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Happy Mother's Day From The Hometown Press! Winnie Dodge Buys Grand Champion Steer

Lady Bucs Compete at Regional Golf Tournament

From left to right: Chloe Ewing (Fr.), Trinity Smith (Fr.) Aliyah Abalos (Soph.), Mckenleee Monteau (Soph.), and Emily Clevinger (Jr.)

By Wade Thibodeaux

The East Chambers Lady Bucs golf team competed at the regional tournament on April 2122, 2021 and shot a 522

as a team the first day and Winnie Dodge buys the Grand Champion Chambers County Steer at last Saturday's Youth Auction. then a 531 on the second round. Congratulations Lady Bucs on a great year.

Winnie Library Holds Ribbon Cutting

A ribbon cutting was held for the new library in Winnie last Monday.

By Wade Thibodeaux The Juanita Hargraves Memorial Branch of the Chambers County Library held a ribbon cutting last Monday, May 3, 2021 and they are open for business. They are located along State Highway 124 adjacent to the East Chambers Primary School and across Fear Road from the newly constructed East Chambers Elementary School. This makes the second newly constructed library for Chambers County in the last five years. Chambers County Librarian Valerie Jensen stated "Libraries are central to our community, and to have new, state of

the art facilities with quality programs and spaces makes them even more inviting! The new library in Winnie includes a meeting room which will be available for reservation by the public, and a room designated for storytime and after school programs". Starting May 4, all library system branches will be open 100% to the public. The library will still comply with safety protocols by having staff/public do health screenings upon entry. Masks are encouraged, and social distancing required. Books that are returned will be quarantined for one week.

The pig show was as competitive this year as it is every year at the Chambers County Youth Livestock Show.

Several scholarship winners of the Youth Auction. By Wade Thibodeaux Josh Wischnewsky, owner of Winnie Dodge was on hand last Saturday, May 1, 2021 to purchase the Grand Champion County Steer from Rylie Currier for $7,000.00 at the Chambers County Youth Livestock Show. Rylie is a member of the Barbers Hill FFA.

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were announced at the start Wischnewsky also bought the Grand Champion Swine from Fisher Nelson with the Barbers Hill 4H Club for $4,300.00 as well as several other projects including the very last item in the sale, lot number 122. The auction was the culmination of a week's worth of showing livestock and other projects

These youngsters were participating in the breeding beef cattle show. that began many months swine shows, lamb shows, before when the possibility and goat shows. In addition about an in person show to the live animals that and sale seemed like a very were shown, projects such far away vision due to the as Ag Mechanics, art, and Covid-19 pandemic. food items were displayed, The week of activities judged, and awarded prizes. included breeding beef A horse show and ranch shows, F-1 Heifer shows, rodeo were held on previous steer shows, rabbit shows, weekends. turkey shows, broiler shows,

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Opinion & Entertainment

Wednesday, May 5, 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 Timber cutters will be timber cutters and cows will be cows. So, you know that I bought a set of cows recently and they are located on a place that's about an hour and a half away from me when I'm in Huntsville and about three hours away when I'm in Winnie. I went up and checked on them the other day and when I drove into the place and started honking the horn, cows started pouring out of the woods and headed for the truck. Okay, the cows are already cube broke and I should be able to call them together for a meeting without too much trouble. I gave them their little snacks, counted them to make sure that everybody was there, and told them that I would see them soon. A couple of weeks go by and then I get the phone call. I had a cow out on a neighbors

place. He ran her back towards my place and then a couple of days later..... another phone call. It seems as though this time the whole herd was out and running around the countryside. In my conversation with my neighbor this time, he shed a little light on the problem. He casually mentioned that some timber had recently been harvested from another adjoining neighbors property and it just so happens that the timber harvested property adjoins my Southern fence boundary. He also mentioned a young man that had chased the cows back onto my place and was so kind as to give me the young man's name and phone number. I immediately called him and he told me that there was a gate that was partially propped open and that there was a spot where the

