Fair Association officer positions open
Winner number 50 of the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church 52-week gun raffle was drawn Sunday, Aug. 8. The winner of a Mossberg Shockwave, 20 ga. is Harry Walker of Anderson. The next drawing will take place Sunday, Aug. 15. A new 52-week gun raffle will begin on Aug. 29, so if you are interested in buying raffle tickets for this upcoming raffle, contact Marcy Pavlock, 936-661-6662 or Mike Wetuski, 936-870-6836. I also have some to sell, so you can contact me, 936-870-6842. Tickets are $100 each.Time is running out so hurry, only 500 will be sold.
The Grimes County Mobile Food Bank will be open Thursday, Aug. 12 from 9:30-10:45 a.m. at the Grimes County Expo Center. Any resident of Grimes County will be served and will only need to show their driver’s license when they complete the once a year Client Assistant Intake Form. Email Chris Albright, caanavasota@gmail.com with questions.
The Grimes County Fair Association will hold its Annual Meeting Tuesday, Aug. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Main Hall at the Grimes County Expo Center. This year the Fair Board has two officer position terms up for election. Officer terms are elected as a three-year commitment. If you are interested in running for a position or have questions concerning running for office, contact President Rodney Floyd, 936-825-5995 or any current board member.
Don and I just returned from the Sheriff’s Association of Texas’ 143rd Annual Training Conference and Expo in San Antonio. Don’s Chief Deputy Todd Greene and wife Cheli also were in attendance representing Grimes County. While the Sheriffs and other law enforcement attended training classes, the wives get together to visit. There were lots of new Sheriffs, so there were many new wives us old timers got to meet and know. They have events for the youth also, so once again we took our granddaughter Abbygail Branch and our great niece Kaytryn Bankston. They went to the Tower of the Americas, the Natural Bridge Caverns, Fiesta Texas and the Waterpark. As usual we all had a good time but were ready to get home and sleep in our own beds!
Our neighbor’s daughter, Andrea Merola, was back in the country this weekend before she returns to Madrid, Spain on Aug. 22. I took her to College Station and showed her around Texas A&M, the famous Dixie Chicken and the George Bush Library and Museum. One of the items on her bucket list was to attend a cattle auction, so Saturday afternoon I took her to Navasota Livestock auction barn. She enjoyed it so much, and I had a hard time getting her to leave. She said she could’ve stayed and watched the auction all day long!
Longtime sweethearts Austin Derrett, son of Darren and Chantel Derrett, and Caitlan Rabun, daughter of Scott and Tammy Rabun, were married Friday, Aug. 6, at The Farmhouse in Dobbin. A dinner and dance reception followed. Austin and Caitlan are honeymooning in Cancun and Riviera Maya. This sweet couple will make their home in the Plantersville area.
Happy Birthday to those celebrating this week: Aug. 12 – Vonda Stem and Baylee Brzozowski; Aug. 13 – Natalie Perry, Mark Sechelski, Linda DeNina and Robert Bankston; Aug. 14 – Summer Sechelski and Lisa Cliett; Aug. 15 – Beckett Borski, Cindy Lavender, Aaron Shead, Sara Simmons, Velma Smith and my cousin Jan (McIntyre) Walz of Munich, Germany; Aug. 16 – Leah Moy, James Busa, Jennifer Corzine and Payton Sowell; Aug. 17 – Ashley Andruss, Adam Pasket, Wilma Wolters, Laurie Glameyer, Melissa Lara and Charleston Bradley; and Aug. 18 – Martha Ann Smith, Shellie Coronado, Mary Sicinski and Mary Catherine Schroeder.
Happy belated anniversary to our neighbors Ray and Lovenieh Merola who celebrated 12 years of marriage on Aug. 8.
Happy anniversary to those celebrating this week: Aug. 12 – Trey and Deanna Harrison, 21 years; Aug. 12 – Scott and Tammy Rabun, 32 years; Aug. 12 – Jeffrey and Shetal Mentlewski, 15 years; Aug. 13 – Ricardo and Ines Negrin, 22 years; Aug. 14 – Morgan and Amber Hitchcock, 6 years; Aug. 15 – L.E. and Sharon Murry, 24 years; Aug. 17 – Kyle and Becky Childress, 36 years; and Aug. 18 – Darrell and Dana Wagner, 31 years.
If you have special news about what goes on in your family or life, let me know by calling 936-870-6842 or email me at gailmsowell@yahoo.com.