[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] It appears that mastodons walked the shores of Oso Creek in Flour Bluff over ...
Author: Shirley Thornton
Retired from education after serving 30 years (twenty-eight as an English teacher and two years as a new-teacher mentor), Shirley enjoys her life with family and friends while serving her community, church, and school in Flour Bluff, Texas. She is the creator and managing editor of The Paper Trail, an online news/blog site that serves to offer a glimpse into the past and present of the little community of Flour Bluff. She wrote for The Flour Bluff Messenger, wrote and edited for The Texas Shoreline News, a Corpus Christi print newspaper that existed from December 2017 to April 2020, served as copy editor on three books, and continues to tutor students of all ages in the lively art of writing.
Santa Is Not the Only One WatchingSanta Is Not the Only One Watching
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] It’s that time of year again when we resolve to make changes in our ...
New Ambulance in Flour Bluff: A Gift That Can Be Opened but Not Used by AllNew Ambulance in Flour Bluff: A Gift That Can Be Opened but Not Used by All
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] Nueces County E.S.D. #2 (Flour Bluff Fire Department) will commission its first ambulance (M95) ...
FBFD Continues the Tradition of the Santa FloatFBFD Continues the Tradition of the Santa Float
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] On December 21, 1965, the Flour Bluff Volunteer Fire Department started a tradition that lives ...
FBCC: Working to Make a Great Community Even BetterFBCC: Working to Make a Great Community Even Better
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] It is appropriate that during this week of Thanksgiving that the Flour Bluff ...
Are We Thankful Enough?Are We Thankful Enough?
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] “He’s not my president!” “I am leaving the country if he ...
Part of a Vision for the City Is RealizedPart of a Vision for the City Is Realized
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] Tuesday’s Council meeting started with long, heartfelt “goodbyes” and “thank yous” as the current mayor ...
Defending Principles, Not Political PlatformsDefending Principles, Not Political Platforms
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] “Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country’s cause. Honor, also, ...
TRUMP WINS!TRUMP WINS!
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] I am so disappointed in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. I collect newspapers during presidential election years, and ...
Tales of Little Ruthie: R. C. and the Railroad TrackTales of Little Ruthie: R. C. and the Railroad Track
[spacer height=”20px”] [spacer height=”20px”] My name is Ruth, but as a child everyone called me ...