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Soaking up the fun

With dog Destiny behind her, Jordan Boles splashes through a puddle at Eighth and Chestnut streets during a Wednesday afternoon rain shower. More...

Council proposes no tax hike; public hearings scheduled

Rate to remain at 39 cents per $100 valuation following members' approval

By DAVID LOWE Staff Writer

The Lampasas City Council voted unanimously Monday to set the city's proposed 2009-10 tax rate at 39 cents per $100 property valuation, the same as the current rate. More...

The Adamsville Community Center will hold an ice cream and dessert supper and game night on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Participants should bring a dessert and a freezer of ice cream, plus their favorite games. Everyone is invited to participate. More...

LISD event

Lampasas Independent School District will hold meet the teacher nights for the 2009-2010 school year. Meet the teacher night for Lampasas Middle School students is Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. Events are Thursday from 5-6 p.m. More...

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Lifestyles

Scholarship opportunities offered to college freshmen

The Texas Wildlife Association Foundation and the San Antonio Livestock Exposition Inc. are offering four $10,000 Natural Resource Excellence in Education Scholarships in fall 2009. More...

Ceremony commemorating Battle of Medina on tap

The public is invited to attend the 196th anniversary of the Battle of Medina at a site in Atascosa County overlooking Galvan Creek, where between 800 and 1,300 men died Aug. 18, 1813, in the highest casualty battle in Texas history. More...

Flames drill teams finish camp, earn awards

The 2009-10 Flames varsity dance and junior varsity drill teams recently completed their summer camp at Bozarth-Fowler Gym with instruction conducted by Danceline Productions. More...

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News

Former Lampasan aims to unseat U.S. congressman

By DAVID LOWE Staff Writer

Former Lampasan Joe "Jody" Petronis III, a Travis County resident, plans to challenge incumbent Congressman Michael McCaul in the March 2010 Republican Party primary for the District 10 U.S. House of Representatives seat. More...

CTC opens walk-in registration

Central Texas College's walk-in registration for new and returning students for the fall 2009 semester begins Monday at the Student Services building 119, based on the last four digits of the student's Social Security number. More...

Law Enforcement Report

The following arrests were reported by law enforcement officials. Aug. 11 -- Lisa Michelle Justice, 37, of Weatherford for harassment. She made bond Wednesday and was released from the Lampasas County Jail. More...

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Agribusiness

NRCS announces sign-up for stewardship program

Natural Resources Conservation Service state conservationist Don Gohmert said sign-up for the new Conservation Stewardship Program to assist agricultural and forestry producers is under way. CSP is a new program authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill. More...

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Lometa Reporter

Lometa ISD to consider 2009-10 tax rate, budget

The Lometa Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the school library for a presentation of the proposed budget and tax rate for 2009-10. More...

Summers earns nursing degree

Central Texas College hosted a graduation/pinning ceremony for 31 students in the Licensed Vocational Nursing Program at the college campus recently. Guest speaker was Jennifer Middleton, R.N., a professor in the program. More...

School supply list released for 2009-2010

The office of the Lometa Independent School District has released a list of supplies for the 2009-2010 school year for grades prekindergarten through 5. The first day of the school year is Aug. 24. Please mark all supplies with child's name. More...

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Board approves pay increase, shares concerns of later funding

By LISA CARNLEY Staff Writer

Though members of the Lampasas Independent School District Board of Trustees support an increase in teachers' pay, their concern is where the funds will come from after two years when stimulus money isn't available, leaving the LISD to pick up the More...

Trustees support college campus

By LISA CARNLEY Staff Writer

Lampasas moved a step closer to making a college campus in the community a reality with the approval Monday night of a letter of commitment and a $50,000 contribution over the next two years from the Lampasas Independent School District. More...

Annual show

Youngsters (top photo) admire a variety of artifacts from Texas counties -- including Lampasas. From arrowheads to flints to fossils, the Central Texas Indian Artifacts Show offered something for everyone. More...

Fish Camp

The 2009-2010 Lampasas High School Fish Camp will be held Wednesday from 1-4 p.m. at the new Lampasas High School campus on U.S. Highway 281 South. Parents and incoming freshmen are encouraged to attend. More...

Project Grad

Graduating seniors in the Lampasas High School Class of 2010 and their parents are asked to attend a Project Graduation meeting on Monday at 6 p.m. at Grace Fellowship on U.S. Highway 281 South (adjacent to the new high school campus). More...

Deaths

Mrs. Delacruz

Funeral Mass for Angelina A. Delacruz, 81, of Lampasas is Aug. 14, 2009, at 10 a.m. at St, Mary's Catholic Church in Lampasas with Father Pedro Castillo officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Delacruz died Aug. More...

Mrs. Gilstrap

Faye Elizabeth Gilstrap, 76, of Abilene, formerly of Lampasas, died Aug. 10, 2009, at Abilene Regional Medical Center. Funeral services are Aug. 14 at 1 p.m. at Sneed Funeral Chapel in Lampasas with the Rev. Jimmy Griffith officiating. More...

Mr. Rogers

John V. Rogers, 73, of Lampasas died Aug. 8, 2009, at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple after a lengthy battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held Aug. 22 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father Pedro A. More...

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Sports

Lady Badgers start strong

LHS wins home and road openers in straight sets to erase memories of last season's 0-10 district record

By CLAY WHITTINGTON Staff Writer

Lady Badgers' head coach Beth Rutland is always up for talking about her team, but after Tuesday night's road victory over Shoemaker that kept Lampasas' early unblemished record intact, she needed a second to recover before beginning. More...

Badgers' QB battle still up in the air

By CLAY WHITTINGTON Staff Writer

Vann Millican and Colton Perkins have lots in common. Both are guards on the Badgers' varsity basketball team. Both are avid golfers, and both are solid students in the classroom. More...

Varsity Badgers' 2009 Schedule

August 21 @ Glen Rose (Scrimmage) 7:00 p.m. August 28 vs. Manor September 4 @ Rockdale September 11 @ San Marcos September 18 vs. Gatesville Sweetheart September 25 BYE October 2 @ Hendrickson October 9 vs. More...

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