Tyrone Knight, a lead driver and trainer with LHISD, said during a recent interview from his bus. Knight has been training bus drivers at LHISD for six years and driving for the district for eight. After spending 19 years in the retail industry he wanted a schedule that would

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Construction phase of school bonds beginning with land purchase

By KRISTEN MERIWETHER Staff Writer With the $491.7 million bond package passing in May, the Liberty Hill Independent School District is now moving into the construction phase of district expansion. At Monday’s school board meeting, trustees voted to approve the district’s construction manager at risk for three projects that were part of the 2021 bond proposal. Bartlett Cocke, who has been working with the district on projects from the 2018 bond, will be the CMR for Middle School #3, and Joeris will be the CMR for Elementary #6 and the Liberty Hill Middle School additions and renovations. “Bartlett, Cocke has proven themselves capable, time and time again in Liberty Hill and Joris has a great reputation,”

Superintendent Steven Snell told The Independent Tuesday. “We feel confident with the projects we have, that they can do the job and they can get the subcontractors.” The construction industry, like many industries, has struggled to find enough workers to fill all the open positions. The industry has also been hit with supply chain issues that have made everything from calk to steel difficult to find. “We’ve got some unprecedented conditions,” Bond Program Manager Casey Sledge said at Monday’s board meeting. “We’ve probably said unprecedented in our careers before, but I know we’ve never had anything quite like this.” Sledge added that, “material delays are very real.” He said

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Changing Grange: Bringing frights to downtown

Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of stories following the process of building a business from the ground up in Liberty Hill. By RACHEL MADISON Staff Writer Witches, ghosts, werewolves—they’re all a part of Halloween lore. But for the next two weekends in Liberty Hill, all things creepy will become far more real on Grange Street with the opening of Haunted House on Grange. Amy and Mike Gandy, who own the houses at 111 Grange and 109 Grange in downtown Liberty Hill, have been slowly renovating both homes, including leveling the foundation, installing central air and heat and redoing the plumbing. The house at 111 Grange serves as the ofﬁce for Amy Gandy’s

real estate brokerage company, A. Gandy & Co., and the one at 109 Grange will eventually be a bed and breakfast. But for now, 109 Grange has been transformed into a frightening scene, with a real estate theme, of course. “The house is a mixture of all things creepy, but the theme is that it’s a house for sale that we can’t get sold, and that’s because no one ever escapes,” Amy Gandy said. “All the owners have died in the home. In fact, the original ‘owner’ will be sitting on the front porch as people enter the house.” Lots of scares are planned throughout the haunted house, which will begin at the front door, weave around to the back door, and end outside.

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Amy Gandy (right) and volunteers are hand-crafting spooky decor for the Haunted House on Grange, which is collecting food donations for Operation Liberty Hill beginning this weekend.

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

Final Dancing Under the Stars charity concert is Friday

By RACHEL MADISON Staff Writer Things are set to get spooky at the ﬁnal Dancing Under the Stars charity concert Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Shooting Star Ranch in Liberty Hill. The family-friendly event will be Halloween themed, and attendees are encouraged to wear costumes as there will be costume contests for both children and adults. Omo the Clydesdale from Circle G

Ranch will be giving rides on a fall-themed wagonette for a $10 donation per person. Journey cover band Departure ATX will be performing from 8 to 10 p.m., and Sticky Bones BBQ and Tiki Island Snow will be on site with food and treats for purchase. The Dancing Under the Stars concert series started this summer to raise funds for local nonproﬁt L4 Cares, an organization with programs designed

to address the needs of military, senior citizens, children dealing with illnesses and people in crisis. Kendra Cofer, founder of L4 Cares, said in the beginning, she thought the concerts were just a good way to get the word out about her nonproﬁt and let more people in the community know what L4 Cares was doing, but they ended up being so much more. “I don’t have an actual number of funds raised to share,

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but what I can say is this has been five months of fundraising and we’ve been able to do some amazing things,” she said. “Outside of the concerts, people have made significant donations to L4 Cares, and we’ve had so many volunteer groups come out to help during the concerts, like groups from Kohl’s Cares and CWS Corporate Housing. All the things that have happened as a result of being in front of the community have been great.” Additionally, during the August concert, 100 percent of what L4 Cares raised was used to bless a couple who got married at Shooting Star Ranch earlier this month. The groom is a Texas Department of Public Safety officer, and the bride is in the U.S. Army. “I have always wanted L4 to bless a first responder or mil-

itary couple, and they fit that bill,” Cofer said. “After the concert, we were able to cover a large portion of their wedding.” In 2022, Cofer, along with Shooting Star Ranch owner Shawn Oehrlein, said the Dancing Under the Stars events will continue. “We are planning on doing two concerts next year, and making them bigger,” Cofer said. “We’ll do big one for the Fourth of July with fireworks, and then we’ll see how this one goes on Friday. That way we can do one summer and one fall concert. Next year we’ll have a lot more knowledge of what we need to do, but this was definitely successful enough to do it for another year.” Cofer said the concerts came to fruition at just the right

time, as people in the community were looking for ways to get out and have fun while being in a safe, outdoor environment. “Everything just fell into place and the timing was right for us to try this,” she said. “The feedback we’ve gotten has been really good. On average, we’ve had about 200 to 225 attendees for each concert.” Shooting Star Ranch is located at 1704 CR 285 in Liberty Hill. For a $10 cooler fee, attendees can bring a cooler with their favorite adult beverages, and everyone is encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs or blankets to sit on. Tickets for the event are $15 for adults and $5 for kids and can be purchased online at L4Cares.org. All proceeds will beneﬁt L4 Cares.

Liberty Hill Police Blotter Prepared by Liberty Hill Police Department

Week of Oct. 11-17, 2021 The Liberty Hill Police Department responded to or self-initiated a total of 697 incidents resulting in nine cases, 117 citations, 122 warnings and six arrests.

Weekly Highlights: - On Oct. 11 at approximately 7:46 AM, officers responded to the 2000 US 183 to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office with an accident. - On Oct. 11 at approximately 12:04 PM, officers responded to the 7000 block of W. SH 29 to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office with an accident. - On Oct. 11 at approximately 3:21 PM, officers issued a citation for possession of drug paraphernalia, as the result of a traffic stop on Loop 332. - On Oct. 11 at approximately 6:17 PM, officers responded to the 12000 block of W. SH 29 for a disturbance. - On Oct. 11 at approximately 9:20 PM, officers responded to the 15000 block of W. SH 29 for suspicious activity. - On Oct. 12 at approximately 10:19 AM, officers responded to the intersection of US 183 and W. SH 29 for an accident. - On Oct. 12 at approximately 11:00 AM, officers responded to Hummingbird Ln. to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Oct. 12 at approximately 12:09 PM, officers arrested a male adult with an outstanding warrant, as the result of a traffic stop. - On Oct. 12 at approximately 6:52 PM, officers responded to the 14000 block of W. SH 29 for an accident. - On Oct. 12 at approximately 9:19 PM, officers responded to Barton St. for a welfare concern, resulting in the arrest of a male adult for driving while intoxicated. - On Oct. 13 at approximately

7:10 AM, officers responded to CR 282 and RM 1869 for loose livestock. - On Oct. 13 at approximately 9:16 AM, officers responded to the 15000 block of W. SH 29 to assist the Liberty Hill ISD Police Department. - On Oct. 13 at approximately 3:10 PM, officers arrested a male adult for driving while license is invalid, as the result of a traffic stop on the 13000 block of W. SH 29. - On Oct. 13 at approximately 8:32 PM, officers responded to Bufflehead Ln. to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Oct. 13 at approximately 11:03 PM, officers responded to the intersection of CR 279 and Loop 332 for an accident. - On Oct. 14 at approximately 12:43 AM, officers responded to Bufflehead Ln. to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Oct. 14 at approximately 4:12 AM, officers responded to Painted Bunting Cv. to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Oct. 14 at approximately 3:34 PM, officers responded to 16000 block of W. SH 29 to assist the Liberty Hill ISD Police Department. - On Oct. 14 at approximately 6:27 PM, officers responded to 16000 block of W. SH 29 to assist the Liberty Hill IDS Police Department. - On Oct. 14 at approximately 9:37 PM, officers responded to Mount Vernon for suspicious activity. - On Oct. 14 at approximately 10:16 PM, officers responded to Red Oak Lane to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Oct. 15 at approximately 1:17 PM, officers responded to the 2000 block of US 183 to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Oct. 15 at approximately

6:05 PM, officers responded to the 10000 block of W. SH 29 for an accident. - On Oct. 15 at approximately 7:33 PM, officers responded to Siltston Way for a welfare concern. - On Oct. 15 at approximately 8:09 PM, officers responded to Larkspur Park Blvd. to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Oct. 15 at approximately 11:12 PM, officers responded to Independence Ave for suspicious activity. - On Oct. 16 at approximately 1:10 AM, officers responded to the 16000 block of W. SH 29 for a traffic hazard, resulting in the arrest of a male adult for driving while intoxicated. - On Oct. 16 at approximately 6:25 AM, officers responded to the 4000 block of RM 1869 for loose livestock. - On Oct. 16 at approximately 4:26 PM, officers responded to the 2000 block of CR 214 to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On Oct. 16 at approximately 9:32 PM, officers arrested a male adult for outstanding warrants, as the result of a traffic stop on Loop 332. - On Oct. 16 at approximately 11:38 PM, officers responded to Freedom Park Ave for a disturbance, resulting in the arrest of a female adult for assault. - On Oct. 17 at approximately 11:30 AM, officers responded to Green Bur Oak Loop for suspicious activity. - On Oct. 17 at approximately 1:13 PM, officers responded to Green Bur Oak Loop for a disturbance. - On Oct. 17 at approximately 7:32 PM, officers responded to the 13000 block of W. SH 29 for a traffic hazard. - On Oct. 17 at approximately 11:20 PM, officers responded to the 10000 block of W. SH 29 for an accident.

