August 11, 2020 The Our 27th Year of Publishing FREE (979) 849-5407 PLEASE Weekly © 2020 Bulletin mybulletinnewspaper.com TAKE ONE LAKE JACKSON • CLUTE • RICHWOOD • FREEPORT • OYSTER CREEK • JONES CREEK • ANGLETON • DANBURY • ALVIN • WEST COLUMBIA • BRAZORIA • SWEENY Replacing a I know you want to BEE here, but you’ll have to move Secret Beach II: By Janice R. Edwards wheelchair is not The Bulletin People want to Bees – specifically honeybees. that easy I’ve been living where our electric know where it is By Ernie Williamson company refers to as “the end of By John Toth The Bulletin the earth” for 20 years. Yep, I live The Bulletin I spotted a screw on the living way out in the country. In all that A few weeks ago I wrote about room floor. Another screw and a a “secret beach” that is not really a washer appeared the next day. Memories are made of this secret to anyone living in this area, What was going on? but I didn’t use its name because I It was my wheelchair. It was time, I never thought much about don’t want it to become inundated coming apart. honeybees until recently when with wall-to-wall beachgoers on some very domestic (thank good- summer weekends. The View from My Seat ness) honeybees built quite a hive under our stilt house. My wheelchair company had been It was built out in the open – Ramblings advising me for months that it was hiding in plain sight. time for a new one, but I have been That column generated an inor- For several weeks, visitors told dinate amount of feedback. People reluctant. For those of us who never us bees were swarming downstairs, leave home without it, replacing a wanted to know what beach I was but we thought they meant back by writing about. They wanted to also wheelchair is a monumental deci- where the kayaks were hung on the sion. experience this wonderful place back wall (where a hive was built with plenty of space, no traffic, no Wheelchairs have come a between the siding and the inside long way since the first chair was congestion. After the Memorial Day wall before). Look who just moved in and made themselves comfortable. (Photo by patented in the U.S. in 1869. The weekend traffic jams on roads lead- (Continued on Page 11) Jan Edwards) first steel, lightweight, collapsible ing to popular beaches in this area, wheelchair was invented by two and then getting packed in on the mechanical engineers in 1933. It’s sand like sardines, they were ready now a $2.9 billion market for manual A dad’s guide to surviving beach trip with teen daughters, friends for a different beach experience. I chairs and a $3.9 billion market for By Jase Graves don’t blame them. (Continued on Page 6) Special to The Bulletin “Had the chance to read the Bulle- My wife and I recently accepted tin this week. Oh, did I mention I'm My Dynamic this challenge: a trip to the beach from Upstate New York...lol? I read with our three teenage daughters your article on the "secret beach" and two of their friends. We all and immediately was intrigued. I'm Hammock is ready needed a change of scenery from working up in Fort Bend and a little By Greg Schwem the COVID-19 crisis in our home- in Brazoria County. I desperately Tribune Content Agency town so that we could experience it (Continued on Page 7) Hey, vacationers, are you looking in someone else’s hometown. for some reasonably priced sleeping As the sole representative of accommodations this summer? INSIDE THIS ISSUE the dude denomination in an SUV Somewhere to lay your head without laboring under the strain of enough fear that nasty COVID-19 germs luggage and snacks to supply the BATTLING THE are festering beneath you? A place next SpaceX mission, I couldn’t where you can peacefully slumber help but take a few notes-to-self for CORONAVIRUS as long as you’re up by 5:30 a.m. to future forgetting. avoid getting drenched by an under- First, when traveling with a group Churches deliver ground sprinkler system? of mature, even-tempered young If so, then look no further. My food to hospitals; ladies, you should avoid trying to If you dare to inquire about the result in acute spasms of convulsive hammock awaits. determine why they are constantly exact source of their giggling, your giggling that could require medical Companies donate I began envisioning my backyard giggling. Giggling is apparently query will be met by a few seconds attention (for you and the gigglers). (Continued on Page 5) to help people during a complex linguistic tool used by of stunned silence, followed by In other words, just try to ignore it - Like us on Facebook groups of teen females to express an explosive burst of even more and good luck with that! this crisis; Lemonade an array of emotional responses, frenzied giggling. A suggestion by Another strategy to ensure a facebook.com/ you that the giggling might be in any more harmonious environment sales to the rescue. most of which emanate from a cell SEE PAGES 8-9 brazoriacountybulletin phone screen. way related to a teenage male will (Continued on Page 7) Page 2 THE BULLETIN August 11, 2020 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 August 11, 2020 THE BULLETIN Page 3 The science of weather forecasting Weather forecasts are made by collecting as much data as possible about Strange but True the current state of the atmosphere (particularly the temperature, humidity By Bill Sones origin or maybe Coordinated Univer- pear if these pants were truly sold as and wind) and using understanding of atmospheric processes (through mete- and Rich Sones, Ph.D. sal Time (UTC), which is the standard “blue” jeans instead of the “half-blue” orology) to determine how the atmosphere evolves in the future. What time is it? time at the prime (Greenwich) merid- or “quarter-blue” jeans that they are. However, the chaotic nature of the atmosphere and incomplete under- Q. When it is noon in New York ian at 0 degrees longitude. Know the story here? standing of the processes mean that forecasts become less accurate as the City, Winnipeg, Amsterdam