fence was totally knocked down by some of the tree tops that had been left by the timber cutters. Timber cutters will do what timber cutters do. They are not paid to worry about fences, or anything else for that matter, they are paid to remove sellable timber and whatever else happens is just an "Oh well....live with it". Now, cows will also do what cows will do and if they find an open gate or a knocked down fence, then they will wander through it. And, once one cow finds such an experience, she will return a few days later with a few more and then within just a matter of a short period of time the entire herd will be grazing on new territory. Now, these cows are not hungry by any stretch of the imagination. They are in belly deep bermuda grass on my place, but cows are basically lazy and want the tender grass instead of the tougher grass and so instead of eating the tough grass on my place and letting the new tender grass grow where they have grazed, it's just so much easier to wander over to the neighbors

place and eat that nice new grass that's growing where they just harvested a bunch of trees. Of course all of this happened at the absolute worst time for me and I was trying to figure out how to work this extra trip and fence repair into my schedule when a small miracle happened. I had just asked

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an ag teacher from the area the day before if he knew of anybody(maybe a student) in the area that might be looking for a little extra ranch work and it turns out that the nice young man that put the cows back into my pasture does ranch work for a living. He's patching the fence, I'm writing my column and all is good in

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the world. We are meeting this week to have a handshake agreement on future work and part time assistance. I love it when a plan comes together, even if it did take a timber cutter and cows getting out. Till next time, I'm.............. Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

THE CORSICANA LEGEND OF ROPE WALKER By Tumbleweed Smith

The legend: In 1884 a man with a wooden leg carrying a cast iron cook stove was trying to cross a tightrope stretched between two buildings in downtown Corsicana when he lost his balance and fell, suffering painful injuries. Near death he mentioned he was a Jew. A Jewish merchant was summoned and prayed with the crippled acrobat. He later died and was buried in the Hebrew cemetery in Corsicana. No one ever knew his name so his gravestone carries the words ROPE WALKER. It’s a story repeated many times when Texans start talking about interesting legends. It’s strange that not much research had been done on the story until a man from Acton, Massachusetts, Jim Yarin got hold of it. He spent years investigating the legend and wrote a book about it. The title is ROPE WALKER A TEXAS JEWISH HISTORY MYSTERY. It’s available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other sources. Jim Yarin told me by telephone that he heard about the story while doing his family genealogy. One branch of his family was in Waco and Corsicana. “I went to the Corsicana

Hebrew Cemetery listing in Find A Grave, the data base of gravestones, and came across the gravestone of this fellow named Rope Walker. That was about 15 years ago. I tried to find out everything that was said about Rope Walker and there has been a lot. I thought it would be pretty nifty if I could figure out some details about this longtime mystery so I took a shot at it.” The book he wrote is nearly 400 pages and contains a lot about the Jewish community in Corsicana. It also details another Texas legend about Black Diamond, a killer elephant. Jim’s book is well documented and written in a scholarly manner. “I can spend a lot of time looking into ship manifests and so forth to find the right thing I’m looking for. It takes a lot of time but the rewards are usually worth it.” About the identity of the tightrope walker, Jim thought it was unreasonable that a guy with one leg who walked on a tightrope should be unknown. “So looking into this seemed to be about the same kind of research I had been doing in genealogy. I wanted to find out the answer to this longtime mystery. The

more I looked into it, the more interesting it became. Some say this guy was a stove salesman but I don’t think so. He was an entertainer. He had traveled to Corsicana and a number of other places I don’t want to ruin the legend by revealing his name in the book, but I’m sure other people will think it’s unfortunate that I’ve ruined a really good legend.” Jim says it is a true story. “To back that up I have 1,126 footnotes, 2 indexes and 3 appendixes. I found out his name and all about this guy. I’ve been researching this for 5 years since I discovered his identity. I went to Corsicana twice and have been in touch with a number of people there. The book has a lot of answers but it also asks a lot of questions. One is why didn’t someone figure this out before me?” Jim recently retired after a career as a paralegal in a big law firm in Boston. www.tumbleweesmith.com

