Preparing to-go boxes for the recent First Responders Appreciation Lunch sponsored by the Benny Boyd auto dealership are, left to right, Brandon Ferguson, Ross Oliver and Jamie Erickson. Chamber officials helped at the event, which provided meals to approximately 250 first responders from area hospitals, EMS teams, fire departments and law enforcement agencies. TERESA THORNTON

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide will offer free, in-person tax preparation services at the Lampasas Senior Center, 901 S. Live Oak, by appointment only, through April 12.

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A group of 56 Lampasas County parents, leaders and Scouts from Troop 200, Troop 400 and Pack 100 were among the 320 people to stay aboard the USS Lexington on a recent February weekend. The Scouts slept in bunks similar to what sailors would have stayed in when the ship was active. Tours on board showed the youth how the ship operated. Many airplanes also were on display, and a Pearl Harbor exhibit was open to tour. COURTESY PHOTO

Jonathan Harris, son of Jon-Paul and Jennifer Harris of Lampasas, took second in the calf scramble competition Feb. 19 at the San Antonio Rodeo. He earned a $1,400 scramble certificate, which Harris plans to use to buy a registered breeding goat to exhibit at the 2023 Lampasas County Youth Livestock Show and the 2023 San Antonio Stock Show. COURTESY PHOTO

Shown with the library’s new “Echoes” sculpture, commissioned in memory of the late Henry V. Campbell Jr. and his wife, Amy Weichsel Campbell, are the Campbells’ great-grandchildren: Banner Glenewinkel, holding Philip Barklage, and Schafer Glenewinkel, standing next to the life-sized depiction of herself and Amy. The Campbell family has an established civic legacy in Lampasas and donated the property on which the Lampasas Public Library was built. MICHAEL KUEHNE

Lampasas County 27 th District Court convened last week with Judge John Gauntt presiding over the day’s hearings. Defendant Quincell Dante Rahmings of Temple entered pleas of guilty and was found guilty of two charges: escape while arrested/confinedfelony and evading arrest/ detention with a vehicle.

The following arrests were reported to the Lampasas Dispatch Record by area law enforcement officials. The Dispatch Record prints the name and charge(s) of people arrested on at least one Class B misdemeanor – or more serious – charge.

Students and their parents joined Kline Whitis Elementary School teachers and staff for Family Night on Monday. There was a short skit on the life of Pecos Bill, and refreshments such as ice cream were served. Elementary campuses throughout the district hold such events every school year. VERONICA BUTLER