Montgomery County News, April 7, 2021

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Texas The Texas Division, United Daughters of Houston VA Now Weekly The Confederacy Honor Two Members Vaccinating ALL Gas Prices

(April 5, 2021) - Texas gas prices have fallen 1.5 cents per g al lo n i n th e p a s t w ee k , averaging $2.61/g today, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Gas prices in Texas are 12.2 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 92.0 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.

According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Texas is priced at $2.27/g today while the most expensive is $3.49/g, a difference of $1.22/g. The lowest price in the state today is $2.27/g while the highest is $3.49/g, a difference of $1.22/g.

The national average price of gasoline has fallen 0.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.86/g today. The national average is up 9.9 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands 95.5 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.

Neighboring areas and their current gas prices: Midland Odessa- $2.85/g, down 1.3 cents per gallon from last week's $2.87/g.

San Antonio- $2.44/g, down 5.1 cents per gallon from last week's $2.49/g.

Austin- $2.51/g, down 2.9 cents per gallon from last week's $2.54/g.

"Last week was a mixed bag for consumers at the pump as gas prices in half of states rose, while the other half saw declines, with March closing like a lamb after starting out like a lion," said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. "Oil prices have shown signs of strength in the last few trading sessions, as OPEC agreed to raise oil production starting in May by a very modest 350,000 barrels per day. Overall, it's a small increase in output as global demand continues to show strength in light of Covidrelated improvements. U.S. gasoline demand rose for the sixth straight week as consumers hit the road for Easter, and with demand growth likely to remain robust, we may see a second attempt at a run at a national average of $3 per gallon in the months ahead.

While the last few weeks have seen gas prices hold mostly steady, it's not likely to last forever, especially as Americans increasingly get outside as warmer temperatures return."

GasBuddy is the authoritative voice for gas prices and the only source for station-level data spanning nearly two decades. Unlike AAA's once daily survey covering credit card transactions at 100,000 stations and the Lundberg Survey, updated once every two weeks based on 7,000 gas stations, GasBuddy's survey updates 288 times every day from the most diverse list of sources covering nearly 150,000 stations nationwide, the most comprehensive and up-to-date in the country. GasBuddy data is accessible at http://FuelInsights.GasBuddy.c om.

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On May 15, 1896 there was a group of ladies in Victoria, Texas that formed an o rg a n i z a t i o n t h a t i s known as, The Texas Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy. The ladies that started the Texas Division were either, the wife, mother or daughter of a Confederate veteran.

As the years passed, other ladies, once they learned about the UDC, would join a local chapter and they were known as "real" daughters. There are presently 6 "real" daughters living that hold that status.

The next generation would be the "real" granddaughters of the Thomas Jefferson Stubbs 2523, Conroe chapter of the Texas Division, UDC, are honored to have two ladies as members who have that status.

Sherry McKey (left) is the granddaughter of Pvt. William E. Eure, Co. G 1st Battalion State Tr o o p s M i s s i s s i p p i Infantry and Nelda McGuire is the granddaughter of Pvt. Thomas A. DeHart, Co. G 21st Mississippi Infantry.

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GIVE TURTLES A BRAKE! I brake for turtles. Do you?

By Cheryl Conley Wi t h t h e w a r m e r weather, turtles are going to be on the move soon.

They are most likely looking for a mate or the females are looking for a Community................2, 3, 8 nesting site. It could be Commentary............................4 that they’re just looking for a good meal.

Devotional..........................5 Whatever the reason, cars Legals.............................6, 7 and turtles don’t mix.

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Veterans, Caregivers, and Spouses

If you’re like me and want to help turtles crossing roads, here are a few helpful hints: * Safety first. Always be aware of other vehicles. Pull off the road and turn on your hazard flashers. * If there’s no traffic, it’s best to let the turtle cross on its own.

* Don’t put the turtle in your car and relocate it.

Eastern box turtles, for example, only travel within about a 2-mile radius throughout their lives. They have a homing instinct and move about within their home territory. Removing them from their home will cause undo stress and shorten their lives.

* Always move the turtle in the same direction it was going, as far off the road as you can place it. * Be gentle. Grasp the turtle’s shell edge at about the mid-point of the body.

If it’s a snapping turtle, grasp the shell at the back

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H O U S T O N , T X ( A p r i l 2 , 2021) — The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center is now vaccinating all Veterans, their caregivers, spouses, a n d C H A M P VA beneficiaries under the SAVE LIVES Act. No appointment is necessary, and wait times are minimal. Vaccination times and locations at the Houston VA: * Monday & Tuesday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. o Walk-in Clinic: Bldg. 108A * We d n e s d a y – Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. o Drive-thru Clinic: Enter through the Almeda Gate (#71). * Saturday, 8 a.m. noon o Drive-thru Clinic: Enter through the Almeda Gate (#71). * Saturday, noon - 4 p.m. o Walk-in Clinic: Primary Care Clinic, main hospital.

To b e v a c c i n a t e d through VA, a Veteran is defined as anyone who served in the U.S. m i l i t a r y. A s p o u s e includes marriage, samesex, and common-law marriages. This includes a widow or widower of a Ve t e r a n . I f y o u characterize your relationship as spousal, you can receive the vaccine.

A caregiver is any family member or friend who provides care to the Veteran. Caregivers may help the Veteran with personal needs like feeding, bathing, or dressing, or with tasks like shopping or transportation.

The SAVE LIVES Act dramatically increases the number of individuals who are eligible to get lifesaving C O V I D - 1 9 vaccines. This is an important step toward VA’s goal of protecting t h e n a t i o n ’s h e r o e s against this deadly virus.

To date, the Houston VA has administered nearly 65,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Visit the Houston VA website for updated vaccine information.

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Suggestions for Mindful Eating: Thai Garlic Noodles umami quality in the sauce––it’s nutty, salty, savory, and delicious. If Diana Anderson you’d like to make this recipe vegetarian, you can DianaCAnderson@ substitute vegetarian gmail.com oyster sauce (which is I’ll admit, I’m pretty made with mushrooms). new to Garlic Noodles. Of ** Oyster sauce is in a all things, I recently had lot of Asian cooking for them as a side choice at one of my favorite Galveston adding savoriness and lunch spots (not an Asian depth and can be found at restaurant). What a great most Asian grocery stores reminder of how versatile or at the international aisles these noodles are. My of regular groceries. *** Soy and fish sauce understanding is that it’s a Western/Asian fusion dish, will each add a different combining ingredients like type of saltiness to the dish, butter, brown sugar, and so you can use whichever Parmesan cheese with soy you prefer or a mix. I love sauce, oyster sauce, and fish sauce on noodles so s e s a m e o i l . T h e s t a r add 1 tsp in addition to the ingredient, of course, is soy!

Asian Garlic Noodles garlic, which is common in This quick and easy both cuisines.

The result is a tasty, Asian garlic noodles recipe salty burst of umami and takes just 20 minutes to richness. The garlic infuses make. The combo of soy the sauce, and the little sauce, oyster sauce, butter, caramelized slices are so and parmesan is an umami tasty, you might find blast! yourself digging for them Ingredients amongst the noodles!

• 12 ounces thin The oyster sauce and spaghetti (340g; can also soy sauce combined with the butter and parmesan use dried Chinese noodles) • salt cheese create an intense • 4 tablespoons

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unsalted butter • 8 cloves garlic (peeled and thinly sliced) • 1/8 teaspoon turmeric (optional) • 1 tablespoon oyster sauce (or vegetarian oyster sauce) • 1 tablespoon soy sauce • 1-2 teaspoons brown sugar (depending on your taste) • 1 teaspoon sesame oil • ½ bunch whole scallions (chopped) • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (optional) Instructions 1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.

Cook the noodles/pasta according to package instructions. If using fresh noodles, you may simply need to blanch them.

(Reserve some of the pasta cooking water, as you may need it in the sauce later.)

