BOLIVAR IN THE NEWS.....

Ex-prosecutor takes up the pen

Vance's book sheds light on infamous Corll case, DA's office

By ALLAN TURNER; HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Sept. 5, 2010, 9:02AM

Carol Vance's tenure as Harris County district attorney, 1966-79, spanned a period of Houston's wildfire growth that witnessed notorious crimes such as Dean Corll's slaughter of at least 27 young men in what was then the deadliest killing spree in U.S. history. Vance, now retired, is author of the recently released autobiography, Boomtown DA, which details highlights of his years as the county's top prosecutor. Houston Chronicle reporter Allan Turner interviewed Vance about his book and career.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7187175.html

Outdoors report: September 2

By BINK GRIMES and WILKENS WEATHER

Sept. 1, 2010, 8:22PM

Galveston

Guide Mike Williams of Tarpon Express reported solid action for blacktips to 150 pounds, bull sharks to 200 pounds and bull redfish to 30 pounds while working slicks around Rollover Pass. Silver King Adventures reported limits of trout while drifting slicks.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/outdoors/report/7182551.html

Lightning Cuts Power On Bolivar Peninsula
CRYSTAL BEACH - More than 2,500 Bolivar Peninsula residents were without electricity for about seven hours Tuesday after lightning struck a utility pole.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/173214

Woman thrown from truck in crash dies

By T.J. Aulds

The Daily News

Published August 30, 2010

PORT BOLIVAR - A Crystal Beach woman who was driving on state Highway 87 on Saturday afternoon died after she was thrown from her car as it rolled at least six times, Galveston County Sheriff’s Office officials said.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/172830

Help clean Texas beaches

August 27, 2010 8:01 AM

Scott Lawrence

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - An upcoming day at the beach in Texas means more than just enjoying the sand and surf.

http://www.kfdm.com/news/texas-39197-beach-trash.html

Community Crossroads Addresses What We Learn From Hurricanes

Written by Steve Broussard   

As We Are Approaching The Peak Of Hurricane Season, Many Are Remembering Hurricane Katrina.

http://www.myvictoriaonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5995:community-crossroads&catid=55:local&Itemid=53

Weather Forecast For Houston TX And Vicinity, Thursday, August 26, 2010

August 25th, 2010 7:50 pm CT

Only time will tell if disturbances over the Gulf of Mexico and western Caribbean Sea mature into a recognizable tropical cyclone. Both systems sport low-level convective circulations,

http://www.examiner.com/weather-in-houston/weather-forecast-for-houston-tx-and-vicinity-thursday-august-26-2010

Jane Long outdoor festival

THE JANE LONG OUTDOOR FESTIVAL: WHERE HISTORY, ART & MUSIC COME TOGETHER OCT. 9TH 11-4 @ FT. TRAVIS ON OUR GULF!
Join the Bolivar Community Sat. Oct. 9th 11am-4pm in true TEXAS PATRIOTIC style as we renew the “Spirit” of Jane Long, the Mother of Texas, and her perseverance to survive .

http://www.theanahuacprogress.com/articles/2010/08/25/news/news11.txt

073 Assorted shore birds - Rollover Pass - Bolivar Island TX ...
Besides the Least Terns, Brown Pelicans, Royal Terns, recognize any other
species?  <http://www.flickr.com/photos/billtex48/4919902641/>

Filing ends for GISD election

By Amanda Casanova; The Daily News

Published August 25, 2010

GALVESTON - Looking to help reverse a Texas Education Agency "unacceptable" rating, two candidates, including incumbent David O'Neal, filed for election in the race for a District 2B trustee seat with the Galveston Independent School District.  http://galvestondailynews.com/story/171138

Survey seeks out what residents want in parks

By T.J. Aulds; The Daily News; Published August 21, 2010

League City residents would like to have a dog park.

Meanwhile, Bolivar Peninsula residents would like to see bathrooms and showers along the beach.  http://galvestondailynews.com/story/170326

Relatives mourn slain woman on birthday

By Chris Paschenko; The Daily News; Published August 18, 2010

BOLIVAR PENINSULA - A 5-year-old girl kissed her mother's tombstone Tuesday, mourning the death of Bridgette Gearen on what would have been the slain woman's 32nd birthday.

http://www.galvnews.com/story/169770

Gateway Energy Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results

HOUSTON, Aug 16, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --

Gateway Energy Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: GNRG | PowerRating) today announced the financial results for the second quarter

'Sports With a Texas Accent' -- Huntsville selected for prison system

Posted 8/5/2010 4:42 PM CDT

Hello fellow Texans and friends of Texas. Today is Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010.

On Aug. 5,  1838, Samuel D. Parr arrived at Point Bolivar and claimed a league of land there, becoming the first permanent settler in the area. Point Bolivar is at the western tip of Bolivar Peninsula,

http://www.chron.com/commons/persona.html?newspaperUserId=bearfacts&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckUserId=bearfacts&plckPostId=Blog%3AbearfactsPost%3A6522a1c9-c860-4945-bee3-be119618e4ad&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest

Letters to the Editor
August 4, 2010

The most recent story on plans to elevate a section of state Highway 87 on the Bolivar Peninsula appeared in Saturday’s edition.
Press Should Report On Highway 87

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=bbd29833aa90a6f5

Exception saves Bolivar from 'failed' rating

By Ian White

The Daily News

Published August 5, 2010

PORT BOLIVAR - Bolivar Peninsula's Crenshaw Elementary and Middle School was rated academically acceptable by Texas Education Agency after being given an exception for its science TAKS results.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/167254

Commentary: Patient counseling? Customer assistance? You're kidding, right?

I was on a mission to find Rolaids, my answer to double-pepperoni syndrome, at 3 in the morning. My last resort was a big-box store. I lingered near the pharmacy for a while, just to observe.

drugtopics

http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/Modern+Medicine+Now/Commentary-Patient-counseling-Customer-assistance-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/681901?contextCategoryId=40159

It's hot, but so is the fishing

Thursday I rode the beach from High Island to Surfside on the way home from a short vacation in Lake Charles. Water was "trout green" with 1-2 foot swells on Crystal Beach, Jamaica Beach and San Luis Pass. However, there was something odd - almost no one was fishing.

http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2010/jul/31/bink_0801_105732/?sports&local-sports

Officials plan state Highway 87 elevation

By T.J. Aulds

The Daily News

Published July 31, 2010

CRYSTAL BEACH - Bolivar Peninsula residents frustrated by closures of state Highway 87 during extreme high tides got a bit of welcomed news this week.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/166158

Monica Simpson has a plan

Peter O'Connor, Guest Columnist

opinion@lbknews.com

I enjoy the opportunity to profile key 'Key' people. Maybe it's because I have known many of them for an extended time. This is certainly true of Longboat Key Planning, Zoning & Building Director Monica Simpson. We talked in her spacious office in Town Hall an early afternoon recently.

http://www.lbknews.com/2010/07/30/monica-simpson-has-a-plan/

Most districts improve on TEA ratings

From staff reports

The Daily News

Published July 30, 2010

Clear Creek school district has for the first time achieved an exemplary rating, while Galveston school district earned an unacceptable rating, from state education officials in accountability reports released Friday.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/166006

Sound Offs for July 29

Galveston, oh Galveston

I just came back from spending five days in Galveston via the Bolivar Peninsula. Two years ago, Hurricane Ike almost totally wiped out the peninsula and tore the heck out of Galveston.

Read more: http://www.sunherald.com/2010/07/28/2365639/sound-offs-for-july-29.html#ixzz0v7PhdfRH

Beach house investors sue to recover funds
7/28/2010 12:56 PM By Michelle Massey 

Several Jefferson County residents have filed a lawsuit to recover investments funds that were allegedly made based on false promises and material misrepresentations.

http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/228480-beach-house-investors-sue-to-recover-funds

Galveston College to raise tuition

By Galveston College

Special to The Daily News

Published July 28, 2010

GALVESTON - The board of regents of Galveston College has agreed to increase tuition at the college for the first time since March 2003.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=bd3859befe7b8714

Blueprint for Bolivar

Wanting recovery, residents and business leaders keep giving Isle officials a nudge

By AMANDA CASANOVA
HOUSTON CHRONICLE

July 26, 2010, 6:54AM

On Bolivar Peninsula, quiet visitors dot the beaches, dragging their toes in the shoreline and lying in the midday sun. A giggling toddler jumps away from the gentle waves, while the steady hammering of nearby construction on a beach house echoes softly.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7124539.html

BP exec resigns after Drinks on the House parody

LONDON - Three days after the comedy-music group Drinks on the House posted a scathing parody called "Deep Blue Sea" on its website, British Petroleum (BP) announced that it will replace its much-criticized CEO Tony Hayward. 

