The Hometown Press 06-17-2020

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Volume 31, Issue 25

Bike Riders Begin To u r d e W i n n i e

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Chambers County SO Executes Drug Search Warrant

This small group embarked on the first Tour de Winnie bike ride last Saturday.

By Wade Thibodeaux A small but dedicated group of bike riders gathered at the Whataburger in Winnie last Saturday morning for the first Tour de Winnie. The group is dedicated to using bike exercise as a way to stay physically fit and has a bike ride planned

for the second Saturday of every month. The plan is to have a 12-18 mile ride that occurs at a leisurely pace and leaves no riders behind.

For more information about  Sheriff Brian the bike rides please Hawthorne reports call Erica Williams at that on June 11, 2020, 502.751.1390. deputies with the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office executed

Cement Truck Rolls Over

Concrete anyone??? This load was free for the taking.....you just had to clean up the mess.

By Wade Thibodeaux A small but dedicated group of bike riders gathered at the Whataburger in Winnie last Saturday morning for the first Tour de Winnie. The group is dedicated to using bike exercise as a way to stay physically fit and has a bike ride planned

for the second Saturday of every month. The plan is to have a 12-18 mile ride that occurs at a leisurely pace and leaves no riders behind.

For more information about the bike rides please call Erica Williams at 502.751.1390.

Congratulations to Lane Bertrand, BA! Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude at Sam Houston State University!

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a narcotic search warrant, signed by Judge Randy McDonald, 344th District Court, at a residence in the 800 block of Albritton Gully

Road, Hankamer, Texas.

Upon executing the search warrant, the sole occupant of the residence, identified as Michael Mayes, 40, of Hankamer, was found to be in possession of a quantity of powder cocaine and crack cocaine. The narcotics found in possession of Mayes showed to be possessed with the intent to distribute. Mayes, a convicted felon, was also found to be in possession of a firearm.

Mayes was placed under arrest for the offenses of Manufacture/ Delivery of a Controlled Substance – Penalty Group 1 – 1st Degree

Felony (cocaine), Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance – Penalty Group 1 – 1st Degree Felony (crack cocaine), and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm – 3rd Degree Felony.

Mayes was transported to the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office jail.

The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind our citizens within the county, if you have any information regarding drug trafficking, human trafficking, firearm trafficking, wanted fugitives, etc., please call Crime Stoppers at 844-860-8477; you will remain anonymous.

Fire and EMS Have A Busy Weekend

By Wade Thibodeaux   Fire and EMS crews had a busy weekend and that seems to be the pattern for the past couple of weeks.

Crews responded to 13 calls from June 12, 2020 to June 15, 2020 including fires, wrecks, and medical calls. EMS crews have responded to three wrecks in the last two weeks at the same location on Highway 124 at Hebert Road(or in the close vicinity) including one horrific scene in which four young adults died as a result of a head on collision.

EMS Coordinator Robert Falls advised his Board of Directors at a Monday evening meeting that he was manning an extra truck this weekend in anticipation of calls stemming from the beach traffic and the resulting accidents.

Calls for assistance had slowed down due to the Covid-19 situation, but those calls have picked up drastically during the last few weeks as more people are getting This was one of the wrecks that occurred in the Hebert Road area of Highway 124 out and maneuvering and EMS and Fire crews are assisting an occupant of the overturned car as he around the roadways. climbs out of the vehicle.

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Opinion & Entertainment

Wednesday, June 17, 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 What the H-E Double Hockey Sticks has gotten into this Country???? Everywhere you look, you see demonstrations that turn into mobs of people that are destroying private and public property. I get the fact that people are concerned about police brutality, and I get the fact that folks feel like they have been treated unequally, but this destruction mess has got to stop.

If you want to protest.... then do so peacefully.....I have absolutely no problem with that. I don't really understand how it's going to help your cause, but if it makes you feel better, then by all means go ahead and protest all that you want.

Now, I will admit that it's bringing exposure to your cause, but is it bringing the right exposure??? Is this destruction really going to help your cause or is it just going to add to the frustration and the problem.

