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PUC picks compromise routes for transmission lines

By DAVID LOWE Staff Writer
The Public Utilities Commission on Thursday selected two routes for 345-kilovolt transmission lines that will carry windgenerated energy through Lampasas County. More...

Runoff

Rick Green and Debra Lehrmann will face each other April 13 in a Republican runoff for the Place 3 justice position on the Texas Supreme Court. Early voting is Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. More...

Fish fry

The Lady Badger Booster Club will hold a fish fry April 13 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the high school softball field. Tickets are $7 each and are available at the event. Lampasas varsity girls will host Lake Travis at 7 p.m. following the meal. More...

Poll

Should the Lampasas Council fund repairs to Crider Lane?

Lifestyles

Carnley's Corner

Animal magnetism
Lisa Carnley

When my children were growing up, I placed a high priority on humane treatment of animals. More...

Diabetes program to begin

Type II diabetes can cause many health complications, but those who have the disease can live long, healthy lives if they control blood glucose levels through good nutrition and proper daily management, according to Lampasas County Extension Agent K More...

May wedding date chosen

The Hancock Springs Hostess House will be the site for the May 1, 2010, wedding of Lampasas residents Whitney Renee Adams and Matt Stephen McDonald. Miss Adams is the daughter of Kathy and Randy Long, and Joe and Barbara Adams. More...

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Letters

Electric transmission lines

On April 1, the Public Utility Commission chose a route for the Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) -- 345 kV transmission lines bringing wind power from West Texas to Austin. More...

Please forgive me

I am a retired Vietnam veteran sergeant first class, and my wife of 43 years Waltraud -- we call her Traudel -- and our family have made Lampasas our home since 1975. More...

Dissolution of library group

At a meeting on March 18, 2010, the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Lampasas Library voted unanimously to dissolve the organization, effective March 31. More...

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Sports

Peaking at the right time

Lampasas varsity tennis team ends regular season on a high note, prepares for district today
By CLAY WHITTINGTON
Staff Writer

Lampasas finally tasted victory, and it could not have come at a better time. More...

LHS track wraps up regular season at Marble Falls

By CLAY WHITTINGTON
Staff Writer

The next time the Badgers are in Marble Falls, they hope to be standing just one step higher. More...

DuBose places seventh in discus at Texas Relays

Lampasas senior Brode DuBose competed at the 83rd Annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays over the weekend and returned with a seventh-place showing in the discus. More...

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Kempner council cancels election

By MAT TAYLOR
Special Correspondent

Kempner City Council, at its recent meeting, canceled the May 8 municipal election as none of the candidates were opposed. Mayor Gene Isenhour read the Certification of Unopposed Candidates presented by the city secretary. More...

And they’re off

Dozens of colored eggs littered the ground at the annual Community Easter Festival & Egg Hunt Friday at W.M. Brook Park. More...

Honor banquet

The annual Lampasas High School Honors Awards Banquet will be Monday at 7 p.m. at the high school cafeteria. Sponsored by the National Honor Society and the PTSO, tickets are $10 or $12 at the door. More...

‘Fun raiser’

HEB will hold a Lampasas Public Library “Fun raiser” on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the store’s parking lot to kick off National Library Week. There will be food and games and other activities. More...

 

Editorial

Political Cartoon

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Rep. Henry Waxman: the witch hunter of Capitol Hill

Michelle Malkin

Has there ever been a time when 18-term liberal Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman’s nostrils weren’t flaring indignantly at corporate executives and entrepreneurs? The man wields his gavel over the free market like a Damoclean sword. More...

Party’s over for Michael Steele

Linda Chavez

Steele GOP Chairman Michael Steele is a talented guy: smart, affable, telegenic, with a gift for gab. He ran a great race for U.S. Senate from one of the toughest states in the nation for a Republican to win, Maryland. More...

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Deaths

Mr. Davis

Funeral services were held in Lafayette, Colo., for Earl Wayne Davis, 69. He died March 18, 2010, in Lafayette of congestive heart failure. Mr. Davis was born May 13, 1940, in Lampasas, the son of Dorman Earl (Buck) and Esther Nordstrom Davis. More...

Mr. Edwards

John Gail Edwards, 87, of Lampasas died April 1, 2010, at Rollins Brook Community Hospital in Lampasas. Funeral services were April 3 at Sneed Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Paul Kenley officiating. More...

Mrs. Leach

Patricia “Sissy” Leach of Lometa, formerly of Llano, died April 1, 2010, in Lometa. She was 52. Graveside services were April 5 at Llano City Cemetery with the Rev. Bob McClinton officiating. Mrs. Leach was born Sept. More...

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Agribusiness

USDA sets first meeting of Dairy Industry Advisory Committee

The first meeting of the newly established Dairy Industry Advisory Committee will be April 13-15 at USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C., according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The meeting, set at the Jamie L. More...

Cattle Auction

The report from the March 31 sale at Lampasas Cattle Auction is as follows. Cattle and calves: Estimated receipts 711 compared to 809 last week and 626 a year ago. More...

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