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Week of Wednesday, April 10, 2013

April is child abuse awareness month other activities early, stays late, and does not want to go home.

Child abuse and neglect destroys families, scars children,

Debby Schamber For The Record

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has kicked off a month-long campaign starting April 1 to stop child abuse and raise public awareness.

Child abuse cases continue to climb and in 2012, 212 Texas children died at the hands of their parents or caregivers, and more than 64,000 children were abused or neglected. There were 166,211 com-

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The public is invited to the 10th annual tribute to Orange County veterans 6 p.m. Sunday, May 26 at the Heritage Veterans Memorial Plaza, 3810 M.L. King Drive in Orange. The event is free.

Held annually on the plaza on the campus of Orange First Church of the Nazarene, the program includes special speakers, patriotic music and more.

The event will feature greetings from Perry Jefferies, manager of the TexVet Initiative Orange County veterans’ names may be added in granite for $40. Messages may be added to bricks in the memorial for $100. Orders placed by May 13 will be added before the Memorial Day event. For more information, call (409) 8821816.

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pleted investigations and 16,972 children were removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect.

In Orange County, in 2012 there was one death related to child abuse in addition to 435 confirmed victims of child abuse and 985 completed investigations. As a result, there are 209 children in foster care.

The terrible toll of child abuse can be reduced by listening to children and learning the signs of child abuse.

The presence of a single sign does not prove child abuse is occurring in a family, but a closer look at the situation may be warranted when these signs appear repeatedly or in combination. The signs include, when a child shows sudden changes in behavior or school performance or has not received help for physical or medical problems when brought to the parents’ attention. The child may also have learning problems or experience difficulty concentrating and cannot be attributed to specific physical or psychological causes or always watchful, as though preparing for something bad to happen, There are times when the child may lack adult supervision, is overly compliant, passive, or withdrawn or goes to school or

Services teams with local governments and groups every April to call attention to how to prevent, recognize, and report child abuse.

things would have been different and the abuse would have stopped.

Douglas was removed from his residence after Child Pro-

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The Orangefield School District recently announced they would be using CSCOPE in their curriculum, but this is not new to other school district in the area who have been using it for a while.

CSCOPE, developed by the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative

and sold by Texas Regional Education Service Centers, is the curriculum management tool of choice for 875 school districts, MANINO charter schools, and private schools in Texas.

CSCOPE was developed by Texas teachers; for Texas schools; to benefit Texas stu-

dents. In no way is it based on, or affiliated with, the Common Core curriculum, a set of national standards used in other states. CSCOPE is only available to schools in Texas.

The TESCCC does not provide curriculum management services to any other state. The governing board and development team take pride in creating a curriculum that is aligned to Texas standards

and focused on improving education in Texas.

The program is aligned with the state standards adopted by the Texas State Board of Education and assist educators in covering all standards such as reading, math, science and social studies within the academic year. The state of Texas has requirements for each

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Local student serves as Honorary Page Debby Schamber For The Record

Trinity King, 17, had expressed to her parents an interest in government and was recently able to take it a step further when she went to Austin to work for a few hours as an honorary page at the state capitol.

Students from six to 18 years old serve as honorary pages and witness the legislative process from inside the capitol walls. Honorary pages during their final hour are granted floor access and given the chance of a lifetime. During her three-hour shift with the Texas Senate, King was given the opportunity to see the Texas government at work as well as the lawmaking pro-

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CSCOPE: a tool for local schools Debbie Schamber

his case file which brought back many bad memories but also answers some lingering

Trinity King, 17, of Bridge City, takes a picture with Senator Robert Nichols, during a recent visit at the state capitol where she served as an honorary page.

cess.

During the Bridge City High School junior’s time at the capitol, she witnessed senators discussing laws on child abuse and various policies. She found it interesting, but no significant bills were passed during her visit.

King met with Senator Robert Nichols. She then reported to the Sergeant-at-Arms office where she picked up messages and took them through the underground tunnels to other office locations. The office of the Sergeant-at-Arms is responsible for accommodating honorary senate page request from senators and their staff.

The duties of a page include making deliveries to senate of-

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Book sale to benefit library Debby Schamber For The Record

The third annual plant and book sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in Walgreen’s parking lot in Bridge City will help the local library grow.

Many of the plants include bedding plants, house plants and a large amount of Sego palms and day lilies. There will be more than 2,000 books at the sale. The book selections include hardbacks by popular authors, cookbooks, self-help, science fiction, biographies and children’s books plus videos, DVD’s and music CD’s.

They will also have book marks, stained glass and novelty crosses.

If someone does not see a plant they are looking for, the library offers a Flower Power catalog which carries a wide variety of popular flowers which do well in

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State changes to quadruple workload of OC emergency management Penny LeLeux For The Record

Emergency Management Director Jeff Kelley told Orange County Commissioners they were working on many changes required by the state, most relating to hurricane season, some spanning back over several years.

