Good deeds, resourcefulness show through brutal weather

Sheriff Jess Ramos and his wife, Rebecca, serve coffee at St. Mary Catholic Church, which offered a temporary warming station, cots and blankets for several days through Feb. 18. Lampasas resident Ruth Grossman sought shelter and supplies at the church when she lost electricity and water at her house early this week. She said the Ramoses invited her to their home, and the sheriff “couldn’t have been more wonderful to me. He’s really a blessing.” JEFF LOWE | DISPATCH RECORD

National Finals Rodeo qualifier Garrett Tonozzi, right, and his wife, world champion barrel racer Brittany Tonozzi (not pictured) donated firewood to those in need. Garrett Tonozzi is shown in front of Schlotzsky’s with Schlotzsky’s general manager Mike McCorkle and Courtney Hollum, who works for the Tonozzis. CHRIS BOWEN | COURTESY PHOTO

A long line forms around H-E-B, where customers waited to shop duirng limited hours on Wednesday. JEFF LOWE | DISPATCH RECORD

With power outages this week, some residents turned to cooking outdoors on a campfire. ANTHONY MUNAYCO | COURTESY PHOTO

A flock of waterfowl swims, stands and flies above a mostly frozen stock tank on U.S. Highway 183 just north of Lampasas. JEFF LOWE | DISPATCH RECORD

Jared Ross, an eighth-grader at Lampasas Middle School, steadies his sister Jessica, a junior at Lampasas High School, as she snowboards down a hill in west Lampasas on Monday. DAVID LOWE | DISPATCH RECORD

The thermometer at First Texas Bank shows 4 degrees on Monday morning. That was one of the city’s lowest temperatures in decades. Parts of the county dropped to 1 degree this week. JEFF LOWE | DISPATCH RECORD

Jackie Baltrun and her daughter Rose hold a 44-inch icicle in Lampasas. COURTESY PHOTO