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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Volume 32, Issue 35

Winnie Stowell EMS Gets New Ambulance

By Wade Thibodeaux The Winnie Stowell EMS just recently took possession of a new ambulance. The Ford F-450 is a larger chassis than the normal F-350 and consequently it can hold a larger "box" or medical unit than the normal unit can hold.

This allows for more room for patients and medics as they go about taking care of

people that find themselves in a predicament that requires medical assistance. The new box is a full two feet longer and the new chassis is better able to handle the weight and wind resistance of the larger box. Pictured with the new unit is left to right Clint Aslin, Carolyn Hurych, Steven Hilton, and EMS Director Robert Falls.

Chambers County Commissioners Have Emergency Meeting

By Wade Thibodeaux

The Chambers County Commissioners Court held an emergency called meeting last Thursday, August 26, 2021 with one item on the agenda. The agenda item was to consult with an attorney regarding legal issues pertaining to the closure of all Chambers County Tax Office locations. It seems that Chambers County Tax Assessor-Collector Denise Hutter was involved in a dispute with the Court over budget issues and arbitrarily decided to order all of her employees(County employees) to close all of the tax offices County wide until further notice on Wednesday afternoon of the 25th of August. Those offices remained closed all day Thursday, August 26, 2021 until they were reopened on Friday, August 27, 2021 at

8:00 am.

The Court opened the meeting and then went immediately into executive session where they remained for over an hour before emerging to table the agenda item. Tabling an agenda item versus no action on an agenda item means that the agenda item will continue to be on a succeeding agenda until action is taken. Had the Court taken no action on the item, it would have simply gone away unless a Commissioner requested that it be placed back on the agenda. Regardless of the action taken by the Court, the Tax Assessor-Collector offices were open for business on Friday morning for County residents to handle tax and automobile registration issues and have remained open for regular business hours.

By Wade Thibodeaux The Trinity Bay Conservation District Board of Directors have certainly been busy as they prepare the budget and tax rate for the coming years. The board had a regular meeting on August 18, 2021 in which they approved a preliminary tax rate of $0.41837 per $100. of valuation, but then at the end of the meeting it was pointed out that there seemed to be a discrepancy in the math on the calculation of the homestead exemption which could cause a change in the tax rate.

TBCD's General Manager James Gibson advised that he would check into the matter and sure enough there was a mathematical mistake on the worksheet generated by the Chambers County Tax Assessor-Collectors office that caused another meeting to take place on Monday,

August 30, 2021. At that meeting, the board voted to approve the preliminary tax rate at $0.39677 per $100. of valuation, after a new worksheet was produced by the Tax Assessor's office and that resulted in a tax rate savings of over $0.02 per $100. of valuation. The board will hold yet another meeting on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 in which they will accept public input on the new preliminary tax rate. Then, at the regularly scheduled meeting of Wednesday, September 15, 2021, the board will hold a public hearing before officially adopting the tax rate for the coming year.

The board also approved preliminary budgets at the August 18 meeting for the general fund(drainage) of $3,792,125.00 (contd on page 3)

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Bucs Struggle in First Game of Season

Darius Green(#11) struggles for a few yards after making a catch during last Thursday's game.

By Wade Thibodeaux

The East Chambers Buccaneers traveled to Jasper to take on the West Rusk Raiders last Thursday evening and EC struggled the entire game. The Raiders won the toss, but deferred and kicked off to the Bucs.

Three and out and then the Raiders got the ball and marched down the field and scored to take a 7-0 lead. East Chambers responded with a score of their own to tie the game at 7-7, but that was as

close as they would get with West Rusk adding another score in the first quarter to lead 14-7 after one. The second quarter absolutely imploded on the Bucs as costly mistakes began to pile up and the Raiders took advantage of those miscues. A field goal by the Raiders and then a touchdown and then another touchdown from a turnover and the game was pretty much out of reach at 31-7 in favor of the Raiders at

the halftime break. West Rusk added another score in the third to lead 38-7 and then one last score from the Bucs to close out the game 14-38 and start the season with a loss.

The Bucs only gathered 201 yards of total offense against a pretty good Raiders defense and had three lost fumbles and one interception. East Chambers did garner 147 yards rushing the ball on 22 carries for a respectable 6.68 yards

per carry, but much of that came on one long run. KK Morris(#5) provided most of the offense with 57 yards rushing on 3 carries and 4 catches for 51 yards. He scored both touchdowns for the Bucs.

