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Te x a s P e a r l H a r b o r Hero to be Laid to Rest
By Wade Thibodeaux Eighty years after that
fateful day of December 7, 1941, a Texas hero will
be laid to rest in Fairview Cemetery in Winnie at 10:30 am. on December 7, 2021. Charles Louis Saunders was aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma when it was among the first vessels to be struck by Japanese aerial torpedoes at 7:55 am. in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In total, 429 U.S.S. Oklahoma sailors lost their lives that day. When the ship was "righted" after capsizing, the 429 bodies were recovered and only 35 were able to be identified. The remaining 388 were buried in "unknown" graves and were disinterred in 1947 and 1950 with unsuccessful attempts for identification. By 2015, DNA analysis had progressed to the point that positive identifications could begin to be made and by December of 2017, 100 Sailors had been identified. February 26, 2019 was the day that the 200th Sailor was identified and on January 28, 2021 the 300th
Sailor was identified. Charles Louis Saunders was born October 16, 1923 in Port Neches, Texas and claimed Winnie as his hometown. He perished December 7, 1941 aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma after being trapped below deck when the vessel was struck by enemy fire and capsized. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal(with Fleet Clasp), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal(with Bronze Star), World War II Victory Medal, and the American Campaign Medal. He will be laid to rest on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 10:30 am. at a graveside service in Fairview Cemetery. The public is invited to line the sides of Highway 124 from Broussard's Funeral Home to Fairview Cemetery and show your patriotism.
No Contract Renewal for TBCD Manager
By Wade Thibodeaux The Jones bunch put a dent in the deer population in South Texas as both Caroline Jones, 8 and Luke Jones, 6 shot their first deer over the
Thanksgiving holidays. Caroline is the daughter of Kelly and Matt Jones and Luke is the son of Taylor and Hank Jones. Proud Grandparents are Monica and Scott Jones.
The Winnie-Stowell Lions Club is taking orders for a Chili lunch fundraiser to be held on Wednesday, Dec 8th. Pre-orders will be available from any Lions Club member. The lunches will cost $8.00 and be available from 11:00 till 1:00 on Wednesday, Dec 8th and will consist of Chili, rice, crackers a drink and dessert. It will be held at the community building with a drive-through
pick-up at the back of the building. Delivery will be available for orders of 10 or more. Orders can be made through any Lions Club member or at sign-up sheets at area businesses and payment can be made with cash, check to WS Lions Club, or Venmo to @rhonda-devillier All proceeds from any Lions Club fundraiser always go back to the community to help those in need.
WS Lions Club to Sell Chili Lunches
regular session on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 1:00 pm. in their office located at 2500 State Highway 124 in Stowell, Texas and after going through the entire agenda, they recessed to executive session to discuss the General Managers contract. After a 30 minute executive session, the board emerged and a motion was made TBCD's General Manager to not renew the General James Gibson's contract Managers contract. The was not renewed at the last motion passed with a TBCD meeting. 3-0 vote with Director By Wade Thibodeaux The Trinity Bay Jenkins abstaining and Conservation District Director Mark Mitchell Board of Directors met in being absent from the meeting. The remaining
agenda items were mostly routine with the approval of the financial report that showed $6,122,711.89 in total cash and CD's on hand and reports from the staff on the drainage and utilities departments. The 2022 meeting schedule was approved with meetings scheduled for the second or third Wednesday of every month, based on how the calendar worked out to give time to organize the reports and also so that the monthly bills could be paid in a timely manner. The annual service and safety awards luncheon was
scheduled for December 21, 2021 and a decision was made to no longer continue the application process with the Texas Water Development Board for a loan to clean Spring Branch due to the fact that the engineering requirements for the loan could cost more than the actual work itself. The next regular meeting of the Trinity Bay Conservation District Board of Directors will be Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 9:00 am. in their office located at 2500 State Highway 124 in Stowell, Texas.
Riceland Hospital Gets Helipad Makeover
By Wade Thibodeaux The Riceland Hospital in Winnie recently renovated their helicopter landing zone located adjacent to the hospital. The fresh coat of paint and the new brighter lights will make it easier for helicopter pilots to find the landing zone in the daytime as well as nighttime. Staff from the Winnie Community Hospital(Ricelands) recently posed for a picture on the renovated pad.
