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Fifty years ago this summer, Houston’s KTRK Channel 13 sent an undercover news crew to infiltrate La Grange’s Chicken Ranch. The flamboyant newsman Marvin Zinder later presented the story on television and forever cemented his legacy to The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

Carlos Liriano, owner of Lost Pines Toyota in Bastrop, committed $5,000 to assist in expanding breast cancer screenings and diagnostics for women under the age of 40 in Central Texas, and Toyota will match the donation with an additional $5,000. On Friday, July 28, Lost Pines Toyota will host the Bastrop County Cares Breast Health Initiative from 11:30 a.m.

The Stanzel Family Foundation is proud to have sponsored local students to attend Camp Invention in La Grange. The students were funded through the Dale Kirn Memorial Scholarship, awarded every year to four local students who show an aptitude in science, technology, engineering, art and math in the Schulenburg or Weimar schools.

E The Ellinger Volunteer Fire Department recently took delivery of its new rescue truck. The apparatus is a Fouts FOUR (First Out Utility Rescue,) constructed on a 2022 Ford F550 4X4 Crew Cab Chassis.

The City-Wide Garage Sale put on by the Greater Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce was a huge success with 32 locations on the map. Whew! The Fayetteville Lions Club scored over $3,500. This included proceeds from their Sneak Preview night.

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DOPTABLE Bex (left) and Riley (right) are Foxhound mixes. These sisters are about 2.5 years old.

Several folks asked me recently about how to deal with grasshoppers damaging their gardens. This is a tough one.

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 Lukas Smrkovsky, who owns and operates City Market in Schulenburg along with his father Roy.