Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The days are rare when I have more than enough good fishing news to report in this column. The unseasonable front that skipped through the area so quickly that you may have slept through it, apparently did very little to slow down the bite both on the lakes and right here on Sabine. I know we are in perhaps the toughest time of the year for Rayburn and Toledo Bend fishermen as the bass transition to deeper water following the spawn, but that is no reason to sell out on your dreams of catching a double-digit bass. If the massi...
The young pretty teacher is always a favorite among students. When Eunice Robinson (later Benckenstein) moved to Orange at the age of 21 to teach at the high school, her students never forgot her. She outlived most, if not all, of those early students. And though she taught only a few years, she became a staple of philanthropy and volunteerism in her adopted home. She died Sunday, at her home, at the age of 99 years and 11 months. Through the years she worked with a number of...
On May 8, Don and Alice Cole will have been married 60 years. They were married in Ocean Springs, Mississippi one day after Alice graduated from high school. She was 18, he was 22. Over the years they lived in several places and Cole did several things before settling into his life-long career as a plumber. Cole’s father had a plumbing business in Groves, Texas, Cole and Sons Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning. He worked there until 1958 when Cole and his family moved t...
The legendary tale of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza came to life this week as the Orange Community Players presented “Man of La Mancha” in their newly renovated theater. Many notable musical numbers are performed in this play within a play, with the most famous being “The Impossible Dream.” The story is set in a Spanish prison vault at the end of the 16th Century. Cervantes, an actor and writer, is thrown in prison waiting to be questioned by the Spanish Inquisition. He is “put...
Lamar University President James Simmons announced Saturday evening before an enthusiastic audience gathered for the Jimmy Simmons and Friends Encore jazz concert in the university’s Montagne Center that it had raised more than $46 million in the two year “silent phase” of its first-ever comprehensive campaign, “a great start” toward a goal of $100 million. Calling the response to the silent phase of the campaign “an unprecedented beginning,” Lamar University President James Simmons praised the involvement of alumni and fr...
Community Women in Action president, June Gergory, presented the Mother of the Year Award 2008 to this year’s recipient, Peggy Hebert. Peggy is a teacher in BCISD and the mother of 6 children. Peggy received a $50.00 gift certificate for shopping at The Classy Peacock, a bouquet of flowers and her certificate. The CWA chose her from an essay written and submitted by her daughter, Stacy Hebert Shoener, DDS....
Before I give you this week’s recipe, I want to tell you about a small miracle (or is there such a thing as a small miracle?). Daughter and son-in-law, Pat and Bob Kuehn, came for an overnight visit on a Wednesday. Pat was able to go with us for the second part of Mac’s test that day and Bob stayed behind to fertilize our yard (God bless him for that). That evening, I put our trash out for the Thursday morning pickup. Thursday morning, when I awoke I noticed my gold chain necklace with the cross-sand dollar charm was mis...
Eunice Robinson Benckenstein died peacefully in her sleep at her home on May 4, 2008. She lived for 99 years and 11 months.. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 8, 2008, in the main sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church of Orange. Reverend Rob Fisher will officiate. Burial will be on Friday alongside her parents’ graves in Wetumka Cemetery in Wetumka, OK. Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 p.m., Wednesday at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Eunice was born Jun...
Eunice “Polly” Gibson Ernst, 77, of Orange, passed away Monday, April 28, 2008, at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Orange. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, May 2, 2008, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Interment will be at Fountain Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00-9:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Polly was born February 16, 1931, in Orange to William O. and Martha (Gillis) Gibson. Polly married William A. Ernst in June of 1952, in Great Lakes, IL. She served in the US Navy during 195...
The Cow Bayou Bridge has room to swing. A snug joint was widened to 3 1/4 inches resolving the problem. But it required historic ingenuity. A newly fabricated curved armor joint needed to be created that was exactly as the bridge’s original. It fit the historic bridge perfectly. The first phase in a three phase rehabilitation plan by Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to restore the pre-WW II era swing bridge is being completed this week. The project has been u...
Watson Harrison Collins was born in Segno, Polk County, Texas on May 12, 1908, and he is ready to mark a century of living. He grew up on a farm and continued to farm until as a young adult he went to work for Kirby Lumber Company as a reforester. As a reforester he marked trees for cutting and replanted trees. He worked for Kirby until he retired at age 70. In 1938 he married his wife, Ida Mae, and they remained married until her death at age 95 this past January. In March th...
Occasionally when I ask someone to send me their favorite recipe they actually do. My fax number is the same as my phone number. When you send it you’ll get the answering machine, but pay it no mind the fax is going through. My only request is that you send a typed copy or print it. Even with my enlarger I can’t read handwriting well. The writing is OK, my eyes just don’t want to co-operated. Any way, when we were at Dr. Williams’ office last week, his nurse, Kay, said she had a delicious macaroni salad. I am sharing it with...
It was a great weekend for horse racing fans and for those baseball fans who have been hoping during the first month of the season that their Houston Astros would begin to play the type of ball they are more accustomed to watching. Saturday was Derby Day as the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby took place as usual on the first weekend in May at historic Churchill Downs in Louisville , KY. Big Brown, the early unbeaten favorite, lost some of his support when he drew the far outside post position in this huge 20 horse field....
