Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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David Ball - For The Record Some local governmental entities met to restore the Texas coastline. The meeting was held on September 15 at Lamar University in the University Theater Building. The focus was to serve as a Listening Session. According to www.restorethetexascoast.org, Commissioner Toby Baker, Texas designee to the federal RESTORE Council, is hosting four Listening Sessions along the coast in September. The purpose of the Listening Sessions is to give the public an opportunity to comment on the priorities for the Te...
Former county judge Carl Thibodeaux reflected on Hurricane Rita, which struck the Gulf Coast and Southeast Texas areas ten years ago. David Ball - For The Record Before Hurricane Rita hit in 2005, most residents didn't know what a blue roof was or a FEMA trailer for that matter. Since then, they have become commonplace terms in Southeast Texas. The 2005 hurricane season is most remembered for Hurricane Katrina, which slammed into the Gulf Coast 10 years ago this week, killing...
Artist Stephanie Dwyer lectures some welding students from Orangefield High School about her bottle trees at Shangri La Botanical Gardens in Orange. She also welded some trellises for Shangri La and she received an invitation to exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball David Ball - For The Record There are many ways to do art. For instance, Stephanie Dwyer happens to create her art using an arc welder. Dwyer, of Paris, Tenn., created 17-feet-tall bottle...
