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Vol. 58 No. 9

The Community Newspaper of Orange, Texas

Week of Wednesday, June 29, 2016

City-wide Fourth of July celebration set for Orange ion. This year’s musical act is none other than Orange County’s own group, The Ruxpins, which will perform from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. The fireworks will follow immediately at 9 p.m.

Tommy Mann Jr. For The Record

An event designed to entertain the community and celebrate Independence Day will take place this coming Monday.

The Orange Convention and Visitors Bureau is once again hosting its annual Fourth of July extravaganza from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Monday, July 4, at the Riverfront Pavilion located at 601 W. Division in Orange. The event is free and open to the public.

“This is a special event that everyone will really enjoy,” said Brandy Judice, coordinator of the Orange Convention and Visitors Bureau. “It’s

something the community seems to look forward to every year and is a great family event.”

As always the event will feature live entertainment followed by a dazzling fireworks display over the waters of the Sabine River behind the pavil-

WO council hears presentation on future development Debby Schamber For The Record

A non-profit organization which has recently purchased two large properties in West Orange made a presentation to city councilmembers on Monday evening about the future plans for those locations.

James Dunn, managing director of Brazoria County Alternative Academy (BCAA), addressed West Orange City Council on Monday evening on the agency’s plans for future development of two properties it recently purchased, which are both located in West Orange.

The Brazoria County Alternative Academy has recently purchased the West Orange-

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Stark Intermediate School and adjoining Carl Godwin Auditorium, located at 2020 Western Ave., as well as the Lorena Oates Elementary property, located at 900 Newton St., from the West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District.

“We are seeking a partnership to turn this into a stateof-the-art facility,” Dunn said of the property on Western Avenue. “We want to turn it into a multi-service facility where people can utilize our services. We believe this facility would attract new residents to the community and the county.”

According to its official website, Brazoria County Alternative Academy or BCAA is an Employment Assistance and Supportive Employment Services Provider in the state of Texas specializing in facilitating services to physically and mentally disabled adults 18 years of age and older. Brazoria County Alternative Academy or BCAA was founded and incorporated in January 2014 as a Texas based nonprofit corporation in Angleton, Texas, the heart of Brazoria County.

BCAA employs a Managing Director and a team of Employment Specialists who provide services to our targeted population. BCAA currently provides services to qualified individuals throughout Brazoria County, Texas as well as Harris County, Matagorda County, Galveston County, Waller County, Fort Bend County, Austin County, Montgomery County, Wharton County and Jefferson County.

BCAA is also actively expanding its services in other counties in Texas.

The non-profit organization provides a variety of self employment assistance and supportive employment services

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tivities as well, according to Judice. A vendor will be on site with tasty treats such as snow cones and ice cream to help keep everyone cool while enjoying the music and prior to the fireworks display.

Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs to sit on, but pets are not allowed. Those attending this year’s event will also be allowed to bring coolers for snacks and beverages, but

glass containers are not allowed on the premises.

Unlike most other events sponsored by the Orange Convention and Visitors Bureau,

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Honors and accolades aside, helping students is what Jacobs does best Tommy Mann Jr For The Record

Meri Elen Jacobs has been a The Fourth of July fun will teacher at West Orange-Stark feature children’s High plenty Schoolof for nearly ac25 years and she has taught journalism for the majority of that time. The only thing she enjoys more than teaching is her students and helping them grow in nearly any way possible.

“I really try to get to know the kids, and not just the ones I teach,” Jacobs said. “I try to get to know as many as I can.

I tend to reach out to them. If I see someone that needs something or is having trouble at home, I want to do what I can to help.”

Jacobs is a proud member of the Mustang family. She is a member of the West Orange-Stark Class of 1981, the first graduating class to complete all four years at the school after the merging of West Orange High School and Stark High School took effect in 1978.

It’s that passion for her Mustangs and for the students she teaches that has made her such a respected educator within the district and in the community.

“I remember being in second grade when I decided I wanted to be a teacher. I just didn’t know what I wanted to teach,” Jacobs added with a

West Orange Stark High School educator Meri Elen Jacobs recently won a first place award during the Press Club of Southeast Texas’ annual Excellence in Media Awards banquet in Beaumont. Jacobs won an award in the “Sports News” category for her story, “Mustangs claim state championship,” which was about the West Orange-Stark Mustangs state championship victory in football in December 2015.

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laugh. “I was in my senior year of school when I took journalism, and I did it as a blow-off class just to get my credits. That’s when everything changed.”

Jacobs had a knack for journalism, which quickly be-

came obvious to her teacher at the time, as Jacobs was quickly appointed as editor of the Mustang Memo and placed into advanced journalism the following semester.

“What’s funny about all of

that is that I am now teaching in the very same room that I took journalism in,” she said.

“And my podium is in the exact spot my desk used to be in.”

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Church wants speed lowered on MLK Tommy Mann Jr.

For The Record

Two local churches are expressing concern for the safety of their congregation and have begun the process to request a speed limit reduction on a stretch of road in Orange.

The speed limit on a large portion of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive north of Interstate 10 is set at 70 mph. However, for two churches located along MLK Drive, concerns have become paramount for members of each churches congregation as they enter and exit those locations.

First Baptist Church Orange, which is located directly in the middle of a curve along MLK, and Faith United Methodist Church, which is located on the extreme northern side of MLK and is immediately where the limit reduces to 55 mph from 70 mph, are both

interested in having the speed limit permanently reduced.

The long process began at a recent meeting of Orange

County Commissioners Court when Commissioner David Dubose, Precinct 1, asked for a resolution be approved by

First Baptist Church of Orange, shown in background, which is located on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Orange, as well as Faith United Methodist Church of Orange, are interested in having the speed limit lowered from 70 mph to 55 mph out of safety concerns for members of their congregations.

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Commissioners Court to have the speed limit reduced.

“I had the pastors from one of the churches approach me about this,” Dubose said.

“They worry that 70 miles per hour is just too fast. It’s such a concern that First Baptist Church instructs everyone to turn right out of the parking lot when they leave the church because traffic is moving too fast.”

Pastor Barry Bradley of First Baptist Church Orange said the speed limit has been a concern since the church relocated from its previous site to the MLK property.

“We bought this property in 2003 and moved in to the church here in 2013,” Bradley explained. “Before we moved in, during that 10 year period, we had three different incidents where people had lost

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Murder of Dannariah Finley remains unsolved Debby Schamber For The Record

Orange County still mourns the loss of a little girl who was taken from her home on July 4, 2002 and her lifeless body found four days later near the water’s edge in a remote part of Pleasure Island in Port Arthur.

Dannarriah Finley would have been 18 on her birthday July 22, but her life was taken from her when she was just four years old.

All that remains of the young girl’s life is memories and a few belongings.

Her gravesite marks the place where her tiny body was buried. Among the pine needles is a faded photo of her during happier times and some tattered, sun-bleached artificial flowers .

The house where she once lived was destroyed in 2005 during Hurricane Rita when a tree fell through it. Since then the city of Orange has removed the remains of the place she once called home.

As the nation was preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday, Dannarriah’s killer had plans of their own and had taken her from her bed late that night.

Jamie Arnold, Dannarriah’s

One of the last photos taken of Dannarriah Finley, 4, before her July 4, 2002 abduction from her home in Orange.

mother, reported her missing from their residence located in the 1000 block of 4th Street.

Arnold told investigators she had last seen her daughter asleep at 4 a.m. in a white floral shirt and purple shorts. When

she awoke at about 10 a.m., her daughter was nowhere to be found.

Arnold told the officers it was not uncommon for her to leave the front door unlocked at night because her mother of-

ten came by the house.

Once the news was out, the city was flooded with volunteers to help search for the four-year-old girl with the shy smile and long braids. Some volunteers brought helicopters and horses. But it was a pipeline inspector on July 8th who discovered the body.

Everyone held their breath while they waited for autopsy result. Their worst fears came true when it was determined the body was indeed Dannarriah’s even though she was 27 miles from her residence.

Soon after Dannarriah’s body was found, Orange police distributed a picture of a pink, flowered bed sheet in hopes information would come forward. As a result, police were able to collect new leads, some of them proved to be beneficial while others were dead ends.

The bed sheet’s pattern had been discontinued and was like the one that Dannarriah’s body was wrapped. Autopsy results would also confirm she was sexually assaulted before being strangled to death. It is believed the suspect wrapped her body in the sheet that fateful night.

In the days that followed a funeral service was planned at

Mount Zion Baptist Church.

More than 700 mourners arrived to say goodbye. Her tiny body lay in a white casket next to several school photos along with about a dozen pink floral arrangements.

Dannarriah’s mother and father, Johnny Edwards, sat in the front pew near the casket.

Also in attendance were her sisters which were ages 2, 6, and 8 years old at the time.

They would grow up never really knowing their sister.

Danniarrah attended North Early Learning Center in the pre-kindergarten program.

Teachers at the center lovingly put a photo album together filled with pictures of various school functions. The album was then presented to her family.

Detectives from Port Arthur joined forces with OPD to work on the case. Also involved was the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Texas Rangers.

“It is still an open case,” said John Kimbrough, Orange County District Attorney, in a 2013 interview with The Record.

Investigators take the case from the shelves of boxes about every six months in hopes to take another look and perhaps

see something different. They remain hopeful a new tip will come in to solve the case which is always on everyone’s mind.

Until the case is developed and a suspect is identified, the case will not move forward and see the inside of a courtroom, Kimbrough said.

“Initial evidence was pretty thorough, “ Kimbrough said.

The evidence collected was taken to the FBI laboratory to be examined.

It may be the latest technology in forensic analysis which may be the key to solving the case.

“As time goes on, forensic science has improved,” he added. “From experience, we have learned technology has moved forward and this case will be solved forensically in a laboratory. A case is only as good as the initial investigation.”

For all the officers involved, the gift of closure for the family is one they hope to achieve. For them it is seeing the relief and expressions on their face which can make it all worthwhile.

“I hope and pray justice will be served,” Kimbrough said.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Orange Police Department at 409-8831026.

Orange County skyrockets with WWII shipbuilding Jerry Pennington of the Orange County Historical Commission. “You have a city built for, at the most, 10,000 people and you pour 60,000 people in.”

The quiet timber town that Orange had been prior to World War II was no more and, according to Fairchild’s “They Called It The War Effort: Oral Histories from World War II,” some weren’t excited about that while others were happy that what they called the “in-

Dave Rodgers

For The Record

More spectacular than any Fourth of July fireworks show, the explosion of growth in Orange, Texas in the World War II era proved the city has to take a backseat to none when it comes to strapping on its red, white and blue and doing its patriotic duty.

Seventy-five years ago, the awarding of $100 million in federal contracts to the Consolidated Steel, Levingston and Weaver shipyards at the Port of Orange brought the end of the Great Depression for thousands of families, who, in turn, spilled into the city.

Population in Orange, the only Texas city to build warships for the U.S. Navy, rocketed from about 7,500 to 60,000 from 1940 to 1945, the end of World War II. During peak production, more than 22,000 worked in the shipyards.

The workers and machinery delivered 39 destroyers along with approximately 100 destroyer escorts and other smaller ships that played key roles in defeating Germany and Japan.

“The people of Orange stood strong and patriotic during those perilous times,” Beaumont historian Thomas L. Charlton wrote in the afterword of Louis Fairchild’s 1993 book “They Called It The War Effort.”

But Orange’s effort didn’t end with the close of World War II. Nor did it begin in 1940, as the U.S. readied for its entry into the conflict.

Records show that shipyards at Orange had supplied vessels used in the Civil War and it was World War I that caused the Port of Orange to be dredged in 1914 to accommodate large ships.

At the end of World War II, Orange was chosen as one of eight Reserve Fleet locations because of its shipyards and the Sabine River’s abundant supply of fresh water to prevent saltwater corrosion. The shipbuilding command there became a U.S. Naval Station charged with preserving the surplus ships.

As many as 850 Navy personnel were assigned there during the Korean War, when 30 ships were reactivated and sent abroad for combat.

By the late 1960s, there were as many as 250 ships berthed in Orange, but the government closed the ship maintenance operation in the mid-70s and by 1980, no ships remained.

Most were sold or scrapped.

Some were transferred to the Beaumont Reserve Fleet on the Neches River.

flux” brought in people with a diverse range of interests and customs.

In addition to new homes, the growth brought new schools and new teachers who worked long hours to serve children with constantly working parents. New churches were created and existing ones expanded to minister to the new residents.

The universal war-time sacrifice of rationing of daily

goods like gasoline and sugar was exacerbated by the suffocating demand.

But tough times require tough people and Orange has always had plenty of those. The roster of those who lived through the World War II shipbuilding boom is dwindling, though.

“An awful lot of other people would have no clue,” Pennington said.

A destroyer is launched at the Port of Orange in 1943. East Orange and Louisiana are in the background. There are flags and men on the deck of the ship.

Source: Heritage House Museum, The Portal to Texas History.

The USS Aulick, launched on March 2, 1942, was the first combatant warship built for the U.S. Navy on the Gulf Coast. It was one of 12 destroyers launched at the Port in 1942, a group that fought in every major engagement in the Pacific Ocean and received a total of 100 battle stars.

The USS Charles Ausburn, USS Claxton and USS Dyson were members of the Little Beaver Squadron and received a Presidential Citation for action on Thanksgiving morning, 1943, when they sank five Japanese destroyers.

Two of the destroyers built in Orange were honored for capturing an enemy submarine in-

tact.

Of course, the successes of the shipbuilding efforts did not come without plenty of sacrifice – for longtime residents and newcomers alike.

Most immediately, there was no place for workers to sleep when they weren’t working 10hour shipyard shifts.

Eventually, more than 6,000 modest houses were built near the port in what came to be known as the Navy Park District. But it was also quite common for Orange residents to rent out cot space, sometimes in shifts that saw a night-shift worker crawl into a bed just vacated by a day-shift worker.

“It was like a gold rush,” said

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Tales from the pit: ‘Smell My Que’ The Late Robert Hankins For The Record

W

ell it’s that time of year again. Get the old grill out and throw on some moo cow.

You just need a pit, fire, meat and a little spice. And for the adventurous, marinade.

I don’t really even have a pit, iust a $14 piece of crap from Sav-Mor. But you know, it works pretty good, and only took three hours to assemble since the instructions were written in Japanese. This is how Tokyo gets revenge from World War II. And grilling is how we get revenge on our neighbors for making us smell their ‘cue all the time.

I guess it could have been a woman – but it was probably a guy – who figured out that to cool the fire down, just throw a little beer on there.

He probably had a Pabst in his hand and said, “Hey, this is kind of like water, right?”

And that guy should get a posthu-

Wieners

mous award, because it’s one of the official rules of ‘cue – a tradition carefully passed down.

I like to marinade my moo cow in red wine, usuRobert Hankins ally chianti, which inevitably leads to stupid jokes about Hannibal Lecter and fava beans.

Your spouse will appreciate that, trust me, since silly off-hand comments are what a true pit-master is all about.

Because that’s what you are. You are THE PITMASTER. And there you stand, tongs at the ready.

You see the houses all around. Oh look– there’s some neighbors doing yard work.

“Yeah, you want to be right here

don’t you?

You want to be standing over this fire. You want to eat this moo cow, don’t you? Well smell it, baby. SMELL my ‘Cue.” Failure on the part of the neighbors to actually smell the ‘cue constitutes a lack of one of the five senses – probably smell.

Oh sure, you could invite them over. But did they ever invite you over when they grilled moo cow?

HELL NO!!!

It’s fine to wave, say hello and talk about the weather, but when it comes to ‘cue – this is serious business.

Very, very serious, and next time you find yourself over hot coals and moo cow, take a look around. See what’s out there, and know your pit smoke is going to many places.

It’s going out to the world.

And that you have done well.

And get a big grin on your face and say, “Smell it, baby.

SMELL MY ‘Cue.”

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the old New York Polo Grounds during the winter.

He called them “Dachshund sandwiches,” but a New York Post cartoonist couldn’t spell dachshund, so when he drew the cartoon, he called them hot dogs.

Size does matter The length of the average hot dog is about seven inches.

Although, it is common to go up to a foot long for those with a bigger appetite or for simply the love of hot dogs.

The longest hot dog measured 668 feet 7.62 inches and was made in Paraguay at the Expoferia in July 2011. The hot dog and bun were entirely edible. Following the successful record attempt, the hot dog was cut into 2000 portions and distributed to the public.

The hot dog was created to commemorate Paraguay’s 200th anniversary as a country, according to the Guiness Book of World Records.

Hot dogs are now made by hundreds of companies all across the globe, and each company has its own secret recipe. In general, hot dogs contain meat such as beef, pork or chicken, meat fat, a cereal filler such as bread crumbs, oatmeal or flour, a little egg white, and spices such as onion, garlic, salt and pepper. However, there are also added perservatives, coloring and sodium nitrate that can be found in store-bought hot dogs.

The ingredients are blended together in a meat grinder or a food processor, and then stuffed into sausage casings.

Most of the hot dogs from nearby stores are stuffed into synthetic collagen casings.

Most of time, the famous snap when biting into a hot dog is long gone and can only be accomplished when using natural casings.

ions, sport peppers, bright green relish, dill pickles, and celery salt, but they exclude the popular ketchup.

Many variations are named after regions other than the one in which they are popular.

Italian hot dogs which are popular in New Jersey include peppers, onions, and potatoes.

Meaty Michigan hot dogs are popular in upstate New York, while beefy Coney Island hot dogs are popular in Michigan.

In New York City, conventional hot dogs are available on Coney Island, as are bagel dogs. Hot wieners, or weenies, are a staple in Rhode Island where they are sold at restaurants.

Texas hot dogs are spicy variants like those found in upstate New York and Pennsylvania. A favorite in New Jersey is “all the way dog.”

park in the country. In 2005, they sold more than 1.6 million hot dogs during their games.

The Fenway signature is a hot dog which is boiled and grilled Fenway-style, and then served on a New Englandstyle bun, covered with ketchup and relish. Often during Red Sox games, vendors traverse the stadium selling the hot dogs plain, giving customers the choice of adding the condiments.

But, hot dogs are not only for those watching a ball game.

Babe Ruth is said to have eaten 12 hot dogs and drink eight bottles of soda between games of a double header. He was later reportedly rushed to the hospital after the game with a severe case of indigestion.

Take me out to the ballpark

There are also several variations on how to cook hot dogs.

There is boiling, grilling, frying, steaming, microwaving and baking. They are even roasted over an open fire on the end of stick.

It is suggested to not puncture the hot dog when cooking it since the juices will run out which can result in a tough and dry hot dog. Hot dogs are a good item to freeze for up to 3 months. With most standard cooking methods, the hot dogs can go straight from the freezer to the pot or grill.

The association between hot dogs and baseball began as early as 1893 with Chris von der Ahe, a German immigrant. who owned not only the St. Louis Browns, but also an amusement park.

