The Hometown Press 08-12-2020

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Volume 31, Issue 33

EC ISD Trustees Discuss Budget and Tax Rate

The East Chambers ISD Board of Trustees met in regular session on Monday, August 10, 2020 at 6:00 pm in the boardroom located at 216 Champions Loop, Winnie, Texas. A Budget workshop was on the agenda and trustees heard that the District was possibly in the best financial shape that it has been in the history of the school. The Board went through the numbers and a final total projected budget was estimated to be about $21,000,000.00

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Crews Respond to Structure Fire

in revenue and about $22,000,000.00 in expenses. This was a little larger than usual spread, but the staff felt like the District had sufficient fund balance to more than cover the overage. Cost from some projected capital projects and an additional sum to help pay for bond indebtedness pushed the expenses about $1M higher than the projected revenue. Last year's operating tax rate was $1.068 and the (contd on page 4)

Firefighters arrived to find this storage shed fully engulfed and worked structures and vehicles.

By Wade Thibodeaux building fire last to the blaze, the crews  Chambers County Thursday, August 6, were not able to save Emergency Services 2020 in the 400 block of the storage building District No.1 and Winnie West LeBlanc. The call that was fully engulfed EC ISD Board President Gary Hoffpauir presents Stowell Volunteer Fire came in around 3:45 in whenever they arrived crews the afternoon and even on scene. The quick a plaque for 23 years of service to Beth Glenn Department responded to a storage with the rapid response work of the Firefighters who announced her retirement earlier this year.

quickly to save adjacent enabled them to save surrounding structures and keep the fire from doing any major damage to adjacent buildings and vehicles.

Southeast Texas Property Owners Allege State Responsible for Flood Damage

By Wade Thibodeaux More than 30 residents in Chambers County have filed a lawsuit against the State of Texas, alleging that the design of a local highway has caused repeated flooding of thousands of acres of property, including their homes and businesses.

According to the lawsuit, the state’s decision to install a solid concrete traffic barrier in the highway’s median causes flooding on properties along the north side of I-10. While the lawsuit recognizes that the median protects driver safety, the plaintiffs point out that Texas transportation engineers elected to use a type of

barrier that retains water upstream rather than letting the water flow downstream. “The state knowingly and intentionally put a dam in the middle of a highway that runs across natural watercourses,� says Daniel Charest of Burns Charest LLP, attorney for the property owners. “By design, the properties on the north side of I-10 are sacrificed, so a portion of the highway on the south side could remain open. While the structure serves public purposes, like maintaining access and enhancing public safety, both the state and federal constitutions (contd on page 3)

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Opinion & Entertainment

Wednesday, August 12, 2020 Disclaimer: This column is the opinion of Publisher Wade A. Thibodeaux and may contain subject matter on a variety of topics, but usually contains humor of some description. An occasional serious thought may be thrown in to entice the reader to think.

Wade In the Shade

by Wade Thibodeaux Have you ever watched a movie 6 or 8 times and then wondered who said a famous line in the movie??? That is the situation that I find myself in this evening as I'm typing my weekly column. Of course.....I'm late with my contribution to this week's papers......it's Monday evening and I'm just now sitting down to bang out this week's version of "What's going on in Wade's Head".

I watch movies very seldom and when I do watch them it's usually a western, not some sappy love story kind of chick flick and so this week I'm going to reference the movie "Tombstone". Now, I can't remember which one of the characters that said it, but the line....and I paraphrase because I can't remember the exact line.....There's going to be a reckoning, is the famous line that one of the Earp boys said when their brother got shot and

killed. I think it was Wyatt Earp that said it when his brother was murdered and he had just about enough of the outlaw group that was doing the murdering.

As I said.....I've only seen the movie 6 or 8 times .....a couple more and I'll be able to remember all of that important stuff, but here's my point.

