Condolences – Annie E Jones

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Posted by Joyce Rhyne on 15 Mar 18 - 0 Comments

Seadrift – Annie E. Jones, 83, of Seadrift passed away on Friday, February 16, 2018 at Hospice of South Texas in Victoria.

She is survived by her husband Gene R. Jones of Silsbee; her sons, John M. Finster (Debbie), Kenneth Finster (Dwana) both of Seadrift; 2 step daughters, a step son and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

The family will hold a private burial in Seadrift at a later date.

Condolences and memories may be shared with the family at www.gracefuneralhome.net.
Arrangements entrusted to Grace Funeral Home.
Annie-Jones

Condolences – Teodora Vallejo

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Seadrift – Teodora Vallejo, age 48 of Seadrift passed away February 28, 2018.

Funeral service was held at Iglesias Pentecostal Efesios in Seadrift. Burial was at Seadrift Cemetery.

Spring Forward and Jump Up by Kelly Gee

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Posted by Joyce Rhyne on 15 Mar 18 - 0 Comments

Webster’s Dictionary defines ‘spring’ as a sudden jump upward or forward. The tradition of Easter in Christianity celebrates Jesus coming forward or upward from death and the grave. The Spring Equinox recognizes our sun springing forward across the equator to bring longer days of light and warmth to our Earth. That brings plants and animals into a season of increasing growth and activity. So, while we may not have winter in the way the frozen snowy north does, or lie dormant like the tundra; I definitely feel the need to ‘spring.’

I am seeing signs of Spring everywhere. One day my favorite tree looked dead and the next day it had ‘jumped forward’ to having small green leaves sprouting on every branch. I need to spring into Spring! I need to spring out of my recliner and cast off those winter blahs along with my fuzzy sweatpants and lingering lethargy and move forward with warmer longer days that include time in the garden, skin exposed to sunshine and fresh air, energy for family and fun, time on the boat fishing and long walks in the breezy outdoors.

Many times we feel as dormant as the living things around us. Like the dark soil covers growing things, dark and dreary days cover us too. It is amazing that life gives us what we need like times of light and warmth and times of dark and cool, periods of high energy and growth and periods of rest and recovery. I so often bellyache about winter and cold and short days and bundled up inside nights. I love the warmer weather. This year I am very aware of the purpose and promise that winter brought to me just like it does to the growing living world around us. I tried hard to be not just aware but grateful for the time and space and opportunity to sit quietly, rest, restore and refurbish. Like the growing things around us we need slower times to energize for the other times.

Yes, I still choose Spring!  I love sunshine, warm days, daffodils in bloom, lettuce in the garden. I love swimming and fishing and cooking on the grill. I welcome Spring with the exuberance of a newly hatched chick or a gamboling new calf in a green meadow full of wildflowers. Still, I am grateful for Winter, its stored potential, the hidden riches of rest and relaxation. I am trying to remember the balance of seasons brings balance to life. Still, I am really glad to put away my sweats and jackets and see warmer temperatures and sunny days. I hope to remember the lesson of Spring in the dormant dreariness of next Winter. For now, I am just excited to go dig in the garden and pick a few flowers for my table. Happy Spring!

wE-Woks for a CURE at FNB!

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wE-Woks for a CURE at FNB!

Calhoun County Relay for Life
(Star Wars Theme)
Friday, May 4th, 2018 – Calhoun County Fair Grounds – 6pm – 10pm

You can help us raise money for our team by donating $5 (or more) for a luminary bag.
The bags will line the track, be filled with sand and a candle & decorated with a loved one’s name that has
survived cancer, is battling cancer, or in honor of one lost to cancer.

Stop by First National Bank, Port O’Connor Branch & make your donation.
We would be honored to decorate the bag for you!
Thank you ~ Dawn, Debbie & Amber

“The Way I See It” is an attempt by the columnist to enlighten readers on a subject as he views it, and does not necessarily reflect the views of this publication.

