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July 10- 16, 2020 · www.community-news.com · 75 cents The Community News Serving Aledo · the Annettas · Hudson Oaks · Willow Park, Texas COVID-19 SPECIAL REPORT ‘It’s not the flu’ Three cases show variety can continue to earn a paycheck, the phone call telling him he had but it requires each of us to do our tested positive. At that point, he of impacts of part to protect one another.” and Cameron were in Washington, ‘invisible enemy’ The challenge posed by COVID- D.C. 19 is that it has a wide range of By Randy Keck The Community News effects. Some who contract the virus have no symptoms while oth- “I obviously The numbers for COVID-19 ers can potentially die from it. continue to climb in Parker County The Community News spoke had it for four and in Texas. From July 2 to July with three people who have or had 8, Parker County’s number of con- COVID-19, and the three cases or five days firmed cases increased 52 percent reveal differences in the way the and didn’t from 304 to 464. virus affects individuals. Statewide, the number jumped even know I 25 percent as 44,587 new cases were reported for a total of Shawn Callaway had it.” Shawn Callaway is the executive 220,564. (Note: The Community - Shawn Callaway News provides daily updates on director of the Aledo Education COVID-19 at www.facebook.com/ Foundation and serves as the East Parker County Chamber of The-Community-News-Covid-19- “I’m supposed to quarantine by Commerce Chairman of the Board. Information-106199201150855). myself until (July 13). Cameron While increased testing has Callaway attended a chamber called West Point and talked to contributed to the increases in board meeting on June 24 and his tactical officer. He told him to reported cases, testing does not woke up about 3 a.m. on June 25 come in early,” Callaway said. “It’s account for the increases in hos- with chills, body aches, and a slight the weirdest thing. He sat next to pitalizations seen in metro areas cough. me in the car in the passenger seat of the state. Some hospitals have “I thought I was having allergies and we drove two 11-hour days to reached their COVID-19 capacity. and some allergic reaction to some- West Point. When he got there, he Last week, Texas Gov. Greg thing, so I got up and took some was tested and he was negative. Abbott mandated that all Texans in Tylenol and a Claritin and went Nobody else in my family is sick. It counties with more than 20 cases back to bed,” he said. just seems to be me. I have no clue. wear masks. Callaway’s symptoms subsided, I was not around any large gather- “Wearing a face covering in but out of caution, he was tested on ings or anything like that, so I don’t public is proven to be one of the Monday, June 29. On Wednesday, have a clue where it came from.” most effective ways we have to slow he and his son Cameron started Callaway said he had a minor the spread of COVID-19,” Abbott the drive to West Point, where cough with no discharge that would REBECCA LU/THE COMMUNITY NEWS said. “We have the ability to keep Cameron is a cadet. indicate infection. Madeline Campbell with sons, Hawkins and Lincoln, and grandmother businesses open and move our Callaway thought he was suffer- One symptom of COVID-19 is Ann, enjoyed time at Bearcat Park on Tuesday. Area residents are find- economy forward so that Texans ing from allergies when he received the loss of taste and smell, but ing ways to social distance and get recreation. Callaway said he has not experi- enced the loss of either sense. “It’s more to me like an iron taste in my mouth,” Callaway said. ALEDO “You know, if you ever get a tooth pulled or you get hit in the mouth and you bleed a little bit, and then the taste of the blood kind of has an On again, off again iron taste to it. It’s real minor like that. I’ve been reading since then, like 45 percent of the cases being Taco Bell is on again tested right now are asymptomatic. council members vulnerable to “Beforehand, I was very par- State law kicks in potential costly lawsuits. anoid because you know, I’m replat approval overweight, in that age category so At a special meeting on July I was very nervous. I’m very thank- By Randy Keck The Community News 7 to hold a public hearing on a ful that it has been very mild. So I The saga of Taco Bell in Aledo proposed moratorium on com- don’t take it for granted.” continued this week with the Callaway was supposed to visit mercial development, the attorney pronouncement that, as a mat- representing the city, Fritz Quay, with a cousin in Connecticut on the ter of law, the replat requested by announced that the replat would trip but decided to cancel that visit ETX Bell properties LLC will go in effect be approved as of July 11. when he learned he had COVID-19. forward despite the city council “They are doing everything they voting it down. The Aledo Planning and Zoning can up there because they have The preliminary plat sailed Commission and City Council’s seen so many people that she was through to unanimous council hearings on the moratorium were close to that have passed away,” he approval in May, but the final plat confusing to some of the speak- said. — which was identical — was voted Callaway said there is a differ- down in June after vocal residents ers, as attachments defining the ence between “playing defense” to opposed the use of the property for boundaries affected by the mora- keep from getting the virus, and a proposed Taco Bell. torium were not available. having it. The council was advised at the “You definitely feel like a leper time that Texas law prohibited The city council nevertheless to some extent. West Point was them from denying the request voted to approve the first reading very clear, I mean, when we pulled if all of the city’s ordinances had of the moratorium. The council RANDY KECK/THE COMMUNITY NEWS up there, like, do not roll down been met by the property owner. will meet again at 6:30 p.m. on Shawn Callaway, center, is shown at the East Parker County Chamber of the window. They took Cameron By voting down the replat, the July 16 for the final reading and Commerce Golf Tournament on June 4. Turn to COVID, page 3 action left the city and individual vote on the moratorium.

