Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Nine + Wedding Design, Event Planning and Rentals. NINE+ is a full-service event planning company founded by Terri Scarborough. A mother of nine, Terri started floral design work when the kids were young. From there, her work has transpired into a full service wedding and party event business with over 20 years of experience. Terri has a passion for making others' dreams come true and she wants to...
Orange Community Players will present Yuletide VI, A Country Christmas, on December 8, 9 and 10. Please join them at 7:00 pm for “Greets & Treats.” Performances will begin at 7:37pm. Tickets are $25 for the food, beverages and entertainment. Please call 409-882-9137 for reservations or order tickets online at www.orangecommunityplayers.com....
Taylor Nichole Luther-Swiney, 18, of Orange, Texas, passed away on Sunday, December 4, 2016, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at Dorman Funeral Home on Friday, December 9, 2016, at 1:00 PM, with David Luther officiating. Rite of Committal and Interment will follow the funeral service at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches, Texas. A visitation for family and friends will be held on Thursday, December 8, 2016, from5:00 PM -...
Kristie Diann Graves, 43, of Nederland, died Sunday, December 4, 2016. She was born on December 3, 1973, in Beaumont, to Darlene Diann Davis Graves and Elton Larry Graves. Kristie graduated from Nederland High School in 1991, where she was a Westernaire. She enjoyed the beach, music, Disney movies, and sports. Kristie was an LVN at Mid-Jefferson Hospital. She will be remembered as a loving mother and grandmother. Survivors include her son, Skyler Peters of Port Neches; daughter, Clara Peters of Groves; granddaughter, Scarlet...
Be our guest for a morning of Advent activities for children in grades kindergarten through 4th grade. Children will learn Christmas songs, make crafts, make snow, learn the story of the birth of Jesus, play games, and enjoy a snack. Date: Saturday, December 10, 2016 Time: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Address: 502 N. Sixth Street, Orange, TX 77630 FUMC’s Praise Center (snowmen at doors) Registration: You can contact the church office at 886-7466 to pre-register through December 7th....
Stefan Taylor Addison, 26, of Orange, Texas, passed away on December 3, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, December 8, 2016, at Pecan Acres Baptist Church at 2000 Duncan Woods Ln., Vidor, TX 77662. Officiating will be Brother Paul Fregia, of Pecan Acres Baptist Church and Brother George Gau, of Turning Point Baptist Church. Speaking will be Todd Shores. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Wednesday, at Pecan Acres Baptist Church. Born in...
For The Record- Staff Report Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Sophomore, Daisy Sutton, was recognized at the LCM District’s regular December Board meeting for being the winner of the 2016 Christmas Card design. The District’s Christmas card this year will feature Daisy’s art and her name will be on the back of each card. She received $50 for her win and a box of cards with her design. Jaden Lewis, a senior, was also recognized by the Board for being named a School Winne...
For The Record- By Tommy Mann Jr John Rzeznik, at left, and Robby Takac, better known as the Goo Goo Dolls, performed in front of a capacity crowd this past Sunday night inside the historic Jefferson Theatre in downtown Beaumont. The band performed many of its well known hits, including "Long Way Down" and "Iris," as the fans clamored for more. The Jefferson Theatre will be the site of another concert as country music star Travis Tritt returns to the Golden Triangle on...
Country music artist Jennifer Nettles will perform a holiday concert on Saturday, Dec. 10, inside L’Auberge Casino Resort Event Center in Lake Charles, La. for ages 21 and older. Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets and at the venue box office. The Record The holiday season is now in full swing and there are big events across Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana each week until the end of 2016, so make plans to enjoy a night out of live entertainment at any o...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School's Aman Tejani and Akhil Tejani won first place in team debate at the Alief-Taylor tournament this past weekend. With this win, they have enough points to qualify for the Texas Forensic Association (TFA) State Tournament in March. This is the first time since 2010 LCM has qualified anyone for this tournament. Don Vercher is the debate coach....
Thursday, December 8, 2016 Granger Chevrolet 2611 MacArthur Drive Orange, TX 77630 7:30 a.m....
ASTROS TRY TO FIX BIGGEST WEAKNESS EARLY For The Record- By Joe Kazmar The Houston Astros found out early in the 2016 major league baseball season that they had a huge deficiency in their regular batting order. More than half of the starting lineup had batting averages around or under the .200 mark and with plenty of strikeouts to boot. The front office kept jockeying players from their Class AAA affiliate to the majors, but with little success. Most of the elevated players came to the majors with glaring weaknesses, which...
For The Record- By Joe Kazmar Playoff Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK (14-0) over GERONIMO NAVARRO (14-0), 7:30 p.m. Friday at NRG Stadium in Houston—The Mustangs are facing a team that has won as many games as they have and must be treated as a team that can beat them. I don’t think that will happen but the Mustangs must continue to play tough offensively, defensively and in the kicking game and good things will happen. Navarro wasn’t supposed to beat Cuero last weekend, but came through with an impressive 35-21 victo...
