Monday was another beautiful day on the outside, but too cold on the inside until lunch time.
Early voting started this week, and I have never received as many advertisements for the Republican Party as I have this past week.
It is amazing to see not one Democratic flyer. Just only Republicans bashing Republicans. Is there something I do not know, or have we become a one-party state? Here’s my vote. Only the most handsome and most beautiful candidates should make it to the next round.
Candidates whose flyers are left on the ground (people are trashy) look better and more colorful when you see them on posters than in the local trash bins. I believe the environment looks better with prettier ads.
Do you realize what the county could do with all the money that this year’s candidates have spent on campaign ads? For instance, on FM 356 there still is a few miles that are bumpy on my way east. I like to support the young Indian children occasionally with their dreams.
•Speaking of dreams, I learned about dream catchers and what they were used for from the requests for donations regarding an Indian School in South Dakota that I donate to yearly.
According to information from St. Joseph’s Indian School, the Legend of the Dreamcatcher came from the Native Americans of the Great Plains who believed that the air is filled with both good and bad dreams.
According to the legend, good dreams pass through the center hole to the sleeping person. The bad dreams are trapped in the web, where they perish in the light of dawn.
Historically, dreamcatchers were hung in the “tipi” or lodge and on a baby’s cradleboard.
•For your information, on one wall in the Naskila Casino’s foyer is an acknowledgement of appreciation to Charlie Wilson for his support of the Alabama-Coushatta Indians of Polk County.
How many of you remember the last time Charlie Wilson came to Trinity and why? It was the dedication of the historical marker that was placed at the Old Red School Building in 2005.
The Old Red Schoolhouse site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior in 2004.
The Old Red Schoolhouse was Trinity’s first schoolhouse. It was a one room log structure built in 1972 near Cedar Grove Cemetery. This two-story frame schoolhouse stood on this site from 1897 to 1911 until it was moved several blocks northwest to serve African American students.
Under Superintendent J. Woolam Bright, construction of a new brick building began in 1911, and after many delays it opened in 1915. The Prairie Style, T-Plan building housed all grade levels until completion of an adjacent High School, “Old Red” served as a schoolhouse for 80 years.
When it was scheduled for demolition in the 1990s. concerned citizens and former students who worked with the School District to preserve the historic
building for continued use. A recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 2004 was accomplished. Then it was list in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior in 2005.
Do you remember the Trinity Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s first Christmas show that was held in “Old Red”? It was fabulous. Enough of the past, now on to the Trinity’s happenings now.
•Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church has announced their Lenten Fish Fry’s for February through March. They are Feb. 27 and March 6, 13, 20, and 27. Dine in or dine out. Cost of the catfish dinner is $12 per plates.
Dinner is served from 5 to 7 p.m. and this event is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus of the MHTCC. The church is located at 401 Prospect Drive (Highway 19 North). For more information, call the church office on Thursday or Friday.
VFW Post 6899 is hosting their Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 4, at 10 a.m. There will be a cornhole tournament, a 3-legged race, a sack race, a hula hoop contest, a cake walk, and of course the Easter egg hunt for kids up to 14 years old.
For more information, please call Marilyn Barnes on (281) 782-8309.
Second is the River Pointe of Trinity Rehabilitation and Health Care Center located at 808 S. Robb St. (Highway 19 South). The Easter egg hunt will be held on Friday, April 3, at 10 a.m. Prizes, pictures, games, Easter Bunny, and much more for children under 14. For more information, please call (936) 594-7521.
I will see you at the next event at the Martin Senior Center in March.
