Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Justus Milligan of Boy Scout Troop 125 in Orangefield completed his Eagle Project. He built a special fire pit meant to only be used to retire American flags by burning. On Flag Day, June 14, he presented his project to the Veteran’s Memorial Park with a flag retirement ceremony. “Justus could not have completed this without many community and business donations; also the help and encouragement of many individuals helped bring this to completion,” said his paren...
Mohon will fill council seat Although there are a lot of “too early to tells,” Pinehurst City Council agreed Tuesday to carry forward with a deal to buy the Technical Resource building on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to replace the city’s more than 50-year old city hall. Council also approved the appointment of Dan Mohon, 70, insurance businessman and mayor of Orange from 1988-92, to fill the position left by the resignation of Bessie Huckaby. Huckaby had served on counc...
The mercury in the thermometer shows temperatures creeping towards triple digits and everybody you look at appears to have just emerged from a swimming pool. The heat waves along the road and the hood of my truck cannot dampen my enthusiasm as I put down my cell phone and relay the news to my son Hunter, “we should be getting 16 days for teal season” I proclaim as Hunter does a makeshift victory dance in the front seat. The population count on teal is expected to exceed the...
I always thought that meat loaf was just meat loaf. Here is a fluffy one, there is probably a flat one also, which at times, I think maybe mine is. One thing about meat loaf is you can make some cream taters, fresh green beans and have a meal fit for a king. • 1 pound ground meat • 1/2 pound ground pork • 1 cup dry bread crumbs or use crackers and cut down on the salt • 1 1/4 cup milk • 1 egg, well beaten • 1/4 cup minced onion • 1 1/4 teaspoon salt • 1/4 teaspoon pepper • 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard • 1/4 teaspoon sage • 1/4...
Members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2775, John Bagley, Robert LaFleur, 'Chuck' LaFleur, Dennis Helwig and Jim Taylor, all wearing VFW Caps, took part in posting the colors for the final July Fourth Celebration at Foster's Bluff in Deweyville. Post 2775 Chaplain 'Hank' Perkins opened with a prayer and member C.P. Williams, one of the founders of the annual program, narrated the history of Foster's Bluff's programs. Five auxiliary members also attended the...
St. Stephen Episcopal Church in Beaumont will share pictures, stories and native crafts from the “Runners for Hope” Uganda mission team at 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 28, in Broce Hall. Everyone in the community is invited to dinner. The group that traveled to Africa last month to deliver goods, including more than 1,000 pairs of shoes, to children in Uganda will give a presentation. The “Runners for Hope” mission grew from the friendship between a track star at Lamar Univers...
LEBRON JAMES, SON OF A BEACH NOW Ten million people waited 46 minutes for LeBron James to tell the world where he would play basketball. I was one of them. I got to thinking, what difference will it make in the grand scheme of things. It doesn’t add or take away anything in my life. Yet I sat there waiting like all the other fools. We had said give us 2 to 1 odds and we’ll bet he goes to the Heat. Cleveland Cavalier owner Dan Gilbert chastised LeBron for joining Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami, but if the shoe was on the...
Fleur de Chic is now open for business. Owners, Candice and Ginger Harrison, invites the public to stop by. Fleur de Chic offers 2,400 square feet of shopping. “We are proud to say that we carry something for women of every shape and size. In our store you will find your favorite names, Ed Hardy, True Religion, Miss Me, Humanity, Yellow Box shoes, Kameleon Jewels, Waxing Poetic and many more.” Candice Harrison said. “We have installed a relaxation station in our store to br...
The Orange County Veterans Service Office will be closed Friday, July 16, as office personnel will be take part in the Southeast Texas Stand Down 2010 at Cathedral of Faith Baptist Church, 3755 Fannett Road, Beaumont. The office will be open again at 8 a.m. Monday, July 19. The Orange County VSO has been preparing for the event with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Task Force for the Homeless and other county VSOs in the Southeast Texas region. The event will host many service agencies in the Golden Triangle area...
Because of amendments in state guidelines, Orange County employee insurance will undergo some new changes. Commissioners Monday approved slight increases in regular session, including: • Deductible: from $250-$300. • Drug co-pay: to $15, $30 or $45. • Premiums for dependents: 5 percent increase. “This is the first change we’ve had on anything in four years,” said County Judge Carl Thibodeaux. “But keep in mind [the] total out-of-pocket expense had not changed. It’s still $2,000.” Dependent premiums go to $338.76 for famil...
Bridge City may be named for its bridges – but Prairie View got its name from a church. First Baptist Church celebrated 70 years Sunday but its religious roots go back to the 1877 one-room school house that became an outpost for worshipers on the coastal prairie that is now Bridge City. Gravett School – near Turner Cemetery – was visited by circuit rider preachers once or twice a month for prayer and Sunday School. By 1894 a small, predominately Baptist congregation was organ...
The main goal for Hearthland Inc. has been to provide safe and affordable housing for its tenants since the day it was founded. “When we were made aware of the possibility of purchasing the Village and Southern Oaks apartment complexes, we felt that Bridge City would be the perfect fit for our company,” said Richard Hudson, chief operating officer and vice president of Hearthland. “Having family ties in the area had made us aware that Bridge City is more than a city... it is...
