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A Celebration of Catholic Education was hosted by the Diocese of Victoria at their first Class Education Awards on Monday, Oct. 14, at Club Westerner Victoria. The 2024 Distinguished Alumni honoree for St. Rose of Lima Catholic School is Mr. Theodore (Ted) Stanzel. He has done great things for our community and Catholic Education.

The Blinn College District will offer a medication aide refresher course on Monday, Nov. 11, that will meet state continuing education requirements for certified medication aides.

M The historic Pin Oak Cemetry recently held their semiannual clean up with 13 people coming out to help preserve the past for the future. After all the mowing, edging, and general cleaning they held their business meeting and elected new officers.

W Once again it is time to order poinsettias for the Christmas season. The Winchester 4-H members are selling the traditional Christmas favorite for $12 each and they come in Red, White, or Pink.

Oct. 25-29, 1974 A contract valued at nearly $1 billion with Decker Coal Company of Omaha, Neb., to supply fuel for the joint Austin-Lower Colorado River Authority coal-fired power plant near Fayetteville was approved.

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Levi Carden Preston Flannagan River Grab Daphne Grantham Abbey Havel Kynzie Kollman Maisyn Krebs Lincoln Moreau Ellis Noska Kaycie Polasek Emmi Sodek Jensen Sutherland Tessa Virnau Piper Woods 2nd Grade Avery Kovar Delaney Krebs Hazel Lones Eli Malota Finn Morrison Ezra Noska Cooper Schley Declan Shaw 3rd Grade Vincent Carrias Kennedy Kaspar Rebecca Kozel Creed Kulhanek Camila Martinez Sam Michalsky Gentry Robbins Abigail Sutherland Hudson Virnau 4th Grade Canaan Beseda Aden Byrd Noah Faldyn Scout Heintschel Cullen Hickman Haddie Krebs Harper Malota Madison Moreau Brady Noska Jake Schley Olivia Taylor Sadie Tiemann-Wells Jase Wallace Crew Wood 5th Grade Lydia Beseda Raelynn Beseda Sawyer Burgess Avery Coufal Thomas Loper Ainsley Murphy Charlie Muske Henley Sodek Alex Vera Emily Warren 6th Grade Cora Loafman Emory Malota Ellie Morgensen Kloey Noska Weston Sutherland 7th Grade Mason Carrias Ethan Keilers Josiah Loafman 8th Grade Anthony Coufal Tatum Fritsch Tanner Jurecka Jacob Muzny 9th Grade Scotti Beseda Elizabeth Chennault Isabel Coufal Raelee Denham Shane Dominey Dylan Henneke Paige Jurecka Kandon Kaspar Noah Loafman Jaden Lones Ronson Muegge Presley Wallace Rebecca Warren Baileigh White 10th Grade Olivia Dominey Saige Gasaway Lainey Gromaski Kara Jurecka Emily Keilers Julianna Work 11th Grade Nolan Dominey Mason Fenhaus Kasen Kocian Reagan Moreau Logan Poncik Jack Schley Kole Schmitt Valerie Vera 12th Gade Brody Dooley Johnathan English Lawson Fritsch Easton Jaeger Luke Korenek Jack LeMaire Harper Mau Zackry Meier.

The county-wide feral hog contest is being held to give landowners, producers, and sportsmen an opportunity to control feral hogs in Fayette County. The feral hog population causes economic losses to Fayette County Agriculture producers through crop destruction, pasture and livestock losses, and environmental damage.

The Fayette County Firefighter’s Association reports the following calls for the week of Oct. 13-19: Medical - 10 Accidents - 2 Wash Down - 1 Grass Fires - 2 Illegal Burning - 1 Fire Alarm - 1 Smoke Report - 1