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Mustangs: Best in Texas! Beat Pleasant Grove • Bring Home The State Championship

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Vol. 58 No. 84

The Community Newspaper of Orange, Texas

Week of Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Trahan leads court’s support of Mustangs wore blue and silver WO-S shirts Tuesday. Lori Ardoin, county human resource director, shouted, “Go Mustangs!” Trahan’s son, Justin, is a second-year coach for the Mustangs. His daughter,

Cody, pitched Little CypressMauriceville to a softball state championship. While the final commissioners’ court meeting of 2017 closed with a ‘Let’s go!,” it opened with a ‘Way to Go!’ directed at Bridge City Katie

Dial Cogbill. She joined the U.S. Air Force in order to have access to better medical treatment for her autistic son and along the way, she not only aided her son but built an awardwinning career.

Now Senior Airman Katie Mae Cogbill, she was saluted by commissioners at the start of Tuesday’s meeting for being named Airman of the Year for the U.S. Air COUNTY BUSINESS Page 3A

The Real Meaning of Christmas U.S. Air Force Airman Katie Cogbill, front right, is all smiles after being honored Tuesday by members of the Orange County Commissioners’ Court, back row, from left, Johnny Trahan, Barry Burton, Stephen Brint Cartlton, John Gothia and Jody Crump; and, front left, Lanie Brown from the office of U.S. Rep. Brian Babin. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers

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Orange County Commissioner Johnny Trahan led off the comments section of Tuesday’s Commissioners’ Court session with a message of support for the West Orange-Stark Mustangs. “This will be their fourth straight trip to the state championship game,” Trahan said. “That’s something where you have a lot of different players come through and contribute to make something like that. “And this year, it wasn’t

supposed to happen. Everybody said they can’t make it back next year. They lost too many kids. And here they are, and they’re a great bunch.” The Mustangs play Texarkana Pleasant Grove in the Class 4A-Division II state championship football game Friday at 3 p.m. in AT&T Stadium. WO-S has won backto-back state crowns. Trahan led off the court’s comments and the other three commissioners and County Judge nodded in approval. Trahan and Commissioner John Gothia both

Voters say “No” to hospital district Dave Rogers

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Orange County voters hated the idea of a hospital district even more than they loved Donald Trump last year. Eighty-three-point-five percent of the voters in Tuesday’s special election rejected the measure to form a hospital district that would have authority to levy taxes. Only 16.5 percent of the 7,600 voters marked their ballot in favor of creating a process supporters say is necessary in order to gain better medical care for Orange County, the largest county in the state without a hospital. “I think it’s a clear message that Orange County wants less government and less taxes,” David Covey, chairman of the county’s Republican Party, said. Orange County voted 80 percent in favor of Republican Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. However, there were nearly 32,000 voters in that one. Stephen Lee, president and CEO of First Financial BankOrange, was a signer of the petition that forced the election. He’s not giving up on bringing a new hospital to the county. “I think the conversation is

alive and well, and there’s a great deal of interest,” he said. “There’s a lot more people who want a hospital in Orange County than those who don’t.” There is already talk of submitting another petition after reworking the terms of the original vote – lowering the taxing ceiling from 18 cents per $100 valuation, maybe not making it countywide. “There’s a group out there that wants to come back at a zero tax rate, and that would create some incremental Medicare and Medicaid funding that doesn’t exist today,” Lee said. “But it would not give us the public investment that a lot of private hospitals are looking for before they will invest in your community. “I don’t know what the right number is. I’ve heard a lot of people say, ‘Should Vidor be included? Should Bridge City be included?’ I think we can all get in a room over the right geographic and financial breakdown.” Asked about the possibility of supporters putting forth a new petition for another election in the near future, Covey first said it was not likely. “I don’t think anybody HOSPITAL Page 3A

Rhonda Harmon’s PreK3 students were all dressed in costume rehearsing for St. Mary Catholic School Annual Christmas Program. The spectacular program depicted the real meaning of Christmas, the Birth of Jesus Christ. All students participated and contributed to the success of the program under the direction of Mr. Andrew Guidry, Music Teacher. Everyone was amazed at the talented singers, beautiful background art and realistic props. PreK3 students pictured peeking into the manger are (left to right) Noah Broxson, Mayve Carlton, Rylan Howington, Simon Boehme, Karter Howington and Melany Andchondo.

Bengal, Coast Guard vet outlasts Harvey Dave Rogers

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Nearly 80 years after being at the center of a momentous time in the history of Orange, Ruby Parks had a frontrow seat for local history’s latest chapter. As Tropical Storm Harvey dumped inch after inch of rain on Orange Aug. 29, the 94-year-old widow was rescued by boat from her twobedroom home near Northway Shopping Center as floodwaters rose. “I’ve been blessed my

whole life, but I found out since Harvey just how much my kids love me,” she said recently. After a nearby niece helped her to dry land, Parks’ son Boyd came from Port Neches to gather what keepsakes he could and take charge of the house. Then Ruby moved to Virginia for a short time, to live with daughter Lynda and her family. Meanwhile, Boyd and his wife found Ruby found her a new place to live, in an RUBY PARKS Page 3A

Ruby Parks of Orange went from playing a bugle with the Bengal Guards to a World War II hitch in the Coast Guard. Tropical Storm Harvey chased her out of her home last summer. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers

LSC-O’s Chiasson earns Rogers Award Dave Rogers

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Bridge City native Charlotte Chiasson retired from her job at Lamar State College-Orange with the close of the Fall 2017 semester. But no one expects her to end her years of giving back to her hometown. “I’m going to miss her, but I know she’s going to continue to step forward and do a whole lot of things for her

community,” Gwen Whitehead, LSCO Vice President, said last week, when Chiasson was presented the Julie and Ben Rogers Community Service Award. The presentation was made in a short ceremony Thursday, Dec. 14 at Lamar University in Beaumont. The Rogers Family set up an endowment in 1979 to annually provide a $1,000 cash award to a member of the Lamar University faculty or

staff who made a significant contribution to public service in Southeast Texas. The award was expanded a decade later to recognize four annual winners, one representing each of the four regional campuses carrying the Lamar name. Dr. Freddie Titus was this year’s award recipient from Lamar University, Sherry Kilgore the winner for Lamar Institute of Technology and Scott Street won for La-

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mar State College Port Arthur. Regina Rogers, daughter of the couple who spent their lifetimes sharing their wealth by giving back to their community, saluted the 2017 award winners as “very, very worthy of being recognized” and “people who are giving of themselves to the community in addition to giving to the schools. CHIASSON Page 3A

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Stark Foundation books receive national awards Staff Report For The Record

The Long Shadow: The Lutcher-Stark Lumber Dynastywritten by Ellen Rienstra and Joan Stiles, have received national awards this year. They also received a 2017 AASLH Award.

Branding the American West: Paintings and Films, 1900-1950, edited by Sarah E. Boehme and Marian Wardle have received national awards this year.

DuPont reunion for maintenance

Dave Rogers The “good old days” were a hot topic in the maintenance department at DuPont’s Sabine River Works last week. With a corporate merger with Dow Chemical under way that has trimmed a third of DuPont’s workers nationwide in the past two years, the good old days are a hot topic everywhere at the plant.

But Wednesday, Dec. 13, it was time for the maintenance department’s annual retiree reunion luncheon. More than 40 men and women who made their livings at the Orange plant, including Bridge City mayor David Rutledge, were honored by current department employees. “What I remember is working for good people and working with good people,” Tommy Thomas, 80, of Or-

ange said. He worked at SRW from 1959-1999. “My son pretty well explained it: ‘You know, Daddy, you folks at DuPont don’t have to join a country club. The personnel department took care of that. They hired good people.’” Jerry Ehrman of Orange, plant manager from 19942006, was attending his third reunion. “This is a really neat thing they do,” he said. “It’s nice to be able to get together and see people you spent a lifetime with. You can meet some new people and give thanks for good times, for better times.”

The Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation proudly announces that two publications, Branding the American West: Paintings and Films, 1900-1950, edited by Sarah E. Boehme and Marian Wardle and The Long Shadow: The LutcherStark Lumber Dynasty written by Ellen Rienstra and Joan Stiles, have received national awards this year. Branding the American West: Paintings and Films, 1900-1950, co-edited by the Stark Museum of Art’s curator, Dr. Sarah Boehme, and printed by the University of Oklahoma Press has received three awards this year. This publication was a companion to the Branding the American West: Paintings and Films, 1900 – 1950 traveling exhibition that featured collections from both the Stark Museum of Art and Brigham Young Museum of Art. Between 2016 and 2017 exhibition was hosted at the Brigham Young Museum of Art in Provo, UT, the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, VA, and the Stark Museum of Art. Initially Branding the American West won First Place in the Publication Design Competition of the Mountain Plains Museum Association. In September, the publication received an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH.) The AASLH Leadership in History Awards, now in its 72nd year, is the most prestigious recognition for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history. This past November the publication received the 2017 Paterson Kerr Award Book Award for the best-illustrated book on the history of the American West from the Western History Association. The Paterson Kerr Award Committee was extremely impressed with the originality of Branding the American West, its scope, and its significant contribution to the field of western history. Sarah Boehme, Stark Museum of Art curator, was able to attend all threeaward presentations. The

Long Shadow: The LutcherStark Lumber Dynasty, written by Ellen Walker Rienstra and Jo Ann Stiles, also received a 2017 AASLH Award. This publication is from The H.J Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports, The University of Texas at Austin and distributed by Tower Books, an Imprint of the University of Texas Press, The book is a culmination of many years’ research on the history of the illustrious Lutcher/Stark lumbering family of Southeast Texas. Described by co-author Ellen Rienstra, “The book serves as a chronicle of the Texas Lumber industry; a sizeable segment of the history of the University of Texas; an intriguing family saga; and a portrayal of the mores, customs, terrain, and clime of Southeast Texas, an intriguing family saga; and a portrayal of the mores, customs, terrain, and clime of Southeast Texas, an area unique to the rest of the state. This work represents the culmination of the first

time the extensive archives of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Foundation have been made available to researchers.” Rienstra and coauthor Stiles attended the Awards Banquet in Austin in September. The Stark Foundation President and CEO Clyde V. McKee, III noted, “The Staff and Board are very pleased to have these publications that highlight the vision and legacy of the Founders, Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark, be well received locally, regionally, and nationally.” Both Branding the American West and The Long Shadow are available for purchase at the Stark Museum of Art Tuesday – Saturday between 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Please note the Museum will be closed for the holidays between December 24, 2017 and January 1, 2018.About the Stark Museum of Art Stark Museum of Art is located at 712 Green Avenue in Orange, Texas, and is open Tuesday -Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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special train to take us to Chicago for the Chicagoland Music Festival and we stayed at the Stevens Hotel. “That was something for us small town girls to be pampered and taken on a trip. Most high school activities were restricted to around town. But we went on trips.” The Bengal Guards graced the cover of Life Magazine in 1940. And Parks was recruited to join the Coast Guard band. But by the time she obtained her mother’s permission to enlist, on her 20th birthday, the band slot had been filled. Ruby came out of basic training as a twice-promoted yeoman, the military’s term for an office worker. She was stationed some in Port Arthur – that’s where the Guardsmen who were working on the LSTs taking troops in to beachheads came for shore duty – but mostly in New Orleans. “I was in the Eighth Naval District Headquarters in New Orleans, in the supply division,” she said. Parks’ four brothers, Leroy, Lawrence, Charles Jr. and “Skeet” all were in the military during World War II, two serving in Europe, two in the Pacific. A 1945 front-page newspaper story featured photos of all five Boehme siblings serving their country, but Ruby admits she never made much of her military service until recent years. “The boys did not talk about their experiences,” she said of her brothers. “I know Leroy was at Normandy on D-Day plus 6, but he never talked about what beach he was on. “Charles was with Patton, but he never talked about the war when he got back.

