The Bear by Edward A

“A great song should lift your heart, warm the soul and make you feel good.” - Colbie Caillat

Pictured: Colbie Caillat at The Clarion on December 13, 2019

January 5, 2021 The Our 27th Year of Publishing FREE (979) 849-5407 WhenFollow us onthe Facebook music to find returns PLEASE Weekly out when the music returns.SEE PAGE 16 mybulletinnewspaper.com © 2021 TAKE ONE Bulletin CLARION.BRAZOSPORT.EDU LAKE JACKSON • CLUTE • RICHWOOD • FREEPORT • OYSTER CREEK • JONES CREEK • ANGLETON • DANBURY • ALVIN • WEST COLUMBIA • BRAZORIA • SWEENY My loyal landline phone is now history The bear By Edward A. Forbes “Daaad, you don’t need a land- The Bulletin line that you seldom if ever use.” Czech teddy bear I It was hard on me, but I felt like This from a child who calls occa- I had to do it, even though it made sionally and asks, “Can I come got in Vienna came me sad. I had my landline discon- over and have you fax some things with me to America nected. for me?” By John Toth After 50 years of having it, I found Or the occasional friend coquett- The Bulletin that it just makes economic sense ishly batting eyes: “Could you I was going through some photos to part our separate ways. download, print and fax this 5,000- I scanned a long time ago and came It seems to be irrational to expe- page document for me?” upon a picture of a teddy bear, a rience a sense of loss over a device It seems that there are still diaper girl and a little boy. whose only function over the past lawyers, doctors and some busi- The toddler sat next to the bear. few years is to send the occasional nesses that are trapped in the fax They were about the same height fax (yes, I know email has made world and have not kept up with like that. The boy was behind both faxes another piece of those rapidly the current technology. of them. They are my children, disappearing artifacts.) (Continued on Page 10) although now fully grown with careers and lives of their own. The bear is also mine. I still have Ramblings it. I got it when I was 10 years old. We were in Vienna, Austria, starting our new lives in 1966. My mother met an immigrant couple in the apartment complex where we subleased a room. A room was all we needed. That’s all we had back in the old country, Hungary, from where we escaped. John Toth landed in the U.S.A with one suitcase and this bear. Two of the The couple mentioned to her that Toth children are shown posing with it in 1993. they were planning to make a day trip to Czechoslovakia, the country adjacent to Austria, to do some I tried telehealth to save a trip to doctor shopping. Prices there were better there than in Vienna, which was, By Ernie Williamson pandemic, I wanted my upcoming The Bulletin appointment to be a telehealth even back then, a very expensive Telehealth is one industry that is conference. (Continued on Page 8) booming because of the pandemic. I am 73 with an underlying The story of Bubba vs. deer hunters The Center for Disease Control condition so I am cautious about INSIDE THIS ISSUE By Roy Edwards when the University of Houston and Preven- venturing out in The Bulletin was expanding, they purchased tion found that The View from My Seat these virus-in- Frustrating In the mid 1970s, my ex-wife’s Port City Stockyards – the second telehealth visits fected times. A Uncle Ben called and asked if we largest stockyard in Texas. Bubba increased by 154 telehealth confer- technology leads had any plans for Sunday week. and his father bought all the cat- percent during the first months of ence seemed just what the doctor We said no and tle-feed process- Covid-19. ordered. to peachy day were then invited Memories are made of this ing equipment Until recently, I had never had a Prior to the offer from my neurol- SEE PAGE 10 to a family reunion/ and moved it to telehealth appointment. I knew they ogist, I had canceled appointments barbecue at his son-in-law’s cattle the ranch so they could make their were particularly useful for treating with some doctors out of concern ranch outside of Bellville. own feed. common illnesses like colds and about the pandemic. I had also Our religious He explained that this was not When we got to the ranch, we managing chronic illnesses like my postponed some routine diagnostic a gentleman’s weekend ranch, but drove down to a 40-acre lake and spinal cord disorder. (Continued on Page 6) freedoms run one that covered parts of four coun- parked near the pavilion. There So, I was excited when I received ties, and it was an old-timer cowboy were three open pits full of mes- a call from my neurologist’s office facebook.com/ historically deep SEE PAGE 12 working ranch. He also said that (Continued on Page 5) wondering if, because of the thebulletinbrazoriacounty/ Page 2 THE BULLETIN January 5, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Goodness, gracious great balls of lightning In rare circumstances, usually during or after thunderstorms, luminescent electric blue or orange orbs can appear for a few seconds in the sky. While the weather phenomenon has been well documented since antiquity, the physics of ball lightning is not understood. The first spectrometer measure- ment of ball lightning was taken by accident in 2014, during field experi- ments in China. According to a statistical analysis of ball lightning sightings published by the American Physical Society in 1960, just 5% of the world’s population has witnessed ball lightning.

