BEWARE OF WHERE YOU WALK!  One of our residents, a 7th grader, has been bitten by a rattlesnake in her yard.  After being hospitalized in San Antonio, receiving anti-snakebite/venom shots and being kept in the ICU, she was able to return home.  So do be careful!

Have you seen the incredible works by our wonderful Dragon Lady, Gloria Fric and her wonder crew of dynamic and talented sculptors?  Sadly for Gloria her crew of artistic-sculptors has been whittled to one, but Karen Fralich from Canada is so beautifully talented she takes the place of others.  And once again, 200 tons of that special sand for sculpting has been delivered to the site in front of the Community Center; properly wetted down, and set for the artists to get to work.  And the designs are incredible; one of my favorites is a slightly hidden message for kids to stay in school, or they get swallowed by the SHARK!

I’ve been covering the Warriors’ Weekend from the very first when some of us stood out on the highway waving a welcome to the buses as they arrived; stopping and taking pix of the first group of boats anchored at Froggie’s ready to take another guy on board; and many of us making cookies to be delivered at 6:00 in the morning for a day’s food on board a fishing boat.  But that was long ago; now we have our incredible and talented lady, Gloria Fric, the Dragon Lady to put into sand what we have thought and wished for many years ago.  Thank you, Gloria; you and your very talented team are what makes this such a wonderful and touching celebration.

Once again the membership of the POC Service Club held their Garage Sale despite bad weather!  Luckily, many folks decided that the inclement weather would not make a dent into their purchases; and, therefore, we were extremely lucky  to have so many folks deciding to come and see us and search for their very special item.  Besides, the Bake Sale was sold out EARLY EARLY; and I do hope you were there to get your tasty treat!

Several of our residents have been attending the monthly meetings of the Water District to learn what plans are for our area; although I don’t have a date for the next meeting, POC residents need to attend these meetings to learn how, what, and why the Board is spending the money from the recent tax increase, and make your thoughts known. Suggestion would be to check the bulletin board at the Post Office for a meeting date and time.

Keep your eyes going for the New Old Hurricane Junction being built at 2441 West Maple, just around the corner from Froggie’s.  Despite unforgiving weather, the pad has been poured and is in the process of curing.  Shortly the walls will be erected, the roof topped off, the exterior deck built, and HJ will be on its way! Several new people are on board for Hoop: one being a very talented and innovative cook, Dalene Sagebiel Caffey, who is in charge of the kitchen, and the other being Abby Wheeler, a talented and amazing bartender.  Both of them are experimenting with new and tasty recipes, and Abby is being challenged as she creates a special and innovative drink.

Many of the children in our school will be winding up another year of education under the leadership of Ms. Tiffany O’Donnell, the principal.  And once again our school has been honored by the State Education Agency receiving an award for a High Performance School and the School that has achieved much progress during the past year.  A High Performance School is rated under the Title I designation of schools as achieving distinction in reading and mathematics.  Our thanks to so many dedicated teachers and their assistants who made this possible.  But to our students who never gave up, but continued to work to improve their skills, we honor them.

Hopefully, many of us have followed the amazing results of the incident concerning the bus driver and the pupils misbehaving aboard his school bus.  It really makes you wonder as to who has the authority over the childish passengers to make them behave his orders?  Or does this caveat strictly rests with the school administration?
Do you ever question the prices for an item?  Or, do you, like me, question and accept an unbelievable price for 10 pieces of food at a fast food joint?  Stopping at one and ordering chicken, I sadly discovered I was paying $2 for each piece of chicken, many of which were completely unidentifiable.  Sad … !

June will be arriving shortly and with it will be the Summer Reading Program at our Library.  Do plan to come and see and talk with our knowledgeable Librarian, Shirley Gordon, for more information to sign up your child.  Library hours have not changed being open all day Monday and Tuesday; afternoons Wednesday and Thursday; and Saturday till 1:00 p.m.  Or call Shirley at 983-4365.  See you soon!

A very Happy Mother’s Day to all our Mothers and Grandmothers as well.  Hope you all had a wonderful and happy day with husbands and children both young and older as well.  And it’s time to let someone else cook!

Also a thank you to the many residents of our community who have helped those incredible artists and other members of Gloria Fric’s crew.  Each year more and more of our people turn out to help in many ways.  Just hope you eventually get that extra sand out of your shirts and pockets!

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Global Warming, Fraud, & Government Usurpation

I strongly recommend that everyone, whether you believe in “Man-Caused Global Warming” or not, read Dark Winter, How the Sun is Causing a 30 – Year Cold Spell by John L. Casey. Mr. Casey has had a 35 year career in science and space technology with NASA and as a consultant. He is currently the President of Space and Science Research Corporation. The Seadrift library has a copy. You should ask the County Library to get one to every branch.

I have long believed solar activity is the major source of climate change and is cyclical, with several cycles, from many thousands of years (Ice Ages) to short-term of about 10 years. Mr. Casey’s research over the last decade explains that, and identifies 3 of these shorter term cycles – the Schwabe Cycle that averages 11 years (7-17 years), the Centennial Cycle (90-100 years) and the Bicentennial Cycle (about 206 years), the most powerful of these Relational Cycles. Mr. Casey documents and explains the last Dalton Minimum with historical facts, the rising warm cycle to the “Global Warming” hysteria of the 1990’s, the probable peak at 1998, and the projected falling temps to a “Cold Era” of 2020-2045 with the bottom of the cycle 2031-2037. The following Warm Era 2070-2090 will be less warm than 1990-2010. Forget about the “Al Gore and Media” hysterics, people survived the last cold spell in 1800’s with their limited technology, though crop damage and famine was a problem in the northeastern US and other parts of the world.

