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Hope Boxes

“Brave” will be shown at the Lampasas Public Library on Saturday at 2 p.m. Admission is free, and popcorn and drinks will be available for a donation.

Participants are requested to bring a non-perishable food item for the library’s food drive to benefit Lampasas Mission.

Battle for a Cure Foundation board members will be at the Lampasas Walmart on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to accept toys and cash donations to fill Hope Boxes given to children fighting cancer and their siblings.

To sponsor a Hope Box or to donate funds, stop by the booth, go to www.battle4acure.org, phone 734-1500, or visit www.facebook.com/battle4acure.

Open house

Fourth Street

First State Bank of Burnet will hold its traditional Thanksgiving Open House Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at its 800 S. Key Ave. building.

Holiday refreshments will be served, and the public is invited.

East Fourth Street will remain closed from Sulphur Creek to Pecan Street until early January, the Texas Department of Transportation has announced.

During Fourth Street closures, drivers may use Central Texas Expressway (U.S. Highway 190) and Key Avenue for detours.

The project includes pavement grading and surfacing, curb and gutter work, and the installation of storm drains and lighting.

Key Avenue construction nearly done

PHOTO BY LISA CARNLEY

Dallas artist David Hickman welds his art piece “Portal to the Springs” at the Hanna Springs Sculpture Park. The arm of the sculpture was bent when vandals damaged a number of pieces at the park in June. Related photos may be found on page 10.

Artist repairs damageto ‘Springs’ sculptureBy LISA CARNLEYStaff Writer

When vandals wreaked havoc on art pieces at Hanna Springs Sculpture Park in June, it gave pause to members of the Lampasas Association for the Arts. But not for long.

And it didn’t dampen the group’s enthusiasm, as members immediately set out to put the park back to rights again.

“Portal to the Springs,” a sculpture by David Hickman of Dallas, is the most recent piece to receive repairs. One of the founding sculptures in the park, it was carved on site in 2005, and took Hickman two weeks to complete.

It took vandals just one night to gouge chinks out of several sculptures, bend metal pieces on others, scratch tiles and completely destroy one piece that had to be removed when it was deemed beyond repair.

“Portal to the Springs” was carved from two 10,000-pound blocks of limestone donated by Mezger Enterprises of Kempner. Lines running through the piece represent water, and a weather vane represents the stars and the moon.

Holes in the portal represent a passageway to the springs.

Hickman’s statue sustained more than $1,500 in damages when vandals used the metal weather vane to swing from, which broke off the arm suspended above the statue, said Nancy Gray, LAFTA president.

Hickman and several city of Lampasas Parks and Recreation department workers labored for several hours soldering the piece early last week. “And it should be stronger now that it is fixed,” said the artist.

“Lost in Wisconsin,” a piece donated to the sculpture garden by artist Nic Noblique of Appleton, Wisc., in memory of Lampasas resident Stephanie Gradel, was removed from the park when it was deemed unsafe and unrepairable

after vandalism.Valued at over $30,000, the city

applied for an insurance claim, and a settlement has made it possible for a new sculpture to be created in place of “Lost in Wisconsin.”

“Nic made the new piece larger than the previous one as his donation in honor of Stephanie,” Ms. Gray said.

The sculpture has been completed and is in the process of being powder-coated to keep the colors vibrant and protect it from rust.

Ms. Gray said it should be ready to place in the sculpture garden around the end of this month.

Plans are in the works for a celebration when the new piece is installed, she said.

And in April, a new round of sculptures will be installed in the park, and several “visiting” pieces will be removed, said the LAFTA president.

Those earmarked to leave the rotating exhibit include “Mother and Child,” “Rolling Dancing Moon,” “Unbundled” and “Lemon Squeezer.”

“We like to keep bringing in new sculptures because it keeps the park fresh,” Ms. Gray said. “And people still enjoy seeing those that are a part of the permanent exhibit.”

To date, 14 sculptures have become permanent additions to the garden and surrounding city parks.

Ms. Gray said thousands of hours of work have been put in and a lot of money spent on the local sculpture park, which was dedicated in July 2005.

“And we just want people to keep coming out here and to enjoy what Lampasas has to offer,” she said. “Arts provide a vital part of our daily lives.

“The sculpture garden and the events held in it are just one way of providing a wonderful environment to experience the art in its many forms.”

PHOTO BY HAROLD HARTON

Longtime local photographer and businessman Harold Harton took this photo of Key Avenue, where a Texas Department of Transportation reconstruction project is nearly complete. The view, taken from the south side of town, shows the resurfaced thoroughfare -- where U.S. Highways 183, 190 and 281 intersect -- all the way to businesses on the north end of Lampasas. The project has cost about $7.2 million to date, and includes new paving, drainage improvements, new sidewalks and updated traffic lights.

Former LISDofficial dies

Sam Potts, former assistant superintendent for the Lampasas Independent School District, died Nov. 11, 2012.

Visitation is today from 6-8 p.m. at Sneed Funeral Chapel.

A graveside service is Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery. A complete story will run in Friday’s edition.

By DAVID LOWEStaff Writer

Key Avenue is poised to be free of construction activity for the first time since a $7.2 million project began in January 2011.

Nearly all work on the rebuilding of the highway has been completed, and a final inspection before Thanksgiving will mark the official end of the project, Texas Department of Transportation public information officer Darah Waldrip said.

Travel lanes are open, crews have painted new lines on the highway, and signal lights are functioning at Key Avenue intersections. Only a few cleanup items and some minor repairs, like fixing sidewalk cracks caused by heavy equipment, remain to be done, Ms. Waldrip said.

“I think to your average driver it’s much, much better than it has been in the last year or so,” she said.

Work proceeded in stages across the approximately one-mile-long construction area. Traffic lanes in some areas were closed for weeks at a time on one side of Key Avenue before construction shifted to the other side of the highway.

The end of TxDOT’s work on Key Avenue should allow patrons of Lampasas businesses to resume using

normal entry points for buildings along the highway.

Mayor Jerry Grayson said he has not heard complaints in the last few weeks about business access. Traffic flow has improved because of the new lights on Key Avenue, Grayson said, and he said shoppers now have an easier time getting to stores than they did when some lanes of the highway were closed.

The reconstruction of Key Avenue, Grayson said, has enhanced the appearance of Lampasas’ main thoroughfare. Several people who travel through Lampasas, the mayor said, have told Grayson the city looks more attractive now that Key Avenue has been rebuilt.

