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Flatonia Track meet photos

The La Grange High School softball team beatdown Taylor High School March 24 at Leop- ards Field by a final score of 12- 2. The Lady Leopards have an overall record just below .500 at 10-13, but have a winning record of 2-1 in district play.

ABILENE – Columbus, Schulenburg, Brazos, and Flatonia High Schools all had powerlifters participate in the state powerlifting meet March 24 at the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene, with lifters from two of the schools crowning themselves as state champions.

COLUMBUS – The Lady Cardinals softball team mounted an enormous comeback March 21 at Cardinals Field and defeated Yoakum High School by a final score of 15-12. Yoakum tacked on the runs early before Columbus scored nine runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and closed out the game on defense in the top of the seventh.

Grissom competes at NFAA Indoor National Championship

Flatonia Postmaster Michael Joseph McKim of Flatonia is now facing murder charges after he shot a man in Lavaca County on March 5. The victim has succumbed to his injuries.

SEALY – The Sealy Spring Festevil will spring to life on Saturday, April 8, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. The 2023 Spring Festival will feature Easter activities, including an Easter egg roll, egg toss competition and a Victorian Easter tea party for the kids. As always, there will be great entertainment for the adults as well, including performances by the Will Carter Band, Brown Sugar Band, and The Texas Theatre Company.

LA GRANGE – The Fayette County Country Music Opry hosted its monthly music fest with musicians Steven Kidwell and David Lewis on March 20 at the KC Hall in La Grange. The country music got the audience’s toes tappin’ and smiles a mile wide.

BELLVILLE – Well, not literally. But Bellville has a host of events for this upcoming weekend that will be hotter than a blue blaze! Texas Select from Forged in Fire will be at the Austin County Fair Grounds the weekend of April 1 in Bellville.

SEALY – The City of Sealy announced the retirement of Sealy Police Department Sgt. Fred Palmer. He has served as a police officer for 28 years.

SCHULENBURG – The 8th Annual Schulenburg Sausagefest is right around the corner commencing on Saturday, April 1, in Schulenburg.

March 7, 1967 ~ March 17, 2023

The Austin County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 10 at the 722 westbound mile marker on March 15. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Caron Howling, 46, of Channelview.

Court St. Roch of Mentz Catholic Daughters (CDA) recently presented a check for $2,000 to Columbus Food Pantry. The CDA holds the work of the food pantry very near and dear to their hearts and is always happy to help support their charitable works. On hand for the presen - tation were, from left, Tom Fleming, James Simons, Robert Chaloup - ka, Sandy Chaloupka, Monroe Warschak, Pat Simons, Fausta Kaiser, Janet Hollmann (on behalf of the CDA), Jeannine Lowrey, and Patty Stavinoha. Photo by St. Roch of Mentz CDA

The Fayette Leadership program with the La Grange Area Chamber of Commerce focused on city government and non-profits in March.

Second Chance donates to AMEN

COLUMBUS – Destiny Psencik was present to represent the Turtle Wing Foundation during the regular meeting of the Colorado County Commissioner's Court on Feb. 27 in Columbus. The court made a proclamation for the month of April 2023 as Autism Awareness Month in Colorado County. Psencik is the executive director of the Turtle Wing Foundation which serves as a resource hub to connect families who have children with learning challenges with the services and support they need to be successful. Psencik said, 'Autism awareness is near and dear to our hearts.' She continued, 'We want to create a culture of awareness and acceptance. ' Turtle Wing serves all of Colorado, Fayette and Lavaca counties.

COLUMBUS – Join the Live Oak Art Center at 1014 Milam St. in Columbus on Thursday, March 30, at 6 p.m.

My husband, Peter, and I are staying in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, which is, according to a lot of folks, a tourist town. Sometimes, the person saying this means it is not a place they would want to spend time. This puzzles me. I'm not sure why a town known for meatpacking or manufacturing would be a better place to spend time than a town known for tourism. But I respect anyone's right to spend time wherever they want, and Peter and I are happy in San Miguel, in large part because it is a tourist town.

WEIMAR – Friends of the Weimar Public Library will pres - ent Charles Hebert, Texas histo - ry author, Wednesday, March 29 at 10 a.m. at the Weimar United Church at 403 W. Main in Weim nar.

COLORADO COUNTY – Ballot by Mail Applications ex pires at the end of every year. You MUST reapply yearly. This year the deadline to apply for a ballot by mail for the May 6, election is April 25, however, we ask that you get this step completed as soon as possible so there are no issues when receiving your voted