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Lometa ISD schedules second annual Fall Fest for Nov. 16

Mason Hines
Monday, November 13, 2023
Lometa ISD is making its Fall Festival a tradition, as it will open Thursday for the second year with hopes to impress the community on an even larger scale than last year’s event. “Last year was the first year Lometa has done an event like this,” Lometa Principal Amanda Morris said.
Taylor Creek Elementary PTSO and Student Council held the campus’ annual Fall Festival on Nov. 3. Principal Shona Moore expressed her appreciation for the work of staff, vendors, parents and the Lampasas Key Club in putting the event together.

Taylor Creek Elementary PTSO and Student Council held the campus’ annual Fall Festival on Nov. 3. Principal Shona Moore expressed her appreciation for the work of staff, vendors, parents and the Lampasas Key Club in putting the event together.

Taylor Creek Elementary holds Fall Festival

News Staff
Thursday, November 9, 2023
The evening included a bounce house, petting zoo, games, hot dogs, popcorn, vendors, carriage rides, face painting and a haunted house, among other activities. COURTESY PHOTO
JOYCESARAH MCCABE | DISPATCH RECORD

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Summer Street home on 2023 tour

News Staff
Thursday, November 9, 2023
The annual Christmas Tour of Homes will offer five stops this year. One stop will be at the Craftsman-style bungalow that is the home of Terri Cox. The tour will take place Dec. 3 as part of the annual Carol of Lights festivities in Lampasas. Tickets are available at the Lampasas County Museum.
Saratoga Lodge Master Guy R. Niles was on hand to deliver dental kits to Lometa School nurse Monica Ivey for distribution to first-grade students at the campus. COURTESY PHOTO

Saratoga Lodge Master Guy R. Niles was on hand to deliver dental kits to Lometa School nurse Monica Ivey for distribution to first-grade students at the campus. COURTESY PHOTO

Saratoga Lodge donates through Fantastic Teeth program

News Staff
Thursday, November 9, 2023
A team from Saratoga Lodge #546 and Mt. Horeb Lodge #137 visited the elementary schools in the Lampasas ISD and Lometa ISD last month. The group delivered more than 300 dental kits to area first-graders as part of the Masonic Charities Program named “Fantastic Teeth.”
LTX Birders (from left to right) TJ Monroe, Jordan Herbst, Robert Butler, Jimma Byrd, Neal Leavell and Daniel Hodges stand together as they identify and watch a ladder-backed woodpecker, a Downey woodpecker and a red-bellied woodpecker work away at a standing dead tree at Cooper Spring Nature Park. “We never cut down trees here,” Harrell Clary said, “because there is as much life in a dead one as a live one.” JOYCESARAH MCCABE | DISPATCH RECORD

LTX Birders (from left to right) TJ Monroe, Jordan Herbst, Robert Butler, Jimma Byrd, Neal Leavell and Daniel Hodges stand together as they identify and watch a ladder-backed woodpecker, a Downey woodpecker and a red-bellied woodpecker work away at a standing dead tree at Cooper Spring Nature Park. “We never cut down trees here,” Harrell Clary said, “because there is as much life in a dead one as a live one.” JOYCESARAH MCCABE | DISPATCH RECORD

Finding joy, peace through birding

Joycesarah Mccabe
Monday, November 6, 2023
“We’re a loose collective,” Daniel Hodges said with a grin, as he talked about his fellow Lampasas County birders. The group, LTX Birders, started gathering about three or four years ago and has no formal meetings, setin- stone dates they meet, or hard and fast rules.
Chrysanthemums add seasonal color to the fall landscape. COURTESY PHOTO | MELINDAMYERS.COM

Chrysanthemums add seasonal color to the fall landscape. COURTESY PHOTO | MELINDAMYERS.COM

Brighten the fall landscape with chrysanthemums

Melinda Myers
Monday, November 6, 2023
Mums are a favorite fall flower that adds weeks of seasonal color to containers, gardens and fall displays. They also are a popular gift plant in garden centers and floral shops. Choosing the right one for the purpose and providing proper care will help you achieve the desired results.
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