Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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TWENTY-TEN ENDS TWENTY-ELEVEN BEGINS The year 2010 has not been an easy year for America. The country was on the brink of a deep depression, the auto industry, GM & Chrysler, faced going under, which would have had a domino effect with citizens throughout the country waiting in bread lines. Large banks and mortgage companies had over extended in the last decade and were in deep trouble. When the year started, the country had lost eight million jobs, unemployment reached nearly 10 percent. Today, as we face 2011, the country...
The playoff picture in the National Football League became a bit clearer as the 2010 season rolls into its final game this Sunday. Mistakes in the late stages of several games last weekend spelled doom for a couple of teams fighting to grab one of the remaining spots in the upcoming NFL playoffs. However, for our two Lone Star State franchises, their respective fans merely saw their teams suffer losses that could have and should have been victories. The Dallas Cowboys scored...
Staff Report TheRecordLive The body of a badly burned child was found in a shallow ditch near a busy Houston toll road. Officials say they couldn’t immediately determine the child’s age or gender. The child was about 3 feet tall. Investigator Leslie Martinez told reporters a passerby discovered the body Tuesday morning along a roadway between two large buildings near the Hardy Toll Road. According to the Houston Chronicle, police believe the body was burned elsewhere and dumped there. The body was found at the end of a sha...
Games This Week EAGLE BANK BOWL Wed. 1:30 p.m. at Washington, D.C. (ESPN)—Maryland (8-4) over East Carolina (6-6). TEXAS BOWL Wed. 5 p.m. at Houston, TX. (ESPN)—Baylor (7-5) over Illinois (6-6). ALAMO BOWL Wed. 8:15 p.m. at San Antonio, TX. (ESPN)—Oklahoma State (10-2) over Arizona (7-5). ARMED FORCES BOWL Thurs. 11 a.m. at Dallas, TX. (ESPN)—SMU (7-6) over Army (6-5). PINSTRIPE BOWL Thurs. 2:30 p.m. at New York, N.Y. (ESPN)—Kansas State (7-5) over Syracuse (7-5). MUSIC CIT...
“Wade fish!?........There isn’t a trout in that lake big enough to make me stand in the water and cast all day this time of the year,” stated an incredulous Terry Martin. No one paid Terry much attention as my clients for the day methodically added layers of clothing before wrestling on their waders and boots. “I don’t even fish out of my boat this time of the year, “he continued as if anyone was even listening. “Its too danged cold. Y’all are gonna go out there and walk...
Alvin Greene, the surprise Democratic nominee in the South Carolina Senate race against incumbent Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, is trying it again. Greene, a political novice, shocked the political world in South Carolina when he emerged as the winner in the Democratic primary for Senate last summer. Party officials urged him to withdraw from the contest when news emerged that he had previously been charged with showing pornographic images to a college student, but he refused to bow out. He did not mount much of a campaign for...
Technology is a great thing, the endless uses for gadgets and other electronic forms of communication have transformed a once very simple sport into a highly technical and ever evolving event. Perhaps my most favorite piece of technology has to be satellite imagery found readily on the internet. The photos of any bay system are right there at your fingertips and only a mouse click away. I know from speaking with countless tournament anglers from both fresh and saltwater...
Chevron Retirees Association to meet The Chevron Retirees Association will meet Monday, Jan. 10 at 11:15 a.m. at Robert’s Steakhouse, 3712 W. Park Ave., in Orange. All Chevron, Texaco and Unocal retirees, spouses and guests are cordially invited to attend this meeting for a good “Dutch treat” meal, fellowship, and an update on the latest activities of the CRA. Stark Museum to host medieval Book of Hours The Stark Museum of Art will exhibit selected medieval Books of Hours (prayer books with illustrations enhancing the text)...
Happy 55th anniversary Bobbie McAnally and Thomas Miller of West Orange, the couple at far left, will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary on Dec. 31. They were married on that date in 1954 by the Rev. Kennedy at Cove Baptist Church in Orange. Appearing with the Millers in this photo are Barbara Miller Isbell and Billy Isbell, center, now of Prince Williams County, Va.; and the late Ida Mae Miller Riser and W.A. Riser....
Salem UMC sponsors “Battle of the Choirs” Choirs from the gulf coast region are invited to enter The Battle of the Bands at Salem United Methodist Church in Orange. The contest will be Feb. 26, 2011 at the church. Deadline for registration and entry fee is Dec. 31. For more information, contact the church at 409-779-0049;409-365-4252 or 409-779-5147. Salem UMC is located at 402 W. John Ave. in Orange. The church’s’ website may also be accessed at www.salemumcorange.org. Southeast Texas Regional Bible College Anyone desirin...
I have a new shoe on today. It is an ankle bracelet. So far, it seems to be the best. I can walk much better with it on. It will be the last thing I will wear, probably for one month. I think it will depend on me. I just need strength and stability. Contrary to what some think, I did not break my big toe, but my left leg, just above the ankle. I will be glad when I get back to Wal-Mart’s walking again. I really miss seeing all of the new friends that we have met there. I am still waiting on all those recipes that some have p...
What would warm up a cold winter January night? How about a passionate and sensual Tango with the world’s most authentic and uncompromising representative of the dance? Saturday, January 8, 2011 is the night to experience the heat of Emilio Kauderer’s Tango Buenos Aires: Fire and Passion at 7:30 PM at the Lutcher Theater! Reacting to the spicy, yet graceful art form writers respond: “Fast and furious, the dancers’ feet and legs flashed and wove in and around each other,...
Ramona LeLeux Lege, 82, of Orange passed away Wednesday, Dec. 29, in Beaumont. Funeral Services will be this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange.Officiating will be the Rev. David Berkheimer of Community Church. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery in Orange. Mrs. Lege was born May 28, 1928 in New Iberia, LA to StCyr and Edmonia (Norris) LeLeux.She worked in retail before she retired and is a member of Community Church in Orange. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Curley Joseph...
Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls on Dec. 29: Possession of amphetamine, 16th and Barkins, Red Liquor Cocaine, Possession 10th and Main Disorderly conduct, class C - 2nd and Burton Larceny, from Vehicle 2710 IH 10 Mental Subject 15 Zeto Other Controlled Substances - 16th and Barkins Red Liquor Pass Counterfeited Documents Sonic on 16th St. Pass Counterfeited Documents Sonic on 16th St. Public Intoxication 408 Schley Simple Assault 2219 3rd St. Warrant Service 201 8th...
Nelson Dixon, 75, of West Orange, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, at Harbor Hospital in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, Jan. 3, 2011 at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange, with the Rev. Lynn Ashcraft officiating. Entombment will follow in the Mausoleum at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. The family will receive friends for visitation from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Sunday, at the funeral home. Born in Hammond, Louisiana on January 23, 1935, he was the...
Ray LeLeux and his wife Linda will be celebrating 46 wonderful years of marriage Jan. 11,2011...
