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Daily Record Photo by Randy StevensSan Marcos High School athletic director and head football coach Mark Soto speaksduring Friday morningʼs groundbreaking ceremony for SMCISDʼs new football stadium,student activity center and baseball, softball and track field renovations.

‘Great day to be a Rattler’

By RANDY STEVENSManaging Editor

Traditionally, especiallyin the state of Texas, ahigh school football sta-dium is part of a commu-nity’s identity.Stadiums not only pro-

vide a place for athleticevents, Friday night fan-fare and commencementceremonies; in someplaces, it’s what defines acity or school district.It’s something San Mar-

cos High School haslacked for ages, as varsityfootball games have been

held at Texas State Uni-versity’s Bobcat Stadiumfor the past 32 years andat Evans Fields in previ-ous decades.Not any longer.Friday morning, San

Marcos CISD officials,

SMCISD breaks ground on new footballstadium and student activity center

See Stadium, Page 3A

By ANITA MILLERNews Editor

One day after mediaswarmed the area aroundCheatham Street at McKieStreet, where police said awoman was abducted, the

city issued a new press re-lease giving a vastly differentlocation.On Friday, the SMPD said

the woman who was ab-ducted, raped, strangled andbeaten was taken instead atthe other end of McKie

Street, near a low-watercrossing that is a much moreisolated location than theone previously given.Police on Friday also re-

leased a description of thesuspects’ vehicle and theirdescriptions, along with

names or nicknames for twoout of the three believed in-volved.The suspects are a His-

panic male who was called“Dago” by other suspects. Heis descried as in his 40s andabout six feet tall, with a

thick build, shaved head and“a small, square patch ofbeard on his chin” withcrosses tattooed on bothforearms. The second, called“Chico” by the others, is saidto be in his late teens to early

More details released about kidnapping/sexual assault suspectsCrime scene location corrected

See Suspects, Page 5A

By ANITA MILLERNews Editor

Hays County Commission-ers held an emergency meet-ing on Friday to continue thedisaster declaration signedNov. 4 by County Judge BertCobb.The declaration, which con-

Disasterdeclarationextended

See Declaration, Page 8A

From Staff Reports

Thanks to recent rainfall, thecity of San Marcos is returningto Stage 2 drought restrictionseffective Wednesday at noon.The Edwards Aquifer Authorityreturned to Stage 2 this week.San Marcos has been in

drought restrictions for all of

Rain aidsdroughtCity returns to

Stage 2 restrictions

By DALTON SWEATStaff Reporter

As the Wounded Warriors madetheir way into the gym at MendezElementary, the students let themknow how much support theyhad.“U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!” waschanted followed by “Warriors!Warriors!”And that support meant some-

thing to the Wounded Warriors.“It felt like butterflies,” Wade

Mitcheltree said. “Especially whenit came from the little kids and theappreciation they showed for whatwe’ve done.”Aaron Jacinto, another

WoundedWarriors

welcomedat Mendez

Daily Record Photo by Dalton SweatAfter the show in which the studentsput on a short musical and sang pa-triotic songs, the Wounded Warriorsmet with all the students, and MarcoFernandez gave out high fives allthe way around the gym.

See Warriors, Page 5A

See Stage 2, Page 3A

SALUTINGOUR

VETERANSKorean War veteran

Ernesto G. Infante wassurrounded by friends

and family on a floatSaturday morning in the

annual Veterans DayParade. Hundreds

braved a chilly drizzle towatch the parade, which

showcased veteransfrom multiple conflicts

along with marchingbands and other patriotic

attractions.Daily Record photo by Anita Miller

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Daily Record Photo by Randy StevensHernandez Elementary students (from left) Saleen Cadena, Anabel Lopez, Anthony Gilley, Aubrey Clark and Gunner Cone and BowieElementary students Daniela Lopez, Aubrey Cruz, Dominick Rizo, Weston Gutierrez, Milagro Vasquez, Sheyla Muro, Grace Hernandez,Kinsley Robles and Devyn Underwood got to take part in the official ground-breaking ceremonies for the new SMCISD football stadiumand student activity center Friday morning.

faculty, board and communityleaders gathered for the officialgroundbreaking of the schooldistrict’s new, $18.4 millionfootball stadium and a $13.6million student activity com-plex, which includes renovatedtrack and field facilities, aswell as artificial turf for thebaseball and softball fields.“It’s a great day to be a Rat-

tler,” SMCISD superintendentMark Eads told the crowd ofmore than 200 on hand. “Whata great day for our city andschool district and I can’t even

begin to explain how proud Iam of our students, faculty,local business leaders and cityofficials who all joined togetherto make this day happen.”Voters passed two school

bonds back in May, totaling$76.9 million — $32 million ofwhich went to the new sta-dium and athletic renovations.SMHS athletic director and

head football coach Mark Sotoalso praised those who helpedpass the bonds for the newstadium, activity center andfield renovations.“It takes a village to raise

