BRIEFLY

FLAGS AT OAK HILL CEMETERY Lampasas American Legion Post 277 will place flags on more than 1,000 graves of veterans buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in recognition of Memorial Day.Volunteers are welcome to join on Saturday from 8-10 a.m. to assist with flag placement.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

We would like to help get your group’s event(s) listed in the Dispatch Record Calendar. The listing of community events and meetings is free.Calendar items must be in writing. Email to news@lampasas. com, or mail to: Calendar Lampasas Dispatch Record P.O.

Grant to provide life-saving devices

Lower Colorado River Authority and Hamilton County Electric Cooperative representatives present a $4,943 grant to the Lometa Police Department to purchase automated external defibrillators and other emergency equipment.

Two-day blood drive sees good turnout

The American Red Cross Community Blood Drive last week collected 72 units from donors.Donation appointments were available May 13-14 at First Street Church of Christ’s Family Life Center.

Congrats, Badger baseball, on a successful season!

Congrats, Badger baseball, on a successful season!

Time to cool off at the pool

Both municipal swimming pools will open the summer season beginning Saturday at noon. Here, swimmers enjoy the cool waters of the Hancock Park Free-Flow Swim area.

ARRESTS

The following arrests were reported to the Lampasas Dispatch Record by area law enforcement officials. The Dispatch Record prints the name and charge(s) of people arrested on at least one Class B misdemeanor – or more serious – charge.Marcus Laron Mayes Jr.

DISTRICT COURT

Lampasas County 27th District Court convened last week with Judge Debbie Garrett presiding over the day’s hearings.Defendant Terrance Layfayette Drayton of Kempner entered a plea of guilty to a charge of failure to comply with sex offender’s duty to register-life/annual.

We were young, they say. We have died. Remember us.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following commentary is offered through the Texas Press Association as a special for Memorial Day.With the end of World War II in Europe, letters from American families seeking information about their loved ones began arriving at town halls across the southern Netherlands.