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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Red Hot January Continues for Toyota ShareLunker Program

Crews Respond to Abandoned House Fire

By Wade Thibodeaux The 2022 Toyota ShareLunker season had a hot start in week one thanks to a pair of Legacy Lunkers from reigning fishery champion O.H. Ivie. In week two, Lake Daniel made history by producing its first Legacy Lunker in program history Friday Jan. 14. However, not to be outdone, O.H. Ivie got back on the board with two more Lunkers in week three. The Lunkers bring the season total to five, surpassing last year’s January total of four with a weekend still to go in the month. Tim Broadfoot from Abilene reeled in ShareLunker 611 which weighed in at 13.48 pounds, a pending new record for Lake Daniel. Prior to Broadfoot’s catch, the lake record for largemouth bass weighed 12.48 pounds and was caught on Feb. 20, 2016. Lake Daniel is located in Stephens County approximately 65 miles northeast of Abilene. Broadfoot caught his fish in about 18 feet of water near some large rocks using a Texas-rig and ultra-vibe bait. Broadfoot fishes at several lakes and indicated how nice it is to have so many great fisheries in the area. Friday, he decided to give Lake Daniel a try and it paid off. “It was pretty slow starting out and we fished most of the morning without landing a single fish,” said Broadfoot. “However, around 11:30 a.m. the day turned around when I got the Legacy Lunker to bite. I brought her into the boat, and we immediately loaded up to get going. We wanted to make sure to keep her healthy and get the transfer process done properly. It’s not a big fishing story because we caught only one fish, but she was the right one. It was a great experience to be a part of the Toyota ShareLunker Program. Everyone was very nice, professional and helpful during the process of making this catch of a lifetime a memorable one.” Lake Daniel became the fifth public waterbody in the past two seasons to join the growing list of waterbodies which have produced Legacy Class Lunkers. Eagle Mountain, Lake Tyler, Coleman City Lake, and Lake Travis each logged their first Legacy Lunkers during the historic 2021 season. “Tim’s fish is not only the new pending lake record but also puts Lake Daniel on an ever-growing list of waterbodies from across the state that have produced a Legacy Class ShareLunker,” said Kyle Brookshear Toyota ShareLunker Program Manager. “Lake Daniel notches the 75th spot on this public waterbody list. Milestones like this continue

to be a testament to the hard work of our management and hatchery teams as well as the strong partnership between TPWD and Texas anglers, like Tim, who share in these fisheries’ management goals. As the ShareLunker collection season continues, we are hopeful to see more waterbodies added to this prestigious list and further achieve our goal of producing bigger, better bass across the Lone Star State.” Josh Jones of Sapulpa, Oklahoma became only the sixth individual in program history to record his third overall Legacy Lunker. Jones reeled in two from O.H. Ivie in 2021 and was back at it again Friday Jan. 21 with “ShareLunker 612” that weighed in at 14.13 pounds. Then on Sunday Jan. 23, Brady Stanford of Midland landed “ShareLunker 613” at O.H. Ivie, which proved to be a season best 15.03 pounds. O.H. Ivie came close to two more Legacy’s over the weekend with angler Kayden Tanner logging catches of 12.82 and 12.65 pounds. Jones had visited O.H. Ivie again in December and landed a 15.10-pound Legend Lunker before returning to Texas a few days ago. “When I got back to Texas, I fished O.H. Ivie, but also tried three or four other lakes in the area and the fishing was slow,” said Jones. “However, that morning of the catch I returned to O.H. Ivie and reeled her in on the third or fourth cast. It changed the whole complexion of the week and now I want to stay in Texas for another month or two and catch a couple more.” Jones was in about 70 feet of water and said the fish came out of nowhere to bite on the lure. He now wants to become the first angler with four Legacy Lunkers to his credit. “It’s really cool to be one of only six anglers in program history to catch three Legacy Lunkers,” added Jones. “I’m not satisfied yet though and if there is a record to be broken my goal is to break it. I came back in December, got lucky and caught a giant and wanted to return to get another one. All it takes is one bite to change your day or your life. The whole state of Texas in general is the Bass Capitol of the World.” Brady Stanford and his father headed out together in search of the fish of a lifetime at O.H. Ivie. Stanford said they have been fishing O.H. Ivie for the past month or so looking to land a Legacy Lunker. “We started out trying some new spots and it was slow with a just a few small fish landing in the boat,” said Stanford. “We decided to go back (contd on page 3)

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Local Firemen quickly extinguished the fire reported Monday afternoon. By Wade Thibodeaux an abandoned house that Chambers County ESD had been torn down and No1 and Winnie Stowell started ablaze last Monday, VFD crews responded to January 31, 2022. The a fire that was the result of

