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Volume 107 — Number 21

The Lampasas High School Class of 2012 will host its annual barbecue and auction March 31 at the AMVETS Post 80 building.

Tickets are $25 per couple or $15 per person and are available at various locations in town or by calling 525-9191 or 556-1491.

Barbecue will be served at 5:30 p.m. Live and silent auctions start at 7 p.m.

2012 rainfall to date: 7.16 inches. Same date last year: 3.16 inches. Data from Lampasas Municipal Airport through National Weather Service.

PHOTO BY DAVID LOWE

Please see DONATIONS, page 10

Lampasas Cattle Auction employee Mike Johnson, foreground, prepares to mark a cow with numbers to indicate its age and pregnancy status. Although auction prices remain high, Texas AgriLife Extension experts who spoke at a recent ranching clinic in Lampasas encouraged producers to evaluate costs and rangeland health before expanding their herds.

LHS banquetThe annual Lampasas High

School Honor Banquet is March 22 at 7 p.m. at the cafeteria.

A number of students will be honored for academics.

Guest speaker will be Dr. Sarina Phillips, director of academic affairs for Texas A&M University-Central Texas.

Dessert will be served, and admission is free.

Read and WineThe Lampasas Public Library will

hold a fundraiser March 22 from 6-8 p.m. at the library, 201 S. Main St.

Wine tasting from local vineyards will be offered along with light snacks and music.

Tickets are $10 per person and are on sale at the library. Cash and check are accepted.

Interested persons are encouraged to purchase tickets early.

Project Grad

Weighing the optionsAs land recovers from drought, ranchers should plan carefully for future, experts say

Dr. Randy Hoyer

PHOTO BYNICK FORRESTER

Tops in stateLampasas High School senior Sterling Wright returns a serve during last weekend’s team tennis state tourna-ment in Abilene. Lam-pasas finished in third place. For a complete story and additional photos, please see to-day’s Sports, page 6.

LAFTA gears upfor April event

Please see AG, page 10

Rodeo queenEntries for the Lometa

Diamondback Jubilee Rodeo Queen Contest are accepted through Saturday. Contestants must be Lampasas County residents from 14-18 years old. Judging is on horsemanship skills, rodeo ticket sales and interview. A scholarship will be presented to the winner. For entry information, contact Terri Harris at 734-2818.

By DAVID LOWEStaff Writer

Despite high cattle prices, experts at the recent Texas AgriLife Extension Service Cattleman’s Spring Clinic cautioned ranchers to consider production costs and the need for grass recovery from drought before increasing their herd stocking rates.

The clinic, organized by the Extension offices in Lampasas, Burnet and Llano counties – and sponsored by Lampasas County Farm Bureau – featured speakers with expertise in livestock, agricultural economics, veterinary medicine and rangeland health.

Extension range specialist Dr. Barron Rector urged producers to allow their land to rest, as he said pastures need to recover from drought.

The emergence of green plants – mostly weeds and other annuals – does not mean the land has recovered from a rainfall deficit, Rector said. The perennial grasses important for cattle ranching, he said, return slowly from long-term drought and must compete with annuals for nutrients, light, moisture and growing space. As a result, the specialist said ranchers should protect the long-term health of their land by not overstocking at the first sign of drought recovery.

“From a range perspective, if we have destocked 50 percent we are now properly stocked,” he said.

The amount of grazing in one year strongly affects the health of pastures the next year, Rector said.

“How I managed my land last fall determined how my land is going to look this spring,” he said.

Mid-grass prairie lands, like Lampasas County ranches, need 750-1,000 pounds of vegetation per acre to ensure rangeland health, Rector said. To ensure sufficient grass production the next growing season, ranchers should let cattle graze only half the grass that grows each year.

Also, by leaving at least a three-inch-high layer of grass ungrazed in the fall and winter, landowners

can minimize weed problems the next spring, the range specialist said. Weeds result naturally – and abundantly – Rector said, when cattle

overgraze a piece of land and expose bare ground.

Although weed control should precede fertilization of grass, Rector

also said land managers should not kill weeds if such action would leave only bare ground.

“Weeds are better than nothing,” he

said.The best way, in the long term,

to prevent overgrowth of brush and prickly pear, Rector said, is to

develop good grass.“Any time I get into management, I

want a 30-year perspective – not one day, one year,” he said.

Healthy grasslands, Rector said, help keep livestock from poisoning themselves -- as he said cattle sometimes do when they lack enough grass and eat weeds out of hunger.

Good growth of perennial vegetation also helps pastures trap rainfall, limiting erosion and runoff, the rangeland specialist said. On average, Rector said, only 1 percent of precipitation in the state reaches aquifers. Almost half is lost to evaporation, while plants convert more than 40 percent of rainfall to water vapor via transpiration. Another 9 percent of the moisture the state receives runs off the land before the soil can capture it.

In addition to grass availability, the costs of a cattle operation also limit how quickly ranchers should expand their herds, Extension economist Dr. Bill Thompson said at the recent clinic.

Cattle prices are high and likely will stay elevated for the next few years, Thompson said. Nevertheless, based on the average weaning percentage for the area, a cow purchased for about $1,500 will net only $0.13 in profits over seven years, he said, if a producer factors into a budget the cost of depreciation, insurance, taxes, labor, supplemental feed and the opportunity cost of not leasing land the producer owns.

The economist estimated a total annual cost of $602.50 per cow.

“That is why I don’t see the expansion taking off on the cow side of things,” Thompson said.

In Texas, record cattle auction prices do not equate to record profits for producers, Extension livestock specialist Dr. Rich Machen said.

“Take every opportunity you can to tell your friends, neighbors, people at the coffee shop – whoever – that ranchers are not getting rich,” he said.

Feed prices, Machen said, continue to strain ranch budgets and limit expansion of cattle herds. Although

“Bird Totem” is a popular sculpture with children.

By LISA CARNLEYStaff Writer

Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden not only has become a top local tourist stop, it also is developing into a popular place to hold outdoor community events and activities.

Lampasas Association for the Arts members are pleased to see the idea of the park as a gathering place taking root.

And as in the past, the sculpture garden at Campbell Park will be the place to be for the annual Art in the Park April 28.

Twelve pieces of sculpture are in the permanent collection, and soon two more will be added.

This year’s April Art in the Park will include Central Texas artists showcasing their works at the garden from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The free-admission event will include booths for food and wine vendors, arts and crafts sales, a children’s art section where kids can make crafts, and a LAFTA tent where donations will be accepted.

Live music and demonstrations on carving also will be a part of the day-

long event.Free guided tours will be offered

hourly for visitors to learn more about individual sculptures on display.

“We are looking for this to be more of a festival atmosphere,” said Nancy Gray, founder of LAFTA and current board member. “Down the road, we would like to turn this into a two-day festival with a large number of vendors and artists.”

To promote sales, Ms. Gray said vendors are asked to limit most of their booth items to $25 and under.

Community members are invited to the park from 8-10 a.m. on festival day to watch as Larry Hullum places a new sculpture in the park.

Hullum’s “Lampasas Lily” already is a part of the sculpture park’s permanent collection.

At least four new sculptures will be installed in the park to replace several that will be removed, said Ms. Gray.

“We hope visitors will take advantage of Art in the Park to visit with sculptors who are happy to discuss their works,” she said.

Donations will be accepted toward

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PHOTO BY DAVID LOWERichard Hill, left, Sharon Carrigan and Jr. Henderson pose with Henderson's customized 1952 Ford, which he will display at the fifth annual Classics at the Classic show, set Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lampasas Building Components.

Belt-tightening on Wall StreetCarnley's Corner

LisaCarnley

Classics at the Classicschedules car show

The Lampasas County Higher Education Center is offering a Christian faith-based course, “Releasing Worry and Finding Worth as a Woman” Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m. March 20 to April 24. Tuition is $30. For more information, phone 556-8226. Register and pay online at www.LCHEC.com

Self-esteemcourse set

Johnson-Floerke

Couple planJune wedding

Dr. Lee and Susan Johnson of Lubbock announce the engagement of their daughter, Brooke Elizabeth of Lubbock, to August James Floer-ke of Lampasas, son of Benton and Linda Floerke of Lampasas.

The couple plan a June 9 wed-ding ceremony in Lubbock.

Miss Johnson graduated from Texas Tech University. She is em-ployed by Innovative Fitness of College Station.

The prospective bridegroom graduated from Lampasas High School and Texas Tech University, He is a candidate for May gradu-ation from Texas A&M University with a master's degree in agribusi-ness.

In this day and age, belt-tightening is the rule rather than the exception – unless you are a Wall Street banker, of course.