“Overall I think it’s been a real good project,” Grayson said. “We’re just glad it’s done.”

As construction on Key nears official completion, Ledcor CMI Inc. continues its work on a $3.2 million TxDOT project on East Fourth Street. Activities include drainage improvements, lighting installation, curb and gutter work, and repaving.

Fourth Street is closed from Sulphur Creek to Pecan Street, and work will proceed in a block-by-block fashion westward to Key Avenue.

Estimated completion time for the Fourth Street reconstruction is December 2013.

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If that's middle class, count me in Carnley's Corner

LisaCarnley

Politicians are so out of touch with the way “the little people” really live. I know it might seem strange to discuss this topic just after a general election, but I don’t like political discussions, and I didn’t want my column to turn into one.

I am just stating facts – from my perspective, anyway.

In several speeches and interviews, Mitt Romney, the former Republican candidate for president, reiterated his belief that middle-class folks have an annual salary of $200,000 to $250,000.

Where did he ever come up with that figure?

According to the Census Bureau, in 2011, the median household income was just $50,054. So Romney’s figures are way off base.

The politician is a millionaire several times over. Records show that in 2009 and 2010, the former Massachusetts governor earned $20 million from investments and received a six-figure salary from speaking engagements.

I am not a mathematician, but it seems to me that if the average American makes around $50,000 per year, then a $200,000 salary could hardly be considered a median income or middle class.

What do you expect from someone with the kind of money Romney has?

But I still am confused as to how anyone could declare $250,000 as a middle-class income. If that were

true, what are those of us considered who make below – way, way below – that figure?

If you would pay me $200,000 a year, I guess you could put me in whatever bracket you prefer.

Statistics show that one in seven Americans lives below the poverty line.

Did you know that in 2009 a person needed an adjusted gross income of $343,927 to make it into the top 1 percent of U.S. taxpayers? That sure blows a hole in Romney’s whole median income theory.

And while we are looking at incomes, did you know that the average income of just over $51,000 would put Americans in the top 1

percent of earnings worldwide? That shows there are many folks living in much worse conditions across the globe than U.S. residents.

I’m not saying we don’t have folks in need in our 50 states – because we do. I am just saying that we make so much more than our counterparts in Third World countries. And that’s because our cost of living is so high.

But by no means should $200,000 be considered a middle-class income.

That’s one example – and there are many – of what’s wrong with politicians nowadays. And I’m not just picking on Romney.

Many (translate that to “most”) politicians say things that lead me to believe they are completely out of touch with the real world.

I work hard, so I am not ashamed to fall into the tax bracket that Romney has placed me in by default which, by his standards, would fall below ground.

I just think politicians need to have a more realistic picture of where most of their constituents are. And that’s not living in million-dollar homes, shopping on Rodeo Drive or piloting our own private jets.

The realistic picture is that most of us live from paycheck to paycheck, shop at Walmart, and pray the price of gasoline will drop below $3 a gallon.

Lisa Carnley is managing editor of the Lampasas Dispatch Record.

Ribbons went to Wyatt Atkinson, third place, and Kenzee Hall, second place, in the 3- to 4-year-old division.

Taking top spots in the age division for those 11 to 14 were, from left, Jack Ratliff, first place; Steven Collins, second place; and Billy Joe Inlow, third place.

The top three in the 5- to 7-year age division include, from left, Wyatt Murray, third place; Morgan Myers, second place; and Bryton Ellis, first place.

Taking first place in the 8- to 10-year-old division was Owen Seaver.

Hunter Wyndham placed first in the 3- to 4-year-old division.

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lampasasdispatchrecord.comBriggs Community Center will hold

a fish fry on Saturday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Events include a silent auction, live music and a gun raffle.

For more information, call (254) 383-5356.

Briggs fish fryset Saturday

Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Terry R. Derks, along with sailors and Marines assigned to the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group, recently arrived in Norfolk, Va., following a seven-and-a-half-month deployment supporting operations in the Mediterranean and the Arabian Seas.

USS Enterprise's return to Norfolk is the 25th and final homecoming in its 51 years of distinguished service. The aircraft carrier is scheduled to be inactivated Dec. 1, in a ceremony at Norfolk Naval Station.

While deployed, Enterprise CSG served in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility, conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

During its 238 days out, "Big E" safely steamed 80,968 miles, and Carrier Air Wing 1 flew more than 8,000 sorties in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and exercises in the 5th and 6th Fleet AORs.

Enterprise was commissioned Nov. 25, 1961, as the eighth ship to bear the name Enterprise, and is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. During its 51 years of service, Enterprise deployed 25 times and participated in every major conflict since the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The December inact ivat ion ceremony will be the last official public event for Enterprise, and will serve as a celebration of life for the ship and the more than 100,000 sailors who have served aboard it.

Derks is a 1988 graduate of Mayville High School in Mayville, Mich. He joined the Navy in July 1988.

He is the son of Joy McMann of Lampasas, Norman Derks of Leander.

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All donations are greatly appreciated and can be made to the Senior Center Nutrition Program.

That's the Way it Was Back Then by Hansford Smith....Daily, 11:15 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

* * *Center Notes

901 S. Live Oak - Lampasas • 556-3858 · FAX: 556-2550 • 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, Nov. 14, 2012

Menu: Green pork chili or chicken fajitas and spicy pinto beans, flour tor-tilla, mixed green salad with low-fat ranch dressing, gingerbread and milk.

Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012Menu: Roast turkey & poultry gravy or herbed baked chicken and rice

pilaf, winter-mix vegetables, whole wheat bread, ambrosia and milk.Friday, Nov. 16, 2012

Menu: Baked pollock and tartar sauce with baked crispy potatoes and tangy coleslaw or smothered beef cubes and mashed potatoes with peas & carrots, whole wheat bread, fruit cobbler and milk.

Monday, Nov. 19, 2012Menu: Salisbury steak and mashed potatoes or lemon pepper chicken

and scalloped potatoes, peas & carrots, white or wheat bread, raspberry peaches and milk.

Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012Menu: Beef stew or beef Spanish rice and seasoned pinto beans, garden

salad with light Italian dressing, cornbread, oatmeal cookie and milk.Center Activities

CTC team setslocal food drive

The Central Texas College Stu-dents in Free Enterprise Team's community-wide food drive is Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lampasas Wal-Mart.

Students will collect non-per-ishable food items and cash dona-tions for Lampasas Mission.

