The Aug. 4 market report from Mills County Commission Co.

The Lampasas County Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center will host the Lampasas County Wine Tour on Oct. 1.

The Browning Community Garden Club will hold its annual membership drive on Aug. 16 at 11 a.m.

dispatch Record AUTHOR’S NOTE:Six months ago, I wrote a column about Alzheimer’s, dementia and the alternative theory for treatment that was causing controversy in the medical industry. Recent news broke regarding falsified Alzheimer’s research data, which may destabilize the popularly held theory.

DISPATCH RECORD Lampasas High School graduate Michael Neary recently was diagnosed with leukemia. A fundraiser in his honor will be hosted Sunday at the high school track from 6-8 p.m.

DISPATCH RECORD Lampasas Animal Shelter will combat animal crowding by joining the nationwide Clear the Shelters event during the month of August. Between Aug.

Recent Lampasas High School graduate Nathan Abken has personalized automaker Toyoto’s slogan of “Let’s go places.” Abken has taken his skills straight to the Toyota Service Center in Round Rock where he is on a fast track pursuing his career goal in the automotive industry.

The Lampasas High School Class of 1977 held its 45-year reunion on July 9 at the Charles “Choc” Gillen Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8539. On hand for the celebration were, front row from left, Janet Denson Hargett, Judy Kenyon Bennett, Susan Reynolds Millican, Elizabeth Ohnmeiss, Alice Canales, Martha Matchen Pinckney and Bernadette Ramirez Morua; middle row, Terry McBride, Sandy McNiel Kerr, Lori Dillard Paulson, Dale Turner, Joe Fuller, Brad Reuther, Mike Carpenter, Rusty Carroll and Glen Gibson; third row, Scott Cox, Molly Richardson Maples, Pam Linville Carpenter, Audrey Freeman, Edith Wagner Harrison, Robert Holt, Eddie Blanton, Ernest Dave Gill, Ricky Toungate and Craig Daniels; and back row, Thomas Munn and Jackie Bradley. COURTESY PHOTO

First Texas Bank recently made a $2,500 contribution in support of the Lampasas Community Garden at Campbell Park. Pictured with the check are, from left, Kyla Rhoades, Lee Loeffler, Janet Crozier, Kelvin Barkowsky and Sylvia Hernandez. COURTESY PHOTO ARDEN

The July 28 market report from Mills County Commission Co. follows.