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1911 .45 caliber Colt strapped to the judge called the local Game Deer lease purchase backfires when hunters meet Bubba each right hip, a Bowie knife on Warden (his nephew) and told him (Continued from Page 1) second week of deer season.” cab jacked-up 4 x 4 pick-up truck. each left hip, and me in between. to take me back to the camp site quite coals. The biggest pit had a “To start with, we rotate our cattle The bearded guy got in the driver’s with my toes about six inches and thoroughly check the area to full cow slowly turning on the spit, from pasture to pasture every three seat. The other guy got into the above the floor. They slammed see if there was any more evidence the second pit had two full hogs months, so that no pasture gets back seat and stuck the barrel of open the doors to the first court of law violations he could find.” and the third had a sizable white tail overgrazed. One of our hands told his rifle in my ribs. Now, I may be room that had lights on and “It turned out that these two guys deer turning on it. The covered bar- me that he had spotted some cattle a country boy, but my Mom didn’t approached the judge’s bench.’ had bought a deer lease out of an becue assortments held chickens, in a pasture that we had laid fallow, raise no fool. I kept my mouth shut. “The judge looked down at me ad in a Houston newspaper. The sausage, catfish, and some critters and I told him that I would investi- We took off towards Bellville. These and said, ‘Bubba, what the heck is person who sold the lease did not I could not identify. Iced-down kegs gate the situation. The next morning guys had left all the gaps down, so going on?’” own the land.” and soft drinks were scattered – before breakfast – I decided to we didn’t stop until we got to the “I looked up at him and said, “You know, if those two had around. There were about 200 check the fence between the pas- Bellville Courthouse. They drug me ‘well, Judge, I came in here to file “Howdyed” back and maybe offered people in the area, and more cars tures. That fence was only about a out of the truck, grabbed me under trespass charges on these two me a cup of coffee, I would have were coming in all the time. mile long, so I decided to walk the my armpits and started up the guys.’ “They lowered me to the gone on down the fence line, and I was introduced to Bubba. He fence line to check for broken wire, courthouse stairs.” ground – gently.” they would have had a good day.” was a small man, about 40 years a fallen tree, or whatever allowed “Picture this scene – two great big “The judge instructed the Bailiff, (Write Roy in care of The Bulletin. Email: old. He was thin – but all muscle the cattle to move into the adjacent guys, a deer rifle slung over each his cousin, to confiscate the rifles, [email protected]. Snail mail: The and sinew. Bubba wore a sweat- pasture. The sun had not come up right shoulder, a semi-automatic the pistols, and the knives. Then, Bulletin, PO Box 2426, Angleton TX, 77516.) stained Stetson, a long-sleeved yet. western shirt and well-worn boots. “About halfway down the fence His jeans were held up by a wide line, I came upon two guys sitting belt and a five-pound silver and gold at a campfire. I said ‘Howdy’ and belt buckle. A gold bucking bull was started down the fence line. These at the center of the buckle sur- two guys jumped up and drew rounded by “Champion Bull Rider”. down on me with their deer rifles. He shook my hand. After I They started cussing at me, calling counted my fingers to make sure me every name in the book plus a I still had all of them, we sat down few they made up on the spot. Both and started talking. During the con- guys were big – over six-foot-two. versation, he said: “Let me tell you Then they grabbed me and put what happened to me last fall, the me into the back seat of their crew Page 6 THE BULLETIN January 5, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Telehealth has advantage over driving to doctor’s office Pandemic is boosting toy industry (Continued from Page 1) regular appointment had gone in the slam into the extended ramp … or Leslie Patton amid the coronavirus pandemic. tests. past. It may sound familiar. run over me. I would then have to Bloomberg News (TNS) But after schools closed, parents I only kept appointments when I I allotted at least three hours for explain to the parking attendant how After a terrible year of remote needed things to occupy their kids knew the doctor and his staff had my neurology appointments. Little my van’s hand controls worked. school, canceled birthday parties while they worked from home, and taken every possible precaution. of that time was spent with the Time: 15 minutes (and 10 dollars.) and little vacationing, parents and purchases rebounded. But even in these offices I noticed neurologist. Next, I proceed to the doctor’s grandparents ridden with so-called Through the first three quarters of how patient after patient would To get started, I would load my waiting room where I am asked the “COVID guilt” are spending a lot the year, industry revenue surged handle the same pen signing in. wheelchair and my paraplegic questions we all get all the time. more on puzzles, crafts and games. 19%, according to researcher NPD I told you I was cautious. body into my ramp van, then battle Have you been out of the country And this is setting up the U.S. Group. And Foreman predicts that I gladly accepted my neurologist’s SH-288 traffic from Pearland to the recently? industry for its best Christmas in demand will stay elevated through offer for a virtual visit. I was given Med Center. Time: 30 minutes … on Have you had a headache, sore years—and maybe ever. the first half of next year as Ameri- instructions and told to log in 15 a good day. throat or fever? “I’ve been in the toy industry for cans keep social distancing until the minutes before my 11 a.m. appoint- Upon arrival, I would get in line for Are there any changes to your 30 years, and sales are just about vaccine is widespread. ment. valet parking, deploy the ramp and prescriptions? as good as I’ve ever seen them,” Since the end of March, toy- Before I describe