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Vol. 60 No. 16

The Community Newspaper of Orange, Texas

Week of Wednesday, September 18, 2019

County approves new budget, deputy pay Dave Rogers

For The Record

Orange County Commissioners topped off a busy Tuesday meeting with a longsought pay raise for Sheriff’s Office deputies.

The two-year extension of the collective bargaining agreement between the county and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Employee Association calls for a 4% hike in pay for deputies, their first raise since 2013.

Also, commissioners approved a 2020 fiscal year budget of $47 million and a 2019 tax rate of 54.2 cents per $100 assessed value.

The budget included a 2% hike for the county’s nonunion county employees.

In their previous meeting, Wednesday, Sept. 11, commissioners voted on a 2% pay raise for the 18 elected offi-

cials whose salary isn’t paid mostly by the state, such as district judges, district attorney and auditor.

Gothia However, the five members of commissioners’ court, agreed unanimously to put off their pay raises until they have won their next election.

Precinct 4 Commissioner Robert Viator made the motion.

County Judge John Gothia and Commissioners Johnny Trahan and Kirk Roccaforte face possible election challenges in 2020 while Commissioners Viator and Theresa Beauchamp will not be eligible for re-election until 2022.

“This is kind of a compromise,” Viator said. “I couldn’t

in good conscience vote for my own raise.”

That sentiment was echoed by Gothia and the three other commissioners.

Tuesday’s big news was the new CBA, which is technically “pending” the end of 10 days of voting by union members, which ends Thurs-

day, Sept. 19. That’s the soonest the new pact can be signed by all parties.

But Gothia said that the two-year agreement had already garnered enough positive votes by the deputies to guarantee its passage.

It was written into the 2020 budget.

“It’s all related to the revenue cap bill that’s coming in,” Gothia said, referring to a 2020 state law that will force counties to ask the people for permission to raise their taxes more than 3.5 % above the effective tax rate.

“We kind of knew that this was our opportunity to try to

pay these guys some long overdue money, and we were able to come to an agreement on an extension with them.”

Gothia and Trahan negotiated on behalf of the county and deputies Mark Felts and Charles Williams representCOUNTY BUSINESS Page 3A

WOCCISD Education Foundation granted

NAMI offers mental health counseling Dave Rogers

For The Record

She knows what it’s like to have questions and now that she’s got some answers, Juliet Smith is ready to share.

The Orange woman is bringing NAMI Golden Triangle to a new home in Orange to help Southeast Texans families cope with chronic mental illness.

NAMI stand for National Alliance on Mental Illness.

It’s the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization.

“It was formed by a few mothers sitting around trying to figure out what to do, and now NAMI has grown into a huge organization,” said Smith, who was one such mother.

The website at NAMI.org says the organization has grown since its founding in

1979 to include more than 500 local affiliates to raise awareness and build better lives for the millions Gothia of Americans affected by mental illness.

“NAMI Golden Triangle has been very active for years,” Smith said.

But the local group is ready for new leadership and Smith has volunteered to use her hard-won experience and host meetings at the community room at Putnam Place, 310 N. 37th St., Orange.

“Because I have been active in NAMI I was contacted by the NAMI state office to see if I could revive the Golden Triangle chapter,” NAMI Page 3A

WOCCISD Education Foundation members Andrew Hayes, Krispen Walker, and Dr. Rickie Harris accept a $5,000 STEM Grant donation from Vicki Derese, Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. Community Relations. They are pictured in the following order Hayes (Retired WOCCISD Superintendent) Walker (WOCCISD Education Foundation President), Vicki Derese (Chevron), and Dr. Rickie Harris (WOCCISD Superintendent).

The WOCCISD Education Foundation awarded more than $24,000 in grants to teachers and campuses in the WOCCISD school system.

WOCCISD Education Foundation President Krispen Walker said, “On August 20, the WOCCISD Education Foundation was honored to present 10 grant awards totaling just over $24,000 to the worthy educators in our district.

“This year, our eighth time to present awards, we were able to fund every grant request that was submitted,” Walker said. Since 2011, the WOCCISD Education Foun-

dation has awarded approximately $152,000 to educators across the district.

“We are grateful to Chevron Phillips for their donation of $5000, which will be used to fund STEM related grants.”

The grant awards included eight individual classroom grants and two campus grants. Areas funded included not only STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields, but also Reading, History, Writing, Social Skills and more.

This is the second consecutive year for Chevron to participate.

Eye-to-Eye with Swamp Creatures and Capt. Eli Penny Leleux

For The Record

Have you ever been eye to eye with an alligator in its natural habitat?

People come from around the world to see what the Sabine River Swamps have to offer in flora and fauna.

Capt. Eli Tate has been regaling visitors with local history and lore of the Texas/Louisiana swamps for over 20 years.

The stare down from a gator isn’t guaranteed, but it happened Sunday when one alligator swam so close to the boat it came into the shade of the boat’s canopy.

Capt. Tate said it was the woman’s white shirt that

drew the gator in. “He thinks you’re a bird,” he told the woman. He personalizes each tour by learning his patron’s names and making them part of the tour, even naming some of the many gators seen, the same as the people on the boat.

It may have been 90 degrees in temperature, but the trip was very comfortable as the boat is covered with a canopy and you get a cool breeze when the boat moves between locations.

“This is the only place in the country you can see all the different types of swamps

in one location, because of the elevations,” said Tate.

Not only tourists visit the area. Tate also hosts botanists, geologists, biologists and other scientists, because of the unique ecology of the Sabine area.

Tate not only promotes the water activities, but also promotes other attractions in Orange County.

“My boat will hold half a bus. While I take those on the tour, the rest visit other local places such as Shangri La and the Art Museum.

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Capt. Eli Tate has offered year-round swamp tours on the Sabine River for over 20 years to people from all over the world.

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to Michael Quinn Sullivan: “You are destroying our party” Patrick and Sullivan, who have long been aligned on issues, traded jabs Tuesday over Sullivan’s allegations against House Speaker Dennis Bonnen.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (left) and Empower Texans CEO Michael Quinn Sullivan.

Cassandra Pollock The Texas Tribune Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Michael Quinn Sullivan, a hardline conservative activist long aligned with the head of the Texas Senate, publicly accused each other of “destroying” the Republican Party on Tuesday — seeming to further a rift that has emerged between the two longtime conservative allies.

The dust-up on Twitter

started over gun rights, specifically Patrick’s recent support of requiring background checks for private person-toperson gun sales — an idea Sullivan opposes. But the most aggressive sparring came over a recording Sullivan secretly made of House Speaker Dennis Bonnen during a June 12 meeting at the Capitol. Sullivan has said he caught Bonnen and one of the speaker’s top allies on tape asking Sullivan to target 10 GOP lawmakers in the

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2020 primaries, but Sullivan hasn’t made the recording public.

“BTW, release the tape,” Patrick tweeted at Sullivan.

“You are destroying our party.”

To be clear, Bonnen and state Rep. Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, have forcefully pushed back against Sullivan’s allegations. And both, along with Patrick and other Republicans and Democrats, have also called on Sullivan to release his recording of the meeting. Sullivan has so far declined to do so, though he has allowed certain Republicans to listen to the roughly hourlong audio privately.

Responding to Patrick, Sullivan tweeted that the lieutenant governor hadn’t yet listened to the audio — and suggested that Patrick may be “too scared to make a moral judgment without a poll.”

“What’s actually destroying the GOP is moral cowardice in which elected officials are unwilling to address the unethical behavior of other politicians,” Sullivan tweeted.

Patrick’s tweet Tuesday is the latest — and perhaps most straightforward — public acknowledgment that Sullivan’s allegations have agitated Texas Republicans ahead of what’s expected to

be a competitive 2020 election cycle for the party. It also perhaps marks the largest departure between Patrick and Sullivan, who have long been aligned on issues.

Over the past five years, Patrick has received over $850,000 from Empower Texans’ political action committee, which has been one of the most well funded and influential in the state. That included a single $350,000 donation — the largest of Patrick’s career — in May 2014, when the Houston Republican first ran for lieutenant governor.

But Empower Texans has started to express public frustration with Patrick over the past year. During the 2019 legislative session, Patrick sided with Bonnen and Gov.Greg Abbott in pushing a bread-and-butter agenda that included items such as property tax and school finance reform. Sullivan and his group, along with other hardline conservative activists, began sounding the alarm, frustrated over the lack of movement on other priorities championed by his group and the state party.

The Legislature gaveled out at the end of May with GOP state leaders claiming victory on the priorities they had passed, but with irritated activists chalking up the past five months to a “pur-

olution with Orange County 4-H. Youth must enroll in Orange County 4-H to be able to participate in this project along with other projects that we offer.

Robotics will meet the 4th Monday of the Month Starting September 23rd at 6 pm at the Texas A&M AgriLife Office located inside the Orange County Convention & Expo Center, 11475 FM 1442 Orange.

Project leader will be Cindy Childress, Science teacher along with Volunteers and Engineers from International Paper in Orange.

Our Goal is to have fun-hands-on, friendship-making, confidence-building fun! For additional information, contact the 4-H Office 409-882-7010.

ple” session.

That gap widened over the summer, when, after two deadly mass shootings in the state, Patrick voiced support for requiring background checks for stranger-tostranger gun sales. That stance set off a feud with the National Rifle Association and drew criticism from Sullivan and other activists.

“Whether it is @BetoORourke wanting to outright seize your firearms, or @DanPatrick trying to manage what you do with them, it is sadly evident too many politicians are all too willing to betray our Constitution in the name of their own political power,” Sullivan tweeted Tuesday, which set off the back-and-forth between him

and Patrick.

“You know my plan exempts family and friends,” Patrick tweeted back, “so apparently you are fine with selling your guns to total strangers who can’t pass a background check because they could be a violent felon or someone bent on mass violence.”

Patrick then mentioned Sullivan’s secret audio recording of the June 12 meeting.

“I recorded that meeting,” Sullivan replied, “to protect myself from dirty politics, not to entertain the public. @ RepDennisBonnen then lied, numerous times. I then gave #GOP leaders every opportunity to resolve the problem Bonnen created.”

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O’Rourke’s call for buyback of assault weapons roils Texas politics Patrick Svitek The Texas Tribune Beto O’Rourke may not be running for statewide office anymore, but it’s been difficult to tell in recent days.

The Democratic presidential candidate’s aggressive push for mandatory buybacks for assault weapons has upended the gun debate nationwide, but perhaps nowhere more dramatically than in Texas, where both parties are grappling with internal divisions of varying degrees as they react to recent mass shootings in El Paso and Odessa. For Republicans, O’Rourke has proven a unifying foil as they fracture over whether to expand background checks. For Democrats, his proposal rep-

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resents something of a new litmus test that is already reverberating down ballot.

The turmoil intensified Tuesday as two top Texas Republicans, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrickand U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, went to new lengths to blast O’Rourke over the idea even as the intra-GOP split over background checks became more pronounced than ever.

“He’s a gun confiscator — he’s done in our state,” Patrick said in a lengthy statement tearing into O’Rourke that he volunteered hours after clashing with longtime conservative ally Michael Quinn Sullivan over background checks.