our young kids and our com-munity came out in full forceto pass the bond and prove toour kids that they believe inthem,” Soto said. “Our kidsknow their community caresfor them and they will defendthis complex with pride andhard work.”Soto said the new stadium

and activity center will benefitall of the school’s athletic pro-grams.“We are definitely striking

first, fast and hard. No onewill have a complex like this inthe nation,” Soto said. “I have

visited many facilities andnone of them are outfitted with60 yards of indoor turf, a 60-yard sprint track, a 5,000-square-foot weight room,locker rooms for tennis andfootball, meeting rooms, turfedbaseball and softball fields, asoccer/track stadium and an8,000-seat football stadium. Itis truly being built so multipleschool groups can use it.”Construction on the entire

project is scheduled to becompleted by Aug. 14, 2014,in time for the Rattler footballteam’s home opener.

Stadium…(From Page 1A)

Daily Record Photo by Randy StevensThe Rattler mascot “Fang” (Diego Pacheco) dances to the beat of the San Marcos HighSchool drum line (from left: Wiley Reid, Jacob Rose and Jay Patel) during Fridayʼs ground-breaking ceremony

Daily Record Photo by Randy Stevens

Jose Torres and Naomi Navarette, mem-bers of the SMHS Air Force JROTC, wereon hand at Fridayʼs ceremony

By DALTON SWEATStaff Reporter

When New Braunfels banneddisposable containers from theComal and Guadalupe rivers inthe city limits, it made nationalnews.After nearly two years of what

is commonly referred to as a“can ban,” New Braunfels MayorGale Pospisil said that it isworking, and pending the re-sults of a lawsuit, she wouldsuggest that San Marcos followssuit.“It’s just worked so well for

us,” Pospisil said speaking tothe San Marcos Lions Club onFriday. “I think I'd wait until De-cember to see what the courtssay about our ordinance... But I

think it’s worth considering (forSan Marcos). It’s been an an-swered prayer for us.”Many would say the issues

surrounding disposable contain-ers in the river were much worsein New Braunfels compared toSan Marcos.“We are doing a pretty good

job in the city of San Marcos,”Melani Howard, project managerof the Habitat ConservationPlan, said. “The city has passedthe recent changes in parks thatbans Styrofoam and the oneabout alcohol has reduced thenumber of cans in the river. Wehave hired the same contractorsas New Braunfels to clean therivers, and they have seen a re-duction in the amount of cansthis year. Upstream of IH-35, it

has never been a severe prob-lem, but litter is still a problem.”Pospisil explained her opinion

of the issues New Braunfelsfaced.“In 2011, if you were to come

to the Comal River, there weretimes when you were on ourriver you would look down intothe river, and I’m not exaggerat-ing, you would see knee highdeep cans. You could walkthrough the river and have cansup to your knees. There weretimes when there were so manypeople on the river, it was bank-to-bank tubes. You couldn'teven see the water.”She also said the overtime

necessary to police the river puta strain on law enforcement.Pospisil also explained that

the ordinance was not passed tostop drinking, but for the litter-ing problem.“If you are really determined

to drink, you are going to find away, but we weren't trying tostop people from drinking. Thereis just something about the psy-che of not being able to throwyour cans in the river, thatchanges behavior. But (the peo-ple who want to drink) have got-ten pretty creative. They will finda way, but the behavior is bet-ter. The litter problem is virtu-ally gone.”A lawsuit filed by those op-

posed to the ban, like river out-fitters, beer distributors andhotels in New Braunfels, is stillpending. It is expected the trialwill begin in December.

NB mayor says can ban is working

2013. The city beganthe year in Stage 1 re-strictions and pro-gressed to Stage 2 onMarch 18. A good rain-fall event in May en-abled the city to brieflyreturn to Stage 1 for themonth of June. The cityreturned to Stage 2 onJuly 1, and progressedto Stage 3 on Aug. 4,where it has remaineduntil now.Stage 2 drought rules

restrict use of sprinklersto one day per week ona designated weekdaybefore 10 a.m. or after 8p.m. Hand watering andusing soaker hoses ordrip irrigation is allowedon any day before 10a.m. or after 8 p.m.Stage 2 rules also

limit at-home car wash-ing to one day per week,and prohibits waterwaste, filling new pools,using outdoor decora-tive water features andwashing impervioussurfaces.

Implementation ofStage 2 happens whenthe 10-day average Ed-wards Aquifer index welllevel falls below 650 feetabove mean sea level(msl), or when it risesabove the Stage 2 levelof 640 feet above msl.On Thursday, the 10-day average aquifer levelwas at 640.9 feet andthe daily reading was641.7 feet.“It is essential that

residents continue toconserve water” saysTom Taggart, executivedirector of city of SanMarcos Public Services.“Both ground and sur-face water sources re-main below average forthis time of year.”Full text of the Stage

2 rules can be found onthe city of San Marcoswebsite at www.sanmar-costx.gov/drought.For more information

please visit the city ofSan Marcos website orcall Jan Klein at (512)393-8310.

Stage 2…(From Page 1A)