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A good sum of money was raised for Iola Volunteer Fire Department Friday and Saturday, March 11-12 during their annual fundraiser. On Friday crawfish was sold and Saturday they sold catfish with all the trimmings. There was also a live auction and barbecue cookoff. Thanks to all that helped make the event a success.
Read morePlantersville Stoneham Volunteer Fire Department is looking for a few good women and men to be firefighters and first responders. They meet and offer trainings every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the station. Everyone is invited to attend. Applications are available.
Read moreOur wonderful Bedias Museum and Library is looking to offer a monthly showing of Christian movies on the third Thursday evening of each month, starting in April. Please look for announcements on the library page, www. Facebook.com/BediasLibrary.Home, or our Bedias Civic Center and Activities page, www.Facebook. com/BediasCivicCenter. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.
Read moreRecently, a Sandbar column told of the Sam Houston son, William “Willi” Rogers Houston, and that he was named after a “favorite cousin of his mother.” That “favorite cousin” was Colonel William P. Rogers, a well-known Texas lawyer, soldier, law professor at Baylor University and Sam’s personal attorney.
Read moreWinner number 28 of the 2nd Annual St. Joseph’s Catholic Church 52-week gun raffle was drawn Sunday, March 6. The winner of a Mossberg MC2C, 9mm is Richard Hicks of Montgomery. The next drawing will take place Sunday, March 13.
Read moreHave you and your family received the COVID inoculation? Please consider doing this for yourself, for your family, for your neighbor, for your community.
Read moreCecil E. Burney, a descendant of earliest Grimes County settler Francis Holland, and a student at Stephen F. Austin State University, wrote a “scholar works” entitled, “Home of Heroes: The Story of the Holland House.” It was published Oct. 1971 East Texas Historical Journal.
Read moreThe monthly meeting of Keith Civic club was held Thursday, Feb. 24, at Keith Community Center with a small number attending. Several missed for various reasons. All present enjoyed a time of fellowship over the covered dish meal. There was a variety of business discussed and acted upon. Hopefully the weather will be better next month. Make plans to attend.
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