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Week of Wednesday, November 21, 2018

County seeks forensic audit price-check Dave Rogers

For The Record

Orange County Commissioners agreed Tuesday to the idea of a forensic audit to follow the county’s money – if it doesn’t cost too much.

With Commissioner Jody Crump absent, Commissioners Johnny Trahan, Barry Burton and John Gothia joined County Judge Dean Crooks in voting 4-0 to have Purchasing Agent Connie Cassidy advertise for proposals.

“Given some discrepancies in some of the things we’ve had over the past year or so, given the fact that we have a fairly new auditor, a new legal advisor, a new judge, a whole bunch of new people, the consensus was we probably need to go forward with a forensic audit,” Crooks said,

reporting on the findings of the county’s Outside Auditor Committee.

The committee, which Crooks includes Crooks, Gothia, Assistant County Attorney Denise Gremillion, County Auditor Pennee Schmitt, County Treasurer Christy Khoury, District Judge Courtney Arkeen and Sheriff Keith Merritt, was formed to review proposals for a new outside auditing firm for required annual checkups.

Cassidy asked for the committee on Oct. 10, saying the county had used the same firm, Patillo, Brown and Hill of Waco, for more than 20 years when the state recommended changing firms ev-

‘One Starry Night’ for BC Parade Debby Schamber For The Record

The Bridge City streets will soon be filled with twinkling lights, Christmas cheer and laughter when the annual Christmas parade rolls through.

Although the parade has been occurring for many years, the 10th annual lighted parade is slated for 6 p.m.

December 8th.

The theme this year is “One starry night.” The theme was chosen by the parade committee.

The float with the best use of the theme will be awarded the Mayor’s Trophy and receive a $200 prize. There will also be first, second and third place awards given to entries in the various categories such as dance, ambulatory, vehicles and floats.

The trophies will be presented at the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce networking coffee 8 a.m. December 11 at the Bridge City High School library.

“It is open for all to attend,” said B.J. Hanneman of the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce.

On average there are usually about 50 entries in the

parade. To date there are 25, according to Hanneman.

The Chamber is still taking applications for parade entries until December 3.

Applications can be found on their website at bridgecitychamber.com or at the Bridge City CofC office located at 150 W. Roundbunch Road. If the office is closed, applications have been left on the porch area and they can be returned during business hours or dropped into the door slot.

One exceptionally large entry, but lots of fun are the Jeep groups. According to Hanneman, there are three Jeep groups. Each vehicle is decorated and met with wide-eyed smiles as they pass.

Children will be ready to catch the candy thrown by the passing entries in the parade.

The tradition will continue with Don and Angie Breaux as Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Due to a health issue, Don Breaux was unable to be Santa in 2017. However, he is ready to roll this year.

Following the end of the CHRISTMAS Page 3A

ery three to five years.

Crooks explained the difference between an outside audit and a forensic audit was that an outside audit addressed accounting principles without looking at details while a forensic audit follows the money to make

square.

The discrepancies he was talking about, Crooks said later, included the $12 million former county judge Stephen Brint Carlton said was discovered by auditor Schmitt right before Tropical Storm Harvey hit town in

Also, Crooks said he wanted to know what happened to the $13 million “Rainy Day fund” that was funneled into the 2018 budget at the last minute to cover Harvey recovery expenses and why, after FEMA reimbursed the county $10 million three

to get an $8 million line of credit to avoid cash-flow problems at the end of this year.

“If the math was halfway right, we wouldn’t be in the situation we are now,” Crooks COUNTY BUSINESS Page 3A

BCPD ramps up ‘Bike’s for Kids’

sure that all accounts are Debby Schamber

August, 2017.

months ago, the county had

said.

For The Record

After a Hurricane Harvey forced the Bridge City Police Department to cancel the Bikes for Kids in 2017, the festivities are back on track and everything is looking shiny and bright for 2018.

“We are excited to get back into this again,” said Brittany Hilton, Bikes for Kids Organizer and BCPD officer.

This year the event is scheduled for 6 p.m. December 22 at the Bridge City Community Center.

However, Hilton says they are still in need of many items for the children attending the event and is hoping to collect donations to fill the many gift needs.

What began as a simple request has become something much larger but also a way to make a child’s Christmas merry and bright. Initially, Hilton was asked by someone wanting to help out to find about 10 children in need of some Christmas gifts. The person was wanting to donate 10 bicycles. Hilton began her search for the children and posted a message on Facebook. She found the 10 children, plus many more since times have been hard as people struggle to make ends meet.

The names just kept coming and the list growing larger. At one point she ran out of bicycles and gifts to give to the children. But, this did not stop Hilton as she worked to collect more.

In the end, 43 bicycles were given away. In addition to the bicycles, each child received a helmet, a stocking BIKES FOR KIDS Page 3A

The Bridge City Police Department is getting ready for their annual Bikes for Kids Christmas event. They are still collecting bikes, gifts and looking for volunteers. Pictured from a previous event is: Santa, Brittany and Steve Hilton, Izzabelle Brooks, Khloie Brooks and Kiersten Hilton.

RECORD PHOTO: Debby Schamber

Orange County woman’s snow scenes brighten Christmas cards Dave Rogers

For The Record

If you live in Southeast Texas, you usually have to settle for dreaming of a white Christmas.

But thanks to Tricia Stroud, residents can share a white Orange with their loved ones this Christmas season.

Stroud, a local portrait photographer who doubles as a West Orange-Cove school board member, was ready last Dec. 8 when Southeast Texas received a rare inches-deep snowfall.

Her photos of old Orange landmarks covered in snow have been printed on fine linen paper and are for sale as Christmas cards, with the proceeds going to help fund the community outreach activities of the Service League

of Orange.

“Early that morning, kids on my street were outside playing in the snow,” Stroud recalled. “It was coming down real good.

“So my neighbor and I decided to go down to Old Orange and see what it looked like. I grabbed my camera and we drove around so I could get some pictures.”

Stroud’s keepers include a snow-capped photo of the Stark House, one of the Orange Train Depot, one of City Hall from a distance, another closed-up on the snow-covered Santa and sleigh in front of City Hall.

The final one of the five is of the railroad tracks near the Depot.

“A lot of people got out and Tricia Stroud shows off some of her photographs transformed into took pictures with their cell Christmas cards for sale by the Service League of Orange. phones,” she said. “I’ve seen RECORD PHOTO: Dave Rogers some good cell phone pho-

tos. But I’m so glad, I grabbed my camera and got a good resolution.”

A set of five folded cards and matching envelopes is on sale for $20 at the Service League’s Christmas Market in the gift shop of Baptist Hospital-Orange, at Tru Colors Art & Design, 1201 N. 16th St., and from a Service League member.

A special feature of the card is the image is printed front-and-back. One sides includes Christmas greetings, the other has no words so it is suitable for framing.

The Christmas Market runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Monday through Friday through December.

Stroud has been a professional photographer off and on since she was 19. She has taken studio photos of babies, kids and adults for Sears

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and Walmart in Orange and J.C. Penney in Beaumont.

The 1996 West OrangeStark graduate keeps busy with a big word-of-mouth business shooting portraits of sports stars and high school “senior” photos for soon-to-be graduates.

A new member of the Service League, Stroud was quick to do her bit for helping the group help others.

“I got invited to join Service League and they were talking about fundraisers,” she recalled. “I had been thinking about Christmas cards, so I threw this idea out and donated the images.

“I felt compelled to do it.

God will bless me in the long run.”

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Beto O’Rourke. Julián Castro. John Cornyn. 2020 already looms in Texas.

Patrick Svitek The Texas Tribune Like it or not, the 2020 election cycle has already arrived in Texas.

Votes were still being tallied in the Nov. 6 midterm elections as the state’s Democrats began considering how they could build on their gains in two years, further loosening the GOP’s longtime grip on state government. Heartened

by Beto O’Rourke’s surprisingly close race against U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and the downballot victories that accompanied it, Texas Democrats are now looking toward 2020 to put an exclamation point on the state’s shift to a more competitive political environment.

“Turning Texas blue is not an event, it’s a process,” state Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said in an interview, “and I think 2020 will put us, if not blue, purple — deep purple.”

In the past — especially after the last midterms, when another Democratic star, Wendy Davis, lost to Gov. Greg Abbott in a landslide — such talk has drawn scoffs from Republicans who maintained the state remained solidly red. But in the wake of last week’s elections, the state’s Republicans have been striking a different tone, well aware of the challenge forming in 2020 — a presidential election year — if Democrats are able to make the progress they did last week in a midterm.

“I’m encouraging every Republican activist, donor, candidate and officeholder to take very, very seriously the need to earn and get every vote possible for 2020 starting now,” Hinojosa’s GOP counterpart, James Dickey, said in an interview. “The candidates and officeholders and activists that we work with have been preparing for — and prepared to battle for — 2020 for over a year and a half now, and the urgency that we all have felt about preparing diligently for 2020 was reinforced by last week’s results.”

When the dust settled on election night, O’Rourke lost to Cruz by less than 3 percentage points, and Democrats picked up two U.S. House seats, two state Senate seats and a dozen state House seats.

There also was a notable shift in the political landscape, with Democrats further fortifying their hold on big-city counties and making serious inroads into traditionally Republican suburban counties.

Looking toward 2020, Dickey identified a few areas of particular focus for the state party, saying it is “continuing to expand our efforts in urban and suburban areas and with the demographic groups that we have not yet successfully reached with our message.”

If there is one thing Texas Republicans are taking heart in as they approach 2020, it is that the state will no longer have straight-ticket voting, which Republicans in the state’s big-city counties blamed for their massive losses on Nov. 6. Last year, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill to get rid of the straight-ticket voting option — but not until September 2020.

“In the next election, every candidate will win or lose based on their record and the platform they put forward to voters,” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick assured supporters in a postelection message. “This will give us better leaders and better government.”

Still, Texas Democrats see a golden opportunity on the horizon. There will be a galvanizing Republican at the top of the ticket nationally, the higher turnout that comes with a presidential election and an anticipated recruitment boon after the unexpected success that so many candidates experienced this time. Maybe, just maybe, they think, the state could be up for grabs in the White House race: Donald Trump only won it by 9 points in 2016, the narrowest margin in two decades, then O’Rourke finished just 2.6 points behind Cruz. Maybe a Texan will be on the Democratic ticket, too.

Texas hasn’t voted for a Democrat for president since Jimmy Carter in 1976. The last

Julian Castro, John Cornyn and Beto O’rourke. PHOTOS: The Texas Tribune

time both parties made a serious play for the state’s electoral votes was in 1996, when President Bill Clinton campaigned here for his re-election ahead of Election Day. Bob Dole won the state by 4.9 percentage points.

The possibility of a serious role for Texas in the 2020 presidential contest is already being discussed in Washington. During a post-election briefing with reporters in the nation’s capital, a top Democratic super PAC, Priorities USA Action, presented a slideshow that suggested up to 15 states could be in play in 2020, with the states sorted into three categories: “Core,” “Expansion” and “Watch.” Texas was listed under “Watch.”

Much of the immediate speculation about 2020 in Texas has centered on O’Rourke, who was being discussed as a potential presidential candidate even before he reached the finish line in the Senate race. While running against Cruz, he denied interest in a White House bid.