Although BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg did not mention the Drinks on the House song specifically, the timing of these two events seem to be more than coincidental. 

To hear "Deep Blue Sea" or any other Drinks on the House songs, go to www.drinksonthehouse.com/#1. 

Drinks on the House is: 

  Dave Jutras

  David Harbaugh 

  John Davenport 

  Terry Kufner 

UPDATE 1-Enterprise shuts-in production on 3 Gulf platforms

Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:18pm EDT

NEW YORK, July 23 (Reuters) - Enterprise Products Partners (EPD.N) said on Friday it was shutting production on three offshore Gulf of Mexico platforms and evacuating 30 employees from six platforms as Tropical Storm Bonnie approached.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2317020320100723

Weekend Weather Forecast For Houston And Vicinity, Friday, July 23, 2010

 The ragged disturbance approaching South Florida has been declared "Tropical Storm Bonnie" by the National Hurricane Center.

<http://www.examiner.com/x-3775-Houston-Weather-Examiner~y2010m7d22-Weekend-Weather-Forecast-For-Houston-And-Vicinity-Friday-July-23-2010>

Bolivar couple anxious about Tropical Storm Bonnie

July 22, 2010 6:23 PM

Amber Downing

BOLIVAR PENINSULA - Catherine Holtzclaw always has her "football" packed.  She keeps her and her husband's important documents in it, just in case a hurricane hits their house again.

http://www.kfdm.com/news/holtzclaw-38713-anxious-packed.html

Local officials making preparations for storm

By T.J. Aulds

The Daily News

Published July 23, 2010

As a fast-moving tropical depression headed for the Gulf of Mexico formed into Tropical Storm Bonnie, emergency management officials from across the county huddled Thursday afternoon to discuss the probability the storm will make its way to the Upper Texas Coast.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/164650

Along the Gulf Coast: Uneasy feelings, uncertain future

By Judy Keen, USA TODAY

GULF COAST - The sea defines the people who live along the Gulf of Mexico, provides their livelihoods and sets the rhythm of their days. Now it is something many of them fear.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-07-23-1Agulfcoast23_CV_N.htm

Doctor claims insurance company failed to provide flood coverage for beach house
7/21/2010 12:13 PM By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau 

GALVESTON - A Harris County physician claims his insurer failed to provide him flood coverage even though he was paying premiums.
Dr. David Singleton's lawsuit against Kurtin Insurance & Financial Services says the plaintiff's beach house on the Bolivar Peninsula suffered damages worth more than $375,000 after Hurricane Ike made landfall along the upper Texas coast in September 2008.

http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/228334-doctor-claims-insurance-company-failed-to-provide-flood-coverage-for-beach-house

Weather Forecast For Houston TX And Vicinity, Thursday, July 22, 2010

July 21, 8:24 PMHouston Weather ExaminerLarry Cosgrove

For the time being, a pattern of tropical waves moving from the Greater Antilles through Florida and the Gulf of Mexico will dominate weather around Texas. Specifically, coastal and eastern sections of the Lone Star State are going to see repeated chances for intense diurnal and nocturnal showers and thunderstorms. the night mechanism produces the greatest threat of heavy rain and lightning between 4 and 8 A. M., while more cloudbursts and thunder tend to proliferate between 12 N and 7 P.M. (Central Time).

http://www.examiner.com/x-3775-Houston-Weather-Examiner~y2010m7d21-Weather-Forecast-For-Houston-TX-And-Vicinity-Thursday-July-22-2010

Teens come to aid of food pantry

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Katie McCall
GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- Eleven teens from Spring Branch Presbyterian Church are learning just how fortunate they are.

The teens gave up a week of their summer to help people still recovering after Hurricane Ike. Their work is grueling -- lifting heavy boxes of food and clothing at the Second Going resale shop and food pantry in Crystal Beach.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7565193

Gearen killing highlights DPS lab problems

By Michael A. Smith

The Daily News

Published July 20, 2010

Everything about the case of Bridgette Gearen is awful, disturbing and outrageous.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/163590

BP troubles spell gain for Houston-based Apache

By TOM FOWLER
HOUSTON CHRONICLE

July 20, 2010, 11:03PM

BP's troubles translated to Apache Corp.'s gain as the oil major agreed Tuesday to sell $7 billion in U.S., Canadian and Egyptian assets to the smaller Houston-based company. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7117272.html

Ferry delays man's escape after assault on beach
The Police News - Crystal Beach; July 19, 2010

CRYSTAL BEACH - 29 year old Jerry Alan Davenport of Humble is in Galveston County Jail this morning following an incident Sunday in which his girlfriend claims he kicked her out of the car on the beach, ran over her and left her there.

http://www.familybadge.org/%28X%281%29S%28hyf3yz45jxzkdya031ehehys%29%29/default.aspx?act=Newsletter.aspx&category=News+1-2&newsletterid=21560&menugroup=Home

By Rhiannon Meyers; The Daily News; Published July 15, 2010

CRYSTAL BEACH - Three years have passed since Bridgette Gearen was raped, strangled and beaten to death in Crystal Beach, but the case isn’t cold, investigators said.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=a4becc63c5d95faf

Along the Gulf: Galveston fears bad news hurts tourism

Jul 14, 2010; 07:56 PM; USA Today

We began our 1,000-mile trip along the Gulf of Mexico in Galveston, Texas, where some local residents weren't thrilled to see us. Some tar balls - tested and confirmed as part of the BP oil spill - washed up on beaches here a couple weeks ago. Since then, TV stations from Houston have been here, waiting for more evidence of the spill to taint Texas beaches.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/07/galveston-oil-spill/1

Scientist Says Oxygen-Depletion Problem in Gulf Is Real

Wall Street Journal; By JEFFREY BALL; JULY 14, 2010

A university researcher questioned the significance of government data that suggest oxygen levels in the Gulf of Mexico haven't dropped enough to be of serious concern.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703834604575365353967588016.html

Oil on Texas beaches confirmed by U.S. Coast Guard to be from BP Deepwater Horizon spill

July 14, 2:08 AMSan Antonio Headlines ExaminerJack Dennis

Over 1600 gallons of oil have been collected from Texas beaches in July, 2010 according to the U.S.Coast Guard.

Galveston , which is reporting "clean and open" beaches, had about 27 gallons of oil collected from their beach. Over 1,080 gallons have been collected on High Island and Crystal Beach on Bolivar Peninsula.

http://www.examiner.com/x-30789-San-Antonio-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m7d14-Oil-on-Texas-beaches-confirmed-by-US-Coast-Guard-to-be-from-BP-Deepwater-Horizon-spill

Mass settlement offered in Ike windstorm cases

By MIKE D. SMITH; July 13, 2010; Last updated: July 13, 2010, 9:26 PM CDT

The wait could be over for countless Bolivar Peninsula property owners locked in a group stalemate with the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association over Hurricane Ike damages.

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/98373859.html

Evacuation route rebuilding needs to be better

By Heber Taylor; The Daily News; Published July 14, 2010

The Texas Legislature could learn something about the state’s ability to respond to storms by looking at the Bolivar Peninsula.  http://galvestondailynews.com/story/162550

Coast Guard: Oil on isle beach was from BP spill

By Chris Paschenko; The Daily News; Published July 14, 2010

Oil found mostly mixed with freshwater vegetation Thursday evening on a three-block stretch of Galveston beach came from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill off the Louisiana coast, a U.S. Coast Guard official said Tuesday.

http://www.galvnews.com/story/162434

Windstorm insurer to settle some Ike cases

By PURVA PATEL Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle; July 14, 2010, 11:11PM

The state-created windstorm insurer at the center of thousands of Hurricane-Ike related lawsuits has agreed to settle a chunk of them.

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association will pay out an estimated $189 million to policyholders whose homes were razed to the slab nearly two years ago.