I was watching the news this morning and they were reporting that Chicago had seen a night of rioting due to the fact that a Police Officer had shot and killed someone. Now, I don't know any of the details of what happened...was it a justifiable use of deadly force?.....was it a wrongful action?.....I don't know, but what I do know is that this rioting mess has got to stop. These thugs tore up probably millions of dollars worth of property and stole no telling how much more in merchandise. We are going to get to a place

in this Country where we are going to go back to the wild west days and people will begin to take care of things their own way because the Police were so outnumbered that they could not even begin to get control of the situation.

Please somebody tell me how rioting and destruction of property and stealing merchandise can make anything better. Tensions are starting to boil over on every side of the equation and as they said in the movie.......There's going to be a reckoning.

This subject came up as I was out getting a bite to eat this evening and somebody said, and this is pretty deep and you have to think about it for awhile to let it really soak in, but they said......If they defund the Police, who's going to protect the criminals???. This Country is in a heck of a mess right now and I don't have any of the answers, but I do know that law and order is a pretty important part of the equation. If we don't have the rule of law in this Country then all H, E, double hockey sticks is going to break loose and we will literally return to every man for himself and it will not be a pretty pic-

ture. I keep telling myself that this is a great Country and that someday soon this mayhem will all be over and we will return to some sort of normalcy, but for some reason it feels different this time around.

We have been very lucky in the communities where

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I circulate my papers as there has been very little to NO violence, but I really feel bad for the people in these Cities where all of this mess is happening.

Just in case some of this stuff comes our way, I'm going to recommend another famous line from that

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movie. As Doc Holliday said.........I'm your Huckleberry.....meaning that he has your back, I will recommend that you find yourself a Doc Holliday.

This craziness has to stop before it gets really bad.

Till next time, I'm.........

Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

MOTHER AND SON COLLEGE STUDENTS

By Tumbleweed Smith

June Stanley lives at Covington, a little place near Cleburne. She’s a retired teacher who started teaching late in life.

“My son was 17 and wanted to quit school, just drop out,” says June.

“I had always stayed at home and taken care of my children all the time they were growing up. I dropped out of school and got married when I was 17. My son told me ‘Mama, that’s what you did.’ I told him I didn’t have to support a family either. I had a hard working husband who did that. I told him he was young and would have a family one day and couldn’t make much of a living without at least a high school education. I told him he needed to get a GED.” He told me if he would go get a GED I had to get one, too since I didn’t have a high school diploma.

“We went to Hill College in Hillsboro where you can take a GED test every month. We both took the test and passed. I found out that the program has a graduation exercise at the end of the year. All the people who passed

the GED can dress up in cap and gown and walk across the stage and get a diploma I told my son I would pay the twenty dollars to rent the cap end gown so I could see him get his diploma. He told me he wanted me to be a part of that, too and since he was working he would pay the twenty dollars for my cap and gown. So we go to the graduation together and they call us up on stage and I get my diploma and he gets his. We’re sitting there and I’m looking at my diploma and he starts elbowing me and said I had to go back up on stage. He told me I had won a scholarship and he was keeping it a surprise.

That’s why he wanted me to go with him.”

June enrolled in Hill College. So did her son.

“We’d pass each other in the hall and you’d think a 17 year-old would turn his head and ignore his mother but it was just the opposite. In those hallways and libraries and snack bars it was ‘Hey. Mom, come over here and sit at our table. Before the semester was over I was Hey Mom to everybody.”

After Hill College, her son became a paramedic and June enrolled in Tarleton State University in Stephenville where she earned a degree in education. During her years at Tarleton, she rented an apartment in Stephenville and shared it with her 15-year-old daughter, June’s husband left home early and came home late and they didn’t want their daughter home alone after school. She was an honor student at Stephenville High School and returned to Covington to graduate with her class.

“Those were some of the best times in my life, being with my kids while going to school together,” says June. June taught elementary school in Itasca, later at Blum.

After teaching in public school she did home schooling for several kids.

Her husband, a carpenter, built her a schoolhouse in their back yard. www.tumbleweesmith.com

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR ■ East Chambers regular school board meetings are held on the second Monday beginning at 6pm in the 216 Champions Loop Winnie, TX 77665

THEME: LABOR DAY ACROSS 1. Delivery org.