CMA to gather at restaurantSpring Of Grace Riders #1184,

Christian Motorcycle Association, invites anyone interested in riding with the organization to join.

CMA i s a se rvan t -minded interdenominational motorcycle ministry with a non-denominational message of hope and love through J e su s Chr i s t , s a i d a g r ou p

spokesman.Membership is open, and motorcycle

ownership is not a requirement to join. They meet the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at County Seat Restaurant on Courtyard Square.

For more information, contact Stan Martin at 734-0235, or StanMartin@wildblue.net.

LAFTA benefitsfrom recycling

Lampasas Association for the Arts has an account at Triple R Recycling in Kempner. Anyone who drops off recyclables may mention LAFTA, and the plant will donate funds to LAFTA's account.

"You can help save the environment, get rid of stuff you don't need, and help LAFTA with its mission of `Expanding opportunities for everyone to experience the arts,'" said an organization spokesman.

Miss Cora of the CourthouseThe Lampasas County Historical

Commission is gathering information to publish a second volume 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 continued effort to preserve Lampasas County history.

Dear Miss Cora, I have read that the Moses Hughes

family was the first to settle in Lampasas County. Were there others who came soon after?

Signed, Miss Research

Dear Miss Research,There is no doubt that Moses Hughes

and his family were early settlers here, but it is known there was considerable activity in this vicinity in the early 1850s.

It was in 1839 that John Burleson's service in the Texas Revolution earned him the title to land in the Lampasas Springs area, but he did not arrive to claim his land until 1854.

During the late 1840s, forts for the protection of settlers were built on either side of what would become Lampasas County, and the Methodist church declared the area part of its Texas Conference at Georgetown.

The Old Phantom Hill Road, also called the Military Road or Wire Road because of its telegraph, was built between Austin and Abilene. In 1850 and 1851, the Lampasas County portion of this road was constructed through the McCreaville area and within two miles of Lometa.

None of these facts prove any settlers had permanent homes actually in the confines of what was later to become Lampasas County before the Hugheses arrived in 1853, but there would have been some busy activity in the Lampasas County area at the time.

In "Lampasas County Texas: Its History and its People," it is reported that A.J. Harrison bought land in 1839 in the Unity Community and built his home there. This is the earliest I have found any reference to a home built in what is now Lampasas County.

The wagon train of the Pleasant Cox, Ambrose Bradley, Hurley and many other families arrived in the early 1850s.

Pima Baker Moses, who wrote at a time when she could have interviewed many of the earliest settlers of this area, said the Hughes family set out from Georgetown to "the town of Lampasas Springs," and in 1853 Mrs. Moses Hughes drank of the healing waters there and recovered her health.

The following year, the nearby county of Coryell was established, and three years later, Lampasas County was established. This shows that there were many settlers in this area -- enough to

petition for and receive the right to establish counties.

When the Hughes family arrived, they did not enter a lonely, unknown area. However, I think we can safely say they built the first rock house in the area of Lampasas Springs.

I hope this answered your question. Sincerely,Miss Cora

* * *As a reminder, the next writing

clinic is today at 7 p.m. at the Lampasas County Courthouse's commissioners' courtroom.

Please use the south entrance.* * *

For additional help writing stories, contact Clydell at (512) 564-1126.

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Note: 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.

Top windowsLocal businesses competed in the annual Squared Silly window contest sponsored by Vision Lampasas. Taking first place was The Boutique, represented by Sherelle Briggs. Second- and third-place respec-tively, went to Jones Florist and the Trading Post.

Bud is a 2- to 3-year-old male blue heeler-mix who needs a home. He is microchipped and good on vaccinations until 2013.

Bud always wants to be where you are. He walks well on a leash and knows a few basic commands.

He does climb/jump fences, so he needs to be an inside-only dog. He may do OK with a privacy fence, as well.

Find Bud 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.

Brick pavers are available to support the shelter. Cost is $50 each.

Phone Mary Black Davis, or Carol Wright at 556-5559 to place an order.

The Lampasas Animal Shelter is in need of puppy food, dog food, fans, bleach, cat food, cages (for dogs and cats), pet toys, pet beds

Shelter pet adoption

Bud

Lampasas Animal Shelter 301 College St. 556-8586

and paper towels. Items may be left at the shelter.

Hoffpauir Ford will present "Go Further with Ford Night" on Thursday -- a free fund-raising event to benefit the Lampasas Boys & Girls Club.

"We all want to be a part of something bigger, " said Rick Pickard of Hoffpauir Ford. Go Further with Ford Night is the dealership's way of offering consumers the chance to give back to their community, have fun, and test their judging skills to win a unique VIP "American Idol" experience, said Pickard.

For each person who attends Go Further with Ford Night, Hoffpauir Ford will donate $10 -- up to $500 -- to the Lampasas Boys & Girls Club.

While at the dealership, participants (18 and older) may compete to win an "American Idol" experience through a computer Webcam with a special message from Ryan Seacrest, host of "American Idol," that will test their judging skills on camera.

Entries will be submitted to Ford's program headquarters where a team of experts will evaluate and select one winner to receive an all-expenses-paid trip for two to Hollywood and a VIP experience with "American Idol."

Potential participants may preregister at www.RandomActsofFusion.com and be entered to win tickets to a live "American Idol" taping. Registrants also will be entered in a drawing for a 2013 Ford Fusion.

Understanding U.S. Pre-eminenceWhy has America been suc-

cessful? David Aikman, in his book, “Jesus in Beijing,” tells of a meeting between American tourists and a scholar from the Chinese Academy of Social Sci-ences in Beijing.

The scholar said that the Chi-nese studied America from his-torical, political, economic, and cultural perspectives to under-stand America’s pre-eminence in the world, and it was not powerful

guns, the best political system, or the best economic system.

The scholar concluded that the heart of American culture is religion – Christianity. He be-lieved that the Christian moral foundation of social and cultural life made capitalism possible, as well as democracy in the politi-cal arena.

Sandy TompkinS

of God &CounTry

Sandy Tompkins is a retired art teacher who formerly served with the Lampasas school system. In 1975 she won a Valley Forge Teachers’ Medal Award from the Freedoms Founda-tion for her patriotic programs and a mural she painted at Kline Whitis Elementary School.

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It’s that time of year again!The Lampasas Volunteer Fire Department is preparing for its annual Firemen’s

Christmas for the Needy. We are now accepting donations at the Fire Station, 408 S. Main, of MONEY, NEW TOYS, NONPERISHABLE FOOD, and NEW BIKES.

