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Dubina Book Event

Former Fayette County

Judge Ed Janecka and his wife Margie, the authors of the book, “Dubina – a Place of Freedom and Hope,” will be on hand to sign copies of their book Saturday, Sept. 10 from 2-5 p.m. at 4750 FM 1383, one mile north of Dubina, at the old west town of New Dubina. Come and meet the authors and tour the town’s many log cabins, church, jail, blacksmith, shop, saloon and antique wagons. Sheriff Jimmy Helms, the owner of the town will be on hand. New Dubina has been featured in articles on “The New York Times,” and other media. Movies have been filmed there as well as many music videos. For more information go to DubinaTexas.com

Square Dance Club

The La Grange Roadrunners Square Dance Club will be starting lessons on Tuesday, Sept. 6 They are encouraging youngsters that are home schoolers to come join in the fun and also inviting other youngsters as well as adults to come out to see how much enjoyment can be had by all. Invitation is open to ages 12 through 92 for these events. Classes will begin at 7 p.m. and continue until 8:30 p.m. The club is also inviting you to come out and learn round dancing too. You can try one or jump right in and try both events. Come to the Randolph Recreation Center, 653 E. Pearl Street in La Grange, on Tuesday.

WEATHER WATCH

This Week’s Forecast High Low

Tuesday: 94 72

Partly cloudy

Wednesday: 95 71

40% chance of rain

Thursday: 92 71

Partly cloudy

Friday: 92 71

Partly cloudy

Burn Ban In Effect

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95th Annual County Fair a Big Success

Opening night set the tone that the 2022 Fayette County Fair was going to be quite a success.

Thursday night was free for the first time in recent memory, resulting in a larger than normal first night crowd for the 95th annual fair.

Also that night the advance ticket sales were announced during the Fair Queen’s contest.

This year season ticket sales were $105,390. Total sales from all carnival tickets and season tickets for 2022 Jr. Miss and Queen Contestants was $166,880.60 marking the most sales of a court and the Queen since 2015 when ZZ Top was the fair headliner.

By contrast, last year’s total sales were $135,090.

The last two years the shadow of the COVID pandemic loomed large over fair proceedings, but this year people seemed ready to celebrate again.

Teagan Branch ran away with the Fair Queen title, selling a remarkable $41,685.60, ahead of first runner-up Dulce Merlos, who sold $23,170.

A wide range of musical entertainment, and a continued focus on agricultural events and activities, kept people coming throughout the weekend.

Rain Saturday night stopped the carnival for a while, but the overcast conditions resulted in cooler weather that seemed to bulk up attendance Sunday.

In addition to the increase

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in tickets sales this year, budget cuts by the Fair (no renting of a portable stage and no luxury shuttle busses) may help make this quite a financially successful year for the fair association.

Here’s the full look at the winners from the pageant Thursday:

PHOTOGENIC WINNERS

2022 Little Miss Photogenetic Winner: Rylee Hentschel

2022 Little Mister Photogenetic Winner: Stockton Emshoff

2022 Junior Miss Photogenetic Winner: Brinley Freedman

2022 Queen Photogenetic Winner: Addisan Wagner

PERSONALITY WINNERS

2022 Best Personality Little Miss Winner: Kynsley Schneider

2022 Best Personality Winner: Quinn Vasek 2022 Best Friend Jr Miss Winner: Nicole Vahalik

2022 Miss Congeniality Winner: Dulce Morales

County Crunches the Numbers to Balance New Budget

By ANDY BEHLEN The Fayette County

Record

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Fayette

County Commissioners Court presented a new 2023 County Budget last week that shaved the deficit they initially proposed last month.

The budget they proposed three weeks ago included a

$270,000 spending deficit. Since then, County Auditor Cindy Havelka said she worked with several departments to cut proposed expenses. The County also discovered some revenues that were missing in the initial budget.

The new balanced budg-

et includes $28,355,303.30 in expenses and revenues of $28,507,224.44, leaving a surplus of about $151,921.

Commissioners held a public hearing on the budget at a meeting Thursday, Aug. 25. County Judge Joe Weber said some major expenses in next year’s

Hurricane Harvey: 5 Years Later

Navigating the Storm’s Aftermath

By ANDY BEHLEN The Fayette County Record

Not everyone whose home flooded after Hurricane Harvey five years ago qualified for assistance.

Many government relief programs were based on income, family size, whether or not the victims had insurance, and other socio-economic factors. Such was the case for John Castaneda, whose manufactured home was destroyed

budget includes a five percent raise for county employees, new equipment for the Sheriff’s Office, expansion of the County’s EMS services and funds for the skyrocketing cost of fuel, gravel and other road and bridge maintenance supplies.

Commissioners propose

lowering the County’s property tax rate from $0.464 per $100 to $0.44219 However, the proposed budget will raise taxes by 14.82 percent due to increasing property values in the County.

“Our property appraisals drove a lot of things up,” Weber

Victim Identified in

Flatonia Homicide

By ANDY BEHLEN

The Fayette County Record

Flatonia Police Chief Lee

Dick identified the victim of last Monday’s homicide as Elizabeth Massey, 37, of Flatonia.

Daniel Lee Willis, 42 of Flatonia, has been charged with Massey’s murder. He remains in jail at the Fayette County Justice Center in La Grange.

Lee said officers found Massey deceased at a residence

in the 500 block of Hackberry Street last Monday, Aug. 29, after responding to a call for a welfare check.

“The victim had what appeared to be consistent with a gunshot wound to the head, but the matter is under investigation,” Dick said.

“No cause of death or additional details can be released while the matter is still under investigation,” he added.

Teagan Branch sold $41,685.60 in fair tickets to win the title of 2022

Fair Queen.

Photo by Jeff Wick

The fair carnival was again packed all four nights, except for a few hours Saturday when rain forced the rides to shut down.

Photo by Andy Behlen

Chet Garner the star host of the PBS show “The Daytripper” was a guest judge for the fair’s culinary arts competition. Here he tries a piece of pecan brittle as some of his fellow judges look on.

Photo by Jeff Wick

The top four winners in the Queen’s Contest, left to right: Izela Cerda (3rd runner-up), Dulce Merlos (1st runner-up), Teagan Branch (Queen), Addisan Wagner (2nd runner-up).

Photo by Jeff Wick

Hermann Sons Life

Hermann Sons Life Rutersville will meet for their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. The meal will be sandwiches. Members are asked to bring sandwiches and chips, dips or a dessert.

Silent Auction at St. Mark’s

Help support St. Mark’s Medical Center’s Heart Committee, associates, and the community. Gift baskets and other fun treasures will be available to bid Wednesday through Thursday, Sept 7-8 in the hospital’s private dining room. Bidding ends at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, and payment is due by Friday, Sept. 9

FUMC Sages & Saints

Join First United Methodist Church for food and fellowship in the church fellowship hall located at 1215 N. Von Minden in La Grange on Thursday, Sept. 8 from 5 to 7 p.m. Sandwiches and banana splits will be provided. Please invite a friend.

Leopards Football Champs Reunion

There will be a reunion of the 2000 La Grange Leopards State Football Champs on Friday, Sept. 9. The players will be recognized at half-time of the homecoming football game vs. LaVernia. Afterwards, coaches and players and their families and friends are invited to gather at Texas One Stop on the patio for a night of nostalgia.

Bake Sale In Ellinger

The Ellinger Walkers are hosting a bake sale at Hruska’s in Ellinger on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 7 a.m. until 12 noon.

St. James BBQ & Bake Sale

The St. James Episcopal Men’s Club will hold a barbecue and the women will hold a bake sale Saturday, Sept. 10 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until sold out, at 156 N. Monroe St., across from H-E-B. A half chicken “reduced” is $5 and sausage link is $7. This event is drive through only. This barbecue is for the benefit of Meals on Wheels. The barbecue will open at 10:30 a.m. with no drive through pre-orders prior to 10:30 a.m.

Habitat Home Supply

Habitat Home Supply will be open to shoppers on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 825 N. Main St. in Schulenburg.

Bingo in Ledbetter

Bingo for Seniors (60 and older plus guests) at the Ledbetter Community Center will be held on Sunday, Sept. 11 from 2 to 4 p.m. Doors open at 1:15 p.m. $5/card covers 10 plus games with prizes awarded for each game. Chips, snacks and drinks will be available for a free-will donation.

Retired Teachers’ Meeting

The Fayette County Retired Teachers’ Association will meet on Monday, Sept. 12, at the Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church located at 1215 Von Minden in La Grange. The social time will begin at 1:30 p.m. with an ice cream social hosted by the Executive Board. The business meeting will begin at 2 p.m. followed by Bunko. All retired public school employees are welcome to attend these meetings, even if retired from another city, county, or state. For more information, visit www.localunits.org/fayette, or call (713) 303-0837.

Women’s Action Guild Meeting

The monthly second Monday Women’s Action Guild (WAG) meeting will be held on Monday, Sept. 12 at 5:30 p.m. at FUMC (Flatonia United Methodist Church), 403 East North Main Street, in Newman Hall. There is a side entrance on North Middle Street to the meeting hall. All women from the Flatonia and surrounding areas are welcome. The agenda will be Czhilispiel 50. For more information, call (361) 772-3068.

Blood Mobile at St. Mark’s

It’s time to lend an arm again to help our friends and neighbors at St. Mark’s Medical Center’s upcoming blood drive. The We Are Blood mobile team will be onsite Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Whole blood donors are eligible to give blood every 56 days, and platelet donors are eligible to give every seven days. Did you know that when you donate, you get a mini physical? Simply click and choose your spot or call (512) 206-1266 and mention Group Code: D627 to schedule your appointment. Your donation could save someone you love. Donors will receive a free t-shirt. Remember to eat prior to donating and bring a photo ID.

