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The 18th Annual Live Oaks and Dead Folks Cemetery Tour at the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Columbus Saturday, Nov. 6 was a sold out event. This year’s Live Oaks and Dead Folks Cemetery Tour featured 11 dearly departed characters: Rick Rau as James “Light” Townsend; Jim Kearney as Marcus Townsend; Kathleen Townzen as Mattie Burford; Gary Chandler as Larkin Hope; William “Billy” Khan as Isaac “Ike” Towell; Zach Zahradnik as Fred Miller; John Batla as Charlie Stafford; Eileen Rau as Sophie Bridge; Neftali DeJesus as A.H. Carter; Shalor Townzen as Robert Stafford and Donna Pustejovsky as Mary Townsend “Polly” Lessing.
Read moreThe annual Thanksgiving Community Service, sponsored by the Columbus Ministerial Alliance, Inc., will be Sunday, Nov. 21 at 6 p.m. This year it is hosted by Glidden Baptist Church and will be held in their sanctuary at 209 Eighth St, Glidden, TX 78943.
Read moreThe Behavioral Health Needs Assessment for the Greater Colorado Valley, conducted by the Texas A&M University’s School of Public Health has been concluded. Dr. James N. Burdine, Professor and Director of Community Health Develop and Doctoral Student Jennifer S. Ramirez, MPH presented the Executive Summary at the November meeting of the Behavioral Health Task Force.
Read moreTOP: The top sellers for the SAS 2021 PTC Halloween Carnival drawing were: (front row) Dane Emick (4K, second place), Danica Fuentes (3K, fifth place), Jaxon Vickers (3K, third place), (back row) Reese Sunderman (fourth grade, fifth place), Madi Glueck (seventh grade, sixth place), and Dakota Krc (5K, first place).
Read moreThe annual Taste of Columbus fundraiser benefitting the Boys & Girls Club of Champion Valley packed the courthouse square in Columbus Sunday, Nov. 7. Information on the winners will be published in a future edition of The Citizen. Citizen
Read moreTaste of Columbus Committee Team Organizer Laura Weido presented plaques to TOC winners Sunday, 6.
Read moreStatewide Voter Registration Certificates expire at the end of December 2021. New cards will be mailed out the first part of January 2022. The new cards will be blue. If you do not receive a voter registration certificate by mid-January, please notify The Colorado County Elections Office at 318 Spring Street, Room 101 in Columbus or call (979) 732-6860.
Read moreCub Scout Pack 312 of Columbus replaced old, worn flags along Milam in time for Veterans Day. This was a service project for the Scouts. They collect the old flags to have retirement ceremonies at their camp outs. Courtesy
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