Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Head Coach Chad Landry and his Bridge City Cardinal baseball team appear to have picked up right where they left off last season by jumping out to an impressive 7-2-1 record thus far. BC’s only two losses came in the final inning of both games with PNG and LCM. The PNG game, a 2-1 loss, on opening night was an extra inning affair that saw four BC pitchers held PNG to one hit for the entire game while striking out 13. PNG scored runs on a bases loaded walk early in the game and a bases loaded wild pitch in the top of the n...
“Grandpa Griff taught my dad and I how to bass fish,” said 15-year old Kegan Griffin, “so I thought he was going to be really excited when I called to tell him that I caught a big bass Saturday morning. I guess I shouldn’t have told him about the white perch!” Kegan was cranking a crawfish colored three-quarter ounce trap over the top of scattered grass in Buck Creek on Toledo Bend when a 9-pound 14 ounce largemouth ambushed it in about eight feet of water.“I was okay until she jumped,” said Kegan, “and then I just lost it....
The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Education Foundation, Inc. celebrated the completion of the newest phase in the growth of their Legacy Park project - a permanent sign. As with all of the improvements made to the park, donors have provided the materials and costs. Those providing the majority of the funds or labor for the sign include Frey’s Landscape, LLC; the reunion classes of Little Cypress High School 1952-1970; Child’s Building Supply, Inc., LNG Terminal Services, Inc., and Wes and Sylvia Bland. One of those att...
YOU GOTTA FEEL FOR TORNADO VICTIMS While we’re enjoying the nice weather and a big, bright, full moon hanging up high, it’s easy to forget that many are facing devastation. Tornados have swept through many states leaving over 50 people dead and many more left homeless and with everything gone. Some communities have been totally wiped out. Unless you’re a victim, it’s easy to just ignore those unfortunate people’s problems. The Tuesday “USA Today” newspaper, the nations largest, has no coverage of the vast destruction i...
The 32nd Annual Mauriceville Crawfish Festival Beauty Pageant was held Saturday, March 3, at the Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Auditorium. The Mauriceville Crawfish Festival is proud to announce Miss Brittan McDonald as our 2012 Mauriceville Crawfish Festival Queen. Brittan is the daughter of Jason and Amber McDonald. Brittan will reign over the 32nd Annual Mauriceville Crawfish Festival which will be held April 20, 21 and 22 at the fairgrounds on Hwy. 62 in Mauriceville. Her duties will also include leading the...
Our neighbors to the east, the State of Louisiana, has had some unpleasant experiences with hurricanes as has Texas. The state government of Louisiana, however, is moving to do something about it so future hurricanes maybe won’t be as devastating as prior ones. In an article in “Scientific American” dated Jan. 26, 2012, author Mark Fischetti stated more than six years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Louisiana coast, the state has proposed a plan to use wetlands to protect against future high storm surges. “The state’s...
The slick surface of the lake was disrupted by skipping shrimp and the familiar sound of trout crashing the helpless crustaceans. Each cast with a soft plastic was met the familiar thump of an aggressive fish that thought they were much larger than they really were. One small trout after another continued to hammer the jigs and also continued to be too small. The next logical thought for catching bigger fish was to go to a topwater plug, which usually works well under these circumstances. Again the topwater plugs were struck...
Bridge City Cardinal track star Bree Fontenot broke a record in the 3,200-meter race on March 2 at the Vidor Track Meet. She broke the record by seven seconds with a time of 12:05. Her next goal is to break the record in the 400-meter, which currently is 59.2 seconds. Her best time on the 400-meter is 59.6 seconds....
A land swap involving some downtown properties between the City of Orange and the Stark Foundation was officially completed on March 1 as part of the Riverfront Development Project. A joint meeting on Feb. 29 with the Orange City Council and the Orange Economic Development Corporation began the transaction. The Stark Foundation gains the green space at 806 Front Avenue where the old police station once sat behind the Conventions and Visitors Bureau. In exchange, the city gains property for an entry plaza and riverfront...
It’s surprising how many major league baseball fans really look forward to the start of the exhibition season in Florida’s Grapefruit League and Arizona’s Cactus League. Many of these people are “snowbirds” from the North who plan their spring vacations to these two sites where the major league baseball teams are getting ready for the start of the 2012 season in less than four weeks. There also are many fans from the Houston area who have ventured down to Kissimmee, Fla. to take in a few of the Astros’ spring training ga...
It didn’t take the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears long to jump out to an early lead over their Monday night home game against the Ozen Lady Panthers. In fact, the Lady Bears ended the game early against their District 20-4A opponent with a 14-0 victory against the Lady Panthers. The Lady Bears improve to 17-3 and 2-0 for the season. The Lady Bears had 10 hits in the game while Ozen committed five errors. Asheigh Jones started things for LCM, with an inside-the-park home run in the bottom of the first inning. She was a...
