The Hometown Press 04-14-2021

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Volume 32, Issue 15

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Community Says Goodbye to Beloved Judge

TBCD Director Resigns

The Baptist Church was simply over full as people came to pay the last respects to Judge Devillier.

By Wade Thibodeaux

Several rumors have been floating around the community of Winnie in regards to Trinity Bay Conservation District.

Some of the rumors have proven to be true, while others have yet to be proven as factual. Trinity Bay Conservation District has been in a state of turmoil lately as several regularly scheduled board meetings have been cancelled due to a perceived lack of a quorum. It has been perceived because the meetings were cancelled before the meeting time and therefore nobody really knows if a quorum could have been achieved, but odds are that the directors would not have been able to achieve more than half attendance to arrive at a quorum. The reason given for this lack of attendance had to do with legal matters pertaining to all of the board members being either subpoenaed or invited to appear before a grand jury that has been investigating the activities of TBCD. Some of the board members have testified at a grand jury that has met on two different occasions and some of the board members did not testify.

All of this speculation has been around a discussion of nepotism of one board member and his son who works for Trinity Bay. Nepotism is an offense listed in the Texas penal code that occurs when a close relative works at a taxing entity that has elected officials such as a water district,school board, or other entity and that relative serves on the board. There are various

provisions in the law such as when the relative was hired and when the official was elected, but nonetheless, it is a serious offense. Trinity Bay had such a situation with two of its board members with one being a father-son relationship and the other being a husband and wife.

Most legal opinions have stated that the husband wife situation was legal due to the length of time the wife was employed before the husband was elected, but the father-son situation seemed a lot more complicated.

On Monday, April 12, 2021, The Hometown Press received an email from Trinity Bay that stated that Director Tommy Gilbert had resigned.

Director Gilbert issued the following statement, "I, Tommy Gilbert, of my own accord, tend my resignation from the Trinity Bay Conservation District Board of Directors effective April 9, 2021 in order to help the District to move forward and continue to meet the needs of its customers and community.

This is all I have to say at this time." The Hometown Press contacted Chambers County District Attorney Cheryl Lieck who simply stated that no indictments have been issued at this time, but the grand jury would meet again in two week to continue their work. A regularly scheduled meeting of TBCD was supposed to be held this Wednesday, April 14, 2021 and The Hometown Press will continue to monitor this situation and report to our readers.

Highway 124 was lined with first responders paying their last respects to Judge Yale Devillier.

By Wade Thibodeaux The entire community of Winnie and other parts of Chambers County paused their activities last Tuesday, April 6, 2021 to take a moment to say goodbye to Chambers County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 Yale

East Chambers Lady Bucs win the District track and field title.

By Wade Thibodeaux The East Chambers Lady Bucs won the District track and field meet in resounding fashion last week as they easily outscored the rest of the field with 202 points and the closest contender was Woodville with 100 points. Newton had 90 points, Anahuac had 87, Buna had 74, Kirbyville had 42, and Warren finished with 15 points. The East Chambers Buccaneers lost a close race by one point to finish in

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Fire Trucks, and EMS equipment. The main thoroughfare through Winnie, Highway 124, was shut down in both directions as the procession traveled from the church to the cemetery with the roadway lined with first

responders, business owners, and citizens who were simply unable to attend the services due to a lack of space in the facilities. A fitting tribute to an individual that gave many years of service to a community that he adored.

E C G i r l s W i n D i s t r i c t Tr a c k Meet, Bucs Lose by 1 Point

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Devillier. The First Baptist Church in Winnie was standing room only as hundreds attended to pay their respect to an individual that touched so many lives. The parking lot was full of vehicles including Sheriff's Office patrol cars, DPS cruisers,

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second place, but still had several athletes place well enough(in the top four) to advance to the Area competition.

The Area competition is happening today, Wednesday, April 14, 2021 and results will be available in next week's paper.

