Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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Shangri La is offering an early-morning, adults-only bird watching tour along Adams Bayou on Thursday, April 13. The botanical gardens and nature center will even provide binoculars and field guides for beginning birders. Sarah Boehme, curator of the Stark Museum of Art, will accompany the tour and discuss the famous 19th Century bird artist and naturalist John James Audubon. The Stark Museum of Art has a rare complete copy of Audubon's "The Birds of America." Reservations...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce announced that Silver Fox has been named Business of the Month for March 2023. Charlie and Mindi Nichols was presented the award, sponsored by Town and Country Ford, by Ambassador Landon Luna at the March Networking Coffee hosted by Servicemaster Recovery Services....
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce has announced that Rebecca Free with Brick Oven has been named March Employee of the Month. Rebecca Free has lived here in Bridge City with her family for four years now. The last three of those years have been with Brick Oven Pizza. Initially as a server, she has worked her way up to management. Dave Derosier, Lifetime Ambassador said, "As a customer of Brick Oven Pizza, I can personally tell you that when I go in there and Becca is...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce has announced that the March Student of the Month for Orangefield is Morgan Sampson. Morgan is ranked 28 of 121...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is announced that the March Student of the Month for Bridge City is William Walpole. William is ranked 5 of 184 with a GPA of 4.69...
This summer, on July 29, the Orangefield High School Class of 1973 will celebrate their class reunion celebrating 50 years 6-11 p.m., at the Bridge City Community Center. Due to friendships and marriages back in the day and many class members that have passed, they are once again inviting students from two classes above and two years below them to join in the celebration. They are targeting the class range of 1971-1975, but other former Orangefield students are still invited...
Join us for a St. Patty’s Day Shenanigans Dance featuring the Joey Ward Band this Friday, March 17th from 8 pm to midnight at the American Legion Post 49. The post is located at 108 Green Ave in Orange and will have a cash bar with ATM on site (no outside alcohol allowed). You may bring in outside food and snacks. The cost is $7.00 per person, $10.00 a couple and you can call to reserve at 409-886-1241....
During the past five weeks, Local Final Competitions of the 119th Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest in Reading and Declamation, a program sponsored by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, have been held at each Orange County public high school: Bridge City, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Orangefield, Vidor and West Orange-Stark. Between preliminary and Local Final rounds, 100 students competed across the five schools. Winners will advance to the County Final round of the c...
SETX Women in Industry is a newly formed 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was created in 2023, in response to the incredible success of the week-long initiative the group hosted in 2022. The original group was formed by female leaders representing industrial facilities located along the Sabine-Neches Waterway. The primary effort of the organization is to introduce students who are interested in pursuing careers in STEM to industry professionals who can act as mentors....
St Mary Catholic Church in Orange invites Parishioners and the General Public to join in celebrating the Feast Day of St. Joseph. Sunday, the 19th of March, is the annual Feast Day of Saint Joseph. The Feast of Saint Joseph commemorates the end of a drought and looming famine in Sicily during the Middle Ages. Sicilians usually build a “St. Joseph Table” and wear red as a symbol of the celebration. This table is decorated with flowers and candles, and filled with abundant foods...
Students in Mrs. Spears' Family and Consumer Science classes hosted the annual Rodeo Day for the kindergarten. They exhibited teamwork and leadership skills. The high school students created six stations for the kindergarteners that correlated with their social studies unit on Texas. It was a beautiful day and a great time was had by all....
Six students from the OHS UIL Academics Math team attended a clinic hosted by LCM High School. A huge thank you to Ricky Ryan for hosting a wonderful, very useful clinic. Natalie Dickens took 1st place in Number Sense and 6th in Mathematics. Landon Dickens placed 4th in Mathematics and 6th in Calculator. The Mathematics team also placed second. Other students attending were Kaitlyn Jenkins, Britney Kilgore, Hector Contreras, and Aaron Murray....
The Bridge City Public Library is hosting a new program for widowed individuals beginning next Friday, March 17th, at 10am in the library's meeting room. We know that life can be lonely when living alone and want to provide a means of meeting others in similar situations. This is not intended as a dating club but just a comfortable place to greet others, drink coffee, eat doughnuts, and play board games such as scrabble, checkers etc. while interacting with others. Just come...
