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Commissioners vote no change for tax rate move or give them a reason to move.” Commissioner Jody Crump made the motion and Commissioner Barry Burton offered a second. Commissioners Johnny Trahan and John Gothia joined Crooks in making it unanimous. “Lord knows it was a rainy day,” Crooks said, referring to last August’s Tropical Storm Harvey that dumped

Commissioners Johnny Trahan, left, Barry Burton, County Judge Dean Crooks and Commissioners John Gothia and Jody Crump voted Tuesday not to raise Orange County’s tax rate despite a drop in available tax funds after last year’s flooding caused by Tropical Storm Harvey. RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers

Dave Rogers

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Orange County leaders are opting to use a chunk of their Rainy Day Fund to help taxpayers. At Tuesday’s County Commissioners’ meeting in downtown Orange, the vote was 5-0 to keep the tax rate

at 54.2 cents per $100 valuation. That means the county’s portion of the ad valorem tax bill for the owner of a home with an after-exemption value of $100,000 would be $542, the same as last year. “I like my neighbors,” County Judge Dean Crooks said. “I don’t want them to

Swing bridge rehab extended to next year

Peggy Albair, owner of Peggy’s Place on East Roundbunch Road in Orange thought the swing bridge construction project in front of her business would be completed by the end of this year. She discovered this week, however, it will not be completed until next year. RECORD FILE PHOTO: David Ball

David Ball

For The Record

For one Orange business, it’s more of hurry up and wait. Peggy Albair, owner of Peggy’s Place on East Roundbunch Road, said she originally thought construction on the swing bridge on Cow Bayou would be completed and reopened by the end of this month or in November at the latest. She was informed by work crews, however, it may be next year before the project is completed. Part of the delay is they need a machine part custom made. “They need a part that

makes it swing out that’s the issue. They said they were going back to Houston. We haven’t seen anyone working there. They’re putting a hurt on us,” Albair said. Clark Slacum, county engineer for Orange County, said he spoke with Texas Department of Transportation personnel who told him they anticipate the bridge to be completed in either January or February of 2019. Likewise, Sarah Dupre, public information officer with TxDOT, said they are waiting on repairs to the swing span to be completed. She said in May the $11.4

more than 60 inches of rain in five days last August. Harvey’s flood waters sloshed into more than 60 percent of Orange County homes and many were total losses. Because of the resultant lowered property values, Orange County needed to charge 60.4 cents/$100 to bring in the same amount of tax dollars as last year.

By choosing not to raise the rate, commissioners are looking at an unbalanced 2019 budget, which Auditor Pennee Schmitt is “more like $5 [million]” in the red. The county’s proposed budget, released earlier this month, was based on a tax rate of 54.2 cents/$100 and showed $46 million in spending, against $43 million in revenues.

“I do have an issue,” Burton said, “in that we’re supposed to adopt a balanced budget, in that we spend what we take in. “The Rainy Day Fund is for emergencies, not operating expenses, and I get that. But sometimes unique situations call for unique answers. “We are fortunate that the COUNTY Page 3A

HARVEY: ONE YEAR AFTER David Ball

For The Record

It’s hard to believe Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey hit a year ago and flooded much of the area. Many in Orange County have recovered are in the process of recovering and look back when the storm came and what they’ve been doing ever since. The Amy Family Kira Amy knows what it’s like to get floodwater inside her home and to recover. Amy and her family live in Twin Lakes, a new subdivision on Highway 105 near FM 1442 in Orangefield. They received a couple of feet of water in their home and moved back in February. “We’re thankful to be back in. We were one of the first in the neighborhood to move back in,” she said. “My husband was at work that night and I had to get three kids out of the house in the middle of the night.” “Fortunately a gentleman from Deweyville who closed on his house and he was just moving in. He came to us in a canoe. We met some friends from church on 105 and they brought us to their house in Bobcat Trails. Most of Orangefield was hit hard.” Amy thanked God, though, they had flood insurance. It took around two and a half months to get their money back. “My friends had an extra bedroom and an extra bathroom for all five us to stay the whole time. My kids were sad to leave their friends though,” she said. Like many others in Southeast Texas, the Amy’s put up four feet of sheetrock to replace the flood damaged sheetrock, put in new cabinets and remodeled the

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Like many local residents with boats Bryan Chauvin and Andy Hill of Bridge City went into action as water continued to rise. First the duo did volunteer rescue in Pine Island and afterward (seen here) used their airboat to rescue two men trapped on Cow Bayou. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

bathroom. She joked she’s now a professional at things like hanging sheetrock and that they’ve built the same house twice. Amy said other neighbors are returning to their houses more and more. “I think when the drainage issues are resolved they will move back. We (Twin Lakes) held water for seven days. It’s unlike anywhere else in Orangefield,” Amy said. Orangefield Independent School District Orangefield ISD wasn’t spared either but it hasn’t affected enrollment. Portable buildings were set up at the elementary school, the junior high and the high school while the permanent structures are being repaired from floodwater intrusion. “We’ll have portable buildings until everything is completed,” said Stephen Patterson, OISD superintendent. “Enrollment is up. Every day we’re adding stu-

dents. We’ve added 65 kids last week. We’ll be ready for the additional students. We have great teachers and great test scores.” The district will have an accurate enrollment count by the 15th day of the new school year. City of Bridge City Jerry Jones, city manager for Bridge City, said compared to Hurricane Ike in 2008, the devastation was much less for the city from Harvey in 2017. For example, 800 houses flooded during Harvey while all but 16 houses were spared from the storm surge from Ike. Nevertheless, there was some damage from Harvey, particularly to the city’s infrastructure. “We did everything we could possibly do. Our guys (city crews) were monitoring infrastructure. Fortunately we had places we could go to because some areas didn’t flood,” Jones said. “It’s like any natural disaster, groups were taking

action getting people out and we were putting barricades on streets. We had supplies.” The city has applied for numerous grants and funding for Harvey. For instance, the city can be reimbursed for emergency response crews who set up in Bridge City. Moreover, some of the city’s infrastructure, such as the lift stations, were placed under the Texas Municipal League’s insurance coverage. Any funding received will be used to repair roads, clean out ditches, etc. Money from the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission can be used for buyouts and infrastructure projects. Emergency funding can be used for cleaning out outfall ditches and roadside ditches. “We’ll wait for the money to process,” Jones said. “The (Orange County) Drainage District is helping clear the outfall ditches. It’s like Ike, HARVEY Page 3A

Davis leaving SETRPC for new career Labor Day Picnic set David Ball

For The Record

After 11 years of service and responding to several hurricanes and other natural disasters, Shaun Davis, executive director of the South East Regional Planning Commission is resigning and moving on to a new career. His last day with the SETRPC will be September 28. Davis, 63, will become vice president of disaster recovery for the Southwest Region for AECOM- an $18 billion Fortune 500 company. His region stretches from Texas to the Caroli-

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nas. He said the company became interested in him because of his experience in disaster recovery the past 11 years. He expects he will

eventually relocate to Baton Rouge to be closer to his grandchildren. Davis explained AECOM, an engineering company, does large scale infrastructure projects in addition to residential disaster recovery housing. “They’re industry leaders,” he said. “I’m really honored to work with them. I’ve been knowing about them for a long time. “I’m not leaving for a better job because the Planning Commission is the best job. AECOM is the best opportunity I’ve ever had and that this old dog is not too old.” The SETRPC Board of Di-

rectors will meet on September 19 to lay out their transition process and search requirements for a new executive director. “They’re a really experienced board. They will find the right person,” Davis said. Davis has been executive director of the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission since September of 2007, bringing with him extensive political, housing, and managerial experience, according to biographical information from the SETRPC. DAVIS Page 2A

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David Ball

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It’s back! The 18th Annual Pinehurst Labor Day Senior Citizen’s Day Picnic is returning after a one year absence. The event will start at 10 a.m. on Monday, September 3 at the Family Worship Center, 2300 41st Street in Pinehurst. It should end around 12:30 or 1 p.m. Last year’s picnic was postponed due to Hurricane/ Tropical Storm Harvey. Robbie Hood, Pinehurst city administrator, said with

last year and this year’s donations, they should have enough funds to make the 2018 picnic “a pretty good event.” Southeast Texas Transit shuttle buses will start carrying attendees to the picnic and back from Sabine Federal Credit Union, 1939 Strickland Drive, at 9:30 a.m. One of the organizers, Pam Honeycutt, said the local color guard will post the flags at the beginning of the picnic. Pinehurst’s very own fire chief, Shon Branham, will LABOR DAY PICNIC Page 2A

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Bridge City launches ‘Growing Stronger Together’ Staff Report For The Record Hopefully you have seen the new banners placed along Texas Avenue and Highway 1442. The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted to purchase 40 banners to begin a process of branding our city. Terri Gauthier, chamber president, said they are always promoting to Shop Local, but they are also want a new tagline to create a tighter identity for the community — “Growing Stronger Together” banners. “Our city has always been known as a strong and resilient city bouncing back after many disasters,” she said. “We have many new beautiful homes being bullet. We also have many new and attractive restaurants and retail stores than ever before.” Gauthier said branding is an ex-

sing and the Orange Blossom Line Dancers will perform for the entertainment. The food will be provided by Robert’s Meat Market and Steakhouse and served by members of the LCM Lions Club. There will be door prizes given away with a big screen television set, donated by First Financial Bank from last year, as the big prize. For more information about the picnic, contact Robbie Hood at 409-886-3873.

ternal and internal strategy for the city. Externally, the banners are very attractive and can help build community pride and identity, giving our city a Gauthier positive image. Internally, it’s a proclamation of strength and support for one another that will create a positive attitude and atmosphere of community and connection. “It also reassures our community we are working together for their success,” Gauthier said. The chamber is hoping to promote this new tagline throughout the city and local businesses. Chamber members will be bringing posters of the new banner to their local businesses to display on their storefront windows.

AAUW host annual Pizza Party An annual homemade pizza party, hosted by Margaret Light, will begin at 12 noon on Saturday, August 25, at 1200 Smith Street in West Orange for the American Association of University (AAUW) Women, Orange Chapter. The group of women now include men in their organization of educated professionals. Membership is open to those with various levels of college degrees, including two-year degrees, as well as those with no higher education. Those interested in AAUW membership are welcome to attend the homemade pizza party on this Saturday, August 25, at 12 noon. Please give your RSVP immediately to Diane Grooters, 409-988-5635 or grootershouse@yahoo.com. An invitation can be emailed to you or details such as directions can be given verbally.

Davis departing SETRPC From Page 1 He began college at Wharton Junior College on a basketball scholarship and continued his education at the University of Alaska and then the University of Hawaii, both on basketball scholarships. He began a political career, that spanned more than 20 years, serving 10 years as district director for U.S. Representative Charlie Wilson (“Charlie Wilson’s War), directing political and constituent operations in the east Texas congressional district. He also served five years as district director for Texas State Representative Allan Ritter, and ultimately became chief of staff for Ritter. Davis also directed the district operations of former Texas State Senator David Bernsen and spent four years as the director of state and local government affairs for the Temple-Inland Corporation and he was depu-

ty director of the city of Houston’s housing agency during 2005 when that city was host to thousands of evacuees from Hurricane Katrina. He is the past chairman of the Emergency Preparedness Committee and past chairman of the Executive Director’s Council at the Texas Association of Regional Councils and served as an officer for the Foundation of Southeast Texas. He has also served as a member of the board of directors for Legacy Community Health Services in Houston. Davis is the son of Walter and Margaret Davis of Nederland. His father, Walter, is a two time NBA Champion and an Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the high jump in the 1952 games in Helsinki, Finland. Davis and his wife, Tammy, have been married 40 years and have three chil-

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dren, and twin grandbabies, Etta and Harlan. AECOM, Davis said, created a standard as the first organization for disaster recovery all over the nation. For instance, following Hurricane Katrina, Congress gave special appropriations to the state. Furthermore, recovery funds were paid directly to homeowner. The SETRPC, likewise, played a role in giving Texas the opportunity to develop a program that is more efficient by paying the contractor instead. That way, he said, the work can be inspected for a quality recovery and the tax base can return to the area. “It’s more of a return to normalcy and to keep the population and tax base in place. We’re proud of that in restoring people’s lives,” he said. In addition to disaster recovery work, the SETRPC has also renovated the 911

program by bringing it into the modern age. Under the Next Generation program, 911 calls can be made from cell phones instead of just a landline. Users can now also text 911. There has also been renovations in the Area Agency on Aging, the 211 program, etc. “It goes on and on,” Davis said. Davis said there are many residents who have no idea the SETRPC exists or what they do. “We’re like a good software government computer program. You just know we’re working,” he said. “My heart is truly here. I’m a fifth generation Southeast Texan. My heart will always be here. “I’ve had a career along side some great, great public and elected officials. It’s an honor of a lifetime. There’s also my beloved coworkers. I think they’re the best in the country at what they do. Southeast Texas is in good hands.

