Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Jack Penn Jude Patten, 19, lifelong resident of Orange passed away Sunday, April 1. A memorial service will be held at 5:00 p.m., Thursday, April 5, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be Deacon Melvin Payne of St. Mary Catholic Church. A gathering of family and friends will be from 4:30 p.m. to service time on Thursday. Jack was born August 5, 1992, in Orange to Gary Matthew Patten and Cheryl Lynn (Johnson) Patten. He was a 2010 graduate of LCM and member at St. Mary Catholic Church where he was an...
Charles Henry Holt, 81, of Beaumont, passed away Monday, April 2, in Beaumont. A graveside service will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, April 5, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont with the Rev. Lynn Ashcraft officiating. Burial rites will also be conducted by the Masonic Lodge. Visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Charles was born in Shelby County, and moved to Orange in his early teens. He worked for Dupont and retired after 40 years. He is preceded in death by his...
The Bridge City Lady Cardinals track team thrilled the home crowd with a first place finish Saturday, March 31 at the Cardinal Relays at Larry Ward Stadium at Bridge City High School. Led by senior star Bree Fontenot, the Lady Cardinals edged out Nederland with 114 points to 113. She won both the 400 meters in 61.71 seconds and 1,600 meters with a time of 5:38.97. Little Cypress-Mauriceville senior Payont Burns finished second in the 1,600 with a time of 5:39.39. Burns won the 800 meters race with a time of 2:22.77. West...
Community Christian School is proud to announce their 2012 NHS and NJHS Inductees. Community Christian School’s 2012 National Honor Society Inductees are: Jonathan L. Breaux, Blair A. Dupre, James M. Herbert, Amanda M. Royer, Noella J. I. Schluter and Madison A. Trahan. Community Christian School’s 2012 National Junior Honor Society Inductees are: W. Joshua Howard, Austin C. Manucy, Justin D. Meaux, Christion J. Rivas, Nathan J. Rose and Sabrina F. West....
The Strutters attended the American Dance National competition this past weekend at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. The officers earned second runner-up overall in medium team category. They won National Champions in novelty and first runner-up in open and modern. They also won Gussie Nell Davis Award and the Best of the Best Award. Officers are Captain Nicole Encalade, 1st Lieutenant Karli Anderson, Lieutenant Kaitlyn Ezell, Lieutenant Madison Woodruff and Lieutenant Sydney Shepherd. The Strutter competition...
At age 20, Zach Johnson of Vidor may not be the youngest party chairman in Texas but he figures he’s one of the youngest. “I was born with a passion. I loved politics since I was a kid. I want to get my bachelor’s in political science (at Lamar University-Beaumont0,” Johnson said. “It’s fun. I enjoy it. I will work my hardest.” Though he’s still too young to drink, Johnson will take over the reigns of the Orange County Republican Party in June and his name will appear on the November General Election ballot. Until then, pre...
“It couldn’t have gone off any smoother,” stated Keith Daley, and more importantly, the thirty-five teams that entered Daley’s Hunt N Fish team Trout Tournament voiced the same opinion. “The weather was perfect, the winning teams brought some really good trout to the scales, and we were able to live release forty of the forty-five fish that were weighed in alive,” added Eric Ronning. Making an effort to keep your three trout alive proved to be nearly as important as catching them for the top four finishers. Teams were awarde...
This first week of April annually features the start of the major league baseball season and golf’s first major tournament—the Masters. And as these two great professional sporting events kick off another year, they both have a couple of addendums in place for the first time ever. Several major league baseball organizations are restricting beer drinking in the clubhouse during or after the games. This has been especially true for the stadiums sponsored by beer companies—St. Louis Cardinals Busch Stadium, Colorado Rocki...
Little Cypress - Mauriceville’s Casey Myers and Hannah McLendon claimed the District 20-4A Doubles Tennis Championship on Tuesday, April 3. Erin Tutt earned Second Place in singles play. Taylor Barnwell is the LCM High School tennis coach....
Early on in the game, it appeared the West Orange-Stark Lady Mustangs were headed to a blow-out win over the Lady Bobcats at Orangefield Friday, March 30. In the end, however, it turned out to be a close with the Lady Mustangs wining 4-2 in a District 21-3A softball game. The Lady Mustangs are 3-2 in district while the Lady Bobcats are 2-3. WOS got off to a quick start with a run in the first inning and two in the second inning. Brit’ny Colbert singled with two outs and put herself in scoring position by stealing second. Sara...
J.T. Ford observed his 90th birthday on March 26 with approximately fifty members of his family and friends, and five generations of his family. Pictured are (l to r): Daughter Patretia Dillon, grandson Sam Dillon, grandson Danny Dillon, and J.T holding great-grandson (Danny’s son) Jackson Dillon....
Tim Chandler, the Marathon Man, is turning 60! If you rest, you rust, keep moving! Happy Birthday, we love you. Beth, Matthew, Erin, and Jarred....
Are you seeking employment or qualified employees? Lamar State College-Orange is partnering with the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce to host the 2012 Annual Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday April 10, inside the LSC-O Student Center. LSC-O students and alumni of all majors are invited, as well as a number of local employers. The career fair will provide a forum for employers to discuss career opportunities with a diverse group of around 150 technical and associate degree students and graduates. All are...
Area residents have a unique opportunity next week to attend a world premiere production at the Lutcher Theater. Jim Crump has spent more than 35 years of his life preparing for this event. He wrote the script, built the set and gathered the costumes for “Charlie Russell’s Recollection of the Old West.” At times he thought this day would never come and on more than one occasion he was tempted to scrap the set at a landfill. “It's been a real journey getting here, with many diversions, chunks of time, a good bit of pain, and l...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between April 3, and the morning of April 4: Traffic accident, injury, Old Hwy. 90 at Lindenwood Process service, 205 Border Traffic problem, other, 16th at Green Process service, warrant, Lion’s Den Park/201 8th Assault, Class A, 16th and Sunset Theft, other, 608 Strickland Follow-up investigation, local event, 201 8th/1303 Sholars Public service, other, 3011 N. 16th Process service, warrant, 205 Border Traffic problem, other, 16th and B...
The Friends of the Bridge City Public Library will be hosting a Book Sale and Bake Sale on Saturday, April 14th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will be held on Walgreen’s parking lot, located at the corner of Round Bunch and Texas Avenue in Bridge City. Books to be sold include both fiction and non-fiction with a selection of children’s and adult books, paperbacks, hardbacks and magazines. Homemade goods include fudge, pralines, brownies, muffins and cookies. The proceeds of the sale will benefit the building fund for the...
The pie of Christianity has been cut, sliced and served a myriad of different ways. Since the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century and subsequent reformations, the Church has become splintered. Every week millions of Christians flock to their respective congregations and faith communities, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Methodist, Presbyterian (USA), Presbyterian Church of America, Baptist, Southern Baptist, Northern Baptist, Catholic, Churches of Christ, Orthodox, Episcopal and “non-denominational” chu...
HOLY WEEK BRINGS ON EASTER The big question always was who is going to beat Kentucky? The answer always was nobody. With two freshmen and two sophomores, Kentucky won the national basketball championship by beating Kansas 67 to 59. Four players on the Wildcat team will be drafted by the NBA, freshman Anthony Davis, 20, will be the first player taken overall. It will almost be total rebuilding by Kentucky next season. *****How about those Lady Baylor Bears. The game against Notre Dame Tuesday night is after my deadline but...
