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LH Police ask for two sergeant positions, vehicles in new budget
By RACHEL MADISON Staff Writer The Liberty Hill Police Department asked for two new sergeant positions and three new fully-equipped police vehicles for the 2021-22 fiscal year during a special budget meeting with the Liberty Hill City Council on June 9. Police Chief Royce Graeter said his department needs two new sergeants for a number of reasons, including always having a supervisor on duty. “We currently have two sergeants, and we’re asking for two more,” Graeter said. “Having additional sergeants allows a supervisor to be on at all times. Right now, if something happens when one of our sergeants is off, our officers have to call and wake them up.” He added that having a sergeant on duty at all times will also boost officer safety because a sergeant will always The Liberty Hill Police Department is requesting funds in fiscal 2021 for three new fully-equipped patrol vehicles and two new See POLICE, Page 4 positions with the rank of sergeant. (Courtesy Photos)
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City considers solutions for wastewater treatment plant odor
By RACHEL MADISON Staff Writer Ongoing complaints of odors coming from the Liberty Hill wastewater treatment plant have prompted city officials to investigate potential solutions for mitigating those odors. The treatment plant has been open since 2006. An expansion project on the plant began approximately four years ago and is set to be finished in July. Backing up directly to the wastewater treatment is the Grayson subdivision, which first started building homes in 2017. Residents in that neighborhood have been complaining about the odors emitting from the plant since at least 2019. City Administrator Lacie Hale gave an update and City officials believe most of the odors coming from the wastetimeline from public works water treatment plant are originating in the headworks box, which is where effluent comes into the plant to be treated. See ODOR, Page 5 (Courtesy Photo)
Downtown COVID testing site still open 300 tests per month administered at Liberty Hill location
By SCOTT AKANEWICH Staff Writer Anyone passing by Water Tower Parking Lot on Loop 332 in downtown Liberty Hill can clearly see the blue banner flapping in the breeze. Curative is continuing to maintain their COVID-19 testing site in the shadow of the old concrete water tower a stone’s throw south of City Hall, administering approximately 300 tests per month since the site was opened in March. According to Jamil Sabbagh, Curative general manager of field operations, the location was selected following a study of where it would be most suitable to serve its purpose. “We had our growth team go out and survey different places,” said Sabbagh. “This site was handed along to us and we hopped right on board.”
Sabbagh said part of the process of determining where to set up is getting proper clearance from local officials. “We can’t just set up someplace,” he said. “There are a lot of moving parts.” COVID tests are available free of charge, with the cost billed directly to insurance providers, while the uninsured are covered by the Health Resources and Services Administration Coverage Assistance Fund. Each COVID test is capable of detecting different variants of the virus. Appointments are available, but walk-ups are also accepted. In all, there are 77 test sites across Texas, with the nearest additional locations being in Georgetown and Round Rock, although as the pandemic
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By RACHEL MADISON Staff Writer In a regular meeting that lasted for over four and a half hours on June 9, the Liberty Hill City Council discussed 20 different agenda items, but only made decisive motions on a handful of those. A motion to appoint the Bojorquez Law Firm as the interim city attorney passed. City Administrator Lacie Hale said because city council meetings were recently changed from Monday evenings to Wednesday evenings, the previous attorney couldn’t make the new schedule work. Bojorquez Law Firm has worked with the City in the past and will be on board until the council moves forward with a hiring and recruiting firm to hire an in-house attorney. The law firm will bill the City $285 per hour for its services. The Council also rescinded a resolution to purchase a “command vehicle” pickup truck for the Liberty Hill Police Department, and instead approved a resolution to purchase a 2022 Tahoe and equipment for three police vehicles at a cost of $101,018. City Treasurer Becky Wilkins said this change was made because it was going to take at least eight months for the requested truck to be available, which seemed unrealistic, so instead it was decided to purchase the Tahoe. The
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Curative’s downtown Liberty Hill COVID-19 testing site will remain open as long as there is a See TESTING, Page 4 need in the community.
The Independent sweeps Texas newspaper contest
The Liberty Hill Independent won the distinguished Sweepstakes award for its division at the Texas Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest June 12 at the association’s annual convention in Denton. The Independent, in continuous publication for 34 years, earned 775 points to win the Sweepstakes award — outdistancing the nearest competitor by 200 points. The Texas Better Newspaper ©2021 The Liberty Hill Independent
Contest was judged by journalists from the Wisconsin Press Association. Ninety Texas newspapers competed in the contest submitting 934 total entries that were published from Sept. 1, 2019 to Aug. 31, 2020. To win the Sweepstakes award, The Independent earned the most number of points across a spectrum of categories in its circulation division, including the following: Column Writing, 1st Place; Editorial, 1st Place; Headline Writing, 1st Place; News Writing, 1st Place; Advertising, 2nd Place; Page Design, 2nd Place; Sports Photography, 2nd Place; News Photography, 3rd Place; Sports
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Weekly Highlights: - On June 7 at approximately 9:31 AM, officers responded to the 2000 block of US 183 to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On June 7 at approximately 11:21 AM, officers responded to the intersection of US 183 and W. SH 29 for a traffic hazard. - On June 7 at approximately 3:34 PM, officers responded to the 15000 block of W. SH 29 for a disturbance. - On June 7 at approximately 10:20 PM, officers responded to CR 200 for a suspicious activity complaint. - On June 8 at approximately 5:09 AM, officers responded to the 2000 block of US 183 to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On June 8 at approximately 9:28 PM, officers responded to the intersection of US 183 and W. SH 29 to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On June 8 at approximately 11:17 PM, officers responded to Church St. for a suspicious vehicle complaint. - On June 9 at approximately 10:56 AM, officers responded to Rusk Bluff Ave. to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On June 9 at approximately 1:53 PM, officers responded
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to American Ave. to assist the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. - On June 9 at approximately 2:23 PM, officers responded to Remuda Dr. for a welfare check. - On June 9 at approximately 6:49 PM, officers responded to the 13000 block of W. SH 29 for a traffic hazard. - On June 9 at approximately 11:46 PM, officers responded to Blue Sage Dr. for suspicious activity. - On June 10 at approximately 1:50 AM, officers responded the 12000 block of W. SH 29 for a welfare check that resulted in the arrest of a male adult with an outstanding warrant. - On June 10 at approximately 8:28 AM, officers responded to the 12000 block of W. SH 29 for an assault. - On June 10 at approximately 1:37 PM, officers responded to the 13000 block of W. SH 29 for a suspicious activity complaint. - On June 10 at approximately 5:23 PM, officers responded to the 15000 block of W. SH 29 for an accident. - On June 10 at approximately 11:03 PM, officers responded to Horseshoe Loop for a welfare concern. - On June 11 at approximately 4:07 AM, officers responded to the 2000 block of RM 1869 to assist the Liberty Hill Fire/ EMS. - On June 11 at approximately 9:50 AM, officers responded to Spotted Rail Ridge for a stray animal concern. - On June 11 at approximately 4:09 PM, officers responded to
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What goes on when the sun goes down?
