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Dagan Alford, son of Daryl and Mandi Alford, graduated from Anderson–Shiro in May. He has served as a volunteer fire fighter for Anderson VFD. This sparked his interest in becoming an EMT. On June 24, he started taking an EMT course at TEEX in College Station. The course is 8 weeks long. He will graduate Aug. 29. The course includes classroom hours as well as Emergency Room and ambulance hours.
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Robert “Honest Bob” Wilson garnered that name Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1838, serving as a Republic of Texas legislator as a group of the just elected Mirabeau Lamar Administration 2nd Legislature who secretly met in the Republic’s capital of Houston.
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The White Hall Community VFD monthly business meeting was July 1, at the station. Please excuse my error. Thank you, Matthew, for helping me out.
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Evergreen Baptist attended church camp in Glorieta, New Mexico. It was certainly well attended with around 46 children and adults. Despite troubles on the road, they finally arrived. Several children accepted Christ as their savior and others made important decisions that will affect their lives. They all spoke in the morning worship service June 23. Those that were saved will be baptized in the future. The church service was full. May God bless all of them.
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Navasota is hosting the Texas Downtown Association’s Regional Roundtable Friday, July 19, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at P.A Smith Hotel.
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The City of Navasota will host the 5th Annual Freedom Festival Thursday, July 4 in downtown Navasota. This free event includes a community parade at 6 p.m., live music by ESCAPE: A Tribute to Journey at 7 p.m., fireworks show, food trucks, water slides and inflatables, face painting and more.
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Because Thursday, July 4 is a holiday, Anderson Food Pantry, 367 Fanthorp St. will be open this Thursday, June 27 from 9 a.m. until noon for food distribution. All residents of Grimes County in need of food may participate. For more information, contact Renee Fredwood, 936-873-5005.
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Congratulations to all the Grimes County baseball and softball winners. Since I don’t have any grands that young anymore, I enjoy hearing names of kiddos that I know and seeing those smiles on Facebook and in The Examiner.
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