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Young’s BBQ ‘will rebuild’ after fire BY MONIQUE BRAND DISPATCH RECORD
This past weekend was a difficult one for the owners of Young’s BBQ & More. Early Friday evening, according to co-owner Carl Young, employees said they smelled smoke in the back of the building. “And they opened the back door, and it was total smoke,” Young told the Dispatch Record on Saturday. The day before, the Lampasas Police Department, on its Facebook page, reported a “major structure fire” at the restaurant located on the corner of E.E. Ohnmeiss Drive and U.S. Highway 281 South. The Lampasas Fire Department responded to the fire at approximately 6:15 p.m. Friday, officials said. The department sent paid and volunteer firefighters, as well as one fire engine, a rescue truck and two brush trucks, Fire
Marshal Ronnie Withers said. All occupants were out of the building when firefighters arrived, and there were no injuries, Withers said. Most of the fire was in the back of the building, although it soon spread, Withers said. Firefighters went into the building through the front door for an “offensive attack,” Withers said. Throughout Saturday, crews were on hand clearing the area, as light smoke lingered in the air. Although the back portion of the building did not collapse totally, “there was some bowing on the metal,” Withers said. The fire marshal added that the structure is considered “a total loss.” The cause of the fire remained under investigation at press time Monday SEE ONLINE, PAGE 8
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A fire Friday caused major damage to Young’s BBQ & More, located at E.E. Ohnmeiss Drive and U.S. Highway 281 South.
Kempner city manager says he is grateful to help connect residents I am fully aware of the past, and for the future I month has passed just want us to since David Williams work together,” became the Kempner Williams said. city manager — “I am not going and he vows not to slow to hide from the David Williams past, but I’m not down when it comes to community connection. going to focus Williams, who also on it either.” is mayor pro tem of The Kempner City Council Nolanville, made his first voted in February to name appearance before the Williams, a son of a military Lampasas City Council on veteran, its city manager. March 22 during its regular The position is new to meeting. He spoke about Kempner and results from developing better relations voters’ approval of a ballot between the two cities. measure in November. “I just wanted to say that Williams is responsible for
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Cub Scouts compete in downhill race
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Six-year-old Easton Jones of Kempner Pack 90 receives help from Lampasas Pack 100 Den Leader Eric Gooch before Jones hits the track in the Downhill Derby Race. See related story and photo on page 2.
School boards approve resolutions related to closures during ice storm BY MONIQUE BRAND AND CHRIS YBARRA DISPATCH RECORD
Lampasas Independent School District employees will not have to make up workdays they missed because of the Feb. 11-18 winter storm. In a meeting last week, the Lampasas ISD Board of Trustees approved a resolution that does not require employees to
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massive power and water outages. Lampasas County residents were among the millions affected. Lampasas ISD went to remote learning on Feb. 12 and had a professional development day Feb. 15, Rascoe said. The district was closed, with no remote learning, from Feb. 16-22 due SEE LOMETA, PAGE 10
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Kempner City Manager David Williams participates in the testing of election tabulating equipment Friday at the Lampasas County Office Building in downtown Lampasas.
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Data from the Lower Colorado River Authority (site 11 miles west-northwest of Lampasas, near Nix).
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make up those days at the end of the year. “No additional money was spent,” Superintendent Dr. Chane Rascoe told the Dispatch Record in an email follow-up. “Employees just didn’t have to make those days up.” The winter storm plunged large areas of Texas into subfreezing temperatures and exhausted the state’s electrical infrastructure, causing
Kempner's administrative matters and will oversee the police department. On Friday, he was at the county elections office, witnessing a test of the county’s DS 200 voting machines. By law, according to Elections Administrator Mark Bishop, a public viewing of the testing of election tabulating equipment for accuracy is required prior to the commencement of early voting. Early voting begins April 19 for the May 1 municipal elections. Typically, city secretaries within the county participate in the machine testing. “I am here because my city secretary is off today,” Williams said. “I am happy to witness this. It gives me insight on what goes on the other side of elections.” The new city manager – an approximately five-year Nolanville city councilman who has served in other capacities for that city – was one of seven applicants for the Kempner position. Williams told the Dispatch Record his reasons for applying, and even getting into local government, are the values instilled from his family, particularly his mother. He said he loves helping cities grow and wants to have a hand at helping the community. So far, Williams said, his interactions with Kempner residents have been
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BURN BAN SUSPENDED
County Judge Randy Hoyer has lifted the county’s burn ban until May 7 at 5 p.m. As a result, at press time Monday, controlled outdoor fires were allowed outside Lampasas, Kempner and Lometa city limits. To verify the burn ban status, visit www.co.lampasas.tx.us. County officials urge people to use caution when conducting outdoor
burns. Officials also ask people to notify the Lampasas County Sheriff’s Office of fire plans in advance by calling 512-556-8255.
GOOD FRIDAY CLOSURES
County offices -- as well as municipal offices in Lampasas, Kempner and Lometa -- will be closed all day Friday. The Lampasas Dispatch Record’s office will close Friday at noon.
KEMPNER SLOGAN CONTEST
Kempner is seeking public participation in a competition to pick a new city slogan. Suggestions are due April 9 at 3:30 p.m. The Kempner City Council will vote on the new slogan April 13, and the contest winner will receive a $100 prize – donated by a local citizen. The slogan suggestion form is at www.cityofkempner.org/citynotifications.