Since then, he has not said what he plans to do next beyond spending more time with his family and then starting to think about what he learned from his Senate campaign. But that has not stopped the 2020 drumbeat surrounding him. A poll released last week pegged him as Democratic voters’ No. 3 pick among possible contenders, and a cryptic blog post Thursday about running — a morning jog, that is — stirred speculation anew.

If O’Rourke runs for president, he would have to contend with another Texan who has been preparing for a likely White House bid for nearly two years: Julían Castro, the former U.S. housing secretary and San Antonio mayor. People close to Castro have been saying an O’Rourke run would not change his plans, a point Castro himselfmade Friday to the Associated Press. Castro,

who said last month he is “likely” to make a White House bid, intends to make an announcement about his plans in early 2019.

Instead of running for president in 2020, some Texas Democrats would like O’Rourke to take on U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who will be at the top of the ballot in two years. But privately, O’Rourke has not expressed interest in challenging Cornyn, according to his inner circle.

To put it mildly, Cornyn would be a much different opponent for O’Rourke, and not just because the state’s senior senator is not as polarizing a figure as Cruz is. During his 2018 campaign, O’Rourke regularly talked up his work with Cornyn in Congress and pointed to him as the kind of Republican he could collaborate with if elected to the upper chamber.

Nonetheless, Democrats are already targeting Cornyn. Hinojosa said it was no secret that the state party struggled to recruit some statewide candidates in 2018, but he expects that the strides the party made on Nov. 6 will spur previously reluctant Democrats to step up in 2020, with the race to unseat Cornyn serving as the prime beneficiary. Hinojosa guaranteed the party will field a “strong candidate” against Cornyn, noting it is “already getting phone calls from some major players.”

A Cornyn spokesman referred to comments the senator made two days after the midterm elections in which he said he intends “to be ready and do my homework” for 2020.

O’Rourke is not the only statewide candidate from Nov. 6 who is already coming up in 2020 conversations. Kim Olson, the fiery Democrat who finished five points behind Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, has been punctuat-

ing her post-election social media posts with the hashtag “#kim2020,” and a spokeswoman for Olson said she is “currently exploring all opportunities to determine the best way to continue serving Texas and Texans.”

At the congressional level, the next cycle is also already looming large.

Democrats picked up two seats on Nov. 6, dislodging Republican U.S. Reps. John Culberson of Houston and Pete Sessions of Dallas. But they also came surprisingly close in several districts that were once considered far out of reach, and the Democratic nominees in those races emerged as local rock stars who are already being encouraged to try again in 2020. That is even before any retirement announcements from GOP incumbents who may not be

game for another competitive race in 2020.

Among the rising stars are Sri Preston Kulkarni, a former diplomat who came within five points of taking out U.S. Rep. Pete Olson, R-Sugar Land. In a message to supporters the weekend after the election, Kulkarni acknowledged that the 2020 discussion was already taking shape, saying that many people have asked him to run again for the seat but he is “not ready to commit to that yet.”

Then there is MJ Hegar, the former military pilot who gained a national fanbase taking on U.S. Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock, and finished just 3 points behind him. In a post-election interview, she noted that even her most loyal supporters told her from the start that it would be a “twocycle race” to win the seat.

“I’ve been approached by a lot of different people to run for a variety of different offices ... and I’m still considering the best way to serve my community,” Hegar said. Running for the congressional seat again, she added, is “one of the options I’m considering.”

Farther down the ballot, Democrats are already setting

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their sights on capturing the state House majority in 2020 — a huge prize ahead of the next redistricting round. They made significant progress on Nov. 6, flipping a dozen seats and growing their ranks from 55 members to 67. That means Democrats are entering the 2020 cycle nine seats removed from the majority — well within reach, according to Democrats inside and outside Texas.

The contours of the state House battlefield for Democrats in 2020 are already coming into focus. Beyond the 12 seats they picked up, there were several more where the Democratic nominee came within just a few points — or even closer. Adam Milasincic, who lost by just 47 votes to state Rep. Dwayne Bohac, RHouston, is already promising an “announcement about 2020” in the coming months.

In the state Senate, the path to the majority for Democrats appears for now to be more challenging. But they have at least one clear target already: state Sen. Pete Flores, the Pleasanton Republican who upset Democrat Pete Gallego in the September special election for Senate District 19.

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Bikes for Kids

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filled with goodies and a bag of wrapped gifts.

This was two years ago and the list continues to grow and is up to 50 children needing a Merry Christmas.

According to Hilton, they have already received small bicycles and tricycles, but are need of bicycles for children in the 8 to 10 year old range.

In addition, they are needing bicycle helmets for all ages to ensure the safety of the happy riders. Plus, they are in need of Christmas stockings and stocking stuffer gifts.

Unwrapped gifts are needed too for children of all ages including infants. Hilton is hoping to include the siblings of the bicycle recipient so no child is left out of the fun. But, Hilton cannot accept used toys.

One more important need for the event is volunteers to make the event special and fun for all.

This year the events will include spectacular booths such as face painting, a snowball toss and attendees will also have the opportunity to make snow.

Plenty of yummy treats will be available for the children such as cotton candy and popcorn.

The event would not be complete without Santa Claus and his elves. Pictures made with Santa are available.

For more information on the event, Hilton can be contacted at 409-474-3186. Donations are also accepted at BCPD located at 110 Rachel.

The community wide event is for everyone to enjoy.

“Come and see the kids and share in a little bit of Christmas cheer,” Hilton said.

The Bridge City Public Library hosted a program sponsored by the Writers’ League of Texas last Friday. Two authors presented writing programs. Christie Craig and Michael Hall. (see flyer for biography) Christie presented a program entitled “Mining Fact for Fiction.”

Christie shared how being dyslexic helped her develop an imagination that contributed to her writing and how facts from her life were instilled in her writing. Michael’s program featured reading some short articles and showing how the setting or place brings a nonfiction article to life. He demonstrated how he always looks at physical geographical details wherever he is and instills that sense of place in his writings. The audience thoroughly enjoyed the entertaining and educational programs and engaged in a lively discussion with the authors. The Library hopes to provide future programs in the future.

County business The judge also is of the opinion that restricted funds have been illegally comingled with non-restricted funds.

The three commissioners all agreed a forensic audit would be nice, but not at any price.

“It depends on what the prices are,” Trahan said.

“This is good to go out for proposals but I’m not endorsing it until I know what the money says.”

Burton and Gothia echoed that opinion, Gothia sharing Crooks’ view that it would be nice to start over with a clear financial picture – if the price was right.

Burton, who was defeated for re-election along with Carlton and Crump in

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March, clearly took issue with Crooks’ reference to discrepancies.

“We have not had any red flags,” Burton said. “I understand we have new people but our audits have been clean to date.

“I’ve heard these things can be really expensive. I don’t know any reason to throw good money at something when I don’t know that we have a problem.”

The need for forensic audits have been debated by other Southeast Texas governments, and, in fact, former commissioner John Banken sought one for years.

But, ultimately, the cost is a deal-killer.

Crooks seems intent on at least a forensic “light” audit.

“We’re probably going to aim high and then, if the proposals are too expensive, we may have to tone it down a bit to get it to be something a little more favorable.

“But there are certain specific funds that we’re going to want to go back a few years and take a look at.”

In other business Tuesday, commissioners received a tax office collection report from October showing $337,548 as the county’s share; and the county paid $223,613 in weekly bills.

Commissioners also voted 4-0 to renew its health and prescription insurance for over-65 retirees, noting the monthly cost to the county for the combined policies is $502, down $25 from last

year.

A week ago, on Nov. 14, commissioners held their new monthly meeting on Wednesday. It lasted 25 minutes.

The county accepted a direct deposit from the state for $376,897 in September sales tax and issued checks for $184,943 in weekly bills.

A couple more changes were made in the changes at the County Airport, where management has come back to the county after years with a third-party manager.

Commissioners voted to authorize Airport Supervisor Missy Pillsbury to set and adjust prices for aviation fuel, and the Sheriff ’s Office transferred a John Deere Gator vehicle to the airport.

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62nd Toy Coffee from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 6 at 602 W. Orange Ave. Admission is a new unwrapped toy, to be passed on to the Salvation Army so all children may have a Merry Christmas.

In addition to the annual Toy Coffee, the Service League hosts a bingo program at area nursing homes called “Elder Fun.” Members working together with the Stark Museum put together a visual arts program they take to elementary schools.

Every three years they host the Service League of Orange Follies, usually at the Lutcher Theater. Monies raised fund special health programs, scholarships, car seats for newborns and grants to support community service organizations.

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parade, everyone is invited to the Bridge City Bank for a free movie outside for a showing of “The Grinch.” They will be serving free hot chocolate and popcorn. Movie goers are asked to bring a blanket to sit on while they watch the movie.

Should weather conditions force the parade to cancel, it will be rescheduled for 6 p.m. December 15th, Hanneman said.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 10 Years Ago-2008

From The Creaux’s Nest AMERICANS IN THE REAL WORLD The Mid-term Election brought some silver linings.

The election bought an end to “Rubber Stamp” government that is akin to dictatorship. The election of a new congress will bring checks and balances. Some of the military battle troops, sent to the border in a political ploy of an immigrant caravan coming to invade the country, will get to go home. President Trump had tweeted that “Criminals and unknown Middle Easterners are mixed in the caravan.” The claim was to justify using the military for political reasons. It was a false claim. Billions of dollars were spent on those shenanigans. Now it seems the troops might get home to their families by Christmas. Many people bought into that political ploy that was given birth by Sean Hannity and Trump. Seventy-six fires in California, continue to destroy thousands of homes, claim lives, with 1,300 citizens still missing. Meanwhile, it’s been seven weeks since journalist Jamel Khashoggi vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The Saudis have offered a shifting series of fables to explain what happened to him. What happened to Khashoggi’s body? A complete report is due to reach the president this week. It’s common knowledge that the Saudi Prince ordered the killing and body dismemberment. The truth puts Trump in a tough moral dilemma. He stops short of blaming the 33 year old Saudi leader, who he sees as a vital ally, plus there are business ties to son-in-law Jared Kushner. Anything less than severe sanctions, diplomatic, economical and military, amounts to letting the Crown Prince get away with murder. Trump is in a box on this one. It will be interesting to watch how he will waltz around it. His final conclusion will never reach the boss, the Crown Prince. A cover up is likely to succeed. Time marches on: Wall Street will soon show signs of cracking and a recession is in our future. We’ve had 94 months of economic and job growth. A $1.5 trillion tax giveaway has failed again to trickle down. The deficit is reaching an all-time high and somewhere down the line the balloon will bust because of some bad calls.*****I’ve got to move on. Come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

MASS SHOOTINGS AMERICA’S CANCER Three hundred-seven mass shootings took place in 311 days of 2018. This is an average of a deadly incident almost every day of the year. Four of the largest mass shootings in five decades took place at Stoneman-Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida-17 deaths; Santa Fe High School, in Texas,-10; Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh, PA-11; Borderline Bar and Grill, Thousand Oaks, CA-12.

