for the 3rd nine weeks

All A’s

First Grade:  Quinton Callaway, Zeke Gohlke, Kannon Hunt, Colton Zeine
Second Grade:  Jessah Benitez, Kassy Christy, Finley Dworaczyk, Landon Luna, Jocelyn Vallejo.
Third Grade:  Dante Calzada, Angela Nguyen, Brooklynn Vasquez
Fourth Grade:  Huntley Galloway, Zavien Garcia, Aaron Hartman, Easton Lancaster
Fifth Grade:  Kole Goode  Andrea Jaramillo Vazquez
Sixth Grade: Anamika Brown, Ryan Gohlke, Trace Myers, Isaiah Ochoa, Symone Smith.
Seventh Grade:  Marcos Blanco, Justin Carnes, Phoenix Gordillo, Aiden Robbins, Brooklyn Russell, Tyler Saylors
Eight Grade:  Jeffrey Allred, Journee Boots, Gabriel Cisotto, Boston Dunn, Bradley Eure, Pryncess Few, Caleigh Lackey, Anna Nguyen, Ava Salazar, Evelyn Scroggins, Karley Sexton Mohon,
Kiley,Sexton Mohon

A/B Honor Roll

First Grade:  Adaline Adame, Zane Henning, Leon Odell,
Xyler Quintanilla, Lane Saylors, Olivia Smith, Mateo Vallejo
Second Grade:  Peyton Blevins, Makayla Caldwell,
Irma-Janeth Claros, Bentley Duque, Frances Odell, Anna Rankin, Alexandria Sanchez, Jolee Wooldridge
Third Grade:  Jaxson Allred, Leilani Lopez, Dalyssa Rendon,
Falen Rivera, Bryton Tanton.
Fourth Grade:  Kaniah Coleman, Crystalline Garner,
Madison Pina, Nicolas Rendon, Peighton Saylors, Jaxon Treumer,  Rylee VanWinkle
Fifth Grade:  Landyn Banda, Thomas Bertrand, Brooklyn Gregory, Helios Ochoa, Braylee Wooldridge
Sixth Grade:  Charlie Ayres, Noah Ayres, Jennifer Barcenas,
Baylee Carnes, Paige Davenport, John Glover, Gilliana Gonzalez,
Kolt Leiker, Brileigh Phillips, Alie Villarreal, Felicity Waghorne,  Jaxon Waghorne
Seventh Grade:  Layla Banda, Etta Daigle, Isaiah Flint,
Gavin Gonzalez, Isrrael Jaramillo, Holley McGill, Emma Quintanilla, Payten Rivera, Cristian Ruiz, Audrey Scroggins, Lamar Williams, Cami Zissa
Eighth Grade:  Jasenia Adame, Juan Banda, Christopher Barcenas, Gaige Cady, Saige Carter, Kaden Compagnari, Brennan Gregory, Preslei Haden, Talen Henson, Riley Saylors, Kailey Treumer

The Calhoun County Republican Club will be honoring our two Republican Club scholarship recipients, on Monday, May 6, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Each year the Republican Club awards two scholarships to graduating CHS students. Join us in celebrating their accomplishments. Also, the Republican Club sponsored a day at the Capitol for approximately 40 students from CHS and Hope High School. We will have a report from some of the participants.
A catered meal is available with a reservation for $12 beginning at 5:00 pm. Please call (361)552-6313 to RSVP for the dinner. This meeting is open to the public. Email CCRCLUB@proton.me for more information.
Location:  Drifters Hall 5287 Fm 3084, Port Lavaca, TX .

The May meeting for Calhoun County Democratic Club will be held Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at the Calhoun County Library, in the community room, 200 W Mahan St., Port Lavaca.
Social/potluck is at 5.30 pm and the meeting starts at 6 pm.
Got questions? Concerned about democracy? Come and join us.

You can RSVP for out monthly meetings here:
mobilize.us/calhouncountydemocrats/event/457242/
More info: CalhounTXDemocrats.org

Making Changes

They say there are certain kinds of wisdom that comes with both age and experience, and although the word ‘wisdom’ seems like we are talking about some mystical and mysterious knowledge, there is indeed a correlation between living through something and knowing how to better handle it.

