Community events abound
The Bedias Civic Club offers first Thursday potlucks, and second Tuesday movies at the civic center. Please go to, www.facebook. com/BediasCivic-ClubAssoc, for more information.
Bedias Civic Association will sponsor their annual Trunk or Treat, Saturday, Oct. 22, and encourages area residents and businesses to participate. Call Mayor Gwen Boullion for more information. The Bedias Museum and Library sponsors second Saturday Story Times, 2 p.m., third Thursday Christian Movies, 5 p.m. and more. Visit www.facebook. com/BediasLibrary.home, for more information. Bedias Food Pantry is open the third of the month from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. for both canned goods and for produce day. For more information go to the pantry Facebook page, www.facebook. com/BediasFoodPantry.
The Bedias Women’s Club is now taking reservations for booths for the Bedias Country Market slated for Oct. 27, at the Bedias Civic Center. Inside booths are $20 and outside booths are $10. Have a craft or product to sell? Contact Mackie for a reservation or any member of the women’s club. This is our fundraiser to fund our annual Veterans Dinner and our local scholarships for Iola and Madisonville ISD. We have not been able to provide scholarships the last 2 years because of Covid. Contact Mackie with any questions.
Also coming up us the Bedias Women’s Club Annual Veterans Day Dinner. Please be on the lookout for notices and invitations as the time grows nearer.
Drop Mackie a note if you are new to the Bedias community and if you are not receiving our Bedias bimonthly newsletter in your mailbox. The next issue goes out the first week of October. Mackie would like to welcome Bedias newcomers and especially any new veterans who have moved into the Bedias area to introduce them to the community. Drop Mackie a note, mackiebobo44@gmail.com, to learn more and to update your contact information for the women’s club annual Veterans Day dinner. If you have questions about Darrell Hall roadway issues, especially in Grimes County, visit our Facebook Page, www.FixOurDarrell-HallRoad@Facebook.com, and share your comments, concerns, and suggestions.
Want to know more about the Bedias Civic Club, Bedias Women’s Club, and other civic organizations active in the Bedias area? Visit the Bedias Civic Club page, www. facebook.com/BediasCivicClubAssoc, visit the Bedias Women’s Club website, BediasWomensClub. com; visit www.facebook. com/BediasFoodPantry, to learn about food pantry operations, 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.
Happy birthday to Hellene Self, Meagan Ghromley, Ariel Loveday, Amy Michelle, Mark Reider, Kodi Parker, Josie Pickett and Bedias Museum and Library. Happy anniversary to Frank and Carolyn Davis, Ben White and Mackie Bobo-White and Richard and Jackie Taylor.
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 road construction and repair areas. Please uphold our brave law enforcement officers, volunteer firefighters and other first responders. Please uphold the Anthony De’Milo Williams, Jr. family, who lost his life to an October drive by shooting in our little town of Bedias. Mackie asks for us to hold Ben White in our prayers. Please also hold Roy Willis, Bob and Jackie Jones, Joe and Betty Williamson, MaeDell Younts, Philip Upchurch, Lew Gears and Aidan Fedor in your hearts and prayers.
Do you have a community or church event you would like included in our weekly column? We would love to share your news with our readers.
Send news to Editor- BUMCNL@msn.com, and please follow us at www.facebook.com/BediasNews.
“Two are better than one: If one falls down, his friend can help him up.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-10.
Bedias News