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December 4, 2013
This Week In Grimes County
1973,1983,1993,2003
1973
• Navasota ISD opened
bids for the district’s pro-
posed, 10,000-square-foot
high school complex, esti-
mated to cost $1,637,000.
Superintendent John C.
Webb said the district
hoped to complete the new
school by January 1975.
• Richard Paul Chaney
of Iola, 20, escaped from
the Grimes County Jail for
five hours before he was
captured. The inmate ran
from the back door of the
jail after deputies released
him from his cell to make a
phone call.
• The streets of Ander-
son were lined with lumi-
naries for the annual
Christmas Candlelight
Tour.
1983
• The Navasota city
council refused to endorse
street improvement work
by O’Malley and Clay, Inc.
of Brenham, as requested.
Instead, they set a meeting
with the engineering firm
to list specific items that
were not performed in ac-
cordance with the contract.
• A Charter Review
Commission unveiled pro-
posed updates to Nava-
sota’s October 1947 city
charter.
• The Navasota High
School Rattlers prepared to
enter the quarterfinal play-
offs without starting quar-
terback Lynn James. James
was treated for internal in-
juries after a 14-12 win
over Crockett.
1993
• McDonald’s projected
their Navasota opening for
Dec. 7, and began accept-
ing applications for an esti-
mated 60 positions.
• Grimes County com-
missioners unanimously
approved construction of a
144-bed jail facility in An-
derson. The vote rescinded
a Feb. 10, 1992, decision to
build it on a site accessible
to Navasota city utilities.
• Grimes County
Jaycees delivered Thanks-
giving meals to 22 needy
families in the Navasota,
Anderson and Plantersville
areas. Jaycees included
Stacey and Chad Ross, and
Debbie Eickenhorst,
amongst others.
2003
• Navasota entered an
agreement via the Navasota
Economic Development
Corporation that enlisted
the help of Texas A&M
graduates with an eco-
nomic development plan.
The project was designed
to influence future city
growth and economic ac-
tivity through improved
long- and short-range plan-
ning, development and sus-
tainability.
• Anderson-Shiro CISD
trustees approved using a
design-build delivery
method for its $3.96 con-
struction project.
• Iola High School Lady
Bulldog, Kristy Coneley,
was named to the Class A
All-State volleyball team.
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Navasota ISD — Learning, Leading, Succeeding
Students learn rights, responsibility
at National History Day competition
Scott
Powers
Navasota ISD
Chief Learning
Officer
I served as a judge re-
cently in our school dis-
trict’s junior high National
History Day competition,
and while the projects we
evaluated were all very
good, I was most im-
pressed by the work of stu-
dents who were able to
connect their learning to
personal experiences. Na-
tional History Day is a
curricular program that in-
volves students in inquiry,
critical analysis, interpre-
tation, and creativity - all
elements of academic
work that are important for
student learning. Students
operate within a theme to
produce dramatic perform-
ances, exhibits, multime-
dia documentaries,
websites, and research pa-
pers. For as long as I have
been serving as a history
fair judge, common
among the best projects is
the presence of personal
relevance for students,
whether it was through
their own experience, that
of a friend or family mem-
ber, or something that had
local meaning and, there-
fore, impacted the com-
munity. It was a local
focus that helped earn high
school student Diego Re-
galado a trip to the na-
tional competition last
year, the second Navasota
project to make it that far
in recent years. Regalado’s
project focused on 1953
Navasota High School
graduate Don “Archie”
Barrett, whose work was
instrumental in passage of
the Goldwater-Nichols
Department of Defense
Reorganization Act of
1986 which made sweep-
ing changes to the struc-
ture of the United States
Military.
This year’s theme is
Rights and Responsibili-
ties in History. Students
can choose a topic that al-
lows them to explore their
own interests, whether it’s
science, politics, the arts,
education - you name it.
Inspiration can come from
most any place: local his-
tory, books, or perhaps re-
cent headlines, TV shows
or even the latest Twitter
feed. Students work
through an experience that
pulls together historical
content, their own inter-
ests, and creativity in a
meaningful and coherent
way. They have choice and
voice. This increases en-
gagement which increases
their learning. The stu-
dents for whom it was per-
sonal found meaning in
the work they were doing.
