Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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After weeks of constantly changing winds that have driven anglers crazy it seems that better days are officially here. The traditional summer programs are now actually fishable and anglers have more options than just hiding from the howling winds. Sabine and Calcasieu have now become much more fisherman-friendly and it seems that not only has the weather begun to cooperate but the fish have also decided to join the party as well. The best thing about this time of the year is the endless possibility of patterns of which...
“Mama I’m Coming Home.” The Ozzie Osborne classic was blaring the airwaves Sunday as mothers, daughters, wives and sweethearts waited in the heat, impatiently patient, excited, knowing the time was almost here. Their sons and daughters were coming home from the war in Iraq. The word was, they were already on the ground, loaded on buses, waiting for the appointed time. Cell phones were seen in use everywhere, keeping the crowd updated. The DJ kept the music pumping, getti...
“What do you think those guys are fishing for out there in all those waves?” asked one of my clients as we started across Coffee Ground Cove. I was more focused on safely negotiating the next 3-foot wave immediately in front of my boat than scanning the lake at that moment. When I was able to glance in the direction that he was pointing, I did not like what I saw. I could not see any fishermen standing or sitting in the boat and that scenario seldom if ever has a happy ending. I turned my bow into the teeth of the wind, spear...
Revival The Rev. Marvin Gorman will speak at a revival Saturday through Monday at First Assembly of God, 201 Roberts Ave. in Bridge City (turn at the Subway restaurant off Texas Avenue). Times are 7 p.m. Saturday through Monday and 10:45 a.m. Sunday. For more information, call 735-4810 or go to www.bcfirstag.com. Discount food packages St. Mark Lutheran Church will take orders for the Angel Food Ministry discount food program through 3 p.m. Friday at 925 Roundbunch Road. The May menu features the signature box for $30, a...
It may only be about nine weeks before Orange County Mosquito Control receives final certification from the Federal Aviation Administration to get its plane flying. Mosquito Control Director Patrick Beebe told commissioners Monday his office was waiting on the FAA to send word on plans for final inspection of the county’s aerial spraying program. It will be the county’s final administration certification for the spraying program. Commissioners, however – their offic...
An investigation is underway at Total Refinery in Port Arthur to determine if there is a leak at the plant, after several workers complained about shortness of breath around 8:15 this morning. Three refinery workers were taken to a hospital for medical evaluation. “We haven’t isolated it yet to see if it’s a particular area of the plant or if there has been a leak,” responded Pat Avery, Total spokeswoman. The Port Arthur Police nor Fire Department have been called to the scene....