Orangefield Elementary's Pre-K learned about the letter V. They ended their week making a volcano....
The Texas Citizen Bee is a statewide civic education program and competition. Public, private, home school, and parochial schools compete in the program each year. This year it was held at Lamar State College Port Arthur. Orangefield High School Bobcats participated on Thursday, March 9. Sponsored by Melissa Hyatt, team members Major Copeland, Jackson Droddy and Paxton Skibo represented Orangefield and all three of them did an excellent job. They are energized and prepared to...
LCM High School Senior Cole Watson learned that he has been chosen to receive the prestigious Presidential Scholarship from Lamar University. The scholarship includes a full ride to LU for four years. Of the 137 applicants interviewed from across the state of Texas, only fifteen are awarded scholarships, making this accomplishment all the more exceptional....
The LCM School Finals of the 119th Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest in Reading and Declamation was held Sunday, March 5th at 2:00 in the LCM High School Library. Each second place winner receives a $1500 university scholarship and each first place winner receives $2000. Declamation Finalists: Madison McGuire, Taylor Hardin and Paige McKee 1st place - Jessica Ridout 2nd place - Gabrielle Moore Interpretive Finalists: Sima Shahab, Cole Watson and Norah Leblanc 1st place - Sarah...
Betsy Bland, teaching artist at Stark Museum of Art, creates a black and white line drawing. Stark Museum of Art to host Create! workshop Draw a landscape using only lines at the CREATE! Workshop: Guided Pen & Ink Drawing on Saturday, March 11, 2023 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Stark Museum of Art. Betsy Bland, teaching artist, will guide you step by step in the process of creating a graphic black and white line drawing. Registration fee is $5 and includes all m...
The Bridge City/Orangefield Rotary Club named Kandis Huff as the Bridge City Student of the Month for March. Kandis plans to attend Houston Christian University to obtain an Associate degree in Finance and a Bachelor degree in Psychology. Pictured with Kandis are her Father-Russell Huff, BCHS Counselor-Lisa Huckaby, and Rotary President-Dr. Mark Messer....
The Bridge City/Orangefield Rotary Club named Leroy Bergeron as the Orangefield Student of the Month for March. He ranks 59 in his class and plans to pursue a law degree to become an Elderly Law Attorney. Pictured with Leroy are OFHS Principal - Rea Wrinkle, Parents - Leroy and Latonia Bergeron, Rotary President -Dr. Mark Messer, OFHS Counselor-Crissa Bonnin, and OFHS Superintendent-Shaun McAlpin....
This weekend a couple of Orangefield students participated in the calf scramble at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. A huge congratulations to Harley Beaudoin for catching a calf and being awarded a scholarship to go towards purchasing a steer or heifer for next school year....
(Orange, Texas) Be our guest at The W.H. Stark House this Friday, March 10, and other select Fridays throughout the year! The public is invited to walk the grounds and view the first floor of the historic home, which includes the library, music room, dining room and breakfast room/office. Dates for First Floor Fridays are March 10, April 14, May 19, June 23, July 21, August 11, September 22, October 27 and December 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the last entry at 1:30 p.m....
LCM administrators participated in T-TESS training this week. David Hicks of Region 5 presented. T-TESS, which stands for Texas Teacher Evaluation & Support System, is the rubric the District uses to provide feedback to educators and is intended to promote continuous, professional improvement....
The bi-monthly meeting of the Friends of the Orange Depot will be held on Thursday, March 9, at 5:30PM at the depot at 1210 Green Avenue. Led by President Alicia Booker, the Board of Directors will be discussing two important current projects, a newly planned Educational Support Building and the annual fundraiser, Depot Day. Depot Day, to be held on Saturday, May 6, 10:00AM-2:00PM on the depot grounds, is a yearly festival for families, this year offering new exciting rides,...
Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center will be celebrating their 15th birthday on Saturday, March 11. To commemorate this milestone, the first 150 visitors will take home a free plant. Make plans to enjoy the gardens and soak up some sun at this free family event! "We can't think of a better reason to celebrate with our community and thank them for supporting us these last 15 years," said Angie Mason, executive director of Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature...