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THEME: FICTIONAL FATHERS ACROSS 1. Like Annapolis Academy 6. Pine juice 9. One in a manger 13. Like a good athlete 14. Modern address 15. Printer cartridge contents 16. Cate Blanchett's movie "____ on a Scandal" 17. 2nd largest living bird in world 18. U in UV 19. *HonorÈ de Balzac's "Le PËre ____" 21. *Nemo's dad, named after a sport fish 23. "____ of the morning!" 24. Seaside bird 25. Tax accounting specialist, acr. 28. Back of the neck 30. Chew the fat 35. Country dance formation 37. Greek goddess of fertility 39. Waterwheel 40. *Drunk and, incidentally, Huck Finn's Pap 41. Metallic sounding 43. Quite a stretch 44. Place to dry out 46. Like the White Rabbit 47. Dr. Robert Bruce Banner's green alter ego 48. Sun-____ 50. Toothy wheel

52. Bad-mouth 53. Made a rug 55. Low-____ image 57. *Simba's father in "The Lion King" 60. *Luke's and Leia's father 63. Golfer's sun protection 64. Romanian monetary unit 66. Introverted one 68. Follow as a consequence 69. Pooh's wise friend 70. Territory in China known as Las Vegas of Asia 71. Young woman 72. *"That '70s Show" dad 73. One-room school house "notebook" DOWN 1. A Bobbsey twin 2. Awestruck 3. *The Godfather's given name 4. Heads-up 5. Wound 6. Cooking grease 7. Hammer holder? 8. D'Artagnan's hat decoration 9. Weevil's target 10. Not in favor of 11. Capital of Switzerland 12. Chapter in history 15. As opposed to turn-off 20. 1960s abstractionism 22. Rainbow shape 24. Like ones between 13 and

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19 years old 25. *Griswold family patriarch 26. Mushroom caps 27. Egyptian symbol of life, pl. 29. *Jay is to Claire as ____ is to Haley 31. Flood survivor 32. Father of psychoanalysis Sigmund 33. Garlicky mayonnaise 34. *Both father in "Mary Poppins" and father in "Father of the Bride" 36. Unfledged hawk 38. Casino chip 42. Pine 45. ____ of dog! 49. "I ____" at the altar 51. Middle Earth and Kingdom of the North, e.g. 54. Courage in the face of danger 56. Smokeless tobacco brand 57. Short skirt 58. It was Brezhnev's domain 59. Unplayable baseball 60. Old in Scottish 61. Cuzco valley empire 62. Straight pour from the bottle 63. Chill in front of TV, with 'out' 65. Ovine mom 67. Beluga yield

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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, May 5, 2021 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Thirty-Eight individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, April 25 and Saturday, May 1. 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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Sentence Announced in Child Porn Case in Chambers County An Old River resident was sentenced to 60 years in prison for possessing a large collection of child pornography, which included photos and videos of children engaged in sexual acts. Most of the children’s ages ranged from infancy and toddlers to pre-

teens. James Zackry Duff pled guilty to five charges of possession with intent to promote child pornography, as well as one charge of indecency with a child in the 344th District Court in Chambers County. He requested the court to assess punishment.

Duff received three 20-year sentences, to run consecutively one after the other, as well as two 15-year sentences and one 10-year sentence to run concurrent with the first 20-year sentence. This amounts to a 60-year prison sentence for the 33-year-old. Judge Randy McDonald became emotional from the bench in pronouncing the sentence when referencing the images and videos. “Harming any child is always a despicable act, but the manner in which these children were sexually abused and the fact that some of these victims were babies made this case even more difficult,” said Chambers County District Attorney

Cheryl Lieck. “I want those who prey upon children to know that we are coming for them,” Lieck added. Duff was remanded to the custody of the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office, who will house him until he is transferred to carry out his sentence at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. “I am so proud of our team for working on behalf of these children, and I am especially grateful for the tireless efforts of ADA Kathy Esquivel on this case,” Lieck said. For more information, please contact the Chambers County District Attorney’s Office at (409)2672682.

