The Hometown Press 07-27-2022 Auto

Volume 33, Issue 30

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Cook Field Demolition Begins

Helicopter Lands on Fm 1663

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Demolition of the backstops and other parts of the baseball fields at Cook Road has begun

A helicopter lands on Fm 1663 to assist with an unconscious patient.

By Wade Thibodeaux Winnie Stowell EMS and Chambers County Emergency Services District No1 units responded to a call for help with a woman

who was unconscious in the 6000 block of Fm 1663 on Monday, July 25, 2022. A decision was made immediately to request a helicopter and Chambers

County ESD No1 crews blocked the highway on one end while Winnie Stowell EMS blocked the other end to create a landing zone for the bird on the roadway. The

Life Flight chopper landed perfectly in the middle of the landing zone, they loaded the patient and were airborne within just a few minutes.

By Wade Thibodeaux The County & District Clerks’ Association of Texas (CDCAT) has just sworn in Chambers County District Clerk Patti L. Henry as their President for 2022-2023.

The CDCAT executive

board is made up of the President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Immediate Past President.

The Secretary is an elected position voted on during the summer conference with all other positions advancing

each year. There are 254 counties and 244 clerks in the state composed of county clerks, district clerks and combination clerks. The CDCAT offers clerks across the state opportunities to obtain their required 20 hours of continuing education by hosting three educational conferences a year, virtual classes, and partnering with affiliate associations. But it is more than that, the CDCAT is a family, clerks support one another, they share their experiences in hopes of making the other person’s life and job a little easier.

Each president selects a theme for their year in service. Henrys is “Unlocking your Potential, within the Association, your County, and Yourself”. She will focus on going outside of a person's comfort zone and digging deep to draw out the hidden potential in each of her fellow clerks. She wants to encourage collaboration and improve communications with other elected officials in their counties. And finally,

she wants to encourage clerks to overcome personal roadblocks and learn how to balance the stresses of work/home life. She believes this upcoming year of selfimprovement and personal growth will make everyone better public servants, better fellow elected officials, and a better person.

She is so honored to serve the association in this manner and represent Chambers County. She stated "I believe Chambers County is the first county in the state to have the County Clerk and District Clerk both serve as president of the association (Heather Hawthorne served as president from 2016-2017), while both were elected officials serving together.

The only way I could do this is because of my fantastic staff, especially my Chief Deputy Heather Lanferman who runs the office when I am away, and of course, my husband of 31 years Tommy L. Henry whose support has been immeasurable".

By Wade Thibodeaux The Chambers County Library System hosted their

end of year party for the younger readers last Tuesday, July 19, 2022. The kids were

treated to some non sticky bubbles and a snow cone treat courtesy of Chambers

County Library.

Henry Sworn In as President of Clerks Association

Dugouts are being demolished to make way for bigger and better facilities at the Cook Road fields. Photos by Roxanne Chandler.

By Wade Thibodeaux The demolition of the baseball fields on Cook Road has begun as crews work to clear the fields in preparation for the new fields that will be constructed in the near

future. The County has agreed to expand the facility to accommodate even more baseball and softball players and fans.

Stay tuned for updates on the progress on the new fields.

By Wade Thibodeaux The Trinity Bay Conservation District Board of Directors met in regular session on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 6:00 pm. in their office located at 2500 State Highway 124 in Stowell, Texas. One of the agenda items that required action was the implementation of a $5 per month fuel service charge per account. Due to the rising cost of fuel, supplies, equipment, etc, General Manager Jerry Shadden informed the board that a $5. per account per month fee would be needed to account for the rising cost. The board had quite a bit of discussion with Director Caraway saying that he would be okay with the $5 for the remainder of this fiscal year, but he wanted to revisit the item during the budget cycle to see if any expenses could be reduced to not permanently raise the price of water. Caraway was eventually out voted by a 3-1 margin with Kahla, Hankamer, and Nicely voting for the measure to raise the base

rate of each water account by $5. Director Turner was absent from the meeting.