They were invested in
their projects. They were
engaged. How do I know?
They told me. They
showed me. They were
able to articulate and
demonstrate what they
learned right there on the
spot.
There is much to be
learned from the National
History Day framework
when thinking about how
to design learning experi-
ences throughout the year
that engage students and
facilitate deeper content
learning. Learning plat-
forms that incorporate in-
quiry-based,
process-focused strategies,
like the ones that comprise
the NHD framework, have
been shown to be effective
in building deep content
understanding, raising ac-
ademic achievement, and
encouraging student moti-
vation to learn. Not only
did Regalado learn a
tremendous amount about
Mr. Barrett, the United
States government, and
politics, he developed
some life skills through a
local, regional, state, and
national process that re-
quired him to research,
create, refine, and commu-
nicate a complex topic at a
very high level. This year,
Regalado shared his expe-
rience with other students
by serving as a judge in
the junior high school fair,
helping new historians
who are just getting
started. Now that’s learn-
ing, leading, and succeed-
ing.
Come play bingo at Sunshine
Center every first Wednesday
Anderson
News
By Gail
Sowell
• Evelyn Szymczak, co-
ordinator of The Sunshine
Center on Main Street,
thanks each and every one
who came out and sup-
ported this group of senior
citizens this past Saturday.
Winners of the raffle in-
clude: Handmade quilt -
Brenda Bell; $75 gift card
- Sandy Ueibham; 2 $25
gift cards - Cody Harmon;
$35 gift certificate from
the Owl’s Nest - Adriana
Pasket; $35 gift certificate
from the Owl’s Nest -
Ernest Uee; $30 gift certifi-
cate from Uori Parker of A
Cut Above - Housan Har-
rill; $25 gift certificate
from Ua Casita Mexican
Restaurant - Erna Free-
man; and a Talking Santa
Christmas wreath - Talita
Coleman.
• Come play bingo at
the Sunshine Center, on
Main Street, every first
Wednesday of each month.
Coordinator Evelyn Szym-
czak says bingo will be
held on Dec. 4, from 10:30
until 11:30 a.m., and all
seniors are invited to par-
ticipate. For more informa-
tion, call Evelyn at 936-
873-2818.
• Ray Biggs of the An-
derson Baptist Church’s
food pantry, Five Uoaves
and Two Fish, would like
to express many thanks to
the Anderson Knights of
Columbus 4054. Charles
Posinski, representing this
organization, recently
brought lots and lots of
canned goods to help stock
the pantry.
If you would like to
make a donation or contri-
bution to this pantry, call
Ray at 936-355-4206.
The pantry will be open
on Thursday and Friday,
Dec. 5-6, from 9 a.m. until
noon. All Grimes County
residents are eligible for
food.
• The Grimes County
Horse Committee is hav-
ing a Pee Wee Western
Show at the Grimes
County Fairgrounds on
Dec. 7, to raise funds for
their 2014 Fair Horse
Show Awards. Sign up be-
gins at 9 a.m. and the show
starts at 10 a.m. The whole
family will enjoy this fun
event.
• The 18th annual
KBTX Food for Families
food drive will take place
on Wednesday, Dec. 11.
You may deliver any food
or monetary donations to
Mid-South Synergy from 6
a.m. until 7 p.m. If you
have questions or would
like to volunteer at the
food drive, contact Erin
Bischoff at 936-825-5139.
• Chase Busa, the son
of Jason and Cindy Busa,
was recently honored at a
birthday party at his home.
Approximately 30 family
and friends helped Chase
celebrate his second birth-
day with barbecue, ham
and all the trimmings, cake
with a farm theme, train
rides for all the kids and
fun for all. The most excit-
ing part of the day for
Chase was all the gifts he
got that go vroom, vroom.
• Rachel Michelle
Hereford, daughter of
Richard Hereford and Jea-
nine Hereford, married
Brett Michael Muegge,
son of Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Muegge, on Sat-
urday, Nov. 30. The cere-
mony took place at St.
John Uutheran Church of
Prairie Hill in Brenham. A
reception immediately fol-
lowed.