“They just didn’t talk about it. I didn’t feel like I was a part of that, because I didn’t have to see the fighting. “All I can say is I sent a sailor to sea.” After her year with Hormel’s drum and bugle corps, Parks went to college at Adelphi College in Garden City, N.Y. to study music. But she only got to stay a year because her father died. “I came home to help take care of Mom,” she said. She went to work for Consolidated/U.S. Steel and met her husband, B.W. Parks. They married in 1957, built their house on N. 16th Street in 1963 and by 1966, Ruby was back at work, this time in the offices of the Equitable Bag Company. She became active in the National Secretaries Association for a couple of decades before retiring in 1988. B.W. retired from his job at Jefferson Chemical in 1989 and the pair traveled from coast-to-coast and Canada in an RV, seeing numerous national parks along the trail. Parkinson’s Disease claimed B.W.’s life in 2008. Doctors found a small spot of cancer in Ruby’s lungs earlier this year. “Thank goodness it was small,” she said. “They did radiation and right before Harvey hit, they gave me the all clear.” Since Harvey, Parks has not been back to see her home of 50-plus years. “I did not want to see it like that,” she said. “I turned it over to [Realtor] Debbie Hughes. “Luckily I kept up my flood insurance. That’s what made it easy for me. Boyd said the adjuster and the insurance company were generous, so thank you, Lord.”

2016 book, titled “The History of Prairie View-Bridge City,” to the building fund. The book was the result of years of interviews with early residents of the area, which was not called Bridge City until 1941. Chiasson was named Bridge City Citizen of the Year for 2016. “I am so honored,” she said at Thursday’s ceremony. “And, of course, I work at the best campus in Southeast Texas, Lamar State CollegeOrange.” Chiasson, one of 11 children in her family, shared her award with her family, especially her six sisters, five of whom attended the event. “As a community volunteer, I always ask my sisters to volunteer with me, because they’re the only ones I can count on,” Chiasson said. “Every time there’s something to do, whether it be the Chamber of Commerce or the library, they’re there when we start, they’re there when we finish. They’re a

part of this honor, too. This family is everything.” Whitehead, who pinch-hit for LSCO President Mike Shahan after he was delayed because of an auto accident that shut down Interstate 10, said the Lamar State family will miss Chiasson. “It’s kind of bittersweet for me to be presenting her this award. For as long as I can remember, Charlotte has been at LSCO. She’s always been somebody I knew I could call on and ask a question of. “In the community, Charlotte has served that same kind of role. She’s done numerous things … The thing I really want to sing her praises for, something that’s near and dear to me as an old English teacher, Charlotte is committed to not just her job but also to giving everybody else the gift of reading, the Bridge City Public Library. “We’re very proud of her for that.”

Orange retirement community. And in her new home, Parks proudly displays several framed photos saved from Harvey’s wrath – the 1939 Bengal Guards drum and bugle corps and her official U.S. Coast Guard portrait taken during World War II. The two groups were inexplicably connected in Parks’ life. So, too, was the year she spent in the Hormel Girls Drum and Bugle Corp. Sponsored by the Hormel Meat Company as a way to employ women military veterans after the war, it was a very competitive outfit when Parks belonged, though it would later evolve into more of an advertising vehicle for SPAM and Dinty Moore. “George Hormel was a big Legionnaire and he put us up in a college dormitory in Connecticut all summer to learn a new routine,” she said. “It was a national competition for drum and bugle corps and we came in third. The top two were made up of World War I veterans that had been in drum and bugle corps for years.” As a teenager, the fourth of Charles and Ida Boehme’s five children played the bugle, herald trumpet and glockenspiel in the Bengal Guards, the Orange High showband conceived and paid for by local timber and oil tycoon Lutcher Stark. Stark had hired Elizabeth Smith “Smitty” Hustmyre away from a job directing the Port Arthur Red Hussars drum and bugle corps. He bought uniforms and instruments to start the outfit in 1936. “He spent a lot of money,” Parks recalled. “We went to the Sugar Bowl [in New Orleans], and he chartered a

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Force’s 19th Airlift Wing and . “As a member of the Air Force also, I know they don’t just give these awards out,” County Judge Stephen Brint Carlton, a major in the Air Force Reserve, said. “It takes a lot of work, especially to win at a wing level. So, congratulations.” Cogbill, 28, the daughter of Vickie Scales and Wayne Dial, graduated from Bridge City High School in 2008 and married Daniel Cogbill. Their son, Barrett, was born in 2010, and was diagnosed with autism about a year later. The couple sought the best treatment for Barrett and decided what Orange could offer wasn’t enough. “We just didn’t feel like he was getting the resources he needed here,” Katie said, “and I have a cousin who was in the Navy, who also has an autistic son, who got really good resources for her son. “That’s what really made me think, ‘OK, the military might be the way to go.’ And it turns out that it really was.” Katie joined the Air Force in 2014 and, after basic training, became a certified EMT. She earned an advanced

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certification in pediatrics in 2015 and was most recently responsible for patients at the Women’s Health Clinic at Little Rock [Arkansas] Air Force Base. She has won the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award and the Air Force Good Conduct Medal. She was honored last week in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman Brian Babin for being named Air Force Medical Service Aerospace Medical Technician of the Year for Air Medical Command. Also at Tuesday’s meeting, county leaders agree to spend $8,400 on an electronic cell-check system for the Orange County Jail. Sheriff Keith Merritt said it will integrate with a current computerized jail control system and meet the requirements of the “Sandra Bland Act” passed by the state legislature. He said the first vendor he checked prices with wanted more than $50,000. “It [$8,400] seems to be a very reasonable price for what we’re getting,” Commissioner Barry Burton said. Merritt also submitted for the court’s approval a contract for psychiatric services

Hospital district election would be foolish enough to do that,” he said. Then he softened. “Maybe if they talk to more people and have more answers and can get more people on board,” Covey said. “I’m always willing to sit down and talk to Ross Smith

with Edward Gripon of Beaumont, but no action was taken. Commissioner Jody Crump asked to delay the vote until the Jan. 2 meeting because Crump hadn’t had time to look it over. Commissioners also agreed to extend the county’s debris-hauling contract with AshBritt Inc., for 90 days past its Dec. 31 expiration. The county is beginning this week the removal of hazardous waste and e-waste, the Emergency Management Department announced via news release. The final stages of Hurricane Harvey-generated storm debris has a projected completion date of Jan. 14. Thursday is the projected completion date for private property debris collection. For assistance with debrisrelated questions, call the Orange County storm debris hotline at 409-745-9809. It is manned from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Orange County landfill will be open for citizen dropoff of storm debris from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday through Jan. 13.

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Early voting margins were nearly identical to the final tally, 16.24 percent in favor with 83.76 percent opposed. A total of 1,975 people voted Tuesday, Dec. 19. The final early-plus-election day vote totals were 1,253 for and 6,342 against.

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“You’re spreading love in your community and making a difference,” Rogers said. “The transformational differences from your acts of goodness and kindness and your acts of commitment and dedication were extraordinary.” Charlotte Schexnider Chiasson is a Bridge City High School grad. She spent 15 years working for the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce before going to work for Lamar State College-Orange, where she served as administrative assistant to Suzonne Crockett, Director of Education, Mathematics and Leisure Learning. Chiasson was a charter member of Friends of the Bridge City Public Library, a group of citizens who raised money to build the city library, which opened in 1991. A recent project more than doubled the library’s size, one that required nearly $200,000 and a decade of fundraising. Chiasson donated proceeds from the sales of her

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Neighborhood. The son of Karen and Keith and brother of Kody and Kegan, Kevin, was the flag bearer for the Bridge City Cardinals. On Dec. 29, he will marry pretty Erin Peters of South Lake.*****Ms. Phyl and Roy will be completing their 53rd year together on New Year’s Eve. They just keep rolling along. *****Also celebrating on Dec. 31 are Barbie and Jerry Childress. ***** Honored with a surprise 40th Anniversary party on the 22nd were Mark and Becky Messer. Marcy Messer said it was the first time she was ever able to pull something off without anybody getting wise. *****Judge Buddie Hahn, who just the other day was a young lawyer, turned 64 last Friday. Happy birthday Judge. *****Happy birthday to Jim Sharon Bearden on Dec. 27, one of the greatest guys we know. *****Jessie Domingue, a very talented guy, celebrates his day on Dec. 31. *****Our buddy Ms. Ann Segura marks another year Dec. 26. (Editor’s note: Boy, I miss her.)

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN 10 Years Ago-2007 THE JOY OF MANY CHRISTMASES For many years now Creaux and I have seen many Christmas days come and go. For the past 27 years Creaux and I have worked together. Before him, the Office Hound and I knocked out several years of columns at the Opportunity Valley News. I started writing a 3,000 word column by hand I might add, long before Charlie Wilson was a congressman, Wayne Peveto wasn’t out of law school, the kid from West Texas, the pride of Sanderson, Buddie Hahn, had not yet arrived in Orange County. Sharon Bearden was fresh out of law school. H.D. Pate had just arrived. It was before Pete Runnels got in politics, before Grover became county judge and before James ‘Stick’ Stringer became a JP and county judge. You get the idea, I’ve been at this a long time, probably have handwritten a million words that someone had to type, proof and send to production. We have mentioned thousands of people in this column over the years who are no longer with us, many of them personal friends. Every year as we sit here to wish everyone Merry Christmas we know the new year will bring the loss of more friends. The older we get the larger number we lose. We have been witness to many events and the changing of the guard for every elected office. Some of the greatest people we’ve known are those elected officials who offer themselves to public service. I’m sure we have ruffled a few feathers but we never printed anything we didn’t believe to be true. We haven’t always been right, but we’ve been right a hell of a lot more than wrong. In summation, this column, along with our paper going out to everyone who wants one, has been our Christmas gift all year long, thanks to our family of advertisers who make it all possible. We are totally home owned and sincerely have worked for many years to convince consumers to shop locally. Everyone benefits. We welcome all advertisers to give us a try. We reach more Orange County readers than all other publications combined. We bring your message directly to the consumer. The best value for your buck. From all of us at The Record, we wish for you and yours a very MERRY CHRISTMAS.

MUSTANGS AFTER THREEPEAT The West Orange Mustangs are headed to the state championship game for the fourth year in a row. The Mustangs will be looking to bring home their third state championship in the last three years. Their last three playoff games have been heart stoppers, like being scored on in the first play of the game. I could do with less suspense but I always love the outcome. The game against Pleasant Grove Hawks will be Friday, 3 p.m. It will be televised by Sports Southwest and carried on radio KOGT. I’ll watch it with a little delay, and turn the sound down and listen to Gary and John on the radio. Mustangs fans are encouraged to line the streets with signs, horns, bells, to see the team off. The team will leave West Orange-Stark High School at 8 a.m. Thursday morning, then go to North Early Learning Center. They will come back up 10 th to Green to West Orange-Stark Middle School, turn right on 16th and down all the way to the interstate. They will swing by East Orange-Stark Elementary on the way out. Show this great team Orange County is behind them all the way.***** The Newton game will also be on TV at 7 p.m. Thursday.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 10 Years Ago-2007 H.D. Pate bought himself a new car from Messer’s Chrysler store. A Christmas present to himself. He kept his pickup and his Mustang. He called to let me know how behind the times I am with my 1991 model. His car has a cell phone that works through the radio, a speakerphone, no need to hold a cell phone and cause a wreck. Al Judice, Harry Stephens, Ron Moreau and Pate all like toys. *****Back in 1982, Corky Harmon and Con. Charlie Wilson posed for a picture at an Orange Chamber banquet. The picture was taken by a photographer traveling with Charlie and sent to Corky by the Congressman’s office. On the back of the picture, written on Congressional stationary, Charlie wrote and signed; “Hold on to this, it will be worth a lot of money some day.” That was 36 years ago come Jan. 15. The movie ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ opened around the country last weekend and is drawing great reviews. Back then Charlie was like one of the homeboys that any day you might run into. That was when Orange County had stroke, before Tom DeLay and Rick Perry gave the voting power to the Houston area and made Orange County a hostage to the Woodlands. We no longer have a voice in who will represent us as we did with John Dowdy, Wilson and Jim Turner. It’s not Con. Kevin Brady’s fault, he’ll vote with his strength, which is Montgomery County. He votes with George Bush 98 percent of the time but that’s what the Woodlands expect him to do. (Editor’s Note: Today Kevin is a big voice in the Trump camp and one of the authors of the new tax bill.)*****Judge Derry Dunn is walking with a stick since knee surgery. Judge Joe Parkhurst looks and feels better now since a short stay in the hospital. Both judges made last week’s outing at Robert’s. *****Kevin Duplechin, Millard and Ms. Virginia’s grandson, was raised here in Mr. Cox’s