Some baseball parks have signature hot dogs, such as Fenway Franks at Fenway Park in Boston and Dodger Dogs at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Dodger Stadium is hot dog heaven, selling the most hot dogs per year out of any ball-

Caring for your wiener

At the end of the day and the hot dogs have put a smile on everyone’s face, store unopened packages in the refrigerator and consume by the manufacturer’s use-by-date.

Opened packages may be stored in a sealed plastic bag in the refrigerator and used within three days of opening, according to Kraft foods.

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year’s event will also be allowed to bring coolers for snacks and beverages, but glass containers are not allowed on the premises.

Unlike most other events sponsored by the Orange Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Fourth of July music and fireworks event could be impacted by weather. Rain has been an ongoing issue most of the spring and into the summer, so a watchful eye will be kept on the coming week’s weather.

“We will schedule a webinar later this week to get a better idea of what the weather might be like on Monday,” Judice added. “Then we will know how to proceed for Monday after that.”

Area residents are encouraged to goo online to www.orangetexas.org or check out the Orange CVB’s Facebook.

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lower but we know there is a problem there too. That’s why we didn’t want to try a temporary fix on the track surface because it probably wouldn’t last but two or three years and we would be faced with the same problems again.”

Another project, which Patterson hopes to have underway in the coming weeks, will be the repaving of the parking lot which is located behind the high school near the fieldhouse.

“This parking lot receives a lot of heavy traffic,” Patterson said. “It’s mainly where our school buses run, but it is where we receive a lot of deliveries from big trucks.

“We have already negotiated with the county to do the work for us, and it will cost about $80,000. We’re just at the mercy of the weather and the county completing the other projects ahead of us.”

Other projects and needs which have been completed this summer include the purchase of a new school bus, which cost approximately $90,000, as well as having another school bus refurbished by the Texas Department of Corrections.

A complete paint job to the 200 building at the high school has already been done, technology improvements made to various campuses and a new ornamental iron cutter purchased for students to use in the welding department.

“In the past, we were fortunate if we had additional money left at the end of the school year from the budget,” Patterson added.

“But it might only be $90,000 or $100,000 in a good year, and you could buy one bus and maybe pave a parking lot. We were limited on what we could do. Now that voters approved the tax ratification election, we can go out and get things done for our students.”

Local Walk with Doc events celebrate first anniversary Bridge City residents of allages are encouraged to lace up their walking shoes and join Tracie Updike, MD, for the first anniversary Walk With a Doc event. The free walk will commemorate the one year of Dr. Updike’s participation in the program.

Walking is the single best thing for a long, high quality life.

The walk will be Saturday, July 2, at 7:30 am and followed by every Saturday at 7:30 am. It will be at the Bridge City Elementary School, 1029 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City.

Visit MeAndMyDoctor.com for interesting and timely news on health care issues affecting patients and their physicians.

Some like it hot Hot dogs may be served plain, but are commonly served with a variety of condiments, including ketchup, mustard, chile con carne, pickle relish, sauerkraut, onion, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and chili peppers.

In 2005, the US-based National Hot Dog & Sausage Council found mustard to be the most popular condiment, with 32 percent of respondents preferring it; 23 percent of Americans said they preferred ketchup; chili con carne came in third at 17 percent, followed by relish at 9 percent and onions at 7 percent.

Southerners showed the strongest preference for chili, while Midwesterners showed the greatest affinity for ketchup.

Condiments vary across the country. All-beef Chicagostyle hot dogs are topped with mustard, fresh tomatoes, on-

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From The Creaux’s Nest THANK GOD FOR OUR INDEPENDENCE Lower gas prices, strong consumer confidence and a strong economy will lead to more families hitting the road this Fourth of July weekend. A record 41.3 million Americans will be traveling. This tops the previous record set in 2007.

This summer, for the same reasons, all time vacation travel records are expected to be broken. The number of travelers is expected to be 10.7 percent higher than the average number during the last 15 years. AAA estimates that United States drivers have saved $20 billion on gasoline so far this year compared to the same period last year. Gas prices are 46 cents a gallon lower. You hear people putting our country down but the above proves this is still a great country. This Independence Day is a good time for us to celebrate the good fortune of living in the greatest country on earth and be thankful for all its benefits. Ignore those who run down our country. It’s not perfect but it’s by far the best. *****I have to move on, I have a long way to go in just a little time. Please come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

SUPREME COURT KNOCKS DOWN PERRY LAW Texas governor Rick Perry signed HB2 into law during a special legislative session in July 2013 and Monday the Supreme Court issued its strongest defense of abortion rights in a quarter-century, striking down Texas’ rules that sharply reduced abortion clinics in the nation’s second-most-populous state. By a 5-3 vote, the justices rejected the state’s arguments that its 2013 law and follow-up regulations were needed to protect women’s health. The rules required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and forced clinics to meet hospital-like standards for outpatient surgery. The clinics that challenged the law argued that it was merely an attempt to make it harder for women to get abortions by forcing the closure of more than half the roughly 40 clinics that operated before the law took effect. Justice Stephen Breyer’s majority opinion for the court held that the regulations are medically unnecessary and unconstitutionally limit women’s right to abortions. Breyer wrote that “the surgical-center requirement, like the admitting privileges requirement, provides few, if any, health benefits for women, poses a substantial obstacle to women seeking abortions and constitutes an ‘undue burden’ on their constitutional right to do so.” Thirteen states have similar requirements, enacted as part of a wave of abortion restrictions that Republican states have imposed in recent years. Others include limits on when in a pregnancy abortions may be performed and the use of drugs that induce abortions without surgical intervention. Justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joined Breyer’s majority. Ginsburg wrote a short opinion noting that laws like Texas’ “that do little or nothing for health, but rather strew impediments to abortion, cannot survive judicial inspection” under the court’s earlier abortion-rights decisions. Justice Antonin Scalia, died in February. Scalia has not yet been replaced, so only eight justices voted. The Supreme Court sent a loud and clear message that politicians cannot use deceptive means to shut down abortion clinics. President Barack Obamapraised the decision; Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called the outcome “a victory for women inTexas and across America.” Texas passed a broad bill imposing several abortion restrictions in 2013.

CONDOLENCES John Cooper, age 86, a native of Wild Horse, Texas, passed away June 23. Funeral services were held Monday, June 27. John was a great guy to know. The country boy never met a stranger. After serving in the Army during the Korean conflict, he came to Orange and went into the banking business until his retirement in 1994. As the saying goes, the rest is history. John wore many hats all the years he lived in Orange. His obituary reads like a Who’s Who of OrangeCounty. Besides all his other accomplishments, he had over 55 years perfect attendance in the Rotary Club. We are proud to have known him throughout the years. Condolences to his wife Elaine and the family. Please see obituary.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 10 Years Ago-2006 Orange County citizens celebrate July 4.*****.In the Record Newspaper Mark Dunn wrote a story “Root Hog or Die” about theBailey family and recalled an interview with Fred Bailey 30 years earlier. Survivors of that 1900 Galveston hurricane, Henry and Mary Bailey had fled the island and purchased acreage along the Sabine Lake shallow, Old River Cove. The couple raised seven boys and three girls on a strip of raised land that Henry and his sons dredged from the lake on the marshy Orange Countyside of the Dryden Ferry causeway. On July 4, 1926, they opened a store where the family lived on the barest of means. The establishment would become known as Bailey’s Fish Camp. It was located where the causeway emptied onto a shell road that connected to Orangefield, West Orange and Highway 90 where travelers

crossed the Sabine River, also by ferry, into Louisiana. (Editor’s note: In the article Mark goes on to describe the hard life. The Bailey’s still have off spring in the area. Some are theJohnny Montagne family. Johnny’s mother was Henry and Mary’s daughter Caroline. Johnny recalls many of his days were spent with Grandma Bailey. Mark describes how son Rob married the pretty, Katherine Hepburn looking, Sue Young in 1941 and the couple moved on the point, down at the end of the road. It became known as Rob’s Place. Sue also has many survivors left in the area. All the early players are now gone. It’s a piece of history that sets the area, now Bridge City, apart. It would be 70 years since the Bailey’s left Galveston and the city was then incorporated.*****About some of our citizens: Wilson and V.J. Roberts moved away from Bridge City to Duncan Woods.***** Richard Corder is at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas. The radio personality has been on the radio 56 years. He started with Baxter and Les Ledet in Port Arthur and has been with KOGT 52 years. (Editor’s note: Richard has since passed away.)*****Constable Parker Thompson is finally out of hospital. (Editor’s note: P.T. has also passed on.)*****Judge Derry Dunn had knee surgery and will be out of the JP’s office a couple of weeks. Judge Joe Parkhurst is vacationing so two lady judges, Janice Menard and Sherrie Smith, are holding down the fort. *****James and Janet Fontenot, her an Orange native and James from Washington, LA., have lived in Orange many years but now that he is retired from Dupont, they are building a home in Georgetown where they plan to spend the rest of their lives. They will be missed in Orange. (Editor’s note: James recently died but Janet continues to live inGeorgetown.)*****Mayor Brown and Linda Claybar are the grandparents of new born Lucy Margaret Latours. *****Robert Fredrick, 74, died July 6. *****Barry Murchison, new Bridge City Rotary president, replaces Ronnie Hutchison. Jerry McInnis is recognized with a community service award. Dr. Albert Pugh is recognized for 25 years perfect attendance. (Editor’s note: I bet its 35 years now.)*****Since the invasion of Iraq, Halliburton’s stock has gone from $9 to $82 a share. Dick Cheney’s blind trust ain’t doing too bad.*****Dickie Colburn writes a story on Coach Sam Moore’s Zone Academy where Coach Moore teaches youngsters about baseball.*****Billy LeLeaux and his trusted sidekick, JoeD a “Chi-weenie” dog, can be seen daily around Orangefield in Billy’s golf cart running the mail route. He doesn’t have any mail but he runs the route and the folks like seeing Billy and JoeD making the rounds.*****GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Terry Hoffpauir Jr., 35, of Orange, died June 30 in Salina, Kansas.

He served 17 years in the U.S. Army and was currently an E-7 Platoon Sgt. He had served in the Gulf War and Iraq and received many service awards and decorations. He is survived by his wife Michelle Hoffpauir, daughters Kayla, Magan, Priscilla, Madison, Reagan and Jetta, sons, Terry W. III, Jackson Greene and Drew Shamburg.*****Ida Belle Spell Landry, 87, longtime resident of Orange and B ridge City passed awaySunday, July 2. She is preceded in death by her husband, Felix “Lou” Landry. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law,Elaine and Larry Padgett, son and daughter-in-law, Dwight and Sharon Landry, six grandchildren. 11 great-grandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild. ******James Tanner “J.T.” Sparks, Sr., 73, of Orange died Monday, July 3. He was a Mechanical Foreman for Gulf States Utilities where he retired after 38 years. He was a 32-degree Mason. His favorite pastime was gardening and being with his family and friends. He is survived by his loving wife, Lala Sparks, sons Tanner and Randy,daughter Ometta, brother Cecil Sparks, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

40 Years Ago-1976 Orange County judges attend statewide seminar. Judges attending are Justice of the Peace Marlin Shelton, Pct. 2, Martin Ardoin, JP Pct. 3, Claude Wimberley, JP Pct. 1.*****The Bridge City Youth Baseball season is over. The Dodgers, coached byDavid Riddling, Bert Clark and John Brown, won the Pony League championship. Players are John Garriga, Grey Guillotte, Dean Pepper, Chuck Guilhas, Kenny Hass, Jody LaBouve, Trey Broussard, Clint Menard, Eric Ridley, Bucky Thompson, Brent Huckaby, Donnie LeTulle and Tony Harrenger. *****Three Cities proclaim “Roy and Crystal WingateDay” signed by Mayor A.R. Morgan, Pinehurst, Mayor Glenn Seale, West Orange, and Paul Hale, City of Orange mayor.*****Gordon and Diane Baxter have just returned from a trip to Israel. Roy Dunn is sporting a blue, Evil Eye, around his neck, a gift from Diane from the trip. Roy is not rightly sure what the significance of the Evil Eye is. (Editor’s note: I wonder if he ever found out or even knows where it is.)

A FEW HAPPENINGS It’s hard to believe that Dannarriah Finley would be 18 years old. She was kidnapped, murdered and her little four years old body dumped at Pleasure Island where the wild animals torn at her body. To date no one has been charged with the crime. The lapse of time favors the murdered. I hate to believe this one got away and don’t know who to blame it on. *****We were sorry to hear of the death of our longtime friend Timothy Frank Knight, 76, who died on June 23.

Tim was a resident of Groves. He was a retired chemist and also a writer who wrote for our publication. He recorded much of the history of the area, sports figures and musicians, including the youngsters who recorded the “Gulf Coast” sound. He wrote a book on the “Big Bopper” and alsoHarry Choate and Gordon Baxter. Tim’s wife recently passed away. His obituary had not yet been released by Levingston Funeral Home in Groves. Visitation will be Saturday, July 2, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Service will be Sunday, July 3, at 2 p.m. Tim was a prince of a guy. I’m proud to have known him. *****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch gathered at JB’s Barbeque last week. The Orange Police Department and Animal Control spent about an hour trying to get a four-foot alligator to come out of a culvert. The gaiter won. It even turned down JB’s great ribs. Wilson Roberts made his first outing after heart surgery. He sat next to the sheriff so they could talk about policing. H.D. Pate showed up and it was good to have him out.

Judge Jimmy Scales attended with two of the nice ladies from the City of Bridge City work force. Joe Kazmar, who has been writing a local sports column for over 40 years stayed off of the golf course to break bread and fellowship with some great folks. This week, the Bunch dines atRobert’s Restaurant and next week at PK’s Grill. Everyone always welcome. *****Two biggest lies repeated everyday on TV, “Fair and Balanced” and “The No Spin Zone.”*****A few folks we know celebrating birthdays in the next few days.

On June 29, longtime legal secretary Barbara Mulhollan celebrates as does pretty Ann Lieby, Jana Fisette, Rebecca Griffin, Lester Morris and Katie Keneson. Celebrities having birthdays on this day are actor Gary Busey, 72 and singer Nicole Scherzinger,37.*****June 30 finds West Orange mayor Roy McDonald celebrates his special day. So does Nancy Wood, Chris Huebel, Betty Derrick and Beverly Haggard. They join boxer Mike Tyson, 50, Olympic

swimmer Michael Phelps, 31 and country singer Cole Swindell, 33. *****On July 1, Charlie Learned, Dian Arnold, and Jeff Eby all celebrate. They are joined by actorsPamela Anderson (Baywatch), 49, Dan Akroyd, 64 and Liv Tyler, 39.*****On July 2, Kee-Kee’s better half, Nancy Dupuiscelebrates as does Lisa Wilson and Maria Garcia. Also having birthdays on July 2 are actress Lindsay Lohan, 30, baseball player Jose Canseco, 52 and race car driver Richard Petty, 79.*****On July 3, A nice lady, Ellen Ray, has a birthday as does Betty Richard, Kathy Simmons and Thomas Findlay.

Also mayor of Pinehurst, former judge, Pete Runnels, celebrates on this day. They are joined by actor Tom Cruise, 54 and TV show host Montel Williams, 60.*****On July 4, our country’s Independence Day, Kellie Derouen, Katy Maloney, Kathie Wilson and Lillie Mae Henderson all celebrate. Celebrities having birthdays on this day are President Obama’s daughter, Malia Obama, 18, TV show host Geraldo Rivera, 73 and soul singer Bill Withers, 78.*****July 5 finds Billy Boehme, Debbie Moreau, Charlotte Pruter, Shane Hanks and Pat McCombecelebrating birthdays.

They join TV show host Judge Joe Brown, 69, Sopranos actress Edie Falco, 53 and rock singer Huey Lewis, 66.*****Lisa Alamia, from Rosenberg, Texas, awoke from jaw surgery to find she had developed a British accent. The rare neurological disorder has affected less than 100 people worldwide in the last 100 years. I’ve been accused of speaking in tongues in my sleep, maybe that’s common. My partner says it’s hard to tell what the accent is but it’s a foreign language.*****The $2.08 trillion erased from global equity markets Friday after the U..K voted to leave the European Union was the largest one-day loss ever. Warren Buffett alone lost $2.3 billion.

Now the British government is in chaos. The citizens who were conned into voting to leave were fed lies. Now they are having “buyers remorse.” The markets in the U.S. could suffer with the economy taking a dive, if the American people don’t make the right decision in November in picking a leader. The volatile times will require a cool head at the wheel.*****Keith Wallace, of Reliable Cleaners, will clean any 4x6 flag free of charge. One time Keith ran an ad for free flag cleaning and ended up working two days. It’s quite an undertaking cleaning the large flag at Sabine River Ford.*****Over the past 25 years, $93.6 million was paid to 101 men and women for being wrongfully imprisoned in Texas. You have to wonder how many more there are.*****We had a nice phone visit with longtime friend, attorney Alan Sanders, who is with the law firm of Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaad and Smith in Houston. Alan still gets to Orange a few times a month. He is one of the most intelligent people I know and a great guy..

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK When Leroy Comeaux was a little boy, da family called him “Teneg.” He lived in da country at Mouton Cove. Da family lived in a house dat have no indoor plumbing. His Papa wanted da best for his family so he built dem a “twoholer” outhouse.

Wen Teneg saw Papa accidentally drop a quarter in da hole, he noticed dat his Papa was tinking bout something, den he reach in his overhaul pocket, pull out a dollar bill and drop it in da hole where da quarter fell.

Teneg axed, “Papa, why you dropped dat dollar bill in da hole hanh?”

“Well, Teneg, its like dis, I jus didn’t have da heart me to send you down dere for jus a quarter.”

C’EST TOUT You don’t have to go far, the Stark cultural venues can be enjoyed right here at home free of charge all summer from July 1 to Sept. 5. Families can enjoy Shangri La Botanical Gardens and the Stark Museum of Art. All outpost tours at Shangri La Gardens will also be free. Hours are 9 a.m to 5 p.m, Tuesday through Saturday. We are indeed fortunate to have world class venues located right here in Orange County.

Thanks to the Stark Foundation for allowing our citizens to enjoy these very special places at no charge. Personally, I’m always thankful to the Foundation for all the great things they do for our benefit. They are a big reason our county sits apart from the rest.*****The Democrats on the House Select committee on Benghazi issued their report Monday absolving former secretary Hillary Clinton of blame in the terror attacks in 2012. “We hope our report will put to rest the conspiracy theories about Benghazi and return focus to the goal of improving the security of Americans serving abroad.” A large part of the report attacks chairman Trey Gowdy and the Republicans for using the investigation as a political attack on Clinton. The committee has spent $7 million tax payer funds in one of the longest, most partisan congressional investigations in history. A dozen different hearings involving 80 witnesses have been held, including testimony by Sec. Clintonfor seven hours. She was exonerated in the hearing.