Cornyn, meanwhile, told reporters that O’Rourke “has thrown gasoline on this dis-

cussion [to address gun violence], which had been proceeding along a pretty calm, logical and rational path” in Congress. “Unfortunately I think he set back the debate a lot — maybe by not just years but decades,” Cornyn added.

The political fracas has its roots in two pivotal moments since the El Paso shooting: Patrick coming out in support of extending background checks to gun sales between strangers, drawing the wrath of the National Rifle Association and other once-stalwart supporters; and O’Rourke backing mandatory buybacks of assault weapons, staking out arguably the furthest-left position on guns in the presidential primary. O’Rourke

amplified that position to its widest audience yet Thursday when he vowed at the third primary debate in Houston that “hell, yes,” he wants to take away people’s AR-15s and AK-47s.

O’Rourke did not have a response to the fresh attacks Tuesday but he has vigorously defended mandatory buybacks since the debate, saying the issue transcends politics and that the El Paso massacre convinced him it is not enough to just support an assault weapons ban. And his campaign has pointed to polling that shows the idea is not as unpopular as critics make it out to be, registering 52% support among Americans in an ABC News/Washington Post poll released last week.

non-profit and its classes and other activities are provided free of charge.

“We don’t deal with addiction,” Smith says, “strictly mental illness.”

She lists the illnesses: severe depression, bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffected disorder, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress syndrome, etc.

In October, NAMI Golden Triangle will begin a free, once-a-week, eight-week Peer-to-Peer recovery education course open to any person with a mental health

condition who wishes to live well in their recovery.

The course offers a comprehensive understanding of mental health conditions with topics ranging from Stigma to Relapse Prevention to Advocacy and much more.

Smith has also scheduled a January start for a 10-week, Family-to-Family education program.

NAMI will offer Connections Recovery Support Group and NAMI Family Support Group.

“The Family-to-Family education course is a fantastic

source of information,” Smith said. “The hallmark of NAMI’s support groups is leveraging the knowledge and support of others.”

Smith has been active in NAMI for years, beginning when her son was first diagnosed with mental illness.

“We didn’t know what it was,” she said. “It was a long journey. For years, his life was not normal.

“That’s what led me and my husband to learn about mental illness. NAMI was a lifesaver for me.”

The Tates operate their tour business year round Tuesday through Sunday and on Monday holidays. Tate says the best times for gators are when it is cooler, but not cold, so prime gator watching time is almost here.

Capt. Eli’s wife, Maria, is from Venezuela. “I love working with my husband,” she said. “I take care of in here (the office) and he takes care of out there,” she said as she

motioned out the window to Capt. Eli preparing the boat to take to the launch.

“I love telling the people about all the beautiful places here in Orange,” she said.

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school board by Texas Region 5 Educational Service Center.

Commissioners OK’d Schmitt to pay $339,000 in weekly bills. Later, commissioners OK’d a lump sum payment of $384,000 to the Texas County District Retirement system to achieve a retirement plan rate of 15.85%.

The county contributed about $87,000 to the following non-profits for the 2020 budget year: Meals on Wheels, $45,000; Spindletop mental health services, $33,708; Garth House, $5,000; Court Appointed Special Advocate) $2,500; and Southeast Texas Resource Conservation, $500.

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Smith said.

“I’m going to need a lot of help from the community.

We are looking for people in Orange County who are caretakers of someone with mental illness.”

People who wish to learn more about NAMI and its offerings should call 409-6713308.

The Putnam Place apartment complex that Smith helped create is an independent-living development for those suffering from chronic mental illnesses.

NAMI is a volunteer-run

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So far, both Patrick and O’Rourke have been the most forceful voices in their parties for their respective positions, at least in Texas.

No other statewide official has fully backed up Patrick on requiring background checks for stranger-tostranger sales. Cornyn and the state’s junior U.S. senator, Ted Cruz, have demurred on the idea or distanced themselves from it, while Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the Legislature only to consider such background checks as a voluntary measure.

Other Republicans have been more blunt about Patrick’s stance.

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Then they all eat together in a local restaurant.”

He has a brochure rack in the ticket office and always invites people to explore other area sites.

Tate said he started out doing tours with air boats more than 20 years ago, but noticed people left the boats immediately, because they were hot at the end, since it wasn’t covered, they didn’t get to see much wildlife, be-

cause the noise and speed of the boats ran them off and the noise hurt people’s ears.

Since the boat is quieter, it doesn’t scare the wild life and because they have become so familiar with it and know it poses them no danger, they tend to swim in closer. There were around 10 gators spotted on this particular trip, several egrets, a couple of eagles and a wild longhorn.

County business ed the OCSOEA. Trahan said the county originally offered the deputies a 6% raise that was contingent on them signing a pact with Sheriff Keith Merritt that did not include a “just cause” clause, thereby allowing the sheriff to hire and fire at will.

But the deputies, who turned down all pay raise offers (up to 5%) in 2017 negotiations to avoid benefits cuts made for all other county employees, wouldn’t deal with the sheriff this time, either.

The deputies did agree to the same holiday and disaster pay as the other county employees and to adopt the county’s retirement benefits policy for all deputies hired after the new budget takes effect, Oct. 1, 2019.

The current county policy calls for a newly hired employee to work at least 12 years for the county to be eligible for full county-paid retirement.

Before 2017, all county employees were allowed to add prior state employment (teaching, law enforcement) onto their county service and enjoy full lifelong retiree health insurance with as few as eight years of county employment. The deputies kept that unchanged in their 2017 contract.

Now, deputies hired before Oct. 1, 2019 – like non-union county employees hired before Oct. 1, 2017 – will be “grandfathered” and remain eligible for a full retirement after just eight years of county service.

The deputies will continue to enjoy another “old” county benefit, that of paying only 40 % of the cost for dependent health insurance.

Other county employees split the cost 50-50 with the county.

Both the county and depu-

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ties agreed to drop pending lawsuits they filed against one another several years ago, Gothia said.

Greg Cagle, the OCSOEA lawyer, was asked how the county’s Gothia-led negotiations, which took place out of the public eye, compared to the 2017 public negotiations led by former County Judge Stephen Brint Carlton.

“Carlton didn’t negotiate,” Cagle said.

“This is a new group [commissioners’ court], and it damn sure couldn’t get worse. In fact, it’s exponentially better.”

Unlike in 2017, the county did not pay for an outside lawyer.

Commissioners voted unanimously in favor of every one of the 17 action items on Tuesday’s agenda, keeping the same tax rate – 54.2 cents per $100 assessed valuation – as the last two years.

The effective tax rate – the rate applied to current county assessed values that would generate the same amount of property tax revenue as last year – was 50.88 cents per $100, according to Tax Assessor-Collector Karen Fisher.

The 2019 county tax rate is a jump of 5.2% above the effective tax rate, about 25% higher than the 3.5% jump that would trigger a rollback election next year.

The budget approved anticipates a deficit of nearly $2 million. Revenues are shown as $45 million with expenditures of $47 million.

That would leave a fund balance of $9.5 million at the end of 2020, says County Auditor Pennee Schmitt.

The county opened Tuesday’s commissioners’ court meeting by declaring Sept.

17 as “Bridge City Independent School Board Day.” The school board was named the “Outstanding”

crats is what’s destroying the GOP,” Sullivan, the head of Empower Texans, tweeted at Patrick on Tuesday morning amid their tussle over the issue.

“On guns especially, I hear a lot of the other candidates say, ‘Well, there seems to be consensus and compromise on being able to do these few things, and it sounds like Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump are at least pretending to be interested,’” O’Rourke told reporters.

“Well, shit, Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump pretending to be interested in something that is literally a life-or-death issue for 40,000 Americans — that’s literally how many are killed every year through gun violence — is simply not enough.”

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Womack is starting to get her bearings after the loss of her great friend Cal Broussard. (Editor’s note: Betty Lou died a year later.)***** Gold prices hit $1,000 an ounce. That can only mean a weak dollar around the globe. *****A few of our friends having birthdays this week are our ghost chaser, Penny Leleux, who celebrates Wednesday, Sept.

23.*****Also celebrating this week are Orange City Councilperson Teresa Beauchamp, Trey Rhodes, Dan Barclay, Mike Hughes and our former editor Darryl Brinson, who by the way, has made the transition from Deweyville to Houston along with wife Greta. Their two boys are now grown and gone. *****Tom “The Hammer” DeLay always has had a big ego so it’s no surprise that he opted to do “Dancing with the Stars” The little rat has guts you have got to give him that. He really looked silly on Monday night but I suspect he will do better when he does straight ballroom dancing. ***** I watched President Bill Clinton on Larry King last night. He makes so much sense. Clinton is one of the top three best presidents in my lifetime. In my opinion probably number two. Clinton says Obama is very smart and will get a health plan.

Maybe, but what will it look like?

From The Creaux’s Nest RAINS COME IN BUCKETS A load of rain is headed our way. We have been in a drought so the rain is much needed, however it causes us problems if it rains too much. If your paper gets wet we have plenty available at 300 locations in our trade area. A “Record” is always easy to find. *****I’m way behind and need to move on. Please come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

TARIFFS CAUSED THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN 1930 One of the most important things voters should be concerned about is the roll tariffs will play in our lives. The president’s trade war is reckless and will likely send the nation’s economy into a tailspin. Since July 2018, Trump imposed tariffs have already cost the tech industry $10 billion and 300,000 jobs. Now Trump is planning to increase tariffs on another $250 billion worth of goods on Dec. 15.

The list includes laptops, smart phones, tablets, video game consoles and big screen TVs. Come holiday time these are just a few items American consumers will have passed along, causing shoppers to pay much higher prices.

Trump is losing his trade war with China at the expense of our tech industry’s future. It marks the first tariffs on Apple products made in China, including Apple watches, AirPods and HomePods. His approach has only led to a higher U.S. trade deficit which is now greater than $2 trillion. The long range hurt on consumers is what will bring the country down. What triggered the great depression in the early 1930’s was President Herbert Hoover’s backing of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act against the advice of his economists. The parallels between Hoover and Trump are staggering. We’re headed down a dangerous path and like Hoover; Trump won’t listen to his economists or take advice from the experts on how hard families will be hurt by the rising cost of living. Trump needs to tell the truth, China is not paying for the tariffs, the American people will. Who knows how deep it will cut and for how long and its just getting started.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 10 Years Ago-2009 The economy is making the transition from recession to recovery. The job market is improving but still weak across the nation. Since the start of the year, the economic reports in the beige book have steadily brightened from very dismal to less bad to tepid as the stock market rebounded and the recession began to loosen it’s grip. The labor market is still weak in most regions. However, this week “Business Week” reports that Lake Charles, La. is the number one spot in the country. The real estate market and building permits are seeing new life, making it America’s strongest building market. Some of you will be surprised to learn that the Beaumont, Port Arthur, Triangle area is number two in the nation. The area has had a 125 percent increase in single family building permits. Everything is in place for recovery around the nation but it won’t be soon. With patience we will see the country come from the brink of depression to a strong and healthy economy again. President Obama might well be the right person at just the right time. In eight months he’s stopped the bleeding, now the long haul to recovery begins. Don’t sell him short.*****We were saddened to learn of the death of Claude Hamerly, age 74, who passed away Sept. 17. He had been married to Jean, his beloved wife of 56 years and raised a great family, daughter Mary, sons David and Bradley. Claude was a good, caring and giving man. Services were held Sunday, Sept. 20. ***** Two of our staff members, Penny and Roy, attended Percy and “Teno” Bordelon’s 65th wedding anniversary breakfast Saturday.