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COVID-19, but both tests came out COVID negative. “I’m only 23 from page one “I was like, ‘okay, well, how do you explain the 102 fever? You know, straight to the hospital, and he got — I’m pretty I mean, chills, sore throat, and all of out and I was escorted off the post. that’” he asked. healthy … It I was not welcome to be there for any length. So you kind of feel like a “And then the next day, my was so sensa- leper, which I totally get, and people symptoms got worse, for I couldn’t need to wear masks because you breathe,” Newsome said. “So I head- tionalized in never know. You can have it. I obvi- ed back to the hospital (Harris my mind. But ously had it for four or five days and Southwest). Because it got that bad. didn’t even know I had it.” I also had loss of taste and smell then I ended — I could kind of deal with those

symptoms, but when it comes to my up getting breathing, I can’t play about that. Ryan Newsome And so I had to go back up there the virus. So Ryan Newsome was a star receiv- because it was tough for me to catch it definitely er for the Aledo Bearcats in the class my breath. Like, I really couldn’t of 2015. He went on to play football breathe well on my own.” humbled me.” at Arizona and is now a youth pastor While he got almost immediate - Ryan Newsome there. attention on his first visit, he spent TONY EIERDAM/THE COMMUNITY NEWS Newsome was back in Texas in a couple of hours in the ER waiting breath. But that was not a part of Ryan Newsome is shown leading the opening prayer at the Justice for March to participate in marches room the second day, but when the the symptoms that I had when I had George Floyd march in Aledo on June 6. that occurred in the wake of the staff saw him he was immediately the flu.” isolated. George Floyd killing. Newsome said. One of the things Newsome grew up with asthma, Newsome said that, like many “They just put me in a room by He thought he might have been that was disquieting for him was but the need for inhalers subsided as in his age group, he didn’t take the myself and I was in there for hours, exposed to the virus during the knowing there was no treatment. he got older. virus seriously at first. marches in Fort Worth or Aledo, and it was cold. I felt like they were doing the best they could, but for He got an inhaler during his “I’m only 23 — I’m pretty but his doctor told him that was not “As humans, we’re just so used bout with COVID-19. necessarily the case. whatever reason, kind of like they to having medicine at will, or there’s healthy,” he said. “And so I was one were really nonchalant about every- “I used my inhaler, and it didn’t of those people, probably a month “The doctor said, ‘Mr. Newsome, over-the-counter meds or whatever. thing. So I had an issue with that work, and that’s when I got scared. ago or two months ago, where I saw it really doesn’t work that way. There But you don’t have the liberty to take because my mom, my dad, and my Because of the shortness of breath, stories and I was like it was anoth- could have been a lot of potential anything when you have COVID — wife, they couldn’t come back there it’s like it’s a part of the virus, so it’s er testimony. People saying ‘take it places where you could have gotten you literally just have to wait it out, to see me,” Newsome said. not like it just goes away,” he said. seriously.’ And it just went over my it.’” because I was asking the doctor “So when it didn’t work, that’s when head — it went in one ear and out A blood test came back and what can I do — it was like pretty The doctor said he could have I started panicking.” the other. It was so sensationalized confirmed that Newsome did have much nothing. As humans, we’re not picked it up at the gas station, gro- COVID-19. Back in Arizona now, Newsome in my mind. But then I ended up used to hearing that. You can’t do cery store, or from someone he was asked if he had any words for getting the virus. So it definitely Newsome said his mom was anything for this sickness — it’s not knew.” his friends back in Texas. humbled me.” leery about the negative result the the flu, it’s not mono, it’s not strep “You can never really pinpoint day before and advised him to go “I just want everybody to be safe throat — it’s none of that. So I was where you actually got it unless ahead and quarantine himself. and I want us to go back to normal forced to sit there for 14 days and somebody you know actually has it, just like the next man, but at what “My mom worked at Walgreen’s wait it out. That frustrated me.” and then you come in contact with for 30 years — she was a pharma- cost? If I see people dying now, I’m Clay Russell them,” Newsome said. cist there,” Newsome said. “So she Newsome said he had trouble not gonna take that risk. You know, Clay Russell graduated from Newsome said he had symp- knows just about the whole every- swallowing when he had the illness. people are saying it’s like the flu— toms of strep — in addition to fever thing going down. So she said ‘just it’s not like the flu. That’s one thing Aledo High School in 1998 before and body aches, he had a very sore quarantine yourself,’ so I did that “I felt lightheaded,” he said. “I’m I’m trying to tell people, it’s not like attending the University of Texas at throat. anyway. trying to swallow when I’m sleeping. the flu. Arlington. On July 5, 2003, Russell “It got so bad I just ended up “I care about people a lot, so if It’s too painful. So I just sat up, you “I’ve had the flu before, plenty of and some musician friends took the checking myself into the hospital I see people dying, you know, I’m know, I wouldn’t be able to sleep. times when I was younger. I’ve never big plunge and moved to New York, (going to the emergency room).” gonna quarantine myself. I’m not I lost my appetite. So I was really lost my sense of taste or smell. And seeking careers in music. The hospital tested for strep and gonna be in contact with nobody,” weak. And I lost 8-10 pounds.” I’ve never been able to not catch my Turn to RUSSELL, page 5 HOPE IS HERE SETTING A NEW STANDARD FOR ONCOLOGY CARE

