See what’s June 15, 2021 coming to the Our 27th Year of Publishing FREE Clarion at BC (979) 849-5407 PLEASE Weekly © 2021 Bulletin SEE PAGE 16 mybulletinnewspaper.com TAKE ONE LAKE JACKSON • CLUTE • RICHWOOD • FREEPORT • OYSTER CREEK • JONES CREEK • ANGLETON • DANBURY • ALVIN • WEST COLUMBIA • BRAZORIA • SWEENY I wrote my cat’s Summer of 1969 obituary, and then Mother, son take this happened American-style vacation in Catskills By Ernie Williamson The Bulletin By John Toth We lived in a two-story house with The Bulletin no downstairs bedrooms when I Hello summer. learned I would probably never walk It’s my favorite time of the year. I again. can’t get enough of it. I can smell it, Since I could no longer use the feel it and taste summer. I can stand stairs, we rented a hospital bed and outside on a hot summer day and converted the living room into my take it all in as the warm wind brush bedroom. across my skin. I don’t care if it’s It was there that I would spend humid or dry, hot or very hot. long, sleepless nights wonder- Because it brings back good ing about the future. What if the memories of my first real vacation. It was the summer of 1969, and The View from My Seat my mother and I decided that we doctors were right, and I wouldn’t walk again? Would I be able return Ramblings to work? Could I afford to retire if I couldn’t? were going to take a real summer I was scared and alone with my vacation together, something we thoughts. had never done. Or, almost alone. My mother was too busy with Every night a calico cat would WWII, a revolution in Hungary, cozy up to me on that hospital bed. raising me behind the Iron Curtain Her presence provided a calming and then finally escaping with me to distraction. For a few moments, my the West. anxieties would vanish. Grandpa Ruffo discovers electricity; but what’s that smell? Now that we were settled in the The cat had a difficult start in life. By Roy Edwards If you smell that awful rotten egg I got a job as a dock hand with J.H. United States and the pressure of We found her and three litter mates The Bulletin odor, get out of the house because Rose Trucking. hopping from country to country covered with ants under a bush in PART 3 OF 3 that means there is a gas leak. At that time, Rose was the largest was gone, we decided that we were front of our Clear Lake home. After the New London School Without that chemical, natural gas non-union truck line in the U.S.A. going to become Americanized Friends adopted two of the kittens, tragedy, the state cracked down has no smell. They specialized in transporting oil some more and treat ourselves to but nobody wanted this calico or her on tapping into natural gas lines to I had applied for and been field equipment and supplies. One an American-style vacation. brother. We kept them. heat or illuminate homes and build- accepted to Baylor University, but I day, Red Rose, the dock foreman, The only problem we had was Kelly, my wife, is a bit of a cat ings, so Grandpa Ruffo needed knew that I had to fund most of my gave me a list of pick-ups and told money. So my mother went to our whisperer. She saw something in the another source of energy. college expenses. The summer of me to get the yard bob-tail truck and church and borrowed it - all $500 of it. The church loaned money to calico that others didn’t. She named But before we get to that part, 1959, after graduating high school, (See RUFFO on Page 5) the calico Sweetie. a short story about me and ethyl members who didn’t have a check- My veterinarian is leery of cats mercaptan, the chemical that gives ing account. At the time, we didn’t (See SWEETIE on Page 7) natural gas its odor. know what that was. I walk a mile in my shoe – and more We had the money and were set By Greg Schwem I’m not actually sure the art of to go to the Catskill Mountains to INSIDE THIS ISSUE Tribune Content Agency moving one foot in front of the a little town called Fleishman. We If you are struggling to find some- other was ever on the decline, but couldn’t afford the hotel with the BASF celebrates Angleton rec thing, anything, positive about a I’m sure seeing a lot more of it. pool and restaurant. We needed year spent being cooped up inside, Beginning in March 2020, when the more than $500 for that, plus we still a year of brings back masked when venturing outside and quarantine upended our daily lives, had to get there. wondering if that sneeze is the first I noticed a lot more people engag- (See VACATION on Page 6) senior programs sign of a horrible disease, look no ing in the simplest form of travel. excellence further than your feet. Suddenly unemployed dads took facebook.com/ SEE PAGE 9 SEE PAGE 10 Walking is making a comeback. (See WALKING on Page 13) thebulletinbrazoriacounty/ Page 2 THE BULLETIN June 15, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com

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Weather facts that are not that ordinary June 15 1662 - A fast was held at Salem, MA with prayers for rain, and the Lord gave a speedy answer. 1896 - The temperature at Fort Mojave, CA, soared to 127 degrees, the hottest reading of record for June for the U.S. The low that day was 97 degrees. Morning lows of 100 degrees were reported on the 12th, 14th and 16th of the month. June 16 1806 - A total eclipse of the sun was viewed from southern California to Massachusetts. 1917 - The temperature soared to 124 degrees at Mecca, climaxing the most destructive heat wave of record in California history. June 19 2006 - Up to 11 inches of rain fell in the Houston, Texas, area, causing widespread flash flooding. The Hous- ton Fire Department rescued more than 500 people from flood waters, but no serious injuries or fatalities were reported. June 20 1928 - A farmer near Greensburg, KS., looked up into the heart of a tor- nado. He described its walls as rotat- ing clouds lit with constant flashes of lightning and a strong gassy odor with a screaming, hissing sound . June 21 1919 - Seven heavy coach cars of a moving train were picked up and thrown from the tracks by tornado winds. A baggage car was set down 30 feet away from the rest of the train. www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 June 15, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 3 Strange but True By Bill Sones the magnet without harm. the armor in the few spots WITH NO and Rich Sones, Ph.D. To levitate the frog required a field BULLET HOLES. That’s where bul- Tricky levitation 100,000 times the Earth’s mag- lets hit the planes that didn’t make Q. Levitation - floating in netic field; a human would need a it back, says David S. Moore in midair as if by turning off gravity