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Newcomers 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Chamber of Commerce
& Visitors Bureau
“Front Door of the City”
2007 Chamber Calender of Events
***All Dates Are Subject to Change***
Lampasas Independent
January
August
School District building
19 • TBI Bicycle Race
National Night Out/Downtown
maintenance director
22 • Annual Banquet
7 • Hood Howdy
J.P. Butts points to
16 • Cove Classic Bike Tour
drainage improvements
February
under construction
16 • Harlem Ambassadors
September
before the start of
Basketball Game
1 • Labor Day/Chamber Closed
classes at Hanna Springs
27 • Gallop or Trot 5K Run/Walk
Intermediate School.
April
6 • Tough Cook Duathlon
October
19 • Ogletree Gap Heritage
May
Festival Opening Ceremonies
10 • Jack Rabbit Run Hope
17-19 • Ogletree Gap Heritage
5K/10K Run/Walk
Festival
14 • Carnival Open
24, 25, 27-31 • Ogletree Gap
15 • Rabbit Fest Opening
“Spooktacular Trail”
Ceremonies
17 • Rabbit Fest Parade
December
15-18 • Rabbit Fest
6 • Children’s Christmas Parade
Herald/JOSHUA WINATA
5-7 • DTA Krist Kindl Market
June
TBD • Lights of Cove
Lampasas schools part
7 • DTA Garage Sale
19 • Chamber Christmas Open House
14-15 • Stat Championship
Bike Race
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of growing community
By Joshua Winata
The new facilities are scheduled to
open for the 2009-10 school year, at which
Killeen Daily Herald
time the district will move to a kinder-
The Lampasas Independent School
garten through fifth-grade structure for
District is growing at a rapid pace; fa-
Kline Whitis, Hanna Springs and the
cilities are being built and expanded to
new elementary school.
Lampasas Middle School, for sixth-
fill the need.
Four schools serving the city and sur-
through eighth-graders, will have a new
rounding county make up the district.
home in the existing high school facility
,
Children in pre-kindergarten through
and the current middle school building
second grade attend Kline Whitis Elemen-
will be converted into either administra-
tary at 500 S. Willis. Third- through sixth-
tive offices or a sixth-grade center.
graders go to Hanna Springs Intermedi-
Torrential summer rains inspired
ate School at 604 E. Avenue F while those
campus improvements in an effort to
in grades seven and eight attend Lampasas
prevent future flooding. The old gym-
Middle School at 207 E. Avenue A. Lampa-
nasium at Lampasas High School was
sas High School, located at 902 S. Broad St.,
renovated with new floors and paint,
houses ninth through 12th grades.
and Kline Whitis and Hanna Springs in-
Within a few years, however, the district
stalled improved drainage systems and
will have two more campuses and a whole
moisture-resistant wall treatments.
new structure. Construction is slated to be-
Rising enrollment has brought about
gin in March on a 1,600-student high school
the need for campus development. LISD
off U.S. Highway 281 and a 650-student el-
reported an enrollment of 3,450 students
ementary school in the east end of the
this year, up from last year's 3,403.
county funded by a $48.85 million school
,
Making up the LISD board are: presi-
bond passed last May Both schools are still
.
dent, James Briggs; vice president, Max
in the design phase.
Keele; secretary Wesley Crow; Kirk
,
"We're very excited about the whole
Whitehead; Ron Farr; John Phillips; Bill
project. We're excited to get the dirt mov-
Haisler Jr.; and Andrew Irvin.
ing," LISD Superintendent Dr. Brant
Contact Joshua Winata at jpwinata@
Myers said. "It's going to be a very good
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move for this district."