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Texas Premier Sporting Arms, an open to the public and semi-private sporting clays facility, presented a donation check in the amount of $1,000 to the Sealy Fire Department April 15. All proceeds donated to the Sealy Fire Department were raised from Texas Premier’s 1st Annual Crawfish and Clays Sporting Clays Tournament held April 10 at Texas Premier.

The Austin County Historical Commission has been awarded a Distinguished Service Award for the 2019 year of service. This annual award affirms that the Austin County HC appointees for managing well-rounded history and preservation-related programs that enrich Texas communities.

The Sealy High School One Act Play group recently qualified for the state competition with a first-place finish at regionals. Cody Prause, Cam Turner and McKenna Branson were among the Tiger representatives that earned individual awards. The state competition will be held at Davenport High School in Schertz April 28 and 29.

Faith Academy was honored to induct 18 new members into their National Junior Honor Society, making this year the largest NJHS group of inductees since Faith Academy’s chapter began 10 years ago.

On April 16, Industry State Bank visited 6th-grade students in their math classes at Sealy Junior High School. With the students, Rachel Kozel discussed different kinds of accounts, how to open an account, the differences between debit cards and credit cards, credit reports and scores, and more.

Early voting began earlier this week in Austin County for the May 1 general election with school board and city council races to determine. Voters were eligible to hit the polls at early voting locations around the county starting Monday morning.

Both Sealy Tiger track teams earned first place at the Area Championship hosted at T.J. Mills Stadium last Wednesday. Sealy athletes earned 10 gold medals and qualified for 37 events in the Regional Championship this weekend at Challenger Columbia Stadium in Webster.

Greater Sealy Little League action is in full swing and there were Muckdogs, Hot Rods and Tigers running wild April 8 at Mark A. Chapman Park. PHOTOS BY AMANDA LUKSHA

At the regular meeting of Austin County Commissioners Court Monday, April 12, a proclamation was read by Judge Tim Lapham that honored April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and recognized CASA for Kids of South Central Texas.