vast magnet and field many times “Statistics: Concepts and Controver- - sure looks like fun in magic stronger than an MRI scanner. And sies.” General statistical rule: After shows. Is it true a real frog has adds Sir Michael Berry, wizard of you plot your data, think!” been levitated? And if a frog, why quantum mechanics, since the body Dream colors not you? is not uniform--tissues, bones, etc. Q. Are dreams in color or black A. To the world’s amazement, have different magnetic properties - and white? One man reported researchers at the Nijmegen High we would feel pushings and pullings dreaming in vivid colors like the Field Magnet Laboratory in Hol- all over. movies, another said black and land did manage to suspend a frog “If the magnetic force on flesh white, a third likened his dreams in midair with a balancing force is greater than on bone, it would to paintings or tapestries. When of magnetism, as close perhaps be as though we were held up by did the three live? as we’ll get to a sci-fi anti-gravity our flesh, bones hanging down, a A. Black and white was a machine, they said. The key is bizarre reversal of the usual and common idea of the 1950s, the diamagnetism, a quantum phenom- possibly the basis for an expensive golden age of black and white enon by which it turns out every- type of face-lift.” movies and early TV, says John thing from wood to pizza to “frogs Still, concludes Berry, “I would Whitfield of Nature.Com. Surveys and even humans can be lifted by enthusiastically volunteer to be the of the era had people saying they a magnet - providing it is strong first human levitatee.” You, too? rarely if ever dreamed in color. But enough,” says Roger Highfield in Interpreting data before and since, most people have “The Science of Harry Potter: How Q. World War II statistician reported colorful dreams, says Univ. Magic Really Works.” Abraham Wald had an assign- of California-Riverside professor of All the billions of electrically ment: Figure out where to put philosophy Eric Schwitzgebel. It’s charged atoms within, moving rap- extra armor on planes to keep not that dreams were any different idly about and generating magnetic them from being shot down. He then, but our knowledge of our fields, make a body levitatable. studied hundreds of returning stream of experience is very poor, “When the little frog underwent this aircraft and graphed the location so people of the ‘50s naturally lik- form of levitation it looked comfort- of any bullet holes. As data accu- ened dream imagery to the “artificial able inside the magnet and later mulated, most of the composite dreams” surrounding them in black happily rejoined its fellow frogs plane outline filled up. So, where and white. in the laboratory.” A hamster, too, to recommend armor placement? Before the 20th century, dreams was levitated; and a human spent Near the hole clusters? were often compared to colorful several hours (nonlevitating) inside A. Not at all, reasoned Wald. Put paintings or tapestries. 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As I moved down the aisle, the a rake and moved my clothes into My first stop was a chemical plant other riders got out of their seats a pile in the vacant lot next to the on the Harris/Montgomery County and moved to the front. I had the house. He doused them with gas- line. I picked up 15 55-gallon drums rear half of the bus all to myself. oline and burned everything I wore of liquid ethyl mercaptan. I didn’t Buses back then were not air that day except my work boots. know what it was, but I was told that conditioned. Fortunately, all the side For three weeks, I had to leave my one drop would make several thou- windows were open. boots outside, downwind from the sand cubic feet of natural gas stink. When I got home, my mother house. I had to move the drums from the took one whiff of me and told me That was my introduction to ethyl dock to the front of the truck’s cargo to go around the house to the back mercaptan. bay by hand, using a two- wheeled porch and take off all my clothes Sometime during the 1930s, elec- truck. The plant workers were not except my shorts and to wait until tricity finally came to rural Anderson very careful when they filled the she had a tub of hot water. When I County. Ruffo and the boys wired drums, and I splashed some on got into the bathroom, she cracked the house, had the wiring inspected myself. The bobtail did not have the door open and stuck a broom and were hooked up to the county closeable rear doors - only a tailgate handle through the door. She told grid. about three feet high. As I made the me to put my shorts on the end of The copper plumbing that had rest of my pick-ups, I noticed that no the broom handle. worked for the carbide gas system one was tailgating me. My orders were to bathe for 30 and the natural gas system were When I got off work that day, I minutes, drain the tub, refill the tub removed and sold for scrap. This picture is of four generations of Edwards men. Roy was the eldest was going to take the bus home. As and bathe for another 30 minutes. A new electric water heater was son of, the eldest son, of the eldest son of the eldest son. From left I got on the bus, the driver put his It took me three and a half hours to installed, and the pitcher pump to right (back row): Roy’s father, Robert William Edwards, Robert Ruffo hand over the coin drop box and smell good enough that she gave to the well was replaced with an Edwards (Ruffo Edwards, Roy’s grandpa). Seated is Roy’s great grandpa, electric pump and a galvanized and the baby is Mason Roylen Edwards – Roy. IN HONOR OF FATHER’S DAY water pressure tank. Electric space heaters were placed in all the rooms With except the living room. Ruffo still Coupon 10% OFF preferred his fireplace for heat. Grandma Ruby would not give up TOTAL PURCHASE her great wood-burning cookstove. (Good thru June 21, 2021) She cooked on that stove the rest Drive-thru available Homemade Tortillas of her life. That old house went through four Mon - Friday 4:30 AM - 1:00 PM Sat - Sunday 5:00 AM - 2:00 PM lighting systems in less than 50 years. 