5. *U.N. workers' grp.

8. Pressure unit 11. Prune, previously 12. Congregation's echo 13. Lusitania's destroyer 15. Samoan money 16. Enthusiastic review 17. Police informers 18. *More than 40 hours 20. First Nation nation 21. Not these 22. Paper or plastic?

23. Lads' girlfriends 26. Meal 29. Morsel 30. *Labor Day, always 33. International Civil Aviation Org. 35. She turned to stone, Greek mythology 37. Quaker grain 38. Same as gnarls 39. Toothy wheel 40. Capital of Canada 42. Homer Simpson exclamation 43. Russia's plain 45. Zoroastrian archives 47. Simon & Garfunkel member

48. Sheik's bevy 50. Goes with sushi 52. *Part of labor force 56. Jewish folklore creature 57. European sea eagle 58. Millimeter of mercury 59. Impolite dinner sound 60. "Dark" movie 61. Armor chest plate 62. Cupid's action 63. Type of evidence 64. "By ____ of" or "by means of" DOWN 1. "____ ____ no good" 2. Bohemian, e.g.

3. Whimper 4. "That ____!" and hurts 5. Mosque officials 6. Don McLean: "Drove my chevy to the ____" 7. Comes before first Mississippi 8. Minute opening 9. "For Pete's ____!"

10. Belonging to it 12. Not aria nor recitative 13. Open a beer bottle 14. *Union responsibility 19. *Labor Day is this puzzle's ____ 22. BeyoncÈ, a.k.a. Queen

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____ 23. *Like Labor Day weekend 24. Ovine sign of the zodiac 25. Type of weasel 26. "Pro" follower 27. Oodles 28. Fortune-teller's card 31. Sol, or la, or ti 32. Digital audiotape, acr.

34. *Health and safety org.

36. *Strike____ 38. Courtroom silencer 40. Choose 41. One who bends out of shape 44. Groom one's feathers 46. Used an emoji, technically 48. Long-necked wader 49. Embryo sacs 50. One-pilot flight, pl.

51. Reunion attendee 53. Jellystone Park denizen 54. Joanie of "Happy Days" 55. At a previous time, archaic 56. Geological Society of America 57. *Unofficial ____ of summer

■ Word of Life Church in Winnie has partnered with The Houston Food Bank to have a Community Food Fair Mobil Unit delivery. Entergy has made a generous donation assisting Word of Life Church with this ministry. Entergy’s donation is very much needed and appreciated. The Unit (truck) will be at the Winnie-

Stowell Park in Winnie on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month from 9AM til Noon.

For more information please call 409-296-8935.

■Neighborhood Watch meeting held on the last Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the Word of Life fellowship hall, 344 Broadway, in Winnie.

Everyone is invited. Contact Lionel LaDay for more information at 409-225-4602

invites seniors, 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 Lily of the Valley Food Pantry, 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 encouraged to do so.

■ The Wellness Center at Bayside

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Wednesday, August 12, 2020 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Twenty individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Monday, August 3 and Wednesday, August 5.

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.

Patti Henry District Clerk Passports M-F 8 am-11 am & 1pm-4pm

Jimmy Gore Commissioner Pct 1

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409-267-2432

Jimmy Sylvia County Judge

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Total Main Jail:

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NOTICE TO DISCUSS DISCUSSBUDGET BUDGETAND AND NOTICEOF OFPUBLIC PUBLIC MEETING MEETING TO PROPOSED RATE PROPOSED TAX RATE

The East Chambers Independent School District will hold a public meeting at 6:00 PM, August 24, 2020 in the Administration Building 216 Champions Loop Winnie TX 77665. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the school district's budget that will determine the tax rate that will be adopted. Public participation in the discussion is invited.

