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Volume 33, Issue 7

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

EC Board Votes to Hold Bond Election

E C E d u c a t i o n Fo u n d a t i o n Bingo Night a Success

By Wade Thibodeaux The East Chambers ISD Board of Trustees held their regular monthly meeting last Monday, February 14, 2022 at 6:00 pm. and during the meeting they heard from their architect and bond council. During the action item portion of the agenda, Trustees voted unanimously to hold an election for two bond propositions on the May 7, 2022 election day. The first proposition or Prop A would be for $8 Million and would be for classrooms and instructional purposes,

mainly the replacement of the L building and the four room building on the Junior High Campus. The second proposition or Prop B would be for $1.8 Million and would be for recreational and extra curricular projects including the expansion of the Ag Barn to be able to house more student's animals and some parking lot expansions. A full recap of the meeting will be in a future issue of The Hometown Press as print deadlines would not allow time for full coverage.

Drug Bust in Anahuac

Sheriff Brian Hawthorne reports, on January 31, 2022, at approximately 12:30 a.m., a Chambers County Sheriff’s Office Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 500 block of South Main Street in Anahuac, Texas. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Shilah Brantley Bryant, 44, of Anahuac. While speaking with the Bryant, the Deputy observed a small amount of narcotics on the driver side floor board in plain view. A probable cause

search of the vehicle revealed approximately 100 Grams (600 pills) of suspected Ecstasy (MDMA), 2.3 Grams of Marijuana, prescription drugs and 16 Debit Cards with various names not belonging to Bryant. Bryant was placed under arrest for Manufacture/ Delivery of a Controlled Substance PG2, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Dangerous Drug and Fraudulent Possession of Identifying Information. Detectives with the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office Covert Investigative Unit and Criminal Investigations Division, continued a follow up investigation in reference to the stop which led to them obtaining and executing a search warrant at 509 South Main in Anahuac; the investigation is ongoing at this time.

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A large crowd was on hand for the first annual EC Education Foundation Bingo Night last Saturday.

Chambers County Judge Jimmy Sylvia was on hand to assist with the EC Bingo Night. He is displaying a shotgun as a bingo prize while Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne calls the bingo numbers from the stage. By Wade Thibodeaux Stowell Park Community as door prizes available for matched the numbers called The first annual East Building for a chance to the winners. Items from out from the front table. A Chambers Education win some great prizes. The shotguns to designer purses meal was served and beer Foundation Bingo Night event was held on Saturday were available to the person and wine were available for was a huge hit with over 360 night, February 12, 2022 holding the bingo card with attendees. people piling into the Winnie and had bingo prizes as well the right combination that

Trinity Bay Board Votes Unanimously to Hire Shadden as General Manager By Wade Thibodeaux During a special meeting held last Wednesday, February 9,2022, the Trinity Bay Conservation District Board of Directors voted unanimously to hire former General Manager Jerry Shadden for the vacant position that existed since last December when then General Manager James Gibson's contract was not renewed. A previous board had voted 3-2 to buy out

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Shadden's contract on June 19, 2020 and after an election and some resignations, the only remaining member of the board that voted to buy out the contract is Jeffery Jenkins. Jenkins had voted in favor of terminating and buying out the contract in 2020, but voted in favor of hiring Shadden on February 9, 2022. Several people were in attendance at the meeting held last Wednesday and many of them made public comments

in favor of hiring Shadden. No one spoke against the hiring of Shadden. Contract negotiations are ongoing and an agenda item to address the General Managers contract is on the agenda for the regular monthly meeting scheduled for today, Wednesday, February 16, 2020. The meeting is past the print deadline for The Hometown Press and a full report will be in a future edition.

