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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Volume 31, Issue 39
Chambers County C o u r t S e t s Ta x R a t e
By Wade Thibodeaux   The Chambers County Commissioners Court met in regular session on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 9:30 am. in the Courthouse in Anahuac, Texas. The meeting was broadcast via video production for those wishing to attend virtually. One of the first items of discussion was the setting of the tax rate for the 2020 year. After a little bit of discussion, the Court approved the no new revenue rate of $0.539490 per $100.00 of valuation. Another item that dealt with a tax situation was rescinded as a previous court agenda item had been approved to allow the Court to go up as much as 8% on the tax rate due to unusual circumstances such as the pandemic and impending hurricanes. The Court had passed the resolution at a previous court as a precaution, but over time had realized that it was unnecessary and several members of the Court wanted to go on record as rescinding the pos-
sibility of a tax increase. Another item that created a lot of discussion was the creation of Chambers County Drainage District No.1. This drainage district would be everything in Chambers County that is not already covered by Trinity Bay Conservation District and the Court approved an agenda item that found that the district was needed and would be a public benefit. This procedure was all part of the process to begin the planning and implementation of the new district. A lot of discussion was held pertaining to Fisher Road in West Chambers County with a preliminary agreement approved by the Court. The next regular meeting of the Chambers County Commissioners Court was held on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 9:30 am., but was past The Hometown Press's deadline and will be reported in another week's paper.
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Bucs Roll Over Lumberton Raiders 50-24
For most of the night it took several Raiders to slow down or stop the Bucs running game. By Wade Thibodeaux as they put 20 points period was a little another 157 yards. The  The East Chambers on the board and held slow again as the Bucs Bucs had 5 rushing Buccaneers traveled to Lumberton scoreless only added a single touchdowns, 1 TD Lumberton last Friday, to take a 34-10 lead field goal on the board through the air, and 1 September 18, 2020 into the locker room and Lumberton added amazing almost a 100 for a 7:00 pm. kickoff at halftime. The Bucs another 7 to make the yard return for a TD against the Raiders came out of the locker final score 50-24. East off of a Raider fumble and came away with room and added another Chambers played pretty as they were about to a 50-24 victory. The 13 points in the third much mistake free ball score. After the long first quarter was a little quarter and allowed a as they had 0 turnovers run for the touchdown, slow for the Bucs as single touchdown for while gathering 400 Coach Sutherland they were only able to the Raiders to amass yards of total offense. greeted the team on gather a 14-10 lead, but a 47-17 lead going The rushing department the sidelines and said " then things got cooking into the final frame. had 243 yards and the Hey, that # 27 is (contd School Gym Roofing proj- in the second quarter The fourth and final passing gathered up on page 3)
East Chambers Planning New Projects By Wade Thibodeaux  The East Chambers ISD Board of Trustees met in regular session on Monday, September 14, 2020 at 6:00 pm. at 216 Champions Loop in Winnie, Texas. One of the agenda items was to approve giving the Superintendent authority to select the best method that provides the best value to the District for several projects that could be completed with grant funds from the Imelda Restart Grant. This grant totaled about $1 Million to the District and the administration was working to get the track resurfaced from damage caused by rising water during Imelda and also they wanted to replace the Primary School Gym floor. A District wide generator project would more than likely be scaled down to just a generator at each cafeteria and the admin building due to cost and availability of generators, but that would allow food to be served during short periods of no electricity from the power provider. If any additional money was left over, the wish list continued with a Primary
ect and a Primary School window replacement project. Trustees approved the agenda item giving the authority to the Superintendent. Darren Smith, Operations Director, detailed how the staff was disinfecting the campus and the busses by spraying everything down daily and spraying the busses twice daily after each run morning and evening. The rest of the meeting was mostly routine with enrollment numbers showing 1505 total students in the District, which is about a 2% decline in enrollment. Heather Bethea was approved as a new teacher for the Kindergarten program and a resolution was approved for the extracurricular status of the 4-H organization as well as naming Mrs. Fitzgerald as adjunct faculty. The next regular meeting of the East Chambers ISD Board of Trustees will be Monday, October 12, 2020 at 6:00 pm. at the Administration Building located at 216 Champions Loop in Winnie, Texas.
