St. Mark’s Medical Center is pleased to announce that their Advanced Outpatient Wound Center is a recipient of RestorixHealth’s Clinical Distinction Award for the period ending December 2022. The biannual achievement acknowledges exceptional success in wound healing rates and safety goals.

Due to the inclement weather on Saturday, April 8 the Bluebonnet Master Gardener Association has decided to postpone the Plant Sale. The Plant Sale has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 22 at Levine Park Pavilion located at 406 Main St. Sealy. The Plant Sale hours are 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. or until sold out.

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PSIA District Meet Winners/State Qualifiers Zoey Krenek-7th place Art Memory 4,5 Allen Ballard-2nd place Art Memory 6,7,8 (State Qualifier) Emileigh Divin-1st place Creative Writing (1) (State Qualifier) Abigail McBride-1st place Creative Writing (2) (State Qualifier); 4th place Storytelling (2); 7th place Mathematics (2) Rowan Heinrich-2nd place Creative Writing (2) (State Qualifier); 5th place Storytelling (2); 10th place Spelling (2) Ashtyn Schaefer-8th place Dictionary Skills 6,7,8 Mallory Bonner-1st place Ready Writing (6) (State Qualifier); 4th place Spelling (6); 5th place On-Site Drawing (6); 9th place Dictionary Skills 6,7,8 Courtney Magliolo-10th place Dictionary Skills 6,7,8 Briley Hartensteiner-2nd place Listening Skills 4,5 (State Qualifier); 3rd place Mathematics (4); 4th place Maps, Graphs, Charts (4); 4th place Ready Writing (4); 10th place Spelling (4) Avery Hartensteiner-5th place Number Sense (6); 6th place Science (6); 8th place Listening Skills 6,7,8; 8th place Maps, Graphs, Charts (6) Levi Johnson-3rd place Maps, Graphs, Charts (4); 4th place Mathematics (4); 4th place Spelling (4); 6th place Ready Writing (4) Abraham McBride-2nd place Number Sense (5) (State Qualifier); 4th place Mathematics (5); 5th place Maps, Graphs, Charts (5) Jack Schiffli-8th place Mathematics (3) Cal Schiffli-3rd place Mathematics (5); 5th place Number Sense (5) Miranda Bonner-2nd place Ready Writing (7) (State Qualifier); 3rd place On-Site Drawing (7); 6th place Mathematics (7); 8th place Vocabulary 7,8 Luke Goedrich-3rd place Number Sense (4) Denim Sommer-1st place Number Sense (8) (State Qualifier); 1st place Science (8) (State Qualifier) Reese Dusek-2nd place On-Site Drawing (State Qualifier); 4th place Ready Writing (6) Caroline Bartek- 3rd place On-Site Drawing; 3rd place Spelling (6); 5th place Science (6) Anna Oeding-4th place On-Site Drawing (7) Charlie Shank-6th place On-Site Drawing (7) Lilly Wotipka-1st place On-Site Drawing (8) (State Qualifier); 10th place Ready Writing (8) Cate Hooper-6th place Ready Writing (3) Rylee Wright-5th place Ready Writing (4) Elly Wotipka-8th place Ready Writing (5) Brynn Bubela-9th place Ready Writing (5) Max Hernandez-4th place Ready Writing (7) Ava Bubela-6th place Ready Writing (8) Brielle Goedrich-10th place Spelling (3) Brylee Stoever-4th place Storytelling (3) Dillon Goedrich- 4th place Number Sense (8).

The Board of Directors and the staff at Senior Connections have arrived at a crucial decision. With the 2023 Strategic Plan in place now, we prioritized the needs of the organization and have hired a Director of Development. Amanda Kridel is an extremely versatile Marketing and Development professional. There will be a more formal announcement coming as Senior Connections launches new name of our organization, officially, and present Amanda to community by working with the Chamber of Commerce team.

Feed the Need, a non-profit organization whose mission is to feed people physically and spiritually, will provide free burgers every Monday at 6:30 p.m. in La Grange at the south east corner of the courthouse square. Everyone is welcome.

On March 28, at approximately 5:27 p.m. the Columbus Police Department responded to a Theft that occurred at Potter’s Western Store in the City of Columbus.

State Rep. Stan Kitzman wants to flush the requirement for polluters to publish public notices in local newspapers.

La Grange’s AMEN Food Pantry continues to serve large numbers. But according AMEN treasurer Garry Schellberg, the pantry has ample funds to purchase products from the Food Bank however, currently the Central Texas Food Bank does not have product to serve the needs of our pantry and all pantries across Central Texas.