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Volume 32, Issue 8
DSHS Allows Chambers County to Return to 75 Percent Capacity in Businesses Chambers County Judge Jimmy Sylvia received the attached letter from Dr. Hellerstedt of the Texas Department of State Health Services notifying the County that businesses may return to 75 percent capacity. We are very excited about this development as we know that this rollback (and the greater pandemic) has caused great financial burden upon businesses in Chambers County. However, we encourage all businesses and residents to continue practicing safety tips which we
know are effective in reducing the spread of COVID-19: wear a face covering, avoid crowds, practice social distancing and stay home when possible. On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, Governor Abbott issued Executive Order GA32, which superseded GA-30. Significantly, GA-32 updates the thresholds for areas with high hospitalizations. The new definition of areas with high hospitalizations is: Any Trauma Service Area (TSA) that has had seven consecutive days in which the (contd on page 3)
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Runnin Bucs Win First Round of Playoffs
Sometimes you have to get "High" to play this game. By Wade Thibodeaux The East Chambers Runnin Bucs won their first round playoff game against Hemphill rather handily last Saturday afternoon
in the neutral playoff site of Woodville, Texas. The Bucs won the game 9262 with Ernest Ceasar III scoring 31 points, KK Morris and Jacoby Perrault
with 16 points each, Brayden Guillory with 13, and Keyrin Green with 8 points. The East Chambers Runnin Bucs will now move on to the Area Round
and will play against the Trojans from ColdspringOakhurst in Woodville again today, Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 7:00 pm. Go Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Southeast Texas Property Owners Get Major Win in Flood Damage Case United States Magistrate Judge Andrew Edison has entered an order denying an attempt by the State of Texas to claim sovereign immunity in a lawsuit filed by dozens of Chambers County residents. Barring an appeal by the state, the litigation can now move forward. The lawsuit involves allegations by the residents that the state’s design of a local highway has caused repeated flooding of thousands of acres of property, including their homes and businesses. According to the lawsuit, the state’s decision to install a solid concrete traffic barrier in the highway’s median causes flooding on properties along the north side of I-10. While the lawsuit recognizes that the median protects driver safety, the plaintiffs point out that Texas transportation engineers elected to use a type of barrier that retains water upstream rather than
letting the water flow downstream. In the order Judge Edison writes: There is no doubt in my mind that Plaintiffs have plausibly stated that the State’s use of their property was more than incidental, meaning that the State has no immunity from liability. Not only have Plaintiffs alleged that the State knew or was substantially certain that the concrete barrier would cause flooding on the northside of IH10, but they have also pointed to specific ways in which discovery might help them to prove those allegations at trial. Viewing the allegations in the light most favorable to Plaintiffs, as I must at this early stage, Plaintiffs have made a valid claim for inverse condemnation under Texas law that is plausible on its face. To speak with the attorney for the property owners, please contact Daniel Charest at 214681-8444.
This non contact sport sometimes gets a little physical.