You may bring a cash donation or a check, and we will give you a receipt to ac-knowledge your tax-deductible gift. Donations will be accepted through December 21, 2012. Lampasas applicants may sign up no later than December 14, 2012, at the local churches that have forms. Firemen will hand out the Christmas items at the east end of the Fire Station on December 22 ONLY, 8 a.m.-11 a.m., to those who have signed up. This is the only day we will be handing out the Christmas items. Lometa applicants should sign up with the Lometa Fire Department.

Lometa residents may also leave donations at Lometa City Hall. Kempner applicants should sign up at the Kempner Fire

Department, and they may leave their donations, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. at the Walter Prugh Fire Station.

Any items that are not picked up on December 22nd by 11 a.m. will be distributed to other fire departments.

Vendor Spaces$20 For-profit organizations$15 Non-profit organizations

$25 Concessions(No baked goods or lunch items.)

We will provide a festive holiday shopping atmosphere complete with lovely baked goods and

entertainment...all within the beautiful and historic

LAMPASAS COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

To reserve a booth, obtain a registration form or pay for

space, please contact: Teresa Faught at 556-0148 or

Holly Wolfe at 556-7468

Registration Deadline: Nov. 24

Vendors WantedTown & CountryChristmas Bazaar

SaturdayDecember 1, 2012

1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.Lampasas County Courthouse

Admission: Adults $1 Kids 5 & under - Free

DRT memberstravel to visithistoric home

Fifteen members of the Oran Milo Roberts Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas traveled to Spicewood last week to see the historical home of the Fowler family.

Also present were Bill Browder and Martha Tumlinson, along with hosts Jim and Doris Moore Faubion.

The home was built in 1859 by Faubion's great-grandparents, Josiah and Rebecca Fowler.

It has four rooms downstairs and four upstairs, each with a fireplace and 18-inch thick walls. Ceilings are 11- to 12-feet tall.

The home was built of large stones of limestone, and was designed to collect rainwater which ran through a filter making it usable.

Electricity was added in 1941, and a bathroom many years later.

The Fowlers' daughter married a Faubion, and they were Jim Faubion's grandparents.

The nearby family cemetery is where deceased family members are buried.

The Jim Faubion family has spent many summers and other occasions in the home.

Mrs. Faubion served refreshments, and as the group ate, DRT president Carol Wright conducted a short buiness meeting, followed by a prayer by chaplain Ann Johnson.

Three women were approved for membership.

In other club business, Mrs. Wright, Donna Williams and Glynda Carpenter said they applied for a grant from the sale of native Texas license plates to refinish the bottom floor of the Hancock Springs Hostess House.

Mrs. Wright also reported that she found a good price for the purchase of 100-plus chairs for the Hostess House, and had them reserved for the chapter to replace those that need recovering.

Members voted to leave planning for the December meeting to the courtesy committee.

Martha Casbeer announced there will be another Game Day on Dec. 17 at the Hostess House. The times, cost and arrangements will be the same as the previous game days, she said.

Reservations may be made by calling Mrs. Casbeer at 556-8388.

The next meeting is Dec. 3 at the Hostess House.

The Lampasas High School Jazz Band will provide the program, and be guests. Other guests will include club members' friends and husbands.

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LAMPASAS BUILDERS MART 507 N. Key • 556-6291bldmart@cebridge.net

"Home Owned And Locally Operated"

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

Mark and Meg SneedOwners

Third & ChestnutLampasas, Texas

556-1183

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

Lampasas, Texas 76550556-3662 • Fax: 556-3665

www.fsbcentex.comMember FDIC

LINDA G. WEEMS, CPA, P.C.Certified Public Accountant304 E. 4th St., Ste. A • Lampasas

556-4480 • Fax: 556-2247lindaweemscpa@thegateway.net

705 S. Key 556-3461

Country Kitchen"lip smacking grub"

307 N. Key • Lampasas • 556-6152

201 N. Key(512)556-6269

DRIVE-IN

Cove Plumbing, Inc.PLUMBING • HEATING • AIR CONDITIONING

CONTRACTING SALES SERVICEW.B. MAPLES, President • TACLVB 002130C-AC • M-10660-Plumbing

2416 E. HIGHWAY 190 • COPPERAS COVE, TX 76522(254) 547-4263 • FAX (254) 547-4636

MMUSE ENTERPRISES, INC.

Metal BuildingsCustom Steel Framed Homes

Custom & Pre-Fabricated • Concrete WorkRonny Muse, Owner • Cell 512-556-7088

502 Frank Street • Lampasas • musemetalbuildings.com

Triple R RecyclingA Division of Bell County Iron & Recycling Co. Inc.

R RR

1500 FM 580 • Lampasas512-556-8132 • www.templeiron.com

Hwy 190 • Copperas Cove

556-2900www.insurancefortexas.com

WESTERN INSURANCETRUST...

Member FDIC501 E. 3rd • P.O. Box 671

Lampasas, TXTel: 556-3691 • Fax: 556-6104

www.firsttexbank.com

FIRST TEXAS BANK

601 E. Third St. • Lampasas, TX • 512-528-7500

PcL A PORTER CONSTRUCTION INC.Serving the LampaSaS area Since 1965

Office: 512-556-6391 • Jerry Porter

• Site Preparation • Dirt Work • Roads• Building/House Pads • All Types of Road Materials

churches are invited to call 512-556-6262 if they have inadvertently been omitted or to change a listing.

HERRMANN FEED & SUPPLY, INC.503 S. Pecan St • LampasasPh: 512-556-5762 • 512-556-5212Fax: 512-556-6360

Engineering, Mapping & Environmental

Specializing in Water Districts & Utilities

www.jones-heroy.com512-556-2300

1710 Central TX Expressway • Lampasas512-556-8217

Call (512) 715-3118 or (512) 556-5362 for appointments.

Charles M. Franz, DO, FAAPCheryl English, FNP-BC - Care for the entire family.

