Sentinel photo/Mike Reddell Harvest House distributed 32,335 pounds of food - enough for 400 Matagorda County residents - from the O.H. Herman building Thursday, Nov. 11. Organizer Willie Rollins estimated a line of cars for the distribution was about a mile long. He said 25 volunteers helped with the distribution.

Sentinel photo/Jessica Shepard Van Vleck ISD recognized several staff members for their lifesaving efforts on a junior high student earlier this month. They were awarded the American Heart Association Heartsaver Hero and Top Leopard awards. Those employees are, from left: Gwen Franklin, Lyndee Owen, Michael Polachek, Jeff Jacques, Cassandra Higgins, Will Dowell, and not pictured: Darius Williams.

Kim Harshaw