April 08, 2020 The Hometown Press

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Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Volume 31, Issue 14

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! r e t s a E y From us at Hometown Press p p o H Commissioners Chambers County Covid-19 Update Ta c k l e L o n g A g e n d a

By Wade Thibodeaux   The Chambers County Commissioners Court last met on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 beginning at 9:30 am. in the County Courtroom of the Courthouse in Anahuac, Texas. The agenda was a long one with almost four pages of single spaced lines of agenda items and lasting well into the afternoon. Some of the highlights of the days activities included the court accepting a petition for the creation of a new drainage district on the West side of the County. This was the first step in the process of the creation of a new district and the court also approved the second step which was the setting of a public hearing at 10:00 am. on March 24, 2020 for public comments about the district. However, since no court was held on the 24th of March due to the Corona Virus Pandemic that issue will have to be revisited and advise sought on how to proceed with a public hearing at a later date. The court also approved the issuance of some $9,760,000.00 in Texas Pass-Through Toll Revenue and Limited Tax Bonds for the construction of a bridge in connection with the new

Fm 1409 project. The County received a 1.866% rate on the 25 year bonds.

Commissioners also approved the installation of a 20KW generator at the Lilton Sonnier Arena in the Winnie Stowell Park to assist with lighting for crowd removal in the event of a power outage.

This installation was part of a larger up to $108,828.00 change order for some changes to finish the final touches of the newly built arena. The court retired to executive session at 1:25 pm. to take up 9 agenda items requiring discussion behind closed doors. The next regular meeting of the court was scheduled for March 24, 2020, but that meeting did not happen due to the Virus and plans are being discussed about exactly which type of meeting (video, telephone, or in person) should take place on the 14th of April and just exactly who will be included and how they will be included for attendance.

The Hometown Press will continue to monitor the situation and will report here in our print version and/ or online on our Facebook page The Hometown Press if warranted.

By Wade Thibodeaux  Chambers County has 17 cases of the Corona Virus or Covid-19 Virus as of Monday evening when this article was written. Three of the cases have recovered or "Graduated out" as DSHS(Department of State

Health Services) likes to call it when they report their latest information. East Chambers County is holding at 2 cases, Mid Chambers County has increased to 4 cases, and West Chambers County is leading the numbers with 11 cases. County officials

remind everyone to wash their hands and follow the social distancing guidelines as well as simply stay home if at all possible and venture out as little as possible and only when needing groceries or essential supplies. The Hometown Press will

continue to monitor and report on the situation here weekly in our print version and online on our Facebook page, The Hometown Press as conditions warrant.

By Wade Thibodeaux  Chambers County Sheriff's Office has received numerous calls about businesses not complying with the Governor's orders to close certain business locations. All hair salons, barber shops, nail salons, gyms, and other non

essential businesses were ordered closed during the disaster declarations issued by the Governor's office. The Chambers County Sheriff's Office has been responding to these calls and checking on the locations where claims about non compliance were

received. This local barber shop misunderstood the orders and thought that it was okay to be open as long as no more than 10 people were in the shop at one time. Once the CCSO officer explained the situation and the emergency order to this business own-

er, the location was closed immediately. The Chambers County Sheriff's Office is working diligently to ensure that all businesses comply, but they are doing so with a compassionate heart and a reasonably understanding attitude.

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Opinion & Entertainment

Wednesday, April 8, 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 This week I'm going to reference New York City a couple of times.......say what?????

Yep, that's right, I'm going to tell you a couple of stories that originated in New York City.

With all of this Corona Virus bad news that's floating around it's kind of nice to hear a couple of good stories.....even if they come from New York. The first one is about a young couple that met during the virus lock in. I have to mention that this story was relayed to me from fellow columnist (Sunday Observations) Christy as we were having what seems like our weekly strategy phone call the other evening and I thought that I would incorporate it into my column. Anyway, this guy goes out onto his balcony recently while he was sequestered in his apartment to get a bit of fresh air and looks across the way and sees a good looking girl doing the same thing. He waves at her and she waves back. The next night, the same scenario is repeated and gets to be a regular thing over the course of a week. One night the guy gets his drone out and attaches

his phone number to the drone and flies it over to the girl on the other balcony. She calls him and they begin to conversate(I'm not quite sure that's a word, but you understand).