Daniel D. Hodges • Jim Sargent210 S. Key Ave. • Lampasas • 556-3392

Hodges & Sargent PHARMACY

608 N. Key Avenue • Lampasas512.556.3682 • mplex.org

GraniteDesign

Inc.

www.granitebydesigninc.com

512-932-2346fax 512-932-8069

10273 E. Hwy. 190Kempner, TX 76539

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CHIP CONTROL AUTO GLASSCOMPLETE AUTO GLASS SERVICE

888-356-4126Free Mobile Service

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John M. Patterson, Jr. Certified Public Accountant

408 S. Live Oak • Lampasas • 512-556-6611johnpattersoncpa@att.net

www.JohnPattersonCPA.com

General Automotive RepairJay Lovejoy Roger Hensiek

1400 N. Highway 281 Lampasas, Texas 76550512-556-6084

H AUTOMOTIVE, INC.L &

GOVERNMENTAL & FINANCIALC O N S U L T A N T S

Jack N. Clark, CPA, CGFM512.556.0522 • P. O. Box 888, Lampasas

corvette61@hotmail.com • www.jnclarkfinancial.com

"If the LORD delights in a man's way, He makes his

steps firm; though he stumble, he will not fall, for

the LORD upholds him with His hand."

– Psalm 37:23-24

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

SOUTHERN HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH2920 South F.M. 116Kempner, (254) 547-0009

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

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 (INTERDENOMINATIONAL)

HANDS OF THE PROMISE FULL GOSPEL209 S. Key AvenueLampasas, 734-6126

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, 932-3011

LOMETA 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

OTHER

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

WEST 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

TACLB 023160E TECL 21628

All Seasons Service Co.

1301 N. McLean St. • Lampasas • 556-4000

AC/Heating/ElectricalCommercial • Residential • Free Estimates

Repair & Installation • Visa/MasterCard

Now Delivering! Delivery Hours.Mon.-Sat. 11am-2pm & 5-9pm

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804 S. Key 556-2202

Come in today and enjoy our McCafé drinks!

Now open extended hours on the weekends!

HANDS OF THE PROMISE

HEALING BY THE WORDPhysically, Spiritually, Mentally

Wednesday, 7 p.m.

209 S. Key Ave., Lampasas • 512-734-6126

Serving the Hill Country since 1994Fast, Friendly, Professional Service.

Auto Glass Repair/ReplacementMobile Service/Insurance Claims

Lifetime Guarantee8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. 416 S. Live Oak - 556-6262

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Letters

Michelle Malkin

The Naruna Road raceway

Kudos on murals

Thanks for reading the Lampasas Dispatch Record!

DavidLimbaugh

WilliamMurchison

Mr. Top-down himself, President Barack Obama

Before he touted “revenge” as a motive for supporting his reapplication for the presidential job, Barack H. Obama wished voters to appreciate how icky-yucky he finds “top-down economics.” He renewed the theme in his closing electoral appeal. “The folks at the very top” (with Obama, it’s always folks, never “people” or “citizens,” but let that go), we learn, “don’t need another champion in Washington.”

Did the gentleman ever get that one right! The top-down philosophy of governance -- I’m on top, and you’re not -- has no more unbending champion in American politics than B. H. Obama himself.

What Obama wishes “folks” to envision when he talks his “top-down” talk is a suite-ful of bankers, hedge fund managers and the like, all dressed in pinstriped suits. “Top-down economics,” the way the president means it, is they run the show while mere middle-class strivers battle for jobs and bread.

Such a proposition, it could be said, is rich indeed. The top of the top of the top today -- and for the foreseeable future -- is the collection of congressmen, jurists, regulators, functionaries, fixers and especially White House residents who see their mission as deciding what the nation needs, then supplying it, or at least pretending to.

We’re all so inured to top-down economics by now that we can barely imagine what it would be like for Americans to flex their economic muscle in a free marketplace, without officials of the government telling them whom they may hire and how many applications they have to fill out, and then calculating how much tax the government expects to receive in return.

The Obama administration is into top-down economics big time. From the folks at the top two years ago came the command to insure 32 million uninsured “folks” at federally stipulated prices and with no recourse to alternative methods of acquiring health insurance. Do it our way, the folks at the top say, or submit to a special tax. The country’s banking system acquired a new big brother at about the same juncture. The Dodd-Frank bill’s 2,300 words of text are a playground for believers in the power of government to anticipate that which we all, apparently, need.

Speaking of anticipating needs, the Obama administration knows pretty definitively what America “needs” by way of energy. “Green” energy -- chiefly wind and solar -- was at

one time expected for purposes of consumption (by voters, anyway) to create 5 million jobs. Into “green” companies such as Solyndra, the administration funneled millions of taxpayer dollars, intending to create the supply that the marketplace -- a compendium of human wants and needs -- had failed to create. The better to direct human wants it sees as misplaced, the administration tries to hem in producers of oil and goal with regulations and denial of such permits as the government oversees.

Top-downers in Washington similarly denounce the idea of allowing any element of consumer choice when it comes to deployment of dollars extracted by government ukase under Social Security and Medicare. Choose alternatives to the black financial holes that government digs for the next generation of “beneficiaries”? Impossible. How about allowing parents to take a designated amount of public money meant to finance public schools and actually choosing which school to patronize? The top-downers of the teacher unions would as soon be forced to assign a sonnet by Shakespeare or a speech by Webster.

“Top-down” is America today, at any rate in the sphere where laws and formal regulations obtain. It is a sad reality that Barack Obama is far too young to have initiated, but one he proudly maintains and preaches.

The irony of the piece is that the phrase “top-down,” as wielded by Mr. Top-Down himself, applies mainly to business and commercial types whose invaluable contribution to society is the creation of jobs and prosperity far beyond the power of top-down bureaucrats to emulate. If only they’d asked how the government wished them to proceed! Good thing they didn’t. Many might affirm.

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

Time for introspection but not for surrender

The next president of the United States must do right by our men and women in uniform. Our troops put their lives on the line to protect our right to vote, but untold thousands of them were unable to cast their own ballots on Tuesday.

Veterans groups and soldiers advocates have warned about military disenfranchisement for years. M. Eric Eversole, director of the Military Voter Protection Project and a former litigation attorney in the Voting Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, reported that “more than 17,000 military and overseas voters were disenfranchised in 2008 because their ballots arrived after the deadline and had to be rejected.”

That doesn’t include the thousands more whose ballots never arrived or arrived at their bases too close to the election to be returned. The total number of troops affected this year could be more than double or triple that because of the relocation of nearly 70,000 military personnel out of Iraq and Afghanistan .

More alarming, the feds acknowledged last week that a transport plane that crashed at Shindand Air Base in Afghanistan on Oct. 19 was carrying 4,700 pounds of mail -- including an unknown number of absentee ballots.

