AARP offers safety program; registration under way
      The AARP will offer a driver safety program Sept. 20-21 at the Lampasas Senior Center, 901 S. Live Oak, from 12:30-4:30 p.m. each day. The program is designed for those 50 and older, but anyone may attend. AARP membership is not necessary.
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TCEQ offers hazardous waste collection site in Bell County
      The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is offering rural Texans the opportunity to dispose of banned or unwanted pesticides, properly rinsed plastic pesticide containers, used motor oil, oil filters and lead-acid batteries free of charge.
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Student essay contest slated
      The Bill of Rights Institute, a non-profit educational organization based in Washington, D.C., will award U.S. high school students and their teachers cash prizes totaling over $60,000 during the 2007- 08 school year.
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Button Club meeting set
      The Bluebonnet Button Club will meet Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at the Burnet County Courthouse Annex, Highway 29 East for a slide show, "Fabulous Animal Buttons." For information, contact Barbara at bjhef@yahoo.com or phone (325) 247-4655.
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Bible study group to meet
      A women's Bible study, using Beth Moore's "Beloved Disciple" book, will start Tuesday and run through Nov. 13. The study is open to any woman interested in attending. A morning session will be held at First United Methodist Church in Lampasas from 9:30-11:30 a.m. The evening group will meet at Gra...
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Lampasas man sentenced to state jail for drug charges
      Juan Rodriguez Jr., 29, of Lampasas was sentenced to two 15- year terms in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division to run concurrently. The punishment came in recent 27th District Court action under Judge Joe Carroll. Rodriguez, charged with two counts of possession of a co...
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Law enforcement officials note recent arrests
      The following arrests have been reported by law enforcement officials. Aug. 29 -- Bobby Joe Hamilton, 40, of Lampasas for burglary of a habitation. He was still in the Lampasas County Jail as of press time Thursday morning.
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Blowout near Adamsville sends pickup, trailer off U.S. 281
      A tire blowout on U.S. Highway 281 2.5 miles south of Adamsville last week caused a pickup pulling a recreational trailer to roll over. The driver and a passenger apparently escaped serious injury, officials said. Trooper II Michael Tatum of the Texas Highway Patrol gave the following account of ...
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MDA telethon set to begin on Labor Day
      Comic legend Jerry Lewis joins friends and entertainers this Labor Day weekend for his 42nd annual telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The show will air for 21 1/2 hours beginning Sunday at 8 p.m.
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