In all, 328 people were killed and 1,251 were injured. The number includes attacks in which four or more people were shot or killed; this does not include the shooters.

Hatred continues to grow in our country. There is no reason to believe it won’t get worse. No one is giving more than lip service, prayers and photo ops to turn this cancer around. Meanwhile, we keep escalating hate on everyone that is not like us or share our beliefs. No matter how many such massacres occur Americans must never become desensitized to this violence by just cleaning up the blood and moving on. Politicians could respond to these killings with common sense gun laws that establish universal background checks and band assault-style rifles.

Congress remains paralyzed on limiting the nation’s growing arsenal of firearms and mass killing accessories. More and more, every day we put our police officers in a position of rushing headlong into horrific violence to save lives, limiting the dying event if it means injury or death to themselves. The NRA will continue to insist that “guns don’t kill, people do.” The gun lobby will say what we need is more “legally-armed citizens.” They are in the business of selling guns, even military style weapons to citizens with out a background check. One would hope that the new congress coming in January, made up of younger people and over 100 women can get the issue moved off center in the house, putting pressure on the senate and president to act. The number of killings keeps growing, it will slow down only when a congress has the guts to take on the NRA and I believe we are at the right place and time in history to move forward on real gun control legislation.

THANKS TO THE BAKERS I once had every one of Gordon Baxter’s “The Best of Bax” books that he published from time to time going back to the early 1960’s. Starting in the 1990’s, his books were mostly rerun stories from his weekly column printed in our Opportunity Valley News. Another of our writers, Betty Em Giarratano, sometime had stories in the Bax book. One of the many stories he told was “The Dragon Lady” and the night he spent with the KKK. Those stories are the most remembered. I lost all my books when Ike came and took so much of my collection of things. Anyway, I recently received a package with four of Baxter’s books from Elaine Baker. Back in the 1990’s, she was a note teller at Bridge City Bank, a pretty lady who worked there 21 years. Her husband Morris, who is retired from DuPont, had gotten the books from his mother Lois. Bax had autographed each book to her. They had been raised together in Port Arthur. Anyway, thanks to the Baker’s.

Many of the stories Baxter wrote would be worth reprinting. He was a good writer with a great imagination.

A new report shows children displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have serious health problems and mental ailments. It’s reasonable to assume we will see some of the same results from Ike. My belief is that the elderly are even more affected. Displaced and often in poor health, they are removed from years of regular routines. I believe a study would show that many are dying prematurely or their health is declining. FEMA seems to be in slow motion when it comes to getting the senior citizens home. It’s been traumatic times for many who lost a lifetime of possessions and are now looking at wrecked homes. In the meantime, they wait at a displaced location not knowing what the short time they have left will bring. Most have family support, but some have no one. We ran into some of those good citizens and it just breaks your heart. Because we’re in the middle of it Ike is ever present but the truth is nationally, Ike and its damage is a forgotten storm. ***** According to the new rule allowing individuals to be honored, Bob Hope’s image will be on a postage stamp. They couldn’t have honored a better person. Bob was familiar to many people in our area. ***** American Music Awards named Brad Paisley Country Music Artist of the Year; Taylor Swift was named Country Female Artist and Rascal Flatts Best Country Band, Duo or Group.***** The death of Jim Mattox, age 65, brings to an end the true “Yellow Dog” era. Attorney H.D. Pate was a friend of Mattox and through him several Orange folks got to know Jim. Mattox’s career, which included a bitterly fought loss for governor to Ann Richards in the 1990 primaries, was sometimes productive, sometimes mean and often controversial. Ole Jim was never dull, however. His political style was bare-knuckled. He took no prisoners. He was one of the colorful politicians that mark Texas history. ***** Congrats to Jay Trahan, first director of Orange Economic Development. Sharon Bearden is off on one of his famous deer hunts. Many stories, which you must subtract from, will be told about that trip. ***** Monday, Presidentelect Obama cited an “economic crisis of historic proportions.” First the bleeding must be stopped and that has already started on Wall Street when word got out Friday that Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers, both Centrists, would be in charge. Geithner, as treasurer secretary and Summers, who will head the national economic council. Obama is surrounding himself with experts.

With Sen. Hillary Clinton on board and Joe Biden as vice president, our world standing will improve like Wall Street did, almost overnight. Obama’s cabinet will be seasoned professionals like Bill Richardson, Geithner, Dashle, Ed Holder, etc. The work horses will be Obama’s inner circle: bright, young people like Rahm Emanuel, Greg Craig, David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, Pete Rouse, Phil Schillird, Patrick Gaspard, Ellen Moran, Robert Gibbs, Ron Klain and Jackie Norris. The White House staff is the one who will be helping Obama to get the country back on track, a team of Centrists who will be doing the heavy work for the cabinet.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Obituaries 10 Years Ago-2008 Harold Dean Osborne, 71, of Orange, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 18. Funeral services were Nov. 22. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Osbone, daughters, Vickie Easterly, Wanda Matejek and Belinda Hall, sons, Jerry Osborne and Tim Osborne, 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.***** Ida Marie Dickens Stark, 85, of Orange, died Wednesday, Nov. 19. Funeral services were Monday Nov. 24. She was also a charter member of the Orange Service League, had volunteered as a Gray Lady at the former Orange Memorial Hospital and served with the Orange Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee. She is survived by two sons and one daughter, William Henry “Bill” Stark III, Randall Hill Stark and Linda Stark Barras, 15 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.***** Katherine Mertice Rush, 86, died on Nov. 18. Funeral service was held Nov. 21. She was employed as a bookkeeper.

Katherine is survived by her husband, William “Percy” Rush, two daughters, Connie Wood and Linda Huebel grandson, Jared Wood.

40 Years Ago-1978 Vivian Morrow died on Nov. 26 after being in an auto accident near Longview. She had been to Oklahoma to visit her mother. She and husband Leland own Morrow’s Appliance stores. The Morrow’s came to Orange in the early 1940s. *****On Wednesday, Nov. 29, the Stark Museum of Art opened. The Stark family, primarily by Lutcher Stark and his wife Nelda, gathered all objects in the museum collection. ***** David Fusilier celebrated a birthday on Nov. 28. *****Brad and Brenda Lapeyrolerie celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary on Nov. 25.

John Lapeyrolerie turned 4 on Nov. 25. *****Grover C. Halliburton, attorney, now located at 707 Division Ave. ***** W.T. “Boss Cajun” Oliver treated folks from all parts of the country with a “Boucherie” to demonstrate the many facets of Cajun customs. A hog was killed, scraped and cooked over an open fire; big iron pots filled with cracklings. Cajun dishes were served while a Cajun band played. The pork fricassee served with dirty rice was hard to beat. *****Tyler Bearden celebrates his 7th birthday Nov. 29. His mom Carol and uncle J.B. both will mark birthdays on Dec. 13. *****Sports Illustrated features Houston Oiler running back Earl Campbell on its cover.

The cover’s “kiss of death” prevailed again. Earl was injured in the first period causing Bum’s Oilers to lose 13-3 to Terry Bradshaw and the Steelers.

A FEW HAPPENINGS

This year, Nov. 22, the day that John F. Kennedy was killed in Dallas in 1963, 55 years ago, falls on Thanksgiving Day. Almost every person over 60 years old recalls that dreadful day. Roy writes, in his Down Life’s Highway column, about that day and the times that surrounded why JFK came to Dallas. Check it out. It may bring back memories that had been forgotten.*****Last week, the picture of the 15 WWII Veterans, honored by the Lunch Bunch, appeared only in the County Record, not the Penny Record.

If you would like to have a copy, some County Records are available at our offices in both Bridge City and Orange.*****I was sorry to hear about the death last Thursday of Roy Clark, 85, who died at his Tulsa, OK home from pneumo-

nia. Clark was a favorite of mine, not just because of his great personality and talent and good will. He just made folks feel good. For 24 years he was a “Hee Haw” co-host but his musical talent was far deeper than that corn show.

He worked with greats like Hank Williams and Orange native, blues artist “Gatemouth” Brown. In 1969, Clark’s recording “Yesterday When I Was Young” was a big crossover success. In 1995, Roy preformed that song at the great Mickey Mantle’s funeral. Clark was the very first country star to open a theater in Branson. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008. He also was one of the great guitarists of our time and was a teacher to many others, including Brad Paisley. He inspired countless pickers. Clark was truly a beloved ambassador.* ****Environmentalists plan to build a $3.5 million, manmade oyster reef in Galveston Bay. That’s okay by me.

Bring on the oysters and lower the price.*****Last time we saw Capt. Chuck Uzzle, he and Hunter and their group of “Dead Eye” shooters were packed and headed to Oklahoma to hunt ducks and geese. They have a house there and hunt four times a year. From their local hunt they brought us a mess of birds, a Thanksgiving tradition. Capt. Chuck will surely give us a report on the Oklahoma hunt in his column. That should be interesting.*****Last week I checked on my friend John Heard. I hadn’t heard from him for awhile and I knew he and Linda had a bad blow from Harvey, plus John had health issues. Every year I have gotten oranges and grapefruit from John but so far he hasn’t gathered any citrus. He’s hoping to get some picked soon. There is no better than Orange County grown citrus, although Mr. Burrell says it hasn’t been a good year for grapefruit. We’re still hoping.*****Special thanks to Chuck Peterson for the fresh laid, brown, yard eggs. That guys a real character.***** Sean Gros, a real Saints fan, attended the Saints-Eagles game in New Orleans Sunday.

Tickets compliments of his dad. He hopes to be at the Super Bowl with the Saints playing in it. Sean just completed four years in the Coast Guard and is back in college.*****Thanks in advance to our friends Sue and Tommy Simar for the frozen figs they are bringing us we will soon turn into great fig preserves. The wet season cut down on fig production. We are thankful to be blessed with friends who remember us.*****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch won’t gather this week but will dine at Robert’s next week. Everyone welcome.

BIRTHDAYS Celebrating birthdays this week. Nov. 21: Jennifer Mott, Joel Steirman, Jason LeLeux, Bart Williams celebrate.

They are joined by former football players Michael Strahan, 46 and Troy Aikiman, 51 and actress Goldie Hawn, 72.*****Nov. 22: H.D. Pate, Butch Campbell, Larry Bridges, Belinda Thibodeaux and Jackie Roberts celebrate. Joining them are tennis player Billy Jean King, 74, actors Scarlett Johansson, 33, Mark Ruffalo, 50 and Jamie Lee Curtis, 59.*****Nov. 23: Barbara Beynton, Randall Morrie and Haylie Belcher celebrate. Also having birthdays on this day are singer Miley Cyrus, 25 and TV show host Robin Roberts, 57.*****Nov. 24: Celebrating today are Steve James, Cindy McLaughlin, Thomas Hutchison, Jeff Hollis and Candace Todora. Joining them are actors Katherine Heigl, 39, Colin Hanks, 40 and Billy Connolly, 75.*****Nov. 25: Kim Hubbard, Debbie Hughes, Sherry Hickman, and Amber Permar celebrate today. Also singer Amy Grant, 57, actors Kevin Chamberlin, 54 and Christina Applegate, 46.***** Nov. 26: Celebrating birthdays today are B.C. Elementary nurse Shelly Hollier, Christi Nelson, Taryn Hubbard, Dana Bryant, COS’s Eric Andrus and Judge Courtney Arkeen. Celebrating also is singers Tina Turner, 78, Natasha Bedingfield, 36 and actress Jamie Rose, 58.*****Nov. 27: DA John Kimbrough, Sharon Gregory, Betty Simonton, Cindy Huckabay and Shirley Kogas all celebrate today. They are joined by actress Robin Givens, 53 and politician Caroline Kennedy, 60.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK Billy Bob Boyd, a Texan, walked into Tee-Boy’s Bar and Grill and started bragging that no body could drink like a Texan could. Billy Bob said, “If any of you Cajuns can drink a whole case of beer in one hour or less, I’ll pay you $100.”

