Seadrift News

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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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. ...

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

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

“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

“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

“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

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

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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

“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

“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