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Kaz’s Korner

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Evy’s Cajun

HEALING POWER OF PRAYER

Kitchen

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Vol. 57 No. 47

The Community Newspaper of Orange, Texas

Week of Wednesday, March 16, 2016

OC River Festival returns with Elite Redfish Series Tommy Mann Jr. For The Record

A tradition featuring fishing and family fun returns to Orange this spring. The Elite Redfish Series is headed to Orange this spring for a three-day tournament beginning Friday, April 8 and ending on Sunday, April 10. The event, presented by the Stark Cultural Venues and hosted by the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce, will be held in conjunction with the Orange County River Festival featuring tons of family activities, live music, carnival rides, games, vendors, food and more. Parking and admission to the festival and weighin for the Redfish Classic are free each day. On Saturday, April 9, the fes-

St. Joseph Alter Feast March 19 Staff Report For The Record

St. Mary Parish Annual Altar honoring St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church will be held Saturday, March 19, at St. mary Catholic Church, 912 W. Cherry, Orange. This special event will include a luncheon of Pasta Milanese, baked fish, casseroles and vegetables along with desserts, prepared in the Sicilian tradition will be served (dine in only). St. Joseph Chaplet will be recited at 10:30 am, followed by the Blessing of our Altar at 11 am. Donations will be accepted by those participating, with proceeds being distributed to local charitable organizations. Donations are needed to provide fruit, other food items, flowers are also needed for flowers on the Alter, or one may volunteer to help with the program. Please contact Rosalie or Pat Clark 409-8862577.

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tival will feature numerous activities suitable for the whole family. Highlights include The Cure Starts Now “Race Against The Odds” 5K Run/Walk, as well as the live music performance by Craig Campbell. The “Race Against The Odds” 5K Run/Walk will be held at 8 a.m., Saturday, April 9 in Orange. The cost is $35 for the 5K run/walk and $20 for kids fun run and price includes a performance shirt for the 5K and a cotton T-shirt for the kids run. Refreshments will be served following the run and participants receive an outstanding finishers medal. The event is a timed event and place medals will be presented by age group for men and women. The purpose of the event is to raise money for pediatric brain cancer research and is being held in memory of Corbin Burnett and Indy Parkhurst. Those interested in participating may register online at events.thecurestartsnow.org/redfish-elite-series5K. Country music artist Craig Campbell will perform at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 9, at the City of Orange Boat Ramp following the day’s fishing activities and in conjunction with the Orange County River Festival. Campbell, 37, is a native of Lyons, Ga. and is a former member of Tracy Byrd’s touring band. He signed to Biggger Picture Music Group in 2010 and has released two EP’s and two albums since that time. His self-titled, full-length debut was released in April 2011 and peaked at number 11 on the U.S. Country chart and number 65 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart behind the strength of singles “Family Man,” “Fish” and “When I Get It.” In May 2013, he released his sophomore album “Never Regret,” which reached number 27 on the U.S. Country chart and number 96 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart and featured the Top 20 hit, “Keep Them Kisses Comin’” and “Outta My Head.” In 2015 Campbell released the single “Tomorrow Tonight,” which hit radio stations in May and is the first song from his yet-to-be-announced album for Red Bow Records where he signed following his previous label’s closure. With two Bassmaster Elite Series fishing tournaments to its credit, Orange has quickly become a fishing destination location in the past few years. Another high profile tourna-

Rising water from Adams Bayou covers the parking lot of the Orange Boat Club on Tuesday afternoon. RECORD PHOTO: Tommy Mann Jr.

Bluebird Fish Camp is partially submerged as water from the Sabine River rises over Simmons Drive. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

Two houses and a vehicle on DuPont Drive near South College Street are surrounded by rising water on Tuesday afternoon. RECORD PHOTO: Tommy Mann Jr.

Simmons Drive is closed to motorists as rising water begans to flow into Orange from the Sabine River. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

Vehicles move slowly as water covers the road near Alabama and DuPont Drive, which is the entrance to the Port of Orange. RECORD PHOTO: Tommy Mann Jr.

The Bayou Club is almost totally submerged by the Sabine River as flood waters rolled into Orange on Tuesday. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

Flood Waters Arrive Tommy Mann Jr. For The Record

Although Orange County escaped the heaviest rainfall during this past week’s storm system which drenched much of Texas and Louisiana, many parts of the county have not been as fortunate with rising water in the Sabine River. Areas north of Orange County received various amounts of rain this past week, as much as 18-inches in some areas including the Toledo Bend reservoir. Rising lake levels forced the Sabine River Authority to open its nine spillway-

gates to released as much as 207,000 cubic feet of water per second at its peak, which has led to downstream flooding along the Sabine River. As of Tuesday afternoon, all nine spillway-gates remain open but the flow has been reduced to 67,164 cubic feet per second. The Burkeville gauge reached its peak flood stage of 53.82 feet on Friday, March 11, which is more than 6-feet above the previous flood stage record set in 1989. The gauge at Bon Wier reached its peak flood stage of 44.21 feet FLOOD WATERS Page 3A

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Bridge City Chamber to host annual golf tournament Staff Report

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Spring is right around the corner and one of the most popular annual spring fundraisers has been scheduled. The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce has announced its 14th Annual Golf Tournament for Saturday, May 14 at Babe

Zaharias Golf Course, which is located at 3500 Jimmy Johnson Blvd. in Port Arthur, Texas. The deadline to register for the event is Saturday, May 7. The cost is $60 per player and the registration fee includes golf, green fee, cart, beverages, food and door prizes. Mulligans are available for $5 each with a limit of two per player.

For those interested in sponsoring the event, sponsorships are available for $100 each and include recognition in the form of a tee box sign, as well as publicity during the event and following the tournament. “This is just one of the fundraisers we do for the chamber each year,” said B.J. Hanneman of the Bridge City Chamber of

Commerce. “Along with annual chamber banquet, the dinner theater and the celebrity roast, these fundraisers allow us to support and promote our members, provide upkeep on the building and to promote the chamber itself and encourage people to shop in Bridge City.” Registration forms are avail-

able online at www.bridgecitychamber.com or, for more information or to register, interested people may call the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce at 409-735-5671, Jerry Jones at 409-735-6801 or 409626-1789 or Gerald Robinson at 409-735-6801 or 409-6261786.

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Local residents work together filling sand bags on Tuesday as water rises in the Sabine River and pours over into areas east of Highway 87 near Hartburg. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

At the Precinct 1 Road and Bridge facility on Highway 87 several hundred residents filled sand bags and loaded them into their vehicles to protect their homes from rising water from the Sabine River. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

FREE Family Fun! Vendor/Sponsor booths & more!

A group of people finish placing sandbags in front of Farmers Mercantile in downtown Orange on Tuesday afternoon. RECORD PHOTO: Tommy Mann Jr.

Orange County River Festival At the City of Orange Boat Ramp FRIDAY, APRIL 8

9AM-5PM David Rogers’ Big Bugs at Shangri La Gardens 1-10PM Orange County River Festival • Carnival 1-8PM Gopher Industrial Kids Fish Tank 4PM Weigh-Ins for Redfish Classic 6PM Musical Entertainment 7:30-9:30PM Brad Brinkley & Comfort Zone in Concert

SATURDAY, APRIL 9 8AM 9AM-4PM 9AM-5PM 11AM-4PM 11AM-11PM 4PM 6PM 8PM

The Cure Starts Now 5K Run/Walk Art in the Park at Stark Park David Rogers’ Big Bugs at Shangri La Gardens Gopher Industrial Kids Fish Tank Orange County River Festival • Carnival Weigh-Ins for Redfish Classic Chad Richard in Concert Craig Campbell in Concert

SUNDAY, APRIL 10 11AM-6PM Orange County River Festival • Carnival 11AM-4PM Gopher Industrial Kids Fish Tank NOON-5PM David Rogers’ Big Bugs at Shangri La Gardens 4PM Weigh-Ins for Redfish Classic

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Flood Waters on Sunday, March 13, which is 6.3 feet above the flood stage recorded in 1989. The National Weather Service expects a slow decrease at both locations as the week progresses. In Deweyville, the Ruliff gauge was forecasted to peak at 36.2 feet on Tuesday, March 15, according to the National Weather Service, which would be a new record of more than 7-feet above the flood level record set in 1989. However, the river crested at 33.5 feet according to reports on Tuesday. The water reached major flood stage of 28-feet on Saturday, March 12, and was expected to peak by Tuesday, March 15, at 35.2 feet, according to the Sabine River Authority. Mandatory evacuations were ordered by Newton County officials for Deweyville residents this past week in anticipation of rising water. Over the past weekend, State officials closed the section of State Highway 12 through Deweyville at the Texas-Louisiana border as well as though north of the area such

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as State Highway 63. The Orange-gauge was forecasted to rise above the flood stage of 4-feet on Monday, March 14 and climb to its peak of 7.5 feet by Wednesday, March 16. This forecast is 1.6 feet above the flood level recorded in 1989. It had reached 6.3 feet by Tuesday afternoon. The Orange County Emergency Management Coordinator’s office issued a mandatory evacuation notice for locations in the Orange area, including areas north of Interstate 10 and east of State Highway 87 all the way to the Newton and Orange County lines. Madatory evacuation orders were issued for areas south of Interstate 10 and east of the Union Pacific Railroad which runs parallel with 16th Street and State Highway 87. All of the Cove area was included in the mandatory evacuation as well. Voluntary evacuations were issued Monday morning in the City of West Orange for residents living close to Adams Bayou, as well as Dayton Street

and areas east. The City of Pinehurst issued a voluntary evacuation notice on Monday, which became mandatory on Tuesday, for businesses and residents near Adams Bayou, including those on MacArthur Drive near the bayou. Also included in the notice were 29th Street, 30th Street, 31st Street, 33rd Street and those on Camelot, Lancelot, Somerset, Enchanted Oaks and Concord which were previous impacted by Hurricane Ike. Orange County Sheriff Keith Merritt has called in extra man-power and will have deputies patrolling areas which are being evacuated. The American Red Cross has mobilized and has set up emergency shelters across the region for those impacted by flooding. In Orange County, the American Red Cross has established a shelter at First United Methodist Church, which is located at 11929 State Highway 12 in Mauriceville. This shelter can accommodate residents from the Orange-area and

those from Deweyville as well. A second shelter was opened Monday afternoon at North Orange Baptist Church, 4775 N. 16th St. in Orange. According to Eric Jones of the American Red Cross, the organization’s first priority has been establishing shelters and feeding those needing assistance, but it will soon shift to distributing relief supplies. “This is an a-typical flood,” Jones said in a statement. “Most floods rise and fall in a few days. This one is more challenging because it will rise and remain high for the next threeto-five days.” Other shelters have been opened at First Baptist Church of Kirbyville, located at 105 N. Barrow Ave. in Kirbyville, and Burkeville Baptist Church, 268 County Road 2092 in Burkeville. Jones stated more shelters are anticipated to open in the Golden Triangle by the end of the week. By late Tuesday, the American Red Cross was preparing to open a shelter inside the Montagne Center of Lamar University which could house more than 400 evacuees. As waters continued to rise

on Tuesday, several road closures were reported. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced the closure of Interstate 10 on Tuesday morning and began re-routingraffic was being re-routed in Beaumont north to U.S Highway 69 and U.S. Highway 96 to Interstate 20. Locally, several roads are flooded. In the northern part of Orange, West Bluff Road from Elmira east to the river was barricaded because of water. Other areas with water reported included Pine Bluff Road, East Allie Payne, Armitage at FM 3247, Holliman Circle, and FM 1130 from FM 3247 North to Bear Path was declared impassible. The City of Orange reported water over the road on Simmons Drive, John Street near Simmons, North Street at Third Street, all streets in the Navy Park Addition, 27th Street at Eddleman, Sixth Street at Cordrey east to Simmons Drive, and Beverly and Eddie in Greenway I addition. By Tuesday afternoon, officials had closed Green Avenue

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at Fourth Street as floodwaters continued moving up from Simmons Drive. The United States Postal Service issued a notice stating retail sales and mail delivery would be suspended in the Orange-area effective Wednesday, March 15 until further notice. Postal service customers may pick up mail at the main post office location in Beaumont with proper identification.

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ment will add to that reputation. The 2016 Classic Kick Off will feature anglers who qualified during the 2015 tournament season competing at the three-day event with the top prize being a Yellowfin Boat with a Yamaha motor and a custom Ameratrail trailer. Practice begins on Sunday, April 3 and continues through Thursday, April 7.


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From The Creaux’s Nest SUPER TUESDAY—IT’S DONE— MOVING TOWARD NOVEMBER Sen. Bernie Sanders has expanded his double digit lead among millennial in the Democratic presidential race. However, a new USA Today/Rock the Vote poll finds a way for Sen. Hillary Clinton to solve her generation gap and that is to go heads up with Donald Trump. In November voters under 35 would choose Clinton by a crushing 52 percent to 19 percent. Among whites she would be backed by nearly 2-1, 45 percent to 26 percent. With Hispanics she wins 4 to 1, 61 percent to 14 percent. Among Asians by 5 to 1, 60 percent to 11 percent. Among African Americans by 13 to 1, 67 percent to 5 percent. Clinton would carry young men and women by identical margins of more than 2 to 1. Nearly one in four Republicans would defect to the Democrats if the GOP nominates Trump. One of the very best things for the Democratic Party is Bernie Sanders. He’s a good man, with far-fetching ideas. Some of his programs would make for an ideal world if at all possible. The reality is that it’s taking too big a bite and unrealistic. Bernie has been able to do some things that no one since the Vietnam War, that’s getting young people to vote. Baby Boomers, the EX-generation and others have stayed away from the polls in large numbers as youngsters. If Bernie can’t get the nomination, but supports Hillary and brings a third of his new voters, Democrats would not only elect Clinton but win the Senate and if Trump is the GOP nominee, it is very likely, the Republican Congress would lose many seats. Trump will make it a big sweep for Democrats and if Bernie brings his millennial to join Hillary, it could be the worst defeat the Republican have taken in years. That is exactly why every effort will be made by the GOP to deny him the Republican nomination. The Democrats race will go on for some time yet.*****I’ve got to move on. Come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm. HOW HIGH’S DA WATER MAMA? Well, its four feet high and rising. I had never heard of rising water causing such a stir before. TV news donated their entire 30-minute news show to flood water. They repeated that it is a record rise for the Sabine River from water released from the Toledo Bend Reservoir. Flooding will occur all up and down the Sabine River Basin. Newton County will get the blunt of the rising water, the Deweyville area is totally submerged, Burkeville, Bon Weir, along with Kirbyville, are covered with river water. Nine floodgates at Toledo have been open since last week. Parts of Orange are covered. In Orange, the Kristin Chenoweth show, scheduled for Wednesday at the Lutcher Theater, and Saturday’s music festival on the Riverfront Pavilion have been canceled. Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center are closed for now because of rising water from Adams Bayou. The area will have very few flooded out houses in Orange compared to Ike. The county is less affected with less than 5 percent of the residents having water problems. The closing of IH-10 in Louisiana probably affects the county more than anything. Back in the 1950’s, flooding in downtown Orange was common place. There were few outlets, Coopers Gully, and a couple others. There also weren’t any lift stations or pumps. Almost every time we got a big rainfall, flooding would occur. We kept sand bags stored and when it rained, we would stack them at least two bags high at each door at our store on Second Street. When we got the OVN building, on Sixth Street, bags of sand were stored in the back room. I recall a 10-inch rain in the early 50’s that did a lot more flooding damage than the Sabine River overflow will do. I found it kind of amusing how some media folks were running around hyping flood waters like we had been hit by a massive storm. It’s very little damage in comparison to some of our storms of the past. To those that were hit, it’s just as devastating. Some people like Bill, our distribution manager, who lives in Deweyville, has lost everything, home and belongings. TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 10 Years Ago-2006 The 25th Mauriceville Crawfish Festival Pageant had more than 100 beauties participating. Maureen Bais was named Senior Queen; Tiny Miss Queen, Taryn Matthews; Little Miss Queen, Ashton Cotton; Petite Miss Queen, Burgundi Mason; Baby Miss Queen, Emma Pressley; Dainty Miss Queen. Kenna Peveto and Toddler Queen is Daisy Cutchins.*****Pat Pate undergoes fourth surgery on her back Tuesday in Houston. She will be in a cast for six to eight weeks. (Editor’s note: Pat had another surgery about five years ago and is getting along quite well.)*****Bridge City native Matt Bryant signs to stay in Tampa Bay. The free agent kicker requested $1.5 million. Three other teams wanted his service.*****A pleasant, early morning is a fresh cup of coffee and visiting time with Mary Stanton, manager of Express Mart. She makes it a great way to start the day along with a fresh cup of Joe.*****Workers have recovered what was left of three pianos from Fats Domino’s Ninth Ward

