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Domestic violence can have devastating effects on a family, but resources are available locally to assist. COURTESY PHOTO | METRO CREATIVE GRAPHICS

Domestic violence can have devastating effects on a family, but resources are available locally to assist. COURTESY PHOTO | METRO CREATIVE GRAPHICS

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Erick Mitchell
Monday, October 16, 2023
Domestic Violence Awareness Month is recognized throughout October. It serves as a time to recognize victims and bring awareness to the devastation that can be caused by domestic violence. The U.S.
The ag barn to assist area students in housing their animals is nearing completion. Proceeds from the fundraiser event are expected to finish out the work. erick mitchell | dispatch record

The ag barn to assist area students in housing their animals is nearing completion. Proceeds from the fundraiser event are expected to finish out the work. erick mitchell | dispatch record

Livestock association’s Reverse Raffle on tap this weekend

Erick Mitchell
Monday, October 16, 2023
The Lampasas County Livestock Association will host its Reverse Raffle this Saturday at the Lampasas County Show Barn, beginning at 5 p.m. Funds from the event will be used to help finish the ag barn and to fund local scholarships.
Lampasas would like to move to the “plus” column, but its sales tax receipts have been down each month since June. For October, the city saw a 5% drop. DISPATCH RECORAD GRAPHIC

Lampasas would like to move to the “plus” column, but its sales tax receipts have been down each month since June. For October, the city saw a 5% drop. DISPATCH RECORAD GRAPHIC

October sales tax receipts down for city of Lampasas

Gail Lowe
Monday, October 16, 2023
In October, the city of Lampasas recorded its fifth consecutive month of sales tax percentage declines. Revenues have not kept pace with rebates that were posted for the June through October period in 2022.

BRIEFLY

Flu Shot Clinic
Monday, October 16, 2023
AdventHealth Central Texas will host a drive-through flu shot clinic Oct. 5 from 4-7 p.m. at the Killeen hospital near the Emergency Department entrance, 2201 S. Clear Creek Rd. A second flu clinic will be offered at AdventHealth Rollins Brook on Nov. 1 from 4-6 p.m. at 608 N. Key Ave. in Lampasas.
Supporting the arts in Lampasas

Supporting the arts in Lampasas

Supporting the arts in Lampasas

News Staff
Monday, October 16, 2023
Boots & Blazers Ball participants view auction items during Saturday night’s fundraiser event for Lampasas Association for the Arts. After the dinner and auction, Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys entertained the crowd, under the direction of fiddler Jason Roberts.
LISD AgScience Advisory Council members include, front row from left, teachers Madison West, Kevin Kaase, Judy Hail and Kirby Phillips (holding daughter, Emma); back row, Darryl Raub, Superintendent Dr. Chane Rascoe, CTE Director Liz Haviland, Tony Rojas, Lee Loeffler and Council Chairman Dr. Steve Forsythe. Not pictured: Council members Mike Hail, Jeff Rutland, Harvey Stinnett and Heath Lusty. courtesy photo

LISD AgScience Advisory Council members include, front row from left, teachers Madison West, Kevin Kaase, Judy Hail and Kirby Phillips (holding daughter, Emma); back row, Darryl Raub, Superintendent Dr. Chane Rascoe, CTE Director Liz Haviland, Tony Rojas, Lee Loeffler and Council Chairman Dr. Steve Forsythe. Not pictured: Council members Mike Hail, Jeff Rutland, Harvey Stinnett and Heath Lusty. courtesy photo

AgScience Advisory Council receives report on programs of study

News Staff
Thursday, October 12, 2023
The Lampasas ISD AgScience Council met Oct. 4 in the new CTE Annex building at Lampasas High School and covered a full agenda. Judy Hail serves as the lead teacher for the agriscience program.
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DRT members gather in Blanco

News Staff
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Eleven members and three prospective members of the Oran Milo Roberts Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas recently attended the DRT District V meeting in Blanco.
Abigail Stewart, who plays the receptionist in “The Devious Dentist …,” watches as Jennifer Wisian, in the role of nurse, greets Travis Walls, who portrays one of the two dentists in the production. Both Stewart and Wisian are from Lometa, while Walls is a Goldthwaite resident. COURTESY PHOTO

Abigail Stewart, who plays the receptionist in “The Devious Dentist …,” watches as Jennifer Wisian, in the role of nurse, greets Travis Walls, who portrays one of the two dentists in the production. Both Stewart and Wisian are from Lometa, while Walls is a Goldthwaite resident. COURTESY PHOTO

Lometa residents have roles in Goldthwaite Theatre show

M. Beth Franklin
Thursday, October 12, 2023
When the lights go down and the curtain goes up for the fall production of the Goldthwaite Theatre, five of the six cast members will be residents of neighboring community Lometa. The play, which is an old-fashioned melodrama entitled “The Devious Dentist or … There’s Gold in Them Thar Teeth!

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

News Staff
Thursday, October 12, 2023
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