Experts agree that a minimum 45-day mailing standard is needed to provide soldiers overseas sufficient time to get their ballots home. But the feds have done virtually nothing to ensure that laggard states comply with military voter protection statutes. In fact, the Obama administration has actively worked against pro-troop voting protection efforts by suing to stop Ohio’s military enfranchisement reforms.

Moreover, according to a report by the Military Voter Protection Project released on Election Eve, the number of absentee ballot requests by both military members and other overseas voters in the battleground states of Virginia and Ohio has dropped 70 percent since 2008. Despite a federal law mandating that every base establish a voting assistance office, the Pentagon reported this summer that it could only contact such offices on half of the military’s bases.

In Wisconsin alone this election cycle, at least 30 municipalities failed to send absentee ballots to members of the military before the 45-day election deadline.

Last Monday, GOP Sens. John Cornyn, Kelly Ayotte, John McCain, Rob Portman and Marco Rubio raised the issue with

Our troops deserve better

Kudos to Vision Lampasas!, the city of Lampasas, Lampasas County and downtown-area property owners who have allowed Vision Lampasas! artists to paint the wonderfully designed murals! These murals beautify our city and are an attraction to visitors and local citizens alike!

Keep up the good work!Jim Rutland

For you racing fans who have an itch to travel to Austin this weekend for the debut of Formula 1 racing series but can’t quite swing it, I have a solution. We have our own homegrown racetrack right here in Lampasas on Howe Street featuring spectacular spills, out-of-control crashes and over-the-top speed, as drivers push their multi-ton gravel trucks to the checkered flag.

So come on out and enjoy the fun. Bring your barbecue pits, umbrellas and lawn chairs, and watch the action unfold with your entire family. Be advised the safest vantage point to watch the spectacle unfold would be from the middle of the road, since the drivers seem to have a difficult time keeping their behemoth machines on the paved surface.

See you at the races!David Compton

President Obama’s Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The group noted that the DoD’s Military Postal Service Agency had documented widespread problems experienced by overseas military voters during the last midterm elections, but that the department had taken no steps to make mail streamlining and modernization changes recommended in 2010.

The most simple, efficient fix involves a centralized mail forwarding system for blank absentee ballots to accommodate transient servicemen and servicewomen. The U.S. Postal System already has a similar system in place for civilian use.

“We are perplexed as to why DoD did not do everything in its power to modernize the system for redirecting blank ballots in order to eliminate this roadblock for military service members,” the senators told Panetta. Perplexed? Try steamed. Outraged. Livid. “Our men and women in uniform should be able to participate in the very same democratic system of government that they defend, not be relegated to mere spectator status because their ballot never reached them.”

The profligate Obama administration -- which squandered trillions of taxpayer dollars on a failed stimulus law, billions on dozens of now-bankrupt green boondoggles, billions to the Muslim Brotherhood-coddling government of Egypt, and multimillions on the first lady’s junkets in Spain and around the world -- has the audacity to blame funding woes for its neglect of military enfranchisement reform. A White House less focused on revenge and redistribution would put the rights of those who secure our blessings of liberty first. They deserve nothing less.

Michelle Malkin is a columnist with Creators Syndicate. Her e-mail address is malkinblog@gmail.com.

Has the nation gone irreversibly blue? Did intraparty disunity sabotage Mitt Romney’s presidential quest? Or is there some other explanation for the nation’s re-election of a president with the worst record in decades?

I received an e-mail from a brilliant conservative friend who wonders whether Republicans can ever win another election and thus whether the nation is forever lost. I ran into a college student at church the Sunday before the election, and despite his strong conservatism and high intelligence, he admitted confusion about the candidates’ respective positions after the presidential debates.

My first reaction after the election verdict was to fear both that America’s financial collapse is now inevitable and imminent, and that America’s implosion is inevitable because the election seemed to reveal that the majority of Americans no longer embrace America’s founding principles.

Even with such fatalistic fears, I was exhorting my fellow conservatives on Twitter not to give up; no matter how bad things seem, we can reverse this. We must quit feeling sorry for ourselves; we must not accept this death sentence; and we must fight on.

After sifting through the evidence and reading everyone’s ideas, I am feeling somewhat more optimistic but nevertheless recognize that the task before us is enormous.

I think we can break conservative post-mortem opinion into roughly three camps. The first is composed of the defeatists, who believe we have passed the tipping point because America now has more takers than producers. European socialism is here to stay.

The second is convinced that mostly demographic changes did us in but we can adapt. Minority groups are voting in greater percentages, and the Democratic Party is getting most of their votes. We have to alter our approach to immigration and develop other strategies to reach the Hispanic and African-American communities.

I worry that “outreach” could be a euphemism for pandering to identity politics instead of figuring out ways to convince all people, including minorities, of the superiority of conservative ideas. Unless we do that, we will have won the battle and lost the war.

The third group is conservatives who believe that Romney and the GOP didn’t do a good enough job making the conservative case and rallying the base.

The second and third groups, at least, are not defeatist; they haven’t given up on the party or, more importantly, on the country. They disagree in their diagnoses and thus in their solutions, but at least they see some light at the end of the tunnel.

I find myself not fitting neatly into any of these groups. I regret that I don’t have much space to lay out my position, but I’ll give you the highlights.

I admit I’m far from certain about my conclusions, but I believe that those who think they are probably are deceiving themselves. We have to sort through the rubble together with a healthy dose of humility, listen with open minds to one another’s ideas and set upon a course. Otherwise, we will find ourselves in a bitter intramural struggle for control of the party, which could lead to splintering.

Exit polls reveal that millions of Republicans stayed home, with the GOP having garnered fewer votes than John McCain in 2008. This is why the pollsters turned out to be correct. They were basing their models on a weak Republican turnout. Many conservatives mistakenly thought that was absurd on its face, not just because Obama was no longer the messianic figure he was in 2008 and now had a disastrous record but because of the intensity we had witnessed ourselves from 2009 on.

A combination of factors coalesced to yield this result. Too many evangelicals didn’t vote, not because of any anti-Mormon prejudice, in my view, but because they weren’t convinced that Romney was legitimately pro-life. I know this happened. I received the e-mails. This anti-Romney campaign was intense and relentless. Those eager to expel social conservatives from the party should save themselves time and liquidate the Republican Party, which would not survive without them. We don’t have to be strident, and we must address social issues more intelligently, but we can surely prevail on social issues against a party that tries to kick God out of its platform and is far more extreme than Republicans.

Also, many libertarians and other strong economic conservatives are fed up with the blurred distinctions between the parties and with Republican capitulation to monstrous federal government expansions and spending.