Chambers County Sheriffs Office Arrests Thieves
Sheriff Brian Hawthorne reports that on January 28, 2021, Deputies with
the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to Eagle Drive Storage, 8724
FM 3180, in reference to a burglary of a building. Detective Orlando Jacobs with the
Criminal Investigations Division also responded to the scene. (contd on page 3)
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Opinion & Entertainment
of our space program. Anyway, if it turns out that there is some merit to the theory, I want it in writing that I was the one who first suggested the possibility. And if it turns out that there is nothing to it then y'all can just go on thinking that I'm crazy and all will be right with by Wade Thibodeaux the world. Okay, last week I tried to sleeping bags inside their I also saw another post lighten things up a bit and house just to maintain body on Facebook asking about hopefully I did just that with heat. I also heard plenty of what we learned from this my comments about launch- remarks about people help- weather situation this week. ing things into outer space. ing other people and that's a I will tell you what I learned We were also on the front good thing. this week. I figured out that end of a severe cold snap As I was thinking about I was caught unprepared. and as I was writing the col- what to write for this col- Now, as I said, we never lost umn, I was thinking that it umn, I remembered some- power and we never lost was going to be a couple of thing that was all over water and I had a backup days of really cold weather Facebook this week. NASA power source in the form of and then things would get landed a rover on Mars a brand new generator sitback to normal Texas weath- sometimes Wednesday or ting in the shop and we had er. Boy howdy was I wrong. Thursday(The days this several gallons of drinking Sunday was pretty bad, week have all run together water stored just in case, but but then Monday, Tuesday, and I'm too lazy to both- I still feel like I was unpreWednesday, Thursday, and er looking it up). Coinci- pared. For most of my life, most of Friday happened dence???? Maybe so, be- I have always had a backup and all H, E, double L broke cause I honestly had no idea source of heat in my house. loose as power went out and that the dang thing was even When I was a kid, we had a then water went out for a lot up in space when I wrote fireplace. As an adult, I have of people. I remember look- my column last week, but always had either a fireplace ing at my phone about 4:00 it got me thinking. I won- or a propane heater availam. when I couldn't sleep der if any type of study has able as a secondary source one morning and my phone ever been conducted about in the event of a power failsaid it was 4 degrees out- the gravitational effects of ure. This time, I had nothside. I have to admit right all of this hardware that we ing except the generator. up front that we never lost are putting into orbit. God Granted, that was better power and we never lost knows that we have spent a than nothing, but what if it water, so we were very for- small fortune studying the wouldn't start, what if we tunate, but I heard so many mating habits of some frog ran out of the 20 or so galstories of people sleeping somewhere, but have we lons of gasoline that we had in cars to stay warm and ever spent money and con- set aside for the generator. also sleeping in heavy duty ducted a study on the effects 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
To make matters worse, I have a brand new pot belly wood stove that I purchased several years ago and never installed. It's not that easy to find, position, and install stove pipes in single digit weather when you need to exhaust the smoke. I also have a propane heater that I acquired at a garage sale a few years ago, but never took the time to get the right fittings to connect it to the bottles of propane that are laying around in the shop. I have to do better because I have a special needs daughter who depends on me and I have to teach my son to be prepared to survive in any situation just as my Dad taught me to do. I can guarantee you that by next Winter, I will have a backup and
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a backup to the backup. I am a firm believer that you should first be prepared to take care of you and yours, and then if you need help, call on friends and neighbors(and be prepared to return the favor when they call on you) and then government as a last resort. Enough of the preaching, let me get back to the apologizing. This week was one of the few weeks in my publishing career that we were late with a paper. The other time was after Hurricane Ike. Our newspapers were two to three days late this week with the printed copies and for that I apologize, but due to the sheer distances between my printer and the distribution points, we simply didn't feel like it was
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safe to get on the road to deliver newspapers to the post office. Not to mention road closures and the post office had their hands full as well and it was just the safe thing to do in delaying the papers. We did post a link to a free digital version on Facebook and we used Facebook quite frequently to update everyone on the ever changing events like boil water notices, etc. Facebook has become our go to resource when time is of the essence and if you haven't visited our Facebook page, please do so. Hopefully, everything will be getting back to some sort of normalcy in the coming weeks and until next time, I'm........Wade in the Shade.