In other action, the board approved hiring a company to revise the Personnel Policy manual at a cost not to exceed $2500. and they called for an election to be held on November 8,2022 with Crystal Threadgill as the election administrator to assist in the upcoming election for Precinct 1 & 3 of the TBCD board.

The board approved the upgrading of electrical service for the new Hankamer WasteWater Treatment Plant at a cost not to exceed $65,000. and also accepted the sewer system for Cypress Point section 2. The board also approved the purchase of some new spray equipment and the pipe bursting of some collapsed lines. General Manager Shadden then went over a powerpoint presentation of all of the new developments that are in the works for expansion in TBCD's District. No executive session was needed and the meeting adjourned at 7:00 pm.

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Opinion & Entertainment

Wednesday, July 27, 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.

Sometimes, it’s just fun to sit and watch people and all of the crazy things they do. For instance, I was at the bank the other day and it had been raining for about 15 minutes and it was raining pretty good. I was in my truck, just sitting there and waiting for the rain to slow down or quit and thinking that as bad as we needed rain it was just wrong for me to want it to quit raining, but I did need to go inside and make a deposit. So, I sat there for a while and a little car pulled up and wanted to park in the first space to make it the shortest distance to the door, but they realized that was a handicap space and so they backed up in the parking lot and parked several spaces away. They just sat there for a while and then slowly backed out of that space and eased over to the handicap space and pulled in and parked, but did not get out of the car. Pretty soon, another little car came roaring into the parking lot and pulled in next to the first car and the second car was in another handicap space. The second car just sat there waiting for the rain to slack up

and then decided to leave and go around the backside of the bank, presumably to the drive thru. However, the second car must have decided that they didn’t want to go to the drive thru because they came racing around from the back of the bank and pulled into the same spot that they left with the exception that they were crossways in the parking space so that the drivers door was closest to the bank door.

Now folks, I’m talking about the two cars that were about 30 feet from the front door of the bank and while it was raining, it wasn’t raining that hard that you would get soaked by getting out and scampering into the bank. On top of all of that, there was an awning that protruded from the bank that covered probably 10 feet of the 30 foot distance. About this time, an old pickup with handicap plates pulled up and parked in the farthest handicap space and an elderly gentleman got out of the truck and walked into the bank with it still raining. I was on the opposite side of the parking lot and that afforded me the best opportunity to see

all of these happenings and I decided that if the older gentleman could brave the rain, then so could I and I left my truck and went into the bank lobby. After I was finished with my banking business, I headed out of the lobby to return to my truck and I noticed the two occupants of the two cars had decided to make their run. Both were young girls that were dressed in very casual clothing of shorts, tops, and flip flops or sandals and were not what I was expecting. I was thinking some lady in professional attire with hair done and makeup that would ruin in the rain, but it was just a couple of girls that could have very easily just come from the gym and maybe needed a little washing off from the rain anyway. The first girl had gotten out of her car and was fighting with an umbrella and the second girl was skipping around trying to dodge some small puddles that had accumulated on the sidewalk. I’m thinking that if they had just got out of their car and walked directly to the door, they would have gotten less wet than what they were doing by trying to not get wet. Oh well, each to his own, but I made it back to the truck without melting or floating and I turned around just in time to see the elderly gentleman walk out of the bank looking at the two girls and shaking his head. People watching is the best sport sometimes.

We haven’t talked about Sonic in a while and so I’ll tell you one of my latest adventures. I pulled into Sonic the other day and there wasn’t a car one parked under the awning, but there was a line wrapped around the building.

