Last week in the Lytle P.D. work world … Officers responded to 52 calls for service and conducted 87 traffic stops. Of those 87 stops, 58 resulted in a citation and 29 were warnings.
We only had two property crimes reported last week. #1 – A construction company working in the new Rosewood Estates subdivision reported that a Bobcat Skid-Steer valued at $14,000 was taken between August 8th and August 10th. #2 – H.E.B. reported a shoplifter and your officers responded. A 16-year-old female juvenile was cited and released for theft; the value was $19. So, those thefts were on both ends of the spectrum.
Officers made four arrests last week. #1 – A traffic stop on FM 2790 N. resulted in the citation and release of a 60-year-old male for possession of drug paraphernalia. #2 – A traffic stop on Lytle-Somerset St. resulted in the arrest of a 33-year-old male for violation of a protective order (booked into the Atascosa Co. Jail). #3 – This was the juvenile from the H.E.B. theft. #4 – A traffic stop on Main St. resulted in the arrest of another 33-year-old male. He had an active warrant out of Bexar Co. for resisting arrest. He was also found to be a felon in possession of a handgun (booked into the Atascosa Co. Jail).
Category: Commentary
Buying pluots
Just recently, I’ve been noticing a fruit in the produce section that intrigued me. It looks a lot like a light colored (not dark purple), plum with freckles and the name is similar. The tag on the display tells me it is a pluot, but what is that? Pluots are members of the stone fruit family, just as peaches and apricots are. They were developed as a hybrid fruit in the late 1980s and are actually 75% plum and 25% apricot. They have a smooth skin and a shape and texture that is like a plum. The flavor is intense and delicious and they don’t have a bitter aftertaste that plums sometimes have. They are totally and deliciously sweet.
There are several varieties of pluots, including Dapple Dandy, Dinosaur Egg, Flavor Grenade and also Flavorglo. When you are purchasing pluots, look for a fruit that is firm to the touch with just a little give, smells fragrant, and has no blemishes. They are available in a variety of colors, and you should choose the most intense colored fruit of any variety, as they will be the tastiest. If the fruit feels hard to your touch, don’t select it as it won’t ripen well.
How to Fight Fair in Marriage
“Never go to bed mad. Stay up late and fight.”Phyllis Diller
Marriage and prison are the two easiest places to fight. If you are married, or in prison, you will know this to be true. I’m afraid I can’t help you regarding conflict during incarceration, but I can offer some tips for those locked in matrimony. The key to successfully navigating conflict in marriage is learning how to fight fair.
Marriage is like a job that you work at. Sometimes you have problems. The real danger starts when you have the same last name. If you are not trying to date anymore (when you are typically on your best behavior), the smallest of disagreements can flare into a double-digit married fight in a hurry. Note – there are two types of fights in marriage. There is the disagreement, which is like a planned fight, and the spontaneous fight, which can erupt at any time (who brought home this chocolate milk?!!!). The following useful tips can be applied to both.
First, you want to avoid having things blow up in blistering anger. Any kind of fight is a threat. Our brains can be hijacked when we perceive a threat. This is where the danger lies. When facing a threat, we tend to react emotionally and either fight, flee, or freeze. This happens when our amygdala kicks in and stress producing hormones flood our system causing a physical response. The amygdala is a small, almond-shaped structure in the brain’s temporal lobe that is part of the limbic system. It’s involved in processing emotional input, especially fear.
Where in the Biblewill I find…?
Matthew 5:4 “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”
I pray that you are doing well so far this week. As always, I encourage you to get into the word of God on a daily basis. Have you read your Bible today? If not why not? It only takes a few minutes to read a whole chapter. In Luke 4:4 Jesus said, “…it is written, that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” Let us also continue to pray for our nation’s defenders and our first responders. And please pray for rain! Our question for the week is; “Where in the Bible will I find gods and earrings hidden under an oak?”
Glimpse…
OK, I’ll go first. My family lived about five miles south of Somerset in the Blackjacks on our 100-acre family farm when I started first grade. My paternal grandmother lived down the lane from us under a grove of Oak trees, and we lived under another. A Mr. Frank James (of the ubiquitous James family of Somerset) was our bus driver, and I recall we meandered amongst the family farms for about an hour before reaching the schoolhouse in “downtown” Somerset. The main schoolhouse was a three-story, 11-classroom building that housed second through 12th grades. The first grade met in a two-room building (which was probably an old barracks) down below the official school house.
