Classics at the Classic is planning a cruise to San Saba on April 24. Owners of classic cars and trucks will meet at Storm’s Drive-In’s back parking lot.

Sheriff Jess Ramos was the guest speaker at the Copperas Cove Rotary Club on April 8. With Ramos is Tom Pursel, Rotary Club president. The Rotary Club meets at the Kempner Brick Oven restaurant every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. COURTESY PHOTO

By Sherryl-Lynn Gooch

Special to the Dispatch Record

 

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Kempner’s Sylvia Tucker Memorial Park and Lampasas’ W.M. Brook Park both received a small upgrade Friday, thanks to a group that took “a step forward.” Through its annual Steps Forward Day, Lower Colorado River Authority employees in 26 cities help complete projects like cleaning parks, improving playgrounds, painting park buildings and athletic field equipment, and improving landscaping with new plants and mulch.

Lampasas High School students Jacdon Green, left, and Janice Hanson placed ninth in the UIL Cross-Examination Debate state tournament in March. They also were District 6-4A champions in February. “The hard work and dedication of these two senior Badgers has been incredible in a year of uncertainty and virtual debate tournaments,” LHS speech and debate coach Judith Ann McGhee said. “Badger Nation is so proud of them.” COURTESY PHOTO

Lampasas City Secretary Becky Sims joined with leaders from Fort Hood and neighboring cities on Thursday in an effort to continue making Central Texas a sustainable community. The group gathered at Monarch Park in Nolanville to renew a commitment to the Cen-Tex Sustainable Communities Partnership for an additional three years.

The Lampasas High School Theatre Department's performance of "Saint Frances of Hollywood" by Sally Clark has advanced to regionals in the University Interscholastic League One-Act Play competition, earning the cast and crew both district and bi-district honors.

The temporary waiver of certain vehicle title and registration requirements – announced by Gov. Greg Abbott on March 16, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic – will end April 14, 2021, with no grace period.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the San Saba County Pecan Growers Association will host the annual Pecan Field Day on May 3 at the San Saba Civic Center. Registration will begin at 8 a.m., with the program to start at 9 a.m.

One of my earliest memories in childhood was dragging my tired, toddler feet behind me across Disneyland amusement park in Anaheim, California while my father walked briskly ahead with my hand clasped firmly around his belt loop. This was in the days before the advent of the kiddy leash.