at the first baptist church, weeks ave, high island
409-763-0381
for fema appeals clinics in galveston & san leon
LAWYERS WILL BE ON-HAND TO HELP YOU draft and file a fema appealBoth the
Galveston and San Leon clinics are free and open to low-income individuals and
families who are living in FEMA trailers anywhere along Ike-impacted Texas
Coast and need appealing FEMA's rental prices.
Friday, March 26, Monday, March 29 & Tuesday, March 30
FEMA TRAILER
APPEALS CLINIC
(Galveston)
Lone Star legal aid's Galveston Office
2200
Market St., SUITE 301 - Galveston, Texas
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
409-763-0381
FEMA TRAILER
APPEALS CLINIC (San leon)
San Leon Community Church
901 Avenue East - Bacliff, TX77518
9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Gilchrist Community Association Members:
The CORP of Engineers is planning on approving a permit
to close RolloverPass pending any valid
objections to the contrary before April 12, 2010. As our next meeting is
regularly scheduled for April 5, the day after Easter, the Board has decided to
move the meeting to next Monday night,
March 29th, 2010 at the HighIslandFirstBaptistChurch,
7:00pm. We will be discussing what we can do to possibly postpone the
deadline for this permit approval. We realize it will be difficult for
some people to attend due to the lateness of this notice, but hope to see you
there.
Anyone without internet can come to William Comeaux's
office or
OR call us and we will enter their information into the
system for them
(409) 765-2980 ext 3
BE AWARE OF SCAM ON PENINSULA
The Galveston County Health District
(GCHD) was contacted by the USEPA concerning a potential scam being perpetrated
on Bolivar. There is some "letter" telling people that they will be
required by the County to have a lead inspection of their home and for $50 a
visual inspection can be completed by the sender of the letter. The County does
not require any such test. Please have anyone who has received this letter to
forward it to me by e-mail or FAX (409) 766 4510 so the GCHD/County can address
this issue.
Thanks, Garret Foskit
OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY:
Our thoughts and prayers are
with our Lighthouse Krewe Queen, Bekki Salling for the loss of her father
and "Papaw" of krewe
member Crystal Suhler. On March 21 2010 Melvin Oliver Bishop passed
away after a long illness. The services were held at the James Crowder
Funeral Homes, Dickinson, TX at 2 pm on March
24th, 2010.
Please
keep our Krewe members Bekki & Jim Salling and Crystal Suhler in
your thoughts and prayers.
PRESS RELEASE: 2ND INSTALLMENT DUE BY MARCH 31ST... CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ....
BOLIVAR IN THE NEWS..... THIS WEEK.....
Bus route comes to Kemah
March
24, 2010 10:17 am
Greg
May wrote:
A fixed bus route through Connect Transit started
this week to link Kemah to southern GalvestonCounty.
Connect Transit also debuted bus routes in
Dickinson, the San Leon area, west county and the BolivarPeninsula.
Woman sues contractor over
repair work on Crystal Beach house
3/24/2010 10:28 AM By John Suayan, Galveston
Bureau
GALVESTON - A GalvestonCounty woman has sued a Houston construction
company over the business's alleged abandonment of a renovation project, recent
court documents say.
Crystal Beach store, others
sued over animal head allegedly found inside beer can
3/24/2010 10:34 AM By John Suayan, Galveston
Bureau
GulfCoast Market
GALVESTON - A TarrantCounty
couple is suing a number of international brewing companies and a Crystal Beach
convenience store in Galveston County District Court after the man reportedly
fell ill after consuming an alcoholic beverage.
As the weather warms and another hurricane
season approaches, coastal residents can expect scattered talk of an "Ike
Dike." That of course is a storm barrier that could stretch from Orange to Galveston.
Crawfish Boil at the Eagles Hall, Hwy 87, Crystal Beach, TX, Saturday the 27th at 12 noon
REMINDER... this Saturday, March 27th, 2010 at the Arie 3719 will have a
Crawfish Boil. The crawfish will be $15.00 with all the veggies, etc. There will also be hot dogs & cokes for the kids for $3.00.
The
Auxiliary is also hosting our 34th Annual Easter Egg Hunt from 10 AM until 12 noon Easter Bunny will be there and there will be prizes and snacks and punch. Crawfish in our yard behind the slab. This is free to all kids from 0 to 12. The
boil starts at Noon and goes on till 4 PM.