No one took him up on his offer and in fact Clovis Comeaux got up and walked out. A while later, Comeaux came back inside him, and axe da Texan if his offer was still good?

Billy Bob said, “Sure is pardoner, in fact, I’ll even pay for the beer.”

Comeaux told Leroy, da bartender, to line dem up.

Comeaux drank down one beer after anutta and finished dat case of beer in well under an hour.

Boy, dat totally amazed Billy Bob, da Texan. He paid for da beer and handed Comeaux $100 bucks. He was a little curious and axe Comeaux, “By da way, when I made da offer you left, where did you go?”

Comeaux answer, “Mais, I went to Boudreaux’s Lounge across town. I had to make sure I could do it me.”

C’EST TOUT

From all of us at The Record, our hope for you is a great Thanksgiving season. May you be blessed with good vittles and surrounded by family and love ones. Sunday Mark and the Dunn family, welcomed Mark’s daughter Jenna and her four children in from New Hampshire and Amber and her two boys from Kansas. Garrett and his two children are expected to make it Thursday and also Karen’s two other boys will join the family for Thanksgiving dinner. All in all Roy and Phyl’s three children, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren will celebrate Thanksgiving together, a rare occasion because of them being so scattered around the country. They will see some of the youngsters for the first time. A real blessing. Mark’s wife, Ethel arrived from Guatemala in time for the celebration and will be staying with the family for a few weeks.

A trip has been planned for her to visit Abbeville, LA, Roy’s hometown. She has heard the stories and looks forward to the Cajun tour and learning more about the Acadians. She speaks several languages but Cajun is not one of them. She’s interested in the culture and lots of memories will be made over the next two week at the Dunn place.

Hope you and your family will have a great time and also make lots of memories. This is especially important for the young who will take those moments with them for a lifetime. Happy Thanksgiving to all. May you all be blessed.

Take care and God bless.

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Orange County Happenings Public Workshop for Orange’s 16th Street The City of Orange will hold a public workshop concerning the appearance and safety of 16th Street on Tuesday, November 27 at 6:00 P.M. at the Orange Public Library in the Ira Williamson Meeting Room. During the meeting, property owners along 16th Street from Green Avenue to Interstate 10 are invited to make comments and present ideas on how to make the area cleaner, safer and more inviting to residents and visitors.

For additional information, please contact Interim City Manager, Kelvin Knauf, at 409.883.1055.

Come Celebrate Red Davis’ 90th Friends and family are invited to celebrate Oscar “Red” Davis 90th Birthday with us. On Sunday, December 2nd from 2-4pm at Wesley UMC Fellowship Hall located at 401 N.37th St in Orange. No gifts please.

First United Methodist Church VBS First United Methodist Church of Orange would like to invite you to its “Jesus’ Love Never Melts - Advent Vacation Bible School” on Saturday, December 8, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Family Life Center located at the corner of 5th & Elm. It is for ages Kindergarten through 5th Grade There will be music, crafts, games and snacks. Come enjoy the morning sharing the Love of Jesus with others.

Bridge City Chamber to host 10th Annual Christmas Light Parade

The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is once again kicking off the holiday season in Bridge City with its 10th Annual Christmas Light Parade. Trophies will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in the categories of Dance, Vehicle, Float and Ambulatory as well as one trophy for Best Overall. In addition to those awards, Mayor David Rutledge will award a Mayor’s Trophy and $200 to the best “One Starry Night” themed entry.

The parade will begin at 6 pm on Saturday, December 8th.

The parade route will begin on West Roundbunch Road starting at the First Baptist Church and ending at Bridge City Intermediate School. Applications to be in the parade will be accepted through Monday, December 3, 2018 and are available online at www.bridgecitychamber.com or at the chamber office located at 150 W. Roundbunch Road. Entry fee for the parade is a donated toy from each participant on the float.

The toys collected will go to the Bridge City/Orangefield Ministerial Alliance for their Christmas Toy Drive which benefits needy children in the Bridge City/Orangefield area.

For more information, call the chamber at 409-735-5671 or visit the chamber website at www.bridgecitychamber.com.

Bake Sale to benefit Scholarship fund A Bake Sale will be held on Saturday, December 15 starting at 9:00 am at the 1401 Park Ave (Parish Hall of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church). The profits will got to benefit the Scholarship Fund of Chapter GW of PEO (Philanthropic Education Organization).

Bridge City Police Department Bikes for Kids

Bridge City Police Department is once again hosting its Bike’s for Kids event on Saturday, December 22, 2018. This year 50 children will receive a bicycle, helmet, Christmas stocking and toys. Items needed for this event are: Toys (all ages including non-bike riding ages, for the siblings of kids receiving bikes), gift wrapping items, and small indoor blue Christmas lights. Volunteers will also be needed the day of the event. If you would like to donate, sponsor a child, or volunteer the day of the event, contact Detective Brittany Hilton at 409-735-5028. Donations should be dropped off at: Bridge City Police Department, 110 Rachal Avenue, Bridge City, TX 77611.

beth Berg. Linda Womack is Co-Hostess. Then on Sat., Dec. 8 - AAUW Annual Christmas Party will be held at the home local of local AAUW president Linda White and husband Billy in Vinton, Louisiana, beginning at 6 p.m.,at 1404 Horridge St., Vinton 70668. Please call Linda to advise her as to what food item each member is bringing. The following Thurs., Dec. 13 the AAUW Galloping Gourmet will meet at 7 p.m. at the Peking Garden Restaurant, 2433 Broad St., Lake Charles, LA 70601.

1st Annual “Share the Warmth” Children’s Coat Drive The City of Orange invites the Citizens of Orange and surrounding communities to help those in need by participating in the 1st Annual “Share the Warmth” Children’s Coat Drive.

Donations of gently used or new winter coats will be accepted from November 5 through November 26 between 8 A.M. and 5 P.M., Sunday through Saturday. Coats may be dropped off at the following 3 fire stations within the City of Orange: Central Fire Station – 501 N. 7th Street Fire Station #2 – 1919 Allie Payne Road Fire Station #3 – 1717 MLK Drive Coats collected during the drive will be distributed at Central Fire Station, located at 501 7th Street, on December 1 from 10 A.M. to 12 P.M. “This is an opportunity for us to ensure that no child has to attend school or endure the upcoming winter season without owning a proper coat or jacket to keep them warm. A coat provides hope, love, and confidence to a child in need, so please help us uplift and encourage our children through your generous and well appreciated donations.” Mayor Larry Spears Jr. For additional information, please contact the City Manager’s Office at 409-883-1055.

Notice of destruction of Special Ed records This notification is to inform parents/guardians and former students of Little Cypress-Mauriceville Consolidated Independent School District’s (LCMCISD’s) intent to destroy the Special Education records of students born in the year 1990, who are no longer receiving Special Education services.

These records will be destroyed in accordance with state law, unless the parent/guardian or eligible (adult) student notifies the school district otherwise.

Special Education records, which have been collected by LCMCISD related to the identification, evaluation, educational placement, or the provision of Special Education in the District, must be maintained under state and federal laws for a period of five years after Special Education services have ended for the student. Special Education services end when the student is no longer eligible for services, graduates, completes his or her educational program at age 22, or moves from the district.

After five years, the records are no longer useful to the District, but they may be useful to the parent/guardian or former student in applying for Social Security benefits, rehabilitation services, college entrance, etc. The parent/guardian or eligible (adult) student may request the records in writing or in person at the following address: LCMCISD Special Education Office, 6586 FM 1130, Orange, TX 77632. You may reach us by phone at 409-883-6970 or Fax: 409-883-3509. Requests for records must be received prior to November 30, 2018.

RSVP by November 21st by calling the Extension Office at 409-882-7010.

SETRPC unveils terrorism response plans

A free 90-minute briefing for the whole community on efforts completed and still in progress to prepare for a terrorist attack in Southeast Texas is set for 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4 at the Orange County Convention and Expo Center. The Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission was awarded a three-year, $1.1 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security in 2017, according to an SETRPC news release.

The Dec. 4 briefing will cover Year 1 accomplishments and Year 2 objectives.

“Great strides in Southeast Texas Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack Preparedness have been made in the last year with many more to come in Year 2,” the release said.

The briefing will provide a high-level overview and update.

Individual preparedness for citizens will also be a topic included in the presentation.

Dueling Piano Event - January 2019 United Way of Orange County is excited to bring back Pete’s Dueling Pianos. This large fundraising event will take place on January 26, 2019 at the VFW in Orange starting at 6:30 p.m. The February 2018 event was a huge success thanks in part to generous sponsors like you. We are looking to make this one bigger and better! If you’d like support United Way of Orange County and sponsor this fun event, please let me know which level of sponsorship you would like. Our event is expected to draw over 350 supporters. Participating businesses will be featured in our event program and each donor will receive recognition on our social media platforms.

We are also accepting auction items and door prizes. For auction items, please note - United Way Worldwide prohibits us from auctioning alcohol, tobacco, or firearms.

Wesley UMC fundraiser Wesley United Methodist Church will be selling this years crop of Durham/Ellis pecans and walnuts early November for our yearly fundraiser. Pecan halves and pieces $10.50 a pound and walnuts $8.50 a pound. Call Jan 409/734-8036 or the church 409/886-7276 to place an order or for additional information.

Golden K Kiwanis to meet Golden K Kiwanis meets every Wednesday from 9:3010:30 a.m. at the Orange Salvation Army Building, at the corner of MLK Drive and Strickland, also known as Old Highway 90. Coffee is always available and the public is always invited to hear a different speaker each week. The following speakers are scheduled: Wednesday, Nov. 21 - No Golden K Kiwanis due to Thanksgiving holiday. On Wed., Nov. 28 - GK Kiwanis welcomes Jackie Huckabay from Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to discuss Units Overseas. GK Kiwanis meets at 9:30 a.m. each Wed. at the Salvation Army Bldg., MLK and Strickland in Orange. The public is invited, and coffee is served. Admission is free. All members are expected to attend. Remember, coffee is always served and the public is welcome to attend.

Intro to Beekeeping class

Orange County Friends (OCF)

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office in conjunction with the Orange Apiary Committee is having an Intro to Beekeeping class on December 8, 2018 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Check-in will be at 8:30. This is a free class and will cover the topics of: Equipment, Personal Protective Gear, Honey & Hive Production, and Source for Bees. Snacks will be provided. This will be held at the Orange County Convention and Expo Center at 11475 FM 1442, Orange, TX. Please

The Orange County Friends (OCF) ladies will meet on Wed., Nov. 28 the OCF Day Bunco meets at 11 a.m. for a Dutch lunch at Tuffy’s Restaurant in Mauriceville, then plays Bunco immediately afterwards. Cost to play is $5 per person.