Girls points scorers were as follows: Long Jump: Valencia Thomas 3rd place, Rori Stevens 6th place Triple Jump: Valencia Thomas 2nd place High Jump: Rylie Gill

2nd place, Quincy Wilcox 6th place Shot Put: Rylee Case 6th place Discus: Johana Soileau 2nd place, Leah Smith 3rd place, and Payton Burleson 5th place Pole Vault: Gracie Moore 2nd place, Rori Stevens and Rylie Gill tied for 3rd place 3200m: Giselle Avalos 1st place, Jasmine Avalos 2nd place, Jesenia Avalos 3rd place 400 meter relay: Rori Stevens, Makenna Guillory, Kailey Mills, Valencia Thomas 2nd place 800m: Maria Burgos 1st place, Giselle Avalos 4th place, Jasmine Avalos 5th place 100mH: Katelynn PIttman 2nd place, Rylie Gill 6th place 100m: Valencia Thomas 3rd place, Makenna Guillory 6th place 800 meter relay: Makenna Guillory, Rori Stevens, Kameri Harmon, Valencia Thomas 3rd place

400m: Kailey Mills 2nd place 300mH: Rori Stevens 1st place, Ashlynn Trahan 4th place 1600m: Maria Burgos 1st place, Giselle Avalos 2nd place, Jasmine Avalos 3rd place 1600 meter relay: Gracie Moore, Kailey Mills, Mally Cook, Maria Burgos 2nd place Some of the boys scores are as follows: Shot put: Slade Parnell tied for 3rd place Triple jump: Brayden Guillory 3rd place High jump: Wyatt Kash 4th place Discus throw: Payton Martin 2nd place, Tristan Stewart 3rd place Pole vault: Dylan Winzer 1st place Long jump: Kadron Morris 4th place 300M Hurdles: Kendal Moore 4th place 200M Dash: Braydon Guillory 1st place Congratulations to all of the participants and good luck to all that advanced to the Area competition.

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Opinion & Entertainment

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 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, here I am at 9:30 pm. on Monday night and I'm just getting around to writing my column.

I guess that I have been later, but I really can't remember when. It just seems like Spring is when things just get so busy and time just slips away..... either that or I'm a really bad time management person. I'll go out on a limb and say that maybe it's a little of both. I was going through my calendar with a friend of mine and she said that she didn't know if she could keep up with all of those things that I had scheduled. Now, in her defense, she does work a full time plus some job during the week and the weekend has traditionally been a time for her to wind down and catch up on some of her home activities, but

I'm ready to go do a little two steppin and maybe indulge in an adult beverage. I didn't have the heart to tell her that what we were discussing was mostly my social calendar and it didn't even include all of the regular things like school board meetings, city council, commissioners court, and all of the other things that happen in the newspaper business, but we'll figure all of those things out in the future.

As I reflect on my schedule, both work and play, I realize that it's a good thing that I don't work very hard. I mean, I'm not digging ditches, out in the cold or blistering heat, paving roads..... that kind of work because I will be the first to admit that I would absolutely melt if I had to put in a

full day's work. And, I'm talking about melting before the first break of the day, about mid morning.

However, I have learned that this business, while it is not physically demanding, is a demanding business. Some days may start with a 7:00 am. meeting and end with a drive home from a football game that's two hours away from my bed. Sometimes, the in between time is at the office working on the next week's paper, or it could be chock full of additional meetings that have to be attended just in case some earth shattering news happens.

Occasionally, those long days do have the " I think I'm going to take a little nap" built into them, but that's pretty rare. One of the perks of this business is that you do get the every so often free ticket to something, but you are usually working the event by writing an article or taking pictures.....or both.

Sometimes, it's just fun to pay full price for a concert and just go and sit in the audience and soak up the atmosphere and good

music and let some other young go getter cover the event.

I guess that I complain about this business, but when it comes right down to it, I kinda like it......either that or I don't know how to do anything else and with my 59th birth-

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day happening this week, I'm too old of a dog to be taught new tricks.

