by JIM CULLEN Enjoying a moment of recognition with their award-winning logo designs for the 2010 Hays CISD Technology Showcase are (left to right) Academy High School’s Leticia Hernandez (high school division winner), Hays High School’s Laina Bales (overall winner), Barton Middle School’s Roxi Soli...

Odds & Ends by MYRTLE HEIDEMAN Members of St. John Lutheran Church celebrated Pentecost, the Christian church birthday, with a fellowship after church service. Cake, punch and coffee were enjoyed. ••• Congratulation to Kelly Jones, who graduated from the University of Texas Friday, May 21 at the Gre...

On Center by BRENDA STEWART Finally downtown is coming back to life. It seemed like everything kind of ground to a halt a couple of weeks ago and everyone was just passing through with their windows sealed tight and their phones smashed up to their heads. Luckily, Friday night is movie night just we...

As the schools will soon close their doors for the summer months, our Buda Library is opening up their doors for many fun filled days of free educational and enriching programs. The Summer Kick Off and Reading Club Celebration will be Thursday, June 3, from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m., at Buda City Park Pa...

Check it out by CONNIE BROOKS Summer fun will begin at the Kyle Community Library even before the June 16 kickoff party for the summer reading program. Bonzo Crunch, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Ambassador of Laughter, will perform at the library on Monday, June 7 at noon and promote the progr...

It’s About Thyme by CHRIS WINSLOW “$1 into the soil; 10 cents into the plant” Success in the garden begins with careful soil preparation. A simple rule to follow: Put your money and efforts into the soil, and the plants will follow. Another way to look at it: Put a dollar into the soil and 10 cents ...

This Week in Texas History by BARTEE HAILE The craggy face of Texas oil tycoon Clint Murchison graced the cover of the May 26, 1954 issue of Time magazine. Absent from the layout but with his old friend in spirit was fellow Athenian Sid Richardson. Both were born in the last decade of the nineteenth...

Mountain City Montage by PAULINE TOM Remember the night of the recent lightning storms? Donna Helm wrote, “I am just checking in to find out if you heard of anything strange with this storm this evening. I had something happen to me and would like to know who can explain it. I opened my front door t...

STAFF REPORTS Car safety seats and booster seats not only save lives: they save families. Consider the impact to your family if your child isn’t buckled up properly and is injured or killed in a crash. Are you ready for the consequences of not securing your child? Starting June 1, law enforcement of...

Graduations and rehearsals set Graduation ceremonies for the 2010 graduating class of Jack C. Hays High School are set at Shelton Stadium for 8 p.m. Thursday, June 3. Graduation for Lehman High School is scheduled at Shelton Stadium Friday, June 4, at 8 p.m. Academy High School holds its graduation ...