Bedias Food Pantry open Saturday

Bedias News

Our award winning Bedias Food Pantry will be open Saturday, Jan. 18, 9 a.m. till 2 p.m. Please look for ways to support this important community outreach.

The Bedias Women’s Club will meet Thursday, Jan. 23, at 2 p.m., at the Bedias Civic Center. All area women are invited and encouraged to participate in all women’s club activities.

We received a nice note from Patti Harwell stating Evie Rickard has been chosen as a Classroom Champion by KBTX. She will be featured on Channel 3, Jan. 23, at 6 p.m. Another Bedias student has also been selected for the month of January. Congratulations Evie.

Want to know more about the Bedias Civic Club, Bedias Women’s Club and other civic organizations active in the Bedias area? Please visit the Bedias Civic Club page, www.facebook.com/BediasCivicClubAssoc, visit the Bedias Women’s Club website, BediasWomens-Club.com ; visit our Civic Center Events and Activities page, www.facebook. com/BediasCivicCenter, or visit our Bedias News page, www.facebook.com/BediasNews, and please share your thoughts and suggestions. Another useful tool is the bimonthly Bedias Community Newsletter (the next issue is Feb./March), which goes to every postal address in the Bedias ZIP code. For more information contact Mackie Bobo-White, mackiebobo44@gmail.com .

Want to know more about our wonderful Bedias Museum and Library programs? Please go to the library page, www.facebook.com/BediasLibrary, pay us a visit soon, and please consider becoming a library volunteer.

We have been offering refreshing and uplifting Christian films at Faith Outreach Christian Center, in Navasota for nearly two years, our next film, “Man’s Best Friend” will be shared Sunday, Feb. 9, at 5 p.m. Please plan to join us and encourage your friends and neighbors to attend with you and your family. You can find more information about Faith Outreach on their webpage, www.foccministries.com.

Please go to our page, www.facebook.com/BediasTexasChristianFilmFestival, or www.facebook.com/FOCC1976, for more information on our programs.

Bedias is a wonderful community to live in, and in which to share the joys of living in a small town, please share your thoughts on how to improve this column and expand our community news coverage. Please visit our page, www.facebook.com/BediasNews,for updates and to offer your feedback, or drop us a note at Editor-bumcnl@msn.com.

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Happy birthday to Mike Hance, Tommy Mayhood, David Blankenship, Jennifer Ramirez, Chris Ramirez and Austin Bromley. Happy anniversary to Walt and Ardith Rogers and Sharon and Dwayne Allen. Congratulations to everyone else celebrating personal and family occasions. Drop us a note if you want to add someone to our birthday, anniversary or concerns list.

Please take care when driving near our schools and in sharing the road with school busses, and in road construction and repair areas. Please uphold our brave law enforcement officers, volunteer firefighters and other first responders. Please remember Joe and Betty Williamson, MaeDell Younts, Gene Stapleton, Philip Upchurch, Richard Taylor, Lew Gears, George Newton, and Aidan Fedor in your hearts and prayers.

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“Two are better than one: If one falls down, his friend can help him up.” (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10)