500 W. Mulberry St., Angleton, TX 77515 And all because Grandpa Ruffo Tel: (979) 331-3457 said, “Let there be light.” Page 6 THE BULLETIN June 15, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com turned out. We could have done this real vacationing. Sitting on the you like to come with us? from my list of summer smells. VACATION (From Page 1) without going on vacation, but it had porch with some of the guests at Sure. It was the last night of my I have never returned to that hotel So, we booked a room in another more meaning that we did it during night and enjoying the cool evening real vacation, and I had not made or stayed at the fancy one nearby place that was a lot cheaper, but our vacation - because we were on breeze - that was vacationing. any plans. I was just going to hang with the swimming pool and restau- had no pool, restaurant, or private an American-style vacation. “What are you doing tomorrow out at the hotel. rant. All I have left of this week are bathrooms. It did have a common The days were long, and the night?” asked the girl who won the I don’t remember what the movie a few pictures and memories, which kitchen area where families could nights were quiet, except for Bingo Bingo money the night before. “My was about, only that I stuffed myself probably make my first American cook and eat, and in the backyard it night near the hotel, where one of grands are going to a movie. Would with popcorn and Coke and sat next vacation much grander than it was. had a ping pong table. the guest’s granddaughters won to the lucky girl who won at Bingo. I There have been many more We boarded the Greyhound bus $250. We didn’t win anything, but it can still smell her grandma’s talcum since, but that week in the Catskills and got the heck out of the dirty city was fun figuring out the bingo board, Zoom School classes for powder. I have since excluded that will always remain special. for a week. It was nice to leave it which we had never seen before. the memory impaired to behind and go into the green world. I became friends with a boy We walked past the fancy hotel my age whose parents rented the be shown on Facebook and remarked that one day we’d be house next door and remember booking a room there. We played thinking how wasteful it was to rent Last July, in response to the ping pong and went on hikes. We a whole house when one room and COVID shutdown, the Gathering chilled out, enjoyed the mountain part of a kitchen would do. We lis- Place started a virtual Zoom School, air, ate in a small cafe in town, ate tened to his dad’s old records on the CompU.Talk, for people who have with other families in the massive console in the living room. Then we some form of dementia. kitchen and dining room, and for played some more ping pong. Classes meet three days a week hours at a time, did absolutely We had a TV in a common area from 10 a.m. until noon. Teachers nothing. of our hotel, but I never watched combine new learning with memory We talked about the way things it. I could watch as much TV as I retrieval practice in science, English, used to be and the way things wanted back home. That was not pop culture, travel/geography, health, and history classes. For more information about CompU.Talk or the Memory Care Alliance, call (979) 849-5051. “The classes are tough, but fun,” Gathering Place CEO Dale Libby said. “In a recent Science class, students were learning about bacteria that thrives in extremely hot subduction zones on the ocean floor and in English, they were studying neologisms and metonymies.” Nine students, age 49 to 81, just completed a 36-week scho- lastic year and will pick up their workbooks and art supplies before classes start July 6. Classes are 20 Wings (Hot, BBQ or Lemon Pepper) free, and all materials are provided. + “One of our students recently a Bucket completed a clock draw at Dr. of Beer Forbes Barnwell’s office, something (Your choice of beer) HAPPY HOUR he could not do in his previous $3500 3-7 PM DAILY exam. Dr. Barnwell told the stu- #1 #2 THE dent’s wife he had never seen that done before,” Libby continued. 101 Clements St 116 E. 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www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 June 15, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 7 become until the end of last year. I became obsessed with getting SWEETIE (From Page 1) For reasons that aren’t quite Sweetie to eat. She had been there Columbia Christian Senior Citizens Center Menu named Sweetie or Precious. With a clear, she stopped eating. She lost for me in tough times. It was my 629 E. Bernard, West Columbia, TX, (979) 345-5955 laugh, he says they seldom live up weight. She became weak. She turn. Meals served at 11:30 a.m. Menu pinto beans, watermelon, cornbread, to their names. labored walking. She wouldn’t play We ordered almost daily deliv- subject to change. Meals on wheels dessert. Sweetie has. I have now been ball. We built stairways out of crates eries of various kinds of cat food, available - call before 9:30 a.m. Low Friday, June 18: Enchiladas, a wheelchair-bound paraplegic for so she could climb into her favorite hoping to find something Sweetie salt/low sugar meals available - call Spanish rice, pinto beans, collard nine years, and Sweetie has been napping spots. would eat. before 8 a.m. Transportation to the greens, slaw, cornbread, dessert. at my side every non-step of the Tests revealed Sweetie’s liver Dry food. Canned food. Packaged center available - call before 8:30 a.m. Monday, June 21: Beef pot pie, way. was not functioning properly. Our treats. Baby food. And people food. Wednesday, June 16: Chicken cheese broccoli, beets, peaches & She follows me from room to veterinarian said it was either liver Except for a sniff or two at, of all pot pie, okra & tomatoes, hominy, cottage cheese, garlic toast, dessert. room in our one-story Pearland cancer or an infection. He recom- things, a Vienna Sausage, nothing peaches & cottage cheese, garlic Tuesday, June 22: Oven-fried house. Not even my motorized mended treating Sweetie for the worked. toast, dessert. chicken, corn casserole, cauliflower, wheelchair scares her away. It’s as infection. That was curable. I tried feeding her by hand. She Thursday, June 17: BBQ Chicken, peas, pears & cottage cheese, sliced if she thinks I need looking after. Liver cancer would almost would nibble, but not enough to squash casserole, mustard greens, bread, dessert. Out of boredom from isolation certainly be a death sentence. He reverse her decline. during the pandemic, I taught her to called liver cancer treatment “inhu- She grew even weaker. fetch and retrieve balls. She loves mane.” One morning we had trouble that, and every evening she sits by He gave us pills for the liver and finding her. She was curled up in a her toy box. She wants to play. ear ointment designed to stimulate closet, apparently ready to die. It didn’t really dawn on me how her appetite. He asked us to keep in I prepared for the worst. It was big a part of my life Sweetie had touch. We left with little hope. hard to watch her suffer. We took her to the vet again, thinking it might be time to put her down. Don’t give up yet, he advised. I