Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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“Thanks, but I want to hook my own fish,” said the ten year old youngster when I tried to hand him my rod as soon as the big fish hammered the Swim bait and started peeling off drag. “It wouldn’t really be mine if I you hooked him!” I had passed up several flocks of gulls working over trout hoping to put the young angler on a good redfish when we stumbled up on this school of oversize reds ganged up on a fifteen foot break.They were an absolute gift from heaven.Every time our lure bounced across the magic spot it was engul...
KAZ’S KORNER A good crowd of West Orange-Stark fans were anxiously waiting for the kickoff between the Mustangs and Wimberley for the right to reach the state championship game this weekend at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. If there’s anything more annoying than the person in front of you jumping up and down like a Jack-in-the-Box at a football game, I just don’t know what it could be. But this senior citizen with a full beard dressed in stylish blue jeans and a Lumberjack shirt was the culprit that was really annoying me. I exp...
KAZ’S FEARLESS FORECAST WEST ORANGE-STARK (13-0) over TEXARKANA PLEASANT GROVE (15-0)—3 p.m. Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington —The Mustangs are playing for their fourth straight state championship and again are playing a team that got to this round undefeated. The Hawks were the winners over Graham 45-14while the Mustangs took care of Wimberley 30-21 last Friday. The ‘Stangs are gunning for their third straight state championship and 41st consecutive victory over a three-year span. NEWTON (14-0) over GUNTER (15-0) 7 p.m....
Courtesy photo It’s a blast from the past as local rock band Forever Falls, featuring Danny Broussard of Beaumont, at left, and Adam Caillavet of Orange, reunite for the first time in six years this Saturday night, Dec. 23, at the Texas Ave. Tavern in Bridge City. Opening the show will be Angel Siren and The Teague Brothers. Admission is free for ages 21 and older. Entertainment for the week By Tommy Mann Jr. The Record Enjoy the holiday season with family and friends at any one of the number of great live music events on t...
Mrs. Rhonda Harmon’s PreK3 students were all dressed in costume rehearsing for St. Mary Catholic School Annual Christmas Program. The spectacular program depicted the real meaning of Christmas, the Birth of Jesus Christ. All students participated and contributed to the success of the program under the direction of Mr. Andrew Guidry, Music Teacher. Everyone was amazed at the talented singers, beautiful background art and realistic props. PreK3 students pictured peeking into t...
Dudley James LeBlanc, Sr. (86) passed away surrounded by loved ones on Dec. 17, 2017. He was born August 2, 1931 in Port Arthur, TX. He served in the U.S. Army, and was a switchman at KCS Railroad for 35 years. Dudley married Jewel Padgett on January 29, 1954. They were married for 64 years. Dudley Sr. was an avid hunter and fisherman, loved to build and fix just about everything, and would go out of his way to make everyone happy. He was a very kind man who never met a...
Meri Ellen Jacobs For the Record Only a few Mustangs have been to state all four years. Senior Chad Dallas happens to be one of the few that has, although his first two years, he went as a ball boy instead of the kicker he is today. Chad played football growing up with little league and also in middle school, however, when he got to high school, he decided to focus on baseball, quitting football. “I’ve been in the off-season program every year,” Chad said. “I figured if I qu...
Dave Rogers For The Record Nearly 80 years after being at the center of a momentous time in the history of Orange, Ruby Parks had a front-row seat for local history’s latest chapter. As Tropical Storm Harvey dumped inch after inch of rain on Orange Aug. 29, the 94-year-old widow was rescued by boat from her two-bedroom home near Northway Shopping Center as floodwaters rose. “I’ve been blessed my whole life, but I found out since Harvey just how much my kids love me,” she sai...
THE JOY OF MANY CHRISTMASES For many years now Creaux and I have seen many Christmas days come and go. For the past 27 years Creaux and I have worked together. Before him, the Office Hound and I knocked out several years of columns at the Opportunity Valley News. I started writing a 3,000 word column by hand I might add, long before Charlie Wilson was a congressman, Wayne Peveto wasn’t out of law school, the kid from West Texas, the pride of Sanderson, Buddie Hahn, had not yet arrived in Orange County. Sharon Bearden was f...
More than 400 people attended Breakfast with Santa at Judice’s Cajun Café in Bridge City on Saturday, Dec. 16. Children under 12 dined for free. Owners Al and Nickie Judice pose with Santa, Robert Sanford....
DOWN LIFE’S HIGHWAY I don’t have very many good memories of Christmas in my childhood. We were extremely poor, in my very early years, so I don’t recall that I ever received a store-bought gift. Sometimes I got a handmade toy but mostly a useful item like a pair of socks, maybe a new shirt or pair of church pants. Never in my early years did my family have a Christmas tree. When I was about in the eighth grade, the teacher gave me the classroom tree when school let out for t...
Cutline: U.S. Air Force Airman Katie Cogbill, front right, is all smiles after being honored Tuesday by members of the Orange County Commissioners' Court, back row, from left, Johnny Trahan, Barry Burton, Stephen Brint Cartlton, John Gothia and Jody Crump; and, front left, Lanie Brown from the office of U.S. Rep. Brian Babin. (Photo by Dave Rogers) Dave Rogers For The Record A mother’s concern over the health of her child took Katie Dial Cogbill away from Orange County. The t...
Photo: Lamar State College-Orange Vice President Gwen Whitehead, left, and Regina Rogers, right, present Charlotte Chiasson with the Julie and Ben Rogers Community Service Award Thursday, Dec. 14 at Lamar University in Beaumont. Chiasson, retiring Administrative Assistant at LSC-O, was one of four recipients for 2017. Bridge City native Charlotte Chiasson retired from her job at Lamar State College-Orange with the close of the Fall 2017 semester. But no one expects her to end...
Meri Ellen Jacobs Mustang Insider For the Record When the high powered Wimberley Texan offense met the Chain Gang from West Orange-Stark, the saying “Defense wins Championships” was proven yet again. The Mustangs will head to AT&T Stadium, “Jerry’s World,” on Friday to face the Pleasant Grove Hawks, after beating the Texans, 30-21, to play for their fifth state title. “Our guys gave a great effort and beat a quality team,” Head Coach Cornel Thompson said. “They made big plays but we were able to adjust and force them to r...
Dave Rogers For The Record Orange County voters hated the idea of a hospital district even more than they loved Donald Trump last year. Eighty-three-point-five percent of the voters in Tuesday’s special election rejected the measure to form a hospital district that would have authority to levy taxes. Only 16.5 percent of the 7,600 voters marked their ballot in favor of creating a process supporters say is necessary in order to gain better medical care for Orange County, the la...
