Approximately 1,600 students from across Texas participated in the 2023 Private Schools Interscholastic Association Academic State Meet held on May 6, at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. These students qualified to participate in the PSIA State Meets by placing either first or second individually in one or more contests at 17 area tournaments across Texas this spring.

W Combined Community Action will be holding its 18th Annual Casino Night on June 9 at St. Michael’s Pavilion in Winchester.

Footprints Of Fayette Fayette County is one of the most historic counties in Texas. In this weekly feature from the County Historical Commission, a rotating group of writers looks back at local history.

M The Muldoon Volunteer Fire Department will hold an Open House on Saturday, June 17, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Arts for Rural Texas is currently enrolling students in its popular Summer Arts Camps. This year’s camps will be held in Fayetteville, Schulenburg, and La Grange. Campers in first through twelfth grades are invited to participate in these fun-filled camps. Students will engage in activities including sculpture, painting, drama, quilting, felting, photography, movie making and more.

A Honor Roll 8th Grade Kylie Amos Jaylen Bage Kaliegh Beard Angelica Le Bouef 9th Grade Georgia Bockman Kaitlin Bradford William Keng Cayden Sands Alin Soto Kaegan Wagner 10th Grade Kinsley Bage Sophia Nance Kendra Pesch 11th Grade Emme Dallmeyer Mallory Krause Faith Nance-Kinchen Kimberly Rohde Magali Salinas 12th Grade Kannyn Goehring Jacob Polasek Hunter Schobel Charlee Wessels All A & 1 B Honor Roll 7th Grade Kandyce Hughes Caden Tovey 8th Grade Amma Burkham Ninfa Martinez Phoebe Ritch 9th Grade Paige Burnett Rosa Carrias Lizeth Hernandez Martinez Carter Marburger Avery Nelius Jessica Rohde Gretchen Sacks 10th Grade Evan Blazek Hailey Johnson Chloe Ritch Rolando Soto 11th Grade Jenna Hardaway 12th Grade Brayden Dallmeyer Judson Gold Rylee Handy Leonardo Montecillo Navarrete Sophie Rauch Rylan Stork.

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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.

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.