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Joey and Vicki McQueen receive recognition as the Misti Talbert Community Champions from the Lampasas City Council last Monday evening. The couple was nominated by Lori Weinheimer, who said, “Joey and Vickie McQueen make an incredible difference together for others every day. These two lovebirds met in kindergarten and have been making a positive impact for their families and communities since then. They have been in education for over 40 years, and we are blessed to have them at Lampasas now and to have had them for the past several years. … These two champions have had a big impact on the culture of all our schools. Every day they get up and love and build others like no one else. The positive energy brought to Taylor Creek [Elementary] and Lampasas High School is unmatched. Joey and Vickie McQueen are also very involved in their church, serving on committees, volunteering to help the youth, and just plain and simply serving others. Joey and Vickie are also a big part of Lampasas ISD FCA and have been a large part of Fellowship of Christian Athletes for many years. They are also involved with the Young Life organization.”

HINES CHAPEL CEMETERY Hines Chapel Cemetery will have its meeting Saturday at 11 a.m. NARUNA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION The Naruna Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting on Sunday at 2 p.m.

A student name inadvertently was misspelled in a photo of Ag Day activities that ran in the April 24 edition. Holt Bumpas was pictured practicing his lasso technique at the event on April 19.

On April 22, the Lampasas City Council awarded Charlie Freese (holding certificate) with the “Grace Under Pressure” award to recognize her bravery and compassion after an April 16 vehicle wreck. According to a Lampasas police report, that morning a two-vehicle collision took place near the entrance of Lampasas High School. When Officer Dustin Roscoe arrived, Freese was rendering aid to a woman involved in the crash. “While this situation is common for those of us who work in the fields of law enforcement, fire or EMS, it is not common to work situations like these alongside a 17-year-old high school student,” Roscoe said.“Freese was holding the victim’s head stationary, while consoling them until EMS/LFD arrived and applied a neck brace to them. ... Freese kept poised throughout and demonstrated a level head amongst an unsettling situation. ... Freese demonstrated the values needed to receive this award.”

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The driver of a 2007 Dodge Ram pickup left the scene of a South Key Avenue crash April 25 at 7:44 p.m. that caused injury to a 51-year-old Lampasas woman.

Rodeo arena maintenance and scheduling were the highlight of discussion last week between the city and a newly organized local rodeo association. During a workshop prior to the Lampasas City Council meeting on April 22, council members and representatives from the County of Lampasas Rodeo Association discussed the draft of an Access and Use Agreement for the arena at the 580 Sports Complex.

The gates are closed. The seats are empty, and the sound of cattle is now silent. Stillness replaces the cadence of the auctioneer and the visiting voices that once filled the ring space at Lampasas Cattle Auction.

Lampasas County 27th District Court convened last week with Judge John Gauntt presiding over the day’s hearings. Defendant Meghan Elise Bray of Copperas Cove was sentenced to 9 months in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after her open plea hearing.