Lady Bucs Volleyball Wins Over Kirbyville
By Wade Thibodeaux   The East Chambers Lady Bucs volleyball team traveled to Kirbyville last Friday, September 18, 2020 and came home with
a 3 games to 1 victory over the Lady Cats. The Lady Bucs would start off a little slow as they lost the first game 21-25, but then strung together
three successful victories in the final three games by scores of 25-21, 2522, and 25-21. The Lady Bucs hosted Woodville on Tuesday, September 22,
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Wednesday, September 23, 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 Okay, I'm going to back off a little this week after I got kinda crazy last week and went all thoughtful and serious on you guys. I think that I actually saw smoke coming from some of your heads and I'm not sure whether y'all were fuming mad or you were actually thinking and all of that thought process was causing all of the smoke. Anyway, just a little light humor this week from me is all that you are going to get, so if you are wanting another thought provoking column, you can just skip this one and go to another one in the paper. I'm writing this column around 10:00 pm. on a Saturday evening after I've already shut two establishments down for the night. I'm telling you.......I'm the picture of fun lately.....just saying. I had decided that I wanted a cooked for me steak, as opposed to a cook it myself steak and so I asked a friend of mine if she would join me for dinner. Fortunately, she said yes and we agreed to meet at one of our favorite steak places in Huntsville at 6:00 pm. We were finishing our meal and sitting around just chatting when the owner of the place came over and turned out the "Open"
sign that was in the window next to our table. I looked at my phone and it was 7:38 pm. and I kind of grinned and said "Well, I guess it's closing time". We wrapped things up and left a little after 8:00 pm. and were out in the parking lot when I looked across the freeway and realized that a restaurant that I thought had closed for good was actually open. I asked her if she wanted to go and get an adult beverage and she said "sure". We made our way across the freeway and walked into the bar area of the restaurant and noticed a sign that said that their hours were only until 9:00 pm. on Friday and Saturday. What the heck???? It's a good thing that Governor Abbott opened things up to 75% because these restaurants aren't exactly full and they are having to adjust hours and are still having problems trying to get staff back in to work the place. We had our one adult beverage and visited with the bartender a little and then headed home. We were the last people to leave both places. I closed down two establishments and was still home in time to catch the 10:00 pm. news. I must be getting
Opinion & Entertainment old.......instead of partying all night, I'm actually coming home and working.......What's wrong with me???? Okay.......here's a Sonic story for you. The other day I was in Sonic and I looked over and saw about four full grown chickens in the flower beds around the parking area at Sonic. As I was getting my drink through the drive thru window, I commented about the chickens and the young lady said that she didn't know where they came from, but they were sure making a mess. I agreed with her. Those chickens had taken about a half cubic yard of dirt and were scratching and scattering that dirt across the entire parking areas and driveways of the place. A few days later, I had forgotten about the chickens and I pulled into Sonic and there were a couple of cop cars in the parking lot. In addition to getting my usual 44 ounces of sweet nectar Diet Coke with Cherry, I was thinking that maybe I could get a "HOT" story about something that happened at Sonic. You know......a grab and run on a hotdog....or maybe a cup of coffee that was just too hot.....something as it was a slow week in the news. After I had retrieved my 44 ounces of nectar.....first things first....... I was going to pull up and visit with the officers and they started to walk away and head towards their patrol cars. I rolled my window down and asked one of the officers that I knew just exactly what was going on.......burglary, kidnapping, heist???? He just laughed and
said........"Just chasing down some stray chickens". Now folks, I've done some really strange and crazy articles in my career, but I don't think that I have ever covered loose chickens.......and I don't really care how slow the news is this week, I'm not about to start covering chickens. Alright.......one more stunt that I pulled this week and then I'll let you guys loose from this captivating and thrilling adventure story of mine. I had picked up a check from a client and I was going to the bank to deposit the check. I had filled out the deposit slip and paperclipped the check and deposit slip together and placed it on the dash of my truck. As I was heading towards the bank, I looked up and realized that several emergency vehicles were in the roadway ahead of me. I looked over into a field where every-
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body was looking and a small plane was in the middle of the pasture, nose down. Now, after the chicken incident, finally some real news. I pulled over onto the grassy area between the interstate and the feeder road and jumped out of the truck, left my driver door open and grabbed my camera from the back seat. I got several pictures and put my camera away and vacated the location so that the first responders could do their job. As I pulled into the drive thru at the bank and reached up to the dash for the check......I realized that it was not there. I pulled through the drive thru and parked and began looking for the check under the seat and everywhere else in the truck. Slowly, I replayed the scenario in my head and began to realize that when I left my driver door open on the side of the interstate, I had lost the
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check when a vehicle came by and the wind sucked the check out of my truck. I doubled back and parked in what I thought was the same place and walked along the grass and side of the road looking for the check. No luck. I was getting late for a meeting and just admitted to myself that I had screwed up and would have to call the client and explain. The next day, I decided to go back one more time before I faced the music with the client and this time I parked way back and started walking towards the area where I was parked the day before. Miraculously, I looked down and there nestled in the grass was the paperclipped check and deposit slip. I picked it up and headed straight to the bank. I've always said that it's better to be lucky than good. Till next time, I'm...........Wade in the Shade.
