LISD to offer summer meals at no cost to students

The Lampasas ISD Nutrition Services Department has announced that its summer meals program will be offered again this year at no cost. Children and teens through age 18, plus students with disabilities up to age 21, are eligible. No paperwork is required to participate.

NEWSMAKERS

WASHINGTON, D.C. HONOR FLIGHT Lampasas resident and U.S. veteran James Welch will take an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. on June 6. Welch served in the U.S. Marines during the Korean War.

COLLEGE HONORS

HOWARD PAYNE UNIVERSITY Six Howard Payne University students were named 2022 Currie-Strickland Scholars. Among them was McKennah Randall of Lampasas. The award recipients were announced during HPU’s Servant Leadership Awards Chapel and honored at a luncheon after the service.

CEMETERY MEETINGS

HILLSDALE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION The annual meeting of the Hillsdale Cemetery Association will be held on the third Saturday of May – May 21 – at 9:30 a.m. at the cemetery on Slater Road northeast of Izoro. The address is 278 Hillsdale Rd. in Coryell County.

Students celebrate Ag Day at the Hanna Springs campus

Hanna Springs Elementary School’s Ag Day emphasis returned last week after a two-year hiatus.

CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS

SMITH CEMETERY ASSOCIATION The Smith Cemetery Association at School Creek will hold its annual meeting Saturday at 11 a.m. at School Creek Baptist Church. A potluck meal will be served after the meeting. Participants should bring a favorite dish to share.

Medicines available in the garden

When I was in my early 20s, I brought a bundle of dried sage on a women’s camping excursion and proceeded to light it and waft it in the air.

’36 Club holds program on St. Jude hospital

The ’36 Club met April 14 in the fellowship hall at First Presbyterian Church in Lampasas. The meeting was called to order by President Danielle Shepard. Before the program, Julie Chaney gave an update on her daughter’s Ukrainian family and thanked members for their generosity in helping them.

CEMETERY MEETINGS

NARUNA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION Naruna Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting May 22 at 2 p.m. Contact Betty Skinner at 512-564-1593 for more information about the meeting and agenda.

CEMETERY MEETINGS

SMITH CEMETERY ASSOCIATION The Smith Cemetery Association at School Creek will hold its annual meeting April 30 at 11 a.m. at School Creek Baptist Church, County Road 3420 off FM 2527. A potluck meal will be served after the meeting. Participants should bring a favorite dish to share.