LGISD Enrollment is Up, Bus Fleet Breaking Down
Here are some highlights from Monday’s monthly meeting of the La Grange ISD school board: Roof Replacement The high school/middle school cafeteria will finally get a much-needed roof replacement. After receiving bids from two local roofing companies, the school board awarded the contract to Haworth Roofing and Seamless Gutters.
Louis Melcher, Photographer and Entrepreneur
Louis Melcher’s beautiful landscape photography has ensured his place of prominence in Fayette County’s history. Whereas many early photographers satisfied their creative energy with portrait photography, Melcher was prolific in documenting everyday life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in a manner that is both creative and instructive. Louis Melcher was born on July 15, 1870, the eldest of ten children born to parents, John Carl “J. C.” and Wilhelmine (Gebert) Melcher of the O’Quinn community, both of German ancestry. His father farmed, owned a general mercantile store, and dabbled with inventions—he had seven patents—and other entrepreneurial activities.
August Marriage
Cameron Kolbe Kramr and Amber Dawn Lesho Christopher Mallory Dittman and Jennifer Haley Adams Jose Guadalupe Garcia Manzano and Nereyda Netro Cordova Gary Joseph Chamrad and Jennifer Ann Herbrich Delphin Daniel Janecka and Heather Paige Patterson Joshua Donald Finke and Adrianna LillyAnn Fritz Clinton Blakely McPhaul and Haley Renee Mendel Javier Torres Jr. and Destiney Rae Anne Durkin.
Colorado Valley Quilt Guild to Meet Tuesday, September 27
Please join the Colorado Valley Quilt Guild on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 10 a.m. as our very own, Kathi Babcock will tell us about the upcoming St. Mark’s Raffle Quilt and share some tips for accurate 1/4” piecing for this annual service project. Kathi will have packets of “parts” ready for members to take home and make a block or two.
Vehicle Pursuit Ends In Fayette County
Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that on Wednesday, Sept. 14 around noon, the Fayette County Sheriff’s office dispatchers were advised of a pursuit in Colorado County on State Hwy. 71 westbound headed towards Fayette County at speeds that reached 130 mph. The vehicle was described as a white Honda four door passenger car and DPS was in pursuit. Numerous deputies from the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office and La Grange Police Department officers were set up to deploy spike strips to disable the vehicle. The driver avoided a set of spike strips and went around vehicles on the shoulder of the road continuing westbound on Hwy.71 until turning on Hattermann Rd. near La Grange. The vehicle lost control and went into the ditch on Hattermann Rd. and the two occupants bailed out and a foot pursuit entailed.