The Hometown Press 11-04-2020

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Volume 31, Issue 45

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

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Bucs Ground the Eagles 49-20

Anna (Scooby), Baylee (Cheerleader), Paityn (Sally), Ollie (Belle) from Winnie at First Baptist Church. Photo credit: Lisa Stramecki

I have an idea.....let's play King of the pile. Photo credit: Lisa Stramecki

By Wade Thibodeaux came away with a 49-20 on the year at 8-0 and 5-0   The East Chambers victory over the Eagles. in District competition.

Buccaneers traveled to The win captured the EC got off to a fast Woodville last Friday to District Championship start by hanging 21 on take on the Eagles and and kept the Bucs perfect the Eagles in the first

quarter while keeping Woodville scoreless.

The Bucs added another touchdown in the second quarter, but allowed the Eagles to score twice making the score at the halftime break 28-14.

East Chambers came out of the locker room with a repeat performance of the first quarter and scored three touchdowns in the third frame and allowed Woodville to only add an additional 6 points to make the score 49-20 at the end of the third quarter. The fourth and final frame was a scoreless event from both sides and the final score ended at 49-20 in favor of East Chambers.

The Bucs amassed 532 yards of total offense with (contd on page 8)

Chambers County Sheriff's Office Has Busy Weekend High Speed Pursuit

Heather and Jeronimo Casas with twins, Valerie and Elijah from Winnie, Texas handing out candy at Trunk or Treat. Photo credit: Lisa Stramecki

were taken into custody without incident by Chambers County Deputies, after a successful spike deployment by Texas DPS Troopers. In all, the pursuit continued for approximately 45 minutes with the assistance of a Texas DPS Helicopter.

Two subjects, Adrian Sinaloa and Luis Armando Ledezma Sinaloa, were taken into custody.

Luis Sinaloa was booked into the Chambers County Jail on charges of Evading Arrest or

Detention with Motor Vehicle (Third Degree Felony), Aggravated Assault Against Public Servant (First Degree Felony) and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon (Second Degree Felony). Luis is being held without bond.

Adrian Sinaloa is also being charged with Evading Arrest or Detention with Motor Vehicle (Third Degree Felony) and Hindering Apprehension (Third Degree Felony).

Sheriff Brian Hawthorne reports that, on October 26, 2020 at approximately 2:00 p.m., the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office received a phone call in reference to a dog howling, crying and in distress in the area of Cotton Lake. The Marine Unit, along with Animal Control Officer C. Verret and Trustee Bennett responded to the area and were able to hear the dog whining. A search of the

densely vegetated area resulted in the location of “Dude.� “Dude� was wearing a collar that had his owner’s contact information, and was safely returned home. “I realize the importance of our fur family members and am very appreciative of the efforts of our Marine Unit, Animal Control Officer Verret, and Trustee Bennett in searching the area to locate “Dude�, said Sheriff Hawthorn

Rescuing a Distressed Dog

Chambers County Sheriff Department Deputy Ethan Kahla handing out candy at Trunk or Treat. Photo credit: Lisa Stramecki

Joshua Ussing in his John Deere tractor at Trunk or Treat in the Winnie-Stowell Park. Photo credit: Lisa Stramecki

Sheriff Brian Hawthorne reports that on Saturday October 31st, 2020 at approximately 11:00 p.m., Chambers County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch was contacted by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office in reference to Beaumont Police Department in pursuit of a Chevrolet Tahoe traveling westbound on Interstate 10 towards Chambers County. Chambers County Deputies and Texas DPS Troopers responded to assist.

A short time later a Trooper observed the pursuit and entered to assist on Interstate 10 near State Highway 124, where Chambers County Deputies joined shortly after.

The pursuit remained in Chambers County before turning around and returning to Jefferson County, at speeds upwards of 100 miles per hour. The driver continued to make U-turns before heading back West into Chambers County on Interstate 10. On

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multiple occasions during the ensuing chase, the driver of the Chevrolet Tahoe was observed utilizing his vehicle as a weapon and attempting to strike pursuing officer’s vehicles.