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Wednesday, February 16, 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 What a week. I think that I have single handedly supported ExxonMobil this past week as I made at least one trip between Winnie and Huntsville each day. Actually, I took the day off, travelling at least, on Tuesday, but I made a round trip on Wednesday and that makes up for the lack of travel on Tuesday. I started out leaving Huntsville on Monday and driving to Winnie and then actually stayed in Chambers County on Tuesday. I left Winnie early Wednesday morning as I had a 10:00 am meeting in Huntsville and then I traveled back to Winnie with a detour through Houston to take care of some printing work. Thursday morning, I was making plans to return to Huntsville when I received a phone call that my last remaining Aunt on my Mothers side of the family had passed away. I pretty much had to go to Hunts-

ville because I had to drop off papers at the post office and I needed to attend a couple of Thursday night functions, but Friday I returned to Winnie to spend the night before I made the trip to Louisiana for my Aunts funeral. Saturday was a round trip to Louisiana and finally today(Sunday) I was able to stay in the greater metropoulos of Winnie, Texas. I think that I will be back on my schedule of only one trip between Winnie and Huntsville this coming week, but who knows with my crazy schedule. It’s a good thing that I’m not going to be bouncing between the two offices this week because I have a full week of activities that include six meetings in the first four days of the week. That’s in addition to all of the regular things that go on in my life like getting a few newspapers to print and trying to have

Opinion & Entertainment somewhat of a social life. Speaking of a social life, a whole bunch of us are going to make a trip out to Bandera, Texas this coming weekend to listen to one of our favorite singers take the stage at 11th Street Cowboy Bar during the Bandera Mardi Gras Festival. George Dearbonne and Branded will be performing Saturday night and I hope that it’s not very cold because 11th Street Cowboy Bar is an outside venue. I have only been to Bandera a few times, but I just love the place. It’s a great little town with the ability to provide lots of fun and adventure. I was also able to attend a Super Bowl party this afternoon and even though my Bengals didn’t win, I had a lot of fun. The Bengals aren’t my team, but they were today. I was pulling for the old LSU fellow, but they came up just a little short in the scoring department. There was a group of folks playing cards when I got there and several hours later when I left they were still playing cards. I’m not sure that they knew that there was even a football game being played. There was lots of good food and some adult beverages, but

I didn’t partake in the beverages because I knew that I had to return to the office and write this column and some other articles. My writing skills would surely improve with a couple of those beverages, but then I might reach a breaking point and there would be no telling what would come through these fingertips. That was probably the first Super Bowl that I have

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watched in several years and I enjoyed the visiting and the folks more than anything else. That halftime performance left a lot to be desired in my opinion and I made the comment that I couldn’t believe that they got paid for their work. Somebody googled it and it turns out that the main performers did not get paid, only the dancers and accessory people. That

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made me feel better knowing that they didn’t get any money for that waste of good television time and next year I’m going to suggest that they have a real singer like George Strait or Alan Jackson. Regardless of the halftime show, I enjoyed the game and really appreciated the invite. Till next time, I’m........Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

A ROMANCE RE-KINDLED BY EMAIL By Tumbleweed Smith

Curt Waldrip of Liberty grew up Bellmead near Waco where he played football and ran track in high school. He has worked as a soldier, teacher (physics and chemistry), DJ and in the nuclear field. He even jousted at a renaissance festival. In 1999 he got a job with Verizon Communications. He worked in an office at night. “Most of the time I had nothing to do,” he says. “So I’d go online and just look around. One time I just got curious and I started wondering what happened to this girl that I was dating back in 1983. I was just crazy about her and really never got her out of my system. So I posted her last name that had an unusual spelling because it’s Polish. I found three people on the Internet with the exact same name. I sent all three of them an email and said if you ever dated a guy named Curt back in Waco in 83 or 84 give me a shout. If not, sorry to bother you. “She emailed me back the next day. She was living in Akron, Ohio working for the Goodyear Corporation. We renewed our friendship, first off. And it hit me almost like a physical blow how much I had missed

her. And this is seventeen years later, roughly. She told me she would be coming down to Texas in June to go to her sister’s wedding and she asked me if I would meet her there. I said absolutely. Anything to get to see her, even going to someone else’s wedding, which normally I would much rather stick a fork in my leg than do that. “So I’m sitting there and watching her sister go down the aisle and I started staring at her. She looked back and said to me, ‘don’t you dare. She knew exactly what I was thinking. Before we had gone our separate ways we had never formally broken up. She was planning to go college in Maryland. During the wedding reception I had a lot to drink and I looked over at her mother and told her that Nancy is the only woman that I completely and utterly loved. Her mother looked horrified and I thought she was going to scream. I didn’t know exactly why at the time but maybe it was because I had the reputation of liking women just a little too much. Anyway I ended up proposing to Nancy a few days before she left. I proposed three times and

