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COLUMBUS – Members of St. Paul Lutheran Church and the Columbus community gathered around Deacon Sandy Fletcher one last time as she leaves for Tennessee. Family health issues forced her to make a decision to leave this community that she has become such a part of for the past six years.

A combination of critically to extremely dry fuels, breezy winds, and low afternoon humid- ity continue to support wildfires with high resistance to control, per guidance from the Texas A&M Forest Service. With after - noon and evening winds reach -

AUSTIN COUNTY - The Austin County Elections Depart - ment invites local Austin County students to participate in its first "I Voted" and "Future Voter" de sign contests.

Every day, whether here in Mexico or in the US, I take a walk. Walking in the morning would be nice, but that’s when I write, so, in the afternoon, I head out to see what the world looks like.

I’ve written about the 1970s before. For those of us growing up in the 70s, it was an interesting time. For some unknown reason, I recently found myself remembering and relating the following story to my wife. It was her suggestion that this is column worthy, so here goes… In my junior high and high school years, I attended a low-budget private school. There I received an excellent education, but as students our academic progress was perhaps not always made in the safest of circumstances.

COLUMBUS – Members of the Austin County Regional Special Response Team (SRT) executed an arrest warrant at a residence on Aug. 10 in the 1900 block of Bowie Street in Columbus.

Colorado County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Troy Neisner cautions citizens about a recent rash of truck thefts that have occurred in the Northeast part of Colorado County and Austin County.

In the past week, Austin County has experienced four vehicle thefts in various parts of the county.

EAGLE LAKE – After much anticipation The First National Bank of Eagle Lake is proud to announce the Aug. 8 groundbreaking ceremony for their new home office to be located at 1220 E. Main St., in Eagle Lake.

LA GRANGE – The annu- al Fayette County 4-H Banquet was held on Sunday, Aug. 6, at the Historic Casino Hall in La Grange. The 4-H banquet is the ultimate highlight and culmination of the year’s activities for each member, as we see one year close and a new year beginning.

The 2022 Texas State Pecan Show results were announced at the Texas Pecan Growers Association annual conference July 30.

Deputy Mecayla Ream receives Commendation

COLUMBUS - The Colorado County Senior Connections (CCSC) continue to host a number of seniors who are 55 and older for fun, games and food. Starting the morning off at 10 a.m. with coffee, tea, cards and dominoes, seniors fellowship and eat lunch. It gets serious when the Bingo cards come out. Bob and Nancy Stiles of Columbus sponsor the month of August. Come into the air conditioning at the Stafford Opera House in Colubus every first and third Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It's a ll free.

Cattle on hand: 734 Packer Cows: Higher dressing cutter cows, 95-1.17; fatter utility cows, .84-.93; lower dressing thin cows, .45-.82 Packer bulls: Heavyweight bulls, 1.15-1.30; lower dressing bulls, 1.00-1.11 Steers: 200-300 lbs., 2.40-3.00;

Gordon Library hosts kin of namesake

WEIMAR – The annual Harvest Fest in Weimar is set for fun and food for this coming Sunday, Aug. 13.

SEALY – Sealy Police were dispatched to a private gathering in the 1200 block of Sealy Road for a report of shots being fired.

COLUMBUS – Ronny Haynie walked away from the Columbus Education Foundation auction on July 22 at Houndsong Brewing Co. in Columbus with a smile and an autographed football from Spencer Burford, right, offensive guard of the San Fran- cisco 49ers.

PERALES Jonathon and Katlyn Perales of Columbus announces the birth of their son, Kade Anthony Perales, born July 3 at 11:24 a.m. at Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus.

Leyco Real Estate celebrated its opening Aug. 2 at its new location at 819 Walnut St. in Columbus. There was a great turnout and everyone had a wonderful time.