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The Highway 105 bridge between Navasota and Brenham is getting closer to completion.
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As movement towards correcting long overdue Darrell Hall roadways in Grimes County progresses, we will make wide use of social media and anticipate neighborhood meetings to take place for question-and-answer sessions when it is safe to do so. Estimated costs to individual property owners will be made available as the process advances with direct mailings of all pertinent information and releases to each DH landowner as the project develops.
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The saying “no news is good news” proves to be correct. Our county has suffered tremendously from this virus attacking people and I guess since Glenn Fuqua, my neighbor, and Jim-Bob Trant passed, I want to lock up and stay in my house.
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Recently all residents in the Anderson Fire District should have received a letter from the Central Grimes County Anderson Volunteer Fire Department in efforts to conduct their annual fund drive. Due to COVID-19, the Anderson VFD was unable to hold their annual steak dinner and live auction in 2020. Monies from these fundraisers are used each year to maintain their fire apparatuses as well as training, gear and equipment. Presently this VFD operates nine different fire apparatuses used for various situations and currently has 13 active volunteers that serve the Anderson area. With last year’s generous donations, the department was able to purchase a new Tanker/Pumper to better serve our area.
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. parade was canceled due to COVID-19. A virtual celebration was held. I have the honor of being born on the same day as Martin Luther King, Jr. I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday.
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As Judy Blume once said, “Our fingerprints don’t fade from the lives we touch.” I honestly cannot think of a better quote to tackle 2021. A community builds memories and feelings of home and security. While spending time researching previous history in Richards, we came across some wonderful gems. W.E. Richards was a south Texas banker and organizer of the Valley Route and Townsite Loan Company. He completed the 1940 census on which he listed his occupation as a “broker.” Our town was named after Richards by railway officials in hopes of what could be brought to the community financially. Once the idea of a town took root, the people knew they would need a place to complete their financial transactions- thus the Richards State Bank was formed. The Richards State Bank was organized by Green Davis and O. A. Hamilton. The featured picture was submitted by a fellow history enthusiast, and features Clem Boyd Teague, Rush Wood, and Jesse D. Bookman (middle).
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Well the big news for the week is snow fell Sunday afternoon, Jan. 10, and fell for several hours. This was the first snow like this or years and hopefully it will be many more years before we see it again. I saw some snowmen on FM 244 between Keith and Iola. I’m sure the children enjoyed making them. Some people received as much as five-inches of snow.
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While a handful of Illinois men squabbled over the patent rights of the invention of barbed wire in the late 1870s into the 1880s, John W. Gates, a fellow Illinoian, was in Texas selling miles and miles of the fencing that changed the state nearly overnight.
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