May 17: Jack Miller; Mike Raby
May 18: Sherry Gregory; Paul Pitonyak Jr.; Whitney Fisher
May 19: Crystal Moncrief; Joey Lane; Sheila Mayes
May 20: Kathy Yearwood; Lorrie Gonzales
May 21: Roy Clark
May 22: Caleb Esneault; Chris Poth; Holly Dyes
May 24: John Yearwood
May 25: Russell Bourg; Christopher Gretchen; Chelsea Longoria; Amber Salvatico
May 26: E.V. Galicia; Savanna Bowman; Stehanie Smolik; James Santoff
May 27: Michelle Finster; Freddie Hawes; Bill Yost; Brandon Smolik
May 29: Juilea Carriles; Amy Pfeiffer; Eugene Scott, Jr.; Leah Richter-Griffin; Krislyn Joy Key
May 31: Adam Price
June 3: Leigha Lopez; Stephanie Villarreal; Candice Stryker; Shayla Teel
June 4: Hong T. Nguyen; Charles DeLoach, Jr.; Clay Sparks
June 5: Charles R. Carter Jr. (Chase); Dakota Powers; Leanne Patillo; Tucker Sonnier; Arnold Martinez; Stephen Bowman; Pat Turk; Waddie Stringo
June 6: Justin Osborn; Randall Goode; Andrea Neill; Connie Rowney
June 7: Sarah Sonnier; Crystal Bullock; Bertice Wiggin; Mike Gonzales
June 8: Homer DeLoach
June 9: Robert L. Gregory III; Jose N. Liguez; Nguyen N. Vu; Ken Finster
June 10: Valerie Adams
June 11: Doug Henderson
June 12: Rosa William; Lynn Rhodes; Cameron Klein; Michelle Rodriguez
June 13: Rachel Reed; Jeanine Bricker; Amanda Whitehead
June 14: Cortney Johnson; Harlen Terry; Ed Mouser
June 15: Tracy Sears; Carrie Reed; Lydia Rodriguez
June 16: Stanley Christy; Steve Rhyne
June 17: Jaime Soliz Jr.; Dorothy Fairchild; Brianna Weathersby
June 18: Bob Byers; Joyce Raby; Jordan Goldman
June 19: Gary McCauley; Irene Sorrow; Logan Ross Hobbs
June 20: Brian Gonzales

May 17-18    Warrior’s Weekend!

Thurs., May 23    Democrats Club
6:00 p.m.    IBC Community Room, Port Lavaca

Sat., May 25    Kids Fishing Tournament
9:00 a.m.    King Fisher Beach Pier, Port O’Connor

Sat., May 25    Kite Flying Contest
1:00 p.m.    Registration starts at Noon. King Fisher Beach

Sat., May 25    POCSA Bar-B-Q Cook-Off
11:00 a.m.    Serving starts. King Fisher Beach

Sun., May 26    Chicken Dinner
11:00 a.m.    St. Patrick Church in Seadrift

Mon., May 27    Memorial Day

Fri., May 31    Friday Night Youth
7:00-10:00 p.m.    Fisherman’s Chapel, Port O’Connor

Sat., June 1    Lost Pelican Flea Market
9:00-3:00    109 E. Broadway Ave., Seadrift

Sat., June 1    Port Lavaca Market Days
8:00-3:00    Bauer Community Center Parking Lot

Mon., June 3    Cooking With Seafood
6:00 p.m.    Bauer Exhibit Bldg., Fairgrounds, Port Lavaca

Tues., June 4    Seadrift City Council
7:00 p.m.    Seadrift City Hall

Tues., June 4    Bunco
7:00 p.m.    POC Community Center Meeting Room

Wed., June 5    CCISD Baccalaureate
7:00 p.m.

Thurs., June 6    Port O’Connor Service Club
10:00 a.m.    Port O’Connor Community Center

Fri., June 7    Graduation – Hope High School
6:00 p.m.

Fri., June 7    Graduation – Calhoun High School
8:00 p.m.

June 10-13    Vacation Bible School
9:00-Noon    First Baptist Church, Port O’Connor

Tues., June 13    Summer Reading Program Begins
10:00-11:00 am    Port O’Connor Library

Fri., June 14    Flag Day

June 14 & 15    Shrimpfest
Bayfront in Seadrift

Sun., June 16    Father’s Day

Thurs., June 20    Friends of Port O’Connor Library Meeting
2:00 p.m.    Port O’Connor Community Center

AA meets each Saturday night at 7 p.m. at First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Port O’Connor.
POC Lions Club meets the second Wednesday of each month, 12 Noon, at Cathy’s Restaurant
Commissioner’s Court meets the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month at 10 a.m., 1st Floor of the Court House, Port Lavaca.
Crossroads Astronomy Club meets at 7:00 p.m., third Mondays, at U of H, Victoria, Room 223 info: wes81461@yahoo.com 935-2016
Calhoun County Quilt Guild meets the first Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. at the Fairgrounds Exhibit Building.
Open Arms (Families Surviving Infant Loss) meets every third Tuesday at Central Church of Christ, 801 E. Airline, Victoria, from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

Calhoun County Democratic Club meets the last Thursday of the month at IBC Bank, Port Lavaca, at 5:30 p.m.

