The arctic wave that hit home last week caused more than loss of electricity, heat, and burst pipes. People stocking up on supplies for the full-frontal assault of winter included paper goods, fruits, vegetables, milk, and eggs. The vegetable aisles stood bare even as the Colorado County roads thawed out and people began to emerge from hibernation.
Widespread power outages across the San Bernard Electric Cooperative service area left many people shivering in the cold. Unable to stop water pipes from bursting and water heaters from heating, SBEC customers could only pile on the blankets for a cold winter’s night – or two. But were these power outages nature-made or man-made? And, is SBEC responsible for the many “rolling blackouts” that occurred throughout the area during the historic Arctic freeze last week?
On Feb. 11, the Columbus Girls Basketball team travelled to Nixon Smiley to take on Jourdanton. The Lady Cards won the game 32 - 29 with Coach Mike Albers saying, “We got off to a real slow start but played good enough in the third quarter to finally get ahead and held on for the Bi-District win!”
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Rocky Mancha shared this photo of Braylon Mancha with his Texas-sized snowman built Monday.
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Kristen Newton and Devin Mulford are pleased to announce the birth of Ava Bernice Mulford at 6:53 p.m., on February 5, 2021, at Columbus Community Hospital.
It has been a very busy month for the Behavioral Health Task Force which held its second meeting Feb. 11 in the District Courtroom of the Courthouse as well as via Zoom.
(Columbus, TX) – The Columbus Chamber of Commerce is excited to host a ribbon cutting at Kountry Kritters, located at 1506 Fannin Street, Columbus, Saturday, Mar. 6 at noon to welcome this new business to town.
There will be a blood drive Friday, Feb. 26 from noon until 6 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church Family Life Center, located at 419 Washington (one block South of the courthouse square.)
If there’s anybody that can be conned, it’s Yours Truly. It’s not so much that I’m stupid; I’m just naïve. I believe when somebody says something, they mean exactly what they say.
Rice High School seniors recently participated in a Credit for Life Fair. This fair was a financial literacy exercise where high school seniors were asked to make a decision on how to spend their money. Students role-played the position of a 25-year old adult with a career, a salary and a credit score. They were assigned a mock checking and savings account balance and possibly a student loan payment, depending upon the career they selected. Based on their mock salary, they made decisions that affected their finances, such as housing, clothing, food, transportation, insurance, etc. There was a booth set up for each financial decision the students had to make. After the students visited all the booths, credit counselors reviewed each student’s final budget one-on-one to ensure solvency and to help students learn how to live within their budget. Courtesy
Lady Cardinal volleyball teammates Gabi Theut and Lili Lares Rodriguez will be teammates in collegiate volleyball, too. The young ladies signed their letters of intent with Costal Bend College Cougars volleyball team in Beeville Feb. 10. Their signing was attended by classmates, parents, family, coaches and friends at the school gymnasium. Citizen
After coming through the historic ice storm, Rice CISD Athletic Director Jared Sloan announced the Raider and Lady Raider athletic teams are back in full swing. Team play started Monday, Feb. 22 and Tuesday, Feb. 23.
If you’re overdue, it’s time to renew! The temporary waiver of certain vehicle title and registration requirements, announced by Governor Greg Abbott on March 16, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will end at 11:59 p.m. on Apr. 14, 2021. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) reminds Texans to complete any overdue transactions now.
Warmer temperatures over the weekend and continuing this week melted most of the snow from the state’s roadways and roofs. But Texans are still dealing with broken pipes that flooded homes and businesses, damaged municipal water systems, and continued power outages in scattered areas, mainly in East and Central Texas.
Arthur Reece Price (Sonny, Sonny Boy, Sleepy) 82, of Fulshear, passed away Feb. 19 in Richmond. He was born in New Gulf to parents Reece Joseph Price and Anna Belle Williams Price. He graduated from Columbus High School in 1957. After high school, he attended the University of Houston and studied Geology. In 1959, his Uncle Orville A. Williams talked to him about exploring the opportunity to become a police officer with the Houston Police Department. On Sept. 14, 1959, he joined the Houston Police Department with Academy Class No.22 and never looked back. He had a successful 45-year career with the Houston Police Department serving in the Central Division, Special Operations Division, Training Division and the Auto Theft Division until his retirement on Nov. 6, 2004. Arthur spent his retirement relaxing (sometimes) at his place on the Colorado River in Columbus, and traveling with family and friends.
Janette Frances Frnka Canaris passed away peacefully at her cherished home on Saturday evening, January 30, 2021.
