Lifeline marks fifth anniversary on Mainland program
Mainland Lifeline celebrates five years in La Marque with about 160 attendees at the Holiday Inn. The personal emergency system uses a help button, connects to Mainland Center Hospital, and notifies a local responder network and police if needed. Subcribers include wheelchair users and stroke or surgery recoveries. 125 locals are enrolled.
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Galveston
Lifeline
la Marque
la Marque Holiday Inn
Mainland Center Hospital
Pilot Club of
Dickinson
Senior Citizens of
Santa Fe
Mainland
la Marque Pilot Club
Jacquie Sobotik
Founders Day Banquet Celebrates PTA Leadership in La Marque
The La Marque Council of PTAs held its 1998 Founder's Day Banquet at the Holiday Inn La Marque honoring founders and leaders from state district and local units. Charlene Drake chaired the event with Dr. Mike Moses opening ceremonies and Kathryn Whitfield as guest speaker. The banquet recognized life memberships and named Mrs. Drake as Outstanding Educator of the Year while door prizes and musical selections accompanied the evening.
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la Marque Council of
Ptas
Charlene Drake
Marque Council
Mike Moses
LMISD
Kay Alewine
Falima School
Texas City
Sandi Faircloth
Joann Stringfellow
Inter City
Belva Fichera
Simms
Karolyn Duhon
Lake Road
Doug Johnson
State Life
la Marque Junior High
Mildred Patterson
Highlands
Charlotte Wood
Westlawn
Sandi
Bayou Road
Debra
Lamar
Country Charm
A&a Machine Inc
Lowe’s Jeans & Juniors
Benito’s
Winn's
Holiday Inn
San Luis Hotel
Galveston
Jonathan Steele
Miss Joy Drake
Jerilyn Waye
la Marque
Mildred Talkington Halbert
Kathryn Whitfield
Texas State
PTA
Moses
Drake
Charles Chollett
Mainland District Boy Scout Troop 232 Marks Fortieth Year
Mainland District's Troop 232 celebrated 40 years of scouting with a reunion style anniversary in Texas City. Current and former scoutmasters, scouts, parents, and First Presbyterian Church members attended as past members reinvigorated the crew through songs and skits. The troop’s long history includes attending national and world jamborees, Order of the Arrow events, and year round camping at Camp Karankawa and Camp K. Leaders emphasize character, fitness, and spiritual growth through camping, self-reliance, and leadership. The group continues to sponsor community service with this year’s National Good Turn food drive for the Community Food Bank in May.
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Texas City
Mainland
First Presbyterian Church
Order of the Arrow
Boy Scouts of America
232
Karankawa
BSA
Texas
Louisiana
Keith Greene
Calvin Canery
Europe
Lord Baden-Powell
Elinor Greene
Cajun Night Celebrates Physicians At CL Hospital
Webster-Humana Hospital Clear Lake honored Doctors Appreciation Day with Cajun Night on the Bayou attended by over 120 physicians and staff. Crazy Cajun Restaurant catered a 15 course menu including shrimp fish frog legs and crawfish. Sonny Payne and staff added Cajun flair with ca jun antics as five speakers addressed tax planning and Sub S vs Sub C topics in an open forum.
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Webster
Humana Hospital
Clear Lake
Sonny Payne
W. Carl Glaw
CPA
Glan Brown and Co
S$ Corporation
La Marque Library Celebrates National Library Week
National Library Week events at La Marque Library include a children’s movie from 3 30 to 4 30 p m and an invitation for parents to apply for library cards with proof of residence. Volunteers are sought for the children’s area and the Summer Reading Club, with contact to Mrs. Levige. The Friends of La Marque Library report 2997 in membership dues toward a 3500 goal, and the library accepts gifts, memorials, and donations with tax-deductible status and donor plates on memorial items.
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LA Marque
la Marque Public Library
Levige
Friends of the
Fais Do Do festival draws crowds in Dickinson
The Fifth Annual Fais Do Do Cajun Festival in Dickinson drew crowds as Lions Club volunteers organized entertainment and activities. Organizer Jim Hokanson aims to raise nearly $6,000 for Lions charities, including sight projects and crippled children programs, with arts booths and Cajun cuisine highlighted by crawfish. Performers included Heiss Kickers Square Dance Group, Syncopation Cloggers, Dan LeFleur Texas Jambalaya Band, Dickinson American Karate Club, and a Galveston Dixie jazz band.
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Dickinson
Louisiana
Texas
Dickinson Lions
Art Society
Heiss Kickers
Dan LeFleur
Galveston
Lions Club
Bayares
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Nicky de Lange
Gwen Cross
MCH
RJ. Hoyland
SF Senior Citizens Council Board
Daisy Stone
LM Pilot Club
Mary Martino
Dickinson Pilot Club
Jeanene Johnson- -Sollenne
MCH Lifeline Liason
Edward Smith
Boy
Bill
Jimmy Martin
Chamberlain
Harry Leach
Donny Tull
Allen Anderson
David Shumate
Lake Road Elementary
David
Don Shumate
CL Hospital
Doug Loveday
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