Calhoun County Conservative Club meets 2nd Tuesday each month, 11:00 a.m. at the Heritage Center in Port Lavaca

CASA (Christians Against Substance Abuse) meets each Thursday from 7-8 p.m. Call 361-652-7451 for meeting place.

Friday Night Youth every Friday except the first Friday of each month, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., Fisherman’s Chapel, Port O’Connor

First Baptist Youth Group (Port O’Connor) meets every Wednesday night from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Grades 7th – 12th

POC Sports Association meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at POC Community Center.

National Alliance on Mental Illness (N.A.M.I.) meets 3rd Monday each month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Parkway Church, Victoria. Support group meets at Laurent Towers fountain from 6-8 p.m., 2nd and 4th Tuesdays each month.

Everyone in Port O’Connor will have a chance to greet and thank over 500 heroes plus family members from all over the United States on the 18th of May as they arrive at Froggie’s Bait Dock around 9:00 a.m. Puerto Rico will even be represented this year. Once again, our donors and volunteers have stepped up and have allowed us the honor and privilege of inviting so many heroes this year. Not only are we bringing new heroes to Port O’Connor this year, but so many previous attendees want to come back that we will have approximately 25 flights into Houston Bush Airport on the 16th and 17th of May. The balance of the heroes will arrive by charter bus from Ft. Hood and Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC). Again, the goal of Warrior’s Weekend is to touch as many of these heroes’ lives as we can. We know that Warrior’s Weekend makes a difference.

Most of the heroes will arrive in POC on the evening of the 17th, get settled into lodging and then be taken to the POC Community Center for a great fish fry with entertainment. After that meal, they can stay for the entertainment or go night fishing at The Sanctuary, which has so graciously offered up their beautiful locale for this part of the weekend. After midnight, those fishing will return to their lodging and rest up for the big day on Saturday, the 18th. With this great number, making it the largest event of its kind anywhere in the world, comes new demands. We are in need of volunteers to take those heroes out on the morning of the 18th. If you can offer up your boat, fishing equipment, drinks (no alcohol) and, most of all, your time, we need you. Please contact Kelly Parks at kelly-parks@att.net (361-550-4296), Russell Hofer at crhfour@yahoo.com (361-920-3321) or myself, Ron Kocian, at ron_kocian@hotmail.com (361-550-0187) to register your boat for the day. If you have been with us before, you still need to register for this year, as we have to be certain we have the boats we need.

After fishing on Saturday, the 18th, all of their fish will be weighed and cleaned by our volunteers. The heroes will be honored at a barbecue/awards dinner back at the Community Center and then they can either go back to their lodgings or play Texas Hold’Em for prizes. On Sunday morning, those staying overnight with us will have breakfast with us and then return home.

On display again this year will be a sand sculpture to honor the heroes, which I understand will outdo last year’s. I can’t imagine how. Also, one flag will be placed in the ground to honor each life lost in the War on Terror in the Warrior’s Weekend Field of Tribute. I think that number is over 6,500, unfortunately.

We want to thank all the good folks of Calhoun County/Port O’Connor who have been great to us for now going on seven years. It is a great partnership and a tribute to you all. If more of you would like to become involved, and we certainly need more boats, please go to our website www.warriorsweekend.org and contact any one of us. See you in May. Come, love on a hero.

The flag flies at last year’s Warrior’s Weekend. -Photo by Donnie Martin

Thursday, May 9: Members of Combat Marines Outdoors are returning to Seadrift! They will be escorted into town by Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Seadrift Police, and the Patriot Riders.

These remarkable veterans represent a group of severely wounded Marines, Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Navy Corpsmen and will be here for the annual fishing weekend hosted by Cliburn Ranch.

If you would like to welcome and show your appreciation for all the sacrifices of these warriors, please join us on the highway Thursday, May 9 between noon and 12:30 p.m.

For questions, please call 785-5441.
-Mary Hodges

Here it is for all you crawfish lovers, this is your festival! The Port O’Connor Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the first annual Crawfish Festival and Crawfish Cook-Off at King Fisher Beach and Park on May 4, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. There will be live music throughout the day, food, drink and craft vendors. Many local organizations may have booths there as well.

There will be a Crawfish Boil Cook Off contest, a Crawfish eating contest, and Wild Card Category (any other type of dish with crawfish). This is a family friendly event that will have many things for everyone to do including children’s activities. So mark the date on your calendar now and make plans to spend your Cinco de Mayo at the POC Crawfish Festival and Cook Off.

Proceeds from this event will go toward King Fisher Beach improvement projects. Your support is vital to the success of this festival. Whether a sponsor, vendor, cook off participant, volunteer or attendee, everyone will have lots of fun. Oh by the way I did say volunteer…if you would like to be involved, we would love to have your help. Our contact information is listed below; just shoot us an email or call Donna Pyle at 979-966-3485 and I will sign you up.

If you are interested in participating in the Cook off, forms may be picked up from POC Rods & Guns or contact dmp3485@tisd.net or natrookh@gmail.com and we can email the forms to you.

If you are interested in having a vendor booth space, food, crafts, or business space, contact dmp3485@tisd.net or natrookh@gmail.com. We can email or mail the forms to you or you may pick them up from POC Rods and Guns.

-Donna Pyle