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Copyright 2008-2009 The Lampasas Dispatch Record All Rights Reserved
September 23, 2008  RSS feed
A greater vision
Committee members see bright future for Lampasas business district
Success is measured not only by the end result but also in how the results are achieved. Vision Downtown Lampasas!, though still in its early stages, can be considered a success because with more than 100 community backers serving on eight committees, chances are one's neighbors and acquaintances are involved somehow. More...
Rebates show mixed results
By GAIL LOWE Staff Writer

September sales tax allocations to local entities brought mixed results to area cities. While Kempner continued its impressive string of triple-digit gains, the city of Lampasas barely posted an increase and Lometa had a double-digit decline. More...

Trying times
As goat numbers shrink, focus is on new products
By DAVID LOWE Staff Writer

Cattle ranchers aren't the only agricultural producers affected by Texas' rapid urbanization and demographic changes. More...

 Lifestyles
• article has image Remarkable Lampasans
Deckard hopes sharing story will encourage youth, mentors
Carey Deckard, compiler and publisher of "The Legends of Lampasas: Stories about the lives of Curtis Bozarth and Sam Fowler," agreed to let me write about him only if I thought it might help floundering youth such as he was when growing up in Lampasas, and adults who might consider mentoring them. More...
• Church to sponsor training event
• Hospice volunteers are sought
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 Editorial
• article has image Hands off the marketplace
This may be the moment to say something warm and affirming about the marketplace economy — a "Bush doctrine" sort of positioning (if you don't mind, Charlie Gibson) of the battlefront for the economic wars ahead. Wars? Goodness, yes. More...
• article has image Political Cartoon
• Out of touch on gun rights
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 Letters
• Terroristic threat at LHS
I learned this past week that a terroristic threat was made against Lampasas High School by a male juvenile. I was made aware of the incident by my daughter, an LHS National Honor Society student. Initially, my spouse and I believed she had been a victim of some bad rumors, as we had not been contacted by the ISD concerning such an incident. More...
• Support for Aggies
• Dishonoring the military uniform
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 Deaths
• article has image Mr. Brackett
Thomas Howard Brackett, 73, of Rising Fawn, Ga., died Sept. 16, 2008, at Kindred Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn. Funeral services were Sept. 21 at Sneed Funeral Chapel in Lampasas with Ron Hendrix officiating. Burial was at Kempner Cemetery. More...
• Mr. Rhodes
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 News
• Advocacy center suffers grant loss despite record caseload
The Hill Country Children's Advocacy Center lost a much-needed grant recently, valued at $82,000. This comes as an unexpected setback as the center is managing a record number of child victimization cases this year, said Deborah Keith, the center's executive director. More...
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 Sports
• article has image Badgers get blown out
Lampasas' defense works overtime as Hornets win 34-0 in final non-district game
The open date in the Badgers' schedule could not have come at a better time for the team's defense. Lampasas' defensive unit was on the field for a majority of the game against Gatesville as the offense struggled to move the ball in the 34-0 road loss. By the time the final whistle sounded, the Hornets tallied 368 total yards of offense in 64 plays from scrimmage. More...
• District 25-4A Standings
• SPORTS SHORTS
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 Agribusiness
• Central Texas Hay Show program set
The Central Texas Hay Show is open to all hay producers in Burnet, Llano and Lampasas counties. This educational program and hay show will be held Oct. 16 at 1 p.m. at the Burnet County Fair Barn behind the Burnet Airport on Ellen Halbert Lane. More...
• article has image LHS youth competes at horse show
• Tenth Farm Credit Bank reports strong net income
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