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Wade In the Shade by Wade Thibodeaux I'm writing this week's column on the Sunday after Thanksgiving and what an eventful week it has been. First thing is that I quit counting the number of trips between Winnie and Huntsville this week because with these high gas prices, it's just disheartening to imagine the fuel bill. I left Winnie late Tuesday evening because I wanted to get to Huntsville and drop the Walker County Press into the mail first thing Wednesday morning so that it wouldn't be delayed because of the postal holiday. I hope that most of you received your copy on Wednesday and didn't have to wait until Friday. Wednesday was a pretty lazy kind of day because there wasn't much going on anywhere with the upcoming holiday, so I just went along and made my preparations for
the big meal. Thursday was up bright and early to get the turkey in the oven in time for it to be cooked for lunch and I do believe that it was possibly the best turkey that I have ever cooked. It was so tender and juicy that I didn't even get a drumstick out of the thing because when I grabbed the leg to pull the drumstick off of the turkey, the bone slipped out of the meat and I was left holding a bone only instead of a drumstick. We had a traditional Thanksgiving lunch, leftovers for dinner, and then back to Winnie late Thursday evening. Friday was a work day because I needed to gather and load some things in Winnie that I needed for the cows up in Elkhart. Of course, I should have gathered these cattle panels on Monday or Tues-
Opinion & Entertainment day when it was dry, but instead I waited until it rained and it was sloppy, wet and muddy. Therefore, we spent most of the day Friday digging out rusted old portable cattle panels and loading them on a trailer for their trip the next day to Elkhart so that we could work cows on Sunday. The reason for the cow working on Sunday was because I will be leaving for Vegas in a few days for an extended trip and I wanted to begin feeding liquid feed and putting out hay before I left in case of bad weather and I didn't see any reason to feed those precious resources to cattle that I had been needing to sell since August. Okay, cattle panels loaded onto the trailer on Friday and then Saturday morning I ventured over to Justin's and purchased 125 gallons of liquid feed to be transported with the panels. I'm sure that we looked like the Beverly Hillbillies when it was all said and done because we had a trailer load of rusted old portable cattle panels and a tank full of liquid feed perched pre-
cariously on top of the panels and straps going everywhere to try to keep all of this stuff from falling off onto the roadway. We made the trip from Winnie to Elkhart just fine and were able to get the liquid feed dispensed into the cattle troughs that I had transported to Elkhart on another trip and we were able to get the portable panels unloaded and into position for the expected cow working the next day. We leave Elkhart at dark and get to Huntsville in time to spend one night in my bed before we have to go back to Elkhart on
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Sunday and pen cattle. Miraculously, the cow working goes as planned without man or beast getting injured and a trailer load is sent to the auction barn. I then proceed to put out enough round bales to last for the two weeks that I'm going to be gone and we leave Elkhart at dark and head to Winnie. I arrive in Winnie and head to the office where I am now banging out this column and will get to spend a couple of days here before I have to go back to Huntsville on Tuesday evening. I'll do some last minute things in Huntsville, pack some clothes
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and head to the airport on Wednesday. I'm starting to think that this traveling stuff ain't all that it's cracked up to be. I'm having to work way too hard in order to leave and it may have been easier to just do my normal stuff and skip the trip. Naw, it's Vegas. That's always a fun trip. My next two columns will be from Vegas and so we'll see what they entail and by the way, if I call some of you and ask for bail or gambling money........it won't be a joke.......please send some. Till next time, I'm..............Wade in the Shade.
