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The City of Navasota will host the 5th Annual Freedom Festival Thursday, July 4 in downtown Navasota. This free event includes a community parade at 6 p.m., live music by ESCAPE: A Tribute to Journey at 7 p.m., fireworks show, food trucks, water slides and inflatables, face painting and more.
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The White Hall Community VFD monthly business meeting was July 1, at the station. Please excuse my error. Thank you, Matthew, for helping me out.
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Evergreen Baptist attended church camp in Glorieta, New Mexico. It was certainly well attended with around 46 children and adults. Despite troubles on the road, they finally arrived. Several children accepted Christ as their savior and others made important decisions that will affect their lives. They all spoke in the morning worship service June 23. Those that were saved will be baptized in the future. The church service was full. May God bless all of them.
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Navasota is hosting the Texas Downtown Association’s Regional Roundtable Friday, July 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at P.A Smith Hotel.
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The monthly distribution of food was held at the Iola Missionary Baptist Church fellowship hall June 16. There were 74 families attending. Food distributed will feed 118 people. All sort of food was available including frozen food, canned goods, eggs, bread and other items. Thanks to the many volunteers. The panty is open the third Saturday each month. Volunteers are always welcomed to help set up around noon the day before and the day of distribution.
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Deepest sympathy and prayers for the family of Eddie Nickerson, Willie Mae Franklin and Mack Ray Washington.
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“Throughout the long history of racial and sexual discrimination in the South, women have found ways to survive with a sense of purpose and self–worth.” That is how Wendy Watriss, well known Grimes County photographer and co-founder of International Fotofest, described Anna Mae Dickson, a black woman, in her article “It’s Something Inside of You,” that was published in 1976 in Southern Exposure Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 4, “Generations: Women in the South.”
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Because Thursday, July 4 is a holiday, Anderson Food Pantry, 367 Fanthorp St. will be open this Thursday, June 27 from 9 a.m. until noon for food distribution. All residents of Grimes County in need of food may participate. For more information, contact Renee Fredwood, 936-873-5005.
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