she said no three times.” Curt and Nancy spent the next 2 years going over reasons why they shouldn’t and couldn’t get married. He would be ready but she wasn’t and vice versa. When he told her he really wanted her to be his wife she said no, that she had her own world set up and was doing her own thing. But she wanted to be friends forever. “But the way things happened we finally were both on the same page so on August 25 in 2001 we got married. We got back from our honeymoon on the 10th of September 2001. Think about that date for a moment. Our marriage started off during a world crisis, right after the attack on the twin towers. But we started our family from there and our first son was born August 26, 2004, almost three years to the date after our wedding. Our second son was born August 1, 2006. Things worked out.” www.tumbleweesmith.com

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Local News

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Sixty-Three individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, February 6 and Saturday, February 12. 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

Sunday Observations from Christy

Foolishness?

One Sunday during the gymnastics portion of the summer Olympics, George came up to me after the sermon holding a sign with “9.5” written on it. I remember it well, because I had a really interesting closing illustration. George said, “The routine was okay, but the dismount was great!” “And it pleased God, that by the foolishness of preaching, to save those who believe.” (1 Corinthians 1:21) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys OBITUARIES

Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Jane Bourque, 86, of Jennings was held on Sat-

Assemblies of God

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)

urday, February 12, 2022, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at 12:30 p.m. with Rev. Trey Ange officiating. Burial will follow in Doucet Cemetery under the direction of Miguez Funeral Home. Visitation for Mrs. Bourque began on Friday, February 11, 2022, at Miguez Funeral Home at 4:30 p.m. and continued until 9:00 p.m. It resumed on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. and continued until 12:30 p.m. 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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If you are one of those, I live for Valentine’s Day people, please just ignore the ramblings of a “knocking on 55 years old” female. One that has never been all wrapped up in all things February 14th. Here is the thing about Mrs. Bourque was born on November 11, 1935, in Jennings to parents, Deno and Margaret Lavergne Lessigne. She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening and cooking much to the delight of her family. Her favorite things to eat were crawfish and steak. She loved to laugh, and family time meant everything to her. Those left behind to cherish her memory are two daughters, Sheila and her husband, A. C. “Cody” Broussard of Jennings and Janice and her husband Keith Bertrand of Roanoke; a son, Keith, and his wife Suzonne Bourque of Shreveport; one brother, Gregory and his wife Julie Lessigne of Toledo Bend; eight grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wilton “Pete” Bourque and a brother, Lenis Lessigne.

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Valentine’s Day….. go buy flowers, or don’t. Buy a card, or don’t. Buy chocolates, diamonds, or a Ferrari if you want….. or don’t. But know this, for the cost of absolutely nothing you can tell your loved one how you feel. On any day. On a piece of paper. In a text. Or spelled out in magnetic letters on the fridge. But please don’t get so wrapped up in the day that you forget about the other 364 this year. Make it a goal to show those you love, that they are important. Every. Single. Day. I promise you, if you went to a nursing home, a hospice facility, to visit

any person who knows the end is near, they have one common wish…..that they wish they had loved more. Shown more. Worried less. Stressed less. Made time. Used time. Not one person would say, I really wish I would have gotten more candy on Valentine’s Day. The same can be said for anyone who has suffered a loss. Go to any funeral home, and you will hear, I wish I had one more hour. I sure should have come home more. I would like to think they knew how much I loved them. DONT WONDER, make sure you spend every single bit of time you can. Making sure those near to you KNOW you love them.

Because there is so much truth to the fact that the older we get, we look back more than forward. It’s because there is more time behind us than ahead. And I promise every single one of us wish we loved more, every. Single. Day. Happy Sunday peeps…. There is a lot happening this week. You got Super Bowl, Valentines Day, and Thursday. What’s Thursday you ask? It’s that day you show those you care about, that you care. So is every other day on the calendar. Go love one another….. and I’ve said it a bazillion times….. if you are reading this please know I love you. And happy Valentines Day!

