Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Michelle Hagan Brown celebrated her 11th birthday on Nov. 10 with her family, relatives and friends in their new home. The theme of her party was “Horses.” Michelle’s parents are Charlie and Rebecca Brown of Crawford, Texas. She has one sister, Hannah. Her grandparents are Richard and Deborah Cuneo of Bridge City, Texas and John and Janie Brown of Valley Mills, Texas. Her great-grandparents are Hildegarde Cuneo of Baytown, Texas, Lavinnia Willis of Gatesville, Texas, and L...
“Don’t go patting yourself on the back too fast,” admonished my client in the rear of the boat as one of his partners flipped another keeper trout over the side.“These little lures are idiot proof!” While the comment was intended to be mildly derisive and was taken just that way with only a hint of a knowing smile, it was both a fair and generic description of the 3-inch Swim Bait……not the fisherman on the other end of the rod. That term is most often reserved for the lipless...
Little Cypress-Mauriceville Life Skills is proud to announce their Third Annual Bear Bowl Game, which will be held on Dec. 10. The Bear Bowl is a flag football game with Varsity players teaming up with Team Force players, the name the LCM HS students compete under in all of their Special Olympics games. For the first two years, the Bears competed against more Bears, since none of the other schools in this area had a flag football team. This year it will be the Battlin’ B...
A bigger, better, “Christmas in Orangefield” will kick off at 10 a.m., Saturday with a longer parade route and over 35 entries, said Chad Jenkins, chairman for the 2nd annual event. They have added many activities this year, including a chili cook-off, Civil War re-enactment and model train displays by the Southeast Texas Model Railroad Club http: (www.setmrc.com/) and the East Texas and Gulf Rail Modelers Association (www.etgrma.com/). These model railroad clubs show throughout Texas and surrounding states. “They’ve already...
St. Mary Catholic School is proud of the VFW Area and District Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Denise Willingham. She is also an nominee for VFW State Teacher of the year. Mrs. Willingham teaches Math for fifth through eighth grades and fourth grade Religion. She is an awesome teacher and always willing to go the extra mile to help her students. Those passing by the school in the mornings, can often see her outside unloading children while helping her students with their homework...
Imagine a beautiful sun rise on the Island of Oahu. It’s a peaceful Sunday morning with the ocean waves rolling up on to beach. It was quickly labeled as one of the darkest days in American history. What makes it worse is that the U.S. government knew that an imminent attack was coming. On Dec. 7, 1941 at approximately 6 a.m., 183 Japanese planes took off from six aircraft carriers 230 miles north of Oahu. This was just the first wave that would hit Pearl Harbor. At 7:02 a...
When 29-year-old Thomas Bell was in a recent wreck, he told the officer at the scene, he had called his mother, Kathy Bell-Schnexnaider, and “she is MADD.” What the officer later found out, was Schexnaider is the local advocate for 12 counties, including Orange County, for Mother’s Against Drunk Driving and the statement her son made had double meaning. “Mom, I’ve been in a wreck,” he told his mother over the phone. For both of them, this statement was filled with emotion sinc...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Dec. 4, and the morning of Dec. 5: Unattended death, 37th St. Larceny from vehicle, 2204 International Public service, 3200 block 15th St. Emergency commitment, 1727 37th St....
It is always the intent of any fisherman to do battle with a mighty fish, a giant of epic proportions that will live forever in memories for years to come. For most folks who do not regularly inhabit offshore waters your choices of really big fish to catch are rather small. The occasional redfish of 35 to 40 inches are often the biggest boys in the neighborhood next to alligator gar or maybe a big catfish. You can add a pair of names to the list of heavyweights that routinely make a name for themselves during this time of...
Officers from the Orange County Sheriff’s office responded to the following calls between Nov. 28, and Dec. 4: Nov. 28: Disturbance, 7945 Wooten, Orange Possession of controlled substance, FM 1136 and Turtle Rd. Theft, 205 Border St., Orange Narcotics incident, 695 Lynn St., Vidor Disturbance, 2862 Garrison Ln., Orange Disturbance/Aggravated assault, 9255 Stonewood Dr., Orange Shooting, 1425 Terry Rd., Vidor Nov. 29: Burglary of habitation, 7828 Garrison Rd., Orange Disturbance/Assault, 2714 FM 3247, Orange Nov. 30: B...
