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The Main Street Board Design team has coordinated and participated in three beautification projects for our community. In January, they painted the benches and planters at the museum and replanted the planters with volunteers Krystal Carlson, Jake Carter, Robert Miller, Mateo Bernstein, Kyle Smith and Amy Miller.
Read moreLast week, Camp Swift in Bastrop County hosted its annual Best Warrior Competition, during which soldiers from all National Guard units in Texas, as well as from international partners Chile and the Czech Republic, put their physical and mental skills against each other with a series of challenges. Here, officers and fellow soldiers cheer on Chilean and Texan competitors as they cross the finish line after a miles-long hike at Lake Bastrop. Learn more about this year’s Best Warrior Competition in next week’s edition of the Bastrop County Insider.
Read moreThe McDade band program made school history this month. Like many school music programs, they attended the UIL Concert and Sight-reading contest in Bastrop on March 4. The McDade Band only has 21 members, making it one of the smallest bands to perform for the competition.
Read moreThe McDade ISD Robotics class, taught by technology director Cliff Spurlin, recently presented and demonstrated their robots that they had designed and built.
Read moreThe Elgin Chamber of Commerce held their annual Chamber Awards Banquet last Thursday evening at the SPJST Hall with the theme “Roaring into the 20s on the red carpet.”
Read moreThis past weekend, Community Gardens in Bastrop hosted their second annual Home & Garden Show on their four-acre facility. The event offered fun as well as the chance to meet dozens of vendors selling various indoor and outdoor products and services. Photos by Dock Jackson
Read moreRobin Hood and his band of Merry Men invite guests to join them for the 11th annual Sherwood Forest Faire, every Saturday and Sunday from February 29 to April 19, 2020, as well as Friday, March 20. Guests are invited to journey back to the legendary realm of England’s Sherwood Forest in the 11th Century, where they will meet historic figures and legendary creatures in a fully immersive, natural environment
Read moreLast Tuesday, Parobek Plumbing of Bastrop celebrated its 20th anniversary, as well as the announcement of their expansion into providing air conditioning services, with a ribbon cutting hosted by the Bastrop, Elgin and Smithville chambers of commerce.
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