WEDNESDAY VOLUME XXVI NUMBER 50 Section 1 8 pages
December 8, 2021 Home of the ‘Lone Star Flag’ and
Edyta Szladewski
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Houston Texas Montgomery County Texans Weekly Republican Women’s Coil to Gas Prices the Colts Club Install New Officers 31-0
(December 6, 2021) - Texas gas prices have fallen 1.8 cents per gallon in the past week, a v e r a g i n g $ 2 . 9 1 / g t o d a y, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Gas prices in Texas are 15.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.07/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Texas is priced at $2.43/g today while the most expensive is $3.69/g, a difference of $1.26/g. The lowest price in the state today is $2.43/g while the highest is $3.69/g, a difference of $1.26/g. The national average price of gasoline has fallen 5.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.34/g today. The national average is down 6.9 cents per gallon from a month ago and stands $1.19/g higher than a year ago. Neighboring areas and their current gas prices: Midland Odessa- $3.03/g, down 3.8 cents per gallon from last week's $3.07/g. San Antonio- $2.73/g, down 5.1 cents per gallon from last week's $2.79/g. Austin- $2.86/g, down 4.3 cents per gallon from last week's $2.90/g. “The downturn in average gas prices continued to gain momentum last week as oil prices remained at a hefty discount. This is largely due to continued anxiety over the omicron variant and because some countries have begun issuing lockdowns, keeping motorists in some countries from consuming as much fuel," said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy. "While the Great Lakes region, the fastest to see prices respond to market fluctuations, is seeing hefty monthly declines approaching 30 cents per gallon, much of the rest of the country is lagging behind. But, we will see precipitous declines in the next week or two as stations continue to sell through higher priced inventory before slowly lowering their prices. It's not impossible given the conditions that price wars, where stations lower their price significantly, could emerge as stations now have considerable room to lower prices." 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 a c c e s s i b l e a t http://prices.GasBuddy.com. SOURCE GasBuddy
Index Community............2, 3, 7, 8 Commentary.......................3, 4 Devotional..........................5 Legals.................................6 Business Directory.............8
By: James M. Rankin, Sportswriter Montgomery County News
PHOTO: L to R: Mary Lea Kirk (Treasurer); Bettie Moss (Recording Secretary); Lindsey Kasprzak (Corresponding Secretary); Brandon Creighton, Texas State Senate, District 4; Alice Melancon (President); Suzanne Adams (Vice President); and Cindy Miller (2nd Vice President) During the recent meeting and luncheon of the Montgomery County Republican Women’s Club held at the River Plantation Golf Club, Members and guest enjoyed a very festive and fun Christmas Meeting. Justice Leanne Johnson, Texas Ninth
District Court of Appeals, and her little buddy “Dodo Bird” added lots of laughs to the celebration. Special guest Senator Brandon C r e i g h t o n , Te x a s Senate, District 4 brought greetings from the Capitol and thanked the MCRW members for their
outstanding support of the Republican Party for many years. The new officers for the 2022 Term were installed by Justice Leanne Johnson. As they continue “Working to Keep Texas Red” the officers for the 2022 term are: Alice Melancon (President);
Suzanne Adams (Vice President); Cindy Miller (2nd Vice President); Bettie Moss (Recording Secretary); Lindsey Kasprzak (Corresponding Secretary); Mary Lea Kirk (Treasurer).
The Annual Christmas in Historical Montgomery Where the Holidays Begin! Holiday Marketplace Arts & Crafts Sale ~ 9am – 5pm in the Old Community Center on Liberty St ~ The best place to buy unique, oneof-a-kind gifts and home décor from the many vendors surrounding the Old Community Building on Liberty at College Streets. Christmas Parade THEME: “Let it Snow” ~ Begins at 10am this year! (The City of Montgomery is producing the parade.) The parade will begin on Liberty St. (FM149), south of Eva St. (SH105) and wind through the Downtown Historic District. The deadline for applying was November 25. No candy will be allowed to be thrown from the floats—walkers will hand out sweets to the crowd along the route. Only preregistered entrants are permitted to participate. (Note—Please do not block or park on any
private property downtown.) 31st Annual Cookie Walk Buy beautiful and delicious holiday cookies and candies by the pound! From 11am to 4pm… or, when the cookies and candies are all gone ~ in the Old Community
Center Building on Liberty at Caroline Streets. The Montgomery Monarchs Chapter of the National Charity League takes on the days-long difficult task of decorating, staging and serving the delicious convections throughout the afternoon. Visitors
will be given gloves and a box to use while making selections of sweets to purchase. (The Montgomery County Health Dept. will issue a permit for this event.) 4 4 t h A n n u a l
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Houston Texans Coil to the Colts 31-0 By: James M. Rankin, Sportswriter Montgomery County News Houston, Texas: The Texans have travel down a dark and dreary road this season. As bright rays of light are quickly draw into the black hole of defeat, depression, and p e s s i m i s m . Unfortunately, it has become painful to watch this team with such promise squander their opportunity to become a topflight NFL franchise. The Texans folded nicely in the loss column against their divisional rival, the Indianapolis Colts 31-0. Interesting note, it was the first road game shut out for the Colts since 1992. The Texans’ fans knew the train was off the tracks when within the first five (5) plays the Te x a n s h a d t w o ( 2 ) turnovers. The first was an ill-advised pass from Ty r o d Ta y l o r f o r a n interception within the first two minutes of the game. He was eventually pulled from the game with only five (5) completions on thirteen (13) attempts for forty-five (45) yards and replaced by the rookie back up Davis Mills who went for five (5) completions on fourteen (14) attempts for fortynine (49) yards. Neither of these players could put a spark into this lethargic, complacent and apathic offensive unit. It is hard to blame these quarterbacks and running backs who are protected by a B team group of offensive linemen who do not stick to their assignment through the entire play. The only offensive player who was attempting to be effective was Rex Burkhead who had eight (8) carries for thirty (30) yards. The defense was led by Line Backer Kamu Grugier-Hill who had a record ten (10) solo tackles and nine (9) a s s i s t s . T h e Te x a n s ’ defense spent over fortyone (41) minutes on the battlefield compared to the Texans’ offensive time of only eighteen minutes and twenty seconds (18:20) to produce nothing, but heart ache. In other AFC South Divisional action, the Jacksonville Jaguars added to their losing total against the LA Rams 37-7. The Tennessee Titans had a bye for the week. The Texans have one more home stand against the Seattle Seahawks (4-8), so read all about it in your hometown paper.