The Hometown Press 05-11-2022

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Volume 33, Issue 19

Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Chambers County May 7th Election Results

C h e s s o n S wo rn I n as J u d g e

By Wade Thibodeaux The ballots have been cast and the results are as follows for the May 7, 2022 Constitutional Amendments and the East Chambers ISD Bond election.

Only 2,262 persons out of 32,357 registered voters in Chambers County, or 6.99% went to the polls during this special election with the State of Texas Proposition 1 passing by a 90.10%(2008) for to 9.90%(190) against margin.

The State of Texas Proposition 2 had similar results with 86.34%(1916) for and 13.30%(294) against the ballot initiative.

East Chambers ISD had a bond proposition A on the ballot which dealt with education needs being mainly the replacement of the oldest building on the campus(the L Building) and those results were 55.65%(192) for and 44.35%(153) against.

East Chambers Bond Proposition 2 which dealt with some renovations to the baseball and softball fields as well as an addition to the Ag Barn was a very close vote with 51.73%(179) for and 48.27%(167) against the initiative. During the board meeting SP

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Monday night, Superintendent Campbell suggested waiting on the Chambers County Ballot Board to make the final determination on the election as there were sufficient numbers of ballots left to be counted such as overseas ballots or mail in ballots that could possibly flip those results as it was only a 12 vote margin.

Official results will be available in next week's The Hometown Press if the outcome is different from the current situation.

This election dealt only with the Constitutional Amendments and the EC ISD Bond.

Voters will once again have a chance to go to the polls on May 24, 2022 with early voting beginning May 16, 2022 for the Primary Run-off Election to determine the winners for each party that will have their name placed on the ballot for the general election in November. The May 24th election will have a few Statewide offices on the ballot, but perhaps the most important choice will be for our State Representative that represents Chambers and Galveston County's.

Justin Chesson(center with cowboy hat) is surrounded by family after he is sworn into the Jefferson County Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace position last Monday, May 2, 2022.

By Wade Thibodeaux During a rather emotional ceremony last Monday evening on May 2, 2022, Justin Chesson was sworn into the Jefferson County Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace office that his late father Ray Chesson had occupied for many

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years. Justin Chesson had won the Primary race in March and with no challengers on the Democrat side of the ballot in November, Chesson was able to be sworn into office a little early. His father, Ray Chesson had resigned earlier in his term that

would have ended in December of 2022 as he was battling cancer and eventually succumbing to the disease. Jefferson County Commissioners Court had appointed local attorney Travis McCall to fill the vacancy while the Primary election was

playing out and an eventual winner was declared. With no further obstacles in his way and McCall ready to return to his law practice full time, Justin Chesson was sworn into office and began fulfilling the legacy of his father.

ISD Board of Trustees met in regular session on Monday, May 9, 2022 at 6:00 pm. in the Administration Building located at 216 Champions Loop in Winnie, Texas. The first action item after a 57 minute executive session was to hire a District wide counselor with the salary to be paid from ESSER III funds. The board selected Tammie Gilfillian to fill the newly created spot and then that left a vacancy in the High School Counselor's office. The board then approved the recommendation of Superintendent Scott Campbell to hire Whitney Dreaden to fill the spot vacated

by Gilfillian. In other action, the trustees approved a contract

for the renovations of bathrooms, the addition of a kitchen area for special needs, and the renovation of the Primary campus nurses station. The board also accepted the retirement/ resignations of James Stevenson, Brenda West, Jaquelin Garcia, and Mallory Simon and approved the hiring of Hailey Ruiz, Ross O'Hanlon, Jessica Otte, and Mona Doucet. The trustees also approved the hiring of Jasmine Carrington as an LVN for the District. The East Chambers ISD Board of Trustees meet on the second Monday of every month at 6:00 pm. in the Administration Building located at 216 Champions Loop in Winnie, Texas.

