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Week of Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Mooney wins Sheriff’s badge, Peveto gets bench DAVE ROGERS

For The Record

The Mooney Train rolled across Orange County Tuesday as Constable Lane Mooney defeated Sheriff’s deputy Rob Strause in a down-to-the wire race to become Sheriff.

The final total showed 6,991 votes for Mooney, 6,457 for Strause, a margin of 52% to 48% in the Republican Party Primary.

The going was a little easier for Rex Peveto, the son of former State Rep. Wayne Peveto.

He defeated Michael Catt 7,887-5,479 (59%-41%) in a contest to replace retiring Judge Dennis Powell on the 163rd District Court Bench.

As no Democrats registered to run for county-wide office, the winners in the Republican Primary Tuesday will face no opposition in November’s general election and will assume their new office Jan. 1, 2021.

In two of the other three contested county-wide races Tuesday, John Gothia retained his seat as County

John Gothia

Kirk Roccaforte

Rex Peveto

Jimmy Lane Mooney

Judge by getting 73.5% of the vote over Ernest Bayard’s 26.5% and winning a twoyear term; and Kirk Roccaforte won a four-year term as Precinct 3 Commissioner with 71% of the vote against Carl LeBlanc’s 29%.

The final contested race, like the Sheriff and 163rd District race, was between two non-incumbents seeking to replace a retiring jobholder, Mark Philpott.

Brad Frye won the Precinct 3 Constable job with 77.2% of the vote to 22.3% for Sambo Carpenter, Jr. A total of 16,503 Orange County residents voted in the election, with a slight

majority – 9,481 – taking advantage of early or absentee by mail voting.

Of those, just 2,659 of the

votes cast were in the Democratic Party Primary, which included a Presidential Primary vote and other state

and U.S. official officials.

Tuesday’s first vote totals released were for early voting and Mooney held a 394-vote

$6.8M grant starts Pinehurst fixes

City of Pinehurst employees and grant administrators David and Lesley Waxman join Mayor Dan Mohon, far right, and General Land Office grant manager Terri Spencer to celebrate the city’s receipt of a $6.8 million Harvey grant to repair Pinehurst infrastructure Wednesday at City Hall. From left, they are Dawanna Stringer, Charles Spain, David Waxman, John Toney, Lesley Waxman, Greg May, Robbie Hood, Spencer and Mohon.

DAVE ROGERS For The Record

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Pinehurst.

If Santa Claus was the U.S. government whose sleigh was pulled by the Texas General Land Office.

The city just received $6.8 million in Hurricane Harvey money and are ready, willing and able to apply that to modernize city infrastructure and fix roadways.

“The City of Pinehurst, like every city in Orange County, was devastated by Harvey,” City Administrator Robbie Hood said.

The 2017 storm had lost its hurricane winds by the time it hit the upper Gulf Coast but stalled over Southeast Texas and created the worst

single rain event in U.S. history, with some places in Orange County receiving as much as 60 inches of rain in a four-day period.

“It took us a long time, but we’re here.”

Mayor Dan Mohon, Hood and city department heads Charles Spain, John Toney, Greg May and Dawanna Stringer gathered with the city’s contracted grant administrators, David and Lesley Waxman, and GLO Grant Manager Terri Spencer to celebrate the end of a long road with a brief ceremony at City Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 26.

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lead (4,234-3,840). A later, partial vote count released

by Orange County Elections Administrator Tina Barrow showed Strause ahead by 20 votes, 5,011-4,991.

“Oh man, it was a roller coaster ride,” Mooney, 55, said. “I didn’t know what to expect.”

The new sheriff will replace Keith Merritt, who was first elected to the office in 2008 and will have served four three-year terms by the end of the year.

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County’s research offers Dutch treat DAVE ROGERS For The Record

Never let it be said that Orange County leaders don’t know where to find people with answers to their problems.

And when it comes to water management, you go to the go-to guys on the subject, the Dutch.

Fortunately for the county’s travel budget, the Dutchman in charge of his country’s storm surge barriers was in Galveston Thursday, Feb. 20, and a half dozen Orange County leaders were on hand for Marc Walraven’s presentation arranged by the Texas General Land Office and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

County Judge John Gothia, County Commissioners Johnny Trahan, Robert Viator and Kirk Roccaforte, Bridge City Councilwoman Terrie Gauthier and Don Carona, general manager of Orange County Drainage District, were among about 30 interested audience members at Galveston’s Rosenberg Library.

Walraven is Senior Storm Surge Barrier Advisor for

Orange County officials Don Carona, foreground, and second row from far right, Robert Viator, Kirk Roccaforte, Terrie Gauthier, John Gothia and Johnny Trahan, listen to a presentation by Marc Walraven about the Netherlands’ sea storm surge barrier system during a visit to Galveston Feb. 20.

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Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch national agency over infrastructure and water management.

The country spends $3 billion a year to maintain its sea barriers.

The Corps of Engineers, GLO and their engineering, environmental and public outreach consultants are busy working out details for

a Coastal Spine network of seawalls and sea gates to protect the Texas coastline and the cities above it from storms and rising sea level.

Handouts at Thursday’s meeting included Galveston-centric information with diagrams of “Proposed Galveston Ring Barrier” featuring some sea gates and

barriers like the ones in the Netherlands.

The country also known as Holland, with a population of 17 million, lies northeast of England, directly facing the North Sea. Three of the biggest rivers in western Europe, the SEA GATES Page 3A

Tickets on sale for Swamp Pop Blowout 4 PENNY LELEUX For The Record

Jimmy Guidry is bringing the Swamp Pop Blowout back March 28 at VFW Post 2775 in Orange. Gregg Martinez and the Delta Kings will be the house band for the event, featuring: Charlene Howard, Parker James, Steve Adams and Ryan Foret.

Guidry loves swamp pop music and hosts the event to keep the music alive. “They are all dying,” said Guidry.

“G.G. (Shinn) died a year and a half ago. T.K. (Hulin) I had hired this year, but he had open heart surgery and had knee problems. They are all getting up in age. Jivin’ Gene (Bourgeois), he just turned

80 I think. Warren Storm, I think he’s 83. That music is dying.”

Bourgeois plans on being there, but just as a visitor to enjoy the show. Guidry said Bourgeois is going to Europe in April to perform. Guidry caught Jivin’ Gene in a performance at Evangeline Downs two weeks ago.

Guidry gave us the low down on this year’s performers.

“Gregg was at one time under contract with Don and Ivana Trump for seven years in Atlantic City. They took him all over the world to sing at their casinos,” said Guidry.

“Ryan Foret is from the west bank of New Orleans.

He has a band Ryan Foret and Foret Tradition. Those guys are so awesome; they could be booked every night if they want to.” Guidry said they travel all over Southeast Texas and Louisiana. “…and he does cruises.”

“Charlene Howard does a lot of backup singing,” said Guidry. “She did with G.G. Shinn and T.K. Hulin, Gregg

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Martinez and several other groups in Louisiana. She’s from Lafayette if I’m not mistaken. She sings with a group called Nickel Beer.

This girl can sing. She sings Etta James, Aretha…she’s got a great voice.

Parker James is from the Martenville area of Louisiana. “Parker has been singing since he was 14 years old,” said Guidry. “He sings a lot like G.G. Shinn did.”

Steve Adams plays with several different groups in Lafayette. He is a drummer by trade. Guidry said the first time he heard Adams he was talking to Martinez at a benefit.

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• The Record • Week of Wednesday, March 04, 2020

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Texas’ challenge to Obamacare The high court is likely to take up the landmark health law for the third time this fall and issue a decision in 2021.

Emma Platoff The Texas Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a Texas-led challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the justices said Monday, marking the third major case in which former President Barack Obama’s landmark health law has earned the scrutiny of the country’s highest court.

Exact timing was not announced, but the case is likely to be heard this fall, with a decision in 2021 — sparing presidential candidates the prospect of a major court decision amid a bitter contest in 2020. Obamacare remains intact while the litigation proceeds, but the lawsuit threatens to end it in its entirety.

Texas sued the federal government in February 2018, taking aim at the individual mandate — a critical provision of the sprawling law aimed at getting more people covered by penalizing those who chose to remain uninsured. In a 2012 case, the Supreme Court ruled that the mandate was constitutional because it could be interpreted as a tax, which Congress has clear power to levy.

Leading a coalition of 20 Republican states, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that after the individual mandate’s penalty was zeroed out in a Republican tax bill, the mandate could no longer be interpreted as a tax and must therefore fall was unconstitutional. More controversially, Paxton’s coalition argued that with the individual mandate, the rest of the law must fall, a “severability” argument that has proved critical to the litigation.

The Trump administration, in an unusual move, declined to defend the law and instead sided with Paxton, leaving the defense of the law to a counter-coalition of Democratic states led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.

Legal scholars on both sides of the aisle, including Obamacare critics, scoffed at the argument that one provision must doom the rest of the law. But in December 2018, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor struck down the law in its entirety.

O’Connor, something of a favorite for the Texas Attorney General’s Office, has heard a disproportionate number of cases Texas has filed in the federal courts here.

In December 2019, a federal appeals court accepted only some of his analysis, ruling that the individual mandate was unconstitutional, but that the severability question merited further consideration. The appeals court seemed almost to chide O’Connor, writing that his opinion “does not do the necessary legwork” to justify striking the entire law and directing him to reapproach the analysis with “a finertoothed comb.”

The California coalition asked the high court to hear the case instead of letting it return to the district court, which Texas said was proper.

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court declined to fast-track the case — which could have meant issuing a decision before the fall’s presidential election.

“Now that the individual mandate can no longer be preserved as a tax, the constitutionality of Obamacare must be determined,” Paxton

said in a statement. “I look forward to finally settling the matter before the U.S. Supreme Court.”

The vaulting of the case once considered a longshot to the country’s highest court is a victory for the conservative-led Attorney General’s Office, which has long enjoyed an outsized reputation for influence on the national stage. Ending Obamacare is a prized political goal of Texas Republicans, and after failed attempts to do it in the U.S. Congress, the Supreme Court seems the best venue to attempt.

Robert Henneke, general counsel for the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation, which has fought the lawsuit alongside Texas, said Monday’s decision brings the case “one step closer to finality and Americans one step closer to freedom from a failed and unconstitutional system.”

Obamacare touches almost every aspect of Texas’ health care system, from subsidized health coverage of roughly 1 million people to protections for patients with preexisting conditions.

Lawmakers here have yet to produce a plan that would replace the law if it were to fall.

“Our health is the most precious resource we have— we should all be working to improve healthcare, instead of ripping coverage away from those most in need,” Becerra said. “As Texas and

the Trump Administration fight to disrupt our healthcare system and the coverage that millions rely upon, we look forward to making our case in defense of the ACA. American lives depend upon it.”

The Supreme Court has heard two major challenges to Obamacare before, both times leaving it largely intact.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a Texas-led challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the justices said Monday, marking the third major case in which the landmark health law has earned the scrutiny of the country’s highest court.

The timing was not announced, but the case is likely to be heard this fall, with a decision in 2021 — sparing presidential candidates the prospect of a major court decision amid a bitter contest in 2020. The law remains intact while the litigation proceeds.

Texas sued the federal government in February 2018, taking aim at the individual mandate — a critical provision of the sprawling law aimed at ensuring higher insurance coverage rates by penalizing those who chose to remain uninsured. Leading a coalition of Republican states, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that after the individual mandate’s penalty was zeroed out in a Republican tax bill, the mandate could no longer be

interpreted as a tax and must therefore fall as unconstitutional. Paxton’s coalition argued that with the individual mandate, the entire rest of the law must fall, a “severability” argument that has proved critical to the litigation.

The Trump administration, in an unusual move, declined to defend the law, leaving the defense of the law to a counter-coalition of Democratic states led by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.

A federal judge in Texas sided with Texas in December 2018, striking down the law in its entirety. More recently, a federal appeals court ruled the individual mandate unconstitutional, but sent the rest of the lawsuit back to a district court for further consideration.

Texas said that court was

the proper venue, but a counter-coalition of blue states, led by California, petitioned the high court to hear it instead. The court earlier this year declined to fast-track the case — an option which could have meant issuing a decision before the fall’s presidential election.

Paxton’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.