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Harvey: one year later it takes from a year to a year and a half for the money to come in. However, the Regional Planning Commission should soon be disbursing.” City of Pinehurst Department heads with the city of Pinehurst each said it was a team effort in their response to Harvey. City Administrator Robbie Hood said the city has come a long way and they’re moving forward. For instance, Darren May, with the streets department, said at least three-quarters of the city’s streets were under water. Flooding from Adams Bayou contributed heavily to the flooding. After Harvey landed, first responders and city staff rescued hundreds of people during those first days. “We worked as one unit, Our motto was ‘Whatever It Takes.’ The best in our city employees came out with their care and concern,” Hood said. “These people’s (residents) lives were out on their front yards. It was heart breaking. This was the first step of the healing process.” Now, Hood said the city is seeking funding to repair

not a lot of qualified of them in this area and they were overwhelmed anyway.” Vine surmised half of the homeowners in Pinehurst suffered significant damage and trying to get back to normal, one-quarter of them are in between — they’re back in their homes, but everything is not yet fixed and 20 percent of houses has changed hands with investors buying homes to either flip or lease. Furthermore, Vine said outside people have inquired about properties. “The interest is there and it’s changing hands,” he said. Justin Trahan, with the city’s wastewater service, said Pinehurst was one of the Seeral days after Harvey flooded Southeast Texas this home in first cities to clean up beBridge City was among hundreds still surrounded by water as rescause the public works deidents began pulling their belongings from the flooded home. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn partment worked around the clock. Additionally, the city streets from the Texas De- in to streets and drainage.” Harry Vine, code enforce- never lost potable water, partment of Emergency Management and $7 million ment officer, said 400 struc- sewer service and those dehas already been allocated tures in the city had water in partments never lost elecfrom the Texas General Land them. That has generated tricity thanks to backup genOffice with Community De- around 450 building permits erators and employees manvelopment Block Grants for for last year. A normal year ning the stations. May he didn’t get to go infrastructure improve- will have around 125 permits home for three days after ments to be distributed by issued. “In the process I’ve met Harvey hit. the SETRPC. “Our employees worked “These are longterm solu- some really fine people in the tions for streets and drain- city,” he said.”They’ve suf- hours and hours without age,” Hood said. “The only fered physical and emotional sleep,” Hood said. Trahan added that one of stipulation is we must meet damage. Most just wanted the 70 percent low to moder- someone to talk to or for me the wastewater service’s earate income levels for the to give them a hug. We are liest rescues was on 30th grant. That should be no also careful in helping them Street. When they picked up problem. It will be easy to tie select contractors. There’s the residents, they didn’t

County business last few years we stocked some money back and we’re able to do this.” The county actually deposited all its Rainy Day Fund into the 2018 budget as last-minute “contingency funds” added because of the uncertainty of Harvey expenses. Estimates are that the county has spent more than $15 million on reimbursable Harvey cleanup and mitigation. So far, the county has only been reimbursed about $1 million. Commissioners’ court has until the end of September to arrive on a final 2019 budget and tax rate but had to vote a proposed number Tuesday so it could meet a posting requirement before two public hearings on the tax rate, set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11; and 9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14, both at the County

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Administration Building, 123 S. 6th St. Commissioners are eyeing budget cuts and might end up lowering the tax rate. But they are not allowed to raise it after Tuesday’svote. That’s why Gothia initially asked the other four court members to consider setting it a little higher. “I’m comfortable staying the same, but I’d like to see what the public comments are,” he said. “It concerns me a little bit that we aren’t giving ourselves a little wiggle room.” Crooks was the one who first proposed the .542 tax rate Tuesday. “I think we can still make our budget happen,” he said. And delaying big-ticket purchases will be important. “We have talked to our department heads about the capital outlay projects that

we’re looking at, about keeping those on tracks as our FEMA funds come in. “Rather than banking on those FEMA reimbursements coming in and assuming the best, we’ll assume the worst and move forward once they come in and the money’s actually in our treasurer’s hands. “Then maybe we can look into procuring some of those capital outlays.” As the 2018 fiscal year winds down, Tuesday’s agenda included 18 interdepartmental line-item transfers as department heads juggle their dollars. The county paid $324,982 in bills, accepted a $5,000 grant from the Foundation for Southeast Texas, and awarded a contract for aviation fuel for Orange County Airport.

Bridge closure extended million bridge project was 60 percent completed. “We anticipate it being completed and returned in January. Currently the contractor (Ragel) is working on the approaches to the bridge. After the approaches are completed, drivers won’t see any work until we get the swing span back,” Dupre wrote via email. “The work to the swing span is taking longer than originally anticipated. We currently anticipate the bridge reopening in spring.” Over time, Albair, closed the full service portion of the restaurant and reopened in April in a revamped format, according to a prior The Record article. The eatery is now take out orders and/or delivery only. They’re also moving in an entirely different direction by housing a game room with video games and traditional board games for kids and adults at their location at 2682 East Roundbunch Road in Orange. Sunday’s family game special is four hours in the retro game room with four burgers, chips and drinks for $50. They also host poker at 2 p.m. each Saturday. Call 409886-1115 to reserve a seat. LIquid Picasso classes are each Monday evening for $30 with all supplies included. Albair said additional nights may be added along with a weekend session for kids to paint. Albair said her business was impacted when crews shut down the bridge in

know where to bring the people. Eventually, places such as Family Worship Center on 41st Street housed residents and fed them. They rescued 130 residents on their own. Hood said, however, during rescues staff identified a gap in their emergency response capabilities. For instance, the city’s grappler truck was used to make rescues and they almost lost the truck in the process. They also used their aluminum boat with no motor to make rescues. Since then, thanks to a military program, the city was able to secure some military vehicles including a four wheel drive Humvee. The city only spent $2,600 in shipping cost to acquire the vehicles. The fire department also acquired a rescue boat donated by Texas game wardens. Dawanna Kibodeaux, a dispatcher with the Pinehurst Police Department, said Harvey was a nightmare. “They woke me up at 3:30 in the morning because water was coming into the building,” she said. “They started transferring calls from Bridge City to us. We also got calls looking for the Orange Police Department. I know one of the dispatchers for OPD and I started texting

March 2017. “Our sales dropped,” she said. “Some people didn’t want to have to come around (from Bridge City to FM 1008, down East Roundbunch Road) or they didn’t know how to come around. Some people have a limited time for lunch to come out of

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the way. We knew it would be coming, but we didn’t know when. If we did, I could had put signs out and posted on Facebook. “Summertime is our best time and our sales dropped. I went to see if I could be reimbursed (by Orange County), but they can’t do that.”

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calls to her (because Kibodeaux was overwhelmed with calls). I would take a picture and send it to her.” Kibodeaux estimated they received more than 2,000 calls in the early days of Harvey. She worked until 10:30 p.m. that first day. She added that she has been a dispatcher since 1986 and that was the most calls she ever received by far. Many residents couldn’t get help that first day because the floodwater was so high. The following day a list was compiled with names so police could check up on them. Calls were prioritized who to go to first. Officer Jocelyn Trussell said she was surprised there wasn’t more tragedies in the city, such as fatalities. She called that a success. “We all worked so well together. We were all helping everyone,” Kibodeaux said. City Secretary Debbie Cormier and a friend of her’s also lent a hand, writing out calls and giving them to Kibodeaux so she wouldn’t have to put people on hold. Hood estimated Pinehurst suffered a temporary loss of population, but the people will come back and the city will be stronger and better than before.

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bugs move into dorm rooms. They’re everywhere. The size of an apple seed, the nocturnal six-leggers hitchhike on luggage, old furniture, clothing and can live up to a year without a blood meal. Texas A&M has spent $37,000 to fly in bedbug sniffing dogs. They plan to call in a Minnesota outfit called “Temp-Air” whose eradication process heats the room overnight to 130 degrees, killing the bugs without harming students belongings.

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From The Creaux’s Nest THE STATE OF OUR NATION The Bull Market that began under President Obama in March 2009 has lasted nine years, five months and 13 days, a record that few would have predicted coming out of the big recession. For all its longevity and gains, the final verdict on the Bull Market won’t be known until it ends What the White House, Trump and allies don’t want you to know is that the federal budget is already in very bad shape. The Federal Government’s red ink this year is already 21% above 2017. The Trump deficits will soon exceed $1 trillion and will only get worse in years ahead. When the vacationing congressmen return in September they are set to consider anther tax cut before the mid-term election. That will reduce revenue by an additional trillion dollars. How big will the annual deficit get in the years ahead? The congressional budget office is already projecting it will exceed $1.5 trillion. Many in congress and the Trump Administration seem to be hell bent on ignoring the deficit and national debt and reducing revenue even further. Predictions by Asset, is that stocks will plunge and a Bear Market will begin. Personally I don’t believe the fall will start before Feb. 2019. A new poll by Reliable Monmouth on Tuesday showed that 35% believe the country is headed in the right direction but a whopping 59% say it’s headed in the wrong direction. The poll also showed that only 30% of the citizens believe Trump is hiring the right people, 60% say he hires the wrong people. A majority believe that because of tariffs and trade wars Trump is putting America on a path to fiscal ruin.*****I have to move on. Please come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm

CRUZ HASN’T EARNED ANOTHER TERM Over the years, since Lyndon Johnson was elected, Texas has had some great U.S. senators. Presently Texas has two senators from the same party which is different than in the past, example, Ralph Yarbrough, democrat and John Tower, republican. A state is always better off with senators from different parties. Sen. John Coryn is not bad. He isn’t making waves, just waiting his turn to be majority or minority leader when McCormick steps down. In any case, that would be good for Texas. Ted Cruz, our other senator, started running for president shortly after he was elected. He didn’t get the nomination and refused to endorse his parties’ nominee for president. Hard to blame him for that except now he’s asking the party to save him. Ted Cruz’s claim to fame is that he shut down the government, which cost U.S. taxpayers $40 billion, with a “B” but it got him national recognition to launch his presidential campaign. I told you a couple years ago that a friend in Washington told me he was the most disliked in the senate. He has no friends there. They are in the congress like Jim Jordon, Meadows, Nunes and the radical Freedom Caucus. Cruz has accomplished absolutely nothing for Texas. He makes photo-ops, like at Santa Fe, where he said he would introduce legislation to help prevent the killing of students. He kicked that can down the road. Now I see on television that he is running and taking credit for the Harvey Recovery. He had nothing to do with that, the government did only what they were obligated to do, no more. Private donors and organizations helped the recovery. There is no doubt if Ted Cruz is re-elected, he will run for president in 2024. I’m told however, that if Trump is impeached or reprehended, or if his poll numbers fall to the mid-30’s, Ted may not wait. Some Republicans are looking for a candidate to oppose Trump. Ted Cruz should not be re-elected. He hasn’t earned it. He needs to be retired and go into another line of work. Texas deserves better than what he has given us. It will be interesting to see if he invites Trump to come to Texas to campaign for him. Trump called him “Lying Ted,” that’s the pot calling the kettle black. Trump has accused Ted’s dad of being in on the killing of JFK and he’s called Ted’s wife ugly, which she’s not. He ran the most unfavorable picture of her compared to a glamour shot of his wife. On the other hand, Cruz supports Trump’s tariffs, which hurts Texas worse than any other state. He also supports Trump’s border policy that includes taking babies away from their mothers. Ted was born in Canada. His dad was a Cuban nationalist at the time. Ted rejected his Canadian citizenship but he can’t deny the place of his birth. He, more than anyone, should appreciate the plight of the immigrants. I believe there’s a strong, silent vote out there, made up of Independents, Democrats and yes also Republicans, that will reject Ted Cruz.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 10 Years Ago-2008 Ferne Savoy, 91, passed away Aug. 23. Services were held Monday. For many years Ferne was a democratic poll judge and very active in the political process. She and her late husband Henry “Cush” Savoy raised a great family.*****Country star Tim McGraw and some pals will perform at Faith Hill’s “Neighbor’s Keeper Foundation Swampstock 2008” in Rayville, La., Sept. 13. Proceeds will benefit local projects. “Swampstock” will feature McGaw, Hill, Catherine Raney, Halfway to Hazard, Dierks Bently and Jason Aldean. Rayville is Tim’s hometown located 21 miles east of Monroe on Interstate 20.*****Bed-

