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Museum names winners in Tree Decorating Contest

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Decorated Christmas trees were on display last weekend at the Lampasas County Museum. Groups could enter a tree based on the theme “A Sesquicentennial Christmas,” in honor of the city’s 150th birthday.

Student to perform in ballet production

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Lampasas Middle School student Hayden Harton will be dancing this year in the Harmony School of Creative Arts production of “The Gifts of Christmas.” The ballet combines elements of “The Nutcracker” with some of the more traditional Christmas songs the dancers perform to, such as “O Holy Night.”

ARRESTS

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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.

DISTRICT COURT

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Lampasas County 27th District Court convened last week with Judge John Gauntt presiding over the day’s hearings. Defendant Juan Rodriguez of Mineral Wells entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to six years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for driving while intoxicatedthird or more.