Tumbleweeds
CHILI SEASON IS UPON US
By Tumbleweed Smith I met H. Allen Smith at his home in Alpine in 1969. He was a big deal celebrity: Hollywood screen writer, nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, an author of magazine articles in Esquire and similar magazines and a frequent guest on television talk shows. His books stayed on the bestseller list a hundred days at a time. He was profiled by Edward R. Murrow. H. Allen was a humorist. He coined the phrase “To Hell in a Handbasket.” Once when he looked up a word in a dictionary he discovered the example of how the word was used happened to be something he had written. He moved to Alpine from Mt. Kisco, New York in 1967. I went to interview him about chili. H. Allen is responsible for our Texas Chili Culture that began after he wrote a magazine article stating he made the best chili in the world. The Austin chili maker Wick Fowler challenged H. Allen’s claim and they staged the world’s first chili cook-off in Terlingua in the fall of 1967. It ended in a tie. H. Allen judged various cookoffs all over the country where cooks prepared items like sausage, tamales, menudo and barbeque. “Some of it
not fit to serve to a starving jackal,” he said. He turned down the chance to sample Goat Gut Tacos in Laredo. He commented on the Texans’ love of beef. “Some Texans hate to even say the word pig.” He has judged such chili entries as Mouth of Hell Chili, Cedar Rat Chili, Crawfish Chili, Jackrabbit Chili, Coyote Short Ribs Chili, Cabrito Chili, Armadillo Chili, Javelina Knuckles Chili, Buffalo Hump Chili, Roadrunner Chili, Raccoon Chili and Gator Tail Chili. Some cooks spice up the chili with mescal or other drinks made from desert plants. “It’ll grow hair on an anvil. A man could get more flavor from a set of stewed piano keys. Some chili cooks know less about a good bowl of chili than a pregnant sow knows about Neiman Marcus. Sometimes when I even get a whiff of some types of chili, I make a noise like when you pour hot butter into a panther’s ear.” H. Allen and I became close friends. I interviewed him many times after we had enjoyed a bowl of red at his table. The first time I met him I was working at a radio station. The second time we visited I had just been fired. He was
most encouraging and told me, “Now you can do something.” We corresponded over the years and I treasure his letters. When he died in 1976 his widow Nelle told me I could have anything in his office. I took 2 photographs and the typewriter he had used to produce 43 novels. The photographs are on the wall of my studio and I donated the typewriter to Sul Ross State University in Alpine, which has the H. Allen Smith achieves. The first Thanksgiving after H. Allen passed away, Nelle came to our house near Fort Davis for dinner. We kept up with her after she moved to Florida. We visited her there. H. Allen wrote about people named Smith. “If your last name is Smith, you need to have some kind of catchy first name. “ He liked calling me Tumbleweed. I have several of his books and read them often.
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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: OKTOBERFEST ACROSS 1. Worry 6. Fleur-de-____ 9. One of Egyptian christians 13. Nary a soul 14. Dot-com address 15. Pretend, two words 16. Flogger's tool 17. Romanian money 18. Dostoyevsky's masterpiece, with The 19. *Royal Brewery in Munich, a.k.a. ____ M¸nchen 21. *Original Oktoberfest location 23. Tree juice 24. Cathedral part 25. Lysergic acid derivative, acr. 28. Children's author Roald 30. Bivouac 35. Heroic poem 37. Taro or cocoyam, technically 39. Relish tastebuds' sensation 40. Russian governmental agency 41. Musketeers' weapons 43. Presidential "No!" 44. Make corrections 46. Kind of palm 47. A in B.A.
48. Indian Ocean's saltwater inlet 50. Carvey or Plato 52. "Sesame Street" watcher 53. One-horse carriage 55. Sunday newspaper inserts 57. *Kind of Oktoberfest band 60. *Salty snack 64. Meltable abode 65. Go wrong 67. Sore spot 68. African prairie 69. "Wheel of Fortune" vowel request 70. All-season ones, on a car 71. Affirmatives 72. Beaver's construction 73. Noise of contempt DOWN 1. Egyptian hieroglyph for "life" 2. "You're not allowed!" to a baby 3. Mistake 4. Spurns 5. Between triad and pentad 6. Comic strip Moppet 7. Anger management issue 8. Economic crisis 9. Ghana monetary unit 10. Ear-related 11. Tubby little cubby
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12. Ted Turner's TV acronym 15. Bedding and towels 20. Lickety-split 22. Wear and tear 24. "So soon?" 25. *____hosen 26. Sea foam 27. Like United States Capitol 29. *Flower used in beermaking 31. Spanish sparkling wine 32. Deflect 33. *"O'zapft is!" or "It's tapped!" 34. *Cheers! 36. Without, ‡ Paris 38. Start of something big? 42. Echo sounder 45. Joseph Stalin was one 49. "Eureka!" 51. Experts 54. In the lead 56. *Beer garden mug 57. Curved molding 58. Paella pot 59. '60s British teenagers 60. "Hunger Games" sister 61. Goose egg 62. Second to last word in a fairytale 63. Just in case 64. Woody creeper 66. Biochemistry acr.
