Blooming Grove News

July 6 City of Blooming Grove will holds its monthly city council meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Blooming Grove City Hall, 200 S. Fordyce St.

For a complete listing of local beat items, view the Daily Sun online newspaper, www.corsicanadailysun.com. July 4 Blooming Grove Fourth of July parade will be held at 11 a.m. in downtown Blooming Grove.

There will be plenty of opportunities to celebrate July 4th Saturday in Navarro County.

Meals-on-Wheels client, Kenneth Bryant of Waxahachie, will be the first to tell you, he's no hero, though he served his country not only at Okinawa during World War II, but he didn't hesitate when his country needed him again during the Korean conflict.

June 26 Blooming Grove Elementary PTO's deadline for ordering school supply packets will be June 26.

June 25 Navarro College SBDC will sponsor a session on writing a winning business plan from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Corsicana/Navarro County Chamber of Commerce, 120 N. 12th St.

June 23 Home Rebekah Lodge No. 128, I.O.O.F., will meet at 6 p.m. at 3330 W. Second Ave.

A busy summer for 4-H 4-H Family & Consumer Science summer activities are warming up with a busy agenda of fun and educational activities.

For a complete listing of local beat items, view the Daily Sun online newspaper, www.corsicanadailysun.com. June 9 Home Rebekah Lodge No.

Blooming Grove senior Scott Ackley is just one area athlete on the All-Golden Circle baseball team.

June 4 Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3366, located at Veterans Drive off West State Highway 31, will have its regular monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. of all members in good standing.

Masons from Kerens, Navarro County and state Masonic dignitaries gathered Saturday to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Relief Lodge No.

Here where I spend most of my waking hours, in the newsroom, we measure time by events.

Griffin Chapel Church of God in Christ, 701 E. 12th Ave., where Superintendent E.L. Baptist is pastor and Ethel Baptist is elect lady, will have a musical at 7 p.m. May 16, hosted by Sister Marie Wafer, founder of the M and M Ministry, and Sister Joyce Daniels and Mother Dorothy Miller, founders of Zion Echo Singers.

The Blooming Grove City Council met on Monday, May 4, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers of City Hall with Mayor Smith and all council members present except Jeanette Wisdom.

May 7 Blooming Grove Crime Watch will meet at 7 p.m. at the Blooming Grove Fire Station.

James Blair Chapter, DAR James Blair Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, met April 8 at Kinsloe House.

For a complete listing of local beat items, view the Daily Sun online newspaper, www.corsicanadailysun.com. May 4 Corsicana Masonic Lodge will have a stated meeting at 7:30 p.m. A meal will be served at 6:30 p.m. All Masons are invited.

Optimist Club Optimist Club of Corsicana held its youth appreciation banquet April 2 at The Cook Center on the Navarro College campus.

By Janet Jacobs Daily Sun Early voting in local elections begins Monday, and contested races will be held in five school districts, Navarro College and six cities in Navarro County, according to rosters from Danda Parker, election administrator.