or Green- Are we getting taller? A. The partly blue happens range of the forecast increases. wich, what time is it at the North Q. For males, tall is always “in.” because real denim has blue warp So, the closer the storm, the better the forecasting. Pole? Are taller men more likely to win a yarns interwoven with white filling, A. It can be any time you want! mate and have kids? Is this why each plus the dyed threads are only blue The concept of time zones, which new generation seems to be getting on the surface where the color pen- are based on longitude, falls apart at taller? etrates, says Iowa State University the poles, where all longitudinal lines A. Yes to the first question, says textiles and clothing expert Grace intersect, says New Mexico Institute Daniel Nettle, lecturer in biological Kunz. Yet, the twill weave allows the of Mining and Technology geophys- psychology at the Open Univer- blue yarns to be more exposed on icist Rick Aster. Here the sun simply sity,Milton Keynes, England. The the outside of the garment. spirals around the sky, moving from average height for men in Britain at If the filling yarns were also dyed, 23.5 degrees below the horizon at the the moment is 5’10”, but the optimum the garment would feel scratchier winter solstice to 23.5 degrees above height in terms of marriage success and less comfortable, and more in mid-summer. is 6’. For women, it is the other way importantly, your legs and underwear Local noon for anywhere is defined around. The average height is 5’4”, would become decidedly blue from as when the sun is at its maxi- but the optimum height in terms of color transfer, at least until after mum elevation, adds University of finding a husband is more like 5’1” several washings, says Kunz. The Alaska-Fairbanks geophysicist Paul or 5’2”. surface-only blue dye explains why Layer. At the poles, the sun does These two forces - the taller man wear to the knees and seat mutes not rise in the morning and set in the advantage and the shorter woman the color, as will commercial sand evening but is at approximately a advantage - roughly balance out, so papering by hand or sand blasting for constant elevation for all of a 24-hour there is probably no genetic change fashion styling. day. “Exactly at the North Pole, from generation to generation. Enough of this will shift the gar- sunrise is on the Spring equinox and The increase in stature we see ment from blue to light blue to white, sunset on the Fall equinox: So a is instead the result of improved toning down brightness, subtling year and a ‘day’ are the same thing!” nutrition and reductions in infectious the appearance, and helping make For scientists doing work at the disease.” “blue” jeans the hit they are world- South Pole (little happens at the Blue jean’s secret wide. For a true hit on the wilder side, North Pole), say Aster and Layer, Q. Vast riches would come to adding to pre-washed, sand-washed, they need to synchronize their clocks anyone paid a royalty of a penny for acid-washed, stone-washed, etc., to an agreed-upon time zone, possi- every pair of blue jeans sold in the notes Ohio State University con- bly based on clocks of the nation of world. But the riches would disap- sumer and textile scientist Charles Noel, one manufacturer years ago offered a “distressed” version, done by shipping the jeans to Tennessee Climate change and where the “finisher” spread them on weather forecasting the ground and riddled them with buckshot. Holey smokes! The ongoing climate changes 3 TACOS make it increasingly difficult to predict certain aspects of weather, The hamburger according to a new study from $ 50 Stockholm University. The study, focusing on weather forecasts in the northern hemisphere spanning 3- 10 days ahead, concludes that the greatest uncertainty increase will be regarding summer downfalls, 4 of critical importance when it comes to our ability to predict and prepare The Library of Congress credits for flooding. Danish immigrant Louis Lassen of In the span of medium-range Louis’ Lunch, a small lunch wagon weather forecasting (3-10 days) the in New Haven, Connecticut, with most uncertainty seems to befall selling the first hamburger and steak the ability to predict the volume of NOW HIRING sandwich in the U.S. in 1895. Amer- summer rain. Certain other param- icans eat over 50 billion burgers a eters, such as temperature and air B Aayrlwano'osd M Faorokedts SShhooppppiningg CCeenntteerr year. There is no ham in hamburger. pressure, are on the other hand They actually get their name from likely to become more accurate. Hamburg, Germany. Page 4 THE BULLETIN August 11, 2020 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 August 11, 2020 THE BULLETIN Page 5 Come rent my hammock, and I’ll throw in some mosquito spray (Continued from Page 1) and assorted beverages while I will provide a pillow, bedsheet slumbering sling as a source of lounging in it. My children, when and blanket. Oh, and also insect income after stumbling on Swim- they were younger, would climb on repellant. My yard is not normally a ply, an online marketplace for the and look at the stars with me. I’ve mosquito paradise, but they have Prices Good Thru 08-18-2020 swimming pool industry. Taking tried coaxing my dog onto it but been known to appear in force, a page from the Airbnb business eventually realized dogs don’t like to depending on weather conditions. I’D PREFER TIRES IF YOU Ford Focus parked on the side of model, pool owners can list their sway while sleeping. Their loss. Please don’t give me a poor rating DON’T MIND: Due to a down- the road. The cops arrived to find private watering holes on Swimply Now I’m ready to share my should you get eaten alive. Remem- loading error, every customer’s item one of them “finishing off a glass of and then pray they didn’t inadver- paradise with strangers. I even have ber, I did supply the insect repellant. scanned by computers at the Cana- wine.” tently rent the pool to a group of frat