The main change is in the 211 registry system used to assist folks in time of evacuation in large scale disasters.

“Here in Southeast Texas, we came up with our own system; our own database if you will that manages that information. It works quite well and has been used as a model across the country,” said Kelley. He said a number of

changes coming up this hurricane season are not necessarily positive for us, this being one of them.

“The state is completely overhauling and changing how they gather that data and what data they gather.”

He said the changes will have compatibility issues with our current system and it will cause their workload to quadruple because instead of managing the database as Orange County does, the state will purge the system and require the databases to be rebuilt from scratch each year.

“You’re going to have to call the same people over and over every year,” said Thibodeaux.

Kelley said that was correct.

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vent the wheel every year,” he said.

“Erin does a fantastic job of working with us and keeping that system updated. She’s developed a relationship with those people over the phone through the years. They know who it is when she calls if they have been on there a year or so. This may change all that.

It’s going to have an adverse effect on that for sure,” said Kelley He said the other big change is previously the state was targeting families and individuals that needed assistance, now they will be registering facilities.

“When we cross that line and start registering facilities and including them in the system, it’s good in theory, but I’m afraid it’s going to promote the thought that they can rely on us for their evacuation needs,” said Kelley.

“And they can’t,” added Thibodeaux Kelley said “I’m seriously concerned about that. We’re going to be working on it the coming months and some other issues.”

Orange County Commissioners issued a proclamation naming April 14, 2013 as “Knights of Columbus Orange Council 1680 Day” acknowledging their 100 years of existence and their participation at St. Mary in the soup kitchen and other activities to aid the needy in Orange. Commissioners also took the opportunity to thank retired Judge Pat Clark for his years of service to the county.

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He said they also used the state contracted deaf link for evacuees that are hearing impaired.

“We no longer have that tool at our disposal unless we contract it individually and that is cost prohibitive for any single county.”

Kelley said they have to overhaul every written plan in their office to make sure they

are compliant with new politically correct language as it applies to individuals they try to help. He said they will probably not be approved next year without updating and is trying to get ahead of the problem.

“In the state’s defense, I think they are trying to solve a whole bunch of problems statewide, rather than recognizing best practices and leaving them

alone. I understand that you can’t have incompatible systems out there…we would have been a lot better, left alone and allowed to do our own thing how we’ve been doing it. When it gets a little closer to hurricane season I’m going to give you a report on our preparedness level and some things we’ve got going on.”

OC veterans to be honored at 10th annual event May 26 The public is invited to the 10th annual tribute to Orange County veterans 6 p.m. Sunday, May 26 at the Heritage Veterans Memorial Plaza, 3810 M.L. King Drive in Orange. The event is free.

Held annually on the plaza on the campus of Orange First Church of the Nazarene, the program includes special speakers, patriotic music and more.

The event will feature greetings from Perry Jefferies, manager of the TexVet Initiative, a network designed to support Texas military, veterans and family members with information and referral services by facilitating the delivery of these services across traditional boundaries. TexVet also serves as the hub for the statewide peer to peer counseling net-

work and volunteers. Through its network and event-based activities, TexVet has initiated a “No Wrong Door” policy for the veteran community, its partners have become more knowledgeable about the other services available to veterans, and veterans are properly connected to the services they need most.

Jefferies served as a First Sergeant with the Army’s 4th Infantry Division in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

He hails from Waco, the son of a long line of Army Veterans and Shirley Jefferies, creator of the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival. After deploying to Iraq and traveling with the cavalry through the Sunni Triangle, his unit moved to the Iran-Iraq border and set up Camp Caldwell, future home of the new Iraqi Army.

Jefferies joined the Army after enlisting in the Texas National Guard and served

in Korea, Germany, and the United States before deploying to Iraq. He was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Iraq. He has served in infantry, armor, and cavalry units as a cavalry scout, platoon sergeant, first sergeant, supply sergeant, and as an instructor at the Armor School at Fort Knox. He retired in 2004 and was awarded the Legion of Merit. He is a member of the Order of Saint George for service to Armor and Cavalry. A graduate of Pierce College in Washington, he worked with the Armed Services Blood Program at Fort Hood for seven years before joining the TexVet Initiative at the Texas A&M Health Science Center and is a founding member of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

The patriotic tribute will honor all veterans and those currently serving in the military.

The plaza features the life size sculpture “Tears from a Grateful Heart” by Coloradobased artist Scott Stearman and the names of scores of veterans from Orange County.

Inscribed on plaques incorporated into the plaza are the names of airmen, sailors, soldiers and marines as well as veterans of the U.S. Coast Guard and Merchant Marines.

Also featured in the plaza is the ship’s bell from the U.S.S. Dyson. Built in Orange, the U.S.S. Dyson went on to earn the Presidential Unit Citation and 11 battle stars for World War II service.

Orange County veterans’ names may be added in granite for $40. Messages may be added to bricks in the memorial for $100. Orders placed by May 13 will be added before the Memorial Day event. For more information, call (409) 882-1816.