KC Drive-Thru Fish Fry

The Knights of Columbus Chromcik Council No. 2574 will host their annual fish fry on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the KC Center 190 S. Brown St. in La Grange. The menu will include fried fish, cole slaw, pinto beans, and buttered potatoes for $14 per plate. Drive-thru only serving begins at 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. For tickets, call (979) 968-5117.

Flatonia-Cistern Farm Bureau Meeting

The Flatonia-Cistern Farm Bureau quarterly meeting will be held on Sept. 20 at Robert’s Steakhouse in Flatonia. Meals will no longer be provided but can be purchased at the restaurant at 6 p.m. The guest speakers will be Mr. Chris Scholfield, Agency Manager La Grange Farm Bureau and J. Frank Smith, Ph.D. with Texas Ramp Project. Meetings will begin at 7 p.m. All Farm Bureau members are invited to attend.

9/11 Play to Benefit Muldoon Volunteer Fire Dept.

MULDOON News

Winchester Book Club to Resume Meetings

After a break for summer vacation, the Winchester Round Table Book Club will begin meeting again Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at Zilss Hall. The book to be discussed will be “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak.

BBQ Showdown 2022

The Winchester BBQ Showdown 2022 has been scheduled for Oct. 7-8 at Shorty’s Bar inWinchester. Categories that may be entered are Meats: brisket, pork spareribs (no baby backs) and chicken; Jackpot Open (Organizer’s Choice); Jackpot Beans; and Bloody Mary.

WINCHESTER

News

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First United Methodist

The Winchester First United Methodist Church has services on the first and third Sunday of the month at 8:30 a.m. The Rev. Patricia Zaiontz-Newcomer is the pastor.

Shiloh Baptist Church

By JOAN IVY Muldoon News Correspondent

Muldoon Volunteer Fire department is producing a fundraiser play by Sarah Tuft called 110 Stories on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 2 p.m. The play details the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 from the first crash at the Twin Towers in New York City. The play, 110 Stories, captures a momentby-moment journey through the 9/11 experience as told by a wide variety of actual eye witnesses including fire fighters, police, ironworkers, chaplains, K9 handlers, nurses, photo journalist and the homeless who witnessed the horrific evens and saved lives that day. This is a very moving theater rendition of those survivors.

The play will be put on by members of the department and community. The play is a way for the department to raise money for upkeep and maintenance of equipment. Tickets are $15 each and can be purchased through the fire fighters or you can text Karen Jacobs at (281) 682-5625 to make arrangements for ticket purchases. The play will be presented at the fire station at 333 N. 3rd Street across the tracks from the Muldoon Mercantile.

Rain Muldoon has been blessed in the last week with some much needed rain. It all depended on where you were how much fell. After a very dry and hot summer this weather change is a welcomed sight no matter how little or much it was. This moisture and cloud cover has helped bring down the temperatures to keep them less than 100 degrees.

Out and About

Devon Boehnke welcomed his daughter and son in law, Beth and Jack Field of Magnolia in for the weekend. They came down to help Dana and Darrell Kulak repair and build a set of cattle pens. It was a very productive weekend for the family.

Obituary

Debbie Lea Haiduk passed away on Monday, Aug. 29. She was the daughter of Chester Medders and Linda Criswell. Debbie was the co-owner of Austin Business Services and Texas Bookkeeping Services with her husband James Haiduk.

Debbie is survived by her husband James Haiduk, son James Lima and wife Amber; daughters: Shanna Reach, and Wendy Lynch and husband Jeff; sisters Sherry Hampton, Cathy Templeton and Jeannie Smith. She was preceded in death by her parents Chester Medders and Linda Criswell; and brother in law, Dean Smith. Services were held on Thursday, Sept. 1 at Smith Funeral Home in Flatonia with burial in Pin Oak Cemetery.

Neighborhood Watch

It is very important to keep your eyes open and be aware of what is going on in the area. Please call your neighbor if you see anything odd or out of place. Take note of all the details you can and jot them down. Just checking in on your neighbor may be something that is needed to ensure the safety of the community. Being aware can help keep Muldoon safe for everyone. Have News?

If you have news for the columnist, you may email Joan at muldoonaggie@yahoo.com

Entry is limited to the first 40 teams. The cook-off will benefit Combined Community Action, Inc and the Family Crisis Center and is in memory of Judy Hielscher. For more information contact Jake Franke at (979) 966-7416 or Trish Herzog at (979) 639-1517.

Recycling Trailer

The Winchester recycling trailer is located on the side of Zilss Hall on Memorial Hall Street. Please place your recycling in the appropriate bins. We would appreciate that you make sure that you close the bins so that any trash will remain in the bins and not blow out.

Barn Board Quilt Trail

Drive out to Winchester, pick up a map at Murphy’s or Zilss Hall and enjoy viewing the 65 quilt blocks displayed in our area. The trail is self-drive, available at your convenience, and is a great way to spend an afternoon viewing quilt blocks on fences, gates, barns, and houses that can be seen from the road.

Winchester Barn Board Quilt

By RHODA GERSCH Winchester News Correspondent

Trail maps can be picked up at the Texas Quilt Museum, Casino Hall, the Wendish Museum, quilt stores, and other businesses in Giddings, Smithville, and La Grange.

Zilss Community Hall

Anyone wishing to rent Zilss Hall should contact (512) 4340292. The hall is inexpensive and air conditioned.

The Little Free Library

The library is on the covered patio at Hall and is always open and has a variety of authors. Space is limited, so please, if you donate a book(s) look through the current selection and take as many as you leave. Also on the patio, there is a bulletin board available to post event notices.

Birthdays

Happy Birthday wishes are sent to Erwin Schultze and Casey Fajkus-Sept. 7; P.J. Pierce and Amanda Hankemeier-9; Colter Zoch-10; Jon Hart and Beverly Madison -11; and Caleb Burton-12.

Anniversaries

Anniversary congratulation to Mindy and Greg Fryer – Sept. 6; Diana and Greg Roeber – 8; Gina and Ryan Marek and Denise and Glenn Becker – 10; Sta-

The Shiloh Baptist Church is located on FM 153 at North Raymond Road. For more information, please contact Rev. Paul Whitmill at (512) 629-1428.

St. Michael’s Lutheran Church

The weekly worship service takes place at 9 a.m. on Sunday morning in the sanctuary. Following the worship service, you may gather in the Education Building for Bible Study and Sunday School beginning at 10:15 a.m. You are welcome to visit for Worship and Bible Study.

In Our Prayers

Don Buck, Marian Fritsche, Sam Gibbs, Irma Gersch, Evelyn Haschke, Bea Kilian, Mary Lehmann, Rose Lehmann, Ramona Lopez, Travis Miertschin, and Layne Schramm.

Remembering Our Shut-Ins

Charlene Franke, R. C. Franke, Evelyn Kasper, Lillian Pietsch, Thelma Kieschnick, and Audrey Koenning.

Calendar of Coming Events

Sept. 5-Winchester Area Civic Association meeting at 7 p.m. at Zilss Hall.

Sept. 10-Quilt Block Class meets at 10 a.m. at Zilss Hall. Have News?

If anyone has news to share contact Rhoda Gersch, at (979) 242-3213 or email rmgersch@ yahoo.com.

La Grange Firemen Rush from Fair

Parade to Fight Warda House Fire

Sept. 1-5, 1972

A frame home in Winchester owned and occupied by R.C. Franke and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Traugott Franke, was destroyed by fire about mid-afternoon on Saturday. A faulty television set was given as the cause of the blaze. La Grange firemen, who answered the call and responded with the department’s booster truck that was already lined up for the Fayette County Fair street parade, said the family was unable to save much of anything. Local firemen concentrated their efforts on saving a nearby barn containing 3,000 bales of hay, as well as a smokehouse. Firemen from Smithville and Giddings joined those from La Grange in fighting the fire.

In other old news, the Little Rascals of Mortgage Hill copped the first prize ribbon for the most original entry in the Fayette County Fair parade. Riding the little flag-bedecked car were Ken and Philip Ebel with Greg and Keith Matocha in the trailer. They were the children of Dr. and Mrs. C.E. Ebel and Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Matocha Jr.

U.S. Representative J.J. (Jake) Pickle, who was in town for the Fayette County Fair, announced that bids would be open soon for the new La Grange Low-Rent Housing Project. La Grange Mayor L.W. Stolz Jr. responded, “This is indeed good news for La Grange. The development will contain 40 badly needed units,

one-third of which will be reserved for the elderly.” After the fair, Pickle was returning to Washington for the remainder of the 92nd Congress.

A visiting teacher program for students confined to their homes and unable to attend school was authorized by La Grange school trustees. Superintendent C.A. Lemmons explained that a few students could not come to school because of serious illnesses or pregnancy. In the past, lessons had been sent home and a teacher visited the homebound students once a week. Under the new program, the teacher would work full-time with these pupils.

Milton Roeder of Schulenburg was serving as second vice president of the Texas Tenpin Bowling League when it awarded the 1974 state tournament to the Schulenburg Tri-Association Bowling Club. The last time the Schulenburg club had hosted the event was 1961.

A formal agreement for construction of a sterile fly plant in Mexico was signed in Mexico City to eradicate the screwworm livestock pest from that country and prevent further infestation in the U.S.

Fayette County Sheriff T.J. Flournoy reported that August his office jailed 47 prisoners and collected $1,25124, plus $1,257 for the county and state in fines and fees.

Fayette County graduation candidates from the Blinn College

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Vocational Nursing Program in Brenham were: Shirley M. Kolenovsky, Peggy Melcher, Betty J. Trlicek, Carolyn I. Wessels, Orine J. Wood and Lana J. Labay.

A farm welding short course for adult farmers was scheduled at Round Top-Carmine High School at Carmine. Superintendent C.L. Curry and vocational agriculture teacher Otto L. Fuchs Jr. said the course would run four nights, starting at 7:30. Participants were to pay a $5 fee for the program. According to Mr. Fuchs, the instructor was also available to assist farmers with individual problems and provide on-the-farm instruction.

