On Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Badger Field, "A Tribute to Our Veterans, Past and Present" is planned. Gates will open at 5:30 p.m.

The event is free, but donation jars will be on hand with proceeds to go toward funding updates to a memorial at the county courthouse, flags for Key Avenue during holidays, and assistance with the Kempner Veterans Memorial.

A free all-American meal consisting of a hot dog, soda and apple pie, will be served, and Keystone Square Museum will have a table set up from which to collect information on veterans to add to its exhibit. Residents are asked to bring information about local service members.

Fort Hood will have its color guard posting the flags, a static display and a canine demonstration.

The Badger Band will perform patriotic music, and Lometa School's choir will sing several se- lections.

Lt. Col. Tim Daugherty, the 89th Military Police Brigade commander, will be the keynote speaker.

Other participants include LHS and Lampasas Middle School bands, Lampasas Community Choir and local Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts.

In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved to a gym at Lampasas High School on U.S. Highway 281 South.

At 7:30 p.m., the LHS drama department will present "A Piece of My Heart" at the school's cafeteria. General admission is $3, and veterans will be admitted free.

* * *

Lampasas Middle School, 902 S. Broad St., invites service members and their families to a free lunch on Tuesday at the cafeteria at noon.

Lunch will be followed by a Veterans Day program at 1 p.m. at Bozarth-Fowler Gym.

* * *

Lometa Independent School District will honor veterans on Wednesday at 10 a.m. with a program at the campus.