Jack Hart Wilson, 80, of Hartburg, died Dec. 4, at Baptist Hospital in Orange. Jack was born March 21, 1932 in Leesville, La., to Jessie and Pearl Wilson. He graduated from South Park High School in 1950. Jack was a retired electrician out of IBEW #479 in Beaumont. He never met a stranger. If he had a hobby it was socializing through the people he met everyday. Jack always had a smile for them, a joke and a piece of bubble gum. Jack married Shirley Ann Hill June 4, 1955. He...
Former Orange resident, Carrie Joiner Woliver, will be holding a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Old Orange Café, 914 W. Division, to sign her newly published book, The Train Stopped in Orange. Born and raised in Orange, Ms Woliver returns home with a non-fiction book based on the 1917-18 diaries of her grandparents, Will and Pearl Joiner, who raised their family on Pine Street from the early 1900’s to the late fifties. Their diaries provided a fi...
The sounds of Swamp Pop are now available just in time for Christmas to help spread a little cheer with “Swamp Gold.” With the release of the Christmas album, listeners can enjoy the songs of the season. The songs are a collection of songs crafted by some of the greatest songwriters and recorded by some of the biggest names in the Swamp Pop business. “Jivin Gene” Bourgeois starts off the list of Christmas songs with “Will You Be There (On Christmas Night)? “ which is about a...
The prior Athena Award recipients met to select the 2012 recipient of the annual Athena Award. The Athena Award will be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce to an exceptional individual who has achieved excellence in her/his business or profession, has served the community in a meaningful way and has assisted women in their attainment of professional goals and leadership skills. The Athena Award was first presented in 1982 in Lansing,...
Eight Little Cypress Junior High students earned chairs in the Texas Music Educators All Region Band during competition last week. Hundreds of students from southeast Texas schools compete for a limited number of seats in each instrument section. Jose Ochoa is the LCJH Band Director. Students earning positions in the Band include front row from left , Autumn Rendall, Tyler Miller, and Abigail Coppage. On the back row are Jessica Robertson, Tyler Clark, Cody Girouard, Tommy...
Danielle Heil with Orange Christian Services left St. Mary Catholic School in a truck that was heavier than when she arrived. Mrs. Heil collected over 1,000 pounds of food from the school. The Student Council Sponsored the food drive collection during November. Mrs. Leisa Miller and her third grade class collected the most per students. She received the “Souper Teacher” award. Pictured are Mrs. Heil with students that loaded the truck. In the truck are Kaitlyn Braquet, Stu...
Mauriceville Middle School students participated in Operation Christmas Child Samaritan’s Purse. Ashley Thomas, who student taught with Kaycie Donnaud, led the project and included Kaycie Donnaud’s advisory class, Lainey Hargroder’s advisory and P.E. classes, as well as other MMS students. Through this project, needy children will experience a Christmas that they would otherwise not receive. MMS mailed 12 packed shoe boxes, full to the brim, with school supplies, toile...
Ever since early September the state’s high school football poll-watchers have seen the Navasota Rattlers and the West Orange-Stark Mustangs slowly ascend in the weekly Class 3A rankings. And now on the first Friday in December both the No. 1-ranked Rattlers and the No. 3 Mustangs boast unblemished 13-0 records and will compete for the Region III championship and a trip to the state Division II semifinals in Class 3A. This action will take place at 7 p.m. Friday at Turner S...
The following Orangefield Junior High students were chosen as students of the week for the week of November 26: Brooklyn Thompson, eighth grade; Seth Doucette, seventh grade; Caleb Castro, sixth grade and Cloey Cox, fifth grade....
The Service League of Orange will hold its annual Toy Coffee Thursday, Dec. 6 in the home of Frank and Sue Pritchard, from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. The home is located at 180 Greenhead Point, in the Waterwood Addition in Orange, off Hwy. 62. In the annual tradition, please bring new, unwrapped toys or a donation to be given to the Salvation Army to help all children enjoy Christmas. For more information, contact Linda Foster at 883-8459, or Rosemary Higgins at...
Orangefield Junior High students Alyssa Dodd, Cassidy Schiefelbein, Randi Wallace, McKinlie Crooks, Caleb Kress, and Taylor Vallery were Boxtop for Education winners. Students and faculty collect boxtops from various products throughout the year to help the school purchase materials for the campus. Each winner received a $5 gift certificate for the winter book fair....
