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Keep OC Beautiful, officials talk trash involved in 2002 when the planning for Shangri La Gardens began. Today, the Trash Off includes efforts to clean not only Adams Bayou, but the Sabine River and the streets of Orange, Pinehurst and West Orange. Volunteers have collected more than 100 tons of trash since the annual event began.

David Derosier, right, and Deborah Bednar, past and current presidents of Keep Orange County Beautiful, promote a March 2 Community Trash Off and Tire Disposal Drive at Tuesday’s meeting of county commissioners’ court. RECORD Photo: Dave Rogers

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Orange County commissioners put their money where their mouth is Tuesday, contributing $500 to help with a Community Trash Off and Tire Disposal Drive being held March 2 by Keep Orange County Beauti-

KOCB is working with Southeast Texas Resource Conservation and Development, a community outreach arm of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Superior Tire on the tire disposal drive. The drive will begin Commissioners voted 5-0 to both endorse the event and spend the $500 to help

defer administrative costs. Current KOCB president Deborah Bednar and past president David Derosier promoted the March 2 event to the commissioners during Tuesday’s weekly meeting. The group has also partnered with the City of Orange for Second Saturday Trash Pickups and started a recycling program at West Orange-Cove schools.

The group also struck a chord when anti-littering efforts came up. “Litter in the county is out of control,” Commissioner Theresa Beauchamp said. “It’s an epidemic in Orange County,” Commissioner Johnny Trahan said. “What we’d like to see,” KOCB member Sandra Cash COUNTY BUSINESS Page 3A

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ful. The Community Trash Off – set to begin at 8 a.m. this year at the Orange Boat Ramp -- has been an annual event in Orange since 1995, started by a small group of concerned citizens who began by cleaning trash out of Adams Bayou. The Stark Foundation got

TxDOT seeks public input on I-10 Dave Rogers

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Tom Clary plans to be front and center Thursday night when the Texas Department of Transportation holds its public meeting at 5 p.m. at West Orange-Stark Elementary School, 2605 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. He should have plenty of interested company. The purpose of the public meeting is to gather public input on the proposed widening of Interstate 10 from MLK east to the Sabine River. Clary is a homeowner who has made it his purpose since the end of 2017 to make sure he never has his North Orange home and property flooded again like it was during Tropical Storm Harvey. “I’ve written about a letter a day and it’s been a pain getting them to do anything,”

Clary said. “We weren’t getting anywhere until Judge Crooks [County Judge Dean Crooks] picked up the ball and ran with it.” Harvey was a Category 4 hurricane when it first made landfall near Corpus Christi on Aug. 24, 2017 but it lost most of its wind speed and was trapped over Southeast Texas by competing weather fronts. The tropical storm lingered over Orange County for five days, dumping more than 50 inches of rain. Clary’s house had 36 inches – three feet – of rain in it, a situation he says was caused by the backup of the area’s main drainage system – Adams Bayou – at the I-10 bridge. He points to two ground level bridges that carry eastbound and westbound I-10

Students in Mrs. Feidler’s art class at Orangefield High School submitted artwork for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Art Contest. Seventeen students advanced from the local contest as finalists in the Houston show. Students pictured with artwork: (Front row) Kylie Elkins, Katelynn Carpenter-blue ribbon, Caelea McCall-Hardy, Cassidy English, and Le’Ana Martinez; (Back Row) Mackenzie Davis, Thai Nguyen, Porter Welch, Brandon Scogin, Kadeon Evans-blue ribbon, and Peyton Beebe. Not pictured: Amber Martinez, Koltin Marshall, Jennifer Tsan, and Isaac Garza. Left: Orangefield’s Gold Medal winner is Heston Puckett. The Best of Show winner is Sam Ingram.

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Free prom dress give away, more donations needed

Debby Schamber For The Record

Prom gives girls the chance to sparkle and shine and feel like a princess for one special evening. But, some miss out on the opportunity because they can’t afford the dress. However, Teri Chaffin realized times are tough and not having a dress isn’t a good reason to miss the much anticipated prom. Chaffin whose two daughters attended proms when in school, knew of the expenses and wanted to do something

about it to help others. “I know how prom season is and some girls choose not to go because they don’t have a dress,” Chaffin said. “I don’t want that to be the reason why they don’t go.” It was then she started the Operation Prom Dress Ministry. She and a team of volunteers are collecting donations of prom dresses, shoes and all the accessories. Then

the dazzling dresses and everything needed to make a girl’s dream of glitz and glamor will all be given away at no charge. “I am a wife and mom who enjoys helping others,” Chaffin said. “I truly believe this has been my gift from God. Everyone has a gift that God has blessed them with, but its up to us to use that gift.” With the help of her

Catherine Ford Bass owner of Lasetti’s and New To You, Lori Fitkin and Lori Boone from Blessed With a Dress donated prom dresses to Operation Prom Dress. The prom dresses will be given away for free on Feb. 23rd to area girls needing a prom dress.

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daughter, Chelsey, they created a flyer and set out spreading the news about the event and the donations needed to make it complete. It was also posted on social media and has been shared over and over again. She has also created a Facebook page. It can be found by doing a search on Free Prom Dress giveaway. Recently, Chaffin was contacted by a business in Lake Charles, La. wanting to donate more than 100 prom FREE PROM Page 3A

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Abbott names school finance, property tax reform emergency items Emma Platoff The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott, in his biennial State of the State address on Tuesday, stayed on message about schools and taxes, continuing state leaders’ so-far unified focus on bread-and-butter policy reforms in a forum where he has in the past served up red meat. Speaking in the Texas House to both chambers of the Legislature, Abbott named as emergency items the consensus priorities of school finance reform, teacher pay raises and property tax relief, the issues he and the state’s other top two Republican leaders have trumpeted almost single-mindedly in the months since the midterm elections. In doing so, he carefully avoided controversial social issues like the ones that headlined last session’s speech. Also topping the governor’s priority list: school safety, disaster response and mental health programs. Abbott’s designation of those priorities allows lawmakers to take up such measures sooner, lifting the usual constitutional limitation that prevents the Legislature from passing bills within the first 60 days of the session. “Our mission begins with our students,” Abbott said as he began to lay out his legislative priorities. To improve lackluster student outcomes — only 40 percent of third graders reading at grade level by the end of their third grade year, he said; and less than 40 percent of students who took the ACT or SAT being prepared for college — “we must target education funding.” “That starts with teachers in the classroom. … This session, we must pay our teachers more,” Abbott said, winning his first standing ovation of the speech. “Rarely has Texas witnessed such a bipartisan and bicameral support for an is-

Gov. Greg Abbott addresses members of the Texas Legislature at his State of the State address in the House chambers at the Capitol on Feb. 5, 2019. PHOTO: Bob Daemmrich for The Texas Tribune

sue this substantial this early in a session… To keep this momentum going, I am declaring school finance reform and increasing teacher pay as emergency items,” the governor said to another standing ovation. Abbott expressed support for a merit-based teacher pay system, praising Dallas ISD’s program as exemplary and asserting that “we must provide incentives to put effective teachers in the schools and classrooms where they are needed the most.” The highest-profile teacher pay bill so far came out of the Texas Senate, whose leader has championed an across-the-board pay raise of $5,000 for all Texas teachers. The House’s initial budget proposal would put billions more into school funding, but leave districts more flexibility with how to spend it. Abbott pledged, as he did in his inaugural address last month, that this is the year lawmakers will finally unknot the entangled policy issues of school finance and property tax reform. Last week, Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, along with leaders on the issue from both chambers, laid outidentical property tax reform bills that they said would

help lift the burden of skyrocketing property taxes. Abbott praised House and Senate leaders for “working together in unprecedented fashion.” “We can no longer sit idly by while property owners are reduced to tenants of their own property with taxing authorities playing the role of landlord,” the governor said. In the wake of tragedy last May at Santa Fe High School outside Houston, Abbott said “we must do all we can to make our schools safer.” He praised a proposal from Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound — filed as a priority bill Tuesday morning — that would create a broad-based mental health consortium. He made no mention of gun control measures. Abbott also called for two new anti-gang centers in Waco and Tyler, as well as additional funding to create six human trafficking squads and eliminate the backlog of thousands of untested rape kits. Two years ago, the Legislature passed a law to crowdfunded money for rape kit testing by asking for donations during driver’s license renewals. Unlike in his first two state of the state addresses, Abbott did not deem ethics re-

form an emergency item. After tagging that issue with top priority status in 2015 and 2017, Abbott didn’t mention it this year. Nor did he raise any proposals related to abortion. And there was hardly any mention of health care, an expense that takes up nearly as large a share of the state’s budget as does education. House and Senate Democrats called it “disappointing” that the governor didn’t propose expanding access to pre-K or lowering the costs of teachers’ health care. And state Rep. Toni Rose, who serves as the caucus’ second vice-chair, said that Abbott, for all his bragging on the state of Texas during his speech, failed to mention the state’s high uninsured rate for health care. “Texas needs to expand Medicaid,” Rose said during the conference, “and we need to expand it today.” Still, Democrats were optimistic about some of the notable absences. Two years ago, Abbott’s address was headlined by his call for an anti-“sanctuary cities” bill that Democrats would staunchly oppose. This year, the governor mostly stayed away from hot-button social issues. “It certainly was a different speech than we heard two years ago,” state Rep. Chris Turner, the Democrat who heads his party’s caucus in the House, said after the speech. “It seems as though election results have consequences.” Another conspicuous absence from the speech was the voter rolls debacle that has dogged state leaders in recent weeks. Last month, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley flagged for citizenship review nearly 100,000 Texas voters; in the weeks since, the list has been revealed to be deeply flawed, and the state has been sued three times by civil rights groups. Abbott was vocal about

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the list when it was first released, and at a press conference last week he stood behind the list as a “work [in progress,]” even as local officials reported that, in some cases, all the names on it were erroneously included. But he made no mention of the list, or of election security, in the high-profile address Tuesday. And the governor of the nation’s largest border state made little mention of immigration reform beyond a promise to continue to “step up and fully fund our border security program” since “the federal government still has not fulfilled its responsibility.” In their initial budget proposals, both the Texas House and Texas Senate proposed continuing to spend about $800 million on border security over the next biennium.

In a fitting end to the conciliatory, unity-themed speech, Abbott pledged to work with a lawmaker he’s had harsh words for in the past. In last year’s elections, Abbott backed a primary challenger to state Rep. Lyle Larson, a San Antonio Republican who won the seat anyway. On Tuesday, Abbott said he would work with Larson to tackle a top state priority: reinstating the rivalry football game between the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University. “I am inspired by the camaraderie and the collaboration that has already infused this session. It seems unprecedented, and I’ve got to tell you, I’m feeling it myself,” Abbott said near the end of his remarks. “I’m feeling moved. And I want to set the example.”