■ 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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Local News
Wednesday, September 2, 2020 PUNISHMENT RANGE
Twenty-Five individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, September 13 and Friday, September 18. 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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Bucs Roll Over Lumberton Raiders 50-24 (contd)
KK Morris(#5) cruises through an opening in the offensive line. pretty good too". 26 yards. Five other for 87 yards and 1 Some of the individual running backs carried touchdown, while statistics for the the ball 12 times for Cooper McKay(#8) Bucs include the 45 yards. Jacoby had 3 receptions for usual fantastic Ernest Perrault(#10) was in 30 yards. The usually Ceasar(#20) with 15 that group as he had steady Sebastian carries for 120 yards 5 carries for 21 yards Melchor(#14) was a and 4 trips across the and was 12 of 15 in the little off Friday evening goal line, Braydon passing department for as he was 4 for 6 in the Guillory(#1) with 3 157 yards and 1 score. extra point department, carries for 52 yards Keyrin Green(#11) did but he did add a 37 yard and 1 touchdown, and the long work in the field goal on the Bucs Jelani Fontenot(#21) receiving department last possession of the with 4 touches for by hauling in 6 catches game. Leo Avila(#88)
added 1 out of 1 attempt in the extra point scoring department. Sutherland commented after the game that "it was nice to come to Lumberton and step up in class and play a very scrappy team". He added " I thought that our guys played hard and we made plays when we needed to tonight". "When we
look at the video, there will be some things that we will need to work on, but it was nice to be able to let some of the younger guys play in a Varsity game". He continued with " I told the guys that next week they start counting and we need to carry this momentum into District play and we will be ready". The Bucs travel to Hardin next Friday, September 25, 2020 for a 7:30
pm. start time against the Hornets to open up District play. They will be open the following week of October 2, 2020 before returning home to play Anahuac on October 9, 2020 in Buccaneer Stadium. Remember to buy your tickets online, practice social distancing, and wear your masks so that we can continue having Buccaneer Football. Go Bucs.
Jelani Fontenot(#21) gets an escort from Jacoby Perrault(#10) during the Lumberton game.
Boudreaux Campbell Claims First Xtreme Bulls Tour title This wasn’t the way Boudreaux Campbell wanted to finish the 2020 Xtreme Bulls Tour. Campbell didn’t earn a check at the Xtreme
Bulls Tour Finale Nephi, Utah, Sept. after being bucked in the long round Diamond G (contd page 9)
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Wednesday,September 23, 2020
Religion & Lifestyle
Sunday Observations from Christy
Ananias, being fearful of going to Saul, who became the Apostle Paul said, “Lord , I’ve heard many bad things of this man. The Lord said, ‘Go,’ and Ananias went.” (Acts 9:13,15,17) Based on His word, do not be afraid, go! Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain for Fellowship of Christian Cowboys and Chambers County Sheriff’s Office
Letter to the Editor
Question? Should we de-fund our police forces? Well do you love law and order? Should members of your family be safe in their endeavors - church, schools, grocery shopping, other aspects of your daily living? I say you should! Are all officers right all of the time? No, but are even our ministers right all of the time? Of course not! Let
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)
me share an incident that confirms my thinking. I have lived in Winnie for 48 years. Once I was given a ticket for not having my seat belt on. Was I guilty Yes! On Thursday evening, September 17th I was mowing my lawn. It was hot and I am 89 years old. A young Chambers County officer stopped while 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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This week, my high school graduating class, had a loss. We lost a classmate who was loved, who was witty, who was kind, and more than any of that..... who was respected. It’s caused the normal chatter back and forth between us, and the normal shock. We didn’t see this one coming. The influx of social media has made staying in touch so much easier. Not all like it, some refuse to be on it, and all of that is understandable. But there are still old school ways to stay
in touch. I urge you, find a way to stay in touch. Of course with your family, but more so, stay in touch with your roots. You may travel, move off, explore a different life, or you may stay in that small hometown. Whatever you do, know this. That hometown, those people you spent your youth with, they stay in your blood. No distance can change that. Maybe it’s due to experiencing so many of life’s firsts with them, maybe it’s the fondness,
maybe it’s the easier days you long for as life gets tough. Whatever it is, those people are a source of comfort. As you age, they become the ones that you can remember every single detail about. How they laugh, how handsome or beautiful they were, how smart, silly, or even ridiculous they were. Something about a solid 35 years, will make those the memories you seek out when hurting. This roller coaster of life keeps going. The ups and downs, the crazy times, the good times, the sad times. Having been out of school now for 35 years..... not sure how the hell that much time has passed....the thing I have learned about the reunions and the connection, is as you go to a few, the genuine enjoyment of one another becomes so evident. The concern shifts, from how much
I was resting for a moment. Surprised, I said to my wife "I didn't do it". She, neither did I. But what he said was "Could I help you by mowing a few rounds?" Well I was
almost finished but I appreciated the offer. Me and my wife chatted with him. He told us he had 2 young children and a wife in neighboring Anahuac. Very congenial, very
polite! Several times he asked, "You sure I can't help you by going a few rounds?" We assured him we were just finishing. Maybe we should UP fund our police force. What do you
think? Give it some thought. Law and order by moral men or unlawful chaos by de-funded so just any man that could take the job? Keith Davis
Methodist
Nondenominational
"Gentle Gene"
Though he was the largest and scariest of the bison herd, our train guide said “Gene” was the friendliest of them all. Based on his word, Dana leaned over at the door of the train and fed this 2000 pound giant from her hand.
