Lifestyle

It's a busy summer for Turtle Wing Foundation, with many opportunities to learn, grow, and play for our Turtle Wing families as well as educational professionals and daycare staff in the local area.

Juneteenth parade and celebration draws crowd

AUSTIN – The Lower Colorado River Authority recently awarded nearly $815,000 in Community Development Partnership Program grants for a wide range of projects across LCRA’s wholesale electric, water and transmission service areas.

BELLVILLE – The Home-Grown Vegetable Contest was held on June 10 at Linseisen’s Feed & Supply in Bellville, the host of the event. Along with the contest, there was an educational program on Different Types of Fertilizers & When to Fertilize What, presented by Shelby Dovzak from Nelson’s Plant Food. Nelson’s Plant Food provided a wonderful speaker. The Austin County Horticulture Committee donated the gift certificates for the first, sec ond and third place Best of Show.

EL Noon Lions awards scholarship

Attention young ladies entering sixth through 12th grades in a Fayette County school or home schooled in Fayette County for the 2023-24 school year,.

The Fayette County Fair’s commitment to youth and edu- cation and the field of agriculture is best demonstrated by its scholarship program. In 2023, the Fayette County Fair Association will again continue its academic scholarship presentation.

LA GRANGE – Second Chance Emporium (SCE) recently donated $1,000 to the La Grange Chapter of War on Drugs - Projection Graduation. Monies donated helped to fund an overnight bus trip for La Grange High School graduating seniors to a state university's recreational facility. This trip included a drug-free graduation celebration in a safe environment for those who attended. Prizes and food were included throughout this

Camp Oak Haven cuts ribbon

Old fashion fun at Sacred Heart

Cybercrime program held at Nesbitt Library

BELLVILLE – Bellville City Council recently recognized Bellville PD Sgt. Corey Hood and Hempstead PD Sgt Kelvin Whorton for their actions regarding an attempted kidnapping of a female by an illegal alien on May 10 that occurred in the City of Bellville.

Darlin's Diner recently made a generous donation to Turtle Wing Foundation. The proceeds were raised from their recent Muffins & Mufflers event.

On July 3, 1957, Philo T. Farnsworth appeared as a guest on the popular game show I’ve Got a Secret. As none of the panelists guessed Philo’s secret, he won the game, taking home $80 cash and a carton of Winston cigarettes. What was Philo’s secret? At the age of 14, he invented television. During his lifetime, this was his only TV appearance.

Firefighter of the Year award

A $5,000.00 donation was recently deposited into the Matching Funds Campaign account at Fayette Savings Bank for the ben- efit of the Queen of the Holy Ro sary Catholic Church in Hostyn, rebuilding fund by the Columbus KC Council 2971 from proceeds raised from their March 26 pork steak drive-through dinner.

Fayette Savings Bank made a donation to St. Michael School in Weimar from its School Debit Card Program. FSB customers who chose to have the SMS Swords debit card contribute toward the program indirectly, as each time they make a purchase using the card, a percentage of each swipe goes to SMS. Donations are being made to all of the schools FSB has school debit cards for - La Grange, Flatonia, Schulenburg and Weimar ISDs, as well as Sacred Heart School in La Grange. St. Rose School in Schulenburg and St. Michael School in Weimar.

COLUMBUS - The fifth graders from Columbus Elemen - tary School and St. Anthony's School came together on May 11 to bring together the items buried in the next time capsule. Each class made a collection of items to be encapsulated for the next 50 years for citizens of Colum - bus in 2073. Some of the many things put in the metal box were scrapbooks with pictures and articles, paraphernalia from Co - lumbus's bicentennial, almost a year's worth of newspapers from The Houston Chronicle, The Col - orado County Citizen, The Ban - ner Press Newspaper, and even a couple of iPhones.

Moonside Macaron cuts EL ribbon

Fayette Savings Bank made a donation to the Weimar ISD from its School Debit Card Program. FSB customers who chose to have the Wildcat debit card con - tribute toward the program indi -

The Columbus High School Class of 1953 held its 70th class reunion on May 13. The 1953 graduating class had 49 students with 14 members still surviving.