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95th Annual County Fair a Big Success

Opening night set the tone that the 2022 Fayette County Fair was going to be quite a success. Thursday night was free for the first time in recent memory, resulting in a larger than normal first night crowd for the 95th annual fair.
Twins Tess & Jill Eilers Power Cubettes Strong Start to the Volleyball Season

Round Top-Carmine volleyball players Tess and Jill Eilers are twin sisters that flourish in their own stat categories on the court. Tess is usually among the leaders in kills while Jill gathers up a lot of the digs on a Cubette team that has started the season off strong. “They’re pretty hard on each other, which is good,” said Round Top-Carmine head volleyball coach Catie Carney.
No. 13 Bellville Bests La Grange

The very tough non-district portion of their schedule continued for the Lady Leps at home Tuesday as they fell to No. 13-ranked Bellville 18-25, 16-- 25, 20-25. This comes on the heels of a tournament last week where the Lady Leps faced a flurry of 5A and 6A teams. The Lady Leps have a 13-16 overall record heading into a 4 p.m. match this Friday at Schulenburg.
New Show ‘Seeing in Color’ Opens This Week At LG’s Quilt Museum

For the first time since the 2011 opening of the Texas Quilt Museum, a display cycle will be dedicated to a single exhibit— but what an exhibit it is. Visitors will be able to view all of the accepted entries from the Museum’s first-ever juried exhibit, “Seeing in Color.” It will run September 1-December 18, 2022, and is partially supported by the Lucille Gaebler Klein Fund. A call went out last year for entries, and artists from all over the world submitted more than 150 works. From that list, Museum co-founders Karey Bresenhan and Nancy O’Bryant juried it down to 52, all of which will be on display. “Seeing in Color” celebrates the huge role that different shades and hues play in our lives and is sure to be one of the most important and creative exhibits that the Museum has ever showcased. The call was open to both art quilts and traditional quilts and asked the quiltmakers to submit quilts reflecting their idea of color and how they “see” it.
For the 95th Year – It’s Fair’s Time

The Fayette County fairgrounds was a flurry of activity Wednesday as little armies of folks were setting up things all around the grounds in anticipation of opening night of the 95th annual Fayette County Fair Thursday Sept. 1. The fair runs through Sunday Sept. 4. In the top photo, Juan Lopez of Houston, sets up his pair of booths, selling fresh squeezed lemonade and roasted corn. Bottom, left, Robert and Anita Self and Erica Swift just drove up Wednesday afternoon arriving in their funnel cake trailer from Rising Star, Texas (population 835) about four hours northwest of La Grange. Bottom, right, folks from Heart of America Shows were setting up the carnival rides Wednesday afternoon.
Hope on a Hill

When the Hurricane Harvey flood swept through La Grange in late August 2017, lots of people stepped up to help. “Growing up in Houston, I’ve seen people flood left and right my whole life, so helping people clean up their houses seemed like something you’re supposed to do in a community,” said Kenny Couch, an early flood volunteer who went on to help lead recovery efforts in Fayette County.
Pair of Lady Leps Hit Big Milestones

The La Grange varsity volleyball team played at the Texas Showdown Tournament in Spring Branch last week, going 2-7. During the tournament, a pair of Lady Leps hit some major milestones. Hailey Hill tallied her 1000th career assist and Maddi Fritz racked up her 1000th career kill. The Lady Leps (13-15 overall) host Bellville Tuesday. Freshmen and JV begin at 5 p.m. with varsity to follow. Here’s the stats from their tourney last week: La Grange Varsity defeated Jefferson 25-15, 25-8 lost to Madison 21-25, 18-25 lost to LaVernia 16-25, 27-29 lost to Brennan 20-25, 12-25 lost to Smithson Val. 17-25, 8-25 lost to Clemens 19-25, 19-25 defeated Poth 17-25, 25-16, 25-12 lost to Azle 12-25, 26-24, 10-25 lost to Burleson Centennial 28-26, 23-25, 19-25 Kill Leaders: Maddi Fritz - 62, Camille Gonzalez - 44, Hailey Hill - 34 Dig Leaders: Hailey Hill - 64, Madison Fritz - 55, Kylie Trlicek - 52 Aces: Hailey Hill - 14, Haylie Cooper - 11 Assist Leaders: Hailey Hill - 85, Fritz - 58
Schulenburg Great Adams Returns to Town

The Fayette County Record Schulenburg Shorthorn football legend Willis Adams returned to his alma mater on Friday, Aug. 26, for a special honor.
Volleyball Roundup

The defending state champ Fayetteville volleyball team continued its amazing start to the season with seven consecutive victories to start the Rice Consolidated Tournament Thursday-Saturday before the Lady Lions finally lost their first match of the season in the title match of that tourney. Fayetteville lost to Iola 24-26, 25-20, 13-25.
‘There’s Still a Scar There’

On Aug. 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall at Port Aransas.
Goats and Heifers Kick Off Fair Week

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Schulenburg Superintendent, Wife Recovering from Car Crash

