The Hometown Press 06-29-2022

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Volume 33, Issue 26

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Happy Fourth of July from The Hometown Press Sam Houston State University East Chambers Honors Students and Retirees Announces Spring 2022 Dean's List The students listed on the Dean's List of Academic Honors at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, are undergraduates who have achieved a grade point average of at least 3.5 out of a perfect 4.0 in all work attempted while enrolled in not less than 12 semester hours. The university would like to recognize

the following students for earning the honor for the Spring 2022 semester.

Anahuac, TX Dominique Clawson Dylan Jircik Marlee Neill Winnie, TX Shelby Day Caitlyne Guillory Tanner Racca Rori Stevens Charlotte Williams

By Wade Thibodeaux The Board of Directors of the Trinity Bay Conservation District met in regular session on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 9:00am. in their office located at 2500 State Highway 124 in Stowell, Texas. The meeting was actually a day earlier than usual because they normally meet on a Wednesday and The Hometown Press publisher Wade Thibodeaux pointed that out to the board via a public comment. The room which normally has several constituents in attendance at the meeting was bare except for the presence of the media. The bulk of the meeting time was taken up by the explanation of some nine grants that the board individually authorized the staff to apply for with a sum total of about $31 Million. All of these grants would require, if TBCD is selected for the grant, a 10% match and the grant would pay 90% of the project. Rough math would dictate that if all of the grants were awarded to TBCD, then

the District would be required to find some $3 Million for the matching part, but that would mean that over $30 Million in much needed work would be conducted within the District.

The rest of the meeting consisted of the routine items such as bill paying and reports, and a vote to reorganize the officers of the board. Scott Kahla was reelected as President, Greg Turner was selected as Vice President, Les Hankamer was approved as the Secretary, and Rick Nicely and Victor Caraway are the remaining voting members of the five person board. The board did retire to executive session, but no action was taken when the group returned from consultation with their attorney. The next regular session of the Trinity Bay Conservation District should be Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 9:00 am. in their office located at 2500 State Highway 124 in Stowell, Texas.

Trinity Bay Applies for Several Grants

Catalytic Converter Theft Suspects Arrested

By Wade Thibodeaux On June 26, 2022 at approximately 4:00 a.m., Deputies responded to

Chick-Fil-A located at State Highway 146 and Interstate 10 in Baytown, (contd on page 3)

James Stevenson was honored at the recent School Board meeting for his 38 years of service to East Chambers ISD.

By Wade Thibodeaux The first two items on The East Chambers the agenda honored the ISD Board of Trustees State Qualifying students met in regular session and the retiring faculty. on Monday, June 13, Ten students qualified to 2022 at 6:00 pm. in the compete at the State level Administration Building of events this past year located at 216 Champions in events ranging from Loop in Winnie, Texas. academics to sports. Four

members of the faculty announced their retirement this year and those are Renee Brauner with 13 years, Brenda West with 10 years, Holly Cravy with 14 years and James Stevenson with 45 total years of teaching and 38 of those years at East Chambers.

After a short reception, the board resumed the business of the District and heard reports from the Administrators. Most of the Principals reported that they were involved in end of year activities.

Justin Lezak, High School Principal reported in addition to all of the end of year activities, they were getting ready for the next school year which would bring a change from 7 periods in a school day to an 8 period school day. This change would allow for more choices of electives while continuing to provide the required number of minutes for attendance for the entire school year.

Darren Smith, Operations Director reported that the Summer would be busy with the completion of the new High School canopy, the demolition and renovation of the bathrooms and other projects at various campuses, and the preparations to vacate the L Building for the demolition and construction of a new building associated

with the bond projects.