Larry James Devillier, Sr., of Winnie, passed away at the age of 85 on February 11, 2022, under the care of Kindred Hospice at the Arboretum of Winnie. Larry was born on August 13, 1936, in Rayne, Louisiana, to Mildred Arceneaux and John Oscar Devillier. He was the oldest of their four children. When Larry was 10 years old, the Devillier family moved to Winnie to begin what would become decades of farming rice. Larry attended East Chambers from 4th grade on to his graduation in 1955. He participated and lettered in football, baseball, basketball, track and tennis, as was typically customary in small schools. He was known by his classmates with the nickname his coach gave him “Sca-lop”. On November 13, 1955, Larry married an “Anahuac” girl, Ginger Faye Smith, known to all as “BB”. They were married for 64 years until her death in June 2019. Larry

was the consummate gentleman…always tipping his hat and opening doors. He wore many hats during his lifetime, with the cowboy hat being one of his favorites. His passion and love for riding horses was almost equal to the love of his family. Until the grandchildren came along, and he wore the PawPaw hat proudly! Larry is survived by his 3 children: Paulette Cobb of Beaumont, Larry James “Buddy” Devillier, Jr., and his wife, Sheri, and Dean Devillier and wife, Pam, all of Winnie. PawPaw is survived by his adored grandchildren: Tyler Coco and his wife, Worley, Justin Devillier, Kate Devillier, Kristen Devillier, Colton Devillier and his wife, Andrea, James Cobb, and Audrye Hodges and her husband, Chris. Left to cherish memories of PawPaw are his great grandchildren: Wyatt James and John Oscar Coco, Hadlee Kay Dugas, Liam Ry Devillier, Char-

lotte Bernice and Cooper James Hodges. Also surviving Larry are two of his siblings, Saundra Devillier Fontenot and Billy Devillier; sister-inlaw, Barbara Smith; and brother-in-law, Wayne Behrend. In addition to his parents and wife, BB, Larry is preceded in death by his sonin-law, Greg Cobb; brother, Kenneth Devillier; and beloved granddaughter, Lauren Coco. A gathering of Mr. Devillier’s family and friends will begin at 1:30 p.m., with his funeral service to follow at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, February 17, 2022, at Broussard’s, 134 West Buccaneer, Winnie. His interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery, Winnie. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to the East Chambers ISD Education Foundation, 270 School Road, Winnie, Texas, 77665. Complete and updated information may be found at: broussards1889.com.

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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

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

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

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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M o o r e Fo r Yo u r Money by Ken Moore Inflation Fighting Tips for 2022 By now, we are all aware that just about everything costs more now than it did a year ago. In fact, the Labor Department just released the latest consumer price index data, which revealed that the rate of U.S. inflation rose again in January 2022 to 7.5%. This is a 40-year high that many economists say shows no sign of cooling off. Some inflation is normal in any given year, but the past year’s inflation has continued to rise followed by rapidly increasing prices of goods and services. Probably my greatest inflation fear is that it has the potential to drive consumers into debt. This holds especially true if you do not have emergency savings to fall back on. Banking 101 tells me that two things are necessary to deal with inflation: boost income and cut back on spending. Here are some inflation-fighting tips to lead you into battle! 1. Make a budget for the year. This is the first place to start, you can’t create a financial

pathway and a savings plan without knowing and controlling your expenses. A budget is the framework of planning. Carefully consider any major purchases this year as it may be best to postpone big expenses like home renovations or new vehicle purchases. 2. Cut back on spending. Groceries and gas are essential needs so look to things that are not needs, such as entertainment, dining out, and streaming services. But remember, never cut back on retirement saving that is employer matched. 3. Stay ahead of food costs. Curbside pick-up is a terrific way to save time and put an end to impulse buying. It is also easier to compare prices when you shop online, easier to buy in bulk, and an (contd on page 5) effective way to stay ahead of shortages. 4. Boost your income with a side job. It is simple to look around and find help wanted signs—this is an opportunity to pick up some evening or weekend work.

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Texas hunters are beginning to narrow the gap in the ratio of bucks to does. And with more emphasis being placed on naturally nutritious, wild game, taking a mature doe or two can help fill your freezer and lower your grocery bill. Photo by John Jefferson.

