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ALTAIR – Credit for Life Fairs help students learn real-life budgeting and money management skills after graduation.

HOUSTON – The Colorado County 4-H Dairy Judging team brought home some ribbons and proud smiles on Feb. 27 during the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Houston.

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The Columbus Rotary hosted a pancake supper at Columbus High School on Feb 28. Lots of people turned out to have breakfast for din- ner, with a plate of fluffy pancakes, scrambled eggs and sausage that was provided by Kyser's Market, as well as to participate in an auction of desserts, from cookies and tall cakes to muffins and brownies, all to raise money for scholarships for Columbus High School seniors. Helping serve the meals include, from left, Meagan Ruether, Hannah Kunschick with the FFA and Karina Rubio with National Honor Society.

COLUMBUS – During the regular session of the Colorado County Commissioner’s Court on Feb. 26 in Columbus, Judge Ty Prause read aloud and presented a proclamation to Destiny Siptak, the executive director of the Turtle Wing Foundation in recognition of April as Autism Awareness Month.

Columbus Trash-Off Days

NEW ULM – According to Col- orado County Chief Deputy Justin Lindemann, deputies were dispatched to the 1000 block of Jim Bob Lane in New Ulm about an individual being shot on Feb. 28.

BELLVILLE - The Austin County Fair Association board recognized directors at their recent meeting for their years of service to the board and the youth of Austin County.

COLUMBUS – Jose “Joey” Fe- licano Casanova, of Eagle Lake, was found guilty of murder, Feb. 26 in 25th Judicial District Court at the Colorado County Courthouse in Columbus.

SEALY - The Bluebonnet Master Gardener Association hosts its Annual Plant Sale on Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. or until sold out. This year's plant sale will be held at the Levine Park Pavilion at 406 Main St. in Sealy.

Create healthy habits, lower your risk of disease, meet new friends, and achieve your 2023 health goals! Join Fayette Coun - ty's upcoming eight-week Walk Across Texas! Program, which starts Sunday, March 10.

COLUMBUS – Tower 14 extended its ladder high into the air with the Unit- ed States flag proudly waving in the gen tle breeze to signal the site of CVFD’s annual Oyster and Fish Fry on Feb. 25 at the Columbus Hall in Columbus.

COLUMBUS - Brenda Boehm has been chosen as the Garden Angel for Columbus Garden Club 2023-24. Boehm has been in the garden club for 11 years. She routinely helps set up the club's meeting rooms, assists elderly members, plants pots and waters around the Colorado County Courthouse square in Columbus, and helps decorate down town for the Fall season as well as dec- orate the Colorado County Fairgrounds entrance for the Colorado County Fair. She has chaired the club's bake sale many times, the Scholarship Wagon, the Brookwood Volunteer Program, the E-Cycle program, and worked the Trash Off Event.

Fayette Community Foundation (FCF) is proud to announce the launch of the Rural Community Health Fund (RCHF), a groundbreaking initiative aimed at health and wellness and the delivery of philanthropic funds on a grassroots level.

COLUMBUS - Amanda Opperman, the sixth and eighth teacher at Columbus Junior High recently received a grant to take her students on a field trip to the NASA Space Center Houston. The Columbus Education Foundation (CEF) grant will cover the cost of the trip which is not in the budget allotted to her. Opperman was elated to get such a grant. "I'm so excited to receive the CEF grant! I have always wanted to take my students on a field trip to Space Cen - ter Houston! The students are going to have an opportunity to experience and discover really cool science, math, tech -

BELLVILLE – Wanted fugitive Pablo Isila Euceda-Hernandez, 35, was arrested in Bellville on Feb. 20. The Austin County Special Response Team and the Bellville Police Department assisted the US Marshal Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force with the operation and the arrest of Hernandez.

COLUMBUS - The Colorado Coun - ty Commissioner's Court met for the regular open meeting on Monday, Feb 12.