La Grange Leopard cheerleaders were: Debbie Bippert, Maecile Henderson, Denise Roberts, Elaine Matocha, Rita Struve and Susan Prause.

World-famous heart surgeon Dr. Michael E. DeBakey chose Fayette County for his country retreat when he purchased the 876.569-acre Rocking R Ranch from Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Rhemann Jr. In addition to an 1851 stone ranch house, the property offered numerous spectacular landscape views featuring huge live oak groves and fine pastures. To consolidate the road frontage on FM 1291, Dr. DeBakey also purchased an adjoining 98.852 acre tract from Mr. and Mrs. Mack A. Wade. Both transactions were handled by Round Top Realty.

U.S. Air Force First Lieutenant John J. Maroul Jr., the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Smrkovsky of Schulenburg, received the Air Medal at Da Nang Air Force Base in Vietnam. Pilot Maroul was cited for his outstanding airmanship and courage on successful missions completed under hazardous conditions.

Funeral services were held for Verna Bruns, 71, of West Point and Leo J. Piwetz, 70, a native of Fayetteville.

For more great stories, visit Elaine online at www.elainethomaswriter.com/blog/ or call her at 979-263-5031.

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RT-C Class of 1961 Celebrates 61 Years

Fifteen members of the Round Top-Carmine ISD High School Class of 1961, two teachers, four former classmates, and 14 spouses and guests were present to celebrate “61 Years of the RT-C Class of ‘61” at the Quade-Werchan American Legion Post No. 338 (Round Top) on Saturday, July 16.

Class members attending came from the following Texas places: Austin, Brenham, Carmine, Cedar Creek, Columbus, Cuero, Fayetteville, Flatonia, Houston, La Grange, Pearland, Round Top, and Tomball, as well as Pine Bluff, Ark. A moment of silence was held in the memory of the 11 RT-C graduates and 16 former classmates who have passed away in the past 61 years.

A brief class meeting was held with the decision that the RT-C Class of 1961 will celebrate 62 years since their graduation on July 22, 2023 at the Quade-Werchan American Legion Post.

Leonard Meinkowsky led the dinner prayer. After a chicken fried chicken meal with the usual sides, the attendees enjoyed desserts and a special cake celebrating 61 years since graduation that was designed by Mae Dell Hanath.

Door prizes donated by Jeanette Schoenst were won by Bill Delk, Carolyn Hoffmann, Cathy Hajdik, Delores Bayer, and Shirley Cantrell. The Reunion Committee consisted of Jeanette Schoenst, Mae Dell Hanath, Leonard Meinkowsky, and Tom Menn.

RT-C School News

The Round Top-Carmine ISD received their accountability ratings from TEA.

The elementary school received an “A” rating of 94 with distinctions in science, comparative academic growth, postsecondary readiness, and comparative closing the gaps.

The high school received an “A” rating of 95 in ELA/ reading, mathematics, science, social studies, comparative academic growth, postsecondary readiness, and comparative closing the gaps.

The staff, students, parents, and community are commended for their time and effort to earn these ratings and distinctions.

School pictures will be taken at the elementary campus on Sept. 9.

RT-C High School JV and varsity volleyball teams host Mumford on Sept. 6 at 4:30 p.m. They play at Schulenburg Sept. 9 also at 4:30 p.m.

Jr. High hosts Aggieland HS Sept. 12 at 5 p.m.

Jr. High and varsity boys and girls will participate in the Moulton Invitational Cross Country meet on Sept. 10.

BIRTHS

Recek Baby

Travis and Alex Recek of Austin are parents of their first child, a daughter, Emilia Rose Recek, born July 7, 2022 at St. David’s Medical Center.

Grandparents are James and Pat Recek of Austin, Quico and Liza Stockwell of New Braunfels, Texas.

Great grandparents are Rose Recek and the late Anton Recek of La Grange, the late Henry and Josie Holub of West Point, Texas, and Edward Reyes and the late Rosie Reyes of San Antonio.

CARMINE News

By NANCY EILERS Carmine News Correspondent

Heritage Committee

The Heritage Committee of the Carmine Chamber of Commerce will meet Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 10 a.m. in the museum. “Remembering Recreation, Amusement, and Fun” will be the topic for discussion.

Old timers in the area and new comers alike are invited to join the group.

Carmine VFD

Carmine Volunteer Fire Department drill night is the second Thursday in September.

The burn ban continues to be in effect for Fayette County. Some areas have received measurable rain, while other areas are still very dry.

To rent the Firemen’s Annex, call Jennifer Mohr at (979) 7161377.

Ledbetter Fireman’s Feast

Mark your calendars for Saturday, Oct. 8 when the Ledbetter Fireman’s Feast will be held at the Ledbetter Community Center. Serving of a fried chicken dinner begins at 5 p.m. for dinein or carry-out. Other activities are also scheduled. Travel to Colorado

My husband, Wade, and I went on vacation to Colorado

Springs, Colorado in August.

We took the Cog Railway to the top of Pike’s Peak, visited Garden of the Gods, toured the United States Air Force Academy, and went to the Wild West Ghost Town Museum.

We drove the Skyline Highway at Canon City. We then drove Highway 67 between Hwy 50 and Victor, which originally was built as a narrowgauge railroad and used until 1915. It carried gold ore out of Cripple Creek and was called the Florence and Cripple Creek Railroad. It opened in 1918 as a gravel road, and is known as the Phantom Canyon Scenic Area Byway Road. The majority of the 22 miles is still a very narrow and winding gravel road, but without steep grades. It took us three hours to drive it.

The Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine tour took us 1,000 feet down to an abandoned gold mine, which has been converted into a museum. We rode in the “Miner’s Cage” getting to the bottom in two minutes.

MLLC News

Worship Committee meets Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

Confirmation classes begin Wednesday and are held from 4:15-6:15 p.m. A Bible study follows from 7-8:15 p.m.

Rebekah Group meets Thursday at 2 p.m.

Saturday worship with Holy Communion is at 6 p.m.

A “New Year” Party will be held during Sunday School, which is Sunday at 9 a.m. Worship with Holy Communion observing the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

County Nonprofit Organizations

Eligible for TWL Charitable Grants

The Texas Women’s League, or the TWL, supports Fayette County charitable organizations by raising funds through raffles, online and live auctions, and ticket sales to the glittering spring gala. Approximately 1.5 million dollars have been raised in the past eighteen years through grants and the next grant cycle ends Sept. 15.

Formed in 2004, the TWL began as a way for Fayette county women to give back to the community. Past president, Denise Winter believes when “more people work together for common causes and goals, more can be achieved.” She continues to note, “By having an organization that can raise money for local nonprofits and bringing awareness to them, our county is stronger.”

Over seventy nonprofit charitable organizations serving Fayette County have received grant money throughout TWL’s history. Past recipients of the grant include community theater productions, family crisis center projects, youth camps, and religious programs. As an example, the Fayette County Community Theatre has been the recipient of several grants over the past few years. Executive Director, Heather Barthelme says, “Their generosity has allowed us to provide theater art education to Fayette County youth through our annual middle school/high school workshops and summer student productions. These activities are vital to bridging the gap in arts education in our rural community and we are so grateful for TWL

and their hard work to support us and many other incredible nonprofits.”

Current President Tiffany Reid feels fortunate to be a part of TWL. The league “benefits so many nonprofit organizations in Fayette County. Every dollar raised stays here.” To qualify for funding, organizations must be located in or provide services for Fayette County, Texas, be in existence for at least one year, be a certified nonprofit organization, and be a current 501(c)(3) designation by the I.R.S. Any organization needing more information on the grant application process can touch base with the TWL charitable committee by emailing twlcharities@gmail.com or by visiting the TWL’s website at www. texaswomensleague.org.

is at 10 a.m. Praise Team leads songs and the Noisy Offering will be collected. Sunday School students will be promoted. Grandparents Day will be observed. The service is also on the mllccarmine.com website. The Rev. David Tinker is the pastor.

Christian Ed and Property Committees meet after worship.

Quilting for Camp For All is Monday at 9 a.m.

Stewardship Committee meets Monday at 6:30 p.m. Recycling Trailer

The recycling trailer is at the Carmine Hall on Thursdays from noon until 4 p.m.

Visitors’ Center Carmine Chamber of Commerce Visitors’ Center at the restored Train Depot is open on the second and fourth Fridays and Saturdays of the month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Birthdays

Birthday wishes are extended to Cindy Dooley and Charles Mueller, Sr.-Sept. 6; Cheryl Etzel and Kooper Kirts-10; Troy Carmean, Robin Conger, Ronnie Hinze, and Jed Leppard-11; and Ryler Boyer-12. Have News?

If you have news for the Carmine column, email t w5ten@ industryinet.com.

PAT Learn & Play Room Back For Fun

Parents As Teachers (PAT) will be opening their Learn and Play Rooms starting Sept. 12 and 13.

This year PAT will be offering two locations for Learn and Play Rooms. Weimar Elementary Learn & Play Room will be open on Mondays and Wednesdays. Schulenburg Elementary School Learn and Play Room will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Both locations will be open from 9 to 11 a.m.

The Learn and Play Rooms are available to all families of preschool children. Bring your children for free play, story and song time, circle time, school readiness skills, and fun art activities. Your child will have the opportunity to interact with you and other children their age.

The Learn and Play Room instructors are Juanita Duchichela and Phyllis Venghaus. Come by on the first day and enjoy this great program within the Weimar and Schulenburg Elementary school.

If you have any other questions about the Learn and Play Room or about the Parents As Teacher program, contact Josue Rivas at (979) 702-0623.

