FAIR CONTESTANTS BEING SOUGHT
COLUMBUS — Contestants are being sought for the Colorado County Fair Queen and Junior Queen contests to be held Saturday, Sept. 5 at the Founder’s Hall at the Colorado County Ag Complex and Fairground in Columbus. Girls between the ages of 15-18 can enter the Queen Scholarship Pageant and girls 11-14 can enter the Junior Queen Contest. Contestants can sign up online at www.coloradocountyfair. org. Deadline to enter is Sunday, June 28. A mandatory meeting for contestants will be held Sunday, June 28 at 6 p.m. on the grounds of the Colorado County Courthouse in Columbus. For more information, call Christy Alonso at 979-942-0902 or Shannan Gerik at 979-732-0865.
FATHER'S DAY/BBQ EVENT PLANNED
MILLHEIM — Millheim Harmonie Hall will hold a Father’s Day and barbecue celebration Sunday, June 21 at the hall located on Farm-to-Market Road 949 between Sealy and Bellville. The beef, pork and mutton meal is a real Texas style open pit barbecue with serving beginning at 11 a.m. The cost to make your plate and dine in is $18 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under. To go plates at the drive-thru are $18 and served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event will include a cakewalk, gun raffle, ballons, face painting, and live auction at 1 p.m. To donate items for the live auction. Music will be provided by Lost Cause Band.
PLANT SOCIETY PLANS FIELD TRIP
LA GRANGE — Join the Live Oak Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas, comprised of Colorado, Fayette and Lavaca counties at their next field trip meeting on Saturday, June 13, at 9 a.m. to Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery on the Bluff in La Grange, and enjoy a presentation with nature walk on the benefits of native plants in the area and on their homesteads.
TASTE OF COLUMBUS PLANNED
COLUMBUS — The Taste of Columbus will be held Thursday, July 9 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Southern Oaks Event Center at 1368 Highway 71 Business in Columbus. Purchase raffle tickets and wristbands at your local club. Proceeds to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Champion Valley.
ST. ROSE CHURCH PICNIC SET
SCHULENBURG — St. Rose of Lima in Schulenburg will hold a church picnic Sunday, June 14 at the Schulenburg KC Hall at 405 South St. in Schulenburg. A jumbo fried chicken strips and sausage meal will be served at $15 per plate. Drive-thru plates start serving at 10:30 a.m. and dine-in meal at 11 a.m. The event will include a live auction, as well as a silent auction, at 12:30 p.m. Hamburgers and tamales will be served starting at 3:30 p.m. Also, tacos, nachos, pudding and more will be available, as well as cold beverages all day. Bingo will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Live music by the Airplane Band beginning at 4:30 p.m. after the auction. Other events include cake/plant walk, country store, ring toss, toy walk, sand pit, toy raffle, bounce houses, face painting, balloon artist and more.
FRELSBURG VFD TO HOLD FEAST
FRELSBURG — The Frelsburg Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual feast Sunday, June 14 at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church grounds in Frelsburg. A chicken and sausage meal, at $15 per plate, dine-in or drive-thru, will be served starting at 11 a.m. Plates to go drive-through line will be available from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hamburgers and nachos will be available after 3 p.m. A live auction will begin at 1 p.m. The event will include a drawing, cake wheel, country store, games and silent auction. A free dance, with music by The Lost Cause Band, will follow the auction and continue until 8 p.m. Proceeds go toward new fire equipment and operating expenses.
ST. JOHN TO HOLD ANNUAL JULY 4 PICNIC
SCHULENBURG — St. John Parish, located at 7026 FM 957 in Schulenburg, will celebrate the 138th year of its annual 4th of July picnic on Saturday, July 4. St. John the Baptist will hold Mass at 9 a.m. and a flag raising ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. The stew and fried chicken meal will begin serving, dine-in or take home, at 10:30 a.m. for $14 per plate. Musical entertainment begins at 10:30 a.m. A live auction will begin at 12:30 p.m. The event will include a raffle drawing at 7 p.m. and fireworks show at 9:30 p.m. The event will include beer, soda water, snow cones, hamburgers and more, country store, cake walk, ball throw, ring toss, lil diggers sandpile and more entertainment. Everyone is welcome to attend the fun for all event that is for the young and old. For more information, visit www.stjohnpicnic.com.