The breakfast was held at Danny’s, in West Orange. I suspect Norman Berry had a lot to do with getting the celebration together. “Teno” insisted on buying everyone’s breakfast. I know Percy didn’t do it. He and Joe Burke were partners in many ventures so Percy learned not to volunteer to pay. The Bordelons are really great folks.

Most of the guys, with the exception of Dunn, are members of the KKK, “Kroger Koffee Klub.” One of the most beautiful blue-eyed gals in attendance was Pearle Burgess Standfield, Billy Burgess and J.D.’s widow. She’s a remarkable lady who will soon celebrate her 89th birthday.

Of course the clown of the bunch is Harold Forse who is heading to his 89th come February. Coach Marlin Broussard still has his college weight and doesn’t seem to age.

Many other folks stopped by to extend congrats. Capt. David Peck renewed old friendships, Janie Bergeron and a couple of pretty lady friends showed up. Janie, the widow of Lawrence Bergeron, is still a beautiful lady. Larry died at least thirty years ago. ***** The college quarterback that impressed me the most was Taylor Potts of Texas Tech.

Even though they lost to Texas, Pott had over 400 yards passing, three touchdowns and only one interception. *****Amber Dunn, who graduated from both universities, says she was pulling for U. of Texas all the way. Like so many tea sippers, she bleeds burnt orange. She also says the Cleveland Browns suck but they have great tailgate parties at the “Dog Pound.”*****The Cow Bayou bridge, that converted Prairie View into the city and school district of Bridge City, was unanimously approved in Galveston Saturday to be on the National Registry of Historical Bridges. Congratulations to Mark Dunn, Beverly Perry and the historical group.*****Our buddy Betty Lou

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Obituaries 10 Years Ago-2009 Mary Elaine Gibson, 67, of Orange, died Sunday, Sept.

13. Memorial services were held Friday morning, at Clay bar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. She is survived by her husband, Allen Dale Gibson; daughters, Peggy Price and Katherine Alvarez; and three grandchildren. *****Allen Richard Perry, 57, of Mauriceville died Friday, Sept.

18. Funeral services were Sept. 21. Survivors include wife, Belinda “Precious” Perry; daughter Heather Roach; son Douglas Perry and two grandchildren.

40 Years Ago-1979 Bridge City State Bank holds a ribbon cutting for the formal opening of their new bank building on Roundbunch Road.*****Mike Hatton is emcee for the Miss Bridge City Pageant. Crowned queen was 16-year-old Teresa Hearn, daughter of Ray and Elaine Hearn. She was sponsored by Neal Bond’s Western Auto store. Teresa, an eleventh grader was first runner up in last year’s pageant. Sharon Gregory relinquished her crown. Teresa plans a career in journalism. (Editor’s note: Sharon Gregory went on to win the Miss Teen America but gave up her crown because she thought the USA pageant was corrupt. Sharon has spent her life as a television anchor in several markets. Theresa did some local newspaper reporting before ending up in Nashville where she has been very involved in country music productions. She has also written two books. Her parents still live in Bridge City. *****The Dunn family launches a new newspaper Sept.

26 in Port Arthur. It is a sister paper to the Orange County Opportunity Valley News called “The Community Post.” The slogan for the Post is “You Can Lean On Us.” The office is located at 3316 Gulfway Drive. (Editor’s note: The publication went on to become very popular.

The family sold the weekly nine months later to Cox Enterprise, the owners of the Port Arthur News. The Dunn’s also sold the Triangle Press, a commercial plant in Beaumont and the OVN in Orange. Cox later bought the Orange Leader. Roy and Phyllis retired for the next 15 years before establishing the Record Newspapers, the Bridge City Penny Record and the Orange County Record which they still operate. The Community Post and OVN folded several years ago.)*****Stevie Breaux turned 13 on Sept. 23. A special treat for “Stevo” was when he got to be server at St. Henry’s High Mass.*****Bobbie Jean Simpson and Elaine Cassens, seniors at Bridge City, were named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. They are shooting to make the finals.

45 Years Ago-1974 Ed Lovelace and Gloria got a divorce. What bothers Ed the most is not that she took off with much of his wealth, it’s the fact that she took off with his baseball cards and Benny Barnes records. *****Crip Trahan is a candidate for the Orange County Drainage District. *****A beautiful face now being run in Gunn’s Studio ad is that of Terri Everett. *****Larry King, the eldest son of Jack King, graduated from basic training in San Diego. Another Bridge City boy graduated at the same ceremony also. Neil Kelly and Larry are both U.S. Marines. *****Pretty Janet Fontenot is the boss lady at the Shoe Castle. *****Carol Runnels is a kindergarten teacher. *****Happy guys this week are Aggies Bill Godwin, Doug Harrington, Fred Gregory and Bill Butler. “Next year” finally came for them; Texas A&M beat LSU. ***** John Lee is a mainstay in the Stark Tiger lineup at guard position. John and the Tigers will take on the Silsbee Tigers in the first district game Friday.

60 Years Ago-1959 Coach Ted Jefferies and his young Stark Tigers lost 8 to 6 to Jacksonville. It was a long ride home. Some team members are fullback, Bobby Permenter and Mike Conn, halfbacks, Joe Cannon, Billy Cunningham and Tommy Flecher quartback is Gerald Edwards.*****Little Cypress loses to San Augustine, 6-0. Bear fullback Russell Hall was leading rusher with 52 yards on 13 totes. *****Bridge City Cardinals win third game in a row. The Cards defeated Hardin 16-0. Coach is Glen Buffaleo. *****West Orange beat Orangefield 6-0. Robert Petry and Bobby Savoie were standouts for the Chiefs. (Editor’s note: The low scores indicates that the games were mostly 3 yards and a cloud of dust. Mostly defensive battles. Not like today’s wide-open formations where passing is a big part of the game.

A FEW HAPPENINGS The Lions Club is having a special fall event, Lions Club Carnival, to be held Sept. 25 thru 28 and Oct. 2 thru 5. If the weather holds up it should be a great time with great fall weather. Plans are to make this event the largest ever.

The club welcomes volunteers to help at the carnival.*****A big weekend celebrating Ms. Phyl’s birthday happened at the Dunn place this past weekend. All of her children, most of her grandchildren and four great-grandchildren joined in the celebration. Garrett, son Leland and daughter Juliana came in from Houston and Amber, Clay, Luke and Liam were in from Kansas. They filled up on shrimp, boiled crabs and seafood gumbo while they could before a planned move to take new positions at a Case hospital in Vero Beach, Florida. With moving and getting settled in a new home they probably won’t be coming this way any-

time soon. *****A few folks we know celebrating their special day Sept. 20, John Clark, the boy from Dime Box, Mr. VFW celebrates his birthday. I first met him as a young ad salesman for the Leader. John is no longer that youngster but he remains active just keeping up with his pretty wife. *****Bobby Cormier celebrates Sept. 21. The years have creped up on him but he still works everyday. Marie Trimm celebrates too, she is married to one of our staff photographers, Larry.***Also celebrating on this day is Luke Clay Greeson who turns three. He’s one of Mark Dunn’s grandsons. *****Sept. 23, Penny Leleux, who is active in movie making, celebrates a birthday but age hasn’t slowed her down. If she runs out of stuff to do then she chases ghost. ***Also our buddy Tommy Simar celebrates today. He’s slowed down since we first met him but between he and Sue they manage. It takes them both.*** Happy birthday on this day also to Stevo Breaux, who turns 53 today and County commissioner Teresa Beauchamp, the prettiest commissioner on the court, celebrates today. Happy Birthday to all. *****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch will dine at Robert’s this week and back at Sothern Charm Restaurant next week. Last week at the “Charm” a nice group showed up. The special of the day, Chicken and Dumplings, served with Ms. Hamilton’s famous rolls was very good. Others indulged in the seafood items. It’s a fun time anytime when you get Dr. Nina Leifiste, Judge Chad Jinkins, Commissioner Johnny Trahan and Kirk Roccaforte together. John Roy brought his actor son, John Fredrick, who is in a movie produced by Penny Leleux, always fills the room with laughter. Judge Derry Dunn brought Roy the last of his tomato crop. Pam Honeycutt always rounds up a bunch of great folks. Ya’ll come, everyone is always welcome. *****What people don’t know about Sarah Ophelia Colley. In real life Colley, who died in 1996, was a college educated aspiring actress who studied Shakespeare and was from a wealthy Tennessee family. Millions of fans came to know her as Minnie Pearl, a popular character on the Grand Ole Opry and the television show “Hee Haw” as a simple country woman, down home dresses and a price tag hanging from her hat. Now to test your memory, what was the name of the town her character came from? Don’t cheat.

Answer at bottom of C’est Tout. *****Sean Gros is not a happy camper. He’s a diehard Saints fan who has watched them play on TV and in person since he was a little guy.

He’s crying in his beer with Drew Brees out at least six weeks with an injury which will probably end the Saints chances to make the playoffs.*****We were glad to hear from Coach Les Johnson. It had been awhile. He reports there won’t be pecans this year. He usually brings 50 to 100 pounds when he and Wanda come to town. *****We were also glad that our old friend Preston Fuller stopped by. He went through a load of health problems but has bounced back.

BIRTHDAYS Celebrating birthdays on Sept. 18 are Ben Ludwig, Debra Gauthier and Joey Tutt. Also celebrating are cyclist Lance Armstrong, 48, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, 48 and doctor/politician Ben Carson, 68.*****Sept. 19: Michael Zenos, Mark Milligan, Sue Plagens, George Navarro and Leslie Sparks celebrate on this day. Joining them are country singer Trisha Yearwood, 55 and TV show host Jimmy Gallon, 45.*****Sept. 20: Celebrating birthdays today are David Yeats, Susan Pennington, Caitlin Ziller, Gary McAllister, John Clark, Matt Carter and Jennifer Marion. Celebrities having birthdays on this day are singer Phillip Phillips, 29, actors Jon Bernthal, 43 and Sophia Loren, 85.*****Sept. 21: Mary Rawls, Janice Kelly, Jonah Thurman all celebrate. They are joined by novelist Stephen King, 70, country singer Faith Hill, 52 and actor Bill Murray, 69.****Sept. 22: Beverly Mixon, Donna Broomes, Matthew Broussard, Michael Broussard, Miranda Fisette are all a year older today.

Also rock singer Joan Jett, 61, opera singer Andrea Bocelli, 61 and actor Scott Baio, 59.*****Sept. 23: Charlene Wappler, Christy Bradley, Jayna Campbell, George Mullins, all celebrate today. Celebrities having birthdays today are world music singer Julio Iglesias, 76, rock singer Bruce Springsteen, 70 and actor Jason Alexander, 60.*****Sept. 24: Celebrating birthdays today are Clint Degayter, Brian Beard, Jeannie Barnes, Mark Norwood, Teresa Beauchamp, Blake Seibert, Brittany Bean and Jimmy Thurman. Joining them are former football player “Mean” Joe Green, 73 and chef Robert Irvine, 55.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK Joe Badeaux’s boy, T-Not, wat is not so bright, drove from Abbeville to da big city of Lafayette to see da sights.

