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Lion’s Carnival turns 77th Dave Rogers

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Load up grandma and the kids. It’s time for some Orange Texa-cana tradition and fun for the whole family. The Orange Lions Club Carnival will open up its two-week run Wednesday at Lions City Park, 16th Street and MacArthur Drive, Orange. If you’re scoring at home – or on your mobile device of choice – this will be the 77th year for Orange County’s five Lions Clubs to put on this charity-

Denim and Diamonds Gala set for November Save the date for the Denim and Diamonds Gala to be presented by the Friends of the Orange Depot on Saturday, Nov. 19, 6:30 PM, at the VFW Hall on 16th St. Special country music entertainment, BBQ, silent and live auction will be featured. Because of a $50,000 grant from the Meadows Foundation the group received, every ticket sale or donation will be matched by this foundation. F.O.O.D. needs your help to complete the project for our city, so mark your calendar. Co-chairs for Denim and Diamonds are Rose Simar and Diana Hill. More coming on the newly designed website www.orangetxdepot.org where donations are excepted on-line with a credit card. Honor your family and buy an engraved brick for the depot pathway.

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funding event. “As anybody who’s grown up in Orange, Texas would know, it is a happening event for the city and for the county of Orange,” said Chris Gunstream, carnival chairman. “We’ve now got families in which four generations have enjoyed this carnival. And the really great thing about this is that every penny we bring in from this carnival is turned back to the community in different forms of charity.” The event includes food, games and rides and is open Wednesday through Saturday, Sept. 28-Oct. 1 and Oct. 5-8. The carnival opens at 6:30 p.m. each day except Oct. 1, which is Kiddie Day, when it opens at 4 p.m. Closing time is 10 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for children 13-18. Children 12 and younger free. Rides are $1 and $2. This year’s carnival is dedicated to Larry “Uncle Larry” David, a member president of the Little Cypress Lions Club and the second-longest serving Lion in the county with more than 45 years. He has been serving up “Uncle Larry’s Hamburgers” at the carnival for more than 40 years. “He’s a heck of a good man,” Gunstream said. “I know we’re all proud that we’re going to be honoring him this year.” Uncle Larry is rightly proud of the Lions, who use proceeds of the carnival to fund things like vision screenings and eye glasses for qualifying residents in Orange, the Texas Lions Camp for children with physical challenges, Back to School Orange County, Cops and Kids, Holiday Food Baskets and Salvation Army Bell Ringing at Christmas. Participating Orange County Lions Clubs include the Orange Lions Club, the Orange Noon Lions, the Bridge City, Vidor and Little Cypress Lions Clubs. David is also proud of the carnival. “This is a rite of fall,” he said.

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On the 58th Anniversary Of Our Publications ‘The Record’ Proudly Honors

Carlton Harmon

‘Person Dave Rogers

For The Record

John Cash Smith used to eat breakfast at the Old Orange Cafe and recalls the morning his regular waitress announced she was leaving her apron behind. “She said, ‘I’ve been going to Lamar (Orange) and I just finished and I’ve got my operator’s certificate and I got a job at Mobil in Beaumont for $28 an hour,” Smith recalled. “She said, ‘Nobody in our family’s ever done this before. You just can’t imagine what this is going to do for our family. Now I’m going to send my husband through (Lamar-Orange).’ “I sat there and said, ‘Yes. This is what this is all about.’ This school is a life changer.” But Carlton “Corky” Harmon knew that all along. The sixth-generation descendant of Orange’s first Anglo settler has, in a major way, been a life changer in Orange for much of his 88 years. Co-owner for half a century of Orange’s longest-held automobile dealership (Harmon Chevrolet sold to Al Granger in 2008) and one of Orange’s biggest civic boosters ever, Harmon has been a backer of Lamar State CollegeOrange since before the two-year school first opened its doors in 1969. He helped establish the LSC-O Foundation in 1983 and served as its chairman until recently, growing it from $300,000 in assets to more than $5 million at present,

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money used to endow scholarships and to jump-start campus expansion. Smith, who has been on the Foundation board for 20-plus years, is replacing Harmon as Foundation chairman. What better time to salute Orange’s No. 1 salesman as the Record Newspapers’ Person of the Year? “He’s been a part of this institution since it started in 1969,” acknowledged Dr. J. Michael Shahan, president of Lamar State College-Orange for the past 22 years. “No one has been a more loyal or dedicated supporter of Lamar State College-Orange than Corky Harmon.” Smith goes back to Harmon’s vision. “Early on, he saw that the school could be a tremendous asset to Orange and he’s been a booster of it from the very, very beginning,” Smith said. “And then he got kind of known as Lamar’s main citizen booster. And that’s what he’s been. “It’s been remarkable for him being there that long. And the truth of the matter is, I really give him a tremendous amount of the credit for the Foundation being the size it is and responsible for the help they’ve given to this

Carlton “Corky” Harmon and wife Betty seen during the 2015 Orange Mardi Gras. RECORD PHOTO: Lawrence Trimm

school, which is now self-sustaining. “It’s just fantastic what it’s done for the town.” Count Roy Dunn among those not surprised by Harmon’s penchant for helping. “My father bought me a car from Corky’s father (Ovie Harmon, Jr.) in 1950, which I traded in for a 1953 Buick in 1954 and financed,” said the publisher of the Record Newspapers. “I got two months behind on my payments and Corky, who was working in collections then, came to my job and got my car. But instead of repossessing it, he put my CARLTON HARMON Page 2A

Son of slain officer just wants justice Debby Schamber For The Record

Throughout history there have been two significant peaks in the numbers of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. One was in 1930 during alcohol prohibition when 304 police officers lost their lives. The other hits closer to home in 1974 when the number of shootings began to rise. Danny Gray, of the Orange Police Department, was one of the 280 officers who lost his life that year. Captain Danny Gray, 31, became the third police officer killed in the line of duty on June 28, 1974 during an attempted jail escape. Gray was a 10 year veteran of the department and a graduate of Stark High School in Orange. Before the shooting occurred, Gray would accomplish something he had always want-

ed to do which was to catch a suspect during a robbery. The day started out when he was dispatched to a convenience store located at 10th Street and Green Avenue. The robber, Charles Dowden, walked out of the store still wearing his mask. He was stuffing the pistol into his back pocket when he saw the officers. Dowden reached back for the gun, but realized it was too late and he surrendered. At about 4 a.m., Charles Dowden’s brother, Billy Wayne Dowden, along with his accomplice, Clifford Blancett, arrived at the jail to break his brother out. Charles Dowden was upstairs in a jail cell when the chaos began. Billy Wayne Dowden, wearing a mask, entered the building by suddenly bursting through the door. Blancett waited outside. Once inside, Billy Wayne Dowden suddenly

went through the door of the dispatcher’s office demanding the release of his brother. He coldly put a pistol up to the dispatcher’s face, Ronnie Denton. Gray, who was standing near the dispatcher’s window, hit Dowden in the face which knocked him into the hallway. By this time, Blancett had come into the building and struck Gray over the head with a shot gun which caused the gun to break. Dowden attempted to use Gray as a shield to once again enter the small dispatch room, according to Denton. In the mean time, Denton ran back to the area near the stairwell and quickly grabbed a gun and began loading it. Denton looked up and saw the door opening again and began shooting. At the time, Denton didn’t know his fellow officer

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Carlton Harmon: The Record’s Person of the Year car into storage until I got my next paycheck and could make my payments. “That meant so much to me. I needed that car for my job.” John Harmon, the family patriarch in Texas, came to Orange in 1828 and is recognized by historians as Orange’s first white settler. “He came over from Louisiana on a raft with a wife, two boys, a girl and a cow,” said Dunn. “One of the boys went into the wagon and buggy business in 1880. “They were true pioneers. They’ve been selling transportation for 150 years.” The business included a famous maker of the well-known Harmon Saddle. In 1896, Charles S. Harmon established Harmon Saddle Shop in Hankamer, midway between Beaumont and Houston. Charles’ son operated the business until the 1970s. After a tour in Korea in the early 50s, Corky joined brothers Jackie and Don and father Ovie at the OK Corral used car dealership on Green Avenue. Glenn Oliver later became a partner with Don and Corky in

Carlton ‘Corky’ Harmon has been named The Record Newspaper’s ‘Person of the Year.’

the new car dealership. Since selling that Chevrolet dealership to Granger in 2008, Corky Harmon has sold preowned cars and trucks under the banner of Harmon-Oliver Enterprises with Oliver, son David Harmon and nephew Donnie Harmon. “Everybody needs transportation,” David Harmon said. “That’s what Dad’s always saying: Nobody likes to walk.” Along with transportation,

the Harmons of Orange were prominent in the land business, reportedly owning most of he property between the Sabine and Neches Rivers at one time or another in the past two centuries. That has worked to the advantage of Orange’s college. “I would describe him as a walking encyclopedia of property in the downtown area, who owns it, the history of the property,” Shahan, the LSC-O president, said. Already a successful business owner, Harmon was a driving force in bringing college courses to Orange as an extension of Lamar Beaumont. The first classes for what was then called Lamar-Orange were held at the abandoned Tilley Elementary School in the Riverside Addition built to accommodate the many workers involved with shipbuilding and U.S. Naval activity at the Port of Orange in the 1940s and 1950s. Many referred to the college’s first home in Orange as “Tilley Tech.” Then, in 1971, that building burned. Harmon led a commu-

nity drive to raise the money to purchase the college’s first building on Front Street. “The old part of Orange was built in the 30s, and it was kind of crumbling. And they had torn down a lot of stuff,” said David Harmon, Corky’s son. “When Tilley Tech burned, it gave Dad the opportunity to trade and buy a lot of properties. It kind of brought back the original area, where the downtown and city was, instead of leaving it all in decay. “He made his living here in Orange. He was born and raised here and he wanted to give back to his community. He knew a lot of influential people and got them all together. “It (the school) is very nice and dad’s very proud of his efforts with Lamar-Orange.” Those efforts cover a good bit of downtown, including a new Nursing and Classroom Building that includes the recently dedicated Harmon Lecture Hall. A new dig downtown is for a new all-purpose building that will include a meeting and banquet room that will hold up to 600.

‘The Record’ community news turns 58 Staff Report For The Record

In the newspaper business, publishers often come and go like the proverbial water under the bridge, but that hasn’t been the case for the Penny Record and the County Record newspapers. The Penny Record, which was founded here in 1958, has had only four people at the helm while growing from a small handout to a full-sized paper with a circulation of more than 20,000 that includes the distribution of it’s sister publi-

cation, the County Record, founded by the Dunn family of Bridge City in 1995. The County Record is distributed throughout the Greater Orange County area. The Penny Record is the hometown newspaper of Bridge City and Orangefield. The publications have earned numerous Excellence In Media Awards from the Press Club of Southeast Texas. The Record has earned “Best Non-Daily Newspaper” numerous times through the years. The newspaper’s staff have also been awarded for individual honors in community news, columns,

sport features, page design and photography. Walter Gaston was the first publisher of the Penny Record, and he held the reins until he retired. The publication started as a small magazine style community newspaper. “It was a 6 by 8 on bond paper,” Gaston recalled. “We called it The Penny Record because we would run giveaway ads, like when somebody would give away a dog or something for a penny. It was always a free paper, just like it is now, and we started out delivering about a thousand of them every week.

Bridge City wasn’t near as big then as it is now.” The creation of the newspaper came about by accident. “We owned Bridge City Printing and one day a salesman came in and we were sitting in the kitchen drinking coffee and talking about this and that. He started telling us about this and that. He started telling us that back East little local papers were doing real well and making money. “The printing business wasn’t making much, so just to have

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“I believe we counted it up and there were over 30 of these real estate transactions that have taken place and he was part of the effort to negotiate the acquisition of those properties. Some were outright purchases, some were donations. Some of them were acquired by trade. “He can bargain with folks. I guess that goes with the automobile business. But he’s been very creative in trying to get some people who weren’t real eager to part with their property to do it.” Shahan remembers one deal that involved getting the Fraternal Order of the Eagles to trade its downtown location so

the college could use it for expansion. “Ask Corky about having to drink beer with the Eagles night after night to get them to finally agree to trade their property down here for a new location to have the Eagles club,” Shahan said. David Harmon says his dad has dealt with health issues the past year that have forced him to cut back on his work for the school and other civic activities. “Until a year ago, he was very active,” Harmon’s son said. “He’s still sharp as a tack, but he’s passed the baton to the next generation.”

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WO-C OKs plan to lower 2008 bond debt Dave Rogers

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Paul Zellar, ride inspector, along with Orange Lions Club members Rust Honeycutt, President and Chris Gunsteam, Carnival Chairperson inspect the cars on the ride “Thunder Bolt” for 77th Annual Orange Lions Club Charity Carnival. The event includes food, games and rides and is open Wednesday through Saturday, Sept. 28-Oct. 1 and Oct. 5-8. RECORD PHOTO: Stump Weatherford

Son of Danny Gray wants justice had been shot. The next thing Denton knew, Dowden was standing in the hallway at the dispatcher’s window. Denton had a clear shot of the suspect and knew he had to act quickly. As bullets were fired into the small room, Denton thought of his wife and children and questioned if he was going to live through the gunfire. Denton tried to fire the gun again, but all he heard was a click. The gun failed to fire. Dowden returned fire a total of nine times. The room grew quiet and Denton seized the opportunity to call for help from other officers. Dowden was out of bullets so he and Blancett fled the scene. Dowden fled to Louisiana to get help for his injury to his ear which was bleeding. The friend panicked and called police. Dowden fled to his residence in Hartburg where he was apprehended. Blancett was found hiding in a houseboat in West Orange. After all the commotion and shooting, Gray lay dead with a bullet to the head. It was a tragic end to what began as an exciting night for Gray. Billy Wayne Dowden and Clifford Blancett were indicted on a capital murder charges. After the ballistics report showed the bullet didn’t come from either man’s gun but a fellow officer’s gun, District Attorney, Sharon Bearden briefly scrambled. A new statute at the time allowed the charge to stand because the two men’s actions caused Gray’s death. Charles Dowden, received a life sentence on charges of murder and aggravated robbery. The jury wanted to give him the death penalty but it was abolished in 1973. Prior to the death of Danny Gray, Charles Dowden was convicted of murder and received 25 years in prison. He shot and killed a man in a bar, according to Stephen Gray. ‘This man’s rap sheet is be-

yond comprehension,” Stephen Gray said. “He is extremely violent and has committed the worst crimes imaginable.” Nevertheless, he was released from prison last year and lives in Orange. He is currently on state parole. The Gray family feels their rights as victims were not considered or met under the law. They did not know he was being considered for release, but, they were notified a short time before he was actually released and of his address.

“My faith is active and it’s a part of who we are,” Stephen Gray said. “It’s who I am.” Blancett also went to trial. He refused to plead guilty to murder but pleaded guilty to other charges, such as felon in possession of a firearm. However, his sentence was truly a life sentence since he died in prison. Billy Ray Dowden pleaded guilty and received a life sentence. His case is currently under review by the parole board. Stephen Gray never met Charles Dowden but did meet his brother, Billy Wayne Dowden, and Clifford Blancett years later while they were behind bars. Both of them continued to blame others for their actions and never took responsibility even after 25 years of imprisonment, according to Stephen Gray. At the time of Danny Gray’s death, he had a wife, daughter, 7, and a four-year-old son, Stephen. Over the years Stephen Gray has fought fiercely with the parole board to keep the men in prison. His friends and family members have joined in the fight by writing letters to

the parole board too. They feel strongly Billy Ray Dowden should remain in prison. Stephanie Gray stated in her letter to the parole board how they cannot count the special moments in their lives that have not been witnessed by their dad. “It would take us days to give you example after example of what my dad has missed,” Stephen Gray said. “ Not only for me and my sister growing up, but all that he has missed with his grandchildren.” In February 2015, Stephen Gray’s 16-year-old daughter won a singing contest in San Antonio. Due to the accomplishment, she was able to sing on stage in front of 15,000 people. As Stephen Gray, along with his wife, watched their daughter perform, he thought about how proud his dad would be of his granddaughter. “A moment he missed due to his untimely demise,” Stephen Gray said. Over the years, it has been the Gray’s strong faith in God which has helped them remain strong. It was also his mother and step-father’s love and support. “My faith is active and it’s a part of who we are,” Stephen Gray said. “It’s who I am.” Friends of Danny Gray have often said his son looks and acts like his father. For Stephen Gray, that is a compliment he will proudly take. “I have never been bitter or wanted revenge, ‘ Stephen Gray said. “I just want justice to happen.” Stephen Gray has followed in his father’s footsteps, not only as a Christian man, but in criminal justice. Stephen Gray works in federal law enforcement. Danny Gray actually received his letter of acceptance into the FBI academy on the day he was killed. Anyone interested in sharing their thoughts or memories of Danny Gray can do so on the Officer Down Memorial Page at odmp.org.

The Record celebrates 58th something else to do while the commercial printing got going we started The Penny Record. Next thing we knew, it was doing so well we had to drop the printing company. There just wasn’t time for it.” The fledgling publication was a family operation with all family members contributing to production. “When we started, it was just me, the wife and our two daughters,” Gaston continued. “We did everything from the janitor work on up. We made a living out of the paper. We didn’t get rich, that was for sure, but we did all right.” For each daughter’s part, they received a new car at graduation. The eldest also got a six-week tour of Europe. The original paper, Gaston said, contained “routine stuff, day in and day out.” And when the Bridge City teams played well, “we followed them.” Much like today, members of the community contributed to the paper, calling in items of

interest. “We were the second offset type newspaper in the area,” Gaston said. “The first was called The Nederland Review, I think. “One time I ran a coupon for Bob Bru, who was the manager of the Village Theatre in Port Arthur at the time. And it offered free admission with the coupon. Back then if you got a 5 percent return on something like that, it was good. Of the 1,000 we printed and delivered that week, 800 coupons were brought in to them. That’s pretty good percentages, I’d say.” Eventually the business outgrew the family, Gaston said.”I was meeting myself going to other meetings and involved in so much,” he said. He sold the publication to Shannon Messer, publisher No. 2, in 1987. Messer was the backbone of the operation and did a little of everything from doing the books to rolling the papers for delivery. William Smith, owner of

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In a move they hope will save their district about $2 million in interest payments over the next 22 years, West OrangeCove school trustees voted Monday night to authorize the refinancing of about $9.2 million worth of construction bonds issued in 2008. Lewis A. Wilks of U.S. Capital Advisors, the district’s longtime public finance consultant, predicted quick action could lower the interest rate due on the bonds from 4.69 percent to 2.57 percent. That, he said, would lower the finance cost 16.2 percent, saving the district $1.94 million. “Our goal is to refinance a series of bonds to take advantage of lower interest rates available now,” explained WO-C superintendent Rickie Harris. “The savings will be used to pay down additional bond debt.” After obtaining the board’s 6-0 approval (trustee John H. Gray, Jr., was absent), Wilks and the district’s Houston bond attorneys at the Andrews Kurth firm expect to lock in the new lower rate by Oct. 6, attorney Ben Morse said. But both Wilks and Morse acknowledged the possibility that rates could rise in the meantime. Built into the agreement approved by trustees Monday was a stipulation the deal would only go forward if it achieved at least a 10 percent savings for the district and carried the final OK of one of three WO-C administrators, Harris, finance director Robin

Hataway or Wayne Guidry, executive director of operations. The school district issued a total of $39.7 million in 2008 bonds, Wilks noted, but he said refinancing was limited to an amount less than $10 million a

“Our goal is to refinance a series of bonds to take advantage of lower interest rates available now,” explained WO-C superintendent Rickie Harris. year to keep the bonds tax exempt and attractive to wouldbe purchasers. The consultant said that, barring unforeseen problems with October’s refinancing, he could foresee an annual repeat of the process for the remaining original bonds over the next few years. Earlier in Monday’s monthly board meeting at the WO-C Administration Building, Hataway announced the district had won its first Superior rating since 2013 for its management of the district’s financial resources. The state’s school financial accountability rating system, known as the School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST), ensures that Texas public schools are held accountable for the quality of their financial management practices and that they im-

prove those practices. The system is designed to encourage Texas public schools to better manage their financial resources to provide the maximum allocation possible for direct instructional purposes. Each year’s ratings are based on data from two years in the past. This is because school districts’ annual audits can take up to a year to complete. WO-C scored 90 of a possible 100 points for its Superior rating, Hataway’s report stated. It was the district’s fourth Superior rating in the 14 years FIRST ratings have been issued, according to the Texas Education Agency website, with 2008 and 2009 marking the other Superior awards. This year’s recognition followed an upward trend since WO-C was rated Standard in 2013. The district rated Above Standard in 2014 and last year earned a “passing” rating when only pass/fail ratings were issued. All four Superior ratings have come since WO-C received Substandard ratings in 2004-05. Also in Monday’s meeting, trustees approved District and Campus Improvement Plans for 2016-17. The plans were full of individual assessment and tutorials, inclusion of Special Education students in “mainstream” classes and featured journaling as a big component on all grade levels. “The purpose is to get the kids writing,” said Glenetta Henley, principal of West Orange-Stark Elementary. “We want to get them comfortable with it. Right now, they aren’t comfortable with it.

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Central Office Supply, became the third publisher when he bought the paper in October 1993. “It was fun,” Smith said. “It just got to be too much. I’d still have that paper, but it was so busy in the store and there were demands at the paper. Eventually I had to pick one or the other – and I picked the store.” In August 1995, Smith sold his stock in The Penny Record to Roy Dunn, stockholder, and others. Roy Dunn became it’s fourth publisher. The Dunn family, Roy, Phyllis, and Mark are all contributors in the publications success. The Penny Record and the County Record newspapers are brought to you each week by a small but hardworking staff of newspaper professionals. The Dunn family founded The Opportunity Valley News in the 1970s and continues the tradition of excellence in hometown news.

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change. Democrats must overturn 30 seats. I see them just picking up 14 to 16 seats. There again, it’s unknown what the Trump affect will be. If by the time early voting starts in a state the polls show Clinton and Trump tied, then advantage goes to Clinton who has a ground game in most swing states. The odds are better that she will get out the vote that has long been identified through canvassing. In order for Trump to win, there will have to be a ground swell of support for him to take away a blue state from Clinton, hold all the red states Romney won and carry six of the seven swing states. Possible but a very long shot. I’ve usually been really close on predictions in past years but this is no ordinary year or election. HERE COMES THE “BIG WIG” You have often heard someone say, “He’s a Big Wig.” I wondered where that expression came from. As incredible as it sounds, in George Washington’s day, men and women took baths only twice a year, May and October. Women kept their hair covered; White men shaved their heads (because of lice and bugs) and wore wigs. Wealthy men could afford good wigs made from wool. They couldn’t wash the wigs so to clean them they would carve out a loaf of bread, put the wig in the shell and bake for 30 minutes. The heat would make the wig big and fluffy, hence the term “Big Wig.” We often say, “Here comes the “Big Wig” if he’s wealthy or the big boss.

