Mayors honored as ‘Women Making History’

  • Honored at Sunday’s “Women Making History” event were: (from left) Hallettsville Mayor Alice Jo Summers, Nordheim Mayor Katherine Payne, Cuero Mayor Sara Post-Meyer, Columbus Assistant City Secretary Dinah Jacobs (representing Mayor Lori An Gobert), Schulenburg Mayor Elaine Kocian, La Grange Mayor Jan Dockery, and Smiley Mayor Lisa Benavidez. Not present: Nixon Mayor Dorothy Riojas. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
    Honored at Sunday’s “Women Making History” event were: (from left) Hallettsville Mayor Alice Jo Summers, Nordheim Mayor Katherine Payne, Cuero Mayor Sara Post-Meyer, Columbus Assistant City Secretary Dinah Jacobs (representing Mayor Lori An Gobert), Schulenburg Mayor Elaine Kocian, La Grange Mayor Jan Dockery, and Smiley Mayor Lisa Benavidez. Not present: Nixon Mayor Dorothy Riojas. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
  • SHS graduate Arleas Upton Kea gives the keynote address. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
    SHS graduate Arleas Upton Kea gives the keynote address. Sticker Photo By Darrell Vyvjala
To celebrate Women’s History Month, the League of Women Voters of South Central Texas hosted a “Women Making History” event on Sunday afternoon at Sengelmann Hall in downtown Schulenburg. Local Mayor Elaine Kocian was one of eight mayors in the organization’s area honored, along with Lori An Gobert of Columbus, Sara Post-Meyer of Cuero, Alice Jo Summers of Hallettsville, Jan Dockery of La Grange…

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