I was thinking that somebody was cleaning out their car at the trash receptacles and was holding the line up, but when I got into the parking lot a little deeper, I realized that the line was indeed that long and nobody was holding the line up at the trash bin. I just pulled out of line and circled the building thinking that I would beat everybody by pull-

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ing into one of the stalls and pushing the red button before the next person made it to the speaker. Sure enough, I was able to push the button before the line moved an inch and I was just so proud of myself for beating all of those other folks who evidently don’t know how to use the reverse gear on their car to back out of one of the covered parking spots at Sonic. I waited for somebody to answer my red button and take my order, but just silence. I watched the line at the drive thru steadily pull forward with still no answer from my call in stall number 3. After about 15 minutes, I

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realized that the staff was evidently giving preference to the drive thru and would get to me when they had cleared the traffic from the parking lot. I used that reverse gear on my truck and I asked Annie if she wanted something from Dairy Queen and she said yes, so we made our way over to DQ and she got a Blizzard and I got my extremely large Diet Coke. You know, it tasted the same and the wait was non existent. I found out that Dairy Queen has a happy hour as well and I may have found me a new watering hole. Till next time, I’m.........Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

EULOGY FOR A TREE

By Tumbleweed Smith The tree was planted around 1960, the year our house was built. It was a lace bark elm and stood in a small yard all its own just below ground level. It seemed to enjoy it there and grew to be tall and spectacular. Visitors commented on its beauty and wanted to know what kind of tree it was. It gets its name from the light and gray bark patterns it produces.

Research indicates it is a medium to fast-growing tree, adapts to many soil conditions and is relatively free from the diseases ravaging other elm species, making it a tough and durable tree for any situation. It is also known as Chinese Elm. It provided a wonderful sight as we looked at it through the sliding glass doors in the dining room.

In the summer it put on dark green leaves that gave plenty of shade.

Its shadows on the lawn were fascinating to watch as they changed with the setting sun. In winter the tree put on a festive air as the branches were covered in snow.

Our sons climbed that tree and sat in it to read. So did our oldest grandson.

We have dozens of

photos of the tree in all seasons and with different family members and friends standing near it.

The bark on the tree sheds at certain times of year indicating it was alive and thriving. We took it for granted that it would always be there, a symbol of stability and permanence. We never considered it not being there. We kept it pruned and fed and watered.

We loved that tree. It was more than just a part of the landscape.

It was a part of us.

About the time Covid hit the tree started having trouble. Some branches failed to produce leaves and the tree seemed to go into shock. Severe drought the next two years damaged the tree.

A bout of below freeing temperatures twice in one winter pretty well finished it off. As we looked at the barren dead branches, shards of bark lying all around the tree, we considered having a chain saw artist come and create some kind of artistic tribute, maybe carve some birds resting on the tips of the branches.

After a few months we decided to remove the

tree. It had stood in that little yard for a long time and we regretted losing it.

The tree is gone but we’re slowly getting used to seeing the canyon and the big sky that the tree had previously obscured.

Where the tree once stood we can now see a dramatic vista.

We have noticed that the tree’s offspring are putting down roots and growing around the huge stump. They seem to be saying, “We’ll take over now. You go ahead and rest.” They have grown to nearly 4 feet and surround the remains of the tree trunk. Some other lace bark elms are growing tall nearby, reaching 6 feet or so.

We have half a dozen other lace bark elm trees around our house but they have a long way to go to reach the elegance of the one that used to stand just outside our dining room.

But we are encouraging them. www.tumbleweesmith.com

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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.

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Local News

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Fifty-Two individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, July 17 and Saturday, July 23. 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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Religion & Lifestyle

Wednesday,July 27, 2022

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Sunday Observations from Christy

On The Right Road?

I was leaving a school parking lot and decided to turn right thinking that new road had an exit to the street I wanted to be on. However, it only led to a dead end. In fact, every turn I took was a dead end. I had no choice but to return to the parking lot and go the other way to reach to my intended destination.

“There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.” (Proverbs 14:12) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys

Life is a funny thing.

Every year has you at different points, needing different things. Realizing what you thought you could not live without, you actually can.

Truly, it ebbs and flows.

But in order to survive it you have to step back.

Step away. Breathe. Recompose. Or just be. My experience, it helps to have a few friends along the way.

I haven’t stepped away

in 3 years. Covid stopped a lot. You see I’m so damned lucky that at 55, I still have all my parents. Since 2019 there hasn’t been anywhere I wanted to go, that was worth risking what I may bring to them. So I’ve chilled.