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TEXAS HUNTING LEADS NATION By John Jefferson

BREAKING NEWS! Texas is one of the best states in America for deer hunting! But you probably knew that. The National Deer Association (NDA) has released its annual report on the 2020-2021 season. The NDA staff annually compiles significant statistics on harvested deer throughout the country. Most deer hunters already know Texas ranks high in deer hunting. Sure, other states have good hunting, too, but having more whitetail

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habitat than other states and more deer gives Texas a bootleg up to begin with. And quality habitat makes as much or more difference than just having a lot of land upon which to hunt. For starters, hunters nationally combined to bring an estimated 6.3 million white-tailed deer to ice during the season. That’s the most since 2011. And the buck harvest totaled 3,041,544 – the most in 21 years. One has to wonder if a year and a half of COVID-isolation played a key role in hunters craving to get back into the woods and leave their masks behind. But WHICH deer the hunters were dropping was an exciting part of the report from a game management standpoint. Texas hunters and those from many other states have known there was an imbalance in the deer herd composition. First, there were way too many does for the number of bucks on the range. For years, hunters preferred to shoot bucks before taking a doe or two. Some never shot a doe at all. If doe fawns were unharmed by hunters who were only shooting bucks, it didn’t take long before there were 4, 5, 6, or more does for every buck. One ranch I have hunted had a ratio closer to 10-1! It takes a long time to adjust hunters’ mindsets to do what

it takes to lower that severe a skewed buck/doe ratio. This past season, however, hunters in Texas bagged 402,515 antlerless deer to the 449,933 antlered bucks. Both figures led the nation. The ratio is getting closer, and with just a little effort, it could improve even more. Nationally, the antlerless harvest has surpassed the buck harvest for the first time since 2016. But there is also good news inside the numbers of bucks and does harvested in Texas. Among bucks, Texas hunters ranked fifth nationally among harvested bucks 3-1/2 years of age or more. That means hunters are shooting more MATURE bucks than they did before antler restrictions became effective in a number of counties. And on the other end of the scale, we are taking fewer bucks 1-1/2 years old, ranking sixth lowest nationally in NOT taking yearling bucks. This category is like golf – the lower the score, the better. With antlerless deer, Texas ranked among the leaders by taking a very low percentage of fawns. It scored the highest in having taken does 3-1/2 years old, and older, too. Does that age are the most productive and become the most successful mamas. One could

5. If you are thinking of buying a home, do it now. It is likely that interest rates will continue to rise so do some rate shopping. New data signals the chaos of the 2021 housing market is giving way to a more normal buying environment. The gap between buyers’ demand and the market’s supply is slowly closing. And it is also worth checking current mortgage rates as you may still be able to re-

duce your monthly payment by refinancing. 6. Pay it forward. Everyone is hurting these days. I have always believed we can make the world a better place by paying it forward however we can. You never know when your kindness will change someone’s life, including your own. Inflation is not going away any time soon so do what you can to keep up with rising costs. Come

in to visit with us if we can help you prepare a budget or review your expenses to determine if this is the appropriate time to make a large purchase. We will be happy to help you start a savings plan and review mortgage loan rates for a new home purchase or refinance. All of us here at Anahuac National Bank are here to help guide you through 2022. We appreciate your continued loyalty.

