Port O’Connor News Excerpts from The Port Lavaca Wave, April 15, 1954 by Mrs. P.L. Lewis Mrs. A.E. Hawes who has been away with her husband, who has been undergoing treatment, flew home from Freeport with her son last Tuesday. She says it was a little scary up there but they made it O.K. She […]

Dear Family, Friends & Co-Workers, I just want to tell everyone thank you for your thoughts and payers for me before, during, and after my surgery at MD Anderson. And please don’t stop – I need and covet them. I especially want to thank my husband Frank. Not being in good health himself, he has […]

Whooping Cranes are still being seen from the Observation Towers at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. However, many of the cranes have already headed north on their 2500 mile journey to their breeding grounds. The whoopers began leaving in mid-March. Many of the cranes stop at Quivira National Wildlife in Kansas to rest and feed. The […]

As some of you may know who have followed this column over the years I am an avid follower of severe weather events, both because of my tornado phobia as well as my public service as a storm spotter. I became a storm spotter to combat my phobia, knowing about the scientific reasons that cause […]

Got Chicks? Almost! Pairs of American Oystercatchers are incubating eggs at the edge bays and sloughs right here in Port O’Connor & Seadrift. Oystercatchers are distinctive looking birds. With their bright orange bill and eye ring, black head, brown back and white chest they look almost clown-like. Both the male and female incubate the eggs […]