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Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Volume 31, Issue 37
Chambers County is Cleaning Ditches
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Chambers County crews were photographed cleaning ditches in the area known as "Teacherville" last week as they worked to get water out of the area faster. By Wade Thibodeaux  Chambers County Commissioners Court met in regular session on Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 9:30 am. via video conferencing. Most of the Court's agenda dealt with items related to the West side of the County and the meeting began with 243 public comments being submitted in opposition to the County giving up ownership of Fisher Road to TGS Cedar Port Partners, LP. Six of the public comments were read out loud during the court session and all were entered into the record. After much discussion, the Commissioners tabled the agenda item dealing with an agreement for Fisher Road. The court set a date of September 8, 2020 for a public hearing on the tax rate and budget, but that meeting was past the print deadline for this week's version of The Hometown Press. More information about the tax rate and budget will be available in future editions of The Hometown Press. In other news besides
the official court meeting, Chambers County crews were seen cleaning out roadside ditches and according to Commissioner Jimmy Gore, the crews are working with Trinity Bay Conservation District and TxDot to identify and cleanout existing bottlenecks in drainage ditches. Work on the ditches will continue throughout the calendar year and additional money will be budgeted to hire contractor crews to come in and assist County crews in order to catch up on scheduled cleaning of ditches. Crews are working in the areas that were hardest hit by recent floods and the areas that can do the most good in the shortest amount of time required to open up the ditches, but the objective is to clean all of the ditches on the East side of the County. In some areas, additional pipe crossings may be installed to allow more water to pass through the openings and into the larger drainage ditches. Increased capacity and faster flow rates are the objectives of all agencies involved.
Ernest Ceasar(#20) muscles it out of his own end zone after the Bucs defense kept the HJ Hawks from scoring on a 4th down play.
By Wade Thibodeaux   Friday night football is back as the Bucs played their first official game of the 2020 season as their game last week was cancelled due to Hurricane Laura. East Chambers got off to a somewhat slow start as they could only muster 7 points in the first half, but did hold the Hardin Jefferson
Hawks scoreless to take a 7-0 lead into the locker room. East Chambers came out fired up and ready to play ball in the third quarter as they took advantage of some big plays and some HJ mistakes to score three times in the third and take a commanding 28-0 lead into the fourth quarter. The last period saw each
team cross the goal line one time, but for the Hawks it was too little, too late and the game ended with a 34-7 victory for the Buccaneers. East Chambers had 280 yards on the ground out of 19 attempts for a whopping 20 yards per carry average with 4 TD's and the passing department was pretty good also as the Bucs
were 5 of 7 for 89 yards and a touchdown. East Chambers totalled 369 yards of offense for the contest. Some of the individual stats included Ernest Ceasar (#20) with 6 carries for 154 yards(25.67 yards per carry) and 2 touchdowns, while his mate in the backfield Brayden Guillory(#1) had 4 touches for (contd on page 4)
By Wade Thibodeaux  The East Chambers Band honored the deceased band director from Hardin Jefferson High School last Friday
evening by forming an HJ on the field and performing the song Amazing Grace. The Cheerleaders from Hardin Jefferson
gathered together with the Cheerleaders from East Chambers in the middle of the field during the performance. The
band continued their halftime performance which included an EC formation before yielding the field to the boys of Fall.