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Child abuse runs his finger across his brow and remembers why there is a scar there.

According to Douglas, he was about five years old, he woke up in the middle of the night coughing and wanted a drink of water. He could not reach the sink and persistency asked his mother to get it for him. She got up and filled the glass for him and then threw it towards him shattering the glass on his head. He said he ran back to bed with blood streaming down his face and fearful he had made her angry.

There were other incidents as well. Sometimes the beating were so severe he was not allowed to go outside and play with friends or attend school until he was healed.

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Physical abuse was common for Douglas. The dark-hair, bright blue-eyed boy often went to school hungry and without shoes. Douglas remembers not having anything to eat on many occasions.

Douglas and his mother often only had only government surplus items such as bread, cheese and butter to eat.

Douglas stops to think about the times when he didn’t eat for days and how grateful he was to have a bread and butter sandwich.

His mother who had been diagnosed with several mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, sexually abused him as well. She “loaned” him to her friends where the sexual abuse would continue, according to

Education tool grade level in the core classes in order to be promoted to the next grade level and ultimately graduate.

According to Dr. Danny Lovett, Director of Region V, it is mostly smaller districts who use CSCOPE. The larger “mega” districts have a team which designs the plans for teachers to follow.

CSCOPE is completely “customizable” at the district, campus, and teacher level to meet the unique needs of students and communities.

In the spring of 2009, educators with the Bridge City school district began talking about CSCOPE. They decided to go with CSCOPE at the start of the 2010 school year.

Since then, they have been very happy with the plan. Before implementing CSCOPE, the district curriculum director met with a team of teachers from each campus and they formulated a scope and sequence plan.

“It makes a teacher’s life better,” said Mike King, Bridge City superintendent. ‘We have worked to make it not something we require.”

Mannino added the district could create their own plan, or just go with CSCOPE. CSCOPE provides a tool for teachers to plan their lessons so they can ensure they are

fices and assisting with assignments from senate offices such as making copies, faxing and filing.

To be a page, boys must wear a suit and tie while girls are required to wear a dress or shirt and blouse. Most importantly is comfortable shoes.

King worked diligently for two hours delivering messages.

During her third hour she sat in on the senate session in progress. However, she continued to take senators notes.

It is not guaranteed a page will get to work on the floor,

Southeast Texas. They can be ordered and delivered in within a short time. Among the selections of the catalog are many varieties of lilies, gladiolus, dahlias and summer flowering bulbs.

All donations of plants need to arrive by 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Walgreens parking lot.

All donations of books are accepted all year long, but for the sale they need to be at the library by noon Friday.

Proceeds from the sale will add to the fund for the current library expansion project. The Friends of the Bridge City Public Library overall plans are to add 3,250 sq. ft. to the existing 2,500 sq. ft. building housing the Bridge City Public Library and renovate some areas of the current building.

This will add 65 feet to the length of the building and 50 feet to the width. The plan adds a much needed children’s room, a young adult section, a meeting room and an office for the staff.

tended to be scripts, but instead they are samples.”

The CSCOPE system’s unique and innovative design allows educators to modify or adapt CSCOPE content, create their own content, and incorporate district-approved resources, such as textbooks.

This allows the instructor to maintain their authority in directing the learning environment of the classroom and individualizes a student’s learning.

CSCOPE is designed to serve as a teacher resource and is not intended to be accessed by students. Any content in the CSCOPE system is only directly accessible to teachers and designated district personnel. However, a teacher at their discretion may choose to share certain content with students. Parents may access CSCOPE content by contacting their child’s teacher or school district.

If the state should revise the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills the state provides, then CSCOPE will adapt to the sequences since it is considered a “living” document.

For more information, there will be an informational meeting from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

May 28th at the Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School auditorium.

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but if the senate is in session and working on the floor then every effort is made to have the page on the floor. However, on days when work is done in committees and not on the floor, pages are assigned to other work related to the legislative process.

The places she went inside the capitol while working was different than what she would have seen on a tour which was an added benefit.

King said she gained some important information such as how the senate works and how bills are passed.

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Specia. “Many of the parents who came through my courtroom were young, poor, and stressed. If we can get parents the support they need upfront, fewer will end up in court needing the help of Child Protective Services.”

While prevention is best, always report child abuse or neglect. Don’t count on someone else to do something. Report your suspicions to the Texas Abuse and Neglect Hotline at 1-800-252-5400 or online at www.txabusehotline.org.

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meeting the state’s requirements for each grade level.

The Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD started using the program the 2012-13 school year. But, began training their teachers a year before implementing the plan.

Both school districts don’t require teachers to follow CSCOPE to the letter, but allow them to use the program as a baseline in their classrooms.

“We just want teachers to have engaging lessons,” said Gina Mannino,BCISD assistant superintendent.