2. Meanwhile, heat the butter in a large skillet over medium heat and add the garlic. Cook for 5 minutes, until lightly caramelized, and stir in the turmeric (if using), oyster sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, and sesame oil. Stir

for 1 minute and add the scallions.

3. After 30 seconds, to let the scallions wilt, toss in the cooked pasta and parmesan cheese. If the sauce is too thick, add a few tablespoons of the noodle cooking water to loosen them up. Serve!

I hesitated to include the Parmesan cheese because there are plenty of recipes that leave it out. It totally depends on your preferences and what you are serving these with.

Some ideas include a side to your crawfish boil, topped with some sauteed shrimp or other shellfish or simply with grilled veggies. They can totally change any simple meat leftovers into a whole new dish. A rotisserie chicken could be used to add meat as well.

These noodles are authentic to Chinese dishes like chow mein and have a higher egg content. If you can’t find them, you can use a thin spaghetti or buy those Yakisoba noodles from near the cup o’ soup selections and discard the

seasoning packets. There is always Amazon to consider if you want the genuine article and can’t find it locally although a lot of the recipes I saw opted for the Italian thin noodles like vermicelli. Unlike the plain noodles that are made of flour and water, egg noodles have a springier texture when you chew them. It is the protein in the eggs that contribute to the springy texture. Moreover, egg noodles are good for stir fries as they don’t get mushy easily.

Only the Italians rival the Chinese as a culture most devoted to noodles.

Here are the most common noodles in Chinese cuisine: • Cellophane Noodles: Also called bean threads, slippery noodles, or even bean vermicelli, cellophane noodles are made from mung bean starch. Before using, soak them in hot (not boiling) water. Cellophane noodles work well in soups and stirfries, absorbing the flavor of the foods they are cooked with. When deepfried they puff up and become quite crispy.

• E g g F l o u r Noodles: Fresh or dried, you'll usually know these noodles by their yellow color. Made with eggs, wheat flour, and water, they come in a number of widths and shapes, from the thinner vermicelli to flat thicker noodles (instant Ramen is a type of egg noodle). Used in soups and stir-fries, they need to be boiled before using.

• Rice Noodles: Made with rice flour and water, rice noodles come in many types, from thin vermicelli to thick flat noodles. The term “rice sticks” can refer both to the thinner noodles as well as medium-sized and thicker flat noodles. Rice noodles should be soaked in hot water for fifteen to twenty minutes before using.

If using wheat noodles there is the option of hunting out whole wheat noodles to raise the fiber content. Amazon might be the best option for this choice since they are hard to find.

Plant A Pollinator Garden To Supply Immediate Food In Response To Freeze Setback Pollinators are in need of help as freeze-damaged plants recover from Winter Storm Uri APRIL 1, 2021 Written by Laura Muntean, 979-8031287, laura.muntean@agn et.tamu.ed Pollinators serve a great purpose in helping pollinate plants and vegetables alike during many months of the year.

Although wildflowers returned post-freeze, and many plants are beginning to show life again, most flowering was set back several weeks meaning f o o d s o u r c e s

for pollinators are not available. Planting a few already-flowering plants or fast-growing seeds in your pollinator garden will help them get through while other plants recover.

Michael Arnold, Ph.D., director of The Gardens at T e x a s A & M University and professor of landscape horticulture for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, walks us through what we can do immediately to help pollinators and what steps

we can take to set them up for long-term success and year-round support.

Pollinators include butterflies and bees, but also birds, bats, moths and small animals who obtain nectar and pollen from flowers, trees and woody shrubs.

P o l l i n a t o r- f r i e n d l y plants that will immediately help the pollinators Arnold suggested gardeners plant alreadyflowering annuals or very

fast-growing perennials that tend to bloom in the first year to provide immediate relief for pollinators. This will help them get through the early spring as plants recover from the freeze.

“Sweet alyssum and pot marigolds will do well for this cooler weather and grow into most of the spring,” he said. “Borage, if you like herbs, is fantastic for bees.”

A few other plants to consider are catnip, a great choice for bees and not just for cats, and traditional spring plants like larkspur and Mexican hat, which can be a perennial but also may bloom fairly quickly from seed.

“It is the year of the sunflower, and they are a good one to keep in mind because they are very fast growing, and they bloom early,” Arnold said. “So, you could make an impact in just a few weeks in the garden with them.”

If you are looking for something dual purpose, basil is a great herb to consider. Any bee balms can be a good option and are sold as perennials or in wildflower mixes. Salvias and sages will also crossover and pick up some of the butterfly and lepidoptera pollinators.

Greg’s blue mist will most

likely bloom this spring but will also return even better in years to come.

“Lepidoptera are often attracted to composite flowers like those in the aster family,” he said, “But you could also add some really quick-growing plants like cosmos and the calendula that would be available early in the season for them.”

Plants for an immediate pollinator garden: * Aster * Basil * Bee balm * Borage * Bush morning glory * Catnip * Cosmos * Flame acanthus * Greg’s blue mist * Larkspur * Mexican hat * Pot marigold * Sage * Salvia * Sunflowers * Sweet alyssum * Zinnias P o l l i n a t o r- f r i e n d l y plants to help pollinators year round Arnold said this pollinator rescue following Winter Storm Uri could be a good starting point for homeowners to think about providing garden spaces that support pollinators during all of the months for years to come.

The key to a great long-

Turtle from page 1 of the body to protect yourself from a bite. In either case, you can then lift the turtle and place it on the side of the road. You can also place the turtle on a floor mat or piece of clothing and slide it. * Once the turtle is safely placed on the side of the road out of danger, sanitize your hands.

We’ve all gotten pretty good at that!

What should you do if you find an injured turtle?

Believe it or not, turtles with damaged shells can recover but it’s important to get help as quickly as

term pollinator garden is having plants that will provide a food source yearround. So, taking the time to plan out the periods of bloom per plant to make sure you have each month covered will insure you have your pollinators well cared for, Arnold explained.

“I may even make a spreadsheet and make my columns with the month of year and annotate these plants according to when they bloom to ensure I have things covering all the months needed for adequate pollinator support,” he said.

As you begin construction of your longterm pollinator garden, begin with the backbone of plants – woody plants.

Red maples are a great bee pollinator for early spring and late winter, and some yucca relatives are pollinator attractants as well. Yuccas planted now would provide food in coming years, and represent hardier, longterm additions to any pollinator garden.

“These will have some off-time blooms like the red maple to provide that early start. Or I may provide something like the flame acanthus, native

See Pollinator, page 3 possible. Call a local wildlife center first to make sure they will accept the animal and follow their instructions. Don’t try to feed the turtle or give it water. Place it in a box and put it in a quiet area until you can get help.

Houston area wildlife centers: F r i e n d s o f Te x a s Wildlife TWRC Wildlife Center Wildlife Center of Texas You can also check the Texas Parks & Wildlife website for individual rehabilitators. https://tpwd.texas.gov /huntwild/wild/rehab/list/

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Columnist Dennis Prager Speaks Out: “CHRISTANITY AT WAR” Walden Happenings

By Doc Fennessy The opinions expressed in this editorial do not necessarily reflect those of MCN.

FOLKS, .” JudeoChristian values are essentially another term for biblical values. Judaism and Christianity are both based on the Old Testament—its GOD, its Ten Commandments, its admonition to love one's neighbor as oneself, to love GOD, to lead a holy life, etc. –[PRAGER].

The article for review is timely because we are writing it before Easter Sunday but can only find space for the next week.

The article is an interesting observation and as for information and the timely social comment at this time by an outstanding investigative reporter Dennis Prager. Dennis Prager is a columnist for The National Heritage Foundation The Daily Signal Newspaper.

Dennis is a nationally syndicated radio host and creator of Prager. Institute.

The article for review this week is by Dennis P r a g e r T i t l e d “ C H R I S TA N I T Y AT WAR”. The article was published on March 30th , and all the words that follow are Dennis Prager’s unabridged words through out the article.

