Tyler County Booster Sept. 8, 2022 edition

County approves tax rate increases

By Chris Edwards news@tylercountybooster.com

Renowned surgeon, author

Barclay dies

Sex offender arrested on indecency charge

By Chris Edwards news@tylercountybooster.com

By Chris Edwards news@tylercountybooster. com

WOODVILLE – Worldfamous medical pioneer and author Dr. George Willis Barclay, Jr., died at his Woodville residence last Wednesday at the age of 92.

According to a caregiver, he died in the early morning hours and was with his beloved chihuahua, Clementine.

Barclay, who was a cardiologist and brought the procedure of heart catherization to Southeast Texas, was equally famous for his large body of literary work. Barclay wrote 45 novels, such as Murder on the San Jacinto and Murder on Pine Island Bayou, many of which feature sleuth Sandra Lerner.

DEES

DOUCETTE – A Doucette resident with a previous record of aggravated sexual assault of a child was arrested last week and charged with indecency with a child (sexual contact).

Johnathon Broussard Dees, age 46, was arrested by deputies with the Tyler County Sheriff’s Office. Dees was booked into the Tyler County Jail and bonded out the same day on a $75,000 bond on Wednesday, August 31.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety Sex Offender Registry database, Dees is classified as a lowlevel offender, with a requirement for annual verification.

On his profile on the DPS database, Dees registered with the Tyler County Sheriff’s Office as a sex offender in 2018.

At press time, the details of Dees’ arrest are unavailable. Dees was previously convicted of a sex crime charge, and the case drew a high level of attention due to his career in law enforcement.

See OFFENDER ➩ Page 7A

Miss Tyler County pageant organizers presented a $2,000 check to distribute to non-profits as a way of giving back to the community. CHRIS EDWARDS | TCB

Miss Tyler County gives back

By Chris Edwards news@tylercountybooster.com

WOODVILLE – The Miss Tyler County scholarship organization made a presentation last Thursday to give thanks to the various charities that helped make this year’s pageant a success.

The organization presented a check to several non-profit organizations in the county at the request of its donors.

Kristi Hughes, of the Miss Tyler County organization, said that this year’s pageant was the most successful one yet, with the most donations received in its history.

“We had the most participants and the most support that we have ever had,” she said.

Part of that success, Holmes said, could be attributed to the pandemic. In 2021, the pageant had to be put on hold, as COVID was still rampant.

“I personally give credit to COVID for this because I believe people were excited that the world was opening back up, and people were ready to get their lives back to normal,” Hughes said.

The check presented on Thursday on the lawn of the Tyler County Courthouse represents donations of $200 apiece to give back to non-profit organizations, in the names of the pageant’s sponsors.

A total of $2,000 was given back. “We are so excited to give back to our community that always gives to our organization and participants,” Holmes said.

Miss Tyler County provided a list of the sponsors and the organizations they wanted donations given to. It as as follows:

See GIVES ➩ Page 7A

He described his writing acumen as being about “mystery, mysticism, metaphysics, science fiction, mayhem and murder.”

Prior to his careers in medicine and then writing, he wore many other hats, including a stint as a chemical engineer at Mobil Oil and service in the Army, where he worked to rise to the rank of captain. His daughter-in-law

Elizabeth Joy Singletary said that Barclay’s service began when he joined the Naval reserves during the Korean War. At the time, he was working for Mobil, and was not allowed to enlist when the draft began, as he was considered essential.

When the ban was lifted, Singletary said, he immediately joined the Army, See BARCLAY ➩ Page 7A

A painted portrait of Dr. George W. Barclay, Jr. Courtesy of Elizabeth Joy Singletary

Chester Lady Jackets Marae Pounds and Lily Read celebrate a point during the Lady Jackets’ 3-0 win over the Evadale Lady Rebels last Friday. For more high school sports excitement, see page 5A.

PHOTO BY BECKI BYRD

Sept. events at Heritage Village

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Courtney Hale Revia and Rustic Bird will play the “Jam on the Green” at Heritage Village this Saturday. PHOTO

OF COURTNEY HALE REVIA WOODVILLE – Heritage Village is presenting two nifty events for the public to enjoy in the month of September.

First up is the “Jam on the Green,” which features live music in a fundraiser for the future Miniature Train Muesum. It takes place this Saturday, Sept 10. Gates open at 6 p.m. with pre-entertainment by The Big Thicket

Ramblers and Chris Edwards. Followed at 7 p.m. by the featured performance by Courtney Hale Revia with Rustic Bird Band. The cost for admission is: adults $15; couples $20; 11 years & under $5. Sept. 24 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Heritage Village we will again have the “Ghosts and Legends of Texas Past” fundraiser event.

Price is adults $5; children under 12 $3. This event is held on the Village grounds. Listen to fascinating stories regarding Legends & tales from Texas and Tyler County’s colorful history. (They are not all ghost scary stories, sometimes just legends.) The barber’s store was not so scary, but he had a scary ending. You had to be there!

Schools wear Uvalde CISD colors in show of support

By Chris Edwards news@tylercountybooster.com

TYLER COUNTY – School districts across the state showed solidarity with Uvalde CISD on Tuesday with an urging for faculty, staff and students to sport the district’s school colors. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District’s students returned to the classroom on Tuesday, Sept. 6, and it was the first time the students had been back to school since the events of May 24, when a mass shooting at Robb Elementary claimed the lives of 21 people.

Many school districts across the state spread word through social media channels asking their faculty, staff and students to wear maroon and white, which are the Uvalde CISD school colors; a showing that “our hearts are with Uvalde.”

All of Tyler County’s five school districts encouraged their populations to do the same.

The “Chester Yellowjacket Buzz Link” on Facebook shared a post stating that “Chester ISD stands with Uvalde CISD,” and encouraged all Yellowjackets to wear maroon to show love and support.

A post on the Colmesneil ISD page encouraged every-

one in the district to “Maroon Out with Uvalde,” and to “show our prayers and support” for the still-grieving community in south Texas. Spurger ISD, which shares the same school colors, encouraged everyone in Pirate Country to wear their maroon gear in a show of support.

Warren ISD, which had Tuesday off for students, encouraged its staff and community members to wear the colors as a token of support.

A post from Woodville ISD Superintendent Lisa Meysembourg stated that “Woodville ISD is standing strong with Uvalde as they start their new school year,” and encouraged all Eagles to wear the colors.

According to an Associated Press story, many Uvalde CISD students did not want to return to school. Uvalde CISD superintendent Hal Harrell said in June that students would not return to the campus of Robb Elementary. Instead, the students were to be relocated to other campuses within the district.

Chester Buyers’ Club hosting dinner

CHESTER – The Chester Buyers’ Club is hosting a “Country Dinner” fundraiser and silent auction.

The event will go from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Chester High School Cafeteria.

Organizers urge the public to come and support the club, and its efforts to support the Chester youth show team.

This event will be the Buyers’ Club’s final fundraiser prior to the Tyler County

Fair in October. One post on the club’s Facebook page states to “come out and enjoy some of the finest country cooking around” at the dinner.

Along with the tasty meal, there will be a silent auction with plenty of unique items up for bids. Some of the items include some nifty metal and wooden art, many of which can be viewed on the Chester Buyers’ Club Facebook page.

The Orchard celebrates National Assisted Living Week

Local, Senior Living Community Celebrates ‘Joyful Moments’ During National Observance

WOODVILLE – A weeklong celebration kicks off this Sunday, September 11, and The Orchard Assisted Living is joining tens of thousands of assisted living communities across the country for the festivities. National Assisted Living Week® – officially sponsored by First Quality in 2022 – continues through Saturday, September 17, and The Orchard honors this year’s theme, “Joyful Moments.”

“This year’s National Assisted Living Week allows us to celebrate and create new, special memories together,” said

Elaine Jefferson, Executive Director of The Orchard. “‘Joyful Moments’ reflects the strong family connection between residents and staff while providing an opportunity for local communities to celebrate the individuals who live and work in assisted living and learn more about this sector of long-term care.” While adhering to safety requirements and precautions in place for COVID, activities offered this week at The Orchard include:

• Red, White and Blue day, Monday the 12th

Part 3:

• Sports Day, Tuesday the 13th

• 50’s Day, Wednesday the 14th

• Mexican Day, Thursday the 15th

• Grand Ole Opry Celebration, Friday the 16th

“We encourage members of the community to keep in touch and visit The Orchard’s social media pages to stay informed during National Assisted Living Week,” said, Jefferson.

“Also, engaging with our residents safely is a rewarding experience and makes a tremendous difference in their lives.”

1) Ivanhoe’s Lake Galahad is named for

2) John Henry Kirby was known as the “Prince_________”

3) The largest lake in Tyler County is the _________

4) The lake is named for _______________

5) The Masonic Lodge in Spurger is called

6) The annual event in TC started by J E Wheat is the

7) The house built by Robert Cruse in 1881 is known as the __________

8) The WBT& S which operated from 1923 to about 1959 is officially known as the ______________

9) The genealogical library at Heritage Village is named after ____________

10) The Alabama Indians lived in what village prior to the Texas becoming a state____________

Bonus: Russell Creek in northwestern TC flows about 19 miles northeast to the Neches River: Named prior to 1850, I do not know its origin, so help please___________

Answers for Name Challenge #2:

1) Chief of local Cherokee tribe

2) Timberlake Development Company (Rawson Real Estate)

At the September meeting of the Chester Lions Club,

Chester ISD Superintendent Dr. Paul

club president Bronson

7)

8)

Bluff Street

Heritage Gardens

Workforce Solutions coming to Woodville

WOODVILLE – Workforce Solutions of Deep East Texas will be in Woodville on Thursday, Sept. 22, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Allan Shivers Library and Museum, located at 302 N. Charlton. Pop-up workforce centers, which Workforce Solutions has hosted in many cities and towns throughout the area, offer a variety of services to help businesses thrive and to get individuals back to work, or on a path to sustainable careers.

Workforce Solutions stated in a news release that the pop-up workforce centers are designed “to bring services closer to residents of the rural communities.”

the Annual HUNTSVILLE ANTIQUE SHOW Antiques, collectibles, vintage, furniture, jewelry, turquoise, primitives and more! Indoor venue. Rain or Shine. huntsvilleantiqueshow.com | 936-661-2545 Wa l ke r C o u n t y Fa i r g ro u n d s H u n t sv i l l e , Te x a s Saturday, September 17th → 10 am - 5pm Sunday, September 18th → 10 am - 4 pm $7 CASH admission (good for both days) → kids 12 and under free

Subscribe Today! Tyler County Booster

| 409-283-2516

©2022; forecasts and graphics provided by TYLER COUNTY WEATHER FORECAST

Jail Booking Report for Aug. 29-Sept. 4

Carley Danielle Buckley, 29, of Silsbee – Terroristic threat against peace officer Israel Compoz, 27, of Kountze – Unlawful possession of firearm fam/ house/court order/gang; Agg. Assault /w/ deadly weapon; unlawful possession of firearm Michael Criddle, 34, of Hillister – Burglary of habitation/motion to adjudicate; Burglary of building/ motion to revoke; Theft of

Johnathan Broussard

Dees, 46, of Doucette – Indecency /w/ child, sexual contact

Diamond Michelle Hoyt, 26, of Woodville – Unauthorized use of vehicle

Brandon Neil Parker, 29, of Warren – Driving while intoxicated/open alcohol container

Earnest Lee Patterson, 29, of Spring – Theft of property >$750<$2,500

Tina Nicole Scott, 41, of Woodville – Unlawful possession of firearm by felon; prohibited substance in corr/civ/com facility – attempt

Demonte Rashaan Siggers, 25, of Woodville –Evading arrest detention /w/ vehicle Sunny Lynn Wilson, 39, of Livingston – Theft of property <$2,500 w/more previous conv./bond

Abbott announces 10-year statewide road plan

“The UTP reflects a continued focus on improving transportation safety as the top priority, maintaining our current system, addressing traffic congestion, and improving statewide connectivity over the next decade,” said TxDOT Commission Chairman J. Bruce Bugg, Jr. “Texas’ rapid growth reinforces the importance of investing in transportation to efficiently move both people and freight across our diverse

state,” said TxDOT Executive Director Marc Williams. Funding will coincide with an additional $32 billion over the life of the program for routine maintenance contracts and project development, such as planning, professional engineering, and right-of-way acquisition for more than 7,000 transportation projects and a total investment of $117 billion statewide.

