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Volume 33, Issue 13

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Lions Club Cleans Up Winnie

Riceland Medical Hosts Open House

By Wade Thibodeaux The Winnie Stowell Noon Lions Club held a clean up day in Winnie last Saturday, March 26, 2022 and 15 participants gathered in the Market Basket parking lot early in the morning to accomplish the task. In total 20

extremely large bags of trash were gathered and removed from the 124 thoroughfare in the two hours that the cleanup was scheduled. After the successful event, everyone went and enjoyed pizza to Part of Riceland Healthcare's crew posed for a picture with Dr. Mena(4th from left) as they welcomed him to the celebrate their hard community during the open house held last week. By Wade Thibodeaux from 4:00-7:00 pm. at the A lobby full of people Light refreshments were work.

Sheriff's Office Catches Burgler

Sheriff Brian Hawthorne reports that Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at approximately 1:00 a.m., Chambers County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Deputies were dispatched to the Cornerstone Church, located in Stowell, Texas, in reference to a burglary in process. Dispatch advised responding deputies that a key holder had interrupted a suspect committing the burglary and the suspect left the area on foot. While on scene, another burglar alarm was called in at Jack’s Grocery not far from the original call. Deputies responded to this location as well and began checking the area. A Deputy located Jeremy Batiste, 41 years of age, from the Winnie area, walking down the road that fit the description of the suspect. When the Deputy tried to detain Batiste, he began evading on foot. Deputies chased after Batiste and were able

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Riceland Healthcare hosted an open house last Tuesday, March 22, 2022 during the evening

hospital in Winnie. The purpose of the event was to introduce their newest provider, Dr. Mena.

greeted Dr. Mena as he served and the drawing for made his way around the a Yeti cooler was held. room visiting with many leaders of the community.

Annual Pinewood Derby Held

By Wade Thibodeaux The annual event known in Scout circles as The Pinewood Derby was held last Saturday at the East Chambers Elementary School cafeteria. The event was hosted by the local Boy Scout Pack #245 and after the competition, the awards were handed out to the fastest cars. The winners of the derby competition were Abby Murphy with 1st place, Jaxon Gardner was 2nd place, and Giv Murphy (from left to right) 1st place Abby Murphy, 2nd place Jaxon Gardner, and 3rd place Giv claimed the 3rd spot.

to catch him when he tried to hide nearby. Batiste resisted arrest but was taken into custody without incident. Detectives with the Criminal Investigations Division and the Crime Scene Unit were called to the scene to investigate. Murphy. The annual Scout Pinewood Derby was held last Saturday Additional burglaries were found to have occurred at Seabreeze Culvert and Tony’s BBQ all located in the Stowell area. At least three burglaries of motor vehicles have also been reported on Van Ostrand Avenue. Detectives are working with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office to compare information from some incidents that occurred in their jurisdiction that may be related. Jeremy Batiste has been booked into the Chambers County Jail for evading arrest, and resisting arrest; the investigation is ongoing at this time.

Those who weren't racing were watching during the annual Pinewood Derby race held at EC Elementary School.

Opinion & Entertainment

Wednesday, March 30, 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 WAW......No, I didn't misspell that. It's supposed to be WAW. It stands for What A Weekend. Actually, my weekend started on Thursday evening with the Walker County Fair parade that wound its way through Downtown Huntsville. We will have coverage of the parade in next week's paper because we just had too much stuff for this week's paper and that was mostly because of the rest of my weekend activities. Friday during the day was pretty slow and I should have used that time for resting in preparation for the activities of the next few days, but I didn't. Friday evening started off with me attending a tremendous chicken fried steak dinner that was a scholarship fundraiser event and then that was followed by a fantastic rodeo at the Walker County Fairgrounds. A smart person would have gone home after the rodeo performance, but Noooooooo. I had to

