Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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A special “Sizzling Summer Celebration” will be featured at the forthcoming C.R.A. (Chevron Retirees’ Association) luncheon gathering Tuesday, July 14. All Chevron, Texaco, and Unocal retirees and spouses (or guests) are invited to the banquet room of Robert’s Steakhouse, 3720 W. Park Avenue, Orange, (enter from the restaurant’s side parking lot) beginning at 11:00 a.m. to enjoy the fellowship, a “Dutch treat” lunch, and association news updates…plus some extra, summer celebrating....
Paul Spears, 74, of Mauriceville, passed away Monday, July 6, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. Born Jan. 3, 1941 in Deweyville, to Nolan William Spears and Grace (Fountain) Spears, he lived in Mauriceville since 2005 and had previously lived in Crystal Beach. He worked as a process operator at Honeywell in Orange. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Deweyville. He loved to fish and will be remembered as a loving and caring husband, brother, father and grandfather....
According to Dr. Terri Estes, Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Principal, students from Mauriceville Middle and Little Cypress Junior High Schools are participating in LCM Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Camp. The camp is hosted by LCM High School teachers and LCMHS STEM students. Campers have learned about robotics, the statistics of carnival games, and rocketry. Chevron Phillips engineers visited the camp recently to share information about STEM...
The Interagency Task Force for Children with Special Needs, supported by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, today launched a new website — NavigateLifeTexas.org — to help families who have children with disabilities and special health care needs. NavigateLifeTexas.org was built for anyone who needs to find relevant, comprehensive, and accurate information about services in Texas for children with disabilities and special health care needs. The site was des...
In the scorching summer heat, the last thing you may want to do is exercise. But don't let the temperature be your excuse to abandon healthy habits! Here, Warren Honeycutt shares eight fitness and nutrition tips to keep you fit when the heat is on. Sure, you were excited about working out and losing weight when you could enjoy spring's refreshing temperatures. But with some parts of the country experiencing record-breaking highs, your motivation is, funnily enough, cooling...
Nancy McWhorter - For The Record At my age, cleaning house has become a difficult chore. Getting down on my hands and knees as I could do when I was young is no longer possible. Any tips and/or suggestion to help ease those tasks are always welcome. My daughter, Carol Farley, has a dear neighbor and friend, Ludy Harville. Since becoming acquainted with Ludy, I recognize her to be thoughtful, kind and caring to all that know her. She is loved by many. Recently Ludy sent me...
Monday, July 6, around 10:10 p.m., the Orange County Sheriff’s Office received an emergency call about an unresponsive male at Rescar Industries located at 1993 Foreman Road. When Deputies arrived, they discovered that one of the workers was found unresponsive inside of a tank car by another employee. The employees gathered safety equipment to hoist the man’s body out of the tank car and onto a stretcher. There were no signs of life and the Justice of the Peace Precinct #2 Judge Dunn ordered an autopsy to determine the cau...
LaPoint Energy Partners, Inc. is pleased to accept an incentive package from Orange County and the Orange County Economic Development Corporation to build and operate a multimillion dollar railcar cleaning, crude oil trans-loading and storage facility in the county. All agreements are tentative pending Commissioner’s approval on Monday, July 13. The Orange County Economic Development Corporation was formed and tasked with attracting high quality development projects that w...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between July 6 and the morning of July 7: Damaged property, 22 Circle E Sexual offense, 11th St. Traffic accident, 1102 Park Ave. Traffic accident, IH-10 and Hwy. 62 Warrant service, 402 Camellia Resisting/interfering with police, 600 5th St. Warrant service, 201 8th St. Domestic problem, 210 College St. Disorderly conduct, Dayton and Western Warrant service, 2314 Butler...
Lamar University conferred 1752 degrees during spring commencement ceremonies recently. Below are Lamar’s spring 2015 graduates and their majors, listed according to their hometowns. The list is based on information provided by the Office of the Registrar. Local graduates include: Masters: Mauriceville: Megan Willette, speech language pathology. Orange: Chase Michael Angelle, accounting; Cynthia Estelle Williams, counseling and development; Tasha Shavon Brewer, criminal justice; Jennifer Anne Parkhurst, educational a...
Fallon Foster, CEA, Family and Consumer Science with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension will be teaching a hand’s on vegetable canning class Wednesday, July 22, from 10:00 am to noon. Cost for the class is $20 per person and payable by cash or check the day of the class. Class will be held at the Extension office located 11475a FM 1442, Orange. Space is limited, so reservations need to be made as soon as possible. For reservations or questions, call 882-7010....
The Ladies Auxiliary to Orange VFW Post 2775 voted at their last meeting to meet the fourth Monday of every month at 7:00 pm at the VFW Hall Meeting Room, beginning Aug. 24. There will no longer be twice a month meetings. The meerting July 20 has been cancelled. The Auxiliary will meet July 13 instead.None of these changes effects the Post nor the Men's Auxiliary. Members are urged to pay their dues early since there are no longer re-instate options for failure to pay dues on time. For further information contact Membership...
