Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Let me begin by providing each of you with a warm, gracious, and most sincere ‘thank you’ as many of you attended the Orange County Master Gardener Associations Annual Spring Plant Sale held on Saturday March 18th at Jewel Cormier Park in Orangefield. We truly appreciate our entire SETX community for braving the cold temperatures and supporting our organization. I hope each of you enjoyed the bountiful plant selections we provided for you and that the plants each of you pur...
Shangri La is offering an early-morning, adults-only bird watching tour along Adams Bayou on Thursday, April 13. The botanical gardens and nature center will even provide binoculars and field guides for beginning birders. Sarah Boehme, curator of the Stark Museum of Art, will accompany the tour and discuss the famous 19th Century bird artist and naturalist John James Audubon. The Stark Museum of Art has a rare complete copy of Audubon's "The Birds of America." Reservations...
ANNIVERSARY OF “SHOCK AND AWE” THE BIG LIE I sit here today on the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, recalling President George W. Bush going on TV and telling the American people what the U.S. planned to do. I had written several times that to invade Iraq would be a mistake. The Bush Administration used false premises to sell the war and the American people bought it. Their justification was that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. That was a lie...
When the bell rang early last week to start the 2023 Men’s March Madness Tournament, there were a record number of nine teams from the Lone Star State that had qualified for the event. After two rounds of play in the single-elimination event, 16 teams remain, with only two—No. 1 seed University of Houston and second-seeded Texas—still alive and ready to compete for the national championship next week. And several of the basketball writers covering the tourney and making their...
Dennis Ferrell West, 87, of Orange, Texas, passed away on March 20, 2023, at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, March 25, 2023, at St. Francis of Assissi Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre. Inurnment will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. A gathering will be held prior to the service at 9:00 a.m., Saturday, at St. Francis of Assissi Catholic Church. Born in Kirbyville, Texas, on July 22, 1935,...
Frederick Pfiester, 73, of Fannett, Texas passed away on March 17, 2023, in Port Arthur, Texas. Memorial services will be 12:00 p.m., Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Grace Community Church in Fannett, Texas. Officiating will be Mike Parise. Interment will follow at a later date at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 31, 1949, he was the son of Frederick Pfiester Jr. and Eva Nell Pfiester. Frederick served in the United States Air...
