Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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“What the heck are they using,” asked Oscar Vilma after spending the better part of an hour watching two young fishermen just wear the trout out. Obviously frustrated, he posed the question in slightly stronger words, but the message was clear.He had seen enough. While they were catching fish virtually every cast, Oscar was changing lures virtually every cast and we had four only keepers in the box when his wife, Tina, asked in a serious tone of voice, “Do you have any frozen shrimp?”It was still early in the day, but my...
The West Orange-Stark Mustang baseball team pulled out of Orange this morning headed to Austin for the State Semi-Finals round of the playoffs. Mustang fans crowded the school parking lot and surrounding roads to cheer the team on as the embarked on their journey. The team will play El Campo Wednesday, June 10 at 4:00 pm at the Disch-Faulk field on the campus of the University of Texas. All tickets must be purchased at the gate. Tickets for adults, per session, are $10 and...
Bryan “Randy” Randall Block, 68, of Orange, passed away at his home June 8. He was born in Port Neches, June 12, 1946 to Edward H. Block and Lorita (Leger) Cooper. He served in the United States Navy and later became and tankerman for Thrift Towing. He was a member of St Mary Catholic Church. He is preceded in death by his father, Edward H. Block and brother, Vaunghn Edward Block. He is survived by his loving wife of 38 years, Anita (Smith) Block; his dear and very spe...
The Lamar University College of Education and Human Development will host the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp from June 14-26. The free residential camp serves incoming sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students who excel in mathematics and science. Forty-eight students are participating in this year’s camp. “The goal of the camp is to address the national science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) crisis,” said Otilia Urbina, assistant professor of p...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between June 8 and the morning of June 9: Traffic accident, N. Enner/near American Fence Runaway, 201 8th St. Trespassing, 611 Decatur St. Warrant service, IH-10 W./MM 877 Miscellaneous incidents, 2032 Rio Grande Pl. Traffic accident, 3024 16th St. Warrant service, 1955 MLK Jr. Dr. Armed robbery, 4080 IH-10 Warrant service, 111 Pine Ave....
What do teachers do in the summer? Learn new tools of their craft and hone their skills to make them more effective in the classroom, of course. Nine Mauriceville Elementary and Little Cypress Elementary teachers went straight from the last day of school to a “Capturing Kids’ Hearts” workshop, June 1 through 4, in Roundtop. According to Flip Flippen of the Flippen Group, “If you have a child’s heart, you have his head.”™ Flippen, an Orange native, is the founder of the Captur...
M.B. North High School, Class of 1965 will meet at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June13, at McDonald's 1710 N 16th St., Orange. For more information please contact Walter Lazenby or Peggy Lazeby at 746-2139....
Lamar Institute of Technology will hold four orientation sessions for new students who plan to attend LIT in the fall. Each session will last an hour. There will be a separate orientation held at the same time for parents. Session dates and times are: 3-4 p.m., July 7; 11-noon, Aug. 3; 11-noon, Aug. 10; and 9-10 a.m., Aug. 14. Those interested in attending should sign up on the LIT Web site, www.lit.edu. Prospective students and their parents should arrive for orientation 30 minutes prior to sign in at the Beeson Building....
The City of Pinehurst park on West Park Street was a flurry of activity as members of Eagles Aerie 2523 worked in the heat to install new equipment, repair and renovate present equipment, and began to survey what needs to be done in the future to install a walking track around the park. The Eagle Riders are heading the project with assistance of other members of 2523. The Riders have worked with Home Depot to buy picnic tables at a deep discount and the club has assembled and...
Howard Hughes gravesite is within "River Oaks of the Dead" Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. is buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston. He is buried next to his parents on the family plot. Glenwood Cemetery is sometimes called "The River Oaks of the Dead", due to the number of notable personage buried there. Other than Hughes, Glenwood is the final resting place of Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas, Texas governors William P. Hobby and Ross S. Sterling, and oth...
The Celebration of Life for Mr. Samuel White, Jr., 76 of Orange will be Saturday, June 13, at 11:00 am, at the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Rites of Christian burial will follow in Magnolia Memorial Gardens under the direction of Sparrow Funeral Home. He died June 2, at his residence. A native of Lake Providence, LA, he resided in Orange 66 years and was a 1956 graduate of Emma H. Wallace High School. An honorable discharged U.S. Army veteran, he retired from...
Jake Lemoine, pitcher for the University of Houston was chosen by the Texas Rangers in the fourth round of the draft. Lemoine, who is 6'5", 220 lbs, is from Bridge City and has been viewed as a potential first round pick over the winter, but he has missed time due to issues with a bad shoulder. When healthy, he has a plus fastball in the low-90s and a good slider, but it's hard to tell whether he is healthy ornot. He's someone who definitely falls in the high risk/high reward...