Maybe, as I get older, I'll need to work on that time management thing a little more. Oh wait, there's a fire alarm. I've got to grab a camera and hit the road running. Just

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as I was planning out the rest of my night to get a little sleep and with my luck I'll get blocked in by some emergency vehicle and won't be able to leave the scene. Sleep is overrated anyway. Till next time, I'm.......Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

THAT GOOD TIME OF YEAR

By Tumbleweed Smith I looked out the window and it was spring. The lawns were coming back to life and leaves were appearing on previously bare branches.

The mesquite trees were beginning to show their special shade of green.

Most people’s favorite season is the one in which they were born. I was born in late spring so the season of renewal is my favorite time of year. I love to see the earth come back to life, when it purges itself from winter’s darkness and feels cleansed, blessed again.

It’s when we witness the season of hope.

Spring is when you want to get out and do things you may have never done before, like grabbing a cane fishing pole and a can of worms and going to the creek or going outside to watch a bug for about an hour or just stretching out and staring at your shoes while you contemplate things.

You wear fewer clothes in the spring. Shorts and t-shirts replace sweaters, coats, hats, scarves and gloves. And you might even go around with no socks or shoes.

The outside beckons you and you think about taking a walk. The bicycle that’s been unused awaits a rider and looks inviting.

You feel the tires to make sure they’re ready. You take it outside and test everything, maybe oil the chain. The fresh air makes you frisky and you become a child again.

You get out the ice cream freezer, clean the barbeque grill and imagine how the fruits of summer will taste. The earth warms.

The sky boils. The wind ceases its relentless howling and settles down to a gentle breeze.

No season offers more promise than springtime.

And no place shows off its spring wardrobe any better than Texas. When it’s springtime in Texas fields of blue and yellow and red appear and the air is scented with wildflower perfume. Seeing Texas in the spring is like seeing New England in the fall. We experience the colors and our lives are enriched. Flowers are arranged between the cactus and rocks in natural bouquets. Texas is the birthplace of spring.

The silence of the prairie

is broken with the piercing sound of birds.

Welcome to the spring, they seem to say. And they show off their colors, too. Mocking birds flash their white tail feathers while cardinals and cedar waxwings provide a spectacular aerial display. A hawk catches a wind current and glides gracefully in the perfect blue of an April sky.

The miracle of spring is amazing to observe.

The 24-hour celestial parade is a wondrous event. We wake to a dawn of sunrise pink. Later the golden sun illumines the clouds.

By mid afternoon they become active and bounce around like giant white pillows.

At sundown the sky is streaked with crimson and orange.

And darkness brings out its own special magic with silver sparkles in the black sky. Spring makes you glad to be alive. www.tumbleweesmith.com

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Local News

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Thirty-Four individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, April 4 and Saturday, April 10. 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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Parker Breding in Rare Company With Fourth RAM NCFR Title

There's some kind of mojo for bull rider Parker Breding when he competes at the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo.

That trend continued at the 2021 RAM NCFR for the Edgar, Mont., cowboy.

Breding made history when he became the first bull rider to win four career RAM NCFR championships with an 86.5-point ride on Painted Pony Championship Rodeo's Cocktail Diarrhea

in the four-man suddendeath finals in Silver Spurs Arena, Saturday night.

"That's really special to me," Breding said about his four RAM NCFR crowns. "I haven't done a whole lot of things any bigger than this. So far this rodeo kind of has been my small world title in a way. To be able to come here and get it done again is just amazing. I sure do love it here. They treat you really well, and this is one of my favorite

rodeos by far."

Breding has now won RAM NCFR titles in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2021. He also won the semifinals earlier Saturday with an 88-point ride on Big Rafter Rodeo's Silver Bullet.

"It's hard to put into words what it means to get this done again," said Breding, 28. "The way my week started this week things weren't looking too good and I didn't even think I made the semifinals

until my traveling partner (Hawk Whitt) told me I did. He kind of withheld the information and let me walk around mad for a while and then he told me I was in there in the semis in the last spot. I had two awesome bulls, and I'm just extremely overwhelmed by this."

Breding earned $13,006 for his RAM NCFR performance, which will give him a jolt in the PRCA | RAM World Standings.

