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Happy Valentine's Day from the Hometown Press Chambers County to Explore Raising Homestead Tax Exemption By Wade Thibodeaux During the Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Chambers County Commissioners Court, an agenda item was discussed that would raise the over 65 Homestead Tax Exemption. The Court discussed several options, up to and including a complete and total exemption of County taxes for those over 65 years of age. The group seemed receptive to some tax relief and Chambers County Judge Jimmy Sylvia appointed Commissioners Billy Combs and Tommy Hammond to a committee that would study the numbers, visit with constituents, and report back to the Court. There is an item on the agenda for the February 8, 2022 Commissioners Court, but any action taken by the Court would be past the print deadline for this week's
The Hometown Press. Any action taken will be covered in a future edition. The Court also approved the application for a grant that would provide 80% of the cost of walking trails that have been proposed for Gregory Park in Stowell. The total cost of these walking trails would be an estimated $335,000.00 and the County match portion would be $67,000.00. The Court approved the use of $25,000.00 of HOT (Hotel Occupancy Tax) funds for Marsh Fest that will be held from February 21through March 15, 2022 in Winnie-Stowell Park. Chambers County Commissioners Court meets every second and fourth Tuesday of the month in the County Courtroom of the Chambers County Courthouse at 9:30 am.
For 52 years the Texas Rice Festival has been honored to support our area youth, organizations, and communities. In good times and bad, through flood, rain, or hurricane, through
pandemic, hard decisions and cancellations, the TRF has endured. In the last 13 years, including 3 cancelled festivals, the TRF has donated, awarded, and given to the following:
The TRF also adds a direct economic impact to local businesses during the festival and is the main fundraiser for many local Religious and Civic Organizations.
PLEASE SUPPORT THE TRF, IT IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SUPPORT YOU!!! Thank You, Texas Rice Festival Board of Directors
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EC Education Foundation will host a bingo on Feb 12, 2022 at 7pm in the Winnie Community Building. Tickets are $50 and includes 20 games and chili dinner. Prizes are designer purses, guns, and camping gear!
The Hometown Press E n d o r s e s Po l i t i c a l C a n d i d a t e s
Jimmy Sylvia
By Wade Thibodeaux The following endorsements are the results of gathering of information on candidates by The Hometown Press Publisher Wade Thibodeaux and are based on research, past voting records, speeches given, answers to questions at political forums, and personal interviews with some or all of the candidates and are the sole opinion of Wade Thibodeaux. The candidates involved are the Republican candidates who are vying for the party nomination in the March 1, 2022 primary election. The Democrat candidates were not considered because in many of the positions(at least locally) there was not a candidate or they were unopposed and would face the Republican Party nominee in the November 2022 election. The US races and the Statewide races will not be evaluated. The first race that will be considered is the Texas Senate District 4(Chambers and other Counties) and that endorsement will be given to the incumbent Senator Brandon Creighton and that will be based on a theme that will be repeated several times in this article. The reasoning is that when things are going pretty good, don't rock the boat. Senator Creighton is unopposed in his
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Primary race, but has spent a representative amount of time in the County listening to the citizens and is worthy of another term. Texas House District 23 is the District that represents Chambers County and parts of Galveston County. Texas House District 23 is a vacant seat previously held by Mayes Middleton who is seeking the Texas Senate District 11 Republican nomination. It is a crowded field with four Republicans pushing for the party nomination, but The Hometown Press endorses Patrick Gurski over Abel Longoria, Gina D. Smith, and Teresa Leo-Wilson. Gurski is a combat veteran who is a conservatve Attorney working and living in Galveston County. If no candidate receives over 50% of the vote on March 1, 2022, then a run-off election would be held on May 24, 2022 between the top two candidates to determine who would take on Democrat candidate Keith G. Henry in the November General Election. The Chambers County Judge's race is a winner take all race in that there are two candidates in the Republican Primary and no candidates on the Democratic Primary ballot. The Hometown Press endorses incumbent County Judge Jimmy Sylvia over challenger Rachal
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Hisler primarily on the grounds that Sylvia has answered every talking point that the challenger has made. Hisler has called for transparency in County government and Sylvia has answered that the County has received several awards for transparency. Hisler has called for additional funding for volunteer fire departments and Sylvia has pointed out that the funding has increased steadily over the years so that now every department in the County receives over $60,000. per year. Hisler wants to fully fund law enforcement and Sylvia pointed out that under his leadership of Commissioners Court, they actually over funded law enforcement by providing the budget for three additional officers over the request of the Sheriff. All of this has been done with a tax rate that has declined over the years in one of the fastest growing Counties in the State, if not the nation. Once again, things are going pretty good and let's not rock the boat. People and businesses are flocking to the County and it's not because they like mosquitos, something must be going the right way for so much growth to be occurring. Additionally, Hisler has publically admitted that she wanted to run for Commissioner, but she was redistricted(happens
