Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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WELCOME TO OUR 52ND ANNIVERSARY EDITION Here we go again embarking on another year. With this issue, we celebrate our 52nd anniversary. For all those years this publication has been free and available to anyone who wants one, plus delivered free to 20,000 homes. I believe we’re one of the few free, real community newspapers, not a shopper. Over the past few years there has been some difficult times, especially since Ike, but we bit the bullet and kept on printing and delivering the best product we could. Ike got our p...
Third Class Petty Officer Adam R. Van Winkle, graduated on Sept. 15 at Prototype School. He is learning to work with the Nuclear Reactor to get his qualification to be a Nuclear Reactor Controller Operator. He is currently on a USS Abraham Lincoln CXIU-72 Nuclear Aircraft Carrier, operating in the North Arabian Sea. He is expected back in late fall. He deployed Dec. 8, 2011. His ship has been through the Straight of Hormuz four times. We are very proud of him. He is a graduate of West Orange-Stark 2006. You’re the man A...
The Little Cypress Mauriceville Bears (9-4) defeated the Livingston Lions (9-4) Saturday 5-2 in the fight to hang on to the second place spot in Dist. 20-4A. The Bears finish off the regular season hosting the Nederland Bulldogs (8-4) on Friday. With the victory LCM bounced back from a tough loss on Wednesday to Port Neches-Groves for the top spot heading into the playoff rounds next week. A five-run fifth inning pushed the Port Neches-Groves baseball team to a 5-4 come-from-behind victory over LCM to claim first place. The...
The Cow Bayou Swing Bridge will soon be receiving a makeover. The bridge was opened in 1941 and will be totally refurbished, according to Paul Smith, a Texas Department of Transportation environmental specialist. Refurbishing the bridge will cost $2 million dollars versus spending $15 million to build a new bridge. Smith said the bridge rehabilitation project has been in the works for several years, especially since it received some damage from Hurricane Ike. He added they are in the second part of a twofold project. “Phase I...
Voting locations for early voting and the Saturday, May 12 municipal election: • Bridge City Early voting at Bridge City High School, 2690 Texas Avenue in Bridge City 8 a.m. to 4 p.m for April 30 - May 4 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for May 7 - 8 Election Day at Bridge City High School 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on May 12 • Pinehurst Early voting at Orange Public Library , 220 N. Fifth Street in Orange 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for April 30, May 2 - 4 and May 7 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on May 1 and May 8 Election Day at Salvation Army, 1950 N. MLK Dr. 7 a.m...
Since I started writing for the Record Newspapers, I have written on a variety of topics. In the process I have, of course, written about things I did not have much personal connection to and I have written a few articles that ended up meaning something. In the process of interviewing people and writing about them I have made some new friends. Writing historical articles has been a learning process. However a chance remark by an old friend led me to write the story that means the most. My friend had returned to West Orange...
Most probably don’t know this, but Orange has its own connection to the legendary Texas Stadium — home of the Dallas Cowboys from 1971 to 2008. Jack Huffman Sr., 80, was born and raised in Orange. He later went on to become city manager of the city of Irving when the stadium opened. Though construction for the stadium was underway when he arrived for the job, Huffman later helped with two different expansions of the stadium. “Clint Murchison(then owner of the Dallas Cowboys). put all the land for the stadium together. The p...
The city of Orange approved their annual contract with the city of Orange Swim Team for use of the Orange Municipal Natatorium at their regular meeting Tuesday night. The period covered will be from the end of April through the end of July including two all day swimming events. Jim Wolf, public works director, said the agreement is a “real good thing for the city of Orange.” “I see nothing but good things with this contract,” he said. Councilwoman Theresa Beauchamp said the swim team has worked hard. Others are learnin...
The cat has been out of the bag for quite some time now that the Indianapolis Colts will make Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck their No. 1 pick in the 2012 National Football League Draft that begins on prime time TV tomorrow (Thursday) night. Only Round 1 will take place Thursday in New York City’s Radio City Music Hall beginning at 7 p.m. (CST) on ESPN and the NFL Network. Rounds 2 and 3 of the draft will resume Friday at 6 and Rounds 4-7 will start at 11 a.m. Saturday on the same two television networks. The Indy football f...
Pinehurst joined the other Orange County cities in passing the resolutions to recognize the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, as well as National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. Mayor T.W. Permenter presented the proclamations to Cindy Fertitta of the Rape and Crisis Center of Southeast Texas. Pinehurst Code Enforcement Officer Harry Vines reported on the condemned property at 3628 Mockingbird. The property is owned by Sandra Quine. Quine had planned to have a family member demolish the property, b...
In today’s rapidly changing world, churches are turning to alternative methods to get the Word of God dispersed to the masses. Cowboy Church of Orange County is a success story that started four and a half years ago. “We really had no idea what to expect,” said Pastor Dale Lee. “We just felt like God led us to help get a Cowboy Church started and we were obedient and left the results up to him, but it has been beyond our expectations.” Linton Joseph “L.J.” Castille, one of the elders at the church has been with Cowboy Church...