Tumbleweeds
LOST WITH A GPS
By Tumbleweed Smith When Tex Midkiff of Yantis was attending Stephen F. Austin University in Huntsville he worked as a prison guard. Occasionally he would take some prisoners serving time for drug offenses to high schools and let the inmates tell about their experiences. They urged the students not to get involved with drugs so they wouldn’t end up in prison. Some of the inmates weren’t much older than the high schoolers. Tex graduated with honors in criminal justice studies, then spent some time as a professional poker player. His time as a prison guard led him into security work all over the United States and some foreign countries. He was in that field for thirty years. “At one time I had about 4,000 security guards working for me. Some worked as personal body guards but mostly I provided guards for Fortune 500 companies.” Tex grew up in Palestine, where he loved to see the seasons change. “Around Palestine during the spring, the dogwoods come
out and it looks like popcorn on trees in the dark forest. Fishermen always say when the dogwoods come out it’s time to start catching crappie.” Tex has had a house on Lake Fork since 1996. He loves to fish. “Lake Fork is the best bass fishing lake in the United States. My cousin caught the state record crappie at Navarro Mills in 1968 and it’s still a record today. It weighed four pounds and ten ounces.” Tex writes a monthly column for a newspaper in Yantis. He wrote about his cousin’s record catch. He gave the column a catchy phrase: I ATE THE LARGEST WHITE PERCH EVER CAUGHT IN TEXAS. Tex got interested in writing when he was in high school and wrote poetry and short stories. He has written four books and is working on one about Texas country musicians. He is writing it with popular Texas DJ and show producer Enola Gay of KSST Radio in Sulphur Springs. Tex sometimes writes about women,
but admits he doesn’t understand them. He told me a story about his wife. “She needed to go to Dallas to see her nephew in the hospital and she wasn’t sure how to get there. She and her sister were going in her sister’s car and it didn’t have a GPS. I put the hospital’s address in a portable GPS I had and gave it to her. A couple of hours later they called and said they made it to the hospital just fine. Then an hour or so after they left the hospital my wife called and said they were heading in the wrong direction, going north instead of east. She said she punched home on the GPS. I told her we used that GPS when we lived in Kansas City.”
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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: MARCH MADNESS ACROSS 1. Theories 5. T in Greek 8. Tarzan's mom, e.g. 11. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, e.g. 12. Ingredient in talcum powder 13. Spectator 15. 5,280 feet 16. Tiny river 17. Note taker 18. *Last NCAA basketball winner 20. Any day now 21. Antiquarian's concern, pl. 22. Diana Ross and Michael Jackson movie, with The 23. Saw a nightmare 26. Caribbean rattles 30. Witch's spell 31. Flocked-to destinations 34. Goo or slime 35. Plural of ostium 37. Leo mo. 38. Eurasian goat-like antelope 39. Showing signs of use 40. "Yo, ____!" 42. *Nothing but it 43. Wrap a baby 45. *____-elimination
47. Outrage 48. Fraternity K 50. One of the Bridges 52. *____ 1 schools only 55. ____less but pennywise 56. Decanter 57. In a frenzy 59. Threesome 60. Turkish monetary unit, plural 61. Dumpy establishment 62. Common conjunction 63. New York time 64. Male deer DOWN 1. Singular of #1 Across 2. Rikers Island weapon 3. Burkina Faso neighbor 4. Himalayan mountaineer 5. Tarnish 6. "____ ____ fair in love and war" 7. *School with most NCAA basketball titles 8. Choir member 9. Hammer part 10. Blunder 12. Sad, to mademoiselle 13. Radio studio sign 14. *Mid-major school that's become major powerhouse
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19. Kind of ray 22. Is no longer 23. Arabian sailing vessels 24. Restart from seed 25. Uncredited actor 26. The Wise Men 27. Acting as a prompter 28. Snow impression 29. Eric Heiden's "shoe" 32. *Oklahoma State's super freshman ____ Cunningham 33. Mixed breed puppy 36. *2021 NCAA Tournament location 38. What Edward Scissorhands does 40. Stout relative 41. Dream big 44. Ancient Celtic priest 46. Water nymphs 48. Fuzzy fruit, pl. 49. Deflect 50. Sanders' campaign slogan "Feel the ____" 51. "National Velvet" author Bagnold 52. Expunge 53. Fail to mention 54. Scotia preceder 55. School-related org. 58. Liquor store pony
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 24, 2021 PUNISHMENT RANGE
Six individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, February 14 and Saturday, February 20. 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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Chambers County Sheriffs Office Arrests Thieves (contd) Deputies learned through viewing surveillance footage that a white male and white female arrived at Eagle Drive Storage at approximately 4:58 A.M. in a white Dodge pick-up truck. The two forced entry onto the property and into a storage unit, where they took several thousand dollars’ worth of pool equipment and tools. During the early morning
hours of February 19, 2021, the same Dodge truck arrived at the Eagle Drive Storage facility again and the same suspects entered a different storage unit. The suspects hooked up a cargo trailer with an attached generator that was inside the storage unit to their Dodge truck, as well as an orange/black go cart inside the trailer before leaving the scene.