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF NEW RATE REQUEST

On January 31, 2022, Entergy Texas, Inc. (“ETI” or the “Company”) filed a statement of intent and application (“Application”) with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“Commission”) for approval of two voluntary rate tariffs, Rider Small Volume Renewable Option (“Rider SVRO”) and Rider Large Volume Renewable Option (“Rider LVRO”), as well as an associated form Agreement for service under Rider LVRO. ETI’s Application was assigned Docket No. 53153, and is styled Entergy Texas, Inc.’s Statement of Intent and Application for Approval of Two Voluntary Renewable Option Tariffs, Rider SVRO and Rider LVRO. ETI also filed the Application simultaneously with each of the municipalities that has retained original jurisdiction over ETI’s rates. Riders SVRO and LVRO are new voluntary rate tariffs that will be charged only to eligible customers who elect to participate and match some or all of their monthly electricity usage with renewable energy credits that are purchased and/or generated by ETI and retired on the customer’s behalf. The only ETI customers that will be affected by this Application are those customers who elect to participate in one of the voluntary tariffs proposed. ETI is requesting that Riders SVRO and LVRO be effective beginning March 28, 2022. Persons with questions or who want more information on this petition may contact ETI at Attn: Customer Service, 350 Pine Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701, or call (866) 981-2602 during normal business hours. Persons may also email tcr@entergy.com with questions or to request more information or a copy of the Application. Commission rules provide that the deadline to intervene in a proceeding before the Commission is 45 days from filing, or March 17, 2022, unless changed by an Order. Persons who wish to formally participate in this proceeding, or who wish to express their comments concerning this petition should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Office of Customer Protection, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326, or call (512) 936-7120 or toll-free at (888) 782-8477. Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may call (512) 936-7136 or use Relay Texas (toll-free) 1-800-735-2989. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the preferred method for you to file your request for intervention is electronically, and you will be required to serve the request on other parties by email. Therefore, please include your own email address on the intervention request. Instructions for electronic filing via the “PUC Filer” on the Commission’s website can be found here: https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/filer. Instructions for using the PUC Filer are available at: http://www.puc.texas.gov/industry/filings/New_PUC_Web_Filer_Presentation.pdf. Once you obtain a tracking sheet associated with your filing from the PUC Filer, you may email the tracking sheet and the document you wish to file to: centralrecords@puc.texas. gov. For assistance with your electronic filing, please contact the Commission’s Help Desk at (512) 936-7100 or helpdesk@puc.texas.gov. You can review materials filed in this docket on the PUC Interchange at: http://interchange.puc.texas.gov/.

then a final exam. These types of courses are most often held in schools or in an indoor venue. The online course, combined with a field course, has two parts: a free online course that should be completed first, and then the field portion that typically takes a minimum of four hours to complete. The field course contains a presentation on ethical and responsible hunting, participation in a hunting skills trail, a livefire exercise, a review of regulations and a final exam. There is also an online-only course that is restricted to anyone 17 years of age or older. Online coursework varies from two to four hours depending on pre-knowledge, age, reading level and other factors. Hall offers other tips that will

THE HOMETOWN PRESS help ensure a safe experience for hunters whether they’re at their home, in transit to their hunting spot or spending time in the field. Unload all firearms when not in use, especially in the home, in transport and in the field until ready to shoot. Keep your fingers outside of the trigger guard until ready to take a shot. Waterfowl hunters should wear protective clothing, waders and approved life jackets while in boats or around water, especially in winter months. Drowning ranks as the number one hunting incident for these hunters. For dove, quail and pheasant hunters, the number one incident is swinging on game outside a safe zone of fire. Communicate and

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stick to your safe zone of fire and never shoot towards another hunter, buildings or structures, or domestic animals such as cows. Be sure of your targetwhat is in front of and behind the target. Wear blaze orange to be seen by other hunters. Hunters must have proof of Hunter Education certification on their person while in the field. Hunters have access to their Texas proof of Hunter Education in the free Outdoor Annual mobile app for iOS and Android. Learn more about Hunter Education, how to sign up for a course and find resources for students on the TPWD website.

Hunting Incidents at a Record Low

Hunting-related accidents in Texas are at an all-time low since Hunter Education became mandatory in 1988, according to the 2021 Texas Hunting Accident Report released by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). Of more than 49,000 certifications in 2021, Texas experienced only one fatality and 11 accidents statewide, according to the report. “In 2021, three quarters of the incidents were what we call ‘swinging on game outside of a safe zone of fire,’” said Steve Hall, the Hunter Education Coordinator for

TPWD. “This is the most common mishap in Texas besides careless handling in and around vehicles. The cardinal rule of hunting and shooting safety is keeping the muzzle of a firearm always pointed in a safe direction.” This marks a significant decrease since 1988, when more than 18,000 Texans received (contd on page 8) their Hunter Education certification but reported 12 fatalities and 70 accidents throughout the state. As more Texans have taken to the field and obtained their Hunter Education certification, these numbers have greatly

improved. Even prior to Hunter Education becoming mandatory in 1988, TPWD has offered hunter education courses since 1972, certifying nearly 1.5 million students. Today, Hunter Education is required for every hunter in Texas (including out-of-state hunters) born on or after Sept. 2, 1971. The minimum age for certification is nine years of age and certification is good for life. There are two course options for anyone who needs to take Hunter Education. The basic classroom course includes six hours of instruction plus skill exercises, a review and

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