class reunions
News Staff
class of 1979The Lampasas High School Class of '79 will hold its 45-year reunion July 13 from 2-4 p.m. at Putters & Gutters Fun Center, 2341 South U.S. Highway 281.
Thursday, June 20, 2024
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This Monarch caterpillar rests on an Asclepias tuberosa plant. courtesy photo | melindamyers.com
Invite a variety of pollinators to your garden
Melinda Myers
June is National Pollinator Month. It’s a great time to celebrate all the pollinators that play an important role in producing food, fiber, medicine and more that we rely on.When you think of pollinators, bees, butterflies and hummingbirds are likely the first that come to mind.
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Texas A&M Forest Service offers fire break grant
News Staff
Texas A&M Forest Service is offering a 'Cool Season Fire Break Grant' throughout the Panhandle and parts of Central, East and North Texas. The goal of this grant program is to reduce the negative impacts of wildland fires to communities on the plains of Texas.
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Mark Shepphard has taken the role of principal at Taylor Creek Elementary School. erick mitchell | dispatch record
Taylor Creek’s new principal hopes to build on successes at campus
Erick Mitchell
Mark Sheppard is excited to continue building on Taylor Creek Elementary School’s success in the classroom. He has been named the campus’ new principal for the 2024-25 school year.Sheppard is a 25-year U.S.
Monday, June 17, 2024
Community Bridge players take home prizes
News Staff
Winners for the month of June at the recent Community Bridge game day were Pattie Spradley, first; Diane Richey, second; and Christine Vann, third.Two slams were bid and made. Carolyn Anderson and Mary Lou Laird made one, and Linda Williamson and Mike Mullican made the other one.
Monday, June 17, 2024
Bingo evening planned
News Staff
Lily Springs Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center will sponsor an “Aloha! Community Bingo” night June 27 from 5-7 p.m. at the nursing home, 901 Central Texas Expy.The event is open to the public. Door prizes and refreshments will be available.
Monday, June 17, 2024
Series on healthy aging set to begin this week
News Staff
“Be Well, Live Well: a Program on Healthy Aging” is a five-part series that will be offered by the AgriLife Extension Service at two sites every other Monday, beginning June 17 and running through Aug. 12.At 10:30 a.m., the program will be held at the Lampasas Senior Center, 901 S. Live Oak.
Monday, June 17, 2024
erick mitchell | Lampasas Dispatch Record
Local Girl Scouts celebrate Flag Day
News Staff
Lampasas Girl Scout Troop 6010 members, left to right, Machelle Valentour, Riley Cook and Kylee Kruppa celebrated Flag Day on Friday by passing out flags along the Lampasas downtown square to area businesses.
Monday, June 17, 2024
Alan Mainville has been named chief of the Kempner Volunteer Fire Department. erick mitchell | dispatch record
Mainville named new Kempner VFD chief
Erick Mitchell
Alan Mainville was introduced as the new Kempner Volunteer Fire Department chief during Monday’s Lampasas County Commissioners Court meeting.Mainville is no stranger to the Kempner VFD, having served from 2002 to 2014 and rising to the rank of assistant chief.
Thursday, June 13, 2024
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Scholarship recipient named
News Staff
The Lampasas Pilots Association Training Fund Scholarship of $500 has been awarded to Chesley Breuer, a Lampasas High School student who has shown interest in pursuing an aviation-related career.
Thursday, June 13, 2024
