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E The 73rd Annual Bazaar will be on Sunday, Aug. 27 at the Ellinger Chamber Hall at 104 W.

In this monthly series, local realtor Andrea Schutter Riebeling does a Q & A with local business leaders about what inspires them. This month’s interview is with Cassandra Butler of La Grange.

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My wife recently acquired some seed potatoes, which are almost impossible to find this time of year. And I was going to write about my plans to attempt a fall crop. But something unusual happened this week that may be of interest to those of us who live in the country.

Arts for Rural Texas (ARTS) is delighted to announce the success of its annual Emerging Artists Competition and Exhibition, which happened on Saturday, Aug. 5, at the ARTS Ross Gallery in Fayetteville.

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More than 60 area kids combined for a three-night run of “Back to the 80s” last week, the annual Fayette County Community Theatre’s kids summer play. The show was directed by recent LHS grad Hayden Splawn with assistance from another LHS grad, Bryssa Rios and adult supervisor Melissa Weltner.

Fayette County EMS received several accolades recently for exemplary service. Last Monday, Paramedic Christina Sandoval, EMT/ Paramedic Student Rebecca Spooner and Advanced EMT Melody McCoy received a written letter of commendation from the Texas EMS for Children State Partnership for the successful delivery of a very premature baby “We had a crew that recently delivered a baby in the back of an ambulance in Del Valle at 25 weeks gestation,” said EMS Director Josh Vandever.

Fayette Electric Cooperative, in partnership with Co-Bank, one of FEC’s lending partners, awarded grants to three area not-for-profit organizations at their annual meeting on July 19. These donations were made possible through CoBank’s Sharing Success charitable contribution program.

News The FISD staff returned to school on Wednesday. An open house will be held on Thursday, Aug.