Bridge City teachers on each grade level work together to formulate a plan on what to teach their students in addition to using CSCOPE. Although, each teacher has the option to deviate from the plan since each classroom is different and has various needs.

The administration also wants them to be organized in their lessons to meet the state requirements. Teachers have to option to deviate from the program during certain lessons, but many fall back on the program to ensure the needs are being met.

“The misconception about CSCOPE is that teachers were forced to teach the lessons,” Lovett said. “It was never in-

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his file.

As an adult, he tried to overcome his past. But, drugs and alcohol seemed to be the only way. This lifestyle was not the answer he was searching for and his world came crashing down on him. He ended up living on the streets and eventually in prison. Even then, the pain from his past haunted him.

He married and had two children, even then true happiness seemed to be out of reach.

But, he vowed he would be the best father he could and for a brief time, he was until his past caught up with him once again and he couldn’t control his drug use. His wife and children left him to make

online ad campaign runs from mid-March through the end of August. This advertising buy specifically targets young parents and especially young mothers.

The ultimate goal of the Help and Hope campaign is to help Texas parents find the help and information they need in their communities to head off child abuse before it happens.

“I heard hundreds of child abuse cases when I was a district judge in San Antonio,” said DFPS Commissioner John

a better life.

Stopping abuse after the fact is important - but it’s not enough. We need to stop it before it starts! That’s what the Help for Parents, Hope for Kids campaign is all about.

Thanks to a federal grant, The Department of Family and Protective Services is spending $1,000,000 on the campaign from now through the end of the summer. TV ads in English and Spanish are running on stations in all Texas media markets during Child Abuse Prevention Month. The

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“It was a lot of work,” King said.

But, she added, the experience was worth it and she would recommend it to others.

‘It was a lot of fun to watch and listen to her talk about what she got to do,” said Mike King, Trinity’s father. “It was an exciting day and we are appreciative for the opportunity.”

For more information on being a page, contact Senator Robert Nichols office in Austin at 1-800-959-8633.

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Mary Montgomery, director of the library and who has worked there since it opened, said she can’t wait to see the renovations completed.

The structure is up, but inside the walls have not been completed as they wait for electrical phase to be completed.

“It’s a process, ” Montgomery said. “We are taking one step at a time.”

Don and Rhonda Vircher, of Friends, hope to see Montgomery’s dreams come true before she retires.

The city is currently bidding out the electrical and plumbing work. The Friends are now seeking funds to do the HVAC section and to add a ceiling.

At the book and plant sale tickets can be purchased for the First Annual Literary Feast, with an author’s forum.

The local authors are Frances Collins and Chester Moore, Jr. The ticket price includes spaghetti dinner and a silent auc-

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tion.

In addition, applications for membership in the Friends of the Bridge City Public Library are available.

The Friends of the Bridge City Public Library began as a support committee in March 1988 when twenty concerned citizens addressed the needs of the community to establish the city’s first public library.

The response from the public was tremendous. By August 1988 a non-binding referendum passed showing support for a new public library and the city appointed an advisory board for the library.

The Friends worked for two years prior to the completion of the 2,500 square foot structure in 1991 by receiving donations of thousands of book.

For more information, the Bridge City Public Library’s phone number is 409-7354242. The library is located at 101 Parkway.

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*****David W. Fusilier Jr., son of David and Debbie Fusilier of Orangefield, enlisted in the United States Air Force March 18 and is now in basic training at Lackland Air force Base.*****Roy and Phyl Dunn attended the 100th birthday party April 4 for Roy’s aunt Eve in Abbeville. Roy, writer of Down Life’s Highway column tells about his remarkable aunt and his trip back home to his Cajun roots. (Editor’s note: Roy’s aunt lived to be 105 and was never sick until just before her death. Her mind was remarkably sharp until the end.)*****The Bridge City Lady Cards are undefeated in district 21-AAA. Sissy Lemons is first year coach.

The 10-0 Cards are ranked third in the state. Some players are pitcher Meagan Godwin, Laura Gremillion, Katie Faulk, Brittney McPhatten, Beth Hebert, Kaleigh Wallace, Elaina Clinton and Jessica Lemoine.*****Orange Community Players present “No No Nanette” starring Janet Bland, Keith Piller and Lynae Sanford.*****Rev. Dewitt Rainwater celebrated his 81st birthday on April 1. The ‘Singing Evangelist’ has written over 500 songs. He does a Sunday morning radio show. (Editor’s note: Rev. Rainwater’s son, James, has kept his dad’s radio ministry each Sunday at 8 a.m. on KOGT since his dad’s death several years ago.)*****Harmon Chevrolet new car prices, 2003 Impala, 4 dr. $17,562’ new S-10 Extreme EXT, $19,334; new 03 Chevy Tahoe, $28,391; new Chevy Suburban, $33,950; new Chevy Malibu, $15,588. (Editor’s note: According to everything else, vehicle prices haven’t gone up so much or have they?)

