August 6, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

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Pretty in pink

It’s a good thing heat doesn’t deter these beauties. Even with 100-plus-degree heat, this trichocereus was in full bloom at a Lometa garden recently. More...

Hoyer: Hard work makes district strong

By LISA CARNLEY
Staff Writer

Though the Lampasas Independent School District has felt the weight of the Texas Education Agency’s “academically unacceptable” ranking, Superintendent Randy Hoyer said the district should not let that label belie all the hard work More...

Reception

A reception and sign unveiling will be held at the Lampasas County Higher Education Center Thursday from 4-6 p.m. at 208 E. Avenue B, in the former Lampasas Middle School building. More...

Kiwanis Club

Lampasas Kiwanis Club is offering its Stay In or Return to College Scholarship Program for 2010. Applicants must have completed at least one year of college. Applications are at the Chamber of Commerce, 205 S. U.S. More...

Meetings

Lampasas County commissioners will meet Monday at 9 a.m. in the first-floor courtroom at the county courthouse. Lampasas City Council also will meet Monday. A workshop session is at 5:30 p.m. More...

Poll

Should the Lampasas Council fund repairs to Crider Lane?

Lifestyles

District school supply list for 2010-2011 term released

The first day of the 2010-2011 school term is Aug. 23 for students in the Lampasas Independent School District. And, for those who need to purchase school supplies, a list for students entering prekindergarten through eighth grades is provided. More...

Couple plan fall wedding

Amanda Brooke Franklin and Jerome Richard Ervin, both of Lampasas, plan to exchange wedding vows in a Sept. 18, 2010, ceremony in Marble Falls. More...

Classics slate gathering

Classics at the Classic will gather Saturday at 7 p.m. at Storm’s Drive-In’s back parking lot. More...

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News

Former KCYL Tejano DJ enters music hall of fame

Domingo “Sunny” Castor, a disc jockey who hosted the “Tejano Program” on KCYL for a number of years, recently was inducted into the Tejano Music Hall of Fame. More...

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Agribusiness

Guest speakers scheduled at ag clinic

Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Lampasas, Burnet and Llano counties are offering the annual Central Texas Cow/Calf Clinic Aug. 17 at the Lampasas County Farm Bureau Building (1793 U.S. Hwy. 281 North) in Lampasas. More...

CRP sign-up runs through Aug. 27

A general sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program continues through Aug. 27. During the sign-up period, farmers and ranchers may offer eligible land for CRP’s competitive general sign-up at their county Farm Service Agency office. More...

Rangeland seminar set

Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Mills County will conduct seminar on “Improving our rangelands” in Mills County on Monday. More...

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Lometa Reporter

Lometa Rodeo Parade highlights

Robert Butler, left, receives a plaque as a remembrance for being named marshal of the Lometa Rodeo Parade. Terri Harris, a parade organizer, made the presentation. More...

Fund-raising event for Lometa resident scheduled for Saturday

The friends of “Let’s Help Lori Walk Again” -- an organization dedicated to assisting Lometa resident Lori Watson in her battle with multiple sclerosis -- is holding a fund-raising event Saturday. More...

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LISD trustees call for Sept. 25 election

By LISA CARNLEY
Staff Writer

The Lampasas Independent School District Board of Trustees on Monday called for a Tax Ratification Election after a public hearing and approval of a tax rate of $1.46 per $100 valuation -- 4 cents less than last year’s $1.50 rate. More...

Arrests made in burglaries; marijuana plants seized

By DAVID LOWE
Staff Writer

The Lampasas Police Department has arrested several suspects in connection with multiple unrelated sets of alleged burglaries. In addition, police have arrested suspects in several unrelated recent drug, theft and criminal mischief incidents. More...

Former Tejano DJ honored

Domingo “Sunny” Castor, a former disk jockey at KCYL, was recently inducted into the Tejano Music Hall of Fame. Castor hosted the “Tejano Program” for the Lampasas radio number of years. More...

Adamsville

Adamsville Community Center will feature Joe Johns & the Faded Rose Band on Saturday beginning at 6:30 p.m. The fivemember band will play Texas swing and country-western music. In addition, there will be an ice cream supper. More...

 

Deaths

Mr. DeWeese

Willie DeWeese, 66, died Aug. 2, 2010, at Rollins Brook Community Hospital in Lampasas. Services are Aug. 6 at 10 a.m. at Howell-Doran Funeral Home Chapel in San Saba with the Rev. Bob McClinton officiating. Burial will be at San Saba Cemetery. More...

Mrs. Freeman

Alice Louise Freeman of Kempner died July 30, 2010, in Temple. She was 72. A private family memorial service was Aug. 2 in Lampasas. Mrs. Freeman was born April 3, 1938, in Abilene, Kan., the daughter of Albert and Nellie Belle White Greenwood. More...

Mrs. Lemons

Gloria Gage Lemons, 72, died Aug. 3, 2010, at Brownwood Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were Aug. 5 at Howell-Doran Funeral Home Chapel in San Saba with the Rev. Welton Watson officiating. Burial followed at San Saba Cemetery. Mrs. More...

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Sports

Off and running

Badgers begin two-a-day practices as they prepare for repeat trip to playoffs
By CLAY WHITTINGTON
Staff Writer
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The Badgers are living in the moment. More...

Sports Shorts

VOllEYBAll The Lady Badgers will get their first taste of action this weekend when they travel to Gatesville and Cameron for preseason scrimmages. More...

Food, fun and football

Lampasas assistant coach Keith Virdell, seen serving Lady Badgers’ head track coach and fiancee TyAnna Tuck, was on hand for Football 102 Monday evening at the LHS cafeteria. More...

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