The Hometown Press 06-02-2021

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Volume 32, Issue 22

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Hamshire-Fannett and High Island graduates pictures inside!

Flags Honor Fallen at Local Cemetery Chambers County Observes Moment at the Memorial

Concrete Finally Poured at Fire Station

Concrete was finally poured at the Winnie Stowell VFD station to aid the heavy trucks into the building.

By Wade Thibodeaux

A long awaited project of pouring concrete at the truck entrance to the Winnie Stowell Fire Station has finally occurred. Several years ago, when the department was having trouble getting the heavy trucks into the station due to ruts being formed in the asphalt from the repeated traveling of the tires in the same exact spot, the Chambers County Emergency Services District No1 approached Chambers County Commissioners Court about concreting the area.

The District offered to split the cost with the County even though the District's property ends about a foot away from the building and the concrete

would be on County property.

Commissioners Court was hesitant about spending the money and decided to try a special version of "Hard" asphalt instead of the concrete. Within just a few months the original problem returned and after some persistent urging of Commissioner Jimmy Gore, the Court agreed to split the cost of the concrete with the Fire District. That project was completed last week with County crews coming in this week to "Marry up" the newly poured concrete and the roadway where some of the roadway had to be removed for the working room of the concrete job.

Many flags were placed at the graves of fallen military personnel during the recent Memorial Day acknowledgement at Fairview Cemetery in Winnie.

Memorial Day is to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of their Country. Lest we not forget, freedom is not free.

By Wade Thibodeaux

Sheriff Brian H a w t h o r n e , Chambers County Commissioners Court and a crowd observed a moment at the memorial last Tuesday, May 25, 2021 commemorating

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officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. Sheriff John Lighter Frost, Deputy Constable Levi E. Oliver, Deputy Sheriff Dirk Ray Knearem and Deputy Sheriff Shane Thomas Detwiler lost their lives in the line

Pictured left to right at the Chambers County Fallen Officers Memorial is Chambers County Commissioners Tommy Hammond, and Mark Tice with Annette and Ron Bennett and then Mike and Cheryl Railsback with Chambers County Commissioners Jimmy Gore and Billy Combs.

of duty while serving in Chambers County.

The annual event featured an address by Sheriff Hawthorne, an uplifting prayer from Chambers County Chaplain Danny Biddy and beautiful singing

of the National Anthem and Amazing Grace by Lindsay Hedges. Also participating in this year's event was the parents of fallen Harris County Sheriff's Office Deputy Shane Ronald Bennett.

Commissioner Gore H o s t s To w n H a l l M e e t i n g Sheriff Brian Hawthorne reports that on Monday, May 24th, 2021, Thomas Andrew Daigle from Dayton, Texas, appeared in 253rd District Court, before the Honorable Chap B. Cain III, for a bond hearing. Daigle is currently under arrest for the Capital Murder of Scott Privat, which occurred on March 19, 2020 in the Double Bayou area of Chambers County.

The attorney for Andrew Daigle requested that he be released on a low bond, while the Chambers County District Attorney’s Office argued the importance of keeping an offender, accused of such a violent crime, in

the custody of the Chambers County Jail. Judge Cain agreed that Thomas Daigle should remain in custody at this time and ordered he be held with no bond until his court date.

“I am thankful for the continued hard work of our District Attorney’s Office in making sure that justice is served in this violent act of crime. It is good knowing, that we still have people like Judge Cain, that know the importance of keeping violent offenders, from outside of our community, off the streets, until they get their day in court” said Sheriff Hawthorne.

Chambers County Commissioner Jimmy Gore along with Chambers County Budget Officer Aaron Thomas take questions from the crowd during a recent town hall meeting.

By Wade Thibodeaux Commissioner Precinct 1 Chambers County Jimmy Gore hosted a town

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hall meeting last Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 6:00 pm. in the Winnie Stowell Park Community Building to discuss the upcoming issuance of $49Million in Certificates of Obligations

by Chambers County. The Commissioners Court voted to issue the debt several meetings ago with Commissioner Gore originally voting against the bonds due to the fact that none of the money would have been spent on the East side of the County. After several town hall meetings and some negotiations, Commissioners Court has decided to split some

of the money for East side and Central County projects while minimizing a few of the projects on the West side of the County.

Commissioner Gore is now in favor of the projects that would basically bring new baseball and softball fields to the Winnie and Anahuac area as well as major improvements to infrastructure on the West side of the County. Due to several tax abatements that were issued years ago rolling onto the tax rolls, this new debt should have a minimal impact on the tax rate.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Disclaimer: This column is the opinion of Publisher Wade A. Thibodeaux and may contain subject matter on a variety of topics, but usually contains humor of some description. An occasional serious thought may be thrown in to entice the reader to think.

Wade In the Shade

by Wade Thibodeaux Okay, I think this will be the third column in a row that I start out with what a weekend, but WOW, what a weekend. I left Huntsville on Saturday morning of the Memorial Day Weekend and headed to Bandera, Texas. I had tickets to see Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley perform at the 11th Street Cowboy Bar as well as a whole host of other musicians. It was a three day affair, but I was only able to make it to two of the days and that was okay with me because there are so many other things to do in Bandera. I had heard some friends talk about 11th Street Cowboy Bar, but I had never personally witnessed the place and OMG, it’s like no other place that I have ever been to.

