Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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The Showdown on the Sabine Tunnel Boat Races return for another great weekend of exciting boat racing action this Friday through Sunday, but live music is once again the featured attraction on Friday night. Jamie Talbert and the Band of Demons will perform a free concert, which is open to the public, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 16, at the Orange Riverfront Pavilion. Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Tommy Mann Jr. For The Record Local Music Guide Fall is right around the corner and...
Dave Rogers For The Record While politicians looking to stay in office say the economy is growing, don’t try to sell that line to governmental bodies in Orange County. At a time when cities, schools and utility districts are staring down the barrel of the annual budgeting process, the tax base in the county is flat-lining. “Unfortunately, Orange County hasn’t seen a tremendous increase in property values,” said Mike Cedars, chief appraiser for the Orange County Appraisal District, the agency charged with accurately estimat...
Dave Rogers For The Record The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Battlin’ Bears host Orangefield Friday night at 7 p.m. as both teams seek to pull to .500 with their second win of the season. LC-M picked up its first victory of 2016 after two losses last week, downing Hardin-Jefferson 40-28. Orangefield meanwhile lost 41-7 to Woodville. It was the Bobcats’ second straight defeat after a season-opening win over Buna. LC-M 40, Hardin-Jefferson 28 Running back Chris Winters topped the 200-yard barrier and his three touchdowns led the...
Dave Rogers For The Record The Field of Plenty Donation Community Garden will host a work day Saturday. “We’ll be out there starting at 8 a.m., cleaning up beds and harvesting purple hull peas,” said Sandra Hoke, garden coordinator for the Orange Christian Services project at 2120 Wickard in Orange, across the street from Shangri-La. Other items to be checked off the to-do list include spreading pine straw mulch, weeding and building new raised beds. Food grown by volunteers at The Field of Plenty is donated to Orange Chris...
Driver Dustin Terry proudly displays the checkered flag after driving the McCollough Racing Formula 1 powerboat to victory at last weekend’s Powerboat OPC Nationals in Shreveport, La. Dave Rogers For The Record Six-time world champion Tim Seebold, the winningest U.S. Formula 1 powerboat racer, says this weekend will mark his last “Showdown on the Sabine” as a driver. He is retiring after 44 years in the cockpit. Keven McCollough doesn’t plan to let him go out a winner,...
The Board of Directors of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation is pleased to announce the release of The Long Shadow: The Lutcher-Stark Lumber Dynasty, a 2016 publication of the University of Texas Press, that presents a history of three exceptional generations of Texans whose progenitor, a Pennsylvania butcher-turned-lumberman named Henry Jacob Lutcher, came to Southeast Texas in 1877 in search of new timber sources. In Orange, he founded the Lutcher & Moore Lumber...
Willie "Dub" B. Cole, 85, of Vidor, died Sunday, Sept. 11, at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. A native of Winnie, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. He retired after 30 years from Rainbow Bakery as a maintenance engineer, he also worked at Monroe's Dry Cleaners as a maintenance engineer for 10 years. Dub was a outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Memorial Funeral Home of...
Capt. Dickie Colburn For The Record The S.A.L.T. Club will host their 3^rd annual “KIDS” tournament on October 1st and now that you know about it, there is no good reason for not getting there with your youngster.In fact, the only reason that it has not grown faster than it has over the past two years is that it somehow slips by under the radar. While the convenience factor for the parents and grandparents alone makes this a “can’t miss” event, it’s the grand prize that is the icing on the cake.Every youngster between the...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls on Monday, Sept. 12: Burglary, 1802 Mississippi St. Assault, 635 Bridal Wreath St. Stolen vehicle, 800 Polk Ave. Miscellaneous incidents, 1808 Arkansas Ave. Burglary, 1107 11th St. Found property, 3 Inwood Cr. Traffic accident, 16th and Sunset Dr. Stolen vehicle, 5500 block Mickler Miscellaneous incidents, 2201 Monterrey Dr....
Pictured left to right are Kim McKinney, Wendi Stanley, Sara Gibson, Kendall Gibson, Todd Lintzen, Elisha Bell and Lucy Fields. The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the Student of the Month for Bridge City High School is Kendall Gibson. Kendall was presented her certificate and gift bag by Chamber Ambassador and Director Lucy Fields at the Sept. 13 coffee hosted by Complete Staffing. She received gift certificates and gifts from several local...
Pictured left to right are Jillian Turley, Wanda McGraw, Timothy Turley, Ashlyn Turley, Stephen Patterson, Michele Turley, Candi Patterson and Zach Quinn. The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the Student of the Month for Orangefield High School is Ashlyn Turley. Ashlyn was presented her certificate and gift bag by Chamber Ambassador and Director Wanda McGraw of Sabine Federal Credit Union at the Sept.13 coffee hosted by Complete Staffing. She receive...
The Women's Department of Starlight Church of God in Christ, 2800 Bob Hall Rd., is hosting the 21st Annual Women's Summit. You are invited to an empowering and life changing weekend. The Summit will be held Sept. 22-25. The theme is "Fire!" - Matthew 3:11. Night services are free and open to anyone desiring to attend on Thursday and Friday, at 7:30p.m. The speaker for Thursday night is Evangelist Crystal Taylor-James of Houston and the speaker for Friday night and Sunday, at 3:30 p.m., is Evangelist Wanda Farrell of Los...