Tuffy’s is located near the intersection of Highways 12 and 62. Call or text Diane, 409.988.3243, for more information.

Dementia Care Givers Support Group The Dementia Care Givers Support Group meets at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Canticle Building, 4300 Meeks Drive in Orange on the following days and times: Second Wednesday of every month at 10:00am Second Thursday of every month at 6:30pm.

GOALS offers services The Greater Orange Area Literacy Services (GOALS) is now offering Reading, English as a Second Language (ESL), and Graduate High School Education (GED) tutoring to all adults 16 and older at no cost. Volunteer tutors are willing to meet once or twice a week at various locations.

Please telephone the GOALS office at 409.886.4311 and ask for Rhonda to register. You may email the office of GOALS at rhonda@goals-setx.com.

Seek & Find Resale Store Come visit us at Seek and Find Resale Shop sponsored by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. We will be selling tickets for our Christmas Quilt Raffle, tickets for the Gumbo meal, and our famous nuts. As always, we have lots of new items that will be sure to catch your eye. Come and see us at 985 W. Roundbunch Rd, Suite A (next to Happy Donuts). We are now open three days a week. They are Thursdays from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, Fridays from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm and Saturdays from 7:30 am to 12:30 pm. We have clothes for 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.

American Association of University Women The American Association of University Women (AAUW) will hold our AAUW Book-Ins will meet on Tues., Nov. 27th at 7 p.m. at the home of Diane Grooters on Hickory Trail where Lois Ferrell will review, “The Dream Lover,” by Eliza-

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BC man receives Service To Manking Award

Obituary - Memorial Elizabeth Faye Parish, 67, Orange

Richard “Buggar” Minter (center) from Bridge City received the “Service to Mankind” Award from the Port Arthur Evening Sertoma Club. Minter was honored for his work in the community with PTSD combat veterans and for working with combat vets at the Stiles Unit in Port Arthur. He also volunteers with the St. Kolbe Prison Ministry and the yearly Special Angels Rodeo. He serves as a Eucharistic Minister at St. Henry Catholic Church and is an active member of the Bridge City Knights of Columbus. He and his wife, Donna, have two children and 7 grandchildren. He was honored at a banquet at Benton’s on Nov. 13. Shown presenting the award are Sertoma President, Aaron Matte (left) and Mae Terro (right), Sertoma Chairman of the Board.

Wheeler Named BCCC “Employee of the Month”

She coached BC math students many of whom became UIL state champions. Faye also took numerous students under her wing that ultimately went on to receive the prestiElizabeth Faye Parish, 67, of Orange, Tex- gious Maribeau Lamar Scholarships. To say as, passed away on November 16, Faye had an impact 2018, in Orange. on her students Funeral services were held on would be an overTuesday, November 20, 2018, at whelming underClaybar Funeral Home in Orange. statement, but her Officiating was Reverend Keith memory and impact Meyer of Old First Orange Baptist will forever stay Church. Burial followed at Orange strong, through all Forest Lawn Cemetery. those who had the Born in Port Arthur, Texas, on chance to know and December 21, 1950, she was the love her. daughter of A.H. “Bob” Montagne Faye was devoted and Celeste (Francois) Montagne. to her family and Faye started her career at West friends, frequently Orange Junior High School before hosting celebrations going to Bridge City ISD in 1976 in her home which where she taught math for over 40 she thoroughly enyears. Students of Lamar State joyed decorating for College Orange also benefited every season and Elizabeth Faye Parish from her expertise as a teacher. holiday. She spent She took great joy in every second she was her leisure time at home reading, working able to touch her students’ lives. Faye’s dedi- crossword puzzles and tending to her flowcation to her students’ success in the class- ers. If she was not at home, you would freroom but also in their extracurricular activi- quently find her out shopping with her ties resulted in her receiving the Southwest- friends. ern Bell Award from UIL as well as the 2010 She was preceded in death by her parents, Reaud Award. Faye was also recognized as Bob and Celeste Montagne. She is survived the Bridge City High School Teacher of the by her children, Joe Parish and Sommer of Year (1986 and 2003), a Bridge City Chamber Lumberton, and Luke Parish of Katy; grandEmployee of the Month (1999), a Bridge City children, Caileb & Saige Linscomb and SarMasonic Lodge Mirabeau B. Lamar Teacher ah & Gabriel Parish; and siblings, Robert & of the Year and being listed 10 times in Who’s Lynda Montagne, Wilma “Rusty” Henry, DaWho in American Education. vid & Janet Montagne, and Ray & Susan Throughout her career Faye’s contribu- Montagne as well as numerous nieces and tions were acknowledged by both her stu- nephews. dents as well as her peers. In 1999, Faye ar Serving as pallbearers will be Joe Parish, rived at Bridge City High where the students Luke Parish, Kevin Montagne, Ben Meadand faculty were wearing red and buttons on ows, Caleb Meadows and Grant Montagne. their shirts that declared that day was “Faye The family would like to extend a thank Daye”. They presented her with her favorite you to Best Hospice, Mary Grimes and Marfood dishes, cards and notes of gratitude to garet Guidry her caregivers for the love and show how much she was loved. One of her kindness that they showed Faye. In lieu of colleagues described her as “the very defini- flowers, donations can be made to BCH Faye tion of above and beyond” when talking Parish Scholarship Fund and sent to 4464 about her dedication to education.

Memorial Drive, Orange, Texas 77632.

Pictured left to right: Maureen McAllister, Dianne Richoux, Marilyn Wheeler, Lori Landry-Johnson, and Robert Sullivan.

The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce announced Marilyn Wheeler, Associate at Walmart Bridge City as the November Employee of the Month. Marilyn accepted the acrylic award, sponsored by Sabine River Ford, from Chamber Ambassador Maureen McAllister, President & CEO of United Way Orange County, at the chamber’s November Networking Coffee hosted by Bridge City

Bank.

Marilyn was nominated by Dianne Richoux, Assistant Store Manager at Walmart Bridge City, who said, “Marilyn has been a dedicated hard-working employee at Walmart for 38 years since the Bridge City store opened. She is well known for her kind smile and great customer service skills.”

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The times and murder of President Kennedy n

The country came to a stand still awaiting Kennedy’s fate…

Down Life’s Highway Roy Dunn For The Record For more than a year, President John F. Kennedy had sought the trip to Texas that ended tragically the afternoon of Nov. 22, 1963.

The national pain and trauma that followed his assassination produced the Kennedy legend.

Kennedy had two distinct purposes in mind, and wanted the visit to Texas to achieve them. The first was to raise money. The second was to improve his own political position in a state that promised to be critical in the presidential election of 1964.

Nationwide, his popularity was at its lowest point.

The president had threatened that if he didn’t carry any other states, he wanted to carry his home state of Massachusetts and that of vice president Lyndon Johnson: Texas. It was a point of pride. Texas had 25 electoral votes at this time, and he had just barely carried the

24 in the election of 1960, winning the state by a mere 46,000 votes.

Texas had supported Kennedy strongly in 1956 for the vice presidential nomination that he didn’t get. Then, in 1960 Kennedy became tied to Texas when he offered Johnson the second position on the ticket. There isn’t much doubt in my mind that Kennedy would have lost Texas without Johnson.

In fact, LBJ ran two races in 1960 for the vice presidency and also for his old Senate seat. Ironically, he polled 140,000 more voters for the Senate than he did for vice president.

In 1961, for the first time in 84 years, Texas sent a Republican to the Senate: John Tower was elected. Both in 1952 and 1956, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower carried the state of Texas. The state was conservative, and only Johnson on the ticket pulled the Kennedy team over Richard Nixon in this state. John Connally was Texas’ governor. He too was a conservative, and not much could be gained for him in the president’s visit to Texas. But he had been pressured into the move, and it was decided that Kennedy would visit San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth and Dallas and end his trip with a big $100-aplate rally in Austin the night of Nov. 22.

Business people feared Kennedy. His roll back of steel prices had not helped him. He needed to gain their support. Kennedy partisans

usually would support a Connally opponent. There wasn’t much to be accomplished by the governor playing host to the president’s visit.

Senior senator from Texas Ralph Yarborough and vice president Johnson were verbally at odds. The senator’s support generally came from arch liberals and labor.

He had run three expensive campaigns for governor in the 1950s before finally being elected to the Senate. He wasn’t in favor with he state Democratic leadership, and thus Yarborough remained the enemy of Johnson, both in the Senate and after LBJ became VP. A constant clash between the two on patronage existed. The president was aware of this situation.

On Thursday, Nov. 21, Kennedy dedicated the Aero-Space Medical Center at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, followed with a motorcade to the downtown section. He spoke at an appreciation dinner for Albert Thomas in Houston that evening. Then Friday morning, he was the speaker at a Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting. The Texas visit at this point had been very successful. The only hitch was that Sen. Yarborough had refused to ride in the San Antonio and Houston motorcades with Johnson. The morning papers had made an issues of the YarboroughJohnson clash.

But on this day, the two

This 1960 JFK Campaign poster hangs not he wall near my desk at the County Record.

would ride together, the president instructed, which they did both leaving Forth Worth and in the Dallas motorcade. An ugly advertisement appeared Thursday night in the Dallas Morning News. Also on the previous Tuesday, the paper had run the route the motorcade in Dallas would take. Dallas was a potentially dangerous place for the president to appear because of its past.

United Nations Ambassador Adlai Stevenson had recently been hit on the head with a picket sign. And in 1960, then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson had been spit on by Nixon supporters. People spoke openly about Dallas

being a dangerous place for Kennedy to go, but no one really believed anything would happen.

Four of us: then District Attorney Jim Morris, attorney Louis Dugas, attorney Jerry Zunker, and I; had left the Orange County courthouse and arrived at a location on Second Street in Orange where we made arrangements to have raw oysters on the half shell. As we emerged from our car, the motorcade was entering Dallas. Up to this point, everything had gone well.

Sometime about 12:30 p.m., one of the waitresses came to the private room where we were dining and announced that the presi-

dent had been shot in Dallas. We half suspected it was rumor, but still openly discussed the possibilities.

Upon re-entering the automobile, all that could be heard on the dial was that the president had indeed been shot. After arriving back at the courthouse, I visited Sheriff Chester Holts who lived in the quarters below the jail. It was soon announced on his television that the president had died.

I saw bitterness on the sheriff’s face, and I later saw this strong man shed tears during the funeral procession.

The rest is history. Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of shooting the president and mortally wounding him. We saw vice president Lyndon Johnson be sworn in

by Judge Hughes as the new president of the United States.

Every American, regardless of his political philosophy, felt grief and bitterness that comes in the wake of the assassination of one of its leaders. The course of history was changed on this day by an assassin’s bullet. I remember it as if it had only recently happened. Chances are, if you are over 60 years of age, you too will recall where you were at that precise moment: November 22, 1963.