Those poor sou l s s t and to lose thousands of dollars in bonuses because of the financial turmoil everyone on the planet is experiencing.

Wall Street reports bonuses for its financial employees have dropped about 14 percent. While some employees are facing the cuts head-on, others are belly-aching about the difficulties of maintaining the lifestyle they expect.

Boo hoo. Do you think I am shedding any tears for them? No. Not one.

While many Americans are finding it difficult to pay for “luxuries” such as rent, food, gas and electric bills, these Wall Street types are upset because they are having to drive less-expensive vehicles, shorten their vacations and cut fees for all types of extravagant items that include glamorous lifestyles for their pets.

One Wall Street banker was spending thousands of dollars each year on a dog-walker and pet-sitter.

I think their problem is they are just poor planners. Because you make a half-million dollars a year is no reason you should spend a half-million dollars (or more) a year.

While most Americans struggle to put money into a savings account or find themselves withdrawing more often than they would like, these people who have reaped huge salaries and, yes, bonuses over the years should have been planning for their future.

Who is crazy enough to believe their good fortune will last forever? No one with any sense.

Yet, that’s just what the Wall Street moguls did. They bought and paid for huge homes, expensive cars, luxury vacations and high-priced club memberships. And they did that while on a caviar budget.

Now that they may be faced with eating more tuna fish (welcome to our world), they are crying foul.

Again, it comes down to planning, or lack thereof, in their cases.

One Wall Street broker complained that cuts to his bonus means his salary won’t cover private school tuition, a summer rental upgrade and improvements to his home.

Cry me a river.If (or when) the average American

takes a salary hit, the last thing he would be thinking about is how to afford a summer vacation.

It is hard enough keeping kids in clothes and shoes, and making sure the refrigerator is full. But what would a Wall Street banker know about that?

I have a hard time garnering any sympathy for those who may have to drive a Mustang instead of a Porsche, or to eat a meal at a fast-food restaurant as opposed to a bistro.

Sorry.If you had planned better for when

times get leaner, you wouldn’t find yourself in that predicament.

I would rather reserve my tears for someone facing foreclosure of the family home or farm, or those who stand to have their utilities cut off because they haven’t been able to pay the monthly bill.

What about your friends or neighbors who eat macaroni and cheese for a week because that’s all they can afford? Or those who tape the frames of their child’s glasses to make them last a few weeks longer (sorry, Zach!). Been there, done that.

And not once did I ever complain about having to put my children in a public school, or that I had to drive a Neon instead of a Corvette.

I didn’t kick up a fuss when I patched my boys’ jeans instead of buying a new pair, or took the family to McDonald’s for lunch instead of the steakhouse.

It’s all in one’s perspective. You make do with what you have.

Apparently, that’s a lesson these Wall Street types never learned.

Lisa Carnley is managing editor of the Lampasas Dispatch Record.

Registration dates for the annual Lampasas Independent School District Kindergarten Roundup have been released.

Children who will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2012, may register.

Parents or legal guardians (with photo identification) and their child are requested to attend. Please bring immunization (shot) record, birth certificate, Social

Security card and proof of residence (water bill, electric bill or voter's registration).

Registration dates follow.• April 10 -- Kline Whitis Elemantary School.• April 11 -- Taylor Creek Elemantary School.•April 12 -- Hanna Springs Elementary School.

Annual Kindergarten Roundup slated

Wanda Lang & Friends is organizing a trip to Ireland Oct. 9-18. The 10-day event includes 13 meals: five dinners and eight breakfasts.

A travel show for anyone interested in the trip is March 22 at 1:30 p.m. at Keystone Square Museum.

Highlights of the trip include visiting Dublin, Kilkenny Blarney Castle, Killarney, Limerick, Cliffs of Mohr and Galway.

In addition there will be a stay at a castle, a farm visit, an Irish evening,

a jaunting car ride and more.Cost if booked by April 9 is $2,999

for a double, $3,399 for a single, and $2,699 for a triple. Rates are per person.

Booking after April 9 will be $150 per person higher.

The cost includes round-trip air fare from Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, air taxes and fees/surcharges and hotel transfers.

For more information, contact Mrs, Lang at 556-6469.

Sharon Carrigan has been addicted to muscle cars since childhood, when her father, Richard Hill, strapped her into the back seat of his 1966 Dodge Dart and took her racing.

A high-speed adventure in Louisiana and many subsequent races on Old Georgetown Road gave Mrs. Carrigan thrills she believes are difficult to match.

“If you just listen to the start of one and how it feels ... it’s a high like nothing else,” she said of a car roaring its engine.

Now, the classic vehicle hobbyist is working to share her love of cars with others.

Classics at the Classic, which Mrs. Carrigan organized, will hold its fifth annual car show Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lampasas Building Components, 1303 McLean St. There is no admission charge for the pre-1980 vehicle show, which is open to the public. Food sales and a silent auction will be held, however, to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Lampasas.

More than 35 People’s Choice plaques, along with other awards, will be given for 17 vehicle categories.

In addition, those gathered will honor several local classic car enthusiasts who have passed away recently,

Mrs. Carrigan said. The event organizer said she appreciates area businesses’

donations, and she said the efforts of car fans have made the annual show possible.

“If it wasn’t for the classic enthusiasts, this wouldn’t be happening,” she said.

In case of inclement weather, the show will be moved to March 24.

Mrs. Carrigan hopes to see 200 or more vehicles in the upcoming event, which she believes will help spread interest in vintage and high-performance cars.

Classics at the Classic participants range from the 73-year-old Hill and his former classmate and racing buddy Junior Henderson to middle-age and teenage hobbyists. Classic vehicles have a storied past that Mrs. Carrigan believes appeals to many people.

“There’s just so much history behind it,” she said. “My dad had fun [working on cars], Junior had fun doing it, and I had fun doing it.”

And she hopes many others will share in the experience, starting with Saturday’s show.

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Court Appointed Special Advocates for the Highland Lakes Area is forming its second training class this year.

CASA is a non-profit organization that speaks up for the interests of abused and neglected children in Blanco, Burnet, Lampasas, Llano and San Saba counties.

Volunteer training begins April 10. Application forms must be received at the CASA Office no later than March 23. Following background checks and acceptance into the training program, volunteers must complete an initial training session of 30 classroom hours and three courtroom hours.

Classes meet Tuesdays and Thursdays for five weeks at the CASA Office in Kingsland. Distance learning for a portion of the classroom hours is an option.

Volunteers must be at least 21 years old.

According to statistics from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, every eight minutes a child in Texas is confirmed a victim of abuse and neglect. Every 38 hours a child in Texas dies from abuse and neglect.

"Children in our community deserve to grow up in a safe, permanent home where their basic needs -- food, clothing, shelter, love and education -- are met," said a CASA spokesman. "You can help children who have suffered abuse or neglect by becoming

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a CASA volunteer."Since its inception 20 years ago,

CASA for the Highland Lakes Area has served over 1,600 abused and neglected children. In 2011, 97 volunteers served over 245 abused and neglected children.

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Miss Cora of the Courthouse

The Lampasas County Histori-cal Commission is gathering in-formation to publish a second vol-ume of "Lampasas County Texas, Its History and Its People."

This column, featuring Miss Cora of the Courthouse, is one in a series that features questions and answers to help you write your family's story in a contin-ued effort to preserve Lampasas County history.

I am changing the format of this week's column because I have great news. In the last column I mentioned the writing clinic that was to be held at the courthouse. Well, was it ever a success.

Fifteen prospective writers attended, and eight historical commission members were on hand to assist with the story-writing process.

After introductory remarks were made, the group broke into one-on-one sessions where more individualized help could be given.

People were there to write very different stories. Some were writing continuations of stories in the first volume, while others were writing new histories about their families,

Lampasas Multi-Service Center 901 S. Live Oak - Lampasas • 556-3858 • 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Lunch is served Monday through Friday, 11:30 a.m. Lunch reserva-tions may be made by calling 24 hours in advance, 556-3858. HOP trans-portation available Monday through Friday. Reservations may be made by phoning (800) 791-9601 24 hours in advance.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012Menu: Meatloaf, potato wedges, Italian green beans, whole wheat

bread, fresh fruit cup and milk. Thursday, March 15, 2012

Menu: BBQ chicken breast, great northern beans, squash & onions, whole wheat bread, orange wedges and milk.