For the last few years (if not before then too but in a very muddled mind state), I’ve tried wherever I can to try and guide and help anyone I can from the knowledge I do have, not to be better or be a show off but to genuinely help because I’ve had many dark days and dark moods (still do) and I wish someone would have helped me.

However, if I’m totally honest with myself, some people did try to help, I was just too full of the thoughts, patterns, and unneeded survival skills from the years of abuse and bullying that I could not see ‘help’ if it was right in front of my face.

That is part of the difficulty of making changes, it has to come from the inside out.

Whether it be quitting a habit or starting a better one, changing behavior or changing your skill set, you have to really want to do it, your will must be strong to accomplish anything like the above and honestly most of the time it is the hardest part of any change you can make
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It is not easy and I don’t think anyone has any special or secret method for waking that part of an individual up inside.

Usually it happens after enough negative experiences push us in a direction of improvement but one can get locked just as easily into being down instead of hopeful.

I wish I had the secret formula to pass out but it doesn’t work like that, everybody has a different path to open up that door.

To me you also have to leave behind a lot of things to get there too because life is hard in a different way for everyone on the planet even those with massive advantages over others.

If there is something about your own thoughts, behaviors, or path that is eating at you it is best to really try and figure out why it is there and if you really need it anymore in your headspace especially if it does not do anything for you and even worse just brings up negative emotions.

Again, there is no magic formula but the best part about the things you let go is it is free to do and takes nothing more than thinking and doing.

Like all things worth doing it can be difficult and you may stumble or even fall a few times while making the changes but failure is always the best teacher and getting up every time you fall is the simplest recipe for success in almost any endeavor.

This column is dedicated to a friend I know would benefit from this work and I know he is capable of it, here’s hoping this column inspires him to really dig in and do it and be okay with falling off the horse as long as he’s always willing to jump back into the saddle and give taming it another shot time after time.

You got this if you want this, truly.

We were so pleased to be a part of the wonderful Easter Sunrise Service! It was delightful for us to see people we see only at this annual event and meet people who are present every year, It has been suggested to me that we plan more sunrise services on other occasions, and it is my contention that anytime we can come together to praise the Lord is a good time. Who knows what will be planned in the future!

The Chapel has been busy with several projects, some of which will be happening in the coming weeks. Next week, we are hosting 35 students from a Christian organization on the campus of Sam Houston in Huntsville. They will be arriving on Friday evening, and many will spend the weekend with us. It has been a challenging year for these students, and we want to make the weekend a very special one. The morning services on April 24 will be dedicated to them and they will be leading both the Bible Study time at 10:00 a.m. and the Morning Service which begins at 11:00 a.m. We will follow the morning activities with a special Chapel Fellowship Meal, and everyone is welcomed.

Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are always special at the Chapel. Each mother present on May 12 will be honored with a special gift, and every dad present on June 16 will receive a unique gift with our men in mind! Both Mother’s and Father’s Day celebrations will be great family events, and we encourage family to come and sit together.

We are having several groups who are booking our Retreat Center for special events. The facilities have been dedicated to assist families and church groups in developing the loving relationships that a retreat will foster.

We are gearing up for the fishing tournaments, where we glean fish to be provided to needy families in our community and our Warrior’s Weekend where we assist in providing the Saturday morning meal for our soldiers. We continue providing food from the Pantry for families who are facing the hardships of life in our community, because of the generous donations of our special Port O’Connor family.

Pastor Joane is continuing her series with messages from all the books of the Bible. She has called it “Route 66”, and we are learning so much about the Holy Scriptures. She has a unique way of presenting the stories and truths from the different Books that want us to hear more. She is presently ministering from Ezekiel and will be headed to Daniel in the next few weeks.

Fisherman’s Chapel is an interdenominational congregation, planted to help people in our area to have a greater personal relationship with our Lord. One will always find a warm welcome here. Please see the listing on page 6 of this issue for our service times. All are welcomed and urged to “Come Grow With Us”.

Fisherman’s Chapel
Chili Cook-Off Winners
Steve Linney, First Place; Erny McDonough, Third Place;
Kyle Hay, Second Place

Cook-Off Judges
Joyce Rhyne, Jessica Diercks, Bruce Bottger