He arrived in Kissimmee

18th in the standings with $11,598.

"I haven't won a whole lot since I won our Montana Circuit Finals Rodeo," Breding said. "I needed to come here and win something, and it worked out better than I even expected in the finals. I just kept telling myself to nod my head and get out of the chute and just react to whatever the bull does, and that's exactly what I was able to do. It ended up being an awesome little bull. I was pretty dang excited when I made the whistle."

Breding, who qualified for the National Finals Rodeo in 2013, 2015 and 2018, had been hampered with a left knee injury since July 10, 2019. He suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) that day at the Calgary Stampede after he made the whistle riding Kesler Rodeo's Late Nite Host.

"When I won tonight, I felt like I was able to overcome some things," Breding said. "I was frustrated with how I had been riding and the injuries I have gone through the past couple of years, and it has put me out of the running to be anywhere. The moment

I hit the ground (in the finals), I was ecstatic."

Breding finished a careerbest fourth in the world standings in 2018 with $241,732.

"I'm excited to make a run for the NFR again now that I'm healthy," he said.

Team ropers score nearly $20K each Andrew Ward and Buddy Hawkins II stopped the clock in 6.3 seconds to win the RAM NCFR and secure nearly $20,000 in earnings.

The team ropers from the Prairie Circuit each scored $19,705, more than any other champion in Kissimmee over the weekend.

"All week we've just been trying to catch as fast as we could," Ward said.

"The last one was harder yet because there's more pressure on you, but we are great at finishing and believing in ourselves."

Hawkins and Ward were outside the top 40 in their respective events.

"This is the dream," Hawkins said. "We love Kissimmee having this kind of event like this and adding this kind of money for us. This is what it's about. We get to do this every day because of events (contd on page 8)

Religion & Lifestyle

Wednesday,April 14, 2021

Sunday Observations from Christy

We were camping with some college friends. As we were standing around the campfire one evening, looking at the night sky, we noticed an unusual and mysterious string of lights. The next day my wife began to research our sighting and found out it was the SpaceX Starlink satellite.

“For as the lightning flashes in the east and shines to the west, so will be the return of Jesus Christ.” Come quickly, Lord Jesus.

Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys

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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)

and gas, he became an HVAC mechanical engineer.

Wayne was a Mason and a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Norman. He enjoyed oil painting, making stained glass, music and playing guitar, eating seafood, and traveling the country in his RV with his wife, Wilma.

Survivors include his wife of 37 yeras, Wilma Turner; five children, Tanya Young, Wayne Turner and his wife Tina, Todd Turner, Beth Russell and her husband David, Jeff Nix and his wife Brandy; one sister,

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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Baseball is back! I know for many of you, that’s irrelevant, but being a fan myself I couldn’t be happier. As I age though, I have noticed the similarities in life and baseball lessons.

Early 2020.... in that pre covid bliss we were in, baseball was flipped over by the Astros cheating scandal. In quick fashion the GM and manager are fired, and the fans are left watching.

2020 was a joke of a season, only going 60 games, and with no fans.

That brings us to 2021. The Astros are the new villains.

And to an extent I get it.

I was not pleased with what happened. But I also realize, only certain players are being heckled. The ones traded are not. Basically the “faces” of the team are being treated the worst.

Here is where I compare this to life.

MLB made a deal with Astros players, to get them to talk. Same thing often happens in our criminal justice system. Immunity for your story, for without your story we have no case. So the players were not punished. The fairness can be argued, pro and con, but why? It’s done. Blame MLB for not punishing the players if that’s your thought.

But instead some just want to be mad, regardless of the explanation.

This brings me to the angry culture of today. We blame the wrong people, we don’t know all the facts, we judge when it’s been handled, we hold grudges, we lay blame. Why??? Why are we so ready to stay angry?

The ironic part of this is, it

does not matter the subject, someone somewhere has decided you are wrong before you open your mouth. You can say you had a great experience somewhere and I promise before you say it, someone is going to tell you how wrong you are as this place did them dirty. Once again.... why?????