That figure assumes all of about 2,400 slab claims against the insurer are resolved under the proposed settlements, said policyholder attorney Steve Mostyn.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7108925.html

Coast Guard rescues fisherman near Rollover Pass

News Release; Date: July 12, 2010

HOUSTON - The Coast Guard rescued a man who was stranded and clinging to a piling after he waded too far from shore while fishing near Rollover Pass, Texas, Monday.

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/425/776707/

Coast Guard plucks fisherman from Gulf

By T.J. Aulds; The Daily News; Published July 13, 2010

GILCHRIST - A wade fisherman who was caught in the rough currents near Rollover Pass was rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew Monday afternoon.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=4d1a592d2f1e496a

BP: Well could be contained if tests, beginning today, show new cap works

July 13, 2010 Updated 4:00 p.m. ET

A BP official said tests today will decide whether the new container cap can withstand the well's pressure, and if it can, the well will be completely shut off for the first time in nearly three months.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/07/new-cap-well-tested-for-leaks/1

Still awaiting tests to determine origin of tar balls

By PAIGE HEWITT
HOUSTON CHRONICLE

July 11, 2010, 7:12AM

As authorities awaited test results Saturday to determine if BP's disastrous spill in the Gulf is the source of all or just some of the 150 gallons of tar patties that oozed to Texas' coast over the last week, the U.S. Coast Guard stepped up effort to look for signs that trouble could be headed here.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7102789.html

Scientists puzzled by substance washing onto beach
By Rhiannon Meyers
The Daily News

Published July 10, 2010

Scientists remained puzzled Friday about freshwater plants coated with a sticky substance the color and consistency of peanut butter that washed up on the Gulf of Mexico shore in Galveston and on the Bolivar Peninsula beginning Thursday evening.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/161890

Goop found on both isle, peninsula
By Chris Paschenko
The Daily News

Published July 10, 2010

More oil-covered, freshwater plants were discovered Friday in Galveston County, prompting a cleanup along at least 11 miles of beach.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/161902

Coast Guard: Most TX tar balls not from spill

Friday, July 09, 2010; ABC 13, Eyewitnes News 

GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- Coastal officials in Texas now say that new laboratory tests show most of the tar balls that washed up on Texas shores in the past few days are not from the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7546056

Beach-Goers Undeterred by Oil-Like Substance

Updated: Friday, 09 Jul 2010, 8:34 PM CDT
Published : Friday, 09 Jul 2010, 5:26 PM CDT

ISIAH CAREY, Reporter

GALVESTON, Tx - Galveston beaches remain open this weekend despite emergency response crews finding an oily substance on the beach Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/100709-galveston-beach-oil-or-not-oilb

More oil reaches McFaddin refuge

By Colin McDonald - Express-News

Web Posted: 07/09/2010 12:46 CDT

Oil-coated plants and more tar balls washed up Friday on beaches from Galveston to the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge on the upper Texas coast at Sabine Pass.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/environment/more_oil_reaches_mcfaddin_refuge_98121254.html

Highway 87 now open again

By Chris Paschenko
The Daily News

Published July 9, 2010

HIGH ISLAND - Officials Thursday morning closed state Highway 87, which was covered by 2 feet of water.
The highway’s low-lying stretch between Rollover Pass and state Highway 124 was closed about 4 a.m., when high tides associated with a tropical depression in the Gulf sent water over the road. http://galvestondailynews.com/story/161530

Gulf oil spill update: More tar balls hit Texas, NOAA forecast, oil on Orange Beach (pictures)

July 8, 6:28 PMEnvironmental News ExaminerMarilyn Crain

July 8, 2010 – Yesterday, the Coast Guard confirmed that oil which washed ashore on McFaddin Beach, Texas, on Monday was connected to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. McFaddin Beach is near Port Arthur and much closer to the Louisiana/Texas border than Galveston which was the first area in the state to be impacted by the oil spill.

http://www.examiner.com/x-47892-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2010m7d8-Gulf-oil-spill-update-More-tar-balls-hit-Texas-NOAA-forecast-oil-on-Orange-Beach-pictures

There’s a silver lining in this disturbance

By Heber Taylor; The Daily News

Published July 7, 2010

If you’re pondering the gloomy question of whether the tropical disturbance is going to flood state Highway 87 on the Bolivar Peninsula, here’s the silver lining to your dark cloud.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/161282

7 gallons of tar balls collected

By Rhiannon Meyers and Chris Paschenko; The Daily News

Published July 7, 2010

GALVESTON - Galveston city and tourism officials scrambled to promote the message that area beaches remained open and clean Tuesday, a day after state and U.S. Coast Guard officials announced the discovery of tar balls from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/161314

More Texas tar balls identified as coming from BP spill

By JENNIFER LATSON
Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle

July 7, 2010, 11:01PM

Tar balls continue to wash up along the Texas coast, and all of the testing since the weekend points to a single source: the gushing Macondo well.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7098347.html

High water closes Highway 87 along Bolivar Peninsula

Thursday, July 08, 2010

GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- High water and debris has once again forced the closure of Texas State Highway 87 between High Island and Rollover Pass on Bolivar Peninsula.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7542745

Texas tar ball prompts soil, water sampling

By JUAN A. LOZANO
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

Last updated July 7, 2010 7:14 p.m. PT

GALVESTON, Texas -- Texas officials on Wednesday continued collecting soil and water samples along the state's coastline, part of their response plan after this week's confirmation that crude from the Gulf oil spill has made its way onto the state's shores.

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/1310ap_tx_gulf_oil_spill_texas.html

BP Oil Spill Reaches the Texas Coastline
Examiner.com
Over the weekend reports were made of dirty water and tar balls along the
Texas Gulf Coast beaches of Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. ...
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Weather service calls coastal flood watch
Daily News - Galveston County
The National Weather Service has issued a costal flood watch for much of
Galveston County, especially Bolivar Peninsula, because of a low-pressure
weather ...
<http://galvestondailynews.com/story/161166>
BP's bill for oil spill response in gulf tops $3 billion
Oil & Gas Journal
Scientists said lab tests confirmed that tar balls recovered from Texas
along Galveston beaches and Bolivar Peninsula contain crude from the
Macondo spill. ...
<http://www.ogj.com/index/article-display/5168176268/articles/oil-gas-journal/general-interest-2/hse/2010/07/bp_s-bill_for_oil.html>

Day 77: BP Oil Spill still unattended, Supertanker not as super as first ...
Examiner.com
Tar balls have now been seen washing up onto shore in several Texas beach
locations, specifically Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island. ...
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Tar Ballas Reach Texas Beaches & Midday Roundup
KERA
... about two gallons of tar balls discovered Sunday on Bolivar Peninsula
and Galveston Island came from the spill following the April 20 rig
explosion. ...
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Oil spill roundup for Tuesday, July 6
The INDsider
Tar balls have also been found along the Bolivar Peninsula, near Galveston,
Texas. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has also reported
...
<http://www.theind.com/news/6525-oil-spill-roundup-for-tuesday-july-6>

Additional tarballs found in Galveston are from oil spill (w/video)
Houston Chronicle
About a dozen tar balls that washed ashore on Crystal Beach were already
identified Monday as oil from the BP well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico,
...
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/7096109.html>
BP oil on Crystal Beach
KFDM-TV News
For almost 40 years Loretta Walsh has owned her home on Crystal Beach. She
says oil in the water has been common. She says, even with a little more
oil than ...
<http://www.kfdm.com/news/beach-38477-oil-crystal.html>
Heat keeps beaches busy
WCAX
Families flocked to Crystal Beach in the central part of the state to enjoy
the sunshine and beat the heat. There was lots of splashing, sunscreen and
sand ...
<http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=12762867>
Gulf oil spill update: BP oil found on Texas beaches, threatens Lake Pontchartrain
Examiner.com
The Coast Guard announced yesterday that tar balls collected from the
Crystal Beach area of the Bolivar Peninsula on Saturday came from the
Deepwater ...
<http://www.examiner.com/x-47892-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2010m7d6-Gulf-oil-spill-update-BP-oil-found-on-Texas-beaches-threatens-Lake-Pontchartrain>
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Florida Outlines BP Gulf Oil Spill Response For July 6, 2010
Gov Monitor
Oil has been found on Crystal Beach in the Galveston Area of Texas so
leaking oil is now washing up on shore of every Gulf state. Continued
impacts will be ...
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Tar balls turn up on Texas coastline
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By Harvey Rice and Purva Patel - Houston Chronicle The dozen tar balls
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Tests confirm East Beach, Bolivar tar balls are from BP oil spill
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Crystal Beach: Beachgoers sad to see BP tar balls

by Tiffany Craig / 11 News, Shern-Min Chow / 11 News

khou.com

Posted on July 5, 2010 at 6:25 PM

Updated yesterday at 6:45 AM

BOLIVAR PENINSULA—Residents and visitors at Crystal Beach on the Bolivar Peninsula wondered where the tar balls came from and now they know.

