The Hometown Press 05-18-2022

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Volume 33, Issue 20

Hospital District Directors Take Huge Liberties

The office building of the Winnie Stowell Hospital District is located on Broadway, next to Riceland Medical Center.

By Wade Thibodeaux have returned an opinion Publisher's note: This is an that there was not a need for article of events pertaining to their clients, but regardless, the Winnie Stowell Hospital the District board voted to District, but it will contain my proceed with the formation opinion in several different of an FQHC and began the instances and therefore is process of establishing the being labeled as an editorial. required elements to bring Several recent developments an FQHC to the area. This with the Winnie Stowell FQHC would be very similar Hospital District have to the FQHC in Anahuac, led to the creation of the which is located about 20 headline of this piece and I miles away from the center will try to lay the events out of Winnie. The District board in chronological order for began appointing people to the reader to gain the same the FQHC board which is perspective as I have gained. supposed to be a completely Several months ago, the separate board and will District board voted to hire a oversee the operations of the company to assess the need FQHC. The District board for a Federally Qualified began budgeting money for Health Center(FQHC) in the start-up process and set the District. The company their sights on the old Winnie returned an opinion that there library as a building to house was indeed a need for an the FQHC. They somewhat FQHC. I wonder about the had Chambers County going track record of this company along with the process as and how many times they State law (contd on page 9)

Anahuac and High Island graduates pictures inside!

East Chambers Seniors Sign Letters to Play College Football

Slade Parnell and his parents pose for a picture during the process of Slade signing a letter of intent to play College football for McMurry University.

By Wade Thibodeaux Texas. McMurry is a East Chambers High private school with an School Athletics held a enrollment of 1,100 signing ceremony last undergraduate students on Thursday, May 12, 2022 a 52 acre campus located in which two Seniors in the heart of Abilene. It signed letters of intent boasts a 13:1 student to to play College football. faculty ratio with all classes by professors followed by performances on Slade Parnell signed a taught Saturday night and Sunday letter to play for McMurry and no classes taught afternoon. The bull riders University in Abilene, by graduate students.

PBR Provides Plenty of Action

The best of the best bulls and riders converged on Ft. Worth for the PBR World Finals in Dickies Arena. Photo courtesy of Andy Watson/Bull Stock Media.

By Wade Thibodeaux The PBR(Professional Bull Riders) provided plenty of action for those who thrive on bull riding as the "Unleash the Beast" World Finals got underway last weekend in Ft Worth, Texas. This was the first time the event was held in Ft. Worth(Dickies Arena) and it was also a switch from a Fall Championship to a Spring event. The first round of the event was Friday night,

will get a much needed break to heal up some injuries or in a lot of instances, heal up some hurting pride. Half of the field of 40 riders have yet to stay on one of the beasts for the required eight seconds and 12 of the riders have only covered one bull out of three rounds. Six riders have stayed aboard two animals and only three riders have completed their mission for the first three rounds. Cody Jesus is leading the event with a combined score of 268.25 on three head while Joao Ricardo Vieira is a few points behind with a total of 264.00. Last year's World Champion, Jose Vitor Leme, who entered the competition 4th in the World, is currently third in this year's Championship with a combined total of 262.00 (contd on page 7)

Tr i n i t y B a y A p p r o v e s ReDistricting Plan

By Wade Thibodeaux The Trinity Bay Conservation District Board of Directors met in regular session on May 11, 2022 at 9:00 am. in their office located at 2500 State Highway 124 in Stowell, Texas. This meeting was preceded by a public hearing at 8:30 am. that the SP

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Hector Martinez and his parents pose for a picture during the process of Hector signing a letter of intent to play College football for Coe College.

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Winnie Stowell EMS Appoints New Board Members

Pictured left to right is Amber Lucia, WSEMS Coordinator, Board President Dennis Dugat, Board Secretary Branden Green, Board member Nolan George, and new Board member Michelle Hardy.

Unable to attend the meeting Monday evening was new Board member Meredith Hamilton.

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passing of board member Cliff Wilson reduced the board down to three people and placed a quorum in danger if one of the three remaining members could not be in attendance. The board took action last Monday, May 16, 2022 and appointed Michelle Hardy and Meredith Hamilton to fill the two vacant positions.

The board also approved the EMS Coordinator's report that provided the call numbers for the month of April that were 70 calls for assistance with 53 transports on the emergency side and 10 transfers from hospital to hospital. Amber Lucia, WSEMS Coordinator also reported that she had attended a car seat training and demonstration and was very impressed with the information that she received. She stated

that the third day of the training was an actual drive through event where parents brought their kids and car seats to be checked and none of the participants arrived with their children properly restrained. Out of 46 inspections, 36 new car seats were given away and 13 old/unsafe car seats were destroyed.