“Our health is the most precious resource we have— we should all be working to improve healthcare, instead of ripping coverage away from those most in need,” Becerra said. “As Texas and the Trump Administration fight to disrupt our healthcare system and the coverage that millions rely upon, we look forward to making our case in defense of the ACA. American lives depend upon it.”

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• The Record • Week of Wednesday, March 04, 2020

Election Results

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house.

“My wife [Robin Peveto] is a highly respected teacher in Bridge City and that helped a lot in Bridge City.”

The Sheriff ’s race in the GOP primary, another job with a retiring officeholder and no Democratic opponent, was also hotly contested between two longtime lawmen with experience

(Contested races only)

Republican Primary, Votes President 1, Donald J. Trump, 13,153 2, Bill Weld, 75 3, Joe Walsh, 62 U.S. Senator 1, John Cornyn, 8,756 2, Dwayne Stovall, 2,476 3, Mark Yancey, 811 U.S. Rep. (District 36) 1, Brian Babin, 12,045 2, RJ Boatman, 1,326 163rd District Judge 1, Rex Peveto, 7,887 2, Michael Catt, 5,479 County Judge 1, John Gothia, 9,362 2, Ernest Bayard, 3,373

Sea gates proposed Rhine, the Meuse and the Scheldt, crisscross the country and drain into the Sea. Half the land in the Netherlands is below sea level, Walraven said, with as much as 60 percent in the flood plain.

Sounds a bit like Orange County, but with a kicker.

The six huge storm surge barriers built at an expense of billions of dollars since a 1953 North Sea storm caused floods that killed 1,836 Dutch citizens and left another 100,000 homeless – “It was comparable to Katrina,” Walraven said – have succeeded in keeping high seas out of the country but don’t include any pumps to force out any water, such as the rain-event flooding from Tropical Storms Harvey and Imelda.

“I tell the Corps every time we meet with them, we’ve had one surge event [Hurri-

Sheriff 1, Jimmy Lane Mooney, 6,991 2, Rob Strause, 6,457 Commissioner, Pct. 3 1, Kirk Roccaforte, 2,892 2, Carl LeBlanc, 1,183 Constable, Pct. 3 1, Brad Frye, 3,146 2, Sambo Carpenter Jr., 902 Democratic Primary Votes (Pct.) President 1, Joe Biden, 1,148 2, Bernie Sanders, 573 3, Michael Bloomberg, 487 4, Elizabeth Warren, 184 U.S. Senator 1, Chris Bell, 391 2, Annie “Mama” Garcia, 377 3, MJ Hegar, 273

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cane Ike in 2008] but we’ve had four rain events, so the rain events are much more crucial to us than the surge events,” Trahan, Orange County’s Precinct 1 Commissioner, said. “I’d like protection from both of them if I can get it.

“And I don’t think there’s any reason this thing can’t be designed to protect us from both.”

Roccaforte, the Precinct 3 Commissioner, wished Southeast Texas had some Dutch-style storm protection.

“The whole thing was interesting,” he said. Asked if he could foresee something like the barrier system Walraven talked about at the head of the Sabine-Neches shipping channel, he nodded and said, “and Cow Bayou and Sabine, that would be interesting.

“We might get to see it in

Swamp Pop Blowout 4 Guidry, “Man, wait to you see Steve. He’s something else.”

After listening to him 10 to 15 minutes, Guidry told Martinez, “This guy’s not normal. He’s not wired 110 he’s 220, he’s all over. He puts on quite a show.” Adams lives in Lafayette.

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per year job, and his stretch run also included TV ads.

County Judge John Gothia raised $28,100 in contributions through the Feb. 24 reporting date, but reported that much of it went unspent in the contest to keep his $107,140 a year job against Bayard, a newcomer to county politics.

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Mooney said he learned of his win in a telephone call from GOP County Chairman David Covey while at a watch party at the Oaks Event Center in Vidor.

The race for an empty district judge’s bench only comes around about once a decade and the media blitz for the 163rd District Court candidates, in Orange County’s most expensive race, featured non-stop ads on social media, electronic billboards and television.

Catt had raised $33,228 by Feb. 24 and Peveto spent $33,959 to win a job with a $158,000 annual salary.

“I was born and raised here. My dad was a state representative from here for 12 years and that surely helped,” Peveto said. “For the last 25 years I’ve been working here and I got a lot of support from [people in] the court-

fighting illegal narcotics.

Strause, the head of the Sheriff ’s Office Special Services (Narcotics) Division, reported fund-raising of $30,186 through Feb. 24 and saved a big chunk of it for final week advertising.

Mooney’s campaign finance report showed just under $25,000 in contributions in his quest for the $106,080

our lifetime, maybe.”

The poster boy for the Dutch barriers is the Maeslant Barrier, with two giant arms nearly 700 feet long that swing on ball bearings that are 10 meters (32 feet) across and connect in the middle of the channel to protect Rotterdam, Europe’s largest seaport.

“Their gates were built to hold water from one direction, but not two. If I owned those things, I would make sure I put in enough drainage apparatuses to make sure it drained well so I didn’t end up destroying my gates,” Trahan said.

The country’s famous windmills were installed several hundred years ago to pump water in and out of terraced fields used for farming tulips and the cows that produced milk for the cheeses, two products the Dutch are famous for. Mostly, wind

power has been replaced by electric generators.

Walraven admitted that the focus was on the safety of the people after the flooding nearly 70 years ago. The country developed “The Delta Plan,” which he said was basically “just close off every waterway and estuary.” The motto after the catastrophic flooding was “Never again.”

However, in recent years, environmental concerns have arisen in the Netherlands. Protesters tried in vain to stop the opening of the Eastern Scheldt Barrier, which they feared would close the estuary it was built to protect. In fact, the 62

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ter treatment plant and raising it off the ground to avoid future flooding; n replacement of old and leaky sewer pipes; n repaving 8 miles of streets, including West Park on the north side and Lexington and Concord on the south end of the city.

“Let me give our staffers some kudos,” Mohon said.

“In Pinehurst, though we’re small, we got our [Harvey] recovery started faster.

“When our [contracted] storm debris hauler said it couldn’t start for a couple of weeks because it didn’t have anybody to direct traffic around its trucks, our staff all volunteered to direct traffic.”

The city will employ contractors to do the wastewater and sewer repairs.

“Initially, they’ll use a camera to inspect the sewer pipes, and they’ll camera it again when they’re through,” Hood said.

The pipes will be changed out by “pipe bursting,” a trenchless method of replacing buried pipeline in which the old plastic pipe is broken up as the new pipe is pulled through the ground to replace it.

“With pipe bursting, contractors don’t have to dig up the whole street,” said May, the city’s fleet manager.

“They’ll just bore the old line out and feed the new line in.”

The city employees – as well as a city council headed

by Mohon – is working hard to build community pride in Pinehurst.

Besides infrastructure upgrades, the city has begun a cleanup campaign based on code enforcement and an eye to see dilapidated residential and commercial properties torn down or renovated.

Mohon has said the city has plans to establish an Adams Bayou fishing spot off of West Park.

But the mayor most wants Pinehurst folk to be alert during the upcoming construction.

“When it starts this summer, we want to ask our citizens to be patient,” Mohon said. “There will be a lot going on, but when it’s finished, it will be worth it.”

Hood echoed the mayor.

“Pay attention to signs,” he said. “It’s for your protection.

Pay attention to the area you’re driving in. There will be a lot of work going on.”

Hood said the money from GLO did not require a local match.

“I want to personally thank our mayor and city council for the wisdom to approve these contracts so we can bring Pinehurst back to its full glory,” Hood said.

sluice gates in the famous movable barrier are normally left open for water and fish to flow in and out, Walraven said.

He did mention that the huge ball joints on the Maeslant Barrier had to be reengineered and replaced just five years after the colossal project was completed in 1997 because environmental rules changed and the grease used to lubricate the bearings was deemed toxic to the waterways.

“Did we choose safety over fisheries? Yes,” Walraven said. “We had to do something because it’s the safety of our nation we’re worried

about. We didn’t have environmental worries in the 1950s, but now we’re learning about it.”

The Orange contingent left impressed by the presentation but unsure if it was something the Corps of Engineers project architects might incorporate in Orange County.

“I found how those built those dams interesting, Robert Viator, Precinct 4 Commissioner, said. “To be honest, I never thought of the Netherlands and their flood issues. They had problems.

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p.m. with music starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at Granger’s RV Monday-Friday 10 a.m. 2 p.m. now until the event or until they sell out. Two of the previous events have sold out ahead of time, so don’t wait to get your tickets. If you can’t get to Granger’s, contact Guidry at 409-735-2294

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March 6, our longtime buddy Jerry Bell turned 67.*****Skipper Free’s oldest granddaughter, Rachel Yust, turns 23 on March 13. Celebrating also this week is Jill Peveto, Josh Smalley, Buffy and Jordan Doiron and coach Toby Forman.***** You no longer have to go out of town to get a great package for home entertainment, special wiring for televisions, DVDs, lighting, whole house audio systems, CATV, phone networking etc. Accurate Audio Video, owned locally by Tyler Thibodeaux, is a first-class professional service.*****Last week the Bunch dined at Van Choate’s Tuffy’s in Mauriceville. Commissioner Owen Burton and Judge Rodney Price find it easier to attend when we meet there. Also breaking bread was newly elected Justice of the Peace David Peck and his lovely wife Patsy.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Obituaries 10 Years Ago-2010

From The Creaux’s Nest ONE MORE ELECTION PUT TO BED It’s all over for local county elections. Yesterday’s winners won’t face opposition in the November General Election. I can say, after covering and observing politics for over 50 years, this campaign season was one of the most civil. Some very good candidates made the run. What I have always found is that there is no substitution for experience. You learn something even from bad experiences. I believe “experience is wisdom,” it’s like cream coming to the top. So is most cases experience wins but not in every case. Example Al Gore and Hillary Clinton, other then Joe Biden, they had many years of government experience.

No one has ever run for president with more government knowledge than Biden. On the other hand, Donald Trump had zero government experience. We thank all the local candidates who used our newspapers to get out their messages. Congratulations to the winners. County Judge: John Gothia; County Commissioners: Kirk Roccaforte; 163rd District Judge Rex Peveto; Sheriff Jimmy Lane Mooney; and Constable Pct. 3: Brad Frye. After the election I always enjoy going through the entire election results box by box. It shows where candidates were the strongest or the weakest. It also tells me from year to year what the trends are. Over the years, the demographics have changed. In the last 10 years two communities, Orangefield and Mauriceville, have seen new families moving to the area. If you noticed that there were no statewide candidates visiting Orange County it’s because it has become so polarized. In years past most state candidates visited here. It’s now no longer necessary to waste the time when the outcome is known. That will have to change if our county will ever again be respected by statewide candidates and Austin government leaders. *****On the national scene the tide is changing. After Saturday’s big Biden win in South Carolina, the VP received endorsements from Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Amy Klobuchar and Beto O’Rouke Monday night. Too late to help him win Super Tuesday but gave him enough delegates to keep him not only in the game, but good to move ahead if billionaire Mike Bloomburg gets out and endorses him. I’m afraid the Democratic Primary will go all the way to convention and the Super Delegates will decide. It hasn’t happened since 1952 but on the other hand, Bernie might run the board. Not likely…*****Well, I have to move on. Please come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

WELCOME ORANGE HONDA We welcome our friends, the new owners of Orange Honda to our advertising family. They have really made some great improvements and brought in 8000 square feet of merchandise. You would have to go to Houston to find a larger variety. If you say the name Mark around there, a half dozen people answer you. Two Mark’s I’ve met are Mark Frye and Mark Strayborn. Mark Frye is the president of Orange Economic Development and is dedicated to growing the business community in Orange County.

They invite you to stop by. They will be glad to show you around. Go visit; tell them we sent you for the tour. You will be amazed at all they have to offer. Check them out first before you buy.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 10 Years Ago-2010 In the JP race, David Peck bested two other good opponents, Joel Ardoin and attorney Mike Abbott. Peck received nearly 51 percent of the vote, 247 more votes than Adoin, his nearest challenger. In this race we predicted the outcome but the vote fell about 200 votes less that we expected.***** Ronald Reagan is honored with his name on, among other things, an airport, a freeway, an aircraft carrier and one of the biggest Federal buildings in Washington. (Ironically he was a critic of big government.)

