Excitement surrounded local students as they attended Camp Invention in La Grange, thanks to the support from the Stanzel Family Foundation. This year, four exceptional students from Schulenburg and Weimar schools were honored with the Dale Kirn Memorial Scholarship.

This is that sad time of year when the tomatoes play out just as the peppers start coming into production. Every year I tell myself I need to plant more tomatoes.

W WACAAward The Winchester Area Civic Association is announcing a new award to be presented to an individual, group, organization or business who has made a significant contribution in furthering the WACA work of community service. Nominees are to be residents of the greater Winchester area or if a business, their business area must include Winchester.

News Out and About Dana and Darrell Kulak along with Eric Field took Devon Boehnke to his great granddaughter, Delilah Zuhn’s first birthday party. They traveled to Rosenburg to Delilah’s parents, Jenny and Aaron Zuhn’s home to meet up with family to celebrate this special birthday Kathy Chlumsky traveled to Austin to have a Grandma and Granddaughter day with her granddaughter Olivia.

News 4M RT-C School News Round Top-Carmine elementary school “Back to School” night is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 8 from 5:306:30 p.m.

This little brother/sister duo are part of a litter of 8. They were brought in at a very young age without their mom.

We talk about strength, admire it when we see it, hope we have it when needed, and lament our disappointment when it is missing. But what does being strong mean, and how do I measure it? Is it the ability to lift weighted barbells? Is it the times when I accomplish something I didn’t think I could? Is it risking and challenging when others walk away? I was asked recently to share a time when I was stronger than I thought I could be and I recalled Eleanor Roosevelt’s quote, “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” It was an ordinary day when I swallowed my pride, chewed my fingernails, took deep breaths, and opened the doors to a nondescript office where a group of people I didn’t know sat in a circle and all turned to look at me.

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