Friends, I don’t often write about religious matters, but on this one I couldn’t hold back. A bit of back story – my good friend Juli, who is one of my “Steel Magnolias” had a car that was in bad disrepair. You have most likely heard the phrase, “Ill drive it until the wheels fall off”. Well, that actually happened for Juli. The lug nuts on her back tires were severely overtightened, causing the bolts to stretch and eventually fail and after a few miles down the road the studs broke loose, and the wheel actually fell off. After that, things started to really spiral downward for her.
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This write up is a little different than most. It’s more of a thank you/let’s do our part to support local article. Next month I plan on getting back on track and posting another resident interview. However, I thought this write up was too important not to do right now.
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Known as possibly the earliest built home in Grimes County, the Fahey house is behind the locked gates of the Bovay Scout Ranch. It’s located a short way south of Navasota east of Highway 6, but Fahey didn’t build it. The two–room log cabin was built by the Muldrow family in 1836 and became the Fahey home in 1882. Today, other than Boy Scouts and families who camp at the Bovay Scout Ranch, the public to date is unaware of it.
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If you’re wondering what spawned the idea for this column, look no further than our Queen of Willy Julie Peters, my nearby-neighbor Marsha Wellman-Murrell and Facebook!
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A bill to implement school vouchers in Texas sailed through the Senate largely on party lines last week and now awaits consideration in the House, the Austin American-Statesman reported. House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, said he believes there are enough votes in that chamber to pass the legislation, which was defeated a half-dozen times in 2023 by a coalition of Democratic and rural Republican members.
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The Stafford Opera House has reigned over nearby Columbus since the mid–1880s though tarnished now and then and often neglected by multiple owners.
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Are you a used food collector? If so, you are not alone. Growing up, we were expected not to waste food and there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s the leftovers that keep getting left over and sometimes for a great deal of time that come into question. Questions like, “How long has this been in here?” and “What the heck is this?” often come up but are rarely answered completely.
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has released his top 25 legislative priorities as the legislative session gets underway, The Texas Tribune reported.
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