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Craig Moreau, Fayette County Chief of Emergency Management and Homeland Security will be speaking to the La Grange Noon Lions Club on Thursday, Sept. 1 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. at Frisch Auf! Valley Country Club in La Grange.

Topic: Active shooter/active attacker case studies - how to survive and help others survive.

Dr. Paul Yura, National Weather Service Meteorologist for Fayette County will be speaking on Thursday, Sept. 8 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Topic: Natural Disasters.

Second Chance

The Second Chance Emporium sales store will be open Friday and Saturday, Sept. 2 and 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. The donations drop-off area will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5

Muldoon Museum

The Muldoon Museum will be open for visitors on Saturday, Sept. 3 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The regular museum meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 2 p.m. All are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Virginia Boehnke at (830) 839-4527.

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.

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Saturday: 85 73 60% chance of rain

Sunday: 83 71 60% chance of rain

Monday: 84 72 50% chance of rain

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For the 95th Year – It’s Fair’s Time

Man Arrested for Murder in Flatonia

By ANDY BEHLEN The Fayette

County Record

Flatonia Police arrested a local man for murder Monday afternoon, Aug. 29.

Flatonia Police Chief Lee Dick said the victim was a woman from Flatonia, but he has not yet released her name. Dick declined to provide details about the killing. He said the investigation was in the very preliminary stages.

Dick said Flatonia officers arrested 42-year-old Daniel Willis Jr. of Flatonia for murder. He

is being held at the Dan R. Beck Justice Center in La Grange. Dick said the killing took place at a residence in the 500 block of Hackberry St. in Flatonia. Officers responded to a welfare check at that address Monday afternoon and discovered the woman deceased. Dick said Willis was at the home when officers arrived. He said a family member who was also at the home had called police for a welfare check.

Look for more on this story in Tuesday’s paper.

Saturday’s Fayette County Fair parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. The parade route starts at the intersection of Jackson and Colorado Streets and will proceed down Colorado (but will not make a turn around the square). The parade disbands on Colorado St. near the city swimming pool park.

If interested in hearing the entries announced via loudspeaker as they go by, viewers may want to sit near city hall.

That’s also where the trophies will be presented.

As of press time, Parade chairwoman Deb Powell, said there were 90 entries already entered for this year’s parade, matching last year’s total, with more to be added between now and the start of the parade. She also said there are a number of horse/rider entries this year, the first in several years.

“This is going to be the biggest parade in years,” she said.

Late entry for the parade is

at 7:30 am Saturday September 3 at the registration table in front of City Hall. Late entries will be placed at the back of the line up as they arrive.

Additionally, Powell wanted to remind property owners in the area south of Travis St. around the school area that fair volunteers would be out and about Friday morning putting out parade line-up markers but those markers would be picked up after the parade.

– Jeff Wick

By ANDY BEHLEN The Fayette County Record

When the Hurricane Harvey flood swept through La Grange in late August 2017, lots of people stepped up to help.

“Growing up in Houston, I’ve seen people flood left and right my whole life, so helping people clean up their houses seemed like something you’re supposed to do in a community,” said Kenny Couch, an early flood volunteer who went on to help lead recovery efforts in Fayette County.

Couch now serves as Executive Director of Fayette County Habitat for Humanity. He had moved to Schulenburg not long before the flood. When the disaster struck, he drove to La Grange

By REGINA KEILERS The Fayette County Record

The La Grange school board held its monthly meeting Monday. Here’s some highlights from the meeting:

Salary Increases

All employees who were employed by LGISD during the 2021-22 school year will receive a 3% increase off of their paygrade midpoint. Substitute pay will increase by $5 per day.

New Hires and Resignations

The board approved a one

year probationary contracts for Stephanie Galvez – elementary bilingual teacher and Maddison Stafford - elementary music teacher. Other personnel hired were Ellee Sodolak, Paris Broussard, and Breanna Gonzalez – Little Leps afterschool care counselors, and Tammy Kubos –transportation supervisor. Melissa Walla – high school receptionist has resigned.

Tax Rate Adopted

The board adopted a tax rate of $1.0171, which is an 11.33%

($0.1299) decrease in the tax rate from last year’s rate. The tax rate is comprised of $0.8546 maintenance and operations, and $0.1625 interest and sinking for the 2022-23 school year. This proposed tax rate was published in The Fayette County Record on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022.

Comment From The Public Amanda Morrison addressed the board during the comments from the public on non-agenda/non-personnel

For the first time since the 2011 opening of the Texas Quilt Museum, a display cycle will be dedicated to a single exhibit— but what an exhibit it is.

Visitors will be able to view all of the accepted entries from the Museum’s first-ever juried exhibit, “Seeing in Color.” It will run September 1-December 18, 2022, and is partially supported by the Lucille Gaebler Klein Fund.

A call went out last year for entries, and artists from all over the world submitted more than 150 works. From that list, Museum co-founders Karey Bresenhan and Nancy O’Bryant juried it down to 52, all of which will be on display. “Seeing in Color” celebrates the huge role that different shades and hues play in our lives and is sure to be one of the most important and creative exhibits that the Museum has ever showcased.

The call was open to both art quilts and traditional quilts and asked the quiltmakers to submit quilts reflecting their idea of color and how they “see” it.

“The quilt images submitted were awe inspiring,” says Mu-

By ANDY BEHLEN

The Fayette County Record

A La Grange homeowner discovered a stranger in their hot tub last Thursday.

La Grange Police eventually arrested the woman for burglary, but not before she led police on a chase around town.

La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports that a homeowner in the 100 block of West Vine Street called police around 3:50 p.m. on Aug. 25 reporting a suspicious woman in their hot tub. Gilbreath said the homeowner didn’t know the woman or why she was in the hot tub. La Grange Police officers Kevin Currington and Thomas Keeny responded along with deputies James Ulbig and an undercover officer from the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office. By that time, the female suspect got out of the hot tub and

The Texas Quilt Museum is located at 140 W. Colorado St., La Grange, Texas 78945. Hours are 10 am-4 pm Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. For more information, visit www.TexasQuiltMuseum.org

hid in a vehicle in the neighborhood. The officers located the female inside the vehicle and ordered her out. Gilbreath said the female exited the vehicle and fled on foot. The woman entered a recreational vehicle in an attempt to hide from officers. She then exited the RV and fled again on foot.

Deputy Ulbig located the woman in a residence on North Washington Street. Gilbreath said the woman resisted arrest. He said Ulbig wrestled with her before bringing her into custody.

Gilbreath identified the woman as 29-year-old Julie May Mack of Smithville. He said the incident unfolded on the day before her birthday. Gilbreath said Mack had no connection to the homes on Vine Street or North Washington. He said she was charged with burglary of a habitation and resisting arrest.

The quilt “Bluebonnets” by Dorothy Tiffany of Laurel, Maryland is part of the new exhibit.

The quilt “Remember…” by Karen Lambdin of San Antonio is part of the new exhibit.

The

Fayette County fairgrounds was a flurry of activity Wednesday as little armies of folks were setting up things all around the grounds in anticipation of opening night of the 95th annual Fayette County Fair Thursday Sept. 1. The fair runs through Sunday Sept. 4. In the top photo, Juan Lopez of Houston, sets up his pair of booths, selling fresh squeezed lemonade and roasted corn. Bottom, left, Robert and Anita Self and Erica Swift just drove

Yoga Classes Offered in Round Top

Instructor Betty Melton host free yoga classes on Mondays at 5 p.m. at the Round Top Family Library located at 206 W. Mill St. in Round Top.

St. John the Baptist Church Feast

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Fayetteville will be holding their annual church feast Sunday, Sept. 4, on the church grounds in Fayetteville. Mass with polka music at 10 a.m. held in the Catholic Church with Father Steve Sauser officiating. A meal featuring beef and pork cut in bite size pieces and sausage, potatoes, sauerkraut, beans, pickles, and tea will be offered at $15. Serving will begin at 10:30 a.m. Plates will be available in the drive thru line or you can park your car and pick up plates-to-go at the hall and take advantage of buying the homemade pastries, kolaches, and looking through the silent auction, live auction, and other booths. The air-conditioned hall will be open for dining inside as well. Beginning at 1:30 p.m. barbecue sandwiches, sausage wraps, and nachos will be available all afternoon. The country auction begins at 1:30 p.m. Bingo will be played starting at 2 p.m. St. John’s Recreation Hall is located on 301 Bell Street in Fayetteville.

St. Mary Catholic Church Picnic

The Parish Picnic at High Hill will be held Sunday, Sept. 4 with a Polka Mass at 10 a.m. Enjoy a fried chicken and stew dinner with serving beginning at 11 a.m. Adults are $12 and children $6. Enjoy a cake walk, country store, duck pond and corn hole. Auction begins at 1 p.m. Spectacular fireworks show at 10 p.m. and music during the day by Texas Sound Czech and Mark Halata/Texavia.

Labor Day Garbage Schedule

La Grange city offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5 for the Labor Day holiday. Waste Management garbage and recycle service will be on their regular schedule for the week of Labor Day. The week of Sept. 5, is a recycling week for residential customers. Commercial dumpster service will be on regular schedule.

LG Roadrunners 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.

Muldoon

Museum Meeting

The public is invited to attend the Muldoon Museum meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 2 p.m. in the museum building.

Retired Teachers Fall Conference

The Fayette County Retired Teachers’ Association members have plans to attend the District 13 Fall Conference on Sept. 8 beginning 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Plum Creek Golf Course and Event Center in Kyle. TRTA’s top priority for the coming legislative session is for the Legislature to pass a substantial, meaningful cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for TRS retirees. All retired teachers are encouraged to consider attending this very important meeting. Any who are interested in attending, contact President Lisa Slinkard at lslinkard1877@ gmail.com or call (713) 303-0837. The number attending will determine the number of vehicles needed for carpooling.

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.

Fayetteville Schools Reunion

The annual Fayetteville Schools Reunion will be held on Sept. 17 following the rededication and tour of the Red Building at the Fayetteville ISD Campus at 3 p.m. Start time for the reunion is 4 p.m. at Joe’s Place on the square with a social, meeting, dinner and music by DJ Aaron from 6-10 p.m. A meal of chicken fried steak, grilled chicken breast, potatoes, green beans, salad and dessert will be served. The bar will be open to purchase drinks. The cost of the meal is $12 per person with advance payment only by Sept. 9. Mail checks to James Chovanec at 1705 Woodward Springs Rd., Brenham, Texas 77833. The classes of 1970, 1971 and 1972 are hosting this year’s reunion. For additional information, contact James Chovanec at (979) 251-4767, Betty Fritsch at (979) 966-3910 or Noreen Dopslauf at (979) 966-3164.

Animal Shelter Update

As of Aug. 26, the total intake at the Gardenia E. Janssen Animal shelter is 915: 402 dogs and 513 cats in need. As of Aug. 26, the shelter has 138 animals in care: 58 dogs/80 cats. This number includes animals in the facility, in foster care for medical, waiting on available space, or awaiting transport to rescue partner. The shelter offers a discount

Karisch Places at Fair Commercial Heifer Show

ELLINGER News

By CAROLYN BARTOSH Ellinger News Correspondent

The Fayette County Junior Commercial Heifer Show and Sale was held on Friday, Aug. 26 and Saturday, Aug. 27. Rheagan Karisch entered two halter heifers this year. She placed reserve champion and fourth place with them. Additionally she placed first in salesmanship, second in record book/interview, and ended up the highest in points to bring home the Overall Intermediate Exhibitor buckle. Congratulations to all the exhibitors and a big thank you to all the buyers who support the local youth every year.

Food Collection for AMEN

The Rutersville WELCA is collecting items for the AMEN food pantry. All SLM congregations are invited to participate. Suggested items for August include heavy duty reusable bags, cereal, boxed or canned milk, canned fruit, juices, bath soap/ liquid, tooth paste, and laundry detergent. For more information you may contact Mary Lou Fritsch.

Shared Lutheran Ministries

The Shared Lutheran Ministry of Fayette County, SLM, has scheduled a joint worship, Fall Blessings, for Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Ellinger. Nov. 6, St. Paul Lutheran in Fayetteville will host an All Saints’ Day joint worship. Additionally a joint worship on Christmas Day will be held at 9 a.m. in Warrenton.

The Shared Lutheran Ministry announces that Pastor Jill Vivroux will be the Interim Pastor beginning Sept. 5, 2022. Pastor Vivroux is a trained Interim Pastor and has most recently served at Trinity –Frelsburg and St. John New Ulm.

