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While we wait for a coronavirus vaccination, the Texas Medical Association and the Texas Pediatric Society urge you to keep your child’s routine vaccinations up to date. Vaccinations are one of the safest, most effective ways to protect children from 14 serious diseases, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more“A child is God’s greatest gift to the family, to the nation, to the world. The child is a life from God, created in the image of God, created for great things, to love, and to be loved” (St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta).
Read moreWell, it may have helped. The Texas Homestead exemption began as a protection for the wives and children of the early settlers in the event the man of the house was lured into a not-so-honest business deal, or perhaps because he decided he needed a few dollars more to continue an all night card game…and it didn’t go well. This may be a Texas folklore, but the concept was clear, and has withstood the test of time. A brief explanation from the Texas State Historical Association on the origin of the homestead exemption (as the protection from creditors is termed), is the most important aspect of the homestead law. Many Americans who settled in Texas in the early nineteenth century were pursued by their creditors, and for their protection, Stephen F. Austin recommended a moratorium on the collection of the colonists’ foreign debts, to exempt creditors’ claiming the settler’s land.
Read moreJust off of the busy street of Milam on Bonham sits a large oak that has seen many citizens and visitors of Columbus come and go.
Read moreThe Columbus Garden Club chose Louis and Dolores Menis at 1607 Rampart St. as the August Yard of the Month. Landscaping for this property includes plumbago, milkweed, vincas and caladiums and many other plants. Courtesy
Read morePictured here are Boys & Girls Club Board Members, Walt Rognerud, Rob Darville, Mariette Bellamy, Billy Brown, Big Easy Ranch, Dr. Mazie and Brent Leftwich, Boys & Girls Clubs of Champion Valley supporters. Boys & Girls Clubs of Champion Valley thank Billy Brown, Dr. Mazie and Brent Leftwich and other Big Easy Ranch patrons, for their generous donation of meals during April and May. During this eight-week period, two evenings a week, the Big Easy Chef and his staff prepared 75 multi-course meals each evening, for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Champion Valley families in the communities of Columbus, Schulenburg and Weimar. These meals were very much appreciated by the Champion Valley families during the Covid-19 quarantine in our community. Courtesy photo
Read moreBrookshire Brothers and its shoppers have come together to fight food insecurity. On May 14, Brookshire Brothers launched an initiative to raise money to provide food to those who’ve lost jobs, income and their health due to COVID-19. The Lufkin, Texas-based grocer knows that between generous customers and the employee-owned company “Together We Can Do More”.
Read moreThe Weimar Lions Club recently held their second meeting of the month. David Kocian (right) was awarded a Centennial Pin for his longstanding commitment to Service and Lions International goals. Presenting the pin is Club President Clay Bittner (left). The Weimar Lions Club meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month in a socially distanced manner at the Veterans Hall Meeting room at 12 noon. Mark Dannemiller
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