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COMMUNITY/OPINION
4 COLEMAN CHRONICLE & DV, Wednesday, August 30, 2017
ON THE EDGE OF COMMON SENSE
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BROTHERLY LOVE
EIGHT GUINEAS AND TURKEYS
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Years ago my wife wanted to surprise me for my birth-
day and she did. She came home one afternoon with
a little brown box. I opened it and inside were eight
strange looking little creatures. I asked her, “What are
they?” and she said, “Turkeys and guineas”. When they
are only one day old it is hard to tell them apart.
Six weeks passed and then it was easy tell them apart.
The turkeys were much bigger and had different col-
ored feathers. The guineas were making their distinct
call and darting around all over the place. The problem
I had distinguishing the guineas from the turkeys is
Thursday August 17, 2017
00:38 Noise complaint at 516 Cot-
tonwood Street
02:30 Loud bang at corner of Peace
and Frio Streets
04:41 Harassment at 713 S. Nueces
Stroot
08:53 Welfare check at 2112 S. Con-
cho Street
10:42 Livestock (goats) in roadway
at 214 Lackland Street
15:20 Suicide threat at 216 E. 3rd
Street
16:54 Vehicle stuck in the mud on
Overall Street
Saturday August 19, 2017
00:16 Possible intoxicated driver
near 810 Hwy 84
01:33 Subject laying in Street at 5th
Avenue near FM 402
03:51 Harassment at 216 E. 3rd
Street
22:20 Disturbance at 915 S. Colo-
THURSDAY AUGUST 17, 2017 -
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23,2017
Sunday August 20, 2017
02:42 Harassment at 216 E. 3rd
Street
02:46 Harassment/rock throwing
on Walnut Street
07:20 Property dispute at 710 E.
Mesquite Street
09:10 Disturbance at 310 S. Pecos
Street
18:59 Suspicious people at 515 Park
Street
21:46 Suspicious activity at 1210 S.
Concho Street
22:07 Criminal mischief at 1117 N.
Neches Street
22:41 Harassment at 501 S. Com-
mercial Avenue
23:03 Disturbance at Story and
Mountain Streets by the RR tracks
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Sometimes watching does not seem like
enough. The Coleman High School “Make A
Difference Project” set out to be boots on the
ground here in Coleman. The CHS students
are collecting necessities to send to the coast.
For those who are also not comfortable sit-
ting idly by through such a tragedy, I encour-
age them to find an organization to donate
goods to send for disaster relief. Be very care-
ful donating money. There are plenty of un-
scrupulous people who will take advantage of
“free” money at a time like this. Make sure do-
nations are made to a reputable disaster relief
organization. I also recommend not contributing to Go
Fund Me accounts unless the recipient is a personal ac-
quaintance and the account can be verified as belonging
to that person.
Be generous but careful with donations of goods
and money. Give freely and in abundance of time and
prayers.
Friday August 18, 2017
00:30 Harassment at 700 S. Pecos
Street
01:00 Suicidal subject at 406 E.
10th Street
13:56 Disturbance at 1415 Blanco
Stroot
15:57 Civil standby at 1116 W. Mes-
quite Street
19:12 Criminal Mischief at 709 W.
6th Street
19:47 Shoplifter at 214 E. Walnut
Street
22:17 Rattlesnake at 245 St Hwy
153
23:10 Disturbance on E. 3rd Street
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Monday August 21, 2017
07:23 Welfare check at 99 Ripley
Street
09:31 Meter tampering at 605 N. Pe-
cos Street
10:41 Meter tampering at 1100 N.
Concho Street
11:34 Stray Dog at 401 W. Pecan
Street
11:52 Suspicious subject at N.
Neches Street near the underpass
14:41 Suspicious subject at 201
Palestine Street
17:38 Welfare check across the
street from 1000 N. Neches Street
17:25 Unwanted vehicle at 121 Co-
lumbus Street
20:06 Vehicle pursuit at Lackland
and Blanco Street
20:22 Mail box openings on W. 4th
Street
23:35 Suspicious subject at 103 W.
Wednesday August 23, 2017
04:45 Disturbance at corner of S.
Colorado and 3rd Streets
09:02 Burglary ay 200 Airport Road
12:03 Domestic disturbance at 1318
S. Concho Street
13:06 Theft Hwy 84 N.
15:35 Motor vehicle accident at Li-
veoak Street
15:56 Welfare check at 710 S. Pecos
Street
21:07 Rattlesnake on porch at 245
St. Hwy 153
21:28 Harassment at 501 S. Com-
mercial Avenue
somewhat like a problem we face in Christianity.