On Sunday, Sept. 18, St. John Lutheran in Ellinger will be hosting a joint worship for the Shared Lutheran Ministry. Pastor Jill Vivroux will be officiating. Worship will begin at 10 a.m. A meet and greet the new interim pastor will get underway at 9 a.m. There will also be a backpack blessing for the kids and adults who have returned to school.

Sunday school for the SLM will be on Sept. 11 from 3-5 p.m. at St. John Lutheran in Rutersville. The lesson will include learning through Bible stories, cooking, games, crafts, science, and music.

Just a reminder that SLM Confirmation classes start up on Sept. 7 at Rutersville from 5:306:45 p.m. Ellinger VFD

voucher program for spay/neuter for citizens of Fayette County. Call (979) 966-0021 for more information.

Statistics for the week of Aug 20-26:

Intake: 29

Adoptions: 24

Transferred to Rescue: 1

Return to Owner: 6 Humane Euthanasia: 0

Fayette County Fire Calls

The Fayette County Firefighter’s Association reports the following calls for the week of Aug. 21-27:

La Grange Weather Report

Week Ending August 27

The Ellinger Volunteer Fire Department will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday,

Bluebonnet Electric Offices Closed Sept. 5 For Labor Day

Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative’s offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 5, in observance of Labor Day. Bluebonnet members can access their account information and make payments while the offices are closed through the co-op’s website at bluebonnet.coop

Bluebonnet members can report power outages during Labor Day weekend by calling 800-949-4414, or through the co-op’s mobile app or website at bluebonnet.coop. Members enrolled in Bluebonnet’s Outage Alerts can report an outage by texting OUT to 85700. To enroll, text BBOUTAGE to 85700 from a mobile phone or tablet and follow the prompts. Should an outage occur, Bluebonnet personnel will be on call during the holiday weekend to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.

Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m.at the fire station. It will drill on Wednesday, Sept. 21.

Ellinger Sewer and Water

The Ellinger Sewer and Water Supply Corporation will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Ellinger Fire Station Fayetteville Brethren Church

Fayetteville Brethren Church has services the second, third, and fourth Saturdays of each month at 10 a.m. Other services are at Industry Brethren on the second, third and fourth Saturdays at 5 p.m., Wesley Brethren on Sundays at 9 a.m. and Nelsonville Brethren on Sundays at 10:15 a.m. Rev. Mike Groseclose leads all the services. The Nelsonville service is live streamed on Nelsonville Brethren’s Face book page.

Birth Announcement

Madisyn and Cole Neuman are proud to announce the birth of Carson William Neumann. Baby Neumann was born at the Columbus Community Hospital at 1 a.m. on Aug. 17. Carson was nineteen inches long and

weighed seven pounds. He was welcomed home by his sister Aubrey. Grandparents from Ellinger are JR and Ruth Horndt.

Birthdays

Birthday Wishes are extended to the following September celebrants: Patricia Brune and Joe Ripple-5; Nathan Hess-6; Clayton Weishuhn and Chris Brugger-8; Bridgett Hinton-10; Brad Koehl-13; Lisa Weishuhn-14; Karen Richter-17; Lacey Doninguez and Karl Johnson-19; Cullen Weishuhn, Lillian Kramr, Bradley Divin, Tucker Reed Koehl, and Jeremy Gaertner-20; Gary Dorsett-22; Kayla Hartman-23; Denise Kubena and Margie Stardig-27; EJ Koehl-29; and Jonathon Cook and Larry Bartosh-30.

Have News?

If you have news for the correspondent you may email her at bartoshcarolyn@gmail. com or call (979) 966-3275. You may also drop off news at her residence; mailbox on the front porch. Please get her your information by noon on Mondays.

Water District Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate

Water District Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate

Fayette County Water Control & Improvement District – Monument Hill (the “District”) will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2022 on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at 4:00 p.m., at 100 Country Club Drive, La Grange, Texas. Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the tax rate that is adopted and on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property. The change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in the taxable value of all other property determines the distribution of the tax burden among all property owners. Visit Texas.gov/PropertyTaxes to find a link to your local property tax database on which you can easily access information regarding your property taxes, including information about proposed tax rates and scheduled public hearings of each entity that taxes your property.

FOR the proposal: Dixon McNair, Seth Gunn, Bobby Gilmore, Gary Kramer, Chester Johnson AGAINST the proposal: None PRESENT and not voting: None ABSENT: None

The following table compares taxes on an average residence homestead in this taxing unit last year to taxes proposed on the average residence homestead this year.

3.21%

NOTICE OF THE TAXPAYERS’ RIGHT TO ELECTION TO REDUCE TAX RATE

If the District adopts a combined debt service, operation and maintenanc e, and contract tax rate that would result in the taxes on the average residence homestead increasing by more than eight percent (8%), the qualified voters of the District by petition may require that an election be held to determine whether to reduce the operation and maintenance tax rate to the voter-approval tax rate under Section 49.23603, Water Code.

The 86th Texas Legislature modified the manner in which the voter-approval tax rate is calculated to limit the rate of growth of property taxes in the state.

Rheagan Karisch is pictured here with one of her halter heifers at the Fayette County Junior Commercial Heifer Show.

Purse Bingo to Benefit Children’s Advocacy Center

Saturday, Sept. 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. head to The Compound for Hollywood & Handbags Purse Bingo. Enjoy 10 games of bingo with designer purse prizes, a catered brunch, mimosas, silent auction and lots of fun. Proceeds benefit the Children’s Advocacy Center of Bastrop, Lee and Fayette Counties.

Local Events

The last Wednesday of each month, Blue Mule Winery hosts Red’s Terrific Trivia from 6:308:30 p.m. Come out to win prizes, trophies and make new friends. Teams welcome.

Les Cousins, Liz Tipps & Travis Burns, will be performing at Busted Oak Cellars on Round Top Road Saturday, Sept. 3 from 4-7 p.m. Come out for a Fall Wreath Craft Night Thursday, Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. Vicki Herzog will show you how to create your very own fall wreath. Tickets are $20. Call (281) 795-2588 for reservations.

Round Top C of C

The September Chamber of Commerce meeting will be Thursday, Sept. 8 from 4-6 p.m. at Round Top Brewery. Bring your business cards and get to know fellow business owners and members of the community.

Schutzenfest

The annual Schützenfest celebration will be held Sunday, Sept. 18. The community celebration begins at 5 p.m. followed by the crowning of the Schützenkönig at 6 p.m. and a dance at 6:30 p.m.

Hamburger Social

The Round Top Rifle Hall

Monday Night Hamburger Social is the first through third Monday of each month. The Hall opens at 5:30 p.m., and the order window is open from 6-8 p.m. All proceeds benefit the continued improvement of the RTRA. For more information about the Rifle Hall or to book it for upcoming events, visit roundtoprifle.com

Festival Hill

Tickets for Festival Hill’s an-

ROUND TOP News

Check out the Carmine News section of the Tuesday editions of this newspaper for sports updates.

Historical Society

month’s mass was held Tuesday, Aug. 2. View the bulletin online at stjohnfayetteville.com for more information.

Adult Painting Classes Offered in Fayetteville

By KYLA GOEBEL Round Top News Correspondent

nual Nutcracker Ballet are for sale on the website. This year’s performance will be held Saturday, Dec. 10 from 4-6 p.m. This year’s production celebrates the 14th annual performance danced by Ovation Ballet Company. Tickets are $40 for adults and $20 for students. For additional information, visit festivalhill.org.

Round Top Family Library

Round Top Family Library is open Monday-Friday from 1:305:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Adult Yoga meets Mondays at 5 p.m.

The Library’s annual fundraiser has sold out but raffle tickets are still available! First prize is a fully butchered calf, and second prize is a $1,000 Mastercard. Raffle tickets may be purchased on the library’s website.

RTFL FYI presents Pat Blackman Roaring 20’s Thursday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. Pat will trace the major events and developments that defined the wild decade and made it “roar” including the personalities that became American legends.

Saturday, Sept. 24 enjoy a cooking class featuring healthy party foods. Instructor, Nancy Addison, will show you appetizers, healthy desserts, and how to make your old favorite recipe healthier. Registration is required - class size is limited to 20 people. Call or email the library if you would like to sign up.

Round Top-Carmine ISD

Round Top-Carmine student’s first holiday of the school year is Monday, Sept. 5. School pictures are Friday, Sept. 9.

The RTAHS museum has free admission every second Saturday of the month from 1-4 p.m. Take the opportunity to view three historical homes and a historical church. Private tours are welcome. For more information, call (979) 249-5058 or visit roundtopareahistoricalsociety. weebly.com.

Hermann Sons Life

Hermann Sons Life Lodge 151 of Round Top met for its regular business meeting Thursday, Aug. 25 at 6:30 p.m. President Lila Garlin opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Sympathy wishes were sent to the family and friends of Alene Finke and Larnie Marburger. Memorials were sent.

Most of the meeting was a discussion on the Country Store that will be held with the Ledbetter VFD on Oct. 8. The store will be set up by 3:30 p.m., Bingo will start at 4 p.m., fried chicken meal will begin at 5 p.m., followed by a live auction at 6:30 p.m.

The next meeting will be Sept. 22 with chicken spaghetti. Members are asked to bring desserts or sides. No meeting will be held in October due to the Antique Show.

Happy Birthday was sung to Jo Ann Ullrich who celebrated on Aug. 12. Happy Anniversary wishes were extened to Jocie and Floyed Braun, celebrating 24 years on Aug. 22, and Barton and Lila Garlin, who celebrated 56 years on Aug. 28.

Attendance prizes were won by Pearlie Wagner, Floyd Braun, Bert Meinkowsky, Dwight Nittsche and Leonard Meinkowsky.

Church News

St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Warrenton holds a monthly service at 8 a.m. for the intentions left on the altar. This

Bethlehem Lutheran Church holds services with Pastor John David Nedbalek Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Sunday School is the first Sunday at 8:30 a.m. Ruth Circle is the first Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m. Sewing Circle is the second Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m.

St. Paul Lutheran Church in Shelby holds Worship service at 8 a.m., followed by fellowship, coffee, and Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Game Day is held the first and third Wednesday of each month from 2-4 p.m. Bring a snack, board game, dominoes, etc. Quilting meets the third Wednesday of each month at 9 a.m. Noisy Offering is the third Sunday of each month.

St. Cecilia’s Round Top Episcopal Church holds services with Father Bill Miller Sundays at 10:45 a.m. in the historic Haw Creek Chapel in Henkel Square. Music is provided by Joey McGee. For more information please visit the website at www.StCecilias.org.

Round Top Christian Fellowship Church holds service at 10 a.m. For more information, please visit their website at www.roundtopchurch.org.

The City of Refuge Church on 237 in Round Top holds bible study on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. followed by church service at 11 a.m. For more information visit their Facebook page at facebook.com/cityofrefugeHC.

Birthdays

Happy birthday wishes go out to Thomas Fricke-Sept. 2; Kori Weyand-3; Ruth Ann Streiff-4; Marty Farris, Larry Levien, Christopher Pererio-7; Dustin Levien-8; Tracey Faske-9.

Anniversaries

Happy Anniversary to Reese and Kyla Goebel and Robert and Mary Kolkhorst, Jr. - Sept. 9. Have News? Send any news or notices to Kyla@roundtoprealestate.com.

Adult painting classes (any medium) with Karen Vernon, ARTS Executive Director, continue on Monday mornings from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 in the gallery at ARTS. For more information, call (979) 378-2113.

Ladies Inspiration Day

Jane Frugé is holding Ladies Inspiration Day II on Saturday, Sept. 17 to gather together and worship Jesus. Five annointed speakers share what God is saying about the times we live in. It takes place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in her barn at 2955 FM 955. Ladies from different churches are welcome. This is a time of encouragement and inspiration for ladies to take back to their places of worship. Please bring a salad, sandwiches or dessert. Jane may be reached at (979) 966-9838.

Food Truck The Central Texas Food Truck will be at the parking lot of St. John on Thursday, Sept. 8 from 10 to 11 a.m. It’s drive-thru distribution and will follow all CDC guidelines.

All Class Reunion

Remember your payment for the upcoming Annual Fayetteville Schools All Class Reunion must be received by Sept. 9. This is for the $12 meal (per person). Mail checks to: James Chovanec, 1705 Woodward Springs, Rd., Brenham, TX 77833. Any questions? Contact James at (979) 251-4767, Betty Fritsch at (979) 966-3910 or Noreen Dopslauf at (979) 966-3164.