6 yr old Halen Maxwell is all smiles as he proudly shows off his first ducks. For The Record- By Chuck Uzzle After a 12 day layoff the Texas duck season is set to resume once again on December 10th and it happens to fall just perfect after the coldest weather of the year. The weather man appears to have cooperated as forecasts call for freezing and near freezing temps for several days leading up to Saturday’s opener. Reports from farther up the flyway suggest the biggest i...
Alceuse “Al” Deranger, 91, of Orange, Texas, passed away on December 5, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 8, 2016, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Entombment will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 12:00 p.m. Born in Arnaudville, Louisiana, on May 9, 1925, Al was the son of Dennis Deranger and Francoise’ (Mayer) Deranger. He was a member of the United States Army and proudly serve...
Students at Mauriceville Middle School recently earned seats in the Texas Music Educators All Region Band. They are, front row from left- Layne Dunbar, Jack Burke, Traevin Nelms, Airik Cast, Timothy Weaver, Kaila Low, and Guido Swanton. Second row from left are Reanna McKay, Faith Stanley, Matalyn Hill, Lizzy DeLaFuente, Rylee Wiszmann, and Madison Brinkley. Kathy Smith is the Director of these talented students....
Pictured are (left to right) Ms. Corrao, Mrs. Harmon, Mrs. Bandiero, Mrs. Pousson, Mrs. Gunn-Weatherford, Mrs. King, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. Wimberley and Mrs. Smith. St. Mary Catholic School students are voting for a staff member with the best “Ugly Sweater”. The sweaters were modeled for the entire school after Friday morning prayer. Stay tuned for the winner . . . ....
The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Cardiff Screens. Cardiff Screens can help with all your residential and business screens needs. They also provides awning services. Cardiff Screens is located 205 10th Street in Orange,TX and can be reached at (409) 882-1692....
For The Record- By Dave Rogers West Orange-Cove CISD wants its new Interstate 10 billboard, located on the southeast corner of the intersection at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, to share the school district’s Mustang Pride. Superintendent Rickie Harris said: “We’d like to make those who travel this route know where West Orange-Cove CISD is located and let them know it’s an excellent choice for providing an exceptional educational experience....
Robert Paul Foster, 60, of Beaumont, died Monday, December 5, 2016. A gathering of Mr. Foster's family and friends will begin at 5:00 p.m., with his funeral service to follow at 7:00 p.m., Friday, December 9, 2016, at Broussard's, 1605 North Major Drive, Beaumont, followed by cremation. Memorial contributions may be made to Humane Society of Southeast Texas, P.O. Box 1629, Beaumont, Texas 77704...
DECEMBER 7, PEARL HARBOR—75 YEARS AGO The attack on Pearl Harbor occurred 75 years ago. President Roosevelt had been steering the United States away from the war in Europe and Asia but the invasion galvanized our country uniting all Americans who were determined to defend our way of life. Millions of Americans volunteered to serve their country and help the war effort. Every patriotic American wanted to do their part to help secure freedom’s victory over tyranny. I recall when the announcement came that we had been att...
For The Record- Meri Elen Jacobs Neither wind, nor rain, nor cold could keep the Mustangs from performing Friday night in the 48-5 win over the Giddings Buffaloes at Texan Drive Stadium in New Caney. Although things started off a little off kilter, once the Mustangs got going, they didn’t stop until the last seconds ticked off of the clock. The Mustangs will now face the Navarro Panthers this Friday night at 7:30 in NRG Stadium in the semi-final round. “After a shaky sta...
For The Record After last week’s negative finding in its appeal of damages awarded in a jail death lawsuit, Orange County is hoping for a last-gasp ruling. County commissioners met in closed session for 90 minutes at the end of Tuesday’s commissioners court meeting to discuss the Nov. 29 ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. That decision not only rejected the county’s appeal of the 2015 jury decision that awarded $1.5 million in damages to his family for pain suffe...
For The Record- By Capt. Dickie Colburn We were still treading water Monday following a month’s worth of rain in a single weekend. Boats would have been more appropriate than floats had they not postponed Friday night’s Christmas parade. When it comes to weather, we seem to never get a moderate change in conditions.It is either so hot and dry that a weed won’t grow or flooded streets and ditches overnight.We badly needed about a third of all of this rain for parched yards, but the other two thirds is quickly running off i...
For The Record NFL All-Pro Earl Thomas missed his team’s game two weeks ago with a hamstring injury, then broke his leg in Sunday night’s return and finally told his Twitter followers he was considering retiring. Whaaaaaat? It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for Earl’s fans, who number quite a few in his hometown of Orange and even more across Longhorn Nation and millions across the NFL. Thomas, the 2015 Person of the Year for the Record Newspapers, was all-state in high school...
