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Summer bridge play continues

News Staff
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Twenty bridge players met June 9 for their monthly Community Bridge games.Barbara Smith took first place, Margaret Oberender was second, and Nell Lane came in third. Linda Williams and Barbara Mullican won the high round prize. There were no slams bid and made.
Smoke clouds around a truck during the burnout event of a previous year’s Sulphur Creek Car Cruise. file photo

Smoke clouds around a truck during the burnout event of a previous year’s Sulphur Creek Car Cruise. file photo

Sulphur Creek Car Cruise set for June 28

Alexandria Randolph
Thursday, June 19, 2025
The 39th annual Sulphur Creek Car Cruise will be held June 28. The cruise is a chance for motor vehicle enthusiasts to exhibit and view specialty cars.Hosted by Advanced Window Tint, the event will take place at W.M. Brook Park from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Registration begins at 9 a.m.
Officers installed to serve from 2025-2027 are, seated from left to right, Jani Edwards, second vice president; Sandy Brister, Children’s Book Project chair; and Bill Brister, LCRTA president; back row, Julia Phillips, first vice president and immediate past-president; Janet Machen, secretary; Juli Chaney, treasurer; and Charlene Ruzicka, corresponding secretary. COURTESY PHOTO

Officers installed to serve from 2025-2027 are, seated from left to right, Jani Edwards, second vice president; Sandy Brister, Children’s Book Project chair; and Bill Brister, LCRTA president; back row, Julia Phillips, first vice president and immediate past-president; Janet Machen, secretary; Juli Chaney, treasurer; and Charlene Ruzicka, corresponding secretary. COURTESY PHOTO

Retired teachers association installs new officers

News Staff
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Lampasas County Retired Teachers Association recently voted in and installed new officers for 2025-2027.The LCRTA Executive Board met June 3 to plan meetings for the coming school year. All five officers and two committee chairs were present.

History on Knights of the Golden Circle – Part 2

Ross J. Cox Sr.
Thursday, June 19, 2025
DREAM OF AN EMPIREThe KGC’s dream of a Southern Empire extended in the shape of a circle from the proposed capital at Havana, Cuba, through the Southern states of the United States, Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and eventually Central America.
Leaves on diseased live oaks often develop chlorotic or yellow veins that eventually turn brown, a symptom called veinal necrosis. This is the most commonly seen foliar symptom on live oaks that are infected with oak wilt. COURTESY PHOTO | TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE

Leaves on diseased live oaks often develop chlorotic or yellow veins that eventually turn brown, a symptom called veinal necrosis. This is the most commonly seen foliar symptom on live oaks that are infected with oak wilt. COURTESY PHOTO | TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE

Oak wilt cost-share program available to stop its spread

News Staff
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Texas A&M Forest Service is offering cost shares for Texas landowners to suppress the spread of oak wilt through the Texas Oak Wilt Suppression Program.Eligible oak wilt suppression practices through this program include trenching or removal of infected red oak trees.

CLARIFICATION

News Staff
Thursday, June 12, 2025
In the June 10 edition of the Dispatch Record, information provided to the newspaper about the location of the upcoming Lometa Lions Club ceremony to honor a Lometa ISD teacher was incorrect.The ceremony is scheduled for June 17 at 7:15 p.m. at the Lometa Church of Christ annex building.
Tyler Byrd and his sister Elizabeth Byrd pose for a photo with the plaque honoring their late parents, Becky and Larry Hart. A donation from Elizabeth in honor of her parents helped launch the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program in Lampasas in 2021. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

Tyler Byrd and his sister Elizabeth Byrd pose for a photo with the plaque honoring their late parents, Becky and Larry Hart. A donation from Elizabeth in honor of her parents helped launch the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program in Lampasas in 2021. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

The 1,000th Lampasas County child signs up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Erick Mitchell
Thursday, June 12, 2025
The Lampasas Public Library celebrated its 1000th signee for the local Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program with a party on Monday.The program, which came to Lampasas in 2021, provides a free book each month to children until they reach the age of 5.
Browning Community Garden Club members have placed decorative planters in the flower bed at the Kempner Volunteer Fire Department building as part of a beautification project in honor of National Garden Week. COURTESY PHOTO

Browning Community Garden Club members have placed decorative planters in the flower bed at the Kempner Volunteer Fire Department building as part of a beautification project in honor of National Garden Week. COURTESY PHOTO

Browning Garden Club begins beautification project in Kempner

News Staff
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Members of the Browning Community Garden Club got a head start on National Garden week recently when they began a beautification project at the Kempner Volunteer Fire Department building.National Garden Week was recognized June 1-7.
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