County Judge Milton Powers (R)

Wesley Whitman (D)

Neil Alderman (R)

Woodville Mayor Michael G. Maness (R)

Amy Bythewood (R)

State Senate Dist. 3

Robert Nichols (R)

Names within this calendar will appear in this column until election date. Candidates wishing to have their names appear in the calendar must contact the Tyler County Booster in person. Names are listed under each office according to the order in which candidates apply with the newspaper.

East Texas Largest Outdoor Power Equipment Destination! 3601 US Hwy 190 W Livingston, Tx 77351 2 miles west of 59 Contact Us Online dfoster@FostersWorknPlay.com THE BEST BRANDS / THE BEST PRICES! Kawasaki Pro Mules as low as $14,998 Ranch King Trailers as low as $2,498 Kawasaki Mules as low as $8,498 Kawasaki ATVs as low as $2,998 Massey Ferguson 4WD Tractors with Loaders as low as $15,998 Ferris Mowers as low as $7,998 Hay Tools & Balers Worldlawn Mowers as low as $5,998 Kawasaki Teryx as low as $15,998 Riding Mowers as low as $1,998 Zero Turn Mowers as low as $3,498 Financing & Delivery Available

JAIL REPORT 82 72

HIGHS:

A moonlit sky 66 to 71 RF: 66 to 71 POP: 15%

LOWS: 83 to 88

Clouds and sun with a thunderstorm 67 to 72 RF: 93 to 98/68 to 73 POP: 80%

Partly sunny with a thunderstorm 66 to 71 RF: 95 to 100/66 to 71 POP: 80%

85 to 90

84 to 89

Partly sunny with a stray t‑storm 67 to 72 RF: 93 to 98/70 to 75 POP: 40%

Partly sunny 67 to 72 RF: 94 to 99/69 to 74 POP: 5%

86 to 91

85 to 90

A t‑storm in spots in the afternoon 69 to 74 RF: 94 to 99/70 to 75 POP: 40%

Less humid with plenty of sun 70 to 75 RF: 93 to 98/74 to 79 POP: 0%

86 to 91

90 73 86 75

Statistics through 9/4 THURSDAY THU NIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY Partly sunny, a t‑storm in the p.m. 84 to 89 RF: 92 to 97 POP: 55%

93 72

93 72

Temperatures Daily ranges Daily totals Precipitation (in inches) RF: The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index that combines the effects of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, pressure and elevation on the human body – everything that affects how warm or cold a person feels. POP: Probability of Precipitation.

90 72

88 72

8/29 8/30 8/31 9/1 9/2 9/3 9/4 8/29 8/30 8/31 9/1 9/2 9/3 9/4

WEEKLY ALMANAC 0.12 0.19 0.00 1.29 0.22 0.29 0.00 Month to date/normal 1.80 / 0.55 Year to date/normal 32.70 / 29.81

guest speaker was

Drake. Drake is pictured with

Grimes, and new members Joe and Sherry Neal are pictured with Grimes. Photos by Susan Grimes

Tyler County Names Challenge #3

VIEWING IT DIFFERENTLY

Two long-time newspaper editorial writers have agreed to take on the editorial pages, with their views on a variety of subjects. We welcome your comments. Fear and loathing in a small Idaho town

by Jim Powers jim@polkcountypublishing.com

Bonners Ferry, Idaho is a small town with a public library, which is always an asset to a community. And the residents are glad it is there. Sadly, there are some folks, though, who believe that books are a threat, rather than an asset, and they have put the continued existence of that library at risk.

A group of Christian activists have lately descended on the community and started showing up at the local library board meetings, guns on their hips, and demanding that the library remove a list of 400 books that they oppose. And despite the board telling them that the library has none of the 400 books they want censored, they just keep disrupting the board meetings.

You might ask why, other than making for some long board meetings, that there is a problem. If they don’t have the books, it’s no harm, no fowl. Well, the company that carries the library’s insurance has informed them that because of the threat of violence from all those folks showing up with guns they will not renew their insurance. Without insurance, they can’t continue to operate. They will have to

shut the library down.

While you may not like the word, there is a simple term for folks who use threats of violence to get their way. They are terrorists. Terrorists acting in the name of Christianity. And it looks like they might win.

I have a lifelong love of books.

I’ve read thousands of books over the decades. Had a personal library of thousands of books. The accumulated knowledge of billions of people over thousands of years is accumulated in those books. A record of every moral, social and political failure of mankind. We have a roadmap of mistakes we made and need never repeat. There are religious and political terrorists whose agenda is being thwarted by that knowledge, and they want to destroy it. Those who want to destroy books are far more dangerous than the books they want to suppress. Demanding libraries remove books you do not agree with is removing books others do agree with. We have no right to censure ideas. Let them live or die on their own merits, not through misguided religious crusades.

Where’s the love, chief?

by Tony Farkas tony@polkcountypublishing.com

Sunday was the 10th anniversary of my mother’s death, so she already was heavy on my mind these last couple of weeks, especially when I was able to visit her grave in New Mexico recently.

My mother was something special. Everyone’s mother is, but for me, her journey was especially poignant, since she had to overcome hardships such as German and Allied bombings in World War II, Russian evil as they swept across Eastern Europe in conquest under the guise of being allied with the U.S., boat rides to Ellis Island and the subsequent citizenship process, and ridicule and hardship that comes with being right off the boat.

Even her name, Czarika, was changed because the immigration folks couldn’t pronounce it, and dubbed her Charlotte (it’s really Sarah, but hey, it’s America).

She embraced this country, though, 100 percent, and even though she was proud of her Hungarian heritage, she was more American than most Americans I knew, even serving as a civilian in the U.S. Air Force, and even became the first civilian head of Social Actions at Cannon Air Force Base.

The makeup of this country is of people with similar stories and similar circumstances, all coming together, differences and all, in the “melting pot” of American society.

It was incredibly puzzling, then, to hear our vaunted leader essentially tell half of this nation they were evil and must be destroyed, while at the same time claiming that we’re all about unity.

If you’re unaware, President Biden warned the country that MAGA (Make America Great Again) Republicans represent “an extremism that threatens the very foundation of our republic.”

He also said that Donald Trump was driving the Republican Party to that kind of platform — taking American society back to the Stone Age while completely disrespecting the Constitution by eliminating free speech, the right to choose, the right to privacy and the right (?) to contraception.

For a leader to put out that kind of divisive rhetoric, while simultaneously calling for unity (under questionable optics, such as being backed by uniformed Marines and a stage bathed in ominous red light) makes the people who became part of this country seem foolish for their beliefs, since they came here believing they would be embraced, since that’s supposed to be what we’re about.

Apparently, no longer. It’s OK to come here, as our porous border suggests, but only if you think (and donate and vote) to the powers that be. It’s no longer OK to have different beliefs, or to be what many perceive, the old guard of immigrants and leaders who regardless of color are white power brokers, eager to crush everyone under the bootheel of capitalism. Change some of the nouns, and what you really have is exactly what my mother, and millions of others, were fleeing when they left their homelands, and the kind of hate and rhetoric that led to Rameses, and Hitler, and Stalin, and Pol Pot, etc., etc., ad nauseum. The old saying about the pen being mightier than the sword has been proven time and again, mostly with disastrous results. There are words and ideas out there, though, that can heal and unite. Let’s try some of those.

End of life challenges in modern times

By Tom Purcell

A long time ago I watched a documentary about poet Emily Dickinson’s life and writings.

One thing that I never forgot about that film is that she lived at a time when death was regrettably common — and therefore the subject of many of her poems.

“How are you doing?” is a polite way of introducing ourselves to each other now. But as I learned in that documentary, this greeting during Dickinson’s times meant, “Are you healthy and well and going to be with us tomorrow?”

Until modern times, dying commonly affected all age groups. Women died during childbirth. Children died from a variety of maladies.

The rich as well as the poor suffered tragedy and loss almost equally.

Haider Warraich, the doctor who wrote “Modern Death: How Medicine Has Changed End of Life,” explained in an interview that in the 1800s in Boston or London people died mostly of three things: injuries, infections, or some type of nutritional deficiencies.

“Really,” he said, “death was

I am writing to suggest something that could be done prior to performances at schools, theaters, sports ven-

a very binary event — and it was very sudden.

“For example, before the advent of medical technology, if someone had a heart attack or if someone had some type of abnormal heart rhythm such as ventricular tachycardia, they would almost certainly die, in many cases instantaneously, sometimes even in their sleep.”

Warraich said that dying today is no longer an “instantaneous flash event,” but a “phase of our life.”

New technologies enable people to live longer even if they have chronic diseases, so they are in and out of hospitals — as my dad was the past five months. Today we’ve become disconnected from death, Warraich said.

We’ve moved death from our homes and communities to hospitals and nursing homes – where four of five Americans now die.

When my father’s father died at only 34 in 1937, he died in his own bed of streptococcus, now easily cured with penicillin, and was laid out in the parlor of his house.

We’d hoped my father would meet his end peacefully in his own home.

After repeated visits to the hospital and skilled nursing

ues, and public as well as private presentations where the general public attends. Begin each event with playing “The Star-Spangled Banner’. This, I think, will help do many

facilities, we brought him home and hired our own care. We celebrated his 89th birthday at his home a few weeks ago in epic fashion. A glorious event, it was attended by the large extended family he and my mother produced.

When his time finally came, he was back in the hospital, but he was surrounded by his family and his wife of nearly 66 years.

important things.... in one simple and no cost way. I am hoping that you will join me in the forefront of a movement I have named, “STAND UP AMERICA”. I recently heard an arrangement of “The Star-Spangled Banned Suite” by Richard Rosenberg. It was so beautifully performed that I could visualize the rockets bursting over Ft. McHenry and, at the same time, imagine the similar horrors possible as we, again, find ourselves deeply divided over many issues. I hope we can STAND UP AMERICA to demonstrate to the world our united pride in America and gratitude for the unimaginable, to most of the world, freedoms we have here. STANDING UP is what

As advances in technology change the way we live and die we are becoming fearful of death — yet it’s something every one of us is going to experience.

I’m honored to say that my sisters and mother and I fully embraced my dad’s life and supported him with everything we had in his last painful months.

Knowing he’s at peace now quells the hurt of watching him suffer so much for so

we can model, encourage, and facilitate by what we are seen DOING. Younger members of our society will learn the words along with developing pride in our country and a feeling of community with other Americans as we bring to the front of our national collectiveness, the notion that ‘though we are divided in opinions and politics, we are UNITED in AMERICAN ideals of FREEDOM, JUSTICE and PEACE. {As an aside, I contacted Mr. Rosenberg and he so graciously responded to my email with detailed information about the piece, and his writing it, and performing it, unknowingly, for the first time in the town where the original poem by Fran-

long.

I believe he is in Heaven now, reunited with his parents, and I believe I will see him again.

I will wait patiently for that grand reunion. “How are you doing?” is the question of the moment.

I wish you the very best if you are in your end stage of life now or caring for someone you love who is — as you navigate the challenges of dying in modern times.

cis Scott Key was discovered many years past the original writing of it. The history of this piece of music is interesting and almost unbelievable.}

I suggest that each meeting...... private, governmental and corporate...... each venue....... movie, play, sports event, etc., begin with playing “The Star-Spangled Banner”, as a voluntary effort. Each school day, each school event, sporting and other events, in short, everywhere that Americans gather for any of the many reasons we come together, that by our actions we celebrate and reiterate and articulate what this most splendid of songs says: that AMERICANS STAND FOR FREEDOM.

Darby Kethan

Woodville pulls off razor-edge Newton upset, 23-22

By Chris Edwards news@tylercountybooster.com

WOODVILLE – Friday night was likely a shock to many area high school football faithful followers, and proved that Coach Ty Robinson and his mighty band of Eagles are a force to be reckoned with.

It was Eagles vs. Eagles at Woodville’s Eagle Stadium, and in the visiting team corner, those Eagles happened to be the fierce ones of the Newton County variety, as in five-time state champion Newton Eagles.

What seems to be a great strategy by Coach Rob is playing heavy-duty opponents in the weeks leading up to district.

Last year, Woodville and Newton met in the season opener, and the results were not close to the Woodville team’s favor. This year was a different story, thanks to a successful twopoint conversion on a play.

What both sides of the stadium witnessed was a great game, with solid plays on both sides of the ball for both teams and scoring close throughout. However, at the end of the night, it was a 23-22 razor-thin margin of vic-

tory in Woodville’s favor.

Woodville’s first score of the night came well into the first quarter with a 98-yard run from senior running back Jatavian Taylor on a Woodville first and two.

At the halftime mark, Woodville held a single-point lead, 15-14, which disappeared late in the third quarter courtesy of a Newton TD.

