This is a reminder that the Texas Women’s League (TWL) will have their annual charity gala on March 7. This provides financial assistance to Fayette County charities. A large part of the donations come from the silent auction. There will be a wide selection of beautiful and useful items. One items is this large original painting of Sunflowers. This painting has a 3-D effect so these gorgeous flowers appear to jump off the canvas, which was painted by artist Norma Chesnutt Bowman of La Grange.

Fayette County received some much needed rainfall over the weekend. About eighttenths of an inch fell in the La Grange area.

The Record recently traveled to the prestigious Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction, but the trip wasn’t just about the high-octane excitement of the auction block. It served as the unofficial launchpad for a mission to transform the lives of Fayette County youth through the newly formed Tach-Tech³ Foundation.

Ely Glisson, of La Grange, was named to the Mississippi State University fall 2025 Deans’ List. To be named to the Deans’ List, a student must have achieved a GPA between 3.5 and 3.79, based on a 4.0 scale, while completing at least 12 semester hours of coursework with no incomplete grades or grades lower than a C..

On Feb. 11, the Schulenburg Hermann Sons Lodge #14 met with 36 members and guests at Oakridge Restaurant at 5;30 p.m.

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Gary Hoover, Executive Director of the American Business History Center and former resident of Fayette County, is the second speaker in the Fayetteville Community Center’s Speaker Series. He will present a talk on the History of the American Automobile Industry from the failures to the industry giants and the characters involved — the Elon Musks of that time. The presentation, free and open to the public, will be held at the Fayetteville Community Center on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 3 p.m.

More of my song lyrics:“… take your eyes off the screen, look all around, take a good look up and down…” A nd that’s how you start to see not just the blur of the built environment surrounding you, but you learn to appreciate each individual structure: its design, its personality, and its story.