4 student-athletes post a 4.0 GPA A total of 99 Lamar University student-athletes were named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll for the 2015 spring semester, the conference announced today. The honor roll includes student-athletes who participated in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, softball, men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field. To qualify for the honor roll, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA and have...
On Aug. 9, 2013, Jordan Greer was finishing up football practice when the entire left side of his body suddenly went numb. After practice, the 16-year-old and his family had planned to put down their sick dog. "It was just going to be a sad day," Jordan, now 18, tells People. "But then it became frightening." Jordan made a tackle, and when he tried to get up, the high school junior at Bay Area Christian School, in League City, felt like everything was spinning. "The world...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting to welcome Mr. Mow-It-All, LLC to its membership on July 7. Mr. Mow-It-All is locally owned and operated by Army Veteran Conan Thomas and his wife Alexandra. Mr. Mow-It-All provides lawn care, landscaping, pressure washing and fencing services for Orange County and the Mid County areas. They offer a discount for all veterans and senior citizens. For more information or to get a free estimate call 540-3168 or check out...
¡Bienvenidos a bordo! or Welcome aboard! – greetings you will hear on the Homestead Trolley; a free winter weekend trolley service from Miami to nearby national parks, made possible through partnerships. The National Park Service announced today the recipients of the 2015 Director’s Partnership Awards, which recognize the most significant accomplishments achieved by parks and outside groups working together on projects, programs, and commemorative events that provide last...
On Tuesday July 7, The Bridge City ISD Board of Trustees voted to hire the following new head coaches: Skylar Rowley will coach girls soccer. Rowley who comes from Kirbyville will replace Cassie Bearden; Kayla Gallardo will make the move across town from Orangefield to replace Miste Henderson as softball coach and Larry Sterling comes to BC from Vidor to replace Tony Knight as boys basketball coach. Richard Briggs, Athletic Director of BCHS said "We thank Coach Knight, Coach Henderson, and Coach Bearden for their dedication...
The Jefferson County Singles Club, 7725 Green Ave., Nederland will host Linda Kaye and Kool Katz, July 12, from 5:00 - 9:00 pm and July 14, from 6:00 - 10:00 pm. Tickets are $7 per person and beer wine and setups are available. There is no smoking in this facility. For more information, call 409-727-0013....
The VFW, 5303 N. 16th St., Orange, will feature The Cadillacs, July 9, from 8:00 pm - midnight. Tickets are $6 per person. BYOB; bar offers beer, wine coolers, sodas and setups. For more information, call 886-9738....
The Lamar University Foundation has announced an endowed scholarship has been established for the College of Arts and Sciences. The Dr. Stephen and Suzye Doblin Scholarship in Mathematics and Science was established by Lamar University alums Chuck (’72) and Becky (’71) Mason in recognition of Stephen Doblin’s service to the university upon his retirement. The scholarship will provide funding for students majoring in mathematics or science at Lamar University. “The faculty...
The Rio Theater in Center, Texas is a restored movie venue that first opened in 1929. The owners have taken pride in their project and have been faithful to the original. The seating is updated, as are the lights. The popcorn machine is a 1964 model and there is still a 1950s projector in the projection room. It is unused, but ready to go if need arises. Sitting next to it is the new digital model. The Rio is a comfortable place to watch a movie. The atmosphere will take y...
I've said in this column before that I love bread and that I could just about live on bread alone. I find bread making to be good therapy. It's a little time consuming, but the end result is so tasty. Any time I make bread, I can hear my daddy (who was born and raised for the first few years of his life, on a houseboat in Barataria La.), telling the story of how my granny would get up in the middle of the night and put another little bit of kindling in the wood burning stove s...
I've said in this column before that I love bread and that I could just about live on bread alone. I find bread making to be good therapy. It's a little time consuming, but the end result is so tasty. Any time I make bread, I can hear my daddy (who was born and raised for the first few years of his life, on a houseboat in Barataria La.), telling the story of how my granny would get up in the middle of the night and put another little bit of kindling in the wood burning stove....
Rita Darleen Boyett Hucko, 65, of Orange, passed away Monday, July 6, at The Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation in Orange, following an illness. Born on March 1, 1950 in Orange, to Melvin Boyette and Elizabeth Ann (Chandler) Boyett, she was a lifelong resident of the Orange and Bridge City areas and worked as a custodian at the Bridge City Intermediate School. Rita was a member of Community Church in Orange and MacArthur Heights Baptist Church in Pinehurst. She will be...
WELCOME TO ANOTHER ISSUE The weeks are going by so quickly. July has arrived and brought summer with it. Over the last week, we’ve had alligator attack that took a life. Multiple fires have burned structures in downtown Orange. I suspect there’s a fire bug around. In South Carolina, the Legislature voted to take the Rebel flag down. You know what’s funny? That flag was the Virginia battle flag, not South Carolina's. Their flag was different. Oh well, on a beautiful note: First Baptist Church of Bridge City marks their 75th...