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Beto to announce by end of the month Patrick Svitek The Texas Tribune NEW YORK CITY — Beto O’Rourke said Tuesday he will decide whether to run for president by the end of the month, signaling his closely watched deliberations over a 2020 run are entering their final stages. The former Democratic congressman from El Paso and U.S. Senate nominee made the comment during an interview with media mogul Oprah Winfrey, who pressed him on his longawaited decision — and whether he’s given himself a deadline. “The serious answer is really soon,” O’Rourke replied. “Before the end of this month.” The topic of his presidential ambitions came up repeatedly during the interview, and even his acknowledgment that he was thinking about running drew long applause from the audience inside Times Square’s PlayStation Theater. He went on to say that he was so “so excited at the prospect of being able to play that role” — a presidential candidate — but made clear he is still grappling with the potential toll on his family. “For me, it will really be family” that determines the final decision, said O’Rourke, who has a wife and three young kids. O’Rourke’s interview with Winfrey was taped Tuesday afternoon in New York City. The O’Rourke interview will air at 7 p.m. Feb. 16 on Winfrey’s OWN TV network. It will also be available on her “SuperSoul Conservations” podcast. Winfrey tried several times to nail O’Rourke down on his 2020 decision to no avail. In a parting message, she said, “You seem like you’re getting ready to run.” In the interview, O’Rourke also reflected on the lessons

of his Senate campaign last year and the meeting he had with former President Barack Obama in the wake of O’Rourke the race. O’Rourke said Obama did not encourage him to run for president but that they discussed 2020 more generally — and the strain a White House bid can put on a family. “He said, ‘Look, just to be really clear, this is one of the most intense’ experiences one can go through, ‘and so know that going into this,’” O’Rourke recalled. It was during his recollection of the Obama conversation that O’Rourke paused to take in the meteoric rise in attention he’s received over the past two years. “It’s hard to believe that I’m saying I met with Barack Obama — and I’m saying it to Oprah Winfrey,” O’Rourke said. O’Rourke has received wide encouragement to run for president since his closerthan-expected loss to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in November. As the 2020 race has gotten underway, though, O’Rourke has taken his time and eschewed conventional preparations for a White House bid. Instead, he recently took a solo road trip outside Texas and published a series of pensive blog posts about the experience. “Am I the best person to lead this country?” O’Rourke said. “Beyond my ego and my ambition … what is the best thing for the United States of America? And in thinking through that, and in suspending your ego in that process, is tough. And so I’m in that process of thinking this through, talking to Amy [O’Rourke’s wife], listening to good friends and then hearing what you all have to say right now.”

TxDOT meeting service roads across the bayou as well as the 43 pilings in the water that support those bridges and the two two-lane highway overpasses as they cross the water. “The reason we got flooded was that debris got trapped by the bridge,” Clary said. “The Adams Bayou/I-10 bridge is southeast of my house. The water backed up enough, it went down [the service road] all the way to 16thStreet. “A lot of people that wouldn’t have gotten flooded, did because of Adams Bayou. There’s nowhere for water to go except through the middle of Orange.” TxDOT’s meeting is to take questions from the public regarding widening the 4.3-mile stretch of interstate from four lanes to six, three each way. “It’s always been the plan to add a third lane east and west,” Clary said. “We have

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bitched enough that they’re talking about taking those bridges out and moving that fourth [service] lane up [on the overpass with the main highway].’’ Getting the service roads raised won’t solve all of Clary’s complaints. “As it is, there’s 16 pilings in the bayou from the interstate. And now they’re building four more lanes and they’ve got to put pilings with them,” Clary said. “Are you going to take them and put them on the ground? Oh no, they’ve got to be in the water, in line with the other ones.” Clary is hopeful Thursday’s meeting will clear the picture. “I’m not sure what TxDOT is going to do,” he said. “One option is they might do nothing. “We will put our house up for sale if they’re not doing anything.”

County business said, “is a coordinated effort between the cities and the county to update and enforce anti-littering ordinances.” In other action Tuesday, commissioners’ court agreed to a amend a prior pipeline right-of-way agreement and easement at the county airport. Originally granted to the Socony Mobil Oil Company in 1959, ExxonMobil agreed to pay $13,804 for back payments due and a one-time $153,375 payment for a perpetual easement. The commissioners agreed to OK a payment of $30,400 for spray units and GPS support systems to keep its mosquito spraying equipment state-certified and authorized renewal of an $8,800 per year environmental con-

$7,500 Reward Offered for Fugitive Gang Member

Chelsey Chaffin went to prom in 2016. Her mother,Teri, prepared her daughter for the big night and now wants to help others get a dress for prom too. As part of her ministry, Operation Prom Dress, a group of volunteers are giving away free dresses and accessories.

Free Prom Dress dresses. Catherine Ford, of New to You, had them waiting for Chaffin to be picked up immediately. Chaffin eagerly retrieved the dresses and is awaiting the day they will be given away. Buffy McPayne Hooper is a volunteer in Operation Prom Dress and has donated the use of her business to host the event. But, she didn’t stop there. She is also collecting the dresses and donations at her other business, Buffy Doiron Insurance 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., located at 7735 Twin City Highway in Port Arthur. The prom dress giveaway will be on 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 23rd at 135 Blueberry in Bridge City at Queen of the Court. To assist as many girls as possible, there are still more donations needed before the giveaway. Additional dresses sizes 2 through 26 are needed and especially those in plus sizes. It is important the items come from smoke free

include an iron cross AUSTIN – The on front of neck; Texas Department of Public Safety “Locklin” across upper chest; the letters (DPS) has added “AC” near the webClifford Nelson bing of his left hand; Locklin Jr., 45, to the and numerous other Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives tattoos on his abdomen, back of head, list, and a cash reLocklin back, both sides of ward up to $7,500 is neck, both arms, now being offered for information leading to both shoulders and both his capture. Locklin, who is legs. Locklin also has a scar affiliated with the Aryan on his right hand. For more Circle gang, is wanted for ag- information or updates in gravated assault with a dead- the event of his arrest, see ly weapon, theft and parole his wanted bulletin. Texas Crime Stoppers, violation. All tips are guarwhich is funded by the Govanteed to be anonymous. Locklin has been wanted ernor’s Criminal Justice Disince September 2018 when vision, offers cash rewards to he absconded from his last any person who provides inknown address in Bastrop. formation that leads to the Locklin also has ties to other arrest of one of the Texas 10 areas of Central Texas, in- Most Wanted fugitives or sex cluding Travis County. He offenders. has an extensive criminal To be eligible for the cash history of burglary, drugs, rewards, tipsters MUST protheft, evading arrest and en- vide information to authorigaging in organized criminal ties using one of the three following methods: activity. Call the Crime Stoppers Locklin is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs approximate- hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS ly 190 pounds. His tattoos (8477).

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environments. Chaffin is wanting to collect prom jewelry, shoes and all the accessories too. She is also hoping to collect door prizes such as gift certificates for spray tans, and so the girls can get their nails and hair done too. Finally, she would like to have donations of snack items for the girls to have while looking for their dresses at the event. Chaffin says the event is open to all girls in need of a dress in Southeast Texas. But, they will need a current student identification card. Dresses are limited to one per girl and are on a first come, first serve basis. Chaffin and her team of volunteers with the Operation Prom Dress Ministry are looking forward to their giveaway and putting smiles on the faces of those attending. For the event the team chooses to live by Galatians 5:13, “Serve one another in love.”

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sulting services contract. The county agreed to issue $491,755 in checks to cover bills. Of that total, $73,000 was for retiree group insurance for February and $213,800 went to Wendorf, Beward & Partners for work to secure Tropical Storm Harvey recovery funds. A recent Record story reported accurately that the county had agreed to four “task orders,” each for about $1.5 million with Wendorf, Beward. Both County Judge Dean Crooks and company principal Nancy Beward explained last week the high figures were high-dollar estimates and that in fact the county had only paid about $2.2 million to the consultants.

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They will go the extra step to help Bridge City citizens rebound. Any citizen who needs rebuilding material should check with Lee first. If he doesn’t have it at the best price, he will advise you on how to best fill your needs. Mayor Kirk Roccaforte was named Citizen of the Year. He gave credit to employees, volunteers and the citizens for his honor. Mark Dunn was installed as president. A native of Bridge City he is honored to serve the chamber in its 50th year. Rebuilding the city and its business community is a challenge he is dedicated to. A full house attended at Marci Messer’s “Palms.” Kirk Ellender served as master of ceremonies. Pretty Cil Dixon was named Ambassador of the Year for 2008.

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From The Creaux’s Nest WEAKENED TRUMP DELIVERS STATE OF THE UNION Trump’s State of the Union delivered Tuesday evening faced political headwinds. A weakened Trump called for unity that is expected to last until his first tweet. Trump has been weakened politically by a just ended, longest government shutdown in U.S. history and other factors, such as Fact Check reporting Monday that the president has recorded 8,454 falsehoods in his first two years. Senate Republicans are restless and now showing signs of standing up to the President. Meanwhile, Special Council Robert Mueller is still issuing indictments. It will be hard for Trump to accomplish much of anything the remainder of his term. His poll numbers are in the mid-thirties, which should come up a little with a boost from his State of the Union message. A larger number hanging over his head is that 57 percent of voters saying they would not vote for him for a second term. Only 28 percent say they would. The trap Trump put himself in is the border wall he said Mexico would pay for 100 percent. That continues to hang around his neck. The focus right now is that both sides agree on border security but congress is not willing to put in $5.7 billion on a wall when the deficit is due to hit two trillion this year. A bi-partisan congressional committee has just two weeks to negotiate a deal to secure the border or risk another government shutdown on Feb. 15, when funding will lapse. President Trump made another pitch for his wall in the State of the Union. Polls show that Americans remain skeptical about there actually being a major national crisis on the southern border. The only emergency is for Trump, whose campaign promise of a big, beautiful wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for is not happening. Trump repeated his claims that drugs, human trafficking and crime would be curtailed with his wall. Customs and border protection offers no projected reduction in crime and drug smuggling. Swimming the Rio Grande is not the preferred smuggling routes, ports of entry are. Common sense tells us that putting billions of dollars in a gar hole to fulfill a promise that was a lie to start with is not in the best interest of the United States. The radical right holds that promise over Trump’s head and he wants it to be his monument. It will declare “Built under the Administration of Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States.” It would also have his picture sketched on the brass plaque. That is his ultimate goal. He likely will get that at the ports of entry in the final deal.***** I’ve got to move on. Please come along, it won’t do you no harm.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 10 Years Ago-2009 Heavy on my mind is our friend of over 50 years Ann Segura, who fell and injured herself. She is in St. Mary’s Hospital and hasn’t been doing so well. Ann and her late husband, Jimmy, started Bridge City Cleaners over 55 years ago. *****Our buddy Capt. David Peck, after 16 years with the Sheriff’s Department, has landed a great corporate job with Olmsted Industries, located in Texas, Louisiana and California. Besides carrying a Blackberry, David is now driving a new, four-door Silverado pickup. He’s the company D.O.T. Regulation Manager. He will oversee company vehicles and make sure they are in compliance. David has his own big office at headquarters and I hear that company officials are extremely proud to have him on board at the corporate office.*****We are extremely proud of our Bridge City native son, NFL star, Matt Bryant, who will be inducted into the Gulf Coast Hall of Fame Feb. 21. Matt will receive many honors before his football playing days are over. I know mom, Mary and dad, Casey, and his family is extremely proud of Matt’s accomplishments. *****Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras is celebrated in all French influenced parts of the southern United States. The first of the great Krewes, the Mistick Krewe of Comus (a secret carnival organization) made its debut in 1857. Mardi Gras remains the climactic day of the year in Creole America. Fat Tuesday proceeds the solemn 40 days of penitence that starts with Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter Sunday. Mardi Gras is the most celebrated day of the year in Cajun country. *****Feb. 12 marks the 210th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. In life and death, honest Abe symbolized to many generations the embodiment of our nation’s ideals of vigor, virtue and human compassion. Born in 1809, our 16th president pulled himself up from poverty and ignorance to become a bold chief of our country, which was torn by civil strife. He took office in March, 1861. A few days later, on April 12, the Civil War started. Just a week after the war ended Abe was assassinated in 1865. He lived and died for equal opportunity for all Americans. Point of interest: Lincoln’s most famous speech at Gettysburg (Nov. 19, 1863) was only 272 words long, 10 sentences and took three minutes. The speech started “Four score and seven years ago.” A score is 20 years. So he was referring to the Declaration of Independence signed 1776, 87 years earlier. Four-score and seven years. Now you know.***** The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce’s golden anniversary meeting and banquet was Feb. 5. Motiva Enterprises sponsored the affair. The company has done much to help the citizens of Bridge City rebound from the devastation of Hurricane Ike. Hopper Lumber owned by a great couple, Lee and Connie Angelle, was named Business of the Year.