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On giving your boy a haircut, the HAUNTED end of summer, and the inability to properly gauge the passage of time

By WILT CUTTER Columnist Summer’s over. It came sooner than we expected. It always does. When you are ﬂying it always seems like you are sitting still in your seat. Apparently a series of late nights of very important-sounding work and a suddenly called meeting in a distant city caused my son to show up with a box of haircutting implements. Of course his mother and I exchanged curious glances. But in a matter-of-fact grown man voice he laid out the chain of unconnected events that brought us to this strange moment. Now, I’m sort of known as a person who can roll with it without ever changing facial expressions. When thrown a curve I generally try to ﬁnd a way to compensate, aim and swing. So I followed out to the back porch and plugged in clippers and began slowly. I tried to remember the last time I had touched this man’s hair. Years, of course. What year was it that I gave him his last little boy buzz

haircut? Back when he didn’t care and was more interested in his little league ballcap fitting snugly. How many summers did that last? How many summers did we load up his sisters and drive around from ballfield to ballfield catching skin cancers and watching little boys slide around in the dirt on their way to becoming adolescents? How long did that all last? What were the exact years? After giving all the proper warnings about having no barbering license and years of idle scissors I slowly clipped. Gradually the muscle memory of all these cowlicks and natural places that were hard to cut reemerged in front of much older eyes. As the clippers parted hair I noticed a tiny scar. He’d been four years old. It was a few days after his big pirate birthday party, and it was a Saturday and it had been raining all night. I had walked out onto the front porch. The door opened and out he ran barefooted onto the rain-slick porch, and I yelled for him to stay inside. He didn’t. I told him in my loud daddy voice to slow down. He didn’t. On the way to the emergency room I drove with one hand

and held a wadded paper towel against the back of his head and prayed he didn’t have a concussion, or worse. The young doctor on duty made a prediction that the scar would slowly dissipate and as a man no one would ever notice it or be able to see it. I reminded him of this as I clipped. The memory that seemed so clear to his mother and I. We remembered the fear, the absolute feeling of failure that something bad had happened on our watch! But he had absolutely no memory of the incident. He reached back to touch his head but couldn’t ﬁnd the scar. How could something that loomed so large in the mind of his parents wind up being a sixteenth of an inch tiny white line? After his mother handed him a towel and a mirror and a few photos were mysteriously texted to his sisters, there came a sudden gust of fall wind and blew it all away. Wilt Cutter is the only man in the world whose name is his profession. He ﬁnds beauty in the naturally occurring poetry of the Shin Oak Ridge and its people. His typewriter hates injustice.

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Each night the haunted house is open, there are at least 35 different volunteers working in some form or fashion, Amy Gandy said, including actors, make up artists and community members who just want to help pass out goodie bags. “Everyone is local,” she said. “It’s a lot of moms and dads, and there are 14 students coming from the high school’s theater department. I had people reach out to me on Facebook asking how they could help.” While the Gandys could have taken the easy route and purchased all the décor and props needed for Haunted House on Grange, that’s not the Gandy way. Instead, the Gandys, with help from the team at A. Gandy & Co., have made almost everything attendees will see in the haunted house. The headstones are made from foam insulation that were painted with concrete paint, and the skeletons were wrapped with saran wrap, sprayed with fake blood, and then melted all together with a heat gun for an extra decayed look. “It’s easy to go to Party City and buy things, but we’ve made almost everything,” Amy Gandy said. “We made

all the signs out of scrap wood that was either on the house or laying in the yard. They say things like ‘Neighbors are dead quiet’ and ‘Children very welcome.’” Most of the inspiration for Haunted House on Grange has come from ideas gathered from YouTube and Pinterest. Once Amy Gandy has shown Mike Gandy what her ideas are, he takes them and runs. “My husband has been working night and day,” she said. “He had to rebuild the front porch railing on the house, and then paint it and distress it to make it look old. He has been doing all the lighting throughout the house using temporary LED lights that shine where they need to. I show him what I want the scenes to look like, and I was thinking they’d be made from cardboard boxes, but he comes in with actual lumber and builds things. He even welded a gate and built the temporary walls on 16-inch studs.” The Gandys are planning on seeing over 200 people each of the four nights the haunted house is open. Instead of charging admission, attendees have been asked to donate canned food items for Opera-

tion Liberty Hill. “We are encouraging people to bring more than one item,” Amy Gandy said. “There are so many things they are needing, like canned beans and other proteins. We are hoping to give them a huge haul.” While 109 Grange has been transformed into a haunted house for now, the Gandys are looking forward to achieving their ultimate goal with it: turning it into a bed and breakfast. “Since it’s already scary looking, we decided to just make it scarier, but someday it’s going to be painted and fresh and beautiful,” she said. Amy Gandy’s ofﬁce at 111 Grange has become the headquarters for creating all things creepy for Haunted House on Grange for now, but once Halloween is over, renovations on that home will continue as well. Tickets are sold out for the event, but donations for Operation Liberty Hill are welcome from anyone in the community, not just attendees. Haunted House on Grange is running Oct. 22, 23, 29 and 30 from 6:30 to 10 p.m. each night.

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Thursday, October21, 2021

Downtown Beautiﬁcation Committee gets fresh start

Living Grace Canine Ranch opens new building

Living Grace Canine Ranch, which provides a forever home in Bertram for unwanted senior dogs, opened a new building for its largest breeds of senior residents on Oct. 15. From left, founder Rhonda Minardi, philanthropist Jack Garey, Karen Marengi, Amy Johnson Carney and Virginia Mullen cut the ribbon for Garey’s Big Dog Bunkhouse. Living Grace opened in November 2020. In March 2021, Garey visited the ranch and decided to fund the construction of a 4,000-square-foot bunkhouse to help expand the ranch’s capacity to care for elderly dogs. The new building includes 25 apartments for senior dogs, a veterinary clinic and a storm shelter. (Photo Courtesy Ginny Stubbleﬁeld)

Council discusses prioritizing Capital Improvement Projects

By RACHEL MADISON Staff Writer The City Council spent its monthly workshop on Oct. 13 discussing various capital improvement projects (CIPs), as well as the best way to prioritize them for the immediate future. City Administrator Lacie Hale said the Council needs to start diving deep into the City’s capital projects because of the growth happening across the area. “We need to be more proactive and get as far ahead as we possibly can,” she said. “There are two short-term projects I’d like to look into further as far as movement for design, construction and easements—everything to get that online.” The first project, the South San Gabriel lift station located in downtown Liberty Hill, needs to be upgraded to expand the capacity for wastewater downtown, she said. The second project, the Highway 29 Force Main, located off County Road 214, also needs to be upgraded given the development happening on the west side of Liberty Hill, Hale said. “That is a choke point for the effluent coming from the west side of town, so we need to consider expanding that to manage the growth,” she said, citing the Butler Farms subdivision project, which currently has 500 lots under construction. Butler Farms developer Wyatt Henderson of MA Partners said his subdivision will most likely hit its “choke point” in the first quarter of 2023 if

CIPs on the west side of town aren’t completed by then. Ed Horne, owner and developer of Santa Rita Ranch on Liberty Hill’s east side, said his subdivision is also going to hit a “choke point” soon, particularly if one CIP, the construction of a gravity line on County Road 260, isn’t completed within the next 12 months. Council member Chris Pezold said downtown Liberty Hill should be a priority for CIPs. “Downtown is the heart of our city,” he said. “We have priorities far to the east and west, but we have the greatest priority to our constituents downtown. The San Gabriel lift station needs to be priority.” Pezold added that it’s frustrating that he and the other new members of council are just now ﬁnding out about the urgency of these CIPs and the need for them to be completed. “How far along are we on these projects?” Council member Angela Jones asked. “We are here talking about it tonight,” replied Hale. “We haven’t made much movement on these projects yet. This is the intent of the meeting—to take the CIPs off the shelf and get a plan moving forward.” Pezold said moving forward, developers building in Liberty Hill need to be realistic and forthcoming on their water and wastewater needs, and engineers also need to communicate with city staff if they can’t get projects done in a timely manner.

