Around The County

TURTLE WING RECEIVES CHECK FROM ANYTIME FITNESS

For the past several years, the Alpha Iota Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International has provided books and Amazon gift cards to the cadets at Texas ChalleNGe Academy.

COLUMBUS HISTORIC PRESERVATION TRUST HOLDS FORUM

WINNERS CHOSEN FOR OCTOBER YARD OF THE MONTH AND BEAUTIFICATION AWARD

COLUMBUS – The Nesbitt Memorial Library is holding a special program on Thursday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.

COLUMBUS – The Tractor Supply Company is inviting customers to celebrate the Halloween season with a pet photo event at its Columbus store. On Oct. 28 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., customers can bring in their four-legged family members, with or without costume, to have their photos taken by a local photographer. The first 25 participants will also receive a free magnetic picture frame.

Author and storyteller, Elaine Thomas, will be at the Weimar Public Library at 1 Jackson Square to share her expertise on gathering facts and stories in order to preserve a little bit of our history on Friday, Oct. 27 at 10 a.m.

The 20th Annual Live Oaks and Dead Folks Cemetery Tour will take place at the Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery in Columbus at 1518 Montezuma St. on Saturday, Nov. 4 beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Halloween Carnival week hits St. Anthony this week. The PTC and families are busy as they prepare to host the annual event this coming Saturday, Oct. 28.

Above left: Pre-K3 had a picnic lunch on Thursday, Oct. 19. Students are from the top left in clockwise order: Rosalyn Hatfield, Lily Hubenak, Ellis Hatfield, Walker Prihoda, John Brady Martinez, Amelia Dreitner and Maddox Blasig. Above right: WVFD gave the St. Michael Catholic School students a scary demonstration of what can go wrong when cooking unsafely. Left: SMCS Junior High students learned from WVFD members about fire trucks and asked questions about the equipment and safety precautions when fighting fires.

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HAVE HALLOWEEN ARTS AND CRAFTS

Everybody has their own comfort food. I have a long list of comfort food, and Apple Fritter is at the top. Nothing comforts me quite like a fresh Apple Fritter.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued more than $1.77 billion this year to agricultural producers and landowners through its Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a critical piece of the Department’s efforts to support climate-smart agriculture and forestry on working lands. Right now, CRP’s more than 667,000 participants received payments from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) for their voluntary conservation efforts on more than 23 million acres of private land. Since 2021, CRP has grown by 21 percent in terms of acres enrolled, testament to the Biden-Harris administration’s program improvement efforts.

WEIMAR FFA AWARDS MEMBERS OF THE MONTH

COUNTY 4-HERS TAKE ON STATE FAIR OF TEXAS DAIRY JUDGING CONTEST

My first seafood was a stuffed crab at Hill’s on the Galveston seawall in the 1940s. Later, summering at my grandmother’s home on the river west of Seguin, we had Sunday dinner at the Aumont Hotel. I ordered fried Gulf trout every time. I don’t know whether they were speckled trout, sand trout, or gafftop catfish -- I loved every bite!

CICERO HOWARD REMEMBERED AT PRAIRIE EDGE MUSEUM

COLUMBUS LIL EINSTEIN’S HOLD BREAST CANCER AWARENESS PARADE

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL HOLDS BLESSING FOR COUNTY’S PETS

COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY STUDENTS VISIT CVFD STATION

COLUMBUS – Columbus Community Hospital recognized its auxiliary team members who have volunteered more than 240,000 hours to the hospital on Oct. 11.