(Side Note:) A carload of Orange County Liberals were on their way to Austin to attend a big $100 a plate rally when they heard on the car radio that the president had been shot. They turned back toward Orange only to hear the announcement that JFK had died and LBJ had become president.

Thank You Orange I want to express my sincere appreciation to the City of Orange and all of my many friends throughout our community for the honor bestowed upon me in renaming the community center on my behalf.

It is my hope that the

Essie L. Bellfield Community Center remains a vital part of the Orange community long into the future.

Thanks also to all the wonderful people who have invited me to share Thanksgiving Dinner with them this year.

You are much appreciated and loved.

Your Friend,

Essie Bellfield

Former Longtime City of Orange Councilwoman

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New App Launched By BCISD

Search “Bridge City ISD” in your app store today SOME FEATURES INCLUDE:

• Anonymous Bully Reporting system

• Alerting system which will inform of bad weather days, school closures, etc.

• Tip-Off Reporting system for suspicious behavior, criminal activities, or suicide alerts

• Calendar of news and events which you can customize via in-app settings

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Texas Music Educator Association Middle School All Region Choir Members for 2018

Bridge City Intermediate School Salutes Veterans Veterans were honored at the Bridge City Intermediate Veterans Day program directed by Mrs. Megan Tingle.

Annually, BCI Honor Choir students pay tribute to soldiers past and present by reading patriotic quotes, singing songs in honor of each branch of service, and observing a moment of silence for fallen Veterans. Veterans and their family members are also invited to a reception afterwards where students give handmade cards of thanks to them.

Red Ribbon Week at Bridge City Intermediate School

L-R Mrs. Tilley, Isabella Putnam, Kellynn Nelson, Keely Robinson, Diana Heraldez-Guzman and Mr. Arthur Ferris These four young ladies earned the honor to perform with the “best of the best “middle school vocalist in a grand concert on Saturday, November 10th in the Performing Arts Center on the campus of West Brook High School in Beaumont, TX. The 7th graders are already looking forward to competing for a position in this great event again next year. 8th graders Kellynn and Diana are very excited about moving to the next level at High School where they will be able to compete all the way to the State level with a chance to perform at the annual TMEA convention in San Antonio.

These ladies are prime examples of “The Voices of Pride”

Stark Museum of Art & Service League of Orangs teaches BCI students beauty of art

Bridge City Intermediate students celebrate ‘Red Ribbon Week’ to encourage them to stay drug free!

Throughout the week, students are reminded about the dangers of drugs. Students enjoyed showing they were saying no to drugs by dressing up each day….. ‘shading out drugs’, ‘socking it to drugs’, ‘putting a lid on drugs’, dressing in red from top to bottom for ‘red out’ day, and ‘hooked on books, not on drugs’ day.

BCHS students also inspired students at a pep rally to be drug free so they are able to participate in extracurricular activities as they get older.

The Service League of Orange and the Stark Museum of Art visited Bridge City Intermediate fourth graders to help promote the beauty of art. The students learned about different art mediums and how artists use them creatively. Students used watercolors to create their own work of art.

BCISD school board takes campus tour

Bridge City Volunteer Fire Department

Bridge City Volunteer Fire Department comes each year to teach Bridge City Intermediate students about fire safety. Students learn to make an exit plan in case of a fire emergency as well as experience a real house filled with smoke that they have to find their way out of. These experiences are shared with family members and may make a difference in their safety at home.

BCISD school board members Mark Anderson and Jerry McInnis along with other members of the board took a tour of Bridge City Intermediate School on Thursday. The board members where greeted by students and faculty and enjoyed lunch in the BCI cafeteria.

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SPORTS AND OUTDOORS

MORE LUCK THAN SENSE Capt. Dickie Colburn For The Record It could only happen to Andy Wright.I picked up the phone and even before I could say “hello”, Andy was begging for a short trip on the river.“Have you got even an hour open this afternoon,” he pleaded.“I am head- Dickie Colburn ed to a job in Alabama and I would love to bounce a Hoginar off the bottom one more time.”

A growing number of fishermen fish the bladed bait all year long, but outside of throwing it at schooling redfish, I reserve the deadly little bait for deep jigging in the bayous and the river from late October to early March.That fact is not lost on Andy!

He was living in Port Arthur in the late 70’s when James Chargois was kind enough to not only introduce us to the bait, but show us where and how to fish it as well.He fished it deeper than anyone else at the time and for that reason alone, seldom had to worry about anyone else fishing his better spots.

Aside from one community hole that was too close to the launch to hide and consistently drew a crowd when the stripers showed up, we considered anything he had shown us to be off-limits.There was more than enough water left for Andy and me to find our own fish once James had tutored us!

When the striper bite, now nearly non-existent, exploded he was one of the first local anglers to catch them virtually any time he wanted.Not unlike the redfish he targeted, these hard pulling game fish favored cruising the same deep haunts.They, too, could not resist the tiny bladed lure slowly bounded off the bottom.

The list of the best at fishing this lure was short at the time and virtually every one of them fished their own stretch of the river or the Intracoastal.Because it was all but a guarantee that you were going to lose several every trip, those same individuals ordered the components and built their own.

They also had their own ideas about improving a lure that was very basic in its stock form.The models hanging on tackle shop pegboard were very simply a fish shaped piece of metal, with a weighted nose and two treble hooks.

The changes usually included two new hooks that were significantly stronger and a wider variety of colors of reflective tape adorning the sides of the lures.Some anglers, myself included, opted for only a single rear hook.Much to our surprise, James would often remove the reflective tape and simply color the sides black.

He also fished the lure more effectively because he developed not only a technique, but a tool for retrieving snagged lures. This was pre-braided line and most snagged lures COLBURN Page 3B

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Cowboys save season with upset wins over Philly, Atlanta KAZ’S KORNER Joe Kazmar For The Record

Joe Kazmar

It’s really strange how momentum can change the whole outlook of a National Football League team. A break here, a break there and the goals every team sets for itself before the season begins all of a sudden pop into focus.

At the halfway point of the 2018 season two weeks ago, the Dallas Cowboys Dallas Cowboy quarterback Dak Prescott. were floundering with a very sub-par 3-5 record with Dak Prescott were instru- Brett Maher’s 42-yard field games coming up with the mental in Dallas going 13-3 goal as time expired.

The extended drives by defending world champion and getting into the playthe offense gave the defense Philadelphia Eagles and the offs.

The last two weeks Zeke time to rest and recoup not-so-shabby Atlanta Falhas been breaking into the which really showed up the cons.

One loss of those two secondary and either mow- past two weeks.

The leader of the Cowgames would really make it ing down the opposing corvery difficult to earn a play- nerbacks or merely leaping boys’ defense for the past few years has been Sean Lee, off berth and two would over them like a hurdler.

In both cases, he’s mak- but the fact he’s been intake a miracle to get into the ing it much easier for jured more than healthy the post-season.

It wasn’t exactly a miracu- Prescott to search out his last three seasons prompted lous play or a favorable call targets by keeping the de- owner Jerry Jones to nab a from the game officials that fense honest and aware of middle linebacker in the draft to spell Lee, who currighted the Cowboys’ sink- his presence.

The bottom line is that rently is nursing a haming ship but the outstanding play of star running back Elliott has gained 151 yards string problem.

Vander Esch was drafted Ezekiel Elliott and rookie rushing and another 50 middle linebacker Leighton catching passes against the in the first round from BoiVander Esch that played a Eagles in the Cowboys’ 27- se State and has already huge part of turning things 20 victory and then got reaped huge dividends. more than 200 yards of total Cowboys fans don’t even around for the Pokes.

Elliott suddenly returned offense Sunday in the Pokes’ know Lee is not on the field to the form he displayed his narrow 22-19 win at Atlan- because Vander Esch got rookie year when he and ta, thanks to new kicker some great tips from Lee on

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how to handle certain situations.

Dallas and Atlanta both displayed rock-ribbed defenses with Bridge City’s 43-year-old veteran kicker Matt Bryant keeping his Falcons in the game by booting four field goals.

Dallas held a slender 6-3 lead as the first half became a battle of field goals between Bryant and Maher.

Vander Esch had an errant Matt Ryan aerial bounce right into his arms for his second interception in as many games and returned the football 28 yards to the Atlanta 31. Two plays later Elliott burst up the middle for a 23-yard touchdown and Maher’s extra point put Dallas ahead 19-9 KAZ’S KORNER Page 3B

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Mustangs ready for 10-1 Sweeny

-Mustang receiver Jay’zn Robinson catches a Tyrone Wilson pass in the Mustangs 76-3 win over the Huntington Red Devils. Robinson had two catches for 29 yards.He leads all receivers 25 catches for the year.

RECORD PHOTO: Abigail Stephens

Mustang freshman Elijah Gales finished the game with 206 yards on 7 carries and three touchdowns.

RECORD PHOTO: Carolina Arreola

Dave Rogers For The Record A 72-6 bi-district win will do a lot for a team’s confidence, but the going figures to be a bit tougher for West Orange-Stark when it takes on Sweeny Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. in a Class 4A Division II area round game at 1 p.m.

Friday.

The neutral site for the Class 4A Division II game is Texan Drive Stadium in New Porter.

The winner faces either Jasper or Bellville in the region round next week.

Sweeny, the District 11-4A Division II runnerup, is 10-1 after scoring a 21-14 bi-district win over 12-4A third-

place squad La Grange last week.

But the Bulldogs have outscored their opponents by an average margin of 44-8 this season, losing only to Wharton, 17-15.

The 21 points they scored against La Grange were the fewest they have scored in any of their 10 wins, topping 50 points on four occasions.

They outscored their trio of Houston ISD opponents in 11-4A (Scarborough, Kashmere and Booker T. Washington) 187-13.

The Bulldogs finished No. 11 in the Class 4A AP Top 10, meaning they topped the “also receiving votes” list.

Senior quarterback Joe Effenberger has passed Sweeny to 847 yards and 13 touch-

downs against just two interceptions, according to MaxPreps stats.

Junior Justice Clemons has 18 catches for 399 yards and eight TDs. But the Bulldogs pick up 75 percent of their 400 yards offense per game on the ground.

Senior Cameron Adams has rushed for 1,255 yards and 11 touchdowns while junior Quinton Martin has 809 yards and eight TDs overland.

The slow-starting 10-4A champion Mustangs, now 7-4, have won five in a row since falling to Jasper, 34-24, in their last non-district game.

Quarterback Tyrone Wilson has 1,336 yards of total

offense, with 1,039 passing for five touchdown, with four interceptions. Jay’zn Robinson (25 catches, 353 yards, one TD) and Brettlin Wiley (22-438, four TDs) top the receiving charts.

Running back Kayvn Cooper leads the Mustangs with 629 yards and six TDs rushing and four other players have 294 yards or more.

The trip to Texan Drive Stadium will be the second in as many weeks for the Mustangs, who had their first 50-plus scoring day of the season in the bi-district matchup against 3-8 Huntington, 9-4A’s fourth-place squad.

The Mustangs totaled 599 yards, 13.6 yards per play, in scoring 10 TDs.

Elijah Gales scored three times on his seven carries that covered 206 yards, and teammate Ja’Marcus Ross scored twice on only three carries, while gaining 53 yards.