In the fourth quarter, Woodville was behind 22-15 with five minutes left on the clock. A blocked punt at Newton’s 11-yard line put things into motion for Woodville’s offense. A touchdown pass and a successful two-point attempt sealed the deal with the single-point victory for Woodville. Defensively, Woodville held off Newton in an attempt at another TD.

After all was said and done, one accolade Woodville achieved was to crack the 409Sports’ Football Top 5 rankings, which placed the Eagles up alongside football powerhouses like West Orange-Stark and Little Cypress-Mauriceville.

This Friday, the Eagles take on the winless Liberty Panthers on the road. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

Colmesneil Bulldogs steamroll KIPP

By Chris Edwards news@tylercountybooster.com

COLMESNEIL – It was Thursday night, and the weather was right. There was no reason to relocate the schedule game, like the week prior, and with those factors in play, the Colmesneil Bulldogs were ready to give a hometown crowd a show on Taylor Field.

The ‘Dogs hosted the Houston-area school KIPP East End and hammered them in a 50-6 win for Coach Cody

B.A. Steinhagen

Day’s crew.

An offensive onslaught from Colmesneil put up an insurmountable 42-6 lead by the half, and going into the second half of the game, the ‘Dogs cruised to their victory.

Day said he is proud of the ‘Dogs’ growth through the team’s first two games.

Offensively, the ‘Dogs were led on Thursday by Jeremi Shamblin and Reed Best, who picked up 103 and 94 yards, respectively, rushing.

The 2-0 Bulldogs will take

Chester Lady Jackets Sweep Evadale Lady Rebels

By Jana Rayburn

on the Cayuga Wildcats this Friday at home, with a 7 p.m. kickoff. “Cayuga presents a big challenge, particularly up front, where their offensive line averages about 260 lbs. per kid,” Day said. Cayuga is one of the new schools in the most recently minted UIL alignment for District 2A Region III. Kickoff for Friday’s game is at 7 p.m. Cayuga is coming off of a loss to Mildred and sitting 1-1 in week three of high school football.

East Texas Fishing Report

FAIR. Water stained; 83 degrees; 0.27 feet below. Bass are fair with dropshots and crankbaits along grass ledges. Crappie are fair using minnows and jigs on deeper main lake structures and brush piles. Catfish are good moving shallow biting cut and cheese bait.

Sam Rayburn

FAIR. Water stained; 88 degrees; 4.28 feet low. Look for fish to move shallow to feed after the recent rains. Bass will be in the freshwater found in drains and ditches biting on Carolina rigs and crankbaits. Crappie and catfish will move towards the freshwater current flowing from the creeks. White bass are good schooling on the flats chasing shad. Catfish continue to be good in creek channels off ledges and brush piles in 15 feet of water. Report by Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service.

Toledo Bend

GOOD. Water stained; 77-79 degrees; 3.81 feet low. The water level is 168.1 with no generators running. Water temperature at the Dam is 77-79 degrees with surface temperature around 75. The back feeder creeks are stained to muddy due to spotty to intermittent showers in the afternoons this week. Black bass have been caught on jig-n-pigs and swim jigs 3/8 and 1/2 ounce in colors black/blue, peanut butter and jelly, and summer craw colors.

Remember dip-n-die chartreuse and orange on your trailers. The jigs have been effective in 2-10 feet of water. Another catching pattern for black bass in the mouths of the feeder creeks in clearer water, use a square bill crankbait and trap in shad colors in chrome with a black or blue back, and a red craw pattern during the last two hours in the evening. Fly fishermen use hollow body flies three inch in colors shad/white and chartreuse/white or a Dahlberg Diver Frog fly, and a Wilson’s top water popper in a baby bass pattern.

Find the bait balls and you will find the bass. Get on them quick and catch a few and keep moving. The Crappie catch has been picking up this week. Bluegills are still mixed in with crappie in the brush piles in deeper water. Safety tip, if you hear lightning, get off the water. Good luck and tight lines! Report from Master Captain Steve (Scooby) Stubbe, Mudfish Adventures LLC, Mudfish Rod Shop, Kayak Sales, Fishing Guide Service & Rod Repair.

The Lady Jackets traveled to Huntington on Tuesday, August 30 to play against the Lady Red Devils. For the first time in several weeks, all the players were healthy and back on the court. The Lady Jackets came out on fire and won the first game. The next three games were close, but Chester lost in the end 1-3. After the loss to Huntington, the team focused their practices on getting their chemistry back as they prepared to face an always tough Evadale squad.

On Friday, Sept. 2, the Lady Jackets hosted the Evadale Lady Rebels. Both teams battled back and forth during game one until the Lady Jackets took control late and won 25-20. Chester came back from a 0-8 start on game two to win 25-18. Game three was no problem for the Jackets, winning 25-12. Lily Read and Marae Pounds had some amazing kills during the match, Emma Byrd led in assists, Kyli Handley led the team in digs, and Lauren Citrano led in serves.

The Lady Jackets will play at home Friday as they host the Latexo Lady Tigers. The varsity game will start at 4:30 p.m., with the JV game to follow. The team will play against Colmesneil in Chester on Tuesday, Sept. 13. The JV game will get started at 4:30 p.m., and the varsity match will follow.

JV Volleyball

The JV Lady Jackets traveled to Groveton for a tournament on Saturday, Sept. 3. They played some good teams and finished 5th overall. The Lady Jackets battled with Hudson, but were not able to pull out the win as they lost 2-1. They

then played a good Groveton squad, but fell 2-0. However, they bounced back in their third match versus Hull-Daisetta and dominated the Lady Bobcats 2-0.

Lily Payne led the team in kills and serves. Faith Jerkins led in assists and Lexy McDonnold led in digs. The JV Lady Jackets continue to show improvement every match.

The JV team will have a busy week. On Thursday, they will be competing in the Corrigan JV tournament, with their first game of the day scheduled for 9:00 a.m. They play a home game on Friday against Latexo at approximately 6 p.m. The team will be back in Corrigan on Saturday, game opponents and times are to be determined. On Tuesday, Sept. 13, they will take on Colmesneil at 4:30 p.m. at home.

Junior High Volleyball

The Junior High teams are off to a great start. Both the Purple Squad and Gold Squad are 2-0 after convincing wins over Burkeville and High Island to open the season. This past week, the Purple squad was led by the serving of Allie Ogden, kills by Ty Cochran, and assists by Hailey Purvis as they beat High Island 2-0. The Gold squad was led by the serving of Kendal Watton, assists by Kayla Glawson, and kills by Brenna Whitworth. Both teams travel to Spurger on Thursday, Sept. 15 to take on the Lady Pirates. The Gold team will play at 4:30 p.m., followed by the Purple Team.

Yellowjacket Football

Self-inflicted wounds doomed the Jackets in their first home game of the season

last Friday night against the Texas Christian Tigers. During the Jackets’ 29-38 loss to the Tigers, three touchdowns were called back due to penalties and the Jackets fumbled the ball at the one-yard line. Coach Justin Hilliard saw some positive things come from the game.

Rick Carlton threw for 230 yards and two touchdowns. Kessler Romo had five catches for 117 yards and a touchdown. Freshman Jaxon Gay continues to impress on both sides of the ball. Gay had two receptions for 69 yards and a touchdown.

JV Football Chester JV football team will host the Emery Weiner Panthers in a 6 p.m. game on Thursday, Sept. 8. Emery Weiner is a private school in Houston.

Junior High Football

The junior high football team will get their season started on the road this week. The team will travel to Katy to battle the Faith West Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 8.

Yellowjacket Cross-Country

The Yellowjacket crosscounty teams will have their first meet on Wednesday, Sept. 7 in Broaddus. The high school races will be run in heats, due to the large number of schools participating. The high school girls will run beginning at 12:45 p.m. The high school boys will get started at 1:15 p.m., and the junior high races will begin at 3:15 p.m.

On Wednesday, Sept. 14, the Cross County teams will run in Pineland, at West Sabine High School.

The Spurger Lady Pirates. Back row: Coach Carlise, Jessica Nicholson, Jade Tucker, Kambrie Lout, Jillian Leasman, Lacey Chapman, Citori Stakes, KayLynn Deckert, Coach Smith

Front row: Shayla Moncrief, Jayda Woods, Savanna Harris, Searra Clark, Heidi Odom, Madison Lassiter, Harley Gaines

The Lady Pirates are set to play in the YMBL Tournament at Beaumont United on Thursday and at home next Tuesday against West Hardin.

Photo courtesy of Coach Jerry Stapert

Chester Lady Jackets varsity: #2 Marae Pounds; #3 Lauren Citrano; #4 Lily Read; #5 Blakeney Whitworth; #6 Saydi Handley; #7 Josie Pecina; #9 Emma Byrd; #10 Kaylee Tolar; #11 Kinsley Barnes; #12 Abby Grimes; #13 Kyli Handley and #14 Lily Payne. Photo by Becki Byrd

Sudoku

Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

ARIES – Don’t push yourself too far this week, Aries. That is a surefire way to be overcome by stress and deplete your energy, which you need to get things done. Pace yourself.

TAURUS – Hold your tongue and try not to get into any heated arguments with people either at work or in your social circles, Taurus. Avoid controversial subjects.

GEMINI – There’s a strong pull toward wanting to play as well as getting work done, Gemini. Is there a way to delegate some work so you can focus on recreation? Figure things out.

CANCER – Cancer, you may have some exciting plans brewing but you might not know how to put them in motion. A friend may offer to help get the ball rolling.

LEO – The planets are trying to tell you to slow down and take a day off, Leo. You just have to listen more closely or you could run the risk of burnout in the days to come.

VIRGO – Virgo, this week things may get a bit more intense than you anticipated. Intensity doesn’t necessarily mean you will have a bad time. Everything will be exciting and fast-paced.

LIBRA – Libra, focus on your personal relationships this week, as you may need to modify a few things and do some housekeeping in your social relationships.

SCORPIO – Focus on the finer details of life this week, Scorpio. If you have been waiting to have a gourmet dinner or to take a luxurious trip, now is the time to do so.

SAGITTARIUS –There’s conflicting energy in the cosmos this week, Sagittarius. All of what you think was right may be turned on its head. Some new decisions may need to be made.

CAPRICORN – It may be challenging to figure out where you stand with someone this week, Capricorn. You thought you had it all figured out, but the tides have changed dramatically.

AQUARIUS – You’ll continue to face the difficult decision of whether to tend to your own needs or help someone close to you, Aquarius. It’s a fine line to walk with no easy answer.

PISCES –There’s a positive drive guiding you along, Pisces. If you’ve been putting off your to-do list, now you will have the energy to get things done.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

SEPTEMBER 25

Donald Glover, Actor (39)

SEPTEMBER 26

Serena Williams, Athlete (41)

SEPTEMBER 27

Avril Lavigne, Singer (38)

SEPTEMBER 28

Hilary Duff, Actress (35)

SEPTEMBER 29

Halsey, Singer (28)

SEPTEMBER 30

T-Pain, Rapper (38)

OCTOBER 1

Julie Andrews, Actress (87)

Sleep In Heavenly Peace received a bedding donation from Hooks Title in Woodville. Hooks conducted a bedding drive at all its locations, spearheaded by Brooke Griffin. Pictured left-to-right: SHP Co-President Stanley Cleberg; Griffin; SHP Co-President Brian Smith. SHP is hosting a build day on Saturday at its new shop, located at 2091 US 69 beginning at 7:45 a.m.

COMMISSIONERS

continued from page 1A

sees a 16.9% increase over last year’s rate, at $0.2178 per $100 of assessed valuation, or a $31.60 increase on a $100K home.

The general fund rate and the road and bridge rate were approved by a majority vote, with Pct. 1 Commissioner Joe Blacksher and Blanchette voting against. The tax rate for the county hospital, sees a 17% raise, or a rate of $0.1800. That rate would increase the levy on a $100K home by $26.90.

The first person who spoke during the hearings was Woodville resident Mike Cabaniss. Cabaniss said he does not understand why the county has a budget shortfall for the current year’s operation.

“It looks like we’re already broke with three months left [under the current budget],” Cabaniss said. “I’m retired and I’m on a fixed income,” he added.

Ivanhoe resident Skip Blackstone echoed concerns expressed by Cabaniss, and urged the commissioners to go back and adopt the no new revenue rate of taxation; adding “it’s a bad time” for a rate increase.

Dam B resident Glen Kenney spoke and said he cannot support a tax increase until there is an independent outside audit of the county’s budget.

During the hearing for the proposed budget, former county treasurer Sue Saunders was one resident who spoke. She said that the county’s investments have dwindled from a high of more than $9 million to around $500K. She asked how the money was spent.