“It’s a balancing act on resources and timing to get things done,” he said. “Right now in the best case scenario, [completing these CIPs] will be tight.” Pezold suggested city staff look into hiring another acquisition attorney to acquire necessary easements for future CIPs. The CR 260 project alone needs at least 25 easements to be acquired, Hale added. The last time the CIPs were updated for the city was in 2018 or 2019, said Curtis Steger, engineer with Steger Bizzell. Since then, some priorities have changed, he added. Council directed staff to create an updated list and map of CIPs, prioritize them based on what local developers need, and then follow that list. “We want to be sensitive to everybody’s needs with an understanding of where we are today and where we want to be tomorrow, and understanding where the developers are at as well,” Steger said. Once the list and map are updated, the Council plans on holding a special meeting to discuss the prioritized CIPs and move forward on the timeliest needs. Also at the meeting, the Council: • Unanimously approved amending an ordinance that extends the term of the Butler Farms Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) from 2048 to 2051, which is consistent with the ﬁnal maturity of the bonds for the Butler Farms public improvement district (PID). • Directed staff to work with

the City’s legal counsel regarding an interlocal agreement with Williamson County. • Unanimously approved using $10,000 of prepayments from residents of the Liberty Parke PID Master Improvement Area Project to put toward two bonds. A total of $5,000 will be put toward the Series 17 bond, and another $5,000 will be put toward the Series 19 bond. • Accepted the Planning & Zoning Commission’s recommendation for the future Liberty Hill Veterinary Wellness site to include sidewalks on Loop 332 and omit sidewalks on Highway 29. The property is located at 13575 State Hwy. 29 West. The Council also unanimously approved the applicant’s request for the site development permit for the project. • Approved a task order to design the expansion of the South Fork Wastewater Treatment Plant from 2 million gallons per day of capacity to 4 million gallons per day of capacity. Steger said the task order’s proposed fee is $1,832,500, which includes the work for the planning, designing, bidding and construction phases. The expansion project’s timeline is set to begin this month and be ﬁnished by July 2023. Council member Kathy Canady was absent. The meeting consisted of two executive sessions and adjourned at 9:36 p.m. The next meeting will take place Oct. 27 at 6 p.m. at the Liberty Hill Learning and Event Center.

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By RACHEL MADISON Staff Writer A small group of downtown residents and business owners came together recently for Liberty Hill’s first Downtown Beautification Committee meeting in several months, with the goal to reinvigorate the committee after a long pause. Former Vice Chair Dax Oglesby of San Gabriel Realty presided over the meeting one last time, passing the torch to newly-elected Vice Chair Tambra Prince, owner of Main Street Social. Oglesby recently sold his downtown business and no longer works or resides downtown, which disqualifies him from being on the committee. Two more director positions are open, as well as the elections of a chair and a secretary. Other members of the committee include Jodi McCumber of Texas Honey Hole and Lonnie Wendling of Agape BBQ. “We are in a transition mode right now with this committee, but there is so much potential here,” said City Administrator Lacie Hale. “We’re trying to transition to a more formal

committee, which will be a balance between directors appointed by our Council, as well as the members who reside and work in this area to provide their input on downtown’s beautiﬁcation. We want to get input from the business owners and residents downtown, but also have directors who can make recommendations to the Council.” During the meeting, the committee voted on one recommendation to pass to City Council. The committee recommended the placement of three ﬂag poles, purchased by the City in 2020, to be put in the center of the future roundabout on Loop 332 and County Road 279. The committee also received a copy of a downtown assessment done by the Texas Downtown Association earlier this year. At its next meeting, the committee will discuss the assessment in a workshop fashion, Hale said, so that it can prioritize needs for the downtown area based on that assessment. The next meeting of the DBC will take place Nov. 9 at 5:30 p.m.

LHISD concludes bus driver not at fault in crash

By KRISTEN MERIWETHER Staff Writer The Liberty Hill Independent School District released an internal investigation to school trustees on Monday regarding a fiery Sept. 8 accident on State Highway 29. The findings included the police report, a field incident report and a summary from LHISD PD. The report, which was not made public, concluded that the LHISD school bus driver was not at fault. “The official summary is in and we still conclude that our bus did not cause that accident,” Superintendent Steven Snell said at Monday’s board meeting. The accident occurred on Sept. 8 on SH 29 as the bus driver was trying to turn left from the Lively Ranch neighborhood in an empty school bus. The bus driver turned into the center turn lane and then merged onto westbound traffic.

Snell told The Independent on Sept. 10 that a car on the outside lane stopped quickly and the car behind it rear-ended the lead vehicle. The tail vehicle, a Ford Expedition, caught fire and was destroyed, according to eyewitness photos. Lt. Craig Gripentrog with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office told The Independent on Sept. 10 that the bus driver, who was not named, was cited with failure to yield the right of way from a stop sign. There were no major injuries as a result of the crash, according to Gripentrog. Snell said Tuesday he was under the impression that the officer wrote the ticket based on eye witness accounts. He said he respected the officer’s work, but felt, in his personal opinion, the ticket was unwarranted. “The police are doing the investigation the best they can in

of topics were discussed, including the need for more youth sports fields, infrastructure for future school district and city projects, and traffic concerns on Loop 332. Mancilla said while no decisions were made at the meeting, it gave each entity a chance to hear each other out and learn each other’s visions for the future, as well as the concerns of each entity. “There were talks of annexation of the high school, and what that would look like, and we talked about how to alleviate traffic for bus routes in the downtown area by possibly creating a new route or road,” she said. “We talked about the need for more baseball fields in town, and how we could create more fields.” Snell added that another big thing was to make sure there

were enough sidewalks downtown for mobility of students and the general public, as well as collaboration with new developers as they build new projects in Liberty Hill. “The City has done a really good job when developers come in and need permission to do a MUD (municipal utility district) to make sure there is land for a school site there,” he said. “We want to make sure that continues as developers come in.” Branigan said, overall, she was impressed with the quality of the dialogue throughout the meeting, adding that this meeting was the ﬁrst step to creating a workable relationship between the City and LHISD. The next meeting between LHISD and the City will take place in January 2022.

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Watching and waiting Sophomore setter watches and learns

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Carson Glenn (#16) had 56 assists in a home win over Georgetown earlier this season, as the sophomore setter continues to grow in the position.

By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor Carson Glenn has spent an awful lot of time this season watching her Lady Panthers’ volleyball teammates do their respective thing without her from her seat on the sidelines. Normally, there would’ve been a spot for the sophomore setter to slot in alongside senior Emma Parsons in teaming up to provide a pipeline of service to the hitters up front. But, that was when Liberty Hill head coach Gretchen Peterson employed a 6-2 formation – which features a pair of setters – as opposed to a 5-1, which only requires one. After switching from the former setup last season to the latter for the current campaign, it’s been the relatively inexperienced Glenn who has more often than not found herself on the outside looking in. But, that all changed on the evening of Sept. 24, when

Parsons missed the Lady Panthers’ home match against district rivals Georgetown while off on a college visit and Glenn was given the controls to the Liberty Hill offense. Did she ever take advantage. Glenn collected 56 assists in the Lady Panthers’ 3-1 (23-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-23) victory over the Eagles and proved in the process she will be more than capable in taking over for Parsons next season when the job becomes hers full-time. According to Peterson, Glenn is certainly up to the task in her opinion and in large part due to the many similarities in her mental and physical game compared to Parsons. “I think Carson has a lot of the same characteristics Emma has,” said Peterson. “She has a quiet confidence, knows how to lead a team and is a good judge of character – she has a lot of talent. Also, a lot of people don’t know they’re both

brilliant students – no matter what they’re doing, they just take care of business.” Much of that talent can be attributed to the fact Glenn comes from an athletic family – most notably mother Abby, who played college volleyball and later coached her daughter at the club level – although despite the fact mother passed on much knowledge and wisdom to daughter, there was sometimes a schism between the two, albeit due to a good reason, said Glenn. “The first couple of years were a little rough,” she said. “We were at each other’s throats a lot, but it was only because she expected more of me than the other girls and I didn’t understand at the time.” However, after maturing to the point of comprehending what her mother was getting at, Glenn has now learned to fully embrace all Mom has to say.