stay for the kickoff dance which featured a George Strait look and sound alike. This guy was pretty good and I was asked if I thought that it was a recording and he was lip singing, but I listened and could tell slight differences and I believe that he was just that good. The singing was not the problem.......the problem was that I knew the words to every song he sang because they were all George songs and I felt compelled to dance to a bunch of them. I danced more on Friday night than I think I have in the last three years combined. Saturday morning I had to be up fairly early and catch the Wynne Home Herb Festival and I swear that I told my legs to move, but nothing happened. That was probably a good thing because when they did decide to move, I found about six hundred muscles that I didn't even know that I had. I was so sore that it took me

several minutes to get from the bedroom to the shower and my house is not that large, in fact it was just the room next to my bedroom. I finally got going and caught a couple of events that morning and then headed out to the Fairgrounds to catch the crowning of the 2022 Walker County Fair Queen before I headed over to some friends for some crawfish. These friends host this really cool event called a fly in and basically, people from all over fly their planes in and spend the day eating crawfish and swapping stories. They have a really cool Easter egg drop from the airplanes for all of the little ones that line the airstrip in anticipation of the plastic eggs falling out of the sky. The weather was perfect and the food and hospitality were wonderful and I don't know what I did to get an invite, but I sure appreciated it and had a really great time. I left there and went back to the Fairgrounds for the second night's performance of the rodeo and then dropped in on the Tejano music that was playing inside the main building on the fairgrounds. Sunday, I was at least able to sleep in a little and then I attended the dedication of the Vietnam Wall Memorial at the Veterans

Museum. We have reported on this wall for quite a while now and basically it's an 80 percent replica of the Wall in Washington D.C. This was a project that took thousands of dollars in donations and countless hours of volunteer work to get this to completion, but it is worth every bit of the time and effort that went into this project. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and the crowd was huge. I have been doing this publishing thing for over 30 years and consequently have attended a lot of ceremonies, but this

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one ranks right up in the top. The emotions were all over the place that day as some were happy that the project was completed and the Museum was able to bring such a project to Huntsville and others would wipe away tears as they found a particular name on the wall out of the 58,000 plus. I missed Vietnam as I was just a pup, but I have several friends that served and have heard way too many memories of the events that took place during that era. It hadn't completely sunk into my mind until I heard some-

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one utter the comment that with this dedication comes the fact that this is now hallowed ground for those that made the ultimate sacrifice. It was a perfect end to a really great weekend and if you get the chance, venture by the Veterans Museum and take some time to reflect in front of that wall. We sometimes forget that we live in the greatest Country on Earth, but freedom is not free and some gave all so that the rest of us could enjoy our freedoms. Till next time, I'm ..........Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

SHEILA MEETS THE FAMILY By Tumbleweed Smith

Mike and Sheila Abusaab met in Durant, Oklahoma where Sheila was teaching summer classes. Mike was a student there and also managed the university cafeteria. When Sheila first saw Mike at the cafeteria she says he held his head down and seldom talked to anybody. Sheila inquired around campus about him found out that he was from Jordan and was very smart. People who had classes with him said he never brought a book to class and always made the highest grade on exams. Mike later told Sheila that he couldn’t afford textbooks and he listened very intently to the lectures in class. He said anyone could do it if they wanted to. Besides that he had learned a lot of the subject material before coming to this country. Sheila and Mike had their first date at the end of Sheila’s first summer of teaching. They went for ice cream at Dairy Queen. They dated every Friday night that Sheila was teaching during the summers. Finally after 5 years Mike told her they were both getting older and should get married. He also told her if she didn’t want to marry him to tell

him now. Sheila told him that she had wanted to marry him the first time she saw him. Sheila took Mike to meet her family. “That went very well,” says Sheila. “After the visit my daddy told me that Mike was a fine, hard working man and would take good care of me and that I ought to marry him.” Their wedding was a hurried up affair with a Justice of the Peace after Mike got off work and had to be at work the next day. Later it was Mike’s turn to take Sheila to meet his family in Jordan. Sheila says when the plane touched down, she noticed s big crowd of people at the bottom of the plane’s exit stairway. “I told Mike that there must be a VIP on this plane. Mike said, ‘Sheila, you’re the VIP. That’s my family.’ He told me ‘when you meet my mother you kiss her hand 3 times and you hold it. She’s going blind and don’t be afraid. She’s going to touch your face, she’s going to grab you to see how big you are and she wants to hear your voice. You don’t need to speak Arabic, just English.’ “When we got to his house there were 250 people there. I told Mike that

