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WALDECK - The Central Texas Food Bank (CTFB) has de - cided to discontinue serving food as a drive-thru format. Now the Waldeck food truck will have food distribution as a walk-up method. Volunteers will distribute the food from tables. Every client needs to bring their own sturdy reusable bags and boxes. A few wagons will be furnished by CTFB, but if the client has their own wagon, please bring it. Waldeck food truck is on third Saturdays of each month from 10 to 11 a.m. The last date for 2023 is Dec. 16.

EAGLE LAKE – The Rev. Sunshine Reyes, Pastor of First United Methodist Church in Columbus, was the guest speaker at Eagle Lake Noon Lions Club on Nov. 16.

AUSTIN – More than 7,200 people attended the 24th annual Texas Conference for Women on Nov. 16, where keynote speakers challenged conventional ideas about women’s leadership, empathy, imposter syndrome, aging, and more.

REGINA WILLIAMSON OVERALL HIGH POINT WINNER

LA GRANGE - Colora - do Valley Quilt Guild (CVQG) will have a Charity Workshop Tuesday, Nov. 28 at the Ran - dolph Community Center in La Grange.

EAGLE LAKE – Wharton County Junior College’s Adult Education & Literacy Program is resuming free High School Equivalency (HSE/GED) class - es in Eagle Lake. Classes will resume at the Eula and David Wintermann Memorial Library in Eagle Lake beginning on Jan. 23, 2024. Classes will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Interested students must attend an orientation and complete registration and testing prior to the first day of class.

FLATONIA–Downtown Flatonia was buzzing with activity Nov. 18 as residents and visitors alike helped celebrate Flatonia’s 150-year birthday. The weather was slightly overcast, but no rain to dampen the spirit of the event.

Registration is now open for the Gideon Lincecum Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists' 2024 training class for new Master Naturalists. The mission of the Texas Master Naturalist Program is to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to provide education, outreach, and service dedicated to the benefi cial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities for the State of Texas.

COLUMBUS - The Colum - bus Chamber of Commerce has launched its Second Annual Co- lumbus Business Revitalization Grant that began Oct. 1. Avail - able only to Columbus chamber members, the application dead - line closes Jan. 16, 2024. In February, the Columbus chamber will award funding for projects that support Columbus' economy and overall quality of life. The chamber members re - ceiving the 2023 grants were All Thai'd Up, Live Oak Art Center, Chef Raoul Catering, A Better Columbus and Twisted Steel De - sign.

COLUMBUS - Meet Syd nie Gaston, the epitome of a true heroine, who comes to life in a way that will captivate audiences young and old in The Spirit of Gonzales, a work of historical fiction and one of five books by local author Betsy Wagner.

CCH dedicates new and expanded facilities with eye to the future

SEALY – Another year is in the books for the tiny little chefs at Sealy Elementar. The students officially concluded the garden ing experience in October.

Seventeen Junior and Intermediate Fayette County 4-H Food Challenge teams competed in the Fayette County 4-H Food Challenge.

The St. Nicholas Ministry has touched the lives of thousands of persons through- out its 36 years of service to the less fortunate and needy persons of the various communities in the Colorado, Fayette and Lavaca counties. In the Advent-Christmas season, we hear about and sing of joy, peace, love and hope. “I think of the St. Nicholas Ministry as helping to bring that to these families in a very real way,” says Pastor Herb Beyer of the Sri-County Cooperative Ministries, ELCA. Courtesy photo

CANALES Andres Canales and Anacaren Rivera of Eagle Lake announce the birth of their son, Andres Canales Jr., born Nov. 15 at 2:35 p.m. at the Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus.

COLUMBUS - Columbus Community Hospital has earned a Level I Neonatal Facility des - ignation from the Texas Depart - ment of State Health Services.

Students can apply for an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C

Members of the Austin County Regional Special Response Team (SRT) along with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Region 2 SRT nn Nov. 14, at approx. 5 a.m. executed arrest and search warrants at two separate residences in Colorado County.

SAN FELIPE – San Felipe de Austin commemorates its founding 200 years ago in 1823. Reenacts and visitors came to the museum area of San Felipe and immersed themselves in time and fashion.