Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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For the past few months the horse racing world was all agog about the prospects of a three-year old super horse that was winning up a storm on the California race tracks this year of perhaps being the next Triple Crown winner. And ever since the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl ended in early February and the college underclassmen declared for the May draft, ardent fans (especially those in the Houston area) have been making a case for the Houston Texans to select Texas A&M’s super quarterback Johnny Manziel as their No. 1 d...
Throughout my life, Mother’s Day has always been important to me. Mothers not only carry and give birth, but also nurture us through those formative years but when we skin a knee or fall out of a tree Mom will always make it okay. Her tenderness and motherly love is unmatched. Often it’s when you look back you realize just how important her part was in your development. Sometimes it’s after she is gone, when the big picture fully comes to you. The thousand of times she sacrificed for your benefit. Dad loves you but there is n...
Gary Devers twitched the tip of his new Laguna medium light casting rod with its cyclone wrapped eyes for the first time and his black-chartreuse She Dog struggled a short distance across the surface before pausing to rest a moment. Before he could retrieve the slack line the topwater lure silently disappeared in a bulge of chocolate colored water. Setting the hook required little more than hanging on as the fish plowed across the shallow flat just beneath the surface....
A pair of 10 pound redfish slid down the shoreline of a grassy bank with theirbacks and tails exposed for all to see, shrimp and little baitfish showered across the surface hoping not to be the last one in line or the first one on the menu. As I stood on the poling platform and watched these fish going about the business of finding something to eat it was easy to tell they were almost oblivious to anything else but their next meal. My fishing partner for the day, Ray Johnson, readied his 8 weight fly rod for a cast as the...
Andy Warhole would have been proud. On Thursday Bridge City art students went retro in an exhibition of works dedicated to Pop Art. More than 500 pieces of art created by over 100 students from every grade level were on display. The theme paid tribute to the Pop Art era in the 8th Annual Art Exhibition and Open House held at Bridge City High School. “Pop Art started in the late 1950’s, a movement that is attributed to Andy Warhole who launched the trend by painting the Campbel...
Cutline: Travel Agent, Patsy Peck, gives presentation at Women’s Luncheon The Lamar State College – Orange 9th April 23rd had a great turn out on a beautiful day. Ladies from all around strolled in to the Brown Estate welcoming a break from the ordinary and looking forward to special treatment. Which is exactly what they got. Shopping was right at everyone’s fingertips with tempting bling and charming items for the home. T-shirts & quilts by Tina Wise, jewelry by John Scofi...
To the best of our knowledge at The Record, Inez Turner, born May 17, 1909 is the oldest living mother in Orange County. In 10 short days, she will celebrate her 105th birthday. “If I make it,” she said, smiling. “You never can tell. I’m hoping, but you never know.” Turner has one son, Roy Ballard, 60, one granddaughter named Monica who is 34 and a great-grandson Miguel,8, who she fondly calls “Bo Peep.” She still attends Mount Zion Baptist Church in Orange, when she is u...
