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BBQ 2013
For a full size copy of the flyer, click below. Please feel free to post or hand to your friends! BBQ 2013 Flyer
Busy Beach Time
We’re in full summer mode and things are moving at lightning speed. The beach has been really busy and packed with tourists, our Junior Lifeguard Program started this week, there’s been a couple of really dramatic rescues, we’ve had a huge event, and are almost upon the beach party event of the season. Monday morning...
Learn Galveston County’s Deadliest and Safest Areas to Swim
By CHRIS PASCHENKO and T.J. AULDS of the GALVESTON COUNTY DAILY NEWS Every year, thousands of vacationers, recreational swimmers and anglers descend on the Texas Gulf Coast. Inevitably, a small percentage of those will drown in Galveston County. The Daily News compiled drowning data spanning the last dozen years and spoke to experts to learn...
Dam that Cancer
My phone rang. “Ey, brudda Peter, I’m gunna be in Austin. Need you to help me paddle Supsquatch.” I rubbed my eyes which were bleary from looking at a computer screen too long. “Archie? What are you talking about?” With his heavy Hawaiian accent Archie Kalepa broke it down. Archie has a very impressive history...
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