Saunders addressed the budget shortfall, and Pct. 3 Commissioner Mike Marshall said that much of the information shared by residents out of concern is untrue; that the county is not out of money. Later he urged the residents who were present to visit with or call their commis-

sioner to clear up any misconceptions about the county’s expenditures.

County treasurer Leann Monk spoke by request of Pct. 4 Commissioner Buck Hudson to provide a clarification on the investment and budget shortfall concerns.

Monk said many of the investment pools the county was involved in suffered bottoming interest rates during the height of the pandemic, and the majority funds were put back into the general fund at 3.5% interest.

She said that since then, the county has taken $10 million out of the general fund and invested in a pool that draws 6.2% interest, and the county hopes for a better return than the past couple of years.

Monk addressed one audience member’s concern about transparency regarding the investments and concluded by saying “the commissioners are not taking this money and blowing it; that’s not the way this works.” Marshall worked off of what Monk said with some figures about the general fund, and said “We all pay taxes, too, guys, we all understand where you’re coming from,” which drew an applause from the crowd. He added that county employees pay taxes, as well, which also drew applause.

Woodville resident and businesswoman Liz Grammer urged the officials to “just do right by the county and quit making decisions based on bruised egos.”

“I’m not willing to sit back and watch my tax dollars line your pockets while this county dwindles to nothing,” Grammer said, which resulted in more applause.

During the regular meeting, which followed the hearings, the commissioners approved the proposed tax rates and the fiscal year 2023 budget and adopted an order to set the tax rates. For the budget adoption, as well as the adoption of the tax rates for the general fund and road and bridge rates, Blanchette and Blacksher voted against. Blacksher also voted against the ratification of the 2022 property tax increase.

GIVES

continued from page 1A

BH Auto – Janice Howell donation to Lori Johnson, Life Skills instructor Kirkpatrick Construction – Thelma and Greg Kirkpatrick donation to Will Greer, Lamar student Sunny Clowers – donation to Warren

VFD/Donna Renick

Moffett Realtor – Jenny Paschall Kirkpatrick donation to Castillo House

OFFENDER

continued from page 1A

The charges stemmed from an investigationonanincidentfrom2003,wherehewas allegedly sexually assaulted a child under the age of 14, according to one account of his crime. He had worked as a sheriff’s deputy for both Jasper and Jefferson counties. The four-month investigation that resulted in the charge was headed up by the Texas Rangers. Dees was indicted in December of 2011 for the charge of aggravated sexual assault

BARCLAY

continued from page 1A and for a while was a member of both branches of the armed forces. He decided to go to medical school when he came up for officers’ training school, and duringhistraining,hestudiedalongsideDrs. Michael E. Debakey and Denton Cooley, who were cardiovascular medicine pioneers. Barclay practiced in Beaumont for more than 25 years and brought heart catherization to both Baptist and St. Elizabeths hospitals.

Singletarysaidthatafter retiring from medicine, Barclay “transitioned from checking patients twice a day to checking his chickens twice a day, still making rounds

It was then that he also began travelling widely and a post-retirement career as a writer. Aside from his mystery novels, Barclay also studied the stock market closely and wrote financial articles for various markets, and began a blog on financial matters when online blogging was in its infancy

Modica Bros. – David Norton donation to Caring and Sharing

Felicia Franks donation to Texas Forestry

Woodville

Keith and Julie Hatton donation to Longleaf Soil and Water Conservation District

Billie and Stephanie Read donation to Warren Elementary Care Closer/Traci

Cross Katie Evans donated to Sleep in Heavenly Peace

Tracy Johnston donation to Tyler County

Youth Softball

of a child, a first-degree felony. He took a plea bargain in 2016, and avoided jail, with seven years’ deferred adjudication, a $2,500 fine and 160 hours of community service, along with the lifetime sex offender registration requirement and a permanent surrender of his peace officer license.

Records show that Dees was arrested in February of this year on an indecency charge alleged to have occurred in Orange County.

According to statute, the charge Dees is faced with is a second-degree felony, and if convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison as well as a fine of up to $10,000, or both.

clay great pride, and likely attributed largely to his decision to retire to Tyler County, where he developed properties, along with his other endeavors, was that his family were among some of the earliest settlers in the county. His grandfather James Barclay was the first Indian Agent, before the county was established. Barclay’s father, George Sr., was a superintendent of schools in Tyler County. Alongside his many other activities, Barclay was active and an athlete throughout his long life, Singletary said. When he was young, his nickname was “Rooster,” and he had the opportunity to play collegiate sports, but a knee injury turned him toward the academic side of the college experience.

In his later life, he enjoyed fishing and loved the house he purchased, which formerly belonged to the late Don Forse, because it had a dancefloor. “He loved ballroom dancing, and it was his favorite form of exercise next to walking his dogs and fishing,” Singletary said.

A funeral service is scheduled for Sept. 17 for Barclay, with arrangements handled by Stringer and Griffin of Woodville.

PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN SMITH

BITE by BITE

Conquering My Culinary Bucket List One Dish at a Time

By Emily Banks Wooten

- CHRIS

THE BEST ICE CREAM SANDWICH

bout four months ago we were traveling through Georgetown and stopped at a cute little place called The Baked Bear that featured homemade, custom ice cream sandwiches. We treated ourselves that day and it was so dang good that ever since, I’ve been trying to come up with a reason to go back to Georgetown just so we can make another trip to The Baked Bear. I’m not joking.

Turns out, our friend, Greg Davis, former hometown boy who’s now an esteemed National Geographic contributing photographer, had an exhibit opening last Saturday at the Georgetown Art Center. We had the good fortune to see the exhibit, “Oaxacan Gold – Illuminating Mystical Mexico,” when it opened May 7 at Art Center Waco.

In fact, I’d written a feature story about it for East Texan, Polk County Publishing Company’s quarterly magazine, and really “needed” to take a stack of magazines to Greg.

Plus, it was my birthday weekend. Hmmm. I think I’d stumbled upon a way I could have another one of those ice cream sandwiches without just coming out and admitting that I wanted to drive three and a half hours for an ice cream sandwich. (I promise they’re that good though.)

So that’s pretty much how I talked Sweet Hubby into driving to Georgetown and spending a night recently: “It’s my birthday weekend and I sure would like to go to Georgetown for one of those great ice cream sandwiches.”

“Greg’s got an exhibit opening there and we really need to show our support. Plus, I’ve got a stack of magazines I need to give him and it would just be too expensive to mail them.”

“We haven’t taken Mother anywhere in a long time and she’d love to see Greg’s exhibit. Plus, she hasn’t had the chance yet to meet Amy, that sweet and pretty new love of Greg’s.”

The Baked Bear features over a dozen original-recipe cookies and ice cream flavors, giving guests a chance to mix and match to find their favorite combination. Before they’re served, the sandwiches can also be rolled through toppings. Homemade from original recipes and hand-scooped on site, the cookies are baked from scratch daily.

To order your ice cream sandwich, the first step is to choose your top and bottom by mixing or matching any cookie or brownie. Choices include chocolate chip, cookies and cream, cookie monster, funfetti, gooey butter cake, Nutella chocolate chunk, snickerdoodle, vegan/gluten free fudgy brownie cookie, vegan/gluten free chocolate chip, white chocolate macadamia nut, something seasonal and cookie of the month.

The second step is to choose your ice cream from the following: bear batter, butter brittle cake, blackberry crumble, caramel pretzel fudge, cookie dough, cookies and cream, dark chocolate, mint chip, mud pie, old fashioned vanilla, toasted s’mores and a seasonal flavor.

The third step, if you so choose, is to select your toppings. Choices include: hot caramel, hot fudge, Nutella, whipped cream, almonds, brownie bits, Fruity Pebbles, Heath Bar bits, mini chocolate chips, mini M&Ms, Oreo crumbs and sprinkles. The first time we were there, I selected the gooey butter cake cookie for my top cookie and the cookie of the month, Mexican hot chocolate, for my bottom cookie. I selected dark chocolate ice cream with no toppings. It was divine. I tore into that thing before it ever dawned on me to take a picture of it. The gooey butter cake cookie was one of the best things I’d ever had and I knew that if I ever went back, I’d pick it

for both the top and bottom cookie. When we returned Saturday, Hubby got a scoop of cookies and cream ice cream in a bowl, claiming an entire ice cream sandwich was “just too rich” for him. Mother got a scoop of old fashioned vanilla ice cream in a bowl with a gooey butter cake cookie on the side. I got the ice cream sandwich with gooey butter cake cookie on the top and bottom and dark chocolate ice cream in the center. Having failed to photograph it on our first trip, it never occurred to me that dark chocolate ice cream might not be the best option for a photograph as it could potentially

resemble something that’s not appealing. Oh well. Too late.

Originally hailing from San Diego, The Baked Bear now has locations in 10 states, including the following five in Texas – Austin, The Colony, El Paso, Georgetown and San Antonio. One is coming soon to Webster. They offer franchise opportunities so if any of you would like to bring one to our little neck of the woods … just saying.

We enjoy a good brunch when we travel and, did I mention it was my birthday weekend? I thought I knew where I wanted to go, but after doing a little further research, I

had a complete change of heart and selected something different and it was the best decision ever.

That’s how we ended up at 2020 Market Scratch Kitchen & Bar, an industrial-style, relaxed hangout serving homestyle cooking, steak and brunch, plus cocktails. We all agreed it was one of the best brunches we’ve ever had. It is truly a locally-sourced, farm-to-table experience with over 70% of its menu coming from within 100 miles of Georgetown.

The restaurant is the creation of two friends who’ve worked in the restaurant industry for years and decided that 2020 would be the year they’d fulfill their dream of opening their own restaurant. To them, 2020 represented a new year, a new opportunity and a new beginning. They said they cook food that is meaningful to them, with the menu coming from local farmer’s markets, gulf coast fishing boats and country farm fields.

Hubby was looking at one dish on the menu until he saw a waiter walk by with something called the “Humble Rooster’’ that caught his eye and made him switch gears. The dish was an open-faced buttermilk biscuit, topped with a huge spicy fried chicken breast, fried egg, cracked peppercorn gravy and chives. He picked seasonal vegetables for his side. He claims it was one of the best meals he’s ever had and that the spicy fried chicken breast is in his top three. He also enjoyed the veggies which were yellow squash, zucchini, tomatoes and onions sauteed with some garlic and Italian seasoning.

Mother selected a “True Southwestern Omelet” which came filled with grilled country ham, hickory bacon, onions and peppers and was topped with hatch chile queso, pico de gallo and queso fresco. She selected breakfast potatoes as her side. She enjoyed it all, commenting that it was the first omelet she’d ever had that came with queso instead of melted cheese.

I opted for “Eggs Florentine” which was an open-faced buttermilk biscuit topped with farmfresh spinach, grilled tomatoes, poached eggs, chipotle hollandaise and chives. I went with the cheddar jack grits for my side. Every bite was delicious but the cheddar jack grits were especially good.

We definitely recommend 2020 Market Scratch Kitchen & Bar and look forward to going back in the future. It was a fun birthday getaway with some amazing meals and treats.

Additional information:

• Greg Davis’ latest exhibit, “Oaxacan Gold – Illuminating Mystical Mexico,” will be at the Georgetown Art Center through Sept. 24. Georgetown Art Center is located at 816 S. Main St. in Georgetown. The phone number is 512-930-2583 and the website is georgetownartcentertx.org. Greg’s works hang in private and institutional collections worldwide. More of his work may be seen at gregdavisphotography. com or on Instagram at @gregdavisphotography.

• The Baked Bear is located at 109 E. 7th St. in Georgetown. Hours are 1-9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, noon to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and noon to 9 p.m. Sundays. The phone number is 512591-8345.

• 2020 Market Scratch Kitchen & Bar is located at 1500 Rivery Blvd #1100 in Georgetown. The hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The phone number is 512-688-4289. n

“You can pour melted ice cream on regular ice cream. It’s like a sauce.”

PRATT

LOCALEVENTS Marty Stuart to perform in Livingston

A LIVELY AUTUMN MARKET

September 23-24 at The Lively Oak Event Center in Fred Friday 9-2 pm & Saturday 9 am- 9 pm Call 907841-4015 for more info

TYLER COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, at noon, at the Allan Shivers Board Room. All are welcome.

TYLER COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO

ASSOCIATION Meets 1st Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at 301 Veterans Way in Woodville. All interested are welcome.

BINGO EVERY WEDNESDAY at the Nutrition Center, 201 Willow, from 10:30-11:30.

HSE CLASSES OFFERED THROUGH

ANGELINA COLLEGE Are currently held in two Woodville locations: Monday/Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Woodville High School and Wednesday/ Thursday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Little Eagles Center on Cardinal Drive.