It’s an outdoor bar that has double swinging doors on the street entrance and then you walk into a little hallway where they check your ticket or take your money and then it’s a wide open space with a stage on one end and beer bars scattered all around.

There is a covered portion on one side, but most of the

venue is open air. This place is western, and the people are mostly courteous, I’m guessing because they are cowboy and cowgirl types and they actually have manners. There were a few bad actors who would bump into folks and not apologize, but I’m putting that off as city folks trying to be countryfied.

Now, to explain just how western this place is, I was standing pretty close to the street entrance visiting with a couple of people of the female persuasion and I almost had a Ray Stevens “Church Squirrel” experience. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, Ray Stevens sings this song about a squirrel crawling up the pants leg of a lady in church. Anyway, I look down at the ground and I see a baby possum about the size of a large rat headed towards us. It was actually kinda cute(I was way past my two adult beverage limit at this point), and for just a moment I thought it was somebody’s pet that they had brought to the bar with them for fun. Nope, that little fellow had come in off of the

street(I guess) and snuck into the bar and headed right between the boots of one of the girls I was talking to. I told her to look down and when she saw that baby possum, she started dancing in circles and I couldn’t tell if she was trying to get away from it or trying to stomp on it. Either way, the poor little fellow was dancing around himself trying to avoid a boot print on his backside and he finally made it to safety and wandered off to another area of the bar. A quick check from all those around us confirmed that it was a possum and that it did not belong to anybody close by and must have been a local.

I’m staying in a little cabin that’s right around the corner from the entrance to 11th Street Cowboy Bar and right in the middle of everything downtown. It’s pretty much park your truck at the cabin and walk everywhere because you’re not going to get a better parking space anywhere else. The only complaint that I have about the cabin is that it doesn’t have a barbecue grill on the nice back patio. But, a country boy can survive, as long as he has a Dollar General store close by. I went and bought myself a $15.00 grill, put it together with my pocket knife as a screwdriver and I’m cooking the steaks that I brought with me. I could have gone and paid $20 for a steak at

the restaurant around the corner, but I’m guessing that my steak is better anyway and I have a nice little travel grill.

On top of all of that, well maybe not, but on my way to Bandera, I stopped at Bucee’s in Luling and ran into many times World Champion cowboy Trevor Brazile. Out of about 4,000 people in Bucee’s, we ran right into each other and had a quick little

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catch up visit.

Now, on to a serious matter. This stuff is all fun and everything, but let’s not forget that it’s all happening on Memorial Day Weekend and we need to always remember those that made the ultimate sacrifice so that the rest of us can be free to go and enjoy all of the things that I just wrote about. Next weekend is already stacking up as I have

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four events planned, but the most important one is at 10:00 Saturday morning when my baby girl Annie graduates from Huntsville High School.

Hey, I just heard a new band started up and I think I’m going to stroll over and witness a little live Country Music and maybe have an afternoon refreshment. Till next time, I’m.........Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

DINING PERFECTION

By Tumbleweed Smith I have asked several of my friends who enjoy good food this question: how many perfect dining experiences have you had?

So far, none has quickly responded with animated expressions of extreme satisfaction. No one has said, “O, yeah, let me tell you about this place.” It is indeed rare to have a perfect meal in a restaurant.

Usually when you ask a question like the one mentioned above it’s because you want to compare the answer to something you want to say. Well I want you to know I have had only one perfect dining experience.

It happened at a place called Stevenswood in Mendocino, California.

Even though it happened a few years ago the memory is still as fresh today as it was the morning after the meal.

We were in California visiting wineries along the Russian River. We stopped at a motel called River’s End, where the Russian River empties into the Pacific. When the proprietor asked us the reason or our visit, we said we were visiting wineries.

He gifted us a split bottle of a red wine from the area.

We sat on the deck outside our room and watched

the sunset while enjoying the delicious pinot noir.

The next day we took a leisurely drive up Highway One along the Pacific Coast, one of the most scenic roadways in America. We checked into a motel in Mendocino near the spot where a symphony orchestra was performing an outdoor concert.

As dinnertime approached we were walking around and saw an inviting establishment called Stevenswood that had lodging, a restaurant and a bar.

When we entered the restaurant we were impressed with the cleanliness, modern furniture, welcoming atmosphere and art that decorated the walls. When we were seated the friendly waiter handed us menus and a wine list. At the top of both were some printed words from the executive chef: “In order to live well, love well and sleep well you must first dine well.” The place was more cozy than fancy and the prices were reasonable.

As soft music put us in a relaxed mood, the waiter came over and asked if we were ready to order.

As an appetizer, my wife Susan chose akvavit cured gravlax tartar. I had a salad

with endive, field greens, crisp leeks and pistachios.

For the entrée Susan had pine nut crusted salmon.

I had crusted ahi tuna.

We chose a Chardonnay to accompany the food.

For desert Susan chose an apricot dish while I enjoyed crème brulee.

Every bite and sip was delicious. The waiter was attentive, the silverware, linens, glassware and comfortable seating made the diners enjoy being there.

Everything was perfect. It is not often all the elements come together like that.

