Drake Dyes of Port O’Connor Elementary took first place, Category I, in the Calhoun Air Center Art Contest with his entry, pictured above.

Calhoun County Airport (KPKV) is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Calhoun Air Center Art Contest winners. The winners and family gathered at Calhoun County Airport on Saturday, November 20th for the local Art Contest’s Awards Ceremony. Entries in three age groups were judged the week prior by the Port Lavaca Art Guild. First, second, third place and two honorable mentions were chosen in each age group. The 2012 theme was “Silent Flight.”

“This year’s art contest theme, Silent Flight, gave the students a lot of latitude as to what they could base their submissions on, and the artwork that they came up with was truly impressive,” said FBO manager, Steve Plunkett. “Everything from serene hot air balloon landscapes to comic book styled scenes was present and I look forward to seeing how they do at the state level.”

The fifteen winners were awarded art kits and prizes specific to aviation. The airport’s local art contest is structured around The Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) International Aviation Art Contest.

All of the 2011 entries will be submitted to the 2012 Texas Kid’s Aviation Art Calendar Contest which is designed to motivate and encourage children to study aeronautics, engineering and science. Each child will receive a participation certificate from TxDOT Aviation Division in spring 2012. Winners compete at a state, national and international level. Calhoun Air Center has submitted over 700 entries in the past three years from Calhoun County students.

The winners of the TxDOT International Aviation Art Contest will be announced by February 2012; winning contestants along with their family and teacher are invited to TxDOT’s Texas Aviation banquet which will be held on March 29, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. at the Moody Gardens Hotel in Galveston, Texas. Following the state-level contest, winners will have their entries sent to be judged nationally.

For more info, video and photos please visit: www.CalhounAirCenter.com

Will Ragusin of Travis Middle School was awarded first place in Category II.

Maria Celeste Reyes of Travis Middle School was awarded first place in Category III.

3rd Annual Calhoun Air Center Art Contest Winners

Category I, Junior, Age 6 – 9:

First place: Drake Dyes, Port O’Connor Elementary
Second place: Rene Griffith, Jackson Roosevelt Elementary
Third place: Kristen Pham, Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic School
Honorable Mention: Jonathan Garcia, HJM Elementary
Honorable Mention: Jenny Pham, Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic School

Category II, Intermediate, Age 10 – 13:

First place: Will Ragusin, Travis Middle School
Second place: Michael Sanchez, Travis Middle School
Third place: Kieran Garcia, Jackson Roosevelt Elementary
Honorable Mention: Jocelyn Garcia, Travis Middle School
Honorable Mention: Rudy Aleman, Travis Middle School

Category III, Senior, Age 10 – 17

First place: Maria Celeste Reyes, Travis Middle School
Second place: Angel Navarrete, Calhoun High School
Third place: Brandon Sainz, Calhoun High School
Honorable Mention: Tori Amador, Calhoun High School
Honorable Mention: Rudy Flores, Calhoun High School

Judges: Port Lavaca Art Guild: Nina Riley, Monique Morlan, Barbara Burkett and Gill Gilmore.

To find out more information please contact our publicist, Jasmine Gordon at 361-746-8846 or email her at jas@deitydesign.net

Cat. I, First Place, Drake Dyes

The art contest winners at the awards ceremony; Brandon Sainz, Angel Navarrete, Maria Celeste Reyes, Kieran Garcia, Drake Dyes, Rene Griffith, Kristen Pham, Jonathan Garcia and Jenny Pham. (All of the winners are not pictured.)

Many of you may be reading this while enjoying some Thanksgiving left-overs. We certainly hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day. So, now, it is already time to begin preparing for Christmas. In this issue of Dolphin Talk you will find many of the Christmas events scheduled in our area. Everything from parades to parties, to choral performances, to live nativity scenes is on the menu. All of these require much preparation and expense from volunteers throughout the community. We certainly appreciate their efforts and hope that you will attend and enjoy many of them.

Getting into the holiday spirit, many of you will be decorating your homes and businesses. If you live in Port O’Connor, be sure to enter the Chamber’s Lighting Contest.

Should you see and photograph an especially intriguing lighting display, or have a good photo of a Christmas event, please send us a copy by December 12. We may be able to print your photo in our December 16 Christmas issue.

I’ll be out and about at as many of the holiday events as possible, and I hope to see you there. And, while the spirit of Thanksgiving still lingers, may I say, “Thank you for reading Dolphin Talk!”