Margaret “Pug” Scales Granger, 79, of Orange, passed away Monday, December 17. Funeral services were held Friday, December 21. She was a lifelong resident of Orange. She is survived by her husband, Joe Neal “Buddy” Granger, Sr., daughter, Lynda K. Granger, sons, Joe Neal “Rusty” Granger, Jr., Roland W. “Rocky” Granger, Sr., and Barry M. Granger, sisters, Doris Peveto, Geneva Mancil, Jeanette Bullion, brother, Franklin Scales. *****Willie “Bill” Sartin, 90, of Bridge City died Thursday, December 20. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 23rd. He retired from Kansas City Southern Railroad where he was an engineer. He is survived by his wife, Jessie Lea Sartin, brother, Douglas Sartin, sister, Everretta Battrell, nieces and nephews.*****Loni Joe` Bean, 24, of Orange, passed away, Friday, December 21. Funeral Service was held Wednesday, December 26. She is survived by her parents, Mike and Suzanne Bean, grandmother Bessie Bean and grandfather James Reed., brothers Aaron Scalf, Mark Bean, Jeff Bean and Matthew Bean.*****Joann Wise, 75, of Orange, died Sunday, December 23. Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 26. She is survived by her husband, Noble W. Wise, Sr., daughter, Joan Marie Fortune, sons, Noble W. Wise, Jr., Clay Wise and Clint Wise, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 40 Years Ago-1977 Among the honor grads at Lamar were two Bridge City citizens, Thomas Hardin Moyers, who received a degree in Biology and Shelia Kaye Goodwin, Mathematics. ***** Doug Harrington celebrated on Dec. 15 and Flo Edgerly celebrated her birthday on Christmas Day. *****Over at Jim Austin Old-Cadillac is a bunch of great guys. John Smith and Benis Lee, owners, sales crew are Houston Baker, Wayne Baker, Jim Werner, Terry Burliea, Phillip Caillavet, Glenn Earl, Bob Garrestson, Steve Gilbert, Joe Hargrave, Joe Kazmar, L.J. Schrieber, John Stephenson, Ronnie Theriot and Scott Wooley. Service manager is Jack White and Jerry Wilson runs the body shop. Sixtyfour employees in all wish everyone a Merry Christmas. *****Judge Claude E. Wimberly, Pct. 1 JP, seeks a second term. Wimberly stated that one of the reasons he is seeking re-election is that he truly and sincerely likes to work with and help people. (Editor’s note: The Judge has since passed away.)*****Happy birthday to a couple of lovely, sexy ladies. Karen Jo Vance will celebrate her day on Dec. 28. She is an employee of Sallie Frazier in the County Clerk’s office. Long legged Norma Fusilier celebrates on Dec. 31. *****Not too sexy Jim Sharon Bearden will be a year older on Wednesday, Dec. 27. *****J.B. Bearden is a Notre Dame football fan and is betting that they will beat Texas in the Cotton Bowl. Big brother Sharon took him up on that bet. ***** Roy and Phyllis Dunn will celebrate 23 years on Dec. 31. ***** Happy anniversary also to ‘Speck’ and Rachael Faries, who celebrate 39 years on Jan. 1. *****Dolores Cantu, former counter girl at the Strand Theater, will be in the movie, ‘Saturday Night Fever’ with John Travolta. She will also appear on the television show ‘What Happened to the Class of 67?’ A West Orange grad, Dolores works as an airline stewardess when not modeling or acting. *****Earline Hilliard announces for third term as County Treasurer. A brand new, just arrived, 1978 Chevy pickup SWB Fleetside sells for $3,895 or $77 a month for 60 months at Harmon Chevrolet. *****Gov. Dolph Briscoe finally made his pick for the 260th. Dist. Court judgeship. He appointed Don Burgess on Saturday. Burgess was sworn in Sunday, Dec. 30 and went to work on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1978.

BREAUX BIRTHDAYS A few folks we know celebrating birthdays in the coming week. Dec. 20: Longtime friend ‘Kenny’ Kenneth Pigg, Annie Hargrave, Phillip Welch, Jeremy Granger, Matt Reeves, Marion Martin all celebrate. Joining them are actors Jnah Hill, 33, Jillian Rose Reed, 25 and Pop singer David Cook, 34.*****Dec. 21: A really great guy Judge Buddie Hahn, coach Rick Deutsch, Glenda Granger and Rachel Guidry celebrate birthdays on this day along with actors Samuel L. Jackson, 68, Jane Fonda, 79 and Kiefer Sutherland, 50.*****Dec. 22: Phyllis Broussard, Rodney Harmon, Yvonne Veillon, James Robbins, Dale Burns and Debi Foster all celebrate today. Celebrities joining them are Pop singers Meghan Trainor, 23 and Jordin Sparks, 27, politician Ted Cruz, 46 and TV personality Diane Sawyer, 71.*****Dec. 23: Celebrating on this day are Rodney Petty Sr., Jane Holton, Sue Cowling and our good buddy Chris Gunn. Also celebrating are actors Susan Lucci, 70 and Isabella Castillo, 22.*****Dec. 24: Toni Thompson, Terri Estes, Billy Moore, Mike Dillion, Sydni Beuhler and Al’s better half Helen DeRoche all celebrate today. Joining them are TV host Ryan Seacrest, 42, Pop singer Ricky Martin, 45 and actor Amaury Nolasco, 46.*****Dec. 25: Today is Christmas Day. Celebrating on this day are Judge Flo Edgerly, Earline Russell, Ronnie Hutchison and Evelyn Foster. Celebrities celebrating on this great day are singers Jimmy Buffett, 70 and Annie Lennox, 62, also celebrating is actress Sissy Spacek, 67*****Dec. 26: Ashley Burris, Jennifer Ferguson and John Podnewich also celebrating are Rock singer Chris Daughtry, 37 and actors Danielle Cormack, 46 and Kit Harrington, 30.

A FEW HAPPENINGS Retiring Administrative Assistant at LSC-O, Charlotte Chiasson, was one of four recipients of the 2017 Julie and Ben Rogers Community Service Award presented last Thursday at Lamar University in Beaumont.*****Cowboy Church of Orange County will be celebrating Christmas with a candlelight Christmas Eve service on Sunday, Dec. 24, at 5 p.m. All are welcome to attend at 673 FM 1078, in Orange.*****Happy Anniversary to our friends, Dan Mohan and his lovely wife Manon, celebrating 55 years of wedded bliss on Friday, Dec. 22. Congratulations, being married since 1962 is not a record but this day and time a damn good average.*****I got a note and picture from Buddy Stelten last week. A skunk was making himself comfortable on the tongue of his boat in the garage. The high water drove Buddy and wife Ann and their dog to seek high ground. They were rescued by the Cajun Navy. They left the skunk behind cold and shivering but out of the water. Skunks are apparently not the climbers. Sorry the picture couldn’t be reproduced.*****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch will hold its last gathering of the year this week at Robert’s. The Lunch Bunch will kick off 2018 on Wednesday, Jan. 3, at Tuffy’s. Hopefully all will attend and give a report on how their Holiday turned out. Everyone is always welcome.*****We had a nice visit with Jack’s better half, Juliet Smith, who filled us in on a upcoming program coming to the Golden K. Kiwanis on Jan. 10. It’s a great group for any senior citizen to attend. They meet at the Salvation Army each Wednesday at 9 a.m. and have great programs. Anyone can join. Call Anne Payne, at 313-7575, for more information. We will run more about this program in our Jan. 3 issue. Watch for it.*****Time keeps marching on. Our longtime friends Carol and Buddie Hahn will soon celebrate their 51st. wedding anniversary. I guess we’re all getting older. I recall their 11th. Best wishes for many more healthy years. By this time next year, Judge Hahn will be saying goodbye to a long, successful career.*****For the first time in 63 years, pretty Ms. Pauline will mark Christmas and the holiday season without longtime husband, the late Judge Claude Wimberly. Our thoughts are with her.*****We heard from Coach Les Johnson yesterday. He and Wanda are having all 34 members of their family over for Christmas. They now have seven great-grandchildren. Les makes Wanda walk with him three miles a day, five days a week. They’re in great shape for folks in their 80’s.*****Sorry to hear our buddy, Neighbor Cox, is battling a bad case of the flu, caught it from daughter Karen, who is now nursing him.*****Happy 50th wedding anniversary Dec. 22 to Becky and Dr. Mark Messer. It seems like just yesterday when Mark set up shop in Bridge City and he and Becky started raising their family. Congrats and best wishes*****We were sorry to learn about the death of Connie Marie Hock, 85, who died Dec. 10. She was such a pretty lady, married to “Buddy” until his death. For many years Connie worked at King’s Pharmacy. Our condolences to Danny and the family. .*****Dennis Duval says he is thankful he picked up last week’s Penny Record and read the story about Kree Harrison and Dennis’ old band “Three Legged Dawg” entertaining in Bridge City. He and pretty Ronda attended. If he wants to read this he needs to pick up a store copy.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK When T-Nonk Comeaux got to feeling better after his surgery, his friend Sostan, to be nice and to get his friend out of the house, took him fishing. Somewhere around da mouth of da Neches, dey hit someting and da motor it fell off in about 10-foot of water. Dat was a new boat and motor, da first boat Sostan ever own him. “Wat we gonna do?” T-Nonk axe. “I don’t know me, but we got to get dat new motor.” Sostan said. “Sostan you go down dere and get da motor and I’ll trow this rope over da side so you can pull it up if you have trouble, T-Nonk say. “Okay, me I’ll do dat,” say Sostan And he dive in and go straight to da bottom. Da water was clear and T-Nonk watch Sostan from da boat. He saw Sostan on da bottom, pulling da starter rope on da motor, trying to start it. T-Nonk say to his self, “Look at dat stupid Sostan, he oughta know he can’t start da motor dat way.” So T-Nonk him lean over da side and he hollow loud, loud, into da water, “Sostan, you gotta choke it!” “Choke it!” I said, “Choke it!”

C’EST TOUT Cruz amendment, public money for private schools. The Texas polls in the U.S. senate race indicate Senator Ted Cruz might be facing an uphill battle for re-election so he has added a school choice provision to the tax bill. In the recent weeks, since Cruz narrowly secured his ‘Student Opportunity Amendment” in the GOP bill, with the assist of Vice President Mike Pence, who cast the tie-breaking vote, the Cruz 2018 senate campaign has been heralding the moment to a key Texas constituency, religious conservatives. Cruz and his backers have described the measure as a turning point in the conservative struggle to allow public funds to open the doors of private schools. The amendment would allow $10,000 per child to be taken from tax-privileged 529 savings plans each year giving tax breaks to families that home school or send children to private or religious school. The Cruz backers see the policy as a significant win as he heads into the election year. It will cost the treasury about $500 million over 10 years. It’s a major win for advocates of school choice. It is a movement to boost charter and private schools as an alternative to public education. Such an idea has been a longtime in the making by Republicans. Opponents say it amounts to a subsidy for upper-income households at the expense of public schools. The real goal seems to be to take more and more children from public schools and put them into private schools and by doing so, shrink the funds that would be available to the public schools which gives all children a chance to get ahead. The vote to include Cruz’s amendment divided the senate 50-50 causing VP Pence to rush to the chambers to case the deciding vote in a late night senate vote. Opponents of the measure say it will deepen class inequality in education. Public school administrators will have plenty to say but it will be too late if the Trump tax bill passes this week. Cruz will use the amendment to try and keep his senate seat. Some believe he will face stiff competition in the General Election against Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rouke. The Cruz amendment is aimed at widening the gap between the far right and moderates. This race will be interesting to watch.*****My time is up, I thank you for yours. Have a great Christmas. Take care and God bless.

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Thrift & Gift Holiday Decorations î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e î&#x20AC;&#x201C;rift and Gift still has Fall and Christmas table pieces and wreaths . Our prices are reasonable. Come see us at 350 37th St. (between Salvation Army and Sabine Credit Union on Strickland Drive) in Orange. Call 409-886-7649 for information.

