On Saturday, September 28 folks young and old celebrated National Estuary Day in Seadrift participating in the second annual San Antonio Bay Day activities. Very special thanks to Nan Burnett, Commissioner Finster and their group for conducting the kids fishing tournament. Whether the kids or adults had more fun is a toss up! Nearly forty […]

October 2013 Things haven’t really cooled-off around here like we’re used to seeing by now. This being the case, and since we should probably start seeing higher tides this month, we will soon start searching for trout and red fish in some of the more popular back lakes that line the inland-side shoreline of Matagorda […]

October 1st of 2013 may have been somewhat early to celebrate Halloween but don’t tell Biddie Hileman and Sally Jones, the hostesses for the Bunco Group that evening. And those two certainly came prepared for a fun time. When I saw a nun drive up in full regalia, I thought perhaps she had arrived “at […]

Aug. 1: Seadrift Volunteer Fire Department and Port Lavaca FD responded to a tractor on fire in a field off of Farik Road near Hwy 185; Six Mile Community VFD also responded. Aug. 4: Seadrift VFD responded to assist Port O’Connor VFD with a fire alarm call, cancelled while en-route. Aug. 21: Seadrift VFD responded […]

One hundred, thirty volunteers cleaned the six mile stretch from the Crabbin Bridge to Indianola, collecting approximately 2,225 pounds of trash during the Fall Adopt-A-Beach. Some of the more unusual items found were purple cigarettes, Michael Jackson DVD, a large piece of a detour sign, and part of a rocking chair. – Rhonda Cummins