Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Saturday’s Game 6 appeared to be a battle of which closer can cause the most damage to his team. As usual, whenever a big game loomed and Houston Astros’ manager A.J. Hinch summoned his ace closer Roberto Osuna from the bullpen to save the important game, the reliever fell flat on his face and pitched as if it were batting practice. That mishap occurred last Wednesday after fire-balling Gerrit Cole had pitched seven scoreless innings against the New York Yankees and left the game with a slender 3-0 lead. The eighth inning was...
Games This Week WEST ORANGE-STARK over HARDIN-JEFFERSON—The Mustangs should be raring to go after their bye week, and will be facing the hungry, winless Hawks at Dan Hooks Stadium in West Orange. WO-S just needs to play its regular game and things should turn out just fine despite the fact Friday is Homecoming. LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE over LIVINGSTON—The Battlin’ Bears should come out on top in this Homecoming battle if they don’t look ahead to next week’s big game against the undefeated Huffman Falcons. LCM had a tou...
Orville C. Winfrey, 93, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on October 20, 2019, in Groves, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 24, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be Pastor Mark Bunch of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont. Visitation will be held prior to the service, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Born in Harrisburg, Arkansas, on June 7, 1926, he was...
The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house for our new member Honda of Orange at 1800 Strickland Dr in Orange. Owners Mark Frey and Ed Van Huis welcomed everyone and report that they have bought out this business that originally opened in the 1960's. Honda of Orange is a one stop motorsport dealership carrying all Honda motorcycles, off-road vehicles, all Honda power equipment and Honda gear. They also have a full service shop and...
The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening day of the Lion's Club Carnival at The Lion's Den Park on October 17th. Though the weather has postponed the carnival again this year, they are determined to have this event for their community. Chair of the Carnival this year Pam Honeycutt spoke at the ribbon cutting introducing a Lion of 45 years Dan Mohon, President of the Lion's Club Chris Kovatch, and Kacey Burnitt Vice-President...
Trunk or Trinkets is a new event to Little Cypress Junior High. This is a food allergen-free Halloween Event, held at the Junior High, 6765 FM 1130 on Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Children without allergies are also welcome to attend. Not only will the kids attending get trinkets, there are activities, crafts, face painting, photos and fun. The nationwide Trunks and Trinkets program was part of LCM alumni Caitlyn Sulak’s Girl Scout Gold Award project from 2016. (I’m told this is the Girl Scout equivalent of...
Trinity Baptist Church in Orange will stage its annual Fall Festival on Thursday, October 31, from 5-7 p.m. at the church, located at 1819 N. 16th Street, 77630. Admission is free and includes candy, inflatables, face-painting, and appearances from PAW Patrol of Skye, Marshall, and Chase. A Food Truck from the Dough-Dough girls will be available for a small charge for their specialty, safe and eatable cookie dough! Please bring the kids and attend. Bibles in both English and Spanish will also be available until all...
The Orange County Master Gardeners will have FREE programs on Saturday, Nov. 9, talking about planting bulbs, decorating terra cotta pots and a plant swap for those in attendance. The programs will run continous from 9AM - Noon. You are asked to bring 3 small unusual plants for the swap to trade for other unusual plants. Please register at https://txmg.org/orange/event/symposium-on-bulbs-and-garden-art-and-plant-swap/ . Questions can be referred to 409 882-7010....
First United Methodist Church Orange Family Life Center – Located at the corner of 5th Street and Elm Street. Thursday, October 31, 2019 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Games, Crafts, Hotdogs/Chips, Cookie Decorating and Science....
OCT 30TH PINEHURST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 2111 N 40TH ST PINEHURST TX FROM 6:30 - 8:30 PM HAYRIDE, HOTDOGS, GAMES, LOTS OF CANDY, PRIZES, PRIZE FOR BEST COSTUME,...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Rock’s Spot BBQ & Catering has been named Business of the Month for October 2019. Owner Eric “Erock” Nies accepted the award from Ambassador Candice Trahan, Marketing Executive for The Orange Leader. Award presentation took place at the October Networking Coffee hosted by Trendz!. Rock’s Spot received an acrylic award sponsored by Sabine River Ford and gifts from Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, Sabine...
