New LGISD Yearbooks Released
The folks from the La Grange High School Journalism department (teacher Lucy Carr and some of her talented students) debuted the stunning new 2026 Yearbooks recently. They handed them out to those that had ordered them in the school parking lot prior to the start of classes and then also at the school’s open house last week. This yearbook marks a return to the all-encompassing edition which included elementary through high school coverage. The last few years the books were split up by campus.
Holy Cross Church Picnic Set for Sept. 6
Holy Cross Annual Church Picnic will be held on Sunday, Sept. 6 at the picnic grounds. They will be selling BBQ brisket, pork, fryers and sauce beginning at 9:30 a.m. The Ladies will be taking preorders for sides of beans, potato salad, coleslaw and noodles for $4 a pint. There is a signup sheet in the church Narthex for sides. Any pre-orders for sides need to be picked up by noon. Sides are also available the day of the picnic.
Pure Country 4-H Members Recognized
The annual Fayette County 4-H banquet was recently held on Aug. 9 at Casino Hall in La Grange. Pins and awards were presented. Pure Country 4-H Club had several members from the Ellinger area in attendance.
Shared Lutheran Ministry Pastor Jen will lead service in Ellinger on Sunday, Aug. 16. St. John in Ellinger will have Breakfast Church on Sunday, Aug. 23 in the fellowship hall and will watch the prerecorded service.
Before They Go Back…
It’s August down here in Fayette County, and that means families are scrambling to get their young ones ready to trade swim trunks for notebooks. From the littles who just want to skip stones across the cove all day to the high schoolers learning how to back a boat trailer down the ramp without a symphony of honks, everyone is trying to squeeze just a little more summer out of the calendar before the family road tripper officially morphs into the family school bus.
