June 19, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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Electric line hearing details routing process

By DAVID LOWE Staff Writer
Electric lines designed to bring wind-generated power from West Texas to more populated parts of the state may follow one of several routes through Lampasas County. Representatives from Oncor Electric Delivery Co. More...

Former three-term Lometa Mayor Troy Duncan dies Tuesday

Former Lometa Mayor Troy Duncan, 82, died June 16, 2009. Funeral services are June 20 at 10 a.m. at Stacy Wilkins Funeral Home in Goldthwaite. Private interment will follow at a later date. Mr. Duncan was born Aug. More...

Park movie

The city of Lampasas will offers its next Movie in the Park on June 27 at 8:45 p.m. at W.M. Brook Park. "Inkheart" will be the featured movie. Admission is free. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. No alcohol or glass containers allowed. More...

LISD meals

Lampasas Independent School District's free summer food service program is under way for children ages 18 and under through July 3 at Lampasas Middle School, and then at Hanna Springs Intermediate from July 6- 31. More...

Poll

Should the city of Lampasas extend sewer service to the Hoffpauir Addition?

Lifestyles

Local church oversees food distribution program

By LISA CARNLEY Staff Writer

Grocery purchases can take a large bite out of the budget, but Angel Food Ministries is aiming to ease the burden with a program that offers residents the chance to purchase name-brand groceries at cut-rate prices. More...

Duo earn $25,000 in scholarships

Recent Lampasas High School graduates Kelsie Ray and Reese Vann received $25,000 in scholarships at the annual Texas FFA Awards Check and Scholarship Selection meeting June 11- 12 at Tarleton State University. More...

Adamsville VFD receives check from Farm Bureau

Adamsville Volunteer Fire Department received a $150 check recently from Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies as an expression of thanks for the department's work on the property of Jesse Peyton. More...

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News

Kempner mayor reviews park progress at meeting

By MAT TAYLOR Special Correspondent

Mayor Gene Isenhour, at last week's Kempner City Council meeting, reported on a recent meeting of the City Park Committee. The committee has the responsibility of planning the Sylvia Tucker Memorial Park to be located north of U.S. More...

Law Enforcement Report

The following arrests were reported by law enforcement officials. June 16 -- Christopher James Turnbull, 27, of Santa Fe, N.M., for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of drug paraphernalia. More...

Company continues to rack up honors

To pick the "100 Best Companies to Work For," Fortune works with Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz of the Great Place to Work Institute, a global research and consulting firm with offices in 30 countries to conduct the most extensive employee su More...

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Agribusiness

Cattle Auction

The report from the June 10 sale at Lampasas Cattle Auction is as follows. Cattle and calves: Estimated receipts 700, compared to last week at 674 and last year at 949. More...

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Lometa Reporter

Gospel Music Showcase set June 20 at Lometa's Church of the Hills

The Jason Crabb Band will be in concert as part of a Gospel Music Showcase on Saturday at 6 p.m., hosted by Church of the Hills, U.S. Highway 183 near Lometa. Crabb is a Grammy-nominated contemporary and Southern Gospel artist. More...

Recommendations aside, great-grandma rides again

Remember Mildred Bohning, the great-grandma who ignored the manufacturer's recommendations for "no one over 60" to operate a Craftsman 5000 mower with bagger? She has been sidelined for a year because of a broken hip she sustained on May 9, 2008. More...

Lometa Senior Center

111 N. W. Railway St. • 752-3693 • 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Reservations for lunches must be made a day ahead and before noon. No lunch served on Fridays. More...

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Kehoe may be returning to LISD

Superintendent hire also on tap

When the Lampasas Independent School District Board of Trustees meets Monday night, in addition to discussion of employment of a superintendent, the hiring of a high school principal also will be under consideration. More...

Rodeo action under way at Lometa Municipal Park

By LISA CARNLEY Staff Writer

Rodeo fans are in for a treat when two days of western action come to Lometa Regional Park today and Saturday during the eighth annual Riata Rodeo Roundup. More...

Meetings

Lampasas County Commissioners Court will meet Monday at 9 a.m. in the first-floor courtroom at the county courthouse. The Lampasas City Council also will hold its regular meeting Monday. A workshop session will begin at 5:30 p.m. More...

Fest badges

Badges for the Spring Ho Festival are on sale for $5 at Cattles Pharmacy, Hodges & Sargent Pharmacy, chamber of commerce, First State Bank of Burnet, First State Bank Central Texas, First Texas Bank and the Lampasas branch of The National Banks. More...

 

Deaths

Jeannine Dalton

Jeannine C. Dalton-Bing Riffle of Walkersville, W.Va., died June 10, 2009, in an automobile accident. More...

Mr. Hesbrook

Walter Charles Hesbrook Jr. died June 7, 2009, in Pearland. He was 47. A celebration of his life is set June 20 at 5 p.m. at the home of his sister, Denise Rodgers, in Manvel. Mr. Hesbrook was born Aug. More...

Mrs. Keele

Funeral services for Arpie Joan Keele, 92, of Burnet were June 4, 2009, at Vanderveer Street Church of Christ with Tim Denton officiating. Burial was at Burnet City Cemetery. Mrs. Keele died June 1. More...

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Sports

2009 Badger Tennis Camp

Photos by Clay Whittington

Head tennis coach Kenneth Peiser, right, gives his campers instructions prior to Wednesday's activities. More...

Slam Dunk Club gives back to Badgers

In its first year, boys' basketball booster club sets up scholarship fund for departing seniors
By CLAY WHITTINGTON Staff Writer

The Slam Dunk Club has been in existence just over a year, but it is already making an impact. More...

Lampasas has nowhere to go but up, predicted to finish last in District 25-4A

By CLAY WHITTINGTON Staff Writer

Joey McQueen has no problem working his way up from the bottom. More...

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