The spotlight is on the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bearetts, zone champions. Coaches are Paul Baker and Linda Warner. Basketball players are Tanyia, Strickland, forward; DeDe Crawford, guard; Linda Bean, guard; Becky Dunn, forward; Karen Kachtik, guard; Dawana Wiggins, guard; Brenda Burch, forward and Donna Peveto, forward. Others on the team are Angela Kanoy, Thresa Duncan, Debbie McClelland, Debbie Martinez, Molly Malone, Doris Flanagan, Sherry Miller and Julie Knight. *****The West End Optimist Club is charted. *****Gene Rutledge, formerly of Bridge City, is the new postmaster at Corrigan. *****Runnels Tire Co. holds open house. Joe Burke attended the opening and ate all of the icing off the top of the cake, nothing else. *****Sue Collins is wearing a new blond hair do. She heard blonds have more fun. *****Clint Britt will be 12-years-old on Feb. 16. *****Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beauchamp, formerly of Orange, now living in St. Charles, Ill., subscribe to the Opportunity Valley News. Frank recently bought a subscription for his grandfather, C.N. Phillips of Beaumont. (Editor’s Note: The Beauchamps are back in Orange and Theresa is County Commissioner.)*****Last Friday at a Bar Association meeting, a memo written by Bearden and addressed to “members of the county attorney’s staff and secretaries,” was made public by a fellow lawyer. Bearden was set up by a bad apple that went to the trouble of inviting a newspaper reporter in an attempt to harm him. (Editor’s note: $5 will get you $10 that Sharon remembers that scoundrel.)

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Obituaries 10 Years Ago-2009 Catherine Liddell Allen, 74, of Orange, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 3. Funeral services were Feb. 7. She was a retired Attendance Clerk for the West Orange Cove ISD and was a member of the Lutcher Theater Guild. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Cecil Allen, son, Chris W. Allen, daughters Donna Benefield, Cindy Reynolds, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. *****Lula M. Leger Johnson, 73, of Orange, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 4. Funeral service was held Feb. 6. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth A. Johnson, daughter, Dana Lin Price and grandchildren.***** Jimmie Ray “Bud” Sterns died Thursday, Feb. 5. Funeral services were Feb. 9. Bud was a draftsman and owned J.R. Sterns Drafting Service in Bridge City. He is survived by his mother, Lessie Mayes Sterns, daughter, Chrystal Sterns, sisters, Billie Downey, Jan Leonard, Jo Voight and Judy Escagne and two grandchildren.***** John E. Walton, 67, died Friday, Feb. 6. Funeral services were Feb. 9. He was employed by American General as an insurance agent. He was a member of the Bridge City Jaycees and was a musician in a local band called The Sensations. He is survived by his sons John Tomas, Scotty, Donald Ray, Joseph Hollis and Randall Wayne Walton, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

60 YEARS AGO-1959 Boxers win titles in Beaumont Golden Gloves: Orange boxers Marvin Potter won the welterweight title by decision over John Talbert of Bridge City. Billy Barrett won the heavy weight title over Elliot Romero of Port Neches. Bridge City’s Dow Gene Anderson won his 12th straight fight by knockout. He stopped Tias Ismorino, of Beaumont, in the second round. Two knockouts Friday gave him the Golden Gloves championship. Other local winners were Lannie Talbert, Pat Ahiman and Pete McRae, voted outstanding boxer of the tournament. Eight boxers will compete in regional’s in Galveston. *****Plans are in the works to obtain a bank in Bridge City. Appointed to the temporary committee are John Saint, Bess Cox, Kelly Littlepage Jay Eshbach, J.B. Scales and C.O. Lawson. *****Orange streets flooded after cold wave and heavy rains.

A FEW HAPPENINGS Roy, in his Down Life’s Highway column this week, wrote about Tony Dal Sasso, “Gone But Not Forgotten” on the 10 th anniversary of his death. Tony was one of the outstanding business men who helped grow our community. A visit with 85-year-old Joe Payne brought back memories of Roselawn Addition in its hay day. Roy and Phyl lived on Camellia Street, Dr. Cloud lived across the street, Corky and Betty Harmon lived down the street. Joe Payne’s in-laws, “Pop” Hinson lived next door to them. Morris Collier lived on the corner of Camellia and Bluebonnet. Joe and Dee lived on Hydrangea, Tony lived next door and his brother Ray lived across the street. A lot of well known people back then lived in that addition. Today, Roy and Joe are just a couple of the few still left who lived in Roselawn in the 1960.s. The only couple we know living on either of those streets today are Jody and Beverly Raymer, who live on Hydrangea but are planning to move soon to be near their boys. The 60’s were the Golden Times and Tony was one of the Golden Boys, who worked every day to make the community a better place.*****The Congressional Budget Office released a report showing $11 billion is what the government shutdown, by President Trump, cost the tax payers in loses. It also inflicted pain and damage that will be felt in coming years.*****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch will dine at Robert’s this week and at JB’s next week. Last week a special visitor was Deborah Bonar, from the Keep Orange Beautiful committee. She was promoting the upcoming ‘Trash Off.’ Anytime you attend you will probably dine with someone different. Everyone is welcome, just show up.*****The American

College of Cardiology has updated its guidelines to define high blood pressure and a reading higher than 130/80 down from the original 140/90. High blood pressure can’t be dismissed from the equation in our fight against cardiovascular disease.*****Americans ate about 1.38 billion chicken wings this past Super Bowl weekend. That’s enough wings to circle the earth three times.*****Twins Trevor and Tyler Gunn will be 24 on Feb. 10. I’ve been keeping up with those boys birthdays since they were five years old. I haven’t heard from them or their granddad in a long time but I believe they are still around.*****Celebrating on Feb. 9 is a boy I’ve known since before he was a teenager. Gene Bourgeois, better known as Jivin’ Gene and the best Cajun cook I know, Karen Fusilier are both a year older on this day.*****Our friend at Peggy’s Place on Cow Bayou, Peggy Albair, celebrates on Feb. 10. With the bridge out and some health problems, 2018 wasn’t a good year for the Albairs. Here’s best wishes for 2019.

BIRTHDAYS CELEBRATED THIS WEEK Feb. 6: Celebrating on this day are Grant Jones, David Gryder, Cindy Lessard and Karen Duplician. They are joined by singers Ali Rose, 57 and Rick Astley, 53.*****Feb. 7: Lisa Beuhler, Darlene Brown Jamie Beaulieu, Jeanna Campbell and Jeremy Sleeman all celebrate. Joining them are comedian Chris Rock, 53, actor Ashton Kutcher, 40, country singer Garth Brooks, 56 and actor James Spader, 58.*****Feb. 8:Todd Landry and Barbara Fix celebrate on this day. Also celebrating are actors Seth Green, 44, Metal singer Vince Neil, 57 and actress Cecily Strong, 34.*****Feb. 9: Alex Hurst, Doyce Sherman, Cynthia Fisher all celebrate. They are joined by actors Joe Pesci, 75, Rose Leslie, 31, songwriter and singer Carole King, 76 and Country singer Travis Tritt, 55.*****Feb. 10: Shane Brister and Bobby Arnold celebrate today. Joining them are actors Emma Roberts, 27, Elizabeth Banks, 44 and Laura Dern, 51.*****Feb. 11: Celebrating today are twins Deric Prevost and Eric Prevost, Jody Connor, Brittany Carpenter. They are joined in celebration by actors Jennifer Aniston, 49, Taylor Lautner, 26 and politician Sarah Palin, 54.*****Feb. 12: Celebrating today are Christy Reves, Jordan Guererro, Michele Moore and Sara Childs. Celebrities celebrating today are actor Josh Brolin, 50 and actress Tara Strong, 45, TV host Arsenio Hall, 62.*****Feb. 13: Turning a year older on this day are Heather Sztaba, Amy Britnell and Jeremy Delano. They are joined by actress Stockard Channing, 74, TV host Jerry Springer, 74 and singer Peter Gabriel, 68.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK Last July on a hot summer day, Sadia Mae bought herself to town wit her dog, Jolie. She tied her under da shade of a tree and headed into Tee-Boy’s Bar and Grill for something cold to drink. Soon officer Hadley Boudreaux entered da grill and axe, “Who owns dat dog tied under dat tree out dire?” Sadie Mae said, “Dat’s my dog, Jolie.” “Lady, you dog seems to be in heat her,” officer Boudreaux said. “No way,” said the blond Sadia Mae, “She’s cool cause she’s tied up under dat dire shade tree.” Boudreaux said, “Mais, sha, you don’t understand, you dog needs to be bred her.” “No way,” said da blond, “My dog, her doesn’t need bread, she’s not hungry, I fed her dis morning and she don’t eat bread any how.” Officer Boudreaux him, a little exasperated, said, “Look babe, you don’t understand, you dog her wants to be loved.” Da blond Sadie Mae look at officer Boudreaux rat in his eyes and said, “Well officer, you go ahead, I always wanted a police dog me.”

C’EST TOUT Super Bowl Review The big seafood gumbo and all the trimmings was set out. Everyone filled up and waited for the Super Bowl game between Tom Brady and the Patriots and Wade Phillips’ Ram defense. I was alone pulling for home-boy Wade. I needed a friend to help me get a win for our boy so I called Neighbor Cox. I was going to bribe him with some gumbo to join me pulling for the Rams. “Nope, I’m for Brady,” he said. Billy Jack delivered him the gumbo anyway because they were on the same team. The Patriots’ Tom Brady and Coach Bill Belichick strangled Rams quarterback Jared Goff and his lifeless offense 13-3. It was however the Patriots’ Julian Edelman, who led the way to be named MVP. In 2009 he was the seventh round draft pick. A 5-foot, 10 inch, Kent State quarterback, New England took him #232 overall. Coach Belichick didn’t know where he would play him. They played him at corner, they tried him on special teams and eventually they moved him to receiver, all new skills for someone who had spent his life since Pee Wee League running an offense. As they say the rest is history. In three playoff games Edelman couldn’t be covered. He had 10 catches for 141 yards against the Rams, seven for 96 yards against the Chiefs and nine for 151 yards against the Chargers. As for the Rams defense, Wade had as good a game plan as it would take to win most games but the offense has to produce points to have a chance to win. The Rams got killed. Both teams were outstanding on defense and made some remarkable plays. It was the lowest scoring game in Super Bowl history. USA Today’s ad meter, a ranking of Super Bowl ads by consumer ratings, named the commercial, A Salute to the NFL’S upcoming 100 th season, a Tour de Force of famous faces and smashing tables at a banquet where a football, falling off a giant cake, leads to a riotous romp through generations of NFL history. The half-time show came on while I was taking in seconds on the gumbo but I hear Adam Levine and Maroon Five didn’t get great rave reviews. So ends another football season. Bring on the Astros.*****Read us cover to cover. Also, please shop our advertisers. Take care and God bless.

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Gumbo Meal Fundraiser at Good Shepherd Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is sponsoring another Gumbo Meal fundraiser. If you missed out on their “Bridge City famous gumbo” at last year’s Christmas Bazaar, here is another opportunity to give it a try. ey have two dates for you to purchase: Wednesday, February 6 from 11 am to 1 pm and again on Tuesday, March 5 from 11 am to 1 pm. Pricing is as follows: e Gumbo Meal $9.50, Frozen Quart $12.00, Frozen Pint $6.00, and all is available for Dine In, Take Out or Delivery. Call the church oﬃce at 409-7354573 for more information or to place orders. ey are located at 745 W. Roundbunch, Bridge City. is helps support the music ministry and scholarships.

Bridge City ISD School Board Ballot notice e Bridge City ISD issues a Notice of Deadline to File Application for Place on the Ballot. Notice is hereby given that applications for a place on the Bridge City ISD’s School Board Trustee Place 3, Place 4, and Place 5 on the regular election ballot may be filed during the following time: January 16, 2019 to February 15, 2019. Office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday, February 15, open until 5 p.m. You may contact the Superintendent’s office at 1021 W. Roundbunch in Bridge City to file an application in person.

Orange County Retired Teachers Unit e next meeting of the Orange County Retired Teachers Unit will be held on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 10:30 am at Wesley United Methodist Church, 401 37th Street, Orange, TX. e guest speaker for our meeting will be Don omas of LSCO on Retiree's Health. e theme for the month is Fit and Fun , with a salad bar and dessert. e Hosts for lunch will be Doris Wilson, Linda Renfro, Irelia Rhodes, Donald Rhodes, Ginger Williams, and Kay Kline. Please join us; bring your appetite!

