Although no major crimes were committed in Fayette County during August, there were lots of routine law enforcement issues like hot checks and traffic accidents, according to Sheriff T.J. Flournoy. He reported that DWI offenders were arrested on: August 3, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 24. The sheriff and his deputies also checked on burglaries at Prairie Valley and Carmine, picked up several drunks, jailed an individual for an Oklahoma sheriff, transported one person to the state hospital, investigated a cattle theft at Cistern and served five citations at Fayetteville, plus other routine law enforcement issues.

The 35th Annual Wendish Fest will be held on Sunday, Sept. 24 at Serbin. The day will offer lots of Wendish history, heritage, culture and family activities at the St. Paul Picnic Grounds. The traditional Wendish noon meal will be available at 10:30 for $15 and children $6. To-go and drivethru will also be available at 9:30. All take-out meals are $15. For more information call (979) 366-2441 or visit: www.texaswendish.org.

Are we in for a decade of drought? I grew up in the drought of the 1950s. It was a decade-long drought; no one knew when it started, and no one knew when it would end. Many of my father’s kin were farmers and ranchers. There were few large ponds, and most had been hand-dug using a mule team and a scoop to remove a few cubic feet of soil at a time. Larger ranches had machine-dug ponds, but even these were small by today’s standards.

Want to live to be over a 100 years old and remain in good mental, physical, and emotional health? Well, move to a Blue Zone. Where and what are blue zones, you ask? They are areas in the world where high percentages of residents live to be 100+ years of age.

Around 1953 Dad acquired his first corn picker. A God send? Not quite! Up until then, every corn crop was harvested by hand. This involved two mules pulling a wagon row after row after row. As many of us that were available, we broke off or pulled every ear of corn – one at a time and tossing it into the wagon. Later on we used a Farmall Super C tractor to replace the mules.

Benny Binion pleaded guilty to income tax evasion on Sep. 6, 1952, eight days before he was due to stand trial in his native state. The Texas gambler and Las Vegas casino owner spent three and a half years in Leavenworth, where at last he learned to read.

A total of 774 new laws went into effect on Sept. 1, affecting Texans in many areas of their lives, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The new laws concern property taxes, registration fees and voting access, among other issues. Several have drawn court challenges from opponents.

Because of my broken down pickup; being with out transportation is a problem I have partly solved by the purchase of an adult tricycle. I ride my trike around town to HEB, the post office, banks and occasionally as far as the Walmart store, but that’s a real tough trip, a couple of miles, and seems to be all up hill, coming and going.

Sept. 4-7, 1973 An even 100 entries made up the roster for the Fayette County Fair parade in downtown La Grange on Saturday afternoon.

That Little Voice I’d never seen her cry, and I had known her all my 30+ years. She was clinging to a woman I barely recognized as she let years of feelings spill onto her comforter’s dress.