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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

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18 Wheeler Catches Fire at a Fuel Pump

By Wade Thibodeaux The Trinity Bay Conservation District Board of Directors held a special meeting on Monday, April 4, 2022 at Noon in their office located at 2500 State Highway 124 in Stowell, Texas. The short agenda contained only four action items and one of those items was the consultation with a redistricting expert to redraw the political boundaries of the five precincts within TBCD's area. By law, TBCD has to reallocate the areas served by its five board members every ten years to provide a balanced representation of each Director's constituents. In layman's terms, there has to be roughly the same number of people living in each of the five areas, regardless of the geographic size of each area. Several different options were provided to balance out the five areas, but the board decided to wait until the next meeting to make a decision. Once the board decides which areas will gain and which will lose geography(that is how the maps

are redrawn) to balance out the five precincts, a public hearing will be held to accept input on the changes. This public hearing will more than likely happen at the May 14, 2022 meeting. In other action, the board approved taking applications for the vacant Director positions of precinct 2 and 3 until April 12, 2022 which are the spots previously held by Director Jeffery Jenkins and Director Mark Mitchell who both recently resigned. The board also approved a contract for janitorial services and then retired to executive session to discuss reimbursement of attorney fees for Jerry Shadden. After a short 16 minute executive session, the board emerged and returned to open session and approved the reimbursement of the attorney fees for an undisclosed amount. The next TBCD regular meeting will be today, April 13, 2022, but print deadlines would not allow for coverage of that meeting in this week's paper.

Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame Inducts New Members

Members of the 1968 Championship teams posed for a picture in front of the newly unveiled plaques at the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame gathering in Ft. Worth last week. By Wade Thibodeaux Scott Kormos - Wortham, Texas The Texas Rodeo Cowboy - 8-time qualifier to the Wrangler Hall of Fame inducted the class National Finals Rodeo. of 2022 during ceremonies Women Contestant Inductees: covering Friday and Saturday, Janet Stover - Crockett, Texas April 8-9, 2022 in the Ft. Worth - 2001 World Champion Barrel Stockyards. The Friday function Racer & 7-time qualifier to was a more relaxed gathering the Wrangler National Finals and mostly a social event with Rodeo. the unveiling of the plaques on Jana Bean - Fort Hancock, Texas the wall of the coliseum and an - 3-time barrel racing qualifier opportunity for inductees to take to the Wrangler National Finals photographs with family and Rodeo. friends in front of their plaque. Kelly Kaminski - Bellville, The Saturday event was a more Texas - 2004 & 2005 World formal event with the actual Champion Barrel Racer. induction ceremony conducted. Rodeo Personnel Inductees: This year's inductees are: Hub Baker - Weatherford, Texas Johnny Boren Award Inductee - Rodeo Producer & Stock Renee Harvey Lowe - Paris, Contractor. Texas Frank McIlvain Sr. - Canton, Directors’ Choice Award Texas - PRCA Barrelman. Inductee-Coors Cowboy Club - Gold Card Inductees: Amarillo, Texas James Allen - Santa Anna, Texas Western Heritage Ward - 7-time qualifier to the National Inductee-Robert Anderson - Finals Steer Roping. Aledo, Texas Bob Wilfong - Aquilla, Texas Men Contestant Inductees: Competed in all three roughstock Trevor Brazile - Decatur, Texas events for 30 years and rodeo - 26-time World Champion and stock contractor. more than $7 million in career Empty Saddles: earnings. Sammy Catalena - Bryan, Texas Justin Maass - Giddings, Texas - - PRCA Stock Contractor. 8-time qualifier to the Wrangler Dwayne Newton - Grapevine, National Finals Rodeo. Texas - steer wrestling qualifier J.W. Harris - Goldwaithe, Texas to the Wrangler National Finals - 4-time PRCA World Champion Rodeo. Bullrider & 2014 PBR Rookie Rodeo Animals - Timed Event of the Year. Inductee: Scott Snedecor - Fredericksburg, Firewater Flit - Collinsville, Texas - 19-time qualifier to the Texas - Barrel racing sire (contd National Finals Steer Roping. on page 5)

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Crews arrived to find a fully engulfed 18 wheeler located next to a fuel pump.