East Chambers Band Honors Hardin Jefferson Deceased Band Director
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Sports Preview Extra
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
East Chambers 2020 Volleyball Pictures
Varsity Team: Back Row - Bailey Kahla, Quincy Wilcox, Lindsey May Middle Row - Kennedy Beckett, Makenna Guillory, Rylie Gill, Leah Smith Front Row - McKenzie LeLeaux, Kailey Mills, Cadence Ridgaway, Belen Rosales, Maci Charpoit
Junior Varsity Team Back Row- Addie Niebaum, Jayden Guidry, Braeleigh Pinson, Payton Burleson, Hailey Landry Front Row - Emma Trevino, Giselle Avalos, Trinity Smith Not Pictured - Shelby North Date 8/7
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8/8 8/11
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Vidor (Scrimmage) Shepherd
Vidor HS Away
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TBA 4:30 PM
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Lumberton & Evadale
Lumberton
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WOS
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Sabine Pass
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Varsity
4:30 PM
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Hamshire-Fannett
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Vidor
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Liberty HS
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TBA
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Evadale
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JV/V
4:30 PM
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Livingston
Away
F/JV/V
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9/4
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Orangefield
Away
F/JV/V
4:30 PM
9/8
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Hardin-Jefferson
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Kountze
Away
V/JV/F
4:30 PM
9/15
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Warren
Away
F/JV/V
4:30 PM
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Kirbyville
Away
V/JV/F
4:30 PM
9/22
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Woodville
Home
F/JV/V
4:30 PM
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Anahuac
Away
V/JV/F
4:30 PM
9/29
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Buna
Home
F/JV/V
4:30 PM
10/2
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Newton
Away
V/JV/F
4:30 PM
10/6
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Kountze
Home
F/JV/V
4:30 PM
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Anahuac
Home
V/JV/F
4:30 PM
10/13
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Warren
Home
F/JV/F
4:30 PM
10/16
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Buna
Away
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10/20
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Newton—Senior Night
Home
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10/23
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KV—Homecoming
Home
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10/27
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Woodville
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Head Coach: Johnathan Snipes Assistants: Tammy Bennett
Sophomore Team Back Row - Brianna Sanchez, Kylie Bauer, Kaylee LeBoeuf, Ashlyn Trahan, Mally Cook Front Row - Jasmine Avalos, Kameri Harmon, Jesenia Avalos, Cami Francis, Lindsey Mills By Tyler Crone The East Chambers Lady Bucs volleyball team are in the midst of a strange season. All tournaments were cancelled due to Covid. Then, just four games in they have had to cancel their last 6 games due to Hurricane Laura. The Lady Bucs were 1-3, but look to improve after the break. This is a Lady Bucs team that have a lot of new faces. That could have really used those six games to improve and get experience. In the shortened season Coach Johnathan Snipes knows his team needs every game possible before district to help get them ready. "The varsity team has a lot of shoes to fill after graduating 5 of 6 starters, plus the libero and a reserve DS. About 9-10 players should see a lot of playing time," Coach Snipes told the Hometown
Press when asked about the outlook of his team this year. But he's optimistic with the players they have. "Seniors Quincy Wilcox and Bailey Kahla will be the go to hitters. Senior Leah Smith is the teams Swiss Army knife that should play all six rotations with the ability to any position on the court and set if needed. Senior Cadence Ridgaway will lead the teams defense as the libero. Junior Maci Charpiot will run the court as the teams setter. Junior Kailey Mills will be vital to the teams defense as she has made great strides since the start of two a days. The team will also start three freshman: MaKenna Guillory, Rylie Gill, and Kennedy Beckett. Junior Hailey Landry has the ability to come off the bench and help the team at any of the three hitting positions and on
defense. Other reserves are Seniors Belen Rosales and McKenzie LeLeaux."When asked what he wants to see from his team he said, "We have to get better every day. We are extremely young in experience so everyone has to grow up fast. The girls are working hard and beginning to understand what it’s going to take to give us a chance to win. It’s going to take a team effort, trusting one another, volleyball intelligence, and relentless defensive hustle to overcome our opponents."Look for the Lady Bucs to get better each game. With a young roster drastic improvements will be made as the team gains experience and playing time. Without a doubt the Lady Bucs will once again put themselves in position to win meaningful games as the season goes along.