Defensively, the Bucs were busy as they had 73 tackles on the night with no quarterback sacks and only one recovered fumble. The defense spent most of the night on the field as West Rusk gathered up 405 total yards on 43 rushes and 19 pass attempts. The Raiders had 2 rushing TD's and 2 passing TD's with a field goal and another touchdown coming off of EC turnovers. East Chambers will next play Hardin Jefferson on Friday, September 3, 2021 at 7:30 pm. in Sour Lake. Go Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!

KK Morris(#5) streaks to a touchdown during the Bucs game against West Rusk last Thursday.

Johnny Ackle Memorial Rodeo Makes Debut

Trinity Bay Wrestles With Tax Rate

One of the bareback riders that made 8 seconds.

By Mackensey Bailey The first ever Johnny Ackle Memorial CPRA Rodeo took place August 27-28 at the Winnie Arena.

It was an absolute hit with the community. The stands and fence line were packed with spectators getting to watch the beloved sport of rodeo that Winnie

hasn’t seen in years. Both the livestock athletes and rodeo athletes brought their absolute best both Friday and Saturday night.

With minimal injuries and majority of athletes making a qualifying time was an amazing night for the athletes and spectators.

One of the crowd favorites

Pictured Lane Elrod and Ethan Winkler wrangling a cow during the wild cow milking.

of the night, that made everyone laugh, was the wild cow milking. All four teams managed to wrangle up the cattle and get them milked with time to spare.

Other events that were held were mutton bustin’, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, barrel racing, bulldogging,

breakaway roping, and team roping. Everyone that participated did amazing and plenty of contestants won their share of money.

All the proceeds from the huge success that the rodeo was will be donated to the Hamshire-Fannett and East Chambers FFA.

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Wade In the Shade

by Wade Thibodeaux It’s amazing to me just exactly how technology works, and I don’t even have a clue as to how it works, but I just know that I embrace it when I can. I did something this past week that I very seldom do and that is to drop my phone. It hit perfectly flat on the concrete and I was almost afraid to pick it up knowing that the screen was probably cracked. I did, it was, and that led me on an incredible journey at the Verizon store. My phone was giving me trouble anyway and I had been saying that I needed a new one, but this little accident pushed the calendar up a few days.

In addition to the phone not working very well before I dropped it, now everytime I slid my finger across the screen I ended up with a little shard of glass in my finger.

A few times of picking glass out of my finger and it was easy to justify a new phone.

The old one was several years old anyway, I was having issues with it staying on, and the glass just culminated the decision.

Saturday morning I had a ribbon cutting to attend in Huntsville and right after the festivities of the ribbon cutting I headed to Conroe to withstand the torture of a visit to the Verizon store.

I arrived about 10:15 in the morning and was promptly told that I had an hour and a half to two hour wait before an associate could help me with a new phone. I had done a little research and knew pretty much what I was wanting to purchase and the real issue was going to be the setup and not the purchase.

You see, several years ago when Annie was born, we moved to Winnie to be closer to family for help. After a few years, we began to get lonesome for Huntsville and when Annie was about nine years old, we started making trips back to Huntsville and leased some office space and began conducting a little business in Huntsville. I needed a local number and at the time I could add another line to my Verizon account for only $10 a month and so

Opinion & Entertainment I did. As time went on and business grew, I ended up carrying my Winnie phone and my Huntsville phone because I never knew which phone would ring and which City I would be located in and carrying two phones became a chore. I could forward the phone calls, but I couldn’t forward the text and over the years that was an increasing amount of my communication with clients.

Therefore, I have been looking for a solution for a few years now and I think that I have finally found a workable solution.

So, back to the store situation. I told the guy that checked me in at Verizon that I needed to talk to an associate that was familiar with dual sim card capable phones. He told me that was not a problem and I told him that I was going across the street to Home Depot to spend my couple of hours waiting instead of wandering around the store or sitting in my truck. I had no sooner walked into Home Depot and my phone rang and it was the Verizon store and they were ready for me. I hurried back across the street and walked back into the store at about 10:40. I explained to Vanessa what I was wanting to do and after going through what little inventory they had, I selected a phone(I had a choice of pink or purple, so I

now have a purple phone, but don’t tell anybody). She began the updating process and soon said that she needed to make a phone call to the corporate tech support. Four hours and fifty minutes later at 3:30 pm, I walked out of the Verizon store with three phones, but only one of them working with both numbers on it. The main number on the phone replaced the phone that was broken and then it turns out that just because the Samsung Galaxy S21 5G phone states that it is capable of two numbers on the same

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phone, it doesn’t mean that it will work with two numbers.