St. John Feast

This Sunday, The Annual Feast at St. John is serving up Polka music, barbeque, bingo, a country auction and other activities. The Kolache Bake Sale starts at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday in St. John’s Parish Hall. Donations for the live and silent auctions, country store and plant wheel may be brought to the parish hall on Friday from 2 to 7 p.m. or on Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

FAYETTEVILLE News

By CINDY STEPHENS Fayetteville News Correspondent

Orsak’s will be closed all day Sunday, Sept. 4. They ask all to join in The Annual Feast at St. John. Parishioners of St. John and St. Mary’s are asked to please complete the Parish Data Update Form and turn it in to the parish office. It is important for the Austin Diocese to update their records.

Celebrations

Happy Birthday wishes are extended to: Stephanie Madden, Kirby Keilers-5; Joseph Janish, Jake Schley, Katherine Cordes, Diane Janish, Kevin Keilers-8. Have news?

The deadline for sending news for this weekly column is every Sunday morning. Feel free to share what’s going on or coming up in our small town. Lots of special events, family gatherings and celebrations, home projects, community, school, business and organization activities happen around here. If it’s special to you or someone you know in our community, feel free to text, call (713) 261-0786 or email newsinfayetteville@gmail.com

Suspect Hops from Stolen Vehicle to Stolen Vehicle Including EMS Truck & Tractor Before Being Caught

Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that Deputies had quite a morning on Tuesday, August 30. At approximately 6:16 a.m., Deputy Michael Krenek was dispatched to Hruska’s in Ellinger for a stolen pickup truck. It was later learned from video surveillance that a single male exited another vehicle and stole the pickup truck.

The Fayette County Undercover Narcotics Unit was able to locate this stolen pickup truck at the Fayette County EMS building, but it was quickly discovered that an EMS pickup was then stolen. The EMS pickup was tracked to the 5400 block of Harms Rd. in the Rutersville area. Deputies arrived to find the EMS pickup abandoned and

after further investigation, discovered a John Deer tractor was stolen from a barn at a nearby residence. A short while later, a concerned citizen called in a report of an abandoned tractor in the 5000 block of Mueller Rd. Deputies arrived on the scene and searched the adjacent properties. The Undercover Narcotics Unit was able to locate the

suspect in a cattle pen, and he was taken into custody by Deputy James Ulbig without incident. Franklyn Marshall, 38 years old, of Houston, was transported to the Dan R. Beck Justice Center, and charged with Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, Burglary of a Building, Burglary of a Habitation, and Theft of Property >=$30K<$150K.

Harvey: After Immediate Needs, Housing Became a Focus

some help,” Couch said. “They were drowning in donations. I remember they had so many diapers. You get 10,000 of one thing and two of another thing, and you really need 200 of each. When you have 10,000 size 3 diapers, you only need so many of those. So we ended up taking some of that stuff to other communities, to the coastal communities that were struck, just vanloads of stuff.”

Couch praised all of the local volunteers and civic organizations that stepped up to ensure no one in the community went hungry or without clothes after the disaster.

“Once those immediate needs were met, then it transitioned into the long-term recovery,” Couch said.

The La Grange Ministerial Alliance initially handled monetary donations for the flood recovery. But the Ministerial Alliance had little experience dealing with disasters. A group of volunteers came together to form the La Grange Area Disaster Recovery Team, which later became the Fayette County Disaster Recovery Team (FCDRT). Couch began working with the new organization.

“That’s when we started talking about Hope Hill and doing repairs with Mennonite Disaster Service,”

The disaster recovery team envisioned a new neighborhood where victims of the flood could

rebuild on high ground. That vision eventually became Hope Hill – the neighborhood on Horton Street largely that was mostly completed last year.

FCDRT acquired a roughly 23-acre lot on Horton Street in 2018. At first, FCDRT worked with Mennonite Disaster Service to develop the neighborhood. Some neighboring property owners raised concerns about the proposed ownership model. In initial discussions, FCDRT proposed a building the neighborhood as a land trust, whereby the flood victims would own the homes and the non-profit land trust would own the land underneath the homes. The idea was proposed as a way to provide affordable housing to the flood victims, many of whom previously lived in La Grange’s flooded mobile home parks.

That idea didn’t sit well with some neighbors to the property, who formed an organization called the La Grange Citizens Alliance. They raised concerns at city council meetings about how the project would impact property taxes and city services (a land trust could gain a nonprofit exemption for property taxes on the land). They also worried about impacts to their property values, traffic and aesthetics of the neighborhood. In addition, they raised concerns about FCDRT’s finances and their ability to build. Samaritan’s Purse, the international Christian non-profit headed by Frank-

lin Graham, offered to partner with the FCDRT to complete the neighborhood, which alleviated concerns from many of the Alliance members. Samaritan’s Purse completed the first home in Hope Hill in July of 2020, and members of the Alliance were in the front row at the home blessing ceremony. Samaritan’s Purse eventually completed 20 homes in the Hope Hill neighborhood that went to victims of the Hurricane Harvey Flood. By that time, Couch moved on to another organization, Fayette County Habitat for Humanity.

“We had huge plans before COVID,” Couch said. “A lot of our volunteers are 70 to 75 years old, and they were not going to risk it, and I didn’t want them to. Basically, we had to push a lot of our stuff back.”

Couch explained that recipients of Habitat homes do not get them for free. Instead, Habitat builds the homes at low cost using volunteer labor. Home recipients must earn “sweat equity” in the home by working with the volunteers. Once complete, the recipients pay a mortgage they can afford.

“As a community, we can’t just pretend that it’s lazy people who can’t afford housing,” Couch said. “That’s just not the case. And it’s really not been the case for a long time. A lot of people think Habitat give away homes for free. But that’s not the case. We sell houses, and we don’t sell houses to anyone who

LGISD: Decisions on Earrings to Roof Repair

items time at Monday night’s meeting. She voiced opinion about how she thought the district could reduce transportation cost by consolidating the Freshmen/JV teams with the Varsity teams when traveling to out of town games. She gave an example of the LGISD softball team taking two buses to games last year – one for JV and one for Varsity. She felt that one bus could have transported both teams and all equipment necessary for the games. She said that not only would that save on fuel cost, but it would also save on the cost of the additional driver as well as the wear and tear on the buses. An added bonus would be increased team comradery as upper classmen would bond more with the lower classmen.

Administrative Reports

Superintendent Andy McHazlett reported that the current enrollment is 1,871 which is up from the same time last year, and the ADA (average daily attendance) for the district is 1,794, which calculates to 97.9%. The ADA is a major factor in determining the amount of funding the school receives.

Dr. Marc Fitzpatrick was asked to speak about the scoreboard and some possible updates that can be added. He told the board that the new scoreboard has the capability of video. He also added that there are private individuals who are willing to pay to have the additional equipment installed. Fitzpatrick told the board that there will be a presentation at next month’s meeting to give more details and a timeline.

Assistant Superintendent Stacy Eilers told the board that the Little Leps after school program currently has 57 students enrolled. That is an increase from the 20 that it started with. She also gave a brief report on teacher in-service and the campus open houses held before the

start of the school year.

Director of Operations and School Safety Sharon Muzny reported that the number of bus riders is up considerably. There are currently 1,001 students signed up to ride the bus as compared to 800+ last year. There are a total of 15 routes driven daily. School safety is a priority. Weekly door checks are documented, however doors are being checked daily.

Student Handbook Update

A new addition to the student handbook is a change for the lunch criteria for juniors and seniors. If juniors and seniors meet all the criteria, they will be allowed to have a one hour lunch time. The criteria includes attendance, grades, and passing of end of course testing.

There has also been a change to the consequences for refusing to take the drug test.

Another change is with the policy about earrings. Ear piercings are allowed for all students (not just girls anymore), but must not be excessive, distracting, or dangerous.

Student Code of Conduct –Discipline Management Plan

The LGISD student code of conduct and discipline management plan has been updated for the 2022-23 school year. The ISS escalation of consequences wording was changed. It now states “When a student continues to misbehave and is assigned to ISS for multiple offenses, the placement duration may increase.” It previously stated “will increase.”

Vaping on campus and vape on person or in vehicle or on campus is now part of the student code of conduct – discipline management plan.

• Vaping on campus will result in a 30 day placement in DAEP; 20 day review of placement with the completion of a vape education course within the first 10 days of the placement.

• Vape in vehicle or on cam-

is not a worker.”

Couch said Habitat slowed its home building efforts as their volunteer base dwindled during COVID. He said the organization took on other smaller projects such as home repairs and painting. The recent economic downturn also affected Habitat’s operations.

“Everytime we raise a dollar, concrete goes up two dollars,” he said. “We’re bidding houses right now for $160 a square foot, and that’s nuts. It’s not like we’re putting in six foot chandeliers.”

Couch said Fayette County already had an affordable housing problem before the flood. Hurricane Harvey, COVID and the recent economic downturn have exacerbated that problem.

“Housing has gotten so bad – it’s no longer the typical folks who you think need housing help that are reaching out to us at Habitat,” he said. “Teachers can’t afford houses. Police officers can’t afford houses. Harvey got that on everyone’s mind. It shows that housing has been an issue. It’s always going to be an issue. I’m not going to pretend I know how to fix it. But at least Habitat has this one area where we can make a difference.”

To be continued ...

Anders Bottom Rd. to Be Closed for Bridge Repair

pus or on student will result in SAC placement, student must complete the vape course prior to release from SAC.

Vape and vape oil have been added to list of Level III behaviors.

Roof Repair

The high school/middle school cafeteria roof was brought to the board for discussion in 2021 and 2022. The discussion included two bid processes that resulted in no action by the board. As per board recommendation, the roof has since been patched and/or repairs attempted. Some of these patches are repatches. The problem has not been resolved. The roof still leaks and has resulted multiple man hours replacing ceiling tiles and cleaning up after the leaks. These repairs would be paid for with ESSER funds. The board authorized the administration to advertise to receive bids to replace the roof.

Fayette County Pct. 4 Commissioner Drew Brossmann wished to inform the public that Anders Bottom Rd. will be closed at the Williams Creek crossing for a bridge replacement starting Sept. 12. This is a TxDOT bridge grant project and the projected construction timeline is approximately five months. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Road and Bridge Pct. 4 office at (979) 743-3250.

Correction

A headline in Tuesday’s newspaper incorrectly indicated that the tire pick-up event that the county is planning for November would be free. As detailed in the story, there will be fees associated with the pick-up. The County will charge fees of $2 for car and light truck tires, $10 for 18-wheeler tires, and $20 for heavy equipment tires. The fees will help cover the cost of disposal.

Friday Football Previews

La Grange at Columbus

Friday

When: 7:30 p.m.

Where: Columbus

Records: LG is 0-1. Columbus is 1-0.

Of Note: The Leps face another tough challenge this week as they tangle with Columbus, a team ranked No. 6 in the state in Class 3A. The Cardinals are coming off a manhandling of Giddings, which they beat 42-7 last week. In that game, sophomore quarterback Adam Schobel completed 14 of 19 passes for 313 yards and four touchdowns. Columbus also has a trio of Schobels who are standouts on defense. Columbus head coach Matt Schobel is a former TCU star who went on to play in the NFL as a tight end for several years. The Cardinals also had a pair of running backs rush for over 100 yards each last week, including JJ Hurd, who ran for two TDs. The Cardinals went 10-3 last year and return nine starters on each side of the ball ...

The Leps, meanwhile, are trying to bounce back from last week’s 24-14 loss to Bellville. The Leps played well but had trouble holding onto the football (four turnovers). Junior quarterback Jaden Williams ran for a team-high 179 yards in that game. The Leps lost star lineman (and Baylor commit) Jaren Woods for the season because of a broken leg in that game.

Last meeting: The Leps haven’t played the Cardinals since 2019. That year the Leps won 24-21.

District 12-4A

Smithville 1-0

Cuero 1-0

Gonzales 1-0

La Grange 0-1

Caldwell 0-1

Giddings 0-1

This week’s games:

La Grange at Columbus

Navarro at Cuero

Gonzales at La Vernia

Sealy at Smithville

Giddings at Jarrell

Caldwell at Waco Robinson

Schulenburg at Rogers

Friday

When: 7:30 p.m.

Where: Rogers

Records: Schulenburg is 0-1. Rogers is 1-0.