Wednesday, September 9, 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 Ok.....here's the situation. It's 10:30 pm. on Monday night and my editor is screaming at me because I haven't provided my column to her yet and she has a paper to put together before morning. The reason that I haven't provided the column to her is because I'm just now sitting down to compose it and unfortunately it's been a rather crazy Monday night. Now, here's the reason that it's been a crazy Monday night. It all started about 10 years ago when a group of us would get together for Monday Night Football and have a few drinks and watch the game. Everything was good until the football season ended and we had all become accustomed to getting together on Monday evenings and so we decided to continue to gather on Mondays and have a few drinks. Mondays were so good that we decided to gather on Tuesdays as well and thankfully, I usually have to head North to go to Huntsville on Wednesdays and I get a reprieve from the social gathering. This
Monday was pretty much a "Special" Monday......because......well, I'm still trying to figure that one out, but anyway it was special. I kept trying to leave because I had to get back to the office to write this column, but drinks just miraculously kept showing up and I didn't want to be rude. All of that to say that I think I'm actually having too much fun. I think that there is a country song about having too much fun and I really believe that I have reached that point. I had a weekend planned that included going to a football game on Friday night and then going dove hunting Saturday morning for our annual dove hunt at my friends place in Winnie. I started out just fine as I was at the football game and got a few really good pictures and actually made it into the third quarter before things started heading South. My phone rings and it's a friend of mine and she says that my good friend and great singer George Dearborne was performing at a little social gathering at her
Opinion & Entertainment brothers house and wanted to know if I would like to attend. I'm on my way was my answer. What a great social gathering it was and many thanks for the invite and to those that made it all happen. I had some good conversation with another friend that evening as she and I started on one end of Texas and covered almost every town in the State with connections that we both had dealings with over the years. I don't really remember what time that I got home that next morning, but it was too early to get some sleep and then get up and go dove hunting, so I just slept in and missed my dove hunt and told myself that I would go hunting that evening. I ended up mowing my grass that Saturday afternoon and I was almost finished when the drive belt on my lawnmower broke and I had to stop mowing grass. As I was pushing the mower into the shop so that I could go dove hunting, I looked up and realized that there was a thunderstorm headed our way and I coulds see the lightning and decided that dove hunting wasn't going to happen that evening. So, what do you do when it's Saturday night and you are a single guy.......you clean up and go get something to eat and then go listen to your favorite DJ spin some records. Sunday morning
I woke up and decided to go over to Pearland to the Bass Pro Shop and do a little shopping. I called a friend of mine in the area and she and I went and got some great seafood down on the coast and then I came back to Winnie on Sunday evening and sat in my chair at my desk
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and wondered why I was so far behind on my work. I worked all Sunday evening until past Midnight and then was back at the office working on the papers all day Monday until I decided to go and get something to eat about 8:00 Monday evening. And.......that gets me
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back to where I started this story and I still think that I'm just having too much fun and I know I'm way too old for this kind of behavior.......but, boy it sure is fun. I need to go to work so that I can have a break and slow down a little. Till next time, I'm.......... Wade in the Shade.
Tumbleweeds
IS BEND THE NEW LUCKENBACH? By Tumbleweed Smith
Bret Cali has the general store and café at Bend in San Saba County. He is one clever dude and just might be the new Hondo Crouch, the late self-proclaimed foreign minister of Luckenbach. Hondo became famous for his shenanigans at the little town he bought and put on the map. Major singers appeared at Luckenbach, even wrote and sang songs about the place. Bret is putting Bend on the map and is having fun doing it. He has the perfect background for it. He’s a world traveler, marketing expert, entertainer and entrepreneur. “People still love to go to those backwoods, out of the way places,” says Bret. “I bought the store here at Bend after the previous owner told me I was crazy for even wanting it. I had similar establishments in other small towns, but something clicked when I got to Bend. I bought an old building across the street, found an old board and painted Bend City Hall on it and we’ll have 200 people a day taking pictures of it.” He has made Bend a destination for people looking for fun.
Sometimes the line of cars around his place stretches for a mile or so. He is constantly busy finding musicians, preparing food, filling his store with merchandise and being a character. “We have people from all walks of life that come here: rich folks, working folks, whatever. The vibe here is so good and everybody is so happy. You can relax here. I mean there are chickens jumping up on the stage while the band is playing. The drummer is right next to where the chickens roost so the drummer is having to shoo chickens off his snare drum and cymbals. I never tell the band that’s going to happen so it’s something new to them. Tourists get a kick out of it.” You can spend the night at Bret’s place. He has cabins and an Airstream trailer he calls the Moon Pie Motel. “Usually when you use somebody’s name you might get a notice to quit using it because of trademark infringement or what not. Sure enough I got a package from Moon Pie. They said they loved it, sent a banner and asked if I wanted anything else.”