This old house had been pushed down and set on fire and was fully engaged when Firemen arrived on the scene. house was located on the romex insulation and North side of the Highway covering, asphalt shingles, 73 access road, just East of asbestos, and other items the old railroad track bed are not permitted to be that ran parallel to Spur burned. This blaze was 5. Burning an existing extinguished by the crews house without removing that responded and the the environmental Fire Marshall was on contaminants is not the scene conducting an allowed under the law. investigation. Things such as insulation,

From left to right, Eric Smith, current Chambers County Republican Party Chairman, David Redd, moderator for the forum, and Austin Tice, challenger for the Chambers County Republican Party Chair. By Wade Thibodeaux from the challenger Austin Maybe the preacher knew Tice drew the remarks something that the rest from the crowd. Austin of us didn't know when stated plainly that it sure he was praying for peace was interesting that the and civility before the person who brought forth 2022 Chambers County the motion to censure the Republican political forum Judge was all of a sudden began last Tuesday, January his political opponent and 25, 2022, and for the most that prompted Darlene part, his prayers were McPherson, the campaign answered. However, the manager for Rachal last set of candidates who Hisler(County Judge took to the stage set off a Jimmy Sylvia's opponent) batch of fireworks that had to jump to her feet and members of the audience proclaim that she was shouting out objections rising to a point of order from the floor. The last two stating that the answer was candidates are vying for inappropriate. The only the position of Republican problem was that she was County Chairman and at a political forum and not when the moderator asked a meeting that was being the question about the conducted by "Robert's procedure surrounding the Rules of Order". Her point recent censuring of the of order had no point. Her County Judge, the answer outburst caused several

The four candidates for Texas State Representative District 23 answered questions for quite a while during the political forum held at the American Legion Hall in Anahuac last Tuesday, January 25, 2022. From left to right, Abel Longoria, Patrick Gurski, moderator David Redd, Gina D. Smith, and Terri Leo Wilson. other people to loudly the stage. proclaim their opinion and The rest of the event the Sheriff had to make was mostly beneficial with his way to the front of the candidates providing their room and visit with one of positions on the duties of the sponsors of the event their respective offices. to show that order would Some candidates were be maintained. After a unopposed and spoke just bit of discussion with a little and other positions the moderator, and some had multiple candidates. confusion on the stage, the One of the offices with incumbent Party Chairman multiple candidates was the Eric Smith provided a State Representative race rebuttal that was more like which has four individuals an apology than an answer. running for the position. The summary of his answer All of the candidates are was that he had to let things from Galveston County play out and it was not his which together with job to direct the flow of Chambers County make up the meeting. The two men House District 23. Those answered a couple of more candidates provided quite questions before providing a bit of insight into their closing remarks and then political aspirations (contd shaking hands and exiting on page 8)

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022 Disclaimer: This column is the opinion of Publisher Wade A. Thibodeaux and may contain subject matter on a variety of topics, but usually contains humor of some description. An occasional serious thought may be thrown in to entice the reader to think.

Wade In the Shade by Wade Thibodeaux Well, it's Monday evening and I'm just sitting down to bang out my column. It's probably the last thing that I'm going to do for this week's papers and amazingly enough, I actually know what I want to write about this week. I had something happen to me today that I can honestly say has never happened to me before. I was hugged by a US Congressman. Yep, that's right, a US Congressman actually initiated a hug during a conversation that we were having and I of course responded and returned the embrace. It was kinda awkward though because you know me, I usually have a camera around my neck and I did and there was no place for the camera to go but between us. A little background to explain the previous paragraph. Our long standing US Congressman in Huntsville, Kevin Brady is retiring this term and with re-

districting, Walker County will be split into two Districts. The Southern part will remain in the eventual winner of Kevin Brady's vacant seat's District and the Northern part will move into long term Congressman Pete Sessions District. Congressman Brady took it upon himself to bring Congressman Sessions to town to introduce him to some of the community leaders and I somehow was invited to one of the meetings. I don't think that I was invited as a leader, but more as somebody to document the event and to hold the door open for the dignitaries. Anyway, over the years I have had the opportunity to visit with Congressman Brady quite a bit, but I had never met Congressman Sessions. Today as we were sitting around the table telling a little about ourselves, Congressman Sessions was talking about his personal life and mentioned that he

Opinion & Entertainment had a special needs child and so after the round table discussion, I made my way over to him and told him that I also had a special needs child. We visited about our kids for a little while and as we were wrapping up the conversation, he reached out his arms and we hugged. I think my relationship with my Congressman is going to be just fine. As much as I think things are going to be okay with my new Congressman, I'm sure going to miss Kevin Brady. That guy was everywhere. In addition to his duties in Washington as a Congressman, he was always in the District. He would show up for town hall meetings, Warrior banquets, Veterans Museum events, and lots of other things. He was as approachable as any politician that I have ever been around. I wish him well in his next adventure, whatever that may be. Speaking about politics, let's not forget that early voting is just around the corner with the first day of early voting being on Valentine's Day, February 14. So, go out and get a nice gift for your significant other and then go vote.......it's the American way. Changing the subject a little.....or a lot. I have de-

vised myself a plan to avoid the long lines at the drive thru at Sonic. I have a long documented dialog of my pain as I wait in line at the drive thru for a single drink while the three cars in front of me have ordered enough food to feed an army, but the other day I saw the solution to my problem. I had ordered ahead in the Sonic app and pulled into the drive thru and saw a