Amber is working on bringing an event of this kind to the Winnie area for inspections, education, and the giving away of proper car seats.

More information will be published when it becomes available. The Winnie Stowell EMS Board of Directors meet on the third Monday of each month at 7:00 pm. in the conference room of the WSEMS at 249 Broadway in Winnie, Texas.

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Opinion & Entertainment

Wednesday, May 18, 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 On the road again, I just can't wait to get on the road again. I made a trip up to Ft Worth last weekend to take in some PBR bull riding and I paid over $4.00 a gallon for gas for the first time this year. I have a feeling that it won't be the last time and that the $4.15 a gallon that I paid for the fuel may be a bargain by the time Summer is over. I also had another first.....I had run into some friends at the bull riding and they were staying in the Stockyards at the new Drovers Hotel. Since the Stockyards were kinda on my way home(temporarily), I told them that I would meet them in the Stockyards and we could have an adult beverage. I drove to the

Stockyards and found a place to park in my favorite special parking lot and started walking towards all of the action on Exchange Avenue. I called them and they said that they had found a restaurant open and they were eating and I said that I was in the Stockyards and we could meet up after they were through with dinner. I walked over to a popular watering hole and started to go in and the guy at the door said it was a $15 cover charge. I asked if all of the places were charging cover charges tonight and he said yes.

It was already late, I had about a 30 minute trip to get to the place I was laying my head down that night, and I was only planning on

one drink and so I made the adult decision to walk back to my truck and head home. I called my buddy and advised him of my decision and headed out. That's a first for me, to be in the Stockyards and not have a drink or visit an establishment......I must be getting old.

I headed to Huntsville on Sunday after watching three rounds of bull riding and ended up in Winnie on Monday. I'll spend a couple of days in Winnie this week before I head back to Ft. Worth to catch the final rounds of bull riding in the PBR World Finals. I also had another experiment in progress during my trip to Ft Worth. I had cash with me, but all that I had was hundred dollar bills and a ten dollar bill. My experiment was to see if I could make it through the weekend without having to break one of those large bills. I started to go by the bank and break one before I left, but I decided to

just see what happened.

I arrived home in Huntsville on Sunday evening with my 100"s and three one dollar bills in my money clip.

Realistically, that's not all that hard to accomplish. When a cold beer is $10 for an aluminum can and a turkey sandwich is $12, it's a whole lot easier to put it on a credit card than to pull out cash. I'm kinda surprised that they would even take cash as a lot

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of these venue's have gone to card only. Anyway, with the exception of the occasional potty stop on the coming and going trips, I didn't use any cash anywhere.

I used to own convenience stores and I pretty much refuse to walk into one and use their bathroom and not purchase something.

They have to really make me mad before I won't buy anything and usually I buy a fountain

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drink which leads to the next potty stop. I'll spend a couple of days in Winnie, a couple of days in Huntsville and then head back to Ft. Worth on Thursday evening to watch the final rounds of the bull riding. Sometimes in those days, I'm going to try to at least mow my grass before I can't see the roof of the house any longer. Till next time, I'm.......Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

TAMALE THURSDAYS IN FORT STOCKTON

By Tumbleweed Smith

Every Thursday a store in Fort Stockton sells tamales.

“We start cooking our tamales at one o’clock in the morning,” says JB Gallegos, owner of The Comanche Tortilla and Tamale Factory. “I come in, put them in the steamer and at seven o’clock they’re ready to go. Our steamer cooks 14 trays of 6 dozen apiece, so if you do your math, that’s a lot of tamales that go out of here in the course of a day. We sell them only here at the store, only on Thursdays.

They honk outside and we run outside, see what they want and we take them their tamales.

They don’t even have to get out of their car.”

His grandfather started the business 75 years ago and it has been in the same location since the late fifties.

“The art of making tamales is almost a dying art. Whole families used to get together and have a tamalera. You just don’t see that happen much anymore. I’d like to see that tradition revived.”

His company makes only two types of tamales:

pork and a cheesejalapeno combination. JB says pork is king, the one that sells the most. His company makes other items that are sold all over west Texas. These include three types of tortillas, a salsa line and masa, which is stone-ground corn.

JB graduated from Fort Stockton High School in 1972 and left town.

“I hit that back door running, and knew that I was going to see the world and I did that for 40 years.

I traveled from here to San Francisco where I finally got my degree, then went to New York City and was there for 10 years. I was at Julliard for 5 of those years working on a master’s degree.”

