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The 2023 Sealy Chamber of Commerce Board stands ready to serve the business community. The board members pictured in no particular order are Tori Fisher - President -M&M Disposal, Vince Wollney - First VP- of Vince Wollney Mortagage Loan Originator, Karen Lopez - Second VP - The Sealy News, Larry Kuciemba - Treasurer - Paramount Promotions, Courtney Avila - Secretary - Apex Stone, LLC, Britney Jones - Austin County State Bank, Brenda Krchnak - Botts Title Company, Bryan Hallmark - Sealy ISD, Don Allphin - Retired, Dora Martinez - Integrity Insurance Group, Inc., Laurie Michalke Citizens State Bank, Lisa Caton - Blinn College, Sealy Campus, Lori Balusek - Texas Trust Real Estate, Nadia Casique-Workforce Solutions, Sealy and Ryan Du-Bois - Hendrix Industries.

The road hummed under the car tires. David Morris, Rusty Klaus, and I were on a road trip. For them it was a site-seeing tour. For me it was a small step for mankind but a major step for Herman Willie. The plan was mine. We were headed to northern Montana. The Texas Aggie spring semester was done and my buddies were taking two weeks to lollygag before spending the rest of the summer at hard labor. My personal agenda required me to leave Aggieland (TAMU) early and take a job with an oil patch lease service.

COMFORT – Fayette County 4-H members competed in the Kendall County Livestock Judging Contest on Jan. 8 Comfort.

I almost threw away my old lace napkins.

Looking for the way

Sidewalk project keeping steady pace

Sanchez receives Gold Medal for artwork

•Grand champion steer – Addison Berckenhoff, $8,000, Prime Products Inc., Muldoon Minerals, RES Construction, Berger Cattle Co., Balcones Minerals, Joe and Roxanne Orsak, Holub Real Estate, H•E•B, David and Lori Janecka, Colorado Valley Telephone Coop, Capital Farm Credit, Gene and Carol Petalik, Schulenburg Livestock Auction, Craig Archer, Flatonia National Bank, Fayette Savings, Rightmer Family Limited Partnership, Steve’s Station LLC, Gilbert and Arlene Velasquez, Fayette Co. Judge Dan Mueller, Flatonia Livestock Commission, Knights of Columbus Insurance, Gary and Anne McBride, Andrew and Susan Velasquez, Bill and Anne Goldsmith, Calvert Livestock Inc., and Texas Farm & Ranch Solution LLC.

ELIS Students of the Month of December

Applications for the 2023 Bluebonnet Master Gardener Intern Class are still being accepted and will be held in La Grange. For anyone interested in participating in the Master Gardener training program, the deadline for signing up is Thursday, January 19.

COLUMBUS – Plans are underway to open a Senior Citizens Center in Columbus in March.

Shop Small Scavenger Hunt a success

The county-wide feral hog contest is being held to give landowners, producers, and sportsmen an opportunity to control feral hogs in Fayette County. The feral hog population causes economic losses to Fayette County Agriculture producers through crop destruction, pasture and livestock losses, and environmental damage.

The Grinch didn’t make it to the San Felipe PD in time to spoil a surprise gift of $2,500. The Citizens State Bank in Sealy donated the money to be used as the de- partment sees fit.

The Fayette County SPRING Coyote Control Program began on Jan. 2 and ends on April 28. The contest is being held to give landowners, producers, and sportsmen an opportunity to assist in controlling coyotes in Fayette County. Coyotes cause predation on livestock and result in economic losses to agricultural producers in the county.

COLUMBUS –The Magnolia Belles is iconic at the Magnolia Festival held yearly in Columbus. Steeped in history, the Belles continue to add beauty and flair that goes back over 50 years.

Alayah Zumoff, held by her mother, Kayla Carlton, makes her appearance on Jan. 3 at 5:23 p.m. at the Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus. This earns her the distinction of being the first baby born in 2023 in the tri-county area. She weighed 7 pounds and measured

SCHULENBURG – Schulenburg Police Department is just shy of having a fully staffed police division. There is only one vacancy left to be filled, but the department is ready and able to provide safety and enforce ment of laws starting off the new year of 2023.

Numerous Fayette County 4-Hers competed in the 2022 District 11 4-H Food Show and Food Challenge Contest on Dec. 9 and Dec. 10 in Cuero.

DAR recognizes home