Now some of his admirers are launching an effort to replace Ulysses S. Grant on the $50 bill. Grant is admired by some for leading the Union Army to victory during the Civil War. An earlier attempt to put Reagan on the dime replacing Franklin D. Roosevelt failed. Next, an effort to put Reagan on the $20 bill replacing Andrew Jackson failed with opposition from Tennessee lawmakers.*****I was sorry to hear about the death last week of Billie Jo Chelette, age 69, who passed away Tuesday, March 1. I had known Billie Jo since she was a young teenager. She came from a large, unique family. Ora and Agnes Ham raised their family on Old Hwy. 90 in Louisiana. That’s when Hwy. 90 ran through Orange and the bridge over the Sabine River was at the end of Green Ave. They were all salt of the earth people. Billie Jo was a wonderful, quite lady, wife, mother and grandmother. Our condolences to husband, O.J.; sons, Jimmy and Randy; daughter, Charlotte and the entire family.***** Rebecca Nugent’s book “If the Devil Had a Wife” is stirring up a lot of interest. It’s one heck of a title. I haven’t read it, but I’m told Rebecca did a lot of research and I’m sure she added her own conclusions. We must all remember it’s a book. How factual it is can always be questioned and debated. I’m sure it’s sprinkled with some glitz that is deniable by the Stark Foundation and others who are subjects of the book.*****On

Lisa Nelson Fraley passed away on Feb. 28. Services were at First United Methodist Church in Orange. She attended USL, graduating from McNeese State in 1983 with a bachelor’s degree in business management. Lisa worked as a student loan counselor at Lamar College-Orange. She is survived by her husband, the Rev. Michael L. Fraley; and three sons, James N. McKinley, William L. McKinley and Samuel L. Fraley; parents, Billie Jo and Howard Nelson.***** Bill Jordan, 78, died Tuesday, March 2. Funeral services were Saturday. He had lived in Orange County for 50 years. Bill was a retired pressure control supervisor with Southern Union Gas (Texas Gas) for 45 years. He was a avid contributor of the United Way. He served his country in the Army during the Korean War. He is survived by his wife Sherry Jordan; daughters Denise Kaye Scott and Denette Elaine Marchand; four grandchildren: two greatgrandchildren:

45 Years Ago-1975

Attorney Cimron Campbell, who has been associates with Sexton, Watson and Campbell for six-years, has moved to the former offices of attorney Murry Harris, at 714 Division St. Campbell was appointed to represent one of the Dowden brothers involved in the shooting of Danny Gray. Campbell has gained a change of venue for his client. *****Cliff and Helen McCardle celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary. *****At a meeting Monday night, the City of Bridge City hired its first city manager. Bill McClure, from Altus Okla., is 46 years old, married and has two sons, 14 and 16. (Editor’s note: It’s hard to believe that Bill, if he is still living, is 91 years old and those two young sons are now 61 and 59.)*****Bridge City mayor P.M. Woods announced that Robert Giles, of San Antonio, was hired as City Planner.*****Dist. Judge Pat Pate, of Oklahoma, visits brother H.D. Pate, BC City Attorney.*****Uncle Jim McKay celebrates his 89th birthday March 10. (Editor’s note: Jim lived to be 101 years of age.)*****LaPlace Restaurant is now open on Short Sixth Street in Orange.

It’s a unique place patterned in the style of New Orleans.*****Three Orangefield students are nominated as “Outstanding Teenagers of America” for 1975. Congrats to Lydia Jean Franks, Robert Keith Mott and Janice Kay LeDoux. *****Richard Corder tricked Carl Thibodeaux into losing a bowling game in Port Arthur at the March of Dimes Bowl-A-Thon.*****Betty Harmon pulled a leg muscle doing her strip act at the follies. It required a doctor’s care prompting Corky to say, “That girl would starve to death in a chorus line.”*****One fine lady we just met is Lynn Hall. She loves swimming and archery. *****Freddy Hebert is now associated with Joiner Insurance Services.*****Larry Bergeron is manager of McLaury’s Furniture and Appliance. ‘Doc’ Rosenbalm is a salesman at new business at 2207 MacArthur Dr.

70 Years Ago-1950 Newton Texas: The state began its second attempt to send Paul LaFleur to the electric chair. He is already convicted and under a life sentence for rape. He is on trial for shooting a teenage Orange boy, Don Hulsople. Sheriff Chester Holts was the first witness to take the stand. He testified to the crime itself and the few clues that led towards his arrest of LaFleur in the Tennessee hills in midDecember. On March 5, Paul LaFleur was sentenced to 99 years. Attorney John O. Young will appeal. LaFleur will await appeals in both cases in Huntsville. He has several jail escape attempts and two jailbreaks on his record. The case was transferred from Orange County. (Editor’s note: It didn’t take long to try them back then, two trials in less than three months from arrest.*****County Clerk Joe Runnels will not seek re-election. Chief Deputy for the past 15 years, Sadie Stephens, has announced as a candidate. She has served under four clerks, A.H. Coale, W.A. Gunning, Mrs. W.A. Gunning and Runnels.

er, so does master mechanic Mark Brinson and Jerry Bell turns 77. On this day in 1836, the Alamo fell to the Mexican army.***March 7, former sheriff Mike White celebrates, also Libby Mitchell, Sharon Crumpler and longtime friend Rick Trahan.***March 8, BCISD teacher Christi Wiegreffe and Stephane Westlund celebrates.

Today the clock changes to daylight savings time. Spring Forward. ***March 9, our buddy H.D.’s widow, Pat Pate celebrates today, as does longtime friend Liz Weaver, who fought a long battle with cancer and won, also Kim Forman and Robin Kordish celebrate.***March 10, celebrating today is Robert Harvey and David May. Happy Birthday to all. Please see our complete birthday list.*****The first IRS Act in the United States was this week, 229 years ago, on March 3, 1791. Congress had passed a measure taxing distilled spirits. That was the first, today, we are taxed on everything.*****Former Dallas Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo will stay with CBS as a NFL analyst for $17 million a year. That’s a nice hunk of change for five months work and he doesn’t get hit.*****Have you noticed that Rudy and Sen. Lindsey Graham have gone underground lately. Another observation: Since January, when VP Joe Biden started running behind Bernie, there has been no talk about investigating Hunter Biden or Joe. That will change now that Biden has a path to the democratic nomination. Look for calls to open the investigation only to hurt Joe. There is nothing there and they know it.

They fear Biden can beat Trump.

BREAUX BIRTHDAYS March 4: Darrell Evans, Vickie Parish, Travis Reeves, Carolyn Sheppard.***March 5: Cathy Kimbrow, Lenzi Childress, Don Bayliss, Jennifer Byrd.***March 6: Trubie Beebe, Kristen Rucker, John Philps.***March 7: Misty Thurman, Charles Day, Leisa Miller.***March 8: Shelly Granger, Ryan Buker.***March 9: Brittney Zenos, Don Grooms, Jordon Doiron, Elaine Padgett.***March 10: Mary White, Wade Gillett, Bob Izer.

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS March 4: Baseball player Drayman Green turns 30, actors Patricia Heaton, 62 and Catherine O’Hara, 66.*****March 5: Magician Penn Gillette, 65, model Nicki Taylor, 45 and actor Eva Mendes, 46.*****March 6: Basketball player Shaquille O’Neal, 48, comedian DL Hughley, 57 and actress Moira Kelly, 52.*****March 7: Comedian Wanda Sykes, 56, actors Bryan Cranston, 64 and TJ Thyne, 45.*****March 8: News Host Steve Wilkos, 56, actors Matthew Gray Gubier, 40 and Brittany Snow, 34.*****March 10: Country singer Carrie Underwood, 37, actors Chuck Norris, 80, Sharon Stone, 72, Jon Hamm, 49.

HOW YOU CAN TELL WHEN IT’S GOING TO BE A ROTTEN DAY • Your car horn goes off accidentally and remains stuck as you follow a group of Hell’s Angels on the freeway.

• Your wife wakes up feeling amorous and you have a headache.

• Your boss tells you not to bother to take off your coat.

The bird singing outside your window is a buzzard.

• You wake up and find your braces are locked together.

• You walk to work and find your dress is stuck in the back of your pantyhose.

• You call your answering service and they tell you it’s none of your business.

• Your blind date turns out to be your ex-wife.

• Your income tax check bounces.

• You put both contact lenses in the same eye.

• Your pet rock snaps at you.

• Your wife says, “Good morning Bill,” and your name is George.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK A guy walked into Tee-Boy’s Bar and Grill and said, “Give me 12 shots of dat tequila.”

Tee-Boy, wat was bartending said, “12 shots, are you sure?”

Da guy him said, “Sure am, set dem up.”

Tee-Boy him, poured 12 shots of tequila and lined dem up on da bar. Tee-Boy watched in amazement as dat man downed eight shots of tequila, one after an utter. At dat point Tee-Boy him said, “Hey man, you need to slow down you.”

Da man him, replied, “Hey buddy, if you had wat I got me, you’d drink like dat too,” and he turned up da last four shots.

Tee-boy said, “Jesus man, wat you got anyhow, hanh?”

“A dollar.”

A FEW HAPPENINGS

C’EST TOUT In Conclusion

Last week in this column honoring the new Orange City Manager, a paragraph was left out in transition from my chicken scratch to the folks on the computer. The paragraph read “West Orange was represented by West Orange Mayor Roy McDonald and his lovely wife LaVerne and also by Municipal Judge Carl Thibodeaux. Mayor McDonald has undergone five bypasses and is having problems with the hardware that regulates his blood. We wish that good man much improvement. This week, the Lunch Bunch is at Robert’s. Next week the Bunch will try “Blue Bird Fish Camp on Simmons Drive. It will be a different experience. Van Choate is in charge of arrangements. Everyone welcome.*****St. Francis Knights of Columbus will fry fish every Friday, 4:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. You can purchase fish, hushpuppies, fries, coleslaw and a drink for $10.***The Bridge City Knights of Columbus will also be serving fried fish dinners on Fridays, 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Both locations serve great meals.*****I really enjoyed a new column that started in our paper last week. “The Farmer’s Wife,” by Lue Harris from Farmer’s Mercantile. One thing I learned was to fertilize my citrus trees with 13-13-13 and how often to do it. I look forward to future columns. Look it up. By the way, Lue said not to plant on Feb. 26-28. We planted banana peppers and Big Boy tomatoes on Saturday, Feb. 29. I wonder if we messed up?*****A few folks we know celebrating birthdays in the next few days. March 4, Cassie Bearden celebrates.***March 5, Jennifer Byrd and Chris Slaughter.***March 6, Coach Sam Moore gets a year old-

Chris Matthews, host of Hardball, 6:00 P.M. on MSNBC resigned over the weekend after 20 years with NBC. I first started watching Matthews when he started on CNBC with Matthews Politics. For the last 17 years it’s been a daily ritual for me to watch Hardball at 6 P.M. Few people on TV today could match his knowledge of politics in America. He was Tip O’Neal’s speech writer and had some great stories about Tip and Ronald Reagan. I’ve read his books. He is a great writer and story teller. He wrote a great book on JFK. Matthews didn’t abide by the leftist dogma and that’s what did him in. In an interview after the last debate Matthews challenged Sen. Elizabeth Warren six times. A feminist group then called for his firing after the interview. I’m going to miss Chris every evening. Now, where do I go, who do I watch at that time. There is no one in the field who possessed his knowledge of current and historical politics. Meanwhile, Trump’s son, Don Jr., was on FOX with Hannity saying, “Democrats are hoping the Coronavirus comes to the U.S. and kills a million people so it will stop his father’s string of wins.” (One Win). The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree. Little Donald recently quit his wife and four kids and ran off with a FOX news personality. Donald did the same when he ran off from his 20 years wife and three kids for Marla Maples. “The best sex he ever had,” according to him.*****Thanks for coming along. My time is up. Next week I’ll give a review of Tuesday’s election. Take care and God bless.

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Orange County Happenings & Events Lenten Services at Faith UMC

LCMISD Kindergarten Roundup

2019 return. For contact information, call or email Richard Porter, 409.883.0698 or porter4897@sbcglobal.net.

snacks.