every ten years based on the census) out of the precinct that had a Commissioners race this cycle and so she decided to run for County Judge. That acknowledgement sounds like a fallback plan instead of a dedicated commitment. The only other contested County wide race is for the County Chairman of the Republican Party. The Hometown Press endorses Austin Tice over incumbent Eric Smith. This endorsement is due primarily to the presentation of each person at the Republican forum held in Anahuac. Tice talked about growth of the party and the ways for Chambers County Republicans to be examples for other Counties within the State and Smith answered that challenge with a response that the position was non paying and something that happened as time was available. This Republican Party in Chambers County deserves a Chairman who is committed to doing everything possible to make the Party as good as it can be. There are only a couple of other contested races within the County, but they are either out of the readership area of The Hometown Press or there was no opinion on the candidates. Other than the County Judge's race, all of the County wide positions are uncontested and that indicates that the citizens of Chambers County are pretty happy with the way that their government is working or otherwise those positions would have had challengers as well. Early voting begins next week on Monday, February 14 and goes through Friday, February 25, 2022. Election day is Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
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Wednesday, February 9, 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, we have had our week’s worth of Winter this last week and hopefully Mother Nature will return to our normal seasonal mild conditions for the remainder of the next couple of months. Then, about April, Summer will arrive and it will be hot until about December. Anyway, I hope that everybody survived last week’s cold weather and judging by the pretty much fully stocked plumbing aisle at Home Depot, I’m guessing that most people fared fairly well. I was at my Thursday morning leads meeting in Huntsville and I was sitting between two guys that were discussing whether or not to send their employees home due to the possibility of the roads becoming difficult to travel and I was thinking to myself that if the predicted weather arrived and the roads iced over I would be out there taking pictures of all of the
vehicles in the ditch due to the inexperienced Texas ice drivers. However, most of the bad stuff stayed to the North of us and our roads remained clear and navigable. That didn’t stop me though, I stayed in the house where it was warm all day Friday and waited until it warmed up enough Saturday to poke my nose out of the cozy confines of my living room. When I did venture out Saturday, it was pretty pleasant and only became nicer as the day materialized. I ventured up to check on cows in Elkhart and I was fully expecting to have at least one broken pipe as I had not had the time to turn the water off and drain the pipes, but luckily, nothing was broken and all of the cows were happy to see me. In fact, it was such a pleasant day that one of the cows was sleeping in the sunlight as I drove up and I thought she was dead. I
Opinion & Entertainment drove my truck up to about 10 feet from her and I got out and moved one of her outstretched legs. She raised her head and kind of opened one eye and then laid her head back on the ground and then I thought she was dying. All of a sudden she must have realized that a person was standing close to her and she jumped to her feet and scurried off about 40 feet away and looked at me with this look on her face that said “How dare you wake me from my nap”. I was glad to see that everybody made it through the cold weather and I put out several rolls of hay and came home. Last week, I talked about something that I had never done before and this week I’m going to do that again. No, I’m not going to hug a Congressman again, I’m going to talk about a first for me again. Being of Cajun descent, I’ve eaten a lot of gumbo in my time, but I’ve always had either chicken and sausage gumbo or seafood gumbo. However, this last week with the weather being so cold outside, I stayed inside and I cooked quite a bit. Friday night I cooked a shrimp gumbo and we ate all that we could, but we still had quite a bit of
juice left. We ate most of the shrimp, but we still had some shrimp and a lot of juice so I just put it in the fridge and figured I would sort it out later. Due to my cow excursion on Saturday, I was running late and it was time to cook dinner. I thought to myself, I wonder what would happen if I just added some sausage to that leftover shrimp gumbo. And, I did. I poured
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the leftovers into a pot and turned the heat on while I was cutting up a sausage link and adding it to the mixture. I let it boil and then let it simmer for about 30 minutes while I made a pot of rice and that stuff was pretty good. It was so good that I kept the leftovers from that batch and had it again Sunday night. My Mother always said that you were not supposed
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to reheat gumbo more than once, but it’s been about four hours and I’m not feeling any ill effects from third time gumbo so we will see what happens. The moral of the story is ......Don’t be afraid to try something new. I’ve lived almost six decades and never had shrimp and sausage gumbo, but I kinda like it. Till next time, I’m...........Wade in the Shade.
