Supporting POC Students and Teachers: The Service Club’s “Back To School Garage Sale” was a great success, with many families benefiting from our huge supply of clothes, shoes, and school supplies! The Club also donated $75.00 to each POC Elementary Teacher to help them start the 24/25 School Year off with a little extra cash! […]
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Port O’Connor Community Service Club by Alane Haardt
There’s a New Cop in Town
There’s a new cop in town. The City of Seadrift welcomes its newest member of its police department, Cheyenne Beaver! Cheyenne is no stranger to the Seadrift community as her family has lived in this area for generations. Her great grandfather, Blacky Beaver, came to Port O’Connor in 1911. Her great grandfather Newman Holder was […]
Port O’Connor “Celebs”
Mary Jo Walker was recently featured in Discover361.com, sharing the history behind Beacon 44 Seafood Market Port O’Connor. Check it out here: https://www.discover361.com/…/article_7c704de6-213b… Mary Jo thanks all of her customers and staff who have helped make this possible! And, Check this out: You Tube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am4R6YJir-s Shrimping, The Last of the Stringos What being a […]
Annual Youth Conference
Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church youth and chaperones attended the Annual Steubenville South Youth Conference in Alexandria, LA on June 20-23. Over 2200 people came to listen to keynote speakers, participate in Praise and Worship, attend daily Mass services, and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. There were five other Steubenville Conferences being conducted […]
Fish Out of Water…by Thomas Spychalski
Summer seems to be in full swing and with it comes all the heat one can handle, doubly so where the majority of the people reading this article are located. For me it’s a love and hate affair with the highly hot days of Summer, due to it always being in the way of either […]