BEST BUYS IN TOWN Clothes, antiques, books, “The Church Mouse”. Located at St. Pauls Episcopal Church 1703, West Bluff, Woodville. Tuesday and Friday. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. For more info call (409) 283-3710. Donations accepted.

CHRISTINE’S PLACE RESALE SHOP

A non-profit organization representing Women & Children Shelter of SE Texas, accepts donations M-F at 501 West Bluff, (409) 331-9939, and is open daily for your shopping needs for the entire family. Call (409) 283-5887 for assistance/ for domestic violence services. Hours of operation – 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday – Friday.

TYLER COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN

meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at Wild Bill’s grill, at 6:00 pm. Come fellowship and eat at 5:00 pm.

ATTENTION MILITARY VETERANS

American Legion Argonne Post 299, meetings are held on the third Saturday of each month at 10 am to 11am. Quarterly breakfast meetings are held on the third Saturday in the months of January, April, July, and October at 9 am and regular meetings follow the breakfast. Meetings are held at the Woodville Fire Station, 215 Walt Davis Drive, Woodville, Texas

HELPING CENTER AL-ANON Family Groups is an Anonymous Fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics. There are many Al-Anon and Ala-Teen meetings throughout the Southeast Texas Area. If you are affected by a drinking problem someone else has and want further information, please call (409) 899-3343.

TOPS MEETING LOCATIONS Mondays, 9:45 a.m. at Dogwood Hills Baptist Church, (409)200-5674. Saturdays at 9 a.m. Hilltop Baptist Church in Dam B. 409-200-0133

TYLER COUNTY BEEKEEPERS Meets every month on the fourth Tuesday at 6 p.m. The meetings are held at the Nutrition Center, 201 Veteran’s Way, Woodville, in Room C. Everyone is welcome at these meetings. You do not have to be a member or a beekeeper.

WOODVILLE ROTARY CLUB

Meetings every first and third Wednesday at noon at the Pickett House.

LIONS CLUB Meetings Thursday at noon weekly at the Lions Club Den, 2 miles east of Woodville.

HEAL ADDICTION RECOVERY PROGRAM

12-Step. Meets on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. at the Woodville branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The program applies the principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ toward recovery from addictions. Call

By Emily Banks Wooten editor@polkenterprise.com

LIVINGSTON – “An Evening

With Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives,” presented by the Smith Family Foundation, is planned for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Polk County Commerce Center located at 1017 U.S. 59 Loop North in Livingston.

“Mom and Dad put together this foundation way back in the 90s because they loved education, culture, art, churches and they wanted to make sure that the people in the community would have these things,” Robert Smith said, referring to his parents, Sidney and Edythe Ann Smith, who formed The Smith Family Foundation. This will be Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives’ second performance at the Polk County Commerce Center in Livingston. They

first performed at the commerce center in April of 2016. Stuart is an American country and bluegrass music singer, songwriter and musician. He has recorded more than 20 studio albums and has charted over 30 times on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Stuart has also won five Grammy Awards out of 16 nominations. He is known for his combination of rockabilly, country rock, and bluegrass music influences, his frequent collaborations and cover songs, and his distinctive stage dress. Stuart is also a member of the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame. Tickets range from $30-$75 and are presently on sale. The link to order tickets is https:// tinyurl.com/m2cwkfw4. However, tickets may also be purchased on the Polk County Commerce Center Facebook page by clicking on the ticket link.

Ticket prices are as follows:

•Front center floor seating

- $75

•Front side floor seating$65

•Middle center floor seating

- $45

•Middle side floor seating$40

•General admission (no assigned seat) - $30 General admission tickets only are available at Main Street Merchandise and the lobbies of First National Bank Downtown Branch and First National Bank Onalaska Branch.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Polk County Higher Education and Technology Foundation.

“I’d really like to express my appreciation to The Smith Family Foundation for graciously bringing Marty Stuart to town,” Andy Evans, president of the Polk County Higher Education and Technology Foundation, said.

CHURCH LIS INGS

APOSTOLIC JESUS’ NAME APOSTOLIC TABERNACLE 120 FM 3290, Warren | 547-2238

LAKESIDE APOSTOLIC FM 92, Spurger | 429-3525 ASSEMBLY OF GOD

TRINITY ASSEMBLY OF GOD 120 CR 1095, Woodville

283-2447

ABUNDANT LIFE FELLOWSHIP 12065 Hwy 190 E., Woodville

283-3324

BAPTIST ALINE INDEPENDENT BAPTIST

250 FM 3065, Colmesneil

BETHANY BAPTIST

1880 CR 2570, Colmesneil

COMMUNITY BAPTIST

15156 FM 92 Rd. S., Spurger

429-3101

BEECH CREEK BAPTIST

437 CR 4540, Spurger | 429-3537

BETHEL BAPTIST

334 FM 1943 W.,

1745, Chester | 969-2220

BAPTIST Chester | 969-2311

BAPTIST 213 CR 1075, Woodville

DOGWOOD HILLS BAPTIST 823 US Hwy 190 W., Woodville 283-3202

EMMANUEL BAPTIST Hwy 69, Colmesneil | 837-5260

ENON BAPTIST FM 1745, Chester | 969-2394

FAIRVIEW BAPTIST 3025 FM 92 S., Woodville 489-3083 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH WARREN 11645 US Hwy 69 S., Warren 547-2215 FIRST BAPTIST DOUCETTE 2245 Hwy 69 N., Woodville

FIRST BAPTIST COLMESNEIL 208 W. Elder St., Colmesneil 837-5439

FIRST BAPTIST SPURGER 12676 FM 92 S., Spurger 429-3116

FIRST BAPTIST WOODVILLE 202 S. Charlton St., Woodville 283-2588

FIRST SHILOH BAPTIST 114 CR 2310, Woodville

283-8700

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH 148 CR 3260, Colmesneil

HARMONY BAPTIST

Please send us your upcoming events. Church news is published on a space-available basis free of charge. Send us an email at news@tylercountybooster.com or call 409-2832516.

BAPTIST 4945 FM 256 E., Colmesneil

409-837-9669

PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST 4274 FM 2992, Spurger 429-7695

PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST 401 Elm, Woodville | 283-3008

ROCKLAND BAPTIST

Rockland | 409-504-6124

SPRINGHILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST Springhill Rd., Woodville 283-5792

TEJAS ROAD BAPTIST Hwy 69 N., Colmesneil 409-837-9717

TRUE VINE BAPTIST 2626 US Hwy 69 N., Doucette 283-6863

VICTORY IN JESUS BAPTIST

13626 FM 1746, Woodville 409-429-3460

WARREN CHAPEL BAPTIST 1482 CR 4470, Warren 547-0165

WOODVILLE MISSIONARY BAPTIST 1446 FM 1746, Woodville

ZION HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST Hwy 69, Colmesneil | 837-2064

BIBLE

GRACE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP 23276 FM 92 S., Fred | 429-5115

CATHOLIC OUR LADY OF PINES CATHOLIC 1601 N. Pine St., Woodville 283-5367 CHURCH OF CHRIST

HILLISTER CHURCH OF CHRIST CR 4455 #1262, Hillister

WARREN CHURCH OF CHRIST 357 CR 4475, Warren | 547-0064

WOODVILLE CHURCH OF CHRIST Hwy 190 W., Woodville 283-5977

COGIC WHITE’S CHAPEL

302 Blackgum St., Woodville 409-200-4676

HOUSE OF PRAYER CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST 1098 CR 4470, Warren

COWBOY CHURCH

TYLER COUNTY COWBOY CHURCH 685 FM 256 N., Woodville

409-200-2014

EPISCOPAL ST PAUL’S EPISCOPAL

1703 W. Bluff St., Woodville 283-3710

GOSPEL

WOODVILLE GOSPEL TABERNACLE

1561 US Hwy 69 N., Woodville 283-2156

JEHOVAHS WITNESS

KINGDOM HALL JEHOVAH’S Highway 190 W., Woodville 283-7579

LUTHERAN FAITH LUTHERAN 704 W. Holly St., Woodville 238-7171

METHODIST

HOPEWELL FIRST CONGREGATIONAL

METHODIST 190 E., Woodville | 283-2874

SPURGER UNITED METHODIST 13237 FM 1013 Rd., Spurger 429-3401

WARREN UNITED METHODIST 11774 US Hwy 69 S., Warren

WOODVILLE UNITED METHODIST 508 W. Bluff St. | 283-2471

CHURCH OF CHRIST LDS

Hardin County Plumbing Services, LLC

Office: 409.246.4740 Fax: 409-246-8566 Email: plumbingsvcs1998@yahoo.com

Commercial • Residential • Construction • Service

SAM HOUSTO N ELECTRIC COOPERATIV E

800-458-0381 • www.samhouston.net

1154 Hwy. 69 S. • Woodville • 409-283-2106

Bubbles & Bows 1905 S. Magnolia • Woodville 409-283-2502

Mon-Thurs 7am-4pm

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER- DAY SAINTS 1000 N. Pine St., Woodville 283-2236

NON - DENOMINATIONAL AGAPE CHURCH

1102 FM 1745 N., Colmesneil 837-4434

BELIEVERS TEMPLE FAMILY 203 W. Bluff, Woodville BIBLE BELIEVERS TABERNACLE 12978 US 69 S., Warren 936-969-2220

FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER 145 CR 1270, Warren | 547-0255

FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 123 CR 4260, Woodville 283-2161

NEW BEGINNINGS PRAISE & WORSHIP 501 CR 3330, Colmesneil 837-2210

SEED OF FAITH WORSHIP CENTER 501 S. Beaver St., Woodville WOODVILLE GOSPEL TABERNACLE 1561 US Hwy 69 N., | 409-283-0090

PENTECOSTAL FAITH TABERNACLE PENTECOSTAL Hwy 1013, Hillister | 720-9864

THE PENTECOSTALS OF WOODVILLE 1613 W. Bluff St., Woodville 283-2049

PROTESTANT

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 16140 CR 4755, Warren 409-547-3733

INTERDENOMINATIONAL

GOOD SAMARITAN FELLOWSHIP 21544 FM 92 S., Fred 429-3777

Area Women on Mission meet

By Virginia Haynes

WOODVILLE – This past week Calvary Baptist Church Women on Mission hosted approximately 100 area women for a special Missions meeting, complete with a Texas barbecue and all the trimmings. The guest speaker this time was Debra McCammon, Director of the Hospitality House in Huntsville. Debra and her husband have led the “Bed & Breakfast” for families for 13 years. This unique ministry opens its doors, offering home-cooked meals, and lovely decorated bedrooms for those who go to the Huntsville prisons to visit their sons, dads, brothers, and husbands. It is a quiet recluse with prayers and compassion for the families, most of whom travel many miles and cannot afford the expensive motels in the city. There is no cost to these visitors for their stay at the Hospitality House.

Betty Cauthen is one of the leading Mission Leaders in this Area. She has been the Go-To, Donater, Encourager, Planner, Prayer, Supporter, Teacher, and Energizer Lady for Missions and Women’s Ministry for many years, and no one sees her batteries running out anytime soon. Mrs. Betty, together with Anna Beth Willis and the women of FBC, Warren, worked tirelessly to bring Mrs. McCammon to Woodville. Everyone wants to send their hearty thanks to them, the hostesses at Calvary BC, and to Chef Jerry Yancey (for the tender, delicious brisket).

Men’s breakfast group at WUMC

WOODVILLE – Woodville United Methodist Church hosts its Men’s Breakfast Group every third Tuesday of every month.

The breakfast takes place in the Wesley Center, located at 200 Nellius St. from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. Come and join the good food and fellowship. All men are welcome!

‘Next Step’ to take place

Honesty is our most important product.

Woodville Auto Sales 103 South Magnolia, Woodville (409) 283-2878 Fax: (409) 331-9133

LeAnn Overstreet, Senior Escrow Officer 318 W. Dogwood • 409-283-2582 loverstreet@tylercotitle.com • fax: 409-283-3777

• 409-283-8211

Doug Williford & Son A/C Company 727 Fletcher St. Jasper, TX 75951 (409) 384-5458

WOODVILLE – A two-part event filled with excellent teaching, fun fellowship, great food and door prizes will take place in September at the Family Life Center at Woodville’s First Baptist Church. The event is being billed as “Next Step,” and will include a men’s retreat on Sept. 10 and a women’s retreat on Sept. 24. The cost for the event is $10, and lunch is included. It will last from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the doors opening at 8:30 a.m.

Attendees can register at fbcwoodville.com or by calling 409-283-2588.

