The Port O’Connor Lions Club has set 6:00 p.m., Thursday, December 8th as the date for their upcoming Christmas Party to be held at the Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Church in Port O’Connor. Members are to bring a gift for exchange in the amount of $10. and a covered dish.

On Saturday, November 19th, the Lions Club held a Bake Sale under the direction of Chairman of Fundraising, Jim Butler. Thanks to Jim and his Wife, Linda, who worked hard to put the Bake Sale on and utilized the help of other club members who baked goods for the successful affair. The POC Lions Club would like to thank all those who participated in the baking of goods, purchasing of the items, plus those who made donations. Also, thanks to Marie Richter for making all the phone calls to Club members. We appreciate you.

The POC Lions Club would also like to wish everyone a Safe and Happy Holiday Season!!

For more information or any questions concerning the POC Lions Club, please contact Leah Griffin, President at 361-983-2671 or Joyce Jordan, Vice President @ 361-655-7999.

The Heritage Center, 2104 W. Austin, Port Lavaca, TX. and Sterling Griffith will present the The Country Opry Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, Show starts 7:00 p.m. Admission $4.00 donation. Chopped Steak dinner served from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. for $6.00 donation.

Proceeds benefit the Calhoun County Senior Citizens.

For information call (361) 552-3350.

I ate too much turkey,
I ate too much corn,
I ate too much pudding and pie.
I’m stuffed up with muffins,
and much too much stuffin’,
I’m probably going to die.

I piled up my plate
and I ate and I ate,
but I wish I had known when to stop,
for I’m so crammed with yams,
sauces, gravies, and jams
that my buttons are starting to pop.

I’m full of tomatoes
and french fried potatoes,
my stomach is swollen and sore,
but there’s still some dessert,
so I guess it won’t hurt
if I eat just a little bit more.

Tues., Nov. 29 Christmas Tree Lighting
6:30 p.m. Bayfront Peninsula in Port Lavaca

Tues., Nov. 29 Siren Testing in Seadrift

Wed., Nov. 30 Enchanted Christmas Tree Lighting
6:30 p.m. Faye Sterling Park, Port Lavaca

Thurs., Dec. 1 Port O’Connor Service Club
10:00 a.m. Back room of POC Community Center

Thurs., Dec. 1 Festival of Lights Parade
6:30 p.m. Port Lavaca

Thurs., Dec. 1 YMCA Christmas Gala at Tropical Home Furnishings, Downtown

Fri., Dec. 2 Seniors’ Christmas Luncheon
10:30 a.m. Port O’Connor Community Center

Fri., Dec. 2 Blood Drive
8:00 a.m.-12:30 County Offices, 211 S. Ann, Port Lavaca

Fri., Dec. 2 Live Nativity Scene
6:30-8:30 Bayfront Peninsula, Port Lavaca

Sat., Dec. 3 Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk
8:00 a.m. Seadrift Bay Front

Sat., Dec. 3 Lighted Boat Parade
6:30 p.m. Port O’Connor on the Intracoastal Canal

Sat., Dec. 3 Refreshments at First National Bank Seadrift
5:15 p.m. Music Provided by Seadrift Community Choir

Sat., Dec. 3 Christmas Tree Lighting
6:00 p.m. First National Bank Seadrift

Sat., Dec. 3 Christmas on Main Street
12:00-4:00 Downtown Port Lavaca

Sun., Dec. 4 Seadrift Community Choir
9:00 a.m. St. Patrick Catholic Church
6:00 p.m. First Assembly of God

Dec. 5-11 Victoria Christmas Pageant
Northside Baptist Church, 578-1568

Tues., Dec. 6 The Country Opry
7:00 p.m. The Heritage Center, Port Lavac (Dinner at 6:00)

Tues., Dec. 6 Tree of Angels
7:00 p.m. Bauer Community Center

Tues., Dec. 6 Seadrift City Council
7:00 p.m. Seadrift City Hall

Wed., Dec. 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Wed., Dec. 7 Seadrift Community Choir
6:00 p.m. Trinity Shores Retirement Center

Tues., Dec. 6 Bunco Christmas Party
7:00 p.m. Call Shirley Gordon for information, 983-4365.

Thurs., Dec. 8 Holiday Open House
5:00-7:00 p.m. County Extension Office, 186 CR 101, PL

Thurs., Dec. 8 POC Lions Club Christmas Party
6:00 p.m. First Baptist Fellowship Hall

Thurs., Dec. 8 POC MUD Board Meeting
7:00 p.m. MUD Office, 39 Denman Drive

Fri., Dec. 9 Seadrift Community Choir
2:00 p.m. Seadrift School

Sat., Dec. 10 Pancake Breakfast/Photos with Santa
8:30-11:00 a.m. Seadrift School

Sat., Dec. 10 Candlelight Ceremony
6:00 p.m. Seadrift Cemetery

Sun., Dec. 11 Seadrift Community Choir
11:00 a.m. First United Methodist Church, Seadrift
6:00 p.m. First Baptist Church, Seadrift

Sun., Dec. 11 Christmas Party and “Birthday Bash”
6:00 p.m. First Baptist Church, POC, Fellowship Hall

Dec. 12-16 School singing at FNB Seadrift

Mon., Dec. 12 POC Chamber Community Christmas Party
6:30 p.m. Port O’Connor Community Center

Mon., Dec. 12 Calhoun High School Concert
7:00 p.m. CHS Auditorium

Dec. 15 & 16 POC Christmas Light Judging

Fri., Dec. 16 Open House with School Choir Singing
11:00 a.m. First National Bank, Port O’Connor

Fri., Dec. 16 Friday Night Youth
7:00-10:00 p.m. Fisherman’s Chapel, Port O’Connor

Sun., Dec. 18 Fisherman’s Chapel Christmas Party 6:00 p.m.

Wed., Dec. 21 Christmas Caroling through Port O’Connor

In the program ‘Carrying the News: The Postal System of the Republic,’ the Washington on the Brazos State Historic Site invites you to stop and take a rest from the trail and join them for a look at communications and the early postal system of the Republic of Texas Dec. 17. Park staff will bring this oft-overlooked part of our history to life through firsthand accounts and reproduction props. Try your hand at using a quill pen and handmade walnut ink, just like our forefathers did over one hundred and seventy years ago. You may come to appreciate the dangerous and solitary life of the frontier mail courier, as well as the convenience of today’s communication systems. For more information visit the state historical site’s site at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/calendar/history/carrying-the-news-communication-and-the-postal-system-in-the-republic