Happy 43rd Anniversary to the POC Service Club:

On August 17, 2023 the Service Club Ladies were treated to a fun and entertaining afternoon celebrating the Club’s 43rd Anniversary, with an array of delicious foods, desserts, great fellowship, “Game Day”, and prizes! Honors were bestowed upon Nancy Childers for being a Club member for more than 30 years, and upon Club President, Marie Hawes, for her longtime membership, leadership, and commitment to the POC Community. Congratulations to these two wonderful Ladies! Everyone had a fabulous time, and thanked their Hostesses (Melanie Martinez, Nancy Ladshaw, Madeline Bourg, , Carol Haverfield, Mary Hirschhauser, Mary Wygrys, Terry Twomey, Lenice Mackey, and Susan Wallace) for the lovely afternoon. The Club thanks all its members, past and present, for their 43 years of hard work, dedication, and unwavering support and service to the Port O’ Connor Community! Now it’s time to get back to work!

Farmers Market: The Service Club appreciates your support at our Booth at POC’s Farmers Markets, the next one being Saturday, September 9, 2023 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Please come check out our homemade goodies, plants, hand crafted items, our “Service Club Cookbooks“ and our “POC- End of The Road” License Plate Covers, and raffle tickets of $5.00 each for a beautiful handmade quilt. There is something for everyone, so please stop by!

Meetings: The Service Club’s next meetings are September 7, 2023 and September 21, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., at the POC Community Center. All Ladies are welcome!

Fall Mega Garage Sale: Our Fall Mega Garage Sale will be held on Saturday, September 30, 2023 from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the POC Community Center Pavilion. We welcome your generous donations of household, kitchen, and decorative items; small appliances; clothes; shoes; toys; children’s and baby items, etc. You can leave your items in the “Drop Box” at the front of our Donation Center. Due to our limited space, we cannot accept furniture until September 28, 2023, right before the garage sale. For information, please contact one of the Service Club Ladies listed below:

Alane Haardt- 281-416-6028
Marie Hawes- 361-920-2322
Nan Burnett- 832-276-5948
Nancy Ladshaw- 830-832-0510

LETTER TO THE EDITOR – THE DOLPHIN TALK

Our 2023 Membership Campaign has been the most successful and largest to date and we THANK EVERYONE for your support.

Your generosity allows us to continue supporting our library, so appropriately tagged “a beacon of light and anchor of our community.”

Laura Bush in her famous quote said, “I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.”

We invite everyone to visit our library, get your library card and you’ll be able to borrow a print or electronic book, use free internet, join your community for Coffee and Conversation, meet up for Bingo, MahJonng and Bridge or relax in the comfortable Children’s Section while your children/grandchildren enjoy the library.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT!

The Directors of The Friends of the Port O Connor Library
Ursula Price, Pam Hill, Tori Haynes, Alane Haardt, Cindy Hanson, Linda Orrick, Darla Miles, Karie Brandt, Connie Britton, Kathleen Simmons.

Whitlee and Harper Bratton braved the hot POC heat and set up a lemonade stand on Harrison Ave. Their Dad matched the money the girls made selling lemonade. The girls generously donated all their proceeds to the students at Port O’Connor Elementary. We think you girls are awesome and we sincerely appreciate your generosity.

Shown here are Krystin Bratton, Whitlee Bratton, Harper Bratton, Kelly Wehmeyer, Principal, Christine Buell.

The Calhoun County Republican Club will be hosting a presentation on the Dow X-energy SMR Project by Heather Lyons, the current Site Director for Seadrift Operations, on Monday, September 11, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at Drifters Hall, 5287 FM 3084, Port Lavaca.

Dow’s Seadrift, Texas location was selected for the X-energy advanced SMR nuclear project which will deliver safe, reliable, zero carbon emissions power and steam production. Construction on the 320 MW four-unit Xe-100 project is expected to begin in 2026 and be completed by the end of the decade.
Ms. Lyons joined Dow in 2002 as a Process Engineer in Engineering Solutions at West Virginia Operations following three student co-op terms with Union Carbide Corporation. In December 2020, she was named Crop Protection Manufacturing Operational Excellence and Productivity Director. In June 2021, Ms. Lyons assumed additional responsibility as the Rice, Plantations & Specialty Herbicides Portfolio Manufacturing Director.

A catered meal is available at 5:00 p.m. for $12 with a reservation. Please call (361) 552-6313 or email CCRCLUB@proton.me to RSVP for dinner or for more information.

The September meeting for Calhoun County Democratic Club will be held Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at the Calhoun County Library, in the community room, 200 W Mahan St., Port Lavaca.

Social/potluck is at 5:30 p.m. and the meeting starts at 6 p.m.

The next meeting will be October 3rd.