Six teachers turned in their resignation letters including Lori Carter, April Catherina, Taylor Markert, Josh Rutherford, Pam Moore, and Aron Marshal. After an almost hour and a half executive session, the board returned to take action on hiring Lauren Cowart as an Assistant Principal for the Primary Campus and they approved offering contracts to the new hires of Melissa Story, Ashley Dillard, Leslie Callahan, Tristan Bertrand, Cameron Magee, and Holly Ham. They also approved hiring Ben West as a Primary Campus PE Coach. The Trustees approved a 3% model of a pay raise for the District with a possible maximum impact of $487,000.00 on the budget for next year. This would include a starting salary of $52,000.00 for new teachers. Trustees approved renewal of casualty and student insurance policies and set the date of August 22, 2022 as the date to have a special meeting to set the budget and adopt the tax rate for the coming year. Finally, the Board approved the architect and the method of Construction Manager at Risk for the upcoming bond projects.

The marathon meeting adjourned at 8:54 pm.

These students were recognized at the recent School Board meeting for their accomplishments of advancing all the way to the State level of competition

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Opinion & Entertainment

Wednesday, June 29, 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.

Okay, I usually like to stay away from these political topics, but for some reason, I feel the need to throw my two cents worth of opinion in on this topic. And, to be perfectly honest, I had penned a very political piece about the recent Supreme Court ruling, but decided to water it down just a little. I wrote my column on Friday, but decided to digest it for a while before I sent it to my editor for publishing and I'm glad that I did. I did a little more research and thinking and I decided to alter my column just a bit. The National news and Facebook have just been lit up today over the Supreme Court ruling on the Roe vs. Wade opinion.

And, as I write this column, I'm pretty confident that I'm going to offend both sides of the equation and not just one side or the other.

This Country is as polarized as I have ever seen it and I'm firmly convinced that at some point in the future we are going to have a reckoning of some description.

It may be a Civil War, it may be chaos in the streets, or it may be the total collapse of our Country and we may be speaking Chinese or Russian if we don't quit fighting amongst ourselves and realize that there may come a time when we need every man, woman, and child working together

to defeat our oversees adversaries. So, here goes my opinion from my feeble little mind. I am going to divide this column into two versions because that seems to be the situation in this Country at the present time.

To my Republican friends, I know how offended many of you were when you were told that you had to have a vaccination that had little research and had no idea of the side effects.

You expressed that it's your body and your choice. That's the way that many women have been conditioned to feel about abortion. Both situations could have serious side effects. The difference in my opinion is that the vaccine could cause issues, but the abortion will definitely have consequences. I firmly believe that life begins at conception because of the masters degree research that I did with cattle in the mid 1980's. I fertilized eggs that had been gathered from cows and I watched them grow in a petri dish. From two cells to four cells and then 8, 16, 32, 64 and beyond until they were ready to be implanted into a recipient mother. And because of that experience and background, I personally could not terminate a child as evidence of my special needs daughter. We

could have easily tested for her condition very early on in her Mother's pregnancy and made a decision to terminate, but it was not an option. We didn't even test and we were surprised when she was born. I wouldn't trade her for anything in the World and couldn't imagine life without her. However, the science is here and available and if somebody decides to terminate for a variety of reasons, that's their business.

They will have to live with the consequences and ultimately answer to God(and, let me be clear, I will have plenty to answer for myself when that time comes, so I'm not judging). My opinion is that I just don't want the Government and my tax dollars paying for the procedure. The problem is that multiple generations have grown up with the ability to not be held accountable for their actions and it's difficult to take something away once you have become accustomed to it being available. Being accountable for your actions is a whole different column and I don't have enough ink this week to get into that conversation. On top of all of that, the Supreme Court did not make abortion illegal, they simply returned the power and decision to the States. Every State now has to decide what their rules and laws are going to be and if you don't like the rules, work hard to change them or move to another State that fits your personal beliefs.