There were two rooms. Miss Winnie was my teacher and Miss King was the other. Unfortunately, the Hispanic children were segregated, and they were Miss King’s students.
Looking Good or Seeing Good
I recently saw a T-Shirt for sale that said something along the lines that aging is one body part saying to other parts: “You Think That Was Bad? Watch This!”
To be very clear, I take NO credit for that phrase, but I DO RESEMBLE that remark!
The latest in my Replacement Journey is a scheduled Cataract Surgery. The Good Book. AKA The Bible, talks about as some of the people mentioned aged…their Eyes Grew Dim. I can sure relate to that.
After some extensive investigations into that piece of my anatomy, some options were given to me and the Boss Lady. We selected the least invasive choice. Time will tell IF the procedure will be successful. But the real dilemma that comes to my mind is these two combative thoughts: Will I See Better and/or will I Look Better?
School Time!
As is usual, with the first week of the month, my week was a busy one with various meetings and appointments. When we had our Hospital Auxiliary meeting, we changed the time of our hours, so now my Wednesdays working will change from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and be 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The early part of this past week, they mowed the hay fields and spent the day Friday running the balers, in the fields close to my house. Sunday morning, when I looked out the window after church, most of the bales had been hauled off.
This week will begin with an appointment in Victoria for me and my sister decided that she needed a break and will take me. We have a gift certificate to a boutique in Cuero that we are anxious to use, so coming home there will be a side trip to that boutique. Mostly though, we’ll check out the mall and a couple of stores in Victoria, and of course, we get to eat out!
Tid Bits
Last week your Lytle P.D officers handled 46 calls for service and conducted 84 traffic stops. Of those 84 stops, 65 resulted in citations and 19 were warnings. Railroad St., was again, the site of this week’s “top speeder.” Sgt. Hanson cited a driver for “60 in a 35”, so that is 25 MPH over the limit. I have received a few tickets in my day, I was never a “fast driver,” maybe if I was trying to make it to Dairy Queen before they closed but that was about it.
Not too much criminal activity to report this past week, the crooks are busy getting the kids ready for school and taking those last-minute vacations.
We did not arrest anyone last week! It’s always a good week when nobody goes to jail. As a bonus, we save a lot of time and fuel expenses by not having to run people to the county jails in Jourdanton, Hondo, or San Antonio.
Things & Stuff
Well, Fall is almost here. Don’t need to mention the heat and the temporary dry spell we in right now. Lord is gonna make it rain soon….next time for sure.
I apologized for my actions in Sunday School that caused us to miss a rain event. Ten or twelve days ago, there was lightning and thunder to the north of us towards Biry and you could feel the cool wind and smell the rain…soon as I went outside and rolled up the windows on my truck, it dissipated. Sorry.
On August 20th at 6:30 PM, there will be a Public Hearing at the Devine EMS building on Dixon St. The public is encouraged to attend and discuss the 57% tax increase “needed” to fund their own ambulance service. I gotta lotta questions.
Your Gallbladder is Your Friend
“My favorite thing about being an adult is avoiding going to the doctor until I need to be hospitalized.”
Anonymous
Your gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ located underneath your liver, in your upper right abdomen. As part of the digestive system, it stores and concentrates bile. Bile is a vital liquid that breaks down fat during digestion and is produced by the liver. As you eat (especially good tasting fatty foods), the gallbladder contracts and releases bile into the small intestine through a series of ducts called the biliary tract. Think of your gallbladder as your friend.
To maintain gallbladder health, it is important to eat healthy fats. A low-fat diet is not good for your gallbladder (don’t listen to the low-fat experts with their bow ties and clipboards). Healthy fat is good for you. Good healthy fat options include eggs (get the high-dollar free-range eggs – much higher nutritional value), grass-fed butter (margarine is poison), grass-fed beef, extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), avocados, oily fish (try sardines), and nuts. Eating healthy fats signals your gallbladder to squeeze out bile sludge preventing gallstones.