a name for this venture: Dynamic I should also probably mention dian Tire Store in Lindsay, Ontario, HE’S WASN’T ‘STRONG AS bros looking to recreate the Spring Hammock. O.K., “dynamic” may that an occasional coyote has wan- came up as “Mr. Potato Head,” and A HORSE’!: A man consumed Break trip that was canceled due to be overstating a flowered piece of dered into my yard. could not be changed. All sales a drug called Isolurane, a power- Let us email you coronavirus. canvas hooked on a slightly rusting This shouldn’t be an issue were canceled. Technicians were ful horse tranquilizer, which was The Bulletin weekly My next-door neighbor has a metal frame but it’s catchy, right? because, from what I’ve read, working to eliminate the glitch. stolen from a veterinarian’s office in wonderful pool, and I have two other Dynamic Hammock is available to human flesh is not a staple of a coy- NO TWO-BIT ZOOKEEPER Basingstoke, England. He is in the This is good time to sign up for neighbors with pools in various anyone providing you abide by one ote’s diet. 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HERE THEY COME AGAIN: name, and hit “subscribe.” We’ll take digging a 10-foot hole in my back- holds the hammock in place; but next guest. Thanks for staying at AND HE HADN’T EVEN Two masked men stole beer from care of the rest. MARGARITAS yard. Now I need only point to the that’s advantageous because now Dynamic Hammock. STARTED DRINKING YET: A the same convenience store in With the virus making outings 3-7 PM DAILY hammock. your sleeping quarters are mobile. Oh, one more thing. There’s no 22-year-old man stole a fire engine Woodhaven, Mich., twice within a a hassle in some cases, this is a Since receiving it for Father’s Day Move the hammock closer to my bathroom in my backyard. But my from the King Salmon Fire Station in two-day span. The cops have sur- convenient way to make sure that many years ago, my hammock has outdoor speakers and let Simon neighbor with the pool has one. 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When the old wheelchair falls apart, and a new one takes a while to get, radiator clamps come in handy Daughters and friends take over dad’s beach-bound SUV Gordita Cintinued from Page 1) height and, importantly, I have never wheelchair to the dealer, it was with with me. Now my journey through Confronting a bunch of Catch (Continued from Page 1) sant distraction of self-photography. together, and I’m glad the girls could * power chairs. in eight years developed a dreaded the intention of replacing some nuts the bureaucratic maze was about to 22s, I asked the repair guy, who was among the travelers is to refrain In addition to abusing their iPhone enjoy an escape from the stress of Barbacoa There are more than 3.5 million pressure sore. and bolts, not getting a new chair. begin. quite nice and only doing his job, from insisting that everyone listen to SIM cards and risking lip sprains the COVID-19 pandemic for a few * wheelchair users in the United Also, I was employed when I This time, however, I was told “Okay,” I told the repairman, “let’s what I should do. He said he had a decent music on the vehicle’s sound from making duck faces, fish gapes days of rest and relaxation - even States, and each of us has a prefer- acquired the chair so my employer’s emphatically that the chair wasn’t order a new one right now.” temporary fix, but he couldn’t do it system. and model pouts, teen travelers also if they did have to cover their duck * Breakfast Taco ence on everything from foot plates group insurance paid for it. Now fixable: The webbing supporting the It’s not that easy, he said. He himself because it was an “unautho- For example, a high-quality take reams of mini “Polaroids” and faces with a mask. I’m also proud to to size, weight, and cushioning. retired, if I wanted a new chair, I cushion I sit on was coming loose explained we couldn’t order a new rized repair.” 1980s music playlist will evoke occasionally break out 35mm digital say that I didn’t buy a single pecan * Homemade Tortilla There are several reasons I have needed to deal with the government from the frame. The threads were chair until my doctor, who already Following his instructions, I subtle groaning from most of the cameras that cost me more than log for the entire trip and made it Mon - Friday 4:30 AM - 1:00 PM been hesitant to switch chairs. and Medicare. I worry I might not stripped. It was risky to continue checks me several times a year, searched for the nearest AutoZone. teenage passengers, followed by their orthodontic work. They usually home with my sense of humor a Sat - Sunday 5:00 AM - 2:00 PM My current wheelchair is cus- get a comparable replacement. using it. evaluates me face-to-face again. You can imagine the look on the the insertion of expensive wireless reserve group photo sessions to little bruised, but safely intact. tom-built to accommodate my 6’5” 500 W. Mulberry St., Angleton, TX 7515 So, when I took my disintegrating My procrastination had caught up She then must sign a certificate clerk’s face when I told him I needed earbuds that will allow them to memorialize special occasions - like (Copyright 2020 Jase Graves. Tel: (979) 331-3457 of necessity saying I needed the six radiator clamps for a wheelchair ignore your pleas that everyone join gas station restroom stops. Graves is an award-winning humor wheelchair. repair. in on a rousing chorus of “Rock Me And speaking of restroom stops, columnist from East Texas. Contact Did the government think I had Once home, my wife and I used Amadeus.” there are few things more humiliat- Graves at susanjase@sbcglobal. been faking it for eight years? the clamps to fasten the webbing to Instead, it’s just best to open ing than being the only male in the net.) If you have tried to get a doc- the frame. Because it was only a your musical horizons to the vapid car and requiring the men’s room tor’s appointment lately, you know temporary fix, I looked for