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Lauren “Laur” “Laur” Grace Brinkley, 19, of Bridge City, passed away on December 21, 2021. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 30, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Nederland, Texas, on February 15, 2002, she was the daughter of Landon Brinkley and Jiam (McAbee) Brinkley. Lauren had an outgoing and artistic soul. She enjoyed everything from pa...
THE YEAR 2021 WHEN WE NEARLY LOST OUR WAY When January 1, rolled around we were already facing the head winds of a worldwide pandemic, COVID-19. Fortunately a vaccine had been developed in record time and others on the way. There wasn't any concerted effort being applied by our government to get shots into citizen's arms. We faced the possibility of losing millions of American lives. Shortly after the Jan. 21 inauguration of President Joe Biden, his administration went into...
As the Year 2022 looks forward to taking off at midnight Saturday, Orange County leaders are looking to the west for a sign. They’re all awaiting Chevron Phillips Chemical officials headquartered in The Woodlands to disclose a go or no-go decision on a building a $6 billion ethylene plant on the southeast side of the county, north of the current Chemical Row, FM 1006. “We just want to try to get completed with this [hurricane] recovery stuff,” Orange County Judge John Gothi...
Jerry Jones was just making the jump from Director of Bridge City's Public Works Department to the office of City Manager in September of 2005 when Hurricane Rita blew through the area on the heels of Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans. But Jones really earned his spurs as city leader, working with Mayor Kirk Roccaforte three years later as Hurricane Ike did its best to wipe the city off the map. A Category 2 storm of 100-plus winds sent a surge of up to 14 feet of water...
Adam Russell Texas A&M AgriLife Correspondent Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists are on a mission to create a new weapon against disease-carrying mosquitoes. Patricia Pietrantonio, Ph.D., a Texas A&M AgriLife Research Fellow and professor in the Department of Entomology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is leading a three-year project toward a new method of mosquito control. The project will focus on Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus species, which...
Paul Schattenberg Texas A&M AgriLife Correspondent Setting realistic goals and expectations and being emotionally ready to change are essential to keeping New Year's resolutions, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. "Three reasons why keeping resolutions fail are that they are unreasonable, the person expects an unrealistic benefit, or the person simply wasn't prepared to make the change," said Jenna Anding, Ph.D., RDN, AgriLife Extension nutrition specialist, B...
Hello fellow gardeners! 2021 is rapidly coming to an end and the new year is almost here. There are many gardening tasks which we can complete outside while we have good weather or shift tasks indoors on damp and dreary days, in preparation for springtime planting. Spring is rapidly approaching, now is a great time to get your soil analyzed for nutrients and pH levels through a soil testing laboratory. Results are usually returned within a couple of weeks. The soil analysis...
Seventy-seven percent of Lamar State College Orange's 190 Fall 2021 graduates are first-generation college students. That figure is music to the ears of Dr. Tom Johnson, the school's president. Johnson and his siblings were the first in their family to attend college and he started at a two-year institution like LSCO. A total of 270 degrees and certificates were awarded earlier this month – 124 of which were associate's degrees and 146 were certificates of completion. Nine ins...
Christmas will taste different this year for many Orange County fans of Christmas turkey. Robert Ramirez says he normally prepares 300 fried turkeys and 200 more smoked turkeys for customers. Someone else is getting that business this year. But not for long, Ramirez said. He hopes to reopen Robert's Meat Market as soon as his new equipment comes in. And, in a departure from earlier statements made after a fire in July brought his business to a halt, Ramirez says he now plans...
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM CREAUX AND I Here's hoping you have a blessed Christmas and Holiday Season. When I was a boy we would have been disappointed with the Christmastime weather. Our favorite Christmas meal was fried, wild rabbit. No one could season and fry rabbit like my Grandma., NOBODY. We didn't have rabbit until after the first heavy frost killed the parasites rabbits carry. For a big gathering, Grandma made rabbit stew in a large cast iron pot served on a bed of rice....
Susanty Roberts' background is in finance. Husband Craig Roberts has been in the car biz since he got out of the service during the Cold War. Together, they hope to bring some sizzle to Orange automobile sales with their purchase of Sabine River Ford earlier this month. The new Roberts Ford is open for business with a lot full of gleaming F-150, F-250 and F-350 pickups ready to drive out. "We're here to help the community," Susanty said, "and hope the community will help us....
Hello fellow gardeners and Merry Christmas! Today I’m standing at the kitchen sink and beside me sits a steaming cup of coffee, as I peer outside the window mesmerized, once again witness to another dreary, damp overcast day. You see I’m pondering this week’s gardening article. Through the kitchen window I’m watching an abundance of leaves free-fall, suddenly whisked away at breakneck speed by an invisible force, driven without cause to the yard’s perimeter. Mounds of crisp...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce announced that Granger Chevrolet was named Business of the Month for December 2021. Al Granger was presented the award, sponsored by Energy Country Ford, by Ambassador Maureen McAllister at the December Networking Coffee hosted by Bridge City High School. The Board has chosen Granger Chevrolet as Business of the Month for December 2021 for they have supported the Bridge City Chamber by sponsoring a table at the events. They are always well...
