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Countdown to fun at Pleasure Pier begins

GALVESTON — Landry’s employees and their families put Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier workers to the test Sunday as they prepare for the official opening.

Bulletin Board for May 21, 2012
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Then and Now Resale and Bethedsa Lutheran Communities is accepting gently used clothes, household goods, books, jewelry, antiques and collectibles from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays at 3330 FM 528 in Friendswood. The group helps to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Call 281-482-2565.

Free Tae Kwon Do classes for ages 50 and older will be at 10:30 a.m. Mondays and Fridays at Moody Methodist Church, 2803 53rd St., in Galveston. Beginners are welcome. Call Ashley Shriver, 409-744-4526, or Mary Castiglioni, 409-744-0010.

The La Marque Kiwanis Club will meet at noon Mondays at Kelley’s Country Cookin’, 4604 Gulf Freeway, in La Marque. Call 409-935-1929.

The Hispaniola Medical Charity will have a reception from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today in Edna’s Room at The Grand 1894 Opera House, 2020 Postoffice St., in Galveston. Appetizers will be provided by Rudy & Paco and music will be provided by the Smooth Touch Quartet. A $50 per person donation is asked. For information, contact Dr. Dennis Gore, dcgore@utmb.edu or 409-771-7462.

The Galveston Fencing Club will have beginner fencing classes from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays in the gym of O’Connell College Preparatory School, 1320 21st St., in Galveston. For information, email gfencing@gmail.com or visit www.galvestonfencing.2itb.com.

The 1867 Settlement Community Committee will meet at 6 p.m. today at 106 Bell Drive in Texas City. For information, call Vera Gary, 409-935-5219.

Bolivar Peninsula’s AARP chapter will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Joe Faggard Center, 1750 state Highway 87, in Crystal Beach. Attendees are asked to take a covered dish to share. New members welcome. Call Donna Sims, 713-206-4585.

The Col. H.B. Moore American Legion Post No. 89 will have its general meeting at 6:30 p.m. today at 3028 29th St. N. in Texas City. All veterans are welcome to join the group for fun and fellowship. Call 409-945-8975.

The Harmony Masonic Lodge No. 6 A.F. & A.M. will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Scottish Rite Temple, 2128 Church St., in Galveston. Visiting brethren are invited to attend. Call Jeff Modzelewski, 409-739-3879, or email harmonyno6@hotmail.com.

The Living in Faith support group will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays at 325 Westward Ave. in La Marque. The program is sponsored by the Word of Faith Christian Life Center and is designed to help anyone with substance abuse, alcohol, domestic violence or mental problems. Call Jackie Lynch, 409-256-6821, or visit www.wordoffaithchristianlifecenter.org.

The Santa Fe chapter of Take Off Pounds Sensibly will meet at 6:30 p.m. Mondays in the fellowship hall of Arcadia Christian Church, 14201 Beriton St., in Santa Fe. Call Judy Cochran, 409-925-4349; or Linda Reiter, 409-925-4555.

The singles group New Directions will meet at 6:30 p.m. Mondays at Webster Presbyterian Church, 201 W. NASA Parkway, in Webster. The group is for ages 55 and older. There will be a potluck dinner after the meetings on the first and third Mondays. Call 409-392-6886 or 281-340-2354.

The West Isle Al-Anon group will meet at 7 p.m. Mondays at Moody Methodist Church, 2803 53rd St., in Galveston. Call 409-744-4526.

Coaster Dance Classes will be offering free dance classes at 7 p.m. Mondays at Club Walker, 2200 Lake Road, in La Marque. Call 281-910-0096.

Joseph Davis Ministries Inc. will offer a Celebrate Recovery meeting at 7 p.m. Mondays at Mall of the Mainland, 10000 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway, in Texas City. For information, call 409-457-8616 or email davisjoseph7@aol.com.

The John B. Hood Camp No. 50 Sons of Confederate Veterans will meet at 7 p.m. today in the private dining room of Shrimp ‘N Stuff, 39th Street and Avenue O, in Galveston. Debra Huges-Weaver will give a presentation on her Confederate ancestors. Visitors are welcome. For information, call Ronald Gauntt, 713-248-6646.

The Fiction Writers Critique Group will meet at 7 p.m. today. Those interested should call 409-599-7773 or 409-497-8323 for location and information. The group is for serious writers only.

The Santa Fe Lion’s Club will meet at 7 p.m. today at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 13136 state Highway 6, in Santa Fe. Visitors and guests are welcome. Call 409-925-2615 or 409-502-0042.

The Galveston Orchid Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. today in the Alamo Room at the Nessler Center, 2010 Fifth Ave. N., in Texas City. For information, visit galvestonorchidsociety.org.
 
 

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