CCISD health director boosts smiles with education

by Tabbie Harris ©The Port Lavaca Wave 2025
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Kindergartner Dean Bell shows off his brushing skills using Alli the Alligator during a presentation from Shari Dierlam, Calhoun County ISD director of health services for National Children’s Dental Health Month Wednesday, Feb. 12, at Port O’Connor Elementary School.


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Wave file photo Former Calhoun County Sheriff B.B. Browning sits behind his desk prior to his retirement. Browning who served as Calhoun County Sheriff from Jan. 1, 1997, until his retirement Jan. 1, 2013 died Saturday at the age of 87.
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Wave file photo Former Calhoun County Sheriff B.B. Browning sits behind his desk prior to his retirement. Browning who served as Calhoun County Sheriff from Jan. 1, 1997, until his retirement Jan. 1, 2013 died Saturday at the age of 87.
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Photo by CJ Vetter Port O’Connor Public Improvement District Manager Oscar Pena holds a filter sample in his hand, showing the process by which the district’s new reverse osmosis water plant purifies water.
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Contributed photo Leslie Shirhall, right, accepts the Whitney M. Young Jr. Service Award for her outstanding devotion and dedication to Scouts during a recent awards ceremony from South Texas Council Advancement Chair, David Russell.
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