For further Golden K information, email: annieoakley1116@gmail.com.

Faith UMC welcomes everyone to join us each Wednesday at 12 noon for a service followed by a light lunch beginning March 4 through April 1. Our speakers are Jim Sichko, Charles Empey, Johnny Asvedo, Benny Smith and Lannie Rousseau. The address is 8608 MLK Jr Drive. in Orange, Texas, 77632.

We hope to see you.

If you have a child or know of a child who will begin kindergarten in the fall, please take note of and share these dates. Little Cypress Elementary, 409-886-2838: April 2, 9:00-10:00 a.m. or 6:00-7:00 p.m. Mauriceville Elementary, 409-745-1615: April 2, - 8:309:30 a.m. or 5:30- 6:30 p.m. pre-kindergarten sign up will also be this day at MVE, for those who meet the requirements. LCE will hold a Pre-K roundup at a later date. Those with questions should contact the school your child will attend by calling the number listed beside the school’s name above. Important: Parents or guardians must provide the following when registering their children: The child’s birth certificate, child’s social security card, child’s shot record, parent’s driver’s license, and a proof of residence, such as an electric or other utility bill.

Jackson Community Center offers tax help

American Legion Post 49 Officer Elections

The Jackson Community Center will be offering fast tax refund and electronic filing to eligible families and individuals earning up to 54,000 or less by appointment only. This service will continue start February 3rd and go through April 15. The JCC is located at 520 W. Decatur Ave in Orange and is open Mon. thru Fri. from 10 am to 5 pm, and every other Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm. Please call to schedule an appointment and for additional information contact Elizabeth Campbell at 409-779-1981 or email jccorange@ gmail.com.

The American Legion Post 49 in Orange is seeking officer nominations at our meetings on March 14th at 2pm and April 11th at 2 pm. The officer elections will be held on May 9th at 2pm. all members should attend these meetings. The American Legion Post 49 is located at 108 Green Ave in Orange.

2020 Lenten Fish Fry Knights of Columbus Council 13825 St. Francis of Assisi, Knights of Columbus Council 13825 is selling fish dinners in the San Damiano Center (behind the Church) located at 4300 Meeks Drive from 4:30PM to 6:30PM on the following Lenten Fridays: March 6, March 13, March 20, March 27 and April 3. Dinner includes two pieces of fish, french fries, hushpuppies, coleslaw, drink and dessert for $10.

WO-Cove Job Fair The West Orange-Cove CISD will hold its annual job fair on Saturday, March 7th, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, at the district administration building located at 902 W. Park Ave. Registration and interview scheduling can be found online at www.woccisd.net.

Friends of the Orange Depot to meet The next meeting of the Friends of the Orange Depot will be held on Thursday, March 12, 5:30PM, at the Depot, 1210 Green Avenue in Orange. All board members and volunteers are encouraged to come for important decisions and to learn updates on the plans for our annual Depot Day, on Saturday, May 2, this year, on the grounds. Designed for family fun, Depot Day is a fundraiser for the organization, but entrance is free. Small fees will be charged for rides and some activities, but there is plenty of entertainment planned.

Anyone interested in volunteering for the food organization is invited to this meeting.

Refreshments will be served prior to the meeting starting at 5PM. There is always something magic happening in the historic Southern Pacific Depot.

Orange Public Library’s Annual Meeting Friends of the Orange Public Library, Inc. will hold their annual business meeting of members and visitors Saturday, March 14, 2020. The meeting will be at 10:30 am in the Ira Williamson meeting room of the Orange Public Library at 220 5th Street. Information on the Orange Public Library’s annual used books sale and Scholastic Book Fair will be announced. Both of these events are sponsored by the Friends organization. The American Association of University Women will present the year’s Library Family of the Year. Light refreshments will be available.

The general public is invited. For more information call 409-883-1086.

VFW AUX. Spring Garage Sale VFW Post 2775 Auxiliary will host their Spring Garage Sale Saturday, March 28th at the VFW Hall located at 5303 N. 16th Street from 8 am until 2pm. Proceeds go toward programs and scholarships. Vendors will be able to set up on Friday, March 27th from 5 ‘til 8 pm. Table rental is $15, additional space for clothes racks or tent frames will be an additional $5 fee. Parking Lot spaces will be available with cost depending on space needed. Make checks payable to: VFW Auxiliary 2775 / Mary Snapp, 7927 Sandra Ln., Orange, TX 77632. Register early for guaranteed spot. For further information contact Mary at 409-697-0390.

What is the NAMI Peer-to-Peer Education Program?

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Peer-to-Peer is an 8 session recovery focused course for adults with mental health conditions. NAMI Golden Triangle will be offering NAMI Peer-to-Peer beginning March 25. It will be held on Wednesdays at 10 am at Putnam Place, 310 N. 37th St. in Orange. To sign up please contact us at 409617-3308, 337-660-3358 or email us at namigoldentriangle@gmail.com.

You can visit our website at: https://nami. org/Find-Support/NAMI-Programs/NAMIFamily-to-Family.

GOALS Spelling Bee set for March 27th The time of year is near for the annual Greater Orange Area Literacy Services (GOALS) Spelling Bee, set for Friday, March 27, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., in the Lamar State College Orange (LSCO) gym on Green Avenue. This spelling bee is the yearly fund raiser for GOALS, an established non-profit organization. Examples of past teams include Vidor ISD, LSCO Students, LSCO Faculty, The Nelda C. and H.W. Stark Foundation, Orange Golden K Kiwanis Club, Orange Rotary Club, etc., to only name a few. GOALS cookbooks will be available for $10 each at the door to also help fundraising endeavors for GOALS. Each spelling team consists of 3 persons and an alternate studying a booklet of prechosen words, a complimentary lunch for the team members, and 2 gratis tickets per each team member. There is a Spirit Stick awarded each year to the team with the most enthusiasm, courtesy of Scott Hasty, owner of J. Scott’s A Florist in Orange.

The team package does require $350 for the team, not each team member, with all proceeds going to the training of English as a Second Language (ESL) students and to furnishing and helping individuals with study guides who need a GED certificate, to suffice for a high school diploma. Individual tickets to watch the bee inside the LSCO gym, as well as lunch, sell at $15 each. Contact Rhonda Powell, GOALS Director, for team application and further information at 409.886.4311.

4th Annual Swamp Pop Blowout The 4th Annual Swamp Pop Blowout will be held March 28th at the VFW Hall on North Hwy. 87 in Orange. Tickets will be sold at Granger R.V. Sales on MacArthur Drive. Ticket cost is $20.00 a person. Must be 21 years or older to attend. Tickets will go on sale Feb. 25th through March 28th, and sold Monday through Friday from 10 am to 2 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm on 3-28 with bands starting at 8 pm and going till 12 am.

It is open to public and will be BYOB. For tickets or information please call 409-7382294.

Orange County Master Gardeners plant fair The Orange County Master Gardeners are holding their 7th Annual Bloomin’ Crazy Plant Fair Saturday, March 14, 2020, 8AM 1PM at Cormier Park, 8235 FM 1442, Orangefield. Hundreds of nursery and member grown plants will be for sale including many varieties of citrus, berries, Texas Superstars, perennials, natives, annuals, house and tropicals along with succulents, lilies and many other hard to find and unusual plants. Plant specialists and members will be available to answer questions and to assist you selecting your plants. Specialty booths will be set up with unique gardening and craft items. For more information check out http://txmg.org/ orange or contact us at sheribethard@yahoo. com.

Golden K Kiwanis Club meetings Golden K Kiwanis is a non-profit group for ages 50 and above that has as its mission, children. Golden K meets each Wednesday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. in the Salvation Army Building, 1950 MLK Drive, Orange 77630.

Coffee and light refreshments are always served. The following programs are now in place: Wed., Feb. 26: Claire Smith will update Golden K members on her beekeeping business. Anne Payne - refreshments, Wed., Mar. 4: Orange County Commissioner Johnny Trahan will update Golden K on recent happenings with the Commission. Margaret Light handles refreshments. Then on Wed., Mar. 11: Debbie from Cottage Cuttings, 1315 Bancroft Road, Orange 77632, will suggest plants for a customer’s flower beds based on direction beds face the sun, soil type, and layout of beds. Some cuttings will be distributed and Rosie Hurst brings snacks. And then Wed., Mar. 18: No meeting, Spring Break, on Wed., Mar. 25: Dawn Burleigh, publisher and editor of The Orange Leader newspaper, will be the guest speaker, talking about changes at The Orange Leader. Vern Murray provides snacks. On Wed., April 1: Jodie Cates, owner of Jumping Bean Coffee and Gift Shop across from Little CypressMauriceville High School, LCM, will speak about what is involved to be legally classified as “a safe haven.” Anne Payne provides

Orange County Beekeepers Group Meetings The Orange County Beekeepers Group meets the first Tuesday of each month 6 pm at La Cantina Restaurant 2709 McArthur Drive in Orange. Anyone interested in Honeybees or Beekeeping is welcome to attend our meeting. We are a group of local beekeepers interested in spreading information about honeybees and the pollination service they perform.

This group works with the Orange County Ag Agent to expand beekeeping opportunity in Orange. We also strive to aid and assist fellow beekeepers, any new beekeepers and the general public. Officers of the Orange County Apiary Committee are normally in attendance to answer questions and assist Orange County residents. For information or assistance with Honeybee removals please contact the Orange County Agrilife office 409-882-7010, Len VanMarion 409-728-0344 Texas Master Beekeeper, Christie Ray 409-550-9195 owner of QueenBee Supply in Orange or Brian Muldrow 713-377-0356, owner of Muldrow Bee Farm.

Community Christian School Golf Tourney Community Christian School has rescheduled their Golf Tournament at Sunset Grove Country Club to April 4th. The tourney will cost $100 per player / $350 foursome and the deadline to enter is Nov. 9th. There will be a $50 Ball Drop, $25 Strokes, $1200 Grand Prize, a Hole in One for hole #14 sponsored

by Sabine River Ford with a new truck the prize with other prizes as well. Please call 409-883-4531 or email karad@ccorange.org for registration details.

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

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United Way of Orange County’s Dueling Piano Event United Way of Orange County is excited to bring back Pete’s Dueling Pianos. This is our signature event and will take place on Saturday, May 9, 2020 at the VFW in Orange starting at 6:30 p.m. The last two years we have held this event, and each time it was a huge success. The entertainers will be on stage ready to sing. Moncla’s will prepare a wonderful meal. And we’ll have lots of auction items up for bid. We are looking to make this event bigger and better.

2019 Income Tax Assistance AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) Tax Filing Assistance will be offered starting at 12:15pm, Wed., Feb. 5th at the Orange Public Library. IRS (Internal Revenue Service)-certified volunteers will be available from 12:15 to 4:00 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday through April 15th. April 15 is the last day to file 2019 taxes. Anyone coming for assistance should bring the following: Proof of identification (photo ID); Social Security cards for you, your spouse, and dependents; Birth dates for you, your spouse, and dependents; Wage and income statements (Form W-2, Social Security, 1099-R, 1099Misc, W2G); Interest and dividend statements from banks (Forms 1099); Records of any Capital Gains and Losses; Forms 1095-A, B or C, Affordable Health Care Statements; and a copy of last year’s federal and state returns, very helpful in the preparation of the

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DEATHS & MEMORIALS

Darrell Wiley, 85, Bridge City Darrell Wiley, 85, of Bridge City, Texas, passed away on February 28, 2020, in Nederland, Texas. Funeral services was held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City. Officiating was Reverend Murry Ray. Visitation was held prior to the service, beginning at

12:00 p.m., at United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City. Born in Macomb, Oklahoma, on February 20, 1935, he was the son of Felix Virgil Wiley and Velma (Hoofard) Wiley.

