W This past weekend friends from both Fayette and Lee County joined together to participate in the 2023 POC Crawfish Fest Cook-off in Port O’Connor. They brought home Peoples Choice and 4th Place Crawfish.

OP News The Round Top Family Library is open Monday from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m.

The Original Round Top Western Vintage Fashion Show held on March 23 during the Spring Round Top Antique Show at Cisco Village proved to be another successful fundraiser. Dirty Bohemian hosted its second Western Vintage Fashion Show at The Crown Bar’s Cisco Village location.

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Summer is quickly approaching and La Grange Noon Lions Club members turned out in numbers to help install some shade tarps for the animals at Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter serving Fayette County.

Kitten and puppy season is here, and the intake is climbing. As of April 28, total intake for the Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter is 492: 267 dogs and 225 cats in need. As of April 28, the shelter has 113 animals in care: 52 dogs/61 cats. This number includes animals in the facility, in foster care for medical, waiting on available space, or awaiting transport to rescue partner.

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Fayette County 4-H members competed in the District 11 4-H Livestock Judging Contest on Saturday, April 15 in Bryan. The Fayette County 4-H Junior Maroon Team placed 1st overall.

Homeward Bound presents “Deep in the Paws of Texas” fundraiser gala benefiting the Gardenia Janssen Animal Shelter on Saturday, May 13 at The Big Red Barn. The venue will be transformed to portray the glamorous nostalgia of country icons of the past.

Holy Cross Lutheran in Warda celebrated its 150th anniversary last Sunday. The combined services had an attendance of 488 people.