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As much as I love to shop local, there’s one guilty pleasure outside Navasota that my gentleman friend and I are unapologetic about engaging in and that’s our patronage of the French bistro in College Station, LePetit Cochon.
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Friends, I have had several dogs in my life so far, but Basset Hounds were always something special and here’s why.
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Lt. Gov Dan Patrick joined with the world’s largest investment firm to pitch investors on building natural gas power plants in Texas at a summit held last week in Houston. Patrick and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink shared the stage as they attempted to persuade investors to take advantage of $10 billion in incentives and bonuses provided by the state after voters approved a constitutional amendment last November, kut.org reported.
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The Best Museum located at the Horlock House on East Washington Avenue in Navasota is named for an Anderson woman, Georgia Becker Best, who was the granddaughter of an early Grimes county settler, Christian Becker.
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I’m sure many of you out there have fond memories of your grandparents. Here’s some of mine. First and foremost, and I speak on good authority here when I say that my grandparents were the model for all other grandparents to come. Well, it sure seemed that way to me when I was younger anyway. In truth, they never said an unkind word to each other, or toward anyone else for that matter. Model citizens, model Christians, model human beings — that’s what I picked up on at a very young age.
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As often as possible, I love to attend Rattler sporting events. A few weeks ago, I attended the boys varsity basketball game and noticed a man I had seen a couple of times before. He was dressed in athletic clothes and appeared to be a coach. I don’t know everyone, so I thought he may very well be one of our coaches. Later during the game, my friend Trisha Harris asked if I knew who he was because she had been wondering and someone else had asked her as well. Those of us who have lived in Navasota for years usually know everyone, so we were all super curious as to who this guy that we didn’t know was! At that point, Trisha’s husband, Jim, heard our conversation and asked if we wanted him to go ask the man who he was. We giggled and then told him yes, please go! We watched as he walked over and spoke with him. Jim later returned with the man in tow and introduced us to Jay Jansen.
Read moreElections at the national and state level over the past years have served to numb Americans to mudslinging and over the top rhetoric that has helped fuel the current divide in our country. Unfortunately, it appears that this type of politics has come to Grimes County and the race for Sheriff. This is both unfortunate and sad at the same time. We deserve better from those running for office in our county and those that support them.
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Something has been on my mind for a while now so I’m throwing it out there to see if it’s as bothersome to others as it is to me. In full disclosure, I may not be in possession of all the facts, but my opinion was formed based on what I read and what people say. My concern is about developers who’ve discovered our jewel of a county but have little regard for Grimes County residents and taxpayers.
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