Lifestyle

   The Boys and Girls Club of Bay City and Matagorda County will host a pancake supper from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14 at the Bay City USO Service Center. 
   Supper tickets are $10 each and feature pancakes, bacon and a drink. 
   Plates also will be available for dine-in or to-go orders. 
   Tickets are available at the door or by contacting 979-244-8865. 

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   The Bay City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture partnered with Allison Benefit Consultants to host an Oct. 31 luncheon presentation over the “7 Most Frequent Human Resource Mistakes and How to Avoid them.”
   Insperity, a Houston-based human resource and administration service company, lead the presentation and gave tips to over 20 local businesses on how to attract and keep desirable employees along with other human resource issues.
   “First and foremost you need to know yourself, your company and the competition,” said Frances Andrews, Insperity certified business performance advisor.

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   The Bay City High School Dungeoneers present the musical “Annie” exclusively for one weekend only.
   The musical will start at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday Nov. 7-9 with a 2:30 p.m. matinee Sunday, Nov. 10 at the BCHS theater.
   Tickets are $7 per person pre-sale on dungeoneers.ticketleap.com/annie or $10 at the door.

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   It’s been nearly 30 years since James Cameron dabbled in the “Terminator” franchise and it shows.
   Well, mostly to hardcore fans at least.
   But, “Terminator: Dark Fate” definitely nods back to the originals and has brought back Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
   I’ve been a fan of the original Cameron-lead films since day one and the more recent additions have always felt like they fell short for me.
   Granted, they were directed by different people but, “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, “Terminator Salvation,” and “Terminator Genisys” always felt wrong or off to me.
   Cameron has gone on record saying that Dark Fate is a direct sequel to his first two iterations and the other movies, and the TV show “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” happen in alternate timelines.
   Which is as good a science fiction excuse as any.

After closing out a winless season and a 40-14 loss to longtime rival El Campo, Head Blackcat Coach Patrick Matthews said the coaches now will turn to evaluating the team – both coaches and players.
   “I thought it was a tough season, but I believed the kids were very resilient week in and week out,” Matthews said.
   The 100th consecutive meeting between Bay City and El Campo was played for the last time in Memorial Stadium. The game will be played in a new Memorial Stadium next year.
   Bay City looked impressive in the first half – holding a 14-13 lead at halftime – but fell hard in a third-quarter that began a downward spiral.

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Ladycats claim bi-district crown
    The Bay City High School Ladycats defeated the Booker T. Washington Eagles for the bi-district volleyball Playoffs game Monday, Nov. 4. 
   Outstanding players were: 
   Patricia Waddy 10 kills
   Renata Dominguez 12 Kills
   A’mayah Payton 9 digs
   Micheala Brown 3 aces 
   Alexis Monroy led the Ladycats with over 30 assists. 
   “Monroy (starting setter) has proven to be a young yet, worthy leader on the floor,” said Ervette Powell, head BCHS volleyball coach. 
   “She is a true captain who continuously grows each game. Alexis Monroy lead her team to victory in Monday’s game against the Eagles. 
   Scores from Monday night: 25-10, 25-9, 25-18, 25-15 
   The Ladycats were to play the winner of Tuesday night’s game between Tarkington High School or  Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School for round 2 of the playoffs to advance in round 3. 
   Location and Date TBA.

•     Buddy Barrett, BCHS Class of 1953: Buddy was a standout athlete in football, basketball and baseball, and was named to the All-State Football second team. 

•     Paul Cathey, BCHS Class of 1975: Paul excelled in basketball. 

Matagorda County voters approved all but one of the 10 propositions in the constitutional amendment election Tuesday, Nov. 5, that drew a total of 2,653 people voting – that’s 12.4% of the county’s 21,371 voting population.
The early vote had a total of 1,022 or 4.7% of county voters.
As the Sentinel went to press late Tuesday night, statewide results were not complete.
“We expected early voter turnout to be low, but were pleasantly surprised at the increase on Election Day itself,” said Matagorda County Election Clerk Stephanie Wurtz.
Incumbent Joey Sliva retains his Port of Bay City Authority Commissioner Position 3 with 1,355 total votes or 67% of the total votes cast in that election.
Sliva’s opponent, Donald Simons, received 666 votes with 33% percent of the total.
Incumbent Port Authority Commissioner Position 4 Lee Weathers was unopposed in retaining his position with 1,795 total votes.

   A community garden for everyone got approval from the Bay City Community Development District board Monday, Oct. 28.
   In addition, the board approved a drainage project and agreed to purchase property near Bay City Regional Airport for a proposed economic development project.
   County Agent-Agriculture Aaron Sumrall presented plans for a community garden as a project sponsored by Texas A&M AgriLife and BCCDC.
   The garden would be on three acres at the corner of Baywood and Avenue F/Texas 35 on the STP Center for Energy Development that’s owned by BCCDC.
   The garden would be a project, Sumrall said, “where if you do something right, good people will want to be part of it.”
   Sumrall noted there are “socio-economic levels here. Rather, the garden is all about being hot and sweaty, getting your hands dirty and begin part of a collaborative effort.”

   The Constitutional Amendment Election that features 10 propositions - from retiring law enforcement animals to the state’s tax code - and two Port of Bay City Authority Commissioner seats will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5.
   Early voting that began Oct. 21 and continues until Friday, Nov. 1.
   Through presstime Tuesday, Oct. 28, 544 early votes had been cast, said Matagorda County Clerk Stephanie Wurtz.
   “It’s pretty much where I expected it to be,” she said.
   In the race for Port of Bay City Authority Position 3 Commissioner are incumbent Joey Sliva and Donald Simons.
   Lee Weathers is unopposed for the Position 4 Commissioner seat.
   Below are the 10 amendments on the ballot.
Proposition 1
   How it will read on the ballot: “The constitutional amendment permitting a person to hold more than one office as a municipal judge at the same time.”