By WILT CUTTER Columnist If you drive by the building on RM 1869 late at night you can see all the lights on and a parking lot full of cars. It’s Wednesday night. Is this a local church where revival has broken out? Or a Bingo Hall of determined seniors hell bent on winning the Pedicure and Spa prize? No, it’s your tax dollars at work. It’s the City Council in a regular dead-of-the-night marathon session. Has someone hacked the City’s computers and paid off everyone’s traffic fines? Or has a rogue employee stolen a city vehicle and taken it to Oklahoma to get married? No, my friends, fellow citizens and taxpayers. This is
just the way we roll now. While the honest citizens are in bed or binge watching Netflix, it’s the equivalent of the high drama of watching the guacamole turn slowly dark green as much is said, repeated, and repeated again. More than likely if you walk in and sit down you will hear only one voice commenting over and over asking common-sense questions, which have already been answered, in an attempt to make some point for the record pushed as empirical political wisdom. So if that’s happening in the public session you can only imagine that it gets louder in the never-ending, executive sessions that Liberty Hill has been using as its governing tool. We’ll see if a recent decision to limit those closed-door sessions changes anything. For those hardworking, taxpaying, tired souls who long ago gave up on even bother-
ing to think about the terms we regularly use to describe government meetings…well, executive session is when the people you elected to meet publicly to run your government take it all behind closed doors. Executive session might be okay if the City of Leander had raised an Army of displaced Austinites and was marching down Bagdad Road to take over and occupy Panther Stadium and there were evil, suspected spies in the audience. Otherwise, executive session is just a government tool to screw you in private, come out and take a predetermined vote and make it all look legal and democratic. Executive session can be used to meet with an attorney to discuss lawsuits, real estate purchases, personnel issues, or other critical issues. But it should never be used night
after night, item after item, as a constant tool to make decisions outside of the public view. That’s wrong-er than being tickled with a feather while sitting in a bathtub full of tofu. What’s happening in the executive session? Why do City Council meetings take so long? Is it because there are so many secrets? Or is it because someone likes meetings and just won’t shut up? Bad decisions and bad government happen late at night, in the dark. “This is the verdict: Light has come in the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.” John 3:19 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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Sometimes, change is good. We all need a fresh look at things from time to time. Here at your hometown newspaper, we are always looking for new ways to bring the news of our community to more people. Staffing changes in recent weeks have been a step in the right direction for our team, and we are looking forward to exciting things ahead. In the meantime, this is the busiest time of year for us as we have multiple publications in the works. The June edition of Liberty Hill Living Magazine will be coming to mailboxes in the coming weeks, followed by the Liberty Hill Business Directory in July. Then, as we approach a new school year, look for ConnectED Magazine in August and another edition of Liberty Hill Living in September. We are also busy this summer preparing the 2021 Fall Sports Program for Liberty Hill High
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begins to wind down and the need for testing starts to dwindle, some sites are being downsized in reaction to the lower demand. “For example, our drivethrough location at Dell Diamond in Round Rock now consists of walk-up trailers,” said Sabbagh. “We’ve begun to scale back.” Ironically, Curative was founded in January 2020 with the goal to develop a vaccine for sepsis – which is a potentially deadly condition resulting from the presence of harmful microorganisms in the blood and the body’s reaction that can lead to organ failure – but quickly turned its attention to a new objective a few months later when the global COVID-19 pandemic reared its ugly head. Sabbagh added what Curative now hopes to accomplish is to give itself a reason to no longer exist in its current incarnation. “Our goal is to put ourselves out of business,” he said. At its other locations in the
county, Curative offers all three approved vaccines, including Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson. Recent stats from Texas Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show 53.7 percent of the state’s population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, while locally the numbers are significantly higher, with Williamson County currently sitting at 64.5 percent of residents 12 and older with at least one dose, which almost mirrors the national rate of 64.1 percent of people 18 and over. Sabbagh said the Liberty Hill testing site will stay open as long as there is a continued need. “We’re going to continue testing as long as there is a need in the community,” said Sabbagh. “The pandemic isn’t 100 percent over yet – there are still cases all over the U.S. – the only way to end it is to continue testing.”