Pizza & Santa Everyone is invited to PIZZA & SANTA on Wednesday, DECEMBER 20, at 6:00 PM. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;ere will be free pizza, an opportunity for photo with Santa and a free gift bag for 12 and under. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;is is a ministry of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 945 W. Round Bunch Rd Bridge City, TX 77611. For more information please contact us at (409)735-4573, goodshepherdoctx@gmail.com, golutheran.org or Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Facebook

Blue Christmas Blue? Yes, blue as in the blues. As in "I am feeling blue." Not everyone is up and cheery for the Christmas holidays. Dealing with the death of a loved one, facing life after divorce or separation, coping with the loss of a job, living with cancer or some other disease that puts a question mark over the future, and many other human situations make parties and joviality painful for many people in our congregations and communities. On Wednesday, December 20, the night before the longest night of the year (Winter Solstice), join us at 6 p.m. at First United Methodist Church Orange located at 502 N. 6th Street, for a reďŹ&#x201A;ective service, accepting where we really are, and holding out healing and hope.

Master Gardener Upcoming Events î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e OCMGA will be having a rose training session on Saturday, 2-13-18 from 8:30 - 11:30 at Cormier Park, 8235 FM 1442 in OrangeďŹ eld. Cost is $15 which includes materials and 2 cuttings of your choice from our rose collection. Additional cuttings may be purchased. To enroll go to Or-

ange.agrilife.org and click on the EarthKind Roses Propagation Class or you may call 409 882-7010. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e OCMGA will be having their Annual Bloominâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Crazy Plant Fair, 3-24-18 from 8AM 1PM at Cormier Park 8235 FM 1442 in OrangeďŹ eld. All types of plants will be available such as Bedding plants, Texas SuperStars, Citrus, Avocados, Blueberries, Roses, Succulents, Trees, Shrubs and many more types of unusual plants. We are also looking for vendors who would be interested in renting space during our sale. Please send your information to sheribethard@yahoo.com for more information on space rental. Check our website https://txmg.org/orange for more information about the Annual Bloominâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Crazy Plant Fair.

BCHS CLASS OF 1974 Plans are currently being made for a class reunion to be held in the Spring of 2018. If you are interested please contact us at mimihernandez0@gmail.com or on Facebook at BCHS Class of 1974. Please contact your friends and share this information.

icated to helping children. For further information, please contact Anne Payne, Secretary, Golden K Kiwanis, 409.313.7575, annieoakley1116@gmail.com.

Fraternal Order of Eagles New Years Dance î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2523 members will be having a New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve Dance on Sunday, December 31st at 803 N. 28th St. in Orange starting at 8 pm until. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e band will be Creole Cookinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, and the cost is $10.00 a chair or $60.00 a table. Party Favors will be given out and you can bring your own snacks. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e public is invited to purchase tickets, so call to reserve your table now. We are open Tuesday thru Saturday, after 4 p.m., for more info you may call 409-8867381.

VFW to host Dance î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e VFW located at 5303 Hwy. 87 in Orange

will host Ivy Dugas for a dance on î&#x20AC;&#x201C;ursday, December 28th. For more information, please call 409-886-9738.

Orange Al-Anon meetings Al-Anon can help if someone close to you has a drinking or addiction problem. Al-Anon meets Sundays & Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m., North Orange Baptist Church, 4775 N. 16th St. (Rear), Orange, TX. Call 988-9886 or 474-2171 for more info. Calls are kept ConďŹ dential.

Al-Anon Meetings Al-Anon meetings are held on î&#x20AC;&#x201C;ursday's at 7p.m. in the Library at St. Henry's Catholic Church Education building located at 475 W. Roundbunch Rd. Bridge City. For more information please contact Cindy at 749-9036 or Mike 718-0333.

Eagles Hall available to rent î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e Eagles currently has openings to rent our hall for the following events: Parties, weddings, fund raisers, get togethers for family or friends and other occasions. Full service Bar, pool tables, music and a friendly sociable atmosphere. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e Eagles Hall is located at 803 N. 28th Street, behind Sparks Auto Sells. We are open Tuesday thru Saturday after 4:00 pm. Come by or call for more information at 409-886-7381.

Golden Kiwanis holiday Orange Golden K Kiwanis will not meet on the following Wednesdays: Dec. 20 or Dec. 27, due to the Seasonal Holidays. Regular meetings are now held in the Salvation Army Meeting Room at the corner of MLK and Strickland in Orange, beginning at 9 a.m. with coďŹ&#x20AC;ee, speaker at 9:30 a.m., and concluding at 10 a.m. Golden K Kiwanis is a non-proďŹ t international organization ded-

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Nathan Noyola Named Employee of the Month by Bridge City Chamber of Commerce. Pictured left to right: Ella McKinney, Linda Noyola, Amberly Noyola, Corbin Noyola, Nathan Noyola, Eric Andrus, and Elyse Thibodeaux. Photo courtesy of Bridge City Chamber of Commerce

Noyola named December Chamber Employee of Month î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce that Nathan Noyola, Superintendent of the City of Bridge City Parks and Recreation facilities, has been named November Employee of the Month. Nathan was presented his award, sponsored by Sabine River Ford, by Ambassador and Board Member Eric Andrus, Owner of COS Printing, at the December Networking CoďŹ&#x20AC;ee

hosted by Bridge City ISD. He received gifts and gift certiďŹ cates from the following businesses: Sabine Federal Credit Union, Total Impressions, Dupuis Tire & Service Center, î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e Penny Record, Bridge City Dairy Queen, Mary Kelone of Barefoot Souls, î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e Classy Peacock, Neches Federal Credit Union, Complete StaďŹ&#x192;ng, Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, 5Point Credit Union, and Best Day Spa.

One of the Sunday School classes at Trinity Baptist in Orange assembled once more, as in previous years, at the home of Marcelle Adams on Fri., Dec. 15, for a Christmas luncheon. Food items included. a pea salad, shrimp, a cherry nut salad, a green whipped pineapple salad, pizza bites, cookies, brownies, and home- made hot cider. Hostess Marcelle read several spiritual items after the meal. All agreed that Orange County has been through a lot due to Tropical Storm Harvey in Aug., changing many lives of residents forever. It was noted that several class members were relocated due to Harvey by moves, loss of homes, health issues, etc. Pictured from left are Margaret Edwards, Bobbie Rule, Elly Harris, Billie Burns, Bettye Benefield, Jean Priddy, and Marcelle Adams with Noel, her dog. Not pictured is Anne Payne. Other active class members include Loretta Hughes, Diane Sturdivant, Diane Sims, Laree Monk, Pam Seastrunk, Helen McCardle, Mildred Franks, Gayle Peveto, Edith Simpson, Dolores Cleaver, and Addie Wallace.

Nathan has worked for the City of Bridge City for ďŹ ve years. He said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have really enjoyed working for the city and making sure community events and fundraisers run smoothly.â&#x20AC;? Nathan is married to Amberly and they have one son, Corbin who is 3 years old.

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ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK

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By Tommy Mann Jr. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e Record Enjoy the holiday season with family and friends at any one of the number of great live music events on tap this week and through the end of the year. Whether you are looking for rock, country, Cajun, or a little bit of everything, it will be easy to ďŹ nd over the next several days across the region. Trans Siberian Orchestra will perform two shows at the Toyota Center on Thursday, Dec. 21, as the group treks across the United States for its annual holiday run. Tickets are available at www.houstontoyotacenter.com. Photos by Tommy Mann Jr.

Trans Siberian Orchestra returns By Tommy Mann Jr. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e Record î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e 2017 Trans Siberian Orchestra annual Christmas tour is a just a little less merry this year following the passing of its founder. Paul Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill, the man who deservedly receives much of the credit for the creation of Trans Siberian Orchestra, died unexpectedly in April of this year after dealing with chronic illnesses. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill founded Trans Siberian Orchestra (TSO) in 1996 and helped the group record and release six full-length albums, ďŹ ve of which have achieved gold, platinum, and multi-platinum status. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e band will be performing two shows (3:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.) at the Toyota Center in Houston on î&#x20AC;&#x201C;ursday, Dec. 21. Tickets are $48.50-$78.50 and can be purchased online at houstontoyotacenter.com or by calling 866-446-8849. Guitarist and band leader, Al Pitrelli, knows how important Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy is and how much TSO means to so many people and expressed as much in a recent telephone interview as the group continues its â&#x20AC;&#x153;î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e Ghosts of Christmas Eveâ&#x20AC;? tour through Dec. 30. TM: A lot of people who never met Paul (Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill) do not realize how generous and friendly he was, as well as talented. In your opinion, how would you describe him and how instrumental he was to TSO? AP: Paul was deďŹ nitely one-of-a-kind. He will be greatly missed, not only by his family and friends and the band, but by fans around the world. Without Paul, there would ne nothing. TSO is his creation. He had it in his mind where he wanted this band to go when he had the vision and he has guided this ship since day one. Now it is our job to keep it going. TM: What is TSO doing on this tour to honor and celebrate Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy? AP: Everything we do on this tour is about Paul. We pay our respects to him at every show because we know how important he was to everyone, fans and band included. TM: Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories start out bleak but always

end on a happy note, but real life is not so kind. AP: Everything can change in the blink of an eye and you are never prepared. (Paul) said once he wants his music to live forever, and that is what we want too. Life punches you in the face sometimes, and you have to get back up and keep doing what you have to do. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to do that for everyone. TM: It seems the TSO line-up changes slightly from year-to-year, for one reason or another. With that said, what is it that keeps some members coming back nearly every year, such as vocalist JeďŹ&#x20AC; Scott Soto, and attracts others to join, such as Houston-native Blas Elias (formerly of Slaughter and currently of Blue Man Group) this year. AP: Once you get good chemistry, no one wants to mess that up. JeďŹ&#x20AC; sings like no one else, and he has been a part of Trans Siberian Orchestra for 10 years now, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known him for, like, 30 years. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great guy and a great singer and he loves being a part of TSO. Blas got involved this year because we had an opening for a drummer. We knew of Blas from Slaughter and we wanted to see how he would ďŹ t in, and he has been a perfect ďŹ t since day one. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been having a great time on the road with him and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a tremendous musician. TM: In your opinion, what is it that continues to make TSO so appealing to people of all ages and backgrounds? Why does the band and its music resonate so strongly with everyone even after 20 years? AP: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of things really, but especially Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories. Everyone misses someone around the holidays, so Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories resonate. Everyone just wants to be around the people they love, especially this time of year. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;atâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the biggest reason. But other people love the show itself, the production. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the biggest show on the planet. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t not enjoy this show, and it is so much more over the top this year. We know that is just the way Paul would have wanted it to be. Visit www.trans-siberian.com for more information on the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tour and its music.