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weight has been gained or lost, or what they wear, look like or other trivial things..... to the health of one another. To the happiness. To the well being. The upside of social media is that you can watch these things happen. When we comfort one another, pray for, check on, laugh with, and cry for.... each other. You realize..... you grew up. Happy Sunday peeps. Here’s to growing up. Here’s to our roots. And here’s to a classmate, who would be laughing if he knew the complete sadness felt of his loss...... but he would be touched to know he somehow, brought us all together. In prayer. RIP my friend.... the world is dimmer without you, while the heavens shine brighter. As they say, our loss is heavens gain. I will miss you dancing at our reunions, with everyone.
Church Services
St. Mary Baptist Church Hwy 61 &Albritton •Hankamer 409-374-2182 Sunday School.........................9:30 am Morning Worship..................11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study.........7:00 pm SunlightMissionaryBaptistChurch Spikes Rd • Hankamer Sunday School.........................9:45 am Sunday Morning Worship......11:00 am Wednesday Evening..................7:00 pm LaBelle Baptist Church 9400 Hwy 365 • LaBelle 409-796-1240 Sunday School.......................10:00 am Sunday Adult Worship............11:00 am Sunday Children’s Church......11:00 am Sunday Evening......................6:00 pm Wednesday Bible Study.............7:00 pm First Baptist Church High Island Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Worship....................10:30 am Sunday Evening Worship..........6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer & Bible......7:00 pm
Catholic St. Louis Catholic Church 315 W Buccaneer Dr • Winnie 409-296-4200 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
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WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE
SHOTGUNS AND ME
By John Jefferson
I probably won’t score with a shotgun like the late Gene Hill did. Nor may I EVER even approach his ability to make you feel like you were there, following a dog, shooting birds on frosty mornings. But I wonder if he savored the sport any bit more at all than I do. When It comes to doves or quail or teal, I’ve done the time and banked the memories. Mr. Hill probably felt disappointed when he
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fell short of breaking 25 clay birds on the skeet range. I still relish the day I busted 17. I can hold my own with a pistol or a rifle, but at wing shooting with a shotgun, I seem to have a learning disability. Oh, I have had days afield the memories of which comfort me late at night following days that emphasized my inadequacies, but generally speaking, I never earned a merit badge shooting a shotgun. I do recall one day when I was a rookie getting a try-out with the major leaguers. I had been
invited to hunt doves near Mason, Texas with three law school classmates who were experienced hunters. I could tell that from our conversations at the Texas Tea House, a law students’ hang out in the early ‘60s. I was excited about getting invited to hunt with them, but a little intimidated. They dropped me off at the edge of a freshly cut milo field and pointed me toward a mesquite tree that offered a smidgin of shade. I trudged across the field, not realizing they were still watching me.
One yelled, “Above you, John!” I looked up and saw a lone dove flying fast way above me. I was shooting my grandfathers’ old Model 12 Winchester 16-gauge pump shotgun with a full choke. I threw the gun up to my shoulder and squeezed the trigger. The dove collapsed in mid-flight and fell to the ground. Someone yelled, “Nice shot!” Then, I heard somebody say, “I figured he was a good shot, but I didn’t
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expect THAT good a shot”. But that was my last hooray of the day. I was the last one to get a limit of doves -- and the limit was only twelve, back then. I didn’t understand much about shotgun chokes and only later realized that a full choke held the shot pattern too tightly for normal dove shooting. It was better suited for ducks and geese at longer ranges. It had helped me make the Hail Mary shot crossing the field earlier but
was a hindrance the rest of the afternoon. A modified choke would have worked better. Those hunting partners painfully outshot me. One even said he was afraid the doves were going to peck my eyes out as close as they flew to me. Gene Hill would have sighed and looked the other way. But I’ll guarantee ya, nobody has enjoyed it more. Dove hunting is somewhat like love – experience helps, but you don’t have be an expert to enjoy it!
The Winchester Model 12 shotgun in 16-gauge mentioned in the article was finally traded for the similar piece pictured, but one with a modified choke -- a much better choice for doves and quail. I refinished the stock and think of my grandfather every time I hunt with it. And hunting with your best friend, also pictured, adds another dimension of memories. Photo by John Jefferson.
