Woodson News: Feeling free? Happy 4th of July

Celebrate our country! Bring your lawn chairs and head to Woodson for the 4th of July Community Celebration from 5-11 p.m. Monday, July 4. It’s FREE to attend, but there are many booth items, a dunking booth, cornhole competition, and lots of food and drink available for donation/purchase, so bring your dollars! The live music is FREE, as are turtle races! Bring your friends and enjoy the FREE fireworks at dark!

I need printed 4H Record Books by July 5, if you are participating, that way I can have them to Archer City by July 7. Record books are FREE if you signed up by June 28. Junior teen leader lab, and the one day Ten County Camp are on the 4H agenda, before meetings begin again in August.

FFA members are gearing up for the State FFA Convention, July 11-15. It’s in FW this year. Myia Jackson and Claire Ellis will be competing in Prepared Public Speaking, Ella Hearne and Taylor Crook will serve as Ambassadors, Taylor Crook and Sam Mills will serve on Courtesy Corps. There will be voting, talent, scholarships, Lone Star Degrees… Go Woodson FFA!

A final Happy June Birthday: Jeanne Reynolds, Dan Barlow, Hanna Miller, Jackie Butler, Grant Michaels, Amanda Butler and Bradley Horry! Let me know if I missed someone or if there are new July birthdays! It’s FREE to be on the list!

Happy June Anniversary: Bob & Vicki Carruthers, Debby & Bobby Mathiews, Cary & Meredith Mathiews, Gary & Michelle Mathiews, Thora & Paul Thurn, Drew & Nicole Ellis!

Okay, so the Farmers’ Market will depend on the weather and gas prices. Check Facebook to see their schedule. Or, just do a drive by to check. They try to be set up by 9:30 a.m. The veggies average about $2 per pound, which isn’t FREE, but it’s cheap enough!

It is FREE to be on the prayer list, and this week, Mitchell Harris, Jeffrie Arnold, Linda Northam, Upton Dean, Van Arlan Moses, Mike Palmer, Frances Moses, Doris Walters, Alene Forest, JerriAnn Cornett, Danny Bellah, Keith Boyd, Travis Gober, Earlene Bellah, Ted Wright, Tom Hudson, Terry Redwine, Jean and Thomas Brockman, Janetha Venekamp, Arliss and June, Carolyn Tate, Meshell Bellah Brown, Terry Beale, Butch Hinkle, Charlotta Hamilton, Janice Devenport, LB and Barbara, Dale Deaton, Sr., Pam Allen, Jeanine Herrington, Thora and Paul Thurn, Stephen Miles, Johnny Stoker, Sharon Gober, Butch Timms, Nancy McKenzie, Ressa and Ruby, Roger Weeks, and Skip Hayworth all need our prayers.

Five weeks of summer left for teachers. Six for students.

Let me know what you’ve done this summer! I know some have been or are going to Hawaii, and others to the lake for extended stays.

Margaret, Maxie and Robert went north to Wyoming, making several stops along the way and enjoying the cool when they got there.

Jack and Olivia are traveling to Kentucky and to Florida, so keep them in your prayers for safety.

The FBC Youth will be headed to camp soon.

It’s great to see Jeanne Reynolds out power walking again after her hip replacement!

The exchange students have gone home, and that is sad. Thank you to Meaghan and Mike Mickalson for hosting these students and bringing them into our lives.

If you were among the lucky ones and received rain this past week, cherish the smell, the feel, the refresh and even the humidity.

As Americans we have certain “unalienable rights.” We are FREE to practice any religion, to write and speak FREEly, we have the right to assemble peacefully, to petition, to keep and bear arms, for a speedy and fair jury trial, to vote, to be equal, and we are not slaves.

The Fourth of July is one of the times we can come together to celebrate these rights… these FREEDOMS. However you celebrate your 4th of July, please be responsible and respectful of those who defend our rights. Be aware of, and thankful for, our FREEDOMS and never take them for granted.