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Week of Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Online chatter campaign wins for OC retiree votes, 1,038 to 1,036, or slightly less than one-tenth of one percent. Beauchamp’s election means it’s officially a sweep for three challengers seeking to remake Orange County Commissioners’ Court. It’s the first time since 1970 for a county judge and two commissioners to be

Dave Rogers

For The Record

Theresa Beauchamp’s slim-slim-slim margin of victory over Barry Burton in Monday’s recount of the Republican primary vote totals for Orange County Precinct 2 Commissioner tied a nice, neat bow around Jean Parker’s work. “I just had a mission, going back to April 2015, and I wasn’t going to quit until I

either won or lost this year,” the Bridge City retiree said. “It looks like I’ve become victorious.” Burton paid $900 for a three-hour hand count of the ballots in the eight Precinct 2 voting boxes five days after last Tuesday’s machine tallies favored Beauchamp by four votes, 1,038 to 1,034. Monday’s recount found two more votes for Burton, making the final margin two

voted out in the same election. Back then, Judge Grover Halliburton and Commissioners Gordon Dunn and Raymond Gould replaced Charlie Grooms, Allen Peveto and L.B. Williamson. Parker was front and center among those pushing for an overhaul as the founder of Orange County Retirees and

Concerned Citizens, a Facebook group that has more than 2,000 members. Last week, when retired Beaumont police lieutenant Dean Crooks defeated County Judge Stephen Brint Carlton by a 20-point margin and Vidor Mayor Robert Viator put a 30-point whipping on two-term Precinct 4 Com-

Orangefield kids have Rodeo Day

Brown set for judge election -maybe

Dave Rogers

For The Record

It looks like Republican Dean Crooks may have a November opponent in the Orange County Judge race after all. Or maybe he will. It was all still a bit unclear at press time Tuesday night. The county Democratic Party, after getting conflicting opinions from the Secretary of State and the state Democratic Party, says Donald Brown can be on the Nov. 6 ballot if he makes his $750 filing fee payment by noon Thursday, when Texas Democratic leaders meet online to canvass the votes of the March 6 primary. Brown’s December filing fee check was returned in January because of insufficient funds in his bank account. “We’ve been told by the Republicans if he’s on the ballot without paying, they’ll sue us. Mr. Brown has said he’ll sue if he’s not on the ballot,” Michael Cole, secretary of the local Democratic Party, said. “We’ll have to decide who we’d rather have sue us.” Tuesday afternoon, Brown, the owner of Silverstone Mortgage, was salty. “This is the same sort of silliness that they have continued to create,” he said of the local party. “The fact that the Democratic Party seems more interested to create controversy for one of their candidates than to get them elected is quite disconcerting.” A Vidor resident, Brown said former local party chair Mark Carter volunteered to

pay the $750 fee, “so we can do what’s important for Orange County rather than partisan politics.” Brown For his part, Brown maintains he doesn’t have to pay the $750 because the local party certified Brown’s name for the election and it was printed on the March 6 primary ballot before the rubber check was discovered. “The Secretary of State said the filing fee is part of the application and the application cannot be challenged after Jan. 18,” Brown said. That ruling came after Brown hired a Houston attorney, spending $5,000, Brown said. Initially, the Texas Democratic Party had said the NSF check disqualified Brown to be on the November ballot, since the filing fee deadline had passed. When Crooks handily beat County Judge Stephen Brint Carlton in last week’s Republican Primary, the rookie politician said he was unsure if he had a November opponent. He made it clear he’d prefer not to. David Covey, county Republican Party chair, has demanded that Secretary of State Rolando B. Pablos, the state’s top election official, remove Brown from the ballot. “He is not a legitimate candidate according to statute.” Brown said he got a call BROWN Page 3A

Orangefield Elementary School 4th grade Social Studies teacher, Mrs. Armstrong, and students, Payton Marze and Blair Butler, enjoy square dancing for Rodeo Day.

OES Kindergarten students enjoy celebrating Rodeo Day.

missioner Jody Crump, Crooks included Parker at the top of his thank-you list, along with campaign treasurer Pete Runnels, a former county judge. Parker worked for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office for 23 years as a non-union secretary and purchasing agent, serving sheriffs Huel Fontenot, Mike White and Keith Merritt, before retiring in 2012. She said she supported Carlton when he was running for office in 2014. “I supported Brint, then the people started calling me and he had the retiree insurance on the agenda, to try to cut the budget,” she said. “I started the Facebook page in April 2015. That’s when they started on all of our benefits.” Carlton, Burton and Crump acted in unison, often in 3-2 votes opposed by former commissioners David Dubose and John Banken, to cut current and retired employees’ benefits. They cited rapidly escalating health care costs and tight county finances, along with a need to raise starting salaries, as reasons to trim post-employment benefits. In September of 2016, a couple of weeks before the start of a new budget year, Burton put forth – and passed, by a 3-2 vote, a motion to apply a sliding scale for retiree health insurance payments, based on their years of service to the county. This took effect October 1, 2016 and affected every current full-time employee. Prior to August 2016, county retirees could receive full lifetime health insurance premiums by working as few as eight years for the county – if they had already put enough into the state retirement system from another job. In August 2016, commissioners by a 3-2 vote after a motion by Burton, adopted the sliding scale that pays 25 percent of insurance cost for OC ELECTIONS Page 3A

Interim EM boss weathers county storms Dave Rogers

For The Record

No ride at an adventure park could beat Leon George’s short tenure with the Orange County Emergency Department. George, a former Vidor fireman, went to work for the county on Aug. 1, just in time for Hurricane Harvey. Then, as things seemed to be calming down after the storm, his boss, Emergency Management Coordinator Ralph Valenciano, was arrested for theft of services and resigned. George was named Interim Emergency Management

Former firefighter Leon George has rolled with the punches since coming to work for the Orange County Emergency Management Department right before Hurricane Harvey.

Coordinator. “It’s been pretty eventful. It really has,” he said when asked to describe his seven plus months on the job. George said he worked during the days after Hurricane Harvey hit Aug. 29, 2017, to make the Expo Center home to thousands of police and National Guardsmen who rotated through Orange in various search and rescue and relief operations. “I really just set everything up,” he said. “It’s not a big part [of the job description], but we were so low on peoINTERIM EM Page 3A

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333 W. Roundbunch Rd. Bridge City

320 Henrietta St.- Orange

H Danny’s Super Foods

2003 Western Ave, Orange

H Walmart Bridge City

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H Walmart Supercenter

H Market Basket

3115 Edgar Brown Dr, W.O.

2005 Texas Ave, Bridge City

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H Valero

3145 Texas Ave. - Bridge City (Hwy. 62 and Hwy 73)

H Sabine River Ford

1601 Green Ave, Orange

1600 N 16th St, Orange

Highway 62 at Highway 73 Bridge City

H Robert’s Meat Market & Steakhouse

H Exxon

1900 Dupont Dr, Orange

H Stop N Drive

1801 Dupont Dr, Orange

H OC Courthouse

801 W Division St, Orange

H Farmers Mercantile Co

702 W Division Ave, Orange

H Diamond Shamrock 16th Street in Orange

H Get N Go

2419 N 16th St, Orange

H LCM Mart

8270 State Hwy 87, Orange

H Stateline Conoco 7112 I-10, Orange

H Market Basket

11916 TX-62, Mauriceville

H Crawdad’s

H Kroger

H Exxon Mobile

H Veteran’s Gro. & Market

11845 TX-62 Mauriceville

H Mauriceville Family Pharmacy

10897 TX-12, Mauriceville

3720 W Park Ave, Orange

705 Texas Ave, Bridge City

H Shell Store

H Express Mart

1745 Texas Ave, Bridge City

H Raceway

500 Texas Ave, Bridge City

9508 TX-12, Mauriceville

H Cypress Plaza

7014 State Hwy 87, Orange

H Novrozsky’s Hamburgers 501 16th St, Orange

H US Postal Service

900 Texas Ave, Bridge City

2260 Macarthur Dr 1510 Texas Ave, Bridge City

H Smart Stop Food Store 811 Strickland Dr. Orange

H Get N Go

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H Cowboys Dollar Store 133 TX-12, Deweyville

H Big Lots

H Stop N Drive

H Fuzzy’s Grocery

LOUSIANA LOCATIONS H Starks Silver Dollar 4346 LA-12, Starks, LA

1150 Texas Ave, Bridge City

H Laundry Mat

H Snappy’s Exxpress Mart

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Golden K Kiwanis announces March meetings On Wed., March 14 - Golden K Kiwanis hosts guest speaker Debbie Hughes, local realtor, discussing the current housing market in Orange after Tropical Storm Harvey six months ago. Meeting lasts 9-10 a.m. in the meeting room at the Salvation Army Building, corner of MLK and Strickland.

Wed., March 21 - The Golden K Kiwanis guest will be Rhonda Powell, Executive Director of Orange GOALS non-profit group. The meeting is 9-10 a.m. in the Salvation Army Building, corner of MLK and Strickland. Wed., March 28 - Golden K Kiwanis welcomes Sandra Hoke of the Trashy Ladies as

guest speaker, informing the non-profit group about the mission of Trashy Ladies, to rid the town of Orange of littered trash on roads, highways, ditches, drains, etc. The meeting commences at 9 a.m., ending at 10 a.m., located in the Orange Salvation Army Building, corner of MLK and Strickland.

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Students give Harvey rebuilding break Brown set for judge- maybe from Breitbart News Monday night, asking about an alleged threat of lawsuit by Republicans. “The funny thing is when I’m out there just talking to real voters, and not just par-

Dave Rogers

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It’s spring break time and more than 100 college kids from Georgia and Ohio are partying down with Sheetrock. “We’ve been planning this trip for months,” Heather Sumner of Middle Georgia State said. “This is better than the beach.” Sumner is one of a dozen students from the Cochran, Georgia, school and 19 more from Atlanta’s Georgia State spending their week in Orange County as guests of the Texas Baptist Men housed at Orange’s Navy Barracks. The rest of the 112 students staying at the TBM encampment this week are from the University of Georgia and the University of Cincinnati. They are volunteering their weeklong vacation from school to help folks in Orange County rebuild their homes after last summer’s devastating Hurricane Harvey. “We just basically want to help and serve others,” said Jay Harrison, another student. “We have so much ourselves. We’re doing the best we can do to help others.” The Texas Baptist Men have run their Disaster Relief and Rebuild operations out of Orange’s 1945 naval base since November. By the end of 2017, TBM volunteers had contributed 31,942 days of work to the effort, which extends throughout Harvey’s path, from the Corpus Christi area to the south up to Orange and Newton Counties. The month of March will see the arrival in Orange of more students like the ones from Georgia and Ohio coming to work, because there still is work to be done.