A total of six Mustangs combined for nine rushing TDs and Jerren Terrell threw for 85 yards and a touchdown to Chavon Crawford.

The Mustangs are averaging 31.2 points scored and 325 yards per game while allowing 16.5 points and 238 yards per game.

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Kayla Nichols, Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School soccer standout, signed a letter of intent Nov.

14 to play with East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, beginning in the fall of 2019.

Her academic studies with be geared toward graduating with a degree in nursing.

Kayla is a four-year varsity letterman at LCM, playing center midfielder for the Lady Bears, according to

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She was awarded Newcomer of the District and Team MVP at the PNG tournament her freshman year and awarded Utility Player of the District and Team MVP at the PNG tournament her sophomore year.

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Little Cypress-Mauriceville quarterback Adam Pope chipped in 150 total yards (100 passing). His 35-yard run set up a QB sneak for a TD that cut Navasota’s lead to 17-7 at halftime.

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• The Record • Week of Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Kaz’s Fearless Football Forecast This Week’s Pigskin Picks WEST ORANGE-STARK (7-4) over SWEENY (10-1) 1 p.m. Friday at New Caney—The Mustangs aren’t facing a fourth-place, 3-7 team this week. The 10-1 Bulldogs lost only one district game to playoff-bound Wharton 17-15 and only gave up 85 points this season including a 21-13 nipping of La Grange in the bi-district playoffs last week. The only advantage the Mustangs might have for this area contest is an extra day of preparation.

LAMAR over NORTHERN IOWA Thanks to the Cardinals’ great finish this season, they were selected for the XCF Playoffs which begins this weekend.

Don’t know much about NIU except they played a similar schedule as the Big Red.

AREA PLAYOFF GAMES Houston Strake Jesuit (10-1) over Beaumont West Brook (92), Nederland (10-1) over Marshall (9-2), Port Neches-Groves (8-3) over Lindale (7-4), Splendora (10-1) over Van (9-1), Henderson (7-4) over Lumberton (6-5), Jasper (11-0) over Bellville (7-4), Wharton (8-3) over Silsbee (7-4), Giddings (10-1) over Liberty (7-4), East Chambers (10-1) over West (8-3), Cameron Yoe (10-1) over Diboll (10-1), Woodville (11-0) over Grandview (9-2), Muenster (10-1) over Lovelady (9-2), Newton (10-0) over Grand Saline (7-3), Grapeland (10-1) over Detroit (4-6), Beaumont Legacy Christian (6-4) over Shiner St. Paul Catholic (3-8), Garrison (9-2) over Alto (8-3), San Augustine (9-2) over Jewett Leon (8-3).

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Air Force over Colorado State, Ole Miss over Mississippi State (both Thursday); Ohio over Akron, Cincinnati over East Carolina, Eastern Michigan over Kent State, Buffalo over Bowling Green, Iowa over Nebraska, Texas over Kansas, Missouri over Arkansas, South Alabama over Coastal Carolina, Toledo over Central Michigan, Central Florida over South Florida, Oregon over Oregon State, Houston over Memphis, Virginia over Virginia Tech, Oklahoma over West Virginia, Washington State over Washington (all Friday); Miami over Pittsburgh, Temple over Connecticut, Kentucky over Louisville, Clemson over South Carolina, Michigan State over Rutgers, Georgia Southern over Georgia State, Marshall over Florida International, Boston College over Syracuse, Michigan over Ohio State, Northwestern over Illinois, Georgia over Georgia Tech, Duke over Wake Forest, Wisconsin over Minnesota, North Carolina State over North Carolina, Louisiana Tech over Western Kentucky, Old Dominion over Rice, Southern Mississippi over UTEP, Boise State over Utah State, Utah over BYU, Appalachian State over Troy, Wyoming over New Mexico, UAB over Middle Tennessee State, California over Colorado, Stanford over UCLA, Vanderbilt over Tennessee, Oklahoma State over TCU, Florida over Florida State, Penn State over Maryland, Texas Tech over Baylor, Fresno State over San Jose State, Iowa State over Kansas State, LSU over Texas A&M, Purdue over Indiana, Tulane over Navy, Louisiana-Monroe over Louisiana-Lafayette, SMU over Tulsa, Florida Atlantic over Charlotte, Arkansas State over Texas State, North Texas over UT-San Antonio, Notre Dame over USC, Alabama over Auburn, Nevada over UNLV, San Diego State over UNLV, Arizona State over Arizona.

Kaz’s Korner early in the fourth quarter.

The Falcons used Bryant’s fourth field goal and a touchdown pass to Julio Jones to tied the game at 19-19 with less than two minutes remaining.

Zeke was at his best after the ensuing kickoff as he powered his way up the field, despite three timeouts by the Falcons, putting the Cowboys in position for Maher’s game-winning field goal.

Two weeks ago, the Dallas Cowboys were ready to fold their tent and run up the white flag on the 2018 season.

But thanks to some great individual efforts by many of the Cowboys, they will be playing for a first-place tie against the NFC East Division-leading Washington Redskins in the annual Thanksgiving Day game tomorrow at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

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KWICKIES…Congrats to the Lamar Cardinals for finishing the regular season with six straight victories, with the last one a narrow 21-17 win over my alma mater, the McNeese State Cowboys Saturday night in Lake Charles. Lamar soundly outplayed the Cowboys, garnering 448 yards of total offense to the Pokes’ 305. And for their great finish, the Cardinals have been invited to participate in the XCF Playoffs with a first-round game against Northern Iowa later this week at a site to be determined.

There was little change for the top teams in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll with the first six teams—Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, Michigan, Georgia and Oklahoma—remaining the same as last week. No. 7 Washington moved up one place, No. 8 LSU jumped two

Colburn Fishing could not be saved by simply tugging on the monofilament line.If the flimsy stock hooks didn’t give way, the lure was history.

Braided line is an ally, but because they will seemingly swim on their own to hang up on the nearest ghost crab trap or piece of sunken debris, hundreds of pounds of Hoginars now lie on or near the bottom of the more productive fishing holes.

Finally….back to Andy and his uncanny good fortune.

We made that quick run and an outgoing tide that was not

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spots and was tied with Central Florida which came up three places and Ohio State which dropped one place to No. 10. Two teams jumped into the poll—No. 23 Army Black Knights and No. 24 Pittsburgh.

One of the games in the college football spotlight this week will be LSU at Texas A&M as the Aggies try to get back in the Top 25 with a win. The Las Vegas Boys rate this game even. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday and will be televised on the SEC Network.

It looks to me that all a college ball carrier has to do before being tackled is to lower his head, causing a helmetto-helmet incident which usually gets the tackler ejected from the game for targeting.

During the recent election, 69 per cent of Florida voters chose to eliminate greyhound dog racing, which will

mean more than 3,000 people will be unemployed and 8,000 dogs will be up for adoption.

slime covered object neared the surface, however, I saw the broken crap trap float line and grabbed it to keep him from breaking my rod.

“Don’t put that nasty thing in the boat I warned him,” just before I heard the unmistakable thud of the wire trap bouncing off the floor.

“I don’t think this spot is a secret,” he yelled as I stepped down off the front deck to assess how much mud and algae was now on the floor of the boat. There was indeed a pile of black gunk, but lodged

in the twisted wire were several rusty jig heads, two spoons and thirteen Hoginars.

Andy graciously offered me the jig heads before lowering the trap back over the side.“Why did you do that,” I asked.“The boat was already a mess and we could have removed the trap.”

“Now you know where to get a few more Hoginars if you ever run out,” he replied.

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

JUST BETWEEN US… The Dallas Cowboys weren’t the only Texas team that squeaked out a victory Sunday. The Houston Texans also saw their game against the Washington Redskins end with a field goal, but fortunately it was a 63yard game-winning effort that fell short, insuring the Texans their seventh straight victory, 23-21. The win marked the first time since 1925 (93 years) that a team started the season 0-3 and then won seven in a row.

That team was the New York Giants and tied the 2011 Texans for the longest win streak in franchise history.

Head Coach Bill O’Brien is 28-1when the Texans are leading at halftime.

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supposed to start until much later yielded four slot reds and one oversized fish.Just before quitting time, he hung his Hoginar up and after a few futile tugs I urged him to break off and call it a day.

“Since we are quitting anyway, let me try a little longer to save your lure,” he asked. I moved us upstream with the troll motor and he excitedly announced, “It’s moving……I think I caught us an outboard motor!”

With his luck I would not have been surprised.As the

Texas Game Wardens Honored for Life-Saving Heroics Staff Report For The Record

AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Executive Director Carter Smith honored several men and women for their outstanding acts of service at the 14th annual Law Enforcement Division Awards Ceremony.

The ceremony recognized Texas game wardens, noncommissioned TPWD employees, first responders from other agencies and members of the general public.

“We are extremely proud of our game wardens, our fellow first responders and

members of the public who exemplify professionalism and service by assisting our citizens,” said TPWD Law Enforcement Division Director Col. Grahame Jones.

“Our game wardens routinely respond during highly stressful situations and are often times the first to arrive during natural disasters or search and rescue scenarios.”

Among the many heroic efforts recognized, include: During a March 2018 shooting incident in Bowie County, a game warden’s quick and heroic actions saved the victim’s life. After being told the victim was dead and the suspect barricaded inside a house, the

game warden saw the victim move and make sounds. The warden instructed a local police officer to cover him and, without regard to his own personal safety, pulled the victim out of harm’s way, and provided critical first aid until EMS arrived on the scene. The warden then returned and coaxed the suspect to surrender peacefully.

On Lake Tawakoni in April 2018, game wardens responded to a 911 call of a boat capsizing in heavy winds, with a man trapped under the bow of the overturned vessel. With aid from a DPS helicopter, wardens rescued the elderly man, who was soaked in gasoline and

PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL

Chicago over Detroit, Dallas over Washington, New Orleans over Atlanta (all Thursday); Jacksonville over Buffalo, Baltimore over Oakland, Tampa Bay over San Francisco, Philadelphia over NY Giants, Cincinnati over Cleveland, New England over N Jets, Seattle over Carolina (Upset Special), LA Chargers over Arizona, Indianapolis over Miami, Pittsburgh over Denver, Minnesota over Green Bay (all Sunday); Houston over Tennessee (Monday Night). Bye Week for LA Rams and Kansas City.

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suffering from hypothermia.

After loading the victim into an ambulance, wardens learned from the man that his brother was also onboard. They returned to the lake and located the brother clinging to a floating buoy, also bringing him to safety.

Other heroic lifesaving efforts recognized include the rescue of a U.S. Border Patrol agent and an undocumented alien suffering from heat-related injuries in a remote area of Brewster County; saving a 9-month-old in a near drowning incident; providing critical first aid and assistance to car crash victims; and several water-related rescues.

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• The Record • Week of Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Seasonal Rainbow Trout Stocking Begins Statewide Nov. 30 Staff Report For The Record AUSTIN – After a long, hot summer, many Texans are looking forward to going outside and enjoying the long-awaited cool weather this holiday season. Starting Nov. 30, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be stocking thousands of cold weather-loving rainbow trout at ponds, lakes and rivers statewide so that family members of all ages can enjoy the crisp seasonal air and catch a feisty, colorful sport fish for fun or to prepare a tasty meal.