To my Democrat friends, you can't have it both ways. You cannot express that it's your body and your choice when it comes to a woman choosing what to do with her body and then say that it's not a choice when it comes to a mandatory vaccine to fight

off a major virus. Now, I'm not comparing a vaccination to a baby, but if it's your body, then it's your body. The problem that I see in that situation is that it's not just your body, but that of another person as well(refer to my previous comments). I rolled the dice and did not get a Covid vaccine because I actually had the virus and built my own defense system and I was not completely sure of the side effects of the vaccine. I had the ability to make that choice because I do not work for an employer that required it or for the Government that required it. If I had been in that position, I would have had to make some additional decisions and I'm not sure what I would have done, but it's my body and my decision. I also understand that multiple generations have had this abortion procedure available and it's not an easy thing when an option feels like it has been taken away from you. Once again, it's not taken away, just not as convenient and some additional choices will have to be made going forward.

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As we develop additional science and medical procedures, we will be faced with additional questions that we have not even imagined at this point in our lives. Things that are here now such as embryo cloning and embryo freezing for years into the future will require additional laws and interpretation of those laws and I'm sure that there will be other issues that will surface that we have not even imagined yet and future generations will have to determine how to deal with all of those things. What we need to concentrate on is to limit Government involvement into our lives and learn how to deal with each other in a civilized manner without tearing up our Country and fellow man because a decision didn't go our way. There will be many things that we will not all agree on, but we must have a civilized manner to settle those disputes without causing further damage. Gun control, mental health, gender altering procedures, and I'm sure other situations that I either can't remember or don't know about

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will be on the horizon for decisions to be made by the courts.

We live in the greatest Country on Earth and if we don't start getting along with each other we are going to screw it up. One of the hot topics now is Court packing, where the party in power could nominate additional Supreme Court Justices so that the outcome would align with their opinions. Well, guess what guys, the other party could be in power the next time and nominate their people and this ratcheting effect could have 15 millions Supreme Court Justices by the time the back and forth stops......or the Country collapses. We have a pretty good system and we may not like the outcome all of the time, but it's worked for over 200 years......let's not be the generation that screwed it up. Okay, I've probably added a nickel or maybe a dimes worth of opinion into this week's column so I'll wrap it up and once again, those letters to the editor should be addressed to Wade@txmediacorp. com. Till next time, I'm.........

Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

THE WILDEST, CRAZIEST CELLIST

By Tumbleweed Smith

He wallows around in the dirt, jumps flatfooted from the ground to a table 4 feet high, makes guttural sounds and all kinds of strange and scary faces, acts like he has just escaped from the asylum and does all this while playing his cello, sometimes with a bow, sometimes strumming it like a guitar. He is a cross between Weird Al Yankovik, Jerry Lewis and Jim Carey but realistically they can’t match his ultimate exercises in self-expression. He lives in Carmel, California and performs his strange antics all over the country. He spends a lot of time in Texas, recently performing at the Folkmusic Festival in Kerrville. His name is Rushad Eggleston.

I saw him in the patio behind the French Company Store in Marathon. He was already into his act when I arrived and I sat close because I was hearing some interesting sounds and wanted to record them.

The patio’s floor is made of pea gravel and there are half a dozen picnic tables for the audience. A concession stand offered food and drink. The interesting sounds I was hearing were coming from a cello. A series

of foot-controlled devices took sounds from the cello and changed them into all sorts of shrieks and rumbles.

Sometimes he played a kazoo attached to the top of the cello.

When I first sat down I thought he was wearing some sort of flesh-colored shirt. But what I was seeing was real flesh. He had no shirt, just a couple of Mardi Gras beads around his neck. He wore pajama pants and tennis shoes.

A train roared by and blew its whistle so he stroked his bow across the strings and made the sound of a train. He is one creative individual and a trained classical cellist. He studied at the Berklee School of Music in Boston (full scholarship).

He started his crazy stuff when he was with a folk band and jumped off the stage during a performance, still playing the guitar (he plays that and violin). The audience and his fellow band members didn’t know what to think and that sort of excited him. He did some similar stuff with bands and finally started doing his solo act.

I interviewed this talented crazy person after his show in Marathon. “There were about 70 people in the audience

when I started,” he said.

“About half of them left after about 15 minutes. I guess they couldn’t stand the crazy stuff. But the audience grew the longer I played and people were very receptive.” He is a wild man. He jumps on tables where people are sitting and sings, plays, makes faces and prances around.

