Dear Readers:

Where Are We Headed As A Nation? My Thoughts Are Filled With Grave Concerns.

As a Veteran  I am a reader of World War  events. I was 9 years old when the Allies landed on Normandy and vanquished an “Evil Empire.”  Besides Pearl Harbor, that was also a day that will live “in infamy”  as America and her Allies began the defeat of two enemies. Many do not realize that the landing on Omaha  Beach in Normandy in June of 1944 was a 50/50 call, and God threw the dice for us to vanquish a ruthless enemy. Had not for that our world would be completely different and probably a lost America. If any remember the movie “Saving Private Ryan” you saw a replay of realty that day in June.

So, where are we headed now?  A nation that is fractured and divided that has given rise to a way of life we have never seen before. Wokeness, diversity, pseudo-pronouns, drag queens, transgender, etc. None of these are meritorious! They are socially, culturally, religiously, and psychologically  abnormal.

I am pleased that I was given an opportunity to be who I am and a volunteer Veteran who took an oath to protect and defend America and that oath never expires!

We cannot know what the souls of the soldiers who gave their lives can see now, but there should be no tears where good souls rest in infinite peace. However, if they could see how liberalism is eroding the fabric of freedom I believe their souls would tear.

I can remember when both parties could work relatively well with the Constitution and in spite of typical and expected corruption our nation moved along. However, political evolution has morphed into conspiracy politics leaving the three branches of government prostituted and only a shadow of what the forefathers envisioned.
The Left has now taken over our great country and bullying the conservatives into “their way or the highway!”  The Left has given us a new media that is alien to the truth. Seeing a treasonist President cognitively compromised leaves our nation in grave concerns,  and more interested in doing the bidding of those behind the curtains.
Our rights are being denied and Constitution dissolved. Disarming the people is utmost on the minds of most liberals! The Second Amendment was not specifically created to aid us in hunting or defending our household from burglars.  It was designed to protect us from tyrannical government. The forefathers saw this could happen.  No weapons, no freedom!

One other thing! When borders are lost the country is lost! The first duty of a President is to safeguard our borders. A country, any country that allows open borders will eventually lose that country!

I am not a racist because I believe in all Americans no matter where  are from where they come, but illegals are invaders!

So, where are we right now? Our socio-cultural attitudes appear to be more coarse and disrespectful. The Right desires to hold to traditional values that made us the great nation we are; the Left desires to let the genie out of the “wokeness bottle.”

And live by “one world order,”  theirs!!!!!!!!

I recall a statue at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame in Waco, Texas. It is that of Ranger Bill McDonald, and the inscription on it states, “ Let no man in the wrong  stand up against a man in the right and who keeps on coming!”
Let that be us—MAGA!

GOD BLESS OUR GREAT NATION!

Mario Scorza
US Air Force Vet
Cape Carancahua

Thank You!

The Ladies of the POC Service Club would like to thank all the fantastic people who turned out for our inaugural “Wine Tasting Event” on November 4, 2023. It was a tremendous success!! We are ecstatic at the turnout, and thank all who purchased our “Wine Tasting Packages”, “Door Prize and Game Tickets”, Charcuterie Trays and Beverages; and sipped and shopped at our many Winery and Vendor Booths!!

We want to thank the amazing Wineries who traveled to POC to provide outstanding wines for our shoppers to sip, savor, and purchase: Andustoria Wines; Gulf Breeze Winery; Lavaca Bluffs Coastal Winery; and Rusty Hook Winery!!
We also want to thank all the wonderful vendors for showing up so that our patrons could shop to their hearts content: Alice and Thom Sloan; Blackbeard’s Booty; Enid Colene Clark, LLC; Gypsy Mermaid, Lil Stitches; Nana’s Creations; POC Washateria; Sweet Sissy’s Sugar Shop; Teresa’s Salon; The Coral Reef; and the Service Club Market Booth. We also wholeheartedly want to thank Lilli Soto and her wonderful band of musicians who provided fun and rollicking music for everyone to enjoy while they sipped, snacked, savored, and shopped!!

Thank you- we appreciate you all, and can’t wait for the next one!!!!

A Thank You Note

We want to send a BIG thank you to the Port O’ Connor Volunteer Dept for their great service they provided our family on Nov. 8th. A family friend stepped on a stingray about four miles east of Bird Island. Her foot was bleeding, was in terrible pain, and could not be consoled.

