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There is a new business in town: Bed(ias) & Breakfast. As the name implies, this is a bed and breakfast business hosted by long time Bedias resident, Patti Harwell. Patti’s new enterprise features two cottages: The Wallen House, one block west of Smiley’s Chevron, (this is the former home of Raby and Christine Wallen) and The Guest House (at Patti’s ranch on CR 137).

We are saddened to learn of the passing of our friend and lifelong Bedias resident, George Newton, last week. Please do look in on your friends and neighbors and give them the opportunity to share their feelings and concerns in these challenging times.

Madisonville Elementary students donated 3,489 toiletry items to the Son- Shine Outreach Center last week as part of an ongoing service project hosted by the Kindergarten classrooms and Kindergarten teacher Sara Villarreal. The donation effort, in its second year, greatly surpassed the 2020 total of 851.

The North Zulch ISD school board heard a presentation from Kathryn Knotts of the district’s facilities committee and approved an order calling for a bond election to take place May 1 to vote on long-discussed improvements to the school’s campus.

Three children were reported missing by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office after they were removed from a North Zulch foster home, ultimately activating the state wide Amber Alert network. Two of the children, a 14-year-old and an infant, had been located safely in Nacogdoches County at the time of this writing, but authorities were still searching for a missing 16-year-old.

Mackenzie Foster of Madisonville FFA became the Overall Grand Champion of the 2021 Ag Mechanics Contest at the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo Saturday for her welding bed that attaches to a newer model Ford pickup truck, which she has been working on since October. Foster placed first overall out of over 500 like entries at the show and competed against everything from feeders, trailers, welding skids and wood projects.

Congressman Kevin Brady hosted town halls at four different locations within the Texas’ 8th Congressional District Monday, including the Truman Kimbro Convention Center in Madisonville. According to attendees, roughly 60 people were present and their questions centered around concerns over election integrity and job losses in the state stemming from an unusually high number of executive orders from President Joe Biden’s administration.

Madisonville’s Grace Williamson and Brad Rudis signed their letters of intent to continue their volleyball and baseball careers at Temple College and Texas A&M University, respectively, in the competition gym at MHS Feb. 3 in the presence of family, friends and coaches.