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Wednesday, Dec. 20 Perkins Road @ Blue Martini Chester Daigle @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Herbie Stutes and Grand Shin @ Lake Charles VFW Hall Ryan Bourque @ Rikenjaks-LC Cory Landry @ Rush Lounge Matt Ash @ Tradewinds Tavern David Joel @ The West Thursday, Dec. 21 Jack Ingram @ Jefferson Theatre David Joel @ Blue Martini Amanda Walker @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Johnny Jiminez @ Grangerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gator Hog Saloon Wayne Dylan @ Hamiltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tim Burge @ Honky Tonk Texas The Cadillacs @ Larryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s French Market Dikki Du and The Zydeco Krewe @ The Lone Wolf Britt Godwin and Co. @ Mackenzieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub Carl Richardson and Atlanta Janae @ Madisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Michael Krajicek @ Rikenjaks-LC Brad Brinkley @ The Rodair Roadhouse Perkins Road @ Rush Lounge Jarvis Jacob and The Southern Gents @ Sloppyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Downtown Thomas Teague @ Tradewinds Tavern Friday, Dec. 22 After Party @ Blue Martini Kaiser Family Christmas @ Courvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mike Zito Band with Scott McGill @ Dylanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amanda Walker @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Geno Delafose and French Rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Boogie @ Gator Lounge Knuckle Deep, SFN, Goliad, Tame Fury @ The Gig JP Primeaux @ The Grill The Jason Miller Band @ Jack Daniels Bar and Grill The Ramblinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Boys, Pretty Tuff @ The Logon CafĂŠ About Last Night @ The Lone Wolf Thunderbird Rose @ The Lucky Longhorn Casino Jericho Burley @ Lukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Icehouse Beaumont Nervous Rex @ Madisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Caylan Daughrity @ The Neches River Wheelhouse Wayne Cook @ New York Pizza and Pasta â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Calder Ave. Brittany Pfantz @ Rikenjaks-LC Curse and the Cure @ The Rodair Roadhouse Allison Collins @ Rush Lounge Wayne Dylan @ Tia Juanitaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s -

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Long ago memories of Christmas Roy Dunn For the Record I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have very many good memories of Christmas in my childhood. We were extremely poor, in my very early years, so I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recall that I ever received a store-bought gift. Sometimes I got a handmade toy but mostly a useful item like a pair of socks, maybe a new shirt or pair of church pants. Never in my early years did my family have a Christmas tree. When I was about in the eighth grade, the teacher gave me the classroom tree when school let out for the holidays and that was the only tree we ever had. I recall today how proud we were of that tree. We colored some paper, cut it in strips and with ďŹ&#x201A;our paste made a chain that we strung around the tree. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;ose Christmas mornings, with no gifts, I believe were harder on my mother than it was on me. I had never had anything so I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to know the diďŹ&#x20AC;erence until I got a little older. My friends, cousins and so forth all had dads around and even though none of them were well to do, they fared better than I did. My single mom and I had seen many hungry days; they always had a little something to eat. Despite all of that, I still have a warm feeling and fond memories of my religious upbringing. Most of the Cajun people in the Abbeville village were Catholics. My boyhood Christmases were highlighted with the attendance of Midnight Mass at the old Mary Magdalene Church. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e historic church sits on a knoll in downtown, on the banks of the Vermillion River. It really was the Christian foundation of the township and the surrounding areas. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e town and church, established by a young priest, Father Antoine Megret, in 1843, purchased the land and laid the town out like his hometown in Abbeville, France, with two downtown squares. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e city was incorporated March 13, 1850. On Christmas Eve, about 9 p.m., we would set out to make it in time for Midnight Mass a few miles away. We walked there and back, arriving back home near 3 a.m. We never, in my entire childhood, ever owned a car. I got an Army surplus bike when I was a teenager and owned the ďŹ rst car our family ever had when, at the age of 16, I purchased a 1932 V-8 Ford for $90, from my friend Harry Waddell. Harry and I were roommates in Ms. Shugartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boarding House in Port Arthur at the time. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e Ford was a coupe so when I ďŹ rst got home with the car I would take my Grandmother and Mom riding, one at a time. We had an exceptional faith instilled in us by my grandmother Availa. Even when she was getting up in age, she still made those long, midnight walks to the special Christmas service. Every Sunday morning of the year, summer and winter, we made the trek to morning mass. Other times, during Holy Week we went evenings to attend the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Way of the Cross.â&#x20AC;? I believe today itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s referred to as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stations of the Cross.â&#x20AC;? î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e service of how Christ died was always touching. My Christmas memories of Midnight Mass were especially moving. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e beautiful service was said in Latin and the Gospel would be spoken in both French and English. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e large choir sang beautiful Catholic Christmas hymns. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e service was that of the old traditional Catholic faith. Later as I grew up, times got better. We still didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have

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The newest members of the Lamar State College-Orange Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.

LSC-O recognizes academic achievement with induction Vermillion Church Christmas as such but we had more to eat and Christmas Day was ďŹ lled with relatives coming by to visit Grandma. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e cousins got to play games and see each other, which was rare. Recalling my past Christmases makes me especially thankful for the good fortune Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had and for Phyl and I being able to provide hopefully, some good Christmas memories for our children. Maybe I did have the best of it. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e material things would be gone but the Christmas times I spent at that old church have kept me grounded and those times gave me an appreciation for all the good things that come my way, no matter how small; it means a lot. Friendships and loyalties far outweigh gifts. Good health and the well being of my family are the things that make everyday special. At Christmas time I think about the Christ child and His beginning, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mary brought forth her ďŹ rst-born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.â&#x20AC;? Luke 2:7 â&#x20AC;&#x153;For unto you is born this day in the city of David a savior, which is Christ the Lord.â&#x20AC;? Luke 2:11. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e whole theme of Christmas is the sharing, kindness, and Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love for us and the love we have for each other. From Phyl and I and our family, we extend our love and best wishes to you and yours and we thank you for your kindness throughout the year.

î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e Alpha Nu Gamma Chapter of Phi î&#x20AC;&#x201C;eta Kappa International Honor Society at Lamar State College - Orange inducted 24 new members for the Fall 2017 semester. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e ceremony was held Friday, December 8 at LSC-Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Cypress Center. Chapter President Melanie Lee welcomed inductees and their guests. Public Relations OďŹ&#x192;cer Ashley DuBose provided a brief slideshow introducing the honor societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meaning, mission, and purpose. Advisor Elizabeth Pressler introduced the guest speaker, Donald î&#x20AC;&#x201C;omas, LSC-O Instructor of Physical Education and Phi î&#x20AC;&#x201C;eta Kappa Advisor Emeritus. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;omas served as primary Advisor for the Alpha Nu Gamma Chapter from 1997 to 2014. Lee presided over the ceremony and led inductees in reciting the oath of membership. For each inductee, executive Vice President Keleigh Dempsey and former Recording Secretary Tami Shafer lit a candle representing the light of wisdom and bestowed a white rose symbolizing the purity and beauty of life. Before closing the ceremony, Advisor Amanda Smith recognized graduating oďŹ&#x192;cers Lee and Shafer, presenting each with a medal in honor of their leadership and service. In addition, Public Relations OďŹ&#x192;cer Ashley Dubose recognized Treasurer Catherine Seppi as a Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar. Seppi is one of only 207 Phi î&#x20AC;&#x201C;eta Kappa members for 2017 to receive this

award, which carries a $1,000 scholarship. LSC-O students become eligible for Phi î&#x20AC;&#x201C;eta Kappa membership once they have completed at least 12 college-level credit hours and earned an institutional GPA of 3.5 or better during their last ďŹ ve years of enrollment. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e beneďŹ ts of Phi î&#x20AC;&#x201C;eta Kappa membership include recognition of academic achievement, as well as opportunities to apply for scholarships and participate in service projects and leadership development programming. New Phi î&#x20AC;&#x201C;eta Kappa members include: BEAUMONT: Traci Lejeune, Margaret î&#x20AC;&#x201C;ompson BRIDGE CITY: Shelby McClanahan KIRBYVILLE: Jessica Ripka LAKE CHARLES, LA: Celena Avery LUMBERTON: Bradley Bennett NEDERLAND: Margie Stuber ORANGE: Nakevia Allensworth, Abigail Blowers, Tabitha Boykin, Erick Cortez, Emily Erb, Aimee McNeil, Daniel Perkins, Rebecca Prevost, Amber Randall PORT NECHES: Whitney Bowie, Cory Cluelow SULPHER, LA: Erica Heno VIDOR: Brenda Ceron, Angela Leger, Justin Scholl WARREN: Shandola Langham WINNIE: Brandi Briere

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4 years, 61 games

Dallas has been there every step

Kavyn Cooper breaks a tackle in the win over Wimberley. Cooper finished the game with 10 carries for 70 yards and a touchdown. RECORD PHOTO: Earl Davis

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WO-S goes for state football trifecta When the high powered e Texans definitely made big By MERI ELEN JACOBS Wimberley Texan offense met plays, the first one coming just a For e Record the Chain Gang from West Orfew seconds in the game when ange-Stark, the saying “Defense Texan quarterback Jordan Weeks wins championships” was proven yet again. e hit a wide open Cade Stoever for an 84 yard Mustangs are headed to AT&T Stadium, “Jerry’s touchdown. Two series later, Jarron Morris reWorld,” on Friday to face the Pleasant Grove turned a punt to the 28 yard line and on the next Hawks, after beating the Texans, 30-21, to play for play, WO-S quarterback Chaka Watson took the their fifth state title. ball to the end zone for a score. Kicker Chad Dal“Our guys gave a great effort and beat a quality las’ PAT was good and the game was tied at 7. Two plays later, Weeks was picked off by Jarron Morris. But team,” Head coach Cornel ompson said. “ey the Mustangs weren’t able to move the ball and Dallas had to made big plays but we were able to adjust and punt to the Texans. Wimberley scored three plays later when force them to run. ey came to play and it was a Weeks found Stoever again for a 69 yard touchdown. Watson put on a show on the Mustangs next possession, battle. We were fortunate that we won the conSee MUSTANGS, Page 2B test.”

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Only a few Mustangs have been to state all four years. Senior Chad Dallas happens to be one of the few ejp has, although his first two years, he went as a ball boy instead of the kicker he is today. Chad played football growing up with little league and also in middle school, however, when he got to high school, he decided to focus on baseball, quitting football. “I’ve been in the off-season program every year,” Chad said. “I figured if I quit and focused on baseball then I would get a lot better, but I missed it too much.” During the play-offs his sophomore year, he decided that he wanted to play with his brother Jack his last year. He had kicked off during his younger years, but had mostly played defensive end, linebacker and some quarterback. “We really didn’t have a main kicker,” Chad said. “We were using our position people for that.” So Chad settled on working on being the kicker. “I worked out with Coach Tyler ibodeaux, who is a former player and I watched lots of YouTube videos,” Chad said. His junior year he did kickoffs and extra points while brother Jack was the punter. But Jack graduated and the punting duties soon fell to Chad. “Tyler wasn’t a punter so he didn’t want to help me because he was afraid he would mess me up,” Chad said. “And Jack didn’t help. My dad knew a little so it was back to the YouTube videos to learn how.” Chad averages 38 yards a punt with his longest punt being 61 yards. And he isn’t the normal punter or kicker. He wants to be the first one to hit the kick returner. “Kicking and punting is 50 percent mental and 50 percent physical,” Chad said. “If you miss one, you have to erase it from your mind before the next one.” Chad was surprised a couple of weeks ago when he was offered by Texas State as a preferred walk on to kick. “I knew that they were here to see Jarron (Morris) but I didn’t expect them to talk to me,” Chad said. Chad has already signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Panola College in Carthage so he will have a decision to make in the coming weeks. But as for now, he is solely focused on one thing, helping the West Orange-Stark Mustangs bring home another state championship.

Mustang Football Departure Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017 8:15 a.m. Mustangs depart West Orange-Stark High School for Send-off which includes traveling Western Avenue and 16th Street to drive through WO-S Middle School, North Early Learning Center, and WOS Elementary campuses.

Send-off Route

The final play of the game, Texan Jordan Weeks attempted one last pass but Jarron Morris spoiled his day by intercepting to end the game. RECORD PHOTO: Meri Elen Jacobs

• Travel North on Newton to Western • Travel East on Western to Dayton • Travel North on Dayton • Travel East on Main to 16th Street • Travel North on 16th to Green Avenue • Travel East on Green Avenue to WO-S MS • Return to Green Avenue • Travel West on Green Avenue to 16th Street • Travel North on 16th Street to Cordrey • Travel East on Cordrey to North Early Learning Center • Return to Cordrey • Travel West Cordrey to 16th Street • Travel North on 16th Street to I-10 West Feeder Road • Travel I-10 West Feeder Road to MLK • Travel South on MLK to WO-Sk Elementary • West Orange – Stark Elementary to MLK • Travel MLK North to I-10 • 9 a.m. – Depart for STATE!

Late in the game, Justin Sibley had a crucial interception to stop Wimberley from threatening to score. Sibley had 7 carries for 49 yards and also was the kick return man. RECORD PHOTO: Meri Elen Jacobs

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CLASS 4A, DIVISION II STATE SEMIFINALS

WEST ORANGE-STARK 30, WIMBERLY 21 KAZ’S FEARLESS FOOTBALL FORECAST By JOE KAZMAR FOR THE RECORD

WEST ORANGE-STARK (13-0) over TEXARKANA PLEASANT GROVE (15-0) 3 p.m. Friday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington e Mustangs are playing for their fourth straight state championship and again are playing a team that got to this round undefeated. e Hawks were the winners over Graham 45-14while the Mustangs took care of Wimberley 30-21 last Friday. e ‘Stangs are gunning for their third straight state championship and 41st consecutive victory over a three-year span.

