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Shane and Tosha Hall are the owners of this home at 3709 County Road 1020. Their home is among those to be featured on the museum’s Tour of Homes. The tour will take place Dec. 4 as part of the annual Yuletide festivities in Lampasas. Tickets are available from the Lampasas County Museum. JOYCESARAH MCCABE | DISPATCH RECORD

Shane and Tosha Hall are the owners of this home at 3709 County Road 1020. Their home is among those to be featured on the museum’s Tour of Homes. The tour will take place Dec. 4 as part of the annual Yuletide festivities in Lampasas. Tickets are available from the Lampasas County Museum. JOYCESARAH MCCABE | DISPATCH RECORD

Tour of Homes to feature four stops this year

News Staff
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Members of the Highland Lakes Master Gardener Association are knowledgeable about a number of horticulture practices and share that through community service projects. A new class for Master Gardener certification will be offered in February. COURTESY PHOTO

Members of the Highland Lakes Master Gardener Association are knowledgeable about a number of horticulture practices and share that through community service projects. A new class for Master Gardener certification will be offered in February. COURTESY PHOTO

Master Gardener certification course available in Burnet

News Staff
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Highland Lakes Master Gardener Association will offer a certification course at the Texas AgriLife Extension office in Burnet beginning Feb. 1, 2023, for 10 weeks. Class times are 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Class size will be limited, and the course is offered only once a year.
Kenny Murray of Keller Williams Real Estate joined forces with the Alycia Hooper Real Estate team on their second annual community food drive. The group collected and donated 1,473 pounds of food to St. Mary’s Catholic Church Food Pantry. Pictured are pantry volunteer Beth James and Kenny Murray, left to right. COURTESY PHOTO

Kenny Murray of Keller Williams Real Estate joined forces with the Alycia Hooper Real Estate team on their second annual community food drive. The group collected and donated 1,473 pounds of food to St. Mary’s Catholic Church Food Pantry. Pictured are pantry volunteer Beth James and Kenny Murray, left to right. COURTESY PHOTO

More than over 1,000 pounds of food collected

News Staff
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

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News Staff
Monday, November 21, 2022
PHI KAPPA PHI Maria Smith of Kempner recently was initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Smith was initiated at Texas Woman's University.
Food donated to Lampasas Mission

Food donated to Lampasas Mission

Food donated to Lampasas Mission

News Staff
Monday, November 21, 2022
LampasasMissionvolunteerBillyRayJamesholdsafrozenturkey that was part of the Thanksgiving groceries the organization distributed to its clients last week.
COURTESY PHOTO

COURTESY PHOTO

Kindred Spirit Ranch celebrates its grand opening

News Staff
Monday, November 21, 2022
Kindred Spirit Ranch recently held a ribbon-cutting celebration with Lampasas County Chamber of Commerce members, friends and family. The business, located at 1222 FM 580 in Copperas Cove, offers dog boarding and training (group or private), puppy boot camp and grooming.
Lampasas and Copperas Cove-area volunteers ventured to Golovin, Alaska, to assist with typhoon damange cleanup. Golovin is pictured here in July, prior to the storm devastation. COURTESY PHOTO | WAYNE BUTLER

Lampasas and Copperas Cove-area volunteers ventured to Golovin, Alaska, to assist with typhoon damange cleanup. Golovin is pictured here in July, prior to the storm devastation. COURTESY PHOTO | WAYNE BUTLER

Local volunteers aid with Alaskan typhoon recovery

Veronica Butler
Thursday, November 17, 2022
The sky was still black as tar. The clock read 3:30 a.m. on Sept. 26. Wayne Butler packed his things and gently woke his wife. Bleary-eyed, Julie Butler drove her husband to First Baptist Church-Copperas Cove.
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