The water clarity in Sabine Lake is no longer an issue nor is the salinity level and neither should take a turn for the worse over the next few months.As a matter of fact, both should only improve as we move into the cooler months of fall and more frequent north winds empty surrounding marshes. November and December are easily the most fishermen friendly months of the year with a wide variety of patterns and programs open to local anglers.The only anglers still faced with a major challenge is that relatively small group of fo...
Photo: Don Carona, general manager of the Orange County Drainage District Dave Rogers For The Record Upset Orangefield-area homeowners listened glumly Monday night as Orange County, state and federal officials made it clear there’s no quick fix to flooding. Then, from one of the 150-plus folks that filled up the Orangefield Middle School auditorium a suggestion came that flies in the face of the frenzy of home building and giddy anticipation of a hoped-for $8 billion p...
Capt. Chuck Uzzle For the Record One of perhaps the most anticipated hunting days of the year is upon us; Saturday morning starts off the annual youth hunting weekend in Texas. Young hunters and adults alike look forward to this very special weekend for a variety of reasons. For many young hunters this is their opportunity to take center stage and reap the benefits of all the practice and preparation they have been through during the off season. The trips to the range, the...
Photo: Bridge City Cardinal running back Rylan Ply breaks loose for yardage against Huffman Hargrave during fierce homecoming football action on H.N. Litton Field. RECORD PHOTO: Lisa Kay Anderson Gerry L. Dickert For the Record Two teams showed up undefeated in district play, only the Little Cypress-Mauriceville left still unscathed. The Bears topped Splendora 34-27 after holding off a late charge by the Wildcats. LC-M now holds first place in league play with a 2-0 district...
Photo: John Martin has volunteered at the Lions Club Carnival since 1966. He is the chief mechanic in charge of keeping all the rides in working order. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record There are six members of the Orange Lions Club that have volunteered at the Lions Club Carnival for 40 or more years each. Between them, they have been serving kiddies burgers and snow cones, helping them on the Merry Go Round or making sure the rides were safe for well ove...
Dave Rogers For The Record Lamar State College Orange is holding its 50th Birthday Bash Tuesday, Oct. 29 and the little school that could has much to celebrate. This week brought the announcement of a fall enrollment of 2,395 students, the highest fall semester enrollment in six years for the two-year college in downtown Orange. The Birthday Bash, originally scheduled for August and postponed by bad weather, will run from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. next Tuesday and will be combined with the school’s annual Fall Fest. Festivities w...
Photo: Heather Champion, director of Business Development at Spindletop Center, delivers an annual report and update to the Orange County Commissioners’ Court Tuesday. RECORD Photo: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record The Orange County Commissioners’ Court has officially cut the cord. After FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Administration, served notice to all Southeast Texas governments that Washington didn’t think Tropical Storm Imelda did enough damage to warra...
Keep Orange County Beautiful (KOCB,) presented the 4th Quarter Beautification Award to Dr. Thomas Johnson, President of Lamar State College Orange (LSC-O). Members of his staff, together with board members of KOCB attended the presentation. Deborah Bednar, president of the county’s beautification organization, said she has long admired the campus landscaping. “It’s inspiring to the community to see that the Future is Bright Orange,” Bednar said, referencing the LSCO slogan....
On Friday Shelbi Whitaker was crowned 2019 Bridge City Homecoming Queen in Larry Ward Stadium. Shelbi was escorted by her father, Bruce Whitaker. It was the highlight of a week long celebration throughout Bridge City as the event brought in alumni from throughout the state and beyond, including the 45th Reunion of the Class of 1974. This Friday Big Red goes back on the road to take on Lumberton. Congratulation to Miss Whitaker and the entire 2019 homecoming court. RECORD...