Wen he drove down Ambassador Caffery he noticed a traffic camera flashed. He didn’t know why it took his picture, he knew for sure he wasn’t speeding. Jus to be sure he turn around, went back and passed da same spot, driving even slower. Again da camera flashed. TNot found dis strange so he slowed down some mo. Sure nuff, da camera flashed again. Da fourt’ and fift’ time, same results. He laughed as he passed at a snail’s pace, tinking how crazy dat is, taking pictures of somebody dats not speeding. Two weeks later T-Not got five traffic fine letters in da mail for driving witout his seat belt on.

C’EST TOUT Conservative leadership under Trump The United States government’s budget deficit increased by $169 billion to $1.07 trillion in the first 11 months of this budget year. Spending grew faster than tax collections. With one month left in the budget year it is up 18.8 percent over the same period a year ago. Going forward, the congressional budget office sees the annual deficit topping $1 trillion in 2020, here is the kicker, never falling below $1 trillion a year for the next decade. Adding to the increased spending is the impact of $1.5 trillion tax cuts by President Trump to the wealthiest individuals and corporations. For 2019 revenues are up 3.4% but spending is up by 7%, doubling the increase in revenues. Individual tax revenues have risen by 2% this year compared to last year, however corporate tax revenues are down 2%. Tariffs are up $28 billion, a 73% increase for consumers over last year. So far this year, the government has spent $379.1 billion on interest payments on the debt, $47 billion more than a year ago. That reflects the growing size of the national debts as deficit and interest cost continues to grow so rapidly America’s future demise. ***** I’ve got to go. Thanks for your time. We may not always agree but I call it as I see it. Thanks you for your loyal readership. Please read us cover to cover and shop our family of advertisers. Tell them we sent you. Take care and God bless.

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#YOUMATTER@BCISD Choir Students Host Fundraiser

The choir students sold over $4686.13 worth of products during their fundraiser with an estimated profit of $1874. These funds will go towards their annual end of year celebratory trip to Schlitterbahn in May!

BCMS Cross-Country Teams

BC Middle School students earn “Students of the Month” Congrats to our well-deserving students of the month!

We’re proud of you, Reese Broussard, Aries Martin, Shehbaz Rahim, Nicole Sasser, Brennon Kay, and Addisyn Watts! #BCMSPROUD

Our Cross-Country teams are well on their way for a successful season as both boy’s and girl’s teams have placed in the in top five at both meets this year.

BCMS Holds First Pep Rally BCMS students shows Cardinal Pride as we begin our Football season with our first pep rally!

#BCMSPROUD

Congrats to our BCMS Volleyball Teams!

We are ready to cheer you on to victory!

7TH GRADE: Halle Bearden, Jesslyn Collazo, Whitney Cunningham, Kaylee Derouen, Jelly Doughtarty, Chloe Doyle, Brooklyn Droddy, Reece Fielder, Kyleigh Hamilton, Brynliee Hamrick, Abigail Hester, Hillary Johnnie, Abbie McDonald, Kira Middleton, Fallon Mulhollan, Breanna Powers, Nicole Sasser, McKinlee Smith, McKenzi Spell, Erin Thibodeaux, Kylie Thomas, and Isabella Weeks. Manager: Jessica Utterback 8TH GRADE: Anastasia Autrey, Tara Aylor, Laken Bellanger, Ava Benavides, Charla Branham, Brookelynn Carpenter, Demi Carter, Natalie Chavez, Vivian Cochran, Lyndsey Dominguez, Carson Fall, Kennedy Frank, Jules Gueder, Ashley Hale, Haley Munoz, Lexi Nugier, Allee Palmer, Holly Silveria, Shelby Theriot, Rylynn Thornton, and Caitlyn Yost. Manager: Gracie Jacobs

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Golden K Kiwanis to meet e Orange Golden K Kiwanis Club continues its presentation of each member's "life story" in September, and October. Members meet each Wednesday for coffee and refreshments at 9:30 a.m., and the meeting officially begins at 9:45 a.m. in the Salvation Army Meeting Room, 1950 MLK Drive, Orange 77630. e meeting adjourns at 10:45 a.m. due to use of room by other groups. On Wednesday, September 18, Ted Williams, will tell his life story of growing up in Mauriceville and his many years as a coach in Deweyville. Wednesday, September 25, Rosie Hurst will share tales of her life in Orange, and other places.

46th Anniversary Sale at Thrift & Gift e rift & Gift group is celebrating their 46th Anniversary this week. Come in to see their marked down prices at 350 37th St. (off Strickland between the Salvation Army and Sabine Credit Union and across Strickland from Robert’s Meat Market). e prices are great and our non-profit shop thanks you for our success and your support. Call 409-886-7649 for more information.

Orange County 4-H Robotics Inviting all youth ages 8 to 18 to join the 4-H Robotics Revolution with Orange County 4-H. 4H Robotics teaches kids the life skills they need to succeed in today’s digital world. Youth will have hands-on learning experiences in building and programming robots while teaching kids of all ages important skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Youth must enroll in Orange County 4-H to be able to participate in this project along with other projects that we offer. Robotics will meet the 4th Monday of the Month Starting September 23rd at 6 pm at the Texas A&M AgriLife Office located inside the Orange County Convention & Expo Center, 11475 FM 1442 Orange. Project leader will be Cindy Childress, Science teacher along with Volunteers and Engineers from International Paper in Orange. Our Goal is to have fun-hands-on, friendship-making, confidence-building fun! For additional information, contact the 4-H Office 409-882-7010.

Youth Project Show Orange County 4-H in conjunction with Orange County Livestock Show Association invite all Orange County Youth kindergarten to 12 grade to enter the Youth Project Show Saturday, October 12, 2019. You do not have to be a member of 4-H or FFA but must be enrolled in public or private school. ere will be three divisions, Food, Family & Consumer Science, and Photography. Amongst the divisions there are categories to choose from. Ribbons will be given to 1st - 3rd place in each age division, Class winner ribbons will be awarded to the top project in each category by age level. e Division winner will be chosen from Class winners by age level. Overall Grand Champion will be chosen from amongst Division winners by age level and will receive a

Rosette. Projects will be checked-in on Friday, October 11th between 2pm and 6pm at the T2 Arena, 3810 Old Peveto Road, Orange and will be judged on Saturday, October 12th. Winners will be announced Saturday evening at the Livestock Auction, which begins at 7 pm. ere is no entry free for the project show. For a complete list of rules and entry forms go to, orange.agrilife.org, click on the Youth Project Show tab and make your selection. For additional information or questions call the Orange County 4-H office at 409-882-7010.

Fall Child Care Conference Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Lamar Institute of Technology will host the Fall Child Care Conference October 26, 2019. e conference is being held at LIT Multi-Purpose Building-Beaumont from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Registration fee of $40 per person and includes lunch. Topic includes, Morning Session - e ABC’s of Cultural Diversity for Young Children and their Families followed by the Afternoon Session – Learn, Grow, Eat, Go! Junior Master Gardener Curriculum & Activities.

To register visit workforce.lit.edu click on Course Offerings, then Click Child Development Seminar or call LIT 409-880-8114 or contact AgriLife Extension Orange County 409-882-7010.

Friends Of The Orange Depot Board Meeting e next board meeting of the Friends of the Orange Depot will be held on ursday, October 3, 5:30PM, with reception preceding at 5:00PM. High on the agenda will be the final presentation of the Museum Master Plan by Chris Frison of D/G Design Studios in Houston. e Museum Committee has been meeting with Frison all summer and are pleased to present the plans to the board for approval.

Also on the agenda will be discussions on the fall and winter special events that will be held at the depot. Anyone interested in volunteering is always welcome! For information about the Friends of the Orange Depot and for reserving the depot for a special occasion or meeting, contact Rose at 409-330-1576.

Holiday in the Park booth reservations Booths are now open to the public for the City of West Orange’s 2019 “Holiday in the Park” festival. is year’s event will be held on Saturday, November 2, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 in the park next door to West Orange City Hall (2700 Western Avenue; West Orange, Texas). is home-town, community festival brings in people from around the area wanting to kick off the holiday season. e event will have food booths, craft booths and children’s activities.

Non-electrical booth spaces (14’ x 14’) are available for $30 each, while electrical booth spaces (20’ x 14’) are $50 each. Booths are rented on a first-come, first-served basis. e City of West Orange reserves the right to the sale of all carbonated beverages. NO alcohol of any kind will be sold at, or allowed on, the festival grounds. Rules and regulations, as well as a

site map and registration form can be found on the City's website located at HYPERLINK "http://www.cityofwestorange.com" www.cityofwestorange.com.

For further information, or to reserve a booth space, contact West Orange City Hall at 409-8833468.

BCHS Class of 1974 Reunion e BCHS Class of 1974 is planning a reunion on Saturday, October 19, 2019. e event will take place at 1875 Miller Drive (also known as FM 408) in the back building, please do not block private driveway. Your tickets will be $25 per person and please forward payment to: BC Class of 74, PO Box 434, Mauriceville, TX 77626.

For Homecoming Game tickets RSVP, by Oct. 4th, the number of tickets needed for the Friday game. ($5). Please help us find classmates.

Chuck Majors to MC the evening and for questions you may contact Angela Cole Hebert – amh58gig@gmail.com or Mary Henderson Hernandez – mimihernandez0@gmail.com.

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

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

Seek & Find Resale Store e Seek & Find Resale Shop is open on ursdays from Noon to 6:00 pm, Fridays from 12 noon to 3:00 pm and Saturdays from 7:30 am to 1:00 pm. We are selling all types of used items clothes, toys, books, household items,etc. Our proceeds help fund our music programs at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Please come and see us at 985 W. Roundbunch Road, next to Happy Donuts.

Pinnacle Music Academy Pinnacle Academy offers private music lessons for Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Drums, Bass Trumpet, Ukulele, and more for all ages. Learn all musical styles including Pop, Rock, Country, Metal, Jazz, Blues, and Hip Hop. Pinnacle Academy is located at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 945 W. Roundbunch, Bridge City. Come and discover this opportunity to learn an instrument in the local area. For more information, call 409241-3920 or visit www.PinnacleMusicAcademy.com.

Orange County Beekeeping Group e Orange County Beekeepers Group is a group of local beekeepers interested in spreading

information about honeybees and the pollination service they perform. e group also strives to aid and assist fellow beekeepers, any new beekeepers, and the general public. For information or assistance with honeybee removals, please contact Len VanMarion 409-728-0344 or Brian Muldrow 713-377-0356.

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

Calls are kept confidential.

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

Orange Bible Study Beginning September 9, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will conduct a new Bible Study in Orange. We will gather at the Proellochs’ home in Orange. Our time together will begin at noon but the Bible Study will start at 12:15 pm and it will be 30 minutes. e desire is to include working people during their lunch break. is Bible Study will take place on the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Mondays of each month. Our first study will begin with the Book of James! So, bring your lunch and your bible and come to learn. Please invite others! Please call the church office at 409735-4573 to get more information.

