Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Legion dance Lloyd Grubbs Post 49 of the American Legion’s New Year’s Eve dance will be Dec. 31 at the post, corner of Green Avenue and First Street in Orange. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Creole Cookin’ will perform from 7:30-midnight. BYOB beer, wine and setups available. Admission $10 per person. For more information, call 886-9861 after 4 p.m. Stark House/Stark Museum closed for Christmas The W.H. Stark House and the Stark Museum of Art will both be closed to the public on Dec. 24 and 25. Both facilities will reopen Satu...
by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson As the tall, stately angel rose and walked toward the front of the chapel, there was a buzz among the cadets. Gabriel was a living legend. He cleared his throat. I've been asked to speak to you today about what I've learned throughout my career. Foremost is this: we are servants of the Most High God. This lesson I learned not during my days here at the academy, but from a human being, a girl. I had been summoned before God to be briefed on a new mission....
Make the most of an evening out in southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. With the impending holidays, some events or hours may be subject to change. We encourage everyone to call for information and hours of operation before heading out. Here are just a few events in the area. Wednesday, Dec. 23 •Parker James & Fat Boy South will be performing at Yesterday’s Night Club, 5313 Common St. in Lake Charles. Doors open at 5 p.m. with no cover charge until 7 p.m. The ban...
From childhood Christmas to present, quite a ride The joy of Christmas for me has taken drastic turns as I’ve traveled down this life’s highway. Raised a very poor youngster in south Louisiana, I had very little to look forward to on Christmas morning. We lived in a small, one-room shack, raised by a single mom. A lot of people were poor but real poverty, hanging at our door Christmas morning, brought very little. A fruit, a piece of rock candy or maybe a three-inch pie...
Members of the Service League of Orange assisted the Salvation Army with “Toy Bagging.” This activity concludes the Toy Coffee that was hosted by the league in the home of Rex and Ann McCorquodale on Dec. 3. League members met at the Salvation Army gym and proceeded to fill gift bags of toys that completed the wish lists of 353 needy children in Orange County. The true spirit of Christmas was enjoyed by everyone present at this annual and traditional affair.Enter your bod...
A request in my Dec. 9 column for Christmas favorites brought in four lists, mainly from other columnists, two of whom I’m proud to say do not actually write for this newspaper. As I’ve said many times the only strangers who read these things are press club judges, and they HAVE to read them for the yearly contests. So if you are reading this, thank you, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. The lone wolf in the crowd of being someone I don’t actually know was sent in by Tim Hickey. “One of my old favorites was Roy Orb...
Bridge City Little League (BCLL) registration is here again. On three consecutive Saturdays–Jan. 9, 16, 23, registration will be held at the Community Center, starting at 9 a.m. Sign up fees will be $65 for the first child in family, $20 for the second and third child in family, with the fourth child registered for free. The baseball league is open for boys from ages 4 through 16. The softball league is for girls 4-14 years old. Players registering on time allows the league t...
The LCM Student Council recently collaborated with the high school’s Hospitality Committee to sponsor a Christmas wreath contest between teachers. Those who chose to participate in the contest created wreaths only out of recycled or recyclable materials and displayed them on the outside of their classroom doors. Winners of this year’s contest were: athletic trainer Sherry Hoffpauir (1st place, center), art teacher Betsy Kaufman (2nd place, bottom right), and librarians Cha...
One of America’s most provocative public intellectuals, Cornel West has been a champion for racial justice since childhood. His writing, speaking, and teaching weave together the traditions of the black Baptist Church, progressive politics, and jazz. The New York Times has praised his “ferocious moral vision.” Currently the Class of 1943 Professor at Princeton University, Dr. West burst onto the national scene in 1993 with his bestselling book, Race Matters, a searing analy...
Cowling and Cowling Investment Group of Wells Fargo Advisors is proud to announce the winners of their first holiday art contest for the students of St. Mary Catholic School. Winners include: Kindergarten - Maggie Granger First grade – Kyndall Broussard Second grade – Jenna McCarvy Third grade – Mary Grace Nichols Fourth grade – McCartney Miller Fifth grade – Joseph Mayeux Sixth, seventh and eighth grade art – Will Hughes Cowling and Cowling decided to host the art contest...
December is the month of cold weather and rain and for some a little snow. Also Christmas and eating pie, ham, turkey and dressing and leftovers. I have a few idea’s for leftovers. Usually the biggest left over is dressing. You can just freeze it for one thing. Another is simmer some bell peppers, stuff them with dressing and add cheese on top. Bake until dressing is hot and cheese is melted. If you have left over green beans, boil some new potatoes and add to the beans. Mash potatoes make good patties to fry. Just add an e...
The Christmas and New Year’s holidays will see all available DPS troopers patrolling Texas roadways in an attempt to make travel safer for all Texans. Troopers will be focusing on locating drivers who may be intoxicated, but also will be looking for speeders and seatbelt violators. All available troopers will be on patrol from Thursday, Dec. 24 through Sunday, Dec.27, and again on Thursday, Dec. 31 through Sunday, Jan. 3. During the Christmas holiday last year, DPS troopers ar...
Christmas shopping for some Orange Countians this year was in a gymnasium filled with large plastic bags full of toys and cardboard boxes of food/supplies. Majs. John and Linda Queener with the Salvation Army said that on Tuesday 324 families received bags and boxes and 750 children received three to five gifts each. About 125 bicycles also made their way out the doors. “We had about 93 volunteers last night,” said Linda Queener. “We’re probably going to have at least that to...
Winners of the Curious George Coloring Contest were spied at the Curious George Live show over the weekend. Grace Dillow, 4, was spotted with her mom and sister Olivia, while Dylan Trout,4, was in attendence with sister Brittany and their mom. Other Record winners include: Avery Williams, Rylie Dollar, Jo'lesha Ware, Jaxon Green and Kaitlyn Houghton, all of Orange. Also winning were:Brook Carpenter, Bobby Holland, and Lexie Brown, all of Bridge City; Madison Lilley and Layne...
It was all set up a couple of weeks ago that when the fire truck on which Santa was riding in the Orange Christmas parade reached a certain location, he was going to give me a copy of his proposed route he plans to take on the night of Dec. 24 and some of the gifts he would be delivering. But alas! the annual Orange Christmas parade was postponed at the last minute due to inclement weather—not rain mind you, but snow of all things. This really threw a big monkey wrench into the planning of our annual Christmas Korner with t...