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necessarily eat. So I went about five RUSSELL days without eating. And then right from page three when you think it’s over, you know, I woke up and didn’t have a headache “I fully under- Among his songs and albums and thought that it was over, but that can be purchased on iTunes, stood how then I realized that I couldn’t take a Spotify, and Amazon is “Willow deep breath. this can kill so Park Will Always Be My Home.” In addition to his music, Russell “I’d never been through some- many works at Rockefeller Center. “So thing like that — I felt like it was just yeah, I’ve run into Al Roker getting going through phases. I consider people because lunch more times than I can count,” myself to be healthy. As a healthy as a healthy he quipped. 40-year-old I was shocked at how “I started to feel ill on March 31,” much this thing floored me.” 40-year-old, Russell said. “I started to feel achy Russell said there was some and had a cough — something that information he kept from his par- it knocked I found out later, which was kind of ents in Willow Park to keep them me down for eerie is, when you have a cold and from panicking. you cough up mucus — with this, “My downstairs neighbor was 14 days … it I was coughing up something that found dead from it,” Russell said. just wears you was clear, which I’ve later learned “And I imagine I probably got it was pieces of your lungs while parts from him, you know, touching the down.” of your lung are dying off, which is doorknob from the building. This - Clay Russell kind of incredible. I initially knew was about a week into my symptoms something was wrong right there. and I was starting to take a dive and And then within four days, you are I still remember hearing my neigh- Russell said the only lingering completely fatigued. I remember for bor’s brother screaming when he SPECIAL TO THE COMMUNITY NEWS effect of the illness to his knowledge a solid four or five days I had to discovered him. And the paramedics Clay Russell is shown during his second day of COVID-19. One day later he is that he gets styes in his eyes. sleep with a beach towel underneath showed up. And just to show how was unable to get out of bed. “I’d never gotten these, and in me because I would wake up every surreal this was, they showed up the past month and a half since I day and it would be soaked in sweat and declared him dead and then had “Supposedly you have it for two “That second day, I assumed that recovered I’ve had four of them.” — it was just awful.” to leave his body in the apartment weeks before you feel symptoms,” I just had a cold because I felt Russell also doesn’t buy into the for the rest of the day because they Russell said. “So you’re spreading fine,” Russell said. “There’s actually He also pointed out that within “it’s just the flu” scenario. didn’t have time to take bodies to this thing to people for two weeks. a photo of me walking around the a two-mile radius of his home, 134 “People keep saying it’s just a the morgue. After two weeks, you have about a people have died of COVID-19. bad version of the flu, and I’ll tell street on day two with COVID-19 “It was so bad in New York, they week to two weeks of going through you right now, it’s definitely not the jumping up and down because I’m “Something that I realized, and had to go to other emergencies to all the symptoms before it gets bad flu,” Russell said. “I’d never been fine. And then, 24 hours later, I that New York learned the hard try to save lives. I’ll never forget at enough where you need to go to a sick like this before. When you do couldn’t get out of bed. It took about way, is that this isn’t something that 11 o’clock at night just staring out hospital. And then when you get to have the flu or a cold or even food 16 days from the time that I started you can control. This is an invisible the window because you couldn’t the hospital, it takes about another poisoning, you kind of get all the enemy. This isn’t a car wreck that do anything else. And just seeing month before it actually kills you. to feel bad until the time when I was symptoms at once, and then it even- you can just swerve around. This a rental truck. The city didn’t have convinced that I was recovering and tually goes away. The thing with this “So, the fact that Parker County is something that you don’t even enough vans for the morgue so a not getting worse. that I remember as I was suffering only has one death at this moment know you got in a car wreck until Hertz rental truck pulled up in front through it, is it almost felt like this — I hope that’s not a false sense two weeks after it happened when of my building to take his body away. “I fully understood how this can thing is testing your different body of security for people because it is you start to feel symptoms. So the It was something that I’ll never for- kill so many people because as a systems to see what’s vulnerable. about a month process from the first thing that you can do is to stop get. And hopefully, no one in Parker healthy 40-year-old, it knocked me “You start off achy with a cough, time that somebody goes down to thinking that you’re in control of County has to see what I saw.” down for 14 days, and you’re just and then that suddenly goes away this thing before it gets to the point this. And the more that we all help exhausted — you haven’t eaten for and you go into fatigue and night Russell said New York has where they need to remove the each other out, and the more that sweats. And then you wake up and learned lessons that he hopes will ventilator.” four or five days, and you’re exhaust- we all agree to socially distance and that goes away. And then I went save lives in Parker County. In one experience that mirrors ed all the time. Apart from anything all agree to wear masks, the faster through about five days of a con- One warning he gave was about some other cases, Russell said that else — apart from the respiratory the economy is going to recover and stant headache with a complete loss the lower death rates as compared two days after his symptoms started problems and breathing and all that, the faster your kids can go back to of taste and smell and you can’t to the outbreak in New York. on March 31, he did not feel sick. it just wears you down.” school.”