Born Henry Allen Burkart, Aug. 4, 1932 in Orange, the only child of James Milton Burkart and Nellie V. Bowler-Burkart. Allen grew up in Orange, in the Cove. He attended St. Mary's School and later Stark High School. He played football for both teams. He graduated in 1950. He served in the Army during the Korean war. After he returned to Orange he worked in the air conditioning industry. Later he worked with his father in the plumbing business as well as water management in...
Lauren LaVearn Shafer, 30, of Missouri City and formerly of Bridge City, passed away Sept. 11, in Houston. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 17, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be the Rev. Nick Colbert. Burial will follow at Bland Cemetery in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 p.m., Friday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Pasadena, June 30, 1986, she was the daughter of James Eugene Shafer and Tena...
Bonnie Cormier, 57, of Vidor, passed away Sept. 13, at her home. Born in Winnie, she was the daughter of Murphy Joseph Cormier, Sr. and Eunice Mae (Racca) Cormier. Bonnie loved to crochet and enjoyed spending time coloring. She is survived by her sister, Glenda McDonald, of League City and her brother, Adivy Cormier, of League City....
Bonnie Michelle Fields, 28, of Port Neches, passed away Monday, Sept. 12. She was born March 8, 1988 to Libby Porter Fields Richardson and Stafford Fields in Nederland. Bonnie graduated from Little Cypress Mauriceville High School in 2006. She was a senior at Lamar Institute of Technology in the instrumentation program. She was employed with Newtron Electrical as an apprentice electrician, currently working as a contractor at ExxonMobil in Beaumont. Bonnie was also a farrier a...
Staff Report For The Record Ongoing effort to save children coincides with national Child Passenger Safety Week AUSTIN – With 3 out 4 child car seats improperly installed, the Texas Department of Transportation encourages all caregivers to make an appointment for a free inspection at the agency’s 25 statewide district offices. TxDOT reminds all Texans that properly restraining their children while riding in vehicles is an everyday, year-round responsibility. It’s also the l...
Katie Fusilier Rather, Kiwanis Club President, presents Susan and Mike Yeater their winning raffle tickets for a Houston Texans Sideline Experience from the raffle fundraiser held by the Kiwanis Club of Orange. Judge Jerry Pennington pulled the winning ticket Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Kiwanis Club’s weekly meeting at Sunset Grove Country Club. Susan bought lucky ticket #28, as it is the date of the couple's wedding anniversary....
From left, Matt and Jodi Purgahn and Marlene and Alan Courmier make up the Hall of Fame recipients from the Distinguished Alumni Awards at Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School. Friday, Sept. 9, Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD honored the 2016 LCM Awards inductees. Hall of Fame, Military Wall of Honor and Distinguished Alumni were honored at a pre-game reception, then introduced prior to kickoff at the football game. The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes and honors...
Free app puts Red Cross services at the fingertips of military and veteran communities Today the American Red Cross unveils the new Hero Care mobile application. This free app is designed to help members of the military, veterans and their families identify and access both emergency and non-emergency Red Cross services from anywhere in the world. “When an emergency happens, accurate information, easy access to services and time are of the essence, especially for military families” saidDavid Carpentier, Regional Director, Ser...
Mrs. Amanda Britnell’s 6th grade science class at Community Christian School had a special guest, Haley May, a Geology major at Lamar University in Beaumont, visit their classroom. May used Oreos to explain the earth’s plates, lithosphere, the different faults and how earthquakes occur. All involved found it to be a delicious demonstration....
Members of Troop 3639 in Bridge City have earned the Girl Scout Bronze Award, the highest community service award a Girl Scout in fourth or fifth grade can achieve. To earn the award, the troop collected more than 1000 children's books that were donated to low income students that attend schools in their district. Initially, the troop wanted to collect 200 books, but following the spring rain and historic flooding in Deweyville, they increased their original goal. In total,...
Certificates also available at mobile stations, select county locations Staff Report For The Record The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is reminding Texans in advance of the upcoming General Election that Election Identification Certificates (EIC), which can be used for voting purposes, are available year-round at all Texas driver license offices. In an ongoing effort to ensure Texans have access to EICs, DPS is offering Saturday hours on Oct. 22 and Oct. 29at select d...
Staff Report For The Record September 17, 2016 Favorite Things Family Day Family Day is BACK at the Stark Museum of Art and it's FREE for all ages! The young and the young at heart can build a photo frame, make an egghead portrait and an edible teacup. They can go on a scavenger hunt to win prizes, and design a take-home mini-museum. Families can also enjoy together the works of a balloon twist artist, face painting, family games, music and lemonade and cookies served from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Scouts will enjoy Favorite...
This Fall, join us as we explore opportunities for fun and education at Stark Cultural Venues. Adult workshops about health and wellness will be introduced at Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center. Second Saturday Specialty Tours at The W.H. Stark House are growing and evolving. Meet and greet local critters at Shangri La Gardens during the Up Close with Nature Program. Let your creativity flow at the Stark Museum of Art Playdate and CREATE! Workshop! Educational opportunities are abundant throughout Stark Cultural...
