Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The LCM School Finals of the 119th Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest in Reading and Declamation was held Sunday, March 5th at 2:00 in the LCM High School Library. Each second place winner receives a $1500 university scholarship and each first place winner receives $2000. Declamation Finalists: Madison McGuire, Taylor Hardin and Paige McKee 1st place - Jessica Ridout 2nd place - Gabrielle Moore Interpretive Finalists: Sima Shahab, Cole Watson and Norah Leblanc 1st place - Sarah...
WAITING FOR SPRING AND THE ROBINS Grandma used to say, “”Have the Robins come yet? Spring will come when the Robins come.” I always thought it was the other way around. The Robins would come when spring got here. Well, maybe she was right. For several years I’ve seen very few Robins, maybe a single one in an open field. The weather has been so up and down that about the time I think maybe Spring is here we get a cold blast. Maybe Grandma was right, the Robins are here waiting...
The Lady Bobcats battled the wind last week at Nederland’s tournament held at Babe Zaharias Golf Course. The team finished the day with a team score of 456. Rylie Kethan had a 104, Emma Perriotte 111, Alyssa Wiley 117, Abby Slaughter 124, and Jordyn Rucker a 132....
The Houston Astros and the Houston Texans made changes recently that got the attention of many sports’ history buffs. Astros’ Jim Crane became the first major league baseball owner to replace his general manager AFTER winning the World Series. Not since Larry MacPhail was let go by the Yankees in 1947 had a general manager lost his job in the offseason after winning a World Series. Veteran baseball man Dana Brown, who has spent his entire adult life in major league bas...
Betsy Bland, teaching artist at Stark Museum of Art, creates a black and white line drawing. Stark Museum of Art to host Create! workshop Draw a landscape using only lines at the CREATE! Workshop: Guided Pen & Ink Drawing on Saturday, March 11, 2023 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Stark Museum of Art. Betsy Bland, teaching artist, will guide you step by step in the process of creating a graphic black and white line drawing. Registration fee is $5 and includes all m...
The Bridge City/Orangefield Rotary Club named Kandis Huff as the Bridge City Student of the Month for March. Kandis plans to attend Houston Christian University to obtain an Associate degree in Finance and a Bachelor degree in Psychology. Pictured with Kandis are her Father-Russell Huff, BCHS Counselor-Lisa Huckaby, and Rotary President-Dr. Mark Messer....
The Bridge City/Orangefield Rotary Club named Leroy Bergeron as the Orangefield Student of the Month for March. He ranks 59 in his class and plans to pursue a law degree to become an Elderly Law Attorney. Pictured with Leroy are OFHS Principal - Rea Wrinkle, Parents - Leroy and Latonia Bergeron, Rotary President -Dr. Mark Messer, OFHS Counselor-Crissa Bonnin, and OFHS Superintendent-Shaun McAlpin....
This weekend a couple of Orangefield students participated in the calf scramble at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. A huge congratulations to Harley Beaudoin for catching a calf and being awarded a scholarship to go towards purchasing a steer or heifer for next school year....
(Orange, Texas) Be our guest at The W.H. Stark House this Friday, March 10, and other select Fridays throughout the year! The public is invited to walk the grounds and view the first floor of the historic home, which includes the library, music room, dining room and breakfast room/office. Dates for First Floor Fridays are March 10, April 14, May 19, June 23, July 21, August 11, September 22, October 27 and December 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the last entry at 1:30 p.m....
There is no doubt in this gardener’s mind spring has arrived in SETX! Let me stop you before many of you nay-sayers begin your hoopla saying the thirty day weather outlook predicts we have cold weather arriving…blah, blah, blah! This gardener is planting his vegetable garden (tomatoes and peppers included), as well as flowering plants. Composted manure has been top-dressed on each gardening area and weeds removed, uhm mm, well most of them! Succession planting, a method whi...