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Easter Bunny stops in Lampasas BY MONIQUE BRAND DISPATCH RECORD
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Students qualify for UIL academic regional meet
Lampasas High School students competed at the UIL academic district meet March 22 in Stephenville. Qualifiers for the regional competition – scheduled for April 16-17 – are, bottom row from left, Laura Webb (computer apps), Lydia Breuer (copy editing, editorial and headline writing), Anna Burgess (math, literary criticism and science), Brooke Miller (news writing), Greenlee Chism (editorial writing) and Chris Ybarra (copy editing, headline and feature writing); top row from left, Harrison Hays (current events), Jacdon Green (ready writing, computer science), Michael Neary (current events), DJ Rounds (computer apps), Declan Davenport (current events) and Cole Wheeler (current events). The current events and journalism teams placed first. Not pictured: Lexi Moreland, Juliana Dwamena and Amelia Stanley.
Cub Scouts compete in Downhill Derby Race BY MONIQUE BRAND DISPATCH RECORD
Saturday afternoon was quite interesting for 7-year-old Philip Ischy. He arrived with his family at Turner Field, signed up to join the Lampasas Cub Scout Pack 100 and raced in his first downhill derby. As he approached the “Cubmobile” for a practice run, a big smile showed on Ischy’s face. He placed himself inside the car and heard from Pack 100 Den Leader Eric Gooch MONIQUE BRAND | DISPATCH RECORD how to safely use the gears. Seven-year-old Philip Ischy of Lampasas Pack 100 competes in “You ready?” Gooch asked his first Downhill Derby Race. Ischy. The Tiger Cub Scout’s smile grew bigger. After he was signaled to drive, Ischy glided downhill and cleared the track in 25 seconds. “That was cool,” Ischy said : Team 5, Kempner Pack 90, with a time as he got out of the car. of 14.79. Team members were Eastin Falxone, Arrow Ischy was one of many participants in the annual Downof Light; Rose Apple, Webelos; and Serenity Apple, hill Derby Race, a tradition that started in the Cub Scouts Webelos of America more than 60 years ago. To prepare for the race, the : Team 1, Lampasas Pack 100, with a Scouts had to build the Cubmobile — with supervision, said time of 15.72. Team members were Leon McKee, Decil committee member Sherryl Stephen, Colton Smith and Philip Ischy Gooch. Her 11-year-old son, Samuel Gooch, was one of the racers. “Scouting is what we do,” she : Team 3, Kempner Pack 90, with a time said. One by one, racers took their of 16.14. Team members were Easton Jones, Asher place on the track, determined to be the top cub racer between Poston and Jaxon Poston, all Lions. Pack 100 and the Kempner Source: Committee member Sherryl Gooch Pack 90. Six-year-old Easton Jones of Kempner said he enjoyed himself and “wanted to do it again.” During the event, fundraisers were offered with food and snack concessions. The money will go toward Pack 100’s summer trip to the USS Lexington, an Essex-class aircraft carrier built during World War II for the United States Navy. The USS Lexington, critically damaged by Japanese forces during the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942, is docked in Corpus Christi. For more information on how to join a local Scout chapter, visit scouting.org.
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People waved from their cars and honked outside the Lampasas Police Department headquarters on Friday to greet a famous holiday guest, the Easter bunny. The community effort is a collaboration between the police department and Aware Central Texas, a nonprofit that works in child abuse prevention, and advocacy for survivors of family violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. The organization serves Lampasas, Bell, Coryell and Milam counties. Children were given an “Eggciting Easter Egg Hunt” kit that came with an Easter basket, decorative eggs, candy and faux grass. Some stayed socially distanced, while others came face-to-face with the lovable childhood characters and gave hugs like 2-year-old Zaria Eva Ashley Rivera did. Case Manager Sofia Padin said the event was part of the organization’s many outreach programs. “Every holiday we do an outreach event,” she said. “We give out food boxes during the Christmas holidays. It’s our way of connecting to the communities we serve.” This year, Easter is April 4. Aware Central Texas, formerly known as Family Outreach of Bell County, was started in 1986 as the volunteer arm of Child Protective Services. In 2003, the Texas Legislature eliminated funding, resulting in closure of all but 10 of the original 34 Family
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Two-year-old Lampasan Zaria Eva Ashley Rivera hugs the Easter Bunny tightly during the Aware Central Texas Easter kit drivethrough at the Lampasas Police Department headquarters.
Outreach centers. In 2006, Aware Central Texas was born. Although the agency is no longer associated with Family
Outreach Services, the legacy of compassion, mentorship and prevention provided to Central Texas continues, according to its website.