From The Creaux’s Nest ANNIVERSARY ISSUE HONORS HARMON Carlton J. “Corky” Harmon is the recipient of the “2016 Person of the Year” award. Over many years he and his wife Betty have been active in promoting our community. Betty, who has served on many boards from P.T.A. to bank boards, has been involved in most civic endeavors. For several years she was manager of the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce. She was the more public of the two, often attending evening meetings and functions. Corky often depending on the microwave for his meal but was always supportive of Betty’s community service. He had a 40 year mission of his own, going back to when our local college was known as Tilly Tech. His passion was the Lamar Foundation. The mission was to support the college in any way the Foundation could. Accumulation of property became the main goal and Corky was a leader in that endeavor. Most all property acquired for Lamar was made possible by the work of the Foundation. Corky’s knowledge of the downtown area where he and his father and brothers spent many years in the car business helped him contact the rightful property owners. He was able to get much of the land donated. They then obtained the donated property in the county and sold or traded it. With Corky as president millions of dollars were raised. Operating quietly and in the background he always was a driving force. The members of the Lamar Foundation are all very dedicated individuals who do their work. Their support has helped Lamar grow and make it the great college it is. Corky Harmon has stepped down as president but his interest remains high in the college and no doubt will remain his passion. Wednesday, noon, at Robert’s Restaurant, The Lunch Bunch will honor Corky. Attorney Jack Smith, from the Lamar Foundation Board, will present the plaque to Carlton Harmon on behalf of The Record Newspapers, naming him “2016 Person of the Year.” I’m honored to have known and been friends with Betty and Corky, this caring couple, for many years.*****I must move on. Come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm. HILLARY STANDS OUT IN DEBATE The long awaited presidential debate took place Monday, Sept. 25, at Hofstra University. Between 85 and 100 million people watched in the United States and millions more around the world on TV and social media. Sec. Hillary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump debated for 90 minutes, in six 15-minute segments. They dueled over the past and the nation’s future. Clinton’s response to the first question reflected her signature devotion to policy, reference to investments, higher minimum wages, equal pay for women, paid family leave, earned sick days, affordable child care and debt-free college. She called his economic policy “Trumped up, trickle down.” First debates are powerful because it’s when voters begin to pay close attention Last week in this column, I gave my views of what I believed would happen and who would win the debate. It came out almost like I had predicted. By all sources and news outlets, Sec. Clinton was the decisive winner. From my view point and observation Trump is way over his head, not qualified or prepared to be the leader of the free world. The president of the United States requires temperament and qualification. Trump has neither. I had wondered what some of the country’s most successful Republican businessmen knew that we didn’t. They refused to endorse Trump and then said they were voting for Clinton because Trump is unfit to serve. Those successful people, Warren Buffett, Michael Bloomburg, Mark Cuban and a handful of others have been lifelong Republicans. Most are worth several times what Trump claims to be worth and none have had to file bankruptcies. Trump, refusing to release his tax returns, has been an issue that reappeared in Monday’s debate. Buffett, who has donated over $35 billion to the Bill Gates Foundation, has offered to bring his tax return if Trump would bring his and be questioned on it. He also said Trump needs to produce only the first three pages of his return. Buffett said if he doesn’t he is hiding something and doesn’t deserve anyone’s vote. Cuban said he would donate $10 million to a charity named by Trump to interview him. Cuban also said, “Trump’s business is top heavy in debt and China holds over $600 million in loans on Trump holdings.” No former president or spouse is supporting Trump. Could all these people be wrong? The debate exposed what these people knew about Donald Trump and that is that he came no where close to meeting the bar of qualifications to be president. Some have said the thought is scary, others called his association with Russian president Putin dangerous. Two more debates will be held, the next on October 7. PREDICTIONS There are 538 Electoral College votes, it takes 270 to win. President Obama received 332 votes against Romney. My prediction is that Hillary Clinton will win with 329 to Trump’s 209. If Tr ump doesn’t carry Florida and North Carolina, Clinton’s vote count could go up to 348. I had thought that Clinton’s coat tails would be long enough to flip four Republican senate seats needed for Democrats to gain control of the senate. All GOP senators with opponents have run away from Trump and his values. In most of those states they are out pacing Trump. Now it looks like the best the Democrats can do is a tie. The Vice-president would be the breaker. I see, unless Trump does more damage to the party, that Republicans will barely hold the majority of the senate. The Republican held congress will not

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 10 Years Ago-2006 The Bridge City Cardinals defeated Hardin-Jefferson 21-20 despite seven key players being injured, sick or with grade problems. The defense was anchored by Troy Bolton, Jeff Stringer, Luquil Estrada and B.J. James, who kept the game close. Quarterback Johnny Dishon connected with Bolton for four passes and one TD. On a play action pass from Stringer, Bolton scored the go-ahead TD. Cayla Angelle was named Homecoming Queen. *****The Orangefield Bobcats lose homecoming game 35-27 to Silsbee. Brett Ramsey, Bobcat quarterback, had another impressive game rushing for 108 yards, 18 carries and completing five of 12 passes for 72 yards. Sarah Bonds was named Homecoming Queen.*****Little CypressMauriceville loses to Central 27-14. The Jags were ahead 27-0 at the half. The Bears face Port Neches-Groves next week.*****The West Orange-Stark Mustangs started district with a 54-0 win over Hamshire-Fannett. This week they host Kirbyville, who beat Jasper 28-21.*****Tiny Richardson, owner of Sparkle Paradise, in Bridge City, placed barricades in front of the building to prevent city ordered demolition crews from tearing down the historic building on Texas Ave. C&C Demolition has been hired by the city to bring down the building that has been a popular night spot since the 1940’s when it opened as B. O. Sparkle, made famous for its live performances by legends such as Fats Domino, Clifton Chenier, Harry Choate, Rocking Sidney, Freddy Fender and many others. During its prime the club received much media coverage about its musicians and popularity. It drew many people to Bridge City. In 1999, it was a feature story in Texas Monthly. Hurricane Rita did so much damage to the club and Richardson didn’t have the funds to repair it. (Editor’s note: The club was located where the La Quinta Hotel is now.*****GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Jane Dorman, 71, of Orange, passed away Wednesday, September 27. Funeral services were held Sept. 29. She was a homemaker, avid bridge player, past president of Orange Service League and member of Women’s Golf Association at Sunset Country Club. She was preceded in death by her husband Malcolm Dorman and is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Doug Patterson, son and daughter-in-law Paul Martin and Zulema Dorman and their families.*****Upton K. Roberts, 81, of Bridge City, died September 26. Services were held September 29. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II and retired after 35 years from Dupont. He is survived by his wife Elsie Roberts, sons Ronald, Jimmy and Randall Roberts, daughters Debbie Ashcraft, Linda Mathews, step daughters Sherry LeBlanc, Peggy Erwin, Cindy Rascoe and Rebecca Wilcox, 16 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.*****Rodrick Alan Stockton, 55, passed away on September 15. Services were held September 28. He was a 1969 graduate from Bridge City High and Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches. He also was an A&M graduate with a Doctorate in Chemistry and Physiology. He is survived by his mother Olivet Stockton, brother Kent Stockton and several nieces. 40 Years Ago-1976 T&G Farmer’s Market, 225 Texas Ave. in Bridge City, has large head of lettuce, 3 for 99 cents; ruby red grapefruit, 19 cents a pound; bananas, 3 pounds for 69 cents; onions, 10 cents a pound; potatoes, 5 pounds for 39 cents; Grade AA eggs, 3 dozen for 99 cents.*****Tim Lieby is Bridge City chamber president, Dr. David Olson, Bridge City Day chairman and Albert Gore and Glenn Pearson parade cochairmen. All report the Bridge City Day was a big success.*****A big Carl Parker softball game to raise money for the Community Center held. Despite pitching eight strikes to one batter, senator-elect Parker couldn’t beat the umpire Richard Corder who awarded a walk. Doug Harrington, acting commissioner, ruled with the locals. The team was managed by player/manager Roy Dunn. Dunn’s Loyal Yokels, Joe Majors, Casey Bryant, Ken Wyatt, Al Gore, Charlie Hillabrandt, Robert Montagne, Bobby Cormier, J.R. Wilson, Tim Lieby and David Olson won 11-10. Dunn hit a homerun off Parker’s three-man team to win the game. A FEW HAPPENINGS For the second week in a row I was fooled by someone waiting to see me while I was on the phone. Glenda Dyer, former Leader Editor and publisher of the Orange Countian Newspaper. longtime friend going back 30 years, had to introduce herself. Glenda has lost 80 pounds and looks great. She and Paul were down from their Tennessee farm visiting area family and friends. They left Tuesday morning.*****Dr. Amber Dunn and Dr. Clay Greeson are the proud parents of Luke Clay Greeson, born Wednesday, Sept. 21. The youngster is Mark’s fourth grandchild, Amber’s first and Phyl and Roy’s sixth greatgrandchild. Everyone was happy to get young Luke home except English bulldog “Buster” who had been the center of attention. The family lives in Garden City, Kansas.*****The Bridge City State Championship Team will be honored on the 50th anniversary, Oct. 7, at the Cardinal Homecoming game. About 15 team members will also gather with fans and classmates at the Intermediate School prior to the game. That team and Steve Worster put Bridge City on the map. Steve went on to be an All American at the University of Texas and a finalist for the Heisman Trophy.*****Mike VanBreeman stopped in for a visit. His parents were both educators at Bridge City. Mike was the quarterback on 1973 for Chief Wilson’s last team. Lanston Fall, Mark Dunn, Kenny Brown and a host of other great guys were on that team. Chief said it was his best team behind the 1965 and 1966 Cards.*****Speaking of football, the West Orange-

Stark Mustangs were the winners of the state championship last season. Many were expecting good things from this year’s team but no one expected them to be as great as they are. The state’s #1, 4-A team, so far this year, has scored 254 points, allowing only two points. The defense known as the “Chain Gang,” after five games, have not allowed anyone to score on them. We wish Coach Cornell Thompson, his staff and team continued success all the way to another state championship.*****In last week’s paper we ran one of the best football pictures I’ve seen. A photo, taken by Lawrence Trimm, showed Katon Brown’s one-handed touchdown catch with the Bobcat defender and LC-M receiver four feet in the air. Trimm and our photographers take great football shots throughout the season.*****2016 National Night Out to be held in Bridge City, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Park Pavilion, honoring all local First Responders. The Bridge City Chamber invites all area citizens to take part. It’s a time for Americans to stand together and promote awareness, safety and neighborhood unity. There will be vender booths, entertainment, food, games, children activities and much more. Creaux and I will be there, hope you will be also.*****We want to wish a belated birthday to our friend Hank Bailey who celebrated Sept. 27. Hope you had a good one Hank.*****A few folks we know celebrating their special day in the next few days. Sept. 28: Former Record editor Darryl Brinson is getting older. He celebrates another year today. Also celebrating are Zack Sarver, Brigitte Howard, Peggy Derouen, Sherry Mulhollan and Roy’s sister Fay Boudoin. Joining them are actors Hillary Duff, 29 and Mira Sorvino, 49. *****Sept. 29. Celebrating today are Baron Milligan, Priscilla Burns, Richard Estes, Ricky Benefield and Al Goodwin. O.A.. “Bum” Phillips was born on John St., in Orange, on this day in 1923. Celebrities celebrating today are singer Jerry Lee Lewis, 81 and comedian Andrew Dice Clay, 59.*****Sept. 30: Our friend Howard Fisher celebrates today as does our buddy “Old Salt,” Peggy’s other half, Richard Albair, the man who invented commercial crabbing on the Gulf Coast. Karen Jo’s longtime husband, Robert Dale Vance, celebrates also as does law enforcement officer, deputy sheriff, Rob Strause and Martha Hankin, widow of our late editor Robert Hankin. Celebrities joining them are actors Fran Drescher, 59 and Angie Dickerson, 85.*****Oct. 1: Celebrating on this day are Meg Clark, Jimmy Glover, Skylar Rowley, Kenton James, Brandon Gerrald, Keely Guidry and Jamie Freeman. They are joined by former President Jimmy Carter, 92, and actress Julie Andrews, 81.*****Oct. 2: Jo Bramhan, Collin Stanley, Herb Spencer and Glenn and Jason Ray all celebrates birthdays. Millard “Neighbor” Cox and Ms. Ginny celebrate their 67th wedding anniversary. Ms. Ginny has been under the weather and in the hospital. Our prayers are with her and Neighbor Cox. They join rock singer Sting, 65, TV show host Kelly Ripa, 46, and pop singer Tiffany, 45.*****Oct. 3: Jason Montagne, Darlene and Johnny’s youngest, Cedric Stout’s grandson, celebrates today. So will Karen’s problem, Tony Fusilier, and Skipper’s middle son, barber, Eddie Free, Judy Craig, Bobby Romero, Logan Bonds, Sherry Baker and Regina Pounders all have birthdays today. Celebrities having birthdays today are pop singers Gwen Stefani, 47 and Ashlee Simpson, 32.*****Oct. 4: Former Bridge City mayor Bobbie Burgess chalks up another year. Also celebrating on this day are Chris’ little brother, Sharon’s youngest, career soldier Jason Menard, Lori Ess, Candy Hughes, John Cardner, Jami Anderson, Jessica Evans and Beverly Gill. This would have been the birthday of the late Don Shockley who died Aug. 30, 2013. Celebrities having birthdays on this day are actors Alicia Silverstone, 40 and Susan Sarandon, 70. Happy birthday to all. CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK George, a Texas tractor salesman, had called on a potential customer way deep in Vermillion Parish, near Intracoastal City. After a few turns he knew he was turned around. He spotted a lady hanging clothes on the line and stopped an axed if she could give him directions to Lake Charles. “Don’t know me,” Marie said. He tanked her and got back in his car. Pulling away he heard voices. Looking in his rear view mirror he saw Marie and an old man waving frantically for him to come back. George him, made a u-turn and drove back to dem. Marie said, “Dis is my husband Joe Comeaux, and he don’t know how to get to Lake Charles either him.” C’EST TOUT Why did Ted Cruz flip-flop? After Ted Cruz pointed out so eloquently why Donald Trump should never be president of the United States and up until last week demonstrated that the safety of the country is more important than any political party, why would he now turn against his own principles? Honestly, I don’t believe he will. His principles run deep. He will never vote for Trump; neither will his wife and father. He had to make a public tie to the Texas Republican Party because he will have at least two Republican opponents who have endorsed Trump, George P. Bush and Rick Perry, also a tough Democratic opponent. His flip-flop is strictly to hold on to his senate seat next year. He believes every word he said about Trump but he also knows Texas politics. Here is what Cruz said about Donald Trump when he quit the race for the Republican nomination, “Donald is a pathological liar, utterly amoral, a narcissist and a serial philanderer. He is proud of that. He describes his own battle with venereal disease as his own personal Vietnam. He should never be president of the United States.” My bet is Ted will never vote for Trump.*****My time is up. We have a great anniversary issue this week. Please read us cover to cover. Most importantly, patronize our family of advertisers who make it possible for us to bring you this publication, delivered to you free, 52 weeks a year. Today marks 58 years as your community newspaper. The views expressed in this column are my own. Take care and God bless.

The Record • Week of Wednesday, September 28, 2016 •

Zydecane to play VFW dance e VFW, located at 5303 N. 16th St., will host a dance featuring Zydecane, ursday, Sept. 29, from 7-11 pm. Tickets are $6 per person. e bar is open for beer, wine coolers, sodas and setups; BYOB. For information, call 886-9738. FOE holds food drive, ﬁsh fry e Fraternal Order of Eagles located at 803 28th street in Orange will be having their annual food drive on October 1st. We will be collecting nonperishable foods. Monetary donations also accepted. All donations will be donated to the Orange Christian Services. 409-886-7381 e Fraternal Order of Eagles #2523 located at 803 N. 28th St. in Orange will be selling Fish Dinners on ursday, October 13 from 11 to 2. e dinners will consist of Fish, hush puppies, potato salad, cole slaw, onions, pickles and bread. e dinners are $8.00. So come by and get a dinner. You can dine in or carry out. Give us a call and we will have dinners ready for you when you get here. If you would like delivery, we can do that too. 409886-7381

BCCC taking nominations for business/citizen of the year e Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for Business & Citizen of the Year through November 28, 2016. Nominations can be dropped off or mailed to the Chamber at 150 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City, TX 77611 in a sealed envelope to the attention of the Nominating Committee. A mail slot is available on the front door of the Chamber after hours. Criteria for the Business of the Year -e narrative and supportive materials should stress how the business’ volunteer efforts benefited the quality of life within the community, and describe how the nominee displayed exemplary: • Staying power • Growth in number of employees • Increase in sales and/or unit volume • Current and past financial reports • Innovativeness of product or service offered • Response to adversity • Evidence of contributions by nominee to aid community oriented projects Include specific projects or committees on which the business was involved, such as an advisory board, recreation project, or other activities. Criteria for the Citizen of the Year - e narrative and supportive materials should stress how the individual’s volunteer efforts benefited the quality of life within the community, and describe how the nominee displayed exemplary: • Commitment • Support Skills • Leadership • Outreach to Other Citizens • Desire to Make a Positive Impact in the Community Include specific projects or committees on which the volunteer was involved, such as an advisory board, recreation project, or other activities. e Business of the Year & Citizen of the Year awards will be given to a deserving business and citizen in recognition of their outstanding contributions directly to the City of Bridge City/Orangefield Area during the past year(s). e award recipients will be honored at the Taste of the Bayou & Annual Chamber Banquet to be held in January 9, 2017.

Gift of Life to hold 5K run e Julie Rogers Gift of Life will hold a 5K Ribbon Run/Color Rush on Saturday, Oct. 1. Register online early. Participants will receive a color rush t-shirt, swag bag and a medal. ere will also be food, fun and prizes. Registration and packet pickup is Tuesday will be Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 9 am-6 pm at the Beaumont Civic Center lobby. Register online at http://event.giftoﬂifebmt.org/site/TR/Events/General?pg=informational&fr_id=1110&type=fr_informational&sid=1281.

Good Shepherd to host Community Movie Day Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 945 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City, will host a community movie day on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 2 pm. Refreshments and childrens' activities will follow the movie. e community is invited.

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood makes a stop in Beaumont

City of WO accepting booth reservations for Holiday in the Park

e Julie Rogers eatre will present Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood n ursday, Oct. 13. Tickets can be purchased at the Beaumont Civic Center Box Oﬃce, all Ticketmaster locations and on Ticketmaster.com. For more information, or to charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000.

Holiday in the Park will be held this year on Nov. 5, 9 am until dusk, at the park next to WO City Hall, 2700 Western Ave. e community festival features food booths, craft booths and children's activities. Booth sites are available for $30 for non-electic (14x14) and $50 for electric booths (20x14). Booths are rented on a ﬁrst come, ﬁrst served basis. Space is limited and the early you make your reservation, the better the booth location. e city 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 site maps and registration form can be found at www.cityofwestorange.com. For more information, or to reserve a booth space, call City Hall at 883-3468.

LC-M schedules class of '76 reunion e LCM Class of 1976 is hosting their 40 year reunion Sat. Oct. 8, at the Bridge City Community Center from 7 pm-midnight. Classmates, their guests, former teachers and coaches are welcome to attend. Cost for classmates and their guests is $20 per person, payable in advance by check or pay at the door. Heavy appetizers will be provided along with a DJ for music, BYOB. For further information contact Lydia Pretz, 988-8417 -lpretz@gt.rr.com; Frances Vaughn ompson, 474-0009 - Mustang2716@yahoo.com; Tammy Day Cox, 988-3389 crtylady2@yahoo.com; Donna Courville Menard, 779-8316 - dmenard58@yahoo.com; Sherlon Plunkett Jones, 782-6629 - sjones@pulf.com, or Sheryl Harris Perry, 882-2117- perrysheryl@hotmail.com.

Foster Grandparent Program needs volunteers, hosting golf tourney e Southeast Texas Foster Grandparent program is looking for dedicated men and women to be mentors and tutors for are youth. If you love children; aged 55 or over; able to volunteer 4 hours a day, 5 days a week and need extra income that is tax free and won't aﬀect social security or other beneﬁts, call Karen Gary at 409-8998444, ext. 6441, or Tyronna McKenzie, at ext. 7510 for more information. e group is also having the Southeast Texas Grandparent 11th annual Golf Tournament at Idlwyld Golf Course, Oct. 7. Tee time is 1 pm. ere will be trophies, food and beverages, goodie bags and $10,000 split on designated hole in one. Sponsors and teams are needed. For more information, call Karen Gary or Tyronna McKenzie at the number listed above.

Calling all Strutters e BC Strutters are celebrating their 30th anniversary with several opportunities to get together. ose opportunities are as follows: Oct. 7, performance in the Spirit Lines at Homecoming and a reception before the game; Dec. 3, march in the BC Christmas Parade at 6 PM; May 6, performance for Strutters Spring Revue at Lutcher eater. Visit the Bridge City Strutters Facebook page for more information. We are taking orders for a Forever Strutters t-shirt that you can wear for your performances. Order now and have it in time for the homecoming performance. Shirts are $20 and can be ordered through the PayPal link listed below. Deadline for orders is Sept. 20. PayPal.me/bootsters -When ordering through PayPal please add your name, phone number, quantity and shirt sizes in the comments. If you need assistance please message us on Facebook or call us at 670-8666. Watch for more details to come.

Ministerial Alliance to hold car show, cook off Bridge City/Orangefield Ministerial Alliance is kicking off its 2nd Annual Car Show and BBQ Cook Off, Oct. 8, from 10 am-3 pm, at First Baptist Church, Bridge City. Link meals will be available for $5.00 and all proceeds will go to benefit Orange County neighbors facing financial hardship. Whether antique, classic, or modern, any type of vehicle is eligible for entry and a free meal is provided to those who elect to participate. For additional information, please contact Director Melissa Isaacs at the Bridge City/Orangefield Ministerial Alliance at 735-8296 or a local church.

Apps available for BC Christmas parade Applications are now available for the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce's 8th Annual Christmas Light Parade, Saturday, Dec. 2, at 6 pm. is year the chamber will honor ﬁrst responders. BC Bank will show a seasonal themed movie on the lawn behind the bank following the parade. For more information, visit the chamber's website at bridgecitychamber.com, or call the chamber at 735-5671.

Members of 1966 BC State Championship football team being sought For the 2015 Homecoming game and pep rally at Bridge City High School, the 1966 State Championship football team will be honored. ere are still a few people (players, trainers, managers and coaches) associated with the championship team who have not been located. If you know the location of any of these people, please call Darrell Segura at dsegura@gt.rr.com or 720-9999. Mike Hyland, Jimmie Womack (possibly deceased), Russell Harvill, omas Robb or Wayne Leach.

Gift of Life schedules 5K Color Rush Ribbon Run e Julie Rogers Gift of Life will hold a 5K run Saturday, Oct. 1, in downtown Beaumont. Register for $25 online with the code "earlybird." Early bird registration ends Aug. 31, so make sure to get signed up today. ere will be fun, food and prizes.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Annual Fundraiser e church’s 2016 Music Program Fundraiser is currently underway. Orders for pick-up and/or delivery can be placed by calling the church at 7354573, or Pat Greene at 626-2585. e church will be selling pecan halves, one pound bag for $9; pecan pieces one pound bag for $8.75; raw almonds and roasted cashews, one pound bag for $6.75; hot and spicy peanuts, one punned bag for $2.50; walnut chunks and pieces, one pound bag for $8.75; trash mix, one pound bag for $3.50; peanut brittle, 7 ounce bag for $3.50; frosted praline pecans and frosted cinnamon, 12 ounce bags for $8.75. e church is located at 945 W. Roundbunch Road, Bridge City.

WOHS to hold Class of '71 reunion e West Orange High School Class of 1971 has scheduled their 45th reunion for Saturday, Oct. 15. e event will be a casual, all day, potluck gathering at the home of a classmate on Cow Creek, approximately 30 miles north of Orange. Information is being sent by email (if available) or regular mail. e class also has a Facebook page titled West Orange High School Class of 1971. e following classmates have not been located: David Block, Dottie Block, Marsha Bridges, Kenneth Brown, Sharon Clark, Linda Gilmore, Larry LeBlanc, Philip McDaniels, Rhonda Moore, Gene Sims, Earl Trahan and Larry Whitworth. For more information, please email Judy Armstrong Brimm at judydi_73@yahoo.com, or phone 409-988-1919; Vicki Siau Bingham at vbing74@gmail.com, or phone 409-779-0373, or Lyndell Kittrell Hodgkinson at lhodgkinson@gt.rr.com, or phone 409-988-2601.

Silver Cardinals will meet Bridge City ISD invites all retired BCISD taxpaying residents and retirees to a community partnership meeting ursday, Sept. 29, from 9-11 am, in the BCISD Administration Boardroom, 1031 W. Roundbunch, in Bridge City

Wesley UMC holds fund raiser Wesley United Methodist Church is taking orders for their pecan and walnut fundraiser. Durham-Ellis pecans will harvest their crop near the end of October. Delivery is expected mid November. Pecan halves and pieces are $9.50 per 1 pound bag. We will also have walnuts for $8.00 per 1 pound bag. To place your order, please call Jan at 735-5885 or 734-8036, Jeannette at 792-9230 or 313-3559 or the church oﬃce at 886-7276.

6A • The Record • Week of Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Collecting supplies for county kids

ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK By Tommy Mann Jr. For e Record e fall festival season kicks into high gear this week with the arrival of the Texas Rice Festival in Winnie. As if that isn’t fun enough, be sure to check out the Lions Carnival in Orange this Wednesday through Saturday at Lions Den Park. As far as live music, ﬁnd what’s right for you and enjoy. Follow Local Music Guide on Facebook for daily listings and announcements.

Multiple initiatives to collect and donate school supplies take place at the beginning of each school year, but what happens when kids need help with supplies in October or November? e Stark Museum of Art is kicking off a school supply campaign to benefit students in need. ose wishing to donate may bring school supplies to the donation bin that will be located in the Museum lobby. e collection begins on Family Day, September 17, 2016 and will run throughout the Collecting Conversations exhibition that will be on view until January 7, 2017. Drop off donations any time Tuesday through Saturday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. All school supplies collected will be distributed evenly throughout the public schools in Orange County. Join us and help our local students in need.