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Opinion & Entertainment

Wednesday, May 11, 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 I just can't seem to win sometimes. I received an email a little while back about one of our suppliers putting some Winter coats on clearance and I took a look and decided that a $126 coat that was on sale for $10 was a pretty good investment and I decided to buy one for me and the kids. Three coats was $30 and then I received the invoice for the freight......$48 for freight. Okay, $78 for three coats worth $378 was still a pretty good deal, so I let the order go through.

I arrived at my office in Huntsville last Wednesday evening and there was a note on my door from UPS. The note said that they had tried to make a delivery, but nobody was home, they needed a signature for the delivery, and they would try again tomorrow. No problem, we would be home all day Thursday. I looked up the tracking number and sure enough it was my $30

worth of coats. Thursday was the day that all of the bad weather came through and it pretty much rained all day and I never received a knock on the door or another note from UPS. I figured with the bad weather that they had just skipped us and would try again Friday. Friday rolls around and somebody is home all day until about 5:30 in the evening and we all have to leave to run up to Elkhart to check on cattle. I take the note that was left on Wednesday and sign it and leave a message on the note that here is my signature for these valuable $30 coats and to please leave the package as we would be back in a little while.

I get back from Elkhart and pull up to the house and look at the front door and the note is still exactly where I left it, there's no new note, and there's no package. Later on that evening I pulled up the track-

ing number and it said that three attempts were made to deliver the package and no answer on the door and the package was being returned to the sender. Now here's my issue with UPS. Several months ago I ordered a pretty nice $800 computer from Dell that came in a Dell box with a Dell address label on it and I pulled up to my house one evening after being at my Winnie office for a few days and there's my computer laying on the ground next to the front door. But yet, my $30 worth of coats requires a signature??? I know it's probably not UPS, but the sender of the package that specified the rules, but dang it, I kinda wanted my coats.

Now, I'm going to have to contact the shipper and see how we are going to handle this situation. Am I going to get my coats, am I going to get my money back, and how much time and effort am I going to have to spend to sort all of this out, when I know dang good and well that the UPS driver never made the second or third attempt to deliver the package. Just frustrating, I tell you, just frustrating.

Now on to another topic. A few weeks ago I told you that I had gone to a cat-

tle sale to buy a bull and I bought a cow instead and I was working on figuring out this reproduction thing.

So here's the rest of the story. I have never had enough money to be really big time in the cattle business and I have always found my niche to be in registered cattle where I can have a smaller herd, but some pretty dang good ones. In the back of my mind, I knew this was a possibility that I would not be satisfied with a few crossbred cows, and so when a conversation about embryo transfer oc-

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curred at a couple of cattle sales, the light bulb finally went off in my head and I bought a purebred cow. I plan on not breeding those commercial cows that I was looking for a bull for this Spring and instead hold them open until this Fall when the purebred cow has her calf and then I will put her into an embryo program and place the collected embryo's into the commercial cows that will then become surrogate mothers to purebred calves. It's a plan and that's actually what I went to college to do and so after

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about 40 years, maybe I'll put some of that education to use, except that everything I learned in college can be thrown out the window because they do things completely different these days. They use ultrasound and petri dishes nowadays instead of hormones and microscopes like we did in the stone ages. Oh well, it's something to keep me busy and thinking all of the time, and I'll try to keep you guys informed of my progress......or, lack there of.

Until next time, I'm............

Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

CATS WITH SIX TOES

By Tumbleweed Smith Joy Doss calls herself the crazy cat lady in the area. On her ranch near Sulphur Springs she has a cat rescue operation and takes care of cats that are unadoptable because of medical or behavioral problems.

“They call me and ask me if I have room for this cat and I rarely say no, so we have ended up with 21 cats. One of them has a tendency to attack other cats so we have a jail for him. We take him out by himself and he plays outside for a while, then we put him back in his cell, which is a roomy cage. He’s pretty content unless a cat wonders by, then he wants to kill it.”

Joy is a former biology teacher who loves to observe animal behavior.

She has different eating bowls and sleeping arrangements for each cat.

“Some of them sleep in my tack room where my saddles are. Some sleep in the hay barn.