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hand written sign plastered onto the speaker that said "Stall only". As I was about to leave, the young lady at Sonic poked her head out of the window and said "Come on up, you want your usual???" It's like they know me or something. I pulled up and told her I had ordered ahead and she went and got my drink. As I was driving away, I thought to myself, if I would get up

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early in the morning and go and plaster one of those signs on the speaker then everybody else would just pull through and go get a stall. That would leave me with clear sailing to whip into the drive thru and get my drink without having to wait in line.......pure genius, I say, pure genius. Till next time, I'm...........Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

COSTUMES FOR BIGFOOT By Tumbleweed Smith

I guess one reason to question Bigfoot’s authenticity is the fact that movies about the strange creature feature actors wearing Bigfoot costumes. A man in Henderson makes them. When Travis Driver was growing up, he hung out at his grandfather’s upholstery shop in Kilgore. “I would dream up something I wanted to make,” says Travis, “and my paw-paw would facilitate that.” Travis attended kindergarten in Overton. “The day that we had to stand up before the class and say what we wanted to do I said I wanted to be a special effects artist. That was in 1981 or so and people around Overton kept asking ‘what is a special effects artist?’ I had an opportunity to study that at a school in Denver but money ran short and I had to put that dream of making monsters for movies on hold.” Travis kept doing artistic projects like painting murals and working in civic theater where he directed and acted in plays, built sets and props, did makeup and all sorts of things. “Then in 2014 I got a Facebook message from a guy I did not know. He was going to be shooting a movie

around Jefferson and it was to be a Bigfoot movie and he needed a creature suit for the film. He asked me to do it because he had met someone on a film shoot and told him I was the man who could do the job. I spent a lot of time doing research and making the costume and the guy didn’t see the finished product until I showed up on the movie set with it. I guess they were pleased because when they saw it they changed the script so they could show more of Bigfoot.” The area around Jefferson is a great place to shoot a scary movie. The overhanging moss on trees and shallow Caddo Lake with tall cypress trees sticking out of the water is an eerie sight. And besides that the city has some haunted buildings. The movie’s title is SOMETHING IN THE WOODS and is now on digital platforms. Travis ended up having a small part in the movie. Posters for it are all over Jefferson and feature a silhouette of the creature. The word got out on Facebook about Travis’s work and another movie company, this one in Washington State, called him. Then another, the last one being a major studio with big name stars. They

all wanted Bigfoot creature suits. Each one is different. Along with the suit, Travis did the head, face, hands and feet. Bigfoot is a hairy thing and all the hairs are individually punched with a needle. Travis does every bit of that including the sculpting, casting with silicone, the painting and of course the muscle suit with foam rubber inside and covered with fur on the outside. Knowing how to sew comes in real handy. At the premier of one of the Bigfoot movies, a question and answer period followed and Travis did some of the answering. “Someone asked me if I had created the costume based on an encounter. I was very sad to say that I didn’t base it on an encounter but you can take what other people have described and what you can envision and imagine yourself.” Travis works for the school system in Henderson, but when he gets a call for a creature suit, he’ll make it. www.tumbleweesmith.com

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THEME: VALENTINE'S DAY ACROSS 1. Fantasy sports data 6. Accounting acronym 9. Stark daughter on "Game of Thrones" 13. Branch of economics 14. All talk, no action type of service 15. Relating to symmetry, in geometry 16. Base-8 numeral system 17. "____ the land of the free..." 18. Lots and lots 19. *Actor Ryan of "Blue Valentine" 21. *Desdemona's suspicious husband 23. Big fuss 24. Nose-in-the-air type 25. Uber alternative 28. One on a pedestal 30. Moderately wide 35. Eye layer 37. Twelfth month of Jewish year 39. Cheese-covered chip 40. Popped relief? 41. *"Love, ____" movie 43. Splints site 44. Muhammad's teachings 46. Orchestra instrument 47. Past of heave

48. Avoids work, in British slang 50. Give off 52. Dose of sunshine 53. Back seat 55. Hair-raising product 57. *____ valentine, an opposite of love note 61. English author perhaps best known for "The Canterbury Tales" 65. Like Mary-Kate and Ashley 66. Pooh's "wise" friend 68. Bring to an end 69. Potassium nitrate 70. Farm sound 71. Arm bones 72. Back talk 73. Uniting conjunction 74. Imposter DOWN 1. Smoke plus fog 2. Comes in hard or soft shell 3. Parts of a play 4. ____-____-la 5. Plural of solidus 6. Heidi's shoe 7. *Sweetie follower 8. Cook's cover 9. Wheel holder 10. Cambodian money 11. Two-masted vessel 12. "The Sun ____ Rises"