Author Dennis Prager starts out this article by saying, “Cons ervatives of ten speak of Judeo-Christian values and how the current civil war in the United States and the rest of the West is essentially a battle between those values and the left, which rejects Judeo-Christian values.

They are right.

But they rarely explain what JudeoChristian values are. Yet, without an explanation,

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honeysuckle vines, crossvines or trumpet creepers,” he said. “Things like the coral vine and Mexican flame vine will provide longer seasons. Pick the woody materials that will provide food in the times of sparseness or a long season of bloom.”

Coral vine is a woody tropical vine often used as either an herbaceous perennial in Texas or annual further north and will mature a bit later into summer. They typically grow on a garden fence, a porch side or large trellis.

Other shrubs to consider would be kidney wood, bee bush and almond verbena, which will bloom for about six months out of the year.

Another good shrub option, glossy abelia, produces high volumes of trumpet-shaped flowers and blooms over a large portion of the growing season.

If roses are something you wish to have, you can use those too, but the oldfashioned single roses will provide the most use due to flower structure for the pollinators themselves. For a mid- to late-season bloom, butterfly bush would be a good option.

Plants for lasting pollinator gardens: * Almond verbena * Bush morning glory * Butterfly bush * Coral vine * Cross vine * Glossy abelia * Honey Suckle * Kidney wood * Mexican flame vine

mentioning JudeoChristian values is useless.

So, let me do that now.

First, a word about the term. Some Jews and Christians find the term confusing, if not objectionable, since Judaism and Christianity have different theologies. But no one speaks of Judeo-Christian theology, only of JudeoChristian values.

Judeo-Christian values are essentially another term for biblical values. Judaism and Christianity are both based on the Old Testament—its God, its Ten commandments, its admonition to love one’s neighbor as oneself, to love God, to lead a holy life, etc.

Christians also believe in the New Testament, but only an opponent of Christianity would argue that the New Testament negates the values of the Old. Here they are: {1.} Objective moral standards come from God. As I have written and spoken about in a Prager video and elsewhere, if there is no God who declares murder wrong, murder can be subjectively wrong but not objectively wrong.

So, while there can certainly be nonbelievers who hold murder, stealing, and other actions wrong, without God, those are opinions, not moral facts.

Without the God of the Bible, there are no moral facts. {2.} God judges our behavior, and we are therefore accountable to God for our behavior.

Outside of a religious worldview, there is no higher being to whom we are morally accountable. {3.} Just as morality derives from God, so do rights. All men “are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,” declares the Declaration of Independ-

ence. {4.} The human being is uniquely precious. While the Bible repeatedly forbids cruel behavior to animals (cutting or tearing off the limb of a living animal to eat it as a means of preserving the rest of the animal, not allowing an animal a day of rest, not allowing an animal to eat while working in the field), only human beings are created in God’s image. {5.} The world is based on a divine order, meaning divinely ordained distinctions. Among these divine distinctions are: God and man, man and woman, human and animal, good and evil, and nature and God. {6.} Human beings are not basically good.

Therefore, the most important moral endeavor is making good people.

Religious Jews and Christians understand that the greatest battle in life is with one’s nature. For the opponents of JudeoChristian values, the greatest moral battle is not with one’s nature; it is with s o c i e t y ( s p e c i f i c a l l y, American society). {7.} Precisely because we are not basically good, we must not trust our hearts to lead us to proper behavior. The road to hell is paved with good hearts. Feelings make us human, but they cannot direct our lives. This alone divides the Bible-based from those on the left. {8.} All human beings are created in God’s image.

Therefore, race is of no s i g n i f i c a n c e . We a l l emanate from Adam and Eve, whose race is never mentioned. That many religious people held racist views only testifies to the almost infinite ability of people to distort what is good. {9.} Fear God, not man. Fear of God is a foundation of morality. In the Book of Exodus,

* Old-fashioned single roses * Red maple * Trumpet creeper * Yucca Add plant diversity to your pollinator garden Arnold suggests keeping pollinators in mind when choosing flowers and not picking varieties that are only appealing to the eye.

Flower structure plays a large part in what benefits a pollinator.

Zinnias are a good example. While most people gravitate toward the doubleflowering zinnia filled with showy ray flowers, pollinators prefer the oldfashioned single or semidouble zinnias with a prominent ray of disk f l o w e r s i n t h e c e n t e r, because those often have more pollen and nectar associated with them.

Having an assortment of composite flowers, flowers with both ray and disk petals, like sunflowers have the dark center disk petals with yellow ray petals surrounding it, as well as trumpet shaped flowers provides some versatility and becomes more appealing to a wider audience of i n s e c t s a s w e l l as hummingbirds.

The flame acanthus p r o v i d e s a t u b u l a r, o r trumpet-shaped flower, that is enticing to both butterflies and hummingbirds. It is a bit of a woody shrub and will usually bloom within the first year. The bush morning glory also provides good tubular shaped flowers and may return in mild winters.

“And once flame acanthus begins to bloom in the spring, it will pretty

much bloom through the whole summer for you,” he said. “It doesn’t have a massive number of blooms, but it has a steady production of blooms, which is important for our pollinators.”

Many flowering vegetables need pollination and also provide food for pollinators. Growing things like peppers or strawberries that appeal to the pollinators is great.

“Don’t pull up all of your cabbage and kale because once it bolts and flowers, many of those flowers will be attractive to a variety of pollinators,” he said.

So, if you have already planted a few things that may be coming to an end, don’t pull them up as they look finished or have bolted.

Leave them to offer another source of food as they go to flower.

Create a safe space for all type of pollinators Arnold said long-term pollinator gardens should provide food for all pollinator life cycles and also sheltering plants and structures.

“So, as we think about pollinators, we have to think about food for them in their adult phases, but also in the larval stages if they have them,” he said. “So, it isn’t just about the flowers as adults but also the host plants to feed the developing larvae as well. Milkweeds and passion vines are good examples of larval host plants for butterflies.”

Consider placing a water source. Many insects get moisture from the plants they consume, but some will access supplemental water

Dennis Prager is a nationally recognized journalist and talk show host who writes for the The National Heritage Foundation’s Daily Signal Newspaper.

Egyptian midwives were ordered by the Pharaoh to kill all newborn Hebrew boys. They disobeyed the divine king of Egypt.

Why? Because “the midwives feared God.” In America today, more people fear the print, electronic, and social media than fear God. {10.} Human beings have free will. In the secular world, there is no free will because all human behavior is attributed to genes and environment. Only a religious worldview, which posits the existence of a divine soul—something independent of genes and environment—allows for free will. {11.} Liberty.

America was founded on the belief that God wants us to be free. On the Liberty Bell is inscribed just one thing (aside from the name of the company that manufactured the bell). It is sources. Also, leave a bit of open ground, as some are ground-dwelling.

“If we have some open spots of soil that they can use to make nests, those are good things to think about,” he said. “So, we bring all of those concepts together.”

There are even plans available for pollinator hotels, from extremely extensive hotels to build or something as small as a mailbox. These will include things like wood that can be bored into, or sections of bamboo where pollinators may crawl in and build cocoons or have their young.

Remember, keep diverse areas, some bare-mulched

a verse from the Bible: “Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants thereof.”

The current assaults o n p e r s o n a l l i berty—unprecedented in A m e r i c a n h i story—emanate from those who reject the Bible as their moral guide (including more than a few Jews and Christians who have joined the assault, having been indoctrinated with anti-religious views in high school and college).

When JudeoChristian principles are abandoned, evil eventually ensues. One doesn’t have to be a believer to acknowledge this. Many secular conservatives recognize that the end of religion in the West leads to moral chaos—which is exactly what we are witnessing today and exactly what we witnessed in Europe last

century.

When Christianity died in Europe, we got communism, fascism, and Nazism. What will we get in America if Christianity and Judeo-Christian values die?

The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of or the opinions of the National Heritage Foundation.

You’ve been a tremendous help and friend to us in advocating for and preserving freedom.