We arrange the bales so there’s space between them and they’re just snug

as little bugs in there.”

Some of her cats stay by a pond.

“I’ve got some really good frog catchers.

They catch little frogs all the time. And we don’t have a mole within 3 miles of this place because they’re all good mole catchers. They’ll sit and watch a molehill so they can coax that mole out of there. We don’t have to have any mole traps set out at all.”

Only one cat stays in the house. It’s a big one that weights 17 pounds. It has six toes and has learned how to shake hands.

“I’ll take him to a school or summer camp and hold him up to look at the person in front of him then he’ll stick out that right paw to shake hands.”

Six-toed cats are called polydactyl, meaning multiple toes or fingers.

“They’re very unusual and they can handle all six toes. They have muscles to them so they can actually grab things and hold on to them. They pull their

food bowls over and sometimes pick up their food with their fingers.

They can grab and hold your finger like a baby does.

They’re very gentle cats and they’re comical, always wanting to play. We’ve heard that cats don’t like water but polydactyl cats for some reason like water.

When I take them to the pool they get in. They love to play in water.”

The cats with six toes are hard to find and when they come up for adoption, they go fast.

“It is a recognized breed by the cat association and if you get one that is a pure bred polydactyl those kittens sell for at least $1500 a kitten.”

Joy Doss also has a cat with no tail called a Pixiebob. It looks like a bobcat, acts like a dog but purrs instead of barks. 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,

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Local News

Wednesday, May 11, 2022 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Sixty-Six individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, April 24 and Saturday, April 30. 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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Commissioner Pct 1

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Jimmy Sylvia County Judge

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Religion & Lifestyle

Wednesday,May 11, 2022

Sunday Observations from Christy

My wife and I call our 5-acre home place Little Biddy Ranch or LBR for short. We have our house, a barn, pasture, equipment, 2 cows, 2 calves, and a bull. You would think with such a small “ranch” it would be easy to stay caught on chores. Not so. As my neighbor, a cowboy named Raymond says about problems on any farm, “Never stops.”

Jesus said, “In this world you will have lots of troubles, but be encouraged for I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys

Sage Kimzey Wins 10th Career PRCA Division 1 Xtreme Bulls Event in Uvalde

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)

three bulls in Uvalde "I was the last guy out in the short round," said Kimzey, 27. "The bull I drew (Lancaster & Jones Pro Rodeo's Juicy) fell down, so I got on the re-ride bull some young bull. They told me he was good, and it worked out for me.

"I got on two back-to-back and it is 105 degrees down here. It's a little warm. I was definitely pretty gassed afterward. It was a long night.”

This was Kimzey's first Division 1 Xtreme Bulls win since July 20, 2021, in Spanish Fork, Utah.

On Friday night, Kimzey made his first ride an 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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Interesting timing this past week with the Roe V Wade issue circling yet again, in the days leading to Mother’s Day. I have my thoughts, and beliefs in this issue. You have yours. That right there sums up what all of us have in common on this issue. Opinions. Being it’s a day to celebrate mothers, I’m not diving off into all that. What I will do, is share the insanity of my youth, and maybe just maybe….. open some minds.

My mom was a single mom before the term latchkey kid was even coined. I don’t believe in living in the past, I do however believe in learning from it. Follow

me if you will….

As a single parent in the 70’s, with two kids as polar opposite as they could be, my mom was a kid raising kids. She had my brother at 16 and me at 21. And our lives were not what the typical 70’s household had.

There was no topic off limits in our house. We ate dinner together every night, and debated a whole lot of things. Mom rarely gave the “because I said so” story because it did not fly with us. So she talked to us.

We discussed Watergate, Nixon, Vietnam, Hostages, occults, Jonestown, Charles Manson, and yes…. We discussed abortion. You may think as a single female back then I had a women’s libber as a mom, and maybe in a way I did. She believed she should get equal pay for equal jobs, but that’s about where it ended.

