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COURTESY PHOTO | SUSAN CROLL ZEGUB

Stunning sunsets on display

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Local resident Susan Zegub, whose photography has been featured often in the Dispatch Record’s Guide to Lampasas magazine, has published a book with some of her best shots of sunsets, cloud formations and wildflowers.

Burnet County to host Hay Production Workshop

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

The Central Texas Hay Production Workshop is set for Sept. 29 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Burnet County Extension Office, 607 N. Vandeveer in Burnet. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Cost is $15, which can be paid at the door. Two general continuing education units will be offered.

COURTESY PHOTO | MIKE NICHOLS West Pearson won Best in Show at the 14th Annual Classics at the Classic Car Show on Saturday with his 1953 Ford F-100.

Annual car show sees high turnout

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

The 14th annual Classics at the Classic Car Show took place last weekend at the back parking lot of Storm’s Drive-In. Show organizers said the event had its best turnout since moving to the site several years ago.

CORRECTION

News Staff

Monday, September 12, 2022

In the Tuesday, Sept. 6 edition of the Dispatch Record, the story titled “Hill Country Radio new home to ‘Ken & Casey Morning Show’ ” had two spelling errors. The correct spelling of the co-founders is Christy Bartts and Casey Chapman.

Cowboy with a calling

Alexandria Randolph

Monday, September 12, 2022

For “Hank the Cowdog” author John Erickson, cowboys and storytelling have always been closely yoked. “My mother’s people were pioneer ranchers in West Texas around Seminole,” he said. “I grew up listening to her stories.”

Local nonprofit reveals renovated mural

Anna Sylvestre

Thursday, September 8, 2022

Local nonprofit Vision Lampasas has finished repairs on its seed packet mural called “Lampasas County Wildflowers.” The mural originally was completed in 2012.

The science behind ‘forest bathing’

Alexandria Randolph

Thursday, September 8, 2022

It’s called shinrin-yoku, forest bathing, nature therapy, earthing and known by a host of other names, but why is this phenomenon taking notice with urban dwellers? Because it works.

Local VFW offers student scholarships

News Staff

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

The Lampasas Veterans of Foreign Wars post and its Auxiliary are sponsoring scholarships this year for students attending public, private, parochial or home schools in the high school and middle school grades. The VFW is dedicated to promoting patriotism and investing in our future generation.

Hill Country Radio is a new Lampasas station that was founded by Christy Bartt, Ken Gontarek and Casey Campbell, pictured left to right. courtesy photo | hill country Radio

Hill Country Radio new home to ‘Ken & Casey Morning Show’

Alexandria Randolph

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

A new radio station has come to town, and it’s the new home for the popular “Ken & Casey Morning Show.” Hill Country Radio aired for the first time in July and already has an average daily listener count of 3,000, said cofounder Christy Bartt.

Sign-up now open for hay workshop

News Staff

Tuesday, September 6, 2022

The Central Texas Hay Production Workshop is set Sept. 29 from 9 a.m. to noon. Registration that morning is at 8:30 a.m. at the Burnet County Extension Office, 607 N. Vandeveer St. in Burnet. Cost of the workshop is $15. An RSVP to 512-756-5463 is requested by Sept. 26.

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