May 20-21    Warrior’s Weekend

Sat., May 28    Kids Fishing Tournament 9:00 am King Fisher Beach Port O’Connor

Sat., May 28    Kite Flying Contest 1:00 pm King Fisher Beach Port O’Connor

Thurs., June 2    Port O’Connor Service Club 10:00 am POC Community Center

Sat., June 4    Martin DeLeon Historical Marker Dedication 10:00 am    Bauer Ag Building, Calhoun County Fairgrounds

Sat., June 4    Roll-off Bin for POCID customers 8:00-2:00    16th & Harrison

June 6-9        Vacation Bible School 9:00-12:00    First Baptist Church, Port O’Connor

Tues., June 7    Seadrift City Council 7:00 pm Seadrift City Hall

Tues., June 7    Bunco 7:00 pm POC Community Center

June 10-12 & 16-19    “The Jungle Book” Port Lavaca Main Street Theatre 361-552-4082; 361-649-6116

Fri., June 10    Deadline for June issue of Dolphin Talk

Sat., June 11    ABC Fishing Tournament 361-572-0299; kristi@abcmidcoast.org

Sun., June 12    Paddle Bayucos Island 8:00 am Allan Berger 713-829-2852

Mon., June 13    Port O’Connor Chamber of Commerce 6:30 pm POC Community Center

June 17-18    Shrimpfest Seadrift Bay Front

June 20-24    Vacation Bible School 5:00-7:30 pm    Port Lavaca First United Methodist Church

Sat., June 25    Friends of POC Library Annual Meeting 9:00 am  First Baptist Church, Port O’Connor

Week ending April 8: PreK- Dalton Fowler; K- Audrey Rhoads; 1st- Leland Carriles; 2nd- Lyric Lopez; 3rd- Hagen Rhoads; 4th- Ayden Brown; 5th- Ethan Redding

Week ending April 15: PreK- Marcos Blanco; K- Bradley Eure; 1st- Grace Brown; 2nd- Byron Ferrell; 3rd- Keegan Short; 4th- Matthew Stapp; 5th- Damian Guzman

Week Ending April 22: PreK- Avery Gosnell; K- Kobe Guzman; 1st- Brayson Thumann; 2nd- Alex Lopez; 3rd- Christopher Richter; 4th- Aislin Guzman; 5th- Hunter Williams

Week ending April 29: PreK- Addilynn Ruddick; K- Abygail Gonzales; 1st- Dane Spencer; 2nd- Lyric Lopez; 3rd- McKenna Guevara; 4th- Kyle Doggett; 5th- Leah Lucey

Week ending May 6: PreK- Riley Pagel; K- Laela Aranda; 1st- Shaneesa Mallory; 2nd- Cole Spicak; 3rd- Antonio Gloria; 4th- Dylan Ramirez; 5th- Damian Guzman

Week ending May 13: PreK- Madden Guervara; K- Landy Resendiz; 1st- Nicholas Ragusin; 2nd- Emily Ferrell; 3rd- Alex Mallory; 4th- Sergio Sanchez; 5th- Gage Spencer

Week ending April 15:  PreK- Victoria Spencer; K- Lamar Williams & Jordan Willis; 1st- Alaina Morgan & Matilyn Gibson; 2nd- Kingston Cady & Kyle Staggs; 3rd- Jasmin Banda & Hannah Freeman; 4th- Eric Anzaldua & Mia Salazar; 5th- Tim Pham & Kathy Huerta  Junior High: Henderson- Mrs. Wehmeyer; Cady- Jasmine Guthrie; Parnell- Isaac Turner; Anderson- Maritza Jaramillo; Sternadel- Lysette Estrada; Charnetski- Brandon Smith; Lillge- Jamie Martinson

Week ending April 22: PreK- Audrey Scroggins; K- Saige Carter & Anna Nguyen; 1st- Clay Brumfield & Hunter McGill; 2nd- Layla Myers & Jaxson Key; 3rd- Robbie Mayo & Derrick Youngblood; 4th- BreAnn Kelley & Morgan Russell; 5th- Creasie Gohlke & Ryan Cain  Junior High: Henderson- Jasmine Guthrie; Cady- Cassandra Casas; Parnell- Ehtan Mikolas; Anderson- Jordan Blevins; Sternadel- Jessie Lashley; Charnetski- Dylan Cameron; Lillge- Harley Peeler

