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Senior Connections in Schulenburg is still in “recovery mode” after the New Year’s Eve Heritage Ball on Dec. 31. Since this was the first event of this magnitude, we had a lot to purchase this time around that we won’t have to next year, which means we now have more items to store.

Weimar United Church (WUC) recently donated money collected from October’s Sunday church services to Arts for Rural Texas (ARTS). Monies donated will be allocated to the Art After School (AAS) programs at Weimar Elementary School (WES) and St. Michael Catholic School (SMCS).

A pancake supper in the elementary school cafeteria is a tradition going back more than 70 years in La Grange. The tradition continues Thursday, Feb.

As of Jan. 19, the total intake for the Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter is 61: 28 dogs and 33 cats in need. As of Jan. 19, the shelter has 87 animals in care: 47 dogs/40 cats. This number includes animals in the facility, in foster care for medical, waiting on available space, or awaiting transport to rescue partner.

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The annual “A Night at the Theater” Gala will be held again at Windy Knoll near Round Top on Saturday, February 10. The gala benefits the Fayetteville Community Center & Performance Theater, which is in Phase I of construction on Fayetteville’s Town Square.

The Texas Blacksmith Conference will feature a Farrier for the 2024 Event this Saturday at TCHCC. Riley Kirkpatrick was born and raised in western Oregon. He grew up around people that where building things for themselves and their occupations. “Thankfully my high school had a great trades program where I fell in love with metal” Riley states. During and after high school, he worked in fabrication but soon realized he wanted to do something different. Since growing up with horses it seemed like horse shoeing school was a good mix of metal and horses. Riley learned to forge and has been on this journey since. “I enjoy each part of this trade and like being a student of it”, he says.

It’s that time of year when love is in the air, and the annual Valentine’s Library Concert for Round Top Festival Institute is happening. This year it will be American Love Songs. The concert starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 10 supports the Festival Institute’s Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Library and Study Center. Tickets can be purchased online at www. festivalhill.org or by calling the Festival office at (979) 2493129.