Wednesday, Sept. 28 Whiskey Myers, Honky Tonk Jones, John Mark Davis @ Texas Rice Festival Winnie Phillip Glyn Band @ e Boudain Hut David Joel @ Buﬀalo Wild Wings John Teague @ e Capri Club Chester Daigle @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Alex Rozell @ e Grill Josh Taylor @ Jack Daniels Bar and Grill Rob Copeland @ Rikenjaks 3HG @ Rush Lounge Zach Gonzalez @ Tradewinds Tavern Curse and the Cure @ e West Bar and Grill ursday, Sept. 29 Casey Donahew Band, Sister C, e Jackwagons @ Texas Rice Festival - Winnie Curse and the Cure @ e Bayou Cafe #2 High Rollers @ Blue Martini Phillip Glyn Band @ e Boudain Hut Kay Miller and Aaron Horne @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Michael Krajicek @ e Grill Skeeter Jones Trio @ La Cantina - PA LSC-PA House Band, Touring Band @ Lamar State College-Port Arthur Dickie and the Tornadoes @ Larry’s French Market Snorlaxxx, Great Shapes, Otis the Destroyer @ e Logon Cafe Matt Kayda @ e Lone Wolf Alex Rozell @ Luke’s Icehouse MidCounty BB and Company @ Mackenzie’s Pub Pug Johnson and Tim Burge @ Madison’s Tyler Darby @ e Neches River Wheelhouse Zydecane @ Orange VFW Hall Kris Harper @ Rikenjaks 3HG @ Rush Lounge David Joel Band @ Sawdust Saloon David Lee Kaiser @ Tradewinds Tavern Friday, Sept. 30 John Michael Montgomery @ Golden

Rock outfit Jefferson Starship will perform Saturday night at the Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles, La. along with Foghat. Tickets are $20-$35 for ages 21 and older at all Ticketmaster outlets. Courtesy photo Nugget Casino Wayne Toups, Jamie Bergeron and Kickin’ Cajuns, e Cadillacs @ Texas Rice Festival - Winnie Texas under with John Cessac @ Benoit’s Louis Hall High Rollers @ Blue Martini Creole Cookin’ @ e Boudain Hut Simple Logic @ Cafe Del Rio Judge Parker, Grey Wolfz @ e Center Stage Danny Dillon and Old Union Southern @ Cottons Cay Pug Johnson @ Dylan’s Kay Miller and Aaron Horne @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Tony Faulk and Chaos @ e Embers Club Image Six, Minority Stone @ e Gig David Lee Kaiser @ Hardheads LA Express @ Jack Daniels Bar and Grill e Teague Brothers @ Just One More Tavern Tin Pan Alley @ Larry’s French Market Sinners, e Ruxpins @ e Logon Cafe Herbie Stutes and Grand Shin @ e Lone Wolf LN and the Crush @ Luke’s Icehouse

Beaumont Caleb Williams @ Luke’s Icehouse MidCounty Crossroads @ Mackenzie’s Pub Nervous Rex @ Madison’s Jimmy Kaiser @ e Neches River Wheelhouse Wayne Cook @ New York Pizza Calder Ave. Rick Danna @ New York Pizza - Neches St. Reed Planchard @ Pine Tree Lodge Unkle Jam, Brittany Pfantz @ Rikenjaks Alex Rozell @ e Rodair Roadhouse Tricky Dickies @ Rush Lounge Jeremy Benoit @ Suga’s Deep South e Silky Dave Experience, Steve Fitzner @ Texas Rose Saloon Silas Feemster @ irsty’s Saturday, Oct. 1 Jeﬀerson Starship, Foghat @ Golden Nugget Casino Tracy Byrd, Bag of Donuts, Shinyribs, Max Stalling @ Texas Rice Festival - Winnie Center Stage @ Cafe Del Rio ree Legged Dawg @ e Capri Club Kay Miller and Aaron Horne @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar

e Disgustoids, Gnarly Sac, Here/After @ e Gig John Guidroz @ e Grill Jamie Talbert and the Band of Demons @ Honky Tonk Texas Jackie Caillier and Cajun Cousins @ Larry’s French Market Stone Cold @ e Logon Cafe Blake Sticker @ Luke’s Icehouse MidCounty Goatwhore, Choke, Large Marge @ Luna Live Unkle Jam @ Madison’s e Pegwinders, Paul Gonsoulin @ Rikenjaks Lee Pelly @ Tammy’s Curse and the Cure @ Texas Ave Tavern Pariah, DSB, Unkle Nothin, Sgt. Doobie, Dirty-D Storey, Rob Chipman’s Acoustic Experience, Andrew Strange, Darksidesun @Texas Rose Saloon Larry Peterson @ irsty’s Sunday, Oct. 2 Eazy @ Pine Tree Lodge e Ron Jeremies, Hollywood Skunks @ e Publicity Jay Ecker Jazz Quartet @ Rikenjaks

Bassmaster Open coming e Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce will host the Bassmaster Open Tournament at the Sabine River on June 15-17, 2017. e tournament is No. 2 of the Central Open trail and sure to be exciting with the new largemouth bass limit. e new limit as of September 1, is 12 inches and will allow for greater weight turn ins at the scales. An open tournament allows both Elite Professional anglers and Semi-Professional Anglers compete to qualify for the Elite Series and a spot at the Bassmaster Classic. In addition, each boat will have a co-angler that competes separately for the chance to win a boat.

New center for History, Culture to tell the story Gulf Coast area Lamar University officials recently announced the establishment of the Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast, which will serve as a cultural hub for the region. Located less than two miles from the original site of the Spindletop Lucas gusher, the new Center is an interdisciplinary, multi-cultural organization for preserving, promoting, and transmitting the knowledge of the region, including the role of the petroleum industry in the region, the state, the nation and the world, said Center Director Mary Scheer, professor and chair of the Department of History. According to local historian Ellen Rienstra “the Center for History and Culture will serve as an invaluable focal point to collect, preserve, study, and celebrate this unique amalgam. And what more logical home than Lamar University, with its virtually unlimited academic, scientific and cultural resources.” e interdisciplinary, multicultural center will promote public engagement through publications, exhibits and cultural performances, sponsorship of lectures and symposia, innovating curriculum, and support of faculty and students in their research. e Lamar Center offers LU the opportunity to establish a regional identity, Scheer said. e Center’s first major goal is to enhance access to the university’s many existing programs about the region— like a course on local history, a class on Texas literary figures, and the public programs of two on campus museums that support the mission of the Center. Another step towards telling the story of the region will be to encourage and support original scholarship through undergraduate research, symposia, lecture series and research prizes for work that promotes the Center and its mission. e Center for History and Culture also proposes to spearhead the upcoming Centennial of Lamar University in 2023. It will celebrate the 100-year anniversary by sharing LU’s history, traditions, contributions, and legacy through a variety of events and programs in the years leading up

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A big star ... The Big Bopper

The Record • Week of Wednesday, September 28, 2016 •

Unlikely Rock & Roll icon lived in Southeast Texas

Mike Louviere • For the Record

n 1958 Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr. was a disc jockey at KTRM Radio in Beaumont. He was also a songwriter and was becoming a performer. He hated his “formal name” and preferred to just be J. P., some of his friends called him “Jape”; that was fine with him too. He was big, quiet, introverted, kind, almost shy, until he got behind the microphone and went on the air. en his personality changed, he almost became a wild man, he had developed an on air persona that was unlike any other DJ in the area. He became “e Big Bopper”, used a Black dialect and at times was loud and crazy. Doing commercials for Schlitz beer and Yazoo mowers, he would proclaim, “If you ain’t drinking Schlitz, you ain’t drinking beer!”, and “If you ain’t Yazooing, you ain’t mowin’”. Sponsors loved him and his listeners loved him. Richardson was born in Sabine Pass in 1930, his father was an oil field worker who had moved his family from town to town following work in the oil fields. ey moved to Beaumont and Richardson attended David Crockett Elementary School and Beaumont High School. He had played football for the Beaumont Royal Purples and also been in the choir. An early gift of a small guitar from Sears and Roebuck and been his introduction to music. He loved that small guitar so much that his dad bought him a full sized one. In high school and later at Lamar State College he had played in bands for dances. He had started college thinking about a career in law enforcement. Deciding to see about making some money, he got an interview with Joe Trum at the new KTRM radio station. Trum was known on the air as Tommy O’Brien and was the head of the sports department. Trum liked what he heard and hired Richardson to do sound effects for the sports casts of the Beaumont Exporters baseball games. e Exporters were a team in the Texas League and Stuart Stadium in Beaumont was their home field. Before long Richardson was given his own show in the 9:00 p.m. to midnight time slot. He called himself “e Headwaiter of Club 99”. He created the character “Alawishes” and used a rubber frog as his companion. He would squirt air from the rubber frog into his mouth and use the funny sounds to have a conversation with himself and “Alawishes”. He quickly built a loyal group of listeners and sponsors. A young lady visiting her sister to help her after the birth of the sister’s baby heard him on the radio and liked what she heard. Some friends arranged a date and the lady and disc jockey fell in love. Adrianne Fryou and J.P. Richardson were married on April 18, 1952. ey did not have much money, but they were happy together and “Teetsie” as she was known, supported her husband in his career. One day Richardson told her that he liked this new “BeeBop” music. “I am 5’ 10” and weigh 210 pounds, I could become “e Big Bopper”, he said. His character became popular, some thought that KTRM had actually hired a Black DJ. In between his time on the mic, he was constantly writing notes and working on songs in the notebook that was his companion along with his guitar. He recorded “Boogie Woogie” in the Black alter ego. Just as it seemed he was going somewhere with his music, he received a draft notice. From 1955 to 1957, he was in the U.S. Army. When he returned to Beaumont and back to work at KTRM, he approached the management with the idea of doing a “Disc-A-on”. is would be a record breaking period of continuous broadcasting. At first management was hesitant, but he kept pushing his idea and finally the grueling event was set up in the lobby of the Jefferson eater. When it was over, he had set a record of 122 hours, eight minutes of broadcast time and played 1821 recordings. He had gone without sleep for six days. His only breaks had been five minute cold showers while the five minute news casts were on. He was allowed no stimulants of any kind. He received $4000 in cash and merchandise and $750 of overtime pay. Richardson was proud of a song he had written entitled “e Purple Eater meets the Witch Doctor” and was set to record it, but he needed to write a song for the “flip” side. He wrote a song about a guy talking to a girl on the telephone, “Chantilly Lace”. It did not take many plays before that had become the hit for the Big Bopper. In the summer of 1958, he played New Orleans in a leopard skin sport coat and was drenched with sweat at the end See BOPPER, Page 9A

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The 2016 homecoming court includes freshmen, Ashlyn Dommert and Shelbi Whitaker; sophomores, Hannah Huff and Chloe Jones; juniors, Alexa Acosta and Kimber Ellender and seniors, Ashlyn Bergeron, Kendall Gibson, Hope Hill and Madeline Thibodeaux. Bridge City Homecoming week festivities will be held Oct. 3-7. Following is a schedule of events: open house, burning of the letters and homecoming dance are MOnday, Oct. 3 and crowning of the homecoming Queen will be Friday, Oct. 7 at the game during halftime.

Serendipity Chicks named BC top biz e Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Serendipity Chicks has been named Member of the Month for September. Owner Rachel Oceguera accepted the award, sponsored by Sabine River Ford, from Ambassador Beth Arnold, Marketing Director for Wellspring Credit Union, at the September Networking Coﬀee hosted by Complete Staﬃng. Serendipity Chicks received gifts from several local

Pictured from left, are Beth Arnold, Rachel Oceguera, Maggie Stump and Hannah Faulk.

merchants. Serendipity Chicks, 2011 Texas Ave., is locally owned and operated. is fun and funky boutique carries women’s clothing and a wide variety of gifts including candles, picture frames, jewelry, décor and more. ey are open Monday-Friday, 10:00 am-6:00 pm and Saturday 10:00 am-5:00 pm. For more information, call 735-2828, or check them out on Facebook.

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Bopper of his set. e coat was so heavy from the sweat, it was hard for him to walk off the stage. He was an energetic performer. By August, 1958, he had a contract with Mercury Records. He toured the eastern United States and in September, appeared on the Dick Clark Show. e Big Bopper and Chantilly Lace were on their way to the top. In January, 1959 he was asked to join Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens on the winter tour of Midwestern ballrooms. It was a grueling tour of one night shows. e transportation were old busses that were constantly breaking down. One bus had no heat working. It was so bad some of the performers tried to build a small fire in the back of the bus for heat. Richardson came down with a bad cold and when Holly decided to charter an airplane to go to the next show. Richardson managed to get a seat on the plane. Roger A. Peterson was the pilot that would be flying the Beechcraft Bonanza owned by Dwyer Flying Service. e three stars boarded the plane and were in high spirits about not being on the freezing bus. Peterson put the plane in the air shortly after midnight on February 3, 1959. Jerry Dwyer watched the takeoff and in about five minutes saw the taillight of the plane fade away. e lights appeared to be going down. It was a very bad time to be flying, the pilot would have to fly on instru-

From Page 7A ments due to the bad weather conditions that night. Peterson had told Dwyer he would radio a flight plan to him once he was airborne. Dwyer was concerned when he was not able to raise Peterson on the radio. e next morning Dwyer took a plane to search for the missing Beechcraft. He found the wreckage 5.2 miles from the takeoff point. From the air he could see three bodies on the ground. When the searchers reached the wreckage, they found Holly and Valens near the plane, Peterson still seated at the controls, and the body of Richardson 40 feet away from the wreckage and across a fence. He was laying on his side in the stubble of the corn field. February 3, 1959 would become known as “e Day the Music Died”. e Day the Music Died At five minutes past midnight on February 3, 1959, Beech Bonanza N 3749N took off from a small airport in Clear Lake, Iowa. Less than five minutes later, after only flying for five miles, the plane crashed. Aboard the plane was the pilot Roger A. Peterson, Charles Hardin Holley, Richard Valenzuela, and J. P. Richardson. e three were becoming the biggest stars in rock and roll. ey were performing as Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and e Big Bopper. e tragedy became known as “e Day the Music Died.” As with any unexpected sudden death of major figures, there is also supposi-

tion as to the cause. ere were some basic things known and found after the crash. ere has also been speculation and “what if ” since the crash. Peterson was a 21 year old pilot who had been flying for Dwyer Air Service in Clear Lake for one year. His pilot license was obtained in October, 1954. He had 711 hours of flight time, 128 hours in Beech Bonanzas. He was instrument qualified. However, he was trained in and familiar with using a conventional artificial horizon indicator; the Beech N 3749N was equipped with a new instrument, a Sperry Altitude Gyro. Peterson had never used one of those instruments. At takeoff the barometer was falling, there was light snow, and the ceiling and visibility was dropping. Surface and aloft winds were increasing. It was a time of very bad flying conditions. Peterson was probably flying in conditions he was not prepared for.

Hubert Dwyer, the owner of the plane watched it take off and saw the tail lights began to descend and go out of sight. e plan had been for the plane to climb to an altitude of 800 feet. Peterson was to report his flight plan to Dwyer after he was in stable flight. Dwyer was never able to contact the plane. e next morning, he took another plane and began a search. At 9:35 the next morning the wreckage was spotted. All four aboard had been killed. Ground investigation showed that the right wingtip had made contact with the ground. Both propeller blades were sheared off at the hub. It appeared that the plane had hit the ground in a steep right banking turn with the engine at full power. Wreckage was scattered over 540 feet from the point of impact. e two front seatbelts were torn from their attachment points. e rear middle seat belt had also been torn See BOPPER, Page 10A

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J.P. Richardson, the Big Bopper, had died on the eve of stardom. Chantilly Lace was topping the charts, but he had not seen any royalties. At the time of his death he had $8 in a savings account, a Dodge sedan worth $400, and a $100 guitar. ment. A complete set of body X-rays were taken. When Dr. Bass reviewed them he showed Jay that with the exception of the left hand there were major fractures from head to foot in the body. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;ere were three injuries that could have caused instantaneous death. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e skull was crushed, the neck fractured and the rib cage was grotesquely mangled. Both legs had multiple fractures in the lower and upper bones. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;ere were seven fractures in the pelvis. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;ere was no way that the Big Bopper could have moved after hitting the ground with such force. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;ere was also no evidence that he had been shot by a bullet. Jay Richardson was able to see his father and to put rumors to rest. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e two aims he had were accomplished. Jay started a career as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Bopperâ&#x20AC;? and performed Chantilly Lace in a tribute manner. He was booked often at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa where the Big Bopper had given his last show. He eventually made his home in Katy, Texas and died on April 21, 2013.

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to the Centennial. Towards these goals, the inaugural program of the Center will be to host a reception, lecture, and book signing by two local authors. On November 9, 2016, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the University Reception Center on the 8th ďŹ&#x201A;oor of the Mary and John Gray Library, Ellen Rienstra and Jo Ann Stiles will discuss î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e Long Shadow: î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e LutcherStark Lumber Legacy, which traces the lives of three generations of the Lutcher-Stark family of Orange, Texas. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;is event is free and open to the public. î&#x20AC;&#x201C;e Center for History and Culture is one of ďŹ ve â&#x20AC;&#x153;visionary projectsâ&#x20AC;? selected from faculty and staďŹ&#x20AC; proposals and funded by Lamar University over the next three years. In 2015, campus leaders sought ideas for advancing the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission across all facets of instruction, scholarship and service in ways that advance the priorities detailed in the recently completed strategic plan. Initiatives that built on existing strengths, were distinctive, could secure additional resources, and fostered collaboration across disciplines were sought. Of 49 proposals developed, ďŹ ve were ultimately selected for portions of $1 million in support.

Sunday September 25 marks the 50th birthday for area sports fan and enthusiast Stevie Breaux. Family and friends gathered recently to celebrate the milestone and among those in attendance were OrangeďŹ eld Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Josh Smalley and recently retired coach and administrator Richard Briggs from BCISD. Coach Smalley and Coach Briggs join everyone in wishing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coach Breauxâ&#x20AC;? a very Happy Birthday and thank him for all of his advice and assistance through the years as well as for his ongoing support for both schools and communities.

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Taste of Southeast Texas Best part about football season? Football food! Evy’s Cajun Kitchen Evelyn Brandon Are you ready for some football? Better yet, are you ready for some football food? Nothing says family football watching parties, or playing armchair quarterback with friends, like good old snacks. Pair these snacks with your favorite adult beverages and you can’t go wrong. ere will be more party/snack food recipes coming in the near future.

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Fruit Pizza 1 16.5 ounce roll Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookies

Cucumber Salad

1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 2 kiwifruit, peeled, halved lengthwise and sliced 1 cup halved or quartered fresh strawberries 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries 1 cup grapes 1 small can drained mandarin oranges 1/2 cup apple jelly Heat oven to 350. Spray pizza pan with cooking spray. Spread cookie dough out and press into pizza pan to form crust. Bake 1620 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 30 minutes, or until crust is cool to the touch. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until ﬂuﬀy. Spread mixture over cooled crust. Arrange fruit over cream cheese. Stir jelly until smooth, brush over fruit. Refrigerate until chilled - usually about an hour. Cut into pie shaped wedges and serve cold. Remember to refrigerate any leftovers.

1 stick melted butter 1 package Ranch dressing mix 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 Tablespoon red pepper flakes 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 box Ritz crackers Stir ingredients together, then toss and coat box of crackers. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Another snack that will leaving them screaming for more are these little bacon wrapped smokies. Each time I make these, or take them as an appetizer, they are gone in the blink of an eye.

Bacon Wrapped Smokies 1 pound bacon 1 pound Little Smokies 1 stick butter

Cucumber Salad has always reminded me of a cool summertime salad. It just “goes” with summer. In Southeast Texas, when it’s hot and humid and all you want to eat is something cool and refreshing, this is the salad for you. It can be served as an appetizer or a main dish in some cases. e last time I made this was with an all veggie meal and it was the perfect addition. I don’t remember who gave me this recipe, but I know it’s been a hit any time I have made if for church dinners or to take for a luncheon. Here’s to keeping things cool

Bake 15-20 minutes at 375 - then turn up to 400 for 5-10 minutes, or until bacon is crisp. I always double or triple this recipe (depending on where I’m going), and then I transfer mine into a crock pot to keep warm. Bon appétit!

Cheddar Chicken Artichoke Melts NANCY’S KITCHEN Nancy McWhorter e Record e weather is just too hot to spend much time in the kitchen so I eat a lot of sandwiches in the summer. I like to keep a variety of different ﬂavored sliced cheeses in my refrigerator. is KEEPER recipe was taken from a plastic bag of Sargento Deli Style Sliced Sharp Cheddar Cheese. My sister-in-law, Ava McWhorter and I both like recipes that include artichokes hearts. As soon as I read the recipe, I knew she would like it so I invited her to join me for an evening meal. For accompaniment, I served slices of watermelon. e sandwich is so tasty, I just had to share it with the Record. *I found the instructions a bit confusing so I have included the way I prepared the sandwiches.

Cheddar Chicken Artichoke Melts 2 cups chopped cooked chicken 1 (6 oz.) jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained, finely chopped 3 Tbsp. mayonnaise 2 Tbsp. finely chopped red onion 1 Tbsp. Dijon or grainy mustard (I used the Dijon) 8 slices sourdough bread or rye bread (I used rye), lightly toasted 8 slices Sargento Deli Style Sliced Sharp Cheddar cheese, diagonally cut in half

EVY’S CAJUN KITCHEN Evelyn Brandon e Record

2 cups brown sugar Cut bacon into thirds, and wrap each link. Placed wrapped links into baking dish. Melt stick of butter and mix one cup brown sugar into melted butter. Pour butter mixture over links, and sprinkle rest of brown sugar over links.

Combine chicken, artichoke hearts, mayonnaise, onion, and mustard; mix well. Spread mixture evenly over toast; top with cheese. Bake in preheated 375� oven until hot and cheese is melted, about 6 minutes. Top with remaining toast. Prep time: 10 minutes. Bake time: 6 minutes serves: 4 *Prepare the mixture as directed in original instructions. In my toaster oven, I lightly

toasted two slices of the rye bread. I then evenly spread the chicken mixture on those two slices of toasted bread, topped each piece of the toast with a slice of the Cheddar cheese and baked them in the preheated oven for 6 minutes. While these were toasting in the oven, I fully toasted 2 more slices of the rye bread in my toaster oven. I removed the cheese toast from the oven and topped each with the toasted bread from the toaster oven.

this summer. Bon appétit!

Cucumber Salad 1/2 cup sour cream (or plain yogurt) 1 cucumber 1 medium to large tomato 2 slices of purple onion (sliced like onion rings) 2-4 teaspoons lemon juice 1/2 - 3/4 teaspoon dill Pinch of salt Peel and slice cucumber, tomato and onion. In a bowl, combine dill and salt. Add sour cream and lemon juice and mix well. Add onion, cucumber and tomato to mixture and stir until veggies are coated with dressing. Chill and serve cool.

Olive-Cream Cheese Spread or Dip NANCY’S KITCHEN Nancy McWhorter e Record One Sunday, our Sunday school class decided instead of wasting our valuable Sunday school’s lesson time on class business, we would have a weekday salad-dessert luncheon. With the help of the church’s capable kitchen staﬀ and the class fellowship committee one of the church’s class rooms was setup for the occasion. ere was an abundance of ﬂavorful salads, sandwiches and desserts provided by class members. e person that brought and gave me this KEEPER recipe is our Sunday school teacher. I highly admire and respect her. She is Bible knowledgeable and her teaching has the rare ability to bring Bible history to life. She is so humble; I know she would not want me to reveal her name. I will refer to her as “C”. Several

of the class members also wanted the recipe so I promised to put it in my column. “C” did not give a measurement for the olives or pecans. She just adds the amount of those two ingredients until it looks and taste as desired. She did say some brand of olives taste better than others but did not name the brand that she uses.

Olive-Cream Cheese Spread or Dip 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened ½ cup mayonnaise Pimento stuffed green-olives (brand of choice), drained & chopped Chopped pecans Crackers of choice Combine cream cheese and mayonnaise; mix until smooth. Add chopped olives and pecans. Serve as a spread with crackers or mixture can be used as a dip.

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Deaths & Memorials Margaret Cormier Bridge City Margaret L. Cormier, 90, of Bridge City, passed away Sept. 19, at her home. A graveside service was held Thursday, Sept. 22, Margaret at Greenlawn Cormier Memorial Park in Groves. Officiating was Father Steven Leger, of St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City. Born in Port Arthur, Sept. 29, 1925, she was the daughter of John and Nina Miguez. Margaret took excellent care of her son Roger throughout his entire life, she was a great cook and a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed sewing and made uniforms for the Bridge City High School Band and Cheerleaders. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Irvin Cormier; son, Roger Wayne Cormier and her brother, Henry Miguez. Those left to cherish her memory include her daughter, Linda Nicks and husband Jerry, of Bridge City; grandchildren, Mikel Nicks and wife Suzanne, of Cypress, Michele George and husband Michael, of Mont Belvieu and Lori Hamel and husband Tyler, of Porter and her greatgrandchildren, Julianna Nicks, Blake Nicks, Meredith Nicks, Kathryn George, Kara George and Connor Etheridge.

Juanita Green Orange Juanita Green was born Juanita Faye Riser in Newton, Dec. 28, 1927. Her husband is Glen R. Green. They were married Juanita for 69 years. Green She left us Sept. 20. Her parents were Calvin Commodore Riser and Mary Emma Pence Riser, now deceased. Her brothers were Commodore Riser, Jack Riser, Willard “Bud” Riser and John Robert Riser, all deceased. Her sister Dovie Paulann Riser predeceased her as did her niece Paulann Alleman, who was like a sister to her. Her sister Bettie Becker survives her. Her sons are Danny Green, married to Phyllis Green and Bob Green, married to Tatiana Green. Her grandsons are Troy Green, Slade Green and Brandon Green. Her great-grandchildren are Aric Green, Meagan Green, Makenzie Green and Gavin Green. She graduated from Stark High School in 1945. She graduated from Lamar University with a B.A. and Master’s Degree. She was a school teacher and counselor in the West Orange School District. She was a member of the Sunset Grove Country Club, The Women’s Club of Orange, her beloved Bengal Guards, the First Presbyterian Church and numerous bridge clubs. She lived, loved and breathed family. Her unconditional love will remain with us always. Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 23, at First Presbyterian Church in Orange. Burial fol-

lowed at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Dennis Burch Orange Dennis Burch, age 92, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 20, in Orange. Services were Friday, Sept. 23, at Dennis Dorman FuBurch neral Home Chapel with the Rev. John Fortenberry officiating. Dennis was born Oct. 18, 1923 in Orange, to the late Mark Twain Burch and Gertie Jane (Rosenbaum) Burch. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during WWII. Dennis was a cowboy and a trapper who worked for many years as the caretaker of a portion of the Grey Ranch referred to as “The Pines”. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Ruby (Herman) Burch; brother Marion Burch; sisters Myrta Michael and Blanche Titus; nephews Teddy Ray Michael and Robert (Mike) Michael and niece Bonnie White. Survivors include nieces, Audrey Lancaster, Ann Atwood, Charlene Campbell, Margaret (Bib) Manning, Donna Lang, Rita Stagg and Deborah Foley; nephews, Lannie Michael, James (Roger) Burch, Jack Titus, Edwin Michael and Morgan Michael; as well as numerous great nieces and nephews.

