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December 4, 2009

Community full of holiday spirit



Southeast Texans are generous all year round, but the spirit seems to multiply around the holidays.

Ora Guillory met a Port Arthur woman still struggling with hardship from hurricanes and fire. Guillory hopes readers will help brighten her holidays. She needs furniture and clothing.

‘I don’t know her. I’m willing to help,” Guillory said,

For more information, call Guillory at 365-3310.

Here’s another example of community spirit:



Melissa Myers benefit

Friends and family of Melissa Myers are cooking up concerts, an auction and a party to benefit her expenses from breast cancer.

The event will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. at the United Steel Workers Union Hall, Port Neches Avenue at 8th Street, Port Neches.

A live auction for a trip for two to Las Vegas will be part of the fun. Robert Frith will play from 1 to 3 p.m. and C.J. Johnson will play from 3 to 5 p.m.



Lamar Civic Orchestra opens second season

Music is in the air. The Lamar Civic Orchestra’s second season opens at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, with works by Herold, Britten, Respighi and Grainger. The free concert will be in the Lamar University Setzer Student Center Ballroom on the Beaumont campus off Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway.

For more information on the Lamar Civic Orchestra or the upcoming concert, visit lamar.edu/music or call (409) 880-8144.

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