AND THE WORLD KEEPS TURNING I believe our last cool front is due this week. Word is we are in for a hot, dry summer and we will be hoping for a cool, rainy day. *****The Iron Lady,” Margaret Thatcher, 87, died Monday, April 8. She was a fierce ally of the United States. The British leader teamed up with President Reagan to help end the Cold War.*****Annette Funicello, 70, America’s girl next door and former Mouseketeer, died April 8.*****Louisville captures NCAA Title, beating Michigan 82 to 76 after being down 12 points. Speed is the great equalizer in any sport. I was surprised how Michigan held their own against such speed. The speed of the Cardinals caused too many turnovers. Coach Rick Pitino became the first coach to win national titles at two schools. His first was at Kentucky in 1996.*****Despite 90 percent of Americans supporting the background check gun legislation, Republican lawmakers say they will filibuster any attempt to change gun laws. President Obama says the American people deserve a vote, yes or no. Majority leader Harry Reid said, “There is simply no reason for this blatant obstruction except for the fear of considering anti-violence proposals in full view.” That’s the whole thing; they don’t want to vote against the NRA, they want to play it both ways, claiming one thing while doing another.*****Kree Harrison, our Southeast Texas girl, competes Wednesday night looking to make the five finalist. That’s a big deal. The top five have a good shot at recording contracts. They also have tours, and have the opportunity to visit their hometown with American Idol. In Kree’s case probably Woodville, “Dam B” where Kree lived until she was 12. She attended Bridge City High as a freshman and was one of the Cardinal singers. She’s remembered by teachers and classmates. She needs our votes so don’t forget her. She has a shot at winning it all.*****Well, I best get going. I’ve been a little on the sluggish side lately and running far behind. Come along. I promise it won’t do you no harm.

CONDOLENCES We lost two longtime friends in the past week. John Pickard, 88, died April 5. Services were held Monday, April 8. His grandson Chester Moore Jr. gave the eulogy. We had known John and his late wife Ruby well over 50 years. We also were friends of his mother, Ms. Ruth, who owned the Sugar & Spice on 5th St. in Orange. John and Ruby spent their lives helping people. If anyone had a need, they tried to fill it. For years they were active in local and state politics. Everyone knows of their “My Wish” work but they did much more. John visited with us often here at the office. We recalled many of the old times and old timers.

We’ll miss him. Please see obituary.*****We were also saddened to learn about the death of Tom “Buddy” Addison, 85, who died Saturday, April 6. Service was held Monday. Back in the early 60’s Tom and I worked in Little League baseball and football. He was a good man who always had a hearty smile for everyone. Our deepest sympathies to sons Tracy and Keith and their families.

May he rest in peace. Please see obituary.

COUNTRY MUSIC GOES DOWN TOWN Back in the 1990’s western was dropped from country/western music. After watching the AMC Awards, I believe country is ready for another name change. The only hint of down home country music came from a duet appearance by George Strait and Garth Brooks. The music awards Sunday night were more of a debut of new material that didn’t resemble country. Mamau native Hunter Hayes got a lot of exposure. He plays a mean guitar but he also plays seven other instruments. Luke Bryan pulled off an amazing upset and won “Entertainer of the Year.” The 36 years old Georgia native recently began headlining his first tour. He co-hosted the show with Blake Shelton. They tried to be funny, it didn’t work. They best stick to singing. Blake’s wife, Miranda Lambert, who he said he saw naked that morning, was the most honored star with four wins. Eric Church won two awards, including “Album of the Year.” Bryan is the first male winner of the entertainer of the year since 2007. We spotted Clay Walker on the Red Carpet. That’s about as down home country as the show got. Is real country gone forever? Afraid so….

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 10 Years Ago-2003 “The Louisiana Man” Doug Kershaw brings his Cajun fiddle to the Mauriceville Crawfish Festival April 10 through 13. Angela Ledford is festival queen*****Since President Geo. W. Bush has taken office 2.2 million jobs have been lost, 108,000 lost last month. *****A thief walked into H.D. Pates’ law office and took his computer. Pate didn’t have a lock on his door because previous burglars had broken the door. He has changed his mind and will now get a locksmith. *****Thanks to Peter Arnett we had coverage of Desert Storms “Smart Bombs” on Baghdad. CNN’s Bernard Shaw got under a table scared to death. He got out of dodge as soon as someone could sneak him over the border.

(Editor’s note: Remember that? Those smart bombs turning the corners were the most amazing thing I have ever seen.)*****Linda Hall, 54, died Sunday, April 6. Service was held at McDonald Baptist Church. She was an accountant for Inland Orange. She is survived by husband Sam Hall, son Mark, sisters and brothers.