home in New Orleans. His home was under 10 feet of water when the levee broke. Louisiana State Museum are hoping the Domino family will donate the black Baby Grand Steinway for a travel exhibit about Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Fats lost everything including many awards.*****The Dallas Cowboy’s sign Terrell Owens for $2.5 million. I wonder how long that honeymoon will last with Coach Parcells?*****Orangefield Lady Bobcat Katie Sandels is named to 3-A All State Basketball Team. She also participated in volleyball, golf and track all four years of high school.*****GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Johnny Jackson Vaught, 75, longtime resident of Bridge City, died March 13. He is survived by his wife of 54 years Arlene and their children and several sisters.*****Etha M. Crowell, 86, of Bridge City, died March 14. Graveside services were held March 17, with Darrell Segura officiating.*****William “Tex” Smith, 80, of Orange died March 15. Those left to cherish his memory are his daughter and son-in-law Vicki and Roney Baxter son and daughter-in-law Larry and Rachal Smith.*****J.A. Murdock, Jr., 81, former assistant superintendent and director of classroom instruction at L.C.-M, died March 16. He was raised in the Corsicana State Orphans Home where he graduated from high school in 1943. He entered the U.S. Navy and after WWII earned a masters degree at SFA. He became athletic director and head coach in Kountze before coming to Orange where he retired in 1983. He is survived by wife Marjorie of Deweyville, son John and daughter Nancy and their children.*****Geneva Johnson South, 90, of Orange, died March 17. She is survived by sons Luther South and Larry South and their families.*****Alma Beverly Davis, 78, of Orange, died March 17. She is survived by her husband Bert Davis and their children.*****Bobbie Gunstream Copeland, 86, died March 18. She lived in the McLewis community for 42 years. A member of Winfree Baptist Church, she had been a Sunday school teacher for many years.*****M.J. Breaux, 76, of Bridge City, died March 18. Service was held at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City with the Rev. Dale Vance officiating. He was a Korean Army veteran. He is survived by his wife Frances and their children.*****Mary “Sass” Maulsby, 71, of Bridge City, died Sunday March 19. Service was held at St. Henry Catholic Church on March 23, with Father Jim McClintock officiating. Sass was a 1951 Stark High grad, real estate agent, and avid bridge player. Survivors include her husband of 54 years Gene, son Arthur, sisters and brothersin-law Judy and Gene Hidalgo and Pat and Richard Payne and sister-in-law Kate Mulhollan. (Editor’s note: Gene and Judy have also died since then.)*****Edwin Andrew Guyote, 43, of Bridge City, died March 20. Service was held at St. Henry on March 22. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Joseph Guyote. 40 Years Ago-1976 A few businesses around Bridge City are Lee’s Texaco, 1505 Texas Ave., Curtis Lee owner; The Print Shoppe, Hwy. 87, Tim and Ann Lieby owners; Silver Dollar Liquor Store, 230 Texas Ave., Wynne Hunt, Burt and Del Mires, owners; Cecil Grocery, 440 E. Roundbunch, Cecil Williams owner; P.S. Tire and Supply, 2200 Texas Ave., Jerry Pesson and Bobby Smitherman, owners; Howard’s Food Center, 1150 Texas Ave., Howard Morse owner; Gravely Tractor, Hwy. 87, Patton family owners; H&E Automotive, 2420 Texas Ave., Huey Simon and Paul Eason owners.*****Allen “Buck” Patillo is sheriff, some of his top brass are Col. Noel Bratton; Maj. Sterling Simoneaux, Capt. Aubrey Bickham, Lt. Harvey Barron, Lt. Jim Cook, Lt. Jim Reed, Lt. Earl Droddy, Lt. Michael Ramsey, Gene Zunker, Russell Lambert, Larry Franklin and J.T. Bradley.*****Louvenia Hryhorchuk is running for re-election as county tax assessor.*****Jimmy Conn puts up billboard in the esplanade on Texas Ave., in Bridge City, that reads, “Orange County streaking championship, Doug Harrington finalist vs Roy Dunn, three time champion. Free tickets available at Harrington’s Pharmacy.” The sign was a picture of two streakers racing. (Editor’s note: Conn was always up to something. Once he put up a 4x8 plywood sign announcing a big, free party at Roy’s place with address, time and date. Y’all come. Roy and Phyl locked the house and left town.)*****Some of the writers for the Opportunity Valley News are Gordon Baxter, Ann Lieby, Dick Corder, Joe Kazmar, Betty Em, Harold Beeson, Bo Lewis, Dennis Hall, Joyce Poche’, Roy Dunn and Debbie Wheeler. Nina Harden is the editor.*****Debbie Bishop is bride elect of John Johnson. Regina Gibbs to wed Carl Pointer. Angela Perkins to wed Anthony Giarratano.*****Art students from North Junior High win awards in Beaumont art competition. They are Cathy Ramsey, Norma Roberts, Dianne Bass, Angie Bellaire, Reagan Dugas, Ray Mitchell, John Hardin and Mike Wofford. A FEW HAPPENINGS Robert Griffin, III and Johnny Manziel were Texas legends, Heisman Trophy winners, Griffin at Baylor, Manziel at Texas A&M. Once coveted celebrity athletes, they join the ranks of the unemployed. Manziel was released Friday from the Cleveland Browns, Griffin was released by Washington. He is expected to be picked up by someone as a back up. Manziel, once known as “Johnny Football” faces a much tougher job situation. The boy took a gold bar and turned it into pewter. What a shame.*****Roy writes a Life’s Highway column on his Irish side and how the Opportunity Valley Newspaper was born on St. Patrick’s Day. A picture of the front page of that paper appears with column. Steve Worster, All American and National Champion at Texas and Pete Runnels, sports editor of the OVN, appear on the front page. Pete used his notoriety as sports editor in the popular paper to propel himself into politics. He won his first, in over a dozen elections, since. He defeated a popular Jim Morris to become Democratic Chairman, a powerful seat back then and as they say, “The rest is history.” We didn’t have any equipment, you can tell we cut out letters and glued them down for headlines. The paper was laid out on the floor, using scissors and glue cans. Every word in the paper had to be typed twice in order to justify the columns. There was no way of making copies, so newspapers had proofers who ran the original ads to the customers for them to proof. Today, we print a newspaper using a satellite. It’s like night and day in just 45 years.*****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch gathers at Robert’s this week and will dine at PK’s Grill next week. Newly elected tax assessor Karen Fisher, reelected constable David Cagle and Sheriff Keith Merritt enjoyed a victory lunch at JB’s last week. Everyone is always welcome.*****We ran into longtime friend

Jackie Wilson last week. We haven’t seen her in a long time. As Grover Halliburton’s longtime secretary she has a barrel full of stories about the late attorney. She is now legal secretary for Jim Dunaway.*****If you are in the market for a new tractor, or will be in the near future, now is the time to visit David Self Tractor in Buna or Winnie. Mahindra has some great deals across the board on all their products. If you go to Buna tell our friend George we sent you. He will make it possible for you to get a tractor. They will arrange the financing to fit your budget on the world’s #1 selling tractor.***** *****A few folks we know celebrating their special day. On March 16, Brandy’s sister Buffy Doiron celebrates as does Cody Edwards, Karli Anderson, Leslie Paula Robinson and Jordan Doiron. Celebrities having birthdays on this day are comedian Jerry Lewis, 90, and actors Erik Estrada, 67 and Victor Garber, 67.*****On March 17, Brenda Swan, Josh Sims, John Tallant, Sally Wingard, Stephanie Hughes, Luke McFarlane and Tiffany Moreau celebrate. They are joined by actors Rob Lowe, 52, Kurt Russell, 65 and Patrick Duffy, 67.*****March 18 finds our buddy of many, many years Corky Harmon notching another year. It doesn’t seem so long ago we were youngsters full of pee and vinegar. Celebrating also are Beth Shepherd and Tammy Stark. Joining them are singer Adam Levine, 37, actress Vanessa Williams, 53 and country singer Charley Pride, 78.*****On March 19, a lovely lady, Carol Emerson, celebrates as does Larry David. I believe it’s the Gumbo Chef’s 75th. They are joined by actor Bruce Willis, 61, actress Glenn Close, 69 and it’s hard to believe but actress Ursula Andress is now 80.*****On March 20, Palm Sunday, those celebrating birthdays are Kamela Latiolais, Diane Sims, Erma Goss, Brittany Backer, Ben Walles and Jan Savage. Celebrities joining them in celebrating birthdays are director Spike Lee, 59, actors Michael Cassidy, 32 and Bianca Lawson,36.*****On March 21, former Bridge City High star Johnny Dishon gets a year older as does Pam Nugent, Barbara Mosier, Harold Scales, Lisa Roberts, Ramona Hugg and Kyle Anderson. They are joined by Scott Eastwood, 30 (Clint’s son), actor Matthew Broderick, 54 and TV show host Rosie O’Donnell, 54.*****On March 22, Carsen Carpenter celebrates. Also Wanda Taylor, Robert Thomas, Carroll Kile and Kyle Leyendecker. They are joined by Texan star J.J. Watt, 27, actress Reese Witherspoon, 40 and sportscaster Bob Costas, 64.*****Quote of the Week:“I’m not married, I don’t have a girlfriend, I don’t have kids, I just want to play ball and I want to win, I really want to win.” The remarks were made by Mark Sanchez, new Bronco quarterback, successor to Payton Manning, when he had his introductory news conference Monday in Denver. I’d say the boy is committed to football. I have a lot of confidence in Elway’s Q.B. picking.*****Sports briefs: Green Bay Packers free agent, defensive tackle B.J. Raji, intends to step away from football for at least the 2016 season. Raji said he was walking away from a very nice deal from Green Bay. Raji said he realized his passion for football had waned after the 2015 season. “This game is hard, and I’ve got too much respect for myself and the Packers to come back just for the sake of money.”*****Steelers wide out, Martavis Bryant, is suspended for one year for violating league substance abuse policy. This is Bryant’s second discipline. Last year he was suspended for four games. *****Colt’s linebacker, D’Qwell Jackson. was found guilty Monday of simple assault in Washington, D..C. The case stemmed from a 2015 assault of a delivery driver.*****The Real Texas Gun Show, scheduled for the weekend at the Expo Center, has been canceled so the Center can be used as an emergency command post for high water rescue and first responders. The Gun Show will be rescheduled at a later date.*****Depending on the rise of flood waters, Joseph Catalina, of the Cajun French Music Association of Nederland, will be playing French music at Peggy’s on the Bayou on Fridays and Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Remember you can bring your own bottle and Peggy’s is now serving crawfish and Lenten specials. Peggy’s will be closed Easter Sunday. CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK Thopile Thiboeaux, after a tree day drunk, left T-Boy’s Bar and Grill and caught da Greyhound bus to Baton Rouge to visit his ex-wife. Thophile smelled like a distillery him when he flopped in a seat next to Father Bilbeaux, da Catholic priest of Mamou. Thophile him, wore an old tie stained wit gumbo, his face was plastered wit real red lipstick and a half empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. Thophile opened da newspaper he had picked up on da bench and began reading. After a few minutes, he turn to Father Bilbeaux and axe, “Say Fater, wat causes Arthhrtis, hanh?” Father Bilbeaux look Thophile over and he answer “Mister, it’s caused by loose living, being wit cheap, wicked womens, too much of dat alcohol and a contempt for your fellow man.” Thophile scratch his head and said, “Well, I’ll be dam.” Den he return to his paper. Father Bilbeaux tinking he was hard on Thophile apologized, “I didn’t mean to come on so strong me, how long you got arthritis you?” Thophile say, “I don’t got Arthritis me, I was jus reading rat here dat da Pope does.” C’EST TOUT With all the evil around there are still some good people among us. While shopping, 90-year-old Opal Hawley left her billfold in her buggy at Wal-Mart. The person who found it drove to her home and put it in her mailbox. She said after much prayer it was such a blessing to find that “gift.” Ms. Hawley would like to thank the good Samaritan who returned her billfold to her complete with all the contents..*****Well, I’ve run out of time. Thanks for yours. Just thought I’d end with a feel-good story. Take care and God bless.


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Two Steps, One Sticker in second year Red Cross offers ‘Safe and Well’

Orange County is stepping up to assist customers during the second year of the “Two Steps, One Sticker” program for vehicle inspection and registration. On March 1, the transition year ended, and vehicles should now have one convenient expiration date for inspection and registration. Here is what Orange County vehicle owners need to do from this point forward: Take a look at the date on your vehicle registration sticker than follow the two steps. Step 1: Pass a vehicle inspec-

tion no earlier than 90 days prior to your registration expiration and retain your vehicle inspection report. To find your nearest inspection station in Orange County, visit the Texas Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) website. Step 2: After your vehicle passes inspection, renew your registration online, by mail, or in person at the Orange County Tax Assessor-Collector’s office and your inspection status will be verified electronically. Remember that your vehicle inspection and registration will

expire on the last day of the month that’s indicated on your sticker. “Following the two steps will help ensure a smooth registration renewal process,” said Orange County Tax Assessor-Collector Lynda Gunstream. “Before coming to our office or submitting your registration renewal online, or by mail, be sure to pass inspection no earlier than 90-days before your sticker expires.” For example, if your registration sticker expires in August 2016, you can pass your inspec-

tion as early as June 3 which is 90 days before your sticker expires on August 31, 2016. The state of Texas stopped issuing vehicle inspection stickers on March 1, 2015, as a result of House bill 2305 that passed during the 83rd legislative session in 2013. The Orange County Tax Assessors-Collector’s office has been working closely with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to implement the changes required by law. For more information, visit www.TwoStepOneSticker.com.

Knowing how to stay in contact or reconnect with loved ones is a very important part of a family communication plan. It is with this in mind that officials from e American Red Cross in Beaumont and Orange, want to introduce a tool that will enable people displaced from their homes by the recent floods to establish contact. e Red Cross mobile app features an “I’m Safe” button that allows users to post messages to their social media accounts. is capability will inform concerned family and friends that the user is out of harm’s way. In an emergency, knowing that those close to us are safe will help bring some peace of mind. e Red Cross also offers the Safe and Well website which is a secure and more private option than the “I’m Safe” feature on the

app. Safe and Well allows people to list their own status and allows friends and family to search for messages from their loved ones. Red Cross mobile disaster apps are free and available on most smart phones and tablets. Red Cross apps can be found in the app store for your mobile device by searching for “American Red Cross” or by going to . People in immediate need of a shelter should consult the Red Cross Shelter Map at: . People can help by donating to Red Cross Disaster Relief to support disasters big and small by visiting , calling 1-800-RED CROSS or texting the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. Donations to Disaster Relief will be used to prepare for, respond to and help people recover from disasters big and small.

Bridge City Intermediate School held a pet supply donation drive this month. Students donated food, toys, beds and other pet goods. The student council members brought supplies on Wednesday to a local shelter. Thank you to all who donated to this great cause for local pets in need.

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Kroger store manager, Ashley Barnwell teaches Pre-K 3 students about shopping. St. Mary Catholic School Pre-K 3 students went on a field trip to Kroger in Orange. Students learned about the items in the store and how to grocery shop. The manager, Ashley Barnwell, treated the students with a fruit tray and many other items to try. Students enjoyed the friendly staff and learning about items in the store.

Cody LeJuhn, left and Barrett Huckaby were recently named Good Samaritan winners at St. Mary Catholic School for the good behavior and willingness to help others. St. Mary Catholic School is proud to honor Cody LeJuhn and Barrett Huckab as “Good Samaritan” award winners for the week. St. Mary staff nominates students and staff they witness displaying acts of kindness, helping others and showing respect at school and within the community. Principal, Donna Darby announced the winners at morning announcements in front of all students and staff. The winners received a certificate and other prizes for their wonderful behavior.


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Entertainment Southeast Texas

With Tommy Mann Jr.

Breaking Bad’s Mitte to visit at Lamar State-PA RJ Mitte, known for his work on the television series “Breaking Bad� and “Switched at Birth�, will be the keynote speaker at the Lamar State College Port Arthur Distinguished Lecture Series. e event is scheduled for March 22 at 7 p.m. in the Carl Parker Multipurpose Center, 1800 Lakeshore Drive, Port Arthur. e event is free of charge but tickets are required for admittance. Tickets are available online by registering for the event at www.lamarpa.edu/General/ Lecture-Series. Both printed and electronic versions of tickets will be accepted at the door the night of the event. Mitte played Walt Jr., the son of the cancer-stricken science teacher-turned-drug manufacturer Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston) on the Emmywinning AMC drama Breaking Bad. Like his character on the show, Mitte has cerebral palsy, although his is a milder form of the disability. In 2014, Mitte

RJ Mitte began a recurring role on the Peabody Award-winning ABC Family drama, Switched at Birth, as Campbell, a pre-med college student paralyzed by a snowboarding accident who works at the free clinic. Mitte spent much of his child-

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California rockers Night Ranger, featuring Jack Blades, at left, and Brad Gillis, performed in front of a very vocal and appreciative crowd on Friday, March 11 inside the Grand Event Center of the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles, La. The band performed a 100-minute set featuring a dozen of its hits, such as “Sister Christian� and “Don’t Tell Me You Love Me,� as well as “Coming of Age� and “High Enough� by Damn Yankees, “School’s Out� by Alice Cooper, “Crazy Train� by Ozzy Osborne and “Boys of Summer� by Don Henley. Upcoming concerts at the Golden Nugget Casino will feature The Spinners on Friday, April 1, and Leon Russell on Saturday, April 2. (Photo by Tommy Mann Jr.)

ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK

Mackenzie’s Pub Safety Patrol @ Madison’s Curse and the Cure @ My Place American Pub BB and Company @ Nederland Heritage Festival Reed Planchard @ Pine Tree Lodge Perkins Road @ Rush Lounge Texas Legacy @ Rusty Nail Lee Pelly @ Sombrero Mexican Grill Bri Bagwell @ Stingaree Down Under Earl Collins @ Suga’s Deep South Good Grief, Snailmate, The Wolves of Chernobyl @ Texas Rose Saloon Greg Buscemi Jr., Cody Schaeffer @ Thirsty’s John Cessac and The Outlaws @ Vidor VFW Hall Guilty @ White Horse Bar and Grill

Local singer-songwriter Lee Pelly has a busy schedule this week with performances Wednesday at The Capri Club in Port Arthur, Thursday at the French Quarter Bar and Grill in Vidor, Friday at Sombrero Mexican Grill in Nederland, Saturday at The Neches River Wheelhouse in Port Neches, and a benefit Sunday afternoon at The Capri Club in Port Arthur. (Photo by Tommy Mann Jr.) By Tommy Mann Jr. The Record Mother Nature has been less the cooperative lately, but there are still tons of great events to be enjoyed no matter what the conditions are. Find an event which is right for you and enjoy. Visit www.localmusicguide.net for on artists and venues. Wednesday, March 16 Curse and the Cure @ Buffalo Wild Wings - Bmt Rod Rishard @ Cafe Del Rio Lee Pelly @ The Capri Club Chester Daigle @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Street Side Jazz Trio @ Jack Daniels Bar and Grill Caleb Williams @ Luke’s Beaumont Humphrey-McKeown Band @ Madison’s Fast Lemon @ Nederland Heritage Festival Perkins Road @ Rush Lounge Thursday, March 17 Boxing Dei Dei, Tendo @ Bar Local Encore @ Blue Martini Frank Gilligan @ Cafe Del Rio Dikki Du and the Zydeco Krewe @ Caribbean Cove Dead or Alive @ Dylan’s Kay Miller and Aaron Horne @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Lee Pelly @ French Quarter Bar and Grill Jimmy Kaiser @ The Grill Skeeter Jones @ La Cantina P.A. The Cadillacs @ Larry’s

French Market Lone Star Pipe Band, Heather and the Hellcats @ The Logon Cafe Tyler Darby @ Luke’s Beaumont Merle Jam @ Madison’s Bryce Shaver @ The Neches River Wheelhouse Curse and the Cure @ Nederland Heritage Festival Zydecane @ Orange VFW Hall John Cessac @ Paul’s Seafood Perkins Road @ Rush Lounge Travis Hefley, Cody Taylor, Mars Logic, Skanky Dave and Bumpin’ Uglies @ Texas Rose Saloon David Lee Kaiser @ Tradewinds Tavern Johnny Riley @ White Horse Bar and Grill Tom Brandow @ Wings to Go - P.A. Friday, March 18 Renn Loren @ 171 Junction Roadhouse Chris Miller and Bayou Roots, The Doghill Stompers @ Arcade Amphitheater Encore @ Blue Martini Tin Pan Alley @ Cafe Del Rio Rusty Metoyer and Zydeco Krush @ Caribbean Cove Kris Harper @ Cecil’s Cajun Cafe Guesswork @ Cottons Cay Tim Burge and the Reckoning @ Dylan’s Kay Miller and Aaron Horne @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar LA Express @ Gator Lounge Herbie Stutes and Grand Shin @ Honky Tonk Texas

The Killawatts @ Jack Daniels Bar and Grill Paul Thorn, Larry Tillery and the Vagabond Dreamers @ Jerry Nelson’s Hill Country Ken Marvel Band @ Larry’s French Market Otonana Trio, the Ron Jeremies @ The Logon Cafe Deadman Circus, Large Marge, Entrenched Defilement @ Luna Live Rainy and The B Sides @

Saturday, March 19 Clay Walker @ Isle of Capri Casino Nick Moss Band @ The Bayou Cafe #2 Encore @ Blue Martini Three Legged Dawg @ Cafe Del Rio JAG @ The Capri Club Brad Brinkley and Comfort Zone @ Caribbean Cove Keith Kire @ Cecil’s Larry Tillery and the Vagabond Dreamers @ Dylan’s Kay Miller and Aaron Horne @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar LA Express @ Gator Lounge Al White and Chaparral @ Honky Tonk Texas Jackie Caillier and Cajun Cousins @ Larry’s French Market The Electric Kazoos, Handsomebeast @ The Logon Cafe John Cessac @ Lucky Long-

horn Casino The Jerryatricks @ Mackenzie’s Pub Sonic Seduction @ Madison’s Lee Pelly @ The Neches River Wheelhouse Section 51, Tonalta School of Music @ Nederland Heritage Festival GG Shinn, T.K. Hulin, Gregg Martinez, Parker James, Ken Marvel Band @ Orange VFW Hall LA Bayou Band @ Quaker Steak and Lube Perkins Road @ Rush Lounge Guilty @ Rusty Nail Cody Canada @ Stingaree Down Under The Undrai Fizer Project @ Suga’s Deep South Tony Faulk @ Tammy’s Bar Curse and the Cure @ Texas Ave Tavern Commie Hilfiger, The Inspected, Semon Demon @ Texas Rose Saloon Blake Sticker @ Thirsty’s Jamie Talbert and the Band of Demons @ Tiki Beach Bar and Grill Tin Pan Alley @ White Horse Bar and Grill

Sunday, March 20 John Teague, Thomas Teague, Lee Pelly, Curse and the Cure, Three Legged Dawg @ The Capri Club Chester and Jairus Daigle @ Jack Daniels Bar and Grill Linda Kaye and the Kool Katz @ Jefferson County Singles Club Cajun Harmony @ Pine Tree Lodge Wayne Cook @ Suga’s Deep South Bummers Eve, e Disgustoids, Dirty Dishes @ Texas Rose Saloon Monday, March 21 Kevin Lambert @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Wednesday, March 22 Alex Rozell @ Dylan’s Kenneth Espree @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Pug Johnson and Tyler Darby @ Madison’s Angel Garcia @ Rush Lounge Good Grief, True Heroics, Glass Mansions, e Burnpile, Ashton Courtney @ Texas Rose Saloon Jimmy Kaiser @ Tradewinds Tavern

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BC Library collecting donations for flood victims

Texas Red Hatters will meet March 17

Friends of Orange Library will hold business meeting

Bridge City Public Library is collecting the following items for area flood victims. Drop off times are : Monday-Wednesday, 10am – 6pm; Thursday, 1-7 pm and Friday 9 am–2 pm. Items needed: Bug Spray Germ-X Clorox Wipes Toothpaste and Toothbrushes Deodorant Razors and Shaving Cream Sunblock Toiletries Shampoo and Conditioner Bath Soap Bath Size Towels Paper Towels Toilet Paper Trash Bags of all sizes Gatorade Bottled Water Ready to eat foods such as peanut butter crackers, cereal bars, energy bars and all things wrapped in singles servings. For further information, please contact the Library at 735-4242. All donations are greatly appreciated.

The Texas Red Flashers will meet March 17, at 11:30 a.m. at the Sunset Grove Country Club in Orange. Business will include discussing the National Red Hat Convention in San Antonio and a cruise next February. Birthday ladies are Lady Dee, Charlene Denman and Lady Sunshine, Bobbie Johnson. Ladies will bring a door prize to be exchanged if they wish. All ladies are welcome. For information call 886-16209.

Friends of the Orange Public Library will hold their annual business meeting of members and visitors, Saturday, March 19. The meeting will be at 10:30 am, in the Ira Williamson meeting room of the Orange Public Library, 2205 5th St. Information of the the Orange Public Library’s annual used books sale and Scholastic Book Fair will be announced. Both of these events are sponsored by the Friends organization. There will be a short discussion of the group’s participation in the City’s “Art in the Park” and the election of new officers. Light refreshments will be available. Interested persons are urged to attend.

FOOD directors, volunteers to meet The next meeting of the board of directors and volunteers of the Friends of the Orange Depot will be held Thursday, March 17, at 5 PM (for refreshments) and 5:30 PM for the meeting at the Grace Lutheran Church, 2300 Eddleman Rd., Orange. All are encouraged to attend to learn the latest about the start of the construction on the depot, and to vote on new board members. For other information, contact info@friendsoftheOrangedepot.org.

BC Library to hold 25th anniversary celebration The Bridge City Public Library will celebrate their 25th anniversary on Thursday, March 17, from 1-7 pm in the library foyer. The public is invited and cake and punch will be served. St. Patrick’s Green Tea Party The Heroines of Jericho will celebrate their annual St. Patrick’s Day Green Tea Party, Saturday, March 19, from 4:30-6:30 pm, at the Masonic Temple, 1017 Mill St., Orange. Gifts galore will be won, refreshments will be served and donations will be accepted at the door. Tickets are being sold by all Heroines for $3 each. The public is invited to attend and enjoy the afternoon of fun, food and fellowship.

Cancer Support and Information Group Everyone has been affected by cancer one way or another. Learn how people are beating cancer. Take control of your life. Join Sheila Brock Hidalgo and Dr. Albert Pugh every Tuesday at 6:30 PM., at Faith United Methodist Church, 8608 MLK Jr. Dr., Orange. There is no cost and it’s open to the public.

Afternoon Music Fest scheduled at Riverfront Pavilion

Eagles to sell fish dinners

CANCELED The City of Orange is pleased to announce the Afternoon Music Fest at the Riverfront Pavilion in downtown Orange, which is scheduled for Saturday, March 19, 1-6 pm. “This event is sponsored by the City of Orange Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) to promote the arts, tourism and the hotel industry, and as a quality of life evet for the residents and visitors,” says Brandy Judice, CVB Coordinator for the City of Orange. Entertainers include Alex Rozell (1:30-2:30), The Pegwinders (2:45-4:30) and Brad Brinkley & Comfort Zone (5:00-6:00). There is no admission fee to attend the event. Bring your own coolers and chairs. There will be bounce houses for children. Also, no pets. The Riverfront Pavilion is located between 5th and 6th Streets at Division Avenue near the Lutcher Theater in downtown Orange. For additional information please contact the Orange CVB at 883-1011, or visit the CVB website at www.orangetexas.org.

The Eagles Lodge in Orange will sell fish plates Thursday, March 17. Dinners will be $8 and will have fish, potatoes, salad, cole slaw, tarter sauce, bread and hush puppies.

Joseph Catalina to play at Peggy’s on the Bayou Joseph Catalina, with the Cajun French Music Association of Nederland, will be playing French music at Peggy’s on the Bayou on Friday and Saturday nights from 12-8 pm. Peggy’s has crawfish and Lenten specials. BYOB - setups available. Closed Easter Sunday.

Friends of Orange Depot cancel meeting

Lutcher Stark High School combined class reunion

The March 17 meeting of the board and volunteers of the Friends of the Orange Depot has been canceled, as well as the scheduled dinner following. The new date for the meeting is tentatively scheduled for Thursday April 7.

The Lutcher Stark HS Class of 1966 is celebrating their 50th class reunion, with a combined reunion with the classes of 1967 and 1968. Each class will have their own Friday night social. Saturday will have a combined class picnic, evening social, dinner buffet and dance featuring G. G. Shinn of the Fabulous Boogie Kings fame. Sunday there will be a combined class breakfast buffet for those interested. For more information please check our website www.lutcherstarkclassof1966.com.

BC Library to hold 25th anniversary celebration The Bridge City Public Library will celebrate their 25th anniversary on Thursday, March 17, from 1-7 pm in the library foyer. The public is invited and cake and punch will be served.

VFW / Swamp Pop Blow Out

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The VFW Hall, located on N. Hwy. 87 in Orange, will host the 3rd Annual Swamp Pop Blow Out, March 19. Doors open at 6:30 pm. The show, which is open to the public, will feature Gregg Martinez, Parker James, GG Shinn, Ken Marvel and TK Hulin. Tickets are $20 and is open to the public and is BYOB. Tickets are available Feb. 8-19 at Swamp Pop Sounds, 2003 MacArthur Dr., Orange.

Master Gardeners hold sale The Orange County Master Gardeners’ Annual Bloomin’ Crazy Plant Fair will be held Saturday, March 19, from 8AM – 1PM at Jewel Cormier Park, 8235 FM 1442, Orangefield (Exit 869 S off IH 10). Perennials, annuals, shrubs, tropicals, Satsumas, limes, lemons, grapefruit, figs, Rio Grande Cherries, Thornless Blackberries, cold-hardy avocados and Texas Superstars are just a few of the unique and hard to find plants we will have available. Specialty booths will be available selling unique items. For more information check our website http://txmg. org/orange/2016-annual-bloomincrazy-plant-fair/, or email Sheri Bethard at sheribethard@yahoo.com.

BC/OF Rotaries sponsor annual Bunny Run Make plans to join in on the third annual Bunny Run and Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, March 26, at Bridge City Intermediate School. There will be a 5k run at 8 am and a 1k run at 9 am. The Easter egg hunt will immediately follow the 1k. New this year will be timing chips and tech shirts and as always, every participant will receive bunny ears. All money raised stays local and is given to Bridge City and Orangefield students in the form of scholarships. Walk up registration / late packet pick up starts at 7:30am. To register, follow the link through the active website https://endurancecui.active.com/event-reg/select-race?e=32046153 Entry fees are $30 for 5K and $15 for 1K. March 23rd fees go up to $40 for 5K and $25 for 1K. Teams of 4-8 participants are $25 per person for 5K. Packet pickup is Friday, March 25, from 6-8 pm, at the Bridge City Elementary School. Annual Kiwanis “Glow” Golf Tournament slated for March 26 If you enjoy checking off bucket list items, this is your chance to ‘Swing for the Swing’ during a glow-in-the dark golf tournament scheduled for Saturday, March 26, at Sunset Grove Country Club. The Kiwanis Club of Orange, Texas is hosting its 3rd Annual “Glow” Golf Tournament to raise funds to purchase a special needs swing for Northway Park. The four-person scramble has a 5 p.m. shotgun start. The last nine will start at 8:30 p.m. using glow-in-the dark golf balls. “It’s like watching shooting stars,” says Kiwanis board member Shane Johns. The tournament fee is $400 per team and tee sign sponsorships are available for $100-$150 and the Kiwanis Club has earmarked 100% of the tournament proceeds toward purchase of the swing. For more information on team registration, tee sign sponsorship, and/or donations, please call 886-4411 or visit the Kiwanis Club of Orange, TX Facebook Page.

VFW Auxiliary to hold indoor garage sale VFW Auxiliary to Orange Post 2775, 5303 N. 16th St. (N. Hwy. 87), will host an indoor garage and craft sale on Saturday, April 2, from 7 am-2 pm. The kitchen will be open for snacks, hot dogs and nachos. The bar will be open for beverages and chips. Friday, April 1, the hall will be open from 3-8 pm for vendors early set-up. Table rentals will be $10 and reservations can be made by calling Mary Snapp at 6970380, between the hours of 10 am-7pm. LU to host Le Grand Bal Lamar University will host Le Grand Bal, a gala evening of art, fine dining, dancing and entertainment on Saturday, April 2. This year’s theme, “Lamar Deco,” celebrates the glamour and luxury of the Jazz Age. Activities at the black-tie event include a reception and silent art auction from 6-8 pm in the Dishman Art Museum, as well as a gourmet buffet, libations, music and dancing from 7 pm-midnight in the Montagne Center. Tickets are $150 per person, with underwriting opportunities available at levels ranging from $750 to $10,000. For additional information or reservations, call the College of Fine Arts and Communication at (409) 880-8137 or visit lamar.edu/arts. Earl Thomas III Free Football Camp slated for June Seattle Seahawks’ Safety, Earl Thomas III will be holding his free football skill camp, June 24-25, from 8 am-12 pm, at the West Orange-Stark High School Dan Hooks Stadium, 1400 Newton St., West Orange. The camp is open to ages 6-18 years of age. Campers should be dropped off at 8 am and picked up at the stadium at noon both days. Prizes and awards will be given out Saturday. Deadline for sign up for all campers is Thursday, April 8. This will ensure correct t-shirt sizes. Registration forms should be returned in person to one of the following places: WOS Athletic Office; WOS Campuses; LCM High School Athletic Office; Western and Southern Insurance in Beaumont; Personality Place in Mauriceville; Laverne Joseph, 221-2215; Lisa Hair Salon, 1408 10th St.; Keith Wolfe, State Farm Insurance, 2431 MLK and KOGT on Meeks Dr. They can also be mailed to Earl V Thomas III Football Skill Camp, 5270 Tomcat Trail, Orange, Tx., 77632. you can also call 745-3119 or 7796736 for registration forms.