Chairman Gowdy continues to bring it back up claiming more witnesses.Gowdy said the Republican report would be published before the nation convention. Anyone with a third grade education can see through all the hogwash and know that at the bottom of the barrel it’s all politics going back to day one. Watch for the GOP to come out with a report Donald Trump can football Hillary with. There is no smoking gun. *****Well, my time is up. I sure thank you for yours.

Please read us cover to cover and shop our family of advertisers when you can. If you’re on the road this Fourth of July weekend please be careful. Watch for the other drivers; don’t take for granted what they will do. Stay prepared.Take care and God bless and have a nice holiday.

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Clint Black, Dwight Yoakum schedule Beaumont events

By Tommy Mann Jr. The Record

Summer is about to really heat up for country music fans as two well known country artists are headed for Southeast Texas this August.

Clint Black and Dwight Yoakum are hitting the tour trail this summer and both country music artists have scheduled separate events in the Golden Triangle, which will surely please country music fans in Southeast Texas.

Clint Black will perform at 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 4, inside the Julie Rogers Theatre in downtown Beaumont. Tickets are $43 - $65 each and are on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets, including the Beau-

mont Civic Center box office, HEB Plus on Dowlen Road in Beaumont, online at www.ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 800-745-3000.

Black, 54, is touring in support of his September 2015 release, “On Purpose,” his first studio album of original material in 10 years. The album peaked at number 13 on the U.S. Country albums chart and features a diverse mix of music for the Katy, Texas-resident.

The song “You Still Get to Me” is the third duet with his wife, Lisa Hartman Black, while the tracks “Beer” and “Better and Worse” are considered to be some of his most upbeat songs ever recorded.

“I really don’t want to conform to what other people

think I should be doing with my music,” Black said in a press release. “Instead, I’ll take my chances being me.”

Black has sold more than 20 million albums around the world. He has released 57 singles, 22 of which peaked at number one on the singles chart and 31 of which were Top 10 smashes.

He is best known for his hit singles “Killin’ Time,” “Nobody’s Home,” “A Better Man,” “Loving Blind,” “A Good Run of Bad Luck,” “Like the Rain,” “Spend My Time” and many

more.

Visit www.clintblack.com for more information on this artist and his upcoming tour.

Grammy Award winning artist Dwight Yoakum will perform at 8 p.m., Friday, Aug. 19, inside the Julie Rogers Theatre in downtown Beaumont. Tickets are $44.50 - $74.50 each and go on sale at 10 a.m., Friday, July 1, at all Ticketmaster outlets, including the Beaumont Civic Center box office, HEB Plus on Dowlen Road in Beaumont, online at www.ticketmaster.com or charge by

phone at 800-745-3000.

Yoakum, 59, has sold more than 25 million records around the world since his debut in the early 1980s. Over the course of his career, he has five number one albums to his credit, which includes 12 gold albums, nine platinum albums and the multi-platinum record, “This Time.”

Yoakum is touring in support of his April 2015 release, “Second Hand Heart,” which peaked at number two on the U.S. Country albums chart and number 18 on the Billboard

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He has released 46 singles, which includes the number one hits “Streets of Bakersfield” and “I Sang Dixie.” Other well known tracks include “Guitars, Cadillacs,” “Fast as You,” “A Thousand Miles from Nowhere,” “You’re the One,” “Ain’t That Lonely Yet” and many more.

Visit www.dwightyoakum. com for more information on this artist. Visit www.discoverbeaumont.com for more information on events in the City of Beaumont and its facilities.

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Overdose Prevention Staff Report - For The Record Just before his 25th birthday, Miles McEntee died of a heroin overdose last June in the Austin apartment he shared with his younger sister. Kelly McEntee wonders if her son might still be alive if he or his sister, Taylor, had a dose of naloxone in the medicine cabinet.

Naloxone, often known by the brand name Narcan, is available as a nasal spray, a pre-loaded injectable shot or in a vial that can be administered with a syringe. When a person overdoses on an opioid, their breathing and pulse slow, leading to brain damage or death. A dose of naloxone stops those effects for 60 to 90 minutes by binding to the brain’s opioid receptors and essentially switching them off. Naloxone doesn’t “cure” an overdose because opioids remain in the bloodstream for at least four to six hours, but it creates a window during which a person can receive emergency care.

“If [Taylor] had had naloxone, if she’d known about it, been trained on it and had that awareness, things might have gone differently with Miles,” McEntee said.

When Miles died, naloxone was only available in Texas to people with a doctor’s prescription. Beginning Tuesday morning, Texans will be able to obtain naloxone without a prescription at any of 715 Walgreens pharmacies in the state, Walgreens spokesman Phil Caruso confirmed.

The change comes because of Senate Bill 1462, which took effect last September, authorizing doctors to write a standing order allowing anyone to get the drug; Texas is one of 33 states with such a law on the books. Alicia Kowalchuk, an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine, wrote the standing order for Walgreens pharmacies in May. Last week, the Texas Pharmacy Association announced it has issued a statewide standing order that will allow all pharmacists who complete an hourlong training course to administer naloxone. Public health workers and activists are hailing it as a major step forward in Texas’s

fight against the opioid epidemic.

The rate of drug overdose deaths in Texas — 9.68 per 100,000 people — is lower than the national rate of 14.68, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the state also is home to four of the country’s 25 cities with the highest rates of opioid abuse — Texarkana, Amarillo, Odessa and Longview, according to a report by healthcare information company Castlight Health. And the growing prevalence of prescription painkiller and heroin abuse has driven a dramatic surge in drug overdoses nationally and in the Lone Star State, where the rate of overdose deaths increased 80 percent from 1999 to 2014. “[Naloxone] is great because it prevents people from dying of this disease of opioid abuse,” Kowalchuk said.

When the Texas Pharmacy Association order takes effect Aug. 1, the drug will be available for anyone who can afford the $50 to $100 price at any pharmacy that chooses to participate; Medicaid covers naloxone in Texas.

Mark Kinzly, co-founder of the Texas Overdose Naloxone Initiative, said the statewide standing order will allow people who might not regularly see a doctor to access naloxone. It also lets family and friends of opioid users to obtain it as a pre-

caution. If they discover a loved one experiencing an overdose, they’ll be prepared to respond.

Keeping naloxone nearby is especially important for households where someone has been prescribed an opioid painkiller because many opioid overdoses occur to people who have legitimate prescriptions for the medications, Kowalchuk said. In 2013, the state reported 622 deaths due to opioid overdoses — but the Houston Chronicle and Austin American-Statesman counted 798 prescription drug-related deaths in just five counties, indicating that opioid deaths may be more common in Texas than the official numbers show.

Kinzly believes stigma and misconceptions surrounding drug addiction are hampering public policy solutions to the opioid epidemic.

Last year, Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed House Bill 225, which would have established a “Good Samaritan” law so that someone calling 911 to report an overdose wouldn’t be prosecuted for possessing a small amount of drugs. Just two legislators voted against the bill. At the time, Abbott issued a statement saying the bill could have been misused by drug dealers and habitual abusers.

“I think when people hear that there’s an opioid epidemic, they immediately think that it’s the guy on the corner or behind the dumpster

shooting heroin,” Kinzly said.

“That’s not what’s driving this epidemic. This epidemic is being driven by pain medications, not illicit drugs.”

Jane Maxwell, a research professor at the University of Texas-Austin who has studied drug use in Texas for 40 years, said there’s a direct link between painkillers and heroin use because they affect the brain in similar ways. According to the CDC, deaths from prescription painkillers more than tripled nationwide from 2001 to 2014, while the number of heroin deaths increased sixfold.

“For a long time, the pain medications were being overprescribed,” Maxwell said. “People who have become addicted to those drugs may shift to heroin because they’re in withdrawal and they’re gonna be sick as they can be if they don’t get an opiate drug in their system.”

For Miles McEntee, as for many Americans, prescription painkillers preceded heroin. A wrist injury when he was in high school required surgery and physical therapy, but his family couldn’t afford all the treatments he needed and pain continued to bother him, Kelly McEntee said. Miles, who loved skateboarding and frequently brought home stray animals, started using heroin a few years before he died. To his mother, everything seemed to happen quickly: the painkillers, the heroin, a bright period when he seemed to be doing better, and then his death.

Kelly McEntee said she will always wonder what might have happened a year ago if her children had had access to naloxone.

“I’m happy that the naloxone’s out there because that is another tool in the tool belt for people,” she said. “I think it’ll save a lot of lives. And it could have saved his, who knows.”

Disclosure: The University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Pharmacy Association have been financial supporters of The Texas Tribune. A complete list of Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed here.

Plan while you can

Staff Report - For The Record

A prisoner in his own body.

This is how Sean Carter describes his life following his fateful decision 11 years ago to get into a vehicle driven by a drunk driver. When the driver slammed into a tree, then-22-year-old Sean was left severely injured and unable to walk or talk.

“Don’t drink and drive,” Sean said, via the aid of an iPad. “And please, don’t make my mistake of riding with someone who has been drinking. If I knew then that my decision would affect the rest of my life, you can bet I would not have gotten in that car.”

Today, Sean continues his life’s mission of warning others about the consequences of drinking and driving by sharing his story through the Texas Department of Transportation’s “Plan While You Can” campaign. The campaign is intended to save lives and decrease alcohol-related crashes all year long, but with a particular emphasis during holidays such as the upcoming Fourth of July weekend. During the 2015 Fourth of July weekend,* there were 355 alcohol-related crashes in Texas, resulting in 19 fatalities and 32 serious injuries.

“Drinking and driving is stupid!” said Texas Transportation Commissioner Jeff Moseley.

“The concept is simple: Save

your own life and the lives of others by planning for a sober ride.”

The “Plan While You Can” campaign – which coincides with an increase in drunk driving enforcement along with local no-refusal efforts – includes a multi-city tour that stops at shopping malls in Austin, Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock and Waco. Shoppers are invited to test their driving skills during a two-minute interactive game that simulates sober-to-impaired driving conditions, including difficulty in steering, delayed reactions and blurred vision. In addition, two large video monitors will allow mall shoppers to watch 30-second videos from the Faces of Drunk Driving website featuring Sean’s story as well as other stories from drunk driving crash victims in Texas.

Drivers under the influence of alcohol can face up to $17,000 in fines and legal fees, the loss of a job and other costs. As always, TxDOT strongly encourages everyone to plan for a sober ride before going out. Visit SoberRides.org to find alternatives to drinking and driving, such as: • Calling a taxi or using a transportation app on your smartphone.

• Using mass transit.

• Asking a sober friend or family member for a ride home.

• Spending the night.

There’s no safe way to use consumer fireworks!

There’s no safe way to use consumer fireworks!

NFPA shares eye-opening statistics and recommends revelers attend public fireworks displays put on by trained professionals June 28, 2016 – As the Fourth of July approaches, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is reminding the public that there’s no safe way to use consumer fireworks. According to NFPA, coordinator of the Alliance to Stop Consumer Fireworks, U.S. fire departments responded to an annual average of 18,500 fires caused by fireworks between 2009 and 2013. These fires included 1,300 structure fires, 300 vehicle fires, 16,900 outside and other fires, and killed two people per year.

Last year, two NFL players made headlines by losing fingers in accidents involving fireworks. The two separate highprofile incidents raised awareness about the dangers of consumer fireworks.

Almost half (47 percent) of the fires reported on Independence Day in the U.S. during this period were started by fireworks, more than any other cause of fire. However, the vast majority of fireworks injuries occur without a fire starting.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), more than half of fireworks injuries each year are to extremities – hand or finger (36 percent), legs (14 percent), and arms (5 percent). Most of the remaining injuries were to parts of the head (38 percent), including the eye (16 percent of total).

“Each year, thousands of people are injured from using consumer fireworks and some of those injuries are extremely serious,” said Lorraine Carli, NFPA’s vice president of Outreach and Advocacy. “Even sparklers, which are often thought of as harmless enough for children to hold, burn at 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit and can cause significant injuries.”

The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s 2014 Fireworks Annual Report shows fireworks were involved in an

estimated 10,500 injuries that were treated in hospital emergency departments across the United States in 2014. The report indicated that 67 percent of these incidents occurred from June 20-July 20, 2014.

That year, there were also 11 non-occupational fireworksrelated deaths in the U.S., several of which involved people who were not using fireworks but were trapped in house fires that were caused by them.

Thirty-five percent of people injured by fireworks were under the age of 15, with children between the ages of five and nine requiring the highest level of emergency treatment. Seventy-four percent of the victims that sustained fireworksrelated injuries were males,

while 26 percent were females.

So how can you celebrate the holiday safely? Attend public fireworks displays put on by trained professionals.

“Knowing the harm fireworks inflict each year, particularly on young people, we urge everyone to leave fireworks to the professionals who are trained to safely put on spectacular displays. It is by far the safest way to enjoy them,” said Carli.

NFPA offers a wealth of information on fireworks safety, including videos and tip sheets that demonstrate just how dangerous consumer fireworks can be.

More fireworks statistics can be found in NFPA’s 2016 Fireworks Report.

About the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Founded in 1896, NFPA is a global, nonprofit organization devoted to eliminating death, injury, property and economic loss due to fire, electrical and related hazards. The association delivers information and knowledge through more than 300 consensus codes and standards, research, training, education, outreach and advocacy; and by partnering with others who share an interest in furthering the NFPA mission. For more information visit www. nfpa.org. All NFPA codes and standards can be viewed online for free at www.nfpa.org/freeaccess.

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USDA reminds Americans to avoid foodborne bacteria on 4th Staff Report - For The Record No matter where you find yourself on the Fourth of July, you will probably see lots of food, beverages and grass-stained sneakers. Whether you’re enjoying a barbecue in the great outdoors, traveling to see family or friends, or spending time at home, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is urging everyone to take extra food safety precautions when planning their menu.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 6 Americans (that’s 48 million people) suffer from foodborne illness each year, resulting in roughly 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths.

“Because foodborne bacteria thrive and multiply more quickly in warmer temperatures, foodborne illness can spike during summer,” said Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety Al Almanza. “This is likely because people are spending more time outside – away from the sink and equipment in the kitchen that help consumers keep food safe.”

The Danger Zone is the temperature range between 40 °F and 140 °F in which foodborne bacteria can grow rapidly to dangerous levels that can cause illness. Leaving perishables out too long in the Danger Zone is one of the most common mistakes people make, especially during warmer months.

Keep Food Out of the Danger Zone The USDA’s Meat and Poultry Hotline, staffed

by USDA food safety experts, routinely gets calls from consumers with questions about the perishable foods left out too long. Below are their recommendations on how to steer clear of the Danger Zone this Fourth of July: • Without refrigeration or a heat

source, perishables should not be left out more than two hours if the temperature is at or below 90 ⁰F, and only one hour if the temperature is at or above 90 ⁰F. Since the weather will likely be very hot on July 4th, food should be returned to the cooler within an hour. If you are not sure how long food has been sitting out, throw it out immediately.

• Always keep cold food COLD, at or below 40 °F, in coolers or in containers with a cold source such as ice or frozen gel packs.

Keep hot food HOT, at or above 140 °F, on the grill or in insulated containers, heated chafing dishes, warming trays and/or slow cookers. If food needs to be reheated, reheat it to 165 °F. • Pack an appliance thermometer in your cooler to ensure food stays at or below 40 °F. Divide large amounts of food into shallow containers for fast chilling and easier use.

• Packing drinks in a separate cooler is strongly recommended, so the food cooler isn’t opened frequently. Keep the cooler in the shade, and try to cover it with a blanket or tarp to keep it cool. Replenish the ice if it melts.

• Use the food thermometer to check the internal temperature of meat, poultry and seafood. Use our Is It Done Yet?guide to learn where to place the thermometer in each item. You absolutely cannot tell whether the meat is safely cooked by just looking.

• If you plan to marinate meat and/or poultry for several hours or overnight prior to the event, make sure to marinate them in the refrigerator – not on the counter. If you plan to reuse the marinade from raw meat or poultry, make sure to boil it first to destroy any harmful bacteria.

• To ensure safety, leftovers

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must be put in shallow containers for quick cooling and refrigerated to 40 ⁰F or belowwithin two hours.

If you have food storage questions, download our FoodKeeper application. This app offers guidance on the safe storage or more than 400 food and beverage items. It’ll give you a peace of mind knowing you served your dish safely.

As always, FSIS would like everyone to remember the four easy food safety steps of Clean,

Separate, Cook and Chill and have a food safe Fourth of July!

If you have questions about the Danger Zone, or any other food safety topics, call the USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline at 1-888MPHotline or chat live with a food safety specialist at AskKaren.gov. These services are available from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, in English and Spanish.

Summer temperatures increase risk of vehicular heatstroke Staff Report - For The Record

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is warning residents that warmer weather places children at greater risk of injury or death if left unattended in a vehicle. Every year children die from heatstroke after being left in a vehicle or entering a vehicle unnoticed. A child should

never be left unattended in a vehicle.

“Because the consequences can be deadly, DPS urges parents and caregivers to always make sure children are accounted for and not left behind in a car,” said DPS Director Steven McCraw. “Members of the public can also do their part to keep kids safe by notifying emergency personnel if they witness a child alone or in distress inside a

vehicle – regardless of the weather.”

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, temperatures inside a car can rise more than 20 degrees in only 10 minutes; and even with an outside temperature of 60 degrees, the temperature inside a car can reach 110 degrees. Leaving windows partially rolled down does not help. In addition, young children are particularly at risk since their bodies heat up faster than an adult.

DPS offers the following tips for preventing vehicular heatstroke deaths and injuries: • Always check the back seats of your vehicle before walking away.

• Establish reminders that help ensure you remove children from the vehicle.

For example: leave your bag, lunch or cell phone in the back seat with the child’s car seat.

• Call 9-1-1 if you see a child alone in a car, and emergency personnel will instruct you what to do next.

• If a child goes missing, open the doors and trunks to every vehicle in the area.

Many heatstroke deaths occur when a child accesses a parked car unnoticed.

• Teach children not to play in vehicles and make sure to place the keys out of reach when not being used.

For more information, visit www.safercar.gov/ parents/index.htm.

Additionally, don’t forget animals are also susceptible to heat-related injury or death – don’t put your pets in these dangerous conditions. For more information on pet safety, visit http://goo. gl/xi6A8o.

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Deaths & Memorials Jack Ethridge Bridge City Jack Roland Etheridge, 90, of Bridge City, passed away June 28, in Orange.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 AM, Friday, July 1, at Second Baptist Church in Bridge City. Officiating will be the Rev. Nicholas Coleman of Little Cypress Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.

Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 PM, Thursday, June 30, at Second Baptist Jack Church in Bridge City.

