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BRIEFLY

News Staff
Thursday, April 14, 2022
KINDERGARTEN SIGN-UP Registration for kindergarten and pre-kindergarten in the Lampasas ISD will be held April 20 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at each of the local elementary campuses. Children who are 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2022 are eligible for kindergarten.
The Lampasas Dispatch reported on several incidents during the “invasion,” including injuries to hundreds of paratroopers sustained during the Operation Longhorn simulation exercises. monique brand | dispatch record

The Lampasas Dispatch reported on several incidents during the “invasion,” including injuries to hundreds of paratroopers sustained during the Operation Longhorn simulation exercises. monique brand | dispatch record

Museum recognizes 70th anniversary of Operation Longhorn

Monique Brand
Monday, April 11, 2022
The Army maneuver was quite real. For some Lampasans, it was just too unreal to believe it could happen — and it was all a drill. In the early 1950s, the threat of nuclear war and communism loomed over much of the Western Hemisphere.
Cub Scouts

Cub Scouts

Cub Scouts Pack 100

News Staff
Monday, April 11, 2022
Cub Scouts Pack 100 held a Downhill Derby Saturday. Find out more about the race in Friday’s edition. JEROMIAH LIZAMA | DISPATCH RECORD

City begins work on business park

Monique Brand
Monday, April 11, 2022
The city of Lampasas has begun its year-long plan to develop its “Business Park Roadway & Utility Improvements, Phase 1” project. A public Facebook post from the Lampasas Economic Development Corp.
Skies display beautiful cloud formation

Skies display beautiful cloud formation

Skies display beautiful cloud formation

News Staff
Monday, April 11, 2022
Photographer Patsy Stoneham captured this photo recently in west Lampasas and submitted to the Dispatch Record. To submit feature photos like this for a future edition, email news@lampasas.com. Photos must be high-resolution and not copyrighted. COURTESY PHOTO
These cities all posted gains in April. DISPATCH RECORD GRAPHIC

These cities all posted gains in April. DISPATCH RECORD GRAPHIC

Sales tax gains continue

Gail Lowe
Monday, April 11, 2022
Sales tax rebates to area cities soared in April. All the entities tracked by the Dispatch Record posted double-digit gains for the period, with the exception of Goldthwaite. Revenues for the Mills County seat rose only 2% over its sales tax collections from April 2021.
Kempner City Manager David Williams speaks to Lampasas County Commissioners Court Monday morning. MONIQUE BRAND | DISPATCH RECORD

Kempner City Manager David Williams speaks to Lampasas County Commissioners Court Monday morning. MONIQUE BRAND | DISPATCH RECORD

Lampasas County pays share of hazardous waste event

Monique Brand
Monday, April 11, 2022
In an effort to clean up Lampasas County, the city of Kempner held its first hazardous waste collection event in February. The initiative was a collective effort, according to City Manager David Williams, with funding sources that included Lampasas County.

BRIEFLY

News Staff
Monday, April 11, 2022
CANDIDATE FORUM The Lampasas Area Texas Federation of Republican Women will host a candidate forum April 19 at 6 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 2 Alexander Dr. in Lampasas.
Shoulder stability can be improved by holding weighted objects directly overhead. ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH MURRELL | DISPATCH RECORD

Shoulder stability can be improved by holding weighted objects directly overhead. ALEXANDRIA RANDOLPH MURRELL | DISPATCH RECORD

Shoulder muscles and cashews: rotator cuff injury prevention

Alexandria Randolph Murrell
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Do a mirror check. Do you look like a human, or a human cashew? Do you tend to slump your shoulders when you stand? When you sit at your desk, is your spine in a neutral position, or is it hunched forward like the curve of a cashew nut? These slumping behaviors lead to weakness of the rotator cuff.
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