7th Annual Christopher Ragusin POC Grand Slam Memorial Fishing Tournament October 5th & 6th, 2012 Port O’Connor Community Center Pavilion Tournament Agenda: Friday, Oct. 5th: 6:00 p.m. Captains Meeting & Silent Auction 7:00 p.m. Dinner 8:00 p.m. Deadline for Registration Saturday, Oct. 6th: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m. Pick up Start Tag at Boat House […]

AUSTIN — A bumper crop of native sunflower and other seed producing weedy plants this year have created ideal habitat conditions leading into September’s dove hunter opener. Better habitat is good for the birds, but might make hunting tougher during the early migratory game bird seasons, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists. “Abundant […]

The Intercoastal 4-H Club of Port O’Connor met for their first meeting of the school year, with a guest speaker, our Calhoun County Extension Agent, Charles Seely. Our group leader, L’Roy Bell helped lead the discussion about our upcoming County Fair, which is October 17-21, 2012. All members will have animal projects to raise and […]

Honoring the memory of our loved ones by placing flowers on their graves is a cherished custom and one worth keeping. More often today we find artificial flowers taking the place of the natural. Although these plastic and/or silk offerings are pretty and last a long time, they sometimes cause problems in maintaining the cemetery […]

We posed that question in our August 10th issue, and received responses from Petra Hockey and Brush Freeman telling us the “parrot” was actually a large Brown-Hooded parakeet, and where they had last seen him. What became of him was still a mystery. It seems that Pam Williams has solved the mystery. Pam tells us […]