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SAN FELIPE – San Felipe de Austin commemorates its founding 200 years ago in 1823. Reenacts and visitors came to the museum area of San Felipe and immersed themselves in time and fashion.

ress EAGLE LAKE – The Eagle Lake Community Center was buzzing with excitement from a room full of citizens with the advent of the State of the City Address given by Mayor Tim Kelley and City Manager Tink Jackson.

The City of Columbus and Columbus Community Industrial Development Corporation (CCIDC) met the matching pledge challenge of an anonymous donor and approved $100,000 in funds for the “Save Our Opera House” capital campaign.

SCHULENBURG - The Greater Schulenburg Chamber of Commerce is presenting the Holiday In The Country Arts and Crafts Show on Sunday, Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be held at the Schulen - burg Hall at 405 South St. in Schulenburg. There will be handmade crafts, Christmas decor, baked goods, wood crafts, plants, crosses, gift bags, jewelry and so much more. For more information, contact the chamber at schulenburgc - [email protected].

COLORADO COUNTY - The Deputy Santa program, host - ed by the Colorado CountySher - iffs Office will be in full swing for this Christmas. Applications may be picked up for the program at the sheriff’s office or the Family Youth and Services at 514 Washington St. in Columbus. All applications must be sub - mitted by Dec. 1 by 5 p.m. at the sheriff office or Family Youth and Services.

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I just spent a wonderful long weekend with my sister and her son, Beau, 'up north' at my parents' cabin.

My wife and I have three intrepid children, grown now, one son and two daughters. Between school and jobs and the adventures of youth, they have traveled this country and the world. From Haiti to Sri Lanka, Scotland to Spain, Mongolia to Alaska and the nether regions of the far north, they have seen the world.

COLUMBUS – The Live Oaks and Dead Folks Cemetery tour on Nov. 5 was eerily busy for a cemetery. Folks, not just ghosts, were visiting sites of interest to learn a little about the history and the movers and shakers of Columbus in the distant and their good and not-sogood pasts.

As the clock ran down on the Legislature’s third special session, Texas House and Senate leaders exchanged barbs over Gov. Greg Abbott’s school choice bill and border security proposals, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Roadway crashes have claimed at least one life every day for more than two decades

Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that on Oc.t. 31, the Fayette Coun- ty Sheriff's Office Narcotics Ca nine Unit, Sgt. Randy Thumann and K9 partner Kolt, stopped an 18-wheeler pulling a flatbed trail er 10 at the 658 mile marker at approximately 12:45 p.m. for a traffic violation.

BRENHAM – The Bluebonnet Master Gardener Association (BMGA) announces that registration is open for its 2024 Mas- ter Gardener Certification Train ing Class to be held in Brenham. The class is open to participants from Austin, Colorado, Fayette, and Washington counties, and will provide 50-plus hours of gar dening education from experts in various fields of horticulture.

Fayette County 4-H members competed Oct. 21 in the Brazoria County Livestock Judging Contest.