a board refrains of current teen heartthrobs while all six ladies could happily Someone finally got around that my face-to-face appointment to place across the chair for further like Harry Styles, The Weekend, go another 100 miles before they to telling them wasn’t going to happen as soon as support. I couldn’t find a board, but Shawn Mendes and something have to “go.” Despite trying to limit The Japanese government I needed it. I did find a kitchen tray that worked. called Marshmello. Allowing the my intake of Diet Dr Pepper to a didn’t realize Hiroshima had been “What do I do in the meantime?” You will be glad to know I am teens to control the music will make gallon or so per trip, I always seem destroyed by an atomic bomb I asked the repairman. “Can I get a no longer procrastinating. I called them more content and responsive, to be the one sprinting into a filthy until almost an entire day after it loaner?” my doctor to schedule my in-per- but you may have to resist flinging convenience store for a bathroom happened. Nope. The repairman told me I son evaluation for my certificate of yourself out of the moving vehicle. break and then fighting the urge But can he sell ice to Eskimos? couldn’t get a loaner until I actually necessity. I have an appointment in Along with enduring their insuf- to purchase their entire display of In 2006, 21-year-old Alex Taw ordered a new chair. late September. ferable music and chronic tittering, jumbo pecan logs. made $1,000,000 by selling every So, let’s review. I have an unfix- In the interim, if you see someone travelers with teen girls must Once we reached our destination, pixel on a 1000 x 1000 pixel web able chair that is no longer safe to in a wheelchair with radiator clamps prepare themselves for the inces- we had a great time vacationing page for $1 per pixel. use. I can’t order a new one yet sticking out and sitting on a kitchen because, despite the fact I have tray … that would be me. been in a wheelchair for eight years, (Ernie Williamson welcomes I need a certificate from my doctor. reader input. Please contact Ernie I increased the ‘secret beach’ secrecy level to super secret (Continued from Page 1) And a loaner is out of the question at [email protected]. Or, work in Washington D.C. None of of his wife’s watermelon slices. I because I haven’t ordered a new send letters in care of The Bulletin, need some sun, sand and beach the inquirers were from there, or at saw her looking inside the cooler, chair yet. PO Box 2426, Angleton, TX. 77516) all in the same place. Any chance least that’s what they said. but was not close enough to listen you can let me know where the To make sure that these people in on the conversation. Oh, how I 2 BBQ "secret beach" is???? How to did not betray my trust, I went wished I were a sandcrab by their 2 BBQ BAKED Most people don’t know their blood type find it. I PROMISE TO KEEP IT A back to the secret beach, and I am chairs (without getting stepped on, SANDWICH Chicago Tribune (TNS) associate director of the Univer- SECRET....lol Pinky swear.” happy to report that things have of course). POTATOES Forty-three percent of Americans sity of Chicago Blood Center and How could I say no to pinky not changed. I went on a weekday So far, so good. Dear reader, COMBOS WITH don’t know their blood type accord- medical director of clinical pathology swear? I know that I swore all of you because the weekend was going to before you give away the identity ing to a 2019 survey by Quest informatics. Christenson, also an to secrecy, but I felt like I needed to be a washout due to a storm head- or location of this beach - like I did DRINK, FRIES Diagnostics — fewer than how associate professor in transfusion show some Texas hospitality, so I ing our way. I know it’s not the same because I didn’t want to be rude - $ 99 many have memorized their Wi-Fi medicine, said if you’ve had your shared the name of the beach and as a busy holiday weekend, but with please swear the person to super told him how to get there. a mathematical formula that I made secrecy to maintain the sanctity of 12 password. But recent links between blood drawn, your blood type is $ 99 blood type and COVID-19, or even probably already on file. He was very grateful. I hope he up myself, I was able to project the this jewel of south Brazoria County. 14 susceptibility for other diseases, Blood type is determined by the has visited and had a good time weekend crowds from what I saw That way you can help out a person mean you might want to know your carbohydrate chains — also known enjoying a beach where the traffic that day. who is desperate for some sand, type. as antigens — that hang off your noise - especially the type gener- To my social distancing right, a quiet and salty air and keep the A recent study by Harvard red blood cells, Christenson said. ated by motorcycles without mufflers family was enjoying an outing. Two secret beach a secret. Medical School researchers based There are A and B antigens. Type A - does not drown out the sound of young boys were trying to bungee I know it’s not really a secret. But at Massachusetts General Hospi- blood has the A antigen and Type B the waves, birds and children. board in the surf. Other families let’s just pretend that it is. tal found blood type is not related blood has the B antigen. AB blood Don’t worry. If I find out that he farther down the beach, both with to the severity of symptoms of has both antigens and Type O blood broke his promise, I will hunt him dogs on leashes, were listening to SEPTIC REPAIR down in New York or wherever he is barking. DINE-IN . TAKE-OUT . DRIVE-THRU COVID-19. However, the study has neither. ALL SYSTEMS NEW OR OLD also found symptomatic people Knowing whether you are Type A, and yell at him very loudly. 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INEOS Community Fund recently donated $6,000 to the United Way of Brazoria County to help the agency serve the vulnerable populations in our community affected by COVID-19.