Crews made quick work of extinguishing the flames and locating all of the hot spots in the truck.

By Wade Thibodeaux Chambers County Emergency Services District No1 and Winnie Stowell Volunteer Firefighters responded to an 18 wheeler that was fully engulfed in flames at a fuel pump at the Stuckey's located on the West bound side of Interstate 10 last Tuesday afternoon around 5:00 pm.

the services of the fire department were requested. Within just a minute or two after the crew arrived on scene, the flames were extinguished and the crew began to inspect the trailer of the 18 wheeler. With the help of a thermal device, it was determined that the cargo was safe and was in no danger of catching fire. The driver

The driver reported that he had stopped for fuel and when he exited the cab of his truck he noticed smoke coming from under the hood. He went inside to get some assistance and when they opened the hood of the truck, the flames erupted. Once the fire began, there was no extinguishing the flames with a water hose or fire extinguisher and

of the big rig advised the department that he had just loaded raw rubber used for making tires into the trailer and was headed to a tire manufacturing plant when he stopped for fuel. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported, but considerable damage was done to the fueling location as well as a total loss to the 18 wheeler.

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Opinion & Entertainment

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 Disclaimer: This column is the opinion of Publisher Wade A. Thibodeaux and may contain subject matter on a variety of topics, but usually contains humor of some description. An occasional serious thought may be thrown in to entice the reader to think.

Wade In the Shade by Wade Thibodeaux Well, I just want to go on record as saying that my timing is impeccable. Here’s the situation. I have been saving some old scrap iron on a couple of trailers at the place in Winnie for several years now, waiting for the price to go up and for me to be able to find the time to deal with it. Last week was when all of the stars lined up and Wyatt and I were able to consolidate the two trailers worth of scrap metal into one trailer that was roadworthy and I pulled the trailer back to Huntsville on the trip between offices. Maybe part of the reason for being able to consolidate two trailers into one was the fact that the metal had rusted down quite a bit, but I’m going to claim my expert organizational skills and trailer loading ability as the reason. Regardless, I had a pretty good load of

scrap and I’m sure that I looked like the Beverly Hillbillies going down the road, but a good bit of the travel time was after dark, so maybe not very many folks were able to identify my rig. Anyway, I pulled into Huntsville late that night and unhooked the trailer as I had an early meeting the next morning and there was no room for parking a truck and trailer. After the meeting, I returned and hooked back up to the trailer and headed to the scrap metal place. I had heard that the price of scrap metal was bringing between $12 and $15 a hundred pounds and I thought that I had a pretty good load based on the way the truck was pulling. As I went onto the scale, I was pleasantly surprised at the gross weight of the truck, trailer, and scrap. I was smiling to myself as I pulled around to the pile to unload and was calcu-

lating how much money I was going to receive, even at the lesser amount of $12 a hundred. Sure enough, as I crossed the scales again with an empty trailer, I clocked in at an even 1700 pounds. I was expecting at least two $100 bills and I was thinking that maybe it would be a little more. The guy reached out the window and said “Here you go, $153.00”. I looked at him a little puzzled and asked “How much per hundred”? He replied “$9”. I said, “I thought it was bringing $12 to $15 per hundred”. He said “It was, until about an hour ago when we received a phone call that said that the price had dropped”. I’m telling you, my timing is impeccable. Now, onto another topic. A few years ago, a friend told me about a little garden snake that had found its way into her house and had taken up residency inside one of her shoes. Fortunately, she had knocked the shoe over while searching for something else in her closet and she was able to get rid of the little snake when it crawled out of her shoe instead of finding it

when she slipped the shoe onto her foot. Needless to say, I have been checking my shoes before I slip them onto my feet ever since. I usually just kinda roll them around or knock them onto their side before I slip my foot into them and I did just that the other morning. However, shortly after I had tightened the laces on my right shoe, I felt something move against my big toe. I ripped that shoe off and flung it across the room, fully expecting something to come crawling out of