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15. Trash can for fireplace (2 words) 20. Source of lymphocytes, pl. 22. Pull along 24. Dormant state 25. *Famous archer 26. Dispatch boat 27. "____ and whistles" 29. Hodgepodge 31. Mr. and Mrs. Incredible's son 32. Blood of the gods, Greek mythology 33. Seven days postmortem 34. *Hive-related endearment 36. Unfortunately, exclamation 38. Rumpelstiltskin machine 42. Stallion's cry 45. Business combination 49. Old Man's turf, according to Hemingway 51. Darjeeling server 54. Smell, usually pleasant 56. Calms 57. Ford Transit and such 58. Pelvic parts 59. Lice eggs 60. Augments 61. Oaf 62. Scoop holder 63. Biblical twin 64. Donna or Lou 67. Got a blue ribbon

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Local News

Wednesday, February 2, 2022 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Thirty-Nine individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, January 23 and Saturday, January 29. Warrants from last week are also as followed. The individuals have been

magistrated and formally informed of the charges against them. However, just because these individuals were arrested and magistrated does not mean they are guilty of the crimes they are charged with committing. Also, not

everyone charged with a crime is alleged to have committed the crime in Chambers County, but perhaps was simply arrested in Chambers County on outstanding warrant(s) while in Chambers County. Instances in which individuals

were arrested on outstanding warrants, their original conviction and the reason they are on probation or parole, if available, is included in parenthesis set.

• First degree felony: punishable by up to 99 years or life in prison and a $10,000 fine. • Second degree felony: punishable by up to 20 years and a $10,000 fine. • Third degree felony: punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. • State jail felony: punishable by up to two years in prison. • Deferred adjudication probation: typically offered to the first time offenders. Defendants’ judgement is deferred until later, if ever. If they successfully complete the terms of their probation, they are not judge and thus have no criminal conviction in connection to the offense. However, if they accept deferred adjudication probation but fail to abide by the terms of their probation, they could be sentenced to the maximum time in prison allowable under the law without the benefit of a trail by jury. • Class A misdemeanor: punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $4,000. • Class B misdemeanor: punishable by up to six months in jail and a $2,000 fine.

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Red Hot January Continues (contd) to some of our other spots that we have been fishing recently. The first one we pulled up on had a couple of fish out there. On the first two casts I came up empty, but on the third I put the cast right on top of her where she followed it in a little bit and smashed it.” Stanford ended up reeling the fish in using an Alabama Rig in about 20-feet of water. Growing up in Midland he’s

fished O.H. Ivie for about 20 years and this fish is a personal record and fifth double-digit bass. “As soon as we got the fish into the boat and in the live well my dad called up to the marina and told them we were bringing in a Legacy Lunker,” added Stanford. “We reported the catch to the Toyota ShareLunker program, and they walked us through the

process of transferring the fish and fish care. TPWD personnel picked her up and everything was good. My Dad and I have been pursuing a ShareLunker for a long time and I think he was more excited than I was when we caught. Overall, it was a great experience to be a part of the program.” Once Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Inland Fisheries biologists were

notified, they quickly got on the road to collect and transport the ShareLunkers to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, where biologists are providing them top-notch care. Biologists plan to attempt to spawn them with a male offspring of a prior ShareLunker to make bigger, better bass to stock in and enhance fishing in Texas lakes. (contd on page 4)

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Wednesday,February 2, 2022

Sunday Observations from Christy

Soon after we bought a gas grill, I decided to cook a rack of ribs. The grill’s cookbook said to cook them on low, indirect heat for three to four hours. My stomach said I could not wait that long. Instead I cooked them on medium, indirect heat for an hour and a half. When the time was up, I checked on them. They were burned to a crisp! Next time I did what the book said to do. In Matthew 4 the devil was telling Jesus how to “cook.” In verse 4 Jesus said to the devil, “Man cannot live by bread alone, but according to every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys

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Cornerstone Church 3810 Hwy. 124 • Stowell 409-296-2481 Sunday Worship Service.........10:00 am Wednesday Family Night......6:30 pm Cornerstone Church 1100 Oak Street • Anahuac 409-296-2481 Sunday Worship Service.....10:30 am

