Intercostal 4-H Club had our meeting at the Calhoun County 4-H Round Up Monday March 5th, 2018. There we did a classroom comedy skit. The roles were Rylie Ragusin: Sam, McKenna Guevara: Mrs. Guevara, Antonio Gloria: Ivan, and Elanah Sanchez: Piper.

Brooklyn Redmond: Bertha. McKenna, Rylie, Antonio, Nicholas Ragusin, and Christina Ragusin entered in the Junior photography competition and all placed and some are going to district in April 2018.

Officer elections will be coming up in May. Our next meeting will be April 2nd, 2018 at the Port O’Connor Elementary Library at 6:30 pm.

Senior and Junior Intercoastal 4-H club members performed a Classroom Comedy skit at the Calhoun County 4-H Roundup. The group practiced weekly for a month before performing for a packed audience at the Extension Office auditorium on Monday, March 5.
Cast (left to right): Antonio Gloria (5th grade); Rylie Ragusin (5th grade); Brooklyn Redmond (9th grade); McKenna Guevara (5th grade); (Not pictured): Elanah Sanchez -Roxanne Ochoa

Total registered voters in all 16 precincts:    12,693

Ballots Cast: Republican Party            2,910 Total   (1,371 Early Voting; 1,539 Election Day)

Ballots Cast: Democratic Party            669 Total    (369 Early Voting; 300 Election Day)

Contests of Note:

State Senator Ted Cruz led with 1,822 votes

Governor Greg Abbott led with 1,856 votes

US Representative Dist. 27 Votes from Calhoun County (not districtwide): Christopher Mapp 798; Michael Cloud 655; Bech Braun 306

County Judge: Richard Meyer 1,115

County Commissioner, Precinct 4: Gary D. Reese 450; William Wooldridge 249 (requires run-off)

Manning the polls in Seadrift were (l-r) Sissy Costello, Tanya DeForest. Sherry Taylor, and Sheralyn Maddux, They reported 350 persons voted in the Republican Primary.

Roberta (Bobbie) Lee Scott, age 84, was reunited with her husband Delmer Scott and son Rodney Loden on March 2, 2018. She passed away at home as she wished.

Bobbie was born in Harlingen, TX on July 31, 1933. She was raised in the valley and briefly in Arkansas, then returned to Texas. After high school she married Bill Loden. They had two children, Terri Loden Maxwell and Rodney Loden (deceased). They moved to Port O’Connor in 1976 and ran their first bait stand. They then purchased the old “Pat’s Ally” and built Uncle Bill’s Marina.

Upon her marriage to Delmer Scott, the bait stand was renamed Bobbie’s Bait. She and Delmer ran it for over 20 years. Upon retirement from the bait business they bought Powderhorn R.V. Park in Indianola. Bobbie and Delmer treasured their dear friends in Port O’Connor and Powderhorn.

Bobbie is survived by her daughter, Terri Loden Maxwell and husband Terry; grandchildren, Chad (Robin), Chris (Nita) and Kyle (Kati); and four great-grandchildren plus one on the way. She is also survived by her sister, Joan Upchurch; brother, Don Baker; numerous nieces and nephews; Delmer’s children, Shelly Edeburn, David Scott (Mandy), Jimmy Scott (Mary) and 6 great-grandchildren, all of whom she thought of as her own. She also had an “adopted” son, Maurucio, whom she loved dearly.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Orland and Jewel Baker; her beloved husband, Delmer Scott and son, Rodney Loden.

Per Bobbie’s wishes, her ashes will be spread in the Texas Hill Country. Memorial will be private. Remember Mom as she was and keep on playing her games and have a drink or two in her honor.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.richardsoncolonial.com.

Kirk Andrew Lacy of Port O Connor, Texas, born January 25, 1961, passed away on February 27, 2018.

He is survived by mother, Betty Kirk Lacy of Portland, Oregon; sister and brother-in-law Cara Anne Lacy and Zane Ball of Portland, Oregon; brother Andrew H Lacy of Victoria, Texas; nephew Alexander Ball and niece Josephine “Mimi” Ball of Portland, Oregon.

Kirk was also survived by close friends Calvin and Debbie McIntyre and Mary “Mom” Estes. There will be a dockside memorial for Kirk sometime this spring before scattering his ashes in the bay to join his father and two “uncles” G B Robertson and Frank Taylor.

Anthony Brian Caruso, 46, of Seadrift, was born Jan. 8, 1972 to Joanne Wheeler Caruso and Robert H. Caruson in San Leandro, California. Anthony passed away on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 in Victoria, Texas after a long and courageous battle with brain cancer. He was surrounded by many members of his family that loved him dearly.

Anthony is survived by his three sons Mavric, Nate and Mikey, parents, step-dad Mike Mueller, brothers Michael (Carrie), Joey (Meredith), nephews Matthew Dominic, Kammron and Wheeler Caruso. Anthony is also survived by a large family with numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Anthony is preceded in death by his grandmothers Mildred “Memaw” Wheeler and Thelma “Grandma C.” Caruso.

Anthony was one of the kindest, caring, loving free spirit that God ever made and all that came in contact with him knew it immediately. Every heart that knew Anthony is broken.

A celebration of his life was held on Sunday, February 25 at the Rick Brush Community Center in Point Comfort, Texas. A very special thank you to Dr. Ty Meyer, Dr. Terry Whitehouse, Brother Larry Green, Hospice RN Lynn Rhodes and all the loving and caring nurses and staff of Hospice Compassion Center.

The family requests that any donations be made to the Hospice of South Texas, 605 E. Locust, Victoria, Texas in Anthony’s name.