Exciting New Bible Study offered e Books of Acts has everything but dinosaurs. It’s got earthquakes, shipwrecks, avenging angels, harrowing escapes, riots, murder plots, political intrigue, courtroom drama and so much more. e book of acts tells the story of the early Christian church with all the flair of an exciting adventure novel. ings start out rather calm----then the Holy Spirit comes roaring into the room, igniting the pious with tongues of fire and causing them to behave in ways that lead onlookers to think they are drunk, from that point on, we know we are in for a bumpy ride. ese stories all have the quality of “Did you hear the one about----? e book of Acts may read like an adventure novel, but actually it is a history book. And Luke’s ultimate interests are theological, or at least spiritual and pastoral, Acts could almost be called “Acts of the Holy Spirit” or “Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus Christ.”

Join Good Shepherd Lutheran Church for this exciting 6 month class being offered on Tuesdays starting September 10th at 10:00 am. Please call church office (409-735-4573) if you plan to attend; we want to have enough materials prepared for your studies.

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Deaths and Memorials

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Tammy Musemeche, 61, Orange Tammy Musemeche, 61, of Orange, Texas, passed away on September 17, 2019, in Beaumont, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 21, 2019, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating the service will be Brother Keith Pennington and Brother Cliff Grounds. Burial will follow at Granger Duncan Woods Cemetery in Orange.

Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday, with family beginning at 4:00 p.m., at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Orange, Texas, on July 25, 1958, she was the daughter of Sidney Howard Longron and Elva (Granger) Gordy. Tammy was a faithful woman who loved God and was a devout member of Rayburn Parkway Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending hours at a time in her craft room working on her various craft projects. Tammy was a very kind and giving soul who tammy loved doing for others and helping with anything they needed. She was very musemeche family oriented and treated each and every one of them as if they were her number one priority. She loved them dearly and will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

She was preceded in death by her son, Jonathan Jordan; parents-in-law, Frank and Virginia Musemeche; brother-in-law, James Dorrell; and her great-nephew, Chaz Block.

Tammy is survived by her loving husband of 16 years, Steve Musemeche; parents, Sidney Longron, of Orange and Elva Gordy, of Orangefield; children, Jeremy Jordan, of Virginia, Melanie Claybar and husband Joey, of Little Cypress, and Mark Musemeche and wife Pat, of Orange; grandchildren, Kyrstin Jordan, Jaslynn Jordan, and Sway Jordan, all of Bridge City, Justus Jordan, of Nederland, and Carter Claybar, and Colton Claybar, of Little Cypress; her niece that she loved like a daughter, Crystal Arnold; siblings, Todd Longron and wife Judy, Terry Longron and Barbara, Edgar Longron and wife Donna, Kathy Poillion, Sydney Longron, Dolly Longron, Gwen Longron and Richard, and Caleb Longron; her best friend, Rhonda Lewis; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other loving family and friends.

Serving as pallbearers will be Carter Claybar, Cory Nash, Edgar Longron, Jr., Chad Scales, Todd Longron, Jr., Chris Arnold, Chris Block, and Ron LeBlanc. Honorary pallbearers are Wesley Lewis, Edward Block, James Bear, and Jeremy Jordan.

In lieu of customary remembrances, memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society at PO Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123.

Larry Eugene Ham, 61, Orange Larry Eugene Ham, 61, of Orange, Texas passed away on Monday, September 9, 2019. He was born in Orange County on December 27, 1957 to Olles Marion and Rachel Louise Ham. After serving his country in the U.S. Marine Corps, Larry worked as a ranch hand and he was also a welder. When he wasn’t working, he enjoyed fishing; he was planning on going fishing again with his wife when he felt better.

Larry is survived by his loving wife of 3 years, Terisa Diane Ham; his mother, Rachel Wardell Cabiness; a step-daughter, Sky Smith, and husband, Bubba “Bear”; a step-son, J.R. Perkins; aa grandson, Dayton Ham; sisters, Kathy Gregg, and Marion Louise Wade; step brothers, James Cabiness, and Douglas Cabiness; a brother-in-law, Joseph P. Petro; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. e family is planning a Memorial Service. Details will follow later.

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Entergy prepared for Imelda Entergy Texas is monitoring Tropical Storm Imelda, which has maximum sustained winds of about 35 to 40 miles per hour. e National Weather Service has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for parts of the Gulf Coast, with some areas in Southeast Texas forecast to sustain heavy rainfall and flash flooding.

Some areas could receive more than a foot of rainfall.

“As the company continues to prepare, so should our customers, said Allen East, vice president of distribution operations for Entergy Texas, Inc. “Visit the Entergy Storm Center website for tips and information that can help in planning and making necessary decisions.”

Entergy keeps customers informed about restoring power in several ways: • A free app is available for iPhone or Android at entergyapp.com. Customers can use the app to report outages or check on the status of power at their homes or businesses.

• Entergy’s outage map shows where outages are located and gives information about restoration progress.

• Customers can send and receive text messages about storm and restoration efforts. Signing up is easy: simply text REG to 368374.

• e Entergy Storm Center has storm safety, preparation, restoration and other information that is regularly updated.

the Bridge city chamber of commerce announced that codie Vasquez, executive Director of casa of the sabine neches region, has been named september employee of the month. Pictured left to right: tammy Fenton (casa Director of advocate services), robert currie (casa Board President elect), codie Vasquez (casa executive Director), Kevin norton (casa Board President), Wanda mcgraw. Photo courtesy of Bridge city chamber of commerce

Chamber honors Vasquez

e Bridge City Chamber of Commerce announced that Codie Vasquez, Executive Director of CASA of the Sabine Neches Region, has been named September Employee of the Month.

Codie accepted her award from Board member/Ambassador Wanda McGraw, Assistant Vice President of Marketing at Wellspring Credit Union, at the chamber’s September Networking Coffee hosted by Wellspring Credit Union.

Codie Vasquez became the Executive Director for CASA of the Sabine Neches Region on October 1st, 2018.

She, along with a strong team of dedicated people have worked hard over the last year to build the program and make the community aware of just how important CASA is for our most vulnerable children.

Codie was nominated by CASA’s Board President, Kevin Norton, who said, “I can definitely say that having Codie on our staff has made the last ten months as President much smoother. I appreciate all the

hard work that she and the rest of the staff put in for our program.”

Vasquez has a long history in the nonprofit sector. Prior to her work with CASA, Codie worked at Samaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Texas for nearly 16 years. Codie is a native of Orange and an alumni of Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School.

She spent some time after high school living out of state but at 26, decided "there's no place like home".

Codie has been married to her wonderful husband, Alaniz "Al" for 27 years and they have a son, 'Rico Vasquez. ey are the proud grandparents of their four year old granddaughter, Zelda.

Codie is actively involved with her community. She serves

Taking three different approaches

Analyzing your stock lands in a trio of broad groupings at (409)792-0179 or by e mail - ian@409Wealth.com Citations.

1: investopedia.com/terms/m/ marketsentiment.asp [4/18/19]

Provided by Ian E. James, CRPC®, AAMS® President, Financial Advisor Capital Financial Group www.409Wealth.com 409-792-0179 e majority of stock market analysis can be lumped into three broad groups: fundamental, technical, and sentimental.

Here’s a closer look at each.

Fundamental Analysis. e goal of fundamental analysis is to determine whether a company’s future value is accurately reflected in its current stock price.

Fundamental analysis attempts to estimate the value of a stock based on a variety of factors, such as the current finances of the company and the prevailing economic environment. Fundamental analysis also may include speaking with a company’s management team and assessing how the company’s products are received in the marketplace.

When a fundamental review is complete, the analyst may decide the stock is an attractive opportunity because the market has underestimated its prospects. e analyst also may determine the stock to be a “hold,” or a “sell,” if the value is fully reflected in the price.

Technical Analysis. Technical analysts evaluate recent trading movements and trends to attempt to determine what’s next for a company’s stock price.

Generally, technical analysts pay less attention to the fundamentals underlying the stock price.

Technical analysts rely on stock charts to make their assessment of a company’s stock price. For example, technicians may look for a support level and resistance level when assessing a stock’s next move. A support level is a price level at which the stock might find support, and below which, it may not fall. In

in the choir at First United Methodist Church in Orange.

She also serves as President of the Service League of Orange, Vice President of Orange Community Players and as a member of the board for Friends of the Orange Depot and the Southeast Texas Arts Council.

Codie received gifts and gift certificates from the following businesses: Sabine River Ford, Sabine Federal Credit Union, Total Impressions, Dupuis Tire and Service Center, e Penny Record, Bridge City Dairy Queen, Mary Kelone of Barefoot Souls, Neches Federal Credit Union, Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, Wellspring Credit Union, OhainWEB.com, 5Point Credit Union and Delta Life Fitness Orange County.

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James contrast, a resistance level is a price at which the stock might find pressure, and above which, it may not rise.

Sentimental Analysis. Sentimental analysis attempts to measure the market in terms of the attitudes of investors. Sentimental analysis starts from the assumption that the majority of investors are wrong. In other words, that the stock market has the potential to disappoint when “masses of investors” believe prices are headed in a particular direction.1 Sentiment analysts are often referred to as contrarians who look to invest against the majority view of the market. For example, if the majority of professional market watchers expect a stock price to trend higher, sentiment analysts may look for prices to disappoint the majority and trend lower.

Which approach is best? ere is no clear answer to that question. But it’s important to remember three things: Past performance does not guarantee future results, actual results will vary, and the best approach may be to create a portfolio based on your time horizon, risk tolerance, and goals.

Keep in mind that the return and principal value of stock prices will fluctuate as market conditions change. And shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Ian James may be reached

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The Orangefield Bobcat defense led by Kadeon Evans (24) and Heston Puckett (21) bring down a Shepherd Pirate ball carrier. RECORD PHOTO:

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leading 6-0 with less than three minutes wound off the clock.

In the second quarter, the Eagles would step up again, moving the ball 58 yards in just five plays with Kevin Watson scooting in from 13 yards out for the TD. A two-point conversion put the Eagles ahead 14-0. e Mustangs found its offense finally, marching inside the Eagles’ 20 but couldn’t convert on a field goal attempt.

After Newton’s potent offense was held and forced to punt, the Mustangs got rolling again, moving 57 yards for their first score of the game late in the second quarter. Elijah Gales, who finished the night with 91 yards, got the call and went 10 yards for the score to pull the Mustangs to within 14-7.

