THIS WEEK IN GRIMES COUNTY

1979

•Woman mayor comfortable in role.

•Holsum Foods installs Isometer System.

•LaSalle birthday observance slated here Thursday, 3 p.m.

1989

•Gritty 10-3 Rattlers enter state quarters.

•International Paper honored for Navasota clean-up.

•GSU rejects commissioner’s rate case settlement offer.

1999

•Exxon pipe breaks dump 3,600 gallons of gasoline.

•Bus staff discharged over ‘taping.’

•Iola ISD eyes athletic improvements.

2009

•New Examiner publisher yearns for life in small town.

•NISD Education Foundation awards over $35,000 in grants.

•A&M student killed in accident near Navasota.