Articles

The Bellville High School baseball team kept their season alive this past weekend by defeating Canyon Lake High School in a best of three series two games to zero.

LA GRANGE – The Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center (TCHCC) in La Grange invites you to a family Sunday Funday filled with music, food, laughter, Czech culture and remembrance during the 22nd Annual Slavnost ‘May Fest’ on May 21. Festivities begin with a recognition ceremony at 10:30 a.m.

LA GRANGE – The Smith McMillan Chapter of the Texas Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is sponsoring a fundraiser for the Faison House in La Grange on Tuesday, May 16 from 4:30 to 6:15 p.m. at St.

WEIMAR – It can be said in several different ways but the one way not to forget Gedenke in Weimar is to mark it on your calendar right now as the day approaches from May 11 to May 13. This Gedenke is sure to please as it pulls out the stops to celebrate 150 years of Weimar Gastfreundschaft!

Unofficial results have been tabulated and posted for Austin, Colorado and Fayette counties. Each may canvas the results and declare official re sults which may take several weeks to complete.

I like taking photos when I’m out of the country.

YOAKUM – The Schulenburg Shorthorn JV Band, under the direction of Assistant Director of Bands Fabian Weirich, on May 6 competed at the 11th annual Yoakum Bulldog Invitational.

COLUMBUS – All kindergarten– third grade teachers and principals are required to complete Reading Academies by 2023.

The month of May is Mental Health Awareness Month and as such Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek is pleased to report that from April 20 through the 22 a number of deputies and local police department officers were able to attend the Texas Crisis Intervention Team Association conference in Sugar Land. The conference provides an opportunity to network with other law enforcement agencies and mental/behavioral health providers to share and learn from each other’s approaches to handling mental health crises and treatment in their different areas.

I watched my grandsons level up in their scouting ranks this past Sunday. It seems just yesterday that I was holding them in my arms, pretending to drop them, and they were laughing up a storm because they knew Grandpa wouldn’t drop them. Just yesterday, I spent time with my grandparents–one in town and the other in the country. I loved them all. Just yesterday, I was watching Mom and Aunt Patsy performing in a play at Mentz Hall. I think it was Chattanooga Choo Choo. Now, it seems just yesterday, they both are no longer within arms reach.

Eagle Lake Intermediate Students of the Month

BELLVILLE – The Austin County Fair Association has announced rules for the Home Economic entries for this year’s fair in October.

LA GRANGE - The Fayette County Country Music Club will host their monthly Opry Monday, May 15 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in La Grange. The show starts at 7 p.m. and the doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Admission is Larry Waddell grew up in Bernardo. His early influences in music were Elvis Presley and Earnest Tubb because these were his dad’s favorites. His brother and he started a band when he was 14 and even recorded a 45 record. He is currently working on recording an album of original songs with Van Lange music in Houston.

The clock is ticking on getting bills out of the House and to the Texas Senate, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick warned last week in a story in the Austin American-Statesman. Patrick presides over the Senate and is worried many bills that have made it out of House committees but have not gone before the full chamber will not be considered before the session ends.

COLUMBUS – There was hardly a cloud in the sky but the thunder of exhaust pipes coming from souped-up trucks and tractors made it sound like all heck was breaking loose - and the crowd loved it. The weather was great, the trucks and tractors were fantastic and the stands were packed.

Colorado County 4-H’ers compete in District Photo Contest

BELLVILLE – Hats and hospitality are big in Texas but during the Derby party at High Noon Saloon in Bellville on May 6 was even bigger! The High Noon Saloon was packed for the second year in a row with a Run for the Roses Kentucky Derby Party. The band was adorable and the saloon was full of good music and lots of food, mint juleps and laughter.

Mental Health Awareness Month is a very important focus for Colorado County because there are a good number of citizens who are living miserable lives with Depression, Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Suicidal Thoughts, Phobias, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Substance Addictions, Eating Disorders, lack of hope, lack of joy, medications that aren’t working and lack of money or transportation in order to receive treatment.