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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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