Lifestyle

With the cutting of the cake and a hearty welcome from Sealy Mayor Carolyn Bilski, Tony Tsounakas returned to his namesake restaurant in Sealy and held a welcome home ceremony last Thursday, June 1. “My decision to come back is to come back to the people that love me and that I loved us for so long,” Tsounakas said.

The District 11 Texas Extension Education Association Spring Conference was held on April 11 in Hallettsville with Knellen Quinteros of Austin County as District 11 Director presiding. Also attending was Pat Allee (District 11 Secretary), Rita Jacobs (Delegate), Joan Buenger (Delegate), Claudia Cieslewicz, Gloria Havemann, Carolyn Balke, Shirley Beum, Barney Zimmerman, Jessie Kokemor and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Distinguished Agent Michelle Wright.

Congratulations to the Austin County 4-H Livestock Judging Team as they competed at the District 11 Livestock Judging Contest at the Brazos County Expo Center on Saturday, April 22 and now are headed to state in June after winning the senior division.

Abby Aschenbeck, Karlie Babylon, Hunter Clark, Emma Eckelberg, Colby Eschenburg, William Forrester, Chesney Johnston, Jacob Kolwes, Amador Lopez, Hope Luedeker, Grace Motal, Hannah Moyle, Kylie Pavlicek, Rhys Reichardt, Hunter Schumann, Kylee Svinky, Blake Svoboda, Jonah Taake, and Maxwell Wickens were selected as scholarship recipients from the Austin County A & M Club.

With a bright smile andbraidedpigtails,Sierra Bowen, 23, enthusiastically praises her young patient’s tooth-brushing technique. One of three co-chairs overseeing the Blinn College District’s 13th Give Kids a Smile (GKAS) event that provides free dental services to children, Bowen knows firsthand the impact she can have.

The Blinn College Alumni and Friends and Buccaneer Alumni Lettermen will host their annual Clay Shootout benefitting Blinn College District students and programs at the Boswell Porter 4-H Shotgun Range Friday, April 14.

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The tiny little chefs at Sealy Elementary have completed their gardening program. Early Childhood-Learn Grow Eat Go has exposed these participants to many wonderful opportunities over the last two months.

The Blinn College District and Texas A&M University School of Nursing have announced a new co-enrollment partnership providing Blinn Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) students a new pathway to their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from Texas A&M.