Through a joint effort and investigation, Detective Jacobs was able to determine that the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office had located the suspect vehicle, pulling the stolen trailer, in their jurisdiction with both the white female and white male still in the vehicle. The occupants were identified as Carey Lynn Moore, 53, and Michael Anthony
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Kitchen, 44. Liberty County arrested the subjects for possession of stolen property and transported them to the Liberty County Jail. Detective Jacobs placed a hold on the suspects’ vehicle and the stolen trailer while he continues his investigation in hopes of recovering more of the stolen property.
DSHS Allows Chambers County to Return to 75 Percent Capacity in Businesses (contd)
number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients as a percentage of total hospital capacity exceeds 15 percent, until such time as the Trauma Service Area has seven consecutive days in which the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients as a percentage of total hospital capacity is 15 percent or less. Under the criteria laid out in GA-32, your Trauma Service Area, TSA R, no longer meets the definition of a high hospitalization area and so may reopen
to the higher levels allowable under GA32. Additionally, all licensed hospitals in the TSA may resume elective surgeries as set forth in Executive Order GA-32. The Health and Human Services Commission, the agency responsible for regulating hospitals in Texas, is separately providing notice directly to affected hospitals notifying them of the ability to resume elective surgeries located in TSA R.
TSA R includes the following counties: • Brazoria • Hardin • Liberty • Chambers • Jasper • Newton • Galveston • Jefferson • Orange You can find data on hospitalizations at: dshs.texas.gov/ga32/. If you have questions about this notice or your obligations under Executive Order GA32, please contact us at coronavirus@dshs. texas.gov. Please enter “Executive Order 32” in the subject line for proper routing. If you have questions
specifically related to the hospitals’ obligations under GA32, please contact the Health and Human Services Commission at infohflc@hhs.texas. gov. If you have questions specifically related to the impact on businesses regulated by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, visit tabc.texas.gov/ coronavirus or send an email to questions@ tabc.texas.gov. Sincerely, John Hellerstedt, MD
In his 10th year of ProRodeo competition, bareback rider Richmond Champion checked the Dixie National Rodeo off his list with a recordtying 91-point ride on Brookman Rodeo's Famous Dex in Jackson, Miss., Feb. 19. "This is maybe the second check I've ever won here in 10 years," Champion laughed. "It's a tough rodeo and it has so many good horses and good guys. In this event, you have to have the horsepower and make it count. I knew when I
drew Famous Dex that this is an opportunity a guy wants. He definitely showed his stuff today." The bar was set high at Jackson earlier in the week when Shane O'Connell made a 90-point ride on Hi Lo Pro Rodeo's Wilson Sanchez. "There were a lot of good rides, and we were keeping up with The Cowboy Channel all week," Champion said. "Tanner Aus had my horse earlier and was 88, but I didn't think Famous Dex had his day with him. He got the rust knocked off
and then had the week off with the weather delays. He's one everyone wants to get on, and I'd been waiting for my time." Champion witnessed Orin Larsen's 92.5-point ride on Famous Dex to win the Yellowstone Riggin' Rally in Darby, Mont., in September. Champion was also there when Tim O'Connell posted an 87-point ride on Famous Dex during Round 5 of the 2020 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. When he finally got his turn on the horse, Champion kicked up
plenty of dust during an intense ride that ended in a dismount reminiscent of an Olympic gymnast. "When that whistle blew, he wasn't letting off the gas at all," Champion said. "The last thing I remember was seeing Too Tall (pickup man Shawn Calhoun) and his horse's back end." Moments later Champion saw a 91 next to his name on the scoreboard. That put him alongside Justin McDaniel, who set Jackson's bareback riding record of 91 in 2009. Champion's Jackson win
Richmond Champion Wins Jackson With Record-tying 91