Scheduled speakers will include Tierce Green, at the men’s retreat; Debbie Stuart at the women’s retreat. Shelby Tillery and Virgie Barnes will lead worship at the women’s retreat.

Plant propagation class at Spurger UMC

SPURGER - Spurger United Methodist Church is pleased to offer a free class to the community on house plant propagation.

This event will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Spurger United Methodist Church at 9 a.m. in Spurger. There is no charge for this workshop. Please call 409-594-8998 for any questions and to pre-register. Updates will be published to the Spurger United Methodist Church Facebook page.

Bridge Building, part III

By Keith Bellamy

Remember, Isaiah 59:1, 2. Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear. From that passage I see a great gulf between God and all people. It is called sin.

So, how are you going to cross that bridge to God?

Childress Monument Works, Inc.

“Memories Carved in Stone Since 1948” PO Box 544 • Woodville, Texas 75979 www.childressmonumentwork.com

We now have UPS Drop Off Woodville Hardwoods, LLC

Clint Anthony P.O. Box 2144 • Woodville (409) 283-6106 • Fax (409) 283-6085

I want to suggest there is only one way to cross. In John 14:6, Jesus said He was the Way. And I believe what Jesus said. Frank Sinatra’s verse, “I did it my way,” doesn’t cut it. And won’t!

There is a song we sometimes sing, that says, “What can wash away my sins, nothing but the blood of Jesus.” The words of the song are true. So, how are you going to cross that bridge to God?

I would encourage you to read your Bible. I would encourage you to look to the scriptures as you would a road map. And I would encourage you to follow the steps of Jesus.

Consider 1 Peter 2:21. For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.

When I was a very small boy I wanted to walk in my dad’s footsteps. I knew if I followed his footprints I would be on the right path. By following Jesus’ footprints, I can make sure that I get across the bridge to God safely.

easttexasnews.com

Comptroller announces revenue for FY 2022, August sales taxes

AUSTIN — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar last week eleased totals for fiscal 2022 state revenues, in addition to announcing monthly state revenues for August.

General Revenue-related revenue for fiscal 2022 totaled $76.47 billion, up 26.4 percent from fiscal 2021.

All Funds revenue was $183.34 billion, up 7.5 percent from fiscal 2021.

All Funds tax collections were $77.21 billion, up 25.6 percent from fiscal 2021.

Sales tax revenue was $42.97 billion, up 19.3 percent from fiscal 2021.

Motor vehicle sales and rental tax revenue was $6.45 billion, up 12.5 percent from fiscal 2021.

Franchise tax revenue was $5.67 billion, up 25.2 percent from fiscal 2021.

Oil production tax revenue was $6.36 billion, up 84.4 percent from fiscal 2021.

Natural gas production tax revenue was $4.47 billion, up 185 percent from fiscal 2021.

“Revenues continue to outpace even our most recent forecast as All Funds tax collections closed the fiscal year $841 million above the projection in our Certification Revenue Estimate.” Hegar said. “To put it into perspective, only five times since 1988 has the rate of growth in Texas’ All Funds tax collections exceeded the prior fiscal year by double digits — and those increases ranged

CAPITOL HIGHLIGHTS by Gary Borders

from 10 to 13 percent. This year’s rate of growth was almost double the previous high in that time. Over the last many months, economic growth and inflation have driven higher sales tax collections as demand remains strong and businesses and consumers continue to pay elevated prices for goods.”

The Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) and State Highway Fund (SHF) both receive funding from oil and natural gas severance taxes.

Within 90 days, the Comptroller’s office will deposit $3.64 billion in each of those funds, up from the $1.46 billion deposited in each fund in November 2021.

Hegar also said state sales

tax revenue totaled $3.77 billion in August, 13 percent more than in August 2021.

The majority of August sales tax revenue is based on sales made in July and remitted to the agency in August.

“The strong growth in August came from receipts remitted by the oil and gas mining sector, which were up by nearly 80 percent compared with a year ago,” Hegar said. “Receipts from the construction, manufacturing and wholesale trade sectors showed double-digit growth for the ninth consecutive month, demonstrating continued strong spending by businesses in the state.

“Receipts from nearly all

segments of the retail sector came in higher than a year ago, with online shopping and sales at grocery stores leading the way. Receipts from restaurants were also up from last year.

“Receipts from the sporting goods and hobby stores and clothing and accessories stores sectors were down slightly from their August 2021 totals.”

Total sales tax revenue for the three months ending in August 2022 was up 14.7 percent compared with the same period a year ago. Sales tax is the largest source of state funding for the state budget, accounting for 56 percent of all tax collections.

Texas collected the following revenue from other major taxes:

• motor vehicle sales and rental taxes — $651 million, the highest monthly collections on record, up 4 percent from August 2021;

• motor fuel taxes — $320 million, down 3 percent from August 2021;

• oil production tax — $609 million, up 50 percent from August 2021;

• natural gas production tax

— $525 million, up 144 percent from August 2021;

• hotel occupancy tax — $69 million, up 6 percent from August 2021; and

• alcoholic beverage taxes — $145 million, up 7 percent from August 2021.

TxDOT announces $85 billion transportation plan

The Texas Department of Transportation has adopted a 10-year statewide roadway construction plan with a record $85 billion price tag, officials announced last week. The Unified Transportation Plan authorizes the distribution of construction money that is expected to be available during the next decade. Within that framework, TxDOT works with elected officials and local planning

organizations, as well as the public, to pick and fund the state’s highest priority transportation projects.

In addition to highways the UTP addresses public transportation, aviation, rail, maritime, and freight and international trade. Many projects in the plan are highways identified on the state’s 100 most congested roadways list.

“The UTP reflects a continued focus on improving transportation safety as the top priority, maintaining our current system, addressing

traffic congestion, and improving statewide connectivity over the next decade,” said TxDOT Commission Chairman J. Bruce Bugg, Jr.

Funding for UTP comes from “legislative and voterapproved initiatives that allocate portions of oil and gas taxes, sales taxes, and other money to the state highway fund,” according to the TxDOT news release.

RRC approves final rule for gas plant weatherization

More than 18 months after Winter Storm Uri shut down

much of the state’s electric grid, the Texas Railroad Commission last week adopted the state’s first weatherization rules requiring natural gas facilities to protect gas flow to power plants.

“These new rules ensure our state’s natural gas supply chain is prepared for extreme heat and freezing cold,” said RRC Chairman Wayne Christian. “These rules will ensure that the natural gas facilities Texans rely on for reliable energy are operational when we need it most.” Fines for administrative violations could reach up to $1 million.

Gar harvest drawing now underway Anglers itching for a chance to catch a large alligator gar can sign up through Sept. 30 to enter a drawing through Texas Parks & Wildlife to legally

do so on a stretch of the Trinity River that goes from Dallas through East Texas. A total of 150 anglers will have the chance to use any legal means to take one of these prehistoric-looking creatures that is over 48 inches in length.

The following counties are included: Anderson, Chambers, Dallas, Ellis, Freestone, Henderson, Houston, Kaufman, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Navarro, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, and Walker.

“This segment of the Trinity River has become one of the most popular destinations in the world to catch a large alligator gar, but concerns have been raised about the potential for overharvest and its risks to fishing quality,” said Craig Bonds of TPWD. “With this drawing system, we are able to give 150 anglers the opportunity to harvest the fish of a lifetime while also meeting our management goal to conserve this

unique resource for current and future generations of anglers.”

To find out more, go to tpwd.texas.gov.

Texas sees first monkeypox fatality

State officials last week confirmed the first death of a Texas patient diagnosed with monkeypox. As reported by the Austin American-Statesman, the adult in the Houston area was “severely immunocompromised.”

The rare disease is generally transmitted by skin-to-skin contact with someone already infected. Its symptoms are generally less severe but can be extremely painful, with rashes and blisters arising. Fever, headaches, rashes and blisters can also occur.

The Texas Department of State Health Services has reported a total of 1,695 cases in Texas to date.

Grim year for Texas cotton growers

Cotton production has been largely wiped out this year by drought and extreme heat, the Texas Tribune reported. The loss to farmers mainly in the Texas High Plains will be at least $2 billion, according to the International Center for Agricultural Competitiveness at Texas Tech University.

Cotton isn’t the only crop suffering from the heat and drought. Corn crops are in poor condition, and many pastures for cattle have been extraordinarily dry, forcing ranchers to sell their animals. “They’ve had to liquidate their cattle herds due to the fact that there’s nothing for the cattle to eat without supplemental feeding,” Brant Wilbourn, associate director of commodity and regulatory activities at Texas Farm Bureau, told the Tribune.

Low Cost Pet Wellness & Spay/Neuter Clinic

p.m.; PK-8th Grade

•Sept 12 (Mon): Pins and Needles Quilting Bee; 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

•Sept 14 (Wed): Community Health Choice; 10:00-11:00 a.m.; call for information. •Sept 15 (Thur): Workforce Solutions; 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

•Sept 15 (Thur): Diamond Painting; 1:00-4:00 p.m.; Kits available for $5 donation to Library; call to reserve your seat.

•Sept 16 (Fri): Used Book Sale; 1:00-4:00 p.m.

•Sept 19 (Mon): Book Folding with Stanci; 10:00-Noon

•Sept 20 (Tues): Brown Hearing Center; free hearing tests; 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; call (409) 883-3010.

•Sept 20 (Tues): TDCJ Recruiting; 1:00-3:00 p.m.

•Sept 21 (Wed): Storytime for Preschoolers; 10:00 a.m.

•Senior Reading Group meets every Tuesday at noon. New members welcome.

Contact us for ways to support our programs through volunteering and donations. Note: exhibits in the Allan Shivers Museum are currently under revision. We offer book checkout, ebooks, hotspots, DVDs, children’s room, story time, and more. Use our computers, send a fax, print and copy documents, or relax with a book or magazine. For more information, come by the Library, call (409) 283-3709, email ashivers.library@yahoo.com, view our website at www.allanshiverslibrary.com or see Facebook at “Allan Shivers Library and Museum”.

Grants available to Texas landowners for prescribed burning

COLLEGE STATION — Texas

A&M Forest Service is accepting applications for grants to help eligible Texas property owners with the cost of prescribed burning on their land.

The grants will reimburse landowners to offset the cost of having a prescribed burn conducted on their property by certified and insured prescribed burn managers.

Last year, these grant programs provided more than $322,000 to landowners for a total of 11,667 acres treated.

The deadline to apply is Sept. 30. Interested landowners can determine eligibility and find an application at tfsweb.tamu.edu/cppgrant.

“Prescribed burning can be an important and effective tool for landowners to reduce wildfire risk, while enhancing wildlife habitat and promoting a healthier forest ecosystem,” said Weldon Dent, Texas A&M Forest Service Fuels Specialist. Prescribed fire is a land management practice that eliminates brush, weeds, dried vegetation and downed trees. Prescribed fire also fosters seed and plant regeneration, reduces invasive plants

and restores soil nutrients.

“This year’s extreme wildfire season is a good example of the importance of prescribed burning,” Dent said. “Prescribed fire in a controlled environment can reduce the intensity of an unplanned fire by reducing the fuel load on the ground.”

Texas A&M Forest Service offers grants to landowners to complete prescribed fires on private lands across the state, each with their own goals.

The Community Protection Program - Prescribed Fire Grant is available for property owners within 10 miles of a national forest in East Texas as well as property owners within 10 miles of the Caddo and LBJ national grasslands.

The State Fire Assistance for Mitigation Central and East Texas - Prescribed Fire Grant is available to all counties in the eastern part of the state, from Goliad County in South Texas to Cooke County along the Red River.

The Neches River and Cypress Basin Wastershed Restoration Program – Prescribed Fire Grant is for prescribed burning in priority East Texas watersheds.

The Texas Longleaf Conservation Assistance Program - Prescribed Fire Grant is available for East Texas landowners interested in enhancing longleaf pine ecosystems. This cooperative program is available in select counties throughout the year. For details on this program, visit https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/longleaf/.

For residents in parts of the Panhandle, West Texas and South Texas, applications for the State Fire Assistance Mitigation - Plains Prescribed Fire Grant are available each June 15 through August 15. Texas A&M Forest Service does not conduct these prescribed burns. Grant recipients must select a certified and insured prescribed burn manager to be eligible for reimbursement. For more information, including eligibility requirements and an application, visit https://tfsweb.tamu. edu/cppgrant/. For information about other natural resource programs that offer financial assistance to Texas landowners, visit https://texasforestinfo.tamu. edu/fundingconnector/.