We were never a pro abortion family. We were a “limit the governments control of as many aspects as possible “ family. Mom raised two

kids to believe we could do all we set our minds on, that we best stay out of trouble, that the government was shady on a good day, and we needed to fight like hell if felt we were right.

She and I still discuss all of the happenings in the world. The news. The stupidity. The government overreach. The virus, vaccine, and polio, smallpox and the flu. We watch Kennedy movies together and she tells me what it was like to live in Fort Worth the day JFK was killed and how she cried.

And we discuss Roe V Wade.

Somewhere along the line society has lost the ability to discuss things.

My mom and I don’t always agree, as expected at 76 & 55. But somewhere along the path of my crazy youth, we figured out it’s not necessary. That it’s healthy to have different opinions.

That you can do so respectfully.

Happy Mother’s Day peeps. If I can tell you one thing, it’s to make

a “no topic is off limits” policy with your kids.

Encourage them to talk to you, to let their minds grow, and allow them to be their own person. To make choices and fail.

To screw up. To disappoint you. To hurt you.

And always love them, and let them know they are loved regardless of what they do.

I’ve said I’m not a perfect parent many times.

I screwed up my fair share. But I hope my child, and any of you, know you can talk to me about anything without judgement.

Because in the 70’s I had a childhood that led to crazy conversations….. those conversations as seemingly unimportant as one could think, formed me into who I am today.

God gave me a mother that tolerated my stupidity, my endless curiosity, and my wild teen years.

Thanks for not killing me mom. And thanks for all the talks over the years. Roe V Wade or the weather, I wouldn’t have it any other way.

86.5-point trip on New Star Pro Rodeo's Buck Dynasty.

That left him fourth in the first round and set his victory in motion.

Kimzey came back Saturday night with an 88.5-point ride on Lancaster & Jones Pro Rodeo's Mr. Quick.

The ride looked good on the scoreboard, but it was far from smooth sailing for Kimzey.

"That was a really nice bull," Kimzey said. "He kicked out and went left and it was all I could do to keep up with him. He threw me off right at the whistle. I took a little shot to the chin and broke my helmet and I turned around and got ready

for the short round.

"I had to borrow my little brother Trey's helmet for the short round. I'm glad everything paid off. I'm literally still catching my breath and trying to cool down. It's cooler now, it's a balmy 91 degrees."

Kimzey departed Uvalde after earning $11,194. He's aiming to capture his sixth career Xtreme Bulls Tour crown in 2022.

"This win (in Uvalde) for sure feels good," Kimzey said. "May is usually one of our slower months and to have a couple of these big stand-alone events that we can go to and win a lot of money is really nice."

Uvalde is a 3½-hour drive to Kimzey's home in Salado, Texas, where he plans to spend Mother's Day with his wife, Alexis, and their 3½-month old son Steele Randall Kimzey.

"Mother's Day (May 8) means a lot," Sage said.

"This is going to be Alexis' first Mother's Day to celebrate, so it is going to be pretty special."

Kimzey acknowledged his win in Uvalde is part of the process to snare his eighth world championship in nine years. If Kimzey gets his eighth world title he will tie Don Gay for the PRCArecord for bull riding world championships.

"It (the season) is a marathon for sure," Kimzey said. "It is just one step closer, I guess. I was really fortunate even though I didn't go very hard this winter I had a really, really prosperous winter run. Now that we are in the spring and going into the summer, I definitely want to keep the ball rolling and keep riding strong.

"That's definitely the end goal (to win the eighth world title) this year. There are a lot of miles and a lot of stops in between that. I'm just going to keep taking care of business one at a time and keep having fun."

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Nondenominational

Never Stops

No cowboy has won more PRCA Division 1 Xtreme Bulls events than Sage Kimzey.

He upped that total to 10 for his career by winning the Cactus Jack Division 1 Xtreme Bull Riding Saturday night in Uvalde, Texas.

However, it didn't come easy – at all.

Kimzey won the three-head average with 261 points. He clinched the title on a reride bull with an 86-point trip.