He worked as a professional lighting designer in New York theaters.

“It’s a very specialized field that I enjoyed immensely. When I was at Lincoln Center at Julliard I worked independently and had the opportunity to work with many wonderful designers, directors and of course Julliard was the cream of the cream and I met and worked with numerous

artists, just amazingly talented people.

Eventually I left the theater because it wasn’t paying what I expected and went into human resources and had a 35 year career in that field.”

He retired, came home and planned to travel.

“You know life sometimes throws curves at you and you just kind of go with the flow.

Three years ago, my father at 91 decided to retire from the tamale business, so I said, ‘OK, Dad, let’s give it a go. We’ll try it.’”

JB’s talents as a lighting designer are not being ignored. His store is just across the street from Fort Stockton’s famous community theater that has just completed a multi million-dollar renovation and has plays and muscles year round. It is always seeking advice, counsel and muscle from JB, which he gladly supplies. 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 18, 2022 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Fifty-Five individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, May 8 and Saturday, May 14. 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.

Judge Celia Devillier

Patti Henry

J.P. Pct 1 Winnie

M-F 8 am-11 am & 1pm-4pm

Jimmy Gore

District Clerk Passports

409-267-2432

409-296-8250

Commissioner Pct 1

409-296-8250

Jimmy Sylvia County Judge

409-267-2440

Total Main Jail:

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Anahuac 2022 Graduates

Wednesday,May 18, 2022

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Haley Alfred

Dean Allen

Ezekiel Alvarado

Bryant Arteaga

Alvin Avalos

Jayden Ayres

Bess walker

Eli Burns

Cylie Cendejas

Layne Chance

Lisette Chavez

Tyniska Childress

Zyon Clark

Kanyon Cook

Shelby Daugherty

Katelynn Davis

Jacquelin Chavez

Juanita Diaz

Mary Dyer

Leonabelle Espejo

Axel Foster

Luke Foster

Adam Galeas

Caylee Garcia

Veronica Garcia

Dylan George

Danika Givens-Bang

Xavier Gonzales

Kayle Graves

Caden Hampton

Phoebe Hampton

Mallory Hendrix

Jarelis Hernandez

Bella Hornsby

Ethan Huynh

Alyssa Jackson

Hannah Kelley

Avery Kirkwood

JaTorian Landry

Levi Langham

Hayley Lassetter

Deleon Lewis

Sarah Loria

Kyler Mackenzie

Diego Mares

Jack Markham

Amarion McGaskey

Denise Miranda

Diana Miranda

Halley Moor

Mariana Moreno

Hannes Morres

Victoria Nguyen

Bryttan Noack

Analee Olvera

Daniela Ortiz

David Perez

Beyonce Perry

Nhan Pham

Hadlee Richard

Jaylen Richardson

Natalia Rico

Angela Rodriguez

Tristan Rodriguez

Guadalupe Romero

Christian Sanchez

Cullen Sherman

Gabriel Solis

Wyatt Tims

Miles Tinsley

Alonso Torres

Mason Totzer

Jonathan Valencia

Melanie Vargas

Jennifer Way

Erin Wilcox

Cooper Williams

Valedictorian

Salutatorian

Hannah Cate Edwards

Emma Burns

Brayden Wright

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High Island 2022 Graduates

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Alyssa Nicole Simpson-Baum

Ashley Nicole Handley

Colton Laike Hughes

Dade Christopher Brindley

Dakota Ryan Marvin

Danial Ochoa

Destanie Shyann Billiot

Drake Glen Vribes

Elizabeth Anna Jean Cheatwood

Emily Elizabeth Schaefer

Eric Wade Moore

Halee Reann Seamans

Jesse Lee Palmer

Jordan Grubbs

Kasey Glenn Brown

Kira Nicole Barrow

Laynee Lynn Barrow

Logan Mathew Boody

Valedictorian

Salutatorian

Josey Larson

Donovan Thrash

Quentin Ezekiel Malinchalk

Religion & Lifestyle

Wednesday,May 18, 2022

Sunday Observations from Christy

Still in print: The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan (1678); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1876); and Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1936). These have sold in the millions to hundreds of millions of copies.

Still in print: The Bible inspired by God’s Holy Spirit, completed approximately A.D. 400 with sales totaling five billion plus.

“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.” (Isaiah 40:8) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys

OBITUARIES

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)

Pilgram Construction. He loved having Nerf gun wars with his nieces and nephews.

Ross will be remembered as a loving husband, father, son, and Uncle Ross.

