Houston Food Truck is partnering with First Baptist Church of Shepherd to bring a food truck four times a month from Sept. 23. The truck will be in the church parking lot and will start serving at 8 a.m.
People can come earlier of course and line up. You can stay in your car so the line will move through faster. The Rev. Chester Holloway has posted a short video on First Baptist’s Church Facebook page. The parking lot is large and for those who do not know, is located close to the railroad tracks at 10850 Highway 150 in Shepherd. Call (936) 628-3130.
The Food Truck will come on Sept. 23 and 30, and Oct. 7 and 15, (the 14th is a holiday). Holloway thanked Ken and Trelis Urban for their hard work to make it happen.
• Coldspring Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for new member — Hot City Automotive — on Friday last week. O’Reilly’s Auto parts partnered with them and added a car show to the festivities. Hot City Automotive services all automotive mechanical, paint and body needs. It is located at 1155 Highway 150 in Coldspring, call (936) 286-3238.
CEO Leroy Tafoya, COO Stefano Pascente with staff members Jared Davenport, Nico Luna, Kendra Woodyard, Talyiah Davenport and team members and guests all enjoyed the beginning of this very welcome business to the Coldspring area.
• The Women’s League held its first lunch of the fiscal year last Thursday. The tables were beautifully decorated, Lucy’s Country Kitchen catered the delicious meal, and our guest speaker was LaNora Purvis.
She talked about her life and how she had come to create a home for women with traumatic events in their lives. Some had addictions, some had been trafficked and some were escaping from abusive relationships. She set up a program which after finding 6 months were too short a time to bring the women out of their problems expanded it to a one-year program.
Called Heaven’s Army and located in Cleveland, she has been able to expand to a home for men which is run by her son Koltan Purvis. LaNora recently opened a coffee shop with lightly used resale goods in Shepherd. Last Saturday was the first day of a new event, a local farmers’ market. It attracted a lot of local vendors and buyers and will be a monthly affair. Homegrown fruit and vegetables, eggs, preserves and handmade crafts were on sale as well as a very popular baker with bread, kolaches, rolls, etc.
• SJC Senior Center in Coldspring is changing the time for their Healthy Choice Weight Loss Group. It will be at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesdays, and there is no charge for this. The Center will have a lot of things to do in the coming weeks, so look at their calendar online, or SanjacintoCountyBulletinBoard.com for information on this and so much more that is coming.
• Friends of Shepherd Library will hold a Master Gardeners event on Thursday from 1-3 p.m. This is a chance to ask questions from the experts and to see how it is done. Call Director Terri at (936) 628-3515 for more details and to RSVP.
The following week on Sept. 26 from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. the first Home School Connection will be held. If you homeschool your child and want to connect with others who are also homeschooling, this is an excellent way to find support and fellowship. Children are welcome too.
The Friends of the Library are planning a Trivial Pursuit Evening on Oct. 18. Bill Powell, DJ and MC for such events, will lead this game. Teams of four people or less will play and there will be other amusements along with snacks and sodas and prizes. More details on this are coming.
• Christmas in Shepherd will be on Dec. 7, and in Coldspring on Dec. 14. Shepherd Chamber will parade entry forms on their website as well as forms for vendors. There will be some forms available at Shepherd Library in the near future.
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.
