Beeville Bee-Picayune

POTH — Pettus runners competed across several divisions at the Poth Invitational cross country meet Saturday, Sept. 5. Dallee Martinez led the Pettus girls in the varsity 3,200-meter race, finishing 48th with a time of 15 minutes, 58.68 seconds. In the varsity boys 5,000-meter race, Johnny Joe Garcia paced Pettus with a 39th-place finish in 21:12.22. Pettus had two runners in the junior varsity boys 3,200-meter race. Jaxson Pace finished 32nd in 14:35.36, while Peter Corriel placed 37th in 15:12.01.

POTH — The Skidmore-Tynan Lady Cats turned in a strong showing at the Poth Invitational cross country meet Saturday, Sept. 5, placing second in the varsity girls team standings. Skidmore-Tynan finished with 64 points, trailing only team champion Poth, which scored 46. San Antonio Great Hearts Northern Oaks was third with 80 points. Sarah Pena led the Lady Cats with a fifth-place finish in the varsity girls 3,200-meter race, clocking 12 minutes, 59.39 seconds.

On Sept. 11, 2021, I was a senior at Baylor University, preparing to head to campus for my British Literature Class in Carroll Science Building. In Waco, it was a rather clear day, and I had been chatting with the man who was tending my yard when one of my roommates began rapping on the window from the living room. This was back in the day when I still had a landline telephone, so I thought there was a call for me, since he was gesturing that it was urgent.

BEEVILLE — The Beeville Lady Trojans dropped a 3-1 non-district decision to Victoria East on Friday, Sept. 4, falling to 12-13 on the season. East won the first two sets 25-22, 25-17 before the Lady Trojans took the third set 25-21. East clinched the victory with a 25-21 win in the fourth set. Isabella Weathers led Beeville’s attack with 13 kills, while Aubrie Gonzales added eight. Journie Kimball and Zoe Dembo-Guerra finished with six kills apiece.

SKIDMORE – The Skidmore-Tynan Bobcats fell 42-29 to the Yorktown Wildcats in a non-district game on Friday, Sept. 4 at Bobcat Stadium. The loss put the Bobcats at 0-2 for the season, while the Wildcats improved to 1-1. Skidmore-Tynan will host the Harlingen Marine Military Academy Leathernecks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11.

PETTUS – The Pettus Eagles rolled to a 58-6 non-district win over the Riviera Seahawks on Friday, Sept. 4 at Eagle Stadium. The victory moved the Eagles to 1-1 on the season. Riviera fell to 1-1. Pettus will journey to Woodsboro on Friday, Sept. 11 for another non-district matchup against the Woodsboro Eagles.

BEEVILLE – The Beeville Trojans saw their season record drop to 0-2 on Friday, Sept. 4 after a 35-25 non-district loss to the Corpus Christi London Pirates at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Trojans fell behind 28-8 before mounting a comeback bid in the thief quarter. Jayce Foster caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Garcia and Jake Avalos’ extra point pulled Beeville to within 28-15. A 35-yard field goal by Avalos later in the third quarter closed the Pirates’ lead to 28-18.

BEEVILLE – As the seasons change, so does the latest Beeville Art Museum (BAM) exhibit. Discover the works of Ele Chew and Frank Klein as they exhibit their wide range of works during their show, titled “Reflections in Nature,” running Sept. 19 through Dec. 12. Chew, who was a senior scientist and researcher, now operates a live-work studio in a converted historical lumberyard space in Cuero. As a Mid-Coast Texas Master Naturalist, she has learned to observe and appreciate nature’s beauty.

BEEVILLE — The Beeville City Council reviewed a series of line-item expenditure cuts and revenue adjustments on Sept. 1 to eliminate a $191,700 budget deficit and preserve a 3% pay increase for municipal employees. The budgetary revisions followed directives given to city staff at a previous workshop, instructing administration to find operational savings without raising the city's property tax rate.

Gov. Greg Abbott has blocked state agencies from spending money on Flock cameras, but the Texas Department of Public Safety has no apparent plans to stop using its existing roadside surveillance cameras. As police agencies scramble to adjust to the loss of millions in state grants for Flock cameras, DPS maintains its own far-reaching network of hundreds of AI-powered cameras that compile identifying information on tens of thousands of vehicles each day.