Knights

Pictured front from left: Kirby Rummel, Shirley (Foehr) Cantrell, Jeanette (Pfeiffer) Schoenst*, Laverne (Aschenbeck) Albers*, Lorali (Bauer) Schultz*, Delores (Albers) Bayer*, & Otto L. Fuchs, Jr. (Vo-Ag Teacher); back row): Mae Dell (Zwernemann) Hanath*, Pauline (Sommerlatte) Zwernemann*, Delores (Goehring) Neutzler*, Marilyn (Ullrich) Oevermann*, Ted Hajdik*, and Pat (Klatt) Delk*. *Indicates Round Top-Carmine High School Graduate.

Pictured front from left: Tom Menn*, Jim Zwernemann*, Nelson Aschenbeck*, Wayne Wagner, & Benny Hajdik*; back row: Lanny Havemann*, Leonard Meinkowsky*, & Larry Tiedt. Present but not in the photos were teacher and coach Alvis Mueller and Wilton Schoenst*.

Fair Pageant Results

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3rd runner up Little Mister Fayette Co: Griffin Anderson

2nd runner up Little Miss Fayette Co: Gabrilla Rios

2nd runner up Little Mister Fayette Co: Landon Kasierski

1st runner up Little Miss Fayette Co: Hunter Denham

1st runner up Little Mister Fayette Co: Caston Beseda

2022 Little Miss Fayette Co: Kynsley Schneider

2022 Little Mister Fayette Co: Stockton Emshoff

Junior Results

Overall Total Carnival Ticket Sales from both the Jr Miss and Queen Contestants this year were $61,490. Carnival Ticket Sales sold this year by the four Jr Miss Contestants in their first year selling totaled $42,420.

3rd runner up Junior Miss Fayette Co: Delilah Mangis

2nd runner up Junior Miss Fayette Co: Nicole Vahalik

1st runner up Junior Miss Fayette Co: Brinley Freedman

2022 Junior Miss Fayette Co: Hailey Janish

QUEEN AWARDS

Miss Beauty & Poise winner: Addisan wWgner

Top carnival ticket sales receiving a $500 scholarship from Heart of America Shows with sales of $10,180 in carnival passes, representing the Francisco “Paco” Orona scholarship, Izela Cerda.

3rd runner with sales of $13,620 representing the jose “Paco” Orona scholarship, Izela Cerda

2022 2nd runner up with sales of $13,895.00, Representing Flatonia Lions Club, Addisan Wagner

2022 1st runner up with sales of $23,170.00, Representing Optimist Club of La Grange, Dulce Merlos.

2022 Fayette Co. Fair Queen with sales of $41,685.60, Representing Fayette Co. Sheriff’s Posse, Teagan Branch.

County Set to Adopt New Budget This Week

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said at the Aug. 25 meeting. “It increases our revenues. But it’s also going to increase people’s taxes, but, I think, fairly and moderately.”

The budget will raise taxes by $2,424,752 million over last year. Only about $341,000 of that comes from new construction. The remainder, more than $2 million, comes from the rising appraisals.

Weber said the County does not want to cut services.

“It’s been particularly difficult in the last couple of years to project revenues and expenses with COVID and the economic situation we find ourselves in now - inflation and costs going up for everything,” Weber said.

Weber addressed the criticism some have raised over the Commissioners’ decision to give employees and elected officials a five percent pay raise.

“People may not be happy with that,” Weber said. “But we have great services in this County, and we have great people working for this County. We are very much in line with other counties, maybe even a little bit on the lower end. I think our County employees truly deserve that. And elected officials?

I don’t know, is five percent too much? It’s better than the 40 percent that the Austin City Council is asking for. We’re trying to hold elected officials pretty much close to the County employees.”

Pct. 1 Commissioner Jason McBroom said he and the other commissioners scrutinized everything line item in the budget.

Pct. 3 Commissioner Harvey Berckenhoff said he believed all departments planned conservatively with budget requests for next year.

“I don’t see inflation giving us a break in the next year or two,” Berckenhoff said.

Pct. 4 Commissioner Drew Brossmann noted the number of people moving to Fayette County.

“There’s one reason why they’re coming here, it’s the good services that Fayette County offers them,” Brossmann said. “With the schools, with the Sheriff’s Office, the EMS, all the services that the road and bridge (departments) do. We want to make sure we keep that going.

Besides property taxes, the County also receives sales tax revenue The County does not directly collect sales taxes. Rather, the Texas Comptroller’s Office collects all sales taxes in the state and distributes the money to cities and counties that impose a sales tax.

Havelka raised a concern about sales tax collections from online retailers who sell to Fayette County residents. Havelka said she questions whether the County receives all of the sales tax receipts from online sales.

“Are we getting that sales tax back here or is it going to the place where they’re selling it

Legendary Journalist Talks to LHS Classes

By JEFF WICK The Fayette County Record

Kathleen McElroy, a professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin spent all day Tuesday speaking to a number of different English and Journalism classes at La Grange High School.

McElroy catered each talk around the interests and questions of the students, and peppered her discussions with interesting anecdotes from what is a remarkable career.

Harvey: Did Regulations Hinder Storm Recovery?

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by the flood in 2017.

“It seemed like the people who had no insurance fared better than the people who did,” Castaneda said. “That is what was disheartening about the government assistance. We knew of people who used that money for other things. That rubbed us the wrong way.”

Castaneda said he and his family applied for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) immediately after the flood. He said FEMA awarded his family $500.

“That helped us, for sure,” he said. “But to see other people get thousands and thousands of dollars, we were like, ‘Wow!’ Don’t get me wrong, any assistance that was available to us, we applied. We went to all the Red Cross things. If it was there for us and we needed it, I tried to get it.

at?” she asked.

Weber also questioned whether the County receives the full amount of sales taxes that should be collected during the spring and fall antiques shows in the Round Top and Warrenton area. “I’m sure there’s revenues out there, and we need to be working with the Comptroller’s Office to see what could be done there,” Weber said.

The proposed budget projects $2.7 million in sales tax collections next year. The County has collected $1.4 million in sales taxes through June of this year. During the Aug. 25 hearing, citizen Gene Kruppa asked whether the County could project $3 million for next year given the rate of collections this year.

“We’re cautious because a lot changed after the first couple months of the year,” McBroom said. “The price of fuel jumped up, doubled. That’s going to take a lot of income away from people. That’s why we lowered it down to $2.7 million. We’re not far off from $3 million, but we don’t want to put $3 million out there and then we don’t hit it. We’d be in trouble.”

McBroom noted that the County cut the $270,000 in red ink from the budget they first proposed two weeks ago. However, he criticized the Record’s description of the spending overrun as a “deficit.” He said state law requires counties to dedicate eight percent of their annual budget each year to healthcare costs for indigent citizens – one of several so-called “unfunded mandates” that the state requires counties to pay for.

“The article in the paper had it that we’re at a deficit,” McBroom said. “I don’t think that’s a good narrative. We were exceeding our revenues with expenditures, but we also have to remember that with indigent healthcare we have to budget eight percent.”

While the state requires counties to budget funds for indigent healthcare, the state does not require counties to spend all of that money on indigent healthcare. At the end of every budget year, Fayette County transfers hundreds of thousands of unspent dollars from the indigent healthcare fund to County reserves.

“We never use it,” McBroom said. “So we’re using some of that balance to fund next year.”

“I feel better about this budget than I have in the past,” McBroom said. “We went through this budget way more in-depth than we have before.”

Havelka said the proposed budget projects an ending balance of more than $5 million across all county accounts at the end of the next year.

Commissioners are scheduled to vote to adopt the budget at their meeting this Thursday, Sept. 8. They will also hold a public hearing on the proposed tax rate at Thursday’s meeting.

She received her Ph.D. from UT-Austin in December 2014, after nearly 30 years as a professional journalist. At The New York Times, she held various management positions, including associate managing editor, dining editor, deputy sports editor and deputy editor of the website. She previously worked for The National, an all-sports daily, and Newsday on Long Island as well as the Austin AmericanStatesman, The Huntsville Item and the Bryan-College Station Eagle.

She told the students about her time as Dining Editor at The New York Times, which allowed her to eat at many of the best restaurants in the city, and also her times as Page 1 editor of The Times, and the tough decisions she had to make in that role.

“I’m 63 years old and I have no idea what I want to do when I grow up,” McElroy said.

She told the students the fact that she didn’t know how

to drive initially led her from her native Houston to New York (because of the public transit). Even traits about yourself that you’re not proud of can lead you on great adventures, she said, so embrace your quirks.

“It’s part of your narrative. The not-driving thing worked for me,” said McElroy, who has since learned to drive.

McElroy tried to impart some aspects of media literacy to the students.

“Know what the good stuff is on here,” McElroy said, holding up a smart phone. “If you don’t know the source of your information, you are part of what’s deteriorating in this country. Know where your information comes from.”

She also talked to the students about the difference between misinformation and disinformation (the intent to deceive).

When asked by one of the students what her biggest regret was, she smiled.

“I’ll just say I never make the same mistake twice,” she laughed.

“I’m a very hard worker, and everything we worked for may not have been much, but this is what I built and I worked my butt off for it,” he added. “For it to be taken away in 24 hours was heartbreaking.”

When asked what he learned from the flood, Castaneda said, “Insurance, more insurance.”

“(The flood) makes me value our home a lot more,” he said. “Material things don’t matter, for sure, because everything is replaceable. I’m just happy I have my family.”

After the flood wiped out their manufactured home, Castaneda and his family bought a traditionally-framed home on a concrete foundation in the Sunset Ridge neighborhood of La Grange. Since then, his family has grown and they are now looking for a bigger home.

“We even threw the idea around of a manufactured home, because they are affordable,” he said.

La Grange’s zoning ordinances, like many cities, limit where manufactured homes can be located. Manufactured homes, with few exceptions, must be located within a manufactured home park. Most of those in La Grange are located in the flood-prone areas near the Colorado River.

The City’s building codes and zoning ordinances limit affordable housing in other ways. For example, lot sizes in La Grange must be at least 7,000 sq. ft. and at least 70 feet wide. The ordinances require all homes to have a front yard at least 20 feet from the house to the street, while homes can be built as close as five feet from side boundaries. Corner lots must have even more expansive yards – 20 feet from both streets.

