Citizens of the Week at Port O’Connor School

Week ending February 16: PreK- Helios Ochoa; K- Blaklei Ruddick; 1st- Marcos Blanco; 2nd- Abygail Gonzales; 3rd- Gracie O’Sheilds; 4th- Brodie Riley; 5th- Zachary Meldrum
Week ending February 23: PreK- Abigail Gutierrez; K-Joseph Null; 1st- Addi Ruddick; 2nd- Audrey Rhoads; 3rd- Leland Carriles; 4th- Anthony Flores; 5th- Keegan Short
Week ending March 2: PreK- Charlie O’Shields; K- Camren Hime; 1st- Haiden Dean; 2nd- Waylon Thomas; 3rd- Brayson Thumann; 4th- Derek Tausch; 5th- McKenna Guevara
Week ending March 9: PreK- Jameson Washburn; K- Reid Thomas; 1st- Clara Stryker; 2nd- Caiden Hobbs; 3rd- Nicholas Ragusin; 4th- Lyric Lopez; 5th- Antonio Gloria

Fri., March 23: Gospel/Country Music Fundraiser
6:00 pm Meal – 7:00-9:00 pm Music – The Heritage Center, 2104 W. Austin, Port Lavaca

Sat., March 24    Easter Egg Decorating – 10:-Noon    Port O’Connor Library

Sat., March 24    CCA Banquet – 361-983-4690    POC Community Center

March 28-April 1    Revival – 7:00 pm    Fisherman’s Chapel, Port O’Connor

Sat., March 31    Easter Egg Hunt 2:00 pm    First Baptist Church, Port O’Connor

Sun., April 1    Easter Sunrise Service 7:00 am    King Fisher Beach, Port O’Connor

Mon., April 2    Intercoastal 4-H Club Meeting – 6:00 pm    POC School Library

Tues., April 3    Seadrift City Council Meeting – 7:00 pm    Seadrift City Hall

Tues., April 3    Bunco – 7:00 pm    Port O’Connor Community Center

April 5 & 19    Port O’Connor Service Club – 10:00 am    POC Community Center

Sat., April 7    Roll Off Container for POCID Customers

Mon., April 9    Port O’Connor Chamber of Commerce – 6:30 pm    Port O’Connor Community Center

Sat., April 14    Family Fun Day – 9:00-3:00    King Fisher Beach, Port O’Connor

Mon., April 16    Warrior’s Weekend Volunteer Meeting – 6:00 pm    Cathy’s Restaurant, POC

Doyle Adams presents Kelly Gee with the Citizen of the Year Award at the Sweetheart Banquet,

Nine years ago, Kelly’s husband, David Walker, brought her to Port O’Connor, a place he had been visiting since 1984. Enjoying the hometown feel of this little community, they decided to make it their home. Kelly’s son and daughter-in-law live elsewhere, but her grandson, who she describes as “perfect”, loves to come visit every chance he gets.

Since settling here, Kelly has been involved in many community projects and activities. She is a member of the Port O’Connor Service Club, on the Board of the POC Community Center, a Friends of the POC Library Committee member, and a member of the Boggy Improvement Committee.

At most any community event, you will find Kelly and David among the workers. For a number of years they have helped with various projects at Fisherman’s Chapel, and are now helping to build the new Cowboy Fellowship of Port Lavaca.

Kelly has spent several years on the Port O’Connor Benevolence Fund’s Thanksgiving and Christmas Baskets team, an outreach that requires a lot of manpower. And she volunteers for Warrior’s Weekend, a cause she is passionate about.

A few years ago, Kelly joined the Dolphin Talk team, and has been a great asset to it. When not helping around the community, she enjoys her chickens, her garden, fishing, reading, and visiting family and friends.