Religion & Lifestyle

Wednesday,May 5, 2021

Sunday Observations from Christy

A sixth grade student in the deaf education class at my sister’s school had done something he should not have done. It was not anything major, but he was upset. When his teacher tried to encourage him, he signed to her, “How can I ask God to forgive me? He doesn’t know sign language.” She signed back, “God does know sign language, but more than that, He knows your heart.” “The Lord is close to those whose hearts are breaking; he rescues those who are humbly sorry for their sins.” (Psalm 34:18) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys

Wade Sundell Gets 2021 Season Rolling with Guymon Win

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)

at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo on April 30. The victory was worth $3,638 along with ProRodeo Tour points but it represents so much more to Sundell, who knows better than many about the fleeting nature of a career riding bucking horses. After claiming his first PRCA world championship in 2018, Sundell was on his way back to the National Finals Rodeo to defend his title in 2019 when a horse 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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Over the course of my 54 years, I have pretty much decided my least favorite attribute in people, is the person who consistently says no. I get it, sometimes things just can’t happen. I also get that my poor Momma dealt with my inquisitive mind like a champ and rarely said no, what she typically said was let’s think about this….. until I figured a way to make it happen or discovered I was being a nit wit to think of it to begin with. Political worlds are not immune to this, actually

those are the ones that should practice and work on this the most. It’s the art of negotiation. It’s the ability to debate, and listen to one another’s view point. It’s the effort to accomplish what you need to, while maybe taking a less than ideal path to get there. I’m reminded of a time when I was in sales that a client wanted to buy truck tire racks from me. My boss promptly told me we sell office furniture, we don’t sell truck tire racks. We have no source. But I wanted the sell, and have a tiny bit of a stubborn streak, so I looked at some items I sold that were metal, and low and behold…… they had a whole line of things other than lockers and science tables. They sold truck tire racks. Suddenly the office furniture rep sold…. Truck tire racks. You see my boss didn’t forbid me to look for

them, he didn’t say I couldn’t keep looking, he said we have never sold them. I had to find the way, once I did, he said well…. Looks like we sell truck tire racks. He was a brilliant businessman. He believed in his people. People skills, management skills, political skills, parenting skills all have one thing in common. People. To get the most out of people, you must allow them independent thought. Your first answer should rarely be no. To stop independent thought, and hit with constant negativity will destroy the minds of creative people. They make you appear as a dictator, not a leader. Because human beings respond better to “how can we do this” than they ever will to “no”. That’s just facts. Happy Sunday peeps, a new week is upon us. I hope if you are hit with

an obstacle this week you have the gumption to press on. To find a way to make it work. To work with others, and help one another. To simply say, technically that can’t be done this way, but let’s attack this from another angle, and find a way to do it. Because consistent no’s will stifle the brain, and kill creativity. But telling a person, “let’s figure a way to do this”, will act like fertilizer to a plant…. And a brain will grow, as will the respect of others. Stop telling me what can’t work and tell me how it can. Negotiate. Listen. And learn from others. Never stop learning. Not from your children, your friends, your coworkers, or your constituents. The first step to personal growth is the ability to listen to a concept, other than your own.

smashed him in the chutes in August at San Juan Capistrano, Calif. Sundell suffered internal injuries including a lacerated liver. Doctors told him later he was within centimeters of severing an artery and bleeding out. Instead, the resilient champion spent two weeks in a medically induced coma before returning to his home in Oklahoma to begin the long journey back. It was nearly a year to the date but Sundell returned in late July 2020 as though time had never passed, winning his first rodeo back in Sid-

ney, Iowa, and making a late-season push to finish 45th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings. Now 36, Sundell has his eyes focused on a ninth NFR bid and another gold buckle. "Guymon was my first win of the year and I'm glad to get things started," Sundell said. "The Tour points are a big incentive, as well. You darn sure need 'em, there's a ton of money to be won right at the end of the year (at the ProRodeo Tour Finale). "So, we'll keep entering the Tour rodeos and get to the Finale and then the Finals. Then we can

go win the big money." Sundell was thrilled with his draw in Guymon, a horse recently purchased by Dakota Rodeo. "They hadn't gotten to buck him yet (at ProRodeos), but I watched him at Pawhuska at a ranch rodeo recently," Sundell said. "I asked them, 'When are we gonna get a dose of that one?' "He's an outstanding horse." Sundell earned his second Guymon championship. The first came in 2019. After riding April 30 in Guymon, Sundell made his way back to his

ranch on the opposite end of the state where he was out working cattle on Sunday when he learned he held on for the win. Along with a check from Des Moines, Iowa, over the weekend, Sundell will improve greatly upon his current position of 30th in the world standings. Sundell returns to action at the Daily Record Xtreme Bares and Broncs event in Ellensburg, Wash., May 14-15. "I'm still getting drawn out of rodeos," he noted wryly of lingering effects of a missed (contd on page 8)

