Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Mike Hoke, representing the Friends of the Orange Depot, was guest speaker at the Orange County Retired Teachers Association meeting in September. Anyone that has driven across the railroad tracks on Green Avenue and said “something should be done to preserve this depot” needs to join in the effort to do so. So many of our historic buildings have already been lost; we cannot afford to lose this important link to our history. “Friends of the Orange Depot” T-shirts are being s...
Matt Bukovicky, a senior business marketing major at Lamar University, and Charles Teel, a Lamar alumnus, are launching a new venture this week, an application for iOS devices called Lockbox. Lockbox, which should be available in Apple’s app store this week, is a document and file storage application that uses biometric data to provide a higher level of security. The app is designed to work with Touch ID, the fingerprint recognition feature designed and released by Apple Inc., and currently available on the iPhone 5s, iPhone...
The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting for Thayer Dance Academy. The studio carries a long tradition of excellence with graduates continuing their dance careers as professional dancers in companies across the United States. Rose Thayer Academy of Dance was established in 1982 by Rose Thayer. Christi Thayer Kovatch and her husband, Chris, became owners in the Spring of 2014, carrying on the tradition that Christi’s mother began 32 years a...
Superintendent Douglas Neighbor announced today that Big Thicket National Preserve will be issuing 21 trapping permits for the 2014-15 State of Texas trapping season, which starts Dec. 1, and runs through Jan. 31, 2015. Limited permits will be available for designated trapping areas: Beaumont - 4, Jack Gore Baygall - 7, Lance Rosier - 7, and Neches Bottom – 3. Trapping applications will be taken from Oct. 20-24, at the Preserve Visitor Center, located 8 miles north of K...
St. Mary Catholic School recently participated in See You at the Pole. See You at the Pole (SYATP) is an annual gathering of Christian students of all ages at a flagpole in front of their local school for prayer, scripture-reading and worship, during the early morning before school starts. St.Mary students enjoyed time of prayer and fellowship as they gathered together on this day....
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Sept. 24, and the morning of Sept. 25: Traffic accident, 2947 16th St. Warrant service, 3709 N. 16th St. Miscellaneous incidents, 700 Pine Ave. Traffic accident, 1801 Dupont Dr. Traffic accident, 1300 Allie Payne Rd. Traffic accident, 2000 16th St. Illegal use of credit cards, 7253 IH-10 Damaged property, 1015 W. Bancroft St. Burglary, 4202 White Oak Rd. Warrant service, 1200 Cordrey Ave. Damaged property, 518 Dupont Dr. Traffic accident,...
Henri James Mumford, infant son, of James and Shelby Mumford of Orange, passed from this life on Saturday, Sept. 20, in Beaumont. Henri is preceded in death by his maternal great grandparents, Buddy and Margaret Semar, his paternal great grandparents, Gerard and Claire LaSante and Jim and Treva Mumford. In addition to his mother and father, Henri is survived by maternal grandparents, Wayne and Kelly Pole of Orange; paternal grandparents, Allen and Elaine Mumford of Vidor; paternal great grandparents, Marshall and MaryAnn...
The Cowboy Church of Orange County will hold a rodeo event in conjunction with their 7th anniversary celebration Oct. 11-12. Registration opens Monday Oct. 8 from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm; Call 745-1471. Saturday events start at 8:00 pm, and Sunday events start at 2:30 pm. Events include junior and senior bulls; junior barrels; team roping; calf roping; sheep scramble; mutton bustin’; open barrels; peewee barrels; break-a-way roping; bareback riding; calf scramble, and steer w...
LIONS CLUB 75TH CARNIVAL BEGINS I have nothing but praise for the Lions Club members who put on the annual carnival. It’s a lot of work just putting up the rides and booths. They work for weeks. Even though I’m sure there are well over 100 members, it seems to me that I see the same couple of dozen people doing the grunt work. Others join in when the big show opens and for a few days that’s the fun part but before the carnival closes those daily workers are tired and ready to put away the toys for another year. They do a gre...
Duck Dog Trainer, and the Outdoorsmen Church of Winnie, will hold a duck calling contest Saturday, Oct. 4, at 2:00 pm. in Winnie. Registration will start at 1:30.pm. World Champion Duck Caller Buck Gardner will be on hand doing a calling demonstration and giving calling lessons.There will also be special retriever training demonstrations. The first 100 kids 17 and under will receive a free duck call. It will be fun for the whole family. For more information or questions,...
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles is expecting rain chances to increase this weekend, especially in south central Louisiana. Rain totals will be between 0.25-0.75 inch in that region. Southeast Texas and southwest and central Louisiana will only carry small rain chances this weekend. Next week will be mostly dry, and temperatures will be near normal. In the tropics, a weak low pressure area in the Atlantic has a low (10%) chance of developing in the next five days,...