The finals of the Ring of Fire Bull Riding Series at the Texas Longhorn will be Friday, May 16. The winner will get a $500 custom-designed belt buckle sponsored by Ray and Tina Cotton, owners of the club. The top finisher will also have won prize money from the six bullriding sessions. In addition to those winnings, the winner will also get the chance to ride the “Bounty Bull,” an un-ridden bull from Shane Young’s SYJ productions. The bull has bucked off 40 bull riders. It wi...
The sun has just broken the horizon to illuminate a relatively smooth lake surface, the temperatures are mild and the forecast is in the anglers favor. A short boat ride into the wide open expanse of Sabine is stopped so one of the anglers in the boat can glass the area with a pair of binoculars in hopes of finding a set of working birds. The glassing pays off and the boat of hopeful anglers speed off in the direction of the birds with visions of speckled trout busting shrimp racing through their mind. The boat driver pulls...
WE COULD USE RAIN WITHOUT SUNSHINE Our weather is like corn flakes without milk. For the first time in many years, this spring is more like spring is suppose to be. Warm weather, cool weather, the exception being no April showers. In fact, here at the Creaux’s Nest we received only about a half-inch shower in seven weeks. We missed a good chance last Saturday but we also dodged the horrible killer tornado weather that roared north of us into Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee and other states. *****By the way, we visited with Paul...
Owners of salvage yards in rural Orange County will have 90 days to comply with all county regulations and acquire licenses. Commissioners Court Monday approved a new set of rules and regulations for the salvage yards and junkyards after weeks of work and discussion. Woody Dugas who lives by a salvage yard on Hwy. 105 outside of the Vidor city limits thanked County Judge Carl Thibodeaux, commissioners and Assistant County Attorney Doug Manning for their work on the new regulations. “Don’t get lax on these laws again,” Dugas...
There was a party going on Friday night at Bridge City’s Larry Ward Stadium. Orange County’s Relay for Life expanded far beyond American Cancer Society’s expectations for this year. Last year, 42 teams participated. The goal for this year was set at 47 teams. To Jacki Burlson’s surprise, 79 teams signed up for the annual event, almost double the goal. More than 1,100 people participated. “I’ve never had that big of a relay,” said Burlson who is the Community Manager of In...
The BCHS cafeteria was filled with a capacity crowd of about 500 student athletes, their families, and coaches. This was the night that the student athletes were recognized for their accomplishments. Athletic Director Cris Stump served at the Master of Ceremonies and started the evening by introducing guest speaker Coach Steve Roccaforte, Head Basketball Coach of Lamar University. Coach Roc, as he is known, told how he and Stump had been athletes at the same school at the...
Local church dedicates flag flown in Afghanistan A special flag dedication will take place during the 10:30 a.m. worship service at St. Paul Episcopal Church on Sunday, May 11. The flag to be dedicated was flown on Feb. 11, over the new Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The flag was sent to St. Paul by Captain Brian Stancoven in appreciation for the many Care Packages sent to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. All local military personnel and families of active duty military personnel, as well as...
The lady Mustangs battled their way to area playoffs at Deer Park High School after completing their best season in WO-S history (22-11). The Lady Mustangs finished Dist. 21-3A in second place behind the Bridge City Lady Cardinals. Both Orange County teams fell in the area round. West Columbia defeated the young WO-S softball team in two games of a three-game-series, 8-0 and 9-0. The lady Cardinals were defeated 11-3 by Needville in a winner-take-all....
St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City will hold a ground breaking service at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 11, at their future location, 155 W. Roundbunch. The property was dedicated last fall, and construction of the new church is projected to begin May 15. Members and friends will meet at the new site to celebrate the ground breaking of a new chapter of their church history. St. Paul’s history began in a rented building on the corner of Hwy 87 and Roundbunch in Bridge City where the Shell Sevice Station is presently l...
Bridge City High School senior Madison Davis won the third place position in editorial writing at the state UIL meet at the University of Texas at Austin this weekend. Editorial writing is a specific journalistic style of writing that requires the writer to take a stand on an issue and call the audience to take action. Placing at this level is very difficult due to the difficulty of the judging and the statewide competition. Madison has competed at the regional level in...
The Bridge City Lions Club sends its thanks to the many generous citizens for their donations to Lions White Cane day. They also thank Bridge City Wal-Mart and their employees for allowing the club to set up their table in front of the store. Monies donated are used to help those in need for sight related problems, including help with glasses, diabetes awareness and many other areas. BC Lions meet at 7:00 p.m. the first and third Mondays at Novrozsky’s Resturant in Bridge City. For more information contact Lion President G...
The Bridge City High School math team won the State UIL Academic Championship in calculator applications for the third year in a row. Brett Bertles, Stephen Dotson, Randy Dupuis, and Nick Robertson received gold medals for calculator competition on the stage of the Hogg Auditorium on the University of Texas Austin campus on Saturday, May 3. Individually, Nick Robertson was first, Randy Dupuis was second, and Brett Bertles was fourth. The same four boys won the silver medals...