http://www.khou.com/home/BP-tar-balls-wash-up-on-Crystal-Beach-97818689.html

BP Oil hits the Bolivar Peninsula broadcast live at 5 and later at 10 by Houston's Channel 11.   Tiffany Craig, reporter for the CBS Houston affiliate Channel 11, spent her day on Monday following up on reports of tar balls on the Crystal Beach near the Bluewater sub-division.  Follow up tests conducted by the Coast Guard confirmed that the tar balls found were from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster.  While the recent Hurricane Alex helped stir the gulf up a bit, tar balls were hard to find expect for on your feet or beach footwear.  The residents of the Bolivar Peninsula are hopeful that nothing more than an occasional tar ball will not stop beach go-ers from enjoying the otherwise great summertime fun along this special part of the Texas Coast.  Follow up visits to the beach on Tuesday and Wednesday did not show any more tar balls. 

Click on the Link below to the Channel 11 Broadcast from Bolivar's Bluewater subdivision:

http://www.khou.com/home/BP-tar-balls-wash-up-on-Crystal-Beach-97818689.html

Tar balls from oil spill found on Bolivar coastline

By HARVEY RICE and PURVA PATEL
Copyright 2010 HOUSTON CHRONICLE

July 5, 2010, 11:36PM

GALVESTON — About a dozen tar balls that washed ashore on Crystal Beach were identified Monday as oil from the BP well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, the first evidence that oil from the spill has reached the Texas coastline.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7094982.html

Coast Guard doesn't believe Crystal Beach oil is from BP spill

July 04, 2010 8:30 PM

Ron Reynolds

The U.S Coast Guard says it doesn't believe oil that washed up on Crystal Beach during the July 4 holiday weekend came from the BP spill off the Louisiana coast.

Oil reported on Bolivar beaches

7/3/2010 8:21:00 PM

Coast Guardsman on the scene called it "emulsified oil" but declines to speculate on its origin
James Shannon; Mid & South County Editor
Southeast Texans living in Crystal Beach on the Bolivar Peninsula got news late Saturday afternoon that they had rather not have received. Following Hurricane Alex sending excessively high tides, having the only road into Bolivar closed due to flooding and debris filling SH 87, and many businesses closed last week, vacationeers and residents alike reported oil residues on Crystal Beach.

http://www.theexaminer.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=61&ArticleID=4013

Coast Guard confirms investigation of oil found on Crystal Beach

July 03, 2010 9:27 PM; Ashley Gaston

The U.S. Coast Guard is confirming to KFDM News that it's investigating the discovery of small amounts of oil on Crystal Beach, and the agency says it's far too early to know if the oil might be linked to the spill off the coast of Louisiana.

http://www.kfdm.com/news/oil-38467-beach-kfdm.html

Highway 87 closed from Rollover Pass to High Island because of Alex

by Gabe Gutierrez / 11 News; khou.com

Posted on June 30, 2010 at 5:46 PM

HIGH ISLAND, Texas - Hurricane Alex was hundreds of miles away, but even at that distance, it was causing some trouble on the Bolivar Peninsula Wednesday afternoon.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/Highway-87-closed-from-Rollover-Pass-to-Bolivar-Peninsula-because-of-Alex-97527284.html

Bolivar residents urged to sign up for alerts

By T.J. Aulds; The Daily News

Published June 28, 2010

As more people return to the Bolivar Peninsula, county officials are wanting to find a more effective way of communicating with residents. http://galvestondailynews.com/story/159626

Ready for Alex or any storm

June 28, 2010 5:45 PM

BOLIVAR PENINSULA - Hurricane season is always a concern for people and a reminder to be prepared in case one heads toward the Texas coast. That doesn't seem to stop people on the Bolivar Peninsula from rebuilding after Ike and continuing what they call a serene life on the beach. http://www.kfdm.com/news/mallot-38379-beach-bolivar.html

Bolivar residents urged to sign up for alerts
PoliceNewsLink.Com; June 28, 2010

At A Glance

WHAT: Bolivar Peninsula Blackboard Connect registration

WHERE: Online at gcoem.org; Galveston County Bolivar annex, 946 Noble Carl Road, in Crystal Beach; Gulf Coast Market, 2385 state Highway 87, in Crystal Beach.

CALL: 281-309-5002

www.Gcoem.org

Keep The Grass Cut
This letter is regarding the sidewalk that was put from Hitchcock High School to Shiro Road on FM 2004. Why does a city put a sidewalk in for children and the general public to use - and let the grass get 4 feet tall?

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=8a26aca5502de81f

FAA clips pilot's wings

By Chris Paschenko
The Daily News

Published June 24, 2010

CRYSTAL BEACH - The Federal Aviation Administration revoked for a year the license a pilot accused of buzzing beachgoers in March, a spokesman said Wednesday.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/158857

Pilot who buzzed Crystal Beach loses license

By Beth Rankin

June 23, 2010
Posted: June 23, 2010, 4:44 PM CDT   Last updated: June 23, 2010, 4:47 PM CDT

A Beaumont pilot accused of flying his plane low over Crystal Beach in March has had his license revoked, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/97014894.html

FAA pulls pilot's license after plane buzzed beach

By MIKE GLENN
HOUSTON CHRONICLE

June 23, 2010, 8:56PM

A Beaumont man accused of buzzing people at Crystal Beach with a private airplane during spring break won't be flying for at least a year after the Federal Aviation Administration yanked his pilot's license, officials confirmed Wednesday..

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7077096.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20houstonchronicle%2Ftopheadlines%20%28chron.com%20-%20Top%20Stories%29&utm_content=My%20Yahoo

Wacky-Worming Reds

News Center; Ed Snyder Outdoors

(Jun. 23, 2010 - East Galveston Bay, Bolivar Peninsula, TX.)... Flipping a wacky rigged worm towards a grassy edge, letting it sink, then using my rod-tip to make it wriggle, WHAM!! The water exploded and the fight was on. This action wasn’t on a freshwater reservoir, nor in a patch of hydrilla, nor was my wacky hook impaled in the jaw of a black bass, but set in a crunching maw of a saltwater redfish http://www.fishingworld.com/News/Read.php?ArtID=000027997

Cranes headed toward Port of Houston

By Ian White
The Daily News

Published June 23, 2010

GALVESTON - One of the most unusual cargoes ever carried across the Pacific entered Galveston Bay at lunchtime Tuesday as a Chinese ship began the last lap in its delivery of three giant container cranes to the Port of Houston.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/158608

Crystal Beach Texas MLS - Now Available

Ryson Real Estate and Vacation Rental's fastest growing website, CrystalBeachTXRealEstate.com now features a full service MLS search function.  Port Bolivar, TX (PRWEB) June 23, 2010 - Ryson Real Estate and Vacation Rental’s fastest growing website,

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/06/prweb4174854.htm

DPS revises ferry line wreck report

By Rhiannon Meyers
The Daily News

Published June 18, 2010

PORT BOLIVAR - The Department of Public Safety on Thursday revised an initial report that listed the wrong driver at fault in a three-car wreck that injured nine people in line at the Galveston-Port Bolivar ferry landing.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/158314

Beachfront homeowners lose at Supreme Court

By the CNN Wire Staff

June 17, 2010 5:22 p.m. EDT

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a case pitting homeowners against Florida conservation officials.

Washington (CNN) - Owners of private waterfront property don't have title to beachfront land restored by the state, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a case that pitted resort-town homeowners against Florida conservation officials.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/17/scotus.property/

Texas GOP platform means something

Posted Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2010
State Rep. Wayne Christian of Center outlined the goal of the Republican Party of Texas platform committee as "to produce a concise and relevant platform that will guide our party for the next two years.