was worth $4,286, which will launch him from 23rd to well within the Top 15 in the PRCA | RAM World Standings. "Between last year and this year, every rodeo is important where they're adding high dollars and bringing the top stock," Champion said. "If you get a good horse, you've got to seal the deal all year long and want to be up in the world standings so that you're in contention for the NFR and a world title. You have to make all the opportunities count." Jackson was nearly a missed opportunity. The week's winter storm jumbled up a lot of schedules, but Champion and his traveling partners Caleb Bennett and Connor Hamilton adjusted and made it to the Georgia National Rodeo in Perry, where Champion had an 86.5-point ride on Big Rafter Rodeo's Minnie Pearl, Feb. 18. "We tried not to go stir crazy," Champion laughed. "We just moved our plans around and it was a little backwards, but we were a lot better off than a lot of other guys." Champion, 28, competed at his sixth NFR (2014, 2016-20) and finished eighth in the world standings. He's seeking lucky No. 7. "We've learned from last
year to get started early with the ones that are still happening and put your name in the hat," Champion said. "I'm definitely banking on the summer and spring being more normal than last year. Having a good winter is important for getting to the NFR and makes the summer more of a breeze. "That's the game plan, get to Perry and Kissimmee (Fla.) and San Antonio, which leads right into The American. Just keep that momentum rolling and take all the opportunities you can." Other winners at the $198,822 rodeo were steer wrestler Tyler Pearson (7.9 seconds on two head); team ropers Dustin Egusquiza/Travis Graves, 4.0 seconds; saddle bronc riders Wyatt Casper (88 points on Hi Lo Pro Rodeo's Palindrome) and Riggin Smith (88 points on Hi Lo Pro Rodeo's Border Town); tie-down roper Clint Robinson (15.7 seconds on two head); barrel racer Randee Prindle (13.89 seconds) and bull rider Trevor Kastner (91 points on Stace Smith Pro Rodeos' Gas Hog). Marcus Theriot won the all-around with $1,550 (tie-down roping, steer wrestling and team roping).
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Religion & Lifestyle
Sunday Observations from Christy
“Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.” (James 4:10) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain for Fellowship of Christian Cowboys and Chambers County Sheriff’s Office
Obituaries Lillie M. Jamerson, age 93, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 13, 2021, at The Meridian assisted living facility in Galveston, Texas. She was born on July 31, 1927 in Hankamer, Texas, to Ethel Johnson. She was a 1944 graduate of Ball High School in Galveston, Texas. She married Jesse James
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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
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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Well...... that was a fun week. Said no Texan ever. But by and large, the majority of us survived. With health intact, and are now inconvenienced by boil water notices. Some have massive damage from fires, burst pipes, some minimal, but folks..... that stuff is fixable. It’s a pain in the butt, it’s hard, but it’s fixable. Differing reports show some 70 plus Texans have died as a result
of this. Young and old were victims. The counts will change no doubt in the next week. And why? Because our great state was unprepared. Three weeks prior, meteorologists began warning that a major storm was coming. I know I saw it two weeks ahead on one of the many weather pages I follow because well.... hurricanes. We had three weeks to beef up our basic electrical grid, to prep, to do what we were told to do in 2011. And the powers that be, did nothing. Let me say this in no way is a slam on our linemen. Those folks are down right heroes. This is upper management. This is our elected officials. This is, as normal, the “powers that be”. Because by and large this was not
a massively damaged electrical system, that we see after hurricanes. This was the grid. Yes some lines went down, but in SETX we know what massive lines down will do. That did not happen. An investigation is underway, and no doubt, what we will find out will be pathetic. Our power comes from many sources but here is a breakdown as per the Austin American Statesman paper: Natural gas (51%) Wind (24.8%) Coal (13.4%) Nuclear (4.9%) Solar (3.8%) Hydro, biomass-fired units (1.9%) Our officials from top to bottom need to find out what failed, why, and what can be done to prevent it in the future. Then fix it or get rid of it. Period. I
don’t proclaim to be an electrical expert. But a basic necessity is electricity. There should be nothing more important than repairing this broken system, before next winter. Some 70 deaths are on the hands of the officials that ignored the warnings 10 years ago, we owe those citizens and their loved ones an explanation and changes. Happy sunshine Sunday peeps. It can always be worse, make sure you have learned from this as well. Prep your personal homes and be smart. We must learn from these things so we can handle them better in the future. We must take care of ourselves. We must watch out for our neighbors. We must remain strong, compassionate, diligent Texans.
