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I had a different article I was going to write about this week but considering the circumstances of the recent loss of one of our hometown heroes, Navasota Police Department Sgt. Mark Butler, I chose to write about something more appropriate and will come back to that one another day.
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One week ago, the City of Navasota, the Navasota Police Department and our community lost one of our bravest and best. There is a hole in our hearts that cannot be repaired. There is no fixing this. We can’t go back in time to change things. But yet, the heartbreak is ever so palpable, it weighs on us like a dark cloud of heavy sadness, thick as a brick. We grieve the loss as if it was one of our own family members.
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Was there a Texas Famine in the drought years of 1885 through 1888? The Handbook of Texas makes no mention of famine at that time. It only refers to a blizzard in the fall of 1886 into 1887 that covered the Great Plains in more than 16 inches of snow with temperatures dropping to nearly 50 below.
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The Texas Senate’s chief budget writer said state agencies and higher-education institutions have requested nearly $25 billion in funding as the legislative session gets underway. State Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, told The Dallas Morning News the requests for new money reflect the growing functions and purposes of state agencies that serve the public.
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Welcome to January — the month of new beginnings! That little shout-out is my attempt at positive thinking because I sure don’t want to wander through January as dysfunctional as I was in December. All I will say is that if you’re a woman who has raised children, you know you never stop being a mom in your heart. Unfortunately, kissing boo-boos, wiping away tears and hugs won’t fix the things that go wrong in your adult children’s lives. Life goes on but it still weighs heavy on your heart and can steal your joy during “the most wonderful time of the year.”
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As the saying goes, “All good things must come to an end” and as such I am making my retirement from Grill Sergeant Hot Dogs official. It’s been a great ride, I have very few regrets, too many good times to count, and it’s just time for me to move on.
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Drivers will no longer be required to get annual safety inspections beginning Jan. 1, the Texas Standard reported. However, drivers in the state’s 17 most populous counties will still be required to get an emissions test in order to register their vehicles.
Read moreIt’s been nearly a half century since Mance Lipscomb’s death stopped his plaintive blues guitar voice along Navasota’s Piedmont Road where he found a family home.
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