something had happened; just look at all the people. Mike said they were there to see me and told me not to talk too much or talk too loud. So I didn’t say anything to anybody until his mother grabbed my face and wouldn’t let it out of her hands. I thought she would never let go. She rubbed my hand and I kissed hers 3 times. She asked for a chair for me and I sat next to her for a long time. She told the 250 people that I was not her daughter in law. I was shocked and saddened and thought: that’s it. I looked at Mike and already had tears because I really loved him. He told me to straighten up and to stop crying, that she hadn’t finished. And she said real loud in perfect English, ‘Sheila is my daughter.’ Mike told me that she loved me more than she loved him.” Mike and Sheila made their home in Big Spring and had several Sonic Drive Ins. Mike died last year. www.tumbleweesmith.com

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Local News

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Fifty-Four individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, March 20 and Saturday, March 26. Warrants from last week are also as followed. The individuals have been

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

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

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

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

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Religion & Lifestyle

Wednesday,March 30, 2022

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Sunday Observations from Christy

Where’s My Phone!

Richard has a mobile phone and a regular landline home phone. He told me to always call his mobile phone. So I wondered why he still paid to have his home phone. Richard said, “It only costs a few dollars a month and I need it to call my mobile phone when I can’t find it!” “Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” Keep a prayer handy, and you will always find God.

I write often about the perks of aging. The downsides. The happy and the sad. But can we talk about convenience??? In the process of mom moving in with me, I have found myself a lot more conscientious to things that may be easy for me but more difficult for her. Just like we look for tripping hazards, the outlook shifts to can we find another way to do this

yet easier. She also does these logical things I think is silly. Like hook up ice makers…. More on that in a second. Well with age seems the ability to grow plants emerges. I swear this woman couldn’t grow a silk plant when I was in school. Suddenly I’m growing a forest over here. So that led me to looking for hoses to water with that may be more light weight. That led me to expandable hoses. I’ve seen them. I thought they would be junk. I researched because they are not cheap. I asked my brother, he already has two. See he’s smarter than me. Insert eye rolls. So I bit the bullet and bought a 100 ft expandable hose.

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Hooked it up this morning and y’all…… that’s the coolest thing EVER! First it only weighed 5 lbs and that included the free sprayer that came with it. I hook it up and go to water the plants and it literally grows as you walk. No tugging No fighting just a lightweight hose that kind of follows you. Can I add when you turn it off….. it automatically draws back up??? YEP no rolling it up, cranking a case to hold it, dragging it anywhere. It was simple!!!! Now look, don’t be a killjoy. Don’t tell me how yours was awful. At the moment let me live in my bliss of an easy water hose. She also wanted the ice

maker hooked up to the fridge on the porch. I said why, I’ve not had an ice maker for the 25 years I lived here. It would be fine. But alas, she’s paying, we hooked it up. Guess who is the only one who has used said ice maker this week? THIS GIRL. Happy Sunday peeps….. here’s what I got. Spend the money to buy the easy hose. Let your loved ones have their ice maker. Because you just may want a glass of ice water, after using the hose you bought for them, to water the plants they wanted. You just may find you benefit in the long run, from doing for, and listening to, your parents.