He is survived by his daughter, Paitan Van Norstrand of Lumberton; parents, Ross Van Norstrand, Sr. and his wife, Colleen, of Crystal Beach; Kelly McNeely and husband, Dale, of Kountze; grandmother, Penny Smith of Winnie; brother, Buck McNeely and his wife, Jeanette, of Houston; sisters, Bronwyn Van Norstrand of Kountze; Erin McNeely of Comfort; Summer McNeely of Houston; Jamie Armentor and her husband, Daniel, of Winnie; Misty Locke and her husband, Tim, of Fort Worth; nieces and nephews, Jaycee, Jason, Chloe, Conor, Brooklyn and Landry, Henry, and Charlie; former wife

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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dang fast. Your elders told you this Christy. But 25 year old Christy was smarter than that. What did they know…..

HAH!!!

There is a saying that says, the days are long but the years are fast when it comes to raising kids. Most accurate statement ever. You start off thinking, will they EVER sleep all night, walk, talk, stop whining, remember to brush their teeth, pick up their clothes, clean their room, clean their car.

And then the non stop running. Practice, coaches, dance, games, recitals, competitions, how do you need shoes we just bought them, where is your jacket let’s go buy one, honey why do you not have your glove? WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU LEFT IT AT HOME…..

And then just like that…. It stops.

They go to college, move out, get jobs, they fight with you. They will fight with you like mad in those twenties.

I’m convinced as of yet 2026 was the absolute hardest times. A mad 20 year old is much rougher than a mad 2 year old. Especially when they don’t live at home. They say they are grown you can’t tell them what to do, but all you want to do is save them from hurts. It’s hard.

But I would do every single tear filled, screaming fight, sleepless night, hours at the ballpark, sunburns in the stands, cheering them on, picking her up after rough nights, laughing at her silliness, championing her triumphs, all over again. Not one question about that.

Happy Sunday peeps….. if you have babies please enjoy every second. Toddler years will be a blur soon. Pre teens

will be driving before you can breathe. Teenagers will be off to college. There will be apartments, roommates, fights, jobs, and growth.

Then one day you will look up as they drive off, and realize what magnificent creatures they turned into.

To my Tiff I say, even on the bad days you make me proud. May #30 be your best year yet. I hope life continues to give you happiness, laughter and smiles, but more than that I hope when it doesn’t, you continue to find joy in the sad, humor in the bad, and the ability to find triumphs in the darkest of days.

I can’t give you perfect, but I hope I’ve given you the fight you need.

Keep doing you kid….. I love you big!

Love, Mom

My Perspective on the 2022 Economy & Looming Recession To assess the current economic condition, I must first tell you that I see warning lights flashing for the U.S. economy. A growing number of forecasters now believe a recession is on the horizon. We’ve just witnessed the Federal Reserve raising interest rates by half a percentage point.

This move follows a .25% increase in March when the Fed attempted to reduce liquidity in financial markets.

These increases to attempt to tamp down the highest inflation we have experienced in 40 years. Will this be effective, are these moves too late?

History has shown that the Fed has never been able to correct even smaller overshoots of inflation and employment without pushing the economy into a significant recession. If the Fed

overtightens, this could easily send the economy into recession. Plus, given the high rate of inflation, particularly in oil and food, it’s not hard to imagine consumers pulling back their spending to compensate. While taking some spending out of the economy is one reason the Fed is raising rates, economic growth could stall if consumers feel forced to cut back too much.

Am I being overly pessimistic given the economy is strong by many measures?

Employers have added nearly 6.5 million jobs in the last 12 months and unemployment has fallen to just 3.6%.

I continue to see employers struggle to hire workers to keep up with surging consumer demand. I see an economy reeling from the flood of fiscal and monetary stimulus spending, and the Fed being too patient to act.

The pandemic-rebounded economy and the hot labor

market further fuel my recession concerns.

So, what exactly is a ‘recession’? You will find many definitions and indicators of a recession. Generally, a period of two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth is commonly considered a recession. By that definition, however, it’s often hard to recognize a recession until it’s already taken hold for six months.

There have been a few times when the National Bureau of Economic Research, the organization that officially declares a recession, has done so without two negative quarters. The spring 2020 period following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic is an example of such an occurrence.

Here are indicators to watch • The Federal Reserve’s strategy on current high inflation. After down-playing inflation for much of 2021, the Fed has

finally decided to tackle price growth. The Fed began to tighten monetary policy in January of this year when Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced that the Fed would lower its $9 trillion balance sheet sometime in 2022 and begin the process of withdrawing cheap money from the economy.

