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Meetings

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Lions ClubThe next Lions Club meeting will be Tuesday, Aug. 19 at the Schulenburg Public Library at 11:45 a.m. Speaker will be Fayette County Extension Agent Ronnie McDonald.

Library gets memorial, fiction/non-fiction books

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
The sweltering heat of August is here – beat the heat by enjoying a cool read from the Schulenburg Public Library.The library has received the following memorial:•In loving memory of Melinda Barneycastle – Given by Connie Kocurek and Ronnie Masek.
Schulenburg High School class of 1970 holds reunion

Schulenburg High School class of 1970 holds reunion

Schulenburg High School class of 1970 holds reunion

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
The Schulenburg High School class of 1970 classmates and friends gathered to celebrate 55 years since graduating. The event was held at the High Hill pavilion on Saturday, Aug. 2. The group enjoyed sharing memories and renewing friendships.
Senior Sp otlight – Kathy Carpenter, a valued volunteer, shared her story for Senior Spotlight. She brought photographs and also had a fun game for members to play, showing who knew her best.

Senior Sp otlight – Kathy Carpenter, a valued volunteer, shared her story for Senior Spotlight. She brought photographs and also had a fun game for members to play, showing who knew her best.

Senior Connections: vibrant hub for active seniors

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Next week at Senior Connections, the vibrant community of seniors aged 55 and up will be welcomed to two locations: the Schulenburg campus at 1111 Bohlmann Ave. and Weimar campus at First United Methodist Church, 301 W. St. Charles St. Doors are open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Legion donates to Food Pantry

Legion donates to Food Pantry

Legion donates to Food Pantry

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Schulenburg American Legion McBride Post 143 recently presented a check for $300 to the Schulenburg Area Food Pantry. Shown are (from left) Ken Berger, Jim Brown, Jack Niesner, Rick Todd and Gerald Smith.

Home design topic for lunch-and-learn program

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
The topic for the “Resources for Successful Living” lunchand- learn series in August will be “Universal Home Design – Make Your HomeYour ‘Forever Home,” set for Tuesday, Aug. 19 from 12:05 to 12:50 p.m. at the Fayette County Agricultural Building, 255 Svoboda Lane, Room 104 in La Grange.

Bulletin Board

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Praha Picnic (Pražká Pout)The 170th picnic of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish at Praha will be held on Friday, Aug. 15. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.A stew/fried chicken dinner will be served starting at 11 a.m. for $15 per plate (dine-in or to-go). Music from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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CCA Meals

News Staff
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Combined Community Action’s “Meals on Wheels,” located at First Baptist Church, serves frozen congregate meals or frozen meals to the homebound. Meals should be ordered two weeks in advance and will be delivered to the homebound, or may be picked up at the center on Mondays.
A large crowd gathered in front of the Von Rosenberg-Heintze Company at 345 and 353 West Travis St. in La Grange on March 5, 1908, to see Buster Brown and his dog pal, Tige. August Heintze is the bearded man on the balcony. – Photo courtesy of Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives, La Grange

A large crowd gathered in front of the Von Rosenberg-Heintze Company at 345 and 353 West Travis St. in La Grange on March 5, 1908, to see Buster Brown and his dog pal, Tige. August Heintze is the bearded man on the balcony. – Photo courtesy of Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives, La Grange

Footprints of Fayette

News Staff
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
A Historical Column From The Fayette County Historical CommissionThe Day Buster Brown Came to Town By Rox Ann JohnsonThe March 12, 1908, issue of the La Grange Journal contained the following news brief: “Buster Brown, a liliputian, representing the Brown Shoe Company of St.
Landa’s photos include bald eagle

Landa’s photos include bald eagle

Landa’s photos include bald eagle

News Staff
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
John C. Landa Jr., the “Schulenbirder,” sent these photos that he took recently – (top, from left) bald eagle and white ibis, taken in a mid-July trip to the South Carolina low country; and (bottom) two shots of a scissortail flycatcher, taken at his place off Steiber Road southwest of Schulenburg.
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