The evening of September 3, 2013 meant a fun night for those indomitable Bunco players as almost a full house of women were present and all eager to begin playing. A special player of the evening was Judy Overton, a former resident who has returned to our community. The night was made even more special when Judy told the group that Bunco had first started with a small number of active women who played in Judy’s home! Hostesses for the evening were Annette Leach and Diane Cooley and the first part of this meeting was just to enjoy the delicacies as prepared by those two and catch up with what’s happening in everyone’s life. And then these ladies started playing with Evelyn Lewis once again winning. She seems to have incredible luck and so she left with the award for most games; most Buncos won by Judy Overton and Pat Ekstrom aptly earned the booby prize! The hostesses for the October 1st session will be Biddie Hileman and Sally Jones, and when those two get together, watch out! Call Shirley Gordon at the Library, 983-4365 for further information.
The 8th Annual Grand Slam Fishing Tournament honoring the memory of Chris Ragusin is scheduled for Friday, October 4 and Saturday, October 5, 2013. This is the last of the big fishing tournaments of the Season and will be well-attended. Further information and registration for each boat and fishermen can be obtained by contacting Amy Gosnell, 361 935-8745. Friday’s activities include the Captains’ registration and meeting; followed by a brisket plate dinner for $10.00 and winding up the evening with a silent auction. Saturday’s schedule starts with the weigh-in at 3:00 p.m. and then a delicious dinner of freshly caught fish will begin at 5:30 p.m.; awards at 6:30 p.m. and the main auction of incredible items to begin at 7:00 p.m. The public is invited to join the fishermen and families at dinner on Friday and Saturday nights; all proceeds from this event are then returned to our community in various supportive ways.
October 26, 2013 is the date for the 5th Annual Chili & Gumbo Cookoff at Hurricane Junction! See Hoop for more details and how to enter this delightfully original contest! Once again, our local Library and its Building Fund will benefit. And participants can expect a wandering photographer and journalist to be there to sample the wares and discuss recipes with the chefs!
And also on the 26th of October is the annual Halloween Fest at our local school; this is when the kids and many adults try to outdo each other with some fascinating costumes. Check our paper or the school for further information.
But do save Saturday, November 9, 2013 for the semi-annual Fall Garage Sale as organized by the POC Service Club. And as always there will be a Bake Sale of totally enticing desserts whether they’re cookies or cakes or even pies to whet the appetite of the consumer. See the POC Service Club News for further information.
And a plea to our long-time residents; we in the Service Club are putting together a book of photographs and other information concerning our community to show our history and also the many families that have been a part of that history. Many of you residents may have pictures of your children at our School, a picture of the churches with their ministers and priests, the stores, and hopefully your families, grandparents and all. IF and that’s a big IF, you could share with us these pictures and a little information about them, we would be extremely grateful. Your treasured photographs would then be professionally copied and returned with much gratitude as each would then become a part of our Book! Please contact either Sue Kubecka, the Chairman of this endeavor at 361 798-0560, or Janet Johnson, the President of the Club at 983-4737 to become a part of this Book.
Friends: And one of mine so very happily gave me a large sack of Key limes and the instructions that it would take 1 cup of juice to make a pie. Emptying the sack I found a large amount of fruit of barely 1 inch in diameter, and then started squeezing. Time passed and the measuring cup seemed extremely slow to fill. Actually, it took over 80 limes to make that cup of juice. And then I wondered about that friend?! Or, as the saying goes, “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!” Really just kidding; it was quite an experience and there is now a full cup of juice resting in my freezer waiting for me to get the energy to make the pie!
We did not really realize how many fishermen were here for Labor Day weekend until we kept seeing the same boats, trucks and trailers going around the block a number of times. Sitting on the deck we found a long line of boats waiting to enter one of the four ramps at the Fishing Center. And this continued for almost two hours!
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