Tumbleweeds
GOATS, GUITARS AND GUSHERS By Tumbleweed Smith
When BJ Mayo uses his mouth to call goats, the animals stop what they’re doing, turn toward his voice, bleat back and seemingly wait for further instructions. His call is legendary and sounds like a goat practicing for a debut at Carnegie Hall. It is musical. When he’s not at his ranch near San Angelo dealing with livestock (mostly cattle these days) you might find him at a western hootenanny in Arkansas playing guitar and singing. He is versatile with all elements of his life. For years he spent time in Africa, Bangladesh, Australia and other places around the globe working in petroleum. He is still in that line of work as a consultant, traveling all over the state dealing with oil wells. No wonder. His early years were spent in an oil company field camp 25 miles from the nearest town. Bob, as he is called by his friends in the oil patch, has always kept a good account of his life experiences. If he didn’t write them down in a journal he is able to recall the ones that influenced him. BJ started writing books a few years ago. “I have 26 novels structured,” he says.
“The material is endless. I have three going on right now, two of them westerns. I really enjoy it. I’ve traveled so much and have met so many characters, each with different personalities and from different cultures.” He writes just one day a week. That’s Sunday after church, a trip to Dairy Queen and a nap. “When the material comes to me when I’m in a writing mode, it comes very quick and is fully loaded. I may write for 6 or 7 hours straight. It takes no effort. It just flows.” Bob has torn down an old building and is using the lumber to build a writing studio on his ranch. His first novel is ALFIE CARTER, about a young African girl who is the only survivor of her warravaged village in Angola. She witnesses a brutal massacre by guerrilla boy soldiers. She uses her intelligence and bravado to find her way to the United States where a family adopts her and she becomes a lawyer. Skyhorse Publishing, a division of Simon and Schuster, publishes the book. His second book is THE SPARROWS OF MONTENEGRO, one of Simon and Schuster’s new
releases for 2022. “It’s a western and is fairly graphic in nature. I don’t recommend reading it at night. It covers a lot of ground from Ojinaga, Mexico to Mushaway Mountain in Borden County during the 1870 time frame.” The book has soldiers, cowboys, Indians, a ranch and a Mexican Village. “The Sparrows have a specific meaning to the women and children of this little village. It also goes deep into the Mexican culture.” The book shows the brutality of some of the frontier justice. He calls this book historical fiction. “I don’t really care much for non-fiction. It’s too confining to realism and to specific dates, which can be called into question. I have a historical context in most of my books.” SPARROWS is in Japan, Australia, UK, everywhere Simon and Schuster sells books. It’s also available on Amazon, Wal-Mart, Target and Barnes and Noble. . www.tumbleweesmith.com
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR ■ East Chambers regular school board meetings are held on the second Monday beginning at 6pm in the 216 Champions Loop Winnie, TX 77665
THEME: KINGS AND QUEENS ACROSS 1. Outback birds 5. Pilgrimage to Mecca 8. Well, to Sofia Loren 12. Impose a tax 13. No way! 14. Malicious burning 15. ____ over 16. Radiant light 17. Ran easily 18. *”The King of Staten Island” star Pete 20. Goyim, alt. sp. 21. Mork from Ork, e.g. 22. Common furniture wood 23. “Der Ring des Nibelungen” composer 26. Petroleum product (2 words) 30. Shakespearean fuss 31. Loan shark 34. Village People hit 35. City in France 37. Street, in Paris 38. Show in progress (2 words) 39. Tiny purse 40. Was almost out of gas, e.g. (2 words) 42. *First H in HRH 43. Type of bag 45. Unguarded
47. Brick and mortar carrier 48. Resize a dress, e.g. 50. “For ____ the Bell Tolls” 52. *Netflix royal drama (2 words) 55. Bridal veil fabric 56. One who hoes 57. Not far 59. Orderly arrangement 60. Drunkard, slangily 61. Stare 62. Country club pegs 63. Drivers’ licenses, e.g. 64. *2019 movie “Queen & ____” DOWN 1. Not Moose or Shriner 2. Fitting reward 3. Iris holder 4. Forest spirit 5. Gingerbread sculpture 6. Kitchen garb 7. *Billie ____ King 8. *Queens neighbor 9. ESPN trophy 10. Denials 11. December 31st, e.g. 13. Lowest points 14. Plural of alga 19. Intestinal obstruction 22. Opposite of their 23. *Prince Charles’ domain
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24. Temples’ innermost sanctuaries 25. Not stay in (2 words) 26. Perceive by touch 27. *The NBA’s Kansas City____ Kings (1972-75) 28. More unfriendly 29. *Late “Live” King of CNN 32. Russia’s mountain range 33. Seek a seat 36. *The last “king” of Russia 38. Proprietor 40. *The ___ Queen, regal chess character in “Through the Looking Glass” 41. Public disapproval 44. Cozy and comfortable 46. Two of these do not make a right 48. Near the wind 49. Potato soup partner, pl. 50. “She ____ a Yellow Ribbon” 51. Add to payroll 52. Native of Thailand 53. Lash mark 54. Member of National Socialist German Workers’ Party 55. Giant pot 58. “Shiny Happy People” band
or any members, to join them for Chicken Foot on Thursdays at noon, and Bingo on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. For more information, please call 267-3700.
