Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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At Ezpawn on 16th street in Orange Saturday August 11th 12pm to 4pm for Katy Gibbs to help with Medical Expenses. Due to Stage 4 Cirrhosis of Liver. We are doing $5.00 a car plus accepting donations. Thanks in advance....
Another OCARC tournament is officially in the books and while there were no record breaking catches weighed in, every check was cashed in every category.That is quite a feat in itself when you consider the fact that the twelve categories cover both fresh and salt water! Aside from Director, John Thomas, his volunteers and all of the folks that make up the OCARC, no one had a more enjoyable day when all was said and done than Rickey Adams.His game plan was obviously a good one as he placed in four categories and pocketed $650...
Sherry Tisdale, city secretary for the city of Bridge City, made known publicly her plans to retire in October. The city, however, has someone willing and able to step in after Tisdale is gone. The Bridge City City Council approved appointing Jeanie McDowell to the unexpired term of office of city secretary. McDowell said she has 27 years of experience with the city and she's currently serving as director of personnel and purchasing. "It is a higher position. It's exciting,"...
Elizabeth Bridgett Duplechin, 91, of Orange, Texas, passed away on July 28, 2018, in Orange. A graveside services was held on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at Greenlawn Memorial Park with a burial to follow. Officiating will be Pastor Dustin Guidry of Ridgewood Baptist Church. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on October 8, 1926, she was the daughter of Christopher Richard and Leona Guidry Richard. Elizabeth was loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved spending...
Bill Edd Dixon, Sr. of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 6, 2018, at his home surrounded by friends and family. Visitationwas held on Tuesday, August 7, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Funeral services will be held Wednesday August 8, 2:00 p.m., at McDonald Memorial Baptist Church in West Orange. Born in Rosston, Arkansas on September 7, 1932, he was the son of Willie Dixon and Eunice Lowry Dixon. He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force during the...
Good teachers can make all the difference in the world for a student. As the first day of school nears later this month, some new teachers are either starting their career or starting with a new district. One veteran teacher spoken to is starting her 16th year of service. For instance, Nancy Blanchard is not new to the classroom but she will be a brand new fifth-grade science and social studies classroom teacher at Little Cypress Intermediate School. Meanwhile, Jessica Hagler...
It was a nice Saturday afternoon on July 28 when I called my golfing buddy Craig Couvillion to give him my “pre-weenie” warning that I would not be playing golf on the next day. The reason I was “weenieing out” was because my head was stopped up, my sinuses were draining and my throat was getting raw. It appeared I was getting a dreaded summer cold just as wife Susan and I were packing for our trip to Las Vegas on Monday, July 30. We closed up the house that Sunday afternoon and drove to Houston where we would spend the night...
Dave Rogers For The Record The cost of keeping the City of Orange running and making it a place citizens want to live a year after Tropical Storm Harvey will be a higher tax rate for most in 2019. A resident with a home carrying a 2018 value of $100,000 after homestead and other exemptions could see his city tax bill rise anywhere from $51.63 to $123.00, based on 2019 effective and rollback rates. Senior citizens will see no change in their city tax rate if they have previously had their tax rates frozen by Proposition 13....
Don Carona, general manager for the Orange County Drainage District, is overseeing crews cleaning and widening ditches while waiting for federal and state approvals needed for $100 million in long-term improvements. PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record Water is a deep problem in Orange County. Specifically, drainage – or how to move rainfall downstream from Orange County to the Gulf Coast – has been the area’s biggest story for more than two years. “I wish drainag...
Dave Rogers For The Record It seems like déjà vu all over again. Orange County commissioners rolled back one employee benefit cut and set their sights on another Tuesday with the majority saying the move will help the county hire and hold onto employees. Also, County Judge Dean Crooks got a unanimous 5-0 vote to award no 2019 pay raises for elected officials. And he said he’d like to cut pay for himself and commissioners. But that came after Crooks and the other two first-term members of Commissioners’ Court, John Gothi...
PICK YOUR POISON To live on the Gulf Coast there is a yearly chance of a hurricane. If a storm comes it blows in and leaves its damage. We make repairs and live until the next time. I predicted we would not have a storm this year. If we do it will be late because of the high pressure due to hang over us. Summer storms don’t come every year, in a dozen years we have been hit by only three major ones. The damage is a far cry from the California fires that leave nothing standing. Fires take every possession but what a person t...
Photo: Orange native Wanda Reinert packs copies of her book, "Orange, Through The Eyes Of The Tigers," for shipping. Four years in the work, the book includes Orange history as told by the 1964 Stark High grad and her classmates. Photos by Iva Switzer. Dave Rogers For The Record When she was first tasked with writing a book about growing up in Orange during the 1950s and 1960s, Wanda Reinert was convinced it was a no-go. But what she didn’t know then was how much help she w...
