Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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ANOTHER WEEK—A LITTLE OLDER Well, as I sit here wondering what I will write about, I think about the Jeffery Epstein death. Some folks are claiming he robbed them of closure. How much more closure can there be than a man killing himself over his misdeeds. Oh well, that’s a whole other story. I’m sure some ladies are entitled to compensation but Attorney Lisa Bloom and her mom, Gloria Alred are worried about missing a big payday. Other lawyers will find clients coming out of the walls. It won’t soon be settled but in the mea...
Orange Boat Ramp and the Sabine River will play host to Rumble on the River, a high energy Jet Ski racing event, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 17-18. Admission is free for the family-friendly event. The Orange Convention & Visitors Bureau is hosting the event in collaboration with Pro Watercross. Action begins at 10 a.m. daily. The event is also known as the Shaun Compton Memorial Race. Compton, a resident of Carthage, Texas, was event director for TXH2O Racing and died suddenly...
Lamar State College Orange is pleased to announce the largest grant in the school’s 50-year history, thanks to the gracious consideration from the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation. This $1 million dollar pledge is part of a longstanding relationship between the Stark Foundation and Lamar State College Orange. Since 2011, with scholarships in the amount of $500,000 paid to date by the Stark Foundation, together with the new pledge, the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher S...
In last week’s column I wished the Houston Astros would pick up a starting pitcher before last Wednesday’s trading deadline. Boy!! Did I “under wish” on that one. Not only did the Astros pick up a starting pitcher in a regular rotation, but they also managed to pry Zack Greinke from the Arizona Diamondbacks less than an hour before the 3 p.m. Wednesday trading deadline. Instead of just getting a member of a major league team’s starting pitching staff, in Greinke the Astros were able to add a future Hall of Fame pitcher w...
Workers for Top Deck Inc. disassemble scaffolding at the Orange County Courthouse Tuesday morning. The scaffolding had blocked the front entrance to the Courthouse for four years while work was being done to fix the crumbling marble facade. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers...
For your awareness, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a national test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, at 1:20 p.m. CDT. The test will assess the system's readiness to distribute an emergency message nationwide. The test message will clearly state that the alert is only a test of the EAS. In the event that widespread severe weather or another...
With the Backwater Challenge Tournament set for this weekend, a lot of spectators as well as competitors were more than a little interested in the leader board at last week’s OCARC event. Obviously, the two categories that garnered the most attention were bass and redfish. For the first time in the history of the OCARC event, the winning bass was worth $750 and that didn’t go unnoticed by some of the top river fishermen in the area.Based solely on recent Sabine River Shootouts, I predicted it would take a fish over 4-p...
Dave Rogers For The Record Orange County commissioners voted a month and a half early not to raise the county tax rate. Tuesday’s vote means they can’t go above the rate of 54.2 cents per $100 value, which has been the county’s standard since 2017. And the commissioners did it while teaching a lesson about public perception. Item 9 on the agenda called for “possible action regarding the proposed tax rate,” and County Judge John Gothia explained that preliminary rate, set befor...
Photo: Margie Rose, left, and Bob Turner, both senior vice presidents for Strategic Government Resources, visit at the end of Tuesday’s closed-door meeting of the Orange City Council to seek a new city manager. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record Well, it’s down to the final two for Orange’s new city manager. Unless it isn’t. “We had two interviews today, they interviewed both candidates and they’re going to make a decision next week,” Bob Turner of Str...
Lamar University and Lamar State College Orange have formalized an articulation agreement to better serve the needs of students interested in pursuing bachelor’s degrees. Lamar University President Kenneth Evans and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs James Marquart and Lamar State College Orange President Thomas A. Johnson and Executive Vice President and Provost Al Barringer signed an agreement on the Lamar University campus Tuesday, Aug. 6. The agreement creates innovative 2+2 programs allowing students to e...
Photo: Orangefield school board members listen as Superintendent Stephen Patterson, center, explains the proposed school budget Monday night. Dave Rogers For The Record Orangefield school trustees took a look Monday night at a first draft of the district’s 2019-2020 budget and liked what they saw. Thanks to the Texas Legislature, it would include $2 million more in spending than a year ago and lower the tax rate 10 cents per $100 value. Monday’s first draft numbers called...
Photo: John Scales is pictured with his wife Brenda at the retirement reception held last week. They just returned from a quick trip to New Orleans to start the unwinding process of retirement. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record John Scales said goodbye last week to 17 years as the operations supervisor at Bridge City Independent School District. Well wishers stopped by the bus barn last Wednesday for cake and punch at his retirement reception. Scales said...
Bridge City City Council voted Tuesday night to propose a tax rate of 55.35 cents per $100 value for 2019. They set two public hearings to hear and consider public comments concerning the proposed tax rate: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20 and 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, both at City Hall in Bridge City. Tuesday night’s vote would raise the tax rate from 54.7 cents per $100 and boost the taxes of someone who owned the average Bridge City homestead $57 in city taxes. According to the city’s handouts, the average homestead values in Bri...