began mentally writing an obit- Wild West BBQ uary column. As silly as it sounds for a journalist with 45 years of hard AWARD WINNING BBQ news coverage behind him to think of writing an obit for his cat, I felt I owed her that. The beginning of this column is pretty much what I wrote. I just had 2 LARGE Two 8oz. to change the ending, however. It’s no longer an obit. HAMBURGERS Ribeye Just like we aren’t sure why The Palms of Lake Jackson Sweetie stopped eating, we aren’t sure why she started again. But one Meals day she didn’t nibble at the food in $ 99 my hand. She gobbled it up. 15 That night I was awakened by Fries, Small Drink $ 99 a gentle slap in the face. It was 28 Sweetie’s paw. She was hungry. Now, six months after her diag- nosis and my premature obituary, Sweetie is no longer on pills, has regained most of the lost weight, jumps into her favorite napping 2 BR’s Starting at $775 places and wants to play ball again. Our community with its resort-style swimming pool and beautiful And each night, when I finish my therapy exercises and turn out landscaping offers a relaxing oasis just steps from your door. DINE-IN . TAKE-OUT . DRIVE-THRU the light, the calico cat that nobody PRESENT COUPON AT TIME OF PURCHASE wanted jumps onto the bed and We’re still leasing curls up next to me. CALL US FOR YOUR NEXT CATERING (Ernie Williamson welcomes Take a self-guided tour 1205 E. Mulberry, Angleton reader input. Please contact Ernie at [email protected]. Or, Call (979) 864-3666 or visit mywildwestbbq.com send letters in care of The Bulletin, PO Box 2426, Angleton, TX. 77516) COLOR

Page 8 THE BULLETIN June 15, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com NOW HIRING Btel announces additional fiber broadband expansion Angleton location Btel, based in Brazoria, recently construction will be dictated by the home, commercial operations, Come join our team at the La Quinta by Wyndham in Angleton! announced plans to expand their level of community interest. communication, home based busi- fiber broadband network to three To register interest, residents of nesses, tele-medicine, entertain- • We are in search of friendly, self-motivated housekeepers!! areas over the next few years. these areas can visit www.btel.com. ment, and so much more. As we • We offer benefits, 401K, vacation and PT time available. When completed, the network will There is no cost or obligation to expand our service area, we will • All housekeepers starting base is $11 per hour with a minimum enable Btel to provide affordable register interest. It will simply help remain committed to enhancing the of 30 hours weekly. and reliable high-speed internet to our construction teams get to work lives of our customers by providing Stop by and speak to Roseanna or Kristina for any questions! approximately 4,000 residents and and get fiber built to your neighbor- next generation technology com- businesses, improving quality of hood. bined with outstanding customer 2400 W Mulberry St., Angleton, TX 77515 life and economic competitiveness “Btel is extremely excited about service,” said Charlie Greenberg, throughout the area. potential expansion opportunities president and CEO. The areas currently under consid- for our fiber optic broadband net- To learn more, or to register inter- eration for expansion include West work. Access to reliable high-speed est, please visit www.btel.com and Columbia, Columbia Lakes and internet is critically important for click the banner at the top of the Sweeny. Exact areas and timing for remote education, working from page, or call (979)798-2121. Santos, Giesecke sworn in as Port Freeport commissioners Rob Giesecke was sworn in as Angleton Independent School District council. Along with his civic activities, the newest Port Freeport Commis- for more than 25 years. He is heav- Santos is active with the Brazoria sioner, joined by Commissioner ily involved in the community, having County 4-H, Angleton FFA, American Rudy Santos, who also took an oath served the City of Angleton for 22 Quarter Horse Association and major to serve his second term, during a years in various capacities, including livestock Shows and rodeos through- formal ceremony recently attended as mayor and a member of the city out the state. by family and friends. Giesecke will serve a six-year term in Pos. 4, Pct. 2. Brazoria County Court at Law #1 and Probate Court Judge Courtney T. Gilbert conducted the swearing-in of Santos and Giesecke. Giesecke is a long-time resident of Brazoria County. He is a commercial real estate broker and is actively engaged in the community. His involvement in a wide range of civic, business, and community activities includes the Brazoria County Repub- lican Party, for which he serves as PAC Treasurer and a precinct chair. Santos was first elected to the Port Freeport Commission in 2015 and will continue to serve in Pos. 6, Pct 4. He has most recently served as Secretary for the Commission. Santos is the current Project Man- ager in Building Programs for the Alvin Independent School District and was previously the Director of Maintenance and Operation for the We Buy All Mobile Homes In Parks, On Land, All Condition, All Ages New & Used. No Fees! Fast! Friendly offer in 24 Hours! Call Now (713) 929-2517 COLOR

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Page 10 THE BULLETIN June 15, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Angleton Rec has fun events planned for seniors Senior Focus The Angleton Parks and Recre- ton Recreation Center or online. Date: Sunday, Aug. 15; Time: ation Department has resumed its Registration opened June 10. 1 - 6:30 p.m.; Age: 60+; Fee: $20 senior citizens’ programs after dis- Wharton Theatre per person; Registration: You can Will my benefits be cut if I decide to continuing them due to the COVID- Wharton Plaza Theatre presents register by calling (979) 849-4364 19 pandemic, and it has several fun “Hello, Dolly!” opt. 5, at the Angleton Recreation retire early and then return to work? events planned. Go to Wharton to enjoy this Center or online. These programs aim to influence classic, musical adaption of Thorton Trip to Naskila Casino Dear Rusty: I took early Security benefit would be $413/ well-being, including physical health, Wilder’s hit play “The Matchmaker”. Registered seniors will be off to retirement at 20 years from the month. social and emotional factors. This production bursts with humor, Naskila Gaming Casino in Living- Louisiana public school system in Since you say you have “over The senior program has brought romance, energetic dance and ston in the fall to try their luck on 1996. Since then, I have contin- 20 years” contributing