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How do we possibly Similarly, beware of posts face masks in public interact? that attempt to define one side The question is, how can we vs. another. Your side loves “Ensuring access to healthy food in America, the other side hates our communities is an important part of possibly discuss of importance in such an environment? America, etc. our response to this pandemic,” Abbott Beware of “broad brush” said. The best technique I have seen to avoid escalation is to simply statements as mentioned above. This one-time benefit of $285 per eli- ask a question. When you see a Beware of posts that are gible child can be used in the same way Randy Keck post that you simply can’t believe, meant to demonize others or as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance [email protected] just ask: “do you have any credi- make them look bad. Program food benefits to pay for gro- Don’t necessarily trust Wow - I never expected the ble documentation for that?” Ed Sterling ceries. Eligible families include those images — even images on some response I got from last week’s Most often, they don’t. [email protected] with children who lost access to free or cable news outlets have been column. I appreciate the com- I am perhaps biased, but I reduced-price school meals through the modified. Gov. Greg Abbott on July 2 issued an ments and critiques. see a lot of “media bashing” out National School Lunch Program due to Be aware that anyone can executive order to slow the spread of the We’re going to stick with the there. I have seen a particular school closures. find a “source” to support their deadly coronavirus while keeping Texas general topic this week because post on three separate occasions The Texas Health and Human point of view. Not all sources as open as possible for business. I believe it is extremely import- now over the past three or four Services Commission partnered with the are equal. With few exceptions, the order ant for us to find a way forward weeks. It is presumably from a Texas Department of Agriculture and the Beware of constantly beat- requires all Texans to wear a face cov- from the deep divisions that police officer, though who really Texas Education Agency to launch the ing people over the head with ering over the nose and mouth in public exist in our country. knows? $1 billion federal program on June 1 in your viewpoint. spaces in counties with 20 or more posi- If you look at Facebook In the post, the supposed response to the COVID-19 pandemic. And as a matter of courtesy, tive COVID-19 cases. feeds these days, it’s not hard to police officer is making the please don’t post stuff daring Abbott also issued a proclamation giv- see that we are not only deep- statement “the media is trying Winner to face incumbent people to share. “How many ing mayors and county judges the ability ly divided, but also that many to get people to hate us. people will share this” should be to impose restrictions on some outdoor In the top spot on the July 14 otherwise good and intelligent “The media” is a really, really banned from Facebook. gatherings of more than 10 people and Democratic primary election runoff bal- people have no qualms about broad category that encompass- mandating that with certain exceptions lot are state Sen. Royce West of Dallas sharing information that is es everything from Daily Kos people cannot be in groups larger than and former U.S. Air Force officer Mary patently false. to Breitbart, so that’s making a Misinformation and 10 and must maintain six feet of social “MJ” Hegar of Round Rock. The winner There are mischief makers really big statement. Disinformation will face incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. distancing from others. out there, and they somehow get Every time I see the post, I There are two words that John Cornyn in the Nov. 3 election. “We have the ability to keep business- their jollies by spreading infor- simply ask the question: “Do can describe false information es open and move our economy forward West, an attorney whose current term mation and memes that serve you have any specific examples online: misinformation and so that Texans can continue to earn a as a state senator will expire in 2022, no other purpose than to divide of the media trying to get every- disinformation. has been a member of the body since one to hate the police?” paycheck, but it requires each of us to do Americans. And for whatever When you go onto Facebook 1993. He serves as vice chair of the It’s been crickets for four our part to protect one another — and reason, the American people are and share a post that turns out Senate Higher Education Committee and weeks. that means wearing a face covering in all too willing to help out. not to be true, you are guilty of is a member of Senate committees on The question method to public spaces,” Abbott said. One of the false memes that misinformation — that is, you Administration, Education and Finance. me does a couple of things. It “I urge all Texans to wear a face came across my feed a couple of are not deliberately misleading calls the false information into covering in public, not just for their Hegar has 12 years of military times this week was a supposed someone, even if by sharing question without necessarily own health, but for the health of their experience, including three tours as a photo of the Vietnam Veterans something that is false. helicopter pilot in Afghanistan, where engaging in confrontation. families, friends, and for all our fellow Memorial in Washington, D.C. The people who created she flew combat search and rescue and If I had posted “no, the Texans,” he added. that had been vandalized, and the meme or the post that you medical evacuation missions. She is a media is not trying to get every- Cumulative figures posted July 5 by blaming it on black lives matter shared are guilty of disinforma- recipient of the Purple Heart and the one to hate the police” then the Texas Department of State Health protesters. tion — deliberately creating and Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor. I would have gotten “yes they Services showed some 195,239 people It turns out that the post was spreading false information. are!” in Texas diagnosed with COVID-19 and Cornyn, of San Antonio, a member of a fake. The photo was real — it The purpose of disinforma- “No, they’re not!” 2,637 confirmed deaths resulting from the U.S. Senate since 2002, previously was a replica of the Vietnam tion is simple — it is to sow “Yes, they are!” the disease. served as an associate justice of the Texas Veterans Memorial that was van- division and chaos into our And nothing would ever get Supreme Court from 1992 to 1997 and dalized in Los Angeles in 2016. culture. as Texas attorney general from 1999 