Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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THE RACE IS ON Across the nation, the GOP establishment woke up Sunday morning to find out that Newt Gingrich had won the South Carolina primary and was now their new leading standard bearer. If it didn’t give the Republican purest heartburn, they got bad stomach cramps realizing what Newt’s nomination would do to down ballot candidates. They have only one choice and that is to field dress him. To do that, they must gut him. That will be interesting to watch. In Romney they have a very weak candidate and if he can’t get t...
Mauriceville Middle School UIL math and science teams participated in a competition Saturday, Jan. 21 at a meet sponsored by Odom Academy in Beaumont. On their first time out to competition, the team placed fourth overall out of the fifteen schools in attendance. Matthew Cox took first place in the seventh grade science division, and Parker Linscomb won third in the same division. For eighth grade science, Richard Warner placed seventh out of 45 other contestants in the same group....
The Symphony of Southeast Texas presents its annual Youth Education Concerts on Tuesday, Jan. 31 and Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. each day, at the Julie Rogers Theatre. Over 3,500 local students are expected to attend the free concerts and gain exposure to a live performance of a symphony orchestra. The concerts represent the second year of a three-year “going green” theme. “Going Green 2: Hybrids” will explore how composers incorporate other, non-symphonic styles of music into their orchestra works....
FPC in Orange to host rededication day Jan. 29 First Presbyterian Church in Orange will have a day of rededication on Sunday, Jan. 29, to mark the Centennial Anniversary of the Lutcher Memorial Building. The event will also include a celebration of the renovation of the 1957 Casavant organ in the sanctuary and an organ recital by Dr. David Heller, professor of music at Trinity University. The church service will be based on the original 1912 dedication service for the opening of the church, built by Mrs. Frances Ann Lutcher...
Clayton Whatley, 7, son of Sam and Tammy Whatley and a first grader at Bridge City Elementary school, won several awards this past weekend at the Gulf Coast Karters Awards Banquet held in Houston. Clayton raced the 2011 Series in the Kid Kart class which includes racers in the 5-7 years and driving a go kart with a 50cc Comer engine running speeds of 50-60 mph. Clayton brought home a first place trophy for the Spring Series, another first place trophy in the Fall series and the Over All High Points Champion Jacket and payout...
Palm Garden health fair set for Jan. 26 Palm Garden Apartments at 1727 N. 37th St. in Orange is hosting their 3rd Annual Health Fair on Thursday, Jan. 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Palm Garden Apartments Club House. There will be community service groups and health agencies to answer health questions and offer information on a range of subjects. Refreshments will be provided and door prizes will be given away. For more information contact Cheryl Crawford at 409-883-8539 AARP income tax assistance program offered The AARP Tax...
Over the years, most of the stories about the teams making the Super Bowl have been about positive occurrences—a circus catch in the end zone, a defensive stop at the goal line or something similar. But for the upcoming Super Bowl XLVI the two teams—the New England Patriots and the New York Giants-- that will vie for the 2012 world championship got there because of something their opponent in the conference championship game failed to do. The teams making the mistakes that vaulted this year’s opponents into the Super Bowl...
Leland “Scooter” Gros Love Mom, Dad and your entire family...
Cutline: Several items made the agenda at the Pinehurst City Council meeting on Tuesday. The lead item on the agenda was the opportunity to join the Black Board Connect Emergency Notification System. With the exception of the City of Pinehurst and Orange County all other entities are signed on with the system. Black Board is a system with the capabilities of sending out 3.2 million one minute messages in one hour. The system can be used to quickly notify citizens of emergencies of any type. The information may be transmitted...
People usually know that a dog in a special harness with a hand grip on it is a guide dog used to guide a blind person. The dogs are commonly referred to as Seeing Eye dogs. There are other canines that perform services for their handlers just as valuable as guiding a blind person across a busy street. These dogs wear vests, emblazoned with “Service Dog” and are usually on a regular leash, not a harness with a handle. The handler of one of these dogs will usually have a disability that requires the dog to alert them on the co...