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BRACES, CASTS AND CRUTCHES By Tumbleweed Smith
“In 1937 my dad hitched a team to a wagon and we went down the road a couple of miles to a neighbor’s house for Sunday dinner,” says Dewain Collins, who was living in Weatherford at the time. “I was 11 months old and just learning to walk. Sometime that afternoon I began to get sick. We went on back home and I laid around sick for a couple of days. My parents decided I needed to go see a doctor because I was paralyzed from the waist down.” He was taken to the Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas where he was diagnosed with infantile paralysis, later called polio. “Doctors at the hospital said they were going to keep me and told my parents they could see me from 2 to 4 on Sunday afternoons, but because of my young age they said it would be best if they didn’t come to see me at all I was at the hospital off and on for 10 or 12 years,“ Because not much was known about the disease
then, his sister, 2 years older than Dewain, was not allowed to attend school. Later both kids were admitted, but Dewain had trouble maneuvering. “An old janitor met me at the school bus, took me to classes, the rest room and to recess where I could sit on a rock fence and watch the other children play. Then after school he put me back on the school bus. He did that for 6 or 8 weeks.” Initially, Dwain was strapped to a board to keep his spine straight. Then he went to braces, casts and crutches. “I got pretty good on the crutches and could keep up with the other kids. Without them I was limited in what I could do. The doctors had wanted me to get rid of the crutches but I was reluctant to give them up. Finally after 10 or 12 years I gave up the crutches and started walking without them. I did that for 60 plus years. Every once in a while if I was going to be walking for sometime I used the crutches. Most of
the time I didn’t need them.” After college Dewain wanted 3 things: a job, a car and a girl. So he hitchhiked to the oil patch. “I ended up in Eunice, New Mexico working for Halliburton dispatching trucks and all kinds of drilling rigs. Later I got a job with the Department of Public Safety and was a dispatcher 40 years. I worked at other jobs for another 20 years. In addition to a job I got a car and a girl who has been my wife for 63 years. We have a wonderful family and overall I would say I’ve had a good life so far.” Dewain, who now lives in Lubbock, credits his happy life to the Masons, who founded the Scottish Rite Hospital 100 years ago. He is a Mason. www.tumbleweesmith.com
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THEME: HAPPY HOLIDAYS ACROSS 1. Pilgrim's destination 6. Make a scene 9. Rubik's puzzle 13. Hawaii environs 14. Toothy fish 15. Cone-shaped dwelling 16. White Swan in "Swan Lake" ballerina 17. ____-Wan Kenobi 18. *Decorate with wreaths and holly, e.g. 19. *Either dessert or source of heat (2 words) 21. *____ Day, or second day of Christmastide 23. Land parcel 24. Strauss of denim fame 25. Broadband access overseer, acr. 28. Clarified butter 30. Acute one and obtuse one 35. Southeastern Asian country 37. Jouster's breastplate 39. Shrewdness 40. Caspian basin river 41. *Pasadena's Tournament of ____ 43. Tel ____, Israel 44. Native American emblem 46. "Why not?" 47. Hitchhiker's quest
48. Omits when speaking 50. Hard to find 52. Bear's winter quarters 53. Hoodwink 55. Scepter's partner 57. *Number of days in Christmastide 60. *"Ugly" holiday party garb? 64. Prepare a letter 65. "Bingo!" 67. Hunger for 68. Pass-the-baton race 69. *Cranberry sauce sometimes comes from it 70. Same as tori 71. Raise the roof 72. German river 73. Stall sound DOWN 1. Whiny and miserable 2. Shade of beige 3. Finish a ceiling, to a plasterer 4. Marlboro alternative 5. Not digital 6. Bug-eyed 7. Not Uber 8. Social group 9. Ghana monetary unit 10. Second word of many fairytales 11. Cause of Titanic's demise 12. Poetic "even"
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15. Burdensome 20. Not this or that 22. Lab eggs 24. Time off 25. *Champagne holder 26. *Wassailing composition 27. Raccoon's South American cousin 29. Feeling of superiority, pl. 31. ____ gum, food additive 32. Furiously angry 33. Exclude or omit 34. *Number of candles in kinara, Kwanzaa 36. *Troika vehicle 38. "Will be," according to Doris 42. Asian goat antelope 45. Potpourri 49. Chevy Suburban, e.g. 51. Builds 54. *Popular holiday wish 56. Munchausen's title 57. *Bedecked arbor 58. Shakespeare, to his friends? 59. And others, for short 60. Minus 61. Tropical edible root 62. Anon's partner 63. Take a load off 64. Like some humor 66. *Traditional main holiday dish
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 PUNISHMENT RANGE
Twenty-Four individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, November 21 and Saturday, November 27. 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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Sunday Observations from Christy
Higher Please