to The people who shared this solved. Wear-mask videos posted Here is an example: 2002. fake meme didn’t question Asking questions does The governor’s office released a video In 2016, two different it because it fit in with their require a certain amount of of Abbott to coincide with his July 2 Russia-backed websites man- pre-existing beliefs. That was humility, because if someone executive order plus two more public ser- Revenue total is down aged to create a protest and not by accident. does provide credible docu- vice announcements imploring Texans State sales tax revenue totaled $2.67 counter-protest in front of Whoever created that meme mentation, then it is up to you to step up efforts to slow the spread of billion in June, an amount 6.5 percent the Islamic Da wah Center of knew it was false, but they also to evaluate it and be prepared ’ COVID-19. less than the amount reported for the Houston. The first group in the knew people would not ques- to perhaps change your own month of June 2019, Texas Comptroller protest, Heart of Texas,” was Major League Baseball Hall of Fame tion it and would share it. mind on some issue. But if we “ Glenn Hegar said on July 1. a Russian-backed Facebook catcher Iván “Pudge” Rodríguez urges The problem gets worse from approach each other with the The decline in collections was driven group promoting secession. The Texans in both English and Spanish to there, because as fact-check- attitude that “I’m gonna prove principally by steep drops in remittanc- second was a Russian-backed wear a mask in public to protect them- ers have arisen over the years, them wrong” we’ll never get es from oil- and gas-related sectors. Facebook group called “United selves and others from the deadly virus. the people who create the fake anywhere. Collections from the construction and Muslims of America.” Tom Herman, University of Texas memes have spread false infor- Posting a link to a fact-check- amusement service sectors also were By posting to these two head football coach, urges Texans to work mation about the fact checkers. ing site is another way to hold down sharply, Hegar said. groups, a protest and count- together as a team to stop COVID-19 by So you end up with a class of posters accountable. er-protest on the streets of washing hands regularly, social distanc- However, “While collections from people who will believe any- It doesn’t typically set well, Houston was conjured out of ing, wearing a mask and staying home restaurants also were depressed, the thing someone they don’t know but I feel truth and accuracy thin air. The protests eventually when possible. extent of the decline was checked by dreamed up, but they won’t outweigh a falsehood that might led to confrontations between Similar public service announcements increased takeout and delivery sales,” believe a fact-checking post that be seen and spread. the two groups. released previously by the governor’s Hegar said. “And retail trade receipts rose provides source documentation. While I believe it to be a office feature Major League Baseball Hall significantly, buoyed by increased online Remember last week when responsibility to research and How much did all of this cost of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan and Dallas shopping and building material purchas- I mentioned the research that verify information before post- Russia? About $200, accord- Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith. es, as business premises were modified shows people get so engrossed ing, there are some telltale signs ing to hearings in the Senate for COVID-19 precautions.” in their world view that, even that what you see might not be Intelligence Committee. SNAP deadline extended The majority of June sales tax revenue when confronted with irrefut- truthful. How did it get so big for Gov. Abbott on June 29 extended is based on sales made in May and remit- able evidence, will double down Beware of posts that pit “us” such a small cost? Because a the deadline for families to apply for ted to the agency in June. on their world view? vs “them.” These include such lot of Facebook users simply hit the federal Pandemic Electronic Benefit Ed Sterling is Director of Member Services Yep. I have interacted with phrases as “real Americans” or “Share.” Transfer program to July 31. for the Texas Press Association. some of them. “the left” or “the right.” Turn to SLINGS, page 7 The Community News

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Does this post build people up If you were face-to-face with I have gone back and updated from appropriate, and seek healing — not SLINGS or tear people down? If you pro- the person you are posting about, time to time. throw darts. from page six fess Christianity, ask yourself if a would you say out loud to them The seeds of this column were I believe this wholesale dis- post tearing down even an enemy what you are posting? More recently, militias converged planted on June 28, 2018, when five semination of false information is consistent with your faith. There on Gettysburg to foil a big antifa flag staff members at the Capital Gazette and sowing of division is a very is a difference between criticizing Social media has allowed polit- burning, only to find no antifa there. ical rhetoric to go beyond anything were murdered. The bodies were real threat to our democracy. As actions or expressing disagreement not even cold before the Facebook It was all a hoax perpetrated on — we have ever seen. We are now at President Lincoln said, “a house and demonizing people. war began. you guessed it — social media. the point that we don’t see the other divided against itself cannot stand.” All of us have reputations that Would I stake my reputation party, or the other movement, as “It was Donald Trump’s fault!” If we want to save our democ- might hinge to some degree on what on the fact that this post is true? the opposition. We see them as the “It was Maxine Waters’ fault!” racy, it’s up to us to start talking to we post. If we post bogus informa- enemy. Does this post promote harmo- What got lost was the fact that each other, seek understanding, and tion, how can we be trusted to tell five staff members at the Capital ny or division? That’s not a coincidence. to stop throwing darts. the truth in person? Gazette were murdered. During that Not that you asked, but I’ll leave Do I really believe the person I wrote the original concept for or any other tragedy, it seems to me Randy Keck is in his 25th year you with this: ask yourself some quoted in the post would have this column in 2018. For various that as a country we should honor as owner and publisher of The questions before you hit “share.” been stupid enough to say that? reasons, it was never published, but the victims, take time to grieve if Community News.