-Joyce Rhyne, Editor

Nov. 25: Allen Junek; Stephanie Gaines

Nov. 26: Evelyn Smith; Melissa Satterfield; Meredith Hawes

Nov. 27: Drew Vasquez; Tyler Anderson; Kirk Vossler

Nov. 28: Tyler Micjenka

Nov. 29: Becky Wilburn

Nov. 30: Roger Wooldridge

December 1: Ali Shoots; Biddie Hileman; Wayne Wooldridge; Joey Boatright; Jerry Osborn; Margaret Maxwell

Dec. 2: Jerry Satterfield; Nicholas Gonzales

Dec. 3: Jonathan Davenport; Leslie Farmer

Dec. 4: Tasha Jones

Dec. 5: Mark Stoddard Jr.; Alberta Lewis

Dec. 6: Arthur Vossler Jr.; Polly Cockerell; Patricia Mayhall; Mia Rodriguez

Dec. 7: Jenny Scott; Kimberly Melson; Andy Ovens

Dec. 8: Danny Cockerham

Dec. 9: Michelle Kempfer; Nicole Weaver Geffert; Bill Tigrett; Anslin Horton

Dec. 10: Dorothy Barnett Dec. 11: Jerry Elmore

Dec. 12: Rosa Mary Caddell; Danielle Gonzales

Dec. 13: Danny Carey; Russell Jones; Teresa Geffert

Dec. 14: John DeLeon; Lauren Tigrett

Dec. 15: Carol DeLoach; Bits Braudaway

Dec. 16: Marge Braudaway; Lisa Santhoff

Citizens of the Week at Port O’Connor School

Week ending November 11: PreK- Christopher Richter; Kindergarten- Kaitlyn Lashley; First Grade- Adalia Gossett; Second Grade- Amy Resendiz; Third Grade- Collin Branch; Fourth Grade- Clayton Maraggia; Fifth Grade- None

Students of the Week at Seadrift School

Week ending November 11: PreK, Mrs. Myers- Trevon Ragusin; K, Mrs. Kern- Jonathan Nguyen; 1st, Mrs. Christy- Nate Saenz; 1st, Ms. Stringham– Marisol Vallejo; 2nd, Miss Sistare- Angie Medina-Lima; 2nd, Mrs. Flisowski- Alex Chavez; 3rd, Mrs. Hons- Shaley Edwards; 3rd, Mrs. Petrisky- Mrs. Hons; 4th, Mrs. Gray- Joey Perez; 4th, Ms. Adams- Hunter Mitchell; 5th, Mrs. Canales- Kellie Blevins Junior High: Mrs. Henderson- Corey Cunningham; Mrs. Cady- Alexis Jaramillo; Ms. Parnell- Benny Torres; Coach Anderson- Torri Mikolas’ Coach Sternadel- Matthew Stringham; Mrs. Charnetski- Zoey Dierlam; Mrs. Smith- Victoria Reyes; Coach Lillge- Madison Bierschwale; Mrs. Rivera- Shelby Pritchard; Mrs. Beaver- Zoey Dierlam

Week ending November 18: PreK, Mrs. Myers- Natalie Hunt; K, Mrs. Kern- Rhiannon James; 1st, Mrs. Christy- Avery Carrera; 1st, Ms. Stringham- Allison Fowler; 2nd, Miss Sistare- Chris Boyce; 2nd, Mrs. Flisowski- Iliana Jaramillo; 3rd, Mrs. Hons- Matthan Morgan; 3rd, Mrs. Petrisky- Colin Carabajal; 4th, Mrs. Gray- Casey Wooldridge; 4th, Ms. Adams- Alyssa Reyna Junior High: Mrs. Henderson- Callie Wright; Mrs. Cady- Journi Huddler; Ms. Parnell- Caleb Aguilar; Coach Anderson- Dustin Nguyen; Coach Sternadel- Matthew Frazier; Mrs. Charnetski- Peter DeForest; Mrs. Smith- Zoey Dierlam; Coach Lillge- Ethan Nguyen; Mrs. Rivera- Marcus Carabjal; Mrs. Beaver- Mrs. R. Cady

The Seadrift Community Choir, under the direction of Nancy Childress, will again be gifting the community with their annual presentations of beautiful Christmas music.

The program includes: “Ye Shall Have a Song”; “O Come! O Come, Emmanuel”; “Where You There on That Christmas Night?”; “Upon the Mountain”; “Infant Holy”; “Christmas Glory Hallelujah”; and “Peace I Leave With You”.

There will be several opportunities to enjoy their performance at the following dates and locations:

December 3, 6:00 p.m.:
Lighting of the Community Christmas Tree at First National Bank, Seadrift

December 4, 9:00 a.m.: St. Patrick Catholic Church

December 4, 6:00 p.m.: First Assembly of God Church

December 7, 6:00 p.m.: Trinity Shores Retirement Center, Port Lavaca

December 9, 2:00 p.m.: Seadrift School

December 10, 6:00 p.m.: Community Memorial Service, Seadrift Cemetery

December 11, 11:00 a.m.: First United Methodist Church of Seadrift

December 11, 6:00 p.m.: First Baptist Church

Members of the Seadrift Community Choir are: Mary Kay Belter; Amy Boone; Frances Brown; Genevieve Bundy; Vickie Campbell; June Cantrell; Vi Colianni; Carolyn Cowan; Schuler DeBruin; Gina Fisher; Lisa Flores; Judy Gaines; Becky Gray; Karen Helms; Lynda Hunter; Joyce Kay; Sheralyn Maddux; Carolyn McCool; Joanne Mueller; Lynn Pfeifer; Stephanie Stiles; Caroline Tumlinson; and Geraldine Williams.