Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The season opener of the Orange Community Players hits the stage Aug. 13. It is a madcap comedy set in 1934. Tito Morelli, IL Stupendo, the great Italian tenor is making an appearance at the Cleveland Grand Opera Company. Saunders, the opera company manager is nervously awaiting the arrival of Morelli with his assistant, gopher, flunky, Max. The trouble begins when Maria, Morelli’s wife, throws a fit and upsets Morelli. In a well meaning attempt to calm Morelli and get him r...
Ruth Gunn, 99, of Orange, passed away Aug. 3, at her home. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am, Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Pecan Acres Baptist Church in Vidor. Officiating will be Doyle Enloe and Brother Paul Fregia. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 6:00-9:00.pm, Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Negreet, La, June 13, 1916, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Carter. Ruth was preceded in death by her...
AUSTIN – As summer celebrations enter their final weeks, the Texas Department of Transportation is taking its “DWI Not So Fun House” to community events across the state as part of its “Drink, Drive, Go to Jail” campaign. The vintage-style interactive carnival trailer allows the public to experience the dangerous and potentially deadly effects of impaired driving. “Don’t turn your summer fun into a life-changing tragedy by being irresponsible when it comes to drinking and...
Orange County Health Inspector James Scales made the following inspections on area businesses from July 16-31: Pizza Hut #2716, 1720 Lutcher Dr., Orange - Gasket on front cooler needs to be repaired; shelves; thermometers needed inside cooler and freezers; storage shelves, walls and ceilings need to be cleaned of old food/dust; paint coming off ceiling and corner of wall needs to be repaired and vents above fryers need to be cleaned of old grease. Score - 91 Get N Go #2, 2419...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Aug. 3 and the morning of Aug. 4: Larceny from vehicle, 1205 11th St. Suspicious activity, 4902 Woodway Dr. Warrant service, 1510 Link Ave. Traffic accident, IH-10 and MLK Warrant service, 1600 16th St. Traffic accident, Park and 16th St. Warrant service, 812 Texas St. Burglary, 510 Bridal Wreath St....
Lillian Diane Pinder, 77, of Vinton, La, passed away Aug. 4, in Sulphur, La. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Friday, Aug. 7, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Pastor Rick Watson. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 4:00-8:00 pm, Thursday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Kilgore, on July 17, 1938, she was the daughter of Bernard Oliver Brady and Virgie Mae (Pendergrass) Brady. Lillian retired from the United States Post Office where she...
Schools within the West Orange – Cove CISD have announced various orientation and registration activities: West Orange – Stark Elementary West-Orange Stark Elementary will hold two "Meet the Teacher" events. "Meet the Teacher" for kindergarten, first, and second grade students will be held on Monday, Aug. 17; while, third, fourth and fifth grade students will attend "Meet the Teacher" on Thursday, Aug. 20. Both sessions will be held from 5:30-6:30 pm. Orientation sessions will begin in the cafeteria. Following an inf...
Hannah Leleux, a Lamar University junior from Bridge City majoring in computer science, has been awarded a scholarship from the Association for Computing Machinery – Women to attend SIGITE 2015, the 16th Annual Conference on Information Technology Education, Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, at DePaul University in Chicago. The conference is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Information Technology Education. Leleux has been participating in research in computer science edu...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bear Head Coach Randy Crouch lines out the offense during practice this week. RECORD PHOTO: Lawrence Trimm *** Staff Report- For The Record The 2015 high school football season is underway as practices began for Orange County teams on Monday with full contact set to start on Friday. The Bridge City Cardinals, Orangefield Bobcats, Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears, West Orange Stark-Mustangs and Vidor Pirates all hit the field early before temperatur...
Mike Louviere - For The Record Appearances can be deceiving. From the mid 1950s until the early 1970s, one of the last remaining mansions on Green Avenue in Orange was a popular Mexican restaurant. In front of the restaurant where there had once been hitching posts for horses and buggies was a post topped with a large Mexican sombrero with the “Little Mexico” logo emblazoned in neon. Most of the residents of Orange knew the restaurant had once been the home of Frederick Farwel...
David Ball - For The Record It's been a typical busy summer season for the Orange County Appraisal District, according to Chief Appraiser Michael Cedars. "The last few months we've mailed out the notifications of the appraised values," he said. "They're notified of any change, and if so, for how much. We mail them to everybody. If the value went up last year, they'll (the taxpayers) will want to catch it." Contrary to popular belief, Cedars said the OCAD has very little to do...
David Ball - For The Record In addition to back to school the Sales Tax Holiday is probably another time of the year parents and guardians look forward to. This year’s Sales Tax Holiday is August 7 - 9. As in previous years, the law exempts most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks priced under $100 from sales and use taxes, which could save shoppers about $8 on every $100 they spend, according to the state public comptroller's website. Subject to the criteria explained below, all sales of qualifying items made d...
David Ball - For The Record The city of Bridge City moved closer to approval of a tax rate for the next fiscal year at their regular meeting on the evening of August 4. The city council approved scheduling a vote to be held on Tuesday, September 15 to place a proposal to adopt an ad valorem tax rate for the 2015 tax year of $.49920 per $100 valuation. The total tax rate consists of $.22640 for Interest and Sinking Fund and $.27280 for Maintenance and Operation Fund. There...
David Ball - For The Record The Orange County Commissioners Court took on issues ranging from property tax rates to supporting building a new hospital among others at their meeting on the afternoon of August 3. Commissioners approved the submission of the 2015 certified property tax values from the chief appraiser and required under the property tax code. Lynda Gunstream, county tax assessor-collector reported the 2015 Total Market Value for the county was $6.9 billion, the Taxable Value was $5.6 billion, the Taxable Value...
James Henry (Jim) Ivy, 75, laid down his tools and went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Sunday, Aug. 2, surrounded by his loving family. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00, PM Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Winfree Baptist Church in Orange. Funeral services will held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, Aug. 6, also at the church. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Orange. James was born in Boliver County, Ms., Dec. 22 1939, the only son of Henry Ivy and Margaret Sherrill. He is retired...
Jennifer Clarke - For The Record Bridge City High School is changing the face of its football program. After a statewide search for a football coach, Dwayne DuBois, previously of Hardin-Jefferson, is starting the new season invested in the kids and community. Coach DuBois coaches on and off the field, and he wants to see his athletes become good citizens. "I may not see the results of our work for fifteen to twenty years, but we teach the kids they have 365 chances to win....
Special to The Record President Obama marked the 50th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid Thursday by saying the U.S. should do more to expand and improve health care for all Americans, including the law he signed in 2010. "We must recognize that this work, though begun a half-century ago and continued over the decades that have followed, is not yet complete," Obama said in a proclamation. "For too many, quality, affordable health care is still out of reach -- and we must recommit to finishing this important task." The...
David Ball - For The Record Orangefield ISD announced its policy for providing free and reduced-price meals for children served under the attached current income eligibility guidelines. Each school/site or the central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by anyone on request. Starting on August 24, 2015, OISD will begin distributing letters to households of the children in the district about eligibility benefits and any actions households need to take to apply for these benefits. Applications also are...
Special to The Record Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Austin, Brown, Delta, Dewitt, Ellis, Gonzales, Hopkins, Jack, Jones, Orange, Red River, Robertson, San Augustine, Starr, Tarrant, Throckmorton, Waller and Wichita counties following the amendment to President Obama’s May 29, 2015, major disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and f...
