Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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When Melinda Smith takes care of business, Orange County gets better and better. And her business has been very, very good for her employers and clients recently. Smith, Executive Vice President & Director of Program Development for Traylor & Associates of Tyler, is a grant administrator retained by Orange County and its cities to help navigate the thorny path to federal and state disaster funds. So far, her fingerprints are on total awards of $137.3 million for Orange County...
The current Orange City Council is taking an idea from the past and making it new again. The new recreation center set to open this summer will have two basketball courts and activities, but it won't compare with the Orange Youth Center, built from a remodeled World War II hospital. The Youth Center opened in June 1958, with its glory days through the 1960s and 1970s, when it named the Thomen Center in honor of Mayor Martin Thomen Sr., whose son and grandson also served on the...
Getting the perfect degree of spicy in your crawfish is not a feat for the weak. Luckily, Bridge City Automotive had plenty of muscle stirring up its Cajun Hot brand at Saturday's Mauriceville Crawfish Bash....
Bridge City school taxpayers agreed by about a two-thirds majority to pass two bond propositions totaling $72.4 million in an election that ended Saturday. The propositions would tear down a middle school building that has served the district for nearly 60 years and build a modern replacement across the street, at a price tag of $57.7 million; and build a new high school career technology education center, for $14.7 million. Bridge City voters rejected bond issues in 2014 and...
Dan Harris, left, receives a proclamation presented by Orange Mayor Larry Spears, Jr., as the city council proclaimed Tuesday, May 10 "Dan Harris Day," to honor the Orange rancher and longtime rodeo performer after he was recently inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame....
As the temperatures rose this week, people across Orange County could bare their arms, their legs, and their faces. Covid 19 has almost disappeared. Orange County Emergency Management Director Joel Ardoin said on Tuesday that no confirmed cases were reported and only four unconfirmed cases marked during the past week. No new deaths have been added during the week. But Covid 19 is not a disease to be forgotten, especially in Orange County. which has a high per capita death...
GREMLINS GOT US LAST WEEK Last week universal broadsheet newsprint went into effect, meaning all broadsheet newspapers will be the same size. We were the last in this market to change over. It's not much of a noticeable change, but it was enough to cause problems with our classified ads and this column. No names were highlighted in the column so copy all ran together and was hard to read. I hate that because it was one of my better columns in a long time. Dan Perrine is doing...
Before Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, the sport of horse racing was virtually on oxygen getting ready to perhaps sing its Swan Song. The sport was under intense scrutiny after the industry had been rocked by scandal in recent years, including the disqualification of last year’s Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit for failing a post-race drug test after crossing the finish line first. The Medina Spirit disqualification resulted in a horse-doping conspiracy involving trainers and...
Technically, we are in the middle of spring, but it seems as though summer has arrived as our daytime temperature is above 90℉ many days, yet according to the Farmer's almanac, we have roughly six weeks of spring remaining before summer begins on June 21st! This might be indicative of things to come or become much more problematic for us all once spring evolves into a hot, prolonged Texas summer. Now is a good time for all of us to focus on water conservation, before we are d...
Last month, I was proud to co-host the Lone Star Legislative Summit in Nacogdoches with Rep. Travis Clardy in conjunction with the Nacogdoches Chamber of Commerce. We hosted a number of attendees from across the state including Speaker Dade Phelan and panels on immigration and border security, education, infrastructure, energy, health care, and social media and freedom of speech. It was a pleasure to have so many familiar faces in East Texas. Here are five things happening...
The Orange County Historical Society will have a program on the second Tuesday in May (5/10/22) starting at 5:30 p.m. in the City of Orange Public Library. Note the change in date and time which will be permanent. The program will be a show and tell type. Those wishing to participate should prepare to give a short speech about an article or articles, place or historical even related to Orange County. This will be our first program in quite awhile, so let’s work toward making it special. Refreshments will be served. Feel f...
The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting recently for the Paula Stout Insurance Agency which is located at 1401 Green Ave in Orange. They have been in business for 1 year and are open 8 am to 5 pm Monday - Friday each week. The Paula Stout Agency truly values the long term relationship with our clients, and are proud to give families, individuals and businesses the personal attention required when it matters most. When claims arise, we realize that it...
A gathering of family and friends to honor the life of Greg Gooch will be held Tuesday, May 17, 2022 from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. at Melancon's Funeral Home in Nederland, Texas. The Funeral Service for Mr. Gooch will immediately follow the gathering on Tuesday and will begin at 2:30 p.m at the Funeral Home....
