To the Editor: Having had to travel U.S. Highway 77 both north and south numerous times per day I am drawn to the attention of the trash and litter that is strewn along the sides of the road.

To the Editor: Recently, in the second best newspaper, WSJ (we know which is best) I found inspiration for this letter. That WSJ nugget deserves expansion.

To the Editor: My husband, Rob, and I want to publicly thank Tracy Head, LGISD administrator, for helping us purchase our football game tickets online for the La grange versus Rockdale football game. We deeply appreciate her willingness and kindness in solving our ticket dilemma.

With Laura and Marco making landfall last week with devastating results does not mean we are out of the woods just yet. This next two to three weeks are the most active part of the hurricane season in the gulf. We were extremely fortunate to have Laura go to the east of us like it did. With the images coming out of Lake Charles with homes flattened and major structures having sustained damage that looks like a bomb went off just outside. Parts of the Lousiana are still completely submerged going as far as twenty miles inland, it is incredible that it did not make direct landfall with either Houston or New Orleans as either of those cities would have been in a near apocalyptic state. Even with all of the damage sustained it is a major bullet dodged for both of those cities as the damages for either one of those cities could have been in the billions of dollars scale. Some of the cities that were hit by Laura are returned to nature and most likely will never return as the only trace of these cities are the foundations and strips of asphalt that still remain. As I watched this storm make landfall on Wednesday night it was still intensifying to just five mph shy of a category five, if Laura had slowed down anymore it could have been even worse than what it was. Even though Laura might go down in history for damages there are two more storms in the east Atlantic that are forming as of the time I am writing this, which could turn into major storms at any time. All the energy they need is there and ready for the taking and turn into who knows what at this point. 2020 will go down in the record books for what has already happened, but another page might be written for the cataclysmic power of storms that have come out of the Gulf this year.

Sept. 1, 1970 The Fayette County Fair parade scheduled for 3 p.m.

As you are all aware, the number of COVID-19 cases in the state and in our county has increased dramatically over the last few weeks. While we had previously hoped to loosen our approach toward worship and Bible study beginning in July, the current trajectory of the health situation will prevent us from being able to do so. At a recent meeting of the elders, several decisions were made related to protecting the health of our attendees at our worship services and Bible studies.

The Weimar Mercury • The Lavaca County Commissioners’ Court has named Michael Furrh as the new director of the Lavaca County Emergency Medical Service program. Furrh is a native of Moulton and resides in Shiner.

Warda in Wendish means “we are here,” and Holy Cross Lutheran Church certainly wants you to “be here in Warda” on Sunday, Sept. 6, to enjoy some great pork BBQ. With so many events being cancelled and restrictions on large gatherings making it challenging to hold an event, the congregation of Holy Cross Lutheran Church made the difficult decision to not hold their annual church picnic this year.

La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports on the following activities his department responded to during the week of Aug. 16-23 Agency Assist On Aug.

I grew up in a family of lions, and that’s a dangerous place when you are a ram. You guessed it, I’m referring to the birth months of my siblings and parents and myself.