To the Victoria Advocate, with love..
I almost didn’t make it to my conference this week. An unfortunate event happened on the way to our office moving day, working on the rodeo tab and me planning to head to San Antonio for the Key Executives mega ...

A view from the floor, looking up
Have you ever had something happen to you that it has stopped you in your tracks? Well, that happened to me on Monday. As I told you all last week, the Matagorda Advocate is moving. We have been busy packing, ...

Have you heard the news? Yes, we are moving!
The last couple of weeks have been beyond busy for me. I have said this before in another column, but I feel I am a balloon without a string and in desperate need for someone to grab a hold of ...

Matagorda Advocate office flood of 2012
I was sweeping the floors of the Matagorda Advocate on Friday, helping with cleaning and moving boxes because we had people removing carpet from the office. It would have been nice had we been remodeling. New year, new office right? ...

Reporter's view of Bay City tragedy
I am the first to admit I enjoy covering news as much as the next news reporter. When news breaks, I like to be in the middle of it all. Interviewing people for the story, gathering information and then seeing ...

Lessons learned from a misspelled word
I have a friend in Austin who wrote a press release on Tuesday and sent it off in an email. Soon after she had emailed it to her distribution list (which includes media) she noticed she had made a typo. ...

To Venus and Back: the two year newspaper journey.
Being a journalist is difficult sometimes. You have your fans who tell you what a great job you are doing, and then you have those who disagree with what you write. But that’s what this job is all about. As ...

Celebrating 15 years of newspaper print, with cake!
Editors note: This column was printed on January 5, 2011. I have however, added a few paragraphs. I look forward to Thursday mornings. That’s the morning I see our final product in print. Carrying a few bundles of papers to ...

Small surprises mean so much
On Sunday I went to church, I know, I was in shock myself. As a joke, I sent my mom a text telling her hell had frozen over – I was at church! But all joking aside, as I sat ...

Matagorda County prepares for Tropical storm Don
In the event of a hurricane or an emergency situation, Matagorda County Emergency Management office is ready to act. In preparation for Tropical storm Don, Doug Mathis, emergency management director says they are taking several steps to ensure the safety ...