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Elgin’s 54th annual celebration of community and camaraderie continues to grow, with residents and visitors gathering at Memorial Park this past weekend for three full days of events, vendors and familiar. This year’s rendition of Elgin’s homecoming fair and festival, organized by the Chamber of Commerce, brought a bit more to the greenery than years prior. With a Wizard of Oz flair, Western Days included a yellow brick road fashion show, great Oz golf tournament and Toto’s dance, concluding with the grand parade and vendor market.

America’s birthday, July 4, is next week, which means the schedule for the crew at the Elgin Courier will change. Deadlines have been moved back a few days so that Courier staff members can celebrate the holiday with their families.

Two adult males sustained gunshot wounds at the 600 block of Alley A, as the result of an aggravated assault around 5:45 p.m. on June 20.

Elgin’s Parks and Recreation Center’s new toy for youth creatives

Molly Alexander received the highest honor for public architecture from Austin’s chapter of the American Institute of Architects, the Alan Taniguchi Award.

Glenda Mae Bentley, 67, of Lexington, passed away unexpectedly Monday, June 19, 2023, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bryan. She was born July 6, 1955, in Austin. She was the daughter of Roy Louis Morgan and Nona Tumlison Morgan-Hobbs.

David Elias Erickson, Jr. was born July 1, 1943, to David Elias Erickson and Ella Margaret Kristina Kylberg, both children of Swedish immigrants. He left this earth June 15, 2023, after a two-month battle with AML.

Joseph “Joe” McKamie, 86, was born Feb. 18, 1937, to Joseph Owen and Juanita (Stovall) McKamie in McClendon County. He grew up in the small town of Eddy, where he attended Bruceville-Eddy Schools.

Alfred Robert Streit served in the 915th Field Artillery Battalion that came ashore on Utah Beach, Normandy, in June 1944. They were called the “Tough Hombres Combat Team” and they fought in five campaigns in 318 days between Normandy and Czechoslovakia.

In Luke 15, Jesus tells us the parable of the Prodigal Son (prodigal means wasteful) and his Forgiving Father in order to teach self-righteous Pharisees of all times that the grace of God stops short of no man, that God does not desire the death of a sinner but rather he turn from his ways and live, that God desires all to repent and come to a knowledge of the truth.

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AUSTIN – A dynamic duo of Elgin High School varsity softball players had the outstanding honor of being named to the Austin American-Statesman All-Central Texas team this week. Senior standouts Paiton Altmiller and Jessica Cantrell of the Lady Wildcats were both selected for the team.