La Grange City Council selected nine semi-finalist candidates for the vacant City Manager position at a meeting Monday night, Oct. 25. The Council met in a closeddoor executive session with consultant Bret Bauer of Government Professional Solutions (GPS) to review the job applicants. Interim City Manager Frank Menefee was absent from the meeting (he was attending a mandatory training class that day). City Secretary Janet Bayer said the City received 16 applications for the job. Bauer informed the semifinalists about their selection on Tuesday. GPS will now interview the semi-finalists. Those interviews will be recorded for Council to review. Bayer said Council will then select finalists for the position, which will probably take place in late November or early December. She said Council will conduct in-person interviews with each of the finalists. Bayer said the process may also include an interview panel with City staff. City staff will also give each candidate a tour of the City at that time, Bayer said.

Early voting in the Nov. 8 General Election started on Monday, Oct. 24. According to the Fayette County Election Office, 1,313 ballots were cast in the first two days of early voting. That number amounts to about 7.37 percent of registered voters, and includes both in-person voting and mail-in ballots. Early voting and mail-in ballots will not be counted until Election Night.

Some customers of Colorado Valley Communication (CVC) went without internet service for nearly three days last weekend. CVC spokesman John Wied said the first outages were reported on Friday, Oct. 21. CVC restored service on Sunday, Oct. 23. Wied said the outage affected CVC customers with DSL service. He said the outage was due to a faulty electrical card that was inside one of the nearly two dozen network cabinets spread throughout CVC’s service area. The outage was not connected to the Antiques Show in Round Top and Warrenton, Wied said.

Looking for Halloween fun? There’s no shortage of events locally over the next few days. Here’s some you may want to consider: Downtown LG The annual Trick-or-treat on the square in La Grange will be Monday Oct.

The carnival Ferris wheel arrived in Flatonia this week for the 50th annual Flatonia Czhilispiel, set to take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28-30. Festivities include musical entertainment by Matt Castillo, Texas Unlimited Band, The Emotions, Triston Marez and Mike Ryan. The headliner Saturday night is country music artist Easton Corbin. Other attractions include a jalapeño eating contest, egg toss, “CZ Got Talent” contest, “czhili” and barbecue cookoffs, arts, crafts and food vendors, kids tricycle races and Halloween costume contest, Little Wranglers Hay Hauling, Backseat Momma Driver, horseshoe, washers, corn hole, a big parade Sunday morning and so much more. Go to www.czhilispiel.com for the schedule and more information.

The Fayette Co. Record’s Management in Its First Half Century, 1922-1972 Editor’s note: This issue marks the final edition of our 100th year of continuous publication. We hope you enjoy this look back, which was printed then the newspaper turned 50. Tuesday we begin year No. 101!

The staff for volume 1, number 1, was comprised of L.J. Sulak and Frank S. Bambuch, with occasional assistance from Rev. A.E. Moebus. The little fourpager paper, known in those days as a tabloid, was cranked out on a slow, hand-operated press. It took a full day to grind out that initial edition.

Looking for some chills and thrills during your Halloweekend? Come enjoy local legends and tall tales of Fayette County. Kreische Brewery & Monument Hill State Historic Sites will share spooky stories on Saturday, Oct. 29. Stories begin at 7 p.m. but come early to watch the sunset and enjoy BYO picnics. Guests are encouraged to bring picnics, beverages, chairs or blanket, and flashlights. The sites’ regular admission fees apply to this program, but it is free for Friends Group members. For more information, call (979) 968-5658 or email kbmh@thc. texas.gov.

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

Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) reports that crews will close Baca Rd. at State Highway 71 for intersection work on Monday, Oct.