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be available to go to a call if needed. Graeter said hiring two additional sergeants also sets the department’s infrastructure up for the growth Liberty Hill is experiencing, because each sergeant can supervise multiple officers if needed. “This way each squad would have its own sergeant, and when we grow and need to add officers, the infrastructure is already there to put them in place,” Graeter said. Currently, the sergeants on staff each supervise two squads of police officers who work 12-hour shifts during the day or night. Graeter also asked for three new fully equipped patrol units, one for each of the new sergeants, as well as a spare in case a department vehicle gets into an accident or becomes unusable. “Those are the only things
I’m asking for in this budget forum, and it’s really to reduce liability for the City,” Graeter said. “It’s a whole lot cheaper to have guys out there making sure our officers are making good decisions than it is to take on a lawsuit because something goes wrong. You’ve got to make sure you’re on point, following the rules and doing the right thing.” The role of a sergeant is to provide overall supervision for the officers under his or her command, including ensuring compliance with department policies, procedures and regulations; monitoring productivity and performance of officers; providing firstline supervision; monitoring training needs and conducting field training; and monitoring activity and the deployment of officers, among other tasks. “Our sergeants are the ones
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who are trained up, and have that experience and time on the streets, which increases officer safety,” Graeter said. “They provide overall supervision for officers under their command. They are really the most important positions on the patrol side of the house.” Graeter broke down the costs of the police vehicles, their equipment and the equipment needed to outfit the new sergeants and pay their salaries. The average pay range for patrol sergeants is between $60,000 and $75,000 annually. The Liberty Hill Police Department pays $70,000 annually before benefits. Graeter estimated the total for two new sergeants, as well as their benefits, training and equipment, would be $190,500. He estimated the total for the three new fully-equipped patrol vehicles to be $226,140. Each of the vehicles, typically
Chevrolet Tahoes, cost about $33,000, while equipment to outfit each vehicle costs approximately $42,000. Every officer’s vehicle will have different equipment based on preference, but most is standard, such as the camera system, radar system, computer and storage boxes, Graeter added. “I’ll never ask for anything that I don’t need, and the community needs these guys,” Graeter said. “We’ll be getting more quality work done out there on the street, making sure everyone is safe and the community is treated right.” No decisions are being made on budget requests for the 2021-22 fiscal year at this time. The city council is hosting a series of budget workshops throughout the summer before finalizing the 2021-22 fiscal year’s budget.
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on potential solutions for the odors at the June 9 council meeting. Council member Angela Jones had asked for this item to be placed on the agenda so that community members—particularly those who live in Grayson—could be updated on what the City is doing to try to resolve the problem. “We believe the odors are coming from the headworks box and the [sequencing batch reactor], which is the oldest infrastructure we have out there,” Hale said. “The headworks box is where the effluent comes into the plant to be treated. If the wind is right or the sun is out, there is an odor.” The sequencing batch reactor is set to go offline in approximately two weeks when the expansion project at the plant is complete and the new equipment goes online. “The odor coming from that should go away because it won’t be a treatment facility anymore,” Hale said. In order to mitigate odors coming from the headworks
box, the City has installed metal sheets, odor misters and a plastic curtain around the headworks box. In addition, an air scrubber has been installed to essentially filter the air surrounding the headworks box, Hale said. The latest installation of the plastic curtain around the headworks box has made a difference in the odor levels, Hale said, but she has also recently heard from a few Grayson residents that there is still an odor. “We are doing everything we can,” Hale said. Jones added that the smells coming from the plant are consistent—not just during hot days or when the wind is blowing the right direction, but she is hopeful that when the old infrastructure goes offline, it will help to reduce the odor. “Do we have any idea how much that’s going to help?” she asked. “Will it take the odor away completely?” City officials did not have an immediate answer, instead cit-
ing a desire to conduct a study to find out exactly where the source of the odor is coming from and if there’s another way to mitigate it. City Engineer Curtis Steger said it’s possible that other locations within the plant could be generating odor, but he believes most are coming from the headworks box. Hale added that a study, which she estimates would cost about $5,000, would allow the City to measure the odor constituents and strength and develop a comprehensive plan to address the problem areas. “When you’re out there, it doesn’t have an offensive odor,” Steger said. “It’s kind of a musky smell, but when wastewater comes in through the headworks and there’s a lot of turbulence and the releasing of hydrogen sulfide, it smells. Hydrogen sulfide is something the human nose picks up very easily.” Council member Kathy Canady said she’s not discounting the need for the City to do what it can to lessen the
odors, but because the plant was there before the subdivision was built, she believes there will always be some odor in the air. “We are doing the best we can, but unfortunately, plants just smell,” she said. Council member Crystal Mancilla suggested the City wait on beginning a study until the sequencing batch reactor goes offline in a couple of weeks to see if there is a noticeable difference in the amount of odor coming from the plant. Council member Chris Pezold suggested looking into the costs of landscaping to put in a berm and trees along the side of the plant that backs up to Grayson. “When the wind blows, if you can get it higher than the houses, it’ll push it up and dissipate,” he said. The Council decided to table the agenda item until the sequencing batch reactor goes offline. From there, they will decide if a study is needed.