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America needs a secure border
The latest lie: ‘anti-Asian racism’
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oe Victelio Rivera-Batres is a citizen of El Salvador who was convicted of illegally crossing the border into the United States three years ago and then ended up living in Las Vegas. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement summarized his story in a press release it put out three weeks ago. Rivera, it says, is a 50-year-old man, who “is a known or suspected member of the transnational criminal street organization known as Mara Salvatrucha or ‘MS-13.’ ” He “illegally entered the United States in June 2018 near McAllen, Texas, and was issued a Notice and Order of Expedited Removal by the U.S. Border Patrol on June 12, 2018,” said ICE. “The United States District Court, SouthDistrict of Texas, McAllen Terence P. ern Division, convicted Rivera of Jeffrey Illegal Entry, and sentenced him to time served,” ICE said. “He was subsequently turned over to ICE custody and was released on bond the same day.” That’s right: After he was convicted of illegal entry into the United States, he was released into the United States. But then a court in El Salvador took action. “On March 11, 2019,” said the ICE press release, “Specialized Magistrates Court, City of San Miguel, El Salvador, issued an arrest warrant for Rivera for terrorist organizations and aggravated murder, and on May 15, 2019, INTERPOL issued a Red Notice for Rivera for the same charges. According to the Red Notice, Rivera participated in a murder Oct. 31, 2015, that took place at a cemetery in Ozatlan, El Salvador.” Early in January, ICE said it made a “custody redetermination” that “required Rivera to surrender to ICE on Feb. 10.” Rivera did not. So, on March 3, ICE arrested him “at his Las Vegas residence.” This time, the government decided not to release him. Then there is the case of Jose Wilmer Montano -- who ended up in Minnesota. Last September, ICE said in a press release published Jan. 19, the Bloomington, Minnesota, police arrested Montano “on drug and burglary charges.” Two days later, ICE arrested him “after the jail released him.” Two months after that, ICE “received notice that Montano was the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the government of El Salvador for charges of murder, attempted murder and an act of terrorism while using a firearm.” “Montano,” ICE explained, “is wanted in El Salvador for numerous charges stemming from a 2014 incident in which he and two others are alleged to have attacked a Salvadoran police station using firearms, killing a mechanic and wounding local officers.” Montano, ICE said, “fled the country” -meaning El Salvador -- and ended up taking refuge “in the Minneapolis metropolitan area.” ICE put him on a charter flight back to El Salvador just five days before President Joe Biden was inaugurated. Then there is the case of Marlon Ariel Mendez Maldonado, who also came from El Salvador. This 28-year-old man “was first encountered by immigration officials from the U.S. Border Patrol on Oct. 31, 2019, near Refugio, Texas,” said ICE in another press release published on Jan. 11. It described him as “an unlawfully present Salvadoran national ... wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide.” “On Dec. 20, 2019, INTERPOL issued a Red Notice for Mendez Maldonado for aggravated homicide,” ICE said. Maldonado asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to stop his deportation. It did not. On Jan. 8, 12 days before Biden was inaugurated, ICE put Maldonado on a charter flight back to El Salvador and handed him over to the Salvadoran police. We do not know if the men featured in these three ICE press releases committed the crimes they have been accused of in their native country -- and they do deserve due process of law and to be considered innocent until proven guilty. We also know that no one should be allowed to violate this nation’s borders or immigration laws. U.S. Customs and Border Protection publishes statistics on the criminal aliens it arrests each year. A “criminal alien,” it explains, is an alien who has been “convicted of one or more crimes, whether in the United States or abroad, prior to interdiction by the U.S. Border Patrol.” The current statistics show a clear pattern: Even as criminals continued to enter the United States in recent years, their numbers had been declining -- until now. In fiscal 2016, the year before Trump took office, the Border Patrol arrested 12,842 criminal aliens. In 2017, it arrested 8,531; in 2018, it arrested 6,698; in 2019, it arrested 4,269; and in 2020, it arrested 2,438. Thus, from fiscal 2016 through fiscal 2020, there was an 81% decline in the criminal aliens arrested by the CBP. But through March 10 of fiscal 2021 -which started on Oct. 1 and will run through September -- CBP had arrested 4,140 individuals with criminal convictions. That is a nearly 70% increase over the total for all of last year. What offenses have these criminal aliens been convicted of committing? According to CBP, they include 3 convictions for homicide or manslaughter; 484 for assault, battery or domestic violence; 308 for burglary, robbery, larceny, theft or fraud; 715 for driving under the influence; 816 for illegal drug possession or trafficking; 140 for illegal weapons possession, transport or trafficking; and 210 for sexual offenses. It is Biden’s duty to secure this nation’s borders. Will he? TerEnce P. Jeffrey is the editor in chief of CNSnews.com. To find out more about him, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.
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f a plane goes down, there has to be an investigation. Otherwise, no one would feel safe flying again. But a virus from China has killed 540,000 people in our country so far -- equal to 2,000 jumbo jet crashes -- and the Biden administration is doing nothing to get to the bottom of it. Scientists worldwide are divided over whether the virus jumped naturally from the animal world to humans, or whether the virus accidentally leaked from a lab such as the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where biowarfare research is conducted. The Chinese view biological warfare as the future, and scientists are developing genetic and viral weapons. The State Department has warned about low safety standards at Chinese labs, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology, and the risk of deadly leaks. President Joe Biden is ignoring the danger as if another pandemic won’t happen. His 200-page COVID-19 strategic plan fails to mention China or the disease’s origins. Biden rejoined the WHO with no conditions attached, even though WHO lied to the world about China’s cover-up of the initial outbreak, and renamed the virus COVID-19 to obscure its country of origin. Amazingly, the Biden administration insists it can get the WHO to honestly investigate the virus’s origins. That’s like relying on the Mafia to investigate organized crime. Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that what America needs is “a credible open, transparent international investigation led by the World Health Organization.” That’s an oxymoron. WHO did sponsor an investigation. But it was fake. It granted China veto power over which scientists participated, barring those proposed by Washington, D.C. Chinese investigators were muzzled and barred from even dining with the international scientists. The international group had no access to raw lab data or medical records of the earliest patients. Some of these patients
Team Biden objects to the term ‘China virus.’ Then let’s call it the Chinese Communist Party virus, instead of that meaningless name concocted by the WHO that obscures who hid the initial outbreak.
