St. Stanislaus CCE Spring Festival Apr. 24
Winner number 34 of the 2nd Annual St. Joseph’s Catholic Church 52-week gun raffle was drawn Sunday, Apr. 17. The winner of a Taurus G3C, 9mm is Dennis Heinrich. The next drawing will take place Sunday, Apr. 24.
The family of the late John and Rosa Herzog gathered at their home place in Dobbin (now the residence of their youngest son Darrell Herzog) for their annual Easter gathering. This year those unable to attend were made up by members who haven’t attended in a while, for a total of 74. Our cousins from Germany, Jan and Gunter Walz, are in Texas visiting family and were able to attend, as did Jan’s sister, Charlotte, from League City. It was a heart-warming day watching children run around the yard playing like we did when we were their age.
The annual St. Stanislaus CCE Spring Festival is Sunday, Apr. 24 at their parish hall in Anderson from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and will include a hamburger and hot dog lunch for $10, a live and silent auction, raffle, and games for all ages. Raffle prizes include (1) $500 Visa gift card; (2) $400 Visa gift card; (3) 58” onn Roku TV; (4) $300 Visa gift card; (5) $200 Lowe’s gift card; and (6) $200 Walmart gift card. Raffle tickets are $5 per ticket. All proceeds benefit the St. Stanislaus CCE program.
Anderson-Shiro Ag Booster Club will hold their annual dinner, auction and dance Saturday, Apr. 30 at the Grimes County Expo Center. A barbecue dinner and silent auction will be held from 6-8 p.m. with live auction beginning at 7 p.m. Main live auction items are built by the ag students. A dance with music provided Texas Unlimited Band will begin after the live auction and continue until midnight. Cost to get in is $15 per person or a table of 8 for $100. Bring your own bottle. For tickets contact Kari Lynn Eisenman, 936-825-5311. Advance purchase tickets are available and recommended to guarantee sufficient food, but tickets are also available at the door.
Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center continues to face a critical shortage of blood and blood products. Over 1,000 units are needed each day to meet the needs of patients in Southeast Texas. To help meet this need, the Knights of Columbus Council #4054 will host another blood drive Sunday, May 1 in the St. Stanislaus Parish Hall in Anderson from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. All donors will receive a free beach towel. Contact Henry Ostermann, 936-873-2291 for more information. To sign up, go to www.giveblood.org and enter sponsor code: STKR. A pancake breakfast in the hall will accompany the event. The next blood drive will be June 26, 2022.
The Knights of Columbus Council #4054 recently honored and awarded the following for their significant contributions to recent activities: Knight of the Month for March – Blake Scholz and Family of the Month for March is Ron and Jean LaHue.
Happy Birthday to those celebrating this week: Apr. 21 – Kimberly Holloway, Marlana Dobyanski, Nancy Hock and Jacquelyn Taylor; Apr. 22 – Doug Sechelski and Braleigh Pasket; Apr. 23 – Randy Cleere and Greg Hoffart; Apr. 24 – Cheyenne Yargo and Donna Willett; Apr. 25 – Ricardo and Presley Quezada; Apr. 26 – Kaudia Johnson, Nancy Kindle and Diego Gonzalez; and Apr. 27 – Stacy Buckner, Tammy Rabun, Patricia Kimmons and Tanner Krause. Happy Anniversary
Happy Anniversary to those celebrating this week: Apr. 21 – Randil and Zola Taylor, 60 years; Apr. 22 – Tanner and Ashleigh Krause, 5 years; Apr. 22 – Aaron and Mackenzie Walkoviak, 5 years; and Apr. 27 – Ryan and Jessica Sechelski, 3 years.
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