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The Liberty Hill BSA Troop 196 left for summer camp Sunday after a yearlong hiatus due to the pandemic. The week-long camp features opportunities to earn merit badges in activities like swimming, rifle shooting, climbing, fishing and many other outdoor sports. Although the camp limited the number of troops allowed to attend, the boys will still have the opportunity to meet other scouts from across Texas. From left, are Trevan Burruss, Michael Mutchler, Colin Hagerman, Connor Ford, Jackson Reiss, Tim Hannaman, Reagan MC, Thomas MC, and Matthew Niles. (Courtesy Photo)
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Having fun is name of the game Panthers baseball camp emphasizes enjoyment
By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor Carson Riley glided along on his stomach after a headfirst dive onto a slip-and-slide set up along the third base line, leaving a rooster tail of water in his wake. Sure, the annual Liberty Hill youth baseball camp, which is held on the same field where the Panthers play their games, is a four-day extravaganza during which players of all ages are taught fundamentals in all phases of the game. But, that doesn’t mean there can’t be some hijinxs mixed in, said Liberty Hill head coach Steve Hutcherson. “We always want to blend in a lot of fun,” he said. “Because we want them to enjoy their time here.” In all, 260 campers participated in the event, which was divided up daily into three different groups – first through third, fourth through sixth and seventh through ninth-graders. According to Hutcherson, each session needs to be specifically customized to the age of the players and their capacity for learning the game. “With the younger kids, some already have a pretty good grasp,” said Hutcherson. “While with the older ones, we’ll amp up what we’re trying to teach them.” Sometimes the message is exactly the same, but the delivery needs to be different, spe-
cifically when it comes to the terminology used to convey words of wisdom, he said. “For example, we’ll tell older kids to stay inside the ball when they swing,” said Hutcherson, who just finished up his third season as Panthers head coach. “But we tell the younger ones to just hit line drives.” Riley was only one of several current Panthers players who were on hand to act as instructors and said it’s enjoyable to interact with the campers. “It’s super-cool when the kids recognize who you are,” he said. In fact, Riley – a sophomore catcher – was one of those in attendance on the other side of the proceedings just a few years ago and recalled his experience in meeting some of the varsity players he looked up to. “I remember when I was a camper and (former Liberty Hill players) Rowen (Guerra) and (Ryan) Flake were here,” said Riley. “Seeing all the high school players out here made me want to be a varsity player myself.” Fast-forward to the present and he’s mingling with possible future teammates, which allows him a preview of some of the talent in the Purple-andGold pipeline. “You get to see who you might be working with,” he said. When he thinks back to when he attended the camp, Riley
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Liberty Hill sophomore catcher Carson Riley participates in a sliding drill alongside campers at the Panthers youth baseball camp. said there’s one thing he looks for in the youngsters of today he wanted to display when he was one of them. “One of the best things you do is just come out here and hustle,” he said. “Show the coaches you have a passion for the game.” Hutcherson said having his current players participating is a tribute to their commitment to the Panthers program. “It’s unbelievable what these guys are willing to come out here and do for us over four days,” he said. “They’re not getting paid or anything – they just want to give back to the program.” However, the appreciation doesn’t end there. “I just got an e-mail from a
mom today,” said Hutcherson. “She was just really appreciative of the fact the high school kids were spending so much time with the campers.” For Hutcherson, the interaction the campers have with players they both look up to and aspire to be like one day is one of the most special parts of the entire experience, he said. “If any of them came to any of our games this season, they were sitting in the stands watching these guys play,” said Hutcherson. “Now, they’re standing next to them on the field.” Aside from the social aspect, though, there are some serious baseball skills to be taught and learned over the course of the eight hours of instruction each
group gets over the four days – with one aspect always front and center, said Hutcherson. “All of our fundamentals are consistent as far as what we teach each group,” he said. “For example, there’s a certain way to field a ground ball – regardless of how old you are. We tell these kids the same things we would tell (Panthers senior shortstop) Ryan Leary – that’s not going to change.” During the early-evening session on the final day of the camp, there were various stations set up all around the infield and outfield with groups rotating between them. Down in the right-field corner, campers were hitting a soccer ball off a tee and attempting to score a goal past
defenders guarding a pair of cones that served as a net – an activity designed to emphasize proper follow-through on one’s swing, said Hutcherson. “In order to hit a heavier ball, you have to really drive through it,” he said. “(Liberty Hill pitching) Coach (Kyle) Buescher had the idea to add in the goal and have them try to hit it past people just like in a game.” Speaking of games, Hutcherson said he likes to integrate some into the final two days of the camp to put a cherry on top of the drills sundae that has been served to the campers during the first two days. “On the third and fourth days,
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THE LAST GAME
Full circle for Panthers senior Hoops career ended where it began
By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor When Bobby Mundy walked off the court after his final high school basketball game this past season, the irony of the location wasn’t lost on the Liberty Hill senior guard. “My very first game for the freshman team was there,” said Mundy, of the antiquated gym at Austin High School. “So, it was fitting my last game was there, too.” The occasion was the Panthers’ 62-56 opening-round playoff loss to Dripping Springs. And while the contest four years earlier was the dawn of Mundy’s time in Purpleand-Gold, the latter marked the dusk of a prep career that saw him grow into one of Liberty Hill’s most trusted and dependable contributors. ALEX RUBIO FILE PHOTO Much was expected of MunBobby Mundy (#11) and his teammates left the court disappointed after a playoff defeat that dy and his teammates in the marked the last game of his Panthers career.
postseason after they had finished the regular season with an overall record of 18-6 and a 7-4 district mark, which was good for a third-place finish and a playoff berth in the program’s first campaign as a Class 5A team. In the days leading up to the game, Mundy said the mood within the ranks was one of assuredness. “We were extremely confident,” he said. “Because we had already played them in a scrimmage.” Proceedings began to unfold according to plan for Panthers’ head coach Barry Boren’s club, who capitalized on Dripping Springs’ ineffectiveness against their trademark pressure defense to build a 33-24 halftime advantage. However, Mundy said there was more to the formula than just what happened on the
court. “Our overall intensity was higher and our bench was loud,” he said. “But, things changed in the second half – especially after they went up in the third quarter – and I don’t know why.” As the mood of the team swung, so did the scoreboard until the Panthers found themselves on the wrong side of the numbers in lights on the wall of the venerable gym at game’s end. Mundy said he was in shock as the gravity of the situation became clear. “I just realized it was all over,” he said. “I had put a basketball down for the last time as a high school player.” Mundy was one of only three seniors on the squad – along with Kadin Knight and
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Dog days offer little in way of local sports
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New Panthers assistant coach Ryan Little, right, played for current Liberty Hill head coach Barry Boren during his high school career.