had not been to the Wuhan Live Market, making it implausible they caught the virus from an animal. Three of the earliest patients were Wuhan Institute of Virology employees who all fell sick and were hospitalized with an unidentified virus in the first half of November 2019. The Chinese Communist Party blocked international investigators from any evidence suggesting a lab leak. “It’s just a great coup by China,” says Dartmouth scientist Daniel Lucey. Twenty-six scientists from the U.S., France, Germany and other nations signed an open letter discrediting the Betsy WHO mission. It was a McCaughey “charade” said Richard Ebright, a Rutgers University chemical biology professor. Truth is, Biden couldn’t care less. Last week, at the Anchorage summit, Secretary of State Antony Blinken itemized America’s “deep concerns” to the Chinese. Shockingly, the virus wasn’t a top priority. That’s an insult to every American family that lost a loved one. Protesting persecution of the Muslim Uyghurs is no substitute for finding out why grandma had to die. The Biden administration’s failure to press for answers is dangerous. China has seen what a virus can do. As Hudson Institute fellow David Asher points out, it devastated the world’s economies and killed millions. Yet, China’s population was largely spared, and its economy “has roared back to be No. 1.” Why build nuclear weapons when a virus can wipe out rivals and ensure world dominance? Biden’s strategy to carve out areas of cooperation such as on climate change, while China continues to stonewall on COVID-19, sends a confusing message about what’s important. Like a husband confronting his wife for cheating but then asking her where they should go on vacation. Team Biden objects to the term “China virus,” supposedly out of concern for Asian Americans. Then let’s call it the Chinese Communist Party virus, instead of that meaningless name concocted by the WHO. Getting the world to call the virus COVID-19 was a major PR triumph for WHO and China, and a blow to accountability. It obscures who hid the initial outbreak, silenced doctors and journalists, and still refuses to tell the truth. To win a war, you must know your enemy. It’s China. betsy mccaughey is a former lieutenant governor of New York and an author. Her “Liberty Belle” column is syndicated through Creators Syndicate. Contact her at betsy@betsymccaughey.com or on Twitter @Betsy_McCaughey.
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Optometrists’ training not same as for ophthalmologists As an eye surgeon and board-certified ophthalmologist in private practice in rural Burnet County, I am alarmed by the rise in scope of practice expansion bills that have been filed in the Legislature this session and the misinformation behind these efforts. Some bills, including Senate Bill 993, House Bill 2340 and House Bill 4362, aim to give optometrists — who did not attend medical school nor a surgical residency — the privilege to perform surgery on the human eye. Proponents of these bills claim this is to help curb rural “lack of access” to eye care. In reality, this is a myth. There is no “critical shortage” of ophthalmologists in Texas. More than 95 percent of the population in our state is within a 30-minute drive of a practicing ophthalmologist. Over the nearly 11 years that I have been working in Marble Falls, I have never had a patient who complained to me about the drive to my office. I have expanded my practice to the cities of Burnet and Lampasas, and routinely do surgery at AdventHealth Rollins Brook hospital in Lampasas. I employ two other MDs and 17 additional staffers. By working as a team, we care for
the vast majority of the eye complaints, without having to send patients to Austin. Even where drive times are longer, quality care should remain the top priority. While optometrists are indispensable members of the health care team, education in one field does not translate to expertise in the other. Proponents of these bills would like to claim that these are simple procedures that can be learned after just one 32-hour course. There is no such thing as a simple surgery. These procedures have post-operative consequences including the potential of blinding the patient. Ophthalmologists attend four years of medical school and 3-4 years of residency training that includes close to 18,000 clinical and operating room hours. These bills blur the lines of medicine, lower our state health care standards, and add both confusion and a lack of transparency that affects patients. We must preserve physician-led, team-based care in Texas and leave all surgical procedures in the capable and trained hands of medical doctors. Dr. Mary Kelly Green Marble Falls
f you rely on The New York Times, the Democratic Party or CNN -- they are interchangeable -- for your perception of reality, you now believe America is reeling from the latest expression of white supremacy: anti-Asian racism. It is a lie, the purpose of which is to: a) further demonize America, b) further demonize white Americans, c) further divide Americans by race and ethnicity, d) reinforce -- or create -- the belief among Asian Americans that they are widely hated (and must therefore rely on the government and especially the Democratic Party), e) engender ethnic identity among Asian Americans, most of whom have heretofore considered themselves Americans who happen to be of Asian descent. Is there anti-Asian racism in America? Of course. Ethnic dennis bigotry is a tragic part of the human condition. There is no prager country in which members of different races live that is bereft of ethnic or racial bigotry. Therefore, the only question decent or honest people ask is: How much? And the answer in America is: very, very little. But the left wildly exaggerates the issue as to constitute a lie. Let’s begin with the recent attack in Atlanta, in which a 21-year-old white man murdered eight people in Asian massage parlors, six of them Asian Americans. Thus far, there is not a shred of evidence that the Asian-Americans were killed because they were Asian. The reason the