The Friends of Kreische Brewery & Monument Hill State Historic Sites kicked off their Spring 2025 membership drive earlier this month. Excited by the nonprofit organization’s growth over the last five years, the Friends Board-of-Directors and sites staff welcome new and renewed members from across the community and beyond. The membership drive concludes with an exclusive membership program on Thursday evening, March 27, featuring an interactive history program with dinner and drinks. For more information or to purchase Friends membership, visit www.friendsofkbmh. org/memberships, stop by the Sites’ visitors center, or call (979) 968-5658.

A reader upset about some of my recent musings in this column suggested throwing the Fayette County Record in the trash. That’s just silly. You could at least recycle it. But there are lots of other ways to use the newspaper, especially in the garden.

Life Polar vortex roar’d down Upon us modern men, It does so world over, Cross many northern lands. Current knowhow insignificant, Here in Houston----energy capital, I write by candle light, How insignificant, The warmth of fire from wood, In homes not built for cold. Just a few days ago, I tried to imagine To live as a caveman, Today I wish I lived His cozy home of stone, Small fire for warmth and light.

Following a full-capacity class last fall, the Blinn College- Schulenburg Campus is once again offering its highly popular, non-credit heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) certification course this summer. With limited seats available, Blinn College officials strongly encourage students to register as soon as possible to secure their spot before the class fills up.

There will be surveyors working in Ellinger easements and right of ways. This group is with BEFCO Engineering.

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Fayette Community Theatre has announced the cast of this spring’s comedy production, “Dilemmas with Dinner.” Show dates are May 2 and 3 at 7 p.m. and May 4 at 3 p.m.

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The “Women Making History” article published last week Friday erred in reporting that Lucille Strickland was the first women to serve on the Schulenburg ISD board of trustees. While Mrs. Strickland surely did serve the Schulenburg ISD as a trustee, she was not the very first women to serve in that capacity. That honor appears to go to Mrs. Gene (Ruth) Schulz, elected in 1943, as reported in the Schulenburg Sticker, April 9, 1943, issue.