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First Baptist Church of Anahuac 405 South Magnolia • Anahuac 409-267-3262 Sunday School..............9:00 am SundayMorningWorship.....11:00 am Evening Worship..........6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer Meeting.....6:30 pm First Baptist of Fannett Highway 124 • Fannett Sunday School.................9:30 am Sunday Morning Worship...10:45 am Sunday Discipleship Training.......5:00 pm Sunday Evening Worship.............6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer Meeting......7:00 pm First Baptist Church of Hamshire Highway 124 • Hamshire 409-243-2163 Sunday School.................9:15 am Morning Worship.........10:30 am Evening Worship............6:00 pm Wednesday Discipleship....6:15 pm First Baptist Church of Stowell W. Main &VanOstrand • Stowell 409-296-4510 Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Morning Worship......11:00 am Sunday Evening Worship........6:00 pm Wednesday Bible Study............7:00 pm OutdoorsMen Church of Winnie Hwy 124 in Winnie Saturday.......6:00pm (covered dish meal at service)

David Paul who gained his wings Wednesday, January 26, 2022. David is survived by his wife of forty-six years, Joyce Royer Benoit, who made their home in Winnie, Texas; son, Chad Benoit and wife, Kelli; grandson, Case; granddaughters, Callie and Colbie; and granddog, Rock, of Bastrop, Texas; daughter, Jill Benoit and granddog, Max, of Winnie, Texas; stepdaughter, Lori First Baptist Church of Winnie Winnie 409-296-4072 Brian Johnson, Pastor Sunday School.................9:15 am Sunday Morning Worship..10:30 am SundayEvening Worship...........6:00 pm Wednesday: Kids for Christ.................4:00 pm Youth (Grades 7-12)........4:00 pm Adult Bible Study/Prayer Meeting.6:00 pm Sweet Home Baptist Church Hankamer 409-374-2208 Pastor: Ronald Smith Sunday School.................9:30 am SundayMorningWorship.........10:30am Wednesday Dinner......................6:00 pm Wednesday Bible Study Adult, Youth and Children’s.....6:30 pm Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Campbell Rd &Ave G • Stowell 409-296-2938 Sunday School.........................8:00 am Sunday Morning Worship.........9:00 am Monday Mission & Teachers.......6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer Meeting & Choir St. Paul Baptist Church First Street • Stowell 409-296-2750 Sunday School.........................9:45 am Sunday Worship....................11:00 am Monday Brotherhood............7:00 pm Tuesday Mission.....................6:30 pm WednesdayPrayerMeeting...........7:00pm

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In the process of merging two houses to one with Mom moving in with me, the kitchen has proven to be the biggest challenge. Two active cooks, an inside and outside refrigerator, and the day to day foods we both like….. well let’s just say it’s a work in progress. Being the OCD organization driven person I am, I am constantly looking for

ways to keep us from duplicating so much. Did I mention we both buy our own groceries too? Separately??? So two weeks ago I buy these way cool magnetic dry erase sheets for the outside of each fridge. I spent last weekend doing a total inventory of both, writing it down, so we know at a glance what we have. Cool concept. I even went so far as to list things based on location. Before you say it yes I know I’m nuts. Flash forward this weekend, Mom has done good, marking things off as she used them. I’ve done good using what we have. We are getting there. I’m telling you this is a venture of laughter. So we come in from the grocery store yesterday. I get everything in and we are getting stuff put up,

changing lists, making progress. Feeling super efficient, I pull a pack of frozen bananas down, change my list, and say I am going to make banana bread later. It worked out well, I had cream cheese for that bread, that I bought. Since I was using immediately there was no need put on any list, just leave it out to soften. Finished the bag of pecans from the freezer, mark them off list. Woo Hoo!!! Look at me go! Then I go to the pantry for dry ingredients. No issue, flour canister is empty, so I grab the flour in the pantry. Refill canister, get what I need, turn around and realize….. I bought flour. I had flour. 10 lbs of flour now to be exact. At this point I just laugh. Mom laughs. Ridiculously

hard might I add. I decide organization may be overrated. After all, a few weeks ago I spent a whole weekend looking for brown sugar. Emptied the pantry a couple times. Finally found it. In the container I snagged from Moms old house. So I had taken it out of the pantry and put it back in, several times. But it was a new container. I didn’t recognize it. Lawd. Happy Sunday peeps. The update on this merge is we are laughing. A lot. We have left the holiday season of massive baking so I figure I have enough flour to last til June. But the banana bread is good. So there’s that. Organization may indeed be overrated…… for now. Maybe I need another board…. Or an intervention. Stay tuned.

During the first three months of the season (Jan. 1 through March 31), anglers who reel in a 13+ pound bass can loan it to TPWD for the ShareLunker selective breeding and stocking program. These anglers can call the ShareLunker hotline at (903) 681-0550 to report their catch 24/7 until April 1, 2022. Anglers who catch and donate one of these 13+ lunkers earn Legacy Class status, receive a catch kit filled with merchandise, a 13+ pound Legacy decal for their vehicle or boat, VIP access to the Toyota ShareLunker Annual Awards event and a highquality replica mount of their Lunker fish from Lake Fork Taxidermy. These anglers will also receive entries into two separate drawings – a Legacy

