Saturday, April 12 was the annual Adopt-A-Beach Spring Clean Up. Roxanne Ochoa led the local effort. Eleven volunteers (7 children and 1 adult) cleaned one mile of King Fisher Beach and Sunday Pass.

On King Fisher Beach, 12 small bags and a stack of boards (200 lbs. total) were collected. And from Sunday Pass, 10 large bags of debris (400 lbs.) were brought in by boat.

Unusual items found included a bottle or urine at King Fisher Beach and a bobble-head doggy toy from Sunday Pass.

Items of concern found were: bottle of urine!, dirty diaper wipes, syringe, and a large bag filled with oil-soaked rags.

The most collected items: 100’s of plastic beverage bottles and bottle caps from Sunday Beach and 100’s of cigarette butts and plastic pieces under one-inch in size from King Fisher Beach.

Thank you to all volunteers from Port O’Connor and Edna to grandparents visiting from West Virginia who brought their grandsons from Victoria!
Thank you to L’Roy Bell and Virgil Redding for supporting our local clean up efforts across Calhoun County.

Thank you to Daniel Gayle for providing hotdogs, chips, and bottled water for our volunteers (along with fresh oranges from his brother Steven’s tree in LaWard).

Join us at the 33rd annual Fall Cleanup on Saturday, September 21, 2019. Roxanne Ochoa

Thirty two ladies attended March’s meeting of the “Hooked On Books” Book Club, held at the POC Library. The group enjoyed homemade crawfish pie, crawfish toast, and other goodies served by Hostesses Carol Brayko and Ursula Price, in honor of this month’s book, “Where The Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens. After a fun and lively discussion of the book, the group received copies of recipes from the book, as well as information about upcoming social events in the Community. A great time was had by all!!

Twenty two lovely ladies donned their favorite spring hats and attended April’s “Hooked On Books” meeting and “Garden Party” hosted by Joanie Morgan, Charlotte Fitzgerald, & Monica McClung. Members were treated to a delicious meal of boiled shrimp, salad, snacks, scrumptious desserts, and a variety of beverages, followed by a lively discussion of April’s book, “The Light Between Oceans”!! Everyone enjoyed the beautiful garden surroundings, the perfect spring weather, the lively book discussion, and visiting with great friends!!

THANKS to the dredging company, RLB Contractors for the beautiful sand, and our County Commissioner, Mr. Gary Reese for all the work at King Fisher Park & Beach, getting all prepared for Crawfish Festival. So come and enjoy an old fashioned fun filled day on April  27.            If you have a high school senior, I hope they have picked up application for the Chamber scholarship.

The Chamber’s new website is up and running. If you have not joined the Chamber for 2019, just go to portoconnorchamber.com or call 361-983-2898. Meeting always 2nd Monday of month at 6:30 pm in the Port O’Connor Community Center. You do not have to be a member to attend.

New & Renewed Memberships:
American Inn and Suites
Barnes Appraisal Services
Beacon 44 RV Park
Beacon 44 Seafood Market
Capt. Kirk Morgan Guide Service
Captain Tom Horbey
Coastal Boat Services
Captain’s Quarters Motel & Suites
Designs by Darla
Dolphin’s by the Bay RV Park
Donn Stringo Advocare Independent Dist.
Fishbeck Rentals
Hammertime Guide Service
Loco Gringo BBQ
Parker’s Seafood Market & Grill
POC Hardware & Supply
POC Venture’s LLC
Port O’Connor Rentals
Sea-Esta Time LLC
Sonny’s Marine
T & A RV Repair
Texas Saltwater Fishing Magazine
The Two RV Park
R & R RV Resort & Casitas
Gulf RV Park
Insurance Services
Britton & Susan Braudaway
Margie Braudaway
Mary Ann Claiborne
Tom & Pat Ekstrom
Roger & Eylse Ross
Carol Fox
Donald Goldman
Terry Kohler
Mike & Peggy Macha
Ricki & Francey Mc Kinney
Debbie Michalek
Senator Lois W. Kolkhorst
Jim & Amy Serverson
Shane & Kathy Simon
Craig & Suzanne Williams