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/06/16/2271054/texas-gop-platform-means-something.html

Center of Hope to provide more help for isle

From staff reports
The Daily News

Published June 14, 2010

Editor's note: The Salvation Army is breaking ground today at its new Center of Hope. Maj. Elda Flores talked about the new center and the Salvation Army’s plans.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=63d253c313344de6

By Chris Paschenko; The Daily News

Published June 13, 2010

PORT BOLIVAR - Nine people were injured, including four who were airlifted, in a wreck Saturday at the end of the ferry line in Port Bolivar, authorities said.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=553c0726c6899d12

What would Ann Dixon say?

By Heber Taylor; The Daily News

Published June 13, 2010

Before I could ask, Ann Dixon, the interim superintendent of the Galveston school district, handed me a copy of her contract.  http://galvestondailynews.com/story/158022

Locals in slippery position over Gulf oil spill

By Laura Elder and Rhiannon Meyers
The Daily News Published June 12, 2010

Texas beaches are oil-free, a message tourism agencies in Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston are feverishly working to get out to vacationers. http://www.galvnews.com/story/158057

Ryson Real Estate Opens Crystal Beach Texas Office

Ryson has opened a new office and is looking to expand quickly in Bolivar Texas. Ryson handles Crystal Beach real estate and Crystal Beach house rentals

Port Bolivar, TX (PRWEB) June 10, 2010 -- Ryson Real Estate and Vacation Rentals has opened a new office in Crystal Beach Texas. The New office is located near the Crystal Beach water tower and is in a brand new building.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/06/prweb4107434.htm

Oil spill posing threat to Kemp's ridley sea turtles

By HARVEY RICE
June 9, 2010, 11:01PM

GALVESTON - Oil from the BP blowout is killing the five endangered and threatened sea turtle species in the Gulf of Mexico and could set back the recovering Kemp's ridley sea turtle by a decade if this year's hatchlings fall victim to toxic oil, according to a report to be released today.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/breaking/7045275.html

Despite promises, skepticism remains about new Rollover Pass

By SARAH MOORE

June 8, 2010
Posted: June 7, 2010, 9:35 PM CDT   Last updated: June 8, 2010, 2:58 PM CDT

Resistance to closing Rollover Pass to end the erosion it causes has lessened as a fishing pier project has moved forward.

But with a blueprint, funding and long-term management plans still undefined, fishermen and others remain skeptical.

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/despite_promises__skepticism_remains_about_new_rollover_pass.html

Students aid in Ike economic recovery

By Sarah Ammerman

Published: Sunday, June 6, 2010

Updated: Sunday, June 6, 2010

The Bush School Capstone project team was recognized by the Commissioners Court of Galveston County for their help in recovery of damage from Hurricane Ike, according to Texas A&M.

http://www.thebatt.com/news/students-aid-in-ike-economic-recovery-1.1489187

Galveston County Officials Recognize Students From Texas A&M's Bush School

The Commissioners Court of Galveston County has passed a resolution thanking a team from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University for its help in the economic recovery of the Bolivar Peninsula.

http://www.kbtx.com/state/headlines/95631159.html

Man-made success

Working in concert, commercial fishers annd marine biologists are doing their best to revive oyster reefs damaged by Hurricane Ike

By SHANNON TOMPKINS
Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle

June 2, 2010, 9:48PM

A welcomed resurrection is underway on the floor of Galveston Bay nearly two years after Hurricane Ike left almost as much wreckage and ruin below the surface as it did above.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/outdoors/tompkins/7033900.html

Plenty of things that aren't fish in the sea

By SHANNON TOMPKINS
Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle

June 2, 2010, 9:45PM

Oyster reefs aren't the only things rising from the bottom of Galveston Bay. And unlike the slowly rebuilding oyster reefs, many of those submerged items are neither natural nor welcomed by boaters, anglers and commercial fishers.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/outdoors/tompkins/7033899.html

My journey with Sea Beans: The hitchhikers of the world bring you the wonder

By Katie Oxford - June 2nd, 2010

Not even cats purring could keep me on the back stoop that Sunday morning in September of 2000, so full of blue sky and autumn air. I loaded my camera, packed a lunch and drove east from Houston to 61 South where fresh-cut pasture smelled as fragrant as Ivory soap.

http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/06-02-10-my-journey-with-sea-beans-the-hitchhikers-of-the-sea-bring-you-the-wonder/

Plans in place to protect Galveston from oil

GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- While the oil is still far away from our side of the Gulf of Mexico, it's still anyone's guess what the situation will be like months from now. In Galveston on Tuesday, local officials discussed what kind of response there would be, if that growing spill inches this way.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/in_focus&id=7473363

Officials On Texas Coast Hope For The Best, Prepare For The Worst

The huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is at least 150 miles from the Texas coast and appears to be headed toward Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, but Texas officials are talking about how to respond in the event that changes.

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/95418579.html

How Bad Could Gulf Spill Get?

Jason Volentine KIAH; 9:19 PM CDT, June 1, 2010

Everyone knows BP's "top kill" failed and the newest attempt to stop the leak has been given a "slight" chance of success. Now, attention is slowly turning to a worst case scenario.

Now, attention is slowly turning to a worst case scenario. The only tried and true method of stopping the leak is a relief well, or kill well, that won't be ready until August. Based on spill estimates, if the leak continues at its current rate that would mean as much as 120 million gallons of oil in the Gulf two months from now.

http://www.39online.com/news/local/kiah-oil-expert-folo-story,0,326854.story

Officials say they're ready if oil reaches Texas

By HARVEY RICE Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle; June 1, 2010, 9:15PM

GALVESTON - There is no indication that oil from the BP blowout off the Louisiana Coast is heading for Texas, but equipment and trained manpower are ready to deal with it if it does, officials said Tuesday.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/deepwaterhorizon/7032107.html

Texas Prepares for Oil Spill Uncertainty

Updated: Tuesday, 01 Jun 2010, 7:50 PM CDT; Published : Tuesday, 01 Jun 2010, 6:48 PM CDT

GALVESTON, Texas - Tuesday marks the start of a very unusual hurricane season. With an active season predicted and an oil spill in the gulf, local, state and federal first responders are already preparing for a first of its' kind emergency.

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/weather/100601-texas-prepares-for-oil-spill-uncertainty

Officials: Plan in place if oil hits Texas beaches

By T.J. Aulds; The Daily News; Published June 2, 2010

The fish still are biting, the skies are clear, and beaches of Galveston and the Bolivar Peninsula are free of any oil residue from BP’s Deep Horizon spill off the Louisiana Coast.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/157601

Houston region closer to large storm surge project

By ERIC BERGER; HOUSTON CHRONICLE; May 31, 2010, 10:01PM

As Houston today enters its second hurricane season since Ike devastated the region, there appears to be an increasing sense of urgency to protect the upper Texas coast from future storm surge events.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/news/specials/hurricane/7030757.html

Seafood wholesalers feeling effects of oil spill

By Chris Paschenko
The Daily News

Published May 31, 2010

GALVESTON — With the federal government hanging a no-fishing sign the size of Florida in the Gulf because of an epic oil spill, Texas seafood wholesalers grapple with the scarcity of shrimp and an abundance of fish.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/157506

Memorial Day at the beach

May 31, 2010 5:05 PM

Ashley Gaston

There are many ways to honor military men and woman who have fought and are fighting for our country.

And even during an enjoyable vacation at Gilchrist beach, a Dallas mother flew the Stars and Stripes in honor of her sons and father.

http://www.kfdm.com/news/honor-38008-day-beach.html

Updated: Sunday, 30 May 2010, 9:48 AM CDT
Published: Sunday, 30 May 2010, 9:48 AM CDT

T.J. AULDS, The Galveston County Daily News

BOLIVAR PENINSULA, Texas (AP) - If the peninsula is going to fully recover from Hurricane Ike, it needs to start with three things - housing, housing and housing.