As a committed conservative, you know that conservative principles like individual freedom, limited government, and free enterprise g u a r a n t e e A m e r i c a ’s position of strength. But 2021 is already proving to be a challenging year.

Pollinators are beginning to visit The Gardens at Texas A&M University. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Laura McKenzie) areas and maybe even leave may end up making their the back of the garden with home. just some bare spots on the ground where pollinators

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Texas State Senator

My Five Cents...

Robert Nichols

A monthly column from Sen. Robert Nichols

by Sen. Robert Nichols, Senate District 3

This week the Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 5, a bill I authored that would address broadband access across the state. I appreciate the support of my colleagues and the leadership from the House author Rep. Trent Ashby.

Project Celebration grants

year and reduce the number of injuries and deaths caused by impaired driving. To participate, schools must notify the TxDOT Traffic Safety Specialist for their region.

Events must follow CDC and school safety measures, including all-night lock-in events.

ERCOT reform bill

The Texas Department o f Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n i s offering $750 mini-grants to high schools for alcoholfree and drug-free parties after prom or graduation events. The funding comes through the Project Celebration program and Here are five things s c h o o l s m u s t a p p l y happening around your through TxDOT by April 2. One million doses state: 16. The aim of Project allocated to Texas this Celebration is to keep week 1. Texas Department of students safe and alcoholTransportation offering free throughout the school More than one million doses of COVID-19 were shipped to providers across Texas this week according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. The doses will go to 779 providers in 202 counties.

Texas has now administered more than 10 million Wednesday doses statewide. More than A 30 percent chance of showers and 6.8 million people have received at least one dose thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. of the vaccine, and 3.5 Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. million are fully vacciSouth wind 10 to 15 mph. nated. Sixty percent of Te x a s s e n i o r s h a v e Wednesday Night received at least one dose Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. and thirty percent of all Thursday eligible Texans have Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. received one dose.

Increasing rates of Thursday Night vaccination has helped A 10 percent chance of showers and drive down the number of thunderstorms before 1am. Partly new cases and people hospitalized with COVIDcloudy, with a low around 64.

19. Current rates are at Friday their lowest level since A slight chance of showers, with October.

Weather for the Lake Conroe area

thunderstorms also possible after 1pm.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.

Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.

Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.

Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.

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T h e Te x a s S e n a t e unanimously passed Senate Bill 3 this week.

This bill would overhaul the state's electricity market and would require all power generators, transmission lines, natural gas facilities, and pipelines to make upgrades for extreme weather events.

The bill tasks the PUC and the Railroad Commission to conduct on-site inspections to verify compliance.

Senate Bill 3 would also ban indexed retail electric plans, like those offered by Griddy. Those customers saw soaring energy prices during Winter Storm Uri due to a spike in wholesale electricity pricing. Another component of the bill would create a statewide emergency alert system run by the Texas Department of Emergency Management that would be used in the event of future blackouts. It also directs TDEM to classify winter storms similarly to how hurricanes are categorized.

The bill would also f o r m a l i z e t h e Te x a s Energy Reliability Council, which coordinates regulators, generators, and other industry partners to ensure the state's gas distribution for electricity needs are met.

The bill now heads over to 3 . S e n a t e p a s s e s the Texas House.

4 . T. L . L . Te m p l e 5. TWC offers summer Foundation awards grants work readiness, STEM to school districts opportunities for underserved talent School districts have faced many difficulties in The Texas Workforce the past year handling the Commission announced COVID-19 pandemic the Summer Earn and w h i l e c o n t i n u i n g t o Learn (SEAL) and Explore educate students. As such, S T E M p r o g r a m s f o r t h e T . L . L . T e m p l e summer 2021. These Foundation has awarded programs provide career grants to 12 school districts g u i d a n c e , h a n d s - o n in East Texas totaling l e a r n i n g , a n d w o r k $337,000, with $30,000 opportunities for students going to each district. with disabilities aged 14Schools can use the funds 22. The SEAL program as they see fit with some provides work readiness using the funds to provide training to prepare students a d d i t i o n a l f o c u s e d for successful employinstruction and interven- ment. Students earn a tion support services to paycheck during the meet the needs of students. program and acquire new Learning disruptions from skills, on-the-job-training, the coronavirus pandemic and professional expericould have years long ence. impacts on students and Explore STEM is some students may have another initiative born extensive learning loss f r o m a p a r t n e r s h i p since schools went virtual b e t w e e n T W C a n d over a year ago. Though institutions of higher most students in East Texas education.

Students are back in the classroom explore careers in science, now, that learning loss will technology, engineering, manifest in evaluations and mathematics (STEM). and assessments to come. Students with disabilities It's important to identify at- that participate in Explore risk students now so that STEM day camps attend s c h o o l s c a n p r o v i d e lectures and presentations targeted instruction to fill and participate in hands-on learning gaps. Though this activities with visiting will take time, helping our STEM professionals. This c h i l d r e n m e e t a g e - summer the program will appropriate education be offered virtually. goals is fundamental to the future success of the state.

BRADY BRIEFING: The Biden Border Crisis is Real THE WOODLANDS, TX - The Biden Border Crisis is real, and it’s only going to get worse.

This weekend, I joined my Texas Republican colleagues on a trip to the southern border. In a blatant move to avoid transparency, President Biden won’t let the media near any migrant detention facilities. But I was able to meet with border patrol agents, the Coast Guard, members of the DEA, local law enforcement and government officials and see the crisis for myself.

Simply put, our borders are overwhelmed.

I visited a facility in Donna, Texas that is meant to house 250 people. Right now, it’s holding 5,700. I saw children huddled together in staggering numbers without masks or proper distancing, and spoke with border patrol agents who are

overwhelmed and unable to properly do their jobs.

And an unsecure border doesn’t just mean a surge of migrants, but a surge of human and drug trafficking as well. I met with DEA agents who spoke about the huge influx of drugs coming across the border. Last Thursday, the DEA confiscated over 8 million doses of fentanyl that were smuggled in from Mexico, and cartels raked in over $14 million a day in February.

This is all a direct result o f P r e s i d e n t B i d e n ’s actions. On day one, he halted border wall construction, revoked the Trump administration’s national emergency declaration, ended President Trump’s “remain in Mexico policy”, and returned to the failed Obama-era policy of “catch and release”. Migrants who have broken our nation’s

laws are being released into our communities – without receiving a Covid test or treatment – in the middle of a pandemic.

Each one of these decisions has directly incentivized illegal Office Of The to Governor, 3/15/21 immigrants attempt to enter the U.S. Already this year, there has been a fivefold increase in unaccompanied minors, and the numbers of migrants apprehended has tripled.

And yet, President Biden refuses to acknowledge this crisis that is entirely of his own making.

Instead of enforcing the rule of law and closing ports of entry, we’ve seen an increase of migrants released without court dates, Covid-19 tests, or referrals to ICE. Not to mention that last week, DHS agreed to pay almost $90 million to house illegal immigrants in hotel rooms – financed with your

taxpayer dollars.

The bottom line is, if you’re not from a border state, you just don’t understand. It’s easy for Biden and the liberal coastal elites to ignore this because it’s not happening in their backyard. But it’s happening in ours. And the truth of the matter is, it’s my constituents who will pay the price for an unsecure border. Because of our proximity to the border, the Houston area has unfortunately become the largest sex trafficking region in the nation. And it’s not just sex trafficking, but human t r a ff i c k i n g a n d d r u g trafficking as well.

So, President Biden, I’m calling on you to step up and take ownership of the crisis that you’ve created. Step up and take immediate action to get it under control. If you don’t, Texas will continue to pay the price.

AG Paxton: Illegal Immigration Costs Texas Taxpayers Over $850 Million Each Year AUSTIN –?As the border crisis caused by President Biden’s policies surges illegal immigration and escalates criminal activity, Attorney General Ken Paxton stands committed to upholding the law and protecting Texans.