These rules protect property values of existing owners while limiting density and affordability of new construction.

Is it time for cities like La Grange to reconsider these regulations?

“I think we should always look for ways to better our community, whatever the solution ends up being,” said Kenny Couch, Executive Director of Fayette County Habitat for Humanity. “If you wake up in the morning and think everything is OK and nothing needs to change, then you’re out of tune with reality. I don’t see a reason to say, ‘Well, it’s been done for 60 years that way so lets keep it that way.’ If we do that, we’d still be riding horses. If you can’t stop progress, you should be aware of it, be in tune with it, and try to understand it.

“With regulations, I don’t know the answer, but I know part of the solution is talking about it,” he added. “I think most people know someone in their family who works their butt off and still can’t afford a house.”

UT journalism professor Kathleen McElroy spent all day at La Grange High School talking to classes in the library.

Photos by Jeff Wick

Kathleen McElroy was a former Page 1 Editor and Dining Editor at the New York Times.

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Campbell

Thomas Gerald Campbell, a resident of La Grange, passed away on Sept. 2, 2022, at the age of 83 after an unwinnable battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Although his memory faded as he aged, he left a lasting legacy on those fortunate enough to share his journey.

Gerald is survived by his loving wife of more than 60 years, Ann (King) of La Grange; son, Stephen Campbell and wife, Sheryl, of Spring; son, Scott Campbell and wife, Joy, of Katy; grandchildren: Carson Campbell of Spring; Kate Campbell of Houston; Cooper Campbell of Midland; and Janey Campbell of Katy.

Gerald was born on June 20, 1939, to parents Thomas

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OBITUARIES

Melvin and Leona Campbell of Kingsville. He was graduated in 1958 from King High in Kingsville where he met the love of his life and wife, Ann. Post high school, he pursued his passion for music and earned a Bachelor of Music in 1961 from the University of North Texas and a Master’s in Education in 1963 from Texas A&M University at Kingsville.

His career began in 1961 with a first job – junior high Band Director in Graham. After two years, he moved to Austin, where he served as Band Director for Burnet Junior High School for more than a decade. Gerald had a gift for musical instruction, demanding perfection from his many pupils through the years. He was known for caring about the development of his students, both in and out of the music hall. Over the course of his career, bands under his leadership won numerous accolades including the Regional XVIII Honor Band in Class CC. Under his instruction, the band earned the prestigious Sweepstakes rating every year but one. In 1978, Gerald and Ann traded city life for the country, moving to Giddings, where he became the middle school principal for Giddings ISD. He led faculty and positively impacted

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students for 32 years. After retiring, Gerald and Ann relocated to La Grange in 2011.

In addition to his professional accomplishments, Gerald was most known for the passion he exuded through his many hobbies which included photography, gardening, train collecting and outdoor cooking. As a couple, they frequently entertained their friends and family, which were never greeted without a home full of music and the smell of a multicourse meal. He loved to barbecue, with more outdoor pits in the yard than cars. His talent for grilling and smoking fine meats and vegetables was passed on to his sons. In Giddings, he meticulously farmed nearly a half-acre garden and for years cultivated vegetables to feed family and friends. He was a life-long member of the Lions Club International and was awarded the World Class Centennial Award for his outstanding service. Once retired, Gerald and Ann were active members in Saint James’ Episcopal Church. He was involved in their Men’s Club, the choir, the barbecue team (aka Holy Smokers) and other volunteer initiatives in their community.

A Memorial Eucharist will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, at Saint James Episcopal Church at 156 N. Moore St., La Grange.

In lieu of flowers, kindly consider making a donation to Brazos Valley Hospice, 1048 N. Jefferson St., La Grange, Tx 78945, or the Saint James’ Church endowment fund, P.O. Box 507, La Grange, Texas 78945.

Family and friends can view and sign the guestbook online at www.lagrangefunerals.com.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Koenig-Belvill Funeral Home & Cremations in La Grange.

Citation-By Publication Issued

CITATION-BY PUBLICATION DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP

Probate No. 12926 ************************* THE STATE OF TEXAS

TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF AUREL WAYNE FRANKE, III, Deceased

Cause No. 12926, in Probate Court, Fayette County, Texas.

The alleged heir(s) at law in the above-numbered and -entitled estate, filed an Application to Determine Heirship in this

estate on 30th day of August, 2022, requesting that the Court determine who are the heirs and only heirs of AUREL WAYNE FRANKE, III, Deceased, and their respective shares and interests in such estate.

The Court may act on this application at any call of the docket on or after 10:00 a.m., after the expiration of 10 days from the date of publication of this citation, at the Fayette County Clerk’s office, 246 West Colorado St., La Grange, Texas, 78945.

All persons interested in this case are cited to appear before this Honorable Court by filing a written contest or answer to this Application should they desire to do so. To ensure its considera-

Fayetteville Notice of Public Hearing

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS, THAT:

The City Council of the City of Fayetteville, Texas will convene a public hearing on Monday, September 19, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. at Fayetteville Community Center Meeting Room, 202 West Main Street, Fayetteville, Texas in accordance with Texas

King

Wilma Jean (McCarty) King, 77, of La Grange, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022.

Wilma was born in Austin on July 25, 1945, the daughter of William McCarty and Hazel Mae (Holt) McCarty.

Wilma married Tommy King, Sr. in 1968 in Austin. They had eight children together.

Wilma loved all her family and enjoyed family get togethers. There was nothing better than Family Night Poker. Wilma loved to travel, trying her luck at the Casinos once in a while. She loved Bingo! She also had a love of fishing. She looked forward to the Womens’s trip to the coast every year.

She is survived by daughters: Helen Lawson of DeVilla; Rebecca McKovy and husband, Leo of Temple; Deborah Bills of Rogers, and Rhonda King of Belton; brother, Steve McCarty of La Grange; sisters: Bertha Plumley of Buckholts and Diane Reid of La Grange, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Tommy King, Sr.; sons: Jerry King, Morris Morgan and Tommy King; daughter, Lisa Warren and sisters: Joyce Cordell and Judy Riley.

Visitation was held on Sept. 3, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.,

prior to Graveside Services at Black Jack Springs Cemetery in La Grange.

Graveside Services were held on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022 11:00 a.m. at Black Jack Springs Cemetery, 5129 Black Jack Lane, La Grange, Texas 78945.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Family and friends can view and sign the guestbook online at www.lagrangefunerals.com.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Koenig-Belvill Funeral Home & Cremations in La Grange.

Obituaries

The Fayette County Record appreciates the many families who entrust this newspaper with obituaries for their loved ones. For information on publishing obituaries, call the Record office at (979) 968-3155.

Citation-By Publication

CITATION BY PUBLICATION

Cause No. 2022V-095

THE STATE OF TEXAS

TO: RICKY WILLIAMS

THE UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF ROCHELLE WILLIAMS THE UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF OLLIE B. WILLIAMS, DECEASED THE UNKNOWN HEIRS-AT-LAW OF CHARLES WILLIAMS, DECEASED

NOTICE TO THE DEFENDANT: “YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. YOU MAY EMPLOY AN ATTORNEY. IF YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY DO NOT FILE A WRITTEN ANSWER WITH THE CLERK WHO ISSUED THIS CITATION BY 10:00 A.M. ON THE MONDAY NEXT FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF TWENTY DAYS AFTER YOU WERE SERVED THIS CITATION AND PETITION, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU.”

GREETINGS:

tion, you or your attorney must file any objection, intervention, or response in writing with the County Clerk of the Fayette County, Texas on or before the above-noted date and time.

Given under my hand and the seal of the Probate Court of Fayette County, Texas at the office of the Fayette County Clerk in La Grange, Texas, on 30th day of August, 2022

BRENDA FIETSAM County Clerk, Fayette County, Texas

By: S/S Crystal Landry, Deputy Crstal Landry (88-1c)

Bids for Roof Replacement

La Grange ISD Notice of Request for Proposals

High School/Middle School Cafeteria Roof Replacement

La Grange ISD hereby serves notice that it will accept proposals in response to its Request for Proposals for High School/Middle School Cafeteria Roof Replacement for the project located at 820 S Vail, La Grange, TX 78945.

5601 Executive Dr., Suite 400, Irving, Texas 75038, brought suit against Myra Woodberry, Ricky Williams, The Unknown Heirs of Rochelle Williams, The Unknown Heirs of Ollie B. Williams, deceased, and The Unknown Heirs of Charles Williams, deceased and any other person claiming any subordinate right, title and/or interest in 328 East Walnut Street, La Grange, Texas 78945 (“Property”), and legally described as:

Local Government Code, Chapter 102, for the purpose of hearing public comments regarding the proposed Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 beginning on October 1, 2022. A copy of the proposed budget is available from the City Secretary at the City of Fayetteville offices during regular business hours and can also be viewed on the City’s website at https://www. fayetteville.texas.gov. (88-1c)

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Fayette County Seeks Bids For Lease-Purchase Agreement

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids will be received by me until 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 20, 2022, for a Leasepurchase agreement which complies with the provisions of the Public Property Finance Act, with a term of either three years or five years to finance the purchase of $269,146.81 of equipment.

Obtain specifications from County Auditor’s Office at 143 N. Main St., Suite A, La Grange, Texas, 78945.

Bids must conform to specifications and will not be returned. All rights reserved.

Cindy Havelka

Fayette County Auditor

143 N Main St. , Suite A

LaGrange, Texas 78945 (87-3c)

Interested parties may contact Sharon Muzny, Director of Operations & School Safety at the address below to receive the Request for Proposals Package, which provides timelines, scope, and detailed information for consideration and submission. The RFP information may also be found at the www.LGISD.net website.

The school district reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any informality in bids received. Proposals received before August 30, 2022, after the deadline, faxed proposals, and electronic proposals will not be considered.

