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After schools have been shut down for over two months, Elgin’s elementary teachers got to give their students a proper send-off before the summer break with a series of “reverse parades” at the three campuses last week. At these parades, teachers stood on the sidewalk in front of their schools as the families of their students drove by, giving the teachers and students a chance to say goodbye and celebrate the end of the school year. Elgin Elementary School held their reverse parade on Thursday afternoon, while Neidig Elementary School held theirs on Thursday evening. Booker T. Washington Elementary School held a series of reverse parades throughout the past couple of weeks celebrating each grade level.
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On Memorial Day, May 25, Smithville’s Veterans Memorial Park added a new monument commemorating those who served in the American Revolution. The gray granite memorial was commissioned and installed by the Lost Pines Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).
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The Bastrop County Animal Shelter recently took in an unexpected surprise in the form of a check from Frontier Bank of Texas.
Read moreJohn Daniel “JD” Buie, of McDade, Texas, a 2012 graduate of Elgin High School, was conferred the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center during the School of Medicine virtual commencement ceremony held on May 22, 2020. While at TTUHSC, Buie completed a Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Health Organizations Management, and served as a Dean’s Ambassador. He will be completing a fiveyear Urology Residency at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas.
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After 13 years, former Elgin teacher Delia Perez Meyer was able to reconnect with four of the students from her first kindergarten class in 2007.
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Since the graduating seniors of the Class of 2020 are missing out on many of the traditional end-of-year celebrations and will experience a graduation ceremony with limited in-person attendance due to COVID-19, Elgin ISD and the Elgin community have shown their support for the seniors by placing signs, installing purple lights and decorating the fronts of their businesses. See more photos online at www.elgincourier.com.
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On Sunday morning, the Elgin Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6115 hosted their annual Memorial Day ceremony, despite a few differences from their usual event caused by COVID-19 precautions. Instead of breakfast, the VFW offered just coffee and donuts to attendees, and the outdoor Memorial Day ceremony was held in front of a couple of rows of chairs spaced feet apart from each other. Post commander Chuck Swain, along with other leaders of the post, delivered a speech honoring those who lost their lives while serving their country.
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This year, you can visit the Elgin Arts Association’s annual Pearls of Youth Art Show with just the click of a mouse. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this art show, which is open to students and young artists from Elgin, McDade and Coupland, is being hosted online at the Elgin Arts Association website, www.elginartsassociation.com. The website has links to six different online galleries, sorted by school and grade groups, and viewers can either see a catalog of all of the art pieces or navigate an interactive virtual gallery where each art piece is displayed.
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