“People laugh and smile and seem to get some sense of relief and freedom and I think it makes them feel good. I‘m kind of a stress reliever.”

Sometimes during his act he’ll play a little classical music with his bow. Then he’ll drop the bow, pick up a cowboy hat and start doing a parody of a popular country song. Once he put a bucket on a table where people were sitting, jumped up on the table, kicked the bucket and fell down pretending to be dead. Never a dull moment.

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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, June 29, 2022 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Forty-Three individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, June 19 and Saturday, June 25. 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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Catalytic Converter Theft Suspects Arrested (contd) Chambers County, Texas in reference to an in progress catalytic converter theft.

The caller, who was in the Whataburger drive through line, witnessed the theft and was able to provide a vehicle and subject description as the suspects fled the area. Deputies arrived on scene shortly after but were unable to locate the suspect vehicle. Shortly after, Chambers County Dispatch was advised that

units with the Baytown Police Department had located the suspect vehicle at the Valero at North Main and Interstate 10 in Harris County.

Deputies responded to the location and took custody of the four subjects who occupied the vehicle. The subjects were identified as Victor Ledoux of Arnaudville, Louisiana, Carl Guillory, Blake Thomas, and Jayme Pierre,

all of Opelousas, Louisiana.

During a probable cause search of the suspect vehicle, Deputies located sawzalls, saw blades, and the two stolen catalytic converters which were returned to the owners of Chick-Fil-A. Following the course of the investigation, all four individuals were taken into custody on charges of Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity and transported to

the Chambers County Jail.

The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the Baytown Police Department for their assistance in locating and detaining these suspects who would have likely continued this crime spree elsewhere, as well as the Deputies and Dispatchers who were quick to respond to the 911 calls of our citizens.

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Religion & Lifestyle

Wednesday,June 29, 2022

Sunday Observations from Christy

Happy Hunting

I was bow hunting for elk in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho with an experienced bow hunter and friend from there, Mark. While hunting we came upon a mother bear and her clubs about sixty to seventy yards away. She stood up to defend her cubs. I started to raise my bow in defense, but my experienced partner made us back out of there quietly and get where our scent would be carried away from our would-be attacker.

The Bible says there are times when we are to resist the devil, and other times you just do not give the enemy an opportunity. Pray for the Lord’s discernment. “But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from every ‘grizzly’ situation.” (2 Thessalonians 3:3) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys

Y'all know whats possible? Seeing a position or policy from both sides. Follow me if you will........

It is possible to want to do your part to help the environment, but not wanting to run out and buy an electric car right this second. It is possible to want a society that wants to help people when they are down, but not cripple them with life long governmental support. It is possible to think that abortion, and the right to it, needs to reside with state government, while also thinking that our state has way overstepped and doesnt allow any help for victims of violence. It is

Hurricane Season is Here, Be Ready

Entergy Texas is ready for another hurricane season, and customers should be ready, too.

Entergy Texas prepares for the worst of what Mother Nature might bring, because our customers live in areas prone to severe weather. The weather impacting the Gulf Coast is increasing in strength and occurring with greater frequency. And scientists predict this hurricane season will be just as active, with at least 19 named storms and nine hurricanes.

Entergy Texas performs storm preparations year-

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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round – from inspections and vegetation management to training and industry collaboration. Since trees and other vegetation are a leading cause of power outages, the company conducts “ground to sky" vegetation trimming, which removes tree limbs that would normally have been above the power line and out. And Entergy Texas uses satellite imagery and computer modeling to help predict when trimming may be needed.

Enhancing the grid is also an ongoing effort that’s wellplanned. The company knows 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

investments in hardened infrastructure perform well.

“Storms are impacting our region with greater frequency and intensity, making it even more important to prepare well ahead of a tropical system threatening our area,” said Melanie Taylor, vice president for reliability Entergy Texas.

“We’re committed to restoring power safely and as quickly as possible following severe weather and urge customers to prepare and have a plan in place.”

