www.thepostnewspaper.net Galveston County BETTER RATES Sheriff’s Sale LOWER FEES IS HERE IN GREAT SERVICE IS HERE IN THE POST WWW.JSCFCU.ORG TODAY! Just look inside! Vol. 11, No. 67 Wednesday, July 9, 2014 USPS 9400 75 cents little league … little league … Second finals game Massa-v winner! decides major title Huge shark takes Tackle Time to the wire With the little league’s dis- As a result, NASA East trict 14 major division cham- advanced to the Texas By Ian White But Calhoun’s catch could pionship tournament in dou- little league’s section 3 not topple Brian Wimmer’s ble elimination, NASA East tournament, which covers TEXAS CITY – As the dead- 7.60lb trout, which took the played Santa Fe on Saturday teams from districts 14, line for this year’s Tackle Time tournament’s biggest prize, a after winning their first game 15, 16 and 25. They are approached on Sunday, Avery check for $2,500, after coming 10-0 on Thursday. due to play against the Fuller was confident of victory in ashore on Saturday. In the second game, the district 25 champions, the offshore shark division, hav- That might have been the NASA East all-stars beat the Northside Nationals, ing registered a catch weighing in 52-year-old tournament’s big- Santa Fe 5-0, to become today, Wednesday, July 9, at 629lb, pictured left. gest cash prize but one regard- the district’s new major at West University Little But, at virtually the last min- ed as perhaps the most valu- division champions. League at 8pm. ZL ute, James Massa stepped ashore able went to the first inductee with a 673lb tiger shark on into Tackle Time’s new Hall of his line to snatch the division’s Honor, a distinction that went $1,500 first prize. to long-time shark division win- Aid for a city’s low “The weigh station was two hours ner Kenneth Higginbotham. from closing when Massa brought To emphasize the magnitude his fish in,” Jay Campbell said. of the honor, Campbell told The income schoolchildren Campbell, president of the Post: “There will not be annual tournament’s organizing body, recognition, but it will be reserved Magician and comedian and other donors to provide Texas City La Marque Jaycees, for those that make a significant Adam Trent is to headline an clothing and school supplies said Massa’s entry was not the impact at the event.” August show to raise funds for families within the city’s only prize winner to be weighed He also said the funds raised to help La Marque’s low- school district. in on Sunday. from this year’s tournament income families send their The organization’s direc- In the contest’s main divi- had already enabled the Jaycees children to school. tor, Penny Miller, said sion, inshore speckled trout, Josh to give $2,000 to Galveston The La Marque Aid and Trent has been invited to Calhoun scooped the $1,000 sec- County Food Bank and that Guidance Service will be perform because he is a ond prize with a 7.38lb specimen he anticipated further handouts hosting the Friday, August “perfect representative of landed early on Sunday morn- of some $15,000 in scholar- 15, event at Galveston’s the power of education and ing, relegating William Wimmer’s ships towards Texas City High Grand 1894 Opera House the need for supporting Courtesy photos 7.32lb entry to third place. School students. to attract local businesses our local youth”. ZL Results Offshore First Fish lb weight Second Fish lb weight Third Fish lb weight Shark James Massa Tiger 673.00 Avery Fuller Tiger 629.00 CB Bailey Tiger 598.00 Open Fredo Ramos Dorado 20.18 Scott Caldwell Dorado 11.94 Michael Plitt Tripletail 5.90 Ling James Massa 50.50 Dutch Kueteman 50.50 Frank Carner 45.38 Breakfast to welcome Kingfish Michael Rogers 46.00 Mark Trosclair 36.02 Roger Robinson 30.06 Inshore First lb weight Second lb weight Third lb weight Speckled trout Brian Wimmer 7.60 Josh Calhoun 7.38 William Wimmer 7.32 Flounder Jason Williamson 4.28 Randy Crable 3.79 David Kehrer 3.70 area’s new teachers Stingray Ricky Wilkenfeld 179.00 Colton Carner 149.00 Zach Mulitur 110.00 Gar Joeldan Flisowski 92.00 Clay Tombrella 78.25 Emily Maniscalco 65.50 The Texas City-La Marque and La Marque independent Sheepshead Julian Flores 6.90 Darrell Holmes 6.18 Willis Coleman 6.00 Jackfish Mike Harris 29.20 Mike Harris 29.12 Mike Harris 26.48 Chamber of Commerce will school districts, College of Gafftop Roger Robinson 6.02 Brandi Harris 5.88 Dutch Kueteman 5.65 welcome new teachers from the Mainland, Our Lady Redfish John Woodcock 9.60 Avery Fuller 9.40 William Harris 9.26 several school districts with of Fatima School, Premier Inshore youth First lb weight Second lb weight