shooter killed them, according to those who knew him before the shootings and investigators who have spoken to him since the shootings, was that he had a sex addiction, for which he had already been in rehab, and had frequented some or all of the massage establishments he targeted, which he blamed for contributing to his addiction. As of today, there is also no evidence of the killer ever having expressed any anti-Asian sentiments on social media or in private conversation. Nevertheless, the lying media have portrayed the shootings as anti-Asian racism. The Atlanta lie is part of the greater lie that there is a national epidemic of white supremacist anti-Asian racism. On March 18, for example, The Washington Post reported: “Anti-Asian hate crimes have spiked 150 percent since the pandemic began, according to a recent study.” The study cited by The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN and other left-wing media is from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. The 150% increase in antiAsian American hate crimes is contained in its “Fact Sheet: Anti-Asian Prejudice March 2020,” according to which the number of antiAsian American incidents rose from 49 in 2019 to 122 in 2020. So, the entire edifice of hate against Asian Americans is predicated on an alleged increase of 73 incidents. Given that there are about 330 million Americans, and assuming a different American was responsible for each of the 122 anti-Asian incidents, that would mean 1 in every 2,704,918 Americans committed an anti-Asian incident. And “incident” includes perceived slights. As regards violent acts against Asian Americans, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics from September 2019, blacks have committed the greatest percentage of violent crimes against Asian Americans. But the mendacious media do not report that. The New York Times, the leader in mass hysterias fomented by the left, printed this headline last week: “Attacks on Asian-Americans in New York Stoke Fear, Anxiety and Anger.” And the subhead: “Hate crimes involving Asian-American victims soared in New York City last year.” If one reads past the headline -- which most people do not -- the article gives the actual numbers: “The number of hate crimes with Asian-American victims reported to the New York Police Department jumped to 28 in 2020, from just three the previous year.” You read that right: The number of incidents “soared” to 28. In a city of 8.4 million people, including over 1 million Asian Americans. So, about 1 of every 36,000 Asian Americans living in New York was a victim of a hate crime. To put this number into perspective, the odds of dying in a motor-vehicle accident are about 1 in 9,000. Another New York Times article, under the headline “A Tense Lunar New Year for the Bay Area After Attacks on Asian-Americans,” opens with this: “In January, a local television station showed footage of a young man sprinting toward, then violently shoving to the ground, a man identified as Vicha Ratanapakdee, 84, who had been out for a morning walk in the Anza Vista neighborhood of San Francisco. He later died.” The Times piece never reveals the name or race of the perpetrator: Antoine Watson, a 19-year-old black man. But, in what could be called “compound lying,” the Times did blame “former President Donald J. Trump, who frequently used racist language to refer to the coronavirus.” Of course, the Times did not provide an example of Trump’s racist language with regard to the coronavirus. One must assume that blaming the Chinese government for the virus or referring to the virus as the “China virus” or “Wuhan virus” is regarded as racist, even though virtually every prior epidemic was named after its city or region of origin: the “Spanish Flu,” “Hong Kong Flu,” “Ebola Virus,” etc. It’s all a lie in service to the left’s hatred of America.
Dennis prager is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist. He is the founder of Prager University and may be contacted at dennisprager.com.
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Mia Maldonado drove in six runs, and Caitlyn Sanguinet pitched all six innings as the Lady Badgers run-ruled their second district opponent on Friday. With the 15-4 win at Brownwood, the Lady Badgers have outscored their first two district rivals by a combined 32-6. Lampasas fell behind 2-0 in the first inning but took command of the game with a seven-run top of the second. Brownwood managed two runs in the fourth inning before a onerun fifth inning by the Lady Badgers and a seven-run top of the sixth to reach the 10-run mercy rule. Autumn BeiselMacomber, Rose McAnally, Aspen Wheeler, Alycia Cantu, Kali Hunter and Maldonado each scored two runs. Kayli Syx, Hannah Perry and Bre Quarles scored one run apiece. Lampasas batted around in the second and sixth innings. In the second, Maldonado hit a leadoff single, scored the team’s first run on a sacrifice fly by Hunter, and hit a 3-RBI double in the same inning.
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Andrew Grant (21) scores the Badgers’ first goal in the opening minutes of Friday’s bi-district match against Robinson.
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Kali Hunter scores on a passed ball in the Lady Badgers’ 15-4 victory on the road Friday.
Pitching stats Caitlyn Sanguinet 6 innings, 85 pitches, 6 hits, 2 earned runs, 7 strikeouts, 1 walk Batting stats Autumn BeiselMacomber 1-4, 2 runs, 1 walk Rose McAnally 1-3, 2 runs, 1 walk Aspen Wheeler 2 runs, 1 RBI, 1 walk Mia Maldonado 3-4, 6 RBIs, 2 runs Alycia Cantu 2-4, 2 runs Kayli Syx 1 run, 1 walk Hannah Perry 1 run Harley Wakeman 2-2, 2 RBIs Kali Hunter 1-3, 3 RBIs, 2 runs, 1 walk Bre Quarles 1-3, 1 run, 2 RBIs, 1 walk On March 30, Lampasas is scheduled to host Stephenville, which is coming off a 10-3 loss to Glen Rose. Glen Rose
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Mia Maldonado hits a double during her best offensive night of the season so far, with six runs batted in.
was ranked No. 16 in the latest Texas Girls Coaches Association poll at press time on Monday.
