The crowning of the Riata Roundup Rodeo Queen and her court will take place Friday at 7:30 p.m. before the rodeo competition begins.

The Junior Pierian senior girls and their mothers gathered April 20 for a celebration dinner given by members of the Pierian Club. The dinner was held at the home of Carol Wright, with co-hostesses Ruth Martin, Lucy Walker and Alicia Straley, president of the Pierian Club.

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 LISD students with disabilities up to age 21, are eligible.

The Green Thumb program for May, sponsored by the Highland Lakes Master Gardeners, will be held May 5 from 2-3 p.m. at Herman Brown Free Library in Burnet, at 100 E.

We would like to help get your group’s event(s) listed in the Dispatch Record Calendar. The listing of community events and meetings is free.

The popular Box Sale starts at 12:30 p.m. Saturday as part of the Kempner Volunteer Fire Department’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Boxes of miscellaneous items are sold for $5. Barbecue lunches will be offered, and auction items also will be available at 315 Pecan St. in Kempner. file photo

Department of Texas AMVETS held a ceremony April 19 at the Olin E. Teague Veterans Center in Temple to dedicate memorial benches in honor of two Lampasas County veterans.

Congressman Roger Williams (Texas District 25) is collecting submissions for the 2022 Congressional Art Competition. Every spring, each U.S.

CLASS OF 1972 The Lampasas High School Class of 1972 will celebrate its 50-year reunion on July 8 from 6-9 p.m. at Putters & Gutters Fun Center, 2341 South U.S.

Lampasas County 27 th District Court convened last week with Judge John Gauntt presiding over the day’s hearings. Defendant Kooper Neil Chaney pleaded guilty to a charge of unauthorized use of a vehicle, for which he received five years’ deferred probation with participation in an Intermediate Sanction Facility program as a condition.