Food pantry, 9 a.m. to noon.

Western Avenue Dawgs recently celebrated its opening with a ribbon-cutting event. Owner Doug Ingraffia holds the scissors and is surrounded by friends, family and chamber members. The new eatery is located at 1004 S. Key Ave., next to Donut Palace.

Last month, 13 different teams hopped into vehicles worth no more than $500, and they drove over 2,400 miles to the Grand Canyon and back to Lampasas, with six different challenges that had to be completed along the way.

The Highland Lakes Master Gardener Association will offer its next Green Thumb Program on Sept. 21 from 11 a.m.

Sixteen players enjoyed the recent Community Bridge event in the fellowship hall at First Presbyterian Church. Kathy Griffis-Bailey took first place, Pattie Spradley was second, and Mary Lou Laird was third.

FORMER LAMPASAS ISD SUPERINTENDENT DIES The Texas Association of School Administrators has announced the death of Dr. Norman Hall on Aug.

The city of Lampasas is accepting applications for volunteer board positions, officials announced this week. This month, 21 positions on various advisory boards are up for renewal, with several possible vacancies.

Jury trial has been set for a Lampasas man facing felony charges of child sexual abuse. Vincent Lee Martinez, 27, was indicted by a Lampasas grand jury on April 12 on four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child by contact, all occurring between three and nine years ago.

Lampasas County 27th District Court convened last week with Judge John Gauntt presiding over the day’s hearings. Defendant Rashad Valento Byron Parkinson of Copperas Cove received 12 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on a charge of sexual assault of a child.

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.