35 Years Ago-1978 Sak-N-Pak stores name Deanna Linscomb, manager of #13 store on Hwy.87, “Manager of the Month” for March. Lynn and Carol Emerson are owners of the 24-store chain in Orange and Jefferson counties. *****Edgar Flowers, owner of Flowers Nursery, has 4,500 different varieties of plants. The nursery, located in Bridge City, is among the top 10 wholesale plant distributors in the United States. The nursery consists of 37 greenhouses with 180,000 square feet of growing area. Edgar and his late wife Dorothy, planted an 8 foot by 10 foot frame full of tomato seeds in 1960, sold the tomato plants and from that small beginning became one of the country’s largest.*****Doug “Louisiana Man” drives the first nail for the T.C. Hemphill Annex and Bob Hope Vocational School. The new facility will include the Doug Kershaw Music Center. W.T. Oliver is fund raising chairman. The goal is to raise $600,000 for Hughen School. *****Flo and Gene Edgerly marked their 19th wedding anniversary April 10. Folks are betting on them making number 20. They vow they will be together forever. *****Gary Gauthier celebrates his 20th birthday. Mark Fisette celebrates number 18. *****Office Hound Tshirts go on sale at Kresges. Two different styles, “I’m an Office Hound Fan” and “I sent my cake to the Office Hound.” All sizes, only $2.99 each. (Editor’s note: Do you remember the most famous dog in Orange County?)

55 Years Ago-1958 Joe Runnels, candidate for county judge, is the only candidate who favors a County Court at Law court. He opposes the county unit system being advocated by candidate Sid Caillavet. Joe and Sid have opposed each other twice in mayoral races, each winning one. Runnels accused the county judge, Charlie Grooms, of neglecting county business. Runnels served two teams as county clerk and two as mayor of Orange. *****Frenchie’s Beauty Salon, on Highway 90, holds formal opening. Mr. Eugene is owner. *****Ollie Mendoza was presented Jaycee’s Golden Key award. *****New Aldermen at West Orange are A.L. Lagrone and Glenn (Popeye) Sandlin. City secretary is Mrs. John Crawley.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK Janet Montagne, Barbara Goins, Ed Cox, Elliot Purcell, Jamye Martin, Jayme Martin, K’Lynn Ess, Katie Olson, Matt Day, Nancy Hood, Alivia Duhon, Donna Dubose Franklin, Austin Brent, Becky Myers, Bob Arnold, David Thacker, Edyth Ramsey, Dustin Kemp, Roy Gill, Jackie Schell, Patsy Evans, Travis Miller, Amanda Ginn, Travis Reed, Cortland Savage, Howard Nelson, Jill Lemoine, Dora Ogden, Kathy Vessel, Leslie Staudenmier, Roy Mazzagate III, Jaclyn James, Shellie Holmes, Zackary Busby, Abby Noah, Ann Glover, Bruce Peveto, Connie Angelle, Betty Stark, Roy Farias, Dawn Mason, Gene Bellard, Kaylin Abshire, Ken Armstrong, Margene Bellard, Virginia Fox, David Miller, Jo Ann Collins, TLew Van Metre, Joy Learned, Kasie Moerbe, Kevin Huckeba, Larry McClure, Phillip Elmore, Randy Renfrow, Reatha Bradberry, Robbie Bethes, Sam Carpenter Jr., Tiffani Thompson, April Stone, Christy Swanson, John Langlinais, April Allen, Linda Claybar, Shani Lawson, Patrick Cooks, Debbie Aarons, Jaclyn Eickenhorst, Judy Pittman, Kirby Cruse, Lillian Mercer, Marie Duett, Quentin Billeaud and Betty Foreman.

A FEW HAPPENINGS Congrats to Dwayne “Beaver” Dubois, who was hired as head football coach and athletic director at Hardin-Jefferson. Dubois was offensive coordinator for the past eight years in Vidor under head coach Jeff Mathews. Both coaches are Bridge City natives and were classmates at Bridge City. They have been joined at the hip when it came to coaching philosophy. Dubois will bring the Slot-T offense that has been used at Vidor. “Beaver” is the son-in-law of Mayor Kirk Roccaforte and Shirley and is married to Shirley’s pretty daughter Cristal. Coach Dubois is well deserving of his turn at the helm. We wish him nothing but the best. Maybe he can get Shirley to give a motivation speech to the team.*****Speaking sports, coach Larry Tidwell, Lamar Lady Cards basketball coach, who has done a great job turning that program around, is leaving to take a job at Pan American. This is his way of getting down to the Rio Grande Valley where someday he plans to retire. I met Coach Tidwell at Johnny Montagne’s when he first arrived. Johnny hosted an outing for Larry and his players. It was easy to see then why he has been so successful; he’s a real people person. We wish him many great years at Pan American. *****A few folks having birthdays in the next few days. On April 10, Janet Cormier Montagne celebrates. She’s little Johnny’s better half and the daughter of Devera and Bobby Cormier. ***Also celebrating on this day is Dr. Katie Olson, daughter of Dr. David and Barbara Olsen. ***K’Lynn Ess and Nancy Hood also celebrate this birthday. ***Celebrating 54 years of marriage are Flo and Gene Edgerly. Congrats to them and best wishes for good health. Florene married that “Drummer Boy” all those years ago and got through raising him. The years flew by and a lot of water ran under the bridge since. ***April 11 birthdays: Our buddy David Thacker celebrates. He’s the son of the one and only coach Dwight Thacker. David is a fine young man who like his dad never meets a stranger.***Also celebrating

this day are Jackie Schell, Patsy Evans, Travis Miller and Becky Myers.***April 12 finds Roy Mazzagate III celebrating along with Jill Lemoine and Bruce Peveto.***Also April 12 would have been our late friend Cal Broussard’s birthday. He died July 23, 2009.

