Here’s more from last Monday’s La Grange ISD school board meeting: Budget & Financial Amendments Several budget amendments moved approved funds between functions (totaling $153,000) to cover contingencies. The 2025-2026 budget adopted: general fund projects a $1.577 million deficit, nutrition fund $182,000 deficit, debt service $71,000 surplus.

In the July 25 issue of the Fayette County Record, editor Jeff Wick wrote an article concerning a recent visit to the atrium in the county courthouse in La Grange. He stated that his family sat in the atrium to enjoy a snack and take in the relaxing scene. He also made mention in the article about a marker on the wall, in which he stated: “It’s crazy to think that flood waters in 1913 covered this entire area as well as five feet on the first floor.” With the recent tragedy in the Texas Hill Country, the word “flood” has been on the mind of the whole state, as well as our nation. Furthermore, the loss of life and property appears almost too much for a person to comprehend. What’s more, the memory of the floodwaters caused by Hurricane Harvey in August 2017 may still be on the minds of those who lived through it. This Footprints of Fayette article will deal with the flood in 1913, and its direct effect on Fayette County, and the surrounding counties.

Members of the La Grange Rotary honored outgoing club president Hannah Janda at their Aug. 27 meeting. At the end of her club year, June 30, the local service group had donated $51,355 to charities ranging from local high school scholarships to wildfire relief efforts to global hunger aid. Presenting the plaque to Janda is new president Josh Vandever. The Rotary Club currently has 65 members.

BRIDGE Mental Health Youth Conference Held.

The St. Mary Bazaar Committee, along with Father Steve Sauser and all parishioners of St. Mary Catholic Church in Ellinger, extends our deepest gratitude to everyone who helped make our 75th anniversary celebration a tremendous success.

Texas AgriLife Extension Office, Fayette County is hosting a First Aid & CPR training on Saturday, Sept. 27 from 9 a.m. - 12 noon at the Fayette County Agricultural Building, 255 Svoboda Lane, La Grange in the large training room.

Four fabulous exhibits are coming to the Texas Quilt Museum to jam-pack its display areas: Welcome to My Garden: Contemporary Botanicals by Andrea Brokenshire; Birds by Linda Fjeldsted Blust; The Traditional Quilts of Dianne Miller (sponsored by The Lucille Gaebler Klein Fund); and 19th Century Blues: It’s More Than Indigo.

Mississippi-based Progressive Health Group has finalized a deal to lease and operate St. Mark’s Medical Center.

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