Kimzey, the reigning PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, and Xtreme Bulls Tour champ, was the only competitor to cover

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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 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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First Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Wild Bird in Texas

The National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) confirmed this week the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a great horned owl at a rehabilitation facility in Wichita County -- the first such confirmed case in a wild bird in Texas. The facility quickly notified the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) after the owl began to show clinical signs consistent with HPAI. This case of HPAI follows an early April detection of the disease in a commercial pheasant flock located in Erath County.

HPAI is a highly contagious virus that transmits easily among wild and domestic bird species. It has been detected in 38 states across the country. Symptoms include diarrhea, incoordination, lethargy, coughing and sneezing and sudden death, though birds infected with HPAI may not always have outward signs of infection. The virus may spread in a variety of ways, including through contact with infected wild and domestic birds as well as by contaminated equipment, clothing and shoes of caretakers.

Because of the ease of transmission, TPWD recommends facilities with wild or domestic birds enhance their biosecurity measures to reduce the

risk of introduction. Furthermore, the public can assist in interrupting HPAI transmission by limiting all unnecessary contact with wild birds. Wildlife rehabilitators should also remain cautious when intaking wild birds with clinical signs consistent with HPAI and consider quarantining birds to limit the potential for HPAI exposures within the facility.

Currently, the transmission risk of avian influenza from infected birds to people remains low, but the public should take basic protective measures (i.e., wearing gloves, face masks and handwashing) if contact with wild birds cannot be avoided. TPWD recommends contacting the Texas Department of State Health Services for more information on the potential of HPAI to spread to humans and how to reduce your risk of exposure.

Those who locate birds with signs consistent with HPAI should immediately contact their local TPWD wildlife biologist or their Texas Animal Health Commission Region Office. For more information on HPAI and biosecurity enhancement, please visit the United States Department of Agriculture and Texas Animal Health Commission websites.

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Deadline: Monday before publication at 12 noon

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HELP WANTED

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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 409-553-6831 in Winnie,TX For Sale 7 Office Chairs.

Humble oil range from 1940 1960. Humble oil is now Exxon $125.00 - $200.00. Antique chairs. Three Colt Python Pistols (1979 blue, 1976 royal blue with white tip and 1979 nickel) 409-296-8678 or 713-302-3507

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 Have mobile home opening at Green Acres trailer park call Nancy 409-433-3328

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

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 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.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2022

around it. We didn’t see The trip charge is When the wind isn’t any on our trip. Maybe $49.00/person. We’ll do blowing. next time. it again.

A nighttime, lighted kayak tour of Rockport’s Little Bay is an intriguing new coastal attraction. Called “GlowRow,” lights on the two-person kayaks illuminate the water below the glass-bottomed boats. The company also operates other coastal sites. Copyrighted photo courtesy of GlowRow.

WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE “ L o n e S t a r B a s s ” H e a d i n g

SEEING IS BELIEVING

By John Jefferson

I wonder how many readers ever experienced the glass bottom boats that toured San Marcos’ Aquarena Springs before it closed in 1994?

I’m sorry if you missed it. It was second only to the Alamo as Texas’ most popular destination. Being just off I-35, it was accessible to anyone going either direction on the Interstate, which runs more or less from the Canadian border to Mexico. Where else could you see beautiful, underwater mer-

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maids, a swimming pig, or Glurpo the Clown that smoked below the water’s surface?

My favorite attraction, however, was the glass bottom boat tours that took people upon the gin-clear San Marcos River. To an East Texas refugee who had only seen the heavily stained waters of his homeland, this was almost paradise. I got to see huge turtles, a few bass, and lots of perch and catfish in their aquatic wonderland. Then – as now – I was fascinated by seeing the fish and enthralled by the unearthly beauty of the clear, underwater habitat.

Texas State University bought Aquarena for headquarters of its Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, and the park became history. I’ve read that Texas State still operates the glass-bottomed boats but have no information on it that pertains to this column.