the virtual roll out, all the while hoping other Do you have your insurance card said Jay Foreman, chief executive maker stocks have had huge appointment, let me describe how a cars in the tight quarters wouldn’t and driver’s license? officer of closely held toymaker rallies. Mattel, Spin Master and I would spend the rest of the time Basic Fun. Retail purchases of his Funko have all more than doubled, in the waiting area reading the latest company’s toys, including Tonka compared to a 44% for the the S&P news on my phone or trying to avoid trucks, have been up more than 500. Meanwhile, Hasbro has risen people I suspected of being Covid- 30% since August and show no only 30%, somewhat held back by 19 carriers. Time: 45 minutes. signs of slowing down, he said. its licenses with Disney and Marvel I am then moved to an examina- Earlier in the year, it looked like tying it to the struggling movie tion room where I would read some the toy industry would be in for industry. outdated magazines while waiting another tumultuous period. Sales Barbie-doll maker Mattel reported for the doctor. Time: 30 minutes. fell in 2018 and 2019 and were sales that outpaced estimates last HAPPY HOUR My doctor is always late. That flat in the first three months of the quarter — and says toy buying isn’t MARGARITAS doesn’t bother me because he year, as retailers shuttered stores letting up. 3-7 PM DAILY is conscientious. He takes his time answering my questions and performs some simple neurological tests to make sure my spinal cord #1 #2 disorder is not regressing. Time: 30 101 Clements St 116 E. Plantation minutes. Angleton, Texas 77515 Clute, Texas 77531 By the time I retrace my route back home it’s been three hours ... (979) 849-3308 (979) 265-2220 easy. For comparison, here’s how my telehealth visit went: 2 BBQ Sitting in the comfort of my own 2 BBQ BAKED home with a couple cats at my SANDWICH side, I signed in as instructed. I was POTATOES directed to a virtual waiting room. COMBOS WITH All the paperwork had been done the day before on the phone. DRINK, FRIES The neurologist, surprisingly, $ 99 appeared on my computer screen 12 only five minutes late. He answered $ 99 a couple of my questions, watched 14 as I performed the usual neurological tests and then said “See you again in six months.” Thanks, I thought. Let’s make it virtual again. Total time: 35 minutes. No 288. No parking adventures. No crowded waiting room. And, most importantly, no Covid- DINE-IN . TAKE-OUT . DRIVE-THRU 19. PRESENT COUPON AT TIME OF PURCHASE (Ernie Williamson welcomes reader input. Please contact Ernie CALL US FOR YOUR NEXT CATERING at [email protected]. Or, send letters in care of The Bulletin, 1205 E. Mulberry, Angleton PO Box 2426, Angleton, TX. 77516) Call (979) 864-3666 or visit mywildwestbbq.com www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 January 5, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 7 threw 100,000 pitches that traveled, Galvin was born poor, and after Of 3 Christmas baby hall of famers, Galvin stands out once struck, 6,000 miles. a series of post-baseball failures More than a century after his the included umpiring, laying pipe, By Joe Guzzardi completely detail Galvin’s life and called in the late 19th century, loved death, Galvin was suddenly back construction and tavern ownership, Special to The Bulletin career “would be a task of time and the pitching ace and slick-fielding, in baseball’s news. Researching he died penniless in 1902 at age 45 Of the 42 Major League baseball would ... require a volume in size 5-foot-8, 190-pound Pud. Galvin’s his 2007 book “The Dark Side of from chronic gastritis. Forgotten for players born on Dec. 25, three are almost equal to the dictionary.” 1883 and 1884 seasons showed the Diamond: Gambling, Violence, decades, Galvin entered the Hall enshrined in Cooperstown’s Hall of Galvin was baseball’s first 300- why the fans admired him. But by Drugs and Alcoholism in the of Fame in 1965. Galvin’s plaque Fame. game winner, but also its first 300- 1885 Galvin, injured and over- National Pastime,” Roger I. Abrams emphasizes that his durability and First on the list is fan-favorite game loser. A worked, lost his discovered that Galvin was one of strong constitution in the two-man Chicago White Sox’ second base- quick glance magical mound baseball’s first performance-en- starter era allowed him to take his man and defensive specialist Nellie at his pitch- touch. Buffalo’s hancing drug users. regular turn and pitch deep into the Fox, who played in every game ing statistics front office sold Abrams found an 1889 Washing- game. from 1953 to 1959. Because of his explains why Galvin to the ton Post story that reported that a At the Hall of Fame ceremony, excellent bat control, Fox, with his “Gentle Jeems,” Allenghenys, and Pittsburgh medical college included Walter Galvin, one of Pud’s two ever-present tobacco chew bulging as Galvin was sent him off with Galvin as one of its subjects who living children from among the 11 out of his cheek, struck out only 216 also known, had a brutal farewell: took the Brown-Sequard elixir that siblings born to Bridget Griffin and times in 10,351 plate appearances. so many highs “We couldn’t lose contained monkey testosterone. the inductee, spoke to the crowd. Second comes 25-year-career and lows. In any more games However, modern-day medical Walter, then 78, simply said to the stolen-base and runs-scored leader single seasons, if a pitcher were scientists, who debunked the elixir’s assembled guests, “I thank you for Rickey Henderson, who from 1979 Galvin notched taken from the alleged enhancing qualities in 2002, remembering him. You waited a to 2003 played for nine teams, most seven 20-game grand stand.” maintained that Galvin’s one-time long time to catch up with the old notably the Oakland Athletics. or more wins; he Galvin then use of the unproven concoction gent.” The third Christmas baby has also racked up entered into a shouldn’t taint his otherwise spot- (Contact Joe Guzzardi at jguz- the most eye-popping statistics but 46 wins twice, period of ineffec- less reputation. [email protected]) is nearly forgotten: pitcher James and 30 games tiveness that, by Francis Galvin, who broke in with once. On the 1892, ended his the 1875 St. Louis Brown Stockings flip side, Galvin career. but spent most of his career with the lost 20 or more After his retire- National Association Buffalo Bisons nine times and ment, a Sporting and the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, later 35 games once. Life reader sum- renamed the Pirates. To reach those marized Galvin’s In his 15 years as an early highs and lows, monumental Dead Ball-era superstar, Galvin’s Galvin pitched career in a letter accomplishments defy chronicling. 