Free COVID testing this month
Winner number 24 of the 2nd Annual St. Joseph’s Catholic Church 52-week gun raffle was drawn Sunday, Feb. 6. The winner of a H & K VP9 Pistol, 9mm is Shawn Conley of Dallas. The next drawing will take place Sunday, Feb. 13.
Grimes County COVID-19 Drive-Thru Testing is available at two Navasota locations: Grimes County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, Feb. 15 and the Navasota Center Thursday, Feb. 10 and Feb. 17. These locations are open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. These tests are free, and no appointment is needed. The test is not a rapid test. Testing is drive-thru, so stay in your car. You will also need to bring a photo ID.
Grimes County Mobile Food Bank will be open Thursday, Feb. 10 from 9:30- 10:45 a.m. in the rear parking lot of the Grimes County Fairgrounds in Navasota. Any resident of Grimes County will be served and only need to show their driver’s license when they complete the once-a-year Client Assistant Intake form. For more information contact Chris Albright, caanavasota@ gmail.com or 713-962-2144.
Grimes County Republican Party will host the 17th annual Reagan Dinner Saturday, Feb. 19 at the Grimes County Expo Center. Keynote speaker is Congressman Kevin Brady. Social hour with an open bar will begin at 5:30 p.m. and a steak dinner with all the trimmings from Leona General Store will be served at 6:30 p.m. The cost for a general reservation is $70, $80 if postmarked after Feb. 11. No reservations will be accepted after Monday, Feb. 14. Table sponsorships are also available. For more information contact Karen Hale, 713-851-8304 or kjhale47@gmail.com.
My mother, Dolores Hoffart of Dobbin, died two years ago in January of 2020. My sisters and I are finally taking on the task of cleaning out her closets. If you knew my mother, you know she was very unique and one-of-a-kind. Because my parents owned a general merchandise store for 54 years, my mother had no time to shop, so most of her clothes were mail-ordered. Online ordering didn’t exist. Many items came from Sears, Montgomery Ward, J.C. Penney or Blair’s and a few other off brand names. We recently finished the first closet and have three more.
The first closet was a bit overwhelming but once we got going it was a lot of fun. For those that knew her, she always dressed to a tee from head to toe. She had a note pinned to each outfit noting what earrings, necklace, bracelet, shoes and purse she wore with that particular outfit. Some of the notes were quite comical. We all got what we wanted then I let others come by and pick out what they wanted. The rest of closet one went to St. Mary’s Rummage Sale. I recently wore a couple of her jackets or blouses and got compliments on my attire. I proudly said, it was my Mama’s.
Happy Birthday to those celebrating this week: Feb. 10 – Cody Harman, Shannon Greco, Jason Cleere, Sandy Schroeder, Ryan Childress and
Randil Taylor; Feb. 11 – Corban Shead, Azaria Smith and Debby Wood; Feb. 12 – Lance Lavergne, Lois Finke, Tucker Crabb and Courtney Schoessow; Feb. 13 – Laura Cook, Jeffrey Trant, Danny Teston and Barbara Faughn; Feb. 14 – Jason Westmoreland, Misty Klawinsky, Wayne Culpepper and Allison Garthoff; Feb. 15 – Marie Kitkoski, Brenda Godfrey, Austin Lechinger, Colby Martin, Carol Sullivan and Jennifer Parrott; and Feb. 16 – Bradley Klawinsky, Karen McDuffie, Greg Backhus and Gavin Szymczak.
Happy Anniversary to those celebrating this week: Feb. 10 – Charles and Delores Posinski, 54 years; Feb. 10 – Ben and Krystal Jarvis, four years; Feb. 11 – Adam and Tina Pasket, 66 years; Feb. 14 – Clyde and Cheryl Bachmeyer, 46 years; Feb. 14 – Rick and Donna Lemons, 22 years; Feb. 15 – Brian and Leslie Crabb, eight years; and Feb. 16 – David and Mary Pasket, 14 years.
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