Abarn dance fundraiser on May 18 will support a program that has helped Lampasas children through education, meals, and providing a safe place to grow. The Boys and Girls Club of Lampasas has served area families for many years.

The Browning Community Garden Club met April 16 in the Kempner Volunteer Fire Department training room. Refreshments were provided by Paula Boales-Pabis, and coffee was provided by Melissa Adams.

Lampasas High School sophomore Cale Wheeler will be competing at the JW Patterson Tournament of Champions this weekend at the University of Kentucky. The national competition looks to bring the best of the best high school speech and debate students together for the event.

The Lampasas High School Academic, Speech and Debate teams competed in Burnet the first week of April at the district UIL competition, and LHS brought home its third consecutive district championship. “These young people have worked since August on their events, and thanks to their determination and the hard work put in by their coaches, the Badgers qualified 26 students in 15 different events to regionals in Nacogdoches on April 27,” said Judith Ann McGhee, UIL coordinator at the high school.

To welcome spring, the Lampasas GFWC ’36 Club is sponsoring a “Walk in the Parks” event, featuring the Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden at Campbell Park, Lampasas Community Gardens – also in Campbell Park – and Cooper Spring Nature Park.

naruna Cemetery association The Naruna Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting on May 5 at 2 p.m. in the Naruna Baptist Church fellowship hall.

This year’s edition of the Riata Roundup Rodeo & LTX BBQ Fest will take place at the 580 Sports Complex from April 25-27. Vendor booths have sold out for the event, but those looking to register their youngster for mutton busting or the barbecue cook-off may do so.

We've all had those moments when someone crosses our mind, and we think we should call them, stop by or send a text. Occasionally, we might do it, but often our hours turn into days and our days into weeks, and before we know it, another month has passed us by.

The total solar eclipse that swept through Lampasas this week brought hundreds of people into town to take part of the event. Many of them gathered in W.M. Brook Park to experience the eclipse and longer period of totality.

The annual Painted Chair fundraiser auction at Lampasas Public Library will be held April 27 in honor of a late community member. The fundraiser, held each of the three years previously, has been renamed the Katherine Mezger Painted Chair Event to honor a former member of the Library Advisory Board.