Ethridge Born in Merryville, La, July 25, 1925, he was the son of Leon Bernard Etheridge and Corinne Campbell Etheridge. Jack was a devout Christian who was a member of First Baptist Church in Bridge City and First Baptist Church in Jasper and taught Sunday School for over 65 years. He was a former Mayor of West Orange and his favorite TV channel was Fox News. Jack loved sports, especially football, as well as spending time outdoors ranching.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his loving wife, Myrtle Ann Etheridge and his brothers, Charles Ray Etheridge and Don Bernard Etheridge.

Jack is survived by his children, Dale Etheridge and wife Debbie, of Bridge City and Lou Ann Hairgrove and husband Wayne, of Gordon; grandchildren, Lindey Burch, Kelly Coleman, Erik Etheridge, Ben Hairgrove and Katie Peterson; great-grandchildren, Parker Burch, Jack Coleman, Anna Peterson and Logan Peterson and his sisters-in-law, Miriam Etheridge and Linnie Etheridge.

Serving as pallbearers will be Erik Etheridge, BJ Burch, Jeff Peterson, Ben Hairgrove, Don Etheridge and Mark Etheridge.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Jack’s sister-in-law, Shirley Shafer, for the loving care she gave Jack and Myrtle for over 10 years.

Tommy Vercher Deweyville Tommy Lee Vercher, Jr., 60, of Deweyville, passed away Monday, June 27, in Beaumont. Under the direction of Dorman Funeral Home, private graveside services will be held at Dorman Cemetery.

He was born April 27, 1956 in Orange, to the late Mary Elizabeth Jarrell and Tommy Lee Vercher, Sr. He worked as a boat mechanic. He was a Christian man who Tommy loved to fish, play video games and eat a Vercher good meal.

Tommy is preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Janis Vercher.

Those left to cherish Tommy’s memory are his daughter, Tommie Leigh Vercher and many other members of his family and friends.

He is preceded in death by his sister Loretta Jean (Sepulvado) Lauzon and his brothers Ted Allen Sepulvado and Steven Ray Sepulvado.

Survivors include his parents; brothers Howard Sepulvado and wife Polly of Oregon, Robert Sepulvado and Mark Sepulvado, both of Orange; sisters Barbara Hanrahan of Spring, Carol Camara of Lake Charles, La. and Janet Widmer and her husband Dave of Liberty Hill; along with numerous nieces and nephews.

Gerald Breaux, Sr. Bridge City Gerald Earl Breaux, Sr, 72, went to be with his Heavenly Father June 24. He was born March 28, 1944 in Breaux Bridge, La. and he was a lifelong resident of Orange County. Gerald graduated from Bridge City High School and married the love of his life, Ethel Breaux, June 7, 1964.

Gerald was a long time member of Grace Gerald Luthern Church in Orange and he was also a member of Cowboy Church OrBreaux, Sr. ange County. He retired from Great Lakes Carbon in Port Arthur after 23 years of employment.

Gerald’s great wisdom and warmth was matched by his great love for his family. He was a devoted father, grandfather, great grand-father and uncle to everyone. He is lovingly remembered for his love of fishing, the love of his cars and trucks, manicured lawn and his greatest love was his family.

Gerald is preceded in death by his infant son, Joseph Lawrence Breaux.

He is survived by his mother and father, Merjie and Curley Breaux; his loving wife, Ethel Breaux; son Gerald Earl Breaux, Jr. and wife Nina Breaux; daughter Missy Breaux Walles and husband Terry Walles; grandson Hunter Allen Felts and great grandson Cameron Felts.

Pallbearers will be David Breaux, Hunter Felts, Dale Breaux, David Darby, Adam Fields and Gerald Breaux, Jr. Honorary Pall Bearers are Damian Craig, John Darby and Tristan Breaux.

A gathering of family and friends will be held Thursday June 30, at 12:00 pm at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City, with a funeral service to follow at 2:00 pm. Graveside service will follow immediately after the celebration of his life at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Bridge City.

Rosalie Durio Orange

Lorraine Gossett Derouen, 95, of Orange, passed away June 27, in Orange.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 30, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be the Rev. Randy Branch, of Wesley United Methodist Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be prior to the serLorraine vice beginning at 9:00 a.m., at Claybar Derouen Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Orange, March 31, 1921, she was the daughter of Frank Gossett and Alice Sonnier Gossett.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dallas Derouen and her son, Darrell Derouen.

Lorraine is survived by her children, Gary Derouen and wife Mary Beth, of Orange and Nina Vaughan and husband Eddie, of Beaumont; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and her brothers, L.C. Gossett and Cecil Gossett.

Serving as pallbearers will be Scott Derouen, Stephen Derouen, Anthony Vaughan, Adam Vaughan, Tyler Derouen and Justin Mayfield. Honorary pallbearer is Tim Cornett.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6001.

Rosalie Cole Durio, 91, of Orange, passed away June 24, in Orange. Funeral services were Tuesday, June 28, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial followed at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange.

Born in Kansas City, Mo, May 5, 1925, she was the daughter of Lee Hathaway and Nola Cole. Rosalie loved to dance; she loved music, camping and she dearly loved dogs. Rosalie also enjoyed going Rosalle to McNeese State University to watch the Durio baseball games.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and husbands, Raymond Johnson, Wilson “Jelly” Guidry, Francis Durio and Joe Duffey.

She is survived by her children, Sandy Babin and husband Al of Montgomery, TX, Michael Johnson and wife Wanda of Orange, and Roy Johnson of Dallas; step-children, Judy Guidry Tregre and husband RJ of Bridge City, Farron Durio and wife Donna of Palacios, Belinda Durio Hill of Orange, Barry “Red” Wilkerson and wife Cindy, Earl Duhon and wife Betty of Mauriceville, Lynda Teal of Chicago, IL, Vena Teal Kourtney and Susan Denise Teal, both of Orange; grandchildren, Bridgette Babin Kennedy and husband Greg, Brett Babin and wife Allison, Karen Babin Coe and husband Courtney, Patricia Babin and husband Van Lawson, Daryl Babin and wife Debbie, Mark Watts and wife Kayla, Gary Watts and wife Jeanie, Tracy Johnson and husband Richard Norman, Brandon Johnson, Troy Johnson, Brian Tregre and wife Sheri, Heidi Tregre Coke and husband Rob, Amy Durio Trumble, Stacy Durio Ragusa, Kylie Durio, Trey Durio, Brandy Hill Quebedeaux, Jennifer Hill Yawn, Megan Hill LaChance and Robbie Hill and numerous great-grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers were Brandon Johnson, Troy Johnson, Ryan Johnson, Ty Johnson, Brian Tregre and Farron Durio. Honorary pallbearers were Jimmy Dillon and Charlie Caples.

Michael Sepulvado Orange

Gene Bland Echo Community

Michael Glynn Sepulvado, 63, passed away in Houston, Saturday, June 25. Services will be Thursday, June 30, at 2:00 PM, at St. Ann Catholic Church in Ebarb, La., with the very Rev. Timothy Hurd, V.F. officiating. Interment will follow at St. Ann Cemetery.

Michael was born in Orange, March 18, 1953 to George Marlon Sepulvado and Michael Ann Smith Sepulvado. He graduated from Sepulvado West Orange High School in 1971. He worked in heavy equipment construction before his retirement. Michael was a true outdoorsman he loved fishing and hunting and being out in nature. He also enjoyed making amazing meals for his friends and family.

Gene T. Bland, 87, of Echo Community has gone home to be with Jesus after a brief illness.

He was the son of Jefferson and Lancie Bland. Gene proudly served his country in the United States Army.

He is survived by his wife of nearly 65 years Georgia Bland; sons Gene Alan Bland, Larry Bland and Ronnie and Cathy Bland; daughter Rena and Tony Gene Martinez; 11 grandchildren 20 great Bland grandchildren and a-soon-to-be greatgreat grandson; twin brother Jack D. Bland; brother-in-law T.J. Wilkerson; sister-in-law Gwen Bland and brother-in-law Leo Daniels and wife Audrey. of N. C. He is also survived by

Lorraine Derouen Orange

numerous nieces and nephews.

A graveside service was held June 26, at George Daniels Cemetery, with Mr. Roy Dupuis officiating.

Special thanks to Candis and Debbie for your excellent care and love you gave him.

Pallbearers were his grandsons, Lonnie, Craig and Kevin Isaacs, Russell Bartholamew, Jr., Eric Lozano and Darren Bland. Honorary pallbearer was Dustin Bland.

Lessie Sterns Bridge City Lessie Mayes Sterns, born June 23, 1913, In Urania, La, to Wesley S. Mayes and Dora Vee Hatten, passed away June 25, at the age of 103 years old.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 29, at 2:00 PM, at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Officiating will be the Rev. Kenneth Lewis of Moro, Ill, assisted by J. D. Nezat of Denham Springs, La. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Lessie Memorial Gardens in Orange.

Sterns Lessie was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 64 years, Daymon Quincy Sterns; son, Jimmy Ray “Bud” Sterns and her sonin-law, Thomas Downey, Jr. She is also preceded in death by her twin sister, Stella Cash and five brothers, Hoyt Monroe Mayes, Floyd Lee Mayes, Jesse Andrew Mayes, Ovay Hilton Mayes and Jimmy Mayes.

Lessie is survived by her four daughters; Billie Jean Downey and Janice Marie Leonard, both of Bridge City, Betty Jo Voight (James “Pat”) of Nederland and Judy Kaye Escagne (Allen P. Escagne, Jr.) of Groves; 10 grandchildren, Tina Nezat, Nina Birdwell, Nanette Graham, Keith Downey, Allen Escagne, III, April Turner, Shawn Escagne, Christopher Leonard, Melissa Evans and Chrystal Sterns. Mrs. Sterns is also survived by 14 great-grandchildren and three greatgreat-grandchildren, with one more on the way.

The family wishes to extend their appreciation to Judy Scrivner, Jeanette Vail, Pam Bodin, Carrie Self and Jada Gentile for their dedication, love and caring support of their mother. To the Southeast Texas Medical Center ER Staff, the fourth floor nursing staff, Dr. K. A. Kaissi, MD and New Century Hospice, a grateful “Thank You” for the comfort and attention given to Mrs. Sterns and her family.

“Her children stand and bless her. Her husband praises her: ‘there are many virtuous and capable women in the world, but YOU surpass them all!’” Proverbs 31:28, 29 NLT

John Cooper Orange John E. Cooper, 86, of Orange, passed away June 23, at his home surrounded by family.

Funeral services were held Monday, June 27, at Slade Chapel of First United Methodist Church in Orange. Officiating was the Rev. Randy Branch. Burial followed at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Orange.

Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m., John Sunday, at Claybar Funeral Home in OrCooper ange.

Born in Wild Horse, June 22, 1930, he was the son of A.B. Cooper and Della Brooks Cooper. John graduated from Wellington High School in 1947 and went on to graduate from Draughons Business College in 1949 and also attended the University Texas, A&M, and Southern Methodist University.

He was a United States Army Veteran who honorably served in the Korean War from 1952 to 1954. He found his niche in banking and continued until his retirement in 1994.

He loved to spend time playing golf and was involved in many community activities including; Chairman- Board of Trustees of Baptist Hospital in Orange, Commissioner- Orange Housing Authority, Ambassador- Orange Area Chamber of Commerce, Assistant District Governor- Orange Rotary Club-1998-1999, President- American Institute of Banking, President- Greater Orange Chamber of Commerce, President- Orange County United Fund, President- Rotary ClubMidland, Texas 1971-1972 & Orange, Texas 1992-1993, Chairman- Midland County Chapter of American Red Cross, Chairman- Midland Better Business Bureau, Director- Sunset Grove Country Club, Director- Orange Crime Stoppers, Campaign Director- Midland County March of Dimes, Director- Muscular Dystrophy, and Treasurer- First United Methodist Church of Midland, Texas. He was an active member of First United Methodist Church of Orange and served on many church committees such as Building Committee, Finance Committee, and Auditing Committee. He was especially proud of his 55+ year perfect attendance for Rotary Club. John loved his God, his family and his country.

He will be greatly missed.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four siblings; grandson, John Cooper Day and great-granddaughter, Bristol Perry. He is survived by his loving wife of 26 years, Elaine Cooper; daughters, Cindy King and husband Wyn, of Midland, Melinda Day and husband Greg, of New Braunfels and Christine Anderson and husband Chris, of Orange; son, Mike Taylor and wife Lisa, of Orange; grandchildren, Geoff Day and wife Chanel, Madison Baker, Phillip Day, Lauren Jones, Morgan Taylor, Kaitlyn Jones, Justin Anderson, Dillon Taylor, and Caden Anderson and his great-grandsons, Brody Perry and Branson Jones.

Serving as pallbearers will be Geoff Day, Phillip Day, Mike Taylor, Wyn King, Chris Anderson and Dillon Taylor. Honorary pallbearers are Justin Anderson, Caden Anderson and Brody Perry.

Charitable contributions can be made to First United Methodist Church at 502 N. 6th St, Orange, TX 77630.

Carolyn Jackson Vidor Carolyn Jackson, 65, of Vidor, passed away June 22, in Beaumont. Funeral services were Saturday, June 25, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating was Laurie Smith, of Church Without Walls in Lumberton. Burial followed at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Born in Center, Oct. 16, 1950, she was the daughter of Rex C. Clark and Gwen Clark Alborn (Sherrod). She rode in the Carolyn Junior Sheriff Posse and was a Rodeo Jackson Queen in the 1960’s. Carolyn enjoyed playing bingo and taking care of her husband, Tommy. She loved her family and will be dearly missed.

She was preceded in death by her father; son, Scotty Schlientz; grandparents, Girty and Elmer Sherrod and her step-father, Gus Alborn.

She is survived by her loving husband, Tommy Jackson; mother; children, Deborah Schlientz, of Beaumont, Tony Jackson and wife Deshell and Tim Jackson and wife Tammy, all of Vidor; grandchildren, Little Tony Jackson, Wesley Jackson, Hannah Jackson, Briana Jackson, Kaytlin Schlientz and Seth Schlientz; brother, Johnnie W. Clark and wife Cheryl, of Woodville; nieces, Carolyn Garza, of Grand Rapids, MI and Brandi Tartarchuk, and her nephew, James Lowe, both of Mauriceville.

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Orange County Happenings

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Area Wide Community Events Schedules

To List Your Organization’s Upcoming Events And Fundraisers In The Record Newspapers and on TheRecordLive.com email to news@therecordlive.com or call 409.886.7183

Local Walk with Doc events celebrate first anniversary Bridge City residents of allages are encouraged to lace up their walking shoes and join Tracie Updike, MD, for the first anniversary Walk With a Doc event. The free walk will commemorate the one year of Dr. Updike’s participation in the program.

Walking is the single best thing for a long, high quality life.

The walk will be Saturday, July 2, at 7:30 am and followed by every Saturday at 7:30 am. It will be at the Bridge City Elementary School, 1029 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City.

Visit MeAndMyDoctor.com for interesting and timely news on health care issues affecting patients and their physicians.

Orange County Christian Writer’s Guild to meet The Orange County Christian Writer’s Guild will have their monthly meeting at the Brown Hearing Aid Center Tuesday, July 12, from 6-7 pm. The guild is a group of local Christian writers and authors who meet to encourage and learn from each other. At this month’s meeting we will have some fun activities. All are welcome to attend.

Walk-ins are welcome and delivery is available. Call 886-1241 after noon on Thursday, July 6 and before 9 am Friday, July 7, for orders and deliveries.

Shangri La, Stark Museum offer free summer admission Beginning July 1, through September 5, 2016 admission to Shangri La Botanical Gardens and the Stark Museum of Art will be free!

Come and enjoy summer with the entire family while this offer is available at Shangri La Gardens and the Stark Museum of Art. All Outpost Tours at Shangri La Gardens will also be free during this time.

Admission at The W.H. Stark House will remain as follows: Pricing for The W.H. Stark House: • Adults (age: 18-64) $6.00 • Senior (age: 65 and up) $5.00 • Student

(w/current I.D.) $5.00 • Youth (age: 10 to 17) $5.00 • Child (age: 6 to 9) $2.00 Hours of operation for all three venues are Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The last tour at The W.H. Stark House begins at 4:00 p.m.

City of Orange Natatorium American Legion to hold fish changes hours fry fund raiser

The American Legion Post 49, 108 Green Ave., Orange, will have a fried fish plate lunch fund raiser from 11 am-2 pm, Thursday, July 7. Cost is $8.

Plates will include fried fish, potato salad, cole slaw, green beans, bread and dessert.

Obits From - 8A Ruth Johnson Deweyville Ruth Y. Johnson, 96, of Deweyville, went to be with the Lord Thursday, June 23.

She was born in Gonzales, La., Ruth Oct. 14, 1919. Ruth worked as a nurse during WWII for Dr. Jack, Johnson the first female doctor in Beaumont. After she retired, she worked for Dr. Eugene Linsey until he retired. She was a nurse for over 40 years.

She was a member of the Rebecca Lodge for many years. She went to South Park Baptist Church in Beaumont until 1976, when they moved to Deweyville. She then became a member of the First Baptist Church of Deweyville. While at First Baptist, she served as the Sunday school teacher of the youth group and later was the Sunday School teacher for the ladies her own age, they did not want her to quit.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Idell Poore and father Edward Marcus Yard; sisters, Mildred Ezell and Louise Porter; brother Walter Yard; her loving husband of 57 years, Laud Johnson; daughter, June Johnson; grandson, Kevin Wayne Johnson and granddaughter, Tina Duplantis.

She is survived by her son Edward Wiley Johnson and his wife Dixie S. Johnson; grandchildren; Amy Tunnell, David Johnson, Elaine Seymore, Amy Duke, Aaron Johnson and several great grandchildren She was a person liked by all, never met a stranger and enjoyed being able to help so many through the years.

Services were held Monday, June 27, at the First Baptist Church of Deweyville, with the Rev. Damon Bickham officiating. Interment followed at King Cemetery.

Gregory Russell Orange Gregory “Greg” Russell, 61, passed away at his home in Orange, Sunday, June 20. Services were Friday, June 24, at Dorman Gregory Funeral Home Chapel with Pas- Russell tor Lance Faulkner officiating.

Interment followed at Parish Cemetery.

Greg was born in Orange, March 13, 1955 to the late Charles Denton Russell and Ida Lee Yates Russell. Greg graduated from LCM in 1973 and had been working with Ameripol/ Synpol for the past 19 years. He was truly an outdoorsman, who enjoyed hunting, fishing and being on the water. He enjoyed working on cars, motorcycles and just about anything else that had a motor to be fixed. Greg loved his family, his two sons and his dogs.

Survivors include wife, Patsy Russell of Orange; sons, Seth Russell and his wife Caroline of Harleton and Tyson Russell and his wife Desiree of Bridge City; step-son, Jeremy Evans and his wife Christina of Mansfield, LA and step-daughter, Emily Litton and her husband Beau of Converse, LA; brother, Steve Russell and his wife Cynthia and two sisters, Stacy Russell and Charlscie Hewitt and her husband Jesse, all of Orange; grandchildren, Henley Steel Russell and his little sister that is on the way, Texley Austyn Russell, Max Austin Russell, Oliver Kyle Russell, Bear Levi Russell, Mason Evans, Amelia Evans and Toby Litton.

