Wednesday January 27th 2021

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• RECENT HEADLINES

  • Notable Stories in 2020
  • The Absolutely BEST Christmas Pageant Ever!
  • Christmas Vacation in Egypt
  • A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
  • Dennis Stafford BAY VUE UMC Person of the Year

• DAILY PICTURE, crystalbeach.com

  
  
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• Whimsy

  While Chicago is as prone to a blustery day as any other metropolis, its wind isn’t particularly exceptional. How did the city get its “Windy City” nickname?

  

• Humor

  • My 1 day employment

    So after landing my new job as a Wal-Mart greeter, a good find for many retirees, I lasted less than a day… About two hours into my first day on the job a very loud, unattractive, mean-acting woman walked into the store with her two kids, yelling obscenities at them all the way through the entrance. I said pleasantly, ‘Good morning and welcome to Wal Mart. Nice children you have there. Are they twins?’ The ugly woman stopped yelling long enough to say, ‘Heck no, they ain’t twins. The oldest one’s 9, and the other one’s 7. Why the heck would you think they’re twins? Are you blind, or stupid?’ So I replied, ‘I’m neither blind nor stupid, Ma’am, I just couldn’t believe someone slept with you twice. Have a good day and thank you for shopping at Wal-Mart.’ My supervisor said I probably wasn’t cut out for this line of work

• GO’s Sand Bucket, by Georgia Osten

  • Time Marches On!

    By Georgia Osten I cannot believe we’re already at the end of January. Christmas and New Years is a vague memory. I ordered a Don’t Mess With Texas calendar last week. I was surprised it came the very next day. It’s the perfect size for my refrigerator. I’m a calendar fanatic, I love to have them in every room. Kind of like

• Morning Glories, by Brenda Cannon Henley

  • Self destruction and damnation

    By Brenda Cannon Henley People continually amaze me by their own choices and their inability to see beyond their own nose. “Don’t walk open eyed into a terrible mistake. If God is giving you direction and encouragement, be willing to accept it. Otherwise, you’ll be picking up the keys to Heartbreak Hotel over and over again.”

• Miss Bee’s Bolivar Buzz, by Shannon Williams

  • Miss Bee’s Bolivar Buzz

    By Shannon Williams “Sibling relationships outlast marriages, survive the death of parents, resurface after quarrels that would sink any friendship. They flourish in a thousand incarnations of closeness and distance warmth, loyalty and distrust.” Erica C. Goode. As I was trying to find a subject to write about

• Boating Safety, by Bob Currie

  • Recreational Boating Safety – A Salt & Battery

    By Bob Currie, Recreational Boating Safety Specialist U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Station Galveston Flotilla Boat maintenance, especially in salty climes such as the Texas Gulf Coast, is a very important part of being a boat owner. If your car breaks down, you just call for someone to pick you up. But when you are many miles offshore, not many people can drop what they are doing and come

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• Coastal Barrier Info

  • GLO, Army Corps Release Coastal Barrier Plan
  • GBF-Coastal Barrier Position Statement
  • Problems and unanswered question with the US Army Corps’ Coastal Barrier Alternative:
  • IKE DIKE Alternative