The top three award-winning teams at the NinthAnnual Schulenburg Sausagefest, held downtown this past Saturday, April 4, were: ALL IN THE FAMILY • 1st Place Klobasniky; • 2nd Place Klobasniky; • 2nd Place Smoked Sausage; • 2nd Place Dry Sausage; • 3rd Place Klobasniky; • 3rd Place “Everything But The Oink”; SWINGIN’ LINKS • 1st Place Sausage-Based Concoctions; • 1st Place Dry Sausage; • 1st Place Fresh Sausage; • 3rd Place Dry Sausage; • 3rd Place Pickles; HOSTYN HANYAKS • 1st Place Smoked Sausage; • 2nd Place Fresh Sausage; • 3rd Place Fresh Sausage; • 3rd Place Wine. For photos of other winners, see the Back Page.

At left: Mikayla Stang connects for a two-run home run in Flatonia on Friday as part of the Lady Horns’ 15-4 victory over the Lady Bulldogs. At right: Bryce Stoever slides into home plate with the winning run against Weimar in the bottom of the eighth inning last Tuesday.

April declared as Fair Housing Month in Fayette County.

While there wasn’t a promise of appearances by Matthew McConaughey, Dennis Quaid, or Woody Harrelson, representatives of “The Texas Film Corridor” indicated that those famous actors chose to return to Texas and many favor working in the Lone Star State rather than California. A group involved in the television and movie industry pitched their vision of sound stages and filming locations near Schulenburg to local officials last Wednesday.

A voluntary annexation petition for the EMS Station 4 property to be annexed into the City of Schulenburg was approved at the Fayette County Commissioners Court meeting on Thursday, March 28. “When we first started this – to divide it into a one-acre tract (to build the new Schulenburg EMS station), there were certain stipulations – since we have a two-acre minimum,” Precinct 4 Commissioner Drew Brossmann said.