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I pray everyone is doing well after the storm. We needed the rain, but the tornadoes are another story.
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Welcome to Texas weather! My two daughters and I kept in touch until late Monday night. The storm appeared to be headed directly to Lyons where Joni and her family live. Thankfully for them, it took a turn. Since the tornado we had several years ago came right in my area, I get antsy when weather gets bad. Keep praying for our neighboring communities who were hit by this weather and suffered damages.
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Ernest Hemingway once said, “In order to write about life you must first live it.” Richards news has been missing for a while due to life being, well busy. But it’s nice to be back, and to share what our community has been busy doing.
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A good sum of money was raised for Iola Volunteer Fire Department Friday and Saturday, March 11-12 during their annual fundraiser. On Friday crawfish was sold and Saturday they sold catfish with all the trimmings. There was also a live auction and barbecue cookoff. Thanks to all that helped make the event a success.
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Plantersville Stoneham Volunteer Fire Department is looking for a few good women and men to be firefighters and first responders. They meet and offer trainings every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the station. Everyone is invited to attend. Applications are available.
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Our wonderful Bedias Museum and Library is looking to offer a monthly showing of Christian movies on the third Thursday evening of each month, starting in April. Please look for announcements on the library page, www. Facebook.com/BediasLibrary.Home, or our Bedias Civic Center and Activities page, www.Facebook. com/BediasCivicCenter. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.
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Recently, a Sandbar column told of the Sam Houston son, William “Willi” Rogers Houston, and that he was named after a “favorite cousin of his mother.” That “favorite cousin” was Colonel William P. Rogers, a well-known Texas lawyer, soldier, law professor at Baylor University and Sam’s personal attorney.
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Winner number 30 of the 2nd Annual St. Joseph’s Catholic Church 52-week gun raffle was drawn Sunday, March 20. The winner of a Ruger Mark 4 Target, 22 LR is Matt Wyatt of College Station. The next drawing will take place Sunday, March 27.
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