This event is part of the Crystal Beach F.O. E. 3719 fundraising to help rebuild the Eagles building that was destroyed by Hurricane Ike. The entire community is welcome. The event will be held in the parking lot come rain or shine. Entertainment will be provided by Tropical Depression, along with prizes drawings. The 34th Annual Easter Egg Hunt for the little kids at 10AM. It should be a great time for the
entire community.
We look forward to seeing everyone!!!
March 22, 2010 Monday
Youth from Arrow Heights Baptist Church of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma helping with repairs at First Baptist Church in Port Bolivar.
Turning evil to good
Don't be intimidated by you enemies......you have been
given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ but also the privilege of
suffering for him.Philippians 1:28-29 NLT
Finding God in Russia
In the 1930s Stalin ordered
a purge of all Bibles and all believers. In
Stravropol, Russia, this order was carried out
with a vengeance. Thousands of Bibles were confiscated, and multitudes of
believers were sent to the gulags where most died for being "enemies of
the state."
Years later, CoMission sent
a team to Stavropol.
When the team was having difficulty getting Bibles shipped from Moscow, someone mentioned
the existence of a warehouse outside of town where these confiscated Bibles had
been stored since Stalin's day.
After much prayer by the
team, one member finally got up the courage to go to the warehouse and ask the
officials if the Bibles were still there...The answer was, "Yes!"
The next day The CoMission
team returned with a truck and several Russian people to help load the Bibles.
One helper was a young man - a skeptical, hostile, agnostic collegian who had
come only for the day's wages. As they were loading Bibles, one team member
noticed that the young man had disappeared. He had slipped away, hoping to
quietly take a Bible for himself. What he found shook him to the core.
The inside page of the Bible
he picked up had the handwritten signature of his own grandmother. It had been
her personal Bible. Out of the thousands of Bibles still left in the warehouse,
he stole the one belonging to this grandmother - a woman persecuted for her faith
all her life. He was found weeping - God was real.
R. Kent Hughes in 1001 Great Stories and Quotes
Adapted from The Prayer Bible Jean E. Syswerda, general editor, Tyndale
House Publishers (2003), p 1285. Content is derived from the Holy
Bible, New Living Translation and other publications of Tyndale Publishing House
A neighbor at Overton & 7th in Port Bolivar was in much need of a roof repair was completed by youth during their Spring Break.
Spring Breakers make a "New
Statement" in Port Bolivar, TX
Port
Bolivar, TX ~This group of youth from ArrowHeightsBaptistChurch, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
were used to planning on Spring Break ski vacations. But ever since Hurricane Katrina, they realized
the individual needs of those closer to home instead of their own. Spring Breaks are now planned according to where
the people are in need.
Since
they arrived in Port Bolivar, this group had 3 projects going on during the
past week.Port Bolivar First Baptist
Church at 821 Nelson St. in Port Bolivar was in much need of help with repair,
trim work, painting, roofing and many other projects that needed tending to
since the storm.There was another
gentleman just right around the corner on Overton & 7th needing his roof
repaired on his home, so they helped out on that project. Then at 1303 Madison in Port Bolivar there was some refurbish
and trim work which was completed by the youth.
"It
hasn't been all work.They have really
enjoyed their time here. Last Saturday,
3/13, we went into Galveston
for the day.Tuesday, there was so much
rain we did what work we could. As the
rains uncovered debris, some of the kids started gathering the debris as it
floated up and around the streets. There
were great times of ministering and praying for the people of Bolivar" said
Mark Hughes, Project Coordinator for ArrowHeightsBaptistChurch.
There
was another group of youth from College Baptist of Big Spring, TX in town
also.They were helping Marsha Scott on Sage Rd. to
complete her home.
Chris Green, Arrow Heights youth, does the painting at the higher heights at First Baptist Church in Port Bolivar.
Ashlan Rhodes (standing atop the scaffold); Sarah Carter (bottom left) and Hannah Scrimsher (right) also help in the painting venue at First Baptist Church in Port Bolivar instead of Snow Skiing for Spring Break.
BolivarPeninsula
Community
Meeting
Tuesday,
March 23, 2010
5-7
PM, Crenshaw Elementary & Middle School
Crenshaw Elementary and Middle
School is located at 416 Highway 87 on the west side of Crystal Beach.
Come
visit with County and Agency officials, as well as your neighbors, to discuss
progress with various Ike recovery programs.We hope you can attend. Thank you.