I guess that I really don't

understand the police brutality thing. Yes, I saw the video of the George Floyd incident, and I will be the first to admit that those police officers appeared to be wrong, but we have a system of justice in this Country and I don't understand how destroying millions of dollars of property is going to inflict one ounce of punishment on the men who were at the scene.

And, the next incident in Atlanta where a man was sleeping at a drive thru at a Wendy's restaurant and ended up getting shot is troubling to me as well.

We have a system of justice in this Country and is the burning of the restaurant where the incident occurred going to help in any way???? Here's another one for you. I have never seen any video of police officers simply walking up to a person and shooting him or her. The only time that I have seen an inci-

dent of an officer shooting somebody was when the person resisted arrest and ended up in a fight with the officer or pointed a weapon at the officer. When the officer says that you are under arrest......turn around, place your hands behind your back, go to jail and live to fight it out in court. Remember, the officer has a badge and he always brings a gun to the fight.....not very good odds on your part. Is there no accountability on the person getting arrested to simply obey the officer and have their day in court.

Here's another issue.

Who do you think is going to ultimately pay for all of that destruction. I'm aggravated that the leaders of these Cities where all of this destruction is happening are not instructing the police to arrest those that are causing the destruction.

They are tearing stuff up and doing so without repercussion and you and I are going to have to pay for it.

How, you ask???? Let's say those store owners have insurance....so you say the insurance company will pay for the damage.....and you are right, they will, but guess what???? Those insurance companies have to

make a profit to continue in business, so just like those of us in Texas pay for a hail storm in Kansas through increased premiums the next year and those in Minnesota pay for the hurricane that was in Florida through increased premiums, we will pay for those damages in increased premiums.

What about the police cars and other public property that is being destroyed????

Guess what?????? Those City's are going to replace

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those vehicles and public property and the taxpayers are going to pay for it through an increase in taxes and whatever destruction occurs in our town will be handled the same way. We are somewhat fortunate in our little neck of the woods that we have only had minor destruction in Huntsville and I hope that we don't have any more and if we continue to have peaceful demonstrations I will be right there

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with camera in hand to give them the publicity that they want and that they are hoping will further their cause. In the meantime, let's sit down like adults and discuss our issues and try to come to a rational solution that will further everybody's cause. As a friend of mine says "Don't tell me the problem.....tell me the solution". Till next time, I'm.........Wade in the Shade.

Tumbleweeds

GORMAN FALLS: A CHALLEGING DESTINATION

By Tumbleweed Smith

Water cascades 70 feel down a steep bluff at Colorado Bend State Park south of San Saba. The area is known as Gorman Falls and has more than one stream. There is a narrow rush of water just a few feet away from the tall one. The water moves fast down a crevice between a tall bluff and a caliche hillside. It’s a shady spot with an observation deck overlooking the Colorado River.

The waterfalls never quit flowing and provide a pleasing sound to enjoy while you recover from your hike to the falls.

We had made arrangements to meet Debbie Hicks, the interpretive resource manager of the park.

I’m glad we did because the drive to the park is long enough for you to think you’ll never get there. But the highway has lots of curves and passes through some beautiful hills and valleys.

“We are definitely off the beaten path.

The road got paved 6 years ago. Before that it was a caliche road so it was a long time getting here.

You had to drive between 10 and 15 miles per hour.

Once the road got paved that opened up the public even more. Our visitation last year was 78,000 and included visitors from Iran, Peru, Spain, Norway, Australia and New Zealand. Also, when you pass that first cattle guard in the park, this is open rangeland.

No Fences.

Cows are on the highway.”

Debbie told us that the trail to get to the falls is challenging. That didn’t scare us since my wife Susan and I are in good shape.

I’m glad she warned us because it is a treacherous journey to the falls. We climbed into Debbie’s pickup and drove to the falls’ trailhead.

Debbie told us we had a mile and a half hike ahead of us.

“There’s very little shade out there,” she told us.