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Deaths and Memorials

Lottie Dotson Orange

Dale Stark Orange

Lottie Leona Gentry McLaughlin Dodson, 95, of Orange, passed away March 15, in Orange. Fun e r a l services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday March 26, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the service beginning at 11:00 a.m., Saturday at the funeral home. Born Feb. 25, 1921, she was the daughter of Jesse Gentry and Cora Leona Smith. She loved to cook and spend time with her family and friends. Lottie was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Clifton Dodson and 12 siblings. She is survived by her children, Barbara Jean Bates, of Orange, Margaret Ann Fuller Bailey, of Alamogordo, NM, Melvin Alvin “Mack” McLaughlin, of Creole, LA. and Kathie Maydee Collins, of Webster; step-children, Fred Dodson, of Lockhart and Ruby Gault and Wanda; 13 grandchildren including Clint McLaughlin, Barry Bates, Lynn Bates, Alan Bates and Albert Bates; 21 great-grandchildren including Cameron McLaughlin and Allyssa; several greatgreat and great-great-great grandchildren and her sister, Grace Brock of Lufkin. Serving as pallbearers will be Alexandra Ramos Bates, Barry Lee Bates, Clint McLaughlin, Lynn Bates, Alan Bates and Albert Bates. The family would like to thank Gentiva Hospice, The Meadows Nursing and Rehab Center, their nurses and all the staff for their excellent care and compassion.

Dale Edward Stark, 86, of Orange, passed away March 10. A Military honor graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m., S a t u r d a y, March 19, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Officiating will be his nephew, the Rev. Ricky VanPay. Born in Lisbon, Oh, May 30, 1929, he was the son of Fred Stark and Lydia McCorkhill Stark. Dale loved his family and spending summers with them in Ohio. He was an avid golfer and enjoyed bowling. Dale was a proud Aggie Paw who loved Aggie football and the Dallas Cowboys. He retired from Allied Chemical in Orange and served in the United States Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents; first wife, Opal ornton Stark; Parents-in-law, Floye and Arnold ornton and Velma and James Sellers, Sr.; brothers, William, Wilbur and Melvin Stark; sisters, Florence McCartney and Ada Barborak. He is survived by his wife of almost 27 years, Meredith Sellers Stark; children, Kathy Ocraman Henson, of Orange and Letha Ocraman Irving and husband Robert, Sr., of Hemphill; grandchildren, Victoria Irving Gregg and husband Tyler, of Garland, Ilyssa Irving Condra and husband Ross, of San Antonio and Robert Irving, Jr., of College Station; Godchildren, Tom Kenon Perry and Hillary Joyce Perry DeBord and his sisters, Pearl Manns, of Rensselaer, In. and Katherine Meissner and husband John, of Salem, Oh. and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Honorary pallbearers will be Robert Irving, Sr., Robert Irving, Jr., Tyler Gregg, Ross Condra, Tom Kenon Perry and Josh Marhofer. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Dr. Laurence Rice for the Houston Methodist Foundation for Myeloma Research F.B.O., at 6550 Fannin St #1101, Houston, TX 77030.

William Hayes Orange J a m e s William “ B i l l y ” Hayes, 59, passed away peacefully with his family by his side, Sunday, March 13. Services will be at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 16, at Dorman Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Mike Day and Brother Mark Bolt officiating. Interment will follow at Kirbyville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-9:00 PM, Tuesday, March 15, at Dorman Funeral Home. Billy was born in Aransas Pass, Feb. 13, 1957 to Herman Hartley Hayes and Nora Pearl Cotton Hayes. He has worked as the superintendent for the Longhorn Truck and Travel Plaza for the past 34 years. He loved wood working, outdoors, his children and his grandchildren. His family and friends meant everything to him. He was preceded in death by his father, Herman Hartley Hayes and a brother Eddie McGhee. Survivors include his wife of 19 years, Wonda Hayes and mother, Nora Hayes of Orangefield; three daughters, Heather Franks and her husband Tim of Mauriceville, Tiffany Hayes of Orangefield and Alyssa Mayo and her fiancé Mike Davis; two sisters; Belinda Manuel of Orangefield and Connie Plunk and her husband Thad of Sulphur; brother, Michael Hayes and his wife Ginger of Ravenna; six grandchildren, Christopher Kyle, Christa Kyle, Chance Kyle, Layden Webb, JT Franks and Ely Franks; two sisters-inlaw, Sonda Landry and her husband Warren of Little Elm and Cherry Stephens of Buna, as well as numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends that will miss him dearly. Serving as pallbearers will be Dustin Arrant, Garrett Thibodeaux, Scott Arrant, Travis Arrant, Darren Arrant and Dalton Arrant. Honorary pallbearers will be his four grandsons, Christopher Kyle, Layden Webb, Chance Kyle and JT Franks.

Nell Williams Orange Nell Renew Williams, 78 of Orange, passed away Saturday, March 12, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Services will be at Vaughn Funeral Home in McRae, Ga., with burial to follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. Nell was born in Milan, Ga., on April 1, 1937 to the late Dessau Renew and Cleddie Bell Spires Renew. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church in McRea and she was a homemaker. Nell loved her little dogs, animals and pictures of her family. Nell followed her husband James, who was in the United States Air Force, to Georgia, Arizona, Florida, Massachusetts and London. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, James Edward Williams; son Jimmy Edward Williams; parents; brother Preston Renew and three sisters; Geraldine Hopkins, Etta Mae Snow and Ruth Renew; nephew Bobby Hopkins and two nieces, Patricia Hopkins and Brenda Gayle Hopkins. Survivors include her three daughters; June Menard and her husband Steve of Orange, Elaine Moum and husband Danny of Tucson, Az. and JoAnn Williams and her husband Clay Williams; brother, Donald Renew and his wife Tryphena of McRae; three nieces; Linda Hamilton, Debra Lewis and Diane Whittington; three grandchildren; Jeanine Williams, Jennifer Williams and James Menard, as well as two great grandchildren; Kamryn Williams and Cheyenne Lutwinski.

Michael Kent Orange Michael R. Kent, 67, of Orange passed away at his home surrounded by family on Sunday, March 13.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, March 18, at 3:00 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre. A gathering for visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. with a rosary recited at 2:30 p.m. at the church. He was born in Wolf City, Sept. 27, 1948 to Dr. Earl H. Kent and Marie Rayne Kent. He lived in Orange and graduated from St. Mary’s Catholic High School. In 1967 he moved to Pineville, LA with his parents. While there he graduated from Louisiana College with a degree in History and Library Science. He and his parents returned to Orange in 1980. He was a member of St. Francis of A s s i s i Catholic Church. Michael was an avid fan of old westerns and TV sitcoms from the 50’s and 60’s. He also enjoyed the music of that time. He loved the visits from his nieces’ pugs Roman and Zeke. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Earl H. Kent, Jr.; aunts and uncles, Carmen and Jack Cupit, Cecile Rayne, Anna and Clayton Setze, Frank and Florence Kent and John and Shirley Kent. He is survived by his sisters, Barbara Kent Franke and husband, Don of Baton Rouge, LA, Patricia A. Kent of Atlanta, GA and Suzanne Kent Staudt and husband, Max of Orange; nieces and nephews, Elizabeth Franke Bonnecaze and husband, Remi’ of Baton Rouge, James Franke and wife, Anne Marie of Covington, LA, Kent Franke of Austin, Matt Staudt and wife, Karen of Beaumont, Stephanie Staudt of Houston and Mark Staudt of Madison WI; cousins, Stephen Cupit and wife, Peggy, Jacklyn Cupit and Drew Cupit and wife, Helena all of LaPlace, LA, John Kent, Jr. Clayton Setze and Marlene Setze all of New Orleans; great nieces and nephews, Alex, Katie and Bryan Bonnecaze, Peyton, Anna Kate and Christopher Franke, Courtney and Taylor Staudt and Lauren Collins. Special thanks to Dr. Ashok Malani and the nurses at Ben and Julie Rogers Cancer Center, Telice Meadows and Amy Ously of the Baptist Orange Infusion Center and Harbor Hospice and also to Jack Oldani, Eucharistic Minister at St. Francis of Assisi. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Mary’s Catholic School, 2600 Bob Hall Rd., Orange, TX 77630, e Ben and Julie Rogers Cancer Center, 3555 Stagg Dr., Beaumont TX or to Harbor Hospice, 2450 N Major Rd, Beaumont, TX 77713.

Catherine Bickham Deweyville Catherine Bickham, 83, of Deweyville, went to be with the Lord March 11. Catherine was born Aug 31, 1932 in Fields, La., to Sam and Bessie Barrow. She married Riley Bickham on Nov. 3, 1951. Riley and Catherine moved to Deweyville in 1967 where they remained residents for 49 years. Catherine worked as a bookkeeper for Gordon’s Jewelers, General Box Factory and Boise Southern. She was an avid reader who enjoyed spending time with her family, bird watching, and debating politics with her sonin-law. She had a green thumb and spent lots of time outside planting flowers and working in her garden. Catherine was a generous and loving person with a heart of gold who always put the needs of others before her own. Catherine was a woman of faith, believing in the power of Jesus Christ’s love. Preceding her in death are her parents; husband Riley; twin sons David and Danny; brothers Sam Jr. And J.H. and sister Alma Faye. She is survived by her daughter, Donna Stanley and her husband Henry of Deweyville; Granddaughters Kacie Calloway and husband Del of Vinton; Kayla Williams and husband

Josh of Little Cypress; Karie Buffington and husband Adam of Buna; Brothers, Jerry Barrow of Starks; Ted Barrow and wife JoRuth of Buna; Sisters Beatrice Rumby and husband William of Orange; Delores Franks of DeQuincy, La; Evelyn Smith and husband Vernon of Fields, La; Sandy Verdine and Linda Dumas of Orange; 10 greatgrandchildren and many, many, nieces and newphews that she loved dearly. Services to celebrate the beautiful life of Catherine will be held Saturday, March 19, at 2:00 p.m. at Dorman Funeral Home in Orange. Burial will immediately follow at Barrow Cemetery in Fields. Visitation will be Friday March 18, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Dorman Funeral home.

Billie Martin Beaumont Billie Jean Brown Accardo Martin, passed away Friday, March 11, at the age of 89. She was born in Doucette, Jan. 27, 1927. Billie lived most of her early years in Newton, until the f a m i l y moved to Beaumont in 1941; there af ter, she called Beaumont home. She was a devout member of First Christian Church of Beaumont where she was a steward of her Sunday school class and a member of Christian Fellowship Women and Galavanders. Billie is survived locally by her niece, Carol Odom and her husband, Sonny, of Orange. Billie was preceded in death by her parents, Bertha and Lewis Brown; brothers, Covey and Charles Brown and sisters, Wilma Gifford and Cecil Flournoy. A gathering of Ms. Martin’s family and friends will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Monday, March 14, at Broussard’s, Beaumont. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 15, at First Christian Church of Beaumont, 5290 North Caldwood Drive, Beaumont. A family committal will be held at Broussard’s Crematorium, Beaumont. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Some Other Place, P.O. Box 843, Beaumont, Texas, 77704; Salvation Army, 2350 IH-10 East, Beaumont, Texas, 77703; or to First Christian Church of Beaumont, 5290 North Caldwood Drive, Beaumont, Texas, 77707.

Oma Hubbard Orange Oma Jean Hubbard, 58, of Orange, passed away March 11, at her home in Deweyville. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, March 16, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be the Rev. Jeff Bell and the Rev. John Fortenberry. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Born in Orange, July 5, 1957, she was the daughter of Ericel and Ruby Smith. In earlier years, Oma worked as an emergency medical technician for Orange County Ambulance Services. She loved spending time with her family and friends. She enjoyed camping, fishing, and going to all her grandkids’ sporting events. Her life was devoted to her children and grandchildren. She passed on her tradition of cooking to her family and touched the hearts of everyone she came to know. Oma Jean was preceded in death by her parents, and is survived by her husband, Jimmy Hubbard. She is also survived by her children, Brandy Foreman and husband Patrick of Orange, Willy Hubbard and wife Courtney and Gideon Hubbard and wife Bailey, all of Deweyville and five grandchildren, Caden Hubbard, Macie Hubbard, Cutler Hubbard, Breea Hubbard and Rylie Hubbard. Serving as pallbearers will be Patrick Foreman, Paul Brister, Bubba Bench, Robert Smith,

Josh Reed, Caden Hubbard, Cutler Hubbard and Gary Cales. Honorary pallbearers will be Austin Reed, Ashtin Reed and Jason Burch.

Nelda Eaves Vidor Nelda Eaves, 71, of Vidor died ursday, March 10, at her residence. She was a native and lifelong resident of Vidor. Nelda was a homemaker and a member of Turning Point Church in Vidor. Funeral services were held Sunday, March 13, at Turning Point Church, with burial following at Mansfield Cemetery in Vidor. Nelda is survived by her husband of 54 years James “Jimmy” Eaves, of Vidor; sons James Eaves Jr., of Vidor and Larry Eaves of Mauriceville; daughters Twala Miller of Crystal Beach and Sharla Hagler of Vidor; brother Roger Brodnax of Vidor; eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Florence Welch Vidor Florence Welch, age 90 of Vidor, passed away Tuesday, March 8, at her home in Vidor. Florence was born in Seagoville, April 9, 1925 to the late Clara Eugenia D aug hdr ill and Clarence Wesley King. Florence was a devoted and loving wife to her late husband, Calvin H. Welch for 45 years, before his passing in 1996. Fishing with her husband was a past time Florence enjoyed most. She also enjoyed time when she could crochet. Florence is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Calvin H. Welch; brothers, Claude and Charles King and sister, Cora Dell King Sanford. She is survived by her sisterin-law Opal Gray; three loving family caregivers Eugenia Odom, Lindy Gray and James Welch and numerous nieces and nephews. Honoring Florence as Honorary Pallbearers are James Welch, David Welch, Shawn Welch, Keith Welch, Wyndal Odom and Barry Gray. Graveside services, entrusted to Dorman Funeral Home, were held Sunday, March 13, at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor. Officiating and performing the dedication of the grave was Wyndal Odom.

Issie Lee Orange Issie Iola Lee, of Orange, passed away Monday, March 7, at Kindred Medical Center in Houston, at the age of 71. Issie was born on June 17, 1944 to Lillian Oriette (Lowe) and Millard Arlington Russell in Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, e Bahamas. She lived in Texas for the past 49 years, most recently in Ratcliff, with prior stays in Deweyville, Jasper and Lufkin. She was a member of the Ratcliff Baptist Church. Issie spent her years raising her ever-growing family; which some would say would take an army of moms to raise today. In her free time, she enjoyed cooking, fishing, gardening, and sewing. Issie was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend who enjoyed spending time with her family and will be dearly missed. Issie was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Angela Sawyer; brother, Ira Russell; brother-inlaw, David Bethel and sisters-inlaw, Jamie Russell and Marcia Russell. ose who will cherish her memory most are her husband of 56 years, Robert E. Lee; daughters, Pam McClain and husband, Glenn of Deweyville, TX, Connie Russell and husband, Floyd Sawyer of Marsh Harbour, Bahamas and Missy Lee and Butch Brown of Deweyville; sons, Tommy Lee and girlfriend, Truddy Collins of Deweyville, Ricky Lee and wife, Leigh Ann of Carthage, Bobby Lee and wife, Maria of Castle Rock, CO and Jeff Lee and wife, Ashlee of Kenard; sisters, Vadie Javorsky and husband, Ralph of Mexico,

Linda Hoffman and husband, Chuck of Missouri, Charlene Bethel of Marsh Harbour,Bahamas, Barbara Simmons of North Carolina, Kathy Bussert of Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, Cheryl Chiavetta and husband and Tony of Florida; brothers, Dan Russell, Wayne Russell and wife, Debbie, Charlie Russell and Troy Russell and wife, Tia, all of Marsh Harbour and Brent Russell and wife, Dora of Spanish Wells, Bahamas; grandchildren, Mandi and Billy McBain, Stephen and Samantha Lee, Brandon Lee, Haley and Joe Villarreal, Ryan Lee, Will and Somer Parker, Reece Marshall, Jennifer Lee, Jamie Lee, Chris and Lacy McClain, Lauren McClain, Ashlee and Travis Burdine, Stephanie and MJ Levarity, Farrah Russell, Mitchell Brown, Mattie Brown, Reagan Lee and Peighton Lee; great-grandchildren, Austyn, William, Charlotte, Emma, Hagen, Bryson, Lexi, Owen, Bella, Lilli, Acesyn, Easton, Mickenzie and Taylor and Tyler. She is also survived by a large extended family. Funeral services were Friday, March 11, Dorman Funeral Home, with e Rev. John Fortenberry and Richard Bonner officiating. Graveside services were held in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Ratcliff, with Bob Lacey and Dennis Morgan officiating. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Dorman Funeral Home. Honoring Issie as pallbearers were Brandon Lee, Stephen Lee, Ryan Lee, Chris McClain, Mitchell Brown, Reece Marshall, Will Parker, Joe Villarreal, Billy McBain and Travis Burdine. Honorary pallbearers were Glenn McClain, Floyd Sawyer, Butch Brown, Bob McClain, Shawn Barnes, Tommy Carter, Pat Brown, Benny Hobden, Tommy Rooney, Bill Cole, Joe House, Gary Nelms, Greg Bates, Tom Rooney, Mike Rooney, Keith Pearl, Dennis Lee, Dan Lee, Gordon Sawyer, Craig Sawyer and Jimmy Carter.