6,003 innings, and completed 646 to the editor. The crank wrote that, In his Society for American Baseball of his 688 starts. Galvin also tossed by his calculation, Galvin pitched Research essay titled “Pud Galvin,” professional baseball’s first perfect in front of 800,000 fans, traveled Charles Hausberg cited a Pittsburgh game. 112,000 miles or about four and a Gazette reporter who wrote that to Buffalo cranks, as fans were half times the earth’s circumference, The Palms of Lake Jackson

2 BR’s Starting at $725 Our community with its resort-style swimming pool and beautiful landscaping offers a relaxing oasis just steps from your door. We’re still leasing Take a self-guided tour Page 8 THE BULLETIN January 5, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Library announces photo contest winners Bear traveled with me thoughout my life’s adventures (Continued from Page 1) The Brazoria County Library System thanks all of the teens who partici- revolution. Airport in New York City in 1967, city in which to live. pated in the Teen Photo Contest. Many amazing photos were submitted by At 10, I was more interested in we went to get our baggage - two Czechoslovakia at the time the very talented teen photographers of Brazoria County. race car playing cards and our new suitcases and the bear. That’s how was behind the Iron Curtain, but The Teen Photography Contest was for ages 12-17 and ran from Nov. AM transistor radio. But the gift was we started our new lives in the U.S. relatively unbothered by Russia, 1-30. There were 213 submissions. All of the entries are still viewable on meant to be symbolic. It was some- The bear has moved with me which invaded Hungary in 1955 Biblioboard, a digital showcase which can be found under the eBranch tab thing my mother always wanted to everywhere. It sat on my bed all the and then occupied it. The Czechs on the main Brazoria County Library System website. do when I was younger, but couldn’t way through school and college, were allowed to conduct private There were 3 themes for which contestants could submit a photo: afford it. and it made the trip out to Texas enterprise to a certain extent. A Nature/Landscape, Animals, and People. One day I came back to our room with me. lot of Austrians traveled there to The winners are: Animals – Sleepy Cat, Eric H., 17; People (tie) – after playing in the yard with other When I noticed that it was losing bargain-shop. Gemini, Sydney B., 14, and Goal Focus, Angelina U., 12; kids in the complex, and mother its youthful exterior and that its The Russians invaded Czecho- Landscape/Nature – Cascading Light, Water and Life, Lyndon S.,15. was grinning from ear to ear. joints were becoming problematic, slovakia in 1968, which changed The runners-up are: Animal – Roseate Spoonbill, Sheila Y., 14; On my bed sat the teddy bear. I I put it in a plastic bag and placed all that. People – Under Cover, Mari W., 12; Landscape/Nature – Dandelion, flipped out and hugged it. It made it on a closet shelf, where it stays We were not about to step a foot Rebekah S., 13. a soft growling sound when it until I show it to whoever is inter- outside of Austria, where we were The Grand Prizes are a Canon Ivy Photo mini printer, extra printing was moved. I was on the verge of ested in hearing the story about my given temporary asylum. But others paper, and National Geographic’s Photo Basics. Runners-up will receive crying, but big boys don’t do that, bear. were braver and went shopping in the book from National Geographic as well as BCLS promotional items. so I held it in. It still makes a noise, but you can the Czech border towns. The Library congratulates everyone who participated in this first photog- I loved that bear, even more than tell that it’s no spring chicken. My mother asked the couple to raphy contest. the transistor radio, which is a lot After I saw that photo of the kids bring back a stuffed bear for me, Please follow the Brazoria County Library System’s social media to say because I really was drawn and the bear, I had to remove it and she would reimburse them for accounts to stay up-to-date on future programs and contests. to the little radio we bought in the from the closet and show it off, this the cost. first supermarket I had ever seen. time to my younger son, who did We actually had some spare It was tuned to a station in Vienna not remember the bear or that I cash to spend on things like that, that played mostly classical music, took that picture. which was something new for my although at night it also reached And, of course, he was subjected mother, who had struggled all her Budapest. to the full story of the 54-year-old life trying to make ends meet, The bear made it to the United stuffed bear, not the abbreviated as well as surviving WWII and a States. When we landed at JFK version you read here. Quinn on Nutrition: What makes bones stronger, weaker? Barbara Quinn vitamins C and K, magnesium and alcohol moderately, if at all. (Too Monterey Herald (TNS) potassium. In other words, the best much holiday cheer is bad for the Reader B.M. writes: “I was diet to build and support strong bones.) Limit your intake of coffee, recently diagnosed with severe bones is one that provides the right tea or other caffeine-containing bev- osteoporosis. I’ve tried to eat well balance of foods from the five major erages to no more than 3 servings and stay active my whole life (I’m 73 nutrient groups — dairy or other a day. now). Is there anything I can do to calcium-rich foods, protein sources, Pay special attention to your cal- slow or reverse this?” fruits, vegetables and whole grains. cium