BC baseball hosts Young Alumni Classic Bridge City Baseball will host the Chuck Young Alumni Classic on Saturday, February 16th. We will have a home run derby beginning at 11:00am with a game to follow. Please contact Coach Chris Moore at chris.moore@bridgecityisd.net if interested in participating.

Help with Taxes AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) Tax Filing Assistance will be offered starting 12:15 p.m., Friday, February 1, at the Orange Public Library. IRS (Internal Revenue Service)-certified volunteers will be available from 12:15 to 4:00 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday through April 12, and on Monday, April 15. April 15 is the last day to file 2018 taxes. Anyone coming for assistance should bring the following: Proof of identification (photo ID); Social Security cards for you, your spouse, and dependents; Birth dates for you, your spouse, and dependents; Wage and income statements (Form W-2, Social Security, 1099-R, 1099-Misc, W2G); Interest and dividend statements from banks (Forms 1099); Records of any Capital Gains and Losses; Forms 1095-A, B or C, Affordable Health Care Statements; and a copy of last year’s federal and state returns, very helpful in the preparation of the 2018 return. For contact information, call or email Richard Porter, 409.883.0698 or porter4897@sbcglobal.net.

Golden K Kiwanis to meet Golden K Kiwanis meets every Wednesday, 9:30-10:30 a.m., at the Salvation Army Building, 1960 MLK Drive, Orange 77630. Coffee is always served, often with light refreshments offered. e public is welcome to attend. Wednesday, February 6 - One of Golden K's favorite history buffs, Gerald Langham, a retired engineer, will give us more historical information about nearby local areas. is will be his fourth time as historical speaker in two years. Wednesday, February 13 Brenna Mancusco, Head Librarian at the City of Orange Public Library, will convey all the things available in the library, such as e-books, books on tape, children's weekly book time, tax preparations, reference books, computer usage available, etc. Wednesday, February 20 - Dawn Burleigh, Editor of e Orange Leader, will speak regarding the print and electronic media of the future. Dues for this non-profit group are $38 per quarter.

AAUW collecting used books for Art in Park AAUW (American Association of University Women) is a non-proﬁt organization for women and men which hopes to help women succeed in education. e group sponsors scholarships each spring for a graduating senior female from Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School, as well as one from West Orange-Stark High School in the City of Orange through an annual major fundraiser at Art in the Park, known as the AAUW Used Book Sale, this year set for Saturday, April 6, at Stark Park. As usual, the AAUW spot will be located on the porch of the Lutcher eater. Residents may donate boxed gently-used books for the AAUW Used Book Sale at Looking Good Salon in the North Way Shopping Center, through Paul Burch, owner. For more book sale information, call Margaret at 409.866.5739 or email her at mlight1@gt.rr.com. Other AAUW activities include Galloping Gourmet where members dine at various restaurants each month, an annual madefrom-scratch pizza party, a monthly book club named Book-Ins, and a scholarship end-of-year banquet. Dues are $60 per year for those with 2 or 4-year degrees and beyond, or $25 per year to be a non-degreed Friend of AAUW (no voting rights or oﬃces held), but eligible to participate in all activities. For more membership details, please text or call Diane at 409.988.5635.

OC TAMU Mothers' Club Scholarship e 2019 Orange County Texas A&M University Mothers' Club Scholarship application is available. For a copy of the application, contact the local high school counselor and/or scholarship coordinator. Applications are also available at https://orangecountymoms.aggienetwork.com /scholarships/ . For more information, contact Bridget

Trawhon at (409) 4195 or btrawhon@gmail.com.

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Trinity Baptist Church A Women's Bible Study based on the book, "Proven," by Jennie Allen, and through the gospel of John, will begin on Wednesday evenings beginning February 6, at Trinity Baptist Church, 1819 N. 16th Street, Orange 77630. Please enroll by calling the church oﬃce, 409.886-1333. Also, the church youth group for Trinity Baptist meets on Wednesday evenings, and a meal is served to youth. Additionally, a Valentine's Banquet will be held Wednesday, February 13, at the Garden District Restaurant, featuring Robert Burkhart, a Christian Comedian. Tickets are $15 per person and reservations should be given to Dan Cruse, Trinity Baptist worship minister, at 409.313.4940. Trinity minister is Pastor Ryan Chandler.

GriefShare Program at Trinity Baptist Church A 13-week class called "GriefShare" begins at 6 p.m. on Sunday, February 10, at Trinity Baptist, 1819 16th Street, Orange 77630. It is a grief recovery group led by Dan Cruse, and assisted by several people who have also experienced grief. Whether it is a spouse, a child, or a parent, GriefShare is ready to support. Dan Cruse needs a support group for families to help him with facilitating programs. Participants are welcome to attend the GriefShare group at any point. Each session is "self-contained," so a participant does not have to attend each session. Past group members have, reportedly, said that they felt safe and loved, that they received hope, and that they felt it was a turning point in their lives. GriefShare could be a person's journey from mourning to joy, according to Cruse, Trinity Baptist worship minister. Cruse is also a retired guidance counselor, as well as a retired music educator. Please call 409.886.1333, email pastor at ryan@trinityorange.com, or check Trinity Baptist Facebook page. ere is also a national website, www.griefshare.org, and the classes include a personal workbook, a video seminar, and a group discussion, giving participants support and encouragement for their own grief journey. GriefShare is a network of 15,000 or more churches worldwide equipped to oﬀer grief support groups. e program is nondenominational and features biblical concepts for healing from a person's grief. e minister at Orange Trinity Baptist is Pastor Ryan Chandler.

Beginner Bridge Lessons Kris Payne Cherry will teach Beginner Bridge Lessons at no cost from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Church of Christ, Ninth and Elm Streets in downtown Orange on the following dates: ursdays, February 21 and 28; Mondays, March 4 and 11; Wednesday, March 13; ursdays, March 21 and 28; and Monday, April 1. Please call 409.678.3272 for more information. You must be registered to attend.

Cooking Class for Adults e Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Oﬃce of Orange County is holding a Cooking Class for Adults with Rocky. is will be held on Saturday, February 23, at 10:00 AM and costs $25. Adults will be having fun while cooking healthy recipes and preparing a 3 course meal. ere will also be door prizes. Payment is due by February 15th. Make your reservations today by calling 409- 8827010 as the class size is limited!

Link and Bake Sale Benefit for Billy Coward Billie Coward of the Orange area was recently diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of head and neck. A link and bake sale will be held Saturday, March 23, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Bridge City Community Center Pavilion, 101 Parkside Drive, Bridge City. A link, chips, and drink will be sold for $8. Please call 409.670.2990 to pre-order. Cookies, pies, cakes, and more will be available to purchase. Raﬄe tickets are now on sale. A drawing will be held on the day of the event, March 23. Funds are being raised to help Billy with enormous medical expenses.

Orange County Master Gardeners Plant Fair e Orange County Master Gardeners are holding their Sixth Annual Bloomin’ Crazy Plant Fair Saturday, March 23, 2019, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Cormier Park located at 8235 FM 1442 in Orangefield. Hundreds of nursery & membergrown plants will be for sale, including many plant varieties of citrus, berries, cold-hardy avocados, fig trees, Texas Superstars, perennials, natives, annuals, house and tropical plants, along with succulents, lilies, and many other hard-tofind, unusual plants. Plant specialists and members will be available to answer questions, as well as assist with plant selection. Specialty booths will be staged with unique gardening and craft items. For more information, visit http://txmg.org/orange or contact the Orange County Master Gardeners at sheribethard@yahoo.com if interested in being one of the vendors.

month at 2 p.m. Commander Gill would like to invite each member to attend these meetings. Each Veteran is invited to come and join this military post. e American Legion represents the military in Washington, D.C. for helping obtain beneﬁts which are deserved.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Nut Fundraiser Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is currently selling Durham Ellis Nuts. Pecan halves are $9.75/lb., Pecan Pieces are $9.50/lb., and Walnut Pieces are $8.00/lb. Also available are Chocolate Covered Pecans for $9.00. Come see the inventory of nuts. e phone number is 409-735-4573.

Dementia Care Givers' Support Group e Dementia Care Givers' Support Group meets at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Canticle Building, 4300 Meeks Drive in Orange on the following days and times: Second Wednesday of every month at 10:00 a.m., and Second ursday of every month at 6:30 p.m..

Orange County Friends (OCF) e annual February General Meeting of Orange County Friends, formerly known as Orange Newcomers, will take place at Tuﬀy's Restaurant, corner of Highways 12 and 62 in Mauriceville, at 11 a.m. for a Dutch-treat luncheon. e guest speaker will be Tom Neal, director of the Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, Texas. Neal will discuss the 2006 book, "Betting, Booze, and Brothels: Vice, Corruption, and Justice in Jeﬀerson County, Texas, from Spindletop to the 1960s," by Laura C. O'Toole and Wanda A. Landrey. Dues at mid-year are $10 per person. Upon joining OCF, a monthly calendar is emailed to paid members identifying the activities including Day and Night Bunco groups, Bridge, Book Club, Games for Gals, and Out and About area learning group. e next Out and About will be ursday, February 14, at the Museum of the Gulf Coast, 700 Procter Street, Port Arthur, Texas 77640. Cost is $4 per person for admission. A Dutch treat lunch is planned afterwards at Edith's, across the street from the museum, a cafe serving soul food. For information regarding Out and About, email Barbara at bmyr1015@aol.com or text at 409.221.4915.

GOALS Seeking Board Members GOALS (Greater Orange Area Literacy Services) is interested in replacing several spots on the Board due to some who have moved or plan to move. e mission of GOALS is to help those in Orange County who are unable to read, to assist ESL (English as a Second Language) students with the adult learning of English, and to provide tutoring for those wishing to take the GED (General Educational Development) equivalency test to obtain a high school diploma. GOALS is a nonproﬁt organization founded by Bonnie Hopperton 25 years ago. e GOALS oﬃce may be contacted at 409.886.4311, and please ask for Rhonda Powell, Director. Powell also can give guidelines for those wishing to volunteer to tutor,

or possibly secure a spot on Board of GOALS. e next Board meeting for GOALS is slated for Monday, February 18, at 4:30 p.m., 520 W. Decatur Avenue, Orange 77630. GOALS is a tax-exempt, non-proﬁt adult literacy program. Hours are 10 a.m.-3 p.m. weekly, Monday-Friday. Dues are not required.

Seek & Find Resale Store Come and visit us at Seek and Find Resale Stop sponsored by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 985 W. Roundbunch Road, Suite A (next to Happy Donuts). Seek and Find is open three days per week: ursday, 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Friday, 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ere is new gently-used clothing, as well as household items added to the inventory. e variety of items is likely to be the best in the area with frequent specials. All proceeds go to a Music Scholarship Fund. Come and see what "all the fuss is about," and gain some great bargains in the process.

Pinnacle Music Academy Pinnacle Academy oﬀers private music lessons for Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Drums, Bass Trumpet, Ukulele, and more for all ages. Learn all musical styles including Pop, Rock, Country, Metal, Jazz, Blues, and Hip Hop. Pinnacle Academy is located at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 945 W. Roundbunch, Bridge City. Come and discover this opportunity to learn an instrument in the local area. For more information, call 409-2413920 or visit www.PinnacleMusicAcademy.com.

Orange County Beekeeping Group e Orange County Beekeepers Group is a group of local beekeepers interested in spreading information about honeybees and the pollination service they perform. e group also strives to aid and assist fellow beekeepers, any new beekeepers, and the general public. For information or assistance with honeybee removals, please contact Len VanMarion 409-728-0344 or Brian Muldrow 713-377-0356.

Orange Al-Anon meetings Al-Anon can help if someone close to another person has a drinking or addiction problem. AlAnon meets Sundays and Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m., at North Orange Baptist Church, 4775 North 16th Street (Rear), Orange. Call 409-4742171 or 409-988-2311 for more information. Calls are kept conﬁdential.