Galveston County willhost a public meeting Tuesday, March 23 from 5-7
PM at Crenshaw Elementaryto update BolivarPeninsula
residents on various Ike recovery projects.
It has been 18 months since Hurricane Ike devastated the peninsula, destroying
3,600 homes, severely damaging the ferry landing and RolloverPassBridge, and devastating
public infrastructure. Public meetings have been held every couple of months to
help keep citizens informed of debris cleanup, water and power restoration,
road repairs and other response activities. Thelong
process of obtaining grant funds through the federal and state governments is
nearly complete, and many projects beneficial to the peninsula are finally
under way. County officials will brief citizens on these
projects at the March 23 meeting, and then take questions."As we have with previous meetings on the
peninsula, we will reserve most of the meeting time for questions and answers,"
said County Commissioner Pat Doyle, who has spearheaded the peninsula recovery
projects along with County Judge Jim Yarbrough. "We have made significant
progress, no doubt, but much remains to be done." The
Community Development Block Grant housing program, the Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program for buyouts, and CDBG infrastructure repairs all will be discussed. In
addition, an update will be provided on the ongoing Bolivar Blueprint long-term
recovery process, which will result in some exciting projects
beneficial to citizens and visitors alike.
Topics to
include:
CDBG Housing Program
CDBG Infrastructure Projects
FEMA Temporary Housing Units
Drainage and Road Repairs
HMGP Buyout-Elevation
Program
Bolivar Blueprint Long-Term
Recovery Plan
Emergency Notification for
2010 Hurricane Season
Bolivar Small Business Coalition ....Anyone wanting to do sub-contracting work please sign up with BSBC so that we can keep you updated and informed. Call 409-939-0666 for more information.
Easter Sunday
Sunrise Service
7:00 am Easter Sunday April
4, 2010
In Crystal Beach
South East
Rd. (next to Seaside Lumber)
ALSO...In HighIsland
7:00 am Easter Sunday
At the Cross (Hwy 124 &
87)
2010 BolivarPeninsula
Chamber of Commerce
Annual Awards Banquet
April 13th 2010 at Stingaree
Restaurant
Social starts at 6:00
Dinner starts at 7:00
Tickets are $15.00 before $20.00 at the door
Please take a few moments and nominate individuals and a business for this year's
awards banquet.
What we know as the Rancho
Carribe Golf Course in Crystal Beach, TX has now changed hands. Wallis & Julia Smith established the golf
course and it has been a large contributing factor to the community.A temporary board of directors will be formed
upon incorporation consisting of president, vice-president and
secretary/treasurer. The course is scheduled to
open for business in July 2010 and a Grand Opening in October 2010. For more information call 409-289-1747.
A couple of sailboats casually sail through the waters in the bay near Rollover Pass.
This picture shows the tug boat stuck in the mud. (shown to the right) This picture shows the very end or beginning of Rollovr Pass on the bay side.
Close up of the tug stuck in the mud at Rollover Pass on the bay.
What to consider when designing a beach house:
By: Jeph (J.B.) Burnett, March
20, 2010
www.CrystalBeachLocalNews.com
BolivarPeninsula ~ Building a home is a
challenge.Building a home that you have
lost through a disaster is even more of a challenge.Yet, the challenge is staring those of BolivarPeninsula in the face today.
There are many things to consider when starting off on this little adventure.
Deciding on a basic floor plan is the first of many steps that you will need to
go through in order to get the best overall deal for yourself.A great finished product starts with a great
foundation.
*Think of Future ~ Is this a house you plan to
live in forever or just a few years and then sell? If it's a home that
you plan to grow old in then you will want to make a more flexible living
environment that could accommodate walkers or wheelchairs without to much extra
construction in the future. Plan for where a possible
elevator could be located. Beach houses have lots of stairs!
*Size of furniture ~ If you already have
furniture that you absolutely love, giving the designer those measurements can
help make sure your room sizes aren't too large or small to accommodate for the
furniture in the design stage.
*Budget ~ Budget will determine the types of
finishes you will be able to choose from. It will be the difference not
only in sq. ft. but also laminate vs. solid surface countertops, polished brass
vs. brushed nickel fixtures and carpet vs. laminate wood floors. We
always recommend building a sturdy structure first though to take all the
precautions make sure your home can survive the next storm.