and vitamin D intake. Men 71 Dear B.M.: Here’s the sober Even with the best diet and exer- years of age and older need 1200 news: As we age, our bones tend cise plan, however, other conditions milligrams of calcium a day from to become less dense and lose can rob strength from your bones. food and supplements combined. strength. Osteoporosis or “porous If you’ve had stomach surgery, for (One cup of milk, for example, bones” happens when this loss instance, or have diabetes or celiac provides about 300 milligrams of of bone density becomes severe. disease, you have a higher risk for calcium.) Unless your physician According to the National Osteo- developing osteoporosis. advises a higher dose, men and porosis Foundation (nof.org), one Certain medications can also women over the age of 50 need 800 in every two women and up to one weaken bones, especially if taken to 1000 IU’s of vitamin D daily, from in every four men over the age of in excess, says the NOF. These food and/or supplements. 50 will break a bone due to this include steroids such as predni- Stay active! A recent study that disease. sone, antacids that contain alumi- included almost 900 men and Age is not the only factor related num, proton pump inhibitors such as women in your age category con- to bone health, however. You’re Nexium®, Prevacid® and Prilosec® firmed, not surprisingly, that those smart to eat well and stay physi- and excessive doses of thyroid who spent less time sitting around cally active. Our skeletal structure hormones. and more time being physically About Brazoria County Library System (BCLS) requires a plethora of essential What can you do? First talk to active had significantly better bone BCLS is a dynamic system of libraries providing convenient access to nutrients to maintain strength and your medical provider. Some treat- mass than their couch potato coun- quality and popular resources to meet the educational and recreational flexibility. And regular exercise ments and medications can slow or terparts. needs of Brazoria County residents of all ages. There are 12 libraries in helps pump those nutrients into our help reverse bone loss. (Barbara Quinn is a registered the system, located in the following cities: Alvin, Angleton, Brazoria, Clute, bones. Choose foods every day from dietitian and certified diabetes Danbury, Freeport, Lake Jackson, Manvel, Pearland (2), Sweeny, and In addition to calcium and vitamin all nutrient groups. Eat a variety of educator affiliated with Community West Columbia. Visit the library online at bcls.lib.tx.us D, bones are nourished with protein, colorful fruits and vegetables. Drink Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.) www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 January 5, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 9 the launch of the Hayabusa 2 from with the Mascot lander developed in Asteroid samples safely back on Earth, probe found Japan. cooperation with the French space Hayabusa 2 is now due to set agency CNES. By Lars Nicolaysen that is 4.6 billion years old. That material, such as amino acids, off for another near-Earth asteroid, “This is a historic moment for dpa (TNS) is from the earliest ages of the which could be “the source of life on which it should reach in around 10 space research,” said Anke Kayss- TOKYO — After a space trip of solar system, the mission man- Earth,” Yoshikawa said. It is possi- years. er-Pyzalla, chief executive of the more than 3 million miles, a capsule ager, Makoto Yoshikawa of Jaxa, ble that similar asteroids impacted A predecessor model of Hay- DLR. released by the Japanese space explained earlier in the week. with our planet once and in that way abusa 2 brought soil samples from Japan’s Jaxa space agency probe Hayabusa 2, containing the The capsule will not be opened brought water to Earth. an asteroid to Earth for the first time plans to make some of the samples first eagerly awaited samples from in Australia, but is to be brought to The spectacular landing maneu- in 2010. available to NASA and, in 2022, to below the surface of an asteroid, Japan for analysis starting in June. ver marks the end of a mission The German Aerospace Centre researchers in other countries. The has landed on Earth. The probe had collected samples that began in December 2014 with (DLR) also took part in the project, DLR is also planning investigations. “We found the capsule! Together from the surface of the asteroid with the parachute! Wow!” read a Ryugu and, for the first time, from tweet from the Japanese space an area below the surface of an agency Jaxa after a helicopter team asteroid. found it in the Woomera desert of Researchers hope the analysis Australia. of the samples will help them trace The capsule successfully the origins of the solar system. They detached from the probe at a dis- have noted that it is a carbon-inten- tance of 136,000 miles above the sive asteroid and that past studies Earth as it began its return, Jaxa of it indicated the possible presence said. of water. It contains collected material It could also contain organic Young alligators can regrow their tails By Theresa Braine also differs from the original tail’s New York Daily News (TNS) structure and from other animals’ Alligators can regrow their tails, regeneration methods. according to a new study. “The regrown skeleton was Researchers have discovered surrounded by connective tissue that the reptiles, which date back and skin but lacked any skeletal to dinosaur days and can grow 14 muscle,” Kenro Kusumi, co-senior feet long or more, can regenerate study author and professor and themselves — not unlike geckos, or director of ASU’s School of Life the tuatara of New Zealand. Sciences, and associate dean in The team from Arizona State the College of Liberal Arts and University and the Louisiana Sciences, told CNN. Lizard tails do Department of Wildlife and Fisheries regenerate with skeletal muscle, discovered that young alligators Kusumi explained. have the ability to regrow their “What makes the alligator inter- tails up to three-quarters of a foot, esting, apart from its size, is that the or 18% of their total body length, regrown tail exhibits signs of both