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Rowell, Willis Win Top Bulldog Awards

Instead of having a sports banquet this year, because of coronavirus precautions, Flatonia ISD also announced its sports awards for the year remotely. Here are the winners:
Construction & Custodians Top School Board Business

Even with school facilities closed to students, the La Grange Independent School District Board of Trustees continues to plan ahead. They held their monthly meeting Monday. Here’s a roundup of items discussed:
Schulenburg Festival Plans To Carry On

The Schulenburg Festival Association hopes to move forward with this year’s “National Party of Texas,” scheduled to take place July 31 to Aug. 2.
LCRA, CITY OF LG AWARD $10,000 TO CZECH CENTER

The Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center will replace the aging roof of a popular amphitheater, thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and the City of La Grange.
Pomp & Silver Linings

What the senior Class of 2020 has lacked in actual school events this spring, they’ve made up for in socially distant attention. From the regularly changed marquee at the Lyric Theater in downtown Flatonia (lower left) highlighting different seniors, to the big banner placed on the courthouse lawn Friday in La Grange showing all the Leopard seniors, people in the Fayette County have done their best to show this year’s seniors that even if they can’t be congratulated in person (because of the coronavirus precautions) they are not forgotten.
Schulenburg Native Donates 50,000 Face Masks to Fayette Co.

Schulenburg native and international businessman Carman Kobza donated nearly 50,000 face masks to first responders, nursing homes and other agencies that need them throughout Fayette County and the surrounding area last week.
Pandemic Won’t Stop the West’s Oldest July 4th Festivities in Round Top

At a meeting Monday by teleconference, Round Top council members decided to go forward with plans for the annual July 4th celebration and parade as well as the town’s sesquicentennial birthday event on August 1 pending further developments with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Iconic KC Fundraising Meals are Back

After months of postponements because of the coronavirus, the La Grange KC Hall was a flurry of activity again Wednesday as the KCs hosted a drive-thru fish fry to raise money for KC charities. The community was ready and waiting as more than 800 plates were expected to be sold. KC dinners are a huge fundraising tool that benefit many local organizations. Photo by Jeff Wick
Fireworks May Have Sparked Ellinger Fire

Ellinger firefighters put out a small grass fire in a pasture off Power Plant Road on Sunday, May 10. Ellinger Volunteer Fire Department got the call around 3 p.m. on Sunday. They quickly got the fire under control. The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office reported that two roman candle fireworks were found in the pasture. No one else was at the scene when firefighters arrived.
Community Support – From a Safe a Distance

As graduation approaches, local school districts are taking different tactics to how they plan to host their final celebrations for the Senior Class of 2020.
Hide No Hair: Barbers/Salons are Back

The sound of clippers buzzing through hair once again spilled out of the doorway at 237 W. Travis Street last Friday, the site of Ken’s Barber Shop on the La Grange Courthouse Square. Inside, barbers Ken Jurecka and Floyd Weishuhn worked on a pair of customers who’ve waited nearly two months for a trim. Another customer waited outside the door.
RTC Names Top Grads

The Round Top-Carmine Independent School District has announced its Honor Graduates of the Class of 2020. Julia Patterson has been named the Valedictorian. Julia is the daughter of Randall and Linda Patterson. Aidan Wagner has been named the Salutatorian. Aidan is the son of Jason and Karen Wagner.
Groundbreaking Held for St. James Expansions

St. James Episcopal Church held a groundbreaking ceremony last Monday for the expansion of the church’s preschool campus and parish hall.
Graduation Caps and Gowns To-Go

Graduation Guidelines
The Ultimate Mail Order Package & Other Tales of Old Round Top

When Alfred Levien proposed to Adele Ander in 1916, he made her a solemn promise.
The Secrets of Whispering Hills: Childcare Facility Has History of Problems

An investigation by the Record into allegations of abuse and neglect at Whispering Hills Achievement Center near Flatonia revealed serious problems going back years.
National Guard Converges on La Grange for Big Testing Day

The number of coronavirus cases in Fayette County was 16 as of Sunday, May 3. That’s up one from a week ago.
VE-Day Remembered - 75 Years Later

By ELAINE THOMAS Special to the Record

Polka Lovers Club of Texas Museum Donates to Deputy Santa Program

Representatives of The Polka Lovers Club of Texas Museum (PLCTM), are shown making a contribution to the Fayette County Deputy Santa Program. Fayette County Sheriff, Keith Korenek and Deputies of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office are conducting the Deputy Santa Program Drive thru Dec.

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Record Recently Travels in Europe

FCF Awards Over $47,000 in Community Impact Grants

On Wednesday, November 15, the Fayette Community Foundation (FCF) held a ceremony for 11 recipients of the 2023 Community Impact Grant at Frisch Auf! Valley Country Club in La Grange.

Round Top Historical Society Christmas Tour of Homes Dec. 2

Several remodels of this 1960s ranch house have transformed this property into a delightful, modern farmhouse in classic white.

Fixing Equipment and Planting for Winter

Last year around this time I planted some ryegrass and turnips in my front pasture. It was a little late in the fall and an early hard frost last December set back my crop. Just as the seedlings emerged, and early frost bit about half of them to the ground.

Tuesday Night Mixed Bowling Results

Tuesday Night Mixed Week 7 – Oct. 17, 2023 Schnell Hauling 19.5 LewardAnders&Sons,Inc.18.0 Just Us 15.0 HalpainConstructionRed 15.0 Strike Force 15.0 Ron’s Bowl of Nuts 14.0 CRS 13.0 W.D.G.aS.

Faith Lutheran High School Boys Win First Basketball Game

Faith at Christmas

Fact Versus Fiction

To the editor: Thank you to the FCR for posting two letters in the November 17, 2023, Letters To the Editor section that show the difference between a letter that contains facts and a letter that is complete fiction. It’s the perfect example of the difference between the right and the left.

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