Major Inman Jr. defeats Davis Cooper in hotly contested Orange mayoral race. He will replace Paul Hale. *****B.J. Spence hosted some friends with a delicious Mexican dinner that proves even school madams can be domestic. *****Over the weekend Phyllis Guidry Hass School of Dance attended a three-day workshop in Houston. The event was presented by some of the finest professional dancers in the country. Attending were Cynthia Navarro, Belinda Muckelrath, Stephanie Hass, Nikki Gardner, Liz and Ann Lieby, Brenda Whittington and Cayla Campbell. (Editor’s note: Do you remember all those pretty girls? Most are parents and some might even be grandparents.)*****Joe C. Majors III has been accepted into the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston. He’s a Lamar grad and son of Dr. Joe and Mary Majors. (Editor’s note: A Bridge City grad, Chuck practiced in B.C. for several years before moving to the Kerrville area. For the last 20 years he has been on the hill, on top of Caldwell, located about 23 miles from Bryan-College Station.)*****In June 1949, Arthur Colburn and his father Will built a 12 by 20 building adjacent to their home and opened the “Gingham Shoppe.” It was later enlarged to 24 by 20. This week, 29 years later, they sold the Shoppe to Jonell and Kenneth Chance. *****Ronnie Lee, a 1978 Bridge City grad and shop manager of Triple L. Honda, earned a position on the starting lineup of team Rio Bravo. He will travel to Florida for motor cross competition. *****Granger’s Seafood and Steakhouse all you can eat noon buffet is only $1.95. *****Roy and friend Conley Windell continue trek through southwest. “Leaving old Tucson we took Hwy. 82, a back road scenic route, which connected with Hwy. 80, just out of Tombstone, Ariz. Conley, an expert on the way of the cowboy, knew all about Tombstone. In the 1880s, it was a booming mining town that brought a rush of those looking to strike it rich. Gold and silver were the lure that became a magnet to thieves, card sharks, murders, rustlers and bad guys. The place came alive with hundreds of saloons, gambling halls and of course, bawdy houses. Gunfights and hangings soon made Boot Hill Cemetery famous. Tombstone is perhaps most famous for it’s gunfight at the O.K. Corral when the Earp brothers, Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan, along with friend, Doc Holliday, shot it out with the Clanton and McLaury gang. When the bullets stopped flying Billy Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury lay dead, Ike Clanton got away but was later murdered. Morgan and Virgil needed weeks to recover, Doc was barely grazed by a bullet and Wyatt was unscathed. The famous fight took place Oct. 26, 1881. The Birdcage Theater was a saloon, theater, gambling hall and brothel. The New York Times in 1882 reported, “The Bird Cage is the wildest, wickedest night spot between Basin Street and the Barbary Coast.” One-hundred-forty bullet holes can still be found in the walls and ceiling. Conley and I walked both sides of the street and talked about what roles we would have played had we lived in those times. The Crystal Palace Saloon is a symbol of the true “Old West.” With it’s original copper ceiling, adobe walls and massive bar it is the only authentic saloon still operating. We learned on this trip how Tombstone got its name. It seems a weathered prospector named Ed Schieffelin, would venture out into the hills prospecting for the riches of silver or gold. He braved the elements and Apaches where some never returned. His friends told him many times that if he kept fooling around out there among the Apaches the only rock he would come home with would be his tombstone. In 1877, he discovered silver ore and named the mining district ‘Tombstone’ which would also become the name of the “town too tough to die.” Everyone, once in his or her lifetime should visit Tombstone. Keeping with our habit of staying off the interstate and main highways, we turned just out of Tombstone and took narrow Hwy. 80. Not knowing where this road would take us we traveled southeast. A few hours out we came up on a jewel, a big, big hole known as Bisbee, Ariz. I had never heard of it but a relative of mine might have discovered it. (To be continued next week.)

A FEW HAPPENINGS

We were sorry to hear of the death of Wanda Scales Sanders, age 84, passed away Aug. 20. Our condolences to her sister Pam Honeycutt and the entire family. Service is pending as I write this. Please see our obituaries.*****A new Chrysler/Dodge dealership is coming to town. It’s a done deal and should be announced soon.*****Word is that Gov. Abbott will announce the appointment of Judge Steve Parkhurst to fill the unexpired term of Judge Buddie Hahn sometime around Sept. 1. Judge Hahn has been filling in on Tuesday and Thursdays. Steve has cleared his backlog of clients and is ready for his new career.*****On Monday, Aug. 25, a special guy, Coach Dan Ray Hooks will mark his 80th birthday. It just doesn’t seem possible. I remember him as a young assistant coach at Lamar before coming to West Orange-Stark as an assistant. As they say, “The rest is history.” What a great job he and Cornell have done putting the Mustangs at the top of the charts year after year. Happy birthday Coach Hooks, thanks for the memories.*****Another great Mustang, Mari Ellen Jacobs, celebrates her special day Aug. 22. Every year Mari Ellen does a great job for us by reporting on the Mustangs in words and pictures.***** Happy birthday also to a special friend who keeps me supplied in chocolates and also sees that I get venison sausage and sometime fresh bass filets. Marlene is Sheriff Keith Merritt’s wife but also my special friend so I won’t say anything about her reaching the age of that long ago, famous highway route sign.***** Two former Bridge City baseball players, Preston Pittman and Collin Gros, have been playing in the summer Latin League, for the Mexican Tuzos. Sunday the team won the championship against Puerto Rico, 2 to 0, on a two run homerun by Gros, who also had two of the teams three hits batting in the leadoff spot. The team advances to the state playoffs in San Antonio but according to rules non-Latinos are not eligible to play. Collin’s comment to his grandfather,, after the winning home run was, “Well, Papa, all those batting lessons at Sam Moore’s finally paid off. He’s Roy’s grandson.*****The

United States has recorded 94 consecutive months of job growth, 76 of those months were under the Obama Administration.***** Ironic that three stars, all at the top of their game, all died on August 16. Babe Ruth, the gold standard in baseball, died at age 53, in 1948. The King of Rock & Roll, Elvis, died in 1977, at age 42 and Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul also died Aug. 16, 2018, at age 76. Aug. 16, 2018 is the same forwards and backwards. Aretha’s service will be held Aug. 31.*****Last week at the Wednesday Lunch Bunch, Dr. Nina Leifeste dined with the group. She recently returned from vacation in Germany and Australia. She was impressed with Hilter’s talent for building great homes. Her daughter Samantha got engaged on that trip to a fellow student at Baylor where she’s studying to become a lawyer. She and her finance met while both were attendants for the baseball team. Also last week Robert Simonton and Judge Joy brought daughter Adley to celebrate the start of school. Robert had been in the hospital with a blood clot that put a kink on their vacation plans. Thankfully after four days in hospital Robert’s fine. The Lunch Bunch dines at Robert’s this week and at Van Choate’s Tuffy’s next week. Here’s hoping everyone will come out. Great food, good fellowship.***** There will be an Old Timers Labor Day Picnic at Pinehurst. I’m not sure our buddy Robert, who caters the annual event will be involved. He has been battling cancer and taking radiation treatments daily. He’s a great guy. We pray for his recovery.

BIRTHDAYS A few folks we know celebrating birthdays this week. Aug. 22: Happy birthday to Kristen Murdock, Johnny Montagne, Betty Diabo, Mike Johnson, Jason Delano and celebrities comedian James Corden, 39 and chef Glada De Laurantis, 47.*****Aug. 23: Skipper’s little boy, Keble Free, celebrates today along with Pat Gunter, John David Walles, Ryan Moreau. Celebrating also are basketball player Kobe Bryant, 39, singer Rick Springfield, 68, actors Barbara Eden, 86 and Shelley Long, 68. *****Aug. 24: Belin Zuniga, Ben Ezell, Carol Cupe and Debbie Adaway celebrate today. Joining them are WWE entrepreneur Vince McMahon, 72, comedian Dave Chappelle, 44 and football player Arian Foster, 31. This is also the wedding anniversary of Frank and Theresa Beauchamp. We wish you many more happy years.***** Aug. 25: David Montagne, Dot Hudson, Glynis Gothia, Milton Briggs, Jr., Ron Cowling, Bree Fontenot and Shanley Hubbard all celebrate today. They are joined by Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, 56, chef Rachel Ray, 49 and actor Sean Connery, 87.***** Aug. 26: Celebrating today are Michele Flowers, Donna Scales, Jerry Mercer, Molly Abshire and Sheryl Guillory. Celebrities joining them are actors Melissa McCarthy, 47 and Macaulay Culkin, 37 and basketball player James Harden, 28.***** Aug. 27: Peggy Larson, David Green, and Nina Birdwell. Joining them are actors Paul Reubens, 65, Chandra Wilson, 48 and gospel singer Yolanda Adams, 56.***** Aug. 28: Charlie Broussard, Joe “Buppy” Luna, Meagan Carlin, Debbie Stark, Theresa Wilson, Barbi Childress and Bobbie Brown all celebrate today. Also celebrating are actor Jack Black, 48, country singers Shania Twain, 52 and LeAnn Rimes, 35.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK Stella Boudreaux was having a passionate affair with Henry Arceneaux wat is an inspector for a pest control company. One afternoon Stella and Henry were carrying on in da bedroom together wen her husband, Clovis, came home unexpected him. “Quick” Stella said to her lover Henry, “Into da closet,” and pushed him into da closet stark naked. Clovis him became suspicious dat everyting wasn’t jus right. He search da house until he discovered a man in his bedroom closet. “Who are you?” he axed. “Me, I’m an inspector from Thibodeaux’s Bugs-BGone,” said Henry da exterminator. “Wat you doing in dere?” Clovis axe. “I’m investigating a complaint me, about an infestation of moths,” Henry answered. “Where are your clothes hanh?” Clovis axe. Henry him looked down at himself and said, “Well, I’ll be darn, those little bastards.”

