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• The Port Arthur Education Foundation Stars Banquet will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at the R.A. “Bob” Bowers Civic Center. Individual tickets $40. Registration deadline May 13. Register at www.portarthurtexas.com or call the Greater Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce at 963-1107.
• The Greater Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce Morning Business Connection will be from 7:30-9 a.m. Thursday, May 19, at McAlister’s Deli, 8393 Memorial Blvd.
• MCT Credit Union will host the Port Neches Chamber of Commerce Monthly Networking Coffee at 8 a.m., Thursday, May 19, at the business, 2736 Nall St., Port Neches. The business of the month is The Pompano Club.
• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a weight loss support group, meets 9-10 a.m. Friday, May 20, at the Groves Public Library, 5600 W. Washington Blvd. For information, contact Judy at409-548-1073
• The Port Arthur Little Theater presents its season finale, “The Foreigner,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 20, at the PALT Playhouse, 4701 Jimmy Johnson Blvd. Tickets may be purchased online at www.palt.org  or reservations can be made by calling (409) 727-PALT. Tickets are $11 for General Adults, $9 for Seniors/Military/Teachers, and $6 for students. The curtain opens at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
• Maritime Day observance to commemorate the loss of the SS Texaco Oklahoma, which broke apart and sank in heavy seas 45 years ago this past March, with 31 seamen losing their lives. A memorial service at 10 a.m. Friday, May 20, at the Seamen’s Memorial Sundial on Lakeshore Drive and a luncheon to follow will honor those Port Arthur residents and the other seamen of the Oklahoma.
• Greater Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting for Stripes convenience store and deli at 11 a.m. Friday, May 20, at the store, 3600 Jimmy Johnson Blvd. in Port Arthur. Prizes, giveaways. Sample fresh Mexican Food from Laredo Taco Co.
• Carol and Mike Hebert benefit 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at the Neches River Wheelhouse restaurant, 720 Lee Ave. in Port Neches. Silent auction, live auction, barbecue lunches, live music, 50/50 split the pot, chicken drop, door prizes, dunking booth, face painting, games for kids. Carol Hebert of Port Neches, wife of Port Arthur Police Officer Mike Hebert, is battling breast cancer. Donations may be made to Account No. 59432-1 at Neches Federal Credit Union. Write in memo line, “Mike and Carol Hebert.”
• The Port Arthur Little Theater presents its season finale, “The Foreigner,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at the PALT Playhouse, 4701 Jimmy Johnson Blvd. Tickets may be purchased online at www.palt.org  or reservations can be made by calling (409) 727-PALT. Tickets are $11 for General Adults, $9 for Seniors/Military/Teachers, and $6 for students. The curtain opens at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
• Jefferson County Singles Club, 7725 Green Ave. in Nederland, will feature Zydecane, 5-9 p.m. Sunday, May 22.
• The Port Arthur Little Theater presents its season finale, “The Foreigner,” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 22, at the PALT Playhouse, 4701 Jimmy Johnson Blvd. Tickets may be purchased online at www.palt.org  or reservations can be made by calling (409) 727-PALT. Tickets are $11 for General Adults, $9 for Seniors/Military/Teachers, and $6 for students. The curtain opens at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
• Port Neches-Groves High School graduation, 7 p.m. Thursday, May 26, Montagne Center, Beaumont.
• The Wicked Good Candle Company, located inside Holland House, 1205 Boston Ave., will hold a ribbon cutting with the Nederland chamber of Commerce at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 26.
• The Port Arthur Little Theater presents its season finale, “The Foreigner,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 27, at the PALT Playhouse, 4701 Jimmy Johnson Blvd. Tickets may be purchased online at www.palt.org  or reservations can be made by calling (409) 727-PALT. Tickets are $11 for General Adults, $9 for Seniors/Military/Teachers, and $6 for students. The curtain opens at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
• Bob Hope High School graduation, 6 p.m., Friday, May 27, 4301 32nd St.
• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a weight loss support group, meets 9-10 a.m. Friday, May 27, at the Groves Public Library, 5600 W. Washington Blvd. For information, contact Judy at409-548-1073
• The Port Arthur Little Theater presents its season finale, “The Foreigner,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 28, at the PALT Playhouse, 4701 Jimmy Johnson Blvd. Tickets may be purchased online at www.palt.org  or reservations can be made by calling (409) 727-PALT. Tickets are $11 for General Adults, $9 for Seniors/Military/Teachers, and $6 for students. The curtain opens at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
• Jefferson County Singles Club, 7725 Green Ave. in Nederland, will feature Glenn Lenderman Band, 5-9 p.m. Sunday, May 29.
• Sign-up for this year’s Groves Pecan Festival’s Queen’s Scholarship Pageant will begin Wednesday, June 1, and end on Wednesday, July 13. Categories range from age three to 12^th grade. For more information, call the Groves Chamber office at 962-3631.
• Nederland High School graduation, 7 p.m., Thursday, June 2, Ford Park in Beaumont.
• Memorial High School graduation, 7 p.m., Thursday, June 2, Montagne Center, Beaumont.
• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a weight loss support group, meets 9-10 a.m. Friday, June 3, at the Groves Public Library, 5600 W. Washington Blvd. For information, contact Judy at409-548-1073
• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a weight loss support group, meets 9-10 a.m. Friday, June 10, at the Groves Public Library, 5600 W. Washington Blvd. For information, contact Judy at409-548-1073
• Benefit for Kaleb Moles, a 6 –year-old Nederland child with a rare genetic disorder, Angelman Syndrome, will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, June 11, at the Nederland Heritage Festival pavilion, 1523 Boston Ave., Nederland. There will be live music noon to 3 p.m. by Jerry Diaz and Hanna’s Reef, food, bake sale, auction items, raffle, washer tournament 50/50 split the pot, face painting and games for kids. For more information, call Mary Diaz at 893-8488.
• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a weight loss support group, meets 9-10 a.m. Friday, June 17, at the Groves Public Library, 5600 W. Washington Blvd. For information, contact Judy at409-548-1073
• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a weight loss support group, meets 9-10 a.m. Friday, June 24, at the Groves Public Library, 5600 W. Washington Blvd. For information, contact Judy at409-548-1073
• In June, the Gift of Life will provide prostate cancer and medical screenings for eligible men with high co-pays and without medical insurance. Screenings in Port Arthur will be from 9-11 a.m. June 25at the Carl Parker Center in Port Arthur. Call the Gift of Life to schedule your healthcare screening at409-833-3663.
• The United Way of Mid & South Jefferson County Annual Meeting and Board Installation, June 28, from 4:30-6 p.m. at The Hospitality Center, 3959 Gulfway Drive, Port Arthur.
• The annual Small Business Awards banquet will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 28, at the Pompano Club in Port Neches. The Small Business Development Center at Lamar State College-Port Arthur will join with the four local chambers to recognize small businesses in each community.

 

• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a weight loss support group, meets 9-10 a.m. Friday, July 1, at the Groves Public Library, 5600 W. Washington Blvd. For information, contact Judy at409-548-1073
• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a weight loss support group, meets 9-10 a.m. Friday, July 8, at the Groves Public Library, 5600 W. Washington Blvd. For information, contact Judy at409-548-1073

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