There was also a significant number of Republicans who weren’t adequately informed about Obama’s record or convinced that his second term would be as disastrous as many of us expect it will be.

As much as my respect grew for Romney in the campaign, I think in retrospect that he may have erred on the side of caution. In the foreign policy debate and

otherwise in the campaign, he may have gone too soft on Obama and sketched the distinctions between his policies and Obama’s in pale pastels rather than paint them in bold colors. He let him get away with Benghazi and, to a lesser extent, “Fast and Furious.” All this left some voters believing, as did Frank Luntz’s focus group, that though Obama wasn’t such a nice guy after all, Romney wasn’t so knowledgeable or competent on foreign policy as Obama was -- an outrageously erroneous conclusion but one Romney permitted by default. Romney also left Obama’s most vulnerable issue, Obamacare -- his Achilles’ heel, the galvanizing issue of the Tea Party movement itself and of the 2010 congressional campaigns -- on the cutting room floor, for obvious reasons.

As many of us conservatives have preached for years, contrary to the conventional wisdom of the establishment, though you must woo independents, you must first secure and energize your base. Romney performed well with independents, and I had talked myself into believing that he was motivating the base, as well, but hindsight reveals that he didn’t quite close the sale with many of them, which is amazing considering Obama’s record.

Obama did not reciprocate in positive and cautious campaigning. Even without presenting his own second-term agenda, through negative and targeted campaigning, he falsely depicted Romney as the one who hadn’t presented specific plans to turn the economy around and reduce our debt. Further, he demonized Romney, distorted his record, scapegoated George W. Bush -- to the point that a large percentage of the public actually bought into this lunacy -- lied about his own record and worked his base into a frenzy through divisive race and class warfare.

It is difficult to compete against a sophisticated propaganda machine run by ruthless community organizers who have been refining their skills for decades. When you’re up against that kind of opponent, you must fight back harder and more aggressively, and you must be unafraid to portray your opponent as the radical he is. Romney could have done a better job emphasizing the dire consequences that would result with Obama’s re-election.

There is no question demographics have changed significantly and will continue to change. There is no doubt that large percentages of people are on government assistance, which makes the Republicans’ future more challenging. But I reject the fatalistic conclusion that we can’t turn this around.

Despite all the advantages of his incumbency, a hyper-corrupt liberal media establishment’s protecting him and a ruthless but highly skilled propaganda machine, Obama won re-election by a relatively small margin.

Conservative ideas -- our founding principles -- are still salable, but it will require more than empty rhetoric. We must faithfully adhere to them in practice. Republicans have a mixed record on resisting the expansion of the welfare state, entitlements, and the size and spending of the federal government. We just have to figure out how to make our case more effectively and to reach minorities and, yes, single women, without diluting our transcendent and universal principles. Outreach is fine, as long as it doesn’t mean becoming mini-liberals, as we have seen with our forays into federal programs on education.

Though Republicans have had remarkably strong intervals in holding back government spending -- such as the Newt Gingrich Congress, for which Bill Clinton has forever co-opted the credit -- we haven’t been so consistent in resisting spending as liberals have been relentless in expanding it. Even our beloved supply-siders have been negligent about the spending side of the equation. Keeping marginal tax rates low spurs economic growth, but neglecting restraints on federal spending smothers the private sector, which is the tale of Obama’s first term. It also allows Democrats to deceitfully blame increasing deficits on growth-inducing tax cuts instead of the reckless spending that causes them.

So let’s do a better job of walking the walk instead of merely talking the talk. Let’s have a sincere discussion within the conservative movement and the Republican Party, and then choose the best course on which to proceed.

We must never give up. America is not over.

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

SportsPage 6 Lampasas Dispatch Record www.lampasasdispatchrecord.com Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Lampasas 0 7 13 7 -- 27Burnet 20 6 0 3 -- 29

First quarterBUR -- Derek Kiser 15 run (Austin Huff kick).BUR -- Cameron Langley 8 run (run failed).BUR -- Langley 2 run (Huff kick).

Second quarterBUR -- Jordan Barnard 26 pass from Kiser (kick failed).LAM -- Kleg Kennedy 1 run (Mateo Guerra kick).

Third quarterLAM -- Steven Jazdyk 76 run (kick blocked).LAM -- Jazdyk 38 run (Guerra kick).

Fourth quarterBUR -- Huff 19 field goal.LAM -- Robbie Hall 2 run (Guerra kick).

TEAM STATISTICS Lamp. BurnetFirst downs 17 15Rushes-yards 55-365 30-79Passing yards 41 319Comp-Att-Int 3-5-1 15-23-0Punts- avg. 4-46.5 3-37.0Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0Penalties-yards 4-30 7-55INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing - Lampasas, Steven Jazdyk 12-178, Robbie Hall 17-71, Avery Gary 11-46, Cody Jandreau 7-39, Kleg Kennedy 5-24. Burnet, Cameron Langley 8-42, Trenton Hasley 11-32, Derek Kiser 10-3. Passing - Lampasas, Kennedy 2-3-0-20, Beau Webb 1-2-0-21. Burnet, Kiser 15-22-0-319, Aaron Johns 0-1-0-0.Receiving - Lampasas, Kennedy 1-21, Tyler Perkins 1-14, Hall 1-6. Burnet, Jordan Barnard 6-88, Langley 3-95, Blayne Parisher 3-71,

Final District 8-3A Football Standings Overall DistrictGatesville 10-0 5-0Brownwood 6-4 4-1Burnet 5-5 3-2Liberty Hill 6-4 2-3Llano 3-7 1-4Lampasas 1-9 0-5

Last week Lampasas 27, Burnet 29Gatesville 48, Liberty Hill 25Llano 13, Brownwood 41

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PHOTO BY NICK FORRESTER

Senior Julie Mize drives toward the basket during Lampasas’ game against Salado last week. On Friday, the Lady Badgers fell to Drip-ping Springs 39-19. Blake Webb led the team with six points.

Lady Badger basketball

By NICK FORRESTERStaff Writer

The Lampasas football team didn’t focus on the X’s and O’s or on the scoreboard during Friday’s season-finale at Burnet.

Instead, the Badgers (1-9, 0-5) focused on one simple thought in the eventual 29-27 loss: just having some fun.

After all, the team had nothing to lose, as playoff contention for Lampasas was out of the question. Entering the game, the Badgers had a chance to knock Burnet out of the playoffs, but they also needed Liberty Hill to upset Gatesville for that to happen.

