Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Hall and Oates, featuring Daryl Hall and John Oates, will perform at the 38th Annual Christus Southeast Texas Foundation Gala on Saturday, April 21, inside the Beaumont Civic Center. Hall and Oates to perform at Christus gala By Tommy Mann Jr. The Record One of the greatest American rock duos of all time will be performing in Beaumont this spring. Hall and Oates, featuring Daryl Hall and John Oates, is the featured entertainer for this year’s Christus Southeast Texas Foundation Gala. This year’s event,...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Local classic rock band Mixx Fixxer will perform at the Orange Riverfront Pavilion at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 2, as part of the newly extended Mardi Gras celebration in Orange. The Jeep Parade will be held at 6 p.m., Friday. Visit www.orangetexas.org for the full schedule of activities for Mardi Gras weekend in Orange. Entertainment for the week By Tommy Mann Jr. The Record The annual Mardi Gras celebration is always a great event in Orange each year, but this year will be double the fun because the...
KAZ’S KORNER I try to read as many Super Bowl stories as I can during the two weeks between the National Football League’s conference championship games and the actual Super Bowl. Even if I spent most of my free time (and when you’re retired, you have quite a bit during the winter months) looking through the thousands of columns and media views on the upcoming event, I would just barely scratch the surface. It’s quite amusing reading about the Philadelphia Eagles players buying dog-faced rubber masks that symbolize the fac...
pic: Sherri Fruge’, above, and her husband, Jeff, were named King and Queen of the Tricentennial Celebration of New Orleans at the 2018 recent Krewe of Krewe’s Mardi Gras Grande Ball. Dave Rogers For The Record Sherri Fruge’ has has been involved with Orange’s Mardi Gras parade practically from the start back in 2003. “My parents were pretty instrumental in getting it set up in Orange,” she said. “We like it for the camaraderie and the friendship.” Saturday night, Feb. 2,...
Cutline: Curt Block of Orange, who lost his right arm to cancer in 2012, looks over some of the cutting blocks he has built for customers of his woodworking business. Dave Rogers For The Record Curt Block of Orange has one arm, one kidney and one heck of a sunny disposition. “I was lucky. In fact, I lucked out on every one of them,” Block says of a series of hospitalization and health emergencies that have kept him battling back since 2012. Today, Block is waiting on the arriv...
Jane Barber Childers, 93, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 28, 2018, in Orange.Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, February 1, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Lynn Ashcraft and Reverend Justin Childers. A private family burial will follow the service. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 12:00 p.m. Born in Orange, Texas, on March 4, 1924, she was the daughter of Ernest and Hettie (Parish) Barber....
Dave Rogers For The Record Jefferson Energy, the little plant that could on the west side of the Port of Beaumont, presented Orange County with checks totaling $2.5 million Tuesday. County Judge Steven Carlton presented former teachers with roses as commissioners’ court joined Lanie Brown from U.S. Rep. Brian Babin’s office in proclaiming February Teachers Appreciation Month. Then, after okaying payments of $3.4 million for debris removal from Hurricane Harvey they expect the...
HANGING TOUGH Things are a long way from being close to normal here at the Creaux’s Nest. Roy is still out, the Creaux is also under the weather and Mark is still out of town. The medical folks want Roy to be off at least another month. He says he’ll be back next week, maybe not at full speed but back. He says he won’t make the Lunch Bunch this week but plans to be at Van Choate’s Tuffy’s next week. He is hoping everyone will plan to attend. Apparently there are different versions of the flu bug. John Roy Fredrick says he con...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record As the mercury creeps up into a more comfortable range outside as well as on the water, don’t let that fool you into feeling too secure at this time of the year. January and February on the Texas gulf coast can be down right brutal with all the rank weather we receive at this time of the year. Bone chilling winds coupled with humid overcast days can make even the toughest fisherman wish for a warm spot in the truck and hot cup of coffee. W...
Dave Rogers For The Record The disqualification of Don Brown as the Democratic candidate for Orange county judge means the winner of the March 6 Republican primary between Stephen Brint Carlton and challenger Dean Crooks will have no November opponent. The Orange County Democratic Party declared Brown’s application for a spot on November’s ballot to be not valid because his filing fee check was returned for insufficient funds. “The Texas Democratic Party pointed out the Texas Election Code is very clear on the matte...
