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Schulenburg Police Chief Troy Brenek reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of Aug. 21-25.

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Craig Moreau, Fayette County Chief of Emergency Management and Homeland Security will be speaking to the La Grange Noon Lions Club on Thursday, Sept. 1 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. at Frisch Auf! Valley Country Club in La Grange. Topic: Active shooter/active attacker case studies - how to survive and help others survive. Dr. Paul Yura, National Weather Service Meteorologist for Fayette County will be speaking on Thursday, Sept. 8 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Topic: Natural Disasters.

A La Grange homeowner discovered a stranger in their hot tub last Thursday. La Grange Police eventually arrested the woman for burglary, but not before she led police on a chase around town. La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports that a homeowner in the 100 block of West Vine Street called police around 3:50 p.m. on Aug. 25 reporting a suspicious woman in their hot tub. Gilbreath said the homeowner didn’t know the woman or why she was in the hot tub. La Grange Police officers Kevin Currington and Thomas Keeny responded along with deputies James Ulbig and an undercover officer from the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office. By that time, the female suspect got out of the hot tub and hid in a vehicle in the neighborhood. The officers located the female inside the vehicle and ordered her out. Gilbreath said the female exited the vehicle and fled on foot. The woman entered a recreational vehicle in an attempt to hide from officers. She then exited the RV and fled again on foot.

The La Grange school board held its monthly meeting Monday. Here’s some highlights from the meeting: Salary Increases All employees who were employed by LGISD during the 2021-22 school year will receive a 3% increase off of their paygrade midpoint.

For the first time since the 2011 opening of the Texas Quilt Museum, a display cycle will be dedicated to a single exhibit— but what an exhibit it is. Visitors will be able to view all of the accepted entries from the Museum’s first-ever juried exhibit, “Seeing in Color.” It will run September 1-December 18, 2022, and is partially supported by the Lucille Gaebler Klein Fund. A call went out last year for entries, and artists from all over the world submitted more than 150 works. From that list, Museum co-founders Karey Bresenhan and Nancy O’Bryant juried it down to 52, all of which will be on display. “Seeing in Color” celebrates the huge role that different shades and hues play in our lives and is sure to be one of the most important and creative exhibits that the Museum has ever showcased. The call was open to both art quilts and traditional quilts and asked the quiltmakers to submit quilts reflecting their idea of color and how they “see” it.

Saturday’s Fayette County Fair parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. The parade route starts at the intersection of Jackson and Colorado Streets and will proceed down Colorado (but will not make a turn around the square). The parade disbands on Colorado St. near the city swimming pool park. If interested in hearing the entries announced via loudspeaker as they go by, viewers may want to sit near city hall. That’s also where the trophies will be presented.

Flatonia Police arrested a local man for murder Monday afternoon, Aug. 29. Flatonia Police Chief Lee Dick said the victim was a woman from Flatonia, but he has not yet released her name. Dick declined to provide details about the killing. He said the investigation was in the very preliminary stages. Dick said Flatonia officers arrested 42-year-old Daniel Willis Jr. of Flatonia for murder. He is being held at the Dan R. Beck Justice Center in La Grange.

The Fayette County fairgrounds was a flurry of activity Wednesday as little armies of folks were setting up things all around the grounds in anticipation of opening night of the 95th annual Fayette County Fair Thursday Sept. 1. The fair runs through Sunday Sept. 4. In the top photo, Juan Lopez of Houston, sets up his pair of booths, selling fresh squeezed lemonade and roasted corn. Bottom, left, Robert and Anita Self and Erica Swift just drove up Wednesday afternoon arriving in their funnel cake trailer from Rising Star, Texas (population 835) about four hours northwest of La Grange. Bottom, right, folks from Heart of America Shows were setting up the carnival rides Wednesday afternoon.