Friday, March 16, 2012Menu: Crumb-top baked fish, carrots, tangy coleslaw, whole wheat

bread, peach crisp and milk. Monday, March 19, 2012

Menu: Beef pepper steak, rice pilaf, green peas, stewed apples, gra-ham crackers and milk.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012Menu: Grilled chicken Dijon, O'Brien potatoes, seasoned spinach, white

roll, raspberry peaches and milk.Center Activities

That's the Way it Was Back Then by Hansford Smith....Daily, 11:15 a.m.Bluegrass music............................................1st Wednesday, 9:30-11 a.m.Foot therapy.................................................................1st Monday, 9 a.m.Blood pressure check..................................................2nd Monday, 9 a.m.Treadway Hearing aid service........................9:30 a.m., 2nd WednesdaysCentral Texas Housing.......................10 a.m. to 3 p.m.. 2nd WednesdaysBirthday/anniversary cake/ice cream .............3rd Wednesday after lunchPizza Day.............................................................................1st ThursdaysQuilting.............................................................. Mondays and ThursdaysBingo................................................................................Fridays, 10 a.m.Card games and dominoes............................................................Anytime

Jump Rope for HeartHanna Springs Elementary School students raised $3,191.77 during the annual American Heart As-sociation Jump Rope for Heart event. Students at each grade level who raised the most money were recognized. There was a top-earning boy and girl recognized at each grade level. Pictured are winners, front row from left, Dallas Terry, Kyla Rhoads, Kaitlyn Neely, John Mazak, Reagan McDonald and Christopher Nall; back row from left, Kasi Andrews, Abby Martin, Denise Fralin, Harrison Hays, Asiel Gary and Jake Linder, the school's top fundraiser who collected $400.

PHOTO BY LYLE KAYELHS Flames members scored a variety of awards at a recent contest. They include, front row from left, Mikayla Swanson, Amber Castle, Macie Moses and Ashley Seale; middle row from left, Becca Keen, Tatyana Carnes, Kirsten Bishop, Elizabeth Schlipp, Carissa Bywater and Mariah Bishop; back row from left, Tatayanna Weidman, Caitlyn Smith, Toni Vallez, Arianna Hurley, Rayanna Vasquez, Jaylynn King, Joanna Fuentes, Shannon Spence, Caitlin McDaniel and Kristen Moore.

Flames perform well at home competitionThe Lampasas High School Flames dance

team collected several awards at the Danceline Productions Competition at LHS last month. This is the second year the Flames hosted the competition which featured 180 dancers competing in teams from 13 schools across the state and private studios.

Receiving Division I solo awards were Carissa Bywater, Amber Castle, Becca Keen, Macie Moses and Elizabeth Schlipp.

Additionally, Macie Moses received the Outstanding Performer Award.

The Officer Pom, performed by officers Macie Moses, Amber Castle, Maci McGee, Mikayla

Swanson and Ashley Seale, received the Outstanding Choreography Award.

Social officers, consisting of Kirsten Bishop, Tatyanna Carnes, Mariah Bishop, Becca Keen, Elizabeth Schlipp and Carissa Bywater, received an Oustanding Small Ensemble Award.

Other team awards presented to the Flames include the Judges Award and a Choreography Award for Team Modern Dance.

Also, officers were presented with a Sweepstakes Award for scoring a 90 or above on three or more dances.

The team also earned the Super Sweepstakes

Award signifying that they received 95 or above on four or more dances.

Kelly Payne, LHS Flames director, said the girls have worked hard on their performances for months. "I am very proud of our showing at this competition. We were competing against some much larger teams, and we were able to be competitive at all levels."

The Flames dance group will compete March 23-25 at the National American Dance and Drill Team competition that will showcase hundreds of teams across the nation, as well as several international teams.

The Area Agency on Aging of Central Texas is offering several classes for residents.

Schmieding Caregiver: Physical Skills class is today through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost is $35 for two persons.

The workshop contains information on infection control, skin care, incontinence management, nutrition, body mechanics, mobility, caregiver stress, safety, and activities of daily living.

A second course, Caring for the Person with Dementia, is March 27-29 from 1-5 p.m. each day. Cost is $35 for two persons.

The workshop contains information needed on the care of persons with dementia and Alzheimer's to help them maintain respect, dignity and quality of life.

The class is recommended for anyone caring for someone with dementia.

A certificate will be presented at the end of each course.

Classes will be held at the Central Texas Council of Governments office, 2180 N. Main in Belton.

To register or for more information, call (254) 770-2330 or (800) 447-7169.

The Lampasas County Higher Education Center will hold a Spanish 2 class Mondays and Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 pm March 26 to May 31, taught by Francisca P. Villegas.

Tuition is $60, and materials will be provided.

The course is designed for those who have some knowledge of Spanish and is on the intermediate level. The focus will be on speaking the language.

For more information, contact Crystal Marez at 556-8226, or crystal.marez@LCHEC.com.

Register and pay online at www.LCHEC.com.

Shelter pet adoption

S'mores

S'Mores is a 2-year-old female domestic shorthair-mix who needs a home. She is brown and white.

Find S'Mores and other pets that need homes at www.petango.com/lampasasanimalshelter.com.

Donations, memorials and honorariums can be made to Friends of Lampasas Animal Shelter and sent to P.O. Box 41, Lampasas,TX 76550. Phone 556-3118 for information.

Also, brick pavers are available to support the shelter. They can be engraved with up to three lines of type with 14 characters per line. Stones can be used to honor or remember a family member or a family pet. Cost is $50 each.

Phone Mrs Davis or Carol Wright at 556-5559 to place an order.

Lampasas Animal Shelter 301 College St. 556-8586

HEAD STARTTAKING APPLICATIONS (No Transportation Provided)

Lampasas Head Start is now accepting applications for the 2012-2013 school year. Head Start is a preschool offering excellent educational opportunities along with medical, dental, developmental and nutritional benefits at no cost. The Head

Start approach of individualized care and guidance is well-suited to helping children with disabilities. Children between the ages of 3 and 5 may be eligible.

There is no charge for participation in Head Start. Pick up your application now at the Head Start Center at 500 E. 8th Street. For more information, call your local center at 512/556-2555 or Hill Country

Community Action Association at 325/372-5167.

HEAD STARTESTA ACEPTANDO APLICACIONES

(Ningun Transporte Disponible)Lampasas Head Start esta aceptando aplicaciones para el ano 2012-2013.

Head Start es una escuelita para ninos de edad 3-5 anos que califican. Head Start ofrece oportunidades excelentes para education y tambien beneficos de medico,

dental, desarrolo y de alimento. Head Start ofrece mucha ayuda para ninos y familias. No cuesta nada para que su nino atiende el programa de Head Start. Puede usted recojer ahora una aplicacion para solicitar un puesto en Head StartPara mas informacion llame a la Head Start, 500 E. 8th Street, # del telefono:

512/556-2555 or Hill Country Community Action Association at 325/372-5167.

Classes offeredby state agencyat Belton office

Spanish 2 classin the works

The combined Precinct Convention for the Libertarian Party of Lampasas County will be today at 7 p.m. at The County Seat restaurant, 402 S. Live Oak in downtown Lampasas.

The Lampasas County Convention is scheduled Saturday at 7 p.m., also at The County Seat.

Precinct conventions are required by the Texas Election Code. This is when

Libertarian Party to hold local meeting, convention

ExtraCo Bank is hosting a blood drive Friday from noon to 4 p.m. at 302 N. Key Ave. in the parking lot on the Carter BloodCare bus.

One in seven patients admitted to the hospital needs a blood transfusion, which makes possible surgical procedures, cancer treatments and transplant operations for patients in the community.

Cancer patients use more blood products, including platelets, than any other patient group in the Carter BloodCare sevice area, said a representative.

Platelets have a shelf life of just five days, making the need for volunteer donors constant.

Every two minutes someone in the Carter BloodCare service area requires blood, said the representative.

"Giving blood is a powerful way to get involved in your community because it is always life-prolonging, life-saving or life-enhancing."

For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Jeff Buchanan at 556-5945.

Donors must be in general good health and weigh at least 110 pounds.

Blood driveslated Friday

their churches and even some businesses that have had historical significance. The L a m p a s a s D r u g Company, the cafe on Main Street in

delegates are chosen for the county convention.

To vote on officers and the nomination of candidates during the county convention, one must attend the precinct convention.

To run for office as a Libertarian candidate, contact Amanda Kim Case, Lampasas County Libertarian Party chair, at (512) 752-5323.

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Lometa, and the Lometa Picture Show were of particular interest.

The next writing clinic is March 27 at 6:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Kempner.

If you are interested in attending a future clinic to start your story or have someone check it over, another work session will be held in late April in the courthouse, Watch this column for future dates.

It was encouraging to commission members to know that so many people are interested in preserving their family, church and community histories.

I'll be answering more questions in next week's paper. I'm so excited!

