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POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE • SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27,2011 • PAGE 3A
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
* NOV 27-DEC 31
Christmas in thh Park
Drive through and enjoy the
thousands of lights decorating
holiday figures at Pedigo Park
nightly. Free admission.
NOVEMBER 27
' Coldspring Trades Day
& Christmas Lighting
The City of Coldspring
will host a Trades Day begin-
ning at 8 a.m. followed by
•a town Christmas Lighting
^beginning at 6 p.m. For in-
formation, call 936-653-2332
f»r 936-539-8825. Don’t miss
!|his truly beautiful event.
T1 NOVEMBER 27-30
2 Revival Schwab City
2 Schwab City Baptist Church
-will hold a revival from at
-7 p.m. nightly and II a.m.
' Sunday with Chad Sanster
preaching featuring music by
Mickey Fountain on Monday
and Tuesday. The church is
located at 10998 Hwy. 146
South. For details, visit http://
schwabcitybaprisUivingston.
net or call 936 327-5989.
NOVEMBER 2R
Blanchard Baptist
Dominoes Night
Blanchard Baptist Church
will be Dominoes and Game
. Night from 4 to 7 p.m. every
Monday night. Everyone is
invited to attend. For more in-
formation. call 936-967-8794.
NOVEMBER 29
Blood Drive
Bradley Welbom State
Farm, located at 800 W.
Church Street in Livingston,
will host a Gulf Coast Region-
al Blood Drive. A drop-off
box will be on-site to donate
food items to MannaFest. To
set an appointment, call Julie
Kauitzsch at 936-327-2541.
DECEMBER 1
Military Christmas
gift boxes
F.A.LT.H. Military Sup-
port Group will be preparing
100 Christmas boxes for local
service men and women at the
Central Baptist Church Family
Center on Dec. 1. A Potluck
dinner begins at 6 p.m. and
the group will begin stuffing
boxes at 7 p.m. Everyone is
invited. For information, call
Bea Ellis at 936-327-4084.
PCRSP Meeting
Polk County Retired School
Personnel will have their De-
cember meeting at the Texas
Pepper at 11 am. The program
. will be presented by Detective
Ken Bohnert on scams.
The PCRSP is an organiza-
tion of all retired school em-
ployees. We are the voice of
all public education retirees.
Come join us.
Christmas Train Village
Visit the tremendous
Christmas Train Village at
309 N. Jackson St. in down-
town Livingston. The exhibit
will be open for tours from 5
to 8 p.m. Thursday and Fri-
day and from 1 to 6 p.m. and
7 to 9 p.m. Saturdays begin-
ning Dec. 1 and continuing
through Dec. 30.
The village will also be
open horn 5 to 8 p.m. Tues-
day, Dec. 23 and Wednesday.
Dec. 29. Free admission, do-
nations appreciated.
DECEMBER 2
Wesley Gipson, who plays the title role in the SFA School
of Music’s upcoming production of “Amahl and the
Night Visitors,” rehearses a scene with SFA vocal majors
who portray the Three Kings in Gian Carlo Menotti’s
classic Christmas opera. The 45-minute opera, written
in English, tells the touching story of a crippled shepherd
boy and his mother who are visited by the Three Kings
during their journey to find the Christ Child. It will be
presented in Cole Concert Hall at 9 and 11 a.m. Fri-
day, Dec. 2, and at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. Tickets for
Friday’s performances are $6 for individuals and $5 each
for groups of 20 or more. For Saturday’s performance,
tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for seniors, students and
youth. For tickets or details, go to www.finearts.sfasu.
edu or call 936-468-6407. Gipson will rotate the title
role with Conner Parr. Pictured with Gipson, from left,
are Jacksonville junior Stephen Hanna, McKinney senior
Joseph Dennis and Dallas senior PJ Lopez.
Pineywoods Cowboy
Church will host a domino
night, held every two weeks,
beginning at 6:30 p.m. For
more information, call 936
933-9773.
