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.

Fayette County Habitat for Humanity will bring back it’s “Hab-O-Ween” Laser Tag for the second year in a row in La Grange from Oct. 27-30. The activity takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. each day at the Fayette County Fairgrounds. The Halloween-themed laser tag arena will be set up inside Country Store area of the Fair Event Center. Each round of laser tag costs $10 and lasts 15 minutes. Each round will include 10 players (player vs. player or two teams of five).

Join us for the 51st Annual South Central Texas Cow-Calf Clinic and Trade Show on Friday, Oct. 28, at the Washington County Expo - Sales Facility in Brenham. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. with the program getting underway at 8 a.m. Early registration closes Wednesday, Oct. 25 and is $20 per person. Late registration will be $30 per person at the door. The registration fee provides admission to the clinic, an opportunity to visit with tradeshow vendors, refreshments, a catered bar-b-que lunch, the afternoon social, and a ticket to win the Grand Door Prize Heifer at the conclusion of the day. New for 2022, the first 75 completed preregistrations received will be entered to win a commemorative South Central Texas Cow-Calf Clinic Cooler (Must be present to win)! Make plans to join in and hear from industry experts to help you make sound management decisions in your beef cattle operations. To register visit washington.agrilife. org/ag/ccc/cccregistration or stop by the Extension Office.