Deebo Samuel was every bit an All-Pro in 2021 – that’s why he got my vote (along with Cooper Kupp and Davante Adams) over other deserving players like Justin Jefferson and Tyreek Hill. I thought Samuel was transcendent and unselfish last season – not to mention highly, highly productive for a San Francisco 49ers offense that attempted the fourth-fewest passes in the NFL.
For the first time in his NASCAR Cup Series career, Bubba Wallace heads to the next racetrack on the calendar as its most recent race winner. “I’m excited for Talladega,” Wallace said of Sunday’s Geico 500.
The second annual SB Mosser Masonic Lodge #912's golf tournament will be on April 23 to help raise money for area scholarships. Registration is at 7:30 a.m.
The Orange Grove track team recently participated in the area track and field meet. Varsity boys finished 14th in overall team.
GOLIAD - Lady Bulldog track team finished third overall in the area track meet on Tuesday in Goliad. Hannah Van Blarcum was the area champion in the 400m and the 200m.
On April 9th, 2022, Our Lord Jesus Christ called one of his angels back to be at his side. Micaela Guadalupe Lerma Zepeda, age 80, departed this earth to be with those who preceded her in death, including her son Jose Francisco Zepeda USMC Retired, and her granddaughter Margarita Zepeda.
ALICE - Anna Moreno, age 55, passed away peacefully with family and friends at her hospital bedside in Corpus Christi, Texas. She was born in Lubbock, Texas on October 27, 1966, and shortly after began residing in Alice, TX until she gained her heavenly wings on April 3, 2022.
ALICE - Lydia L. Martinez – 64 years of age passed away on March 28, 2022, with her family gathered at her bedside after a long courageous battle to brain cancer. She was born on December 31, 1957, in Alice, Texas to Leonides C. Lopez Jr. and Petra “Patsy” Ramirez Lopez. She worked for the Alice ISD food service department for many years. She will always be remembered as a humble and loving person. She will be missed by her family dearly.
Natural disasters will continue to happen. Prepare yourself during the 2022 Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday for emergencies that can cause physical damage like hurricanes, flash floods and wildfires.
On Monday, the Pentagon announced the US will soon begin training the Ukrainian military in using howitzer artillery in an unnamed country. Presumably this will be in a NATO member state. If Russian intelligence found out where, might it attack to stop the howitzers from being deployed against Russian forces in Ukraine? Almost assuredly not, as that would trigger a wider war, invoking NATO’s self-defense provision, which would be catastrophic for Russia.