Look! It’s a puddle! These ducks weren’t the only ones happy to see some rain around here. The rain began falling on September 16 and although intermittent over the next few days, has brought a little relief from the heat and dryness.

As you will see in this issue, our local school children are starting the new year with lots of learning and fun. Thank you, teachers and staff, for sharing with us, keeping our readers informed on school happenings. And many thanks to the Albrecht family, Russell Cain and Jan Regan for sharing their Hurricane Carla […]

  A common sight in Port O’Connor after Hurricane Carla -Photo contributed by Clarence and Naomi Albrecht. It has been 50 years since Hurricane Carla struck the Texas Coast on September 11, 1961. Carla killed 43 people, 31 of them in Texas. The low death toll is credited to what was then the largest peacetime […]

On the Morning of September 11, 2001, Americans and people around the world were shocked by the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York City and the damage to the Pentagon in Washington D.C. after three passenger aircraft were hijacked by terrorists and flown into the buildings. There was also a fourth hijacked […]

Fall Lingers in the Island Mornings Greetings from the island everyone; hope all of you are doing well and enjoyed your Labor Day weekend. A mere two tenths of rain has fallen on the island since the last writing, bringing the total to exactly three inches since January. Thank goodness my water well is still […]