*** The Lady Badger JV beat Brownwood 5-1 and is scheduled to host
Stephenville March 30 at 5 p.m., with the varsity game to follow.
Doubles teams earn hardware in Belton The Badgers had a productive tennis tournament at Belton, with three to four matches per player, favorable weather and much-needed action as the district tournament nears. The mixed doubles team of Isabel Pronovost/ Rory Magill and the boys’ doubles team of Sam Zmolik/Mario Aguirre each won consolation. Abby Valdez/Kailr Clements placed sixth, the Lady Badger team’s highest finish of the day. Sharkey/Shaw lost in the consolation finals. The doubles team of Brenden Burgess/Luke KENNETH PEISER | COURTESY PHOTO Rogers went 1-3. Isabel Pronovost, Sam Zmolik, Rory Magill and Mario Aguirre medaled at the Belton tennis In singles, Valdez and tournament on Friday. Caylin Watson each went 2-2. Travis Calk won one Flores also competed in Lampasas will Thursday, and the district and lost three. compete in Killeen on tournament is April 12-13. Kelsea Moyer and Abriana doubles.
Rockets refuse to go down, eliminating Badgers in shootout BY JEFF LOWE DISPATCH RECORD
Lampasas led Robinson 2-0 in the first five minutes of Friday’s playoff match, but the Rockets came back to beat the Badgers by one in the second penalty-kick shootout after overtime. The score at the end of regulation was 2-2. Goalkeeper Gavin Robinson had what was probably the best first half of his career, but the Rockets’ constant barrage of shots took their toll as the game went on. Within the first couple minutes of the first half, Landon Richardson made an assist to Andrew Grant to put Lampasas ahead 1-0. By around the four-minute mark, the Badgers stretched their lead to 2-0 as Cody Woods scored on a throw-in from Victor Castruita. The rest of the game was much more competitive, and despite many saves from Gavin Robinson, the Rockets kept the ball on the Badgers’ end of the field more and more as regulation came to a close. With about five minutes left in the second half, the Rockets scored the tying goal. About halfway through the first 10-minute overtime period, Richardson scored on a corner kick by Colton Paxton. With about two
minutes left in the second overtime period, Robinson answered with a goal to tie things at 3-3. The teams went to a penalty-kick shootout, alternating 1-on-1 shots against the other team’s goalie. The Rockets made their first three shots, and the Badgers missed their first two. But Cruz Lucio, Woods and Nate Abken each nailed their shots, and Gavin Robinson defended the goal against the Rockets’ next two attempts. With the score still tied after the shootout, “we then proceeded to go to ‘golden goal’,” coach Ryan Race said. In “golden goal”, similar to sudden death, both teams made their first shot, with Grant notching one for the Badgers. The Rockets’ next kicker made the shot, and the Badgers came up short on their attempt. “It was a crazy game, and not a fun way to end our season,” Race said. “With that said, I am so proud of the young men and what they have accomplished this year. I love them all and wish our senior group nothing but the best.” Woods, a senior, was the team’s leading scorer for the season, but full statistics were not available at press time.
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Isaac Abken (31) traps the ball in the Badgers’ bi-district match.
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Lifters fall short of medals despite Long’s best-in-class bench Westen Reid earned the Badgers’ best finish in state powerlifting since 2018, at seventh place in the 198 class on Saturday. John Long tied for the best bench press in his 308-pound weight class and finished 10th in the class. Reid squatted 600 pounds, bench pressed 335 and deadlifted 530 for a 1,465-pound
total. Derik Deleon of Mathis High School won gold with a 1,715-pound total. Long squatted 620 pounds, bench pressed 470 and deadlifted 530 for a 1,620-pound total. Sergio Hernandez, competing for Geronimo Navarro High School, won that weight class with a 1,796-pound total. Both Badgers were first-time state
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qualifiers. The 2020 state meet was canceled, and no Badgers medaled at state in 2019.
Reid had advanced to state this year as the regional champion, and Long was a regional bronze medalist.
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Westen Reid placed seventh in the 198 weight class, and he outlifted the silver medalist in bench press and deadlift but not squat.
John Long recorded a 470-pound bench press, tied for the best in the 308 weight class, but finished in 10th place at the state powerlifting meet in Abilene on Saturday.
Badgers end non-district track with close contest at Burnet
Seventh-grade boys win track meet
The Lampasas track teams competed Thursday at the Burnet Bulldog Relays, the last meet before this week’s twoday district contest in Brownwood. The Badger boys finished second as a team, one point behind Liberty Hill. The Lady Badgers finished third overall, behind Liberty Hill and host Burnet. Individual results follow.