Darrell worked as a pipe designer at DuPont for over 30 years, and was a member of Pipefitters Local Union 211, formerly 195. He was a faithful member of United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City. Darrell was an avid fisherman, who appreciated spending time on the water. He also enjoyed traveling and watching NASCAR races and Texas Longhorn games. Darrell adored his grandchildren and great-grandchildren and he loved attending their sporting events. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him. He was preceded in death by his parents, Virgil and Velma Wiley; his first wife, Pat Wiley; his brother, Kenneth Wiley; and his sister, Virgilene Ortolon. He is survived by his loving wife of 11 years, Jean Wiley; his children, Angie Beard and husband Phillip of Vidor, and Todd Wiley and wife Kathleen of Wahalla, South Carolina; his step-children, Randy Laing and wife Nan of Beaumont, and Jay Laing and wife Tami of Boyton Beach, Florida; as well as his 9 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Cremation is under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home.

Orange County Happenings From Page 5A Seek & Find Resale Store The Seek & Find Resale Shop is open on Thursdays from Noon to 6:00 pm, Fridays from 12 noon to 3:00 pm and Saturdays from 7:30 am to 1:00 pm. We are selling all types of used items - clothes, toys, books, household items,etc. Our proceeds help fund our music programs at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Please come and see us at 985 W. Roundbunch Road, next to Happy Donuts.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Fundraiser

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is currently selling Durham Ellis Nuts. Pecan halves are $10.00/lb, Pecan Pieces are $9.75/ lb and walnut pieces are $8.25/lb. We also have delicious chocolate covered pecans for $9.25. Come and check out our inventory of nuts. Our phone number is 409-735-4573.

We are selling these nuts to further our music ministry by offering music scholarships to two Lamar University students.

Pinnacle Music Academy Pinnacle Academy offers private music lessons for Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Drums, Bass Trumpet, Ukulele, and more for all ages.

Learn all musical styles including Pop, Rock, Country, Metal, Jazz, Blues, and Hip Hop. Pinnacle Academy is located at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 945 W. Roundbunch, Bridge City. Come and discover this opportunity to learn an instrument in the local area. For more information, call 409-241-

3920 or visit PinnacleMusicAcademy.com.

Orange County Beekeeping Group

The Orange County Beekeepers Group is a group of local beekeepers interested in spreading information about honeybees and the pollination service they perform. The group also strives to aid and assist fellow beekeepers, any new beekeepers, and the general public. For information or assistance with honeybee removals, please contact Len VanMarion 409-728-0344 or Brian Muldrow 713-377-0356.

Orange Al-Anon meetings

$3 million disaster recovery funds released for OC Staff Report For The Record

AUSTIN - Today Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved $3,204,462 in Hurricane Harvey funds to conduct an acquisition program for approximately 30 homes located in a floodplain or repetitive flood areas in the city of Orange. These communities were overwhelmed by Hurricane Harvey as heavy rainfall caused flooding of streets and homes, threatening public health, safety, and welfare.

In addition to the city of Orange, Cmr. George P. Bush announced Hurricane Harvey funds to conduct an acquisition program for approximately 20 homes located in a floodplain or repetitive flood areas in the city of West Orange, as well as an approved $2 million in Hurricane Harvey funds to conduct an acquisition program for approximately 10 homes located in a floodplain or repetitive flood areas in the city of Pine Forest and $2 million in Hurricane Harvey funds to conduct an acquisition program for approximately 11 homes located in a floodplain or repetitive flood areas in Rose City. Also announced were funds for Jefferson County and Silsbee. ”Hurricane Harvey devastated communities across the Texas Coast,” said Commissioner Bush. “These recovery funds are critical to protecting lives, homes and businesses from future storms. We continue to work with our partners in communities across the region to leverage these resources efficiently

El Chapo Beer now on sale GUADALAJARA, Mexico- Have a cold one, have an “El Chapo” beer. That’s the message of Alejandrina Guzman, whose company has developed a craft beer dedicated to her infamous, incarcerated kingpin father Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

The beer is part of the “El Chapo 701” brand, which has already launched a clothing line, and gets its name from when Forbes

and effectively to benefit Texans affected by Hurricane Harvey.”

Texas GLO Hurricane Harvey Recovery Funds:

Commissioner George P. Bush and the Texas General Land Office was appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to lead the historic Hurricane Harvey housing recovery efforts funded by $5.676 billion in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The GLO allocated $413 million of the allocation for infrastructure projects and $275 million for local buyout and acquisitions to protect communities affected by the storm.

The GLO allocated the funds to regional Council of Governments’ (COGs) based on a HUD approved needs assessment. The locally-led COGs then conducted methods of distribution (MODs) for determining infrastructure and buyout and acquisition amounts for cities and counties within each jurisdiction. COG boards are comprised of officials from the impacted communities elected in part to prioritize funds allocated for recovery programs. The MOD process requires public engagement and the GLO reviewed each MOD for compliance with federal rules and requirements before approving each plan.

To review the approved MODs, please visit https://recovery.texas.gov/action-plans/ hurricane-harvey/index.html. named him the 701st richest person in the world in 2009. Forbes estimated his net worth at $1 billion at the time.

“This is an artisanal beer, with 4% alcohol.

This prototype is a lager, and it’s made up of malt, rice and honey so it’s good,” said Adriana Ituarte, a salesperson for the brand. “And the idea is for it to be sold at bars that stock craft beer.”

A 355 ml bottle is due to be priced at 70.10 pesos ($3.73).

Al-Anon can help if someone close to you has a drinking problem. Al-Anon meets Sundays & Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m., North Orange Baptist Church, 4775 N. 16th St. (Rear), Orange, TX 77632. Call 474-2171 or 9882311 for more info. Calls are kept Confidential.

Bridge City Al-Anon meetings Al-Anon meetings are held on Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. in the Library at St. Henry’s Catholic Church Education building, located at 475 W. Roundbunch Road, Bridge City. For more information, please contact Cindy at 409-749-9036 or Mike at 409-7180333.

Alamo Falls: This week in Texas History Staff Report For The Record On February 23, Santa Anna and some 3,000 Mexican troops besieged the Alamo, and the former mission was bombarded with cannon and rifle fire for 12 days. On February 24, in the chaos of the siege, Colonel Travis smuggled out a letter that read: “To the People of Texas and All Americans in the World…. I shall never surrender or retreat….

Victory or Death!” On March 1, the last Texan reinforcements from nearby Gonzales broke through the enemy’s lines and into the Alamo, bringing the total defenders to approximately 185. On March 2, Texas’ revolutionary government formally declared its independence from Mexico.

In the early morning of March 6, Santa Anna ordered his troops to storm the Alamo.

Travis’ artillery decimated the first and then the second Mexican charge, but in just over an hour the Texans were overwhelmed, and the Alamo was taken. Santa Anna had or-

dered that no prisoners be taken, and all the Texan and American defenders were killed in brutal hand-to-hand fighting. The only survivors of the Alamo were a handful of civilians, mostly women and children. Several hundred of Santa Anna’s men died during the siege and storming of the Alamo.

Six weeks later, a large Texan army under Sam Houston surprised Santa Anna’s army at San Jacinto. Shouting “Remember the Alamo!” the Texans defeated the Mexicans and captured Santa Anna. The Mexican dictator was forced to recognize Texas’ independence and withdrew his forces south of the Rio Grande.

Texas sought annexation by the United States, but both Mexico and antislavery forces in the United States opposed its admission into the Union. For nearly a decade, Texas existed as an independent republic, and Houston was Texas’ first elected president.

In 1845, Texas joined the Union as the 28th state, leading to the outbreak of the MexicanAmerican War.

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My 5-Cents -

By State Sen. Robert Nichols

A monthly column from Sen. Robert Nichols by Sen. Robert Nichols, Senate District 3 The saying goes that everything is bigger in Texas, and that is true of the amount of pride Texans have in our state. We will soon celebrate Texas Independence Day, which honors the signing of Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico. Texas went on to be a stand-alone Republic for 10 years, before joining the United States.

The bravery and courage of our Texas founders continues to inspire our state today through their legacy of freedom, selfreliance and ingenuity.

SCT) have announced their intention to establish a medical school in Tyler, which will serve the East Texas region. This school would expand on the work already being done by UTHSCT, and provide an opportunity for specialty practices, recruiting and retaining top doctors to teach and serve at the medical school, as well as increase economic growth in local communities. I look forward to working with these institutions to ensure that Texans in this area receive the best care they need and deserve. There are still many steps to go before building can begin, and I will keep you posted as to how this proposal is progressing.

Community Happenings

1. Texas Asks To End California Travel Ban

The Senate State Affairs Committee met at the end of February. They discussed ways to increase public awareness on the proliferation of human trafficking and resources for victims and survivors. They reviewed the interaction between local, state and federal agencies and will make recommendations as to how to improve upon these collaborations. Legislation passed in recent sessions regarding second amendment rights was also reviewed and recommendations will be made on ways to further protect and enhance Texan’s second amendment rights. The committee examined prosecution rates for thefts involving property valued under $1,000 and will make recommendations to ensure law enforcement and prosecutors have the tools necessary to protect Texans personal property from theft.

Planting Guide for the Week of March 1-8th

March 1-6 very good for above ground, fair for root crops March 7-8 Barren, do not plant. Good for killing weeds and destroying roots March 5-6 Moist, very fruitful. Best days of all for planting and transplanting.

A good time for grafting and watering if needed. Also a good time to prepare seed beds.

Green Bean Bundles 2 cans whole green beans drained 1 lb bacon cut in half 3/4 c butter 1/2 c brown sugar garlic powder, salt, pepper to taste

From the Farmers Wife

In 2017, the Texas Legislature passed HB 3859, which allows faith-based organizations to deny services or contracts with organizations that do not share their religious beliefs. If they refuse services to an individual, they must refer them to another agency. The previous year, California passed a law banning state funded travel to any states in which they deemed to have discriminatory laws. When Texas passed HB 3859, our state become one of 11 states to be put on the travel ban list. This meant that California state employees would be banned from taking taxpayer-funded business trips to events in Texas.

Recently, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down this law, stating it was unconstitutional and economic warfare against other states.

The U.S. Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction over civil disputes between states.

2. State Affairs

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Cut bacon slices and wrap around 5 or 6 green beans Lay seam side down on baking sheet or oblong pan Sprinkle with garlic powder and brown sugar Make sure you put a lot of garlic powder Bake at 350 for 45 min to 1 hr until bacon is crisp

Here are five things happening around your state this month:

The Bridge City/ Orangefield Rotary Club honored Brindin Shomo as the Rotary February Student of the Month. Pictured are Brindin - student, family members - Shay Garren, and Chala Plessella, Nikki Harris - Counselor. Back row Todd Lintzen - Superintendent, Mark Bunch - Rotarian and Tim Woolley - High School Principal.

3. Preparing Work-Force Ready Students In 2016, Governor Abbott created the Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative, which was made up of the Texas Education Agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the Texas Workforce Commission. They were charged with developing links between education and workforce, by working with industry leaders to assess local workforce needs and identify the skills students would need to be successful in those industries. Recently, Abbott asked them to identify specific strategies to help more students complete college or career programs that lead to high-paying jobs. They have also been asked to create a plan to develop a stronger high quality teacher pipeline by examining existing programs which aim to lower college debt for future teachers.

4. SBOE Considers African American Studies Course At the end of January, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) approved the creation of a one-credit elective high school social studies course on African American Studies.

The course will offer a broad overview of the history and culture of African Americans. It will cover topics including history, citizenship, culture, economics, science, technology, and politics. The proposed course still must move through a formal public comment period scheduled from March 6 to April 10, and then will be considered for final approval at the next SBOE meeting on April 17. When approved, Texas will become the fifth state in the country to have a state-approved elective course.

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The Bridge City/ Orangefield Rotary awarded Matthew Hazen as their Orangefield February Student of the Month. Proud parents are Kim and Danny Hazen. Pictured are Shaun McAlpin - Superintendent, Katie Bowers - family, Matthew - student, Mark Bunch Rotarian and Carissa Bonnin - Counselor

5. Medical School in East Texas With the lack of primary and mental health providers in the area, the East Texas region is considered a medically underserved area. The University of Texas system, along with UT Tyler and the UT Health Science Center at Tyler (UTH-

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Still learning the ropes CAPT. DICKIE COLBURN For The Record ”How can we leave,” asked Terry Robnet. “It’s pretty obvious the fish are here, but we just forgot how to fish.”

That enlightening statement was a logical assumption based on the fact that two anglers drifting the same flat were catching three or four fish every drift. At the same time, we were only three hundred yards east of them and lucky to catch a single trout. Our pile of wrong guesses littering the floor of the boat was growing!