LCM administrators participated in T-TESS training this week. David Hicks of Region 5 presented. T-TESS, which stands for Texas Teacher Evaluation & Support System, is the rubric the District uses to provide feedback to educators and is intended to promote continuous, professional improvement....
The bi-monthly meeting of the Friends of the Orange Depot will be held on Thursday, March 9, at 5:30PM at the depot at 1210 Green Avenue. Led by President Alicia Booker, the Board of Directors will be discussing two important current projects, a newly planned Educational Support Building and the annual fundraiser, Depot Day. Depot Day, to be held on Saturday, May 6, 10:00AM-2:00PM on the depot grounds, is a yearly festival for families, this year offering new exciting rides,...
The Good Book says that without vision one cannot become a great leader. Recent acts by some of our state politicians seriously questions their reasoning on whether they have the amount of vision required to become good leaders. Telling us what we can read or teachers what they can teach limits what might be in our future as well as limiting our individual freedoms. Reading can also lead us to things we have never imagined. Reading can be helpful in everyday life. Recently I...
Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center will be celebrating their 15th birthday on Saturday, March 11. To commemorate this milestone, the first 150 visitors will take home a free plant. Make plans to enjoy the gardens and soak up some sun at this free family event! "We can't think of a better reason to celebrate with our community and thank them for supporting us these last 15 years," said Angie Mason, executive director of Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature...
On March 2, we celebrate Texas Independence Day! On that day in 1836, a delegate from each of the 59 existing settlements in Texas signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. This document officially declared Texas’ independence from Mexico and created the Republic of Texas. The delegation met at Washington-on-the-Brazos and also organized the interim government, naming Sam Houston commander-in-chief of the republic’s military forces. Here are five things happening aro...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – A consortium of Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc., Sargent & Lundy and The Industrial Company will provide Entergy Texas with engineering, procurement and construction services to build the Orange County Advanced Power Station. The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved Entergy Texas' proposal to build the 1,215-megawatt combined-cycle power plant near Bridge City, Texas. The consortium partners' combined expertise will help Entergy progress toward i...
Family and friends looked on as Mariah Ammons signed to play soccer at the collegiate level with LeTourneau University. Among her many accomplishments are 2023 TASCO Academic All-State, 2022 1st Team All-District Volleyball, 2022 Academic All-State Volleyball, 2022 All-Orange Leader Volleyball 2nd Team, 2022 All-KOGT Volleyball 2nd Team, 2022 YMBL All-Tournament Volleyball Team, and 2022 Star Student....
The Orangefield boys golf team competed in the Bridge City Invitational at Sunset Grove Country Club in Orange this week. The Bobcats shot a team total of 326 and finished in the runner up spot behind Beaumont Kelly, which had a team total of 310. Orangefield's Lincoln Parks led the team with 74, finishing as the 2nd place medalist, behind Kelly's Jullian Mathews, who shot a 72. Other Bobcats competing were Xander Parks (81), Cameron Dischler (81), Reese Johnson (85), Alex...
Sadie Malagarie is headed to the state powerlifting meet after placing 2nd in her weight class at the 3A regional meet in Bay City...
Spring is the time when the whole fishing world loses its collective mind, winter is in the rear view mirror and most anglers are suffering miserably from cabin fever. Some of the angling faithful have taken advantage of the lack of on the water participation from most fishermen, big trout hunters have spent the past weeks waist deep in chilly water snatching stud trout from nearly every venue along the coast. Bass fishermen have enjoyed some incredible catches already this...
Helen Weaver of Bridge City, TX, passed away of natural causes on March 6, 2023 (just two weeks before her 96th birthday) surrounded by her family. Visitation will be from 10:00 am until 11:00 am on Thursday, March 9, 2023 at First Baptist Church in Bridge City, TX. Funeral services will be at 11:00 am, March 9, 2023 at First Baptist Church in Bridge City, TX. Officiating will be Rev. Keith Royal. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Bridge City, TX. Helen was...
