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Mayor Bert Miller and city council members join the Navasota Lady Rattlers volleyball team after proclaiming Nov. 9 as “Lady Rattler Volleyball Day.” The Navasota Lady Rattler’s won their first ever bi-district championship defeating Booker T. Washington’s Lady Eagles in Houston Oct. 29.
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Brave men and women selflessly served the United States of America to make it the land of the free. It takes courage to stand in defense and on Veterans Day the community salutes those who took that stand.
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City of Navasota Facilities Manager Dominique Lowery, flanked by members of the Navasota Noon Lions Club and the Navasota Evening Lions Club, accepts two check for $2,500 each for new playground equipment at Mockingbird Park. Mayor Bert Miller represented the Navasota Kiwanis Club which donated $500.
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Inspired by the book “Maddi’s Fridge,” First graders from Iola Elementary decided to put into action the values of friendship, kindness and generosity taught in the book. Students from Mrs. McKown’s, Martindale’s and Steinmann’s classes held a food drive to benefit the Iola Food Pantry. The students will deliver the food and learn firsthand how the pantry is set up and run.
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If you haven’t been able to follow the Richards Panthers in their most recent competitions, you are missing a great season for our athletes. The boys’ basketball team took the win over Centerville/Groveton. In cross country the RISD boys took fifth place in Regionals, traveling from Richards to Corpus Christi to compete. Although out of school due to COVID issues, the Panthers have not let that slow them down!
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William Charles “Charlie” McMillan, the youngest mayor in America, was unanimously re-elected to a second term Saturday, Nov. 7, in a ceremony at the Whitehall Community Volunteer Fire Department during their monthly barbecue fundraiser. McMillan, who is 18 months-old, ran unopposed. A last-minute entrant to the race, 10-year-old Colton Vickers, who is the grandson of Fire Chief Freeman Vickers, immediately withdrew his attempt to unseat the incumbent because of insufficient funding.
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