The enchanted evening continued. After the meal we went to the bar and had conversations with some park rangers who told us where the tallest trees in America were located. We hiked to them the next day.

We kept the Stevenswood menus and wine list. I had forgotten about doing that but ran across them recently.

We’ve eaten in famous places all over the globe but Stevenswood stands out. Such great memories. www.tumbleweesmith.com

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14. Puts money in the bank 15. Pearl Harbor locale 16. Flair 17. Inuit boat 18. *Record-holding musical for most awards received by a single production, with The 20. *Broadway hit “Jagged Little ___” 21. *Comment to the audience 22. Web address 23. ____’er ____, at the pump 26. Private chapel 30. Keats’ poem 31. Quit 34. Medley 35. ____ ____ or do nothing 37. Right-angle building extension 38. Razor nick 39. Like lemon 40. Make a choice 42. 1960s teen idol, Bobby ____

43. Give authority 45. Bias crime perpetrators 47. *Theater, e.g.

48. Cordial disposition 50. Surrender 52. *Non-musical with record number of Tony nominations 56. Shredded cabbage dishes 57. *Melpomene, e.g.

58. Just a little 59. Gold unit 60. Lodge fellows 61. “Game of Thrones” bastard 62. Without purpose 63. Past tense of “is” 64. Short-term employee DOWN 1. Hoof sound 2. Yarn spinner 3. Canyon sound 4. Like medieval European society 5. Was sick 6. Fixed look 7. Montblanc and such 8. *Musical with record number of Tony nominations 9. Like most fairytale stepmothers 10. Madrid’s Club de F˙tbol 11. Pose a question 13. Chef’s prescription 14. Toyota sports car model

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19. Shylock’s practice 22. Coffee pot 23. *Bob ____, choreographer with most Tony awards 24. *”Break a leg” or “have two left feet,” e.g.

25. Reduce pressure (2 words) 26. Eye up and down 27. Mediterranean appetizer 28. Type of potato masher 29. Ox connectors 32. *Tiresias in “Oedipus Rex,” e.g.

33. Feverish 36. *NYC district 38. Washington, e.g.

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55. Make a raucous noise 56. Mogul equipment

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Local News

Wednesday, June 2, 2021 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Twenty-Three individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, May 23 and Saturday, May 29.

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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Wednesday,June 2, 2021

High Island 2021 Graduates

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Julian Blume

Benjamin Borden

Serinity Callender

Dana Cowie

Alayna Sisk

Kyle Hall

Brandon Isaacks

Robert Stewart

Joseph Lester

Bailey Montelongo

Ty Munsch

Madison Peek

Hannah Ponder

Lindsay Miracle

Elizabeth Miracle

Andrew Weeks

Valedictorian

Salutatorian

Congratulations, graduates!

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Hamshire-Fannett 2021 Graduates

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Isaiah Atkinson

Gabrielle Augustine

Emily Barrera

Jareth Barrows

Madeline Beaumont

Logan Bellanger

Courtney Bethke

Chloe Blackburn

Caleb Blanchard

Jessica Bleakley

Brad Boudreaux

Emma Boudreaux

Tyler Bradshaw

Blake Briggs

Benjamin Broussard

Bradley Broussard

Brandi Broussard

Kylea William Broussard Buchanan

Francisco Burgos

Caisson Cannatella

Ethan Cassidy

Christian Colchado

Colton Cornish

Samantha Craigen

Shyann Culpepper

Jacie Culver

Hei Kaleb Mackenzie Chun Chick Catching Chandler

Taylor Childs

Alisha Ashton Crenwelge Culberton

Jaden Dollins

Jessica Doyle

Colton Duhon

Aliva Farrell

Rodrigue Farrell

Crystal Figueroa

Whitnee Fountain

Dustin Gamble

Makayla Gans

Laura Garcia

Michelle Gil

Ainsley Thompson

Saylor Glenn

Briana Goff

Jordan Goodman

Michael Graves

Davon Guillory

Anakin Hall

Shelby Hargraves

Avery Harrod

Cole Hebert

Nataly Hernandez

Harley Hickman

Matthew Hill

Dylan Houston

Anna Huckaby

Zirva Iqbal

Chase Jacks

Adam Jakubas

Julie James

Jamarcus Jones

Aliva Joseph

Kyler King

Reese King

Madeline Kirkgard

Jordon Lavergne

Brooke Loicano

Kylie Louviere

Kade Marcantel

Darius Mays

Logan McClendon

Cainsley Mcleod

Eddie Melendez

Nicholas Metcalf

Corbyn Moore

Troy Moore

Emerald Moreno

Christian Murray

Gavin Myers

Konner Myers

Khyler Nonette

Hunter Overton

Hector Padron

Briley Parsley

Zachary Peddycoart

Ethan Pelt

Garrett Picou

Sophia Pittner

Katie Radke

Emilee Rodriguez

Parker Roebuck

Reese Rogers

Alyssa Roy

James Sanderson

Emily Schultz

Trevor Sensat

Kaylee Sims

Lilly Sims

Michael Slater

Logan Smith

Shaylee Sonnier

Gage Stark

Haleigh Starkey

Brenton Stevens

John Suddath

Amber Swing

Jonathan Tate

Reginald Twine

Laney Vandiver

Evan Viator

Jason Vincent

Natalie Vincent

Kaitlynn Walston

Layne Werner

Van Wilcox

Zoe Wilcox

Garrett Wilson

Korbin Winckler

Valedictorian

Salutatorian

Carli Jo Taylor

Emma Tully

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Religion & Lifestyle

Wednesday,June 2, 2021

Sunday Observations from Christy

Nuisance License

With all the rains, the ditch by my mailbox was full. As I pulled into my driveway, I noticed some movement in the ditch. It was a young alligator, but big enough to cause some serious damage.

