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updated: Tue Jun 24, 2008 02:20 pm

Seadrift News

Local news for Seadrift, TX continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Tuesday Jun 24 | Victoria Advocate

Seadrift sailors offer warm welcome

It isn't very often these days that one meets strangers that are really nice and accommodating right up front.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Amelio brothers, wooden boat hold up just long enough

June 19, 2008 - 7:57 a.m. SEADRIFT Sam Amelio would have been proud, but he likely would have still called his grandsons crazy.

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Related Topix: Austin Metro, Luling, TX

Fri Jun 20, 2008

San Marcos Daily Record

Safari idea born in Seadrift, Griffin says

When A.J. Griffin hears the old stories about the origin of the Texas Water Safari, he just has to chuckle.

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Related Topix: Victoria, TX, San Marcos, TX, Hays County, TX, Corpus Christi, TX

Wed Jun 18, 2008

San Marcos Daily Record

Boat #23: Texans take back the Water Safari

For the first time in three years, a team composed of all Texans was the first to cross the finish line of the Texas Water Safari.

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Related Topix: Victoria, TX, Texas, Luling, TX, Prairie Lea, TX, Kyle, TX

Tue Jun 10, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Killing the fish to save the fish

Coastal biologists have to use gill nets to get an idea of how many fish are in San Antonio Bay Photo 1 of 3 Click to view more Photo Credit: Tara Bozick/Victoria Advocate Norman Boyd, ecosystem leader of the ...

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Related Topix: Victoria Metro, Victoria, TX, Port o'connor, TX

Sun Jun 08, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Froggie goes a shrimpin'

Shrimper loves a life that he says his disappearing Photo 1 of 8 Photo Credit: T.C. Baker/Advocate Staff Photographer The Dodie D. sits in dock in Port O'Connor. Click to view more Photo Credit: T.C. ...

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Related Topix: Port o'connor, TX

Wed May 28, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Ranging Reporter update: Shrimpfest coming to Seadrift

Ranging reporter Tara Bozick stopped by Seadrift to get the word on the town's event of the year.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Seafood

Tue May 20, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Callers talk about gay marriage

I think California has gone completely out of its mind and San Francisco . We definitely don't want any gay marriages in Texas.

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Related Topix: Yoakum, TX, Port Lavaca, TX, Wedding, Gay/Lesbian, Texas, Opinion

Mon May 12, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Billing a Widow

“I have a lot of medical problems”

SEADRIFT Paperwork and bills have stacked atop a widow's worries and sadness since her husband died violently last month. via Victoria Advocate

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Related Topix: Port Lavaca, TX, Calhoun County, TX

Fri May 02, 2008

The Webster Journal

'Unreasonable Woman' captains shrimp boat with civil disobedience

“I believe that sometimes, it's not so much that I'm trying to get somebody to become an environmentalist or anything like that. I want people to believe that they can make a difference. I'm trying to reach somebody - anybody who needs to hear that.”

Media Credit: Colin Dabbs Diane Wilson, a native of Seadrift, Texas, talks April 25 in Sverdrup Room 101 about her life as a shrimp boat captain and how pollution has affected her business. via The Webster Journal

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Chemicals

Wed Apr 30, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Ranging Reporter Update: New business opens in Seadrift

“It's just something for me to do. It's to keep me busy. I'm really hyper. I love cooking, especially oriental. My parents are both Filipino, but I learned it on my own. I didn't even know steak when I married my husband 32 years ago.”

Ranging reporter Tara Bozick explored Seadrift this morning, stopping by the newest lunch vendor. via Victoria Advocate

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Bar-B-Q

Sun Apr 27, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Body found on Old Seadrift Highway

The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating a dead body found on Old Seadrift Highway this morning. via Victoria Advocate

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Related Topix: Calhoun County, TX

Fri Apr 25, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Body Found in Rural Calhoun County

A 40-year-old man likely was hit by a car when he stopped to check a soft tire on Old Seadrift Highway late Wednesday night. via Victoria Advocate

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Related Topix: Calhoun County, TX, Travis County, TX, Port Lavaca, TX

Wed Apr 23, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Seadrift chief charged in oppression case

“You can't make somebody talk like that. Leave it to the courts.”

SEADRIFT Seadrift's police chief has been charged with trying to get a suspect to talk by threatening him with a Taser. via Victoria Advocate

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Related Topix: Calhoun County, TX

Fri Apr 18, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Fundraiser set to help reach Seadrift's library dreams

“It's hard to get up and down the aisles”

SEADRIFT No more room for books. No more room for readers. Seadrift has outgrown its library. via Victoria Advocate

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Related Topix: Libraries, Victoria, TX, Victoria Metro, South Padre Island, TX

Sat Mar 22, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Selling the coast

“The bigger the tax base, the lower the rate has to be for the same dollars.”

SEADRIFT Business owner Dennis Zimmerman anticipates Seadrift's population will double in the next decade. via Victoria Advocate

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Related Topix: Calhoun County, TX, Port o'connor, TX

Thu Mar 20, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Street sign semantics

“It's a nice neighborhood. Before it was just a dirt road, but now it's paved”

Main Street, Schmain Street. In the Crossroads area, unique, funny and downright odd street names can be found at every turn. via Victoria Advocate

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Related Topix: Yoakum, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Bay City, TX, Blessing, TX, Bee County, TX

Tue Mar 18, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Seadrift Boy Scout's barbecue was a success

Our 34th benefit barbecue for the Seadrift Boy Scouting program was a great Calhoun County event. via Victoria Advocate

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Related Topix: Calhoun County, TX

Wed Mar 12, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Ranging Reporter update: Sale of school means available funds for Seadrift

“To put a new roof on city hall. It leaks bad. That's why our phones are out right now. Our roof leaked and it got in the phone system.”

Ranging reporter Tara Bozick stopped by Seadrift's city hall to get an update on the money situation. via Victoria Advocate

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Wed Mar 05, 2008

Customer Interaction Solutions

Study: Calhoun County homes may be undervalued

“It's not done as efficiently as it could be”

Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Mar. 2--PORT LAVACA --Six Mile resident Franklin Jurek can't understand why home appraisals change so drastically from one year to the next. via Customer Interaction Solutions

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Related Topix: Port Lavaca, TX, Home Listing, Home, Victoria, TX, Abilene, TX, Port o'connor, TX

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