Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Orange County Historical Society will tour the Cormier Museum in Orangefield on August 3 beginning at 6:30 PM. The museum consist of two large prefab buildings full of relics going back over 100 years. There are walk in replicas of buildings that existed in the community of Orangefield during the local oil boom. The many photographs give a good depiction of the early history of the oil field. Paul Cormier also collected toys and his museum has a large collection. The discovery of oil put Orange County “on the map” and...
College anglers seeking a final spot in August’s Carhartt Bassmaster National College Championship will weigh their catches in Orange Friday and Saturday. Texas B.A.S.S. Nation’s College National Championship Qualifier will take off July 9-10 at 6 a.m. each morning at the Orange Boat Ramp on the Sabine River and weigh-in there at 3 p.m. each afternoon. The winning two-man team will earn a trip to Waddington, N.Y., to fish in the Aug. 12-14 Carhartt Bassmaster National Col...
The latest fundraising effort to help Orange County’s least fortunate has taken off like a bottle rocket on the Fourth of July. “We have had overwhelming response,” Michelle Tubbleville said of “Food Truck Friday,” a weekly event that has seemingly outgrown its beginnings in just two weeks. Food Truck Friday is sponsored by Orange County Disaster Rebuild, a non-profit started by Tubbleville, a longtime county employee moved to Special Projects Coordinator to help with thos...
As Orange County begins the road to its 2022 budget, a few of their road warriors would like to weigh in. County precinct commissioners and constables are letting it be known they’d like some help with mounting automobile expenses. “I’m trying to build this office up,” said Precinct 2 Constable Jeremiah Gunter. “It could be a moneymaker for the county. “But to make a lot of money, I have to have money to travel and go to schools.” In a salary scale finalized in September 201...
Lamar State College Orange is getting new leadership for its Process Technology/Instrumentation Program as Cheryl January replaces a retiring Earl Geis as director. Geis, who has led the program for 10 years, is retiring as program director in August but will remain part of the program as an adjunct instructor, LSCO announced in a news release. January, a staff member and adjunct instructor at LSCO for 15 years, will become the new Process Technology/Instrumentation Director....
The pandemic may have cancelled last year's vacation bible school, but it is almost time for the "Varmint Hunt" at Cowboy Church of Orange County. This year's curriculum focuses on helping kids learn how to spot that varmint, Satan, and how to deal with his "hog wash." Varmint Hunt VBS is scheduled 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., July 13-14 at Cowboy Church of Orange County, located at 673 FM 1078, Orange. Registration is still open. You can register online through Facebook: Cowboy Church of...
A member of Bridge City's first city council in 1970, former mailman David Hock commemorated Bridge City's 51st anniversary as an incorporated city with a visit Tuesday afternoon. He liked what they've done with the place. "It looks good," said the 83-year-old Hock, who now lives in Orange. That 51st anniversary of Bridge City becoming an incorporated city is July 7. Incorporation passed by a 60-40 margin on July 7, 1970. The current city council has six members, plus Mayor...
The BCISD Food Service Department is here to serve your children healthy and delicious meals while they attend BCISD. We offer some scratch made meals, a variety of fresh fruits, vegetables, baked goods, and popular entrees daily for our students. All of our meals meet or exceed USDA and TDA nutritional guidelines, so your students will have the fuel they need to focus on learning throughout the day. This school year, our district will be taking advantage of a USDA waiver that allows us to feed all students breakfast and...
Bipartisan Wildlife Proposal Would Enhance Fish and Wildlife, Add Jobs, and Grow Businesses in Texas AUSTIN- During the pandemic, Texans headed back to nature in record numbers, with more people visiting state parks, hunting, fishing, and boating than ever before. A new congressional proposal aims to tap that exploding interest by investing more than $50 million per year in Texas for wildlife recovery and related public education and recreation, a move expected to boost the st...
JEWEL OF THE GULF COAST TURNS 51 Bridge City incorporated 51-years ago, on July 7, 1970. I think it’s important to examine what brought a mostly knitted community to come together and a few years later become a city. The community, up until 1965, was clannish and some of the old timers were KKK sympathizers. My young bride and I arrived in 1955. It was some time before we were accepted. Everything changed after 1965, the year that ushered in the Worster era. Bridge City played...
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Bridge City hosts GOD’S SPACE, Creation & The Universe Vacation Bible School beginning July 12 and ending July 16. We start at 9:00 am and will end at noon every day. There will be exciting activities, crafts, music, snacks and lessons all in a small group setting. Ages four and up are invited. Call the church office if you have any questions at 409-735-4573....
When John Frederick filmed his first "skit" for Vid Chronicles, a YouTube channel, no one knew it was going to make the progress it has. Frederick, a Mauriceville actor, was in the background of 2018 Oscar winning Best Film "The Green Book" and had a supporting role in Tom Hanks' 2020 film "Greyhound." He has also had leading and supporting roles in several shorts produced locally. He also cohosts "The Barefoot Director" on Facebook. He was doing a friend a favor in December...
Easily one of the most alluring features of Sabine Lake area is the fact that you can catch so many different species of fish in a relatively small area. The brackish water holds both fresh and saltwater fish in good numbers as well as quality. It’s never uncommon to see a stringer of fish include flounder, redfish, speckled trout, and an occasional really nice largemouth bass. If you play your cards right you may even throw in a striped bass just for good measure. The p...
When all nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court acted unanimously last week to decide that the NCAA's $5,000 limit on the education-related benefits that athletes can receive violates federal anti-trust laws, it opened a clear new path for collegiate athletes to receive compensation for their name, image and likeness (NIL) while playing their sport for their college or university. "This led to the NCAA Board of Directors approving one of the biggest changes in the history of...
Hair & Co., 1541 Strickland Drive, is hosting a free back-to-school event from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7. Free haircuts, backpacks and shaved ice are offered for students grades pre-K through 12th grade in an event put on by Destiny Church and Hair & Co. Kona Ice will provide the shaved ice treats. The event is open to students of all area schools. “We did this last year and it was absolutely great,” said Johnny Asevedo, Pinehurst city alderman and pastor of Destiny Church. “Hair & Co. is volunteering their...
On June 25, 2021, the Texas Municipal League (TML) and its 1,166 member cities announced that City of Bridge City Mayor David Rutledge was elected TML president-elect. Mr. Rutledge has served as Mayor from 2016 to present and previously served as a Council Member for 6 years. He has been a certified Municipal Official since 2015. He has served as TML region 16 President, Representative on the Board of Directors and on various policy committees for the Texas Municipal League. Mayor Rutledge said, “This is a great honor and I...
Is Home where the heart is? The Stark Museum of Art explores the meaning of home in this exhibition “The West as Home,” which is on view beginning July 23, 2021. Over 100 works of art and two videos present different aspects of the concept of home through the eyes of artists of the West. Sections on land, shelter, interior space, and family address how artists interpret their ideas of home. Reflecting on what the concept has meant for others can help us to define what hom...
Every fisherman, whether he or she prefers salt or fresh water, owns a lure that is their “go to” lure. When that lure fails them, their confidence usually bottoms out and everything else in the tackle box is relegated to little more than a piece of plastic. Having guided for nearly a half century, I have techniques that I feel that way about, but no single lure. I am convinced that if you hope to catch your favorite species consistently on artificial lures, it is unwise to bank on a single technique, lure or color to get...
