Veterinary services
      Lampasas is a nice community-minded small town. Great interest has been put into making our square more attractive and inviting to tourists. We have had famous artists fashion sculptures in our park in the last year or so. New companies are encouraged to build businesses here to boost our economy ...
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Poor ballot choices
      2008 is the year of the empty ballot. On the Republican side, the best-qualified -- Newt Gingrich -- was not accepted into the Republican clique. On the Democratic side, Barack Obama was beginning to emerge as a contender, until he got Ted Kennedy's endorsement. What did Mr. Obama accept off the...
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Analysis of congressional term length
      The nice thing about the Internet is that data for almost anything can be found. One of my hobbies is playing with the data to see if anything interesting pops up. An interesting set of data I found is how long each member of Congress has served, from the first Congress in 1789 up through the 109...
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Election nightmare
      I had a dream last night. A nightmare, actually. I dreamed I was at my polling place, in the voting booth, and the only two names on the ballot were Clinton and McCain. There was not even a write-in blank!
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Thanks appreciated
      We wish to thank the Lampasas Public Library Advisory Board for its acknowledgement of our service to the public (Jan. 29 letters to the editor). Parks department crew Daniel, Garry, Jessie, Chris, Mary John J.
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