Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. The Grand Event Center of the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles, La., was a beehive of activity this past holiday weekend featuring three concerts in three nights, but none was more entertaining than Sunday’s showcase featuring Huey Lewis and the News. Lewis and his band delivered an energetic 90-minute set of material, which included two new songs as well as numerous popular tunes such as “The Heart of Rock and Roll,” “If This Is It,” “I Want a...
KAZ’S KORNER Usually whenever the National Football League changes any rule of the game it’s for the benefit of the league or the fans. But after last week’s Spring League Meeting in Chicago, the change that has created the most attention is the one pertaining to the length of the overtime period. The NFL owners, in their infinite wisdom, reduced the overtime period from 15 minutes to 10 minutes during the preseason and regular season because of coaches’ concerns that too many players were exhausted and risking injurie...
The 42^nd Annual Memorial Classic is officially in the book and the fishermen that participated in the two day S.A.L.T. tournament managed to weigh-in some very solid catches in spite of the weather.A little bit of rain and sunshine and a whole lot of wind changed a lot of game plans. This tournament not only kicks off the summer for most local saltwater anglers, but always provides a pretty good read as to the current status of Sabine Lake fishing.The final weigh-in confirmed the fact that it is probably a little better...
Down Life's Highway Long ago summer evenings on Grandma's porch after what little supper we had was eaten, the chores of another day put away, we gathered on Grandma Avelia’s little front porch. She rocked in her favorite rocker holding her rosary. That rocker today is a prized possession of mine. It sets proudly in my bedroom where it’s a constant reminder of those simple days of my childhood. June was a favorite month for porch sitting, with lightning bugs glowing bea...
Cutline: Former Orange resident Paul A. Mattingly, Jr., will be signing his book, “From Orange to Singapore: A Shipyard Builds a Legacy” about the efforts of Orange’s Levingston Shipyard during and after World War II. For the Record Dave Rogers Shipbuilding technology, off-shore drilling and ocean exploring. Such were the bounties realized by the men who made Levingston Shipbuilding of Orange a world leader. In “From Orange to Singapore: A Shipyard Builds a Legacy,” Paul A. M...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Local rockers the Get Right Ramblers will perform this Friday, June 2, at the Neches Brewing Company in Port Neches. Entertainment for the week By Tommy Mann Jr. The Record The end of May is finally here and that means summer has officially arrived. Festival season continues with the much anticipated Texas Bar-B-Q Festival at Conn Park in Vidor this weekend, and the beach is always a beehive of activity for music and fun. Plus, there is no shortage of m...
For The Record On a 3-2 vote, Orange County Commissioners’ Court moved Tuesday to end certificate pay for deputy sheriffs. County Judge Stephen Brint Carlton and Commissioners Jody Crump and Barry Burton voted not to extend a decision to continue voluntarily paying deputies about $300,000 per year for proficiency certifications, essentially continuing education credits. Commissioners Johnny Trahan and John Gothia voted against stopping the payments. The effective date of t...
Hitting and pitching leader Jack Dallas of West Orange-Stark was named Most Valuable Player on the All-District 22-4A team chosen by the league’s coaches. Bridge City catcher Schuyler Thibodaux was named Defensive MVP while Orangefield freshman Kent Michael was named Newcomer of the Year and WOS’ Shea Landry was named Coach of the Year. WOS, 27-4, won the 22-4A title, part of a run of 15 straight wins that climaxed in the Region III-4A semifinals. Silsbee finished second and produced the Offensive MVP in Chase Partain and...
Dave Rogers For the Record The high school baseball playoffs for Orange County teams came to a sudden ending last weekend as China Spring rallied from a 9-6 deficit to defeat Bridge City 10-9 on a walkoff two-RBI hit. That came on Saturday, 48 hours after West Orange-Stark’s season ended with a 4-2 loss to Robinson. The Mustangs’ bid to return to the state tournament for the second time in three years ended with a 27-4 record after coming up short in their one-game playoff. Bridge City, the third-place finisher in Dis...
West Orange-Stark pitcher Jack Dallas will suit up for the South team in the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game June 17 at Dell Diamond in Round Rock. Dallas led his team to the Region III-4A semifinals this season after the Mustangs reached the state finals and the region quarterfinals the previous two seasons. A right-hander, he went 11-2 on the year for the Mustangs, who were 27-4. His earned run average was 0.86 and he struck out 119 batters in...
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL CONCLUDES The Landry boys, Shea at West Orange-Stark and Chadat Bridge City, had a good run at it. WO-S lost a one game playoff to Robinson to end their season 4-2 in the Class 4-A Region III semifinals last Thursday. Coach Shea has done a great job bringing back baseball at WO-S to a high level. Meanwhile, Coach Chad, at Bridge City, didn’t have the usual senior loaded talent that has made Bridge City a baseball power over the years. Coach Landry didn’t have any players that were super stars, in...
Orangefield natives Stanley Simon, 95, and Rev. Abe Simon, 90, show off their long-awaited high school diplomas during Saturday’s Orangefield High School commencement ceremony at the Beaumont Civic Center. The two brothers attended and played football for Orangefield High but joined the Army during World War II prior to graduating. A state law now guarantees diplomas for students who are called to serve in wartime before graduation. Stanley, who now lives in Beaumont, was i...
Photo: Bill Shaddock, center, joins members of his team at Orange’s Capital Title. An Orange native, Shaddock acquired Sabine Title May 15 and is owner and CEO of a company with 75 locations across the state. For The Record Orange didn’t so much as lose a well-known company name as it gained a big civic booster. Orange native Bill Shaddock, the owner and CEO of Capital Title, which acquired Sabine Title on May 15, said he owes a lot to his upbringing in Orange and he wan...