Alice Theriot Port Arthur Alice Irene omason eriot, 97, passed to eternal life March 9. She was born April 7, 1918 in Brayden, Ok., to Alta Mae Gibson omason and Walter James omason. Her father died three months before her birth in the Influenza Epidemic of 1918. Alice and her family moved to Fort Smith, Ar., where she lived until the age of nine when she moved to Port Arthur. Alice graduated from Port Arthur High in 1936 where she met and married her husband of 65 years, Rivers Louis eriot. ey had five children. Her husband and children were the joy of her life. Alice was preceded in death by her husband; parents, brotherM.V. omason; sister-Mildred Hajecate and grandchildren Mark Gibson Dumesnil, Christopher Lynn Dumesnil, Darren omason Parker and Leslie Paige Parker. Local survivors are her daughters Beverly Landrum Stansbury and husband Roland, Sherry Parker, Karen Veillon and husband Nathan, Jan Tomlin and husband Charles and son Greig eriot and wife Debbie, all of the Golden Triangle area and by her grandchildren Jay Dumesnil, Gayle Dumesnil LeMaire, Kurt Dumesnil, Chuck Landrum, Michael Parker, Stephen Parker, Kelly Veillon Valerio, David Tomlin, Rachel eriot, Ryan eriot, Mark Tomlin and Derek Veillon, 20 greatgrandchildren, four great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She will be greatly missed by all. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Tuesday, March 15, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Interment followed at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Port Arthur. Her pallbearers were her grandsons.

Harlee Miller Vidor Harlee Shae Miller, infant girl of Tiffany and Paul Miller died Tuesday, March 8, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. A graveside service will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, March 14, at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor. Harlee is survived by her parents; grandparents, omas and Carol Wildes of West Orange and Paul and Lisa Miller of Vidor and sister, Ramey Miller.


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OVN was born on St. Patrick’s Day 1971 My bloodline is my rabbit’s foot Down Life’s Highway Roy Dunn My bloodline is pure Irish on one side and it’s really well Dunn. My grandparents, Allen and Laura, both carried the name Dunn when they married in 1876. At age 8, he had come to Rising Star by covered wagon with his mom Sarah and aunt from Arkansas. His dad had been killed in the Civil War, in 1864 when Abe Lincoln was president. I’m one of the few people alive whose grandfather was alive during the Civil War. Not a great grandfather but my dad’s dad. Allen died in 1950 in his 90’s. Laura was from DeLeon, a few miles from Sipes Springs, near Rising Star. There they would spend the rest of their lives raising their family of six boys and two girls. They are both buried in an old historical cemetery on the hill with some of their children. The cemetery has graves dating back to the turn of the 1800’s. They claimed not to be kin, even though my father Clay always claimed that all Dunn’s were kin. Their children on the male side left that peanut land to become successful and wealthy. None more colorful then Clay, who was referred to as the “Black Sheep” of the bunch. He’s a hundred stories in one. They had few children. Our two sons, Mark and Allen, are the last males who will carry the family name. We have no Dunn grandsons. This year marks 150 years since Allen’s

birth that led to my being and the path I’ve traveled Down Life’s Highway. The family name will some day come to an end, but the bloodline will live on through our daughter Karen, and her boys, Garrett Clay, Sean Cade and Collin Slade Gros, and our two granddaughters Amber and Jenna and our great grandchildren, Jenna’s son Nate, and daughters Delilah and Willow Grace and Garrett’s children Leland and newly born Juliana. I guess I’m the ultimate “Black Sheep.” Like a white man’s son raised by the Indians, I was raised in the Cajun culture by a Cajun mother. While I carried an Irish name. I couldn’t speak English before the age of 7, causing me and other Cajun kids to spend two years in first grade. My mom and I spent a life of struggle and poverty after Clay flew the coupe when I was a baby. Now that I’ve laid out the background, I’ll venture into the purpose for this column. The luck of my Irish side has followed me most of my days. I’ve always been luckier than I probably deserved to be. Just to escape the extreme poverty and hardships was an accomplishment in itself, but to find a degree of success took lots of luck. To have married Phyl, my partner of 61 year and to have enjoyed the benefits of our lives took a lot of luck. I’ve always given St. Patrick credit for that. My Irish side is my rabbit’s foot. Time after time good fortune has come to us

Pictured are the 10 original Dunn’s of Rising Star, Texas. This picture is believed to have been taken in 1936 at the old home place in Sipes Springs. The gathering was to mark Allen and Laura’s 60th wedding anniversary. My father Clay was 43 years old. They are lined up by age standing left ot right: Pearl, Minnie, Robert (Rob), Carl, Clay, Hobson (Hobby), Ernest and Ellis. Seated are Mom and Dad, (Allen and Laura.)

by just a lucky move, not great knowledge. This St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, we’ll mark 45 years since we launched Orange County’s first successful weekly newspaper, The Opportunity Valley News. I’m still amazed at the success and reception of that publication. It really was phenomenal. I started the paper with a song and a typewriter, in a couple of small rooms in the Frank Manchac Insurance office on Green Avenue in Orange, about the same time Tim Hughes was starting out next door with Superior Tire Service. After struggling through the first year, the Harmon family, Jackie, Corky and Don, made it possible for me to have a permanent building at 109 6th Street. A lucky break. They took the cost of the building out in advertis-

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ing. We still own that building. I kept it for sentimental reasons, thankful for all it provided us. Even though we ventured into other things and now are proudly publishing The Record Newspapers, Penny and County, the OVN made it possible for us to lead a good life. It may have been, however, some of my imagination and the knowledge of people and what was under every rock that helped make it successful. It was really one lucky thing after another that brought it success. It led to other publications and the

purchase of the Triangle Press, whose name is still being used today by the parent company of the Port Arthur News and Orange Leader. We sold the OVN, press and publications to Cox Enterprise on my birthday, June 5, 1980, after a memorable nine years. The owners of our OVN then bought the Orange Leader. That move prompted Gordon Baxter to write the poem, “How one simple Coonass made a follower out of the Leader.” Maybe so, but the luck of my Irish side played a big part. Cox paid me big money as a consultant.

They never took my advice. They were the experts. I was just a simple Cajun with an Irish name. They struggled with the paper through several owners till one day the once great publication was gone, having died a slow death. The paper that started on that March 17th day is no more, but I’ll never forget it. And I’ll always give credit to my Irish. So again this year I will remember and give thanks to St. Patrick for that great paper I started on his birthday. Happy St. Pat’s Day to all.

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Custom lures bring more fish success OUTDOORS WEEKLY CAPT. CHUCK UZZLE FOR THE RECORD

More than once it has happened, you and your best fishing buddy are standing side by side using the same lure but only one of you is really catching fish. e next time this happens you need to examine you partners lure a little more closely, especially when it comes to topwater plugs. ere are plenty of serious fishermen out there who just take a plug out of the package and start using it without any thought of checking several key components. Hooks are the main thing, inferior hooks cost fishermen more fish than anything. Check to see how sharp the treble hooks are before you chunk that plug, sometimes they are not nearly as sharp as one might think. Split rings that hold the hooks are another culprit, stainless steel split are a must when hustling fish in saltwater. Also the size of the split can cause you grief as well, some plugs like the Super spook for instance have really big rings that allow for excess travel of the treble hooks which in turn results in the hooks getting tangled on one another. e simple solution to this problem is to just down size the rings. Tournament anglers for years have been tinkering with all sorts of lures, bass guys are the worst. Show me any big bass tournament fisherman and I will show you a guy who is into an outdoors version of arts and crafts. Dips, dyes, rattles, skirts, and swivels that spin if you just think about them wrong are all variables that can be changed or altered to give a fisherman an edge. Well the tweaking has made a major crossover into the saltwater arena, especially when it comes to the topwater plugs. On a recent trip to Calcasieu Lake in Louisiana I saw See UZZLE, PAGE 2B

Navasota High School joines Bridge City (pictured) as part of the revised 10-4A, Division I next season.

Navasota addition not so bad KAZ’S KORNER JOE KAZMAR FOR THE RECORD

When the University Interscholastic League for some reason added Navasota to District 10-4A-I last month for 2016-18, it created somewhat of a panic to its regular members—Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Bridge City, Silsbee, Cleveland, Huffman and Livingston. One of the four teams destined for the playoffs this fall will most likely be an odd-team-out because the Rattlers football team has gone 54-3 in the last four seasons including two state championships. e move makes no sense because Navasota comes from the other end of the region which is going to cause huge travel woes for most of the members of District 10-4A-I, especially in some of

the other sports and UIL events. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel in this scenario, because the person most responsible for the Rattlers’ good fortunes in most of the sports is head coach and athletic director Lee Fedora, who has been directing Navasota’s athletic fortunes for the past 11 years. About a month ago Fedora was due to have his contract extended as it has routinely been done since he arrived on the scene with an automatic 7-0 approval by the Navasota board of trustees. But this time the board went into special session and came back without any announcement of Fedora’s contract extension. According to an article appearing in the Houston Chronicle last week the situation festered and public criticism grew among the ardent Rattler fans and supporters. Fedora felt like something was in the wind, even though the school board gave Fedora the extension with a 7-0 vote.

“e extension was done every time before in routine fashion, but a football coach who led Navasota to a 54-3 record and two titles the last four years, in addition to an athletic director praised for building the entire program, was left out to dry,” the article stated. Last Wednesday Fedora told his staff and his athletes that he was leaving Navasota after 11 years. “What goes on in closed session, I can’t speak about it, but there’s changes coming and I just felt like it was time for a change for my family,” Fedora told the Chronicle. “So that’s the decision I made.” “Fedora deciding to leave while acknowledging another job isn’t already solidified doesn’t show well for Navasota. e school board made a mistake and did what it could to fix it,” the article pointed out. “School board member Hollis Hood said he felt last week cleared up any questions either side had. See KORNER, PAGE 2B


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Once out of a 90-minute closed session, the board got a second motion—it didn’t two weeks prior— resulting in the extension not going to a vote, and doled out a unanimous 7-0 vote. “Taking two weeks was likely the ďŹ nal straw, and now Navasota has to own the fact that it pushed away the best coach it ever had,â€? the article concluded. During Fedora’s tenure at the helm of the Rattlers from 2007-15, Navasota averaged 11.4 wins per season and won seven district titles and twice ďŹ nished 16-0 winning state championships in 2012 and 2014. “In retrospect, we should have looked at it dierently and talked about it dierently,â€? Hood told the Chronicle. “But I don’t think any of the board members really felt that was going to happen, but it just did and there wasn’t anything you could do about it after the fact. “I’ll tell you this—I’m glad that he stayed here 11 years and he’s gotten the program to a point where I don’t think you can ďŹ nd a better one anywhere,â€? Hood said. e LCM Bears and the Bridge City Cardinals, along with the rest of the District 10-4A-I members, will see ďŹ rst-hand this fall if Navasota can continue its winning ways without Head Coach Lee Fedora. KWICKIES‌If the Texas Longhorns (20-12) defeat Northern Iowa (22-12) and the Texas Aggie (26-8) get past Wisconsin-Green

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ďŹ rst hand how slight variations in lures can make a huge dierence. I was throwing Mirrolure’s black Top Dog Jr. as were some of the other ďŹ shermen in my boat. We all were doing fairly well on some nice speckled trout when I decided to change up my approach somewhat. I picked out a “customizedâ€? version of the same plug and began to really catch some ďŹ sh. e new plug had a chartreuse head and some teasers on the back hook made from aquarium tubing. e two pieces of tubing had been dyed chartreuse and red in order to give the bait a little ash. e new Top Dog Jr. was instantly crushed on consecutive casts by trout over 6 pounds. My fellow ďŹ shermen

Bay (23-12) in Friday’s ďŹ rst round of the NCAA Tourney, it will set up a meeting between the two rivals in the second round on Sunday. e No. 14 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks are in their third straight NCAA Tournament under Head Coach Brad Underwood, whose team is 59-1 in Southland Conference play under his guidance. e Lumberjacks (27-5) will play West Virginia 26-8) Friday at 6:10 p.m. in the East Regional. e game will be televised on CBS. Two Texas teams are in the National Invitational Tournament NIT) ďŹ eld as Texas Southern played at Valparaiso Tuesday night and the University of Houston will go to Georgia Tech today at 8 p.m. Houston Baptist is playing in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) and will travel to meet UNCGreensboro today. As I speculated in last week’s column, the Denver Broncos didn’t have enough cap money to re-sign Brock Osweiler and that the Houston Texas did and that’s exactly what happened as General Manager Rick Smith opened the purse strings and ďŹ nally got some quality talent in the free-agent marketplace. Osweiler was signed to a four-year, $72 million contract with $38 million guaranteed. e Texans replaced Arian Foster with 24-year-old Lamar Miller from the Miami Dolphins and signed him to a four-year $26 million contract with a $14 million guarantee.

struggled to copy the plug in hopes of getting on the bigger ďŹ sh, but to no avail they could not match the “customâ€? plug in either color or production. î€“e teaser tabs on the plug really helped when the ďŹ sh got ďŹ nicky, at times I would let the plug sit completely still for several seconds with nothing but the waves moving it back and forth until a trout would come crashing from beneath the surface to engulf it. I since have put the little tabs on nearly all my topwaters, I know they help catch more ďŹ sh because I have seen it ďŹ rst hand. With a little imagination and a few simple things like paint pens and dye you can really trick out a plug and make it into a real ďŹ sh catching machine. If you don’t

Miller will give the Texans their fastest running back in franchise history. e Texans also signed free agents Je Allen (guard) and center Tony Bergstrom. e Broncos replaced Oswelier and Peyton Manning with 29-year-old Mark Sanchez at quarterback. JUST BETWEEN US‌e 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament oďŹƒcially begins tomorrow (urs.) with 64 teams competing for the national championship after the four games are completed Tuesday and today. Five teams from the Lone Star State are included in the ďŹ eld—Stephen F. Austin, Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor (22-11) and Texas Tech (19-12). e No. 1 seeds in each of the four

want to go through all that trouble at least change your dull hooks out in favor of sharper ones like the VMC or Gamakatsu, they are super sharp and plenty strong. By just changing the hooks out you will be ahead of the game. One other little trick that requires no painting or exotic changes, turn the eye on the lure 90 degrees to where it sits horizontal with the surface of the water rather than perpendicular. By doing this the nose of the plug will stay down and add a little more action to your favorite bait like the Super Spook, Skitterwalk, or Top Dogs. And of course always tie a loop knot when ďŹ shing topwaters, I’m a ďŹ rm believer in the beneďŹ ts of

regions are not a big surprise with Kansas (30-4) in the South Regional, Oregon (28-6) in the West while the other side of the bracket has North Carolina (28-6) in the East Regional and Virginia (26-7) in the Midwest. I like Kansas to win in the South with No. 5 Maryland (25-8) as the long shot, I’m going with No. 3 Texas A&M in the West as the long shot and winner, North Carolina in the East with No. 7 Wisconsin (20-12) as my long shot and No. 2 Michigan State (29-5) as the winner in the Midwest with No. 5 Purdue (26-8) as the dark horse. is week’s games will be televised on CBS, tru-TV, TBS, and TNT.

Bree Fontenot, 2012 Bridge City Lady Cardinal Trackster, ran at a 7 minute pace and finished her first half marathon in The Woodlands on March 5. She finished 1st in her age group and as the 11th overall female in the Houston Methodist’s “The Woodlands Half Marathon.� Pictured Bree Fontenot and Sydney Shepherd, Bridge City Cardinal Alumni

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

using this knot because it adds some irresistible action to the plug. e increased action in the presentation is just undeniable, use it next time and it you will see a deďŹ nite dierence. Don’t be afraid to try some of your own variations on your favorite plugs, you never know what might happen. If you just happen to stumble onto the perfect bait you will have it all to yourself. Just think what that knowledge and edge will do for you next time you and a buddy take to the water, when the ďŹ sh start coming in on your side of the boat much more frequently it will be well worth the time and eort not mention bragging rights.

