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SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2013 • PAGE A4
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OPINION
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Editorial
VIEWPOINT
A time for baseball and youth - remembered, renewed
Step outside, on a
night like this, when
the sky is starlit blue.
Breathe deep. Hold it in
and slowly let it go. The
air is fresh and alive
with anticipation. It is
full of youth. And for
the no-longer young: It
is full of youth remem-
bered. It is full of youth
renewed.
Baseball is in the air.
Full of warm-up jackets,
when the morning grass
is wet with dew. Sum-
mer sun has not yet
burned the grass away.
The well-oiled gloves
are pliant. The balls -
almost bright, in their
whiteness - are uns-
cuffed.
We play it through
the summer - on hot,
dead-air afternoons
and soft-breeze nights
- but it is really a game
BRAD
STUTZMAN
best suited for fall and
spring. Forever mixing
(as the fellow said, on
another subject) memo-
ry and desire.
It’s the tangy-mus-
tard bite on a hot dog;
peanuts and pretzels,
soda pop and beer.
It’s the rookie league
and old timers’ day and
some fresh, young kid
suiting up in your home-
town.
It’s black under the
eyes and shadows fall-
ing across the outfield.
It’s Yogi saying: “It gets
dark early out there.”
It’s your Texas
granddad, who grew up
worshipping Stan Musi-
al because the St. Louis
Cardinals were the only
team he could pick up
on his radio.
It’s your own kid - or
the kid you used to be -
in his pajamas and bath-
robe, sneaking a past-
bedtime radio listen to
some faraway game on
the coast. And then, the
next day, blasting a ten-
nis ball over the garage
roof. The crowd goes
wild. Let’s play two!
It’s organ music and
chin music. Dingers and
taters and hard cheese.
The Boys of Summer
and the Fall Classic.
It’s grown men with
the names of little boys:
Mickey and Whitey and
Billy and Pee Wee. It’s
the Babe.
It’s Red Barber and
Sal the Barber
It’s Red Schoendi-
enst and Whitey Herzog.
It’s Yankee pin-
stripes and Dodger blue
and the Big Red Ma-
chine.
It’s Jim Murray one-
liners: “Ricky Hender-
son has a strike zone the
size of Hitler’s heart.”
It’s the Big Train,
the Iron Horse and the
Ryan Express. The Say-
Hey Kid and Hammerin’
Hank. The Yankee Clip-
per and the Old Profes-
sor. “Can’t anybody here
play this game?” Yeah,
Charlie Hustle can.
Look at that head-first
slide!
It’s Milo Hamilton
and Harry Carey and
the seventh-inning
stretch. It’s Curt Gowdy
and the NBC Game of
the Week.
It’s color commen-
tary - “Holy Cow!” - and
black-and-white mov-
ies. It’s the glow from
a black-and-white TV,
coming from a screened-
in porch on a summer
night, where Gary Coo-
per is telling the world
why Lou Gehrig is the
luckiest man.
The seasons come,
the seasons go, but boys
- now grown to men -
will always remember
where they were when
they heard about Rober-
to Clemente. And Thur-
man Munson.
It’s Sandy Koufax,
willing his ruined arm
to another Cy Young.
And not pitching on
Yom Kippur. Not even
for the World Series.
It’s the Green Mon-
ster and all that Yaz.
It’s Ted Williams, hom-
ering in his last-ever at
bat.
It’s words of wisdom
from George Brett’s hit-
ting coach: “Way to hit
'em, George!”
It’s the Amazin’
Mets, on The Ed Sulli-
van Show, singing ‘You
Gotta Have Heart.”
It’s two outs and a
full count in the bottom
of the ninth, with a bas-
es-loaded grand slam to
win Game 7.
It’s the stuff that
dreams are made of.
Step outside on a
night like this. It is full
of youth remembered. It
is full of youth renewed.
Brad Stutzman is
editor of the Round
Rock Leader, an ACN
newspaper. He can be
reached at bstutzman@
rrleader.com.
BOUNCIN’ AROUND
Peaceful song spurs reflection on Vietnam, Iraq wars
Certain songs can
definitely envelope one
sometimes, especially
when driving alone in a
car. I was driving into
Smithville last Easter
Sunday afternoon, get-
ting in a little work
before getting back to
watching the NCAA bas-
ketball bracket.
I was just approach-
ing the bridge over the
Colorado River. It was
an old tune by Simon
& Garfunkel playing on
Austin’s KUT-X radio,
from the University of
Texas campus.
The tune went,
“April, come she will;
When streams are ripe
and swelled with rain;
May, she will stay; Rest-
- ®
HAGERl^ A
ing in my arms again...”
The notes being
finger-picked by Paul
Simon seemed quite
simple. I used to think
Simon & Garfunkel
were really good, but
somehow just “too pop”
and bubble-gummy.
Man - what did I know.
I almost had to pull over
my car - the song was
that powerful that par-
ticular day. Later, when
I stopped by a church,
I could still hear rem-
nants of the tune in my
head.
I’ve been telling my
cousins for a while now,
“I’m coming to visit
them” in West Virginia -
Huntington, to be more
exact.
It’s funny how every-
body who makes up the
group of my extended
relatives seemed to have
spread all over the U.S.
- eventually - from their
New York origins.
We almost all start-
ed out from Long Is-
land and migrated from
there, with occasional
forays down the East
Coast. Well, some mi-
grated, some stayed put.
And thank goodness for
that. It makes it easier
to return to one’s roots -
and have a free place to
stay, most times.
I haven’t been to
Huntington since I was
a kid. Right after my
brother and I landed in
Huntington, the Arab/
Israeli Six Day War
broke out in early June
1967.
