Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
Hometown News For Orange County, Texas
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April 16, 2019 Bridge City, Texas: The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce was excited to hold a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Bridge City Bank to kick-off their 60th Anniversary Celebration on April 5, 2019. Bank President Scott Hale cut the ribbon made of cash and red ribbon to commemorate the occasion. Bridge City Bank provided free food, live music and the Strutters drill team performed at the community wide celebration held at the Bridge City location. Senior Vice President Kim Davis, said, “Our strong point is that we s...
Photo: The Orange County Airport will be hosting a Fly-In from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 27th at the Orange County Airport located at 2640 S. Highway 87. It is open to the public and admission is free. For those wanting to really get up close and personal, rides will be available for purchase from the Commemorative Air Force Gulf Coast and Houston Wings in a1947 Beechcraft model D18S. In addition, free rides will be given to children ages 8 to 17 years old through the Young...
Dave Rogers For The Record Early voting starts Monday, April 22 and continues until Tuesday, April 30 for the May 4 city and school district elections. Bridge City ISD will hold one contested school board race and a $46.1 million bond election, with most of the money going to a new $35.9 million middle school campus with room for 950 students to accommodate the district’s growth. Although the cities of Bridge City and Pinehurst will not hold elections because of no contested r...
Regardless of how quickly you hear or read any fishing report it is still old news.That is not to say that gathering any information that will give you a head start should not be an integral part of your planning, but conditions can change overnight and you have to be able to adapt. I had a very good partner when I initially started fishing team tournaments for money back in the early 70’s and until we learned that lesson we struggled. In addition to that mistake, we were notorious for abandoning our own pattern at the v...
The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce that the April Student of the Month for Bridge City High School is Carissa Slaughter. Carissa was presented her certificate and gift bag by Lifetime Ambassador Shirley Zimmerman at the April Networking Coffee hosted by Total Care Medical Center. She received gift certificates and gifts from: COS Printing, Wellspring Credit Union, Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, Sabine Federal Credit Union, Sabine River Ford,...
Courtesy photo California-native and country music artist Gary Allan returns to Southeast Texas this spring for a performance at Ford Park Arena in Beaumont. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m., Friday, April 12, at all Ticketmaster outlets. The Record Country music star Gary Allan is hitting the road this spring and he has once again added a local stop on his itinerary. Gary Allan will perform inside Ford Park Arena in Beaumont on Friday, June 14. Tickets are $35.75 - $96.75 and...
Dave Rogers For The Record Keep your fingers crossed. Knock on wood. Orangefield ISD Superintendent Stephen Patterson says this looks like the year the Texas Legislature does right by Texas’ public schools. “This is the most hopeful I’ve been in a lot of sessions,” Patterson said. “It’s the first time in a long time I don’t think public education is on the defense.” May 15 is the final day for Texas’ every-other-year lawmakers to act and finalize bills for the signature of...
Photo: Meet the cast, directors and emcee of Southeast Texas Hospice Mystery Dinner Theater, “The Fifth Gospel.” Front row l to r: Susan Grant, Jennifer McConnel, Adam Conrad, Mindy Currie, Carolyn Mello, Penny LeLeux, Krispen Walker, and Nolan LeBlanc. Back row: Chuck Grant, Shaun McConnel, Jan Freeman, Jody Chesson, Betty Davis Pruitt, Robert Currie and Codie Vasquez. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux Penny LeLeux For The Record Directors Adam Conrad and Jody Cormier and some of...
Dave Rogers For The Record Early voting starts Monday, April 22 and continues until Tuesday, April 30 for the May 4 city and school district elections. Although the cities of Bridge City and Pinehurst will not hold elections because of no contested races, a total of 19 candidates are battling for nine spots in elections for the cities of Orange and West Orange, plus the Bridge City, Little Cypress-Mauriceville and West Orange-Cove school districts. Today, the Record...
Photo: Incoming Orange Port Director Lorrie Taylor, right, shakes hand with her former boss, retiring port director Gene Bouillion Monday in the port’s boardroom. Dave Rogers For The Record After a months-long nation-wide search for a new CEO, the Orange County Navigation and Port District commissioners found their target in their own boardroom. Lorrie Taylor, the Port’s Director of Administration and Finance since 2014, is the unanimous choice to succeed Gene Bouillion as...
March 5, 2019 Bridge City, Texas: The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce was pleased to hold a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Greek Gyros newly opened restaurant in Bridge City on March 5, 2019. Owner Marco Nokshiqi cut the ribbon to commemorate the occasion. Greek Gyros is locally owned and operated by brothers Marco and Jimmie who also own Romano’s Italian Restaurant in Bridge City and are now hiring at both locations. Greek Gyros serves a variety of Greek food such as gyros, k...
Both the Mauriceville Middle School and Little Cypress Junior High Bands came back from Concert and Sight-Reading Contest with Sweepstakes awards, which means that they got the highest ranking possible in each phase of the contest. There are three judges in each of these sections. Kathy Smith and Justin Hargraves are directors of the Mauriceville Middle School bands. The Panther Band came home with a 1 (best possible score) from all 6 judges. Dan Wilhelm and Jesse Winecoff...