With the Mustangs within striking distance, the Eagles pulled a play out of their bag of tricks, using the hook-and-ladder to go 46 yards for the touchdown. Nathan Williams hit and

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e Newton Eagles are a tough team to beat. West Orange-Stark found that out first-hand this past Friday night as the Mustangs fell 20-14 at Eagles Stadium. e Eagles, the defending Class 3A Division II state champions, currently own the longest win streak in the state with 33 straight victories going all the way back to the 2016 season when they lost to Arp in the state championship. e Mustangs, who know a little something about winning games and state titles, but had trouble getting into the end zone when they had opportunities. After the opening kickoff, the Mustangs fumbled away possession. Newton capitalized quickly, working its way down the field for a 1-yard touchdown run by Valdarin Fowler. extra point kick left the Eagles A missed

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KAZ’S FEARLESS FOOTBALL FORECAST

Defending state champ Eagles top ’Stangs in battle of the super teams

Mustang Elijah Gales finds running room for the Mustangs first score of the night. Gales finished the night with one touchdown, 16 carries for 79 yards and 3 catches for 27 yards. RECORD PHOTO: Meri Elen Jacobs

then he dumped it off to Deanthony Gatson, who then took it in for the six points. e Mustangs, with their backs to the wall, came up with a huge pass play for 68 yards and a touchdown when Jarren Terrell hit Jaden Jones for the score. e PAT kick put the Ponies in the perfect position for a late-game win, down by six points at 20-14. e Mustangs defense forced the Eagles to punt on their next possession, leaving WO-S just enough time to move the ball back down the field. An Eagles interception with just seconds left on the clock sealed the deal and gave the Eagles the win at home. e Mustangs will take on Crosby this Friday at home.

Orangefield 27, Shepherd 21 ree weeks into the 2019 season, the Orangefield Bobcats are undefeated, taking down Shepherd 27-21 in their latest nondistrict victory.

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WEST ORANGE-STARK over CROSBY I picked a Mustangs upset victory last week without realizing they would fumble three times and fall for that age-old hook-and-ladder play, which was the one Newton used to win the game. e ‘Stangs return home and will decide Friday night against Crosby whether they are a championship team or not. I still have faith in them!!

VIDOR over LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE is inter-county battle features two teams that appear to be headed in different directions as the hosting Pirates rebounded nicely from their last-second defeat on opening day while the Bears have been sliding backward since their opening victory over Woodville. But meeting all these playoffbound teams definitely will help the Battlin’ Bears when district play rolls around.

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e visiting Tigers came up with a huge win last week at Nederland and appear to be on their way to another fine season. e Cardinals are also coming off a big victory over Anahuac and are ready to have a good season.

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is Pirate win must be categorized as an upset because Evadale is off to a good start and should be headed for the playoffs in two months. e Pirates did a good job of chalking up a road win at Kountze last week and are hoping for another Friday night.

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Orangefield Bobcat senior quarterback Kaiden DuBose blazes downfield to score in the 27-21 victory over the Shepherd Pirates.RECORD PHOTO: Darren Hoyland

Bridge City Cardinal sophomore quarterback Ethan Oceguera is on the run in the 35-21 victory ove the Anahuac Panthers. RECORD PHOTO: Lisa Kay Anderson

Mustang Artevius Samuel leads the attack on Newton's Valdorian Fowler. The Mustangs allowed the Eagles' 173 yards on the ground. RECORD PHOTO: Meri Elen Jacobs

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McNEESE STATE over ABILENE CHRISTIAN e Cowboys have always had a hard time against this team

and Saturday night should be no different. e Pokes rung up

a pair of close victories over Southern and Alcorn State (1714) and hopefully will be able to do the same in their opening Southland Conference contest.

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Orangefield JV over Sabine Pass (ursday); Jasper over Livingston, Hamshire-Fannett over Huntington, Huffman over Hardin-Jefferson, Beaumont Kelly over Kountze, Cushing over Hull-Daisetta, Beaumont Legacy Christian over Lutheran North, Lumberton

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Witten’s Super Bowl dream might come true

JOE KAZMAR KAZ’S KORNER FOR THE RECORD

Jason Witten has been around the game of football for most of his life and knows a great team when he sees one.

After retiring from the game after the 2017 season and going into the ESPN booth as an analyst in 2018, he saw something in his Dallas Cowboys team that he hadn’t seen in the 14 years as a tight end—enough talent to get to the Super Bowl.

Witten was so certain of his evaluation that he talked to Head Coach Jason Garrett and owner Jerry Jones about possibly coming out of retirement and rejoining his old team. He resigned his position with ESPN and began working out to get back into playing shape.

Witten was right about what he saw in the 2019 Dallas Cowboys team with quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott both being at the top of their game and former teammate Kellen Moore now the offensive coordinator.

Moore was a backup quarterback to Tony Romo and was ahead of Prescott on the depth chart in Dak’s rookie year.

While on the bench with Moore, Prescott learned so much just listening to the veteran quarterback and credits Moore with most of his early

success as the Cowboys starting quarterback.

Although the 2019 NFL season is only two weeks old, Dak Prescott has moved to the forefront of the league by directing two victories nearly flawlessly as he plays the final year of his rookie contract in hopes of having it extended like the Cowboys did for Elliott (six years, $90 million).

Prescott hasn’t had a stretch as good as this in his NFL career which shouldn’t hurt his chances at getting a monstrous contract during this negotiating period.

After leading the Cowboys to an overpowering 35-17 victory over the rival New York Giants in the season opener with a perfect quarterback rating of 158.3, Prescott came back Sunday at Washington to engineer scoring drives of 97, 83 and 75 yards after an interception to lead the Redskins 31-14 before a “garbage touchdown” made the final score 31-21.

Again, Prescott carved up the Redskins’ defense for 26-of-30 passing for 269 yards and three touchdowns and 69 yards rushing. At one point, Dak connected on 18 straight passes.

He became the first Cowboy quarterback to compile seven touchdowns in the first two games of the season since Don Meredith in 1966, according to an Associated Press article in Monday’s edition.

Two of his touchdown passes were hauled in by Witten, who caught one in each game. With Sunday’s two-yard grab late in the second period, the 37-yearold Witten became the fifth tight end in NFL history with 70-plus touchdown catches.

Going into Sunday’s game

against the hapless Miami Dolphins at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, the Cowboys are favored by a whopping 21 points. ey are coming off back-to-back weeks of 30-plus points against NFC East Division opponents. e Cowboys front office

Jason Witten has been around the game of football for most of his life and knows a great team when he sees one.

upped Elliott’s workload to 23 carries against Washington on which he accrued 111 yards and a touchdown. If the two-time NFL rushing champion can do it this year, he will join Emmitt Smith and Jim Brown as the only NFL running backs to win three rushing titles.

In the opening game against the Giants, Dak was the fourth quarterback in NFL history with 400-plus passing yards and 4-plus touchdowns and zero interceptions in the first game of the season in NFL history.

“Dak is taking advantage of what the defense is giving him,” Jones commented after Sunday’s game. “To me, that is the story of the day.”

New offensive coordinator Kellen Moore has created optimism around Dallas that Prescott has the tools to demoralize NFL defenses with his plethora of great receivers. And if the secondary hampers some of these targets, they have Elliott to loosen up that secondary. ese are some of the reasons Jason Witten has “unretired” as the Dallas Cowboys’ top tight end and hopes they are still playing the first week of February.

KWICKIES…Going into last night’s game against the Texas Rangers, the Houston Astros needed only two more victories to hit that coveted 100-win plateau after sweeping the Royals last weekend at Kansas City.

Houston’s magic number before last night’s game was five— which means any combination of Astros’ victories or Oakland losses total five, the Astros will

be AL West Division champions. e also have identical records with the New York Yankees as the two teams compete for a first-round bye in the upcoming playoffs.

Drew Brees will miss several games as the injured thumb on his throwing hand heals. is will be a devasting loss for the New Orleans Saints who were defeated handily 27-9 against the rival Los Angeles Rams. e Houston Texans made a big play at the end of the game when Jacksonville’s Leonard Fournette was stopped inches short of the goal line after head coach Doug Marrone decided to go for the win with a twopoint conversion after scoring a late touchdown. e gave the lucky Texans their first victory of the season 13-12.

JUST BETWEEN US…On October 1, Sunset Grove Country Club’s board of directors will initiate a new method of subsidizing their bottom line by charging non-members a $25 fee for riding with a member in his golf cart. So, if a member invites you to play golf with him and ride on HIS personal golf cart, it will cost you extra after you pay the normal guest fee. It looks to me like a form of extortion, like the days of Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall. It will probably run off more non-members and their guest fee than it will bring in extra income. When asked to comment about this matter, Club Manager Kerry Lamb said it was the board of directors doing and not his.

Orangefield Bobcat defender Tyler Washington comes in to help put the stop to a Shepherd Pirate ball carrier. RECORD PHOTO: Darren Hoyland

Bridge City Cardinal sophomore running back Dorian Pruitt rambles past an Anahuac defender to score in Big Red's 35-21 victory. RECORD PHOTO: Lisa Kay Anderson

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Kaiden DuBose ran 49 yards for the score, though a missed PAT kick left the Cats up 6-0 early in the first quarter.

On Orangefield’s next possession it was an aerial attack that garnered the desired results when Gunner Jones launched a play action pass to Kent Michael for 18 yards and a TD. At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats led 12-0.

After a Shepherd punt, the Bobcats went back to work, though it appeared they would stall as they faced a fourth and short situation. Instead of settling for a field goal, DuBose ran the option after moving to the quarterback position, going 14 yards for the score. He finished the game with five carries for 70 yards. e extra point kick was good to give Orangefield a 19-0 lead midway through the second quarter.

Shepherd managed to score its first touchdown of the game with just under three minutes to go as Kenan Turner running 13 yards for the TD and a 19-7 difference at the break. e Pirates had comeback on their minds with the start of the second half, putting together a 19-play drive that spanned 79 yards. With the Pirates facing

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From Page 1B fourth down from the Bobcats 7, quarterback Dezmon Yates tossed a pass into the end zone that fell incomplete. A pass interference flag against the Bobcats gave Shepherd a second chance and this time Turner scored from the 1 yard line to cut the lead to 19-14. e Bobcats’ offense reacted swiftly. A great kickoff return by Clayson Choate and a penalty put the Cats at the Pirates’ 36 yard line. Choate eventually found his way into the end zone on a 19-yard run. Jones hit Choate with a pass for the twopoint conversion and the Bobcats were up 27-14 as time ran out in the third quarter.

After back-to-back turnovers by both teams, the Pirates finally settled into a groove, driving 40 yards, capped by Turner’s 16-yard TD run to pull Shepherd to within a touchdown at 27-20. e Orangefield defense stiffened in the waning moments of the fourth quarter, forcing a turnover on downs as Shepherd tried desperately to make something happen with its passing game. e Bobcats are off this week but return to start district play against Buna on September 27 at home.

Bridge City 35, Anahuac 21 It was just a matter of time before the Bridge City Cardinals

Chase Broussard carries the ball for the Orangefield Bobcats in the 27-21 viceroy over Shepherd. RECORD PHOTO: Darren Hoyland

Looking for an open receiver, quarterback Jerren Terrell uses the block from Jordan Garrett to get the pass off. Terrell completed 11 of 20 passes for 163 yards in the 20-14 loss to Newton. RECORD PHOTO: Meri Elen Jacobs found the win column, taking their first victory of the 2019 season in a road trip to Anahuac, 35-21, this past Friday night. e Cardinals, now 1-2 for the year, got on the scoreboard first with a 19-yard touchdown on a keeper by quarterback Ethan Oceguera. e Panthers were able to match that effort to tie the game at 7-7 but Andy Lara wasn’t having any of that nonsense as he put the Cardinals back on top with a 36-yard touchdown run for a 14-7 lead.