In his January lawsuit that halted the Biden administration’s unlawful 100-day freeze on deportations, Attorney General Paxton uncovered hundreds of millions of dollars that Texas taxpayers involuntarily spent on illegal aliens every year:

* Texans pay between $579 million and $717 million each year for public hospital districts to provide uncompensated care for illegal aliens. * Texans paid $152 m i l l i o n t o house illegal criminal aliens for just one year. * Texans pay between $62 million and $90 m i l l i o n t o include illegal aliens in the state Emergency Medicaid program. * Texans paid more than $1 million for The Family Vi o l e n c e P r o g r a m t o

provide services to illegal aliens for one year. * Texans pay between $30 million and $38 million per year on perinatal coverage for illegal aliens through the Children’s Health Insurance Program. * Texans pay between $31 million and $63 million to educate unaccompanied alien children each year.

“Texans are hardworking and generous people, but the cost of illegal immigration is an unconscionable burden on the taxpayers of our great state. If we use the

minimum estimated costs for services Texas provides to unlawfully present and undocumented aliens, taxpayers are shelling out an estimated $855 million every year,” said Attorney General Paxton. “Texas will always welcome those who legally immigrate, but we cannot continue forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for individuals who skirt the law and skip the line. I will continue to fight for justice, safety, and prosperity for all Texans.”

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Devotional

God Is Inviting Us To Journey With Him Into The Nations Spreading the Word

By Gail J. Box Gailbox@consolidated.net

As we look back in our Bibles at the many incidents which led up to our Lord’s death, we now know why He had to die on the cross, which was the worst way of death at that time. What the Romans didn’t know was that God and Jesus had this already planned.

The Roman soldiers thought they had done away with Jesus, but they were very wrong.

When Jesus had died and

uttered His last words to the Father, this happened: “It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour, because the sun was obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two. Luke 23: 44 – 45.

There were many others who spoke with and observed Jesus walking and talking with them a few days after His death. Then, at the right time and place, Jesus turned to His disciples and He said to them: “Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the

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FM 2854, 936-7562505 Mt. Calvary Baptist, Old Hwy 105, 936588-2330 Mt. Sinai Baptist, Bethel Road, Montgomery, 936-597-4668 Union Grove Baptist Church of Richards, Texas About 11 mi N of Montgomery on FM 149 Sunday School all BAPTIST ages 9:45 am, Church Church of the Good Service 11:00 am, Soldier (Baptist Affiliation), 1501 North Frazier Wednesday Bible Study and Youth Group 6 pm (McKenzie's BBQ), Conroe, Texas, Phone: CATHOLIC 936-494-5775, Sacred Heart www.churchofthegoodso Catholic, ldier.org. Worship: 109 N. Frazier, Sunday at 10:30am, Conroe, Sunday School: 9:30 am 936-756-8186 Heritage Baptist Church 19087 Lake Mt. St. Mary’s Pleasant Rd, MontgomCatholic, ery 77356 FM 1774, Phone: Pastor Bear Plantersville, 936 448-4027 936-894-2223 Gary Chapel Baptist 7:45 Service Church St. Joseph’s CathoPO Box 125, Montlic, gomery, Texas 77356, CR 213, Stoneham, 5525 Spring Branch 936-894-2223 Road, Montgomery.

713-478-1256, Sunday JEWISH Bible Class 10:00 am, Congregation Beth Worship Service at Shalom, 5125 11:00 am.

Shadowbend Place, The Faith Baptist Woodlands, Church 281-362-1100 Meets at 464 McCaleb Rd. LUTHERAN Sunday Morning Grace Lutheran Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

(ELCA), Worship Service 10:45 Highway 105 W., a.m.

Lake Conroe, 936-588Sunday Evening 1944 Worship 6:00 p.m.

Living Savior St. Beulah Baptist Lutheran ChurchChurch, located in LCMS 309 Pond St. Dobbin, P.O. Box 112, Montgomery 77356 Montgomery, 77356 Church phone: 936-597Benui Baptist 8013 Web : Church, www.livingsaviortexas.o Scott Ridge and FM rg Pastor David R. 1097, Montgomery Bailes.

Antioch Baptist, Dobbin, 936-597METHODIST 5560 Montgomery United China Grove Baptist Methodist Church Church, Willis, 93622548 Highway 105 767-4744 West Dacus Baptist, Dacus, Montgomery, TX 407-735-6403, 77356 dacusbaptist@consolidat Phone: 936-597-6162 ed.net Sunday Worship: www.dacusbaptist.org 8:30 a.m., 9:45 am., First Baptist 11:00 a.m. Praise & Church, Worship Hwy 105 W., MontSunday School: 9:45 gomery, 936-597-4230 a.m.

Honea Baptist Www.mumctex.org Church, Richards United FM 2854, MontgomMethodist Church ery, 6639 FM 1696 936-588-1260 Richards Jones Chapel Worship Service 11 Baptist, ASSEMBLY OF GOD Cornerstone Christian Assembly of God of Conroe, located at 100 Mosswood Dr., Conroe, Texas in front of River Plantation. 936273-1755 New Life Assembly of God, Rabon Chapel Road, Montgomery, 936-588-3399

t h i r d d a y, a n d t h a t repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things…And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into Heaven.

And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually in the temple praising God. Luke 24: 46, 47,48, 50, 51, 52, and 53.

We find also, in Mark, that Jesus’ last

words are an encouragement to tell His story to everyone. His disciples came up to worship Him, and these were more of His last words to them: “ …they (the eleven disciples) will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick and they will recover.”

Mark 16: 18.

Jesus gave His disciples direction and instructions to follow after He was gone up into heaven to be with the Father, once more. His stay on earth was done, and now, all who had walked and talked with

Center, AM Highway 105 W, Sunday School 10AM Porter Chapel A.M.E. Lake Conroe, 936-5884660 Zion Church, Walden Community 1308 S. Hwy 1486, Church, Dobbin, 12400 Walden Rd, 936-597-5331 or 936Walden, 936-582-6696 449-5983 Living Way Church, Services 9:30 and 11 2080 Longmire Rd, a.m.

WaldenChurch.com Conroe River of Life 936-441-8875 Church, Hope Tabernacle Pastor David 17156 FM 1097, Whitaker Montgomery, 936-4494414 Meets at 18961 Cornerstone Freeport Dr MontgomChurch, ery 936.582.7722 1011 W. Lewis, Thursday 7:30pm Conroe, 936-756-7792 Sunday School at Lakeside Bible 10:00am Church, Sunday Worship at 18940 Freeport Drive 6:00pm Montgomery, 936Community And 582-1977 Interdenominational Church of St. John, Lone Star Cowboy retreat and wildlife Church center, 21627 Eva St. 2615 St. Beulah Montgomery, TX Chapel Rd., Montgom77356 ery, 936-597-5757 (936) 597-5742 Fellowship of Pastors Randy & Montgomery Darla Weaver 12681 FM 149 Service Times: Montgomery, TX Sundays 8:30; 10:00 and 77356 11:30am Mondays (936) 597-3949 7:00pm Senior Pastor Dale Livestream: Watch us Talbert live Sundays & MonService Times: days @ live.lonestar.tv Sundays at 9:30am & or go to the Lone Star 11am / Wednesdays at Cowboy Church Facebook page and click 6:30pm for Children & Student Ministries on the Livestream link.

Watch us live SunWebsite: days www.lonestar.tv @fellowshipofmontgom Abundant Life ery.online.church or Ministries Corner of FM 149 & FM 1097 W. follow us on Facebook @thefmchurch!

Montgomery TX 77356 www.thefmchurch.co Prayer /Sunday School m 9:30 am Sunday Service 11:30 am Wednesday EPISCOPAL Pray/Bible Study 6:30 St. James the pm Apostle Episcopal, RiverStone Commu1803 Highland nity Church Hollow, Conroe, 93619380 Hwy 105 Ste. 756-8831 500 The Grace Christian Montgomery, TX Outreach Center 77356 25293 Tisdale Road, Sun: 9:00 Kingdom Dobbin, Texas Life, 10:30 Worship 936-689-3141 Wed: 6:30 p.m.

