Kyle honors Bob Barton for Lifetime achievement

By Moses Leos III

After a lifetime of providing service to the Buda and Kyle communities, and Hays County in general, Robert Clark “Bob” Barton, the late publisher of the Hays Free Press, was posthumously named Kyle’s inaugural recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award — an award that now holds Barton’s namesake.

“Bob’s influence is part of the fabric of Kyle,” Kyle Mayor Todd Webster said in a statement. “He never backed down from a challenge and always put his time, energy and money where his heart was. He is the perfect example of what this Lifetime Achievement Award should be.”