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Anderson Food Pantry, 367 Fanthorp St. in Navasota will be open Thursday, Feb. 1 from 9 a.m. until noon. All residents of Grimes County in need of food may participate. For more information contact Renee Fredwood, 936-873-5005.
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Glechoma hederacea, ground ivy or creeping charlie, is a Eurasian native that has naturalized in most of the U.S. It isn’t really an ivy but grows like one. Creeping along the ground with a square stem, the plant can be up to 16 inches long. It’s difficult to know the length until it’s ready to flower and growth becomes vertical. After flowering, the stems bend down, root at the nodes and resume horizontal growth.
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Cross Trails Chapter of Colonial Dames 17th Century member Kathy Cave Wells delivered home-baked chocolate chip cookies, teacher thank you notes, and school supplies to Brule Elementary on Friday, Jan. 26, to donate to the teachers. Pictured are Kathy Cave Wells and Brule school counselor Deborah Kerr. Supplies included pencils, markers, glue sticks, tissues and stickers.
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FIRST GRADE All A’s
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I always think of Mother Teresa’s “Anyway” poem as kind of a new year’s resolution. Here it is almost the end of January already so I wanted to share this poem that we should all live by. It’s a lot to think about for sure.
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As I sit here earlier than normal this morning, I’m trying to keep calm, because after all, I do have electricity now. However, that does not guarantee consistent power. Yesterday evening the power was out for over two hours. Once it came on, I made sure to drip my faucets to assure no frozen pipes.
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Hopefully all of you made it through the first really cold spell of the season. It really got bad for a few days. Temperatures dropped to 17 degrees Jan. 16. Hope everyone that was able to, stayed home in a warm place. Hopefully that will be the last of the really bad weather. Some dumpsites were closed due to the weather. Some were also closed while some started late. Some people had to stay with others so they could stay warm.
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Macedonia Baptist Church, 6957 CR 206 in Plantersville along with Minister Earnest Ray Heard, Jr. invites Grimes County to their Black History Program Sunday, Feb. 4, at 11 a.m. Minister Robert Mays of Cherry Chapel United Methodist Church in Industry will be the guest speaker.
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