Miss Cora

I'm glad to be back serving my county. If you have a question about writing your family history, mail it to Cora's Comments, P.O. Box 528, Lampasas, TX 76550.

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The Word Christian Store

611 N. Broad • Lampasas556-3588 • Fax: 556-2507

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Friendly Style Banking206 S. Key Ave. • P.O. Box 1630

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Country Kitchen"lip smacking grub"

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PrintinLampasas Dispatch RecoRD

ASSEMBLY OF GOD

CHRIST THE ROCK CHURCH2514 Hwy. 190 E.Lampasas, 556-5185

BAPTIST

ADAMSVILLE BAPTIST17084 N. U.S. Hwy. 281Adamsville, 768-3480

BAUTISTA PRIMERA907 Georgetown Rd.Lampasas, 556-8194

BEND HIGH VALLEY BAPTISTBend

CALVARY BAPTISTU.S. Hwy. 190 BypassLampasas, 556-8832

CLEAR CREEK BAPTIST3350 FM 2657Kempner, 254-547-2006

FIRST BAPTIST402 S. Key Ave.Lampasas, 556-3673

KEMPNER FIRST BAPTIST11915 E. Hwy. 190Kempner, 932-3195

KEMPNER OAK HILLS BAPTIST134 County Rd. 4931Kempner, 254-547-4623

LAMPASAS BAPTISTHwy. 190 at Lampasas OaksLampasas, 556-2523

LOMETA FIRST BAPTIST207 W. MainLometa, 752-3523

LOMETA FIRST BAPTIST SPANISH204 S. Fourth St.Lometa, 752-3402

NARUNA BAPTISTFM 1478 (8 miles west)Naruna

NEW HOPE BAPTIST600 College St.Lampasas

NEW HOPE PRIMITIVE BAPTISTHwy. 183 South (1 1/2 miles south)Lampasas, 556-5541

NORTHSIDE BAPTIST809 Casbeer St.Lampasas, 556-3107

SCHOOL CREEK BAPTISTCR 3420, off FM 2527Lampasas, 556-6342

CATHOLIC

LOMETA GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC500 S. Main Lometa, 556-5544

ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC701 N. Key Ave.Lampasas, 556-5544

CHRISTIAN(DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)

CENTRAL CHRISTIANWest First at Broad StreetLampasas, 556-2028

CHURCH OF CHRIST

BROAD STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST506 N. Broad St.Lampasas, 556-5851

CHURCH OF CHRISTLake Victor, 556-2099

FIRST STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST201 W. First St.Lampasas, 556-3716

KEMPNER CHURCH OF CHRIST309 CR 3300Kempner

LOMETA CHURCH OF CHRIST304 W. Main (FM 581 W.)Lometa, 752-3591

SOUTHSIDE CHURCH OF CHRISTHwy. 183 S., Lometa

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST

HICKS CHAPEL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST1102 S. ChestnutLampasas, 556-2936

EPISCOPAL

ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL501 S. Chestnut St.Lampasas, 556-5433

FULL GOSPEL (Inter-denominational)

HANDS OF THE PROMISE FULL GOSPEL209 S. Key AvenueLampasas, 734-2785

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES KINGDOM HALLHwy. 190Lampasas, 556-5611

JEWISH

FT. HOOD JEWISH SERVICESHeadquarters Ave. at Clarke Rd.West Ft. Hood, 254-288-9442

CONGREGATIONSIMCHA SINAI, REFORM CONGREGATION102 Cattail CRHarker Heights, 254-231-4930

LUTHERAN

FAITH LUTHERANCR 4004 & 4006Lampasas, 556-3514

METHODIST

BEND UNITED METHODISTFM 580 W.Bend, 752-3661

CHAPEL HILL UNITED METHODISTHwy. 183 S. & FM 963Lampasas, 556-6046

FIRST UNITED METHODISTHwy. 190 E. at Alexander Dr.Lampasas, 556-5513

KEMPNER UNITED METHODISTHwy. 190 E.Kempner, 932-3011LOMETA UNITED METHODIST100 S. Second St.Lometa, 752-3661

PIDCOKE UNITED METHODISTFM 116Pidcoke, www.pidcoke.org

PENTECOSTAL

APOSTOLIC TRUTH TABERNACLE1801 S. Key Ave.Lampasas, 512-818-6486

PRESBYTERIAN

ADAMSVILLE PRESBYTERIANFM 581 E. Adamsville, 556-6702

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN401 S. Chestnut St.Lampasas, 556-3715

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

BEREAN CHRISTADELPHIANEast Avenue ILampasas

CHURCH OF THE HILLS14149 Hwy. 183Lometa, 752-3316

COMMUNITY CHURCH219 E. Third St.Lampasas, 556-2595

FAMILY OF FAITH WORSHIP CENTER208 W. MainLometa, 752-3244

FOR WHOSOEVER WILL90716 U.S. Hwy. 190Kempner, 932-2716

FREEDOM FELLOWSHIP504 S. PecanLampasas, 556-0719

GRACE FELLOWSHIP2974 U.S. Hwy. 281 S.Lampasas, 556-4044

AVENUE B CHURCH OF CHRIST407 West Avenue BLampasas, 512-626-5702

MIDWAY CHURCH OF CHRIST1955 CR 3640 (Hwy. 580E to CR 3640)Lampasas

NEW COVENANT 1604 Hwy. 190 E.Lampasas, 556-6131

NEW JERUSALEM MINISTRIES OF FAITH 512-445-7445

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 Lampasas Dispatch Record www.lampasasdispatchrecord.com Page 5

Letters

WilliamMurchison

Obama knows what we need (or thinks he does)

Big lies on big oil

What is going on with our city government?

Fun time at Kempner

From the Bible“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and

whose trust is the Lord. For he will be like a tree planted by the water,

that extends its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought

nor cease to yield fruit.”Jeremiah 17:7-8

DavidLimbaugh

After Barack Obama regains the presidency – a prospect that seems likelier, the more the Republican candidates slice and dice one another – we can look forward to four more years of statements such as: “You can either stand up for the oil companies, or you can stand up for the American people.”

I invite attention to a statement that is remarkable for so neatly packaging together condescension, arrogance and economic brainlessness – the president’s preferred operating mode (see: Obamacare and Solyndra) – and no great compliment to his fellow Democrats, either.

Obama was speaking at Nashua Community College in New Hampshire. He must have thought he had a bunch of live ones in front of him – the kind likely to give him 11 dimes in change for a one-dollar bill. The New York Times’ account made no mention of any rapturous cheers that accompanied the president’s tirade against practically the only manufacturing component of the U.S. economy that still pulls its weight.

The automobile industry he brags on himself for “saving” runs on the gasoline we wouldn’t have at all save for the persistence and ingenuity of the same petroleum industry that, in his own mind, stands against “the American people.”

Well, wait. He’s got an answer for that one. It’s that Americans need to embrace such industrial wonders as the battery-powered car: GM’s (Don’t forget how he rescued the company) Chevrolet Volt. In fact, Obama promised to buy a Volt when he leaves the White House. The trouble is not many other people want to buy Volts. In February, GM sold 1,023 Volts, one reason, we might assume, is the price: $41,500, before a $7,500 government energy-efficiency rebate.

With this gaudy success story still on their lips, GM officials announced they were idling production of the Volt, giving 1,300 Michigan car workers an uncomfortable month-long vacation.

The Wall Street Journal quoted an auto research firm executive to the effect that “The price premium of the Volt just doesn’t make economic sense for the average consumer when there are so many fuel-efficient gasoline-powered cars available, typically for thousands of dollars less.”

The peasants! How dare they refuse the car their president promises to buy? Don’t they – can’t they – understand the evils of products brought to them through, more than

indirectly, the perversity of the oil companies? The voters Obama seeks to ensnare are in plentiful degree a bunch of ingrates. Why can’t they thank instead of resist him?

Possibly, because in a generally free marketplace – the kind for which our president appears not really to care – people don’t want to be lectured by their leaders as to the virtuousness of particular consumer choices. They tend to like making their own choices.

A socialist Obama doubtless is not in the developed sense of believing government should own – outright – the means of production and distribution. On the other hand, as we know very well from observation, he has a highly developed sense of what voters ought to want. That is, if they had a lick of sense and listened to their grand and glorious leader.

Leaders who, as they see it, the public bloody well ought to listen to, have never been as common in America as in other parts of the world. Wherever they live, theirs is a nosy, often suffocating, vision of duty. Their duty is to command, ours to follow. Take it from Obama; he knows, better than we do ourselves, what’s best for us. He knows, moreover, what we should do – namely, vote for him. Put more and more power in his benevolent hands, enabling him to bestow upon us the favors – e.g., compulsory federal health care – he knows we desire and require.