The tax rate that is ultimately adopted at this meeting or at a separate meeting at a later date may not exceed the proposed rate shown below unless the district publishes a revised notice containing the same information and comparisons set out below and holds another public meeting to discuss the revised notice.

Maintenance Tax

$1.054750/$100 (proposed rate for maintenance and operations)

School Debt Service Tax

$0.163600/$100 (proposed rate to pay bonded indebtedness)

Approved by Local Voters

Comparison of Proposed Budget with Last Year's Budget

The applicable percentage increase or decrease (or difference) in the amount budgeted in the preceding fiscal year and the amount budgeted for the fiscal year that begins during the current tax year is indicated for each of the following expenditure categories.

Maintenance and operations

5.00% increase

Total expenditures

4.68% increase

Debt Service

0.02% increase

Total Appraised Value and Total Taxable Value (as calculated under Section 26.04, Tax Code) Preceding Tax Year

Current Tax Year

Total appraised value* of all property

$377,132,937

$387,897,428

Total taxable value*** of all property

$306,306,350

$318,305,958

Total appraised value* of new property** Total taxable value*** of new property**

$7,550,475

$11,506,998

$6,977,675

$10,754,788

*Appraised value is the amount shown on the appraisal roll and defined by Section 1.04(8), Tax Code. **"New property" is defined by Section 26.012(17), Tax Code. ***"Taxable value" is defined by Section 1.04(10), Tax Code.

Bonded Indebtedness

*Outstanding principal.

Total amount of outstanding and unpaid bonded indebtedness* $13,296,000

Comparison of Proposed Rates with Last Year's Rates Maintenance & Operations

Interest & Sinking Fund*

Total

Local Revenue Per Student

State Revenue Per Student

Last Year's Rate

$1.068350

$0.150000*

$1.218350

$2,387

$8,332

Rate to Maintain Same Level of Maintenance & Operations Revenue & Pay Debt Service

$1.119778

$0.163607*

$1.283385

$2,587

$8,178

Proposed Rate

$1.054750

$0.163600*

$1.218350

$2,658

$8,646

*The Interest & Sinking Fund tax revenue is used to pay for bonded indebtedness on construction, equipment, or both. The bonds, and the tax rate necessary to pay those bonds, were approved by the voters of this district.

Comparison of Proposed Levy with Last Year's Levy on Average Residence Average Market Value of Residences

Average Taxable Value of Residences

Last Year's Rate Versus Proposed Rate per $100 Value Taxes Due on Average Residence Increase (Decrease) in Taxes

Last Year

This Year

$106,726

$109,382

$1.218350

$1.218350

$52,961

$55,789

$645.25

$679.71

$34.45

Under state law, the dollar amount of school taxes imposed on the residence homestead of a person 65 years of age or older or of the surviving spouse of such a person, if the surviving spouse was 55 years of age or older when the person died, may not be increased above the amount paid in the first year after the person turned 65, regardless of changes in tax rate or property value.

Notice of Voter-Approval Rate: The highest tax rate the district can adopt before requiring voter approval at an election is $1.218407. This election will be automatically held if the district adopts a rate in excess of the voter-approval rate of $1.218407.

Fund Balances The following estimated balances will remain at the end of the current fiscal year and are not encumbered with or by a corresponding debt obligation, less estimated funds necessary for operating the district before receipt of the first state aid payment.

Maintenance and Operations Fund Balance(s) Interest & Sinking Fund Balance(s)

$5,000,000 $258,000

A school district may not increase the district's maintenance and operations tax rate to create a surplus in maintenance and operations tax revenue for the purpose of paying the district's debt service.

Southeast Texas Property Owners Allege State Responsible (contd) preclude the state from forcing a few individuals to bear the burden of providing those public benefits without just compensation.”

The lawsuit notes that Texas courts, including the Texas Supreme Court, have ruled that the government must compensate private property owners for their losses suffered when the state chooses to provide a public benefit in situations like this. With the change in the law announced last year by the U.S. Supreme Court, this will be one of the first tests of the state’s liability to property owners under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The case is Richard & Wendy Devillier, et al v. The State of Texas, filed in District Court in Chambers County, Texas. The plaintiffs are represented by Mr. Charest and Larry Vincent, both of Burns Charest LLP, and lawyers from Irvine & Connor, PLLC and Dunbar Harder, LLC.

