La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports on the following incidents his department resonded to during the week of July 10-17. Animal Complaint On July 10, Officer Thomas Keeney responded to the 300 block of Wood Hollow for an animal complaint.

As a kickoff to the annual community festival of the Moulton Jamboree, Zion Lutheran Church in Moulton will be hosting the 11th annual community jamboree celebration on Wednesday, July 27 beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a music concert in Zion’s sanctuary by Ronnie Bruns and his band the Blended Blessings. Zion is located at 307 North Hackberry.

Presley’s Power recently made a monetary donation to the Zwahr family fund benefit. Pictured is Jackie Wessels of Presley’s Power presenting a check to La Grange City Secretary Janet Bayer to benefit the Zwahr family.

Football Camps Two football camps are being offered, July 20-22 beginning at 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.

The La Grange I.S.D Board of Trustees heard another update on school security from district officials Monday night. Superintendent Andy McHazlett said he recently read the 77-page Texas House Congressional Report on the Uvalde school massacre.

An arrest on Interstate 10 in Schulenburg on Sunday led to a pair of vehicle crashes as weekend traffic backed up on the busy highway. Then several fires along the roadway added to the chaos that day.

Growing up in a rural area often means that you don’t have access to the same resources and experiences that someone from a big city would. Regardless of where you call home, though, you can still achieve great things.

One of the longest serving La Grange teachers is retiring. Sherry Schmidt, who taught second grade at Hermes Elementary for 33 years in the same classrooom before moving to the new building the last two years, informed the school she plans to retire and her resignation was accepted at Monday’s board meeting.

The first Jr Miss Fayette County Fair Pageant will be held in conjunction with the Scholarship Queen and Little Miss & Mister contests on September 1. This contest is a stepping stone for our area teens that might be interested in running for Fair Queen in the future. They will be selling the Carnival Fun Passes which are passes to ride the new, exciting carnival unlimited from open till 11 pm all 4 days of the fair. The judging criteria for Jr Miss is 40% carnival ticket sales (max of 40 points), 20% pre-pageant interview (max of 20 points), 20% on stage question (max of 20 points) and 20% pageant presentation (max of 20 points) for a total of 100 points. The young ladies representing our communities include:

The Independent Cattlemen’s Association completed an exciting convention on Friday, June 24. The 48th annual convention was held at the City of San Marcos Convention Center in San Marcos. Activities at the convention included an entertaining evening with wellknown comedian, William Lee Martin, live music performed by the Clay Hollis Band, and Isaac Jacob, educational speakers, our legacy and legends awards luncheon, a silent and live auction, the drawdown fundraiser, and concluded with a pasture and range forage presentation, along with the option to receive CEU credits from this session.