Bridge City Al-Anon Meetings Al-Anon meetings are held on ursday evenings at 7 p.m. in the Library at St. Henry's Catholic Church Education building, located at 475 W. Roundbunch Road, Bridge City. For more information, please contact Cindy at 409-7499036 or Mike at 409-718-0333.

BC Chamber Murder Mystery Dinner set Mar. 9 Y’all put on your boots, chaps and ten-gallon hats for a rootin tootin shotgun shootin good time at the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce Murder Mystery Dinner, Death Near Dead Man’s Holler. Leave the little ones at home and enjoy the adult only entertainment with dinner, drinks and a show on Saturday, March 9th at 6 p.m. at the Bridge City Community Center. Prizes will be awarded for best cowboy and cowgirl. Tickets are $40 per person or a table for 8 is $300. For reservations, call the chamber at 409-735-5671 or go to the chamber’s website: www.bridgecitychamber.com/ murder-mystery-dinner.

Bridge City Chamber to Award Scholarships Attention all Bridge City and Orangefield High School seniors: e Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce they will be awarding two $500 scholarships to Bridge City High School seniors and two $500 scholarships to Orangefield High School seniors. Applications are available at the student’s high school counselor’s office, Bridge City Chamber office at 150 W. Roundbunch Road, Bridge City, TX 77611, or can be downloaded from the chamber’s website at www.bridgecitychamber.com. Completed applications should be returned to the respective high school counselor no later than April 5, 2019. For more information, contact the high school counselor or call the Bridge City Chamber at (409) 735-5671.

American Legion to meet e Lloyd Grubbs American Legion Post #49 located at 108 Green Avenue in Orange has a new Commander, Ronnie Gill. e meetings have been changed from the second ursday of each month at 7 p.m. to the second Saturday of each

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Deaths and Memorials

Bill “Mr. Bill” Hardee, 85, Orange Bill “Mr. Bill” Hardee, 85, of Orange, Texas, passed away on January 31, 2019, in Port Arthur, Texas. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 5 at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating was Pastor Kevin Brown of First Baptist Church in Mauriceville. Burial followed the service at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Born in Robeline, Louisiana, on August 11, 1933, he was the son of Johnnie Jeff Hardee and Rilla Rebecca Davis Hardee. Bill worked as a truck driver for Central Freight Lines before retiring. He then went on to work for Market Basket in Mauriceville for over 20 years. He was a member of the Orange #214 Eastern Star, the Bridge City Masonic Lodge 1345, and the Scottish Rights of the Valley of Galveston. He enjoyed woodworking, fishing, gardening, and spending time with his family. BILL ‘Mr. BILL’ Bill will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him. He was preHArdEE ceded in death by his parents, Johnnie and Rilla Hardee. He is survived by his loving wife, Wanda Hardee; children, Jerry Hardee, of Orange, Debbie Wilbur and husband Michael O, of Bridge City, and Ryan Hardee of Plano; grandchildren, Angela J. Beck and husband Jason and Michael J. Wilbur; great-grandchildren, Josalyn Preston, Cristlyn Halbert, Ethan Beck, Alaina Halbert, and Samantha French; great-great-grandchildren, Katalina Preston and Levi Preston; and his fur babies, Peanut, Tinkerbell, and Felix. Serving as pallbearers will be members of the Bridge City Masonic Lodge. Bill’s family would like to extend a special thank you to the doctors and staff of the Medical Center of Southeast Texas for all of their care and support. In lieu of customary remembrances, memorial contributions can be made to the American Heart Association at 10900-B Stonelake Blvd. Suite 320, Austin, TX 78759 or to the American Diabetes Association at P.O. Box 15829 Arlington, VA 22215.

Cathy Conley, 56, Orange Cathy Conley, 56, of Orange, Texas, passed away on February 2, 2019, at her home in Orange. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 8, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Burial will follow at Granger Cemetery in Duncan Woods. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., ursday, February 7, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Born in Houston, Texas, on May 22, 1962, she was the daughter of Harrison Combs and Pansy (Adams) Harris. She worked as a bartender at the Bayou Club. She had previously worked as a cashier, nurse’s aide, and had owned a bar. Cathy was very sociable and enjoyed spending time with her many friends and family. She also loved her dogs, dancing, and being at the beach. Cathy was a free spirit who lived her life to the fullest. She will be missed by all CATHy who knew and loved her. ConLEy She was preceded in death by her father, Harrison Combs; her brother, David Combs; and her grandmother, Doris Johnson. She is survived by her loving companion, Harvey Powell of Orange; her mother, Pansy Harris of Orange; her children, Michelle Johnnie and husband Ty of Orangeﬁeld, Christy Naegele and husband Jonathan of Orangeﬁeld, and Mitchell Crooks, Jr. of Deweyville; her grandchildren, Danielle Smith, Danny Smith, Jr., Christa Smith, Mitchell Crooks, III, Wyatt Johnnie, and Cayla Naegele; her brother, Tracy Combs and wife Deb of Houston; and numerous other family and friends. Serving as pallbearers will be Jonathan Naegele, Ty Johnnie, Wyatt Johnnie, Tracy Combs, Danny Smith, Jr., and Harvey Powell. Honorary pallbearers are Mitchell Crooks, Jr. and Mitchell Crooks, III.

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Shinedown returns to The Woodlands on June 21 as the band continues supporting its latest album, “Attention Attention.” Tickets go on sale this Friday, Feb. 8, at all Ticketmaster outlets. Photo by Tommy Mann Jr.

New shows for spring, summer By Tommy Mann Jr. e Record Winter has reached its halfway point, so it is deﬁnitely OK to start making plans with friends for any one, or more, of the below listed music events. Several new shows have been announced this week, such as Lynyrd Skynyrd in Lafayette in May as its farewell tour continues, and Shinedown in e Woodlands on the ﬁrst day of summer. ere is no shortage of

shows in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana either, so enjoy! Feb. 7 Tenth Avenue North, Nick Hall, Land of Color, Jeﬀerson eatre, Beaumont Feb. 8 Johnny Gill, Golden Nugget Casino, Lake Charles, La. Feb. 9 Jonny Lang, Golden Nugget Casino, Lake Charles, La. Bring Me e Horizon, rice, Revention Music Cen-

ter, Houston Feb. 10 Marc Anthony, Toyota Center, Houston Feb. 12 In Flames, All at Remains, House of Blues, Houston Feb. 14 Liverpool Legends (Complete Beatles Experience), Jeﬀerson eatre, Beaumont Y&T, Gilby Clarke, Proof Rooftop Lounge, Houston

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Join Curator Sarah E. Boehme for a special Insights Lunch & Look on Friday, February 22, 2019 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Boehme will discuss how art and life intersected for artist Joseph Henry Sharp. The painter wanted to live near the subjects he portrayed, so he had a log cabin built on the Crow Indian reservation in Montana. Boehme will explore the history of the cabin, its furnishings, and the effects on Sharp’s art. Boehme will base her talk on an essay she has written for a forthcoming publication The Life & Art of Joseph Henry Sharp, edited by Peter H. Hassrick and published by the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. After the talk, attendees will have an opportunity to view paintings such as Sharp’s The Winter Screen, which he painted from the cabin’s back yard. Boehme said, “This talk will give a glimpse of Joseph Henry Sharp’s domestic life. We will delve into how he lived and why he chose the objects around him. I think attendees will be inspired by Sharp’s approach.” Participants are encouraged to bring their own brown bag lunch to enjoy during the presentation. Coffee service will be provided throughout the presentation. Insights Lunch & Looks and Lectures are a special series presented by Curator Sarah E. Boehme and guest speakers on subjects related to the Stark Museum of Art’s collection. This series provides visitors the opportunity to engage deeply with artists and works of art in the collection.

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Gone But Not Forgotten: Tony Dal Sasso—5/26/1922-2/8/2009 He marked a chapter in my life along with other great guys. Roy Dunn For e Record ey buried one of my old friends on Feb. 11, 2009. Tony Dal Sasso, age 86, died Feb. 8. Our friendship went back to late 1950. Starting in the early 1960s, we took part in political elections, always on the same side. Back then the Democratic Party controlled all political ofﬁces in the state and county. e party was actually split in factions, the conservative and liberal arms of the party. Tony and I, along with Jimmy Conn, Joe Blanda and most of the business community were conservative and were most often on the losing end of the campaign. Bob Montagne, Nolton Brown, Gene and Flo Edgerly and others were stanch liberal campaigners and very successful at it. I don’t believe my friend W.T. Oliver, a conservative, ever ran for a political oﬃce that didn’t have Tony’s support. In fact, he served as campaign manager on a couple of Oliver’s runs. W.T. was one of my dearest friends. Tony’s death leaves me as one of the few who go back to that period, 60 years ago. We had our successes but we broke the back of the Orange County lib-

eral movement with the election of state Rep. Wayne Peveto and the defeat of Clyde Haynes, the liberal’s fair-haired boy. Texas started to change and conservative democrats made inroads, which led to the state swinging to the right and electing George Bush over Gov. Ann Richardson. Tony had some republican leanings, especially in national elections, but one democratic candidate he supported for president was John F. Kennedy. I suspect, like Blanda and almost every Catholic I knew, he was supporting a chance for the ﬁrst Catholic to become U.S. president. Just like the blacks almost unanimously voted for Obama to be the ﬁrst black president. Most of those wonderful people I traveled down this road with are now gone. Tony was a prince of a guy. He had a lot of class, was always courteous and

Tony Dal Sasso genuine. I was constantly amazed at his intelligence and how he always seemed to be a step ahead of most situations. Once he called and asked me to meet him for lunch at M.J.’s Café. I wondered what that could be about. It wasn’t about his business; it was about mine. He gave me some pointers and

advice. One thing he told me that stuck and I’ve tried to practice was to “ink ahead of your competition. Never concern yourself with what they are doing, concern yourself with what your own employees are doing for the good of your business.” After that I always tried to stay one step ahead. We came

up with ideas that were picked up by competitors. I often bounced things oﬀ of Tony. He never gave radical answers. He gave me some advice that unfortunately I didn’t take, and it cost me $400,000 in taxes when I sold the Opportunity Valley News. I never did admit to him I hadn’t followed his instructions. Over the years our newspapers have published several stories about Tony. e last story was a few years ago when he returned to Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he graduated with degrees in history and economics. He was also on the football team and was a guest on the sideline, along with his fellow teammates who were still living. Tony was excited about that trip and called me to come see all his pictures, including the brand new football stadium. Tony and his brother Ray, both former FBI agents, came to Orange in the mid 1950s; his accomplishments are history now and have been written about many times. He was a leader and the godfather in the real estate and development ﬁeld. When Tony arrived, Orange had a large Italian population. He was right at home. I still recall how they gave each other a hard time in a kidding way. I also recall Margaret, Tony’s young, beautiful wife, who loved the sun. Most days Margaret could be found sunning at

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St. Mary Catholic School's 4th grade class presented a Living Wax Museum under the supervision of Mrs. Melissa McCorvy, Library Manager. The students researched individuals that have influenced our world. They shared their knowledge through posters, speeches and costumes. Pictured are (left to right) Allie Broussard as Rosa Parks, Izak Simon and Evelyn Rincon as Pierre and Marie Curie, Elizabeth Khatt as Sacaguwea, Cody LeJuhn as Martin Luther King Jr., Tristan Tran as William Shakespeare, Preston Ewing as, Thomasina Nguyen as Jane Goodall and Josie Riedel as Helen Keller.

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the Pines Motel pool on MacArthur Drive in Orange, owned by Lawrence Gray. His son, who gave swimming lessons to our kids, later became a doctor. eir daughter Chrisleigh, has run the business over the last few years. Tony’s many projects weren’t only in Bridge City, West Orange, Pinehurst and Orange. Dal Sasso has developments throughout Jeﬀerson County. If it weren’t for Tony and the other developers, who back then gambled their money on big projects, our area would have had a much slower growth. Tony was an honest entrepreneur who really cared about the community and it’s people. He gave much of his time to civic service. I feel fortunate to have crossed paths with Anton “Tony” Dal Sasso. I’m sure others feel the same. He was one of the rare jewels we collected down life’s highway. For some reason it seems like more than 10 years since he has been gone. His wife Margaret has also passed on since then. I’ve been very fortunate to have walked this earth with so many special guys, most, like Tony, gone now. I was blessed to have special friendships with such classy, smart people.

