Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the people who suffered loss throughout this horrific storm event. POCID prepared a plan on how to bring the water and sewer system back into service after the storm had passed and was safe for our operators to perform their duties. The system was brought back on […]

Harry Paulson Pond Sr. passed away August 29, 2017 at 88 years of age. Harry was born in Faribault, MN on April 2, 1929. He attended the University of Houston where he met the love of this life, Carolyn Harris. They were married June 12, 1949. Harry was the divisional sales manager of Sears & […]

“A Thing of the Past” The older I get, I have time to think of the past and compare it to today. My mind goes back to the days when a doctor made house calls. There is no telling how many babies this doctor delivered at home. The nearest hospital was at Victoria, too far […]

Wow! What a two-week full of “Over Work”. I departed Port O’Connor before the Hurricane and drove over 400 miles to my son’s home in Denton, Texas. On returning home, I found minimal damage. I lost all my screens on the front porch and a few limbs on the trees. God was very good! I […]

What’s your first response when you suddenly find yourself caught out in the open during a thunderstorm? You make a mad dash for cover, do you not? It has something to do with that natural instinct we call “self-preservation.” We know that as long as we’re in the open we’re in danger of being struck […]