His caregiver and friend Betty Lou Womack also has passed away. For two years she cared for Cal. ***April 12, 1861, is also the day the Civil War began. It ended June 22, 1865. ***April 13, our friend Connie Angelle celebrates, also David Miller. ***April 13 is a special day for our friend of over 50 years Jo Ann Collins.

What a great lady. Best wishes. ***April 14 would have been the birthday of our late buddy Parker P.T. Thompson. Gone but not forgotten. ***Celebrating on the 14th is another lawman Sam “Sambo” Carpenter Jr. ***April 15 finds Linda Claybar, a nice lady and wife of Brown, former mayor of Orange, celebrating. ***April 16, Kirby Ridley Cruse, who we have known since she was in diapers, is getting older on this day. She’s Rev. George’s better half. Also some time this week our longtime friend Janet Fontenot celebrates. She and James have moved off to the Austin area. Happy birthday to all.*****Crude oil prices hang around $93 a barrel, yet gas prices at the pump continue to drop as the Obama administration’s energy policies kick in. Gains in the U.S. stock market and increased movement in housing and auto sales are more signs of a strengthening economy. Had congress passed the Jobs Act a year ago, over a million more people would be in the work force.*****Congrats to the Bridge City seventh grade girls track team. Coach Woods and her girls have won every track meet by a large margin. The future of B.C. girl’s track is in good hands and could be future state champions.*****Speaking of success, former Bridge City pitcher Jake Lemoine, a freshman at the U. of Houston, has been strong on the mound with five wins and only one loss. I know granddad Jerry McInnis and the Lemoine family are all proud of Jake’s accomplishments.*****I also hear that former B.C. pitcher Matt Hicks has broken a record at USL Lafayette with 10 saves this season. On one day he won a game and saved another.*****We understand that Jivin’ Gene will perform for the Eagles on April 27 at the VFW Hall. We have known Gene since he was a puppy. Through the years Gene has helped many organizations and works hard to put on a great show and dance. More on this concert later but start making plans for a great night.*****Everyone’s friend Judge David Peck found out last week that he has a heart. The only problem is that the top half of the heart races a step ahead of the bottom half.

For some reason that doesn’t surprise me. The bottom half has a bigger load. I’ll have to find out from Pct. 3 Constable Mark Philpott why he thinks Justice Peck’s bottom is slower than the top.*****Speaking of judges, we ran into Judge Buddie Hahn, who was taking lessons on how to become a one bucket farmer.

Ms. Carol is looking forward to that tomato crop. Ask him about it.*****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch had a great gathering last week at Novrozsky’s. Many stories and tales were recounted. This week, the group dines at Robert’s. Everyone is always welcome.*****Our friends Jerry Wimberly and Don Harmon are taking treatments at the Beaumont Cancer Center. Our prayers go out to those two great guys for complete recovery.*****We received a message from a guy out of our past, Lee Critchfield.

He says he was one of Ed’s “boys,” who came to KOGT in the latter 70’s. Ed Lovelace hired him as an announcer/salesperson because, in Ed’s words, “He at least looked human.” Lee’s on air name was Nick Roberts. He has many memories of Ed and Joan Lovelace. He went to Beeville with them but that was a hard road for him and he ended up in the oilfield. He has now retired to the Rockport area.*****Retired judge, Pat Clark, was presented with a “Year’s of Service Award,” by County Judge Carl Thibodeaux at Monday’s Commissioner Court meeting.*****Nicholas Provost and his team from West Orange-Stark Elementary will travel to Deer Park High School Saturday, April 13, to compete in the State Robotics competition.*****On April 16, Willie Nelson releases a new standards collection titled, “Let’s Face the Music and Dance.” I hear it’s a great collection.*****We hear Mark Carter is stepping down from his Democratic Party Chairmanship position. No word on who will replace him.*****Harry and Margie Stephens made a fast drive to Kentucky to visit Margie’s ill father. They returned Tuesday.

