Golden Triangle Veterans Honored in Babe Zaharias Park

Southeast Texas Veteran’s Memorial Guide Babe Zaharias Park Southeast Texas has a both a rich history and a good record of creating ways to pass that history down to future generations. The Golden Triangle is also very respectful of our Southeast Texas veterans. The two come together at the Southeast Texas Veterans Memorial at Babe Zaharias Park. The memorial statue was donated by the employees of Conns who dedicated the memorial as a tribute to veterans of all wars from... Read More

Senior Activities – Enjoy Cool Summer Treats Made at Home

Activity Guide for Senior Citizens  East Texas and Golden Triangle Region As temperatures climb this summer, cool down with tasty and colorful frozen treat recipes for your next backyard barbecue or pool party. Offer everyone’s favorite summertime treats – ice cream, sherbet and sorbet – in unique and unexpected ways, such as in refreshing beverages, delicious cake bars or whimsical parfaits. Mold frozen ingredients into bite-size treats using melon ball scoops... Read More

Don’t Be Late Sunday- Set Clocks Back 1 Hour Saturday Night

Today on Southeast Texas Senior News we remind our readers that it is time to set our clocks back this Saturday night. To me, it seems like the whole time change thing is a little confusing and probably not that great an idea. However, I’m not in charge of such decisions and don’t like to be late for Sunday church, Sunday brunch, or NFL Sunday games. All across Southeast Texas and beyond, Americans are going to try to remember which way to move their clocks this weekend. The... Read More

SETX Senior Exercise Options – Tennis Anyone? Beaumont Municipal Tennis Center

SETX Senior Exercise Options – enjoy tennis at the Beaumont Municipal Tennis Center. Today on Southeast Texas Senior Fun we take a look at the Beaumont Municipal Tennis Center. Southeast Texas Seniors are a pretty active group. We walk, we ride bikes, we swim, we do yoga and aerobics. Many of us still see ourselves as the athletes we once were. While we may never play football or box again, we don’t have to give up all of our childhood sports.  Golf, bowling, basketball,... Read More

Beaumont Seniors- Intermediate Spanish Lessons at Best Years Senior Center

Senior Center Beaumont TX – The Best Years offers intermediate Spanish sessions twice a week. For active Beaumont seniors, learing Spanish can open up a whole new world of opportunity- meeting new people, travelling, even interacting with visitors at our Southeast Texas churches and civic groups. Learning a foreign language can be a wonderful activity for Beaumont senior citizens.  It is easiest when done at a young age, but it is never too late for learning. Southeast... Read More

Volunteer Voices: Join the Senior Choir at Beaumont’s Best Years Center

Beaumont Senior Citizen Activities – Join the Choir at Best Years Senior Center Music has a wonderful healing power, both for the listener and the singer.  Music also connects people. One song can bring up similar images for everyone who went to prom in 1958 (how about “At the Hop” by Danny and the Juniors) whether they were in Southeast Texas or Portland Oregon. One song can bring back all of the images of the civil rights movement (“People Get Ready” by the... Read More

Opportunities for Southeast Texas Senior Excercise – The Best Years Center Beaumont TX

Senior Exercise Beaumont TX – Best years Center Beaumont TX Has it been hard for you to find the right Southeast Texas senior exercise opportunities? When I was younger, I did a lot of different activities that were both a lot of fun and where I got most of my exercise. My college roommate and I would lace up our sneakers and just run in whatever direction looked good. At one point we were going three and four miles a day. At one of my first “grown up jobs” I talked... Read More

SETX Senior Activities – Learn Crochet

Are you looking for a new Beaumont senior activity to share with friends? Many Southeast Texas seniors really enjoy crochet. Crochet is an art typically passed down from generation to generation. Crochet is a process of creating fabric from yarn, thread, or other material strands using a crochet hook. The word is derived from the French word “crochet”, meaning hook. Crocheting, like knitting, consists of pulling loops through other loops, but additionally incorporates... Read More

Visit SETX History: Chambers House Beaumont

The Chambers House was built in 1906. In 1914, C. Homer and Edith Fuller Chambers purchased the house and moved in with their two daughters, Ruth who was 12 years old and Florence who was 2 years old. Ruth and Florence never married and lived in the house after Mr. & Mrs. Chambers passed away.  After Florence’s death in May of 2004, the Beaumont Heritage Society got the first glimpse of the interior of the house. It was a treasure trove of furniture, personal items... Read More

Keep up with SETXseniors.com on Facebook

Younger Southeast Texans would be amazed by how tech savvy you are. I don’t know why, but they can’t get it through their heads that SETX seniors use their computers, phones, and tablets for everything from getting the news to shopping to communicating with friends both new and old. At SETXseniors.com we appreciate how quickly you are helping us grow and expand our services. We are committed to providing news, information, and entertainment to our fellow Golden Triangle... Read More

Pool Tourney for SETX Seniors

Where did you start playing pool? For me it was a small town pool hall known as much for the frequent fights as for the quality of actual pool play. I’m too old for that nonsense now. I prefer a nice, quiet, civilized place to play pool with other civilized adults. If that’s the kind of game you’re looking for, try the Best Year’s Center in Beaumont. They have a great pool room- just for Beaumont seniors.  The Pool Hall at Best Years Center will have a... Read More

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