Because we have ceased listening to hear, and we listen to respond. This is what happens when we spend 24/7 arguing. You are in a pre-wired mindset to dispute all. So the second you see something online, or hear something spoken, you have your response of why someone is incorrect..... or stupid. My least favorite of all words.

But the fault lies not only in the person responding, it lies with the person speaking as well. Wait..... what? You read that right, both can be wrong. Maybe if we prefaced conversations with “you won’t believe this, hear me out”.... and we responded with, “that’s awful, can I respond with

my experience or do you need to just vent”. Because both are correct. Sometimes we just need to vent and that’s OK. Someone is not wrong because of their experience, nor are you wrong for yours. We are all different.

Happy Sunday peeps.

Maybe if we all listened to hear one another. If we realized not everyone sees things our way. If we stopped seeing things as black and white, and realized we live in a world of grey. Where multiple things are right, if we only stop long enough to get all the facts. If we realized that sometimes you just have to watch the whole ball game to see how it ends, because sometimes no matter how superior you are on paper..... the other team just plays better. I sure hope this week you find one instance to just hush and listen to the other persons perspective. To see the whole picture, to see.... you just might be wrong.

That someone else has a view that is also correct.

Oh.... and go Astros!!

Brenda Delafield and her husband Jack; eighteen grandchildren, Amber, Heather, Joshua and Anna Young, Rachel Trevino, Christopher Todd, Levi, Austin, Taylor and Tyler Turner, Whittley Lutz, Graeson Turner, Kade and Caroline Russell, DJ, Brody, Jaxon and Jayce Nix; eight great grandchildren; and two nephews, Clint and Jason Delafield.

In addition to his parents, Wayne was preceeded in death by one granddaughter, Tori Turner; son-inlaw, David Young; and daughter-in-law, Michelle Turner.

Spring is in the air, and after frigid temperatures this winter, the refreshing signs of spring are welcome changes.

Chirping birds, blooming flowers and rising temperatures may lift spirits, but a whiff of something more ominous is also in the air: spring storm season.

As the seasons change, wild and wooly weather can pop up with little warning, instantly transforming a sunny spring day to one marked by tornadoes, hail, lightning, severe thunderstorms, flash flooding and high winds.

E x t r e m e , unpredictable weather can also cause power outages and downed power lines. Entergy Texas employees plan and train year-round, ready to respond and restore power when severe weather strikes.

Our perpetual cycle of planning, preparation and training ensures we are Operation Storm Ready for every weather situation.

“We continually watch the weather and put our plan in action as soon as a severe weather threat emerges,” said Stuart Barrett, Entergy Texas vice president of customer

service. “These storms develop quickly and can be dangerous. We encourage customers to form a stormpreparedness plan before severe weather appears. Waiting until a storm springs up may be too late.”

Prepare for extreme weather in advance by assembling an emergency kit of basic supplies. Make sure your family knows what to do and where to go if disaster strikes.Entergy can help you prepare with these tips on how to make a plan and a kit.

Knowing exactly when and (contd on page 5)

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"Look Up!"

O. Wayne Turner, son of the late Oscar Peter Turner and Anna Bell Robbins Trahan, served six years in the U.S. Army after graduating high school. He was a sales supervisor and in operations in the oil fields for many years.

Afer retiring from oil

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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

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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Also, keep one in your vehicle that prepares you for the weather outside, not inside, should you become stranded during an emergency.

After stocking up, ensure that you have several ways of getting severe weather warnings: · Install a smartphone app that will alert you to severe weather in the area or sign up for emergency alerts on your smartphone. · Have a weather radio with a loud alarm that will wake you when severe weather threatens at night.

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alerts by texting REG to 36778 and have your account number and ZIP code handy. The registration pattern is as follows including spaces: REG (account number) (ZIP code).

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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

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Culture/Lifestyle

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

A pronghorn hunter scans the West Texas landscape for the elusive Texas antelope, arguably the most challenging game species to hunt in the state. This coming season, pronghorn hunters will have an extra week to hunt. See the text for other changes. Photo by John Jefferson.