Third lb weight Sand trout Adrian Flores 2.56 Grant Thiem 1.98 Demi Hildebrand 1.92 a breakfast in their honor on Learning Academy and Croaker Jaycee Thiem 1.26 Ashton Harris 0.84 Mynon Parnell 0.84 Friday, August 22. Mainland Christian School. Hard Head Brandon Henscey 2.58 Ashton Harris 2.48 Demi Hildebrand 2.30 The chamber’s education The chamber hopes people Inshore youth First length Second length Third length committee will host the event will support the event by Blue Crab Brandon Henscey 0ft 9in Ashton Harris 0ft 9in Brandon Henscey 0ft 9in in the cafeteria at Mainland donating door prizes or items Medical Center. for the new teachers’ wel- Among the educational come bags or sponsoring the establishments invited to breakfast with donations of the event are the Texas City $20 per teacher. ZL Inspirations By Frances Durisseau Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime, and too sleepy to worry at night. It is so easy to get caught up in a pattern of worry. We fear that our past will somehow come back and hurt us once again. Many times, that's because we Heather Hildebrand, right, accepts the award for outstanding youth fisherman for her daughter, have people in our lives that keep remind- Demi, shown left with her 22lb kingfish. Demi won third place for a sand trout and a hardhead. ing us of every mistake and bad decision that we've made, and seem to enjoy telling us that we are always going to be a failure. You must rise above that negativity, and Jobs news worse than publicized you cannot dwell on the past. Your history can’t be erased. Your future has yet to be written. Make the most of what’s going to By Ian White last month, which claim that, tions in employment, whereas America’s unemployment rate happen instead of worrying about what you in May, Texas created 56,400 the seasonally adjusted figures fell from 6.3 to 6.1 per cent. can’t change. Don’t waste your time being AUSTIN – Despite recent jobs and cut its unemploy- reflect what is actually hap- But, locally at least, the sad, because you’re wasting away moments upbeat comments about the ment rate from 5.2 per cent pening in the economy.” new statewide data, which in which you could be happy! You have good state’s jobs market from Texas in April to 5.1 per cent. The implication of that TWC produces a week or so reason to believe that you can trust yourself. As The Post reported on statement appeared to be that, after its official statistics each Not because you've always made all the right Workforce Commission exec- choices, but because you have survived all of utives, figures produced last June 25, the official non- despite the two official sta- month but does not overtly the bad ones! You have grown and matured week say the local unemploy- adjusted figures for the tistical sets’ mixed messages, publish to the media, would each time you've risen from the ashes of ment rate actually deterio- Houston area and the state’s the seasonally adjusted figures seem to turn the commission’s failure. Don't let the people who do so little rated in May. other MSAs painted a dif- were a better indication of argument on its head. for you, control so much of your feelings and Along with the figures for ferent picture, showing an May’s statewide jobs market Instead of standing at the emotions. When you begin to value your- other metropolitan statistical aggregate rise in unemploy- and that the Texas economy is, published unadjusted rate of self, others will also. How you treat yourself areas, those for the Houston- ment from 4.7 per cent in indeed, on the way up. 5.0 per cent, the commis- teaches other how to treat you. Therefore Sugar Land-Baytown area were April to 5.1 per cent. TWC’s optimism might ion’s internal adjusted figures treat yourself with respect, kindness and When we asked a TWC yet be proved well founded, record Houston MSA’s unem- love, and expect the future to bring good worse after seasonal adjust- things into your life. Say no to worry and yes ment than their official raw spokesman to comment on however, as the US Bureau of ployment rate for May as 5.1 to possibility! alternatives issued last month. the differing sets of figures Labor Statistics’ latest national per cent, with some 161,400 That flew in the face of for last week’s article, he said: figures, issued on Thursday, area workers unemployed and Contact Frances Durisseau at TWC’s official seasonally “The non-seasonally adjusted show that total US nonfarm not the published number of [email protected] or Face- adjusted statewide employ- figures do not account for payroll employment increased about 156,700.