Grimes County Mobile Food Bank June 9
The Grimes County Fair is going on. Saturday evening during the Kevin Fowler concert at the Expo Center, the 2022 Fair Queen was crowned. We are so proud of our daughter Ashleigh Sowell Krause who took over the Queen’s program this year and was commended by the Fair Association for all her hard work working with all seven candidates – the most we’ve had in a long time. This year’s queen is Demi Harrington of Plantersville. First runner-up is Autumn Atkinson of Plantersville and 2nd runner-up is Avery McKinney of Navasota. Other contestants included Briana Tejeda of Navasota, Sophia Willis of Iola, Taylor Stone of Navasota and Sierra Waneck of Iola. These seven girls also worked hard selling raffle tickets bringing in over $87,000 to the Fair Association. Events will continue throughout the week ending with the Bull Buck Out Saturday evening.
The Grimes County Mobile Food Bank will be open Thursday, June 9, from 9:30- 10:45 a.m. in the back-parking lot of the Grimes County Fairgrounds in Navasota. Any resident of Grimes County will be served and will only need to show their driver’s license when they complete the oncea-year Client Assistant Intake form. For more information contact Chris Albright, caanavasota@gmail.com or call 713-962-2144.
St. Stanislaus Catholic Church will hold their Vacation Bible School June 14-17 from 5-8 p.m. Register your child at www.myvbs.org/ ststanislaus. For questions, contact Jessica Prado, 979- 574-4806.
Happy Birthday to those celebrating this week: June 9 – Loran Grassl; June 10 – Katherine Dornak, Trevena Rogers, Brittni Canizaro and Makayla Kimich; June 11 – Ryan Haynie and Bob Schweitz; June 12 – Sandy Nobles; June 13 – Emily Mendiola; June 14 – Fr. Eli Lopez and Lynn Deaton; and June 15 – Hoyt Wichman, Ernest Lee, Jaxton Mooney, Carley Mock, Jessica Zonneveld and Pastor Kermit Bostelman.
Happy Anniversary to those celebrating this week: June 9 – Jeffrey and Shelly Vickers, 15 years; June 10 – Chris and Bobbie Wilson; June 10 – Kyle and Laura Molitor, 5 years; June 12 – Will and Shala Ray, 18 years; June 13 – Ben and Amanda Ghazi, 13 years; June 13 – David and Jesslyn Borski, seven years; June 13 – Sheriff Gerald and Lisa Yezak, 36 years; June 13 – Clark and Pam Whitten, 23 years; June 14 – Chase and Stacey Smith, 14 years; and June 14 – Ed and Linda Marek, 53 years.
The circle of life continues on. Our family has lost another one. Don’s baby brother, Dana Sowell, has been at Navasota Nursing and Rehab for over 16 years since the age of 47 as the result of a stroke. Dana, a Navasota High School Class of 1977 graduate, passed away Sunday evening, June 5. Dana was known mostly for his leatherwork in his younger years. There is a beautiful leather rendition of the Grimes County Courthouse that he tooled and entered in the art show back in the day when Navasota had their Nostalgia Days. He won Grand Champion with it. It hangs in the lobby of the Grimes County Sheriff’s Office. Words cannot express the feelings we have for the staff at NN&R who have taken such good care of him all these years. Visitation will be from 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, June 8 with the funeral service at 10 a.m. at Nobles Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Carlos where he will join his mom and dad JoAnn and John Sowell as well as his daughter Krysten.
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