LEGAL NOTICE

WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE

HUNTING REGULATION CHANGES

By John Jefferson

Last week, this column reported fishing reg changes adopted at the March TPW Commission meeting.

Those including a reduced bag limit on spotted sea trout (specks) in the Laguna Madre and multi-waterbody changes in freshwater catfish regs. Check ‘em out.

This week’s column will report changes in hunting regulations. There’s a full game bag of them.

Someone once wrote that there are two types of writers: poets and those who just make lists. It’s hard to be anything other than the latter when writing about

Welcome Neighborhood Net Readers!

new regulations.

Since it’s now turkey season in most of Texas, let’s start with those.

The Eastern turkey season in Panola County will close for next season (2022). If you can find a bird, now, take him. It better be a “him”. Hens are illegal.

And all kills must be reported to TPWD by mobile app or online. According to TPWD’s turkey leader, Jason Hardin, the population is low and not well distributed. That caused next spring’s closure.

TPWD doesn’t just daydream regulations to propose. Regs are based on population, habitat, and hunter surveys. But insufficient data from Hunters’ Surveys in the “Western 1 Gobbler” counties in southcentral Texas wasn’t enough. Those counties will consequently come under mandatory reporting next season. Surveys should be answered.

A change which makes sense aligns the spring and fall turkey seasons with the North and South Zone boundaries along Highway 90. This starts September 1 -- except for the emergency Laguna Madre trout regulations. They’re effective NOW. Whitewing hunters will get two more days of hunting during the Special Whitewinged Dove Days in south dove zone. All other migratory game bird seasons were altered to fit the current and 2022 calendars.

The experimental pronghorn permit system in the northern Panhandle was eliminated and the regular

season extended from nine to 16 days.

Squirrel season was opened year-round in counties where previously closed. However, the traditional East Texas season remains unchanged: May 1-31; Oct.1-- last Sunday in Feb. And muzzleloaders are now assured only the projectile and powder must be muzzle-loaded.

An old tradition in ten counties is one that reflects changing times. For years, hunting deer with dogs in east Texas was practiced.

Dogs were released to run deer. Abuses occurred when dogs chased deer across private property.

Landowners complained.

TPWD reacted and prohibited the practice. Some continued it and were fined. Gradually, old dog hunters and their hounds got older.

As that practice waned, fewer illegal incidents occurred. More hunters began calling for the conservation tool of allowing a dog to trail a wounded deer. That beats losing deer to die in the thick undergrowth. Game wardens agreed that dogs were no longer a problem. The prohibition was removed in six counties. In four others -- Jasper, Newton, Sabine, and San Augustine – trailing deer with just TWO LEASHED dogs was permitted.

And the change everybody has been waiting for: the chachalaca season will open the same day as quail season does!

Never too soon to plan a hunt!

Community

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

To say thank you would be a huge understatement.

Over the last few months we have received so much love and support regarding Yale’s illness and death.

Our world has been forever changed, however, more countless times than I imagined someone somewhere made an attempt to help make it better, if it was a text, phone call, quick smile or hug, meal, contribution, donation or participation with the benefit or his passing, you have no idea how you have had a huge impact on helping us through this. The

benefit alone was incredible. Yale said it all in his FaceTime with everyone, the friendship is priceless. Knowing how everyone came together to support him brought him so much joy, he couldn’t stop talking about it the next morning when I got back to him. As I told him, the only thing missing at the benefit was him.

The outpouring of love and support, the incredible donations and participation with auctions, the fabulous cars and delicious food just added to what will be remembered as one of the best days in Winnie, Texas

for us. On one of the saddest days, which turned out to be just as incredible, our hearts were even more filled with the love this community has for him. The funeral itself could not have been any better, the kind words and countless sentiments of sympathy and support will remain in our hearts, and the procession is one of the most beautiful sights our family has ever been touched by.

