The Bugle Boy Foundation brought an Elvis Tribute show to a resident at Schulenburg Regency Nursing Home last week. Swan Songs is one of the Bugle Boy’s outreach programs which brings concerts to patients in hospice care – in their home or residential facility. John Cobb (“Elvis”) thrilled residents and staff alike as he placed scarves on many of the women during the show.

Inventors in Fayette County filed more than 150 patents between 1869 through 1920. Many of these inventions sprung from the minds of early settlers looking for ways to ease the toil of everyday life.

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Footprints Of Fayette Fayette County is one of the most historic counties in Texas. In this weekly feature from the County Historical Commission, a rotating group of writers looks back at local history.

The Fayette Community Foundation (FCF) is pleased to announce that it administered a $40,000 designated grant on behalf of an anonymous donor to the Fayette County EMS on Wednesday, April 12. The grant will be used to support the newly built Station 4 in Schulenburg and enhance EMS’s mission of providing high-quality emergency medical services to the residents of Fayette County.

Sports Physicals by Texas A&M Mobile Health Clinic will be given on May 4. RT-C High School boys and girls participated in the District 29A track meet held at Runge.

Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that on Tuesday, April 25, Fayette County Dispatch received a call about a medical emergency. The individual in question is the sole caretaker of an adult autistic family member with no known family or friends anywhere nearby.

M The annual Pitman Cemetery Day is coming around again. It is always the first Sunday in May, this year it is on May 7 with services beginning at 2:30 p.m.

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The Rural Nonprofit Networking Group (RNNG) is excited to invite all nonprofit staff and volunteers to join their next gathering which will be held on Wednesday, May 10. RNNG creates opportunities for the organizations that do so much good in our rural communities to share their missions and visions, discuss community needs and partnership opportunities, bring in experts to facilitate growth and professionalism, and simply connect to maximize the efficiency and impact that participants can bring to Fayette, Colorado, Lavaca and surrounding counties.