This put pressure on stocks across the board—especially tech companies that thrive in such an environment. Powell rolled out the next step by not only raising the federal funds rate in March, but also signaling that there could be as many as seven rate hikes this year.

Some economists fear the Fed will begin to be even more aggressive in upcoming meetings, raising rates by 50 basis points instead of just 25 basis points. Inflation assumptions are nothing more than the idea that people come to believe there will be higher prices

and good friend, Dee Van Norstrand, of Lumberton; brother-in-law, Goob Cunningham of Silsbee; and numerous loving aunts, uncles, relatives, and a host

of friends.

Ross is preceded in death by his grandparents, William and Joline Van Norstrand and Marvin Smith.

A gathering of Mr. Van

Norstrand’s family and friends will be 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Broussard’s, 134 Buccaneer Drive, Winnie.

His funeral service will be

10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 19, 2022, at Broussard’s, with his interment to follow at Fairview Cemetery, Winnie.

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

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

Methodist

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Ross Wayne Van Norstrand, II, of Winnie, died Friday, May 13, 2022. He was born July 26, 1977, in Beaumont, to Mary Kelly Smith McNeely and Ross Wayne Van Norstrand, Sr. The most important times in his life were with his daughter, Paitan. He enjoyed watching the Dallas Cowboys, fishing (especially with his dad), and hunting. He was a crane operator and pipefitter for

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My daughter turned thirty this weekend. Pretty sure that hurt worse than me turning 55. But by the Grace of God, and a lot of grey hair, we got here.

Then I open social media and see new babies, new grand babies, and I think….. you will blink and they will be grown. Just happened so

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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

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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on three head, but has slipped to 5th in the World standings.

The Worlds standings race has been a see-saw battle between Daylon Swearingen(Piffard, New York) and Joao Ricardo Vieira(Itatinga, Brazil).

Swearingen entered the finals in the number 1 position, but soon lost that position on the first night as he was tossed from the back of his draw, while Joao put up a monstrous 90.25 point ride.

Swearingen recovered and rode the next two, including a huge 93 point ride aboard

"Riding Solo '' on night number two and inched back into the number one spot after the third round. There is plenty more action scheduled as the bull riding resumes Thursday evening and continues through Sunday when a World Champion will be crowned. PBR RidePass on Pluto TV will offer reairs and on demand replays of every PBR Unleash the Beast event. Tune to channel 720 on Pluto TV or better yet, make the trip to Ft. Worth and watch it in person, tickets are available.

of its areas or precincts. The only public input that was received was from Mr. Bass with Allison, Bass, & Magee, the firm hired to assist in the allocation of the precinct numbers or boundaries.

The regular meeting began at 9:00 am. with public comments from Gloria Roemer who wanted to know why the financials were not automatically provided at each meeting and why law enforcement had begun attending the meetings.

The board provided no response.

Rachal Hisler also made a public comment saying that she was a little confused about the start time of the public hearing because of the way it was posted on the agenda. The board, which consisted only of three of the five members(Hankamer, Turner, and newly appointed Rick Nicely) (Kahla and a vacant position were absent) went directly into the action item portion

of the redistricting and chose plan C as presented which was the option that provided the most even numbers of people in each precinct.

The board then attended to the routine items such as approval of the minutes and the financial report that showed $8,460,909.88 in cash and liquidity, and the tax reports from Chambers and Jefferson Counties.

The board approved some sewer line extensions and a couple of financing options for two pieces of equipment. Reports were given on the drainage and utility departments and with no need for an executive session, the meeting was adjourned at 9:36 am. The next regular meeting of the Trinity Bay Conservation District Board of Directors will be Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 9:00 am. in their office located at 2500 State Highway 124 in Stowell, Texas.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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NOTICE TO IMPLEMENT AN INTERIM FUEL SURCHARGE

TexSCAN Week of May 15-21, 2022 ACREAGE

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 w/d, queen size bed w frame fairly new.

Lamps, dishes, wall hangings, new shoes n purses.plants n stands and more.

Pls call: 409-658-1674. 9am-7pm 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 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 Disk and scoop for tractor $25 each Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4

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On May 13, 2022, Entergy Texas, Inc. (“ETI” or “the Company”) filed a petition with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“Commission”) to implement an interim fuel surcharge to collect underrecovered fuel and purchased power costs as of December 2021.

This filing was made pursuant to 16 Tex. Admin. Code § 25.237(a) (3)(B). The Company’s filing impacts only the recovery of fuel and purchased power costs incurred by ETI and does not affect the Company’s base rates that are currently in effect. All of ETI’s residential, commercial, and industrial customers whose electric service rates include charges for fuel pursuant to ETI’s Rate Schedule FF, entitled “Fixed Fuel Factor and Loss Multipliers,” in all territories served by ETI, are affected by the Company’s application.

