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Keith Civic Club held their monthly meeting Thursday, July 28, with a good number of members and visitors in attendance. Instead of the usual covered dish meal, the members brought homemade ice cream, sandwiches, chips and dip. The meal was enjoyed by all present. Visitors included Ray and Sherriee Magness, Mark and Monica Hartman and Luke Bradicich. A good time was had by all. Evergreen Baptist Church had a wonderful morning worship service Sunday, July 31, with the pastor, Rev. Jeff Morgan filling the pulpit. The sermon was on communion and was enjoyed by all present. Follwing the message, communion was taken. Then a movie, “Family Camp,” was shown that afternoon in the church fellowship hall. The movie was certainly enjoyed by all present.
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The first day of school for Anderson-Shiro CISD is Wednesday, Aug. 17. Navasota ISD begins Monday, Aug. 22. I hope everyone has a great school year.
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We had a brief conversation with a Grimes County DA investigator early last week regarding our concerns about the seemingly too long delay in addressing the October shooting death of Bedias resident, Anthony Williams. GCDA Investigator, John Wren, shared that two persons were arrested some time ago and were released on bail. The case is now pending Grand Jury presentation (awaiting evidence processing, including ballistics testing and additional witness interviews).
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The Sheriffs’ Association of Texas’ 144th Annual Training Conference and Expo was held Saturday, July 23 -Tuesday, July 26 at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth. Over 1,500 were in attendance. There were over 250 exhibits at the Expo where attendees could get familiar with the latest technology and products offered to the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Community.
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It sure was good to see my neighbor, Art Courville, up and running after his knee surgery but it was fantastic to see him smiling, playing dominoes and enjoying his retirement. Way to go, Art!
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During the Evergreen Baptist Church Vacation Bible School that concluded Wednesday, July 20, a special offering was collected each day. The offering is for Zach and Nikki Dehaven and their children Samuel and Hezekiah, who missionaries in Cairo, Egypt. There was a competition between the boys and girls to see who could collect more – the girls won. Last year the boys won. The children raised approximately $600 total. Someone matched the amount which doubled the offering. I am sure the family will make good use of the money. Children at VBS also enjoyed snow cones and a water slide.
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Grimes County True Blue Foundation needs silent and live auction donations for their annual banquet Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Grimes County Fairgrounds. All proceeds from the banquet helps to provide equipment to local law enforcement officers in which department budgets lack funding for. Call Christine Johnson, 936-755- 1218 ext. 108 or email c.johnson@texastrueblue.org to donate.
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The Bedias community had a serious wildfire outbreak July 19. At least one home was lost along with much of the possessions for a Bedias family. We must be very aware of the present fire danger and diligently watch out for our neighbors. As a side note, one of the responding volunteer fire departments had to stop on the way to suppress a carelessly started grass fire before even getting to the Bedias fire.
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