The 171st Round Top Fourth of July Event Coming Up

As times are returning to normal regarding the pandemic, so is the long standing Round Top 4th of July Celebration, which was celebrated for the first time in 1851. The 4th of July has been celebrated nonstop since that date, not even pausing for the Civil War during the early 1860s.
Last year’s cannon shot.

FOR THE RECORD

Mobile Dairy Summer Reading at the Fayette Public Library is in full swing. Join Wednesday, June 23 at 10:15 a.m.

A Look at The County Budgeting Process

Fayette County Commissioners started planning next year’s budget at a pair of workshop meetings last week. On Thursday, they heard from more than a dozen social service agencies that the County helps to support.

Buckaroo Day Camp

The fifth annual Buckaroo Day Camp at Colorado River Cowboy Church ended Wednesday, June 10 with a total of 49 Buckaroos and 13 teen Wranglers present. CRCC is located right inside Fayette County right at the borderline with Bastrop County on Highway 71. For more about their event see Page B2.
Buckaroo Day Camp

Sky-Diving Benefit Friday – Maybe

After a couple of postponed events, The Habitat for Humanity sky-diving fundraiser is going to give it one more try. Sky-divers are scheduled to jump throughout the day this Friday, June 25, at Texas Skydiving located at 1055 Pvt.

Cellist from the Midwest Has Big Musical Dreams

Round Top Festival Institute’s summer music festival attracts some of the top orchestra music students from around the world, but not all of them want to make their name in orchestra. Ella Bondar, a 20-year-old cellist from Des Plaines, Illinois, has other plans.
Cellist from the Midwest Has Big Musical Dreams

New Exhibit Opening at Quilt Museum on July 1

Beginning July 1, The Texas Quilt Museum in downtown La Grange will have a brand new exhibit on display. Flower Show: Antique Quilts from the International Quilt Festival Collection will present 10 quilts dating from the 1850s to the 1940s.
New Exhibit Opening at Quilt Museum on July 1

Busted

To the editor: Busted. Lina, a Catahoula belonging to Stan and Renée Cross, ate all of the tomatoes they picked on Sunday – a large bowl full that was left on the dining table.
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