Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Dr. John Edward Coratti, 63, of Orange, died Saturday, Dec. 14, at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. Memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, with Father Susil Fernando officiating. Born in Jersey City, NJ, on Nov. 17, 1950, Dr. Coratti was the son of Nicholas and Bernice Mae Coratti. He served in the United States Navy and worked as the director of criminal justice at Lamar State College Orange. John was an active child to a...
Janice Kennedy Ewing, 78, of Orange passed away at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont, Sunday, Dec. 15. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange, with the Rev. Lynn Ashcraft officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be Wednesday from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Born in Oak Grove, LA on April 4, 1935, Janice was the only child of Bradford and Annie (Hill) Harper. She worked in retail for Sears for 15...
WELCOME TO OUR CHRISTMAS ISSUE We have rolled up on another Christmas and are very grateful to be here with you and still be able to knock out this weekly column and bring “The Record” to you. We thank our faithful readers who have made us the most popular and most read publications in Orange County. Christmastime is a great time to say thanks to a great stable of column writers who are always current, informative and interesting. Our staff, week after week, do a yeoman’s job of putting out a good paper. Thanks also to our d...
Orange County Commissioners have tried to keep spending to a minimum, but sometimes are forced to be flexible. One of their efforts has included not filling job openings, but on Monday during a meeting, they were forced to fill a vacancy in the AgriLife Extension Service . The job was vacated on Dec. 6 by Marie Kenney, a county extension agent over 4-H youth development. Dr. Dale Fritz, of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, told commissioners it is a valuable and needed position in the office. The person hired will...
The Bridge City Chamber recognized Kari Michutka CPA as the December Business of the month. The award was presented at the Chamber’s Monthly Networking Coffee held at the Bridge City Independent School District Administration Building located at 1031 West Roundbunch Road in Bridge City. Keri Michutka CPA is a full-service accounting firm providing her clients with a comprehensive array of professional services consisting of accounting, tax planning and preparation, auditing a...
One faith community is loving their neighbors as themselves, particularly during this holiday season. The Bridge City Knights of Columbus- Sacred Heart Council #3406 have been busy Thanksgiving through New Year’s with cooking fund-raisers such as the New Year Pork Loin sales in order to contribute to different charitable works. “Last week, we contributed $500 to help victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. We also recently contributed $250 to the Bridge City Library,” sa...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls between Dec. 16, and the morning of Dec. 17: Warrant service, 3112 Byley Blvd. Traffic accident, 11 Circle P Assist public, 2930 Allie Payne Rd. Robbery, 3709 16th St. Traffic accident, 1600 16th St. Possession of amphetamine, 608 Strickland Dr. Traffic accident, 7112 IH-10 Warrant service, 3100 Edgar Brown Dr. Possession of synthetic narcotic, 1703 16th St. Counterfeiting documents, 1402 16th St. Public intoxication, 4407 27th St. Illegal use of...
While walking through the Mall last week waiting for wife Susan to buy something that I wasn’t supposed to see, I sat down at the nice rest area to wait a bit more comfortably. I spotted Santa visiting with the excited children who were blurting out the names of different toys and games a mile-a-minute. He was listening to every word they said. My thoughts were a mile away when Santa sauntered up to the bench where I was sitting a plopped down, like he needed a break. ...
Recently, former Republican State Representative Mike “Tuffy” Hamilton formally announced that, after much encouragement and urging from the citizens of Orange County, he will seek the Republican nomination for County Judge. “I love our county and it’s pretty clear that we all need to get on the same page, become fiscally responsible, and start recruiting jobs to our community. Unless we all work together, this will not happen,” said Hamilton. “People have been asking me t...
Officers from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls between Dec. 11 and Dec. 17: Dec. 11: Fire investigation/death, 1515 Ogden St., Vidor Assist/death investigation, 2235 Kenneth Dr., Orange Welfare concern, 145 S. Lewis Rd., Orange Burglary of habitation, 9899 Hwy. 12, Orange Dec. 12: Fraud, 7560 Big Oak St., Orange Burglary of habitation, 4055 Robert, Orange Credit card abuse, 17 Finwick Dr., Orange Dec. 13: Suspicious vehicle/arrest, Barnhill St., Vidor Disturbance/family violence/resisting ar...
This is for anyone that has yet to buy their favorite fisherman or even Santa Claus a gift that can’t miss. Unlike most of the problems associated with any gift, other than money, you don’t have to worry about size or color! That gift is a Bubba Blade fillet knife. I am not going to waste your time by listing all of the things that make it so special so you will just have to trust me on this one. I don’t catch or keep fish on every trip, but I still cleaned fish at the end o...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce announced the Students of the Month for December at their monthly networking coffee held at the Bridge City ISD Administration Building located at 1031 West Roundbunch in Bridge City. Bridge City chose Anna Piper as their Student of the Month and Gage Counts was chosen by Orangefield. Anna Piper is ranked 10th out of her class of 186 students with a 4.49 GPA on a weighted 4.0 scale and is the daughter of Paul and Laura Piper. She is a...
Registration dates have been set for the 2014 season of the Bridge City Little League. All Orange County youth are now eligible to participate. This includes the regular season and All-Stars. Thay also have a free Challenge League. Eligible players are: boys ages 4-16 (as of April 30, 2014) and girls ages 4-16 (as of December 31, 2013) Registration will be held 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Jan. 11, 18 and 25 at the Bridge City Elementary Cafeteria located at 1035 West Roundbunch Road. There is a $10 per child discount on registration...
