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Browning Garden Club observes Veterans Day

The Browning Community Garden Club and Killeen Garden Club held their annual Veterans Day Celebration Nov. 11. Members placed a wreath at the base of a Blue Star Memorial Highway marker along U.S. Highway 190 and planted poppy seeds in the area, which they say they hope will bloom in the spring.

Community Thanksgiving planned

Heritage Funeral Homes has joined with Our Father’s Table – a ministry of Heart of Forgiveness – to offer a Community Thanksgiving Dinner in Lampasas.
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Tour of Homes scheduled Dec. 6

The George Ribble House at 502 S. Broad St., owned by Doug Updike and Lorna Bernard, is one of several houses that will be featured in the Lampasas County Museum’s 2020 Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree Holiday Homes Tour. The event is set for Dec. 6.
The Hughes’ Springs marker sits just east of the intersection of U.S. Highway 190 and Fourth Street. MADELEINE MILLER | DISPATCH RECORD

The Hughes’ Springs marker sits just east of the intersection of U.S. Highway 190 and Fourth Street. MADELEINE MILLER | DISPATCH RECORD

Highway 190 markers invite travelers to consider past

About a half-dozen Texas Historical Commission state historical markers dot U.S. Highway 190 in Lampasas County. If you don’t have time to stop for them on your commute, read about them here. Descriptions are paraphrased from the text on the markers.
Performers Abby Taylor (at left) as Mrs. Peacock, Cole Wheeler as Col. Mustard and Kelsea Moyer as Ms. Green react to the weapons in their gift bags in the play “Clue.” CHRIS YBARRA | DISPATCH RECORD

Performers Abby Taylor (at left) as Mrs. Peacock, Cole Wheeler as Col. Mustard and Kelsea Moyer as Ms. Green react to the weapons in their gift bags in the play “Clue.” CHRIS YBARRA | DISPATCH RECORD

High school’s ‘Clue’ play a classic ‘whodunit’

The Lampasas High School Theatre Company, directed by Greta Peterson, produced a theatrical take on the popular board game “Clue.” The company performed Saturday evening, and on Sunday with an afternoon matinee and an evening show.
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CHRIS YBARRA | DISPATCH RECORD

High school theater department performs ‘Clue’

During a Lampasas High School theater production of “Clue” over the weekend, Ben Stone as Mr. Wadsworth (center-left, in black tuxedo) draws a conclusion about who killed Mr. Boddy as other characters react.
Spring Ho donates to VFW

Spring Ho donates to VFW

Spring Ho donates to VFW

VFW members pose with the Spring Ho Committee, which presented a donation to the local post last week. Back row, from left, are Reese Vann, Travis Clark, Chad Freeman, Derrek Eckermann, Matt McDonald and Louis Ikonen.
Community festival gives contribution to FFA

Community festival gives contribution to FFA

Community festival gives contribution to FFA

FFA students and adviser Dala Irvin pose with the Spring Ho Committee and its donation. Back row, from left, are Sherrie Berry, Monica Wykes, Reese Vann, Travis Clark, Chad Freeman, Derrek Eckermann, Matt McDonald and Tonya Cockburn.