The POC Community Service Club announced the recipients of their “2021 Community Champion Awards” at their annual “Senior Citizens Christmas Luncheon” on December 3, 2021. The following four POC citizens were chosen to receive the Awards, based on their many hours of service and dedication to, involvement in, and unwavering support of, the many activities, […]

2022 Port O’ Connor Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors From left to right Debbie Michalek, Brent Hart, Ronna Fishbeck, Darla Parker, Belinda Bush, Terri McGuire, Dawn Ragusin, Susan Braudaway, Sue Glover, Mike Overton. On November 27th we held our First Annual Poker Run Tournament. We had a nice turnout even though the weather was […]

The Freeport to Port O’Connor Toy Run had 40 boats – 160 kind folks – bringing toys this year. We filled up three enclosed trailers and a 20 ft. open trailer and truck with 65 bikes and loads of toys. We had 13 organizations come from surrounding areas to furnish toys to over 2,300 children. […]

Being Thankful And Blessed For Island Life Greetings from the island everyone. I hope that all of you are doing well and had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends, and have plans for an even more wonderful time celebrating Christmas next week! Corky and I brought back lots of leftovers from our Thanksgiving with […]

I have thought about this day a lot in the past few years. wondering what I would want to say about my dad. How do you summarize who he was? I still don’t know the answer but I’ll tell you Who He was to Me. He was a man of commitment to what he believed. […]