A missed extra point attempt by the Panthers on another score left the score 14-13 heading into the halftime break.

Oceguera wasn’t finished, scoring again for the Cardinals on a four-yard keeper to push BC back ahead 21-13. Anahauc came back again and, with a two-point conversion, tied the game at 21-21.

That’s all the Bridge City defense was willing to allow,

shutting out the Panthers for the balance of the game.

Meanwhile, Dorian Pruitt scored from the four yard line to put the Cardinals ahead 2821 and Harrison Gauthier added the insurance with a one-yard TD run for the 35-21 final. e Cardinals head to Silsbee for a game ursday.

Jasper 42, LCypress-Mauriceville 14 Little Cypress-Mauriceville got an up close and personal look at what a state-ranked op-

ponent is like when Jasper rolled to a 42-14 win this past Friday night. e Bears put a couple of touchdowns on the board thanks to a quarterback keeper with Ethan McCollum crossing from the 10 yard line in the first half and again in the fourth quarter on a four-yard run. e Bears, now 1-2 with the loss to Jasper, travel to Vidor for a game this Friday.

Community Christian 22, Emery Weiner 22 e tandem of Levi Rogers

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and James Menard accounted for all of Community Christian’s points this past Friday night but their effort fell just short of a win as they left the field against Emery Weiner with a 22-22 tie.

Rogers pulled in two touchdown pass receptions from quarterback James Menard, one on a fourth down and goal.

Meanwhile, Menard caused a fumble, picked it up and ran in from midfield for the Lions’ third score of the game. e Lions are now 1-1-1 and will take on Houston Fort Bend this Friday with kickoff at 6 p.m.

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gers, Coastal Carolina over Massachusetts, Central Florida over Pittsburgh, Temple over Buffalo, New Hampshire over Rhode Island, Ole Miss over California, LSU over Vanderbilt, Alabama over Southern Mississippi, Tennessee over Florida, North Carolina over Appalachian State, Louisville over Florida State, Miami over Central Michigan, Mississippi State over Kentucky, e Citadel over Charleston Southern, Grambling State over Alabama State, Alcorn State over Prairie View A&M, East Carolina over William & Mary, North Carolina State over Ball State, Virginia over Old Dominion, Clemson over Charlotte, Georgia over Notre Dame, Indiana over Connecticut, Iowa State over Louisiana-Monroe, Michigan over Wisconsin, Michigan State over Northwestern, Louisiana-Lafayette over Ohio, Troy over Akron, Kent State over Bowling Green, Ohio State over Miami, O., Missouri over South Carolina, Kansas over West Virginia, Nebraska over Illinois, SMU over TCU, Auburn over Texas A&M, Wyoming over Tulsa, Baylor

From Page 5A over Rice, Georgia State over Texas State, Arkansas State over Southern Illinois, Texas over Oklahoma State, Arkansas over San Jose State, UTSA over North Texas, Nevada over UTEP, Idaho over Eastern Washington, Washington over BYU, New Mexico State over New Mexico, Oregon over Stanford, Arizona State over Colorado, Fresno State over Sacramento State, Colorado State over Toledo, Washington State over UCLA, San Diego State over Utah State.

PRO PICKS Jacksonville over Tennessee (ursday Night); Dallas over Miami, Minnesota over Oakland, Buffalo over Cincinnati, Baltimore over Kansas City, Indianapolis over Atlanta, Detroit over Philadelphia, Green Bay over Denver, New England over NY Jets, Tampa Bay over NY Giants, Carolina over Arizona, Houston over LA Chargers, Seattle over New Orleans, San Francisco over Pittsburgh, LA Rams over Cleveland (All Sunday); Chicago over Washington (Monday Night).

Teal hunters suffer feast, famine

CAPT. CHUCK UZZLE OUTDOORS WEEKLY FOR THE RECORD

Saturday m o r n i n g ’s early teal season opener began with plenty of odds stacked against most hunters in our area but that fact did not dampen the enthusiasm associated with the opportunity to shoot ducks. Many local hunters actually began to camp out at some of the local public hunting areas on ursday in hopes of ensuring a prized location for Saturday morning. I must admit, even though I love to hunt teal that I am not mad enough at them to sleep on the road 2 days before a hunt. Regardless of how you got there Saturday morning it was nice to be back in the field with a shotgun in your hand and the opportunity to hunt ducks.

Going into the opening weekend there were 2 very distinct groups of hunters, the ones who would be hunting rice fields and those who would not. e hunters fortunate enough to be overlooking a fresh cut tract of rice on Saturday morning could certainly smile through the dense populations of mosquitoes and hot temperatures because there were plenty of teal to take your mind off the buzzing and the sweat dripping from your forehead. If you happened to be hunting the marsh you had the same conditions to deal with minus the numbers of

Lawson Burtsfield and Joli took to the marsh this past weekend and enjoyed a good shoot. teal. Overall the hunters who took to the local marshes struggled while the folks in the rice fields burned it up.

All along the coastal prairies the highest numbers of blue winged teal reported prior to the opener came from either freshwater locations or agricultural fields. e saltwater marshes from Winnie over to the east side of Lake Charles were nearly void of any teal leading up to the opener on Saturday. e lack of huntable

numbers of birds kept many hunters at home over the weekend while only the die hards braved the less than desirable conditions. e combinations of high temps, constant storms building up off of the coast, and a lack of wind did little to help out those hunters in the coastal marshes.

Easily the best reports and results came from the prairies as many hunters took longer setting out decoys than shooting their limits. As expected the

best reports were from hunters on the west side of Houston in areas like Wharton, Matagorda, and Eagle Lake. Also to the east in Louisiana in Welsh, Klondike, Lake Arthur and Gueydan reported quick limits and plenty of birds. To say the weekends opening results were a case of the “haves and have nots” would be an understatement.

Looking ahead we are now on the down side of the full moon but there is still plenty of benefit to be had. The full moon contributes to the migration as a majority of the birds do most of their traveling at night and then rest or feed during the daylight hours. Teal fly great distances and early migrators are often very difficult to keep track of as they are truly “here today and gone tomorrow”. Early last week there were areas in both Texas and Louisiana that were packed full of birds on Monday and Tuesday. On Saturday those same birds were sipping margaritas in Mexico as they had left seemingly overnight for their wintering destinations leaving many hunters scratching their heads and scurrying for another plan. There is no doubt that the largest part of the teal migration has yet to happen so the hopes of all waterfowl hunters are still high. Hopefully the numbers of birds coming into our area will build as the week progresses and the success rates for all the hunters will increase by next weekend and throughout the rest of this early season.

Tropical storms hurt local fishing CAPT. DICKIE COLBURN FISHING WEEKLY FOR THE RECORD

Orangefield Bobcats Kaiden DuBose and Logan Gipson celebrate in the end zone after scoring on their first possession of the game. Orangefield defeated Shephard 27-21. RECORD PHOTO: Darren Hoyland

Having turned down the offer to hunt fish on Sabine lake the day before, I refused to pass on yet another offer the following day. e fact that it was steadily raining when David Landry pulled up in front of the house with his new boat did little to sway our decision!

“One day we are griping

about the heat and then it’s raining too hard ... no way,” said Landry.

“At least it will be cooler and I want to check out the new boat before running to the lake.”

After 30 years of tournament fishing and running around the lake at 70 mph, he recently de-

cided to downsize to a rig that required less maintenance and would work in the marsh as well Toledo Bend. ere’s a world of difference at the gas pump,” he offered, “but my only complaint thus far is where to store a dozen rods and fourteen tackle boxes.”

Not surprisingly, he left all but two rods at the house and had only a handful of lures in an HEB shopping bag. “e grapes were on sale and everything else fit in the same bag!”

I quickly ran back in the

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We had barely cleared Adams Bayou when we stopped to check on the size of the bass beating up on a small school of shad. We moved shortly after catching five or six fish that wouldn’t even make the 12 inch mark.

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Gobert-Adam take top spot in LSCPA’s Sabine Showdown e team of Robert Gobert and Rickey Adam, both of Bridge City, won the flounder category in the first-ever Sabine Showdown Fishing Tournament at Lamar State College Port Arthur this past Saturday. e team of Gobert and Adam took home a check for $1,500 after weighing in two fish for a 4.10-pound total. ey also won the Heaviest Single Flouder side pot with a weight of 2.57 pounds.

Michael Fesco of Sour Lake and Brian Quebedeaux of Port Arthur, fishing for the Parker Law Firm, won first place in the redfish and trout categories to claim $3,000 in prize money. In the redfish category, their twofish stringer came in at 16.27 pounds, while their two-fish trout stringer was 6.57 pounds. ey also first place in the side pot categories of Heaviest Single Trout (3.42 pounds), Most Redfish Spots (11), and Heaviest Stringer, six-fish maximum (26.02 pounds). Fesco and Quebedeaux also grabbed a second-place finish in the Heaviest Single Redfish side pot (8.25 pounds).

Overall, the tournament offered more than $15,000 in prize money.

Team Jordan, made up of Jake

and Jeremiah Jordan, won the Heaviest Single Redfish side pot with a 8.92-pound red. e event, which drew more than 60 teams from across Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana, was a fundraiser for Lamar State College Port Arthur with proceeds providing scholarships, as well as purchasing and maintaining training equipment, along with other campus needs. Motiva and Flint Hills Refinery served as the title sponsors for the event.

Heaviest Redfish Stringer (maximum two fish) 1, Parker Law Firm (Brian Quebedeaux, Michael Fesco), 16.27 pounds, $1,500 2, Team Jordan (Jake Jordan, Jeremiah Jordan), 15.52 pounds, $1,250 3, Cajun Connection (Ron LaSalle, Gary Fontenot), 14.41 pounds, $1,000 4, Chevron Phillips 1 (Chad Lydon, Tim Roberts), 14.38 pounds, $500 5, Lower Toledo Madre (Eddie Roberts, Reid Reynolds), 13.83 pounds, $250 Heaviest Trout Stringer (maximum two fish) 1, Parker Law Firm (Quebedeaux, Fesco), 6.57, $1,500

Colburn I held my breath as he slowly negotiated the ship graveyard at the mouth of Conways and we managed to bounce his new lower unit off a submerged block of concrete only one time. e bass weren’t there, but sixteen to 18 inch redfish were in a feeding frenzy. We stayed much too long simply because it was fun getting a strike virtually every cast. We had initially planned to fish Cow bayou from one end to the other, but wasted too much time playing with the smaller fish.

I say that, because the first bass that hammered Landry’s crankbait in Cow Bayou weighed at least three pounds.

His second fish would have been a keeper as well and I was already losing confidence in my Wacky rig when a slot red just crushed it.