It seems that Verizon and Samsung have to have their computers talk to each other and get a little bit of programming worked out before the capable phone can actually work. In the meantime, Verizon has this app that allows you to have two numbers on the same phone and that is what I ended up with after talking to what surely must have been the head of tech support for Verizon for about three and a half hours.

The tech guy seems to think

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that the computers will work out their differences sometimes before the end of the year and then at that time I can make a decision as to whether to continue with the app or enable the second sim card in the phone. All that I know is that my phone is working with two lines and I’m happy. I guess a day wasted at the Verizon store every few years is worth the ability to communicate with the world whenever and however you want. Till next time, I’m...........Wade in the Shade

Tumbleweeds

THE 350 CAFÉ AND CONVENIENCE STORE

By Tumbleweed Smith

Highway 350 runs between Big Spring and Snyder. About midway between the two cities is a small place called Vincent, founded in 1892 and named for an early settler. Vincent Vinson.

Steve Wolf, whose family has ranched in the region for generations, built a fine café and convenience store a few years ago. It’s easy to spot as you drive along. A big sign reads HIGHWAY 350 CAFÉ. Steve says it’s 25 miles to Big Spring, 25 miles to Snyder. “We sit right in the middle. I still live on the old home place.

I grew up about five miles northeast of the café.”

When I visited the place the cooks were passing out samples of fresh peanut butter cookies. A customer had just been delivered his special sandwich.

“It’s just scrambled eggs,” he said. “I get one every Tuesday and Thursday.”

He said he drinks about 26 glasses of iced tea every day and is never thirsty.

I was there mid-morning so I missed the early morning round table discussion which draws a number of locals and a few

curiosity seekers, truck drivers, oil field hands and cowboys. “This is the table of knowledge,” says Steve. “We gather here at 7 o’clock every morning and solve all the world’s problems. If you sit down here, you can expect to get smarter.

We once had a rule that if you didn’t know what you were talking about you didn’t need to bring it up. We had to change the rule or we wouldn’t have anything to talk about.”

Steve built the facility because he felt the community needed a place like this. “My grandparents were the first ones that opened a store here, so it’s kind of history repeating itself.”

It’s a busy place. Around mealtimes there are pickups and different kinds of rigs and vehicles parked nearly all the way around the building. Steve says business is better than it has ever been. “The oil field is good to us out here. You would not believe how many people live in the Snyder and Ira area that travel all the way to Midland to work.”

Customers appreciate the quality of the food served at the café. “When we set this up we wanted to try to make everything ourselves. We cut our steaks and tenderize them in the back; nothing is pre-breaded until we get ready to cook it. One of our favorite menu items is chicken fried steak.

Sometimes on Wednesdays we have Mexican chicken fried steak.

Chicken strips are good and all our desserts are homemade.”

I could not resist. I had to have a piece of the millionaire pie. Delicious.

Steve opened his café and store five years ago.

“There’s a lot of stuff that goes on here that I had to learn about. But one thing for sure, I’ve met a lot of good people and they become family, so we now have a larger family.” 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

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Local News

Wednesday, September 1, 2021 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Thirty-Six individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, August 14 and Saturday, August 21 . Warrants from last week are also as followed.

The individuals have been

magistrated and formally informed of the charges against them. However, just because these individuals were arrested and magistrated does not mean they are guilty of the crimes they are charged with committing. Also, not

everyone charged with a crime is alleged to have committed the crime in Chambers County, but perhaps was simply arrested in Chambers County on outstanding warrant(s) while in Chambers County.

Instances in which individuals

were arrested on outstanding warrants, their original conviction and the reason they are on probation or parole, if available, is included in parenthesis set.

• First degree felony: punishable by up to 99 years or life in prison and a $10,000 fine.

• Second degree felony: punishable by up to 20 years and a $10,000 fine.

• Third degree felony: punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

• State jail felony: punishable by up to two years in prison.

• Deferred adjudication probation: typically offered to the first time offenders. Defendants’ judgement is deferred until later, if ever. If they successfully complete the terms of their probation, they are not judge and thus have no criminal conviction in connection to the offense. However, if they accept deferred adjudication probation but fail to abide by the terms of their probation, they could be sentenced to the maximum time in prison allowable under the law without the benefit of a trail by jury.

• Class A misdemeanor: punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $4,000.

• Class B misdemeanor: punishable by up to six months in jail and a $2,000 fine.

Judge Celia Devillier

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

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Jimmy Gore Commissioner Pct 1

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Jimmy Sylvia County Judge

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Tr i n i t y B a y W r e s t l e s W i t h Ta x R a t e ( c o n t d )

and $5,762,253.00 for the water and sewer fund.

This is a total expenditure of $9,554,378.00 for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.

