Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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I got a call from Neighbor Cox, my friend of 25 years, who I spoke with nearly every day. My son Mark had introduced me to him 25 years ago, when we operated the newspaper from our BC office, The Creaux’s Nest, in “Neighbor Cox’s neighborhood. Back in those early years Doug Harrington operated the drug store; H.D. Pate had a law office; Dr. Mark Messer had a dental office and Bill Nickum, the insurance man, had an office on Texas Ave... Today Bill is the only one in the neigh...
The retirement LaVern and Ricky Sterling had planned for didn’t happen. God had a better plan. For the past 16 years, the North Orange couple has spent about half of every year living and working as Christian missionaries on the Navajo Nation Reservation in the northeast tip of New Mexico. “When I retired I intended to play golf or go fishing every day,” Ricky said. “But I sold the boat and I only play golf about once every two years.” “We sold the beach cabin,” LaVern says as...
MERRITT-A GOOD SHERIFF RESIGNS I've known every sheriff since Sheriff Chester Holts and over the years the sheriff's duties have changed with the times. Holts had only 13 employees, today that number has grown twenty fold. Today's sheriff is more of an administrator. The gun toting sheriff went by the wayside a long time ago. To further complicate a sheriff's job is that several years ago, law enforcement agencies started organizing. That in itself is not bad but the way it...
Texas "two a days" like this are hard to beat. Now unless you live under a rock in a far dark corner of the planet you probably have some sort of idea about how completely fanatical Texas folks are about football. The summer months in our great state are often looked upon with great enthusiasm as thousands of football players begin their preparations for the fall campaign by first trying to beat the Texas heat. The football term "2 a days" refers to the common practice of...
The Pinehurst City Council voted to rename the 3500 block of Peacock Street to Zerko Lane, in honor of native son John Zerko, who is retiring from public service. City administrator Robbie Hood said the name change would be "honorary" and would not require an official name change in 911 directories. Hood has resigned his duties to take over as Vidor city manager. His younger brother, Jerry Hood, is replacing him at Pinehurst, as interim city administrator. "He's a sharp guy,"...
The Bridge City is on the grow as new businesses open and expansions are seen throughout the area. One example of that progress is seen above with the construction of what will become the new home of Olson Engineering, Inc.. The 22,000 square foot facility on FM 1442 near the Bridge City Elementary School is another step forward for the local company founded in 1998 by Mike and Karan Olson. The full service, multi-discipline engineering company are professional engineers from...
Making the best of a bad situation, educators have been busy since the onset of the coronavirus to think outside the box. It's paying off at Lamar State College Orange, which on June 3 set a new school standard for summer enrollment with 1,019 students. "It's a great day. I'm very excited," Dr. Tom Johnson, president of LSCO, said. "We made lemonade out of lemons this year." The two-year college in downtown Orange is waiving tuition and fees for two 3-hour summer classes in...
Why am I a Democrat? I am a Democrat because I believe in social justice. I believe in equality before the law for every person, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or social status. The American ideal is in the Declaration of Independence, which says, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of...
Orange County Sheriff Keith Merritt resigned Tuesday afternoon, effective June 30. Merritt, an Orange County lawman for more than 40 years, did not run for re-election in 2020. When he made that announcement in the fall, he said he was open to letting the new sheriff-elect, Lane Mooney, get an early start. But Merritt said two weeks ago he planned to serve through the end of his term in December. Tuesday, he said Mooney had agreed to take over in July. "It was my intention to...
I had the privilege of being at Texas A&M’s Blue Bell Park in mid February and watching the best college pitcher in tomorrow’s major league draft beat Army early this spring. Left-hander Asa Lacy, who incidentally was born just north of Blue Bell Park, is considered the top pitcher in this year’s draft by DraftSite.com and is expected to be chosen by the Miami Marlins as the No. 3 overall player in the first round. I heard rumors that he was the best pitcher in the natio...
Kacey Burnitt was installed as President of the Orange Lions Club at their clubs annual officer installation Monday. President Chris Kovatch presented Burnitt the gavel. Kovatch gave the clubs annual report. He also presented the Lion of the Year Award to Lion Ralph Thon and Rookie of the Year to Lion Tiffany Bell. The club officers installed were Terrie Salter, 1st Vice President, Grover Roberts III, 2nd Vice President, Ann Ellis, Secretary, Kovatch, Treasurer, Lois Hughes,...
Thirty-two boats fished a Saturday edition of the weekly Sabine River Shootout and posted some very solid numbers in spite of the weekend fishing pressure.Seventeen teams finished the day with a reason to weigh in and fourteen of their fish topped the three pound mark! Brent and Chad Kemp enjoyed the day about ten ounces more than the second place team of Gavin Deshotel and Dagan Bradshaw.The Kemps weighed 16.46-pounds while the second place team finished the outing with a...
Marvin James Lemoine Sr., 93, of Bridge City, Texas passed away June 8, 2020. He was born in Plaucheville, Louisiana on March 21, 1927 to the late Victor Lemoine and Florentine Lemoine. He was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church. This was a man that never met a stranger. He was loved by everyone and will be missed by all who knew him. Those left to cherish Marvin's memory are his children, Donna Rice of Lake Charles, LA, Marlyn Malin and her husband Jerry of The Woodlands,...
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension is holding a Food Safety Conference. It will be held on July 28, 2020 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. This was previously scheduled for August 4th but had to be changed. There will be a continental breakfast and lunch provided. The conference will have: Hand’s on Activities, Round Table Talk, and Active Shooter Scenarios. Some topics that will be covered are: Rodent Control, Vent-a-hood Maintenance, and there will be Health Department Speakers. The conference is free to attend but a Food H...
Millard "Billy" Cox, 95, of Bridge City, Texas passed away Thursday, June 4, 2020 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. Billy was born September 9, 1924 in Joaquin, Texas to James Edwin Cox and Rhoda Kyle Cox. Billy was a resident of Bridge City for 27 years and member of the Baptist faith. He retired as a heavy equipment operator from Texaco. He proudly served in the U. S. Army from 1943-1946, and was a construction foreman, expert rifleman, and held the...