Legal Notices

City of Chester seeks service providers

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS City of Chester

The City of Chester is soliciting service providers to apply for the proposed Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure Safety and Modernization (NGDISM) Grant Program through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (DOT PHMSA) program(s). Accordingly, the City of Chester seeks to contract with a qualified engineer/environmental (individual/firm) to prepare all preliminary and final design plans and specifications, conduct all necessary interim and final inspections, carry out grant contract activities, environmental review, and construction management of NGDISM eligible projects . Please electronically submit

your SOQ in .pdf format via email seccityofchester@eastex.net . Statements of Qualifications must be received by the City of Chester no later than noon on Septembert 20, 2022 to be considered. The City of Chester reserves the right to negotiate with any and all individuals or firms that submit SOQs and may award one or more contracts to one or more service provider(s). Section 3 Residents and Business Concerns, Minority Business Enterprises, Small Business Enterprises and Women Business Enterprises, and Labor Surplus Area firms are encouraged to submit proposals. City of Chester is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer. Servicios de traducción están disponibles por peticion.

easttexasnews.com

Policy

PLEASE CHECK your ad the first day it appears. We will correct any error as quickly as possible. However, we cannot be responsible for errors beyond the first day of publication day. Any error on a bordered ad must be brought to the attention of the classified department immediately. A correction will run in the following issue.It is the intent and goal of this newspaper to have each advertiser who wishes to place an advertisement in the newspaper comply with Fair Housing laws. Any advertisement, which is perceived to contain language contrary to these laws, will be rejected or changed to remove the offending statement.TO PLACE your classified ad in the Tyler County Booster call (409) 283-2516.

Notice of Public Sale

To satisfy Climate Control Storage’s Lien: Sale is 10am September 9, 2022 at 2010 N. Willis Ave., at N. Loop Hwy. 59, Livingston, Texas. Property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash. Seller reserves the right to withdraw property from sale. Items include the spaces of the following tenants: Unit 121 Ian Liscano; Unit 141 Lori McCloud. (34-4t-b-PCE)

Announcements

POLK COUNTY SPCA urges everyone to do their part to control the pet population in Polk County. Have your pets spayed and neutered to avoid dealing with unwanted puppies and kittens. To adopt a pet,come by SPCA at 802 South Houston, corner of Mary St. and Hwy. 146 or call (936) 755-3020.

(1-tfn-nc-PCE)

Auctions/ Garage Sales

CHRISTINE’S PLACE Resale

Shop: accepts donations and is open M-F. 501 W. Bluff in Woodville. www.familyservicesresale.square.site. 409-3841225.

Call or Come by Today

Livingston

Senior Citizens Country Store 1310 North Houston

Open 8:00 am - 1:00 pm

Weekdays

Open during noon hour Come by for bargains anytime

(1-tfn-nc-PCE)

YARD SALE SEPT. 9th & 10th 8am-5pm. Furniture, jewelry, TV, clothes, instruements, glassware and much more! 428 S College, Grapeland, TX. HWY 19 FM 2423, Turn toward town. Go one block, turn right, first house on the left.

(36-1t-p-HCC)

Want To Buy

Would like to purchase property of any size for a mobile home or RV. Need utility hookups available or nearby. Call or text 979-220-7196.

(32-tfn-nc-PCE)

WMS/WHS TITLE 1 MEETING

Please join us on Tuesday, September 20th at 5:30pm in the Summit for our annual Title I Meeting! Mr. Minyard and Mrs. Greaff will be available to answer the following questions:

What is Title I?

What curriculum does our school use?

What is a School-Parent Compact?

How can I help my child be successful?

How does our school spend Title I money?

Our teachers will be reaching out to you soon to schedule an in-person conference on September 23rd where you can discuss anything you’d like to share about your child and review his/her beginning of the year assessment data. We look forward to working together to make this a successful year for your child!

WMS/WHS

TÍTULO I REUNIÓN

¡Únase a nosotros el martes 20 de septiembre a las 5:30 p. m. en la summit de la escuela secundaria para nuestra reunión anual de Título I! El Sr. Minyard y la Sra. Greaff estarán disponibles para responder las siguientes preguntas:

¿Qué es el Título I?

¿Qué plan de estudios utiliza nuestra escuela?

¿Qué es un pacto entre la escuela y los padres?

¿Cómo puedo ayudar a mi hijo a tener éxito?

¿Cómo gasta nuestra escuela el dinero del Título I?

Nuestros maestros se comunicarán con usted pronto para programar una conferencia en persona el 23 de septiembre donde puede discutir

cualquier cosa que le gustaría compartir sobre su hijo y revisar los datos de la evaluación de comienzo de año. ¡Esperamos trabajar juntos para hacer de este un año exitoso para su hijo!

Pets

FREE TO A GOOD HOME, very friendly medium sized female dog, light tan color with light brown eyes, well behaved and healthy. 713-818-3431.

(35-2t-nc-TCB)

For Sale)

SAXOPHONES FOR SALE: Retired Band Director selling 2 saxophones. Yamaha Alto Sax; plays good! $250 Selmer Tenor Sax; recently overhauled; also plays good! $600. Call Darryl at 713-907-3193 for more information and/or if interested.

(35-2t-cc-PCE)

FOR SALE: Black Frigidaire Refrigerator 14 cubit feet. Top freezer, clean, runs great $200. Black Mini Refrigerator by Igloo. Gently used. $100 Large Dog Kennel- Slightly Damaged. $25.00 Call 936-563-2636. (35-2t-cc-PCE) 30 INCH SAMSUNG glass cooktop 4 burners. Used about 1 1/2 years. Everything works. $175.00 409-626-4769. (36-1t-cc-TCB) 2014 RHINO 6 ft finish mower. $1500.00. Call 409-626-0844. (36-1t-cc-TCB) NEW QUEEN SIZE luxurious Serta Pillow top mattress with wooden frame, $300.00, Window A/C unit, 1,500 BTU, $75.00, new medical walker on wheels, adjustable height, $75.00. Call 832-561-9701. (35-2t-cc-TCB)

FOR SALE 2015 4 X 4 side-byside UTV Yamaha Wolverine (camouflage) with Winch, front and back bumper, and top. $8000 Cash. Call Raymond Smith, 936-239-4020. (34-4t-c-PCE) NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION:

McDonald’s storage will seize contents of storage units in Livingston for non-payment as agreed in contract. These units contain TVs, Clothes, Dishes, Pots and Pans, assorted pieces of furniture, boxes of miscellaneous items, old appliances etc. Robert Hill, Deborah Dennis, Samuel Lare, Jason Fields, Jose Celedon. (35-2t-b-PCE)

ANGUS CATTLE, HORSES, and farm fresh eggs. Scott Angus Ranch 409-837-5165. (32-tfn-cc-TCB)

Bible Study

VETERANS AND FRIENDS BIBLE STUDY on the book of Revelation, 7pm every Tuesday night at the Goodrich Community Center, Goodrich, Texas. Everyone Welcome! (33-5t-p-PCE)

Work Wanted

HARDWORKING TYLER COUNTY WOMAN - Landscaping, fence line clearing, painting, clean out flower beds, any outdoor jobs. Christal: 409-224-5293.

Work Wanted LOCAL: Chimney Sweep, Fireplace repair, Fix leaks, Tree Limb Services. Call Aaron 936-3281679 (34-2t-p-PCE).

Stump grinding, Tree felling & Brush hog mowing lot clean up. Tractor work & Handy man services 936 967 3198 (31-4t-pp-TCB)

HOKE STUMP Grinding- No job too large or too small. Call (936)295-6089 or (936) 5813781. Trinity, TX (1-tfn-b-TCNS)

EAST TEXAS

EAST TEXAS

TREE SERVICE

TREE SERVICE

Call Phillip 936-546-0774

Call Philip 936-546-0774

MCWILLIAMS & SON Heating and Air Conditioning. SERVING ALL AREAS. www.mcwilliams andson.com 936-304-1222. (40-tfn-p-TCB) BRUSH HOGGING, Dirt & Gravel Work, Driveways, Tractor Work. Call today for FREE Estimate. 346-498-1424. (31-4t-cc-PCE) ROOFING & METAL Work, all types, of roofing, leak repairs, custom metal work, buildings and carports. Call for free estimates, Scott (936)433-0058 Livingston, TX. (1-tfn-b-PCE) Fenced

936-239-7824 HAVE REFERENCES Polk County, TX (1-tfn-b-PCE)

Stop cleaning spider webs! Install the original... Eliminate mosquitoes and other insects too! For a

Work Wanted

LLOYD’S REMODELING Located in Tyler County (Serving all areas) Add-ons, decks, metal roofs, cabinets, piers, docks, and boat houses. No job too small. Call 409-429-6164.

(1-tfn-b-TCB)

GARDNER’S FOUNDATION REPAIR and house leveling. Pressure washing, painting, roofing, and remodeling. Free estiamtes. Tyler Gardner. 936-285-1773. (36-4t-p-TCNS)

HANDYMAN & CARPENTRY SERVICES: Experienced, with references, does carpentry work, steps, railings, decks, painting. Makes things safe at home. $10 hour. Call Sonny 936-200-1826. (35-2t-p-PCE)

WOODYS REMODELING, House Leveling, Roofing, Driveways, Sidewalks, Commercial and Residential, Free Estimates. Polk and surrounding counties. 936-276-7848. (31-4t-p-PCE)

Lester Bros. Tree Service

Trimming, Top Removal, Haul Off, Tractor Work. Now accepting credit cards. Call for Free Estimate Insured 25 yrs experience

936-223-9265 or 936-365-4955

Livingston, TX (23-tfn-b-PCE Want to Buy

Pine & Hardwood Timber Land clearing & tree service also available Insured Free Estimates 936-223-2595

Cleaning Service

Employment/General

FULL TIME MEDICAL ASSISTANT, part-time receptionist neede. Fax resume to 936-327-1022 email to dr.lauroraoffice@yahoo.com or bring to 300 Bypass Lane, suite 208, Livingston, TX. (26-tfn-b-PCE)

CARE TAKER NEEDED: Live-in

caretaker needed for elderly gentleman in Onalaska. Assisting in cooking, cleaning, general help around houshold. Will have own bedroom and bathroom up to $800/month depends on experience. Serious inquiries only 936-646-5550. (35-5t-p-PCE)

BIG OR SMALL we do it all. Commercial and residential, and window cleaning. Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly.. Call Shirley (936)714-6226 or or Susan 936433-9099. Office 936-464-9456. (33-4t-p-PCE) PROFESSIONAL CLEANING SERVICES, $12 per hour.4 hour minimum. Local references. 409489-8606. (35-2t-cc-TCB)

ROCKIN’ RHONDA’s Deep Cleaning

DETAIL SPECIALIST

Trusted Reputation Contract Deep Clean, 20 yrs experience. 30-60-90 days or one time deal. ALL SUPPLIES INCLUDED! Onalaska, Point Blank, Livingston, and Trinity. You may not need to dial area code (Livingston number). OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK!! 936-239-5466

(33-4t-p-PCE)

Employment/General Pine Ridge Health Care, LLP US 59 North, Livingston, TX 936-327-5415

Fax 936-327-7849 Pine Ridge is seeking energetic, hard working and caring individuals for the following positions: LVN Charge Nurse 10P-6A CNA 10PM-6AM Housekeeping/Laundry/ Dietary Please apply in person at 1620 US 59 North Livingston (26-tfn-b-PCE)

NOW HIRING COOK, pay depends upon experience, apply in person, Escapees Care, 155 Care Center DRive, Livingston. (28-tfn-b-PCE)

LUFKIN, TX CLASS A CDL DRIVER:

Must be 21 years or older, possess CDL, clean MVR, pass DOT physical/drug screen, have current medical card and 2 years of driving experience. Transport of tanks and oversized. Day shift hours. Benefits offered and off most weekends. 936-632-8330 or email bdavis@angelinatank. com for application.

(36-4t-cc-TCNS)

ATTENDANT NEEDED, 40 hrs a week (Mon-Fri-6pm-10am, Sat & Sun 10 hrs per day for special needs child. Must be 18 and have CPR certification. Woodville area. Call 832-628-3866.