Both budgets were surplus budgets meaning the projected revenues exceeded the projected expenses.

The preliminary budget for drainage had a positive balance of $360,312.00,

Total Main Jail:

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and the water and sewer preliminary budget had a small excess of only $147.00.

Trinity Bay is expected to formally adopt both the budget and tax rate at the September 15, 2021 meeting which will begin at 9:00 am. in their office located at 2500 State Highway 124 in Stowell, Texas.

Trinity River Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization Drawing Opens Sept. 1 The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will begin the Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization drawing application process on September 1.

From Sept. 1 through Sept.

30, anglers holding a valid license-year or year-frompurchase fishing license can enter the drawing for an opportunity to harvest one alligator gar over 48 inches from a section of the Trinity River using the My Texas Hunt Harvest mobile app or online. Anglers can choose to apply as an individual or as part of a small group. Winners of the random drawing will be notified by Oct. 15. Harvest authorizations will be valid from the date issued

through Aug. 31, 2022.

Anglers can use any legal means or method to take an alligator gar over 48 inches day or night from a section of the Trinity River from the I-30 bridge in Dallas downstream to the I-10 bridge in Chambers County, including Lake Livingston and the East Fork of the Trinity River upstream to the dam at Lake Ray Hubbard. This includes the following counties: Anderson, Chambers, Dallas, Ellis, Freestone, Henderson, Houston, Kaufman, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Navarro, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, and Walker.

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Religion & Lifestyle

Sunday Observations from Christy

From Deadwood to Duck Call

I watched in amazement as Joe took the lifeless piece of twisted wood, drilled a hole in it from one end to the other, and placed it in his wood lathe. With just a chisel, Joe turned that piece of wood into a beautiful duck call any hunter would love to have. I asked, “Joe, how do you do that?”

Then came his simple reply, “Danny, I’ve duck hunted for years and I just know what I want.”

“And you He made alive who were dead. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works.”

(Ephesians 2:1, 10) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys

OBITUARIES

Sharon Demaris Simon, 76, of Beaumont, died Monday, August 23, 2021, at Baptist Hospital, Beaumont. She was born on February 14, 1945, in Beaumont, to Evelyn Demaris Reed Oliver and Calvin Brooks Oliver. Sharon enjoyed watching old movies, loving on her grandchildren, and she loved her many friends and church family.

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)

Survivors include her daughter, Shannon Frugia and her husband, Jason, of Beaumont; grandchildren, Stevie Simon and his wife, Kristen; Sammy Simon and his wife, Mallory; Lane Simon; Sophia Frugia; and Chase Simon; greatgrandchildren, Austin, Cameron, Kinsley, Kamryn, Ava, Jolie, and Wyatt; and numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family.

She is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Scooter Oliver; and son, Stephen Michael Simon.

Mrs. Simon’s cremation will be held at Broussard’s Crematorium, with an inurnment held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 4, 2021, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, under the direction of Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont.

Memorial contributions may be made to Cornerstone Church, 3810 TX-124, Winnie, Texas 77665; or to Redeemer Lutheran

First Baptist Church of Winnie Winnie 409-296-4072 Brian Johnson, Pastor Sunday School.................9:15 am Sunday Morning Worship..10:30 am SundayEvening Worship...........6:00 pm Wednesday: Kids for Christ.................4:00 pm Youth (Grades 7-12)........4:00 pm Adult Bible Study/Prayer Meeting.6:00 pm Sweet Home Baptist Church Hankamer 409-374-2208 Pastor: Ronald Smith Sunday School.................9:30 am SundayMorningWorship.........10:30am Wednesday Dinner......................6:00 pm Wednesday Bible Study Adult, Youth and Children’s.....6:30 pm Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Campbell Rd &Ave G • Stowell 409-296-2938 Sunday School.........................8:00 am Sunday Morning Worship.........9:00 am Monday Mission & Teachers.......6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer Meeting & Choir St. Paul Baptist Church First Street • Stowell 409-296-2750 Sunday School.........................9:45 am Sunday Worship....................11:00 am Monday Brotherhood............7:00 pm Tuesday Mission.....................6:30 pm WednesdayPrayerMeeting...........7:00pm

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I’ve always been a person who hates being told won’t work. No matter how bad, tell me what will. I’ve driven many people crazy with that as so many see it as too optimistic for their liking. But folks, we have got to stop saying what won’t work, and start working towards what will.

To say what won’t work typically is laying blame.

I’m not a fan of that either, although many things are at the fault of a single individual. When we continuously blame someone, we cease the creativity to figure another route to cure the problem.

