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COLUMBUS – If bird watching – especially purple martins – fascinates you, consider attending a free program at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Nesbitt Memorial Library.

SCHULENBURG – The Turtle Wing Foundation recently partnered with And Then A New Day to create an inclusive “Sensory Santa” experience for about two dozen guests with special needs, a representative said.

Hound Song Brewing Company is hosting the January Columbus Chamber of Commerce Lunch and Learn. The Lunch and Learn will include an overview of the primary ingredients and process employed to brew their award-winning beer in downtown Columbus. Owners, Travis & Raven Kocurek will discuss raw materials used in brewing, their contributions to flavor, appearance, and aroma of the final beer, and the major steps used in beer brewing and packaging.

BANK SPONSORS TOY DRIVE

EAGLE LAKE LIONS LEARN RODEO HISTORY

HOUSTON – Legislative action, public approval of propositions Nov. 8 and votes by taxing jurisdictions are adding up to $8 billion in property-tax savings for Texas, according to an area lawmaker.

FAMILY WAGON GIVEAWAY

Columbus Police Report

David Glenn Ware, Jessice Lyne Waree, Jessice Bruce Ware to Dwight Rich Koeppen, Warranty Deed, 2.00 Acres M.E. Conlee Survey, Book 1019, Page 691, filed Nov.21.

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PORT ANGELES, Wash., (Newswire.com) - Dive into a world of assassins and action in Randy Hudson’s new book Abort: Terminate Prematurely via Cadmus Publishing. Readers that are drawn to intrigue and deadly, dynamic characters will find themselves glued to these high-powered pages. Explosiveness is not the only edge to this book; get ready to cheer on the ultimate power couples dominating these pages.

OH GOODY, GOODY

The holiday season begins with Thanksgiving, and many people believe that the festivities come to a close after ringing in the new year. In fact, for the faithful, the Christmas season does not end until January 6 (January 12 in Eastern churches).

SCHULENBURG – The Turtle COLUMBUS – A tip from a state highway patrolman led officers to a local phone business where they arrested a 38-year-old traveler suspected of gunning down his estranged wife in Georgetown.

COLUMBUS – A project by the Texas Department of Transportation to install curb ramps, sidewalks and pedestrian elements on U.S. 90 from FM 806 to Front Street starts Jan. 9.

(Columbus) According to an excerpt taken from the minutes of Commissioner’s Court, Colorado County, Texas, regular meeting on February 12, 1973, a group of sixth-grade students at Columbus Elementary School students, along with their teacher Mrs. Peggy Justice, appeared before the Commissioner’s Court of Colorado County and made the following presentation to the court: Bobby Estrada – “The reading classes at Columbus Elementary School are asking your permission to bury a “Time Capsule” here on the Courthouse lawn. We would like for it to belong to the elementary school children of the year 2023 and that it be unearthed when Columbus celebrates 200 years.”

A small crew of about six adults and a few children were working on making the final touches to their set up for the Soup for Souls annual toy drive when the winds kicked in and the temperature began to drop rapidly. While the wind and cold weather may have stopped some families from making the trip to the host house near Glidden Baptist Church, Edward Pavlicek and the rest of the donors and volunteers fought through the elements to hand out and deliver soup and presents to the families in Columbus.

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