“Now, I always ask her after matches how I did,” said Glenn. “Things like if I was getting my feet around the ball properly, for example.” In addition to family fostering, Glenn also credits Parsons with showing her the ropes of playing one of the most critical positions on the court at a high level. “I’ve definitely been learning from Emma’s leadership and how she moves the ball around the court and runs the offense,” she said. “The way she plays, she affects the entire game.” Glenn also stars in soccer for the Lady Panthers and scored a wonder goal from 40 yards out in a 3-1 road win over Georgetown last season in helping clinch a district championship over the Eagles and is one of the few modern-day high school athletes who chooses

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Freshman lone qualifier for cross country regionals Girls and boys both finished fifth at district

By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor The first time Avery Frank ran the cross country course on the campus of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi earlier this season, the Liberty Hill freshman was surrounded by her Panthers teammates while claiming a sixth-place finish in a field of 259 runners representing 34 different schools. This time around, there will be as many competitors, but she’ll be the lone runner donned in the Purple-and-Gold, as Frank was the only member of the entire Liberty Hill squad to qualify for the Region IV championships in the city on the Gulf Coast. Frank crossed the finish line at the district meet in Georgetown in fifth with a time of 20:27.10, a result that punched her ticket south for the next step in her quest to qualify for the state meet and said she attempted to approach her first big high school race with a calm, collected mentality. “I wasn’t really any more nervous than before a regular race,” said Frank. “I started off in fifth and was there the whole way.” Now Frank faces training alone each morning in her buildup to regionals, as the season has already ended for all of her teammates – some-

thing that presents her with uncharted territory, she said. “I’m practicing by myself for the first time – it was a lot more of a challenge than I thought it was going to be,” said Frank, who has finished in the top 10 in all eight meets she’s run in this season. “Usually, I’m running in a group of guys, but now there’s nobody to help pace me.” Running can indeed be a lonely, solitary business, but one of the aspects of cross country that sets it apart from other endurance sports is the camaraderie shared down the ranks among those who suffer together through all the grueling practices and gut-wrenching races. But, Frank is now all alone – except for one faithful ally. “I was allowed to bring one friend along, so I chose (teammate) Avery Holland,” she said. “We’ve known each other forever and run and played soccer together.” Of course, Liberty Hill head coach Kim Holt will also make a return trip to Corpus Christi after leading the Panthers there earlier this season, and said only having a single runner to accompany isn’t something she’s accustomed to. “It’s the first time in a long time we haven’t had at least one team go to regionals,” said

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Avery Frank (#2120) was the only Liberty Hill runner to qualify for the Region IV cross country regional meet with a fifth-place finish at the district race in Georgetown. Holt. “Avery’s going to have to step up her game a little bit.” Holt said Frank has already demonstrated mental and physical acumen beyond her years. “Avery is very consistent – she’s finished in the top 10 all season and for a freshman, I think that’s pretty impressive – I wish more kids were like her,” she said. “She just has a

drive to be good and succeed. Some kids get that later as they get older, but she’s already there.” However, Frank’s off-thecourse self-care might the most endearing aspect of her approach. “Avery just knows what she needs to do,” said Holt. “Down to eating and sleeping right – she has that mindset.”

Frank said familiarity with the course will be in her favor, as will knowing what Mother Nature could throw her way on race day in the way of coastal heat and humidity. “I already know the course – where I can speed up,” she said. “I’ve run in hot weather before, but I’m going to pray to the Lord it’s not going to be.”

As for her solitude among the masses when the starting gun goes off, some motherly advice certainly comes in handy, said Frank. “My mom always tells me to be my own rabbit,” she said. “So, I can figure out how to pace myself. But, I’m definitely going to miss the family part of the team.”

Panthers’ defense rises to occasion

Unit allowed only 7 second-half points in win By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor Much of the season, Liberty Hill’s defensive starters have found themselves on the sidelines late in blowout contests during which their services are no longer needed to secure victory. However, the Panthers’ 21-14 home win over Marble Falls last Friday was an occasion in which the entire unit was required to fight to the very end in preserving the seven-point triumph. Head coach Kent Walker said the fact the defense had to sweat one out will pave the way for future success when they are confronted with similar situations. “In the long run, a game like that will bode well for us,” he said. “At times, we had chances to put them away, but didn’t, but it was good to have a close game before we get to the playoffs.” According to senior defensive end Lloyd Johnson, Jr., he and his teammates were able to answer the call to arms when it mattered most. “We knew we needed to just step up our game even more,”

said Johnson, who has verbally committed to play at Houston Baptist University, a Division I program. “We handled our business.” Johnson said the fact the Mustangs run the Slot-T offense didn’t necessarily present any additional challenges. “I don’t really think it made a difference,” he said. “Our JV team ran it against us in practice.” For Johnson, he said he’s matured and grown as a player by leaps and bounds since his arrival in Liberty Hill as a sophomore two years ago after playing his freshman season at Ellison. “I played a lot of wide receiver and running back in ALEX RUBIO PHOTO my younger years,” he said. “When I got here, it was the Lloyd Johnson, Jr. (#17), Drake Torno (#44), Hollis Brady (#80) and their Panthers defensive first time I had played defense, teammates shut down Marble Falls when it mattered most in a 21-14 home win over the Musso it was a big learning curve.” tangs. However, now in his third No worries, though, he has of the confidence he’s gained scribe his star edge rusher. season under the tutelage of a definite strategy when he’s over the past two years. “I could sit here and talk to Panthers coaches, Johnson ganged up on by opponents. “My job is to be destructive you all day about Lloyd,” feels as if he’s fully arrived as “I try to dominate the first guy against the run game and don’t said Walker. “He’s just a great a force on the field. and get him on the ground,” he let any big plays happen,” said young man who has bought “I think before this year, I said. “Then I want to eliminate Johnson. “But, really, I just go into our culture – everybody didn’t really have a name for and chop down another and out there and have fun with the likes him – he was even myself,” said Johnson. “But, run to the ball.” mentality I can’t be stopped.” Homecoming King. Lloyd just now, I’m getting double and Johnson added much of his Walker heaped praise on goes about his business.” triple-teamed.” success these days is a result Johnson when asked to deWith the district champion-

ship now secure, the Panthers will have a bye this week followed by games against Navarro at home and Northeast Early College on the road in wrapping up the regular season before the playoffs begin. Having a week off is something Johnson would prefer to not have, he said. “For me, it’s all about the game-day experience and even the week leading up to it,” said Johnson. “You only get so many high school games.” Johnson said during the Marble Falls game, the capacity crowd’s raucous support of the home side – and even that of the visitors – made for a more memorable evening. “When it’s a close game and both sides are getting loud, it gets us going,” he said. After back-to-back tough contests against McCallum and Marble Falls, in which the Panthers were tested and forced to earn victory, the games against their namesakes and the Raiders will provide a challenge of a different kind – one in which they must maintain focus and stay sharp despite facing inferior opposition. Walker has a plan to counter complacency, he said. “We don’t care who comes out of the other locker room,” he said. “All we care about is Liberty Hill football and how we can get better.”

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Panthers clinch district title with win over Mustangs

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Noah Long (#21) scored rushing and receiving touchdowns in Liberty Hill’s 21-14 home district win over Marble Falls.

By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor Andon Thomas can do many things well on a football ﬁeld. Liberty Hill’s senior linebacker can now add rushing to his extensive resume after picking up 15 yards on two carries in the Panthers’ 21-14 home win over Marble Falls Oct. 15, which clinched the district championship. However, it was the carry that got away that nearly cost the Purple-and-Gold in their quest to claim another trophy. Thomas fumbled on 1st-andgoal from the Mustangs 3-yard line with a chance to go up 21-0 in the second quarter, only for the ball to come loose from his grasp. “I was so mad after I fum-

bled,” said Thomas. “I know it’s hard, but I needed to have a short memory.” In a battle of teams who both run the Slot-T offense, Marble Falls looked as if its game plan was to take the air out of the ball. After receiving the opening kickoff on their own 25-yard line, the visitors managed to take 4:25 off the clock while running 10 plays – but gaining only 28 yards before being forced to punt. The strategy immediately backﬁred when Panthers sophomore Noah Long took the handoff on the home team’s ﬁrst play from scrimmage and topped the Mustangs’ offensive production in a single fell swoop with a 29-yard run.

When Liberty Hill found itself facing a 3rd-and-7 on the Marble Falls 49-yard line three plays later, Panthers quarterback Reese Vickers dropped back to pass and found Joe Pitchford for a 44-yard gain, which took the ball all the way down inside the 10 where it was 1st-and-goal from the 7-yard line. Following a Long six-yard scamper that got the ball on the doorstep, Pitchford rumbled in for the game’s ﬁrst points and a 7-0 lead. But, those would be the only points of the opening quarter, as each side had combined for only three possessions and it seemed as if the Mustangs’

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‘All Gas, No Brake’ ends with tennis team success

By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor This fall, Liberty Hill’s tennis team adopted a mantra they believed would serve them well as the Panthers forge ahead to what they hope will eventually lead to a district championship. “All gas, no brake.” These were the words emblazoned across the front of the team’s practice shirts, but represented far more than simply a catch phrase, said Liberty Hill head coach Sherry Rhoden. “Our team played with more conﬁdence this fall and they trusted each other to do their best,” she said. “The players played more for each other this year and less for themselves – they wanted to win for each other. They dug deeper and I witnessed more grit throughout our lineup.” The Panthers ﬁnished the regular season second in the district standings behind rivals Georgetown in defeating each and every other league opponent along the way. Once the district postseason tournament began, Liberty Hill defeated Glenn (10-0) in the opening round and Cedar Park

(10-9) in the semiﬁnals before falling to Georgetown, 10-2. The Panthers were then pitted against Boerne Champion in the bi-district round of the playoff and were defeated by the Chargers, 10-6, in their ﬁnal match of the season. Rhoden said she employed different methods of measur-

ing progress in her second season at the wheel of the program. “I’m gauging our improvement by several factors,” she said. “We began the season in August as a united team and this was a huge advantage over last year. The players knew what the expectations

would be and they knew the comfort level they each had with each other. This allowed us to start the team season with ‘All Gas’ and we didn’t hit the brakes until we were stopped in the bi-district round of the playoffs.” According to Rhoden, the team couldn’t be on such a

positive course without a synergy existing throughout the entire program and those involved on all levels. “I’m very pleased with our cohesive group. I love how well our parents work together and how positive they are,” said Rhoden. “Our coaching staff works well together and

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Liberty Hill’s tennis team continued to grow toward its goal of being eventual district champions with a strong fall season.

