Buda Bits
by SANDRA GRIZZLE
Welcome to 2011! Everyone is hoping and praying that this is a great year for all.
The Onion Creek Senior Citizens are hoping and praying that this is the year that their new senior center will be built. The sign is up at the building site, which is located adjacent to the county building that they now occupy at the corner of FM 2770 and Barton’s Crossing. Stay tuned for more upcoming news.
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Claudette Walters is officially a “new” mom. On Monday, December 20 at 9:41 a.m., Walters adopted 13-year-old Emily Nicole. Mom Walters was given flowers at the Hays County Courthouse and of course this was the very best of her Christmas presents. Congratulations to all the family.
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The day after Christmas, seven-year-old Hayley Huesser fell from her bike and cut her knee. The cut required six stitches and lots of loving care. Hope all is better now.
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We send out our prayers to Allison Goodson who is currently taking chemotherapy and also prayers to both John and LaVerne Marquess who have been in the hospital but are now home.
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The Ashley Henley Memorial Blood Drive will be held Sat., Jan. 8 from 11:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, 725 RR 967 in Buda. The Central Texas Blood and Tissue Center will have two mobile units at the church, which can process 65-70 donors over the four-hour period. They will be taking “whole blood donations” and “double red cell donations.” Visit their website at www.inyourhands.org to make an appointment and let’s fill up the four-hour time schedule.
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Congratulations to Byron and Cathy Severance on the opening this week of their second Jumpy Place. The new indoor bounce house is located in New Braunfels.
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The Hays YMCA will start offering free swim lessons twice a week for the Mother’s Day Out Program. Visit the Y to check out this new offer.
Birthday wishes go out to Charlene Jones and John Sanford on Jan. 1; Oleta Roach (who turned 91 years old), Carolyn Hesser and Ann Moreland on Jan. 3; John Hatch on Jan. 6; Kim Fry and Arthur Gamboa on Jan. 8; Jan Atkins on Jan. 9; Pat Heath and Judy Powell on Jan. 10; Nancy Logan and Jennifer (Powell) Stivers on Jan. 11; Evelyn Ford on Jan. 12.
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Again this year shop owner Amy Crockett will lead area crafters in the observance of St. Distaff’s Day or Roc Day on Sat., Jan. 8 at the Yellow Sweater in downtown Buda. It serves as a transitional day between the festivities of Christmas and the return to work. To keep alive the spirit of the day there will be food, camaraderie, knitting and spinning advice along with playing good-natured pranks on each other.
Make those New Year’s resolutions and try hard to keep them.
