LISD trustee resigns seat - Lampasas Dispatch Record

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Volume 108 — Number 46
Friday, June 7, 2013
LISD trustee
resigns seat
WEATHER
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June 3
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June 4
96
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June 5
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2013 rainfall to date: 9.47 inches.
Same date last year: 11.79 inches.
Normal through this date: 14.12
inches. Data from Lampasas Municipal Airport through National
Weather Service.
Sam Walker appointed;
David Millican sworn in
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By LISA CARNLEY
Staff Writer
Please see our profile of
Lampasas County’s new game
warden, Lubbock native Lance
May, on page 11.
BRIEFLY
Miss Spring Ho
The
deadline
to
accept
applications for the Miss Spring
Ho Pageant has been extented to
Monday.
Applications may be downloaded
on the Web site www.springho.
com. Please return them to the
Spring Ho office.
Applicants will meet Tuesday
at 9 a.m. in the Lampasas High
School cafeteria to have photos
taken for the newspaper.
Peaches
The Kiwanis Club of Lampasas
is holding its annual sale of
peaches to support the Lampasas
Boys & Girls Club.
A 22-pound box of peaches is $42.
Pick-up is July 6 from 9-11 a.m. at
the Hostess House parking lot.
To place an order, call J.W.
Hutcherson at 512-556-4832 or
the office of Martin, Millican,
Henderson & Shrum at 512-5566228.
Orders also may be placed by
sending funds with name, address
and phone number to Kiwanis
Club, P.O. Box 333, Lampasas,
TX 76550 by June 28.
Meetings
The Lampasas County Commissioners Court will meet Monday
at 9 a.m. in the first-floor courtroom at the county courthouse.
The Lampasas City Council also
has a meeting scheduled Monday. A
workshop session will begin at 5:30
p.m. in City Council Chambers,
405 S. Main St. behind City Hall.
The council will begin its regular session at 7 p.m.
PHOTO BY CHERI JAY-WIENECKE
The Lometa High School Class of 2013 will receive diplomas tonight in commencement
exercises at 8 p.m. Class members include, front row from left, Samantha Phillips, Noalle
Skipper, Taylor Mitchell, Monica Bridges, Esmeralda Jasso, Noe Salinas and Skyla
Thompson; second row from left, Hector Costilla, George Torres Jr., Whitney Lamb, Ashley
McKenzie, Tony Garcia, Kolby Hesbrook, Jorge Vasquez and Daniel Banda; back row from
left, Jared Purser, Taylor Benitz, Jose Acevedo, Dylon Johns and Jesus Griffith. Please see
today’s Lometa Reporter pages for individual photos of seniors.
Lometa graduation exercises set
Twenty Lometa High School seniors are prepared
to walk across the stage tonight to receive diplomas at
commencement ceremonies at 8 p.m. at the football field.
Jamie Smart, Lometa High School director of special
programs, will lead the processional to “Pomp and
Circumstance.”
The invocation will be given by Jose Acevedo.
Esmeralda Jasso will present the salutatory address, and
Skyla Thompson will offer the valedictory address.
The class song will be played, and Principal Rob Moore
will present special awards to seniors.
Diplomas will be presented by John Hines, president
of the Lometa Independent School District Board of
Trustees, and Superintendent David Rice.
The alma mater will be played, and the benediction will
be offered by George C. Torres Jr.
A recessional, led by Smart, will close the graduation
exercises.
A reception with a slideshow will immediately follow in
the cafetorium.
It took less than five minutes for
the Lampasas Independent School
District Board of Trustees to lose two
board members and gain two new
ones Monday night,
Two-term trustee Linda Floerke,
who opted not to run again for office,
was lauded for her service to the
district.
She was presented a plaque and a
hard hat as a reminder of her efforts
to help pass bond issues that resulted
in construction of a new high school
and Taylor Creek Elementary School.
Trustees also accepted Shannon
Kellner’s resignation from the board.