I called a friend with a nuisance license. Casey came, caught the gator and carried it to a safe destination. Dana told me later that she had just been to the mailbox!

The enemy is always lurking to be a serious nuisance to the soul. “But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.” (2 Thessalonians 3:3) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys OBITUARIES

Hilda M. Joseph, 81, of Stowell, died Sunday, May 23, 2021. She was born on March 23, 1940, in Ville Platte, Louisiana, to Elma Johnson and Houston Rose.

Hilda retired from East Chambers Independent School District after forty years working in the cafeteria.

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)

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Hilda was a long-time member and Eucharistic Minister of St. Louis Catholic Church. She was a former treasurer of Port Arthur Peace Officers Association. Hilda was a member of Ladies Auxiliary member and St. Vincent De Paul Society She will be remembered for her excellent cooking.

Hilda loved everyone and she never met a stranger. She left her maternal influence on everyone she met.

Survivors include her loving husband of sixty-two years, Jay Roy Joseph; sons, Mcarthur Joseph and his wife, Debra, of Port Arthur; David Joseph of Winnie; Darrell Joseph and his wife, Debbie, of Beaumont; Michael 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

Over the weekend, I have seen posts of two different young people in the SETX area who committed suicide. One a 12 year old girl, the other an 18 year old young man. I personally knew neither of them, so I will preface this by saying that.

The mother of the 12 year old made a post that while her daughter was bullied (more on that shortly), she battled depression and mental issues. The young man’s story has not been shared as much but what I picked up is he battled his own demons.

Let me say this. We have got to normalize mental health issues, the same as we do any health issue.

Joseph and his wife, Tiffany, of Winnie; and Christopher Joseph and his wife, Betty, of Winnie; nine grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; brother, Leroy Rose and his wife Renella, of Ville Plattte, Louisiana; and sister, Theresa Jack of Houston; and numerous other relatives and friends.

Hilda is preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Mary Ann Joseph; grandson, Christopher Roy Joseph, Jr.; and sisters, Mary Campbell, Laura Rose, and Edmonia Rose.

Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Vincent De Paul Society; 902 3rd Street, Winnie, Texas 77665 A gathering of Mrs. Joseph’s family and friends was held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00

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Actually we need to stop referring to it as mental health, and just call it what it is….. a massive health problem. The brain is an organ in the body, just like any other. If you know someone fighting cancer, you will call them and say, how are you? How are your treatments? How can I help? Can I cook dinner for your family? But when someone suffers from mental illness its crickets.

Mental illness just makes us uncomfortable to discuss. We have to stop it.

Now….. bullying. Do you realize every time you call someone names online, every time you make fun of the parent at the school who does things differently, every time you shun someone, every time you think to yourself that you are better….. you are building a foundation for justifying your own bullying? That when you do so in front of your child, you are teaching them that it is ok? That when you curse the current political candidate, make fun of someone’s hair, call the VP a hooker, the President an idiot, whatever the

example is….. your kids are listening! They do not know your justification for what you said, they just know a person they admire is calling someone names and making fun of them, others are laughing with them, so surely they can too. If you want to know why the youth of today are out of control, look at the adults of today. Kids are not born hating. That is a learned behavior.

As an adult, you owe it to every single kid you cross paths with to make sure you stop any bullying you see happening.

ESPECIALLY if you are in any type of educational field. Our schools have our kids for 1/3 of every day if not more, if they say they have zero tolerance for bullying they need to enforce it. Period. I recall being called to the school when my own angel was fist fighting her cousin at school. Funny yes, but zero tolerance meant even cousins. I also recall the time my child came home with a handprint bruise on her back, from being slapped by another kid.

The school didn’t see why

I should have been called.

Both physical altercations, both in the same school district, the difference was principals. One handled issues. One did not.

Happy Sunday peeps, we have to stop our own rhetoric. We need to practice what we preach.

You can not say “don’t do this” then turn around and do the same. Those little angels you have are tiny recorders who emulate every single thing the adults in their lives do.

There is more to being kind than wearing a T-shirt that says so. It starts with each one of us. Online. In person. To everyone. To those that are different, those that fight silent battles, those that may not be on the social platform you are. So that when a 12 year old, an 18 year old, or a 50 year old commits suicide, you know your personal behavior never contributed to the level of sadness, despair and unworthiness that a suicidal person reaches. It starts with you. What are you doing to help?

p.m., with a Rosary recited at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, May 27, 2021, at Broussard’s, 134 Buccaneer Drive, Winnie.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10:00 a.m., Friday May 28, 2021, at St. Louis Catholic Church, 315 Buccaneer Drive, Winnie, with her interment following at Fairview Cemetery, Winnie.