He knows that we depend on it. He knows something else as well: That he may be about to have another go at it, for four long years, not just because the Republicans are dolts, which many are, but because we admire him and love him. When hearing that great, melodious voice, we can’t help but swoon. Well, aren’t you swooning now?!

William Murchison, author and commentator, writes from Dallas and is a columnist with Creators Syndicate.

How much truth is there in President Obama’s latest favorite mantra that we consume a disproportionate share of the world’s oil, especially considering how little of the world’s reserves we have?

Recently, Obama said: “But here’s the thing about oil. We have about 2, maybe 3, percent of the world’s proven oil reserves. We use 25 percent of the world’s oil. So think about it. Even if we doubled the amount of oil that we produce, we’d still be short by a factor of five.”

First, let’s look at the raw numbers and then examine Obama’s misleading framing of the issue. This is important because he uses these statistics to justify his reckless expenditure of federal funds to pursue alternative “green” energy sources, such as the disgraceful and scandalous Solyndra project.

The United States has some 20 billion barrels of oil in reserves. By “reserves” we’re talking “proven” reserves, meaning those that are certain to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions. That is, we have 20 billion barrels of oil that is recoverable at current prices and under lands currently available for development.

That definition excludes many oil reserves that Obama has declared off-limits. According to the Institute for Energy Research, we have more than 1.4 trillion barrels of oil that is technically recoverable in the United States with existing technology.

The largest deposits are located offshore, in portions of Alaska and in shale deposits in the Rocky Mountain states. So the United States has more recoverable oil than the rest of the non-North American world combined. The Heritage Foundation says this is enough to fuel every passenger car in the nation for 430 years. Therefore, “it is merely semantics – not a scientific assessment of what America has the capacity to produce – that allows critics to claim repeatedly that America is running out of energy.”

When you add in recoverable resources from Canada and Mexico, the total recoverable oil in North America exceeds 1.7 trillion barrels. “To put this in context, Saudi Arabia has about 260 billion barrels of oil in proved reserves.”

Another critical point: Even using the restrictive definition of reserves Obama is using, the 20-billion barrel figure is misleading, because Obama is clearly implying it is a fixed, or static, number – as though with every barrel of oil we consume, we are pushing the oil energy doomsday clock another second toward the apocalypse. But in fact, that number is not static, but constantly in flux.

The institute tells us that in 1980, for example, the United States had 30 billion barrels of oil in reserves. But over the next 30 years – through 2010 – we produced 77 billion barrels. Now, how can it be that we produced almost 2 1/2 times more oil than we had available, consumed a great deal and still ended up with plenty left over?

Obama’s own Energy Information Administration is predicting a steady increase in reserves on land currently available for exploration. Heritage’s David Kreutzer says, “It projects that improvements in technology and the economics of extraction, production, and sales actually will lead to a 23.7 percent increase in U.S. Reserves – even after extracting billions of barrels of oil in the interim.”

There’s more. Obama’s formulation conflates two different measures. True, we might have only between 2 and 3 percent of the world’s recoverable reserves – as narrowly and misleadingly defined – but we don’t consume 25 percent of the world’s oil reserves, which is what Obama wants you to believe.

We consume closer to 22 percent – but it’s not of reserves; it’s of the world’s oil production. But, as Heritage notes, “we consume about 22 percent of the world’s production of everything,” not just oil. Consumption is determined by income, not by available resources – and for those who are always knocking the United States, we also produce about 22 percent of the world’s total output of all goods and services.

Admittedly, we don’t produce 22 percent of the world’s total oil output; it’s more like 6 to 10 percent. But experts say this number will increase even if we don’t access the other abundant sources that Obama has declared off-limits.

For overblown and in some cases completely fabricated environmental concerns, Obama is preventing us from greatly expanding the pie of our oil reserves, from offshore drilling to Alaska to Keystone to fracking, and at the same time throwing government money down the ratholes of projects that aren’t sound and economically prudent enough to warrant substantial private investment dollars.

He’s told us he wants to bankrupt the coal industry, get us out of gas-driven cars and into electrical clunkers and onto bike paths, and increase the price of gas.

Why don’t we believe him?

David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His column is distributed by Creators Syndicate.

Last year the newly elected city councilmen and mayor took it upon themselves to fire the city manager. Their reason: “He doing a good job.” If that isn’t it, they didn’t tell us differently.

The City of Lampasas now has an interim city manager. Nothing controversial there, except if he does nothing what do we need him for? Do we have a City Council that wants to take the place of the city manager? The fired man was willing to do the job as directed by the City Council, but personalities took hold and ruined the day.

I read the newspaper, I go to meetings, I try to keep up with the needs of Lampasas. All of a sudden, we need a new fire station, and the City Council led the charge. They did nothing to convince the public that this was the next thing Lampasas needed at the top of the shopping list.

Their planning failed to have the funding to pay for the project, so they went to the county and caused them to break a promise to their voters and join in that funding in what is now a joint city-county building. I hope this union works out. That might be a good thing, but how we got there is not.

I did not say we do not need a new fire department. I am saying the powers-that-be did not invite us, the public, to be involved in the early stages of their planning.

A landlord outside of the city limits wanted to rent a property within the city limits to a tattoo parlor. The neighbors of the potential business came out in force and objected. Based on the overwhelming neighborhood response, the Planning and Zoning Board recommended to the City Council that the permit should be denied.

There was a lot of noise made all over town about this matter. The City Council gets the final say in the matter. And if you were there, the City Council and mayor wanted to overturn the Planning and Zoning Board’s recommendation and grant the tattoo parlor a permit to operate in a predominately family neighborhood. But there were not enough votes to overturn the P&Z recommendation.

A non-resident citizen of Lampasas said we should do away with the P&Z Board. When the city does away with the P&Z Board, will it be OK to have an “adult-themed” shop locate right next door to a kindergarten? We might not

have anyone to take our objections to.Last week, the City Council held a workshop, and they

may have been surprised to see an audience. It wasn’t overflowing, but almost every seat was taken. The topic of discussion: how to change the boards that help guide the city through its planning operations.

The City Council has failed to reappoint board members when the time to do so has passed. Instead, they want to change the rules instead of following the code now in place. Some want to allow business- owning taxpayers who live outside the city limits to hold positions on boards. These same business owners cannot run for City Council, but they could serve on a board. OK, there are some very good people who live on the edge of town. But the council will have to define that better.

Just how far out of town can you live to be able to serve on a board? You could live outside the city limits, serve on a city board and oppose annexation. Does the council want to invite different people to serve on these boards or do they want to replace longtime board members with people who think like they do?

Did someone say no consecutive terms? They are talking about term limits (but no term limits for their own office). If that’s so, by the time you read the zoning ordinance all the way through and understand it, you could no longer serve on that board. We will quickly reach a point where people who want to help guide the city can no longer serve on one of its boards.

If the world was perfect, every citizen of town would serve on a board at some point in time. It just isn’t so.

Is this the right direction for Lampasas to take? I cannot help but wonder just who is guiding the City Council in the direction it has been taking. I go to meetings, and I get up and speak. At the last workshop, a public meeting where

ideas are exchanged, I felt like the mayor did not want to give me another turn to speak. I felt kinda like my saying anything was a delay to that point in time for adjournment. I was made to feel like my comments were not worth hearing.

And after re-reading the above, I don’t think I have said anything that concerned citizens of this town don’t already know.

Jeff JacksonEditor’s note: Jeff Jackson is a member of the Lampasas

Planning and Zoning Commission, and a former member of the city's Capital Improvements Program committee.

Folks in western Coryell County and eastern Lampasas County had a fun fest Saturday night [March 3] in Kempner, thanks to the Kempner Volunteer Fire Department. They presented their annual barbecue and fund-raising auction.

One would be hard-pressed to find a group of people more friendly, helpful and enjoyable. Some firefighters had their entire families helping with the auction.

A very diverse crowd of people were engaging themselves in competition: who could buy someone else’s discards for the lowest price. The auctioneers were customer-friendly and made me feel quite happy about keeping my bidding card waving in the air.

The day following the auction saw participants coming back to retrieve their treasures purchased the night before. Once again, the volunteer firefighters were there to load my items, even though they had probably worked for 30 hours in the past two days. Some of those items had been moved around five or six times. Each person expressed their appreciation for my participation. On each occasion my response was, “Thank you for your service to our community, and you do throw a good party. I’ll be back next year.”

I’m already developing a strategy for the next auction. I will eat more responsibly and will be deceptively discreet in my bidding.