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The search for abandoned crab traps will get underway in earnest on Feb. 16.

The best thing that can be said of the Super Bowl LIII is that it’s over. Oh, by the way, the New England Patriots won.

Cheaters Never Prosper ‘Stupor Bowl’ very forgettable

KAZ’S KORNER JOE KAZMAR

FOR THE RECORD My take on Super Bowl LIII Sunday night is that two undeserving teams were matched up because of bum calls by game officials which produced one of the most boring world championship football games in history broadcast audience was below 100 million for the first time in 10 years. Football fans in New Orleans and Kansas City secretly cheered the lackluster offenses of both the winning New England Patriots and the powerless Los Angeles Rams knowing their Chiefs and Saints could have put on a much better National Football League extravaganza than what we were forced to watch. ose who enjoy great defensive games were in seventh heaven as defensive genius Bill Belichick matched wits with Orange na-

tive Wade Phillips that produced the lowestscoring game in Super Bowl history and the Patriots’ sixth championship by a puny 13-3 victory over the Rams. Phillips didn’t receive nearly the credit he deserved for holding perhaps the best quarterback in NFL history to one lousy touchdown. Ninety-nine percent of teams being held to a single touchdown lose as the son of legendary Bum Phillips dialed up a defense that bent but did not break against quarterback Tom Brady, who will be wearing his sixth Super Bowl ring in a few months. Rams’ head coach Sean McVay, who’s viewed by many in the know as a great offensive mind at the tender age of 33, was badly out-coached by Belichick in every phase of the game.

In most of the regular-season games, Belichick used a man-to-man defense. But in two weeks, Belichick devised a zone defense that was as successful for the Pats as it was confusing for the Rams. Sunday’s game rewrote many of the Super Bowl’s defensive records: • It was the second-lowest scoring ﬁrst half in a Super Bowl. Super Bowl IX had the Steelers 2, Vikings 0. • No Super Bowl had gone into the fourth quarter without a touchdown. e Patriots and Rams combined for the lowest-scoring Super Bowl through three quarters at 3-3. • And, the 16 total points established a new record for fewest points scored. e previous record for fewest points was 21 in Miami’s 14-7 win over Washington in Super Bowl VII after the 1972 season in which Miami was the only team in NFL history to run the table with an 18-0 record.

Don’t get caught with your traps in wrong spot DICKIE COLBURN FISHING REPORT FOR THE RECORD

Following three unsuccessful passes around the unmarked crab trap, Eulon Smith stretched his line past the breaking point and cursed both the trap and his bad luck. “at is the third Corky I have lost this morning to traps you can’t see,” he declared in disgust. “I’ll bet there are more traps lying around here that you can’t see than you can!” “I’ll take that bet,” barked Tommy Brewer. ere was a time when this place was a virtual mineﬁeld littered with ghost traps, but that isn’t the case anymore, especially since Louisiana joined us in the annual Crab Trap Clean Up. e kids and I started participating a few years back and I would give them a dollar a trap. ey earned so much money that ﬁrst year that they started looking at other bays that may have even more traps. Lures hung up in the wire mesh were a bonus!

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Sunday wasn’t the first time Belichick’s defensive genius made a difference on the final score. He has been doing it since before Brady picked up a football. His defenses led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl wins in 1987 (XXI) and 1991 (XXV). “e easy argument against Belichick is that he has yet to win a Super Bowl as a head coach without Brady,” according to last week’s issue of USA Today Sports Weekly, “which of course is true, but it ignores the fact that the Tom Brady who led the Patriots to a Super Bowl win over the Rams in 2001 was not yet the Tom Brady we’d all eventually agree is the greatest quarterback to play the game.” e Patriots’ dynasty began 17 years ago to the day when they upset the St. Louis Rams 20-17 in Super Bowl XXXVI after the 2001 season despite being a 14-point underdog. Brady was little more than a game manager during that season. New England is 6-3 in Super Bowls with Belichick as their coach, and Sunday was the first one not decided by one score. And it was the fewest points they’ve scored. Brady, who has won four Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Awards, was instrumental in helping wide receiver Julian Edelman win the MVP this time, connecting on 10 passes

From Page 1B for 141 yards and eight for first downs. Brady finished with 21-of-35 for 262 yards and one interception. His pass rating was a notso-great 71.4. However, the most significant pass from Brady was an 18-yard pass to tight end Rob Gronkowski, who made a diving catch at the two-yard line. is led to the game’s only touchdown by Sony Michel with seven minutes left in the game, breaking the 3-3 tie. e Rams only productive player, wide receiver Brandin Cooks, had eight catches for 120 yards but missed two catchable touchdown passes from young quarterback Jared Goff that could have made a huge difference in the game’s outcome. e big question rabid football fans are asking is whether Belichick can win a championship without Brady when he is actually gone due to “old age.” And they have yet to see Brady win without elite coaching. KWICKIES…Super Bowl LIII was barely in the books when the geniuses in Las Vegas came out with odds to win next year’s event. Believe it or not the New England Patriots were not the first choice of the professional sports books at 8-1 to repeat but were second behind the Kansas City Chiefs’ 6-1 odds. T wo other teams—the Los An-

Colburn “I don’t believe there’s a spot on the entire Gulf Coast that has more traps than right here in front of Willow Bayou,” announced Smith. “All you have to do to find one is tie on your favorite lure and reel it slowly across the bottom. It will get hung up every time.” e Clean Up on Sabine has never attracted the number of volunteers that it should, but even at that, they have still removed a pile of unattended traps over the years. It is dirty work, but the benefits are immeasurable. You are not only removing unmarked traps that invariably end up wrapped around your prop or decorated with expensive lures, but saving untold numbers of crabs and fish that the traps continue catching as well. “We got really serious five years ago when we lifted a trap that had a six pound trout wedged in it head first,” said Brewer. e 10-day closure period lasts from the Feb. 16-25. e main volunteer effort takes place on the Saturday, Feb. 16. e TPWD coordinator for Sabine Lake is Carey Gelpi with the facilitated drop-off site scheduled for the Pleasure Island Marina Boat Ramp. For more information call 409-983-1104. ••• In spite of all of the fresh water that has already found its way into Sabine Lake, both Rayburn and Toledo Bend are still above pool level. Hard rains in that area or above the lakes only necessitate releasing even more water. ere-in lies the main challenge for trout fishermen on Sabine Lake. ere are, however, a few folks still catching some solid trout, but they would best be

geles Rams and New Orleans— also were 8-1 picks. e Pittsburgh Steelers and the Los Angeles Chargers were far behind at 14-1. I was happy to get back on the golf course Sunday at Sunset Grove Country Club. I played with Craig Couvillion and Bob Hoepner and broke 90 for the first time since my surgeries three years ago. I found out that long-time Sunset Grove member Dewey Scott got a hole-in-one Saturday on the Par-3 No. 12 hole using a seven iron. And while on the subject of golf, one of my favorite young golfers, Rickie Fowler, hung on to win the PGA Tour Waste Management Phoenix Open after leading for all three rounds with a final round 74 Sunday. Fowler rallied back from a triple bogey to beat 19-year old Branden Grace by two strokes. Fowler’s 74 was the highest round by a winner in tournament history. Former Dallas Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo is drawing raves from fellow sports media people for his adeptness at being an excellent color analyst for CBS Sports and is considered the voice of the future. He was especially good during Super Bowl LIII Sunday explaining why the offense for both New England and the LA Rams were playing so poorly.

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served by touting their own skills rather than proclaiming the lake to be unaffected by the lower salinity. e truth is that there are basically two small areas where ninety percent of the trout are being caught by wade fishermen. Because both areas were already occupied when we arrived early last week, we opted to fish crankbaits and spinnerbaits up against the shoreline and easily limited on slot fish.We returned the following night to fish those areas during a major feed and caught and released nine trout up to four pounds. e following night we caught and released more than a dozen. at is hardly considered to be “lights out” fishing and certainly not the way most folks choose to fish. We caught trout, but the fish are not everywhere and the bite remains difficult at best. We tried three other locations over the course of the night and caught one under-

sized fish! For those of you that prefer to stay in the boat and cast rather than stand waist deep in the badly off-colored water, there is still a better than average redfish bite taking place on the tide changes. We have done better in the mid-lake on incoming tides and better in the bayous when it releases. Don’t give the dirty water a second thought. I would rather fish fifty-eight degree muddy water than fifty degree clear water anyway. We were catching most of our fish on a four-inch Usual Suspect, but the better lures for us last week were a quarter ounce spinner bait and a shallow running square bill crankbait. I am a little concerned at this point, however, that we are catching no flounder when fishing this program. In prior years we have always caught a flounder or two mixed in with the reds when fishing this pattern in February and early March.

Big fish stepping up as temperatures rise CAPT. CHUCK UZZLE OUTDOORS WEEKLY FOR THE RECORD

As far as I am concerned February and March have to be some of the best times on the calendar for a wide variety of reasons. Spring is closing in and everything starts to heat up, especially the fishing. Anglers all over the state look forward to this month with great anticipation every year because in just about any body of water you fish, fresh or salt; you stand an excellent chance of doing battle with a career fish. Freshwater anglers have long known the magic that can happen on those days when the winds lay and the temperature climbs. Big fish climb up from the deeper water and make their home for the next few weeks on the inside grass lines where they will eventually spawn. Before too long they will be fighting for space as it seems like the crappie usually beat the bass to the punch as the warmer temperatures push these fish up shallow. at space between the grass and the bank is going to get crowded really soon and that spells success for most fishermen. Now the freshwater folks won’t be the only ones taking advantage of the warmer temperatures, saltwater anglers will be reaping the benefits as well. Over the past several days the water temperatures steadily increased in many places. e warmer surface temps have triggered a better bite, especially the one on topwater plugs. Now the mainstay throughout the winter was the unbelievable redfish bite and that continues on an almost daily rampage. e ridiculous numbers of redfish have diehard big trout

Crappie head from deep water to the warmer temperatures of the shallows when winter turns to spring on local waters. hunters pulling out their hair and cursing aloud as it seems these fish are nowhere to be found when the redfish show up. is winter has been one of the quietest ones I can remember in a long time as far as big speckled trout are concerned. e norm during the winter months is to take advantage of the warmer days ahead of oncoming fronts and be on the water just prior to the weather change. Now with the more consistent temperatures the pattern should hinge on greater tide activity so if you are looking for an advantage there you have it. If there is any draw back to fishing in the spring months it will be the wind and you can bet there will be plenty of it. e stretch of shore line from Blue Buck to Willow Bayou will get plenty of traffic due to the predominant winds coming

from the southeast. On the days when the wind decides to lay down, it’s always a great idea to get back closer to deep water, the river and intracoastal. e islands that border the deeper water will be a haven for these big fish as they move up on the flats to feed and I can’t think of a better place to start. Good strong tide movements and a little presence of bait should certainly get you in the game. If at all possible when fishing with more than one person be sure to cover the different water columns. Use a topwater to help locate fish and probe the deeper water with a slower sinking plug or even soft plastic lure. If you are fortunate enough to have all the factors come into place that next strike you get may be the best fish of your life and that is exactly what makes this time of year one of the best.

Three Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School seniors signed to play softball with three different colleges. Renna Toomey will play for the Blinn College Buccaneers. Madison Murdock will be a Lady Roadrunner at Angelina College and JoAnna Henry will attend Coastal Alabama Community College and play for the Sun Chiefs. Renna’s last year’s stats include a batting average of 0.407 with 34 runs batted in and an earned run average of 2.220. She pitched in 12 games, winning 7, losing 2 and saving 2, totaling 43 innings. At short stop, she had 23 starts in 25 games, for 134 innings. Joanna is a fielder, with 19 starts in left field, 2 in center and 5 in right for a total of 147 innings played, with a batting average of 0.323. Maddie Murdock plays center field, starting all twenty-five games played for 147 innings and a batting average of 0.299. Pictured, from left, are Madison Murdock, Coach Dena Adkins, JoAnna Henry, Coach Melissa Brewer and Renna Toomey.

