The summer has ended and our kids are starting back to school. Now is the time to think “outside the backpack”! You need to look at the list for your kid’s school at H.E.B. or WalMart so you will not forget the #2 pencils, notebooks, and glue sticks. All of these things are essential for […]

Angelle Adams, President, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty spoke at the Calhoun County Democrats Club July 25. Adams discussed the downside of imposing the death penalty, ranging from economics to the possibility of executing the wrong person. Photo above: Several members posed with the speaker as follows: (L-R) Betty Hicks, Ervin Berger, Dianne […]

Wed., Aug. 21 SafeSitter Course 9:00 am-4:00 pm Bauer Exhibit Building, Port Lavaca Thurs., Aug. 22 Democrats Club 6:00 p.m. IBC Community Room, 311 N. Virginia, PL Mon., Aug. 26 First Day of School CCISD Aug. 30 & 31 Flip Flop Festival Bay Front Peninsula, Port Lavaca Sat., Aug. 31 POC Labor Day Beach Bash […]

Three books I’ve just finished; each completely separate, but each fully interesting and excellent reading. The first is Andrew Gross’ latest; NO WAY BACK, and once you are about one third of the way into the plot, you fully understand his choice of title. Beginning in a small town in Mexico with the assassination of […]

One reads that the smart phone is the thing to have in this 21st century world we live in. Somehow that seems a misnomer. We have all experienced a lot of wonderful gadgets and seen more on TV, any version Startrek, or if you are old enough you might have seen Buck Rodgers serials in […]