Chili dinner set Saturday
      A chili dinner fund-raiser is Saturday from noon to 2 p.m. at Grace Fellowship to benefit Lampasas Mission. All-you-can-eat chili and homemade cobbler is $5 per ticket, available at First Baptist Church office, Lampasas Builders Mart or Shooting Star Books & Gifts.
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Burnet County offering flu vaccinations
      Burnet County Health Department will administer flu shots at Briggs Community Center Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon on a firstcome, first-served basis. Cost is $10 unless participants bring a Medicare/Medicaid card.
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Salvation Army seeks volunteers
      Salvation Army volunteers are needed for the holiday season. Bell-ringers will be in front of Wal-Mart from Nov. 23 to Dec. 22. Phone Sue Burgdorfer at 734- 5379 to schedule a time to volunteer.
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Great American Smokeout slated
      The American Cancer Society will celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Great American Smokeout on Thursday. With exactly half of the U.S.
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Good eats
      This kettle corn booth was one of several that sold tasty treats during the Citywide Garage Sale event. In addition to popcorn, there were hot dogs, ice cream, bake sale goodies, sausage wraps, and cold and hot drinks.
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NRCS has Friday deadline
      The United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service has set a Friday deadline for Texas landowners interested in signing up for the 2008 Environmental Quality Incentives Program which provides financial assistance and incentive payments to landowners who apply appr...
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Library sets story times
      Parents of preschoolers are invited to bring their children to the Lampasas Public Library for two story times -- Wednesday ("Turkeys Galore") and Nov. 28, ("Snoopy Rules!"). Story times begin at 10 a.m. and last 35 to 45 minutes. For more information, phone 556-3251.
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Two taken to hospital after accident
      Two people were transported to Rollins Brook Community Hospital Thursday about noon after a one-vehicle rollover south of Lampasas on U.S. Highway 281. A 1998 Dodge Ram was traveling north on the highway when the travel trailer it was pulling began to weave off the road, Texas Department of Publi...
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Austin woman escapes wreck uninjured
      An Austin-area woman avoided injury in a rollover Sunday on U.S. Highway 190 just east of the County Road 3080 intersection.
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Lometa ISD board to meet on Thursday
      The Board of Trustees of the Lometa Independent School District will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at the school library for a lengthy agenda. Consideration of the 2006-07 audit and budget amendments top the agenda.
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