Ellinger Youth Attend Cattle Show in Bryan

The Karisch Cattle Company team attended the Emmons Ranch JBBA Cattle Show in Bryan on Saturday, Aug. 20. Rilan Karisch pulled off his first Showmanship win. He won some cash for his efforts. He has really been busy working with his heifers and his bucket calf which he will show at the Fayette County Fair Labor Day Weekend. He placed fifth in a very large class of heifers with Duchess. Rheagan Karisch placed second, fifth, and sixth with her heifers and ended in the top 15 Overall group and brought home a buckle.

Fayette County Heifer Show The Fayette County Heifer Show and Sale is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 26 and 27 respectively. There will be approximately 130 good quality bred heifers on exhibit and for sale. The Sale gets underway at 1 p.m. on Saturday at the Fairgrounds. A free will hamburger lunch will be available beginning at 11:30 a.m. The meal is sponsored by the Colorado Valley Independent Cattlemen’s Association and the Fayette County Beef Committee. This would be a great opportunity to get some good heifers for your herd; sell the older cows and restock with these younger animals while helping the youth of our area. For more information you may call (979) 966-- 7153.

St. Mary’s Annual Bazaar St. Mary Catholic Church in Ellinger will host its 72nd Annual Bazaar on Sunday Aug. 28. Starting at 10:30 a.m. there will be a drive-thru meal at the Ellinger Chamber of Commerce Hall consisting of fried chicken, Sausage and trimmings for $14 per plate. The meal will also be available in the hall for anyone wanting to dining-in. A prize drawing for a $5,000 gift card first prize, a $1,000 gift card second prize, thirteen $500 gift card prizes, and 18 additional prizes will be held in the afternoon. Tickets for the drawing are available from the St. John’s/ St. Mary’s Parish Office, St. Mary parishioners or Fayetteville Bank. Beginning Aug. 19, an online auction will be open for bidding. Go to www.stmaryellinger. com to register as a bidder and view auction items. A portion of the profits will be given to the Re-Building Fund for the Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Hostyn.

Fall Blessings The Shared Lutheran Ministry of Fayette County, SLM, has scheduled a joint worship-Fall Blessings- for Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Ellinger. Nov. 6 St. Paul Lutheran in Fayetteville will host an All Saints’ Day joint worship. Additionally a joint worship on Christmas Day will be held at 9 a.m. in Warrenton. Shared Lutheran Ministry The Shared Lutheran Ministry announces that Pastor Jill Vivroux will be the Interim Pastor beginning Sept. 5. Pastor Vivroux is a trained Interim Pastor and has most recently served at Trinity-Frelsburg and St. John New Ulm.

AMEN Food Collection The Rutersville WELCA is collecting items for the AMEN food pantry. All SLM congregations are invited to participate. Suggested items for August include heavy duty reusable bags, cereal, boxed or canned milk, canned fruit, juices, bath soap/ liquid, tooth paste, and laundry detergent. For more information you may contact Mary Lou Fritsch.

Ellinger VFD The Ellinger Volunteer Fire Department will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the fire station. It will drill on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Ellinger Sewer and Water The Ellinger Sewer and Water Supply Corporation will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday, Sept. 12 ,at 7 p.m. at the Ellinger Fire Station Fayetteville Brethren Church Fayetteville Brethren Church has services the second, third, and fourth Saturdays of each month at 10 a.m. Other services are at Industry Brethren on the second, third and fourth Saturdays at 5 p.m., Wesley Brethren on Sundays at 9 a.m. and Nelsonville Brethren on Sundays at 10:15 a.m. Rev. Mike Groseclose leads all the services. The Nelsonville service is live streamed on Nelsonville Brethren’s Facebook page.

Birth Announcement Madisyn and Cole Neuman are proud to announce the birth of Carson William Neumann. Baby Neumann was born at the Columbus Community Hospital at 1:00 a.m. on August 17, 2022. Carson was nineteen inches long and weighed seven pounds. He was welcomed home by his sister Aubrey. Grandparents from Ellinger are JR and Ruth Horndt.

Birthdays Birthday Wishes are extended to the following August celebrants Douglas Minar and Patsy Hess-27; Matt Karisch and Marcia Kifer-29; Bradley Klesel-30.

Birthday Wishes are extended to the following September celebrants: Patricia Brune and Joe Ripple-5; Nathan Hess-6; Clayton Weishuhn and Chris Brugger-8; Bridgett Hinton-10; Brad Koehl-13; Lisa Weishuhn-14; Karen Richter-17; Lacey Doninguez and Karl Johnson-19; Cullen Weishuhn, Lillian Kramr, Bradley Divin, Tucker Reed Koehl, and Jeremy Gaertner-20; Gary Dorsett-22; Kayla Hartman-23; Denise Kubena and Margie Stardig-27; EJ Koehl-29; and Jonathon Cook and Larry Bartosh- 30.

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