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Badger Band to record in Disney Studios

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Lampasas High School band students and their families are raising funds for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to record at Disney studios. LHS band members have the option to travel to Orlando, Florida in late May to record with Disney music producers on a Disney theme park campus.

Stunning sunsets on display

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Local resident Susan Zegub, whose photography has been featured often in the Dispatch Record’s Guide to Lampasas magazine, has published a book with some of her best shots of sunsets, cloud formations and wildflowers. The hardcover, 182-page “Lampasas Sunsets and Surrounding Areas” is available on Amazon.

Annual car show sees high turnout

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The 14th annual Classics at the Classic Car Show took place last weekend at the back parking lot of Storm’s Drive-In. Show organizers said the event had its best turnout since moving to the site several years ago.

CORRECTION

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In the Tuesday, Sept. 6 edition of the Dispatch Record, the story titled “Hill Country Radio new home to ‘Ken & Casey Morning Show’ ” had two spelling errors.

Cowboy with a calling

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For “Hank the Cowdog” author John Erickson, cowboys and storytelling have always been closely yoked. “My mother’s people were pioneer ranchers in West Texas around Seminole,” he said.

Local nonprofit reveals renovated mural

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Local nonprofit Vision Lampasas has finished repairs on its seed packet mural called “Lampasas County Wildflowers.” The mural originally was completed in 2012. Rather than a traditional mural, it’s a series of panels on one wall of the Lampasas Beer Market building at 516 E.

The science behind ‘forest bathing’

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It’s called shinrin-yoku, forest bathing, nature therapy, earthing and known by a host of other names, but why is this phenomenon taking notice with urban dwellers? Because it works. Forest bathing as an intentional practice began in Japan in the 1980s.