Emerging Artists Award Winners Announced
ARTS for Rural Texas opened its annual Emerging Artists Competition and Exhibition on Aug. 6 at the ARTS Ross Gallery in Fayetteville. Over 70 entries by 48 youth from across south east and south central Texas participated in this year’s competition. Participants are students in sixth through twelfth grades who work in media as diverse as crochet to painting to clay and woodworking. All 72 entries will be on exhibit for public viewing until Saturday, Aug. 27, at the ARTS Ross Gallery located at 114 N. Live Oak St., Fayetteville. Many of the works are available for purchase. Awards are presented at each grade level. This year’s
Schulenburg ISD Celebrates Readers’ Choice Awards
Several staff members at Schulenburg I.S.D. earned accolades in the Fayette County Record’s Readers’ Choice Awards. Pictured (front, from left) are Schulenburg High School Administrator - Roque Thompson, Elementary School Administrator - Kristi McBride, Junior High Support Staff - Rhonda Walters, High School Teacher - Kacie Gallegos, High School Support Staff Dominique Nicks, (back) Schulenburg Junior High Administrator - Callene Zapalac, Elementary School Teacher - Gigi Marburger, and Junior High Teacher - Kim Wellborn.
Bluebonnet Trails Community Services Honors Retiring Board Member Robert Heinrich
On Aug. 31, Bluebonnet Trails Community Services honors the retirement of Robert L. Heinrich from the Board of Trustees. As a founding Board Member of Bluebonnet Trails Community Services in 1997, Heinrich served as the Fayette County representative and Chair of the Bluebonnet Trails Community Services Board of Trustees through 2019, subsequently serving as the Board Vice Chair until 2021. Heinrich generously gave his time bringing to life Bluebonnet’s vision of healthy and fulfilled lives, faithfully advocating for Fayette County residents and Texans on matters related to behavioral, developmental, and medical care.
St. Mark’s Earns CMS 4-Star Quality Rating
St. Mark’s Medical Center (SMMC) is proud to announce its 4-star quality rating by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS), above the 2022 national average. CMS ratings provide consumers with indications of a hospital’s quality based on a 5-star scale, and annually compiles the ratings by assessing hospitals across the US in five sets of quality measures which also factors in performance measured against time: 1. Mortality 2. Safety of care 3. Readmission rates 4. Patients experience; and 5.
KJT Society No. 46 Donates to Food Pantry
KJT Society No. 46, La Grange, held a Food Drive for the AMEN Food Pantry of La Grange in July. The society collected 450 lbs. of food along with also receiving monetary donations. The La Grange Society appreciates the continued support from members and the community with helping provide food to our neighbors. The Society received expense reimbursement funds from the KJT Home Office under the statewide Project H Program. The society appreciates Fayette Savings Bank, Round Top State Bank, the KJT Home Office and Sacred Heart Catholic Church for being drop off locations. Without their participation and help, the drive would not have seen our achieved success. Pictured from left is: society members Gary Janda, Desi Perez, Society Treasurer Gailynne Zapalac, Society President Mike Kaspar, AMEN representative Garry Schellberg, and society members Shirley Antosh and Marilyn Kothmann.
