Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The 6th Annual Golf Tournament will be May 4, at Sunset Country Club. Registration for morning golf will be from 7:00 am with tee time at 8:00 am and registration for afternoon golf will be at 12:00 pm, with tee time at 1:00 pm. There are still sponsorships available....
Volunteers are needed for the nation’s biggest all-volunteer coastal cleanup Saturday, April 18. The 2015 Texas General Land Office Adopt-A-Beach Spring Cleanup takes place at three beaches in the Beaumont area. Volunteers can sign up online at www.texasadoptabeach.org to take part in a fun-filled day at the beach that makes a difference. “The Adopt-A-Beach Spring Cleanup is a great day at the beach for a great cause," said Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush. "Come out...
Writing students in Julie Pelt and Kaycie Donnaud’s seventh grade classes at Mauriceville Middle School got to visit by Skype with the author of several young adult books on Tuesday, March 24. Frank McMillan, who has penned books such as “The Young Healer” and “Cezanne is Missing,” used Skype to talk to the students about being an author and the art of writing. McMillan, a geology professor at Texas A & M University in Corpus Christi and award-winning author, told students...
Are you seeking employment or qualified employees? Lamar State College-Orange and the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce are hosting the 2015 Annual LSC-O Campus Career/Job Fair on Thursday, April 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. inside the LSC-O Student Center. LSC-O students, alumni and community members are encouraged to attend the Career/Job Fair. Applicants attending the Career/Job Fair should dress appropriately. The Career/Job Fair will provide an opportunity for...
The American Legion, Post 250 in Bridge City will hold a flag burning ceremony Saturday, May 16, beginning at 1:00 pm., at the First Baptist Church of Bridge City. Anybody wishing to retire a flag should bring them to the event. The public is invited. The ceremony will follow Department of Defense protocol. For more information, contact Bobby Vincent at 543-5478....
This week’s KEEPER recipe was sent to me by my nephew, Daniel McJunkin’s wife, Jennie. This breakfast explains the true reason for celebrating Easter day. It illustrates how our Lord conquered death that we may have everlasting life. *Tell the “story” as preparing and serving these rolls. EMPTY TOMB ROLLS 1 (10 oz.) pkg. Jumbo Refrigerated Crescent Rolls ¼ cup sugar 1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon 8 large marshmallows ¼ cup butter, melted - Preheat oven to 375○. Prepare muffin tin (Preferably Jumbo size) with non-stick cooking spr...
Orange County will stick with the Texas Association of Counties (TAC) for another year in insuring its assets after County Judge Brint Carlton introduced going out for bids in the private marketplace for insurance coverage. The decision was made at the meeting of the Orange County Commissioners Court on Monday, March 30. The vote was 3 to 2 with Precinct 1 Commissioner David Dubose, Precinct 3 Commissioner John Banken and Precinct 4 Commissioner Jody Crump casting the...
Melissa Brewer’s class at Mauriceville Elementary wrapped up their “Fill the Bucket With Love” unit with an elegant dinner on Tuesday, March 24. The students received a certificate of excellence for the completion of their work and celebrated by dressing up for the day and having a nice noon meal. Students have been working on following the MVE C.A.R.E.S. school expectations, which states, “Here at MVE, our students are expected to be considerate, accepting, responsible, engaged, and safe.” They received beans to fill the...
John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean returns to the Lutcher stage, Thursday, April 2, 2015 as part of the 2014-15 Lutcher Incredible Kids Events Series. Tank, Bubbles and Dorsel can be seen swimming around in two performances at 9:30 and 11:30 AM. All tickets are $4 and may be purchased by calling the Lutcher Theater Box Office at 886-5535. Tony-Award nominee John Tartaglia starred in the acclaimed musical Avenue Q, appeared on Broadway in Shrek The Musical and in Disney's Beauty a...
Representatives of Entergy were at Mauriceville Elementary Tuesday, March 24, to present Cody Steiert, a fifth grade student in Mary Kay Berndt’s language arts class, with a written response from Leo P. Denault, Chairman and CEO of Entergy. Cody and his classmates wrote letters to individuals of their choice culminating a business letter-writing lesson. The student letters went to a variety of people from the President of the United States, to the Department of Defense, NFL p...
HOLY WEEK CONCLUDES--EASTER ARRIVES Come Saturday, 40 days will have gone by since Mardi Gras and the beginning of 40 days of the Lenten season, which concludes on Easter Sunday. This is a special time for many to gather with family and loves ones. ThisFriday is Good Friday, the one day of the year that more Catholics are less likely to eat meat than any other Friday. It is also the start of Passover, which is marked by Jewish people everywhere. In Orange County, our Jewish friends attend religious observances is Beaumont or...
This past Sunday I spent a couple hours at The Cowboy Church of Orange County for the Easter program, "Walk with Jesus". It was a live action story about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. There were "booths" set up in the market that included foods, dyes, basket weaving and other trades and activities from the time when Jesus walked on the earth. One of the areas I was most interested in was a booth where the ladies were making bread. One of the types of bread they we...