May 21, 2021, at Houston Methodist Hospital. She was born December 28, 1942, in Sawyer, Minnesota to Eda Mae Billings White and August J. White.

Carol was a faithful member of First Baptist Church, Hamshire. She enjoyed working in her puzzle books and taking care of her animals.

Survivors include her husband of forty years, Bill Thomashide; sons, Gary Wiita; Wade Wiita; and Vincent Wiita; eleven grandchildren; ten greatgrandchildren; brother, Michael White and wife, Christine, of Biwabic, Minnesota; sister-inlaw, JoAnne White; and seventeen nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by

her parents; and siblings, Helen Hugdahl; Howard White; and Wilford “Butch” White.

A gathering of Mrs. Thomashide’s family and friends began at 1:00 p.m., with her funeral service at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 30, 2021, at First Baptist Church, 25304 Highway 124, Hamshire, Texas 77622, under the direction of Broussard’s, 505 North 12th Street, Nederland.

Her interment followed at Fairview Cemetery, Winnie.

Methodist

Nondenominational

Carol Ann Thomashide, 78, of Hamshire, died Friday,

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105.

Church Services

St. Mary Baptist Church Hwy 61 &Albritton •Hankamer 409-374-2182 Sunday School.........................9:30 am Morning Worship..................11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study.........7:00 pm SunlightMissionaryBaptistChurch Spikes Rd • Hankamer Sunday School.........................9:45 am Sunday Morning Worship......11:00 am Wednesday Evening..................7:00 pm LaBelle Baptist Church 9400 Hwy 365 • LaBelle 409-796-1240 Sunday School.......................10:00 am Sunday Adult Worship............11:00 am Sunday Children’s Church......11:00 am Sunday Evening......................6:00 pm Wednesday Bible Study.............7:00 pm First Baptist Church High Island Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Worship....................10:30 am Sunday Evening Worship..........6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer & Bible......7:00 pm

Catholic St. Louis Catholic Church 315 W Buccaneer Dr • Winnie 409-296-4200 Weekday Mass Wednesday..................8:30 am Spanish Friday....9:45 am English at Arboretum Saturday...Reconciliation 3:00-3:45 pm Mass in English...............4:00 pm Sunday Mass in English.....7 am & 10:30 am Spanish Mass........................noon Holy days......8:30 am & 6:30 pm Our Lady of Light Catholic Church S. Main St • Anahuac 409-267-3158 Confession:Saturday...............5:00 pm English: Sunday.......................8:30 am Spanish: Saturday...................6:00 pm Thursday...................................6:00 pm

St. Mary’s Catholic Church Hwy. 365 & IH-10 • Fannett 794-2548 Saturday Mass.........................5:00 pm Sunday Mass............7:00 & 11:00 am St. Martin DePorres Mission Boyt & Kidd • Cheek 409-794-2548 Sunday Mass............................9:00 am

Church of Christ Winnie Church of Christ 2559 Hwy 124 • Stowell 409-899-1737 • 409-363-9898 Sunday Bible Class.................9:45 am Sunday Morning Worship.......10:45 am Sunday Evening Worship......5:00 pm Wednesday Service................7:00 pm Church of Christ Oak Street • Anahuac 267-6445 Sunday Bible Class.................9:30 am SundayWorship Service......10:30 am SundayEvening Worship.......6:00 pm Wednesday Service................6:00 pm

Episcopal Trinity Episcopal Church Washington & Light St • Anahuac 409-267-6582 Sunday Holy Communion.......9:00 am

Latter Day Saints

Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints Menely Road • Winnie Sunday Morning.....................9:00 am Wednesday Youth Activities.....7:00 pm

Lutheran

Hope Lutheran Church 9th & LeBlanc - Winnie 409-296-2377 Sunday Worship............9:30 am Sunday School............10:45 am

First United Methodist 204 Trinity St • Anahuac 409-267-3242 Sunday School.......................10:45 am Sunday Worship....................11:00 am St. James Methodist Ed Hopkins @ Texas St • Anahuac Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Worship 1st & 4th Sunday.....................................11:00 am Wednesday Bible Studies......6:00 pm Faith United Methodist Highway 365 • Fannett 409-794-1121 Sunday School......................10:00 am Sunday Worship....................11:00 am UMYF 2nd and 4th Sunday.....5:00 pm Middleton Memorial Methodist Wallisville Rd • Wallisville 409-389-2218 Sunday Worship......................9:00 am St.PaulUnitedMethodistDoubleBayou www.stpauldoublebayou.com Sunday School........................10:45am Sunday Worship .................... 9:00 am Wednesday Bible Studies.........6:30 pm St. Mathew’s United Methodist 1312 Weeks Ave • High Island Sunday School.........................9:00 am Sunday Worship Service.........10:00 am UMYF.............................................3:00 pm First United Methodist Highway 124 @ Freeman • Winnie 296-4382 Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Worship....................10:45 am UMYF.......................................6:00 pm Sunday Worship......................9:30 am Sunday School.......................10:45 am

