FEDC Shares Progress, Offers Grants for Local Growth

In the first Alignment Workshop held at the Fayetteville Community Center and Performance Theater, the Fayetteville Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) presented their objectives and accomplishments. “We support initiatives that benefit our community.
FISD sixth grade art students got 'ghouly' with their cheesecloth ghosts.

Senior Citizen Fall Membership Meeting and Luncheon Coming Up

It’s time for the La Grange Senior Citizen Activity Center Fall Membership Meeting and Luncheon. This is always a fun event and visitors are encouraged to attend. Membership is open to those living in La Grange and the surrounding communities who are 50 and over. Meetings including a lunch are held twice a year. The group also holds game days twice a month and takes several day trips throughout the year, most recently to see Fiddler on the Roof in Bastrop.

Feed The Need Gears Up for Thanksgiving Efforts

Feed the Need Mission continues to serve a hot meal every Monday on the square in La Grange. Thanksgiving is approaching and that means we are gearing up for Gobble Kits. To achieve this we need your help! Feed the Need organizes and distributes Thanksgiving meals right here in La Grange, in addition to continuing to serve the physical and spiritual needs of our community every Monday night on the square with our hamburger/hot dog meal. A Gobble kit includes everything needed to prepare a Thanksgiving meal for a local family and are distributed the week of Thanksgiving. We sign up families to receive a gobble kit during our regular Feed the Need site on the square in La Grange on Mondays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. It provides us the opportunity to foster relationships and share the message of love and faith while supporting physical needs as well. We are expecting to serve over 200 Thanksgiving meals this year in La Grange, and close to 900 throughout the entire Feed the Need network of weekly sites. To make Gobble kits a success again this year we need everyone’s help. Here are a few of the ways you can participate: 1. Pack a kit: Pick up a gobble kit bag, fill the bag according to the shopping list and return it. Gobble kit bags can be picked up and dropped back off at these Gobble Kit partners: Fayette County Veterinary Clinic, The UPS Store, Crosspoint Community Church, National Bank and Trust, Colorado River Cowboy Church, Fayette Savings Bank, Latte on the Square, and at our Feed the Need Site every Monday on the square.
Scan this QR code to get to the Feed the Need donation page.

South Texas Monkey Business

News broke this week about some monkeys that got loose in Mississippi after the truck transporting them crashed. It reminded me about a monkey story I learned from my wife and her family, who are from South Texas.
A Japanese Snow Monkey grooms her young. Photo by Adam Goldman/Wikimedia Commons

LG Students Advance in Fire Prevention Poster Contest

The La Grange Volunteer Fire Department recently sponsored the annual fire prevention poster contest at La Grange Elementary and Sacred Heart School in La Grange. They presented awards to the winners on Oct. 16 and 17. The top three winners from each age division advanced to the county-wide contest, judged by representatives from the Fayette County Firefighters Association. County-wide winners will advance to the Guadalupe District of the Texas Firefighters and Fire Marshals Association.
Fire poster winners from the Pre-K and Kindergarten class at La Grange Elementary are (front, from left) Victoria Gugjardo-winner, Leonardo Rodriguez-honorable mention, Analia Mata-winner, Ivan Reveles-honorable mention, and Izaiah Luna-winner. Also pictured are Captain Kenneth Chovanec and Fire Chief Frank Menefee of the La Grange Volunteer Fire Department.
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