Mt. Pleasent Baptist RiverStoneCC.org Church April Sound FM 149 N., MontChurch, gomery, 936-449-6807 67 ½ April Wind S., The Church @ Lake April Sound, 936Conroe 588-2832 1701 McCaleb Rd Lighthouse FellowMontgomery, TX ship Church, 77316 Montgomery, 936936-588-4975 582-7700 www.lakechurch.com Living Branch Sunday worship @ Church, 10:00 a.m. Wed. Highway 105 W., activites 6:30-8pm Lake Conroe, 936-588North Shore Church 3400 10 am Worship New Beginning Bible Service Church, 18501 Fm1097 West 19087 Mt. Pleasant @ the Bentwater West Cemetary Rd, 936-597Gate Entrance 8921 Pastor Cary Smith Father’s House, Covenant Felloship Family Worship

Him would always be “about the Lord’s business” to tell everyone who Jesus was, is, and evermore will be. And so shall everyone who shares the life of Christ and desires to become a Christian.

Our walk is simple, but the outcome is heavenly and full of beauty and love….forever.

Needless to say, we serve a good and perfect God who loves each one of us. Jesus has told us He is building our

home – well, He was a carpenter on earth, right?

And that there will be no sorrow or crying any longer. And yes, we will have church in heaven.

Here is what He says: “….I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.” I Timothy 3: 15.

Union Grove Baptist Church of Richards Invites you to join us: Sunday School Classes for all ages begins at 9:45AM Church Service at 11:00 AM Monday night Bible Study Discussion at 6:15 and Wednesday Bible Study as well as Youth group activities at 6:00PM All are welcome!

302 N. Danville, Willis, Tx. 77378 936/890-8034 www.cfmlife.org Celebration Service 10am Sundays Youth Explosing 7pm Wednesdays Pastors Sean & Lori Jo Cook PRESBYTERIN First Presbyterian Church of Conroe 2727 N. Loop 336 West Conroe, Texas 936756-8884 Sun. 9:00 & 11:00 Sun Sch 10:00 Nursery provided Church of Christ in

Montgomery 301 Pond Street, Montgomery, TX. Sunday Bible Class 9:30 am Worship - 10:30 am and 6:00 pm Wednesday - 7:00 pm Phone: 936-582-4855 Email: cofcmontgomery@cons olidated.net Web: www.cofcmontgomery.o rg Paul Praschnik, Minister

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NOTICE OF CONST ABLES SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY

DISTRICT, MONTGOMERY COUNTY; MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT #10 AND LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT.

By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 284th DISTRICT COURT of MONTGOMERY County on March 15, 2021 by the Clerk thereof, in the case of

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND ON March 16, 2021. /s/ P Cash CONSTABLE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS By: /s/ Ashton Hedrick ASHTON HEDRICK Published Dates: April 7, 14, 28, 2021

MAGNOLIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT vs

SWINEY, J. MICHAEL, INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY SWINEY

in Cause #18-08-11307 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 O'clock AM on the 4th day of May, 2021, which is the first Tuesday of said month, at the Commissioner's Courtroom: 501 N. Thompson, 4th Floor (Suite 402), Conroe, Texas 77301 of said MONTGOMERY County, in the City of CONROE, Texas, the following described property, to wit: TRACT 1: APPROXIMATELY 8 ACRES OF LAND BEING THE PARK AREA AND THE LAKE AREA OF LONG LAKE ESTATES SUBDIVISION IN THE JAMES BROWN SURVEY, ABSTRACT 78, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS, AS PER MAP OR PLAT OF SAID SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN VOLUME 7, PAGE 195, MAP RECORDS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS.GEO:0069300103300

NOTICE OF CONSTABLES SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 284th DISTRICT COURT of MONTGOMERY County on March 15, 2021 by the Clerk thereof, in the case of MAGNOLIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT vs

CANTERBURY RANCH PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, ET AL

in Cause #19-07-10066 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 O'clock AM on the 4th day of May, 2021, which is the first Tuesday of said month, at the Commissioner's Courtroom: 501 N. Thompson, 4th Floor (Suite 402), Conroe, Texas 77301 of said MONTGOMERY County, in the City of CONROE, Texas, the following described property, to wit:

Levied on March 16, 2021 as the property of 1. MICHAEL SWINEY to satisfy a judgment amounting to $5,215.90, representing delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and attorney's fees through the date of judgment, plus all costs of court, costs of sale, and post judgment penalties and interest recoverable by law in favor of MAGNOLIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, MONTGOMERY COUNTY; MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT #10 AND LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND ON March 16, 2021. /s/ P Cash CONSTABLE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS By: /s/ Ashton Hedrick ASHTON HEDRICK Published Dates: April 7, 14, 28, 2021 NOTICE OF CONSTABLES SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 284th DISTRICT COURT of MONTGOMERY County on March 15, 2021 by the Clerk thereof, in the case of MAGNOLIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT vs SHOEMAKER, KIMBERLY ANN, ET AL in Cause #19-03-03319 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 O'clock AM on the 4th day of May, 2021, which is the first Tuesday of said month, at the Commissioner's Courtroom: 501 N. Thompson, 4th Floor (Suite 402), Conroe, Texas 77301 of said MONTGOMERY County, in the City of CONROE, Texas, the following described property, to wit: TRACT 1: TRACT THREE (3), IN BLOCK ELEVEN (11), OF SPRING CREEK FOREST, SECTION THREE (3), MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN WARRANTY DEED, DATED AUGUST 9, 1973, RECORDED IN VOLUME 833, PAGE 547, FILM, CODE NO. 331396 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF REAL PROPERTY OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS. SAID PROPERTY IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS 9910 SENECA TRAIL, MAGNOLIA, TEXAS 77354. GEO: 0089820311030 Levied on March 16, 2021 as the property of KIMBERLY ANN SHOEMAKER PAULA MARIE LAKICS

TRACT 1: GEO: 0032810004900, A TRACT OF LAND BEING 0.959 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALSO KNOWN AS RESERVE C, CANTERBURY RANCH SUBDIVISION SECTION 1, A SUBDIVISION OF 56.247 ACRES LOCATED IN THE JOHN H. SMITH SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 533, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN CABINET J, SHEET 114, OF THE MAP RECORDS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS. TRACT 2: GEO: 0032810004800, A TRACT OF LAND BEING 0.388 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALSO KNOWN AS RESERVE B, CANTERBURY RANCH SUBDIVISION SECTION 1, A SUBDIVISION OF 56.247 ACRES LOCATED IN THE JOHN H. SMITH SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 533, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN CABINET J, SHEET 114, OF THE MAP RECORDS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS. TRACT 3: GEO: 0032810004700, A TRACT OF LAND BEING 2.259 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALSO KNOWN AS RESERVE A, CANTERBURY RANCH SUBDIVISION SECTION 1, A SUBDIVISION OF 56.247 ACRES LOCATED IN THE JOHN H. SMITH SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 533, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN CABINET J, SHEET 114, OF THE MAP RECORDS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS. Levied on March 16, 2021 as the property of CANTERBURY RANCH PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION to satisfy a judgment amounting to $3,489.77, representing delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and attorney's fees through the date of judgment, plus all costs of court, costs of sale, and post judgment penalties and interest recoverable by law in favor of MAGNOLIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, MONTGOMERY COUNTY; MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT; MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT #10 AND LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND ON March 16, 2021. /s/ P Cash CONSTABLE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS By: /s/ Ashton Hedrick ASHTON HEDRICK Published Dates: April 7, 14, 28, 2021 CITATION BY PUBLICATION Application to Determine Heirship CLERK OF THE COURT ATTORNEY OF RECORD OR PERSON FILING CAUSE MARK TURNBULL CHRISTOPHER COLE FORBES P.O. BOX 959 709 N SAN JACINTO ST CONROE, TX 77305 CONROE TX 77301

to satisfy a judgment amounting to $17,680.03, representing delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and THE STATE OF TEXAS attorney's fees through the date of judgment, plus all costs of court, costs of sale, and post judgment penalties and interest recoverable by law in favor of MAGNOLIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, MONTGOMERY COUNTY; MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL TO: The unknown heirs of the ESTATE OF: Kouloumoundras, Michael Anonis, Deceased DISTRICT; MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT #10 AND GREETING: LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT. 7 You are commanded to appear and answer to the Application to Determine Heirship filed

by Heather Kouloumoundras, at or before 10 O'clock A.M. of the first Monday after the GIVEN UNDER MY HAND ON March 16, 2021. expiration of Ten (10) days from the date of Publication of this Citation, before the Honorable /s/ P Cash County Court at Law #2 of MONTGOMERY County, at the Courthouse in Conroe, Texas.