As the chase approached Winnie on Interstate 10, the driver exited at State Highway 124 and began to decrease his speed. As the driver neared the intersection of IH-10 and FM 1663 another vehicle, a silver in color Hummer H3, pulled in front of the Chevrolet Tahoe and both vehicles came to a stop. The fleeing driver then exited his vehicle and ran to the Hummer before jumping into the passenger seat, in what appeared to be a carjacking. As deputies and troopers attempted to decipher the situation, it was quickly discovered that the driver of the Hummer had come to assist the suspect in evading law enforcement. The pursuit reentered Interstate 10 westbound, where both suspects

Wednesday, November 4, 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

I’m writing this column on the Sunday evening before the election on Tuesday and I’m going to make some predictions.

Pretty brave of me..... don’t you think????.

Here’s my predictions, some will win and some will lose. Those that get more votes will be declared the winners and those that get less votes will not be successful in their endeavors. For my Winnie readers, there are a few contested races and a few of those have generated quite a bit of discussion on Facebook in some of the maybe not so fair and balanced pages. For my Huntsville readers, things have been relatively quiet as far as I could tell, but maybe I’m not privy to

the Facebook chatter in the Huntsville area. On the State level, the Senate race has generated a lot of revenue for the media outlets as both sides have dogged the other and it seems like neither candidate is fit for office. The race for President seems to be the usual hotly contested race with probably Billions of dollars spent for a position that at most pays $2.4 Million. Well, I guess that’s not exactly true as that is the salary for eight years, but the pay continues for life if you are elected and there is that “Most powerful person in the world” thing that goes along with the office, but really, would you want all of the headaches that come with that office. The sun

Opinion & Entertainment will rise on Wednesday morning and the votes will have been counted and all that will be left to do is pick up the political signs. Then in two years, we get to do it all over again for some races and then in four years for most contests and of course six years for the Senate race. The one thing that remains a constant is that regardless of who wins, we all have to live together in this world and we should be nice to one another. Enough about politics and let’s talk about something else.

You remember that attic that I was going to clean out last Spring or maybe it was last Winter, but regardless I was going to do it before it got too hot to be up in the attic. Well, it may come as a surprise to some of you, but I still haven’t cleaned that thing out and now it’s rolling around to Winter time and better weather for climbing around in the top of the house. The

only problem with that is that deer season opens in a week and there goes all of my not so much free time. Couple deer season with Friday night football and some conventions, holidays, playoffs, and just the everyday grind of the newspaper business and I really don’t know when I’ll get around to cleaning

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out the attic. I’m starting to think that maybe I’m a procrastinator, but I’ll delay that decision about that diagnosis until a later date. Anyway, it’s all about priorities......deer season, football, newspaper business, then everything else. I’ll get to that attic before it gets too hot......some year...... probably not this one,

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but some year in the future. If you have read this far, you probably have figured out that it’s a slow week in the column business and I really don’t have much to write about so I’ll just end it right here and regroup for next week. Till next time, I’m...........Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

RESCUING VOLKSWAGENS

By Tumbleweed Smith

When Clayton Capps of Salado was a youngster, his parents took him to a Disney movie that featured a Volkswagen named Herbie.

That fascinated him.

“When I saw this Volkswagen bug doing all these tricks and being very kind to the little boy that was in the movie and stuff like that I thought it was such a neat character.

Of course when I was five years old I thought the car was actually alive. From then on, I just always told my parents that when I turned 16 years old I want to get a Volkswagen.”

Sure enough, that’s what happened.

“I started saving up money and mom pitched in some, too and I bought my first Volkswagen in October of 1990, one month before I turned 16.

It was a 1974 model from the year I was born. I still have that car, but it’s in the process of being updated. Matter of fact the body is off the chassis and I’m working on it.”

Clayton’s love of

VWs continues.

He drives one now.

“I’ve driven a 1963 Herbie replica from the Disney movie since 2005.

I’ve got it painted like Herbie. It’s off white with red, white and blue stripes down it and the number 53 on the front and back and both doors.

53 was the race number they put on the car.”

The original owner kept meticulous records of the mileage. He used it as a work car and took it on vacations all over the US, Canada and Mexico.

“He was an auditor for the US Department of Agriculture and he covered Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

He had to keep a logbook for the government on his mileage. He drove that car in his career 600,000 miles. And since 2005, when I got it, I’ve put 420,000 miles on it myself.

On May 9th, 2020,I rolled the official, documented millionth mile on that car.”

Clayton has a fleet of Volkswagens.

