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RUNNELS COUNTY EVENT CALENDAR

St. Boniface Fall Festival St. Boniface Fall Festival at Olfen will be Sunday, October 9, 2022. A sausage, turkey and dressing meal will begin at 11 a.m. All pates will be $12.00 for dine in and walk-up plates to go. Handicap parking and shuffles will be available. There will be a Country Store, bingo, games, concessions and raffles for a homemade quilt, rifle, and gift cards. Live auction will begin at 1 p.m. and the Candy Drop will be at 3 p.m.

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Ballinger Elementary School first six weeks honor rolls 2022-2023

First Grade “A”: Brazos Clift, Camden Cook, Conrad Cook, Waylon Cook, Addyson Fischer, Lexy Fitzgerald-Schmidt, Monico Flores, Neko Flores, Nikolas Gauna, Sara Halfmann, Bryntley Hollis, Avel Hurt, Penelope Hurt, Holden Martin, Claralyn May, Rylie McKinnon, Colby Neighbors, Adrian Nieto, Terra Nieto, Raam Patel, Logan Pena, Rhett Priddy, Madelyn Rinn, Weston Shott, Aaliyah Smith, Levi Smith, Mylo Soto, Sawyer Studer, Paisley Suarez, Jaxson Suwarrow, Peyton Thurmond, Joshua Virden.

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Retired teachers

RCRSE (Runnels County Retired School Employees_ held their September gathering at the Ballinger ISD Boardroom. Amanda Kelley gave a legislative report on the TRTA Legislative goals for the new legislative session.

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Ballinger High School’s Christy Zhuang selected for DECA honor

Ballinger’s Christy Zhuang was elected as DECA’s state president several months ago. She’s now been selected for DECA’s Presidential Member of the Month. Pretty much everyone in Ballinger knows the young dynamo. In addition to DECA, Zhuang is also a member of FCCLA and runs her own photography business. I would say “she runs her own photography business when not busy.” But, that wouldn’t be accurate since the young lady is never not busy.

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