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Nondenominational

Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given of auction of contents of storage unit 45 in Winnie Mini Storage, Winnie, TX due to default of contract for non-payment of storage rent and other fees by tenant Billy Ray Thomas. Items will be auctioned as a unit on a cash basis only on April 23, 2022 at 1pm at the Winnie Mini Storage at 1405 State Hwy 124, Winnie, TX if tenant does not claim and make a full cash payment of all rent and fees due to date by April 8, 2022. Notice is hereby given of auction of contents of storage unit 64 in Winnie Mini Storage, Winnie, TX due to default of contract for non-payment of storage rent and other fees by tenant Shanna Thomas. Items will be auctioned as a unit on a cash basis only on April 23, 2022 at 1pm at the Winnie Mini Storage at 1405 State Hwy 124, Winnie, TX if tenant does not claim and make a full cash payment of all rent and fees due to date by April 8, 2022. 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)

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

Church Services

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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$1100.00 deposit. No utilities. Call Reenay 409-201-0399 1600 sq. ft. for rent. Window display, Highway frontage 409-781-0918 For Rent 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 car garage. Stove, refrigerator, dishwasher included. Washer-dryer hookups. No pets or smoking inside. $850/month, $850 deposit. Application required. Call 409-781-3352 6 or 12 month lease 1000 sq. ft. office space for rent. 409-781-0918. 2BR, 1B, kitchen with built-ins, Franzen Rd, 725/mo; 4 0 9 6 7 9 9 7 7 3

HELP WANTED Now hiring nurses and administration help. Call 409-296-2910 Hatfield Garage Mechanic Needed Call 409-296-3333

.ARBO:RETUM o:F.WINNIE RE Due to our continued success, we are now taking applications for full time and part time positions. Great work environment and only 25 miles from Port Arthur or Beaumont.

Certified Nurse Aide

We offer competitive pay with benefits. Come join our TEAM. Apply in person at 1215 HWY. 124, Winne, TX 409-296-8200

TexSCAN Week of March 27-April 2, 2022 ACREAGE Hunting/investment/recreational property. Starting at $650/acre. Trans Pecos region. Also the Hill Country (Edwards, Menard, Coke, Val Verde Counties free ranging exotics), South Texas (Duval County - whitetail, hogs). Large or small acreage. 30-year fixed rate owner financing, only 5% down. Call toll-free or email for individual prices and terms, www.ranchenterprisesltd.com, 800-876-9720.

LOG HOMES Log Homes – Pay only the balance owed. Just Released: American Log Homes is assisting estate & account settlement on houses. Log Home kits selling for balance owed, free delivery. Model #101 Carolina, bal. $17,000; Model #203 Georgia, bal. $19,950; Model #305 Biloxi, bal. $14,500; Model #403 Augusta, bal. $16,500. View plans at www.americanloghomesandcabins.com; 704-368-4528.

MEDICAL

Portable Oxygen Concentrator May Be Covered by AUCTION Medicare! Reclaim independence and mobility with the Vehicles & Equipment Auction – April 6. No compact design and long-lasting battery of Inogen One. Free information kit! Call 866-747-9983. Reserves. Bid Now – purplewave.com Construction Equipment Auction – 170+ items sell no reserve, Thur., April 7, Ira, TX. All items are sold “as is.” Aaron McKee TX Lic. #16401. Bid Now – purplewave.com.

EVENT

Life Alert. One press of a button sends help FAST, 24/7! At home and on the go. Mobile Pendant with GPS. FREE First Aid Kit (with subscription.) CALL 844-831-1525. FREE Brochure.

WORLD’S LARGEST GUN SHOW – April 2 & 3 - Tulsa, OK Fairgrounds. Saturday 8-6, Sunday 8-4. WANENMACHER’S TULSA ARMS SHOW. Free appraisals. Bring your guns! www.TulsaArmsShow.com.

DENTAL INSURANCE from Physicians Mutual Insurance Company. Coverage for 350 plus procedures. Real dental insurance - NOT just a discount plan. Do not wait! Call now! Get your FREE Dental Information Kit with all the details! 1-855-901-0467 www.dental50plus.com/txpress #6258

PETS & LIVESTOCK

WANTED

Use Happy Jack® Paracide® shampoo to treat fleas FREON WANTED: We buy old refrigerants: R11, & ticks on dogs & cats. Relieve secondary dermatitis. R12, R113 & more! Quick, local pickup & dropoff At Tractor Supply® (www.fleabeacon.com) available. Call 312-625-5322, RefrigerantFinders.com ¡Te pagamos por tu refrigerante! GENERATORS GENERAC Standby Generators provide backup power during utility power outages, so your home and family stay safe and comfortable. Prepare now. Free 7-year extended warranty ($695 value!). Request a free quote today! Call for additional terms and conditions. 855-704-8579.