Entergy Texas stands storm ready. The company has a proven plan of continuous

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possible to to think that you can be pro choice but anti abortion as a form of birth control. It is possible to believe in the 2nd amendment, and still want to tighten gun laws to keep them out of the hands of idiots. It is possible to be spiritual and not go to church. It is possible to think that some Democrats/Republicans are good people while realizing they are all politicians, telling you what you want to hear at that moment.

That you can be a positive force, in a negative world. That 2 wrongs dont make a right. That we need to focus on one issue at a time, instead of validating what we do by slamming what the others did.

It is possible to do a lot.

But its not if you think your way is the only way. Its not if you cant open your mind long enough to have a rational conversation. There was a time that we voted for leaders with dreams, with visions, with ideas of growth for our country. Today, we vote

against someone. That someone we hope will get in office and undo what the current one did.

That life will be better when so-and-sos policies are reversed. Am I the only one who thinks we are in a vicious cycle of extremism by both sides?

Whew, this week. This month, This year. Heck this decade. We have got to put down the belief that our way is the only way. That others cant possibly be right because GASP...........that would make us wrong.

You really wont die if you have to admit that.

I promise. I admit my failures, wrongdoings, and craziness on a regular basis. I’m still here annoying all of y’all.

Happy Sunday peeps, I sure hope you work on your tolerance of other thoughts, opinions, and beliefs. You may say NO WAY would anyone in my family have an abortion, support the left or right, be pro environment, be gay, or any of the many things that are against. Right up until

they do.

And you are forced to choose between your beliefs and your loved ones. I pray you have the ability to admit maybe you do support certain things, because you love your child more than your personal beliefs. I pray you have the ability to say, I will not lose my child over my beliefs. Because I promise you, they need you more than your lecture. Your beliefs. Your preaching.

Love is love, it has zero to do with your personal beliefs. Especially when dealing with young adult family members.

I promise as you post, talk and proclaim your personal perfection, someone you love has been in one of the extreme categories you are casting to hell. They just may need you one day. And you have categorically, systematically slammed the door on them. I promise, they won’t come to you for help or advice. Is that really what you want for your so called loved ones?

preparation, planning and training. As severe weather threatens, the company monitors, mobilizes and acts.

Stay prepared Staying storm ready is a fulltime job, 24/7, 365 days a year. When there’s a severe weather threat, Entergy Texas uses forecasts and computer models based on experience with past storms to predict an estimated number and duration of outages that could occur. Based on those estimates, the company will call on restoration workers from around the country as needed to safely get the power back on as quickly as possible.

Assessing damage, deploying

personnel to the right place with the right materials and restoring power are all processes Entergy Texas continually plans for and improves. Entergy employees across the company complete annual storm-response exercises to ensure procedures are reviewed and updated prior to the beginning of hurricane season.

“Safety is one of our core values, and we encourage you to make it your top priority, too,” said Taylor. “Take the time now to get your personal storm plans in place and make a kit with the basic supplies needed in an emergency.

You can learn how to make

an emergency kit and get important severe weather safety tips on the Entergy Storm Center.”

Another preparation step Entergy takes is supporting the American Red Cross Disaster Responder Program. Entergy shareholders provide an annual $250,000 commitment to support the program, which helps our communities better prepare for and recover from potential disasters.

The contribution will help streamline the response process in times of disaster, allowing funds to arrive more quickly to help those affected across the company’s fourstate service area.

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Church Services

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

Catholic St. Louis Catholic Church 315 W Buccaneer Dr • Winnie 409-296-4200 Tuesday: 8:30 am English Wednesday: 8:30 am Spanish with music Friday: 8:30am Bilingual 1st Friday Devotion - Eucharistic Adoration following mass until 10:00am Saturday 4:00 pm Sunday 10:30 am, noon Spanish Reconciliation Saturday 3:00-3:45 Our Lady of Light Catholic Church S. Main St • Anahuac 409-267-3158 Thursday: 6:00 pm Spanish Saturday: 6:00 pm Spanish Sunday: 8:30 am English Reconciliation Thursday 5:00-5:45

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

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

Episcopal Trinity Episcopal Church Washington & Light St • Anahuac 409-267-6582 Sunday Holy Communion..10:00 am

Latter Day Saints

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

Lutheran

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

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

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

Church services 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 pm

Pentecostal

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

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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.

