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  • Swinging Success
  • The Bolivar Beach Report, sweet April Edition
  • Eagles and Salty Mermaid join together
  • Bolivar’s “Jeep Weekend” Brings Unwelcome Chaos
  • Birds of a Feather

• DAILY PICTURE, crystalbeach.com

  
  
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• Whimsy

  The Wife Carrying World Championships are held annually in Finland
  The prize is the wife’s weight in beer
  

• U.S. State Flags Quiz

  
  How well do you know the flags of other states?

• GO’s Sand Bucket, by Georgia Osten

  • Sand Bucket

    By Georgia Osten It’s finally come – The Texas Crab Festival. How many weeks/months have we been preparing for this event? I guess 9 months? Really, I could have given birth by now? Sorry, not me, but that’s how I relate to times like this. I guess it’s gone smoothly, after all, we’ve been doing this for … oh my gosh, is this our

• J. Lee Austin, The Good Help Network

  • The Bolivar Beach Report, sweet April Edition

    And the countdown to the Crabbiest Festival in the world By J. Lee Austin There oughta be a name for the lull on the peninsula in between the wild and crazy Spring Break and the summertime shebang … perhaps we could call it something like … the annual Slow-tweener. Ok maybe I’ll work on that some more. While things are certainly slower, excitement is building. Could be all about the

• Morning Glories, by Brenda Cannon Henley

  • Three trees on a hillside

    By Brenda Cannon Henley People all over the world celebrate Christmas in different ways. Legends, family stories, and sheer traditions make us aware of just how different, and yet alike, we are. One of the things I like to do is to find a new or different story each year to share with my grands, great grands, and our church family about this holiday I love. This is one

• Miss Bee’s Bolivar Buzz, by Shannon Williams

  • Miss Bee’s Bolivar Buzz

    By Shannon Williams Grief is defined as, “our emotional reaction to loss”. It has been studied, written about and talked about since it became part of the English Language some 800+ years ago, and the Latin roots of the word goes back much further. It is where I have been for the past couple of months. In March, we said goodbye to our 95-year-old mother

• Boating Safety, by Bob Currie

  • Recreational Boating Safety – i911 Emergency Location Program

    By Bob Currie, Recreational Boating Safety Specialist U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Station Galveston Flotilla For years now I have been telling everyone they need a marine VHF/FM radio to safely operate their boat near shore (within 20 miles) because cell phones are not dependable. Although everything above is still true, the Coast Guard has a new system that incorporates your

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