On Sept. 28, Mayor Jan Dockery administered the oath of office to the commissioners of the La Grange Housing Authority. Pictured are (back, from left) Erika King, William Roensch (Vice Chairman), Mayor Jan Dockery, (middle row) Traci Franke and Jackie Daniels (Chairman); front row: Joy Robinson. The Executive Director is Gene Jaster.

The Fayette Heritage Museum and Archives will host a free Genealogy Workshop in the downstairs meeting room on Friday, Oct. 15.

Presley’s Power appreciates the La Grange Bluebonnet Lions, Noon Lions, Evening Lions and Leo Club of La Grange for their very generous donations to Presley’s Power. These clubs hosted a snack drive for Presley’s Power. The snacks and monetary donations will be used to stock Presley’s Pantry located at SAMMC. Also we would like to thank the following locations that allowed the snacks to be dropped off. KJT Home Office, Round Top State Bank, Fayette Savings Bank of La Grange, Prosperity Bank of La Grange, St. Mark’s Medical Center and Colorado Valley Communications.

Did you know that Fayette Electric Cooperative and Colorado Valley Communications both share something in common? That’s right, they’re both cooperatives. They may be in different industries, but they both share a passion for serving members and helping our communities to thrive. In fact, all cooperatives adhere to the same set of seven principles that reflect our core values of honesty, transparency, equity, inclusiveness and service to the greater community good.

Kayla Wallace-Frerichs graduated on Aug. 7, from Texas Tech University with a Masters in Animal Science Nutritional Immunology with a concentration in Dairy Cattle. She is now pursuing a DVM as a member of the 2025 Inaugural class at the Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine in Amarillo. Kayla is the wife of Neal Frerichs of Amarillo, the daughter of Juliana Prihoda of La Grange and the granddaughter of James and Carolyn Prihoda of High Hill.

La Grange ISD is taking Kindergarten nominations for the Gifted and Talented program for the 2021-2022 school year. The Talent Pool and LEAP programs are designed to provide additional challenge and stimulation for academically talented students.

On Monday afternoon, October 4, (pictured left and right) St. Rose of Lima Catholic School in Schulenburg celebrated the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. St. Francis is honored in many Christian traditions as the patron saint of animals and the environment. Students and their families brought all sorts of animals to the school grounds that day, where Rev. Isaac Maunger gave all a special blessing.

Then on Tuesday, (below) the Schulenburg Volunteer Fire Department came to St. Rose for Fire Prevention Day. Firefighters taught students about fire safety. The students also got to climb on the fire trucks and even operate a fire hose.

The past year has been hard for a lot of us. Most of us have been primarily concerned with keeping our lives moderately in order under the strain of the pandemic and the challenges it has presented to us. Fayette County communities are mostly small, so that practicing social distancing, wearing masks and avoiding large crowds has not been particularly difficult. During the past summer we were all hoping for a significant permanent decrease in the incidence of COVID. In recent weeks that hope has been fading, but because so many of us have been vaccinated and are continuing to live carefully, the risks are being pretty well managed. After a very tiresome period of limited social interaction we are thankfully beginning to go on with our new normal lives.

Schulenburg Police Cheif Troy Brenek reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of Sept. 26 through Oct.