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and was in newspapers handled with care, avoid- humans. in N.Y., London, and ing their fins. But they Sharks, however, are a others. Catfish should be don’t otherwise threaten different matter.

Pictured is the late Texas record blue catfish named “Splash,” caught in Lake Texoma in 2004. She was the world record blue cat at the time.

“Splash” was famous at the Texas Freshwater Fishing Center for eating chicken out of a diver’s hand, and never harmed anyone. Catfish fins are along its back and sides and would be difficult to use as offensive weapons.

Finning usually occurs through mishandling. Photo by John Jefferson.

Correction: Last week’s column stated that the former Lady Bird Lake record smallmouth buffalo weighed 52.56-pounds. The former record weighed 62.56-pounds.

ProRodeo Hall of Famer Passes Away WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE

A “VICIOUS ATTACK” CATFISH?

By John Jefferson

On June 21, I received a release from a news service that bore the headline: “Vicious Catfish Attack Sends Florida Boy To Hospital”.

An accompanying stock agency photo showed a menacing-looking catfish.

I’ve recently written a couple of columns about massive fish. None of them were in “Vicious Attack” modes, however. I felt it necessary to investigate this latest news item.

My first call was to the news service. I had

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hoped to get more information about the “Attack.” Their release had the author’s byline and an image of a catfish I had never seen before with many small spots on its face and around its mouth. My call was well over 50-hours ago, so I presume they are not interested in answering my questions. That cast doubt on the release.

I decided to contact Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Florida’s corresponding agency.

Craig Bonds is the TPWD inland fisheries director. His comment was, “In my experience working with plenty of catfish, their pectoral and dorsal spines have serrated edges, sharp (points), and can be painful when they puncture human skin. Spine punctures and abrasions happen from time to time with anyone handling lots of catfish, and humans handling catfish should exercise reasonable caution for that reason, but I’ve never observed or experienced what I’d describe as an intentional “vicious attack” by a catfish. All spine punctures that I’ve seen have resulted from incidental or careless handling practices.”

That was what I expected from the professional fisheries biologist and supported my own years of unscientific dealing

with Texas’ three main species of freshwater catfish and a few bullheads. But I wondered if perhaps Florida had a more aggressive species.

I then contacted the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.

A very helpful young lady named Gina Alvarez quickly read the news item on her computer while I held on. She said she had no knowledge of catfish attacking humans with their fins in Florida waters, but suggested I contact the Fire Rescue team that answered the 911 call when the young man began having difficulty breathing on the way to the hospital. She even looked up their phone number for me.

I left Pasco County Fire Rescue a message.

Shaun Whited, their Chief of Operations, contacted the first responders that answered the boy’s mother’s call for help. They told the chief that the family was fishing and the ten-yearold caught a catfish. As he was handling it, the catfish flopped and drove the sharp fin an inch and a half into his chest. That hurts just writing about it! As serious as it could have been, the boy was in stable condition.

But it does slap down the headline’s suggestion that the fish viciously attacked the boy. It was just doing what fish do.

The release went viral

ProRodeo Hall of Fame stock contractor Cotton Rosser passed away June 22 at his home in Marysville, Calif. He was 93.

"I was doing my secretary stuff when they came in (and told me). I was doing sheets for the performance tonight (at the Reno Rodeo)," said Cindy Rosser, Cotton's daughter. "I said, 'Listen all you guys the rodeo goes on. It is terrible, but dad would want the rodeo to go on. It is about all the people in the seats. The show has to go on. He would want these people in Reno to be entertained and that they can't wait to come back next year. That has been our motto in our family.'"