Dave Rogers For The Record Anglers will have their pick at this weekend’s Backwater Challenge and Orange County River Festival. They can go after the freshwater bass or saltwater redfish. Sabine River or Sabine Lake. Or both. “One entry covers both divisions,” explains tournament operations manager Daniel Metreyeon. “You can go catch three bass, then go and catch your two redfish. “The only restriction is all boats must launch out of Simmons Drive and return to Simmons D...
HE CAN LIE BUT HE CAN’T HIDE Last week when I sat here the headline I wrote at the top of the column said, “Hate escalates in the country.” I wrote it was a dark and hateful time and also that I believed it would get worse. Just a few days before I had listened to Trump speak at a rally in Cleveland, Ohio. He was spewing a lot of hate. I have a habit of studying people’s faces. It’s a part of me, it’s who I am. At his rallies I study the crowd, some are serious, and some are just there for the entertainment. I wondered ab...
You are going to flip since this dessert I'd so easy to make. No mixing bowl needed. Just mix in baking pan. Equipment: 12"x9" pan sprayed w/cooking spray (PAM) 2 large cooking spoons 1 small bowl for melting butter 1 damp paper towel Ingredients: 2-21 oz. cans cherry pie filling 4 tsps pure vanilla, not artificial vanilla 1 15.25 oz. box yellow cake mix, dry 1 stick butter, melted Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place stick of butter in small bowl and cover with slightly wet paper towel. Place in microwave for...
Photo: Orange choreographer John Gray with the cast of "Fame" currently playing at Port Arthur Little Theatre through Aug. 11. Record Photo:Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record John Gray has taught dance and choreographed shows in Orange County for years, 25 and 10 to be exact. His most recent endeavor is choreographing Port Arthur Little Theatre’s production of “Fame” which opened last weekend and has two more weeks of performances. The show has a huge cast, mostly high...
Photo: City council members check out City of Orange’s new grapple truck prior to Thursday evening’s special meeting at the Orange Public Library. Dave Rogers / For The Record Maybe next time. Thursday evening’s closed-door session by the Orange City Council lasted 95 minutes and reportedly included pre-recorded video interviews with city manager wannabes. It did not include a decision on who will fill the long-vacant job. Council members have settled on a list of finalists from a group of 40 applicants, said Bob Turne...
The weather could go to pot by the weekend, but thus far scattered thunderstorms have not lasted long and runoff has not been a major problem. That is good news for the folks planning on spending this Saturday fishing the OCARC event. The following breakdown, as in past years, will hopefully get you pointed in the right direction if you haven’t been on the water much of late. My number one recommendation is to take along way more water than you ever thought you would drink and put on your sunscreen before you ever leave t...
Photo: Bridge City City Council members Mike Reed, left, Mayor David Rutledge, Terri Gauthier, Tammi Fisette, Danny Harrington, Lucy Fields and Carl Harbert listen as City Manager Jerry Jones, far right, explains his 2020 budget proposals. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Mike Reed, a 10-year veteran of the Bridge City City Council was brought back by council to fill the Place 2 position. That spot was previously held by Kirk Roccaforte, who resigned to accept appointment to Orange...
Photo: County Tax Assessor-Collector Karen Fisher presented Commissioners’ Court with finalized tax values and key tax rate information Tuesday afternoon. Dave Rogers For The Record Three departments down, about $3 million on the capital expense wish list. Orange County Commissioners held their first workshop for the 2020 budget Tuesday morning and spent nearly three hours listening as the heads of three of the county’s biggest departments listed their needs. All this against...
Photo: A worker from Aftermath Disaster Recovery operates a grapple on a barge to scoop up trees and tree limbs that are blocking the Adams Bayou waterway in a “de-snagging” operation overseen by the Orange County Drainage District. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record De-snagging is going full steam on the north end of Adams Bayou in Orange. Crews from the Orange County Drainage District, with contract help from Aftermath Disaster Recovery, are pulling tre...
Photo: Orange County Commissioner checks out the view from the helm of a ship simulator at Lamar State College Orange during the school’s recent Maritime Day. Photo: Destiny Johnson of Orange tries her hand at guiding a ship through the intracoastal waterway during a Maritime Day hands-on demonstration of the new ship simulator at Lamar State College Orange. The maritime industry is expected to be one of the fastest growing careers in Texas and Lamar State College Orange is r...
Photo: Orange County Judge John Gothia and Bridge City Council member Terri Gauthier take their oaths of office on the Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission Executive Committee during the organization’s monthly meeting held Wednesday, July 24. Photo: Orange County Chief Sheriff’s Deputy John Tarver was honored by the Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission for his service on the group’s Coordinated Terrorist Preparedness Initiative. Steve Curran, Prepa...
Dave Rogers For The Record The City of Orange could name a new city manager during a special called meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, at Council Chambers at the Orange Public Library. “Deliberation with City Attorney … regarding personnel matters … presentation by SGR regarding City Manager search process” and “action as necessary” regarding that deliberation are the only two agenda items. Shawn Oubre resigned in October after 13 years in the job in order to become city manager for the Waco suburb of Woodway. Kelvin Knau...
