Montgomery County News, June 1, 2022

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WEDNESDAY VOLUME XXVII NUMBER 21 Section 1 12 pages

June 1, 2022 Home of the ‘Lone Star Flag’ and

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GAS PRICES TICK HIGHER

GAS PRICES TICK HIGHER, STORM ON HORIZON AS EU BANS RUSSIAN OIL For the sixth consecutive week, the nation’s average gas price has rallied, rising 0.9 cents from a week ago to $4.60 per gallon today according to GasBuddy data compiled from more than 11 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is up 42.8 cents from a month ago and $1.56 per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has fallen 4.0 cents in the last week and stands at $5.50 per gallon. “After several weeks of soaring gas prices, last week saw prices nationally slow down ahead of Memorial Day, but I’m afraid the good news ends there,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. “While gasoline demand has been seasonally soft, the large decline in refining capacity over the last few years has meant that refiners are struggling to produce even lower amounts of refined products. This has led inventories to struggle to see any gains, boosting concern that they won’t be able to catch up. Coupled with continued talk that the EU is still working on sanctioning Russian oil, even though Hungary is a hold out, oil markets are quite on edge. As a result of the continued decline in gasoline inventories in recent weeks, wholesale gas prices surged last week, which will likely boost prices at the pump in short order. Motorists in the Great Lakes could see prices jump early in the week to new record highs, and the rest of the nation will follow. Odds are rising that we’ll eventually see the national average reach that dreaded $5 per gallon.” OIL PRICES Oil prices were up significantly in early Monday trade as the EU approved a slow-moving curb on Russian oil, agreeing to sanction 90% of Russian shipments by the end of 2022, while allowing interim shipments via pipeline to appease Hungary. As a r e s u l t , a b a r r e l o f We s t Te x a s Intermediate crude was up $3.94 to $119.01 per barrel in early trade, nearly $8 per barrel higher than last week Monday. Brent crude oil was up $2.04 per barrel to $123.71, a nearly $10 per barrel rise from its level at the start of last week. In addition, China’s two week lockdown of Shanghai expires tomorrow, boosting hopes that oil demand will quickly recover. According to Baker Hughes, last week’s U.S. rig count was down 1 rig to 727, and was 270 rigs higher than a year ago. The Canadian rig count was up 15 to 103, or 41 more than a year ago. GAS PRICE TRENDS The most common U.S. gas price encountered by motorists stood at $4.29 per gallon, down 20 cents from last week, followed by $4.19, $4.59, $4.39, and $4.49 rounding out the five munchanged from last week and about 21 cents lower than the national average. The top 10% of stations in the country average $4.88/gal, while the bottom 10% average $4.01/gal. The states with the lowest average prices: Georgia ($4.12), Arkansas ($4.13), and Kansas ($4.14). The states with the highest prices: California ($6.14), Hawaii ($5.42), and Nevada ($5.27).

MCTX Young Texas Artists’ Sheriff Founder Establishes Makes Substantial Matching Challenge Grant Fentanyl Young Texas Artists’ Founder Establishes Matching Challenge Grant All donations will be doubled through June 30 M O N T G O M E RY COUNTY, Texas – May 31, 2022 – More than 35 years ago, when James A. (Jim) Pokorski helped establish Young Texas Artists (YTA), he created a wealth of opportunities for emerging classical m u s i c i a n s a n d Te x a s audiences. Now Pokorski is setting the stage for YTA to offer even more opportunities. Pokorski has committed $25,000 to match, dollar for dollar, all 2022 Annual Fund gifts made by June 30. YTA’s goal is to raise at least $50,000, which will help make it possible for the nonprofit to have a greater impact on young artists — and to create more memorable experiences for audiences. All gifts received by June 30 will be doubled, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000. “It’s tremendously rewarding to know that the modest event I helped organize in 1983 has grown into a highly respected music competition, one that has helped launch the careers of nearly 3,000 classical