“We’ve got 177 work orders and we’ve probably completed 70 [home rebuilds]. And they’re still calling,” said Patsy McDowell. A retiree from Longview, she is part of adult volunteer groups from East Texas and northeast Arkansas on hand to provide leadership, food and laundry service to the workers who spend each day working in flood-damaged homes. McDowell is halfway through her third two-week stay in Orange after working with TBM in Katy last fall. She welcomed the young faces that began arriving Saturday. “The Texas teams are frazzled,” she said. “Now we’re relying on college kids to help us.” Many of the students have been on missionary trips in the past, McDowell said. “But on most of those, you’re painting or doing trim work. This is different: hanging Sheetrock, tape and mud, things they’ve

never done before,” she said. “But they’re working and doing a good job. I don’t think when I was 18 or 20 I could have done that.” Adult Michele Coursey, a ministry assistant for the Georgia State group, works alongside the young adults. “We go on a spring break trip every year,” she said. The students look forward to their outreach. “There’s something about hard work that is grounding,” said student Aimee Withrow of Georgia State. “This gives us a chance to share Jesus,” Sumner said. “This lets us get together and share with others,” Harrison said. The workers return to the barracks each day in late afternoon to clean up and eat dinner prepared by the feeding teams. After dinner, there’s music and fellowship with the other students. “I enjoy getting to meet new people,” Harrison said.

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members. Its membership skyrocketed. Orange County has 382 full-time employees, according to Lori Ardoin, county human resources director. She said about 130 of those are Sheriff ’s Office union members. Add in 200 plus and you still come up way shy of the 4,316 votes landed by Crooks. But, as Carlton found out, they all have families and friends who vote. “I believe they did it to themselves,” Parker said. “It was the storm, their raise, the hospital election, all of those things become a perfect storm for me against them.” There are 52,864 registered voters in Orange County, reports Tina Barrow, county elections administrator. Two thousand, 760 filled in the oval next to Carlton’s name on their ballot.

The county is maintaining one truck picking up debris from residents and businesses just getting around to clearing their property. Residents are asked to call the debris hotline at 409-745-9809 with questions. Valenciano, a former Emergency Management assistant for the county, was hired in November to replace Missy Pillsbury, who had been juggling her previous jobs as Risk Management and Airport Manager with EM work. Valenciano was arrested March 5 after failing to make good on nearly $17,000 worth of checks paid to drywall contractors. He resigned his job the next day.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped make our campaign for Orange County Judge a success. To all of the citizens of Orange County, the voters, and those that helped with our campaign, I want all of you to know that this was a team effort. We must keep that spirit alive as we unite Orange County to move forward with strength and pride.

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A Brand New Concept In Heart Care Crooks carried all but six of the county’s 34 voting boxes. Carlton won a majority of the votes cast at three in north Orange, one in Rose City, one in Vidor and another in Pine Forest. Beauchamp took a majority of the votes in five of the eight Precinct 2 boxes, with Burton taking boxes 16 and 31 in Mauriceville and 32 at the Orange County Expo Center. Viator had a majority in all eight Precinct 4 boxes, his best finish 82 percent in Box 20 at Vidor High, his worst 62 percent at Box 17 in Pine Forest, where Crump is a former mayor. Crooks and Beauchamp will face Democratic opponents Donald Brown and Deborah Mitchell in the Nov. 6 general election. Viator is unopposed.

Interim EM Leon George ple, everybody just had to help out where we could.” His role was ever shifting. After the worst was over, George was assigned to work as point-man with the county’s debris contractors as the cleanup began. “I was on top of the debris mission and working on that. It was pretty hectic at first, but we smoothed everything out and got a lot of the kinks worked out with the contractors and everything and it went pretty smooth.” In all, contractors hauled more than 600,000 cubic feet of storm debris to the Orange County Landfill. It was compacted to 237,000 cubic feet and carried to its final destination, the Newton County Landfill.

get their houses rebuilt. “There are people that are not in their houses and this is what people want to talk about?”

Tiffany Alexander of Georgia State is one of more than 100 students from Georgia and Ohio universities helping Hurricane Harvey victims rebuild their homes as part of the Texas Baptist Men’s Rebuild project being operated out of the Port of Orange.

Online chatter retirees with eight years of county service, 50 percent for 12 years, 75 percent for 16 years and 100 percent for 20 years. “I remember there was talk about the county needing to cut its benefits back when [Carl] Thibodeaux was county judge,” one longtime county employee recalled. “But he said, ‘No, we’re not touching that.’” Another employee with 20-plus years of service talked about the change in atmosphere since Thibodeaux retired after 20 years as judge and Carlton took over in 2015. “This three years have been the worst I’ve seen for morale,” he said. “With the old commissioners’ court, money was tight. We didn’t get nothing, but they didn’t take nothing away from us.” Parker started her Facebook group with a few dozen

tisan hacks, they do not even mention this,” Brown said. “They talk about what we can do to revitalize Orange County and, more importantly, how to get people back into their houses and

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Sheriff Keith Merritt said Tuesday Valenciano has made good on the checks in the past few days. “I’m trying to dive in,” George said of his new job. “When I first started here, I dove into that part, then started working my way up during training and now I get hit with the interim EMC part. “Now I’m trying to catch up on what needs to be done grant-wise and stuff like that. I’m updating annexes for the Emergency Operations Plan,” he said. “I’m also catching up grants that are a little bit behind. I want to try to make sure we stay focused on that rather than let them lapse so we don’t lose money for the county.”

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From The Creaux’s Nest REPUBLICAN PRIMARY UPSETS APPLE CART We predicted 8,000 or less votes in the Republican Primary, there were 7,895 cast. I wrote, in this column, the winning of the county judge’s race would probably win with 4,000 votes, Dean Crooks garnered 4,315. A total of 9,113 ballots were cast with the Democrats voting 1,218 people, lower than the 2,000 I had predicted. The Demos had no local races except party chairman. Even though there were less votes cast four years ago, only 6,000, Carlton received less votes than he did in the race against Dubose, receiving only 2,755. Orange County has around 50,000 registered voters with just over 9,000 voting in this election. This means that nearly 40,000 votes stayed home. I believe that most of those non-voters are Democrats and Independents. It’s my belief that the majority of Orange Countians are moderates or centrist and less than 10,000 are far-right, leaning conservative. In the contested races Christy Khoury received the most votes. The commissioner’s Pct. 2 race was a barn burner. Most folks in the know expected it to be a toss up between incumbent Barry Burton and Theresa Beauchamp. The election gave Theresa a four vote win. A recount showed she had won by only two votes, 1038 to 1036. She ran a good campaign and was able to tie Barry to Carlton and Crump early with her “not a rubber stamp’ insinuation in ads. She also appealed to the voters saying that they could make a real difference on commissioner’s court. She was also able to penetrate Barry’s base in Mauriceville. Barry is a friend and I feel for him. He loves being a commissioner. He was conscientious about the job and really worked at it. He always meant well and looked forward to serving as president of the SET Regional Planning next year. Barry is very smart. His biggest problem was not listening to what friends were trying to tell him. Barry still has a future in Orange County politics. He’s young and he hasn’t damaged himself. Very often if there is a turnover of office holders it’s in mid-term elections. In January there will be three new members of the court and two commissioners who are grandfathered in with two years of experience. I look for this court to work well together with shared input.*****So it is. I must move on. Please come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

REX TILLERSON OUT AS TRUMP’S SECRETARY OF STATE President Trump Tuesday ousted his secretary of state, Rex W. Tillerson, extending a shake-up of his administration, 14 months into his tumultuous presidency, and potentially transforming the nation’s economic and foreign policy. “We were not really thinking the same,” Trump told reporters at the White House, explaining his decision to replace the Secretary of State. Tillerson found out he had been fired before dawn, shortly after his flight returned from a weeklong trip to Africa. There was no indication during the five-nation visit that his departure was imminent. The President did not personally call Tillerson. He learned he had been fired on Tuesday morning when a top aide showed him a tweet from Mr. Trump announcing the change, according to senior State Department official. The move caught even the White House staff by surprise. Tuesday morning, a senior administration official said that President Trump decided now to replace Tillerson to have a new team in place before upcoming talks with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader he plans to meet by May. Trump announced he would replace Tillerson with Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director and former Tea Party congressman, who forged a close relationship with the president and is viewed as being more in sync with Trump’s America First credo. The CIA director will be replaced by current deputy director, Gina Haspel, who will be the first woman to head the spy agency. Tillerson has been out of favor with Trump for months but had resisted being pushed out. His distance from Trump’s inner circle was clear last week when the president accepted an invitation to meet with Mr. Kim, to Tillerson’s surprise. It was an abrupt end — after months of speculation — to a rocky tenure for a former Texas oil executive who never meshed with the president who hired him. Mr. Tillerson clashed repeatedly with the White House staff and broke publicly with Trump on issues ranging from the dispute between Saudi Arabia and Qatar to the American response to Russia’s cyber aggression. “We were not really thinking the same,” Trump told reporters at the White House, explaining his decision to replace Tillerson. In a Twitter post, Representative Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, warned that the turnover at the top of the State Department had diminished the United States with foreign leaders.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 15 Years Ago-2003 Bridge City Fire and Rescue marks its 50 th birthday March 22. The Bridge City Fire Department started with two trucks and 15 volunteers. Today they have grown to 40 volunteers. They have 10 vehicles and two rescue boats. One boat is named ‘Miss Flo,’ in honor of former JP Flo Edgerly. The first fire station was on Texas Ave. and was moved to Roberts and Bland in 1981. *****Mauriceville National Bank is now Orange Savings Bank.***** Employees at First Realty are Sleepy Smith, owner, Betty