Jamerson in 1946 in Texas City, Texas. She then moved to San Diego, California, where she was a devoted mother and homemaker. Lillie truly lived life to the fullest with friends and traveling with her husband, Jesse, and daughter, Barbara. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ethel Johnson; husband, Jesse James Jamerson; her sister, Lillian Lewis; and brother, Charles Albritton. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara LeCornu; sons, Michael Pavliska, C.J. Robinett and wife, Cassy and Jeremy Robinett; grandsons, Damon LeCornu his
wife, Cynthia and Vincent LeCornu and his wife, Katy Dailey; great-grandchildren, Ava Madeline LeCornu and Roman James LeCornu; and greatgreat-grandchildren, Kaylin Pavliska, Korbin Pavliska, Carrigan Robinett, Dex Robinett, Christy Robinett. We will always carry your memory in our hearts. Prayer for loss of a mother: Dear Father, she was a pillar, a gift of love, a treasure to my soul. Always caring, ever kind and giving, even as she grew old. To me she was a lovely mother, to you a beloved child. I could
only know her a little, you knew her spirit deep inside. Whilst waves of grief break over me, crushing like a storm, you’ve greeted her with a warm embrace, and gently called her home. It's silent and so empty here, since she passed away, and yet she will hear celebration, called forever into grace. My memories are treasures now, I'll value, keep and sow, I know she's taken all her riches, left the chaff and worn the gold! As time passes, I'll forget the hurt and pain she bore, For now, she's free, restored and peaceful, in your arms forevermore. I'll let each bulb, each bud,
each bloom, sing to me of your love. For you reign in eternity, and I'll wait for your kingdom to come. Thank you for my special mum, I trust her to your care, we rest in your arms secure and safe, we are both children there. A graveside service for Mrs. Jamerson was at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 20, 2021, at Fairview Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery Road, Winnie, under the direction of Broussard's, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont. Complete and updated information may be found at broussards1889. com.
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"Creature or Preacher?"
Decades ago I was giving a children’s sermon during a regular worship service. All the children were gathered around me when young Travis innocently spoke up referring to me as creature instead of preacher! After all of us finished laughing, I politely corrected him and finished the children’s object lesson, but have never forgotten that humbling moment.
