Christina “Christy” Berger, board certified family nurse practitioner, begins at St. Mark’s Medical Center’s (SMMC’s) Orthopedic Clinic on Sept. 12, and will see patients of all ages. A native of Kyle, Berger graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S.N. from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, and with high honors, an M.S.N. with a Family Nurse Practitioner specialty from the University of Texas Arlington. She previously worked as a Med/Surg nurse at SMMC, as well as roles at long term acute care facilities. “We are thrilled to have Christy join the practice,” said Dr. Jonathan Blake, board certified orthopedic surgeon at St. Mark’s Medical Center. “She brings a wealth of experience, including geriatric and chronic disease care, which can make orthopedic patient care more complicated.” Berger grew up playing football and basketball with her twin sister and six brothers, and developed a love for sports, even though it sometimes resulted in bumps and bruises. “I had more than my share of sports injuries,” said Berger.

Fall is a busy time, and October is a particularly eventful month with school, community and sports activities in full swing. It’s also when all cooperatives celebrate National Coop Month. Celebrating Co-op Month, really means we are celebrating you – our members! After all, our co-op wouldn’t exist without you. Our core business purpose is to serve as your electricity provider, but the larger mission of the co-op is to help make our corner of the world a better place. “Concern for Community” is one of seven guiding principles that all co-ops share. Similar to how our wires run through our service territory, our concern for community flows through all of our decisions––because being a co-op means being a responsible partner and good neighbor. Fayette Electric Cooperative and Colorado Valley Telephone Cooperative work to help our community thrive through initiatives led by our employees and local board that’s comprised of neighbors who live right here in our community. Because we’re local, we understand our community’s unique needs and strive to help meet them. The word “cooperative” is close to “cooperation,” meaning people working together towards a common goal—mutually benefitting one another and the larger community. That’s the essence of the cooperative spirit. Our employees and member-elected board members are invested in the community in which they live and serve.

Reagan Wasut of Fayetteville has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Summer 2022 Dean’s List. The summer terms run from May to August. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.500 to 3.699 for the reporting term are named to the Dean’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits over each 16-week term or paired 8-week terms grouped in fall, winter/ spring, and summer.

Author and Flatonia native Steve Doherty is releasing his fifth unique and riveting actionadventure thriller, “Crossroads.” A year after a failed attempt by a rogue Japanese general to strike the United States with a deadly biological weapon, Jonathan Preston and his team of U.S. Army counterintelligence agents are being stalked by a Japanese assassin.

The total four-day attendance at the Fayette County Fair was 16,120. Last Friday, Fair Association President Michael Zuhn released the following daily attendance numbers: • Thursday, Sept.

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The Fayette County Disaster Recovery Team (FCDRT) handed the La Grange City Council a check for $50,000 at a meeting Monday. The donation will go toward development of a future park in the Hope Hill subdivision, the neighborhood built for survivors of the historic Hurricane Harvey Flood of 2017.

Most folks in Fayette County hearing the news of Queen Elizabeth’s death can hardly imagine the pomp and ceremony of a Royal funeral and the upcoming coronation of the new British King, Charles III. That’s not the case for Chef Mike Morphew of Le Petite Gourmet Shoppe of La Grange. Morphew worked in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace from 1969 to 1971, where he cooked meals for the Royal Family.

The Fayette County Retired Teachers’Association will meet on Monday, Sept. 12, at the Fellowship Hall of the First United Methodist Church located at 1215Von Minden in La Grange. The social time will begin at 1:30 p.m. with an ice cream social hosted by the Executive Board. The business meeting will begin at 2 p.m. followed by Bunko. All retired public school employees are welcome to attend these meetings, even if retired from another city, county, or state. For more information, visit www.localunits.org/fayette, or call (713) 303-0837.

The second annual “Walking With Faith” event by the Kyla Faith Memorial took place at the Sanford Schmid Amphitheater in La Grange Saturday night, Sept. 10. The free event included hot dogs, popcorn, kids activities and a lighted walk around the Amphitheater grounds to raise awareness for suicide and mental health.