Coming home to coach
New hoops assistant played for Panthers
By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor Sixteen years ago, when Ryan Little sat on the Liberty Hill bench as a Panthers player, if someone had suggested at the time he would return someday to occupy the same space as a
coach, his reaction would’ve been one of bewilderment. “I wouldn’t have believed it,” said Little, who graduated with the Class of 2005. However, here he is, over a decade-and-a-half later – albeit in a different gym – but
in that very same place, only now as an assistant to Panthers head coach Barry Boren – something he never envisioned back then, but embraces the opportunity these days.
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By SCOTT AKANEWICH Sports Editor Being a high school sportswriter in a small town is great. All the relationships one builds with coaches, athletes, administrators and parents are worth their weight in gold (or in our case, Purple-and-Gold) and is something that simply isn’t there at even the college level of sports coverage, no less the pros. Only problem with that is when there’s no school, guess what? There’s no sports. Upon our arrival in August 2019, it was just about time to gear up for the new school sports season and last summer we were all at home, so this is truly our first go-around as far as having to deal with the dearth of sports at this time of year. One thing is for sure. It’s no fun.
Only a couple weeks in and we’re already longing for the days when we can once again roll up to the Panthers’ athletic complex and find a beehive of activity in a 360-degree radius – enough to make one’s head spin with so many different endeavors all going on simultaneously. Now, it’s like being a fighter pilot with no bogeys to shoot down, a firefighter without a blaze to quench or perhaps even the Maytag repairman. Pretty soon, one finds oneself falling into a malaise of inactivity, which sucks the life out akin to the 100-degree central Texas summer heat sapping the senses until all you want to do is numb the pain with another cold beverage. Okay, maybe it isn’t that bad, but nothing like a little hyperbole to get a point across. On the bright side, we do have all the Panthers summer sports camps to peruse as the Liberty Hill ballers of the future showcase their skills to the various coaches across the athletic spectrum. Last week we visited the
Panthers’ baseball diamond for their annual event – of which 260 campers attended. In fact, registration had to be closed early as a result of the overwhelming response to the opportunity for sparkies to stand beside their heroes who they’re usually relegated to observing from behind netting while up in the stands during games. By the way, can anyone out there tell us why they’re called stands? After all, you’re sitting most of the time, right? If any of you are wise enough to say it’s short for “grandstand,” fine, but that still doesn’t make sense, although “grandsit” sounds a bit odd. But, we digress. However, as long as we’re digressing, we may as well continue with something else that sticks in our craw, is a burr under our saddle and every other metaphor known to man used for when something is bothersome of the highest order.
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equipment will be used to outfit the new vehicle, the Police Chief’s current vehicle, and to turn a truck in administration into a “command vehicle.” The need for the new vehicle is due to another police vehicle getting totaled in an accident. “The Police Chief decided that a truck we had in administration would work for his needs, so he will take over the lease plan payments of approximately $6,000 a year,” Wilkins said. Another motion passed during the meeting was to authorize Mundo & Associates to present to the Council on best practices, duties and roles of boards and commissions, at a cost of $2,500. The Council agreed unanimously that the training would be a good start to updating the City’s policies and procedures. “There’s a lot of new people here, and it would be to have them come to talk to us about the different roles, how they operate and what the expectations are,” said Council member Kathy Canady. “It might be good for us as a council before
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In fact, Little – who teaches English – views coaching as a natural extension of the instruction he provides young minds in the classroom. “Teaching is my vocation – it’s what I want to do for the rest of my life,” he said. “With coaching, I can see and get to know the personalities of the kids in a different arena.” Little is in his ninth year of teaching and has returned to Liberty Hill after working in Indiana for several years as part of “Teach For America,” a nonprofit organization focused on providing proper educational opportunities in low-income communities, where he also coached basketball and football at the middle school level. But, this is his first gig back in high school and Little is looking forward to beginning his prep coaching quest right back where the seeds were planted in the first place, with Boren as his mentor, he said. “Coach Boren has grown and changed over the years,” said Little, who also roomed with Boren’s son and fellow Panthers assistant Blake Boren when both were attending the University of Texas. “I think he’s the only one I would come back and do this for.” Back during his playing days, Little always had an appreciation for the thinking aspect of the game, but it wasn’t until later that he began to fully understand the more technical side. “I always loved the mental part,” he said. “But, the Xs and Os didn’t come around until I started teaching.” Liberty Hill is certainly a different place than when Little first called it home – that’s for sure, he said.
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we make decisions on what we want our boards and commissions to do.” The Council also passed a motion to schedule a workshop as soon as possible to bring the Council, Economic Development Corporation and the Planning & Zoning Commission together to discuss development agreement standards for residential subdivisions, in addition to the City’s Capital Improvement Plan. The workshop will be scheduled later this month. “We have massive growth coming our way, with some juggernauts coming to town,” said Council member Chris Pezold. “We need to not just be taking care of immediate needs, but also looking forward.” As a way to encourage more citizen participation, the Council passed a motion to hold its executive sessions first, before the regular meeting begins, with a time limit of 30 minutes. The executive sessions will now take place on regular meeting nights at 6:30 p.m., and the open meetings will
“It’s really amazing how much it’s grown,” said Little. “Back then, we were still a Class 3A school and I graduated with 142 people.” With coaches always looking for players who are open-minded to instruction, Little said he’s confident in the fact he was like that back in his day. “I like to think I was coachable,” he said. “I was a bit fiery, but always cerebral and was willing to fill whatever role they needed me to.” Now, Little will attempt to do the same thing, only on the other end of the relationship and becoming a part of the Panthers’ program once again is the ideal environment to make it happen. “Coach Boren has such a good thing going here,” said Little. “I’m just ready to jump in and add what I can, so right now, I’m trying to soak up as much as I can. But, I already know how we operate, so I can get it faster.” So, what’s more challenging, teaching students proper English skills in the classroom or getting players to successfully execute a crisply-run play on the court? “I would have to say the grammar piece is more difficult,” he said. “When teaching, it’s harder to establish that connection as far as the ‘why’ is concerned. But, with basketball, the goal is more obvious.” During his time spent in the Hoosier State, Little was impressed by the culture and quality of the game in a place that it’s known for, but added his new pupils have so far shown their worth. “Wherever you go, the game is the same,” said Little. “We have some really good guys here – the kids are awesome.”
