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KEEPING BUSY
Retired coach Doug Ragsdale starts
handy new business.
- Page 1D
July 25, 2012 * Page 1C
This week's movie in the park
- "Dolphin Tale" - is being
moved from Gregg-Clarke Park
to the Kyle Community Pool.
KYLE
Wh.~thY do we call
is time of year
e dog days of
summer?" Some say it has
to do with a star named
Sirius, the "Dog Star."
Maybe so, all we know is
that July- August is a hot
time around here. So how
can we cool off without
leaving town? We highly
recommend the Kyle Pool.
The movie in the park this
Friday, "Dolphin Tale," is
being moved to the Kyle
Pool to cool off this event.
Friday, July 27, the pool
will close at 7 p.m. and all
patrons must leave the
pool. Pool staff will begin
handing out admission
tickets at 7 p.m. until all
230 tickets are handed
out. The pool gates will
reopen at 8 p.m. and only
admit those 230 people
with admission tickets. All
regular pool rules apply to
all attending, and maxi-
mum pool complex capac-
ity is 230. Gates open at 8
p.m. and the pool closes
30 minutes after conclu-
sion of the movie.
The Kyle Pool is open
Tuesday through Thursday
from noon-6 p.m., Friday
from noon-8 p.m. and
Saturday and Sunday from
11 a.m.-5 p.m. until school
starts, and then open
weekends through Labor
Day Monday.
Another way to enjoy
the outdoors during the
dog days is to go fish-
ing early in the morning
or late in the evening at
Lake Kyle. The managed
conservation preserve
on Lehman Road opens
the gates each and every
day through August at 7
a.m. for the early anglers.
Thursday, Friday and
Saturday the park stays
open until 9 p.m. Take ad-
vantage of these summer
hours and "get hooked."
There are still a few
weeks of our youth sum-
mer camp left. Get the
kids signed up and we will
keep them active during
these dog days. We visit
the pool, go to movies,
play games in the gym and
send them home tired.
For information On
these programs and ac-
tivities please visit: www.
kylepard.com.
PHOTO BY KIM HILSENBECK
The Now and Forever Memorial Tree Garden, located on the north side of the Hays Hills Baptist Church property in Buda, welcomes visitors to a quiet
place of reflection and memories. The garden is the work of Sean Taylor of Buda, a member of the church. He created the garden, which will eventually
have 12 trees represented in the Bible, to fulfill the wish of his grandfather, the late Carmen Riviello. Dedication ceremony is 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 29.
man creates
BY KIM HILSENBECK
kim@haysfreepress.com
TecvOee name of the recently
mpleted Now and For-
r Memorial Tree Gar-
den at Hays Hills Baptist Church
in Buda has a special meaning
for Sean Taylor of Buda. "Now
and forever" is the phrase his
grandparents, Carmen and
Nancy Rivlello, used to write on
notes and sign on cards to each
other.
They also had the words"now
and forever" inscribed on their
wedding rings.
This Sunday, Taylor, 29, will
share the garden and memories
of his grandfather with mem-
bers of the church where he's
been a member since he was a
child.
"We were very close," Taylor
said. "We shared the same Jtme
4 birthday."
A series of photos of Carmen
and Nancy Rivielio on a sign just
before the bridge revealthatTay-
lor and his maternal grandfather
also shared a similar stature--
Riviello was about 5' 6" before
time and age intervened--and
the same wide, warm smile.
in September 2011, four
months after his grandfather
RivieUo passed away of a heart
attack, Taylor began working on
the project, which he said has
been a labor of love. He com-
pleted it on June 30.
Tucked away in the wooded
north side of the church's prop-
eYt, Taylor spent evenings and
weekends, and nearly $20,000
of his own money, toiling away
to create the memorial garden
he designed to honor his grand-
father.
Taylor said when complete,
it will have 12 trees found in
the Bible, including the olive,
date palm and fig, which he has
planted in the garden. But many
of the others, such as almond,
poplar, bay, chestnut, white oak
and cedar Lebanon, won't be
planted tmfil the fall.