“I currently have 20

Volkswagens, but out of the 20 only 7 run. I keep them on my acreage here in Salado. I drive around a thousand miles a month and I’ll be driving along a country road and see one or find one on Facebook. I’ll buy it for an inexpensive price.

Some I’ve bought are just wrecks but fortunately I’ve got a mechanic here who helps me work on them.”

Clayton loves to go to VW club events. When I interviewed him he had just returned from one in Weatherford. He left for Weatherford after he finished is job as a school bus driver. He made the drive, went to the meeting and returned home that same night.

“I love to get out of the house and cruise the roads and interstates of Texas.” 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: CARTOON CHARACTERS ACROSS 1.. Brocadopa or Larodopa 6. They are often covert 9. Used for watering 13. Vexed 14. Took the bait 15. Spot for boutonniËre 16. Old West pack animal 17. Big-headedness 18. Render harmless 19. *Bamm-Bamm’s dad 21. *Angelica, Tommy and Dil 23. Opposite of yang 24. Archipelago unit 25. Solemn pledge 28. Depletes 30. Works, as in a bakery 35. Kind of beige 37. Hammer or sickle 39. ____ firma 40. Lecherous look 41. Computer key 43. Lure for a dieter, on a package 44. Tropical smoothie flavor 46. Health club offering 47. Hourglass filler 48. Popular saint’s name 50. Pea ____, pl.

52. Limit, to some 53. Peace symbol

55. Like King George, 17601820 57. *Ill-tempered fourth-grader’s last name 61. *Beast Boy and Starfire 64. Rossini’s offering 65. Lobe locale 67. Sure sign of fire 69. Pretend, two words 70. Number cruncher, acr.

71. Lusitania destroyer 72. Gave the boot 73. Pivotal 74. Santa Maria’s companion DOWN 1. Party choice, abbr.

2. Clobber 3. Southern stew staple 4. *Stepbrothers’ bipedal platypus 5. Apollo Creed’s son 6. Toe the line 7. *Peppa’s or George’s last name 8. “The buck ____ here” 9. *King of the Hill 10. Milky-white gem 11. Dry as dust 12. Popular street-lining trees 15. Aglow 20. Related on mother’s side 22. Type

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24. Carbon-12 or carbon-13 25. *The “brains” of Scooby-Doo’s group 26. Billy of ‘80s Billboard charts 27. Small songbirds 29. *Pinky Pie or Fluttershy 31. Unagi, pl.

32. A in A=ab, pl.

33. Did it to Kool-Aid 34. *Land mammal in Bikini Bottom 36. Give a pep talk 38. *Emmet Brickowski’s brick 42. Spokes of a wheel, e.g.

45. *Mr. Magoo or Mr. Burns, e.g.

49. Bygone bird of New Zealand 51. Opposite of ‘lies down’ 54. Sweater style 56. More than one iamb 57. Float liquid 58. Mt. Everest to Earth 59. Network of nerves 60. Walked on 61. Cafeteria carrier 62. High part of day 63. 3-handed card game 66. *Magilla Gorilla, e.g.

68. Pilot’s announcement

■ 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, November 4, 2020 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Twenty-One individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Monday, October 26 and Saturday, October 31. Warrants from last week are also as followed.

The individuals have been

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

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

Instances in which individuals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jimmy Gore Commissioner Pct 1

409-296-8250

409-267-2432

Jimmy Sylvia County Judge

409-267-2440

Total Main Jail:

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Tr i n i t y B a y B o a r d R e c e i v e s D r a i n a g e S t u d y The Trinity Bay Conservation District Board of Directors met in regular session on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 beginning at 9:00 am. in their office located at 2500 State Highway 124 in Stowell, Texas. One of the agenda items that generated quite a bit of discussion was to receive the drainage study report from LJA Engineering.

The report studied the Spindletop watershed and the general conclusion was that a diversion ditch 200 feet wide and 15 feet deep would be the best alternative to ease flooding South of I-10. This ditch would begin South of I-10 and travel to the Intercoastal Waterway.

This diversion ditch is estimated to reduce the overall amount of flood water by 3.7 feet and additional box culverts would need to be installed

under I-10 in order to reduce the flood waters North of Interstate 10. Two major hurdles to overcome before this waterway could be constructed would be grant money of course and land acquisition once the most beneficial route is chosen. The board took no action on this agenda item.