“And the last 45 yards of that trail is at a 45 degree angle. There’s cable to hold onto but the rock is so slick from all the foot traffic it’s like walking on glass.”

Gorman Falls is the main attraction at the park, which covers 5300 acres. It’s a popular destination for hikers and mountain bikers.

“It’s ups and downs and switchbacks and it’s just

wonderful. We have a rugged park here with different types of terrain and difficult trails. We have a lot of caves.”

The park has 61 campsites.

Motorhomes must be self contained. The Colorado River offers all kinds of activities including fishing for white bass and crappie.

“There’s fly fishing, boating, kayaking, you can swim in some parts of the river itself. We’re ten miles from the mouth of Lake Buchanan, which is the beginning of the upper Highland Lakes.

Some folks will put in at the boat ramp that we have here, go down to Lake Buchanan, spend the day and come back up.”

While the park is mostly for active people, some folks go there for peace and quiet like they find at the Spicewood Canyon overlook.

The wind rustles by and birds chirp. It’s a serene spot. www.tumbleweesmith.com Tumbleweed Smith’s column in the Hometown Press is presented by

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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: COCKTAILS AND MOCKTAILS Solution on page 3 ACROSS 1. Angelou and Rudolph 6. Mason's load 9. Bobby Pickett's "Monster ____" 13. Infection from contaminated water or food 14. Formerly Cassius Clay 15. Slow, musically speaking 16. ____ Ste. Marie, Ontario 17. Bonding words 18. Like draft beer 19. *Cognac, orange liqueur, lemon juice 21. *Tropical cocktail favorite 23. Motion of approval 24. *Home of pisco sour 25. Smoker's residue 28. Big butte 30. *It has both white and dark rum 35. Popular BBQ side 37. Pea houses 39. *Hold your drink aloft in honor 40. "Downton Abbey" countess 41. Subject of 17th century Dutch mania 43. Cote d'Azur locale 44. Teatro alla Scala offering 46. Sushi selection 47. Kind of jeans fit

48. *She famously disliked the eponymous drink 50. Chesterfield or ulster 52. Bro's sib 53. Long and lean 55. Petting spot 57. *Negroni and boulevardier ingredient 61. Time for the big bowl games 65. Unethical loaner's practice 66. Designed to guarantee equal rights 68. Cooler manufacturer 69. #38 Down, pl.

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northeast Arizona 15. *Nespolino fruit 20. Highly skilled 22. Elbow rest 24. Portable lock 25. Fancy tie 26. Ski run 27. Sheik's bevy 29. *Whiskey ___ 31. Charged particles 32. Flip side, pl.

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■ 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, June 17, 2020 PUNISHMENT RANGE

Twenty-Seven individuals were arrested and booked into the Chambers County Jail between Sunday, June 7 and Saturday, June 13.

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:

28

M o o r e Fo r Yo u r M o n e y b y K e n M o o r e

Staying Positive During the Pandemic: Attitude is everything!

With all the doom and gloom seen 24/7 in the news, it’s hard for even the most optimistic of us to stay positive. Of course, we all need to take the coronavirus very seriously, yet we also know that negative thoughts are counterproductive. We

do need to be informed and we do need to take precautions, but we don’t need to become a virus expert. We are in a much better mental and physical state when we keep a positive attitude. Did you know that attitude is more important in your life than your past, your education, your success or your

failure?

The 2020 Survival Attitude “This year, I’m going to win by surviving.”

In our part of the world, we are no stranger to natural disaster and financial crisis. We’ve seen our survival attitude kick in time and time again. In our current situation, this survival attitude can

get us through not by looking a year out but by focusing day to day.

For small businesses this might mean staying in close contact with your customers, being creative about converting inventory to cash, negotiating rent adjustments with your landlord.

Believe in yourself, believe in others.

Remember the turtle on top of the fence post? He didn’t get there on his own and we don’t get though life on our own. Our economy is powered by the intentions and attitudes of all of us, help out by supporting our local businesses. Keeping a good attitude will restart the business engine sooner. To support families and neighbors, check on each other to share a positive spirit.