Good News & Obstruction
Why is it that the really good financial news is rarely repeated on Liberal News. Trump keeps stressing things in his speeches like:

1. Black unemployment at its lowest.
2. Hispanic unemployment at its lowest.
3. Women’s unemployment at it’s lowest since 2001.
4. 3 million new jobs. And mostly in the Private Sector, not govt.
5. Capital returning to the US.
6. Tax cuts and bonuses for workers.
7. Anti-business regulations repealed.
8. Highest Small business confidence, because of #7 and ObamaCare roll-backs.
9. Today’s news, 3/1/18: a) Jobless claims plunge to 49-year low… b) Incomes Up Most in Five Years…c) US crude oil output hits all-time high; Takes out 1970 record…

If any of these things were not true, the Lib Media would have facts to disprove it, and we would hear it 24/7. There has been a great financial revival since right after Trump won the election, because of the people’s confidence he would do something positive, (and he wasn’t Hillary). It was instantaneous, after the election. And despite nothing but Resistance, Obstruction, and unrelenting personal attacks for everything imaginable, it keeps getting better. Can you imagine what could be accomplished if Dems, Rinos, Media, Wall Street, and the FED actually tried to HELP?

The next big political fight will be DACA. Trump has already offered to give DACAs legal resident visas and a pathway to citizenship. I’m basically against rewarding Criminal Invaders for breaking law, but this is an embarrassment because it wasn’t solved before. We know the Dems can NOT be trusted, because they promised increased Border Security for the 1986 Amnesty, but once they got their Amnesty for about 3.5 million illegals, we got nothing like that, but tens of millions of new illegals & semi-legals from chain migration. There was little enforcement by Clinton, Bush, or Obama. Catch & release. Obama stopped deporting most, even after they got out of jail for felonies. If the Dems want a deal for the DACAs they have to give us real Border Security this time. I don’t think they care about the DACAs, among themselves they brag about Open Borders “Changing the demographics” and giving them votes, even without citizenship! THAT must stop!

But Trump wants to fix the problem. The best path to Citizenship is Military or National Guard service. Other govt services could be included. I say we need to trash the Visa Lottery anyway, so let’s roll that over to the DACAs and they get Permanent Resident Visas for the best 50,000 every year. Based on a competitive scale: school, job, assimilation, citizenship activities, public service, even a written test like the Citizen Test. Criminal record and Welfare dependency are disqualifiers & should be Deportable Offenses. So deport the worse criminals first, and deport all “New Arrivals” . The Dems must act, or admit they don’t care about DACAs or National Sovereignty, only Party Power. And unlike Trump, they don’t care about carrying through on their promises, especially to citizens, and their Oath to the Constitution. We need to take the Anchor Baby question to the Supreme Court and prove it was an unlawful court decision that past Presidents were to cowardly to face. No “14th Amend” citizenship unless one parent was a legal resident or citizen. The ones raised here should get resident visas, but not automatic citizenship, give them a little better deal than the DACAs, but all the foreign babies born here for “Tourist Citizenship” get nothing.

It looks like the Dems are hardening their line on Gun Control. Not only are they beating the “Semi-auto Assault Weapon Ban” to death, many are finally admitting they want the “Diane Finestein Solution”: she said in 1995,” If I could get 51 votes in the Senate, it would have been total confiscation. Mr. & Mrs. America, give them up.” The “Semi-Auto Gun Ban” they want is not just for ARs & AKs, but all Semi-Autos – pistols, rifles, and shotguns. Followed by the “Australian Solution” of banning all pistols, all “rapid repeaters”- pump & lever action rifles & shotguns, and limiting even simple rifles and shotguns to strict Registration and “need” – if you own a ranch and have a coyote problem, you might get permission for a bolt action rifle. They fully intend to overturn the Second Amendment, even the wishy-washy “Duck Hunting” Liberal interpretation of it. Or simply ignore it, like the Tenth Amendment.

Most of the Mass Shooters have criminal records or histories that haven’t been properly updated, fix that first! We need better records of Mental Disease and instability. Also, since 2000, 16 of the 34 mass shootings were done by first or second generation immigrants. Many Muslims. And now many mass killings are done with vehicles, not guns. We need to tighten up our Citizenship requirements to people that actually assimilate, not come here and live in tribal ghettos with no intent to become Americans.

We need to tell Hollyweird and all the TV networks, they are banned from depicting any violence or crime, using any firearm, or anything that resembles a firearm (such as the infamous Pop-Tart gun), and see how they like that.

Anyway, this is great for gun sales. And Gun Control has long been a “Political Third-Rail” for Dems. The artificial “popularity” generated by Fake News & Hollyweird soon dies, but leaves a deep suspicion in the minds of most Americans. Dems are gearing up to make it their Big Platform for 2020, as well as this year. They will lose seats this year, and 2020 will be a GOP landslide. As it should be, for many reasons.

The Lib/Progs ignore the Constitution and the People. It is all about their Agenda, and they only listen to their own propaganda.

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