Most people claim or profess to be Christians. I don’t
pay much attention to what they say I just start watch-
ing their actions or behavior. The Bible says in Matthew
7:16-23 you will know a tree by its fruit. In Proverbs
20:11 the Bible says even a child will be known by his
deeds. For instance a married man never goes to Church
or reads his Bible. Never prays unless it is a dire emer-
gency and if he uses God’s name it is in a curse word.
He may even be having an affair with another woman
and yet says, “I am a Christian” Titus 1:15 & 16, 1 John
2:15&16, romans 12:2 talks about that.
With the National Weather Service
ssuing a Flash Flood Watch though
August 30 and a Flood Warning
:hrough August 31, Houston is in dire
straits. It had more than six inches fall
n one hour on Saturday and almost
:en inches fell within three hours in
Southeast Harris County. The Har-
ris County Flood Control District has
deemed these totals 500-year flood
events.
As of Monday, August 28 eight fa-
:alities were confirmed with more
deaths expected as water will contin-
ue to rise. The rain is forecast to continue through Thurs-
day with the possibility of another 20 inches falling.
We have all seen the news showing semi-trucks full of
bod and supplies heading south, in to the thick of it. We
vatch, from a distance, as brave men and women work
□eyond exhaustion rescuing stranded victims. Coleman’s
)wn Fire Chief/Assistant City Manager, David Martinez is
n Corpus Christie helping work the State of Texas Emer-
gency Management Plan. What started as a seven day
“Humm,” I said, “You might could take advantage of
that. If he’s not breedin’ your cows, maybe Fred could
make a little off him when he’s ‘On the
Road’ so to speak.”
“Like what?’ she asked, her ears per-
kin’ up.
“How bout a sign on his side advertis-
ing FRED’S MOBILE ALL NATURAL IN-
SEMINATION SERVICE. Tf you see this
bull breeding your cow, please call BR
549 Covington, Oklahoma.’”
“I doubt it,” said Betty, shakin’ her
head, “I’m afraid he’s destined to be meat
loaf if Dad can’t keep him home.”
“But what if Jumper finds out your in-
tentions and escapes for good?” I asked.
“You don’t know my dad! He’d find
him eventually. He’d put out an APB.
Then some mornin’ I’d be settin’ at the
breakfast table in a stupor reading the
label on a milk carton and there he’d be!
Beneath his photograph would read: IF
. _ , .. ... YOU SEE THIS BULL draggin’ a ten foot
Purebred Angus. Modern breeding, big and tall. I don’t l°g chain in his nose, please call this number. He an-
Tuesday August 22, 2017
01:41 Suspicious subject at 501 S.
Commercial Avenue
02:27 Suspicious activity at 1300
5th Avenue
03:14 Missing person at 1501 N.
Neches Street
03:46 Suspicious activity at
Needham Street
04:18 Vehicle repossession
Needham Street
04:24 Vehicle repossession
W. Pecan Street
04:28 Intoxicated driver at
Commercial Avenue
07:45 Self-inflicted gunshot wound
at 310 S. Pecos Street
11:34 Unwanted subject at 1815 S.
Concho Street
13:00 Criminal mischief at 207 E.
3rd Street
17:00 Rattlesnake in the yard at 912
San Saba Street
23:00 Harassment at unknown lo-
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Betty said her dad had a bull that kept jumpin’ the
fence. She wondered if I knew any surefire cures for
fence jumpin’ bulls. I asked her what they’d tried al-
ready.
“Well,” she said, “One of Fred’s friends
(Fred was her dad) suggested tyin’ a chain
to the ring in his nose. So Dad did, a ten-
foot log chain. Didn’t faze him! That bull
could stand flat-footed and jump a five-
wire fence!
“Dad improved on the idea by wiring a
ten pound window weight to the end of
the chain.”
“How did that work?” I asked.
“No better,” she answered, “But it made
him easier to track! Dad revised the idea
by replacing the window weight with a
gunny sack. The bull still jumped the
fence but the sack hung up in the bob
wire. At least they could find him the
next mornin’.”
Maybe, I thought to myself, we’re
hangin’ the weight a little far forward.
“So,” I asked Betty, “What kinda bull is it?”
know his registered name but Dad calls him Jumper.”
“Did you try one of those old fashion yokes?” I asked,
remembering how we kept the milk cow from poking her
head too far through a fence.
“That would sure make our cows uncomfortable when
he went to breed one,” she pointed out. “In all fairness,
the neighbors don’t object too much. He’s a pretty good
bull.”
Humm,”
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