Fayette County will hold a public meeting on Monday, October 24, 2022 to gather public input for updating their Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Plan includes Fayette County, City of Fayetteville, City of Carmine, City of Round Top, City of La Grange, City of Schulenburg, City of Flatonia, City of Ellinger, La Grange ISD, Fayetteville ISD, Flatonia ISD, Round Top ISD, Carmine ISD, Schulenburg ISD. This meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the EMS Station- 1721 N Von Minden Rd. La Grange.

In case you haven’t seen the ad, the Fayette County Record will hold it’s 101st Anniversary Party on Friday, Nov. 4, and you’re all invited. I’m supposed to smoke a brisket for the occasion. So I put in a little practice last weekend. I’ve had the fortune (although I’m not sure whether it’s good or bad) to temporarily inherit a Traeger pellet grill from a fellow who doesn’t have space for it right now. I’ve been putting it to good use. It feels kind of weird plugging a barbecue pit into an extension cord, especially when there are at least a dozen dead post oaks on our place. It also feels weird dumping a $14 sack of pelleted sawdust into a hopper, and then listening to an electric motor hum for a few hours while your meat smokes. I’m not sure that I would actually buy one of these contraptions. But whatever, it’s easy, and it’s on my porch. It’s pretty easy to cook delicious brisket on a pellet grill. It won’t have the deep, deep smoky flavor you can get from a traditional offset smoker. But it’s pretty dang good. The pellet grill takes heat and smoke management completely out of the equation. It does that for you. You can concentrate on the other elements of a good brisket - seasoning, internal temperature and trim. If you have a Traeger or some other pellet grill, don’t be scared to smoke a brisket. You can do it. Just give it plenty of seasoning and smoke it at 275 degrees until it gets to an internal temperature of 203 degrees or thereabouts. How long will it take? That depends on how big of a brisket you’re smoking. It could be eight hours. It could be 12 or 14 hours. I’m not really here to talk about brisket, though. I wanted to talk to y’all about beef tallow. I like to call it meat butter. Mmmmmmmm. Meat butter.

Read about our Athletes of the Week in every Friday edition and then watch their interviews on the FCR’s Facebook page. Recent Players of the Week: Sept.

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The Blinn College District and the Columbus, Fayetteville, Flatonia, Schulenburg, and Weimar ISD’s recently launched a new partnership designed to increase high school dual credit completion and establish seamless pathways toward postsecondary awards and industry credentials. The Alliance for College and Career Student Success (ACCSS) in South-Central Texas partners collaborate to advise students regarding their college and career pathways, including technical and career training options.

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As of Oct. 14, a total intake for the Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter is 1,170: 527 dogs and 643 cats in need. The shelter currently has 120 animals in care: 68 dogs, and 52 cats. This number includes animals in the facility, in foster care for medical, waiting on available space, or awaiting transport to rescue partner. Spay and neuter is the only way to manage the unwanted dog and cat population in Fayette County. The shelter offers a discount voucher program for the citizens of Fayette County for the spay/neuter of family pets. Call (979) 966-0021 for more information. The following are statistics for the week of Oct. 8-14.