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we add games for them to play,” he said. “So, that way, they can get away from the individual stuff a bit.” Like the pickup contest that was going on in center field with a tennis ball substituted for the usual stitched cowhide spheroid, as batters took aim for the fences – but only after earning the right to do so. “Before today, we wanted them to hit nothing but line drives,” said Hutcherson. “On the final day, we allow them to try to hit bombs.” One camper barely missed clearing the high fence in center above the “366” sign, which measures the distance from home plate, as the ball clanked off the metal wall and fell harmlessly to the ground. Better luck next time for the batter, but that’s one of the main objectives of the camp – to continue to improve skills not just over the four days of the event, but on into the future. “We know we’ll get these kids back year after year if they come out here and have fun,” said Hutcherson. “When that happens, we know we can teach them everything we want to over time.” Many players these days are much more polished in the
nuances of the game compared to the past, he said. “Not as many of the kids we get now are as much of a blank slate,” said Hutcherson. “But, baseball is tricky to teach because there are so many different ways to teach different things, we just want them to have an open mind. But, the kids who play travel ball and are more serious usually already have a good base of what we want them to do.” By the time the campers pack up their gear and walk off the field for the final time, there’s one thing above all Hutcherson wants them to take with them through the gates as they leave, he said. “We want them to get used to how we do things here and the terms we use,” said Hutcherson. “Because it might be different from what they’re used to hearing.” On the fourth and final day, the waterslides are integrated into the equation in order to give the campers a block of instruction on proper sliding technique, but also some relief from the 90-plus-degree temperatures, which is just fine with Riley. “Baseball’s meant to be fun,” he said. “It’s my favorite thing in the world.”
begin at 7 p.m. If more discussion in executive session is needed, the Council agreed to go back into executive session at the end of the regular meeting. Lastly, while a motion was not made, the Council discussed and agreed to use their first and third meetings of the month as regular meetings, and their second meeting of the month for a workshop to take more time to discuss any big issues or decisions that need to be made. Besides these motions, the rest of the meeting was spent discussing various agenda items, but no decisions were made except to table and further research those topics. For example, two change orders were requested for the Liberty Hill Bike and Pedestrian Loop project, including a request for $8,500 for design engineering firm Bowman Construction to provide construction administration and support through the end of the project and $6,228 for Westar Construction to make drainage improvements at the driveway just past the railroad crossing on Loop 332. The Council tabled the item until they could see an itemized bid as well as a comparison to the project’s original bid approved in 2017. The project is being funded 75 percent by TxDot and 25 percent by the City and must be completed by September to secure the funding from TxDot. The City’s portion for the $1 million project is approximately $290,000. It was originally bid in 2017, but construction was delayed until earlier this year. Pezold said the amount the change order is asking for “seems extremely excessive” for a sidewalk project, and because of that he wanted to see a breakdown of the costs. Nick Kale, with Bowman Construction, said changing of staff within the City and the project being dormant caused the original budget to be used to remobilize the project and get it back under construction, which is why they are asking for more money now. Hale added that if Bowman doesn’t manage the project, which includes daily communication
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Ultimately, the Council tabled the items until the next meeting, so that there is time to study and understand the original agreement made. “I don’t want to approve something that is excessive,” Pezold said. Mayor Liz Branigan asked the Council to consider the proper use of fees in lieu of parkland. These are monies paid to the City to the tune of 8 percent when developers decide not to build a park in their subdivision. Currently, there is $155,000 in the budget for the parks. “This money has not been placed into a separate fund, and I propose that it should be,” she said. “It’s been absorbed by the general fund, but Parks and Recreation has projects they could use this money to improve the city’s parks, but they have no money to spend. In the future, in the upcoming budget, I propose this money that comes from developers go into a separate fund and be used for parks, which is its intended purpose.” The Council’s discussion led to asking city staff to come up with proper definitions for park improvements and park maintenance. Hale added that she will look to comparably sized cities for potential models. “We don’t have the perfect definition of what improvements consist of, and that could be as simple as mowing the grass,” Canady said. “We spend on our parks about $252,000 a year. We need to clarify what improvement is. We don’t have that.” Pezold added that developers are going to want to see where their 8 percent of funds are going. They may not appreciate their funds being used for maintenance like mulch, when something more visible like a playground or lighting is more likely to be considered an improvement. Branigan also asked the Council to reimburse a tree mitigation fund in the amount of $15,000 from the general fund. Wilkins said because the
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Several of said sports camps are held exclusively in the morning. We get it. There’s no pesky school to get in the way, but do we really need to be completely done and dusted before the sun even reaches its highest point in the sky for the day? Okay, it’s not as oppressively hot in the hours leading up to midday, but what about the indoor sports? Clearly, we weren’t consulted on this matter, but as Mayor of Pantherville, we at least expect some input concerning such matters. Alas, neither quarter nor consideration was given to lil’ ol’ us. Where were we? Oh, yes, baseball camp.
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with TxDot, the City won’t have the staff to properly manage it.
