Bob Phillips Texas Country Reporter Will Entertain Beaumont Seniors at the 2014 Southeast Texas Senior Celebration

Bob Phillips, Texas Country Reporters has been entertaining Southeast Texas seniors for years, most freqently on television. Thursday October 23rd, Bob Phillips will speak to SETX Seniors live at the 2014 Southeast Texas Senior Celebration. That’s right, the Texas Country Reporter will speak live exclusively for seniors ath this year’s Beaumont Senior Expo. Bob Phillips will talk about celebrating our Texas way of life. He will pay tribute to the everyday men and... Read More

WATER EXERCISE Classses This Summer with BYC at ALICE KEITH Park

Save The Dates! Tuesday through Friday Starting June 11th and continuing through Labor Day with Best Years Center 11am until 12 pm Address: 4050 Reed Street, Beaumont Low Impact Aerobics Tuesday & Thursday, Led Marilyn Sylvester Water Exercises, Walk Walking, or Stretching Wednesday & Friday, Led by Joe Hayes Would you like to feel 40 years younger? When you get in the water and your own weight is not a factor you can move you joints and muscles in ways you have not... Read More

Beaumont Senior Activity: Portrait Show at Beaumont Art League

Looking for a fun and cultural Beaumont Senior Activity? The 2014 Annual BAL Portrait Show is a great option. The art of portraiture has continued to evolve and several styles will be represented at this year’s show. Each year, art loving Beaumont seniors praise the quality of the portraits at this show. The Beaumont Art League Portrait Show will be: March 8-22 2675 Gulf Ave in Beaumont Phone: (409) 833-4179    Read More

Beaumont Senior Outing: The Art Studio – Neches River Critters

Looking for a fun and fanciful Beaumont senior outing? Consider The Art Studio Beaumont’s exhibit: “Acquae Obscurae: A Menagerie of Neches River Critters”. The show’s idea was hatched when a Neches River Tugboat Captain Beau Dumesnil speculated about what kind of creatures might exist at extreme depths in the river. He and his wife Karen collaborated on putting this exhibit together inviting other Southeast Texas visual and performing artists to participate. Here’s... Read More

Southeast Texas Seniors Support Boy Scout Troop 106 at the South Texas State Fair

Southeast Texas seniors enjoy the South Texas State Fair. In a lot of ways, a great Golden Triangle festival takes us back to our youth. We also enjoy sharing the South Texas State Fair with our grandchildren. Many of us remember money being TIGHT when we were at the fair – some years there wasn’t money for rides. Some there wasn’t money for that enticing South Texas State Fair food. When we can, we like to let our grandchildren get their fill, both of carnival... Read More

SETX Senior Activity: Painted Ladies of Crystal Beach Art Exhibit

Art lovers looking for a fun SETX Senior activity will head to the Beaumont Art League this March for a special exhibit: The Painted Ladies of Crystal Beach. The exhibit will feature artwork by a local art group known as The Painted Ladies of Crystal Beach. Many Southeast Texas senior artists know the artists, particularly if they’ve spend a lot of time in Crystal Beach. Some members of this Southeast Texas art group have been painting together since 2004 on the Bolivar... Read More

Southeast Texas Seniors Support Girls Haven Gumbo Fest

Southeast Texas seniors looking for a fun way to make an impact in the community will enjoy Girl’s Haven Gumbo Fest Saturday February 22nd. Girl’s Haven steps in and assists Southeast Texas girls in need. Gumbo Fest is one of their major fundraisers, and it is tailor made for Golden Triangle seniors looking for a fun weekend activity. One Saturday each year Girl’s Haven turns the parking lot of Parkdale Mall into a family friendly Southeast Texas festival space. Come... Read More

Southeast Texas Cajun Seniors Prepare for Gumbo Fest 2014

  Southeast Texas is Cajun Country. Go into an SETX office or home and you’ll see almost as many LSU emblems as UT and A&M combined. Every now and then I hear of an elderly Southeast Texan who is in the hospital and completely forgets English, communicating only in the Cajun French of their youth. One of the beloved Southeast Texas events for our Cajun seniors is Beaumont Gumbo Fest. Gumbo Fest benefits the Anayat House which is Beaumont’s Medical Hospitality... Read More

Win $250 at the Southeast Texas Senior Celebration 10/24 at the Beaumont Civic Center

    The 14th Annual Southeast Texas Senior Celebration is right around the corner- Thursday October 24th at the Beaumont Civic Center. Join host the Better Business Bureau for a full day of Southeast Texas senior activities carefully planned and coordinated by the Better Business Bureau’s Consumer Education Foundation. Activities at the 14th Annual Southeast Texas Senior Celebration will include: Fashion Show sponsored by JC Penney – Parkdale Mall Wonderful... Read More

SETX Legend: Babe Zaharias

Less than one percent of professional athletes maintain name recognition a decade after they stop playing. Their great deeds fade out of the memories of all but their family and a handful of their biggest fans. Even fewer are ever acknowledged, even fleetingly, as the greatest to ever play their sport. Ask in any bar, barbershop, or sports radio show for the greatest player in any single sport and you will set off hours or days of debate and possibly a fist fight. Michael Jordan... Read More