Every Saturday    Friends of Bill W
7:00 pm        POC Baptist Fellowship Hall
Every Wed.    Coffee and Conversation
8:00-9:00 am    POC Library Multipurpose Room
Every Thurs.     POC Bridge Club
1:00.-3:00 pm    POC Library Multipurpose Room
Every Friday:     Mahjongg
1:00-3:00 pm    POC Library Multipurpose Room
Seadrift Market Days
Last Saturday of Every Month
Sat., Aug. 20    Environmental Issues Forum
2:00-5:00 pm    Port Lavaca VFW
Wed., Aug. 24    TEAM KIDS
5:30-7:00 pm    First Baptist Church, Port O’Connor
Thurs., Aug. 25    Community Center Fundraiser
6:00 pm        POC Community Center
Thurs., Sept. 1    POC Service Club
10:00 am    POC Community Center
Thurs., Sept. 1    Republican Club
6:00 pm        Port Lavaca VFW Hall
Sat., Sept. 3    Free Hot Dogs
Given by First Baptist Church, King Fisher Beach
Mon., Sept. 5    Labor Day
Tues., Sept. 6    Democratic Club
6:00 pm        Calhoun County Library, Port Lavaca
Sat., Sept. 10    Farmer’s Market
8:00-Noon    King Fisher Beach
Tues., Sept. 13    Hooked on Books Club
2:00 pm       alanehaardt@yahoo.com
Thurs., Sept. 15    POC Service Club
10:00 am    Port O’Connor Community

Arnold Martinez and Lynda Hughes and Michelle Davis tied for most patriotic in the POC Chamber’s 4th of July Parade.

Fun on the 4th of July…
WOW!! Port O’ Connor knows how to celebrate the fourth of July!! The weekend started on Saturday, July 2nd with a Ribbon Cutting for our own Dawn Ragusin at her new art studio, Studio 14. Dawn serves as our Vice-President, and we are very proud to support her in this new endeavor. Congratulations to the POC fire department on the Fireman’s 4 race/walk and the barbeque lunch. It looked like a good steady crowd throughout the day and the food was delicious. We had numerous vendors and food trucks down at the Kingfisher Beach supplying cold drinks and snow cones. The beach was lined up with tents, chairs and folks enjoying the day. The day concluded with a spectacular fireworks show that could be seen for miles. A huge thank you to our sponsors and volunteers for your generous contributions and time.

On Monday, July 4th we held our first Fourth of July parade which started on old main and headed up to Park Drive and then over to Washington and back to old Main. Congratulations to Arnold Martinez “Elvis” and Lynda Hughes and Michelle Davis “Balloon Extravaganza” who tied for most patriotic. Thank you to Judge Nancy Pomykal “Lady Liberty” for serving as our Grand Marshall and the POC fire department for leading the way. We hope attendees and spectators enjoyed the parade and hope to make it bigger and better next year.

We welcome our new and renewing members for this month, Port O’ Connor Country Club Condominiums Association and Kenneth Gregory Guide Service. It is not too late to join the chamber for 2022. Business memberships have been discounted to $50 through the end of the year.

Remember to visit the calendar to stay up to date on all the local events. https://business.portoconnorchamber.com/events/calendar

2022 Miss Shrimpfest Court

Miss Shrimpfest – McKenna Guevera
Jr. Miss Shrimpfest – Jai’Lynn Boots
Young Miss Shrimpfest – Braylee Wooldridge
Little Mister Shrimpfest – Dawson James Smith
Little Miss Shrimpfest – Nova Moore
Tiny Mr. Shrimpfest – Xander Gene Estates
Teeny Miss Shrimpfest – Kaylee Wooldridge
Baby Mr. Shrimpfest – Zander Garcia
Baby Miss Shrimpfest – Fallon Amerson

5K By the Bay
1st Justin Ramirez
2nd Tesia Gonzales
3rd Braxten Koenning
Thank you, Evolution Tactical Combatives for hosting this year’s 5K by the Bay! -Photo by Kenneth Reese

Miss BayRat Grant Gray and Caitlynn Davenport as
“Pete Gray and his escort Becky”

Washers Team Recon
Horseshoes Pitches be Crazy
Poker Run Darrell Walden
Golf Cart Scavenger Hunt
Taylor Carter, Madison Carter, Mia Salazar, Caitlynn Davenport and Emily DeLaGarza

Cornhole
Josiah Campos and Jayce Campos
-Photo by Kenneth Reese

2022 Seadrift Shrimpfest Fishing Tournament

1st Place Stringer – Big Red – Ripple/Harger team
2nd place stringer – Marek/Ondreas team
3rd place stringer – Wagenfehr/Wagenfehr team

A special thank you to Danny Spears for the purchase of the 2022 Seadrift Shrimpfest shrimp boots.

Bobby & Tina Garner
Enjoying Shrimpfest

United with a common goal, fueled by their camaraderie, and willing to face any danger, the Port O’Connor Volunteer Fire Department is ready to serve.

Each of its twenty-six members are dedicated volunteers. Their chief, Nathan O’Neill, is committed as well.

Eight of the twenty-six volunteers are EMS certified. All of them follow America’s long-held tradition of volunteerism. In fact, 2022 is the Department’s 70th year of service!

Their annual fundraiser held on July 2nd was to raise funds to replace the chassis on their rescue truck. A four-mile run called Fireman 4 Race was held on July 2nd as well. Proceeds from the Fireman 4 Race go towards the purchase of gear for the firemen.

Fire Chief Nathan O’Neill

POC VFD Member Roster
Nathan O’Neill- Fire Chief
Jason Stryker- Asst. Fire
Chief
Gary Crone, Jr- Captain
Troy Beaudry- Captain
John Dufner, Jr- Lieutenant
Padon Sterling- Lieutenant
Jana Gregory- Secretary
Treasurer
Leslie Morris- Asst. Medical
Director
Jenny O’Neill
Colton Hummel
Bobby Smith
Jack Schuhmacher
Ronnie Carriles, Jr
Clay Wiatrek
Kati Newton
Jackie Lovett
Mike Monnig
Chuck Eilers
Troy Wrygrys
Jeremy Helms
Robert Brown
Forrest Marlin
Michelle Marlin
Jeremy Thumann

On Saturday, July 2, the Port O’Connor Volunteer Fire Department held their annual BBQ Dinner. Shown here, Jeanine Pagel hands barbecue plates to a purchaser/donor in the drive-thru line.
-Photo by Jessica Diercks