• Charles and Mary
Diehl Yorek celebrated
their 50th wedding an-
niversary at St. Mary’s
Catholic Church in
Plantersville on Saturday,
Nov. 30. Fr. Ed Kucera
gave them a special bless-
ing during the 5:30 p.m.
Mass. Afterwards, family
and friends gathered at the
parish hall for food, fun,
reminiscing and dancing.
• Happy birthday to
Brandi Waitz, Dec. 5;
Wanda Schroeder, Hope
Klawinsky, Mark Hitch-
cock and Will Borski, Dec.
6; Uoukattie Burzynski,
Beckie Wichman, Jeff
Dyer and Cole Keen,
Dec.7; Emory Sneed,
Jerome Klawinsky and
Sherrie Schepis, Dec. 8;
Uavearne Backhus, Cade
Taylor and Alea Carrell,
Dec. 9; Andy Edwards,
Shannon Groves, Milton
Schroeder, Kookie Myers,
Mikayla Brown and
Josephine Floyd, Dec. 10;
and May Uee, Brandi De-
Bose Addison, Kevin
Gurka and Ashley Norton,
Dec. 11.
• Anniversary wishes
go out to Uance and Jen-
nifer Uavergne, 11 years
on Dec. 7; Chad and Julie
Walkoviak, 6 years on
Dec. 8; and Josh and Cori
Mooney, 7 years on Dec.
9.
• The community was
saddened to learn about
the death of Marcus Mal-
lard, who passed away
Dec. 3. Funeral arrange-
ments are pending.
Fun-filled nights for ladies on
Friday at local Relay Station
Plantersville-
Stoneham
News
BY JODILYNN
MARRS
• Uadies, come out to
the pavilion, at the Relay
Station in Plantersville, on
Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. All ladies
from Plantersville and sur-
rounding areas are invited
to come out for a spirit-
filled night. Bring a side of
your favorite dish or
dessert and a wrapped
present that cost $20 to
$30 for the present ex-
change.
• Dec. 7, at 4 p.m.,
Santa Claus will be mak-
ing his way to the
Plantersville- Stoneham
Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment. Children in the fire
district that range from
birth to 12 years of age
will receive a present.
When your child arrives,
he/she will be given a
ticket that’s needed in
order to exchange for their
gift.
Anyone accompanied
by an adult will get a free
picture with Santa and a
goody bag and gift.
Parents are asked to
bring a covered dish/plate.
Remember that it is be-
cause of great supporters
like you that we are able to
do this every year. If you
would like to help out and
donate a toy, money, etc.
for this event, contact Janie
Uegge at 936-672-3734 or
Chief Michael Briggs at
the fire station at 936-894-
9566.
• Dec. 14, come and eat
breakfast with Santa. The
Grimes County 4-H is
holding their annual Pan-
cake Breakfast at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, from 8
a.m. through 10:30 a.m. It
is $6 per ticket.
Anyone can get their
picture taken with Santa.
Parents can either use their
camera or the 4-H will
email the picture to you.
All money will be used
for the Book Fund scholar-
ships for Grimes County 4-
H members. For more
information, call The
Grimes County Office of
Texas A&M AgriUife Ex-
tension at 936-825-0465.
• Dec. 14, is the
Plantersville Christmas Pa-
rade. Registration to enter
floats starts at 9 a.m. and
ends at 9:30 a.m.
Categories for floats in-
clude: Best Antique Trac-
tor, Best Antique Car, Best
Youth Float, Best School
Spirit Float, Best Open
Float, Best Trail Ride, and
the Best Decorated House
in Plantersville.
The best decorated
house has to be within a 5-
mile radius of
Plantersville. If you would
like to participate in the
best decorated house, con-
tact Uarry Jollisant at 936-
825-4788 by Thursday,
Dec. 12.
They are also looking
for trophy sponsors and
someone to donate lunch.
Uunch can be something
simple like hot dogs or
barbecue.
If you would like to
enter a float or help out,
call Wayne Allphin at 936-
894-3444 or Uarry Jol-
lisant at 936-825-4788.
• If you would like any
information in the paper,
contact me by Thursday, at
2 p.m., at 936-894-1819 or
Jodilyn98@gmail.com.
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