Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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I was recently in New York to visit our younger son, so we went to a "hole-in-the-wall" place built @1930, or something like that. It was truly eclectic, a real view of the past, with original lights, pizza oven, wood floors, and shutter windows. We ordered a Margarita pizza. No, alcohol was not a part of the pizza pie, but it was so very good! It was made of a light homemade crust, a little bit of tomato sauce, lots of Mozarella cheese, and fresh basil leaves on top. The...
These brownies are not from scratch, but are so rich with my friend's special ingredient. Believe it or not, they taste like scratch brownies! Equipment needed: 13"x9" pan sprayed with vegetable cooking spray Bowl for batter Large spoon for stirring Measuring cup Measuring spoons Ingredients: 2 boxes of generic brownie mixes, such as Wal-Mart or Kroger brands plus ingredients needed on back of brownie boxes 3 very large Hershey Symphony candy bars with toffee and almonds 1...
The first time I tried this chicken salad was from my friend, Katy Latiolais. If you are a lover of chicken salad like I am, give this recipe a try. To be fair, other great chicken salads in Orange include the one made by Trina Bickham in First Cafe on the second floor of First Baptist Church on MLK Drive in Orange, as well as at The Garden District Restaurant on Highway 87 in Orange. Here is the recipe for Katy's yummy chicken salad: Equipment needed: Bowl Spoon Measuring...
Shirley, 80, of Hemphill, Texas, passed away on June 3, 2019, Bridge City, Texas. Funeral services will be held on Friday, June 7, 2019, at 10:00 am, at United Pentecostal Church in Bridge City, Texas. Officiating will be Don Holston. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 p.m., Friday, at Fairmount Cemetery in Hemphill, Texas. Visitation will be from 5:00pm to 9:00pm, Thursday June 6, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Shirley was born in Starks, Louisiana, on June 8,...
Picture: Henry Lowe, founder of the Orange African American Museum shows off the newly installed lights in the building being renovated to the house the museum exhibits. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record Yes, things are getting lit at the museum, literally! It’s been a long journey since Henry Lowe first had the idea to open the Orange African American Museum (OAAM). There is still a ways to go down the road, but the path is getting more defined and t...
Photo: The newest exhibit at the Orangefield Cormier Museum honors servicemen from Orangefield High School. RECORD PHOTO:Penny LeLeux Cut: The Orangefield Cormier Museum is set up in various business "vignettes" that represent life in Orangefield around the 1920s. RECORD PHOTOS: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For the Record Two large storage buildings located next to Orangefield High School contain a veritable treasure trove of collectables and memories of the past. The...
Photo: Orangefield native Stanley Simon, 97, was a staff sergeant with an anti-aircraft artillery battery that landed on Omaha Beach during the D-Day Invasion in France, 75 years ago, June 6, 1944. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record The surf ran crimson with blood as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stanley Simon landed on Omaha Beach with his artillery battery in the Allies’ D-Day Invasion of France. The 75th anniversary of history’s largest amphibious attack and one of...
Orange City Attorney John Cash “Jack” Smith, an Orange High grad and local lawyer for five decades, is The Record Newspapers Person of the Year. RECORD PHOTO: Lawrence Trimm Dave Rogers For The Record As if he needs another accolade … John Cash “Jack” Smith walked across the stage in Huntsville last month to pick up a master’s degree in History from Sam Houston State. And now Orange’s walking and talking history book collects another recognition: Jack Smith is the Record Ne...
USE PICTURE WITH TEACHER LOOKING RIGHT .... LCM student Brynna Parsons prepares to shave the last of teacher Woody Cox’s hair Wednesday, May 29, as cosmetology teacher Kim Levens helps out and Cox’s Pre-AP biology students look on. Cox told his 103 ninth-grade students they could shave his head if they had a 90 percent passing rate and a 20 percent “Mastery” rating. All – 100 percent – of his students passed and 30 percent earned a Mastery rating. Cox said his head hadn’t...
Lamar State Orange president Thomas A. Johnson, left, prepares to shake hands with Steve Westbrook, interim president at Stephen F. Austin State, after the two signed an agreement between the two schools Wednesday that ensures that credits earned at LSCO will transfer seamlessly to the Nacogdoches four-year college. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers...
In all honesty, the real reason we were crossing the Intracoastal early Saturday morning was that the drive would culminate with lunch in Lake Charles at a favorite spot.I knew as soon we could see the open lake, however, that the 169 anglers participating in the 45^th edition of the Memorial Classic Fishing tournament were in for a challenge from more than other anglers. The Intracoastal was white capping and even the white caps weren’t white!Far too much wind was once again churning up what was already a very dirty body o...
Most of today’s major league baseball players are millionaires and really don’t have to take an off-season job to make ends meet. And everybody today knows who the stars of most teams are thanks to television and the internet. But that was not the case back in the 1920’s when newspapers and radios with more static than anything else were the only means of keeping up with the major league scene if you didn’t live near a city with a franchise. The 1927 World Champion New York Yankees team was arguably Major League Basebal...