State Sen. Robert Nichols will represent Orange County in the Legislature beginning January 2013 and he has already made eight trips to the county from Jacksonville since last summer. He was in town Tuesday morning to become more acquainted with the area. “I like to meet new people and revisit those I have met before,” he said. “I want to open up lines of communication and understand the issues that are important to Orange County. I’m very pleased with the reception I have received. The people seem to be pleased that I’m inte...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Jan. 24, and the morning of Jan. 25: Assault, Class A, family violence, 902 W. Park Assault, simple assault, 201 8th St. Weapons offense, possession of weapon, 516 Knox Civil problem, 3442 Edgemont...
Nathan Zerko, a member of Boy Scout Troop 223, is starting his project to become an Eagle Scout. Zerko is placing collection boxes in several business locations around the Orange area. The larger boxes are for the collection of usable, clean winter coats. He will also have smaller boxes for donations of non-perishable food items. Upon completion of his project Zerko will the make a written report of the project as a part of his application for Eagle Scout. He will also include information about his career as a Scout. The...
“Had we felt just a little bit better about our chances, we could have made a lot more money,” stated Adam Jaynes after he and Aaron Hommel teamed up to win the first of five Gulf Coast Trout Series tournaments last Saturday. “We had only one promising spot that had to pay off for us to do well and the right trout showed up.” The Pro Cure/GTI sponsored team used TTF Trout Killers and Maniac Mullets to post a three fish limit that weighed 18.41-pounds. Had they bought into the big trout pot they would have earned that second...
The Newton County Historical Commission and the Newton County Commissioners will hold a dedication service for the Deweyville Swing Bridge of the Official National Register of Historic Places Plaque. The service will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 3 at State Highway 12 on the Sabine River in Deweyville. Refreshments are to follow. Ed Gallagher, a member of the Newton County Historical Commission, said they have been trying for seven years to get the designation. The hold up in the process was having to rewrite Texas and...
The West Orange – Stark High School Powerlifitng team traveled to Silsbee Monday, Jan. 23 and brought home the first place trophy in the Boy’s Team Division and two Best All-Around Awards. The WO-S Boys’ accrued 51 total points to take top honors in the field comprised of WO-S, Silsbee, LC-M, and Orangefield. Five Mustangs won their respective divisions in individual weight classes: 148 lb. Class – Tremaine Anderson 165 lb. Class – Britton Lindsey 181 lb. Class – Joe Lynch 220 lb. Class – Lawrence Gilmore Super Heavyweight ...
Tommy L. McKay, 82, of Orange passed away at his home on Monday, Jan. 23. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at Orange First Church of the Nazarene with the Rev. Ray McDowell officiating. Interment will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. He was born March 26, 1929 in Logansport, LA to Tommy and Gertrude (Ricks) McKay. He retired from Allied Chemical as an Operations Supervisor and was an avid fisherman and...
Debbie Rawls, Orange County auditor, will retire on Jan. 31. “I’m ready to do something else,” said Rawls. She is thinking about volunteering with the Salvation Army. Rawls also plans on spending time traveling to visit family in North Carolina. That’s where her sister and nieces live. “I don’t have any grandchildren yet,” she said. Rawls joined the county as assistant auditor in 1994 and worked her way up to her current position. Her department is under the direction of the district court and is funded through Orange County...
Tuesday, Jan. 24, at approximately 7:40 pm, police received a call about a man holding hostages at gunpoint inside a home located at 516 Knox. Along with OPD, SWAT, West Orange Police, Texas Rangers, OCSO, and DPS officers responded to help take control of the situation. Police learned that Michael George Mitchell, 28, of Orange was holding another adult male and a 10 year old child hostage. During the course of the event, Mitchell discharged a handgun several times. At approximately 9:50 pm. Mitchell surrendered to police...
Margaret Dunlevy Dal Sasso, of Orange passed away Monday, Jan. 23, peacefully at home. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bernard H. Dunlevy and Mary Alice Kennedy Dunlevy; her husband, Anton (Tony) Dal Sasso; and her brother, Bernard J. (Jerry) Dunlevy. Margaret was born in Brattleboro, VT. She attended St. Mary’s College in Manchester, NH, and was a dietician at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston. Upon meeting and marrying Tony in Houston, she moved to Orange and raised her daughter, Chrisleigh. She was an active m...
Marie Scruggs, age 85, of Willis, TX. and formerly of Orange, passed away on Jan. 17, at her home in Willis. A Graveside Service will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, at Autumn Oaks Cemetery in Orange....