Week ending April 29: PreK– Jaidyn Hernandez; K- Brylie Penney & Marcus Moncrief; 1st- Dusty Waghorne & Kayden Garza; 2nd- Matthew Morgan & Jada Dean; 3rd-  Francis Hoang & Ethan Saenz; 4th- Trinity Morgan & Mileidy Anzaldua; 5th- Luis Casas-Munoz & Eda Gilliland  Junior High: Henderson- Dustin Miller; Cady- Mrs. R. Cady; Parnell- Danny Munoz; Anderson- Cassandra Vallejo; Sternadel- Ivin Vazquez; Charnetski- Mrs. Henderson; Lillge- Keaton Cady

Week ending May 6:  PreK- Gavin Gonzalez; K- Layla Banda & Emmett Gilliland; 1st- Brice Petrisky & Ashton Sternadel; 2nd- Mia Morales & Jeremiah Mayorga; 3rd- Brilee Crittenden & Kaedyn Floyd; 4th- Rhiannon James & Penelope Wymer; 5th- Chris Boyce & Nate Saenz  Junior High: Henderson- Jason Nguyen; Cady- Jacob Ruiz; Parnell- Dylan Beaver; Anderson- Autumn Key; Sternadel- Jessie Lashley; Charnetski- Amber Rodriguez; Lillge- Zoey Henning

Week ending May 13: PreK- Jaidyn Hernandez; K- Mallory Vannoy & Jordan Willis; 1st- Callum Taylor & Briley Clark; 2nd- Logyn Middaugh & Emma Lancaster; 3rd- John Jacobs & Destiny Starkweather; 4th- Phillip Vazquez & Cruz Mayorga; 5th- Zayda Estrada & Isabella Arriaga  Junior High: Henderson- Karime Castillo; Cady- Faith Peeler; Parnell- Antone Nguyen; Anderson- Joel Zarate; Sternadel- Trenton Goodman; Charnetski-  20015-20016 8th Grade Class; Lillge- Shelby Cady

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; Stephanie Smolik; James Santoff; Stephanie Smolik

May 27: Michelle Finster; Freddie Hawes; Gail Cleaver; 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 Novak; Leanne Patillo; Tucker Sonnier; Arnold Martinez; Stephen Bowman; Waddie Stringo

June 6: Justin Osborn, Randall Goode; Audrey Neill; Connie Rowney

June 7: Sarah Williams; 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: Rahcel 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.; Brianna Weathersby

The 4th Annual Crawfish Fest & Cookoff will be held on Saturday, April 30th. This event has become the major fund raiser for the Chamber of Commerce, and has been a huge success in the past. Each year, it gets bigger and better! Without this event, the Chamber would not have been able to fund the new pavilion on King Fisher Park. Funds from the continuing Festival will go toward continuing improvements for our community.

Starting at 10:00 am, gates will open to the public with lots of food, crafts, live entertainment, kids activities, horseshoe tournament, and other contests. Along with our great raffle items, the Chamber will include two HUGE raffle items, that will carry through until our Fireworks Display for drawing. One, a beautiful ‘Seascape” King size quilt, and other, a Core AR15/scout. Raffle tickets for these items can be purchased for $5 or 5/$20.

Of course the cook-off itself is a huge success, with awards for a Bloody Mary contest, best decorated booth, and this year we will have a People’s Choice Award. Visitors can purchase a wristband for $20, and receive five voting tokens. With the wristband, you can sample cooker’s crawfish, and vote on your favorite. The Chamber will also be selling Crawfish plates for $20, which will include 3 lbs of crawfish, corn and potatoes. And if you don’t like crawfish, there will be plenty of local food vendors.

Admission will be $2 for all adults and children six and under are free. Great Cajun entertainment with Boudreau Zydeco band, will be opening and closing for our local Tom Dorn and the Seadrifters. You can’t go anywhere and have this much fun, all on the front beach of Port O’Connor!! SEE YOU THERE!!

POC 4TH ANNUAL CRAWFISH FEST & COOKOFF SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

7-10 AM: Vendor & Cooker Check-in & Setup

10 AM Open to Public

11:00 AM – Kids Games begin

11:30 AM: Crawfish served until sold out

12-2 PM: Boudreau Cajun Zydeco Music

12:30 PM: Bloody Mary Contest Judging

12:00 PM: Horseshoe Tourney Registration

1 PM Horseshoe Tournament

2 PM Boiled Crawfish Judging

2:30-4:30 PM: Tom Dorn & the Sea Drifters

3 PM Best Side Dish Judging

4 PM People’s Choice Turned In

4:30PM Crawfish Eating Contest

5 PM Awards Announced

5-7 PM: Boudreau Cajun Zydeco Music