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In my professional existence, a “year” for me normally constitutes a “school year,” the last being the 2019-20 school year. Or in this year’s case, the 2019- March 12, 2020 school year as far TONY EIERDAM/THE COMMUNITY NEWS as middle school and high school After sinking her tournament-winning putt, Cheyenne Knight celebrates to the heavens while paying homage to her late brother, Brandon Burgett, sports are concerned with the stop- moments after winning the LPGA’s Volunteers of America Classic at Old American Golf Club at The Colony. Knight won her first-ever LPGA tourna- page of extracurricular activities ment with a 266 in four rounds (18-under par) to win by two strokes. Also shown celebrating is her caddie, Brian Mahoney. because of school closings due to the COVID-19 pandemic beginning March 13. When I look back at this school Former two-time state-champion year, I will think of it as a big “INCOMPLETE” and think about how bad I felt for the athletes, par- Cheyenne Knight reflects on rookie season ticularly the seniors. But when I think back of a five- By Tony Eierdam I know I can play with the month period in 2019 — June to The Community News best. October — I will think about how In 2015, Aledo High School former Aledo High School Ladycats senior golfer Cheyenne Knight Q Describe how tough it is Cheyenne Knight and Allie Arneson won her second consecutive girls’ to play on tour concerning were responsible for letting me state golf championship as she was travel each week. How tough become a sports reporter on a one of the country’s top recruits is it to get into a routine as national scale, if just for a few days. coming out of high school. far as practice and such? As a community newspaper Knight went on to earn All- A Yes, on the road there isn’t sports editor/reporter most of my American status at the University much time for practice. You live coverage involves high school of Alabama, where she played get to the event and you’re and middle school sports, and that three years before turning profes- basically in tournament Is how I like it and that is why I sional in 2019. mode. I learned late last year work for The Community News. I And what a year 2019 was for rest is just as important as don’t just want to cover high school the former Ladycat. Knight won prep. I play practice rounds, and middle school, but ALEDO high the final tournament of the LPGA make sure I have a feel for school and middle school teams. season with a win at the Volunteers the speed of the greens, and Would I like to cover the of America Classic at Old American make sure to be rested and Cowboys? Sure. TCU? Of course Golf Club at The Colony to secure ready to play. (and I do to an extent when I cover her playing privileges on the LPGA our Aledo football players who are Tour for the 2020 and 2021 sea- Q How did you deal with the now Horned Frogs). Would I like to sons, which includes all majors. lows you experienced during be the Dallas Stars beat writer? Yes. Knight competed in 22 events the season when you were But the reality is I am just as happy, in 2019, making 13 cuts and earn- missing some cuts. How did if not more, having AHS and AMS ing $295,493, according to the you stay positive? as my primary beat, and I wake LPGA website (lpga.com). She up every day counting my blessings currently stands at 40th on the A I stayed positive with my that I work here, at The Community 2020 money list. faith News, and for you, Bearcat Nation, However, the COVID-19 pan- trusting God was prepar- our loyal readers. demic postponed LPGA play in ing me through the difficult As one reporter once told me, March, and the tour will not start times. I also had to get back “You have the best high school back up until late in July. During to playing “Cheyenne Knight” sports writing gig in the state.” Yes, the sports shutdown, Knight came golf. The golf I played in high I do, and I know it. back to Aledo and sat down for a Q school and college which I TONY EIERDAM/THE COMMUNITY NEWS But even at a community news- and A with The Community News was successful with. For me Aledo graduate Cheyenne Knight extends on a drive of hole No. 4 in the paper you can go “big time” every concerning her rookie professional that is hitting a lot of fair- final round of the VOA Classic Sunday at Old American Golf Course at once in a while, and that was my season. ways and greens, and being The Colony. Knight’s tournament win gives her exemption to every LPGA blessing in that five-month period of Q How do you feel when you solid with my putter. tournament and all majors for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. summer and fall in ’19. In this issue look back at your rookie I have written a Q and A article on season and realize your Q What is an element of pro- — Australia is her favorite. Q Do you get along with the Cheyenne Knight, and that piece dream became a reality as fessional golf – be it on the It’s been great to share those girls on tour, and who are has inspired what I am writing in a professional golfer. Is it course and/or off the course experiences with her. your closer friends on tour? this space today. what you expected? – that you did not expect? My “big league” trek started in A The girls on tour are great, A “It’s been pretty incredible A I did not realize how hard early June when former Ladycats very supportive of each to look back at my rookie it was to find a caddy. That all-state shortstop Allie Arneson’s I love when my dad can other. My closest friends are year. I had a lot of downs, was one of the hardest parts University of Minnesota softball come out as well. Having Sarah Schmelzel, Elizabeth but I learned a lot of valu- of my rookie year. I started team reached the Women’s College so many family and friends Szokol, Austin Ernest, Emma able lessons during those using Brian Mahoney the World Series for the first time in come out to the VOA