Silver Haired Ministries
Silver Haired Ministries,
sponsored by Hickory Grove
Church, meets every Friday
at 7 p.m. for singing and a
dinner for senior citizens.
All seniors are welcome that
would join in praise with song
or instrument Call 936-327-
7770. Rides can be arranged.
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Christmas in Our Town
Hop in the sleigh and head
to the Onalaska fire station for
a free day of fun, including
carnival games, face painting,
roller coast and train rides.
Vendors will be set up for
holiday shopping and Santa
and Scrooge will perform
throughout the day. The kids
give their wish lists to the
Jolly Old Elf himself from 2
to 5 p.m
Local businesses sponsor
drawings for a lucky boy and
girl to win a free bicycle every
hour throughout the event
Coldspring
Santa 's Village
Visit Santa’s Village in
Coldspnng from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 at
Coldspnng Sunday Houses on
FM150. For more information,
call Marsha 936662-5992.
Trinity County
Christmas on the Square
Trinity County will host
Christmas on the Square in
downtown Groveton begin-
ning at 2 p.m. with live, local
music, booths, and children’s
activities, followed by a
Christmas parade to begin at 6
p m. Prizes will be given out
for the best three floats Ev-
eryone is welcome to attend.
DECEMBERS
Art League to host
artist, author
The Livingston Art
League's December meeting
will include a demonstration
from artist Laurie Humble,
whose watercolors and oils
have won numerous awards.
The meeting will be at
12:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in the Par-
ish Hall of St Luke's Episco-
pal Church on West Jones and
Willis streets.
DECEMBERS
Take Control of Diabetes
The Area Agency on Aging
(AAA) of Deep East Texas
will be holding a scries
of workshops on ‘Taking
Control of Your Diabetes”.
The workshops are sched-
uled for five consecutive
Tuesdays. They start on
Dec. 6 and go until Jan. 10,
2012. The workshops will be
held from 9 a.m. to noon in
the Conference Room at the
Deep East Texas Council of
Governments office at 210
Premier Drive in Jasper. To
register for the free work-
shop. or get additional infor-
mation, call Bobby Stott at
the Area Agency on Aging of
Deep East Texas at 409-384-
7614.
DECEMBER 7
Advent Services
Lake Livingston Lutheran
Church, comer of FM 3152
and Hwy. 190 West, will hold
advent services on Wednesday.
Dec.7andWexlnesday.Dec. 14
at 7 p.m. Refreshments served
after the service Everyone in-
vited. Call 9366465681 for
more information.
DECEMBER 8
Pioneer Days
Onalaska students will gain
first-hand experience on life
in Onalaska's early days.
For more information,
contact Onalaska Elementary
School at 9366461010.
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Bring the children to see
Santa and tour the historical
home decorated for Christ mas
from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Dec.
9. Refreshments and free
photos courtesy of the Polk
County Garden Club.
The Polk County Garden
Club Gift Shop will be open
for your early Christmas
shopping while the children
are visiting with Santa. Lots of
homemade items, jellies and
jams, candy and Christmas
decorations are on sale.
Bridge League
ACBL-sanctioned Bridge
League meets second and last
Friday every month at Buster
McNuny s at 10 a.m. All are
welcome. For details, call
Ginni M. at 936328-3845.
DECEMBER 10
Jingle Bell 5K. 10k
Fun Run A Walk
Registration continues
through Dec. 10 at the Trade
Days office at Pedigo Park.
Race begins at I p.m. at City
Hall. First 150 registered par-
ticipants receive a T-shirt and
bells. For more information,
cal) 936327-3656.
The starter's gun for the
Jingle Bell run will alsosignal
the start of the Hometown
Christmas Festival around
Livingston City Hall from I
p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. Dec.
10. More than 70 arts, crafts
and gift vendors will be set
up along Jackson and Polk
Streets.
Santa will be at City Hall
for photos from 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. after his arrival in the
Lighted Christmas parade
beginning at 6 p.m.
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Reddell, Valerie. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 95, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 27, 2011, newspaper, November 27, 2011; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth657254/m1/3/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.