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The road has been long, but saddle bronc rider Wade Sundell hasn't lost his passion for rodeoing. "I don't know anything else," Sundell laughed. "I don't want to do anything else; I would do this the rest of my life if I could. "So, I guess I'll just get as much done now while I still can." Sundell claimed his first victory of the 2021 ProRodeo season with an 89-point ride aboard Dakota Rodeo's Jimmy

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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 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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Palms RV Park 721 9th House for rent: brick Street, Winnie. Showers, house, 3 bed 2.5 bath, laundry room, wifi, propane bottle exhange, privacy fence, inside has washer, dryer refrigerator. very security cameras. 409.673.5927 & nice house. one month For Lease 4 BR 2 bath 1 car garage. 936 Van $1,200. One year contract Ostrand, Winnie. $1550.00/ please call 832-298-8159 month. Call 409-363-4570 House for Rent 3 BR 1 1/2

bath $1100.00/month and $1100.00 deposit. No utilities. Call Reenay 409-201-0399 YARD SALE 229 W. Fear Rd Winnie Friday May 7, 3-6 and Saturday May, 8 8-4. No early birds

For Rent 3BR House Kitchen Appliances, Central Heat/Air $1250.00/ mo 409-651-0578

1600 sq. ft. for rent. Window display, Highway frontage 409-781-0918 1000 sq. ft. office space for rent. 409-781-0918.

FOR SALE 4x5 Round bales stored outside for cows. $35.00 each. Call 409-781-2236

Estate Sale - 626 Evans Street Large home containing antiques, quality furniture, books, household goods, closets of beautiful ladies clothes and a sewing room filled with fabric, notions, thread and machines! Friday May 7th and Saturday May 8th from 9AM to 4PM

.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

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

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

Canal City lot for sale by owner on the middle canal undeveloped Lot #302, 1468 Van Sant Gilchrist TX call Alan 409-9393240 no texts $30,000

Garry BrattenExperienced Handyman. No job too small or large. 409-354-8280.

General Labor crew needed. Duties include: shoveling, weed-eating/ mowing, pouring concrete, laying pipes and clearing land. Background check and drug screen required. Tempto-hire - $12.00 per hour. Call us at 835-5566. FOR RENT

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 LEASE Horse and cow pasture for lease. One mile from Winnie. 20 acres and 2 barns. $100/month. 4 0 9 - 4 6 6 - 6 4 1 7 , 4 0 9 - 2 9 6 - 9 2 6 7

Cat 3406, new rods &main bearings, marine gear includes PTO & hydraulic pump. Shaft is 2 1/2" x 12'3" w/4 blade prom 3 drum winch & stainless cables. Engine on stand to hear run in Oak Island. 936-546-4401

7 1/4 acres furnished house lots of outside equipment. 409-284-5543 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 Commercial gas tank for sale $700. refrigerator for sale $80. please call 832-298-8159 2 Iron Bar stools with wood swivel seat. $40.00 Call 409-277-0064 2012 Jeep Compass runs good. A/C works but does not cool well. Work vehicle $5000.00 Call 409-277-1065 Queen size bedroom set, includes dresser with mirrors and one nightstand. $300.00. Call 409-291-1288 4x5 Round bales Horse quality in barn $50.00 Call 409-781-2236 2000 Ford gas tractor parts. Call for prices Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4 Window air conditioner $50 Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4 4 tires size 33x12.50 R18LT $100 Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4

2004 40' Mountain Air motorhome, made by Newmar. 250 Cummings diesel, 6 speed Allison transmission $25000.00 Call 409-277-0883 or 409-277-9872 Trailer axles $40 - 100 each Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4

Horse hay 4x5 fertilized Jiggs Bermuda in barn $50.00/roll. Call 409-781-2236 Heifers and bulls for sale. Sharolias cross. Four butcher calves for sale $1.50/lb on hoof plus $.79 to out and wrap. 7 1 3 - 8 7 5 - 5 7 0 3

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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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clients on white bass and crappie, but the white populations have declined to the point that it’s now a matter of catching a handful when previously it was common to limit out.