The frustration really set in when they started their next drift much closer to the shore, immediately boated a red and a trout and left. The conditions were still perfect two hours later, but our patience had taken a hit.

Having decided six keepers would have to do, we elected to call it a day. As soon as I rounded the south point of East Pass I noticed the same boat was anchored on the north side of the Pass and the occupants were waving us over.

“When you can’t catch a fish you don’t talk to nobody… hahn?,” barked a Lake Charles friend that I had fished with regularly on Big Lake years ago.Following a couple more predictable jabs, he picked up his nearest rod and pitched his lure on the deck of my boat.

“Jason is fishing a jerk bait, but I have had this same Down South tail tied on all morning,” said Phil.“We have been fishing that flat a lot over the past two weeks and limited almost every trip.It took us a while to figure them out, but it was worth the work!”

It all started with Jason throwing a Spro McStick which is basically shaped like the Rogue or Long A, but sinks very slowly. That eliminates surface strikes, but you can fish it with a twitching motion at any depth with little or no effort.“When we figured out that the trout were only a foot or two beneath the surface,” added Phil, “I Texas rigged a Down South tail on a worm hook with no weight rather than a jig head. Jason’s bait is kind of pearl/purple, but I am catching mine on Texas Roach.”

Terry and I had tried countless lures that matched their lures in both color and body style, but we were fishing too slow. When we decided to stick with tails we kept our lures on the bottom and the fish weren’t there!

I would have never tried fishing a tail rigged on a worm hook with no weight, but the slow sinking motion kept it in the critical strike zone with far less effort on the angler’s part.

I haven’t tried the set up yet, but I am sure it will be easier to cast with a spinning rig. I think the color of Jason’s McStick is called Ghost Magic Purple.

We have been fishing a jerk bait more lately than I have fished one in years and done pretty well. I change two of the treble hooks out for single hooks and if it doesn’t change the lure’s posture, I leave the middle hook in the box. I love braidSee COLBURN Page 3B

MLB testing ‘Robot Umpires’ spring training JOE KAZMAR KAZ’S KORNER For The Record Last week’s column dealt with the rules changes that will go in effect at the start of the 2020 major league baseball season.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred continues to make changes in the game that probably would make the game’s inventor Abner Doubleday roll over in his grave.

Most of the changes over the years have been beneficial to the game like video replay and limiting the number of challenges of each team.

New ideas generally are tested in the minor leagues or in spring training like the use of electronic monitoring of balls and strikes to help the home plate umpire make the calls for ball and strikes more accurate.

The independent Atlantic League used the “Trackman System” to call balls and strikes during the second half of the 2019 season and also during the Arizona Fall League.

Once again USA Today Sports Weekly has an article in this week’s issue explaining that in 2020 MLB has switched to the more accurate “Hawk Eye” system to call balls and strikes.

“For the next month it will call balls and strikes on top of the work done by real, live umpires during the exhibition season,” the article points out.

“After the big leaguers head north, a two-dimensional automated strike zone will be tested in nine spring training ballparks used in the Class A Florida State League,” the article continues.

Manfred admits the automated zone won’t receive serious consideration until technology and accuracy improve significantly. The “Hawk Eye” is expected to move that forward significantly, after Trackman was largely criticized in the Arizona Fall League.

“So, while major leaguers still hear real live balls and strikes called on the Cactus and Grapefruit circuits, their

This is not the Droid MLB is looking for to call balls and strikes, but baseball will utilize robot umpires in spring training.

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automated future is unfolding in the background,” the article stated. “It’s an admittedly dicey subject in a sport that’s changed at warp speed the past decade.”

Just like anything that’s new or changed, there is a lot of negativity involved with the major leaguers, especially the pitchers and catchers.

Thirty-six-year-old veteran catcher Chris Iannetta, who is at spring training with the New York Yankees said, “I don’t think it will make the brand of baseball better. We’re trying to put a great game on the field, and that takes baseball players It doesn’t take all of the auxiliary things. It doesn’t matter if the tech is 100% right or not, it’s not baseball.”

Another veteran catcher, St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Wieters commented, “For me, part of baseball is relationships. As a catcher, relationships with an umpire—good or tough—can be what you remember most from playing days. It will be a little weird not having as much interaction.”

Manfred told Fox Business last month that an automated strike zone will be more accurate over the long haul. He looks for it to reduce controversy in the game for the good of the game.

Ace Cardinals’ right-handed pitcher Adam Wainwright said probably

tongue-in-cheek, “If they ever do come out with this automated strike zone, I’m coming out of retirement because that might be really good for a guy like me. If it actually is knee-toletters and they call this high strike, somebody’s going to have a freakout.”

KWICKIES…I’m continuing to toot my horn for my grandson Logan “Smitty” Smith who logged another brilliant mound performance for Army Friday with a four-hit nine-inning complete game, beating rival Air Force 9-1 at the double-round-robin three-team tournament at Fayetteville, N. Car. last weekend. An error with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning cost him another shutout, but lowered his earned run average to 0.86 for 21 innings. Smitty will start his next game Friday against Western Michigan in a tournament at Port Charlotte, Fla. And not to be outdone, Judge Pat Clark’s grandson Kolbe Aven hit a grand slam home run last week to give his high school--American Heritage— a 4-3 victory. If Kolbe’s last name sounds familiar, his dad is Bruce Aven, a former diamond star at West Orange-Stark, Lamar University and the Cleveland Indians and Florida Marlins who also is the head baseball

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The Record’s: WEEKLY TRACK & FIELD HIGHLIGHTS BUBBA BURTON For The Record There are plenty of bouquets and rose ceremonies to conduct as The Bachelor is about to start in another part of our house. So let’s pass out a few roses. First, to the BISD for bringing back its meet last weekend after 30 years of the YMBL Relays.

Second, to the BISD for calling it the Ed Taylor Relays.

Ed would be humbled to have it named after him.

Seven new girls area leaders and eight new boys area leaders emerged from the meet. Ed would be proud of those athletes too. As for team numbers, North Shore and the Titans definitely could win state team titles in 6A and 5A so the quality was excellent.

More team roses go out to PN-G’s Girls and Bridge City’s Boys for the Team championships at the Bobcat Relays. Josh Smalley and the fine coaching crew at OHS ran off a strong meet producing 11 area-bests.

Those East Chambers Bucs came home with good stuff at Anahuac too. Area teams will spread out this week before many of them take off for spring break.

There are at least nine meets scheduled in Southeast Texas during the upcoming Thursday-thru-Saturday window.

More schools (11) and max media exposure should be offered Thursday at the 43rd annual Bridge City meet in Larry Ward Stadium. Thursday offers a smaller area meet with the Longhorn Relays in Hamshire. Rather than stay closer to home, Nederland plans to confront Barbers Hill and Baytown schools at the Eagle Relays in Mont Belvieu on Thursday afternoon.

Port Arthur and West Brook’s explosive squads travel on Friday morning to Clear Creek High School and find plenty of competition at the Ruben Jordan Classic.

That invitational ought to deliver some fast times.

Beaumont United has an interesting Saturday afternoon date in Houston with numerous Aldine ISD and other Houston-area schools at the MB Donaldson Relays in Bill Smith Stadium.

2020 AREA OUTDOOR HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD LEADERS AS OF MARCH 1: DISCUS — Girls: Kailynn Williams, Bmt United (senior), 116-6; Boys: Terrance Jackson, Bmt United (senior), 158-3.

SHOT PUT — Girls: Kailynn Williams, Bmt United (senior), 39-7; Boys: Tre’Vantae Caines, PA Memorial (junior), 52-9.5.

HIGH JUMP — Girls: Caryss Carpenter, Bridge City (sophomore), 5-6; Boys: Trent Guidry, East Chambers (senior), 6-4.

LONG JUMP — Girls: Sanaria Butler, PN-G (sophomore), 17-0.5; Boys: James Ward, PA Memorial (junior), 22-8.5.

TRIPLE JUMP — Girls: Kristin Williams, Port Arthur Memorial, 37-7; Boys: Kyndon Fuselier, Nederland (sophomore), 42-4.5.

POLE VAULT — Girls: Morgan Luke, Nederland (senior), 9-6; Boys: Michael Vargas, Bmt West Brook (senior), 13-6.

100 METERS — Girls: Alexia Lewis, PA Memorial (sophomore), 12.61; Boys: Nolton Shelvin, East Chambers (senior), 10.7.

LCM Lady Bears Shutout East Chambers 6-0 The Lady Battlin’ Bears took the WIN over the East Chambers Lady Buccaneers 6-0. Alyssa Ammons had 1 goal assisted by Makenzie Holland; Makenzie Holland had 2 goal assists made by McKenzie Freeman and Semma Ahaltri; & Belle Fisher had the Hat Trick with 3 goals. Shut out by the defense and goal keeper Matalyn Hill.

Kollyn Brown of Little Cypress-Mauriceville was a winner at Orangefield Bobcat Track & Field Meet in the shot put.

Ke’Asia Hall, Nederland (sophomore), 25.81; Boys: Nolton Shelvin, East Chambers (senior), 21.76.

400 METERS — Girls: Sanaria Butler, PNG (sophomore), 59.57; Boys: Cyrus Jacobs, PN-G (junior), 49.95.

800 METERS — Girls: Natane Randall, Bmt West Brook (senior), 2:29.25; Boys: Lamont Freeman, PAM (senior), 1:57.81.

1,600 METERS — Girls: Annabelle Fisher, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, 5:51.63; Boys: Beau Waldrop, Lumberton (freshman), 4:47.31.

3,200 METERS — Girls: Maria Burgos, East Chambers (sophomore), 12:51.27; Boys: Blake Montera, Nederland (senior), 10:25.96.

100-METER HURDLES — Girls: Whitleigh Moreau (junior), and Caryss Carpenter (sophomore) both from Bridge City, 16.55.

110-METER HURDLES — Boys: Harold Mosley, PAM (senior), 14.36.

300-METER HURDLES — Girls: Ashlyn Lane, Bmt West Brook 49.64; Boys: Jessie Cornell, PA Memorial (junior), 38.25.

400-METER RELAY — Girls: Beaumont United

(Fanta Grant, Daja Maxey, Aalijah Staves-White, Brianna Howard) 49.86; Boys: PA Memorial (James Ward, Jessie Cornell, Ireon Brown, Jatavian Neal), 41.56.

800-METER RELAY — Girls: PA Memorial (Amaria Joubert, Coreyanna Gorrer, Alexia Lewis, A’nyriah Scott) 1:47.46; Boys: PAM (James Ward, Jessie Cornell, Ireon Brown, Tyrence Augusta), 1:26.95.

1,600-METER RELAY — Girls: PA Memorial (Antoineia Bohanon, Erial Fontenot, Amaria Joubert, A’Nyriah Scott) 4:19.61; Boys: PA Memorial (Lamont Freeman, Jr., Jessie Cornell, Jaylon Guilbeau, Jatavian Neal) 3:18.72.

This week’s outdoor prep track schedule: • Thursday 43rd Bridge City Cardinal Relays – Larry Ward Stadium Field events start at 2; 3,200 at 3; Running events at 4:30 or so Schools: Orangefield, Bridge City, West Orange-Stark, Kelly, H-J, Buna, Kountze, LC-M, Lumberton, PN-G, Vidor Hamshire-Fannett Longhorn Relays – Longhorn Stadium Field events start at 3 Running events at 4:30 Schools: Hamshire-Fannett, Anahuac, East Cham-

bers, Bmt Legacy, Silsbee, Liberty Barbers Hill Eagle Relays – Eagle Stadium Field events start at Noon Schools: Barbers Hill, Nederland, Baytown Lee, Baytown Goose Creek • Friday Ruben Jordan Classic – Clear Creek High School Field events start at Noon; Running finals start at 3 p.m.