C’EST TOUT Eliminating Straight Party Voting in 2020

Some voters are under the impression that straight party voting is no longer allowed. Well, that is not the case. The straight-ticket option will no longer be available beginning in 2020 under a bill signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in 2017. Checking one box to vote for every candidate in one party is not available in most states. It accounted for nearly 64 percent of total votes cast in Texas’ ten largest counties in 2016 General Election. Opponents say the legislation will disproportionately impact minority voters. A federal judge found as much last year in Michigan, blocking a similar law from going into effect. In Harris County 35.3% of Democrats voted straight party, Republicans 30%. In Dallas County 41.3% to 23.5%, Bexar County 32.6% to 23%, Tarrant County 36.2% to 28.3%, Travis County 35.5% to 15.9%. With the new law Republicans are hoping to disadvantage Democrats. My findings over the last few years the advantage has been for Republicans who started a straight party campaign in Orange County. I believe statewide, the new law will affect the democratic vote. What it will end for both parties is the election of real squirrels down ballot. Voting for an entire straight party won’t elect the best candidates, often some real unfits are riding the coattails of the candidate at the top of the ballot. Personally, I believe if a voter went down the ballot picking the best candidate regardless of party affiliation, government would be better served. I believe the bigger problem is non-voter participation. Orange County has 52,000 registered voters yet four years ago, we elected a county judge with a total of 6,000 votes. This year, 8,000 votes were cast in the county judge’s race. That means over 40,000 didn’t vote. Of that number, the large majority of eligible voters not voting are mostly independents and democrats. I still believe democrats are the majority in Orange, unlike Jefferson County voters are not going to the polls. I believe we may see that start to change. Straight Party voting has prevented Democrats from running for office. It also caused good Democratic officials to change their party affiliation, not because they necessarily believe in national republican policy but rather a way to assure their election because of the straight party vote. I’ll bet that will change when good democratic candidates run and straight party is gone from Orange County. We may even see office holders return to their democratic roots.*****My time is up. Thanks for yours. Please read us cover to cover and don’t forget to check out Capt. Dickie, Capt. Chuck and Kaz. Take care and God bless.

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The Record • Week of Wednesday, August 22, 2018 •

RISE Center Wheelchair Ramp Grant e RISE Center in Beaumont, a local nonproﬁt disability organization established in 1996, has received a grant to repair or replace home wheelchair ramps. Please contact the center at 409-832-2599 to ﬁnd out if you or someone you know meets eligibility requirements.

Golden K Kiwanis to meet is weeks meeting will be held on Wed., Aug. 22 - Tom Schulte, retired engineer and writer of two self-published Christian books and numerous short stories, will share his trials and tribulations in a writer's world. On Wed. Aug. 29 Orange County Court at Law Judge Mandy White Rogers will discuss wills and probate, and on Wed., Sept. 5 - Pat Gibbs will speak about harsh realities of Identity eft. en on schedule for Wed., Oct. 3 - Initiation of local 2018-19 oﬃcers and committee members will take place on a special induction.

AAUW Women Annual Pizza Party An annual homemade pizza party, hosted by Margaret Light, will begin at 12 noon on Saturday, August 25, at 1200 Smith Street in West Orange for the American Association of University (AAUW) Women, Orange Chapter. e group of women now include men in their organization of educated professionals. Membership is open to those with various levels of college degrees, including two-year degrees, as well as those with no higher education. AAUW focuses on educational endeavors such as a book club, assistance at such schools as North Early Learning Center, the county public library selection of a family of the year, a dinner club, and a used book sale each year at Art in the Park, beneﬁtting scholarships. e group started in 1949, and will be celebrating their 70th year in Orange County in 2019. AAUW previously operated a pre-school under the direction of the late Mrs. Dean Barrios. ose interested in AAUW membership are welcome to attend the homemade pizza party on this Saturday, August 25, at 12 noon. Please give your RSVP immediately to Diane Grooters, 409988-5635 or grootershouse@yahoo.com. An invitation can be emailed to you or details such as directions can be given verbally.

MacArthur Heights Baptist hosts social Come join us for a movie and ice cream soda this Saturday, August 25th from 6pm to 8pm at MacArthur Heights Baptist Church. is is for all school age children, we are located at 3600 Nightingale St. in Orange.

Tiger Rock to hold Kiss the Pig fundraiser e Tiger Rock Academies is Bridge City and Mid-County are doing a Kiss the Pig Fundraiser to beneﬁt the Bridge City TR Booster Association, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization designed to bring martial arts training within reach to those young people in our area whose families are at or below the poverty level. Beginning on Monday, August 13th, we set buckets for donations available at both, Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City at 1955 Miller Dr, Bridge City and at Tiger Rock Martial Arts Mid-County at 1427 S. Hwy 69, Nederland. Each instructor team member at each academy will have a donation bucket with their name on it. e Instructor with the most funds in their bucket will have to Kiss a Pig on Saturday, August 25th in the parking lot of Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City.

Sparkling Clean to sell lunches on Thursdays is weeks lunch will be a Sliced Brisket Sandwich or a Link Sandwich, chips and a dessert for only $6.00, you can add a drink for $1.00. We can deliver your lunches if needed, please call us by 10 am ursday at 409-886-1630 or 409-6705959 to order or you can pick up at our location at 3515 Mockingbird, Suite A in Orange ( behind Southern Charm restaurant ). All proceeds to go directly to the Susan G. Komen Cure for Breast Cancer. Mrs. Colleen’s daughter, Teresa Webb will be walking 60 miles in Seattle starting on Sept. 14th, 15th and 16th to promote cancer awareness.

will perform. e food will be provided by Robert’s Steakhouse and served by members of the LCM Lions Club. Transportation via shuttle bus to the picnic will take place from the Sabine Federal Credit Union parking lot beginning at 9:00a.m. For more Information contact Pinehurst City Administrator, Robbie Hood at 409-8863873.

American Legion Post 49 changes meeting e American Legion Post 49 is changing their monthly meeting day from the 2nd ursday at 7 pm to the 2nd Saturday at 2 pm. e American Legion is located at 108 Green Ave in Orange.

WOCCISD calls bond election e West Orange - Cove Board of Trustees has called a bond election to be held Nov. 6, 2018 for $25.75 million in facility updates. ese include safety and security, HVAC, bleachers, building infrastructure, technology, and equipment/student furniture. It also includes a cosmetology renovation, ﬁne arts update, a transportation center, and an event facility. Updates to the softball, baseball, and football ﬁelds are also included. Answers to Frequently Asked Questions regarding the election will be posted to the WOCCISD website early next week.

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”.

sist fellow beekeepers, any new beekeepers and the general public. For information or assistance with Honeybee removals please contact Len VanMarion 409-728-0344 or Brian Muldrow 713377-0356.

Eagles Hall available to rent

Orange Al-Anon meetings

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 409-886-7381.

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 474-2171 or 988-2311 for more info. Calls are kept Conﬁdential.

Orange County Beekeeping Group e Orange County Beekeepers Group is a group of local beekeepers interested in spreading information about honeybees and the pollination service they perform. We also strive to aid and as-

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

Orange VFW Auxiliary Post 2775 Garage Sale Orange VFW Auxiliary Post 2775 will host their fall garage sale on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at the VFW Hall on Highway 87 North(5303 N. 16th St) from 7 am until 2 pm. Vendors will be able to set up on Friday, October 12th from 5 to 8 pm. Rental for tables and/or space is $10 each. Reservations can be made by sending a check for the proper amount to: MARY SNAPP; 29 SANDRA LANE; ORANGE, TX 77632. For further information contact Mary between 10 am and 5 pm at 409-658-5423

Pinnacle Music Academy opens Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is excited to announce the grand opening of Pinnacle Music Academy. Now oﬀering private music lessons for Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Drums, Bass, Trumpet and more! For more information visit www.PinnacleMusicAcademy.com or contact the church at 409-735-4573.

Orange County Blue Star, Gold Star Mothers Orange Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2775 Auxiliary is looking for Orange County Blue Star and/or Gold Star Mothers. e Auxiliary President and Americanism Chairman are hoping to compile a list for an upcoming recognition program at a later date. All information will be kept in strictest conﬁdence. If you fall under one of these categories, please either call or email the information to one of the following...we would be glad to take the information over the phone or however convenient. Please contact one of the following by August 31, 2018 so we may update our records. Auxiliary President Cathie Duhon; 1716 37th St.; Orange, TX 77630; PH: 409-5536180; EMAIL: wjcdduhon@yahoo. com or Americanism Chairman Jeanette Clark; 3705 Martin St.; Orange, TX 77630; phone: 409-8830264 or EMAIL: ruwacl@yahoo.com

Scholarship fund Garage Sale Good Shepherd Lutheran Church’s Garage Sale opens its doors 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 continues 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. Come and get some delicious pecans or our other items we oﬀer. ank you for your support!

18th Pinehurst Labor Day Senior Picnic

First Baptist Pre-K registration begins

e 18th Annual Pinehurst Labor Day Senior Citizen’s Picnic will be held on Monday, September 3, 2018 at the Family Worship Center 2300 41stt Street in Pinehurst. e event will start promptly at 10a.m. Shon Branham will provide the music and the Orange Blossom Line Dancers

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.

The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce Evans Tree & Stump Work has been named Business Member of the Month for August 2018. Owner Jimmie Evans accepted the award, sponsored by Sabine River Ford, from Ambassador Michael Hanneman, owner of Whitetail Construction Services, at the August Networking Coffee hosted by Capital Title. Jimmie received gifts from Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, Sabine Federal Credit Union, Mary Kelone of Barefoot Souls, Complete Staffing, Neches Federal Credit Union, Best Day Spa, OhainWEB.com, and Coastal Dream Travel. Evans Tree & Stump Work is a locally owned and operated family business established in 1972. Services include tree trimming, stump grinding, lot clearing, debris removal, and they sell firewood. Owner Jimmie Evans personally oversees all work to ensure quality and will take on any size job with a 60-mile radius of Orange, Texas. For more information, call Jimmie at (337) 936-4173 or go to their website:http://www.evanstreeandstump.com. Pictured Left to Right: Michael Hanneman, Trystan Evans, Heather Evans, and Jimmie Evans.

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6A • The Record • Week of Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Deaths and Memorials

Stafford (Stack) Odom Peveto, Jr., 94, Orange Staﬀord (Stack) Odom Peveto, Jr., of Orange, Texas, passed away on August 15, 2018. Funeral services were held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, August 18, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home, on 5th Street, in Orange, Texas. Graveside service followed at Bland Cemetery. Born in Orange, Texas, on December 25, 1924, he was the son of Stafford O. Peveto, Sr. and Lena Lorene Peveto. He graduated from Orange High School. Stack served as a Torpedo Man on “The U.S. Bushell” in World War II for 26 months. After the war, he worked in Orange County for several companies including Sabine Supply Co., Dupont, Chemstrand, Spencer Chem. Co. & Gulf Chemical Co. Stack loved “Horse Trading”. He retired at 55 years of age to become a full time “trader”. He was an avid deer and duck hunter. If time allowed, he would go country and western or Cajun dancing up to 4 nights a week. Stack was preceded in death by his wife, Altha Rae Stanton Peveto; sisters, Mary Alice Brown,

and Helen Eliane Mattox; and brother, Frank Leonard Peveto. Stack is survived by sons, Rodney V. Peveto and wife Cynthia A. Peveto of Plano, Texas, and Billy C. Peveto and wife Nancy Peveto of Buna, Texas; grandAndrew children, Peveto, Teri Daigle, Lisa Crumpton, and STAFFORD ‘STACK’ Amy McIlwain; and ODOM PEVETO JR. great-grandchildren, Macy and Chris Peveto, Ty Daigle, Tanner, Trace and Carli Crumpton, and Cameron, Colton, and Carson McIlwain. Serving as pallbearers will be Duke and Ty Daigle, Stuart Marks, Tanner and Trace Crumpton, Drew Peveto, Randy, Cameron, and Colton McIlwain. e family would like to extend a special thanks to Kindred Hospice, Pine Arbor, and Loretta McManus.

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coordinate and write the articles featuring persons nominated. You will make this work by submitting names and info to Charlotte at memelovesall4@ outlook.com or to Frank at fscales@frankscalescreative.com. ey hope to share one or two articles a month. ose nominated may be any BCHS alum, faculty, or staﬀ member from any class year. Also, BCHS Athletic Director DeShazo is asking the Alumni Association to spread the word about a project he is trying to implement. e Athletic Department would like to display 8x10 photos of BCHS alumni that played football at the college or pro level. Coach DeShazo would like a Wall of Honor displayed at the ﬁeld house which would celebrate the talents of previous BCHS football players. Former players are asked to send their names and photos to the Bridge City High School Athletic Department, 2690 Texas Avenue, Bridge City, Texas 77630. ank you in advance for helping in this endeavor. A reminder that our Classic Cardinal Reunion (classes 19571968 and any other interest persons) is scheduled for Saturday, October 13th at 5:30 in the Bridge City High School Cafeteria. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend. Registration forms will be sent out next week. Lastly, our next Alumni Association meeting is scheduled for September 6th at 5:00 at Bridge City High School.