My dad called 911 while heading back to Froggie’s boat ramp. The volunteers were waiting for us and jumped on the boat to assist. They were kind, professional, and quick to help us! We want to thank them for their service! Thank you also to Calhoun Co. EMS for transporting her to the Port Lavaca Medical Center.

We are lucky to have them all.

Julie Sciacca Burton,
Johnny Sciacca, and
Marc Ivey

The Dolphin welcomes letters from our readers on any subject that is of general interest to our audience. Letters should be 300 words or less (exception at the Dolphin’s discretion). Letters reflect the opinion of the writer, and not that of Dolphin Talk staff, and we retain the right to determine suitability for publication. It is the policy of this newspaper to promote area interests; therefore, complaints against local businesses should be directed elsewhere. Letters must be signed and include day and evening phone numbers, which will not be published. Your name will be withheld upon request, but anonymous material will not be considered for publication.
Dolphin Talk
P.O. Box 777
Port O’Connor, TX 77982
dolphin1@tisd.net

Library News:
POC Library Hours: Phone Number: 361-983-4365
Sunday – Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Friday: 10:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
*Note: Closed for Thanksgiving holidays on November 23-25th

What are the advantages of having a library card? Ask Delilah Alford, winner of the Library Card Sign Up Month! She was thrilled with the wonderful basket that our Library Director, Dina Sanchez, made for her. With a library card, you get free access to books, movies, magazines, newspapers, study tools, Internet access, board games, and more. It’s the most valuable card in your wallet! Thank you to everyone that visited the Port O’Connor Library to get a library card.

Visit the Kids Corner and check out the new AWE Computer and take a peek outside at the new bike rack purchased and donated by The Friends. Both are such popular resources already!

Thank you to Sam Burnett for making these adorable Halloween candy boxes and to Susan Wallace for purchasing them from the Farmer’s Market and donating them to the Port O’Connor Library Branch!

Wednesdays:
8:00-9:00 AM – Coffee & Conversation – Coffee with a group of neighbors and friends is a perfect “blend.” Please join us!
*Special Note: No meeting on November 22nd
9:30–10:30 AM – Bingo – The fun follows the 8 AM coffee event on Wednesday! Special thanks to the generosity of the noted sponsors.
● November 1: sponsored by Trinity Shores
● November 8: sponsored by Bethany Senior Living
● November 15 sponsored by Calhoun Home Health
● **Special Note: No meeting on November 22 due to the Thanksgiving holiday
● November 29: sponsored by Victoria Hospice
1:00-3:30 PM – Mah Jongg – Ever felt like you’ve played enough Mah Jongg? Neither have we, Join us for a game today.
Thursdays: 1:00-3:30 PM – Bridge – Please join us. No matter which direction you sit, the cards will always go your way.

Another thank you goes to Sylvia Ragusin for hosting an impromptu game of Loteria after Bingo on October 25th and bringing prizes!! We appreciate your generosity.
Friends of the POC Library:

The Friends collaborate closely with the library in order to help support the needs of the community and meet the needs of library management. This group of people are passionate about the library and support many people in the community with events.

Join us on November 20th from 7:00 – 9:00 PM for A Night of Poetry. Poetry, a literary genre full of sound devices, is meant to be read ALOUD. All are welcome to attend this FREE event and participate as well. Attendees will have a chance to read original poetry or something by a favorite author. Each attendee who wishes to participate will be given an allotted amount of time to read their selection. Time will be adjusted depending on the number of attendees participating. All are welcome.

So much Halloween fun was had at the October Children’s Program. We played Bingo, tried not to drop the “eyeball” from the Spoon Race, participated in Spider Toss, Hat Toss, and a Bean BagToss. We pinned the Spider on the Web, too. We collected points while having fun, fun, fun!

On November 4th another Children’s Program took place with numerous Thanksgiving crafts! We started with Thanksgiving Bingo and had centers for creating turkey headbands, woven placemats, Thanksgiving wreaths, and coloring mats with cool markers.

Be sure to mark your calendar and save the date for the next Super Saturdays Children’s Program, Cookies for Santa, on December 2nd.

Submitted by Darla Miles
Friends of the Port O’ Connor Library, Publicity Committee/Historian
www.friendsofportoconnorlibrary.org
Facebook Page: Friends of the Port O’Connor Library, Inc

…

Norma “Lou” Reed Guice of Seadrift, Texas gained her angel wings on October 13, 2023. Lou was born on July 25, 1942 in Lambert, Mississippi to James and Mable (Caine) Reed.