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/100530-TXIkeRebuilding-Bolivar_01165969

Some choosing prebuilt houses over traditional

By T.J. Aulds; The Daily News; Published May 27, 2010

SAN LEON - When construction crews arrive at George Fowles and Laura Jane Weir’s property today to build their new federally funded house, workers will find 90 percent of the house already built. http://galvestondailynews.com/story/157319

Forget the Ike Dike, let’s
improve building methods

By JOHN S. JACOB

May 26, 2010, 11:41PM

In “Why the ‘Ike Dike' is still a good idea” (Page B10, May 2), William Merrell eloquently made the case for a large scale “Ike Dike” that would run 50-some miles from the San Luis Pass to High Island on the north. For the highly urbanized Houston/Galveston region it is not a question of if, but when the next big hurricane will strike. It is also important to note that for all its devastation, Ike would have caused incredibly more damage had it hit our “sweet spot” to the southwest. We really do need to think about planning for the future.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/7024203.html

Leadership Southeast Texas Class of 2010

By Dayna Haynes

Published, 5/26/10

Leadership Southeast Texas class of 2010 held their final session and graduation in Chambers County and Bolivar. This year’s theme for the program was Recovery, Renewal and Revitalization.

http://www.theanahuacprogress.com/articles/2010/05/26/news/news03.txt

Man dies in wreck involving motorcycles

By Chris Paschenko
The Daily News

Published May 26, 2010

CRYSTAL BEACH — A man revived at the scene of a wreck between motorcycles died after he was airlifted to a hospital, authorities said Tuesday. http://galvestondailynews.com/story/157273

TRAVEL GUIDE: Houston

Sunday, 23 May 2010

HOMETOWN to Beyonce Knowles who agrees "growing up in Houston was fun", the city of Houston's proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and a variety of attractions - not least of which is NASA's Johnson Space Center - means holidays there are quite different from any other USA experience.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/travel-guide-houston-14816134.html

County's first Ike house on way

By T.J. Aulds; The Daily News

Published May 21, 2010

SAN LEON - It may not look like much now, but in a few weeks, George Fowles should see what is bare land replaced by an 1,800-square-foot elevated home.

http://www.galvnews.com/story/156933

Year's first mosquito hatchoff to begin tonight

By Ian White; The Daily News

Published May 21, 2010

Get ready for mosquito season - the little critters are about to descend on the unwary living near the county's beaches and southern bayside areas.

http://www.galvnews.com/story/156934

GULF INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY, TEXAS, PORT ARTHUR TO HIGH ISLAND MAINTENANCE DREDGING AND PLACEMENT AREA (PA) REPAIR AND REHABILITATION – PRE-SOLICITATION

Contracts & Tenders - May 20, 2010

Solicitation Number: W912HY-10-B-0017

Agency: Department of the Army

Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Location: USACE District, Galveston

Solicitation Number: W912HY-10-B-0017

Notice Type: Presolicitation

Synopsis:
Added: May 13, 2010 3:46 pm
The work consists of maintenance pipeline dredging and Placement Area (PA) repair and rehabilitation. This consists of maintenance dredging of approximately 1 million cubic yards of material. This will happen at Port Arthur to High Island Maintenance Dredging and PA Repair and Rehabilitation.

http://www.sandandgravel.com/news/article.asp?v1=13029

Texas coastal communities renewed vacation destinations

by KENS 5 Staff; kens5.com

Posted on May 20, 2010 at 6:56 PM

Many coastal communities in Texas are still rebuilding more than two years after Hurricane Ike.

In 2008, the storm destroyed 2,000 homes along the Bolivar Peninsula. But enough work has been done that many places are once again popular destinations for vacationers.

http://www.kens5.com/news/Texas-coastal-communities-renewed-vacation-destinations-94540849.html

Providence issues Gulf of Mexico update

CIARA O'BRIEN

Oil and gas exploration firm Providence Resources today issued an update on its activities in the Gulf of Mexico.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0521/breaking49.html

Ecologists relieved to find Kemp's Ridley turtle nests

By HARVEY RICE; Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle

May 20, 2010, 6:56AM

GALVESTON - Kemp's Ridley sea turtles have been making a comeback after becoming the world's most endangered sea turtle.

Researchers, however, had begun to worry recently after seeing only dead turtles on the upper Texas Gulf Coast a month and a half into the breeding season for the Kemp's Ridley.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7013204.html

Life on Bolivar Peninsula improving after Ike

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

BOLIVAR, TX (KTRK) -- We're just days away from the beginning of hurricane season, and a lot has changed since Hurricane Ike disrupted so many lives from Galveston to Bolivar and here in Houston.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7450144

Disruptive jetties produce tremendous fishing

By SHANNON TOMPKINS; Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle

May 19, 2010, 9:49PM

That's how it should be, since there is much to loathe and much to love about those twin fingers of rock and concrete bracketing most bay/Gulf passes from Brazos Santiago to Sabine Pass. Most of those opinions hinge on the substantial fishing opportunities jetties offer. Some don't.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/outdoors/7013378.html

First house from Ike recovery funds set to go up
By T.J. Aulds, The Daily News

Published May 18, 2010

SAN LEON - The first house to be built with federal Hurricane Ike disaster dollars cleared its last bureaucratic hurdle Monday, county officials said.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/156785

61st Street boat ramp, Fat Boys pier reopen

By T.J. Aulds; The Daily News

Published May 16, 2010

The boats are taking to the bay again from 61st Street in Galveston, and the anglers are back to casting their lines from the end of the pier at Fat Boys in Tiki Island.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/156720

Dotson, Mounkes bring home silver at state meet

From staff reports; The Daily News

Published May 15, 2010

Hitchcock's Darius Dotson and High Island's Mason Mounkes each took home a silver medal at the University Interscholastic League track and field state championship Friday in Austin.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/156638

Shoreline protection requires more than a dike

May 11, 2010, 8:22PM

The Gulf Coast Community Protection and Restoration District (GCCPRD) recently held its first meeting. This state-authorized local district will determine what type of hurricane storm surge protection is appropriate for six counties - Orange, Jefferson, Chambers, Galveston, Brazoria and Harris. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/7000836.html

County seeks more buyouts

By T.J. Aulds; The Daily News

Published May 10, 2010

As the county's massive Hurricane Ike buyout program inches toward actual buyouts, county commissioners have approved a plan to check if any eligible property owners who had not applied want to reconsider.

http://www.galvnews.com/story/156364

Dolphin survives shark attack but now in critical condition

By HARVEY RICE; Copyright 2010 HOUSTON CHRONICLE

May 10, 2010, 5:49PM

GALVESTON - A bottlenose dolphin that survived a shark attack only to be washed ashore in Matagorda County, near the Brazoria County line, was in critical condition Monday and under close watch after being transported to a rehabilitation tank in Galveston.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6998893.html

Why the "Ike Dike" is still a good idea

By WILLIAM MERRELL
HOUSTON CHRONICLE

May 1, 2010, 3:50PM

With another hurricane season approaching, and the visions of Ike, Katrina, Rita and other hurricanes still fresh in our minds, it's a good time to take another look at action to minimize the devastating surge effects that made Ike infamous.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6985346.html

Many endangered turtles dying on Texas Gulf Coast

By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI (AP) - 1 day ago

HIGH ISLAND, Texas - Flies buzz everywhere and the stench is overwhelming as biologist Lyndsey Howell stops to analyze the remains of yet another endangered sea turtle washed up from the Gulf of Mexico. "It's been on the beach for a while," Howell says, flipping over the decomposing, dried-out shell.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hi1Q2Yi0IqTEe96KVxY4g9919BIQD9FDJ3JG0

Voters complain about lack of early voting

By T.J. Aulds and Rhiannon Meyers
The Daily News

Published April 29, 2010

BOLIVAR PENINSULA - Bolivar Peninsula residents said they are upset there is no place on the peninsula to vote early in the Galveston school district's bond referendum for a new stadium.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=b24a53da4995f931

Anglers find good action on trout, reds

By Joe Kent; Correspondent

Published April 24, 2010

The wind picked up Friday and handicapped anglers hoping to get in on the Spanish mackerel action in the surf. The southeast direction of the wind was a positive; however, velocities in excess of 15 knots had the near shore waters sandy.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=2924613972c3cd3e

Officials trawling for answers; Unusually large numbers of sick or dying sea turtles are washing up along Texas shores, leaving advocates worried

