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Texas Dance Hall Preservation, Inc. (TDHP) is excited to announce its upcoming Swing Into Round Top swing dance on June 24. The event, featuring live music from the Texas Country Music Award’s 2022 “Western Swing Band of the Year,” The Broken Spokes, will be held at the Round Top Dance Hall and is expected to attract around 350 people from across the state.

In this monthly series, local realtor Andrea Schutter Riebeling does a Q & A with local business leaders about what inspires them. This month’s spotlight is on Julie and Andy Slater of Round Top’s Sugar Magnolia Farm & Design LLC which is planning a grand opening at some point in July.

St. Rose of Lima Catholic School announced its end of year awards for 2022-2023: 5th Grade - Math: Cal Schiffli; Reading: Clare Besetzny and Cal Schiffli; Science: Cal Schiffli; English: Clare Besetzny; Religion: Brynlee Berger; Social Studies: Cal Schiffli; Computer: Bryson Ohnheiser and Abraham McBride; Band: Clare Besetzny and Cannon Lykke; Band Most Improved: Charlotte Schmidt.

The St. Rose of Lima Catholic School Science Fair Winners 5th Grade Experiment are: 1st-Brynlee Berger, 2nd-Patrick Taylor and William Herzik, 3rd-Clare Besetzny and Charlotte Schmidt, 5th Grade Demonstration: 1st-Zoey Krenek, 6th Grade Demonstration: 1st-Caroline Bartek. Pictured from left is: William Herzik, Caroline Bartek, Clare Besetzny, Brynlee Berger, Zoey Krenek, Charlotte Schmidt, and Patrick Taylor.

The Overall Grand Champion: Brynlee Berger (pictured right) of St. Rose Catholic School in Schulenburg.

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C A Blood Drive will be held Sunday, June 25 from 9:30 until 2 p.m. at the Martin Luther Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall in conjunction with Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Round Top.

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Sam Houston State University in Huntsville announced the names of recent graduates from the area. The following area students received degrees during the Spring semester at Sam Houston State University: Haley Guerrero of Fayetteville, Bachelor of Science, Agricultural Communications Alyssa Vaclavik of La Grange, Bachelor of Music.

Betty Shimek retired last week from the Schulenburg Police Department after 22 years of service as the department’s administrative assistant. “What I’ve enjoyed the most is working with so many men and a few women, so many different personalities, I can’t even name them all,” Shimek said.