I still use an outside antenna for television reception. A year ago I lowered the pole to do a minor repair on the antenna. When I raised the pole, I did not put it as high as it was, intending to finish it later. I forgot and my reception has been poor to non-existent. Finally it occurred to me what was wrong. I raised the pole that small extra amount and reception was back. “I press toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:14) Still tuning in loud and clear? Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain: Chambers County Sheriff’s Office & Fellowship of Christian Cowboys
And just like that, Thanksgiving is done. Christmas will be here in a flash, then New Years and then if we are lucky, we do it all over again. A whole lot of you have spent your weekend shopping, decorating for Christmas, or in general hanging out with loved ones. Or a combination of all. We have spent it still settling two houses to one. The Christmas decor
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
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First Baptist Church of Anahuac 405 South Magnolia • Anahuac 409-267-3262 Sunday School..............9:00 am SundayMorningWorship.....11:00 am Evening Worship..........6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer Meeting.....6:30 pm First Baptist of Fannett Highway 124 • Fannett Sunday School.................9:30 am Sunday Morning Worship...10:45 am Sunday Discipleship Training.......5:00 pm Sunday Evening Worship.............6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer Meeting......7:00 pm First Baptist Church of Hamshire Highway 124 • Hamshire 409-243-2163 Sunday School.................9:15 am Morning Worship.........10:30 am Evening Worship............6:00 pm Wednesday Discipleship....6:15 pm First Baptist Church of Stowell W. Main &VanOstrand • Stowell 409-296-4510 Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Morning Worship......11:00 am Sunday Evening Worship........6:00 pm Wednesday Bible Study............7:00 pm OutdoorsMen Church of Winnie Hwy 124 in Winnie Saturday.......6:00pm (covered dish meal at service)
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
at my house typically goes up thanksgiving weekend, but we have always done my moms tree (which is now my tree) the first weekend of December. It coincides with my brothers birthday. So that’s a tradition that is now moved to my house, with Mom. Here is the funny thing….. I have decorated my tree alone for 15 years, and honestly more like my whole life since leaving moms. My kid has NEVER LIKED to decorate a tree….. more on that shortly. Neither of my Exes gave two flips about a tree. So I just did them by myself. I enjoyed it and honestly the fight isn’t worth it to get anyone to join in. So fast forward, last year I had a puppy and
a 3 ft tree on top of the entertainment center. This year I will have the 3 ft tree on the porch where my great nieces can decorate it. My inside tree will be decorated by my whole bunch. And a side note of sarcasm….. my daughter and her boyfriend got moms old tree…… AND PUT IT UP LAST WEEKEND!!! Remember she never liked to decorate a tree! Funny how time changes things. I’ve been saying for a long time my family has been in a season of change. My dad and step mom have moved on to condo life, mom is here with me, my kiddo is thriving in an apartment after living with roommates for 5 years. It just seems to be a constant fluid
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motion. Happy Sunday peeps! As we return to work this week may we all remember the reason for the season. That the stress of doing it all, doesn’t rob us of the joy of just BEING. That we remember at any given second we can have a changed landscape of our family unit. One scroll through social media this weekend showed me many who are hurting over losses, and navigating their new normal. Change is good, but so is tradition. Find a good balance. Make your own stories. Most of all, love those who love you. Tell them you love them. Normalize showing your love for others….. that’s the first step to enjoying the season of giving after all.
Kle ie r Earns Un p r e c e d e n t e d Fou r t h Co nse c utive P B R Au s t r a lia Ch a m p ion sh ip History was made inside the Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre this past weekend. After the dust settled in Townsville, Queensland, for the 2021 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Australia Monster Energy Tour Grand Finals, Aaron Kleier (Clermont, Queensland) etched his name in the league record books, crowned the 2021 PBR Australia Championship, his unprecedented fourth consecutive national title. Only one other bull rider in history has won a national title four times in any of PBR’s international divisions. Kleier, the
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first to achieve the feat in successive years, is now tied with David Kennedy (Kyogle, New South Wales) for the most Australian national titles won by one rider in league history. Kennedy topped the national standings in 2009-2010, 2012 and 2014. Kleier began the year-end event with a 195.83-point lead over No. 2 contender Macaulie Leather (Calliope, Queensland). As action got underway for the 2021 Australian Grand Finals, Kleier furthered his stronghold on the No. 1 position in the nation, and inched closer to history, by sweeping the opening
