Vacation Bible School at Holy Cross finished up last week. The theme “Built by God” was a huge success. Children of all ages learned about Jesus, sang incredible songs, enjoyed delicious food and had an awesome time.

A benefit for Conway Whited, infant son of Justin and Amanda Whited, will be held Sunday, Aug. 22 at the Holy Cross picnic grounds. A drive thru meal will be served from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. consisting of pork steak, green beans, corn, homemade noodles and bread. Tickets are $12 each. Baked goods will be available for a free-will donation. Raffle tickets are also being sold for $20 each. The drawing will be held at 2 p.m. on the same day. Winners do not have to be present to win and it will be streamed via Facebook live. Meal and raffle tickets are available at the church office (979) 242-3333 or by contacting Justin at (979) 966-2443 or Amanda at (979) 966-8339.

The Fayetteville Lions Club installed their new leadership for 2021 at the home of Linda Hudson and Mike Clann. Recent Travels Tara Murphy, 4th and 5th grade teacher at FISD, visited the Nashville, Tenn.

Fayetteville is preparing for its annual City-Wide Garage sale this Saturday, July 10, starting at 7 a.m. and lasting until around noon. Sales will be all around Fayetteville, with maps available at Orsak’s Cafe, the Fayetteville Store, and on the Square. The Lions Club will have a large booth on the Square benefiting scholarships. To help people find the event, Brian Simmons and Kevin Dunne placed the Fayetteville Chamber’s sign up on Highway 71, pictured above.

It would only be fitting in the aftermath of Juneteenth to honor the history, legacy and legend of La Grange’s Silver Star. Through the years Silver Star has faced many challenges to say the least.

As the oldest of five children, Dr. Amy Gutierrez-Cerelli often helped take care of her younger siblings.

La Grange KJT Society No. 46 presented $500 to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in La Grange along with a matching $500 donation made possible by a KJT Home Office Covid Relief Grant. The La Grange KJT society qualified for the onetime $500 Covid Relief Grant due to their continued efforts and activities during 2020. Our hope is the donations will assist with any hardships inflicted on the parish during this difficult time. Receiving the donation on behalf of the parish was Fr. Brian Phillips. Pictured from left is: KJT Member Shirley Antosh, KJT State and Society No. 46 Vice President David M. Wagner, Fr. Brian Phillips, Seminarian Wyatt Parlow, and KJT State President Chris Urban.

Daniel Lehmann of La Grange recently attended Space Camp at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, home of Space Camp, Space Camp Robotics, Aviation Challenge and U.S. Cyber Camp. The Rocket Center is a Smithsonian Affiliate and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s Official Visitor Center.

The AMEN Food Pantry continued to be busy in the month of June. 175 families were served for the month for a total of 453 individuals. A total of 131 volunteers for 255 hours served the pantry. A total of 3,372 pounds of food were donated.

The Fayette County Firefighter’s Association reports the following calls for the week of June 27 through July 3: Accidents - 8 Medical - 7 Power Line Hazard - 1 Vehicle Fires - 3.