Schools: Bmt West Brook, PA Memorial, Dickinson, Texas City, Clear Creek, Clear Brook, Clear Falls, Clear Springs • Saturday MB Donaldson Relays – Bill Smith Stadium, Houston Field events start at 9:30; Running events start at 12:30 Schools: Bmt United, Aldine, Aldine Nimitz, Aldine Davis, Aldine Eisenhower, Aldine MacArthur, several Houston-area schools

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‘THE RECORD’ SPORTS BRIEFS: MLB notebook: Ex-Astro Giles would return World Series ring Relief pitcher Ken Giles is prepared to return his World Series ring from the 2017 season with the Astros, saying he wasn’t aware of the sign-stealing plot while with Houston. “It crushed me to learn about the stuff that went on when I was there,” Giles, now a member of the Toronto Blue Jays, told the Toronto Sun. “I had no idea. I had no clue whatsoever. I was blindsided by the commissioner’s report. Up until then, I honestly didn’t believe it. Just crazy.”

Tiger falls out of top 10 in World Golf Rankings Tiger Woods dropped outside the top 10 in the Official World Golf Rankings on Monday, falling just one spot

to No. 11 after being bumped by Englishman Tommy Fleetwood. Woods had been inside the top 10 for nearly a year, ever since his win at The Masters last April when he jumped from No. 12 to No. 6. He reached as high as No. 5, but the 44-year-old Woods has steadily fallen in the rankings after making only two official starts this season.

NFL notebook: Cowboys to reportedly use exclusive tag on Prescott Dak Prescott will receive the exclusive franchise tag as

the Dallas Cowboys continue to push for a long-term deal.

According to multiple reports, the Cowboys are focused on signing Prescott to a multi-year contract. The exclusive franchise tag prevents players from negotiat-

ing with other teams, effectively ending all aspects of free agency outside of the player’s current team.

NBA: No high-fives with fans, only fistbumps, players told as virus precaution

NBA players should fist-

Colburn From Page 1B ed line, but not when fishing a jerk bait. A loop knot is easier to tie with mono or fluorocarbon and the added stretch is more forgiving on the hook set.

Parts of the lake are offcolored due to the latest runoff and consecutive days of stiff winds, but it hasn’t affected the bite at all. The best news is that the bite is apparently good from Coffee Ground to the Causeway reefs. Even better is the fact that they are catching their fish on the same pattern.

Of late, it has been a matter of fishing tight to the shoreline when you spot small schools of shad next to

the grass. On occasion you will see three or four reds pin them against the reeds, but even if you don’t see signs of fish…..they are there!

The second program is simply a matter of backing off the bank and fishing water three to five feet deep with the same lures. Another great choice for exploiting this pattern is to rig a tail or Gulp minnow under a popping cork. Shorter tails have produced better when fished under the cork. Bury the Talon or Power Pole immediately any time you miss a strike or catch a fish. One fish can turn into a dozen fish if you don’t drift through them!

bump with fans instead of high-fiving them and avoid taking items to autograph, the league told teams in a memo listing short-term recommendations to limit the

spread of the coronavirus.

“The coronavirus remains a situation with the potential to change rapidly,” the league told its 30 teams in the memo obtained by ESPN.

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Kolbe has committed to attend Furman University on a baseball scholarship to the delight of his mother Mary Ann. Little League decisionmakers from California to Pennsylvania have started a movement banning the “Astros” name from their youth teams as a result of the organization’s electronic signstealing scandal.

The University of Houston basketball team earned a first-round bye in the upcoming AAC tournament with their 68-55 victory over Cincinnati Sunday at Fertitta Center. The ACC tourney is slated for March 12-15 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth.

The Coogs upped their AAC record to 12-4 and their overall mark to 22-7 with

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JUST BETWEEN US… Major league pitcher Madison Bumgarner leads a “double life.” The Arizona Diamondbacks ace is not only great on the mound but also is one of the best hitting pitchers in the major leagues.

But his life after the baseball season ends in October is as a professional rodeo cowboy using the alias “Mason Saunders” but insists he was never discreet about his hobby. He won $26,560 in a team-roping event in December at Wickenburg, Arizona. “He’s a cowboy and he’s proud of it,” said veteran Diamondbacks pitcher Edwin Jackson.

“He’s probably been riding horses and doing this his whole life.”

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BC 11-year-old reels in big bucks on Toldedo Bend tagged bass CAPT. CHUCK UZZLE For The Record The annual hiatus from school that kids of all ages look for every year, otherwise known as Spring Break, is almost here. During this week off from the rigorous demands of reading, writing, and arithmetic you can rest assured that a cry will rise up from the masses that there is nothing “fun” to do. Video games have long been mastered and challenges are getting more difficult to come by every day, give your student a first hand look at some real life they may have never seen before and take them out on the water.

It is astounding that so many kids have so little idea about things that pertain to the outdoors. On a guide trip last year a client had brought his college age son along, during the day we encountered some rosette spoonbills feeding in the shallows near the mouth of a bayou.

“Man would you look at those pink flamingos” the young man exclaimed, “I had no idea that there were really birds that looked like that?”.

After a brief lesson on the actual name of the birds and the places that they inhabit I could tell that the young man was becoming more interested in the trip as well as the surroundings. After a day on the water this young man had a better perspective on a whole new world that he never knew existed until he witnessed it himself. When things like this happen and I am fortunate enough to see how people are affected by the outdoors it gives me a good feeling that little else can compare with.

Now you don’t need to have a boat or fancy gear to get a kid started or introduced to the outdoors, all

Local student angler, 11 year old Keagan Trahan of Bridge City, is all smiles as he cashed in on a tagged bass worth $1500.00 while recently on a trip to Toledo Bend.

you need is some time and a little bit of planning. There are plenty of places like piers, beaches, lakes, and rivers that offer outdoor opportunities. State parks are great places to start because they have helpful information as well as personnel to get you headed in the right direction.

By placing a call to a particular park or outdoor venue you can get some idea of what each place has to offer as well as the best times to go there. By doing a little bit of homework you can plan your outdoor activity and maximize your fun, after all fun is what it is all about.

One local student angler, 11 year old Keagan Trahan of Bridge City, got a jump on the Spring Break crowd recently on a trip to Toledo Bend. Keagan was fishing a Texas rigged Senko in 12 feet of water when he caught a solid keeper bass that was a little bit unique. The bass

Two Toyota ShareLunker Bass Caught on Leap Day Weekend Staff Report For The Record AUSTIN – If any superstitious anglers are wondering whether the Leap Day weekend is lucky or unlucky for catching the fish of a lifetime, two Texas bass anglers just made the answer very clear.

Angler Joe Castle caught the first Legacy Class Toyota ShareLunker entry of the weekend – a whopping 15.34 pound, 27.5 inch largemouth bass – on a Senko wacky rig in three feet of water at Lake Nacogdoches while fishing on his Leap Year birthday Feb. 29. ShareLunker 583 is the second Toyota ShareLunker Legacy Class entry of the year and the new pending water body record for the lake.

“My initial reaction was that it was a double-digit bass, but when I put it on the scale and realized just how big it is I about fell over,” Castle said. “After I put her in my live well and called someone to tell them what just happened, he thought I was lying. I sent him a picture of the scale and he said, ‘You need to call the ShareLunker program.”

Angler Blake Cockrell caught the second Legacy class fish of the weekend – a 13.28 pound, 26.5 inch largemouth bass – on a jig in 15 feet of water while fishing in a Lubbock BankLiners tournament at Lake Alan Henry March 1. If his name sounds familiar, it’s because ShareLunker 584 is now his second entry of the year from the same West Texas lake.

“I had only been fishing for five minutes on a single hook lure, and when she came up and turned, I knew it was a

big fish,” Cockrell said. “I looked at the kid in the back of the boat with me and said ‘This is another ShareLunker…this really just happened again.’ After the first one, people had told me ‘you’re going to catch another one like this or you’ll never catch one again in your life’ – and I really wanted to catch one again.”

Now that he’s caught two in only a matter of weeks, Cockrell has some advice for anyone wanting to catch a ShareLunker: “You need to put your time in and learn from each and every trip…

More time on the water and more knowledge will help get lucky.”

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries biologists collected and transported both of the fish to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens, where biologists will attempt to spawn them and produce bigger, better bass to stock in and enhance fishing in Texas lakes.

ShareLunker 583 is the fourth Toyota ShareLunker Legacy Class entry from Lake Nacogdoches, but the first to be caught since it was stocked with thousands of selectively bred Toyota ShareLunker offspring in 2008. Among those fingerlings were the offspring of ShareLunker 446, a 13.05 pound bass caught on Richland Chambers Reservoir in March 9, 2008; and ShareLunker 450, a 14.50 pound bass caught at Tyler State Park just a week later.

Anglers who catch a 13 pound or larger Legacy Class bass through March 31 can enter by calling the program directly – any time of day – at (903) 681-0550.

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had a tag in it from BassCashBash.com which netted Keagan a smooth 1000 dollars! Keagan also earned an extra 500 bucks for his bonus registration! A mighty nice haul for the young angler and certainly one he and his family will not soon forget.

There are lots of local outdoor attractions here at home as well as all over the state to look at for Spring Break, choosing the right one for you and your young one is just the first step on a long journey that will provide many pleasant memories in the years to come. The Blue Elbow Swamp, canoe trips on Village Creek, and just about any refuge along the gulf coast all offer some of the more interesting places to visit and things to do. A simple phone call to the state park headquarters or visit the Texas Parks and Wildlife website for all the information you need concerning each park and the activities offered.

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Cowboys, Texans Among Suitors for 4-Time Pro Bowler lineup opposite Chidobe Awuzie and Jourdan Lewis, assuming the team doesn’t further fortify the position via April’s draft, where they hold the No. 17 overall pick.

And there’s a distinct possibility the Cowboys and Broncos swap secondary defenders when the signing period informally begins March 16. The latter is expected to pursue Jones and there are indications Denver could make him the highestpaid CB in history — perhaps at more than $16 million per year.

Larry Johnson For The Record As the clock ticks closer to NFL free agency, the Dallas Cowboys are increasingly resigned to the prospect of losing cornerback Byron Jones — so resigned that they’re apparently eyeing his similarly-costly replacement.

According to Troy Renck of Denver 7 ABC, the Cowboys have expressed interest in unrestricted free agent Chris Harris Jr., arguably the second-best CB, behind Jones, in this year’s class.

Harris, however, has a booming market forming.

Renck added the Houston Texans, Las Vegas Raiders, Detroit Lions, and New York Jets as potential suitors, while the Dallas Morning News’ Calvin Watkins reports Harris’ reps met with “at least” 24 teams at last week’s Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

“Dallas has expressed interest,” Watkins confirms.

A four-time Pro Bowler and one-time first-team AllPro selection, Harris is perenially hailed among the league’s best corners, particularly in the slot, where he’s honed a shutdown reputa-

Jones, Cowboys Agree to Mutual Resolution: Report The Dallas Cowboys have expressed interest in unrestricted free agent Denver’s Chris Harris Jr., arguably the second-best CB, behind Dallas Cowboy’s Byron Jones, in this year’s class.

tion. He was a Pro Football Focus darling from 2015-18, regularly earning elite coverage grades.

Harris took a step back in 2019 when Denver asked him to play along the boundary in addition to inside duties.

Though, despite surrendering four touchdowns and a 67.1-percent completion rate to opposing quarterbacks, he

finished as PFF’s No. 35 CB out of 133 qualifiers.

A 2011 undrafted free agent, he’s totaled 518 combined tackles, 89 pass breakups, 20 interceptions, 4.5 sacks, and four defensive touchdowns across nine professional seasons.

Entering his age-30 campaign, Harris is primed to dwarf the $9.8 million base

salary he collected last season. Spotrac.com projects $11.125 million annually on the open market, but he may easily flirt with $13-14 million per year from a needy and cap-flush team like the Cowboys ($77 million of salary-cap space) or Raiders ($50.3 million).

In Dallas, Harris would step right into the starting

Per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Cowboys brass met with Jones’ agent at the Combine and the parties mutually agreed to let the star cornerback test free agency, where he’s expected to land a market-resetting deal.

“This is really not a surprise,” Rapoport said Friday, via NFL.com. “The Cowboys like to keep all of their players. They just have a lot of other financial responsibili-

ties here. Dak is one. Amari Cooper is another. Byron Jones is expected to be a highly paid corner and could end up as the highest-paid corner in the NFL when it’s all said and done.”

