Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. The Bogarts return to Café Del Rio to send 2016 out in style and help bring in the New Year. The show is on the patio of the restaurant and will end soon enough to allow you to enjoy events elsewhere. For the Record - Tommy Mann Jr. Another year is coming to a close, but there are a ton of amazing shows on New Year’s Eve for you to choose from and send 2016 out with a bang before the arrival of 2017, so consider your options and enjoy! Make it a ni...
For The Record - Dave Rogers When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, the city of Bridge City is putting forth one for 2017 that’s both big for its citizens and fairly obvious. Make Bridge City’s water great again. City Manager Jerry Jones says he expects the city’s new $1.4 million filtration system to be up and running by mid-year. That’s good news to Bridge City residents, who have complained for several years of brown water coming from their taps. State and local officials...
For The Record - By Dave Rogers No, Cornel Thompson did not resolve that the West Orange-Stark Mustangs would score a three-peat as high school football champions. Coaches don’t make crazy predictions like that. At least not this one. But a week or so after he led a team with 21 seniors to become back-to-back champs, the longtime WO-S coach did allow he could see “this crew” getting to “the third or fourth round” of next year’s playoffs – if they bought in and worked hard a...
For The Record Somebody’s garden is about to get a lot of attention. Lynda Gunstream, Orange County tax assessor-collector for the past 20 years and a clerk in the tax office for 15 years before that, is retiring this week after 36 years working for the county. “I love to garden, so I’ll be working in my flower beds,” she said. “I’ll probably get my house in order. I’ve got no big travel plans because my husband is still working.” Gunstream announced early last year she w...
For The Record - Capt. Dickie Colburn With few days remaining in what has been a challenging year for area trout fishermen, Alton Nelson and I slowly cruised down the fog shrouded Intracoastal fully aware that leaving early had no benefit.Because the wind had howled the previous two days, we decided to use up the morning hours by checking water clarity throughout the lake. We cruised at a slow enough speed that I could safely run with my eyes glued on the GPS while he scanned...
Bowl Games This Week Pinstripe Bowl—1 p.m. Today at New York City (ESPN)—Pittsburgh (8-4) over Northwestern (6-6). Russell Athletic Bowl—4:30 p.m. Today at Orlando, Fla. (ESPN)—West Virginia (10-2) over Miami (8-4). Foster Farms Bowl—7:30 p.m. Today at Santa Clara, CA. (Fox)—Utah (8-4) over Indiana (6-6). Texas Bowl—8 p.m. Today at NRG Stadium in Houston, (ESPN)—Texas A&M (8-4) over Kansas State (8-4). Birmingham Bowl—1 p.m. Thurs. at Birmingham, Ala. (ESPN)—South Florida (10-2) over South Carolina (6-6). Belk Bowl—4:30 p.m....
FIGURIN’ FILBERTS HAVING FIELD DAY THIS WEEK The final week of the 16-game National Football League season is here and the media prognosticators are having a field day speculating on everything from the upcoming playoff match-ups to possible trades that will help certain franchises to projected coaching changes. Here in the Lone Star State, most of the NFL discussions center on the status of Dallas Cowboys “back-up quarterback” Tony Romo. Will he play in the two meaningless games remaining? Will he and his $24.7 milli...
Nathaniel Lee Welch, 65, of Orange, Texas, passed away on December 21, 2016. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home. Born in Orange, Texas, on January 7, 1951, he was the son of Junior and Ora Dee Welch. Nathaniel enjoyed spending time outside hunting, fishing, and woodworking. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his grandparents, Nathaniel and Dora Dorman and Janie and Jimmy Lee Welch. He is survived by his siblings, Ronnie Welch and wife...
CHANGE COMING IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT Special thanks to public officials who will be leaving office January 1. The longest serving official is Tax Assessor Linda Gunstream. For many years she has served us well and ran a tight ship. She will be replaced by longtime employee Karen Fisher, who is well qualified for the job and dedicated to giving the best service possible. County Commissioner David Dubose is retiring. His interest over the years has always been the best interest of the county and its citizens. He will be missed. H...
No excuses for these women For the Record A New Year's resolution is a promise a person makes for the new year. The top resolution is to lose weight followed by self improvement and thirdly to quit smoking. Everyone has a story to tell and many attempt to start the year off right. However as January continues, the number of people sticking to their resolution dwindle rapidly. Only eight percent of the people making a new year's resolution will actually achieve their goals, acc...
Services for La,V (Ahlstrom) Spector will be December 28,2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on the evening of December 27, 2016. Officiating at La,V’s funeral will be Dr. Stephen Dollar from Pine Forest Baptist Church where she was a member for over 30 years. La,V passed away December 26,2016 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont. She will be laid to rest at Hebrew Rest Cemetery in Orange. She was a native of Daisetta...
Mary S. Pendleton, passed into eternity on Saturday 24 December 2016, just 3 days after her 95th birthday. She is now reunited with her husband Norman L. Pendleton, her mother Mabel Hartley Sunderland, her father Fred Sunderland and her sister Nellie Davis. Mary, Norman and son Anthony arrived in Orange in mid June 1954 after arriving in America as immigrants from Lancashire England. Mary was born in Todmorden, Lancashire England on 21 December 1921 to Fred and Mabel...
For The Record No one ever said making governmental ends meet in the years after Hurricane Ike devastated Orange County was going to be easy. So pardon outgoing county commissioners David Dubose and John Banken if they seem a little battle-fatigued as they exit their offices for the last time later this week. “It’s hard to say,” Dubose said when asked to list his top accomplishments in eight years as Precinct 1 commissioner. “I brought a business aspect to the county, but the...