Matthew decided to make the best of the long summer and be an TNMP donates masks to Brazos Place, CHN entrepreneur by opening his own lemonade stand in the Lakes of Savannah Subdivision in Rosharon recently. Matthew and his aunt said that they are donating 25% of the profits to the Coronavirus Relief Fund Source: Gallup because he wants to help people.

Second Baptist Church of Angleton members blessed the UTMB Health Angleton-Danbury Campus with delicious cookies and handmade posters recently. They delivered the cookies and coffee to all units. Texas-New Mexico Power (TNMP) made a generous donation of masks to Brazos Place in Freeport, a behavioral health center, and the Community Triumph Church brings donuts to hospital Health Network medical clinics. Gina Renee's Catering Texas Girl with Cajun Flair

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(Again, get help Once when Kristin was down But back to our most recent but the sightings went on for weeks, from the house to the river’s edge and relocate the hive. Don’t kill working on a painting job for us - visitors I mentioned earlier. Shane and we never saw a new hive. It and had boarded up the underdeck, the bees. Back in those days, this and crabbing and fishing – she, Roy Pirtle, who is in the Brazoria County was in the framework Roy had to but didn’t seal it. It seems like once type of information was not readily and I were setting up the big pot Beekeepers Association, came and a series about finding the courage in the 2010 memoir, “Somewhere pass to mow, and he had mowed a year for several years at least, available.) to boil crabs when I felt something salvaged this hive. He and his wife to overcome our biggest challenges. Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in Women’s Lecture Luncheon Series set for 2021 season twice since we figured that the one huge swarm of bees worked My first experience with bees at crawling up inside my capri pants also came and relocated another She is the host of the Discovery North Korea and the Other’s Fight to bees settled there. He never saw in-between the deck and the under- our house came when Roy and I leg. I tried brushing down, hoping smaller hive before this one. Brazosport College’s Wom- To learn more about Brazosport pulls back the curtain on the public mini-documentary series, “The Bring Her Home,” that she penned the hive, nor was he bothered by deck. whatever it was would leave. It was I’m glad that Shane could save en’s Lecture Luncheon Series is College’s Women’s Lecture Lun- and private lives of this unique Power of Kindness” that looks at the with her sister, Lisa. worried bees. Since they had kids, and folks If the lid stays on a jar of honey, still for a minute, then the crawling these hives. Bee pollination is preparing for a new season that will cheon Series and its 2021 guests, sorority of women — with the largest scientific roots and benefits of being As a correspondent for “SoCal So, when I finally saw what were afraid of Africanized bees, they up began again. I brushed it harder important economically and ecolog- feature two empowering and inter- contact the Brazosport College complete collection of video and kind. Connected,” the hard-hitting news and no water is added, honey looked like a swarm of bees around washed them out with soap and this time. It was still for a bit longer. ically, and bees are disappearing in esting guests to speak to the local Foundation at (979) 230-3234 or interviews about America’s First In March 2009, while reporting magazine series airing on KCET, the piling, I walked around to inves- water, and sometimes they used will not go bad. When water is Then the crawling began again. I alarming numbers. Without them, community. visit brazosport.edu/foundation/. Ladies that exists in the world. on the trafficking of North Korean Ling’s work was recognized with tigate and finally saw their hive. insecticides for several years. (Don’t brushed harder then, and it began none of us would eat, and that is Due to the ongoing COVID-19 The following is more information These are the women that helped women, Ling and her colleague, both an Emmy and a national added, though, it may. Yikes! The bees had been working do this. Call an expert to relocate to sting me. also why managed hives of honey- Coronavirus pandemic, no lun- about this season’s guests: build America, and it’s all about the , were detained by North Edward R. Murrow award. there for some time. The hive hung the hive.) were on the dock fishing. We saw I shucked those britches right bees are cropping up and are so cheons will be scheduled until 2021. Feb. 18, 2021: Andrew Och ladies. Korean soldiers along the Chi- Ling has served as a producer for to the piling and the rafter – working That’s when I learned that if an undulating black line headed there in broad daylight. I didn’t care important. Among the speakers scheduled First Ladies Man April 29, 2021: Laura Ling na-North Korea border. The two and co-created bees and layers of honeycomb. I anything of the hive is left, bees straight for our house. We could not who was looking. I had to get the If you are interested in honeybees for this season’s Women’s Lecture Andrew Och is an award-winning One Sister’s Captivity in were arrested and held “Breaking it Down,” a documentary turned tail and went upstairs to tell will come back to that location. make out what it was, so I ran half- stinging to stop. As the pants came or in learning how to keep them, you Luncheon Series are Award-winning television producer who has trav- North Korea and the Other’s captive in North Korea for 140 days series on MTV. Her work has also Roy we had to do something. I am And come back they did, until the way up the steps to the deck to get off, the honeybee fell out, but his can contact: television producer Andrew Och eled the world in search of provoc- Fight to Bring Her Home before being granted a special appeared on ABC’s “,” extremely allergic to bee stings. Shubles took out the underdeck a better look. stinger and venom sack were still Brazoria County Beekeepers on Feb. 18, 2021 and former North ative stories and adventures. In Laura Ling is an award-winning pardon and returning to the United NBC, and PBS, and she has written Because my friend, Kristin, had completely, replaced it and sealed it. Standing there, I heard and felt attached to my leg and still stinging. Association, Brazoria County Exten- Korean prisoner Laura Ling on April 2012, he began a historical journey and author. She is the host States. editorials for the “Los Angeles taken up beekeeping, also known The next swarm that visited them, a weird, loud buzzing sound of We went upstairs and removed it sion Office, 21017 CR 171, 29, 2021. as he traversed America for more of the podcast “Everyday Bravery,” She documented her experience Times” and CNN.com. The Women’s Lecture Lun- than a year documenting the lives as apiculture, we had gone to the not able to get back under the deck, thousands of honeybees passing with tweezers. Angleton, Texas, 77515-8903. cheon Series was created by the of every First Lady of the United Brazoria County Honey Expo sev- swarmed Judgie’s truck. He wanted around me. I ran upstairs, grabbed I took an over-the-counter Email: bcba@brazoria-county-bee- Brazosport College Foundation States for the C-SPAN series, “First eral times and knew who to call to to save the bees, so in the cool of the dog and went inside the house. antihistamine and put a topical keepers-association.com to promote cultural enrichment Ladies: Influence And Image.” The come get the hive in order to save the morning, he slipped into the It was a swarm of bees on the move antihistamine on the sting. But the (Write Jan in care of The Bulletin. for women; however, everyone is series aired in 2013 to great acclaim them. truck and drove as fast as he could to a new destination. I’m glad they next day, the spot was painful, angry Email: [email protected]. welcome to become a member. The and helped reveal the untold stories Then, I began to think about my down FM 2918 trying to shake them weren’t stopping over. That was red, swelling and getting bigger. Snail mail: The Bulletin, PO Box mission of the BC Foundation is to behind the ladies of the White honeybee experiences. My attitude off. But some bees came through scary. Yep, I was allergic to bee stings and 2426, Angleton TX, 77516.) raise and administer funds for the House. sure has changed in the last 20 the air vent and started stinging him. Then there was the time they enhancement of educational oppor- From Martha Washington to years. When he thought he had lost the swarmed on the neighbor’s ole- tunities at Brazosport College. Michelle Obama, Och was given Since moving here, we have bees, he returned home to find they ander bush. The bees were just The cost for this year’s Series an all-access pass to some of the experienced swarming bees several were still on the truck – but now resting. They would have moved is $100 and includes both lectures nation’s most treasured collections times with differing results. I think they were mad. on, but the neighbor was expecting with lunch. Please make your series and historical landmarks. Och, the the first experience with bees was I think he used soap, water and grandkids, so he tried spraying them reservations by Dec 3, 2020. unequivocal FIRST LADIES MAN, with insecticides and was stung All together now When your eyes move, your eardrums move also. However, scientiss discovered that the eardrums move about 10 milliseconds BEFORE the eyes do, and they’re not sure why. Baring it all for sport The ancient Greek men would go to the gym naked. They also competed nude, a practice said to encourage aesthetic appreciation of the male body and pay tribute to the gods. And their older sisters are named FGHIJ There are nearly 400 people named “ABCDE” in the , according to the Social Security Administration. They’re all girls. Healing powers of ketchup Ketchup was once sold as a medicine in the 1800s. It was believed to cure everything from baldness to preventing cancer. Page 12 THE BULLETIN August 11, 2020 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 August 11, 2020 THE BULLETIN Page 13 With little or no warning, we find you from side to side, hang on. The Columbia Christian Senior Citizens Center Menu MR. MORRIS By Rick Brooks ourselves locked into a painful ride days may seem dark, but take a Light Notes: Life upside down? Don’t let fear take you for a ride — one we didn’t expect. From then look around you. God is right there. 629 E. Bernard, West Columbia, TX, (979) 345-5955 By Lucy Luginbill wait, it was our turn. But then I opened my eyes. on, our days are up one moment He has promised to stay the course. Menu subject to change. Limited dine-in dessert. Tri-City Herald (TNS) At last, our grandchildren could Uh oh! More turns, more “whoop and down the next. Yet, we continue “I am holding you by your right hand with social distancing. Please call to reserve. Monday, Aug. 17: Spaghetti with Fear had pounced without quit asking for the bazillionth time, dee do’s”! Would the twisting ride to feign bravado. … . Don’t be afraid; I am here to Wednesday, Aug. 12: BBQ meat sauce, cheese cauliflower, warning back then. Powerless and “Are you afraid, Grandma?” never end? Let me ask. Does cancer have help you.” the Bible says. (Isaiah sausage, rice broccoli casserole, green beans, peaches & cottage trapped, it felt like a nightmare … For at that moment, there was After what seemed like an eternity you in its grasp? Or has tragedy 41:13) It’s there in print to read cooked cabbage, spiced apples, cheese, garlic sticks, dessert. and I was afraid. complete silence. A quick look their — three minutes to be exact — it caught you unaware? Maybe it’s again and again. potato salad, cornbread, dessert. Tuesday, Aug. 18: BBQ chicken, It’s a vivid memory that stretches way told me why. Both