Fayette County 4-H members competed in the Rodeo Austin Beef Skillathon on March 11. Crockett Guenther competed in the Intermediate Division and was the Overall High Point Intermediate.

The Stanzel Family Foundation (SFF) is now accepting applications for the Joseph & Victor Stanzel Memorial Scholarship for professionals. This scholarship is designed to support individuals seeking to further their careers through continued education.

Fayette Public Library hosted at Easter Egg Hunt at the Library on Wednesday, April 1. The event began with a storytime book reading inside the library. Children and parents then went outside for the main event. The kids got off to a running start as they searched for about 100 eggs that the Easter Bunny hid around the library grounds. The Easter Bunny also made an appearance and took photos with the children. JD Farming Horse Rescue of West Point brought a pen of sheep, goats and rabbits for the children to pet.

Merriam’s Midway Carnival is returning to the Fayette County Fairgrounds for Easter Weekend, April 2-4 sponsored by The La Grange Optimist Club. Carnival opens at 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday. Free admission. All-you-can-ride armbands are $20.

The non-profit publication Texas Tribune recently launched a Public Schools Explorer database covering the 1,202 public school districts in Texas. The data, available at https:// schools.texastribune.org, includes enrollment trends, demographics, teacher experience, pay and outcomes for all of those schools, at both the district and the campus level.

Progressive Health hopes to reopen the La Grange hospital as soon as June. Dani Dominguez of Progressive Health told the Record this week that all necessary licencing for the hospital should be complete by the week of April 20.

A person showed up at the EMS station in La Grange on Sunday afternoon with an apparent snake bite. Fayette County EMS Director Josh Vandever said the patient appeared to have been bitten in the hand.

The staff of the Fayette Heritage Museum and Archives announces a new exhibit, “The Hermes Family: Community Leaders and Philanthropists,” which will open with a public reception at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 11th.

Thursday the Fayette County Commissioners signed a resolution in support of the City of Fayetteville pursuing a cultural district designation. Sandra Borne, executive director of Arts for Rural Texas, said the City applied for a cultural district designation last year through the Texas Commission on the Arts.

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