Schulenburg superintendent Duane Limbaugh and his wife Jennifer were involved in a serious car accident Saturday morning on Interstate-10 when their car was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler. As you can see in the picture below, it was a very violent accident. Here’s a message from Duane Limbaugh
Newcomer Kynley Hurst Fitting Right in With Undefeated Fayetteville Volleyball

A Weekly Feature by BRIAN PIERSON Read about our Athletes of the Week in every Friday edition and then watch their interviews on the FCR’s facebook page. Recent Players of the Week: Aug.
Lady Aces Compete at World Series

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The First County State Champs: 1963 Rangers

“The Bishop Forest Rangers of Schulenburg, scoring the winning touchdown with but three minutes left to play, defeated Corpus ChristiAcademy 30-27, at Corpus Christi Friday night for theTexas Catholic Interscholastic League football championship.
The Round Top-Carmine volleyball team has climbed to No

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LCRA Pulls Plan to Relax Power Plant Pollution Monitoring Requirements

The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) has withdrawn its application to amend its wastewater permit for the Fayette Power Project near La Grange. “LCRA has decided not to pursue amendments to the Fayette Power Project wastewater discharge permit,” said Tom Oney, LCRA executive vice president for Public and Regulatory Affairs, in a statement to the Record on Wednesday, Aug. 24. Earlier this year, LCRA asked the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality to relax its pollution monitoring requirements for runoff at the power plant. Specifically, LCRA wanted to remove sele- nium limits for runoff from the power plant’s coal pile.
Local Educators Return to Fayette County

Masters in Hand, Urban Starts in Flatonia The Fayette County Record Next up in our continuing new teacher spotlight series is Caitlin Urban of Flatonia ISD. This year, Caitlin Urban is a third grade reading and writing teacher at Flatonia Elementary.
Robertson Returns to Her Hometown With Job at RT-C

By MAKENZIE GIVAN The Fayette County Record Another teacher starting her first year at a Fayette County school is Laura Robertson, a new second and third grade Enlish/ Language Arts and Social Studies teacher at Round Top- Carmine Elementary. Robertson is a Fayette County native, but before making her way back to Round Top, she taught at Giddings for 16 years.
Hot Wheels

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Gumbo Cookoff Saturday in Round Top

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Sheriff Korenek Recognized by Secretary of Defense

La Grange Police Report

La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of Jan. 14-21.

St. Paul Annual Chili Cook Off March 3

St. Paul Lutheran PTLS Chili Supper, auction and 3rd Annual Chili Cook Off will be held at the Serbin Picnic Grounds on Sunday, March 3.

Ramp Project Builds on Lane Pool Rd.

God’s Embrace Lenten Weekend Retreat March 1-3

This Lent, God’s Embrace Ministries will be offering a Weekend Retreat on March 1-3 at Cathedral Oaks Retreat Center in Weimar. The theme for the weekend is Passion of Christ, Strengthen Me, and will explore the strength and comfort we can find in the suffering of the cross. The retreat cost $160 per person and includes accommodations and all meals. Those local to the area can register for $100…

Quilt Show Opens Friday in La Grange

Sodek Stepping Down as Flatonia Hoops Coach

Chris Sodek’s stellar time as Flatonia boys basketball coach has come to an end. But he’s not going far.

La Grange Softball Tournament

La Grange is hosting its varsity softball tournament this week. Here’s the schedule: Friday Feb.

Nate Scott Named 22-4A MVP

2023-2024 22-4A All-District Boys Basketball Honors MVP: Nathan Scott, Senior, La Grange High School

Trio of Cubettes Earn Superlatives On 29-1A All-District Hoops Team

MVP - Ayesha Sunny, North Zulch Off. MVP- Tess Eilers, Round Top-Carmine Jill Eilers, Round Top-Carmine De.

Leps, Horns, Dogs All Fall in the First Round of the Boys Playoffs

The La Grange boys very successful basketball season came to an end with a 81-52 loss to Houston Yates in the first round of the 4A playoffs at Katy’s Merrell Center Monday. It was the second consecutive season the Leps had lost in the first round to Yates.

Berger Withdraws From Election

The City of Schulenburg won’t have a contested election after all. Two candidates had applied to run for Place 5 on the City Council ahead of the filing deadline last Friday: Kathy Kleiber and Jake Berger.

Revisiting a 10-Year-Old Cold Case Homicide

A homicide that took place 10 years ago in Fayette County remains unsolved. On Jan.

Third Suspect Sought in McRobbery

La Grange Police obtained an arrest warrant for a third suspect allegedly involved in the armed robbery at the La Grange McDonalds on Nov. 9 of last year.

Oversize Load Knocks Down Power Pole

An oversized load traveling on SH 159 pulled down lines and a utility pole just outside of La Grange on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 20.

St. John Hosting SLM Wednesday Service

The next Wednesday service (Feb. 28) will be in Rutersville at St. John beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a soup supper. Service will follow at 6:30 p.m. Lenten offerings will be designated for the AMEN food pantry. The topic for this service is titled God’s Will and My Dreams. All are welcome.

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