Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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This past week saw the fishing improve on Sabine Lake as we dried out some and the lake continued to clear. The only fly in the ointment was a stiff southeast wind that eliminated fishing much of the lake every day. The flounder bite was on the upswing as evidenced by the truck traffic on the revetment walls. The folks fishing on the rocks actually had an advantage over the boaters as it was a hassle trying to hold a boat off the wall with a 20 mph. wind at your back. There was a very decent trout bite on the Causeway reefs,...
Bridge City has come back strong after the devastation of Hurricane Ike. Businesses that were flooded have been repaired and reopened. Houses that were flooded have been repaired and remodeled and are once again homes. The City government is up and running with a new interior in the City Hall. There was only one thing left to replace at City Hall, the flower beds. Councilwoman Lucy Fields took charge of the project and got things moving. Fields first decided that she would plant Pink and White Hawthorn plants. The Hawthorns a...
TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING Well, we have sprung into spring. We predicted last summer that it was going to be a mild winter but it was milder around the country than we expected. Many ski slopes didn’t get any snow; even Boston and Minnesota hit 80 degrees. Time keeps flying by, it seems Christmas was just a few weeks ago and already it’s coming on Easter. Ms. Pearlhas published a poem this week titled “Time.” At age 91, she has seen a lot of time come and go. Read it, you’ll enjoy it. There was an awful tragedy at the Jeffe...
County Judge Carl Thibodeux said when he ran for re-election in 2010, he was the first sitting judge that didn’t face an opponent in either the primary or the general election in 50 years. Now incumbent sheriff, Keith Merritt, can say the same thing. Sheriff C.A. Hollts was the last sitting sheriff to run unopposed in 1960, according to records from the Orange County Election Office. Merritt said an “old-timer” told him the same thing but he didn’t verify it yet. “I’m flattered and pleased (on running unopposed),...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between March 20, and the morning of March 21: Public service, other, IH-10 W./state line Traffic accident, vehicle damage, FM 1078 and Hwy. 62 Public service, assist public, 1108 Burton Traffic accident, private property damage, 608 Strickland Miscellaneous incidents, 1307 14th...
If you’ll look around, you’ll spy a surprising number of vehicles parked around local baseball diamonds that a couple weeks back were sitting dark and empty. Now they’re filled with the crack of a bat, the cry of the crowd, the laughter of youngsters. It’s baseball time. Maybe I should say, it’s little league time. Of course, the big stuff isn’t far behind, but all around the area, little gals and guys are flailing to hit the ball, and if they do, and if the coach catches them in time, they race for first base instead of...
According to a press release from Capt. W.K. Longlois, with the Orange Police Dept., earlier this morning there were several roadways in Orange County that were impassable, or traffic was slow moving. Capt. Longlis said that “while these were certainly unofficial rain totals, citizens had reported rain amounts from nine inches in town, to 12 inches in the Little Cypress community”. He went on to say that there are homes that flooded overnight, but he didn’t have an accurate count of those. Capt. Longlois sent this report on t...
Hubert Simar of Dripping Springs, passed away at home on March 19, after an extended illness. He was the beloved husband of the late Helen Gillet for nearly 60 years. He was a proud Cajun, born in Iota, LA, in 1920. He lived in south Louisiana and east Texas for most of his life. Hubert served as a sergeant in the US Marine Corps and was stationed in the South Pacific during WWII. Just after the war, he joined DuPont Chemicals in Orange, and retired 30 years later from DuPont in LaPlace, LA. Hubert was involved in many civic...
Jean Parker has seen many changes in her 23 year tenure with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office — working under three different sheriffs and in the process transferring from being their secretary to the purchasing department. That phase of her life will end on March 30 when she retires from the department and begins a new chapter in her life. “I was hired by Huel Fontenot in 1989 as his secretary. I didn’t have a clue (on police matters). I didn’t know what a reserve deputy was.” She worked for Fontenot for eight years until...
Bridge City High School’s Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA), a school club, will be one of more than 44 teams participating at the 13th Annual Orange County Relay for Life, May 4 - 5, at the Bridge City High School Stadium. The team is comprised of 30 11th and 12th Grade students that have been participating in the Orange County American Cancer Society fundraiser for the past five years. It is led by Bridge City High School Health Science teacher/ team captain Robin Peveto. Peveto is a registered nurse and was look...
According to a press release from Captain Cliff Hargrave, with the Orange Police Dept., an Orange man who was reported missing has been found deceased. Appleton Lonnie Stroud, 75, was found about 100 feet from a vehicle in the 3300 block of Chasse Ridge Dr. at 12:36 pm today. Officers found the body of the man when they responded to a call about a vehicle in a ditch at the end of Chasse Ridge Dr. Stroud was found in a very deep, water filled ditch. The area had recently been covered with water from the heavy rains. Justice...
It makes one wonder how many chambers of commerce can not only boast of a 125 year history, but can also boast of seven businesses with continuous membership for the entire time span. The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated the milestone Tuesday night celebrating 125 years of service to the community at The Brown Center in Pinehurst. The evening’s ceremony began with Lee Ann Fuselier, chairwoman of Access Services, giving a welcome to the audience before Jarren Garrett, chariman-elect of Baptist Orange Hospital...