Derrick, Gale Beckett, Marie Trimm and Wayne Potter. (Editor’s note: Sleepy might be the only one still around the agency. ***** The U.S. has one goal, to remove Saddam from power and occupy Iraq. The Pentagon says opening days of war will see heavy bombing. A strategy officials are calling, “Shock and Awe.” United States forces plan to drop 10 times as many bombs in the opening days of the air campaign in Iraq as they did in the Persian Gulf War. The world, for the most part, is against invading Iraq. The President’s poll numbers will shoot up after the first bomb drops. *****We were sorry to hear of the death of Billie Jean Bramblett, 72, who passed away March 13. Funeral services were held Sunday, March 16. She and husband Billy had lived in the city for the past 30 years where they raised their family. Billy had cared for her the past several years due to her ill health. ***** A suggestion I received: President Bush could pull our troops from around Iraq and take on North Korea. Their madman, Kim Jong II, is determined to make his nation a nuclear power. North Korea remains one of the most dangerous regimes on the planet. The CIA has been saying for two years that they have one or two nuclear bombs with a million-man North Korean army poised just north of the demilitarized zone. (Editor’s note: 15 years later and we still face the same problem.)***** The Southeast Texas Press Club will hold their banquet on April 26. Nominees for Newsmaker of the Year are Billy Tubbs, David Bernsen, Walter Umphrey, Mike Hamilton and Kyle Hayes.***** There’s going to be a big time in old Orangefield. This year’s Crawfish Festival promises to be a good one. Hunter Hayes will perform Friday night. Saturday night will be one heck of a show with Warren Storm, Jivin’ Gene and a host of others.***** Constable Parker Thompson says he was so poor as a boy coming up in Abilene that he had a tumbleweed for a pet.****Junior Clark told me one time that when he was a boy he knew a family that was so rich they ate their laying hens.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN 10 Years Ago-2008 Homer Barksdale Hill Stark, 84, of Orange, passed away Tuesday, March 11. Memorial services were held March 15. He was adopted through the Settlement Home in Gatlinburg by H. J. Lutcher Stark and his first wife, Nita Hill Stark. A 1941 graduate of Orange High School, Stark attended Texas A&M University, then enlisted in the United States Navy. He operated the Sabine Yacht Basin, served on the Board of Directors of the First National Bank, Easter Seals Crippled Children’s Society, Sunset Grove County Club, March of Dimes and the Stark Foundation. He is survived by daughters Rebecca Nugent, Ramona Sands, Rebel Falcone, son, H. J. Lutcher Stark II, seven grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren,*****Julius Benton, 85, of Bridge City, passed away March 11. Service was held March 17. He served in WW II in the U.S. Army, received the Purple Heart, African-Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon, and American Defense Service Ribbon... He was employed by DuPont. He was survived by his wife Rosalie Placette Benton, son Ken Benton, daughters, Janis Adkins, Julie Sims and Jennifer Peloquin, 14 grandchildren, 10 greatgrandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren.***** Imogene Sorge Bland, 78, of Orange, died Tuesday, March 11. Funeral service was held Friday, March 14. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Bridge City, the Gator Sam RV Club, past president of the Orange Jaycee-ettes and was a former Lioness’s. She is survived by her husband, Henry T. Bland Jr., son, Larry Thomas Bland, daughter, Deborah Ann Linscomb, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.*****Tony J. Castino, 82, of Bridge City died March 12. Service was held March 15. He served in the US Army 259th Infantry serving in WWII and retired from Neches Butane Refinery. He is survived by his wife, Mary Castino, three sons, Johnny Castino, Joe Castino and Jimmy Castino, two daughters, Kathy Mercer, Pam Hebert and grandchildren.

40 Years Ago-1978 A new 1978 Olds Cutlass Supreme, two-door, loaded will set you back $4,796 at Jim Austin Oldsmobile-CadillacToyota, Over 300 new cars in stock.*****Suzanne Halliburton, Little Cypress-Mauriceville student, writes a fullpage story with pictures on Dallas Cowboy all pro Billy Joe Dupree. The feature story ran in the Dunn, family owned, Opportunity Valley News newspaper. (Editor’s note: Suzanne is a sports reporter for The Austin Statesman. She travels extensively for the paper and for years had covered the Cowboys, but the OVN was where she got her start).*****Preston Fuller, L.J. Schriber and Don Harmon Jr. are salesmen for Harmon Chevrolet Used Cars located at First Street and Green Avenue.*****Bob Dartez of Western Avenue Grocery and Meat Market, has a big “Swamp Irish Sale” in observance of St. Pat’s Day.*****Donald Wayne Cole was 25 years old last week, March 13.*****Judy Shockley and Judy Wyatt are figures to watch, and several guys have been spotted doing so.***** The W.H. Stark home is being restored by Nelda and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation. The ornate Queen Ann style resident was built in 1893-94 for William Henry and Mariam Lutcher Stark. W.H. Stark was born on the banks of Ayish Bayou in San Augustine County. He came to Orange at age 21, opened a livery stable and married the daughter of H.J. Lutcher of the Lutcher/Moore Lumber Co. on Dec. 21, 1881.

45 Years Ago-1973 Buckshot Winfree, Sharon Bearden, Mike Pasternak, Phil Womack, Jules David, Don Burgess, Louis Gay, Roy Dunn, Bobby Cormier, Lynwood Sanders and Jack Whitworth were spotted at Duck’s Unlimited banquet spending a little money. Johnny Ferguson sold a painting for $200. *****A lady who knew Louis Gay as a baby, swears he was so ugly that his mother had to tie a pork chop around his neck to even get the dog to play with him.*****Grover Halliburton is recovering after having artery bypass surgery.*****Big car sale at Harmon Chevrolet. New 1973 models. Vega Hatchback coupe is $2,490, Impala Custom Coupe is $3,890, Impala Station Wagon is $3,490. All are located. (Editor’s note: Dealers could hardly give a pickup away). ***** Curtis Lee’s Texaco, 1505 Texas Ave., has Firestone 4x4 tires, 14 and 15 for $23 and the tires off your car in trade.*****Lynn’s Sack-N-Pak has Mr. Pibb, 16 ounce, 6 pack for 69 cents. Pearl beer, 6 pack 99 cents, Borden’s ice cream, 39 cents.

A FEW HAPPENINGS

Bobby Fillyaw’s mom, Betty Jane Smith Fillyaw, passed away March 6, Election Day, the same day Bobby lost the election for county judge. Her late husband was Lee Roy Fillyaw, a former county judge in Newton County. Her funeral was last Thursday, March 9, just two days before reaching the age of 99. She was born in Newton on March 10, 1919. *****Drew Brees will officially be the New Orleans Saints’ quarterback in 2018. He has signed a twoyear contract worth $50 million that includes a guarantee of $27 million. This will make a lot of Saints fans elated.*****On that note, the Atlanta Falcons agreed to terms with former Bridge City graduate Matt Bryant, who is the team’s all-time leading scorer. Reports are that the kicker will earn $10.5 million, with a signing bonus of $2 million, for the three-year contract. Bryant had said he would play two or three more years in the league. There’s obviously some curious times ahead to see where those years happen. You know I’d like to finish it here with this organization. Bryant has been one of the top kickers in the NFL since joining the Falcons in 2009. He has accounted for 1,029 points in his nine seasons with the team, the most by any single player in the franchise’s history. Last season Bryant made 87.2 percent of his field goal attempts, including a career high eight kicks from 50-plus yards. *****The Wall Street Bull Market, started by the Obama administration, celebrates its ninth birthday this week. It is the second longest Bull Market ever and probably is in its final stages. By this time next year, I look for the stock market to tumble 20% to 25% from its peak. A recession may well be in our future but it won’t be before the midterm elections but shortly after, in Feb. or March of 2019. The Bear Market is not likely to be as severe as the great recession President Obama inherited. President Trump had nothing to do with this market. Our economic good fortune was in place before he came into office.*****I fear Orange County Emergency Management Director Ralph Valenciano was used as a political pawn. The day before the election he was charged with theft, giving the impression he had stolen funds from the county when actually it was for not paying a personal bill which he was trying to resolve.*****NRA puts heat on Trump and he crawfished on raising minimum age to purchase assault weapons to 21. He preached to congress not to fear NRA then he got yellow stuff running out of his collar and like we had predicted he folded. Americans expecting real leadership from Trump on gun violence have been lied to again.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK

A few folks we know who are celebrating birthdays this week. March 14: Jill Peveto, John Brister, Lucy Fields and Bud Briggs all celebrate on this day. Joining them are basketball player Stephen Curry, 29, actor Billy Crystal, 69 and gymnast Simone Biles.*****March 15: Celebrating today are Amber Doiron, Julie Myers and Tara Latil. Also celebrating are actress Eva Longoria, 42, and rock singer Bret Michaels, 54.*****March 16: Buffy Doiron, Jordan Doiron, Karli Anderson, Amy Dwyer have birthdays today, also Ricky Gleen Roberts, Jr., turns 16. Celebrities joining them are actors Erik Estrada, 68, Victor Garber, 68, and Lauren Graham, 50.*****March 17: Today is St. Patrick’s Day. Having birthdays on this day are Janet Jacobs, Brenda Swan, John Tallant, Sally Wingard, Stephanie Hughes, Ty Moreland and Josh Sims. Celebrating also are actors Rob Lowe, 53, Kurt Russell, 66, Gary Sinise, 62.*****March 18: Blaine Slaughter celebrates today, also Kellie Miller. Celebrities having birthdays today are pop singer Adam Levine, 38, Queen Latifah, 47 and Vanessa Williams, 54.*****March 19: Larry David turns 77 years young today. Also having a birthday is our friend of many years Carol Emerson. Joining them are Christin Wright, Courtnie Campbell, Roman Carpenter and Donna Fong. Also country singer Carrie Underwood, 34, R&B singer Robin Thicke, 40 and actress Sharon Stone, 59.*****March 20: Today is the ‘First Day of Spring.’ Brittany Hilton, Abby Ludwig, Ben Walles, Diane Sims, Kamela Latiolais, Brittany Backer celebrates today. Joining them are the youngest Trump, Barron, turns 11, director Spike Lee, 60 and actor David Thewilis, 54.

CAJUN STORY OF THE YEAR Thophile Gilbeaux, him, came stumbling through the woods, totally drunk. He came up on Preacher Gaspard baptizing in da bayou. Gilbeaux, he walk out in dat water to see wats going on and bump into Preacher Gaspard, who turn around him, an was almost over come by da smell of alcohol. He ax Gilbeaux, “Are you ready to find Jesus?” Da drunk answer, “Yea, I sure am me.” Da preacher grabs Gilbeaux and dunks him into da water. He pulls him up an ax dat drunk, “Brother, have you found Jesus?” Gilbeaux answer, “Mais no, I don’t find no Jesus me.” Da Preacher is shocked at da drunk’s answer so he dunks him in dat water again. This time he leave Gilbeaux in da water longer. Wen he pull him up he ax him again, “Have you found Jesus my brother?” Da drunk again answer, “No, I haven’t found Jesus me.” Dis time Preacher Gaspard is at his wits end and dunks da drunk back in da water and holds him down bout 30 seconds and wen Gilbeaux him started kicking his arms and legs, da preacher pull him up and ax, “For da love of God, have you found Jesus?” Gilbeaux wipes his eyes, catch his breath and say, “Are you sure you, dis is where he fell in him?”

C’EST TOUT A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME Tuesday’s special election, in a Republican Congressional District in Pennsylvania that Trump won by 20%, saw Democrat Connor Lamb winning over Republican Rick Saccone at deadline. That district had not voted Democratic for many years. President Trump held a rally there Saturday that was suppose to be in support of Saccone but was all about him. He introduced the candidate one hour into bragging on himself. Donald Trump, Jr. spent the last two days campaigning in Pennsylvania for the Republican candidate. The election of Lamb could be an indicator of a Democratic blue wave in November’s mid-term elections as people turn away from what has become the Trump Party.*****The Lunch Bunch dines at JB’s Barbeque this week and at Van Choate’s Tuffy’s next week. Everyone always welcome.*****Till the next time, take care. God bless America .

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FUMC Lenten Services, lunch

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Faith United Methodist Church and e Nazarene Church are celebrating together a Holy Lenten Season and invites you to join us at Faith UMC for a service at noon followed by lunch on the following Wednesday’s; Mar 14 and Mar 21. Everyone is welcome!

