by Darragh Doiron
The Port Arthur News
February 28, 2008 11:21 am
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Quota Club to honor Sue Parsley
If you’re planning to help Quota Club International honor Sue Parsley, Friday, Feb. 29, is the deadline to make reservations.
A banquet for Sue Armintor Parsley will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 6, at the Robert A. “Bob” Bowers Civic Center, Texas 73.
Parsley recently retired from Port Arthur’s Motiva Enterprises, LLP, and has been active with area groups including: Junior Achievement program, United Board of Missions, Port Arthur Convention & Visitors Bureau, Hughen Center Board, JASON Board of Mid & South County and the United Way of South Jefferson County.
Parsley looks familiar because she’s all over the place. She has served as chairman for the Greater Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce and CavOILcade, Salvation Army and Communities in School.
Parsley will be the 56th person to be so honored by the group. Dorothy Ingram, who died this week, was the club’s centennial honoree, Nancy Currie said.
The evening will include a silent auction to benefit a scholarship fund for a Junior Achievement student who plans to attend a Lamar campus. For auction information, call Cheryl Akbari at 543-2964.
St. Paul Mission
The Rev. Sinclair Oubre says he wants readers to get a “heads up” that the Catholic community of St. Paul Mission in Sabine Pass will be celebrating the blessing of the restored mission church and the consecration of the new altar at 9 a.m. mass on Sunday, March 2.
Bishop Curtis Guillory will preside and perform the blessing and consecration. A covered dish brunch will follow.
“It is good to note that seating in the church is about 50 folks, but we will welcome all, until there is no more room to welcome,” Oubre said.
Le Grand Bal 2008: Renaissance of the Arts
It sounds like Le Grand Bal will have another fabulous theme for the Saturday, March 29, event. Beverly and Carl Parker are chairing the night with a Renaissance of the Arts mood. The black-tie event honors business and civic leaders Gay and Bill Scott for their contributions to Lamar University, the community and the arts.
Le Grand Bal, its 34th year, is the major annual fund-raiser that benefits the College of Fine Arts and Communication. The night will include a reception and silent art auction from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Dishman Art Museum, with a gourmet buffet, dancing and entertainment from 8 p.m. to midnight in the Montagne Center. Guests will dance to the music of Beaumont’s Night & Day Orchestra, under the direction of Wayne Dyess, and the Eclipse Band of Houston. Tickets are $150 a person or $300 a couple, with underwriting opportunities available at levels ranging from $750 to $10,000. To be there, call 880-8137.
Lovin’ Lamar, and gardening
Lamar State College-Port Arthur and the Port Arthur Council of Garden Clubs will sponsor a day-long bus trip to the Arbor Gate Nursery in Tomball on Tuesday, March 18.
A stop for the 'Herbs Unplugged' workshop by Chef Chris Crowder and Ann Wheeler of Log House Herbs and a tour of the nursery gardens is on the agenda, as is antique shopping. The bus will leave the Carl Parker Center on the LSC-PA campus at 8 a.m. and will return around 6 p.m.
The $79 tour fee includes round-trip transportation and lunch. The registration deadline is Monday, March 3. Call 984-6230.
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