He keeps a list of interesting interactions he has had with customers. “I’ve had people walk into our little country store and order a caramel soy latte. A woman in a Keep Austin Weird t-shirt wanted to rent a skillet for the night. I told her she could rent it for $10 but she had to bring it back within 5 years. I had some kids ask if I had marshmallow sticks. I actually do. I have probably 50 bags of marshmallow sticks in 2 different lengths. I have a sign in the cabins that says please don’t bring your charcoal grill into the cabin. It has happened more than once. I sprint across the backyard and tell the guests they’ll suffocate and burn down the place. There’s not a lot of outdoor skills being taught in a lot of places.” About 3 times a week someone tells him Bend is the new Luckenbach. They also tell him he makes the best hamburger they’ve ever had. 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: BOTANY 101 ACROSS 1. One's arbitrary assertion 6. "Swan Lake" step 9. Not Sunni 13. Mountaineer's tool 14. Tolkien creature 15. Bebe Rexha's "____ to Be" 16. Artificial or mannered 17. Snow runner 18. Nylon or Kevlar, in chemistry terms 19. Scooby-Doo's best friend 21. *Between order and genus 23. *Marine botany is study of plants living here 24. 35mm, e.g. 25. Public health agency, acr. 28. Partner of void 30. Small lynx 35. Stewart and Blagojevich 37. Grazing lands 39. Jawaharlal ____ 40. g or cm 41. Smelling ____, athlete's pick-me-upper 43. No neatnik 44. Lay to rest 46. They are hairy on a hobbit 47. Hefty volume 48. One in line, during COVID-19 pandemic 50. In the middle of
52. *Grain-bearing tip of a cereal plant 53. Cattle meat 55. Fleur-de-____ 57. *Pollinator attractors 60. *Food for a pollinator 63. One there at the beginning 64. Famous T-Rex 66. Lowest deck 68. Forearm bones 69. Cassius Clay, ____ Muhammad Ali 70. Private instructor 71. ____-do-well 72. Thus far 73. Inflict a blow DOWN 1. Female sib 2. "Hamlet" has five 3. Sure or uh-huh 4. "The Forsyte ____," pl. 5. *Product of photosynthesis 6. One of a pocketful, according to Mother Goose 7. Genesis vessel 8. "The Matrix" genre 9. Highway hauler 10. Icy precipitation 11. Dr. Jones, fictional professor of archaeology, to friends 12. Filled up 15. Biblical personification of
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material wealth 20. Olden-day Celts 22. Priest's robe 24. Blank leaf in a book 25. *Seed holder 26. "Death, Be Not Proud" poet 27. Mine passages 29. *Food manufacturer 31. Superlative of better 32. Actress Sevigny 33. Something in the air 34. *Potato, e.g. 36. Proofreader's mark 38. *Plant support 42. "...he found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked ____" 45. Sales lure 49. Electric fish 51. *Not monocots 54. Piece of writing 56. Pull strings 57. Carpet attribute 58. Marine eagle 59. Russia's famous Peter 60. Sans mixers 61. Choir voice 62. *Plant anchor 63. Good times 65. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's guitar 67. Prefix for prior
■ 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, September 2, 2020 PUNISHMENT RANGE
Nineteen individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Monday, August 31 and Saturday, September 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.
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Friday Night Football is Back (contd) 81 yards(20.75 yards per carry) and 2 times across the goal line. Jacoby Perrault(#10) was 5 of 7 in the passing department for 89 yards and a touchdown completion to KK Morris(#5) who had 2 catches for 61 yards. Mason Schepf(#3) had 1 catch for 12 yards
and Keyrin Green(#11) had 2 receptions for 16 yards to finish out the receiving yards. East Chambers will be home again this week(September 11, 2020) as they take on the Longhorns from Hamshire-Fannett with a 7:30 pm. kickoff. Go Bucs.
Jacoby Perrault(#10) goes flying through the air as he is tripped up during a scramble that netted a few of his 21 yards on 6 carries.
Brayden Guillory(#1) cruises to one of his two touchdowns as his teammates cheer him on and advise the referee as to the outcome of the play.
Wednesday,September 9, 2020
Religion & Lifestyle
Sunday Observations from Christy
"Power On!"
After working on my pasture fence, I forgot to turn the power back on to the fence charger. So one of my young heifer cows decided to step between the wires and help herself to my neighbor’s grass. I got a bucket of feed, led her to the nearest gate, and back inside where she belonged. I made sure power was restored. Turning off the power was an instant temptation. “Set boundaries for your children while there is hope. Otherwise you will ruin their lives.” (Proverbs 19:18) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain for Fellowship of Christian Cowboys and Chambers County Sheriff ’s Office
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You know those places you hate to drive by? The ones that bring back bad memories, or sad times. Maybe it’s a hospital where a loved one died. A corner down a back road that took the life of a classmate in a wreck. The drive past a previous home. We all have “those places”.... that we kind of avoid. This weekend I have spent in Fort Worth, checking in on the recouping
parentals from their horrible wreck almost 11 weeks ago. Fort Worth is my birthplace. I have more family there than in SETX. It’s a city that runs deep in my blood. It’s a city that is synonymous with comfort in my mind. With the exception of a few of those places.... the ones we all avoid. Well, my Dad and I went roaming the other day. We were gone for several hours running errands. Went to the post office over by their old house, drove by their old house and my grandparents as well. The lawns are not kept as nicely, the neighborhood is going to crap, and well.... I was glad
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my parents are out. It wasn’t a road I disliked. It became a road of a lot of great memories. Dad and I laughed about the crap us kids pulled, decided my grandfather would smack the owners of their home now because dead spots in the grass is a big NO NO, and ran to the liquor store, then left their old neighborhood. We twisted around, and ended up by a couple of the retirement places my grandparents had been at, finally past their final home, and I thought..... well that wasn’t the stab at my heart I expected. I had avoided driving by Mirabella, for years now, because that was where my
grandparents lived their final days. But this weekend, Dad and I rode by, laughing and retelling stories we all knew, and now, the road is synonymous with a good afternoon with my dad. Doing nothing, while tending to chores, and just enjoying the day. Happy Sunday peeps..... sometimes those things that hurt, can become a moment of laughter, if you only allow them to be. Just gotta take the bull by the horns, and force yourself to see that the building isn’t bad, the road isn’t bad, and that given time, good can replace the bad. But only if you let it.
