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Well folks it’s another new year. Welcome to 2024. Hope that all is well with each and every one of you. Hope everyone of you have a wonderful new year. May God bless all of you. The membership of Evergreen Baptist Church started Sunday on the right note by having breakfast before their morning worship service Dec. 31. All sort of good eats were enjoyed by members and visitors. This is done the fifth Sunday of the month. The church also took communion at the close of the service.
Read moreThe Grimes County Mobile Food Bank will be open Thursday, Jan. 11, from 10-11:30 a.m. in the back parking lot of the Grimes County Fairgrounds in Navasota. Any resident of Grimes County will be served and will only need to show their driver’s license when they complete the once-a-year Client Assistant Intake form. For more information contact Patricia, jimcozby@gmail.com.
Read moreThe Christmas and NewYear festivities have come and gone. The reason for Christmas never leaves but unfortunately the tree, decorations, wreaths and other special items at some point need to be carefully wrapped and stored.
Read moreChristmas was good this year, but still tough on my little family. The loss of Kacie and Joni’s dad doesn’t stay out of our minds. His birthday was Christmas day and he always called me weeks in advance to let me know what sweet I had to make for him. He didn’t share either. He was a Marine and his smart remarks kept us all on our toes. This year was a little more lighthearted and we laughed a lot, but that chair was still empty.
Read moreFor many years I have listed the names of people that have ties to the Keith community that have passed away. This year they are Landon Reed Chatman, Brady A. Hand, Harold Gene Dudley, Rev. Bill Adkisson, Ima Merle Burns McDuffie, Jack Jernigan, Gail Jernigan, Joyce Dudley Rice, David Moore, Ruby Lavender Stuckey, James Dixon Sr., Raymond Pirtle, Harley Lee Stabler, Jon Karl Proskine, Carolyn Kellogg, Bonie Keller. Donald Gaylor, Betty Jo Vaughn Dane and Travis Stewart and John D. Bretling. Do hope I have not missed anyone. May their memories be forever blessed.
Read moreThe Salvation Army in Grimes County provides financial assistance with utility and rent bills, clothing, shoes, food and personal hygiene items. They will be at First United Methodist Church, 616 Holland St., Navasota Thursday, Jan. 25, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. You must have a valid photo ID and current lease agreement bill that you need assistance with. For more information call, 936-825-3342.
Read moreCornus florida, flowering dogwood, is a deciduous tree native to the U.S. and Mexico. It’s known for its striking white, sometimes pink, “flowers” that aren’t really flowers. They are four white 3-inch bracts with reddish-brown indentations that surround several 0.25 inch inconspicuous fragrant yellow-green flowers. Sometimes growing only a few centimeters per year, dogwoods can be 35 to 40 feet tall and live 80 years.
Read moreRecent research of the Somerville 1842 campaign of driving a facet of the Mexican Army back across the Rio Grande into Mexico that led to the infamous Mier Expedition, I ran across a most “under told” history of a Texan teenager, John Christopher Columbus Hill.
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