Pearl Doherty celebrated her 98th birthday on April 12 with 38 family members at Jay & Diane’s Horseshoe Grill at Canyon Lake. Miss Pearl is accompanied here by her sons, Pee Wee, Tooter and Joe Doherty. (Courtesy photo)
Buda Bits
by SANDRA GRIZZLE
This has been a busy week for students at Carpenter Hill Elementary School, as well as other schools in our district, as they prepared for Earth Day. This week the Carpenter Hill Colts had a Recycled Art Project Contest, Nike Re-use a Shoe, Waste Free Wednesday and they decorated 640 paper bags with Earth Day messages and returned them to HEB for distribution to shoppers. The paper bags represented the total number of students enrolled at Carpenter Hill.
Many thanks to Buda HEB for the sack contribution, to the shoppers who are putting the sacks to good use and most of all to the students of Carpenter Hill who remind us to “go green” Friday, Earth Day, and continue every day.
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A grand opening was held last Saturday for Elite Education, a new teachers store located at 203 Railroad Street, Suite 3-B. Owner Sandra Tobias can be reached at 295-3670 or eliteeductionteacherstore.com. We welcome Tobias to the downtown Buda business area.
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Anniversary wishes go out to Bob and Tutta Barton as they celebrate their 56th wedding date on Friday, April 23 and the next day it will be birthday cake for Tutta. Wishing happy times to the Bartons.
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More birthday wishes go out to Allen Gage on April 24; Hilary Smith, Minnie Uresti (head chef at Buda Grocery & Grill) and her grandson-in-law, Nick Watney on April 25; Daniel Sanford on April 26; Shirley Schwartz and Charl Watson on April 28.
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Pearl Doherty celebrated her 98th birthday on April 12th at Jay & Diane’s Horseshoe Grill at Canyon Lake in the company of 38 family members. Doherty is now a resident of Deer Creek Nursing Home in Wimberley, but Buda was her home for many years and still has many friends and family here.
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The community-wide annual Egg Hunt is Saturday, April 23, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Buda Sportsplex. Bring your camera for pictures with the Easter Bunny and have fun at the petting zoo, rock wall, trackless train, inflatable games and hunting for eggs.
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The Buda Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a “Meet the Candidates” forum on Wednesday, April 27, at 7 p.m. at Buda City Hall. The forum will provide an opportunity to learn how the candidates feel about various issues in Buda and how they intend to serve the interests of the citizens. The candidates are: Bobby Lane and Sarah Mangham for Mayor; Scott Dodd and David Stewart for City Council Place 6 and Dawn Schaeffer unopposed for City Council Place 5.
Enjoy Easter.