As a Val Verde County game warden ate a late lunch at a boat ramp on Lake Amistad, he was approached by two men wearing camouage and waders. e hunters told the warden they had gone out that morning to hunt ducks on kayaks a few miles away. However, a cold front with 47-mile-an-hour winds blew over the lake in midmorning, making it impossible to navigate. e hunters sought shelter in a nearby cove before deciding to seek help. Fortunately, they found the game warden not long after starting their search for help. e warden launched his boat, made his way across the white-capping lake and, with the help of the two hunters, found

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the abandoned kayaks and gear.

Accident on I-10

A Hudspeth County game warden assisted in a failure-toyield incident at the Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 10. e warden identiďŹ ed the car that failed to yield as stolen. As the vehicle’s two occupants tried to avoid apprehension by driving against traďŹƒc, the driver struck an 18-wheeler head on, blocking all lanes of westbound traďŹƒc for six hours. In the accident, the passenger was ejected from the vehicle and later pronounced dead on the scene. e driver was airlifted to the nearest hospital for multiple injuries. While searching the vehicle, the warden found a softball-sized amount of crystal meth, about 50 unidentiďŹ ed pills and a scale. Cases and charges are pending. See NOTES, PAGE 3B

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The Record • Week of Wednesday, March 16, 2016 •

Notes

Bridge City Police Report e Bridge City Police Department responded to the following calls from Feb. 21 - Feb. 27, 2016. Sunday, Feb. 21 • Harassment in the 200 block of Elizabeth. • Suspicious person in the 700 block of Texas Avenue. • Suspicious activity in the 100 block of Charles. • Animal call in the 2100 block of Texas Avenue. • Suspicious activity in the 1000 block of Texas Avenue. Monday, Feb. 22 • Disturbance in the 800 block of Center. • Suspicious activity in the area of Texas Avenue and Schoolview. • Disturbance in the 500 block of Gum. Tuesday, Feb. 23 • Welfare check in the 800 block of Center.

• Assist other agency in the 900 block of Highland. • Criminal mischief in the 100 block of Jennie Lane. • Alarm in the 100 block of Tiger Lily. Wednesday, Feb. 24 • Criminal trespassing in the 1500 block of Texas Avenue. • Informational report in the 200 block of Stapper Road. • Suspicious activity in the 2100 block of Wise. • Alarm in the 100 block of Rose. • Suspicious activity in the 400 block of Texas Avenue. ursday, Feb. 25 • Suspicious activity in area of FM 1006 and State Highway 87. • Animal call in the 1300 block of Shadowdale. • Disturbance in the 300 block of Osborne. • Disturbance in the 700 block of Texas Avenue.

• Suspicious person in the 400 block of Texas Avenue. Friday, Feb. 26 • Disturbance in the 10 block of Court Drive. • Criminal mischief in the 400 block of Rachal. • Suspicious activity in area of Wise and East Roundbunch. Saturday, Feb. 27 • Assist other agency in the 100 block of Circle Drive. • Suspicious activity in the 300 block of Hebert. • Assist other agency in the 4400 block of State Highway 87. • Disturbance in the 400 block of Bryant Boulevard. • Alarm in the 100 block of Colonial. • Disturbance in the 200 block of Holiday Lane. • Disturbance in area of Gilmer and Henry. Source: Bridge City Police Department

Orange Police Report OďŹƒcers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls on March 14: TraďŹƒc accident, 1710 16th St. Burglary, 2025 International Ave. Aggravated assault, 1506 Dupont Dr. TraďŹƒc accident, 400 16th St. Damaged property, 3819 Meeks Dr.

Damaged property, 2025 International Ave. eft, 1101 Green Ave. Burglary, 4311 Tejas Pkwy. TraďŹƒc accident, 401 16th St. DUI/drugs, Simmons Dr. and Green Ave. TraďŹƒc accident, 1400 Green Ave. TraďŹƒc accident, 2323 Lutcher Dr. Disorderly conduct, 407 W. Hickory Ave.

Pinehurst Police Report e Pinehurst Police Department responded to the following calls from Feb. 21 - Feb. 27, 2016. Sunday, Feb. 21 • Suspicious activity in area of MLK and Sparrow. • Assist other agency in the 800 block of Newton. • Disturbance in the 3400 block of West Martin. Monday, Feb. 22 • Assist other agency in the 3100 block of Edgar Brown Drive. • Disturbance in the 3900 block of Pheasant. • eft in the 200 block of Strickland.

Tuesday, Feb. 23 • Assist other agency in the 5700 block of Meeks. • Assist other agency in the 3400 block of Pelican. • Informational report in the 3000 block of Camelot. Wednesday, Feb. 24 • Alarm in the 3900 block of Whipporwill. • Assist other agency in the 7000 block of Interstate 10. • Assist other agency in the 1600 block of North 16th Street. ursday, Feb. 25 • Alarm in the 2300 block of

41st Street. • Disturbance in the 3000 block of MacArthur Drive. • Suspicious activity in the area of 35th and Raven. Friday, Feb. 26 • Assist other agency in the 4000 block of Sikes Road. • Suspicious person in the 2200 block of MacArthur Drive. Saturday, Feb. 27 • Alarm in the 3700 block of West Park Avenue. • Informational report in the 2500 block of MLK. Source: Pinehurst Police Department

West Orange Police Report e West Orange Police Department responded to the following calls from Feb. 21 - Feb. 27, 2016. Sunday, Feb. 21 • Informational report in the 2800 block of MacArthur Drive. Monday, Feb. 22 • Assault in the 2100 block of Houston. • Burglary of a building in the 1900 block of Holland.

Tuesday, Feb. 23 • Informational report in the 1200 block of Lansing. Wednesday, Feb. 24 • Person arrested for theft in the 3100 block of Edgar Brown Drive. • Person arrested for felony theft in the 3100 block of Edgar Brown Drive.

ursday, Feb. 25 • eft in the 3100 block of Edgar Brown Drive. • Person arrested for criminal trespassing in the 3100 block of Edgar Brown Drive. Friday, Feb. 26 • Person arrested for criminal trespassing in the 3100 block of Edgar Brown Drive. Source: West Orange Police Department

Orange County Marriage Licenses e following marriage licenses were issued by the oďŹƒce of Brandy Robertson, Orange County Clerk, for the week of March 7-11: Shaun R. Sonnier and Toyah D. Bertrand Colin W. Corbett and Shawna L. Riley Randall S. Hancock and Christina D. St. Julien

Kenneth W. Walston and Onini B. David Michael A. Jacob and Barbara M. Cunningham Jeremy S. Granger and Kelle D. Betz Cameron M. LaFleur and Lauren E. Breaux-Wischnewsky Franklin B. Walters and Billie S. Linder Jerey T. Harms and Chelsie

M. Dunaway Ricky R. Jones and Desiree L. Richard Justin B. Fledderjohn and Samantha L. Miller Christian A. Flores and Emerald S. Martinez –Olguin Aric L. Lundmark and Michel D. Richard Shawn M. Regnier and Ashleigh R. Gilbreath

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Doe Drowning As a Red River County game warden watched for night road hunting from his vehicle, a truck drove down the road he was watching, slowed down and turned around. Unaware of the warden’s presence, the truck stopped at a nearby creek. The warden soon heard a loud splash. After the warden made contact with the driver, the man admitted to killing a doe that night, out of season, and then dumping the carcass in the creek to get rid of it. Multiple cases against the individual are pending.

Bambi’s Not a Pet

A Grayson County game warden received a call from a Sherman Police Department officer about a yearling whitetailed deer he had noticed in a small pen in someone’s yard. The warden went to the scene and, with the help of a local animal control officer, captured the deer and transferred it to a permitted rehabilitator so it could eventually be released back into the wild. The warden cited the resident of the house for possessing a live deer without a permit. The case is pending.

Thank Goodness They Wore Life Jackets

A Limestone County game warden got a call about a father and son who hadn’t returned home from their fishing trip. After calling both her husband and son multiple times, the wife and her other son went to Lake Limestone to look for their missing family members. They found the dad’s truck and trailer, but his boat was nowhere to be seen. When the warden arrived on scene, he saw a light flashing sporadically in the distance, in the middle of the lake. The warden launched his patrol boat and, upon arriving at the source of the light, found a man and child sitting on top of a capsized vessel. High winds had caused the boat to take on water and capsize on top of a tree stump, which kept the boat partially above water. The father and son, who were both wearing life jackets, were okay, though they were very cold, hungry and shaken. The warden took them back to the boat ramp and their waiting family members, gave them some food and let them warm up. Fortunately, neither individual needed medical attention.

Catch and Release

When a Shelby County game warden returned to an area where he had previously seen hoop nets hanging from a tree, he also found multiple nets in the nearby river. The warden monitored the area over the next few days without seeing any fishermen, but one day noticed the nets had been baited and some were moved to a different location. The warden monitored the area for another 10 hours before he finally saw a fisherman bait a couple nets and place them in the water. The warden made contact with the subject and found 22 illegal hoop nets with about 15 catfish, all of which the warden released back into the river.

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Can’t Hide from the Lawâ€Śâ€ˆor the Church A Starr County game warden and a Zapata County warden were on patrol when a “be on the lookoutâ€? warning was issued by the local sheriff ’s department for a vehicle used in the burglary of a local church. While the wardens sat at a four-way stop, they saw a vehicle matching the BOLO run a stop sign in front of them. The wardens pursued the vehicle. The chase finally ended at a residence, where the wardens determined the man was indeed the suspect who had burglarized the church. The wardens found the stolen property and handed the suspect and vehicle over to the local sheriff ’s office. The suspect was subsequently charged with burglary of a building.

Ramming a Game Warden Boat Is Not Very Effective

As Starr and Zapata county game wardens patrolled the Rio Grande River, they spotted a commercial fisherman on the U.S. side of the river. When the wardens tried to make contact with him, the fisherman started ramming the warden’s boat with his own boat. During the commotion, the wardens managed to board the fisherman’s boat and disable it. They took the fisherman into custody for possession of a prohibited device in state waters. The wardens seized the boat, motor and 9,000 feet of gill net.

Nice Try

A Comal County game warden came across a photo on a popular Facebook hunting group of a woman holding her first buck. After further investigation, the warden determined the woman did not have a hunting license. Her boyfriend had used his own license and tag to make it look like the woman had taken the deer legally. The game warden found the woman and her boyfriend, who told the warden it was all a big joke, and he had actually shot the deer. After getting statements from the pair, the warden interviewed several other individuals who had received text messages and phone calls from the woman. They said the woman told them she had shot her first buck. The wardens determined the female had in fact shot the deer and used her boyfriend’s license and tag to cover it up. The pair paid a fine and civil restitution.

Do You Really Know  All the Game Wardens? A game warden got a call from a landowner about trespassers on his property. The landowner said he had seen a group of quail hunters jump his fence. When he confronted them and said he was going to call the game wardens, one of the trespassers said, “Go ahead, I know all the game wardens

and will be expecting their call.� The warden responded and gathered evidence at the scene. During his investigation, he found the names of all four suspects. After interviewing the suspects, all four confessed to not only the trespass but to hunting from the road and killing roadrunners, a protected nongame bird.

The Old Switcheroo

A game warden was patrolling the Canadian River area in Potter County when he saw a pickup truck, driven by a male, fail to stop at a stop sign and then get onto the nearby highway at a high rate of speed. As the warden pursued the truck, the male driver suddenly pulled off the roadway. The warden initiated a traffic stop. However, as he approached the pickup, he noticed the male he had just seen driving the truck had switched places with his female passenger, who was now in the driver’s seat. During a brief interview with the male, the warden noticed signs of intoxication and administered standardized field sobriety tests. The male failed the tests and was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated. He provided a breath sample that registered a 0.234 blood alcohol level.

Yes, Game Wardens Do Care about Warrants

As a Travis County game warden and a ride along were checking bank fishermen along the Colorado River, they encountered an individual in a makeshift camp. The man said he only used the camp as a weekend getaway. When the warden asked for his identification, the man provided false information—his date of birth and stated age didn’t add up. The warden discovered a warrant with no extradition limits had been issued for the man’s parole revocation. The weekend camper said he knew he had warrants out for his arrest but thought game wardens didn’t care about warrants and would just go away. The warden filed additional charges of false identification as a fugitive from justice.

Mr. X Has a Date with the Judge

Travis County game wardens were checking bank fishermen on Lake Austin when they found one individual fishing without a license. When shown a photo taken from over half a mile away of him fishing, the individual adamantly stated the subject in the photo was not him. When signing the citation promising to appear before a judge, the man scratched a large bold “X.� The wardens asked why the X didn’t match the signature on his driver’s license, but the man simply said he just changed his signature and will now be known as Mr. X.


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Brown trout making a comeback in Texas Texas anglers will have another species to target this spring. In March, the Guadalupe River Chapter of Trout Unlimited (GRTU) will stock approximately 900 brown trout averaging 14 inches in the Canyon Dam tailrace. e tailrace extends 14 miles downstream of Canyon Dam on the Guadalupe River. Brown trout are popular with anglers and can live in slightly higher water temperatures than rainbow trout. Brown trout have been stocked in the tailrace before. From the late 1970s to 2000 brown trout supplemented rainbow trout stockings by the Texas

Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and GRTU. is stocking will be different, because fisheries managers will assess how brown trout stockings improve angler participation and fishing through Texas’ hot summer months. Angler surveys will document fishing effort and catch rates, while electrofishing sampling will evaluate trout survival through summer and fall. Half of the brown trout stocking will occur in the special regulation zone, which begins 800 yards downstream of Canyon Dam and extends to the easternmost bridge crossing on Highway 306. Anglers fishing in this zone are required to release

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brown and rainbow trout between 12 and 18 inches in length. Trout below 12 inches and one above 18 inches can be harvested by artificial lures only, with a five-fish daily bag limit. Remaining brown trout will be stocked in multiple locations from the easternmost Highway 306 bridge crossing to the second bridge crossing on River Road. TPWD and GRTU are hoping the addition of brown trout can increase the number of trout that survive through summer in the tailrace. is would increase year-round angling opportunities and allow fish to grow over multiple years. e protective regulations and cooler water

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temperatures in the upstream portion of the tailrace provide the best conditions for this to occur. If brown trout increase angler participation and exhibit better oversummer survival than rainbow trout, more may be stocked in the future. Methods for catching brown trout are similar to those used for

rainbow trout. Dry flies, wet flies and small lures that imitate terrestrial insects or minnows can be good bait choices in summer. Anglers can access the river several ways. In the upstream special regulation zone, kayaks and canoes can be launched from a free access area just below Canyon Dam. Take-out locations

and other access can be arranged through outfitters such as Maricopa Riverside Lodge or Whitewater Sports. During the winter season, several leased sites offer anglers free access to the river. For information about these sites visit http://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/management/stocking/guadalupe.phtml.


The Record • Week of Wednesday, March 16, 2016 •

Gov. Abbott declares several counties in state of disaster As flooding continues to impact parts of East and Southeast Texas, Governor Greg Abbott today declared a state of disaster in the following counties: Angelina, Erath, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Hood, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Madison, Marion, Newton, Orange, Parker, Sabine, San Augustine, and Tyler. The Governor also elevated the activation level of the State Operations Center (SOC) in Austin, and is urging Texans to stay on high alert and immediately heed any warnings from their local officials related to this severe flood threat. “Flooding resulting from historic rainfall in East Texas is having a significant impact on residents,� said Governor Abbott. “The State of Texas continues to do everything it can to assist all the counties affected by this severe weather, and my thoughts and prayers are with all those impacted. I want to thank the first responders for their quick response to this disaster and ask that residents heed the warnings of local officials, particularly concerning evacuation notices.� The State Operations Center continues to coordinate with

the National Weather Service and their West Gulf River Forecast Center to monitor river conditions – which has indicated that the significant threat at this time is near the Sabine, Trinity and Neches rivers and their tributaries.  The SOC also continues to coordinate with the Texas Emergency Management Council and is providing state resources and assistance to local leaders as requested. At the request of local leaders, the state is currently assisting with evacuations in Newton, Jasper and Orange counties. Additionally, the state continues to provide assistance for swift water rescues in the impacted areas as requested by local officials. State agencies activated and responding to this event include the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Division of Emergency Management, Texas Military Department, Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas A&M Forest Service, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas General Land Office, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service/Texas Task Force 1, Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Park and

Wildlife Department, Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Animal Health Commission, and the American Red Cross. • Texans are urged to follow these safety tips during severe weather events: • Remember that dangerous waters can seem deceptively calm, and if you encounter flooding, move to higher ground – turn around, don’t drown. • Avoid areas already flooded and avoid any fast-flowing water. • Be extremely cautious of any water on roads or in creeks, streams, storm drains or other areas – never attempt to cross flowing streams or drive across flooded roadways and always observe road barricades placed for your protection. • Monitor weather radios and news broadcasts for updated information on current and anticipated severe weather, and heed warnings by local officials when in doubt, get out! • Keep in mind that flood dangers are even harder to recognize at night.