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the shoe. No such luck. Now, I have a delima. Was it just my imagination, or should I stick my hand into my shoe to feel what was in there. I slowly placed my hand into the shoe and made a sweeping motion from right to left with my fingers and I felt something with legs tickling my fingers. I jerked my hand out of my shoe and began banging my shoe on the dresser trying to get whatever was in my shoe to fall out onto the dresser or floor or anywhere but inside

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my footwear. Once again, no such luck. I grabbed the thickest sock that I could find and placed it onto my hand and once again ran my hand into my shoe. I was bound and determined to wear those shoes that day, even though I had several other pairs I could have worn. I grabbed whatever was in my shoe and pulled it out only to discover that it was a stink bug. We WILL be exterminating soon. Till next time, I’m......... Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

THE BIG BEND YUCCA COMPANY By Tumbleweed Smith

Hoven Riley spent ten years as a wildlife guide in Alaska. “I took people on an eight-hour tour, showed them grizzly bears, wolves, moose, elk and whatever else we were lucky enough to see, including the largest mountain in North America which is McKinley Peak.” He returned home to some family land southwest of Fort Stockton and started raising yucca, something he got involved with while studying landscape architecture at the University of Arizona. “I’ve always had a passion for yucca,” he says. “I remember going out with my brother and digging up a yucca that we used as a Christmas tree one year when the family was short on money. Then we dug up some more and I just fell in love with yucca.” He searched and found a good strain of yucca in Mexico and started planting seeds. They’re smaller than watermelon seeds. “This is the yucca

rostrata and it takes about eight years from the time you plant the seed until harvest.” In 2003 he planted 10,000 seeds. Then he panted 20,000 more. He took me to his yucca field and we looked over his single largest planting of 25,000 seeds. Hoven has had a wholesale yucca business for years. “Our customers are nurseries and landscapers. They come in with big semi trucks and I load them up and send them out. I’ve rigged up a loading area to make it easy to put the yucca plants into the trailers. I’ll do that all summer long and into the fall. November is usually when I stop harvesting the yucca.” He has just started selling yucca online to the general public through his business, The Big Bend Yucca Company. “I will be shipping directly to customers, something I could never imagine, putting a full grown yucca in a box and mailing it. Crazy. People

buy them, of course for landscaping purposes. They are planting them in Chicago now, up in New Jersey, over in Seattle. I was in Miami recently and what do I see decorating the driveway to the hotel? Yucca. They were eight feet tall and beautiful.” The leaves on his yucca plants are soft and flexible. No upward pointing sword-like leaves. He says yucca is low maintenance. “This plant, which is native to the Chihuahuan Desert, can actually handle a temperature down to a negative 20. Of course they’re heat and drought tolerant and require little water. They have a blossom that is absolutely stunning. It’s a real show-stopper.” Hoven has a herd of mule deer that helps with weed control. www.tumbleweesmith.com

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■ East Chambers regular school board meetings are held on the second Monday beginning at 6pm in the 216 Champions Loop Winnie, TX 77665

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,

The Hometown Press The Hometown Press, ID#006414 is published weekly on Wednesday, except for the Wednesday immediately following Christmas, by Hometown Press, Inc., 2028 State Hwy 124 or P.O. Box 801, Winnie, TX 77665. Annual instate subscription rate is $25.00 and out-of-state is $25.00. Second Class postage is paid at Winnie, TX Postmaster. Change of address may be sent to Hometown Press, P.O. Box 801, Winnie, TX. 77665. Phone: 409296-9988, Fax: 409-296-9987, email: htpress99@gmail.com Periodical Class Permit #006414 Winnie, TX 77665 STAFF BOX Publisher: Wade Thibodeaux Advertising Deadline is noon Monday for Wednesday paper.

