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Jeff Carroll, author of Being Texan, printed by Lone Star Publishing in 2009 in Bryan, where he also taught Texas history, wrote about another young Texan teacher, who established Boonville as a county seat in 1851.
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Being a teacher and ending the school year this week, I have had many emotions, and it got me to thinking, once again, how very lucky and blessed we all are to live in a small, caring community such as Navasota.
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With the legislative session ending on June 2, lawmakers are scrambling to pass or kill bills, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Among the bills passed or likely to soon pass:
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Gov. Greg Abbott last week signed a $1 billion private-school voucher bill into law in front of a large crowd at the Governor’s Mansion, the San Antonio Express-News and other media outlets reported. Abbott called the new law the biggest legislative win of his time in the governor’s office and touted the new program as the largest in the nation.
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Sunlight is starting to break through at the Capitol in the final month of the Texas legislative session.
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Known as possibly the earliest built home in Grimes County, the Fahey house is behind the locked gates of the Bovay Scout Ranch. It’s located a short way south of Navasota east of Highway 6, but Fahey didn’t build it. The two–room log cabin was built by the Muldrow family in 1836 and became the Fahey home in 1882. Today, other than Boy Scouts and families who camp at the Bovay Scout Ranch, the public to date is unaware of it.
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A bill under consideration by the 89th Texas Legislature has caused more than a few temperatures to spike in Grimes County. Its acronym, HOT, for Hotel Occupancy Tax, is ironically appropriate. To refresh your memory, HB 4926 was filed in March on behalf of Grimes County Commissioners Court to allow the County to collect a HOT on the cost of overnight stays at motels, hotels, Airbnbs and bed & breakfast lodgings in Grimes County.
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I’ve known Amie Faltysek Nobles for as long as I can remember. She is 57 years old and was born in Big Spring, Texas. Her dad worked road construction and traveled a lot, but they ultimately settled in Navasota where her family owned a restaurant. She has fond memories of their downtown cafe, “Navasota Cafe”, owned by her grandparents Tony & Rose Januse. She recalls serving biscuits and receiving pennies for tips. Her family became very close to the cooks and dishwashers.
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