Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Gospel singing scheduled The public is invited to gospel singing at 7:00 p.m., Friday, May 29, at New Anointing Church, which is located at 10681 N. Hwy 87. Bring a song on tape, CD, musical instruments or be accompanied by musicians. Refreshments will follow the singing. Revival The Rev. Marvin Gorman will speak at a revival May 16-18 at First Assembly of God, 201 Roberts Ave. in Bridge City (turn at the Subway restaurant off of Texas Avenue). Times are 7 p.m. Saturday through Monday and 10:45 a.m. Sunday. For more...
Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed Candis’ Corner as a new member with a ribbon-cutting April 28. Candi’s is a new craft mall 2282 MacArthur Drive. Owners are Donna Richard and Candi Trahan, a mother and daughter team. Candi’s also rents booths to vendors who sell crafts, gifts and collectibles. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays....
Recently, the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed Firestone Community FCU back to its newly-refurbished building at 2101 MacArthur Drive. Firestone FCU served members out of a portable building behind their main building since Hurricane Ike. Many credit union members and local people showed up to show their support for the credit union. The credit union showed their appreciation by serving links, chips and drinks and giving out car air fresheners. The credit...
Meet the candidates Greater St. Paul Christian Fellowship Church will host a Meet the Candidates Night at 6 p.m., Thursday at 1704 N. 14th St. in Orange. It will be an open forum for candidates seeking office for Orange City Council and School Board in Saturday’s election. Come and meet Eric Mitchell, Richard Taylor, Peter Amy, Essie Bellfield, Eric Guillory, Jimmy Sims, Elgin H. Browning, Deborah Mitchell and Bill Mello. For more information call (409) 886-2054. BC Masonic Lodge re-opens The Bridge City Masonic Lodge #1345 w...
If you are like me, you have had enough of this wind. Goodness, it has blown like nobody’s business and just keeps right on ripping. In normal years we would have just chalked this up to a normal spring, this year was a little bit different. The absolutely amazing fishing that we have enjoyed on Sabine and Calcasieu for the first several months of the year were almost unprecedented. It was down right incredible at times. The combination of willing fish and cool spring temperat...
She is one of the best all-around high school girl athletes on record in Orange County. Now, Christina Jaques, a former star athlete and record breaker from Bridge City, is “moving up to the next level” not just in one sport but two. The All-American short stop for the LSC-PA Seahawks grabbed the opportunity to try-out for both volleyball and softball scholarships at Belhaven College in Jackson, Miss. last week. She hadn’t played volleyball since graduating Bridge City High...
WHY ARE WE SUCKERS FOR HYPE The first report I heard on that so called Swine Flu was a report on CNN. The announcer said the flu in Mexico has some officials speculating it might have terrorist’s involvement. I said, “Oh, s---, here we go again.” Before long, all the news channels were carrying news of the deadly Swine virus. The next morning newspaper headlines carried the news throughout the country. Soon there was speculation that this could be the big one, like the flu of 1918 that killed five million around the world...
Community group considers new school Another series of proposals – including interior and exterior design – were debated Tuesday in a Bridge City community meeting concerning a proposed new elementary school for grades Pre-K through 2. The Hatton and Sims elementary campuses suffered the most damage among BCISD schools in Hurricane Ike. On-hand, among others, were district Superintendent Jamey Harrison, school board member Jerry McInnis, educators Lara Richard and Ken...
Ms. Natalie Fontenot, a Luna Fellow and Orange native, is shown with Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. immediately after he passed a bill in the Texas Senate. The bill covered improving water and wastewater services for economically distressed residents. Fontenot had researched and prepared the bill as part of her internship duties. She was assigned this 81st Legislative Session to the International Relations and Trade Committee Lucio chairs....
Like every thinking American with an open and fair mind (I suppose you’d have to have an open and fair mind if you thought for yourself, huh?), I question many of our president’s decisions. With some I agree; others, disagree. While I sometimes listen to right wing radio, I have often switched to a music station when the guys get too extreme. I’ll be one of the first to admit that some of the extremely conservative views are Orwellian in nature. For example, to listen to the radio guys, you’d think that Obama bowing to...
The easiest way to describe “The Drowsy Chaperone,” is “loads of fun.” A more accurate description would be Gershwin meets vaudeville meets “Mannequin.” When Chaperone took to the stage Friday at the Lutcher Theater it was a unique experience. Starting in the dark, the man in the chair, played by John West, reminisced about Broadway musicals and offered to share “The Drowsy Chaperone,” from the ‘20s with the audience. As the music plays, the characters come forth, mater...
Our dryer conked out Tuesday, so the next day I washed a bunch of clothes and trudged down to Laundry World. The last time I was there in the early ‘80s, it was called Duds ‘n Suds. They had the kind of dryers back then you would expect to find in your house, with timers that required you to actually read instructions. The new ones Wednesday were computerized. You put in your clothes and a quarter and the machine did all the rest. Even told how much time I had left. Ellen was on the television with Michael Douglas, who...
Bridge City High School competed at the UIL Regional Academic Competition at Blinn College in Brenham on April 25. Haley Beall took 2nd place in Literary Criticism. Diane Grooters is the sponsor. In Poetry Interpretation, Allison Stewart took 5th place. The sponsor is Kathie Dorman. Jake Dionne placed 5th in Informative Speaking. Debbie Miller is the sponsor. In Number Sense, Lisa Huynh placed 5th. She also placed 3rd in Calculator Applications. Don Miller is the high...
It was not unlike the same feeling I would get as a youngster opening presents on Christmas morning. Even as I unwrapped them I was already thinking, “Man, this is fun, but now I’ve got 365 days before it happens again!” Such was the case Sunday afternoon. Prior to this past weekend we had been struggling to even get on the water and there we were not only fishing, but “catching” for the second day in a row. In spite of the never ending winds, we got on a solid flounder bite that included several nice slot reds and even a sp...
Like any other member of the Orange County community, Firestone Credit Union did not escape the wrath of Ike. There was so much damage at the Bridge City location, there was a possibility it would not reopen. Money had to be hand “laundered” and safety deposit boxes required drilling to open, spilling forth water along with its valuable and sometimes ruined contents. It was months before the Orange and BC branches reopened, but both recently held grand re-opening ribbon cut...
Tuesday, around 1 p.m., Detectives with the Orange Police Department were speaking with a 48 year old white male at his residence in Orange, when they observed several items listed as stolen in a recent burglary. A victim of one of the burglaries was called to the scene and confirmed several items in question belonged to her. The man was placed under arrest for Burglary of a Building and transported to the Orange County Jail for booking. The case is still under investigation....
The Cardinals baseball red and white colors will soon grace the fields of Dell Diamond in Round Rock. On Saturday, June 20, beginning at noon, Bridge City’s own number 8, Blake Hubbard, will take his place among the ranks of all star players at the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game. The Cardinal baseball squad is no stranger to all-star team action. In 2008, catcher Casey Jackson represented the Cards on the South squad. Current outfielder f...