Photo: A new owner could receive up to $200,000 in city reimbursement on a $1.3 million renovation of the newly renamed Downtown Orange Apartments across from the Orange Boat Ramp. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers For The Record The “deciders” at Chevron Phillips Chemical could decide as soon as next spring to place a new $6 billion ethylene plant in Orange County. So said Chaney Moore, the company’s Woodlands-based real estate and property tax manager after taking part in a pair of...
Photo: Local farmer Jim Frasier says rain has delayed local crops this year. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record Fresh veggies are one of the best things about spring and summer. Unseasonable weather pushed back harvests this year, so farmers markets are opening later than usual. Saturday will be the first day of the season for Bridge City Farmers Market and the North Orange County Farmer’s Market started opening on Thursday evenings in Mauriceville just two...
Dave Rogers For The Record Hurricane season begins Saturday, June 1, for the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts and the experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are predicting the 2019 season will be “near-normal.” Recent normal in Southeast Texas means being hit by three – or four – major hurricanes in the past 14 years. “You never want to let your guard down,” Joel Ardoin, Orange County emergency management coordinator, said. “It’s only a bad year if you get...
Photo: Iraq War veteran Aaron Pollock, an LCM grad, looks to find his dead comrade’s name at the Orange Veterans Memorial Plaza after Sunday’s Memorial Day Tribute at Orange’s First Church of the Nazarene. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers Dave Rogers For The Record Aaron Pollock was among the hundreds attending Sunday’s Tribute to Orange County Veterans at the Heritage Veterans Memorial Plaza – his 10th year in a row to attend. The Memorial Day weekend event at Orange’s First Churc...
Dave Rogers / For The Record Early voting begins Monday, June 3, for the June 15 runoff election for two seats on Orange City Council. Incumbent Annette Pernell is being challenged for the District 4 “Historic District” seat by Mary McKenna; and incumbent Bill Mello is being challenged for the Place 6 at-large seat by Caroline Mazzola Hennigan. The terms for both seats are three years. Both incumbents finished second in a three- or four-way race May 4. Because neither McKenna nor Hennigan was able to win a 50 percent plu...
A worker at Dan R. Hooks Stadium put the finishing touches on a new artificial turf football playing surface Wednesday May 22. The new turf will host West Orange-Stark High’s graduation exercises at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 31. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers...
Photo: Commissioners Theresa Beauchamp, Johnny Gothia and Robert Viator visit with County Engineer Clark Slacum during a break at Tuesday’s meeting of Orange County Commissioners’ Court. Dave Rogers For The Record Orange County Sheriff’s Office will hold its 24th annual Cops N Kids Picnic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, June 7 at Claiborne West Park. “It’s great seeing kids having fun,” Sheriff Keith Merritt said after Tuesday’s session of the Orange County Commissioners...
For more than a century, baseball players, managers and fans have had some kind of beef about the balls and strikes umpire behind home plate. As a former professional pitcher myself, I can verify the fact that each umpire has his own personal strike zone when he is working behind the plate. The trick is knowing where each umpire’s favorite strike zone is located. Very rarely can you watch a major league baseball game on television without that rectangular box being superimposed on the screen denoting the strike zone the w...
Geraldine “Gerry” DeCuir Landry, 77, a longtime Bridge City resident, passed away peacefully on May 13, 2019 from Alzheimers disease. She was a loving wife, mother, sister and friend who lived a Christian life. Gerry, the first child of Denis “Dan” DeCuir, Sr. and Eula Hollier DeCuir, was born on August 17, 1941 in Port Arthur, Texas. She lived in the Lakeview area and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. She was educated at St. James School and graduated from Thomas...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is currently accepting nominations for Father of the Year 2019 through May 31st. Do you know an outstanding dad who goes above and beyond? Nominate him for Father of the Year! In addition to receiving over $1,000 in great gifts from local businesses, the Father of the Year will be recognized at the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce’s Networking Coffee on June 11, 2019 at Gateway CDJR, participate in the Bridge City Christmas Light Parade as a dignitary and be recognized at the Bridge City C...
Please join us at Bridge City Public Library in Bridge City for our Texas State Library's Reading Club 2019 starting June 12th. The dates are June 12, June 19, June 26, July 3,July 10,July 17 and July 24 from 11AM until Noon and is for ages Pre K-5th grades. Please register June 3rd-June 7th and receive a reading log. Record the time you ready each day. We suggest at least 15 minutes daily. Return the reading log by July 17th. Only those who return logs will receive recognition. All children must be accompanied by a parent...
James “Jim” Earl Goodman, 69, of Orange, Texas, passed away at his home on May 17, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, May 23, 2019 at St. Francis Church, 4300 Meeks Drive, Orange, Texas, with a visitation from 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Born in Orange, Texas, on June 21, 1949, Jim was the son of Earl Goodman and Juanita Critz. He was a paratrooper in the National Guard where he made over 100 jumps. He was a Policeman with the city of Orange for 15 years...
Photo: Bridge City Mayor David Rutledge presents a proclamation declaring May as “Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month” Tuesday night in City Council chambers. Members of the Texas Elite Bikers, Maverick Motorcycle Club, Prodigal Motorcycle Club and COC and I were on hand for the presentation. Dave Rogers For The Record While Bridge City waits to hear good news from the General Land Office, officials are doing everything to be ready when it comes. As part of a $5 billion Hur...