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Liberty Hill defeats Georgetown in four sets

By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor GEORGETOWN -- Big players rise up when their team needs them most, so count Ailie Hair among that elite group after Liberty Hill’s senior middle blocker put on a 20-kill, seven-block performance in the Lady Panthers’ 3-1 (24-26, 25-21, 25-12, 29-27) away district victory over Georgetown Tuesday. In a match the Purple-andGold needed to win to keep pace with Cedar Park for second place in the District 25 standings, Hair came up huge in the spotlight, said Liberty Hill head coach Gretchen Peterson. “Ailie’s really coming into her own and when we pass well out of the middle and Emma (Parsons) can find her, she does good things with the ball,” she said. “She can move to all different places with good rhythm and good arm swing.” Hair said she and her teammates were able to maintain a high level of play throughout the match due to a never-before-seen level of intensity. “Our energy stayed at an alltime high,” she said. “We really saw how much energy we can bring to our game.” Hair was certainly on point from the outset with three kills out of the Lady Panthers’ five points of the first set and continued to pound away at the Eagles’ defense, along

with Kealy Dirner and Maddi Rowley, who had four kills and a pair, respectively, in the opener. But, the hosts proved stubborn in sticking around and gained the lead at 20-19 before Bailey Becker and Dirner leveled the score on a pair of occasions. However, Georgetown held on to prevail and claim the first stanza. The second set saw much of the same as the teams fought back and forth to establish some sort of dominance, but to no avail. Gigi Mason came to life with five kills in the set, while Hair collected seven more – including winners on three consecutive points – leaving Rowley to hammer home the final nail for the set victory. Peterson praised Mason for what the sophomore contributed on the evening. “Gigi’s really coming along,” she said. “She’s such a student of the game.” Surprisingly, a match that looked after two sets as if it would go the distance to a fifth-set tiebreaker quickly became a one-sided affair in the third, as the visitors won the first four points and led by as much as 23-9 before closing out the Eagles. Morgan Poulain came off the Lady Panthers’ bench and added a pair of kills and a block in a set that Peterson said was an anomaly that was forced on

their opponents with inspired play. “We came out strong in that set and I think that rattled Georgetown a little,” she said. “We got on a roll and continued to keep that going.” But, it was back to business in the fourth set just as it had been in the first two, although once again Liberty Hill started strong in building as much as a six-point advantage at 15-9, as Hair continued to dominate at the net with three kills and two blocks early on to go with an ace before the Eagles once again made a charge. Parsons provided a pair of kills down the stretch and the score was tied at 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 until the Lady Panthers finally had a chance to put it away. It was Rowley who obliged with a kill followed by a block with Becker to close out the match. Peterson was pleased with her team’s ability to perform under pressure. “The mental toughness the girls showed tonight is commendable,” she said. “They had to step up and make plays and I think Maddi’s block at the end was indicative of that – just the composure and confidence it took – I’m really proud of them.” Rowley added 12 kills, three blocks and 14 digs and Mason 10 kills on the evening to go with 54 assists from Parsons and 27 digs and two aces by Haley Kuhlmann in the win.

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Senior Ailie Hair had 20 kills and seven blocks in Liberty Hill’s 3-1 (24-26, 25-21, 25-12, 25-27) road district win over Georgetown. Liberty Hill (36-9, 10-2) moved into sole possession of second place in the district standings with the victory coupled with Cedar Park’s loss to Rouse and will next host the Timberwolves on Oct. 22 before closing out the regular

season at Marble Falls on Oct. 26. Liberty Hill 3, Glenn 0 Hair had 10 kills and three blocks and Rowley nine kills in the Lady Panthers’ 3-0 (2512, 25-22, 25-17) home win

over Glenn. Parsons collected 25 assists, while Carson Glenn added seven and Kuhlmann had 10 digs to go with three aces from Dirner in the straight-sets victory.

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Lady Panthers’ setter adjusts to new role in front row

By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor These days, Emma Parsons finds herself in a familiar unfamiliar spot when she steps onto the court. After excelling for the past two seasons as one of two setters in the Lady Panthers’ 6-2 formation, the senior has now been spending time on the right side of the front row in a 5-1 formation employed by Liberty Hill head coach Gretchen Peterson – a system that places more of a premium on her ability to finish shots, as well as set them up. Parsons has embraced her new role – or the renewal of a previous one, that is, as she’s played the position earlier on in her volleyball life. “I love playing in the front row,” she said. “I was excited when I was hearing I was going to play there this season.” Despite the fact she stands a relatively modest 5-foot-61/2, which is smaller than the average front-row player, Parsons makes up for what she lacks in stature with sheer athletic ability – something she’s always used to her advantage, she said. “I’ve just always been able to jump high,” said Parsons. Peterson said Parsons has the pedigree to be able to handle herself in either place on the

court. “I think it’s been a very natural transition for Emma,” she said. “In ninth grade, she played both.” However, that was many moons ago when Parsons was only getting her feet wet as a varsity volleyballer, so after having settled so nicely into her role of the past pair of campaigns, was there any trepidation on her part regarding the move? In a word, no. “Preseason was a chance for me to get warmed up to it without having to hurry,” she said. “But, really, running the front row isn’t much different from running the back row, so it hasn’t made that much of a difference.” But, just because Parsons is collecting her fair share of kills and blocks this season doesn’t mean she’s slipped in the assists department, as she’s usually the leader in helpers at each match’s end and remains Liberty Hill’s leader in that department. As such, Parsons is now the elder stateswoman when it comes to serving up scrumptious sets to be devoured by hungry hitters – but she still remembers back to when she was the one admiring and emulating those who were higher up the Lady Panthers’ food

chain, she said. “It was really cool to be on varsity as a freshman,” said Parsons. “I remember looking up to the setters.” Parsons has plans for what lies beyond this year, as she has definite designs on a career in medicine. “I’m going into pre-med and biology,” she said. “I want to be a surgeon, probably a general one.” One might wonder what causes an individual the want or need to cut open another human being, but Parsons said it’s the overall appeal of the work aside from the actual procedures that attracts her to the profession. “It’s more so just the way the job is – you’re doing something different every day,” she said. “I’ve always been interested in medicine ever since middle school, so I knew that was going to be the path I took.” Some might argue Parsons is already a surgeon with the way she goes about carving up opponents with precise passes and pinpoint placements – a club Peterson is already a member of. “Emma is extremely athletic and has a big vertical, so that allows her to jump and block well,” said Peterson. “Which allows for faster hits and a dif-

Emma Parsons (#10) has adjusted very well to her new front-row role for the Lady Panthers this season. In addition to her sketching ferent look.” the pandemic, she said. However, the elite skill level “I’ve always been into art,” skills, Parsons has been known extends to the mental and psy- said Parsons. “I’ve had sketch to paint footwear. chological side of her game, as books and during COVID, “I’ve painted shoes for my well as the physical. when we were at home and I friends,” she said. “One want“She’s just very mature and was bored, I started sketching ed sunflowers and another businesslike in her approach,” more again.” wanted stars and galaxies.” At the end of the day, setting she said. “Emma’s a very As far as what she will create likable person – she really upon pencil hitting paper, it’s might not be the most glamorrespects her teammates and all dependent on what she en- ous job on the court, but Parwants to do well for them.” visions in her own psyche. sons knows what she brings to Along with her straight-laced, “Usually, it’s based on what the fight is very much valued close-to-the-vest persona on I see in my mind,” she said. by those who matter most, she the court, there is also an artis- “Mostly landscapes and skies, said. tic side to Parsons – one that but once I drew a dog which I “The hitters are always gratecame to more fruition during just thought was perfect.” ful for good sets,” she said.