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Local News

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Fifty-Two individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, April 3 and Saturday, April 9. 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,April 13, 2022

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Sunday Observations from Christy

Don't Sit There!

I stay on the lookout for wasp nests around my house. I know some of their usual hiding places. However, I recently found a new one, underneath one of my patio table chairs. That certainly had the potential of an unwelcome surprise! I got a can of wasp spray and eliminated the problem. “…so that Satan might not outsmart us, we are familiar with his evil schemes.” (2 Corinthians 2:11) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys

Winnie-Stowell Lodge Golf Tournament

I find myself on repeat mode. Asking, and telling, folks to get the whole story prior to casting judgement. It doesn’t matter the topic, you really need a firm education on what is happening, or isn’t, before you say it’s being done incorrectly. Be it a governmental issue, where there are a lot of unknowns, or a personal, school, or family issue. Very rarely is something done just

to inconvenience or harm, one certain person or demographic. One may watch the news and see that their local government has made a decision that doesn’t align with their personal choice. They get mad, they take to social media, they say how bad this person/ group/entity is. When in reality, the other side shows that the decision was fair, or was safer, for majority. You see, life’s picture is bigger than just YOU. I’ve done my fair share of trying to get answers from local officials. To find out what is happening that affects my community. Some of you do as well. It’s frustrating. It’s mind boggling. You feel passed from one person

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to another. It’s enough to make you feel like all someone wants is for you to go away. Problem is, I also work for the government. I see how there are many spokes to every single wheel that turns. How what one department does or does not do, can alter the course of how quickly something happens. But that is life isn’t it? My actions can affect you? Your actions can affect me? All allowing a different perspective to what is happening. It’s not that I’m right, or you are wrong, quite simply we each have differing amounts of information. That information leads to our opinion. Problems arise when you only see your amount of information. You have

become deaf to the ideas of another. It’s not that your idea is wrong, it’s that if you opened up a fraction and someone was allowed to explain their perspective, the two halves can become one whole, because the entire picture is there. Happy Sunday peeps…. Our world is so divided, hyper polarized, that I am certain we couldn’t collectively agree on how to cross a street. So rather than listen to another persons ideas, we will sit and be run over, while declaring if we stayed in place the road would move. Open your minds a little, admit you could possibly be wrong, and learn from one another. I can’t see how it could possibly hurt anything.

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April 30th, 2022 Chambers County Golf Course TEE TIME 8:00am Open to Public First 26 Teams Fees: Tee box sponsor: $100.00 Golfers: $75/Player, $300/Team $5 Mulligan - max 2 Tiger Hole - $20 per team Make checks payable to: Winnie-Stowell Loge Attn: Golf Tournament 2022 411 Sherwood Blair Road, Hankamer, TX 77560 For more information contact: Tim Lindsey at 409-651-2063 Rickey Becker at 409-656-3984

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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of futurity and derby champions totaling more than $5 million. Events & Organizations: 1968 Sam Houston State University Men’s & Women’s Rodeo Teams - 1968 National Intercollegiate Champions. Carl Deaton from Hamshire was on the 1968 Sam Houston State University rodeo team that won both the men's and women's NIRA(National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association) National Championships in Sacramento, California. The coach was Sonny Sikes who

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was in attendance this past weekend to celebrate and participate in the induction ceremony. Team members were: Men’s Team: Ronnie Williams,Bob Smith (deceased), Carl Deaton, Dan Harris, Bill Burton, and Jimbo Daniels. Men’s team events were steer wrestling, calf roping, and bareback riding. Women’s Team: Kay Williams, Willie Little, and Becky Bergeron. Women’s team events were barrel racing and goat tying.

