Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Last week’s column dealt with the rules changes that will go in effect at the start of the 2020 major league baseball season. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred continues to make changes in the game that probably would make the game’s inventor Abner Doubleday roll over in his grave. Most of the changes over the years have been beneficial to the game like video replay and limiting the number of challenges of each team. New ideas generally are tested in the minor leagues or in spring training like the use of electronic mon...
Photo: City of Pinehurst employees and grant administrators David and Lesley Waxman join Mayor Dan Mohon, far right, and General Land Office grant manager Terri Spencer to celebrate the city's receipt of a $6.8 million Harvey grant to repair Pinehurst infrastructure Wednesday at City Hall. From left, they are Dawanna Stringer, Charles Spain, David Waxman, John Toney, Lesley Waxman, Greg May, Robbie Hood, Spencer and Mohon. Photo courtesy City of Pinehurst Dave Rogers For The...
”How can we leave,” asked Terry Robnet.“It’s pretty obvious the fish are here, but we just forgot how to fish.” That enlightening statement was a logical assumption based on the fact that two anglers drifting the same flat were catching three or four fish every drift.At the same time, we were only three hundred yards east of them and lucky to catch a single trout. Our pile of wrong guesses littering the floor of the boat was growing! The frustration really set in when they started their next drift much closer to the shore...
Penny LeLeux For The Record Jimmy Guidry is bringing the Swamp Pop Blowout back March 28 at VFW Post 2775 in Orange. Gregg Martinez and the Delta Kings will be the house band for the event, featuring: Charlene Howard, Parker James, Steve Adams and Ryan Foret. Guidry loves swamp pop music and hosts the event to keep the music alive. “They are all dying,” said Guidry. “G.G. (Shinn) died a year and a half ago. T.K. (Hulin) I had hired this year, but he had open heart surge...
Photo: Marc Walraven, senior storm surge barrier adviser for the Dutch infrastructure and water management agency, explains to Texas officials how the Netherlands protects its citizens with a multi-billion-dollar system of barriers and sea gates on Feb. 20 in Galveston. Dave Rogers For The Record Never let it be said that Orange County leaders don’t know where to find people with answers to their problems. And when it comes to water management, you go to the go-to guys on t...
Photo: The 2020 winners of the school-level competition held February 20, 2020 at West Orange – Stark High School: (Left to Right): Jasmine Smith: 2nd place, Declamation; Rayne Keith: 1stplace, Declamation; Lance Parks: 1st place, Interpretive Reading; Trinity Brown: 2ndplace, Interpretive Reading. The following West Orange-Stark High School students Rayne Keith and Lance Parks earned first place in Declamation and Interpretive Reading, respectively, at the school-level f...
Local student angler, 11 year old Keagan Trahan of Bridge City, is all smiles as he cashed in on a tagged bass worth $1500.00 while recently on a trip to Toledo Bend. Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record The annual hiatus from school that kids of all ages look for every year, otherwise known as Spring Break, is almost here. During this week off from the rigorous demands of reading, writing, and arithmetic you can rest assured that a cry will rise up from the masses that there is n...
Photo: Kollyn Brown of LC-M was a winner at Orangefield in the shot put. There are plenty of bouquets and rose ceremonies to conduct as The Bachelor is about to start in another part of our house. So let’s pass out a few roses. First, to the BISD for bringing back its meet ast weekend after 30 years of the YMBL Relays. Second, to the BISD for calling it the Ed Taylor Relays. Ed would be humbled to have it named after him. Seven new girls area leaders and eight new boys area l...
February 28 (Beaumont) – The Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Bear golf team took part in the Beaumont ISD Larry Paine Memorial Tournament at Henry Homberg Golf Course. LCM finished with a season best 312 to win the team division by seven strokes. Hardin-Jefferson (319) finished 2nd and Deer Park finished 3rd with a 327. Jack Burke continued his solid play as he fired a 1/71 to win the tournament for the third consecutive year. Senior Mason Sterling had his best t...
The Lady Battlin’ Bears took the WIN over the East Chambers Lady Buccaneers 6-0. Alyssa Ammons had 1 goal assisted by Makenzie Holland; Makenzie Holland had 2 goal assists made by McKenzie Freeman and Semma Ahaltri; & Belle Fisher had the Hat Trick with 3 goals. Shut out by the defense and goal keeper Matalyn Hill. From LCMHS soccer coach Jasmine Figueroa...
