Greetings fellow culinary enthusiasts! There is much discussion about how to make chili, which probably explains why there are so many “chili cook offs”. Being from South Texas, I am under the impression that “chili” should not include beans but I can tell you from experience that people like beans. I have spent countless hours […]

“The Way I See It” is an attempt by the guest columnist to enlighten readers on a subject, as he views it, and does not necessarily reflect the views of this publication. Several weeks ago Dr. Thomas Sowell, economist and commentator, advised readers to re-read Winston Churchill’s The Gathering Storm, the first volume of his […]

Three books by three authors who are so popular in our Library that requests and reservations are made for those books as newly published.  Those three are James Patterson, Stuart Woods and John Grisham, authors that are constantly being read and re-read by the residents of POC.  And, the plots of two of these books […]

Seadrift – Leroy Key, 84, of Seadrift passed away March 6, 2014. He was born December 14, 1929 in Port Lavaca to the late Robert E. and Myrtle Ann Key. He worked for Brown and Root and was also a Shrimper. He was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Seadrift and served […]

George B. (G.B.) Robertson, Jr., 80, of Houston, Texas, passed away March 5, 2014. He was born January 6, 1934 in Houston, Texas. He is survived by his family: Wife: Ruby Robertson;  Son: George B. Robertson III and wife Dana, of Hudson, New York;  Brother: Bob K. Robertson and wife, Georgianne of North Carolina;  Sister: […]