From Staff Reports AUSTIN – With millions of ducks in the Central Flyway and promising conditions in many parts of the state, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists suggest these factors could indicate a good waterfowl season is ahead for Texas Hunters. For the second straight year, the May Breeding Waterfowl Survey was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns in both the United States and Canada. Instead, TPWD biologists largely relied on fellow biologists in the breeding grounds of Canada and the United States prairie states to help with the Texas forecasts for this season. “Duck production in prairie potholes of North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, and Alberta were reported to be below average due to extensive drought this summer,” said Kevin Kraai, TPWD Waterfowl Program Leader.

“With that said, there are still millions of ducks in the Central Flyway and we are on the heels of multiple excellent breeding seasons for ducks over the last few years.” The special youth-only duck season occurs in the High Plains Mallard Management Unit Oct. 23-24, followed by youth-only duck season in the South Zone Oct. 30–31 and the North Zone Nov. 6-7. Regular duck season in the High Plains Mallard Management Unit opens Oct. 30, in the South Zone on Nov. 6 and the North Zone on Nov. 13. Consult the 2021-22 Outdoor Annual for other season dates and bag limits, including those for “Dusky” duck. “We are already hearing good reports of birds building in many of flooded rice fields and coastal marshes along the Texas coast,” Kraai added. “Most successful hunters will be mobile and always have been. Hopefully, we will continue to

see more great cold fronts, lots of cold temperatures and snow to the north of us, and frequent and timely rainfall to attract more birds to Texas.” Coastal Texas has experienced many extended periods of rainfall, as well as periods of dryness, this summer and early fall. Overall, conditions are better than average across much of the coast. Landowners and managers are currently busy pumping and managing water, and growing foods in the rice prairies. Ducks and geese will concentrate quickly on these locations and hunting success should be excellent in these areas, wildlife experts say. East Texas has seen above average rainfall most of the summer. Soil moisture is high and any new rainfall this winter will begin to pond quickly creating conditions important to duck populations. Reservoirs are higher than normal for this time of year and the

shallow shorelines and river mouths will be a big draw to ducks very soon. The playa wetlands of the Panhandle experienced a greater amount of rainfall this summer compared to 2020. Unfortunately, some of the hottest and driest weather of the season was in late August and September. Temperatures exceeding 100 degrees, coupled with high winds, has caused a loss in surface water over the last few weeks. Canada geese will likely still be abundant in this area due to their newfound attraction to waters in urban areas. Hunters hunting grain fields closest to towns with multiple city lakes and ponds will have higher success. Habitat conditions in the Winchester Lakes region in Knox and Haskell counties are once again very good. This area had timely rain events and many of the natural wetlands are currently holding

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Numbers, favorable conditions could mean good hunting water. This water, mixed with the grain and peanut fields in the area, will be a huge draw for tens of thousands of small Canada geese and white-fronted geese. Hunters visiting the region this winter will see quite a show, officials say. Early reports from Canada indicate the light goose and white-fronted goose hatch may be better than previous years. Light and dark goose season starts in the East Zone on Nov. 6 and Nov. 13 in the West Zone. The light geese conservation order season begins in the East Zone on Jan. 31, 2022 and on Feb. 14, 2022 in the West Zone. More information regarding seasons and daily bag limits can be found in the Outdoor Annual. Hunters should purchase their new 2021-22 Texas hunting license prior to hitting the field. In addition, waterfowl hunters must have a migratory game bird endorsement, federal duck stamp, and be Harvest

Information Program (HIP) certified. Biologists note the importance for those purchasing a hunting license to answer HIP survey questions correctly as these surveys allow biologists to get an accurate sample of hunters so harvest surveys can be delivered to hunters later in the year from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It’s also required by law for hunters to have proof of their completion of a hunter education course. Anyone hunting on Texas Public Hunting Lands are also required to purchase an Annual Public Hunting Permit. Texas has more than 1 million acres of land accessible to the public. More information about these lands and locations can be found on the TPWD website. Hunters using public lands can complete their on-site registration via the My Texas Hunt Harvest app.

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

Panthers finally properly challenged

By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor With all the angst we’ve expressed in this space over the past two seasons of Liberty Hill football, what with the dumpster fire that is District 14 with its complete lack of competitive balance and all, it’s finally time to give some credit where it’s due. Last week at Panther Stadium, Marble Falls came calling on the Purple-and-Gold and gave the home side a proper run for its money the likes of which we haven’t seen in a district home game for the first time in nearly two years when old friends Burnet – remember them? – made the short trip east on Highway 29 and returned home with a 35-31 victory in what was probably the last-ever meeting between the small-town rivals. We sure miss those close, exciting contests. So, we were pleased as punch to see a Hail Mary from the Mustangs’ quarterback in the dying moments sail into the right corner of the north end zone – with the result still hanging in the balance – be batted to the ground by a Liberty Hill defender, setting off a raucous celebration on the field and in the stands. Perhaps it’s something about the color purple, as Marble

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Falls also claims the color of royalty as its primary shade, but we think it’s just because they’re a good, disciplined, well-coached football team. Very refreshing. In fact, the Mustangs also run the Slot-T offense – although not quite as effectively as the Panthers do – as was born out before our eyes, which was also a tribute to how well-oiled a machine Liberty Hill is when efficiently advancing the ball down the field and chewing up huge chunks of real estate in the process. Very interesting to see teams that mirror one another and seeing the differences in how each one was attempting to do the same exact thing to each other. Tell you what. Aren’t many games in which Liberty Hill is held scoreless in an entire half of football, as was the case in this one, but the Mustangs’ defense came up huge when it needed to in posting a second-stanza shutout. But, the Panthers’ defense was just as resolute in allowing only a single touchdown to the visitors in the second half after taking a 21-7 lead at the half on a pair of rushing touchdowns – including a 74-yard masterclass by Noah Long – and, surprise! – a scoring pass of eight yards from Reese Vickers to Long for what ended up being the home side’s final points of the evening. In all, the Panthers attempted

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to continue playing multiple sports at the prep level. The reason for this is simple, said Glenn. “So far, I just haven’t been able to choose between the two because I love both so much,” she said. “I use two different muscle groups in playing each, so I think that helps.” Peterson said she likes when one of her players also engages in another athletic activity in that she believes it helps prevent burnout in young athletes. “If you think about it, if a sprinter just sprints all the time or a weightlifter just lifts, eventually the body is going to give out from constantly using the same muscles,” she said. “Carson has the body of a complete athlete.”

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Liberty Hill’s junior varsity football squad hit the road to take on Marbles Falls and emerged with a 7-0 victory over the Mustangs. Carson Hollen scored on a 1-yard touchdown run for the only points of the game.

In addition, Peterson said if her players can help make Liberty Hill’s entire athletic program more competitive, she’s certainly all for it. “Overall, I want all of our teams to be successful,” she said. “Your best kids need to play all sports.” However, that being said, sometimes the strain of competing in multiple sports can simply be too much. “Some kids aren’t mature enough yet to be able to handle it,” said Peterson. “But, if that’s what they really want to do, parents also have to buy in and commit and I think Carson has both of those.” As far as Glenn’s volleyball future is concerned, Peterson already has a plan mapped out for her and others who will be

The Panthers’ freshman team lost on the road to Marble Falls by a 22-14 score.

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the day.” India Young and Joseph Sherman finished the season as the Panthers’ No. 1 girls’ and boys’ singles players, respectively, while Young and sister Ellis Young were the No. 1 girls’ doubles team and Patrick Fay and Ethan Wukasch formed the No. 1 boys’ doubles team. Mixed doubles saw Sherman and sister Sophie Sherman as Liberty Hill’s No. 1 duo. An additional obstacle for Rhoden this season compared to last was a full-time teaching role in addition to running the Purple-and-Gold tennis teams at all levels. “Obviously, it’s more challenging to be in the classroom full-time and be a head coach

the moment,” Snell said. “And we had the benefit of slowing down and taking our time over the next couple of weeks to figure that out. And we felt that that driver had ample time to slow down and not make contact with the vehicle in front of it.” LHISD did not make the entire report provided to the school board available to the newspaper, citing potential pending litigation. But they did allow The Independent to view the video from six cameras on the bus and provided portions of the report. The video, which did not include any audio, showed the driver approaching a stop sign. The driver is shown waiting

in charge of all of 7th-12th grade tennis. All of these grades together make up over 100 players. I don’t think I have the ‘biggest’ job in the district, but I know I have the ‘best’ job because this program is growing,” she said. “I’m blessed to get to do what I love. More students are getting to play a sport they can play for life.” However, she certainly gleans the most gratification from what goes on after school, she said. “My favorite classroom is inside the fence protecting those beautiful purple tennis courts,” said Rhoden. “It’s there I get to share what I love outside in a fun, positive, age-appropriate

for almost 15 seconds, looking both ways multiple times. As the driver turns left, pulling into the center turn lane, the front camera shows a black pickup truck in the far right eastbound lane. A dark SUV is following the truck at a distance of 160 feet, according to the report. As the video progresses, side cameras show the black pickup truck passing the rear of the bus, along with a smaller car in the left eastbound lane. The dark SUV is also shown passing the bus, however, the impact, which happened at the intersection, is not shown in the footage. The report estimated the truck traveled an additional 511 feet

an astounding four passes in the game, including the biggest aerial gain of the night on a pass from former-backup-quarterback-now-starting running back Joe Pitchford to Long for 36 yards. What we’re getting at here was it was nice to actually see a football fly through the air on a semi-regular basis and get this. The Panthers threw the ball on two plays in the same series late in the second quarter, the latter of which was Long’s score. Nothing like keeping an opposing defense stacked for the run honest by dropping back and testing the secondary every so often and it certainly worked. Next season’s starting quarterback competition will probably come down to Vickers and Pitchford, but one thing we already know is both are adept at finding receivers downfield. Certainly there’s at least a little room in the ol’ Slot-T to employ the forward pass now and then, isn’t there? We think so. Anyway, in closing, we would like to once more thank the Mustangs of Marble Falls in providing the Panthers with a proper tussle on a crisp, cool autumn night in reminding all of us in Purple-and-Gold Nation what a competitive gridiron contest should look like. Next one we have will be in the playoffs.

