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SEALY – The Sealy Area Historical Society’s Spring Fest will be held Saturday, April 8 at the Sealy Historial Park at 211 East Main St. in Sealy. The event will include a play by the Texas Theater Company, Will Carter Band, Brown Sugar Band, train rides, Easter egg roll, games, crafts, demo, antique quilts, antique cars, great food, bake sale and plant sale. For more information, go to SealyHistoricalsociety. org. Admission is free.

COLUMBUS – Local recording artist Darrel Appelt played to a packed house March 30 at the Live Oak Art Center In Colum- bus. He was the first in a Singer/ Songwriter Fundraising Series for the Live Oak Art Center.

Deputy receives commendation for lifesaving aid

Sheriff Brandes commends deputies

SEALY - Due to the inclem - ent weather on Saturday, April 8, the Bluebonnet Master Gar- dener Association has decided to postpone the Plant Sale. The Plant Sale has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 22 at Levine Park Pavilion located at 406

Zane William Frybert Litzmann walked the walk and re- ceived his Master of Arts in History at commencement cer-

My husband, Peter, is trying to impress a local collie.

When mentioning riding in style, one assumes it means riding in a big ol’ Caddie or Mercedes convertible with the wind blowing through the hair. That is not necessarily so in my case. Sure, it would be nice if I owned a Caddie, which I did, or a Mercedes convertible, which I did not own, but I did drive one if that counts. My riding’ in style is started on the back of a pickup.

The worst kid I knew in school was Freddie von Mousse. Older than the rest of us (we were in 4th grade he was in 6th), Freddie was the only kid we knew who smoked. Freddie was the best marble player, the best fighter, and the best all-around tough guy on the playground. You didn’t want to cross him.

WALLIS - A public meeting will be held that is open to the public on Tuesday, April 11, at the Wallis Columbus Club Hall located at 703 Columbus Road in Wallis. The meeting will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The public is invited to get an overview and to share its opinions about he Rails to Trails.

LG city manager welcomed

The Lone Star State continues to lead the nation in jobs added with 58,200 new positions in February, bringing the state to nearly 14 million total nonfarm jobs, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. February also marked two full years of uninterrupted job growth in the state.

RESS COLUMBUS – Area Vietnam Veteran’s Chapters gathered on March 29 in Columbus in honor of their service during the Vietnam War. Over 2.7 million Americans served in Vietnam. The average age of those not making it back to “the world” was 23.

LA GRANGE – La Grange Mayor Jan Dockery and Fayette County Judge Dan Mueller recently hosted a meeting at the Fayette County Courthouse in La Grange where they met with Andrew Ross, a representative of U.S. Congressman Michael McCaul and Jeff Williford and Jill Wyman, Regional representatives for U.S. Senator John Cornyn.

LA GRANGE – During the regular meeting of the Fayette County Commissioners Court on March 23, the following actions were taken:

You can thank Hedy Lamar for your Wi-Fi. The actress was a genius. She invented a version of frequency hopping in 1942 with composer George Antheil. HLamar wanted to make WWII tor- pedoes more difficult to detect.

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2023 Fayette County Junior Livestock Show Results

Grand Champion Cake – Grant Fryer

Christian concert at The Hideaway