Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Friday, April 24, the Sabine Neches Chiefs Association will hold its12th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament. The annual event will be held at Henry Homberg Golf Course located in Tyrell Park at 5940 Babe Zaharias Dr., Beaumont. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8:00 a.m. Funds raised from this tournament assist the organization with providing scholarships to qualified applicants for training and/or certifications. All money raised stays in Southeast Texas....
Looking for magic medicines in drugstores? There is always a sustainable option. Check out this ancient superfruit that has been rediscovered worldwide, assuring that nature is an endless pharmacy just for free. Maqui (Aristotelia chilensis) is a small shrub that can get 4 or 5 meters high; it is native from the Andean-Patagonia forest zones in the depths of these South American lands, found specially in Argentina and Chile. Its fruit is an eatable fleshy berry that has been...
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that the 4,680,378 visitors to national parks in Texas in 2014 spent $238.9 million in the state. That spending supported 3,743 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $338.3 million. It also represents a 27 percent increase in spending and an 18.8 percent rise in visitation over 2013. “From Guadalupe Mountains to Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, the national parks of Texas draw nearly 4.7 million visi...
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office is holding a Food Handler’s Class May 20, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, at the Extension Office, Hwy 1442 in Orange. The class is a basic overview of food safety practices that are necessary to ensure you serve safe food at your establishment such as but not limited to: good personal hygiene, cross contamination, and time and temperature abuse. This is a Texas Department of State Health Services accredited food handlers program. It is recommended for all food service employees to help p...
Jason Todd Myers, 40, of Beaumont, died Monday, April 20, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. A funeral service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will begin prior to the service at 5:00 p.m. Saturday and will continue after the service until 9:00 p.m. Cremation will follow. Born in Columbus, Ms., February 22, 1975, Jason was the son of Jan (Louviere) Acosta and Kenny Myers. He worked in the entertainment industry. In the...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting to welcome Serendipity Chicks to its membership on April 14. Serendipity Chicks is locally owned and operated by Rachel Oceguera. Located at 2011 Texas Ave. in Bridge City, this fun and funky boutique carries women’s clothing and a wide variety of gifts including candles, picture frames, jewelry, décor and more. The store is open Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For mo...
Geraldine Slaughter, 88, of Orange passed away Tuesday, April 21, at Baptist Hospital in Orange. Geraldine was born on May 17, 1926 in Redwater, to Alma (Bray) and Robert Lee Brake. She lived over 61 years in the Orange area and prior in Beckville. She was of the Baptist Faith, going to 12th Street Baptist Church in Orange. She enjoyed cooking and traveling. Geraldine was a sweet and loving woman, who will be missed dearly by all. She was preceded in death by her parents; husb...
This month, the Christian Writer's Guild will welcome Sara Johnson, who has self-published seven books. She will teach her tips on self-publishing on what to do and what not to do so please come. It’s a free class. The group meets the first Tuesday of each month at the Brown Hearing Center, at 105 Camellia, Orange (behind the Dairy Queen). Park in the back parking lot, go in the last door and up the stairs. Call Karen Y. Stevens for any questions at 988-2588....
Jerame "Big J" Allen Thibodeaux, 35, of Hammond, LA., died April 20, in Oklahoma City, OK. A native of Las Vegas, NV, he lived in Hammond, for the past year. He attended Orangefield High School and was a self-employed carpenter. Jerame is survived by a daughter, Scantae Thibodeaux of San Diego, CA; mother and step-father Snuffy and James Wolfley and step-brother James Wolfrey, all of Hammond; two step-sisters, Fallecia Wolfrey of Hammond and Amanda Danes of Susanville, CA; numerous uncles, aunts, cousins and second mother,...
April 22, at approximately 9:40 p.m., the City of Orange Police Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle while in the 3100 block of 16th St. The vehicle failed to stop and continued traveling northbound on 16thStreet. The vehicle then turned westbound onto Clark Lane and the north onto Meeks Drive to Allie Payne where it turned west and drove to the Fox Run Apartment Complex. The vehicle then stopped for the apartment's entrance gate to open and officers approached the vehicle on foot. As officers were...
This week, we recognized the anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto, the deciding battle in Texas' War for Independence. In a sneak attack on General Santa Anna's army, General Sam Houston led the Texas forces to victory in a battle that lasted less than 20 minutes. We have those brave men and women to thank for our beautiful state. Here are five things that happened this week at your Texas Capitol: - Border Security The Senate approved an omnibus border security bill which would expand the presence of state troopers on the...
Kenneth Paul Meaux, 78, of Nederland, died Wednesday, April 22. He was born Dec. 26, 1936, in Abbeville, Louisiana, to Gladys Stansbury and Edias Meaux. Kenneth was a United States Air Force veteran. He retired from the City of Nederland after 30 years of service as a director of parks and recreation. Kenneth was an avid hunter and fisherman. He enjoyed entertaining with barbeques and crawfish boils for his family, co-workers, and friends. Kenneth will be remembered as a...
Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences recently hosted its annual awards banquet distributing more than $575,000 to 142 students. Among the recipients was Amy Sattler of Bridge City. Sattler received a Robert and Martha Buford Endowed Scholarship for her interest in a rural veterinary medicine practice. A first year veterinary student, Sattler is the daughter of Brian and Kay Sattler of Bridge City. “At a time when money is tight, it is heartwarming to...