Class Drawing and the yearend Grand Prize Drawing. Both drawings will award the winner a $5,000 Bass Pro Shops shopping spree and an annual fishing license. The year-round Toyota ShareLunker program offers four levels of participation for catching bass over eight pounds or 24 inches in Texas. The 2022 season offers an opportunity to join the special club of premier anglers who have submitted a Legacy Class ShareLunker. Anglers who enter data for any lunker they catch greater than 8 pounds or 24 inches during the calendar year 2022 also receive a catch kit, a decal for their vehicle or boat and an entry into the year-end Grand Prize Drawing to win a $5,000

Bass Pro Shops shopping spree and annual fishing license. ShareLunker entry classes include the Lunker Class (8lb+), Elite Class (10lb+), and Legend Class (13lb+). Once a lunker is reeled in, anglers need to enter the catch data on the Toyota ShareLunker mobile app – available for free from the Apple App Store and Google Play – or on the Toyota ShareLunker online app at TexasSharelunker.com. In addition to providing basic catch information, anglers can also provide a DNA scale sample from their lunker bass to TPWD researchers for genetic analysis. The Toyota ShareLunker Program is made possible in part by the generous sponsorship of Toyota. Toyota

is a longtime supporter of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation and TPWD, providing major funding for a wide variety of fisheries, state parks and wildlife projects. Prize donors including Bass Pro Shops, Lake Fork Taxidermy, American Fishing Tackle Co., Stanley Jigs and Sixth Sense Lures also provide additional support for this program. For updates on the Toyota ShareLunker Program, visit facebook. com/sharelunkerprogram/ or TexasSharelunker.com. For pictures of the Legacy Class ShareLunker’s caught during the 2022 season, visit the TPWD Flickr album at https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzxNwz.

Hinze, of Austin, Texas; stepson, Donny Wood and wife, Jerri, of Winters, Texas; step-granddaughter, Annie Wood, of Lorton, Virginia; and extended family. A gathering of David’s fam-

ily and friends will begin at 2:00 p.m., with a memorial service celebrating his life at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, February 5, 2022, at Broussard’s, 134 West Buccaneer Drive, Winnie. His interment will

follow at Fairview Cemetery, Winnie. Memorial Contributions may be made to David’s most cherished organization, The International Fellowship of Christians and

Jews: www.ifcj.org. Complete and updated information may be found at: broussards1889.com

St. Mary Baptist Church Hwy 61 &Albritton •Hankamer 409-374-2182 Sunday School.........................9:30 am Morning Worship..................11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study.........7:00 pm SunlightMissionaryBaptistChurch Spikes Rd • Hankamer Sunday School.........................9:45 am Sunday Morning Worship......11:00 am Wednesday Evening..................7:00 pm LaBelle Baptist Church 9400 Hwy 365 • LaBelle 409-796-1240 Sunday School.......................10:00 am Sunday Adult Worship............11:00 am Sunday Children’s Church......11:00 am Sunday Evening......................6:00 pm Wednesday Bible Study.............7:00 pm First Baptist Church High Island Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Worship....................10:30 am Sunday Evening Worship..........6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer & Bible......7:00 pm

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Hwy. 365 & IH-10 • Fannett 794-2548 Saturday Mass.........................5:00 pm Sunday Mass............7:00 & 11:00 am St. Martin DePorres Mission Boyt & Kidd • Cheek 409-794-2548 Sunday Mass............................9:00 am

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Catholic St. Louis Catholic Church 315 W Buccaneer Dr • Winnie 409-296-4200 Tuesday: 8:30 am English Wednesday: 8:30 am Spanish with music Friday: 8:30am Bilingual 1st Friday Devotion - Eucharistic Adoration following mass until 10:00am Saturday 4:00 pm Sunday 10:30 am, noon Spanish Reconciliation Saturday 3:00-3:45 Our Lady of Light Catholic Church S. Main St • Anahuac 409-267-3158 Thursday: 6:00 pm Spanish Saturday: 6:00 pm Spanish Sunday: 8:30 am English Reconciliation Thursday 5:00-5:45

Church of Christ Winnie Church of Christ 2559 Hwy 124 • Stowell 409-899-1737 • 409-363-9898 Sunday Bible Class.................9:45 am Sunday Morning Worship.......10:45 am Sunday Evening Worship......5:00 pm Wednesday Service................7:00 pm Church of Christ Oak Street • Anahuac 267-6445 Sunday Bible Class.................9:30 am SundayWorship Service......10:30 am SundayEvening Worship.......6:00 pm Wednesday Service................6:00 pm

Episcopal Trinity Episcopal Church Washington & Light St • Anahuac 409-267-6582 Sunday Holy Communion..10:00 am

Latter Day Saints

Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints Menely Road • Winnie Sunday Morning.....................9:00 am Wednesday Youth Activities.....7:00 pm

Lutheran

Hope Lutheran Church 9th & LeBlanc - Winnie 409-296-2377 Sunday Worship............9:30 am Sunday School............10:45 am

