Odds & Ends by MYRTLE HEIDEMAN Work has begun on the K&J Woodworks, located between Old Spanish Trail and FM 2720. Because of rain and wet grounds, work has been delayed several times. The community welcomes the manufacturing company that builds cabinets for grocery stores, banks, doctor’s offices, ...

On Center Street by BRENDA STEWART Texas weather. Even though I was born and raised here, it still makes my head spin. I think I might have jinxed us, though. Like washing your car or leaving the charcoal out by the grill and making it rain, I pulled out all of the girls’ summer clothes last week an...

Buda Bits by SANDRA GRIZZLE What a first day of spring we had last Saturday! A good day for staying indoors and dreaming about the beautiful sunny days ahead. ••• Friday will be the last day on the job for Jake Eason, Director of Buda Parks and Recreation. Eason is taking a job at Cedar Park. Thanks...

Check it out by EILEEN ALTMILLER April 1 this year is noteworthy for a few different reasons. On April 1, 1980, the Buda City Council passed an ordinance creating the first Buda Public Library. At that point, the library was a shelf of books that disappeared each time the door to City Hall opened an...

It’s About Thyme by CHRIS WINSLOW Welcome to Spring 2010. Brrrr! Who would have thought, after the beautiful warmth of Spring Break, that we would be shivering our tails off at the end of the week? If you’re one of those “early birds” who like to get tomatoes in the ground before the heat sets in, I...

This Week in Texas History by BARTEE HAILE Federal investigators and a blue-ribbon committee pressed ahead on March 24, 1912 with probes of the worst man-made calamity in San Antonio since the fall of the Alamo. (Credit for bringing this long forgotten tragedy to light must go to Mike Cox. A short c...

STAFF REPORTS Many Hays County residents have already received their 2010 Census forms in the mail.  While the 2010 Census questionnaire is one of the shortest forms in decades, assistance is available if you have questions about any of the information you are asked to provide. The constitutionally ...

Youth Art reception Tuesday A reception on Tuesday, March 30, 6-9 p.m. highlights the climax of the local observance of Youth Art Month. A silent auction benefiting art scholarships will be part of the show. Student artwork from across the school district is available one last week for viewing. The ...

by JIM CULLEN Deputy Pittman has already spent a few days of well-earned retirement after his last ten years of service as School Resource Officer for Barton and Wallace middle schools. Before he left, though, he had many warm expressions of caring from students he’d worked with, like eighth grader ...

STAFF REPORTS The Barton Middle School band scored the district’s only varsity-level “Sweepstakes” award in the recent 2010 competition held at the Performing Arts Center. Posing with their trophy in celebration back at their band hall are Director Bennie Sayger and the Bobcat Band. (Photo by Jim Cu...