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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 Weekday Mass Wednesday..................8:30 am Spanish Friday....9:45 am English at Arboretum Saturday...Reconciliation 3:00-3:45 pm Mass in English...............4:00 pm Sunday Mass in English.....7 am & 10:30 am Spanish Mass........................noon Holy days......8:30 am & 6:30 pm Our Lady of Light Catholic Church S. Main St • Anahuac 409-267-3158 Confession:Saturday...............5:00 pm English: Sunday.......................8:30 am Spanish: Saturday...................6:00 pm Thursday...................................6:00 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
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.......9:00 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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Palms RV Park 721 9th Street, Winnie. Showers, laundry room, wifi, propane bottle exhange, privacy fence, security cameras. 409.673.5927 For Lease 4 BR 2 bath 1 car garage. 936 Van Ostrand, Winnie. $1550.00/ month. Call 409-363-4570
House for rent: brick house, 3 bed 2.5 bath, inside has washer, dryer & refrigerator. very nice house. one month $1,200. One year contract please call 832-298-8159 House for rent in Winnie. 3/2/2 with Central Air & Heat, fresh paint, new frig and stove, on almost 1 acre of property. House sits high and dry never flooded. $900 per month 713-829-3791 House for Rent 3 BR 1 1/2 bath $1100.00/ month and $1100.00 deposit. No utilities. Call Reenay 409-201-0399
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General Labor crew needed. Duties include: shoveling, weed-eating/ mowing, pouring concrete, laying pipes and clearing land. Background check and drug screen required. Tempto-hire - $12.00 per hour. Call us at 835-5566. FOR RENT 1000 sq. ft. office space for rent. 409-781-0918. House for rent in Winnie. 3 bed, 1.5 bath + game room, fenced backyard. Brick house in nice neighborhood. $1,200 month +deposit. 4 0 9 - 7 8 9 - 0 2 8 9 One BR apartment $600.00/per month, $600.00 deposit. No utilities Call Reenay 409-201-0399
FOR LEASE Horse and cow pasture for lease. One mile from Winnie. 20 acres and 2 barns. $100/month. 4 0 9 - 4 6 6 - 6 4 1 7 , 4 0 9 - 2 9 6 - 9 2 6 7 Cat 3406, new rods &main bearings, marine gear includes PTO & hydraulic pump. Shaft is 2 1/2" x 12'3" w/4 blade prom 3 drum winch & stainless cables. Engine on stand to hear run in Oak Island. 9 3 6 - 5 4 6 - 4 4 0 1
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 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 2 Iron Bar stools with wood swivel seat. $40.00 Call 409-277-0064
2012 Jeep Compass runs good. A/C works but does not cool well. Work vehicle $5000.00 Call 409-277-1065 Queen size bedroom set, includes dresser with mirrors and one nightstand. $300.00. Call 409-291-1288 Lot. $3500. (409)771-1419 4x5 Round bales Horse quality in barn $50.00 Call 409-781-2236 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 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
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2004 40' Mountain Air motorhome, made by Newmar. 250 Cummings diesel, 6 speed Allison transmission $25000.00 Call 409-277-0883 or 409-277-9872 Trailer axles $40 - 100 each Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE
OCELOTS ALIVE
By John Jefferson
The first live ocelot I ever saw was in a cage outside a furniture store in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico in the ‘60s. It was the most beautiful cat I had ever seen. Although my wildlife knowledge at the time was limited, I recognized it as an ocelot. I also suspected that possessing and offering it for sale was probably illegal in the U.S. and elsewhere, but I surely didn’t ask questions about it in Mexico. Most border towns back then were “Alice’s Restaurant-South”, if you re-
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member that song. Ocelots are rare and endangered. Once reported to occupy coastal and riverine habitats extending down the coast from Brazoria County to and up the Rio Grande to Webb County, their habitat has shrunk. Official survey data indicates there are about 80 in the U.S., and all are in the densest parts of several lower counties. Some of the most likely habitat for them is on the 45,000 Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge near Harlingen.That area of thick, tangled brush is the largest tract of undeveloped habitat remaining in the Valley. My copy of “South Texas Wildlife”, the newsletter of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute (CKWRI) at Texas A&M-Kingsville, arrived this week. The lead article was written by Dr. Michael Tewes, of CKWRI, Americas leading researcher of wild cats. Mike spoke of a recent documentary directed by Ben Masters and produced by Katy Baldock of “Fin and Fur Films”, entitled “American Ocelot.” Masters’ name may be familiar for the film he honchoed a couple of years ago entitled “Unbranded”. He and a classmate from Texas A&M and a couple of other horsemen-friends drove a small herd of wild mustangs from the Mexican border to the Canadian border. If you haven’t seen it, you oughta!