Serving as pallbearers were Joel Russell, Beau Litton, Jeremy Evans, Josie Hewitt, Steve Russell and Jeff Lieby. Honorary pallbearers were Jesse Herwitt and Bill Russell.

The City of Orange would like to inform visitors of the natatorium that there will be changes in open swim operational hours, effective Tuesday, June 28.

Open swim will now be operational Tuesday through Friday from 3:00-5:30 P.M., as well as Saturday and Sunday from 5:30-8:00

Henry Trahan, Sr. Deweyville Henry Lee Trahan, Sr., age 89, of Deweyville, passed away at his home Saturday, June 18.

Henry Graveside services, under the direction of Dorman Funeral T r a h a n , Home, were held at King CemSr. etery in Harburg, Saturday, June 25.

Henry was born February 23, 1927 in Eagin, La., to Marie (Semone) and Clipered Trahan.

He lived in Newton County for over 50 years.

He was described by his family as a man who would help anyone. He loved spending time tinkering on old cars and doing mechanic work. Also, Henry enjoyed spending a lot of time in his vegetable garden.

Those left to cherish Henry’s memory are his wife of 60 years, Betty Jean Trahan; son, Henry Lee Trahan, Jr.; adopted sons, Matthew Jacob Trahan and Johnathan Lee Trahan; daughters, Debbie Joyce Williamson and Veronica Ann Trahan; adopted daughter, Kathilene Meshall Trahan; grandchildren, Joni Elizabeth Trahan, Christopher Lee Williamson, Michael Ellen Williamson and his wife, Katie Lynne, Jason Shane Williamson, Kevin Phillip Williamson, Brandy Ronnae Williamson, Heather Marie Williamson, Crystal Williamson Barnett and her husband, John, Sheila Kaye Hernandez and her husband, Luis, Roxy Trahan and Joseph Lee Trahan and his great-grandchildren, Scott Lee Bliznik, Bentley Lee Trahan, Arianna Alexis Williamson, Ian Allen Williamson, Sophia Laurelie Williamson, Cindy Lynn Williamson, Jeremy James Williamson, Destiny Nicole Arnold, Serenity McKay Arnold, Wesley Barnett, Cody Allen Barnett and his wife, Hannah, Case Allen Barnett and Shae E. Barnett.

Honoring the life of Henry as Pallbearers were, Daniel Charles Phillips, Jr., Johnathan Lee Trahan, Henry Lee Trahan, Jr., Christopher Lee Williamson, Scott Lee Bliznik and Kevin Phillip Williamson.

Condolences may be made to the family at www.dormanfuneralhome.com

Pat Becker Bridge City Pat Becker, Sr., 86, of Bridge City, passed away June 21, at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur.

Funeral services were held Friday, June 24, at First Baptist Church in Bridge City. Officiating was the Rev. Doug Shows.

Burial was to follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City.

Born in San Antonio, January 26, 1930, he was the son of Leonard F. Becker and Mable (O’Guinn) Schexnayder. Pat was a retired welder from Texaco and was a member of First Baptist Church in Bridge City.

He was preceded in death by parents and brothers, Hugo and Tommy Becker.

He is survived by wife, Marge Becker; children, Pat Becker, Jr. and wife Helen, Sharon Harkness and husband Larry, and Randy Becker, Sr. and wife Penny; grandchildren, Tal Becker and wife Jamie, Elise Becker, Jessica Jones and husband Jake, and Randy Becker, Jr. and wife Jamie and great-grandchildren, Deegan Becker, Dylan Becker, Addyson Jones and Jaxson Jones.

Serving as pallbearers were Talmadge Becker, Randy Becker, Jr., Larry Harkness, Jake Jones, Nick Stanton and Maxie Neeley.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, 200

P.M. The city has added an additional family swim time that will be open Tuesday through Friday from 6:00-8:00 P.M., as well as Saturday and Sunday from 1:00-5:00 P.M. Please note, during family swim, children 17 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

For additional information, please contact Public Service Manager, James Lawrence, at 883-1032.

American Legion to host Independence Day celebration The American Legion Lloyd Grubbs Post 49, 108 Green Ave., Orange, will hold an Independence Day Celebration from 10 am-until, July 2. There will be live music, bar-b-que and more. The public is invited to join in on the celebration and to support our veterans.

BC Chamber accepting nominations for business, employee of the month The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for employee and business of the month. To submit a nomination, email the nomination to bcchamber@ bridgecitychamber.com, or drop the nomination off at the chamber office, 150 W. Roundbunch, Bridge City. Please include your name, telephone number, name of employee or business you are nominating and the reasons why. If you have questions, please call the chamber office at 409-735-5671.

Extension office will hold Michael Hoke Kids Camp The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension of Orange County, along with the Lower Sabine Neches SWCD #446 is holding the First Annual Michael Hoke Memorial Outdoor Awareness for Kids Camp. The camp is for ages eight-14 years of age. The camp will be held Aug. 12, at Claiborne Park, from 9:00

am-1:00 pm. The deadline to register is Aug. 1. To register, call the extension office at 409-882-7010.

Walk and Talk to good health Come join the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agency to walk and talk about fitness and healthy eating. We will be moving inside after the walk to cook and prepare various fruits and vegetables. You’ll receive recipes and prizes to take home to help with your preparation. Kids are also welcome.

Classes will be held each Thursday on the following dates -June 23, 30; July 7,14, at 8:30 am, at the Raymond Gould Community Center, 385 Clairborne St., Vidor. Call 882-7010 to RSVP. Susan Garrison, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Better Living for Texans, Program Assistant will be conducting the classes.

Cadillacs to play VFW dance The VFW, located at 5303 N. 16th St., will host a dance featuring The Cadillacs, Thursday, June 30, from 7-11 pm. Tickets are $6 per person. The bar is open for beer, wine coolers, sodas and setups; BYOB. For information, call 886-9738.

AgriLife Extension office to offer 4-H Camp Texas A&M AgriLife Extension 4-H and Youth Development Agent, Christina Ritter will be holding a three-day camp for youth ages 5-8. Come experience the fun of what 4-H has to offer for the 4-H clover member.

Kids will be having fun with hand sewing, hands on cooking, hands on gardening, animals and much more.

The camp will be held August 8-10, 1-4 pm at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office, 11475 FM 1442 Orange. Call now and get your child on the list to enjoy three days of fun, 882-7010. Cost is $15 per child and must be paid by July 25. Snacks will be provided.

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One size fits all with some fishing gear COLBURN-FISHING CAPT. DICKIE COLBURN FOR THE RECORD

“I was already pretty good, but I am really good now,” announced the youngster as he launched his quarter ounce jig well out into deeper water. As far as I was concerned, the first part of that statement was right on the money while the second part could best be termed an overly exuberant fabrication. e truth in its entirety was that thirty minutes prior to that very proficient cast, eight year old Cade didn’t know a spinning rod from an anvil.

In that short span of time, however, the youngster had mastered casting a seven foot medium action rod with a Stradic 2500 spinning reel ... the same combination I fish with every day! e day before, I fished with Gene Locke and his ten year old grandson, Micah, and while he had obviously spent at least a little time with a spinning combination in his hands, there was still room for improvement.

Within a very few minutes, we had made a few minor changes in his grip and release point and he was not only casting farther, but retrieving his lure at whatever pace was required to keep his lure in front of the fish.I was duly impressed as it is much easier to teach a youngster to cast, even an adult for that matter, than it is to teach them the value of different retrieves. ere was a time when spinning gear was not held in very high regard, but that is no longer the case.It still falls shy of meeting every need for the bass fisherman, but not for the saltwater angler.Having said that, I prefer to fish a Whacky worm, drop shot, or tube jigs with a spinning rod when bass fishing, but for the main course of techniques like pitching, flipping, slow rolling a See COLBURN, PAGE 2B

Earl Thomas, center, after being named the No. 1 pick by the Seattle Seahawks in the 2011 NFL draft.

No. 1 picks not all the same

Thomas, Manziel worlds apart by comparison KAZ’S KORNER JOE KAZMAR FOR THE RECORD

More National Football League teams should follow the example of the Houston Texans who conducted 39 seminars for rookie transition into the NFL prior to training camp that is set to begin the last week of July. e Texans front office explains that these seminars that are conducted by their assistant coaches are designed to help the team win on and off the field. e Houston Chronicle had a feature article in Sunday’s edition about the Texans’ 39 seminars

that were conducted from May 6 through June 23 for rookies including 10 in which veterans participated. e article pointed out, “e emphasis comes at a time the NFL has had its share of image problems from Ray Rice and domestic abuse to Johnny Manziel’s partying lifestyle to the Miami Dolphins and bullying.”

Some of the seminars included Introduction to the NFL, Workplace Conduct, Character and Values, Financial Education, Taking Notes and Listening Skills, How to be a Pro, Community Relations, Social Media, Life Skills and Routine and Leadership and How to Lead just to mention a few of the 39 topics.

Stories about two former No. 1 draft picks graced the front pages of area newspapers the last

few days—Orange native Earl omas who was the No. 1 pick of the Seattle Seahawks in the 2011 draft and Johnny Manziel, the No. 1 pick of the Cleveland Browns a couple of years later. e recent story lines associated with these two top draft picks were like night and day, although both players exited the collegiate ranks with similar resumes. omas starred at the University of Texas as a safety while Manziel quarterbacked Texas A&M to new heights.

But that’s pretty much where the similarities end. Both were drafted by their respective NFL teams to get plenty of playing time during their rookie seasons.

At the end of their first season, Earl elected to work out to get bigger, stronger and faster while See KAZMAR, PAGE 2B

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Kazmar

Manziel’s biggest interest was the location of the next wild party.

Earl was more concerned about establishing his foundation for underprivileged kids in the Seattle area and exposing young pro football wannabees in his hometown of Orange to the game’s fundamentals and some of the players who have found success in the NFL by offering a completely free camp for these excited youngsters. e local papers were full of stories about Earl coming home to give back to his community opportunities that were scarce when he was a youngster.

Continued from Page 1B His two-day camp which ended Saturday at Dan Hooks Stadium in West Orange hosted more than 1,000 football hopefuls between ages 6 and 18 from Orange and its surrounding areas. omas told the newspaper, radio and TV media at the end of the camp, “It makes me feel good just to know I’m impacting somebody’s life in some way. Each year I try to make this camp interesting for the kids by spicing it up some to keep the kids involved and keep their attention span going.

“It just feels real good to be back home and give back to my community,” the All-Pro concluded.

And while Earl’s camp was in full session, Johnny Manziel was making headlines about the rumor he spent more than $1,000 at a Dallas drug paraphernalia store just 15 hours after he was involved in a hit-and-run crash, according to the Associated Press story in Saturday’s papers.

His defense attorney Bob Hinton questions Manziel’s ability to stay clean. His father, Paul Manziel, takes it even a couple of steps farther and had harsh words for his son in a recent interview with ESPN’s Josina Anderson.

“It’s not a secret that he’s a druggie and that he needs help.

It’s never too hot to think about next hunting season

OUTDOORS WEEKLY CAPT. CHUCK UZZLE FOR THE RECORD

e mercury in the thermometer shows temperatures creeping towards triple digits and everybody you look at appears to have just emerged from a swimming pool. e heat waves along the road and the hood of my truck cannot dampen my enthusiasm as I put down my cell phone and relay the news to my son Hunter, “we are getting 16 days for teal season” I proclaim as Hunter does a makeshift victory dance in the front seat. e population count on teal exceeded the magic number proclaimed by the USFWS so the Texas hunters will be blessed with 7 extra days to hunt these little birds affectionately known as “marsh missiles” or “rice rockets”.

Let it be known that we have officially started the countdown to September at my house and all is right with the world.

I know I am getting ahead of myself but after suffering through months of no hunting it’s great to actually hear about topics concerning the sport. Hunters all over the state begin to get restless as the heat of summer makes us all long for cooler days and open seasons. e census count on teal is high enough to provide for the longer season but that may be just a product of skewed numbers. Last years ultra high population is carrying over to this year’s numbers and that means birds that are 1 year older and 1 year wiser, much the same way snow geese get season after season. e amount of young birds will be less than last year and the effect that has on season success remains to be seen.

Locally a few hunters have already begun to stake out claims on prime marsh

ponds and some have even begun to improve vegetation surrounding potential blind locations.

Hunters who take the time and effort to make the area around their blinds look as natural as possible will almost always kill more birds. Synthetic materials and blinds made out in the wide open that resemble “taco stands” may be easily accessible but they don’t produce, more often than not they actually flare more birds away than anything. Hunters need to realize these birds have seen so many set up’s along the migration south that attention to detail is critical. By starting on these projects well in advance of the season opener hunters can perfect the set up and spend more time scouting as opening day gets closer.

Another very important part of the upcoming season that needs to be accounted for is your dogs conditioning. Summer heat is tough on dogs so limit training sessions to early and late in the day to minimize the stress caused by heat. Frequent short training sessions are much better than prolonged efforts in high heat, keep an eye on your dog and be sure to have plenty of water on hand. Some dogs get out of shape during the off season and just like the owners gain a few extra pounds so this is the perfect time to get your dog back down to hunting season weight. As much as we all like to bring our dogs with us when we head out to the lease please be aware of the alligator situation at this time of the year. e local marshes are full of gators right now and the big lakes have their fair share of the big reptiles as well so please be wary.

Nothing in the world is worse for a hunter than to lose their dog and losing one to a gator has got to be perhaps the worst way you could lose one.

In the mean time according to the calendar we have about 60 plus days to the magic month of September when hunting season cranks back up again and it will be here much sooner than you think.

He just hasn’t sought it yet. Hopefully he doesn’t die before coming to his senses. I don’t know what else to say except I hope he goes to jail where he’ll be safe from himself.

“He has more money than me and he can outrun me,” the elder Manziel pointed out. Paul Manziel feels the family has virtually exhausted all ways possible to help their son. e 23-year-old Manziel also is accused of hitting and threatening former girlfriend Colleen Crowley during a night out in January.

He faces misdemeanor assault charges that carry a penalty of up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine.

It looks to me that returning to pro football is way down on Johnny Manziel’s “to do list.” After all there’s parties coming up in Hollywood, Las Vegas, Miami, Dallas and you name it.

TenKWICKIES…Former nessee women’s head basketball coach Pat Summitt died Monday night after suffering from failing health due to progressing Alzheimer’s disease. e 64-yearold Summitt stepped down as the Lady Vols’ coach in 2012, one year after announcing her diagnosis of early onset dementia. She went 1,098-208 with eight national championships and has the most career wins of any Division I men’s

or women’s basketball coach.

Billy Hurley III won the PGAQuicken Loans National at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. Sunday which is just a few miles from Leesburg, Va. where he grew up. It was the 34-year-old Hurley’s first victory on the PGA Tour who served in the Navy for five years. He earned the $1.042 million winner’s share for his three-shot victory. e Kansas City Royals played 43 straight home games before losing back-to-back games. Lots of credit goes to our Houston Astros who won Friday (13-4) and Saturday (13-5) to snap that impressive streak at home.

Coastal Carolina proved to be the Cinderella team in this year’s College World Series by mowing down both Texas Tech and TCU to reach the Championship Series in Omaha against Arizona. e two teams tangled Monday and yesterday with the rubber game 3 scheduled today at 7 p.m. if necessary. Arizona blanked the Chanticleers 3-0 Monday night.

A Tip of the Korner Kap to West Orange-Stark Mustangs Payton Robertson and K.J. Miller for being First Team selections to the All-State Class 4A Teams by the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association.

Robertson, who graduated in May, will be moving on to the next level with the Lamar Cardinals baseball team while KJ returns for his senior year this fall.

JUST BETWEEN US…Houston Astros right fielder George Springer is the first player in major league history to hit a triple and a grand-slam home run in the same inning. He did it Friday night in the first inning in Kansas City against the Royals who surrendered nine runs in the first frame to the Astros.

And just to show it wasn’t a fluke, Houston came back the next night and scored seven runs in the second inning. ey won big in both games but couldn’t get the sweep Sunday when the Royals scored five runs in the seventh inning to win 6-1 and snapped Houston’s winning streak at seven games. e Astros moved on to Los Angeles Monday for a three-game series against the Angels, who just snapped a six-game losing streak of their own Sunday. e Astros’ All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve is now leading the American League with a .347 batting average and has reached base safely in his last 30 games. Houston also has hit at least one home run in the last 11 games, their longest streak since a 12-games stretch in 2007.

Gene and Micah teamed up on this nice redfish!

Colburn spinner bait or grinding on a deep diving crankbait, casting gear is a much better option.

Most live bait fishermen and dyed-in-the-wool trout fishermen that rely on hard plastic lures and mullet imitations like the Corky rightfully prefer casting gear, but many of those same fishermen also reach for their spinning rod when fishing a lure under a cork or light tails in a tough wind.

I personally think that suspending baits and topwaters can be fished more efficiently with casting gear, but for every other technique the spinning rod is just as good if not better.e drag system is as smooth and dependable as any level wind reel, broken bail springs are no longer a problem and an occasional drop of oil on the roller bearing totally eliminates that problem.

Unlike casting combinations, I use a minimum of three differ-

Continued from Page 1B ent actions, there is no need for a boat load of different actions when using spinning gear.Age is not even a consideration when I hand a client the exact same combination that I fish every day.Smaller hands may necessitate a slight grip change and they may prefer to reel right or left handed, but the rod length and action is the same for all.

You can spend as much money as you like, but you can put a very adequate spinning combination together for $100.Regardless of age or skill level, my clients are handed a 7 foot medium action Laguna spinning rod with a Shimano Stradic spinning reel spooled with 20 pound braid.at one combination will handle a wide variety of lures and any fish we hope to encounter.

Regardless of your choice of reels, I find the 2500 or 3000 series to be the best size reel for everything we do.If we are not

fishing a cork, I add a couple of feet of 20 pound test monofilament for a leader.e mono is easier to tie a loop knot with and reduces line visibility at the lure.

More than one spectator at the recent Redfish Classic noted the fact that nearly every pro was armed with one or more spinning rods.It wasn’t because they were worried about backlashing in the wind!

While thousands of kids started out fishing with a Zebco 33, I believe you are handicapping your aspiring fisherman with a push button spinning reels.Any youngster that can cast that iconic parent-friendly push button rig can cast the same combination I am fishing and never have to deal with the frustration of line that will inevitably fail to exit that small hole in the cover at the wrong time.

Regardless of age or gender, spinning gear is an excellent option!

The Record • Week of Wednesday, June 29, 2016 •

BRIDGE CITY POLICE REPORTS

of Elizabeth.

• Informational report in the 2200 block of Granger.

