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If we keep our eyes and hearts open, the strangest things can bring clarity – even old flyswatters such as this. Joycesarah McCabe | Dispatch Record

If we keep our eyes and hearts open, the strangest things can bring clarity – even old flyswatters such as this. Joycesarah McCabe | Dispatch Record

Old flyswatters and mental clutter

Joycesarah Mccabe
Thursday, August 10, 2023
As I walked over to the microwave in the breakroom at the Dispatch Record office, I noticed something I'd never seen before: a homemadelooking fly swatter crafted out of an old handle and a bent-up window screen. I laughed when I saw it!

Browning Garden Club to hold Meet and Greet event

News Staff
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Those interested in learning more about growing plants in Central Texas or who simply want to meet new friends are invited to consider joining Browning Community Garden Club. The garden club will hold its annual Meet and Greet event on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Lil Tex Restaurant, 502 S. Main St.

community calendar

News Staff
Thursday, August 10, 2023
We would like to help get your group’s event(s) listed in the Dispatch Record Calendar. The listing of community events and meetings is free. Calendar items must be in writing. Email to news@lampasas. com, or mail to: Calendar Lampasas Dispatch Record P.O.
erick mitchell | dispatch record

erick mitchell | dispatch record

New school year’s first impression

News Staff
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Teachers, parents and students get to know each other during Monday’s open house at Kline Whitis Elementary School before the first day of school on Thursday.
Michael Joseph Smith

Michael Joseph Smith

Arrest made in child sexual assault case

Alexandria Randolph
Thursday, August 10, 2023
A Lampasas man was arrested Aug. 3 on felony child sexual assault charges. Lampasas police arrested Michael Joseph Smith, 37, on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child by sexual contact, first-degree and seconddegree charges, respectively.

DISTRICT COURT

News Staff
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Lampasas County 27th District Court convened last week with Judge John Gauntt presiding over the day’s hearings.

ARRESTS

News Staff
Thursday, August 10, 2023
The following arrests were reported to the Lampasas Dispatch Record by area law enforcement officials. The Dispatch Record prints the name and charge(s) of people arrested on at least one Class B misdemeanor – or more serious – charge.

GRAND JURY

News Staff
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Lampasas County grand jury convened Wednesday to continue the July term. Investigator Wayne Hilgenberg of the Lampasas County Sheriff’s Office presented information that resulted in two indictments: Zachary John Dabney on a charge of possession of a controlled substancemethamphetamine on April 28.
A graphic formulated by the U.S. Drought Monitor on Aug. 3 shows the area around Stillhouse Hollow Lake, including Lampasas and Bell counties, is considered an area of “extreme drought.” COURTESY GRAPHIC | US DROUGHT MONITOR

A graphic formulated by the U.S. Drought Monitor on Aug. 3 shows the area around Stillhouse Hollow Lake, including Lampasas and Bell counties, is considered an area of “extreme drought.” COURTESY GRAPHIC | US DROUGHT MONITOR

Kempner Water officials make conservation statement

Alexandria Randolph
Thursday, August 10, 2023
A statement released by Kempner Water Supply Corp. officials on Tuesday afternoon states that dramatic drops in lake levels are the cause for conservation, not “hoarding.” The lake is dropping nearly one inch each day. As of Wednesday afternoon, Stillhouse Hollow Lake elevation was 605.
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