CONSTABLE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS Said application was filed on the March 23, 2021.

By: /s/ Ashton Hedrick The file number of said matter being: 21-40968-P ASHTON HEDRICK The style being: ESTATE OF: Kouloumoundras, Michael Published Dates: April 7, 14, 28, 2021 The nature of said proceeding being substantially as follows, to wit: Determine who the heirs and only heirs of the decedent are and their respective shares and interests in this estate; that no appraisers be appointed; and for all other relief to which applicant may be entitled.

NOTICE OF CONSTABLES SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 284th DISTRICT COURT of MONTGOMERY County on March 15, 2021 by the Clerk thereof, in the case of MAGNOLIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT vs ARMAS, SALVADOR in Cause #19-07-09621 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 O'clock AM on the 4th day of May, 2021, which is the first Tuesday of said month, at the Commissioner's Courtroom: 501 N. Thompson, 4th Floor (Suite 402), Conroe, Texas 77301 of said MONTGOMERY County, in the City of CONROE, Texas, the following described property, to wit: TRACT 1: A TRACT OF LAND BEING 5.0 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, OUT OF THE JOHN PHILLIPS SURVEY, ABSTRACT NUMBER 432, SITUATED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS; BEING MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS LOT 2, OF OAKHURST ESTATES, AN UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION, AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY METES AND BOUNDS IN EXHIBIT 'A" TO INSTRUMENT FILED UNDER CLERK'S FILE NUMBER 2004-004191 IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS. GEO: 0075400000200

GIVEN under my hand and seal of said Court, in CONROE, Texas, this 1st day of April, 2021.

(SEAL County Court at Law #2) MARK TURNBULL, COUNTY CLERK MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS /s/ Eloisa Salinas Eloisa Salinas, Deputy Published Dates: April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021

CLERK OF THE COURT MARK TURNBULL P.O. BOX 959 CONROE, TX 77305

CITATION BY PUBLICATION Application to Declare Heirship ATTORNEY OF RECORD OR PERSON FILING CAUSE GEORGE D GORDON 307 N SAN JACINTO CONROE TX 77301 THE STATE OF TEXAS

TO: The unknown heirs of the ESTATE OF: Maria Montalvo Rodriquez, Deceased

Levied on March 16, 2021 as the property of

GREETING: You are commanded to appear and answer to the Application to Declare Heirship filed by Rogelio Estrada Rodriguez, at or before 10 O'clock A.M. of the first Monday after the to satisfy a judgment amounting to $5,277.76, representing delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and expiration of Ten (10) days from the date of Publication of this Citation, before the Honorable attorney's fees through the date of judgment, plus all costs of court, costs of sale, and post judgment County Court at Law #2 of MONTGOMERY County, at the Courthouse in Conroe, penalties and interest recoverable by law in favor of MAGNOLIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL Texas. Said application was filed on the March 31, 2021.

DISTRICT, MONTGOMERY COUNTY; MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITAL The file number of said matter being: 21-41018-P DISTRICT; MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT #10 AND The style being: ESTATE OF: Maria Montalvo Rodriguez LONE STAR COLLEGE SYSTEM DISTRICT. SALVADOR ARMAS

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND ON March 16, 2021. /s/ P Cash CONSTABLE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS By: /s/ Ashton Hedrick ASHTON HEDRICK Published Dates: April 7, 14, 28, 2021 NOTICE OF CONSTABLES SALE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY By virtue of an Order of Sale issued out of the Honorable 284th DISTRICT COURT of MONTGOMERY County on March 15, 2021 by the Clerk thereof, in the case of MAGNOLIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

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The nature of said proceeding being substantially as follows, to wit: Determine who the heirs and only heirs of the decedent are and their respective shares and interests in this estate; that no appraisers be appointed; and for all other relief to which applicant may be entitled.

GIVEN under my hand and seal of said Court, in CONROE, Texas, this 31st day of March, 2021.

(SEAL, County Court at Law #2) MARK TURNBULL, COUNTY CLERK MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS 3/31/2021 12:35:26 AM /s/ Sandy A. Faught Sandy Faught, Deputy Published Date: April 7, 2021

PUTNAM, HARRY, ET AL

in Cause #19-07-09942 and to me, as CONSTABLE directed and delivered, I will proceed to sell, at 10:00 O'clock AM on the 4th day of May, 2021, which is the first Tuesday of said month, at the Commissioner's Courtroom: 501 N. Thompson, 4th Floor (Suite 402), Conroe, Texas 77301 of said MONTGOMERY County, in the City of CONROE, Texas, the following described property, to wit: TRACT 1: LOT 4, BEING 0.390 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN BLOCK 4, OF DOGWOOD HILLS, SECTION 2, AN ADDITION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP THEREOF, RECORDED IN VOLUME 12, PAGE 63 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS, NOW FILED UNDER CABINET A, SHEET 177-A OF THE MAP RECORDS OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS, AND MH LABEL# UNKNOWN, AND ALL IMPROVEMENTS THEREON. GEO: 0040350208600 Levied on March 16, 2021 as the property of HARRY PUTNAM JULIE PUTNAM to satisfy a judgment amounting to $7,396.84, representing delinquent taxes, penalties, interest, and attorney's fees through the date of judgment, plus all costs of court, costs of sale, and post judgment penalties and interest recoverable by law in favor of MAGNOLIA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF DAVID DEAN COTTRELL, DECEASED: Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of David Dean Cottrell, Deceased, were issued on April 1, 2021, in Cause No. 21-40772-P pending in the County Court at Law No. Two, in Montgomery County, Texas, to Janie Lea Slussler Brooks. The residence of such Independent Executor is Travis County, Texas. The office address is: Janie Lea Slussler Brooks, Independent Executor, c/o Bloomquist Law, PLLC, 614 Capital of Texas Hwy. South, Austin, Texas 78746.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

DATED the 1st day of April, 2021.

Published Date: April 7, 2021

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of JAMES EDWARD HOLMES, Deceased, were issued on March 25, 2021, in Cause No. 21-40790-P, pending in the County Court at Law No. Two (2), Montgomery County, Texas, to: DAWN HOLMES. All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law: DAWN HOLMES c/o: G. MARK CREIGHTON Attorney at Law 414 West Phillips Street, Suite 100 Conroe, Texas 77301-2880 DATED the 2nd day of April, 2021.

DARDEN, FOWLER & CREIGHTON, LLP By: G. MARK CREIGHTON State Bar No.: 05061200 414 West Phillips Street, Suite 100 Conroe, Texas 77301 Telephone: (936) 756-3337 Facsimile: (936) 756-2606 Attorneys for Executor, DAWN HOLMES Published Date: April 7, 2021

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that Original Letters Testamentary in the Estate of Therese Fleming, Deceased, were issued on March 17, 2021, pursuant to Docket No. 21-40734-P, pending in County Court No 2, Montgomery County, Texas, to Margaret Fleming, 6607 Lake Woodlands Drive, #514, The Woodlands, Texas 77382: Telephone (832) 663-9265.