NEWTON (14-0) over GUNTER (15-0)

7 p.m. Thursday (tomorrow) at AT&T Stadium in Arlington e Eagles continue to win big in the state playoﬀs, walloping Boling 56-28. Gunter also had an easy time last week, beating Canadian 56-27. is promises to be a great game.

CLASS 6A Div. I—Lake Travis (13-2) over Allen (15-0); Div II— Cy-Fair (14-0) over Waco Midway (150).

CLASS 5A Div. I—Manvel (14-0) over Highland Park (14-1); Div. II—Aledo (15-0) over College Station (13-2).

CLASS 4A Div I—Kennedale (14-1) over Carthage (15-0); Div II—West Orange-Stark (13-0) over Texarkana Pleasant Grove (15-0).

CLASS 3A Div. I—Brock (13-2) over Rockdale (12-3); Div. II—Newton (14-0) over Gunter (15-0).

CLASS 2A Div. I-- Refugio (13-1) over Mart (14-1) Div. II—Tenana (15-0) over Muenster (15-0).

CLASS A (Six-Man) Div. I—Borden County (14-0) over Jonesboro (13-1)); Div. II—Strawn (14-0) over Balmorhea (13-0)—Both games to be played Wednesday (today).

COLLEGE BOWL GAMES FRISCO BOWL—7 p.m. Today in Frisco, TX. (ESPN)—SMU (7-5) over Louisiana Tech (66). GASPARILLA BOWL—7 p.m. ursday in St. Petersburg, Fla. (ESPN)—Temple (6-6) over Florida International (8-4). BAHAMAS BOWL---11:30 a.m. Friday in Nassau, Bahamas (ESPN)—Ohio (8-4) over UAB (8-4). IDAHO POTATO BOWL—3 p.m. Friday in Boise Idaho (ESPN)—Wyoming (7-5) over Central Michigan (7-5). BIRMINGHAM BOWL—11 a.m. Sat. in Birmingham, Ala. (ESPN)—South Florida (9-2) over Texas Tech 96-6). ARMED FORCES BOWL—2:30 p.m. Sat. in Fort Worth, TX. (ESPN)—San Diego State (102) over Army (8-3). DOLLAR GENERAL BOWL—6 p.m. Sat. in Mobile, Ala. (ESPN)—Toledo (11-2) over Appalachian State (8-4). HAWAIIAN BOWL—7:30 p.m. Sunday in Honolulu (ESPN)—Houston (7-4) over Fresno State (9-4). HEART OF DALLAS BOWL—12:30 p.m. Tuesday in Dallas, TX. (ESPN)—Utah (6-6) over West Virginia (7-5). QUICK LANE BOWL—4:15 p.m. Tuesday in Detroit, MI. (ESPN)—Duke (6-6) over Northern Illinois (8-4). CACTUS BOWL—8 p.m. Tuesday in Phoenix, AZ. (ESPN)—Kansas State (7-5) over UCLA (6-6).

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Mustangs when he ran 81 yards to set up the Mustangs second touchdown. Kavyn Cooper took the ball in from 7 yards out on the next play. Dallas’ PAT was no good, leaving the Mustangs trailing by 1. Watson made the Texans pay on the next series after Weeks’ punt stopped inches from the goal line. Taking the snap for a quarterback sneak, he snuck through the line and ran 99 yards for a touchdown. e Mustangs went for two but an illegal formation penalty cancelled out the conversion and put the ‘Stangs back on the 7. Dallas put the ball through the uprights and the Mustangs took the lead, 20-14. Morris got in on the action when the Texans punted to him, as he took the ball on a bounce, went back and forth, slipping through tackles and headed 76 yards to the end zone for six. Dallas kick was good and the Mustangs were up, 27-14. With less than a minute in the half, Weeks found Gavin Martinez for a 39 yard touchdown. Both teams hit the locker room with the Mustangs leading 27-21. e second half was a defensive challenge as only the Mustangs were able to hit the end zone, when late in the game, Dallas hit a 25 yard ﬁeld goal to add three. Two on the defense made crucial interceptions on the Texans last two series of the game, sealing the win for the ‘Stangs. Justin Sibley picked oﬀ Weeks and returned it 19 yards, while Morris intercepted with 9

From Page 1B seconds left. “We couldn’t seem to cover their wide outs so we made some adjustments and double covered them,” ompson said. “We also put 5 guys in the box. We had pass pressures from Paul Ivory and Ja’Qualen Coleman also.” e Mustangs will now focus on the undefeated Pleasant Grove Hawks. e Hawks defeated Graham, 45-14 last ursday. e two will battle it out Friday, December 22 at 3 pm at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. e Mustangs are the home team. e Hawks run an offense all too familiar to WO-S, the Wing T. ey also run a 50 defense, like the Mustangs. “ey are kind of like Kennedale,” ompson said. “ey are very athletic.” e Hawks are led by sophomore quarterback Ben Harmon, who throws the ball well. Tailback TJ Cole and fullback Josh Roberts are also an important part of the offense. On defense, linebacker Caleb Porchia and rover Xavier Benson are players to watch. “We will have to have a great week of workouts,” ompson said. “We have a job to finish. ese kids have no idea the impact they have had on ‘Fruit City.’ is has been a year of turmoil with so many being affected by Harvey and this has drawn everyone together. “ According to ompson, there will be plenty of peaks and valleys in the game and it will definitely be a tough 48 minute

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contest, just as state championships should be. “My message to the kids is to relish and savor this week,” ompson said. “Starting today-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, ursday, will be the most important week of their athletic lives. And it will be a week that they remember for life.” e WO-S athletic office sold tickets Tuesday and Wednesday only, with Wednesday’s sales ending at noon. Tickets can be bought on Ticketmaster 48 hours prior to the game or at the stadium for $15. Age one and up must have a ticket to get in. Gates will open 1.5 hours prior to game time. All fans will be subject to being searched upon entering and the stadium has a clear bag policy. Cowbells are allowed but no air horns or whistles. Kennedale, the team that the Mustangs beat in overtime this season, will play Carthage for the state championship for 4A Div. 1 at noon before the Mustangs play. e community is invited to the send off for the Mustangs on ursday morning. e team will leave the high school at approximately 8 am and go by all three of the other campuses as well as down 16th street. “e coaches, players and I would like to thank the fans for supporting us during our playoff run. Hopefully everyone can make the game,” ompson said. “But if not, tune in and support us. Believe me, we have noticed our following.”

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Success comes Santa likes the Mustangs, too in many forms KAZ’S KORNER JOE KAZMAR FOR THE RECORD

COLBURN FISHING DICKIE COLBURN FOR THE RECORD

“anks, but I want to hook my own fish,” said the 10-year-old youngster when I tried to hand him my rod as soon as the big fish hammered the Swim bait and started peeling off drag. “It wouldn’t really be mine if I you hooked him!” I had passed up several flocks of gulls working over trout hoping to put the young angler on a good redfish when we stumbled up on this school of oversize reds ganged up on a fifteen foot break. ey were an absolute gift from heaven. Every time our lure bounced across the magic spot it was engulfed by another thick shouldered red. His uncle had already caught and released three fish on as many casts and my initial cast was immediately met with a solid thump as well. Cal had hooked two of his own, but one pulled off and the other one broke his line. He didn’t appear to be the least bit dismayed, however, as he stood next to me in the drizzling rain eagerly waiting to net the fish. After releasing the red I made another cast and handed him my rod with the lure still slowly sinking to the bottom. I was tying another lure on his line when he rocked back sporting a confident smile and a bent rod. Once again, however, his fish peeled off several yards of line before coming unbuttoned for no apparent reason. “I don’t know what I did wrong, but I don’t think I am going to catch one,” he said while slowly reeling in the slack line. And so the pressure continued to build as this trip was a Christmas present from his Uncle. Ken, a regular client that has fished with me for years, had called back in the summer and asked if I would call him as soon as the redfish bite improved. “ings are pretty tight for Cal and his Mom,” said Ken, “and I know catching a nice red would really make it a special Christmas!” Talk about pressure. I am reluctant to ever call any client and tell him that the fish are biting and here I was knowing this bite couldn’t last forever. Judging by the look in his eye,

Ken was sharing my same concerns. As it turned out, the redfish that inexplicably pulled off was indeed the last redfish the youngster hooked and I did everything possible over the next four hours to make it happen just one more time. His Uncle and I caught and released several more, but much to my chagrin, Cal was right….it just wasn’t his day. I didn’t care if I ever fished again by the time I tied the boat up at the dock and Cal and his Uncle gathered up their extra clothing and headed to the truck. Under any other circumstances I would have been extremely pleased with the way the day had gone, but I had failed to fulfill Ken’s wishes for that special Christmas present for his nephew. I hadn’t even noticed that it was starting to rain even harder until I felt Cal pulling on the sleeve of my raincoat. “Capt. Dickie…my Uncle asked me to give you this,” he said holding out a soggy envelope. One of us fumbled the exchange and the envelope opened spilling the day’s fee on the dock. “Wow….that is a lot of money,” said the wide-eyed youngster as he scrambled to snag a bill headed for the water. “I didn’t know it cost that much to go fishing!” “at innocent statement sealed the deal and, if possible, I am now feeling even more miserable about the day.” After moving under the covered breezeway for the customary goodbyes, Cal suddenly felt the need to share his wellguarded secret. “Don’t feel bad Capt. Dickie,” he said in a barely audible whisper. “Uncle Kenny feels kinda bad because he thought this was what I really wanted and I had a great time, but it wasn’t what I really wanted the most.” “I was hoping he was going to just give me some money like he usually does and I was going to get Mom’s glasses fixed or buy her a new toaster. She’s just great!” “ank you Jesus,” I thought to myself as I stuffed my day’s fee deep inside Cal’s pocket, gave him a hug and wished him a Merry Christmas. As it turned out, we both got a special Christmas gift this year! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

A good crowd of West Orange-Stark fans were anxiously waiting for the kickoff between the Mustangs and Wimberley for the right to reach the state championship game this weekend at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. If there’s anything more annoying than the person in front of you jumping up and down like a Jack-in-the-Box at a football game, I just don’t know what it could be. But this senior citizen with a full beard dressed in stylish blue jeans and a Lumberjack shirt was the culprit that was really annoying me. I explained to him that our seats were really good and we could see everything that was happening on the field WITHOUT jumping up on every play. “I’ve heard so much about this team that hasn’t been defeated in three years and had to come see them for myself,” the man chuckled. As the game wore on, the man became more talkative. He admitted that he was at the game incognito and asked me if I would take a letter back to Orange with me and give it to Larry David. “I understand he has been representing me for a long time in your area,” he said very seriously. As we were walking out among the jubilant fans after our Mustangs beat Wimberley 30-21 the man leaned back toward me and said, “I can see why this team has won so many games. They do almost everything very well.” He disappeared in a flash and never told me not to peek at the letter I was supposed to deliver. This is what I sneaked a peek at: WEST ORANGE-STARK HEAD FOOTBALL COACH CORNEL THOMPSON—His breakfast menu at the Waffle House on game day. It has worked at least 40 straight times. HOUSTON ASTROS’ GENERAL MANAGER JEFF LUHNOW—A Special World Series Championship Ring to commemorate the crafty trades he made at this time last year. Without them there would be no rings for anyone. NFL RULES COMMITTEE—A Diaper to remind them of some stupid rules that desperately need to be changed. DALLAS COWBOYS—A Candle to represent the flicker of hope the Pokes have to make the playoffs as the final wild card. ORANGE BRIDGE CLUB DIRECTOR ED RASMUSSEN—A Paul Revere Hat to wear every time he talks about his home state of Massachusetts. He’ll wear out that chapeau in no time flat. TEXAS A&M NEW HEAD COACH JIMBO FISHER—A Trash Can he can use to throw out his prospector’s pick axe. He’s already found a gold mine at College Station. SUNSET GROVE GOLFER CRAIG COUVILLION—A Taxi Sign to put on his golf cart and pick up his favorite passenger. CLEVELAND BROWNS LOYAL FANS—Knowledge that they are supporting the first team in history to start consecutive seasons at 0-13.