Proposals will be received in hand until: 2:00 PM, September 13, 2022.

Mailing Address: La Grange ISD Attn: Sharon Muzny

BOX 100

Grange, TX 78945

Physical Address:

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YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the Honorable 155th District Court, Fayette County, La Grange, Texas, at the Courthouse in Fayette County, Texas, at or before 10:00 o’clock a.m. of the Monday next after the expiration of twenty (20) days from the date of service of this citation, then and there to answer the Original Petition of The Bank of New York Mellon F/K/A The Bank of New York, as Trustee for Nationstar Home Equity Loan Trust 2007B, Plaintiffs, filed in said Court on the 29th day of April, 2022 against Ollie B. Williams, Myra Woodberry, Ricky Williams, the Unknown Heirs of Rochelle Williams, and the Unknown Heirs at Law of Charles Williams, Deceased, Defendants and said suit being Cause Number 2022V-095 on the docket of said court and entitled:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR NATIONSTAR HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2007-B, Plaintiff

v.

OLLIE B. WILLIAMS, MYRA WOODBERRY, RICKY WILLIAMS, THE UNNOWN HEIRS OF ROCHELLE WILLIAMS, AND THE UNKNOWN

HEIRS AT LAW OF CHARLES WILLIAMS, DECEASED, Defendants

The nature of which civil suit is a matter of the following:

Plaintiff The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as Trustee for Nationstar Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-B, its successors in interest or assigns, by and through its attorney of

record Joseph M. Vacek of Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC,

ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, BEING 6,237 SQUARE FEET OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, SAME BEING PART OF THE J. EBLIN LEAGUE SITUATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA GRANGE, FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS, BEING PART OF LOT NO. EIGHT (8) IN BLOCK NO. FOUR (4), ACCORDING TO THE EBLIN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LA GRANGE, SAID LOT NO. EIGHT (8) IN BLOCK NO. FOUR (4) HAVING BEEN CONVEYED BY TOMMY TAYLOR TO P. J. BEDNAR BY DEED DATED MAY 29, 1942, RECORDED IN VOLUME 186, PAGES 405-406, DEED RECORDS OF FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS, SAID 6,237 SQUARE FEET OF LAND IS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT AN IRON PIN SET IN THE SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF WALNUT STREET FOR THE NORTH CORNER OF THIS LOT, ALSO BEING THE NORTH CORNER OF LOT NO. EIGHT (8) AND THE WESTCORNER OF LOT NO. ONE (1);

THENCE SOUTH 30 DEGREES 00’ EAST 81 FEET TO AN IRON PIN SET FOR THE EAST CORNER OF THIS LOT, ALSO BEING THE EAST CORNER OF LOT NO. EIGHT (8); THENCE SOUTH 60 DEGREES 00’ WEST 77 FEET TO AN IRON PIN FOR THE SOUTH CORNER OF THIS LOT;

THENCE NORTH 30 DEGREES 00’ WEST 81 FEET TO AN IRON PIN IN THE SAID SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF WALNUT STREET FOR THE WEST CORNER OF THIS LOT;

THENCE NORTH 60 DEGREES 00’ EAST 77 FEET WITH THE SAID SOUTHEAST MARGIN OF WALNUT STREET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.

If this citation is not served within ninety days (90) days after the date of its issuance, it shall be returned unserved.

Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at La Grange, Fayette County, Texas on September 2, 2022.

LINDA SVRCEK, District Clerk Fayette County, Texas

By: S/S Katie Janda, Deputy

(88-4wc)

Fowler; 10 a.m. W.S.

Fayetteville Brethren 1022 Kramr & Ross Prairie Church Rd.; Rev. Mike Groseclose; S.S. 9 a.m.; W.S.

2nd, 3rd, and 4th Saturdays 10:30 a.m.

RT Church Christian Fellowship 440 E Mill St; Matthew Diehl, Min.; S.S. 9:15 a.m.; W.S. 10:45 a.m.; www.roundtopchurch.

org. Temple Israel of Schulenburg 211 Baumgarten; High Holy Days,

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

AMEN Serves 305 Families During August

The AMEN Food Pantry continues to serve large numbers. The call for assistance from the community to assist with providing food was excellent and thanks to all that assisted with the food shortage. The Central Texas Food Bank is beginning to have food and hopefully service will become normal in the next few weeks.

Representatives from Presley’s Power hung a gold ribbon on the big oak tree outside the Courthouse in La Grange on Thursday, Sept. 2. Presley’s Power is a local non-profit that supports children battling cancer and their families. The group encourages everyone to “Go Gold” during September to raise awareness for childhood cancer. Last week, Fayette County Commissioners signed a proclamation designating September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in Fayette County. Pictured (from left) are Jackie Wessels, Marlana

RNNG to Discuss Valuing What We Have

The Rural Non-Profit Networking Group (RNNG) is an opportunity for the organizations that do so much good in our rural communities to share their missions and visions, discuss community needs and partnership opportunities, bring in experts to facilitate growth and professionalism, and simply connect to maximize the efficiency and impact that participants can bring to Fayette, Colorado, Lavaca, and surrounding counties. Since reactivating post-pandemic shutdown, the group is more energized than ever, back to meeting monthly, and incorporating an educational aspect into each gathering.

This month the League of Women Voters of South Central Texas will be hosting the RNNG gathering on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. The gathering will be held at the Festival Hill in Round

Top 248 Jaster Rd. Janis Richardson, President of the League of Women Voters of South Central Texas, will be facilitating the discussion.

The League of Women Voters of South Central Texas is a new nonprofit in our rural Texas community and is one of the few local Leagues working in rural Texas. They are using an assetbased approach to grow membership, connections, and impact in a spirit of appreciation of the rich traditions of giving, volunteering, and taking initiative that is so strong here in our community. Richardson will share what they mean by this approach and what they are learning about making it work. The League will also share some helpful handouts on how nonprofits can safely share election and voting information in compliance with IRS guidelines for 50199(c)(3) chari-

Koncaba, Keilers To Wed

table organizations.

The League of Women Voters of South Central Texas is a nonpartisan civic organization that encourages informed and active participation in government. They work toward a vision of a democracy where every person has the desire, the right, the knowledge, and the confidence to participate and are part of one of the oldest and most respected grassroots organizations in the United States.

The Rural Non-Profit Networking Group would like to invite all organizations interested in participating to attend, as well as there will be a virtual option.

For more information on RNNG or this gathering, contact Susannah Mikulin with Fayette Community Foundation (512) 791-7096 Susie Shank with ACCSS (979) 820-8964, Cheryl Pekar with Stanzel Family Foundation (979) 743-9119 or Kenny Couch with Fayette County Texas Habitat for Humanity (979) 5617211.

Items in need are the following: pork and beans, ranch style beans, oatmeal, pineapples, peaches, stew, canned chicken, dumplings, canned salmon, hamburger helper and saltine crackers. The pantry currently has ample supply of green beans, peas, and corn.

A total of 305 families were served for the month of August for a total of 859 individuals. A total of 133 volunteers for 352 hours served the pantry. A total of 7,751 pounds of food were donated. The impact of inflation has brought more individuals to require food. As noted the donated food increased dramatically from an average of 2,000 pounds to the level of 7,700 pounds for August.

AMEN is open every Thursday from 10 a.m. till noon and will have staff on location to receive donations. Drive to the side of the building at garage door area. There will not be any food distribution on Thursday. If possible, bring your produce during this time and early Monday mornings, an ideal time is 8:30 a.m.

Mobile pantry at Waldeck served 105 families for a total of 236 individuals. A total of 21 volunteers distributed 7,484 pounds of food. The mobile pantry will continue to be a drive thru format. The next distribution date is Sept. 17.

AMEN continues to thank all in the community for their assistance at the food pantry. Monetary donations can be mailed to P. O. Box 571, La Grange, Texas 78945.

Edward and Cynthia Koncaba of Flatonia are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Amy Nicole Koncaba, to Allen Joshua Keilers, son of Arlin and Pam Keilers of West Point. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Edwin and Rosie Koncaba of Flatonia, and Leon and Frances Kubenka of Flatonia. The prospective groom is the grandson of Henry ‘Hank’ and Maxine Holub of West Point and Alois and the late Sydonia Keilers of Fayetteville. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Sam Houston State University, where she received her Bachelor’s degree in Education with a Major in Special Education. She is currently employed as an ARD Facilitator working for the La Grange ISD. The prospective groom is a graduate of TSTC, where he received a certificate in Telecommunications. He is currently employed as an Electrical Technician at Fayette Electric Cooperative in La Grange. Their wedding will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Praha at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24. The couple will reside in Weimar.

Patterned Beauty Exhibit Open at The Ross Gallery

Patterned Beauty by Jill Maytorena opened Sept. 3 at the ARTS for Rural Texas Ross Gallery and runs thorugh Oct. 8.

Maytorena’s portraits reveal figures who emerge through a glow of pastels and vibrant patterns. She has a unique style of capturing beauty through textural representations and forms. This series of artworks discovers the presence of patterns that are introspective and exploratory. Sewing patterns, patterned fabrics and papers, charcoals, and soft pastels blend in collaged layers to illuminate the topography of her figurative art.

Jardin by Jill Maytorena

Arts for Rural Texas is located at 114 North Live Oak in Fayetteville.

Wessels, Kaine Fajkus, Kim Pape, Irasema Villasana and Heather Slauenwhite.

Photo by Andy Behlen

Record Visits Fenway Park

Schulenburg Cross Country Meet

LG Girls Beat Schulenburg in Volleyball

The La Grange volleyball team went to Schulenburg Friday and beat the Lady Horns 19-25, 25-19, 26-24, 25-16.

The win improved the Lady Leps overall record to 14-16, while Schulenburg fell to 15-14.

La Grange was led in kills by Maddi Fritz who had 12. Camille Gonzalez and Hailey Hill each had 10 kills.