to Social back everyone’s favorite game of some of the best songs in musi- one of the casino’s 790 machines. ued to work in private schools Security, be aware that the size of Bingo! Seniors are invited to bring cal theatre history. The romantic There are two restaurants on (except for 2 years in public). I the WEP reduction to your SS will friends to join the fun; winners take and comic exploits of Dolly Gal- location to enjoy lunch at their own now have over 20 years in the be smaller for each year over 20 home prizes. This program is free, lagher-Levi, turn-of-the-century expense. Social Security system. Are they that you have significant SS-cov- but please register ahead of time. matchmaker and “woman who Date: Thursday, Sept. 16; Time: going to take money out of my ered earnings. For example, with Facility: Angleton Recreation arranges things,” are certain to 9 a.m - 5 p.m.; Age: 60+; Fee: $14 tiny early LA. retirement check or 21 years of SS earnings, your Center Room 2; Date: Every thrill and entertain. Unforgettable per person; Registration: You lower my Social Security check? WEP reduction would be $371/ Tuesday; Time: 11 a.m.; Age: 55+; songs include “Put On Your Sunday can register by calling (979) Is it true I can continue working month; with 25 years of SS contri- Fee: Free; Registration: You can Clothes,” “Ribbons Down My Back,” 849-4364 opt. 5, at the Angle- and draw Social Security? I have butions your WEP reduction would register by calling (979) 849-4364 “Hello Dolly!,” “Elegance,” and “It ton Recreation Center or online. reached full retirement age - I am be $206/month; and with 30 years opt. 5, at the Angleton Recreation Only Takes a Moment.” Registration opened June 10. 68. Signed: State of SS contri- Center or online. Retiree butions, WEP Senior Welcome-Back Party Dear State Ask Rusty would no longer Go have lunch! They are inviting Retiree: There apply. seniors back for in-person pro- are 27 U.S. states (including Lou- As you can see, the WEP grams. When you register, there isiana) which, to varying degrees, reduction to your SS benefit will be three different food options do not require state employees to decreases proportionally with for you to choose from. Space is contribute to the Federal Social each year over 20 that you have limited. Security program. Retirees in significant earnings and contribute Facility: Angleton Recreation those states with a pension to Social Security, and WEP dis- Center Room 2; Date: Wednesday, earned while not contributing to appears with 30 years of signifi- July 7; Time: 11a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Social Security, and who still earn cant SS earnings. Age: 55+; Fee: Free; Registra- enough Social Security credits Be aware that WEP will not tion: You can register by calling (from other work) to be eligible affect you until you are collecting (979) 849-4364 opt. 5, at the Angle- for Social Security benefits, are both your LA. state pension and affected by a regulation known as your Social Security benefit, and the Windfall Elimination Provision that for each full year you con- (WEP), which reduces the amount tinue to work and contribute to of your Social Security payment. Social Security, the WEP reduc- So, the answer to your question is tion will reduce. Since you’re past yes, your Social Security benefit full retirement age, you can collect will be reduced as a result of your Social Security and work without LA. state pension, and WEP (your your SS benefits being affected. LA. retirement benefit) won’t be You shouldn’t delay claiming your affected. Social Security benefit past age The amount of the reduction to 70 because that is when your SS your Social Security benefit will benefit will reach maximum. depend upon the number of years For a question, visit our website of “significant’’ earnings you have (amacfoundation.org/programs/ contributing to the Social Security social-security-advisory) or email (SS) program. With 20 or fewer us at ssadvisor@amacfoundation. years of SS-covered earnings, you would incur the maximum DID YOU KNOW? WEP reduction, which is either • If you retire at age 62 but con- a) 50% of your LA. State pension tinue to work and make more than amount, or b) the maximum WEP your “annual exempt amount,” you reduction for your “eligibility year” will lose some of your hard-earned (the year you turned 62, which I benefits. However, once your reach believe was 2015). full retirement age, you can work In the case of b), the maximum all you want, and you will not be WEP reduction to your Social penalized. www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 June 15, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 11 the most bang for your buck.” But, she says, don’t doze for too long; Healthy nap all about timing 20 to 40 minutes will do the trick. From Association of Mature American can Citizens [AMAC]. Any longer than 30 to 90 minutes, Senior Focus Citizens But, keep it short, says Weber. and you risk cognitive problems and “Getting a good night’s sleep The longer you lie down to catch insomnia at bedtime. comes highly recommended for some midday Z’s, the fewer the Dr. Gamaldo cites a study the 50-plus population, particularly benefits. The experts at the Johns reported in the Journal of the for the fastest growing segment of Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center American Geriatrics Society that senior citizens, those over 65. report that too long of a catnap can concluded “moderate nappers In fact, it turns out that peace- interfere with your ability to think had better overall cognition than ful dozing overnight may not be straight. nonnappers or extended nappers. enough for some seniors and that The medical director at the Nonnappers also had significantly taking an afternoon nap may not Center, Dr. Charlene Gamaldo, rec- poorer cognition than short-term only be good for toddlers, but can ommends seniors take their naps nappers. In multiple regression also be beneficial for seniors,” between the hours of one in the analysis, moderate napping was according to Rebecca Weber, CEO afternoon and 4:00 p.m. “Napping significantly associated with better of the Association of Mature Ameri- this time of day will provide you with cognition than non- short and extended napping.” The Sleep Foundation concurs and points out that there are differ- Ten ent types of naps: Recovery Nap: Sleep depri- Commissioners’ Court proclaimed May 2021 as Older Americans vation can leave you feeling tired Month in Brazoria County & recognized ACTIONS, INC for the agency’s the following day. If you are up late dedication and outstanding work its staff does