according to a study published this regeneration and wound healing week in Scientific Reports. within the same structure,” said The interdisciplinary team used study lead author Cindy Xu in the advanced imaging technology to researchers’ statement. explore whether alligators share any The newfound ability also raises of the same regenerative capabili- other questions, such as when the ties as much smaller reptiles, they modern version of our contemporary said in a statement. They discov- dinosaur equivalent split from its ered the answer was yes, though prehistoric predecessors. with limits. “The ancestors of alligators and For one thing, only young alliga- dinosaurs and birds split off around tors can do it. For another, unlike 250 million years ago,” Kusumi said amphibians, the alligators can’t cut in the researchers’ statement. “Our off their own appendages when finding that alligators have retained threatened. Gator limb losses occur the cellular machinery to regrow in fights over territory, cannibalism complex tails while birds have lost from larger gators, or damage that ability raises the question of from interactions with human- when during evolution this ability made items, such as motor blades, was lost. Are there fossils out there according to Science Alert. of dinosaurs, whose lineage led to The regenerative property modern birds, with regrown tails? COLOR

Page 10 THE BULLETIN January 5, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Frustrating technology leads to a peachy kind of day Landline: Economics trumps nostalgia By Shirley Prihoda jump up and shout something, pref- stand the purpose of speaking the (Continued from Page 1) When my daughter started driv- The Bulletin erably religious since I felt the Red truth is not to leave you bleeding These are not the reasons ing, her car came with a cell phone Today has been a day! I had to Sea had just parted. I restrained with a gaping wound far worse however that I had such a hard so she could call me when she get a new phone, and that was myself for fear any movement on than what you came with. Truth time turning loose of that landline. had an emergency or needed help, the easy part. All the info on my my part may take me back to the was never meant to be used as a It was the emergency night number but not to call friends. The reliable old phone is stored on iCloud, and dark screen, where I feel certain weapon. We’re all on the journey of for my business for many years. landline remained intact, although believe me, that was the hard part. Darth Vader lives. learning how to do life together. There were those patients/friends its use began declining. The local AT&T store does not I sat there and looked at that For me, doing life always that would call asking for advice or “Senior citizens can get a phone download it for you, and that left one picture as if I had just given involves food, doesn’t everything! just to catch up with our comings for as low as $15 a month,” I was me, a semi-brain-lacking techno birth; when by chance I looked at Well, for me, it does. and goings. told. I qualified, but the lowest I person trying to the bottom of the Cooking is my version of a “Love This was also the line that noti- was ever quoted was $30. After restore all the CHASING THE CREATOR screen, and it Language.” When I’m faced with fied me of family emergencies and all the up-sells, it wound up at $79 data myself. My read “1 of 539.” the need for a “go-to” food to take achievements. “I’m in labor, and a month. Thus, we came to the home Wi-Fi kept shutting down, so Somewhere around 121 the eupho- to an event, it’s always Peach we need to get to the hospital.” reality that I was spending money I I went where most people need- ria was gone, and the epidural had Cake. This ignited a fast trip to the could use elsewhere on something ing free Wi-Fi go: McDonald’s… worn off. There was nothing left Peach Cake Clear Lake Hospital in 1982. I rarely used or needed. at lunchtime. On a good day, the except endurance as I watched the 1 Large can (28 oz) Peaches, After making the run eight times, I Still, it was like losing an old noise level is simulated airplane screen, sort of like a fetal monitor drained and mashed could make it in 30 to 40 minutes friend or putting an elderly family take offs; however, today was not as it begins the climb, and then the 2 Cups Flour up Hwy. 35 to Alvin, around the pet down. A great deal of nostalgia one of those good days. descent, again and again. 2 Cups Sugar bypass to NASA 1 (or was it FM is involved. I could not get the restore button After what seemed like days, the 2 Teaspoons Baking Soda 528 back then?) with two lanes all I am not ashamed to admit that to work and got tech help on the final gray square filled with color, Combine the above ingredients the way. I’m a sentimental man. I cry over phone. I couldn’t hear, so I stepped and I stood, proudly. I walked to the in a large bowl. Mix well. Don’t get This was the line we used to call sad movies and events. Turning outside. Did I mention that McDon- podium where the salesman was out the electric mixer, just mix it the family and notify them of my loose of things reminds me that we ald’s is next to the freeway? I feel standing, and gave him a victory with a spoon until well blended. daughter’s arrival, the death of my are getting older. But I’m not going certain the tech lady on the other salute, and looked for my gold I know at this point you’re won- father, the birth of my son in 1984. down without a fight. end of the line was not having her medal. The good ol’ Star Spangled dering how these four ingredients This was the line of communication Now, how do I get rid of the best day, either! After repeated Banner wasn’t playing, and I didn’t can make a cake! Where are the that we used to share the highs “thingy” that the wall phone in my failures, mine, and the tech lady, I win the gold, but I walked out of eggs? Where is the oil or butter? and lows of our lives. kitchen hung on? ended up back across the freeway that door feeling like a winner! What about milk; every cake has I eventually converted to a cell (Edward Forbes wants to at AT&T with a pitiful look on my Life is