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Countless locals flocked to the Madison County Fairgrounds Saturday for the City of Madisonville’s First Annual Mudbugs & Music Festival. The event included vendors, live music, a crawfish eating contest and lawnmower races. Gates opened at 11 a.m. and lasted until 8:30 p.m. (Pictured are Robert Bennett pouring crawfish into a cooler as well as crawfish eating contest champion David Mingus of Regional Home Sales proudly displaying his empty basket). CAMPBELL ATKINS

A number of individuals were elected to new positions for the 2022 edition of the Texas Mushroom Festival at the organization’s monthly meeting March 8. Those individuals included Lauren Walls (President), Casey Mallett (Vice President), Hilaria Garcia (Secretary), Caitlin Jugert (Treasurer) and Kristy Mills (Sponsorship and Scholarship Chairperson).

Kasen Wooten: Grand Champion in Food Preparation (Pumpkin Spice Cake) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Lacie Leggett: Reserve Champion in Food Preparation (Chocolate Potato Cake) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Baileigh Ferguson: Grand Champion in Art (Winter Forecast) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY David Vera: Reserve Champion in Art (Boots) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Lily Schuenemann: Grand Champion in Photography (Getting Ready) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Kyelie Clopton: Grand Champion in Food Preservation (Hot & Spicy Tropical Paradise) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Owen Rouse: Reserve Champion in Food Preservation (Pineapple Habanero Jelly) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Baileigh Ferguson: Grand Champion in Art (Choose Wisely) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Owen Totten: Reserve Champion in Art (Western Sunset) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Emillie Harrison: Grand Champion in Food Preparation (Hummingbird Cake) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Clayton Duke: Reserve Champion in Food Preparation (Garlic Cheese Bites) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Avery Urbantke: Grand Champion in Art (Pig Heaven) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Olivia Dorsey: Reserve Champion in Art (Dixie) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Chloe Wise: Grand Champion in Photography (Sunday in the South) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Coy Measell: Grand Champion in Food Preservation (Red Cinnamon Pickles) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Taycie Clopton: Reserve Champion in Food Preservation (Pineapple) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Olivia Dorsey: Grand Champion in Art (Marfa Blaze) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Ellie West: Reserve Champion in Art (Donkey Sunset) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Reagan Gilbert: Grand Champion in Food Preparation (Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Kamryn Crocker: Reserve Champion in Food Preparation (Salted S’mores Truffles) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Serenity Torres: Grand Champion in Art (Give Me A Home) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Ivy Slay: Reserve Champion in Art (Slaughter House) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Braxten Brockman: Grand Champion in Photography (Morning Grazing) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY McKenna Fraley: Grand Champion in Food Preservation (Firecracker Salsa) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Delaney Callaham: Reserve Champion in Food Preservation (Red Hots Jelly) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Ivy Slay: Grand Champion in Art (Prickly ’n Sweet) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Adelise Curry: Reserve Champion in Art (Chickens in the Field) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Rose Dickey: Grand Champion in Food Preparation (Apple Pudding Cake) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Rebekah McVey: Reserve Champion in Food Preparation (Chocolate Peppermint Whoopie Pies) PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY James Kendel Cleere: Grand Champion in Market Steers PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Jackson Zanolini: Grand Champion in Halter Heifers PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY MaKenna Harris: Grand Champion in Penned Heifers PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Reagan Gilbert: Grand Champion in Swine PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Hayden Hurst: Grand Champion in Sheep PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Hayden Hurst: Grand Champion in Goat PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Taylor Hutsen: Grand Champion in Rabbit PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Kynleigh Long: Grand Champion in Poultry PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Morgan Whitesides: Grand Champion in Ag Mechanics PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Kanin Cleere: Reserve Champion in Market Steers PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Jacob Zanolini: Reserve Champion in Halter Heifers PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Brooke Langley: Reserve Champion in Penned Heifers PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Kynleigh Long: Reserve Champion in Swine PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Collin Caperton: Reserve Champion in Goat PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Collin Caperton: Reserve Champion in Sheep PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Taycie Clopton: Reserve Champion in Rabbit PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY Rigoberto Arjon: Reserve Champion in Poultry PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY HARDY.

North Zulch Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) held their Shattered Dreams presentations on campus March 9-10 to showcase awareness for potential dangers on the roadways. The activities began March 9 with an extremely realistic accident presentation, which included all of the necessary place of a mother during a personal injury trial and Brazos Valley Injury Prevention Coalition presented stats for Madison and Leon counties.

MES Music Memory Team: Cameron Curtis, Peyton Holub, Christopher Adams, and Haiden Walker COURTESY PHOTO MES Chess Puzzles Team: Isabella Perez, Sai Patel and Mckenzie Schleiff (not pictured: Jacob Johnson) COURTESY PHOTO.

Madisonville’s own Tye Coleman will help kick off the Madison County Fair and Rodeo this weekend with a musical performance following the rodeo activities Friday night. Coleman will also perform in the rodeo on Saturday night. For a complete list of events during the Madison County Fair and Rodeo, see Page 3. COURTESY PHOTOS

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M Forest Service awarded 81 recipients grants to conduct prescribed burns this year. For the 2022 fiscal year, the agency has approved $522,950 in grant funds to private landowners in Texas with a goal to treat 18,250 acres.