Classic Talley, (former TCU All- hard times which propelled week before I won the VOA school history. was incredible. I feel like American) Angela Stanford, me to win my first LPGA Classic. He is very calm and I had been to the WCWS two I always play well when I and Kim Kaufman (Angela tournament. Playing on the positive on the course. He is years earlier when Arneson’s high have an “entourage,” Like in and Kim practice out of LPGA is everything and more one of the big reasons I won school teammate, third baseman Arkansas when you (sports (Knight’s home course) than what I expected. It’s that week. Riley Sartain, started on the 2017 editor Tony Eierdam) came Shady Oaks as well). Texas A&M team that reached been my dream since I was out, too! Q How big was it for you that Oklahoma City. Arneson was the 9-years-old.” your mother (Jayna) travel Q How tough is it for the tour starting shortstop for the Gophers Q How big was it for your with you to your tourna- Q Describe the day-to-day to stop due to the virus for her last three years in college, situation? confidence to win a tourna- ments? Describe how she grind on tour and were you and she had become sort of a folk ment in your rookie year? helped. How big was it when expecting it to be so tough? hero back in the Twin Cities as My guess is that not too your father Gene was able A The virus has been hard on reporters and fans were inspired by many professionals win a to see you play? everyone. I think the hardest the 5-4 athlete whose nickname at tournament in their rookie A Each day is different on tour. part for me is that we have Minnesota was “Little Turbo.” seasons. A Having my mom travel with How your body is feeling, no idea when we will play Arneson had a key hit in the final me was such a huge bless- conditions, etc. The travel again (this interview was game of the Super Regionals to help A No, not many people win ing! Both of my parents grind is the hardest part of before the LPGA reset the advance the Gophers to the WCWS, their rookie year or even have sacrificed so much for the tour. I did not realize how 2020 schedule) — and I love and with her big, bright smile, here in their career. It was huge my golf. Me and my mom much the travel would take a competing. But, it has made Turn to TONY, page 9 for my confidence because have been all over the world toll on me physically. Turn to KNIGHT, page 9 THE COMMUNITY NEWS July 10, 2020 9

Golf Course at The Colony. One TONY LPGA official in particular — her from page eight name is Megan but I don’t remem- ber her last name — greeted me Pete-Rose-type hustle and her out- when I picked up my credential and going enthusiasm, she became one remembered me from Arkansas. of the faces of the U of M softball Needless to say I was flattered. team. But the best part of this tour- It was so cool to be back in that nament was actually being there famous stadium and I had a kind to cover Cheyenne winning her of a thrill a parent might get when first-ever LPGA tournament. If I saw Allie take her position in the you are a fan of pro golf you under- first inning of the Gophers first stand that a lot of good players WCWS game. It was also fun hob- — players who end up earning nobbing with the national media, millions of dollars in their careers the ESPN folks, and I just felt — often take a few years to win so big league getting to cover a that first tournament, and very national event that I watch on TV rarely win in their rookie seasons. annually. Very rarely. Thanks, Allie. The scene on the 72nd hole was The year 2019 also represented so cool for me. I have watched this my “cup of coffee” as an LPGA scene play out many times on TV beat writer, so to speak, thanks to — watching a pro conclude her/his the Ladycats two-time individual tournament-winning round with a state champion golfer Cheyenne throng of fans encompassing the Knight. But in Cheyenne’s case, I 18th green — and that what was was blessed to have gotten to cover happening when Cheyenne, with two of her LPGA tournaments in a comfortable two-stroke lead, her rookie season. walked down the fairway on to the The first came in June — about green. three weeks after the WCWS Thanks to the good folks at the — when Cheyenne shot her LPGA, I had a space inside the lowest score to par in a pro tour- ropes on 18 to watch Cheyenne ful- nament to date. The venue was fill a dream so early in her career. at Rogers, Arkansas (which bor- Talk about feeling “big league.” ders Fayetteville) at the beautiful Pinnacle Country Club, and it was And when Cheyenne sank her so cool to watch Cheyenne as a final putt and raised he arms to the professional golfer. heavens (she was acknowledging At any professional event, there her late brother with the gesture) and cracked a huge smile, well, I are strict guidelines concerning TONY EIERDAM/THE COMMUNITY NEWS then had my “big league” photog- interviewing the golfers. It wasn’t Former Aledo Ladycats two-time state champion golfer Cheyenne Knight is interviewed by an LPGA official raphy moment. like when Cheyenne was in high moments after wining the VOA Classic, her first LPGA Tour victory. Knight will continue her second season on the school where I simply talked to her And it kept getting cooler. The professional tour when LPGA play picks back up in late July. after she completed her round. No, trophy presentation on the 18th in golf, the golfers move imme- green gave me goose bumps, and Q How big is it that the US Indianapolis I was taking a diately from the 18th hole to a immediately I felt like a communi- KNIGHT Women’s Open is being practice swing and acciden- make-shift scorers tent so the ty newspaper reporter once again from page eight played in Houston? tally made a divot and the divot actually hit my ball and golfers can check their scores and as my pride for a former Ladycat me appreciate the game so officially sign their scorecards. and for just a sweet, nice young A I am so excited to play the