Elnora RagsdaleCopperas Cove

'Atmospheric conditions' or the hand of God?

Texas recently experienced a drought worse than the driest 12 months on record – a development that prompted the Lampasas County Ministerial Alliance to call for a community-wide time of prayer for rain, last Nov. 9.

That day was a pivotal one for this area, because God hears public, corporate prayer when it is done with the right motive, we believe.

And we found recent comments of Chief Meteorologist Bob Rose of the Lower Colorado River Authority to be most interesting, in light of what has happened statewide and in our county since the local day of prayer.

When Rose spoke to a local service club in mid-February, about 25 percent of the state remained in “exceptional drought” – the most severe category. But Rose noted that the figure had fallen from 88 percent at the height of last year’s dry weather.

OK, but what has happened in Lampasas County since several local pastors and a small group of citizens appealed to God during that community prayer event to send rain to this parched portion of His creation?

As of last Nov. 9, a paltry 11.47 inches of rain had been recorded in 2011, according to data from Lampasas Municipal Airport through the National Weather Service.

Over the next two months, from Nov. 9 through last Dec. 31, 4.51 inches of precipitation were recorded – almost 40 percent of the cumulative rainfall total for 2011 before the day of prayer. By year’s end, the local rainfall total was 15.98 inches, exactly nine inches less than what fell in 2010.

But what of 2012, so far? A fair question.Through Sunday, 7.16 inches of precipitation had been

recorded here, compared with 3.16 inches at the same time in 2011.

Therefore, since the Nov. 9 community day of prayer on Lampasas’ Courthouse Square, 11.67 inches of rain had fallen – surpassing what was recorded through more than 10 months in 2011.

Thus far, we’ve mentioned only the one public prayer meeting. No doubt there were scores of churches throughout the county, small prayer groups and families praying for rain.

The cumulative effect of individual and group prayer simply cannot be overstated, we are convinced.

During the direst moments of last year’s record drought, there were predictions we would have a warmer and drier winter than normal. The projections were because of the La Nina weather pattern – characterized by cool water in the tropical Pacific Ocean.

True, it has been warmer, but it hasn’t been drier.“What’s interesting,” Rose said in Lampasas last

month, “is the atmospheric conditions are continuing to overwhelm La Nina.”

Hmm.Atmospheric conditions are overwhelming La Nina.

Sounds like a description of the heavens taking control of the weather. Or the hand of the Lord is responsible.

The psalmist had this to say: “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.”

To such an insight we can only add: “Thank You, Lord. May the credit, the honor and the praise go to You – and to You alone – for this turn of events.”

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Badgers take third at state

PHOTOS BY NICK FORRESTER

Lampasas junior Chris Monroe (center) is joined by teammates Chris McWaters (left) and Katie Shaw following Monroe’s singles victory over Wimberley to clinch Lampasas’ third-place finish at last weekend’s state tournament in Abilene.

Tennis team earns revenge against Wimberley in final matchBy NICK FORRESTERStaff Writer

Going into last weekend’s Texas Tennis Coaches Association Team Tennis Tournament in Abilene, none of the other teams knew who Lampasas was.

“Coaches kept asking me, ‘Who is Lampasas?’ because nobody knew,” Lampasas coach Kenneth Peiser said. “They knew we had beat Boerne and Fredericksburg, but they didn’t know anything else about us.

“We came in here as underdogs.”But after the Badgers placed third in

the state tournament, out of 16 teams that competed, those coaches got their answer.

When junior Chris Monroe won his singles match against Wimberley to clinch Lampasas’ 5-3 victory for third place, the entire Badger team rushed onto the court to celebrate.

In the match for third place, Lampasas held a 4-1 lead in a best-of-nine matchup format caused by the rain delay. But after Wimberley won two consecutive matches, it was evident the competition wasn’t over.

Monroe’s match went down to a tiebreaker, which the Badger player eventually won 7-4.

Had Monroe lost, though, the match would have gone down to the No. 2 girls’ doubles team of Mackenzie Benton/Cheyenne Morrow. Benton/Morrow led in their match 5-2, which would have been played to eight points, but Peiser said his team wanted to secure the victory as fast as possible.

“So much is going through my mind right now,” Monroe said after his final victory of the tournament. “I don’t even know what to think. I mean, third in state, that’s just great.”

In last week’s 3A regional final, Lampasas lost to Wimberley 10-6. But at the state tournament, the teams played with a shortened lineup due to the weather.

“Playing this rain delay format helped us out huge against them because of some of the match pairings,” Peiser said. “That definitely helped us out here. I wouldn’t say any of our kids are superstars, but we have depth, so that helped us out a ton.”

And that moment of celebration on the tennis court after the victory over

Wimberley was just the icing on the cake from a weekend full of fortunate events for Lampasas.

At the seeding meeting prior to the tournament, several coaches were unsure where to seed Lampasas since they had no

background knowledge of the Badgers, and Lampasas had never qualified for the state tournament before. After the first round of voting, Lampasas was tied with Vernon for the No. 5 seed.

To settle the tie, the coaches used a coin flip, which Lampasas won. That put the team on the same side of the bracket as No. 3 seed Lindale, rather than with the No. 2 seed Lovejoy.

The circumstances worked perfectly for Lampasas.

After the Badgers defeated Pecos 5-1 in the opening round of the tournament, Lampasas then defeated Lindale 5-3 to advance to the semi-finals and guarantee a top-four finish.

“The kids were a little intimidated at first seeing that No. 3 seed, but they hung in there and played their butts off,” Peiser said.

That victory over Lindale put Lampasas in the semi-finals with Lovejoy. A quick 5-0 loss for Lampasas then put the team in the match against Wimberley to play for third place.

“Teams were checking us out and a little worried about who we were,” Peiser said. “And they should be. I’ve told you before, but the kids will remember this for the rest of their lives. To come in here and take third at state is pretty special.

“Spring break is finally here, and team tennis is now officially over. We’re going to head home and enjoy this now.”

***For a photo gallery of the Team

Tennis state tournament, log onto lampasasdispatchrecord.com.Freshman Tara Pergande swings at the ball during the Class 3A team tennis state tournament

in Abilene.

Senior Alex Morua returns a serve in last weekend’s team tennis state tournament.

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Outdoors With

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Hunting is safer than most other recreational activities

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• Get rid of clutter. You prob-ably don’t have to look too far around your home to find things that are broken or simply no lon-ger useful to you. If you poke around your portfolio, you might make similar discoveries: an in-vestment that has chronically un-der performed, duplicates anoth-er investment or met your needs in the past but is less relevant to your current situation and goals. Once you identify these types of investments, you may decide to sell them and use the proceeds to take advantage of opportunities that may prove more valuable to you.

• Consolidate. Over the years, you may have accumulated mul-tiple versions of common house-hold items — brooms, mops, hammers — which pop up mys-teriously in various parts of your home. You might find it more ef-ficient, and even less expensive, if you consolidated all these things in one centralized location. As an investor, you also might find that consolidation can offer you some benefits. Do you have one Individual Retirement Account (IRA) with one financial services provider and a second IRA with another? Do you have a couple of old 401(k) accounts with former employers? And have you scat-tered investments here, there and everywhere? By consolidating all these accounts in one place, you can cut down on paperwork, re-duce fees and, most importantly,

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Some people say that hunting is not safe. Don’t you believe it! According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, hunting with firearms is one of the safest recreational activities in America.

The NSSF, the trade association for the firearms industry, has compiled data that shows hunting ranks third in safety when compared to 28 other recreational pursuits that range from baseball to wrestling.

Hunting with firearms has an injury rate of 0.05 percent, which translates to about one injury for each 2,000 participants – a safety level bettered only by camping (.01 percent) and billiards (.02 percent).

For comparison, golf has an injury rate of 0.16 percent (or one injury per 622 participants), while tackle football topped the list of activities, with an injury rate of 5.27 percent (one injury for each 19 participants).

“Many people have the misconception that hunting is unsafe, but the data tells a different story,” said Jim Curcuruto, NSSF’s director of industry research and analysis. “Comprehensive hunter education classes that emphasize the basic rules of safety and a culture of hunters helping fellow hunters with proactive safe firearms handling in the field are responsible for the good record.”

To put the safety standings into perspective, compared to hunting a person is ...

• 11 times more likely to be injured playing volleyball.

• 19 times more likely to be injured snowboarding.

• 25 times more likely to be injured in cheerleading or bicycle riding.

• 34 times more likely to be injured

A number of “bad” things can happen when firing a gun, some of which can be reduced to acceptable levels with the application of tools at hand.

