HILLSDALE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION The annual meeting of the Hillsdale Cemetery Association will be May 21 at 9:30 a.m. at the cemetery on Slater Road northeast of Izoro.

Three Lampasas High School seniors were recognized Monday morning for taking the oath of enlistment for the United States Army and Texas National Guard. Principal Joey McQueen gave opening comments before the three students rose their right hand to pledge to serve their country.

All three Lampasas ISD elementary schools have fine arts programs, an exception to the trend for American schools. Arts programs in public elementary schools can be the first item eliminated in the schedule.

Lampasas High School graduates from the Class of 1962 met at the home of Tom and Martha Casbeer to celebrate their 60-year reunion. In the evening, they gathered at Bill’s Burgers for dinner and music by the Elderly Brothers, which includes class member Robbis Storm. Pictured are, front row from left, Donna Jones Williams, Robbis Storm, Carol Northington Wright, Gavin Garrett, Tom Casbeer and Martha Tumlinson Casbeer; middle row, Early Denison, Bob Eder, Waymon Lewis, Alicia Gillen Waggoner, Suzanne Ballew Butts and Charles Speer; back row, Clark Jackson, Peggy Smith Wolfe, Dana Easters Ripley, Kay Harlien Fox, Mike Fox and Lee Culver. COURTESY PHOTO

The Lampasas ISD Nutrition Services Department has announced that its summer meals program will be offered again this year at no cost. Children and teens through age 18, plus students with disabilities up to age 21, are eligible.

WASHINGTON, D.C. HONOR FLIGHT Lampasas resident and U.S.

HOWARD PAYNE UNIVERSITY Six Howard Payne University students were named 2022 Currie-Strickland Scholars. Among them was McKennah Randall of Lampasas.

HILLSDALE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION The annual meeting of the Hillsdale Cemetery Association will be held on the third Saturday of May – May 21 – at 9:30 a.m. at the cemetery on Slater Road northeast of Izoro.

Hanna Springs Elementary School’s Ag Day emphasis returned last week after a two-year hiatus. Elementary students from several campuses attended, and state and local organizations and volunteers were on hand, including representatives from the USDA Wildlife Services, Texas Farm Bureau, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Warden Division, Hamilton County Electric Cooperative, and Lampasas County 4-H and FFA chapters.

SMITH CEMETERY ASSOCIATION The Smith Cemetery Association at School Creek will hold its annual meeting Saturday at 11 a.m. at School Creek Baptist Church.