Need Extra Cash – I Buy RVs & Mobile Homes –Travel Trailers, 5th Wheels, Goosenecks, Bumper Pulls. In Any Area, Any Condition – Old/New, Dirty or Clean! I PAY CA$H. No Title – No Problem, we can apply for one. We go anywhere in Texas. ANR Enterprises, 956-466-7001.

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HELP WANTED

FOR SALE

Handyman needed for only a few hours work around the house and yard. 409-296-6224 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.

Cub SI40 farm tractors 14’50’ mobile home - large dog house metal - garden tiller - 3 drilling rigs want to buy disk - brush hog - tractor w/ front loader. 281-788-7838 For Sale 28' Triple Axle Gooseneck Trailer $6500.00. Call 409-267-3063 Cow hay for sale 4x5 round bales bahaia grass 35.00 per roll stored outside 409-781-2236 New Craftsman electric biscuit joiner with case never been used. $150.00 interested call 409-553-6831 in Winnie,TX MOVING/YARD SALE AT 625 HENRY LANE IN WINNIE. FRIDAY APRIL 1ST AND SATURDAY APRIL 2ND 7:00 TO 3:00 BOTH DAYS. THIS IS AN INDOOR / OUTDOOR SALE - RAIN OR SHINE. PLEASE BRING HELP TO LOAD LARGE ITEMS.

Canal City lot for sale by owner on the middle canal undeveloped Lot #302, 1468 Van Sant Gilchrist TX call Alan 409-939-3240 no texts $30,000

Part time maintenance man needed. Apply at Winnie Square Apartments 218 W Magnolia Ave #33 Winnie TX 409-296-2100

FOR RENT House for rent in Winnie. 3 bed, 1.5 bath + game room, fenced backyard. Brick house in nice neighborhood. $1,200 month +deposit. 409-789-0289 One BR apartment $600.00/per month, $600.00 deposit. No utilities Call Reenay 409-201-0399

GARAGE SALE April 2 at 220 2nd St, Winnie (by the lumberyard). Garage sale. Tools, Christmas items, furniture, shoes, clothes, bath items, large rugs, futon bed, mirrors and lots more Opens 7am

FOR SALE Dog cages $30,Rv trailers$3,00.00.,$600. need RV broken down for scrap metal split the $.Also haul scrap metal metal split $.cement strair $100/ antique bathtubs$250. Women's pads/pull up/diapers.$12. pictures put on walls$10. Big moving sale.stove$50.hutch$200/Xmas trees$20.funiture tables$100 chairs$20/couch$75/ice box$35./ sinks bathroom, kitchen $25,$40. trailer haul stuff need tires $50/call Joyce 409-694-6969. 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

SERVICES

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

For Sale Four crawfish cook pots, various sizes. All four for $150.00. Also have three burners. Call David at 409-651-9081 Commercial gas tank for sale $700. refrigerator for sale $80. please call 832-298-8159 2012 Jeep Compass runs good. A/C works but does not cool well. Work vehicle $5000.00 Call 409-277-1065 Estate sale, too many items to list. RV trailer, antiques, furniture, clothes, etc. Call Joyce Williams at 409.684.6969 or 409.402.4449 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

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7 1/4 acres furnished For Sale 28' Triple house lots of outside Axle Gooseneck Trailer equipment. 409-284-5543 $6500.00. Call 409-267-3063 For sale: Bradford, Trailer axles $40 - 100 each Brangus, and Hereford Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4 bulls. Call 713.875.5703

Name:_________________________ Address:________________________________ City, State, Zip:__________________________

