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took a weekend trip to visit the slate
capitol and Austin sites of interest
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her since she seemed sleepy and
was dressed in what appeared to be
a nightie.
She asked what she could do for
us and Aunt Margaret backed away
from the front door and off the porch
so she could peer up at her.
“We’re looking for a good place
to have lunch and saw your “Chick-
en Ranch” sign," she said “1 sure
would like to try some real southern
friend chicken while I’m in Texas.
What time do you start serving?”
The woman upstairs started to
laugh so hard she almost fell right
out of that a window.
“Honey.” she said still laughing,
(and I'll never forget these words,
especially since my father repeat-
edly told this story at family gath-
erings). "Honey, we’re plum done
tuckered out of chicken.”
She gave us directions to a little
cafe in La Grange where we could
get a good lunch but we could still
hear her laughing as we drove away.
Dad found the cafe and Aunt Mar-
garet was still puzzling over the in-
cident as we looked over our menus.
She told the cafe waitress about it
and the woman laughed so hard she
dropped her order pad and pencil.
When she recovered, she ex-
plained that the Chicken Ranch was
not a restaurant at all but rather a lo-
cal bawdy house or brothel. It was,
in fact, the same bawdy house that
later came to fame on the news and
then on the big screen as “The Best
Little Whorehouse in Texas.”
1 didn't know what bawdy house
or brothel meant back then, but I
know that my Aunt Margaret’s face
got awfully red and that she never
did get her southern fried chicken
that day,
She ordered the pork chops.
scholars. And if you were io review a You I ube clip on
Dabo Swinney’s response to a question regarding Colin
Kaepemick’s kneeling during the national anthem, then 1 i
hashing some old columns that I
on Iasi
BCA falls to Logos
in soccer action
The BCA soccer team
dropped a 2-1 decision to
Logos Monday night in
a shootout. Jordan Luke
scored the Bulldogs goal
with Alyssa Lewis and
Rafa Ribiero assisting.
The Goose Creek ]
cer team set a new' star
Baytown last season, at
5A Region III finals. It
Baytown soccer team h
Fast-forward several
ots once again hold hig
perience in a bigger cla;
five starters and more
sophomores on the in tl
William Freeman said
and two juniors to form
team.
The Patriots are off
season, which includes
power Friendswood.
“They won their dist
had our chances to win
are hit or miss, that is
games and it was preser
Freeman said last ye;
for the team despite t
class. The good news i
of sophomores did see i
sity level last season.
“We are try ing a few
mation, our main foe
keeping our shape,” Fre
Getting the nod in gc
defensive lineman tall
to a secondary guy.
think you would agree that there is no better example of a
major college football coach leading his student-athletes
into manhood. Here is a person of Christian values. Here
is a coach who is man enough to profess and share those
values. And not only that, he is willing to speak the name
of Jesus while representing his public university em-
ployer. There are not many universities that would back
such actions from their football coach; and for that rea-
son (among others), there are even fewer coaches today
whom are willing to openly speak w hat they truly believe.
That is courage. That is leading from the front. That is a
man you want mentoring your son.
So, how is it that 1 rooted for the Clemson Tigers you
ask? Easy. My ‘why’ is big enough. Go Tigers!
Cotton Steel
Bay town
ment and the blessing 1 had in being able to coach football
and shape the lives of young men.
Coach Swinney has a laser sharp focus on both those
things. Clemson University Football, according to a De-
cember lime Magazine article, is No. 2 nationally in
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Carol Skewes
Carol Skewes
I am grateful for this be-
cause those friends are
I the ones who challenge
me. They push me to
think logically about the
issues that we differ on
and they allow me to see
things from a different
perspective.
While most of what
they say will not change
come to visit from time to time. She had to knock several times
When 1 was a young girl and the before getting a response, then we
kinfolk came to town, we would en-
tertain them with local sights of in-
terest during the week, then on the
weekends we’d all pile into the sta-
ll won't be long before I check [
out of this column-writing gig that
I've had for more years than 1 want
always about things that really looked occupied, but unfortunately
did not appear to be open for busi-
ness though it was close to noon.
