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July 23, 2008

Tornadoes near Bayside cause most damage in region

The sky darkened over Bayside and the heavy rain started as a squall from Hurricane Dolly moved inland from the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday.It wasn’t long after that the National Weather Service received a report of damage caused by a tornado six miles south of the small coastal town in Refugio County. more >>


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July 23, 2008

Burglars ram Bayside store

BAYSIDE – It was a long night for a J&S Constructors’ white Ford pickup truck. The truck, which belonged to the Corpus Christi business, was stolen from a hotel parking lot in Victoria, driven to Bayside where it was used to ram the doors of a convenience store in an attempted burglary, and then left running and abandoned at a Bayside public boat ramp, a few miles south of the store, a Refugio County deputy said Wednesday. more >>

July 21, 2008

Habitat gets mapped

REFUGIO – The 3,400-acre ranch never received this much attention. University students, high school interns and researchers spent months staking out various plants and wildlife habitat at Fennessey Ranch in anticipation of a cutting-edge hyperspectral flyover on Thursday. more >>

July 22, 2008

Refugio emergency coordinator reviews evacuation plan

Hurricane Dolly is looming in the Gulf and, as with any force of nature, it’s not up to man to decide its path. Stan Upton, emergency management coordinator for Refugio County, sat down with Ranging Reporter Christina Burke to see what Refugio County officials are planning. more >>

July 17, 2008

Union Pacific removes 102-year-old bridge truss

REFUGIO – Union Pacific Railroad crews removed the 102 year-old 303,000 pound truss on the bridge spanning the Mission River parallel to U.S. Highway 77 on Monday. It was a feat of structural engineering to replace the truss with a beam and girder bridge. more >>

July 14, 2008

Flood study meetings begin tonight

A three-county effort to get grant money to study damaging and prolonged flooding on the Guadalupe River drew support Monday. “I believe this fresh look into this will be refreshing,” said community activist Kenneth Schustereit. “Thousands upon thousands of acres down there are fallow today.” more >>

July 05, 2008

Jalapeño eaters highlight celebration

REFUGIO-More than 800 people attended the 8th annual Fourth of July Celebration in Refugio. The celebration started before noon, and the crowd was large and grew larger in the early afternoon as more guests began arriving to view the fireworks show scheduled for the evening. more >>

June 23, 2008

Under-funded refuges: Volunteers help make up for smaller budget

AUSTWELL – One retiree volunteers his time to camp in the nation’s wildlife refuges. Robert Watson, 75, spent the past 12 years volunteering to help out with gift shops, trail maintenance and mowing around visitor centers in exchange for parking his recreational vehicle on-site. more >>

June 13, 2008

Haas, Hajek selected to Class 1A all-state team

Shiner’s Heather Haas and Taylor Hajek were named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association’s Class 1A all-state softball team. Haas, a junior pitcher, and Hajek, a junior first baseman, helped lead the Lady Comanches to the Class 1A state title. more >>

June 12, 2008

Refugio celebrates Juneteenth Saturday

REFUGIO – When Willie Brown left his hometown of Refugio in 1948 for the military, the town was still segregated. more >>

May 16, 2008

Rocha elected to Refugio school board

REFUGIO – The Refugio school board has canvassed Saturday’s election returns and declared them official. Andy Rocha won the contested election for Place 6, with 53 votes against write-in candidate James R. Durst, who obtained 27 votes, said Marilyn Beuershausen, administrative assistant with the Refugio school district. more >>

May 07, 2008

Feeling that tug: Kids reel in knowledge about fishing

AUSTWELL - Not all children get the chance to catch a fish. more >>

April 26, 2008

Profiles for Refugio Place 3 city council

Editor’s note: The school and city elections will be Saturday, May 10. To help voters learn more about the contested races in their communities, the Advocate will profile those races. Today’s candidates are seeking the Place 3 seat on the Refugio city council. more >>

March 05, 2008

Bolcik, Petropoulos face off for sheriff

REFUGIO – Robert Bolcik won the Refugio County Democratic Party nomination for sheriff. Robert Bolcik received 50.99 percent of the votes, while challenger Dean Ochoa received 41.79 percent. The third candidate, Joel Bear Jr., came in third with 7.22 percent of the votes. more >>
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