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Seahawks softball takes 3 of 5 at Cowtown FORT WORTH — Lamar State College Port Arthur’s softball team came away with a great showing in the Fort Worth Cowtown Softball Tournament this past weekend.

LSCPA 8, Luna College 0 Freshman Britni Hunt worked 5.2 innings on the hill, allowing just one hit with 11 strikeouts as she led the Seahawks to their ﬁrst shutout of the season. Sophomore Taylor Frederick was 3 for 3 at the plate, including two doubles, with a run batted in and two runs scored as the Hawks amassed eight hits. Freshman Vanessa Espitia slapped a two-run home run in the game and Lilly Renteria ﬁnished 2 for 3 with a double for the Hawks.

Northern Okla. College 5, LSCPA 3 e Seahawks rallied from an early deficit but couldn’t hold on as Northern Oklahoma College scored unanswered runs in the sixth and seventh innings to take the 5-3 win. e Hawks managed to match NOK’s offensive output, coming back from a 2-0 deficit to tie the game 3-3 in the fifth, but it was six errors in the field that would spell doom in the end. Sophomore Olivia Rivera went 2 for 4 at the plate, including a triple, with an RBI and a run scored, while sophomore Bailey Crorey and freshman Brooke Smith each doubled. Freshman Kassandra Vargas went the distance on the mound, allowing 10 hits but no earned runs in seven innings of work. She had five strikeouts and three walks in her appearance.

LSCPA 10, Cowley College 2 e Seahawks went big at the plate, collecting 13 hits — six of those extra-base hits — in a run-ruled afternoon game against Cowley College. Freshman Elicia Gonzales was 3 for 3 with two doubles, scoring two runs and plating another, while frosh Rebecca Delome went 3 for 3 with a double, two runs scored and two RBIs to lead the Seahawks at the plate. Makasha Brown, Espitia and Renteria each also had doubles in the game. Espitia worked all ﬁve innings on the mound, allowing just three hits and two earned runs to earn the win.

Weatherford College 3, LSCPA 2 e Seahawks took a 1-0 lead in the fourth and added a run in the sixth but couldn’t hold on as Weatherford scored one in the fourth and two in the fifth for the win. e hot-hitting Seahawks went cold at the plate, managing just two hits, one by sophomore Olivia Rivera and a two-run double by freshman Rebecca Delome. Freshman pitcher Britni Hunt went the distance through six innings, taking the loss after allowing three earned runs on six hits. She hurled four strikeouts but gave up five walks in the effort.

Makasha Brown, a freshman infielder for Lamar State College Port Arthur, gets ready to throw out a Bossier Parish Community College runner at first during Tuesday’s early game against the Cavaliers.

LSCPA 7, N. Central Texas College 5 The Hawks exploded for seven runs over the first two innings of play, then held on for the win as they amassed 13 hits to secure the victory. Rivera was 3 for 4 at the plate with a double, two runs scored and two RBI, while freshman Elicia Gonzales went 3 for 4 at the plate with a double, a run scored and a run batted in for the Seahawks. Sophomore Taylor Frederick doubled on a 2-for-3 performance with an RBI, while Lilly Renteria, a sophomore, was 1 for 4 with a double. Freshman Brooke Smith picked up her first triple of the year. Freshman pitcher Kassandra Vargas started the game on the hill, eventually throwing two innings, allowing two earned runs on two hits. Sophomore Jessica Saenz finished the game with a punctuation mark, holding NCTC to two runs on four hits over five innings to earn her first victory of the year.

Sophomore Olivia Rivera had the most success at the plate, going 2 for 4 with two doubles and three runs batted in, while Makasha Brown doubled home two with her one hit of the game. ree pitchers worked the mound with starter Kassandra Vargas taking the loss after allowing five runs on five hits. e Seahawks fared better in the second game of the day, picking up six hits for three runs. It wasn’t enough to stop the Cavaliers, though, as they managed seven runs on nine hits for the win. Vanessa Espitia was the big hitter for the Hawks in Game Two, going 2 for 3 with a double and three RBIs. Britni Hunt took the loss on the mound after working all but four pitches in the game. She allowed seven runs but only three earned as she hurled five strikeouts with two walks.

Lamar State College Port Arthur postponed its Saturday, Feb. 2, men’s basketball game against Coastal Bend College after a traffic accident involving the Seahawks team van Friday, Feb. 1. The game has been reset for Feb. 20. A van transporting members of the Seahawks men’s basketball team was involved in an auto accident just north of Wharton. No players or coaches were seriously injured though several players were taken to a medical facility in Corpus Christi as a precautionary decision. The accident took place at about 1 p.m. as the team was headed to Corpus Christi where they are staying overnight before a Saturday game at Coastal Bend College in Beeville. As traffic heading southbound on Interstate 59 topped an overpass, drivers came upon a woman walking in the right-hand lane of the highway. Drivers hit their brakes and swerved in order to miss the woman. The driver of the LSCPA van was successful in avoiding a collision but was rear ended by another vehicle. The accident shut down the southbound lane of I-59 for more than an hour.

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LCJH Coach Barbara Richard plays final home game

Coach Barbara Richard was honored between basketball games at Little Cypress Junior High, on the last home game of her coaching career. Barbara has 32 years with Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD. She began her career teaching prekindergarten at Mauriceville Elementary for four years, before moving to Little Cypress Junior High, where she has taught and coached ever since. She is married to Jason Richard and they have three children, Chad, Philip and Samantha, who all attended LCM schools. In the attached photo, she is surrounded by past and present students who are playing or have played for her through the years.

LC-M competes well at lift meet Little Cypress-Mauriceville powerlifters competed in the West Orange-Stark meet on ursday, January 31. Boys results In the 132 weight class, Julian Arteaga took 2nd, Airik Cast was 3rd and Simon Ingram placed 4th. 1st place in the 181 weight class went to Shawn McKay, who lifted a total of 1,170 lbs. 1st place in the 220 weight class was Colt Lebleu, who lifted a total of 1,490 lbs. 3rd place in the 275 weight class was Blake Fer-

guson and 2nd in the Super Heavy Weights went to Kollyn Brown Girls results Sarah Bates lifted a total of 605 lbs. for 1st place in the 181 weight class. In the 198 weight class, 1st place went to Sydney McGraw, lifting a total of 500 lbs. and the 2nd place went to Anna Broussard who also lifted 500 lbs. LCM will host the next Powerlifting Meet on ursday, February 7. e meet starts at 4:00 p.m.

PAYNE’S POTATO SOUP ank you, my sweet, little maternal Irish grandma, Tennie Anna (Hill) Mullins, for giving me a love of good old-fashioned potato soup. is is a combination of my grandma’s version of potato soup, along with a little of potato soup recipes borrowed from Judy Gunstream, Pat Miller, Tommye Johnson, and Betty Paul. is one is my own, I think, with a little help from the ladies named above, all highly-respected cooks in the community. Grandma loved to make this soup, especially for her only two grandchildren, Karen (Mullins) Pugh and me, Anne (Hardy) Payne.

Equipment needed 1 large soup or cooking pot Lid for soup or cooking pot 1 ladle 1 large cooking spoon Measuring cup Measuring spoons Kitchen knife for slicing Fork for piercing potatoes

Ingredients 4 med. potatoes, peeled or unpeeled, sliced, white/red 2-32 oz. pkgs. chickenbroth 1 sml. pkg. grated carrots 1 sml. pkg. chopped onions 2 Tbsp. parsley flakes 1 Tbsp. celery salt 1 Tbsp. Kosher salt

1 tsp. basil leaves 2 sticks margarine or butter 2 c. whole milk OR half/half 3 Tbsp. flour 1 lb. Velveeta Cheese, sliced

Directions: In large pot, add sliced white or red potatoes, both cartons of broth, grated or shredded carrots, fresh or frozen chopped onions, parsley ﬂakes, celery salt, Kosher salt, basil leaves, and 2 sticks margarine or butter. Cover and simmer until potatoes can be pierced easily with fork for doneness. Next combine whole milk or half and half with ﬂour

MUSHROOM CHEESE OMELET

until smooth in measuring cup. en, immediately add to soup. Bring to a boil again on low to medium-low heat. Stir for several minutes. Finally, add Velveeta cheese, sliced or cut in cubes. Stir until cheese melts, heating at low. My grandma did not have Velveeta, parsley ﬂakes, celery salt, Kosher salt, or half and half available in the Ozarks of Missouri! She was a great but simple cook, born in 1896 in the hills of Gainesville, MO. She passed in February 1976, 19 days after my grandfather passed. Love you, Grandma and Grandpa!

One recent morning, I decided to create an omelet using what I had available in the 'fridge. e result was a surprise omelet for my husband, accompanied by both pork bacon and turkey bacon as sides. I deﬁnitely prefer turkey bacon. I just do not care to eat pork much at all any more, if at all. Since I am trying to eliminate as many carbs as possible, I skipped the bread, so no biscuits or toast this time!

Equipment needed: 8x8 or 9x9 Pyrex or casserole dish sprayed with a vegetable spray, such as PAM Small spatula for lifting omelet pieces from pan Kitchen knife for cutting omelet 2 mixing bowls, 1 large and 1 medium Fork for beating eggs Measuring cup for Pet Milk

Ingredients: 7 large eggs 1/3 cup Pet Milk 1 8 oz. bag shredded Cheddar cheese 1/2 large large carton sliced, fresh

mushrooms (Other toppings can be added, as desired, such as chopped onions, chopped bell peppers, halved cherry tomatoes, sliced olives, etc.} Seasonings such as salt, pepper, onion powder, to taste

Directions: Place sliced mushrooms in mixing bowl.

Dump bag of shredded cheese on top of mushrooms. Mix eggs with fork in separate bowl. Add Pet Milk to eggs. Pour egg mixture on top of mushroom mixture. Stir well. Pour all into Pyrex dish, sprayed with vegetable oil. Bake in 350 degree oven for 35-40 minutes. Let set 5-10 minutes before cutting pieces.

The Bridge City Public Library invites children, ages 6-12, to participate in their LEGO Reading Challenge. The program will begin February 25 and ends May 2 and each child must have a library card. For each book read and returned to the library the child will get a Lego block to add to the tower that is set up inside the library. The child will also get a ticket for the drawing of a Lego Builder’s Kit and a Lego Fact book to celebrate Children’s Book Week which is April 29 – May 5. The drawing will be Friday May 3, winners will be called. Prizes donated by Golden Triangle Emergency Center and Brigg, Amy and Griffin Patterson at The Crawfish Hole.

