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CES PTO meets fundraising goal
CES PTO meets fundraising goal
CES PTO meets fundraising goal 01/25/2023 23:00
Ideas for spring landscape design
Ideas for spring landscape design
COLUMBUS – If you’ve ever dreamed of professional advice to add to your creative thoughts about your spring 2023 landscape design, grab this opportunity to hear Steve Wiste Thursday, Feb. 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Nesbitt Memorial Library in Columbus. 01/25/2023 23:00
4-H team participates in dairy judging
4-H team participates in dairy judging
FORT WORTH – Colorado County 4-H members participated in the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo Dairy Judging Contest on Jan. 15. Members evaluated Jersey, Holstein and Brown Swiss heifers and cows, and prepared oral reasons on selected classes. 01/25/2023 23:00
NEW ARRIVAL
NEW ARRIVAL
ORONA 01/25/2023 23:00
Magnolia Society at the Hotel Colorado opens soon
Magnolia Society at the Hotel Colorado opens soon
COLUMBUS – Three local ladies, Christine McBride, Lori Meyer and Sherry Tucker, joined together to bring a new upscale restaurant and wine bar to an old hotel near downtown Columbus. Their purchase of the Hotel Colorado on 920 Milam sets the stage for a food and wine adventure which will be named The Magnolia Society at the Hotel Colorado. 01/25/2023 23:00
ELIS Students of the Month of December
ELIS Students of the Month of December
ELIS Students of the Month of December 01/18/2023 23:00
Flatonia FFA & 4-H Livestock Show results
Flatonia FFA & 4-H Livestock Show results
•Grand champion steer – Addison Berckenhoff, $8,000, Prime Products Inc., Muldoon Minerals, RES Construction, Berger Cattle Co., Balcones Minerals, Joe and Roxanne Orsak, Holub Real Estate, H•E•B, David and Lori Janecka, Colorado Valley Telephone Coop, Capital Farm Credit, Gene and Carol Petalik, Schulenburg Livestock Auction, Craig Archer, Flatonia National Bank, Fayette Savings, Rightmer Family Limited Partnership, Steve’s Station LLC, Gilbert and Arlene Velasquez, Fayette Co. Judge Dan Mueller, Flatonia Livestock Commission, Knights of Columbus Insurance, Gary and Anne McBride, Andrew and Susan Velasquez, Bill and Anne Goldsmith, Calvert Livestock Inc., and Texas Farm & Ranch Solution LLC. 01/18/2023 23:00
Sanchez receives Gold Medal for artwork
Sanchez receives Gold Medal for artwork
Sanchez receives Gold Medal for artwork 01/18/2023 23:00
Sidewalk project keeping steady pace
Sidewalk project keeping steady pace
Sidewalk project keeping steady pace 01/18/2023 23:00
The Postscript Three Crosses Ministries
The Postscript Three Crosses Ministries
Looking for the way 01/18/2023 23:00
“Imperfections”
“Imperfections”
I almost threw away my old lace napkins. 01/18/2023 23:00
FC 4-H Compete in livestock judging contest
FC 4-H Compete in livestock judging contest
COMFORT – Fayette County 4-H members competed in the Kendall County Livestock Judging Contest on Jan. 8 Comfort. 01/18/2023 23:00
Road Time
Road Time
The road hummed under the car tires. David Morris, Rusty Klaus, and I were on a road trip. For them it was a site-seeing tour. For me it was a small step for mankind but a major step for Herman Willie. The plan was mine. We were headed to northern Montana. The Texas Aggie spring semester was done and my buddies were taking two weeks to lollygag before spending the rest of the summer at hard labor. My personal agenda required me to leave Aggieland (TAMU) early and take a job with an oil patch lease service. 01/18/2023 23:00
Sealy chamber board ready to serve
Sealy chamber board ready to serve
The 2023 Sealy Chamber of Commerce Board stands ready to serve the business community. The board members pictured in no particular order are Tori Fisher - President -M&M Disposal, Vince Wollney - First VP- of Vince Wollney Mortagage Loan Originator, Karen Lopez - Second VP - The Sealy News, Larry Kuciemba - Treasurer - Paramount Promotions, Courtney Avila - Secretary - Apex Stone, LLC, Britney Jones - Austin County State Bank, Brenda Krchnak - Botts Title Company, Bryan Hallmark - Sealy ISD, Don Allphin - Retired, Dora Martinez - Integrity Insurance Group, Inc., Laurie Michalke Citizens State Bank, Lisa Caton - Blinn College, Sealy Campus, Lori Balusek - Texas Trust Real Estate, Nadia Casique-Workforce Solutions, Sealy and Ryan Du-Bois - Hendrix Industries. 01/18/2023 23:00
Fayetteville students place in Nationals
Fayetteville students place in Nationals
Four students placed at the 4-H Nationals in the Family, Community and Health (FCH) Quiz Bowl. Cooper Mau placed second high point individual and Cash Smith was third high point individual. 01/18/2023 23:00
Schulenburg PD starts 2023 just shy full roster
Schulenburg PD starts 2023 just shy full roster
SCHULENBURG – Schulenburg Police Department is just shy of having a fully staffed police division. There is only one vacancy left to be filled, but the department is ready and able to provide safety and enforce ment of laws starting off the new year of 2023. 01/11/2023 23:00
First baby for 2023 at Columbus Community Hospital
First baby for 2023 at Columbus Community Hospital
Alayah Zumoff, held by her mother, Kayla Carlton, makes her appearance on Jan. 3 at 5:23 p.m. at the Columbus Community Hospital in Columbus. This earns her the distinction of being the first baby born in 2023 in the tri-county area. She weighed 7 pounds and measured 01/11/2023 23:00
Magnolia Belle orientation set
Magnolia Belle orientation set
COLUMBUS –The Magnolia Belles is iconic at the Magnolia Festival held yearly in Columbus. Steeped in history, the Belles continue to add beauty and flair that goes back over 50 years. 01/11/2023 23:00
FC spring coyote control contest announced
FC spring coyote control contest announced
The Fayette County SPRING Coyote Control Program began on Jan. 2 and ends on April 28. The contest is being held to give landowners, producers, and sportsmen an opportunity to assist in controlling coyotes in Fayette County. Coyotes cause predation on livestock and result in economic losses to agricultural producers in the county. 01/11/2023 23:00
San Felipe PD gets surprise
San Felipe PD gets surprise
The Grinch didn’t make it to the San Felipe PD in time to spoil a surprise gift of $2,500. The Citizens State Bank in Sealy donated the money to be used as the de- partment sees fit. 01/11/2023 23:00
Fayette County spring feral hog control contest
Fayette County spring feral hog control contest
The county-wide feral hog contest is being held to give landowners, producers, and sportsmen an opportunity to control feral hogs in Fayette County. The feral hog population causes economic losses to Fayette County Agriculture producers through crop destruction, pasture and livestock losses, and environmental damage. 01/11/2023 23:00
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