During the public comment section of the meeting, Mr. Rick Nicely made several comments about seeing a lot of "Stuff" on Facebook and he went on to talk about several agenda items from past meetings and the actions that the board took pertaining to those items. Ritchie Devillier also made a public comment and he said that he wanted to talk about the future of TBCD, but it was hard to talk about the future without bringing up the past. He also said that "social media is ugly". During one

of the agenda items that dealt with a lot of updates, the board was informed that the new electronic meters that were ordered have been delivered and the staff was planning on installing them in the Oak Island area as the number of customers closely matched the number of meters ordered for the pilot program and they were dealing with a lot of water loss in the area and this would be a good test for the new meters.

The rest of the meeting was mostly routine items or items that needed follow up from previous meetings.

The minutes needed to be corrected as Attorney Hubert Oxford IV recorded that Board member Greg Turner had seconded a motion when indeed Turner was not even in attendance at that particular meeting.

The September financial report was approved with

$5,628,737.15 on hand in cash and CD's and the District's accounts payables were approved with an additional mention of Attorney Oxford's July invoice for $14,000.00 which had been left off of the payables list.

The board retired to executive session at 11:35 am. with no action taken when they emerged from the closed session. An additional meeting was scheduled for October 29, 2020 to discuss some of the things that had been postponed at the 21st meeting, but that meeting was cancelled due to the fact that it was so close to the election.

The next regular meeting of the Trinity Bay Conservation District will be Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 9:00 am. in the TBCD office located at 2500 State Highway 124 in Stowell, Texas.

Cub Scouts Begin Meeting Again Cub Scout Pack 245 began meeting again after a layoff due to the pandemic and their first meeting was on the stage at the Winnie Stowell Park. The group was lined up to have a short meeting and then they were going to get a chance to explore a firetruck as the Winnie Stowell Volunteer Fire Department was on

hand to show off their latest "Super Pumper Engine".

Right after the meeting was started, pagers and radios began sounding an alarm and the entire crew had to respond to a three car wreck on the freeway. The Cub Scouts will have to wait one more meeting before they can crawl around inside the Fire Engine.

The Cub Scouts began their meeting by posting the colors and these young scouts were selected to carry the flags.

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Religion & Lifestyle

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Sunday Observations from Christy

"Attractions"

When Nana picked up her granddaughter from school, she asked young Kelsey if she had any homework.

Nana laughed so hard at her response. Instead of subtractions, Kelsey said, “I have one page of attractions to do.”

“The Spirit and your desires are enemies of each other. They are always fighting each other and keeping you from doing what you know you should.”

(Galatians 5:17) Any attractions that we need the Spirit to subtract?

Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain for Fellowship of Christian Cowboys and Chambers County Sheriff’s Office

In conversation with my kiddo, we were discussing race relations, things that have changed, and the generations between. She and I discuss all kinds of stuff, openly, because we respect each other’s opinions. Note I didn’t say we always agree.

But I was explaining that the world my grandparents lived in was so different.

The one my parents grew up in was. How they witnessed the civil rights movement,

how they had witnessed the changing of this country. The desegregation of schools.

The world I grew up in where forced desegregation was happening when I was in elementary at Galena Park Elementary.

I said, “kiddo we were living the entire civil rights movement”..... and she responded, “and my generation is living a race war”.

Y’all..... that was a gut kick.

This isn’t what I want for my kid. We have to do better. To love one another. To lift one another. To stop being so angry with one another. She has a valid point.

What are each of us doing to heal the wounds of our country? While I don’t think anything can be done to change the past, lots can be done to change the future.

Do you discuss the civil rights movement with your children, with an open mind? Or do you skew the

movement to your personal view, regardless of which side? Do you have open dialogue with your kids?

Where any topic is safe?

Because folks, if they don’t talk to you about the easy stuff, they sure won’t on the hard stuff.

I remember as a kid, my mom, brother and I discussing abortion at the dinner table. My new step dad was silent, and shocked.

But appreciative of the open dialogue we had. That we all bounced our thoughts back and forth. That mom allowed such a taboo topic in 1981. I have done the same with my daughter.

Life is hard people, this year has been brutal, but we can not impose our personal beliefs on others. Even your children are entitled to thoughts.... their thoughts.

Their beliefs.

Their freedoms. Freedom isn’t only about your thoughts..... it’s about the respect of

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others thoughts, as well.

