There’s a new cop in town. The City of Seadrift welcomes its newest member of its police department, Cheyenne Beaver!

Cheyenne is no stranger to the Seadrift community as her family has lived in this area for generations. Her great grandfather, Blacky Beaver, came to Port O’Connor in 1911. Her great grandfather Newman Holder was the first to bring dewberries into Seadrift. Those dewberries ended up becoming Holder’s Berry Farm! There is a picture of the berry farm that was taken in approximately 1915. Cheyenne’s grandparents, Joe and Mary Beaver, are life-long residents of Seadrift.

Seadrift, like other communities, has produced its list of notable people… people who loved their community, gave of themselves selflessly, and made us all proud. Cheyenne is young, talented, and motivated. She is a CHS graduate and has an impressive work history. I’ll let her tell you all about it:

“I started as a County Corrections Officer and worked my way through various positions. I became a Patrol Corporal, then held the position of Patrol Sargeant. I held the position of Investigator for Texas DFPS (Department of Family and Protective Services.) I worked my way from Officer to Sergeant at CCISD Police Department, and even held the Interim Chief position for a stint with CCISD Police Department while our Chief was out on medical leave. I look forward to serving the community I grew up in and making it a better place.”

Currently Cheyenne is Seadrift’s Interim Chief of Police. We look forward to seeing Cheyenne around town and wish her God’s best as she follows her dream in law enforcement. -Tanya DeForest

Mary Jo Walker was recently featured in Discover361.com, sharing the history behind Beacon 44 Seafood Market Port O’Connor.
Check it out here:
https://www.discover361.com/…/article_7c704de6-213b…
Mary Jo thanks all of her customers and staff who have helped make this possible!
And, Check this out:
You Tube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am4R6YJir-s
Shrimping, The Last of the Stringos
What being a shrimper is all about, featuring Anthony Stringo, his dad Jesse, and uncle James on the High Roller.
You can easily access these stories by clicking on the blue link in the articles on thedolphintalk.com

.and, POC’s own chef, Kacie Skalik, appeared recently on Chopped. You can see the video (for a small fee) on You Tube under Chopped, Crustacean Craze.

Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church youth and chaperones attended the Annual Steubenville South Youth Conference in Alexandria, LA on June 20-23. Over 2200 people came to listen to keynote speakers, participate in Praise and Worship, attend daily Mass services, and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. There were five other Steubenville Conferences being conducted in various states that weekend and there are more scheduled in July. It was wonderful to see so many youth and adults worshiping the Lord publicly. -Becky Gray

Summer seems to be in full swing and with it comes all the heat one can handle, doubly so where the majority of the people reading this article are located.

For me it’s a love and hate affair with the highly hot days of Summer, due to it always being in the way of either my comfortability or my activities.

First, my childhood was one spent in the (quite hot) Summers in Chicago without air conditioning as my dad as a rule did not believe in it due to cost.

Many sweltering afternoons were spent sweating my behind off on one of Chicago’s infamous one hundred plus degree days, because heat islands are definitely a thing.

To say those days were uncomfortable is an understatement.

A fan can be your best friend on such a hot day, but once you cross ninety or more degrees, it pushes hot humid air on you and while it is better than nothing, it still leads to some uncomfortable times.

Also without air on nights like that sleep can be hard to come by, anyplace your body touches the pillows, blankets, or even the bed becomes a spot where sweat will accumulate.

This leads to some very uncomfortable nights full of tossing and turning and very little sleeping.

In the eighties and nineties there was no air in the Chicago public schools either so there was no relief even when you were away from home.

Back then school ended for Summer vacation in mid or late June, so there were plenty of uncomfortable days in class sweating while learning about history or geography.

Beyond the long term battles once waged on my body by the overzealous sun, I’ve never been a big fan of the hot days for other reasons.

For one thing I am a very heavy sweater and of course on those hot days sweating is a part of the program.

Thing is I hate sweating and as I used to walk everywhere it made daily activities a chore and harder to accomplish, especially during those aforementioned hundred plus days.

It’s been made worse as several times in my life I’ve had a bit of a belly, so the times I was heavier I became self conscious of the fact that people might blame the sweating on the extra poundage.

Also I’m a fall baby for all the difference that might make and was born in the late October chill before those infamous Midwest winters so my thermostat seems to be tuned into the cold more than heat so although I love the weather of Fall and Spring (minus the possibility of severe weather!) Summer climates were never my favorite.

Of course I bring this up as it’s hot where I am currently, over ninety degrees and climbing as I’m writing this and it brought to mind all the ways I really am not a fan of really hot weather.

Some people actually like the heat of those sunny Summer days but of course those people are insane…I’m kidding, but seriously what is wrong with you?

On August 4th members attended Calhoun County’s 4-H Achievement Banquet. We are so proud of all of our 4-H members, but would like to give a special shout-out to these Intercoastal 4-H Club members for their hard work this year! (See photos elsewhere in this issue.)

McKenna Guevara: Gold Star Award Recipient Madden Guevara: Silver Star Award Recipient Dalton Garner: Bronze Star Award Recipient Kolt Leiker: Intercostal 4-H Club Member of the Year.

We can’t wait to get this year started, and we hope to see some new faces join our club this year! Our first meeting was held August 11th at 5:30 pm at the community center.

If you are interested in joining 4-H, please contact April Price at amprice912@gmail.com.