Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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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...
Photo: Orange filmmaker Travis Myers is Director of Photography on multiple short films being shot in Southeast Texas this summer. Record Photo:Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record Not all filmmakers live in Hollywood, or Georgia, or even Austin. There is a small group of independent filmmakers that are creating movie magic right here in Southeast Texas. Granted, Orange County isn’t the first place that comes to mind when you think of movie making, but there are some p...
When we were in New Jersey at our niece's home over the Christmas holidays last year, our niece and her Coast Guard husband, Laura and Dan Mastriani, were really into making a millennial staple, Avocado Toast. We also had this avocado staple on a trip to Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico, a few years ago. It was yummy. Basically, it is just homemade guacamole spread on a warm piece of toasted bread of your favorite variety. Please do NOT buy the ready-made store kind. It is just easier, tastier, and cheaper to make it. Actually,...
A benefit for Cancer Patient Leesa Gearen will take place August 11th at the VFW Hall on Highway 87 North (5303 North 16th Street). Festivities will begin at noon with BBQ plates of ribs, sausage, chicken, potato salad and baked beans. Save $2 by purchasing plates early at $8 each or $10 at the door. A Washerboard Tournament, with a 50/50 Pot, will begin at 1 pm. Sign up early or at the door. Tickets will be sold at $5 each or 5 for $20 for chances at a $500 CASH PRIZE or 9mm pistol. There will be many other items raffled...
July 23, 2019 Bridge City, Texas: Tuesday, July 23rd the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce was excited to hold a combined Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Devine Enterprises. Owner Chris Denmon cut the red ribbon commemorating the occasion. Locally owned and operated by Chris Denmon, Devine Enterprises can handle all your commercial and residential contracting needs whether it be new construction, remodels, add-ons, granite, sheetrock or whatever you may need. Devine Enterprises is...
Stuffed Bell Peppers is one of the first dishes I learned to cook after graduating from college from Oklahoma State University in 1975. It is a filling comfort food that is easy to make, serving 4 persons a whole pepper each or 8 people one-half pepper each. Equipment needed: Large frying pan Spatula Colander to drain meat Large mixing bowl Large cooking spoon 8"x8" or 9"x9" square baking pan Ingredients: 4 fresh, large green bell peppers 2 lbs. ground beef or ground turkey 2...
Edward Jones branch offices in Bridge City will be participating in a school supplies donation drive. You may help support this effort by dropping off school supplies at either of the B.C. locations: 675 W. Roundbunch Rd. or 715 Texas Ave. during regular business hours from now through Monday, Aug. 12th. Supplies lists are available at the branch locations, but any supplies donated will be appreciated. Please note: Our offices cannot accept cash donations....
Orangefield ISD will have new start times for the 2019-2020 school year. The adjustments will assist in alleviating some of the traffic and logistical challenges with the transition of 5th-grade students moving from junior high to elementary campus. Students can be dropped off at the elementary and junior high starting at 7:15 AM and the high school at 7:25 AM. The new start and end times are as follows: The elementary schedule has no changes this year. The start and end times will remain exactly as they were in previous year...
Dave Rogers For The Record It was the realization of a lifelong dream. And Macie Moore’s selection last week as a member of the Kilgore College Rangerettes kept a string going for her mentor, Cathy Riley. Moore became the sixth Bridge City Strutter to claim a spot on the first precision dance team in Texas during Riley’s 23 years as director of the Strutters. “I’ve been pretty much planning on doing it my whole life,” Moore said of donning the red, white and blue Rangerett...
Dave Rogers For the Record Trustees for Orangefield and Little Cypress-Mauriceville voted for employee pay raises Monday night with the largest increases going to teachers. That’s the way the state Legislature drew it up in May when state leaders approved to spend $11.6 billion on public education. Of that amount, $6.5 million was in new education spending while $5.1 million goes to lowering property taxes. School districts are given flexibility on exactly how to distribute the compensation. Orangefield ISD teachers and l...
Dave Rogers For The Record The City of Bridge City will hold a special meeting and executive session tonight, Wednesday, July 24, at 6 p.m. to name a replacement for longtime council member Kirk Roccaforte. Roccaforte, Bridge City’s mayor from 2006-16, served a total of 25 years as mayor or council member before resigning a week ago to accept a mid-term appointment as Orange County Precinct 3 Commissioner. Wednesday’s meeting agenda consists of accepting Roccaforte’s resig...
Photo: Members from the cast of the Summer Music Review and Dinner Show scheduled for August 8-9 at First United Methodist Church Orange. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record They lost their theater home in Hurricane Harvey and lost a beloved member of their community a few months ago, but in theater, everyone knows the show must go on. Without a functioning theater, Orange Community Players, Inc. has been relying on their neighbors to continue performing....
Photo: John Gothia and Kirk Roccaforte were stationed together for the first time in County Commissioners’ Court Tuesday as Gothia took over as county judge next to Roccaforte, the man who replaced Gothia as Precinct 3 commissioner. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record John Gothia, mentioned as likely county judge way back in March, finally got to lead an Orange County Commissioners’ Court meeting from the middle seat Tuesday. “Just doing the normal busin...
Photo: John Gothia of Bridge City, left, takes the oath of office as Orange County Judge from Ida Schossow, President of the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce and associate municipal judge in Bridge City. Gothia, former chairman of the GOA Chamber, says he intends to run to in 2020 for a full four-year term as county judge....
Students at Lamar State Colleges in Orange, Port Arthur and Beaumont will pay substantially lower tuition and fees starting this fall. State Rep. Dade Phelan, who led the fight to increase funding for the two-year colleges, was joined by LSC Orange President Thomas Johnson and the other schools’ leaders to announce the tuition cut Wednesday morning in Beaumont. ”Cutting tuition by 25 percent, that’s unheard of,” Johnson said. “this is huge.” The recently approved state budget provides an additional $17.3 million to narrow t...
I had just dropped my wife’s SUV off at Sabine Ford to be serviced and was standing in the rain waiting for her to pick me up when Trey Smith opened the door and politely pointed out that it was significantly drier inside. I feel relatively certain that his initial thought was, “Why is that fool standing in the rain,” but he managed to keep that thought to himself. In short order we were talking fishing and it was apparent that Trey was a little more upbeat than the last time we had talked. There is very little that he does n...
Photo: Samantha and Connor Ziller promoted Back to School Orange County at the Recent Cops'nKids picnic at Claiborne West Park. Preregistration for the free school supply program for Orange County students is now underway. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record It’s almost time for the annual school supply giveaway sponsored by Back to School Orange County. The program was started due to the end of the Texas desktop program several years ago. “As a result man...
Cutline: Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, president of Qatar Petroleum, shakes hands with Chevron Phillips Chemical president Mark Lashier during a signing ceremony at the White House for an agreement to jointly pursue a new petrochemical plant for the U.S. Gulf Coast. Dave Rogers For The Record Orange County’s BIG IF just got way bigger. IF only it comes in for a landing. If Chevron Phillips Chemical should ultimately choose Orange County for its new multi-billion-dollar ethylene p...
Lamar State College Orange hosted Tuesday’s meeting of the Golden Triangle Business Roundtable, attended by about 75 men and women who were told of new training programs being offered and innovated by the school. From left, are Thera Celestine, director of pharmacy tech and workforce education; Earl Geis, director of industrial and process technology; Captain Chris Horner, director of maritime program; Gina Simar, dean of health, workforce and technical education; LSCO p...