Fritz also led in digs with 10. Hill and Kylie Trlicek each had nine. Hill had 15 aces and Haylie Cooper and Jenna Jobb had 12 each. Fritz had 24 assists and Hill had 17. Gonzalez had two blocks.

For Schulenburg, Landry Zapalac had 32 assists and 14 digs. Jessalyn Gipson led in kills with 17, Mackenzie Kunschick had 10 and Meredith Magliolo had nine.

Kieryn Adams led in digs with 26 and Tamara Otto had 16.

The La Grange JV defeated Schulenburg, 25-14, 25-14 to improve to 5-4 overall.

The La Grange Freshmen lost to Schulenburg 23-25, 1425 to fall to 5-4 overall.

All three Lady Leopard teams will travel to Sealy on

Schulenburg’s Landry Zapalac sets a ball as Lady Lep Camille Gonzalez prepares to defend on the play in Friday’s match against La Grange.

Tuesday with subvarsity matches to begin at 5 p.m. and varsity to follow.

Fayetteville Beats Weimar

The Fayetteville volleyball team bounced back from its loss to Schulenburg last week by sweeping Weimar 25-19, 29-26, 27-25 Friday.

Brooklyn Jaeger led the Lady Lions with 31 kills and Kynley Hurst added four. Hurst had 27 assists and Marissa Rohde had eight.

Jaeger and Hurst both had four aces.

Jaeger had 18 digs, Hurst had 15. Rohde had 14 and Rylie Dyer had eight.

The Lady Lions are 25-2 overall and host Flatonia Tuesday.

Brazos Beats RT-C

The Round Top-Carmine volleyball team lost to Brazos Friday 23-25, 22-25, 15-25.

Mallory Krause, Jessica Rohde and Jill Eilers each had five kills. Tess Eilers and Kaysie Ward had four kills.

Jill Eilers had 14 assists and Krause had 10. Maggie Salinas had 14 digs and Tess Eilers had 13.

Schulenburg hosted a massive cross country meet Thursday. Shown below are the Top 5 finishers in both the varsity boys and girls divisions as well as all the in-county competitors:

We Have Our First 2022 Winner!

With our jackpot up to $200 last week we got a ton of entries in the football reader pick-it contest. We had lots of people lose out on the Schulenburg and/or Giddings game predictions, but four readers actually submitted perfect 10-0 ballots. They were Doug Stewart, Mark Hebert, Larry Zbranek and Walter Newcomb. Newcomb wins the $200 on the score prediction tiebreaker. He predicted a Columbus win of 40-14.

We will try to get a picture of him getting his prize from Oviedo Auto Group to include in Friday’s edition.

Our contest goes back to $100 this week. Turn in the below ballot to our office by 5 p.m. Friday. No photo copies. Good luck!

LA GRANGE VS. LA VERNIA

SCHULENBURG VS. BURTON

FLATONIA VS. NIXON-SMILEY

WEIMAR VS. SOMERVILLE

SMITHVILLE VS. NAVARRO

GIDDINGS VS. LAGO VISTA

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VS. TEXAS TECH

LONGHORNS VS. ALABAMA

COLTS VS. TEXANS

BUCCANEERS VS. COWBOYS

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Chris Hallman and Don Jones of La Grange recently visited Fenway Park and took along The Fayette County Record to keep up with what was going on back home.

Photo by Audrey Kristynik

La Grange’s Riley Youens and Schulenburg’s Meredith Magliolo battle at the net in Friday’s match.

Photo by Audrey Kristynik

La Grange’s Eleanor Carey was the top finisher for the Lady Leps at the Schulenburg Cross County Meet, placing fourth out of 122 varsity girls runners. Photo by Darrell Vyvjala/Schulenburg Sticker

In Historic Rivalry Renewed, Columbus Blows Past Leps

By JEFF WICK

The Fayette County Record

Friday marked the 78th alltime meeting between the La Grange and Columbus football teams.

The Cardinals haven’t played any opponent more than the Leps.

Of all those games, this year’s will be one Columbus fans will remember for a long time – and a contest Leps fans would rather forget.

With as much precision as you’ll ever see from a sophomore quarterback, Columbus’

Adam Schobel completed 19 of his 20 passes Friday for 295 yards and five touchdowns as the Cardinals downed the Leps 44-7.

“Columbus is big time. They do things so well. They were making plays all over the place,”

said La Grange head coach Matt Kates. “I thought in all phases of the game we played well tonight,” said Columbus head coach Matt Schobel, a former Columbus/TCU and NFL great himself and the father of the Cardinals star quarterback. “La Grange has had our number a few times since I’ve been coaching and I knew they were going to be physical and they were, but we played well.”

Colton Pitchford and Conner Geisler each caught two touchdown passes while Jordan Woods snagged the other.

In addition to the passing prowess, Columbus’ JJ Hurd ran for 124 yards.

Meanwhile, for the Leps there was little to celebrate statistically. La Grange amassed just 120 total yards (compared

to 451 for Columbus).

La Grange’s lone touchdown came on a 75-yard kickoff return by Jakobe Wilkerson as time expired in the first half.

“When I got it a big ole hole opened up and I just took it to the endzone. It felt great,” Wilkerson said.

That cut the Columbus lead to just 22-7 and with the Leps getting the ball to start the second half, there was hope of a comeback.

But that fluttered away when La Grange was unable to corral a Columbus onside kick to start the third quarter.

“That was actually a last second call. When you have those playmakers La Grange does back there, it’s never a bad time to try an on-side kick,” Coach Schobel said.

Photo by Darrell D. Gest

Leps 0-2 Heading Into Homecoming

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Six plays later Adam Schobel was finding Pitchford with a six yard touchdown pass to make the Columbus lead 29-7 and it just continued to balloon from there.

Another bright spot for the Leps was a fumble recovery by Anthony Weikel in the first half, but the positives were too few and far between for the Leps Friday.

“Games are won and lost in the trenches and we’ve got to find the formula and we still have some weeks to find it,” Kates said. “I know our kids are going to get this right and by district we’ll be a good football team. We’re just not there yet, but I know the kids we have in our locker room.”

La Grange (0-2) welcomes La Vernia (1-1) to Leopard Stadium this Friday at 7:30 p.m. La Vernia lost to Burnet 36-25 in the season opener before beating Gonzales 38-10 last week.

Last season La Vernia beat La Grange 28-21.

Columbus 44, La Grange 7

Score by quarters La Grange 0 7 0 0 – 7

Columbus 8 14 15 7 – 44

LG Colum.

Rushes-Yds 27-95 30-156

Passing yards 35 295

Total yards 120 451 Comp-Att-Int

Scoring summary

First Quarter

COLUMBUS – 4:22, Ty’Vone Whitehead

4 run (Colton Pitchford conversion run)

Second Quarter

COLUMBUS – 3:47, Pitchford 64 pass from Adam Schobel (Javier Mendoza kick)

COLUMBUS – :08, Jordan Woods 21 pass from Schobel (Mendoza kick) LA GRANGE – 0:00, Jakobe Wilkerson 75 kickoff return (William Bundick kick)

Third Quarter COLUMBUS – 10:05, Pitchford 6 pass from Schobel (Mendoza kick)

COLUMBUS – 5:42, Conner Geisler 43 pass from Schobel (Pitchford conversion run)

Fourth Quarter

COLUMBUS – 11:06, Geisler 30 pass from Schobel (Mendoza kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing – La Grange: Jaden Williams

9-28, Jakobe Wilkerson 6-23, Bravion Rogers 6-22, Clayton Knapik 1-13, Jacob Chovanetz 1-10, C.J. Davis 2-6,

Cody Krupala 1-2, Bennett Barber 1-1; Columbus: JJ Hurd 21-124, Ty’Vone Whitehead 5-18, Jordon Woods 2-7, Carson Beettner 2-7.

Passing – La Grange: Jaden Williams

4 of 9 for 22 yards, Jacob Chovanetz 1 for 1 for 13 yards, Bennett Barber 0 for 1; Columbus: Adam Schobel 19 of 20 for 295 yards.

Receiving – La Grange: Knapik 2-26, Chovanetz 1-4, Nathan Scott 1-4, Wilkerson 1-1; Columbus: Colton Pitchford 6-110, Conner Geisler 4-85, Jordan Woods 5-72.

District 12-4A

Cuero 2-0 Smithville 1-1 Gonzales 1-1

Giddings 1-1

La Grange 0-2 Caldwell 0-2

Friday’s scores: Columbus 44, La Grange 7 Waco Robinson 35, Caldwell 7 Giddings 21, Jarrell 14 Cuero 46, Navarro 13 La Vernia 38, Gonzales 10 Sealy 48, Smithville 0

This week’s games: La Vernia at La Grange Jarrell at Caldwell Marion at Gonzales Smithville at Navarro Cuero at Yoakum Lago Vista at Giddings

La Grange Subvarsity Football

Four Turnovers Hurt Shorthorns in a Road Loss at Rogers

The Schulenburg Shorthorns are still looking for their first win of the season after losing at Rogers Friday 55-14.

The Shorthorns two scores came in a Tyler Ryba touchdown run and a 39-yard pass from Aaron Janecek to Kenny Schramek. Rogers (2-0) meanwhile rolled up 452 yards of total offense in the game, including 353 on the ground.

Schulenburg (0-2) hosts Burton this Friday. Burton is 2-0 and beat Holland in the season opener 21-18 and then knocked off Hearne 6-0 last week.

Rogers 55, Schulenburg 14

Score by quarters Schulenburg 0 7 7 0 – 14

Rogers 6 28 7 14 – 55

Schul. Rogers

First Downs 17 23

Rushes-Yds 30-136 46-353

Passing yards 104 99

Total yards 240 452

Comp-Att-Int 11-23-2 3-8-0

Fumbles-lost 6-2 2-1

Punts-Avg. 3-37.7 0-0

Penalties-yds 11-105 8-87

Scoring summary

1ST QUARTER

Rog - Davis 32 pass from Sisneroz (run failed), 7:16.