Fraternal Order of Eagles St. Patrick’s Dance

Orange K of C Fish Fry St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus Orange Council 1680 will sell delicious fried and baked fish dinners, dine in or take out, on all Fridays in Lent, except St. Joseph’s weekend and Good Friday, from 5 – 7 p.m., in the parish hall. Meals consist of fish, french fries, coleslaw, tartar sauce, cocktail sauce, ketchup, tea, water and dessert. Cost is $8 for 3-pc. fried or baked filet; $7 for 2-pc. fried. All are invited to experience Council 1680’s renowned fish taste.

Lenten Fish Fry at St Francis St. Francis of Assisi Knights of Columbus Council 13825 is selling ﬁsh dinners in the San Damiano Center (behind the Church) located at 4300 Meeks Drive from 5 to 7PM on the following Lenten Fridays: March 16 and March 23. Dinner includes two pieces of ﬁsh, French fries, hushpuppies, coleslaw, drink and dessert for $8.00.

Golden K Kiwanis to meet On Wed., March 14 - Golden K Kiwanis hosts guest speaker Debbie Hughes, local realtor, discussing the current housing market in Orange after Tropical Storm Harvey six months ago. Meeting lasts 9-10 a.m. in the meeting room at the Salvation Army Building, corner of MLK and Strickland. Coffee served. Please bring jars of peanut butter, members, to help supply the army pantry. Wed., March 21 - e Golden K Kiwanis guest will be Rhonda Powell, Executive Director of Orange GOALS non-profit group. e meeting is 9-10 a.m. in the Salvation Army Building, corner of MLK and Strickland. Coffee will be served. Members should help the Salvation Army Food Pantry by bringing jars of peanut butter. Wed., March 28 - Golden K Kiwanis welcomes Sandra Hoke of the Trashy Ladies as guest speaker, informing the nonprofit group about the mission of Trashy Ladies, to rid the town of Orange of littered trash on roads, highways, ditches, drains, etc. e meeting commences at 9 a.m., ending at 10 a.m., located in the Orange Salvation Army Building, corner of MLK and Strickland. e coffee pot will be full, and the public is welcome. Members should recall to bring several jars of peanut butter for the Salvation Army food pantry.

Eagles to sell BBQ dinners e Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2523 members will be selling Barbecue dinners on ursday, March 15th at 803 N. 28th St. in Orange starting at 11am until 2 pm. e dinner will consist of Leg Quarters, link, potato salad, coleslaw, onions, pickles and bread. e cost is $8.00, you can dine in or carry out. If you call we will have the dinners ready for you, and deliver with orders of 3 or more. We are open Tuesday thru Saturday, after 4 p.m., for more info you may call 409-

AAUW book sale April 7th

e Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2523 members will be having a St. Patrick’s Day Dance on Saturday, March 17th at 803 N. 28th St. in Orange starting at 8 pm until midnight. e band will be Creole Cookin’, and the cost is $10.00 a couple or $5.00 per person. We are open Tuesday thru Saturday, after 4 p.m., for more info you may call 409886-7381.

OCF Bunco OCF (Orange County Friends, formerly Orange Newcomers) will have its monthly Night Bunco on Mon., March 19, at 6 p.m., in the home of Joyce Atkins, 8401 Chaucer Drive, in Orange. Cost is $10 per person to play. Please call Carolyn at 409.779.0208 to reserve a spot ASAP, as places ﬁll quickly. To get to Joyce's home, head north on Hwy. 87, then turn left on Windsor Drive, and take another left on Chaucer Drive, looking for 8401. If further directions needed, call Joyce, 409.920.8072. If you would like to bring a dessert, call Joyce or Carolyn.

MacArthur Baptist to hold Easter Egg Hunt Come join us at MacArthur Baptist Church for our gigantic Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday, April 1st immediately following our 10:45 am worship service, which everyone is invited to attend. e church is located at 3600 Nightingale (across from Triple L Honda on Strickland) in Orange. All children elementary age or younger are invited to attend. For further information call 409-9204054.

Scholarship Garage Sale Good Shepherd Lutheran Church’s Garage Sale opens its doors Saturday, March 17 and every Saturday after that at 7:30 am and closes at 12:30 pm. We are located at 985 W Roundbunch Rd Suite A (next to Happy Donuts). ere will be new items and the room is full of bargains: clothes all ages, toys, furniture, home decor, kitchen items, and so much more. All proceeds go to our Music Scholarship Fund. We are also collecting items. So, if you are cleaning out your closets and storage rooms, we will take all items. Come and check us out.

Good Shepherd Pecan Sale Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is selling the remaining items from their Durham Ellis Pecan Sale. e proceeds from this sale will beneﬁt our Music Scholarship Fund. We have the following items for sale at a discounted price - Walnut Halves & Pieces, 1# bag $7.00; Hot & Spicy Peanuts, 1# bag $2.00; Frosted Praline Pecans, 12oz bag $7.00 or Peanut Brittle, 7oz bag $3.00. We have new inventory of Frosted Cinnamon Pecans and Milk Chocolate Pecans for $9.00 each. Come and get some delicious pecans. ank you for your support!

Master Gardener Events Gardening Class - Saturday, March 17 “Texas Superstars” e Carefree Plants for SouthEast Texas will be held at Cormier Park from 9 - 11AM in

the Orange County Master Gardener greenhouse. Come and learn about those plants that grow well in our part of Texas and will withstand our heat, humidity and cold coming back year after year. is is open to the public at no charge. Our address is 8235 FM 1442 in Orangeﬁeld. For more information, please check our website https://txmg.org/orange. e Annual Bloomin’ Crazy Plant Fair sponsored by the Orange County Master Gardeners Assn. will be held Saturday, March 24 from 8AM - 1PM at Cormier Park, 8235 FM 1442, Orangeﬁeld. We will have a HUGE variety of plants available to choose from. We are still looking for Vendors who are interested in participating in selling their crafts at our event. For more information about participating, please email sheribethard@gmail.com. For more information about the Plant Fair please check our website https://txmg.org/orange .

St. Paul Anniversary St. Paul C.M.E Church will celebrate 124 years on Sunday March 18th at 3.03 p.m.� Our theme for this historical occasion will be Growing Stronger, Growing Deeper, Reaching Higher - Isaiah 40:31. Our special guest will be Rev. David Robinson and the congregation of Douglas Memorial C.M.E. Church of Beaumont, Texas. e community is invited to join us as we mark another year in our journey. Rev. Gary Chalk is the Pastor of St. Paul C.M.E. Church located at �1201 N. 4th Street, Orange, Texas.

Rescheduled Lutcher Stark High reunion is is to let everyone know that our “Last Hurrah for the classes of 1949-1950-1951" has been rescheduled for April 17, 2018. It will be at the Orange County Expo Center located on FM 1442. If you mailed a card in for the one on October 17, 2017, letting us know if you would attend and your preference of meal - we have all of that information on ﬁle. If you did not mail your card you will need to let us know as soon as possible. We will have the facilities from 11 AM to 5 PM. Cost is $5.00 per person (to be paid at the door). Lunch to be served at 12 noon and catered by Spanky's of Orange. If you have any questions you can call - Beverly (Hurst) Reeh @ 886-2595 or email bjr423@att.net.

First Baptist Pre-K registration begins First Baptist Church Pre-K has begun registration for the 2018-2019 school year. We are open from 8:00 until 2:00 Tuesday and ursday. For more information please call 735-3583, Mrs. Neely @ 735-5153 or Mrs. Crull @ 988-5211. We take children from 3 yrs to 5 yrs old.

day, March 26th from 7:45 to 9:30 am for all Pre-k3, Pre-K4 and kindergarteners for the upcoming 2018-19 school year. Excellence in education with a Christian family atmosphere, daily faith celebrations, Spanish, music, computer, library and art classes. We oﬀer small class sizes and an after school care program. For more information please contact St. Mary Catholic School at 2600 Bob Hall Rd. or call 409-883-8913.

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 1095A, B or C, Aﬀordable Health Care Statements and a copy of last year’s federal and state returns is very helpful in the preparation of the 2017 return.

Holy Week at Good Shepherd

Walk and Talk held in Vidor

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is celebrating Holy Week with the following activities: 3-25 / Palm Sunday Services at 9 am and 11am, 3-29 / Maundy ursday Seder at 6 pm with Worship to follow, 330 / Good Friday Worship at 6 pm, 3-31 / Easter Egg Hunt at 11 am and 4-1 / Easter Services at 9 am, 10:15 am and 11 am. Please come and worship with us during this most Holy Week.

Better Living for Texans is offering a better way to learn tips on getting healthy by joining us for our Walk & Talk series that will be held at the Raymond Gould Community Center park. We will meet on ursday mornings, March 15th, and 22nd, at the Gazebo beginning at 9 am. We will be discussing exercise tips, beneﬁcial foods, and a healthier body and much more. For questions or to sign up call the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension oﬃce at 409-8827010.

Jackson Community Center Tax assistance e Jackson Community Center will be oﬀering tax assistance to eligible families and individuals earning up to $54,000 or less for fast refund and electronic ﬁling. Starting this week and going through April 18, at our center located 520 W. Decatur in Orange. Open Monday through Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm and every other Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm. To schedule an appointment please contact Elizabeth Campbell at 409-779-1981 or jccorange@gmail.com. 2017 Orange County Texas A&M University Mothers’ Club scholarship application e 2017 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.a gg iene twork .com/s chol arships/. For more information, contact Bridget Trawhon at (409) 882-4195 or btrawhon@gmail.com.

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

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 Cham-

INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE AARP Tax Filing Assistance has started at the Orange Public Library. IRS-certified volunteers will be available from 12:15 pm to 4:00 pm every Wednesday and Friday through April 13th and Tuesday, April 17th. April 17th is the last day to file 2017 taxes. Anyone coming for assistance should bring the following: Proof of identification (photo ID); Social Security cards for you, your spouse

St. Mary Catholic School is currently enrolling St. Mary Catholic School is currently enrolling students at the Pre-K 3 through 8th grade levels for the 2018 – 2019 School Year. Students “Enter to Learn, Exit to Serve”.

St. Mary’s Pre-K Kindergarten Round-up Our Pre-K Kindergarten Round-up will be held on Mon-

e AAUW (American Association of University Women) will have its annual used book sale on the porch of the Lutcher eater at Art in the Park, Saturday, April 7, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Book donations may be made at Looking Good Salon in the Northway Shopping Center next to Market Basket until April 2. For further details, please telephone: 409.886.5739 or 409.988.5602. Mann's Donations accepted include gently used books, puzzles, board games, reference books, cookbooks, children's books, religious books, mysteries, nonﬁction, biographies, ﬁction, DDS, CD's, etc. All proceeds go for college scholarships for both a West Orange-Stark and Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School female graduate.

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ber oﬃce at 150 W. Roundbunch Road, Bridge City, TX 77611, or can be downloaded from the chamber’s website: www.bridgecitychamber.com. Completed applications should be turned in to the respective high school counselor no later than April 6, 2018. For more information, contact your high school counselor or call the Bridge City Chamber at (409) 735-5671.

