SMCISD bonds approved - Making the Grade! San Marcos

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101st Year No. 288
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SMCISD bonds approved
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Section
By DAVID SHORT
Staff Reporter
By an overwhelming majority, voters in the San Marcos
CISD said “yes” to Proposition
1 while narrowly approving
Proposition 2.
Proposition 1 passed 1,689
votes to 1,187 while Proposition 2 passed barely with
1,498 for and 1,384 against.
“From day one our goal was
to educate voters about both
propositions,” Dan Stauffer,
co-chair of the Yes Matters
campaign to pass the bond
election.
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Page 1B
“We appreciate the community support for both bonds
and community investment in
our schools. The positive momentum we’ve seen will continue now in our growing
school district,” Stauffer said.
“It’s a change in the San
Marcos CISD and our community, and validation we are
moving forward and upward,”
Superintendent Mark Eads
said. “This will have a positive
impact on our businesses and
our community.”
The two bond packages
have a total value of $76.98
million dollars and include
the following:
Proposition One:
$58,580,000
Major Renovations and Equity Upgrades at Existing Facilities - $24,760,000.
Renovations for energy efficiency, handicap accessibility
and interior, exterior and site
improvements at the following
campuses:
• De Zavala Elementary
School
• Hernandez Elementary
School
• Mendez Elementary
See SMCID, Page 2A
Crowley retains spot
By DAVID SHORT
Staff Reporter
Place 5 SMCISD Trustee
John Crowley was re-elected
by a vote of 325 to 256 for his
opponent Michelle Hamilton.
Crowley, who will now serve
another three-year term, is a
former administrator in the
SMCISD and currently works
in the Dripping Springs ISD in
the nutrition program.
“I’m very happy to be reelected,” Crowley said. “I
worked this election hard,
running a strong grass roots
campaign, talking door-todoor to voters. Running during an election which also
featured bond propositions
made it a little more complicated, but I’m just happy to be
returning to the school board
and helping to move our district forward.”
Fallen officers
to be honored
on Wednesday
BIG LEAP FOR BOBCAT GRADUATES
By ANITA MILLER
News Editor
Daily Record Photo by David Short
Christopher Green, Tiffany Cinco and Matt Wood take the traditional plunge into the San Marcos River after graduation
from Texas State on Saturday. Over 4,500 students graduated this spring, the largest class in the universityʼs history.
Those prone to tears should remember a handkerchief, because most eyes
will well up at some point.
The annual Police Officers Memorial
Service sponsored by the Fraternal
Order of Police (FOP) Hill Country
Lodge #23 is at noon Wednesday, May
15, on the south lawn of the Hays
County Courthouse in downtown San
Marcos.
The service will be one of hundreds
held across the country this week to
honor comrades who have been lost
the preceding year.
In all, 13 Texas peace officers fell
during 2012, including one in Austin
and one in San Antonio. Austin Police
Department Officer Jaime D. Padron
died April 6 of last year after he was
shot by a suspected shoplifter at a
Walmart.
In San Antonio, Officer Edrees
Mukhtar’s vehicle spun into incoming
traffic after hitting a patch of water on
Dec. 10.
No San Marcos or Hays County officers were lost last year, noted Mike
One Special Mother
See Officers, Page 3A
Contreras named SMDR’s Best Mom
By DAVID SHORT
Staff Reporter
Daily Record Photo by David Short
David Conteras (left) and Melinda Banda (right) with their
mother, Rose Contreras.
Weather
Sunday
Partly sunny
High: 81
Low: 58
Rose Contreras is one of
those unsung heroes who has
dedicated her life to one goal:
Raising her two children and
giving them the best life possible.
Friday Rose was surprised
and overwhelmed as David and
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Neighbors
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Melinda, her two children, surprised her at work and she
learned she had won the San
Marcos Daily Record’s “Best
Mom Mother’s Day Contest
2013”.
“I’m very surprised!” Contreras said. “Raising my kids has
been wonderful, they were always very good. It hasn’t been
easy but I’ve always worked.”
Classified
Crossword
Police Blotter
Calendar
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3C
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Melinda Banda, her daughter
and the youngest of the two
children, wrote the winning
entry in this year’s contest.
“It was easy to say (what she
wrote in the letter) because
she’s always been there for us.
She’s an amazing mom and we
wanted to show our apprecia-
See Contreras, Page 8A
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Obituaries
SMCISD…
Page 2A - THE DAILY RECORD, San Marcos, TX., Sunday, May 12, 2013
Herlinda Diaz
Herlinda Diaz of San
Marcos died April 29,
2013 at the age of 88.
A prayer service was
Monday at El Buen
Pastor United Methodist
Church and visitation
was Tuesday morning.
Church service was at
10 a.m. Tuesday at the
church and burial followed in Memory Lawn
Memorial Park in
Rosa Elva Solis
Rosa Elva Solis of
Kingsberry died May 5,
2013 at the age of 44.
Visitation was Friday
at Los Angeles Funeral
Home and Chapel service was at noon on
Friday. A memorial
service will be held at a
later date.