never married but was never lonely. She devoted herself to the children in her family and, until the day she died, was that Aunt they could always count on to be there for them. Her mission here is completed with us and she has entered into her heavenly rest with Jesus the true love of her life. She is survived by her sister Shirley Partlow, brother Dan Brown and wife Becky, sister Bobbi Miller, and sister-inlaw Suzie Brown, as well as numerous nephews, nieces, great nephews and great nieces, great great-nephews
and great great-nieces, and cousins. She is proceeded in death by her father Amos T Brown, Sr, mother Cleo Olive Brown, and stepmother, Norma Brown, sister Olive Odem and husband A.C Odem, sister Lavella Railey and husband Donald Railey, brother Amos T. Brown, Jr, Brother Alvin Brown and wife Jean Brown, brother-in-law, Leeland Partlow, and several nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews, and cousins.
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Opal Mae Brown September 18, 1941 – September 2, 2020 Miss Opal Brown passed away at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston, Texas at 1:53 PM
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)
on September 2, 2020. There will be memorial Sunrise Celebration of Life service held in her honor on Sunday, September 13th, 2020 at 7:00am at the “Y” on Hwy 87 in High Island, TX. All family, friends, and those whose lives were touched by her are invited to attend. Opal Brown was born in Port Arthur, Texas at St Mary's Hospital on September 18, 1941. She was the fourth daughter of Amos Trice Brown, Sr. and Cleo Olive Tatum Brown. She spent her life serving Jesus Christ. Everyone who knew Opal 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
Brown always noticed her kindness and love for the people around her. She was a high school math teacher by profession and taught the majority of her career at High Island High School, serving in the High Island Baptist Church during her tenure. She was an example of Christian faith to the community and her family. She helped thousands of students and their families, as well as siblings, nieces, nephews, and strangers in any way possible to better their lives, and most importantly invited each
person she helped to attend Church, in order to learn about the saving power of Jesus Christ. She took family and friends into her home and helped them better their lives. She was the caregiver for her stepmother Norma Brown until she passed away in 2011. She was a humble servant with the IQ of a genius. She will be terribly missed by everyone who had the opportunity to know her. Her family will always feel her absence and will never forget the kindness and love that she gave to them unconditionally. Opal Brown
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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
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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 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
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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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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 House for Rent 3 BR 1 1/2 1000 sq. ft. office space bath $1100.00/month and for rent. 409-781-0918. $1100.00 deposit. No utilities. House for rent Call Reenay 409-201-0399 in Winnie. House for Rent 3 BR, 2 bath, All appliances in kitchen. Central A/H, Washer/Dryer $1150.00/ month. Call 409-651-0578 SMALL HOUSES 2BR, 1 Bath, built-ins in kitchen, washerdryer hookups, Franzen Rd, great location, 725/m0. 409-679-9773
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Horse and cow pasture for lease. One mile from Winnie. 20 acres and 2 barns. $100/month. 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. Engine on stand to hear run in Oak Island. 9 3 6 - 5 4 6 - 4 4 0 1
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Horse hay 4x5 fertilized Jiggs Bermuda in barn $50.00/ roll. Call 409-781-2236 2012 Jeep Compass runs good. A/C works but does not cool well. Work vehicle $5000.00 Call 409-277-1065 Queen size bedroom set, includes dresser with mirrors and one nightstand. $300.00. Call 409-291-1288 4x5 Round bales Horse quality in barn $50.00 Call 409-781-2236 Free flooded mobile home. You haul away. 409-651-7789 Floor model drill press $100 Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4 2000 Ford gas tractor parts. Call for prices Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4 Window air conditioner $50 Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4 4 tires size 33x12.50 R18LT$100 Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4 Metal Shelves $10 each 4 available Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4 Set of metal steps. $40 Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4 Disk and scoop for tractor $25 each Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4
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HUNTING CAMP CALAMITIES By John Jefferson
