Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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For The Record The end of the regular season spells the start of another postseason for the Little Cypress-Mauriceville volleyball squad. The Lady Bears were playing at Silsbee Tuesday night, seeking to avenge their only District 22-4A loss. They improved to 8-1 in district with a 3 sets to 1 win over Orangefield Oct. 21. Ally White put away 13 kills, Madison Taggart 12 and Berkley Dobranski added 10 in the 25-14, 15-25, 25-18, 25-14 win. Kayla Dominguez lofted 25 set-assists...
For The Record Ninth-grader Maddison Helm of Orangefield and sophomore Eli Peveto of Little Cypress-Mauriceville will lead three Orange County cross country teams into Saturday’s Region III Class 4A meet in Huntsville. Both Peveto and Helm were individual winners in last week’s District 22-4A meet at Claiborne West Park. While Peveto is seeking to qualify for his second straight state meet, Helm is a newcomer to the regional meet. But her coach, Stephanie Williams, was not...
For the Record The Bridge City school district trustees have voted unanimously to move along a process they hope will lead to more local control for educating its 3,000 students. The vote at the monthly board meeting created a District of Innovation Committee made up of trustees, district educators, parents and patrons. It will meet over the next three months to decide which, if any from a list of about a dozen, state requirements it would like to opt out of. “The c...
For the Record Pearl Burgess was born in 1920, the same year Congress passed the 19th Amendment. That add-on to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed American women the right to vote. Pearl has exercised that right so much it ought to get a free gym membership. The Orange native who celebrates her 96th birthday Friday is voting this year in her 20th Presidential election. “I’ve voted ever since I was able to vote and I’ll vote until the Lord calls me home,” she said recently. “That...
While fears have surfaced nationally that computer hackers could affect the outcome of the Nov. 8 Presidential and General Election, Orange County voters needn’t worry about their ballots. That’s because the county still uses paper ballots that are counted by hand. “It would cost about $600,000 to transfer to electronic from paper, and this county has not the funds for that,” said Tina Barrow, elections administrator for the county. “The paper ballots do well.” Early votin...
Army National Guard recruiter Sgt. Salmin Roebuck help Bridge City senior Alex Garrison get ready for a photo shoot at Bridge City High School. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Roger They’re in the Army now. And they’re on the Student Council. They’re in the National Honor Society and the Spanish Club. On the football team and the basketball team. And in the middle of all the things high school students do, Bridge City High School students Ben Moore and Alex Garrison enlisted in the Texas...
They ended Bridge City’s Decade of Domination. Little Cypress-Mauriceville teammates stuck close to super sophomore Eli Peveto Tuesday morning at Claiborne West Park and together, the Bears won the District 22-4A cross country title. Bridge City had won nine straight district titles, though not all came in the same district as LC-M. With Ruben Valencia’s sixth-place finish their best, Bridge City’s boys placed third this time. Silsbee was second to LC-M in the hot and humid...
For the Record While leadership at the Orange County courthouse took a baby step Tuesday in the direction of building a 6.5-mile loop to connect either end of Vidor’s Main Street, two more Orange County cities cried “Halt!” Both Orange and Bridge City’s city councils Tuesday joined Vidor in passing a non-binding resolution that opposes Orange County financing, either in part or full, a TxDOT roadway. “If we can’t pay our employees decent wages, with raises and benefits, t...
For the record A two-year job with a former Orange County newspaper launched Charlotte Schexnider Chiasson as a story teller. Her biggest story, “The History of Prairie View – Bridge City,” is about to hit print just in time for Christmas. Prairie View was the name of the town that became Bridge City in 1941. “The original settlers called it Prairie View because there were no trees,” said Chiasson, who moved to Bridge City with her family in 1955. “You could see for miles and...