One thing leads to another and before long they are having a virtual dinner date with tables on each balcony and Facetime on each others phone to visit during dinner. He orders this huge blow up bubble that he can get inside from Amazon and he rolls himself over to her building on the other side of the street and they meet in the lobby and are able to take a walk side by side without ever touching or being exposed to one another. Where there is a will, there is a way and all the while complying with social distancing guidelines. I guess we will have to wait and see how it turns out once the pandemic is over and everybody goes back to normal operations.

The second story is one that I saw on TV the other night as I was catching up on the news.......like I haven't had time to watch TV and the news..... It seems like at a cer-

tain time every day in New York, people just stop and applaud all of the essential workers like the health care workers and others. Wherever they are, on their balconies, in the street, in the park....they just stop and applaud for two minutes to show their appreciation for those that are keeping things running. There may be a silver lining to this virus thing after all and we may learn to appreciate some things that we have taken for granted for a very long time. I din't know how all of this is going to turn out, but as I said before, I am firmly convinced that this virus and the side effects of trying to avoid catching it will change society. Hopefully, it changes for the good because I'm not sure that we can add much more bad and still continue to function as a society.

Now, on to another topic. I'm really glad that this is a written piece and not a video because I'm probably going to be crying before I finish this column and I wouldn't want you to see that. I had always told my Dad that he should sit down and write his memoirs because he had a pretty extraordinary life given the circumstances that he had been dealt. He was born three years before the Great depression and grew up farming rice during that time which was his childhood. He had to drop out of school at a young age because he was needed for the family farm, but yet went on to build a successful busi-

ness and never that I know of had an ounce of regret for his life that he lived. Anyway, I had told him numerous times that he should record all of this and in his own way he just nodded in agreement and said that he would get around to it.

The other day I was cleaning out some old files in his home office desk and came across a tablet and wondered what it was. I opened the tablet and there in his handwriting on hand numbered pages was the story that I had asked for a dozen or so times. It began

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with his birth and progressed through his life, detailing how they had to take a bath in a number three washtub with water that had been hauled a 100 feet from a well and heated on a wood burning stove.

He described the house that he grew up in that was not finished on the inside with no indoor plumbing, no electricity, and only a wood burning stove for heat in the Winter. And, we want to complain because we have to stay home in our air conditioned, nice, comfortable house for a few weeks. I

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was shaking as I was reading it and felt like I had found a pot of gold. I finally had to put it down way before I ever got to the end of it and this week's project will be to scan it and preserve it forever and then I will read it from front to back, maybe several times.

Look for the silver lining in all of this "Stay home, stay safe" program that we are all experiencing and remember to wash your hands and follow the CDC guidelines for social distancing. Till next time, I'm..........Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

WATCH OUT FOR THOSE DUMMIES IN POLICE CARS

By Tumbleweed Smith

Dennis Ivey of Crockett is one of those people who seem to be everywhere. He has been a preacher at the same church for 30 years, has been active in the arts community in Crockett and has a band that performs all over East Texas. He is also gifted with an imaginative sense of humor that he puts to use in all kinds of situations.

Sometimes his humor backfires.

Dennis grew up in the small community of Midway.

“One day my wife and I were traveling through Midway,” says Dennis.

“She had already gone through there a few days before. The city of Midway had bought this old police car and put it on the side of the road as you were coming into town.

When you’re a good ways off it looks like someone is sitting in the police car. So when I topped the hill going into Midway I was clipping pretty good because I’m kind of always running late to wherever I’ve got to be.

When I saw that old police car I just slammed on my brakes and my wife burst out laughing. I asked her

why she was laughing and she told me ‘just wait until you get closer to that police car.’ When I got there, there was this dummy that was sitting in the vehicle.”

The police car wouldn’t run, didn’t even have an engine. The city put it in different parts of town in an effort to slow down the traffic passing through.

Dennis contacted some of his friends in Midway and found out about that police car.

“They’d hook that old police car up to a tractor and move it from one place to another.”

Apparently the folks at the Midway City Hall have a sense of humor, too. Dennis received an official letter from the city of Midway telling him he owed the city $120 for speeding through their city. Now Dennis knew that Midway didn’t have any radar and he hadn’t been stopped so he tried to ignore the letter. Still he worried about it until he found out the letter had been a joke.

A few days later, Dennis was in the city of Caldwell making an appearance with his band.

While

addressing the audience he told a joke about his hometown police car.