The main part of the book is only 45 pages, the following 119 pages are documentation. Please read the Forward, Preface, and especially the Introduction where he states:

“The theory of man-made global warming and climate change based on human greenhouse gas emissions is the greatest international scientific fraud ever perpetuated on the world’s citizens!”

Why is this FRAUD so popular? First, there are many PhD graduates that have very little employment opportunities, but have been ‘socialized’ in their education to want “more govt oversight for the good of the collective”. Govt grants offer lucrative employment, so they produce the findings that the govt entities issuing the grants want, skewing the data is easy when necessary. Why do the UN, the Liberal-Progressives, and totalitarians around the world want to push this fantastic fraud? Simple – Power, Control, and Money! All govts know that to expand their power they must convince their citizens, subjects, and taxpayers that The Govt is protecting them from some ‘Enemy’ to justify more taxes, regulations, and limits on their freedom. “Global Warming and Climate Change” is ‘The Perfect Enemy’ because climate-change is natural and never ending, and the premise of “Man-caused Greenhouse Gases” as the culprit is totally false, so this ‘Enemy’ can never be defeated! However, as long as the people are afraid they will support any Govt Program to try to defeat it. This is the perfect excuse to tax almost anything, to ban anything the Elites don’t want you to have, to usurp your property rights, or even confiscate your property and savings if you are accused of contributing to “greenhouse gases”, which includes breathing – exhaling CO2! The most beautiful scam of all is selling “Carbon Credits”. If you produce more carbon, or anything else they decide to ban, you must purchase Carbon Credits or face horrific fines or imprisonment. These Carbon Credits are simply created from nothing but computer entry. And there will be a ‘Carbon Credit Exchange’ to handle the sale and trades of these Carbon Credits, controlled of course by political cronies. Like a ‘Stock Exchange’ based on a fraud. Obama is now calling it an “Emergency” so he can deal with it by Executive Orders – Dictator Powers.

This Obama Administration has also created another “Emergency Condition” by taking Race Based Politics to a new level. Obama and his minions have repeatedly sided with young black criminals, gangster wannabes, and Professional Race Baiters, even against the police. Their very public support encourages riots and the intervention of race-baiters and active anti-capitalists (communists). At one level this is just political posturing for their active base, but we are now seeing one of Obama’s “political mouthpieces”, Al Sharpton, demanding Federal oversight over all police forces. The excuse is ‘police abuse’ of criminals, especially “minority suspects”, usually with a laundry list of arrests and documented offenses. Now, why do the Obamunists want control over all the country’s police, down to local police? They don’t even enforce the laws that are Federal jurisdiction! Like Border Security. But that is another potential “Emergency”.

History shows this is a major step in the march from a democratic Constitutional Republic to a socialist state and to a totalitarian communist state. In a Constitutional Republic it is a UNION of the States that creates the Federal Govt to handle foreign affairs, trade, defense, border security, and regulate disputes between States. The States have their own laws, courts, and police; elected and paid by the People.

In a Socialist State the Federal (Central) Govt regulates most things and tells the States what they can and can not do. The Federal Govt gives “money” to bribe state officials to enforce their ‘laws’ and ‘social programs’. Federal courts and bureaucracies start to micro-manage the State’s business, independent school districts, and all forms of ‘wealth-creation’ – farming, manufacturing, fishing, mining, & energy production. It is incremental at first, but constantly expanding.

The only difference between a Socialist State and a Communist State is the degree of control and enforcement. A Communist State must have the Coercive Force to enforce its doctrine. Therefore, the Central Govt (Federal) must have an overpowering police force, Federal Courts that can get in the State’s business and over-power State courts, and a “Domestic Military” to enforce the ‘doctrine’. The “Domestic Military” can be called anything – Federal Police, Gestapo, KGB, Dept of Homeland Security – but it is loyal to the controlling regime, not bound by law or Constitution, to enforce strictly any program of the Regime or Party.

That is what Al Sharpton wants for the Dems and the Obamunists. A Federal Police or Domestic Military with both the regulatory authority and the physical military superiority to strictly enforce the doctrine, any doctrine, of the current Regime on the States and the People. We are seeing the Federal Govt tell the States that they CAN NOT ask for proof of citizenship to register to vote. This with the huge influx of illegal aliens and the politicization of their demands for citizenship. Is this the ‘last best hope’ of keeping the Liberal Progressive Socialists in power? Or simply foment a revolution before the 2016 election? The “laws” are in place for an Emergency “Continuation of Govt”. Van Jones explained the Obamunist plan for socialist change, pressure from the top down and the bottom up. Obama, Eric Holder, and others at the top encouraging the Race Rioters, Occupy Wall Streeters, Socialists, Militant Homosexuals, and Climate Change Fanatics at the bottom, with the Lib/Prog Lap-dog Media cheering them all on.

Sharpton would be pitching a fit if a Republican Administration wanted a Domestic Military or National Police Force. Then it would be a HUGE VIOLATION of the CONSTITUTION!

It is all about “Coercive Force”, and who controls it. When the Govt fears the People there is Liberty; but when the People fear the Govt there is Tyranny. That is why the Bill of Rights has the 2nd Amendment. It is really about freedom, personal & property rights, liberty, and even civilization vs. tyranny, out-of-control Central Govt, oppression, slavery, and death. Freedom is not FREE, if you won’t stand and defend it, you will surely lose it. We are certainly at a crucial point in history; to restore our Constitutional Republic or slide into Marxist tyranny. The totalitarian boot in the face of humanity…, forever.

A Reunion is being planned for the Calhoun High School Class of 1965. It will be held on October 23 and 24 at the VFW in Port Lavaca. Class alumni are attempting to contact all members to be a part of this 50th year reunion.
Please contact Kenneth Reese at (361) 649-6525 or Bill Shrader at 552-7308 or 676-6424 for more information.