Society

A Fayette County native recently released a children’s book. Karlee Kelly, or Charles Higgins if you prefer her pen name, wrote and published “RABBiT.” This book is the story of a young boy named Rabbit who catches petty criminals by pure dumb luck, and his friend, Aubrey, who attempts to prove that Rabbit’s misadventures are more than just coincidence.

The musical entertainment for Czhilispiel 51, taking place Oct. 27-29, was announced last week, headlined by Saturday’s performance by Cody Canada and The Departed.

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The Rural Nonprofit Networking Group (RNNG) is excited to invite all nonprofit staff and volunteers to join their next gathering which will be held on Wednesday, July 12. This month, the gathering will be hosted by Gardenia E.

La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of June 11-17. Assault On June 15, Officer Thomas Keeney responded to the 1700 block of E.

La Grange’s Texas One Stop was recently selected as one of 35 rural womenowned businesses to receive a $10,000 grant. One Stop is owned by La Grange’s Missy Rusek.

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On June 19-23, La Grange Elementary hosted Camp Invention for kids across the county. Each day, students rotated between four stations, learning about entrepreneurship in Pop-Up Venture, robotics in Mimic Bot, basic physics in Catching Air and event planning in Invention Celebration, among other things.

Seventeen teens and six adult chaperones from the Hostyn and Plum Catholic churches attended the Catholic Heart Work Camp service week in Morganton, North Carolina June 11-17. The group included the priest of both parishes, Father Felix Twumasi. Above is the group after landing at the Charlotte airport. Below are some images of the work the locals did during the week, including painting, cleaning tombstones and removing mold. The kids spent the week staying at the North Carolina School for the Deaf campus in Morganton, where they also attended daily morning Mass and evening worship programs. About 150 people from around the country were part of the work camp. They worked at needed areas throughout the community every morning and afternoon – at homes of the elderly and disabled, churches and outreach centers.

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