Eagles Hall available to rent e Eagles currently has openings to rent our hall for the following events: Parties, weddings, fund raisers, get togethers for family or friends and other occasions. Full service Bar, pool tables, music and a friendly sociable atmosphere. e Eagles Hall is located at 803 N. 28th Street, behind Sparks Auto Sells. We are open Tuesday thru Saturday after 4:00 pm. Come by or call for more information at 409-8867381.

VFW to host Dance e VFW located at 5303 Hwy. 87 in Orange will host Ivy Dugas for a dance on ursday, March 22nd. For more information, please call 409-8869738.

VFW Auxiliary Garage Sale Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2775 Auxiliary will host a Spring Indoor Garage Sale on Saturday, April 21st, at the VFW Hall at 5303 N. 16th Street. Vendors can set upFriday, April 20th from 5 pm until 8pm. Saturday doors will open from 7am until 2 pm. For reservations, send a check to VFW Aux. 2775 to Chairman Mary Snapp at 7927 Sandra Ln; Orange, TX 77632 for the number of tables at $10 each. For further information you may call Mary at 409-697-0380 between 10am and 5pm. Early Registration guarantees a spot.

6A • The Record • Week of Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Deaths and Memorials

Norma Faye Ketelers Williams Norma Faye Ketelers Williams, 80, of Austin and a former longtime resident of Bridge City, died Sunday, March 4, 2018. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 9, 2018, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City, with Father Steven Leger oﬃciating. A burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery in Port Arthur. Born in Port Arthur, NORMA FAYE Texas, on October 29, KETELERS WILLIAMS 1937, Norma was the daughter of Roy Louis Ketelers, Sr. and Florence Margaret Whitmeyer Ketelers. She was a former member of St. Henry Catholic Church. Norma enjoyed art, including drawing and painting, photography, sewing, and gardening. She liked to cook for her family and her gumbo was a favorite among her children. Above all else, Norma was a loving mother whose greatest passion in life was her children and

Sally Cason Vance, 88, Bridge City Sally Cason Vance, 88, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on March 10, 2018, in Royse City, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at First Baptist Church in Bridge City. Oﬃciating will be Reverend Bill Fabriguze. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens in Nederland. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., SALLY CASON Tuesday, March 13, VANCE 2018 at First Baptist Church in Bridge City. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, on February 3, 1930, she was the daughter of Byron Cason and Mary John (Marshall) Cason. Sally retired from Sims Elementary school where she was a music teacher for 22 years. She was a member of First

John “Jack” R. Oldani, 81, Orange John “Jack” R. Oldani, 81, of Orange, Texas, passed away on March 12, 2018. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, March 16, 2018, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange. Oﬃciating will be Father Sinclair Oubre, Father Tom Phelan, and Father Dave Edwards. Entombment will follow JOHN ‘JACK’ at St. Mary MauOLDANI soleum. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., with a Vigil Service held at 6:30 p.m., ursday, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Joliet, Illinois, on June 29, 1936. He was the son of John Robert Oldani and Gladys Elizabeth Gronemann. Jack attended Joliet Catholic High School and Joliet Jr. College. He was in the United States Marine Reserves. Jack was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus, where he served as Treasurer and previously Grand Knight. Jack was also

grandchildren. She loved her family dearly and will be missed by all who knew and loved her. She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Marilyn Lynd and Roy “Bubby” Ketelers, Jr.; and infant son, John Robert Williams. Norma is survived by her sons and their spouses, Mark and Judi Williams of Sugar Land, Bradley and Connie Williams of College Station, Michael and Ting Williams of Austin, Matthew Williams of Call; and daughters and their spouses, Jennifer and Charles Kirkland of Rule, Angela and Amy Williams of Round Rock. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Tyler Williams and wife, Kathlyne, Justin Williams, Ryan Williams, Garrett Williams, Lauren Freemyer and husband, Bryan, Cassidy Williams, Tori Williams, Noelle Williams, and Jaden Williams; and great-grandchildren, Weston Freemyer and Ryley Kirkland. Serving as Pallbearers will be Charles Kirkland, Tyler Williams, Mark Williams, Bradley Williams, Michael Williams, and Matthew Williams. Honorary Pallbearers will be Justin Williams,Ryan Williams, Garrett Williams, and Jaden Williams. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital at 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Baptist Church for many years. Sally was very devoted to her husband, children and grandchildren. A pastor’s wife, Sally was very supportive of her husband’s ministry. Together they served various Baptist churches in the golden triangle area and traveled to several countries on different mission trips. She will be dearly missed by all those who came to know and love her. She was preceded in death by her parents; loving husband, Reverend Dale Vance; and sister, Mary C. Bethay. She is survived by her children, Robert D. Vance and wife Karen of Bridge City, John B. Vance of Liberty, Mary P. Bingham and husband Jeff of Bridge City, and Brenda C. Barron and husband Philip of Royse City; grandchildren, Alex Bingham, Philip Dale Barron, Evan Barron and Emily Barron; and brothers, John T. Cason of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and William S. Cason and wife Ellen of New York City, New York. Serving as pallbearers will be Robert Vance, John Vance, Philip Barron and Jeff Bingham. For those who wish, memorials may be directed to e Gideons International, P.O. Box 445, Orange, Texas 77631. a member of the Propeller Club and Rotary Club. He was President of Weaver Shipyard and Vice President of L&L Marine. Jack was a kind, loving, and generous man who loved his wife and family dearly, especially his grandchildren. He loved the Lord and was a faithful Catholic and devoted member of his church. Jack was dearly loved and will be missed by all who knew him. Jack is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Marilyn (Buldak) Oldani; children, Dan Oldani and wife Norma, Doug Oldani and wife Tammy, Amy Ousley and husband Steven, and Dave Oldani and wife Lisa; grandchildren, Amanda Brill and husband Matt, Lauren Hall and husband Cameron, Danny Oldani, Carlea Oldani, John Oldani, Abbey Oldani, Kaitlynn Henson, Mason Ousley and wife Morgan, Madison Ousley, Nolan Denny, and Jack Denny; sister, Carol Wallin and husband Wayne. e family would like to express a special thank you to Judy Long for her friendship and devotion. Serving as pallbearers will be Danny Oldani, John Oldani, Nolan Denny, Mason Ousley, Matt Brill, and Jason Brancato. Honorary pallbearers will be the Knight of Columbus members, Council #13825. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Knights of Columbus Scholarship Fund at P.O. Box 356, Orange, Texas 77631.

It is believed that Anglo-Saxon Goddess of Spring, Eostre, had a hare as her companion. The hare symbolizes fertility and rebirth. Later Christians changed the symbol of the hare to the Easter bunny.

Rabbits, eggs hold interest during Easter celebrations Easter is supposed to the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, but when some people hear 'Easter' they think of the Easter bunny and eggs. Since ancient times rabbits have been associated with spring. It is believed that Anglo-Saxon Goddess of Spring, Eostre, had a hare as her companion. e hare symbolizes fertility and rebirth. Later Christians changed the symbol of the hare to the Easter bunny. In an attempt to Christianize Easter, which began as a pagan holiday, the celebration was named for a Saxon goddess who was known by the names of Oestre or Eastre, and in Germany by the name of Ostara. She is a goddess of the dawn and the spring, and her name derives from words for dawn, the shining light arising from the east. Our words for the "female hormone" estrogen derives from her name. Ostara was a fertility goddess. Bringing in the end of winter, with the days brighter and growing longer after the vernal equinox, Ostara had a passion for new life. Her presence was felt in the ﬂowering of plants and the birth of babies, both animal and human. e rabbit (well known for its propensity for rapid reproduction) was her sacred animal. Easter eggs and the Easter bunny both were featured in the spring festivals of Ostara, which were initially held during the feasts of the goddess Ishtar (or Inanna). Eggs are obvious symbols of fertility, and the newborn chicks an adorable representation of new growth. Brightly colored eggs, chicks, and bunnies were all used at festival time to express appreciation for Ostara's gift of abundance. According to history.com the egg is an ancient symbol of new life and has been associated with pagan festivals celebrating spring. From a Christian perspective, Easter eggs are said to represent Jesus’ emergence from the tomb and resurrection. e decoration of eggs is believed to date back to at least the 13th century, while the rite of the Easter parade has even older roots. Other traditions, such as the consumption of Easter candy, are among the modern additions to the celebra-

tion of this early springtime holiday. One explanation for this custom is that eggs were formerly a forbidden food during the Lenten season, so people would paint and decorate them to mark the end of the period of penance and fasting and then eat them on Easter as a celebration. Easter egg hunts and egg rolling are two popular egg-related traditions. In the U.S. the White House Easter Egg Roll, a race in which children push decorated, hard-boiled eggs across the White House lawn, is an annual event held the Monday after Easter. e first official White House egg roll occurred in 1878, when Rutherford B. Hayes was president. e event has no religious significance, although some people have considered egg rolling symbolic of the stone blocking Jesus’ tomb being rolled away, leading to his resurrection. e tradition is that the Easter bunny leaves Easter eggs on Easter Sunday. e idea of an egg-giving rabbit was taken to America in the 1700's by German immigrants. ey told their children to make 'nests' with their caps and bonnets, and if they were good the Easter bunny would leave them colored eggs. Modern interpretations of the Easter bunny vary by region. In America the story of Peter Cottontail hopping down the bunny trail has given a name and personality to the iconic figure. Germany’s version of the Easter Bunny was influenced by folklorist Jakob Grimm’s stories on traditional Easter rituals. In Australia an abundance of rabbits became a nuisance. e endangered bilby, however, looks similar to a bunny, and has become a new symbol of the season. You can find Easter Bilby candy, cards, and decorations if you visit Australia during their Easter celebration. Most everyone grew up associating Easter with a bunny who brings candy and eggs, so no one questions how this legend came to be. When you actually think about it, though, it’s an odd tradition. Rabbits don’t, after all, lay eggs, or deliver gifts. e Easter bunny is nonetheless a cherished holiday for children all around the world.