Let me use myself as an Church, 4330 Crow Road, Beaumont, Texas 77706.

Gloria Imogene Stidham Morlan Farris November 30, 1927 – August 23, 2021 Imogene passed away at the age of 93. She was born and raised in Winnie, Texas the only child of James Verlin Stidham and Jonnie Opal Newborn Stidham. She graduated from

example…..28 years ago I found myself a single, unemployed, mom of a 5 month old child. The marriage was far from perfect, but I didn’t leave. He did. I could have embroiled myself into blaming him for the situation I was in, and honestly it would have been fair blame. But I had a kid to raise, and blame was not going to feed her.

So I went back to work, beginning in a daycare.

Found another job, then another. Saved, bought a mobile home, and the rest is history. You see, I had to figure a way out of the situation I was in. No one else. Me. I was not going to let “he left” be the end of my story.

This leads me to the current situation we are all in with our healthcare system being overwhelmed. My frustration with this is all I see, all I hear, is people telling me what won’t work. Masks won’t work.

Vaccines won’t work.

Distancing won’t work. So I will ask all of you, as I have others for eight days now, what WILL work?

East Chambers High School in 1945. Imogene met Earl W. Morlan while working at the Winnie Post Office. They wed in 1946.

They lived in Houston and then Corpus Christi where she worked at Parkdale Bank as a teller and safety deposit box attendant. She loved her family, gardening, and fun times. After losing Earl she met and married Charles Farris who predeceased her in 2013.

She is survived by children Peggy Morlan Jones, Don Verlin Morlan and stepson Earl Waylan Morlan. Grandchildren Chad Jones, Michael Morlan, John Morlan, Mary Kathleen Morlan, Deborah Morlan, Karis Baker, Zack Magee, Kasey Magee and 9 great grandchildren.

Private family service will be held at a later date.

Eight days I have been asking, in different posts and responses….and no one has had one answer.

We are so hung up on laying blame, no one is figuring out what will help. Society is acting like a bunch of 20 year old kids who just left their parents home. “I’m the boss of me, no one can tell me what to do, I’m going to do what I want”…… and that’s great!!!!

Unless you have a stomach ulcer that needs a hospital room, and you can’t get one. You need emergency gall bladder surgery, but have to sit for 48 hours in the ER and die before it can be given. Unless you have chest pains, and die in a ambulance waiting in line to get to the ER because turn around time is hours long to release patients from the ambulance to the ER team.

So here is my question, again. I’m not asking anyone to take a vaccine.

I respect your thoughts on injecting yourself with something that you don’t believe in. I may disagree with that thought, but I

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respect it as yours.

But if you stand adamant that masks won’t work, you refuse to wear one, you laugh at those who do, your only response to mask wearing is “I’m not”…… please tell me what you suggest. Not so I can attack you, but I’m willing to try anything to help others.

Happy Sunday peeps…… all I’m asking is stop being a part of the problem, stop blaming, critiquing, and arguing. Use your creative mind, and tell me what you feel will work.

What action ARE you willing to take, to save our healthcare system. They need more than accolades, food deliveries, and hero memes. They need action by the community to stop the insanity. A mask and distance is the best I’ve come up with as of yet, and I’ve done so….. but I’m anxious to hear your suggestions. Be a part of the solution. Please stop telling me what won’t work…… and tell me what will.

I will wait.

Richard Edward Huckabay, 48 years old, of Amarillo, unexpectedly passed away on the morning of Thursday, August 27, 2021, at his group home, Community Options, in Amarillo. He was born on April 23, 1973, to Bennie Huckabay, Jr. and Patricia Richard in Beaumont, Texas.

Although born in Beaumont, Winnie, was his hometown and

where he grew up. Richard graduated from Bridge City High School and was extremely proud of his accomplishment because as we are all special in the eyes of God, some of us are just a little more unique than others and Richard was certainly one of the more extraordinary ones! In 2011, he moved to Pampa to live with his sister and brother-in-law, Dedra and Jason, then lived in the Community Option Group Home in Amarillo for about eight years. He loved the other residents of the home and quite often got into trouble for pickin’ on the staff. As a 10-year-old little boy stuck in a 48-year-old man’s body, he was carefree, full of zest and vigor, and just simply a joy to be with. Although it seems strange, Richard actually had it more together than most adults without any disabilities.

Being autistic, he was intrigued with appliances and (contd on page 7)

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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

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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Trinity River Alligator Gar Har vest (contd)

Trinity River has become one of the most popular destinations in the world to catch a large alligator gar, but concerns have been raised about the potential for overharvest and its risks to fishing quality,” said Craig Bonds, Inland Fisheries Director at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. “With this drawing system, we are able to give 150 anglers the opportunity to harvest the fish of a lifetime while also meeting our management goal to conserve this unique resource for current and future generations of anglers.”

