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Local nursing home residents felt love on Valentine’s Day thanks to Adopt a Sweetheart. The program organized by Navasota High School assistant principal Donald Wesley provides residents with a gift basket including a card, hand cream, socks and more.
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Chamber partners flocked to Joe’s Italian restaurant, 1010 S. La Salle Street, to welcome them as a new business in Navasota. Offering one-of-a-kind cuisines, the restaurant is a proven success. The official ribbon cutting Feb.16, featured Joe’s owner, Audi Hajrullaj and his staff.
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There was a record turnout to commemorate the opening of Navasota Welding Supply, 1002 Spur 515. Local elected officials, business owners and community members turned out for the grand opening and ribbon cutting Feb. 17. Owners, Davis Waters and Kris Gordon, bring back agriculture services to Grimes County that have been lacking for over a decade.
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Grimes County Service Awards presented
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Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller spoke at the annual Grimes County Republican Party Reagan Dinner held at the Grimes County Expo Center Feb. 18. The meal featured a steak dinner from Leona General Store.
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Grimes County Crime Stoppers presented the “traveling” Officer of the Year plaque to Navasota Police Chief Mike Mize at the Feb. 13 Navasota City Council meeting. The plaque recognizes the Officers of the Year and their respective law enforcement agencies since 2015 when the custom began. NPD Investigator Travis Mullins was named Officer of the Year for 2022 at the Grimes County Crime Stoppers Law Enforcement Awards Dinner Jan. 28. The plaque will reside with NPD through the end of 2023.
Pictured (L-R): GCCS directors Kay Saathoff, Dennis Saathoff, President Connie Clements, NPD Chief Mike Mize, 2022 Meritorious Service Award winner Marla Gurka (also with NPD) and 2022 Officer of the Year Investigator Travis Mullins.
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Grimes County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Martha Smith attended the Leadership Inventory for Female Executives (LIFE) last week at the prestigious Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas at Sam Houston State University.
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Grimes County Sheriff Deputy, Logan Peck, was promoted to Montgomery County Auto Theft Task Force as an investigator on Feb. 6. Peck joined GCSO in October of 2021. Pictured left to right: Grimes County Sheriff Don Sowell, Logan Peck, Lt. John Jones and Montgomery County Detective Kristy Veith.
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