Did you know that cats can go into their first “season” as young as four months old. The Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter is overflowing as puppy and kitten season gears up. This is only the beginning of hundreds of homeless, helpless, unwanted litters pour into your community shelter annually.

La Grange Mayor Jan Dockery proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day in La Grange. KJZT Family Life Society No. 31 members accepting the proclamation were (from left, standing) President Elizabeth Kallus, Vice President Nicole Vasut, Phyllis Chavarria, Treasurer Barbara Eilert, Doris Lidiak, (seated) Rose Recek, Mayor Jan Dockery, and Secretary Marilyn Kothmann. National Flag Day honors the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as our national symbol by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. In 1885, an official Flag Day to commemorate this was suggested by a Wisconsin teacher, but it was not until 1916 that President Woodrow Wilson officially decreed June 14 to be a day to celebrate Old Glory. Members of KJZT Family Life, a non-profit organization that combines volunteerism and business, contribute to their hometowns and churches by participating in parish and community work projects and fundraisers to help those in need. Societies have long proclaimed their patriotism by honoring National Flag Day on June 14.

On Thursday, May 22, St. Rose of Lima Catholic School in Schulenburg held their Eighth Grade Graduation Mass. Those receiving diplomas from Pastor Jasper Liggio and Principal Rosanne Gallia were (front, from left) Reese Dusek, Rilee Durfey, Mallory Bonner, Tenley Zbranek, (middle) Saybra Pinney, Caroline Bartek, Holden Holub, Courtney Magliolo, (back) Principal Rosanne Gallia, Weston Hollas, Brett Hollas, William Eudy, Bo Brossmann, and Rev. Augustine Owusu-Peprah.

Koenig-Belvill Funeral Home in La Grange continued their longstanding tradition of hosting a Memorial Day ceremony Monday. Numerous local veterans groups played a role in the ceremony which started inside the funeral home and then proceeded outside. One of the most solemn portions of the event was the reading of a long list of local veterans who had died since last Memorial Day. Joseph Carroll rang a bell after each name was read by Gene Jaster.

Schulenburg area veterans organizations held their annual Memorial Day service at Wolters Park in Schulenburg Monday morning, May 26. American Legion Post 143 Commander Bob Heinrich opened the ceremony.

Three people suffered injuries in a crash at the SH 71 bypass intersection at the west end of La Grange Monday afternoon. The wreck happened around 3 p.m.

Brittany Banks surprised her daughter Paisley on the last day of school last week with a special ride home - on horseback. They live in the Plum area. So last Wednesday, when La Grange Elementary let out early for the summer break, Brittany set out on horseback for town with her daughter’s horse in-tow. Paisley was all smiles when she walked out of the school that day. The mother and daughter loaded up on their horses, Trip and Bullet, and rode through town, across the river bridge and back to Plum.

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Fayette County Sheriff’s Office gets so many open records requests that it will now hire someone to process them all. Sheriff Keith Korenek appeared at the Commissioners Court meeting last Thursday, May 22, to request the new position.

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