Bruce Denham, 62, of Orange, passed away on May 8, 2022, in Orange. Bruce was born in Riverside, California, on January 31, 1960, he was the son of Bobby Bruce and Mary Dee Denham. He enjoyed fishing and building or fixing things, he liked being able to work with his hands. Bruce was known for being a good ol’ hard worker and very dependable. He always had a story to tell even if you had heard it 100 times, if it was a good story to him you’d hear it again, and again, and aga...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the May Student of the Month for Orangefield is Joli Ponfick. Joli is ranked 12 of 143 with a GPA of 4.59 Pictured: Shawn McAlpin, Rea Wrinkle, Britni Briggs, Joli Ponfick, Mr and Mrs. Ponfick, and Christy Khoury. Photo courtesy of Bridge City Chamber of Commerce...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is announced that the May Student of the Month for Bridge City is Briana Zuniga. Briana is ranked 2 of 189 with a GPA of 4.7 Pictured: Chloe Tucker, Sharon Brown, Briana Zuniga, Yamile Zuniga, Rudy Zuniga and Dr. Mike Kelly. Photo courtesy of Bridge City Chamber of Commerce...
Timothy Wayne Hinson, 59, of Orange, passed away on April 23, 2022, at St. Luke Hospital in Houston. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Reverend Michael Payne of Jasper, Reverend Will (Sarge) Cotton of Orangefield, and Tim Hinson. Visitation will be at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Beaumont, Texas, on June 23, 1962, he was the son of Raymond Hinson and Stella...
Things have certainly changed since I was a freshman at the University of Texas in 1952. I stayed at a boarding house which charged me $55.00 a month for room and board, tuition was $25.00 a semester and a student could purchase what was called a “blanket tax” which gave free admission to all athletic events, concerts, lectures and every other curricular activity at the University. Currently, there is much to do about how college graduates are suffering because of having to...
Walline Wynona Permenter, 86, of Mauriceville, passed away on April 29, 2022, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. Memorial services will be 3:00 p.m., Sunday, May 15, 2022, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Sister Ruth Burch. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m., Sunday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Walline was born in Gist, Texas, on September 25, 1935, she was the daughter of Walter and Willie Beatrice Clark. She was a dispatcher for the...
The state playoffs have completed two rounds in girls softball and one round for the boys in baseball. Two local teams remain alive in their quest for a state championship with the Bridge City Lady Cardinals and the Orangefield Bobcats sweeping their respective playoff series last week. Both the Lady Cardinals and the Bobcats entered the post season as first seeds having won their district championships. The Bridge City Cardinals baseball team was a number two seed entering...
Mike Shugart won his ninth straight election to the West Orange City Council Saturday while Jay Odom and Lanie Brown were first-time winners. Frances Droddy-Lopez, a former council member, finished fourth in the voting for three at-large seats. West Orange is the only Orange County city to conduct its own elections without help from the Orange County Elections Administration. At 9:30 p.m. Saturday, final results from the other seven jurisdictions were still not reported....
Two students from Orangefield High School competed at the 4A State UIL Academic Meet hosted by The University of Texas in Austin on Friday, May 6th. Both students brought home medals. Jada Greiner placed 2nd in Feature Writing (sponsor Rachel Taylor). Brianna Moore placed 5th in Computer Applications (sponsor Misty Bellard). Congratulations to these students and their sponsors....
Boy Scout Troop 23 from Orange was having a link sale to raise money for summer camp this past weekend. As a funeral procession approached, the Troop members lined the sidewalk, removed their caps placing them over their hearts and stood until the procession passed. The funeral home directors noticed and were impressed and touched with the respect shown by the Scouts and the positive life lessons taught by the leaders. Kyle Hogg with Claybar Funeral Home went back and got...
Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center is proud to announce Angela “Angie” Mason, as the new Executive Director. Angie comes to us from Chicago Botanic Garden where she was employed for the past 19 years. Angie most recently served as the Associate VP of Community Engagement and Senior Director of Windy City Harvest where she oversaw all facets of engagement with the community and directed the operations of Windy City Harvest, an urban agriculture education and job tra...
Incumbent members of Bridge City's school board and city council won their bids for reelections in results announced after the close of voting Saturday. Current Place 2 councilman Mike Reed defeated former councilman Carl Harbert 631 votes to 517 (55% to 45%) and Bridge City school board president Rebecca Hall Rutledge won 71.8% of the vote (1,525-600) over Peggy Prosperie in the only two contested BC races with a sitting incumbent. For Bridge City Council Place 4, former BCIS...
