W Margaret Atkins, Pat Karisch and Rhoda Gersch, instructors for Barn Quilt Block painting classes and founders of the Winchesters Quilt Block Trail, will once again teach classes at the International Quilt Festival in Houston on Nov. 1-2.

The Fayette Heritage Museum and Archives in La Grange is opening a new exhibit, “Rev. Carl Baer: German Missionary to Waldeck,” beginning Saturday, November 4. The exhibit is built around an extremely large collection of photographs, documents, and other memorabilia donated in recent years by members of Rev. Baer’s family who now live in Maryland.

M Pin Oak Cemetery had their annual clean up day recently. The volunteers came out and mowed, trimmed and manicured the cemetery.

C A turkey and dressing meal, sponsored by the Martin Luther Lutheran Women of the ELCA, will be held on Nov. 12.

The Fayette County Record traveled to Kansas City, Mo., recently with Kenneth and Debbie Behlen of Schulenburg, along with their son Adam. They are pictured in front of the Hallmark Corporate Headquarters in Kansas City. Adam works for Hallmark in Los Angeles, Calif., and he went to Kansas City last week for work. The Behlens drove up from Schulenburg to visit their son for a few days. They also toured Union Station, the National World War I Museum and Memorial and dined at Lidia’s Kitchen, the famous Italian restaurant featured in a PBS series by the same name.

In a previous article in The Fayette County Record dated Feb. 3, Schulenburg American Legion Post 143 explained how they, with the financial help of the local community, moved Captain Milton Frazer’s Civil War headstone from Navidad Baptist Cemetery in Fayette County to its correct location in Kentucky.

The community is invited to the Dedication Ceremony of the Texas State Historical Marker at Cistern Public Cemetery. The ceremony will be held Saturday, Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. at St. Cyril & Methodious Catholic Church, to be held in the St. John Parish Hall, located at 113 Manchester St. in Cistern. After a brief program, the Historical Marker will be unveiled at the cemetery.

What does one do when told that it is confirmed that you have breast cancer? I must say, I didn’t have a clue when I got the phone call.And I was alone. My husband was running an errand. I fought off my fear and thought about the people I knew that have been through this and picked up the phone making several calls. After talking to a former student, a former colleague, and a friend whom all had dealt with breast cancer, I had received very helpful information, references, and love and support. The colleague was just completing her year of treatments and surgeries. From the great advice, I determined the oncologist I wanted and made an appointment. This April to June 2022 was long and frightening for me after getting the initial news following a second mammogram requested by my physician, having the MRI biopsy and awaiting the results. During this waiting period, I met with my oncologist and she determined from the follow up mammogram that because it was ER/PR+, or estrogen/progesterone positive IN SITU, that I need only to undergo radiation on that area of the left breast. She explained that IN SITU means it is contained in one area of a milk duct and was stage 0 Grade 3 and not invasive, but Grade 3 grows fast and we’d meet very soon when the MRI biopsy was in from pathology. So I felt great relief and admiration for this US Army veteran oncologist and mom of three. But that relief was short lived.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and La Grange Mayor Jan Dockery, along with fellow cancer survivor Sherry Hebert, encourage local women to schedule a mammogram. My chapter with a diagnosis of Stage 1 breast cancer was delivered to me on July 11, 2022.