In addition, all alligator gar harvested, including those harvested using a harvest authorization, from public freshwater and saltwater waterbodies (other than Falcon International Reservoir) must be reported to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department within 24 hours of harvest on the My Texas Hunt Harvest mobile app or online.

“In order for us to manage our alligator gar populations among growing angler interest, it is crucial to know how many are being harvested in Texas,” Bonds said. “By gathering data on alligator gar harvest through the My Texas Hunt Harvest app and online, our fisheries management team gains a better understanding of this

species’ distribution, sizes, and numbers and can use that information to help manage for quality fishing in the future.”

Other Trinity River alligator gar regulations that remain in effect include a 48inch maximum length limit for alligator gar from the I-30 bridge in Dallas downstream to the I-10 bridge in Chambers County, including Lake Livingston and the East Fork of the Trinity River upstream to the dam at Lake Ray Hubbard (see above for list of affected counties). Additionally, a ban on the take or possession of an alligator gar by means of lawful archery equipment or crossbow is in effect on the same section of the Trinity River between one half-hour after sunset and one half-hour before sunrise (unless using a harvest authorization through the drawing system).

A one-fish-per-day bag limit remains in effect for alligator gar statewide except for Falcon International Reservoir, where a daily bag limit of five fish and possession limit of 10 fish remains in effect.

The My Texas Hunt Harvest app can be downloaded free from the Apple App Store and Google Play. For more information about alligator gar fishing regulations, visit The Outdoor Annual online.

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deer. But humans have contracted diseases from animals before. Think African green monkeys and HIV/aids, trichinosis from hogs, and rabies from many warm-blooded animals on this continent.

There are NO confirmed cases from handling deer or even field dressing them. Whew! That’s a relief. A recent installment of this column heartily encouraged always wearing latex or other protective gloves while handling game. And certainly don’t plan to eat any sick or unhealthy-looking deer or other game!

But there are other ques-

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tions, too. How did the northern deer become exposed? Was it from contact with humans? The NDA acknowledges that humans are “virus reservoirs”. Direct contact with humans is a possibility as are contaminated feed or bait. More research is needed.

Report any obviously sick deer or other game to TPWD at once. In addition to possibly COVID-19, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer is more likely. After discovering CWD in six breeding facilities which necessitated emergency rules, TPWD discussed it at length at its

August meeting and announced a September 15 Commission meeting to consider new CWD rules.

Masking deer sounds ludicrous, I agree, but at one time so did other practices of the deer breeders, like artificially induced semen collection for breeding and sale, use of growth hormones that could possibly get you suspended from Major League Baseball or the NFL, and antibiotics in feed that some veterinarians fear affects the meat.

It’s a brave, new -- and scary -- world.

OBITUARIES (contd)

WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE

SHOULD DEER BE MASKED?

By John Jefferson

A silly question? But think about it.

Research reported July 29 by the USDA Wildlife Services on blood samples from over 600 deer in Illinois, New York, Michigan, and Pennsylvania showed 40% having SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. That’s the virus that causes COVID-19, the disease that ate America from 2019 through 2021 -and is still chewing. It also helped tarnish the political careers of two presidents, several governors, and at least one Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease and advisor to presidents.

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On top of that, it made fools out of folks that tried to explain it. I hope I’m not on THAT ship!

Having the antibodies isn’t the same as having the COVID-19 disease.

And none of the deer had symptoms of the disease.

COVID-19 has, however, reportedly killed 635,000 Americans as of last week.

It also caused the most severe ideological split among Americans since 1861: To mask or not to mask; to vaccinate or not.

But antibodies in the deer indicate they were exposed. What if the same

took great pride in disassembling oscillating fans to clean then put back together. Kites were just greater than sliced bread, soccer balls were his absolute favorite thing and if you wanted to make him angry, just take apart a Rubik’s Cube to solve it…that was cheating! He could solve one likety split from the time he was young without cheating. His favorite color was red, but he also loved the wild, bright neon colors as well as the classic rock of the 80’s, not to mention the soap operas and the TV Guide collection he kept and read over and over again.

Richard Edward, the favorite “celebrity” of the family, you and your infamous wisecracks will be forever missed by all who loved you so much!

Those who were waiting at Heaven’s Gates with open arms for him were his maternal grandparents, Emile and Winnie Richard; paternal grandparents, Bennie Sr. and Norma Huckabay; Uncle Donald Richard; Aunt Judy Bertrand; Uncle T Joe Bertrand and a nephew, Keegan Waites.

