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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...
Photo: Ned Theall, leader of The Fabulous Boogie Kings which has proven to be one of the most enduring bands of all time, thanks to Ned Theall's refusal to let this legendary band fade into obscurity. The Boogie Kings has been performing for over 55 years. The death of Ned Theall, 72, 10 years ago, had caught me by surprise. He had lived the nightlife of a musician for years and in time that takes its toll. Ned however, never smoked, drank, used drugs or abused food. I had...
Photo: Terri Gauthier gives award for Business of the Year to Olson Engineering at last years Banquet. Penny LeLeux For The Record Today is the deadline for nominations for Person and Business of the Year for the Bridge Chamber of Commerce. Have you submitted your nomination? There is still time. Put it in a sealed envelope and slip it in the mail slot at the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce at 150 W. Roundbunch Road. “Nominations are due by 5:00 p.m. and can be emailed or dropped off at the office. There is a slot in the f...
Dave Rogers For The Record Drive, the trucking companies are pleading, and Lamar State College-Orange is set to do its part. The LSCO Workforce Education program is now offering a Class A Commercial Truck Driving Program, a six-week course that will lead to local and national driving jobs. “With the expansion of local industry, truck driving is a high-demand occupation for Southeast Texas. We have a lot of lot of local businesses in Orange ready to hire,” said Thera Celestine, Workforce Education director. “They can work...
NFL “Wild Card” Playoff Games This Weekend AFC Conference BUFFALO (10-6) at HOUSTON (10-6) 3:35 p.m. Saturday at NRG Stadium in Houston, TX. (ABC and ESPN)—This looks to be an even-Steven game on paper with both teams coming into this loser-go-home event with equal records and with both teams coming off losses to weaker opponents they already beat earlier in the season. I like the Texans in this game, not only for their home-field advantage, but also for the way they finished the season, minus Sunday’s season-ender. My Proj...
Dave Rogers For The Record New Year’s Resolutions. We love to make them, then see how long (days, months, the whole year) we can keep them. The Record Newspapers asked some of our neighbors to tell us their priorities going into 2020. Because we kept adding to our list and asking with different words – and we’re human – not all respondents received the same guidelines for their answers. Hence, some replies run long and are dead serious, other are real brief and light-h...
Dave Rogers For The Record Boom times are here for Orange County. Civic leaders see physical and fiscal growth headed our way in 2020 and beyond. “I look forward to finishing up on the projects that we have committed to and delivering on the results so that we have something tangible,” Orange Mayor Larry Spears, Jr., says. “We talk all the time about being positive, encouraging people. But in 2020, I want to find ways to deliver results and support the good things we already have here.” Of course, the most anticip...
Photo: Roy and Phyl, the newly weds, attending her prom. That same night they moved into their first apartment. A charmed life, 65 years with my partner, my wife. It was Friday, the last day of the year of 1954. The date didn’t hold any particular significant. The year had seen the New York Giants win the World Series over Cleveland in just four games. In fact, that game was the first color television broadcast. “Determine” won the Kentucky Derby. President Dwight David Eisenh...
As I look back on this year and all that was accomplished during the 86th Legislative Session, I am once again reminded that it could not have been done without you. While you are making your own resolutions for your personal life and businesses, the Senate is doing the same thing through its interim charges and interim hearings, as we plan for the 87th Legislative Session. I look forward to this next year and working together to make a difference for our state. Happy New Year! Here are five things happening around your state...
The Bridge City Orangefield Rotary Club is proud to announce their December Student of the Month Breanna Molin. Pictured are Todd Lintzen, BCISD Superintendent, Allisha Bonneaux, BCHS Counselor, Bryan and Brooke Molin, Parents, Breanna Molin, Student, Karen Collier, Rotary President and Tim Woolley, BCHS Principal....
Tyler Ancelet was standing outside of his truck with one foot on an envelope while stuffing hundred dollar bills in another when I ran into him earlier this week.After rescuing the windblown envelope pinned under his foot, I wished him a Merry Christmas and asked, “What the heck are you doing?” “I am keeping Christmas much simpler than last year’s fiasco” he replied.“No more helping Santa surprise the family for me.” After both envelopes were sealed and labeled with his daughter’s names, he shared his failed attempt at a su...
Photo: Orange City Council member Terrie Salter takes time away from taking photographs to smile for one during last week's special appearance by Santa Claus at the OCARC vocational training and counseling center in Orange. Record Photo by Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record Terrie Salter rode to the rescue and Santa Claus and his elves joined her in the back of a stretch limousine to a surprise Christmas party at OCARC. “This is phenomenal,” said OCARC’s director, Sandy...
LUNCH BUNCHERS LAST 2019 GATHERING Due to several offices Christmas parties being held last week the Lunch Bunch gathering was lighter than usual. A well rounded group of Orange County citizens were in attendance however. The annual event is hosted by Robert Remirez and his staff at Robert’s Steak house. It was good to see Zack Johnson who works in the office of State Representative Dave Phelan. Zack hadn’t been around in a while. He has found a lady willing to marry him in...