Luke 2:8 "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night." Who are your favorite characters in the account of the birth of Jesus? The shepherds or the three Wise Men, referred to often as Kings? I'm going to say hands down most of us chose the shepherds. Why is that? For me, it is because they represented a part of the more common of society, even the poorer part of society. Jesus said that it is very difficult for a...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce announced that Coach Cody McGuire, Employee Bridge City High School, has been named December Employee of the Month. Coach McGuire was presented his award, sponsored by Energy Country Ford, by Ambassador Candace Mulhollan, at the December Networking Coffee hosted by Bridge City High School. The Board chose Coach Cody McGuire as Employee of the Month because he goes above and beyond for our players. He has visited players at their homes to mak...
Nancy Louise Prouse, age 71 of Bridge City, Texas passed away on December 16th , 2021 in Houston, Texas. A memorial service to honor her life and memory will be held at 3:00 on Monday, December 20th at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas. Visitation will begin at 1:30 at Claybar Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Nancy was born in Carrollton, Missouri to parents Jim Franken and Gerry Stewart-Bonnin. She was a ray of sunshine and always had a...
Bridge City Council is meeting this week in closed sessions to begin the process of replacing longtime city manager Jerry Jones. Meanwhile, Pinehurst officially accepted the resignation of Mayor T.W. Permenter Tuesday night. And the City of Orange has named Jim Sharon Bearden to replace Jerry Pennington as municipal court judge upon Pennington's retirement after 28 years on the job. Permenter, 84, said he's the oldest Pinehurst mayor ever, and he should know. He's been mayor...
Charlotte Alford, director of the Heritage House Museum, was named Citizen of the Year at the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce banquet Monday night at the Shahan Center. The Heritage House also won the award for Non-Profit of the Year. Orange Stationer was named Business of the Year. The late Larry David was honored with the Lifetime Achievement award and Steve Jones was named Chamber Board Chairperson of the Year....
T'is the season for giving and Orange County Good Samaritans are pouring out their hearts and checkbooks to make the Angels sing for Christmas. Between them, the Bridge City-Orangefield Ministerial Alliance, the Sheriff's Office Orange County Blue Santa drive and the Salvation Army are supplying toys and other Christmas gifts for more than 1,000 area children and teenagers, most of their names plucked right off Angel Trees. The annual tradition of writing the name of a child w...
Only one of the dozen county positions up for election in 2022 will test an incumbent with an opponent. Only two offices will have contested races in the March 1 Republican primary. No one filed to run as a Democrat in the November election, so most of the county’s elected officials will win re-election to their jobs without contest. Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Joy Dubose Simonton is the only incumbent facing a challenge as Candice Conroy Steele is running against her f...
Eleven grandchildren "and one on the way" are about to get some blanket coverage from Cornel Thompson. A two-time state champion head coach and the last member of the first West Orange-Stark coaching staff in 1977 turned in his letter of resignation Monday morning after 11 years as football head coach and athletic director. He's retiring as soon as a new head coach is on board. "I'm done. Stick a fork in me," the 73-year-old Thompson said just 10 days after the Mustangs ended...
QUAD STATE TORNADO My first recollection about hurricanes was before they had names. The year was 1939 and the storm was the most water producing hurricane until Ike washed out Bridge City. I can't recall all the storms in my lifetime but it has been way too many. I have been around a few tornados and I've seen their damage but in all this long life I've never before seen the likes of the multitude of tornados that ripped through Kentucky, Tennessee and several other states, a...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce announced that the December Student of the Month for Orangefield is Alanna Pitre. Alanna is ranked 38 of 138 with a GPA of 3.84. Alanna was presented her certificate and gift bag by Bridge City Chamber Ambassador, Elyse Thibodeaux at the December Coffee hosted by Bridge City High School. She received gift certificates and gifts from: Energy Country Ford, COS Printing, Wellspring Credit Union, Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, Sabine Fe...
Marriage License : Issued By The Office of Brandy Robertson, Orange County Clerk For the week of December 06, 2021 to December 10, 2021 Raymond Cooper and Kelly Welch Kenneth Lavergne and Juanita Gonzalez-Oyervides Amanda Gilland and Randi Counts Terry Knight and Hannah Hebert Kenneth Manuel and Katherina Williams Colby McClelland-Judice and Chelsea Rash Harold Quebodeaux and Rose Anne Rosa Dela Preston Ratley and Brenda Campbell Steven Teran and Tiffani Whitney Edward Harvey and Sasha Delassus...
Sixteen UIL participants competed at the Sabine High School meet in Gladewater, Texas on December 11, 2021. The Cross Examination Debate team of Brayden Burgess & Bryce Moore earned 1st place; Cross Examination Debate team of Sidney Holderman & Kimber Carpenter placed 3rd. Prose contestant Shelby Eason earned 1st place. The OHS debate coach is Bridget Trawhon and the prose coach is Steven Gonzales....