Arthur Rule Orange Arthur Ray Rule, 72, of Orange, passed away Monday, Sept. 19, at Harbor Hospital of Southeast Texas in BeauArthur mont. ArRule rangements are under the direction of Dorman Funeral Home. Arthur was born in Cherokee, Ok, Saturday, Oct. 16, 1943 to Georgie (Valentine) and Lloyd Rule. He lived with his wife, Barbara, and their family in Orange, for 30 years and in Colorado Springs, Co, prior. Arthur worked as a Truck Driver for 40 years, spending the last 10 years with Axion Logistics in Beaumont, and always enjoyed the many places he was able to travel with his job. He was a MOPAR man who loved cars; especially Dodge. He spent most of his free time with his dogs, Abby and Henry, reading and tinkering with cars. Arthur was also a big animal lover. Preceding Arthur in death are his parents, Georgie and Lloyd Rule and his son, Steve Rule. Those left to cherish Arthur’s memory are his loving wife, Barbara Rule; daughter, Shari LeBlanc; close family friend, who Arthur thought of as his son, Grant Furst and his wife, Debbie; daughter-in-law, Lisa Rule; grandchildren, Kyle and his wife, Hannah, Karli, Troy, Korey and Trace and his great-grandchildren, Brayden and Vanessa.

Peggy Caillavet Orange Peggy Louise Caillavet passed away Sept. 22, with her family in

Beaumont. She was loved by many and touched the lives of everyone she came in contact with. Cooking, reading, gardening and watching golf Peggy was her favorCaillavet ite pastime. Peggy showed love to her family and friends that will forever be missed. In true giving fashion Peggy chose to donate her body to science in hopes of helping someone in the future. Peggy’s marriage to Sid Caillavet Jr of 66 years was her biggest accomplishment. Together they raised three children, nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Born June 28, 1932 in Pinch, WV, she was the daughter of Phillip Burl Arnett and Marbel Moles Arnett. She was preceded in death by her parents and sisters, Wanda Enmon and Phyllis Pagett. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Sid Caillavet, Jr; sons, John Caillavet, and wife, Linda, of Beaumont, Phillip Caillavet, and wife, Pat, of Orange; daughter, Tammy LaVergne, and husband, Wayne, of Orange; Sue Quast of Garberville, CA; grandchildren, Stacy Hall, of Mauriceville, Chris Caillavet, of Bangkok, Thailand, Cindy Sinclair, and husband, Martin, of Chicago, IL, Phillip Caillavet, and wife, Katie, of Billings, MT, Elisa Moye, and husband, Jeff, of Bridge City Katie Shepley, and husband, Tim, of Beaumont, Adam Caillavet, and wife, Shanna, of Corpus Christi, Amy Close and husband, Jeff, of Houston, Jared LaVergne, and girlfriend, Sarah Thomas, of Beaumont; great-grandchildren, Mackenzie Hoffmeyer, Luke Hall, Presley Caillavet, Kenley Moye, Charlie Caillavet, Livy Shepley, Emerson Sinclair, AJ Caillavet, Samuel Shepley, Paxton Caillavet and soon to be born Leo Close and numerous nieces and nephews.

Tommie Eubanks Orange Tommie Jo Eubanks, 72, went to her heavenly home on Friday, September 23, surrounded by her family, due to a sudden illness. A memorial service was held Sunday, Sept. 25, at First Baptist Church in Deweyville. Officiating was the Rev. Damon Bickham. Jo was born Feb. 24, 1944 in Colfax, La. She attended Little Cypress schools and grew up in Orange. She was preceded in death by her parents, Cecil and Elsie Stewart and husband, Bobby Eubanks. Jo is survived by her loving companion, B.C. Smith; daughter, Lois Greer, of Las Vegas, NV; son, Ty Greer and wife Becky; sisters, Lois Hogden and husband Fred and Onalee Greer; grandchildren, Caroline, Asa, Maccoy, Mason, Max and Dustin and great-grandchildren, Brooks, Caydence and Ryder. Jo loved the simpler things in life; flowers, animals and enjoying the outdoors. As a result of her generous spirit and pleasant personality, she was loved by many. Her influence will forever remain in the lives of all who knew her. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate any contribution to either First Baptist Church in Deweyville, 644 TX-272 Spur,

Deweyville, TX 77614, the Leukemia Research Foundation, 191 Waukegan Rd, Northfield, IL 60093, or local animal charities. Cremation is under the authorization of Claybar Funeral Home.

Maudrie Savoy Orange Maudrie “Margie” Savoy, 89, of Orange, passed away on Sept. 24, in Vidor. Funeral services were Tuesday, Maudrie Sept. 27 at St. Mary Savoy Catholic Church in Orange. Officiating will be Father Sinclair Oubre. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange. Visitation will be from 5:008:00 PM, Monday, Sept. 26, with a Rosary at 6:00 PM, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Born in Iota, La, Sept. 26, 1926, she was the daughter of Richard Cart and Attie Simon Cart. Margie enjoyed cooking and collecting recipes and loved spending time with her family. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clifford P. Savoy and brother, Elmer Cart. She is survived by her son, Richard Savoy and wife, Debbie, of Orange; daughter, Sandy Reynolds and husband, Tommy, of Mauriceville; grandchildren, Brandi Johnson and husband, Glynn, Heath Reynolds and wife, Kayla and Chelsi Moran and husband, Donnie and five greatgrandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to either the Alzheimer’s Association at P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC, 20090, or to St. Jude Children’s Hospital at 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105.

Prentis Baker West Orange Prentis Baker, 87, of West Orange, passed away Sept. 24, in Beaumont. Funeral services were TuesPrentis day, September 27, at Baker Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating was t he Rev. Randall Branch of Wesley United Methodist Church in Orange. Burial was to follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange. Born in Pinehill, June 26, 1929, he was the son of Dellie Ray Baker and Annie Bee (Posey) Baker. Prentis was a supervisor at Firestone. He graduated from Sam Houston State University in 1951. He was a member of Faith United Methodist Church and also a member of the Masonic Lodge 126 AF and AM in Orange. He loved the outdoors, gardening and he enjoyed reading and watching sports. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Jimmie M. Baker, of West Orange; children, Janet Dunahoo and husband, Randy, of Frisco, Diana Dupree Baker, of Austin and Joe Baker and wife, Mitzie, of Beaumont; grandchildren, Jeanna Allen, Cindy Wheeler, Danelle Allen, Drew Dupree, Brett Baker and Carly Baker and seven great-grandchildren. Serving as pallbearers were Shawn Wheeler, Brett Allen, Drew Dupree, Brett Baker, Travis Chapman and Jay Davis. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 1535 West Loop S #240, Houston, TX 77027.

Violet Bard Orange Violet Peterson Lucas Bard, 88, of Orange, passed away Sept. 25, and was received on the other side of the veil by her loved Violet ones. Bard Violet was born in Sioux City, Ia, Nov. 4, 1927, to George and Gladys Peterson. She had 3 sisters, Athena, Mary and Dorothy and a brother, George, who preceded her in death. She and her husband, Alexander Lucas (who died in 1967) moved to Orange, in 1955. They made their home in Riverside and raised three children, Paul Lucas

and wife, Gabi of McKinney, Barbara Cobert and husband, Johnny of Vidor and Zack Lucas and wife, Monnie of Silsbee. Violet has 14 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. Violet remarried in 1971 to Allen Bard. He was “papaw” to all his grandchildren and beloved stepfather. They belonged to the Shriners and Grotto and was involved in many fundraisers for the Texas Children’s Hospital. They enjoyed traveling, riding motorcycles, and dancing together until his death in 1986. Nanny (Vi) was full of life, loved her friends and her family and her favorite past time was dancing something she passed down to her children and grandchildren. She was the heart of her home and loved unconditionally. We will miss you Mom, our nanny until we meet again. Visitation and funeral services will be held at Memorial Funeral Home, 1750 Hwy. 12, Vidor, Thursday, Sept. 29, from 6-8pm and Friday, Sept. 30, at 10:00 am. Burial service will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery (between Orange and Bridge City).

Valeria Loiacano Mauriceville Valeria Francis Kubala Loiacano, born Dec. 22, 1930 in Houston, to Julius and Rosalie Kubala. Reunited with Anthony, Valeria Sept. 25. Forever together. Loiacano Preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Andrew and JJ (Sonny) Kubala; husband, Anthony Loiacano; son, Marion Julius (MJ) Loiacano and sister, Connie Kubala. She is survived by daughters, Christine Loiacano and Cecilia Nettles both of Mauriceville, Roseanne Loiacano of Houston; son Allan A Loiacano of Mohave, Az; sisters: Rose Marie Marsh of Wasilla, Ak and Kathleen Traxinger of Palmer Ak; five grandchildren, Trish Robertson of Bridge City, Sandie Andrews of Vidor, Clifton Nettles and Britini Chandler and Meagan Nettles, all of Mauriceville and James and Rebekah Loiacano of Bossier City, LA. She was blessed with 13 great grandchildren and a whole lot of nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Mom was blessed and always surrounded by loving friends, books, bingo and poker! A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10:00 am Saturday, Oct. 1, at St. Maurice Catholic Church in Mauriceville, with burial to follow at St. Mary Cemetery, in Orange. Visitation will begin at 6:00 pm and a rosary will be recited at 7:00 pm, Friday, Sept. 30, at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor.

Omar Martin Orange Omar Edith Sue Martin (Hunt), 64, of Orange, passed away Sept. 26, at her home surrounded by loved ones. Born in San Antonio, July 3, 1952, she was the daughter of Jewel Hunt. She enjoyed quilting, reading, writing short stories and shopping, which she said was “shopping me to the poor house”. She loved to bake pies and cook big meals for Thanksgiving and especially Christmas, as it was her favorite holiday. She enjoyed singing and loved her family more than anything. She will be greatly missed by those who loved her. She was preceded in death by her mother; grandmother, Omar Hunt; and her grandfather, Harm Hunt. She is survived by her loving husband of 44 years, Loyd Kent Martin; her Paw Paw; children, Kimberly “Kim Sue” Suzanne Martin and Joseph Fruge, of Vinton, Kallisa Sheree Velez and Jason Murphy and David Martin, both of Orange; grandchildren, Sarah, Emma-Lee, Brandon and Dylan Wells; brother, Louis “Bubba” McEachern and wife Terea, of Cheek and her close friend that’s like a sister, Phyllis Willis, of Nederland. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory.

Ralph Bussell Orange Ralph Wesley Bussell, 55, of Orange, passed away at his home, Sunday, Sept. 25. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 11:00 AM, at Dorman Funeral Home, with Roy Lee Helm officiating. A visitation for family and friends will be held at Dorman Funeral Home one hour prior to funeral services.

Ralph was born Aug. 15, 1961 in Fort Worth, to Wanda (Calvert) and Roland Eugene Bussell. Prior to moving to OrRalph ange, Ralph Bussell lived in San Augustine, with his loving wife of nine years, Pamela (Helm) Bussell. He was of the Baptist faith and was also a member of the fraternal organization, the Freemasons, for seven years and a member of The Shriners for seven years. He also worked as a rig clerk in the oil fields for over 20 years. Ralph was a family man who loved spending time with his grandchildren when he wasn’t working hard for his family. He enjoyed riding motorcycles and spending time on his computer. Ralph was also described by his family as a ‘real jokester’, who always could manage to make anyone laugh. Ralph was a caring husband, father, grandfather and friend who will be dearly missed by all those who knew him. He was preceded in death by his mother, Wanda Bussell; son; Joseph Roland Bussell; sister, Susan Bussell and father-in-law, LeRoy Helm. Ralph is survived by his wife, Pam Bussell; father, Roland Eugene Bussell; sons, Charles Wesley Bussell, Thomas Vincent Bussell and Jason Dakota Bussell; daughter, Sarah Bussell; stepdaughter, Heather Foote; motherin-law, Pearl Helm; brother-inlaws, Roy Lee Helm and his wife, Cindy, and Timothy James Helm; sisters-in-law, Maryann Morgan and her husband, Barry, and Kaylynn Bray and her husband, Bobby; grandchildren, Andrew Mayeaux, Ethan Bussell Mayeaux, Brooklyn Bussell, Jordan Harrington, Kurt Thomas Foote and Annabelle “Fred” Foote; and many other members of his extended family, and friends. Honoring Ralph as pallbearers are TJ Helm, Roy Helm, Barry Morgan, Brandon Bray, Russell Bartholomew and Jason Owens; honorary pallbearers are Thomas Bussell, Jason Bussell, Andrew Meyeaux, Ethan Bussell, Jordan Harrington and Kurt Foote.

Dorothy Browning Orange Dorothy Clanton Burk Browning, 87, of Orange, and previously of Bridge City, was called to her Heavenly home on Sept. 24, 2016, after a lengthy illDorothy ness. Browning Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday, Sept. 28, at First Baptist Church in Bridge City, with the Rev. Doug Shows officiating. Burial will follow at Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. Born in Franklin, Aug. 14, 1929, she was the daughter of Millard Fillmore Clanton and Mary Ruth Taylor Clanton. She graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School at Port Acres in 1948, where she played basketball and the French horn. She got married right out of high school and worked at Texaco Island for about three years before starting a family. Dorothy loved her family very much and always put them above and beyond her own needs. Dorothy was a volunteer for the American Red Cross in Orange and taught swimming lessons to both children and adults for 38 years. She was a member of the Golden Triangle American Art League where she entered many contests and won many outstanding awards for her talented work. She was also a past worthy matron of The Order of the Eastern Star in Bridge City. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Bridge City where she taught Sunday school for over 40 years. She loved the Lord with all her heart, and in her later years, she loved her Sunday school department where she was very involved with the Senior Citizen Group, especially when it came to dominoes. She loved her Lord, family, life, people, travel and last, but not least, game night! She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband of 49 years, Billy E. Burk; second husband of 16 ½ years, Grover D. Browning; daughter, Billie Ruth Magee; son, Paul Burk; grandchildren, Wendy Lynn Fontaine, Travis F. Daigle, and Sommer Michelle Burk; sisters, Jeanne Fawvor, and Oleta Beth Clanton; nephew, Mark Domaschk; and

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U.S. sanctions, charges Chinese network linked to North Korea WMD trade Staff Report The Record The United States government has issued designations and unsealed charges against a Chinese company and affiliated individuals linked to illicit trade with North Korea, according to official press releases issued on Monday. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Dandong HongXiang Industrial Development Co. Ltd. (DHID) and four senior managers under Executive Order (E.O.) 13382, which targets WMD proliferators. The Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted the same four individuals for “conspiring to evade U.S. economic sanctions and violating the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations (WMDPSR).” The individuals were identified as being DHID’s Deputy General Manager Jinhua Hong, General Manager Jianshu Zhou, Financial Manager Chuanxu Luo and the company’s high-profile Director, Xiaohong Ma. The DOJ alleges that DHID, in their dealings

- OBITS. From 13A numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and a host of dear friends. She is survived by her daughter, Katherine G. Galbreath and husband, Sam, of Bridge City; daughter-in-law, Teresa Burk, of Orange; two grandchildren, Zach Young and wife, Penny, of Bridge City and Shelley Bagley, of Orange; four great-grandchildren, Ashley Norman and husband, Jacob, Taylor Fontaine and wife, Rebecca, Tristen Burk, Shalyn Bagley; one great-great-grandchild, Liam Fontaine and one on the way and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Serving as pallbearers will be Zach Young, Taylor Fontaine, Tristen Burk, Sam Galbreath, Justin Galbreath, Tyler Andrepont, Jacob Norman and John Mark Domaschk. Honorary pallbearers will be Paul W. Burk, deceased and Bill Fawvor. A special thanks goes to New Century Hospice. The love, kindness, caring and compassion shown during this time will never be forgotten. In lieu of flowers, the family humbly requests that donations be made to First Baptist Church Bridge City at 200 West Roundbunch Road, Bridge City, TX, 77611 in memory of Dorothy M. Browning.

Ronald Kirklan Orange Ronald Louis Kirklin, 60, of Orange, departed this life Saturday, Sept. 24. Funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M., at North Orange United Pentecostal Church, Saturday, Oct. 1. Visitation will begin at 11:00 A.M.

with North Korea, used offshore front companies to conduct U.S. dollar financial transactions through the U.S. banking system. This involved the Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation (KKBC), an entity sanctioned by both the U.S. and the United Nations Security Council. “These sales transactions were allegedly financed or guaranteed by KKBC. These front companies facilitated the financial transactions to hide KKBC’s presence from correspondent banks in the United States, according to the allegations in the complaints,” the DOJ press release reads. The complaint identifies the period of activity to have occurred between August 2009 and September 2015. It is also noted that the complaint is an allegation and that those mentioned are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Despite this, the DOJ has issued a civil forfeiture of funds within 25 Chinese bank accounts they believe to belong to DHID and its network of front companies. Burial will follow at Hollywood Cemetery, under the direction of Calvary Mortuary Staff. His love and memories will remain in the Ronald hearts of his Kirklan mother, Lillie B. Kirklin; sisters, Lillian F. Kirklin, Colleen R. Kirklin, and Edwina M. Kirklin; brothers, Wilbur D. Kirklin and Cedric D. Kirklin; nieces, nephews, loved ones and friends.

Sharon Courmier Orange Sharon Elaine Courmier, 69, of Orange, passed away Sept. 25, in Beaumont. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Sister Ruth Burch, of Harvest Chapel in West Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be prior the service beginning at 10:00 a.m. Born in Crowley, La, March 3, 1947, she was the daughter of Albion Faulk and Pauline (Morgan) Faulk. Sharon was a member of Harvest Chapel in West Orange. She received her license as an evangelist from Ministries for Christ. Sharon played many different instruments, focusing on the piano, and had a beautiful voice. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Russell Block; grandson, Sgt. Ryan LeJeune; sister, Betty Jo Roberts and her brother, Willard Faulk.

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Dandong HongXiang Industrial Development Co. Ltd. (DHID) and four senior managers under Executive Order (E.O.) 13382, which targets WMD proliferators.

“The charges unsealed today reflect our nation’s commitment to using all tools to deter and disrupt weapons of mass destruction proliferators,” Assistant Attorney General Carlin was quoted in the press release as saying. Adam J. Szubin, acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial In-

telligence, said the designations also expose a “key illicit network supporting North Korea’s weapons proliferation”. Authorities in northeast China last week announced that the conglomerate, which is based in Dandong, was under investigation for “serious economic crimes”, but

Those left to cherish her memory include her loving husband of 29 years, David Courmier; children, Araina Byers, of Silsbee, Paula Gunstream and husband Scott, of Orange and Yalanda LeJeune and husband Darrell, of Deweyville; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother, Kanward Lee Faulk, of Ohio and sister, Jennell Metz, of Kirbyville;,along with numerous nieces, nephews and other loving family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at P.O. Box 2151, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38101-2451.

was described by his family as the ‘BBQ King’, who had a genuine talent for smoking the best brisket. He is preceded in death by his sister, Loretta Powell. Those left to cherish Larry’s memory are his wife, Catherine Powell; daughters, Ashley Powell, Kaylei Powell and Sheena Morris; sons, Raymond Powell, Tony Powell, Ben Powell, Cody Powell, Jamey Powell, Lindsey Powell and Michael Currie; brothers, Williams Powell, Michael Powell, Sr. and Charles Powell; sister, Sharon Powell; grandchildren, Kolbie Powell, Raven Newcomb, Brianne Newcomb, Seybri Powell, Errikvaughnryan Powell, Sebastian Powell, Keylee Powell and Ashlyn Powell and many members of his extended family and friends who will love and miss him dearly. Condolences for the family may be expressed at www.dormanfuneralhome.com

Lawrence Powell, Jr. Orange Lawrence Felix Powell, Jr., 58, of Orange, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21, in Beaumont. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Dorman Fu- Lawrence Powell,Jr. neral Home. Larry was born March 31, 1958, to Dorothy Dean (Christmas) and Lawrence Felix Powell, Sr., in Sumpter, SC. At a young age, Larry moved with his family to the Southeast Texas area where he remained throughout the remainder of his life. When Larry wasn’t traveling with his job as a truck driver, he enjoyed being home and spending time with his loving wife of four years, Catherine and his family. He loved to fish, watch drag racing and tend to his vegetable garden where he grew lots of greens. He

did not say whether the inquiry was related to DHID’s alleged business with North Korea. DHID was the subject of a recent investigative report published by the ASAN Institute and C4ADS, which shows a detailed network of affiliated companies involved in high levels of trade

Minnie Warner Orange Minnie Ola Warner, beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother departed for her heavenly home Monday, Minnie Sept. 19. Funeral services Warner were held at Dorman Funeral Home Saturday, Sept. 24, with Brother Jeff Bell officiating. A committal service was to immediately follow at Kinder McRill Memorial Cemetery in Kinder, La. Minnie was born Nov. 15, 1935 in Deweyville, to Elvina and Fred Gibson. She is preceded in death by her mother and father; sister, Margie James; brothers, William Howard and Gilbert Lee Gibson and husband, Kenneth R. War-

with North Korea. The report claimed that the company had assisted in the development of centrifuges for uranium enrichment by supplying Pyongyang with aluminum ingots, ammonium paratungstate, aluminum oxide and tungsten trioxide.

ner. Missing her already are her children, Donna LeMaire and husband, Joey, Ricky Warner and wife, Rose and Mark Warner; granddaughters, Jamie Williams and husband Jacob, Carlie Warner and Nicole Shelby; grandson Corey LeMaire; great granddaughters, Brinley Williams and Lumen Shelby-Davila; nieces, Leona Todd and husband, Daryl and Paula Malone and husband, Jim. Minnie was blessed with exceptional health for all of her 80-years. She was a regular energizer bunny even at her age, plus an avid gardener who could make anything grow. A small town girl who said what was on her mind, with nary a second thought. Our world will be a lonely, quieter place without her in it. To those she loved so dearly, she leaves a memory that will burn brightly on throughout the years, especially for those who treasured her wit, her smile and her voice.

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He traveled a fast, rough and dangerous road ■ Clay Dunn flirted with the odds, walked on the edge on a quick rise to the top. By the time he was 27 he had been to hell and back. Lady luck rode with him until he ran into the KKK. DOWN LIFE’S HIGHWAY Roy Dunn For The Record

lay Jackson Dunn was the product of a pioneering background. His father, Allen, had come to Texas from Arkansas in a covered wagon with his mother, Sarah Jane, who apparently was a pretty tough cookie for a 26-year-old. She embarked on a 14-month journey to Texas that held many uncertainties and dangers. Her husband, Dr. Stephen James Dunn, had been killed a few months earlier in the Civil War. Sarah Jane sought a new life for her son and younger sister. Abraham Lincoln was president of the Union when the trio arrived in Texas. The territory was almost lawless with only a handful of Texas Rangers. Outlaws and raiding Indians were still prevalent. The Dunns settled around Rising Star. Sarah Jane, my great-grandmother, homeschooled the two youngsters. Allen caught and branded stray Longhorns, acquired land; and at age 26, my grandfather married 14-yearold Laura Dunn. This union produced eight children. My father, Clay, was their fourth child and second son. My grandmother was a very religious woman, who raised the children in the Methodist Church. Allen, a lawabiding citizen, had gained respect in the territory. Nothing in their background indicates anything other than that they were good, law-abiding, Christian folks, who raised their children accordingly. Allen was a hardworking, industrious husband who ventured into several endeavors to feed his large family during hard times. Allen instilled a good work ethic in all of his children. I mention the above to establish the foundation my father, Clay, came from. Before his 15th birthday, Dad was the first of the boys to leave home. After graduating from the seventh grade, he took his diploma on the road, leaving home on a donkey. At Comanche, he got a job with the telephone company that a few years later landed him in Port Arthur. He had learned to drive while stringing wire and poles with the phone company. The Port Arthur Fire Department had obtained its first motorized equipment, the “Belle Stearns,” named in memory of Assistant Chief George Stearns’ wife. Dad was hired in 1915 to be the first driver of the first fire truck. Within a few months, he used up his saved money to purchase three cars from

Clay Dunn, at age 25, had hit the big times before the Klan caught up with him. Allen Dunn holds his infant son Clay in early 1894. Notice they are both holding apples, which were the toys and candy of the times. Over the next few years, baby Clay would notch out quite a trail for himself. He was the fourth of eight children and chose a different path then the rest. They should have known by the way he squeezed the apple.

Clay started Port Arthur’s first cab business. Clay, standing; driver Joe Teage; middle driver, unknown; 3rd driver Little Joe Viator; standing on side walk Mr. Linn. Sign on post says Proctor St.

1915 — The “Belle Stearns” — The first piece of motorized equipment in the fire department donated by Assistant Chief George Stearns in memory of his wife, Belle. Seated at right is George Stearns; driving is Clay Dunn.

