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All sixth-grade students are invited to participate in an essay contest celebrating Dads and Fa- ther figures. Navidad Valley Cat tleWomen will be accepting entries postmarked by May 1. The topic is: What makes my Dad or Father-figure so great, and why he should be awarded a beef gift certificate?

WEIMAR – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office of Colorado County is pleased to announce an upcoming program offering. The 2024 South Texas Agriculture Symposium will be held Tuesday, April 30, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m at the Weimar Civic Center located at 1754 IH10 in Weimar.

BROOKSHIRE – Members of the Austin County Regional Special Response Team executed arrest & search warrants on a residence located at the 4000 block of Second Street in Brookshire on March 6 at approximately 5 a.m.

The 81st Columbus FFA Show & Sale

PONCIK Casey and Ashley Poncik of Ellinger announce the birth of their daughter, Naomi Linda Poncik, born Feb. 26, at 2:58 p.m. at Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus.

COLUMBUS – Many changes are occurring, and some are already visible at the Stafford Opera House in Columbus.

BELLVILLE - The Sealy High School softball team defeated Bellville High School in an area match March 11 at Hacienda Field by a final score

Wildcats baseball has been grinding out wins as they are a team that is familiar with winning after going far in the postseason pretty regularly. Weimar has really good pitching and power at the plate. Their size also helps on both sides of the ball with hitting the long ball and making plays at first base, as well as positions like right and left field.

A good number of boys powerlifters from the tri-county area are heading to Abilene Saturday, March 23 for the Texas High School Powerlifting State Championships tournament. The event will be held at the Taylor County Expo Center at 1700 Highway 36 in Abilene.

The Sealy High School baseball team has been on a hot streak and won a good stretch of games recently against Columbus, La Vernia and La Grange.

Fayetteville baseball has been known for being very dominant after reaching the state tournament a bunch of times and even winning it a few years back. The Lions started this season on a good note also with back-to-back wins against Somerville High School in a double header.

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COLUMBUS–Billy Kahn, presi- dent of A Better Columbus (ABC), and Rusty Theut, president of the Columbus Rotary Club, have announced a partner ship. ABC has curated special hanging floral baskets for local merchants and Rotary is underwriting half the cost.

BELLVILLE–Palm-sized hail rained down upon Bellville on March 15, around 2:45 p.m., shattering windows and destroying vehicles in a freak weather pattern that included straightline winds.

After 22 years and some change, Colorado County Telecommunications Supervisor Brenda Henkes goes 10-42, ending a long career helping people in need. When she announced her decision, her parents were uneasy about her foray into emergency dispatch, as it was called in the old days.

INDUSTRY - The Beef & Forage Committee of Aus tin County, in partnership with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Austin County, will host a Beef Cattle Management Seminar on Friday, March 22, at Four County Auction Center located at 15900 TX HWY 159 in Industry. Program registration will begin at 12:30 p.m., with presentations from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

MOULTON - St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Moulton will

COLUMBUS – The Colo- rado County Hazard Mitigation Plan was viewed by city and county officials on March 7, at the EMS training room in Co lumbus.