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Sage Kimzey posts 90 to win Gooding
Things are finally starting to fall into place for Sage Kimzey this season. With a 90-point ride aboard Summit Pro Rodeo’s Near Miss at this weekend’s Gooding (Idaho) Pro Rodeo, the six-time and reigning PRCA world champion bull rider earned $4,004 and returned to the top spot in the PRCA | Ram World Standings. “It’s always good to be in the top spot, for sure,” said the Oklahoma cowboy who now lives in Salado, Texas. “Gooding did that for me, and it was a good weekend.” Kimzey’s attempt to get back to the Wrangler NFR and win a seventh straight world title has hit its share of roadblocks. First, he suffered a torn liga-
ment in his left ankle in February at the San Antonio Stock Show that required “tightrope” surgery. Then, of course, Kimzey and the rest of his rodeo comrades were forced to endure multiple delays and postponements amid the coronavirus pandemic. That unscheduled break, however, helped Kimzey return to full strength much more effectively. “I probably returned too fast after surgery so I could compete in Houston and The American (Arlington, Texas)," Kimzey said. “I was having a pretty good year before San Antonio, then the injury came, then COVID struck right after. That time off gave me time to heal where I usually
Entergy Texas Restores Power and Pledges $360,000 to Help Rebuild Texas Communities Power was restored Sunday to all customers who can safely receive it, ending an 11-day restoration effort by more than 7,000 Entergy employees and contractors to restore 291,300 customers in Texas. Despite power being restored to customers, work continues to repair the catastrophic damage to the transmission system across Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, which together provides power to the eastern portion of Texas. Entergy Texas’ commitment to helping Southeast Texas recover doesn’t stop when the lights are restored. The company is pledging $360,000 to charitable organizations across the region to help rebuild the communities it serves. “Our customers, employees and restoration workers who came from across the country to render aid have been incredible during this historic restoration effort,” said Sallie Rainer, president and CEO of Entergy Texas. “I can’t thank our customers and communities enough for their patience and support as crews worked to safely restore power. Our commitment to our customers doesn’t end when we get the lights back on. We will be a part of the rebuilding effort to help our communities come back stronger than ever.” Supporting Our Communities The company allocated $200,000 from an American Red Cross Disaster Responder Partnership to directly aid communities impacted by Hurricane Laura. The support will help victims recover and get back on their feet in the challenging weeks and months ahead. Entergy Texas has pledged
another $160,000 to provide grants to community organizations focused on referral assistance and safety net services for impacted individuals and families, including temporary lodging, food, and clothing for affected families. The Foundation for Southeast Texas, a nonprofit, public charity, will distribute the funds to nonprofits in the local community. Decisions about specific grantees will be announced at a later date. Entergy employees are also raising contributions through employee fundraising drives, which Entergy shareholders will match. Work Continues Four of the nine major transmission lines that help power Entergy Texas remain out of service as a result of significant storm damage. A good number of the transmission structures within these lines were damaged beyond repair and require complete replacement. The transmission system plays a critical role in delivering power from power plants to the lines serving customers’ neighborhoods. The damage from Hurricane Laura has eliminated much of the redundancy built into the transmission system, which makes it difficult to move power around the region to customers. Laura’s damage to Entergy’s transmission system has surpassed that of Hurricane Gustav that hit Louisiana and Hurricane Ike that hit Texas in 2008. While transmission structures are being repaired, Entergy Texas’ engineering and operations groups are working closely, along with our reliability coordinator MISO, to ensure the safe and stable operation of the electric grid.
Community wouldn’t have. I’d say that was a blessing in disguise. “Now, I’m pretty close to 100%.” In Gooding’s first performance on Sept. 17, Kimzey was paired with Near Miss, a bull that sent him prematurely to the arena dirt earlier this season in Castle Rock, Colo. Not the second time around, though. “I knew he was a good one,” Kimzey said. “He bucked hard, and it all worked out. It wasn’t
super smooth, and he kept changing it up and throwing stuff at me. It was all good, and I knew it was going to be a bunch (of points). I was definitely happy with the score.” Next up for Kimzey is a couple of days off before ending the regular season at this week’s Gold Buckle Beer ProRodeo Tour Finale in Rapid City, S.D., Sept. 22-26. Then, on Oct. 9, he will wed Alexis Bloomer in Salado.
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“I’m looking forward to that, for sure,” Kimzey said. “It has been a unique year. The whole landscape of rodeo has changed this year, but everyone is working through it, and I’m no different.” Other winners at the $141,022 rodeo were bareback rider Kaycee Feild (89.5 points on Summit Pro Rodeo’s Game Trail); steer wrestlers Tanner Brunner and Jesse Brown (3.7 seconds each); team rop-
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ers Brenten Hall/Chase Tryan (4.4 seconds); saddle bronc riders Brody Cress (87 points on Northcott Macza’s Ols Tubs Get Smart) and Logan Hay (87 points on Korkow Rodeo’s Onion Ring); tie-down ropers Clint Robinson and Charlie Gibson (8.6 seconds each); and barrel racer Jessie Telford (17.00 seconds). Stetson Wright took all-around honors ($2,269 in saddle bronc riding and bull riding).