SmithPoint Community Church Smith Point Sunday School.......................10:00 am Sunday Morning Worship......11:00 am Trinity Church 1324 Hwy. 124 • Winnie Sunday Happy Hour...............9:00 am Morning Worship.................10:00 am WednesdayEveningWorship....7:30pm House of Prayer Fannett Elementary School 409-794-9470 Sunday Services.............2:00-5:00 pm HankamerCommunity Fellowship FM 1663 @ FM 1724 • Hankamer Sunday School.....................10:00 am Sunday Praise & Worship..11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study........7:00 pm Lighthouse of Hope Church 507 6th St. Winnie, Texas (at the corner of 6th St. and Oak St.) 409-782-5354 Sunday Worship....................10:00 am Wednesday Worship..............6:30 pm Word of Life Church Please call (351) 999-4923 to participate in our phone church services: Adult Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Church services 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 pm

Pentecostal

Calvary Tabernacle 1210 FM 1406 • Winnie 296-2020 Sunday School........................2:00 pm Sunday Worship.....................2:45 pm Thursday Evening...................7:00 pm (Children’s Church, Youth Service & Bible Study) - Pastor Carl A. Vickery Calvary Tabernacle UPC 11185 Mahon Rd, Fannet Pastor Steve Adams 409-201-8033 Sunday 1pm, Thursday 7pm First UnitedPentecostal Church 1352 Walter Street • High Island 286-5444 Sunday Worship....................10:00 am Tuesday.....................................7:30 pm

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He caught it on MegaBass Magdraft ¾-ounce swimbait fishing 17feet deep. He says lakes

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Belton and Texoma Maybe even from Aushave hybrids, and he ex- tin. pects more big ones being caught.

WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE

MEAN-MOUTHED BASS

By John Jefferson

My friend and frequent fishing partner, Shea Seale and I fished Lake Austin in mid-May in Shea’s fine Skeeter bass boat. Shea left it up to me to choose which lake to fish.

Being a little masochistic, I suggested Austin.

In case that term is uncommon in most fishing articles, it means gratification gained from pain, deprivation suffering, and humiliation inflicted by one’s own actions.”

That applies to fishing Austin.

Shea boated three small

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bass. I caught three, also. But mine were zebra mussels that my lure snagged while bouncing off something on the bottom!

Several years ago – before Lake Austin went on a spree of regularly spitting out 13-pound – plus largemouth bass that made it a go-to place for anglers hoping to catch a bass of that ilk – a fishing guide friend, Cody Wayne Greaney, asked me how I had done fishing on Austin the day before. I told him I caught an undersize bass and my partner had caught three barely keepers.

Cody commented, “That’s Lake Austin: you either catch a really nice bass, or just a few dinks.” It got even worse after the over-stocking of grass carp devasted the bass habitat. But fishing it was “gratifying” since Lake Austin is a beautiful lake to fish if you get on it before the power boats and leave before they crank up.

Shea’s third bass was a pretty one. About 12-13-inches long. Most Austin bass are handsome, but this one was unusual. It was a subtle shade of bronze. I remarked that it looked to me like a hybrid between a largemouth and a smallmouth. He released it before I thought about taking its picture.

This week, the Internet lit up with accounts of a man catching a “Mean-Mouthed Bass”.

Accounts said it was a hybrid between a largemouth and a smallmouth. Some said that it was the Lake O.H. Ivey waterbody record, the State record AND the IGFA world record!

I called TPWD to confirm that. Seems there is no such record at this time for a hybrid smallmouth/largemouth, but the application is pending. TPWD assured me that it will be certified.

Then, I called the angler, Wyatt Frankens, who lives in Corrigan in East Texas.

Mr. Frankens quickly corrected me when I called it a “MeanMouthed Bass”. According to Frankens, that term only applies to hybrids between a smallmouth and a SPOTTED bass. Not with a largemouth.

IGFA has accepted it as a world record, however, and it will be the Ivey and State records when TPWD certifies it.

Frankens is a tournament angler and has fished most East Texas lakes and many others. He’s even caught a few other hybrids in Ivey. But none were as large as the one he caught in March. It went 7.9-pounds, although it sounds like his application said 7.6-pounds.

Wyatt Frankens caught the pending waterbody and State record hybrid smallmouth/largemouth bass in Lake O.H. Ivey in March. Weighing 7.9-pounds, it has been certified as the I.G.F.A. World Record. It has been erroneously called a “Mean-Mouthed Bass” which applies to a smallmouth/spotted bass hybrid. That term was created since several instances of aggressive behavior toward humans and dogs had been reported. Photo courtesy of Wyatt Frankens.

2016 World Champion Davis Dominates in Jacksonville (StatePoint) American women have been making military history for centuries. Their service to the United States stretches back to the country’s very beginning, when many cared for wounded Revolutionary War soldiers. Since then, women have blazed countless trails within the military – from the first to enlist during World War I to those filling combat roles today.

Here are 10 facts about the many contributions women have made to the U.S. military.

1. Although not officially enlisted at first, women have served in the U.S. Army since 1775. In the 18th century, women tended to the wounded, washed and mended clothing, and cooked for male troops.

2. After the Civil War, Dr. Mary E. Walker was awarded the Medal of Honor for her work as a contract surgeon in the Union Army.

3. In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt established the Navy Nurse Corps. The first 20 women of the Corps were known as “The Sacred Twenty.”