Red Cross seeks volunteers, offers training e American Red Cross will conduct “Just In Time Training� on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 7pm at the Red Cross building located at 3260 Eastex Fwy, Beaumont, TX 77703. ere will also be additional “Just In Time Training� with dates and times listed below: March 16 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. March17 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. March 18 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. March 19 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Floodwaters caused evacuations in several counties along the Texas Gulf Coast the past few days.

At this time, more than 110 people are in American Red Cross shelters with more expected. Support for the ongoing relief eorts in these affected communities is needed. e Red Cross needs shelter workers tonight and throughout the entire week. Additionally, the Red Cross is in need of people for feeding, damage assessment, logistics and the bulk distribution of relief supplies over the next week out of the Beaumont and Orange OďŹƒces. e Red Cross will focus on the following counties including but not limited to: Montgomery, Orange, Newton and Jasper.

Make donations to Red Cross in Orange County e recent oods in the Golden Triangle caused thousands of people to be displaced from their homes. Responding in the generous way they always do, people in the area are anxious to make donations of food, clothing and other items for people who have lost so many of their own belongings.

e Red Cross is not equipped to handle a large inux of donations such as household items, clothing or food. e best and quickest way to get them to people in the area is to send them to the agencies that are most qualiďŹ ed and equipped to manage them. Please take clothing, food and other things to:

e Salvation Army 1950 MLK Drive Orange, Texas 77630 Phone: (409) 291-8400 http://www.salvationarmy.org Community Church 3400 MLK Drive Orange, Texas  77632 Phone:(409) 883-4498 http://www.ccorange.org/

Taste of Southeast Texas Sweet Alabama Pecan Bread EVY’S CAJUN KITCHEN Evelyn Brandon For e Record I got this recipe in email from a friend. She found it on the Blue Ribbon Recipes emails she receives from them. e lady who made it is Amy Borne, of Cilo, Alabama. She says her family “really likes this breadâ€?. It sounds heavenly to me and I cannot wait to bake it for my family. We come from a long line of bread lovers, so I’m sure it will be a hit. If you make this bread before I do, please let me know at news@therecordlive.com. I’d be interested to know how you liked it and if you found it necessary to make changes to ďŹ t your own tastes. How do you pronounce the word pecan? Is it peecan or pah cahn? I’m a pah can kind of girl always have been. It’s just the way we say it in Texas, isn’t it? I know my family in the New Orleans area says it that way too. so maybe it’s just a matter of personal preference. Either way, I’m

positive this bread will be wonderful with whichever kind of pecans you use, Southern or otherwise.

Sweet Alabama Pecan Bread 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup sugar 4 eggs, beaten 1 cup oil 1 1/2 cup self rising flour 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups pecans, finely chopped

Directions Preheat oven to 350 Lightly grease and our a 9x13 baking dish. Using a wooden spoon, stir together sugar, brown sugar, eggs and oil in a medium bowl until smooth. Stir in our and vanilla. Add pecans, then stir until evenly mixed. Spoon into prepared pan and bake for 30-35 minutes. Bon appÊtit!

White Chocolate Cherry Pie NANCY’S KITCHEN Nancy McWhorter e Record

Last month, my hairdresser and friend, Dorothy Parks, proprietress of the “Hair Teasers Beauty Shopâ€? celebrated her birthday. When she and the other three hairdressers have a birthday, they always observe it in the shop on the Friday of the week of the birthday. î€“ey and some customers  provide the food and everyone joins in the fun and festivities.   Even on regular business days, Dorothy furnishes some sort of homemade treat for customers to nibble on. Like me, she enjoys reading cookbooks and trying new recipes. For her birthday this year I gave her a Taste of Home Cookbook and this pie. e pie was such a hit that several requested the KEEPER recipe.   It would be an incredible addition to your Christmas dinner.  Â

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LSC-Orange closes due to flood Given the predicted flooding of the Sabine River, the Lamar State College-Orange campus will be closing Monday, March 14 at 3:00 p.m. and remain closed for the remainder of the

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The story of Easter brings to life the life and resurrection of Jesus About 1960 years ago, Jesus and his friends and followers were in Jerusalem preparing for the special Passover celebrations. At the same time, the chief priests and other Jewish oďŹƒcials were meeting at the house of Caiaphas, the High Priest, to discuss ways of capturing Jesus quietly, and killing him. ey wanted to kill Jesus because they hated how popular he was with the people and thought he might take some of their power away, and also more importantly, they did not believe Jesus's claim that he was the Son of God. "But we can't do it during the Passover celebrations," they agreed, "because the people might riot." Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus's twelve disciples, went to the chief priests, and asked, "How much will you pay me if I betray Jesus to you?" ey gave him thirty silver coins. From then on, Judas watched for a chance to betray Jesus to them. On the ďŹ rst day of the Passover ceremonies, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where are we going to eat our Passover meal?" Jesus replied, "Go into the city and ďŹ nd a man carrying a water jar and tell him, 'Our Master says, my time has come, and I will eat the Passover meal with my disciples at your house.'" So the disciples did as he told them, and prepared the meal there. at evening as Jesus sat eating the Passover meal with his disciples, He broke the bread, blessed it and said, "Take this and eat it, for this is my body, which I am giving for you." He then took the cup of wine and gave thanks and said, "Drink this, all of you. is is my blood which is poured out for you." en he said, "One of you will betray me." e disciples asked each other who would do that. But Judas knew he was talking about him and slipped out as soon as he could. Jesus and the rest of the disciples ďŹ nished the meal and when they had sung a hymn, they went out to a local beauty spot, the Mount of Olives, and Jesus said to them, "is very night all of you will run away and leave me."

Peter, one of Jesus's best friends, said to him, "Even if everyone else leaves you, I never will. Even if I have to die with you, I will never let you down. I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "Tonight, before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you don't know me." en Jesus took his disciples to a place called Gethsemane and said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray. Pray for strength against temptation." He went a little way from them, knelt down and started to pray. "God, my Father, if it is possible, please take this burden from me. But do what you want, not what I want." Jesus stayed there and prayed for about an hour. When he returned to the disciples, he found them asleep and asked them, "Why are you sleeping? Couldn't you stay awake for one hour? Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation, for your spirit is willing, but your body is weak." en he went away for a second time to pray, "My Father, if it is not possible to take this painful thing from me, and if I must do it, I pray that what you want will happen." Jesus went back to his followers and found that they had fallen asleep again, so he went and prayed a third time. When he came back the last time, they were still asleep so he told them, "Wake up! It is nearly time for the Son of Man to be betrayed by sinners! Here comes my betrayer." After he left the meal, Judas had gone to the high priests and made arrangements with them and the soldiers about how they would know Jesus. "e one who I kiss is the one to arrest.", he said. When they arrived where Jesus and his disciples were, Judas went up to Jesus and kissed him and said, "Greetings, Teacher." And with that, the soldiers arrested Jesus. Jesus was taken to the court of Caiaphas (the High Priest), the teachers of the law and the Jewish Elders. Peter followed at a distance into the courtyard. He sat down with the guards to see what would happen. e priests and the Sanhedrin (the name of

the Jewish parliament) brought lots of witnesses who told lies about Jesus. But nothing could be proved and Jesus would not say anything to defend himself. Finally the High Priest said to him, "I ask you under oath: Are you the Son of God?" Jesus replied, "You say that I am." en the High Priest said, "He has spoken against God!! Do we need anymore witnesses?" e other priests replied, "He should die for what he has said!" Meanwhile, in the courtyard, a servant girl came up to Peter and said, "You were with Jesus of Galilee." Peter said, "I don't know what you're talking about." en he went out to the gateway where another girl saw him and told the people around her, "is man was with Jesus of Galilee." Peter said, "I swear I don't know him!" After a little while, the people standing around the gate came up to Peter and said, "Surely you were with him, your accent gives you away." (People from Galilee had a dierent accent to people in Jerusalem.) Now Peter became angry and said, "I don't know the man!!" Immediately a rooster crowed. en Peter remembered what Jesus had told him, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." He went outside and cried. He had denied knowing Jesus because he was scared that he might be arrested. To sentence someone to death, the Jewish leaders had to have the Roman Governor's permission. So even thought it was now getting towards dawn (and against Jewish law!) they took Jesus before the Roman governor, Pilate, who asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus replied, "ose are your words." e priests and chief elders then began accusing him and still, Jesus did nothing to defend himself (much to the amazement of Pilate). e governor said, "Don't you hear how they're accusing you?" But still, Jesus didn't say anything! Pilate didn't know what to do with Jesus. Because he didn't think he had done anything wrong, he sent him to the Jewish King Herod. Herod was pleased

that Jesus had been arrested and questioned him, but again, Jesus said nothing. So Herod made fun of him and Herod's soldiers beat Jesus up. en Herod sent Jesus back to Pilate as he didn't know what to do with Jesus either! It was the custom, at the time Passover, for the Roman governor to release one Jewish prisoner chosen by the ordinary people. At that time, they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. When Pilate asked the crowd who they wanted released. e Priests stirred up the crowd so they called for Barabbas. Pilate asked them, "What do you want me to do with Jesus, who is called King of the Jews?" ey answered back, let by the Priests, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate asked them, "Why? What crime has he committed?" But, they shouted even louder, "CRUCIFY HIM!! CRUCIFY HIM!!" When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, he took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. (is is where we get the phrase 'washing our hands of something' when we want to show that we don't want the blame if something goes wrong!) en Pilate released Barabbas. Jesus was ogged, and handed him over to be cruciďŹ ed. e governor's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's palace and gathered around him. ey stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him and then twisted together a crown of thorns and rammed it on his head. ey put a sta in his right hand and knelt in front of him and mocked him saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!" ey spat on him, and took the sta and struck him on the head again and again. After they had beaten him up, they took o the robe and put his own clothes on him. en they led him away to crucify him. As the soldiers led him away, they grabbed a man named Simon, (who was from Cyrene and on his way in from the country) from the watching crowd and made him carry the cross because Jesus had been beaten so badly, he was too weak to do so.

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When they came to the place where they executed people, called Golgotha or 'e Place of the Skull', they oered Jesus cheap wine to drink to help stop the pain, but after he tasted it, he refused to drink it. When they had nailed Jesus up on to the Cross, the Jewish rulers among the crowd sneered at Jesus, saying, "If you are so wonderful and the King of the Jews, save yourself." An inscription, in Greek, Latin and Hebrew, was written on a bit of wood and put over Jesus' head on the cross. It read, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS." Jesus prayed to God, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Two thieves were being cruciďŹ ed at the same time as Jesus, one on the right and one on the left. One of the criminals who hung next to Jesus hurled insults at him, "Aren't you the Christ? Why don't you save yourself and us, too!!" But the other thief disagreed with him and said, "Aren't you afraid of God since you are under the same sentence? We are being punished because we did wrong things. But this man has done nothing wrong." en he said to Jesus, "Remember me when you come into your Kingdom." Jesus told him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in heaven." is happened about 12noon, and from then until 3pm it was dark because the sun did not shine! At 3 o'clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "My God, My God, why have you left me?" en Jesus cried out in a loud voice again, "It is ďŹ nished!" And he died. A Roman centurion, was standing in front of Jesus and heard his cry and saw how he died. He said, "Surely, this man was the Son of God!" Because the next day was the Sabbath (Saturday, the Jewish Holy Day), the Jews didn't want the bodies left on the crosses. Later, an important Jewish council member called Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for Jesus's body. Pilate gave his permission for Joseph to remove his body. He and Nicodemus (another council member) took Jesus' body and wrapped it in strips of cloth (which was the Jewish burial custom). Near the place where Jesus was cruciďŹ ed, there was a garden that Joseph owned and in the garden was a tomb that no one else had ever used. So they buried Jesus in this tomb. e Romans put their best guards at the tomb and the Jewish Leaders had a massive stone rolled in front of it to stop Jesus's followers stealing the body and saying that he had come back to life. Early on Sunday morning, Mary Magdelene, one of Jesus's followers, and some other women went to the tomb to put spices onto the body to stop it smelling. When they got to the tomb, they discovered that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. ey wondered what had happened! Suddenly two men dressed is white robes that glowed appeared in the tomb. e women were very frightened, but the men said "He is not here! He has risen just as he said." en the women remembered what Jesus had said. e women left the tomb and went to tell the other disciples about what had happened. e others did not believe the women because it sounded like rubbish! But Peter and John got up and ran to the tomb and found it empty with only strips of cloth lying in it. When they saw the empty grave,they believed that Jesus had risen. en the disciples went home Mary stayed at the tomb and was very sad and crying. She turned away from the tomb and saw Jesus there, but she didn't know it was Jesus. "Why are you crying? Who are you looking for?" Jesus asked her. She thought it was the gardener so said to him, "If you took Jesus's body away, please tell me where he is so I can go and see him." Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned to look at the man properly and saw that it was Jesus. Said said to him, "Rabboni!" (this means 'teacher' in Hebrew) She when to hug Jesus, but he said, "Don't hold on to me, because I have not gone back to heaven yet. But go and tell my disciples that I am going back to heaven." So Mary went back and told the disciples all about what had happened and that she had seen Jesus alive! Later on the same day, two of Jesus's followers were walking

from Jerusalem to a town called Emmaus (about 11 kilometres or 7 miles). ey were talking about what had happened over the last few days. ey were joined by a stranger on the road and started walking with him. It was Jesus but they didn't recognise him. Jesus asked them "What are you talking about?" ey told Jesus all that had happened and about the women going to the tomb, the Angels telling them that Jesus was Alive and the other disciples ďŹ nding the tomb empty. Jesus then explained to them about what the old Jewish prophets had said about Jesus coming back to life (although they still didn't recognise him!) When they had ďŹ nished talking, they were near Emmaus. It was getting late, so the two men asked Jesus to stay the night with them. ey sat down to dinner and Jesus said grace. As he broke the bread to eat, the disciple realised it was Jesus. (ey might have seen the holes in Jesus's hands where the nails had been.) ey were amazed and ran all the way back to Jerusalem to tell the other disciples in Jerusalem what had happened! ey found the other disciples in a locked room because they were scared of being found by the Jewish leaders. While the two disciples were saying what had happened, Jesus appeared in the room and said "Peace be with you!" ey were scared and thought Jesus was a ghost. But Jesus said "Look at my hands and feet, it is me. Touch my hands where the nails went in. A ghost doesn't have a body!" He showed them his pierced hands where the nails had gone in and they believed it was him, Alive! Jesus ate some ďŹ sh with them and explained why he had died and that he would soon go back to heaven. He also explained that he would send a helper, the Holy Spirit, to live in and help all of Jesus's followers. He told them not to leave Jerusalem until the Helper had come. He also told them to go and tell other people about him and that he loves everyone so much he died for them. But there was one disciple who wasn't there when Jesus ďŹ rst appeared, his name was omas and he doubted that Jesus really was alive. He said that unless he saw the holes in Jesus hands, he wouldn't believe that he was raised from the dead. e next week, the disciples were in the room again. is time omas was with them. Even though the room was locked, Jesus still appeared to them. He showed omas his hands. omas touched him and said, "My Lord and My God!" And believed that Jesus was alive. 40 days after Jesus rose from the dead, he got his followers together and took them out to Bethany. He prayed for them and while he was doing so, he was carried back up into Heaven. A shining cloud covered Jesus, but suddenly two men dressed in white shining clothes stood next to Jesus and said "Why are you looking into the sky? Jesus who you saw going into heaven will return the same way!" e disciples went back to Jerusalem as Jesus had told them to do. A while later, the disciples were in a house waiting to celebrate Pentecost (the Jewish harvest festival). Suddenly there was a sound like a strong blowing wind in the house. ey saw things like ames of ďŹ re that came and rested on each of the disciples. ey were ďŹ lled with the Holy Spirit, the helper just as Jesus had promised. ey went outside and to tell people about Jesus and found that people from lots of dierent countries could understand what they were saying. (People from dierent countries were staying in Jerusalem then for the Pentecost festival.) e people didn't understand this was possible, some people thought they were all drunk! But Peter said "How can we be drunk? It's nine o'clock in the morning!" e disciples found that by the power of the Holy Spirit, they could speak lots of dierent languages. ey told all the people about Jesus and what he did for everyone. Over 3000 people became Christians that day! People have been telling others about Jesus all over the world ever since.


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Good Shepherd Lutheran plans Holy Week Services Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 945 W. Roundbunch, Bridge City, invites the community to join them for Holy Week services beginning with Maundy Thursday, March 24th at 6:00 p.m. During this service they will renew their faith, and share in Holy Communion. Good Friday service begins at 6:00 p.m. It is the service that each individual is given an opportunity to write their sins on paper, and then nail them on a wooden cross. Easter Sunday there will be three services; 9:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. (traditional), and 11:15 a.m. (contemporary).