Linn Motor Company. He started Port Arthur’s first taxicab service. The cabs made the long dirt road hauls to Sabine Pass to pick up and deliver seamen to their ships. The cab

business was thriving when Clay was called to serve in World War I. Death would soon become a daily occurrence for Clay even before they reached the battleground. While

crossing the ocean, influenza attacked their ship. Many mornings Clay woke up to find a soldier at his side dead. So many died that they soon ran out of flags to drop the bodies in the ocean and just got to throwing them overboard for burial at sea. Dad marched every step of the way from one end of France to the other. Fighting was mostly hand to hand combat. Like most country boys, he was a good shooter, but he killed more of the enemy with a bayonet then he did with a rifle shot. At wars end in 1918, he returned to Port Arthur. His taxicabs had been wrecked, torn up and put out of commission. Clay started over with one cab. One day a man he called “Captain” hired Dad’s cab after Captain had been told that Clay knew where all the speakeasies were. Dad drove him around all day. The man asked Clay to drive him to Beaumont to catch the train. He told Dad he didn’t want him to stop anywhere; he wanted to get to Beaumont. Wrapped in some newspapers, Captain said, was $10,000 that he was giving him. Clay found out the man had taken orders for 1,000 cases of whiskey, and the man was giving Clay $10 commission on each case. The man told him he would return each month and do the same because he trusted him. With so much money at stake, he had to have someone he could really trust. Dad said that amount of money was so great it scared him. For several months, the procedure repeated. Clay now had plenty of money. He expanded the cab business and went a step further. He hired Captain Livingston in Orange to build him a ship and started importing the liquor from Nassau himself. He paid $17 per case and sold it for $125. A load of 1,000 cases was earning him $90,000 a month. Clay was off and rolling and living the good life when the Ku Klux Klan got after him. The Klan, in 1920’s in Port Arthur, involved almost everyone who wasn’t Jewish, black or Catholic. Clay’s brother, Carl, had been mistaken for him and had his stomach cut open and had carried his guts in his hands to the hospital. Clay went to the jailhouse and requested that Sheriff Walter

Texas’ Gulf Coast ship channel, ports need upgrades, lawmakers told Staff Report For The Record

AUSTIN — The channel that runs between the Texas mainland and barrier islands along the Gulf Coast must be widened and deepened to accommodate the increasing number of vessels that are larger and carry bigger payloads than ever before, a special legislative committee was told Thursday. “Our No. 1 priority is to deepen and widen our ship channel for two reasons,” Charles Zahn, chairman of the Port of Corpus Christi told the Corpus Christi Caller Times. “One is to continue to make the facilities available for our industry partners to continue to be successful. And the second is a safety measure that by deepening and widening our channel … we’ll have a safer ship channel.” Zahn was among more than a dozen experts who were in the Capitol for a hearing of the Texas Senate Select Committee on Ports that is tasked with readying Texas for increased freight traffic that’s expected

from the newly widened and improved Panama Canal. Several committee members and experts pointed out the channel is largely governed by the federal government, which would foot the bill for any expansion projects. Texas funds would be needed for other land-based infrastructure improvements made necessary by work in the channel. Jim Farley of the Texas Waterway Operators Association made the unusual request that the state not commit money to any widening and expanding of the channel. The reason, he

said, is that Congress has been providing adequate funds for such projects and if the state steps up, Washington might see that as a reason to put a kink in the federal cashflow. Sen. Brandon Creighton, a Conroe Republican who chairs the select committee, sounded skeptical of that game plan. “Your opinion is that the Legislature and the state should cheer from the bleachers but stay out of the game, right?” Creighton asked Farley, who affirmed his question. “As you can imagine,” the senator continued, “when Texas cheers from the bleachers,

some in D.C. Don’t listen.” Several speakers from the not only the maritime sector but also the rail and trucking industries told the panel that the traffic to the ports up and down the Texas Coast is already in the rise. State Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, a McAllen Democrat whose district runs along the coast to Nueces County, asked if whether the tugboats and other support vessels are ready for the higher volume of marine traffic. “We’re going to have a brandnew bridge (a reference to the coming Harbor Bridge in Corpus Christi) and deeper port,” Hinojosa told the head of the tugboat trade group called the Texas Pilots Association. Rick Casas of Corpus Christi replied that larger and more powerful tugboats are already being deployed along the Coast. The select committee is expected to file its report and make any legislative recommendations before lawmakers return to Austin for the 2017 session in January.

Covington lock him up for his own protection until he could figure out his next move. Covington reluctantly locked him up, but when the Klan showed up, he let them drag Clay out of the cell. They took him out to the outskirts of town, now known as Port Acres, and tarred and feathered him and left him to die. A Catholic man had noticed a cross burning about midnight. The next morning he found Clay nearly dead. He took him home, hid him out; and he and his wife cared for him and saved his life. Up to his last day on earth, Dad couldn’t grow body hair where he was tarred. For a couple of months, the law looked for his body. When his brother, Carl, was able to leave the hospital, he returned home to Rising Star and told his parents he believed Clay had been killed. Meanwhile, Clay had gotten a message out to his folks that he was alive and hidden out. After a few weeks, Clay got word to Joe Teage, a friend who picked him up and drove him to his parents. He stayed until he was fully recovered, could walk and use his arms. According to historian W.T. Block, almost everyone in law enforcement, judges and so forth, belonged to the Klan in Port Arthur in 1920. Apparently Covington was also a Klan member. Clay vowed to kill him. He just missed him once when he learned he was in Mexico on vacation, but Clay arrived too late. For the rest of his life, Covington kept a law enforcement job so he could tote a pistol. He was convinced Clay would kill him if he got the chance. An ironic story involves me in something that I wasn’t aware of. Walter Covington had a job as a jailer for the Port Arthur Police Department. It was located across the street from Mrs. Shuggart’s Boarding House. Covington ate lunch there every weekday. I had moved into the rooming house while I operated the pony ride at Pleasure Island. Harry Waddell, who lives in Bridge City, and I roomed together. Everyday I had lunch with Covington and the other residents. I didn’t know him. He didn’t know me. When he found out who I was, he never ate at Mrs. Shuggart’s again. A policeman friend later told me that Covington believed I had been planted there to kill him. Clay hated anyone who hid behind a mask. He called them “gutless son’s-of-bitches.” By 1922, the Orange oilfield boom hit big time with the Oscar Chesson Wonder Well in August. Most of the Klan members disbanded after tar and feathering a doctor in Beaumont, a move that brought in the Texas Rangers. Clay, who had parlayed his seventh-grade diploma into a bachelor’s degree in the school of hard knocks, returned to the area and set up shop at Orangefield and embarked on a path that would earn him a master’s degree from the same school. Editor’s note: Clay was born Oct 26, 1883, last week 123 years later on Sept. 21, A Great-Great Grandson Luke Clay Greeson was born.

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Games This Week Joe Kazmar For The Record

WOS Mustangs over Kennedale at Nacogdoches The Mustangs were hunting high and low for quality competition and came up with this team that is Class 4A and was a Division I semifinalist last year. The Mustangs are ranked No. 1 in 4A and will still be that way after the Kennedale game.

Houston St. Pius Over LCM Bears The Battlin’ Bears used last week’s bye to heal up and sharpen up their game which has been improving each week. But they will be facing one of the best parochial schools in the Houston area which is undefeated after five games. LC-M may be biting off more than it can chew in this match-up.

O’field Bobcats Over Dibol The Bobcats will be facing a school the same size as they are which won its first game of the season last week against a quality team from Cleveland. The Bobcats snapped their threegame losing streak with a big homecoming victory over Beaumont Kelly. Diboll will be a much stiffer test, so the Bobcats had better not read their press clippings about their last win very long.

Vidor Pirates Over Lumberton Last week the Pirates proved they were the “real deal” with their gutsy victory over Nederland, a team they hadn’t defeated in 35 years. The Pirates can’t lose their great focus against the Raiders this week and must keep on truckin’ towards the November playoffs.

Former West Orange-Stark standout Travon Blanchard, a defensive back at Baylor, was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week after a standout performance against Oklahoma State Saturday. He was a two-time all-stater for the WO-S Mustangs in 2011-12.

Mustang ex, Blanchard tops Big 12 defenders Dave Rogers

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knee injury kept Travon Blanchard from playing in Baylor University’s first two games this season. But boy, did the junior from Orange play in the next two. The two-time all-state player for West OrangeStark was named Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his 11-tackle effort in Saturday’s 35-24 win over Oklahoma State in Waco. That was after the nickel back made nine stops in his first start, the week

before against Rice. The Bears are off to a 4-0 start and ranked No. 13 in both major polls. And for that, they can thank Blanchard, who made a game-turning play with under 10 minutes left in the final quarter and Baylor holding a 28-24 lead. Oklahoma State, which dominated time of possession, its offenses running off 101 total plays against the Bears, had already put together drives of 16 plays, 11 plays and seven plays in the second half. This time the Cowboys drove 76 yards on six plays and OSU running back Justice Hill was being

tackled at the Bear 1-yard line when Blanchard went to work. He punched the ball loose from Hill and then pounced on the ball at the 1 for a Baylor recovery. Hill was originally ruled down before the fumble, but replay overturned that call. The Bears sealed the win with a 99-yard drive. “Take your opportunities,” Blanchard said after the game. “At the very last second, I was able to get a really good punch on the ball. That was really a big stop for our defense.” Blanchard’s big day against OSU included a ca-

reer-high 4.5 tackles for loss. He was also credited with a pass breakup and one quarterback hurry. The 4.5 tackles for loss are the most for any Big 12 player in a single game this season and are tied for secondmost nationally in a single game for 2016. So his first Player of the Week award was wellearned. “It’s an honor and a blessing,” he said of the honor. “The defense played really well. We made the plays we need to win.” The 6-foot-2, 205-pounder was honorable mention All-Big 12 last year, starting

in all 13 games for the 2015 Bears. He had a total of 83 tackles, 7.5 for a loss, to go with two sacks, two interceptions, two fumble recoveries and a blocked punt. Blanchard played both linebacker and defensive back for WO-S. His position for Baylor is a hybrid linebacker-and-safety position called the Bear nickel back position. “He played two positions for us,” WO-S coach Cornel Thompson recalled. “He was tall, he could range and cover the field. I’m not surprised he’s done a good job for Baylor.”

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Orange Community Christian Over Clear Lake Christ. The Lions came up with an impressive 19-14 victory over Chester last week and need to keep that momentum rolling again Friday night.

Lamar Over Over SE Louisiana If the Cardinals expect to post their first victory of the season Saturday night in Beaumont, they will have to eliminate mistakes and play harder than they have been playing so far. The Lions will not be a pushover, so the Big Red needs a great performance to get that first win.

McNeese State Over Nichols State The Colonels came within a whisker of beating the Georgia Bulldogs in their first game of the season and would love to take down the Cowboys in Lake Charles Saturday night. The Colonels have always given the Pokes all they could handle and

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Orangefield’s Christian Louvier speeds across the field for a touchdown against the Kelly Bulldogs. The Bobcats won their homecoming shutting out Kelly 52-0. RECORD PHOTO: Darren Hoyland

The Bobcat defense shut down the Kelly Bulldog defense. Above: Zach Dishler is on the tackle as a Kelly ball carrier crumbles. RECORD PHOTO: Darren Hoyland

Orangefield feeling better after 52-0 win Dave Rogers

For The Record

Talk about a scheduling tonic. At least coach Josh Smalley hopes a big home win over an undermanned Beaumont Kelly team will prove the get-well prescription the Orangefield Bobcats need as they step into the meat of their schedule. “We did good,” the coach said of his team’s 52-0 win over the Bulldogs at McLain Stadium last week.

It left the Bobcats’ season record at 2-3. “Our offense got nearly 400 yards and a lot of guys got to touch the ball,” Smalley said. “Defensively, we did well. Anytime you pitch a shutout, it’s a good night. “We were a little sloppy in some of the kicking game areas; we missed four extra points between kicking and holding.” But the big takeaway was the eight-touchdown outburst. Quarterback Mason Gon-

zales and junior Dylan Williams each ran for a pair of scores and Williams added a third on a 23-yard interception return. Hunter Evans, Wesley Frillou and Christian Louvier had one rushing score each. Frillou carried five times for 106 yards and Louvier gained 99 yards on five totes. Gonzales kept the ball nine times for 83. Missing were starting backfield players Caleb Kress and Christopher Mc-

Gee, casualties of Orangefield’s tough loss at Little Cypress-Mauriceville on Sept. 16. The Bobcats, with many of their stars on the sidelines at the end, made a heroic comeback against the Bears with Gonzales coming in for an injured Kress and completing a two-point pass to Evans to force overtime. But Orangefield, in turn, lost the game on a two-point play by the Bears, 43-42. Gonzales, normally a starting defensive end for

the Bobcats, was unavailable on defense against Kelly. So teammates Brett Fregia, Blake DeLoach and Terry Statum filled in. “They had to step up and they did,” Smalley said. Besides Williams, Andrew Hoyland had an interception and strong safety Zach Dischler continued to lead the team from the secondary. “The shutout is big,” the Bobcat coach said. “It’s hard to shut people out in high

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From the bleachers on Homecoming Night young Orangefield fans cheer the Bobcats as they romp Kelley 52-0. RECORD PHOTO: Darren Hoyland

Orangefield Bobcat running back Hunter Evans slices through the Kelly defense with the blocking of Cole Coulter (56). RECORD PHOTO: Darren Hoyland

Orangefield Bobcat Caleb Kress scrambles for yardage behind the blocking of Kelly Tiller (20). The Bobcats shutout Beaumont Kelly 52-0. RECORD PHOTO: Darren Hoyland

Christian Louvier slams a Kelly Bulldog ball carrier for a loss on homecoming night. RECORD PHOTO: Darren Hoyland

Bobcats shutout Kelly for Homecoming school football if you’re playing against air. “And towards the end of the game, we had a lot of substitutes and still managed to maintain the shutout.” Smalley said Kress sat out the Kelly game after suffering a concussion against LC-M. But the coach said Kress will

Orangefield High School senior Paris Fregia was crowned 2016 Homecoming Queen on Friday. It was a memorable occasion as the Bobcats won the game 52-0. RECORD PHOTO: Darren Hoyland

be back this week as the Bobcats turn their attention north. They play at Diboll Friday night in the final tuneup before their District 12-4A Division II opener Oct. 7 at Liberty. The Lumberjacks, 1-4 overall, have losses to Newton, Center and Crockett this sea-

son, Smalley said. Their lone win came last week over Cleveland. The Diboll head coach is former Orangefield coach Blake Morrison. Former Bridge City head coach Cris Stump is Morrison’s offensive coordinator. “They know us very well,”

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Smalley said of the Diboll coaches. “They’re a wellcoached team. They’re athletic. And it’ll be a long road trip for us. “It’ll be a challenge for us. But I like the way my guys get after it and compete.”

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Arnie’s death, Mile’s firing grab weekend headlines Kaz’s Kirner Joe Kazmar For The Record

Monday morning headlines and lead stories on sports talk shows focused on the death of 87 year-old Arnold Palmer and the shocking firing of LSU head football coach Les Miles. Palmer was a favorite of every young golfer who tried to emulate his vicious golf swing and easy-going manner, while a handful of ardent LSU boosters kept looking for an excuse to get rid of the high-priced Miles from the Baton Rouge campus for his failure to win the big games recently. Thanks to Arnie, golf fans were able to watch him compete in the weekly tournaments on television back in the 1960’s and early 1970’s and even play on one of his nearly 300 signature-designed golf courses scattered around the world. Palmer, the son of the greenskeeper at his home course in Latrobe, Pa. rapidly rose to become part of the sports elite and was known on the PGA Tour as “The King” and frequently was asked to be the playing partner of several U.S. presidents. He also formed Arnold Palmer Enterprises which handled his endorsements and other business ventures, according to an article appearing in the Washington Post Monday. This helped make Arnie the first golfer to make his name a world-wide franchise and his endorsements soared from $6,000 a year to more than $500,000. The article points out that “Palmer invented golf as a televised sport, becoming the game’s first well-known star by helping to put his name and a face to the game.” He changed the game from being one played by hoity-toity men wearing tweed coats and knickers at exclusive country clubs to the popularity it commands today. Arnie’s career spanned five decades and he was the winner of 62 tournaments on the U.S. tour. He accrued nearly $7 million in prize money which would be interpolated into more than $70 million with today’s paydays. He was the first golfer to earn $1 million in purses. One year when Palmer was competing in the Masters at Augusta, several soldiers from nearby Fort Gordon came to watch him. That parade of uniformed troops earned them the name “Arnie’s Army” which stuck for the thousands of his followers the remainder of his pro career.

Golf legend Arnold Palmer.

Palmer’s key competitor throughout the 1960’s and 70’s was Jack Nicklaus and this duo dominated the PGA tour for nearly 20 years. South African Gary Player and Tom Watson also got into the mix during that time. The Palmer-Nicklaus fierce rivalry continued throughout those two decades with Arnie established as “The King” and Nicklaus tabbed “The Golden Bear”. But Palmer referred to his adversary as “The Golden Pig” reflecting Nicklaus’ pudgy physique. “Throughout his career, Palmer maintained contracts with a wide variety of companies, including Rayovac batteries, Rolex watches, Starkey hearing aids, Pennzoil engine fluids, Ketel One vodka, Cadillac luxury cars, Callaway golfing products and E-Z-Go golf carts,” the article revealed. “Palmer is also credited with creating a blended drink, an iced tea splashed with lemonade,” the article added. This is simply called an Arnold Palmer. Les Miles had been skating on thin ice for the past couple of seasons. He thought he would be canned after the Texas A&M home game last season, but he Tigers played great and won. Miles even said goodbye to a gathering of LSU boosters before the game, according to the New York Times. The 62-year-old Miles was fired last weekend four games into his 12th season after an overall record of 114-34, five top-10 finishes, two national championship game appearances and one national title. But the fanatical fans of LSU grew nervous because Alabama and Auburn, two Southeastern Conference West Division rivals, won a combined five national titles since LSU last won one. The final straw came Saturday at Auburn when LSU

trailed 18-13 as the final seconds ticked away and appeared to score a dramatic go-ahead touchdown on the final play of the game. But LSU was flagged for an illegal shift prior to that play and replay showed that the ball was snapped after the final second elapsed. My question is how can a game official step off a fiveyard penalty, place the football on the ground, back out of the way and blow the whistle to start play and have the clock run out? I must not either know the

rule about putting the ball in play after a penalty OR the scenario of the referee putting the ball in play, the clock operator starting the clock correctly and the folks working in the replay booth being all Auburn alumni. LSU will probably look for the most expensive big-name coach available to replace Miles after the season ends, like Houston’s Tom Herman or Florida State’s Jimbo Fisher. And if it is Fisher, LSU had better not EVER get steamrolled like his team did against Louisville two weeks ago. Les Miles shed a few tears about his firing last weekend and based on his contract buyout of more than $12 million, he will probably cry all the way to the bank!!! KWICKIES…I was a huge fan of Arnold Palmer when I was a youngster learning to play golf. But what really scares me is that I’ve been taking the blood thinner Arnie advertises for the past four years. I hope he didn’t die from a stroke, but if I can live to be a healthy 87, I won’t complain. Many Texas Aggies Corps of Cadets were seen at AT&T Stadium in Arlington last Saturday putting up three fingers of his right hand and forming a “W” and his index and thumb

showing a “C” showing the gesture of the old Wrecking Crew defense of years ago. It was a compliment to the way A&M played defense which helped defeat Arkansas 45-24. The 4-0 Aggies have moved up to No. 9 in this week’s AP Poll. And while we’re on the subject of this week’s Associated Press College Football’s Top 25 Poll, the first seven teams retained their position from last week with Alabama, Ohio State, Louisville, Michigan, Clemson, Houston and Stanford, followed by Wisconsin which jumped three places to No. 8, Texas A&M which moved up one notch to No. 9 and Washington, which slipped one place to No. 10. Baylor moved up three places to No. 13, TCU rejoined the poll at No. 20 and Texas dropped one notch to No. 22. It looks like this will be the season of the untested quarterback in the NFL. After three games Denver (Trevor Siemian) and Philadelphia (Carson Wentz) are 3-0 and 2-1 Dallas Cowboys (Dak Prescott) all have played three games without an interception. All three young quarterbacks look very comfortable running their respective team’s offense. And speaking of quarterbacks, Seattle’s Russell Wilson

is having problems staying healthy. After suffering a sprained ankle, Sunday he was horse-collared and suffered a knee injury. His status for Sunday’s game at the New York Jets is still unknown. The Seahawks finally cranked up their offense and subdued the San Francisco 49ers 37-18 behind the two rushing touchdowns of Beaumont West Brook’s Christine Michael, who ended up with 106 yards on 20 carries. Rory McIlroy made a 15-foot birdie putt on the fourth extra hole to win the FedEx cup and the $10 million jackpot that goes with it. JUST BETWEEN US…The Houston Astros (82-74), going into the final six games of the season Monday night, are still three games out of the second wild card spot as their playoff hopes get slimmer each day. The ‘Stroes had a golden opportunity last week by facing the worst team in the AL West Division, but lost the first three games of the four-game series to the lowly LA Angels. This week the Astros are playing three games at home against the Seattle Mariners and finish the season this weekend with a three game series against the Angels in Los Angeles.

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this Southland Conference game should be no different. HIGH SCHOOL—Hamshire-Fannett over Beaumont Kelly, Jasper over Hardin-Jefferson, Port Arthur Memorial over Nederland, Port Neches-Groves over Baytown Lee, Beaumont Central over Beaumont Ozen, Beaumont West Brook over The Woodlands College Park, Woodville over Kirbyville, Kountze over Trinity, Coldspring over Warren, High Island over Richland Springs, Beaumont Legacy Christian over First Baptist Pasadena. COLLEGE—Houston over Connecticut, Texas Tech over Kansas (Both Thurs.); Stanford over Washington, BYU over Toledo (Both Fri.); Central Arkansas over Abilene Christian, Western Kentucky over Houston Baptist, Texas State over Incarnate Word, Sam Houston State over Stephen F. Austin, Alabama over Kentucky, Ohio State over Rutgers, Louisville over Clemson, Michigan over Wisconsin, Michigan State over Indiana, Texas A&M over South Carolina, Tennessee over Georgia, Florida State over North Carolina, Miami over Georgia Tech, Baylor over Iowa State, Nebraska over Illinois, Oklahoma State over Texas, San Diego State over South Alabama, Ole Miss over Memphis, Utah over California, TCU over Oklahoma, Navy over Air Force, Kent State over Akron, Texas Southern over Alabama A&M, Alabama State over Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Arkansas over Alcorn State, Appalachian State over Georgia State, UCLA over Arizona, USC over Arizona State, Auburn over LouisianaMonroe, Northern Illinois over Ball State, Boise State over Utah State, Boston College over Buffalo, Bowling Green over Eastern Michigan, Central Florida over East Carolina, Central Michigan over Eastern Michigan, Old Dominion over Charlotte, Cincinnati over South Florida, Colorado over Oregon State, Colorado State over Wyoming, Duke over Virginia, Florida over Vanderbilt, Florida International over Florida Atlantic, Fresno State over UNLV, Grambling State over Prairie View A&M, Nevada over Hawaii, Idaho over Troy, Northwestern over Iowa, Jackson State over Mississippi Valley State, West Virginia over Kansas State, New Mexico State over Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech over UTEP, LSU over Missouri, Pittsburgh over Marshall, Purdue over Maryland, Massachusetts over Tulane, Ohio over Miami, O., North Texas over Middle Tennessee, Penn State over Minnesota, New Mexico over San Jose State, Wake Forest over North Carolina State, Notre Dame over Syracuse, Oregon over Washington State, Southern Mississippi over Rice, Temple over SMU. PRO PICKS---Cincinnati over Miami (Thursday Night); Houston over Tennessee, Indianapolis over Jacksonville, Carolina over Atlanta, Seattle over NY Jets, Chicago over Detroit, New England over Buffalo, Washington over Cleveland, Baltimore over Oakland, Denver over Tampa Bay, Arizona over LA Rams, San Diego over New Orleans, Dallas over San Francisco, Pittsburgh over Kansas City; Minnesota over NY Giants (Monday Night).