For information and updates about the claims or the case, victims or the public can visit https:// highwayfloodtexas.com Mr. Charest served as the lead trial counsel for Houston-area upstream property owners upstream of the Addicks and Barker reservoirs who experienced heavy flooding during Hurricane Harvey. In that case, the United States Court of Federal Claims ruled in December that actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers led to the flooding and a taking of private property. The determination of the amount of compensation owed to property owners is pending in current court proceedings.

Burns Charest represents clients in large, complex actions; antitrust cases; oil and gas royalty disputes; environmental pollution cases; mass torts; and asbestos exposure claims. The firm has offices in Dallas and New Orleans. To learn more, visit http:// www.burnscharest.com.

Religion & Lifestyle

Wednesday,August 12, 2020

Sunday Observations from Christy

A mother told me a story about a conversation she had with her four year old daughter one night during a storm. The mother was trying to convince her daughter to go back to her bedroom and sleep, because God would be there with her.

Her daughter said back to her Mom, “I’ll stay in here with Daddy, and you go be with God.” “I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.”

(Psalm 4:8)on for right living.” (2 Timothy 3:16) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain for Fellowship of Christian Cowboys and Chambers County Sheriff ’s Office

EC ISD Trustees Discuss Budget and Tax Rate (contd) bond rate was $0.15 for a total rate of $1.218, and this year's proposed rate is $1.058 for operating and $0.16 for bond debt for the same total tax rate of $1.218. Trustees will vote on the proposed

budget and tax rate at an August 24, 2020 special called meeting.

More information about other agenda items will be in next week's The Hometown Press.

With less than two months left in the ProRodeo regular season the clock is ticking. Tie-down roper Charlie Gibson is determined to make his lifelong goal of competing at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo a reality, but he’s not worried about being 42nd in the PRCA | RAM World Standings.

Over the next seven days, he’s set to compete at multiple rodeos across the country, and he’s hitting the road

with a burst of confidence thanks to winning the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, Aug. 8.

“It gets me back in the hunt this year,” Gibson said. “Now we’re heading to Sioux Falls (S.D.), Big Timber, Circle and Baker (Mont.), Eureka (Kan.), Douglas (Wyo.) and Mesquite (Texas) – all next week.”

Gibson’s not going it alone. He has 2017 World Champion Tiedown Roper Marcos Costa as his

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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

As I watch everything happening in our world, a part of me says this is nuts. The other part of me says change isn’t easy. And yet another part of me, tries desperately every day to see something from

conversations. Get real with yourself. Are you a part of the problem...... or the solution.

Every single day, we all share articles. Stories or memes. Of the chaos happening in our world.

I can’t help but wonder if we all made the conscientious decision to post one thing daily that is positive, could it help? That is from someone else’s point of view. That makes us feel a little uncomfortable, but we know it’s right.

What would happen if we shared that? If we tweeted a positive item? Could we make a

difference?

Happy Sunday peeps, one thing I know for sure is we didn’t get to the current state we are in by ourselves.

Somewhere, the world shifted towards negativity.

Towards hate. And one person is not to blame, be it negative or positive.

But we really need to lean back to the positive side. Note that little sidestep of politics?

Yeah..... I did that. Go do something positive.

Share someone else’s view. Lift up. We have to start the process..... no matter how painful.

traveling partner.

“He’s a great hauling partner and teaches you a lot,” Gibson said.

“We’ve been working out a lot and his mental game is very, very, strong.”

The 2020 season has been unlike any other, and Gibson was about $20,907 shy of breaking into the Top 15 before his $4,733 Sikeston win.

After Sikeston, Gibson was 28th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $18,069 as of Aug. 10.