• Disturbance in the 300 block of Mary Avenue.

• Disturbance in the 200 block of Cherry Lane.

• Suspicious activity in the 100 block of Bower Drive.

• Suspicious activity in the 50 block of Parkland Circle.

Wednesday, June 8 • Disturbance in the 100 block of Pine.

• Alarm in the 1900 block of Texas Avenue.

• Welfare check in the 100 block of Woodsong.

• Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the 200 block of Champagne Drive.

• Assist other agency in the 3400 block of Elk. ursday, June 9 • Assist other agency in the 19400 block of State Highway 62.

• Alarm in the 1100 block of Texas Avenue.

• Welfare check in the 100 block of Blueberry.

• Alarm in the 100 block of Rose.

• Suspicious person in the 100 block of Lake Street.

• Assist other agency in the 500 block of North John.

Friday, June 10 • Harassment in the 200 block of Live Oak. • Suspicious person in the 700 block of Texas Avenue.

• Suspicious activity in the 2000 block of Texas Avenue.

• Harassment in the 500 block of Jones.

• Welfare check in the 200 block of Mason.

• Suspicious person in the 300 block of Bower.

• Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the 200 block of Champagne Drive.

• Suspicious activity in the 100 block of Provost.

Saturday, June 11 • Disturbance in the 300 block of Hebert.

• Harassment in the 200 block of Bower.

• Alarm in the 600 block of Idylwood.

• Suspicious person in the 700 block of Texas Avenue.

• Suspicious person in the 1700 block of Texas Avenue.

• Alarm in the 100 block of Colonial Estates Drive.

• Disturbance in the 200 block of Tenney.

• Welfare check in the 300 block of Nevils.

Source: Bridge City Police Department

Sunday, June 5 • Suspicious activity in the 3100 block of Edgar Brown Drive.

• Assist other agency in area of Henrietta and MacArthur Drive.

• Assist other agency in the 3100 block of Edgar Brown Drive.

• Criminal mischief in the 3000 block of MacArthur Drive.

• Alarm in the 2400 block of MLK. Monday, June 6 • Assist other agency in the 6900 block of Live Oak. • Alarm in the 200 block of

Strickland.

• Suspicious activity in the 3000 block of MacArthur Drive.

Tuesday, June 7 • Disturbance in the 3800 block of Pheasant.

• Suspicious person in the 3000 block of Cardinal.

Wednesday, June 8 • Criminal mischief in the 2800 block of MacArthur Drive.

• Alarm in the 200 block of Strickland.

• Suspicious activity in the area of 40th and West Park.

• eft in the 2300 block of MacArthur Drive.

• Welfare check in the area of MLK and Pheasant.

• Suspicious activity in 2500 block of MLK. ursday, June 9 • Suspicious activity in the 1900 block of Strickland.

• Suspicious person in the 3000 block of MacArthur Drive.

• Criminal trespassing in the 4000 block of West Park Avenue.

Friday, June 10 • Assist other agency in the 3100 block of Edgar Brown Drive.

• Suspicious person in the 2500 block of MLK. • Suspicious person in the 3800 block of Pheasant.

Saturday, June 11 • Suspicious activity in the 3700 block of West Park Avenue.

• Assist other agency in the 1900 block of Crockett.

• Alarm in the 1600 block of Strickland.

• Suspicious person in the 3000 block of MacArthur Drive.

Source: Pinehurst Police Department

Officers with the Orange County Sheriff ’s Office responded to the following calls between June 15-21: June 15 Stolen vehicle/unlawful carry weapon, S. 10th and Western, Orange Theft/forgery, 8672 IH-10 W, Orange Theft of firearm, 5792 Turner Rd., Orange Possession of marijuana, Halliburton (dead end), Orange Attempted burglary, 16538 FM 1442, Orange Theft, 1255 Liberty St., Vidor Assault, 130 Lisa Dr., Vidor Assault, 2492 Singletary, Orange Disturbance, 10232 ridge Dr., Orange June 16 Theft, FM 2802/Donner Gas Unit, Orange Disturbance/criminal mischief, 8140 Woodland Trail, Orange Theft, 5411 Mesquite Dr., Orange Fraud/embezzlement, 2239 Duhon St., Orange

Attempted burglary, 16538 FM 1442, Orange Fraud, 1160 FM 1078, Orange Injured animal, 6596 Royal Oaks Cr., Orange June 17 Assault, 9003 Chestnut St., Orange Welfare concern/suspicious person, 3388 Huff Dr., Orange Fraud, 205 Border St., Orange Theft, 350 Tall Pines St., Vidor June 18 Trespass/violation of protective order, 1103 Mitzi Rd., Vidor Fraud, 13513 Duncan Woods Ln., Orange Theft, 140 Briarcliff Dr., Vidor Cruelty to animals, 3870 Granger Ln., Orange Runaway, 6559 Bessie Heights Rd., Orange Assault, 4505 Osborn, Beaumont June 19 Theft, 3524 Woodcock St., Orange

Criminal mischief, 4934 Mesquite Dr., Orange Burglary of habitation, 1140 Jay Dr., Rose City Assault, 5030 Colony Dr., Orange Theft, 142 Crosby Rd., Vidor Assault, 14609 N. Hwy. 62, Orange June 20 Unauthorized use of motor vehicle, 8270 Hwy. 87/LCM Mart, Orange Suspicious circumstances, 4695 Curtis Rd., Vidor Theft, 345 Lois Ln., Vidor Followup/criminal trespass, 4031 Fairview St., Orange Runaway, 5620 Wayside, Vidor Narcotics/marijuana, Terry Rd./Willowbend Dr., Vidor Assault, 8000 block Old Hwy. 90, Orange June 21 Runaway, 2150 FM 2802, Orange Theft/stealing, 12742 FM 1130, Orange Source: Orange County Sheriff ’s Office

Officers from the Orange Police Department responded to the following calls on Monday, June 27:

Public service, 2509 Sunset Dr. Larceny from vehicle, 1301 W. Front Ave. Simple assault, 4421 Memorial Dr. Burglary, 1040 S. Hwy. 87/e Reserve at Cypresswood Source: Orange Police Department

By Tommy Mann Jr. e Record

e Bridge City Police Department responded to the following calls from June 5 - June 11, 2016.

Sunday, June 5 • Suspicious activity in the 900 block of Sharp.

• Animal call in the 700 block of Avenue A. • eft in the 700 block of Texas Avenue.

• Informational report in the 400 block of Lake.

• Burglary in the 1100 block of Alton.

Monday, June 6 • Animal call in the 100 block of South John.

• Disturbance in the 300 block of Dobbyn.

• Alarm in the 40 block of Parkland.

• Suspicious person in the 1100 block of Texas Avenue.

• Disturbance in the 3000 block of Texas Avenue.

• Animal call in the 100 block of Louise.

• Welfare check in the 1700 block of Texas Avenue.

Tuesday, June 7 • Suspicious activity in the 700 block of Avenue A. • Disturbance in the 200 block

PINEHURST POLICE REPORTS

By Tommy Mann Jr. e Record

e Pinehurst Police Department responded to the following calls from June 5 - June 11, 2016.

ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS

ORANGE POLICE REPORTS

Warrant service, 201 8th St. eft, 1955 MLK Jr. Dr. Shoplifting, 3704 N. 16th St./Child’s Building Supply

LSCPA names spring grads Lamar State College-Port Arthur had a commencement ceremony on May 13. Local graduates are listed by degree and hometown.

Music Sound Engineer Mauriceville: Tevin Quinn Soileau Vidor: Jeffrey Dalton Zernial Instrumentation Technology Orange: Jordan Michael Simpson Process Technology Operator

Bridge City: Casey Jared Jackson Software Developer Orange: Brandon Wayne Adaway Academic Studies Orange: Brooke Lena' Wilhelm Business Administration Bridge City: Vaneza Ceja Drama Bridge City: Jessica Renee' Bean Vidor: Stephanie Evans Abshire

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LU lauds Dean’s List selections A total of 1038 Lamar University students earned places on the Deans’ List for the 2016 spring semester, deans of Lamar’s five academic colleges announced.

To qualify for the Deans’ List, a student must carry a full course load of 12 semester hours or more and have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for that semester.

Students with GPAs of 4.0 qualify for the President’s List and automatically earn places on the Deans’ List. eir names are not listed here.

Local students are listed below.

Bridge City: Caleb Roy Adams, Maesey Lee Arnett, Erik Harvey, Brooklyn Jade Hogden, John Hyrum Holloway, Ciara Monique Jackson, Hannah Mae Leleux, Madison Claire Lyons, Linda i Pham, Kenneth Preston Pittman III, Cristina Maribel Sanchez, Elissa Rae Tate, Colby Ryan ibodeaux and Jerry Michael Winfrey.

Deweyville: Karlee Barney.

Orange: Justin Amedee, Matthew Joseph Beadle, Carter Evan Beck, Brooke Bertles, Ana Colleen Bland, Taylor Michelle Bright, omas Brzezinski Jr., Kaitlyn Sha’nell Burke, Megan Ann Burton, Jackson David Calhoun, Madison Taylor Cole, Kiara Danielle Como, Cameron Edson Coulter, Perla Valle Davila, Amber Deramus, Derek Dixon, uy Duyen Do, Minh-Nhat Phuoc Duong, Eric Edgerly, Robert Ehrlich, Ashlyn Erica Ellison, Tyler Prescott Evans, Shelby Ashlyn Fincher, Shane Austin Granger, Victoria Sage Granger, Kristie Michelle Gunn, John Wesley Haley, Macy Hamilton, Jaycie Leanna Harrison, Michael Randyll Horton, Alayna Merianne Jacobs, Taryn Denise Lacour, Alredo Carranza Lara, Tyler James Leblanc, Sheldon Lee, Aaron Christopher Lilly, Kayla Renee Lozano, Ashley Rae Luker, Vivian Vuong Luong, Zachary Lane Martin, Taylor Lillian Martin, Matthew McAfee, Aaron McCoy, Michaela Jullian Mcneil, Levi Kent Morris Jr., Colton Andrew Morris, Alyssa Murphy, Skylar Ann Murphy, Kender Myers, Benjamin Edwin Ofiel, Carol Jo Patterson, Haley Nicole Permenter, Henry Herro Phan, Vu anh Phan, Karli Madison Pittman, Harley Ellender Rayburn, Amanda Reynolds, Kailey Brooke Rountree, Ashleigh Sadler, Austin Kade Seaux, Stephanie

Sierra, Kristen Nicole Small, Colin Smith, Jonathan Robert Tippett, Sarah Elizabeth Truncale, Ashley Faye Turner, Victor Vuong, Jonah Watts, Brooke Lanae Whitley, Shelby Elyce Williams, Brielle Nicole Wolfford and Kevin Jacob Worthy.

Orangefield: Morgan Brittney Williams.

Vidor: Syed Haris Ali, Tera Mae Benoit, James Avery Bertrand Sr., Ramee Leigh Biffle, Reagan Miles Block, Katelynn Bordages, Ashton Michelle Breaux, Andy omas Brown, Robert Keller Brush, Amy Denise Comeaux, Sasha Lynn Domec, Alana Renee Gilcrease, Katy Gipson, Samantha Michelle Guthrie, Sariah Zar Hartman, Tracy Lynn

Henderson, Jack Wayne Ingle Jr., Hope Knapp, Angela Jean Kruse, Philip Travis Lea, Spencer Colton Leeper, Tommy Joe Mann Jr., Chelsea Alise McDonald, Melissa Anne Mcdonald, Jayme McGlothin, Marc Anthony Meyer, Cole Michalk, Kinnedy Mitchell, Bryan Dylan Mitchell, Logan Drake Mitchell, Rachel Moore, Sarah Taylor Pantely, Sherry Poole, Jonathan Pridgen, Taylor Austin Reynolds, Tyler Aaron Reynolds, Shelby Nichole Smith, David Anthony Vickery, Cheryl Renee Wagner, Richard White, Megan Diana White, Laura Renee Williams, Blake Williams and Seth Wright.

West Orange: Karli Rae Flurry, Kayla Drew Silkwood.

4B • The Record • Week of Wednesday, June 29, 2016

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

Stuck in the Mud

Val Verde County game wardens patrolling the Rio Grande River encountered a Spanish goat stuck in deep mud along the bank. It had apparently been there for several days and was facing almost certain death had the wardens not taken action. As goats are prone to do, this one began to eat immediately after the wardens freed it. One goat saved.

Repeat, Repeat Offenders

Starting July 25, Orangefield High School football fans can start gettin ready for the 2016 season as tickets go on sale at the high school fieldhouse.

OHS football season tickets set to go on sale

By Tommy Mann Jr. e Record With the first game of the upcoming football season less than two months away, season tickets will be going on sale very soon for area football teams.

Tickets for the upcoming 2016 football season for the Orangefield Bobcats for current ticket holders will go on sale Monday, July 25, through Friday, July 29.

Tickets may be purchased in the Orangefield High School fieldhouse from 8 a.m. - 11 a.m., and from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. each day.

Current season ticket holders may also exchange or buy more tickets from 8 a.m. - 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., Monday, Aug. 1, only.

For Bobcats fans interested in purchasing new season tickets, sales of new season tickets will be from 8 a.m. - 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 2 through Friday, Aug. 5, in the OHS fieldhouse. e Orangefield Bobcats had a successful campaign in 2015 as the team finished the year with a

record of 6-6. e team advanced to the playoffs for the fourth straight year and defeated Houston Worthing, 37-28, in the bi-district round, before falling to undefeated Giddings Buffaloes, 45-13, in the Area round of the playoffs. e 2016 Orangefield Bobcats football schedule features five home games this year. e Bobcats open the season at home on Aug. 26 against the Buna Cougars, then face the Woodville Eagles at home on Sept. 9. e homecoming game will be against the Beaumont Kelly Bulldogs on Sept. 23. e next home game will have the Bobcats facing off against district opponent, HamshireFannett Longhorns, and then closing the season out at home on Nov. 4 against the defending Class 4A Division II State Champion, the West Orange-Stark Mustangs.

Contact Melanee Scales by calling 409-735-4504 or by email at mscales@orangefieldisd.net for more information on season ticket purchase.

MARRIAGE LICENSES e following marriage licenses were issued by the office of Brandy Robertson, Orange County Clerk, for the week of June 20-24: Nicholas T. Jackson and Shayla R. Wysong Justin N. Leemhuis and Katherine L. Sasser Mohsin S. Khan and Faria Islam Robert T. Cooper and Elena F. Rodriguez Collado Bosh D. Davis and Lorena K. Jones Robert K. Davis and Lori S. Romano Brandon S. Longmire and Alyssa K. Younker Robert A. Long and Carolyn J. Northcutt

Jason A. Yeaman and Jillian G. Morris Daniel J. Badeaux and Jonny L. Johnson Jessie L. Sonnier and Tonya M. Harrington Kenneth R. Gray and Cherlyn M. Darby Bryan W. Linscomb and Sandra Lewis Tracy K. Leach and Shani R. McCabe Benjamin E. Bergeron and Sunny Lorraine Harvey James M. Smith and Erin N. Bott Dylan L. Marler and Allison C. King Don G. Mahoney Jr. and Tarshara L. Strout Dwain M. Boullard and L’Tawyna R. Bass

A Bowie County game warden observed a truck that he’d received several complaints on and, recognizing the driver from prior contacts, knew that he did not have a valid driver’s license and made a traffic stop. e driver admitted to driving while license suspended, but also appeared extremely nervous.

When asked if there was anything illegal in vehicle, the driver replied “It’s not my truck” and told the warden he’d have to ask the owner, his dad, who was sitting in the passenger seat with a large pitbull in his lap. e passenger consented to a search of the vehicle and the warden discovered a meth pipe in the ashtray and a pistol hidden in the seat. Both suspects were convicted felons multiple times over and although neither claimed the pistol nor the meth pipe, both were arrested and transported to Bowie County Jail. Once at the jail, staff conducted another search and found meth, marijuana and another meth pipe in the dad’s underwear. Both suspects were booked for multiple violations. Information gained during the stop resulted in another agency conducting a traffic stop and making two more drug related arrests.

Snapping Turtle Photos Snap Back Information on a subject who had captured an alligator snapping turtle and posted pictures of the protected reptile on Facebook sparked an investigation that resulted in the recovery of several items of drug paraphernalia and items that had been used to catch the turtle. Game wardens also discovered evidence that one of the subjects at the residence had been fishing illegally. e wardens determined that the turtle had already been released near Lake Wright Patman. Several citations and warnings for the violations that had been committed were issued.

Cases pending.

Unable to Net Culprits...

While hiking up stream between Lake Worth and Eagle Mountain Lake, a Tarrant County game warden stopped at an old fishing camp known as Vance’s Camp, which hasn’t been used for years. While inspecting the area the warden noticed a lot of nets laying around with no one in the area. As he investigated further, he found the first of three illegal hoop nets. e first net was near the bank brushed up in high weeds. As the warden continued to search the area, he came across an old rope buried in high weeds leading into the creek. When the warden pulled the rope up, he found two more hoop nets. He gathered the illegal equipment and waited for quite some time for signs of anyone who may have been monitoring the nets, but no one ever came. e investigation is ongoing.

Using Their Noodle

A pair of East Texas game wardens working a catfish noodling tournament weigh in observed a team. with three large catfish; one with multiple scars. After interviewing the three team members, wardens obtained

confessions the fish were caught using illegal means and went to Lake Tawakoni to seize evidence, where they located one large snag pole and two turning sticks.

Subjects were filed on for catching fish with illegal means and methods.

Rocks and Rolled

A Tyler County game warden was patrolling near Steinhagen Lake when he observed two men operating an ATV on a public roadway. e warden pulled the subjects over and asked them where they were headed. e driver said they were getting rock for a driveway. While interviewing the subjects, the warden observed two black camera cases linked together on the back of the ATV near the passenger. Due to the ATV passenger’s nervous reactions, the warden requested to look in the cases and discovered two syringes and what appeared to be a marijuana joint.

After placing the subjects in handcuffs for officer safety the warden called a Martin Dies State park police officer for assistance. A field test was done on a sample of the syringe contents and a positive result was received for methamphetamine. e passenger was arrested and

booked in the Tyler County Jail for possession of a controlled substance. An additional charge of possession of marijuana was also filed. e ATV operator was cited for operating an ATV on a public roadway.

A Big Mouth Bass

A Freestone County Game Warden observed a group of men at Fairfield Lake scaling tilapia at a fish cleaning table. As the warden was talking to the men, he observed a largemouth bass on a stringer with several tilapia and asked if they caught all of the fish in a cast net, to which one replied "yes" and stated he had caught all of the fish. When informed that bass could not legally be taken with a net, he stated he did not know and it was his first time. e warden looked around and found three more freshly caught bass shoved under a concrete ledge on the cleaning table. e warden questioned the man about those and he admitted the bass were his. After checking the man for priors through the department, it was discovered that he had been filed on multiple times for similar violations. Case pending.