Benefits of being positive.

In business, maintaining a positive attitude can help support your employees and help you make rational, proactive decisions in the weeks and months of changes ahead.

Personally, a positive attitude helps increase your resilience, stabilize your blood pressure and lower your heart rate. Studies have also shown that a positive state of mind will boost your immunity and help you think

clearly—something we always need but especially now.

Start a weekly gratitude practice.

Gratitude can change your brain as well as your heart and it keeps a positive focus on your attitude. Try something as simple as an email or text to let others know that you are thankful for them. In your phone notes, add a running list of things you are grateful for every day. You can do this in your workplace, too, allowing others to share what they are grateful for, praising and giving positive feedback to help cut back on anxiety.

We all have a choice every day in regard to our attitude, we are in charge of it.

Our attitude keeps us going and fuels our progress forward.

Here at Anahuac National Bank, we are thankful for each and every customer and each new day. Let us know if we can help in any way. Stay healthy, stay safe.

Religion & Lifestyle

Wednesday,June 17, 2020

Sunday Observations from Christy

In his mid 60’s, Clyde had to make a career change. In his own words, “Danny, I just got back from two weeks of training in D.C. I feel so smart. Two things happened. I thought I would not do well on the final, and the night before I specifically asked God to help me. I got an 86; the class average was 84. Second, I ran out of my blood pressure pills, so I called the VA. Their records showed they had been shipped and could not ship another prescription for a month. The night before I left D.C, I asked God to make sure I got them, or I knew I would start having problems. I opened up the mail box this afternoon and, viola, pills! It never hurts to ask, now does it?”

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs, and don’t forget to thank Him for His answers.”

(Philippians 4:6) Danny R. Biddy, Chaplain for Fellowship of Christian Cowboys and Chambers County Sheriff’s Office

Steer Roper Cole Patterson Snares Coleman Title

In this unprecedented PRCA season that started, stopped and restarted because of the COVID-19 pandemic, steer roper Cole Patterson has remained optimistic.

“I’ve tried to stay positive through this whole thing, and some days that’s harder than

others, but there are a lot of people out there who have it worse than I do,” said Patterson, 25.

Patterson had plenty to be happy about June 10 after winning the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo with a 37.3-second time on three head.

Assemblies of God

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

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)

St. Paul Baptist Church First Street • Stowell 409-296-2750 Sunday School.........................9:45 am Sunday Worship....................11:00 am Monday Brotherhood............7:00 pm Tuesday Mission.....................6:30 pm WednesdayPrayerMeeting...........7:00pm

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Do you hold yourself to a higher standard?

Or do you justify your actions based on those of many? Do you set your path, or do you follow? Don’t get what I mean? Let me explain.

As a kid, I was told countless times, if your friends jumped off a bridge, would you follow? Or would you use your God given brain to know that isn’t what you want to do, even though it seems popular?

I am firmly convinced

this theory is not used in life anymore.

Every where you look, someone somewhere is justifying what they did by what someone else did.

When you scroll social media, does it embolden you to share the negative diatribe we are surrounded with? Or do you opt to keep scrolling? At some point, self worth, dignity, and respect, should kick in and say, “I’m better than this”.

My social media is set to public. Which makes me laugh because I don’t always accept all friend requests..... why? Clearly I’m not hiding my own world, instead it is Because some people are just hate filled and I don’t want to see it. But I also keep my posts public to keep myself in check.

You may say, I worry what everyone thinks.

You couldn’t be further from right. I worry what I think. The person that looks back at me in the mirror. Did I use my time, my words, to inspire or degrade. If they aren’t to inspire, to add humor, or to make fun of my self and my intolerance for stupidity..... why share them? Have I always done this?

Nope. Did I decide that simple change in my settings would alleviate a problem and put myself in check..... yep. After a while, it’s become habit.

Let’s face it, society sees social media more than anything. It is also being used as a platform to divide, to drive hate, fear, racism, and straight up lies. So how do we fix it?

GOOGLE PEOPLE.....

