Fayetteville News: From Crawfish to Little Libraries
City Council Meeting
The City Council meeting was moved to next Monday, May 23 at the city offices.
Free Little Libraries
Have you checked out our Little Free Libraries around town lately? Several dedicated ladies, including Barbara Arambula, Betty Hambright, Diannne Tinsley, Maria Elena Stein, Yvonne McGowen, Pat Marquis and others helped bring the little libraries to life. The first one, next to Fayette Realty, was built back in 2015 out of the kindness of Evan Quiros and Ray Hambright. Fayetteville Ag students at the high school built the rest.
Park Renovations
Oak Thicket Park’s RV Loop and Day Use bathroom facilities will be closed for renovations from May 9 through May 26 and will open back up on May 27. Portable toilets are provided but the showers/restrooms are closed.
Cajun Feast
This Friday night the Fayetteville/Ellinger Knights of Columbus are serving up quite a Cajun feast of crawfish, live music, draft beer and more under the pavilion at St. John’s. Tickets are limited. Your $40 meal ticket gets you into the event. $10 raffle tickets get you the chance to win all kinds of great prizes.
Call the KC Order Line in advance for your meal tickets at (979) 249-6003 or purchase meal and raffle tickets from a KC member. Raffle tickets can also be picked up at the Westside store or Orsak’s Café. It all begins at 6:30 p.m. At 7:30 p.m. the Charles Thibodeaux and the Austin Cajun Aces Band will keep the good times rolling till 10:30 p.m.
Birthday Club
A ladies birthday club has gathered once a month for over 15 years. All are welcome. Last month, the ladies enjoyed Reba’s Pizzeria.
Food Pantry
Look for the Central Texas Mobile Food Pantry to be at the Waldeck Lutheran Church this Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. It’s drive-thru distribution and will follow all CDC guidelines. Please note that beginning in June, the Food Pantry will be moving to the third Saturday of every month.
Graduation
Fayetteville ISD graduation is taking place in the Athletic Complex this Friday night at 7 p.m. Congratulations to all graduates and to the Fayetteville UIL science team. They took fourth place overall at the recent state competition.
Celebrations
Happy Birthday wishes to: Betty Pietsch-20; Madeline Kovar-23; Ann Heintschel, Victoria Orsak, and Angela Kovar Taylor-25
Happy Anniversary wishes to: Jonathan and Kaysie Noska-21.
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