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Photo: Thera Celestine, director of community and workforce development at Lamar State College Orange, stands next to the custom process trainer purchased with a grant from Texas Workforce Commission. Dave Rogers / For The Record The grant writers at Lamar State College Orange have been busy. And successful. The school welcomed Aaron Demerson, commissioner of the Texas Workforce Commission on Thursday, Jan. 23 to join in a celebration to celebrate two grants from TWC totaling...
Penny LeLeux For The Record Growing up in Orangefield, starting a church was nothing Johnny Asevedo saw in his future. “I was a drug addict and alcoholic,” he said, referring to his teen and early adult years. “I was eating about 12 Xanax a day, drinking all day, smoking all day.” He said it got to a point he knew he needed to stop and didn’t know how. He asked God for deliverance from his addictions. “Like that,” he snaps his fingers, “it was gone. Not a single urge, no...
Photo: Orangefield’s school board named assistant superintendent Shaun McAlpin “lone finalist” to be promoted to the top job on Jan. 21. State law requires a 21-day waiting period before he can be hired as superintendent. Dave Rogers / For The Record The Orangefield school board looked at 19 vetted applicants to be its new school superintendent, interviewed five of them and chose Shaun McAlpin. McAlpin, 41, is a 1996 Orangefield High grad who has worked for Orangefield schoo...
It’s Trash-Off time once again! The 25th annual Community Trash-Off is scheduled for Saturday, February 22, 2020 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the City of Orange Boat Ramp, located on Simmons Drive in Orange, Texas with a rain date of February 29, 2020. This year’s Community Trash-Off is generously presented by INVISTA and hosted by Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center in collaboration with the City of Orange and Keep Orange Beautiful. Orange County residents are encouraged to come out, take pride in their com...
(Pictured Peyton Read, Amberlee Gutierrez, Micah Guzman, Addison Varela, Not Pictured Atticus Moore) Winners of Bridge City Public Library High Five Reading Contest. Each winner received a Walmart $25 gift card. The gift cards was donated by Patrons of Bridge City library, The Patterson’s Crawfish Hole, Bridge City Walmart and Mi Casa in Orange...
Betty Baldwin Wilson, 90, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on January 21, 2020, in Beaumont, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 27, 2020, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with Reverend Randy Branch officiating. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Orange, Texas, on February 15, 1929, she was the daughter of Russell...
While many of us so called “hard core fishermen”were parked on the couch or in a favorite recliner watching football, 498 teams of high school bass fishermen were taking advantage of a wet, but otherwise perfect fishing day. Sam Rayburn was the scene of the first event of the year last Saturday and raingear was the order of the day as it was damp even when it wasn’t raining.Fog played a significant role early, but the overcast skies proved user-friendly and kept the bass on the move all day. Not surprisingly, three Orange Cou...
KAZ’S KORNER We now know that the Kansas City Chiefs will meet the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV on Feb 2 at Miami, Fla. after Sunday’s AFC and NFC Conference Championship Games. The Chiefs have had a 50-year hiatus from the Super Bowl, having last played and won SB IV over Minnesota in New Orleans while Head Coach Andy Reid is still looking for his first Super Bowl victory. Sixteen years ago, when Reid was with the Philadelphia Eagles, his team was defeated by the New England Patriots. The 49ers will be going for...
Photo: Orange County Commissioner Kirk Roccaforte, left, County Judge John Gothia and former County Judge Carl Thibodeaux visit before last week’s SETRPC Annual Meeting in Beaumont. Record Photo by Dave Rogers The Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission celebrated 50 years of service Thursday evening, Jan. 16, with a banquet at the Beaumont Event Centre. The organization, which serves as a conduit for money and information flowing between the state and the cities and governments of Orange, Jefferson and Hardin Counties,...
Photo: Orange County Commissioners honored Regina Cameron, who is retiring this month after 20 years as Records Department Director, at Tuesday’s meeting. Dave Rogers For The Record The Orange County Commissioners said goodbye to a longtime faithful servant and took a required step to landing a highly new addition Tuesday. About an hour and a half after thanking retiring Records Department Director Regina Cameron for 20 years of service, County Judge John Gothia closed the w...
Photo: Orange city councilwoman Terrie Salter feels the historic city hall just vacated will be a perfect project for “Home Town Takeover” to get it ready for its next life. Penny LeLeux For The Record Several members of the Orange community met Monday night at Roberts Meat Market and Steakhouse to discuss and brainstorm ideas to submit the city of Orange for HGTV’s new show “Home Town Takeover.” Ben and Erin Napier of the hit series “Home Town” will hit the road for thei...
Dave Rogers For The Record Carl LeBlanc says if he’s elected Orange County Commissioner for Precinct 3 he will give back $11,000 of his annual salary. “I don’t think the Commissioners’ Court needs to get the pay they get,” LeBlanc said. “To me, they shouldn’t take any raises until the county is financially stable. All raises should go to employees before they get them. “I don’t plan on taking the raise they got last year. I don’t plan on taking the one they gave themselve...
Dave Rogers For The Record Candidates for local school boards and city council seats have until Feb. 14 to register for the May 2 election. Sign-up for the offices began a week ago and early reports show no one other than current officeholders enlisting for duty. In Bridge City, Mayor David Rutledge and council members Mike Reed, Danny Harrington and Lucy Fields have filed to keep the offices they hold. Reed and Harrington were both summer appointees to fill sudden vacancies so this won’t be a reelection scenario for them. B...