Wanda Lou Scales Sanders, 84, Orange Wanda Lou Scales Sanders, 84, was born on Tuesday, August, 29, 1933 and passed away on Monday, August 20, 2018, in Beaumont, Texas. She was the second born to Grover and Virgie Scales, of Orangefield, Texas. She received Jesus Christ as her savior and became a Christian while attending First Baptist Orangefield as a child. Everyone who knew Wanda saw in her life the devotion and love for the Bible. She enjoyed bible studies from R.B.ieme, Jr. Bible Ministries, Berachah Church in Houston, TX. Wanda graduated high school at sixteen, and soon after, married Alvin Sanders. Because Alvin was in the Army, she enjoyed living in various places such as San Francisco, California and Las Vegas, Nevada. When they returned to Texas, Alvin and Wanda had three children. After her children were in school, she went back to Lamar University and graduated with a teaching degree. is began what she found to be her niche in life, that of teaching children. Over the 28 years of teaching, she received several accolades, which included being nominated for Best Teacher of the Year. But the most fulfilling reward was seeing her students master their academics and grow to their potential. She never tired of hearing her students express their thoughts and, as it were, viewing the world through their eyes. After she retired, she and Alvin became active Red Cross volunteers at Baptist Memorial Hospital Orange. ey also belonged to the local Model A Club. ey loved traveling to Europe and many places within the United States, much of the time with Kitty (Clementine) and Edd Kvale. She is being welcomed into the heavenly kingdom by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, along

Tyler Earl Winfree, 21, Bridge City Tyler Earl Winfree, 21, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on August 17, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., ursday, August 23, 2018, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange, Texas. Burial will follow the service at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 9:00 a.m. Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on May 25, 1997, he was the son of Jason Winfree and Tonia Gaspard Smith. Tyler worked as a Lead Man for Tubal Cain. He enjoyed spending his spare time playing Xbox, riding four-wheelers, and rabbit hunting. Tyler loved his family dearly and loved to spend time with his wife and children. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Dusty and eda Gaspard; and his grandmother,

Lorraine Margarett Carter Bailey, 85, Bridge City Lorraine Margarett Carter Bailey went home to be with her Lord & Savior on Wednesday, August 15th at her home with her daughter Wanda Evans, of Bridge City, that cared for her by her side. Lorraine M. Bailey was born on March 4, 1933 in Baltimore, MD, the daughter of Willoughby Myrick and Gertrude Beudachski Myrick and passed away peacefully on August 15, 2018 in Bridge City, TX. Visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at the Highway 94 Church of Christ in Groveton, TX and last until 1:00 p.m. with funeral services beginning at 1:00 p.m. with Bro. Rodney Langley and Bro. Neil oﬃciating. Burial will follow in Bennett Cemetery in Apple Springs, TX. Mrs. Bailey is preceded in death by her husband, Albert Bailey and her parents. Her sur-

Debora Lee “Debbie” McMullan, 64, Orange Debora Lee “Debbie” McMullan, age 64, a resident of Orange, Texas, was born in Germany on December 10, 1953 and passed away on August 14, 2018 in Port Arthur, Texas. She is survived by her husband, William Danny McMullan, her children, Randall Wayne “Flipper” Doolittle and wife, Shelly, Stacie McMullan Miller, Dana Curry, Danny Joe McMullan and wife, Raye, Dancie McGee and husband, Jason and Bobby McMullan; 21 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sisters, Brenda Barnhill and Teresa White; uncle, W. J. Burrell, aunt, Bernice, cousin, Yolanda Franks and her friend, Gloria Gabriel. She was preceded in death by her parents, David Woodrow Kirby, Sr. and Bobbie Jean Goins

with her mother and father, her husband, Alvin Sanders, her sisters Laverne and Clementine, and her brother, Jerry. Left to cherish her memory are her children Robert Weldon (Seyue), Daniel Paul (Denise), and Elizabeth Hope Louviere (James). Wanda also WANDA LOU felt incredibly blessed SCALES SANDERS to enjoy their grandchildren David, Robert, Jr., James, Dani Hope, Ruby, and Joshua, and three great-grandchildren, her brother Royce Scales (Cherrie), and sister Pam Honeycutt (Rusty). Meaningful events in her life include a wellspent childhood on Scales Lane in an era never to be repeated, enjoying her family and educating children. Digging into the Word of God strengthened her and gave her inner peace. Gratitude filled her soul for those loved ones who had gone before her and for her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who constantly enabled her to live such an abundant, fulfilling life. Funeral services for Wanda will be held at 12:00 PM on Friday, August 24, 2018, at Dorman Funeral Home. Visitation of family and friends will be held from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM on Friday, August 24, 2018, at Dorman Funeral Home. Wanda will be laid to rest at the Mansfield Cemetery, in Vidor, Texas. Honoring Wanda as pallbearers are Dan Sanders, Josh Sanders, Robert Sanders, David Sanders, Robert Jr. Sanders and James Sanders. Honorary pallbearers will be James Louviere and James Welch. Cathy Dailey. Tyler is survived by his parents, Tonia Smith and husband Brad, and Jason Winfree; his loving wife, Jayme Winfree; his children, 5 year old Tyler DeWitt, almost 2 year old Brantley Winfree, and Jax Winfree, due to arrive in November; his siblings, TYLER EARL Dusty Davis, Abbigail WINFREE Smith and Savannah Smith; and numerous extended family members. Serving as pallbearers will be J.C. Netterville, Paul Miller, Donnie Powers, Zack Crumpton, Joseph Winfree, and Blake Bouget. vivors include her loving children: son, Clyde Carter of Austin, TX; daughter and sonin-law, Myra Bailey and Rex Bailey of Groveton, TX; daughter and son-in-law, Wanda Evans and Curtis Evans of Bridge City, TX; grandchildren: Ben and Christie Bailey, Michelle and LORRAINE MARGARETT Karl Knight, and CARTER BAILEY Stephanie and Chris Garlick; great grandchildren: Nathan and Hannah Bailey and Hayden Knight; and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends also, survive. Please share your thoughts and memories on the Groveton Funeral Home Guestbook Page. Services arranged by Groveton Funeral Home, Directors. Kirby; brother, David W. Kirby, Jr. and daughter, Amy Brown. e family received friends on Friday, August 17 and the funeral followed at Outlaw Bible Church, 2005 FM 408 Orange, Texas . Officiating was Pastor Randall Wayne Doolittle and Rev. Gabriel Alvarado. Interment will DEBORA LEE follow at Morse Ceme‘DEBBIE’ MCMULLAN tery, Highway 96, Buna, Texas. Arrangements are being handled by Riley Smith Funeral Home, 1810 West Fourth Street, DeQuincy, Louisiana.

Orangefield High School Interact officers a attended the Rotary District 5910 Interact Leadership Training at Lone Star College in The Woodlands on August 11, 2018. President Jennifer Tsan, Vice President Madison Taylor, Secretary Peyton Beebe, and Treasurer Hannah Dupuis collaborated with officers from other clubs across the area. The group developed goals and plans for the upcoming school year. Interact is excited for 2018-19. For information, contact Interact sponsor Bridget Trawhon at btrawhon@orangefieldisd.net.

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The Record • Week of Wednesday, August 22, 2018 •

Recalling the times and the cotton fields Over the past 50 years I’ve written several times about how an early life, in the hot days of August, on bad cotton land that has kept my feet firmly planted. Generations change. I hope to reach new, young readers who are reaching adulthood, with a story of how life was for many of us who are still here to tell it. Roy Dunn For e Record The roots of my raising are never too far from my mind. The hot summers of long ago are burned in my memory. The month of August meant long days under the sun with row after row of back breaking cotton plants. I don’t believe South Louisiana land was ever meant to raise cotton on-sugar cane and rice, but not cotton. In the Delta country and the Brazos bottom, cotton grows to shoulder height, but cotton in Cajun country didn’t grow much past the knees. That meant as a boy I would drag a long cotton sack all day bent over, my mom on one row and me the next. Together we never picked enough to make much money. We would pool our pickings at the end of the day at the weigh-in. Cotton pickers made 30 cents a hundred pounds and a nickel bonus for anything over each hundred. If the cotton produced a half-bale to the acre, it was a bumper crop so it was hard picking for mom and me. We seldom made more than a dollar between us for a day’s work. It took a bar of lye soap to wash away the dust that had mixed with the all-day sweat that the sun had baked into a hard crust on our feet, necks, arms, ears and all exposed parts. We washed in a number three wash tub filled with water warmed by the sun. I always had last run in the tub. On Saturday, I got scrubbed with a brush. Our day started early as soon as the dew started to evaporate from the cotton. Our nights, in the little shack house, were spent lying on a corn shuck pallet. The body was so tired that it didn’t know corn shucks from a feather mattress. The little building with no utilities and little ventilation was like an oven under the August sun. We stayed outdoors until the house was cool enough to be able to sleep. While sitting outdoors, we burnt anything that would smoke the mosquitoes away As I look back on those days as a kid, I find many blessings, togetherness being the most important. I would rise shortly after 4 a.m., walk a quartermile to the Boudoin place and milk two cows, let the calves get their portion and walk back

for whatever we could scare up for breakfast. I received a bucket of milk a week for the morning milking. Mom fixed us a meal that we carried in a syrup bucket for the noon day meal in the field, sometimes rice and gravy and other times rice and syrup. We brought a jug of water that we placed under a cotton plant to keep it cool. At least it prevented the water from nearly boiling. Cotton leaves, while they were damp, would be placed inside our straw hats to prevent a heat stroke. Cotton bolls weren’t pulled; all the cotton was picked leaving finger tips often bloody and sore. That was long before cotton fields were defoliated. We fought our way around all the leaves to get to the cotton. When I fell behind, mom would encourage me. Towards the end of the day she would say, “One more row to go.” Some fond memories were the singing and harmonizing of the black pickers. One would start singing way off in the field and one by one others joined in until the field was filled with the sound of the Negro workers. Sad songs, glad songs and funny riddle songs that caused everyone to bust out laughing. The times I enjoyed the most were at lunch time when everyone gathered in the shade of the mule-drawn cotton wagons. After getting our little something to eat, someone would pull out a harmonica, another a Jews-harp and someone always had a pair of bones made from cow ribs. The men usually started the singing of old Negro spirituals, all in French. Few people knew English. The women joined in while some kept time on their syrup buckets. The music still lives in my mind today. I’ve never in all the years ever heard the sound and music duplicated. The times were simple, the living hard. Blacks and Whites worked side by side in complete harmony. The children of the field didn’t notice color. They were just glad that other youngsters were around. Even though we attended segregated schools and our cultures and backgrounds were a little different, we all shared one thing, poverty, poor Whites, poor Blacks. There was no middleclass in the cotton fields. Men, boys, women and little girls, all went barefooted and that sun baked sod was just as hot regardless of color. A welcomed time was the coming of September, when the last field was picked and my grandmother had made me some new feed sack shirts that I wore proudly as school began for another season. The girls

wore their flowered sack dresses while the boys often wore the same pattern shirts. Our under shorts were made from flour sacks, a softer material. Everyone worked and had chores after school. I don’t recall anyone complaining even though I do recall feeling sorry for myself at times but seldom showed it. As I sit here today with the air blowing right on me, recalling days when we had no transportation or little else, I realize what a spoiled nation we have become and how little our offspring know about sacrifice. With the coming of the digital age, internet, smart phones etc. they live an entirely different life. I’m thankful that life for them is better than the road mom and I and many others traveled through those many years ago but I don’t regret a minute of those times. In my mind, I’m never too far from home, a broken home with a single mom. I’d go through it all again if I could bring back the joy we shared between the tears. I lost mom in 2005, on Sept. 5, about the time of year when all the cotton had been picked but the memories we shared will always be with me. She was a special lady that was dearly loved. My thoughts, when things get tough, are mom’s words to me long ago. “Hang in there son, one more row to go.”

