September 15, 2009 / Front Page

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Animal shelter to open soon

Completion of the Lampasas Animal Shelter on College Street marks the continuation of a collaborative effort between city and county officials to provide a place to house and care for stray and abandoned animals. More...

Without code officers, Kempner, Lometa police chiefs enforce city ordinances

By DAVID LOWE Staff Writer

After an awning collapsed on and killed a high school senior in the North Texas town of Bridgeport last month, Lampasa County resident Walter Ruzicka started to wonder if a similar accident could happen in Lometa. More...

Taco salad

The Lampasas School Food Service Association's taco salad supper is Friday preceding the football game. Serving will be from 5-8 p.m. at the Lampasas Middle School cafeteria. Tickets are $5.50 each from any LSFSA member or at the door. More...

Bazaar

Town & Country Study Club is taking booth reservations for its annual Christmas Bazaar on Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lampasas County Courthouse. More...

Lifestyles

Carnley's Corner

Lisa Carnley

The wedding of the century -- at least of my century -- is over, and that has its good and bad points. Not that it wasn't a gorgeous ceremony; it was. But it has been a long year since the engagement of my son, Zach, and his new bride, Courtney. More...

September wedding set

Maria Anabell Rivera of Lampasas and Benjamin Edwin Farish of Raleigh, N.C., plan to exchange wedding vows in a Sept. 26, 2009, ceremony at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lampasas. More...

Multi-Service Center

901 S. Live Oak - Lampasas • 556-3858 · FAX: 556-2550 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Lunch is served Monday through Friday, 11:30 a.m. Lunch reservations may be made by calling 24 hours in advance, 556-3858, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. More...

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Letters

National Night Out

Please come join your local law enforcement officers and public safety officials at the 25th National Night Out. More...

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Deaths

Mrs. Brooks

Mary Katherine Brooks, 62, of Temple died Sept. 11, 2009, at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple. Funeral services were Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. at Sneed Funeral Chapel in Lampasas. Burial was at Rock Church Cemetery near Rumley. More...

Mr. Greear

Thomas (Tom) Ray Greear, 74, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Lampasas, died Aug. 28, 2009, at his residence. Services were Sept. 2 at Meldrum Mortuary Chapel in Mesa. Mr. Greear was born Jan. 25, 1935, in Burnet County, the son of L.C. More...

Mr. Sockel

A memorial service for John Sockel, 81, of Kempner is Sept. 18, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home of Copperas Cove. Burial will follow at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen with full military honors. More...

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Burn ban lifted temporarily

Ban scheduled to resume Thursday at 6 p.m.

The county-wide ban on outdoor burning in unincorporated areas has been lifted until Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. More...

Rainfall relieves drought

Dark clouds brought rain and cooler temperatures throughout Lampasas County late last week. Lampasas received 0.70 inches of rain on Thursday and a total of 1.22 inches through Sunday, according to www.weather.com. More...

Dedication of campuses set next week

Lampasas Independent School District community members are invited to join students, teachers, administrators and board members in dedicating Lampasas High School on Monday and Taylor Creek Elementary on Sept. 22. More...

Team effort

HEB's Lampasas store director Ryan Wilson and employees Joy Olson and Josh Palacio, right, wash a truck at the Lampasas Fire Department on Friday morning as part of HEB's fifth annual "Helping Heroes" Patriot Day volunteer program. More...

Lometa ISD

Lometa Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet today at 6:30 p.m. in the library to consider a resolution to accept a grant from the Criminal Justice Division and appoint teacher appraisers for 2009-10. More...

Burn ban

Moist soil conditions and cool weather have given property owners the opportunity to remove trash and brush from their land, as County Judge Wayne Boultinghouse has ordered a temporary lifting of the county-wide burn ban. More...

Editorial

Forcing health care on Americans

Linda Chavez

More prescient words were never spoken by a politician than Barack Obama's to the American people Wednesday evening on the issue of health care reform: "I am not the first President to take up this cause, but I am determined to be the last. More...

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Obama's celebrity status is failing as president

They're all over him — swarms, flocks, flights of critics taking apart President Obama: his style, his motives, his modus operandi, assuming he has one. More...

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Sports

Snake bit

Lampasas offense crumbles in second half as Rattlers shut out Badgers 33-0 at Bobcat Stadium
By CLAY WHITTINGTON Staff Writer

The Badgers got beat at their own game. San Marcos' slot-T offense pummeled Lampasas in the second half of Friday night's game, posting four touchdowns while limiting the Badgers to 18 offensive plays in a 33-0 shutout victory. More...

LHS falls in four sets at Llano

By CLAY WHITTINGTON Staff Writer

The Lady Badgers are coping with another difficult defeat. Despite posting 43 kills to only nine errors and successfully landing a whopping 91 percent of its serves, Lampasas left Llano with a four-set loss. More...

Badgers' JV team wins thriller against Rattlers

By CLAY WHITTINGTON Staff Writer

Lampasas finally got challenged. More...

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