The total amount of the underrecovery balance to be collected through the proposed surcharge is approximately $51.7 million, including interest. This requested surcharge amount represents the cumulative fuel balance for uncollected fuel and purchased power expenses incurred through December 31, 2021. According to the Texas Utilities Code and Commission rules, the Company may not earn a profit on fuel and purchased power expenses and may only pass actual fuel costs through to its customers.

These charges will be subject to final review by the Commission in the electric utility’s next reconciliation.

The effect of the surcharge on customers’ bills will vary depending on the rate schedule under which they take service.

The Company proposes all customers be assessed a surcharge over a period of six months.

Under the proposed surcharge, a residential customer using 1,000 kWh per month will be charged $4.34 per month, which is an increase of approximately 3.1% as compared to current total electric charges. The Company requests that the proposed surcharge be effective with the first billing cycle for the first billing month after the

Commission issues a final order, but no later than the Company’s first billing cycle for the billing month of September 2022.

Persons with questions or who want more information on this petition may contact Entergy Texas at Attn: Customer Service – Fuel Surcharge, 350 Pine Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701, or call 1-866-981-2602 during normal business hours. A complete copy of this petition is available for inspection at the address listed above. Persons may also email tcr@entergy.com with questions or to request more information.

The Commission has assigned Docket No. 53593 to this proceeding. Persons who wish to formally participate in this proceeding, or who wish to express their comments concerning this petition should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Office of Customer Protection, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326, or call (512) 9367120 or toll-free at (888) 7828477. Hearing and speechimpaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may call (512) 936-7136 or use Relay Texas (tollfree) 1-800-735-2989.

Since March 2020, the preferred method for you to file your request for intervention is electronically, and you will be required to serve the request on other parties by email. Therefore, please include your own email address on the intervention request. Instructions for electronic filing via the “PUC Filer” on the Commission’s website can be found here: https://interchange. puc.texas.gov/filer. Instructions for using the PUC Filer are available at: http://www.puc.texas.gov/ industry/filings/New_PUC_Web_ Filer_Presentation.pdf. Once you obtain a tracking sheet associated with your filing from the PUC Filer, you may email the tracking sheet and the document you wish to file to: centralrecords@puc. texas.gov. For assistance with your electronic filing, please contact the Commission’s Help Desk at (512) 936-7100 or helpdesk@puc.texas. gov. You can review materials filed in this docket on the PUC Interchange at: http://interchange. puc.texas.gov/.

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We Are NOW OPEN in our new M o o r e F o r Yo u r M o n e y ( c o n t d ) and they have investors expect economic than many analysts expectfacility. We are accepting patients ina rafttheoffuture, consequences—like growth to slow in the future. ed, and Russia's invasion accelerating wages—which Yields on shorter-term and of Ukraine has only added make it even harder to longer-term Treasury secu- to disruption, jeopardizing either by appointment or walk-ins. can get inflation back toward rities have been converging, exports of both food and enFed’s 2% target. At first raising another signal of im- ergy. Add in a rising interest Call us at 409.296.2910 or drop by the glance, the Fed’s strategy pending recession. rate environment—anothmight seem reasonable. But • Gross Domestic er cost for businesses and 233 Spur 5 in Winnie, across the today we find the consum- product (GDP). GDP mea- for working families who er price index (CPI) is at sures the output of goods must borrow for mortgag40-year highs. Economists and services in the U.S. for es, auto financing, and stustreet from Tia Juanita's. worry that after downplay- a three-month period. Gross dent loans—and this sets the the pace of inflation in domestic product in the U.S. stage for a recession.

Estamos abiertos atendiendo nuevos ing 2021, the Fed will be too declined at a 1.4% pace in My biggest fear is that the forceful as it increases bor- the first quarter of 2022, Fed’s aggressive rate hikes rowing costs. Should the below analyst expectations will push the economy into pacientes con o sin aseguranza, Fed overtighten, the econ- of a 1% gain. Compare this a recession by the end of omy could easily slip into to the 7% annual growth in this year. In addition, in my llàmanos para hacer tu cita. recession. the fourth quarter of 2020. day-to-day life as a commu• A negative yield curve. This metric compares what investors can earn on short-term Treasury securities versus longer-term Treasury securities. In a healthy economy, investors demand higher yields on longer-term debt to compensate for taking on longer-term risks. When the difference between these two yields shrinks—as investors demand higher yields on shorter-term debt—it signals concern that tough times are around the corner. The yield curve has seen this exact scenario recently, suggesting that

Prices increased sharply during the first quarter, with the GDP price index deflator rising 8%. GDP ratings and forecasts have been cut by 0.2% and now predictions have been decreased to 3.5% national GDP growth for the remainder of year.