VARSITY GIRLS Long jump 4. Bella Lindsey 14’11” Triple jump 2. Tate Brown 33’5” 5. Kylee Rutledge 32’8” Shot put 1. Juliana Dwamena 33’2” Discus 1. Juliana Dwamena 115’0” 3200-meter run 4. Lilee Hamill 14:14.99 6. Anna Burgess 14:32.65 1600m run 6. Anna Burgess 6:34.94 4x100m relay 2. Juliana Dwamena, Gracie Ullevig, Tate Brown, Bella Lindsey 52.39 4x400m relay 4. Gracie Ullevig, Tate Brown, Nyla Long, Lilee Hamill 4:35.98 100m hurdles 3. Nyla Long 18.37 4. Delanie Smith 19.57 300m hurdles 3. Delanie Smith 56.52 100m dash 3. Juliana Dwamena 13.94 4. Bella Lindsey 14.02 200m dash 2. Juliana Dwamena 28.46 4. Nyla Long 30.07 5. Pilar Bienbenu 30.64 400m dash 5. Pilar Bienbenu 1:11.83 VARSITY BOYS Long jump 1. Cade White 20’8.5” 3. Ethan Moreno 19’11.75” 6. Aden Rascoe 18’8.5” Triple jump 2. Ethan Moreno 41’4” 5. Cameron Hunter 37’10” High jump 2. Cameron Hunter 5’4” Pole vault 2. Case Brister 12’0” 3. Ethan Moreno 11’6” 5. Peyton Underwood 11’0” Shot put 1. John Long 45’7.5” 2. Conner Keele 38’7” 3. Sosa Sokimi 37’9” Discus 1. Aden Rascoe 133’5” 2. John Long 122’3.75” 6. Sosa Sokimi 105’4” 3200-meter run 5. Benjamin Stone 12:10.94
The Lampasas Middle School track teams competed Friday at the Burnet Bulldog Relays. In the seventh-grade division, the LMS boys placed first overall. They took gold medals in these events: 2400m run – Royce Clary 4x100m relay – Rowdi DeLaCruz, Elias Ayala, Calum Mitchell, Sean Smith 4x400m relay – Sean Smith, Calum Mitchell, Rowdi DeLaCruz, Elias Ayala 100m dash – Rowdy Johns 400m dash – Sean Smith 200m dash – Elias Ayala 1600m run – Royce Clary Long jump – Elias Ayala Triple jump – Calum Mitchell Shot put – Hunter Windham Discus – Calum Mitchell The eighth-grade LMS boys finished in second place as a team. Their gold medals came in: 4x100m relay – Josiah Toeaina, Cayden Tullous, Reed Jerome, Mattheus Sanchez 400m dash – Noah Shahan Shot put – Daniel Norton Discus – Daniel Norton *** In the girls’ division, the Lampasas seventh- and eighthgrade teams both finished in third. Earning first-place medals were seventh-graders Scotlyn Stamos (2400m run), Kassie Isles (400m dash) and Saylor Stamos (1600m run). Eighth-graders Chloe Thorp (100m dash) and Scout Barton (300m hurdles) took first place in their events.
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Calum Mitchell earned gold in triple jump and discus.
After loss to No. 6 Cougars, Badgers still lead district
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Cody Hinson beats a Burnet runner in the 400-meter dash for a silver medal on Thursday. Lampasas is scheduled to compete in the district meet in Brownwood March 31-April 1.
6. Xavier Gauna 13:51.34 1600m run 6. Benjamin Stone 5:44.63 110m hurdles 4. Cameron Hunter 23.87 300m hurdles 3. Aden Rascoe 45.70 100m dash 3. Dax Brookreson 12.07 200m dash 3. Keshawn McElwain 24.18 6. Case Brister 24.98 400m dash 2. Cody Hinson 52.70
3. Nate Borchardt 53.52 4x100m relay 1. Case Brister, Ace Whitehead, Dax Brookreson, Cade White 44.11 4x200m relay 2. Case Brister, Ace Whitehead, Dax Brookreson, Cade White 1:34.07 4x400m relay 2. Keshawn McElwain, Aden Rascoe, Cody Hinson, Nate Borchardt 3:34.30
China Spring, the No. 6 team in the state, beat Lampasas 17-2 in non-district baseball on Saturday. Gauge Gholson batted 3 for 3 for the Badgers, and Logan Coleman was 2 of 4, but Lampasas could not match the Cougars’ fire power. China Spring took a fourrun lead in the top of the fourth, before Lampasas notched its first run in the bottom half of the inning. Coleman singled to put a man on base, and courtesy runner Ty Allen later scored on a fielder’s choice put into play by Tak Stinnett. China Spring added a run in the fifth to go up 5-1, then notched two more runs in the top of the sixth with several singles. Lampasas opened the bottom of the sixth with its own string of singles, and
Coleman came home after Avery Smith was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. China Spring went into the seventh inning with a 7-2 lead. District play resumes March 30 with the Badgers playing at Gatesville. When the two teams met March 9, Ace Whitehead threw 18 strikeouts in a 1-0 win for Lampasas. The JV game is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., with the varsity to play at 7 p.m. Batting Gauge Gholson 3-3 Logan Coleman 2-4, 1 run Keagan Richardson 1-1 Carson Bekker 1-4 District standings Lampasas 3-1 Stephenville 3-1 Gatesville 2-2 Brownwood 2-2 Glen Rose 0-4
District golf round one in progress at press time At press time, the Badgers and Lady Badgers were competing in round one of the district golf tournament at Glen Rose. Round two is scheduled for April 5 in Gatesville. The Lady Badgers are coming off their best team score, 304, in coach Justin Schulze’s 7 1/2-year tenure here.