rounds of competition. Quick to strike, Kleier tied for the Round 1 win at the Grand Finals compliments of an 85.5-point effort aboard Suga Boom Boom (BK Bucking Bullls). Kleier then faced a rubber match with King Kong (Fred Kleier) in Round 2. The bovine athlete, who is presently the largest bull bucking in PBR Australia competition, weighing almost 2,200 pounds, bucked off the stoic Queensland native in their first meeting, sending him to the ground in a heartbreaking 7.97 seconds in 2018 in Rockhampton, but Kleier exacted revenge
in their next showdown, covering the commanding animal athlete for 88 points en route to the event win this July in Rockhampton. Continuing his success, Kleier matched King Kong jump-for-jump en route to the 8-second whistle, marked a Round 2-winning 85.25 points. Kleier’s successes continued to mount during the final day of competition for the 2021 season, delivering what tied for the third-best score of Round 3 of the Grand Finals when he covered Forever Amen (Brandenburg Bucking Bulls) for 84.75 points. (contd on page 8)
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St. Mary Baptist Church Hwy 61 &Albritton •Hankamer 409-374-2182 Sunday School.........................9:30 am Morning Worship..................11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study.........7:00 pm SunlightMissionaryBaptistChurch Spikes Rd • Hankamer Sunday School.........................9:45 am Sunday Morning Worship......11:00 am Wednesday Evening..................7:00 pm LaBelle Baptist Church 9400 Hwy 365 • LaBelle 409-796-1240 Sunday School.......................10:00 am Sunday Adult Worship............11:00 am Sunday Children’s Church......11:00 am Sunday Evening......................6:00 pm Wednesday Bible Study.............7:00 pm First Baptist Church High Island Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Worship....................10:30 am Sunday Evening Worship..........6:00 pm Wednesday Prayer & Bible......7:00 pm
Catholic St. Louis Catholic Church 315 W Buccaneer Dr • Winnie 409-296-4200 Weekday Mass Wednesday..................8:30 am Spanish Friday....9:45 am English at Arboretum Saturday...Reconciliation 3:00-3:45 pm Mass in English...............4:00 pm Sunday Mass in English.....7 am & 10:30 am Spanish Mass........................noon Holy days......8:30 am & 6:30 pm Our Lady of Light Catholic Church S. Main St • Anahuac 409-267-3158 Confession:Saturday...............5:00 pm English: Sunday.......................8:30 am Spanish: Saturday...................6:00 pm Thursday...................................6:00 pm
St. Mary’s Catholic Church Hwy. 365 & IH-10 • Fannett 794-2548 Saturday Mass.........................5:00 pm Sunday Mass............7:00 & 11:00 am St. Martin DePorres Mission Boyt & Kidd • Cheek 409-794-2548 Sunday Mass............................9:00 am
Church of Christ Winnie Church of Christ 2559 Hwy 124 • Stowell 409-899-1737 • 409-363-9898 Sunday Bible Class.................9:45 am Sunday Morning Worship.......10:45 am Sunday Evening Worship......5:00 pm Wednesday Service................7:00 pm Church of Christ Oak Street • Anahuac 267-6445 Sunday Bible Class.................9:30 am SundayWorship Service......10:30 am SundayEvening Worship.......6:00 pm Wednesday Service................6:00 pm
Episcopal Trinity Episcopal Church Washington & Light St • Anahuac 409-267-6582 Sunday Holy Communion..10:00 am
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Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints Menely Road • Winnie Sunday Morning.....................9:00 am Wednesday Youth Activities.....7:00 pm
Lutheran
Hope Lutheran Church 9th & LeBlanc - Winnie 409-296-2377 Sunday Worship............9:30 am Sunday School............10:45 am
First United Methodist 204 Trinity St • Anahuac 409-267-3242 Sunday School.......................10:45 am Sunday Worship....................11:00 am St. James Methodist Ed Hopkins @ Texas St • Anahuac Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Worship 1st & 4th Sunday.....................................11:00 am Wednesday Bible Studies......6:00 pm Faith United Methodist Highway 365 • Fannett 409-794-1121 Sunday School......................10:00 am Sunday Worship....................11:00 am UMYF 2nd and 4th Sunday.....5:00 pm Middleton Memorial Methodist Wallisville Rd • Wallisville 409-389-2218 Sunday Worship......................9:00 am St.PaulUnitedMethodistDoubleBayou www.stpauldoublebayou.com Sunday School........................10:45am Sunday Worship .................... 9:00 am Wednesday Bible Studies.........6:30 pm St. Mathew’s United Methodist 1312 Weeks Ave • High Island Sunday School.........................9:00 am Sunday Worship Service.........10:00 am UMYF.............................................3:00 pm First United Methodist Highway 124 @ Freeman • Winnie 296-4382 Sunday School.........................9:30 am Sunday Worship....................10:45 am UMYF.......................................6:00 pm Sunday Worship......................9:30 am Sunday School.......................10:45 am