■ The Wellness Center at ■ The Lily Bayside invites seniors, Valley Food
located at 1222 N. Main St. in Anahuac, distributes food to those in need on the fourth Saturday of each month. Anyone wishing to donate canned goods, money or volunteer is of the encouraged to do so. Pantry,
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Local News
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 PUNISHMENT RANGE
Forty-Nine individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, January 30 and Saturday, February 5. 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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Religion & Lifestyle
Wednesday,February 9, 2022
Sunday Observations from Christy
I was talking with a friend about a difficult issue I was dealing with. It seemed no matter what decision I made, it was going to have substantial consequences. The friend simply said back to me, “Breathe in; breathe out, Danny. That’s all you can do. The Lord will take of it.” “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your on understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.” (Proverbs 3:5-6) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff ’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys OBITUARIES Doris Foster was born, December 8, 1942, in Midway, Texas. She was known to many as “Moma Jane”. Foster attended and graduated Albert Lee High School in Midway, Texas. She would later meet and marry Jessie Billy Evans. Together they had 4 children, Jesse Leon, LinFoster Jane Evans, daugh- da Kay, Brenda Kay, and ter of the late James Prince Fitzgerald Evans. “Choke” McGilbra and
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
Baptist
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)
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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Yesterday as Mom and I were coming home from the grocery store, I had a truck following so closely I thought he was trying to hitch a ride in my back seat. Mom mentioned how bad the drivers seem today, and I said, it’s lack of respect. Across the board. On everything. I don’t care what the issue is, what problem we are facing, if you simply respect your fellow man, you can improve the situation. I didn’t say like them. I said respect.
Seriously, we could improve our world ten fold by doing that one thing. Did you know when you tailgate, and drive aggressively you show no respect for someone else’s life? I commonly say, hey you want to kill yourself get after it, but don’t take me with you! Did you know when you rush a store and take more product than you need, you have no respect for others? That maybe taking what you need allows others to get what they need? Did you know when you try to force your personal opinion on those who differ from you, you have no respect for others? Their right to their own thoughts and beliefs? The list is endless, but I promise you, increased
respect for others, will only help our society. I challenge you, look at any situation, and if a little respect for a fellow human beings thoughts, beliefs, and lives was added, 9/10 of the time the outcome would be better. I don’t understand how we have reached this point. That our thoughts are the only ones that are right. That we are the smartest, most worthy, human being. That no one else has a thought that might have relevance. That everyone that doesn’t believe and act as we do, must be stupid. Who made you the know all of all? It all makes a huge circle, back to respect. Are parents even teaching respect for others anymore? Wait….. that’s the origin of the problem.
Because if your toddler hears you constantly telling others how stupid they are, or belittling someone, talking trash behind their backs….. guess what you just taught your toddler??? THAT DISRESPECT IS ACCEPTABLE. So don’t be shocked when your teen is a hot mess of a smart mouth. Whew!!! Happy Sunday peeps. Can we reinstate respect? Teach tolerance? Maybe have a class on “if you have nothing nice to say then say nothing”? Maybe an ap that shuts our phone off if we are rude online? Name a problem….. I promise respect will either solve it….. or lessen the blow. You are not superior to me, nor am I to you. I just respect you enough to allow you to live your life. Now, can I live mine?
