Tickets for the Roy Koehl Memorial BBQ are on sale through April 20 for a donation of only $12. This memorial event is in honor of Koehl, a longtime resident of Fayetteville who served on the Land Committee of the Fayette County Livestock show and the Fayette County Fair for over 40 years. Tickets can be purchased from members of 4-H and FFA or at Fayette Savings in La Grange, Fayetteville Bank, Orsak’s and at Pam’s Hair Fashions in Round Top.

The Ellinger Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the 85th Annual Tomato Festival, the last weekend in May. The fun gets underway on Friday, May 27, with the following competitions: a Chef’s Choice entrée, desserts, chips and salsa, and margarita contests.

Faith Lutheran High School has announced that Summer Camps are back. There are a variety of camps for youth.

Easter festivities will go on at Monument Hill/Kreische Brewery State Historic Site Saturday April 16. Beginning at 5 p.m.

Fayette County volunteers of the Texas Ramp Project installed this ramp on E. Walnut in La Grange on April 7..

As part of its observances of Holy Week, St. James Episcopal Church, La Grange, will present a special musical and narrative service at 3 pm on Good Friday, April 15.

SENIOR SHOWMANSHIP STEER – BRIGHAM KELLEY, PURE COUNTRY 4-H, $5,265 Sam Gunn – Fayette Savings Bank, Jack Schley – Daniel and Rachel Schley, Lawson Fritsch – B&B Cattle and Fritsch Cattle Co., Trisha Brune – Fayetteville Bank, and Colton Klesel – KPK Manufacturing Not Pictured: La Grange Show Fund, MG, Greg Dennis, KMP Landscape & Southern Trends, The Garden Company, Jeff James, Kelley Show Cattle, Dan Mueller, and, La Grange Farm and Ranch. SENIOR SHOWMANSHIP SWINE – KEAGAN SUPAK, FAYETTEVILLE 4-H, $7,275 Brandi McPherson – Orsak’s Café, Calvin Krause – Round Top State Bank, Reagan Fritsch – Giddings Livestock, Leonard Gabler – Colorado Valley Communications, Kayme Schley – Emil and Mary Schley, Tim Knesek – Capital Farm Credit, Keagan Supak, Kole Schmitt – MidTex Materials, Trisha Brune – Fayetteville Bank, and Betty Ann Fritsch – Fritsch Cattle Co.; Front: Jack Schley; Not Pictured: B&B Cattle, Hanh’s Construction, Brad and Amy Fritsch, Cavendar Auto Country – Weimar, La Grange Tire, Texas Elite Fabrication, Nathan and Jennifer Schulze, Fayetteville Store, Kory and Kayla Kaspar, Tony Dooley, Joe’s Place, RamTex Energy, Dan Mueller for County Judge, Texas Land Research, Mike and Diane Stoelke, Steven and Deborah Bertsch, Randy and Cheryl Otto, Janacek Farms, Amber Sternadel, Fayette Savings Bank, and Round Top Farm and Ranch.

The Colorado Valley Independent Cattlemen’s Association (CVICA) prepared hamburgers for the FCJLS on March 26, at the La Grange Fairgrounds. Ron Denham coordinated the event with the FCJLS. The following members prepared and served the hamburgers with condiments: Les Mallory (left side of table), Raelee Denham (front right), Remi Denham, Tucker Denham, Steve Janda, Loretta Denham, Tara Van Wart and David Karisch (in the background on the right, taking a break.)

St. Rose of Lima Catholic School 24th Annual Saint Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton Honoree was awarded to Carolyn Osina by Bishop Brendan Cahill on Thursday, March 24, at the 2022 Diocese of Victoria awards dinner ceremony at the Shiner K of C Hall. Osina has been a long time benefactor of St. Rose School as a parent, board member, and as an employee (now retired). She is an alumni of St. Rose and Sacred Heart HS in Hallettsville, as are all her children. She is a charter and 30 year member of the Friends for Catholic Education which supports children attending both St. Rose and Sacred Heart. She has served as President and Secretary of FFCE, and also served on the St. Rose Advisory Council. The Osinas demonstrate a life of service that their children carry forward. Members of their family have chaired the hamburger stand at St. John Picnic for 17 years, starting when Larry and Carolyn were St. Rose parents, continuing as their children are now St. Rose parents. Every year, Osina organizes a successful pig-in-a-blanket sale benefiting the school. She also hosts a pancake breakfast at the start of Catholic Schools Week in the school cafeteria. St. Rose school and HSA are grateful for Mrs. Osina’s generosity and service.

As a new comer to the Warda area, Elizabeth Dettling Moreno Tolman took a while to get acclimated to her new life as Mrs. Randy Tolman, but she has taken the bull by the horns and has initiated an area wide Easter egg hunt at Camp Lost Pines, 6047 Hwy. 77 in Warda, on Saturday, April 16, from 1:30 to 3 p.m.