September 2021

The Tri-County Diggers Garden Club, which has members in Madison, Grimes and Walker Counties, succeeded in their community project this season to receive a proclamation for National Garden Week by the Madison County Commissioner’s Court.

American Legion Post 84 in Madisonville held their Second Annual Brushy Creek BBQ Cook-off at their May Street location over the weekend. Proceeds from the event will help the Legion provide local scholarships to the area’s youth as well as fund their annual Thanksgiving and Christmas basket campaigns. Some of the winners (pictured above) include Michael Clopton, Curtis Hines, Michelle Hines, Jessie Taylor, Johnny Moore and Tommy Douga.

Local law enforcement officials pursued an individual fleeing from a routine traffic stop for speeding Tuesday morning on Interstate 45 northbound at the 134 mile marker before he pulled over and took off again, according to a Tuesday Facebook post by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office.

Did you see the congrats in last week’s paper to our 2021 Madison County Rodeo? Here it is again just in case you missed it. Our town’s 2021 rodeo was voted the Top Outdoor Rodeo of the Year from CPRA!

Have you and your family received the COVID inoculation? Please, please reconsider... do this for yourself, do this for your family, do this for your neighbor, do this for your community.

Along with the recent cooler weather we are experiencing, we welcomed the official arrival of the Fall season this past week. From Friday night football games to filling corn feeders, this is one of my favorite times of the year. Fall also means that many communities across East Texas will be hosting annual festivals and organized outdoor activities. Whatever the reason, I hope you’ll be able to enjoy this beautiful weather and some time outdoors with friends and family in the coming weeks.

Mintie Geen Parrott was born May 26, 1939, in Artesia Wells, Texas. She passed away peacefully at her home in Jacksonville, Texas on September 16, 2021.