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Don and I attended the 146th Annual Sheriffs’ Association of Texas Training Conference and Expo in Ft. Worth. On the way we stopped in Grandview to meet Don’s uncle Harry Brennen and his cousin and his wife, Foster and Phyllis Brennen, for lunch at R&K Café. It is always good to see Uncle Harry who will be 96 in September. He is still an amazing person.
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Booster Club sponsorship sign, please let me know. I still need a few more donations. My little man was gone for two weeks. I enjoyed that long, tight hug I got when he came home. We didn’t finish the Spider Man puzzle that day, but I may wait until we complete it. I think he enjoys challenging me but at times he does tell me “Good Job”!
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Cort Norwood spoke to Richards Civic Club about the extensive work Richards Volunteer Fire Department does for the city and the surrounding area. Richards VFD is dispatched to fires as far away as Huntsville and Montgomery. During Hurricane Beryl the department worked around the clock to clear county roadways and remove debris from rural roads. Richards VFD owns an off–road military truck they can use to pull stranded vehicles from fields and mud. They also serve as EMS for accidents and 911 calls.
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Workforce Solutions is offering free training on Quick-Books, Excel, Word and Professional Communication. This training will help you in the accounting field. Classes are Sept.16 through Dec. 18. Call 936-438-1756 for more information.
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There was an open installation of officers at Orphans Friend Masonic Lodge No 17 in Anderson July 13. Four lodges participated. There was a full house of Masons and visitors.
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Anderson–Shiro High School’s librarian, Candi Hesterman, has had a rough 6–7 months. In December, doctors thought she had a headache, but she tested positive for RSV. The heart specialist from Temple wasn’t convinced it was RSV, so weeks later she was given a genetic test.
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Few women would be granted Stephen F. Austin’s early Texas league of land grants. But, in Washington County, we previously wrote about Arabella Harrington, who as a widow followed a son to Texas in 1826 to be granted her own league. Most of Brenham, Texas has been built on it.
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Habranthus tubispathus, rain lily, is a native of Texas, southern U.S., Mexico and Central America. The plant has several synonyms including H. andersonii, H. texanus, Zephyranthes texana, Z. tubispatha, etc. It’s in the Amaryllidaceae or amaryllis family and is not a true lily in the Liliaceae family. There are several plants that pop up after a rain with the common name rain lily.
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