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Mustangs ‘KO’ Silsbee Tigers 51-2, face Kennedale

MUSTANG INSIDER Meri Elen Jacobs

quickness,” Thompson said. “They are at the state track meet every year. This will be a great test for us. They are pretty dang good, but so are we!” Tickets for the Friday’s game will be on sale at the WO-S Athletic Office, Wednesday, 1-3pm, Thursday, 9-12 and 1-3. Prices are $6 for adults and $4 for students with gate prices being the same. The matchup will be held at Nacogdoches High School, 4310 Appleby Sand Rd., Nacogdoches, TX 75065. The sophomore team beat Silsbee, 36-6, this past Thursday in Silsbee. Wilbert Ned started the scoring with a kickoff return for a touchdown. Hykiem Taylor scored on a two

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The Mustangs took the theme “KO the Tigers” to the extreme as the beat Silsbee, 51-2 this past Friday night. Although the Mustangs danced around in the ring the first half, they came back after half time fired up and didn’t let up at all. “We played in the shadow of the goal posts most of the first 24 minutes,” Head Coach Cornel Thompson said. “Offensively, we played very poor. We had four defensive stops in the red zone and forced two punts in the first half. We bowed up in the second half and played much better both offensively and defensively.” On their first possession, the Mustangs marched the ball down the field 77 yards in 10 plays before Keion Hancock did the honors of putting WO-S on the board. Kicker Chad Dallas hit the PAT and the Mustangs led, 7-0. The second possession was just as successful as Silsbee was called for a face mask, putting the Mustangs 15 yards closer to the end zone. Six plays later, quarterback Jack Dallas hit KJ Miller in the end zone for the second score of the night, and Chad, again scored of his second PAT of the night. Chad was 5 for 5 and team mate Paulino Santos was 2 for 2 on extra points. “Our kicking game has improved,” Thompson said. “We are hitting our extra points, our kick-offs are good and we’ve done a pretty good job on our kick-off coverage.” The second quarter was a nightmare for the defense as the Chain Gang would hold the Tigers deep in the red zone, only to have the ball intercepted and returned right back to Silsbee. The first points scored on the Mustangs this season were heartbreaking in a couple of ways. Backed up to the one yard line after the defense held

Lady Bear volleyballers win 20th Staff Report For The Record

Renna Toomey powered Little Cypress-Mauriceville’s volleyball team to a 3-1 win over Hardin-Jefferson as the Lady Bears registered their 20th win of the season. Toomey powered down 11 kills and posted 19 digs as the Lady Bears triumphed 24-26, 25-13, 25-20, 25-19 to improve to 20-12 for the season. They carried a 1-0 district record into play at West Orange-Stark Tuesday night. They host Bridge City Friday night, with the varsity squads playing at 4:30 p.m. Junior varsity and 9th grade matches will follow. Setter Morgan Weaver put up 17 assists against H-J, while Madison Taggart chalked up 11 blocks and Berkley Dobranski served a pair of aces. The Lady Bears also rebounded from a first-set loss to beat Hamshire-Fannett in the district opener for both teams last week. Weaver’s 28 assists topped the stat sheets against H-F, with Toomey posting 12 kills and 20 digs. Taggart had nine blocks while Kaitlin Avery and Ally White joined Taggart and Toomey with two aces apiece.

Silver Cardinals will meet Thursday

point conversion pass. Ned scored on a 2 yard run and scored the conversion. Daquin Jones had a 38 yard catch from Tyrone Wilson and a 58 yard catch from Kalen Gilder. Wilson scored a two point conversion and also connected with Davion Riggs for a 28 yard touchdown pass. Taron Riley recovered two fumbles on defense. Offensive standouts were Wilson, Ned, Jones and Quincy Ledet. Defensive standouts were Steven Wilkerson, Brishon McDonald, Ja’veen Wood and Ja’Marus Ross. The JV team beat Silsbee, 26-12. The subvarsity teams will play Bridge City this week at Bridge City, starting at 5.

Bridge City volleyball squad retooling Dave Rogers Jack Dallas finished the game strong after a rough start, completed 12 of 21 attempts for 212 yards and rushed for 34 yards. RECORD PHOTO: Meri Elen Jacobs

Silsbee, Hancock took the direct snap and ran 101 yards to score but the run was called back due to holding and the Tigers given two points. “We need to put together a complete game,” Thompson said. “I don’t know why we didn’t play well in the first half but I think our opponent and the speed of the game had a lot to do with it.” The Mustangs came out fired up after the half and ready to “box.” Silsbee took the kick off and three plays later Tiger quarterback Willie Jones tried to out run the defense, running back into the end zone and throwing the ball away. The Tigers were called for intentional grounding, giving the Mustangs two points and the ball. WO-S hit pay dirt late in the third quarter when Jack Dallas found Hancock for a six yard

touchdown catch. After the PAT, the Mustangs led, 23-2. The fourth quarter saw WO-S hit the end zone on all four possessions. Jack Dallas scored on a quarterback keeper from 18 yards out. Miller caught a 36 yard Dallas pass for six. Jeremiah Shaw, who had 19 carries for 144 yards, scored on a run from 7 yards out. Dominique Tezeno caught a 27 yard pass for the last score of the game. Silsbee finished the game with only 2 first downs and a mere 90 offensive yards for the night. “We did a good job covering (Kalon)Barnes,” Thompson said. “They also had trouble running on us, but our tackling still has to improve.” The Mustangs will move on to an unfamiliar foe in the Kennedale Wildcats who started

the season ranked #4 in 4A. They have six returners on the offensive side of the ball and 10 on the defensive side. The Wildcats, who sported a 12-1 record last season, went three rounds deep in the playoffs, getting beat in the regional game. “Don’t misjudge their 2-2 record for this year,” Thompson said. “They have played quality opponents in Terrell, Alvarado, Rider and Whitehouse. They are a Richmond Foster type of opponent.” The offensive line has a pair of juniors in Andrew Flanagan and Chris Serwanga who work side by side and have been giving defenses fits, according to Thompson. They also have a big tight end, Taylor Alphin and a junior fullback, Jaden Knowles, who can go. “They have speed, size and

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With five players who have never played above middle school or ninth-grade level prior to this season, the Bridge City High volleyball team is feeling some growing pains. “We are super young and inexperienced this year,” veteran coach Becca Peveto said Tuesday. “Because of health problems, we’ve only been playing with a full roster the last week and a half. We’re still trying to set our lineup. But I think we’ll get there.” The Cardinals were set to host Silsbee in a District 22-4A match Tuesday night. They carried an 8-16 record into the match, having dropped their opener in a five-set squeaker last Friday in Orangefield. “Orangefield is always an exciting match for us,” Peveto said. “They took the first set, and we took the next two. We got a good lead in the fourth

set, but could not close it out. “For a young team, winning there would have meant a lot.” Orangefield hung tough and took the 25-13, 15-25, 19-25, 26-24, 15-10 win. Sophomores Rylee Oceguera and Reyna Owens topped the BC stat sheet with 10 kills each against Orangefield. Senior Abby Frank had 29 digs while junior Triniti Willis and sophomore Hannah Wiegreffe had 22 and 19 assists, respectively. Senior Madison Caraway led the team with a pair of blocks. For the season, Owens leads the team with 159 kills and Wiegreffe has 106. Willis has 223 assists and Wiegreffe 215. Faulk has 236 digs and a teamleading 41 service aces. Wiegreffe leads the team with 23 total blocks. The Cardinals play at Little Cypress-Mauriceville Friday in another district match. Varsity action begins at 4:30 p.m. with junior varsity and freshman matches to follow.

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The Record • Week of Wednesday, September 28, 2016 •

Bad luck or superstition?

FISHING REPORT CAPT. DICKIE COLBURN FOR THE RECORD

Catching fish on any given day, in fresh or saltwater, is t o u g h enough without having to deal with the dreaded “bad luck” factor as well. More especially, when you may be responsible for your own bad luck! It is important that you understand that there is a difference in bad luck and superstition. I, unfortunately, ascribe to both when fishing. Not catching fish when you are paid to do so will leave you searching for any excuse. Superstition almost always raises its ugly head when I deviate from something as simple as wearing a different pair of fishing shorts only to inexplicably have a tough day on the water when I have been on a roll. Snapping a hitting streak, missing a free throw or pulling a short putt for no other logical reason all fall into that category. I will admit, however, that not washing a pitching sleeve or lucky pair of leggings while in the midst of a torrid hitting streak is generally more acceptable than refusing to wash the lucky pants you fished in all week. Superstition will never trump the odor of dried fish slime! Bad luck, on the other hand is starting your work day with a flat tire or randomly drawing #21 when you arrived first, but the department store is only giving away free $50 gift cards to the first 20 numbers. You have done all you can do to control the situation, yet still find yourself the victim of bad luck. And for all of you doubters and naysayers out there, at least take a moment to consider the following experience. I start out virtually every day with a cup of coffee and a banana before leaving the house. e banana is almost always eaten on cereal, but

When it comes time to pull the trigger, will you be ready? Is it good luck or talent that snags the big bass? I am occasionally forced to gulp it down on the way to the truck. It will, however, not make it aboard the boat even if I have to throw it away. I love bananas. I crave banana pudding, love banana malts and I would walk across Orange County for a piece of Kyle Hood’s banana nut bread. Having said that, I have never and will never take a banana with me when fishing. I am convinced that they will doom any fishing trip. I have been willing to honor their negative impact on boating without any need for explanation for years before recently reading that bananas floating on the open sea years ago were often the only indication of where a cargo ship went down. It couldn’t possibly have had anything to do with the fact that they may have greedily overloaded their wooden vessels and capsized in rough weather. I personally view sinking at sea to be somewhat more drastic than not catching fish, but bananas were involved nonetheless. On a more personal level, we recently fished several spots that had been very good for me for an entire week, but had only two flounder in the box when my clients elected to stop for a snack. You guessed it! Much to my

horror, the first thing out of their plastic bag was a banana that they had picked up at the breakfast buffet at the motel. After confirming that they had more food in the bag, I threw away the banana and immediately returned to one of the same spots we had already fished. I was not surprised that we finished out our limit of reds and boxed three more flounder without ever moving. Did the fish just start biting after we left the first time or was it the curse of the banana? Either way, I am now conducting lunch bag checks before leaving the dock! One more time, take the kids fishing Saturday morning and enter their fish or crab in the weigh-in at the 3rd Annual KIDS tournament hosted at the S.A.L.T. Club on Pleasure Island. No entry fee, fish anywhere you like and simply be at the weighin by 11:00 a.m. Cash prizes in three age groups and free hot dogs and drinks will be provided by Ancelet’s Marina. Call Max at 626 501 for more information. e grand prize for one lucky youngster will be a Lifetime Fishing License donated by the Club. e winner will be determined by a random drawing. You can start fishing at 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning.

Practice equals success OUTDOORS WEEKLY CAPT. CHUCK UZZLE FOR THE RECORD

It happens every year at this time, they come in huge numbers with that panicked look of “I am way behind schedule” etched all over their faces. ey scurry to the shooting table with a riﬂe that has not seen daylight since last hunting season or a cleaning kit since who knows when? As they line up and start blasting away at the down range targets each one hopes that they can just put together a group that will kill a deer. Invariably these groups are sloppy and unpredictable at best, not even close to what the hunter and his weapon are capable of but they are acceptable for the time being. en all at once the riﬂes are tucked away in their protective cases and stowed in the hunters vehicle never to be looked at again until opening morning. Now these hunters are the same ones that have been feeding, scouting, plotting, and planning for months in preparation for the opening of deer season. e same hunters who have 4wheelers or 4 wheel drives that are more show than go. ey

also have the latest and greatest camo, tree stands, blinds, and gadgets on the market. Now what’s wrong with the picture? e most important element of the process has been the most neglected, their weapon. Easily the most overlooked element in shooting sports today is the lack of practice or familiarity with ones weapon. It could be archery, shotguns, rifles, or handguns, most people simply do not shoot enough to become proficient in the field under hunting conditions. Archers spend lots of time shooting at targets and learning how their set ups perform because they can shoot just about anywhere, gun hunters on the other hand have to get to a range which takes a little more effort. In general most hunters are guilty of not shooting enough rounds through their weapons. Wing shooters greatly benefit from practice sessions on the skeet or trap range, the actual sharpened skills they develop not only make them better

hunters it also makes time in the field much more enjoyable. Missing shot after shot is not many hunters idea of a good time. Rifle hunters need to spend some time at the range getting comfortable with their chosen caliber and learning what both they and their guns are capable of doing. Once they have their gun dialed in and shooting well from the bench it is important to take some practice shots from different positions that simulate hunting conditions. e more prepared you are as a hunter the more successful you will be in the field. Another often overlooked aspect of shooting is keeping your weapon clean. Neglected guns will not shoot nearly as well, rifle barrels that have build up in them will cause “flyers” or shots that stray off the mark dramatically. Proper care and maintenance can keep you gun shooting like new for many years. Take some time before opening weekend gets here and hit the range, you owe it to yourself and the game you pursue to be the best shot you can possibly be. e extra practice will pay off big in the long run.

6B • The Record • Week of Wednesday, September 28, 2016

GAME WARDEN FIELD REPORTS Caught in a Flash A Bowie County game warden stopped a vehicle for flashing its bright lights on and off at passing vehicles. The driver appeared to be impaired and claimed people were chasing him. When stopped and questioned, he lied about his identity to the warden and passed an object to the passenger. When back up arrived, the warden spoke to the passenger, who stated the driver had handed her a plastic bag containing drugs. The female removed the bag containing marijuana. Bowie County sheriff’s dispatch advised the warden of the driver’s true identity and that he had a felony warrant for aggravated kidnapping. The warden then placed the suspect in handcuffs. The suspect had numerous flags for escape and violent behavior toward officers and as an additional precaution, the decision was made to transport the suspect in a Bowie County sheriff’s vehicle with leg irons and chains to control him. While moving the suspect from the warden’s vehicle to the county car, the suspect broke and ran with his hands cuffed behind his back. After an all-night search the suspect was located hiding in some woods off the interstate still cuffed behind his back. The driver and his passenger were both arrested on a long list of charges.

Alive and Well While on boat patrol on Lake Ray Roberts, a game warden made contact with a fisherman on his way to the docks. A water safety check was conducted and the angler had all the necessary safety equipment. When asked if he’d caught any fish the fisherman stated he had not caught anything and opened his ice-chest to show just food and drinks. Since the warden could hear the water circulation pump for the live well, she then asked him to open the live well. At this point the fisherman admitted that he

had lied and proceeded to bring out the undersized sand bass from the live-well. The fish were in good shape and released; citations issued.

In the Spotlight A Bowie County game warden observed a truck equipped with a LED light bar mounted just above the windshield traveling along a county road near Hooks, Texas. The truck was observed turning across the roadway and shining its lights into the fields along the road. The warden started following the vehicle and a few hundred yards down the road, the vehicle turned and shined its lights into the fields again. The warden made contact with the vehicle and its occupants, who admitted to being in the area looking for something to shoot. Citations were issued for hunting from a public roadway and cases are pending.

Snake in the Grass A Fort Bend County game warden received a tip that an 8-10 foot king cobra had escaped from a local Controlled Exotic Snake Species Permit holder. Since the permit holder resides near several schools, wardens and local law enforcement immediately responded to the scene, notified the schools of the situation and began searching for the missing snake. The permit holder also contacted other individuals who had experience dealing with venomous exotic snakes and a search party began combing the tall grass in the vicinity. In addition, a neighbor who owned the pasture brought out a tractor and began shredding the knee-high grasses and weeds, creating a perimeter that was easier to search around the facility property. After several hours, the cobra was located and captured by the permit holder and his “herp” friends. Additional safety measures are being installed by the permit holder to ensure escapes do not occur in the future.

The Every Kid in a Park program gives fourth grade students, and those accompanying them, free access to more than 2,000 federally managed lands and waters.

Thicket offers Every Kid in a Park pass Big icket National Preserve encourages all fourth graders to visit the park this year as part of the Every Kid in a Park program. e program gives fourth grade students, and those accompanying them, free access to more than 2,000 federally managed lands and waters. Visit www.EveryKidinaPark.gov to download the pass and obtain more information. Big icket National Preserve Superintendent Wayne Prokopetz said, “ere’s so much to discover at Big icket, and we’re excited to welcome fourth graders and their families again this year. We hope that our young visitors learn and have fun in the great outdoors and develop a lifelong connection to our nation’s land, water and wildlife.” Big icket National Preserve is located in southeast Texas, near the city Beaumont , 75 miles northeast of Houston. e preserve consists of nine land units and six water corridors encompassing more than 112,000 acres. e Big icket, often referred to as a “biological crossroads,” is a transition zone between four distinct vegetation

types – the moist eastern hardwood forest, the southwestern desert, the southeastern swamp, and the central prairies. Species from all of these different vegetation types come together in the thicket, exhibiting a variety of vegetation and wildlife that has received national interest. Big icket National Preserve was selected to receive a 2016 field trip grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks, to support the Every Kid in a Park program. e grant is part of the Foundation’s Open OutDoors for Kids program. Conservation and Education groups from across the Houston area, working with Big icket National Preserve, will use this grant to provide FREE field trip opportunities to over 16,000 fourth grade students during the 2016-2017 academic school year. e Every Kid in a Park pass – which features a new design for this year’s students – is valid for a full calendar year starting September 1. e pass grants free entry for fourth graders and up to three accompanying adults (or an entire car for drive-in parks)

to most federally managed lands and waters, including national parks, forests, wildlife refuges and marine sanctuaries. e newly expanded Every Kid in a Park website has links to educational activities, trip planning, ﬁeld trip options, the downloadable pass, and additional information in both English and Spanish. After completing a fun, educational activity, the child can download and print a pass. e paper pass can be traded for a more durable pass at participating federal sites nationwide. Every Kid in a Park is part of President Obama’s commitment to protect our nation’s unique outdoor spaces and ensure that every American has the opportunity to visit and enjoy them. e program, now entering its second year, is a call to action for children to experience America’s spectacular outdoors, rich history and culture. Every Kid in a Park is a crucial component of a multi-pronged approach to inspire the next generation to discover all that our nation’s public lands and waters have to oﬀer, including opportu-

nities to be active, spend time with friends and family, and serve as living classrooms to build critical skills. e Every Kid in a Park program is an Administration-wide eﬀort between the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Army, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. e program continues each year with the then-current group of fourth graders. After 12 years, every school-age child in America will have had an opportunity to visit their public land and waters for free, inspiring the next generation to be stewards of our nation’s shared natural and cultural heritage. For more information, please visit www.everykidinapark.gov and follow the program on Twitter @everykidinapark, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. For additional information about Big icket National Preserve, visit www.nps.gov/bith or call the preserve visitor center at 409951-6700. Visit us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @BigicketNPS

Toyota ShareLunker season begins Oct. 1 For over 30 years, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's (TPWD) Toyota ShareLunker Program has created awareness of the value of catch-and-release fishing, provided 13 pounds or heavier largemouth bass to support Texas's selective breeding program and generated nationwide interest in Texas bass fishing. is year, TPWD is implementing changes to fully incorporate ShareLunker offspring into hatchery brood stock. While the ShareLunker season will continue to run each year from Oct.1 through April 30, only those entries collected between Jan. 1 - March 31 will be accepted as brood stock for spawning. "Our analysis of spawning results has determined that January-March provides the greatest opportunity to obtain good candidates for spawning," stated Todd Engeling, TPWD's Chief of

Inland Hatcheries. "For all ShareLunkers caught outside of that timeframe, TPWD staff will weigh and measure each fish and obtain a fin clip for genetic analysis. e fish will then be returned to the angler." During January through March, every ShareLunker that TPWD staff determines to be capable of spawning will be transported to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. In recent years, pure Florida largemouth bass have been primarily used for spawning due to limited hatchery space. Starting this season, TPWD staff will attempt to spawn all ShareLunker bass regardless of genetics. However, only pure Florida ShareLunker offspring will be incorporated into the hatchery brood stock program. "Pure Florida largemouth bass make up nearly half of all ShareLunkers entered while they typically make up less than 10

percent of bass in the wild. at means they likely provide the best chance to reach trophy size," said Engeling. "TPWD will begin converting hatchery largemouth bass brood stock so that eventually all will be descendants of pure-Florida ShareLunkers." In addition, although ShareLunker entries will still be accepted from private waters, ShareLunker oﬀspring will not be stocked back into private water bodies even when the ShareLunker is donated from private waters. The changes announced for 2016-17 season are part of a long-term strategy being developed for the Toyota ShareLunker program, according to Kyle Brookshear, Toyota ShareLunker Program Coordinator. A team of hatchery scientists, fisheries managers and education and outreach experts is evaluating the program's long-term goals and strategies. Additional improvements will be incorporated into future seasons with the goal of increasing angler participation. "As a competitive angler and ﬁshing advocate, I am thrilled to be part of the ShareLunker pro-

gram and to contribute to its new direction," said Brookshear. "We want to continue to reward our anglers for not only catching a trophy largemouth bass but also for helping us manage our fisheries to enhance trophy bass fishing in Texas." ShareLunker catches can be reported 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling (903) 681-0550. For complete information and rules of the ShareLunker program, tips on caring for big bass and a recap of last year's season, see www.tpwd.texas.gov/sharelunker/. e site also includes a searchable database of all fish entered into the program. e Toyota ShareLunker Program is made possible by a grant to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation from Gulf States Toyota. Toyota is a long-time supporter of the Foundation and TPWD, providing major funding for a wide variety of education, fish, parks and wildlife projects. For more information on the Toyota ShareLunker program, contact Kyle Brookshear, ShareLunker Program Coordinator, 5550 FM 2495 Athens, TX 75752, (903) 670-2285 or by e-mail kyle.brookshear@tpwd.texas.gov.

The Record • Week of Wednesday, September 28, 2016 •

Harry Choates

Godfather of Cajun Music roots in SE Texas

Of all the stars in the field of music that burned out too soon, the most tragic may be Harry Choates. Choates died in a jail cell in Austin, Texas after being confined for three days without any alcohol. He went into delirium tremors, or DTs, and began to bang his head on the walls and bars of his cell. By Mike Louviere | For e Record Chronic alcoholism was taking the toll on the 28 year old musical genius. ree of his friends visited him that last day and saw that he was almost catatonic and was nervously pacing his cell and hitting his head on the wall. His friend Jimmy Grabowske, approached a jailer and pled with him to try to help Choates, as he appeared to be dying. e guard just shrugged his shoulders and said there was nothing they could do. e three friends began walking back to the radio station, KTBC, where they and Choates were playing with the Jesse James and his Gang band. Almost to the station, they began to hear the siren of an ambulance. Choates was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead at 2:45 p.m. He died without being seen by a doctor and the ambulance was called too late. By any definition, Choates was a musical genius. He was born in Cow Island, Louisiana according to baptismal records, New Iberia, Louisiana, according to his Texas death certificate. No matter it was Vermillion Parish definitely. About 1930 he moved with his mother to Port Arthur, Texas. He was eight years old and already showing signs of two things, an affinity for music, and not wanting to go to school. e house they lived in was raised on piers and it was easy for the boy to crawl under the house and play there all day instead of going to school. By the time he was 12 he was going to the barber shops and juke joints on Proctor Street. He saw someone playing a fiddle and decided that he could learn to do that. By merely watching, he was able to learn to make the moves with the bow across the strings and by ear he could learn melodies. He also was developing a flair for showmanship. He would rise on his toes when he played the high notes. e listeners liked that and began to toss money to him as tips for his playing. Choates was playing music for money. He liked that and never went back to school. Whiskey was a part of the environment he was in and he began to develop a taste for that too. For the rest of his life the two most important things in his life were his music and his drinking. In 1940 he began playing with Leo Soileau and Leroy “Happy Fats” Leblanc in their Cajun band. He started playing with a borrowed fiddle. For the rest of his career he played with borrowed instruments and may never have actually owned his own. If he did, he would have bought it from a pawn shop and then later sold it to buy something to drink. Choates could play anything with strings and also the piano. Once, when the strings on his bow were broken, he cut them off in a ceiling fan, rosined the wood of the bow and played the fiddle with that. Choates decided to form his own band and in 1946, the Melody Boys organized. at was also the year he rewrote the Cajun waltz “Jolie Blonde”, and recorded it in Houston, Texas on the Gold Star

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label. Bill Quinn was the owner of the studio and the label. Quinn misspelled the name and it became “Jole Blon”. Quinn met resistance getting the song played, but once it began to receive play, it became a hit. A young Gordon Baxter was beginning his career as a disk jockey at KPAC radio in Port Arthur, Texas and liked the song so well the first time he played it that he played it three times in a row. e station manager was not happy, but the listeners loved the song and began to search for it in the record shops. Boneau’s Record Shop in Port Arthur had trouble keeping it stocked. Jole Blon became the only Cajun song to make the Billboard Top Five charts. It reached number five and after dropping, it returned to number five six months later. In 2014 Rolling Stone Magazine rated Jole Blon at 99 on its list of the top 100 country songs of all time. e song was a money maker, but not for Choates. He had sold the song for $100 and a bottle of whiskey. Neither he nor Quinn had bothered to copyright the song and as a result, neither ever received any royalties. Business did not matter to Choates, he only wanted to play his music and drink any kind of alcohol, as much as he could afford at the time. On July 11, 1945 Choates married Helen Daenen. He had met her while he was living at the Sikes Hotel in Orange, Texas and playing “Across the River” at the Showboat night club. e Showboat was a former river boat, the Harry Lee, that had been moored across the Sabine River from Orange on Highway 90. Daenen fell in love with Choates because of his stage presence and his personality. He was always an upbeat fun loving person. Often he was so drunk he could hardly stand up, but no one seemed to notice. Daenen knew about the drinking, but thought that she could live with it. ey had two children, a boy Edison, and a girl, Linda. Even though he loved his family, they were third behind his drinking and music. Eventually they would divorce and his not paying court ordered child support would be the cause of him being jailed in Austin and dying there. Choates knew no boundaries when needing money for whiskey. Once in Lake Charles, he busted out a window with his elbow, reached in and grabbed a bottle of whiskey. One time he sold a fiddle for one dollar to buy a half pint of whiskey and once he sold the starter off of the car he borrowed from a friend because he needed a drink and was broke. By the end of his life, he would drink lighter fluid, after shave lotion or any kind of liniment, as long as it had alcohol in it. His cause of death is officially listed as kidney and liver failure due to chronic alcoholism. Reality is probably him not having alcohol and being severely in need of it. Possibly medical care could have prolonged his life. When they learned Choates had died, his friends in the Jesse James band held a fund raiser to buy his casket. In his hometown, Port Arthur, disk jockey Baxter announced his death and asked peo-

ple to come by the station and make a donation for his funeral expenses, “even a dollar will help”, said Baxter. Over $1,000 was raised, enough to cover all the expenses. He was buried in St. Mary Cemetery in Port Arthur. His grave was marked with a white marble stone obtained through his service as a U.S. Army veteran. In 1980 funds were provided by Tim Knight and Roy Dunn to erect a gray granite stone giving him credit for being “e Godfather of Cajun Music”. In 2007 a Texas State Historical Marker was erected at his grave.

