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Jose’s Grand Re-Opening

Jose is at it again…combining and redefining! The celebration of the Grand Re-Opening and Ribbon Cutting for Jose Cruz’s new restaurant was on February 9th. Jose closed his Mexican Restaurant at the corner of Hwy 87 and Monkhouse Drive in order to combine menus with his Steakhouse and re-open in the former Coconuts building. Renamed and re-open under the name

PSP Baseball Clinic

A group of coaches and former baseball players braved the chilly temperatures on Saturday to host a free clinic for young athletes at the PSP facility in Port Bolivar. Sign-ups for the upcoming season are underway, with Opening Day on March 23. If you are interested in playing youth baseball this spring, please contact Leslie Lowe, 409-429-0980.

Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program

The annual Texas abandoned crab trap clean up begins this weekend! Between Feb. 15-24, Texas coastal waters will be closed to crabbing with wire mesh crab traps to facilitate the annual volunteer crab trap cleanup. Any traps left in bays — including traps tied to docks — will be assumed abandoned and considered “litter” under state law. This allows volunteers to legally remove any

Recreational Boating Safety – Set a Safe Course

By Bob Currie, Vessel Examiner
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Station Galveston Flotilla
At the end of the first Star Trek movie, Captain Kirk said, “Mr. Sulu, ahead, warp one.” Sulu said, “Warp one, sir.” Chief DiFalco asked, “Heading, sir?” Kirk answered, “Out there. Thataway.” This may be why they seemed to get into trouble every week. They didn’t have a safe and planned

High Island Basketball

So proud of our Jr High Cardinals Boys Basketball team; finished the season 10-4. As High Island School continues to grow, so does athletic success. We would like to thank Coach Previte & Coach Moore and our boys for a great season. Way to go Cardinals!!

Pictured in Front Row: Hunter Semens, Aiden Mcdowell, Reese Goebel, Quentin Malinchalk, Deuce Guidry, Gavin Warren, Henry Larson
Back Row: Jordan Grubbs, Blake Walker, AJ Lowe, Jesse Palmer, Caden Strimple, Caden Perea, Drake Barrow
Coach Previte & Coach Moore

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Delight in the law of the Lord (Part One)

By Brenda Cannon Henley
It is time for me to tell a story or to give an account, to brag (in a Godly manner), or to share some not so new and recent blessings. As some of you are aware, I will be relocating to Largo on the Gulf in Florida this Friday. Many things led to this big change and all the responsibilities that go along with such a move. The main catalyst

Hallmark

By Georgia Osten
It’s become my favorite, don’t gotta think about it, movies of all time. When I’m just sitting around, tired, needing to relax, have a glass of wine moment, that’s my favorite thing to do. Oh, and have I told you I have a This is my Hallmark watching T-Shirt? Of course, I’m better when I’m by myself watching one episode after another, but when my

Home Health

cbyus By Charlotte Byus
Surgery was last Tuesday, and Friday I met the first of my nurses. Of course, there were questions to answer, and then we started my recovery. Meanie! My nurse is also a physical therapist, otherwise known as a task master! The first day was not too bad, as we started on the left leg, but today, the new therapist really got involved in pain. We worked

Martial Arts classes for Adults

Keeping with their mission of “Promoting and enhancing athletic opportunities for children and FAMILIES of the entire Bolivar Peninsula”, Peninsula Sports Park is excited to announce they will open a Martial Arts class for ADULTS on Thursday’s at 7:30 in the Sweat Fitness Studio located between Bolivar Tourism and South Land Title. Class is open to any adult wanting to join, cost is

Counting…and Flying…Together

GBBC-0 Each February, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society conducts a world wide bird count, where anyone can record and register the number of bird species they see over a 4 day period (February 15-18, 2019). The information submitted helps scientists track the increasing and declining numbers of species from year to year. It shows the patterns of bird movement around