2005 Crown Vic Intercepter: Clean, dependable, new tires, brakes, great ac, etc., $3, 800.00. 281-414-6353 Trailer axles $40.00 - $100.00 each, PVC pipe 1 1/2 to 4" $50.00, Call 409-457-5204

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$25.00 Mail Check or Money Order to: The Hometown Press PO Box 801, Winnie, TX 77665 409-296-9988 We Accept Most Major Credit Cards

4 tires size 33x12.50 R18LT $100 Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4

INDIAN ARROWHEADS WANTED Point Type: Clovis, Yuma, Firstview & Eden

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PO Box 801 • Winnie, TX 77665 (409) 296-9988

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We are excited to be preparing for our opening, beginning 21 March please call 409-296-2910 to establish as new patients to coordinate preparation for your medical records and start scheduling appointments with Dr. Boutte, Danny Thompson, and Sherry Stern! Be sure to ask about our cash options if you are uninsured, we plan to accommodate all patients regardless of their payer status.

inland and coastal trails! “We also partner with communities for inland and coastal access points via the Texas Paddling Trails Program (TPT)” Boros said. “These access points are usually located at county or city

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parks or at feasible road crossings.” The Paddling Trails have been around a while and take a lot of mystery out of planning a trip. It’s not like Burt Reynolds and his three friends sitting around a topographic map wondering what

that South Caroline/ Geogia river looked like from the water they were planning to float in the movie “Deliverance.” And the hillbillies from their adventure are nothing to worry about, either.

WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE

A PLACE TO LAUNCH

By John Jefferson

Back in the late ‘60s and early 1970s, I was part of an adventurous crew. We were canoe jockeys. Some called us canoe-freaks. Except when the Hill Country streams dried up from drought, we were either on a river or planning the next jaunt. We paddled the Guadalupe, Llano, San Marcos, Colorado – even several times on the Rio Grande --and other streams. But other folks did, too.

Welcome Neighborhood Net Readers!

A few trespassed onto private or county-restricted land or bridges to launch or take out. Once, an entire Boy Scout Troop was arrested for taking out their canoes on a county bridge at the end of a float on the Blanco. And, on another trip, shots were fired from the bank. Some considered us “hippies.” But our bunch was law-abiding, and passionate about the rivers, private property rights and the environment. The Travis County Judge was one of our organizers. The Texas Land Commissioner occasionally accompanied us. Others were lawyers, state employees, and friends. An 80-mile float through the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande included a State Senator, the Secretary of the Senate, and other officials. About the worst thing anybody ever did was plant a Texas flag on the south bank of an international boundary. He took the flag with us when we left the following morning to avoid an international incident and a second war with Mexico. We also floated the most photographed part of the river – San-

ta Elena Canyon. Water conditions prohibited our passing through the infamous and dangerous “Rockslide”, however. We chose a two-hour portage over and around the rock pile, instead. The National Park Service now requires a permit for canoeists or other Rio Grande floaters. You can no longer just put your craft in anywhere and start paddling. Guides are also now available. Things are enjoyably different floating and paddling, these days. Parks and Wildlife gets the credit for leasing 22 access points along popular canoeing and kayaking streams. Some require fees, but they’re reasonable. Readers can find a map and short description on the TPWD website. Click on https:// tpwd.texas.gov and put “River Access” in the “Search block”. Designation of the Texas Paddling Trails has also simplified and expedited planning and floating without breaking the law or encountering the authorities. John Boros is TPWD’s River Access honcho and told me there are now 141 access sites combined among the

Kayaks or canoes are the best crafts to negotiate a Hill Country river, like the San Saba, pictured here. And seeing Texas from the water shows scenes you can’t see any other way. Nobody else besides our small group was on the river all day long. Photo by John Jefferson.

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HARD WORK

magine being told you couldn’t do something just because of the color of your skin. That’s what happened to Dorothy Butler Gilliam.

In 1961, she became a trailblazer as the first African-American woman to work as a reporter at The Washington Post, one of the largest newspapers in the United States.