moved it forward. That’s a much more not being able to But reporters wishing to inter- lady came about me. U.S. Open in Houston. I 1-stroke penalty. This was play. started playing golf in The view individual golfers have to set Then there was the TV press Brian’s first week on the bag Woodlands, Texas — so it has up an appointment with an LPGA conference, and Cheyenne field- and I was not very happy after come full circle. This will be official — and it is very structured. ed our questions like a seasoned Q When the tour does start it happened. Brian told me my first U.S. Open close to — hey better now than when What I discovered in Arkansas pro, flashing that big Cheyenne back up, how did you feel where I first picked up a club. we’re in the final group next was the LPGA officials are well-or- smile as she was enjoying her huge your experiences from last ganized and professional. In fact, moment. week. Low and behold — he year will help you this year? Q What was one of your most those officials treated me with called it that I would be in the Yes, a sliver of 2019 will always funny moments form last final group the next week! enthusiasm and respect, making stay near and dear to my heart as year. A funny story or anec- me, a little ol’ community newspa- two former Ladycats gave their A I think how much I overcame dote you would like to share per reporter, feel like I worked for hometown reporter a moment in last year and my mental (if you can’t think of one In December, Knight will return Sports Illustrated, ESPN or any the national sun. toughness will help when the that is OK and just omit the to Old American Golf Club to defend other national media outlet. Very her VOA title, and the next week Thanks, ladies. Or shall I say, tour starts back up. I have question. classy. compete at the Women’s U.S. Open thanks, Ladycats! I got the same treatment in been telling myself to be over A (I think this is funny now) in her hometown of Houston, which October at the Volunteers of Tony Eierdam is the sports editor of prepared when we do return The week before the VOA will be held Dec. 10-13 at Champion America Classic at Old American The Community News. to competition. Classic in the final round in Golf Course.

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Aledo ISD has named J.D. Robinson as the new head boys basketball coach at Aledo High School. Robinson has been the associate head coach at AHS for the past year. Before arriving in Aledo, Robinson was the first head boys basketball coach at Benbrook High School in the Fort Worth J.D.Robinson ISD, building the program from the ground up and then leading the team to the school’s first-ever playoff appearance. Robinson was at Benbrook High School from 2014 to 2019. Beginning in 2009, Robinson spent five years at Byron Nelson High School in the Northwest ISD as varsity boys basketball assistant. During his five years at Byron Nelson, the team won two district champi- onships and had four playoff appearances, including a trip to the regional finals in 2012. Prior to that, Robinson was the director of men’s basketball opera- tions at Tarleton State University for a year and a half. “J.D. has worked hard and played a huge role in building the basketball culture at Aledo High School over the past year,” Aledo ISD Athletics Director Steve Wood said. “Having that continuity for our players is very important right now, and J.D. will be excellent in continuing the momentum that has started.” Robinson, who is taking over after former head coach Jamon Copeland departed AHS for Ave Maria University in Florida, helped the Bearcats finish 16-15 and as the runner up in District 4-5A during the 2019-2020 season. Robinson graduated from Tarleton State University, where he played basketball and helped lead the team to two Lonestar Conference champion- ships, two regional championships, two Elite Eights and one Final Four. “I am so excited and grateful for the opportunity to continue building and growing our basketball culture here at Aledo,” Robinson said. “My family and I have absolutely loved being a part of this community and we also share the value of hard work paying off.

TONY EIERDAM/THE COMMUNITY NEWS “Our guys will continue to work at being the best Aledo senior defender Tommy versions of themselves that they can possibly be on the Beaux (9) executes a free kick CHRIS D’AVINO/THE COMMUNITY NE basketball floor and in their life,” Robinson said. “I am during a district match. Aledo senior defender Alayna D’Avino advances the ball on a header during a district match. completely humbled and thrilled to be a Bearcat!”

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TONY EIERDAM/THE COMMUNITY NEWS LEFT: Aledo junior sprinter Eli Valencia sprints down the back stretch in the mile relay at the Bearcat Relays. Valencia’s finish represents the final AHS sports activities for the 2019-20 school year. The Bearcat Relays were held on March 12, the day before the announcement of schools closing. | SECOND: Aledo senior first baseman Justin Roquemore catches a throw for an out during the Bearcats’ victory over Abilene Wylie in the District 4-5A opener at Aledo, the only district baseball game played by the Bearcats in 2020. | THIRD: Aledo senior midfielder Micco Little (10) battles in front of the net during a district match. | RIGHT: Aledo left fielder Reagan Davis catches a fly ball as Audrey Pearce backs up during an early-season softball game at Aledo.

LEFT: Ladycats sophomore forward Reece Warren (26) battles for a free ball during a district match. (Photo by Chris D’Avino). | MIDDLE: Aledo sprinter Makayla Brinkman hustles down the back stretch during the JV girls 400-meter run March 12 at the Bearcat Relays. (Photo by Tony Eierdam). | RIGHT: Aledo distance runner Henry Zedler crosses the finish line during the boys’ 1,600-meter run March 12 at the Bearcat Relays. (Photo by Tony Eierdam).

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