This year I’ve slowly started venturing, went back to an Astros game, more going out to eat, more going period. Is Covid gone? No. But there’s a treatment plan now. We truly have come so far in a short time.

So this weekend me and some of my girlfriends ventured to a beach weekend. It had nothing to do with going on the actual beach. We never made it there. It had everything to do with catching up. We celebrated a birthday. We talked about kids, grand-

kids, siblings, parents, spouses, and did I mention…. KIDS? We laughed. We caught up. We ate….. too much most likely. We had coffee, beer, drinks, and more. But more than anything, we stepped back. Took a breath. We recharged our batteries.

We just existed. And it was great.

The world has been so off key lately that it was good for all of us to forget about work, life, responsibility and just be us.

Crystal Beach is so much busier than any of us remember it ever being…… and it was not a holiday. But that place is not the sleepy town of our youth. So. Many.

People. But the good food and company more than Made up for the lines of

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people. It was just a solid good calm weekend, with daiquiris and margaritas.

Happy Sunday peeps!

If I had one thing to tell any of you it would be that what you need today, will change tomorrow. What’s driving your decisions in 2020 won’t be in 2022.

Find you a group. Then go detach from life. Let the insanity go. Read a book. Watch the sun rise.

Laugh. Talk. Do it all.

Because life is so complex.

Sometimes you just gotta do what is good to you!

Peace out Crystal, it was stupid hot but survivable. And I’m pretty sure we may not do this again until school is in session and maybe not so busy.

But we laughed….. as you should…. A lot!

OBITUARIES

Brenda Marie Gibbons, 60, of Stowell, died Sunday, July 24, 2022, at Christus Southeast Texas – St. Elizabeth, Beaumont.

She was born February 21, 1962, in Louisiana, to Virgie Mae King and Nathaniel Thomas, Sr. Brenda was a CNA for over twenty-two 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)

years at the Arboretum of Winnie. She was a faithful member of Mt. Horeb Baptist Church, Winnie. She enjoyed cooking and playing Bingo. Brenda will be remembered as a loving mother, wife, mom, and friend.

Survivors include her children, Euric Gibbons and Hendric Gibbons and wife, Katie Clark; grandchildren, Lezyriah and Saniya Gibbons; brothers, Nathaniel Thomas, Jr., Patrick Thomas, and LeRoy Powell; father, Nathaniel Thomas, Sr.; special friends, Gwendolyn Joseph, Catherine Levier, Shirley 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

Golston, and Gina Evans, all of Stowell; and numerous nieces, nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.

She is preceded in death by her mother; husband, Henry Henderson Gibbons; and brother, Paul Powell, Jr. A gathering of Mrs. Gibbons’ family and friends will begin 10:00 a.m., with her funeral service at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, July 30, 2022, at St. Paul Baptist Church, TX-124, Stowell. Her interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery, Winnie.

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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

Methodist 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

Nondenominational

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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409-791-1839 The Legal Corner by Sam Moak IMPORTANCE OF A POWER OF ATTORNEY The information in this column is not intended as legal advice but to provide a general understanding of the law.

Some of the information in this column was provided by the Humane Society of the United States.

Any readers with a legal problem, including those whose questions are addressed here, should consult an attorney for advice on their particular circumstances.

Previously, I wrote about the importance of having a Texas power of attorney. In Texas, this instrument consists of a Durable Power of Attorney, Medical Power of Attorney, Declaration of Guardian, Directive to Physicians, Family and Surrogates and Disposition of Remains sections.

While I often advise clients on the benefits of these instruments, far too often I spend a great deal of time cleaning up my client’s estate planning As many of you may know, I have dealt personally with my father and his health issues. I can tell you from this experience dementia is a horrible desease. The terms “dementia” and “Alzheimer’s disease”

can be confusing. Many people believe they are synonymous, but the two words mean different things.

Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia. Alzheimer’s is a specific disease. Dementia is not.

If diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or Dementia, act quickly. While nobody can promise something won’t be challenged, the earlier you put into place a power of attorney, choosing for yourself your agents, the less likely there is to be a challenge.

You never know what could happen to you or when it might happen. So it is prudent to plan ahead by executing a Texas power of attorney. This allows you to choose who you would want to handle your affairs, deal with your doctor and healthcare provider, and even give advice to your chosen representative as to the type of care you desire.

Having these documents in place ahead of time can save valuable time in the case of an emergency. (contd on page 8)

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Wildfires have been started by lightning, by chains causing sparks as they’re dragging behind a fast- moving truck, and countless other ways. In 2008, it was said that a tractor struck a rock causing a spark that ignited a fire on a ranch in LaSalle County that burned 50,000 South Texas acres. Pictured is the aftermath of the fire on TPWD’s Chaparral Wildlife management across the highway from where the fire started. The close-up image of the damage was typical of the ravaged areas of the Chap’s 90 percent of its 15,200 acres that burned. Remarkably, very little wildlife was destroyed. Photo by John Jefferson.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF RATE CHANGE REQUEST

WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE

THE DAY THE FIRE CAME

By John Jefferson

“All that was needed to set that grass ablaze was a few sparks from an untended campfire, a passing train engine, a malfunctioning power line, or a cigarette butt thrown out a car window. On an especially windy day, that fire could spiral out of control within minutes.”

And, with a circular wind pattern, a fire could result in what weathercasters call a “firestorm.” They feared it could affect Kansas, Oklahoma, and the Texas Panhandle and Rolling Plains.

That’s what Skip Hol-

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landsworth wrote in 2017 about a weatherman looking at a gathering storm 2,000 miles away. In addition to the quote, I also borrowed his title to one of the most moving articles Texas Monthly magazine has ever published.

The temperature that day was 80-degrees – not nearly as hot as Texas THIS summer. The humidity was quite low, too, and the forecast winds could be dangerously high. Dangerous, particularly, in case of fire.

Multiply that risk by our 101-plus - degree forecast for the temperature today in much of Texas as I pen this in late July.

Hollandsworth also quoted John Erickson, author/ rancher from his “Hank the Cowdog“ book entitled “The Case of the Blazing Sky,” writing “I guess you know what strong wind does to a fire.

In dry weather, it will turn a little fire into a roaring monster . . . a roaring, leaping, hissing monster.”

Erickson had seen prairie fires. He watched one developing in the Texas Panhandle that day in 2017.

On that single March afternoon, at least 32 fires broke out in the southern Great Plains, scorching more than 1.2 million acres, “the largest individual Plains fire outbreak documented in the modern era,” the National Weather Service said.

Damage to livestock and structures was in the tens of millions of dollars.

The smoke and fire took a toll of human life. An Oklahoma woman had a fatal heart attack fighting to save their barn. A Kansas trucker lost control in the smoke and died of inhalation.

Hollandsworth described ranch life and several ranching families. He made you know and respect them through his narrative. Three of them, a young cowboy, his beloved wife, and another rancher had been checking on their cattle and thought they were out of danger until the uncontrollable wind changed direction. They raced to reach safety on a hilltop. The two men were found alive, their clothes burned off. They never recovered. The young wife was found dead.

The young cowboy lived long enough to thank the responders for coming as they loaded him into the helicopter. Thousands of lives were affected by their passing.

Read the article if you haven’t already. Skip did a masterful job.

Texas is ripe for wildfires this summer. It’s as hot and dry as I can ever remember. A long string of hundred-degree days.

And it doesn’t take much to start a tragic fire that can move rapidly through dry tender, especially if pushed by much wind.

Don’t be the one who kindles another firestorm.

On July 1, 2022, Entergy Texas, Inc. (“ETI” or the “Company”) filed its STATEMENT OF INTENT AND APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO CHANGE RATES (“Application”). ETI filed its Application with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“Commission”) and with the municipal authorities in its service territory that have original jurisdiction over the Company’s electric rates.

