Society

Polka Lovers Club of TX Museum reorganizes

News Staff

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Officers, directors and potential board members met on March 19 to reorganize and get the Polka Lovers Club of Texas Museum (PLCTM) back on track after being in pandemic mode since late 2019. The PLCTM opened in La Grange in 2006 as the ultimate polka fan’s tribute to polka music and dance.

pair of house finches

Landa sends photos taken in New Mexico

News Staff

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

John C. Landa Jr., “The Schulenbirder” (on Twitter @Schulenbirder), took these three photos this past weekend in New Mexico at The Nature Conservancy, Santa Fe Canyon Preserve: •The pair of house finches was photographed shortly after sunrise. The male is the more colorful of the two.

Footprints of Fayette

News Staff

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Schulenburg in 1877 By Gary E. McKee In describing locations that were quickly turned from virgin dirt to a bustling town due to the possibilities of getting rich quickly the phrase “sprang up” is often used, Most of these towns quickly disappeared.

Bulletin Board

News Staff

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Weimar KCs Fried Catfish Dinners During Lent Weimar Knights of Columbus Council 2153 is holding a drive-thru fried catfish dinner Fridays during Lent – April 1 and April 8 – from 5 to 7 p.m. or until sold out at the St. Michael Catholic Church Family Center in Weimar. Cost will be $12 per plate.

MEETINGS

News Staff

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Salem Memorial Cemetery Association The Salem Memorial Cemetery Association will have the annual meeting and memorial services on Sunday, April 3 at 2 p.m. at the cemetery pavilion. Pastor Lemae Higgs will deliver the memorial message. Retired Teachers’ Assn.

GUEST SPEAKER – Emily Garza, the new executive director of the Flatonia Chamber of Commerce, gave a presentation at NVCC on Monday, March 14.

News from Navidad Valley Community Connections Senior Citizens Center

News Staff

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Navidad Valley Community Connections is getting ready for some outdoor time – people are talking about getting out in their yards, and setting up their vegetable gardens and flowerbeds. The Senior Center is working hard to set up some day trip outings to get out into the sunshine and warmth.

NVCW to meet March 30 in Flatonia

News Staff

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

The next meeting of Navidad Valley CattleWomen will be held on Wednesday, March 30 at Cowgirl Provisions, 116 E. South Main, Flatonia. Members will gather at 11:30 a.m. for a Dutch-treat lunch. The speakers will be Tabitha Carroll and Jim Loos, owners of Cearbhall Mobile Slaughter.

PRESENTATION AT ROUND TOP-CARMINE ISD – (from left) Rylee Handy, Ilse Salinas and Mrs. Kathy Warburton.

Navidad Valley CattleWomen give beef to schools for National Ag Day

News Staff

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

To help celebrate National Ag Day, the Navidad Valley Cattle-Women donated 220 pounds of ground beef to area high schools that have food and consumer science or culinary programs.

SCHUETZENVEREIN MEMBERS – Members of the Bluff Schuetzenverein, a German Texas shooting club and social organization, pose for a photo at one of their many events in the late 1870s or early 1880s

SchuetzenFest slated at Kreische/Monument Hill SHS

News Staff

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

For a half century between the 1870s and 1920s, the Bluff Schuetzenverein invited people from across Texas to gather on the Bluff overlooking La Grange.

American Kestrel

Landa bird photos

News Staff

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

John C. Landa Jr., “The Schulenbirder,” sent three photos on Sunday, March 20 which he said he took over the past few days. Landa can be found on Twitter, @Schulenbirder. •American Kestrel – Taken off Steiber Road.

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