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Booster Club sponsorship sign, please let me know. I still need a few more donations. My little man was gone for two weeks. I enjoyed that long, tight hug I got when he came home. We didn’t finish the Spider Man puzzle that day, but I may wait until we complete it. I think he enjoys challenging me but at times he does tell me “Good Job”!
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Habranthus tubispathus, rain lily, is a native of Texas, southern U.S., Mexico and Central America. The plant has several synonyms including H. andersonii, H. texanus, Zephyranthes texana, Z. tubispatha, etc. It’s in the Amaryllidaceae or amaryllis family and is not a true lily in the Liliaceae family. There are several plants that pop up after a rain with the common name rain lily.
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Few women would be granted Stephen F. Austin’s early Texas league of land grants. But, in Washington County, we previously wrote about Arabella Harrington, who as a widow followed a son to Texas in 1826 to be granted her own league. Most of Brenham, Texas has been built on it.
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The second concert in the FREE Navasota Sounds of Summer Concert Series is Friday, July 19. Mango Punch performs from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on the grounds of city hall. Food trucks and drink vendors will be on site. Lawn chairs and coolers are encouraged.
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Iola Food Pantry at the Iola Missionary Baptist Church Fellowship Hall will be open Saturday, July 20, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. All those in need of helping hand are invited to attend. Volunteers are welcome to help set up the pantry around noon July 19, and July 20 for food distribution. Come out and help those in need.
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Workforce Solutions is offering on QuickBooks, Excel, Word, and professional communication. The training will help you in the accounting field. Class is from Sept. 16 through Dec. 18. Call, 936–438–1756 for more information.
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This has been a week to remember. I am blessed because I was only out of power around 31 hours and the only damage were limbs and leaves all over the yard. Some of my neighbors were not so lucky. They had downed trees and damages to their homes and other property. I hope everyone’s power has been restored now as temperatures rise.
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Dagan Alford, son of Daryl and Mandi Alford, graduated from Anderson–Shiro in May. He has served as a volunteer fire fighter for Anderson VFD. This sparked his interest in becoming an EMT. On June 24, he started taking an EMT course at TEEX in College Station. The course is 8 weeks long. He will graduate Aug. 29. The course includes classroom hours as well as Emergency Room and ambulance hours.
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