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8A • The Record • Week of Wednesday, August 22,

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Will Jenkins and his son, Gator won 1st place in redfish stringer category with 3 reds that weighed a total of 19.84 lbs. Best of all they were all 3 caught on a Fly rod from a Sabine Skiff boat.

Viator, Reeves win IFA Redfish event

Astros starting players such as Carlos Correa, Lance McCullers, Jr., Jake Marisnick and then three-time batting champion and Most Valuable Player Jose Altuve (pictured) went on the 10-day disabled list this season but remained on the shelf much longer than 10 days.

Tough run to a title

DICKIE COLBURN FISHING REPORT FOR THE RECORD

Astros must overcome Mariners, Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s KAZâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S KORNER JOE KAZMAR

FOR THE RECORD Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not much disagreement that the 2018 edition of the Houston Astros has the strongest starting pitchers in the major leagues. Their defense is more than adequate, but their hitting and ability to score runs is suspect. Houston started the season strong and maintained first place in the American League West throughout the first half of

the schedule. The starting pitching staff led the league in most categoriesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;combined wins, earned run average and strikeoutsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just to name a few. The team continued to drive in runs with runners in scoring position and made the keen defensive plays when they were needed the most. But as the team entered the second half of the season, the injuries that had been avoided earlier began to occurâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; pulled leg muscles, tight muscles in the pitcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arms and shoulders, sore knees, twisted ankles and cramps. The disabled list kept growing and growing and the team was forced to call up players from Fresno who werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sup-

posed to be promoted until September 1 when rosters expanded to 40 players. It seemed like a shuttle bus with players being summoned to fill a roster spot for an injured player and then being sent back to Fresno when that player rehabbed and was ready to play for the Astros again. Starting players such as Carlos Correa, Lance McCullers, Jr., Jake Marisnick and then three-time batting champion and Most Valuable Player Jose Altuve went on the 10-day disabled list but remained on the shelf much longer than 10 days. Some of the more cautious baseball writers began to dig up such statistics

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2B • The Record • Week of Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Over 300,000 Texas hunters harvest nearly one third of the mourning doves taken nationwide each year, far more than any other state. In recent years, an estimated 10 million doves are harvested in Texas annually.

Texas dove hunting prospects bright for Sept. 1 season opener Staff Report For e Record AUSTIN — ough Hurricane Harvey caused a significant drop in dove hunter effort and harvest numbers last year, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department expects the 201819 season to be back to normal. In Texas terms, normal means exceptional. Opening day of dove hunting is Saturday, Sept. 1 statewide. For the third consecutive year, Texas dove hunters can look forward to a liberal 90-day season and 15-bird daily bag limits. In addition, hunters in Texas’ South Dove Zone have the opportunity to hunt every weekend in September thanks to the Special White-winged Dove Days Sept. 1, 2, 8, and 9, combined with a Sept. 14 zone opener, the earliest in half a century. ough hunting hours are limited to afternoons during the Special White-winged Dove

Days (noon-sunset), hunters in the southern portion of the state are now able to take advantage of the earlier dates in which the majority of dove harvest in Texas occurs. Over 300,000 Texas hunters harvest nearly one third of the mourning doves taken nationwide each year, far more than any other state. In recent years, an estimated 10 million doves are harvested in Texas annually. While Texas supports breeding populations of over 34 million mourning and 10 million whitewinged doves, those numbers swell during the fall when birds from northern latitudes funnel south. “Texas is uniquely situated to catch a lot of migratory birds as they move through the central part of the continent. Couple that with the fact that we are such a big state with diverse habitats, and it makes sense that we have such large numbers of

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Korner like since major league baseball went to the wild card system in 1995, only six of 23 World Series champions posted more than 73 victories in their first 120 games, according to last weekend’s edition of the Houston Chronicle. Those not so worried about the direction Houston is headed pointed out that the Astros are included on the list of six by posting a 74-46 three-fourths through the 2018 season. But they must remember that Houston had a 20-8 September. Last year at this time the Astros led the AL West by double-digit figures. Their main competition came from the Los Angeles Angels, who faded into oblivion and just recently reached the .500 mark. But today the two teams that have been giving the Astros nightmares are the Oakland A’s and the Seattle Mariners. It has been three years since the Astros were tested by the West in the middle of August’s heat. Seattle went on a winning streak and took over first place last month until they went into a swoon and as of Sunday’s action stood 4½ games behind the Astros. That figure should change after the three-game series with the Astros that began Monday in Seattle. Houston is currently mired in a slump that has produced only seven wins in the last 20 games. The Astros biggest concern is the Oakland A’s who were 12 games behind Houston on June 18 and tied with them momentarily for first place on August 18. They are very similar to last year’s Astros who were young but hungry for victory. Fortunately for Houston, there are only three games remaining between the

From Page 1B two teams with a quarter of the season left to play. They will take place next week at Minute Maid Park where the A’s won three out of four in July. Oakland is operating with one of the lowest payrolls in MLB. Perhaps the fans are not as hungry for winning as the A’s organization because they have the third-lowest average home attendance in MLB. But the A’s are 18-8 since the AllStar break. Houston’s record at Minute Maid Park is a puny 33-29. But they still are leading the red-hot Boston Red Sox with their 42-20 (.6774) road record going into Monday’s game compared to Boston’s 44-21 (6769) mark away from Fenway Park. The Houston Astros have 17 home games remaining and MUST do a better job winning at Minute Maid Park. KWICKIES…The new rule about leading with the helmet to make a tackle is a concern to the defensive players, coaches and even the referees themselves. After all, when kids learn to tackle in the Pop Warner league, they are told to put their helmet into the ball carrier. It’s been a problem after only two weeks of NFL exhibition games and it will probably get worse before it gets better. Denver Broncos president John Elway has been looking for a back-up quarterback, but it won’t be controversial Colin Kaepernick, who was offered a contract but turned it down. Kaepernick declined to take a pay cut from his $11.9 million salary to facilitate a trade to the Broncos in 2016 following Peyton Manning’s retirement. And speaking of Kaepernick, who

started all this national anthem hullabaloo, three members of the world champion Philadelphia Eagles elected to stay off the field during the anthem last Thursday. Defensive back Malcolm Jenkins and De’Vante Bausby along with defensive lineman Michael Bennett were not on the field for the anthem, according to a twitter by NBC Philadelphia. And while on the subject of the national anthem, ESPN said it will not show the anthem on its “Monday Night Football” telecasts. ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro told reporters the league did not pressure the network and added that the NFL was informed of the decision as a courtesy. Orange native R.C. Slocum was named to McNeese State’s All-75th anniversary team. Before taking over the reins of the Texas A&M program, where he won 123 games-- which was more than any other Aggie coach in the school’s history-Slocum ranks third all time in receiving yards and receptions by the Cowboys’ tight ends among his many honors during his career as a player and a coach. JUST BETWEEN US…Brandt Snedeker fired an opening round of 59 Thursday in the PGA Tour Wyndham Championship and led after every round for a three-stroke victory over C.T. Pan at Greensboro, N.C., who hit his tee shot on the 72nd hole out of bounds and suffered a double bogey while Snedeker made birdie. Of the several PGA members who shot a round under 60, Snedeker is only the fifth player to win the tournament.

Colburn motor and trailer. “As soon as I caught the big fish it went belly up in the livewell,” added Viator. “We made the decision to go ahead and run back a little early rather than lose a half pound for a dead fish.” “What was even crazier,” added Viator, “was that I nursed that fish all the way back to the launch hoping to keep her alive, but she just wouldn’t swim upright in the livewell. en, when we get ready to weigh her in she explodes out of the bag like she’s happy to see everyone!” e tournament was very much a feast or famine event for the forty-nine teams that entered. While several of the teams reported going through large numbers, twenty-two of the teams failed to weigh in a single fish. Quite possibly no other team was any more frustrated than James Sparrow and Reid Reynolds. “We released several heavier fish an eighth of an inch too long and culled slot fish all day long and now it looks like we

From Page 1B are going to finish one spot out of the money,” said Sparrow. ey did in fact do just that with a 14.11 pound catch! e folks fishing the annual Texas A & M benefit event out of the S.A.L.T. Club on the same day found their fair share of redfish as well. Will and Gator Jenkins avoided the crowds and won the heaviest stringer award fly fishing the backwater. eir three fish catch weighed 19.84 pounds! While talking with several of the teams loading up their rigs after the redfish tournament, trout fishing inevitably found its way into the conversation. “We caught two trout during the tournament that might have been keepers,” said Reid Reynolds. “Who would have ever thought?” We have had a few days when we found small keeper trout, but by in large they continue to be a “no show” in Sabine Lake. I have heard every theory imaginable in an effort to explain the phenomenon, but the bottom line is that the numbers just aren’t there.

e fact that the beach front has produced some great catches of solid trout when the water flattens out and clears up indicates that they are not far away, but thus far the numbers have not returned to the lake. Calcasieu and Galveston anglers have suffered much the same fate, but not nearly as bad as the current drought that we are experiencing. e current conditions are not the problem. e salinity is out the roof as we are seeing both sharks and porpoises in the river, balls of shad are all over the lake and we are covered up with gafftops and lady fish. Only last week we saw a number of sheepsheads and drum foraging for crabs along the shoreline. Catching redfish has not been a challenge and the fact that we caught two flounder and fourteen trout in the same week was encouraging. Colder weather and more shrimp in the open lake will hopefully turn things around, but only time will tell.

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The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for 3 Twisted Strands at 1502 Strickland Dr., Suite 5, Orange, TX 77630 on August 9th. Owner/Stylist- Shannon Soape gave a tour of renovated facility and discussed all the services they offer in the salon such as haircuts, color, extensions, waxing, manicures, and pedicures. Other staff include: Tammy Jones- Stylist, Amanda Gerrald- Stylist, Suze Hardy- Nail Tech. For more information or to book an appointment call (409) 670-0555.

After being closed for more than a year following the devastating flooding associated with Tropical Storm Harvey, Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center will reopen to the public on Wednesday, September 12, 2018.Â Â Admission to the gardens is FREE.

Shangri La Gardens reopens Sept. 12 after year-long recover from Harvey After being closed for more than a year following the devastating ďŹ&#x201A;ooding associated with Tropical Storm Harvey, Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center will reopen to the public on Wednesday, September 12, 2018.Â Â Admission to the gardens is FREE. Plan a visit to an outdoor paradise of beauty right here in southeast Texas for a great family-friendly experience. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a couple of hours or an entire day, there is plenty to see and do.Â Take in all that Shangri La Gardens has to offer from the engaging sensory experiences in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here We Grow! Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gardenâ&#x20AC;? and spectacular â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dancing Sistersâ&#x20AC;? Bottle Tree Sculpture of nationally renowned Southern folklore metal artist Stephanie Dwyer to the bold and colorful plant displays in the Hanging Gar-

den, Perennial Border, Garden Rooms, Pond of the Blue Moon, and Sculpture Gardens. Connect to nature with a journey to Shangri La Gardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Heronry Blind to observe a wealth of wildlife, including the occasional alligator sunning itself on Ruby Lake. While our gardens are fully restored following severe flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey in late August, 2017, our Outpost Tours will remain suspended until early 2019 to allow for the completion of repairs. Jennifer Buckner, Shangri La Gardenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Director of Horticulture notes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;î&#x20AC;&#x201C;ere is so much to see in the gardens from colorful blooming annuals and perennials to bold foliage displays.Â Â Shangri La is the perfect place to escape and reconnect with nature.Â Â Come discover all the beauty our gar-

dens have to oďŹ&#x20AC;er!â&#x20AC;?Â All of this and more is waiting for you at Shangri La Gardens, 250+ acre oasis in the heart of Orange, Texas. Visit often to see the changes each season brings with new plant displays, programs, and events.Â Â Shangri La Gardens is located at in Orange, Texas and is open Tuesday â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for strolling and exploration. Be sure to visit our website () to check out our fall programs as well as signature events throughout the year. About Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center Shangri La Gardens and Nature Center encompasses 250+ acres in the heart of Orange, Texas, along the swamps and wetlands associated with Adams Bayou. Shangri La integrates its botanical gardens and nature center together to create a unique understanding of the

GAME WARDEN FIELD NOTES î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

A Shot in the Dark A game warden received a call on Aug. 6 about a man in Titus County who had accidentally shot himself while out on his deer lease preparing for the upcoming hunting season. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e man was driving his side by side UTV back to the house around 9 p.m. the previous night when the accident occurred. A battery on the seat next to the victim fell into the ďŹ&#x201A;oorboard. In the dark the man reached for what he thought was his spotlight to try and locate the battery. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e man mentioned that the grip of the spotlight and his Glock Model 22 have the same feel. Instead of pulling the switch to his spotlight, the man pulled the trigger on his handgun, discharging a round into his upper leg. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e man was able to drive to the house and then make a 25-minute drive to the hospital. An investigation concluded the man suďŹ&#x20AC;ered a self-inďŹ&#x201A;icted gunshot wound. Doctors said the bullet missed bone and major arteries and the man was discharged from the hospital with no complications. He is expected to make a full recovery.

