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Grimes County Commissioners Court held a Special Meeting, Monday, Dec. 21, and approved an agreement with Blue Jay Solar but a Road and Bridge request for a temporary stipend resulting from staff changes failed. Commissioner David Dobyanski was absent from the meeting.
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Janice Scheve, co-owner of the P.A. Smith Hotel in Navasota, was the guest speaker at the Two Rivers Heritage Foundation history mixer Dec. 15 at VFW Post 4006. Scheve stated that after three years of restoration, including all new electrical, plumbing, and floors, the hotel is within months of completion. The hotel is expected to open in late spring and will include a bakery and a southern cooking style restaurant – Red Board, two buildings south, all on Railroad Street facing the tracks.
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Bedias resident and Grimes County Best Artist for 2020, Bob Goldstein, played host to visitors at his one-man art show Saturday, Dec. 12 at the Navasota Public Library. The show featured 31 pencil sketches and two wood carvings and one or two unusual self-portraits.
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If you’ve seen some Ford Model A cars driving in the area recently, you haven’t gone through a time warp. On Saturday Dec. 12, the Piney Wood Model A Ford Club of Northwest Houston, toured Grimes County and the surrounding area in a procession of a dozen beautiful cars.
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Christopher Price is the newest black belt member of the Navasota KickStart Kids team. Price has been a member of the KickStart Kids program for four years. During testing he demonstrated all required skills to obtain a first-degree black belt. Skills include Martial Arts performance, self defense tactics and sparring. Price also wrote an essay titled “How Has Being a Member of KickStart Kids Benefitted My Life” - which discussed how the program has enhanced the values of Respect, Loyalty, Self-Discipline, Courage and Responsibility in his everyday life. Price has also developed an impressive Sport Karate including World, National, State and Regional Championships.
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Lillian Mahan, a Navasota High School student and KickStart Kids black belt competed in “The League World Finals 2020.”
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An Iola Independent School District bus rolled over Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 22, on Roese Road in Iola. According to a message released on the Iola ISD website, “Bus three had an accident on John Rice Road. All kids are okay.” Courtesy photo
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It’s beginning to look a lot like - a Christmas like no other. Despite of being in the midst of a pandemic, Grimes County is making the most of Christmas 2020. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Examiner photo by Mya Rodriguez
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