Their world is different than what we grew up in.... therefore their beliefs may be as well.

Happy Sunday peeps.... as we finish out the election season, of which results we will not know for several days no doubt, I beg of you to be a kinder gentler nation. Have an open conversation with your young adult children, and listen to their concerns.

While socialism and government dependency are not the answer (she agrees) neither is the violence and total disrespect for one another that our children are growing up in. Just as every generation prior, our youth are growing up in a world we can’t fathom. And it’s a sad day when the ultimate wish I have for my 28 year old, is that she have a day that she sees a true positive change in her world.

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF RATE CHANGE REQUEST

On October 19, 2020, Entergy Texas, Inc. (“ETI”) filed an application to amend its Transmission Cost Recovery Factor (“TCRF”) with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“Commission” or “PUC”). The application was assigned PUC Docket No. 51406. The proposed TCRF is requested in accordance with the Public Utility Regulatory Act § 36.209 and 16 TAC § 25.239. A TCRF allows a utility to recover its reasonable and necessary costs that have occurred since the end of the test year in the utility’s last base rate case for transmission infrastructure improvement and changes in wholesale transmission charges to the electric utility under a tariff approved by a federal regulatory authority. In its requested amendment, ETI is seeking recovery of costs for transmission capital investments it incurred from July 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020. ETI also seeks to recover approved transmission charges that are not otherwise being recovered through rates.

The proposed TCRF as amended would result in total TCRF retail revenues of approximately $51.0 million, which is $31.6 million in incremental annual TCRF revenue beyond ETI’s currently effective TCRF. This $31.6 million amount would be a 3.3% increase in ETI’s annualized non-fuel revenue requirement as compared to revenues approved in Docket No. 48371, ETI’s most recent base rate case, and a 2.1% increase in ETI’s overall annualized revenue requirement including fuel costs as compared to such revenues as approved in Docket No. 48371. The impact of the rate change on various customer classes will vary from the overall impact described in this notice.

ETI has requested that an intervention deadline and hearing request deadline of November 30, 2020 be established, and that, if no hearing is requested, the Commission adopt an order approving the proposed TCRF at or before its currently-scheduled open meeting on January 14, 2021. All customers in ETI’s Texas retail rate classes are affected by this request.

Persons with questions or who want more information on this filing may contact ETI at Entergy Texas, Inc., Attn: Customer Service—2020 TCRF Case, 350 Pine Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701, or call 1-866-981-2602 during normal business hours. A complete copy of this application is available for inspection at the address listed above.

The Commission has assigned Docket No. 51406 to this proceeding. Persons who wish to intervene in or comment upon this proceeding should notify the Public Utility Commission of Texas as soon as possible, as an intervention deadline will be imposed. ETI has requested that the deadline be November 30, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the preferred method for you to file your request for intervention is electronically, and you will be required to serve the request on other parties by email. Therefore, please include your own email address on the intervention request. Instructions for electronic filing via the “PUC Filer” on the Commission’s website can be found here: https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/filer. Instructions for using the PUC Filer are available at: http://www.puc.texas.gov/industry/filings/New_PUC_Web_Filer_Presentation.pdf. Once you obtain a tracking sheet associated with your filing from the PUC Filer, you may email the tracking sheet and the document you wish to file to: centralrecords@puc.texas.gov. For assistance with your electronic filing, please contact the Commission’s Help Desk at (512) 936-7100 or helpdesk@puc.texas.gov. You can review materials filed in this docket on the PUC Interchange at: http://interchange.puc.texas.gov/.

If you are unable to file your request for intervention electronically, you may file your request for intervention by mailing a hard copy of your request to the PUC. The PUC should receive a letter from you requesting intervention by the intervention deadline. Mail the request for intervention and 10 copies of the request to: Public Utility Commission of Texas, Central Records, Attn: Filing Clerk, 1701 N. Congress Ave., P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326.

All communications should refer to Docket No. 51406.