We Charge a Rehoming Fee On July 22, Harris County game wardens found a posting on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;OďŹ&#x20AC;er Upâ&#x20AC;? app advertising a â&#x20AC;&#x153;toyâ&#x20AC;? alligator for sale with a winky face ;). î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e seller was contacted by game wardens

posing as an out of town rancher wanting a gator for his private pond and asked if his ranch hand could come pick it up. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e wardens set a time and place to meet. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e suspect was surprised to ďŹ nd out the rancher and ranch hand were wardens. Charges were ďŹ led.

Look Before You Leap Tarrant County game wardens patrolling Lake Grapevine on July 21 noticed an unusual clustering of people close to the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge below a 25 foot cliďŹ&#x20AC;. Seems a middle-aged man had jumped from the cliďŹ&#x20AC; into what he thought was 10-12 feet of water that turned out to only be 2 feet deep. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e leap resulted in a compound fracture of his lower leg. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e wardens contacted local EMS, enlisted the help of some of the bystanders to stabilize the leg, and loaded the injured man onto their patrol vessel. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e wardens then transported the man to a location where EMS could make a safe and speedy transfer. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e wardens stayed with two juvenile boys who were with the injured man until a parent could be located. Alcohol played a factor in the incident.

Not Your Sign On June 24, a Pecos County game warden was checking public access points to the Pecos River. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e warden parked his patrol vehicle near a bridge crossing the river and walked underneath it to check out the area. While under the bridge the warden heard the sound of

metal being cut with a power tool. As he made his way back up to the bridge the warden observed two men; one served as a lookout while the other used a right angle grinder to try to cut down a road sign marking the Crockett County line. After being caught in the act, the subject doing the cutting admitted he was trying to take the sign because â&#x20AC;&#x153;my last name is Crockett and I thought it would be cool to have the sign.â&#x20AC;? î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e individual was charged with criminal mischief, a Class B misdemeanor, subsequently pled guilty and received six monthsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; probation.

natural world in Southeast Texas. Imagine a place where you can stroll along garden paths surrounded by a profusion of ďŹ&#x201A;owers, watch birds for hours from the comfort of a Heronry Blind or just spend time relaxing with friends and family. Or, you can explore your wild side and take a naturalistled excursion along Adams Bayou to discover the wonders of nature, encounter wildlife in their natural habitats, and gain new insights into the importance of preserving the environment. No matter what motivates you to come outdoors, explore Shangri La-itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a year- round delight for the senses. Shangri La Gardens and Nature Center is located at in Orange, Texas, and is open Tuesday - Saturday, 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

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The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce presented Camp Fire USA- Orange Council with a donation of $839.11 from the Bassmasters Tournament. Pictured are David Jones, John Gothia,Tad McKee, Charlotte Alford and Ida Schossow.

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doves,” said Owen Fitzsimmons, TPWD Dove Program Leader. “Despite the dry conditions this summer, we had excellent production very early in the spring thanks to a mild winter and good rains in February and March, so there are a lot of birds around,” Fitzsimmons said. “Unless we get signiﬁcant rain in the next couple of weeks, hunters really need to key in on areas with water. at’s where the birds will be concentrated.” White-winged doves were historically found in the lower Rio Grande Valley, but they have rapidly expanded in numbers and distribution across Texas in recent years. According to Fitzsimmons, white-wing populations continue to grow and are making up a larger percentage of daily bag limits statewide. White-wings are now found mostly in and around urban areas, providing hunting opportunity for those hunting just outside major cities and urban centers. During the early two weekends for the Special Whitewinged Dove Days (in the South Zone), hunting is allowed only from noon to sunset and the

From Page 2B daily bag limit is 15 birds, to include not more than two mourning doves and two whitetipped doves. During the general season in the South Zone, the aggregate bag limit is 15 with no more than two whitetipped doves. Hunters are reminded that licenses went on sale Aug. 15 for the 2018-19 hunting seasons and can be purchased through the agency’s 28 law enforcement field offices, at more than 50 state parks and over 1,700 retailers across the state. Licenses may also be purchased online through the TPWD website or by phone at (800) 895-4248. Call center hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there is a required $5 administrative fee for each phone or online transaction. e online transaction system is available 24/7. Hunting and fishing regulations for the new season are available in the Outdoor Annual in print, online and on the Outdoor Annual mobile app. A limited number of Outdoor Annual booklets can be picked up at any of the 1,700 license retailers. A Spanish language version is

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Kalan Bonnette earned the distinction of being named an Advanced Placement School Scholar for 2018. The AP Scholar Awards recognize high school students who have demonstrated exemplary college-level achievement on AP Exams. The School Scholar Award goes to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more Advanced Placement Exams. The ratings range from 1 to 5.

Monica's Restaurant, 6385 Calder, Beaumont, was the destination of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Thurs., Aug. 16, as the group celebrated the first dining experience of 2018-19's Galloping Gourmet. Pictured from center, clockwise, are Jimmy Cash, Billy White, President Linda White, Karen McKinney, Lois Ferrell, Dennis Ferrell, Billy Jack McKinney, David Payne, Anne Payne, Galloping Gourmet Chair Mary Walker, Jerry Walker, and Sandra Cash. Monica's, a chef driven, farm fresh restaurant, is owned by Chef Monica Cobb, chefmonicacobb@gmail.com. Professionally-trained in Culinary Arts, Chef Monica Cobb, center, has done it all, going from culinary school to working at Spago's with Wolfgang Puck to Cairo, Egypt, on a 1901 steamboat on the Nile River as a chef, to operating food carts and now as proprietor of her own place, Monica's, 6385 Calder, Suite H, in Beaumont. From left, are Orange AAUW President Linda White; Cobb, originally of Kirbyville; and Orange AAUW Galloping Gourmet Chair Mary Walker. Chef Cobb prides herself on only using fresh farm-to-table cuisine, prepared organically. Twelve AAUW members, most from Orange, dined at Monica's Thursday, August 16, to kick-off the first Galloping Gourmet of the 2018-19 AAUW calendar year.

Golden K Kiwanis hosted Katie Durio, center, for an informative talk on Wednesday, August 8, on the non-profit organization, Stable Spirit of Rose City, Texas. Durio has been executive director of the group for 11 years, and maintains 15 horses which assist individuals, youth and adults alike, in endeavors to improve the human emotional and physical components in those with special needs. Volunteers are always welcomed after training sessions. Also pictured are Golden K members Debra McCombs and husband, Pat, also a member. Photo by Anne Payne

Notes access to a unit that contained 30 king mackerel stuffed into a freezer, in addition to the 16 king mackerel the five fisherman had on board both vessels. After lengthy interviews, several citations were written to the five individuals for exceeding their possession limit of king mackerel. e cases and civil restitution are pending.

Caught Red-Handed Cameron County game wardens received a call from South Padre Police Department stating they had come across an ice chest full of red snapper during a traﬃc stop and believed the occupants to be over their pos-

From Page 3B session limit. Contact was made with the three individuals and consent was given to inspect the fish. e story given was inconsistent between the three individuals, who claimed they got the fish from friends, but could not produce any proof. Although they had been out on a fishing trip all day with the unnamed sources, they had taken no photos of the others onboard. A bag count showed the group was 16 red snapper over their daily bag limits, including two undersized fish. All three individuals received citations with restitution. e fish were donated to the public.

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Orange County Church Directory

Jesus Understands Your Loneliness Jon Bloom Staff writer desiringGod.org Do you ever think of Jesus as lonely? Certainly his moments in Gethsemane and on Calvary were uniquely and terribly lonely, but what about the rest of his life? In some sense, he may have been the loneliest human in history. Loneliness is what we feel when we’re isolated from others. Loneliness often has less to do with others’ physical absence and more to do with feeling disconnected or alienated from them. Or misunderstood by them. In fact, these are far more painful species than mere absence, because we feel the isolation of being despised and rejected. Which is precisely how Isaiah prophetically described Jesus: “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief ” (Isaiah 53:3). Given who Jesus was, this experience would have begun decades before his public ministry even began. Which means Jesus is able to sympathize with your loneliness far more than you might have previously thought (Hebrews 4:15). Unsurpassed Homesickness Jesus humbled himself to be “born in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:7). We have little ability to comprehend just how much this cost him. He experienced both the absence of his Father and human rejection at levels we can scarcely begin to imagine. When I say that Jesus experienced the absence of his Father, I don’t mean that he didn’t enjoy spiritual communion with the Father through the Spirit on earth. He did, and it was sweeter than anything you or I have yet experienced (Matthew 3:17; John 1:32; 5:20). Yet in order to be incarnated, he left, in some sense, the manifest and holy presence of his Father and the glory he enjoyed there from an eternity before the world existed (John 17:5). He had to endure living in a world under the power of the evil one (1 John

5:19). Think of when you’ve been far away from your dearest ones in a lonely, perhaps even desolate, place. Speaking to them by phone may have been sweet, but it was not the same as being with them. This is a poor analogy, but it makes the point. As the apostle Paul said, there is nothing like being face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12). Jesus would have experienced a “homesickness” for the presence of his Father far more profound and painful than anything we’ve experienced. Alone in the World Now, imagine what living in this world was like for him. Jesus was without sin (Hebrews 4:15). We might think this sounds like a pleasant problem to have. I doubt it was only pleasant. I suspect it tormented him. If Lot experienced daily torment while living in Sodom because of the “lawless deeds that he saw and heard” (2 Peter 2:8), how much worse was it for sinless Jesus constantly surrounded by sinners and demonic powers, rarely if ever able to fully escape their defiling presence? And imagine what Jesus’s childhood must have been like. Do you remember what it felt like to want friends? Jesus was truly human and would have longed for human friendship too. But lacking the sin nature everyone else had, and having a divine nature no one else had, he would have been a very odd person. Holiness makes sinners want to flee. Jesus would have stuck out morally like a sore thumb, never quite being understood, frequently despised and rejected, even within his own family. White Sheep of the Family His parents knew who he was and loved him deeply. But they wouldn’t have fully understood him. How could they? Nor would they have been able to protect him from others’ stinging remarks or cruel mocking over his strangeness. I wonder how much of that came from his siblings. His brothers and sisters (Matthew 13:55–56) would have grown

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

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

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

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

increasingly self-conscious around him as they aged, aware of their own sinful, self-obsessed motives and behavior, while noting that Jesus didn’t seem to exhibit any himself. And they couldn’t have helped notice the unique way their parents deferred to him. What kind of sibling resentments grew? We know that all was not harmonious because Jesus’s own brothers didn’t believe in him (John 7:5), possibly not until after his resurrection (Acts 1:14). Jesus was a sinless person living with sinful parents, sinful siblings, sinful extended relatives, sinful neighbors, sinful countrymen, sinful foreigners, and sinful disciples, not to mention the sinful spiritual entities he would have had an unprecedented awareness of and sensitivity to. No one on earth could identify totally with him. No human being could put an arm around him as he sat in tears and say, “I know exactly what you’re going through.” Jesus’s experience of rejection, sorrow, and grief would have begun as soon as he was old enough to comprehend and communicate. And we think we feel weary. How did he bear it? What did it mean for him to sing psalms like, “My soul is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord — how long?” (Psalm 6:3)? Most Lonely Moment in History But that was all a precursor. There was a supreme moment of loneliness, so dark and deep that only Jesus has ever experienced. It was on the cross the moment he became sin for us (2 Corinthians 5:21). In that unfathomably horrible, incomprehensibly lonely moment, he felt forsaken by his Father (Matthew 27:46) and all those he loved. He was rav-

aged physically and spiritually “beyond human semblance” (Isaiah 52:14). Having spent his earthly life estranged by his sinlessness, now Jesus was estranged by the sin he willingly bore — our sin. No one has experienced or understands the depths of loneliness like Jesus. End of All Loneliness But he can and does understand your loneliness. He can sympathize with this weakness more than you know (Hebrews 4:15). Jesus doesn’t merely understand your loneliness; he’s destroying it. Because he bore the sin that estranged and alienated you from God and died on your behalf, you are no longer truly a stranger or alien, but you are a fellow citizen with all the saints and a member of God’s family (Ephesians 2:19). Loneliness, like every form of suffering, is passing away for those who love him. Ahead of you is the full family fellowship of God and all of his redeemed saints forever. The day is nearing when you will know him as you have been fully known (1 Corinthians 13:12). So “with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that [you] may receive mercy and find grace to help” with every lonely need (Hebrews 4:16). And be a saint who helps others experience a foretaste of heaven by extending to them the loneliness-destroying love of Jesus. 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.

