What a difference a Day Makes

What a difference a day can make.  Last week one day was windy and the next day calm.  It has been dark in the daytime and light during the night at full moon.  Cloudy and rainy one day and then beautiful, perfect summer weather.  Welcome to May

Tiki Bar & Grill

Mother's Day Special

Stuffed Flounder served w/rice & veggies

Special All Day for Mother

The Birds of High Island & Surrounding Sactuaries

Slideshow Photos by: Betty Cost

Betty and her friend Laura visit High Island every year all the way from California.  They enjoy watching all the colorful birds arrive in this area during the spring migration.  Every photo in this show of colorful plumage was taken right here in this local area.  Hoping to encourage some of our locals to get out an enjoy the gifts in our own backyard.

Thanks Betty, see ya next year.

Happy Birthday

Marsha Scott

Friday, May 7^th, 2010

"Great minds have purposes, little minds have wishes." ~  Washington Irving

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Susan Smith - Is being inducted into the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame this year.  The TABC is an association just for girls and boys basketball coaches in the state.  The annual clinic is held each year in San Antonio. The induction is taking place on Saturday, May 22^nd, 2010.

As a player, Susan led High Island to four state tournaments including championships in 1967 and 1968. They were state runner-up in 1969. She was selected all-state and all-state tournament her last three years and scored 197 points in 9 state tournament games.  As a coach, she was head coach at Spring Westfield for 25 years with a career record of 679-203.  Her 2001 team was state finalist and in 2004 they were 35-4 state champions.  Susan retired in 2006.  Congratulations Susan!

BOLIVAR IN THE NEWS.....

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WAY OFF BROADWAY ENSEMBLE PLAYERS

Present

A DESSERTS THEATER PRODUCTION

Of

A REALLY (REALLY) BAD HAIR DAY!

Friday, JUNE 18

Saturday, JUNE 19

BAYVUE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Fellowship Hall

CRYSTAL BEACH

Doors Open at 6:00 PM

Show at 6:30 PM

Desserts to follow show

$12.00 per person

Tickets

Sundays at Bayvue Methodist Church

or contact

SARAH STANDRIDGE

409 392 6565

JANE LONG FESTIVAL

Attention Arts and Crafts Vendors! A JANE LONG FESTIVAL IS BEING ORGANIZED FOR  OCTOBER 2010  We are looking for vendors and on site demonstrations of early crafts and/or homemaking  remedies that were in use and /or popular around the turn of the century, ie, making horseshoes, soap,  canning, woodcrafts, quilting , banjo/guitar players, mimes, etc.. Vendors are asked to submit a description of their products or art work for approval  so as not to have too many  duplications. Please include contact information.  Booth rent will be  very reasonable for this one day event. The purpose is to raise money  for improvements but mostly to create awareness of Fort Travis on Bolivar Peninsula so that it may become eligible for  Federal Funding  for major improvements and promotion.
A drama production will be presented about the life of Jane Long "The Mother of Texas" and vendors  are asked to dress  in costumes of the era..As well as those attending!
Thank you!
To register, Please contact: Barbara Prenger or Ed Prenger, Booth Chairpersons, Jane Long Festival
c/o PO Box 45, High Island Tx 77623 ~ 409-286-5318 ~ 409-771-9837 - cell (hers) ~409-502-0495 - cell (his)

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On Private Property Close to Beach

Water, Electric and sewer hook-up

"It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him." ~  John Steinbeck

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HURRICANE HISTORY

Do not be afraid

The Lord who created you says: "Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you."  ~Isaiah 43:1-2 NLT

Two Margarets

Margaret MacLachlan and Margaret Wilson, Covenanters in Wigtown, Scotland, were tried for their faith on April 13, 1685, for refusing to take the Oath of Abjuration, which stated that the Church of God is a department of the State. Found guilty of rebellion, attending field meetings, and worshipping in places other than a church, they were ordered to receive their sentences on their knees. When they refused to bow before anyone but God, they were forced down to their knees and then were sentenced to death by drowning.

On May 11, 1685, the two faithful Margarets were tied to posts and staked in the sea as the tide was rising. The older Margaret (MacLachlan) was farther out. They were given many chances to recant their beliefs, but they stood firm and resolute.

Margaret MacLachlan remained silent, her eyes closed throughout the ordeal, communing with Christ until death. As the tide rose eighteen-year-old Margaret Wilson began to sing a Covenanter rendition of Psalm 25:7. Then, she recited from Romans 8: "We are more than conquerors through him that loves us...."

After the waves washed over her head, the soldiers pulled her out, pleading with her one last time to "pray for the king!" She prayed, but her pray was, "Lord, give him repentance, forgiveness, and salvation, if it be Thy holy will." The angry soldiers threw her back into the water, and she joined Margaret MacLachlan before the throne.

We may never face the rising tide of the sea, but the deep waters of trouble and loss can be just as overwhelming. How do you react when you feel you are about to drown in the rising tide of your own troubles?

Adapted from The One Year Book of Christian History by E. Michael and Sharon Rusten (Tyndale, 2003), entry for May 11.

Content is derived from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation and other publications of Tyndale Publishing House

Attitude of Gratitude

This was Brother Copeland's last message as he spoke as interim pastor of First Baptist Church of High Island, TX.  Bro. Jim and his wife, Molly are both Cardinal graduates from High Island High School years ago.  Jim was the son of the preacher of First Baptist Church and moved to High Island his freshman year. Jim & Molly dated all through Molly's high school years and then they married.  Jim Copeland has been interim pastor for the past 9 months at the First Baptist Church of High Island, Texas.

Pastor Richard Salee of Houston, Texas will join the congregation of First Baptist High Island beginning next Sunday, May 9^th.  We welcome you, Pastor Salee.

Bro. Copeland, we want to thank you for keeping Faith in our lives.  We are forever in your debt.  You kept the word of God alive in our time of need.

Happy Mother's Day

Sunday, May 9^th, 2010

In the movie, a mother's love is compared to many different beautiful flowers. Prepare to be inspired!

Click here to watch and don't forget to share it with every mother you know. They'll love you for doing it!

Baccalaureate Services

High Island, Texas

For the graduating Senior Class of 2010

High Island Cafeteria

May 16 at 7:00 pm

Bolivar Blast

Memorial Day Weekend

Sunday Afternoon, May 30, 2010

3 - 7 PM

Laguna Harbor in Port Bolivar

Family event for everyone on Bolivar Peninsula

Bring a picnic basket, coolers, blanket or lawn chairs, fishing equipment, basketballs and other sports for sharing.

Music provided by local band, Seaweed, and Kay Rhodes, DJ Boss Lady from HarleyRadio.com for fun & dancing

Great Door Prizes

Meet your neighbors, old friends, and mad make new ones at this community wide event sponsored by Laguna Harbor and Swede's Real Estate celebrating Bolivar's progress after Hurricane Ike.  Tour Laguna;s exciting properties while attending the Bolivar Blast.  Homes will be open for inspection.

Food, dancing, music, games, and fishing available at no charge to the general public.  Come one, come all!

(For more information, contact Murphy Bowers at (409)553-1732.

Keith Downs Custom Home

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Rent your Vacation Home From Owner

South Louisiana Goes Wireless:

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion, that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, a California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, A Story in the LA Times read: " California archaeologists, finding of 200 year old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers"

One week later. A local newspaper in Baton Rouge reported the following:

"After digging as deep as 30 feet at the highest level near the Mississippi River, Boudreaux, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Boudreaux has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, South Louisiana had already gone wireless".