were busy was over. We’d finished the course. depression or heartbreak that So hold on tightly, and know that Thursday, Aug. 13: Italian squash casserole, pinto bans, col- more than a few years back, a time concentrating on their own white Even then, the whole experience left seems like more than you can bear? you don’t have to brave this alone. chicken, rice pilaf, okra & tomatoes, lard greens, watermelon, cornbread, when I was handed a long list of knuckles instead of mine. a bad taste in my mouth. Next time When it comes to what life can hand No matter how frightening the cheese cauliflower, peaches & cot- dessert. demands that included: “Ride a The roller coaster started to I’ll take Dramamine. us, and there’s a lot lately, the list journey, you can count on this: God tage cheese, garlic sticks, dessert. Meals served at 11:30 a.m. Meals on wheel available - call before 9:30 a.m. Low roller coaster.” move. Clickety-clack … click- But through it all, the grandkids can go on and on. is along for the ride, holding your Friday, Aug. 14: Hamburger Were the grandkids trying to ety-clack … our car edged its way salt/low sugar meals available - call before thought their grandparents were the Whatever it is that’s slamming hand. patty, pickles & onions, beans & 8 a.m. Take-out orders must be called in by CHARMY’S ARMY By Davey Jones frighten their grandparents, or what? up the hill. Anticipation and fear built bravest. And we weren’t about to weinies corn, slaw, hamburger bun, 10:30 a.m. to be picked up after 11 a.m. I’m a scaredy cat. Ride a roller with each turn of the wheels. set the record straight. Of course, coaster? I’d have to be crazy. The roller coaster reached the what they didn’t know was that while God is with you during hardship I vaguely remember the ground top of the first peak. A height where on the outside our smiles had been trembling beneath us as we stood oxygen masks should have been frozen neatly in place, on the inside From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham in line for the ride. And I sort of required. As we paused … and fear had clutched our hearts. Q: My teenage granddaugh- triumphed over adversity. remember the periodic squeals gasped … at what lay ahead of us, Isn’t that so typical of human ter has lost her eyesight and is There are countless Chris- of terror that pierced the air. Both I knew we were in for a harrowing nature? Often we hesitate to let devastated. I am at a loss to know tians who face daily pain and grands reminded me that I was ride … and there was no getting off. anyone know how scared we feel how to encourage her. She is a persecution. But they know the embarrassing them. After all, we Amid screams of terror — that when our world is upside down. Christian but doubts that she will joy of the Lord because He does were only waiting in line. sounded a lot like me — we rode It can happen at any time. One ever be of use to the Lord - B.G. not allow His children to endure Looking back, I was most cer- that swinging roller coaster down minute we’re on smooth ground with A: It is easy for others to say, hardship alone. The Savior of tainly in a daze. The realization that the track. The force slammed us just a few rumbles. Around us we but the Bible teaches that many the world endured His pain and my husband and I were actually to the left, then to the right, like we may see other people going through will go through trials and tribu- sorrow alone, and because He BROOM HILDA By Russel Myers paying for this experience already were launched from a slingshot. drama, but it isn’t happening to us. lations in this life. The psalmist understands, He enables others had me reeling. But after a tortuous Oh! The darkness was horrifying! Then, all of a sudden, it’s our turn. wrote: “Praise our God, all peo- to emerge better and stronger ples, let the sound of his praise be when they rely on Him to see heard; he has preserved our lives them through. Just as fire refines and kept our feet from slipping. silver, suffering purifies Christians. Who Is God?...He Is The Lawmaker For you, O God, tested us; you Why this happens to some and The Psalmist said, “Forever, O Lord, your word is settled in heaven” (Psalm 119:89). Later in refined us like silver... we went not others is a mystery we cannot the same Psalm, he wrote “Oh, how I love your Law! It is my meditation all the day.” The book of through fire and water, but you fully comprehend, but we can Psalms makes it clear that God’s word is law. And in the New Testament we learn that sin consti- brought us to a place of abun- trust Him to never forsake us. dance” (Psalm 66:8-12, NIV). tutes a breaking of God’s laws (1 John 3:4). Tribune Media Services In the mid-20th century a little (Send your queries to “My Answer,” We live in a time when law is very important to us. We vote to send legislators to congress to girl was blinded because the ret- c/o Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evange- pass laws that govern our lives. We vote carefully, hoping that the candidates we elect will make inas of her eyes were destroyed listic Association, 1 Billy Graham Park- THE MIDDLETONS By Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers wise laws that aid us and make our lives happy, peaceful, and prosperous. In fact, law is so im- when she looked at a bomb blast way, Charlotte, N.C., 28201; call 1-(877) during an attack in Korea. Her 2-GRAHAM, or visit the Web site for the portant to us that we become angry when laws are passed which hurt our lives. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: father tried to kill her by throwing www.billygraham.org.) This environment is good, and we love democracy. However, we then tend to think of our her into a river. He eventually left relationship with God as a democracy. We want a vote in how we will be governed. But, it doesn’t her at a home for deaf and blind work that way. Our relationship with God is a MONARCHY. He makes all laws, and we must children, and she was eventu- submit to them without question. Jesus Christ is the author of eternal salvation to all who obey ally adopted by Americans who Him (Hebrews 5:8-9). The vengeance of God will be exacted against those who do not obey the loved and nurtured her. This little gospel of Christ girl - Kim Wickes - grew up to study and train her voice to sing (2 Thessalonians 1:8-9). to millions of people around the The God of heaven and earth has absolute right over our lives, and we dare not neglect His laws. world. Kim’s experiences could Scramble solutions: use a mirror to check your answers He gives us no voice in how we will be ruled. He does not ask our opinions about the laws he has have destroyed her and left her ANIMAL CRACKERS By Fred Wagner put upon us. Instead He tells us in His word that His laws are absolute, and the whole of man is to hopeless, but by God’s grace she fear God and keep his commandments (Ecclesiastes 12:13). 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A rift may Making the impossible dream In the week to come, it is in your 5 Slangy agreement Solutions be brewing with someone you come true might be entirely pos- best interests to determine which 6 Loser’s mistake? way the wind is blowing and considered a BFF, or you might sible if you play your cards right. 7 “The Shape of Things to Come” disagree with people in your Use your insight to gain recog- then let it move you along. Your author social circle. Focus on your finan- nition and parlay an idea into a business sense is on the mark cial expertise. moneymaking proposition as the today, but you might overlook key 8 Develop LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): week goes by. details when making purchases. 9 Ziering of “Sharknado” 10 Soapmaking compounds 11 Stinging builder of mud nests History of the World On This Day 12 See 14-Down August 11 1942 - Henry Ford unveiled his premiered in Hollywood, CA. Judy 13 Work on, as a road 14 With 12-Down, 1994 Peace 1877 - The two moons of Mars “Soybean Car.” It was a plastic-bod- Garland became famous for the Solutions on the right side of this page were discovered by Asaph Hall, an ied car that weighed about 1000 lbs. movie’s song “Somewhere Over the Prize sharer American astronomer. He named less than a steel car. Rainbow.” In memory of Greg Wilkinson 21 Peace Nobelist of 1983 them Phobos and Deimos. 1942 - Walt Disney’s “Bambi” August 16 25 Bridge 1896 - Harvey Hubbell received opened at Radio City Music Hall in 1954 - Sports Illustrated was 28 High clouds a patent for the electric light bulb New York City. published for the first time. It was 30 Fund socket with a pull-chain. 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CDC gloves, so if you don’t wash your disposable gloves if you’re taking guidelines say gloves “will not hands after you take your gloves off, care of someone who is sick, and necessarily protect you from get- your hands aren’t clean — assum- there is an increased risk of coming ting COVID-19 and may still lead ing your hands were clean when in contact with their secretions. to the spread of germs.” you put the gloves on. Gloves are most needed in Gloves can trick the wearer into “You might feel protected medical settings where health care complacency, said Allison Bartlett, because your skin is not touching a workers know how to use them, associate medical director of the surface,” Bartlett said, but as soon Bartlett said. Widespread use of Infection Control Program Pedi- as you move from touching that gloves by the general public can atric at the University of Chicago. surface to touching your mask or deplete the supplies of those who She said gloves are not a substi- face, that’s contamination, even if need them most. She said there is Mystery seeds from China landing in U.S. mailboxes The USDA and agriculture officials across the U.S. have issued warnings about unsolic- ited shipments of foreign seeds and advised people not to plant them. Officials are concerned the mystery seeds, which appear to have originated in China, could be invasive plant species. State agriculture officials in Virginia warned, “Invasive species wreak havoc on the environment, displace or destroy native plants and insects and severely damage crops. Taking steps to prevent their introduction is the most effective method of reducing both the risk of invasive species infes- tations and the cost to control and mitigate those infestations.” How risky are public restrooms during COVID-19 pandemic? By Erica Pearson of exposure if you have somebody “Environmental contamination is Star Tribune (Minneapolis) flushing a toilet, and there were much lower on our risk for transmis- There are several risks associ- virus particles that are being aero- sion to occur because you’ve got to ated with using public restrooms, solized,” said Dr. Craig Hedberg, a get the virus off the surface and then the primary one is being in close professor who researches infectious put that virus into your respiratory respiratory contact with other disease outbreaks at the Univer- tract,” said Hedberg. “If you are people who are sharing a tight sity of Minnesota School of Public washing your hands at the end of indoor space. Health. your bathroom process, you should A lesser risk factor (but a slightly In addition, there are all those be able to remove virus particles.” grosser one) involves feces, which surfaces — toilet and sink han- Some businesses, park centers have been demonstrated to con- dles, countertops, soap and towel and beaches are trying to make their tain virus particles, and toilets that dispensers. Washing your hands, restrooms safer by closing every either have no lids or have their or using sanitizer, can mitigate that other sink, stall or urinal to encour- lids raised when flushed. risk, making it of less concern than age social distancing, as well as “That’s another potential source breathing in virus particles directly. increasing the number of cleanings.