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copies. Save birth and marriage certificates, wills, deeds, tax returns, insurance policies and stock and bond certificates on a thumb drive or in a secure location in the cloud. • Keep an up-to-date inventory of your possessions. One easy way to do so is to use your smartphone to take photographs or videos of everything valuable and store this in the cloud. Your documentation should include cars, vehicles and electronics, as well as any interior and exterior home improvements you’ve made which could increase your property value and help with insurance claims. • Review what your insurance policy covers and determine if additional insurance or coverage is needed. Be sure to take into account how life has changed in the
COVID-19 era. For example, emergency shelters may not be an option for your family given social distancing guidelines, so you may want to consider adding coverage for temporary housing to your policy. • If you haven’t already done so, consider setting up online banking, mobile banking, automatic bill pay and electronic account alerts. Should you be displaced from your home, these measures will make it (contd on page 9) easier to stay on top of your accounts and bills. Take this opportunity to ensure your online profiles are up-to-date in case your bank or lender need to contact you post-disaster. • Note that a disaster can shut down local ATMs and banks for days or even weeks. Include easily accessi-
ble cash in your emergency supply kit. • Know in advance if and what resources your financial institutions provide. For example Wells Fargo customers, including those with home mortgages, home equity, small business, and auto loans, can contact 800-TO-WELLS or visit wellsfargo.com/ recovery to learn more. “If COVID-19 has taught us anything it’s that disasters come in all shapes and sizes,” says Rullah Price, senior vice president, head of Wells Fargo Enterprise Incident Communications. “However, developing a plan this National Preparedness Month could save you countless hours of work and make the financial recovery process a lot less stressful.”
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Boudreaux Campbell Claims First (contd) Rodeo’s Tawa II. However, the Crockett, Texas, cowboy did enough during the season to capture his first Xtreme Bulls Tour championship. “It feels good to be the Xtreme Bulls Tour champion,” said Campbell, 22. “I’m glad I’m able to get this off my bucket list. I just wish I could have finished a little better at the (Finale), but it was still nice to get the (year-end) title. It has been a goal of mine since I was a little kid that once I got to the ProRodeo level I wanted to win everything I could, and this was something at the ProRodeo level I needed to win. I’m glad I got it done.” Campbell finished atop the Xtreme Bulls Tour standings with $44,286. His biggest Xtreme Bulls win came on Feb. 22 when he won the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo Xtreme Bulls. Campbell earned $20,333 in San Antonio – $17,833 for his winning, 89-point ride on 4L & Diamond S Rodeo's Ferdinand. That was his first Division 1 Xtreme Bulls victory. Campbell added a
second-place finish at the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Xtreme Bulls, July 20 and earned $9,297. “Winning San Antonio was a big one for me, and Spanish Fork also really gave me a boost,” Campbell said. Josh Frost won the Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale in Nephi with 174.5 points on two head. Frost earned $13,113. Frost clinched the victory with an 89-point ride on Diamond G Rodeo's Three Days, which was the top ride in the 12man short round. Three Days had been ridden only one other time in 26 outs since 2018. That was an 83.5-point ride by Lucas Mooningham, Nov. 8, 2018, at the RAM Southeastern Circuit Finals Rodeo in Davie, Fla. In Nephi, 40 riders competed in the long round. The money won at the Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale counted toward the world standings. That boded well for Frost, who entered Nephi 27th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $31,288. With
his performance at the Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale, Frost moved up to 20th in the world standings. Frost set the tone for his victory with an 85.5-point ride on Flying U Rodeo’s Johnny Sack in the first round, which tied him for seventh. Six-time reigning world champion Sage Kimzey was unable to register a score in the long round. The reigning three-time defending Xtreme Bulls Tour champion saw his streak come to an end. Kimzey entered Nephi 17th in the Xtreme Bulls standings with $12,280. Campbell had a careerbest season in 2019, finishing second in the world standings with $217,801. With the PRCA regular season concluding Sept. 30, Campbell wants to finish strong. Campbell is third in the world standings. “I need to stay on next week (at the Gold Buckle Beer ProRodeo Tour Finale) in Rapid (City, S.D.) and in Stephenville, Texas, so I can finish as the season leader,” Campbell said.
3 Tips to Prepare for Turkey Hunting Season
(StatePoint) Want to hunt turkeys on your home turf this fall? You’ll need to create and manage a habitat that will attract them to your property first. To get started, consider these tried-and-true tips from farmer, professional hunter and creator of the “Bone Collector” series, Michael Waddell: • Your lawn mower can help. Yes, believe it or not, mowing the pastures or food plots where you plan to hunt makes a huge difference. “What you’ll find, is that right at daylight with a heavy dew on the ground, the turkeys won’t come out in a food plot with high grass because they don’t want to get wet,” says Waddell. “You need to keep in mind turkey legs are only so tall and they get their feathers all wet, and it’s just aggravating to them.” Mow your plots and you improve your chances of turkeys using them.