NFL COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL—An Oversized Feedbag so he can continue to have the 32 owners seating out of his hand. FORMER BAYLOR HEAD COACH ART BRILES—Lobbyists to convince the Incarnate Word Board of Directors to hire him as the school’s next football coach. HOUSTON TEXANS STAR DEFENSIVE PLAYER J.J. WATT—A Halo to put around his head for the yeoman’s job he did raising $37 million for Houston Hurricane Harvey victims. DEPARTED ORANGE RESIDENT JIM RODDA—A Golfing Partner willing to play 18 holes at the Sun City retirement community in Georgetown which has three difficult golf courses. It seems all of the “regulars” that play stop after nine holes probably because it takes almost three hours. WEST ORANGE-STARK QUARTERBACK CHAKA WATSON—A New Record he would have set in the NFL with his 99-plus yard touchdown run he made against Wimberley Friday night in the state semifinal 30-21 victory. His run was a bit farther the record-setting jaunt by Dallas’ Tony Dorsett. SUNSET GROVES’ KERRY LAMB—A Huge Hat Rack to hold the many hats he wears as Clubhouse Manager, Teaching Pro, Pro Shop Overseer and sometimes bartender and waiter. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AND DALLAS COWBOYS—The Bizarro Award for the manner in which they won their respective games Sunday. After scoring an apparent touchdown in the final two minutes, the Pittsburgh touchdown was ruled an incomplete pass because of that stupid rule about the ball moving after he slams into the ground. Then instead of kicking a field goal that would have tied the game, the Steelers tried to score from five yards out and eight seconds left which was intercepted giving the Patriots an easy win. The Cowboys won when Oakland quarterback Derek Carr reached out for the pylon and fumbled into the end zone for a touchback giving the Cowboys the football and the win. SUNSET GROVE MEMBER BOB HOOD—A Computer Program to help him find a bridge partner in San Antonio as good as the one he’s leaving next month. His partner must do that too. ARIZONA CARDINALS RUNNING BACK ADRIAN PETERSON—A 2014 Calendar so he can turn back time and retire from the NFL when he should have and be a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. He’ll have a harder time after these last three unproductive seasons. ALL NEWLY-CONTRACTED COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES—A High Wire to signify the fact they barely slipped under the wire before the new 20 per cent excise tax on annual salaries over $1 million goes into effect. NEW YORK YANKEES—A Non-Electrical Powerhouse in the form of newlyacquired slugger Giancarlo Stanton and youthful Aaron Judge will provide opposing pitchers the fear of throwing gopher balls, but should boost their strikeout totals. SUNSET GROVE GOLFER BOB HOEPNER—The Early Christmas Shopping Award that begins Jan. 1 when he

starts looking for lost golf balls to present to his pals next Christmas. KROGER PHARMACY MANAGER KYLEE RICHARD—The Bambino Award she will receive when her new bundle-ofjoy daughter is born next spring. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS’ PETE CARROLL AND HOUSTON’S BILL O’BRIEN—The Football Reality Award for realizing that massive injuries usually result in lop-sided losses, which both of them had to endure Sunday. SUNSET GROVE GOLFER KEN RUANE—The Alternate Route Award after all the golf carts were ruined at the country club during the recent flood, Ken merely got his pull-cart from storage and now walks while playing the course. AND A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO Mike Lemons, Archie McClelland, Mark Dunn, Jeff Thomas, Johnny Montagne, Jerry Triggs, Ronnie Hutchison, Julie Mouton, Pierre De la Fosse, Chris Trout, Gwen Whitehead, Troy Manuel, Missy Pillsbury, John Prather, Brad Prejean, John Morris, Larry Moerbe, Judy Arnaud, Andy Conner, Tom Toal, Julie Mouton, Steve Betz, Jerry Windham, Bill Van, Rodney Barrett, Gail Beckett, Larry Ancelot, Bobby Nelson, Carl Sanders, Matt Purgahn, David Thompson, James Denmon, Mike King, Durwood Bennett, Bob Cockerill, Chris Allen, Matt Morgan, Sid Caillavet, Doug Patterson, Mike Shuff, Jim King, Tiki Russell, Alex Morrow, John Cochran, David Benoit, Bart Corder, Roy Peterson, Jimmy Sichko, Ken Ruane, Ron Hopperton, Joe Murphy, Walter Cox, David Ess, John Dubose, Lacy Hale, Mark Williams, Gary Cook, Bobby Eddings, Tommy Gunn, Mac Guillory, Buddy Hahn, Glynn Aldredge, Jim Rodda, Kerry Lamb, Brian Hudson, Stephen Patterson, Mike Poutra. Joe Ely, Trez Sichko, Ella Mulhollan, Allen Beauchamp, John Patterson, Wanda Peveto, Larry Duhon, David Sand, Milton Newton, Mike Parish, Robert Baca, Jim Brown, Ruth Hancock, Mark Hebert, John Toomey, Beth Baas, Stacy Hoffpauir, Tina Lawrence, Richard Duffee, Tammy Torrez, Derry Dunn, Mike Shahan, Wes Duvall, James Welch, James Vidrine, Bob Hollier, Ken St. John, David Bridges, Jim Matthews, Tommy Reed, Alan McDade, Sandra Hall, Wayne Brint, Raquel Goodboddie, Jajemi Plut, V.L. Grimes, David Loden, Brian Waguespack, Manuel Godina, Joseph Droddy, Wayne Baker, James Thurman, Mac Patterson, Bill Belcher, Shanna McCallon, Don Olivier, Jerry Ling, Brenda Buxton, Regina Edwards, Frank Hatton, Willow Simpson, Kathy Gunn, J. D. Quarles, Wade Gillet, Jerry McDonald, Jerry Pennington, Chrisleigh Dal Sasso, Cathy Day. Lindsey Nelson, Jim Sharon Bearden, Dan Perrine, Billy Burrow, Dan Cochran, Ken Bridgers, George Crawford, Michelle Broussard, Jim Simon, Jack McClelland, Scottie Wilson, Willie Bednar, James Lopez, Dennis Powell, Bobby Duhon, Carlos Vacek, Roy Locks, George Toal, Mike Lucia, Jim Dunaway, Jack Tindel, Ray Pousson, Jim Ehlert, Bryce Conner, Mike Mazzola, Faye Parish, Gilbert Myers, Kathy Polansky, Sweet Helen Edwards, Pat Murphy, Leo Simpson, Mike McKown, Clint Hathaway, Jerry Decker, Mike Holbrook, Lee Roy Boehme, Jr., Jerry Ann Trouard, Jimmy Boyd, Donnie Mires, Connie Woods, Bobby Swan, Larry

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It is the hour that split history in half. Until that first Christmas, he had been, from eternity past, the divine Son and second person of the Godhead. He was God’s glad agent in creation (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16; Hebrews 1:2), and from the beginning of time, he had upheld the universe at every moment (Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 1:3). But then came the great change — the blessed addition — at the very heart of reality. The Word became flesh (John 1:14). God became man. The Creator himself came as a creature, the Author entered into his Story as a character. Without abandoning any of what it means to be God, he took on all that it means to be human. “Without abandoning any of what it means to be God, he took on all that it means to be human.” #incarnation Tweet Share on Facebook This spectacular truth, at the center of what we celebrate at Christmas, we call “the incarnation,” which means the “in-fleshing” of the divine Son — God himself taking human flesh and blood and all our humanness. Christmas is when he adds humanity to his divinity, and does so that he might rescue us from our soul-destroying rebellion, and lavish us with the everlasting enjoyment for which we were made.

That Enigmatic Union It is a glorious revelation, and it’s also a great mystery. This is the greatest mystery in all of history, how God himself became fully human without ceasing to be fully divine — that God, in all his God-ness, united himself with all man-ness. Church history has coined it “the hypostatic union,” the joining of two distinct natures in one undivided person (“hypostatic” is just a fancy word for “personal”). Jesus is fully God and fully man in one spectacular person.

And this union of God and man in Jesus is what makes possible our own union with the Godhead through him. But the greatest mystery is not how we are united to God by faith (through sheer grace and the work of the Spirit), but how God united himself to us in the one person of Christ. “The union is so perfect,” says D.A. Carson, “that even though he has two natures, he is only one person.” It is almost too good to be true. And so, “Jesus really does shoulder with us everything that it means to be human,” adds Russell Moore. He Really Is Human When you ask Moore about the person of Christ, it’s Hebrews 2:11–14, about Jesus’s humanness, that springs to mind. “The humanity of Jesus is often the difficult thing to understand for evangelicals,” he says. We’re quick to embrace Christ’s deity, at least the orthodox among us. We’ve learned from day one that Jesus is God. “We understand his deity. But also, he was a real and genuine man, and is a real and genuine man.” Moore rehearses “four fences” that come from the early church councils and guard us from error when it comes to this great Christmas mystery in the person of Christ: He is 1) fully God, 2) fully man, 3) as one person in 4) two natures.

He “Emptied” Himself One difficulty in this for the human mind is that we’re prone to think of divinity and human in mutually exclusive terms. We might speculate, If he “became man,” he must have ceased, in some sense, to be God. Then we come across a text like Philippians 2:7, that he “emptied himself,” and ask, Did he empty himself of attributes of deity? Carson answers, The expression is not what he emptied himself of; it’s an idiomatic way of saying he became a nobody, he humbled himself completely, not

only to become a human being, but to go all the way to the ignominy and shame and torture of the cross. . . . It’s talking about the astonishing, unequal, unimaginable, indescribable, self-humiliation in becoming human and then going so far not only to be a slave, but a slave who dies on the cross.

The Mystery That Reveals: Three Lessons The incarnation remains a great mystery, but Scripture does not leave everything enigmatic. From our 17-minute interview with Carson and 14 minutes with Moore, here are three important lessons this otherwise mysterious doctrine reveals.

1. Divinity and humanity are not mutually exclusive. “The two natures do not diminish each other,” says Carson. “He is genuinely human, with all that means, and genuinely God, with all that means, in two natures that maintain distinctness, even while, at the same time, we insist that they are so united that he is but one person. . . . It’s language like that that is needed to preserve all the different contributing voices of the New Testament to explain adequately, in summary form, what the Bible says about Jesus as the God-man.” And this lesson in the person of Christ, that full divinity and full humanity are complementary, provides a glimpse into other mindbending, multi-dimensional realities as well, like the divine-human authorship of Scripture, and the divine-human tension between the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man.

2. Humanity matters, as do our menial lives. Moore mentions Jesus’s three decades as “a workingclass day-laborer in a completely-out-of-the-way place.” Year after year of his quiet life, before launching into “public ministry,” serves

a remarkable affirmation and sanctification of our mundane and obscure lives. And his becoming man also highlights the amazing value, privilege, and dignity of humanity as God’s climactic creatures. Even above angels. These “things that have now been announced to [us] through those who preached the good news” are “things into which angels long to look” (1 Peter 1:12). It is not an angel who now sits on the throne of the universe, but a man (Hebrews 2:9). What amazing grace that Jesus is “not ashamed to call us his brothers” (Hebrews 2:11).

3. Jesus is the linchpin of prayer and worship. In becoming man, he became for us the visible image of the invisible God (Colossians 1:15). He is the radiance of his Father’s glory (Hebrews 1:3). Our “light of the knowledge of the glory of God” comes “in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6), and he is the singular “lamp” who will give the light of the glory of God in a new creation with no need of sun or moon (Revelation 21:23). And so, says Moore, praying “in Jesus’s name” is no magical incantation. “Jesus is the only human who has the right to approach God.” Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? is the question of Psalm 24, and the ultimate answer is that Jesus is the only one who utterly fulfills the vision, and only in him may we too ascend. The greatest mystery of Christmas is also its greatest revelation. “God has joined himself with us forever,” says Moore. “God has identified eternally with us.” David Mathis (@davidcmathis) is executive editor for desiringGod.org, pastor at Cities Church in Minneapolis/ Saint Paul, and adjunct professor for Bethlehem College & Seminary. He is a husband, father of four, and author of Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines.

You are always welcome at these Orange County churches.