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ORANGE COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY

Don’t Keep Your Sins a Secret Zach Howard Instructor-Bethlehem College and Seminary desiringGod.org We may be familiar with the biblical command to “confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed” (James 5:16), but what does it look like to actually confess your sins to another Christian? And how should that other believer respond? Augustine wrestles with these very questions toward the end of his Confessions. At its most basic level, the Confessions is a 300-page prayer to God that Augustine invites others to overhear: as Augustine describes his goals, he wants to confess authentically “in my heart before [God], in my writing before many witnesses” (Confessions, Book 10.1.1). But why confess to others? Besides the biblical admonition from James 5:16, Augustine offers two reasons why he confesses his sin with others as witnesses. He confesses, first, so others can “rejoice with me when they hear how close by Your grace I have come to You.” Second, he does so in order that others can “pray for me when they hear how far I am held from You by my own weight” (Book 10.4.5). Confessing our sins together allows us both to testify to and to witness the gospel transforming us day by day (2 Corinthians 3:18). The Confessions is obviously a more public genre than confessing to a close friend, spouse, or small group, but Augustine’s wisdom about what and how to confess to God before others can guide us in those private spaces too. Share Your Confession Evaluate sin in biblical categories. Augustine evaluates

“who I am now” according to the categories in 1 John 2:16: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. The Bible creates sin categories for us. Augustine tests his life not against society or the views of others but against Scripture. And not only does he evaluate his life in biblical categories, but he also employs the language of Scripture in his confession. More than any other of the biblical authors, the psalmists give Augustine both categories and language for his confessions. Share both sin and praise. Augustine does not limit confession to a request for forgiveness. He connects his sin to Christ’s mercy, which always leads him to praise. Christian confession never stops with “I messed up — please forgive me” but always leads to “I’m forgiven — hallelujah!” Augustine constantly turns to praise: “Let my soul praise You so that it may love You, let it confess to You Your mercies so that it may praise You” (5.1.1). Allow others to lead you from the darkness of your sin to the brightness of Christ’s mercy. Confess to know yourself better. For Augustine, the act of confession reveals us to ourselves. We cannot hide anything from God. He already knows our sinful, restless hearts, and so confession is not designed to inform God; it exists primarily to form us. Augustine describes confession to God in this way: “We lay open our feeling of love by confessing to You our own miseries and Your mercies upon us so that You may deliver us completely, that we may cease to be wretched in ourselves and may become happy in you” (11.1.1). Augustine confesses his restless heart so he can find happy rest in God. Ultimately, we confess to see more of God. Augustine constantly pleads, “Let me know You even as I am known”

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(10.1.1). Every look at his sins, every description of his failures and successes, aims at one end: to know Christ more. Augustine wants to see Christ face to face, to know him fully even as he is fully known (1 Corinthians 13:12). The habit of confessing to God before others is one way he comes to know God better. Yet Augustine not only models how to confess one’s sins before others; he also coaches his readers — and us today — on how to hear a fellow believer’s confession. Hear Another’s Confession Listen and pray for God’s grace. When others confess, listen for God’s work in their life, and praise God for such graces. Call out God’s kindness in leading them to repentance. Help them rejoice where God has kept them from temptation or from greater sin. Then pray for God’s grace to draw them away from sin and into his embrace. Love and grieve as God does and for what God does. Augustine prays that God would allow his readers to “love that in me which You teach to be worthy of love, and grieve for that in me which You teach to be worthy of grief ” (10.4.5). Augustine invites us to feel appropriately when sin and brokenness confront us. When others bring their sin and brokenness to you, respond as God does: with love mingled with grief. Allow what others share to drive you to confess. Augustine warns his readers to listen with the right motives: “Men are a race curious to know of other men’s lives, but slothful to correct their own. Why should they wish to hear from me what I am, when they do not wish to hear from You what they are themselves?” (10.3.3). When others confess, check your sinful curiosity and instead listen for the Spirit’s promptings to

repent. Hearing another Christian’s godly grief over their sin should cause us to grieve over our own sin. Hope in the Mediator For both the believer confessing and the one listening, Augustine reminds us that our hope is in Christ. He closes Book 10 of his Confessions celebrating — in a climactic, creed-like riff on Hebrews — Christ as the true mediator between God and man: For us He was to You both Victor and Victim, and Victor because Victim (Hebrews 9:28); for us He was to You both Priest and Sacrifice, and Priest because Sacrifice (Hebrews 7:27); turning us from slaves into Your sons, by being Your Son and becoming a slave. Rightly is my hope strong in Him, for You will heal all my infirmities through Him who sits at Your right hand and intercedes for us. (10.49.69) When we expose our wounds to others in confession, we rest in the wounds Christ bore to heal our own. Let Augustine remind us that our hope is not in how we confess, or that we confess everything, but in the one to whom we confess — Christ our perfect mediator. And as a fellow Christian alongside the confessor, we should not attempt to mediate but to point to the only mediator between God and man (1 Timothy 2:5). He has paid for our sins, is healing us from them, and one day will restore us to new life so we have no sins left to confess. Zach Howard (@zachahoward) is instructor of theology and humanities at Bethlehem College & Seminary. He and his wife, Betsy, live in Minneapolis with their two daughters. The above article was published Feb. 5, 2019 by desiringGod.org.

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

www.fumcorange.org

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

Starlight

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

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

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

Pastor: Ruth Burch

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

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

Colony Baptist Church 13353 FM 1130 • Orange PASTOR SAM ROE Music Director: Tim McCarver Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Service: 10:30 am / Sunday Evening: 6 pm Wednesday Bible Study: 6 pm

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

Faith United Methodist Church

8608 MLK• Orange • 886-1291 Pastor: Keith Tilley Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m. Nursery Provided. (www.faithorange.org)

CORNERSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH

2537 FM 1078 • Orange • 883-8835 Sunday School 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Sunday Services: 10:50 a.m. - 12 p.m.

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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

Winfree Baptist Church 19525 Hwy 62 S • 409-735-7181 Bill Collier, Pastor Sunday School for all ages 9:15 am Morning Worship 10:30 am Evening Worship 6:00 pm Wednesday Evening Service & Mission Activities for Children 6:00 pm

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., Tuesday Bible Study 10 a.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: Alyssa Click 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.

Ofcnazarene.org or find us on Facebook

First Christian Church Disciples of Christ 611 N. 9th St. • Orange

Sunday School 9 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m. Wednesday Night Supper 4:45 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 5:30 p.m.

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

MACARTHUR HEIGHTS BAPTISH CHURCH 3600 Nightingale • Orange • 409-883-4834 Sunday School: 9:45-10:30 am Sunday Worship - 10:45 am Sunday Disciple Training- 6 pm Tuesday Morning Men’s Coffee 9:30 am Wednesday Night Service 7:00 pm

COWBOY CHURCH OF ORANGE COUNTY

673 FM 1078 • Orange • 409-718-0269 Sunday Services: 10:30 AM

Bible Studies for Men and Women • Monday 6 p.m. Co-Ed Bible Study • Sunday 9:15 a.m. Ladies Bible Study • Tuesday 10:00 a.m. Bible Studies & Youth Activities • Wed. 6:30 p.m.

West Orange Christian Church 900 Lansing Street • West Orange • 409-670-2701

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!”

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Garage Sale at 2309 Bear Trails, Little Cypress area on Saturday, Feb. 9 from 8 am to 1 pm. Furniture, bikes, clothes, home decor, kitchenware, wooden signs, toys and lots of misc.

Al-Anon meetings are held Thursday’s at 7 p.m. inside the Library at St. Henry’s Catholic Church Education building located at 475 W. Roundbunch Rd. in Bridge City. Please call Cindy at 7499036 or Mike 7180333 for more information.

FOR RENT For Rent 1 BR, newly renovated apartment for rent, upstairs w/ fireplace, located in Orange. Includes all appliances, W/D included. $650 Mo/ $500 Dep, does not including utilities. Ask for Christine @ 409-779-6580. 1 & 2 BR Houses for Rent in Orange / Little Cypress area. All bills paid, appliances & A/C included. No deposit. Please call 409330-1641 or 409988-9336.

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2 Burial Plots in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Located in Lot #35, Section 3, Spaces 3 & 4 in Garden of Gethsemane. $2000 each, cash only. Contact Lucille Brooks at 1-225-673-6986, Geismar, LA.

RV FOR SALE Rv For Sale: It is a 29 Ft. Cherokee Camper new never slept in and bargain priced. Worth 21k selling for $18,500 or take up notes at Sabine Credit Union $200.00 a month. Call 409-553-1686 For Sale 35’ 2017 StarCraft Travel Trailer 2 BR / 2 AC’s 2 Slideouts 19 ft Electric Canopy w/ lights. Lived in 4 months. Lists for $35K Asking $24,500.00 409-988-5231

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Al-Anon meets Sundays and Weds., at 7:00 p.m., at the North Orange Baptist Church located at 4775 N. 16th St (Rear), in Orange, TX. Please call 474-2171 or 9882311 for more info or consultation. The Dementia Care Givers Support Group meets at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Canticle Building, 4300 Meeks Drive in Orange on the following days and times: The second Wednesday morning of every month at 10:00 am and also on the second Thursday evening of every month at 6:30 pm.

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

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Te s t a m e n t a r y for the Estate of GEORGE LESLIE A N D E R S O N , Deceased, were issued on January 24, 2019, in Cause No. P18190, pending in the County Court at Law of ORANGE County, Texas, to: ANDRIA ANDERSON. 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

ANDRIA ANDERSON 2309 OILLA ROAD ORANGE, TX 77630

DATED the 28th day of January, 2019.

David Dies David Dies Attorney for: Andria Anderson State Bar #:05850800 1703 Strickland Dr. Orange, TX 77630 Phone: (409)883-0892 Fax: (409)670-0888 Email: rherford@dieslaw.com

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RAPE AND CRISIS CENTER of SETX provides critical services for those in crisis due to sexual assault, rape, suicide or general crisis. The 24 Hour Hot line is provided for crisis intervention at anytime, 24/7. Our number is 1-800-7-WECARE or 1-800793-2273. Please do not hesitate to reach out to someone whom can help you during a crisis. The Lloyd Grubbs American Legion Post #49 located at 108 Green Avenue in Orange, meets on the second Saturday of each month at 2 p.m. The American Legion represents the military in Washington, D.C.

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VALENTINE’S DAY ACROSS 1. Indian black tea 6. Elmer to Bugs 9. Glorify 13. Head of a mosque 14. E.T. transporter 15. This was his nameo 16. Mental portrait 17. Chlorofluorocarbon, abbr. 18. French novelist Zola 19. *Related to puzzle theme 21. Way to absorb 23. Lobe locale 24. H. H. Munro’s pseudonym 25. Rap sheet abbr. 28. Hungarian bagpipe 30. Deeply hidden within self 35. Initiation ceremony, e.g. 37. Made with stitches 39. Venus neighbor 40. Crucifix 41. Cerberus’ domain 43. Petri dish filler 44. Young hooter 46. Fraternity recruitment season 47. Type of shark 48. ____ Grove, MN 50. Corset rod 52. Animal’s nose 53. Number one 55. Second solfa syllable, pl. 57. *Flowery Valentine’s gift 61. *Between girlfriend and wife 65. Liquid drug container 66. Planet ruler in the movies 68. *Blast from Harry’s past, movie 69. Caterpillar hairs 70. Easter lead-in 71. Human social group 72. *Tied upon marriage 73. Kith partner 74. Wild plums DOWN 1. Gulf V.I.P. 2. Clash of heavyweights 3. NBA action 4. Lake scum 5. Dionysus’ follower 6. Mussolini, with Il 7. On vacation

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42. Harry Belafonte’s daughter 45. Tiny tube 49. Tiger’s launch point 51. Leavening agent, pl. 54. Smelled offensively 56. Angry growl 57. Lounge, like in the sun 58. A sign 59. “____ ____ no good” 60. African tea 61. Shade-loving plant 62. Greek muse of history 63. River in Bohemia 64. *”Can’t take my ____ off you...” 67. Hawaiian dish

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First grade students at Orangefield Elementary performed their annual program, â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Barnyard Musical.â&#x20AC;? The program was directed by Susan Rankin, Music Teacher, Annette Allen, Counselor, and the First Grade Teachers.Â

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Orange Christian Services supplies many families in Orange with food.Â In addition supply toiletries and even clothing.Â St. Mary Catholic School decided to help OCS as part of our 100th day celebration.Â The students and staff collected toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, toilet tissue, soap, shampoo and canned goods.Â Michael Bernard from Orange Christian Services came to our school to accept the donations.Â He is a former student from St. Mary School.Â He told us that Sr. Marie, a former teacher, instructed him to feed the hungry.Â This has stuck with him for years.Â He has always tried to be a good Christian and do as he was taught.Â He feels that his service through OCS is fulfilling the stewardship taught here.Â Pictured is Bernard loading the truck with some of the middle school students.

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During Catholic School Week students attend the Rainbow Mass at St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica.Â The younger students staying at school had their own Rainbow Prayer Service. Pictured are the students and teachers from the prayer service.

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