In late April, my wife and I attended a Rockport/Fulton Chamber of Commerce event that included a new happening – a nighttime, illuminated, kayak trek on Little Bay in Rockport.

We signed up for it, not knowing it began just after we finished peeling boiled shrimp, crawfish, and cracking crabs at the Boiling Pot restaurant.

We had to hurry. We also

didn’t realize our jeans and hiking boots were the wrong attire. Wading a step or two into the water wouldn’t have worked. Old lake shoes would have been better.

We went barefooted.

The kayaks, operated by “GlowRow” had large, glass floors and down-pointed light bars that lit up the bottom of the bay. In clear water, we were told that marine life was highly visible. The typical spring winds along the coast that week stirred the bays considerably, though, mucking up the view. Vicky saw one school of baitfish and let out a squeal. I saw nothing but swirling water but stared at it for the hour-long paddle hoping to see something. The proprietor of GlowRow, Zack, an affable young man, explained kayak paddling for the inexperienced and described how the boats operated.

He insisted we all wear PFDs (life preservers) but mentioned that in the unlikely event of a water landing that we shouldn’t try to swim – just stand up and walk on the sandy bottom.

Little Bay is very shallow.

Zach also told us that fish might try to jump into the boat. A nighttime video circulated a few years ago showing a motorboat on a small stream with fish jumping

t o Te x a s L a k e s t h i s S p r i n g Offspring from the Toyota ShareLunker Program are set to be delivered to waterbodies across the state.

Between May and July, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will stock Texas lakes with pure Florida strain largemouth bass exclusively from broodfish produced from Legacy Class (13+plus pound) entries into the ShareLunker program. Dubbed “Lone Star Bass” to denote their special significance to Texas, the unique fish are made possible by the valued partnership with anglers who loan their fish to the program.

This project marks the beginning of a long-term goal of the program. Once the process is finished, TPWD will have stocked 53 waterbodies with more than 6 million Lone Star Bass fingerlings, all descendants of ShareLunkers.

The upgraded broodfish are expected to advance the work started decades ago to genetically enhance largemouth bass populations in Texas and provide Bigger Better Bass.

“We are excited to reach the goal of converting our Florida strain largemouth bass hatchery broodfish to all be offspring of Legacy-class fish,” said Craig Bonds, Director of Inland Fisheries. Since the ShareLunker program’s inception, we’ve stocked offspring from successful spawns of donated fish, but fully incorporating a portion of those offspring into our hatchery broodfish lines dramatically increases the number of ShareLunker descendants being stocked throughout Texas waters. This is a potential game-changer in elevating largemouth bass

fisheries management to the next level.”

Beginning in 1974, TPWD used pure Florida strain largemouth bass, acquired directly from Florida, as the source of broodfish for stocking Texas’ public waters. This program was successful and allowed the state record for largemouth bass to increase from approximately 13.5 pounds to 18.18 pounds by 1992.

This initiative also launched the Toyota ShareLunker Program in 1986, which has enjoyed great success in spawning large bass at TPWD hatcheries with the help of anglers who reeled in those 13-plus pound fish.

Approximately 1.2 million fingerlings from the spawning of ShareLunkers have been stocked back into lakes that produced ShareLunkers since the inception of the program.

This change allows TPWD to stock 6 to 8 million fingerlings across the state each year.

TPWD hatcheries were successful in producing one group of pure Florida strain largemouth bass from a donated ShareLunker on their first attempt in 2018. Three additional batches of pure Florida strain largemouth bass were spawned in 2019 from ShareLunkers acquired that year. The early success of the program allowed TPWD Inland Fisheries to set a date of spring 2022 for the first spawning and statewide stocking of ShareLunker descendants.

Several more batches of pure Florida ShareLunker offspring were produced since 2019 and broodfish are currently being reared at three TPWD Inland Fisheries hatcheries.

The year-round Toyo-

ta ShareLunker Program offers four levels of participation for catching bass over eight pounds, or 24 inches, in Texas.

