SETX Senior Safety Tips from Entergy Texas- Trees and Southeast Texas Powerline Safety

  Beaumont seniors enjoy a paradise for anyone with a green thumb. This is particularly true for Southeast Texas seniors with a love for trees. Across Southest Texas, trees thrive and Southeast Texas seniors have planted thousands of dogwoods, redbuds, palm trees, figs, citrus trees, pecans, and oaks of all varieties. And yes, Southeast Texas is covered by millions of pine... Read More

Fun for SETX Seniors: Celtic Christmas

There are still some Southeast Texas seniors who can remember parents and grandparents singing traditional Celtic Christmas songs. While those days are largely gone in Southeast Texas, they have not disappeared completely.  Nederland’s First Baptist Church is keeping the tradition alive with “Season of Joy” a Celtic Christmas celebration. Enjoy the beautiful sounds... Read More

Lamar Football Homecoming

Lamar Football and Homecoming: Cardinals vs. McMurry As SETXseniors, we grew up watching football. Some Southeast Texas seniors fondly remember the day of leather helmets and gifted players regularly playing both offense and defense. When the temperatures dip below ninety degrees, we remember all of the glorious activities of youth- drifting a live mud minnow for fall flounder,... Read More

Food & Fundraiser: “Art of Beer”

  Fundraising in a down economy is a challenge. Southeast Texans have been hit like everyone else, so it can be harder to “just write a check” these days. Southeast Texas seniors are also spending less on entertainment. Smart charities know “fundraising” is easier if you include lots of “fun”. The Art Museum of Southeast Texas demonstrates... Read More

International Mothers Hall of Fame Selects 2012’s Top Moms

2012 may well go down as the official “Year of the Mom,” with motherhood taking center stage in the bright – and sometimes glaring – spotlight of the media. But at the International Mothers Hall of Fame (IMHOF) the message is clear: Every day should be Mother’s Day! For 45-years the IMHOF, a non-profit organization founded by Texas businessman Doug... Read More

Senior Day Trip to Avery Island – Best Years Center in Beaumont

The Best Years Center April Van Trip will be to Avery Island, in Lousiana on   Thursday, April 19, 2012 . Avery Island is the birthplace of TABASCO® brand pepper sauce and a natural paradise of botanical treasures & wildlife. Of course, traveling through South Louisiana means visiting the heartland of Cajun cooking. This is the area called Acadiana, or Cajun country, a region... Read More