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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 3 BR 1 1/2 bath $1100.00/month and $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

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 409-5536831 in Winnie,TX

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

HELP WANTED Now hiring nurses and administration help. Call 409-296-2910 Hatfield Garage Mechanic Needed Call 409-296-3333 The Arboretum of Winnie is accepting applications for full time LVN positions. Apply online at www. winnienr.com

.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.

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

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

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

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Trailer axles $40.00 - $100.00 each, PVC pipe 1 1/2 to 4" $50.00, Call 409-457-5204 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

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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

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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

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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. WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE

HUNTING REGULATION CHANGES FOR 2022-2023 By John Jefferson

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has been busy. If you saw this column last week, you know the Commission at its March meeting took action in a number of fishing areas that needed tweaking. It was also busy that week changing hunting regulations. The combined efforts of hunting and fishing changes were too much for one week’s column, so hunting regulations were held over to this week. One of the changes benefitting hunters was extension of the mule deer season in 15 Southwestern Panhandle counties from nine to 16 days. The Commission has expanded hunting opportunities at every opportunity if the expansion didn’t adversely affect the health or populations of the resource

species involved or created law enforcement difficulties. This and other changes will be on the TPWD website on May 13 and will appear in the TPW Outdoor Annual which will be available August 15. Be sure and check those sources for the county you hunt in to see if it was included. Also concerning West Texas mule deer, antler restrictions were expanded to include 21 more counties. Restrictions have been successful in improving the age structure of white-tailed deer where they’ve been installed, and these restrictions are expected to have similar effects in designated counties. Antler restrictions were also established for Terrill County in the Trans-Pecos. For years, archery hunting was only permitted on the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. It gradually expanded to Collin. Dallas. Grayson, and Rockwall counties. Now, the Commission has established mandatory buck and antlerless deer harvest reporting in those counties during the whitetail season. Presently, TPWD recognizes only two types of deer genders: buck and does. But sometimes it’s hard to tell which one you’re looking at through a scope on a foggy morning. Mistakes were sometimes made. My family was not im-

