Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Donald Bowman, 79, of Orange, passed away Aug. 30, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm, Wednesday, Sept. 2, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Randy Schirck will be officiating. Burial will be at Autumn Oaks Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 12:00 pm. Donald was born in Price, March 23, 1936, to Joseph Arlie Bowman and Pearl (Perdue) Bowman. He attended Carlisle High School and graduated in 1953. Donald worked in the...
Lamar University head football coach Ray Woodard released the depth chart for the season opener against Bacone College at his weekly press conference Mondayafternoon. Despite the official release, Woodard still didn’t reveal his hand in terms naming a starting quarterback. The quarterback position is listed as an either/or scenario between transfers Joe Minden and Carson Earp, with a third transfer, Blake McKenzie, listed behind the other two. “We have not named a starter at quarterback,” said head coach Ray Woodard. “We l...
Jeff Bauman, a survivor of the Boston Marathon bombing who later was able to identify the bombers, will be the speaker for the LIT Foundation Salute to Real American Heroes at 6:00 pm, Sept. 10, at Wesley United Methodist Church, Beaumont. The annual event provides scholarships for students in the Department of Public Service & Safety. Tickets to the event are $50 each. Dinner will be provided by the Sabine Area Restaurant Association and Cooks 2 Doz. + Inc. All first responders and active military who are in uniform plus a...
The Mexican Heritage Society will host its 47th annual Fiesta Saturday, Sept 12, at the Bob Bower Civic Center, 3401 Cultural Dr., Port Arthur. Opening ceremonies begin at 10:00 am, followed by activities of the day, including a baby costume contest, music, food, face painting, raffle prizes and pageants. There will also be live Marachi music and the Mexican Heritage Folklorico Dancers. Evening entertainment includes bands and a DJ. Admission from opening to 7:00 pm, is $15 for adults (17 to senior); $10 senior citizens...
While sun protection is often associated with hot summer days, harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays are present year-round and can be just as dangerous on the schoolyard as they are at the beach. Because UV rays are associated with about 86 percent of melanomas and 90 percent of nonmelanoma skin cancers, children must be diligent about sun protection when they head back to school. Parents also play a role, by teaching kids to lead a sun-safe lifestyle. "There is a well-established link between sun exposure and skin cancer risk,"...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Aug. 31 and the morning of Sept. 1: Theft, 12099 FM 1442 Damaged property, 7112 IH-10 Trespassing, 4080 IH-10 Theft, 819 Strickland Traffic accident, 16th St. and Lincoln Assist other agency, 205 S. Border St....
Orange County Health Inspector James Scales made the following inspections on area businesses from Aug. 16-31: Whataburger #536, 2300 MacArthur Dr., Orange - Several gnats found in back storage area of restaurant, need to replace missing baseboard tiles near ice machine. Score - 97 First Presbyterian Church Daycare, 412 9th St., Orange - Score - 100 Luigi's Italian Grill, 3105 Edgar Brown Dr., Orange - No certified food manager on staff. Score - 97 The Garden District, 7536 N. Hwy. 87, Orange - Score - 100 JB's Bar B Que, 575...
The Celebration of Life for Mrs. Luvear G. Lee, 86, of Orange, will be Thursday, Sept. 3, at 1:00 p.m. at the Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church. Rites of Christian burial will follow in Magnolia Memorial Gardens under the direction of Sparrow Funeral Home. Visitation will be Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at the church. She died Aug. 26, at Baptist Hospital Orange. A native of Greenville, LA, she resided in Orange since 1952. She retired after working for the...
The band Back in Tyme will be at the Eagle's Lodge, Sept. 4. Tickets are $5 per person and $8 per couple. Also, there will be karaoke, Sept. 5....
Evelyn Brandon - For The Record School is back in session, which means moms all over will be making after school snacks for their hungry students and football season is about to rush back to us, and that means lots of couch sitting and eating. Both of these events require snacks galore. At our house, there are no small children to make snacks for anymore, but we DO love football season. There isn't a Sunday that passes where we aren't rushing home from church to get ready for...
Nancy McWhorter - For The Record The weather is just too hot to spend much time in the kitchen so I eat a lot of sandwiches in the summer. I like to keep a variety of different flavored sliced cheeses in my refrigerator. This KEEPER recipe was taken from a plastic bag of Sargento Deli Style Sliced Sharp Cheddar Cheese. My sister-in-law, Ava McWhorter and I both like recipes that include artichokes hearts. As soon as I read the recipe, I knew she would like it so I invited her...
David Ball - For The Record It's hard to believe but the Pinehurst Labor Day Senior Citizen Picnic started 15 years ago. Pete Runnels, mayor of Pinehurst, came up with the idea then and the event has been held every year with the exception of 2008 when it was postponed and ultimately canceled due to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. This year's event holds promise to be another memorable one with an expected 600 to 700 in attendance from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, September 7 at Fa...
David Ball - For The Record Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has been drawing huge crowds to hear him speak across the country since he declared he's running for president of the United States. There has also been some respectable sized crowds locally to attend organizational meetings at the grassroots level on behalf of the campaign. The local campaign, Southeast Texans for Bernie Sanders, is drawing from a diverse audience as well. For instance, Jennifer (who wanted her last...