Source: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department

Texas Parks & Wildlife, Harris Co. award $10M in outdoors grants As part of a long-term effort to assess and mitigate environmental impacts from toxic waste pits along the San Jacinto River near I-10 east of Houston, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Harris County are awarding $10 million to provide new or expanded public recreation and access facilities along the river, plus fund environmental awareness and education efforts. e 84th Texas Legislature appropriated $10 million to the department to be transferred to Harris County, money that came as part of a lawsuit settlement. e legislative appropriation was “for use along the San Jacinto River and in its watershed to mitigate the effects of environmental contamination and the effects of that contamination on natural resources and the public use of natural resources.”

In the mid-1960s, waste ponds were impounded next to the lower San Jacinto River to dispose of wastes from a nearby paper mill, including toxic dioxins. Since the 1970s, subsidence, erosion and storms caused the release of contaminants into the river several miles upstream from the San Jacinto Battleground. e waste ponds were designated a federal Superfund site in 2008. e Environmental Protection Agency installed a

temporary cap over the ponds in 2011, and evaluation of the extent and impacts of the contamination continues.

In 2011, Harris County filed suit against the operators of the waste pits and the paper company that had generated the waste for environmental damages and reached a $29.2 million settlement with the operators.

Of that sum, $10 million went to the State of Texas, and in 2015, state lawmakers appropriated those funds to TPWD to be transferred to Harris County.

TPWD and county officials worked with community advocates to accept grant proposals, and held a public meeting to get input on Feb. 8 at the San Jacinto/Highlands Community Center. e result is a series of grants, including: City of Baytown, Parks and Recreation Department — Baytown Boat Ramps and Fishing Piers Repair and Improvements — $1,634,415 for repair of three boat ramps and one fishing pier Harris County Precinct 2 — Juan Seguin Park Improvements — $2,702,099 for park construction Texas Parks and Wildlife Department — San Jacinto Battleground Northshore Restoration — $230,000 to conduct planning and engineering for habitat

restoration Harris County Precinct 4 — San Jacinto River Park and Boat Launch/Phase I — $4,500,000 to acquire approximately 19 acres of land on Lake Houston in multiple phases City of Baytown, Parks and Recreation Department — Evergreen Bluff Park Acquisition and Development — $467,000 to acquire approximately 21 acres of land Peter A. Cushman and Jessica Woods — From Waste Pits to Environmental Stability: Understanding, Appreciating and Educating the San Jacinto River Water Shed — $33,200 to implement a kayak-based river education program Texas Parks and Wildlife Department — Sheldon Lake Prairie Wetland Restoration Phase V — $308,086 for native prairie restoration Grafikpress Corp. — SJRWP Superfund News — $85,200 to publish and distribute special edition newspapers San Jacinto River Coalition — SJRC Regional Education Program — $40,000 TPWD will now transfer the $10 million to the county, and the county will begin working with successful project applicants on the transfer of funds and implementation of projects.

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Molly and the Ringwalds will perform at Lamar State College Port Arthur on August 20, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the college’s efforts to raise scholarship funds for its athletes.

Flint Hills Resources Port Arthur presented Lamar State College Port Arthur with a donation of training equipment during a ceremony Tuesday afternoon at the Process Technology lab at the college. Pictured from LSCPA, from left, are Business and Technology Department Chair Sheila Guillot, Instrumentation Technology instructor George Bohn, Process Tech instructors Mike Sparrow and Jim Powell, Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Gary Stretcher, Dean of Technical Programs Sheila Trahan and President Dr. Betty Reynard, and from Flint Hills Resources Port Arthur, Reliability and Execution Manager Dana Hanning, Operations Manager Stephanie Boyer, Learning and Performance Leader Nat Byrom, and Community Relations Coordinator Claire Jackson.

Flint Hills Resources Port Arthur donates equipment to LSCPA In its ongoing relationship with Lamar State College Port Arthur, Flint Hills Resources (FHR) Port Arthur has donated a specialized piece of training equipment to be used in the college’s Process Technology program.

Flint Hills Resources Port Arthur has had a long-standing relationship with LSCPA, having donated more than $90,000 in scholarships through the Port Arthur Higher Education Foundation for students attending classes at the school.

“Partnering with our local college to develop a job ready community is important to FHR,” said Richard Creamer, site director for Flint Hills Resources Port Arthur. “is pump and motor module will provide hands-on training for students seeking a career in process technology.” e equipment being donated is a single-impeller centrifugal pump and motor driver with cutaway sections of the exterior

cover to view the internal parts in action. is equipment is used primarily in process technology. “e lifeblood of any college or university is the relationship it shares with its community.

Today, one of our most strident supporters, Flint Hills Resources Port Arthur, has made yet another investment in the future of our community,” Dr. Betty Reynard, LSCPA president, said. “e donation of this pump and motor training equipment offers our students another critical insight into the day-to-day operations of the petrochemical industry.”

An important mission of FHR is the support of education and a community partnership that promotes science, technology, engineering and math careers. “e goal of this donation is to strengthen the skills of graduates from Lamar State College Port Arthur,” said Dana Hanning, reliability and execution manager for Flint Hills Resources Port

Arthur. “Providing tools for the instructors to simulate real-life industry scenarios will help develop critical thinking skills needed in day-to-day operations.”

Lamar State College Port Arthur offers a wide array of technical education programs, including process technology and instrumentation, which impact the local petrochemical industry workforce base.

“We work every day to develop the next generation of trained and educated citizens,” Dr. Reynard said. “Today, Flint Hills Resources has helped us take another big step in making career aspirations a reality for our students.”

Registration is underway for the Summer II and Fall 2016 semesters at Lamar State College Port Arthur. For more information about the college’s Process Technology or any of its other nearly 50 degree and certificate programs, visit www.lamarpa.edu.

Ringwalds bring 80s to SE Texas And, suddenly, it’s 1985 all over again.

Break out the parachute pants and buy some extra hairspray because you’re going to want to head back in style to the days of neon colors and MTV music as Lamar State College Port Arthur celebrates an “Endless Summer” with a concert featuring 80s tribute band Molly and the Ringwalds.

On August 20, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., the Carl Parker Center on the LSCPA campus will be rocking as Houston’s favorite 80s dance band takes us back 30 years to a time of Duran Duran, Prince, Madonna, e Go-Gos and Cyndi Lauper.

Molly and the Ringwalds formed in 2000 and has been voted “Best Cover Band” and “Ultimate Cover Band” by the Houston Press and the Houston Chronicle for several years run-

ning. e five member band has played over 1,000 live shows all over Texas. e band is made up of Carrie on keyboards, Denise on vocals, Sam on guitar and bass, Dekan on guitar and bass and Gene on drums and percussion. All the band members go by the last name of “Ringwald.”

“One of the benefits of being in a band based on a decade rather than on a style is you get to play music from almost any genre,” said Carrie, who established the band. “is is especially true of the 80s, which saw the rise of hip hop in popular culture. On a given night, we might play a set that contains new wave, rock, rap, pop, hair metal, country and dance music, one right after the other.

“We follow Ozzy Osbourne with the theme from ‘Flashdance’, followed by Young MC.

And it works, not because the songs sound alike but because great music flows together nicely.” e band’s set list includes more than 200 songs and touches on every aspect of 80s popular music.

“Molly and the Ringwalds will always be 80s music,” Carrie said.

“If we play other decades, we will have to change our name.” e event, a first for Lamar State College Port Arthur’s athletics program, will help fund scholarships for athletes in its men’s basketball and women’s softball program.

Tickets are $20 each for general admission with VIP tables and tickets to a VIP reception also available for purchase. For information on tickets or sponsorship opportunities, call the LSCPA Athletics Office at 409984-6291.

LCM ready for new students, pre-k, kinder Staff Report - For e Record Registration for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and students new to the Little Cypress-Mauriceville School District will take place on individual campuses Aug. 2, 3 and 4, from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

A birth certificate, social security number, immunization

record and proof of residency will be required of students registering for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. Students who have been enrolled in another district should present their latest report card, immunization record, and proof of residency at the time of registration. Parents should report to the campus in which the student will be

enrolled.

To be eligible for pre-kindergarten, a student must be four years old on or before Sept. 1, 2016, and qualify for the free lunch program. To determine eligibility for the free lunch program, parents should report to the food service department at the LCM Administration building, 6586 FM 1130.

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How we celebrate the Fourth

Members of the Lamar State College Port Arthur softball team pose with President Dr. Betty Reynard and Director of Athletics Scott Street as trees donated by Apache Corporation are prepared to be planted. The trees are part of a grant presented to the college by Apache Corp.

Donation adds to future beauty A warm sunny day at Lamar State College Port Arthur in the not-too-distant future will feature the shade of a beautiful tree thanks to a donation of 70 trees

by Apache Corporation that have been planted across the campus. e grant is part of a program

by Apache Corp. that featured the donation of more than 145,000 trees to non-profit groups in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. e grant to LSCPA was coordinated through the Athletics Department with many of the trees adorning the softball complex on Lakeshore Drive.

“We have worked to steadily upgrade and improve our soft-

ball facilities and the addition of these trees will add to the beauty of the work that’s already been done,” Scott Street, Director of Athletics, said. “We are grateful to Apache Corp. for donating a gift that will impact generations of students at Lamar State College Port Arthur.” e donation included 30 oak trees, 20 red maples and 20 green ash that were distributed across campus. Many of the trees line the outfield fence along Lakeshore Drive at the softball complex, while others dot the scenery across LSCPA beautifully manicured campus.

“Apache takes pride in joining

with organizations across Texas that share in our commitment to the environment through the planting of trees,” Vice President of Governmental Affairs Obie O’Brien said. “Spreading the word on the benefits of planting and caring for trees is vital to the preservation and enhancement of the communities in which we live, work and raise our families.”

Since 2005, Apache has distributed nearly 4 million trees to non-profit organizations in 17 U.S. states to help improve wildlife habitats, restore storm damage, and enhance cities and neighborhoods in areas where the company operates.

LSCO book drives helps Deweyville In an effort to reach out to the community, specifically Deweyville Elementary, the Criminal Justice Society of Lamar State College – Orange formed a book drive to assist in rebuilding the inventory of the school’s library. e idea for the book drive came about when Shana Sellers, LSC-O Program Director for Criminal Justice, discovered that the majority of relief efforts were going to areas other than the library at Deweyville Elementary.

CJS believes that “reading is essentially everything and is extremely important in the development for the younger child,” stated Sellers. “We wanted to dedicate our efforts to helping library and building back its col-

lection of books.”

CJS students created boxes that were placed around campus and the community and posted the book drive information on Facebook. rough these avenues the organization received donations locally and from several far-reaching states including New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Louisiana. e books, totaling 3669, were delivered by the Criminal Justice students to Deweyville High School.

Librarians at Deweyville ISD will be spending the summer cataloging each book and preparing them for the shelves in the elementary library. Tremendously grateful for the delivery, when the librarians were asked if LSC-O could assist in any other

way, they replied, “shelves to place the books!” e destruction of the flood obviously meant a loss of furnishings. Should anyone have the ability to build or the means in which to help the school in replacing books shelves, the librarians would be enormously grateful. e Criminal Justice Society was this year’s recipient of the LSC-O Student Organization Community Service Award. eir hard work with events such as the book drive gives the perfect example of why these students were chosen to receive the award. “I am in awe of these student’s generosity, enthusiasm and dedication to helping others, their community and school,” stated Sellers.

e 4th of July is often filled with parades, barbecues, fireworks, and impromptu baseball games. Families, friends, and neighbors often get together to enjoy scarfing down good food, talking, and lighting off colorful fireworks. e holiday was officially created in 1941, though the tradition of celebrating America’s Independence Day goes back to the 1700s and the american Revolution.

It all began on July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence and the Declaration of independence from Great Britain was adopted by delegates two days later. e move resulted in a battle from 1775 until 1783, when the British withdrew from the American colonies, leaving the United States to become a country.

Since then, Americans have remembered the battles, lives lost, the strength, and the courage it took for the founders of the United States to declare themselves independent of Great Britain — a choice that amounted to treason.

And since that time, whether it was an official government holiday or not, Americans have acknowledged the 4th of July as the birth of American independence.

In celebration of Independence Day, e Inquisitr would like to bring you eight ways Americans celebrate the holiday.

1. Parades

From midnight parades to ones that happen at a more decent hour, Americans love parades. In good weather, small towns and large cities across America line the streets to see floats, horses, cheerleaders, military units, and marching bands pass by, often waving flags as participants hand out candy. e most unique of these parades is, perhaps, the Bristol Fourth of July Parade, held in Bristol, Rhode Island. With its inception in 1785, it is the oldest 4th of July celebration in the United States.

2. Barbecues

Because who doesn’t love burgers, brats, hot dogs, and steak (or veggie burgers)?

Whether rain or shine, it is safe to bet there will be a grill burning in almost every neighborhood in America on Independence Day. Whether they are shared with family, friends, and/or neighbors, backyard barbecues and block parties are a perfect way to build community and celebrate independence.

3. Buying Fireworks

And who can resist blowing things up? Taking a trip to the local fireworks stand to pick up some sparklers, ground flowers, Roman candles, and even some mortars (where they’re legal, of

The Fourth of July fireworks show on the Seawall in Port Arthur is always an exciting time. This year, the event is preceded by a festival hosted by Lamar State College Port Arthur on Procter Street starting at 5 p.m. The fireworks show over the Intercoastal Canal will start at 9 p.m. course) is an American tradition.

However, it seems that setting them off a week before the 4th of July is also a tradition.

4. See A Fireworks Show

Don’t want to blow things up?

Don’t worry, there are plenty of fireworks shows across the country, and even on TV, for you to watch. while it isn’t the same thing as lighting the fuse on your own, these fireworks shows won’t disappoint. While many cities hold their fireworks shows on the Fourth, some hold theirs on the weekend or the day before.

5. Consuming Ice Cream

Unless you’re lactose intolerant, we recommend either making or buying some ice cream to help you cool down on Independence Day. With a heat wave in the West and normally hot temperatures in the rest of the country, ice cream and popsicles are the perfect way to cool off on ursday.

6. Flying The Flag

What could be more independencey (yes, we made that word up) than flying the American flag? While US military bases will celebrate Independence Day with a gun salute at noon, called the “salute to the union.” Troops will fire one gun for each state in the United States. But since gun salutes are frowned upon in al-

most all neighborhoods, we’ll stick with suggesting you hang the American flag and consider the troops that have fought over the years for our continued freedom.

7. Festivals!

Festivals are classic, wacky, and full of uniqueness. While your standard festival will include fair food, classic cars, and bluegrass music, one town in Alaska wins the wacky award for the Pink Salmon festival. Deprived of the darkness needed for fireworks, residents in Valdez have come up with a new way to celebrate the Fourth of July — kayak jousting. At least the water’s more a more comfortable landing spot than the ground.

8. Eating Contests

Again, food. While eating contests usually aren’t for the faint of heart, they are certainly geared toward those who love food. Especially, it seems, for those who love scarfing down hot dogs.

And at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York City, you can do just that. e tradition supposedly started as a way for two friends to settle a dispute.

However, what was probably meant as a one-time man-battle has turned into an almost 100year tradition that now includes both a men’s and women’s championship.

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NASA discovers ‘fireworks’ in deep space

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Staff Report - for The Record Fireworks shows are not just confined to Earth’s skies. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular fireworks display in a small, nearby galaxy, which resembles a July 4th skyrocket.

A firestorm of star birth is lighting up one end of the diminutive galaxy Kiso 5639. The dwarf galaxy is shaped like a flattened pancake, but because it is tilted edge-on, it resembles a skyrocket, with a brilliant blazing head and a long, star-studded tail.

Kiso 5639 is a rare, nearby example of elongated galaxies that occur in abundance at larger distances, where we observe the universe during earlier epochs.

Astronomers suggest that the frenzied star birth is sparked by intergalactic gas raining on one end of the galaxy as it drifts through space.

“I think Kiso 5639 is a beautiful, up-close example of what must have been common long ago,” said lead researcher Debra Elmegreen of Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York. “The current thinking is that galaxies

in the early universe grow from accreting gas from the surrounding neighborhood. It’s a stage that galaxies, including our Milky Way, must go through as they are growing up.”

Observations of the early universe, such as Hubble’s UltraDeep Field, reveal that about 10 percent of all galaxies have these elongated shapes, and are collectively called “tadpoles.” But studies of the nearby universe have turned up only a few of these unusual galaxies, including Kiso 5639. The development of the nearby star-making tadpole galaxies, however, has lagged behind that of their peers, which have spent billions of years building themselves up into many of the spiral galaxies seen today.

Elmegreen used Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 to conduct a detailed imaging study of Kiso 5639. The images in different filters reveal information about an object by dissecting its light into its component colors. Hubble’s crisp resolution helped Elmegreen and her team analyze the giant star-forming clumps in Kiso 5639 and determine the masses and ages of the star clusters.

The international team of researchers selected Kiso 5639 from a spectroscopic survey of 10 nearby tadpole galaxies, observed with the Grand Canary Telescope in La Palma, Spain, by Jorge Sanchez Almeida and collaborators at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. The observations revealed that in most of those galaxies, including Kiso 5639, the gas composition is not uniform.

The bright gas in the galaxy’s head contains fewer heavier elements (collectively called “metals”), such as carbon and oxygen, than the rest of the galaxy. Stars consist mainly of hydrogen and helium, but cook up other “heavier” elements. When the stars die, they release their heavy elements and enrich the surrounding gas.

“The metallicity suggests that there has to be rather pure gas, composed mostly of hydrogen,

coming into the star-forming part of the galaxy, because intergalactic space contains more pristine hydrogen-rich gas,” Elmegreen explained. “Otherwise, the starburst region should be as rich in heavy elements as the rest of the galaxy.”

Hubble offers a detailed view of the galaxy’s star-making frenzy. The telescope uncovered several dozen clusters of stars in the galaxy’s star-forming head, which spans 2,700 light-years across. These clusters have an average age of less than 1 million years and masses that are three to six times larger than those in the rest of the galaxy. Other star formation is taking place throughout the galaxy but on a much smaller scale. Star clusters in the rest of the galaxy are between several million to a few billion years old.

“There is much more star for-

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mation going on in the head than what you would expect in such a tiny galaxy,” said team member Bruce Elmegreen of IBM’s Thomas J. Watson’s Research Center, in Yorktown Heights, New York.

“And we think the star formation is triggered by the ongoing accretion of metal-poor gas onto a part of an otherwise quiescent dwarf galaxy.”

Hubble also revealed giant holes peppered throughout the galaxy’s starburst head. These cavities give the galaxy’s head a Swiss-cheese appearance because numerous supernova detonations – like firework aerial bursts – have carved out holes of rarified superheated gas.