Of Note: The Shorthorns will try to put a frustrating season opener behind them as they go to Rogers this week. Last week the Shorthorns lost to Randolph 42-20, but there were some encouraging signs, especially the play of Schulenburg junior quarterback Tyler Ryba, who ran for 115 yards and threw for 154.

Defensively, however, there are new question marks. The only time last year that the Shorthorns gave up 42 points or more was to eventual state champ Shiner ... Rogers, meanwhile, is coming off a 29-23 win over Little River Academy. Rogers QB Cooper Sisneroz, making his first-ever varsity start, threw for 64 yards and ran for 115 yards. The go-ahead touchdown for Rogers came on a nine-yard touchdown run by Zach Davis on a reverse with just over three minutes left in the game. Rogers returns four offensive and five defensive starters from last year’s team that went 7-4. They are picked to finish second to Lexington this season in District 13-3A.

Lady Horns Beat Fayetteville

Flatonia vs. Hallettsville

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday

Where: Flatonia

Records: Both teams are 1-0.

Of Note: Both these teams looked really good in their season openers. Hallettsville pulled off one of the biggest shockers in the state last week, snapping two-time defending state champ Shiner’s 30-game win streak. Meanwhile, Flatonia beat defending private school state champ St. Paul 35-0. In that game

Flatonia’s Fidel Venegas threw for 182 yards and ran for 47. Keyshaun Green had 92 yards receiving and 56 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns. Jaidyn Guyton returned a punt for a touchdown.

Hallettsville knocked off Shiner thanks to a powerful running game led by junior running backs JaShaun

Price and Damarion Austin. It was Austin’s 32-yard touchdown run in the third quarter that proved to be the game-winner in the 14-7 game. Hallettsville was 9-3 last season and returns five offensive and four defensive starters from that team ... Flatonia plays at Nixon-Smiley next week. Hallettsville plays at Van Vleck next week.

Last Meeting : These two teams have not met since 1957. Hallettsville holds a 12-game win streak over Flatonia.

District 13-2A Football

The Schulenburg volleyball team became only the second squad to beat Fayetteville this season as the Lady Horns downed the visiting Lady Lions in four-hard fought sets Tuesday.

Schulenburg won 18-25, 2725, 27-25, 26-24.

The Lady Horns are now 15-13 overall and Fayetteville (the No. 1-ranked team in Class 1A) is 24-2.

Jessalyn Gipson and Meredith Magliolo each had 14 kills in the match. Makenzie Kunschick had six kills and Tamara Otto five. Kieryn Adams had seven aces and 35 blocks.

Landry Zapalac had 38 assists and 14 digs. Otto had 15 digs and Avery Helms had 12.

Otto and Brooke Redding had three blocks.

This week’s games: Yorktown at Weimar Thorndale at Granger, Burton at Hearne, Schulenburg at Rogers, Thrall at Johnson City, Hallettsville at Flatonia, Valley Mills at Holland.

No. 13 Bellville Bests La Grange

By JEFF WICK

The Fayette County Record

The very tough non-district portion of their schedule continued for the Lady Leps at home Tuesday as they fell to No. 13-ranked Bellville 18-25, 1625, 20-25.

This comes on the heels of a tournament last week where the Lady Leps faced a flurry of 5A and 6A teams.

The Lady Leps have a 13-16 overall record heading into a 4 p.m. match this Friday at Schulenburg.

“We have flashes of brilliance and then we make an error and then it turns into two and three and four and five and six and seven,” said La Grange head coach Leslie Coltrain. “We’re

still working on consistency. “This past weekend, we played some seriously gritty

Twins Tess & Jill Eilers Power Cubettes

Strong Start to the Volleyball Season

Round Top-Carmine volleyball players Tess and Jill Eilers are twin sisters that flourish in their own stat categories on the court.

Tess is usually among the leaders in kills while Jill gathers up a lot of the digs on a Cubette team that has started the season off strong. “They’re pretty hard on each other, which is good,” said Round Top-Carmine head volleyball coach Catie Carney.

“They hold each other accountable. On the other side of that, they love to play with each other. They just love to play volleyball. They both are on the court nonstop and they’re crucial to our team.” The twin sister duo has paired together nicely for the Cubettes, making both of them our choice for this edition’s Athlete of the Week.

Fayette Co. Record’s Athlete of the Week

A Weekly Feature by BRIAN PIERSON

Read about our Athletes of the Week in every Friday edition and then watch their interviews on the FCR’s Facebook page.

Recent Players of the Week:

Aug. 12 – Kobe Burton, Flatonia Football & Track

Aug. 19 – Hailey Hill, La Grange volleyball

Aug. 26 – Kynley Hurst, Fayetteville volleyball

Sept. 2 – Tess and Jill Eilers, RTC Volleyball

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ball. They got after it and played hard. We were in every match against 5A and 6A teams. That was not reflected tonight.”

Camille Gonzalez led the Lady Leps in kills with five. Maddi Fritz and Kylie Trlicek each had four.

Fritz led in digs (10) and assists (8). Hailey Hill had nine digs, two aces and four assists.

The Lady Leps were in every match but Bellville was just a little better Tuesday.

“We could have beaten this team,” Fritz said.

“Susan’s been there 43 years and has that program running exactly how she wants it,” said Coltrain, referring to Bellville coach Susan Brewer, who started the volleyball program there and has nine state titles to her credit. “Someone one referred to it as the ‘Bellville Mystique.’ They’ve been so good for so long.”

Speaking of being so good for so long, a pair of Lady Lep seniors earned historic milestone over the weekend. Fritz tallied her 1,000 career kill and Hill got her 1,000 career assist.

“Those really mean a lot, but we couldn’t have done it without our teammates,” Fritz said.

“Those are huge milestones and really show their leadership on the floor,” Coltrain said.

See Lady Leps, next page

Question: What are the biggest similarities between the two of you?

Jill: “We both always go for the ball and stuff. We always go at it together.”

Question: What are the biggest differences?

Jill: “Tess always hits more and I set or tip more.”

Tess: “Jill sets a lot and tips more often. I always just hit.”

Question: What do you both talk about to each other before games?

Jill: “That we shouldn’t bicker to each other. Sometimes we get mad at each other because we both want to go for the ball, so we say we’re not gonna get mad at each other.”

Tess: “Same thing.”

Question: Who’s someone

you’d like to meet and why?

Jill: “I would want to meet one of the Aggie volleyball players to talk to them because I think that would be cool.”

Question: If you could camp out in one place, where would it be?

Jill: “Probably the gym so I can practice more.”

Question: What’s something you both do together the most?

Jill: “We do everything together.”

Tess: “Probably volleyball. Sports and stuff.”

Question: How would you describe the bond of playing

See Lady Leps, next page

Tess Eilers (left), Jill Eilers (right) are twins and key players in the Round Top-Carmine volleyball team.

Photo by Brian Pierson

Schulenburg’s Rodney Walton runs the ball in last Friday’s game at Randolph.

Photo by Audrey Kristynik

Schulenburg’s Kieryn Adams digs a ball in Tuesday’s match against Fayetteville. Photos by Audrey Kristynik

Fayetteville’s Brooklyn Jaeger goes up for a block against the spike of Schulenburg’s Tamara Otto in Tuesday’s match.

La Grange’s Camille Gonzalez goes up for a spike against the defense of a pair of Bellville player Tuesday. Gonzalez led the Lady Leps with five kills. Photo by Jeff Wick

2022 Fayette County Volleyball Schedules/Results

Flatonia Lady Bulldogs La Grange Lady Leps

Round Top-Carmine Cubettes Schulenburg Lady Horns

Fayetteville Lady Lions

Volleyball: Match Recaps

“And we’’re just halfway through the season. I was very excited and very proud. They didn’t have any clue (they were nearing those stats). It’s fun. Those are terrific accolades for those kids, and now we’re after more for the team.”

Flatonia

The Flatonia volleyball team lost to Brazos 25-19, 25-10, 2518 Tuesday. The Lady Bulldogs are 9-12 overall.

Eilers Twins Earn Player of the Week Honors

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on the same team?

Tess: “I think it’s a lot of fun, actually, that we get to play together and experience it together.”

Question: What was your favorite cartoon growing up?

Jill: “We watch a lot of TV. There’s a lot. Outer Banks on Netflix, that’s what we watch a lot.”

Tess: “Outer Banks, yeah.”

Question: How have sports impacted your lives?

Jill: “We do it all the time, so it’s impacted a lot.”

Tess: “I feel like it’s made us a better person. Being leaders and being responsible for some things.”

Question: What do you ap-

Volleyball Poll

preciate the most about Round Top-Carmine?

Jill: “They’ve taught us a lot. To be good people.”

Tess: “To be leaders and respectful.”

The Eilers sisters feed off of one another, as well as their team, which has paid huge dividends for Round Top-Carmine volleyball.

These Businesses Are Proud Supporters of Fayette County Volleyball Teams and Encourage You to Get Out to the Gym

Photo by Stephanie Steinhauser

Final New Teacher Spotlight Features Three at Round Top-Carmine ISD

By MAKENZIE GIVAN

The Fayette County Record

Next in our teacher spotlight series is Jarrad Maddox from Round Top-Carmine ISD.

Jarrad Maddox is the special needs teacher at the elementary school, as well as the head baseball coach for the high school team.

“I have family in Brenham, so I’ve been keeping up with this area. It’s a very nice area, peaceful, and I’m at a point in my life where peace is good. They’ve been nice people, great people. They’re very outgoing, personable and have been willing to help wherever they can. We all get along.”

Maddox’s father was a Texas Hall of Fame football coach and his mother was a teacher. So, naturally, he attended college with intentions of becoming a coach and teacher. He started out his career as a football and track coach, as well as an ISS teacher for Kerrville ISD. After that, he moved to Kline to become a football coach and a special needs career coach for the school district there, where he helped special needs students learn to complete jobs and tasks so that they could be successful upon graduation from high school. Then, he moved to Arkansas and became a collegiate football coach for four years.

Over the ensuing years, he spent time in between Arkansas and Texas for both career and family reasons. But, now he is

back here in Texas for a while. Because of his love for baseball, Maddox decided to apply to the newly opened position. Though Maddox has a passion for sports and coaching, he has a special place in his heart for special needs students because he has a special needs relative.

“I have a special place in my heart for special education kids,” said Maddox. “Helping them, making sure they’re taken care of, is really important to me.

Now that he’s back in Texas for a while, Maddox is looking forward to getting to know his students and the community. Outside of school, Maddox enjoys spending time playing with his dog and watching baseball games. His favorite team is the Astros.

By MAKENZIE GIVAN The Fayette County Record

The next installment in our teacher spotlight is Anna Aschenbeck of Round Top-Carmine ISD.

Anna Aschenbeck, hailing from Amarillo, graduated from West Texas A&M with a degree in Education. Last year, she was the assistant volleyball coach at Blinn College, but is now in her first year teaching at the primary school level. This year, she’s the pre-k teacher at Round Top-Carmine Elementary, and Aschenbeck is excited for what’s to come. Because this is her first year teaching in a classroom, she’s been learning all there is to working at an elementary school. Aschenbeck explained that transitioning from a college atmosphere to an elementary school has left her with plenty of questions, but so far her coworkers have been supportive and encouraging when she’s needed help.

“Everyone has been amazing. They’re just so kind and helpful, which has made it a really easy transition,” said Aschenbeck. “Mrs. Krause, she’s the kindergarten teacher here, has taken me under her wing and been awesome about filling me in on information and helping me find my way.”

When she was in kindergarten, Aschenbeck’s teacher had a huge impact on her. This teacher worked hard to make sure that

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each student in her classroom was loved and felt comfortable, and that atmosphere is what Aschenbeck hopes to achieve with her students this year. Above the backpack hooks in her classroom reads the quote “I’m going to have a good day,” which Aschenbeck hopes will remind her students of how their choices affect each day.

Aschenbeck explained, “You make a choice every day of what kind of day you’re going to have, so I just think it’s important that you’re intentional with the choices you make throughout the day.”

Now that school is underway, Aschenbeck is making a positive impact on her students with this expectation in mind.

By MAKENZIE GIVAN The Fayette County Record

Our final teacher spotlight is Breanna Leonhardt, a second and third grade Math and Science teacher at Round Top-Carmine Elementary. Leonhardt was once a student attending the very same school that she is now teaching at. Before returning to Round Top, she attended Blinn College and Texas A&M to earn her degree, and soon began her teaching career. Though she has taught at other schools in the county and state, Leonhardt is glad to now be back.