First United Methodist 204 Trinity St • Anahuac 409-267-3242 Sunday School.......................10:45 am Sunday Worship....................11:00 am St. James Methodist Ed Hopkins @ Texas St • Anahuac Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Worship 1st & 4th Sunday.....................................11:00 am Wednesday Bible Studies......6:00 pm Faith United Methodist Highway 365 • Fannett 409-794-1121 Sunday School......................10:00 am Sunday Worship....................11:00 am UMYF 2nd and 4th Sunday.....5:00 pm Middleton Memorial Methodist Wallisville Rd • Wallisville 409-389-2218 Sunday Worship......................9:00 am St.PaulUnitedMethodistDoubleBayou www.stpauldoublebayou.com Sunday School........................10:45am Sunday Worship .................... 9:00 am Wednesday Bible Studies.........6:30 pm St. Mathew’s United Methodist 1312 Weeks Ave • High Island Sunday School.........................9:00 am Sunday Worship Service.........10:00 am UMYF.............................................3:00 pm First United Methodist Highway 124 @ Freeman • Winnie 296-4382 Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Worship....................10:45 am UMYF.......................................6:00 pm Sunday Worship......................9:30 am Sunday School.......................10:45 am

SmithPoint Community Church Smith Point Sunday School.......................10:00 am Sunday Morning Worship......11:00 am Trinity Church 1324 Hwy. 124 • Winnie Sunday Happy Hour...............9:00 am Morning Worship.................10:00 am WednesdayEveningWorship....7:30pm House of Prayer Fannett Elementary School 409-794-9470 Sunday Services.............2:00-5:00 pm HankamerCommunity Fellowship FM 1663 @ FM 1724 • Hankamer Sunday School.....................10:00 am Sunday Praise & Worship..11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study........7:00 pm Lighthouse of Hope Church 507 6th St. Winnie, Texas (at the corner of 6th St. and Oak St.) 409-782-5354 Sunday Worship....................10:00 am Wednesday Worship..............6:30 pm Word of Life Church Please call (351) 999-4923 to participate in our phone church services: Adult Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Church services 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 pm

Pentecostal

Calvary Tabernacle 1210 FM 1406 • Winnie 296-2020 Sunday School........................2:00 pm Sunday Worship.....................2:45 pm Thursday Evening...................7:00 pm (Children’s Church, Youth Service & Bible Study) - Pastor Carl A. Vickery Calvary Tabernacle UPC 11185 Mahon Rd, Fannet Pastor Steve Adams 409-201-8033 Sunday 1pm, Thursday 7pm First UnitedPentecostal Church 1352 Walter Street • High Island 286-5444 Sunday Worship....................10:00 am Tuesday.....................................7:30 pm

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FOR SALE Metal Shelves $10 each 4 available Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4 Set of metal steps. $40 Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4 Disk and scoop for tractor $25 each Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4

FOR SALE Cub SI40 farm tractors - 14’50’ mobile home large dog house metal garden tiller - 3 drilling rigs want to buy disk - brush hog - tractor w/ front loader. 281-788-7838 For Sale 28' Triple Axle Gooseneck Trailer $6500.00. Call 409-267-3063 Cow hay for sale 4x5 round bales bahaia grass 35.00 per roll stored outside 409-781-2236 New Craftsman electric biscuit joiner with case never been used. $150.00 interested call 409-5536831 in Winnie,TX 2005 Crown Vic Intercepter: Clean, dependable, new tires, brakes, great ac, etc., $3, 800.00. 281-414-6353 Trailer axles $40.00 - $100.00 each, PVC pipe 1 1/2 to 4" $50.00, Call 409-457-5204 Commercial gas tank for sale $700. refrigerator for sale $80. please call 832-298-8159 2012 Jeep Compass runs good. A/C works but does not cool well. Work vehicle $5000.00 Call 409-277-1065 2000 Ford gas tractor parts. Call for prices Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4 Window air conditioner $50 Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4 4 tires size 33x12.50 R18LT $100 Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4

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ties). EASTERN TURKEY season is April 22-May 14 (East Texas). There are MANY

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Too bad this image doesn’t include sound! The flapping of this many turkey wings is startling! The photographer’s presence possibly alerted them to take flight. Unless danger is imminent, turkeys usually rely upon their legs to escape danger by accelerating to Olympic-like speeds on the ground - quickly putting distance between them and predators. Photo By S.K. Munro.

