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The Knights of Columbus Council 4053 will hold a blood drive Sunday, Nov. 22 from 8:30 a.m. till 1 p.m. at the St. Stanislaus Parish Hall. The Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center continues to experience a critical shortage of blood due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, they are asking the KC’s to host another blood drive. Please sign up to donate if you are able. Go online to www.giveblood.org.
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“Listen children to the bells of peace, hear them ring for you and me. They ring from your heart, your mind and with your hands. They ring for all people all across the land. Ring the bells of peace.” [Observing Veterans Day, 2020].
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The membership of Evergreen Baptist Church will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of Evergreen Free Will Baptist Church Sunday, Nov. 22 with a special service beginning at 10:30 a.m. Hopefully all will go well with this special service. The church planned to celebrate the anniversary earlier but due to coronavirus it did not happen. If all goes well, the special event will be followed by a special meal. Turkey, dressing and other food will be provided. Hope everyone interested in the event will make plans to attend.
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I hope everyone enjoyed the Veterans Day holiday. Happy Veterans Day to all.
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The monarch butterfly has been the official State Insect of Texas since 1995. The U.S., Canada and Mexico are hosts to the monarchs’ multi-generational migrations that cover thousands of miles. There has been increasing concern as monarch numbers have shown a long-term downward trend.
Read moreGrimes County Commissioners Court held a Regular Meeting Wednesday, Nov. 4, and received a presentation on CivicClerk, an agenda and meeting management software service for local government. According to County Clerk Vanessa Burzynski, the program will improve agenda preparation, submitting and approving agendas as well as minute preparation and allow livestreaming of meetings to the public.
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The White Hall Community VFD met for their monthly business meeting Nov. 2. We had 18 members, one prospect and three visitors present. President Serres opened the meeting, Chaplain McMillan continued in prayer and the pledges were recited. Our visitors were the Thin Blue Line Brazos Valley who graciously came to give a presentation about whom they are and who they help. In two words, ‘First Responders’ is the group they help and 100% of your contributions go to helping the First Responders in the Brazos Valley, which does include Grimes County. Please check out their FB page at www.facebook.com/ BVTBLFoundation.
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Well folks the election is finally over. I am so glad there will not be any more information on the news about who to vote for and who not to vote for. More people voted early or by mail than in any other election that I know of. The Keith election had 329 voters. The workers were Diane Cahall, Nancy Hock, Tina Templeton, Katheryn Bowerman and me. All of us were really tired by the end of the day.
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