I also want to visit
my father and my broth-
er’s graves, both Army
veterans (my dad, a
World War II veteran)
and buried in Arling-
ton National Cemetery
- venturing over to the
D.C. area after Hunting-
ton. I will also pay my
respects to the sections
of Arlington that contain
the graves of those mili-
tary members who gave
their lives in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
What will people say
about Iraq in decades to
come?
Does it really matter
now - to those military
and civilians who died
- whether there ever re-
ally were weapons of
mass destruction (i.e.
chemical, biological and/
or nuclear weapons)?
It was the reason cited
for initially “going in”
to Iraq. When I see for-
mer President George
W. Bush - I don’t know
- it’s just the look on his
face. I think all presi-
dents seem to get it, af-
ter having faced sending
men and “almost boys”
off to war. Eight years
in the White House also
has its toll all by itself,
I’m sure, whether there
is a war or not.
I have a brother who
lives in Pusan, South Ko-
rean - for about 18 years
now.
He taught English to
Korean youth and then
married a lovely Korean
woman.
He loves being in the
country so much that he
may stay there perma-
nently, though he gets
home at least once a
year. So far, I’m holding
my breath with the crazi-
ness of that young North
Korean dictator, all while
the U.S. ups the show of
its military forces.
Hot Off The Web 1
From the comments on
bastropadvertiser.com:
MS Pat, while i do agree with what you said, this let-
ter has nothing to do with parenting. This has to do
with what several other school districts have already
initiated and that is understanding not all students
will go to college but will be either going to work out
of high school or entering a vocational trade. For in-
stance, I have first hand knowledge there are many
opportunities for students to become employeed as
cooks around Bastrop and this demand is hard to fill
because none of them are prepared.
- submitted by Conscientious Citizen #9 on the tetter
“How about a career high school?”
I, too, am disgusted with the inability to reforest my
1 acre because of all the dead trees, the absentee
neighbors trees, and the fact that there is no enforce-
ment of lot cleaning from the county. This has been a
horrendous task. I am a strong environmentalist and
will stand behind saving the Toad, but this can still be
done with the help of arborists, Tree Folks, The forest
Service, some Biologists who have been working this
area, and the support of the county officials. Please
help those of us who are trapped right now!!
- submitted by Marianna Hobbs on the last column
by County Judge Paul Pape: Help Bastrop County go
green
I am really hoping that this helps to combat the issue
of bullying that is at BHS. I personally know its a real
issue there. I will give kudos to the officials at the
school for trying to not allow it, and for bringing in a
program like this.
- submitted by Heather on the article “Bullying in the
spotlight”
Letters to the Editor
Now is the time to stand up for water
Editor:
The day has come.
Water marketers are
set to grab water under-
lying Bastrop and Lee
counties. The last stand
is at a meeting of the
Lost Pines Groundwa-
ter Conservation Dis-
trict, 6 p.m., April 17 at
Giddings City Hall.
A standing-room-
only hearing of LPGCD
at Bastrop City Hall
on March 20 resulted
in their wise postpone-
ment of Forestar Real
Estate’s massive per-
mit for 45,000 acre-feet
of groundwater in Lee
County. Frankie Lim-
mer is also back for
56,000 acre-feet for his
EndOp, LLC.
In our opinion, these
two permits pretty
much guarantee that
well owners in Lee
County, a vulnerable
rural county, will be ad-
versely affected.
LPGCD is the best
district in the state. But
can we expect them to
stand up to water profi-
teers who will surely
sue LPGCD using the
loopholes our state leg-
islators left in the wa-
ter law they passed in
2011? What about our
own State Representa-
tive, Tim Kleinschmidt,
ironically of Lee Coun-
ty, who has financial
interest in the Forestar
application?
Where are our state
senators, one Democrat
(Senator Kirk Watson),
one Republican (Glenn
Hegar)? Are they sup-
porting the “water
bank” (just passed in
the Texas House as
HB4) to fund pipelines
that will move rural
Texans’ water to the
growth corridor along
IH-35, without protec-
tions for rural Texas?
Citizens from af-
fected counties must
converge in Giddings.
If you’re serious about
conservation and pri-
vate property rights,
be there. Be there if
you’re from Rep. Klein-
schmidt’s district (Lee,
Bastrop, Caldwell, Gon-
zales and Karnes coun-
ties), from counties set
to receive the water loot
(that’s Travis, William-
son, Hays and Bexar
counties) and from Mi-
lam and Burleson coun-
ties, where the Post
Oak Savannah GCD
has already granted
permits like candy - on
the same groundwater!
If the Lost Pines
GCD stands tall, we can
promise you at least one
thing. It will be game
on - especially with the
legislature in session.
Folks, be ready!
Linda Curtis
Independent Texans (Indy-
Texans.org)
512-535-0989
Bastrop C ounty needs health clinic
Editor:
It is good to see Obamacare
impact our community after
three years of waiting. With
the announcement of a grant to
build a federally-funded health-
care clinic in Bastrop, we can see
signs of Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
right here in our community
(Act, 2010).
I am glad to see some posi-
tive steps happening in Central
Texas. The major health and
economic disparities in Bastrop
County are evidenced by the
increase in general health care
spending which rose 138% be-
tween 1999 and 2010 while av-
erage wages increases were 42%.
In 2010, over one quarter of
our community lacked health in-
surance. Our working neighbors
are more likely to be uninsured
by nearly 20% as compared to
other workers across America
(AARO Health Care Committee,
2011).
With these numbers on the
rise, we needed a clinic in our
community to meet the needs of
our county. Our hats are off to
Lone Star Circle of Care (Seton
Healthcare Family) for accepting
the challenge and bringing much
needed affordable health care to
the many members of our com-
munity that are in need.
Dorothy Dean, RN, MSN
Rosanky
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