August 31, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

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Dramatic win

Fullback Secody Howard (24) secures the ball while fighting for extra yards during the Badgers’ season opener Friday at Manor. Receiver B.J. Alexander (19) assisted on the play, and the Badgers won 27-26 on a last-second rushing touchdown. More...

Lampasas earns grant for solar power facility

By DAVID LOWE
Staff Writer

The State Energy Conservation Office announced Friday that Lampasas has been awarded a $2 million grant to construct a 309- kilowatt solar energy facility. More...

Cub Scouts

A sign-up and information night for Cub Scout Pack 100 will be Sept. 7 at 6:30 at Hanna Springs Elementary School. Pack 100 is open to Lampasas boys in first through fifth grades. More...

Democrats

Democratic Women’s Association of Lampasas will hold a Labor Day picnic at the Hancock Park Golf Course pavilion. The event will begin at 11:30 a.m. with a cake auction. More...

Poll

Should the Lampasas Council fund repairs to Crider Lane?

Lifestyles

Pharmacy to celebrate 30 years in business

By DAVID LOWE
Staff Writer

Daniel Hodges’ and James “Jimbo” Sargent’s 30- year business partnership began with just one sentence, phrased almost as an afterthought. More...

Recycling donations help support Lampasas County Higher Education

The Lampasas County Higher Education Center has registered with Triple R Recycling, a division of Bell County Iron & Recycling Co., so that anyone who brings items to Triple R can donate the money they receive to LCHEC. More...

No substitute for the real thing

Carnley's Corner
Lisa Carnley

They can send a man (or woman) to the moon, but they can’t make a fat-free ranch salad dressing that tastes good. Pretty sad. I eat a lot of fat-free and lowfat items, and some of them even have taste. More...

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Sports

Going for it all

Badgers convert three fourth downs, including game-winning touchdown as time expires, to beat Manor 27-26
By CLAY WHITTINGTON
Staff Writer

It was not a shock Joey McQueen went for it on fourth down. It was not surprising his team converted, either. With two seconds remaining in the season-opener at Manor, Lampasas sat less than a foot away from victory. More...

Lady Badgers place eighth at Temple cross country meet

By CLAY WHITTINGTON
Staff Writer

Paced by a pair of top-25 finishers, the Lady Badgers opened their cross country season with an eighth-place showing. More...

Badgers split subvarsity games

The Badgers’ freshman and junior varsity teams both opened their seasons last Thursday at home against Manor. After posting a 9-1 record in 2009, the junior varsity team picked up right where it left off by beating the Mustangs 28-0. More...

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Trooper finds meth lab in van; 2 men arrested

By JIM LOWE
Staff Writer

A routine traffic stop turned into a large-scale law enforcement matter Thursday night when a state trooper discovered what is believed to have been an operating mobile methamphetamine laboratory. More...

Enrollment up slightly at Lampasas ISD schools

By DAVID LOWE
Staff Writer

Enrollment numbers and morale were high, Lampasas Independent School District Superintendent Randy Hoyer said, when classes began Aug. 23 for the 2010-2011 school term. More...

City budget, tax increase approved in divided vote

By DAVID LOWE
Staff Writer

In a 4-3 vote, the Lampasas City Council last week approved a 2010- 2011 fiscal-year budget that includes a one-cent property tax rate increase and 3 percent pay raises for most municipal employees. More...

Republicans

The Lampasas County Republican Party Executive Committee will meet Thursday at noon at Gatti’s Pizza to discuss plans for the Oct. More...

Labor Day

An upcoming Lampasas Dispatch Record print deadline has changed because of the Labor Day holiday. The Sept. 7 edition will be printed a day late, and mail delivery will be one day later than usual. More...

 

Letters

What is at stake in November

It seems that every two years politicians from both the Republican and Democrat parties declare the upcoming election will be a defining moment for America. Until now, I have never believed that. More...

Tax rate issues deserve answer

Three are so many interesting issues to address and so little time. Looming congressional elections, presidential election and lately the LISD athletic program. Then there is the Tax Ratification Election. More...

Tax break for vets

I read Jack Clark’s Aug. 13 comments as well as Mr. Hall’s Aug. 17 letter to the editor and Mr. Clark’s Aug. 24 letter in the Lampasas Dispatch Record. More...

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Obits

Mr. Rivera

Jesse James Rivera of Lampasas died Aug. 25, 2010, at Scott & White Continuing Care Hospital in Temple at the age of 55. Graveside services were Aug. 28 at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lampasas with Father Ranjan Cletus officiating. Mr. More...

Ms. Shaw

Kimberly Anne Shaw, 25, of Lampasas passed away Aug. 27, 2010, at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple after a battle with a rare form of cancer. Funeral services were Aug. 29 at Grace Fellowship in Lampasas with Alvin Slaughter officiating. More...

Mrs. Still

Barbara Lucinda (Beem) Still died Aug. 26, 2010, from complications of multiple systems atrophy. A memorial service will be held at a later date at School Creek Baptist Church. She was born Dec. More...

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