8B • The Record • Week of Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Public asked to submit to ‘Texas Film Round-Up’

The track that ran behind the “End of the Line” depot on the river in Orange.

Orange was ‘End of the Line’ Mike Louviere For e Record e ﬁrst exposure Orange had to the railroad was in 1856 when the Texas Legislature charted the Sabine and Galveston Railroad and Lumber Company and gave them a mandate to build a rail line from Madison, as Orange was then known, in Orange County to Tidewater, between Liberty and Smith’s Point. e line operated for three years until a merger was proposed to combine the Sabine and Galveston line with a Louisiana line and rename the railroad to the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company with the long range plan to run the line from New Orleans to Houston. e ﬁrst railroad station was built in Orange in 1857. It was built at the intersection of ird and Front Streets. e station was called, “e End of the Line Station.” e line stopped in Orange. e merger and expansion

took a long time and the start of the Civil War interrupted progress. Some of the rail supplies were sent to Sabine Pass to be used in the construction of Fort Griffith. Several miles of track were removed and used at Sabine Pass also. After the war ended and reconstruction came to the area the rail line was only worked on piecemeal. ere was only enough construction done to keep the line operational in sections. It was 1881 before the first passenger train ran the full route. e run was made from Houston to New Orleans. In 1881, C.P. Huntington, who was in control of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California bought the Texas and New Orleans and the Louisiana Western Railroad Companies. ey then became a division of the Southern Pacific Railroad system. In 1885 a storm called “e Big Wind” by locals, part of a

hurricane hit Orange. Among the damaged buildings was the train station. It was heavily damaged, but not blown down. Southern Pacific officials decided to tear down and rebuild the station. e new building was 22 feet wide and 148 feet long. A wood platform and dock was added. e cost of the building was $4300. e land along the riverbank had originally been either a slough or a part of the dry riverbank. It had been filled in to the river’s edge so that tracks could be laid. Pilings were driven and the building was built over the river. Part of the land became Front Street. e land and the tracks belonged to Southern Pacific, who allowed the town of Orange to use it as a street. e freight and storage areas were so long that telephones were installed as an internal system of communication for employees. ere was also a

modern fire protection system. Large round white fire extinguishers were installed on every other ceiling joist. ey were designed to operate at a certain temperature. ere were also portable fire extinguishers at various locations throughout the building. e building was a simple rectangle. ere was little style to it. e design was utilitarian. Tracks and a ramp extended 150 feet over the river to allow for loading and unloading of ships and boats. Another depot had been built on a location at 11th Street and Green Avenue. It was a large frame building. In 1908 the still standing brick depot was built. e old building was cut into two pieces and taken into town and used for two residences. e station on the river was no longer used except for storage and offices for the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1941, the offices were located to the depot on Green Avenue. e depot on the river was unused until 1955 when it was leased to Charles F. Camp. He used it for his business, Camp Grain Company. Camp’s granddaughter married Eugene E. Saxon and after Camp’s death, the business was renamed Saxon’s Grain and Garden Center. In 1970, Southern Pacific sold the river depot building to Saxon but retained ownership of the land and the tracks. ey gave Saxon a three year lease on the land and tracks. Over time the business closed and for years there was only the track over the river as a sign that anything had ever been there. When the City of Orange began the work on the boardwalk along the river, the old trestle and tracks were removed. e depot on Green Avenue was closed in 1974. Passenger trains no longer stop in Orange. Amtrack trains pass through occasionally, but the glory days of passenger traffic in and out of Orange are gone. Near the location of the old depot on the river is a Texas state historical marker commerating “e End of the Line Station.”

Film and video tapesLamar University will partner with the Texas Archive of Moving Images (TAMI) in the Texas Film Round-Up when it comes to Beaumont, October 21-23. On those days, TAMI staff will be present at LU’s Mary and John Gray Library to collect films and videotapes from the public for free digitalization. “Film and videotapes are fragile and impermanent. They are susceptible to heat and humidity, two staples of Texas’ climate, and can decompose at very rapid rates, meaning the history held in those frames is lost forever,” said Madeline Moya, managing director of TAMI. TAMI discovered that film from the Gulf Coast area is especially susceptible to decomposition and many valuable collections have been lost to natural disasters. The organization promotes the Texas Film Round-Up as an opportunity to preserve materials before they are lost. Home movie collections often contain valuable insight into the past. They document the change of city landmarks over time, traditions or celebrations throughout the years and important events like ball games, storms or county fairs— all useful ways to learn about Texas history. TAMI logo“We encourage people in Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange and all the areas nearby to bring their family collections to the library for free digitization,” Moya said. “Many people have long

forgotten their family films or video and have no way to see them now that those media formats are obsolete. This is a chance to find out what is on their 16mm and 8mm film reels or VHS tapes at no cost.” Citizens of Beaumont and the surrounding cities and towns are encouraged to attend and bring their home collections to the Mary and John Gray Library on October 21 from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., October 22 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and October 23 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The event will include a free public screening on October 22 at 4 p.m. on the 6th floor of the library featuring historic footage of the Golden Triangle and Mid County, including home movies believed to be the oldest existing footage of Beaumont. To qualify for free digitization, films must be Texas related, and participants must be willing to donate a digital copy of the film to TAMI’s archive found at www.texasarchive.org. TAMI is a non-profit organization that, in partnership with the Texas Film Commission, works to discover, preserve, educate and provide access to, and educate communities about Texas’s film heritage by partnering with institutions and individuals across the state. For more information, visit www.texasarchive.org where more than 4,000 of the more than 35,000 films collected since 2008 can be viewed online.

Chang leads Lamar to shootout at ORU Lamar University's Wenny Chang celebrated her 23rd birthday in style Tuesday by capturing the Bob Hurley ORU Shootout for her seventh career victory while leading the Cardinals to a 13-stroke victory in the team competition. Chang, the two-time defending Southland Conference Women's Golfer of the Year, defeated freshman teammate Elodie Chapelet on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff for the victory, saving par from the bunker on the par-4 10th hole. Chang and Chapelet each finished the tournament at 8-overpar 221 for 54 holes on the par-71, 6,013-yard layout at the Meadowbrook Country Club. Teammate Olivia Le Roux, who was the leader after two rounds, finished in a three-way tie for third, one stroke behind the leaders with a 222 total. Chang shot a 1-over-par 72 on Tuesday for the best score among the LU golfers. Chapelet had a 2-over-par 73, as she had birdies on each of the last two holes to force the playoff. "Wenny's experience showed, as she stayed calm to put up a solid final round," LU coach Jessica Steward said. "It's a great way for her to celebrate her birthday. Elodie was tremendous. With a little more experience, she can be one of the top players in our region." Le Roux finished with a 3over-par 75 on Tuesday, as she

just missed out on her first career victory. "I know Olivia really wanted the win, and although she didn't pull it off, there's nothing wrong with the way she played," Steward said. "She kept a good demeanor and was focused on the right things. She had a great week." LU's freshman Maia Jessup finished with a career-best round of 76 as she ended in a tie for 34th place with a 234 total. Felicia Sauceda carded a 77 to finish in a tie for 43rd in the 90player field at 236. "Maia showed us how much she has grown and how much potential she has," Steward said. She helped us big time this week, and I'm excited to see her keep improving. As a team, LU's total of 43over-par 895, topped the 17team field. The host Oral Roberts Golden Eagles were second at 56-over-par 908. Stephen F. Austin was third at 912. LU and SFA were two of six Southland Conference squads in the field. SLC member Houston Baptist was fourth at 924. The Cardinals will compete in their third tournament in as many weeks when they compete at the Bearkat Women's Invitational, hosted by fellow Southland Conference member Sam Houston State, on Oct. 34 in Huntsville, Texas. LU finished third in last year's 15-team event.

Carlecea Rodgers, a nursing student from Katy, Texas, moves in to the Seahawk Landing student residence, which opened for students at Lamar State College Port Arthur on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. Students were living temporarily at a hotel in MidCounty as construction of the 100-bed facility concluded. At about 2 p.m. Tuesday, students started moving in the typical mainstays of college dorm life, including bags and bags of Ramen noodles. Each apartment includes a full kitchen a separate bedrooms for as many as four roommates.

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Sawdust City on the Sabine Mike Louviere For e Record

The Orange Shipyard was a hub of activity during and after World War II.

World War II forever impacted Orange, its people & its future Mike Louviere For e Record On August 15, 1945, the greatest conflict the world had known came to an end. Called VJ Day, for Victory over Japan, the day Japan surrendered was the final end to World War II. For Orange, Texas it was a day of happiness, but also the end of the greatest period of prosperity that Orange had known. Settlement in Orange began in the mid 1800s on the river. e Sabine River would prove to be the greatest asset of the new town. ere were thousands of acres of virgin pine and cypress trees that would bring sawmills to Orange. ose sawmills would provide livelihood to hundreds of people and make millionaires of a few. At one time Orange had more millionaires on Green Avenue than any other town in America of comparable size. Orange was having its first boom- lumber. By the 1930s the boom was going “bust.” e vast forests were gone and one by one, the sawmills and shingle mills in Orange closed. In 1940, Congressman Martin Dies had obtained a contract from the U.S. Navy to have destroyers built in Orange including large seagoing tugboats for the British and Russian navies. Weaver Shipyard, down river from Orange built wooden minesweepers. With all the new work there would be a need for new workers. e population of Orange had been less than 7,000 at the start of the war. e few workers coming into Orange became a flood of people. ese people needed housing, food, education and medical services. What would become a large housing complex of just under 5,000 homes was created when sand was pumped from the river bottom to fill in the swamp. Water and sewer lines were laid on the ground and sand pumped over them. is was simpler and cheaper and most importantly, faster than digging trenches for the lines. Streets were laid out and built with no steel reinforcement. Steel was needed for the war effort. e first part of the housing complex was called Riverside and the later portion Riverside Addition. ousands of people would move into Riverside who had never had housing of this type before. Sanitation was a problem until some people were taught how to dispose of trash in a sanitary manner. Some had been accustomedd to throwing it in the

back yards and letting the farm animals and pets eat it. In Riverside there would be three schools built. One teacher said she gained an average of 10 students per week for a six week period. Orange was getting overcrowded. People and businesses were making more money than ever before in their lives. By the war’s end the population has swollen to nearly 70,000. Small town Orange had the population of a large city. Orange was experiencing its second boom……shipbuilding. Germany had surrendered in May, 1945 and Japan was sure to surrender at some point, but the Japanese were tenacious. Finally the atomic bomb was developed and used against Japan, bringing about their surrender on August

15, 1945. ere were a few ships waiting to be ﬁnished in the yards at Orange. It was evident that there were going to be layoﬀs at the shipyards with the end of the war. In contrast to the buses that had gone to East Texas sporting signs that said “Needed 10,000 pea pickers to build ships”, a sign appeared in Orange that said “Needed 10,000shipbuilders to go pick peas.” e natives in Orange wanted the interlopers to go home. Orange would never be the same again. e period of explosive growth and prosperity was over. What the war had done, peace would undo. Orange would drop in population and income over the years until it would once again settle into being a small town on a river.

In the early 1830s a Sabine River boatman named Green settled on a bluff on a bend of the river. History does not leave much about Green; there are two spellings of his first name, either Resin, or Reason, and not much else. It is recorded that the place he settled was named Green’s Bluff. In 1840, patriotic citizens changed the name to Madison, named for President James Madison. A post office was established in 1850. To avoid confusion with the earlier established town of Madisonville, the name of the town was changed to Orange in 1858. e inspiration for the name may have come from a grove of Orange trees owned by George Pattillo. Orange had two main natural resources. It was ideally located on the Sabine River. Riverboats could go upstream as far as Logansport and schooners could load cargoes and sail down the river, across Sabine Lake and into the Gulf of Mexico. Another resource was the location of thousands of acres of virgin pine and cypress timber that could be milled into lumber. e combination of the Sabine River and the huge virgin forests would bring about the birth of the “Sawdust City on the Sabine.” ere is confusion about when the first sawmills were built in Orange, possibly as early as 1836. ere are reports of Robert Jackson buying a steam sash mill from two men named Payne and Bendy in 1840, but there is no record listed in Products of Industry published in 1853. Jackson later built a mill that was powered by a steamboat engine. It probably came from the Rufus Pittman which sank south of Belgrade on Jan. 6, 1840. ere had been hand-hewn cypress shingles exported from Orange, through Sabine Pass, to Galveston, as early as 1839. In 1855 Dr. William Hewson built the Empire Mills on the river south of Orange. He was able to cut 8,000 board feet of lumber per day. e mill employed 10 men and was said to be the best mill in the state. On May 31, 1856, the mill was deliberately set afire by a moderator’s posse of Orange’s vigilantes. e vigilantes were trying to flush out Sam Ashworth and Jack Bunch who were believed to be hiding in the mill. Ashworth and Bunch killed Sheriff ’s Deputy Samuel Deputy. e loss of the mill was $15,000 and 100,000 board feet of lumber. In 1857, W.C. Brazee and James Woods built a mill with one circular saw and one upright saw. e Brazee and Woods mill was one of four sawmills located at or near Orange that were capable of cutting 3,000 to 4,000 board feet of lumber daily. e other mills were owned by John Merriman, Robert Jackson and R.A. Neyland and Company’s steam shingle mill. Following the end of the Civil War, in 1866, A.T. Chenault and John McGehee built a mill. McGhee sold his interest to Chenault and Chenault converted the mill to become the first mill in Orange to manufacture sawn shingles. A Muzzy Upright Shingle Machine was installed that was capable of cutting 10,000 shingles a day. e machine was pushed in 1867 to cut 15,000 per day and later became a marvel when it was able to be converted in late 1868 to cut 20,000 shingles per day. David R. Wingate was already the owner of a large plantation in Newton County when he built a sawmill at Sabine Pass. e mill became the largest steam sawmill in the state. Along with the mill, Wingate operated a fleet of timber schooners. In 1862, occupying Union forces burned the mill and confiscated the schooners.

Wingate returned to Newton County and ran his plantation until 1873 when he moved to Orange and bought half interest in Eberle Swinford’s Phoenix Mill. e shingle mill was capable of cutting 80,000 shingles a day and also operated a small circular sawmill. In 1877, Wingate wanted the freedom to make decisions own his own and sold his interest in the mill to Charles H. Moore of Galveston. In 1878, he completed a new mill in Orange and started D.R. Wingate and Company. His mill burned in 1880. He built and lost other mills to fire. About 1890 after his wife’s death, he left the lumber business and ventured into rice farming. Alexander Gilmer had come to Orange in 1867 and bought two-thirds interest in James Wood’s sawmill. Gilmer later built and operated his own mills. Along with good fortune in the business, he also had mills built in 1869, 1891, 1893 and 1899. His last lumber operation was the Lemon Lumber Company at Lemonville in northern Orange County. After the 1899 fire he did not return to Orange. In April 1877, H.J. Lutcher and G. Bedell Moore built the Star and Crescent Sawmill. This was the largest and one of the most modern in the state. It was capable of cutting 100,000 board feet of lumber per day. The mill was a mechanical marvel of the time — a 22-gang saw. A 36 inch log could be surfaced 12 inches apart on two sides, then fed into the huge saw, and in one minute, 22 one-inch by 12inch boards would be cut. The mill was also capable of producing beams in a 14 X 32 inch dimension. By 1905, the mill capacity would increase to 300,000 board feet of lumber per day. This amount was equal to about 30 acres of virgin timber. A portion of the land holdings of Lutcher and Moore was equal to about 500 square miles of East Texas, Beauregard and Calcasieu Parishes in Louisiana. In 1885, Lutcher and Moore built the log railroad at Niblett’s Bluff to bring the cut timber to the river where the logs were built into rafts and towed by tug to the mill at Orange. In 1888, Lutcher and Moore was operating three locomotives, 175 loggers, and 80 tram cars. They were dumping 250,000 feet of cut lumber into the river daily. ere were 200 workers in the Orange mills and the payroll was $13,500 per month. Moore sold his interest to Lutcher in 1901. In 1902 Lutcher bought the L. Miller Lumber and Shingle Mill on the river south of Orange and remodeled it into the “Lower Mill”. e original mill at Orange became the “Upper Mill.” In 1905, both mills were working 10 hour days. Payday was every Saturday and the company was paying $22,000 in wages every month. After 1920, lumber demand began to fall off. In 1920 there were only three large mills left in Orange. e death blow to Orange’s lumber industry came with the Great Depression in 1930. On Dec. 16, 1930, the last raft of logs reached the mill and when they were sawn, the mills closed ending 53 years of continuous operation. After 1930 the Lutcher and Moore Lumber Company existed as a real estate, mineral rights for leasing and a timber sales firm. Eventually all its assets were liquidated. e growth and wealth of Orange was based on the lumber industry. With the demise of all the businesses related to timber and lumber, Orange went into a decline that lasted until the explosion of the shipyards in World War II that brought new wealth into Orange. ere was a decline after World War II until the petrochemical industry brought new productivity to the “Sawdust City.”

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The Farwell home at the time it was the Little Mexico restaurant

Frederick Farwell: Lumber executive, famous dog breeder Little Cypress Intermediate recently celebrated the completion of the second phase of Stay & Play, an accessible play area for children of all abilities. Helping cut the ribbon, were, on first row, Principal Michael Ridout, Jaydon Palumbo, Muskan Shahab, and Sofia Harrison. The second row included Teacher Rachel Choate, Mallory Bond and School Nurse, Kelly Meadows.

Mike Louviere For e Record Appearances can be deceiving. From the mid 1950s until the early 1970s, one of the last remaining mansions on Green Avenue in Orange was a popular Mexican restaurant. In front of the restaurant where there had once been hitching posts for horses and buggies was a post topped with a large Mexican sombrero with the “Little Mexico” logo emblazoned in neon. Most of the residents of Orange knew the restaurant had once been the home of Frederick Farwell. To the diners from out of town, it was just a beautiful restaurant. Frederick Henry Farwell had come to Orange in 1893 and started working for the Lutcher and Moore Lumber Company as an assistant bookkeeper. In 1902 he became the company’s general sales agent. About this time he built the family’s home. It was a stucco, Spanish Mission styled mansion that would be the last of the great Victorian mansions built on Green Avenue. In the western end of West Orange, Farwell built his Sabine Kennels to house and breed Smooth Coated Fox Terriers. Farwell’s kennel was a source of recreation for him and a hobby he wanted to excel at. He was not satisﬁed in buying dogs from other kennels; he wanted to breed well enough to win some top shows. e top kennel for the breed was the Norfolk Kennels. Farwell would have to breed well enough to face those dogs at major shows. He placed the purchasing of his ﬁrst dogs in the hands of George omas, who would become his kennel master. As a result of omas’ selections, and close attention to breeding, the dogs of Sabine Kennels would soon be making their mark in the dog shows. At the Westminster Dog Show in New York City in February, 1910, two of Farwell’s dogs became champions. Sabine Ferbie was named the best female in the show. Her brother Sabine Rarebit was named best male dog. Sabine Rarebit went on to be named Best in Show. is was the only time that one of Farwell’s dogs was named Best in Show. It was also the last time a Smooth Coated Fox Terrier won the coveted title. Farwell’s dogs continued to compete and win at various dog shows. His dogs competed in such prestigious shows as the

Farwell’s Sabine Kennels

(LEFT) Sabine Kennels Sabine Rarebit, the Smoothcoat Fox Terrier that was Best of Show at Westminster in 1910. This was also the last Smoothcoat Fox Terrier to win Best of Show. (RIGHT) A Young Frederick Farwell. Mineola Dog Show on Long Island and the Philadelphia Dog Show. His dogs won accolades across the United States and Europe. In 1913, Sabine Bandmaster was named Best Sporting Dog at the Dallas Kennel Club Dog Show. Articles about and advertisements for the “famous Sabine Kennels” were often in Dog Fancier magazine in the years 1912, 1913 and 1914. In 1920 he was named general manager of Lutcher and Moore. Even though his job as general manager took much of Farwell’s time, he was still able to ﬁnd time to become a respected judge at shows, including Westminster. In 1940 he retired as a judge. A photograph of Farwell taken in his study shows a number of silver award cups on the mantle of the ﬁreplace and on a wall shelf. During World War II Farwell donated a number of the cups to a metal drive. Several of the surviving cups are on display at the Heritage House Museum in Orange. Farwell had a great interest in the future of Orange. One thing that he realized was the need for deep water access. He was instrumental in helping to have Port Arthur established as a port of entry. He knew that the dig-

ging of the channel to Port Arthur would be the ﬁrst step in getting a channel dredged to Orange. is was done later, giving Orange a deep water port. In May of 1920 he was one of the signers of the resolution that stated the necessity of building a bridge across the Sabine River at Orange to replace the ferry. e resolution was signed by 18 other business leaders and taxpayers and presented to the Orange County Commissioners Court. He is also given credit for promoting the building of the large wooden ships in Orange. In 1946 he became president of Lutcher and Moore. Farwell died in 1947. His wife, Fannie, continued to live in the mansion until her death in 1952. After her death the mansion became the Little Mexico restaurant. For the next 20 or so years many diners who ate in the various dark paneled rooms or on the porch that was converted into a dining area had no idea of the history of the old mansion and the family who lived there for so many years. e restaurant closed and the mansion sat vacant for a while. It fell victim to progress. With the building of the Stark Art Museum a parking lot was needed so the old home was torn down and the land paved over.

Members of the 2016 Lamar University Cheerleading Team include Brittany Kight, Lumberton; Jalie Bell, Nederland; Keeley Coombs, Nederland; Breanna Whitten, Kirbyville; Karli Mears, Porter; Jessica Parks, Hamshire; Selena Santana, Cypress; Ally Souza, Spring; Morgan Gotte, Orange; Tori Jackson, Groves; Preslie Perry, Lufkin; Sian Watson, Galveston; Taylor Britton, Palmdale, Calif.; Madeline Hammond, Port Neches; Chris Lewis, Wichita Falls; Kourtney Lewis, Houston; Deshondre Sims, Hamshire; Sinclair Mauldin, Kilgore; Jaquarius McCutchin, Austin; Da’Quwan Mark, Huntsville; Stormi Simons, Huntington; Sierra Wenner, Beaumont; Oryonna Mason, Houston; Cy Fondal, Houston.

Orange County Church Directory

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MCDONALD MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH 104 Broad St. • West Orange • 883-3974 Sunday Bible Study 9:45 a.m., Worship 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Evening: Youth & Children 6 p.m. Adult Prayer Service 6:00 p.m. Pastor: Tommy Anthony

Minister of Music: Pam Nugent / Youth Minister: Brandon Swarers

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First United Methodist Church Orange 502 Sixth Street 886-7466 8:00 a.m. Traditional Worship in the Chapel 9:00 a.m. Contemporary Worship in the Praise Center 11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship in the Sanctuary Sunday School For All Ages 10:00 a.m.

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

St. Paul United Methodist Church

1155 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 409.735.5546 Musa Alami found water in the ancient desert near Jericho.

Norman Vincent Peale: Desert Water Norman Vincent Peale Author Of: The Power of Positive Thinking Let me tell you about one of my favorite personalities, whose life teaches pre-eminently how to reach goals. I met one of the world’s great positive thinkers in the wilderness of Judea, where, in the long ago, John the Baptist preached. His name is Musa Alami and he has made the desert to blossom as the rose--a desert that in all the history of the world had never blossomed before. He succeeded because he believed that he could, and he kept at it until he did, which, of course, is the way you succeed at anything. Musa, an Arab man, was educated at Cambridge, went back to Palestine where he became a well-to-do man--wellto-do, that is, by Middle Eastern standards. Then, in political turmoil, he lost everything, including his home. He went beyond Jordan to the edge of Jericho. Stretching away on either side was the great, bleak, arid desert of the Jordan valley. In the distance to the left, shimmering in the hot haze, loomed the mountains of Judea, and to the right the mountains of Moab. With the exception of a few oases, nothing had ever been cultivated in this hot and weary land, and everyone said that nothing could be, for how

could you bring the water to it? To dam the Jordan River for irrigation was too expensive and, besides, there was no money to finance such a project. “What about underground water?” asked Musa Alami. Long and loud they laughed. Whoever heard of such a thing? There was no water under that hot, dry desert. Ages ago it had been covered by Dead Sea water; now the sand was full of salt, which added further to the aridity. He had heard of the amazing rehabilitation of the California desert through subsurface water. He decided that he could find water here also. All the old-time Bedouin sheiks said it couldn’t be done; government officials agreed, and so, solemnly, did the famous scientists from abroad. There was absolutely no water there. That was that. But Musa was unimpressed. He thought there was. A few poverty-stricken refugees from the nearby Jericho Refugee Camp helped him as he started to dig. With well-drilling equipment? Not on your life. With pick and shovel. Everybody laughed as this dauntless man and his ragged friends dug away day after day, week after week, month after month. Down they went, slowly, deep into the sand into which no man since creation had plumbed for water. For six months they dug;

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

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

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

Come as you are!

then one day the sand became wet and finally water, life-giving water, gushed forth. The Arabs who had gathered round did not laugh or cheer; they wept. Water had been found in the ancient desert! A very old man, sheik of a nearby village, heard the amazing news. He came to see for himself. “Musa,” he asked, “have you really found water? Let me see it and feel it and taste it.” The old man put his hand in the stream, splashed it over his face, put it on his tongue. “It is sweet and cool,” he said. “It is good water.” Then, placing his aged hands on the shoulder of Musa Alami, he said, “Thank God. Now, Musa, you can die.” It was the simple tribute of a desert man to a positive thinker who did what everyone said could not be done. Now, several years later, Musa Alami has fifteen wells supplying a ranch nearly three miles long and two miles wide. He raises vegetables, bananas,

figs, citrus fruit, and boys. In his school he is growing citizens of the future, farmers and technicians, experts in the trades. Imitating Musa, others have also dug until forty thousand acres are under cultivation and the green is spreading over the sands. I asked this amazing man what kept him going, kept him believing when everyone said it couldn’t be done. “There was no alternative. It had to be done,” he said, then added, “God helped me.” As the twilight turned the mountains of Moab and the Judean hills to red and gold, I sat watching a huge stream of water gush from the heart of the desert. And as it splashed into a deep, wide pool, it seemed to say, “It can be done, it can be done!” So, don’t let your difficulties get you down and do not believe those croakers who say you cannot do it. Remember Musa Alami, positive thinker of the wilderness of Judea.