Photo: Harry Naltchayan / Washington Post

Dorothy wanted to be a reporter at a major daily newspaper. When she first applied, she wasn’t hired. But that didn’t stop her from trying again.

Reciting a Famous Poem

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Number these lines in order to read the paragraph.

Years later, when she began to attend Ursuline College, she got a job as a secretary at the same newspaper. Use the code to discover the paper’s name.

Fill in the missing vowe ls in this quote by Doro thy:

“My _w_r_ness of the n_ h_ving it in our h_m_, wsp_p_r, through that g_ve m_ the c_ _rwas one of the th_ngs secretarial j_b at a n_w _ge to _pply for a sp_p_r.” orothy’s father became ill when she was 14. Their family moved to a small house in the country with no running water.

COURAGE

Career Start

ADVENTURE

Stories of Africa

After graduating from Columbia University Dorothy received a scholarship to travel to Africa. An editor at The Washington Post, was interested in her trip. Few Americans, black or white, had ever traveled to Africa. He asked Dorothy to write articles about her experience. Because her articles were interesting and well written, she was offered a full-time job at the newspaper.

PERSEVERANCE

Replace the missing words.

INFORMED

d in being informed about the commun ity and the world. He read two newspapers every day.

Newspaper Delivery

= N At 9 years old, Dorothy sold and delivered the local = O newspaper to people in her Kentucky neighborhood.

Dorothy was born in 1936. She recited the poem in church in 1942. How old was she then?

Opening the Front Door

The Washington Press Club __________ Dorothy with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. Being the ________ black woman reporter at The Washington Post wasn’t easy. When Dorothy arrived at a wealthy Washington woman’s ________ to report on her 100th birthday party, the doorman told her she couldn’t _________ through the front door. “The maid’s entrance is around the back,” he said. “I am not a maid, I am a _________________ for The Washington Post,” she replied.

Starting at the R, move clockwise around the circle and write every third letter on the lines to find out something you can do today to help someone.

1942 – 1936

A Newspaper in the Ho me Dorothy’s father be lieve

D E T E R M I N AT I O N

When Dorothy was a young girl, she memorized and recited the entire poem ’Twas The Night Before Christmas at a church service. It took both the ability to read and hard work to accomplish that.

What’s a great way you can help someone today?

She was determined to go to school. She walked a half mile to catch a bus to a school for black children. Schools in Kentucky were segregated—they did not allow white and black students to attend the same school. Find the way to Dorothy’s school.

Character Counts For each of the following character traits, find a person in the newspaper who shows that trait. • Hard Work • Courage • Perseverance • Commitment Standards Link: Understand the imporatance of character in a community.

JOURNALIST NEWSPAPER REPORTER DOROTHY ABILITY AFRICA TRAITS CHURCH WRITE HARD WORK MAID TRIP BUS JOB

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R E T R O P E R S T Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Memorize It!

Imagine you are going to report the news orally—like a video news reporter! Read an article in today’s newspaper and summarize it. Memorize your summary and present the news to your class from your memory. Standards Link: Summarize main ideas in informational text.

Send your story to: wade@thehometownpress.com

Invent a game using something you would normally throw away. Turn trash into fun!

Deadline: April 17 Published: Week of May 15 Please include your school and grade.

April Cockerham

MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-C

Riceland Healthcare Welcomes Our New Nurse Practitioner April comes to us with 13 years of medical experience across a variety of specializations. April began her education right here in our community at Lamar State College Port Arthur by completing her LVN and Associate of Science in Nursing. She stayed in the area until she advanced her skills and career by attending University of Texas Arlington where she achieved her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. Upon reentering the medical field with her newly acquired bachelor’s degree, she made her way back to Southwest Louisiana and achieved her Master’s of Science in Nursing from McNeese State University. Alongside these educational qualifications, April has maintained her licenses while also providing services in Hospice and Palliative Care, Direct Patient Care as well as Supervision and Management of staff, along with volunteering her time with the Rape and Suicide Crisis Center. We are very excited to welcome April to our team to continue the tradition of quality healthcare for our community!

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