The galaxy, located 82 million light-years away, has taken billions of years to develop because it has been drifting through an isolated “desert” in the universe, devoid of much gas.

What triggered the starburst in such a backwater galaxy?

Based on simulations by Daniel Ceverino of the Center for Astronomy at Heidelberg University in Germany, and other team members, the observations suggest that less than 1 million years ago, Kiso 5639’s leading edge encountered a filament of gas. The filament dropped a large clump of matter onto the galaxy, stoking the vigorous star birth.

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Debra Elmegreen expects that in the future other parts of the galaxy will join in the star-making fireworks show. “Galaxies rotate, and as Kiso 5639 continues to spin, another part of the galaxy may receive an infusion of new gas from this filament, instigating another round of star birth,” she said.

The team’s results have been accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal.

Other team members include Casiana Munoz-Tunon and Mercedes Filho (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Canary Islands), Jairo Mendez-Abreu (University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom), John Gallagher (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Marc Rafelski (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland).

The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and the European Space Agency. NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the telescope. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, conducts Hubble science operations. STScI is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy in Washington, D.C.

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Christians Must Apologize to Gay People, the Poor and Exploited Women, Says Pope Francis Catholic News Service Christians must ask for forgiveness from people they have mistreated in the past, including gay people, the poor, and exploited women, Pope Francis said Sunday on a flight from Armenia to Rome.

“I think the Church not only must say it is sorry to the gay person it has offended, but also to the poor, to exploited women” and anyone whom the Church did not defend when it could, Francis told reporters on Sunday, according to the Catholic News Service.

When asked about the terror attack at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, where Islamic State supporter Omar Mateen killed 49 people on June 12, the pontiff said, “The Church must say it is sorry for not having behaved as it should many times, many times — when I say the ‘Church,’ I mean we Christians because the Church is holy; we are the sinners. We Christians must say we are sorry.”

Referring to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Francis said gay people should not be mistreated.

“They must not be discrimi-

Christians must ask for forgiveness from people they have mistreated in the past, including gay people, the poor, and exploited women, Pope Francis

nated against. They must be respected, pastorally accompanied. We Christians have much to apologize for and not just in this area,” he added. “Ask forgiveness and not just say we’re sorry. Forgive us, Lord.”

Francis was returning from northern Armenia where the

Orange County Christian Writer’s Guild to meet

who meet to encourage and learn from each other. At this month’s meeting we will have some fun activities. All are welcome to attend.

The Orange County Christian Writer’s Guild will have their monthly meeting at the Brown Hearing Aid Center Tuesday, July 12, from 6-7 pm.

The guild is a group of local Christian writers and authors

American Legion to hold fish fry fund raiser The American Legion Post

El Bethel Baptist to hold anniversary celebration The El Bethel Baptist Church youth department will celebrate their anniversary Sunday, June 26, at 11 am. Bishop Dr. Mark Kirkland, Pastor of Greater St. Mark Ministries Church, of Ft. Worth will deliver the message. The theme is ‘I have a super hero and his name is Jesus.’ The public is invited to attend along with area churches.

El Bethel’s pastor is Rickey Guillory and youth director is Necie Broussard.

For more information call 883-8996. The church is located at 704 N. 12th St.

Good Shepherd Lutheran to host new women’s group Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 945 W. Roundbunch, Bridge City, is starting a new women’s group for those who are single and experiencing living on their own after divorce and/or separation during their 40s.

The inaugural meeting will be at 6: 30 pm, Wednesday, June 29,

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

Christian population suffered the 1915-1918 genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire, where 1.5 million Armenians were killed.

The pope spoke in the city of Gyumr, where after mass he said all people committed to 49, 108 Green Ave., Orange, will have a fried fish plate lunch fund raiser from 11 am-2 pm, Thursday, July 7. Cost is $8.

Plates will include fried fish, potato salad, cole slaw, green beans, bread and dessert.

Walk-ins are welcome and delivery is available.

Call 886-1241 after noon on Thursday, July 6 and before 9 am Friday, July 7, for orders and deliveries.

Christian unity “look confidently toward the day when by God’s help we shall be united around the altar of Christ’s sacrifice in the fullness of eucharistic communion.”

“Let us pursue our journey with determination,” he said.

“Indeed, let us race toward our full communion!”

Francis also prayed that Armenia and Turkey would begin a new process of reconciliation and peace that will look to heal the wounds of the past.

The pontiff, who on numerous occasions has said he fully supports the traditional definition of marriage between one man and one woman, has in the past also said LGBT people need to be treated with compassion and inclusion.

“You can advise [gay people] to pray, show goodwill, show them the way, and accompany them along it,” Francis said in an interview earlier this year.

The Church does not exist to condemn people, but to bring about an encounter with the visceral love of God’s mercy.”

The pope also rejected what he called “a formal adherence to rules and to mental schemes,” adding, “mercy is the first attribute of God.”

“Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”

Luke 6:28

in the church fellowship hall. The group leader is Lynn Holaway, who is experiencing the this situation and would like to reach out to others for mutual support and learning. Holaway holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and family science and a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy. This is not a therapy group, it’s about the unique challenges of finding yourself single as a woman in your 40s.

To sign up and join the group, text Lynn at 409-988-5290, or email her at goodshepherdoctx@att.net.

Trinity Baptist prepares summer activities for youth Trinity Baptist Church is preparing for a summer of activities geared toward youth of all ages. Orange area children and teens are invited to participate.

Under the leadership of Summer Interns, Rebecca Sanford and Derek Smith, plans are underway for trips to Sulphur Parks and Recreation Waterpark, (SPAR), Elise’s Family Fun Center, Camp at East Texas Baptist Encampment and a Crystal Beach Retreat.

Additionally, students can enjoy weekly Bible study, service projects and fun activities including games, art and movies.

The church is located at 1819 N. 16th St., in Orange.

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

Pastor Barbara Robberson Sunday Morning Worship 10:50 a.m.

Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Nursury Provided Wednesday

Harvet Chapel

1305 Irving St. • West Orange • 882-0862

Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wedensday evening 7 p.m.

Pastor: G.K. Samual

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

Wednesday Night Service: 6 p.m.

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Pastor: Ruth Logan Burch

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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 Sunday Morning Worship Experience: 8:15 a.m., Sunday school 9:30 a.m., Sunday worship 10:45 a.m. (Nursery provided).

For middle and senior high youth 3:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Taize’ service for children 6:30 p.m. “Kids For Christ” Wednesday 6 p.m.-7 p.m. For information on pre-school enrollment 409-735-5546 Rev. Mark Bunch Email: office@stpaulfamily.org

GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH 945 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 735-4523

Worship Services: Tradition 9 a.m., Sunday School 10:15 a.m., Contemorary Service 11 a.m., Monday ‘Compassionate Friends’ 7 p.m., Wednesday ‘Compassionate Friends’ 10 a.m.

Pastor Paul Zoch 409-988-3003 Our congregation welcomes the community to join us for all our services. We are a friendly, caring church of the future.

Orange First Church of the Nazarene 3810 MLK Drive, Orange

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

Home Group 6 p.m. Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

Wesley United Methodist Church

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

Pastor: Randy Branch Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m.

Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m.

www.orangewesley.org

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

Pastor Gary Price, Worship Leader Dan Cruse Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Nursury Provided

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

Interim Pastor Rev. Lynn Ashcroft Pastor Douglas Shows Sunday schedule: Bible study 9:15 a.m., Celebration service 10:30 a.m., Youth bible study, dicipleship classes 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Children’s activities.

COWBOY CHURCH

OF ORANGE COUNTY 673 FM 1078 • Orange • 409-718-0269 E. Dale Lee, Pastor Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

“Round Pen” (Small group) Studies: Ladies and Mens Group: 7 p.m. Monday

Come as you are! Boots and hats welcome!

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West Orange Christian Church

900 Lansing Street • West Orange • 882-0018 Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wedensday evening 6 p.m.

Pastor: Kurtis Moffitt

“Our church family welcomes you!”

www.westorangechurch.org

The Record • Week of Wednesday, June 29, 2016 9B

THE RECORD

• Just $10 For A 30 Word Ad In Both Papers And The Web • Classified Newspaper Deadline: Monday 5 P.M. For Upcoming Issue • You Can Submit Your Ad ANYTIME Online At TheRecordLive.com

Community Classifieds Your ads published in both newspapers, the County Record and the Penny Record plus on our web site TheRecordLive.com TRACTOR WORK BY DANNY COLE

• Dirt / Shelling • Garden Tilling •Bushhogging •New home pads • Sewer / Water & Electrical Lines dug Home 735-8315

JAN’S

Remodel or Repair *Baths *Kitchens

*Porches *Doors *Windows, Etc. *Free Bids HOURLY RATES AVAILABLE

883-0205 735-5030

LAWN CARE

30 GAS DRYERS, $100 TO $200 USED APPLIANCES starting at $99.95 at Harry Appliances, 302 10th. St. (10th. & main) Orange, We buy used appliances, 409-886-4111

Flower Beds

Light House Cleaning Will provode References

409-988-9232

HOME RENTALS

C O M P L E T E HOME REMODELING

2 Bedroom/2 Bath/ 2 Car Garage. Central Air Conditioning, newly remodeled, nice stove, refridgerator and a huge garage with Office/room.

BCISD - $950 plus deposit. Leave a message. 409-735-3856.

Repairs, Kitchens, Baths, Ceramic and Wood Flooring, Trim, Painting, Sheetrock, Texturing, Trim, Siding, Windows & Doors, Plumbing All Interior and Exterior jobs.

Big and Small No money up front 50 years experience

BRIDGE CITY 3/1.5/2, 327 Paula, fenced back yard, CA/H, stove and refrig., dishwasher, $995 monthly + $650 dep., (409) 670-6255.

BEST RATES AROUND!

988-1659

ORANGE, Duplex. Nice 1 bedroom, AC/stove, washer/dryer and Refridgerator hook up.

LCM school district, all bills paid except electrical. 735 - 6691.

(6/29).

Yard Help Wanted: Must be strong, healthy, have skills and be experienced : Mowing, edging, trimming bushes etc. Better if you have tools. Big yard. Serious, but fun job. Good pay, In Orange. Call: (409) 886 - 7223.

NO GAMERS PLEASE.

• Penny Record Office: 333 West Roundbunch, Bridge City • County Record Office: 320 Henrietta, Orange Note: Offices Closed On Wednesday APPLIANCES

Cell 670-2040

Lone Star Carpentry

Call 735-5305

Car Detailer Wanted:

Only Experienced need apply. Must have references, be strong and healthy. Mon-Fri Job. CALL: (409) 886 - 7223

NOTICE: Vehicle stored at Gilbeaux’s Towing and Transport Inc. 058449 VSF 16527 Hwy 62 S. Orange, TX 77630 PH (409) 886-0007 Total charges cannot be computed until the vehicle is claimed, storage charges will accrue daily until the vehicle is released.

Must demonstrate proof of ownership and pay current charges to claim vehicle. www.tdlr.texas.gov 2007 Honda Rancher NO Vin Owed $417.15 1999 Ford Explorer Vin# 1FMYU22X6XUC77358 Owed $353.10 2012 Toyota Corolla Vin# 5YFBU4EE7CP067438 Owed $353.10 2008 Chevrolet Vin# 1GTJK33608F219646 Owed $1285.40 Trailer Gooseneck Vin# R124075 Owed $1099.45 2016 Honda CRV Vin# 2HKRM3H73GH508703 Owed $1080.40 1991 Ford Econoline Vin# 1FDEE14H8MHB23058 Owed $632.34

Field Workers

For Sale: Reduced 4+ bedrooms 3 baths, 2 story home and guest quarters. Granite top in Kitchen and MB, beautiful cabinets in Kitchen and den. Two pantries, gas stove, stainless refrig., breakfast bar, formal dining. Porches on two sides of home. Guest quarters in back of garage w/bath and small kitchen w/stove, refrig, microwave, French doors. $210,000. Elaine Hearn Real Estate 7352610(6/29)

HELP WANTED WAYSIDE FLORIST has a position available in delivery and shop help, must be 25 or over, dependable and friendly, we will train, apply in person at 160 Bland, BC. No Phone Calls!

Drivers: Growing Company Needs OTR Company Drivers & Owner Ops. No Touch Freight.

53’dry vans.

Ask About Hometime Plans

800-588-7911 (6/29) The Record Newspapers has a need for a carrier for bulk delivery Must have reliable transportation, insurance, valid driving license.

Pay is $70 for Wednesday only.

Call (409)735-5305 Mon., Tues. Thurs. or Fri. from 9 till 3 or come by 333 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City, TX.

$1,450 firm, mulching kit also, (409) 735-4463 or 670-6023. (7/06) 2014 STEHL TOW. 14’ tires, rated for 6,000 pounds, powder coated steel, extended ramps, straps & papers included. NEW CONDITION! Interested? Call Dave (240) 217 - 6466.

Drivers: School Bus! $17/hr. Benefits! Sulphur area. 25yrs min.

CDL-A/B w/P end. 2 yrs bus exp. Angelia: 409-984-3099. (6/29)

NOW HIRING all positions

PETS FREE KITTENS to good homes, fluffy and very friendly, (409) 7188725.

Apply in person at 1265 Texas Ave, Bridge City

FOR SALE LAWN MOWER, Kohler, 20hp., 42” cut, used 2 times, paid $1,700 - will take

NO PHONE CALLS

Call: Jerry

HELP WANTED

409-670-3047

FULL TIME AND PART TIME

BUSH

5 temp positions; approx 5 ½ months; job to begin 8/5/16 through 1/10/17; Duties: Planting of sugarcane by hand; operating farm equipment during the harvesting of sugar cane; farm and field sanitation duties; operation and performing minor repairs and maintenance of farm vehicles and equipment. Able to work in hot, humid weather, bending and stooping to reach ground level crops and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Once hired, workers may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination. $10.69 hr; 35 hrs a week; OT may vary but not guaranteed.; 3 months experience required in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing and transportation provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worksite will be provided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract. Employment offered by Triple K & M Farms, Inc. located in Thibodaux, LA . Qualified applicants may call employer for interview at 985-446-3270. Applicants may apply for this position at their nearest SWA office located at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701 and reference LA job order number 627087.

HOMES FOR SALE

HOGGING

AND DIRT WORK

GROCERY STOCKERS GROCERY CHECKERS DELI WORKERS APPLY IN PERSON ONLY -- NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

K-DAN”S SUPER FOODS _ 9604 FM 105 DANNY’S SUPER FOODS - 2003 Western

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ORANGE’S OLDEST HOMETOWN APPLIANCE DEALER

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SI NCE 1963

28 Years in Business

HARRY’S

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• The Record • Week of Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Entertainment Southeast Texas

By Tommy Mann Jr. The Record We have reached the halfway point of 2016 and what a year it has been so far with amazing live entertainment across Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. As good as the first part of the year has been, the second-half promises to be one to remember. Check out any one of the great music acts at area venues and for more information on artists and venue locations, visit www.localmusicguide.net or follow Local Music Guide on Facebook.

Wednesday, June 29 Pug Johnson @ Bar Local John Cessac @ Buffalo Wild Wings The Touching Hearts Band @ Cafe Del Rio John and Thomas Teague @ The Capri Club Sabine River Bend Band @ Catfish Kitchen

Chester Daigle @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Danny Dillon, Aaron Sterling, Abel Dillon @ French Quarter Bar and Grill Alex Rozell @ The Grill Kory Fontenot @ Jack Daniels Bar and Grill The Fem Doms, The Disgustoids @ The Logon Cafe Big Daddy @ Rush Lounge Jimmy Kaiser @ Tradewinds Tavern Thursday, June 30 Third Eye Blind @ L’Auberge Casino Resort “Party by the Pool” Mike Zito, Scott McGill @ The Bayou Cafe #2 The Kings of Mojo @ Cafe Del Rio Bryan Trahan @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Skeeter Jones @ Good Times Pub Blake Sticker @ The Grill Rob Copeland and the Outsiders @ La Cantina - PA

Tin Pan Alley @ Larry’s French Market The FEM DOMS, The Disgustoids @ The Logon Cafe Alex Rozell @ Luke’s Icehouse Mid-County Zach Gonzalez @ The Neches River Wheelhouse The Cadillacs @ Orange VFW Hall Big Daddy @ Rush Lounge John Cessac and The Texas Outlaws @ Sawdust Saloon David Lee Kaiser @ Tradewinds Tavern Tom Brandow @ White Horse Bar and Grill Friday, July 1 America @ Golden Nugget Casino The Cadillac Three @ Texas Longhorn Club Alex Rozell @ Cecil’s Bryan Martin @ Cowboy’s Tyler Darby @ Dylan’s Bryan Trahan @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Bernie Alan Band @ Gator

Lounge Danny Dillon and Ryan Carroll @ Hardheads Tim Burge @ Just One More Tavern Ward, Bowen and Steinman @ The Logon Cafe Caylan Daughrity @ Luke’s Icehouse Mid-County Merle Jam @ Madison’s Curse and the Cure @ Pine Tree Lodge Rob Copeland and The Outsiders, Rikenjak’s Jerrett Zoch and the OSR Band @ Texas Longhorn Club Mixx Fixxer @ Tiki Beach Bar and Grill John Cessac and The Texas Outlaws @ White Horse Bar and Grill Saturday, July 2 Migos @ Lake Charles Civic Center Curse and the Cure @ The Capri Club Assistants to Mr. Schaefer @ Cecil’s

Bryan Trahan @ Ember Grille and Wine Bar Alex Rozell @ Fantasea BBQ and Grill Bernie Alan Band @ Gator Lounge John Guidroz @ The Grill Cool Breeze @ Hardheads Jamie Talbert and the Band of Demons @ Honky Tonk Texas David Joel Band @ The Lone Wolf Coy Blanchard @ Lucky Longhorn Casino Blake Sticker @ Luke’s Icehouse Mid-County Rob Copeland and The Outsiders @ Madison’s Cool Sounds @ Rikenjak’s Lion Height Reggae Band @ Ships Wheel Three Legged Dawg @ Texas Ave Tavern Zeroheros, Talk Sick Brats, Screech of Death @ Texas Rose Saloon Heather and the Hellcats @ Thirsty’s

Knotch @ White Horse Bar and Grill Sunday, July 3 Aaron Lewis @ Golden Nugget Casino L.A. Roxx @ Blue Martini Chester and Jairus Daigle @ Jack Daniels Bar and Grill The Cadillacs @ Jefferson County Singles Club Ronnie Fruge @ Rikenjak’s Danny Dillon @ Ships Wheel True Heroics, Burn Out Brighter, Riot on the Radio @ Texas Rose Saloon Jenny Carson @ Thirsty’s Monday, July 4 The Flava Band, The Band Far Cry @ Beaumont Riverfront Park Bag of Donuts @ Isle of Capri Casino Symphony of Southeast Texas @ Julie Rogers Theater The Ruxpins @ Orange Riverfront Pavilion