January 12, 2010 / Front Page

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Grand champion

Braedon Raub and his American breed steer garnered top show honors at the Lampasas County Youth Livestock Show last weekend. Complete stock show results and additional photos will appear in Friday’s edition of the Lampasas Dispatch Record. More...

On the trail

‘Geocachers’ take part in high-tech scavenger hunts
By DAVID LOWE Staff Writer

With a very active Internet account and two sets of GPS equipment, Jesse Hurst and his wife Leona prove that scavenger hunts aren’t just for kids. More...

Kempner

Kempner City Council will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in council chambers to discuss submitting an application for park funding to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. More...

Voting

The deadline to register and be eligible to vote in the March 2 primary election is Feb. 1. A voter registration application is available at the Lampasas County Elections Administrator’s office at 412 S. Live Oak. More...

Lifestyles

Carnley's Corner

Hot topic of conversation
Lisa Carnley

Do you ever notice how the smartest people are the ones who seem to do the most senseless things? It’s as if their brains are wired for either intelligence or common sense -- but not both. More...

"Cooking with Betty"

A chicken in every pot
Betty Jacobs

I love to serve any one of these chicken dishes for casual or more formal dinners. More...

BBB offers tips for Cash for Appliances Rebate

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has announced the state will use approximately $23 million in federal stimulus funds for a mail-in rebate program benefiting consumers who purchase qualifying energy efficient household appliances. More...

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Letters

Very lucky to have good help

“If it wasn’t for bad luck, some of us wouldn’t have any luck at all.” I think this is an old saying, but oh how true it feels sometimes. More...

The battle rages

Christmas 2009 is history, but the battle over the historic position of Judeo-Christianity in American economics still rages. In fact, hostility toward Christianity and capitalism has ratcheted up during the past year under the Obama team. More...

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News

PEC to hold night forum on bylaws

Pedernales Electric Cooperative invites members to a forum on Wednesday from 6-9 p.m. to discuss the ongoing effort to consider revisions, updates and improvements to PEC’s bylaws. More...

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Sports

Disappointing defeat

Lady Badgers suffer worst loss of year, falling by 31 points at home against district foe Hendrickson
By CLAY WHITTINGTON Staff Writer

Unfortunately, the Lady Badgers never had a chance. The No. 15 Hendrickson Lady Hawks were in no mood to play around after suffering a 12-point loss to Killeen in their districtopener, and they took out their frustrations on Lampasas. More...

Lampasas has cold start to soccer season at Marble Falls tournament

By CLAY WHITTINGTON Staff Writer

The weather was not the only thing that was extremely chilly this weekend. The Badgers and Lady Badgers suffered through some seriously cold play during their seasonopening matches at the Marble Falls tournament. More...

Offically enlisted

Former Lampasas kicker signs to play semi-professional football with start-up Copperas Cove Soldiers
By CLAY WHITTINGTON Staff Writer

Joshua Akers does not consider himself a football player. But the Copperas Cove Soldiers do. “I’m just a kicker,” the Lampasas High School Class of 2009 graduate said. “There’s not much that goes into that.” More...

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First community forum for Lometa ISD on tap

Trustees consider calling bond election for construction, renovation projects
By CHERI JAY-WIENECKE Special Correspondent

In the case of a bond election for improvements at the Lometa Independent School District, the decision rests in the hands of local residents. A community meeting is scheduled Monday at 6:30 p.m. More...

Funding for solar grant is delayed by SECO

City staff still are waiting to hear whether Lampasas will receive a $2 million grant to build a solar energy facility at a former city landfill off Old Georgetown Road. More...

Temperatures plummet in wake of first arctic blast of new year

The temperature dipped into the teens Friday and Saturday nights in Lampasas, and it climbed to a high of 45 degrees Sunday, concluding a weekend that pushed an arctic blast across much of the nation. More...

Shot clinics

The Lampasas ISD will administer H1N1 flu shots to community members on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Lampasas Middle School, 902 S. Broad St.; Jan. 19, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., former middle school cafeteria; Jan. 25, 11 a.m. More...

Lometa ISD

The Lometa Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the school library. A public hearing on the 2008- 09 Academic Excellence Indicator System will be held, followed by a regular meeting agenda. More...

Editorial

State Dept. to blame for UndyBomber ’s visa approval

Michelle Malkin

Forget about no-fly lists, full-body scanners and air marshals. More...

Political Cartoon

Full Story

The Obama administration doesn’t ‘get’ the terror war

William Murchison

The craving to crawl all over the Obama administration for missteps on the terrorism front is partly backlash against the Democratic craving to crawl all over the Bush administration for every misfortune since the plagues of Egypt. More...

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Deaths

Mr. Gage

A memorial service for Larry J. Gage, 76, is Jan. 13, 2010, at 4 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 5300 Main St. in Houston. Funeral services will follow on Jan. 16 at Sneed Funeral Chapel in Lampasas, with burial at Smith Cemetery in Oakalla. More...

Mr. Parsons

Travis Wall Parsons of Lampasas died Jan. 7, 2010, at Regal Nursing & Rehab. He was 82. Graveside services were Jan. 10 at Cauble Cemetery. Mr. More...

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Agribusiness

Cattle Auction

The report from the Jan. 6 sale at Lampasas Cattle Auction is as follows. Cattle and calves: Estimated receipts 840 compared to 953 last year. No sale to compare to last week. More...

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