ShareLunker entry classes include the Lunker Class (8lb+), Elite Class (10lb+), and Legend Class (13lb+). During the first three months of the season (Jan. 1 through March 31), anglers who reel in a 13+ pound bass can loan it to TPWD for the ShareLunker selective breeding and stocking program.

The continued donation of 13-plus pound fish by anglers will be critical to the ongoing maintenance and replacement of future broodfish.

Once a lunker is reeled in, anglers need to enter the catch data on the Toyota ShareLunker mobile app – available for free from the Apple App Store and Google Play – or on the Toyota ShareLunker online app at TexasSharelunker.com. In addition to providing basic catch information, anglers can also provide a DNA scale sample from their lunker bass to TPWD researchers for genetic analysis.

The Toyota ShareLunker Program is made possible in part by the generous sponsorship of Toyota.

Toyota is a longtime supporter of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation and TPWD, providing major funding for a wide variety of fisheries, state parks and wildlife projects.

Prize donors include Bass Pro Shops, Lake Fork Taxidermy, American Fishing Tackle Co., Stanley Jigs and 6th Sense Lures. For updates on the Toyota ShareLunker Program, visit facebook.com/ sharelunkerprogram/ or TexasSharelunker.com.

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© 2022 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 38, No. 23

You are surrounded by idiophones!

And anyone can play them!

Fill in the missing vowels to reveal the title of this book. Then, check it out at your local library!

Pencil or dowel

A sound box (you can use an empty coffee can, bucket or cardboard box) String or wire

A stick about twice the height of your sound box File a notch on one end of your stick.

The notch will help hold the stick in place on the rim of the can.

Standards Link: Spelling: Spell grade-level appropriate words correctly.

by Christopher Payer

On the other end of the stick, have an adult drill a small hole. Feed the string through and tie to secure.

hat is an idiophone? Idio means self and phone means sound. Idiophones are instruments of solid materials that vibrate when hit, shaken, plucked, scraped, rubbed, stamped or crashed together. But who’s to say what’s an instrument?

Turn the coffee can upside down.

Have an adult punch a small hole in the bottom of the can. Feed the string through and tie a pencil or dowel on the end of it. Set the notch end of the stick on the rim of the can. Hold the gutbucket as shown here pulling the string taut.

Then, start plucking!

Stomping your foot on the floor turns the floor into an idiophone. Tapping a pencil on your desk uses the desk as an idiophone. Think of other things that could be idiophones.

Find the difference between the two pictures.

Standards Link: Performing Arts/Music: Students perform a varied repertoire of music on instruments.

During the 1700s, playing music on glasses was a popular pastime. The glasses were partially filled with water and the person playing the glasses would slightly wet a finger and rub it around the top of the glass.

The more water you put in the glass, the deeper the note it will play.

Fill some glasses with different amounts of water, and see what kinds of sounds you can create.

Try tapping the rim of each glass with a pencil or spoon for another kind of sound.

Partially fill empty plastic yogurt containers with different things: sand, seeds, marbles, uncooked beans, rice or pasta.

Cap and shake.

Notice the different sounds each makes.

1/2

1/8

3/4

3/4

2/3

1/4

1/3

1/2

1/2

1/8

Under each glass, circle the fraction that best describes how much of the glass is filled with water.

GUTBUCKET SINGING GLASSES PASTIME SOUND IDIOPHONE MARACAS SOLID VIBRATE BUZZ WIRE BEANS WET RICE RIM

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Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Onomatopoeia

This refers to a word that sounds just like what it means. For example, the word buzz sounds like the noise it describes. Look through the newspaper for five or more examples of onomatopoeia.

Standards Link: Vocabulary: Identify and use onomatopoeia.

Match the marbles.

Standards Link: Math/Number Sense: Identify and use fractions.

his book gives directions for making and playing simple musical instruments.

Readers will see that letting out their inner musician is fun and easy!

Send your story to:

Your Country

Look through the newspaper for ten or more words that describe your country and how you feel about it. Put these words into alphabetical order.

Standards Link: Spelling: Arrange words in alphabetical order.

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