expected to step into the shoes of graduated players in keeping the program competing for district championships. “It’s a blessing to have as much talent as we have here in Liberty Hill,” she said. “As a coach, you always have to be getting ready for what’s down the road, so we want all our kids to get as many touches on the ball as they can. Also, life happens and you never know, so we need to develop all our kids.” So, although Glenn’s time in the spotlight may still be off on the horizon, she continues to watch while she waits. “I’ve always played setter,” she said. “I love it because you get to touch the ball on every play.”

thers’ 2-0 (27-25, 25-21) JV win over Georgetown, while Annie Witt had 11 kills in the freshman squad’s 2-0 (25-19, 25-19) victory over the Eagles.

environment. I get to bring players together and promote the Panther spirit of building champions.” But, in order to do that, the first order of business is to further close the gap on their nearby neighbors to the east, she said. “We’re building champions in this district and Georgetown is currently the district champion, so our goal is to become the champions,” said Rhoden. “I do know the Panther tennis program promotes a championship culture. We’re blessed to be a fun part of these students’ lives and they’ll be champions in our program whether they win or lose.”

and the SUV an additional 655 feet past the bus before impact. For context, there are 360 feet in a football field. The bus driver, who had an immaculate driving record with the district, was not suspended following the accident. The driver did receive additional accident prevention training and continues to drive for the district. All drivers with LHISD receive 20 hours of State-mandated School Bus Driver Safety Education Certification Training and an eight hour recertification training every three years. The district also conducts monthly safety meetings.

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Brandon Escobar was Liberty Hill’s highest-placed boys’ finisher in 15th with a time of 17:31.10 at the district meet in Georgetown.

CROSS COUNTRY BRIEFS Panthers’ girls, boys fifth at district meet

Liberty Hill’s hopes of qualifying for the Class 5A state cross country championships in the team categories were dashed at the district meet in Georgetown as both the Panthers’ girls and boys’ squads finished fifth in their respective team standings, with only the top three in each moving on to the Region IV meet in Corpus Christi. However, the Purple-andGold won’t go completely unrepresented as freshman Avery Frank continued her stellar rookie campaign with a fifth-place result in a time of

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20:27.10. Overall, Liberty Hill’s girls finished firth out of six teams with 94 points behind winners Georgetown, who posted 34. Laney McCarn was 19th in 22:20.80, while rounding out the Panthers’ top five were Kentleigh Boswell (22nd, 22:41.10), Natalie Roth (23rd, 22:42.20) and Ella Egizio (29th, 22:59.90). Also finishing for Liberty Hill were Eimilie Taylor (32, 23:22.90) and Avery Holland (37th, 24:01.90). Georgetown’s Mckenzie Bailey won the race in 17:50.60. On the boys’ side, Brandon Escobar was the highest Lib-

erty Hill finisher in 15th place in 17:31.10, while teammates Caden Glenn (18th, 17:35.20), Cayden Branch (22nd, 17:50.80), Greg Miller (24th, 18:01.50) and Jacob Russell (29th, 18:17.00) completed the top five Panthers runners. Also finishing for Liberty Hill were Anthony Barreras (31st, 18:17.00) and Ryan McCarn (38th, 18:53.00). Liberty Hill was fifth with 108 points, while Cedar Park won with 54. Jace Poole of Leander won in a time of 16:37.00.

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LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Liberty Hill has been asked to review and approve the following application(s), to wit: A request for a Zone Map Amendment from the Agricultural (AG) zoning classification to the General Commercial/Retail (C3) zoning classification on the following property: 5.000 ACRES - BEING PART OF THE W. H. MONROE, SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO.453 IN WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, A PART OF LAND CONVEYED TO THE DIPPREY FAMILY IRREVOCABLE TRUST ET AL, VIA DOCUMENT NO. 2011015030 OF THE DEED RECORDS OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS AND IDENTIFIED AS ASSESSOR’S PARCEL R022670. THE PROPERTY IS ADDRESSED AS 8660 HIGHWAY 29 W, LIBERTY HILL, TX 78642. In accordance with Section 211.006, Texas Local Government Code, a public hearing on this application will be conducted by the Planning and Zoning Commission at the Liberty Hill Municipal Courthouse, 2801 Ranch Rd 1869, Liberty Hill, TX 78642 on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at 6:30 PM. Upon receiving a recommendation from the Commission, the City Council will conduct its own public hearing and take final action on this matter on Monday, November 22, 2021 at 6:00 PM at the Liberty Hill Municipal Courthouse, 2801 Ranch Rd

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alternative materials could be used during construction, and they are exploring the possibility of storing material if it is cost-effective. But there is no hack for the labor shortage. Construction, particularly in the Austin Metro Area, is booming. A large part of the evaluation of the CMRs was to ensure they could provide enough workers to complete projects on time.

On Tuesday, Snell said the district will build in contingencies with the CMRs that would have penalties for projects delivered late. The contracts will also have contingencies for the budget to account for ﬂuctuations in material costs. Snell said they want the projects done on time, but could use portable buildings already on campuses if construction runs into the school year.

bringing ghost hunters from around the country to the small, privately family cemetery. The problem is, other than the woman’s name, nothing about the tale is true. Elizabeth Simpson was a white woman who was related to one of several families buried in the Bittick Cemetery. She was not a slave. She was not a witch. And as far as anyone can tell, failing to leave an “offering” at Simpson’s headstone does not bring bad luck. Despite the legend being discredited by The Independent as recently as 2017, the story continues to gain traction and grow online through blogs. Ghost hunters and curious looky loos travel from all over to place offerings at the grave. But visitors today will only

ﬁnd a stump of a headstone. After the headstone had been stolen and returned multiple times in the 1980s, family members decided to set the headstone in concrete in an attempt to keep it in the cemetery. The concrete kept the entire headstone from being stolen, but in the early 1990s visitors began to chip away pieces of it. It started as small, quarter-sized pieces, but as the years went by larger gashes were made. Over time the headstone ﬁnally became the stump on display today. Thanks to Central Texas stone carver Matthew Johnson, Simpson will be getting a new headstone. Using a photo of the original, Johnson is recreating an exact replica of the headstone, misspelling and

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the road—many of them parents themselves—are around the bus. “I don’t think anybody’s aggressively being malicious or anything like that, but it is that nature that if you’ve got to get somewhere, you don’t want to be stuck behind a slow-moving bus,” Knight said. During his training Knight teaches the drivers both offensive and defensive techniques. The district router will also try to avoid sending drivers on too many unprotected left-hand turns. But full stops at railroad crossings, an annoyance to many driving behind the bus, are required by law. Dealing with kids Like his counterparts in the classroom, Knight and his fellow drivers have to deal with students who can, on occasion, be rowdy, moody or uncooperative.

MARBLE FALLS tactics of keeping the Panthers’ offense on the sidelines as much as possible was beginning to pay dividends after all. Long was having none of it, though, as he took the ball and set off on a spectacular 74-yard touchdown run down the right sideline to double his team’s lead to 14-0 only 12 seconds into the second quarter. Following Long’s score, Liberty Hill pulled a trick out of the hat with a short kickoff into an unmanned area of the ﬁeld and recovered what amounted to a long onside kick, with the Panthers’ offense setting up shop at the Marble Falls 34yard line. However, the home side was unable to capitalize on its good fortune after Thomas’ turnover prevented the Panthers from gaining a three-touchdown lead. The Mustangs ﬁnally put

for future development outside of the scope of the bond-approved projects. The Board also approved placing a third site of 12.83 acres under contract in the Bar W neighborhood. The district will spend several months investigating the site before closing. Final decisions have not been made on exactly what schools will go where, Snell said.