Arrangements
Don Hudson
Don Hudson, a resident of Fischer, passed
away May 9, 2013 at
the age of 76. A memorial service will be held
Tuesday, May 14 at
2p.m. at Thomason
Funeral Home in
Wimberley. For more
information, call
Jesusa Patlan
Jesusa Patlan of San
Marcos died May 3,
2013. Visitation was
Monday at Los Angeles
Funeral Home and
Rosary was recited
Tuesday evening at the
funeral home. Mass
was Wednesday at St.
John the Evangelist
Catholic Church and
burial followed in
Memory Lawn Memorial
Esperanza Adams
Esperanza Adams, a
resident of Cicero, IL
and former resident of
San Marcos, passed
away May 7, 2013 at
the age of 89. Graveside
services will be held
Tuesday, May 14 at 10
a.m. at San Marcos
Adelene Wisian
Martindale.
Arrangements
entrusted to the
Villasenor family - Los
Angeles Funeral Home,
300 Cheatham Street,
392-3676.
entrusted to the
Villasenor family - Los
Angeles Funeral Home,
300 Cheatham Street,
392-3676.
Thomason Funeral
Home, (512) 396-2300
or visit www.thomasonfuneralhome.com.
Park, Martindale.
Arrangements
entrusted to the
Villasenor family - Los
Angeles Funeral Home,
300 Cheatham Street,
392-3676.
Cemetery. For more
information, call
Thomason Funeral
Home, (512) 396-2300.
Home, (512) 396-2300.
Adelene Wisian, a
resident of Buda,
passed away May 10,
2013 at the age of 86.
Services are pending.
For more information,
call Thomason Funeral
Helen Rader
Thomason Funeral
Home, (512) 396-2300.
Helen Rader, a resident of Wimberley,
passed away May 8,
2013 at the age of 93.
Services will be held at
Forest Lawn Cemetery
in Long Beach, CA. For
more information, call
(From Page 1A)
School
• Goodnight Middle
School
• Miller Middle School
Safety and Security
Improvements $1,650,000
• Add security cameras and surveillance infrastructure at identified
campuses
• Add card reader access system at identified
campuses
New Pre-Kindergarten
Campus - $12,700,000
• New building for 600
students built on the
site of the existing “Old
Bowie” campus
• Existing cafeteria
and kitchen will be renovated and incorporated
into new building
• Additional capacity
at existing elementary
schools and space for
future growth in these
grade levels will be provided
New Phoenix Campus - $5,070,000
• New campus for 250
students to serve the
district’s Phoenix and
Disciplinary Alternative
Education Programs
• Will replace existing
facility that has exceeded its useful life
and does not meet current handicap accessibility requirements or
building code
New Student Activity Complex and Track
and Athletic Field Renovations at San Marcos
High School $13,600,000
• New indoor field,
gym area and 6-lane
running track to be
used by a variety of extracurricular activities
• New weight room,
Ode To Rowe
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The San Marcos Daily
Record wish you well on
your retirement.
From its deadlines
and its columns, and
extend congratulations
for the forty years of
service with your talent
and your style.
In the swan song you
have published to relinquish your position as
an editor in chief, you
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votes of gratitude for
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photos that promote
their work and goals.
Let our awe be an
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that you have done on
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in your efforts to succeed.
You’ve contributed no
end to the standing and
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Record now enjoys.
Roberto A. Galván
SMPD Blotter
May 9
• 8:40 a.m. - Information, 912
Sycamore Street, referred.
• 8:42 a.m. - Criminal mischief, 409
Candlelight Lane, report.
• 8:46 a.m. - Hit and run, 1807
Airport Drive, report.
• 9:19 a.m. - Criminal mischief, 201
Telluride Street, report.
• 9:45 a.m. - Arson, 1111 Avalon
Avenue, referred.
• 10:14 a.m. - Minor collision, 1015
Hwy. 80, report.
• 10:30 a.m. - Violation of city ordinance, 1508 Clyde Street, verbal
warning.
• 11:49 a.m. - Hit and run, 1508
Aquarena Springs Drive, blue form.
• 1:35 p.m. - Investigation, 300 S.
CM Allen Parkway, verbal warning.
• 1:52 a.m. - Lost/found property,
SMPD, report.
• 2:28 p.m. - Mental health investigation, 1307 Uhland Road, report.
• 3:06 p.m. - Theft, 1012 Dailey
Street, report.
• 3:56 p.m. - Minor collision, 1629
Post Road, blue form.
• 4:01 p.m. - Information, San
Marcos High School, juvenile
detained.
• 4:05 p.m. - Collision with injury,
400 block Craddock Avenue, report.
• 4:18 p.m. - Minor collision, 1125
Burleson Street, blue form.
• 4:24 p.m. - Theft, 4015 IH-35
South, report.
• 4:28 p.m. - Minor collision, Hwy.
80 at River Road, report.
• 6:00 p.m. - Theft, 1703 IH-35
North, report.
• 6:07 p.m. - Minor collision, E.
