Annual BVFD Fish Fry Fundraiser
Be on the lookout for fish fry updates as the event grows near. The Bedias Civic Club offers first Thursday potlucks, and second Tuesday movies at the civic center. Please go to, www. facebook.com/BediasCivicClubAssoc, for more information.
Bedias Civic Association will sponsor their Annual Trunk or Treat, Saturday, Oct. 22nd, and encourages area residents and businesses to participate. They will also host a city-wide yard sale Nov. 5, at the Civic Center, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call Mayor Boullian for more information or visit the civic club Facebook page. The Bedias Museum and Library sponsors second Saturday Story Times, 2 p.m., third Thursday Christian Movies, 5 p.m. and more. Please go to www.facebook.com/BediasLibrary. home, for more information. Bedias Food Pantry Saturday hours are 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. for both canned goods and for produce day. For more information, visit the pantry Facebook page, www.facebook.com/BediasFoodPantry.
The Bedias Women’s Club is taking reservations for booths for the Bedias Country Market slated for Oct. 27 at the Bedias Civic Center. There will be baked potato box dinners for $10 each. Have a craft or product to sell? Inside booths are $20 and outside booths are $10. Contact Mackie for a reservation. This fundraiser to funds the annual Veterans Dinner and local scholarships for Iola and Madisonville ISD. Be on the lookout for annual Veterans Day Dinner invitations.
Please drop Mackie a note if you are new to the Bedias community and are not receiving our Bedias bimonthly newsletter in your mailbox. The next issue goes out the first week of October. Mackie would like to welcome Bedias newcomers and new veterans who have moved into the Bedias area, and introduce them to the community. Drop Mackie a note, mackiebobo44@ gmail.com, to learn more and to update your contact information for the women’s club annual Veterans Day dinner.
If you have questions about Darrell Hall roadway issues, especially in Grimes County, visit our Facebook Page, www. FixOurDarrellHallRoad@Facebook.com, and share your comments, concerns, and suggestions.
Want to know more about the Bedias Civic Club, Bedias Women’s Club, and other civic organizations active in the Bedias area? Visit the Bedias Civic Club page, www. facebook.com/BediasCivicClubAssoc, visit the Bedias Women’s Club website, BediasWomensClub. com; visit www.facebook. com/BediasFoodPantry, to learn about food pantry operations, visit our Civic Center Events and Activities page, www.facebook. com/BediasCivicCenter, or visit our Bedias News page, www.facebook.com/ BediasNews, and please share your thoughts and suggestions.
Happy birthday to Kodi Parker, Josie Pickett, Bedias Museum & Library, Sondra Burditt, Chad Loveday, Virginia Price, Beckie Silcox, Melinda Chavez, Gene Bracewell and Joanne Richardson. Happy anniversary to Ben White and Mackie Bobo-White and Richard and Jackie Taylor. Congratulations to everyone else celebrating personal and family occasions. Drop us a note if you want to add someone to our birthday, anniversary, or concerns list.
Please take care when driving near road construction and repair areas. Please uphold our brave law enforcement officers, volunteer firefighters and other first responders. Please uphold the Anthony De’Milo Williams, Jr. family, who lost his life to an October drive by shooting in our little town of Bedias. Mackie asks for us to hold Ben White in our prayers. Please also hold Roy Willis, Bob and Jackie Jones, Joe and Betty Williamson, MaeDell Younts, Philip Upchurch, Lew Gears and Aidan Fedor in your hearts and prayers.
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“Two are better than one: If one falls down, his friend can help him up.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-10.