“When I was in school, I played sports and we would always say ‘Once a Cubette, always a Cubette’ and so coming back, for some reason that still sticks in my head. Now that I’m back, it brings back memories so I feel like I’m picking back up where I left off!” said Leonhardt.

Growing up, Leonhardt knew that if she were to become a teacher, she would want to teach math. Math was always her favorite subject because it was something that she excelled in, and her math teachers had inspired and motivated

her throughout her primary and secondary school years. Now that she’s back at Round TopCarmine, Leonhardt hopes to be that inspiration for kids just like she was.

“I’m looking forward to getting to know all the kids and parents again, whether I know them outside of school or not. I just hope to do whatever I can to make sure the kids are as successful as possible.”

Alongside the family atmosphere that Round Top-Carmine ISD has, Leonhardt has a family of her own. Her daughter is attending RT-C ISD this year, and outside of school, the family enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, whether they are shopping or going on a hike.

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Family Crisis Center

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meeting. Pictured from left: Reporter Dianna Kallus, Vice President Benedict Kallus, Recipient Andy Janda, State Secretary/Treasurer Kevin Kana, Treasurer Brenda Fietsam and Secretary Joyce Muras.

As the school year begins The Record has been profiling some new area teachers. Today’s final spotlight includes Round Top-Carmine ISD teachers Breanna Leonhardt,

Anna Aschenbeck, and Jarrad Maddox.

Breanna Leonhardt

Jarrad Maddox

Anna Aschenbeck

“William Anzalone: Now & Then” Opens at the Red & White Gallery Sept. 3

William Anzalone: Now & Then, a special showing of new works featuring the artist’s ongoing exploration of the landscape set beside a collection of legacy pastels dating back to the 1970s. The exhibit opening reception is Saturday, September 3, from 4-7 p.m., and the artist will be in attendance.

The works of legendary artist William Anzalone have been shown in Houston galleries for over 60 years, and are now available exclusively at the Red & White Gallery on Fayetteville’s Historic Square,

Current Works

Anzalone is known for his landscapes, and he is “a master at creating paintings that please and challenge our senses at the same time. Layers upon layers of evocative color, realistic images on the edge of abstraction, and his ability to create spaces that draw the viewer into the image are all hallmarks of his portfolio.” His current work is larger in scale, and full of textured layers that draw the viewer deeper and deeper into the work. Anzalone was trained as an architect at MIT and taught 3-D design while a full professor at the University of Houston. This background helps explain his fascination with the spatial relationships in his paintings. What may begin as realistic vignettes around his Round Top home

become nearly abstract explorations. Many of the pieces come from his “Louise’s Legacy” series based on images from his late wife’s gated garden.

drawing at U of H, he was establishing his career as an artist showing his work at Meredith Long & Company, one of Houston’s premiere galleries. The exhibit at the Red & White has a number of smaller pieces from this period consisting of pastel and pencil drawings of the figure, alone or set in muted backgrounds. These very expressive pieces show off Anzalone’s skill as a draftsman and lead into his studies of the barns, gardens, and fields around him once he moved to Round Top. The exhibit at the Red & White contains pieces created as early as the 1970s and 1980s.

By ANDY BEHLEN The Fayette County Record

It looks like we might get some zucchini and squash this fall.

Wait a second, isn’t zucchini a spring vegetable?

It is, except it’s a fall vegetable, too. But you plant it in the middle of the summer. Then you fight the heat, grasshoppers, and lack of water. And if you’re lucky, you too can eat zucchini from September until it freezes.

My wife Janessa couldn’t remember when she planted these zucchini seeds, but I think it was mid-July (every gardener should keep a journal, that’s part of the reason why I write this column –so I can remember when I planted stuff). We also planted some pumpkins and winter squash around that time, and they’re starting to flower now. Speaking of winter squash, that’s another funny name, because they don’t grow during the winter. Instead, these thick-skinned squashes are

The images can be viewed online but their real impact is felt in person.

Linda Stall

cap-

tured this insight when she interviewed Anzalone for his first exhibit at the Red & White Gallery in 2013. “… Anzalone wants you to see more. He wants to draw you in. He says ‘most people look at landscapes and say ‘that’s pretty’ and move onto

the next.’ He wants to ‘extend the time that a person spends with the painting,’ he wants the viewer ‘stuck in the painting.’”

Earlier Works

Possibly the most collected

artist in the Houston area, Anzalone has his fans in other major cultural centers as well. He built his reputation on his earlier works consisting of figurative paintings and drawings as well as iconic landscapes. While teaching figurative

In a 1982 Southwest Art feature story about Anzalone’s figure work, the writer stated, “Although his figures and their environment are clearly realistic, they are not highly detailed. The figures are well-rounded and the rooms have depth, but the walls and bulky pieces of furniture are plain and tend to be more important for their color and position than for their detail. Even though Anzalone works consciously to have his figures frozen but not posed — as though caught not in motion, but at the moment before motion begins — the result is less suggestive of a photograph than of memory.”

William Anzalone: Now & Then will be on view at the Red & White Gallery until September 24th and online at www.RedAndWhiteGalleryOnline.com.

Gardening: Growing Squash and Zucchini for a Fall Harvest

meant to be harvested in the fall, stored, and then eaten throughout the winter.

Back to zucchini – we didn’t get any rain until this week.

Janessa kept them alive with our well water. The zucchini began flowering a week or two ago. When I checked them this Tuesday, I found a couple of threeinch long fruits. They’re loaded with female flowers, too. So we should get a good harvest.

(You might ask, what’s the difference between male flowers and female flowers? The female flowers are the ones that grow into a fruit. They usually appear with a tiny, primitive-looking fruit attached at the base of the flower.)

It looks like the time of planting may have allowed us to miss the squash vine borers (SVB), which is, I think, one big benefit of planting squash and zucchini in the late summer.

Squash vine borer adults are beautiful orange and black flying bugs that look kind of like a wasp. The females lay eggs on the under side of squash and zucchini leaves in the spring. The adults die soon thereafter. The eggs hatch into larvae. The larvae bore into the stems of squash and zucchini plants near the soil level. Once inside the stem, they are very difficult to kill. No chemical insecticide

will work. The only effective treatments are mechanical - run a thin wire down the burrowed hole to kill the bug, or by using a syringe to inject the stem with the organic insecticide BT. Both of these methods are very time

consuming. They’re only worth doing if you catch the SVB infestation soon enough before the plant starts showing signs of stress. Left untreated, the larvae will form a cocoon in the soil

after the plant dies. The pupa overwinters inside the cocoon and emerges from the soil as an orange and black flying adult. If you don’t treat them and somehow kill the burrowing larvae, you should pull up the plant,

break the stem open, find the larvae, kill it, and then compost the plant. You might have fewer SVBs next year. The adults are pretty to look at, though. See Gardening, Page C4

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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

Public Hearings Set to Adopt Speed Limits

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

September 22, 2022, at 9:00 A.M. FAYETTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, ROOM 303 LA GRANGE, TEXAS

Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners Court of Fayette County, Texas, at its meeting at the above-stated date, time, and location, will conduct a Public Hearing concerning adopting an appropriate speed limit for CMAP LONE STAR ROAD (Precinct 3), and issuing a traffic regulation(s) concerning the speed limit.

(87-1c)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

September 22, 2022, at 9:00 A.M. FAYETTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, ROOM 303 LA GRANGE, TEXAS

Notice is hereby given that the Commissioners Court of Fayette County, Texas, at its meeting at the above-stated date, time, and location, will conduct a Public Hearing concerning adopting an appropriate speed limit for ROZNOV ROAD (Precinct 2), and issuing a traffic regulation(s) concerning the speed limit.

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I haven’t seen a trace of SVB damage on any of my squash or zucchini plants. I think this is because the bugs are all in their late larvae or early dormant stage.

We also had to fight the grasshoppers. Janessa accomplished that by covering the plants with tulle for the first month of growth. This mesh fabric does a great job at keeping the grasshoppers from destroying the young plants. She took the tulle off once they started flowering, because squash and zucchini need bees and other insects for pollination. She took the tulle off the winter squash and pumpkins at the same time, but these varieties seem to grow a little slower. They’re just beginning to flower this week.

Schulenburg Announces Homecoming Court

King Nominees

Kaz McBride

Misael Cortez

Kenny Schramek

John Vacek

Queen Nominees

Lily Toro

Tamara Otto

Jenna Matura

Shelby Nicols

Duke and Dutchess

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10th: Grade Cooper Demel and Claire Oeding

9th Grade: Jayse Janda and Keeley Warnken

For the first time since 2019, The Periwinkle Foundation welcomed more than 100 campers to Camp Periwinkle at Camp For All in Burton from July 31 through Aug. 6. Camp Periwinkle gives oncology patients, ages 7 to 15, from the Texas Children’s Cancer Center and their siblings an opportunity to experience everything summer camp offers while prioritizing their health. Approximately 10,000 campers with challenging illnesses or special needs attend Camp For All each summer. Campers participate in barrier-free activities such as swimming, fishing, ziplining, horseback riding and more. With accessible facilities, a special-diet kitchen and on-site medical staff, campers are able to thrive, gain confidence and make memories that last a lifetime.

LGISD Seeks 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.

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 PO BOX 100 La Grange, TX 78945

Physical Address: La Grange ISD

Administration

560 N Monroe La Grange, TX 78945

T: 979-968-7000 E: sharon.muzny@lgisd.net (87-2c)

Once the plants are big and established, the grasshoppers don’t seem to bother them much. Also, I think grasshoppers attack young growth and stressed plants more than they attack mature, healthy plants.

Elsewhere in the garden, we planted some kale and carrots seed this week. Now is a good time to start planting all types of greens in addition to carrots. If you’re planting carrots for the first time, try growing them in a raised bed with loose soil. Be sure to cover the seeds just ever so lightly with soil, not too deep. And don’t let the soil get too dry. Fresh carrots are one of the garden’s greatest treasures.

If you plant some zucchini and squash now, you just might get a harvest before the first frost, especially if it’s a late first frost. This week, Janessa just planted some seeds of an Italian variety of squash that’s somewhat rare in the United States - “Zucchino Rampicante.” Baker Creek, the company I bought the seeds from, says this strangely-shaped variety can be eaten young and green as a summer squash or left on the vine to mature as a winter squash. We’ll see how it goes.

Citation By Publication

CITATION BY PUBLICATION

Linda Svrcek District Clerk Fayette County, Texas 236 West Colorado Street La Grange, Texas 78945

Shannon M. Raabe-Barnes Schovajsa, Mayer & Klesel, LLP 151 N. Washington Street, Rm. 102 La Grange, Texas 78945

THE STATE OF TEXAS Cause No. 2022v-180; Travis O. Marshall and Shamieka Michelle Phylow Marshall, Plainitff vs. any person or entity that owns or claims any legal or equitable interest in and to that certain 6.84 acres, more or less, being out of the W.M. Eastland Labor, Abstract No. 172, Fayette County, Texas, Defendant. In the 155th Judicial District Court, Fayette County, Texas.

NOTICE TO DEFEND-

ANT: “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 am on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two (42) days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you.”

TO: Any person or entity that owns or claims any legal or equitable interest in and to that certain 6.84 acres, more or less, being out of the W.M. Eastland Labor, Abstract No. 172, Fayette County, Texas

You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Plaintiff’s petition at or before 10:00 o’clock a.m. of the first Monday after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance of this citation, the same being Monday the 26th day of September, 2022, at or before 10:00 o’clock a.m., before the 155th District Court of Fayette County, at the Courthouse in La Grange, Texas. Said Plaintiff’s Petition was filed on the 12th day of August, 2022 in this case, numbered 2022v-

180 on the docket of said court, and styled: Travis O. Marshall and Shamieka Michelle Phylow Marshall, Plainitff vs. any person or entity that owns or claims any legal or equitable interest in and to that certain 6.84 acres, more or less, being out of the W.M. Eastland Labor, Abstract No. 172, Fayette County, Texas, Defendant.

A brief statement of the nature of the suit is as follows, to-wit: Declaratory Relief and for Quiet Title as is more fully shown by Plaintiff’s Petition on file in this suit.

ISSUED AND GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF SAID COURT, at office in La Grange, Texas, on this the 16th day of August, 2022.

