Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Record One of the most popular bands of the 20th century is headed back to Southwest Louisiana to help heat up the summer music circuit. REO Speedwagon will perform on the stage of the Grand Event Center at the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles, La., at 8:30 p.m., Friday, June 14. Tickets are $55-$85 each and available online at www.goldennuggetlc.com for ages 21 and older. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. REO Speedwagon has been a musical force for the better part of five...
I didn’t realize that the 20 mph wind that had forced us to fish the more protected bayou had completely died until I picked up a can of scented spray.I discarded it faster than I picked it up as the combination of a broiling morning sun and no wind had rendered it too hot to touch. Welcome to southeast Texas fishing in the summertime.If you’re not dodging thunderstorms you are enjoying ninety plus degree temperature and humidity to match.While Jason Lane and I would have preferred to be fishing the open lake, the bayou at...
The well-publicized holdout of Orange native Earl Thomas last season made many ardent football fans miffed at the six-time Pro Bowl and five-time All-Pro free safety for the Seattle Seahawks, thinking he was being greedy. But if there’s one great quality Earl Thomas possesses off the football field is that he’s very adept at mapping out his future in the National Football League. And when the Seahawks’ front office decided NOT to give Earl the same contract extension every NFL superstar is offered as their final year is ab...
Shirley, 80, of Hemphill, Texas, passed away on June 3, 2019, Bridge City, Texas. Funeral services will be held on Friday, June 7, 2019, at 10:00 am, at United Pentecostal Church in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Don Holston. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 p.m., Friday, at Fairmount Cemetery in Hemphill, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00pm to 9:00pm, Thursday June 6, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Shirley was born in Starks, Louisiana, on June 8,...
Picture: Henry Lowe, founder of the Orange African American Museum shows off the newly installed lights in the building being renovated to the house the museum exhibits. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record Yes, things are getting lit at the museum, literally! It’s been a long journey since Henry Lowe first had the idea to open the Orange African American Museum (OAAM). There is still a ways to go down the road, but the path is getting more defined and t...
Michael Arthur Welton, 62, of Orange, Texas, passed away on June 2, 2019, at home in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 10:00am, Wednesday, June 5, 2019, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange, Texas. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 6:00pm to 7:00pm, with a Wake service held at 7:00pm Tuesday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born on December 28, 1956, in Newark, New Jerse...
Photo: The newest exhibit at the Orangefield Cormier Museum honors servicemen from Orangefield High School. RECORD PHOTO:Penny LeLeux Cut: The Orangefield Cormier Museum is set up in various business "vignettes" that represent life in Orangefield around the 1920s. RECORD PHOTOS: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For the Record Two large storage buildings located next to Orangefield High School contain a veritable treasure trove of collectables and memories of the past. The...
Photo: Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce president Ida Schossow appeared before Orange County commissioners Tuesday seeking a $100,000 Hotel Occupancy Fund reimbursement to bid for a Bassmasters Elite fishing tournament in June 2020. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record Look for the Bassmaster Elite national fishing tournament to return to Orange in 2020. And cross your fingers, too. That’s what Orange County Commissioners are doing after agreeing to d...
Photo: Orangefield native Stanley Simon, 97, was a staff sergeant with an anti-aircraft artillery battery that landed on Omaha Beach during the D-Day Invasion in France, 75 years ago, June 6, 1944. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record The surf ran crimson with blood as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stanley Simon landed on Omaha Beach with his artillery battery in the Allies’ D-Day Invasion of France. The 75th anniversary of history’s largest amphibious attack and one of...
Orange City Attorney John Cash “Jack” Smith, an Orange High grad and local lawyer for five decades, is The Record Newspapers Person of the Year. RECORD PHOTO: Lawrence Trimm Dave Rogers For The Record As if he needs another accolade … John Cash “Jack” Smith walked across the stage in Huntsville last month to pick up a master’s degree in History from Sam Houston State. And now Orange’s walking and talking history book collects another recognition: Jack Smith is the Record Ne...
USE PICTURE WITH TEACHER LOOKING RIGHT .... LCM student Brynna Parsons prepares to shave the last of teacher Woody Cox’s hair Wednesday, May 29, as cosmetology teacher Kim Levens helps out and Cox’s Pre-AP biology students look on. Cox told his 103 ninth-grade students they could shave his head if they had a 90 percent passing rate and a 20 percent “Mastery” rating. All – 100 percent – of his students passed and 30 percent earned a Mastery rating. Cox said his head hadn’t...
RECORD HONORS SMITH This week the Record celebrated its 60th anniversary at the Lunch Bunch gathering at Robert’s Restaurant. Jack Smith was honored as “Person of the Year” and Roy will celebrate his 85th birthday. You can view it all on our web site therecordlive.com Wednesday afternoon. We congratulate John Cash Smith on this selection. Jack is well-deserving and is a great example of the fact that our citizens can stay active and contribute to the community well into their senior years. Remember 80 is the new 65. We hope...