By Bob Moos, Southwest public affairs officer for the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services It’s that time of year when people come up with all sorts of excuses for not getting a flu shot. Often, though, the excuses catch up with them. So, for the benefit of the naysayers, let’s do a reality check and clear up some mistaken notions. “Why worry? It’s just the flu.” Every year, almost 300,000 Americans land in the hospital as a result of the flu and its complications, and more than 20,000 die from flu-relat...
David Ball - For The Record When residents move from the country to town there are some things that need to be left behind the city limits. Livestock for instance. Some concerned citizens who live on Gum Street addressed the Bridge City City Council at their regular meeting on the evening of September 1 during citizen comments about one of their neighbors fencing in their front yard and holding some goats, chickens and rabbits. Mike MacCammond lives two houses down from the...
Adam Doiron, 29, touches his mother’s face, Tracy Doiron, as he lays in the burn unit in Galveston after a wreck in a tractor-trailer September 2014 on Interstate 10. After more than nine months in the UTMB Galveston Blocker Burn Unit, Adam Doiron, 29, lost the battle and died. Adam's fight for his life began Sept. 2, 2014 in a fiery crash on Interstate 10 which left him burned over 90 percent of his body. His family was told he had a 10 percent chance of survival. Adam d...
David Ball - For The Record The Orange County Commissioners Court addressed elected officials salaries for the 2015-2016 fiscal year at their regular meeting on the afternoon of August 31. A lengthy discussion ensued about adopting elected officials salaries for the 2015-2016 fiscal year. County Judge Brint Carlton made a motion to freeze elected officials salaries for a year and see where things go overall after the budget workshop on September 1. That motion died for lack of...
Investigator Lauren Kemp, of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, works on her caseload. She is a special victims investigator. Sex crimes involving people of all ages in various situations are in her caseload. Lauren Kemp, investigator for the Orange County Sheriff's Office, may seem a little bit rough around the edges to some people, but those who really know the 18-year law enforcement veteran know she has a heart as big as Texas. Kemp was not one who always dreamed of...
David Ball - For The Record The storm surge from Hurricane Ike may seem to be a distant memory, but it was only eight years ago it devastated Orange County, particularly Bridge City. Moreover, it's still hurricane season for the Gulf Coast. FEMA is soon to produce a new flood zone map that will affect flood insurance rates, according to Agent Charlene Wappler of ANE Insurance of Bridge City. The flood maps are scheduled to be updated and the final map has yet to be determined. Bridge City's projected preliminary date for...
Artist Tom Windham of Mauriceville, right, painted "Christ the Good Shepherd" to be hung in the narthex of The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bridge City. The Johnny Greene family of Nederland commissioned him to do the painting. The painting is a symbolic representation of Windham's vision of Jesus surrounded by flora and fauna indigenous to Israel. RECORD PHOTO: Lawrence Trimm Jennifer Clarke - For The Record In March, 2014, recently merged, St. Mark and Trinity Lutheran...
The docents at the Stark Museum of Art in Orange said their jobs include knowing the collection very well, answering questions as the audience is guided through the collection, and other duties such as matting and framing, and deframing the art. Pictured in no particular order are: Carol Sims, Judy Taylor, Judy Turpin, Linda Womack, Pat Summers, Rebecca Johns, Sherrill Porterfield, Shirley Marshall and Stacy Russell, all docents; staff are: Restauri; Casey Goldman, educator,...
Liz Hogan - For The Record Dr. Scott Ballard with Ballard Chiropractic and Liz Hogan owner of FitLife Fitness Studio have been educating their clients for years on the importance of eating healthy foods and exercise. They have decided to join as a team and put a system in place that will help our community become healthier together. Dr. Ballard will prepare a talk from 7 p.m. to 7:20 p.m. each Tuesday evening at FitLife Fitness Studio, 2826 Western Ave. in West Orange, 77630.T...
Dickie Colburn - For The Record I certainly hope that the day I die someone can say, “Wow….I just saw him out on the water yesterday! ”That was pretty much my surprised response when Russell Bottley called to tell me that James Chargois had died earlier that morning. The following morning, rather than turn right in the Intracoastal and head out to the lake with clients, I took a left and ran a short distance up the river. I stopped on a point that Charg (pronounced Shag short for Chargois) showed me years ago, threw three scr...
Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over PORT NECHES-GROVES—The Mustangs didn’t play their best game but still managed to get past cross-town rival Little Cypress-Mauriceville last week. But they will have to improve dramatically to find a way to beat these talented Indians at The Reservation Friday night who are coming off an impressive 52-0 victory over Clear Lake. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over BARBERS HILL—Both teams are coming off tough losses to good teams and are certain to correct some of the mistakes that led to th...
SEPTEMBER IMPORTANT MONTH FOR SPORTS Although August is now history and summer is nearly over, those 90-plus afternoon temperatures still linger as September arrives. And with it comes a plethora of sports-related events after somewhat of a lull occurred during the “dog days” of August. High school football fans are finally happy as the 2015 season began last weekend in Texas. And the college football fans need to wait just a few more hours as their season and those crazy tailgate parties begin as early as tomorrow (Th...