Our alma mater back in SoCal didn’t have summer camps, so we never got the opportunity to do what these first through ninth-graders got to do over the course of four days as they ran, threw and swung with visions of one day being a Panther dancing in their heads. Did we mention sliding? Not one, but a pair of slip-andslides were part of the festivities on the final day as a way to provide heat relief while also reinforcing a fundamental part of the game. Need to keep those millennials engaged, you know. If you make it fun, they will come. Which is a good philosophy to have as sports are supposed to be fun – especially when youngsters are still at the age
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Hunter Clayton – and said while he didn’t feel overburdened with the task of helping lead such a young team, he did acknowledge the trio’s leadership was needed by their inexperienced teammates. “I think all three of us were good leaders,” he said. “The only pressure was to go the extra mile to make sure our teammates were on board with us.” Experience he gained as a sophomore on the scout team for the Panthers side, which advanced all the way to the Class 4A state championship game three years earlier, provided him with a platform to give back wisdom that had been passed on to him at the time. “We had guys back then who helped teach us how to
lead,” said Mundy, of former teammates such as Parker McCurdy, Cade Cole and Jareck Naylor. “We would look at them and say ‘we’re going to do what they do.’” Still, the disappointment of defeat was overwhelming, with a pall hovering over the players on the hour-long bus ride home in the aftermath, he said. “It was pretty mellow – especially for us seniors – because we knew it was out last game,” said Mundy. “Really quiet – a couple words here and there, but very little.” But, Mundy didn’t have much time to dwell on the outcome of his final contest, as he had some pressing business in the classroom looming in his bid to achieve valedictorian status
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City doesn’t have a tree mitigation policy, there is no policy, ordinance or resolution to collect funds. “We can’t legally collect something we don’t have the right to collect,” Wilkins said. Because of this, the Council opted to amend the City’s Unified Development Code. Hale said the UDC currently states that if someone wants to move a tree greater than 19 inches in width, they have to go the Planning & Zoning Commission, but that’s as far as it goes. “This is the second fee since I’ve been here that we’ve had to stop collecting because we have no basis for collecting it,” Wilkins said. Hale said this amendment to the UDC could be quick and take 30-45 days if agreements can be made between the Council and Planning & Zoning. Branigan added that city staff needs to research and see how much money has been collected for this fund in the past. Matt Powell, executive director of the Economic Development Corp., presented the EDC’s recommendation to condense and update its current lineup of seven incentivization programs down to two programs, the INVEST and Booster incentive programs. Council member Crystal Mancilla wanted to know why the original programs didn’t work, and why it was necessary to narrow them down to two programs. Canady said the “subjective nature” of the requirements, such as “bringing something new to the city that enhances quality of life,” was concerning. Pezold added that the entire idea should be tabled until the Council, EDC and Planning and Zoning have a chance to do a joint workshop to discuss what’s needed in the city, which is what the Council ultimately voted unanimously to do. “Right now with what we’re seeing with development coming here, I would suggest tabling this entire idea until we have a workshop to look at what is defining our community,” he said. “I believe the he best money spent is you guys
coming in and looking at our long range plans and seeing where the money should actually be spent instead of doing these little spot deals.” The Council also discussed the possible dedication of parkland at 900 Stubblefield Lane to the City. That property, owned by Pezold, is wanted by Williamson County to add to its 1,300-acre River Ranch Park, but Pezold is hesitant to sell because he’d rather see the property used by Liberty Hill residents. A portion of that land is already set to sell to the County for part of the Highway 29 bypass project, but the remaining 6.8 acres could be used as a city park, Pezold said. “I’m at a point now where we could do a donation, but the County also just made an offer on it,” he added. “Right now the only way to preserve it [for Liberty Hill is] to actually have it donated as parkland.” Pezold decided in the end to meet with city staff to discuss how the donation could work, along with providing a possible community lift station in that area, instead of selling the land to the County. No final decisions on what to do with the property were made. Also at the meeting, the Council: - Gave direction to the city attorney to draft an ordinance to ban camping in the city. This camping ban would be to get ahead of any homeless people camping within the city. - Suggested the city put together a social media campaign to bring awareness to citizens about the dangers of cutting through parking lots and speeding on city side streets. - Discussed the need to fill all open positions on city boards and commissions, starting with the vacancy on Planning and Zoning. The council will ask P&Z to pick their top three applicants, while also reviewing applicants themselves. They plan to appoint someone to that position at their next meeting. The meeting adjourned at 11:11 p.m. and included three separate executive sessions. The next regular city council meeting will be held June 23 at 6:30 p.m.
where that aspect of the game is first and foremost – or at least, should be. Think about it. A young, aspiring Liberty Hill baseball player can attend the Panthers’ camp for eight years – eight! – before even reaching high school. Talk about having a chance to be properly integrated into a program. Good thing for us the camps are staggered across the summer landscape with only football and volleyball in late July overlapping, which gives us a chance to keep our Panthers sports buzz maintained throughout the dog days. Does anyone know where that term even originated? Seems as if the ancient Romans and Greeks had a thing
for astronomy and correlated the star named Sirius – the “dog star” – rising just before the sun during the hottest days of summer. See – that’s the good thing about columns. We can digress all day if we want. Especially as a high school sportswriter in a small town when there is no high school to speak of. We’re soon it won’t be long until the Panthers’ football, volleyball, cross country and tennis teams are ready to open new seasons in a few months. But, at the moment, it can’t get here soon enough so we can trade dog days for those of the Panthers variety.
for the Class of 2021, which he accomplished by narrowly edging out Jessica Holliday of the Lady Panthers’ hoops squad, ironically, for the title – a focus that needed to be razor-sharp for success, he said. “My academics helped take my mind off it,” he said. “I needed to finish off the year.” Following the season, Mundy didn’t even pick up a basketball for a month, but rather decided to give himself a break from something he had been doing for as long as he could remember and these days is simply focusing on lifting
weights to stay in shape, enjoying his summer before heading to Texas Christian University in the fall, where he will study math and neuroscience. However, he is spending some time on his home court as an instructor at the Runnin’ Panthers Hoops Camp for young players, which is providing a salve for the wound suffered some four months earlier in the shadow of the state capitol. “I miss basketball a ton,” said Mundy. “Just being here at camp is great.”
