Dear Coastal Bend Friends, The celebration and dedication to the Lucia Ornelas Foundation located at 312 N Commerce, Port Lavaca on Saturday November 21, 2105 is something I will never forget. The whole Ornelas family was there remembering their mother and grandmother of the values that were installed in each of them and were being […]

We need to support our 4H kids. Once again, our Calhoun County Fair has come and gone. Our local kids raised their animals, showed their animals, and sold them at the Fair auction. We had a local business who participated and has for the last two years. That was Sonny’s Marine. He rewarded a couple […]

Port O’Connor Municipal Utility District In 1974 Preston Stofer was successful in getting the legislators to pass legislation creating the Port O’Connor Municipal Utility District. A board of directors was appointed but they had no money to get anything done, so the district lay dormant. In 1984 Preston Stofer again went to the legislators to […]

Dear Friends, It has been 2 years since I was bitten by that rattlesnake.  Thank God for Memorial Medical Center.  They took very good care of me ( ER, Nurses, Dr Paul Barnell and the whole staff) Please use our local Hospital and doctors. We have come a long way since Dr Stanley Lester had […]

The youth group and First Baptist Church would like to thank Robbie and Marie Hawes for donating and installing the basketball goal that was recently damaged during Tropical Storm Bill. Their time and effort given plus the use of their heavy equipment is greatly appreciated. The basketball goal at the church is a favorite hangout […]