“I had to add to it, you know. I told them about the police car with no motor in it and they pulled it around with a tractor. Then I said they struck a big gas well right there in the city of Midway and the city got a lot of money from that new gas well. And I said you know what they did?

They bought a new tractor to pull that car from one end of town to the other.”

After telling the story, a man approached Dennis and asked him if he knew the mayor of Midway.

Dennis said yes, that he has known him all his life. The man said he would see the Midway Mayor tomorrow in Austin at the mayor’s conference and he would relate the story. Dennis has quit telling jokes about his little hometown. 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: NAME THE ANIMAL ACROSS 1. Spoil 6. Delivery service 9. Gallup's inquiry 13. Madison Square Garden, e.g.

14. One of the Tudors 15. Pinkerton's gallery member 16. Beneath, to a poet 17. Bird-to-be 18. Not slouching 19. *Koko or Digit 21. *George or Marcel 23. Langley agency 24. Can of worms 25. Pine juice 28. Up to the task 30. Most recent 35. Furnace output 37. Gives a helping hand 39. Veranda in Honolulu 40. *European sea eagle 41. Waterwheel 43. Ladder crosspiece 44. *Valued for its down 46. Steelers's Chuck 47. Genealogical plant?

48. Treat for Dumbo 50. Hoofbeat sound 52. "To ____ is human"

53. Jim Carrey's 1994 disguise 55. Garden cultivator 57. *Roger or Peter 60. *Rocket or Rascal 64. "Random" audience member 65. Mozart's "L'____ del Cairo" 67. Resin-producing tree 68. Like haunted house 69. Time delay 70. City in Germany 71. Not a bee 72. Pilot's deadline 73. Not those DOWN 1. Pirates on a plank?

2. Black and white treat 3. *Papa or Mama 4. Clown act 5. Perennial garden flower 6. Iris holder 7. *Babe or Wilbur 8. Fraternity letter 9. Politician's barrelful 10. Curved molding 11. Famous Australopithecus 12. "____ the wild rumpus begin!"

15. Hertz offering 20. Labanotation founder

Solution on page 3 22. Doesn't mix well with water 24. Wilma and Fred's hometown 25. *Dolly 26. Eagle's nest 27. *Giant or Red 29. *Simba or Elsa 31. Queen of Hearts' pastry 32. Accustom 33. Not so crazy 34. *Detroit mascot 36. Not quite an adult 38. Perfect houseplant spot 42. Luau greeting 45. S. E. Hinton's "____ Fish" 49. Chi precursor 51. Place for a square 54. Furry scarf 56. What's in your e-wallet?

57. Actress Perlman 58. Runs, as on TV 59. Radar flash 60. Indian music 61. Yorkshire river 62. Lode deposits 63. Supreme Court number 64. Make a seam 66. *Tom or Sylvester

■ 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, April 8, 2020 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Fourty-Five individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, March 22 2020 and Saturday, March 28, 2020.

Continued indictments 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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Religion & Lifestyle

Wednesday,April 8, 2020

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Sunday Observations from Christy

"Saltines & Lemonade Easter"

Because of circumstances beyond their control, the people of Israel observed Passover a month late. It went against everything the people had been taught. However, the Bible says the Lord “heard their prayers.” (2 Chronicles 30) We are experiencing circumstances beyond our control. Last Sunday my wife and I sat at home listening to a Facebook sermon I preached for a church currently without a pastor.

We observed Communion, Lord’s Supper, with a saltine cracker and some lemonade. It was a moving spiritual experience for us.

I am going to try very hard to be nice here......yall work with me. I hear people saying their civil liberties are being infringed upon by churches being closed. By the shut down. By the government stepping in and making it a fine-able offense if you do not social distance. I get it. I am all about my civil liberties.

My freedom. My rights. But

you know what I am more about? My safety. My loved ones safety. Sometimes your rights, dont have the right, to affect others safety.

So here is the problem. The government tried to take a low key approach, allowing citizens to govern themselves and oh I don't know.........

USE THEIR BRAINS. But they didn't. They continued to gather at the basketball court.

They continued to parade the whole family to the grocery store. They continued to meet in close confines, to travel, to carry on.........because far be it that we have our lives altered at all, in the middle of a dang pandemic.

