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COLUMBUS – The Wellness Council has announced the following meeting dates as they prepare to hold their monthly meetings again starting in August after a brief summer break.

COLUMBUS – The public is invited to a grand opening and ribbon cutting for Finance Home America, LLC, at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 25 hosted by the Columbus Chamber of Commerce.

JULY COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION AWARD

CGC JULY YARD OF MONTH

PUBLIC COMES OUT FOR “TASTE OF COLUMBUS”

EL CAMPO – The Columbus Little League softball Majors were just a few runs from winning the state tournament and moving on to the next level to represent as the Texas East state champion. They had a difficult battle to reach that point, going through a few instances of adversity that required a high level of focus and performance to respond from. After winning their first game against Lindale by a big margin, Columbus fell to Industrial 1-6 in the next game. Needing to win three games in a row to claim the championship, the Majors won their first game of the consolation bracket against Silsbee in a 15-point shutout to set up a rematch against Industrial. Columbus would need two wins against undefeated Industrial to claim their tournament victory. They had a strong start in game one, coming back from one run down to take a big victory in extra innings. However, despite some hot hitting in game two, Columbus fell just short of claiming the championship with a difficult loss not too long after their victory in game one.

GRISSOM GETS TWO MEDALS AT NATIONALS

ARLINGTON – Columbus was well-represented in the TGCA All-Star games for a pair of lady sports programs as one player each for the volleyball team and the girls’ basketball team received recognition after both teams reached their respective state semifinal games. Each team made it as far as they did because of the performances of a number of standout players on their respective squads. However, both teams benefitted from an impactful leader that placed themselves in the conversation as one of the best players in the state for the 3A division.

AUSTIN – On July 13, Gov. Greg Abbott announced the launch of the Texas fentanyl data dashboard by the Texas Department of State Health Services as part of the statewide “One Pill Kills” campaign. This dashboard, available on Texas Health Data, reflects the expansion of data on fentanyl and other drug poisoning deaths published by DSHS online. Texans can now access information that includes fentanyl-related deaths from 2014 to 2023 and lets users view them over time, by demographics or by geography.

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Patsy Lee Fuller Robertson, of Sheridan, Texas, passed away on July 3, 2023, in Columbus, Texas. She was born to Roy (Woody) and Margie (Faldyn) Fuller on Nov. 10, 1955, in Eagle Lake, Texas. She married Dave Robertson in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sept. 21, 1988.

William Robert “Bob” Pickens III died on July 3, 2023, in Katy, Texas. He was born in Orange, Texas on Sept. 11, 1932, to Ruth Peveto Pickens and William Robert Pickens, Jr. He grew up in Beaumont, Texas where his small family home backed up to a natural forest. With no sibling playmates, Bob entertained himself by exploring the forest, watching the birds, snakes and other wildlife and developed an enduring interest in the natural world.

Monty Odell Gillett, loving husband, father, brother, and “Papa” went to be with the Lord on July 8, 2023, at the age of 65, while at his home in Weimar, Texas.

Heaven has a new farmer. Wayne Corman passed away peacefully with loved ones by his side on July 5, 2023. He was born on Nov. 10, 1943, and raised in Lissie, Texas, where as a youngster he roamed the area with friends on horseback. After starting school a year early, in East Bernard, he later became an Eagle Lake Eagle, the 1961 Class President and an All District pulling guard and linebacker on the football team.

Older adults and people with disabilities who are on Medicaid (and their authorized representatives) should be on the lookout for important notices from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission about their Medicaid renewal.

Virtual, in-person public meetings will help shape Unified Transportation Program

HUNTSVILLE – The students listed on the Dean’s List of Academic Honors at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, are undergraduates who have achieved a grade point average of at least 3.5 out of a perfect 4.0 in all work attempted while enrolled in not less than 12 semester hours.

My grandfather was a hunter, rancher, and executive director of the Texas Game and Fish Commission. My father both hunted and fished until a big war took him away. I was about six, then, and sadly never got to hunt with either of them.

The Texas Rodeo season is well-known to the residents of the Lone Star State as a widespread celebration of the cowboy culture that Texas and much of the south lived through during their years before the modern era. Now that the modern era is more advanced than it’s ever been, there is still an effort to stay connected with those Texas roots. Some people never let go of their inner cowboy, while new cowboys take up their hats and boots at an increasingly high rate. Cowboys and cowgirls of all ages get the opportunity to show off skills straight from the old west during the many rodeo competitions. One of the most exciting tests of bravery and displays of cowboy confidence is in the bull riding competition, where even the slightest miscalculation can spell danger for an unprepared rider. RCISD student Dax Moffett has been getting his first cracks at the bull riding experience this year, already getting a chance to compete in the Youth Bull Riding World Finals this coming August.