August 5, 2008 / Front Page

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No drizzle to slow the sizzle

Forecasts show little chance of rain
As stock tanks dry, grass turns brown and homeowners increase their watering, forecasts show little opportunity for relief from hot, dry weather. More...

Project Grad

The Project Graduation Committee for the Lampasas High School Class of 2009 will meet Monday at 6 p.m. at Hanna Springs Intermediate School. Parent T-shirts have been designed and are ready for purchase. More...

LHS sign-up

New student registration for 2008-09 at Lampasas High School is as follows. Monday: new 11th- and 12th-graders; and Aug. 12: new 9th- and 10thgraders from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Freshman orientation is Aug. 20 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the main lobby. More...

Lifestyles

Seton holds open house event

Seton Lampasas Health Care Center staff visit during the recent open house event at its local facility. More...

It's a girl

Neal and Jennifer Brown of Lampasas announce the birth of their daughter, Allie Landry, born July 24, 2008, at 2:12 a.m. in Temple. At arrival, Allie weighed 7 pounds and was 18 1/2 inches in length. More...

Ice cream supper set

The Adamsville Community Center will have an ice cream supper on Aug. 14 at 6:30 p.m. Bring a freezer of ice cream or a dessert. Everyone is invited. More...

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Deaths

Xander Drayton

Funeral services for Xander Charles "Fat Boy" Drayton, 4, of Pflugerville are Aug. 5, 2008, at 1 p.m. at Sneed Funeral Chapel in Lampasas with Pastor T.C. Collins officiating. Burial will follow at Rock Church Cemetery near Rumley. More...

Mrs. Ellis

Beatrice Ellis of Lampasas died Aug. 3, 2008, at Rollins Brook Community Hospital in Lampasas. She was 101. Funeral services are pending with Sneed Funeral Chapel of Lampasas. More...

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Sports

Weak economy may curtail hunting, fishing

John Johnston

Each day we are all reminded of the effect this economy has on our everyday lives. Recently I saw a national, informal survey of hunters and fishermen about whether the economy would have an effect on their hunting and fishing this year. More...

Game plan

Lampasas Lightning coaches Casey Corbin, front, and Larry Brookreson, rear, instruct players on their team, a squad of select Lampasas athletes eight years old and younger. More...

Girls of summer

Lampasas Lightning players celebrate their second-place finish at a recent New Braunfels tournament. More...

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Vaccines required for school admission

By LISA CARNLEY Staff Writer

Thursday was a busy day for Lampasas Independent School District personnel when over a hundred new students showed up to register for the 2008-09 school term. More...

Annual Indian Artifacts Show slated Saturday

The Lampasas County Chamber of Commerce will host the annual Indian Artifacts Show Saturday at AMVETS Post 80, U.S. Hwy. 281 South in Lampasas. The event -- which increases in scope each year -- brings hundreds of visitors to the com- munity. More...

Water directors review election requirements

By MAT TAYLOR Special Correspondent

Board of directors election was the main topic of discussion at the recent meeting of the Saratoga Underground Water Conservation District. Precinct 1 Director T.P. More...

Ag clinic

The CenTex Cow/Calf Clinic is Aug. 19 at the Lampasas County Farm Bureau Building. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Information will be presented on a wide variety of topics. A barbecue lunch will be provided. Cost is $10 per person. More...

LISD forum

The final Lampasas Independent School District elementary school zoning public forum is set Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Lampasas Middle School cafeteria. More...

Editorial

Political Cartoon

Full Story

What is Obama doing?

William Murchison

There had better be something to this "divinely anointed" business, because if there isn't, Barack Obama is setting himself up for the biggest political spill in recorded history — all the way down the slopes of Olympus to whatever gunk lies More...

Letters

Democrats should allow vote on oil production

America is sliding into a depression at the present time because oil production and refining are like a parachute strapped to the American economy's back. Our economy is dependent on gasoline and diesel fuel and is plunging toward a depression. More...

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News

Lightning strike?

During a rainstorm that skirted Lampasas County last week, lightning seems to have been the culprit that took down a tree in the yard of Wanda Meyers on Ridge Street. Winds were not high enough to have caused the damage, Mrs. Meyers said. More...

Conaway rep to visit here

A member of Congressman Mike Conaway's Llano office staff will make a stop in Lampasas Aug. 13 to visit with constituents from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Lampasas County Courthouse. More...

Correction

A Commissioners Court story in the Aug. 1 edition incorrectly quoted Ute Wallace. Early advertisements for the Lampasas River Place subdivision, rather than Tad Davis, indicated there would be a recreational area with access to the Lampasas River. More...

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Agribusiness

Cattle Auction

The report from the July 30 sale at Lampasas Cattle Auction is as follows. Cattle and calves: Estimated receipts 936, Compared to last week at 1,113 and 412 last year. More...

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