With 170 locations being stocked throughout the state, from El Paso to Texarkana and everywhere in between, most Texas anglers are likely to find a place close to home to enjoy catching these fish and spending time in the outdoors.

For urban and suburban families in major cities, Neighborhood Fishin’ lakes offer some of the best opportunities to catch rainbow trout this winter. TPWD manages 19 Neighbhorhood Fishin’ lakes statewide in most major urban centers, including Austin, DallasFort Worth, Houston and San Antonio. These lakes are stocked with rainbow trout every two weeks and offer plenty of amenities so that family members of all ages can enjoy a fun and relaxing day fishing and connecting in nature.

Families looking to spend a day or weekend exploring a

Texas State Park can add fishing to their list of activities, as 22 state parks throughout the state will receive periodic stockings of rainbow trout this winter.

Many state parks offer excellent fishing amenities such as fishing piers and shoreline access, cleaning stations, and equipment rentals for tackle and kayaks or canoes. As a bonus, state parks are the only locations in Texas that anglers can fish for free without a fishing license.

For anglers interested in tailrace fishing, TPWD will be stocking rainbow trout below several dams and spillways, which often have very cool water and provide excellent conditions for trout fishing. This year, TPWD will stock rainbow trout into the Canyon Tailrace on the Guadalupe River below Canyon Lake, the Lewisville Tailrace located on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River below Lake Lewisville, and the Possum Kingdom Tailrace on the Brazos River below Possum Kingdom Lake.

Other stocking locations include dozens of local city and county managed park ponds, the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center casting pond, and several rivers including the Frio, South Llano and Guadalupe rivers and the Clear Fork of the Trinity River.

Rainbow trout can be caught on a variety of baits and lures. Depending on an angler’s experience level and interest, they can be caught using simple, light tackle or

A Texas fisherman takes a look at his nice stringer of stocked Rainbow Trout.

on hand-tied flies using a fly rod. Other tips to consider when trout fishing include arriving early to stocking sites on stocking days, maintaining a safe and courteous distance from fellow anglers, keeping an array of baits and lures nearby and having ice available when harvesting trout to keep fish fresh.

TPWD will be stocking a total of 322,568 rainbow trout at all locations from Nov. 30 through the beginning of March. Because rainbow trout are unable to survive in Texas after the winter, anglers are encouraged to keep up to their daily bag limit of five trout. Rainbow trout are an attractive, tasty

With 170 locations being stocked throughout the state, from El Paso to Texarkana and everywhere in between, most Texas anglers are likely to find a place close to home to enjoy catching these fish

fish found on many restaurant menus, and anglers can easily find recipes to prepare these fish online.

In Texas, children under 17 fish for free, but a fishing license is required for adults in the family.

An angler fishing in a

Community Fishing Lake or from a dock, pier or jetty within a Texas State Park may use no more than two poles. The statewide bag limit is five trout, except on parts of the Guadalupe River where special limits are in effect.

Fall Foliage Putting on a Show at Texas State Parks AUSTIN— Magical shades of red, orange and yellow leaves are coloring Texas State Parks’ landscape statewide just in time for Thanksgiving.

“Our parks are ripe with change, and natural cycles, but few changes are quite as inspiring as Fall foliage,” said Ky Harkey, director of interpretation for the Texas Parks

and Wildlife Department.

“Cool weather and Fall colors make these months popular for visitors to Texas State Parks.”

With the recent cold snap, several state parks offer opportunities for families to enjoy the fall foliage in all its glory.

In northeast Texas, state parks like Atlanta State Park,

Daingerfield State Park, Lake Bob Sandlin State Park and Martin Creek Lake State Park are bursting to life. At Lake Bob Sandlin State Park, the maple, sweet gum and black gum trees are hitting their peak. This week, the hickories, oaks and sumac trees should burst to life.

With the recent cold front forecast, Central Texas parks

are predicted to have their foliage change in the next several days. The bald cypress trees at Guadalupe River State Park are changing colors and the cedar elm, red oak and post oak trees are expected to start turning thanks to the cooler temperatures.

Lost Maples State Natural Area is known for sporting

dazzling displays of fall color and that is the case this year with the leaves increasingly changing each week. The big tooth maples are currently yellow with a tinge of red.

The mesquite trees are sporting amber leaves while the sumacs are a vibrant shade of red. The maple trees are expected to turn reds and oranges just in time for

the Thanksgiving holidays.

Visit the Lost Maples website to view this season’s foliage reports from the park. Lost Maples usually reached capacity on weekends, so visitors are encouraged to plan their visit early in the morning or on weekdays. Visit a park soon or look for fall foliage photos at your favorite state park’s Facebook page.

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• The Record • Week of Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Day Quickie Blueberry Bread Turkey Chicken and Dressing Payne’s Pantry By Anne Payne

Payne’s Pantry By Anne Payne The big Turkey Day is here, so how about a quick fix for that anticipated poultry day?

I promise that it will not take you long to cook this dish.

This recipe is from the 1970’s recipe notes of my late mom.

She was a career mom who loved easy to cook dishes, t.v. dinners, pot pies, and crock pots. She was a great mom, but cooking was not a high priority if it took very much time since she was a busy lady. She cared for my ailing grandfather (her dad) and uncle (her brother), both with Parkinson’s Disease, with the help of a caregiver, while working full time.

She then came home to Daddy and me, her only child.

Equipment needed: 13”X9” pan Cooking spoon Measuring cup Medium mixing bowl

Here us a quick and refreshing holiday bread for breakfast or snacking, Blueberry Bread.

Equipment: 2 loaf pans, sprayed with vegetable cooking spray, such as PAM Large mixing bowl Large cooking spoon Measuring cup Measuring spoons Foil to cover cookie sheet Cookie sheet for loaf pans

Ingredients: 1 pkg Pepper. Farms cornbread dressing 1 stick butter 1 chicken-boiled/deboned or (4-10 oz cans chick. w/water, drained) Salt & pepper to taste 1-10.5 oz can cream chicken soup mixed w/1 soup can filled w/milk 1-14.5 oz chicken broth, low sodium 8 oz light sour cream (optional) Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter in 13”X9” pan.

Remove from oven. Then, add half a bag of Pepperidge Farms cornbread dressing mixture. Please do NOT use any other brand. Flatten the mixture with back of a spoon. Now, layer the fresh cooked or canned chicken, sour cream (optional), can of soup with can of milk pre-mixed together before layering, and the other half of dressing mixture. Next, shake the can of chicken broth before opening, then pour on top of assembled mixture, smoothing with back of spoon over top. Bake about 40 minutes until bubbly golden. Serves 8 to 10. Enjoy the chicken and dressing as a T-Day pre-cursor!

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Directons: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare loaf pan(s).

Combine buttermilk, egg, and oil in large bowl, mixing well. Add flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg. Stir until blended. Slowly and gently fold in blueberries. The batter will be stiff.

Pour the batter into one or two loaf pans, depending upon size of loaf pans. Do not fill them all the way to top.

Just a little over half full is best. I always place the loaf or loaves on a cookie sheet, usually foil-covered, to avoid oven spills. Bake 60-65 minutes or until toothpick comes clean when placed in middle of loaf. Cool 15 minutes in pan. Then, place on wire rack to cool completely. Yummy, but watch for blueberry stains on fingers, hands, and face!

The Stark Museum of Art celebrates the holiday season with an encore exhibit of Spirit of Bethlehem: The Boehm Porcelain Nativity. The exhibit will be on view in the Museum’s Lobby beginning on Tuesday, November 20, 2018 and continuing through January 5, 2019.

Spirit of Bethlehem tells the Christmas story through the figures of a sixteen-piece Nativity scene in white bisque porcelain. Boehm Porcelain (founded in 1950) produced the set of figurines in the years 19791983. Centuries of tradition inspired the artisans of the Boehm studios. They followed the Biblical accounts enriched by medieval stories in designing the porcelain sculptures. The set includes the Christian Holy Family and those gathered at the manger such as angels, shepherds, kings, townspeople, and animals. The works of Edward Marshall Boehm (1913-1969), founder of Boehm Porcelain, also gave

inspiration to the project. Boehm established the firm’s identity with his naturalistically modeled birds in porcelain, but he also made works with religious subjects.

Spirit of Bethlehemis a gift to the Stark Museum from the estates of David and Sara Lindsey, 2016. “We invite the public to make a visit to the Museum as part of their

holiday experience. Over the past several years, the Museum has had a tradition of holiday exhibits. This year the Museum is bringing back this beautifully crafted Nativity scene. Boehm Porcelain is noted for excellent design. The white surface, highlighted with gold on the three Kings, creates an aura of elegance,” commented Sarah Boehme, Museum cu-

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Keeping Your Health on Track During the Indulgent Holiday Season

The holiday season can be an indulgent one, full of cookies, candies, heavy meals and eggnog. While no one wants to rein in the fun during the merriest time of year, there are simple ways to keep your health on track during this indulgent holiday season.

• Stick to Routines. To the best of your ability during this hectic time of year, attempt to stick to routines that promote wellness. Set a bedtime and honor it. Hit the gym. Meditate.

Do whatever it is that keeps you grounded and feeling your best.

• Drink Up. Many people associate dehydration with the warmer months. But in winter weather it can be especially easy to forget to stay well-hydrated, especially when you’re indulging in alcoholic beverages at all those holiday parties.

Remember, water doesn’t need to be the only source of hydration you think about this season. Soups and purees made from hearty winter vegetables, as well as citrus fruits do the trick, too, and their nutritional properties can help keep you healthy in winter.

• Make Substitutions. Other healthful substitutions you can make this holiday season include topping pies with Greek yogurt instead of cream, using apple sauce in place of oil and nut flour instead of white flour in baking, and serving vegetable mash as an alternative to mashed potatoes.

• Be Mindful. The holiday party circuit can be dangerous when it comes to making nutritious choices. When you enter a party with a buffet set-up, it can be tempting to reach for the richest foods first. Before indulging in the canapes and Swedish meatballs, try filling up a plate with crudité first. While you’re doing so, get a good look at all the options available.

This way, you’ll be more likely to savor choice items you’ll truly enjoy.

A joyful holiday season doesn’t mean you must pack on pounds or feel under the weather.

By keeping your health on track throughout this indulgent time of year, you can start 2019 with your best food forward.

• Keep Things Organically Sweet. Staying on track doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the sweetness of the season. Instantly boost the flavor of your favorite meals with organic honey. One great option is Organic Honey In The Raw. USDA Organic Certified and Non-GMO Project Verified, it’s made from pure nectar collected from exotic wildflowers found in the remote Caatinga region of northeast Brazil. The hand-harvested, sustainable honey is raw (never heated above 117 degrees) and unfiltered, so it retains the benefits of bee pollen.

And just one tablespoon of organic raw honey provides the right amount of sweetness and flavor for any dish or drink, including year-round staples like oatmeal, yogurt, tea, and more.

You can also consider giving a honey makeover to all your favorite holiday recipes, including glazes and sauces for meat and poultry, cocktail recipes, and of course baked treats.

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