The Fed has also lowered its expectations for 2022 GDP growth from 4% to 2.8%.

• Consumer prices.

Price hikes have accelerated all year. Consumer prices in March were up 8.5% from a year ago, the sharpest increase since December 1981. Relief on the supply side is taking longer

nity banker, I visit with customers who are not feeling very optimistic about their finances. Many still feel the COVID malaise. I see housing sales decline as financing costs rise. In my experience, I have seen financial upsets come upon us after a long time in the making and suddenly be disastrous, yet temporary. My advice is to stay positive, keep spending in check, pay down debt and build your emergency fund.

All of us here at Anahuac National Bank are available help you plan and navigate a rocky year. We thank you for your confidence.

allows for the selling of property from one State entity to another State entity without competitive bids as long as the property sells for appraised value and the County had the old library

By John Jefferson property appraised. The The bite turning on is fisher- ation’s S.T.A.R tournament. appraisal came in at about man-talk about the fish begin- The first five anglers catching a $400,000.00 and all was ning to bite bait – live or arti- 2022-- tagged redfish and who going well until there seemed ficial. Hopefully, the wind will are REGISTERED for the tour- to be a lack of support for also begin to slack. We were on nament win a boat, motor, trail- selling the building on the the coast a few weeks ago, hav- er, AND FORD TRUCK! Other Court. A recent agenda item ing taken our kayaks for a ride categories, prizes, and scholaron Commissioners Court … in the truck. The wind was so ships total $1,000,000. The tourstrong that they never made it nament spans the entire Texas to sell the property was pulled from the agenda with into the bay.

Gulf Coast.

Other things happen in the There are two Catch, Clip & Re- no action being taken and spring in saltwater, too. The lease Tagged-Redfish Divisions. leaving the Hospital District commercial shrimping season The second five catching tagged with no place to house their closed Sunday, May 15 in Tex- redfish receive boat combos, but FQHC. as and federal waters out to no truck. There’s also an OffSo, with their original plans 200-nautical miles. This allows shore Division with Hoffpauir gone, the Hospital District brown shrimp to migrate into Polaris UTVs as prizes. The board began searching for the Gulf and reach larger size S.T.A.R. Tournament runs from plan B or the acquisition of to prevent waste and assures the Saturday before Memorial shrimp are sustainable, accord- Day through Labor Day - May property to house the FQHC. ing to Robin Riechers, TPWD’s 28th through September 5th, Evidently, they were not having much luck, so they coastal fisheries director. That’s 2022. important to guys like me who But participants must be CCA decided to hire a professional prefer shrimp to steak. See TPW members and registered before in the form of a real estate Outdoor Annual pages 51-54 for the tournament. The quickest agent. A special meeting was shellfish regulations. way is through https://www. called for Wednesday, April The red snapper season -- open startournament.org/ Every year, 27, 2022 at 4:00 pm. and on year-around in Texas waters -- there are heartbreaks for ones the agenda was an item to opens June 1 in federal waters. catching a tagged redfish who hire a firm to help in finding STATE limit is four snappers, at weren’t entered and a member.

That meeting least 15-inches long. Fed limit A few have tried to join and reg- property. is two snappers, with a 16-inch ister AFTER the catch but were was cancelled because not minimum length. Federal water disqualified. Cheating doesn’t enough information had been able to be gathered before fish count in the state limit. New work. this year, a venting tool or rigged See https://www.startourna- the meeting in order for the descending device is required on ment.org/rules/ for the tourna- board to make a decision. boats fishing for reef fish, which ment rules. They must be fol- This is where it gets a little includes red snappers. lowed. suspicious for me. The But the big event for many is Good luck and good fishing. special meeting that was Coastal Conservation Associcancelled was rescheduled for Friday, May 6, 2022 at 9:00 am. with basically the same agenda as the cancelled meeting. After all of the preliminary stuff at the meeting, the board voted to hire a real estate agent named Greg Fountain who is a realtor at Swedes Real Estate on the Bolivar Peninsula.

