Baseball to Return to SPJST Ballpark

Baseball is back at the SPJST ballfield. The field is complete and ready for baseball. The first weekend of the high school fall league kicked off Sept. 18. As of this writing, the baseball schedule has not been finalized.

There’s a great deal of history around the SPJST ballfield. Here’s a very brief update: Last year, the City of Fayetteville determined that the management of the ballfield will revert back into private hands. As a result, the Fayetteville Baseball Alumni Association (FBAA) was formed in January. “We wanted our boys to play in Fayetteville but we had some grass issues so we decided to form this organization to begin creating a good, solid field for any boys that want to play,” explained Josh Vitek, a director of the FBAA. “We turfed the infield which makes for a lot less maintenance. Even if we get a big rain, we can still get that game in. Our goal is to have more playoffs and more select teams play right here.

Volunteers are always welcome. Aaron Gross has been a huge help. Our parents and community residents are amazing. They help with the concessions, the gate—all of it. They can call any of us to volunteer.” Josh Vitek: (979) 966-7331, Daniel Schley: (979) 966-7977 or Mark Schmitt: (979) 966-8641.

Floral Arrangements For Sale

The FISD students of Floral Design teacher Holly Krebs are selling floral designs to raise funds to keep expanding their classroom experiences. Her classes will be promoting their projects/arrangements through social media. Pre-sales for the floral arrangements will be posted every month on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fayetteville-ISD-1544156742509343

Here’s a preview of what’s for sale over the next few months: October-Pumpkin arrangements; November-Raffle for a Fayetteville Lion wreath; December-Holiday arrangements and wreaths.

Native American Studies

Fourth and fifth graders at FISD have been studying Native Americans in social studies. They’ve learned how geography and natural resources influenced hunting and gathering, housing, culture, and religion for different tribes. On Fine Arts Fridays, they helped kindergarten create paper bag teepees with Native American symbols, and they created their own buffalo hide art.

Update on the Yonder Way

Update on the Yonder Way Farm farm-to-market retail store: It will remain out yonder on FM 1291. The store will not be relocating to the old Gulf Station in the square as previously reported. Stay tuned for what’s in the works.

Budget Workshop

The public is invited to attend the 2021 budget workshop to be held Friday, Oct 8 at 7 p.m. in the community center. A City Council meeting will follow.

Mobile Food Pantry

Look for the Central Texas Mobile Food Pantry to be at St. John on Thursday, Oct. 7. from 10-11 a.m. Drive-thru only. Someone will direct traffic. Please remain in your car and make room inside your trunks or truck beds for the prepackaged food boxes. Volunteers will load you up. All clients and volunteers are required to wear facemasks and to social distance.

Don’t forget the annual Rosary on the Fayetteville Courthouse Square this Saturday, Oct. 9 a.m. at noon. It’s a public praying of the Rosary commemorating Our Lady appearing to three children in 1917. For information, contact Madeline Kovar: (979) 378-2361.

Picking Park this Saturday

The monthly Picking Park jam is this Saturday. All levels of pickers are welcome to continue the tradition of live, acoustic bluegrass jamming. Play begins between 2-3 p.m. in the town square. For more information on Fayetteville Picking Park, go to https://www.facebook.com/ groups/100734977031117

Birthdays

Happy Birthday wishes to Amber and Dustin Canik-Oct. 9; Braden Rohde, Chris Stepan-11.

Anniversaries

Happy Anniversary to Larry and Betty Jo Sodek-Oct. 10; Andrew and Theresa Keilers-13.