Statement of Intent to Change Rates In the Application, ETI proposes an increase in its base rates designed to collect a total non-fuel retail amount for ETI of approximately $1.2 billion per year, which is an increase of approximately $131.4 million, or 11.2%, compared to adjusted test year retail base rate and rider revenues, exclusive of fuel revenues.

This proposal represents an increase in overall revenues, including fuel, of 6.95%.

The Application is based on a 12-month test year ending December 31, 2021.

ETI requests inclusion in rate base of capital additions closed to

plant in the period of January 1, 2018 through the end of the test year.

In addition to approval of ETI’s reasonable and necessary operating expenses and capital additions closed through December 31, 2021, the Application also includes the following requests, among others: •approval of a request to place in base rates costs currently being recovered through ETI’s Generation Cost Recovery Rider, Distribution Cost Recovery Factor and Transmission Cost Recovery Factor; • approval of two new voluntary riders to address its customers’ increasing adoption of transportation electrification (“TE”) technologies; • approval of the Green Future Option Schedule tariff, which would provide a new voluntary option for ETI customers to receive benefits of renewable power associated with ETI’s utility-scale renewable resources; • approval of the Market Valued Demand Response (“MVDR”) Rider, which is designed to facilitate the transparency of ETI’s

customers and aggregators of those customers in providing demand response solutions; • approval of a limitedterm Rate Case Expense (“RCE”) Rider to recover approximately $9.2 million over three years, which includes currently estimated costs associated with this proceeding and the actual costs incurred in ETI’s prior fuel reconciliation (Docket No. 49916); • approval of multiple tariff changes described ETI’s Application and accompanying testimonies; • approval of new depreciation rates; and • approval of requested waivers to certain Commission rules.

To the extent a proposed new rider or schedule is not approved as a separate rider or schedule, ETI proposes to recover such costs through its base rates.

Effect on Customer Classes The rate change proposed in the Application will affect all customers and classes of customers receiving retail electric service from ETI. The following table shows the effect of the proposed base rate, rider and tariff changes on existing rate classes:

The Application proposes an effective date for this rate change of 35 days after the date of this filing. Accordingly, the proposed effective date is August 5, 2022. The proposed effective date is subject to suspension and extension by actions of the Commission or other regulatory authorities.

Contact Information Persons with questions or who want more information on this petition may contact ETI at Attn: Customer Service, 350 Pine Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701, or call (866) 981-2602 during normal business hours.

Persons may also email tcr@ entergy.com with questions or to request more information or a copy of the Application.

A complete copy of this Application, including the Rate Filing Package, is available for inspection at the address listed above.

Persons who wish to intervene in or comment upon these

proceedings should notify the Public Utility Commission of Texas (commission) as soon as possible, as an intervention deadline will be imposed. A request to intervene or for further information should be mailed to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 787113326. Further information may also be obtained by calling the Public Utility Commission at (512) 936-7120 or (888) 782-8477.

Hearingand speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the commission at (512) 936-7136. The deadline for intervention in the proceeding is 45 days after the date the application was filed with the commission. All communications should refer to Docket No. 53719.

Since March 2020, the preferred method for you to file your request for intervention is electronically, and you will be

required to serve the request on other parties by email.

Therefore, please include your own email address on the intervention request.

Instructions for electronic filing via the “PUC Filer” on the Commission’s website can be found here: https:// interchange.puc.texas. gov/ filer. Instructions for using the PUC Filer are available at: http://www.puc.texas.gov/ industry/filings/New_PUC_ Web_Filer_Presentation.pdf.

Once you obtain a tracking sheet associated with your filing from the PUC Filer, you may email the tracking sheet and the document you wish to file to: centralrecords@puc.texas. gov. For assistance with your electronic filing, please contact the Commission’s Help Desk at (512) 936-7100 or helpdesk@ puc.texas.gov. You can review materials filed in this docket on the PUC Interchange at: http:// interchange.puc.texas. gov/.

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Some sharks eat almost anything! Follow Chomper’s trail to find some of the surprising things that have been found inside shark stomachs.