S/S Linda Svrcek Linda Svrcek Clerk of the District Court of Fayette County, Texas

By: S/S Katie Janda, Deputy Katie Janda (83-4wc)

Crown Bearers

Kenneth Houston and Loryn Toro

Asking for a Date Via Letter

Most people don’t get to attend their parents’ wedding.

I certainly didn’t.

My parents, Leo and Barbara Wick, got married Aug. 26, 1962 – some 15 years before I was born as the fifth of their seven kids.

But after the events of last Sunday, I feel like I got a little taste of what their wedding was like.

My parents threw an elaborate 60th anniversary celebration Sunday, with all of us kids helping out.

And the event had all the feel of a wedding. There was a Mass in their honor, a catered dinner, a big cake, a head table, music, even a keg of beer.

Even some of the guests who were at the original wedding 60 years ago were in attendance.

All my parents’ living siblings were at Sunday’s celebration, as well as some of their original bridesmaids and groomsmen.

Sixty years of marriage is certainly something to celebrate.

One of my sisters read a little story she had researched about my parents’ courtship and marriage.

In it were interesting details like how my parents had to leave their own wedding reception to drive into town to take their wedding photos at a studio. So few people had personal cameras back then. There are only a few surviving photos from the wedding and reception. They opened their wedding presents during the reception as they sat on the stage at the old Hostyn dancehall.

Both the church and the dancehall their wedding was held at are now demolished.

But the thing I found most interesting in the story my sister told to the anniversary party crowd was how my parents’ first date came about.

They had met at a church dance back in 1961 but then went home their separate ways.

A few days later a letter ar-

By JEFF WICK The Fayette County Record

rived at the home of my mother’s parents. It was from my dad, asking her out on a date.

This was 1961 – and neither home had a phone.

My Dad imagines he might not have even known her address – only her name and that she lived in the Cozy Corner area.

Somehow the letter got there.

My mom responded with a letter of her own, accepting the date at the offered time – and the rest is history.

It’s amazing to think of how my mom’s life changed with the arrival of that one letter.

It’s funny to think of the anticipation my dad must have had checking the mailbox in High Hill every day after he sent off the letter asking for the date.

It’s remarkable to think of how much times have changed, what a different world it was that my parents grew up in.

How very rarely we truly have to wait for things anymore.

The perseverance and sacrifice and commitment it takes to make it through 60 years of marriage is truly amazing.

One of the handful of photos that my parents do have from their wedding reception 60 years ago is of my mom feeding my dad a piece of the wedding cake.

My folks fed each other wedding cake again Sunday.

How true it is that good things come to those who wait.

How sweet the cake must taste on a 60th anniversary.

Flooding Prompts Disaster Declaration

Heavy rains through Texas last week caused flooding, particularly in the Dallas area, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott to issue a disaster declaration for 23 affected counties. Texans who were affected by the rain, which dumped more than 10 inches in Dallas, are encouraged to file insurance claims with their providers and to complete the voluntary Self Reporting Damage Survey issued by the Texas Department of Emergency Management by visiting damage.tdem.texas. gov. The survey helps the state identify damage across Texas to gain an understanding of what areas were affected during the recent severe weather.

Counties included in the disaster declaration are Camp, Culberson, Dallas, Duval, Ellis, El Paso, Henderson, Hopkins, Hudspeth, Kaufman, Kerr, Live Oak, Marion, Montague, Navarro, Pecos, Rains, Smith, Tarrant, Upshur, Van Zandt, Webb and Wood. Additional counties could be added as damage is assessed.

Burn Bans Lifted; Fire Danger Drops

The heavy rains across a chunk of the state have reduced the wildfire risk, with the Texas A&M Forest Service for the first time in months not responding to any active wildfires. The number of counties with burn bans has dropped to 166. At its high point, 224 counties in the state were un-

der burn bans. The number of counties under extreme or exceptional drought has dropped as well. The percentage of Texas in the “exceptional drought” category dropped by more than half to 12.4%, according to kut.org.

Battleship Texas Headed to Galveston For Repairs

The Battleship Texas will leave its home at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site on Aug. 31 and make its way to the Galveston Shipyard for repairs, weather and tides permitting. A livestream video of the departure will be available to the public on the Battleship Texas Foundation’s YouTube channel and Facebook group page.

The former U.S. Navy battleship was launched on May 19, 1912, and saw action in World War I. It also escorted war convoys across the Atlantic during World War II, fought at Normandy on D-Day, and provided naval gunfire support in the Pacific during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The ship was decommissioned in 1948.

While in dry dock, the ship’s hull will be repaired or replaced from four feet above the waterline down to the bottom, thanks to $35 million in funding provided by the 2019 Texas Legislature. The grand reopening of Battleship Texas is expected to be sometime in 2024.

By BABETTE FRASER HALE

Loving Men

Are men, really, “a lot of trouble?”

A friend recently quoted a woman he knows as saying that. She was trying to explain why an eligible older fellow might have difficulty finding an interested new female partner.

When I began to check it out, I discovered that a surprising number of unattached women have quit on men. They like the freedom of living alone. Housekeeping for one.

Men, they say, require “double the work.”

One woman said men turn into “old geezers” the day after they get married. “They expect women to work hard at staying attractive, but they don’t bother about themselves.”

A friend in real life (IRL) pointed out, “All the older ones want is a ‘nurse with a purse.’” And she made a face.

This is a very sad state of affairs.

But I think it may say more about their experience in marriage than it does about men.

We Boomers were set afloat in our youth on waters roiled by change.

Women rose up, stepped away from their mothers’ Miltowns and afternoon gin, and began to surf the power that resides in assertion. We crested successive waves of it, each one larger and larger until the curl came to tower above our heads.

Has it crashed, yet?

Today, a man begins comfortably to impart his knowledge about something to his lady and he’s shocked to be accused of “mansplaining.”

He didn’t ask if she needed an explanation before launching into one.

He didn’t notice launch pad cues—the expression in her eyes and her body language as he began to talk.

I’m not sure men are particularly alert to cues. Most of them haven’t been raised that way. Is it fair to nurture anger and disappointment against a whole group of people because of something that was missing from their childhood? Something they can’t help. Can they help it?

I love men. I also like them.

Did Bill Longley Survive His Execution?

Sep. 3, 1878 was another tense day for Wild Bill Longley, as the famous gunfighter waited in the Giddings jail for an appeals court to decide whether he lived or died.

At a precocious age, William Preston Longley displayed a talent ideally suited to the violent times that followed the Civil War. From horseback at a full gallop, the 14 year old could hit the mark with every shot. The boy was a born gunman.

Longley left his hometown of Evergreen in 1866 to see the sights in Houston. To cut down on casualties in the conquered city, the black state police had been stripped of firearms and issued heavy lead balls attached to their wrists. But the change in weapons did not reduce the daily toll, as ex-Rebs were found bashed to death instead of simply shot.

His first night in Houston, Longley and a young companion brawled with a burly state

cop. The anonymous acquaintance fatally stabbed the ballswinging black man, and Bill snatched his pistol and ran home with the prize.

In his last hours, Longley confessed to killing 32 men, most of them black. Although he committed a variety of crimes during his 12-year career, armed robbery was not in his repertoire. With a hair-trigger temper and a seething hatred of freed slaves, Longley coldly dispensed death at the slightest provocation. Gunplay came easily and of-

ten, and the number of victims rose rapidly. The shooting of a black antagonist in 1868 made him a wanted man at 17.

Longley’s father urged him to join up with Cullen Baker, head of an elusive band of incorrigible Confederates who roamed East Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. According to legend, the bandit chief taught the juvenile fugitive his deadly quick-draw technique. Following Baker’s demise in 1869, the gang broke up and Bill lit out for the Rockies.

Several uncanny escapes plus his prowess with a pistol soon established Longley’s reputation as an invincible outlaw.

One time he was seized by a lynch mob, strung up along with a horse-stealing friend and playfully peppered with pot shots by the departing riders. One bullet ricocheted off Bill’s belt buckle, and another incredibly snapped the rope saving his life.

Late in 1873, a hundred-man

posse trapped Longley outside Kerrville and took him to Austin to collect a hefty reward. When outgoing Gov. Edmund J. Davis, the unpopular Radical Republican, refused to pay one red cent for the notorious prisoner, a fastthinking relative bought his freedom for $500.

A personal grudge proved to be Longley’s undoing. He shotgunned Wilson Anderson, reputed murderer of a cousin, on April Fools’ Day 1875.

“Oh, God!” cried the dying man. “What did you shoot me for, Bill?”

“Just for luck,” was the icecold answer.

Longley went into hiding on a secluded Louisiana farm in 1877. Checking out a tantalizing tip, the Nacogdoches sheriff and a small army of deputies hopped across the state line and took the gunslinger by surprise without a struggle.

Letters to the Editor

Blessed by the Best

To The Editor: Our small community is a jewel for so many reasons, and as I thumbed through the 2022 edition of The Fayette County Record’s 2022 Readers’ Choice publication, I was struck by two things:

1) The number and variety of businesses and professionals recognized who have earned the support of our residents. It tells me that we live in a thriving and engaged community that draws entrepreneurial, committed, and compassionate individuals.

2) More specifically, the variety of health care services available to a community of our size. There are resources to help us be healthy, get healthy, and live our best lives. We are extremely fortunate to have local access to these experts and modern facilities, and compassionate professionals.

I also couldn’t help but be proud of our team and affiliated physicians at St. Mark’s Medical Center who readers of our local

Of Cabbages and Kings

To The Editor:

paper voted to award as “Best” in a number of categories, including:

• Best Hospital/Health Clinic - St. Mark’s Medical Center, 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2022

• Best Nurse - Mikayla Beiersdorfer, RN, BSN, Emergency Department nurse

• Best Physical Therapist - Gil Henderson, LPT, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022

• Best Physical Therapist Assistant - Heidi Ehler, PTA, 2022, new category

• Best General SurgeonRussell Juno, MD, FACS

• Best Family Practice Doctor - Wess Blackwell, MD I’m extremely appreciative of those who work at ensuring that we all have access to excellent local, affordable health care, and privileged to work alongside them.

Mark Kimball, President and CEO St. Mark’s Medical Center

Biden’s Failures

To The Editor:

We all know about the highest inflation, highest illegal immigration, highest crime rate, highest amounts of fentanyl, ever, in our country, and as we all know, this has happened since Biden took over as president. Today I want to address President Biden calling Trump supporters fascists and that he said he has no respect for MAGA supporters. I thought Biden was going to unify our country and bring peace and calm?

Let’s talk fascism. The Biden administration has totally gone against our constitution and is letting illegals in by the millions, most probably never checked for covid or other diseases. How can they with the number coming in daily? He made the decision to swipe the pen, and allow anyone in, with minimal vetting if any, as he did with a swipe of the pen to close the pipelines and shut down oil drilling, thus causing job losses for thousands, and highest ever gas prices.

President Biden has implemented that many lose their positions at work, schools, or in the military if not vaccinated for COVID, yet millions are coming to our country unvaxed.

He has recently overseen the raid on an ex-president, who might be a possible contender and competitor for president. This has to be one of the most horrible milestones that our country has ever experienced!.

To treat an ex-president like a common criminal when Trump was working with the FBI all the while these past months, has crossed the line. Were not two impeachments enough? How much should Trump and his

family have to take? The Clintons and Bidens have been proven to have crossed lines during their leadership, and “nothing,’” was or has been done to them in any manner compared to President Trump.

Biden again used his pen, which I understand is not under his authority, to sign off college debt for many. This should fall under Congress, yet Biden continues to do things not in his power and seems to get away with it all.

I submit he even knew about and oversaw what the CEO of Facebook recently announced. The FBI came down on Facebook to hold off any publications prior to the last presidential election about Hunter Biden and the money his family received from foreign countries, all while his dad was Vice President. Countries who might do us harm. Even if you do not believe there was voter fraud, the FBI who is supposed to protect US citizens, certainly helped steer the direction of the election results by hindering the news release of the Biden family election interference, as the news calls it.

I would ask you to contemplate what I write, and then ask yourself, who sounds like a fascist? I would also like to ask you to remember the 13 young military people who lost their lives a little over a year ago from the botched up, obviously unplanned evacuation from Afghanistan, ordered by Joe Biden. Pray for their souls, and their families.

Glynis Tietjen Swiss Alp

Hale: Loving Men

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I think a man often possesses a carefully buffered, tender heart and that women are much tougher, emotionally.

At the core of every man lives the little boy he was.

Many of the negatives the women express are trappings that our culture has draped across the men. Trappings and traps.