The trees are also significant
for Taylor. He and his grand-
father used to share conver-
sations, some about Moosic,
Pa., Riviello's hometown, some
about his time in the Army in
both the Korean and Vietnam
wars, and many about Riviello's
dream to create just such a gar-
den with trees from the Bible.
A devoutly religious man,
Riviello grew up in the Catholic
church as part of a large family
of Italian immigrant parents in
Moosic, a coal-mining town just
outside Scranton. He convert-
ed to Baptist after he married
See NOWAND FOREVER, pg. 3C
PHOTO BY CYNDY SLOVAK-BARTON
2001 Hays High graduate and local business owner Sean Taylor began a
memorial garden, dedicated to his grandfather, behind Hays Hills Baptist
Church last May. Taylor's grandfather, Rev. Lt. CoL Carmen Riviello, who
died last year, was a military nurse and a missionary. After his retirement,
he also served for years at church camps throughout the state as a camp
nurse. Taylor completed the garden in June.
I,
Art this time of year-
hen not day-dreaming
being immersed in a
spring-fed watering hole - I
am often thinking of the best
ways to keep all of my lovely
plants alive. As gardeners
we must try our hardest to
conserve as much of our pre-
cious water for our landscapes
as possible. Drip irrigation,
without question, is the best
way to accomplish this.
IT'S ABOUT
The traditional approach
has been to use hoses and
sprinklers. Then along came
the high-tech underground
systems with their automatic
timers, pop-up sprinklers
and rotors. All of these simply
throw water in the air in the
hope that some of it might
benefit the turf, flower beds
and plants that it lands on.
Drip irrigation, however, is a
focused technique that sup-
plies the right amount of wa-
ter directly to the plant's base.
Plants love it, and will show
their gratitude by flourishing
through these hot summer
months.
To set up a drip system,
connect a soft poly pipe to
your water faucet, and run
the pipe along the soil surface
then punch 'emitters' into this
pipe at the base of each plant.
Gardeners often use mulch to
cover the pipe and emitters to
further conserve moisture.
See ASK CHRIS, pg, 4C
'Get a Clue'
at the library
CHECK IT
The 2012 Kyle Public
Library's Summer
Reading Program
"Get A Clue at the Library,"
ended amid shouts of joy
and excitement at the Kyle
Public Library on Thursz
day, July 19.Wrap-up party
highlights featured raffle
drawings for prizes along
with pizza, cake and sno-
cones. Everyone enjoyed
the activities including
moonwalks, face paint-
ing and flee books. More
than 2,755 children, teens
and adults participated in
making it a record breaking
summer.
Many local businesses
were sponsors of the event.
Many thanks to the won-
derful volunteers for do-
nating their expertise and
time and helping make the
Summer Reading Wrap -Up
Party a huge success. Let's
keep the children of Kyle
reading next year!
Buda News
Pie Social
A BUDA
BITS
Steel Magnolias, an
exciting and inspira-
tional gospel group
of "mature" ladies, will be
performing at First Baptist
Church of Buda on Sunday,
July 29. A pie social will
start at 5 p.m. with music
at 6 p.m. at 104 South San
Marcos Street in Buda.
The publi;i~ invited to
the ribbon cutting of Provi-
dent Memory Care at 645
RR 967 at 10:30 a:m. Mon-
day, July 30. Refreshments
will be served and tours of
the facility will be given by
the staff. Provident Memory
Care, assisted living for resi-
dents with dementia, was
formerly Arveda Alzheim-
er's Family Care.
The Buda Chamber of
Commerce will meet at
11:30 a.m. Wednesday,
August 8 at Good Shepherd
Ministries, 401 RR 967,
across from Buda Elemen-
tary School. The guest
speaker will be Dr. Jeremy
Lyon, superintendent of
Hays CISD. Members are
requested to bring a new
backpack, which will be
donated to a child in the
Hays school district.
Rounding out July birth-
days with wishes to T.).
Higginbotham on July 26;
William (Willie) Chambers
on July 27; Elva Opiela and
Glenn Moehring on July 28;
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See BUDA BITS, pg. 2C
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