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Are you a graduating high school senior? MidSouth Electric Co-op Scholarship applications are now available. Eligible students have until April 6, to apply. Get a head start and apply now. Visit https://midsouthelectric.com/scholarships/.
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White Hall Community VFD met for their monthly business meeting Monday, Jan. 5. There were 16 members present and one visitor. The election of officers for 2022 are: President, Mike Serres; Secretary, Gail Schroeder; Treasurer, Bonnie Cox; Fire Chief, Freeman Vickers; Training Officer, Christopher Vickers and Assistant Chief, J.R. Woolley.
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By the time this is published, it will be 2022. I hope everyone had a good and safe New Year’s Eve and ate a bunch of black-eyed peas!
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For the past several years I have listed the names of those in the area that died. Here are the names of those that died in 2021: Edith Walpole, Jim Bob Allen Trant, Billy Williams, Bill Raymond Kolbachinski, H.B. Bud Trant Jr., Louise Stewart Doty, Ross Allen Jarvis, Robert Wayne Burns, Michael Dennis Laird Jr., Alice Longley, Kenny Dooley, Jack Raymond Wilder, Kevin McDuffie, Kimberly Carson Doty, Carolyn Kelso Stewart, Bruce Crenshaw, Leslie Marie Route, Rev. Herbert Richards, Calvin Dean Messer Jr., John R. Porter, Wendy Skaugs Tad Brown, Mary Sue Stedman Dudley and Donald Dudley. May their memories be blessed, and may they rest in peace.
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Happy New Year to everyone in Grimes County!
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Winner number 19 of the 2nd Annual St. Joseph’s Catholic Church 52-week gun raffle was drawn Sunday, Jan. 2. The winner of a Colt Cobra Revolver, 38 Special is Johnny Patke of Pearland. The next drawing will take place Sunday, Jan. 9.
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Morella cerifera, bayberry, is an evergreen tree or shrub native to Central America, the Caribbean and parts of North America including southeast Texas. Bayberry’s scientific name used to be Myrica cerifera. The plant is also known as wax myrtle, southern wax myrtle, candleberry, etc.
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Mackie shares the Bedias Museum & Library resumed regular hours Jan. 4th. Regular hours are Tuesday and Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Our library still needs a few volunteers, please give Mackie a call, 946-355-0642, or Karen Shiver, 832-971-7346, with any questions.
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