Google. Look stuff up before you share it.

Then ask yourself these questions...Is it fact based. Is it positive? Is it divisive? Is it hurtful?

Then determine whether you want to share. I’m not saying you are wrong for what you do. I’m saying if you aren’t careful, you will become what you post. I am saying, hold yourself to a higher standard.

Happy Sunday peeps..... the times they are a changing. I challenge you to find one positive thing a day to share. Just one.

One non political, non fighting, non insulting, non negative post. If we all did it, we could change social media.

I mean, when did we quit sharing dinner?

Can we just go back to that???

“It always feels good to win,” Patterson said.

“This is a really good rodeo. They really like steer roping and have a great committee in Coleman. It was a good place to win.”

Patterson earned $3,177 in Coleman – $2,126 for capturing the average title. Before Coleman, Patterson was fourth in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $14,647.

“Like anywhere else, if you draw good and can use them decently you can do well, and that’s what I was able to do,” Patterson said.

“We’ve had a lot of

time at home (in Pratt, Kan.) this spring, a lot more than normal, and we have been roping a bunch. I have a couple of horses who are really good, and they make it easy.”

Patterson is the son of Rocky Patterson, a four-time steer roping world champion (200910, 2012 and 2016).

Rocky made his 25th appearance at the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping in November, while Cole, the 2019 PRCA | Resistol Rookie of the Year, made his NFSR debut.

Cole used both his

horses to get the Coleman victory.

He rode Dunny, the 2019 Steer Roping PRCA | Purina Horse of the Year presented

by AQHA, the first two rounds and then used Tigger, 14, in the third round. He clocked his best time of the event in round three at 10.6 seconds and placed third in the round.

“The steers were fresh, and I had a horse (Dunny) that I like roping fresh steers on better than Tigger, so I started out on him,” Patterson said. “The third round I thought I needed my other horse,

Tigger, because I had a steer that went to the left. Tigger is a little stronger and a little more athletic, and I thought I didn’t want to get in the wall and have something happen in the third round. Then my third steer ended up going straight anyway.”

Moving forward, Patterson has a simple approach for the season.

“Rodeos are starting to open back up and we have places to go,” Patterson said. “Any committee that’s going to have a rodeo, we are going to try and be there.”

"Never Hurts to Ask"

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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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

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

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

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WOODS, WATERS, and WILDLIFE

THE PERILS OF PUPPYHOOD

By John Jefferson

I’ve been blessed with a love of dogs since childhood. It began with my father’s fox terrier he named “Jigger” when I was just a toddler. There have been many since.

Another fox terrier came later, then a couple of cockers, and several basset hounds after grad school. I’ve grieved for every one of them when their time was over. But the memories eventually overcame the pain of loss.

Thirty-four years ago,

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a man saw a photograph of mine of two golden retriever puppies frolicking around a duck decoy on a Ducks Unlimited banquet program. He asked if I could photograph his new litter of Labrador puppies. I said “Sure!” He then offered to trade me a puppy for the work. I respectfully declined; we wanted our yard for US. A month later, as we finished the shoot, I heard my wife softly say, “Awww!”

Looking up, I saw her cuddling a female puppy. It slept on her lap all the way home.

Choco gave us 30 puppies: 23 were registered; seven were unplanned. That added a new dimension to my photography business.

I also got to swamp the kennel every morning for those little crap factories.

Despite being well fed, they chewed everything not nailed down.

And some things that were.

Their mother passed that gene to them. As a puppy herself, she once chewed a 4’x6’ foam sleeping pad into three-inch chunks.

She also converted a beautiful, matched pair of fallow deer antlers

into “spike antlers”.

Her best effort, though, was eating a DOOR from the knob to the ground. All that was left was the upper half of the door she couldn’t reach. But we loved her dearly -once past puppyhood.

We raised several other Labs from puppies.

Every one of our dogs chewed up a favorite, irreplaceable baseball cap.

