The Fayette County Com- Local Actors Will Portray Roles from Cleopatra to Jane Austen munity Theatre (FCCT) and the Texas Quilt Museum will present “Fight Like a Girl” April 11 and 12 at the museum located at 140 South Colorado in La Grange. Through a series of dynamic monologues this production tells the tale of female rebels, pioneers, outsiders, and changemakers.

In last Friday’s paper we reported on enrollment data from local public schools published recently by the Texas Tribune’s Public Schools Explorer. Here’s a look at some more demographic data on local schools from the Texas Tribune.

A small tornado swept through Lee County on Thursday, April 2. Lee County Emergency Management Coordinator Jason Snelgrove confirmed that an EF-0 tornado, which is the weakest category of twisters, touched down in South Lee County Thursday morning.

Combined Community Action celebrated its 60th anniversary Thursday with a lunch program at the Randolph Recreation Center in La Grange. But one event was hardly enough to encapsulate everything this organization does.

Locals celebrated the Easter weekend in lots of different ways here. Here are a couple. Left, at the outdoor pavilion at Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Father Eddie Winkler begins the Service of Light, which starts the holy Easter Vigil Mass Saturday night. Right: Hundreds of kids and their parents came out to the Jersey Barnyard for the annual Easter Egg hunt there, which has been going on for more than 20 years, always the Saturday before Easter. Photos by Jeff Wick

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and CASA of Bastrop, Fayette & Lee Counties is raising awareness of the need for more dedicated members of the community to step up and become CASA Volunteers, and help end child abuse and neglect, through supporting children and their families.

Senior Connections is your go-to gathering place for active seniors, conveniently located at 1111 Bohlmann Ave. in Schulenburg, the First United Methodist Church at 301 W. Saint Charles St. in Weimar, and Flatonia at 403 E. North Main St. Doors open from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. offering a warm atmosphere filled with fellowship and fun.

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Friends of the Weimar Public Library will host S. Charles Decker, author of “Zach the Prairie Dog,” at the library at 10 a.m.

The area’s Girl Scouts and their leaders appreciate Fayette County for its support during their recent cookie sale, especially Walmart in La Grange and Hruskas’ in Ellinger for hosting cookie booths on each weekend of the sale. The Farmers’ Market on the Courthouse Square was a new venue this year to watch for in the future. Troop 32077 of La Grange used cookie earnings to travel to the Waco area over spring break to enjoy the Safari Park Wildlife Center, Dinosaur Valley State Park, the Cameron Park Zoo, and the Dr. Pepper Museum. Troop members also earned their way to sessions at Girl Scout camps in the summer. The Scouts voted to donate unsold cookies to AMEN Food Pantry and to the Gardenia Janssen Animal Shelter, where they will be given in appreciation to those who adopt a pet. Troop 32077 is led by Rebecca Hegar, Anna Hegar, and Christine Norwood.