Cole Reiner Shines Early at Fort WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE W o r t h S t o c k S h o w a n d R o d e o HENS AND GOBBLERS

By John Jefferson

Ben Franklin is said to have wanted to make the wild turkey the American symbol. I’m glad he wasn’t successful. If shooting a whooping crane can get you a $10,000 fine and a year in the can, I can’t imagine what shooting the National Bird would cost you. But thankfully, the only worry this year is finding a gobbler to shoot. Some think the Valentine’s Day Weather Massacre might have frozen the toes off tur-

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keys as it did with doves. We’re not sure how turkeys avoided it, but somehow they did. Maybe those big turkey feet are tougher than doves’ toes. Jason Hardin is the TPWD Program Leader for Wild Turkeys. I called him last week to get his appraisal of prospects for the forthcoming turkey seasons. When he answered, I asked if he were still in South Texas trapping turkeys as his boss had told me he was. “We’re through trapping,” he told me, “and I’m in a truck heading to northeast Texas with a load of birds to release, there.” He didn’t say where in South Texas he trapped them, but I’m wondering if it was the same ranch my wife and I have been invited to hunt on. From what the ranch owners have told me, they have more than enough turkeys to allow some to be trapped. See attached photo. Now, those are turkey HENS in the picture. The photographer titled it “Watching the Girls Go By.” Some might wonder why I’m using a picture of a flock of hens when most hunters are after gobblers. The answer to that could be explained by considering why a turkey hunter uses a call that imitates a female

turkey when he’s hunting a male. The females – the hens – are the attraction for the gobblers. If hunters yelping with a mouth call, scratching on a box call, or dragging a striker across a circular chunk of slate, sound enough like a hen, a gobbler’s apt to come to check it out. And it really doesn’t have to be a turkey-calling-competition sound either. The fact that I have successfully called a number of turkeys attests to that! Just get a call and an instructional DVD and practice until your family invites you to go elsewhere. Hardin mentioned one trapping that caught twenty-seven juvenile hens. Those were hens hatched in 2021 AFTER the freeze. That indicates a decent hatch. Most of Texas enjoyed that. The Sand Sheets near the South Texas coast had excellent hatches. The Hill Country was very good, but the Rolling Plains and the Panhandle had below average production. That’s being studied. Agriculture changes from wheat to cotton may have hurt. Generally, RIO GRANDE TURKEY spring season is open April 2-May 15 (North Zone); March 19-May1 (South Zone); April 1-30 (One turkey coun-

The Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo kicked off on Jan. 21 and with 10 days of rodeo in the books the field has been narrowed down. Buffalo, Wyo., bareback rider Cole Reiner is one of those cowboys still in the hunt for a 2022 FWSSR title. He punched his ticket to the semifinals in the fourth performance with a 90-point ride on Championship Pro Rodeo's Hooey Rocks.

"I've been watching that horse ever since I've been around in the PRCA," said Reiner, 23. "I knew he was going to buck, but I didn't know how much of a handful he was going to be. He hung up there and gave me plenty of time to do exactly what I needed to do." Reiner's trip on Hooey Rocks is the highest-scored ride of the rodeo so far with one bracket left to go. He said there's something special about competing in

big winter rodeos after a handful of them were canceled last season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "As far as Fort Worth goes, I love that building, hands down one of the best rodeos over the year when you consider everything," Reiner said. "There's something about the biggest indoor rodeos that really get me fired up. "So, to be able to go there and get a good start is (contd on page 8)

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earned so far this season. Fort Worth Stock Show PRCA on The Cowboy You can watch Reiner and and Rodeo nightly on The Channel Plus App, Jan. 31 the rest of the field at the Cowboy Channel and the – Feb. 5.

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Chambers County Judge Jimmy Sylvia, left, and challenger Rachal Hisler, right, peer out into the audience as moderator David Redd studies the next question. and their positions on a dig thrown his way. An having made up their variety of questions posed example of this was mind as to who they were from the audience as well when Hisler said that she going to support and some as some predetermined wanted more transparency of the questions seeming questions from the in County Government, like they were planted and moderator. The County Sylvia responded with slanted to favor certain Judges race probably the fact that the County candidates. Positions provided the starkest had won several awards from US Representative, difference between the for transparency and that State offices, and down two candidates in their the Commissioners Court to each County Precinct answers to the questions meetings were on You were represented in the with challenger Rachal Tube and out in the open forum. Early voting begins Hisler mostly going on for everybody to watch. on February 14, 2022 the attack and incumbent All in all it was a typical with election day being County Judge Jimmy political forum with most Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Sylvia answering every of the crowd already

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Cole Reiner Shines Early (contd) really important. It's really exciting to be a part of and a great opportunity to get your world standings kicked off right. You have to keep that momentum rolling into March with the other big rodeos out there coming up." The young bareback rider made his second trip to the Wrangler National Fi-

nals Rodeo presented by Teton Ridge in December. He credits the success he's found in winter rodeos to competing in the grind that is 10 days of the NFR "People don't think of it this way but it's a big advantage (qualifying for the Finals) come January, February, and March," Reiner said. "We are still

coming off the high and riding 10 horses in a row and being in that critical situation, so this part is easy. Right now, we're still feeding off that energy and preparation. So, it's a ton of fun to be out rodeoing right now." He currently sits 13th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $10,139

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