“I don’t want to keep any bass,” shouted Landry, “but I would like to keep a couple of redfish.” We put it in the livewell

2, Flint Hills 1 (Shane Romero, Jerome Weber), 6.34, $1,250 3, Moran Shipping (Tad Collier, Gary Shepherd), 4.80, $1,000 4, Bechtel 2 (Knox, Bouler), 4.33, $500 5, Team Gobert (Robert Gobert, Rickey Adams), 3.86, $250

2019 Sabine Showdown Tournament Winners Heaviest Flounder Stringer (maximum two fish) 1, Team Gobert (Gobert, Adams), 4.10, $1,500 2, Team Evans (Sam Evans, Courtney Amato), 3.92, $1,250 3, Apache (James Hensley, Justin Young), 3.70, $1,000 4, Team Jordan (Jake Jordan, Jeremiah Jordan), 3.25, $500 5, Parker Law Firm (Quebedeaux, Fesco), 3.18, $250 Heaviest Single Redfish Side Pot 1, Team Jordan, 8.92 2, Parker Law Firm, 8.25 3, Lower Toledo Madre, 7.90

Team Gobert, made up of Robert Gobert and Rickey Adam, took home first place in the Sabine Showdown Fishing Tournament Flounder category. Pictured, from left, are Tournament Director Scott Street, Lamar State College Port Arthur President Dr. Betty Reynard, Adam, Gobert, Verna Rutherford representing tournament title sponsor Motiva Enterprises, and Tournament Co-Chair Dana Hanning representing title sponsor Flint Hills Refinery. The tournament took place on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Lamar State College Port Arthur.

Most Redfish Spots Side Pot 1, Parker Law Firm, 11 2, Blast & Cast (Robert Gross, James Baker), 10

3, Crazy Cajuns (Matt Bertrand, Roger Bertrand), 8 Heaviest Stringer (six fix maxi-

Heaviest Single Trout Side Pot 1, Parker Law Firm, 3.42 2, Cajun Connection, 3.27 3, Flint Hills 1, 3.17 Heaviest Single Flounder Side Pot 1, Team Gobert, 2.57 2, Apache, 1.99 3, Parker Law Firm, 1.68

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David eventually switched to a chatterbait in an attempt to keep pace with the bass racing to eat my Lit’l Tapper and the score was 13 to 6 when he called in the dogs and asked for a worm. Because we were only keeping score for the hell of it, I gave him my Lit’l Tapper and switched to a four inch Centipede.

When all was said and done, he rallied and beat me 39-24.

However, with the exception of his three-pounder, I just killed him in the big bass category. I had five fish in the two pound class that pulled darn near as hard as a rat red!

Easily the two best colors in both worms were green pumpkin and watermelon gold flake.

Even though a world of small bass were continually taking advantage of the shad buffet, we

caught virtually every fish near the bottom in three to five feet of water.

If you have yet to try rigging the Wacky worm on a one-sixteenth or one-eight ounce jig head you are missing something.

You can rig it weedless or with an open hook depending on the amount of vegetation or cover. ey make a jig head designed to fish the Wacky worm, but we are using the same 2/0 wire hook that we use in saltwater and it seems to work just fine.

As if the trout fishing has not been tough enough, local saltwater anglers are keeping an eye on the tropical storm currently parked just off the coast.is one has the potential to deposit a lot of fresh water before leaving town. e lake has cleared up a lot and the salinity is currently solid enough to support trout, so we may be close to seeing things turn around. You don’t know if you don’t go!

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mum) Side Pot 1, Parker Law Firm, 26.02 2, Team Jordan, 21.36 3, Team Gobert, 17.60

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ORANGE COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY

Where are all the answers to life?

Charles Empey

CHARLES EMPEY Guest Columnist For The Record You can have all the education in the secular educational world you want and still miss the meaning and success of life. Those things sustain the physical presence of life, but yet there is daily life that hurdles questions of doubt and fear, or just dismay that a good education and a good job can-

not answer. People from all walks of life from homeless to the richest live despairing lives. For example, look at the terrible home-lives of the rich so often. Look at the corruption of the rich in too many cases. Jesus said it would be harder for a rich man to get to heaven than it is to push a camel through a needle’s eye.

I’ve met homeless who know the Lord, but have made a wrong turn in life that put them on the street. I’ve met people who came to the Lord early but are struggling with drugs and alcohol, having lost family and everything else. I have a personal friend who was caught up in the world of drugs and alcohol and blew his 3,000,000 dollar inheritance. How do you do that?!!

Well, he did. Anyway, from the cleanest and richest today to the poorest and homeless, no matter, they don’t have the

Fall Child Care Conference

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Lamar Institute of Technology will host the Fall Child Care Conference October 26, 2019. The conference is being held at LIT Multi-Purpose Building-Beaumont from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Registration fee of $40 per person and includes lunch. Topic includes, Morning Session - The ABC’s of Cul-

answers to life on their own.

How often have you seen a family or individual going through a horrific time and said to yourself or out lout, “I don’t know ho they do it.”

Two things, a person with his or her eternality secured in Christ and an avid reader and follower of God’s Word, the Bible, are always people who have access to all the answers of life. Every time.

You see, once you have Christ as your Lord and Savior, you have the Holy Spirit living in you who brings understanding of the Bible to clarity for you. So, you can have access to and live knowing the answers to daily life in a fallen world that never ceases to collapse and fall.

Now, where the Holy Spirit can show you and ground you in having all the answers to life….2 Timothy 3:16-17 “ All Scripture is given by inspira-

tion of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

Do you see that? “That the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” Every answer to life.

Paul told some believers that they were without excuse because they have full access to all the answers of life. Jesus told some that they were without excuse…worse yet, He, God in the flesh, was standing right in front of them. You are without excuse. You have access to the Bible. We’ll give you one. We’ll teach you.

Charles Empey is interim Pastor of Cove Baptist Church, Orange, TX.

tural Diversity for Young Children and their Families followed by the Afternoon Session – Learn, Grow, Eat, Go! Junior Master Gardener Curriculum & Activities. To register visit workforce.lit.edu click on Course Offerings, then Click Child Development Seminar or call LIT 409-880-8114 or contact AgriLife Extension Orange County 409-882-7010.

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

Triangle Baptist Church 6446 Garrison at Hwy. 408 Orangefield “Come Worship With Us” 409-735-2661 Pastor: Bobby Oliver 409-659-5027 Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.

Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

We are a KJV independent Baptist Church

Winfree Baptist Church 19525 Hwy 62 S • 409-735-7181 Jon Brinlee, Pastor

Sunday:

Wednesday:

“Full Gospel Church”

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3212 Concord Drive Orange Tx 77630 Pastor Carol Lee Sunday Worship 10AM Friday Bible Teaching 6PM

2656B Mac Arthur Dr. • Orange • 409-221-2431

COWBOY CHURCH OF ORANGE COUNTY

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

Bible Studies for Men and Women • Monday 6 p.m.

Co-Ed Bible Study • Sunday 9:15 a.m.

Ladies Bible Study • Tuesday 10:00 a.m.

Bible Studies & Youth Activities • Wed. 6:30 p.m.

Cove Baptist Church 1005 Dupont St. • Orange

Sunday: Life Groups 9:15 AM / Worship 10:30 AM Sunday Evening: 6 PM Wednesday Evening 6 PM / Wed. Youth Meeting 6 PM Charles Empey - Interim Pastor We Love You And God Loves You.

200 W. Roundbunch 735-3581 www.fbcbc.org

Sunday schedule: Bible study 9:15 a.m., Sunday worship: 10:30 a.m., Adult, Youth, Children Discipleship Classes, Sun. 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday Schedule 6:30 p.m.

Prayer Meeting Youth & Children’s Activities Pastor: Keith Royal

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ORANGEFIELD 9788 F.M. 105 Orangefield 409.735.3113 Sun: Bible Study 9:30 a.m., Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Wednesday evening services: Youth and Children 6:00 p.m., Praise and Prayer 6:00 p.m., Pastor Cody Hogden Email: office@fbcof.com / Website: www.fbcof.com

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

St. Paul United Methodist Church

1155 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 409.735.5546

Saturday (Sabbath Day): 10:00 am Bible Class 11:00 am Worship / 6 pm Worship Tuesday: 7:00 pm Open Bible Study PASTOR: STEVE NEAL “We are here for lost souls, not noses and nickles.”

Sunday Morning Traditional Worship: 8:30 a.m., Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Praise Worship 10:45 a.m.

(Nursery provided) Wednesday SPICE 5:30 p.m. Includes meal, bible studies, children and youth activities. (Nursery provided).

Rev. Mark Bunch Email: office@stpaulfamily.org

West Orange Christian Church

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH

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

Sunday school 9:30 a.m. / Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.

Bible Study Sunday and Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Pastor: Dr. Dusty Garison

“Our church family welcomes you!”

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

www.fumcorange.org

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

945 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 409-735-4573 Worship Services: Tradition 9 a.m., Sunday School 10:15 a.m., Contemporary Service 11 a.m., Tuesday Bible Study 10 a.m., Wednesday ‘Compassionate Friends’ 10 a.m., Thursday Bible Study 10:00 a.m.

Pastor Paul Zoch 409-988-3003 - golutheran.org Our church family invites you to join us. We are a friendly, caring church of the future.

Orange First Church of the Nazarene 3810 MLK Drive, Orange

Lead Pastor Rev. Brad McKenzie Worship Director: Alyssa Click Co-Youth Pastors: Kenneth and Andrea Lauver Children’s Pastor Rebekah Spell. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Worship Service 10:45 a.m. / Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

Ofcnazarene.org or find us on Facebook

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First Christian Church Disciples of Christ

Church of God in Christ 2800 Bob Hall Road • Orange • 886-4366

611 N. 9th St. • Orange

Pastor: Ernest B Lindsey

Sunday School 9 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Supper 4:45 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 5:30 p.m.

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

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

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

Faith United Methodist Church

8608 MLK• Orange • 886-1291

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

Pastor: Keith Tilley Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

Nursery Provided. (www.faithorange.org)

We Welcome You To Join Us. Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Nursury Provided

CORNERSTONE

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13353 FM 1130 • Orange

Mid-Week Service - 6:00 pm Children & Youth Activities - 6:00 pm

Nursery Provided

In His Steps

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Sunday School for all ages - 9:15 am Morning Worship - 10:30 am Evening Worship - 6:00 pm

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

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

Sunday Services: 10:50 a.m. - 12 p.m.

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RAPE AND CRISIS CENTER of SETX provides critical services for those in crisis due to sexual assault, rape, suicide or general crisis. The 24 Hour Hot line is provided for crisis intervention at anytime, 24/7. Our number is 1-800-7-WE-CARE or 1-800-793-2273.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to someone whom can help you during a crisis.

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THE STATE OF TEXAS TO: Laura Susan Hogan

Respondent, NOTICE:

YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next following the expiration of 20 days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgement may be taken against you.

The petition of Charles Louis Hogan, Petitioner, was filed in the 163rd District Court of Orange County, Texas on September 5, 2019, against Laura Susan Hogan, Respondent, numbered 190719-D and entitled “In the Matter of the Marriage of” Charles Louis Hogan and Laura Susan Hogan The suit requests a divorce.

The court has authority in this suit to enter any judgment or decree dissolving the marriage and providing for the division of property which will be binding on you.

ISSUED AND GIVEN under my hand and seal of said Court at Orange, Texas, this September 10, 2019.

VICKIE EDGERLY, District Clerk Orange County, Texas

Vickie Edgerly NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of REGINALD ALLEN OSBORNE, Deceased, were issued on September 11, 2019, in Cause No. P18452, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: Alice Leavings.

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.

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