Fayette and Lee County officials in conjunction with St. Marks Hospital and Fayette County EMS are offering a Covid vaccine shot clinic Monday, March 22 at the Fayette County Fairgrounds.

Fayette County Commissioners awarded a bid to replace the West Point Sewer Plant at a meeting last Thursday, March 11. Fayette County built the West Point Sewer Plant in the early 2000s after state regulators discovered several homes in West Point that were dumping raw sewage onto the ground.

Paint and Sip Social The Paint and Sip social was held Sunday, March 14 at the Ellinger Chamber of Commerce Hall. It was a creative success.

Arts for Rural Texas and the City of La Grange are joining efforts in a project to transform the city’s fire hydrants into works of art. The La Grange Fire Department has defined the safety restrictions and supports this fun community beautification project.

Founded on the principles of charity, unity and fraternity, the Knights of Columbus was established in 1882 by Father Michael J. McGivney, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Connecticut, and a group of parishioners. Their intent? To bring financial aid and assistance to the sick, disabled and needy members and their families. Members are Catholic men who lead, serve, protect and defend. They share a desire to be better husbands, fathers, sons, neighbors and role models and to put charity and community first. The Knights of Columbus Schulenburg Council #2902 demonstrated this commitment to the community by donating to Turtle Wing Foundation to help support the 2021 Jack Hooper Day at the Ballpark and Homerun Derby. Leadership presented a check for $1000, which the membership voted to donate in order to support Turtle Wing programming. Turtle Wing has been providing Early Intervention, Supplemental Services and Community Education & Advocacy programming to children and families with academic, social-emotional, behavioral and/ or developmental needs since 2012. Annually, over 300 children are receiving direct services with thousands more benefiting indirectly through education and advocacy work. The 2021 Jack Hooper Day at the Ballpark and Homerun Derby has been set for May 1, 2021 at Wolter’s Park in Schulenburg. The foundation is already gearing up to cultivate sponsorships for this their longest running fundraising event. The K.C.’s are a prime example of untraditional support. The work of the foundation benefits our communities as a whole. Sponsors can be businesses, fraternal or philanthropic organizations, or even individuals who simply want to help children with disabilities “grow wings and fly”. For more information or to schedule Turtle Wing to come visit with your organization contact Susie Shank at (979)505-5090, visit the Turtle Wing Facebook page @turtlewingfoundation, or the website www.turtlewingfoundation.org.

Family Fun Night Camp Lone Star will have a free family fun night on Tuesday March 30 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Join them for dinner, devotion and tie-dying some cool t-shirts.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges to people who have sought to gather information about their government and keep its officials honest and accountable to the people they swore to serve.

Giddings Times & News The Dime Box Post Office is dealing with major problems because of bats invading the building. It all came to light when a bat came out of the ceiling title and began flying around inside the building.

The Department of Texas VFW Auxiliary continues to offer a Nursing Scholarship. Many of our veterans need the skilled and talented services of compassionate nurses. To fulfill this need, there must be nurses available. We continue to need nurses with a Bachelor of Science or a Master’s degree. Nurses work extremely hard and, at times, have exceedingly long hours; it is an honorable profession and one to be proud of.

La Grange High School junior Ella Wick was the winner of this year’s local Optimist Club essay contest. The topic of this year’s contest was “Reaching your dreams by choosing Optimism.” She read her essay at this month’s club meeting. She is shown here receiving the $500 award for winning the local contest from Club President Quincy Hutchison. Her essay now advances on to the district contest.