The weather has changed, and the garden breathed a sigh of relief. The intense heat and cloudless skies of the last few weeks has abated thanks to showers rolling in from the coast.
One hundred years ago today, I wouldn’t have just sent off my application for a mail-in ballot for this November’s election. They didn’t have mail-in ballots in 1920—but the main reason was that women didn’t have the right to vote until Aug. 26 of that year.
We were sitting on a hill in the western part of the county watching the sunset. It was nearing 8:30 p.m., and the daytime birds were giving out their last chirps and going to bed. The nighthawks and pauraques were beginning to call and to start their nighttime hunts for food. We had chosen …
The unrelenting heat of summer has set in with no relief in sight until fall. With the hot weather, the garden is filled with tiny jewels gliding from flower to flower. Queens, swallowtails and sulphurs soar on summer zephyrs, filling the garden with splashes of color and the heart with joy.
Beeville – Whether it be at a local sporting event – usually as the only one there in a suit and tie – or spending time with residents Woodridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center every Sunday, Adam D. Treviño is recognized by many throughout town.
We didn’t have to get up early to drive to Marble Falls by noon on June 27—that was where our 2020 Cude Family reunion was set to be held, at Cousin Joe Cude’s ranch. I didn’t prepare a dessert to take to share with the group, nor did we enjoy a catered barbecue lunch with the rest of the family.
A Sahara dust storm is crossing the ocean, heading our way. This isn’t an unusual occurrence, dust storms cross the ocean most years. There is a positive to the dust – no hurricanes while it crosses the ocean. Of course, the dust reminds me of our years in West Texas, lots of dust and very a…
Juneteenth is especially important for my friend Paulette Boales Bailey, because her great-grandfather, Peter Boales, may have been the first enslaved person in this part of South Texas to learn about emancipation from Union soldiers in 1865.
BEEVILLE – Steve Barrera spent countless hours during his childhood bounding throughout the Beeville Boys & Girls Club.
BEEVILLE – What would make a Ph.D. candidate decide one day to pickup and leave from her home in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and drive to Seattle?
Bill Cude used to say that his life may have spanned the greatest changes in the history of mankind—he was born in the horse and buggy days and lived to see a man walking on the moon, as well as the arrival of the computer age. I am happy to remember my dad for this Father’s Day column.
BEEVILLE – With concerns about the rise of Covid-19 cases in the community, the Beeville Art Museum has closed its indoor space to the public, but welcomes art-lovers to drive by the outdoor Texas Artists Exhibition on view from Aug. 1-29.
Denton – Gabrielle Ballard was awarded a Doctorate in Audiology (AuD) summa cum laude on May 7, from the University of North Texas.
BEEVILLE – Misty Stokes and Joe Rodriguez, both of Beeville, were married Sunday, July 19, at Mt. Zion Revival Center.
BEEVILLE – With concerns about the rise of Covid-19 cases in the community, the Beeville Art Museum has closed its indoor space to the public, but welcomes art-lovers to drive by the outdoor Texas Artists Exhibition on view from Aug. 1-29.
Brenda (Britton) and Brandes Gremmel will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on June 3. The couple was married on June 3, 1960, in Corpus Christi and have lived in Pettus since 1975. They have two children, Elizabeth Shelton DDS (Ben) and Greg Gremmel MD (Sabrina); and grandchildren, B…
BEEVILLE – The Beeville Art Museum is once again open, and what’s old is new again in a new exhibition of works by seven artists dedicated to sharing the power of hand embroidery in contemporary art.
BEEVILLE – Rising on the wings – or least that’s how it seemed from the ground when looking up at Cal Garcia, perched on his ladder and covered in paint, as he continued to outline a pair of colorful wings on the side of the a building at 300 W. Corpus Christi St. last week.
A caravan of cars helped Karen Knowlton celebrate her 63rd birthday April 23. The city’s first responders have been joining in these celebration parades throughout town since people cannot get out. Shown here holding up a happy birthday sign for Knowlton is Caden Cox.
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