Evangelist Steve McKnight has been preaching nightly at Family Worship Center in Victoria at 501 Sam Houston Drive. Pastor CE Smith invites everyone to come and receive as God does great things in the lives of people. Prayer for the sick and for other needs is offered in every service. Services will be held August 14-17. Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m., weeknights at 7:00 p.m.

E. Marilyn “Mimi” White, 81 of Seadrift passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, July 23, 2011, surrounded by her loving family after a brave battle with cancer.

Mimi was born January 19, 1930, in Seadrift to the late Lonnie D. and Alta Scott Milam. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Seadrift.

Mimi is survived by her children, Audrey Marek of Port Lavaca, Russell White and wife Annette of Seadrift, Trisha Douglas and husband Gene of Seadrift, and Cristal Brown and husband Arthur of El Campo. She is also survived by eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Arthur White and her sister, Evelyn Gray.

A memorial service was held Thursday, July 28, at the First Baptist Church in Seadrift with Dr. Joseph Dufner officiating. A private family burial will be held at a later date.

The family requests that donations in Marilyn’s name be directed to the First Baptist Church in Seadrift.

Seems a short time since everyone was waiting for school to be out and now it’s time for school to begin another year. Summer in Port O’Connor has been a very busy season this year. If we could figure out what would bring as many people to our community in the Fall and Winter, it would be great. Does anyone have any suggestions?

The Chamber membership drive was in March and April. If you have any questions as to if you have paid your 2011 membership dues, please email 361poc@gmail.com and I will get you a reply asap, as the first of September, the businesses that are not paid up, will be deleted from www.portoconnorchamber.org. If you need another application or did not receive one, contact us. If you are not a member, the Chamber can’t publicize for you. The Chamber does receive calls and emails concerning services in our community. Soon there will be new brochures printed and you will be deleted if dues are not up to date.

Thanks for the 4th Donations!

Lisa Fowler
POC Boat Storage
Raymond & Sandra Tate
Gulf Coast Title
Marvin Henderson Jr.
Valerie B. Gibbs
Robert & Anna Kidd
Lefty & Joanne Ward
J. Jordan Properties, John & Joyce
and All the Donations that were dropped into the donation cans around POC (Every penny counts.) If I have missed someone’s donation, please contact us!

Welcome, New Members!

Caralcol (Trend Development)
Alan B. & Robyn Roberts
All Seasons Guide Service

Grace Episcopal Church is holding their 15th Annual Fish Fry on Sunday, August 14, beginning at 12:30 p.m.

The fish fry will be held at the church’s facilities at 213 E. Austin in Port Lavaca.

Proceeds will benefit the Calhoun County Work Activity Center.

There is a lot happening now in our lives. There was a lot happening then in this County. Why use different adverbial phrases between the first two sentences? Now don’t get excited, this is not a sneaky lesson in grammar but it is about defining some of the different types of history.

The present is history happening now. That happens in our lives because for it to be now we need to be alive and alert. However, a little later it becomes history. The fact is, for history to exist we have to remember what happened some time back.

The further back it happens, the less likely we are to remember it as part of our lives. We record history by keeping records. Sometimes those records are orally recorded or stories, many of them become known differently than what actually happened.

Now, most of us know about Paul Revere’s ride back about 237 years ago. The most of us remember the version in Longfellow’s poem “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.” Actually three men were riding that night. A gentleman named Dawes and a doctor named Prescott, as well as Paul. The British caught and arrested all three. Dawes escaped and rode off, but he got lost in the dark. They didn’t have night lights then. Dr. Prescott escaped and actually made it to Concord. Paul was finally released, but his horse was gone, so he walked back to Lexington.

Obviously Longfellow couldn’t say, “Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Dr. Prescott.” It wouldn’t have been much of a poem. This is not to belittle Paul. He organized the ride; for that he deserves credit. However, he was unlucky so: Longfellow wrote the Poem and he became famous. That is why it is so important to preserve and protect history.

Again, that is why we are organizing “Remembering Indianola- Queen City of the West.” We hope to keep some of the history, like the immigrant struggles and successes, in our memories. We hope to bring to light some of the glories of that era.

That event is one of the things happening now in our lives. It is about one of the things that happened in our area. It takes little research to find things that have happened in this County. We know a little about the KaranKawa Indians, there is a large collection of that memorabilia at the museum; we are continuing to learn about LaSalle and his first foreign colony. (See the display in the museum.) This event focuses on Remembering Indianola. We are working on Civil war events, and other elements of our history as we march from then till now.

The Friends of the Museum have the beginnings of a long and difficult track to building a new, beautiful and larger museum because we have more to remember. Those are some of the things happening now in our lives relating to things that happened then in our county You can make it part of your lives by attending events, joining in activities and enjoying our rich heritage.