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Central Park - Liberty Hill Purser Estate Downtown Liberty Hill Liberty Hill - No restrictions - Ag exempt Liberty Hill 10.1 acres - Ag exempt San Gabriel River Ranch San Gabriel River Ranch Liberty Hill Rosemont - Liberty Hill Carrington Ranch - Liberty Hill Live Oak - Granite Shoals Whitewater Springs Florence Country Living Estates - 5 acres Sundance Estates - Liberty Hill Summerlyn - Liberty Hill Block House Creek McShepherd Ranches - 4.6 acres Carrington Ranch - Liberty Hill Sundance Estates - Liberty Hill Orchard Ridge Bertram - Res/Commercial Georgetown - River Lot 1.32 acres
101 Far Vela Ln 108 Green Branch Ct 3623 Hawk Ridge 601 Cole Dr 20809 Catwalk Ct 712 Judge Fisk Dr 1900 Timber Ridge 121 River Rd 2210 CR 282 550 Stadium Dr 101 Shetland Ct 232 Oak Hill
216 Munro 214 Barrington 107 Forrest St 257 CR 278 301 CR 278 330 Remuda 107 Lariat 2170 CR 282 112 Charli Circle 300 Dillo Trail 113 W Cedar Dr 00 N Creek Ct Tract 3A N Hwy 195 1220 CR 282 108 Stallion Way 424 Moorhen Cv 802 Luke Ln 2750 CR 282 231 Dillo Tr 229 Hobby Horse 157 Fire Wheel Pass 1340 W State Hwy 29 20501 McShepherd Cv
3BR/2.5BA 3BR/2.5BA 3BR/2BA - 2 car garage 4BR/3.5BA - Pool 3BR/2BA 2 car garage 3BR/2BA + pool
$ 350,000 2044 sq ft $ 990,000 4483 sq ft
Dax Oglesby Cheryl Stephens
$ 564,300 20.9 acres $ 255,000 7.74 acres $ 197,500 4.25 acres
Dax Oglesby Cheryl Stephens Cheryl Stephens
$ 410,000 2455 sq ft
Kristen Childers
$ 430,000 1855 sq ft
Amy Gandy
$ 494,900 2308 sq t
$ 800,000 3819 sq ft $ 380,000 1566 sq ft $ 430,000 1611 sq ft
3BR/2BA 7BR/7.5BA 5BR/5.5BA - Main house + casita 4BR/2.5BA 4BR/4.5BA 4BR/3BA 4BR/3BA 3BR/ 2.5BA - 8.92 acres 3BR/2BA Build to suit home site Cleared & level 4BR/4BA 4BR/4BA Sold! Build to suit home site 3BR/ 2.5BA 3BR/2B 3BR/2BA + 1BR/1BA Can adjoin to 301 CR 278 4BR/2.5BA Lot 177 - Heavily treed 4BR/2BA Build to suit home site 5BR/3BA 4BR/3.5BA 2BR/2BA Hill Country views No restrictions, Ag exempt 4BR/2BA 5BR/2.5BA 3BR/2BA 3BR/2BA 3BR/2BA 4BR/3.5BA 3BR/2BA - 1 acre 3BR/2.5BA 3BR/1BA 3BR/2BA
$ 200,000 1624 sq ft $1,950,000 8280 sq ft $1,200,000 4473 sq ft $ 399,000 2741 sq ft $1,100,000 3611 sq ft
$ 599,000 2921 sq ft $ 635,000 3002 sq ft $ 799,000 3320 sq ft $ $ $ $ $
230,000 245,000 750,000 925,000 765,000
$ 325,000 1825 sq ft 325,000 525,000 500,000 650,000 45,000
$ 398,000 $ 245,000 $ 550,000 $ 635,000 $ 329,000 $ 58,900 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
338,168 515,000 560,000 325,000 275,000 410,000 650,000 399,000 450,000 299,000 399,000
Amy Gandy Amy Gandy
Dax Oglesby Shane T. White Kristen Childers Amy Gandy Amy Gandy
Shane T. White Amy Gandy
Kristen Childers Kristen Childers
1440 sq ft Cheryl Stephens 2.883 acres Sabrina Jordan 1.337 acre Side-Pad Shane T. White 3034 sq ft Amy Gandy 2800 sq ft Dax Oglesby
$ 245,000 2.883 acres $ $ $ $ $
Kr
1683 sq ft 1654 sq ft 10.1 acres 2800 sq ft 1.98 acres 2307 sq ft 2.883 acres 2673 sq ft 3441 sq ft 1686 sq ft 1.2 acres 11.3 acres 2305 sq ft 3516 sq ft 1716 sq ft 1407 sq ft 1584 sq ft 3521 sq ft 1645 sq ft 2339 sq ft 1468 sq ft 1588 sq ft
Sabrina Jordan
Kristen Childers
Shane T. White Adrienne Hughes Dax Oglesby Dax Oglesby Shane T. White Shane T. White Sabrina Jordan
Adrienne Hughes Tammy Wise
Kristen Childers Kristen Childers Dax Oglesby Amy Gandy Shane T. White Shane T. White Shane T. White Shane T. White Tammy Wise
Tammy Wise Dax Oglesby Cheryl Stephens Adrienne Hughes
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