Trinity Baptist in Orange recently hosted a Sweetheart Dinner at the church, located at 1819 16th Street, Orange 77630. A special guest at the event was the pastor and wife Amy's eight-month-old son, Baker, as well as their five-year-old son, Beckham. Pictured are Pastor Ryan Chandler, left, Baker Chandler, and church member and usher Mike Kelley. The meal was privately catered with 72 people in attendance. After dinner, Pastor Ryan co-emceed many rounds of karaoke, along...
St. Mary Catholic School’s Student Council attended the TASC District 17 Spring Convention at the Beaumont Civic Center. The council had four groups of facilitators presenting; Mental Wellness, Community Service, Safety and Teacher Appreciation projects. The council ran for Middle Level Advisor to the Board and was successful. We will hold this office again for the 2020-2021 school year. The council also received recognition as a Sweepstakes Student Council through the f...
The Bridge City/ Orangefield Rotary awarded Matthew Hazen as their Orangefield February Student of the Month. Proud parents are Kim and Danny Hazen. Pictured are Shaun McAlpin - Superintendent, Katie Bowers - family, Matthew - student, Mark Bunch - Rotarian and Carissa Bonnin - Counselor....
The Bridge City/ Orangefield Rotary Club honored Brindin Shomo as the Rotary February Student of the Month. Pictured are Brindin - student, family members - Shay Garren, and Chala Plessella, Nikki Harris - Counselor. Back row Todd Lintzen - Superintendent, Mark Bunch - Rotarian and Tim Woolley - High School Principal....
The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for new member KPI General Contractors at 1207 Pier Rd in Orange on February 27, 2020. Owners Bill and Jenny Stark have worked in the Orange area for over 14 years starting with real estate and now having a company that takes on residential, commercial, and industrial construction projects. They have been at this location for approximately 2 years working with local businesses, helping to restore their...
On February 27th the OJH One Act Play Troupe competed at the UIL District 22-AAA Junior High One Act Play contest. This was the first time in OJH history to compete in this category. The team finished 2nd overall in the competition and the following students received special recognition. All-Star Crew : Liliana Sanford All-Star Cast Honorable Mention : Ava Dyer and Jayde Baggett All-Star Cast - Kamryn Aery Best Performer : Catalina Lawly Entire Cast : 2nd Place in competition...
Congratulating Claire Smith, center holding honeycomb rack, on her presentation about the life of bees in southeast Texas are Golden K Kiwanis members from left, Dennis Ferrell, president; Rosie Hurst; Pat McCombs, secretary; Margaret Light, past president; Karen McKinney, past regional officer; and Vern Murray, treasurer. Not pictured are Anne Payne; Reid Caruthers, past president; Linda Pittillo; Lois Ferrell, past president; Debra McCombs; Billy Jack McKinney, past...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for America Donuts to welcome them to our membership on Tuesday, March 3. Owner David Sov cut the ribbon to officially start the celebration. America Donuts is open from 4:00 am to noon every day. All pastries are made fresh daily and from scratch. All your favorite donuts, kolaches, etc. will be waiting for you daily. They are conveniently located at 2105 Texas Avenue, Bridge City, Tx. For more information...
Students at Orangefield Elementary enjoyed watching and interacting with Kyle Compton fromThe NED Show. “The NED show provides common learning themes – preventing bullying, building relationships, achieving excellence, test prep, growth mindset and healthy choices.” Every student received a yo-yo to learn their very own yo-yo tricks. It was a great day to be a Bobcat!...
Photo: Rodeo Day parade Maverick Gonzales and Colt Donnaud Kindergarten students at Orangefield Elementary had Rodeo Day on Friday. Students participated in a school wide parade, and topped it off with activities and games. It was a root-n toot-n good time, and fun was had by all! Photo: Sack races Rody Hussey and Colt Donnaud...
Corey Thomas dissecting owl pellets in Mrs Miller’s room. Students identified bones to match animals that the owls ate....
Dave Rogers For The Record The Mooney Train rolled across Orange County Tuesday as Constable Lane Mooney defeated Sheriff’s deputy Rob Strause in a down-to-the wire race to become Sheriff. The final total showed 6,991 votes for Mooney, 6,457 for Strause, a margin of 52% to 48% in the Republican Party Primary. The going was a little easier for Rex Peveto, the son of former State Rep. Wayne Peveto. He defeated Michael Catt 7,887-5,479 (59%-41%) in a contest to replace r...