MacArthur Heights Baptist Church Sunday Services: Sunday School- 9:45am Sunday Morning Worship- 10:50am Discipleship Training - 6:00pm Evening Worship: 7:00 pm Tuesday- Men’s Prayer Coffee - 9:30am Wednesday Bible Study - 7:00pm (Choir Practice Following) 3600 Nightingale • Orange • 409-883-4834 Pastor: Jay Thomas 409-504-5069

Faith United Methodist Church 8608 MLK• Orange • 886-1333

Rev. Keith Tilley Sunday Morning Worship 10:50 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Nursury Provided Wednesday

Harvest Chapel

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

Pastor: Ruth Logan Burch

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State Parks Revitalization Projects Completed After Record Appropriation Staff Report The Record AUSTIN— Several Texas State Parks construction projects are now complete thanks to a significant increase in dedicated funding through legislation passed by the 84th Texas Legislature. House Bill 158 dedicated 94 percent of state sales taxes collected on sporting goods to TPWD. These funds have been primarily directed to much-needed state park capital repairs and improvements, addressing a backlog of deteriorating facility needs through water and wastewater projects, restroom replacements, electric utility modernization and other improvements. Parks with projects completed this year include Bastrop State Park, Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway, Choke Canyon State Park, Fort Boggy State Park, Inks Lake State Park, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Possum Kingdom State Park, Sheldon Lake State Park and Environmental Learning Center and Tyler State Park. One of the most recent projects completed is the first phase of one-of-a-kind cabins at Fort Boggy State Park located between Dallas and Houston on IH 45. The rustic wooden cabins located across from the park lake were built under a canopy of trees and can be accessed by a new 65-foot bridge. Each cabin comes with a microwave, refrigerator, an open deck, wood floors and ceiling fans. Since the cabins are completely in the shade of the canopy of trees, park visitors have the flexibility to use the cabin areas all year. Additionally, the space outside each cabin includes a picnic area with a table, lantern holder and a fire ring. Elsewhere, in an important first step in the beachside redevelopment of Galveston Island State Park, a Houston-based design consultant team led by Sasaki Walker and Associates Landscape Architects and Planners has been officially selected to design the beachside enhancements. The design team began working on the project earlier this year with construction projected to be completed in 2020. Proposed improvements to the park include 112 multiuse campsites, raised tent camping platforms, equestrian camping facilities, five large dune crossing boardwalks, restrooms, day

House Bill 158 dedicated 94 percent of state sales taxes collected on sporting goods to TPWD.

use parking and picnic sites with shade structures for small and large groups. There will also be a concession facility for equipment rental. All improvements will be serviced with new electrical, water and wastewater utilities. In the Panhandle, a collaborative project with the Texas Department of Transportation led to the construction of bridges to avoid flash flooding hazards and rebuilding of campsites at Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Six bridges have been built over water crossings on Palo Duro Canyon’s main roadway, increasing the safety of park visitors by providing access to higher ground areas of the park during flood events. Utilities and infrastructure have also been upgraded at the Juniper camping loop through this joint project. The Juniper camp loop underwent a rebuild of 20 campsites, an indoor group hall and bathrooms with showers. Near Houston, Sheldon Lake State Park’s Environmental Learning Center has also undergone a facelift with several new commodities such as the creation of campsites, a greenhouse, boardwalks, a new entry road and sign and a bird watching platform. One of the new features of the park are 14 new campsites created for use by the Texas Outdoor Family program, which introduces families to camping though guided weekend workshops. In addition, more than 3,000 feet of new boardwalks traversing the restored prairie and wetland habitat demonstration sites were installed at Sheldon Lake. The new boardwalk waysides and interpretive exhibits will help park visitors learn about the unique ecology at the

park as well as descriptions of wildlife they might encounter. Habitat restoration work for Sheldon Lake has been ongoing since 2002. The new greenhouse located at the environmental learning center will be used by volunteers for growing plants for prairie restoration at the park. Prairie and wetland restoration at the east side of the West Canal was one of the main projects of this phase of restoration for the park. One of the wetland areas now has a new bird watching platform installed for experienced and novice birders alike to view and document the unique species of birds found in that part of Texas. Other completed projects this year include a reconstructed warehouse facility at Bastrop State Park that was damaged by wildfire; repairs to the trail way at the Clarity Tunnel at Caprock Canyons State Park; the replacement of water intake pumps at Choke Canyon State Park; electrical system grounding issues were assessed at Inks Lake State Park; electric utilities were upgraded at Possum Kingdom State Park; and electrical services were repaired at Tyler State Park. In the future, dedicated funding from the sporting goods sales tax will allow for continued maintenance and improvements of state parks as well as increased staffing, more visitor programs and new state parks. For a complete list of projects in the planning, design or construction stage, visit the Brighter Future project page on the TPWD website. Video highlighting some of the projects completed this year is available on the TPWD YouTube page.

Toyota ShareLunker Season Begins Oct 1 Staff Report The Record AUSTIN – For over 30 years, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Toyota ShareLunker Program has created awareness of the value of catch-and-release fishing, provided 13 pounds or heavier largemouth bass to support Texas’s selective breeding program and generated nationwide interest in Texas bass fishing. This year, TPWD is implementing changes to fully incorporate ShareLunker offspring into hatchery brood stock. While the ShareLunker season will continue to run each year from Oct.1 through April 30, only those entries collected between Jan. 1 – March 31 will be accepted as brood stock for spawning. “Our analysis of spawning results has determined that January-March provides the greatest opportunity to obtain good candidates for spawning,” stated Todd Engeling, TPWD’s Chief of Inland Hatcheries. “For all ShareLunkers caught outside of that timeframe, TPWD staff will weigh and measure each fish and obtain a fin clip for genetic analysis. The fish will then be returned to the angler.” During January through March, every ShareLunker that TPWD staff determines to be capable of spawning will be transported to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. In recent years, pure Florida largemouth bass have been primarily used for spawning due to limited hatchery space. Starting this season, TPWD staff will attempt to spawn all ShareLunker bass regardless of genetics. However, only pure

TPWD implementing program changes to optimize spawning success.

Florida ShareLunker offspring will be incorporated into the hatchery brood stock program. “Pure Florida largemouth bass make up nearly half of all ShareLunkers entered while they typically make up less than 10 percent of bass in the wild. That means they likely provide the best chance to reach trophy size,” said Engeling. “TPWD will begin converting hatchery largemouth bass brood stock so that eventually all will be descendants of pure-Florida ShareLunkers.” In addition, although ShareLunker entries will still be accepted from private waters, ShareLunker offspring will not be stocked back into private water bodies even when the ShareLunker is donated from private waters. The changes announced for 2016-17 season are part of a long-term strategy being developed for the Toyota ShareLunker program, according to Kyle Brookshear, Toyota ShareLunker Program Coordinator. A team of hatchery scientists, fisheries managers and education and outreach experts is evaluating the program’s longterm goals and strategies. Additional improvements will be incorporated into future seasons with the goal of increasing angler participation. “As a competitive angler and

fishing advocate, I am thrilled to be part of the ShareLunker program and to contribute to its new direction,” said Brookshear. “We want to continue to reward our anglers for not only catching a trophy largemouth bass but also for helping us manage our fisheries to enhance trophy bass fishing in Texas.” ShareLunker catches can be reported 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling (903) 6810550. For complete information and rules of the ShareLunker program, tips on caring for big bass and a recap of last year’s season, see www.tpwd. texas.gov/sharelunker/. The site also includes a searchable database of all fish entered into the program. The Toyota ShareLunker Program is made possible by a grant to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation from Gulf States Toyota. Toyota is a longtime supporter of the Foundation and TPWD, providing major funding for a wide variety of education, fish, parks and wildlife projects. For more information on the Toyota ShareLunker program, contact Kyle Brookshear, ShareLunker Program Coordinator, 5550 FM 2495 Athens, TX 75752, (903) 670-2285 or by e-mail kyle.brookshear@tpwd. texas.gov.

Big Time Texas Hunts Deadline Approaching Fast Staff Report The Record AUSTIN— Hunting seasons are in full swing in Texas and more opportunities are on the horizon, including chances at premium guided hunt packages through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Big Time Texas Hunts program. Deadline to apply for these top shelf hunting adventures is Oct. 15. Big Time Texas Hunts provide opportunities to win one or more of nine premium guided hunt packages with food and lodging provided, as well as taxidermy in some cases. The crown jewel of the program is

the Texas Grand Slam hunt package, which includes four separate hunts for Texas’ most prized big game animals — the desert bighorn sheep, whitetailed deer, mule deer and pronghorn. In addition to the Grand Slam, there are several quality deer hunting packages available, as well as opportunities to pursue alligator, waterfowl, upland game birds, wild hog and exotics. Check out this video documenting last year’s Ultimate Mule Deer Hunt, the latest addition to Big Time Texas Hunts http://bit.ly/MuleDeerVideo . For more information about

this year’s Big Time Texas Hunts and to purchase entries online for $9 each visit www. tpwd.texas.gov/buyentry . Entries are also available for $10 each at hunting license retailers or by phone (800) 895-4248. There is no limit to the number of entries an individual may purchase and all proceeds benefit conservation, wildlife management and public hunting. To learn more about the programs supported through Big Time Texas Hunts, visit http:// bit.ly/ProjectsSupported . Big Time Texas Hunts is made possible with support from Toyota and the Texas Bighorn Society.

Gov. Abbott Proclaims Saturday, Sept. 24, National Hunting and Fishing Day in Texas Staff Report The Record

AUSTIN – In recognition of the 45th annual observance of

the conservation successes of hunters and anglers, Gov. Greg Abbott has proclaimed Saturday, Sept. 24, as National Hunting and Fishing Day in Texas.

“Hunting and fishing are family traditions in Texas that have been passed down through generations. I am proud that, just last year, we forever en-

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shrined the right to hunt and fish in the Texas Constitution,” said Gov. Abbott. “As we celebrate Hunting and Fishing Day, I encourage all Texans to learn more about ways we can continue to conserve our natural resources so that future generations can protect our connection with the land.” It has been more than a century since America’s first envi-

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ronmentalists — hunters and anglers — established the conservation tradition in our nation. These early environmentalists warned that the population growth and industrial development that offered prosperity for our nation also created serious threats to the future of our wildlife resources. Hunters and anglers fought for the laws and regulations that created a new system of wildlife management that would rescue many species of wildlife from near extinction and would set aside millions of acres of important habitat to help ensure future wildlife abundance. In Texas, efforts by anglers helped create protection of red

drum and other aquatic resources from commercial overharvest, as well as conservation of aquatic habitat such as seagrasses and the control of invasive exotic aquatic vegetation. National Hunting and Fishing Day, formalized by Congress in 1971, was created by the National Shooting Sports Foundation to celebrate conservation successes of hunters and anglers. From shopping center exhibits to statewide expos, millions of citizens learned to appreciate America’s sportsman-based system of conservation funding. That system now generates more than $1.7 billion per year, benefiting all who appreciate wildlife and wild places.

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NASA Finds Evidence of Water ‘Plumes’ Erupting on Jupiter’s Moon Staff Report The Record

NASA scientists confirmed Monday that they have again detected evidence of water beneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa in a particularly dramatic way: The Hubble Space Telescope recorded bursts of water erupting from the moon’s surface into the atmosphere. This suggests there may be oceans of water beneath the planets surface. Why is this important? It touches on perhaps the most pressing question astronomers can ask: Could life exist on other planets or moons? On Earth, whereever we find water, we find life. Experts believe that if life exists elsewhere in the universe, it is most likely to be found alongside water. “All the ingredients are there to make us think Europa is the next place to go” in the

search for alien life, NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan said at an event of the non-profit Planetary Society in 2014. However, the information gathered by Hubble only suggests the presence of water on Europa, and it is not yet definitive proof. “Europa’s ocean is considered to be one of the most promising places that could potentially harbor life in the solar system,” said Geoff Yoder, acting associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, in a press release. “These plumes, if they do indeed exist, may provide another way to sample Europa’s subsurface.” And these are not mere earthly geysers — the plumes of water rise around 125 miles into the atmosphere. They appear to arise intermittently. Out of 10 observations of the moon as it passed in front of Jupiter, the researchers saw evi-

There may be oceans of water beneath the planets surface.

dence of the water bursts three times. Get free real-time news alerts from the Across America Patch. “Previously there’s been just one piece of evidence that these things exist,” said William Sparks, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, who led the team that found the evidence of water. Previously, the only signs of water on Europa were discovered by Lorenz Roth, a researcher with the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

Roth notes that Sparks’ team likely wasn’t observing the same eruptions of water that he had previously discovered near Europa’s south pole. “Unless something appears very close to the south pole, it can hardly be the same plume,” Roth said in the journal Nature. To get a better sense of what’s going on under the surface of Europa, researchers may need to look beyond the Hubble telescope. “We are working at the limits of Hubble’s unique capabilities,” said Sparks.

“Hubble’s unique capabilities enabled it to capture these plumes, once again demonstrating Hubble’s ability to make observations it was never designed to make,” added Paul Hertz, director of the Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters, in the press release. “This observation opens up a world of possibilities, and we look forward to future missions — such as the James Webb Space Telescope — to follow up on this exciting discovery.”

Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard resurfaces to bring a Chinese EV company to the US Staff Report The Record We haven’t really heard much about Tesla’s original cofounder, Martin Eberhard, after the very public ‘founders disagreement’ with Elon Musk following his ousting from his role as CEO of the company back in 2008. He briefly led Volkswagen’s electric vehicle development in the US and later joined his former Tesla colleagues at competitor Atieva before leaving last year. Now he resurfaces as a consultant for a Chinese electric vehicle company trying to enter the US market. In a press release today, Chongqing Sokon Industry Group, a Chinese manufacturer of motorcycles and vans, announced that they hired Eberhard as a consultant. Sokon claims to have signed a two-year contract with the Tesla cofounder on September 22, 2016. They created a USbased subsidiary

Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard.

called ‘SF Motors’ and Eberhard’s job will be to oversee “the integration of the world’s top talent for new energy vehicles, to promote the company’s product positioning, R&D, design, technical innovation, talent pool, marketing, in the United States.” Sokon currently manufactures primarily commercial vehicles and minivans, as well as electric scooters and gas-powered motorcycles. While the press release makes it clear that the company is looking to enter the

US market with electric vehicles and to bring some development stateside, it’s not clear if it would be the same vehicles or passenger cars. The company would be joining several other China-based automakers and tech companies investing in the US for the development of electric vehicles, like LeEco, BAIC and NextEV. Last year, we reported that Eberhard invested, along with Tesla co-founder Marc Tarpenning, in the electric motorcycle startup Alta Motors.

Renovated CCC Cabin Now Available for Reservations at Mother Neff State Park at check-in and refunded after checkout inspection. Visitors will need to bring their own cooking and eating utensils, dish-washing supplies, coffee maker, linens, towels and pillows. No pets or smoking are allowed in the cabin or in any Texas State Park buildings. No amplified music is

allowed. As with many parks in the Texas State Park system, the CCC played an integral role in constructing buildings and developing the infrastructure necessary to allow people the opportunity to enjoy Texas’ first state parks. In 1934 the CCC Regiment based out of McGregor

broke ground on a plot of land just outside of the neighboring town of Moody. That plot of land was donated to the State of Texas by Isabella Neff. Due in large part to the resolution of her son, Governor Patrick Neff, that land would become one of Texas’ first state parks. The CCC regiment spent

four years in what is now known as Mother Neff State Park constructing a number of buildings and structures that can still be visited today, including the newly renovated park cabin. Reservations can be made by contacting the Texas State Park reservation line at 512389-8900.

The cabin at Mother Neff State Park looks much like it did when originally constructed about 80 years ago.

Staff Report The Record MOODY— Camp with family and friends or host an upcoming business event at one Texas’ first state parks in a newly renovated cabin originally constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The cabin at Mother Neff State Park looks much like it

did when originally constructed about 80 years ago. The cabin can accommodate 16 occupants; sleeps eight people inside and has enough room for an additional eight people outside in tents. The cabin features four bedrooms, including two furnished with two twin beds each and one bedroom

with a king-sized bed. The remaining bedroom is fully ADA accessible and furnished with a full-sized bed. All of the bedrooms are equipped with ceiling fans. The cabin features two bathrooms with showers, one of which is ADA accessible. A full kitchen including a stove with oven, microwave and refrigera-

tor allows visitors to prepare large meals and take advantage of the spacious fully furnished living area and dining room. The cost to reserve the cabin is $250 per night Friday – Sunday and $160 per night from Monday – Thursday. A 6 percent occupancy tax is charged and a $100 cleaning deposit is due

Agency Partners Set CWD Informational Meetings in Texas Panhandle Staff Report The Record AUSTIN –The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), in partnership with Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, has set two informational meetings to help educate landowners, hunters and the public in the Texas Panhandle about chronic wasting disease (CWD) management. Meetings are open to the public and will be held in: Dalhart – Wednesday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m., Dallam County Courthouse, District Courtroom, 501 Denver Ave. Amarillo – Thursday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m., Amarillo Public Library (Downtown Branch), 413 E 4th Ave. During the meetings, aspects of new

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New rules banning importation of certain deer and elk carcass parts from states where the disease has been detected will also be covered.

CWD regulations will be thoroughly explained including the establishment of CWD zones, mandatory sampling of hunter-harvested deer in the CWD zones and restriction of permitted deer movements to and from the CWD zones. New rules banning importation of certain

deer and elk carcass parts from states where the disease has been detected, as well as the movement of the same carcass parts from CWD zones within Texas, will also be covered. The new rules developed by TPWD and TAHC are part of the state’s comprehensive CWD management

plan to determine the prevalence and geographic extent of the disease and to contain the disease to the areas where it is known to exist. More information about CWD, CWD management and new CWD regulations is available online at www.tpwd.texas.gov/ cwd.

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U.S. Army Places $42 Million Order for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Program Staff Report The Record Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company, announced today that the U.S. Army has placed a $42 million order that exercises available options for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program including vehicles, installed kits and packaged kits. The order is the third since the contract was awarded in August 2015. Work will be performed in Oshkosh, Wisconsin with an estimated completion date of November 2017. “The JLTV program is moving forward with a focus on giving Soldiers and Marines the next generation light vehicle they need for their missions.” “This latest order demonstrates that the JLTV continues to be a central piece of the Army’s future ground force and a modernization priority,” said Dave Diersen, Oshkosh Defense vice president of Joint Programs. “The JLTV program is moving forward with a focus on giving Soldiers and Marines the next generation light vehicle they need for their missions.” The JLTV program will replace 55,000 of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps’ uparmored HMMWVs. The JLTV designed and manufactured by Oshkosh delivers unmatched performance, protection, networking and off-road mobility in a light vehicle package to support Soldiers and Marines as they perform missions outside the wire. Designed with room for growth as threats evolve, the JLTV’s scalable design is able to adapt to future requirements. The Oshkosh JLTV, which will be on display at Modern Day Marine 2016 from September 27-29, is outfitted with an EOS R-400S-MK2 remote weapon system inte-

grated with Orbital ATK’s M230 LF 30 mm lightweight automatic chain gun to demonstrate the vehicle’s ability to support increased lethality including a medium caliber weapon system. About Oshkosh Defense: Oshkosh Defense is a leading provider of tactical wheeled vehicles and life cycle sustainment services. For decades Oshkosh has been mobilizing military and security forces around the globe by offering a full portfolio of heavy, medium, light and highly protected military vehicles to support our customers’ missions. In addition, Oshkosh offers advanced technologies and vehicle components such as TAK-4® independent suspension systems, TerraMax™ unmanned ground vehicle solutions, Command Zone™ integrated control and diagnostics system, and ProPulse® diesel electric and onboard vehicle power solutions, to provide our customers with a technical edge as they fulfill their missions. Every Oshkosh vehicle is backed by a team of defense industry experts and complete range of sustainment and training services to optimize fleet readiness and performance. Oshkosh Defense, LLC is an Oshkosh Corporation company [NYSE: OSK]. To learn more about Oshkosh Defense, please visit us at www.oshkoshdefense. com. About Oshkosh Corporation: Oshkosh Corporation is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of access equipment, commercial, fire & emergency, military and specialty vehicles and vehicle bodies. Oshkosh Corporation manufactures, distributes and services products under the brands of Oshkosh®, JLG®, Pierce®, McNeilus®, Jerr-Dan®, Frontline™, CON-E-CO®, London®

and IMT®. Oshkosh products are valued worldwide by rental companies, concrete placement and refuse collection businesses, fire & emergency departments, municipal and airport services and defense forces, where high quality, superior performance, rugged reliability and long-term value are paramount. For more information, please visit www.oshkoshcorporation.com. All brand names referred to in this news release are trademarks of Oshkosh Corporation or its subsidiary companies. Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains statements that the Company believes to be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company’s future financial position, business strategy, targets, projected sales, costs, earnings, capital expenditures, debt levels and cash flows, and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “should,” “project” or “plan” or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors, some of which are beyond the Company’s control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forwardlooking statements.

“The JLTV program is moving forward with a focus on giving Soldiers and Marines the next generation light vehicle they need for their missions.”

The Oshkosh JLTV displayed at MDM is equipped with the EOS R-400S-MK2 remote weapons system and the Orbital ATK M230 LF 30 mm gun.

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NOTICE OF RATE CHANGE REQUEST On September 16, 2016, Entergy Texas, Inc. (ETI) filed an application for approval to amend its Transmission Cost Recovery Factor (TCRF) with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (Commission). The amended TCRF is requested in accordance with the Public Utility Regulatory Act Section 36.209 and Commission Rule 25.239. A TCRF allows a utility to recover its reasonable and necessary costs that have occurred since the end of the test year in the utility’s last base rate case for transmission infrastructure improvement and changes in wholesale transmission charges to the electric utility under a tariff approved by a federal regulatory authority. ETI is seeking recovery of costs for transmission capital investments it incurred from April 1, 2013 through July 31, 2016. ETI also seeks to recover approved transmission charges that are not otherwise being recovered through rates. The amended TCRF would result in total TCRF retail revenues of $29,478,354 on an annual basis, which is $18,969,473 above the amount approved, subject to pending motions for rehearing, in ETI’s previous TCRF case (Commission Docket No. 45084) on July 20, 2016. This incremental $18,969,473 amount would be a 2.32% increase in ETI’s annualized non-fuel revenue requirement as compared to revenues approved in Docket No. 45084 plus ETI’s most recently completed base rate case (Docket No. 41791), and a 1.37% increase in ETI’s overall annualized revenue requirement including fuel costs as compared to such revenues as approved in Docket Nos. 45084 and 41791. The impact of the rate

change on various customer classes will vary from the overall impact described in this notice. ETI has requested that the Commission make this change effective 35 days after its application was filed. The proposed effective date is subject to suspension and extension by actions that may be taken by the Commission. All customers in ETI’s Texas retail rate classes are affected by this request. Persons with questions or who want more information on this filing may contact ETI at Entergy Texas, Inc., Attn: Customer Service—2016 TCRF Case, 350 Pine Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701, or call 1-800368-3749 (once you hear: “Welcome to Entergy” select 1, then 5, then 6, then 2, then 2) during normal business hours. A complete copy of this application is available for inspection at the address listed above. The Commission has assigned Docket No. 46357 to this proceeding. Persons who wish to intervene in or comment upon this proceeding should notify the Public Utility Commission of Texas as soon as possible, as an intervention deadline will be imposed. A request to intervene or for further information should be mailed to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326. Further information may also be obtained by calling the Public Utility Commission at (512) 936-7120 or (888) 782-8477. Hearing- and speech-impaired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may contact the Commission at (512) 9367136. The deadline for intervention in this proceeding is 45 days after the date the application was filed with the Commission, which is October 31, 2016. All communications should refer to Docket No. 46357.

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16B • The Record • Week of Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Community Movie Day! Refreshments & activities for children to follow movie. Everyone is invited.

SATURDAY

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