Hunting has been significant in my life. It’s been an incredible journey. And fun. I’ve learned a lot. Others’ experiences, though, have turned into catastrophes. Lemme tell you about a few. Two friends travelling through backcountry Colorado scouting for elk and trout in a pickup camper
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loaded with gear, stopped at the base of a mountain to grab a drink out of the back. They stood admiring the scenery before resuming their assent. Sometime later, near the summit, they wanted another drink. The other guy went to the back. He returned shortly, looking perturbed. They had forgotten to shut the camper door. Going uphill, their gear slowly migrated out. Five miles of it lay on the
road just climbed. But no one was hurt. On a duck hunt one frigid morning near Port Arthur, a hunting companion, unsteady on his feet following too late a night, was stepping into a johnboat to cross a canal when he and his shotgun unexpectedly took a dive. His teeth rattled for the rest of the hunt. Another duck hunter was even less fortunate. He and three others were in their blind on a
pitch-black morning before daylight. To eliminate coffee before shooting time, he climbed out the blind, stood in front of it facing away and proceeded with his mission. His buddies heard a “WHOCK!” and the 225-pound man fell back among them. It took time and effort to remove him and determine what happened. A flashlight explained the sound, the fall, and the blood. On the ground lay a wayward duck. It had flown into the big man’s forehead as he stood in the dark, knocking him cold. He had to be taken to the ER. We’re not told if the duck became part of their limit. A friend named
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Ezma climbed into her deer blind one morning, coming face-to-face with a bobcat. My son and I sat in a dark deer blind near Alice when something hit my sleeve. Our flashlight showed it was a red wasp. We looked up. The entire 4x8 ceiling was COVERED in red wasps. We opened the floor hatch and evacuated without using the ladder. The strangest was a bighorn sheep hunter who set his rifle and pack against the cabin while horses were being saddled. One mount spooked, ran across the compound, kicked his rifle, breaking the stock in half! With no back-up rifle and town too
far away, he fitted the jaggedly broken stock together like a jigsaw puzzle, held it firmly against his shoulder and killed his fourth sheep of the Grand Slam. One incident could have ended in mayhem. Two friends were dropped off by plane on a Canadian hunt. The outfitter NEVER dropped them promised food supplies. Hungry, they were about to “borrow” an Indian’s canoe to paddle to civilization when they caught a ride to a trading post on a freight canoe. Calling them “unhappy campers” was an understatement. They never heard from the outfitter or saw him again. He was lucky.
Some hunts have been interrupted by bad weather, like the one illustrated above. That’s to be expected. Others have been affected by myriad circumstances, including “operator error”. Photo by John Jefferson.
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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 19, 2020, 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 2020 billing month. Entergy Texas 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:
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Primary 69kV/138kV 230kV The revised fuel factor would result in an increase in Entergy Texas’ annual Texas retail fuel and purchased power revenues by approximately $126.5 million, or 28.4% on an annual basis. Compared to the fixed fuel factor approved by the Commission effective March 2020, a residential customer using 1000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per month would see an approximate decrease of 29.09% annually, or $6.64 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
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costs. Amounts collected from affected customers pursuant to the revised fixed fuel factor will be subject to final review by the Commission in Entergy Texas’ next applicable fuel reconciliation proceeding before the Commission. Entergy Texas expects the revised fixed fuel factor to be in effect for the billing period of September 2020 through February 2021. Persons with questions or who want more information on this petition may contact Entergy Texas at Attn: Customer Service – Fuel Factor, 350 Pine Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701, or call [1-800-368-3749 (once you hear: “Welcome to Entergy” select option 1, then press 5, then press 7)] during normal business hours. A complete
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copy of this petition is available for inspection at the address listed above. The Commission has assigned Docket No.51196 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 tollfree at (888) 782-8477. Hearing and speechimpaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may call (512) 936-7136 or use Relay Texas (tollfree) 1-800-735-2989. ENTERGY TEXAS, INC.
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