BLOOD DRIVE Lampasas VFW Auxiliary Post #8539 will host a Baylor Scott & White blood drive Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Lampasas County Judge Randy Hoyer is temporarily lifting the current burn ban, effective immediately.

Local builders have initiated a mentorship program at Lampasas High School that will encourage students to consider careers in construction. About a dozen Lampasasarea building professionals came together late this spring to form a nonprofit organization called Creating Badger Builders.

First Presbyterian Church recently hosted a Kindness Kamp for Lampasas Girl Scouts. Sixteen girls from four troops attended.

The Green Thumb Program, sponsored by the Highland Lakes Master Gardeners, has had a change of schedule for its next session. The meeting has been moved to July 28 from 1-2 p.m. at the Marble Falls Library, 101 Main St.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GLOBAL CAMPUS Jason Lee Torres-Smith of Kempner has earned a Bachelor of Science in environmental management from the University of Maryland Global Campus, based in Adelphi, Maryland. Worldwide, more than 13,600 graduates from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as 32 countries and U.S.

Don’t toss those imperfect lettuce leaves, onion tops and strawberry tops into the trash. Instead, convert them into compost right in the garden.