“This gives me more motivation to keep going,” said Gibson, 21. “It’s been a rough couple of weeks, and it’s been a big stepping-stone and a big boost.”

Gibson made a 7.7-second run in Sikeston on Aug. 6 and maintained the No. 1 position when the rodeo concluded Aug. 8.

“I just made a good practice-pen run, and I was aggressive toward that one,” Gibson said. “If you bobble any it’ll take you out of the money, so you need to be consistent everywhere you go.”

Gibson’s win came aboard M&M, a seasoned American Quarter Horse with a background as sweet as his name. Fourteen-time NFR qualifier Blair Burk (1995-2007, 2009) and five-time NFR qualifier Adam Gray (2009, 2011-12, 2014, 2019) are among the ProRodeo athletes to have competed aboard M&M, Gibson said.

“He scores good and is very trustworthy,” Gibson said, adding that he’s been riding M&M for about two years.

The Texas cowboy placed seventh in the 2019 PRCA | Resistol Rookie Standings for tie-down roping with

$14,053.

Gibson scored a couple of wins before the COVID-19 pandemic put the season on hiatus. On Feb. 15, he won the Brighton Field Day & Rodeo in Okeechobee, Fla. A week later, he won the Georgia National Rodeo in Perry.

“I placed in Kissimmee (Fla.) too and was feeling good,” Gibson said, referring to the 145th Silver Spurs Rodeo on Feb. 23. “It feels good to get this win (in Sikeston) and be back where I need to be.”

The 2020 Sikeston rodeo was one for the record book. Riggin Smith won the saddle bronc riding by breaking Sikeston’s previous record by a half-point, posting an 88.5-point ride on The Cervi Brothers’ Womanizer, Aug. 8.

Sikeston’s previous barrel racing record of 16.02 seconds was broken

by the first racer out on Aug. 8.

Cheyenne Wimberley made a 15.99-second run, which is about how long her record lasted, as the next barrel racer, Ryann Pedone, registered a 15.91-second run to win the event.

Other winners at the $181,489 rodeo were bareback riders Clayton Biglow (89.5 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo's Hangover) and Tim O'Connell (89.5 points on The Cervi Brothers' Gander Goose); steer wrestler Kyle Irwin (3.9 seconds); team ropers Joshua Torres/Jonathan Torres and Colby Lovell/Paul Eaves (4.3 seconds each) and bull riders Daylon Swearingen (90 points on Stockyards ProRodeo's Silver Lining) and Jeston Mead (90 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo's Rump Shaker).

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Tie-Down Roper Charlie Gibson Scores Sikeston Win

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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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someone else’s point of view.

I don’t care which side of the cataclysmic shift you sit on, we all need to push the pause button and look at someone else’s view. Respect that persons view. You don’t have to agree with it. Just respect their right to think and feel differently than you do.

I ask all of you, try today to see ONE thing, from another persons viewpoint. Just one.

Every day. That’s where change begins.

Our country is at a changing point. Have some uncomfortable

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

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

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

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

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

Latter Day Saints

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

Lutheran

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

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 344 Broadway, Winnie, Texas 409-296-8935 Adult Sunday School............8:45 a.m.

Sunday Service.....................10:00 am Bible Study Wed.....................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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HELP WANTED Handyman needed for only a few hours work around the house and yard.

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3 bd rm/ 1 bath/storage shed. $130,000.00 washer and dryer connections. Owner financing 713-875-5703 House for rent: brick house, 3 bed 2.5 bath, inside has washer, dryer & refrigerator. very nice house. one month $1,200. One year contract please call 832-298-8159 House for rent in Winnie.

3/2/2 with Central Air & Heat, fresh paint, new frig and stove, on almost 1 acre of FOR RENT property. House sits high and dry - never flooded. $900 1600 sq. ft. for rent. per month 713-829-3791 display, 4x5 Round bales Horse Window frontage quality in barn $50.00 Highway Call 409-781-2236 4 0 9 - 7 8 1 - 0 9 1 8 One bedroom apartment. 1000 sq. ft. office space $550 deposit $550. Call for rent. 409-781-0918.