4. Women were officially

allowed to join the U.S. military during last two years of World War I, and 33,000 of them signed up to work as nurses and in other support roles. More than 400 nurses died serving America during the Great War. 5. During WWII, hundreds of women participated in the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program. These pioneer female pilots helped test and ferry military aircraft around the country and were led by Jacqueline Cochran, the first woman to break the sound barrier.

6. Navy Rear Adm. Grace Hopper was one of the first and most influential computer programmers.

Hopper played an important role in the development of the COBOL programming language and helped shape how programmers code today.

7. Women were allowed to begin attending the four service academies in 1976. Four years later, the first 54 female students graduated from these academies.

8. In 1998, Cmdr. Maureen A. Farren became the first woman to lead a combatant ship, the USS Mount Vernon.

9. Adm. Michelle Howard (Ret.) made history in 2014 when she became the first four-star woman in Navy history. Howard served as commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe before retiring in 2017.

10. In 2016, Capt. Kristen Griest became the first female Army infantry officer in the nation’s history. A year earlier, Griest and Lt. Shaye Haver were also the first women to graduate from the Army’s famed Ranger School.

Visit USO.org/Stories to learn more about the legacy of women in the United States military.

Women have joined every military branch, held ranks from enlisted personnel to four-star general, and performed critical jobs from nursing to cybersecurity. Their service and their sacrifice have left an indelible mark on the country’s military history.

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Community

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Lions Club Hosts Q & A Session with EC Superintendent

Bill Keating poses a question to East Chambers ISD Superintendent Scott Campbell about the effects of Covid on the School District during a meeting held last Thursday.

By Wade Thibodeaux focused on the trials and used to sanitize the The Winnie Stowell tribulations of running a facilities, to the effect the Lions Club held a question school system during a virus had on attendance, and answer session with pandemic and the effort that and even the possibility East Chambers ISD had to be enacted to make that East Chambers was Superintendent Scott getting through the year robbed of a State Track Campbell last Thursday, even possible. Campbell Title due to the UIL event May 27, 2021 at Vine 2 discussed everything from being cancelled.

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2016 World Champion Davis Dominates in Jacksonville One of the most fiercely contested PBR (Professional Bull Riders) World Championship races in league history intensified in a slugfest in Jacksonville, Florida, this weekend.

Red hot 2016 PBR World Champion Cooper Davis (Jasper, Texas) went a perfect 3-for-3, including a 90-point championship round ride, to win the PBR Unleash The Beast Bad Boy Mowers Invitational, presented by Union Home Mortgage and inch within 180.5 points of the world No. 1 rank, while 2018 PBR World Champion Kaique Pacheco (Itatiba, Brazil) reclaimed the top position in the world standings courtesy of his fourth-place effort combined

with an uncharacteristic shut-out of previous world No. 1 Jose Vitor Leme (Ribas do Rio Pardo, Brazil).

Davis traveled to Jacksonville after having been unable to compete at the most recent tour stop in Billings, Montana. En route to his first Unleash The Beast victory of the year in Omaha, Nebraska, in early May, Davis sustained a left thigh strain, which sidelined him for a week of competition.

“Taking off last weekend, I felt really good coming into this week, and my confidence is pretty high right now,” Davis said following his victory. “It’s amazing seeing fans back in the seats.

It definitely amps us up and made

us ride a little better today. This season is a marathon; it’s not a one-event type deal. There’s a lot of season left. I just got to keep riding good.”

Davis’ march to the top of the Can-Am Cage, his 11th career Unleash The Beast win, began in Round 1 when he rode Experiment 626 (Rickey West Bucking Bulls/Hatcher) for 88.25 points.

The stoic Texan then remained perfect in Round 2 when he went the distance aboard Amy’s Pet (Universal Rodeo) for 85 points.

With the third pick in the championship round bull draft, Davis selected Mike’s Motive (Blake Sharp/High Voltage Cattle), a bovine athlete who had been ridden

just once prior in nine attempts across all levels of competition.

Met by a raucous cheer from the electric crowd inside VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Davis matched the bovine athlete jumpfor-jump, making the 8 and earning a monstrous, championship round-winning 91.75-point score.

The 90-point effort was Davis’ sixth of the season, the second-most of any rider on the premier series trailing only Leme, who has 12.

Compliments of his flawless performance, Davis earned $26,009.34 and a critical 139.5 points.

While remaining No. 3 in the world, he gained significant ground on the No. 1 rider. After beginning the event 304 points behind the No. 1 position, Davis is now within 180.5 points of the top spot, a ranking he has already held for five weeks this season.

Davis has covered his last seven draws and now holds the longest active ride streak of a contender currently competing on the premier series. Having gone a combined 22-for-36 (61.11%) to date on the Unleash The Beast, Davis also holds the second-best riding percentage, trailing only reigning PBR World Champion Leme, who has gone a torrid 22-for-34 (64.71%).

While Davis claimed the glittering Montana Silversmiths buckle, Pacheco reclaimed the world No. 1 rank after going 2-for-3 in Jacksonville to finish fourth, earning $10,994.90 and 54.5 world points. While Pacheco began the event 38.5 points behind No. 1 Leme, he leap-frogged his countryman with his seventh Top-5 finish of the season and is now atop the world standings with a 16-point lead.