Sam Walker
Kellner, who had served for two
years and was not at the meeting,
accepted a job in Kansas, according
to district administrators.
Sam Walker, a Lampasas High
School graduate, was tabbed to
replace Kellner in a unanimous vote.
The oath of office was administered
to Walker and to continuing trustee
Kirk Whitehead as well as incoming
board member David Millican, who
filed for Mrs. Floerke’s seat on the
board.
The first order of business was to
select officers.
James Briggs, longtime trustee and
board president, again was tabbed to
head the board, and Whitehead, the
current vice president, will continue
in that position.
Trustee Dan Claussen was selected
for another term as board secretary.
David Millican
Personnel matters were handled
next. After accepting the resignation to the post and given the appropriate
of Lampasas Middle School pay increase.
counselor Amy Barrett, Whitney
Trustees approved the hiring of
Walker – an LMS teacher who also Karen Turner, a special education
Please see TRUSTEES, page 16
is a certified counselor – was named
Nine LHS juniors
headed to Boys’ State
American Legion Post 277
of Lampasas has named nine
Lampasas High School juniors as
representatives to the Boys’ State
session June 9-14 at the University
of Texas in Austin.
Those selected are Ryan Baxter,
son of Rick and Sheri Baxter; Lance
Cofield, son of Billy and Christie
Cofield; Shonderius Howard, son
of Billy and Jacqueline Howard;
A Hostess House Game Day is and Alex Hupp, son of Greg and
June 17 at the facility in Hancock Suzanna Hupp.
Also selected are Logan Irvin,
Springs Park.
Refreshments will be served, son of Andrew and Tracy Irvin;
Steven Jadzyk, son of Tami Ott;
and door prizes will be offered.
For information, phone 512- John Lumpkin, son of George and
556-8388 or 512-556-0438.
Brenda Lumpkin; Luke Moncus, son
of Rocky and Barbara Moncus; and
James Radenz, son of Blaine and
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Tricia Radenz.
James Briggs, Boys’ State
ASSOCIATION
chairman and Post 277 commander,
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said, “The American Legion
believes there is no better way to
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society, we can keep America strong
and ensure freedom for future
generations,” Briggs said.
“These are the distinguished and
longstanding objectives of American
Legion Boys’ State.”
Boys’ State was founded and its
courses of instruction designed to
supplement the information taught
in high school civics classes.
“Boys’ State teaches that our
form of government is good and
that its preservation depends on
intelligent, informed and loyal
citizens,” said the Lampasas Boys’
State chairman.
Sponsors and representatives for
2013 Boys’ State include Briggs
Oak Wilt Service; First Texas Bank
– Mike Adams; First State Bank
of Burnet – Carol Wright, Don
Windham and Sue Ann Parsons;
First State Bank Central Texas –
Richard Procter; Family Medicine
Clinic – Amanda Allen; Guyco
– Steve Hudson; David Millican
Insurance – Vann Millican; Isom
Veterinary Hospital – Trampus
Isom; and American Legion Post
277, represented by Merritt Romans
and Briggs.
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PHOTO BY LISA CARNLEY
Lampasas High School juniors selected to Boys’ State in June and their sponsors include,
seated from left, Steven Jazdyk, Ryan Baxter, Shonderius Howard, James Radenz, Alex
Hupp and John Lumpkin; second row from left, Amanda Allen, Family Medicine Clinic;
Carol Wright and Sue Ann Parsons, First State Bank of Burnet; LHS juniors Logan Irvin,
Lance Cofield and Luke Moncus; and Mike Adams, First Texas Bank; back row from
left, James Briggs, Briggs Oak Wilt and commander of American Legion Post 277; Don
Windham, First State Bank of Burnet; Vann Millican of David Millican Insurance; Steve
Hudson, Guyco; Richard Procter, First State Bank Central Texas; Superintendent Dr.
Randy Hoyer; Trampus Isom, Isom Veterinary Hospital; LHS Principal Mark Kehoe; and
Merritt Romans, Post 277 representative.
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