W.H. (Bill) Bauer, Jr., chairman of the board of First National Bank in Port Lavaca, has announced several promotions at the bank. Richard T. (Terry) Cullen has been promoted to President; Dee Harkey has been promoted to Executive Vice President, and Erica Sparks has been promoted to Assistant Cahsier at the Seadrift Branch. Cullen was […]

This is the last issue of “The Dolphin Talk” before the Annual “Sweetheart Banquet”, which will be held in the Port O’Connor Community Center on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. This will be the 17th year that First Baptist Church has produced this “Gala Port O’Connor Affair”. Committees have been organized for the […]

“I am hesitant to get into these fights, but some you just can’t avoid. This is going to be a knock down, drag out, so we better get the discussion started right now. Let’s hope that the following is just ‘alarmist ramblings’ of a misguided hunting/fishing guide.” Word is spreading that the Feds are moving […]

We Were the Water Warriors by Bob Lindsey *dedicated to Wade Wilburn Wadin’ barefoot thru the water Shufflin’ feet thru the sand Shinin’ a Coleman Lantern thru the cold Flounderin’ on the front beach. Wade and I were water warriors, Spears ready, thrusting at shadows That were seldom, flat fish Nestled in the sand. We […]

The weatherman has been busy counting the fronts that have been passing. We are seeing frontal systems about 3 times a week. Of course the north winds keep the tides low and the bay water stirred up. Between the fronts we do get a day or two of southerly wind. The bays are giving up […]