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Mary Lee Mewis turned 106 years old Saturday, and the woman who is likely Fayette County’s oldest resident is still enjoying an amazing life. What did she want most for her birthday? “For a whole lot of people who were good to me to be together,” Mewis said Friday as she sat in the living room of the house outside La Grange she’s lived in since 1947. And she got her birthday

The La Grange High School Class of 1965 will hold its 57th year reunion on Saturday, Oct. 1. The event will be held at the Prairie Valley Dining Hall, located at 2510 Williams Road in West Point. Former classmates interested in attending the event are asked to send their checks made payable to Mary Jane Henning/Class of 1965; and mail to her at 790 South College, La Grange, TX 78945.

First Nine Months of Year (Jan.-Sept.) Fayette County Cities Pct. Change Tax Rate 2022 2021 2020 2019 2021 to ’22 La Grange 1.50% 1,819,457 1,671,905 1,501,972 1,620,205 Up 8.8% Schulenburg 1.50% 934,653 701,017 661,679 618,601 Up 33.3% Flatonia 1.50% 319,556 301,066 271,127 265,050 Up 6.1% Round Top 1.50% 283,968 246,054 158,097 171,255 Up 15.4% Carmine 1.50% 113,348 95,631 75,288 67,322 Up 18.5% Fayetteville 1.50% 94,204 87,492 74,517 80,619 Up 7.6% Ellinger 1.00% 47,457 0 0 0 u/c Other Area Cities Bastrop 1.50% 8,471,642 7,361,547 6,041,808 5,674,644 Up 15.0% Brenham 1.50% 6,820,232 5,832,031 5,182,446 5,257,052 Up 16.9% Lockhart 1.50% 2,678,411 2,384,460 2,263,556 1,980,030 Up 12.3% Elgin 1.50% 2,668,315 2,234,171 2,080,242 1,574,496 Up 19.4% Gonzales 1.50% 2,356,053 1,879,623 2,044,079 2,049,096 Up 25.3% Sealy 1.50% 2,324,488 2,162,342 2,042,691 2,026,211 Up 26.3% Giddings 1.50% 1,862,940 1,501,454 1,514,970 1,557,873 Up 24.0% Hempstead 2.00% 1,732,080 1,498,655 1,387,022 1,487,289 Up 15.5% Caldwell 1.50% 1,529,607 1,263,693 1,333,132 1,337,298 Up 21.0% Luling 1.50% 1,476,928 1,169,224 1,019,129 1,021,870 Up 14.7% Columbus 1.50% 1,420,815 1,301,182 1,353,370 1,239,530 Up 9.2% Yoakum 2.00% 1,413,738 1,218,529 1,197,458 1,218,336 Up 16.0% Hallettsville 2.00% 1,077,411 1,049,747 988,270 943,140 Up 2.6% Bellville 1.50% 776,748 676,669 606,146 605,082 Up 14.7% Weimar 1.50% 696,978 605,582 567,519 558,359 Up 15.1% Smithville 1.50% 669,521 563,754 488,102 429,066 Up 18.7% Shiner 1.00% 400,658 288,707 286,521 317,296 Up 38.7% Eagle Lake 1.00% 294,639 284,484 249,280 225,969 Up 3.5% County Governments Bastrop 0.50% 5,874,029 4,729,162 3,998,753 3,503,311 Up 24.2% Washington 0.50% 3,200,621 2,612,178 2,272,976 2,422,642 Up 22.5% Fayette 0.50% 2,257,245 1,706,153 1,572,242 1,704,017 Up 32.3% Caldwell 0.50% 2,155,612 1,956,322 1,678,099 1,528,865 Up 10.1% Austin 0.50% 1,698,442 1,555,096 1,447,917 1,616,731 Up 9.0% Gonzales 0.50% 1,675,317 1,392,562 1,691,581 1,704,017 Up 20.3% Colorado 0.50% 1,466,843 1,266,223 1,705,794 1,221,312 Up 15.8% Burleson 0.50% 1,158,610 845,411 1,166,948 1,045,244 Up 37.0% Lee 0.50% 1,140,082 1,027,694 2,174,764 1,024,770 Up 10.9% Source: State Comptroller’s Office .

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At an Emergency Commissioners Court meeting Thursday an order was signed by County Judge Joe Weber restricting outdoor burning. Residents are warned to refrain from burning anything, including kitchen trash and brush piles.

With three-quarters of the year passed, business in Fayette County seems still to be booming. Retail sales tax collections are up 32.3% for the first nine months of the year, surpassing virtually every neighboring county. (Burleson County is up 37.0%, but is considerably smaller than Fayette.) And Schulenburg seems to be where that business is hottest.