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Insulated faucet covers can be installed easily over outdoor fixtures to prevent the faucets from freezing. COURTESY PHOTO | TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Insulated faucet covers can be installed easily over outdoor fixtures to prevent the faucets from freezing. COURTESY PHOTO | TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Consider ways to avoid water damage, loss this winter

News Staff
Friday, January 1, 2021
Texans don’t always deal with the prolonged stretches of freezing temperatures that our neighbors to the north experience, but temperatures dipping below the freezing mark are common during the winter. In fact, many areas in Texas have already experienced freezing temperatures this year.
COURTESY PHOTO | CITY OF LOMETA FACEBOOK PAGE

COURTESY PHOTO | CITY OF LOMETA FACEBOOK PAGE

Hometown Holidays celebrated in Lometa

News Staff
Friday, January 1, 2021
The Lometa Volunteer Fire Department assisted Santa with his recent visit to Lometa, providing him a ride to bring his North Pole greetings to those gathered for the Hometown Holidays event.
Brad Buckley

Brad Buckley

Preview of Texas Legislature’s session

Madeleine Miller
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
District 54 State Rep. Brad Buckley said he will champion limits to the governor’s executive power, free-market healthcare reform and rural broadband improvements during the upcoming legislative session.
CHRIS YBARRA | DISPATCH RECORD

CHRIS YBARRA | DISPATCH RECORD

Families celebrate the joy of Christmas at W.M. Brook Park

News Staff
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Tony Fernandez holds Kamila Fernandez inside a Christmas tree made of string lights during the recent Christmas on the Creek celebration in W.M. Brook Park.   Owen Carnley, left, and his brother Myles Carnley pose in a gingerbread cut-out by Santa’s Village in W.M. Brook Park.
Emma Jones, left, holds a broiler she raised and presented at the Lampasas County Youth Livestock Show. FFA awarded Jones $1,000 for her project of raising nearly 30 chickens in her garage. COURTESY PHOTO

Emma Jones, left, holds a broiler she raised and presented at the Lampasas County Youth Livestock Show. FFA awarded Jones $1,000 for her project of raising nearly 30 chickens in her garage. COURTESY PHOTO

Lampasas High School student receives $1,000 FFA grant

Madeleine Miller
Thursday, December 24, 2020
A Lampasas High School senior is one of two Texans selected to receive a $1,000 National FFA SAE Grant. FFA gives grants to help members conduct Supervised Agricultural Experience projects, which all FFA members must complete.
LONESTAR SOCIAL SERVICES FACEBOOK PAGE

LONESTAR SOCIAL SERVICES FACEBOOK PAGE

Hanna Springs students give to children in foster care

News Staff
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Students in Michele Langford’s fifth-grade class at Hanna Springs Elementary School provided nine boxes full of clothes, pacifiers, bibs, diapers, stuffed animals and other items for children who are brought into foster care.
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