to enrich the lives of Brazoria County’s older Americans. or have interrupted sleep one night, you might take a recovery nap the next day to compensate for sleep loss. Prophylactic Nap: This type of nap is taken in preparation for sleep loss. For example, night shift workers may schedule naps before and during their shifts in order to prevent sleepiness and to stay alert while working. Appetitive Nap: Appetitive naps are taken for the enjoyment of napping. Napping can be relaxing and can improve your mood and energy level upon waking. Essential Nap: When you are sick, you have a greater need for sleep. This is because your immune system mounts a response to fight infection or promote healing, and that requires extra energy. Naps taken during illness are considered essential. However, AMAC’s Weber warns you don’t want to overdo it. Nor do you want to skimp. According to Dr. Gamaldo, studies have shown that those who take a nap too long or too short may have poor health and even a shorter life span. MEMORY CARE On the other hand, well-timed afternoon naps for seniors can have positive impacts on memory and mood and can ease stress and make you more alert. Take a “Nap Latte” - drink a cup of coffee and nap immediately. It will wake you up soon afterward! Page 12 THE BULLETIN June 15, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com Two fathers, two sons, two very different outcomes Heaven is within reach of our hearts By Shirley Prihoda fire to consume the entire offering. the sacrifice, and a son being bound Based on the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham The Bulletin That would require a lot of wood, onto the wood, and again the cry of, his story is about two cove- more than a child could carry. Also, “My Father.” However, the ending is Q: There’s a reference in truth to your soul. nant fathers. Verse 3 says, “So Abraham rose not the same. Proverbs 8 to someone else Heaven captures the imagina- T One is Abraham, and if early in the morning and saddled his o angel stepped into this being with God when He created tion, but it’s not an imaginary place you’ve helped in donkey, and took world to stop the knife. Heaven, suggesting a real place. or fantasyland in which to dwell. Vacation Bible CHASING THE CREATOR two of his young NAlthough Jesus said there Why does the Bible not identify It’s not a place one can travel and School, you may men with him, and could have been, Matthew 26: who the other person is? -- P.W. come back again -- at least not in have sung “Father Isaac his son; and 53: “Or do you think that I cannot A: The eighth chapter of Prov- our earthbound life. Heaven is a Abraham” more times than you care he split the wood for the burnt offer- now pray to My Father, and He will erbs is deep and wide because literal place. to remember. Just to plant that song ing and arose and went to the place provide Me with more than twelve it identifies the voice of wisdom More important than Heaven in your memory, “right arm, left arm!” of which God had told him.” legions of angels? Verse 54: How speaking to our hearts -- the Lord capturing our imagination is the You’re mentally going for right t was a three-day journey to then could the Scriptures be ful- Jesus Himself gathering up His God of Heaven capturing our foot, left foot, aren’t you? Some the mountain, and a donkey filled, that it must happen thus?” eternal attributes that call out to souls. Just because Heaven is things stay forever! Abraham heard Iwas used to carry the wood Giving up something you love us in His wisdom, understanding, beyond the reach of our satellites the Lord in Genesis 22:2, “Then He most of the way. When they were is never easy. The only thing that truth, righteousness, knowledge, and telescopes doesn’t mean that said, ‘Take now your son, your only within sight of the mountain, Abra- made it possible for the second instruction, prudence, discretion, Heaven is beyond the reach of our son Isaac, whom you love, and go ham placed the wood on Isaac’s Father to allow His Son to take the reverence, counsel, strength, love, hearts. The key to finding Heaven to the land of Moriah, and offer him shoulders. Once there, he bound blame for crimes He didn’t commit honor, justice, rejoicing, blessing, is finding Christ, whose voice of there as a burnt offering on one Isaac upon the wood. He raised the was His overwhelming longing to and eternal life. wisdom calls out to people still of the mountains of which I shall knife…and God stopped him midair. be with the people He loved. He Heaven is where wisdom both today. tell you.’” Did you know this is the I’ve stood on the spot where brought His Son to the covenant dwells and calls out to mankind to Tribune Media Services first time “love” is mentioned in the Abraham trusted God enough to table. open our hearts to truth - the Lord (Send your queries to “My Answer,” bible? Amazingly, it was about a offer his son, and it’s a place of This recipe is from Honeysuckle Jesus Christ. c/o Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evange- father’s sacrifice. wonder. Standing there, my mind Coffee and Bistro, and it’s like our “Does not wisdom cry out?... I, listic Association, 1 Billy Graham Park- ovenants have two sides, and heart were at war with each beautifully created world, full of wisdom, dwell with prudence... and way, Charlotte, N.C., 28201; call 1-(877) those who seek me diligently will 2-GRAHAM, or visit the Web site for the and Abraham’s was to bring other. Could I trust God enough to different shapes and colors. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association: CIsaac to the table. It’s inter- offer the son I loved, in full belief Pasta Salad find me.... The Lord possessed me www.billygraham.org.) esting to unpack this story. First, that He would raise him from the 1 Box Mini Bowtie Pasta at the beginning of His way before Isaac couldn’t have been a child as dead? 1 ½ Quarts Rich Chicken Broth His works of old. I have been most often pictured. Genesis 22: 6 I felt raw, uncovered, and 1 Teaspoon Salt established from everlasting, from says, “So Abraham took the wood ashamed remembering my first 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil the beginning, before there was of the burnt offering and laid it on son’s death at age five, and how I ½ Cup Basil Pesto ever an earth. When there were no Isaac, his son; and he took the fire fought inwardly to trust God through 1/3 Cup Good Caesar Dressing depths I was brought forth.... When in his hand, and a knife, and the two all the questions of why. Those 1/3 Cup Grated Parmesan He prepared the heavens, I was of them went together. Verse 7: But years