The Record took home top honors Friday evening at the Southeast Texas Press Club Awards. Photographer Lawrence Trimm received a first place trophy for his sports photo of a West Orange-Stark sprinter preparing to run a race. Trimm captured the runner as he was leaving the starting blocks. Reporter Debby Schamber also took home a first place trophy in the feature story category. Schamber's award winning story was titled Against all odds: the will to live shines through. The...
Each week The Record Newspapers features a pet, or pets of the week for adoption through local shelters and rescue organizations. This week’s pets are again rescues from Pups in Peril. Mr Gibbs is approximately two years old. This guy has been with Pups in Peril for over a year now, and still gets overlooked despite his handsome looks. He has all his vaccines and is neutered, he is heart worm negative and a happy go lucky boy. He loves everybody and just wants to be near h...
During the spring and summer months when the weather gets nice and everybody gets the fishing fever, I get lots of families that like to fish without a whole lot of effort. Times like these mean drifting live bait and just having a good time. I personally would rather use artificial lures when I fish, but if it makes life easier and folks get to enjoy more about the sport of fishing I am all for it. While pre-fishing for some clients who would be bringing their children I decided to see what kind of program I could get going...
The Orange Rotary Club is honored to donate to the Back to School Orange County Program. Each year, many students are unable to afford school supplies and have to start their first day with an empty backpack. The Orange Rotary Club was able to provide 100 pre-k kits totaling $1,490. The actual event will be on Aug. 15, from 9:00 AM until 12:00 PM at the Lamar State College – Orange Student Center. There will be free school supplies and more provided by churches and o...
Josh Howard recently attended the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) Seminar held at Texas A & M Galveston on May 29-31, 2015, representing Community Christian School as a HOBY Ambassador along with 200 other high school students from the Texas Gulf Coast Region. During the motivational weekend at HOBY Texas Gulf Coast, the HOBY Ambassadors took part in hands-on team activities, met leaders in their state, and explored their own personal leadership skills while learning how...
A memorial will be held for Donald "Donnie" Dotson, of Orange, June 20 at 2:00 pm at 346 Callie Ln., Orange. Call 221-9787 for directions....
The TexasTransportation Commission recently approved nearly $6 million for safety projects throughout the eight-county Beaumont district. Crabtree Barricade Systems, Inc. was awarded a nearly $75 thousand project to add centerline texturing and texturize shoulders along 12 miles of S. Hwy. 87 in Newton County. A $2.8 million project to safety treat fixed objects throughout the district was awarded to L.C. Jordan & Sons. APAC-Texas, Inc. was named the contractor for a $2.9 million project to provide additional paved width to...
In lieu of the Natatorium not being available due to lack of certified lifeguards the Orange City Council and the West Orange-Cove ISD has partnered together to offer supervised summer activities for our local youth. The Orange Summer Recreation program will begin on Monday, June 15. This program will run Monday - Thursday for six weeks concluding Thursday, July 23. All participants must have a liability waiver signed by a parent or legal guardian and on file to participate....
Jerry Nell Harmon, 93, was born Oct. 6, 1921, to Ethel and Emmitt Ward Taylor in Mansfield, La. Jerry became ill and passed away suddenly on June 3, at Herman Memorial Hospital in Houston, surrounded by her children. After high school graduation, she moved to Orange, where she lived with her older sister and brother in law and landed her first job as a bookkeeper for the Orange National Bank. In 1947, Jerry married Jackie Harmon. They remained lifelong partners until his...
Doris O. Shead, formerly of Bridge City, passed away May 30 after a long illness. She was a resident of Bridge City, but was staying with her daughter, Kathleen Reil since Hurricane Rita in 2008....
Four children were injured in a four-wheeler accident off of Ferry Drive in Bridge City Tuesday night. Bridge City police responded to a call at 9:32 p.m., regarding four juveniles, all under 18 years of age, operating a four-wheeler ATV in the 800 block of Bridgeview St.. According to police, the driver of the vehicle veered off of the right shoulder, and flipped the ATV in the middle of the road. Three of the vehicle's occupants were taken to Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth...
Commentary by Chuck Uzzle In his four years as head coach of the West Orange Stark baseball team Shea Landry has seen his program have their share of ups and downs. Early on in Landry’s tenure there were some growing pains as the entire baseball culture went through an extreme overhaul. Landry took his squad and decided to instill some old school attitude and work ethic in order to improve their results. At first it was tough, the cupboard was a little bare when it came to t...
Officers from the Orange County Sheriff's Office responded to the following calls between June 2 and June 8: June 2: Possession of heroine, morphine/cocaine, S IH-10 at FM 1132, Vidor Animal bite, 910 Honeybee Ln., Vidor Suspicious person, W. Wooten, Orange Aggravated assault, 5030 Colony Dr., Orange June 3: Theft, 5789 Ashland Dr., Orange Theft of motor vehicle parts, 3855 Lakeview Cutoff, Pine Forest Theft, 4570 Meadow Brook Ln., Vidor Animal bite, Baltz Dr., Vidor Disturbance/assault, 9520 Twin Lakes Dr., Orange...