Full Gospel Holy Temple 911 Main Ave. Orange 883-5125

Pastor: Elder Larry Brooks Sr. Co-Paster: Evangelist Abbigail Brooks WORSHIP SERVICES Sunday School 9:45 am Sunday Worship 11 am Sunday Night Service 7:30 pm Wednesday Night 7:30 pm Friday Night 7:30 pm

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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 Worship 10:00 a.m. Nursery Provided. (www.faithorange.org)

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

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

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

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

Pastor: Ruth Burch

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

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

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

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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

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

COWBOY CHURCH OF ORANGE COUNTY

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

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

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

Sunday school 9:30 a.m. / Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. Bible Study Sunday and Wednesday at 6 p.m. Pastor: Dr. Dusty Garison

“Our church family welcomes you!”

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Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Independent Administration for the Estate of BARNEY CURT CHOATE, Deceased, were issued on August 6, 2018, in Cause No. P18171, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: Wendi Lynn Schiro.

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of WILFERD B E R G E A U X , Deceased, were issued on August 20, 2018, in Cause No. P18238, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: Nora Kirby Bergeaux a/k/a Nora Bergeaux.

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 Te s t a m e n t a r y for the Estate of L I N D A KAEY DUHON a/k/a LINDA K. LOWE DUHON, Deceased, were issued on August 9, 2018, in Cause No. P18116, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: Brandon Duhon.

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.

Four (4) temp positions; 8 months; job to begin 10/3/18 through 5/31/19; Duties: General workers are needed for crawfish production. Work includes tractor driving, field preparation, water management, fertilization, spraying and harvesting of crawfish. Preparation work includes manual shovel work, pulling and hoeing of weeds, spot spraying, fencing and general pond labor. Harvesting involves cutting bait, setting and raising traps, sacking crawfish, weighing, tagging and storing in cooler. Workers must be able to lift 60 pounds. Workers will also assist with minor repairs to crawfish traps and boats. Job involves stooping, lifting and working outside in inclement weather. Employer may require, post hire, random, upon suspicion or post-accident drug testing, at no cost to the employee. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in termination. $10.73 per hr; 35 hrs a week, OT may vary but not guaranteed; 2 months experience in job offered required. All work tools provided. Housing and transportation provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worksite will be provided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract. Employment offered by Bergeron’s Seafood located in Livonia, LA. Qualified applicants call for an interview at (225) 637-2890. Applicants may apply for this position at their nearest SWA office located at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701 using job order number 813635.

FOR RENT For Rent 1 or 2 BR houses & 2 BR Mobilehome & efficiency apartments in Orange or Little Cypress. All Bills paid with month to month lease. Call 409-330-1641 or 409-988-9336. 3 Bed/ 2 Bath Newly remodeled home in West Orange. Large kitchen w/ granite counters, large living room, master bedroom, lots of closet space, washer & dryer, back deck & storage shed. Central a/h, wooded lot in safe neighborhood. $1050/month plus deposit. 504-8879 House for rent, nice 3 BR / 2 BA located at 509 3rd St. in Orange. 409-670-6166

Call Flower Power Housecleaning if you want to put your feet up and relax. We can do yard cleaning, patio androom clean out and much more. Call for appt. 409-599-4914

RV FOR SALE 2018 Rockwood RV 35 ft long w/ 3 extensions. Quality & under warrenty, lots of extras, priced to sell & can be seen on property. Call for details 409-504-3191. For Sale 35’ 2017 StarCraft Autumn Ridge Travel Trailer (Climatized) 2 BR / 2 AC’s 2 Slideouts 19 ft Electric Canopy w/ lights. Lived in 4 months. Lists for $35K Asking $24,500.00 409-988-5231

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Garage Sale this Sat., 8/25 from 8 am to noon at 120 Bailey Avenue in Bridge City. Items include Kenmoore Elite HE washer & dryer with stands, dining table with 6 chairs and misc. household items and furniture. Fishing tackle and reels. Men, womens, and youth clothing. Garage Sale at 166 Ridgewood in Bridge City (off W. Roundbunch) this Saturday, August 25th from 7 am to 2 pm. Exercise equip., household items, kitchen items, clothes like new, kids plastic pool, washing machine (works $100) and lots more.

c/o: George B. Barron Attorney at Law P.O. Box 279 Orange, TX 77631-0279

Dated the 15th day of August, 2018.

George B. Barron George B. Barron

Attorney for Administratrix

State Bar No.: 01817500 P.O. Box 279 Orange, TX 77631-0279

Nora Kirby Bergeaux

c/o: Stephen C. Howard Attorney at Law

903 W. Green Avenue Orange, Texas 77630

DATED the 20th day of August, 2018.

Stephen Howard

Stephen Howard Attorney for: Nora Kirby Bergeaux State Bar No.:10079400 903 W. Green Avenue Orange, TX 77630 Phone: (409)883-0202 Fax: (409)883-0209

Email: steve@stevehoward. lawyer

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HOUSE FOR SALE Home for sale in Orange. 3 BR/1BA, large fenced yard, LCM schools, no flooding. Remodeled and clean. $29,000 Please call 409-746-3582 or 409-734-7273

LAND FOR SALE Lot for sale in prime location in Bridge City. In the area behind Walgreens. Has city water & sewer and concrete slab ready for a house to be built on it. Asking 12,000 Or best offer. If your interested call 409-599-4914 .

CEME TERY PLOT Two burial plots, side by side, in the Garden of Last Supper at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, 63 sq. ft. and this is a perpetual care cemetery. For more information call 337-526-3299. Cemetery plot for sale at Hillcrest. Need to sell. Call 409-313-4404

Drivers Class-A CDL: Increased Pay & New Trucks with Dedicated Routes No CDL? No Problem! 855-292-2945 Drivers: New Dedicated positions, home weekly. Run ning TX, AR, CO, NM, OK, LA CALL 888-852-6250 Drivers CDL-A: Looking for an incredible career? Don’t Wait Earn Top Pay ($60K - $90K) Great Benefits: Health, Life, Dental & Vision Insurance, 401K and More! Must be a recent graduate from Accreditied truck driving school or 1YR CDL with X-end. Aooly @ www.gulfmarkenergy.com or call 866-448-4068 EOE Help Wanted: BC/ OF High school student wanted for general mothers helper around house. Work on Saturday’s only when school starts. $10 per hour. Transportation can be provided if necessary. 409-735-9504

Gilbeaux’s Towing and Transport Inc. 058449 VSF

16527 Hwy 62 S. Orange, TX 77630 PH (409) 886-0007 Total charges cannot be computed until the vehicle is claimed, storage charges will accrue daily until the vehicle is released. Must demonstrate proof of

Al-Anon meetings are held Thursday’s at 7p.m. in the Library at St. Henry’s Catholic Church Education building located at 475 W. Roundbunch Rd. Bridge City. Call

Cindy at 749-9036 or Mike 718-0333 Al-Anon meets Sundays and Wed., at 7:00 p.m., at the North Orange Baptist Church located at 4775 N. 16th St (Rear), in Orange, TX. Please call 4742171 or 988-2311

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 Brandon Duhon

828 Mayhfair Hill Court Bedfor, Texas 76021

DATED the 9th day of August, 2018.

Steve Parkhurst Steve Parkhurst Attorney for: Brandon Duhon

State Bar #:00797206 1703 Strickland Dr. Orange, TX 77630 Phone: (409)883-0892 Fax: (409)670-0888 Email: sparkhurst@dieslaw.com

for more info consultation.

The RISE Center in Beaumont, a local nonprofit disability organization established in 1996, has received a grant to repair or replace home wheelchair ramps. Please con-

tact the center at 409-832-2599 to find out if you or someone you know meets eligibility requirements. The American Legion Post 49 has changed their monthly meeting

day from the 2nd Thursday at 7 pm to the 2nd Saturday at 2 pm. The American Legion is located at 108 Green Ave in Orange. For more information you may contact them at the following number.

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BCISD

9 1 8 201 r a e Y l o o h Sc s n i g Be BCISD Launches New Bullying and Tip-Off reporting website links

Bridge City ISD is committed to providing a safe and supportive learning environment for our students. Anonymous Bullying and Tip-Off reporting links are located under the ‘Important Links’ section on the district and campus websites. Parents or students can submit details for suspicious behavior, criminal activity, threats, suspicious items or packages, or a suicide alert. The district will also make a cyber safety newsletter available periodically throughout the year. The first edition can be found by going to: https://www.smore.com/0rw31 You can follow BCISD on Facebook and Twitter, or check our district website, for the most current safety information.

#YOUMATTER@BCISD Welcome Back To BCISD

A Message From BCISD Superintendent Todd Lintzen

n behalf of the Bridge City ISD Board of Trustees, our staff, and myself, I want to welcome everyone to our school district for the 2018-19 school year. The start of each Todd Lintzen new school year Superintendent BCISD brings the promise of exciting opportun ties for learning, new friendships, and renewed dreams for a bright, promising future for all of us. We have spent the summer eagerly preparing for your student’s return, and we look forward to sharing new learning experiences with each of you. Our student population is growing at each of our schools. Last year we ended the school year with a total enrollment of 3,047 students. Due to the actual student enrollment throughout the school district we have added approximately 10 new classroom teachers. We are projected to increase our enrollment significantly each year for the next five years based on the demographic study conducted during spring of 2018 by Templeton

Demographics. The addition of the instructional staff accommodates the new student growth while creating the potential for expanding our educational programs. The Board of Trustees received an updated Facilities Plan this month to assist in visionary planning based on the instructional facility needs. The BCISD Core Leadership Committee met throughout the summer and looked extensively at long-term solutions to meet the current and future space needs of our students. Based on the committee’s discussions and feedback, the Board of Trustees will explore a variety of options this fall, which we will be able to share with you later in the school year. This increased enrollment will not alter our commitment to provide all of our students a top-quality education. Working together with our community, we will maintain high standards and quality educational instruction for our children now, and in the years to come. Thank you for your continued support of our students and district. I know 2018-19 will be another great year of many successes for our students and community!

Bridge City High School Starts 2018-19 Year

First Day of Class Bridge City Elementary

BC Intermediate & Middle School Prepare for 2018-19

BCISD Faculty & Staff Say ‘Welcome Back’

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