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2 bath, All appliances in kitchen. Central A/H, 3 bed, 1.5 bath + game Washer/Dryer $1150.00/ room, fenced backyard. month. Call 409-651-0578 Brick house in nice SMALL HOUSES 2BR, 1 Bath, built-ins in kitchen, washerdryer hookups, Franzen Rd, great location, 725/m0. 409-679-9773

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4 0 9 - 4 6 6 - 6 4 1 7 , 4 0 9 - 2 9 6 - 9 2 6 7 Cat 3406, new rods &main bearings, marine gear includes PTO & hydraulic pump. Shaft is 2 1/2" x 12'3" w/4 blade prom 3 drum winch & stainless cables.

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The Winnie-Stowell Positive Action Committee is a committee focused on unity and assisting those in need in the Winnie-Stowell Community. When God’s people are united, powerful things happen in the spirit and in the natural. We are giving out back to school supplies August 13th 5:00 - 7:00 also at the same location Please refer to our Facebook page, WinnieStowell PHC, for upcoming events.

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WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE

SOUTH TEXAS/EASTERN TEXAS DEER FORECAST

By John Jefferson

Last week’s forecast covered the Hill Country and West Texas; this week, we’ll cover the rest.

Texas’deer population is an estimated 5.5 million -- up from the previous estimate of 4,000,000!

STATEWIDE, good, timely rains fell ((April, May, June) to spur vegetation growth needed for antler development, according to a report

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by Alan Cain, the able TPWD Whitetail Deer Program Leader.

Consequently, hunters could see more bucks in the 6.5 to 8.5 year age classes due to previously high fawn crops. Older age deer generally grow the largest antlers.

In 2019, hunters harvested 846,330 deer (54% bucks; 46% antlerless).

S O U T H TEXAS BRUSH COUNTRY’s season ended very dry. Ranches with supplemental feed

program fared better.

Then, cool temps and good April and May rains set the stage for another good year – especially in the eastern half and south toward the Rio Grande, according to Cain. He estimates 438,000 deer with densities ranging from 15 deer/1,000 acres to 40/1,000. Sex ratio is about 2.2 does/ buck. Expect more 5.5- year-old bucks, but fewer older ones.

Fifty-three percent of harvested bucks last season were 4.5 years

or older. Average B&C buck score last season for 5.5-plusyear-olds was 130.87.

Hunter success was 77%. As usual, South Texas offers prime hunting, though lease prices are high and turnover is low.

CROSS TIMBERS is the area northeast of the Hill Country and sports the second highest deer population in Texas, just behind the hills.

Deer densities vary widely from 14/1,000 acres to 88/1,000, with the highest densities occurring in an area beginning west of Waco, extending past Brownwood,

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and north toward Mineral Wells. Cain suggests hunters could see more 7.5 and 8.5-year-olds.

Hunters took older age bucks last year, indicating a healthy population of mature bucks this season.

Hunter success last year was 60%.

POST OAK SAVANNAH is a slender region running from the northern edge of the Brush Country to the Red River with a wide range of deer densities -- the highest being along I-10 from San Antonio to Houston.

The farther north one goes, the lower the

densities, probably due to habitat fragmentation. Some big antlers have been grown in the upper area, however. The average sex ratio is 4.5 does/buck -way too high. Antler quality should be good. Hunter success was 63%.

BLACKLAND PRAIRIES border the Post Oak and are somewhat similar.

Data surprisingly shows its average B&C scores were the highest for 3.5 and 4.5 - age bucks and third highest for bucks over age 5.5 – years, right behind South Texas and the Western Rolling Plains!

PINEYWOODS in East Texas has roughly 286,000 deer and densities range from 7.88 deer/1,000 acres in the southern portion to 25.25/1,000 in the center -- low compared to other regions. Harvest data shows too many young bucks being taken.

Overall population is increasing and hunters could see some large bucks, especially on wellmanaged habitats.