artists,” Pokorski said. “But we don’t want to stop there; we want to take YTA to the next level.” The nonprofit organization developed its latest goals after receiving feedback from the young artists, nearly 90 altogether, who participated in YTA’s music, dance, literary and visual arts events this year. “In visiting with these promising young people, we were touched by five recurring themes: g r a t i t u d e f o r Y TA , appreciation for the competition’s increased cash awards — made possible by our 2021 Annual Fund — the need for more live performance experience, the need for more paid bookings to sustain careers, and the lack of career training available to them,” YTA President/CEO Susie Moore Pokorski said. “And we were moved to take action.” That action will include, with support from the 2022 Annual Fund, expanding the YTA Career Development Program for young artists and developing more paid performance opportunities and exposure for YTA alumni. “Most schools and other music competitions

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From left to right, Bradley Mansell, Young Texas Artists Music Competition judge; violinist Clara Saitkoulov, YTA’s 2022 Grand Prize winner and Gold Medalist in the Strings Division; and Maria Schleuning, a competition judge. The 2022 Annual Fund will support YTA’s efforts to provide competition winners cash prizes and performance opportunities and continue expanding the YTA Career Development Program. Photo by John Hallet. do not offer career development to the extent of the YTA model,” said Jade Simmons, the successful concert pianist,

brand development specialist and leadership

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Rebel Joan of Arc Members Continue on a History and Education Exploration!

The Sisters of the Rebel Joan Of Arc 2721 Chapter, of the Montgomery County, continued their annual exploration at various Museums and in surrounding parts of Montgomery County. This pleasant scene shows investigation of the various styles of ladies apparel in our different periods of History. All ladies once wore these fashions in Community........2, 3, 11, 12 modesty and for protection Commentary.......................3, 4 from the sun during the Devotional..........................5 day. Even a ladies hair was Legals................6, 7, 8, 9, 10 adorned when at home with Business Directory...........12 something in her hair. Ribbons, Lace, Flowers, Combes adorned a well kept ladies hair. A ladies hands were always covered, as was her head, when going outside. The Great, Great-Great, or Great-Great-Great Grandmothers of these

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RJOA Left to Right: Roselane Polnick, Danean Myers, Karen DeBerry, Jenny Lehr, Heathyr Ray, and Elaine Collings. Belles, and Yours, would have dressed in these fashions, even hand sewn and in homespun materials if ready made could not be gotten. The materials were of wool, silks, and cottons

for the most part, and much of our Southern Fashion was following French and European fashion, as did the Furniture in one’s home. Hand-made furniture on the prairies

would have to make do until the family would have time to establish their self reliance. Ladies in the

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On May 25, 2022, Detectives with the Montgomery County Narcotics Enforcement Te a m ( M O C O N E T ) obtained information about a suspicious parcel at a UPS Store in New C a n e y, Te x a s . U p o n further investigation, Detectives discovered 15 vacuum-sealed packages, each containing a vast amount of small pills. A sample was tested and returned positive for the presence of Fentanyl. The packages are estimated to have more than 30,000 individual pills (see picture on page 2). This is an active investigation, and no other information is available for release. Sheriff Henderson stated: “This is an example of how an unsecured border can have a detrimental impact on our local communities. Fentanyl is an extremely dangerous, lethal drug, and we are actively working with our law enforcement partners to combat the trafficking of narcotics in Montgomery County. I am extremely proud of the work our team is doing.” Thomas Hudson, Specialist Montgomery County Sheriff ’s Office Administrative Services F o l l o w u s @MCTXSheriff The Montgomery County Narcotics Enforcement Team is a cooperative multi-agency task force that consists of law enforcement agencies from, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Walker County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Department of Public Safety-CID, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Walker County District A t t o r n e y ’s O f f i c e , Homeland Security Investigations, and Drug E n f o r c e m e n t Administration. Participating agencies recognized that a special collaborative effort was necessary to more effectively combat the drug distribution and collection of drug proceeds throughout the area


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