🌱 Plan your Juneteenth at the historic Lampasas Colored School.
Lampasas, Texas Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Lampasas! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Plan your Juneteenth at the historic Lampasas Colored School.
- Lampasas student earns prestigious appointment to West Point this fall
- See what the new Post Oak Ridge State Park could bring.
Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 85 and low of 67 degrees.
- Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 84, low: 68.
- Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 67 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Juneteenth Briefs (kdhnews.com) — Lampasas residents are invited to a Juneteenth celebration June 19 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the historic Lampasas Colored School, featuring a traditional lunch, local family stories, and student readings of the 1865 Emancipation Proclamation. The roundup also highlights additional Juneteenth parades, festivals, and rodeo events across nearby Central Texas communities if you’re up for a short drive. 
• Rep. Pfluger Honors 13 TX-11 Students Appointed to U.S. Service Academies (sanangelolive.com) — A Lampasas student, James Vasquez, has earned an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point after being nominated by Congressman August Pfluger. He’s one of 13 students from Texas’s 11th Congressional District recognized at a special meet-and-greet in San Angelo. The article explains the competitive nomination and selection process for these prestigious service academies.
• One of the Country's Biggest Public Lands Victories Is Happening in Texas (gearjunkie.com) — Texas is making a major push to expand state parks, and that includes the new 3,118-acre Post Oak Ridge State Park now being developed in Lampasas. Funded by the $1 billion Centennial Parks Conservation Fund, these acquisitions aim to ease crowding and add outdoor options statewide. The article also notes Texas’ large maintenance backlog, which could affect how quickly new parks fully open.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- My name is Eliot Sanchez and I’m 17 years old looking to earn some extra money.
I can help with yard cleanup, picking up sticks, leaves, trash, and other debris. (Nextdoor Lampasas - North & West)
- Whataburger posted a job opening for Restaurant Shift Leader - Unit 1196 in Lampasas. Apply here.
- CDS (Club Demonstration Services) posted a job opening for Part Time Weekend Product Demonstrator in Costco in Lampasas. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lampasas here.
🗞 Nearby News
Copperas Cove
- 123 Grand Canyon Dr, Copperas Cove, TX 76522 (zillow.com)
- Local Girl Scouts earn Bronze Award through Dolls for Seniors Project (kdhnews.com)
- Robert Griffin III named to 2027 College Football Hall of Fame Ballot (fox44news.com)
Burnet
- Burnet County drops to Stage 2 drought status (highlandernews.com)
- BIZ BRIEF: The One Loose Tooth Tavern (dailytrib.com)
- Bertram ponders future of emergency medical services (dailytrib.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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