We walked them twice daily and had plenty of chewtoys laying around – pieces of deer antler, bones, knotted pieces of frayed rope, and squeaky toys -- or they might have eaten the couch. Exercise really

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helped. It’s mandatory.

Then came a coon hound -- my deer dog, named “Whoop”.

When he passed, I grieved for months.

We decided not to get another dog.

We already had “ Ruger”, a delightful, wellmannered half-Lab. One day, Vicky mentioned a friend raised registered Labs and German short-haired pointers.

Their two moneymakers accidently got together, producing an unregistrable litter of “point-a-dors”.

That’s a recognized crossbreed. So, we now have a new puppy.

Mostly all he does is chew and pee, and is he WILD! So, we named him “Chewpeecabra.”

We also call him “Hoodie” since no matter what we do to pen him in his kennel, he always finds a way out like Houdini. So far, he’s shredded several potted plants and was stopped short of invading the fenced tomato patch.

Raising a puppy into an obedient companion is challenging, and not for everyone. But bringing one up from puppyhood to maturity results in a loveable, unforgettable “best friend”.

Our first Labrador retriever, named Chocolate (the Spanish pronunciation: Choke-o-la-tay), and two of her puppies. Several became prized hunting dogs. Photo by John Jefferson.

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Ryan Jarrett Wins Tie-Down Roping Orin Larsen Wins in Coleman When it comes to ProRodeo, Ryan Jarrett is something of an anomaly.

In 2005, the Georgia native became one of only two cowboys from east of the Mississippi River to win the allaround world title (the other being New Yorker and ProRodeo Hall of Famer Harry Tompkins, who did it in 1952 and 1960).

With a focus on tiedown roping, Jarrett has won more money than almost every ProRodeo athlete since the association formed more than 80 years ago. As of Dec. 31, Jarrett was 29th in the standings for total career earnings with $2.2 million earned since his rookie year in 2004.

Now 36, he has plenty of years ahead and enough experience to take whatever life throws at him.

So, when the 2020 season threw a coronavirus curveball, Jarrett was unfazed.

Instead of hitting the practice pen with a vengeance, he caught up on chores. When the dust settled, he was back to his winning ways, starting with the Woodward (Okla.) Elks Rodeo, June 10-13.

“It feels good to be competing again,” Jarrett said. "I’m glad some of the committees are sticking it out and going by the regulations to make it all happen."

Jarrett took the No. 1 position early, stopping the clock in 8.6 seconds during slack Wednesday morning.

While waiting to see if his time held up for the win, he hit the road for other competitions, including the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo.

“Any time you get a W on the board is good, but I think this year is going to be way, way, more different than ever before,” Jarrett said. "I could use a couple more good licks to get myself back in the race."

Before his $3,893 Woodward win, Jarrett was 24th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $14,562, about $6,700 shy of breaking into the Top 15.

“Everyone is chipping away at the small and medium rodeos,” Jarrett said. “It takes a lot of those to round up $7,000 a week, where before you could have a good week and win $8,000, but it’s not there this year. It’s crazy-crazy out there.”

This year marked Jarrett’s fourth time competing at Woodward, but his schedule ahead is filled with unusual entries.

“For instance, in a week’s time, you would throw at Nampa (Idaho), Spanish Fork (Utah), Ogden (Utah), maybe Rock Springs (Wyo.) and maybe Thermopolis (Wyo.),” Jarret said. “That’s how guys rodeoed, they’d make sure they hit the big ones, but they (big rodeos) are not there, so you need a different attack.”

Jarrett is heading to Newtown, N.D., with plans to fly back to Mesquite, Texas.

“It’s not economical to go to Newtown, but that $750 I could win for third place up there might add up to something come Sept.

31,” Jarrett said. “You might need it more this year than ever. …

This year you have to take everything into consideration because

this year is upside down and all around.”

Jarrett is a 12-time qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, once as a steer wrestler (2005) and the rest in tiedown roping (2005-06, 2009-13, 2015-18). He finished 22nd in the 2019 world standings, and between that and the COVID-19 hiatus, he's hungrier than ever for another NFR qualification.

