June 4, 2019 Our 25th Year of Publishing (979) 849-5407 PLEASE mybulletinnewspaper.com © 2019 TAKE ONE LAKE JACKSON • CLUTE • RICHWOOD • FREEPORT • OYSTER CREEK • ANGLETON • DANBURY • ALVIN • WEST COLUMBIA • BRAZORIA • SWEENY Harvey brought When the storm together Texans Hurricane season is back comes, I’m gone of all types Riding out a hurricane By B.A. Belthoff is not only dangerous, The Bulletin I’m from New Jersey, and but it’s a lot of work although I’ve lived through several How to By John Toth hurricanes, none were quite like The Bulletin Harvey. Not even Hurricane Sandy, Plan Since this is the start of hurricane the storm that devastated the east- season, and we’re running a special ern seaboard and Jersey’s beautiful section on how to prepare and stay beach communities. Prepare safe if one of these gets near our We lived in the northern part of the county this year, it’s only appropri- state on a ridge not near any rivers ate to dedicate this column to some Stay safe hurricane topics. Transplanted in Texas I’ll say right up front that I am not or waterways so hurricanes for us Ramblings were wind events. Losing electricity and having to restock our refrigerator a big fan of staying if a hurricane is and freezer was a common occur- Special Pull-Out Section Inside approaching. I stayed behind during rence after a storm. After seeing Hurricane Alicia in 1983, because mountains of belongings towering on my job at the Houston Chronicle front lawns, home after home, street required it. And we stayed again after street in the Houston area after Celebrating a birthday with only vegan on the menu during Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Harvey, it makes the refrigerator By Ernie Williamson meal at a vegan Chinese restaurant Had I been paying attention to but that hit to the south of us far issue seem so inconsequential. The Bulletin in Houston. food trends, I would have noticed away, although I think we got the In September of 2017, my hus- No meat. No dairy. No eggs. No I had no idea what to expect. that vegan diets are growing in brunt of the rain. band and I had been in Texas just a honey. No product produced by This was my first visit to a vegan popularity. Not that I am scared. Well, I sort smidgeon more than a year. Before animals. restaurant. I sure wasn’t anticipat- This is true even in Pearland. of am, of a Category 3 and higher. we left New Jersey, we decided it I didn’t go vegan out of concern The land of Killen’s steakhouse, Alicia was a Category 3, and I spent was time to downsize and get rid of for the environment, a love of The View from My Seat BBQ, burgers and Tex-Mex has much of the night in the Brazoria all the clutter and things we didn’t animals or my health. Those are more and more restaurant menus County Courthouse, watching a need, use or want. We came to all good reasons, to be sure, but ing a crowd for lunch on a Saturday offering vegan options. There is tree being split in half. And we were Houston with the mindset that less not mine. afternoon, but, to my surprise, there even a new plant-based bakery. lucky that the storm passed right was more. A favorite mantra we’ve It was a granddaughter’s was a line waiting for such delica- Cinnaholic’s baked goods are over us, and we were not on the (Continued on Page 15) birthday and, God bless her, cies as vegetable fried rice with 100 percent vegan, meaning they dirty side. That was Galveston. They this march-to-a-different-drum- vegan fish. Or vegan beef noodle are animal-free and free of dairy, got the brunt of the damage. INSIDE THIS ISSUE mer teenager is vegan. For her soup. Or Kung Pao vegan chicken. lactose, eggs and cholesterol. That was then, and this is now. birthday, she wanted a family I shouldn’t have been surprised. (Continued on Page 5) Staying behind is just too much work, and I would much rather go Alamo launches somewhere like San Antonio and the Note to Shell Scott: Cognac and coffee reads better than it tastes surrounding Hill Country. ‘Weapons of the By Edward A. SForbes detective or mystery stories. The pharmacy sold magazines That’s what I did during Rita in The Bulletin When I graduated from high (Life, Time, Newsweek, Play- 2005 and Ike in 2008. I packed up Alamo’ tours The way-back machine kicks into school and moved to Alvin, I worked boy, Hot Rod Magazines, Mad the camper, and off we went on an SEE PAGE 6 action again. We are