Among these problems is recoil. In any movement of force of an

object – such as a bullet, along with the actual powder charge – an equal and opposite force must be dealt with. When moving a bullet of, for example, 55 grains pushed by a powder charge of 25 grains, that will result in a movement of 80 grains of weight.

The equal and opposite force is reduced because of the weight of the rifle, which is probably about seven pounds. Since the 80 grains being pushed out the barrel is resisted by the 49,000 grains weight of the rifle (7,000 grains to the pound), that makes the recoil force of the 80 grains acceptable.

Secondly, when a bullet leaves the muzzle there is the sound

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playing soccer or skateboarding.

• 105 times more likely to be injured playing tackle football.

The number of hunters who went afield last year is estimated at 16.3 million. Of that total, approximately 8,122 sustained injuries, or 50 per 100,000 participants. The vast majority – more than 6,600 – of the injuries were tree-stand related. Though recent figures on hunting fatalities are not available, statistics from 2002 show 99 fatal accidents that year.

Not only are firearms being used safely, the most recent data (2008) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that firearms constitute just half of 1 percent of all unintentional fatalities in the United States, including those in the home.

The report shows 32 percent of deaths were from motor vehicles, 26 percent from poisoning, 20 percent from falls, 5 percent from suffocation, and 2 percent from drowning. The remaining deaths were from fires, machinery and other miscellaneous accidents.

Although firearms are relatively safe, they can cause fatalities if not properly used. That is why taking a hunter education course is a good idea and is required for younger hunters.

Every hunter in Texas – including those from out-of-state – born on or after Sept. 2, 1971, must

successfully complete a Hunter Education Training Course. Proof of certification or deferral is required to be on your person while hunting. Minimum age of certification is 9 years and costs $15.

Those under the age of 17 may hunt without the certification if a licensed adult accompanies them. Persons 17 years or older must complete the

hunter education course, but they can obtain a one-year deferral which is good for only one hunting season.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Web site usually contains a list of upcoming Hunter Education Training Courses, and where they will be held. If you need to take the course, I would advise not waiting until the last minute.

The Spring Turkey Season opens March 31. I will report on the turkey prospects in next week’s column.

Former Soil Conservation Service Agency employee and longtime writer Mat Taylor offers his outdoors column for Dispatch Record readers. He can be contacted at (254) 518-2262 or via e-mail at mntaylor@agristar.net.

created by the escaping b u r n i n g powder as well as the sound barrier. This is another problem that must be dealt with.

To some degree, the use of ear plugs or ear muff-type sound protectors work, but many times shooters forget or do not have them available. That can result in hearing loss after a time.

Awhile back I talked to my friend in Finland about suppressors, which I knew he used regularly as do most shooters in Finland and other countries. He mentioned that most countries he was familiar with required them, especially in indoor ranges. Suppressors are not controlled by law, as is the case in the United States.

A recent upsurge has been noted, however, in the popularity of suppressors and their use for hearing protection, since the discovery by the public that they can legally be bought – provided the purchaser is a law-abiding citizen, passes an FBI clearance, follows the rules of the ATF and has a signed clearance by the applicant’s chief law enforcement

officer.This new interest in suppressors

– mistakenly called silencers, which probably was a term invented by Holywood – has created quite a surge in sales in spite of the approximate six-month wait and several hundred dollars in fees that are applied.

Thus recoil and sound are a couple of “bad” things that can happen when firing a weapon. These affect the shooter from the back side of the gun. There are other results that would require several pages to enumerate dealing with the other end of the gun.

Harold Harton is a veteran outdoorsman and photographer, and a longtime contributor to the Lampasas.Dispatch Record.

SportS ShortS

Students at Goldthwaite High School are planning the third annual Cen-Tex Run for Compassion 5K, a race that will benefit Compassion International and its humanitarian work around the globe.

This year, money is being raised for a project called Water of Life, where Compassion International provides clean drinking water to people in developing countries.

The race is April 7, and it begins

Run foR Compassion

fsa fishing

The Lampasas boys’ and girls’ basketball banquet will be held Monday at Grace Fellowship Church. The banquet will begin with a meal at 6 p.m., followed by the awards presentation at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $10, and can be purchased at Cattles Pharmacy, Hodges & Sargent Pharmacy, or the high school athletic office.

BBall Banquet The Federation of Student Anglers will be holding open registrations at the Killeen Academy Sports and Outdoors store Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for any middle or high school student interested in joining the newly formed CENTEX chapter of FSA. FSA builds club fishing teams in middle schools and high schools all across Texas. Student members fish every month of the year in on-the-water tournaments, online tournaments, Texas High School Fishing Series and Texas Middle School Fishing Challenge events, in club and chapter outings and in the Texas Summer Fishing Series that fishes one weeknight each week for the entire summer break. For more information on the Federation of Student Anglers and how to start a club team or chapter, visit www.fishingstudents.com or come by Academy this weekend.

CanCellations

Due to inclement weather last Friday, the Lampasas girls’ softball game at Killeen, as well as the Lampasas home track meet, were cancelled.

at 8:30 a.m. in front of Mills County State Bank in Goldthwaite.

For information and registration, see www.centexrunforcompasssion.com.

Boys’ powerlifting season endsThe Lampasas boys’ powerlifting

team’s season came to an end this weekend, when none of Lampasas’ four regional qualifiers were able to advance to the state meet. The regional

meet was held in West.Melvin Flores placed sixth in

the 132-pound weight class. Flores squatted 315 pounds, benched 175 pounds and dead-lifted 385 pounds.

Secody Howard placed fifth at 220 pounds. Howard squatted 500 pounds, benched 260 and dead-lifted 530.

Jake Dibble placed sixth in the SHW weight class. Dibble squatted 450

pounds, benched 245 and dead-lifted 470 pounds.

Justin Maldonado competed in the 198-pound weight class to finish his season.

Baseball loses two games at Glen Rose Tournament

The Lampasas baseball team lost two games this weekend at the Glen Rose Tournament.

The Badgers began the

tournament with a 9-1 loss to Glen Rose. Lampasas then lost to Clifton 9-3.

The remainder of the tournament

was cancelled due to inclement weather.

Lampasas is off until Thursday, when it hosts Glen Rose at 3 p.m.

Soccer teams splitat Waco Robinson

The Lampasas soccer teams split at Waco Robinson on Friday night, with the boys’ team winning 2-0, and the girls losing 4-0.

In the boys’ game, Nick Lawson scored both goals for Lampasas.

Marcos Terrazas assisted Lawson’s first goal at the 23-minute mark of the first half. Lawson scored again with seven minutes remaining in the first half.

Lampasas (3-12-1, 2-7) will host

Killeen in its final home game of the season tonight.

In the girls’ game, the Lady Badgers (15-6-1, 6-3) lost for the third time in the last five games, after winning four straight to begin the district season.

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De conformidad con seccion 42.035, Codigo Electoral de Texas, la Corte de Comisionados del con-dado de Lampasas, Texas, este documento proporciona la notifica-cion de cambios en los limites del condado de politica adoptadas por la Corte de Comisionados, y como precleared per el Departamento de Justicia el dia 31 de janear, 2012.Las personas interesadas pueden revisar los cambios adoptados en la oficina del secretario del con-dado durante las horas regulares de trabajo.Los cambios en los precintos elec-torales del condado fueron nece-sarieas por la redistribucion de los distritos del Condado de la Corte de Comisionados de conformidad con la Constitucion de los Estados Unidos y 42 USC Seccion 1973. tambien conocida como la Ley de Derechos Electorales, tras la publicacion de los datos del censo 2010. Los cambios en los precintos electorales del condado fueron disenados para lograr un equilibrio numerico entre los cuatro distritos electorales comisionados judicia-les, y para asegurar los derechos de voto de todos los ciudadanos del condado de Lampasas, Texas.

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Cattle Auction

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Lampasas Cattle Auction employees Robert Brown, left, and Roland Burkes unload a trailer before a sale last Wednesday. Texas AgriLife Extension livestock expert Dr. Rich Machen told participants in a recent cattle clinic that ranchers may want to consider selling calves while they are light -- both to benefit from high per-pound prices and to limit the cost of feed.

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The Texas Water Development Board approved by resolution a $3.945 million loan from the Rural Water Assistance Fund and a $3.9 million loan from the Texas Water Development Fund to the Central Texas Water Supply Corp. (Bell, Burnet, Coryell, Falls, Lampasas, Milam and Williamson counties) to finance water system improvements and to refinance existing debt.

CTWSC will use the Rural Water Assistance Fund loan to construct four high-service pumps and to install approximately 25,000 feet of water line to improve water delivery to customers.