By HARVEY RICE; HOUSTON CHRONICLE

April 23, 2010, 6:47AM

GALVESTON - Federal officials are concerned about unusually large numbers of dead Kemp's ridley turtles, once the world's most endangered sea turtle, that have washed up on beaches along the upper Texas Gulf Coast in the last 11 days.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6971796.html

NATURE; Only the strongest songbirds survive arduous trek to Texas

By GARY CLARK; April 23, 2010, 4:31PM

For the birds to reach the Texas coast requires an arduous, exhausting journey. Some come from Ecuador and Venezuela, others from Costa Rica and southern Mexico. Most wind their way to the Yucatan Peninsula only to fly another 400 to 600 miles across the Gulf of Mexico to make landfall at High Island or other coastal points.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/main/6973166.html

Ike recovery-funded houses to be built

By T.J. Aulds
The Daily News

Published April 22, 2010

The signs in the yards sum it up: Two couples whose houses were destroyed by Hurricane Ike soon will be in new homes.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/155451

Coastal safety board meets
Houston Chronicle
Merrell recommended building a barrier to protect the Bolivar Peninsula and
Galveston Island with storm gates protecting the San Luis Pass on the west
end ...
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6967841.html>
LSC-Montgomery Offering new Oceanography Course
Woodlands Online, LLC
The students compared sediment types and beach profiles in the area,
including along Bolivar Peninsula, McFaddin Beach, and near the seawall in
Galveston. ...
<http://woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=35560>

Judges from six counties meet to discuss Ike dike
abc13.com
But looking out on port Bolivar, Bowers realizes there isn't much to
prevent it from happening again except higher homes, stronger beams and a
lot of luck. ...
<http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7396701>

County's census return rate rising slowly
Daily News - Galveston County
... the 60 percent barrier at the end of last week, but the rates for the
island and Bolivar Peninsula still lagged well behind its other
communities. ...
<http://galvestondailynews.com/story/155292>

Monday, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council

By Joe Kent; Correspondent

Published April 13, 2010

Monday, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council convened its April meeting at the Galveston Island Convention Center. After all of the formalities involving closed meetings

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=83de54dd972db2c7

By Laura Elder; Buzz; 7:25 PM

Developer Mark Wyant is best known for ridding the island of an eyesore six years ago when he had the old Capt. Jack’s hotel demolished to make way for Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort, 1702 Seawall Blvd.

http://galvestondailynews.com/blog.lasso?blog=86f7ebeb6fc8f5cb

Economic development corp. formed for peninsula

By T.J. Aulds; The Daily News; Published April 15, 2010

As a 58-member committee nears the completion of a master plan to rebuild and enhance the Bolivar Peninsula after Hurricane Ike, a major component is taking shape, the county’s coordinator of the program said Wednesday.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=a258cb4244421740

Some guns, licensed and unlicensed, still legal under the dome

By Mike Ward

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Updated: 8:33 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Published: 8:17 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Think the metal detectors and other ramped-up security plans for the Texas Capitol will keep out unlicensed guns?

http://www.statesman.com/news/texas-politics/capitol-plan-is-a-far-piece-from-firearm-565796.html

TPW taking input on Rollover Pass

Tuesday, 13 April 2010 08:54 Texas Parks and Wildlife

The Texas General Land Office has applied for a permit to close Rollover Pass because of its impacts on beach erosion and sedimentation within the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. If the pass is closed, recreational anglers will lose fishing access.

http://www.lsonews.com/fishing-news/1168-tpw-taking-input-on-rollover-pass

First of Bolivar properties ready for buyouts

By T.J. Aulds; The Daily News; Published April 12, 2010

The county’s massive buyout program has 22 properties ready for sales contracts.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/154865

Future for Rollover Pass under consideration

PRESS RELEASE:

TPWD scoping options for future Rollover Pass recreational fishing opportunities

Media Contacts: Tonya Wiley, 281-534-0131, tonya.wiley@tpwd.state.tx.us

AUSTIN -- The Texas General Land Office (GLO) has made application for a permit to close Rollover Pass on Bolivar Peninsula due to its impacts on beach erosion and sedimentation within the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. If the pass is closed, there will be loss of public recreational fishing access.

http://www.12newsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=12298993

Help Us Save Rollover Pass

Help Us Save a Lifestyle – Help Us Save a Texas National Treasure

By: Ed Snyder/ Ed Snyder Outdoors; News Center

http://www.fishingworld.com/News/Read.php?ArtID=000027303

Rollover Reddish... (Rollover Pass, Texas): April 2010

While I await the next wave of migrants to come in off the Gulf of Mexico (with an intriguing thunderstorm system coming though tonight, meaning that I am awaiting this with some vigor!), here is a (crude) video of a Reddish Egret filmed the other day at Rollover Pass. Watching these egrets fishing is one of the highlights along the coast there, and I managed to capture (even if a little shakily), some of their best "dance" moves!

http://samwoodsbirding.blogspot.com/2010/04/rollover-reddishrollover-pass-texas.html

Winningham presents 'remarkable pictorial'

By Mark Lardas; Correspondent; Published April 11, 2010

Geoff Winningham had a dream. He wanted to travel the coast of the Gulf of Mexico from the Texas-Louisiana border through Playa Escondida, where Mexico nears the Yucatan.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/154819

Locals losing race to return census forms

By Ian White; The Daily News; Published April 10, 2010

The county's response to the census count has grown during the past week, but it still lagged behind two of its three neighbor counties, the state and national rates by midafternoon Friday, and two communities had yet to attain a 50 percent rate of returned forms.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story/154755

VHGI wins Texas state offshore leases

Published: Apr 9, 2010; Offshore staff

LEXINGTON, Kentucky -- VHGI Energy reports acquiring 1,280 contiguous acres in the High Island area as the result of a Texas State Waters lease program. Gulf Coast Exploitation was the successful bidder at $506,400 and has assigned the leases to VHGI.

http://www.offshore-mag.com/index/article-display/3118251564/articles/offshore/company-news/us-gulf-of-mexico-2/2010/04/vhgi-wins_texas_state.html

CNN News/Weather
By the CNN Wire Staff; April 7, 2010 12:21 p.m. EDT
Colorado State University forecasters predict the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will be above average, with 15 named storms and eight of those becoming hurricanes.

http://www.favstocks.com/colorado-state-university-forecasters-predict-above-average-2010-hurricane-season/077303/

Housing rebuilding may start this week

By T.J. Aulds
The Daily News

Published April 8, 2010

Nineteen months after Hurricane Ike wrecked hundreds of homes, the first of the houses to be rebuilt with federal disaster dollars given to Galveston County will have construction start within a week, county officials said Wednesday.

http://www.galvnews.com/story/154656

Road project to elevate peninsula highway

By Chris Paschenko; The Daily News; Published April 4, 2010

BOLIVAR PENINSULA - To protect the only road onto and off the Bolivar Peninsula, officials propose spending as much as $23 million to elevate the beach-front highway and help protect it from future storm-related erosion.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?wcd=154092

When is 20 feet not high enough?

Some experts say homes rebuilt along coast ought to be raised higher

By ERIC BERGER; HOUSTON CHRONICLE; April 2, 2010, 11:31PM

ORLANDO, Fla. - Residents rebuilding on Bolivar Peninsula after Hurricane Ike have been met by stringent codes requiring them to build their homes 20 feet above sea level.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6942097.html

Crews demolish first houses acquired in buyout

By Rhiannon Meyers; The Daily News; Published April 1, 2010

GALVESTON - Beach-front houses that sat empty and decaying for 18 months are being torn down this week as the city moves forward with a controversial buyout program.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?wcd=154276

Firms hired for Ike repairs

By T.J. Aulds; The Daily News; Published April 1, 2010

County commissioners selected 11 companies to handle the Hurricane Ike house repair program on Wednesday. The firms, most from out of the county, will be responsible for repairing houses the hurricane did not destroy.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?wcd=154253

Ike Dike idea gets regional review

By Ian White; The Daily News; Published March 30, 2010

As world-weary Galveston County marked the passing of 2008 and ushered in a new year, few residents, if any, expected any form of phoenix-from-the-ashes answers to their hurricane-induced troubles.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?wcd=154168

Intoxication assault charge in Galveston ATV death

By HARVEY RICE; HOUSTON CHRONICLE; April 1, 2010, 4:54PM

GALVESTON - Sheriff's officials were deciding whether the death of a man hospitalized after an all-terrain vehicle wreck near Crystal Beach would lead to additional charges for the driver.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6939535.html

Bus route comes to Kemah

March 24, 2010 10:17 am

Greg May wrote:

A fixed bus route through Connect Transit started this week to link Kemah to southern Galveston County.