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The Dunn’s of Eastland County

My Irish Roots and St. Patrick’s Day Roy Dunn For the Record e Civil War had come to its conclusion. e year was 1865. Dr. Stephen Dunn had been one of its casualties. He was survived by his wife, Sarah Jane, and one eight year old son, Allen. Alone and penniless, the mother made a decision to take her young son and travel to Eastland County, Texas, where she had a brother. Allen, his mother and an aunt traveled by covered wagon from Searcy, Arkansas. e trek took several months and they were met with many hardships and delays. ey camped along the way where water and wild game could be obtained. One place they camped, where everything was plentiful - ﬂowing springs, creeks and much grass for the stock, etc., became Allen’s home the latter part of his life but that is a story in itself. When the Dunn’s, arrived in Eastland County the biggest fear that existed, was that of raiding Indian tribes. Allen later married a local girl from Dublin - Laura, who also had the family name of Dunn. As far as I know, no kinship was ever connected among all these Dunn’s. Allen was a Dunn, his father was a Dunn, his mother was a Dunn and now his wife. My dad used to say all Dunn’s are kin. Laura’s mother was a Blair, the daughter of C. C., for whom

Ft. Blair at Desdemona, in Eastland County, was named. e fort was primarily one that patrolled for wild Indian renegades. ey also fought to protect the white settlers from the raiding tribes. e fort was begun after Laura’s mother was captured by a handful of Indians. She was rescued; the fort continued for several years and a historical marker still marks the spot. Laura and Allen raised a family consisting of eight kids, six boys and two girls; my dad Clay was the fifth born. Allen, at the age of 15, became a scout and Indian fighter. Later, to provide for his young family, he became a trader and merchant of sorts. With a pair of oxen and a wagon he would travel the 400 miles to Galveston, where he carried furs and traded them for goods. e goods he brought back were sold once he got home. e children remembered their father’s departure as a minimum trip taking three months. Often making two trips a year meant Allen was gone from his family at least half of the year. Many times, due to rivers being up, he would be delayed at the banks for several weeks. Allen Dunn raised an intelligent and industrious group of children. Allen’s intelligence however was never surpassed by any of his offspring. He died at the age of 96 and to the very end he was still sought out for

Allen and Laura Dunn, center, pictured with their children, left to right: Pearl, Minnie, Rob, Carl, Clay, Hobby, Ernest and Ellis. This picture was taken on Allen’s 90th birthday. Laura died shortly after. He lived to the age of 96. his advice because of his keen mind. I’m one of few living whose grandfather lived during the Civil War. Laura contributed the strengths. She’d become a bride at the age of 14. She had her family while she was still fairly young. She’d taught every one of them perseverance. As far as I know, I’m the only remaining Dunn, along with my children,

from those ancestors even though granddaughter Amber says her research shows some English among the Dunn’s. I suspect its Grandma Laura’s. side of the family. e late King Dunn’s family, often referred to as the ‘Mauriceville Dunn’s,’ claim to be English. Judge David Dunn’s dad, Ponce, also claimed to be English. Granddad Allen was referred to as ‘Black Irish’

due to his dark-skin. Clay was very proud of being Irish. Ironically, the marker on his grave says he died March 17, actually a month after his death, Feb. 19, 1959. For this upcoming St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I’d give you a glimpse at the Irish side of me. I’m not rightly sure what you get when you cross a fullblooded Irishman with a Cajun.

Maybe it’s not unique, but it is certainly unusual. As far as I know, I’m one of a kind but I’m thankful to have been a part of and shared in both customs. ey are two total extremes. Hopefully, my path is somewhere in the middle. Next week I get to celebrate my Irish side and a Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you, regardless of where your roots come from.

Country music superstar Mark Chesnutt will headline the 15th Annual Gulf Coast Gala, set for April 28, at the Carl Parker Multipurpose Center on the campus of Lamar State College Port Arthur.

Mark Chesnutt highlights annual Gulf Coast Gala PORT ARTHUR – Country music singer and Southeast Texas music legend Mark Chesnutt will headline the 15th Annual Gulf Coast Gala at Lamar State College Port Arthur. “An Intimate Evening with Mark Chesnutt” will feature an all-acoustic performance of the Beaumont native’s greatest hits. e performance takes place Saturday, April 28, at 7 p.m. at the Carl Parker Multipurpose Center on the campus of LSCPA, 1800 Lakeshore Drive, Port Arthur.

e black-tie or business attire event includes a formal meal preceding the night’s entertainment and, as always, proceeds beneﬁt the College and the Museum of the Gulf Coast. Chesnutt is considered one of country music’s true musical treasures with critics hailing him as a classic country singer of the highest order. “e Gulf Coast Gala is always a great night of

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The NFL season is underway today ... believe it or not!

Guess what? NFL season starts today

KAZ’S KORNER JOE KAZMAR

FOR THE RECORD For most folks today is March 14 and just another day—one day before the Ides of March and three days before St. Patrick’s Day. But at 3 p.m. today, the National Football League oﬃcially begins the 2018 season, which means teams can immediately begin to sign free agents from other teams. Two days ago--on Monday--all teams compiled the needy positions on their shopping lists and began negotiations with agents who represent players who’ll become

unrestricted but were not allowed to reach agreements. at should legally begin today at 3 p.m. as team executives determine how much cap space they have on this year’s upcoming rosters. One of the most serious “customers” in the free-agent marketplace is our own Houston Texans, who have created $65.783 million in salary cap space under the projected salary cap limit of $177.2 million, which ranks sixth in the NFL in salary cap space. Only the Cleveland Browns ($113.842 million), New York Jets ($92.083 million), Indianapolis Colts ($73.878 million), Tampa Bay Buccaneers ($73.095 million) and San Francisco 49ers ($70.06 million) have more cap room than the Texans.

Local anglers do well on Lake Sam Rayburn DICKIE COLBURN FISHING REPORT FOR THE RECORD

Houston’s primary need is a reliable “blind side” left tackle. But the big problem is that there is only one true left tackle available—New England Patriots’ offensive tackle Nate Solder, according to Sunday’s edition of the Houston Chronicle. “Carolina Panthers offensive guard Andrew Norwell is expected to become the highest paid interior offensive lineman in the game and could wind up being too expensive for the Texans’ budget,” the article points out. e Texans don’t have a viable left tackle since trading Pro Bowl left tackle Duane Brown to the Seattle Seahawks following his long contract holdout last season. Other needs facing the Texans according

A third bass in the two to three pound class chose to spend seventy-five percent of the tug of war on the surface before earning it’s freedom with a final leap at the boat. Only two casts later it was game on again as a much larger fish opted to flex her muscle and bury up in the scattered grass. I eventually lifted her and a moss covered Trap over the side of Preston Cary’s boat. Without bothering to take the time to weigh her, I guessed her weight to be five to six pounds and eased her back into the water. “You were right about these fish holding in this off-colored water,” I said before making another cast. “I wouldn’t know,” barked P.C., “I can’t tie my Trap on in all of this wind. My line keeps missing that little hole and I’ve dropped it three times!” “It’s not the wind,” I teased, “ose seventy-four year old eyes and no glasses make it tough. You want me to tie it on for you?” His expected reply was not suitable for print.

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He had called two weeks earlier after catching two bass over nine pounds in the same week, but I was spending more time at the ball park than fishing at that time. “ere is a color change about half way back in the creek and the bass are stacked up in that first fifty feet. ey aren’t all big, but they are all solid fish and a lot of fun.” My refusal to drive up and fish with him was unacceptable. “After that game in Jasper, instead of driving home come over here and spend the night with us. We can fish and you can go back to the night game tomorrow.” Not accepting that offer would require an outright lie so I threw some extra clothes and a rod in the backseat of the truck. I have never fished Rayburn nearly as much as Toledo Bend, but they do fish much differently. P.C. was raised in the shadows of Rayburn and has fished there his entire life. He has seen both the good and the bad over the years and says the catching has never been better than it has for the last five years. “e folks that are claiming that T-Bend is the best bass lake in America obviously haven’t

From Page 1B fished over here very much,” says Cary. “I don’t leave the house hoping that I’ll catch fish anymore,” he bragged, “I expect to catch fish every trip and big fish at that!” We never caught a bass over six pounds, but we caught quality fish non-stop until P. C. ’s cell phone rang with an offer for lunch. When his wife, Connie, calls with an invite to eat I never pass it up. Our decision to join her was rewarded with chicken fried back strap, biscuits, blackeyed peas and peach cobbler. I usually make do with Vienna sausage and a bottle of water when fishing. P. C. may very well be right in his assessment of the bass fishing on Rayburn. e spawn invariable seems to light off a little earlier than it does on T-Bend and in spite of the fishing pressure, the older lake continues to kick out crazy numbers of magnum bass. Aside from the angler commitment to catch and release, I think it’s the number of different patterns that work at the same time that produces so many quality fish. You need look no further than last week’s Bass Champs tournament on Rayburn. Of the

322 teams that fished, 153 of them weighed in ten pound stringers or better and 23 of them topped the 20 pound mark. ose are incredible numbers when you add to them the number of bass that were culled and never made it to the weigh-in! And, while on that topic, hats off to several Orange County teams that finished well and cashed nice checks for their efforts. Five of those teams finished in the top 23. Kevin Wolford and Shane Dorsey took home third place money finishing only two pounds behind the Bennet’s winning catch of 35. 23-pound stringer and . 07 of a pound out of second! Jack Tindel and Dalton Soliz earned a check for their fifth place catch of 29. 90 pounds and also weighed in one of the six nine pound bass caught in the tournament. Cory Rambo and Rusty Clark finished ninth, Donnie Pickard and Alan Ashby finished sixteenth and Melvin Dunn and Keith Hawkins cashed a check for their 23^rd place finish.

The LCM Lady Bears won third at the Nederland golf tournament held at Brentwood Country Club. The rain soaked course was shortened and the girls took advantage of it as all 5 LCM girls shot their career low score.

The LCM Boys Golf team won Third at the Hamshire Fannett golf tournament on Thursday March 8 with a combined score of 327. PNG place First with a team score of 300 and Nederland came in Second with 312. In individual scores, LCM freshman Jack Burke broke the school record with a tournament winning 66. Second place was Tim Feemster from PNG with a 68 and Third place was Brendon Marley from Nederland with a 70. Jack Tindel of LCM shot a personal best 78.

Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School’s Bear Iron was successful this weekend, with two lifters earning spots in the State Meet. Hunter Angelo placed Second in the 165-weight class and Ethan McKay took First in the 181-weight class. Both will represent LCM in the state meet. Colt LeBleu finished 4th place in the 220-weight class. The state meet will be held in Abilene on March 24.

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GAME WARDEN FIELD NOTES e following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Addition Not His Best Subject Game wardens with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Marine eft Investigation Unit handle a wide range of issues related to boat theft and boat registration fraud. Recently, an individual attempting to register a bass boat and motor he claimed to have purchased for just $700 raised red ﬂags. e customer claimed he purchased the boat for $300 and the motor for $400. A game warden contacted the seller, who informed the investigator he had sold the boat for $7,500. e warden then made contact with the boat’s new lien holder, who veriﬁed the new owner had borrowed $7,500 for the purchase. e warden then went to the buyer’s house and as he pulled up he observed a nice bass boat in the garage and the subject sitting in the driver’s seat. e warden greeted the man, admired the boat and asked out of curiosity how much he had paid for the vessel. Unaware as to the reason for the visit, the proud new boat owner told the warden he bought it for $7,500. He then changed his story to $700. e warden then asked him how much the Credit Union had given him for the boat and he replied $7,500. Faced with the prospect of being charged with falsifying a government document, the boat owner admitted he had presented false information on the registration and boat titling forms and agreed to pay the rest of his taxes and penalties.