The endless number of friends showing their last respects just continues to honor him in ways unimaginable. Our family will be forever grateful to each of you, to helping us in and through something so incredible. This is definitely not just our loss, you share in it as well, it's evident the impact Yale had throughout this community.

May God bless each of you and once again many, many thanks to you all for holding us so tightly in prayers and love to help us through this.

Sincerely, Celia Devillier and family of Yale Devillier

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Parker Breding in Rare Company With Fourth RAM NCFR Title (contd) like this."

Aussie hoping title leads to NFR Jake Finlay came to the U.S. to make the National Finals Rodeo. This might be the year that dream comes true.

The Australian who finished 20th last season and 17th in 2019 won his first RAM NCFR with an 88-point ride on Vold Rodeo's Sun Glow. Finlay also won the semifinals, earning $14,249 at the RAM NCFR. "This is huge," he said.

"I've been rodeoing in the Prairie Circuit for a lot of years, so it's cool to take it back there."

Guenthner's win boost to season Scott Guenthner had to balance time between the U.S. and Canada last season during the pandemic and didn't get to rodeo much until the start of July.

That put the Canadian steer wrestler behind the eight ball. He missed qualifying for the 2020 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

The 2021 season is looking a lot brighter for the threetime NFR qualifier.

Guenthner won the RAM NCFR for the first time Saturday night and took home $16,805.

"This is a big deal, especially with this counting for the world standings," Guenthner said.

Champion building toward world title Richmond Champion has his sights set on his first gold buckle this season.

Winning the RAM NCFR is a big step in that direction.

Champion won the event with an 87-point ride on Vold Rodeo's Risky Mistress.

"I didn't know a whole lot about that horse," said Champion, who earned $15,010. "Tanner Aus had her at the Riggin Rally last week and she had stumbled, but he said she was really fun, and she was. It's amazing to win this rodeo. This is a saddle you want in your house and a buckle you want on your belt. I'm super grateful."

Herrin goes under eight seconds for title Hunter Herrin had a strong NFR, winning a pair of rounds and using it to finish fourth in the world standings.

The Prairie Circuit tiedown roper now has a RAM NCFR title to put toward a possible world title this season.

Herrin won the event in 7.8 seconds, earning $18,627 over the weekend.

"This is the first time I've won this," he said. "Here and San Angelo are the biggest licks before the summer, and it feels good to get a good win here. I didn't make a very good run in the finals, if I'm going to be honest, but things worked out in my favor."

Herrin was riding his horse Rambo.

"There are some horses better than Rambo, but for me, he's just special," Herrin said.

Morgan gets Kiss of victory Shelley Morgan couldn't go away from what worked.

The barrel racer from the Texas Circuit stuck

with her horse Kiss and notched the win with a time of 14.82 seconds.

Kiss also led Morgan to the semifinals win.

"I decided she was the one that got me this far, so she deserved it," said Morgan, who earned $16,372 over the weekend. "This is so exciting. This is my first time (winning this). Kiss means the world to me.

She has no idea what she means to me. She makes it so easy."

Stock of the RAM NCFR Big Rafter Rodeo's Resistol's Wild Valley was the bareback horse of the RAM NCFR. The saddle bronc of the event was Hi Lo Pro Rodeo's Toma Jo. Big Rafter Rodeo's Line Drive was the bull of the RAM NCFR. Texas Circuit rallies The Texas Circuit came from behind to win the team title at the RAM NCFR. Barely.

By less than $300, Texas held off the Prairie Circuit, earning $91,809.

Winning the title earned more than bragging rights.

The circuit that wins the team competition gets a $500 bonus for each athlete from that circuit competing at the finals.

Complete team circuit standings were as follows: 1. Texas $91,809; 2.

Prairie $91,514; 3.

Wilderness $70,191; 4.

Columbia River $65,341; 5. Southeastern $61,401; 6. Montana $49,296; 7.

Turquoise $43,475; 8.

Great Lakes $38,431; 9.

Badlands $31,634; 10.

Mountain States $28,357; 11. California $9,796; 12.

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