The Texas Water Development Fund loan will be used to refinance four outstanding loans CTWC has from the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development. This refinancing will decrease the annual payment amount required by the four loans by 42 percent.

The lower payment will allow CTWC to minimize the need for rate increases.

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Graveside services are March 14 at 10 a.m. at Senterfitt Cemetery in Lometa. Visitation is March 13 from 6-8 p.m. at Sneed Funeral Chapel.

Mrs. Cavness was born Aug. 6, 1925, in Lampasas, the daughter of Bunion Lafayette and Mary Elizabeth Gatliff Ratliff.

She married Lester Herndon Cavness, and he preceded her in death in 1977.

Mrs. Cavness was a homemaker and a Protestant.

Survivors include two sons, Lester Eugene Cavness and wife, Louise, of Santa Fe, Texas, and Roy Stanley Cavness and wife, Margaret, of Lometa; a sister, Margie Gillum of La Grange; brothers, Paul Ratliff of Lometa, Simon Ratliff of Burnet, Bunion Jack “Bunny” Ratliff of Lampasas, and Oscar Ratliff of Lampasas; grandchildren, Dee Dee, Kevin, Angie, Gary, Ronnie, Kim, Connie and Trent; great-grandchildren, Steven, Kaylynn, Karson, Layne, Tieg, Dani, Haley, Riley, Tristan, Brian and Kathryne; and a niece.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Dora Alcorn; a brother, Jessie Ratliff; and two grandchildren, Lester Eugene Cavness Jr. and Connie Allen.

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the cool-season annuals that have grown in response to recent rains are high in nutrients, Machen said they contain too little dry matter to fill up a cow and maintain good body condition in the animal.

As a result, Machen said even as green forages grow ranchers should provide for their livestock’s nutritional needs in large part through hay, range cubes and other means. Cows need substantial energy, the specialist said, to maintain vigorous reproduction and lactation year after year.

“Don’t rely on the green stuff alone,” Machen said. “Count on it as a supplement to whatever else you’re giving [a cow].”

The expense of supplemental feed can add up quickly, he said. It costs $3.75 a day, the speaker said, to feed a 1,200-pound Angus cow enough hay and cubes for the animal to maintain a body condition score of 4 – a slightly below-optimum score on the 1 to 9 scale.

Supplemental feed for the same cow would cost about $4 per day, or $188 in a 45-day period, if the cow gave birth to a calf March 1, Machen said.

Despite tight profit margins overall, Thompson said ranchers who can produce beef at a lower cost than their nearby competitors may want to consider buying additional cows. Those who are pleased with their heifers’ genetics and disposition, Thompson said, should keep them, while he advised ranchers who hope to make improvements to their herds to consider the purchase of new heifers.

Because of high calf prices, Machen said producers might want to consider selling calves while they still are young. In addition, he said selling cow-calf pairs and using the revenue to buy bred cows might be a good option in some cases.

Thompson and Heath Lusty, agriculture and natural resources Extension agent for Lampasas County, encouraged producers to participate in the Standardized Performance Analysis program, which they said offers valuable business information for ranchers.

“If you will run through that deal, I promise you will learn things you didn’t know about your operation,” Lusty said. “It will show you where you’re losing money and where you can get more efficient.”

Along with information about

economic and rangeland considerations for ranchers, the cattle clinic also offered information about livestock health.

Extension veterinarian Dr. Buddy Faries encouraged ranchers to develop carefully timed calving and herd health treatment plans. Cows should be bred in May through July, Faries said, so they will calve in February, March or April when food availability is high. Cows that calve earlier than February might not get sufficient nutrition unless they have access to winter grasses like rye or wheat, Faries said.

The veterinarian recommended vaccinating cows before breeding to give immunity when calves nurse

and to prevent the speading of germs at birth. Important shots, Faries said, include Bang’s, lepto, vibrio for herds susceptible to vibriosis – a veneral disease – and blackleg group vaccines.

In cases when vaccines, like IBR-BVD, are available either in killed or modified live form, the veterinarian recommended selecting modified live. While modified live vaccinations involve only one shot, Faries said killed vaccines must be given in two doses three to eight weeks apart. Immunity resulting from killed vaccines does not begin until one month after the second shot.

“If you’re not going to plan to give

them the second, don’t even give them the first,” he said.

As with vaccinations, timing is important with worm control treatments, Faries said.

In order to swim, stomach worms need regular moisture and a soil temperature of 55-85 degrees. As a result, May or June – typically Lampasas County’s wettest months – are the best times to worm cattle, Faries said.

“We’ve go to do the right thing at the right time,” he said.

Worming costs about $4-$5 per head of cattle, Faries said. De-worming blocks, he said, are effective if used as directed and if

cattle actually eat the blocks at the proper time.

Pregnancy palpations and breeding soundness evaluations for bulls, Faries added, will give ranchers a good return on the money they spend for veterinary services.

the purchase of sculptures, and funds can be earmarked for a specific piece or placed in the general fund.

Ms. Gray said big plans are in the future for the park. While blueprints of various phases are under consideration, donations also are being accepted to fund upgrades such as sidewalks for better accessibility and aesthetic changes, including moving the utilities underground.

Ms. Gray hopes to see an amphitheater in the sculpture park one day.

Donations may be accepted in someone’s memory, or as honorariums and perpetual funds for park maintenance.

Recently, a sculpture and funds to purchase a second art piece were donated in memory of Stephanie Gradel, a young Lampasas woman who died after a short battle with cancer earlier this year.

Ms. Gradel’s mother, Robin Gradel, is a longtime LAFTA member and supporter.

“Lost in Wisconsin,” a sculpture

by Nic Noblique, was given to the sculpture garden by the artist and his wife in Ms. Gradel’s honor, further expressing the Nobliques’ commitment to public art.

Memorial donations made in Ms. Gradel’s honor allowed for the purchase of Terrell Powell’s “Bird Totem.” The sculpture will remain in the park, and has proven popular with children.

Art in the Park began in 2004, when Ms. Gray approached city officials about what would be done with park land that had not been earmarked for any specific purpose.

A committee was formed under the nonprofit Preservation Lampasas umbrella, and plans began to come together.

In September 2005, the first Art in the Park event was held with over 200 in attendance. Three well-known artists came to Lampasas to carve their sculptures in the park.

Invitations were sent to 21 school districts to bring their students, resulting in more than 900 students who visited Campbell Park.

Through the end of September that year, more than 2,000 persons had passed through the park.

LAFTA was a success.It has also spawned Family Art in

the Park held each year in the fall to include various forms of hands-on activities and arts and crafts events for all members of the family.

“The organization’s purpose is to expand the opportunity for everyone to experience art,” said Ms. Gray. “There has been a continued focus on art in the park, but we want to continue to develop the area and have it available for other venues and art events.”

LAFTA has a new Web site at www.lafta.org, and visitors are encouraged to look there for information on upcoming events and more details on Art in the Park, said Ms. Gray.

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The report from the March 7 Lampasas Cattle Auction follows.Cattle and calves: Estimated receipts 394 compared to 334 last week and

625 last year.Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers steady, and slaughter cows

and bulls steady. Feeder cattle accounted for 65 percent slaughter cows, and bulls accounted

for 35 percent.Steers: 200-300 lbs., $2.25-$2.70 lb.; 300-400 lbs., $1.91-$2.26 lb. 400-

500 lbs., $1.77-$2.11 lb.; 500-600 lbs., $1.73-$1.90 lb.; 600-700 lbs., $1.56-$1.71 lb.; 700-800 lbs., $1.41-$1.58 lb.

Slaughter cows: under 800 lbs., $.45-$.65 lb.; 800-1,100 lbs., $.66-$.79 lb.; 1,100-1,300 lbs., $.80-$.92 lb.

Heifers: 200-300 lbs., $1.98-$2.13 lb.; 300-400 lbs., $1.90-$2.16 lb.; 400-500 lbs., $1.68-$1.96 lb.; 500-600 lbs., $1.63-$1.76 lb; 600-700 lbs., $1.50-$1.69 lb.; 700-800 lbs., $1.36-$1.74.

Slaughter bulls: 1,000-1,300 lbs., $.90-$1; 1,300-2,100 lbs., $1.01-$1.09.Bred replacement cows: young to middle age, 1,000-1,595 per hd.,

$1,000-$1,575.

Relay for Lifeevents slated

Relay for Life of Lampasas for 2012 is March 23 from 6 p.m. until March 24 at 6 a.m. at the Lampasas Middle School track.

For information, to sign up, to purchase a luminaria or to make a donation, send an e-mail to Danielle.Tucker@killeenisd.org.

More details are available at www.relayforlife.org/LampasasCoTx.