Access Road at River Ridge Parkway,
blue form.
• 6:24 p.m. - Collision with injury,
901 Hwy. 80, report.
• 6:29 p.m. - Injury to a
child/elderly/disabled person, 100
block Bert Brown Road, report.
• 7:18 p.m. - Assault, 2250 Clovis
Barker Drive, Jimmy Dugan
Lunsford, 17, arrested.
• 7:28 p.m. - Theft, 1204 Stacy
Street, report.
• 7:36 p.m. - Hit and run, 1502
Mockingbird Drive, blue form.
• 8:37 p.m. - Minor collision, 1001
Hwy. 123, report.
• 9:10 p.m. - Loose livestock,
Centerpoint Road at Old Bastrop
Hwy., referred.
• 10:18 p.m. - Suspicious person,
601 River Road, Enrique Dominguez,
23, arrested.
• 10:56 p.m. - Disturbance/noise,
1650 River Road, verbal warning.
• 11:51 p.m. - Minor collision,
Moore Street at Rogers Street, blue
form.
• 11:52 p.m. - Suspicious person,
1105 IH-35 North, warning.
• 11:52 p.m. - Collision, Hwy. 80 at
Bastrop Highway, referred.
May 10
• 1:00 a.m. - Verbal disturbance,
139 E. Hopkins Street, citation.
• 1:16 a.m. - Liquor law violation,
resisting search, fail to identify, misrepresentation of age by a Minor, 139
E. Hopkins Street, Jonathan Scott
Laing, 19, arrested.
• 1:27 a.m. - Verbal disturbance,
624 E. Hopkins Street, report.
• 2:07 a.m. - Assist outside agency,
1740 Old Ranch Road 12, verbal
warning.
• 2:18 a.m. - Disturbance/fight,
interference with public duties, 120
E. San Antonio Street, James
Christopher Due, 43, arrested.
• 2:36 a.m. - Minor collision, 133
W. San Antonio Street, blue form.
• 2:37 a.m. - Disturbance/noise,
1701 Mill Street, verbal warning.
• 2:56 a.m. - Suspicious vehicle,
217 E. Hopkins Street, citation.
• 4:02 a.m. - Theft, possession of a
controlled substance, 339 N.
Guadalupe Street, Dalton Grahan
Wells, 17, arrested.
• 5:47 a.m. - Criminal mischief, 140
E. San Antonio Street, report.
• 6:45 a.m. - Minor collision, Hwy.
21 at Hwy. 80, blue form.
Local 5-Day Forecast
locker rooms, office and
conference space
• Renovate existing
track and field, softball
and baseball fields
Support Services Facility Additions $800,000
•Additional parking
and storage for the district’s Maintenance &
Transportation departments
Proposition Two:
$18,400,000
New Multi-Purpose
Athletic Stadium $18,400,000
• Currently, the district does not have a
stadium facility and
rents Bobcat Stadium
from Texas State University for athletic
events. The district is
subject to the University's schedule, causing
scheduling conflicts for
athletic events. The district will construct a
new athletic complex
with seating for 8,000
that will be owned,
maintained and operated by the school district for the first time in
its history
Tax Impact
The estimated maximum tax increase to
property owners will be
$5.83 per month per
$100,000 of taxable
home value. Under state
law, the dollar amount
of school taxes imposed
on the residence homestead of a person 65
years of age or older
may not be increased
above the amount paid
in the first year after the
person turned 65, regardless of changes in
tax rate or property
value.
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Mix of sun
and clouds.
Highs in the
low 80s and
lows in the
upper 50s.
Times of
sun and
clouds.
Highs in the
low 80s and
lows in the
low 60s.
Slight
chance of a
thunderstorm.
A few thunderstorms
possible.
Partly
cloudy with
a stray thunderstorm.
Sunrise:
6:40 AM
Sunset:
8:16 PM
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6:40 AM
Sunset:
8:17 PM
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6:39 AM
Sunset:
8:17 PM
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6:38 AM
Sunset:
8:18 PM
Sunrise:
6:38 AM
Sunset:
8:19 PM
ALLERGY FORECAST
Molds - High
Central Texas Health Research Allergy & Asthma
Trees - Moderate
Texas At A Glance
Amarillo
83/56
Dallas
81/57
El Paso
79/59
Austin
80/58
San Marcos
81/58
San Antonio
82/60
Brownsville
77/69
Area Cities
City
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Austin
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Brownsville
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Corpus Christi
Corsicana
Dallas
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El Paso
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Houston
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82/59
Hi
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82
Lo Cond.
56 pt sunny
56 mst sunny
58 pt sunny
56 pt sunny
69 t-storm
55 mst sunny
68 t-storm
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57 mst sunny
67 pt sunny
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56 pt sunny
53 sunny
53 mst sunny
59 pt sunny
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Lubbock
Lufkin
Midland
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San Antonio
San Marcos
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Lo Cond.
67 t-storm
53 mst sunny
53 mst sunny
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68 t-storm
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58 pt sunny
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