a journey and not a milk of some sort. Just trust me phone, but it was only for emer- hear from you. Email him at face, and trembling hands. Appar- destination. It’s full of ups and for the moment. Remember, it’s a gencies, or if I was “out of pocket.” [email protected] or send ently, I looked successfully pitiful, downs, and some days you just journey. We progressed from the crude comments by snail mail to The because the man who sold me the have to hang on, eat cake, and take Pour the batter into a 13x9 phones with Houston Cellular to Bulletin, PO Box 2426, Angleton phone two hours earlier left his cus- comfort in Matthew 24:35 - “Heaven baking dish that has been sprayed Cingulair and eventually AT&T. TX. 77516.) tomer and rushed to my side. and earth will pass away, but My with vegetable spray. Bake at 350° In bumbling speech, I poured words will by no means pass away.” for 35-40 minutes, or until the top is DID YOU KNOW? out the whole past two hours. He Finding comfort in life’s journey is brown. Cool completely, and then • Some people wear adult diapers while celebrating New Year at Times gently pried the phone from my an important thing. In East Texas, cover with the topping. Square due to the lack of toilets. hands and led me to a bench. He we called that our “go to.” Topping • Until 2006, the Space Shuttle never flew on New Year’s day or eve punched two, maybe three, buttons It may be a friend who has a way ¾ Cup Sugar because its computers couldn’t handle a year rollover. and said, “Sit here until this line of speaking the words of God just 1 Cup Pet Evaporated Milk (Pet • Beethoven’s 9th Symphony was introduced to Japan by German POWs goes across the screen.” I sat. The when we need it, and in a way that has a different flavor, and it does in WWI (who played it for them), and it is now a national tradition to perform screen flickered a couple of times, heals, and offers hope at the same make a difference) 1 Stick Butter; it every New Year’s. and my picture icon popped up, and time. Too often, I have found hope (Don’t put margarine into your body. one picture appeared! I was beside and healing to be a missing part in It does things we can’t talk about THE myself with excitement. I wanted to some Christians. They don’t under- here!) 1 Cup Coconut 1 Cup Pecans SPACE Combine the first four ingredients in a saucepan and lightly boil until PLACE the mixture thickens. I’m not talking pancake-batter thick, or you would Thank you, Angleton be stirring all day. It should take about 8-10 minutes. Remove from Come rent a space at our place! heat and add 1 cup pecans. Pour immediately over cooled cake. 1/2 OFF Some days you just need a “go- First Month's Rent to” cake! (To contact Shirley, please send With This Ad emails to [email protected] 2370 E. Mulberry or write to The Bulletin, PO Box Angleton To advertise in The Bulletin, call 979-849-5407 2426, Angleton, Tx. 77516) 979-848-1400 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 January 5, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 11

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Page 12 THE BULLETIN January 5, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Feake and Clark paid a heavy drafted them, but the path to those History shows our passion for religious freedom runs deep price for this act of conscience: freedoms was paved by ordinary Katharine C. Gorka were persecuted, in some cases drafted, known as the Flushing They were imprisoned and fined. citizens, such as the 30 who signed The Heritage Foundation (TNS) even executed. They sought safety Remonstrance, survives as one But their spirit of resistance pre- the Flushing Remonstrance. Christmas 2020 was a Christmas in the New World. One Quaker of the most beautiful and inspiring vailed. Eventually the Dutch West As we wait to be allowed to like no other in our nation’s history. named Robert Hodgson began to statements of the American spirit. India Company ordered Stuyvesant return to our churches and syn- Thousands of churches across the preach to crowds in New Nether- In rejecting the prohibition to “allow everyone to have his own agogues, we should remember country were shuttered, others had land (today, New York), but for that against receiving or entertaining belief.” A little over 100 years later, that small band of 30 citizens in to hold services outdoors or restrict was arrested and flogged. Peter Quakers, the signatories of the the right to freedom of belief was Flushing, New York, and remind capacity indoors. Families were not Stuyvesant, director general of New Flushing Remonstrance stated: codified in the Bill of Rights. Indeed, ourselves that the American com- allowed to gather for the holiday. Netherland, subsequently forbade “We desire therefore in this case we tend to think of Thomas Jeffer- mitment to liberty depends fully on Many Americans are rightly upset people from allowing Quakers into not to judge least we be judged, son as the father of our freedoms the love for liberty each one of us that the freedom to worship — the their towns or giving them shelter in neither to condemn least we be for having inspired the Bill of Rights, holds and the lengths we are willing foundational American freedom — their homes. condemned, but rather let every or James Madison for having to go to uphold it. has been curtailed. For some, it felt On Dec. 27, 1657, Tobias man stand or fall to his own Master as if we gave up without a fight, and Feake, the sheriff of Vlissingen, … that what is now gone will be lost New Netherland (today known “Therefore if any of these said Believing in Christ is base for strong marriage forever. But the past tells a different as Flushing, New York), and the persons come in love unto us, we story. town clerk, Edward Clark, drafted cannot in conscience lay violent Based on the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham A new sect of believers had a petition calling for acceptance hands upon them, but give them Q: My generation is being told Just as leprosy separated emerged in England in the 1650s: of the beliefs of others and their free egresse and regresse unto our that if we obtain money, posses- people from society, the Bible