Lampasas, TX

Parties select delegates for county conventions       L ampasas County Republican and Democratic parties will hold their county conventions March 29. The Lampasas County Republican Party convention will convene at 6:30 p.m. in the district courtroom, and the Lampasas County Democratic Party will meet at 10 a.m. at the Senior Citizens Center. More ... Commissioners tighten junkyard, vehicle ordinances By DAVID LOWE Staff Writer       The Lampasas County Commissioners Court last week unanimously approved a redraft of the county's junkyard ordinance and voted 5-0 to pass an ordinance limiting the number of unregistered and inoperable vehicles property owners may keep. More ... Making progress       Construction equipment bustles at the new Lampasas High School site on U.S. Highway 281 South. Crews have been at work since last week clearing trees and moving dirt. More ... Kempner earmarks funds for City Hall By MAT TAYLOR Special Correspondent       Kempner City Council, in a 20- minute meeting last week, voted to set up a designated fund balance. Mayor Gene Isenhour suggested, and the council agreed, to transfer $50,000 from the city's general funds to a designated fund to be used to purchase the current City Hall building, More ... Lometa looks at land to be donated to city By CHERI JAY-WIENECKE Special Correspondent       A full agenda faced the Lometa City Council last week when it convened for its March meeting. In open forum, members reviewed the final survey on five acres of the city's unused dumping grounds to be donated to Lampasas County for a Precinct 2 barn site. More ... Seventh in Texas       Lampasas High School junior Stephanie Smith deadlifted 310 pounds on her way to a seventh-place finish at the State Powerlifting Meet Saturday in Killeen. She lifted a total of 760 pounds in the bench press, deadlift and squat combined. More ... County annex       Precinct 2 County Commissioner Alex Wittenburg and Precinct 3 Commissioner Lowell Ivey will host a town hall meeting in Lometa Thursday at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be at Lometa City Hall. The proposed county annex expansion will be discussed. For details, please call Wittenburg at 734-1120 or Iv... More ... Pet shots       Kempner Volunteer Fire Department will host a pet shot clinic April 5 from 1-4 p.m. at the Walter L. Prugh Fire Station. Dr. R. Scott Rushing will administer vaccinations. Rabies shots are $10 with a city or county registration included; dog DAPPC vaccinations are $19; cat feline distemper and f... More ... Certification       A food manager certification course is set April 17-18. Renewal forms and course registration forms are available from Marilyn May, county Extension agent, at 409 S. Pecan St. or by calling 556-8271. Certification is by the Department of State Health Services after successful completion of the fo... More ... Brush pick-up       City-sponsored brush chipping for the southeast section of Lampasas continues through Friday. Pick-up for the northeast section runs March 24-28. Cen-Tex Waste Management also will take brush on regular garbage pick-up days if the brush is tied in bundles and set out by the curb. Brush cannot exc... More ...