It is time for a Crawfish Boil.
Texas Grill & Cafe in Shepherd will be cooking up a storm on Saturday from 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. If you prefer brisket and ribs, call in your order. Owner Billy LaCoste has an incredible menu made with the best ingredients. Put your order in at (281) 761-4565.
This restaurant, located on South Byrd, won Best of San Jacinto County Award for the restaurant and for the catering service. Jessica, who makes delicious deserts for Texas Grill, won Best Baker. If you need a caterer, Texas Grill is always good.
• Also on Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. is Community Market Day outside of Heaven’s Army Brewtique in Shepherd. Local small businesses will be selling their homegrown goods from eggs and chickens to leather hand-tooled goods. Holsters, belts, wallets customized to suit and more are on sale at this booth.
Baked goods by Sourdough Heavenly Bakes, breads, muffins, brioche and much more from owner Solanch are all created with organic ingredients. There are many fine goods to be had at this new outdoor market.
Want to be a vendor? Call (832) 207-6111.
• Both libraries are busy with programs for folks of all ages. Coldspring will hold the celebration for their 40th anniversary on July 12. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library for children from birth to 5 years old now has 215 active members.
Both Shepherd and Coldspring libraries offer this wonderful opportunity for young ones. The cost for membership is $25 annually, the child receives a free book every month. Children want to learn to read when they have parents reading stories to them.
• Ryan Dampier, founder and owner of Pirate Tech, became a member of Coldspring Chamber of Commerce recently. Shepherd Chamber will be holding a ribbon cutting for him soon. Ryan works for residential and commercial businesses who need help with their IT problems. If it can’t be fixed remotely, they will travel to you. Pirate Tech keeps your computer up to date. Call Ryan at (936) 209-4005 or go to http://www.piratetech.info.
• Shepherd Chamber of Commerce will soon be looking at scholarship entries from SISD high school students who graduate this year. We rely on our members renewing their membership each year which helps us give more money to these young people going on to a new university or vocational college. Please download a form from our website or call for one at Shepherd Library.
• The SBDC is holding webinars for small businesses in our area. On April 9, at 2 p.m., Erica McGruder, founder of Embrace HR, will cover topics like hiring compliance, employee classification and onboarding strategies. There is no fee for this talk with question time included. Register at sbdcinfo@uh.edu.
• SJC Women’s League hold their annual fundraiser on April 10 at Coldspring Community Shelter. The lunch, Style Show with fashions from Chico and a fabulous Silent Auction costs $25. All money raised goes back to our local community and includes scholarships for graduating students too. Tickets can be bought at SJC Senior Center in Coldspring. You can also buy a coupon book from here for a fundraiser for Coldspring Library.
Coupon books are $25. I bought one and used the two coupons inside for the Senior Center resale shop or lunch. This gave me $10 off my cost with many more coupons to use this year.
Contact the Shepherd Chamber of Commerce at (210) 995-7420 or the Coldspring Chamber at (936) 653-2184.
Yvonne Cones is president of the Shepherd Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Coldspring Chamber of Commerce.