the Religious Society of Friends, right to accept Quakers into their Town, and houses, as God shall sions and power, we’ll be equipped teaches that sin separates us from derisively referred to as Quakers, towns and homes. They persuaded persuade our consciences, for we for success. My parents have God. The Bible says all of us have for their belief that people should 28 of their fellow citizens to stand are bounde by the law of God and attained all of these, but their mar- sinned (Romans 3:23). We have “tremble at the word of the Lord.” with them in signing the petition. man to doe good unto all men and riage fell apart, and our home life a disease that’s constantly eating They were considered radicals and More importantly, the petition they evil to noe man.” was destroyed. While these things away at us and has destroyed our certainly help alleviate stress, why relationship with God. That’s the do so many really believe that reason we can’t find fulfillment in Can A Saved Person Fall From Grace? these are the keys to living abun- life. That’s the reason we can’t find dantly? - F.F. peace and joy and happiness in The answer to the question which titles this article is: “Yes, a saved person can fall from A: It’s true that if money, pos- life. We search for it, but because grace.” However, John Calvin, famous French false teacher, said: “No, he can’t.” Let’s see sessions and power could bring of sin, we don’t find ultimate joy. which answer is correct. fulfillment, the wealthy and power- What did Naaman do? He real- Paul the apostle said that he buffeted his body daily lest when he had preached to others he ful people would seldom expe- ized his need and his helplessness should be a castaway (1 Corinthians 9:27). Calvin’s disciples say that if one falls from the Lord, rience life crumbling. All people and turned to God. What seemed he was never truly saved to begin with. Yet, here was the apostle Paul, a man absolutely saved by - rich or poor - have something ridiculous to him he did by faith (2 in common; we’ve violated God’s Kings 5). Look to the Lord and be the blood of Jesus Christ, who stated emphatically that he could have fallen from grace. laws. The resulting alienation saved (Isaiah 45:22). The Hebrew writer believed beyond any doubt that one who was saved could fall away. In fact, leaves us empty and unfulfilled Tribune Media Services he warned: “Therefore, we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we until we find peace with God. (Send your queries to “My Answer,” The Bible tells about a man c/o Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evange- drift away” (Hebrews 2:1). Furthermore, he said that Christians could indeed “neglect so great listic Association, 1 Billy Graham Park- a salvation” (vs. 3). He then wrote that those who were “once enlightened,” and had “tasted the who served as a great general way, Charlotte, N.C., 28201; call 1-(877) heavenly gift,” and had “become partakers of the Holy Spirit” and “tasted the good word of God in the Syrian armies. Naaman 2-GRAHAM, or visit the Web site for the had become successful and had Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: and the powers of the age to come” could so apostatize and be so determined in their rejection of everything to live for. But he was www.billygraham.org.) Christ that efforts to restore them would be fruitless (Hebrews 6:4-6). struck with leprosy, a condition that Other New Testament texts teach with equal clarity the possibility of apostasy. Paul said that brought physical disfigurement, those Christians who attempted to be justified by the Law of Moses had “fallen from grace” social rejection, mental depres- (Galatians 5:4). The apostle Peter famously said that an apostate - one who had escaped the sion, and death. pollutions of the world through the knowledge of Jesus Christ, but then becomes entangled in sin Naaman is a picture of all of again - is like “a dog (who) returns to his own vomit, and a sow having washed, to her wallowing us. His leprosy is a picture of sin in our lives - a fatal condition that in the mire” (2 Peter 2:20-22). overshadows all successes and Folks, the evidence is overwhelming. One who has been saved from his sins by the blood of accomplishments. That shadow of Christ can choose to reject that heavenly gift and be eternally lost. John Calvin was wrong. Re- death hangs over every one of us. ject him and his heresy and embrace the truth of God’s word! Please join us this week for a Bible study. The Bible is our only rule of faith and practice. West Columbia Church of Christ 306 E. Jackson St., West Columbia, TX. 77486 Services: Sunday: 9:00 a.m., 9:50 a.m., and 6:00 p.m. • Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. Phone: (979) 583-2175 • Website: http://www.westcolumbiatxcoc.com www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 January 5, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 13 Columbia Christian Senior Citizens Center Menu MR. MORRIS By Rick Brooks 629 E. Bernard, West Columbia, TX, (979) 345-5955 Menu subject to change. Meals served Thursday, Jan. 7: Meatballs & gravy, at 11:30 a.m. Limited seating so please rice, beets, mustard greens, peaches & call ahead. Take-out meals must be cottage cheese, cornbread, dessert. called in by 10:30 a.m. for pickup at 11 Friday, Jan. 8: BBQ Sausage, corn a.m. Meals on wheels available - please casserole, peas, cauliflower, potato call before 9:30 a.m. For low salt/low salad, sliced bread, dessert. sugar meals - call before 8 a.m. Monday, Jan 11: Spaghetti with meat Tuesday, Jan. 5: Jan. Birthday Cele- sauce, carrots, beets, slaw, garlic sticks, bration: Baked chicken, dressing/gravy, dessert. mashed potatoes, green beans, carrot & Tuesday, Jan. 12: Chicken-fried raisin salad, rolls, cake. steak, gravy, zucchini & tomatoes, Wednesday, Jan. 6: Frito pie, pinto cheese potatoes, peaches & cottage CHARMY’S ARMY By Davey Jones beans, carrots, jello, cornbread, dessert. cheese, biscuits, dessert.

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“A great song should lift your heart, warm the soul and make you feel good.” - Colbie Caillat

Pictured: Colbie Caillat at The Clarion on December 13, 2019