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BELLVILLE – The Faith Academy Knights welcomed the Hill Country Christian Rams at SAB stadium for their first home game of the young season. It was a battle from the beginning with both teams scoring two times in- side the first 2 minutes. When the dust settled, the Rams prevailed against a young Knights team, 82-48.

The Rice High School football team is now 2-0 for the ’23 season with their most recent win against Kashmere High School Aug. 31 by a final score of 31-14.

FAYETTEVILLE - Lady Horns volleyball went into Lions Gym Aug. 29 and collected a victory against Fayetteville High School by sweep with a final score of 25-7, 25-11, 25-15. Schulenburg had all parts of their offense working throughout the match that was too much for Fayette- ville to handle. "Just trying to min - imize some of our mistakes," said Schulenburg head volleyball coach Donald Zapalac.

LA GRANGE – The Columbus High School football team survived a tough fight from La Grange High School Sept. 1 at Leopards Field

The Flatonia High School vol leyball team has a record just above .500 after struggling last year and it seems they have the pieces for a potential postseason run. Freshman outside hitter Katelin Sullivan has contributed in the kills and assists categories and they also have an allaround athlete in sophomore setter Summer Sodek racking up a bunch of assists.

BELLVILLE – The Bellville Farmers Market got a fresh infusion of seed money when Capital Farm Credit of Bellville forked over $1,000.

Sealy Homecoming King and Queen

COLUMBUS – The Columbus Lions are preparing for one of their largest fundraising events, their Annual “Bill & Bub” Golf Tournament.

2023 FC Fair Queen’s Court crowned

March 25, 1941 – August 24, 2023

March 5, 1935 – August 15, 2023

EAGLE LAKE - The schedule for the Eagle Lake Senior Cit - izen Dance held the first Friday of each month from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Eagle Lake Community Center at 100 W. Walnut in Eagle Lake is: Sept. 1-Scot Wilkinson & EZ Country; Oct. 6-Boogie Allen Band; Nov. 3-Blue Denim; and Christmas Dance Dec. 1.

Cattle on hand: 989 Packer Cows: Higher dressing cutter cows, 92-1.06; fatter utility cows, .82-.89; lower dressing thin cows, .58-.77 Packer bulls: Heavyweight bulls, 1.12-1.19; lower dressing bulls, 1.00-1.09 Steers: 200-300 lbs., 2.40-3.27;

ALISHA BRUMMETT, BANNER PRESS

BELLVILLE - This Satur -

We all want to be happy. Or most of us do anyway. As Amer - icans, we remember the immortal words penned by Thomas Jeffer - son and preserved in our Decla - ration of Independence – that we are endowed by our creator with "certain unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pur - suit of happiness." In pondering the topic of happiness, or the pur - suit of happiness, the obvious ques - tion arises. What can we do to be happy? How do we pursue happi - ness? Here are a few thoughts… Disclaimer – much of the fol - lowing can be credited to the great thinker, Gad Saad. He is a Canadi - an professor, author, podcaster, and all-around good guy, who smiles a lot. I recently ingested a short video that he made for PragerU (great resource – prageru.com) and I think this information is worth sharing. What follows are practi - cal ways to maximize your happi - ness in life.

“Apple Empanadas”

The Horse

The agency that operates the power grid for much of the state asked Texans to conserve energy use several times last week as the grid was beset with high demand and low wind-power generation, according to the Austin American- Statesman.

Christian Gotthelf Wertzner was born and raised near Wolkenstein, Saxony. In 1830, at the age of thirty, he immigrated to Texas and settled in Stephen F. Austin's colony where he worked as a merchant and tai- lor. He was one of the first German citizens to make the move to Texas and one of the first German immi grants to settle in present day Fayette County.