The Lampasas City Council canceled the May municipal election and approved a number of small business items during a special called meeting on Friday. After cancellation of the regular meeting set for March 11, City Secretary Becky Sims said the council held a called meeting on Friday at noon to take care of a few time-sensitive items.

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Brenda Smith, the Lampasas Dispatch Record office manager, was honored posthumously with the Misti Talbert Community Champion Award. Accepting the award are her brother, Paul Hall and wife Lisa, and her nephew Levi Burney, pictured in center to right with Mayor Herb Pearce and members of the Lampasas City Council.

The ’36 Club is accepting scholarship applications. Forms are available through the Lampasas High School counselor’s office or online on the High School Counselor webpage.

Lampasas FFA member Roy Stewart placed ninth with his market lamb exhibit at the San Antonio Livestock Show..

The longest-tenured coach at Lampasas High School is the Badgers’ tennis coach, Kenneth Peiser, who is in his 25th season and plans to be around for several more years. Peiser has been with the Lampasas school district since 1999.

Last Thursday, the Lampasas track teams hit the road to Marble Falls for the third track meet of the season. Team results were not listed on the meet website, but all individual results were available.

A Lampasas man was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment in the conclusion of a child sexual assault case heard in 27th District Court. On March 1, Vincent Lee Martinez, 28, was found guilty and sentenced to 12 years on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony.

Lampasas County 27th District Court convened last week with Judge John Gauntt presiding over a limited docket. Defendant Wylinda Dee Cook of Lampasas entered a plea of guilty to a charge of health care fraud equal to or greater than $2,500 and less than $30,000.