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Articles from the December 23, 2011 edition


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  • Local Christmas services

    Updated Dec 23, 2011

    McDonald Memorial Baptist to host candlelight service McDonald Memorial Baptist Church welcomes the public to a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service on Saturday, Dec. 24 at 5:30 p.m. The church is located at the corner of South and Broad Streets in West Orange. Cowboy Church to host Christmas Eve candlelight service The Cowboy Church of Orange County will have its annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, on Saturday, Dec. 24 beginning at 5 p.m. The service will consist of Christmas songs led by the Cowboy Church’s Cowboy C...

  • Christmas Magic

    Updated Dec 23, 2011

    If you've been out and around much at all the last few weeks, you’ve noticed it. It puts a smile on your face, a lilt in your voice, and a bounce to your step. It usually appears around Thanksgiving and unfortunately, lingers only a few weeks. It is as warm as the smiling sun overhead, as solid as the ground at our feet, and as satisfying as a warm fire on a frigid night. I call it the Christmas Magic. Okay, so that’s corny, as in lame, but you can’t deny that in the last few weeks, most folks seem to be just a tad bit more...

  • Hugh Nathan Hryhorchuk

    Updated Dec 23, 2011

    Deweyville Hugh Nathan Hryhorchuk, 53, of Deweyville, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 21, at his residence. Services to remember his life will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 23, in the Chapel of Dorman Funeral Home in Orange with the Rev. Gary Wheeler, officiating. Interment will follow services in the King Cemetery in Hartburg. Hugh was born on May 28, 1958 in Orange, to his parents, Jack Eugene Hryhorchuk and Gloria Jeanette (Vandike) Hryhorchuk, he was a lifelong resident of Deweyville and he was a member of the First United...

  • Willie Inez Wilson

    Updated Dec 23, 2011

    Willie Inez Wilson, 86, of Lafayette, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 20, at her residence. Funeral services to remember her life will be at 1:00 P.M. Friday, Dec. 23, at the Friendship Church in Roganville. Interment will follow services in the Friendship Cemetery next to the church. A gathering of family and friends for a time of reflection will be from 11:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. Friday at the church. Born on March 29, 1928 in Roganville, to her parents, Herbert Thaddeus Burnett and Lena (Sheffield) Burnett, she grew up near Roga...

  • Marriage licenses issued for Dec. 19-21

    Updated Dec 23, 2011

    Marriage licenses issued bythe office of Karen Jo Vance, Orange County Clerkfor the week Dec. 19 through Dec. 21: Peter J. Howington and Caitlen M. Simon Russell D. Baxter and Cheyann D. Ard Benjamin A. Welborn and Elissa R. Morse Bryce S. Belanger and Bryanne D. Britt Christian J. Burstall and Janell Poole Steven H. Guillory and Anne M. Morris Warnie D. Gillam and Tammy L. Harris Michael E. Ward Jr. and Naci N. Sigler...

  • A New Rod For Gramps

    Robert Vail|Updated Dec 23, 2011

    A Christmas Story Young Cris had been going fishing since he was old enough to walk. Gramps, as he had called him, was raising Chris as best he could, living on a fixed income. Cris’ parents were taken from him in a car crash wen he was only six months old, and his Gramps was just like a dad to him. Gramps had lost his wife to cancer a year before Cris was born, so the two of them needed each other very much. Living within a mile of one of Texas’ largest bays, Cris enjoyed the time he and his grandfather spent on its sho...

  • Firefighters respond to early morning blaze

    Updated Dec 23, 2011

    The City of Orange Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire on Mickler Dr. Friday morning, at 6:45. Initial reports included that a person was trapped inside the burning structure. First to arrive on the scene were Orange Police officers, who updated responders that the house was fully engulfed and the trapped person had escaped. Upon arrival, fire units confirmed that everyone was out of the structure. The fire was extinguished in 20 minutes, and the individual who was inside the house initially, was treated...