We’ve been enjoying an unusually warm winter but that doesn’t mean anything to the Purple Martins. They start showing up this time of year regardless of the severity of the winter. For them, it’s gettin’ on spring! If you are a Purple Martin host, it’s time to get your house or gourds cleaned out and […]

The Caddell Legacy “When I married Bobby Caddell in 1947 little did I know I would be privileged to be a part of a legacy that would have a lasting impact on me as well as this community and is still living on today and touching people around the world.” Billie Caddell Five generations of […]

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from The Island Greetings from the island everyone. I hope that all of you are doing well and had a great Christmas last month, and had a wonderful time with family and friends. The holidays are a wonderful time of the year to get together with those that you […]

Being that the New Year is now upon us and we are all fully settled into it, I thought it was a good idea to reflect on things I have said in this space for nearly eight years at this time, as I feel they are just as relevant if not more then they were […]

Some of you remember that Pastor Joane and I were married in the Chapel. It was a Monday evening so we would miss the least amount of church activities. We honey-mooned at a bed and breakfast in Palacios and began what has been many blissful years together! Some of you did not begin your relationship […]