VOL 5 ·ISSUE 22 PRSRT STD US Postage PAID Permit #60 WINNIE, TX
Thursday April 1, 2021
Veterans Museum Celebrates Introducing Your 2021 National Vietnam Veterans Day Walker County Fair Queen
This group of Vietnam Veterans stood proudly when recognized during the program at the National Vietnam Veterans Day celebration. By Wade Thibodeaux ed National Vietnam 2021 with a gathering The H.E.A.R.T.S. Vet- Veterans Day this past at the flags of the (contd erans Museum celebrat- Monday, March 29, on page 9)
Walker County Commissioners Court Hears About Land Swap By Wade Thibodeaux The Walker County Commissioners Court met in regular session on Monday, March 29, 2021 in room 104 of the Walker County Courthouse. Much of the meeting was mundane except for the very last agenda item that asked for discussion and action on 10
acres of land swap for an in kind building of a 7700 foot roadway. In kind is just another way of saying that no money would change hands, but that everyone would get what they wanted. The County desperately needs some additional dirt to expand some already overcrowded facilities
in New Waverly and the land donor would get a roadway built on some additional land that would presumably be used for future development. The County has the manpower and the equipment and the landowner would provide all of the materials for the roadway. Sounds like a (contd on page 8)
The 2021 Walker County Fair Queen Court includes Cara Walker, first runner-up, Fair Queen Maddie Riley, and Jodi Hoke, second runner-up. Photo Credit: Julie Kuykendall By Wade Thibodeaux nior) and is a member non-agricultural time, The Walker County of the Texas 4H coun- she is the lead pianist Fair crowned Ms. Mad- cil of which she serves for Bays Chapel Unitdie Riley as the 2021 as District 9 President. ed Methodist Church. Walker County Fair She also is a member Her Walker County Fair Queen during a cere- of the Walker County Queen project presentamony held last Satur- 4H commercial heifer tion covered pregnancy day, March 26, 2021 at club and was the 2018 detection methods and the fairgrounds. Maddie Walker County Fair the importance of (conis home schooled(Se- Queen runner-up. In her td on page 9)