SmithPoint Community Church Smith Point Sunday School.......................10:00 am Sunday Morning Worship......11:00 am Trinity Church 1324 Hwy. 124 • Winnie Sunday Happy Hour...............9:00 am Morning Worship.................10:00 am WednesdayEveningWorship....7:30pm House of Prayer Fannett Elementary School 409-794-9470 Sunday Services.............2:00-5:00 pm HankamerCommunity Fellowship FM 1663 @ FM 1724 • Hankamer Sunday School.....................10:00 am Sunday Praise & Worship..11:00 am Wednesday Bible Study........7:00 pm Lighthouse of Hope Church 507 6th St. Winnie, Texas (at the corner of 6th St. and Oak St.) 409-782-5354 Sunday Worship....................10:00 am Wednesday Worship..............6:30 pm Word of Life Church Please call (351) 999-4923 to participate in our phone church services: Adult Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Church services 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 pm
Pentecostal
Calvary Tabernacle 1210 FM 1406 • Winnie 296-2020 Sunday School........................2:00 pm Sunday Worship.....................2:45 pm Thursday Evening...................7:00 pm (Children’s Church, Youth Service & Bible Study) - Pastor Carl A. Vickery Calvary Tabernacle UPC 11185 Mahon Rd, Fannet Pastor Steve Adams 409-201-8033 Sunday 1pm, Thursday 7pm First UnitedPentecostal Church 1352 Walter Street • High Island 286-5444 Sunday Worship....................10:00 am Tuesday.....................................7:30 pm
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Commissioner George P. Bush Announces Agreement Authorizing Construction of Border Wall on State-Owned Land
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced the signing of a lease agreement between the General Land Office (GLO) and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) authorizing the construction of border wall along a GLO-owned farm tract in Starr County. The signing of this lease agreement is the latest effort by Commissioner Bush to mitigate the immigration crisis following Governor Greg Abbott’s emergency declaration to complete the Texas border wall. “Washington continues to ignore the Biden
Administration’s border crisis, leaving Texans no choice but to take matters into our own hands,” said Commissioner Bush. “Lease revenue from this land directly benefits the most important asset in Texas— our schoolchildren. As the border crisis continues to escalate, the lives of Texans are being endangered and we are at serious risk of losing revenue generated from leased lands along the Texas-Mexico border. I thank DPS for their partnership on this critical issue—working together, we will secure our border.”
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HELP WANTED Hatfield Garage Mechanic Needed Call 409-296-3333 Food Service Co needs delivery drivers full and part time. Earn up to $70,000/year 832-740-9636 Ask for Rosa FOR SALE
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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 For Sale 28' Triple Axle Gooseneck Trailer $6500.00. Call 409-267-3063 7 1/4 acres furnished house lots of outside equipment. 409-284-5543 2005 Crown Vic Intercepter: Clean, dependable, new tires, brakes, great ac, etc., $3, 800.00. 281-414-6353 Trailer axles $40.00 - $100.00 each, PVC pipe 1 1/2 to 4" $50.00, Call 409-457-5204 Commercial gas tank for sale $700. refrigerator for sale $80. please call 832-298-8159 2012 Jeep Compass runs good. A/C works but does not cool well. Work vehicle $5000.00 Call 409-277-1065
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
Garry Bratten- Experienced Handyman. No job too small or large. 409-354-8280. Horse hay 4x5 fertilized Jiggs Bermuda in barn $50.00/ roll. Call 409-781-2236 For sale: Bradford, Brangus, and Hereford bulls. Call 713.875.5703 ALTERATIONS by Mrs. Henry 409-2937287. Call me for all types of clothing and formals!!
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House for rent in Winnie. 3 bed, 1.5 bath + game room, fenced backyard. Brick house in nice neighborhood. $1,200 month 4x5 Round bales Horse +deposit. 409-789-0289 quality in barn $50.00 409-781-2236 One BR apartment Call $600.00/per month, $600.00 2000 Ford gas tractor deposit. No utilities Call parts. Call for prices Reenay 409-201-0399 Located in Stowell
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
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Atmospheric condi- be viewed. that it left the coyotes tions apparently had to And perhaps it was speechless. be just right for this to such a shock to wildlife
A recent article about the October Northern Lights being visible in northern states prompted this column about the Aurora Borealis for stout, adventurous, winter-travelling Texans. The Lights are seen in many locations from now until April in such places as Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge in Maine, Cook County, Minnesota, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Don’t count on it in Texas, but it HAS happened. Photo licensed under CC BY.
WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
By John Jefferson
In 1969, Baker Rudolph, a friend of mine from Coleman, and I were returning from a fishing trip to one of the border lakes, when we encountered a baffling scene. We were still shaking off the remnants of cultural exchange from visiting a foreign country. As we motored along, our conversation was nonstop except when the one listening quickly inserted a comment about the other’s narrative, usually attempting to take the po-
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dium, himself. Then, something unexpectedly occurred. And we went silent. After almost ten minutes – a record verbal pause for us – I muttered, “Uuuh…”. Baker answered, “I saw it, too!” He hit the brakes and pulled over onto the grassy shoulder. I recently ran across a news item from Indiana from late October this year that told of a solar flare that occurred then that sent high energy particles toward Earth. One source called that “coronal mass ejections (CMEs)”. As much fun as the sound of that evokes, it’s not what you might think. The Library of Congress defines that phenomenon as causing “shafts or curtains of colored light visible on occasion in the night sky. When these particles contact our atmosphere, the news item said it is possible they could cause the “Northern Lights” to be spotted much farther south – like northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio. Those are not counties in North Texas. The article concluded by saying expect the scene north of Indiana. That’s also not in Texas. The Northern Lights (AKA Aurora Borealis) had never been viewed from Texas.
Baker and I sat on the fenders in the dark along that lonely road and watched it for 10 or 15 minutes. It reminded me of gas flares from the oil patch. But then it seemed to jump to the other side of the road. And back again. Sometimes visible on both sides of the road. Baker finally said he was getting spooked and wanted to move on. Good thing the coyotes hadn’t started howling about then out in the brush. We stopped for coffee and a snack at a popular restaurant and told the attractive waitress what we had seen. She looked at us like she had heard most lines, but this one was really weird. It was. We got back to Austin very late. I told my wife what we had seen. She asked if we had been drinking. We hadn’t been, while driving. The next morning, there was a small mention in the American Stateman that almost made me spit my coffee across the bed. The headline read, “Northern Lights Visible in South Texas.” The brief article went on to say this was the first time in recorded history that anyone had ever seen them there, and that they had not been seen anywhere else in the state except a few isolated places south of San Antonio.
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Winnie Stowell Hospital District Part-Time Position JOB TITLE:
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Office Administrator - Sherrie Norris
The mission of the Winnie Stowell Hospital District is to balance the healthcare needs of the community by assisting the low income residents of our district in obtaining needed healthcare. We also hold the license for 39 nursing homes.
GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION Provide a variety of administrative support tasks, and other tasks as assigned, and assisting office visitors to ensure that all interactions between the organization and others are positive, professional, and productive.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Answer phones, take messages, greet, and assist visitors General office duties, such as copying, filing, shredding, scanning, process mail & faxes Process daily RDC (Remote) Deposits and monthly bank statement Downloads Compose day-to-day communications via email and other forms of correspondence Database and Excel spreadsheet entry as assigned for multiple systems including QuickBooks, internal software, and Excel. 6. Assist with keeping the office organized and monitoring office supply inventory 7. Assist with scheduling, coordinating and maintaining calendars for Board members and client appointments 8. Assist with proofreading reports and documents for data entry accuracy, grammar, punctuation, and spelling 9. Provide support and preparation for Board Meetings 10. Assist with other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 1. High school graduate or equivalent required, and a minimum of two years’ experience or an Associate degree in a related field. 2. Preference will be given to a candidate with a strong background knowledge of data entry and working with QuickBooks and Excel.
KEY COMPETENCIES 1. Ability and willingness to learn the job 2. Ability to work with minimal supervision
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS 1. Ability to lift 35-40 lbs
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Notice of Public Hearing for Winnie Stowell Hospital District Pursuant to Section 286.125 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, notice is hereby given of a Public Hearing to discuss the Winnie Stowell Hospital District’s 2021 Budget. This public hearing will take place inside Winnie Stowell Hospital District 520 Broadway, Winnie Tx 77665 on December 15, 2021, 5:30 p.m. As for the public hearing, the Board will take the following actions: 1. Provide guests with a copy of 2021 Budget and an opportunity to be heard. 2. Discuss and take-action on approving the Winnie Stowell Hospital District’s 2021 Budget and take any needed action.