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)

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

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

Methodist First United Methodist 204 Trinity St • Anahuac 409-267-3242 Sunday School.......................10:45 am Sunday Worship....................11:00 am St. James Methodist Ed Hopkins @ Texas St • Anahuac Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Worship 1st & 4th Sunday.....................................11:00 am Wednesday Bible Studies......6:00 pm Faith United Methodist Highway 365 • Fannett 409-794-1121 Sunday School......................10:00 am Sunday Worship....................11:00 am UMYF 2nd and 4th Sunday.....5:00 pm Middleton Memorial Methodist Wallisville Rd • Wallisville 409-389-2218 Sunday Worship......................9:00 am St.PaulUnitedMethodistDoubleBayou www.stpauldoublebayou.com Sunday School........................10:45am Sunday Worship .................... 9:00 am Wednesday Bible Studies.........6:30 pm St. Mathew’s United Methodist 1312 Weeks Ave • High Island Sunday School.........................9:00 am Sunday Worship Service.........10:00 am UMYF.............................................3:00 pm First United Methodist Highway 124 @ Freeman • Winnie 296-4382 Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Worship....................10:45 am UMYF.......................................6:00 pm Sunday Worship......................9:30 am Sunday School.......................10:45 am

Nondenominational

SmithPoint Community Church Smith Point Sunday School.......................10:00 am Sunday Morning Worship......11:00 am Trinity Church 1324 Hwy. 124 • Winnie Sunday Happy Hour...............9:00 am Morning Worship.................10:00 am WednesdayEveningWorship....7:30pm House of Prayer Fannett Elementary School 409-794-9470 Sunday Services.............2:00-5:00 pm HankamerCommunity Fellowship FM 1663 @ FM 1724 • Hankamer Sunday School.....................10:00 am Sunday Praise & Worship..11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study........7:00 pm Lighthouse of Hope Church 507 6th St. Winnie, Texas (at the corner of 6th St. and Oak St.) 409-782-5354 Sunday Worship....................10:00 am Wednesday Worship..............6:30 pm Word of Life Church 344 Broadway, Winnie, Texas 409-296-8935 Adult Sunday School............8:45 a.m.

Sunday Service.....................10:00 am Bible Study Wed.....................7:00 pm

Pentecostal

Calvary Tabernacle 1210 FM 1406 • Winnie 296-2020 Sunday School........................2:00 pm Sunday Worship.....................2:45 pm Thursday Evening...................7:00 pm (Children’s Church, Youth Service & Bible Study) - Pastor Carl A. Vickery Calvary Tabernacle UPC 11185 Mahon Rd, Fannet Pastor Steve Adams 409-201-8033 Sunday 1pm, Thursday 7pm First UnitedPentecostal Church 1352 Walter Street • High Island 286-5444 Sunday Worship....................10:00 am Tuesday.....................................7:30 pm

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Palms RV Park 721 9th Street, Winnie. Showers, laundry room, wifi, propane bottle exhange, privacy fence, security cameras.

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3 bd rm/ 1 bath/storage shed. $130,000.00 washer and dryer connections. Owner financing 713-875-5703

Handyman needed for only a few hours work around the house and yard. 409-296-6224 General Labor crew needed.

Duties include: shoveling, weed-eating/ mowing, pouring concrete, laying pipes and clearing land. Background check and drug screen required.

Tempto-hire - $12.00 per hour. Call us at 835-5566.

Cub SI40 farm tractors 14’50’ mobile home - large dog house metal - garden tiller - 3 drilling rigs want to buy disk - brush hog - tractor w/ front loader. 281-788-7838 Box Blade $40.00, Scoop $25.00, Push blade for ditch witch $100.00, 12" plow $50.00, Trailer axles $40.00 - $100.00 each, 2 Tractor tires (price negotiable), PVC pipe 1 1/2 to 4" $50.00, 16 ' Flat bed trailer $500.00. Call 409-457-5204 2014 Lincoln MKZ Gray 4 Door Loaded Run Good One Owner. $6,000. 409-504-7058 Commercial gas tank for sale $700. refrigerator for sale $80. please call 832-298-8159 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

Canal City lot for sale by owner on the middle canal undeveloped Lot #302, 1468 Van Sant Gilchrist TX call Alan 409-939-3240 no texts $30,000 2004 40' Mountain Air motorhome, made by Newmar.

250 Cummings diesel, 6 speed Allison transmission $25000.00 Call 409-2770883 or 409-277-9872 Antique trunks, power equipment, generators, chain saws, lawn mowers, etc Call 409-651-7789 Trailer axles $40 - 100 each Located in Stowell 4 0 9 - 4 5 7 - 5 2 0 4

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No job too small or large.

