Eddie Chabarria and his Lehman cross country teammates keep running in preparation for the district meet in late October in Lockhart. (Photo by Judy Cooper) by MARK CAUL With top runner Ramon Martinez still saddled with an injury, the Lehman boys cross country team has still managed to live up to ex...

Photo by Bruce Ruckel, www.ChaparralPhotos.com The Lobo mascot leads his pack of Lehman fans, including his young follower, in cheer at last Friday’s football game. (Photo by LIncoln Ramirez) by MARK CAUL During the course of the three decades that I’ve been watching movies – no matter how utterly i...

Photo by Visual Sports Network of San Antonio Hays football fans gather in full force and show off their Rebel spirit while tailgating before a recent football game. (Photo by Lincoln Ramirez) by JASON GORDON During each of the past four seasons the Hays and Lehman varsity football teams have square...

Hays graduate, photographer, graphic designer Zak Dennis will be displaying his art Oct. 1-3 at the Buda Fine Arts Fest. (Self-Portrait by Zak Dennis) by JEN BIUNDO Fresh from art class at Austin Community College, Zak Dennis looks a bit like a walking version of one of his photographs, a digitally ...

DOHERTY by MARY LOUISE BAILEY Special to the Hays Free Press The Barton Cemetery Association honored longtime Buda resident Pearl Doherty for 80 years of service during a special ceremony in the parlor of her new home at Deer Creek Nursing Center in Wimberley. Joining her at the ceremony where frien...

Kyle Parks & Recreation by KERRY URBANOWICZ There are several opportunities for the folks in and around Kyle to get started with a fitness program and maintain that lifestyle. With the lack of a recreation facility to center fitness programs around, the creative staff at Kyle Parks and Recreation De...

Odds & Ends by MYRTLE HEIDEMAN Who said there was a shortage of bees? Two more hives were discovered in the Uhland area when two ranchers were mowing weeds and cleaning a fencerow. One escaped the bee stings by closing the windows of his tractor cab, but the other was not as fortunate, even though h...

Buda Bits by SANDRA GRIZZLE The Buda Fire Department invites all to come to the Gazebo in downtown Buda this Saturday morning at 10 a.m. for the unveiling of Buda’s new EMS service. The new paramedics will be sworn in and the new ambulances will be on display for the public to see. Starting Friday, ...

It’s About Thyme by CHRIS WINSLOW It looks like this late summer and early fall is setting itself up much the same as last year. We’ve had a hot, dry summer, and then along came the rains of September, bringing drought-relief and joy to both garden and gardener. The problem with this weather pattern...

Mountain City Montage by PAULINE TOM A male Painted Bunting just about knocked me out of my desk chair last Friday, two mornings after we returned from “the bluebird convention” in Ontario on Sept. 17. Wow! My bird sighting records on www.ebird.com tell me that the previous late date I recorded a Pa...