The first week of TISD’s 2026-2027 school term has begun. Watch out for the yellow buses. They will be carrying our most prized possessions. I will remind you of some community events still happening in the next two weeks, so watch this space to get times and dates.
First, Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church is hosting a spaghetti dinner Friday, Aug. 14, in the Church Fellowship Hall at 6 p.m. the cost is $12 per plate. The public is invited and the MHTCC is at 401 Prospect St.
Second is the benefit dance for Salvador Marquez at the VFW Hall at 400 Caroline St. starting at 7 p.m. For more information, please call Rick Villareal at (936) 577-4383.
Third, is the benefit for Jerry Tullos at the VFW Hall on Caroline Street on Saturday, Aug. 22, starting at 11 a.m. A pulled pork sandwich with chips is on the menu. The cantine is open on Saturday for beverages. For more information, please call Kim Spillman at (936) 661-1568. There is also a silent auction during the luncheon.
•Here are some events still to come.
Sept. 7, Labor Day
Oct. 1-3, The Trinity Community Fair Association’s Livestock Show and Fair
Oct. 9, open house for Lansberry Elementary School, 5:30-7 p.m.
Oct. 12, Columbus Day Holiday.
Oct. 17-31, Trinity Methodist Church Pumpkin Patch opens
Oct. 31, Halloween Day
Nov. 1, All Saint’s Day
Nov. 11, Veterans Day
Nov. 26, Thanksgiving Day
Dec. 25, Christmas Day.
Jan. 1, 2027, New Years Day
•On a personal note, most of my friends know I like to visit a lucky spot about an hour’s drive on Highway 190 before Woodville. I always refer to it as “going east.”
However, the last couple of times I have gone there, it has not been the same as before the new spot in Legget was announced. The atmosphere, camaraderie, the cliental, the food, and the etiquette of the customers have stopped.
Management cannot enforce rules that are mostly common courtesy and unselfishness, because they are afraid they will offend paying customers. They try to tell the client how to act with the machines, but it is not working.
Are the people who come to play games and win cheap prizes that don’t care how they act or dress? Marketing is ingenious with this gaming establishment.
My final straw that broke the camel’s back was the lady who was pushing her small dog in a baby doll carriage and saying it was a leader dog.
You know me, I asked the cashier if they were allowing people to bring dogs into the casino now and she said, “No.” I then asked did she ask to see her papers. She said they were not allowed to question the guests and to take their word for it.
I am declaring to my friends and non-friends that I am now an official snob. I do not want to sit, play, or pay with people who have no morals, no ethics, no manners, and are just plain uncouth.
Eating at the machines because you don’t want to give up your spot means you have a gambling problem, but hollering across the aisle to see if your friend was enjoying her chicken fingers was too much. Keep in mind there are two eating places in this facility.
The restaurant that I normally eat lunch, or dinner is always so good, but it has a new chef. I will not even go there about with the complaints I was hearing Saturday.
When I got ready to leave, I was upset that there were two stray dogs that lay in the driveway where clients unload passengers and it makes me nervous that they are going to get run over.
I was really thankful, though, because today there were only two and not three or four dogs that are usually loitering there. Maybe management will take them to the new facility in Legget.
See you soon somewhere.