E Even those sports fans who weren’t into college basketball found that last week’s Elite Eight segment of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament heart-stopping at times as close games stimulated by huge rallies were the rule rather than the exception. Although three of the four No. 1 seeds were still in contention for the upcoming national championship going into Thursday’s Elite Eight, just one—Virginia—is still alive for Saturday’s semifinal round of the Final Four. The North Carolina Tar Heels, who is usually among the Fin...
Photo: Bridge City Bank is in the celebration mood and mode. It will mark its 60th year in business with “A Community Wide Celebration” from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, April 5. Dave Rogers For The Record When Bridge City Bank decided to change its logo a few years ago, the big bosses didn’t pay consultants to design an alternative. Kim Davis, senior vice president at Bridge City Bank, shows a visitor a drawing of the bank’s original building. “We got together and sketched...
The award winning Bridge City High School Strutters competed at the American Dance National/International Dance Contest located at the University of North Texas recently. The team earned National Champions in their team division. The last time they earned this distinction was in 2011. The Strutters also won National Champion awards in all four dances which include modern, novelty, prop, and pom. They earned National Academic Champions for having the highest grade point...
4 blue and white pinwheels spin in the breeze Tuesday afternoon in front of the Orange County Courthouse. The pinwheels represent the 211 Texas children who lost their lives to abuse of neglect. CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates, held a Pinwheel Memorial Vigil at the courthouse Tuesday, reminding April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers...
Photo by Anne Payne, Record Staff The Jean-Pierre family of Orange was named the AAUW Library Family of Year Saturday, March 30, at the City of Orange Public Library by American Association of University Women LFOY Chair Mary Ann Fetchin. From left, are Janeviev Jean-Pierre, a first grader at West Orange Elementary; the mom, Amanda Jean-Pierre, a Clinical Ocologist in Lake Charles; and Erich Jean-Pierre, a fifth grader at West Orange Elementary. Erich's favorite books are...
The Strutters Drill/Dance Team traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii during Spring Break to perform a military routine beside the USS Missouri in honor of all veterans, living and deceased. As the Strutters performed, they could see across the waters of Pearl Harbor that included the USS Arizona. This humbling experience was followed by the United States flag that was raised and lowered from the Fantail of the Ship on 11 November 2018 was printed to the Strutters....
Photo: Judge Pat Clark, swears in Carl Thibodeaux as Orange County Judge last Friday, March 29, in the 128th District Courtroom. Dave Rogers For The Record Retired District Judge Pat Clark was about to swear in Carl Thibodeaux for his sixth term as Orange County Judge last week, prefacing his remarks with, “My wife told me to watch what you say.” “What I will say is ‘Look at us two Democrats up here.’” After being tapped last Wednesday to replace Dean Crooks as Orange Coun...
The Bridge City Cardinals are the boys 22-4A district champions in tennis. The team participated in the district tournament in Beaumont last week. Taking home the silver medal in Boys Singles was Lorenz Schrader. Schrader played an epic four hour match in the finals before falling 5-7; 7-5; 7-6 (5) to Hardin Jefferson. In the Boys Doubles division, the Perry brothers once again dominated. Camden and Kian dropped only two games in their move thru the bracket. Also in the Boys...
Orange County Commissioners voted 4-0 Wednesday to name longtime former County Judge Carl Thibodeaux to fill the job again, replacing Dean Crooks, who resigned March 13. Thibodeaux served as County Judge in Orange for 20 years, 1995 through 2014, before retiring. How long he’ll serve this time around seems up in the air. While the motion by County Judge Pro-Tem John Gothia was “to name Carl Thibodeaux to fill the remainder of the term until December 31, 2020,” both Thibo...
Photo by Tommy Mann Jr. The Grand Event Center of the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles was alive with the sound of hard rock and power ballads this past Saturday (March 23, 2019) as rock acts Winger and Firehouse performed. Winger, featuring Kip Winger, at left, and Reb Beach, dazzled the enthusiastic audience with its hits such as “Madalaine,” “Hungry,” “Headed for a Heartache,” “Can’t Get Enough,” “Easy Come Easy Go” and “Seventeen....
June Wingate was born June 8, 1929 in Braggadocio, Missouri and was eagerly awaiting her 90th birthday, but passed away of natural causes on March 25, 2019 in Houston, Texas, as her last child listened to her last heartbeat. She was the oldest daughter and second child of Ruby Delia Opal Farmer and Robert Preston Woodside. Her life was defined by the importance of family, going back to her years as an orphan at The Mission Free Home and The Rock House in Missouri, where she...
Photo: Maureen McAllister, director of United Way Orange County, is looking for volunteers to help rebuild homes on Day of Caring, Friday, May 3. Dave Rogers For The Record The United Way of Orange County couldn’t have picked a better time to hold its first Day of Caring. With hundreds of homes still not totally rebuilt 18 months after being flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey, Day of Caring hopes to take a bunch of those homes off the to-do list with its one-day of volunteer s...
For the Record After more than 25 years in law enforcement, Eric Ellison has announced his retirement. "I have been offered an opportunity to pursue a career path in the petrochemical field," Ellison said. "After much prayer and consideration with my family, this is an opportunity we can't pass up." The Southeast Texas native graduated from Buna High School in 1992. It was in the Buna Junior High School band where he first discovered his love for music and how to read sheet...