Lou’s favorite place to be was in her kitchen. She was known for her wonderful baking and delicious meals. A person never left her house hungry. When not in her kitchen you could find Lou on her lawnmower zipping through town. Lou also enjoyed decorating for the holidays and she usually had a yearly garden behind her house. Lou loved life, her family, friends, pets, and her community.

Lou was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 53 years, Gene Guice; and her parents and grandson Joshua Foster. She is survived by one brother Harold “Fuzzy” Reed (Sue) of Locke Station, Mississippi and one sister, Judy Reed Massey (Charlie) of Houston, Texas. Three children: Daughter, Karrie Guice of Stonewall, Louisiana, Daughter, Rebecca McCullough of Spring Ridge, Louisiana, and Son Rodney Gene Guice Sr. (Robin) of Seadrift, Texas. Lou also leaves behind seven grandchildren: Ashley Hadwin (Derek), Lauren Baker (Jason), Rodney Guice Jr., Vanessa McCullough, Daniel Foster, Emily Foster, and Sara Guice-Garza (Noel) and six great-grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.

Service were held on Saturday, October 21, 2023 at Richardson Colonial Funeral Home in Port Lavaca, Texas.
Lou’s last request was for her and Gene’s ashes to be blended together and placed beneath a big oak tree on their land in Spring Ridge, Louisiana.

Thoughts and memories may be shared at www.richardsoncolonial.com.

This is a hard one to write, that is if I’m going to be honest in this space.

It’s a couple weeks or so until Thanksgiving at the time of writing and the next two months plus will be the Christmas holiday season, maybe even sooner as the ads on television seem to think it started at midnight on Halloween.

So I can take the high road or the low road and I really have no idea who will come to clarity before the other depending on which path they take.

On the high road we have this is a time of thanks, of peace, of love, be it they buy into the true message or not (not to mention they can love and promote peace year around too, but shhh I think it’s a secret), it just is, if I truly chose love over hate, then it should be an easy path to walk.

That low road though, it’s so honest, it speaks of days passing by without purpose, it shows how the cupboards are empty more than anytime before in my life, shows how many things I just don’t want but I need, from basics like clothing or a haircut to other ‘basics’ like a hug or a real moment with someone in front of me in real life I can ‘feel.’

These are not the whims of some Christmas list but real needs.

Some things are byproducts of the past, like anyone’s life, some are new avenues of being brought on by the last couple years of struggle…at times I chafe on the material, I pull on the chain in worry or fear, I want to vent it all out but I can’t most times for fear of being exposed, which would be unwise as a plan for survival.

I want that high road, I need it. I try to not step onto the lower road, I give my gratitude for having what is here, it could indeed be worse. I try to conduct myself in a manner that impedes or hurts no one, but nothing is perfect of course.

I’m also no fool in knowing much work is to be done and even if I had all the basics and even more I’d still have so much to do before I’d feel honest in declaring this life to be lived rather than mostly being a waste.

So I am grateful, I am loving…I do even choose myself even though in some ways I’m very much a stranger to myself, especially when it comes to acceptance and love for that man which I admit may take time as I’m kinda new at that and the weather has been pretty rough lately.

Which roads are you on?

Do you ride the curb this season, do you choose to take the best path you can?

We all step off the road at times, but what is your ultimate destination?

Can you give thanks for the road regardless, can you be so free as to feel this upcoming holiday season, actually feel it rather than just saying it or worse still, trying to buy it?

Richard “Ricky” Irving Kolar, 70, of Seadrift, passed away on November 2, 2023. He was born on October 29, 1953, to Irving Louis Kolar and Claudia Wyatt Kolar. He is survived by his wife, Andrea Wiggins Kolar, son, Harley Louis Kolar, brother, Martin “Marty” Kolar, sister, Linda Kolar Rivera (Augie Rivera), and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by both of his parents. Richard was a graduate of Calhoun High School.
He was a retired construction worker who traveled to many states, erecting radar towers. Richard was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church of Seadrift. He had battled cancer but had been cancer-free for many years. Ricky was a devoted Tennessee Titans fan who enjoyed watching football and cheering for his team. He loved taking trips to Louisiana to gamble with his family and spent many hours on the bay: fishing, water skiing, hunting, shrimping, oystering, swimming, and tin boat racing during his earlier years.

Richard will be cremated, and there will be no visitation or service. His cremains will be interred at the Dewville Cemetery alongside his parents and at his favorite fishing spot on San Antonio Bay in a private service.