Not a surprise in the least, after Dallas owner/general manager Jerry Jones echoed team vice president Stephen Jones’ skepticism over retaining Jones, pointing to where the club’s priorities lie: quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver Amari Cooper, then everybody else — 23 other unsigned players.

“It certainly is pretty plain to see that, when you have the players we have right now under contract, plus we have arguably three of the top free agents there are out there, and we have the prospects of this Collective Bargaining Agreement, that we’ve got some work to do,” Jerry Jones said Thursday, per Pro Football Talk. “That’s a real challenge.”

Jones is among several Dallas defensive backs scheduled to test the proverbial unrestricted waters, joining safeties Jeff Heath, Kavon Frazier and Darian Thompson, and corners Anthony Brown and C.J. Goodwin.

Texans’ Tunsil fires agent, wants $19M Staff Report For The Record

Houston Texan offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil has fired his agent and reportedly wants $19 million per season.

The Texans paid a huge price to trade for left tackle Laremy Tunsil from the Miami Dolphins last year. Tunsil was entering the final year of his contract, and made a Pro Bowl for the first time.

Now he wants to be the highest paid offensive lineman in NFL history.

And on the verge of free agency, Tunsil fired the agency that has represented him since he was drafted by the Dolphins.

The Texans are looking at a big price tag.

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On Tuesday, Wilson reported that Tunsil fired the CAA agency. That outfit represented him since he was drafted, a night remembered well for a video being leaked just before the first round started of Tunsil wearing a gas mask bong. That video caused a drop in the draft, to 13th overall.

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Tunsil has turned into a good left tackle. According to Pro Football Focus’ grades, Tunsil was the 13th ranked tackle in the NFL last year (minimum 900 snaps). He might not be the best tackle in the NFL, but that might not matter. He wants to get paid like it, and the Texans might not have much choice.

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The Unwelcome Gift of Waiting Vaneetha Rendall Risner Regular Contributor desiringGod.org It’s hardest to wait when I am uncertain about the outcome.

When I’m trusting God for the best, while at the same time preparing for the worst. It would be much easier if I had a guaranteed good outcome. Or at least a promise from God to hold on to.

Or some reassurance to anchor my prayers. But God often seems silent when I’m waiting. I have no idea whether he’ll ever answer my prayer, so it feels like I’m waiting in the dark.

I have read and reread Psalm 13:1–2, “How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day?” O Lord, how long? I have asked that question many times. If I knew God would eventually answer my prayer with “Yes,” it would be different.

But with no such assurance, even a “No” would often be easier than “Wait.”

When God Says “No” Several years ago, I searched the Bible to find a promise that would help me in the midst of a torturous wait. I wanted a word that I could “claim” — a verse that would assure me of eventual satisfaction. Something, anything, to cling to. As I was waiting, I read, “No unbelief made [Abraham] waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised” (Romans 4:20–21).

While I admire Abraham’s faith, this passage often frustrated me. Of course Abraham never wavered. He had a direct word from God. If I had a direct promise from God, an assurance of my

answer, then I’d be content to wait, too. Abraham could wait because he knew he’d get what he wanted in the end. I wanted God to give me a promise like the one he had given Abraham. So, I kept begging God for a sign.

None came. No verse. No confirmation. Just silence on that issue. For years. And in the end, God’s answer was “No.” At first it felt unfair. And pur-

As I study Genesis, I see that while Abraham was waiting, God was working. Molding his character. Teaching him patience. Building their friendship.

It was in that 25-year wait that Abraham got to know God intimately. It was in those seemingly wasted years that God transformed him. And after decades of waiting, Abraham was ready for the supreme test of his faith,

In retrospect, I can see that “wait” is the most precious answer God can give us. poseless. I struggled to make sense of those seemingly wasted years. While I had grown closer to God, somehow I felt that I had received a lesser gift. I put it out of my mind after a while. It was senseless to keep dwelling on it.

But whenever I read that passage in Romans, it stung. Why didn’t God tell me his answer from the beginning?

One Model for Waiting Well Several years later, as I begin reading Romans again in my quiet time, I hesitate at Romans 4. It painfully reminds me of that time of asking and waiting. Feeling disconnected from Abraham, I decide to look at his life in Genesis. I see Abraham’s humanity in how he sometimes doubted God’s protection. He even tried to fulfill God’s promise on his own through Hagar.

Perhaps he thought God needed his help and ingenuity.

This part I can identify with.

Abraham’s struggle with impatience feels all too familiar. Too many times I’ve tried to help God fulfill his plans — that is, the plans I’d like him to have. Plans that would give me what I want.

What I think I deserve.

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when he was asked to sacrifice Isaac, the son of promise. The son he had waited for.

Then I see it. Why had I not noticed this before? Abraham’s faith wasn’t rooted in the promise of descendants. If it was, he never would have taken Isaac to be sacrificed. He wouldn’t have relinquished what God had promised him years earlier. He would have clung tightly to Isaac, feeling entitled to this son. For Isaac was the fulfillment of God’s long-awaited promise to Abraham.

Abraham wasn’t clinging to his own understanding of the fulfillment of God’s promise.

God could fulfill his promise any way he chose, including raising Isaac from the dead if he needed

to (Hebrews 11:19). So, ultimately Abraham’s faith lay in the trustworthiness of God.

Abraham’s faith wasn’t in the promise alone. His faith was rooted in the Promiser. Because his faith was not in what God would do for him, but in God himself, Abraham was willing to risk. He could do whatever God asked. He wasn’t holding on to a particular outcome. He was holding on to God. Abraham’s waiting strengthened his faith.

Taught him God’s ways. Showed him God’s faithfulness. Abraham knew that God would provide everything he needed.

I have the same assurance that Abraham did — that God will provide everything I need. As I let that promise sink in, I see my waiting differently. Perhaps God is making me, and you, wait for the same reasons that he made Abraham wait. To forge our faith. To make us attentive to his voice. To deepen our relationship. To solidify our trust. To prepare us for ministry. To transform us into his likeness.

In retrospect, I can see that “wait” is the most precious answer God can give us. It makes us cling to him rather than cling to an outcome. God knows what I need. I do not. He sees the future. I cannot. His perspective is eternal. Mine is not. He will give

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

Bible Study Sunday and Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Pastor: Dr. Dusty Garison

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

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

Orange First Church of the Nazarene 3810 MLK Drive, Orange

Lead Pastor Rev. Brad McKenzie Worship Director: Alyssa Click Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

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

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

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Pastor: Ernest B Lindsey

Sunday School 9 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Supper 4:45 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 5:30 p.m.

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

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

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

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8608 MLK• Orange • 886-1291 Pastor: Keith Tilley Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

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TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH ORANGE 1819 16th Street • Orange • 886-1333 We Welcome You To Join Us. Sunday Morning Worship 11 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Nursury Provided

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Pastor: Bobby Oliver 409-659-5027 Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m.

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We are a KJV independent Baptist Church

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

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

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

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

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Vaneetha Rendall Risner is a freelance writer and regular contributor to Desiring God,

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Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of M. P. MARSHALL, Deceased, were issued on the Februar y 24, 2020, in Cause No. P18654, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: C.J. HUCKABY.

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of CHARLOTTE ANNE CONN, Deceased, were issued on the February 24, 2020, in Cause No. P18609, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: CLIFTON MERRILL BROOKSHIRE.

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of ARLENE D. VAUGHT, Deceased, were issued on the February 24, 2020, in Cause No. P18647, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: JOHN JAY VAUGHT.

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of ROY BROWN MARSHALL, Deceased, were issued on FEBRUARY 20, 2020, in Cause No. P18651, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, Probate Division to: HENRY LEE MARSHALL.

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of BEVERLY JEAN WALLES, Deceased, were issued on the Februar y 19, 2020, in Cause No. P18658, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: TRAVE WILFORD WALLES.

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of DELBERT MARION GORDY, were issued on FEBRUARY 19, 2020, in Cause No. P18591, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: HUEY WAYNE WIGGINS.

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of MARK STEVENS BRAUS, were issued on FEBRUARY 19, 2020, in Cause No. P18615, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: JEFFREY STEVENS BRAUS.

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of BILLY JOE TAYLOR, JR., were issued on FEBRUARY 19, 2020, in Cause No. P18617, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: SUSAN TAYLOR.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

c/o:

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Huey Wayne Wiggins 1516 Mustang Orange TX 77630

Jeffrey Stevens Braus

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Susan Taylor 4381 McFarland Circle Orange TX 77630

DATED the 19th day of February, 2020.

DATED the 19th day of February, 2020.

DATED the 19th day of February, 2020.

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All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: Tommy Gunn Attorney at Law 202 S. Border Street Orange, TX 77630 Dated the 24th day of February, 2020.

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All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: Tommy Gunn Attorney at Law 202 S. Border Street Orange, TX 77630 Dated the 24th day of February, 2020.

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State Bar No.: 08623700 202 S. Border Street Orange, TX 77630 Phone: (409)8829990 Fax: (409)882-0613 Email:

tommy@gunnlaw.org

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: Tommy Gunn Attorney at Law 202 S. Border Street Orange, TX 77630 Dated the 24th day of February, 2020.

Tommy Gunn Tommy Gunn

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: George B. Barron Attorney at Law P.O. Box 279 Orange, TX 77631-0279 Dated the 20th day of February, 2020.

Attorney for:

John Jay Vaught

State Bar No.: 08623700 202 S. Border Street Orange, TX 77630 Phone: (409)8829990 Fax: (409)882-0613 Email:

tommy@gunnlaw.org

George B. Barron George B. Barron Attorney for Executor State Bar No.: 01817500 P.O. Box 279 Orange, TX 77631-0279

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o: Elizabeth Mathews Attorney at Law 120 Bayview Ct. Brookeland, TX 75931 Dated the 19th day of February, 2020.

Elizabeth Mathews Elizabeth Mathews

Attorney for: Trave Wilford Walles

State Bar No.: 20566450 120 Bayview Ct, Brookeland, TX 75931 Phone: (409)883-9595

David Dies

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law. c/o:

David Dies

David Dies

Attorney for: Huey Wayne Wiggins State Bar #:05850800 1703 Strickland Dr. Orange, TX 77630

Attorney for: State Bar #:05850800 1703 Strickland Dr. Orange, TX 77630

Attorney for: Susan Taylor State Bar #:05850800 1703 Strickland Dr. Orange, TX 77630

Phone: (409)883-0892

Phone: (409)883-0892

Phone: (409)883-0892

Fax: (409)670-0888

Fax: (409)670-0888

Fax: (409)670-0888

Email:

Email:

Email:

jmerren@dieslaw.com

jmerren@dieslaw.com

jmerren@dieslaw.com

Jeffrey Stevens Braus

Carnival Cruise liner to divert course The outbreak of COVID-19, better known as coronavirus, has caused a Galveston-based cruise liner to divert course away from its original destinations in the Caribbean.

ing protocols and guidelines, we want to avoid any possibility of a visit to a destination where there is uncertainty or we risk being turned away.

The Carnival cruise ship Freedom was bound for Jamaica and Grand Cayman. On Tuesday, the company confirmed it was diverting course to the Key West Naval Yard in Florida.

To be clear, there is no health situation on board to trigger this concern, but we are making this change to avoid even the possibility of a disruption. We understand some guests will be disappointed and trust they will understand that this decision is being made to protect their vacation and maximize their experience with us.

In a statement by Carnival, it elected to make the change this week given uncertainty over policies with the countries involved: We are implementing some itinerary changes on voyages scheduled to call on Grand Cayman and Jamaica this week. A number of Caribbean destinations continue to work through their policies with regards to cruise ship visits. And while we are following all U.S. CDC and World Health Organization screen-

Carnival’s move comes in the wake of six total deaths in the U.S. attributed to the worldwide outbreak.

Chiefly, the U.S. has taken in patients from an evacuated Japanese cruise ship, the Diamond Princess. Those patients have been treated in Texas, Washington state and California, among other states.

As of late last week, the Centers for Disease Control counted 11 confirmed cases in Texas, but it was revealed Monday that one of those patients was erroneously discharged from a care facility and then visited several places in the San Antonio area.

While there are confirmed cases in the U.S., health officials said most of them are from patients who contracted the respiratory illness overseas.

Both Harris County and city of Houston said there have been no confirmed cases, as of Monday.

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