BLO0D DRIVE Lampasas VFW Auxiliary Post #8539 will host a Baylor Scott & White blood drive July 6 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Ore-Ida frozen foods company often runs TV commercials seeking leads on its “missing” potato truck. Don’t let the food giant know about the refurbished truck spotted in Lampasas County.

The Lampasas Multi-Service/Senior Center will hold a fundraiser July 16 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saratoga Masonic Lodge #546 in Lampasas held officer elections on June 16 during its meeting, with District Deputy Grand Master R.W. Roderick Welsh in attendance.

OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY Ouachita Baptist University has named more than 350 students to its Spring 2022 Dean’s List. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must compile at least a 3.5 grade-point average and be classified as a full-time student.

CLASS OF 1977 The Lampasas High School Class of 1977 will celebrate its 45-year reunion on July 9 at the Charles “Choc” Gillen Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8539, 481 North U.S. Highway 183.

“I like to call them collisions, not accidents. Someone made a driving error and collided. That’s what I want you to take away,” said Dale Smith, owner of the South Carolina-based Traffic Safety Training Center.

Over the last two years, employers have been forced to lay off workers, businesses have shut down, and people have been without jobs. Add to that the everincreasing prices of most products, and the necessity to find a good job has hit a peak.