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Key Club to host Pumpkin Crafts event at LHS

News Staff
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Lampasas Key Club is offering a Pumpkin Crafts event Monday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Lampasas High School cafeteria.This free event will offer pumpkin painting, crafts, games and other activities for youth.All supplies needed to participate will be provided.

CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS

Kempner Cemetery Association
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Kempner Cemetery Association’s annual meeting will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Kempner Brick Oven, 12093 U.S. Highway 190.The board of directors encourages all members to attend.For more information, call 254-290-3688.
Lampasas High School theater director Greta Peterson received the Founder’s Award from the Texas Educational Theatre Association. COURTESY PHOTO

Lampasas High School theater director Greta Peterson received the Founder’s Award from the Texas Educational Theatre Association. COURTESY PHOTO

Peterson recognized by state group for theater efforts at LHS, LMS

News Staff
Monday, October 21, 2024
Lampasas High School theater director Greta Peterson received the Founder’s Award from the Texas Educational Theatre Association last month at the organization’s convention in Galveston.Along with her role as LHS theater director, she is the fine arts coordinator at Lampasas Middle School.

CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS

Kempner Cemetery Association
Monday, October 21, 2024
Kempner Cemetery Association’s annual meeting will be held Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. at Kempner Brick Oven, 12093 U.S. Highway 190.The board of directors encourages all members to attend.For more information, call 254-290-3688.
ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

Hanna Springs throws pep rally

News Staff
Monday, October 21, 2024
Hanna Springs Elementary School faculty members dress up in fun inflatable costumes to partake in a relay race, much to the amusement of students.
Early-day Spaniards would often corral wild mustangs in a water-carved gully. Publisher Ryan Murray will offer a presentation on these arroyo caballos and other topics that include Lampasas history when he speaks Oct. 28 at the Lampasas Public Library. COURTESY PHOTO

Early-day Spaniards would often corral wild mustangs in a water-carved gully. Publisher Ryan Murray will offer a presentation on these arroyo caballos and other topics that include Lampasas history when he speaks Oct. 28 at the Lampasas Public Library. COURTESY PHOTO

Historical Commission to observe Archaeology Month with special program

News Staff
Thursday, October 17, 2024
The Lampasas County Historical Commission will observe Archaeology Month in Texas with a special program on Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. in the Lampasas Public Library.

Blood drive Nov. 12 to honor the late Daniel Hodges

News Staff
Thursday, October 17, 2024
The next American Red Cross Blood Drive, scheduled for Nov. 12 in Lampasas will be held in memory of Daniel Hodges.Hodges died Oct. 3 of what is believed to have been a pulmonary embolism that led to a heart attack, his family said. He would have celebrated his next birthday on Nov. 10.
Kline Whitis Elementary School teacher Shante Seward holds a big check for $1,073.62. The funds were raised by Kline Whitis students for the Peyton Jones Memorial Scholarship. Jones, Seward’s son, died after a battle with leukemia several years ago. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

Kline Whitis Elementary School teacher Shante Seward holds a big check for $1,073.62. The funds were raised by Kline Whitis students for the Peyton Jones Memorial Scholarship. Jones, Seward’s son, died after a battle with leukemia several years ago. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

Students raise funds for Peyton Jones scholarship

Erick Mitchell
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Kline Whitis Elementary School kicked off October with its annual pie-in-the-face fundraiser to benefit the Peyton Jones Memorial Scholarship.This year, a total of $1,073.62 was raised. Funds will go toward scholarships for two Lampasas High School seniors.
ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD Lampasas Texas Title staff includes, back row left to right, Erin Loya, Cassy Loya and Bailey Bolinger, with owner Ellie Orlando seated front and center.

ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD Lampasas Texas Title staff includes, back row left to right, Erin Loya, Cassy Loya and Bailey Bolinger, with owner Ellie Orlando seated front and center.

Lampasas Texas Title set for official grand opening

Erick Mitchell
Monday, October 14, 2024
Lampasas Texas Title will celebrate its grand opening on Wednesday, making it the newest business addition to the historic downtown square.Owner Ellie Orlando said she is excited to bring her vision of a title company to Lampasas County.“We have several orders in queue,” she said.
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