were not my proudest. Cheese there.... Whoever finds me finds Isaac spoke to Abraham, his father The other father’s story also 1 Cup Red Bell Pepper, chopped life, and obtains favor from the and said, ‘My Father!’” begins with another well-loved 1 Cup Celery, chopped Lord” (Proverbs 8). Open the Bible Burnt offerings were whole, and it son, another donkey ride, another 1 Small Can Black Olives, sliced and let the voice of wisdom speak would take several hours over a full mountain, wood being carried for 1 Cup Cherry or Grape Toma- toes, halved Bring the chicken stock and salt to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 7 March Madness used to be less mad minutes. Drain pasta and toss with March Madness overwhelms the two teams that will compete in the the olive oil. Combine the pesto, nation each year. It has been that championship. dressing, and cheese; mix well. way since March 27, 1939 when In the beginning, eight schools Add dressing mixture to the pasta the University of Oregon beat Ohio were invited to participate; this and stir well. Add peppers, celery, State University 46–33 in the final year, 68 faced off in the men’s and olives. Refrigerate for several game of the very first NCAA men’s competition. hours and add tomatoes before basketball tour- The inaugural serving. nament. HISTORY MATTERS women’s NCAA (To contact Shirley, please send The Buddha was probably not a vegetarian If the Super A feature courtesy of The tournament of emails to [email protected] Many Buddhists are vegetarian because of the first Buddhist Precept: I Bowl causes the Grateful American Book Prize 1982 had repre- or write to The Bulletin, PO Box undertake the training rule to abstain from taking life. nation to stop sentation from 2426, Angleton, Tx. 77516) This precept also includes the taking of any animal life. Interestingly, this and focus on football for one day, 32 schools; the 2021 line-up was doesn’t necessarily mean that all Buddhists need to become vegetarians. In the annual NCAA basketball tour- generated from 64 schools. Please tell our the “Pali Canon,” a major Buddhist text, it was said that the Buddha would nament holds the attention of the (The Grateful American Book not eat meat from an animal killed specifically for him, but apparently didn’t nation about three weeks. It starts Prize recommends How March have a problem eating meat bought from the marketplace and already dead. mid-month when the “first four” - or Became Madness: How the NCAA advertisers that first round games - are played, Tournament Became the Great- you saw their ad in Jesus Christ mentioned 5x in the Qur’an, more than Muhammad and last until the “final four” games est Sporting Event in America by Jesus is considered one of the great prophets of the Islamic religion, and culminate with the selection of the Eddie Einhorn and Ron Rapoport.) The Bulletin. is highly revered, though not as the Son of God as Christians believe. www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 June 15, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 13 to freeze and then traverses the Pods. Occasionally, those AirPods WALKING (From Page 1) ice to Big Diomede Island, 55 miles become the source of hands-free daily walks, often trailed by children away and owned by Russia. phone conversations I’ll have with whose school days consisted This is hardly newfound knowl- friends or business associates entirely of recess. edge. In 2006, British adventurer while I’m walking. I apologize to Young people walked; elderly Karl Bushby and his French anyone who overheard a conver- people walked more. Spouses counterpart, Dimitri Kieffer, did just sation I was having with a former who realized they needed time that, and were promptly deported agent that became heated and, uh, away from one another walked by Russian authorities. Undeterred, MAY have included a profanity or in opposite directions. Dogs who Bushby was in the midst of his goal two. The good news is that I never were walked once or twice a day to walk around the world, a distance broke stride. pleaded for comfortable cushions of 36,000 miles. He did not appear One thing I don’t do while walk- upon arriving home from their to have a dog accompanying him. ing is count my steps, either man- third or fourth jaunt through the Personally, I’ve always looked at ually or via one of those apps that park, their eyes saying, “Enough walking, naively, as an exercise of walkers seem obsessed with. I read already!” last resort. I’m a runner, a swimmer, I’m supposed to walk 10,000 steps Some of us took walking to a cyclist. Those interests should per day. If it only takes me 5,000 extremes. Former Wall Street Jour- make me the perfect candidate to to clear my head, enjoy nature, nal reporter Neil King set off from enter a triathlon, but I’m not that converse with a fellow walker or be Washington, D.C., this past March crazy. alone with my thoughts, so be it. 29 and didn’t stop walking until he But walking? That’s for individu- Unlike so many others, I man- arrived in New York City, 26 days als who can no longer perform the aged to avoid the horrible COVID- later. Upon completing his journey, athletic endeavors I just ticked off. 19 illness. It did, however, leave me he tweeted, “Do not be conformed Or so I thought. Until I made walk- with a few blisters, courtesy of my to this world, but be transformed ing a part of my afternoon routine newfound penchant for walking. by the renewing of your mind. and realized how much I looked I will happily live with those. That simple walk transformed and forward to it. (Greg Schwem is a corporate renewed me.” Now I walk with my wife. I walk stand-up comedian and author I’m sorry, but nothing about that with my dog. I walk solo and don’t of two books: “Text Me If You’re walk sounds simple. I think my dog care if I look like the lonely guy Breathing: Observations, Frus- would agree. on the block who, when he dies, trations and Life Lessons From a Then there was TikToker is described by a neighbor as Low-Tech Dad” and the recently laubandrew who recently told his someone who “seemed nice,” while released “The Road To Success 51,000-plus followers that it is another neighbor chimes in with, Goes Through the Salad Bar: possible to walk from the U.S. to “Yes, we used to see him out walk- A Pile of BS From a Corporate Asia, providing one starts at Little ing every day.” Comedian,” available at Amazon. Diomede Island, off the coast of Sometimes my walks include my com. Visit Greg on the web at www. Alaska, waits for the Bering Strait favorite tunes, courtesy of my Air- gregschwem.com.) MR. MORRIS By Rick Brooks