Pacheco began the first PBR premier series event in Jacksonville in four years on a high note, tying for fourth in Round 1 after making the whistle atop Dirty Sancho (Blake Sharp/Koe Wetzel/High Voltage Cattle) for 87.75 points.

Exemplifying Pacheco’s grit and determination, the qualified ride was notched aboard his third bull of the evening, having earned two re-rides.

While the “Ice Man” was unable to continue his momentum in Round 2, bucked off by Chinese Cigar (Universal Rodeo/Fabulous IV Ranch) in 5.95 seconds, he was quick to rebound in the championship round, architecting a rematch with The Sauce (Blake Sharp/Henry Wilson), a bull who had never been ridden in 14 prior attempts.

Pacheco had twice prior been

THE HOMETOWN PRESS bested by the striking bovine athlete. After The Sauce bucked him off in 5.43 seconds in Round 1 in St. Louis, Missouri, in February 2020, the bull again got the better of Pacheco in March 2020, sending the World Championship contender to the dirt in 2.83 seconds during Round 1 of the tour stop in Duluth, Georgia.

Pacheco, however, reversed his fortunes in Florida as the first rider to cover The Sauce, score 89.75 points.

In addition to reclaiming the world No. 1 rank, a position he held for four weeks earlier this season, and for one day last weekend in Billings until overtaken by Leme, Pacheco now leads elite tour riders in qualified rides (27), going 27-for-45 (60%) to hold the third-best riding percentage.

While Pacheco and Davis both gained ground in their quest to become the league’s seventh multi-time World Champion, Leme stumbled, going an uncharacteristic 0-for-2. His weekend came to an abrupt end after Walks Far (5S Bucking Bulls/Tex Brothers Ranch) bucked him off in 7.41 seconds in Round 1 and Notorious Nonsense (Staci Addison/Julian/D&H Cattle Co.) sent him to the ground in a quick 3.04 seconds in Round 2.

As the only other rider to go a perfect 3-for-3, 2018 PBR World Finals event winner Marco Eguchi (Poa, Brazil) was second.

Eguchi entered the championship round as the fifth man on the event leaderboard, having covered Rebel Call (Torres Brothers Bucking Bulls LLC) for 83.5 points in Round 1 and Sharon’s Lil Twister (Glover Cattle/D&H Cattle Co.) for 84.5 points in the championship round.

In a decision that proved dividends, Eguchi opted to face off against Born To Sin (Martinez Bucking Bulls, LLC) in the championship round. He punctuated a perfect weekend by riding the bull for 87.75 points to clinch the silver finish.

Eguchi is now ranked No. 6 in the world, having surged five positions after beginning the event ranked No. 11. He trails No. 1 Pacheco by 641 points.

Third was 2021 PBR Rookie of the Year contender Jesse Petri (Palestine, Texas).

Following a 2.86-second buckoff aboard Mule Train (Rickey West Bucking Bulls) in Round 1, Petri rebounded flawlessly on Championship Sunday.

Petri first brought the Floridian crowd to its feet when he won Round 2, the first Unleash The

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Beast round victory of his young career, after riding Hard Shot (Glover Cattle/D&H Cattle Co.) for 88.75 points.

In the event’s final round, the 23-year-old then delivered the high-marked ride of his career, going the distance atop Apper’s Mind Freak (Jo-Z Bucking Bulls/ K-C Bucking Bulls/Spark-Lin Acres) for 89 points.

Marking Petri’s career-best finish on the premier series, his bronze effort earned him a check for $14,029.45, in addition to 81 world points.

In the world standings, the Texan surged 11 positions, catapulting from No. 33 to No. 22. In the Rookie of the Year race, Petri rose from No. 6 to No. 3, now within 173.17 points of standings leader Colten Fritzlan (Rifle, Colorado).

Rounding out the Top 5 in fifth was Ezekiel Mitchell (Rockdale, Texas).

In Round 1 of the PBR Bad Boy Mowers Invitational, presented by Union Home Mortgage, Mitchell emerged from a slump, snapping his eight-out buckoff streak when he rode Express Lane (Rickey West Bucking Bulls) for 87.75 points.

Mitchell then surged to the top of the event leaderboard in the second round, riding Buffalo Scott (Blake Sharp/TBR Bucking Bulls) for 87 points.

With the top pick in the championship draft, Mitchell selected a bull with a propensity to propel riders to big scores – Chiseled (Flinn/D&H Cattle Co.). Before the matchup, in his three most recent trips, Chiseled elevated riders to 90-point scores, including a 94-point effort by both Davis and Pacheco.

Mitchell, however, was not able to continue the streak, thrown off and slammed into the railing by the then world No. 2-ranked bovine in 4.13 seconds.

The Top-5 result earned Mitchell a crucial 49.5 world points.

Seeking his first PBR World Championship in 2021, Mitchell rose from No. 36 to No. 27 in the world.

In the bull pen, Detroit Lean (Blake Sharp/Henry Wilson) was the YETI “Built for the Wild” Bull of the Event. Earning the honor for the first time this season, Detroit Lean topped the event’s deep field of bulls when he was marked 45.5 points in the championship round for his 2.11-second buckoff of Mauricio Moreira (Gaviao Peixoto, Brazil).

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