Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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KAZ’S KORNER It seems like each day the world fights the Coronavirus, the more annual sports events get postponed until next year. The most recent biggie was the announcement Monday morning on ESPN’s “First Take” show that the 149 th Open set for July 16-19 has been canceled until next year and will be played at Royal St. George in 2021. There actually will be professional baseball played this spring—the Korean League—which is set to begin April 21. But if one player tests positive for the virus, the league will halt all ga...
Elizabeth Ann Kibbe Elizabeth Ann Kibbe, 62, of Plano, Texas, passed away on April 2, 2020, at her mother’s home in Bridge City, Texas. Born in Orange, Texas, on October 9, 1957, she was the daughter of Robert L. Kibbe, Jr. and Patsy (Wade) Kibbe Gifford. Elizabeth worked as a CPA for Parkland Hospital in Dallas for many years. She was a supporter of Circle Drive Baptist Church in Bridge City. Elizabeth was a talented musician and accomplished pianist. She loved gardening and...
Louis Curtis Harmon, 85, of Beaumont, passed away Saturday, April, 4, 2020 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born at home in Orangefield, TX on November 27, 1934, to Annie Hutchinson Harmon and George Joseph Harmon. After graduating from Orangefield High school, Louis worked in a variety of jobs including, the oilfields, DuPont Refinery in Orange, TX, Pipefitters Local Union 195, and in the oil industry in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. At the end of the 1970s, Louis designed and built a 60’ steel hull shrimp boat w...
Dave Rogers For The Record Thanks to a ton of bad weather in recent years (think hurricanes and tropical storms), students and faculty at Lamar State College Orange are no strangers to challenging educational experiences. But with the campus closed until at least the end of May by state and national health protocols, the only face-to-face talks students are having with their teachers are via the internet on computer screens. “I would much rather be face-to-face with my students, but what we have is close,” says Dal Mor...
Photo: Wesley Dishon says his family’s High Tides restaurant on Cow Bayou is staying busy with carryout orders of food and drinks during a ban on in-store dining caused by the coronavirus. He said he’s considering adding on to the double-decker eatery that opened about a month ago. Dave Rogers For The Record Innovation and adaptation are the marching orders of the “new normal” in 2020. A couple of Orange County restaurants are making them work, even with restaurants being c...
Photo: Bridge City head baseball coach Chad Landry meets with his state ranked Cardinals on the mound during the final game of the Jasper Tournament against Nederland on March 14. Big Red pounded Nederland 8-3. It would be the final game for the playoff bound Bridge City. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn Dave Rogers For The Record The COVID-19 viral pandemic has made the spring of 2020 one that no one will forget. Meanwhile, the baseball players at Bridge City still haven’t given up t...
DAMN RIGHT I’M SCARED Throughout my life people have referred to me as being fearless. I admit I’ve taken some dangerous chances and I have been afraid before but I’ve never been as scared as I am over this pandemic. I know it’s a good chance it would be fatal to me and I’m not yet ready to go despite our idiot Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick saying us older folks should be willing to give our lives to save the economy. He wants the state open for business even if the young workers bring the virus home to us. Patrick is not alone; fr...
Photo: Anglers like Dickie Coburn have understood for many years the benefits of spinning tackle. “Howdy Tex” was a common greeting from other anglers as Bink Grimes and I strode down the sidewalk towards our waiting boat. “I wonder how they know we’re from Texas” I thought to myself, then I looked down at my rods and it hit me as gazed at the fist full of baitcasters. We were in Florida and baitcasters are a dead giveaway that you are from the Lone Star State, down in the Su...
Photo: Texas state troopers question motorists who enter the state from Louisiana Tuesday at the Welcome Center on the Texas side of the Sabine River. Dave Rogers For The Record Orange County’s Office of Emergency Management debuted on its Facebook page Tuesday a new grid to better pinpoint areas of testing and confirmed cases of COVID-19. Among the many squabbles on the ever-shifting battlefield that has been local, state and federal decrees regarding the new coronavirus h...