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Page 14 THE BULLETIN June 15, 2021 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com History of the World On This Day June 15 porated Italy into his empire. 1865 - The emancipation of 1752 - Benjamin Franklin exper- 1885 - The Statue of Liberty slaves was proclaimed in Texas. imented by flying a kite during a arrived in New York City aboard the 1910 - The first Father’s Day was thunderstorm. The result was a little French ship Isere. celebrated in Spokane, Washington. spark that showed the relationship 1931 - British authorities in China June 20 between lightning and electricity. arrested Indochinese Communist 1782 - The U.S. Congress 1775 - George Washington was leader Ho Chi Minh. approved the Great Seal of the appointed head of the Continental June 18 United States. Army by the Second Continental 1873 - Susan B. Anthony was 1963 - The United States and Congress. fined $100 for attempting to vote for Soviet Union signed an agreement 1948 - Soviet authorities a U.S. President. to set up a hot line communication announced that the Autobahn would 1928 - Amelia Earhart became link between the two countries. be closed indefinitely “for repairs.” the first woman to fly across the 1966 - The U.S. Open golf tour- June 16 Atlantic Ocean as she completed a nament was broadcast in color for 1884 - At Coney Island in Brook- flight from Newfoundland to Wales. the first time. lyn, N.Y., the first roller coaster in 1961 - “Gunsmoke” was broad- June 21 America opened. cast for the last time on CBS radio. 1913 - Georgia Broadwick 1890 - The second Madison 1975 - Fred Lynn of the Boston became the first woman to jump Square Gardens opened. Red Sox hit three home runs, a from an airplane. 1883 - The New York Giants triple and a single in a game against 1939 - Lou Gehrig quit baseball baseball team admitted all ladies for the Detroit Tigers. due to illness. free to the ballpark. It was the first June 19 1945 - Pan Am announced an Ladies Day. 1846 - The New York Knicker- 88-hour round-the-world flight at a 1978 - The film adaptation of bocker Club played the New York cost of $700. “Grease” premiered in New York Club in the first baseball game at 1973 - The U.S. Supreme Court City. the Elysian Field, Hoboken, NJ. It ruled that states may ban materials June 17 was the first organized baseball found to be obscene according to 1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte incor- game. local standards.

Bulletin horoscope Tribune Media Services ARIES (March 21-April 19): LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. Prices good thru 06-22-2021 Read the fine print and dou- pressure is on. Someone might 21): You may be inspired to find ble-check for accuracy. You could persuade you to make a change, your heart’s desire. Keep day- disrupt your income streams by or you may become spellbound by dreams and wishful thinking in their pursuing exciting activities and something to the exclusion of all place, however, since they are deviating from norms. As the week else. Don’t make drastic changes unlikely to earn any dollars. In the unfolds, focus on being creative or irrevocable decisions in the upcoming week, confronting facts and imaginative. week ahead. might not be your strong suit. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. fine to view things from a scientific You may fall prey to delusions of 19): You may be glad that you put perspective while gathering data, grandeur in the week to come. something away for a rainy day. but it’s the people who have to be However, the thought of upcoming The bills that arrive in the week considered first. You may enjoy entertainment shared with partners ahead might be unexpected. reactions to innovative ideas or or loved ones might channel your Embrace an opportunity to express shocking actions. enthusiasm into more appropriate love and affection. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You directions. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): may not hold the winning hand. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You Whatever life brings to you, you You could experience an unwanted should do the things that really can get through it. In the week entanglement if you mingle with the make you happy. If you aren’t ahead, a key relationship could test wrong people in the week ahead. exactly sure what will bring a smile your faith or drain your reserves of Exercise caution and listen to to your face, look for guideposts generosity. Tensions and stressful those who have proven themselves along the way. Accentuate the family situations require more of trustworthy. positive whenever you can. your patience. CANCER (June 21-July 22): SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): It might be best to do it all by It is often said that a fool and his Sensitivity to the wants and needs yourself. However, a willing partner money are soon parted. Remain of others will probably make you a would appreciate a chance to keep alert when handling your finances valuable commodity at the work- you company even if there is a in the upcoming week. You could place in the week ahead. Use a gift formidable task on your schedule. find a diamond in the rough if you for communication to earn a big Mix romance with teamwork when look beyond the obvious and con- commission or make a romantic appropriate this week. sider new ideas. fantasy come true. www.mybulletinnewspaper.com (979) 849-5407 June 15, 2021 THE BULLETIN Page 15 35 This and that, say Complete the grid so each row, column Bulletin Crossword Puzzle of the Week 39 Jack of “The Great Dictator” and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains Across 20 Sly critic 42 Colorado’s “Steel City” every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to 1 Jazzes (up) 21 Became frothy 44 ... opened an account with a __, solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk. 5 “Let’s open a window” 22 Fertility clinic supply ... 10 Musical riff 24 Prefix with content 48 One in a tchr.’s key 14 Louver part 25 Not agin 49 Canadian whisky 15 Whistle blower 26 Amazon snake 50 Old call letters? 16 Retailer whose logo colors are 27 ... told the banker a __, ... 51 “The Hollow Men” poet’s mono- the same as on its founder’s 31 Catching a break gram national flag 32 Iditarod runner 52 Giggle 17 The con entered the bank under 33 “High School Musical” extra 54 It merged with CBS in 2019 an __, ... 34 Crouched behind a boulder 56 ... and cashed a check with a __ 60 JFK part: Abbr. 61 Languid 62 Pic to click 63 Koppel and others 64 “Long time __!” 65 Like racehorses

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