Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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PATRIOTS VALIDATE THEIR DYNASTY THEORY For The Record - Joe Kazmar Super Bowl LI very well could have been what the National Football League was in desperate need of—a super-exciting game that set many Super Bowl records. After wallowing through a tough season marred by non-competitive games, declining ratings, terrible officiating and awkward national anthem protests, Sunday night’s game may have righted an NFL ship that was appeared to be slowly sinking. Once again the combi...
Courtesy photo Christian hip-hop artist TobyMac will headline a concert this Saturday, Feb. 11, at Ford Arena in Beaumont. Tickets are $15 - $69.75 are available at all Ticketmaster outlets and the Ford Park box office. Visit www.fordpark.com for more details. The Record The big music events just keep on coming and the local scene is heating back up as spring creeps ever closer. Check out what’s happening this coming week around Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana and f...
ORANGE, Texas, February 2, 2017 – It’s time to brush off on your golf swing for the 4th Annual Kiwanis Glow-In-The-Dark Golf Tournament, scheduled for Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. But don’t worry about taking a shot in the dark, because when the sun goes down, the course at Sunset Grove Country Club will brighten up with glow-in-the-dark golf balls and course markings to light the way. Sponsored by Sabine Federal Credit Union, this four-person scramble, night...
Orange County Friends is a group of ladies open to all Orange County residents. We meet several times each month. Please contact Lois Ferrell at 988-5602 for membership information. Our dues are only $15 per year. Feb. 2 - Bridge at 11am at the Garden District on Hwy 87. Feb. 7 - General Meeting at 11:30am at the Old Orange Cafe. We have reserved the back room for lunch and a program with Celtic musician Andrew Bollich. Contact Lois at 988-5602 to RSVP. Feb. 8 - Mah Jong at 1:30 at Karen Akers home 349-0477...
Standing-Back Row L to R- Aiden Fukuda, Carson Drucker, Braddock Willis, Seth Kelon, Tommy Romero, Jesus Romero,Marlee Woodruff, Front Row L to R -Austin Ramirez, Kason Smith, Dakota Powers Bridge City Middle School Chess Team competed in the Silsbee Invitational Chess Tournament on Saturday, January 28th. Seth Kelone placed 3rd, Marlee Woodruff placed 5th and Branick Willis placed 6th. All our chess players showed excellent Cardinal Character and had a great...
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Fashion Design and Culinary Arts students went to the Art Institute of Houston recently to explore the opportunities available in those fields. They toured the campus and admissions gave presentations of the programs offered by the Institute. The trip included lunch at their culinary student-run restaurant called Courses. According to teacher Babs Foster, “It was a great experience for our students....
Brandon Jenkins (right) and Trey Guillory (left) each signed to play football with colleges on Wednesday. Brandon is going to Kilgore Junior College. In the fall, Trey signed with the Air Force Academy to run track and yesterday also committed to the AF for football....
Strutters cutline Nine members of the -- Mia Woodruff, Lauren Guidry, Lyvia Ebarb, Avery Harris, Chelse Cisneros, Madison Esquivel, Ashlynn Koons, Sydney Hanson and Victoria Doan – led by director Cathy Riley, right, were part of the Super Bowl 51 halftime show in Houston Sunday. Cutline Doane Victoria Doane (circled in red) was one of nine Bridge City Strutters who took part in Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show featuring pop artist Lady Gaga. By Dave Rogers For The Rec...
Down Life's Highway Everyone who has a grandparent should spend some time with them. After all, we are a part of them, and they are a part of us. Availa Duplantis was a special person in my childhood. She was my grandma. With a strong arm and a strong will, she was a Cajun whose heritage included German, Spanish and Acadian French. Like most people exposed to the Cajun culture, her ancestors were absorbed into the Cajun way of life. She spoke only French. She had been with...
For The Record -For The Record- By Capt Dickie Colburn Afternoon after afternoon and weekend after weekend, Michael Vaughan and his seven year old daughter Karsyn climbed into their deer stand and waited for a shot at a special deer.From Day 1 until the final day of youth season and regardless of weather conditions, they repeated that scenario. It was not that she had not had several other opportunities that she patiently passed on nor was it the mounting pressure of having...
For The Record -Capt. Chuck Uzzle As far as I am concerned February and the weeks leading up to March have to be some of the best times on the calendar for a wide variety of reasons. Spring is closing in and everything starts to heat up, especially the fishing. Anglers all over the state look forward to this month with great anticipation every year because in just about any body of water you fish, fresh or salt; you stand an excellent chance of doing battle with a career fish. Freshwater anglers have long known the magic...
HOW WILL FUTURE COMPARE WITH THE PAST Mark your calendar, as of Jan. 15, 2017, with the last survey of the jobs monthly report, 227,000 jobs were reported, with a low 4.8 unemployment. Under the Obama Administration surveys showed 19 straight months of jobs growth. Trump took over on Jan. 20. You might want to keep those figures and check them again on Jan. 20, 2020, to see what success the Trump Administration had. Other Obama successes, 2016 was a record year for new auto sales and new home startups, interest rates remains...
Cutline mug: Leroy Breedlove taught and coached in Orange from 1964 to 1998, guiding the city’s youth to stardom on and off the field. He died last Friday at 86. Cutline w/ wife (if you don’t crop her): Leroy Breedlove, 86, was honored for a lifetime of service as a teacher and coach when the football field at West Orange-Stark was named for him last September. His wife Barbara is at right in photo. By Dave Rogers For The Record Leroy Breedlove, the man for whom the pla...
For The Record- Dave Rogers Stump and Dayle Weatherford were crowned King and Oueen of the Orange Mardi Gras Ball Saturaday night. The King and King of Celebration were joined on the Royal Court by Duke and Duchess of Wonderland, Dakota and Jessica Risinger:; The Duke and Duchess of Fourth of July, Johnny and Becky Trahan; The Duke and Duchess of Dia de los Muertos, Russell and Temple Perry; and the Bachelors and Duchess of Bacholorettes, Robert and Cheryl Stalnaker. The...
Cutline: Legacy Lions from Orange County Lions clubs gather for the recent Centennial Celebration in Beaumont. Clockwise from bottom left, they are Herb Beers, Derrick Bolt, Pam Honeycutt, Patrick Thibodeaux and Chris Kovach. For The Record Orange insurance man Herb Beers was feeling pretty proud of his 37 years of service to Lions Clubs International. Then he said hello to a Jefferson County Lions member he met at the District 2S-1 Centennial Celebration in Beaumont. “He h...