First Baptist ChurCh OrangeField 9788 F.M. 105 Orangefield 409.735.3113

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

St. Joseph Celebration scheduled for March 19 St. Mary Parish Annual Altar honoring St. Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church will be held Saturday, March 19, at St. mary Catholic Church, 912 W. Cherry, Orange. This special event will include a luncheon of Pasta Milanese, baked fish, casseroles and vegetables along with desserts, prepared in the Sicilian tradition will be served (dine in only). St. Joseph Chaplet will be recited at 10:30 am, followed by the Blessing of our Altar at 11 am. Donations will be accepted by those participating, with proceeds being distributed to local charitable organizations. Donations are needed to provide fruit, other food items, flowers are also needed for flowers on the Alter, or one may volunteer to help with the program. Please contact Rosalie or Pat Clark 409-886-2577.

St. Paul United Methodist Church

1155 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 409.735.5546 Sunday Morning Worship Experience: 8:15 a.m., Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship 10:45 a.m. (Nursery provided). For middle and senior high youth 3:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Taize’ service for children 6:30 p.m. “Kids For Christ” Wednesday 6 p.m.-7 p.m. For information on pre-school enrollment 409-735-5546 Rev. Mark Bunch Email: office@stpaulfamily.org

Holy Week Celebrations at First United Methodist, Orange First United Methodist Church, Orange has released their schedule for Holy Week celebrations. The services and times are: March 20 - Palm Sunday, 8:00, 9:00 and 11:00 am; Jerusalem Market, 10:00 am in the Education Building and egg drop and hunt will be at 4:00 pm. Meet in front of the playground. March 23 - African children’s choir - dinner at 5:00 pm. with performance being at 6:00 in the Praise Center. March 24 - Maundy Thursday’s Tenebrae Service in the chapel at 7:00 pm. Communion will be served. March 27 - Easter Sunday services, 8:00, 9:00 and 11:00 am; UMM will serve breakfast from 9:00-11:00 am, in the Malloy. For more information, call 886-7466.

Faith UMC hosts Lenten Lunch Series /Devotional Faith United Methodist Church, 8608 MLK Jr. Dr., Orange, will host a Lenten Lunch Speaker Series and devotional time each Wednesday during Lent. A light lunch will be served. The series will be from noon-1 pm, on March 16. For more information, call 886-1291, Monday-Thursday, from 9 am-2 pm.

Second Baptist BC hosts "Road to Redemption" Second Baptist Church, Bridge City, will host "Road to Resurrection" on Saturday, March 19 from 9 am-noon. This is a family event which takes participants down the road that Jesus walked beginning with Palm Sunday and ending with the Resurrection. Meet characters who take you inside the scriptures as you are part of the Triumphal Entry, participate in the Passover meal, visit the jail where Jesus was held, meet a Roman guard who was part of the crucifixion detail and finally meet Cleopas who reveals who he encountered on the Joyous Road to the Resurrection. Call and reserve your travel voucher for the Road to Resurrection by calling the church office at 735-8156 on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday mornings from 9 am-noon. It is not necessary to have a reservation but you can reserve a spot for your entire family to travel together. Second Baptist Church, Bridge City is located at 340 Bland Dr., next to the fire station.

St. Francis to sell Lenten fish dinners St. Francis of Assisi Knights of Columbus Council 13825 is selling fish dinners in the San Damiano Center (behind the church), 4300 Meeks Drive, Orange, from 5-7 pm on Friday: March 18. Dinner includes two pieces of fish, french fries, hushpuppies, coleslaw, drink and dessert for $8. Dine in or carry out plates will be available.

BC Knights to sell Lenten fish dinners The Bridge City Knights of Columbus will have their last Lenten fish dinners Friday, March 18. Dinners will be available from 10:30 am-1:00 pm, at the KC Hall (next to St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City). Dinners are $8 each and will consist of fish, french fries, cole slaw and hush puppies. They may be taken out or eaten in at the KC Hall. For deliveries, please call orders at 735-7325 or 237-1234 before 9 am on Friday.

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First United Methodist Church - Orange 502 Sixth Street • 886-7466

Slade Chapel 8 a.m. Praise Center 9 a.m. Sanctuary 11 a.m. Sunday School (All ages) 10 a.m.

McDonald Baptist Church to hold annual Easter Egg Hunt McDonald Baptist Church will host their annual Easter egg hunt and free community picnic Saturday, March 26, at Alford-Seale Park on Western Ave. in West Orange. The egg hunt will start at 11 am followed by a free lunch of links, chips, cookies and soda. Bring your lawn chairs and spend some time with us.

Cowboy Church to host "Walk with Jesus" The Cowboy Church of Orange County invites the public to walk the path that Jesus walked during the week of His crucifixion and resurrection. experience the market streets of Jerusalem, Jesus' triumphant entry, the upper room, Garden of Gethsemane and Jesus' trial before Pilate. See the cross and the empty tomb. The recreation will come to life through over 100 characters as they guide you on this "Walk with Jesus." The event will be held at the church property on Saturday, March 26, from 2-5 pm. There will also be a petting zoo and refreshments. The public is invited and encouraged to attend the free event. The church is located at 673 FM 1078, off of Hwy. 62, North of IH10 in Orange. For more information, contact Pastor Dale Lee at 7180269.

First Assembly BC plans Easter egg hunt First Assembly of God Church, 201 Roberts Ave. (Turn at Subway off Texas Ave.), Bridge City will have their annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 4, at 2 pm. There will be over 10,000 candy filled eggs, games, prizes, son cones and a giant inflatable obstacle course and moonwalk, plus a visit from the Easter Bunny. For more information, call 735-4810.

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McDonald Memorial Baptist Church 104 Broad St., West Orange 409-883-3974 Sunday Bible Study 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00a.m. Wednesday Evening: Youth & Children 6:00 p.m. Adult Prayer Service 6:00 p.m. Pastor: Tommy Anthony Minister of Music: Pam Nugent Minister of Youth: Brandon Swarers

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First Baptist Church of West Orange

Faith United Methodist Church

608 Dayton St., Orange, TX 77630

8608 MLK Jr. Dr.• Orange • 886-1291

409-886-4167

Sunday Worship 10:50 a.m. (Nursery provided)

Sundays at 11:00 AM and Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

Pastor: Michael Procella EMAIL: fbcofwo@gmail.com

Living Word Church Highway 87 & FM 1006 • Orange • 735-6659 Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday evening 7 p.m. Pastor: G.K. Samuel

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Sunday School 9:30 a.m. (all ages) Wednesdays- Stand 25 (Youth 6th-12th grade) 6-7 p.m.

Pastor: Dr. Billy Watson website: www.faithumc-orange.org

Harvest Chapel

1305 Irving St. • West Orange • 882-0862 Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Night Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Night Service: 6 p.m.

Pastor: Ruth Logan Burch

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gOOd shepherd lutheran ChurCh 945 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 735-4523

Worship Services: Tradition 9 a.m., Sunday School 10:15 a.m., Contemporary Service 11 a.m., Monday ‘Compassionate Friends’ 6 p.m., Wednesday ‘Compassionate Friends’ 10 a.m. Pastor Paul Zoch 409-988-3003 Our congregation welcomes the community to join us for all our services. We are a friendly, caring church of the future.

Orange First Church of the Nazarene 3810 MLK Drive, Orange

Lead Pastor Ray McDowell. Worship Ministries Director: Leslie Hicks, Youth Pastor Michael Pigg, Children’s Pastor Rebekah Spell. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Celebration Service 10:45 a.m. Home Group 6 p.m. Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

Wesley United Methodist Church

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

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

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trinity Baptist ChurCh Orange 1819 16th Street • Orange • 886-1333 Pastor Gary Price, Worship Leader Dan Cruse Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m. Bible Study 5 p.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Nursury Provided

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

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

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OF Orange COunty 673 FM 1078 • Orange • 409-718-0269 E. Dale Lee, Pastor Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m. “Round Pen” (Small group) Studies: Ladies and Mens Group: 7 p.m. Monday

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West Orange Christian Church

900 Lansing Street • West Orange • 882-0018 Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wedensday evening 6 p.m. Pastor: Kurtis Moffitt

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19805 Highway 62 • 735-7126

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409-330-7882 COMMERCIAl FOR RENT ON ROuNDBuNCH RD, bc, various sizes and prices, frontage available. Rear spaces cheaper. Perfect for shops, storage, warehouses, etc. 409-7352030 (m&r) FOR SAlE 3 BR/1 BATH, 1 car garage for sale. Please call 409-670-6166 or 409671-7554 2014 Single Wide Mobile Home to be moved, 3 bR 2 bath, like new, 16x84, Hardy Plank Siding, Fireplace, big beautiful Kitchen, Garden Tub & Seperate Shower in Master bath. 57K 409330-0231

HOMES FOR RENT 2/1 BEACH CABIN style house, recently painted outside, new deck - handrails and stairwell, overlooking private lake, 2 car covered concrete parking, large storage room, stove and refrig. furnished, cA/H, ceiling fans, on quiet dead end street, Leblanc St., Orange, bcISD, $750 monthly + $400 dep., (409) 7358288. (3/23) For lease. 3/2/2 CA/H W/D hookups in bc. $1350 a month plus deposit. 409 549 6532 For lease 4/2/1 CA/H W/D hookups in Orange $850 a month plus deposit. 409 549 6532 OFISD 4/1, clean, near schools, cH/A, $1050 monthly, (409) 988-2391. APARTMENT FOR RENT 1/1/1 IN BC, Duplex apt, watr and garbage paid, appliances furnished, $650 monthly + $325 dep., (409) 963-5594. BC 2/1/1 duplex apt., $650 monthly + $340 dep., (409) 963-5564.

QuIET QuAlITY lIVING! MOVE IN SPECIAl TODAY! 1/2 Months rent and 1/2 deposit! Total move in is $650, pay 2nd. 1/2 deposit later in the month. Nice quiet 2 bedroom / 1 bath apartment availible now! Lots of closet space, ceiling fans in each room, playgound on property. close to refineries, in the best school district in bridge city, Tx. Tenant pays just the electric (approxinately $50 per month depending on usage), We pay water and garbage, pet friendly. Rent is $+650 and deposit is $600 which we will break into 2 payments for you, call Victoria @ (409) 4742455. (3/17) 1 bedroom 1 bath apartment for rent in Orange. Beautiful upstairs, has F/P, washer dryer. Stove refrigerator, garbage disposal, tiled floor in kitchen & bathroom, all appliances included. Tiled counter top w/ natural cabinets. Natural & Soft color scheme. $620.00/$500.00 Dep. call christine at 409779-6580.

1 bedroom 1 bath DOWNSTAIRS W/ FIREPlACE apartment for rent in Orange., washer dryer, Stove/refrigerator , garbage disposal, hardwood floors throughout, vessel sink in bathroom, all appliances included. Tiled counter top w/ natural cabinets. Natural & Soft color scheme. carport parking and storage unit included. $620.00/$500.00 dep. call christine 409779-6580 . MOBIlE HOME FOR RENT Mobile home for rent with Weekly Rates available. Sleeps 4 to 6. completely furnished. Internet, cable, Washer/ Dryer. All Utilites pd. 1 Mile from Plants on Hwy 87. construction crews welcome. call 409-5531483 for more info.

APPlIANCES 30 GAS DRYERS, $100 TO $200, cALL HARRy (409) 886-4111. uSED APPlIANCES starting at $99.95 at Harry Appliances, 302 10th. St.(10th. & main) Orange, We buy used appliances, 409-8864111 WHITE MAYTAG DRYER, $175; white Whirlpool washer, $125; brown recliner, $75; coffee and end tables, $125; office desk, like new, $75, (409) 300-1788 or (936) 402-6127. (3/17)

MISC For Sale: Rockingham Double Pedestal dining table w/ 6 chairs. $150.00 Perfect condition call 409-886-2725

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Red’s lawn Service, let us take care of your lawn, great prices, free estimates. Serving Orange, buna, Mauriveville & Deweyville. call (409) 221-9432 and ask for Mary Ann, Owner.

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S.R Tankersley - Owner, Bridge City, TX Metal Buildings • RV Covers • Rafters • Carports Metal Roofs • Patio Covers, Etc.

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HELP WANTED Bethal Baptist church in West Orange is seeking a piano player. For more information call Pastor Frank Young at 936414-3906 or 409-8834822 needed Two experienced haidressers, apply at Hair Express, 2094 Texas Ave, BC. No phone calls! TrUck drIVers Drivers: CO & O\Op’s: Earn great money Running Dedicated! Great Hometime and Benefits. Monthly Bonuses. Drive Newer Equipment! 855-5822265. (3/17) TrUck drIVers: Drivers for School Bus! $18/hr. Benefits! Sulphur area. 25yrs min. CDL-A or B w/P end. 2yrs bus exp. Angelia: 409-984-3135.

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GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP to promote healing after the loss of a loved one meets Mondays at 6 p.m. and Wed. at 10 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 945 W. Roundbunch Rd, Bridge City. Good Shepherd Compassionate Friends is open to anyone who would like to join.

DEMENTIA CARE GIVERS SUPPORT GROUP meets monthly the 2nd Wed. at 10 a.m. and the second Thur. at 6:30 p.m. at St.Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 4300 Meeks Dr. in Orange in the Brother Sun Room of the Canticle Bldg. GOLDEN TRIANGLE TOUGH LOVE is a self help parents support group for parents of children displaying unacceptable behavior.

GARAGE SALES frI. & saT., BIG BIG saLe In McLeWIs area! 5008 Magnolia, off W. feeder from 62 behind Tramoline place, 8 till 5. Antiques, little girl dresses and larger sizes, boots, 4 old window awnings, Some window A/C units (110V & 220V), some ceiling fans, dishes, Way Too Much More To List! UPcoMInG BIG saLe! Wed (3/23) and Wed. (3/30) Multi-family sale, 1000 Rebecca. BC. Will start at 8am. Lots of quality items! No Early birds, No pre-sales. More details and items in next Wed.'s paper! hUGe Garage sale on Sat. 3/19 from 8am to 3 pm at 4679 Walea Drive in Orange. Off Hwy 62, 1 mile past Flying J’s. Lots of everything. Cheap!

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of DORRIS MARIE JACKS, Deceased, were issued on MARCH 8th, 2016, in Cause No. P17405, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: JOY LYNN LEWIS. All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o CIMRON CAMPBELL Attorney at Law PO BOX 279, Orange, Texas 776310279 DATED the 8TH day of MARCH, 2016

Cimron Campbell

CIMRON CAMPBELL Attorney for EXECUTRIX State Bar No.: 03696000 108 N. 7TH STREET Orange, Texas 77631 Telephone: (409) 651-4300 Facsimile: (409) 886-4448

noTIce U-Haul Trailer Owed $ 758.75 2015 Ford F450 Owed $ 2,011.54 2012 Dodge Charger Owed $ 893.10 2010 Dodge Charger Owed $ 353.10 2016 International/HD Owed $649.45 Vehicle Stored at Gilbeaux’s Towing 0548449 VSF 16527 Hwy. 62 S., Orange , TX 77630. PH (409)886-0007 Total charges cannot be computed until the vehicle is claimed, as storage charges will accrue daily until the vehicle is released. Must demonstrate proof of ownership to claim vehicle. www.tdlr.texas.gov

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Do’s & Don’ts during a Flood Special to The Record

Here are some safety tips to prepare for rising water—and what to do once a flood has begun. Safety Tips Before a Flood Avoid building in a floodplain. Construct barriers (levees, beams, floodwalls) to stop floodwater from entering your home. Seal walls in basements with waterproofing compounds to avoid seepage. If a flood is likely in your area, listen to the radio or television for information. Know the difference between a flood watch and a flood warning. A watch means flooding is possible. A warning meansflooding is occurring or will occur soon. When a Flood is Imminent Be prepared! Pack a bag with important items in case you need to evacuate. Don't forget to include needed medications. If advised to evacuate your home, do so immediately. If there is any possibility of a flash flood, move immediately to higher ground. If possible, bring in outdoor furniture and move essential items to an upper floor. Turn off utilities at the main switches or valves if instructed to do so. Disconnect electrical appliances. During a Flood Do not walk through moving water. As little as 6 inches (15 centimeters) of moving water can make you fall. If you have to walk in water, wherever possible, walk where the water is not moving. Use a stick to check the firmness of the ground in front of you. Do not drive into flooded areas. If floodwaters rise around your car, abandon the car and move to higher ground if you can do so safely. Do not touch electrical equipment if you are wet or standing in water. After a Flood Listen for news reports to learn whether the community's water supply is safe to drink. Avoid floodwaters; water may be contaminated by oil, gasoline, or raw sewage. Water may also be electrically charged from underground or downed power lines. Avoid moving water. Be aware of areas where floodwaters have receded. Roads may have weakened and could collapse under the weight of a car. Stay away from downed power lines, and report them to the power company. Return home only when authorities indicate it is safe. Stay out of any building if it is surrounded by floodwaters. Service damaged septic tanks, cesspools, pits, and leaching systems as soon as possible. Damaged sewage systems are serious health hazards. Clean and disinfect everything that got wet. Mud left from floodwater can contain sewage and chemicals. Source: U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency


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