Left out are two of the best things men do, and like to do. That is, help and protect.

Think of daily life. Think of the chores a husband or partner usually performs around the house. Think of the security the presence of a good man conveys to the deepest part of a woman’s being.

These things matter. And they promote happiness if the man understands the perils of making assumptions.

Here’s where things get complicated.

If a man assumes a woman needs help with something and steps in—and she doesn’t want

The Trump Cult writes upset at criticism of their Grand Poohbah. The story line: “The End Justifies the Means.”

Whatever Trump does, laws broken, ethics violated, basic morals ignored, the members of the cult, incredibly, invent excuses and become dangerously upset when he is held to account. Laws are for “the little people,” not their Poohbah.

The cult claims they are “Law and Order” folk, yet revel in Trump’s lack of order and disrespect for laws. Hillary was pilloried for her attempt to retain government records on a private server with chants of “Lock Her Up!” Trump commits theft of more than 700 pages of classified material, unlike the case of Hillary, are original documents with the highest possible classification, Top Secret Special Access. The cult conveniently forgot that Trump had previously lied to our National Archive that he had no more classified documents after the initial removal of 15 boxes. Where are the cries to “Lock Him Up?”

We should be proud that our government applied our laws equally, even if it took the feds one year and seven months to retrieve all documents. In a democracy, legal equality ensuring that no person is privileged over others is fundamental. The Trump Cult demands legal immunity for their Poohbah, and that is scary.

We receive frequent reminders directly from Trump of why he is toxic. Recently on Monday 29 August, the billionaire ratcheted up his delusional claims about the election demanding that he be proclaimed the “rightful winner” or conduct a new national election immediately.

No, the End does not justify the Means. Such beliefs are for communists and fascists, not for democratic societies. People who do not read and cannot comprehend our Constitution and our history do not belong near the levers of power.

Trump increased our national debt by 37% in just four years of office. His successor, President Biden is also working on fiscal calamity.

The recent executive order from President Biden that a massive amount of student debt be forgiven is a constitutional travesty. Our Constitution provides for only Congress to legislate. It does not give one man the right to give away massive sums in search of votes. Taxation and spending originate in the House of Representatives. Nancy Pelosi emphatically stated that the President does not have the power to do such a thing without Congressional legislation. Nonetheless, it is unlikely that Speaker Pelosi has the integrity and “Profile in Courage” to confront this issue.

The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania calculates the cost as follows:

that help—many times she’ll respond with sharp words. Ouch. He steps back, stung. He has absorbed a lesson, probably the wrong one. Because, afterwards, he waits to be asked.

And she begins to marinate a resentment to the effect that he “never helps.”

What if the transaction goes smoothly and he performs all the duties they’ve agreed on? Still, the woman can become irritated because she is left with the minutiae of domestic planning—children’s scheduling, and so on. She works, too, doesn’t she?

A man might find all this rather confusing. I had a very happy marriage, it’s true. Neither of us wanted to make the other person uncomfortable. Where we diverged, we compromised. And many times I didn’t realize a compromise had been made.

I have only lately realized that’s because he was the one who made it.

Contact Hale by email at: bfhale2017@gmail.com

will cost up to $519 billion.”

Today the population of the USA is 335 million and the cost is $1,519 per resident, or $6,196 per family of four. For reference, our official national debt is $31 trillion dollars, or $92,537 per resident ($370,000 for a family of four). These numbers scare rational people, and adding to them is reckless. Note that none of this considers the interest payments on our excess government spending, which will last forever and is money that future generations cannot spend on social programs.

All of this to pay for 34% of degree holders who work in jobs that do not require a degree, others who burn money on degrees such as General Studies, Art History, Adventure Education, Culinary Arts, etc., and privileged professionals who graduate into high paying jobs

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) on their website says: “GAO’s latest report on the nation’s fiscal health paints a sobering picture. Without substantive changes to revenue and spending policy, the federal debt is poised to grow faster than the economy, a trend that is unsustainable.”

Neither Biden nor Trump belong on the ballot.

O di immortals non intellegunt homines, quam magnum vectigal sit parsimonia. – Cicero (O immortal gods. Men do not understand that thrift is a great revenue.)

Edward R. Dykes La Grange

My maternal grandfather was born two years after the Civil War on land where the area’s longest and bloodiest battle was fought and is now known as the Chicamauga Military Battlefield in northwest Georgia.

The location and time of his birth made him the man he became: a transplanted southern gentleman whose life was ripped apart by the Reconstruction Act following the brutal battles of a nation torn apart by ideology.

As a youngster during those post-war years his father took the children and migrated to Missouri, hoping to find land and a way to make a living to support the family.

Granddad’s mother stayed behind holding onto the land they owned before the war. But after a year of struggling to farm in their new location, the family bundled up their meager goods and trekked back to Georgia.

More hard times followed, and once again the family uprooted and headed west to Arkansas, this time in a permanent move.

As a young man, Granddad became the first English teacher in the Oklahoma territory, just across the Arkansas state border, and began his adult years in a new town, an uncivilized territory, while teaching unschooled American Indian children.

He was an old man when I came along. At 76, he possessed a thick head of white hair, an easy manner, a bent toward healthy habits, and had made and lost a fortune, leaving his young second family struggling for survival in the late 1920s.

He had helped form his community as a charter member of the local Presbyterian Church, a charter member of the Lions Club, one of the organizers of the town’s first bank, and as owner of a real estate business. His livelihood crashed when one of the local coal mines exploded a second time killing 91 miners and devastating the community’s economic base after the mines quickly closed.

During the summers when my sister and I would visit our grandparents, I walked with him early mornings to his office Monday through Saturday, and he taught me Southern ways he learned as a child.

For instance, men walked on the outside edge of the sidewalk, shielding their women folk from getting splashed with mud and dust from the wagons being pulled by horses down the dirt streets. Women were to take two steps to a man’s one, rather than keeping stride with their male counter parts, and a man always removed his jacket to cover a mudpuddle so a woman could cross the street without damaging her clothes.

Times have changed, and I wonder how my Granddad would act in today’s world and what advice he would offer.

Would he still insist on walking next to the curb and always opening the door for a woman?

Would he still be a dedicated Democrat because Lincoln’s Republican party freed slaves and brought on Reconstruction?

Would he advise the nation to look carefully at what devastation a divided country creates?

And would he see the futility of war when brother is fighting brother, and families can’t sit together and agree to disagree?

I think he would know inequality is deadly, fortunes don’t last forever, and a walk to town keeps your mind clear.

At least, that’s what I would want him to know.

Texas History: A Hanging in Giddings

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Longley was tried at Giddings for the Anderson murder. The jury deliberated only an hour before returning a verdict of guilty.

Bill expected a sentence similar to the 25-year term recently given fellow gunfighter John Wesley Hardin, but it was not a day for mercy. The judge decreed death by hanging, and an appeals court gave the go-ahead for the execution.

Wild Bill calmly surveyed the 4,000 spectators, who surrounded the gallows at Giddings on Oct. 11, 1878. The enormous crowd fell silent as the condemned uttered his last words.

“I have got to die. I see a good many enemies around me and mighty few friends. I hope to God

that you will forgive me. I will you.”

Many onlookers shouted, “So long, Bill.” He smiled faintly before the black hood covered his head.

The trap door was sprung, and the convicted killer dropped toward eternity only to land on his knees. Somehow the rope had slipped leaving Longley very much alive.

Lawmen carried the moaning outlaw back up the steps to the hangman.

This time he got it right, and 11 minutes later a doctor confirmed the passing of the 27 year old legend. Published accounts of the execution were met with outright disbelief. Skeptical Texans gave more credence to whispered claims Longley had cheated death

than newspaper reports of his hanging.

Countless people accepted as fact the rumor that Longley was alive and well masquerading as a wealthy cattleman south of the border. However, even those who rejected that tale as ignorant folklore sat up and took notice in May 1917.

On the passenger list of the Lusitania, the ship torpedoed in the Atlantic by a German U-boat, was a hauntingly familiar name with a South American address -W.P. Longley. Did the desperado with the fast draw survive the Giddings gallows by 39 years?

Order your copy of “Texas Depression Era Desperadoes.” by mailing a check for $24 to Bartee Haile, P.O. Box 130011, Spring, TX 77393.

“Under strict “static” assumptions about student borrowing behavior and using take-up rates within existing income-based repayment programs, the proposed new IDR program will cost an additional $70 billion, increasing total package costs to $605 billion. However, depending on future details of the actual IDR program and concomitant behavioral changes, the IDR program could add another $450 billion or more, thereby raising total plan costs to over $1 trillion.”

For calculation purposes, we will use another number in the Wharton School calculations, “debt cancellation alone

OBITUARIES

Annual Wendish Fest Set Sept. 25

The 34th Annual Wendish Fest will be held on Sunday, Sept. 25 at Serbin. The day will offer lots of Wendish history, heritage, culture and family activities at the St. Paul Picnic Grounds.

Petter

George E. Petter, 78, of Houston passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022 surrounded by his wife, daughter and son-in-law.

George was born in Fayetteville on Sept. 14, 1943, the son of Arnold Petter and Olga A. (Susil) Petter and was raised on the farm.

In 1961, George graduated from St. John’s High School and then attended a Technical School with a five-year apprentice program in Mechanical Engineering.

In 1961, George moved to Houston. In 1964, George married Adeline Shula on May 17, 1964 at St. John Catholic Church in Fayetteville. Together they raised two daughters, Lorrie (Petter) Spenny and Susan Marie Petter. In 1990, they moved to Katy.

Before retirement, George was a Mechanical Engineering Tech for Hamilton Sundstrand at the NASA facility in Houston for five years and previously worked for NASA for 10 years where he had various patents on his work. He also worked for Cameron Iron Works for 20 years at various facilities including the R&D Facility in Brookshire. In his spare time, George enjoyed doing woodworking, travel, gardening, and fixing any kind of mechanical thing.

He is survived by wife, Adeline (Shula) Petter; daughter, Lorrie Spenny and husband Richard of Hempstead; brother, Arnie Petter and wife, Debbie of Spring; sister, Lois Pereira and husband, Gene of Houston; brother-in-law, Lee Roy Shula and wife, Donna of Ellinger; step-granddaughter, Stephanie Spenny of Kona, Hawaii; step-grandson, Jack Spenny of Seattle, Wash. and step-great granddaughter, Paige Spenny of Lovell, Wy.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Arnold and Olga Petter; daughter, Susan Marie Petter; step- father, Peter Jankowiak; father-in-law Lee Roy Shula and mother-in-law, Elizabeth Shula.

Visitation was held on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ellinger, 815 St. Mary’s Church Rd., Fayetteville. Family received friends at this time. A Holy Rosary was recited at 6:30.

Funeral Services were held at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 205 E. Bell St., Fayetteville, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Burial followed at St. John Catholic Cemetery, 310 Thompson, Fayetteville.

For those who wish to make a memorial contribution instead of flowers, you may make a contribution to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, P.O. Box 57, Fayetteville, Texas 78940 or St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Ellinger, 815 St. Mary’s Church Rd., Fayetteville, Texas 78940

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.

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Florence “Mickey” Oeding, 92, of La Grange, entered into Eternal Rest on Aug. 27, 2022.

Mickey was born on Oct. 19, 1929 in Rabbs Prairie to Peter Paul Trlicek and Sophie Hermine “Konvicka” Trlicek. She married Delwin “Del” James Oeding on Aug. 7, 1948 in La Grange, and later had two children, Debbie and Kevin.

After leaving La Grange, Mickey and Del briefly lived in California until moving to Richmond, and eventually moving back to La Grange to care for family. Later in life, Mickey resided in Bastrop with her daughter.

Mickey was a retired nurse and enjoyed gardening, collecting antiques and painting. She loved making up rhyming little songs. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends.

Mickey is preceded in death by her husband, Delwin; parents, Peter and Sophie; four sisters, Gail Dozier (Charles), Dorothy Adams (Everett), Tony Knippel (Leroy) and Clara Justice (Ottis).

She is survived by her children, Kevin Oeding of Peoria, Ariz. and Debbie Oeding of Bastrop; one grandchild, Nancy Schmidt of Longmont, Colo.; one sister, Linda Hobratschk and husband, Harvey of La Grange; along with numerous other nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

A private inurement will be held at a later date.

Family and friends can view and sign the guest book online at www.fayettememorialfuneralhome.com.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Fayette Memorial Funeral Home of 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 or email john@fayettecountyrecord.com.

