Hope High Schools Environmental Club took part in the annual fall beach clean-up. The school has adopted the Point Comfort beach next to the causeway. The group collected fifteen bags of litter along with six tires, a flat screen t.v. and a toilet. Pictured: Logan Smith, Jacob Kief, Joshua Smith, Shelby DeForest, Tabatha Gage.

Magnolia Beach Clean Up
By Rhonda Cummins

The threat of rain may have kept folks away from our 30th annual fall beach cleanup at Magnolia Beach. Only 121 people registered at either the Crabbin’ Bridge or the fire barn. These hardy volunteers collected a total of 2,375 pounds of trash, including some odd items like a broken television, an old computer monitor, and a windshield wiper blade. Thank you to all the volunteers for being a part of the day and helping to make Texas beaches better since 1986.

I would also like to thank the Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department for letting us host the appreciation lunch after the cleanup in their barn, the people from Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic School for cooking the lunch, Precinct 2 Commissioner Vernon Lyssy for hauling all the trash away on his trailer, Teri Austin and Debbie Case for conducting registration, Calvin Anderle for donating bottled water, J&T’s One Stop for donating ice, and my Calhoun County Marine Advisory Committee for buying the food.