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morning, Withers said. The fire marshal said he was at the business investigating all day Saturday, and he returned Monday morning for more investigative work. About 9 a.m. Monday, Withers said he believes he has found the fire’s point of origin, but he needs to check some items further before giving an official determination of the fire’s cause. The barbecue business, which TheDaytripper.com
recently featured, previously was located in San Saba. It began operations in Lampasas in March 2020 at the site that had been Hart’s Firehouse BBQ. Bend General Store, through its public Facebook page, said it will hold “benefits and fundraisers for Young’s BBQ.” At press time Monday, a GoFundMe donation account organized by Robert Lerma had raised $5,550 toward the $50,000 goal. To donate to the account, visit gofundme.com, and enter “Young’s BBQ” in
the search bar at the top-left portion of the page. The restaurant building is not owned by the Youngs, but the family leased it. Young said the property owner has insurance on the structure. “I’ll do anything for this community,” Young said. “We’ll be fine. We will rebuild, we will come back stronger. If not here [at this site], definitely somewhere.” -- Staff Writer David Lowe contributed to this report.
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Rose Anita Quakenbush, 76, died on March 25, 2021, after a long battle with dementia. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. April 2 at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. Sneed Funeral Chapel of Lampasas has charge of arrangements. Rose was born in York, South Carolina on July 2, 1944. She had been a resident of Lometa for the past 20 years. She is survived by her sons Kenneth and wife Sheila, Kyle, and Keith and wife Cara; and numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.
Brynlee Grace Fisher, infant daughter of Wyatt Fisher and Anissa Lewis of Lampasas, died on March 25, 2021 at AdventHealth Central Texas hospital in Killeen. Brynlee is survived by her parents; one brother, Easton Hurst; her maternal grandparents Teresa Rogers of Lampasas, Jacob Lewis of Killeen and Cecilia Lewis; paternal grandparents Kimberly Kuklies of Kempner, Christopher Fisher of Florence and Alan Kuklies; four aunts, Makenna Rogers, Alicia Lewis, Julia Lewis and Chesney Kuklies; and four uncles, Mason Ray, Ilias Lewis, Chase Kuklies and Landen Fisher. A visitation time was held March 27 from 10-11 a.m. at Heritage Funeral Home. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lampasas.
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“exceptionally positive.” His goals for the next 90 days are to promote KempnerFest, slated for June 19 at Sylvia Tucker Memorial Park, and continuing to promote transparency and community engagement. Long-term goals include getting Kempner to a selfsustaining place that would benefit the city. “When you’re in an elected
office or working in a position of trust like a city manager where you are working for the citizens, the one thing that is so important is that you are listening to citizens,” Williams said. “Like I’ve told citizens in every meeting I have with them, ‘We’re never going to agree on everything 100 percent. I’m human, and I’m going to make mistakes. But I’m going to listen to everyone and try my best to explain if we disagree.’ ”
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to the power outages and other issues. “All employees were impacted by the storm in February that caused us to close school from Feb. 12-Feb. 22, 2021,” Rascoe said in his email. The Lampasas school board’s next regular monthly meeting is scheduled for April 12 at 6 p.m. LOMETA SCHOOL DISTRICT The Lometa Independent School District Board of Trustees met last week to consider a resolution regarding employee pay during the February ice storm. Superintendent Rob Moore said the board adopted a resolution “to authorize the Superintendent of Schools to compensate school district employees who remained
CATTLE AUCTION The March 24 Lampasas Cattle Auction report follows. Cattle and calves: Total cattle 446, compared to 495 last sale and 295 at this time last year. Compared to last sale, feeder steers and heifers were $3-$5 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were steady to $3 higher. Feeder cattle accounted for 74 percent. Slaughter cows and bulls accounted for 26 percent. Average and top price follow. Steers: 300-400 lbs., $1.46-$1.82 lb.; 400-500 lbs., $1.49-$1.82 lb.; 500-600 lbs., $1.47-$1.70 lb.; 600-700 lbs., $1.31-$1.64 lb.; 700-800 lbs., $1.25-$1.36 lb. Heifers: 300-400 lbs., $1.38-$1.50 lb.; 400-500 lbs., $1.42-$1.65 lb.; 500-600 lbs., $1.38-$1.50 lb.; 600-700 lbs., $1.21-$1.42 lb.; 700-800 lbs., $1.08-$1.26 lb. Slaughter cows: Under 800 lbs., $0.20-$0.35 lb.; 8001,100 lbs., $0.40-$0.61 lb.; 1,1001,300 lbs., $0.40-$0.67 lb. Slaughter bulls: 1,0001,300 lbs., $0.40-$0.7650 lb.; 1,300-2,100 lbs., $0.76-$0.92 lb. Replacements: $1,700-$3,000 per head. Bred replacement cows: baby tooth to 5-year-old, $650$1,185 per head; solid mouth, $700-$800 per head.
ready, willing and able to work on February 12th and during the week of February 15-19, 2021 but who were prohibited from working due to emergency weather closures.” Additionally, the board agreed to contract with Singleton, Clark and Company for
the 2020-2021 annual audit. In other news, it was reported that Lometa ISD had a total of 311 enrolled students, with 283 students enrolled at the Lometa campus and 28 enrolled in the Leon Valley inmate education program. A separate report noted
that One-Act Play advanced to the regional competition, and track, tennis and UIL academics are “in full swing.” STAAR testing is set to begin in April. The next Lometa school board meeting is set for April 22 at 6:30 p.m.