The Rural Non-Profit Networking Group (RNNG) is an opportunity for the organizations that do so much good in our rural communities to share their missions and visions, discuss community needs and partnership opportunities, bring in experts to facilitate growth and professionalism, and simply connect to maximize the efficiency and impact that participants can bring to Fayette, Colorado, Lavaca, and surrounding counties. Since reactivating post-pandemic shutdown, the group is more energized than ever, back to meeting monthly, and incorporating an educational aspect into each gathering. This month Alliance for College & Career Student Success in South CentralTexas (ACCSS) will be hosting the RNNG gathering on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 10 a.m.. The gathering will be held at the Blinn College Schulenburg Campus Student Center (100 Ranger Dr., Schulenburg). ACCSS is housed at Blinn College Schulenburg Campus as the Blinn College District is their fiscal agent. Susie Shank, ACCSS Director, will be facilitating the discussion regarding workforce training opportunities. The ACCSS initiative planning incorporated data from Texas Workforce Solutions that helped direct pathway development towards regional employment needs that were both high demand and high wage. Along with providing local access to college classes, Blinn College Schulenburg Campus provides a wide variety of community education courses along with workforce training. Loraine Orellana, Coordinator of Distance and Community Education at the Schulenburg Campus, will share recent opportunities provided by Blinn while attendees will be asked to workshop immediate needs for their non-profit workforce training. This includes the potential for local “experts” being identified and recruited to provide this very necessary training.

TexasA&MAgriLife Extension Service of Fayette County is conducting a soil, water, and hay testing campaign from Oct. 3-26. This program is being held in conjunction with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Fayette County, Fayette County Commissioner’s Court, and the Fayette County Groundwater Conservation District.

Summer is traditionally grilling season, though for many of those who live in Texas grilling season is year-round! This summer the Navidad Valley CattleWomen celebrated grilling season by donating 220 pounds of ground beef to area food pantries. As the economy makes grocery shopping more challenging each week, ground beef can still be incorporated as a healthy and affordable protein source that will always bring a smile to the family members who get to enjoy it.

The Fayette County Firefighter’s Association reports the following calls for the week of Sept. 25 through Oct. 1: Grass Fires - 8 Illegal Burns - 4 Vehicle Fires - 2 Accidents - 2 Electrical Fire - 1 Fire Alarm - 3 Medical - 4 Smoke Report - 1

Week Ending Sept. 30 Week’shighSept.25................................................................101Degrees Week’s min.

Schulenburg Police Chief Trop Brenek reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of On Sept. 18-24.

About three acres of pasture burned near Swiss Alp on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Schulenburg Volunteer Fire Department received a call reporting the grass on Ohnheiser Kaase Rd. around 11:30 a.m. They responded with two grass trucks and a tanker. Upon arrival, they found a field of tall grass on fire. Someone on the property was mowing part of the pasture with a riding lawn mower. The mower caught on fire in the thick grass and started the pasture on fire. Firefighters on the two grass trucks circled the burning field and quickly put out the fire. There were no injuries or major damage other than the mower, which was destroyed in the fire. The fire rekindled that afternoon, and firefighters returned around 1:30 p.m. to put out the remnants.

Ag Day sponsored by the Fayette County Farm Bureau took place on Tuesday, Oct. 4.

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La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of Sept. 25 through Oct.