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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 property.

House sits high and dry never flooded. $900 per month 713-829-3791

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SMALL HOUSES 2BR, 1 Bath, built-ins in kitchen, washer-dryer hookups, Franzen Rd, great location, 725/m0.

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Needed: Professional carpenter to remove and reinstall new door and frame. All materials furnished. Call 409-267-7112

FOR RENT 1000 sq. ft. office space for rent. 409-781-0918.

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3 bed, 1.5 bath + game room, fenced backyard. Brick house in nice neighborhood. $1,200 month +deposit.

4 0 9 - 7 8 9 - 0 2 8 9 One BR apartment $600.00/per month, $600.00 deposit. No utilities Call Reenay 409-201-0399

FOR LEASE 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.

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WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE

“THE NIGHT BEFORE”

By John Jefferson

By John Jefferson Quail Season Opens Meekly Quail season opened October 31 and runs until February 28. But good luck on finding birds, according to TPWD’s annual quail forecast issued in late October.

Texas quail populations vary from bumper to bust from one year to the next, often remaining hard to hunt following a terribly dry year of

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meagre hatches. How can that happen?

It’s really pretty simple. Nature has to add water! And if the countryside fails to receive enough, the usually hot, dry, Texas summer will decimate the quail population.

By “water”, I mean rainwater. You can’t just take a garden hose and spray water on quail habitat like you would your tomato patch. They don’t make hoses long enough to douse all the potential quail country in Texas’ 254 counties, and there isn’t a faucet attached

to enough water to do the job.

Every few years, enough rain falls to produce a bumper crop. The first year I lived in South Texas, we had a killing drought. Quail were rare. Rats and mice came into town to grab a drink anywhere they could. Parks and Wildlife considered extending the deer season to allow hunters to remove more deer to help the remaining ones survive. I trapped and shot more mice in our garage than I’d ever seen before.

I awoke one night to

find a mouse eight inches from my face.

We worried about our baby daughter.

Then, it started raining.

A hurricane brought so much rain that a new lake rose up out of the sand south of Falfurrias. The quail population exploded!

Driving from Rachel to Rio Grande City, we hit so many bobs that I told my boss I could have gotten a limit by sticking a crab net out the window as we sped alongside the McGill Ranch. That’s not just a “Texas Brag”; we hit dozens.

During that season, I had to be treated for a knot on my arm from excessive shotgun

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shooting!

Then the rain subsided.

Hanging a shrimp trawl out the window after that might have caught nothing but “love bugs”.

And that’s where we are in most of Texas, today. Bobwhites are scarce. South Texas and Rolling Plains ecoregions host the highest populations.

In West Texas, scaled (blue) quail numbers fell from last year --14.1 per sighting compared to 25.5 in 2019.

Quail hunting is a truer “hunting sport” than some others. But it can be dangerous. A respected lawyer was hunting on a friend’s

ranch in South Texas and stepped out from behind the brush and was shot by another hunter who was shooting a bird in flight. Another man I know was shot in the face by his hunting companion. Neither man was critically wounded. Both were fortunate. It happens with bird shooting.

But shouldn’t!

Enjoy it, but know your hunting companions and keep a safe distance. Wear blaze orange and be willing to pass up shots that might be dangerous.

No bird is worth shooting another human. Or someone’s hunting dog.

As the sudden, unexpected, explosive, whirr of a bobwhite’s wings ignite the action of hunter and dog, the hunter hesitates just long enough to let the bird get past the retriever before shooting. Photo by John Jefferson

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Community

Bucs Gro u n d t h e E ag l e s ( c on t d )

477 yards on the ground and an additional 55 through the air.

Ernest Ceasar(#20) was his usual spectacular self with a whopping 358 yards on 16 carries to average 22.4 yards per carry on the ground and 5 touchdowns as well as a 42 yard catch.

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Jacoby Perrault(#10) had 24 yards of rushing and a score and Brayden Guillory(#1) carried the ball 7 times for 73 yards and a touchdown. Sebastian Melchor(#14) and Leo Avila(#88) once again split the kicking duties as Melchor was 3 for

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3 in the extra point department and Avila was 4 for 4 on the night. East Chambers will be home this Thursday night to take on Tarkington with a 7:30 pm. start time and it is the final game of the regular season so it's Senior night. Go Bucs!!!!!!!!

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