Those left to grieve his absence and miss his amazing personality are his mother, Patricia Royer of Pampa; father, Bennie Huckabay, Jr. and wife Bernadette of China, TX; six siblings, Tray Huckabay of Beaumont, Jason Royer of Dallas, Alisha Kennedy of Livingston, Andrew Huckabay of Beaumont, Dedra Waites and husband Jason of Pampa, David Huckabay of Beaumont and a nephew, Brad Royer of Pampa.

percent of Texas’ five million-head herd of whitetails had them? And what if half of them came down with the disease? Even my Aggie arithmetic could see there could be a million or more carrying the disease and socializing all across the range. That sounds like a super-spreader in the making even if those are big IFs. According to the National Deer Association (NDA), there are NO deer presently known to be carrying the disease, and no documented cases of humans catching COVID-19 from When two veterans get paired up for the first time in the finals at a stop on the ProRodeo Tour presented

by Pendleton Whisky, fans can expect some fireworks.

That's just what happened on Aug. 28 when seventime National Finals Rodeo saddle bronc rider Isaac Diaz drew Calgary Stampede's Wild Cherry at the Horse Heaven / Kennewick (Wash.)

Round-Up. Diaz spurred the infamous bucking horse to 88.5 points to win the final round of the round-up. The ride allowed Diaz to also take the average title with 174 points on two head, earning $5,998.

It was an important win at a crucial time for the Floridian who now calls Desdemona, Texas, home.

"It's definitely do or die time," Diaz said.

The near-impossible notion of masking deer for The veteran with more COVID-19 protection triggers humorous images than $1.3 million in of workers trying to apply masks to deer. Does this career earnings is 25th in buck look like he would be easy to mask – assuming the PRCA | RAM World he could be caught or tranquilized? Hopefully, addi- Standings with about a tional research will dispel any threat of COVID-19 month left in the regular in whitetails. Photo by John Jefferson ©2021. Photo- season. shopped by Vicky Jefferson.

Richard will be available to pay last respects on Tuesday, August 31st from 5pm until 8pm and again on Wednesday, September 1st from 9am until 8pm at Winegeart Funeral Home.

Celebration of Life Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00am, Thursday, September 2, 2021, at Fairview Cemetery with Brother Jim Sinyard officiating. The family has entrusted the care of their loved one to Winegeart Funeral Home.

Should you wish to make a donation in honor of Richard, the family suggests they be made to the Texas Panhandle Centers, Attn. Carol Cobb, P.O. Box 3250, Amarillo, TX 79116.

To leave words of comfort and encouragement for the family on Richard’s Book of Memories, please visit www. winegeartfuneral.com.

Tommy Clubb, 89, of Hamshire, died Sunday, August 29, 2021.

He was born on March 18, 1932, in Fannett, to Tulla Martha Craigen Clubb and O.D. Clubb.

Tommy was a longtime rice farmer and cattleman.

Survivors include his wife of sixty-eight years, Lucille Clubb; daughters, Martha Harrison and her husband, Glenn and Nina Marshall and her husband, David; son, Troy Clubb and his wife, Tina; grandchildren, Brad Aucoin and his wife, Shara; Sarah Cureton and her husband, James; and Aaron Marshall and his wife, Ashley; Jake Thomas Clubb; Luke Thomas Clubb; two step-granddaughters; greatgrandchildren, Haley Kelley and her husband, Matthew; Hannah Aucoin; Grayson Cureston; and Graham Cureston; greatgreat-grandson, Warren Kelley; sister, Artie Renkema and her husband, Buddy; brother, Bobby Clubb and his wife, Carol; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Dan Clubb; and infant brother, John Adrian Clubb.

A Rosary for Mr. Clubb will be recited at 5:30 p.m., followed by a gathering of his family and friends until 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 1, 2021, at Broussard’s, 134 West Buccaneer Drive, Winnie. His funeral service will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, September 2, 2021, at Broussard’s, Winnie, with his interment to follow at Fairview Cemetery, Winnie.

Please observ social distancing guidelines.

Complete and updated information may be found at: broussards1889.com.

Isaac Diaz Wins in Kennewick With Finals Ride on Wild Cherr y The wzn was set up by a second-place finish in the first round aboard another Calgary Stampede horse, Uvid Bubbles, a ride worth 85.5 points.

The draws were a welcome relief after a relatively dry month.

"I haven't been on many good ones lately, and so things hadn't been feeling good," Diaz said. "It felt good to be back on a bucker."