Auntie, not to be denied, got out
of the wagon, climbed up on the
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what you need to do t(
a good player, the time,
film work, taking cart
your body. So I've lear
a lot from him.”
Wil fork appreciates
kind words from his
mer teammate. But
her a few times and those columns interesting old white building which
In 1932, Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman
elected to the U.S. Senate after initially being appointed
to serve out the remainder of the term of her late husband,
Thaddeus.
In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records
(originally Tamla Records) in Detroit.
In 1971, the groundbreaking situation comedy “All in
the Family” premiered on CBS television.
In 1986, the shuttle Columbia blasted off with a crewz
that included the first Hispanic-American in space, Dr.
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz.
Thought for Today: “Everyone is entitled to his own
opinion, but not his own facts.”
— Daniel Patrick Moynihan
U.S. politician and diplomat (1927-2003)
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3, Minor 2, Minor 1 and
Majors.
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Center from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5
p.m. Sunday. It will also
be at the American Park
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21 and National Park from
noon to 4 p.m. Jan. 22. .
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discrimination than to spread love and ac-
ceptance.
This country has become so comfort-
able with blaming certain groups of peo-
ple for the countless problems that we all
face — when we are all to blame. I am not
directing any of what I am saying at any
specific group of people, because regard-
less of your political or religious views,
everyone has been guilty of this at one
point or another.
No one is innocent when it comes to
how we treat others. We are human be-
ings, and we make mistakes.
However, we also have the capacity to
be kind to one another.
So. I am speaking to everyone when I
say: be a light in someone's life. Don’t
tear them down — lift them up. That is
what being a human being is supposed to
be about.
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One such trip I
will never forget.
Dad's sister, my
Aunt Margaret, and
her husband. Alec,
were visiting from
Idaho, as they did
once a year.
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my views, it helps humanize the other
side. It is easy to trash-talk those who
don’t agree with you when you aren't
faced w ith real people who are attached to
these beliefs. These are the people who re-
mind me who I am, and the values I hold.
I he second thing that this election has
done tor me is that it has shown me that I
cannot sit back and choose to not partici-
pate in politics. I have gone my whole life
trying so hard to stay out of politics, and I
hav e done myself a disserv ice.
I have very strong beliefs, about very
important issues in the world, and how
can I not be active in the very system that
is responsible for the fate of these issues?
For years. I have talked about how messed
up this country' is. and how much I hate
how people can be so awful, but I haven't
done anything about it.
I cannot keep sitting idly by and watch
this country destroy itself. If I want things
to change I have to do something about it.
I must get involved.
Finally, the events of last year have
taught me to really appreciate and cher-
ish the people who do share my beliefs. I
am so fortunate that I am not in this alone.
I am not the only one who has concerns
about what the next four years will look
like. I have people in my life that I know I
can go to when I need to vent or cry about
my very real fears. They understand ex-
actly how I am feeling. They get it. I am
grateful for this because together, we can
make a difference. Iogether, we can make
the world a better place. Because no one
can do it alone.
it is so much easier to spread hale and
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JANE
HOWARD
LEE
feet tall, tea-totaling. God-fearing,
church-going woman who loves to
hunt and fish and is tougher than
eight-day-old oatmeal. She is a writ-
ter and pack up the non-essentials in er of young Christian mystery nov-
our house. I've written and clipped els and likes to visit cemeteries and
out so many of the darned things old empty houses to soak in the at-
that I long ago lost track of the prop- mosphere and gel inspiration for her
er place to put them. Now I'm find-
ing them stashed in folders all over
the place — a box of 100 or so in
a closet, a folder with 30 more in a
desk drawer, a stray column tucked
in the family Bible, a collection of route home, traveling by way of the
columns that my mother kept in her small town backroads on Sunday,
things... they just keep popping up. Lunchtime found us near the town
I just found one of my absolute of La Grange.
My eagle-eyed aunt spotted a tiny
sign that seemed io indicate that a
are
happened.
So here's “Auntie visits the
‘Chicken Ranch,”' published in I he
Sun in 1988.
