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October 7, 2020
I’ve never told this story, and I’ve never seen anything like it before. My dog, Goldie, sometimes finds ways to get out and run around. That is not at all unusual. One time, however, she ran into a pack of dogs who started a fight with her. I was a stunned onlooker. She fought for a short while, th...
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‘Oh say can you see!’
Columns, Opinions
‘Oh say can you see!’
May 2, 2018
I’ve been working with my dog, Goldie, a 3-year-old Catahoula mixed pup, on stopping and sitting at cross walks. Now when I slow down in front of a cross walk she actually sits without my command.  It is the greatest thing in the world to me, and I praise her like crazy whenever she does it! I’ve al...
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Columns
A New Year’s revolution
January 17, 2018
y sister, Betty Ann Stoub, came to Texas from Illinois, with her husband, Tom, to attend the book launch for my latest novel, “The Fifth Trumpet: Fire in the Blood.” She had trained her dog, Maggie, who just recently had died, to compete in obedience competition.  I worried what she would think of G...
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Columns
A sign that mentoring is needed
May 3, 2017
e were just getting ready for our daily walk to the post office, Goldie and I were at the corner of Meyer and Center Street in Kyle; it was late in the day, about 3:30 and a yellow school bus was rounding the corner. I looked up into the window and I thought the young man sitting there waved at me, ...
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Hays Free Press awarded best in class
Community
Hays Free Press awarded best in class
April 26, 2017
udges for the South Texas Press Association named the Hays Free Press best in the class of small newspapers in all of South Texas, based on points for winnings in various categories. The Hays Free Press won first place in General Excellence, Feature Photos, Sports Coverage, Sports Photos, Display Ad...
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Columns
Life with the Most Famous Dog in Kyle
March 29, 2017
he Matriarch of the Hays Free Press, (I love that name, especially in this era of “Fake news”) Tutta Barton, once said that Goldie was “the most famous dog in Kyle.” I was very pleased to receive that compliment on Goldie’s behalf, and I have no way of knowing if that’s true. But assuming it is true...
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She’s not heavy, she’s my dog
Columns
She’s not heavy, she’s my dog
November 22, 2016
e took a trip to the coast and we took our two-year-old Catahoula mix dog with us. The only place we ever go is to Port Aransas, because Janie, my wife, has such fond memories of the place; she and her cousins and their parents spent hours looking for shells and generally enjoying the funky wonder o...
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Kyle’s growth: A tale of two towns
August 3, 2016
My usual walks with Goldie, my Catahoula/Leopard mix puppy, take me down Scott Street around Opal lane, up Sledge Street and back.  Last week I tried a route I haven’t walked in ten years.  I went down Old Stagecoach Road to Center Street then home. The contrast between the two could not be starker....
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Healing open wound takes time and strength
June 15, 2016
By Mark Stoub Watching our Catahoula-mix puppy, Goldie, run is a joy to behold. Sometimes we let her loose just for the sheer joy she gets from running as well as our joy in watching her. She stays pretty much in the yard so there is little danger in her getting loose. One day we did that and regret...
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I am a fugitive from justice; this is my confession
December 9, 2015
I am a criminal, a fugitive from justice: this is my confession.   My usual route for my walks with my Catahoula mix, Goldie, is to turn right off of Meyer St. in Kyle and to go by the library. Of course, part of the purpose for these walks is for her to do her “business,” and until this day I had n...
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Newborn abandoned in bathroom, mother arrested for murder
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Newborn abandoned in bathroom, mother arrested for murder
By By: Natalie Frels natalie@haysfreepress.com 
May 19, 2023
This story was updated as of 6:15 p.m. on Friday, May 19, 2023 to add additional information. KYLE — A Kyle woman was arrested on Thursday for murder,...
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Kyle to host weekend-long fair
Kyle, News
Kyle to host weekend-long fair
By By: Megan Navarro megan@haysfreepress.com 
May 17, 2023
City aims to break world record for number of people with same name in same location KYLE — Those looking for a weekend full of barbecued ribs, margar...
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Hays CISD campus teachers recognized
Hays County, News
Hays CISD campus teachers recognized
May 17, 2023
HAYS COUNTY — Twenty-six educators were recently recognized as Campus Teachers of the Year in Hays CISD. On May 4 at Thistlewood Manor and Gardens in ...
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Hays CISD announces district teachers of the year
Education, Hays County...
Hays CISD announces district teachers of the year
By By: Megan Navarro megan@haysfreepress.com 
May 17, 2023
HAYS COUNTY — “I still can’t wrap my brain around it,” said Kimberlie Williams, a second-grade educator at Pfluger Elementary School. Teachers foster ...
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Former officer waives arraignment
Hays County, Main...
Former officer waives arraignment
By By: Natalie Frels natalie@haysfreepress.com, By: Brittany Kelley 
May 24, 2023
HCSO corrections officer waives hearing for charge of deadly conduct in fatal shooting SAN MARCOS — Former Hays County corrections officer Isaiah Garc...
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