From that successful adventure, Masters decided he liked that kind of work, and has made other documentaries. From the looks of his “play list,” he chooses things nobody else has ever done. And things some said can’t be done! Reminds me a little of my “bullet-proof” days when I considered camping out near Fouke, Arkansas to photograph “Bigfoot” before the myth was debunked. Or the time I talked to the AP about joining up with Subcomandante Marcos for an interview and pictures during his reign near Chiapas, Mexico. But having spent a lot of life crawling through brush to photograph wildlife, I’ve got to salute his patience and fortitude in stealthily and undisturbingly invading the clandestine habitat of a mother ocelot and her kitten. According to Dr. Tewes, “Ocelots setup their den sites within the densest brush imaginable. Their ability to navigate through a wall of thorny shrubs separates their kittens from bobcats and coyotes. And it’s even harder for a filmmaker to set cameras.” He also wrote that she must protect her den from other intruding ocelot mothers. Mike ended his article by saying, “American Ocelot” has produced a spectacular visual legacy that will inspire ocelot recovery for many years to come.” We need to see it!
Most Texans have never seen an ocelot. They are nocturnal and hang out in densest, foreboding thornbush habitat in America. And it’s all in South Texas. They are one of Nature’s most beautiful creatures and are rare and endangered. Photo by John Jefferson.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 NOTICE TO IMPLEMENT REVISED FIXED FUEL FACTOR Entergy Texas, Inc. hereby publishes NOTICE that, pursuant to Section 36.203 of the Public Utility Regulatory Act (codified in TEX. UTIL. CODE) and 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.235(b), it filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (the “Commission”) on February 19, 2021, a tariff to implement a revised fixed fuel factor. All of Entergy Texas’ retail customers whose fuel charges are calculated under the Texas fixed fuel factor tariff – including but
The revised fuel factor would result in a decrease in Entergy Texas’ annual Texas retail fuel and purchased power revenues by approximately $7.7 million, or 1.6% on an annual basis. Compared to the fixed fuel factor approved by the Commission effective August 2020, a residential customer using 1000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per month would see an approximate decrease of 1.38% annually, or $0.41 on average per month, on his/her electric bill. The fixed fuel factor rate is designed to pass through to customers the actual fuel costs incurred by Entergy Texas to serve customers. Entergy Texas is not allowed to make a profit on fuel costs. Amounts collected from
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LEGAL NOTICE not limited to Residential, Small General Service, Large General Service, Large Industrial Power Service, and Street and Outdoor Lighting Service – will be affected by the Commission’s approval of the revised fixed fuel factor. The revised fixed fuel factor, if approved, will affect only the fuel portion of the rates charged by Entergy Texas and will have no effect on non-fuel base rates. Entergy Texas seeks Commission approval to revise the fixed fuel factor effective with the first billing cycle of the March 2021 billing month.
affected customers pursuant to the revised fixed fuel factor will be subject to final review by the Commission in Entergy Texas’ next applicable fuel reconciliation proceeding before the Commission. Entergy Texas expects the revised fixed fuel factor to be in effect for the billing period of March 2021 through August 2021. Persons with questions or who want more information on this petition may contact Entergy Texas at Attn: Customer Service – Fuel Factor, 350 Pine Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701, or call [1-800368-3749 (once you hear: “Welcome to Entergy” select option 1, then press 5, then press 7)] during normal business hours. A complete copy of this peti-
Entergy Texas proposed that the fixed fuel factor be changed pursuant to a semi-annual filing to be made each February and August, with revised fuel factors to be effective with the first billing cycle of the March and September billing months, pursuant to a methodology that changes the fuel factor based upon changes in the published price of natural gas. This methodology was authorized for use in Docket No. 32915. The revised fixed fuel factor, differentiated by voltage level, is as follows:
tion is available for inspection at the address listed above. The Commission has assigned Docket No. 51815 to this proceeding. 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) 1-800735-2989.
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