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New Business ‘Cardinals’ Ground’ in Town; Emerson Parry Wins at County Fair

F Fayetteville residents will soon reap the benefits of a business venture being established from the ground up. Rice and Paula Lummis were married last November in their beautiful family home on Rusk St.

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Test Day

That Little Voice Love everything that comes to me? Is it necessary to love all the calamities or misfortunes that come to me? Really? Do I have to embrace chasing that massive cockroach across the room in order to eliminate it permanently from my house? I suppose I can love that it makes me get up from my comfortable chair and dash around the room. Exercise is good for me.

Students Deserve Vouchers

To the Editor: This is in response to the Sept. 15 Letter to the Editor “End School Voucher Program.” Mr.

Same Story - Different Actor

To the Editor: Sgt. Randy Thumann and Lobos visited Lester Keilers on his 80th birthday in 2018 R.I.P.

Condition of My Gift

To the Editor: I am compelled to write this letter after reading the article by Andy Behlen in the Sept. 19 Fayette County Record.

The Mythology of 1619

To the Editor: The 1619 Project is a mythical rewrite of history for current political purposes and students are being required to use this myth as the sole resource for their assignment in a mandatory History class at the Univ. of Texas atArlington.

Proposition 9

To the Editor: On Nov. 7, 2023, there is a State of Texas Statewide Constitutional Amendment Election.

Impeachment Takeaway

To the Editor: The takeaway from the corruption of the Texas Senate in the Paxton impeachment vote: “Drain the Swamp – except when criminals, liars and adulterers are OUR criminals, liars and adulterers.” There are 150 Representatives, but one seat is currently vacant leaving 149 to vote. 121 voted for impeachment (81.2% of the House), including 64.5% of Republicans and 100% of Democrats.

LG Noon Lions Honor Dixon, Koenig

Texas Ramp Project Builds in La Grange

Bernsen Earns Farm Bureau Homeschool Garden Grant

Abram Bernsen of Plum recently won a $200 Texas Farm Bureau Homeschool Garden Grant. Bernsen plans to use the money to purchase fruit trees.

Fayette County 4-H Competes In Colorado County Livestock Judging

Fayette County 4-H members competed in the Colorado County Livestock Judging Contest on Saturday, Sept. 9.

LHS National Honor Society Inducts New Members

Woodmen Life Donates to AMEN Food Pantry

Structure Fire Quickly Extinguished, No Injuries

Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that on Monday afternoon around 12:52 p.m. the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a structure fire on S. US Hwy. 77 past Hausmann Gin Rd.

SNHU Announces Summer Dean’s List

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is pleased to announce the following students have been named to the Summer 2023 Dean’s List: Tanya Ellis of Flatonia and Courtney Piltz of La Grange. The summer terms run from May to August.

For the Record

Contraptions and Innovations, the current exhibit on early Fayette County patents at the Fayette Heritage Museum and Archives will end on Friday, Oct. 13. Visitors are welcome upstairs above the public library at 855 S. Jefferson Street in La Grange from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Huge Pecan Limb Falls on DA’s Car at Courthouse

A Closer Look at the Fun of Oktoberfests

As the summer turns to fall, German communities across the world gather to celebrate Oktoberfest. This celebration of food, drink, culture and music goes back more than two centuries. Just about everywhere the Germans settled, they brought this tradition with them, especially in Texas.

Library Book Oversight Big Topic of LGISD Meeting

Library books were a big topic of discussion at Monday night’s school board meeting. The discussion item on the agenda was whether or not the school board wanted to change the current policy on how the books are reviewed and who does that reviewing.