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Most gardeners have encountered some of the almost 400 plants in the Sphagnum genus as a soil conditioner in potting and garden soils. Sphagnum mosses, Sphagnum spp., live on top
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Richards’s Volunteer Fire Department is asking for donations to help them purchase new radios. The community helped pay for the replacement of the tanker truck. Richards VFD is grateful for all the help it has received.
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The Grimes County Mobile Food Bank will be open Thursday, May 9 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the back-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 Patricia, jimcozby@gmail.com.
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It has been somewhat of a slow week for me. My week began Saturday with a District VFW meeting at the Conroe VFW Post. The four of us who attended had a good time. I appreciate all the friends I have made during my time with the VFW Auxiliary. The kindness shown to me makes me strive even harder to be a good and effective president for the Grimes County Post 4006 Auxiliary.
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The City of Navasota is promoting shopping small with a gift basket giveaway. Save your local receipts from Nov. 25 – Dec. 13. Take your receipts to Navasota City Hall or email a picture of the receipt to, invest@navasotatx.gov or text it to 936870-5134.
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I’m a stuffed turkey that’s for sure. We celebrated Thanksgiving three times this week once at the Sheriff’s Office, on Thanksgiving Day in Dobbin at my Uncle Darrell Herzog’s house, then at our home Saturday for the Sowell family. Now it’s time to prepare for Christmas.
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The last Grains from the Sandbar column was about Texas Ranger Samuel Walker’s meeting with Samuel Colt in New York that gained positive revisions for the Colt pistol. The new gun became known as the famous Walker Colt pistol. However, there is much more to be known about Ranger Walker’s early Texas career.
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