(36-2t-p-TCB)

THE CITY OF LIVINGSTON is accepting applications for (1) FINANCE DIRECTOR. This is a full time position with benefits. Applications will be accepted at Livingston City Hall, 200 W Church St, Livingston, TX or can be emailed to: citymanager@ livingston.net. Position open until filled. This position manages the day to day activities of the finance department, including accounting, auditing, investments, and management information sysytems in accordance with city policies and procedures. Assists city manager on financial matters. QUalificatiuons: a bachelors degree in accounting or finance and 6 years experience in financial management, at least 2 years of which included mangerial and supervisory responsibilities, or any equivalent combination of experience and trainig which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilties. A certiufied governement finance officer (CGFO) is desired, but not required. Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience. Application, job desription and list of benefits are available at City Hall or an application can be downloaded ftrom www.cityoflivingston-tx. com.Resumes may be attached to the application, however, all of the information requested in the application form must be completed. The City of Livingston is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. (25-tfn-b-PCE)

Employment/General

WANTED: Water Technician for Onalaska Water & Gas Supply Corporation. JOb Requirements: OW&G is seeking an individual to hire for the water supply department. Individual must be able to pass drug & alcohol testing, written or oral tests and field performances during trainig phrase of employment. Applicant must be physically fit, mechanically minded, willing, and able to learn and work. Must live in or be willing to relocate to Onalaska area. Seeking a person with a inimum High School education or GED. For the right person, this position has opportunity for long term employment. Job Description: Install water services, repair water leaks, perform line locations, operate digging equipment, perform general maintenance of the system, meter reading, valve maintenance and replacement, respond to water leak calls when needed, install new water line main extensions, perform duty realted paperwork. Company Benefits: Employee health insurance with prescription coverage, 401K plan with employee contribution, paid vacation, sick time, and holidfays. Salary: Starting wage based on qualifications. COntact: Onalaska Water and Gas Supply at 936-646-5393. Come by our office located at 1598 FM 3459, Onalaska and fill out employment application or mail resume to: P O Box 2463, Onalaska, TX 77360, ATTN: Jr. Chance.

(33-1t-b-PCE)

HIRING GENERAL MAINTENANCE

Position - Courtyard Hotel – Includes Salary, Bonus and lodging if needed. Apply at 1600 E Loop 304 in Crockett, TX936-544-5611. (31-4t-pp-TCB) TATA’S TEX-MEX- Hiring ServersWe pay Double- Apply at 1155 East Loop in Crockett. (33-4t-pp-TCB)

EXPERIENCED PAINTER NEEDED(Painting rooms indoors)- Cash paid weekly-Holiday Inn Express 1511 E Loop 304 Crockett 936544-4488. (33-4t-pp-TCB) NEED CHICKEN farm worker in Grapeland area. Contact Alex 832-705-2744. (34-4t-p-HCC)

HELP WANTED, Welders, Structural Fitters, and Helpers. Livingston Area. Call 936-327-9481. (33-26t-cc-PCE)

LEWIS AIR is Hiring! Looking for qualified technicians and installers. Come by office for application. No phone calls please, 5860 US Hwy 190 West, Livingston, TX. (9-tfn-b-PCE)

Employment/General

Now Hiring!Looking for honest, hard working, outgoing, self motivated individuals with a good attitude looking to build a career in the fast food industry. Looking for a Team Leader with one year experience and an assistant with 2-3 years experience. Must have good references, Livingston, TX.Apply at www.burgerworkshr.com (1-tfn-b-PCE)

*Land Mulching *Land Clearing *Tractor Work *Driveways

Fully Insured 936-329-1653

Livingston, TX (1-tfn-b-PCE)

Plumas House w/WaterLeveling Level & Concrete 20 Yrs Exp, Senior Citizen Discount Insured 936-433-6304 if no answer call for appt Livingston, TX 936-223-1167 (1-tfn-b-PCE)

Employment/General

Elite Polymer Solutions

Is now taking applications and resumes for our shipping and receiving department.

Required skills of loading and unloading trucks with forklift and not damaging product.

Inventory control experience and some math skills required. Operate lifts up to 12,000 Lb. capacity

Please send resumes to phess@eliteconduit.com or pickup an application at our Lovelady, TX. Location at 13616 Hwy 19 S (14-tfn-b-HCC)

Employment/Medical

NOW HIRING: Receptionist and Medical Assistant. Please fax resume to: (936)327-1022. (29-tfn-b-PCE)

Want to Buy

WE BUY & pick-up trucks and cars, dead or alive! 936-9334519. (42-tfn-b-PCE)

Hunting/Fishing

Feeders Etc., deer, fish, protein, tailgate-road feeders & custommade hog traps. Repairs & accessories. www.feedersetc.com Lovelady 936-222-0406 Curtis. (1-tfn-b-HCC)

Rentals FOR RENT LARGE 2 bedroom home Ivanhoe, Call 409-4294752. (3-tfn-b-TCB) PROPERTY FOR RENT in Colmesneil. 409-200-1970. (35-4t-ccTCB) 2BD/1BA, 1200 square feet, DIrectv, $1000/month, Leggett area. Call 832-277-3737. (31-4t-cc-PCE)

Rentals

WANTED: 72 YO Widow of a

VFW and sister seeks affordable housing. Please text: 281-7611090 . (35-1t-cc-SJCN)

HOUSE FOR RENT in Woodville area, good references and deposit required. Call 409-2838286. (39-tfn-b-TCB)

Land For Sale

5 acres, utilities available. Located in Onalaska, Tx area. Owner financing available. Call 281-356-8266 or 713-385-8112. (9-tfn-b-PCE)

Land For Lease

WANT TO LEASE pasture land for grazing. 50 acres or more. Contact Michael Land (936)2227324 or Jared Land (936)2220939. (21-tfn-b-HCC)

CHARLES RAWSON CO. REAL ESTATE www.charlesrawsonrealestate.com

Office: (409) 283-3110 Cell: (409) 429-4262

Jim Rawson, Broker • Andrea Ayers, Agent

7 Miles South of Woodville On Hwy 69 Open Thursday-Monday 9 am - 4 pm • Open Weekends

NEAT BRICK, short walk to Ski Lake, 2 bed, 1 bath, Great sunroom, Ch/A, Fireplace, Detached carport/work shop, Engamore ...................................................................................................................................................$127,000 RANCHETTE, Approx 3.56 acres. Galahad Loop ............................................................................................$40,000

HOMES ONLY 3 lots, septic, water, electric, storage, Ivanhoe West ....................................................$35,000

SKI LAKE BRICK CHALET, 3-2, open plan, CH/A, woo fire place, fenced & wooded half acre, concrete bulkhead, neat pergula, lg. tool shed, handy storage, outdoor shower, Sherwood Forest ...............................................$325,000

4 CAMPING LOTS, septic, water, electric, fenced, drieways, storage, 27th St. ........PENDING $55,000

WATERVIEW, 3 acres, watertap, for MFD home or build, Lakewood ..................................................$49,900

LK GALAHAD HIDDEN GEM, 3/1 and bath house, open plan, 1000 sq. ft., built 2014, Galahad Lp NOW $199,500

LK TRISTAN CUSTOM CEDAR LODGE, 2002, approx. 2400 sq. ft., 3/3, 1.5 garage, 3rd floor wired & plumbed, cov. decks 3 sides, Generac, on 2 waterfront lots, 2 waterview lots included 14th St. PENDING $430,000

CLOSE TO SKI LAKE PARK, homes only, level .34 acre, Wickford ..............................................................$8,500

CLOSE TO LK GALAHAD PARK, homes only, .32 acre, Marian .........................................................$6,000

Michele Martindale Broker 409-429-6202

Norvelle RogersAssociate 409-782-6187

Dottie Watts Associate 409-429-8211

Ashley Jackson Broker Associate 409-429-4011

Shelly KaneAssociate 325-374-1850

Cody KaneAssociate 325-212-6955

Committed to bringing buyers and sellers together.

martindalerealestate.com

Cale Lepard Associate 901-229-6154

Ashton Weatherford Associate 409-429-8453

Kevin GuilloryAssociate 409-781-8467

Woodville: 409-283-8727 | Wildwood: 409-834-6006

LG CORNER LOT FOR CAMPER, Mobile home or build, .27 acre Katherine Dr. .............................$8000

SKI LAKE WATERVIEW CABIN, 2/1, large loft, approx. 1458 sq. ft. updated septic and CH/A on approx. .59 acre manicured, workshop, Charmaine S. SOLD $94,000

3 LOT PACKAGE Homes only, frontage Ivanhoe East/Galahad Dr. ...............................................................$12,000

MANICURED .79 ACRE for mobil home, camper or build, 14th St. North ......................................$36,000

20 ACRES ZONED Commercial, frontage on hwy 69 and down main road of Ivanhoe entrance...............$325,000

SKI LAKE WATERVIEW LOT, HOMES ONLY or MODULAR, Charmaine Drive South/Linda Lane, .................$12,000

SKI LAKE WATERVIEW LOTS, recent survey water tap, cleared, driveways, homes only Charmaine S. ......$22,000 LAKE TRISTAN, waterfront, homes only, approx. .30 acre, 1st Street .....................................PENDING $48,500

3 LOT PACKAGE ON CORNER, for camp, MFD home or build, approx. .69 acre, 15th St./Sir Jim .............$20,000

and back, on magnolia-shaded, prime 2-acre site with mature flowering shrubbery. .......................................................................SOLD $130,000.

Colmesneil: Here's your opportunity to own a piece of Colmesneil history with this home built in 1886 UNDER CONTRACT$135,000.

Village Mills: 2-bedroom, 1 bath home in Wildwood with a 24/7 gated community .......................REDUCED $135,000.

Colmesneil: 2BD/2BA situated on 2 wooded acres near scho

ol......................................................UNDER CONTRACT$140,000.

Warren: Charming 2 Bedroom, 1-1/2 Bath Farmhouse on 3.24 acres in the small east Texas town of Warren..................SOLD $180,000.

Village Mills: Adorable 3/2/2 home in Wildwood with open concept living and an island style kitchen REDUCED$184,500.

Warren: Precious 2-bedroom, 1 bath home in Lake Hyatt with new flooring, ceilings, butcher block counters, paint, trim & more; situated on just over an acre…………………………..…………$185,000.

Woodville: SPACIOUS 4 bedroom/2-1/2

Colmesneil: 7.6-acre tract features rolling terrain, a great mix of hardwood and pine, community water to the property, and electric on the frontage..........$69,900.

Woodville: Unique opportunity to own a lakeside tract of land on Lake B. A. Steinhagen in East Texas with 3.86 acres in a small rural subdivision ...............$82,990. Woodville: 10.3+/- acres with approximately 350 feet of US Highway frontage and potential HOMESTEAD located just minutes from Lake B.A. Steinhagen ...............$105,000.

Colmesneil: A RARE READY TO BUILD PROPERTY with FAMILY GETAWAY! These unrestricted tracts consist of 2 acres and 5 acres with excellent access from a Farm-to-Market Road and county roads.........................................................SOLD $119,900.

Woodville: SO MUCH POTENTIAL with Hwy 190 Frontage!!! Currently being used as a hair salon/massage and nail shop; 6 rooms, a kitchenette and washer/dryer hook ups…….….$125,000.

Leggett: 42+/- acres in Polk County bordering Big Sandy Creek.................................................................$184,900.

Warren: A unique property offering over 10 acres of serene country living. This secluded 2 bedroom, 1 bath cabin is situated nicely on the property and is surrounded by an abundance of fruit, nut and hardwood trees and mature pines. SOLD $185,000.

Colmesneil: UNRESTRICTED with 14.2 acres and a 3BD/1BA wood frame home in Tyler County SOLD $189,000.

Colmesneil: 6.8 UNRESTRICTED acres in Tyler County w/a 1BD/2BA cabin that was started in March of 2021 .........$195,000.

Warren: 23 +/- acres ready for you to make it your own ............ UNDER CONTRACT $205,000.

Colmesneil: Located down a peaceful county road in Colmesneil with beautiful surroundings, this 3 bedroom, 2 bath Manufactured home sits on 4.49 acres of land SOLD $219,000, Colmesneil: SECLUDED 728 SF cabin with 2,400 SF barn/ workshop on 6+/- acres, located in the rolling hills and piney woods of East Texas ....................................REDUCED $229,000.

Warren: Looking for privacy and space from the neighbors? This lovely 8.62-acre tract in rural Tyler County offers country living with a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2-story home……….……… $469,000.

Warren: TWO HOME OPPORTUNITY as a HORSE PROPERTY, HOBBY FARM, or OFF GRID HOMESTEAD! The property consists of 2 homes, 2 barns one with guest house, green house, shared water well, 14.3+/- acres that is fenced and cross fenc ed….................................................UNDER CONTRACT!..479,000.

Gina Fowler, Broker/Manager, (409)382-5805

Stanley Cleberg, Broker Associate, (254)368-8409

KayCee Anthony, Sales Agent, (409)730-9558

Bernie Derringer, Sales Agent, (281)615-3403

Ginni Stein, Sales Agent, (832)444-7787

Jessica Tant, Sales Agent, (409)926-4672