There was a tribute June 22 during the Reno Rodeo for her father.

"I would want people to remember my dad for the love he had for the sport (of rodeo) and entertaining the crowd,” Cindy said. “Everything to him was a show. A lot of people used to coin him as the P.T. Barnum of rodeo. You think about the things we have done, and we did the openings at the (NFR) for 10 years. We built all kinds of things.

We did Wild West Shows.

My dad also was a great contestant. He and mom bought a Western store and then they bought the Flying U in 1956 and rest was history."

Cotton Rosser was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1995.

Rosser and his son, Reno, operated the Flying U Rodeo and Rosser Rodeo stock contracting companies based in Marysville, Calif. They produce about 50 rodeos a year. In 1985, Rosser was named PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year.

"I'm just the PR man now," Cotton said with a chuckle back in 2019

to the ProRodeo Sports News. "I never imagined my rodeo career would be like this. I'm the richest guy in the world with memories and friends.

I've loved every minute of the rodeo business and I would do it all over again.

It has been a great experience."

Cotton was named the 2019 Legend of ProRodeo.

Rosser is a pioneer in the rodeo industry, who was ahead of his time in developing the entertainment side of rodeo. Rosser received the PRCA Donita Barnes Contract Personnel Lifetime Achievement award in 2015.

"A lot of rodeos we have, we have had for 60 years, like the Cow Palace, Red Bluff (in California) and Reno (Nev.)," said Cotton, who served on the PRCA Board of Directors for many years. "They even put a statue up in Reno of me (in 2014). It just doesn't get much better. I have raised a good family and I really tried to help rodeo. Some people say if you've seen one rodeo, you have seen them all, and I have always said I don't think that's quite true. Rodeo is the greatest sport in the world, and I'm glad to have been a part of it for the last 70 years."

Cotton was still riding a horse into the arena up until this April, and he wouldn't have had it any other way.

"Rodeo is the only thing I know," Cotton said. "It doesn't get better than that when you ride into the arena and they play the national anthem and there is a full house."

For more than 60 years, Rosser was known for his spectacular, flamboyant opening ceremonies at rodeos on the West Coast and for many years at the National Finals Rodeo.

He searched out ideas

from sources as remote from the sport as ice shows and circuses, looking for that special something he can add to his productions.

The other side of Rosser is his history as a top cowboy, who started competing in all of rodeo's standard events as a teenager and later as a member of his college rodeo team at Cal Poly University-San Luis Obispo. As a professional, he won buckles, saddles, and trophies.

Among his many titles, one of Rosser's highlights was winning the allaround title at the 1951 Grand National Rodeo in San Francisco.

"My dad lived a great life and he used to say he had $1 million worth of friends," Cindy said.

"That was his famous saying. He rode last year at Reno, and if he was able to he would have ridden at Reno this year.

My dad had a great life and enjoyed life. He was at Madison Square Garden and he won the Wild Horse Race in Cheyenne (Wyo.). He flew his airplane. He lived life to the fullest."

Cindy is being inducted as a notable into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 16, and she acknowledged her dad's passing will make that event more emotional.

"It was interesting this morning, I was sitting there before Slack and I was working on my speech," Cindy said. "I was writing about my parents and rodeo and that was weird. It will be tough, but I will get through it."

Cotton is survived by his wife, Karin, and children, sons, Lee, Brian, Reno, and daughters, Cindy and Katharine and lots of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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hiny spotlights on deep-sea fish, flashing worms, squids that squirt clouds of glowing ink—they have no plugs, wires or batteries. How do they glow?

It’s bioluminescence (by-oh-loo-muh-NEHS-sense)— which means the making of light by living creatures.

This deep-sea creature fishes for food. It has a long, skinny fin on top of its head that works like a fishing rod. A little bulb filled with glowing bioluminescent bacteria sits at the end of the rod.

Most of the world’s glowing animals live in the sea.

These glowing creatures live down in the inky dark, deepest parts of the sea where sunlight can not reach. Glowing body parts attract prey and scare away predators. Some fish confuse their enemies by blinking on and off while zigzagging through the water.