• But, don’t mow everything. Turkeys use tall grass during the day once the dew has evaporated, so you don’t want to mow your entire lawn too low. Keeping some of the grass high allows the poults and hens to come out and eat bugs while still having shelter from other predators like hawks. Waddell suggests mowing around the edges where you want to concentrate your turkeys, and then creating some lanes through the grass to create a “turkey funnel,” so to speak. “Now I’m a man who likes to be successful,” says Waddell. “And this works. Year after year, I do this and it pays off every year.” • Keep your blades high. While you can maintain your property with a tractor or bush hog, Waddell says his lawn mower is more convenient. Just be sure to mow at a high blade setting to avoid damaging the machinery with rocks and other debris. Waddell
explains that he uses the same Exmark Lazer Z zero-turn mower to maintain his home property, so it’s important to keeps his blades in good shape. For more of Waddell’s tips and secrets, check out the new Exmark Original video, “Backyard Life, Turkey Habitat Tips.” The episode can be found by visiting Exmark.com/Backyard, a multimedia destination with a focus on giving home and acreage owners the tips and know-how to make the most of their outdoor experience and live more life outdoors. You can also access content on lawn-and-garden, outdoor cooking and rural lifestyles. A good turkey habitat in turn creates good hunting opportunities. To ready your property for turkey hunting season, build out a plot of land that is friendly for turkeys to nest, feed and hide from other predators.
(StatePoint) Math can be one of the toughest subjects to conquer, even in a typical school year. In today’s unusual learning environment, new challenges are presenting themselves to teachers and students alike. Here is how you can help your child make the grade in math, no matter where their learning is taking place: 1. Use online resources: For distance-learners, (or students who would like to reinforce math concepts at
home) free online educational resources can supplement formal instruction. One unique site providing remote-learning support to educators, parents and teachers is Casio Cares. The site features free software, math lessons for K through 12 and live webinars, as well as provides a web-based calculation tool that supports the curriculum of grade levels 6 through college. Visit casioeducation.com to access these tools and learn more.
2. Encourage tailored learning: Leaning into the strengths of online learning can help your student make the most of this atypical school year. While online tools like webinars, instructional videos and activities may not provide the same type of interaction as an in-person classroom experience, they do have some clear advantages: such tools appeal to digital natives, can be tailored to individual needs, offer opportunities for self
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pacing and can be revisited again and again as needed. 3. Get equipped: Be sure your student is equipped with a calculator well-suited to the curriculum. The affordable scientific calculators and graphing calculators available from Casio feature hundreds of func-
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 tions, as well as high-definition, three dimensional displays, helping students visualize mathematical concepts for a better grasp of the material. Tutorials offering in-depth instructions for using different calculator features are available online, and can
expand your child’s capabilities. Remote and hybrid learning come with different challenges than regular classroom learning, especially when it comes to math class. However, new tools can help make this school year a success.
Take a Safe and Affordable Fall Road Trip (StatePoint) As American families continue to track developments of the pandemic, many are opting for regional travel experiences this fall. For some, a road trip to a national park or quaint town might provide just the right combination of taking in the fall scenery while traveling in a way that limits contact with others. However, even road trips close to home can incur their fair share of expenses, which is something many Americans are looking at more closely these days. To watch your spending on the road, consider the following trip tips: • Plan your route carefully. Opting for a closer destination can eliminate hefty gas expenditures and wear and tear on your vehicle. For example, if you’re on the East Coast, consider the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia and North Carolina for breathtaking views. Similarly, if you reside on the West Coast, you might want to think about a drive along the Pacific Coast Highway to enjoy the beautiful ocean scenery. • Look for deals on accommodations. If you’re taking a multi-day driving trip,
hotel stays can begin to add up, especially in larger cities. Try to find accommodations in less densely populated areas along your route, which can include motels or even alternative accommodations such as vacation rentals. Accommodations metasearch site trivago is a great option to search for lodging deals: www.trivago.com. • Ensure flexibility. Over the past few months, flexibility when booking travel went from being a “nice to have” to being a must. The world moves quickly, so ensure that your travel plans are able to move with it. When you are booking your accommodations, it’s important to compare deals with free cancellations. Knowing you can change your plans will offer you peace of mind. Sites like trivago provide full visibility into flexible choices, indicating whether each deal in the search findings allows for free cancellation. • Save gas. When it comes to filling up the gas tank, a bit of comparison shopping can go a long way. Consider gas stations a bit farther from main highways. Sometimes, it pays to go off the path a bit or
wait for the next rest stop. Free apps also exist that provide real-time gas comparison data based on your current GPS. You can also improve your fuel economy by keeping your car well-maintained and your tires properly inflated. • Buy a National Park Pass. Chances are that if you’re planning to take in the great outdoors, you’ll find yourself in one of the nation’s 2,000 federal lands. If your route passes through more than one site, consider purchasing a National Park Pass. For $80, it covers entry and parking fees for one vehicle of up to four people for an entire year. With many parks resuming operations and reinstating entrance fees (usually around $25 per park), the pass is a convenient investment well worth the cost. Learn more at www.nps. gov. As you make your plans, remember that states and jurisdictions are following different health guidelines and are at different stages of reopening, so prepare with a little research. Most importantly, have fun and enjoy the gorgeous scenery along the way.
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