All persons having claims against the estate should present them in care of the named representative, at the address provided, within the time and manner prescribed by law.

Patricia Fleming Attorney-at-Law 6607 Lake Woodlands Drive, Unit 514 The Woodlands, TX 77382 Tel: (832) 663-9265 Email: mmpfleming1@msn.com Published Date: April 7, 2021 CAUSE NO. 20-40489-P ESTATE OF BARBARA ANN GUBBINS, DECEASED

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice to Creditors Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District Notice is here y given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Public Hearings on Permit Applications, Special Hearing, and BARBARA ANN GUBBINS, Deceased, were issued on April 1, 2021, in Cause No. 2040489-P, pending in County Court, Montgomery County, Texas, to: Regular Board Meeting.

TERRY VAN GUBBINS 6:00 PM, Tuesday, April 13, 2021 c/o Mollie Cohn Lambert PLLC 655 Conroe Park North Drive P.O. Box 490 Cleveland, Texas, 77328 Conroe, TX 77303 Per Gover nor Abbott's March 16, 2020 order temporarily suspending certain open meetings requirements for governmental entities to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the District may hold this hearing/meeting by telephone or videoconference.

Published Date: April 7, 2021 CITATION BY PUBLICATION Vicki Acreman's Fifth Amended Contest and Cross-Application for Admission of Original Will of William M. Acreman to Probate and for Issuance of Letters Testamentary CLERK OF THE COURT ATTORNEY OF RECORD OR PERSON FILING CAUSE MARK TURNBULL Steven C. Earl P.O. BOX 959 1400 Woodloch Forest, Ste 590 CONROE, TX 77305 The Woodlands, TX 77380 THE STATE OF TEXAS TO: The unknown heirs of the ESTATE OF: William M. Acreman, Deceased GREETING: You are commanded to appear and answer to the -Vicki Acreman's Fifth Amended Contest and Cross-Application for Admission of Original Will of William M. Acreman to Probate and for Issuance of Letters Testamentary filed by Vicki Acreman, at or before 10 O'clock A.M. of the first Monday after the expiration of Ten (10) days from the date of Publication of this Citation, before the Honorable County Court at Law #2 of MONTGOMERY County, at the Courthouse in Conroe, Texas. Said application was filed on the March 29, 2021.

The file number of said matter being: 18-37475-P The style being: ESTATE OF: William M. Acreman The nature of said proceeding being substantially as follows, to wit: Determine who the heirs and only heirs of the decedent are and their respective shares and interests in this estate; that no appraisers be appointed; and for all other relief to which applicant may be entitled.

GIVEN under my hand and seal of said Court, in CONROE, Texas, this 30th day of March, 2021.

(SEAL, County Court at Law #2) MARK TURNBULL, COUNTY CLERK MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS 3/30/2021 2:02:46 AM /s/ Eloisa Salinas Eloisa Salinas, Deputy Published Date: April 7, 2021

All persons having claims against this Estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. All persons having claims should address them in care of the representative at the address stated above.

DATED the 5th day of April, 2021. /s/ Mollie C. Lambert MOLLIE COHN LAMBERT PLLC P.O. Box 490 Cleveland, Texas 77328 Telephone: 281-592-5243 Facsimile: 281-592-5244 ATTORNEY FOR THE EXECUTOR Published Date: April 7, 2021 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that on the 29th day of March, 2021, Shannon R. Rowe and Suzanne M. Carter were duly appointed as Independent Co-Executors of the Estate of Andrew Martin Davis III in Cause No. 21-40778-P, County Court at Law No. 2, Montgomery County, Texas and Letters Testamentary have been issued to Shannon R. Rowe and Suzanne M. Carter.

All persons having claims against the estate are hereby required to present same within the time required by law to the address of Shannon R. Rowe and Suzanne M. Carter, being at: c/o Robert Markowitz, Attorney 18735 W. Cool Breeze Lane Montgomery, TX 77356 DATED the 1st day of April, 2021 This notice issued by: Robert Markowitz Attorney at Law 18735 West Cool Breeze Ln Montgomery, TX 77356 936-582-1945 Fax: 1-888-518-1186 Published Date: April 7, 2021 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY NOTICE Of ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF LINDA SUE FAIRCHILD Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of LINDA SUE FAIRCHILD, Deceased, were issued on April 1, 2021, in Cause No. 21-40850-P, pending in the Probate Court of Montgomery County, Texas, to DAVID DWAYNE FAIRCHILD, Independent Executor. The address for mailing of claims is: DAVID DWAYNE FAIRCHILD, Independent Executor c/o Larry L. Foerster Darden, Fowler & Creighton, L.L.P. 414 W. Phillips, Suite 100 Conroe, Texas 77301 All persons having claims against the estate, which is currently being administered, are required to present them within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

DATED the 1st day of April, 2021. /s/ Larry L. Foerster LARRY L. FOERSTER, Attorney for DAVID DWAYNE FAIRCHILD, Independent Executor Published Date: April 7, 2021

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Community The Richmond Realty Group – RE/MAX Thd Woodlands & Spring Served as the sponsor of The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce’s “Business After Hours” for March The Woodlands, TX – Zach Richmond of the Richmond Realty Group – RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring was the proud sponsor of The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce’s monthly “Business After Hours” for March.

H e l d a t Tr u l u c k ’s Seafood Steak and Crab House in Hughes Landing, dozens of chamber members and community leaders enjoyed an evening of networking and delicious hors d’oeuvres in a lovely private event room that spilled onto an outdoor patio with breathtaking views of Lake Woodlands.

Not even a cast on his leg could slow down Zach Richmond, who wheeled around the room visiting with guests and thanked the crowd for their support as he shared the many recent accomplishments and successes of his professional team.

“We were thrilled to host a Business After Hours again after a pause last year,” said Zach Richmond.

“We had a great turnout with a lot of fun camaraderie. Thanks to the support from the local residential and business community, we have maintained our success and achieved many milestones as we near our fifth anniversary this fall of serving our clients to the best of our God-given ability, exceeding expectations always, and giving time and resources back to the community.”

Zach Richmond, together with his mother-inl a w M a r l y s M u l k e y,

founded the Richmond Realty Group in 2016. The team also includes Heather Gable, Christina Harughty, Rachel Richmond, and Aleisha Bannenberg.

With a commitment to giving time and resources back to the community, the Richmond Realty Group is a strong supporter of the non-profit YES to YOUTH (formerly called Montgomery County Youth Services) and is a member of the Rotary Club of The Woodlands. Among its professional affiliations and accolades, they are a member of RE/MAX Top 500, RE/MAX Hall of Fame, the HAR.com Twenty Under Forty Rising Stars in Real Estate, and Houston Real Producers Top 40 Under 40. Most r e c e n t l y, r e c e n t l y t h e Richmond Realty Group garnered the Diamond Award from RE/MAX which is the highest production award for grossing more than one million in commissions, as well as the Luminary of Distinction which is the most exclusive RE/MAX Career Award representing the highest level of achievement in all of RE/MAX. The offices of Richmond Realty Group – RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring are located in The Woodlands at 26203 Oak Ridge Dr. near I-45 and Woodlands Parkway. For more information, visit www.RichmondRealtyTX. com, visit their Facebook p a g e a t https://www.facebook.com /RichmondRealty, or call

281-684-7497.

Pictured are (front row, center) Zach Richmond, Richmond Realty Group – RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring; (back row, from left to right) David Deveau of Deveau Financial, Business After Hours coteam leader; Marlys M u l k e y, c o - o w n e r o f Richmond Realty Group – RE/MAX The Woodlands & Spring; David Dewhurst of Prosperity Living, Business After Hours coteam leader; Richmond Realty Group’s Rachel Richmond, Heather Gable, and Christina Harughty; and J.J. Hollie, President and CEO of The Woodlands Area Chamber of Commerce.

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