Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD is accepting nominations for the 2016 LCM Awards through May 9. This year’s inductees will be recognized in the fall at one of the LCM High School football games. To be nominated for the Military Wall of Honor, the person must be an active or honorably discharged veteran, an alumni of the LCM CISD, Mauriceville ISD or Little Cypress ISD, or an active or retired employee of the districts listed above. Distinguished Alumni nominees should be distinguished in his or her chosen profession or l...
Bridge City Middle School would like to announce and congratulate our 70 students that made A Honor Roll for marking period 5. These students are: Sixth Grade: Jakob Adock, Juan Becerra, Grace Burton, Lyndsie Clark, Joely Cunningham, Bryce Dean, Kaylyn Dosch, Kinley Dupuis, Asia Erwin, Keelin Finley, Carlee, Guidry, Ethan Hart, Angie Hernandez, Mattie Hoffman, Leah Jeffrey, Breanna Landry, Estrella Lobatos, Iris Lobatos, Marcella Lyons, Hanna Malagarie, Trinity Martin, Dorian Pruitt and La’nae Thompson. Seventh Grade: C...
The fifth six weeks Orangefield Elementary Honor Roll students are as follows: First Grade A Honor Roll - Rylan Agerton, Alexander Allred, Brycen Amy, Raegon Arrington, Tessa Bailey, Jacob Bland, Jordan Brister, Avy Campbell, Emma Chester, Levi Chisum, Christopher Christensen, John Clark, Payton Credeur, Catherine Crooks, Kourtney Cross, Montana Davis, Cooper Dorman, Colton Dosch, Katie Dumesnil, Kate Edgerton, Braylee Elkins, Remi Evans, Mason Fitts, Abigail Gibson, Brayden Gilmore, Carson Gonzales, Aislee Granger, Cylan...
Third term honor roll students at Community Christian School have been named and are listed below: First Grade A Honor Roll - Kambelle Blackwell, Aiden Breaux, Reese Dearing, Garon Gomez, Morgan Haynes, Kenzie Jetton, Keagan Klein, Aspein Lakey, Bryson Lopez, Brayden Maherg, Rashmi Patel, Averie Rives, Josiah Robinson, Arden Robison, Owen Sims, Josiah Smith, Finnley Stacey, Gracie Swanson, Emily Taylor, Ansley Toohey, Kenli Vacek and Ireland White. AB Honor Roll - Kayden Buckner, Cobe Durio, Kennedy Ferree, Henry Fregia, Seth...
Hundreds of guests attended Eco-Fest on Saturday, April 23, at Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center in Orange to enjoy a day of beautiful weather, vendors, family activities and the annual butterfly release. Approximately 1,000 Monarch and Painted Lady Butterflies, which are native to the area and are considered good pollenators, were released on Saturday. Photo by Tommy Mann Jr....
Dozens of area residents turned out for a special event held by C.A.S.A. (Court Appointed Child Advocates) on Monday, April 25, on the grounds of the Orange County Courthouse in downtown Orange. The organization and participants released sky lanterns into the air as a tribute to the 171 children who died in the state of Texas in 2015 due to abuse and neglect. Photo by Tommy Mann Jr....
A group seeking to keep City Hall in downtown Orange, and possibly in its current location, presented two options to City Council on Tuesday afternoon. Leslie Barras, representing Historic Orange Preservation Empowerment (HOPE), addressed Orange City Council during the public comments section on Tuesday afternoon and presented two options she hopes council would consider to possibly keep City Hall at its current historic location or at least in downtown Orange, while maintaining the current site. "Basically, with this...
Early voting is now underway for the May 7 uniform election and turnout for the Bridge City races is off to a quick start. Early voting began Monday, April 25 and continues through this Friday, April 29. It resumes on Monday, May 2 and concludes on Tuesday, May 3, with varying hours depending on the location. The City of Bridge City and Bridge City Independent School District are sharing the Bridge City ISD Administration Building, located at 1031 W. Roundbunch Road, for early voting. Hours are 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., through...
Karen McKinney, at left, of Orange Golden K Kiwanis, was re-elected as the Lieutenant Governor of Region II, Division 10 on Saturday during a Region II meeting held on Saturday, April 23, at Sunset Grove Country Club in Orange. At right, is Walter Land, Trustee of Region II, who was also in attendance. Photo by Tommy Mann Jr....
The clients of OCARC got a special treat this past Monday morning when Elite Redfish Series anglers Mike Frenette, Eric Rue and Michael Frenette made a special visit. The anglers, who were part of the Yellowfin Elite Redfish Series Classic Kick-Off in Orange earlier this month, are participating in a Elite Redfish Series tournament in Port Arthur this coming weekend. The anglers visited with those in attendance, as well as gave out caps, shirts and lures. Courtesy...
A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Saturday, April 23, to commemorate the reaching of the fundraising goal, which will allow work to begin on the interior and exterior of the future Orange Depot Museum. Pictured, from left to right, are Rose Simar, Mayor Jimmy Sims, Jack Ellington, Rob Clark, Carrie Woliver, Susan Quigley, Diana Hill, Walter Riedle III and former Mayor Brown Claybar. Months of hard work and dedication have finally come to fruition as a historic structure...
THE DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES So much can happen in a week, since we last sat here to knock out another column that spans many more years than I had signed up for Prince died, Manziel was indicted and Tom Brady will have to serve a four game suspension because of “Deflategate.” Prince, a game changer in popular music, died Thursday, April 21 at his Paisley Park compound. He was 57 years old. The artist that turned music on its ear was found unresponsive in an elevator. Nearly a week has gone by and I’m surprised that it has t...
Captain Dickie Colburn - For The Record The pro anglers fishing the first qualifying tournament of the year on the Elite Redfish Circuit are back on Sabine. The Pt. Arthur Convention Center will host this event, but the anglers will be plying the same waters they fished in the Classic hosted out of Orange only two weeks ago. The tournament kicks off Friday morning. Even with the benefit of having fished the area so recently, I don’t see the winner posting a heavier winning weight than Clark Jordan brought to the scales.I d...
Kaz's Korner Joe Kazmar - For The Record I remember when I was a little kid growing up in Upstate New York and my father would come home from work at exactly 3:50 p.m. every day like clockwork. Before he sat down to drink the fresh cup of coffee my mother had perked and poured for him, he’d ask me if I wanted to throw some when he finished his traditional cup of coffee. What he meant was that he was asking me if I wanted to pitch to his catcher’s mitt-- something I never rem...