My family has many relatives who building’s front porch and knocked
are unlucky enough to live in places on the door, hoping to find out that
I other than Texas and they naturally the place would soon open for lunch,
come to visit from time to time. F
Sports Expo set
for this weekend
The Baytown Youth
Sports Expo will be
held this weekend at the
Baytown Community
Center. The expo will be
open from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday and I to 5
p.m. Sunday. This will
provide an opportunity
to register and ask ques-
tions from all of the youth
sports leagues in the area.
Those sports include
Baytown Little League,
girl's fast pitch, teenage
baseball. Baytown Saints
Soccer, Optimist football,
Dirty Bay Aquatics, Tex-
as Rebels basketball and
Bay town track team.
Contact Baytown Parks
and Recreation at 281 -
420-5829 or 281-420-
6597 for information.
Plum done tuckered out of chicken
for greener pastures as opposed to focusing on the mo-
to admit. 1
When we make our long-planned 1
move to the Hill Country, and possi- |
bly before that, I’ll put an end to it 3
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2016 election: Good things the process taught me
Hie 2016 election was a crazy event to
experience — full of high emotion, hate
(on both sides), outlandish accusations
and flat-out fear.
I won’t lie and say that 1 have not par-
ticipated in any of these actions and claim
to be better than any one else. I admit, this
election brought dark thoughts to the sur-
face and honestly, I am kind of ashamed
of some of the things that I have said.
I have shared articles on social media
that 1 did not fact-check; I read what I
wanted to read and ignored things that i
opposed. 1 forgot who I was fora while. I
have prided myself on being a person w ho
is accepting and open io other's views,
and I somehow lost sight of that this year.
So, with the inauguration just around
the comet and in the spirit of the new
year. 1 want to remember the good things
that this election has taught me.
I irst and foremost, this election has
taught me to be grateful for the friends
who hold different views than I do. 1 his
sounds crazy and unrealistic, but it is true.
How could I root for Clemson? A great many of my
friends came up to me a few days before the game offer-
ing a pat on the back and sincere condolences.
The interaction almost invariably proceeded like this:
Them: “Man, it’s too bad what happened to your Buck-
eyes in the playoff's.”
Me: “Oh. I am fine. 1 have been pulling for the Clemson
Tigers all season long.”
Them: “Yeah, right. Sure you have. But you've got
‘Barna in the championship, right?”
Me: "Nope. 1 will be rooting for Clemson.”
Them: “What? How can you be rooting for the Clem-
son ligers?”
On Monday night, Clemson defeated the previously the
undefeated Crimson Tide of' Alabama. 35-31.
fhe ligers of Clemson come into the contest with one
blemish on their season record. Coach Swinney 's l igers
lost in November io a team that does not rank in the top
20. And. oh yeah, Alabama beat ( lemson last year for the
2016 title.
So, how could I root for the Clemson Tigers?
According to his bio on the ( lemson website. Coach
Swinney has coached football at two universities. Coach
Dabo Swinney began his college coaching career in 1993
at Alabama which just so happens to be where he gained
his play ing experience and college degree. He then made
his way to Clemson University where he has remained for
the past 13 football seasons rising up to the rank of head
coach for the past six of those seasons. Two universities
in 26-plus seasons of college coaching.
My friends, that harkens back to a mostly bygone era of
college coaching when integrity was the rule and not the
vast exception. I, myself, was guilty of too often looking
Osweiler suits
offensive linemen
HOUSTON (AP) —
Houston quarterback
Brock Osweiler recently
gifted his offensive line
with custom suits to thank
them for protecting him
this season.
Osweiler said he had
them made by a woman
in Colorado who he was
introduced to by team-
mates when he was with
the Broncos.
“He got me looking
right,” guard Jeff Allen
said. “I look all profes-
sional now.”
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heard the rattle of an upstairs win-
dow opening and a woman leaned
out.
We had a dear view of the woman
lion wagon for jaunts to see places from the car. It seemed like maybe
of historical or natural interest fur- my aunt’s knocking had awakened
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all-time favorites stashed in a fold-
er of my dad's childhood photos. 1
don't know why it was there, except country style restaurant could be
that maybe because it is a column found down a side road. Dad headed
about his sister, my very interesting the station wagon that way and be-
Aunt Margaret. I’ve written about fore long we pulled up in front of an
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