Photo: The open space at the end of the EZ Pawn parking lot Tuesday included several broken toilets and sinks, at least one bathtub, several couches, old tires and empty bottles. Dave Rogers / For The Record Joseph Scott is fed up with neighborhood trash and Larry Spears, the Mayor of Orange, is not going to take it any longer. Scott appeared at Tuesday morning’s city council to complain about vacant lots at the corner of 10th and John Streets, behind EZ Pawn on 16th S...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the January Student of the Month for Orangefield High School is Jocelynn Myrick. Jocelynn was presented her certificate and gift bag by Ambassador, Christy Khoury, Orange County Treasurer, at the January coffee hosted by Orangefield ISD. She received gift certificates and gifts from: COS Printing, Wellspring Credit Union, Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, Sabine Federal Credit Union, Neches Federal Credit...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Rock star Rick Springfield, at center, along with guitarist, George Nastos, at left, and bassist, Sigve Sjursen, at right, turned the heat up inside the Grand Event Center of the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles this past Saturday (Jan. 12, 2020) as Springfield performed a 90 minute set in front of a capacity crowd. The set list included songs “Affair of the Heart,” “I Get Excited,” “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “Love Is Alright,” “Human Touch,” “L...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. Danish rock act Volbeat announced its spring tour this week and has scheduled an appearance in Southeast Texas for April 11 at Ford Park Arena in Beaumont. For The Record Danish hard rock act Volbeat is headed to Southeast Texas this spring. Volbeat, along with special guests Clutch and The Picturebooks, will be performing at Ford Park Arena in Beaumont on Saturday, April 11. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 17, at all Ticketmaster outlets...
Dave Rogers For The Record Dennis Powell wasn’t born in Orange, but he got here as soon as he could. And the old Orange High debater has been a fixture at the Orange County Courthouse for four decades. Most recently, he’s served nearly five terms – 20 years – as 163rd District Court Judge. Powell has announced he will not run for re-election. Local lawyers Rex Peveto and Michael Catt will square off to replace him in the March Republican primary. Powell and his wife of 38 y...
Photo: L-R: Ray Hearn, Elaine Hearn, Jessica Hearn, John Paddison, Grace Paddison, Teresa George, Jake Paddison at Grace’s college graduation. Penny LeLeux For The Record What do Bridge City and a newly launched Nashville television network have in common? Answer: Bridge City native, Teresa Hearn George. George was named vice president of strategic partnerships at Circle Media, a new country music and lifestyle television network that launched Jan.1. She is responsible for bra...
Photo: Pinehurst Fire Chief Shon Branham, left, joins Captains David Wagstaff and Mike Wiley and Assistant Chief Jayson Wells in taking oaths of office at Tuesday night’s City Council Meeting. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record Shon Branham, elected for his seventh one-year term as Chief of Pinehurst’s Volunteer Fire Department, was sworn in along with department officers Tuesday night. Joining Branham in taking the oath of office from Tommy Gunn, city attorney, were Assistant Chief Jayson Wells, and cap...
The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for grand re-opening of The W.H. Stark House at 712 Green Ave. Orange TX 77630 on January 10, 2020. Josh Cole, Trina Nelson Thomas, and many other staff from the Stark Foundation hosted the event to celebrate the opening of the house following a major restoration after a 3rd floor water leak in 2019. After amazing team efforts, a new, beautifully painted ceiling, and so much more, they are open for...
Doing it his way made him a legend It seems ironic that 10 years ago, the day after I wrote a column about Ned Theall’s death, I got a call from Jivin’ Gene informing me Bobby Charles had just died. I had mentioned, in the Theall column, that Bobby was the only one from the original group of talented youngsters that I had grown up with who was still living in Abbeville. In fact, after the World War years, things started to change in our Cajun community in many ways. A gro...
Photo: Tim Slagel of HarvestCall, the outreach arm of the Apostolic Christian Church in Illinois, explains to Orange County commissioners Tuesday that his group works “to try to put as many homeowners back in their homes as we can” and is currently working to rebuild 20 flood-wracked homes in Orange County. Dave Rogers For The Record Early voting for the March 3 party primary elections is only about a month away and Tuesday, Orange County commissioners set voting loc...
Photo: Chris Kovatch, who runs the Orange Grove project for the Greater Orange Chamber of Commerce, reports that more than 100 of the half-ton sculptures have been sold so far and more will be arriving each weekend. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record They’re here, they are, they are, they are. They’re here, they really are. Like “those little weirdo things in their flying machines” in a 1967 song about an alien invasion, big, overweight oranges 2-1/2 foot ta...
Photo: Orange County Commissioner Theresa Beauchamp listens as Kurt Guidry, county maintenance director, talks at Commissioners' Court about the rebuilding of the Precinct 2 office in Mauriceville. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record It was all smiles in the Orange County Commissioners’ courtroom Tuesday. Kurt Guidry, county maintenance director, presented the court’s members a couple of bids and they chose a contractor, Scarborough Industries, to repair the Precinct 2 office building in Mauriceville. “I...