Foster Jane “Moma Jane”, was very well known in the Stowell community and Winnie Stowell Church of Christ, as a member, where she remained faithful until her death. After her husband’s passing in 1968, she remained a faithful widower to the Evan’s family, never remarrying. For over 45 years, she and her best friend, younger sister, Willie Mae, also known as Will to many, has been inseparable roommates, living together, as two sisters should when you are single and love each other as family, as the Bible says. Foster Jane and Willie Mae did almost everything together, such as riding, cooking, fishing, traveling the
world, sightseeing, attending, and participating in Bar B Que functions, but most important, attending church and holding their faith in God together. Welcoming Foster Jane into the kingdom is her husband, Jesse Billy Evans, her daughter, Linda Kay Evans, her parents, James “Choke” McGilbra and Doris Foster, her great uncle, Mack Foster, Sr., and grandson, DaNario Williams. Cherishing her memories are her children, Jesse Evans and wife, Sabrena; Brenda Evans, and husband, Eugene; Prince Fitzgerald Evans, and wife, Gina; sisters, Shirley Goff; Linnie Mae Green and hus-
band, James; Willie Mae Larkin; grandchildren, Jesse and JJ; Jason, Linda, Jocelyn, Christopher, Zachry, Elton Jr., Dominique, Whitney, Vanessa, Prince Jr., and Daysa; Special great aunt, Novella “Aunt Sugar” Foster; special cousins, Jack, Mack Jr., Max San and Susie; Special friends, Curtis Hill and Lera Allen; twenty one great grandchildren; one great great grandson and one on the way; special friends and members of the Winnie Stowelll Church of Christ and so many other relatives and friends from the Winnie Stowell community, Houston, Midway, and Madisonville, Texas. A gathering of Mrs. Evan’s
family and friends was from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 4, 2022, at Broussard’s, 134 West Buccaneer Drive, Winnie. Her funeral service was Saturday, February 5, 2022, at Winnie Stowell Church of Christ, 2559 TX-124, Winnie, with her interment following at Fairview Cemetery, Winnie. Please observe social distancing guidelines. By attending any public event you are acknowledging the risk of exposure to the Corona Virus. Please follow the guidelines provided by the Centers for Disease Control: cdc.gov
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
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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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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS EAST CHAMBERS ISD’S STATE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY RATING East Chambers ISD will hold a public hearing at 6:00 P.M., February 14, 2022, in the Administration Building, 216 Champions Loop Winnie, TX 77665 The purpose of this meeting is to discuss East Chambers ISD’s rating on the state’s financial accountability system. East Chambers received the highest of four financial accountability ratings to Texas school districts, with the highest being “Superior Achievement”. A Public Hearing on the East Chambers ISD Texas Academic Performance Report, PEIMS Financial Standard Report, Campus Performance Objectives and the Annual Report on Violent and Criminal Incidents will be held on Monday, February 14, 2022 at 6:00 P.M. in the board room at East Chambers Independent School District Administration Building at 216 Champions Loop in Winnie, Texas 77665. The purpose of the hearing is to share the District and Campus Texas Academic Performance Report, campus performance objectives, the annual report on violent and criminal incidents and to invite public comment.
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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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new rules for the sake of helping Nature and TPW’s hatcheries restock what the freezing weather brutally
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
annihilated. Everybody along the coast that I’ve talked to has verbally signed on to it. Trout usually go to
deeper water to ride out freezes. Let’s hope they did and survived the recent one.
WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE
FEBRUARY FREEZE AND TROUT By John Jefferson
But, Baby, it got cold last week! And it carried over into this week. It got almost as cold as the one in February 2021, but it didn’t last as long. We didn’t have as much ice and snow, and the sun helped by coming out more. We recently cut down a big, dead limb on our mulberry tree and added it to our woodpile which already had a pickup full of fresh firewood in it from our January foray, so our furniture was never in danger of be-
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coming fuel this year. And our electricity kept working throughout the current freeze! Water was another matter. The City of Austin had assured us that they had everything under control … but they didn’t. We’re presently under a “boil water” order. What I don’t know at this point is whether the Texas coast suffered enough to inflict more damage to an already diminished speckled trout population from last year’s fish-killing freeze. You’ll recall that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission took emergency action on March 24, 2021, temporarily altering spotted seatrout regulations in response to the significant fish kill that resulted from February 2021’s severe freeze. Some 3.8 million fish were killed in that extended freeze, including 61 species. Spotted sea trout, commonly known as speckled trout -- or just as “specks” -were significantly hammered. A species doesn’t recover overnight from that type of carnage. To assist in a speedy recovery, TPWD reduced the daily limit for speckled trout in the Upper and Lower Laguna Madre to three and the slot limit became 17-23 inches. Those rules expired on
September 27, 2021. Additional research by the TPWD Coastal Fisheries Division deemed it necessary to reenact the rules for the Laguna Madre (Upper and Lower) and expanded the geographic area of lowered bag limit and new slot limit. All Coastal waters from FM 457 in Sargent southward to the Rio Grande River were proposed to be included in the new emergency regulations. At the January 2022 TPW Commission meeting, these new rules were adopted. They affect all coastal waters south of Sargent including Matagorda Bay, San Antonio Bay, Aransas Bay, Corpus Christi Bay, and the Upper and Lower Laguna Madre systems. The rules are said to become effective March 10, but there seems to be a possibility of a change in effective date. Stay tuned. These rules will expire August 31, 2023, at which time the regulations revert to the pre-February 14, 2021 rules. The goal of this measure is to leave more spawning-age trout in the bays for two spawning seasons helping trout populations recover as quickly as possible. Personally, I hope all guides and anglers will endorse the
Speckled trout, shown here on the line of Jim Friebele, retired Rockport fishing guide, are one of the most popular sportfish in the Texas bays. The jury is still out on what effect last week’s storm had on trout. My only responsive source said the temperature didn’t go as low as in 2021 and didn’t last as long below freezing. Trout usually head for deeper, warmer water to survive cold weather. Let’s hope that’s the case this year. Photo by John Jefferson.
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Congratulations to the Students on the President's List and the Dean's List at Sam Houston State University
Friends, I am proud to officially announce that I am seeking re-election as Chambers County Judge. I have held this position for nearly 25 years, serving honorably and keeping the best interest of you and your neighbors in mind when making decisions. My more than two decades experience in this office makes me one of, if not the, most tenured County Judges in the State of Texas. I levy this experience every day in both the Court Room and as the leading officer of this County. During my time as County Judge Chambers County has faced much adversity. We have survived numerous disasters including hurricanes, freezes and airplane crashes, as well as other small scale events. We have seen great economic growth and prosperity, but have also weathered depressions. Through it all, however, we survived largely due to our spirit of teamwork and community. I have never been more proud to be your County Judge than in those dark moments when we banded together and rebuilt our lives, homes and futures. As the leader of this County I have fought hard for employee rights and worked with the members of Commissioners Court to ensure that all employees have fair access to paid time off, superb insurance and retirement that will carry them through their years after leaving employment here. I have advocated for employee advancement and provided opportunities for growth and learning. I believe that Chambers County’s employees are its foundation and they should be strengthened through the Court’s support. As a Judge, I have worked with people of all walks of life in their darkest moments, treating all who enter my Court Room with fairness. I believe in the adage that the punishment should fit the crime, however, and have been diligent in my efforts to reduce crime and increase safety in Chambers County. The most important roles I hold, however, are that of Christian, husband, father and grandfather. My relationship with God and my family are my greatest joys in life and I spend every day trying to be worthy of their love.
The students listed on the President's Honor Roll at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, are undergraduates who have achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average in all work attempted while enrolled in not less than 12 semester hours. The university would like to recognize the following students for earning the honor for the Fall 2021 semester. Anahuac, TX: Cara Hooper Marlee Neill Winnie, TX: Shelby Day The students listed on the Dean's List of Academic Honors at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, are undergraduates who have achieved a grade point average of at least 3.5 out of a perfect 4.0 in all work attempted while enrolled in not less than 12 semester hours. The university would like to recognize the following students for earning the honor for the Fall 2021 semester. Anahuac, TX: Dominique Clawson David Edwards Mitchell Hargraves Cara Hooper Dylan Jircik Jennifer Lugo Marlee Neill Winnie, TX: Colin Broussard Shelby Day Madison Racca Tanner Racca Charlotte Williams
I am thankful that the people of Chambers County have trusted me to lead them for the past two decades and hope that you will continue to place that same faith in me by voting to Keep Jimmy Judge in this Primary Election.
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