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Dozens of lakes are now infested with zebra mussels, and a number of others have shown signs of coming infestations. Shad and zeebs both feed on plankton and the mus-

sels are out-eating the shad in Canyon, leading to a food shortage for the once-popular bait fish. Without adequate food, you know what happens.

In the Canyon Lake heydays before zebra mussel infestation, Captain Steve Nixon (210-573-1230) said his clients caught limits of fish, as these did. Now, with the mussels competing with shad for plankton and winning the battle, fewer stripers and white bass are being caught. Nixon photo.

Thank you to our sponsors of the Winnie Stowell Ducks Unlimited Annual Banquet. WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE

STILL TIME FOR STRIPERS By John Jefferson

This started when a friend sent me an image of a young man holding what the accompanying caption said was a 23-pound striped bass caught in Canyon Lake. The fisherman was not identified. I contacted the usual suspects when I have a mystery regarding Canyon. None of them knew who he was. Next, I called the TPWD District Inland Fisheries biologist, Patrick Ireland, figur-

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ing the hot-gossip circuit would have surely reached his office. After all, that was a big fish, and something newsworthy. Ireland hadn’t heard about that but told me of two other Canyon Lake striper chasers that had caught several larger stripers. In trying to locate them, Ireland referred me to a Canyon fishing guide named Captain Steve Nixon. That was pure gold. Captain Steve began fishing Canyon Lake over 50 years ago. Cowboys used to say they were horseback riding in the saddle before they could walk, and it sounds like Nixon was fishing there before or about the time he started school. He guides anglers for practically all game fish species in Canyon Lake, except the large stripers. He doesn’t take clients for them, although he is a popular guide for other species. But he knows plenty about large striped bass. He’s boated 25 of them over 20-pounds. When asked if it was too late this year to fish for them, he readily replied, “No.” “Some of my best

catches have come in June,” he explained. The tactics change, however. March and April are spawning season and a productive time to fish. But as the weather warms up, striped bass go deeper. “When they get down deep, say around 4050 feet deep, it’s easy to locate a school of large fish,” he told me. “They’re bunched up down there.” But last week, with all the rain and cool temperatures, stripers may not be as deep yet as they will be later. Topwater lures, though, might not be as effective as they were earlier in the spring. I looked back at the picture of the 23-pounder that started all this, and it arrived in late March or early April. I asked Captain Steve what he uses for bait? Shad or lures? “I don’t use live bait unless I’m guiding people whose skills dictate it,” he replied. “I prefer jigging spoons that will get down deep. Or “striper jigs” or sometimes even saltwater swimbaits.” He acknowledges the zebra mussels have contributed to a reduction in fish populations. He is still able to put

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Wade Sundell Gets 2021 Season Rolling (contd) year in the saddle. "But it will start picking up and we'll get to rocking and rolling as summer hits." Other winners at the $333,267 rodeo were all-around cowboy Ryan Jarrett ($9,518 in tie-down roping and team roping); bareback

rider Caleb Bennett (87 points on Pickett Pro Rodeo's Freckled Frog); steer wrestler Dalton Massey (12.2 seconds on three head); team ropers Nelson Wyatt/ Levi Lord (21.3 seconds on three head); tie-down roper Shane Hanchey (27.6 seconds on three

head); barrel racers Hailey Kinsel and Jordan Briggs (34.65 seconds each on two runs); steer roper Darin Suit (47.1 seconds on four head); and bull rider Laramie Mosley (91 points on Frontier Rodeo's County Jail).

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