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Give the Gift of Blood! The Knights of Columbus Council #4054 will host a Blood Drive on May 10, in the St. Stanislaus Parish hall. Blood and blood products are in short supply and donors are needed now to provide for this critical need. Donors must sign-up in advance online at www. giveblood.org. The Blood Center is adjusting their appointment schedule to balance out donations and prevent over-crowding during blood drives. To make an appointment, log onto the website, click on schedule to donate; under quick links select city search and enter Anderson, scroll down to St. Stanislaus, click on schedule and select a convenient time between 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to donate.
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As we spend our days at home with loved ones, searching too often bare shelves at our local retail stores, or making a quick stop at a favorite eating place for a to go meal, please take the opportunity to offer an encouraging and cheerful word to all within speaking or waving distance. Our hearts need that essential uplift, perhaps now more than any time in recent memory. Thank you to all who remain at their duty stations (including our local newspaper outlets) and to those who are keeping the home fires burning during this season of trial and testing.
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Shredding old files starts out as being somewhat relaxing but goodness you can only do so much purging, shredding, purging, shredding; get the picture? I know I’ve said this before, but I really mean it now, I am so sorry for all those student workers of mine at TAMU that had to shred papers. In addition, back then you had to remove staples. My shredder eats staples, or I’d still be on the first box!
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I have been enjoying church services on YouTube, Live Stream and Christian stations. You can view the morning and evening service every Sunday without ever leaving your house or bed. I have heard ministers preach that I haven’t heard in a while. I even enjoy Bible Study on Wednesdays in the comfort of my home. I have to admit I miss the fellowship of going to church in a building. I will continue to enjoy services online until this virus is under control.
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Well folks here we are still enduring the coronavirus. Hopefully by next month things will begin returning to normal.
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Hope you and your family are enjoying the beautiful weather together. To be able to stay home with your family is a blessing in disguise. Many folks are getting anxious as we head into several weeks of isolation and being in quarantine. Just think of all the blessings we have. We have had some beautiful days. God has the perfect timing. It couldn’t have happened at a more beautiful time than what we have experienced in the last couple months, with beauty all around us, flowers blooming, birds singing, and we have got to stay in or at home and isolate for a while. To be close to our families is a gift and what a blessing this can be if you have family living with you.
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Every day of my life I have turned onto Washington Avenue and have driven through downtown Navasota. When I was younger, the streets were full of families going about their business, stopping into Noto’s or P. Nemir’s or grabbing food or ice cream. They smiled and laughed as they stopped to talk to their neighbors and fellow citizens, exchanging hearty handshakes and giving hugs. We epitomized good southern—good Texan—hospitality.
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Well, another week has come and gone and no new news, just the same old stuff. Social-distance, wash your hands, wear face masks, stay at home, and the list goes on and on. This pandemic sure is hard on reporters since there are no events scheduled. I know one thing for sure, I’m getting a lot of stuff done around the house that I have been putting off or just didn’t have time to do. Geez, I sure do miss my “social life,” although that was the main reason I never got anything done around here. As most of you know, my mother Dolores Hoffart passed away recently. So, I brought some boxes home from her house that had my name on it. Oh, my goodness, I knew she was a special lady but each week I find out more and more how special she was. One whole box was filled with newspaper clippings of every single article I have written for the
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