Checked Your Fridge Lately? On Jan. 29, a Titus County game warden received information from a local landowner of a trespasser pictured on his game camera. e warden went to the suspect’s home and spoke with his roommate, who stated the suspect had not killed any animals this year. Consent was given to search the refrigerator, where two bags of white-tailed deer meat and a deer hide were discovered. e suspect arrived home and produced the deer horns. is deer was shot on a diﬀerent landowner’s property while trespassing. Citations were issued for criminal trespassing and for taking an illegal buck under the county’s 13-inch minimum antler spread. Civil restitution was also issued. Warning citations were issued for hunting without landowner’s consent and untagged deer.

Hoop, There It Is! On Feb. 14, game wardens were patrolling the Neches River near the Cherokee/Anderson County line when they observed a jon boat headed in their direction. e driver of the boat noticed the wardens and tossed a wire basket overboard. Upon further investigation, it was found the two guys had been ﬁshing the Neches River for quite some time with an illegal wire hoop net ﬁsh

basket and had trapped several catﬁsh. e wardens were unsuccessful in locating the wire basket, but several days later returned to the site with a drag hook and were able to recover the device. e case is pending and citations were issued.

True Confessions Last September, a Grimes County game warden received an unusual call from an individual wanting to come talk with him about some illegal activities he had been a part of with the intention of getting his life back in order. During the interview, the subject admitted to shooting a deer with a rifle even though he was a convicted felon. After a long investigation and many interviews later, it was determined that he did in fact use a friend’s rifle to shoot a deer on a property that he was working on at the time. Felon in possession of a firearm has been filed with the Brazos County District Attorney’s Office.

inside of his high fence. When asked why he left the deer to rot on the back side of his property, he stated that he had heard if he shot the deer, but didn’t harvest the meat he wouldn’t be in violation. e wardens explained this was not the case, and informed him he had committed various violations by killing the deer out of season, hunting

without a license, with illegal means, and failure to keep in edible condition. e cases are pending.

Know Your Limits On Feb. 17, a Williamson County game warden was checking anglers at the Taylor Park boat ramp on Lake Granger when he made contact

with a fisherman who was about to leave. He pulled up next to him and asked how his fishing went. e elderly man stated he had a pretty good outing and was headed home with about 30 crappie. e warden decided to inspect the angler’s water safety equipment onboard his boat, and then checked his fishing license. e

warden counted 26 crappie, one over the daily bag limit, and one was short of the minimum length limit of 10 inches. e man stated he had been doing this for 30 years and no one ever told him it was wrong. e warden educated the man about the reasons for daily bag limits and cited him for the violations.

Warden Never Forgets a Face An oﬀ duty Montgomery County game warden observed an individual who had provided him with false information in the spring of 2017 following a ﬁshing license violation. e warden had been granted an arrest warrant for that individual. e subject was placed in custody without incident and booked on four outstanding misdemeanor warrants.

Caught at a Pit Stop In mid-February, a Texas game warden received a call from a local farmer who had witnessed individuals in a black pickup truck shoot several geese from the road. e caller stated the vehicle was headed north on Highway 59 in Wharton County. While searching for the vehicle, the warden passed by a local barbecue joint where he noticed a vehicle matching the description. He made contact with two suspects who had been goose hunting earlier that day and after a brief interview, he received a full confession. e suspects stated they drove down the county road while one suspect in the bed of the truck shot at the geese. Four snow geese were seized and citations for hunting from a public road, discharging a ﬁrearm from a public road, and warnings for hunting waterfowl from a vehicle were issued. e cases and civil restitution are pending.

Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears won their final District game tonight 1/0 against Bob Hope. That puts the Bears at 8-0 for the season, earning them the District Championship. Coach Matt Wedel had a good first year back at LCM!

Oh, Deer, That’s Just Wrong In early February, well after the close of deer hunting season, Comal County game wardens responded to a report regarding illegal hunting. e caller stated he had heard several small caliber rounds being ﬁred on the neighboring property and believed the individual to be hunting deer out of season. e wardens responded, discovered two deer carcasses and questioned the property owner. e man stated he had shot the deer with a .22 to keep them from eating his shrubbery and various ornamental plants

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to new general manager Brian Gaine besides fixing the offensive line is the secondary, specifically at cornerback. e Texans also need a tight end, safety, guard, speed rusher, third-down running back, a wide receiver who can stay healthy, a backup quarterback and depth in the defensive line and at linebacker, according to the article. Free agent tight ends include Jimmy Graham (Seattle), Martellus Bennett (New England), Tyler Elfert (Cincinnati) and Trey Burton (Philadelphia). Eric Reid (San Francisco), Morgan Burnett (L.A. Chargers) and Kenny Vacaro New Orleans) are the top safeties available. Closer to home but not a free agent is Seattle Seahawks’ AllPro free safety Earl omas of Orange, who begins the final year of his four-year, $40 million contract. Most star players are offered contract extensions during the off-season before their last year begins. Earl is not too keen about being a “lame duck” this season and at one point after the end of the regular season threatened to sit out this season if the Seahawks’ brass doesn’t talk to him about a new contract. He claims to want to play for and retire from Seattle but realizes that the NFL is a booming business and things happen some time that disrupts longrange plans. Seattle has been doing some strange things this winter like releasing four-time All-Pro cornerback Richard Sherman and defensive tackle Michael Ben-

From Page 1B nett. ese moves were done to free up cap space but replacing two prominent All Pros will be no easy chore. Sherman didn’t waste any time finding a new place to play and signed a three-year contract with the Seahawks’ hated rival San Francisco 49ers that is reportedly worth up to $39.15 million. e big question is whether Sherman is 100 per cent healed from his two 2017 surgeries. KWICKIES…Southeast Texas high school basketball fans were treated to two state championships Saturday as the Port Arthur Memorial Titans rallied from an early deficit to defeat Northwest 75-69 to win the Class 5A title. Silsbee got into a scoring contest with Dallas Carter and came out on top 104-101 to win their second Class 4A state title in as many years. Both championship teams were honored by their respective hometown fans when then returned home from the Alamodome in San Antonio. And while on the topic of basketball tournaments, the field was set Sunday night for the annual NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament which goes into full swing tomorrow. Topseeded teams include Virginia (31-2) in the South Regional, Xavier (18-5) in the West Regional, Villanova (30-4) in the East Regional and Kansas (27-7) in the Midwest Regional. Seven teams from then Lone Star State were selected to the 68-team field—Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, TCU, Houston, Stephen F. Austin and Texas Southern.

It appears that veteran Tony Sipp made the Houston Astros’ 25-man roster because he’s the only lefthander reliever still at training camp. And speaking of the Astros, Luke Gregerson (Cardinals) and Joe Musgrove (Pirates) were among the 2017 Astros playing for other clubs who made the trip to the White House with the team Monday to receive congratulations from President Donald Trump for winning the 2017 World Series. JUST BETWEEN US…PGA fans are hopeful that Tiger Woods is back to the prominent position he held in the pro golf world a decade ago. If last weekend’s tie for second place, one stroke behind winner Paul Casey, is any indication of a great Tiger comeback, it will give a big boost to the pro golf tour. Tiger has logged $110 million in career earnings plus many more times that figure in endorsements. Casey, who fired a final round 65 Sunday, had to wait nearly 90 minutes to verify he was the winner of the Valspar Championship. is was the first Top Five finishes for Woods since August 2013. When it became apparent that Tiger was for real in this event, the estimated 140,000 spectators ballooned to more than 150,000 and the television ratings for Sunday soared to their highest mark since 2013.

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(TOP) Rahul Patel and James Menard won 1st place in Varsity A Doubles at the PNG hosted tournament Friday March 2nd. (ABOVE) Julianna Sylestine and Erin Beard also won 1st place Consolation bracket in the PNG Freshman tournament Thursday March 1.

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Bobcats tennis sees great week on court It’s been a great week for Bobcat tennis. Every member of the varsity team advanced to at least the semiﬁnal round at the Vidor Springbreak competition on Friday. Girls Doubles, Taylor Decker and Megan Ibeck and Mixed Doubles, Christie Luoung and Luke Truncale went undefeated to win their brackets. Earning second place medals were Boys Doubles, Brayden Berry and Dylan Williams and Girls Singles, Jennifer Swift. Advancing to the semis, were Boys Singles, Michael Arsenault and Girls Doubles, Emily Havens and Jennifer Tsan. e JV and Freshmen also found success in the Kelly Bulldog Invitational. Mixed Doubles, Kayla Gordon and Tyronne Waggoner earned a

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Orangefield High School Girls Doubles, Taylor Decker and Megan Ibeck and Mixed Doubles, Christie Luoung and Luke Truncale went undefeated to win their brackets.

Gala entertainment each spring but to have a legend of country music like Mark Chesnutt is particularly exciting,” LSCPA President Dr. Betty Reynard said. “Mark’s impact on the world of music is huge and we’re fortunate to be able to experience his style and talent in person.” Chesnutt has 14 No. 1 hits, 23 top 10 singles, four platinum albums and ﬁve gold records to his credit. Country music critics and fans alike need look no further when it comes to country music basics. If you ask Chesnutt, he’ll tell you, “It’s the music and the fans that have kept me around this long.” In a creative forum that sometimes confuses style with substance, Chesnutt possesses both. Remaining true to himself as a traditional country artist while keeping the pace with the ever-changing country recording landscape, he has a knack for picking great songs, delivering them with world- class style and a heart-felt emotion. “Mark Chesnutt gave honkytonk music back its soul,” noted music critic Robert K. Oermann. “When Chesnutt appeared on an arid musical landscape back in 1990, I dubbed him the hillbilly messiah.” Oermann stated. “I still feel that way today and I’ll feel that way decades from now.” Now, some 20-odd years later, Chesnutt marches on to preserve and honor the splendid works of the sculpturing forefathers, George Jones and Waylon Jennings, to bring music from the honky tonks right back to where country

From Page 7A music began. Chesnutt got his start in the honky-tonks of Beaumont, learning from his father, Bob Chesnutt, a singer, record collector and major fan of classic country music. Playing alongside his dad, Mark embraced his father’s influence one set at a time and began making a name for himself. Mark sang covers by Lefty Frizzell, Merle Haggard, Jones and Jennings to develop his unmatched crowd-pleasing rapport and his authentic country style. In 1989, Mark was signed to MCA Nashville and his list of accolades tells the rest of his story. With the release of his first single “Too Cold At Home,” Mark established himself as one of country’s most authentic and talented vocalists. He won the CMA Horizon Award attracting the attention of country legend [and Mark’s greatest mentor] George Jones who introduced him as “A boy from Beaumont, Texas who is the real deal.” at recognition and initial success opened the door to offer Mark his chance of a lifetime, to do what he loved most — sing country music for country fans, this time, on a national level. “e first couple years it was non-stop.” Mark said. “I can remember one time during a tour, I didn’t step foot on the front porch for 10 months, with exception of a day or a day-and-ahalf, then, it was right back out again.” Mark’s dedication paid off. His fans helped his records to climb the charts one right after the other, making him one of Billboard’s 10 Most-Played Radio Artists of the 1990’s. Mark is easily identified for

his string of hits including “Brother Jukebox,” “Blame It On Texas,” “Old Flames Have New Names,” “Old Country,” “It Sure Is Monday,” “Almost Goodbye,” “I Just Wanted You To Know,” “Going rough e Big D,” “It’s A Little Too Late,” “Gonna Get A Life.” One of his biggest, “I Don’t Want To Miss A ing,” held its position at the top of the charts for four consecutive weeks. Married since 1992, Mark and Tracie Chesnutt are the parents of three boys, Waylon, Casey and Cameron.

second place medal. Freshmen Boys Doubles, Kaden Frazier and Cade Griffin won consolation. Advancing to the semis, were Sophomore Sarah Morrison and freshman Aaron Miller in singles. Cheyenne Durio made it to the quarter final round. e Bobcats will return to play following Spring Break. e JV and Freshman will compete in their final tournament of season. e district tournament will be held on Tuesday, March 20th at the Orangefield courts. e varsity team will compete in one final tournament as they prepare for their district competition which will take place on March 28th and 29th at the Beaumont Tennis Center.