Hunter success was 56%.

As happens every year, good bucks will As happens every year, good bucks will be be harvested in every harvested in every region – more in some regions. This is Texas. Photo by John Jefferson. region. This is Texas.

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Ways to Beat Summer Brain Drain StatePoint) Summer brain drain is real, and this year’s pandemic has only exacerbated the problem. To keep your kids from getting bored while helping them expand their world, incorporate these cool ideas into those long summer days: • At-home tourism: Many museums and historical sites have ramped up their online exhibitions and interactive features, making a range of programming available to would-be visitors from the safety of their homes.

And much of this content is geared toward school-age kids. This can be a great way to spend a rainy day learning something new.

• Music-making: New skills can provide kids with confidence at a time when activities like team sports and theater programs are not possible. Learning an instrument can also lay a foundation for academic success.

Check out Casiotone keyboards, which can make learning to play even more fun. Its Dance Music Mode feature divides the keyboard into instrument sections like drums, bass and more. By playing different combinations of keys, kids can create and remix dance music using 50 built-in styles, as well as familiar effects like stutter and filter.

• STEM exploration: Athome science kits offer kids unplugged, hands-on learning experiences and the opportunity to imagine their room is a real laboratory. Be sure to also check out cool online resources that help kids strengthen their math skills. For example, Casio Cares, a remote learning site offering projects, educational videos, math lessons and self-paced webinars, can be a vital summer tool for students who want to start strong in STEM this fall.

• Summer reading challenge: Many local libraries and school districts host summer reading challenges. Check these out or create your very own. No matter how the challenge works, by participating, kids will likely discover that reading is its own reward.

• Movie magic: Using just a smartphone and some simple editing software, children can learn to shoot and edit their own films. Celebrate their accomplishments while taking advantage of summer evenings by screening the films in the backyard with a Casio Projector, which offers easy set-up and the ability to transition from daytime to nighttime viewing.

Beating summer brain drain is possible. With a little creativity and the use of new tools, families can keep kids engaged during the dog days of summer for a stronger start to the school year.

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LEGAL NOTICE Sealed bids addressed to the Trinity Bay Conservation District will be received until 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 26, 2020 for furnishing necessary materials, equipment, superintendence and labor for Trinity Bay Conservation District, 2020 Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project generally described as the rehabilitation of approximately 9,560 feet of 6"-20" sanitary sewer lines by pipe bursting, replacement of manholes and sanitary sewer service connections.

Bids will be received at the office of the Trinity Bay Conservation District at 2500 State Hwy 124, Stowell, Texas 77661. The bids will be publicly opened and read at said location at the time set forth above. There will be a non mandatory pre-bid conference with the Engineer, Owner, and Prospective Bidders at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at the office of Trinity Bay

Conservation District.

The right is reserved by the Trinity Bay Conservation District, as its interest may require, to accept or reject any or all bids, and to waive any informality in the bids received.

Bidding Documents are on file at www. civcastusa.com. There is no cost to view the plans, and printing can be done through the website.

Hard copies of Bidding Documents will not be sold. Complete sets of Bidding Documents shall be used in preparing Bids; neither Owner nor Engineer assumes any responsibility for errors or misinterpretations resulting from the use of incomplete sets of Bidding Documents.

Owner and Engineer, in making copies of Bidding Documents available on the above terms, do so only for the purpose of obtaining Bids for the Work and do not confer a license or grant for any other purpose.

Bid Security, only in the form of: 1) a certified or cashier's check drawn on a Texas bank and made payable to the Trinity Bay Conservation District; or 2) a bond executed by a surety company authorized to do business in Texas, in the amount of not less than five (5%) percent of the total bid, must accompany each bid at the time it is submitted.

Bids must be submitted in duplicate.

Bids may be held by the Trinity Bay Conservation District for a period not to exceed 60 days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the bidders qualifications prior to the contract award.

Upon award, the successful bidder will be required to furnish payment and performance bonds.

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