His matchup with Wild Cherry, a horse known for putting up big scores but also being tough both inside the chute and out in the arena, was a first.

"She's not as bad in there as she used to be," Diaz said, but added he did have to reset his saddle before the ride. "She does this thing, we call it cheese grating, where she runs down the side of the chute, and it will make your saddle run back."

After resetting things, Diaz used some advice from fellow competitor Kolby Wanchuk on the timing of the nod.

"She was still hard to spur out, but she left more squarely and gave me a good, clean shot out of there," Diaz said.

After collecting the title, Diaz hit the road, heading to see his family – wife, Britany, and daughter, Whitlee, 2, who spend part of the summer in North Dakota.

"I haven't seen them in about two and a half weeks, which is probably the longest I've been away from them since she was born," Diaz said. He opted to turn out of his next rodeo to squeeze in the trip. "If I hadn't turned out, it would end up being over a month ... I just needed to recoup a bit."

As Diaz finishes the season, including the ProRodeo Tour Finale in Salinas, Calif., he's also embarking on a new career next month – he'll be an assistant coach for the rodeo program at his alma mater, Tarleton State University.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO IMPLEMENT REVISED FIXED FUEL FACTOR Entergy Texas, Inc. hereby publishes NOTICE that, pursuant to Section 36.203 of the Public Utility Regulatory Act (codified in TEX. UTIL. CODE) and 16 Tex. Admin.

Code § 25.235(b), it filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (the “Commission”) on August 20, 2021, a tariff to implement a revised fixed fuel factor. All of Entergy Texas’ retail customers whose fuel charges are calculated under the Texas fixed fuel factor tariff – including

but not limited to Residential, Small General Service, Large General Service, Large Industrial Power Service, and Street and Outdoor Lighting Service – will be affected by the Commission’s approval of the revised fixed fuel factor. The revised fixed fuel factor, if approved, will affect only the fuel portion of the rates charged by Entergy Texas and will have no effect on non-fuel base rates.

Entergy Texas seeks Commission approval to revise the fixed fuel factor effective with the first billing cycle of the September 2021 billing month. Entergy Tex-

as proposed that the fixed fuel factor be changed pursuant to a semi-annual filing to be made each February and August, with revised fuel factors to be effective with the first billing cycle of the March and September billing months, pursuant to a methodology that changes the fuel factor based upon changes in the published price of natural gas. This methodology was authorized for use in Docket No. 32915.

The revised fixed fuel factor, differentiated by voltage level, is as follows:

The revised fuel factor would result in an increase in Entergy Texas’ annual Texas retail fuel and purchased power revenues by approximately $147 million, or 26.8% on an annual basis. Compared to the fixed fuel factor approved by the Commission effective March 2021, a residential customer using 1000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per month would see an approximate increase of 16.8% annually, or $5.00 on average per month, on his/ her electric bill. The fixed fuel factor rate is designed to pass through to customers the actual fuel costs incurred

by Entergy Texas to serve customers. Entergy Texas is not allowed to make a profit on fuel costs. These changes will be subject to final review by the commission in the electric utility’s next reconciliation. Entergy Texas expects the revised fixed fuel factor to be in effect for the billing period of September 2021 through February 2022.

Persons with questions or who want more in-

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

The Commission has assigned Docket No. 52452 to this proceeding. Persons who wish to formally participate in this proceeding, or who wish to express their comments concerning this petition should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Office of Customer Protection, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326, or call (512) 936-7120 or toll-free at (888) 782-8477.

Hearing and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may call (512) 936-7136 or use Relay Texas (toll-free) 1-800-735-2989.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 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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Isaac Diaz Wins in Kennewick With Finals Ride on Wild Cherry (contd) get nervous when in this position because typically, if you don't make the Finals, fall gets tight," Diaz said. "But with this new job, things are taken care of.

"I'd love to go back (to the Finals) but you can't force it.

So, I'll just try to capitalize where I draw good and not get on anything that brings negative vibes. I've got a

lot of rodeos left. I'm not tapped out."

Other winners at the $302,643 rodeo were allaround cowboy Tanner Green ($3,597, tie-down roping and team roping); bareback rider Cole Reiner (177.5 points on two head); steer wrestler Rowdy Parrot (11.3 seconds on three head); team ropers Clay Tryan and Jake Long

(15.3 seconds on three head); tie-down roper Quade Hiatt (24.5 seconds on three head); barrel racer Destri Devenport (34.16 seconds on two runs); breakaway roper Sarah Morrissey (5.0 seconds on two head); and bull rider Clayton Sellars (166.5 points on two head).