*Window and door placement ~ This is
surprising a very import step in determining how your interior design will
flow. Putting doors in the middle of walls doesn't always lend to the
best furniture arrangement. Putting floor to ceiling windows in the
bedrooms can block valuable wall space. Remember that they not only
need to be astatically pleasing from the outside but need to function as part
of the room on the inside.
*Will you have a garage ~ The pilings will
need to be spaced far enough apart to accommodate not just a car but leave you
able to open the doors when you pull in the garage without hitting a
piling.
*Style of the home ~ What type of architecture
do you like? The more elaborate the exterior is the more expensive it
will be to build
Here
is a list of what to consider when coming up with the design of a beach house.
*Full-time or Rental ~ What is the house going
to be used for, full time living, weekend home, or rental? Each of these
different types would have different storage requirements.
*Room locations ~ Bathrooms at the beach are a
high traffic room. Do you want sand being dragged throughout the house.
*Accommodations ~ How many people are going to
be living at the home or going to be sleeping in the home? If you don't
have city service your septic tank will need to be large enough to accommodate
for everyone with no problems. You will need to plan for beds for
everyone as well as bathrooms with flexible considerations to have more then
one person occupying the bathroom at one time.
*Outdoor Space ~ What do you plan to use the
outdoor space for? If you are wanting to have a dining table on the deck
or chaise lounges, you will want to make sure you have enough room to
easily walk around them
Health care vote poised to make history today
Obama, Dems optimistic after a day of frenzied
negotiations and protests that turned ugly
By NOAM N. LEVEY and KIM GEIGER CHICAGO TRIBUNE
March 21, 2010, 7:48AM
WASHINGTON - After a frenzied push to
nail down final commitments and resolve lingering disputes in their ranks,
House Democrats today are poised to pass the most sweeping change to the
nation's health care system since the creation of Medicare nearly half a
century ago.
"Socialism
only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they
already have it."
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The Texas General Land
Office
Adopt-A-Beach Spring 2010
will be Saturday, April
24th.
All cleanups are from 9am
to noon.
For more information on the Adopt-A-Beach program, or to participate in the
next cleanup visit www.texasadoptabeach.org.
You may also call the Texas General Land Office toll free at 1-877-TXCOAST.
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FEMA says trailer rent
coming due
By T.J. Aulds; The
Daily News; Published March 16,
2010
GalvestonCounty
residents living in mobile homes provided by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency soon will have to start paying rent for those units.
Boudreaux and Thibodaux
used to work in a sugar cane plant down by New Iberia. After the harvest they cook dat sugar cane
into syrup. When dat's done the plant shut down for months at a time. A few
people work full time on cleaning up the plant and maintenance. The rest of the
employees either live off the land, trapping, shrimping, or fishing. Like
Boudreaux and Thibodaux.
But the shrimp was not running good dat year and dey got bored.
Boudreaux say, "Thib, I heard that they are
hiring down at NASA in Houston.
Lets go see if we can get a full time job there."Thibodaux
say, "Ok, lets go."
Boudreaux and Thibodaux
go down to the personnel office at NASA and sit in line. After a while the
personnel officer come out to the waiting room and ask Boudreaux to come in the
office and sit down. The personnel
officer ax, "What is your name?" Boudreaux say, "mais, Boudreaux."
The personnel officer ax, "What do you do for
a living, Mr. Boudreaux?"
Boudreaux say, "Me, I'm a pile-it."
The personnel officer say, "A pilot? We got
lots of pilots here at NASA. You are hired. Be here first thing in the
morning."Boudreaux got so excited
he jumps out of dat chair and run out to Thibodaux
and say, "Get in there fast. They are giving away dem jobs left and
right."
After a while the personnel officer come out to the
waiting room and ask Thibodaux
to come in the office and sit down. The
personnel officer ax, "What is your name?" Thibodaux say,
"Mais, ma nem is, Thibodaux."
The personnel officer ax, "What do you do for
a living, Mr. Thibodaux?"
Thibodaux say, "I'm. a sugar
cane cutter from South Louisiana."
The personnel officer ax, "A sugar cane cutter
from South Louisiana? We ain't got no jobs at
NASA for sugar cane cutters."Thibodaux say, "You
hired Boudreaux." The personnel officer say, "Boudreaux is a
pilot?"
Thibodaux say, "Well he can't
pile-it until after I cut it."
Well, Boudreaux and Thibodaux got lucky and got a job at NASA
anyway. But they got fired the next day. Because every time the PA system says
"Launch." Boudreaux and Thibodaux
take out their lunch box and start eating.
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