Newstreamz Video Extra - What’s Happening Hap? - 7/2/2009
In this Newstreamz Video Extra, Hap Mansfield and Bill Peterson discuss what’s going on this Fourth of July weekend.
Fireworks violators face hefty fines
San Marcos residents who use private fireworks on the holiday weekend will face fines up to $2,000 fine. San Marcos prohibits fireworks within and up to a mile from the city limits.
Triple digit heat predicted to stay through holiday weekend
The National Weather Service is predicting highs around 102 degrees, but it could feel as hot as 108, during the Independence Day weekend.
County to double Buda patrol unit
A rash of car burglaries in the Buda area has led the Hays County Sheriff’s Office to double its Buda patrol. Captain Bo Kidd (above) said the deputies are “desperately needed.”
Newstreamz.com will print updates of dropped charges or not guilty verdicts upon request. Send requests with appropriate documentation and working daytime phone number to cops@newstreamz.com or by fax to (512) 392-5132.
Old Bastrop Highway to close for three months
Old Bastrop Highway (CR 266) will close for three months starting July 6, from the San Marcos River to Staples Road. The Hays County Road Department will reconstruct the road.
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County springs for Jacob’s Well
Posted on March 1, 2008 at 7:47 pm • Print • Share
by BILL PETERSON
Senior Correspondent
Without controversy or argument, though with much enthusiasm and applause, the Hays County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Tuesday to issue $3 million to the Wimberley Valley Watershed Association (WVWA) for the preservation of Jacob’s Well west of Woodcreek and Wimberley.
The $3 million expenditure consumes ten percent of $30 million in parks bonds overwhelmingly approved by Hays County voters in May 2007. Supporters of the project say it will enhance one of Hays County’s most esteemed treasures.
Jacob’s Well is a spring with three drops of about 30 feet each down to a maximum depth surpassing 90 feet, leading into the largest known underwater cave in Texas. In addition to feeding the Blue Hole public swimming area, the well has tempted the fates of divers for generations, taking curious human lives while supporting wildlife species that don’t exist outside the Hill Country.
The well feeds Cypress Creek, which runs southeast through Woodcreek and Wimberley, then joins the Blanco River, which flows into San Marcos.
The memorandum of understanding between the county and the WVWA is intended to provide a location for recreation, research and educational programs within a 55-acre area surrounding the well.
The county will provide $2.6 million to initiate the project, including the formation of a non-profit corporation to be called the Jacob’s Well Natural Area Trust (JWNAT), which would operate and manage the park in accordance with a master plan for Jacob’s Well. Once the trust is granted non-profit status, the county will add $400,000 to its contribution.
BILL PETERSON is editor of www.HaysHighway.com where this story was originally published. It is reprinted here through a news partnership with Newstreamz.com.
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The county is so insightful in investing this money and making this incredibly amazing treasure accessible to the public.
It sounds like another treasure of Hays County that I need to investigate.