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SEALY – Glitz and glamour and everyone dressed to the nine’s as the Sealy Area Chamber of Comemrce Academy Awards went underway on May 19.

SEALY – Austin County Judge Tim Lapham gave his State of the County address to a large crowd gathered June 7 at the Columbus Hall in Sealy. The Lunch -N- Learn was very informative and, as many know, Judge Lapham’s sense of humor was entertaining. He was texted by Jeff Virnau early morning of the luncheon. He said, “See you at the chamber meeting, hope we have a good speaker!” Judge Lapham replied, “Me, too!”

WEIMAR - New police offi cers Robin Allen and Dalton Lee received their badges in a swearing- in ceremony performed by Municipal City Judge Linda Kobersky on June 5 at the Weimar City Hall in Weimar.

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“They put in a new sidewalk,” my neighbor said, "and the first thing that happened was, a cat walked across the cement and left little footprints!”

LA GRANGE – Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reported that on Tuesday morning around 12:30 a.m., the Fay- ette County Sheriff's Office re ceived a call on a suspicious blue truck on U.S. Hwy 77 just north of La Grange.

PLUM – Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reported that on Tuesday afternoon around 4:37 p.m., the Fayette- County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call reporting a male subject laying on the ground being attacked by bees on Plum Main Street in Plum.

ROUND ROCK – The Banner Press Newspaper attended the Texas Press Association Conference June 1 through 3 at the Kalahari Resort in Round Rock.

BELLVILLE – The 16th Annual Youth and Safety Day was held May 21 at the Austin County Fairgrounds in Bellville with over 300 third graders from Austin County participated in the event.

When a hurricane forms, your local news media will provide its eye position by latitude and longitude. ( For example, latitude 26.7 degrees north and longitude 95.2 degrees west.)

COLUMBUS – The chamber is pleased to introduce the newest chamber board director, Chef Raoul, owner of Chef Raoul Catering. The current board appointed Chef Raoul to fill a recently vacated seat on the board and will serve until 2025 when he will be eligible to run for re- election.

SCHULENBURG – One of America's foremost Nature-Print artists, Dinah Bowman is an artist from Portland, Tex- as who has worked in Gyotaku, or fish printing, for more than 50 years.

CAT SPRING – Cat Spring held its 167th annual festival on June 3 at the hall just north of FM 1094. As usual, the food was top of the line with cooks who take pride in their final product.

There have been countless conversations around the kitchen table on the subject. There have been heated debates over it. No, it’s not something so simple as “Why did the chicken cross the road?”

My new friend, Betty Lou, started a book club, and she asked me to join.

Market Days on the Square take a summer vacation

Egg prices appear to be tak - ing a supply and demand mar -