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Columbus head girls basketball coach Mike Albers was recently named the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) coach of the year for the 2022-2023 season. It was well deserved as Albers earned his 900th career win along with a state tournament appearance in the same season.

RESS COLUMBUS – Buckle up and put on your earplugs because there is nothing like a 2500-plus horsepower blown alcohol truck and modified tractors to blow your mind. The vibrations from the big boys drive through you and get your heart pumping.

RESS FRYDEK – The crowd was immense and rightfully so, with the mouth-wa- tering, flavor-filled food that St. Mary's Grotto Celebration served up on April 30 in Frydek. Since 1949, St. Mary’s has satisfied everybodies barbecue wants and a lot of fun that goes with it.

FAYETTEVILLE – This weekend, Arts for Rural Texas will host the 19th annual ArtWalk Art and Music Festival on Fayetteville’s historic courthouse square. The event opens to the public on Saturday, May 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and again on Sunday, May 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

RESS COLUMBUS – What do pullin’ tails and wranglin’ steers have to do with each other? The Colorado County Fair 19th Annual Ragin Cajun event partnered the two together for fun and excitement on April 29, at the Colorado County Fairgrounds in Columbus.

July 12, 1936 – April 9, 2023

WEIMAR – The Schulenburg/ Weimar Parents as Teachers (PAT) held a group connection safety training on April 13 at the First United Methodist Church in Weimar.

COLUMBUS – Name plaques for trees planted at the Mid-Town Park in honor of our past can still be purchased through the Columbus Chamber of Commerce. You can pick up an order form at the chamber office at 425 Spring St., #100, in Columbus.

Jesse Burnam was born in Madison County, Kentucky on September 15, 1792. His father died and his mother moved the family to Shelbyville, Tennessee where Jesse married Temperance in 1812. Jesse traded for a small piece of land but when neighbors "got close enough to hear them call hogs” Jesse felt “cramped” and they had to move. Burnam contracted consumption (tuberculosis) and was advised to move to a warmer climate. The couple and their four children left Tennessee for Texas settling on the west bank of the Colorado River about twelve miles below present-day La Grange in the fall of 1822.

I was the perfect little boy growing up. I minded my momma, never talked back and was just so darn cute! So, I wondered why I always got my mouth washed out with Lava soap. Not Dial, mind you. Lava. I don't know why that kept happening. I think they got me confused with my other siblings. It was easy to do. I was the middle child and usually the forgotten one.

I start noticing the planes overhead when it’s nearing the time to go.

The Texas Senate unanimously approved a $308 billion twoyear budget last week, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

If you get your national news from other than the 'lame-stream media' your might be aware of how some school boards silencing parents' criticisms of teaching perverse sex education as well as CRT and Transgender grooming.

BELLVILLE – The name, John Bell Lewis, may not mean much to the newer residents of Bellville but Lewis was instrumental in many things Bellville.

LA GRANGE – The Fayette Public Library Fayette Heritage Museum and Archives Department recently finished putting together the Contraptions and Innovations: Early Fayette County Patents.

Columbus Lions presents check to Food Pantry

COLUMBUS – The Columbus Chamber of Commerce received the commissioned picnic tables by Philip and Tammy Mailloux of Woodduck Enterprises on April 18.

Tiger Cafe highlight of high school tour

COLUMBUS – As part of National Volunteer Week, Columbus Community Hospital recognizes its auxiliary volunteers who have donated more than 3,500 volunteer hours since May 2022.

BELLVILLE – Austin County Soil & Water Conservation District has partnered with the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) and the Association of Texas Soil & Water Conservation Districts to highlight Soil and Water Stewardship Week and the importance of voluntary land stewardship in Texas.