Greg was in attendance at the meeting and began telling the board about property during the regular portion of the meeting immediately after the vote that officially hired him. He was immediately cut off and the board retired “Here’s looking at you, Kid!” This redfish seems to be to executive session. The borrowing Bogart’s line as it looks quizzically at its captor. Had it been tagged and caught in CCA’s S.T.A.R. board emerged from a short tournament, its tournament tag would have been clipped executive session of 48 minutes to announce that they off and saved, and the fish would have been returned to would put in an offer at an the water quickly as a conservation move following the asking price of $1.2 Million 2021 freeze and fish-kill. Photo by John Jefferson.

for the property that contains Tony's Bar-B-Que. Guess who the listing agency is for that property....Swedes Real Estate. While the Hospital District would not have to pay any commission, the listing agency would retain all of the commission by selling it in house and not having to split it with another agency.

Guess who is the broker of Swedes Real Estate....Greg Fountains brother in law.

An average 6% commission on $1.2 Million is a smooth $72,000.00.....not a bad gig for less than an hour's worth of work(remember, he was hired on agenda item number 5 and then a 48 minute executive session and then action taken to make the offer on agenda item number 6).

Further discussions with board members and associated personnel have indicated that the District is planning on leaving the restaurant in place and receiving rent money from them and placing a driveway on the North side of the property to place a 4,000 square foot portable medical building behind the restaurant. Additional money is going to have to be spent to clear the trees behind the restaurant, construct a driveway, and then purchase or rent a building. It is entirely possible that $2 Million could be spent and the FQHC does not even have road frontage visibility.

Several other pieces of property are available in the Winnie area and are available at a lot less than $1.2 Million and would have road frontage visibility. As best as I can tell, a real estate agent was told to go to work several weeks before board action, was hired after the fact and an hour later has the potential to provide a nice commission to a family owned business, all with taxpayer money. This may be perfectly legal, but it sure stinks. Maybe a better course of action would have been to advertise for RFQ's, wait a little while, hire who you wanted to hire, but then you had the RFQ process to back up your decision, then wait a little while and make

an offer on a piece of property that was better suited to your needs. Same outcome, the District would still own property, but it sure wouldn't smell like it was all designed before a meeting was conducted. All of this leads me to write this piece and to claim the headlines.....I feel like the board of the Winnie Stowell Hospital District has gotten very comfortable and are taking several liberties with disregard for the people they are supposed to be accountable to.

What's the hurry??? The District voted at the April 20th regular meeting to hire an appraiser to look at several pieces of property and then a short seven days later had a special meeting called to hire a real estate person. That meeting did not happen because basically we now know that the real estate agent was the one that did not have the information needed at the April 27th meeting, but was fully up to speed at the May 6th meeting. What happened to the appraiser???

Just because you(the District) have a lot of money in the bank, that doesn't mean that you have to go out and spend it all today. And, what about taking care of what we already have??? The hospital has been asking for assistance in building a surgical suite that can take care of minor surgeries and procedures like colonoscopies for months and the District seems to be dragging their feet, but you can commit to a $1.2 Million property and all of the improvements within two weeks. The surgical suites could help hundreds who are going elsewhere to get these procedures done and there is no telling how long it's going to take to get a clinic up and running. And, do we really need another clinic??? We have two already, Anahuac is just 20 minutes away and Beaumont is only 30 minutes. Hopefully, this board will re-examine some of their actions. You know how the old saying goes...... where there's smoke, there's fire and where there's stink, there's #!%@.

WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE Hospital District Liberties (contd)

TIME TO TALK SALTY

But I don’t mean for you to pepper your spoken language with rough words. No! I mean it’s the time of year to turn your thoughts, dreams, and talk toward saltwater. The Texas coast, in particular. We’re blessed with about 361 miles of coastline, and our bays are chocked full of fish and shellfish – too many species to list!

And many of them are considered game fish and delightfully edible.

As the weather and water warm in late spring, the bite begins to turn on. If you’re new to Texas, or new to saltwater fishing, that doesn’t mean that you could get bitten in the bays (Ouch!), although the surf and occasional bays can have sharks on the prowl. Don’t venture unnecessarily far from shore. You could land in the food chain.

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Give yourself a star each time you complete one of the 10 outdoor activities listed here. Give yourself a cool reward for completing them all.

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Visit a local lake, river, stream or a nearby ocean.

Observe the wildlife around you and list them in your notebook with notes on where, when and what was happening.

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Find a local park with playground equipment.

Take a picnic and enjoy the sunshine.

Playing on a team is a good way to make new friends and get some exercise. If there are no organized sports in your area, make your own team and create a game of Frisbee or catch.

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Be a nature detective. Look at a field guide or go online to identify birds, wild flowers, insects and trees. List them in your notebook.

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Scavenger Hunt Look through the newspaper to find: A picture of someone playing a sport A place to exercise A local park A fun place for the whole family to visit together

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