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You Must Fight Hard for Peace Jon Bloom Staff writer desiringGod.org The dove is a nearly universal symbol of peace. And a very appropriate one. Doves are beautiful, gentle, faithful creatures. They’re also, well, flighty creatures. It doesn’t take much to send a dove fluttering away. A harsh word, a rash gesture, and off she goes. If you want a dove to stay around, you have to be very careful how you speak and act. Which is a lot like what it takes to be at peace with other people. The author of Hebrews tells us to “strive for peace with everyone” (Hebrews 12:14). His implication: peace — real, honest peace, not dysfunctional conflict avoidance — is hard to keep. How hard? Well, pursuing peace fits into the list of hard things he groups around this statement: It’s hard like lifting drooping hands and strengthening weak knees when you’re tired and discouraged (Hebrews 12:12). It’s hard like continuing to walk when your leg is injured (Hebrews 12:13). It’s hard like living in a holiness that evidences the reality of your faith even though your indwelling sin continually tries to derail you into unholy passions (Hebrews 12:14). It’s hard like not allowing the constant barrage of deceitful sin to harden our hearts and lead us away from God into apostasy (Hebrews 3:12–13), which is what the writer means by being defiled by a “root of bitterness” (Hebrews 12:15, quoting Deuteronomy 29:18). It’s hard like the constant vigilance required to remain sexually pure (Hebrews 12:16). Striving for peace with everyone is hard, like all aspects of the good fight of faith (1 Timothy 6:12). It’s spiritual warfare. Peace will always be attacked, and we have to do everything we can to stand firm (Ephesians 6:13) and live peaceably with all (Romans 12:18). It’s a great kingdom irony that we must fight hard for peace. “Persecute” Conflict The Greek word translated as “strive for” in Hebrews 12:14 is diōkō. It’s a strong word — stronger than mod-

ern English speakers typically mean when say “strive.” Versions of diōkō are used many times in the New Testament. Here are a few familiar examples (in italics): Jesus: “Blessed are you when others . . . persecute you” (Matthew 5:11). Jesus: “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” (Acts 9:4). Paul: “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:14) — and Paul meant “by any means possible” (Philippians 3:11). John: “And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child” (Revelation 12:13). These examples give us some sense of what the author of Hebrews had in mind when exhorting us to diōkō (strive) for peace. We are to press on toward peace by any appropriate means possible. We are to pursue peace with relentless determination. We might even think about it as persecuting conflict — by which I mean vigorously working to prevent or end sinful conflict and putting sin to death, not persecuting people in conflict! Patient Discernment Obviously, not all conflict can or should be avoided. The Bible clearly warns us that “all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” (2 Timothy 3:12). Jesus said, “You will be hated by all for my name’s sake” (Luke 21:17). Jude instructs us to “contend for the faith” against false teachers (Jude 3). Jesus rebuked sinful religious leaders (Matthew 23:13–39), Paul rebuked Peter (Galatians 2:11–14), Peter rebuked Simon the Magician (Acts 8:20–23), and John had to confront Diotrephes (3 John 9–10). But most of the conflicts we experience are not as clear-cut as these. Most of

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them are difficult to navigate because they are a mixture of valid concerns, misunderstandings, fears, and what James calls sinful warring passions, like jealously, selfish ambition, and a prideful unwillingness to admit error (James 4:1; 3:16). And trying to discern the chemistry of a conflict, how much of which ingredient is in the mix, requires discernment and patience and endurance and forbearance and wisdom and charity (agapē love) — often just to get to the place where we can determine if a conflict really is, at root, unavoidable. It requires a rigorous, disciplined commitment to being quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry (James 1:19). It requires pressing on, doggedly pursuing; it requires diōkō — striving for peace. Because most of our conflicts are unnecessary, or unnecessarily acrimonious. Pursue Peace to the Death Just how far are we to “strive for peace”? Further than most of us want to go; further than we frequently feel we should go when our passions are engaged in conflict with someone. The Bible calls Jesus the “Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6). And the Prince of Peace, the Son of God, said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God” (Matthew 5:9). How far did the Prince of Peace, the Son of God, go to make peace with us? To the death. Jesus made peace between us and God “by the blood of his cross” (Colossians 1:20). When we were still sinners (Romans 5:8).

How far should the sons of God go to make peace? To the death. What does that mean? It depends on the nature of the conflict. But at the very least it means, “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you” (Colossians 3:5). It means, “Love one another with brotherly affection” and “outdo one another in showing honor” (Romans 12:10). It means, “Bless those who persecute you,” “live in harmony with one another,” “never be wise in your own sight,” never “repay . . . evil for evil,” and “do what is honorable in the sight of all,” never seeking revenge when wronged, treating our enemies with graciousness and compassion, and, so far as it depends on us, living “peaceably with all” (Romans 12:14–21). This is what it looks like to “strive for peace with everyone” (Hebrews 12:14). Most of the time, when a conflict is brewing, we should assume it is avoidable and do everything to pursue peace. We should assume the best of the other(s) and assume we are misunderstanding something or being tempted by warring passions. We should not enter into conflict as such until we have clear confirmation that it is unavoidable in the biblical sense. And even then, we speak the appropriate truth in the appropriate form of love, whether it be tough or tender (Ephesians 4:15). This is hard. Like all forms spiritual endurance and warfare, we must strive. We must die. But this kind of dying to make peace is blessed. It’s what sons of God do. And God’s reward to his peacemaking sons will be out-ofthis-world wonderful. Jon Bloom (@Bloom_Jon) serves as author, board chair, and co-founder of Desiring God. He is author of three books, Not by Sight, Things Not Seen, and Don’t Follow Your Heart. He and his wife live in the Twin Cities with their five children.

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.

Faith United Methodist Church

8608 MLK• Orange • 886-1291 Pastor: Keith Tilley

Sunday Morning Grow Groups 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:50 a.m. Nursery Provided. Kid’s Club and Youth 12:30 pm (www.faithorange.org)

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

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

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

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

Pastor: Ruth Burch

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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

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

St. Paul United Methodist Church

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

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH

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

Orange First Church of the Nazarene 3810 MLK Drive, Orange

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

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Wesley United Methodist Church

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

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

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

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

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

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

COWBOY CHURCH

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

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West Orange Christian Church

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

“Our church family welcomes you!”

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For sale 26 ft Jay Flight Travel Trailer. New roof w/ lifetime warrenty. $6000.00 Call 409-882-2153 or 409-883-8189 Brand New Travel Trailer for sale never slept in. Financed at a bank and owe a little over 20K. Looking for someone to take over notes. Call 409553-1686

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Al-Anon can help if someone close to you has a drinking or addiction problem. Al-Anon meets Sundays & Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m., North Orange Baptist Church, 4775 N. 16th St. (Rear), Orange, TX. Call 9889886 or 474-2171 for more info. Al-Anon meetings are held on Thursday’s at 7p.m. in the Library at St. Henry’s Catholic Church Education building located at 475 W. Roundbunch Rd. Bridge City. For more information please contact Cindy at 749-9036 or Mike 718-0333. The Jackson Community Center will be offering tax assistance to eligible families. To schedule an appointment or for more info please contact Elizabeth Campbell at 409-779-1981.

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY ACROSS 1. Salmon deposit 6. Old age, archaic 9. Bagpiper’s garb 13. Hawaiian veranda 14. Big Island flower necklace 15. Helper 16. V.C. Andrews’ “Flowers in the ____” 17. Uno ___ or one more 18. 4 x 4 race 19. *”Water of life” 21. *Shamrock 23. ____ Aviv 24. Rumpelstiltskin’s weaver 25. Wildebeest 28. Mega Bloks competitor 30. *Outdoor St. Patrick’s Day event 35. Starting point on way to riches 37. Clump 39. Dionysus’ pipe-playing companion 40. *Ireland, once 41. Ox connector, pl. 43. Quartet minus one 44. Put out on a curb 46. *William Butler Yeats, e.g. 47. Cardinal vices 48. Bee’s favorite drink 50. Russian mountain chain 52. Go gray 53. Period of illness 55. Workout unit 57. *These never lived in Ireland 60. *Hibernia 64. Musician’s exercise 65. Flying saucer acronym 67. Cleveland’s controversial chief 68. Villain 69. Decompose 70. Do penitence 71. Parting words 72. Pro vote 73. “Walk the Dog” toy, pl.

DOWN 1. Deli side 2. Beaten by walkers 3. Nay sayer 4. Middle measurement 5. Jefferson coin 6. Lined with elm trees 7. “Back To The Future” actress 8. ABBA’s genre 9. Capital of Ukraine 10. Like some rumors 11. Shakespeare’s tragic monarch 12. “Don’t give up!” 15. Olfactory property, pl. 20. Funereal lament 22. Chop off 24. ____ tower 25. *”The wearing of the ____” 26. Evian, backwards 27. Finno-____ language 29. Lump of stuff 31. Refuse visitors 32. Skylit lobbies 33. Faulkner’s “As I Lay ____” 34. Irregular or jagged 36. Religious offshoot 38. *Stout, e.g. 42. Liverpool star 45. Cursor-moving button 49. Wade’s opponent 51. Wiggle room 54. Shylock’s line of work 56. Socrates’ famous pupil 57. Dog command 58. Classic art subject 59. Puts two and two together 60. Itty-bitty bit 61. Call to a mate 62. Unacceptable 63. “Nobody ____ It Better” 64. Flow alternative 66. *British to the IRA

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Notice is hereby given that original Letters Guardianshhip for the Estate of LYNZIE MARIE ARRINGTON, An Incapacitated person, were issued on FEBRUARY 5, 2018, in Cause No. P17894, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: Paul James Arrington and Sarah Elizabeth Arrington. The residence of the Guardian is Orange, Orange County, Texas; the post office address is: 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.

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of MARCIA B R A N D O N D E L A R U E Deceased, were issued on February 21, 2018, in Cause No. P18051, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: Jo Ann Byrd. 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 Paul James Arrington and Sarah Elizabeth Arrington 3329 Martha Dr. Orange TX 77632 DATED the 6th day of March, 2018.

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