Which scares you more?

A shark or a bee?

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Most people are more afraid of sharks than bees. Yet bee stings have killed more people than sharks! Out of around 500 different kinds of sharks, most are not dangerous.

The Great White shark is the most dangerous of all, but hardly anyone sees it. It likes to stay in deep ocean water where most people don’t swim.

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Standards Link: Life Science: Students understand that animals have different external features that help them survive in different habitats.

Sharks come in all shapes and sizes. Some have stripes.

Others have spots. Can you list one or more ways each of these sharks is different from the others?

Sand Tiger Shark

Standards Link: Environmental Science: Pollution in the environment can have detrimental effects on animals.

Example: The Leopard shark has spotted markings.

Standards Link: Students recognize similarities and differences in common objects.

Hammerhead Shark Great White Shark

Leopard Shark

Match each shark to its silhouette.

Thresher Shark

No two kinds of sharks have the same kind of teeth. Scientists can tell what kind of shark a tooth came from just by the way it looks.

Did you know that Lantern sharks have bellies that glow in the dark?

To learn more fascinating facts about sharks, take a dive into your local library!

To find out what type of shark each tooth came from, unscramble the words.

Vicious Verbs

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have features that help them survive in different environments.

Use this code to find out more amazing facts about shark teeth.

Most sharks have weeks. In

Shark livers are full of oil.

To find out how oil helps sharks float, try this experiment.

rows of teeth.

Sharks get a new set of teeth every years, a Tiger

shark will lose as many as teeth.

Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have features that help them survive in different environments.

SHARKS SHAPES DANGEROUS M D L A N T E R N B STINGS E I F R S E P A H S TOOTH W V W E E T A T K S WATER O E H S O T I R R T WHITE C E I O F G A N O O OCEAN SPOTS A V T N E H S W G P SWIM E H E R S E E T H S TIGER N S U O R E G N A D LANTERN H W A F R A I D R K DIVE Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical AFRAID words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

1. Put two tablespoons of cooking oil in a small jar.

2. Fill the jar half full of water and put on the lid.

3. Shake the jar.

4. Set the jar down and watch what happens to the oil and water. Which one floats?

Standards Link: Physical Science: Conduct a simple investigation and analyze results to develop a logical conclusion.

Dive into the newspaper to find:

• A word that starts with “sh” • Five words that describe a shark • A headline that is as long as the smallest shark • Something sharp Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Students follow simple directions.

Find five sentences or headlines in the newspaper.

Replace a verb in each sentence or headline with another that is more vicious. What verb would be kinder? How does a different verb change the meaning of a sentence or headline?

to Physicians, Family and Surrogates is important.

If you would like to plan ahead and have one or all of the instruments discussed in this column prepared be aware Texas law places certain requirements as to the form of the documents discussed. Therefore, you should consult an attorney. Note, if you had any of these documents prepared for you while you resided in a different state you should have a Texas attorney review the document to make sure it complies with Texas law.

Sam A. Moak is an attorney with the Huntsville law firm of Moak & Moak, P.C. He is licensed to practice in all fields of law by the Supreme Court of Texas, is a Member of the State Bar College, and is a member of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.www. moakandmoak.com

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Best Family Adventure Tell about a fun outing you went on with your family.

The Legal Corner (contd) Many of you may recall the story of a young Florida couple, Michael and Terri Schiavo. Terri Schiavo had a stroke shortly after their marriage and was in a coma for years. She did not have a Directive to Physicians, Family and Surrogates and a long and painful legal battle ensued between her husband, Michael, and her parents. This painful saga continued for over 10 years. It took an order from then Florida Governor Jeb Bush, to remove a feeding tube.

The time, grief and legal expense expended by this family could have been avoided with the instruments I have discussed.

Anyone can fall off a ladder, suffer a stroke, or be the victim of an accident. Age has no bearing on this. These cases are good examples of why planning ahead and having a Durable Power of Attorney, Medical Power of Attorney and Directive

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