mune to it. The problem often arose during the latter part of a season when bucks began dropping their antlers, as they do almost every year. At that time, bucks that have shed their antlers appear as “antlerless deer,” and may be shot by an otherwise law-abiding hunter. Young bucks often have not developed antlers large enough to recognize. These “button bucks” or “nubbin bucks” are antlerless and were permitted to be tagged as “Antlerless deer.” But the “rub” (Sorry!) comes when bucks antlers are in “velvet.” So, the definition of “antlerless deer” was changed to include “… an antler protruding through the skin or a deer having antler growth in velvet greater than one inch.” Also on the gender subject, hunters may leave deer heads at the harvest site to prevent spreading CWD and bring instead the skull cap with attached antlers or female anatomy parts. Other changes include tagging, record keeping rules, and definitions of cold storage facilities, and closing the turkey season east of IH-35 in Ellis County. Waterfowl changes include opening the West Zone goose season earlier, modifying merganser regs, and reauthorizing the requirement of possessing a sandhill crane permit while hunting them.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR PUBLICATION (AVISO DE ELECCIÓN PARA PUBLICACIÓN) To the registered voters of East Chambers Independent School District, Texas: (A los votantes registrados en el Distrito Escolar Independiente de East Chambers, Texas:) Notice is hereby given that the polling places below will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on May 7, 2022 for voting in a special election to consider the following (Por la presente se da aviso de que los lugares de votación a continuación estarán abiertos de 7:00 a.m. a 7:00 p.m. el 7 de mayo de 2022 para votar en una elección especial para considerar la siguiente): MEASURE A: Shall the Board of Trustees of the East Chambers Independent School District be authorized to issue and sell bonds of the District, in one or more series, in the aggregate principal amount of $8,000,000 for the purposes of designing, constructing, renovating, improving, upgrading, updating, acquiring, and equipping school facilities (and any necessary or related removal of existing facilities), such bonds to mature serially or otherwise (not more than 40 years from their date) in accordance with law; any issue or series of such bonds to bear interest per annum at such rate or rates (fixed, floating, variable, or otherwise) as may be determined within the discretion of the Board of Trustees, provided that such rate or rates of interest shall not exceed the maximum rate per annum authorized by law at the time of the issuance of any issue or series of such bonds; and shall the Board of Trustees of the District be authorized to levy and pledge, and cause to be assessed and collected, annual ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the District sufficient, without limit as to rate or amount, to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and the cost of any credit agreements executed in connection with the bonds? (MEDIDA A: ¿Deberá la Junta de Síndicos del Distrito Escolar Independiente de East Chambers recibir la autorización para emitir y vender bonos del Distrito, en una o más series, por un monto total de $8,000,000 con el fin de diseñar, construir, renovar, mejorar, modernizar, actualizar, adquirir y equipar instalaciones escolares (y cualquier remoción necesaria o relacionada de las instalaciones existentes), tales bonos vencerán en serie o de otra manera (a no más de 40 años de su fecha) de acuerdo con la ley; cualquier emisión o serie de dichos bonos devengará un interés anual a una tasa o tasas (fija, flotante, variable o similar) según sea determinado a discreción de la Junta de Síndicos, siempre que dicha tasa o tasas de interés no excedan la tasa máxima anual autorizada por la ley en el momento de la emisión de cualquier emisión o serie de dichos bonos; y deberá autorizarse a la Junta de Síndicos del Distrito para imponer y comprometer, y hacer que se calculen y recauden impuestos anuales ad valorem sobre toda propiedad gravable en el Distrito de manera suficiente, sin límite en cuanto a la tasa o cantidad, para pagar el capital y los intereses sobre los bonos y el costo de cualquier contrato de crédito celebrado en relación con los bonos?) MEASURE B: Shall the Board of Trustees of the East Chambers Independent School District be authorized to issue and sell bonds of the District, in one or more series, in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,800,000 for the purposes of designing, constructing, renovating, improving, upgrading, updating, acquiring, and equipping school facilities, including softball fields, baseball fields, and show barn, such bonds to mature serially or otherwise (not more than 40 years from their date) in accordance with law; any issue or series of such bonds to bear interest per annum at such rate or rates (fixed, floating, variable, or otherwise) as may be determined within the discretion of the Board of Trustees, provided that such rate or rates of interest shall not exceed the maximum rate per annum authorized by law at the time of the issuance of any issue or series of such bonds; and shall the Board of Trustees of the District be authorized to levy and pledge, and cause to be assessed and collected, annual ad valorem taxes on all taxable property in the District sufficient, without limit as to rate or amount, to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds and the cost of any credit agreements executed in connection with the bonds? (MEDIDA B: ¿Deberá la Junta de Síndicos del Distrito Escolar Independiente de East Chambers recibir la autorización para emitir y vender bonos del Distrito, en una o más series, por un monto total no mayor a $1,800,000 con el fin de diseñar, construir, renovar, mejorar, modernizar, actualizar, adquirir y equipar instalaciones escolares, incluyendo campos de softbol, campos de béisbol y un establo de exposición, tales bonos vencerán en serie o de otra manera (a no más de 40 años de su fecha) de acuerdo con la ley; cualquier emisión o serie de dichos bonos devengará un interés anual a una tasa o tasas (fija, flotante, variable o similar) según sea determinado a discreción de la Junta de Síndicos, siempre que dicha tasa o tasas de interés no excedan la tasa máxima anual autorizada por la ley en el momento de la emisión de cualquier emisión o serie de dichos bonos; y deberá autorizarse a la Junta de Síndicos del Distrito para imponer y comprometer, y hacer que se calculen y recauden impuestos anuales ad valorem sobre toda propiedad gravable en el Distrito de manera suficiente, sin límite en cuanto a la tasa o cantidad, para pagar el capital y los intereses sobre los bonos y el costo de cualquier contrato de crédito celebrado en relación con los bonos?) Registered voters will be able to cast their election day ballots at any vote center. (Los votantes registrados podrán emitir sus boletas electorales el día de las elecciones en cualquier centro de votación): American Legion Hall, 1704 S. Main St., Anahuac, TX 77514 Juanita Hargraves Memorial Library, 108 E. Fear Rd., Winnie, TX 77665 Goss Library, 1 John Hall Dr., Mont Belvieu, TX 77523 Cedar Bayou Community Building, 7711 HWY 146, Baytown, TX 77523 For early voting, a voter may vote at any of the locations listed below (Para Votación Adelantada, los votantes podrán votar en cualquiera de las ubicaciones nombradas abajo): American Legion Hall, 1704 South Main Street, Anahuac, TX 77514 [main location (ubicación principal)] Juanita Hargraves Memorial Library, 108 E. Fear Road, Winnie, TX 77665 Goss Library, 1 John Hall Drive, Mont Belvieu, TX77523 Cedar Bayou Community Building, 7711 HWY 146, Baytown, TX 77523 April 25-29, 2022 (25-29 de abril de 2022), 8:00 am – 5:00 pm May 2-3, 2022 (2-3 de mayo de 2022), 7:00 am – 7:00 pm