Others attract mates and communicate using their flashing lights.

When it wants to eat, the angler fish dangles the glowing bait in front of its mouth. A curious fish swims up for a closer look and—snap! the angler fish’s huge jaws snatch it up!

Angler fish are small, but they can be big eaters. Once, a 3-1/2 inch angler was found with a nearly 7-inch lantern fish in its stretchable stomach!

Help this little fish escape the angler fish.

About half of all kinds of jellyfish are bioluminescent.

Find the jellyfish that match.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

Standards Link: Life Science: Students know animals have structures that serve different functions in survival.

Standards Link: Life Science: Students know examples of diverse life forms in different environment such as oceans.

Find where each missing word belongs in this paragraph.

Safety in the Light Bioluminescence cann sumetimes work as a great defence mechanism.

One kind of sea cucumber that lives the in deep ocean, can shed its glowwing skin if attacked by a preditor. This skin then sticks to to its attacker, making the attacker a target for other predators?

Standards Link: Life Science: Students know animals have structures that serve different functions in reproduction.

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Message in the Dark

Use the letters that spell the word BIOLUMINESCENCE and your newspaper to make a poem about the deep ocean.

Sometimes, on dark nights, the waves of the ocean appear to glow.

This is caused by tiny creatures called dinoflagellates (di-no-FLA-jel-lates).

Each one is about the size of a pencil point, and it produces tiny sparks in the surf.

Some kinds of deep sea squid squirt glowing ink when they are attacked. In the black depths of the ocean, the glowing cloud blinds and confuses predators and lets the squid escape.

Fireworms ___________ an amazing ____________ light show. Most of the time these worms live ________ in holes and _________ at the bottom of the sea. But two nights after each full _____, the fireworms ______ to the surface, all aglow. The females and males swim around in circles. The females send out a glowing ________ of eggs.

Are you an eagle-eyed reader?

Read the story below and circle the eight errors you find. Then rewite the story correctly.

Standards Link: Writing Applications: Students write acrostic poems.

Look through the newspaper to see if you can observe: • something that lights up • a word that rhymes with light • a word that describes light Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

Keep Your Cool Send us your tips for keeping cool this summer without electricity.

… making sure you never skate or ride a bike without the proper equipment.

2022 National Finals Steer Roping to Have $500,000 Purse

For the ninth year in a row, the National Finals Steer Roping will take place at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane, Kan. The 2022 edition takes place Nov. 4-5 and pits the Top 15 steer ropers in the PRCA vying for a world championship and a share of the record $500,000 purse.

“We are thrilled to be back at the Kansas Star for the Nationals Finals Steer Roping and to be able to increase the prize money at the NFSR to $500,000,” said PRCA CEO Tom Glause. “This is an opportunity for the Top 15 steer ropers in the PRCA to rope for the most money ever at the NFSR.” The Kansas Star, a favorite of steer ropers and NSFR fans, offers an electric atmosphere for the Legacy steer roping event, prior to the final five rounds of the NFSR on Nov. 5.

“The steer ropers love that place (the Kansas Star), and it is great,” said J.P. Wickett, the steer roping representative on

PRCA’s Contestant Executive Council. “It is a set up that is like the NFR in that there’s a casino and it just so much fun and so good. We couldn’t ask for a better place. This is a great day for steer ropers.

I can’t thank (PRCA CEO) Tom Glause enough, I can’t thank the Kansas Star enough and I can’t thank the PRCA enough for helping get it to this point.”

The NFSR purse has more than doubled since 2014.

“People need to understand where we started because where we started was such a far cry from $500,000 that it is not even funny,” Wickett said. “It’s just unreal that we were able to get to this point.”

A year ago, Cole Patterson won his first PRCA Steer Roping World Championship, finishing atop the standings with $190,242, a single-season steer roping earnings record. He also earned an NFSR-record $85,726 at the Kansas Star Arena in 2021.

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