2ND QUARTER

Rog - Davis 13 run (Baldemar Arzola kick), 10:14.

Rog - Landeros 62 pass from Sisneroz (Arzola kick),

9:36.

Rog - Gomez 11 run (pass failed), 7:11.

Rog - Watson 39 run (Sisneroz run), 3:02.

Sch - Ryba 4 run (Cortez kick), :21.

3RD QUARTER

Rog - Wolfe 3 run (Arzola kick), 7:10. Sch - Schramek 39 pass from Janecek (Cortez kick), 2:30. 4TH QUARTER Rog - Hernandez 8 run (Arzola kick), 11:52. Rog - Reyna 9 run (Arzola kick), 8:23.

INDIVIDUAL STATS

Rushing – Schulenburg: Tyler Ryba 12-94, John Davis 8-34,

Hallettsville Pulls Away Late to Down Flatonia

One week after shocking No. 1-ranked Shiner, Hallettsville kept rolling with a 34-14 victory over Flatonia.

The Bulldogs actually led this game 14-13 in the third quarter but Hallettsville scored the final 21 points of the game.

Jaidyn Guyton scored both of the touchdowns for Flatonia, one on a three-yard run in the first half and then an 81-yard return of a blocked kick in the third quarter. But that’s all the offense the Bulldogs (1-1) could manage. Hallettsville (2-0) ran for 264 yards in the game.

Flatonia plays at Nixon-Smiley this week. The Mustangs are 1-1 and beat San Antonio Christian in the season opener before falling to Three Rivers 31-20 last week.

Hallettsville 34, Flatonia 14

0 Johnson City 43, Thrall 14 Holland 40, Valley Mills 14

This week’s games: Holland at Granger

Burton at Schulenburg

Flatonia at Nixon-Smiley

Rosehill Christian at Thrall

Somerville ay Weimar

Riesel at Thorndale

Hearne at Elkhart

Flatonia’s Jaidyn Guyton returns the ball all the way for a touchdown after a blocked Brahma kick in Friday’s game.

Photo by Stephanie Steinhauser

La Grange’s Anthony Weikel (540 and Clayton Knapik (14) block for Jakobe Wilkerson (9) as he runs the football in Friday’s game against Columbus.

Photo by Darrell D. Gest

RIVER Amazon

THE AMAZON RIVER

The Amazon River is the largest river in the world. During the rainy part of the year the Amazon can be as wide as 120 miles. It starts very high up in the mountains of Peru and travels through 6 countries on it’s 4000 mile trip to the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon is the second longest river in the world. The longest is the Nile river in Africa but the Amazon is wider and moves more water.

Most of the trip the Amazon River takes on its journey to the sea is right through the heart of the Amazon Rainforest, which is the largest tropical rainforest in the world.

River Crossword

ACROSS

2. highly intelligent marine mammals.

4. the country where the Amazon River begins.

8. a very wet forest that exists in tropical and subtropical areas.

11. living things that need food and water to survive.

12. huge freshwater fishes with very hard bodies

14. to entertain by playing tricks for attention.

15. a long fish that looks like a snake and has slimy skin.

16. funny mammals that live in and around water

Trace the river’s path..

DOWN

1. the flow of electrical power or charge.

2. likely to cause harm

3. the second largest ocean on Earth

4. South American freshwater fish with very sharp teeth

5. a floating platform

6. a body of water that flows toward an ocean.

7. places near the equator

9. a place where people live that is usually smaller than a town

10. a person or thing of very great size.

13. when water overflows onto dry land

River Reading

Look for these books about The world’s largest river at your school or town library!

Journey to the River Sea

By Eva Ibbotson

The Rover and the Book

By Alison Croggon

To see a Jaguar

By E. Etinger

ANIMALS of the RIVER

The Amazon River is full of not just beautiful animals but dangerous ones as well. The Pink River Dolphin starts its life grey and slowly turns pink as it gets older. It is one of only five different dolphins that live in fresh water instead of the ocean. There are over 3,000 different kinds of fish in the Amazon River. The most famous one is the Piranha but there are actually fish that are more dangerous than the Piranha. One of those is the Arapaima and another is the electric eel. You will also have to look out for bull sharks and stingrays.

The clown of the Amazon River is the Giant Otter. It is called giant because it can grow to over 6 feet long. They live together in family groups and you can often see them playing together. However, if they feel threatened they can become very aggressive and dangerous. A family of otters is known to kill caiman, which is a South American relative of the alligator. The giant otter is an endangered species and has totally disappeared in some places along the river.

Electric eels are not really eels. They are knife fish and they are related to the catfish. The electric eel is almost blind. They send out electrical pulses that bounce back and tell them where their prey is. These fish can grow as long as 8 feet and weigh about 40

Pavlicek Takes Top Honors at Fayette County Fair Hay Show

The Fayette County Fair Hay Show sponsored by the Schulenburg Young Farmers took place in the Emily Fritsch Barn at the Fairgrounds Thursday evening, Sept. 1.

The show included 14 entries of hay produced this year in Fayette County. Mark Vecera of the Schulenburg Young Farmers said he was surprised by the quality of this year’s entries, considering the heat and drought this summer. Larry Nickel judged the entries. Vecera said

many of the entries scored between 12 and 15 percent protein, with some as high as 18 percent.

Cody Pavlicek of Schulenburg won grand champion and first place in Class 1 with a coastal bermudagrass entry. He also won 1,000 lbs. fertilizer donated by Bumper Crop Texas of Schulenburg.

Stryk Jersey Farm won reserve champion and first place in Class 6 with a rye grass entry. They also won 1,000 lbs. of fertilizer donated

by La Grange Farm and Ranch. Both the grand and reserve champion entries sold for $1,300 at auction.

Joe Orsak served as auctioneer for the sale. This year’s hay show sale included one special lot – a round bale of good quality coastal hay donated by Rodney Read of Ledbetter. It sold for $250 at auction. Benedict and Dianna Kallus were the buyers.

By Andy Behlen

The winners in the Fayette County Fair Jr Miss contest: Hailey Janish (2022 Junior Miss Fayette Co. winner), Brinley Freedman (1st runner up), Nicole Vahalik (2nd runner up), Delilah Mangis (3rd runner up). Photo by Jeff Wick

Photo by Andy Behlen

Austin Meade drew a big crowd Saturday night.

Photo by Andy Behlen

Mutton Busting was big hit Friday night at the fair, with about 40 local youth in the contest. Photos by Andy Behlen

Fayette County Fair Best of Department Winners

won the child division with a teal and white potholder. Not pictured were Emma Koeth, who won the teen division with a light bulb entry; Michael

Creative Arts Top Winners

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Best of the Canning and Preserving Department – (from left) Joshua Nigh won the child division with an entry of picante sauce. Jacob Nigh won the teen division with an entry of picante sauce. Gregory Mills won the adult division with an entry of salsa. Angeline Srubar won the golden age division with an entry of apple jam.

Best of the Fine Arts Department – (from left) adult division winner Lyndsey Vasek with “Red Cow Landscape,” child division winner Kamry Ledesma with “Flower Lady in Woods” and Kathryn Sauer with “Tulip Bouquet.”

Best of the Arts and Crafts Department – (from left) Kayli Head won the professional division with a blush and white floral design. Jaycee Zapalac

Zuhn, who won the adult division with a bird house; and John Stanley Jr., who won the semi-professional division with a mountain landscape piece.

Phoenix Kooper won Best of the Fine Arts Department winner for the teen division with his entry, “Young Czech Woman,” hanging on the wall behind him and to the left.

Edgar Machinsky won the Best of the Agriculture Department for his entry of bell peppers.

Kathy Gau won Best of the Canning and Preserving Department for the adult division.

Best of the Machine Sewing Division – (from left) Camden Nelius won the child division with an apron with pockets. Wendy Crawford won the adult division with a reversable vest. Jakie Asbil won the semiprofessional division with an entry of Aggie placemats. Not pictured was JoAnn Gore, who won the golden age division with a doll in a blue dress.

Best of the Memorable Collections Department – (from left) Daniel Lehmann won the child division with a Lego Jurassic World collection, Cara Homer won the teen division with a Beanie Babies collection, Myra Simmons won the adult division with a collection of Avon bottles and Ralph Rosenberg won the golden age division with a collection of Indian relics and arrowheads.

Fayette County Fair Best of Department Winners

Creative Arts Top Winners, Continued from Previous Page

Best of the 4-H Department – (from left) Raelynn Beseda won the junior division with a photo titled “Nosie Rosey.” Sarita Kinsey won the intermediate division with a painting titled “Evening Lights.” Aubri Bernsen won the senior division with a watercolor painting of a horse.

Best of the Culinary Department – (from left) Joshua Nigh won the child division with a peach cobler. Hailey Smith won the teen division with a Kentucky bourbon butter cake, Leatrice Marek won the adult division with a scrumptious chocolate cake. Jeannette Huelsebusch won the golden age division with a pecan pie.

Best of the Quilting

member Sandy Courrier.

Best of the Photography Department – (from left) Rilan Karish won the child division with an entry titled “Like Mother, Like Daughter.” Loretta Denham won the adult division with an entry titled “Feeding Seagulls.” Emil Knodell won the golden age division with an entry titled “Old Gulf Station.” Teagan Branch (not pictured) won the teen division with an entry titled “Fire Training.”

Best of the Needlework Department – (from left) Linda Rollins won the adult division with an entry of pearl crochet booties. Susie Jackson won the golden age division with an olive man’s hoodie entry. Jackie Asbill won the semi-professional division with a crocheted baby blanket.

Best of the Quilting Department – (from left) child division winner Ensley Scott, adult division winner Sandy Courrier, golden age division winner Sue Shade and semi-professional division winner Bekki Campise.