A pink fire engine landed at the Spoiled Quilter last Friday but it’s all good. The fire engine, christened “Debbie,” is owned by Jay and Amber Young who head up the nonprofit Crossroads Guardians of Hope. Friday’s visit was a special surprise to honor cancer survivors Kathy Mabry, Spoiled Quilter owner, and Lee Kate Janish.

Week’s high July 18 & 24 ........................................................93 Degrees Week’s min. high July 19 & 22..............................................75 Degrees Week’s low July 21..................................................................72 Degrees Year’s low February 16.............................................................6 Degrees Year’s high June 14..................................................................96 Degrees Rainfall for week.....................................................................0.19 Inches Rainfall for year ....................................................................

The Fayette County Firefighter’s Association reports the following calls for the week of July 18-24: Fuel/Diesel Spill - 1 Fire Alarm - 1 Medical - 1.

SHOCK Fundraiser S.H.O.C.K. (Sacred Heart Organization of Catholic Kids) will be having a car wash for the new outdoor benches at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Fayette County Commissioners continued chipping away at next year’s budget during a pair of meetings this week. After meeting on Monday, they still faced a $3.45 million deficit.

The 2021 Relay For Life of La Grange will be held at Leopard Stadium on Saturday, September 25, beginning at 6 p.m. The Survivor/Caregiver Lap will follow the Opening Ceremony, after which many laps will be walked by the members of the 8 teams who have been raising money to help the American Cancer Society in its fight against this disease.

Every day, it seems, more and more steel and concrete get added to the new Highway 71 business bridge over the Colorado River in La Grange. The two growing sides of the bridge have not met in the middle – yet. As we have reported previously, this new bridge will not replace the one adjacent to it, but rather the two bridges will co-exist, each carrying one-way traffic. Photos by Jeff Wick

Back in May, the Texas House approved House Bill 547, better known as the “Tim Tebow” bill, after the college football player who was the first Heisman Trophy winner to have been homeschooled as a child.

A produce truck rolled on its side in a wreck at the intersection of SH 159 and SH 71 Bypass in La Grange Monday morning, July 26. The crash happened around 10 a.m.

The Fayette County Record travelled to Minnesota last week with the youth and adult chaperones from Queen of the Holy Rosary Church in Hostyn and Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Plum. The locals were in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis ad St. Paul) along with about 250 others from around the nation, participating in a week of service work as part of Catholic Heart Work Camp. After the week of work, the locals got a chance to check out some of the local sites, including the massive outdoor art displays at the Walker Art Center and the Basiilica o St. Mary in downtown Minneapolis, both pictured above. Locals pictured above include, left to right: Front Row: Chloe Ripper, Ella Wick, Zachary Janda, Lily Toro, Lilliana Lucio; Back row: Donna Janda, Brooke Redding, Max O’Brien, Jeff Wick, Roxann Redding and Miguel Rios.