People..........what part of this are you not getting? You are in the middle of history in the making. There is absolutely NO way we as a society will emerge from this not changed. How much you are

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changed, unfortunately lies in the hands of others, more than it does yourself. So for a lot of people, you are having to finally realize, IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT YOU. I don't care if you think its stupid, I don't care if you think you are young, healthy, won't get sick, whatever. Because I love YOU more than YOU LOVE ME, I will keep my distance. I will pray that you come to your senses, and love me more than yourself, and keep your distance as well.

Treat this as if YOU HAVE COVID AND DO NOT WANT TO GIVE IT TO ANYONE. Stop thinking about yourself, and think about your neighbor, your friends, your family, or hell.........even a stranger.

Step up. Be a part of history, be a person that can say, I honestly did everything I could. I altered my life. I

stopped being selfish. I rose above, and gave to another.

Because I know humanity is being turned upside down before our eyes, and its time.

Happy Sunday Peeps....I don't know what the end result, of this mess we are in, will be. I know since the first of March, I have been on virtual lockdown. I know without a doubt I am doing every single thing within my power, to help you stay safe.

My question is.........are you doing all you can to keep me safe? Stay home, wash your hands, stay home, stay home, stay home. The sooner you do, the sooner this will be over. And the new us, can emerge. Hopefully a new us, that thinks another persons health, is worth more than our own personal routines, schedules, and by all means the basketball game at the park.

Methodist

Nondenominational

“To obey is better than sacrifice…” (1 Samuel 15:22) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain for Fellowship of Christian Cowboys and Chambers County Sheriff’s Office

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

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

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

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

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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Let our readers know about your garage sales, help wanted, services....

Deadline: Monday before publication at 12 noon

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Culture/Lifestyle

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WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE

TURKEYS FOR THE TAKING

By John Jefferson

A hunter hospitalized this spring had a serious condition.

She’d be sidelined for weeks. Her doctor wanted to install a device near her left shoulder. She objected, saying it had to be on her right side. She’s lefthanded and didn’t want it to interfere with shooting her shotgun during turkey season.

Spring turkey season in South Texas runs March 21-May 3. The North Zone runs April 4- May 17. Being able to shoot before the end of the current seasons would require her remarkable

recovery.

But that illustrates the dedication most turkey hunters share for their sport.

Last year’s fine hatch indicates that hunters this spring will see a bumper crop of young tom turkeys on the countryside. Called jakes, they aren’t as wary as older birds that have survived one or more hunting seasons. Mature gobblers are suspicious of hunters in their woods.

One year I hunted a ranch near Dilly in the South Texas Brush Country, below San Antonio. It was still early in the season and we knew many hens weren’t nesting yet.

Gobblers tending them wouldn’t be as interested in our calls as they might be later. But we didn’t

care. Most turkey hunters are as passionate as the lady mentioned above.

We camoed up and trudged out.

It was a warm, humid morning. The rancher warned us about rattlesnakes, too. They dropped me off in the dark, saying to walk about 100 yards to a clearing.

By the time I got there, I was sweating. I checked for snakes and cactus, then sat down. Removing my long-sleeved camo shirt, I sat in the darkness in a t-shirt. A white one.

As darkness became dawn, I used my slate call once and listened. I heard a distant gobbler. I called again. Silence. As it became light enough to make out objects, I

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called again. As I was putting my camo back on, movement caught my eye. I froze. At the edge of the clearing stood four turkeys.

We stared at each other for several minutes. They were all jakes, with two three-inch beards. They moved a little closer. This went on for maybe ten minutes. I decided not to take a jake that early in the hunt. Later I wished I had. Those were the only

Rio Grandes that came close enough to shoot.

Mature gobblers would not have hung around a guy wearing mostly a white t-shirt. No hat; no head net. But jakes did.

Texas has one of the highest turkey populations in America.

Yet fewer hunters are in the woods each spring.

This year, COVID-19 has made it worse. Hunts have been cancelled. Nonresident hunters aren’t

travelling. Texans are staying home, too. Jason Hardin, TPWD’s turkey program leader, has even cancelled three of his own hunts. Although TPWD public hunts are still scheduled for hunters already drawn, they aren’t accepting stand-by hunters this season.

With an expected low harvest this year, next year’s hunters could see gobblers galore. Let’s hope so anyway.

Texas ranks among the top three state with the most turkeys every year, but harvest is only 7% to 15%. That leaves plenty of turkeys to spare. All it takes for success is a shotgun with a full choke, camouflage clothing, a little practice on a turkey call, a place to hunt, an ability to sit still and a little luck. Photo by John Jefferson.

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