Triangle Baptist Church 6446 Garrison at Hwy. 408 Orangefield “Come Worship With Us” 409-735-2661 Pastor: Bobby Oliver 409-659-5027 Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Service 7 p.m. We are a KJV independent Baptist Church

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ORANGEFIELD 9788 F.M. 105 Orangefield 409.735.3113

Sun: Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Evening Worship 6:30 p.m. Wednesday evening serviceS: Youth and Children 6:30 p.m., Praise and Prayer 6:30 p.m., Choir practice 7:30 p.m. Pastor Cody Hogden Email: office@fbcof.com / Website: www.fbcof.com

Starlight

Church of God in Christ 2800 Bob Hall Road • Orange • 886-4366 Pastor: Ernest B Lindsey

MCDONALD MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH 104 Broad St. • West Orange • 883-3974 Sunday Bible Study 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Evening: Youth & Children 6 p.m. Adult Prayer Service 6:00 p.m. Pastor: Tommy Anthony

Minister of Music: Pam Nugent / Youth Minister: Brandon Swarers

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Faith United Methodist Church 8608 MLK• Orange • 886-1291 Pastor: Keith Tilley

Sunday Morning Grow Groups 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:50 a.m. Nursery Provided. Youth 5:30 pm Youth Band 7 pm (www.faithorange.org)

Harvest Chapel 1305 Irving St. • West Orange •409-313-2768

Wed. Bible Study - 6 p.m. Worship 7:30 p.m. VIM Youth 6 p.m.

Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Nightly Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Night Service: 6 p.m.

Intercessory Prayer Daily 9:00 a.m. www.slcogicorange.org

Pastor: Ruth Burch

Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

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First United Methodist Church Orange 502 Sixth Street 886-7466 9:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship in the Praise Center 11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary Sunday School For All Ages 10:00 a.m.

Pastor: Rev. John Warren Director of Music and Fine Arts: Doug Rogers

St. Paul United Methodist Church

1155 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 409.735.5546 Sunday Morning Worship Experience: 8:30 a.m., Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship 10:45 a.m. (Nursery provided). For middle and senior high youth 3:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Taize’ service for children 6:30 p.m. “Kids For Christ” Wednesday 6 p.m.-7 p.m. For information on pre-school enrollment 409-735-5546

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH

945 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 409-735-4573 Worship Services: Tradition 9 a.m., Sunday School 10:15 a.m., Contemporary Service 11 a.m., Monday ‘Compassionate Friends’ 6 p.m., Wednesday ‘Compassionate Friends’ 10 a.m., Thursday Bible Study 10:00 a.m. Pastor Paul Zoch 409-988-3003 - golutheran.org Our church family invites you to join us. We are a friendly, caring church of the future.

Orange First Church of the Nazarene 3810 MLK Drive, Orange

Lead Pastor Ray McDowell. Worship Director: Leslie Hicks, Youth Pastors: Kenneth and Andrea Lauver Children’s Pastor Rebekah Spell. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. / Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

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Wesley United Methodist Church

401 N. 37th St. Orange 409-886-7276

Pastor: Randy Branch Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m. Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m.

www.orangewesley.org

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH ORANGE 1819 16th Street • Orange • 886-1333

We Welcome You To Join Us. Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Nursury Provided

First Baptist Church of Bridge City 200 W. Roundbunch • 735-3581

Interim Pastor Rev. Lynn Ashcroft Pastor Douglas Shows Sunday schedule: Bible study 9:15 a.m., Celebration service 10:30 a.m., Youth bible study, dicipleship classes 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Children’s activities.

COWBOY CHURCH

OF ORANGE COUNTY 673 FM 1078 • Orange • 409-718-0269 Bible Studies for Men and Women • Monday 6 p.m. Bible Studies for Co-Eds • Monday 6:30 p.m. Bible Studies for Women • Tuesday 10:00 a.m. Bible Studies & Youth Activities • Wed. 6:30 p.m.

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West Orange Christian Church

900 Lansing Street • West Orange • 882-0018 Sunday school 9:30 a.m. / Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. Bible Study Sunday and Wednesday at 6 p.m. Pastor: Dr. Dusty Garison

“Our church family welcomes you!”

www.westorangechurch.org

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HELP WANTED Drivers wanted, $5,000 Sign-On. Big Miles=Big Money. Company, Lease, or O/O. CDL-A, with H & T End. 866-451-4495 Drivers, Class-A: Immediate Openings, Sulfur and More! All Miles Paid, .85++ per loaded mile. 100% PAID Health, Dental, Vision and More for every Employee! 21yoa, 1yr CDL-A, w/Tank End, (Tank Exp. NOT Req) Martin Transport, Beaumont: 866-316-9320

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Services Pressure Washing for mobile homes, trailers and Houses. We also do striping on the driveways. Call 409-221-2111 OR 409-882-8141 Spruce up the home for the holidays. The New Year is fast approaching and no house cleaning job is too big or small. My supplies or yours. Call 409-599-4914 Flower Power ya’ll. Moving / Demolition crew for tear out, sheetrock & flooring removal,

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MOVING SALE Saturday, Dec. 23 from 8 am to 2 pm at 1826 Wilson Ave, 77632. Washing machine, queen bed, TV, weights, treadmill, garden tools, electronics, golf clubs, last minute stocking stuffers and baked goods.

• Penny Record Office: 333 West Roundbunch, Bridge City • County Record Office: 320 Henrietta, Orange Note: Offices Closed On Wednesday

FIELD WORKERS Six (6) temp positions; 10 months; job to begin 2/1/18 through 12/1/2018; mon-fri; 7am-3pm; Duties: assisting with planting and harvesting corn, soybean and nursery plants including tractor driving, hand planting of container plants, land pulling of weeds, trimming trees and plants, fertilizing, mowing and irrigating. Must be able to lift heavy containers and seed bags and walk through fields pulling weeds and using a hoe. $10.38 per hour; 35 hrs a week, OT may vary but not guaranteed, 3 months experience in job offered required. All work tools provided. Housing and transportation provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worksite will be provided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract. Employment offered by Boone Farms located in LeCompte, LA and Broussard’s Nursery located in Forest Hill, LA. Qualified applicants may fax resume to Frank Hebert at 318-776-5610 or apply during normal business hours. Applicants may apply for this position at their nearest SWA office located at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701 using job order 756174.

ANNOUNCEMENTS RAPE AND CRISIS CENTER of SETX provides critical services for those in crisis due to sexual assault, rape, suicide or general crisis. 24 Hour Hot line is provided for crisis intervention,. Our number is 1-800-7-WE-CARE or 1-800-793-2273

Plans being made for a BCHS 1974 class reunion to be held in the Spring of 2018. Please contact us at mimihernandez0@ gmail.com or on Facebook at BCHS NOTICE: Vehicle stored at Gilbeaux’s Towing and Transport Inc. 058449 VSF

16527 Hwy 62 S. Orange, TX 77630

Orange area AlAnon can help if someone close to you has a drinking or addiction problem. Al-Anon meets Sundays & Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m., North Orange Baptist Church, 4775 N. 16th St. (Rear), Orange, TX. Call 9889886 or 474-2171 for more info. Calls are kept Confidential.

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CRAWFISH FARMERS Three (3) temp positions; 10 months; job to begin 2/1/18 and end on 11/30/18; Duties to operate boats in the ponds during the baiting and setting of crawfish traps and to assist with the harvesting of crawfish from the traps in the ponds during the crawfish harvesting season. Preparing the crawfish for distribution. After harvesting is completed, the workers will assist with the collection of all crawfish traps and boats, minor repairs, cleaning and storage in preparation for the upcoming season. Once hired, workers may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination. $ 10.38 per hour; 35 hrs per week; OT varies but not guaranteed; 2 months experience in Crawfish Farming. All work tools provided. Housing and transportation provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worksite will be provided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract. Employment offered by Michael Dwain Buller Farms located in Port Barre, LA. Qualified applicants may call employer for interview at 337-9458930 or fax resumes to Dwain Buller at 318-838-2268 or apply during normal business hours. Applicants may apply for this position at their nearest State Workforce Agency located at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701 using job order number 756171.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of JOSEPH DOREY LUNA, Deceased, were issued on DECEMBER 19, 2017, in Cause No. P18015, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: Shirley Ann Luna Boudreaux. All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: George B. Barron

Attorney at Law P.O. Box 279 Orange, TX 776310279 Dated the 19TH day of December, 2017.

George B. Barron George B. Barron Attorney for: Executrix State Bar No.: 01817500 P.O. Box 279 Orange, TX 776310279

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CIVIL CITATION - CCVPUBWD THE STATE OF TEXAS TO: Marvin W. Smith Respondent, NOTICE: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your Attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days from the date of issuance of this citation and petition, a default judgement may be taken agaist you. You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Plaintiff ’s Petition at or before 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next after the expiration of forty-two days after the date of issuance of this citation the same being Monday, January 1, 2018. Said ANSWER may be filed with the District Clerk’s Office, Orange County Courthouse, 801 W. Division Ave, Orange Texas 77630. Said Original Petition in Trespass to Try Title Action/Adverse Possesion/Limitations was filed and docketed in the Honorable 128th District Court of Orange County, Texas at the District Clerk’s Office, Orange County Courthouse, 801 W. Division Ave, Orange, Texas on November 16, 2017 in the following styled and numbered cause: The suit requests 1. Defendant be cited by publication to provide notice of this petition; 2. The Court appoint an attorney ad litem to represent the interests of Defendant; 3. Plaintiff be awarded judgement for fee simple title to and possession of the real property that is the subject of this suit; 4. That the Court grant such other relief at law and in equity that may be just and proper. CAUSE NO. 170379-C Adam Samuel Decorte VS. Marvin W. Smith The name and address of the attorney for Plaintiff otherwise the address of Plaintiff is:

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Let ters of Administration for the Estate of JERRY WAYNE CA RPE N T E R , Deceased, were issued on the NOVEMBER 28, 2017, in Cause No. P17994, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: Norman David Scott. All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: Tommy Gunn Attorney at Law 202 S. Border Street Orange, TX 77630 Dated the 28th day of November, 2017.

Tommy Gunn Tommy Gunn Attorney for: Norman David Scott State Bar No.: 08623700 202 S. Border Street Orange, TX 77630 Phone: (409)882-9990 Fax: (409)882-0613 Email:tommy@gunnlaw.org

Tommy Gunn The Law Office of Tommy Gunn 202 Border St. Orange, TX 77630 ISSUED AND GIVEN under my hand and the seal of said Court Orange, Texas, November 20, 2017. VICKIE EDGERLY, District Clerk Orange County, Texas

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NOTICE OF JOB OPENING The Orange County Drainage District is seeking applicants for the position of Oiler. Position Summary: Assist Operators and Mechanics in the maintenance, servicing and repair of heavy equipment; assist Operators in the operation and transportation of heavy equipment; operate or learn to operate tractors, mowers, excavators, and all other heavy equipment regularly used by the Drainage District; mow grass and clean drainage ditches and other drainage structures; assist in the general maintenance of Drainage District buildings and facilities; perform all other essential job functions. The essential job functions, and required education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, licenses, certifications and other job requirements are set forth in the Notice of Job Opening posted on the Drainage District website found at www.orangecountydrainage.com. Salary: Dependent on qualifications and experience. Benefits: Health Insurance, Pension, Paid Vacation and Holidays. Applications may be obtained at the Drainage District office or on the District website: www.orangecountydrainage.com The applications must be received at the Drainage District office, located at 8081 Old Hwy 90, no later than 5:00 p.m. on December 20, 2017.

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Bridge City

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#YOUMATTER@BCISD Christmas in Cardinal Country!

A fun time was had by all at the BCI Honor Choir Winter Concert! Mr. Ferris and his students spread holiday cheer with joyous Christmas songs!

Fifth grade students enjoyed a Christmas concert by the BCMS band and BCHS Jazz band.

Our Bridge City Intermediate Student Council float won Third Place at the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce Christmas Lights Parade.

BCI Intermediate School host Parisi Speed School During a presentation at Bridge City Intermediate, Parisi Speed School demonstrated how to become quicker, more agile, and to how to maintain better body control. Students were eager to participate and practice these skills.

BCISD Transportation receives donation from Daybreak A donation was received this month by the BCISD Transportation Department from Daybreak. Three BCISD buses and drivers transported local nursing home patients to Lake Charles during Hurricane Harvey.

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