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The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Offices of Austin and Fayette County will conduct a food preservation workshop on Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Fayette County Ag Building, 255 Svoboda Lane, La Grange.

On July 29, a special celebration and Mass was held at Hostyn’s church hall honoring the retirement of Deacon John McCourt and celebrating he and his wife Eileen’s 59th wedding anniversary. At the event, a pair of awards for the couple were announced.

OP With the start of the new school year just around the corner, the library has returned to regularly scheduled programming. Yoga in the library is every Monday at 5 p.m.

The roster of featured speakers bringing a wide range of nonprofit education at the upcoming second annual South-Central Texas Rural Philanthropy Day (SCTX RPD) has been announced. Hosted by the Fayette Community Foundation (FCF), this professional development conference is designed to alleviate the strain on our local nonprofits by building their organizational capacity and strengthening their relationships with a variety of funders.

AMEN continued to be busy in the month of July. 331 families were served for the month for a total of 964 individuals.

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Stray dogs and cats running at large present a health hazard for Fayette County citizens. Spay and neuter is the only way to manage the stray, unwanted dog and cat population. The Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter offers a discount voucher program to the citizens of Fayette County for the spay/neuter of family pets. Call (979) 966-0021 for more information.

What an action-packed month July 2023 has been. The Ice Cream Social was the highlight of the month and everyone had such a great time. There were 52 people at Senior Connections on Tuesday, July 25, who came in for a cool ice cream treat, and we had 15 new members submit their applications.

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50 Years after it closed, The Record is running a series of articles this summer looking back at the key figures surrounding the Chicken Ranch and the complicated legacy it has left behind. Some folks today find it hard to imagine a criminal enterprise like the Chicken Ranch operating in the open for decades here in Fayette County.