Connect Transit also debuted bus routes in Dickinson, the San Leon area, west county and the Bolivar Peninsula.

http://www.ultimateclearlake.com/2010/03/bus-route-link-kemah-southern-galveston-county

Woman sues contractor over repair work on Crystal Beach house
3/24/2010 10:28 AM By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau 

GALVESTON - A Galveston County woman has sued a Houston construction company over the business's alleged abandonment of a renovation project, recent court documents say.

http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/225547-woman-sues-contractor-over-repair-work-on-crystal-beach-house

Crystal Beach store, others sued over animal head allegedly found inside beer can
3/24/2010 10:34 AM By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau 

Gulf Coast Market

GALVESTON - A Tarrant County couple is suing a number of international brewing companies and a Crystal Beach convenience store in Galveston County District Court after the man reportedly fell ill after consuming an alcoholic beverage.

http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/225548-crystal-beach-store-others-sued-over-animal-head-allegedly-found-inside-beer-can

Bolivar community meeting this week
By T.J. Aulds
The Daily News

Published March 22, 2010

BOLIVAR PENINSULA - There's $102 million for property buyouts, $85 million set aside to repair or rebuild houses

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=bdcb8379eb110f90

'Ike Dike' needs eco-friendly options

By ENTERPRISE OPINIONS

March, 20, 2010

As the weather warms and another hurricane season approaches, coastal residents can expect scattered talk of an "Ike Dike." That of course is a storm barrier that could stretch from Orange to Galveston.

Health care vote poised to make history today

Obama, Dems optimistic after a day of frenzied negotiations and protests that turned ugly

By NOAM N. LEVEY and KIM GEIGER
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

March 21, 2010, 7:48AM

WASHINGTON - After a frenzied push to nail down final commitments and resolve lingering disputes in their ranks, House Democrats today are poised to pass the most sweeping change to the nation's health care system since the creation of Medicare nearly half a century ago.

FEMA says trailer rent coming due

By T.J. Aulds; The Daily News; Published March 16, 2010

Galveston County residents living in mobile homes provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency soon will have to start paying rent for those units.

This season's oysters coming in bigger, fatter

By T.J. Aulds and Laura Elder
The Daily News

Published March 21, 2010

Fat, juicy and salty.

http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=7282ef345b131f50

Nederland pilot at controls of plane buzzing beach; Investigation looking at why he was flying so low

By HARVEY RICE; HOUSTON CHRONICLE; March 19, 2010, 10:49PM

GALVESTON - The owner of a Jefferson County company acknowledged Friday that he is the pilot accused of buzzing a crowded beach on the Bolivar Peninsula last week and is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration.  http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6922041.html

Letters to the Editor
The Daily News; March 18, 2010

Help In Ike Recovery Has Been Slow

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=964bc271a8488a8d

Massive dike proposal not new for Galveston

Associated Press; 03/19/2010

Another time, another hurricane led to plans for a massive dike to protect Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula from future deadly storms.  

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9EHLLQO0.html

Collaborative efforts underway to restore Fort Travis Seashore Park
The Police News - Bolivar; The Police News; March 16, 2010
TEXAS CITY, Texas - As storm repairs are made to one of Texas' significant landmarks, collaborative efforts are also ongoing to preserve the historic integrity of Bolivar Peninsula's Fort Travis Seashore Park and to help reduce future storm damage to the site.

http://www.familybadge.org/%28X%281%29S%28hdkmwt45yivepmfcylnszt3c%29%29/default.aspx?act=Newsletter.aspx&category=News+1-3&newsletterid=18586&menugroup=Home

UIS students leave for volunteer spring break

By CHRIS DETTRO~THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER~Posted Mar 12, 2010 @ 11:30 PM; Last update Mar 13, 2010 @ 09:11 AM

Spring break for many college students used to mean lounging on the beaches of Florida or Texas during the day and carousing in local bars at night. http://www.sj-r.com/college/x99747987/UIS-students-leave-for-volunteer-spring-break

Mad Brad: I'll break when I graduate

Brad Basker - Contributing Writer; Issue date: 3/11/10

Brad Basker explores all the options of Spring Break this year, and decides to stay at home.

Anxiousness is always in the air as college students across America wait to be released for Spring Break. It's a chance for a brief liberation from the dreadful life of higher knowledge and social accommodation, and is foreplay for the tanning days of summer.

http://media.www.houstonianonline.com/media/storage/paper229/news/2010/03/11/Viewpoints/Mad-Brad.Ill.Break.When.I.Graduate-3888568.shtml

Isle plan far off, official warns

By HARVEY RICE ~ HOUSTON CHRONICLE; March 10, 2010, 8:24PM

GALVESTON ~ The means of protecting the upper Texas Gulf Coast from destructive storm surges will probably fall somewhere between a massive “Ike Dike” and banning development on barrier islands like Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula, according to one of the originators of a six-county commission that will study the problem.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6907311.html

County housing program could begin repairs soon

By T.J. Aulds ~ The Daily News ; Published March 10, 2010

Seventeen months of waiting to move back into her Hurricane Ike-damaged house in Crystal Beach nearly pushed Kathy Shobert to a breaking point. http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?wcd=153078

Mystery Bird: Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus (himantopus) mexicanus

Posted on: March 10, 2010 9:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"

Photographed on Bolivar Peninsula, Galveston County, Texas.

http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2010/03/todays_mystery_bird_for_you_to_524.php

Thibodeaux to attend meetings for Ike Dike

By Debby Schamber, The Orange Leader, Texas; Mar. 8

ORANGE -- Orange County Judge Carl Thibodeaux said in the Orange County Commissioners Court meeting Monday that he will attend a meeting on March 19 with 6 county judges from the area to get more information on the proposed "Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District, Inc."

http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/news_display/142277826.html

Letters: Ike Dike, NASA and HISD

Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle ~ March 8, 2010, 8:15PM

On the Ike Dike

Your Monday headline "Foes try to poke hole in Ike Dike proposal" (Page B1) would read more accurately if it had proclaimed "Common sense pokes many holes in Ike Dike proposal."  http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/6903540.html

Foes try to poke hole in Ike Dike proposal ~ Arguments against barrier used in opposing development on Bolivar

By HARVEY RICE ~ HOUSTON CHRONICLE; March 8, 2010, 12:05AM

CRYSTAL BEACH ~ Hurricane Ike raged ashore on the Bolivar Peninsula in September 2008 with more fury than anywhere else, but Larry Campbell's vacation house lost only a few shingles and the break-away garage walls on the first floor. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6902058.html

How does wind direction affect fishing?

By Joe Kent
Correspondent

Published March 6, 2010

Nice conditions continued along the Upper Texas Coast on Friday, and the outlook for the weekend is good. Today, the wind is forecast to shift to the east and that prompted Jesse Hernandez to call and ask what effects an east wind has on fishing.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?wcd=152848

Anglers finally enjoy nice conditions

By Joe Kent
Correspondent

Published March 5, 2010

A beautiful but cool spring day cast itself on the Upper Texas Coast on Thursday.

http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?wcd=152816

Will Bolivar disappear in next 100 years?

By SARAH MOORE

March 4, 2010
Posted: March 3, 2010, 9:32 PM CST   Last updated: March 4, 2010, 9:22 AM CST

Jim Weatherford jokes that he's in the market for coastal property at an elevation of nine feet above sea level. He'd like to leave the property to his grandchildren.

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/scientists_confer_on_sinking__shrinking_coast.html

"Rollover" Rollover -Texas Targets Rollover for Closing-

by Ed Snyder / Ed Snyder Outdoors

(Mar. 02, 2010 - Gilchrist, Bolivar Peninsula, TX.)... Since 2008, when satanic winds and the 27 foot tsunami storm surge of Ike destroyed the fishing community of Gilchrist TX, quite a strain was put on the survivor's ability to rebuild their community. But now, an even more sinister ill wind is threatening the very life of this quiet beachside community.

http://www.fishingworld.com/News/Read.php?ArtID=000027090