Welcome Neighborhood Net Readers!

One of the new regulation changes had to do with recognizing the difference between boy deer and girl deer. It defined a buck deer in velvet as having antler growth in velvet greater than one inch. It’s hard to imagine anyone mistaking the three deer in the foreground with antlers in velvet “antlerless.” Photo by John Jefferson.

Applications for voting by mail should be received no later than the close of business (5:00 p.m.) on April 26, 2022. (Las solicitudes de votación por correo deben ser recibidas a más tardar al cierre de operaciones (17:00) el 26 de abril de 2022.) Applications should be sent to (Se deben enviar las solicitudes a): Heather H. Hawthorne, mailing address (dirección de envio): P.O. Box 728, Anahuac, TX 77514, physical address (dirección física): 404 Washington Ave., Anahuac, TX 77614, phone (teléfono): (409) 267-2418, fax (fax): (409) 267-8315, email (correo electrónico): hhawthorne@chamberstx.gov District’s website (sitio web del Distrito): https://sites.google.com/aisdpanthers.com/ anahuacisd/home County’s website (sitio web del Condado): https://www.co.chambers.tx.us/page/elections

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Buzz and Beeper Bunny are back with all kinds of Easter fun!

Buzz Bunny has decorated his eggs with number patterns. Help Beeper figure out where to put each of the numbers left in the basket. Draw a line to where each egg belongs.

If the activities on this page seem hard, find some bunny to help you. If it looks easy, help some bunny younger than you!

Mr. E.B. Rabbit has an Easter Basket all ready to deliver. But he can’t remember where he put it. Take your pencil and show him the way through the maze to the basket. Don’t retrace your route or cross any lines. ht, COOPERVILLE – Last nig g things really started hoppinng for Henrietta Hen. The you _ mother of 152 is _________ the with excitement over her unusual __________ in nest last night.

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Reporter Game

Look through the newspaper for advertisements with an Easter theme. Circle the facts in yellow. Circle the opinions in green. Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Distinguish between fact and opinion in expository text.

With a partner, read a newspaper article. One of you must choose to be a person in the article and the other should be the reporter. Decide what questions were asked to get the relevant information and then role-play the interview. Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Ask clarifying questions about essential textual elements, restate facts and details, clarify and organize ideas.

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Send us your favorite summer jokes and riddles. Deadline: May 8 Published: Week of June 5 Please include your school and grade.

Standards Links: Decoding: Recognize letters of the alphabet. Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

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!

If you have questions please call 409-243-2163.

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