Dear Coastal Friends,

I ran across a post on FB by City of Port Lavaca today, about National Lighthouse Day. I enjoyed reliving the historical info about Halfmoon Reef Lighthouse in Port Lavaca. I lived in Seadrift for 13 years and fell totally in love with that lighthouse and its history. I returned to my home state of Kansas in 2012, as I’m aging and needed to be closer to my family.
I created a monthly newspaper for tiny Seadrift in those years, when I discovered it had no news venue of its own. Probably no one at your place now remembers it or me! (See copy of masthead at right.) it varied from 8 to 12 pages, depending on the interesting happenings in that month. I had great fun creating and producing that little newspaper, and it received astonishing support in Seadrift.

As Bob Hope would say, thanks for the memories! And keep up the good work, especially now that you don’t have me keeping Seadrift up on the news!

C.J. Garriott
El Dorado, Kansas

Masthead of “Livin’ on the Bay”
(size is reduced)

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