Photo: Grandma’s Restaurant at 33 Patillo Road in Bridge City was set to open Jan. 1, but they have pushed the opening back to Jan. 13. Pictured L to R is “BW” Pittman-manager and John R. Smith-owner. Grandma’s offers home cooking from family recipes and daily specials. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record Grandma’s, a new restaurant that features home cooking from family recipes, will be opening Jan. 13 in Bridge City at 33 Patillo Road. The first Grandma’s...
Photo: Shangri-La Botanical Gardens & Nature Center, lit up here during last week’s Christmas Strolls, is one of four cultural venues operated by the non-profit Stark Foundation, which has a mission of encouraging education and enriching the quality of life in Southeast Texas. Record Photo by Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record Shangri La’s annual Christmas Strolls set records for attendance this year and with it came record donations for the food bank at Orange Chr...
Dave Rogers For The Record With average rainfall amounts nearly doubled in 2017 and running 30 inches over average so far in 2019, everyone’s New Year’s wish for 2020 is for staying dry. Orange County leaders are doing their best for a future without the flooding damage done by Tropical Storms Harvey and Imelda in recent odd-numbered years. But 2020 is really thinking optimistically. “Some things we’re doing will help sooner, but it will probably be incremental,” Precinct 1 Commissioner Johnny Trahan said Monday. “And the...
Photo: Roy doesn’t stray too far from his roots. The pump is the actual one he drew water from as a boy. From childhood Christmas to present, quite a ride... The joy of Christmas for me has taken drastic turns as I’ve traveled down this life’s highway. Raised a very poor youngster in south Louisiana, I had very little to look forward to on Christmas morning. We lived in a small, one-room shack, raised by a single mom. A lot of people were poor but real poverty, hanging at ou...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Bridge City Lock & Key has been named Business of the Month for December 2019. Owners Billy & Martha Garrett accepted the award from Lifetime Ambassador Beverly Perry, Receptionist at Bridge City Bank, at the chamber’s December Networking Coffee hosted by Bridge City ISD. The Garretts received an acrylic award sponsored by Energy Country Ford and gifts from Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, Mary Kelone of Barefoot Souls, Neches Federal Credit Union, O...
The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce had the honor of presenting a certificate for Student of the Month for Bridge City High School to Keagan Smith, son of Brad and Johnna Smith. “Keagan has been an irreplaceable member of the Bridge City Band for seven years. He is a wonderful student, an outstanding student leader, and a gifted musician. He will leave a legacy for his younger peers to maintain, and his character is second to none. He has been a pleasure to know and w...
Photo: Regina Rogers, left, and Dr. Thomas Johnson, Lamar State College Orange President, right, present Dr. Suzonne Crockett with the Julie and Ben Rogers Community Service Award Thursday, Dec. 12 at Lamar University in Beaumont. Crockett, Associate Dean of Academic Studies at LSCO, was one of four recipients for 2019. One of the biggest cheerleaders always on the scene for Lamar State College Orange is also one of its biggest success stories. And the impact Dr. Suzonne...
Photo: John and Tammra Frederick were VIP guests Sunday at the US China International Film Festival in Houston. Penny LeLeux For The Record John Frederick Jr. of Mauriceville has worked on many films in the last two years. One of them presented a few challenges along the way. Frederick submitted for a film called “The Moment” earlier this year that was to be shot in Houston. He received a request for a video audition. Everything seemed normal until he got the “sides,” which i...
Photo: Lane and Michelle Mooney are pictured after Mooney officially filed for the office of Orange County Sheriff. Dave Rogers For The Record The worst-kept secret in local politics is now openly campaigning to be the next Orange County Sheriff. A state law kept Lane Mooney from announcing until early December his desire to be the one to replace retiring Sheriff Keith Merritt. But the Vidor native and current Precinct 4 Constable isn’t hiding his intentions anymore. “The dec...
Dave Rogers For The Record No fewer than eight news outlets sent reporters to Tuesday’s final meeting of the year for the Orange County Commissioners. But the story they were after, an up-or-down vote to approve a tax abatement agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical for a possible $5.6-billion petrochemical plant, was a non-starter. “We’ve been working with the project over the last several months to work out some language that everybody is comfortable with,” Jessica Hill, director of the Orange County Economic Develop...
Photo: Bill Mello, former Orange city councilman, is surrounded by city leaders Tuesday as he grabs a shovel to celebrate the groundbreaking for the new Riverside Pavilion at the Orange Boat Ramp on the Sabine River. Dave Rogers For The Record Bill Mello was in a merry mood Tuesday. And he wasn’t alone. About 30 of the city’s movers-and-shakers showed up eight days before Christmas for the groundbreaking of Orange’s Riverside Pavilion. They were greeted by strong winds and b...
Seventeen year old Dalby Perrin and a friend were obviously somewhat mesmerized by the wall of rods in front of them when I first noticed them in an Academy store last week.As a matter of fact, they weren’t even into the time tested bending and shaking stage when I initially saw them. “That’s Dickie Colburn….he’s a fishing guide so let’s ask him,” said Dalby’s friend when he noticed me digging through Corkies a short distance away.“Naw,” replied Darby, “he’s a saltwater guide so he doesn’t know anything about bass fishi...
