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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.

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.

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.

SEALY - Spring is in the air in February. Gardeners are itching to scratch in some dirt and plant a garden, but that may not be the best idea as of now. Warm weather in February doesn't mean planting season is in full bloom.

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 -

WEIMAR – The Tannich- Brovec 56th family reunion, including family names Nohavitza, Ulbrich, Voitle, Sebesta, Mueck, Urban, Anhaiser, Sekerka, Fojtik, Holloway, Kunschick, Koch, Klimple, Perkins, Shimek, York, Socha, Kubesch, Petersen, etc., will be held Sunday, March 3 beginning at 11 a.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall off Farm-to-Market Road 155 at 1020 N. Center St. in Weimar.

HALLETTSVILLE – The Knights of Columbus Regional (Diocese of Victoria) Free Throw Championship from District 190 was held Feb. 18 at the Sacred Heart Gym in Hallettsville.

LA GRANGE - CVQG's 'Best Little Quilt Show' in Texas Award win - ners were announced on Feb 23 at the KC Hall in La Grange. Over 600 people came to enjoy the beauty of our Guild's quilts.

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

SCHULENBURG – The League of Women Voters of South Central Texas is hosting its second annual Women Making History event from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 10 at Schulenburg's historic Senglemann Hall in Schulenburg.

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 – The Columbus Chamber of Commerce is looking for high school students eager to serve their community as junior ambassadors. The seventh annual Junior Ambassador Scholarship Award is now accepting applicants. The award recipient will be able to become involved in city-wide events and represent the community. You will help support and promote business to advance economic vitality and quality of life for the entire community.

Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek was presented the Patriot Award by Deputy Hardy Hay and a representative from the Department of Defense, in the office of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) on Feb. 14.

Colorado County prides itself on assisting voters with getting their ballots cast and making sure the voices of Colorado County voters are heard by providing accurate voting results. Our mission statement is to uphold a high level of professional election standards in order to earn and preserve public confidence in the electoral process. We recognize that many changes have been made to elections in the last couple of years, both on the local level, and in overall state legislation. Colorado County takes the accuracy and security of the voting process seriously. Elections is an ever-evolving beast and in the spotlight on both a national and local level.

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.

COLUMBUS – St John's Episcopal Church in Columbus invited all to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14 in the parking lot of Brookshire Bros. in Columbus. After a regular Ash Wednesday service at noon inside the church on Travis Street, the church took the ashes to the streets.

Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reported on Feb. 14, around noon, Drug Interdiction Investigator David Smith con- ducted a traffic stop on I-10 west bound at the 661 mmile marker on a 2015 white Ford truck for traffic violations.

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WEIMAR – The Weimar FFA Sale was held Feb. 10 at the Weimar FFA Project Facility in Weiamr. The sale brought in $161,135 which was $1,164 less that last year’s total of $162,299, with this year breaking four records.