Memorials

The Fayette County Record appreciates the many families who entrust this newspaper with memorials for their loved ones. For complete information on publishing in memoriams, email john@fayettecountyrecord.com.

The traditional Wendish noon meal will be available at 10:30 a.m. for $12 and children $6. To-go and drive-thru will also be available at 9:30 a.m. All take out meals are $12. For more information contact (979) 366-2441 or museum@texaswendish.org or visit their website at www.texaswendish.org.

By LISA GAY Warda News Correspondent

FAYETTE COUNTY ADOPTABLE Oeding

Holy Cross Annual Picnic

Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Warda will have their annual picnic on Sunday, Sept. 4 at the church picnic grounds.

BBQ pork and chicken will be sold fresh off the pits starting at 9:30 a.m. The ladies will have sides of potato salad, beans, coleslaw and noodles and a bake sale, as well as the country store.

Children’s activities and silent auction begins at 11 a.m. Hamburgers, nachos and French fries will be sold starting at 4 p.m.

Live auction begins at 5:30 p.m. and there will be live music throughout the day.

Everyone is invited to come out and enjoy the day.

Neighbors Night Out

Neighbors Night Out in Warda is planned for Sunday, Oct. 16 at the Holy Cross picnic grounds.

St. Paul Lutheran - Serbin

St. Paul Lutheran Church

Adult Fellowship in Serbin is having their 25th annual fried chicken dinner on Sunday, Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the Serbin Picnic Grounds. Preorders are preferred, all plates are to-go and will be sold for $12. If you would like to order plates contact Susan at (979) 540-0854 or Sharon at (979) 540-7154 by Sept. 5. All proceeds will be going toward future church/school projects.

Bible Study

A new Bible Study began Aug. 31 at Holy Cross Lutheran in Warda. The Bible study will meet each Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. If you are interested in attending contact Cyndy Zoch at cyndy.zoch@gmail. com. There is no charge to attend, but registration is recommended to make sure there are enough materials for everyone.

Condolences

Our sympathy to Ron and Cyndy Zoch on the unexpected death of Ron’s uncle, Frank Zoch. His funeral was last week in Hot Springs, AR.

Our sympathy to Edward and Christine Buscha on the death of Christine’s sister, Aliene Finke. Her funeral was last week at First United Methodist Church in LaGrange.

Holy Cross Services Services at Holy Cross Lu-

theran are Sunday at 9 a.m. Bible Class and Sunday school follows the morning service.

Sermon links/streaming videos and additional information is on the website at: www.holycrosswarda.com.

Faith Lutheran High School

Faith Lutheran High School currently has 16 students registered for the 2022-23 school year. If you are interested in enrollment, contact the school at (979) 242-2889 to experience what FLHS is all about. You can also schedule a visit via their website at: www.flhstx.org.

Everyone is invited to join in the weekly Chapel Worship Service every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

Faith Lutheran High School will hold their annual Oktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 22. New this year will be “The Battle of The Brew.” a home brew competition. They will have their traditional German meal, domino tournament, cornhole tournament, music, kid’s games and lots of fun! Mark your calendar and make plans to attend this fun event.

Prayer Requests

Those on the prayer list include: Karen Schubert, Linda Lehmann, Alvina Moerbe, Leslie Hobratschk, Jerrell Dunk, Jeanette Schramm, Lisa Brugger, Calvin Schimank, Whitney Swearingen, Zelda Richards, Robert Grim, Loretta Brugger, Evelyn Cervenka, Helen Schlotterbeck, and Jo Ann Fehrle.

Anniversaries

Anniversary wishes are extended to the following couples: Ashley and Matt Martin-Sept. 1, David and Ingrid Weishuhn and Justin and Amanda Whited-8.

Special congratulations to Rev. Dennis and Dee Tegtmeier who celebrate 58 years of marriage on Sept. 6.

Birthdays

Birthday wishes are extended to the following celebrants: Richard Wagner-Sept. 1, Wayne Chapman-2, J.C. Kaiser, Katrina Kueck-4, Amy Wagner-7, John Tegtmeier-8.

Special birthday wishes to Alvina Moerbe who celebrates turning 81 years old on Sept. 6. Have news to share?

If you have news items to share with readers of the Warda news including visits from your friends and family, contact Lisa Gay at (979) 218-6000 or Wardanews78960@gmail.com.

The shelter currently has a lot of adult cats. These cats usually stay in their kennels because of the high traffic, the noise, the smells, the kittens etc. We have two senior cats in our “Kitty City” that really need to get out of the shelter environment. Barry (black and white) is 8 years old and was brought to us because his person became ill. We assured her that she could trust us to find him a place to spend his forever. Whiskers was a stray who showed up to a family’s home 11 years ago. They are unable to take care of him any longer. Please reach out to the shelter if you have a place in your heart for a special case and a place in a window sill needing a cat.

TO ADOPT ANY OF THESE PETS, OR OTHERS:

• Call the Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter at 966-0021

HOURS:

• Visit the shelter at 240 Svoboda Lane and adopt animals on Tuesday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The shelter is closed on Monday. The animal shelter will not accept surrendered animals on Saturdays.

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Check the web site at www.janssenanimalshelter.org

• Email: info@janssenanimalshelter.org

• Wendie Dillard, Tech - wendie@janssenanimalshelter.org

The animal shelter is in need of puppy chow, kitten chow, dog and cat food, paper towels, candles, Pine Sol, and Lysol. All animals for adoption can be viewed online at petango.com.

Barn Receiving: Sun. (8am-9pm), Mon. (8am-end of sale)

Receiving Pens Available: (Sun 3pm-dark, Mon 8am-11:30am)

Carmine – Melvin Schoenst (979) 540-8800

Fayetteville – Jay Baker (979) 224-5522

Industry – Glendale Krebs (979) 732-7462

La Grange – contact the barn (979) 542-2274

Owners:

Todd Fritsch (979) 716-9487

Phil Brockenbush (979) 716-4395

Jeff Brown (979) 542-8370

Barn Manager: Carson Krause (979) 203-3908

**We W IL L be having a sale labor day, join us at noon M o n d ay, S e p t e m b e r 5t h!

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Proclaimed

KC Donates to Holy Rosary Rebuilding Fund

Fayette County Commissioners signed a proclamation last Thursday designating the month of September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in Fayette County. On hand for the signing were Marlana Wessels and Jackie Wessles of the non profit group Presley’s Power. Presley’s Power supports children with cancer and their families. Commissioners also authorized Presley’s Power to hang a ribbon on the oak tree in front of the courthouse to raise awareness for childhood cancer. Pictured are (back, from left) Marlana Wessels, Jackie Wessels, (front) Pct. 4 Commissioner Drew Brossmann, Pct. 3 Commissioner Harvey Berckenhoff, County Judge Joe Weber and Pct. 1 Commissioner Jason McBroom. Pct. 2 Commissioner Luke Sternadel was absent from the meeting.

McBride Appointed to Bluebonnet Board

La Grange Knights of Columbus Council 2574 presented a $10,000 donation to Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Hostyn. The donation was deposited into the Matching Funds Campaign account at Fayette Savings Bank for the benefit of the church’s rebuilding fund. Donations over $5,000.00 can be dedicated to the “matching side” of the campaign where they are used to match regular donations from the public, enabling them to be doubled. The Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church was destroyed by an explosion and fire the morning of June 9, which also killed one parishioner.

Pictured are (from left) Kyle Janda-FSB Vice President-Compliance, Ellie Thomas-FSB Teller, Rodney Kalich-FSB Chief Financial Officer, Larry Sulak-La Grange KC member, Garry SchellbergLa Grange KC Treasurer, Rev. Felix Twumasi-Hostyn Church pastor, Jim Kothmann-La Grange KC Warden, Marissa Navarro-FSB Teller, Shelby Weyand-FSB Teller and Wade Mozisek-FSB President.

Previous matching side donations were made by Fayette Savings Bank - $5,000, Anonymous$10,000, Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Plum - $10,000, KC Council 5157 and Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Frelsburg - $16,175.

Schulenburg Police Report

Schulenburg Police Chief Troy Brenek reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of Aug. 21-25.

Disturbance

Fayette County Commissioners Court appointed Shannon McBride of Schulenburg to the board of directors for Bluebonnet Trail Community Services, the agency that serves special needs residents in Fayette and seven other Central Texas counties. McBride will replace Bob Heinrich, who is stepping down from the board after serving as Fayette County’s representative for the past 25 years. McBride comes to the position with 19 years of experience as a nursing home administrator. He has also served on the school board of Schulenburg I.S.D. Pictured are (back, from left) McBride, Bluebonnet Trails Executive Director Andrea Richardson, (front) Pct. 4 Commissioner Drew Brossmann, Pct. 3 Commissioner Harvey Berckenhoff, County Judge Joe Weber and Pct. 1 Commissioner Jason McBroom. Pct. 2 Commissioner Luke Sternadel was absent from the meeting.

Texas Ramp Project Completes Another One

On Aug. 23, Officer Frank Parkinson responded to the 50 block of N. Kessler for an individual that had too much to drink and was being loud and another customer reported the incident. The manager only wished for the customer to leave. The individual was released to her mom.

Suspicious Person

On Aug. 21, Officer Hailee Vincent responded to the 14 block of N. Kessler where manager advised a vehicle has been empty and parked at the gas pump since she got there to open the store at 5:30 a.m. Registration came back to rental car out of La Grange. Officer advised the manager to call a tow truck to move out of way.

Traffic Stop

On Aug. 22, Officer Byron Powe stopped a vehicle in the 600 block of W. Interstate 10 for speeding, going 85 in a 75. Driver received a warning.

Aug 22, Powe stopped a vehicle in the 14 block of Kessler for running a red light and not signaling turn. Driver received a citation for running red light and no insurance. Driver was able to locate insurance after citation had been issued (dismiss insurance citation).

On Aug. 22, Officer Jacob Mills stopped a vehicle in the 500 block of Kessler for expired registration. Driver received a warning.

On Aug. 22, Powe stopped a vehicle in the 600 block of W.

Police Report

By TROY BRENEK Schulenburg Police Chief

I-10 for improperly displayed 30-day permit. Driver arrested for possession.

On Aug. 22, Officer Juan Castilleja conducted a traffic stop in the 100 block of Kessler for a vehicle speeding in the school zone. During the traffic driver did not have insurance on the vehicle. Officer issued citation for speeding in a school zone and a warning for no insurance.

On Aug. 23, Powe stopped a vehicle in the 25 block of Kessler for expired registration. Driver received warnings for no drivers’ license and expired registration and a citation for no insurance.

On Aug. 23, Powe stopped a vehicle in the 600 block of E. I-10 for speeding going 90 in a 75. Driver received citation for speeding and no insurance.

On Aug. 23, Powe stopped a vehicle for failure to yield right of way to emergency vehicle in the 600 block of W. I-10 and received a warning for expired drivers license. Driver received citations for failure to yield right of way to emergency vehicle and driving with an invalid license.

On Aug. 23, Powe stopped

a vehicle for no license plate lights in the 600 block of E. I-10. Driver received a warning for no license plate lights and two citations for unrestrained children.

On Aug. 23, Powe stopped a vehicle in the 600 block of W. I-10 for failure to signal lane change. Driver received a warning for failure to signal lane change and a citation for unauthorized use of a temporary tag.

On Aug. 23, Powe stopped a vehicle in the 600 block of W. I-10 for speeding going 90 in a 75. Driver received citations for speeding, no drivers’ license, no insurance and unauthorized use of a temporary tag.

On Aug. 24, Vincent stopped a vehicle in the 100 block of Kessler for speeding in a school zone. Citation issued.

On Aug. 24, Vincent stopped a vehicle in the 300 block of Summit for running red lights at Hwy. 90 and Hwy. 77.

On Aug. 25, Mills stopped a vehicle in the 300 block of August for failure to dim lights when following. Operator of vehicle had G registration on license. Individual was advised that he can’t be out past midnight without a responsible party 21 or over with a valid license. Driver could not provide proof of vehicle insurance.

Welfare Check

On Aug. 23, Powe did a welfare check in the 1500 block of Kessler and all was fine.

Donations may be made at any of the four Fayette Savings Bank locations in La Grange, Flatonia, Schulenburg or Weimar.

Photo by Andy Behlen

Texas Ramp Project volunteers recently completed this 56-ft. ramp on U.S. 77 north of Schulenburg.