traveling back at the Alvin Pharmacy for my Magazine), comic books and some unscheduled vacation, heading for to 1970, but setting that up with a brother-in-law. I worked as many paperbacks. I basically, in addition the hills. Getting there was not that Billy Graham: little historical reference. hours as possible because my to working, ate three meals a day much fun, since there was heavy I have always been an avid sister and brother-in-law needed the there. I read a magazine or two, evacuation traffic, and we were After the death of reader. I read to escape, and help, and I needed the money. This a comic book or three with every (Continued on Page 5) although an occasional historical was in the mid-60s, and the world meal, all for free. Like us on Facebook a loved one novel or biography wormed its way of information and entertainment I sailed through the Marvel versus facebook.com/ SEE PAGE 16 into my heart, I read mostly escap- was largely the domain of the print DC wars without being aware there ism type books. My favorites are industry. (Continued on Page 4) brazoriacountybulletin Page 2 THE BULLETIN June 4, 2019 (979) 849-5407 www.mybulletinnewspaper.com GARAGE SALE Thursday, June 6, and Friday, June 7 8-11 a.m. COME BACK HERE! I’M NOT THOUGH TALKING TO YOU! Mostly boy’s and men’s BLAM! BLAM! A man walked out of his Gainesville, Fla., home at the height of an argument with his wife, got into his truck, and tried to drive items, clothes, toys ... away. But she followed, pulled into oncoming traffic to block his vehicle, pulled out a 9 mm handgun and fired several shots at him before it 616 E. Peach, Angleton jammed. ME?! JEALOUS?! THAT’S RIDICULOUS! A court in Mexico ordered a man to stay away from his girlfriend who dumped him after a 14-year relationship because he was very jealous. He was subsequently caught digging a tunnel under her home in Puerto Penasco so he could spy on her. GREAT, WE’LL CALL YOU IF THERE ARE ANY OPENINGS: A man shoplifted sunglasses and some ammunition from a sporting goods store in Gillette. Wyo., returned to fill out a job application, and then shoplifted two more pairs of sunglasses as he left. IT’S LIKE YOU DON’T TRUST ME, MAN: A man facing weap- ons charges in Albuquerque, N.M., asked a judge to let him out on bail while he awaited trial. The judge looked at his record and considered the following factors: his criminal history, use of aliases, his prior failure to appear in court as ordered, his probation violations and his association with a militia group. Bail denied. HONEY, PLEASE, YOU’RE MAKING A SCENE: A woman accused her boyfriend of cheating on her and disrobed in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Sandy, Utah, and started dancing, shouting and grabbing at him apparently to show her displeasure. THANK GOODNESS HE DIDN’T GET HOME CONFINE- MENT: A man was convicted of bigamy for marrying a woman in Georgia in 2006, one in Alabama in 2011, another in New Hampshire in 2013, and a final one in Kentucky in 2016 without divorcing any of them. He received a suspended sentence. HONEY, DID WE ORDER SOME METH? Some 40 pounds of methamphetamine worth about $10 million was mistakenly delivered to an elderly couple in the Werribbee area of Melbourne, Australia. The delivery was actually meant for a young drug dealer in the nearby Bundoora district. ABOUT US IT WAS FUEL FOR FIRE, LITERALLY: A man became very Published since July 4, 1994 angry at being turned down for a date, so he got drunk and set fire to a diesel fuel storage tank in Antioch, Ill. Publishers EXCUSE ME, MA’AM! UH, MA’AM! OH, SORRY, SIR: A man, John Toth wearing a blue bonnet and a long, flowered dress, rode through the [email protected] Publix grocery store in Cape Coral, Fla., on a motorized cart, grabbing Sharon Toth 28 cans of baby formula, and concealing them under his skirt. He then [email protected] exited the premises without paying. IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED …: A man robbed the Dairy Advertising/Marketing Queen in Pueblo, Colo., at 9 in the evening, and then tried to carjack a Stephanie Johnson woman’s vehicle in the drive-thru but failed. But he came back two hours [email protected] later, tried to rob the place again and pull off another carjacking, failing THE BULLETIN is distrib- this time on both counts. Cops with night vision equipment caught him uted each Tuesday by J&S hiding in a field.