The annual Bridge City Chamber of Commerce Banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 8 in the Bridge City Community Center. Each year, the Chamber gives an award for Citizen of the Year and Business of the Year. Last year, Jamie Harrison received the Citizen of the Year award and the County Record and the Penny Record received Business of the Year. This year’s Citizen of the Year award will be given to Pastor John W. Harrell, Pastor of United Pentecostal Church. The Chamber has announced the three finalists for t...
Though it lies within the city of Bridge City’s domain, the Entergy Sabine Power Plant actually has been inside the city of Port Arthur’s jurisdiction for 15 years. All of that, however, could change through legal processes. Attorney Alan Sanders of Orange has filed a petition on behalf of his clients, Rodney Sr. and Debbie Townsend, to disannex their property from Port Arthur. There’s also the possibility of disannexing the 3,200 acres from Port Arthur where the power plant sits upon. Their home is on 340 acres on Highw...
The Lamar State College-Orange Speech and Debate Team competed at Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City, La., March 2-3. Being the first tournament of the year, LSC-O placed second in Individual Event Sweepstakes and first place in Junior College Overall Sweepstakes. The team, composed of Nederland residents Jordan Sanderson, Zech Turk, Daniel Sharpless and Rebecca Phillips, are now headed to Rome, Italy over Spring Break, March 9-18. There, they will compete in the prestigious 22nd International Forensics...
After weeks of haggling and disagreement, Texas now has a district map to work with. Federal judges in San Antonio entered an order on March 1 setting the Texas primary for May 29 and making certain adjustments to the Texas Election Code to accommodate the new primary date, according to www.txredistrictin.org. Texas had new districts drawn after the 2010 Census was completed. Census results are used to determine the number of congressional seats apportioned to each state. Texas currently has 32 members of the United States...
Philip Welch has been with the Orangefield ISD for over 20 years and the district superintendent for five years, but that all ended on Tuesday night. The board of trustees named Kay Karr as the interim superintendent at a special meeting Tuesday night. Karr said she’s honored to be named to a position to the Orangefield ISD because of the district’s positive reputation. “There’s more pluses here than any minuses,” Karr said. “I propose no changes but only stability and consistency until someone long-term is named.” In...
AARP income tax assistance program offered The AARP Tax Filing Assistance Program will have trained volunteers available from 12:15 to 4 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday through April 13th in the Orange Public Library. Anyone seeking assistance should bring the following: all W-2 and 1099 forms, including Social Security benefits and statements; records of Capital gains and losses; receipts of medical expenses, taxes paid, interest paid, contributions, casualty and theft losses, job expenses, sales tax receipts for major purch...
Divorces issued by the office of Vickie Edgerly, Orange County District Clerk for the week Feb. 4 to Feb. 17, 2012: Terry Dianne Prewitt and Danny Lee Prewitt Mariann E. Odom and Nicholas D. Odom Joshua Blake Bearden and Sarah Christine Bearden Beau James Clifton Courts and Susan Rene Courts Rodney Alford Fields and Bridgette Rachelle Fields Joseph Brown and Andrea L. Brown Trissa Marie Vickers and Loren Lee Vickers Stephanie Dell Morris Smith and Jesse Ray Smith Kalee D. Williamson and Chad W. Williamson Alexis Diane...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between March 6, and the morning of March 7: Theft, larceny from vehicle, 1202 Hickory Trails Theft, larceny from vehicle, 601 Hickory Trails Traffic accident, private property damage, 519 IH-10 Theft, larceny from vehicle, 904 Dawnwood Theft, larceny from vehicle, 1001 Dawnwood Public service, other, 3739 Ridgewood Traffic accident, vehicle damage, 1300 Bear Path Burglary, unlawful entry, residence, 1813 Church Damaged property, other, 1500 Link...
Over 15,000 tulips were planted downtown around The W.H. Stark House and Frances Ann Lutcher Theater of the Performing Art during the month of January. Chris Jones, Downtown Gardening Supervisor for the Stark Foundation, invites area residents to see the blooms that have already started to appear and will continue through early spring. “This year is already marked by the beginnings of a successful bloom and we encourage the public to stop by and see the colorful display,” say Jones. “Optimal growing conditions are neces...
Closing ceremonies for Upward Basketball set for March 8 Thursday, March 8, at 6 p.m., closing ceremonies for Upward Basketball will be held at First Baptist Church of Orange. Tony Wolf, a comedian and musician, will provide entertainment at the ceremony. Upward Basketball participants will be recognized, along with the coaches and helpers for this season. Jason Fuller, student minister at First Baptist, has been the basketball commissioner for the league. The church is located at 602. W. Green Avenue Solid Rock Baptist to ho...
Eight score and sixteen years ago, our fathers brought forth in this state a new republic, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal and are not subject to the dictates of despots. Sound familiar? Though it is a poor pedestrian paraphrasing of Lincoln’s historic and unforgettable Gettysburg Address, it addresses the fact that on March 6 one hundred and seventy-six years ago, a diverse band of 189 determined patriots died in an effort to free Texas from the iron grip of the d...