A Cajun boy’s Irish roots. My family helped settle the state. They left their mark on Texas and me. My great-grandfather, Stephen James Dunn, was killed during a battle with the Union troops in South Texas. He left behind a young wife and an 8-year-old son. The year was 1865. The Civil War was coming to an end when the young widow and her son and younger sister set out for Texas from Searcy, Ark., in a loaded down covered wagon. Meat was salted down in a wooden barrel; plenty of flour and meal was stored. Laying hens c...
Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center and The Astronomical Society of Southeast Texas (ASSET) will co-sponsor an evening Star Party from 7:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2012. ASSET is a friendly group of amateur astronomers from Jefferson, Hardin, Jasper, Newton and Orange counties. Members will be on hand with telescopes through which visitors can enjoy the night sky. This event is free to the public and children accompanied by an adult are welcome. Michael Hoke, Director of Shangri La says,...
Michael Hoke, Director of Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, has been an educator for more than 30 years. Since joining the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation on Aug. 1, 2002, he has given his knowledge and expertise in environmental and educational issues in furthering and facilitating the development of the Shangri La by the Stark Foundation. It is for these reasons Hoke was named the Record’s 2012 Person of the Year. Hoke holds advance degrees in science, education and educational supervision. He h...
Tuesday, April 24, officers from the Orange Police Dept. Narcotics Division executed a search warrant at 10:10 pm, at 3701 Ridgemont Dr. Officers seized a half oz. of marijuana, a small amount of crack cocaine and liquid codeine. Officers arrested Tyrell Beasley, 33, and 30 year old Jermeca Williams. Both were charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance....
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between April 24, and the morning of April 25: Theft, larceny from vehicle, 2610 IH-10/Ramada Inn (2) Traffic accident, private property damage, Hwy. 105 and 44th St. Theft, larceny from vehicle, 2855 IH-10/Holiday Inn Express Theft, other, 111 Pine, Assist other agency, Hwy. 3247 at FM 1130 Health or safety, other, 6765 FM 1130 Process service, warrant, 1900 block Hart Damaged property, private, 907 Curtis Burglary, unlawful entry, residence, 3024...
Bridge City High School will present an open house and fine arts exhibit, “The Creation of the Arts”. The event will be held Tuesday, May 3, from 6:00 pm until 7:30 pm. There will be a showcase of artwork and performing arts beginning with awards at 6:05 pm, followed by performances....
Lamar State College-Orange held its annual Cypress Branches Awards on April 23, awarding 19 students for their artistic endeavors. The award ceremony is to recognize the contributions of the LSC-O students, faculty and staff, and community members that submitted entries for the campus’ “Cypress Branches Literary/Artistic Journal.” The journal is a showcase of the artistic talent on campus, within the community and in the surrounding areas. This year, more than 60 students submitted entries, some in multiple categories, provi...
Ten years ago a story appeared in the Record about Charlie Toups. Toups was 68 years old and had been rodeoing for over 50 years. Last week he had birthday number 78 and he is still making every rodeo and team roping he can, and still winning from time to time. Recently Toups and two of his close friends, Dickie Richards and Roy Cappadonna, sat around the living room of Toup’s home in Orangefield and tossed tales around about how they got started, times on the road traveling to and from rodeos, trying to rodeo and keep s...
Several vehicles were burglarized overnight at two hotels in the 2600 block of IH-10. Two vehicles were broken into at the Ramada Inn, and a total of over $1,600 worth of power tools were stolen. In both cases, locks were cut and removed from utility trailers. In the second incident, a vehicle parked at the Holiday Inn Express, had its rear window broken out and the thieves gained entry through the broken window. Reportedly taken in that burglary were several power tools valued at over $2,000. The victim said he wishes to...
“That’s just stupid, that is just stupid” said my partner for the day Mike Mcbride, “I can’t believe you can get these fish to eat topwater plugs in 7 feet of water”. Our drift along the east shore line of Sabine had produced some very respectable fish that no wade fisherman could have ever reached. The pattern was foreign to “Mctrout” and he made no bones about it, drifting in deep water and throwing topwater plugs was just too strange a concept for this shallow water angler extraordinaire. Now give my boy “Mctrout” a foot o...
The Celebration of Life for Mr. Namon James “George” Washington, 68, of Orange will be Saturday at noon, at the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. The Rev. C.W. Crawford, pastor, will officiate. Rites of Christian Burial will follow in Hollywood Community Cemetery under the direction of Sparrow Funeral Home. Visitation will be Saturday from 11:00 a.m. until noon at the church. He died Friday, April 20 at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. An Orange native, he was a 1963 graduate of Emma H. Wallace High Sch...
There is no justice in the world of competitive bass fishing. After fishing three McDonalds tournaments every year except one since 2001, Gilbert Miller of Killeen, Texas had to believe that he had finally put himself in line for a monster payday last Friday morning. Gilbert brought the first double digit bass to the scales, a 10.23 pound bass, in only the second hour of the tournament. A soldier in the U.S. Army, he was forced to miss the 2011 events due to deployment, but he got an early jump on the field Friday morning...
