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Cody Johnson performed on RODEOHOUSTON® Opening Night and garnered the third-highest opening night paid attendance at 70,554.

Johnson’s 2022 RODEOHOUSTON opening night performance, in celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™, placed him in the third spot for the highest opening night paid attendance, joining the likes of George Strait’s 2017 performance and Garth Brooks’ 2018 opener.

Young Texans will get a chance to create the latest design for the official reusable bag for the iconic Don’t mess with Texas campaign. New in 2022, the Don’t mess with Texas Reusable Bag Art Contest is aimed at inspiring younger generations of Texans to keep their home state litter-free.

TOP: The Austin County Go Texan cookoff team was out in full strength at the Houston Rodeo cookoff Saturday, Feb. 26. Pictured from the left are Don Luedke, Marsha Siptak, Shawn Jackson, Chad Lu, Brent Jackson, Stanley Jackson and Johnny Southerland.

Feb. 7, by direction of Austin County Sheriff Jack Brandes, Dispatch Supervisor David Watson and Operation’s Sgt. Donald Darracq donated 15 pairs of new footwear to the Sealy Pregnancy Resource Center. The footwear was seized by the Sheriff’s Office during the course of a criminal fraud investigation. “We really appreciate what organizations like the Sealy Pregnancy Resource Center do for the Austin County community. I hope this small donation can help in a big way,” Sheriff Brandes said. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

The San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site announced the last of The Sealy News’ historical print archives were transported to the University of North Texas where they will be scanned and digitized as part of The Portal to Texas History! This means an almost complete set of The Sealy News will soon be searchable from any internetbased device in the world. Thanks to the Virgil & Josephine Gordon Memorial Library Central Library and the Tocker Foundation for their support of this project. To view Sealy News archives that have already been moved over, visit texashistory.unt.edu and search “The Sealy News.” SAN FELIPE DE AUSTIN STATE HISTORIC SITE

Sealy FFA Livestock Judging teams kicked off their 2022 seasons with plenty of ribbons and recognition. The Junior girls’ team of Sydney Petrash, Atalie Petrash, Ainsley Oliver and Callie Whatley took home Champion and the Junior boys’ team in Nicholas McDaniel, Reese Reichardt, Cole Whatley, Levi McNeely, Kash Parker, Keaton Parker and Chandler Austin finished 10th at the San Antonio Stock Show.

Miss Guardia’s fifthgrade class from Faith Academy had the privilege of taking a field trip Feb. 2 out to the San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site and Phenix Knives in the old blacksmith shop.