“We want to reduce the amount of time that kids and parents are on the road traveling to these schools,” Snell said Tuesday. “So we need to make sure we have a good site in a good location that kind of mirrors the future development.” To help manage future land purchases the Board approved a real estate consulting agreement with Bill Chapman,

owner of Chapman Property Investments and a former president of the City of Liberty Hill’s Economic Development Corp. Board of Directors. In other business the Board approved the annual Campus Improvement Plan. The plan, which is required by the State of Texas, sets the academic and behavioral goals for the students and ensures they align with overall district goals.

odd spacing included, using a piece of local limestone. “We’ve been talking about it for years,” local historian Gary Spivey said. Spivey’s family is also buried at the Bittick Cemetery and he is a distant relative of Simpson. “We decided that since it was a signiﬁcant cemetery, we would try to put it back because it is part of our history,” Spivey said. “She’s not a witch, but it is a good story.” Johnson, who owns and operates Bartlett Stone in Florence, said he likes to try and get into the mindset of the original carver when replicating pieces. “The challenge on this project was not the actual carving itself so much as trying to get into the mindset of the carver and trying to think about what

their approach would have been,” Johnson said. Johnson said he believes the original was done by a stonemason, not a stone carver, which may explain the misspellings and odd spacing. He also believes the year of Simpson’s death was added after the original words, which is why it’s crammed in at the end. For an artist who normally strives for perfection, the headstone project tested what he could let go. “Most of my career has been trying to strive for perfection. So the challenge of this was to back off of that and just allow things to happen,” Johnson said. “But I didn’t want to just let things happen randomly. I had to let them happen in the same places where they’d happened before.”

Johnson will unveil the new headstone on Oct. 29 from 8 a.m to 3 p.m. at the Lions Foundation Park pavilion. The event is being hosted by the Liberty Hill Development Foundation, which normally hosts an annual sculpture festival. The pandemic curtailed the event in 2020 and there were too many uncertainties this year to plan a grand event. So the Foundation decided to put on the artist display with a fun twist on a local legend instead. As in past years with the sculpture festival, LHISD students will visit the park during the event. Johnson is expected to have the new headstone as well as a second piece of limestone that is blank so he can demonstrate the process. “We want the school kids in-

volved and develop an interest in art,” Foundation President Craig Hanley said. Hanley said the organization hopes to continue the momentum they had prior to the pandemic by hosting a much larger event next year that will get back to the roots of the original International Sculpture Festival held in 1976. The 1976 event featured 25 sculptors from across the globe. For two months Liberty Hill residents opened up their homes to the artists who ended up creating more than 20 monumental structures. The pieces are now housed on the campus of Louine Noble Elementary School. “We are just trying to make the community aware of what’s here in Liberty Hill,” Hanley said.

“Kids are all different,” Knight said. “I think it’s very important for a driver to have a conversation with their kids, to be able to build that mutual respect.” Knight pulls from his coaching experience to talk to students on their level and show that he can be someone the students can trust. He said reserving judgment has been a huge asset in gaining the trust of students. Knight recalled a route he drove that had students with disciplinary problems. He never treated those students differently and when another student had a health scare on the bus it was the “troubled” students who sprang into action to help ﬁrst. “I always tell the drivers, you can’t judge those kids because you don’t know what the outside factor is,” Knight said. “You don’t know exactly

what’s going on until you talk with them.” Just enough drivers LHISD has 39 bus drivers this year compared to 41 last year, but the district has, so far, been able to avoid the headline-grabbing bus driver shortages seen in other districts across the country. “We have been really lucky,” LHISD Transportation Director Meleia Cox said. Cox credits a fantastic router, Evelyn Mcleod, and the fact that many drivers are able to drive multiple routes each shift as a reason for avoiding a true shortage. But as more students continue to enroll and new houses come online, the district is looking to proactively hire four more drivers. “I cringe when I see new construction,” Cox said, laughing. She was joking, but the

stress that growth brings is no laughing matter. The district currently transports approximately 1,600 students in the morning and approximately 2,300 in the afternoon -- an increase over last year of 600 students in the morning and 800 in the afternoon, Cox said. To accommodate the increase LHISD added seven elementary routes, seven middle school routes and ﬁve high school routes. To help attract more drivers to meet the demand, the LHISD School Board voted in June to increase the base pay for bus drivers to $18 per hour, bringing the pay in-line with neighboring districts. Drivers also receive health beneﬁts of a full-time employee, despite only working 25-35 hours per week. The district also has a robust training program that is tailored to each person who ap-

plies. Knight, who is a trainer, said they go with the potential drivers to take the test so they feel supported through the process. Once they have their permit, Knight or another trainer will spend at least 20 hours training the new driver in the bus, getting to know the route and in some instances the kids. “It helps with the anxiety,” Cox said. “If anything arises, they have someone there that is experienced.” Both Cox and Knight invite anyone in the community who has the ability to do a split shift to apply. “If you want to make a difference in your kid’s or a kid’s life and really be a part of some change in your school district for the better, then a good way to get in is to be a bus driver,” Knight said.

with Adame getting his second touchdown of the game with a five-yard run to make it a seven-point contest at 21-14. The game then settled into a defensive battle and after the sides had exchanged punts, the Panthers drove to the Mustangs’ 19 before sending senior kicker Ethan Minix out for a 36-yard field goal which would’ve made it a two-possession game, but the ball clanked off the left upright and was no good. After moving the ball all the way to the Liberty Hill 29 with no timeouts and only seconds remaining, Becker was left to heave a desperation pass into the end zone which was broken up by senior Kade McMahan and victory was at last secured and with it a district title. After entering the fray on the offensive side of the line for the first time in his varsity

career, Thomas said he was a caught a bit off-guard by the speed of the proceedings. “It was a lot faster than I thought,” he said. “But, carrying the ball feels great.” Thomas credited the Mustangs for presenting he and his teammates with a proper tussle. “Props to Marble Falls – they came out and played hard,” he said. “It was great to come out here and have a dogﬁght like this because going through adversity will make us better.” Walker agreed. “I think a game like this might help us down the road,” he said. “But, right now I’m still frustrated with our play tonight. I thought we should’ve gone up 21-0 there and it turns into a different football game.” As for Thomas’ exploits in all three phases of the game, Walker has run out of superlatives in describing his star.

“Andon can do it all,” he said. “He could play all 11 positions on the ﬁeld – he’s just a special young man.” Long led Liberty Hill with 12 carries for 135 yards rushing and a pair of touchdowns in breaking the 1,000-yard mark for the season, while the Panthers had 88 passing yards in putting up 371 yards of offense. Walker said due to the fact both teams play the same offense, the contest became a last-man standing affair and it was his side that came out on the other side. “Games like this become a toughness battle,” he said. “The tougher team won tonight.” Liberty Hill (6-2, 4-0) will next play at Navarro on Oct. 28 following a bye week this week, then return to host Northeast in the regular-season ﬁnale on Nov. 5.

The school board also approved moving forward to close on two parcels of land next month, a 95.611-acre track near US Highway 183 and CR 258 and a 17-acre parcel located near US Highway 183 and CR 207. The 17-acre site is funded through the bond, but not for one of the pre-planned projects. The bond allowed money for the district to purchase land

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allow him to spend more quality time with his daughter. With the bus driving schedule nearly mirroring his daughter’s school schedule, it was a perfect ﬁt. “While I don’t make near what I did make, I can’t trade back the years,” Knight said. “To me, it’s a better trade off.” Knight rides a motorcycle in his off time and said he wasn’t overly concerned about the driving tests to become a bus driver. But the challenge of having dozens of children behind him while navigating the roads of Liberty Hill was a bit unexpected. “When I got behind the wheel, it was a whole other world,” Knight said. It wasn’t just kids misbehaving (although that does happen occasionally). It was the gravity of realizing what he was in charge of and how uncooperative other drivers on

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points on the board with a 38-yard scoring strike from quarterback Jake Becker to Roberto Adame to halve the deficit to 14-7 with only 1:20 left until halftime. On the ensuing possession on a 2nd-and-5 from the Panthers’ 20, Vickers handed off to Pitchford and the former backup quarterback found Long with a perfectly-placed pass for a 36-yard gain and a first down. Liberty Hill supporters far and wide must have been holding their heads in disbelief when the Panthers completed yet another pass on the same series, this one from Vickers to Long for an eight-yard touchdown in making the score 21-7, which is where it stood at the half after Reid Bynum stormed the Mustangs’ backfield and sacked Becker on the final play before time ran out. Panthers head coach Kent

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Walker said the forward pass is something he isn’t afraid to use in certain situations. “We work on our passing game all the time,” said Walker. “We don’t show that, but we work on it all the time and we expect it to be there when we call on it because people are so geared up for our run.” Pitchford fumbled on the third play of the third quarter and Marble Falls then drove all the way to the Liberty Hill 3-yard line, but were unable to score when senior safety Aaron Brewer defended a pass from Becker which was on its way into the hands of a waiting receiver in the end zone on 4th-and-goal. However, the Mustangs’ defense remained resolute in keeping the Panthers off the scoreboard in the third period of play, while their offense pieced together an 11-play, 53yard scoring drive that ended

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