Kleier Earns Unprecedented Fourth Consecutive PBR Championship (contd)
While the 23-year-old was unable to make the 8 aboard his final two animal athlete opponents, bested by Roam Aviation High Risk (Dunne Bulls) in 2.25 seconds in Round 4 and Razor Sharp (Peter Wallace) in 3.06 seconds in the championship round, Kleier’s thirdplace effort at the seasonculminating event, which netted him 106.5 national points, clinched him the 2021 PBR Australia Championship Throughout the season, Kleier went a PBR Australia-best 23-for35, covering 65.71% of the nation’s top bovine athletes. He concluded the year 248.01 points ahead of No. 2 Brady Fielder (Clermont, Queensland). Including the $25,000 bonus for being crowed the 2021 PBR Australia Champion, Kleier earned a check for $31,533.33 at the two-day event in Townsville. In the bull pen, Cattle King Boogers Beach (Dittmann Bucking Bulls) capped his dominant season with
both the 2021 YETI Bull and Rookie Bull of the Year honors. After winning a leagueleading nine Bull of the Event honors throughout the regular season, Boogers Beach clinched both year-end awards compliments of a monstrous 45.25-point out in the championship round of the 2021 PBR Australia Grand Finals. The fierce bovine athlete earned the score after tossing seven-time PBR World Finals qualifier Lachlan Richardson (Gresford, New South Wales) in 5.02 seconds. Cattle King Boogers Beach left the Townsville Entertainment & Convention Centre having collected $9,080 in bonus money for both year-end titles. Dittmann Bucking Bulls was also anointed the 2021 PBR Australia Stock Contractor of the Year, earning a $5,000 bonus. In addition to Cattle King Boogers Beach, other standout bovines from the outfit’s roster that bucked at the Grand Finals included
Roid Rage (Dittmann Bucking Bulls), Reloaded (Dittmann Bucking Bulls) and POA Fully Locked & Loaded (Dittmann Bucking Bulls). Courtesy of a 3-for-5 showing, Sam Woodall (Heywood, Victoria) won the prestigious 2021 PBR Australia Grand Finals event title, along with $11,800. Woodall was electric on Championship Saturday, rebounding from a dismal opening day of competition when he was bested by Breaking Bad (MJ/Keliher Bucking Bulls) in 4.63 seconds in Round 1, and Blinky Bill (BK Bucking Bulls) in 4.96 seconds in Round 2, In a must-ride situation, Woodall snapped his backwards skid at the Grand Finals when he covered Super Natural (Colin Fry) for 86.25 points, the second-best score of Round 3. He continued to climb the leaderboard in his very next out, winning Round 4 by besting Drag Iron (Dunne Bulls) for 85.75 points. Woodall then cemented
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his event win by reaching a crucial milestone. In near picture-perfect form, the 23-year-old rode POA Fully Locked & Loaded for 90 points, the first 90-point score of his career.Adding to the significance of the out, it also marked the swan song for POA Fully Locked & Loaded, who retired following the trip. Throughout his career, the Dittmann Bucking Bulls’ bovine athlete was ridden just 9 times in 54 outs. POA Fully Locked & Loaded posted the top bull score of his career in 2018 when he was marked 46 points in Julia Creek, Queensland, for his 3.85-second buckoff of Jason Mara (Cloncurry, Queensland). The animal athlete’s final trip was awarded a 44-point score, his second-best effort of the year. Woodall concluded the year No. 7 in the national standings, after beginning the event No. 9 in Australia, his second consecutive year-end
Top-10 ranking. Returning to the bull pen, Pretty Boy (Peter Wallace) was the Bull of the 2021 PBR Australia Grand Finals. The bull was unmatched in both of his trips in Townsville, marked 45 points or more in both outs. Pretty Boy first bucked in Round 2, marked 45 points when he upset Richardson in 4.15 seconds. Improving as the event progressed, Pretty Boy was then scored a higher 45.25 points in the championship round for his 4.62 seconds of work against Jake Curr (Peter Wallace). Wallace Bucking Bulls also won the Bull Team competition held in tandem with the 2021 PBR Australia Monster Energy Tour Grand Finals. In addition to Pretty Boy, the company’s other top animal athletes were Razor Sharp and Black Tuxedo (Peter Wallace). Leather was crowned the 2021 PBR Australia
Rookie of the Year. While Leather had a dismal showing at his careerfirst Grand Finals, going 0-for-4, he was electric throughout 2021. He went 12-for-35 on home soil in 2021, winning two events and registering an additional eight Top-10 efforts. The 20-year-old young gun concluded his first year competing amongst the PBR Australia ranked No. 4 in the national standings, 302.33 points behind No. 1 Kleier. The 2021 PBR Australia season will get underway Friday, December 31 in Rockhampton, Queensland. Action for the PBR Rockhampton Invitational at the Great Western Hotel will begin at 7:30 p.m. AEST. For more information, stay tuned to PBRAustralia. com.au and follow the tour on Facebook (PBR Australia), Twitter (@PBRAustralia), and Instagram (@ PBRAustralia) for the latest results.
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