Saturday’s rains kicked off the First Annual ’New’ Bolivar Peninsula Golf Cart Poker Run. After weeks and weeks of dry weather, everyone welcomed the rain and it didn’t disappoint the event. The Poker Run started at Jose’s Cantina as 482 poker players checked in with their first card in hand. They moseyed on over to Hardheads for card number two. As the game was played, the judges walked
The NEW Golf Cart Poker Run
Recreational Boating Safety – Heat-Related Conditions
By Bob Currie, Recreational Boating Safety Specialist
U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Station Galveston Flotilla
We are right in the dead middle of summer, and it has been very hot. No matter how hot it is on land, it is almost always hotter on the water due to the reflection of heat waves up from the water. Even the simplest form of heat related conditions, sunburn, can rapidly lead to
What ‘Day’ Is It?

AUG 9 – National Book Lovers Day
AUG 10 – National Spoil Your Dog Day
AUG 11 – National Son and Daughter Day
AUG 12 – World Elephant Day
AUG 13 – Garage Sale Day
AUG 14 – National Creamsicle Day
AUG 15 – National Relaxation Day
Favorite Bible characters
By Brenda Cannon Henley
Amazement naturally engulfs me when any person I am talking with tells me that he or she just cannot get into the Bible or they do not find it interesting. The various characters we meet in the pages of God’s Word are lively, involved, dramatic, important, in some cases, brilliant, and in other cases, simply human. They make great
Miss Bee’s Bolivar Buzz
By Shannon Williams
There are places that become special to you in that you have a special feeling when you are there. Santa Fe, New Mexico has always held a very special place in my heart. I first visited in the early 90’s. I don’t know what it was but I just felt alive in Santa Fe. The air always seems to be crisp and I would love to go in the winter when the smell of
Poker Run Soggy Saturday
By Georgia Osten
We set out early with the huge banner on top of the golf cart. It had already rained through the night, the winds had picked up and the possibility of more rain was threatening in the far west. We made it halfway when our banner came undone, so we turned around and headed back home, just making it before another downpour came