Burnet jumped out to a 26-0 lead at the beginning of the second quarter, and when word came over the stadium speakers that Gatesville was completely dominating Liberty Hill, the motivation for Lampasas was no longer there.

“We were feeling them out at the beginning of the game, but I said there’s no sense in feeling them out. We know exactly what they’re going to do. Go block their tail, and let’s go,” Lampasas coach Jimmy Randolph said. “We got after it. I mean, we just got after it after that.”

And Lampasas did. After a one-yard touchdown

run by senior quarterback Kleg Kennedy to put Lampasas on the scoreboard shortly before halftime, junior running back Steven Jazdyk reeled off a 77-yard run to the outside on Lampasas’ second offensive play of the third quarter.

And after the Badger defense

One last fightBadgers’ comeback attempt at Burnet falls just short in season-finale

PHOTOS BY MICHAEL KUEHNE

Seniors Ryan Henderson (left) and Andy Gamez share a somber moment after the Badgers’ season came to an end Friday night at Burnet.

held Burnet to a three-and-out, Jazdyk – who finished with 178 yards on 12 carries – struck again, as the junior hit a gap at the Burnet 40-yard line. With no defenders in front of him, he was able to stroll into the end zone from there to bring Lampasas within one possession.

“I thought that [Burnet’s 26-0 lead] was the end of it,” Kennedy said. “But we had those two long runs with Steven, and that just really brought our confidence up.”

A Burnet field goal put the Bulldogs up 29-20 with 6:46 remaining, then the Badgers drove down the field for one final score, as senior Robbie Hall rushed in from two yards out with 45 seconds left in the game.

“We finally got it through our heads that it was our last game. We have nothing to hide, nothing to lose and might as well go out, give it everything and have fun,” Kennedy said. “We didn’t want to go out like we had in some of the other games this year, and that’s when a team’s most dangerous – when they have nothing to lose.”

After the touchdown, the Badgers attempted an onside kick and, in the spirit of having fun, tried to distract Burnet with cartwheels and players falling down. But the onside kick attempt failed, and Lampasas fell two points short of the comeback.

“I told them at halftime it was going to be tight at the end, and it was,” Randolph said. “I appreciate the way the kids played the whole year.

“It wasn’t what we wanted as far as wins and losses, but their effort was outstanding, and they proved

what they’re made out of in the second half of this thing tonight.”

Hall finished with 71 yards on 17 carries, while Avery Gary rushed for 46 yards on 11 carries. Cody Jandreau contributed 39 yards on

seven carries, and Kennedy had 24 rushing, and 21 receiving yards. Senior Tyler Perkins finished with one reception for 14 yards, and Hall added a six-yard reception.

The junior varsity lost to Burnet

Senior Morgan Amthor (25) makes a tackle during Friday’s game at Burnet.

24-22, while the freshmen fell 20-14.

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2012 LHS Football Pep Rallies

Photos by Nick Forrester

Miranda Maceyra joins the Badger cheerleaders in a cheer.

Oscar Lopez performs a skit during a pep rally earlier this season.

Allison Lang and the rest of the Illustion Color Guard perform alongside the band.

Badger mascot Kailey Davis shows her appreciation to the crowd.

Raeana Vasquez and the rest of the Flames dance team perform during a pep rally earlier this season.

See more pep rally photos online at lampasasdispatch

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Darlene Jewell, who lives at the residence along with her son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Becky Jewell, reported that smoke was coming into her downstairs bedroom.

The two-story, native-stone and wood house sustained smoke and water damage, Jerry Jewell said.

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As he surveyed the scene, he said: “Now we have some repairs to do. I just thank God we don’t have a funeral or a total teardown [of the house] to do.”

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Gift card winnerLampasas County Farm Bureau held a drawing for a $50 gift card during the annual Hunter’s Welcome. The winner was Tony Nash of Liberty Hill who was passing through Lampasas on his way to Spur for the opening of hunting season. Nash and his family stopped by the Hunter’s Welcome at H-E-B for a barbecue sandwich where he registered for the drawing. Pictured are, from left, Colleen Ecker-mann of the Farm Bureau; Nash and his daughter, Paige; and FB representatives Cindy Duncan and Nathan Brown.

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Eight Lampasas High School FFA chapter officers and advis-ers participated in the 85th an-nual National FFA Convention Oct 23-27 in Indianapolis. High-lights included joining more than 49,000 FFA members and guests for opening ceremonies at the Indianapolis Convention Center that featured a keynote address by former Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton. Members partic-ipated in an Agricultural Career Show and Expo, and Dr. Steve Forsythe, LISD career and tech-nical education coordinator and FFA adviser, judged National FFA Proficiency awards finalists in swine placement competition.

Lampasas FFA’s contingency to Indianapolis included, from left, Dr. Steve Forsythe, Dakota Dahlke, Hunter Webb, Bryce Ramon, Emily Jones, Blayze Bierschwale, Makayla Martin and Caitlin Crane, Texas A&M fall student teacher.

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Mr. Turley was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force, and was discharged as a captain.

He later worked in Nebraska as design engineer for Interstate 80. He also worked at Fort Hood for 20 years as a traffic engineer.

Mr. Turley, a longtime member of Lampasas Baptist Church, enjoyed bird-watching with his wife, and traveling to Sheridan, Wyo., to spend

his summers.Survivors include his wife, Elaine

Turley of Lampasas; daughters and their husbands, Connie and Bill Farmer of Missouri, Pam and Bob Lund of Copperas Cove, and Patricia and Eric Schultz of Kansas; stepchildren, Martin Hoover of Kempner, and Jane Robertson and husband, Ben, of Greenville; a brother, Victor Turley of Salado; five grandchildren, Mark, Rachel, Courtney, Kyle and Amber; and step-grandchildren Ariel and Shiloh.

He was preceded in death by a sister and two brothers, and by his first wife, Dorothy Jean.

The family requests memorials be sent to Lampasas Baptist Church, 133 CR 4126, Lampasas, TX 76550.

PHOTOS BY LISA CARNLEY

Park artAbove: Dallas artist Da-vid Hickman puts the finishing touches on his sculpture at Hanna Springs Sculpture Gar-den that was damaged by vandals in June. At right: city of Lampasas employees Dave Paddie, left, and Bill Maceyra, right, assist with repairs to David Hickman’s “Portal to the Springs” art piece.

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