He also has a new motivator for making the Finals.

“My little girl (Jurnee Rae) is creeping up on 16 months of age, and I’d sure like to drag her to Las Vegas to see daddy rope there,” Jarrett said. “I know she wouldn’t remember it, but it would be special to me.”

Other winners at the $158,580 rodeo were all-around cowboy Ryan Jarrett ($3,893 in tie-down roping and team roping); bareback rider Tim O’Connell (89 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo's Pendleton Whisky's Forward Motion); steer wrestlers Trell Etbauer and Tanner Brunner (3.8 seconds, each); team ropers Andrew Ward/ Buddy Hawkins II (4.4 seconds); saddle bronc riders Brody Cress (87 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo's Pendleton Whisky's Four Aces) and Sterling Crawley (87 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo's Nutrena's Rage); barrel racer Cheyenne Wimberley (17.06 seconds); and bull riders Tyler Bingham (84.5 points on Powder River Rodeo's No. 706) and TJ Gray (84.5 points on Beutler & Son Rodeo's Cash Flow).

What’s more intimidating than a thousand-plus pounds of wild, rank bucking horse?

For reigning reserve world champion bareback rider Orin Larsen, the answer is his “honey do” list.

Since the entire country, including professional rodeo, shut down in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Larsen, like his fellow ProRodeo athletes, found himself with lots of time at home.

“I stayed busy,” he said of the two-month hiatus from competition. “I had my whole honey-do list that I normally get to avoid when I go on the road, and I plowed through that pretty good.”

Actually, the Inglis, Manitoba, native enjoyed the down time, picking up day work on a farm in Mitchell, Neb., not far from his home in Gering.

“It was handy, just to be able to get out of the house and be around agriculture,” he said.

Of course, when the PRCA Kicked Open the Chutes beginning with Cave Creek (Ariz.) Rodeo Days on Memorial Day Weekend, Larsen was quick to jump in the truck and hit the road.

“At this point, particularly for guys in my situation, every penny counts as I’m trying to get where I want

to be in the standings,” he said. “I have to make every dollar count.”

Larsen, who kept up his normal workout routine and spent time on his spur board during the off time, picked up some money at the Super Series Finale in Fort Worth, Texas, during the final weekend of May to move to 27th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings coming into the week of June 8.

Then, during the busiest weekend for ProRodeo since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, Larsen made a big move as he seeks his sixth trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. He won the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo, June 11-13, and claimed a share of the win at the Pony Express Rodeo in Eagle Mountain, Utah, earning more than $3,100 combined.

In Coleman, Larsen posted an 88.5-point ride aboard United Pro Rodeo’s Slick, a horse with which Larsen had some history.

“I got on that horse about three years ago in Jackson (Miss.), and to be honest, he didn’t really have a good day,” Larsen said.

“I was half expecting the same this time around, but I saw some videos from last year and the horse has had some really good trips in the last year.

“That’s what he did with me (in Coleman), he had a really good trip, and I was happy to execute.”

After a long road trip that began in Nebraska and wound from Woodward (Okla.) to Coleman and west to Utah, Larsen will have about a week at home before hitting the road again. He and his hauling buddies “appreciate every mile” they get to travel to a rodeo right now.

“I’ve been doing a lot of fencing, and that definitely gave me the drive to work hard and do well at the rodeos, so I don’t have to go back to the fencing,” he joked.

Other winners at the $127,614 rodeo were steer wrestlers Gabe Soileau and Tanner Brunner (3.7 seconds each); team ropers Tanner Tomlinson and Brady Norman (4.0 seconds); saddle bronc rider Kolby Wanchuk (89 points on Dakota Rodeo’s Richie’s High); tie-down roper Macon Murphy (8.2 seconds); barrel racer Wenda Johnson (16.31 seconds); steer roper Cole Patterson (37.3 seconds on three head); and bull rider Daylon Swearingen (90.5 points on Stace Smith Pro Rodeo’s No. E13). The all-around cowboy was Marcus Theriot ($1,007, tie-down and team roping).

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