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What a sad Holy Week and Easter day this will be this year. Being a Catholic, I have always observed Lent. It just doesn’t even seem like this week will be Holy Week. I barely even know what day it is much less that we are in the Lenten season. It’s hard to stay focused on life these days and it seems survival is what life is all about now. I will certainly miss our family gathering on Easter Sunday.
Read moreThe Grimes County Child Welfare Board (GC- CWB) is asking you to help them recognize the month of April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The annual Blue Ribbon Ceremony was originally set for April 9 at Navasota City Hall but sad as it is, that event too has been cancelled. The Board plans to put out blue and silver pinwheels at the incorporated cities throughout the county. A proclamation recognizing April as Child Abuse Awareness month has been sent to all the cities and representatives of the Board plan to read proclamations at the April city council meetings also.
Read moreAs we spend our days at home with loved ones, searching too often bare shelves at our local retail stores, or making a quick stop at a favorite eating place for a to go meal, please take the opportunity to offer an encouraging and cheerful word to all within speaking or waving distance, our hearts need that essential uplift, perhaps now, more than any time in recent memory. Thank you to all who remain at their duty stations and to those who are keeping the home fires burning during this season of trial and testing.
Read moreRichards looks a little different this week after a recent rain. The old oak tree that is located next to Richards Grocery fell and blocked the road. Don Brame posted on Facebook the tree located on Trinity Street fell, which grabbed the attention of many locals.
Read moreThe church services at all our area churches have now been closed due to the Coronavirus. Evergreen Baptist Church and Iola Missionary Baptist Church can now be seen on the church’s website. Hopefully all of this mess will soon be over, and the members will be back in church. Also, the Wednesday night service was viewed online as well.
Read moreA Mayoral Declaration of Local State of Disaster due to Public Health Emergency has been issued by Mayor Karen Hale for the City of Plantersville. This declaration authorizes the city to take any action necessary to promote health and suppress the virus, including the quarantine of persons and occupied structures, examining and regulating hospitals, etc.
Read moreFirst of all, if you have not already heard, the Whitehall Community Volunteer Fire Department will not be holding their monthly barbecue sandwich sale April 4. We will be following the guidelines of Governor Abbott during this crisis our nation is experiencing. In addition, the 5th Annual Birthday Bash scheduled for April 25 is being postponed until a later date. The community of Whitehall appreciates all the support we receive from all our loyal friends.
Read moreIn the mid-1930s into the early 1940s, housing at Texas A&M University was so limited that “project housing” was established in the surrounding College Station area.
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