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS April 10, John Madden will be 77; Ken Griffey Sr., 63; Steven Seagal, 61; Orlando Jones, 45 and Mandy Moore, 29.***April 11, Joss Stone will be 26.***April 12, Herbie Hancock, 73; David Letterman, 66; Vince Gill, 56 and Claire Danes, 34.***On April 13, Lou Bega will be 38.***April 14, Loretta Lynn, (the coal miner’s daughter) will be 81; Brad Garrett, 53, Vanessa Hudgens, 25 and Sarah Michelle Gellar, 36.***April 15, Emma Thompson will be 54; Seth Rogen, 31 and Emma Watson, 23.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK Tee-Man Comeaux’s boy Junior was taking his first air plane flight. Tee-Man put Junior on da plane in New Orleans to fly to California to visit his aunt, Tee-Man’s sister Agnes.

Wen dat air plane fly over the Rocky Mountains da steward her, pass out some chewing gum. She told Junior it would keep his ears from poppin wen they got to real high altitudes.

After da plane landed in Los Angles, Junior him unfastened his seat belt, den he walked up and ask, “Miss stewardess, can you tole me please how I’m gonna got dat chewing gum out dat is stuck in my ears hanh?”

C’EST TOUT Next Monday, April 15, is the anniversary of the birth of Kim II Sung, a key date in a state whose main religion is the cult of the Kim family. The current leader, 30 year old Kim Jong Un, is ill prepared for his role and is rushing to deepen his power.

There is a high possibility that this nut will overplay his hand and pick April 15 to do so. I don’t believe it will be more than a missile test; a nuclear test is a bluff. It would deplete their limited plutonium supply. Then he would really be done. I think he’s all talk. We will shoot anything out of the air that he puts there. He’s in a “No Win” situation. *****Mitch McConnell, like Romney, was caught on tape talking trash, like in the 47 percent debacle. This might burn him. *****We had a nice phone visit with Linnis Hubbard, former Orange County chief investigator. Linnis, over the years, was one of the best investigators to come out of south east Texas. He had vast law enforcement experience and at one time, he was chief investigator for the DA’s office when Sharon Bearden was district attorney.*****Two old boys I haven’t heard from lately are Van Choate, who is probably tied down at his Vidor “Hush Puppy” and Joel Beckum, who had been working in Russia. Maybe he went back. *****Please shop our family of advisers. *****The “Skeeters” are coming, call Pestco before they invade. Take care and God bless.

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Community Bulletin Board Scottish Society of SETX to meet April 11 The Scottish Society of Southeast Texas will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 11 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, located at 1350 N. 23rd St. at Gladys in Beaumont. A covered dish supper will be held followed a review of the book “How the Scots Invented the Modern World,” written by Arthur Herman.

In the 18th and 19th centuries the small country of Scotland earned the respect of the World for its contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce and politics while helping to transform the Western World with modern civilized values.

The Scottish Society of SETX invites anyone interested in the Scots’ culture, land and people to attend their meetings. For more information, please call 409-898-4986.

BC Project Grad. to host Donkey Bball Game The Bridge City High School Project Graduation will host a Donkey Basketball game at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11 in the middle school gym. Tickets are being sold for $6 prior to the day of the game and can be purchased at the Law Office of Joy Simonton or by calling Karen McClelland at 409-658-3129 or Helen Stankus at 409-332-9209. Admission will be $8 at the door and pre-school children and younger get in free. There will be free donkey rides at halftime for children 12 and under.

LCM Young Farmers to host bake sale LCM Young Farmers is having a bake sale at Farmer’s Mercantile in Orange from 8-12 and a Rummage/Bake Sale at Grace Lutheran Church (2300 Eddleman Rd, Orange) from 8-1 Saturday April 13. They will also be selling tickets for their raffle (donations made by local businesses). Drawing for the raffle will be at around 1 p.m. that day. Proceeds will go to benefit the LCM FFA Scholarship fund.

AAUW to present Library Family of Year Award The American Association of University Women presents its Library Family of the Year Award at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, at the Orange Public Library. Every year this award goes to the family who best exemplifies “reading expands your world.” The recipients this year are the Post/Blanda family – David, Carol and Vincent Post and Jean Blanda. The public is invited to attend.

Orange Chapter of DAR to meet on April 15

The William Diamond Chapter of The Daughters of the American Revolution of Orange will have their monthly meeting at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 15 at St. Paul Methodist Church, located at 1155 West Round Bunch in Bridge City. The program for the meeting will be “My Kiowa and Chippewa Heritage” with guest speaker, Bette Smith. Any woman eighteen years of age or older who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of The American Revolution is eligible for membership. Anyone who is interested in becoming a member is encouraged to attend. For more information please contact the Chapter Regent may be contacted at 409-735-5252.

LCM Community Forums set for April 15, 18 Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD will hold two Community Forums to acquaint the public with details of how the proposed bond election funds would be used.

The first is Monday, April 15, at 6:30 p.m., in the Mauriceville Middle School Cafeteria. The second will be held on April 18, at 6:30 p.m., in the Little Cypress Junior High Library. These meeting are open to the public and are an excellent way for voters to

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Renderings and floor plans of proposed campus changes can be viewed on the District website at www.lcmcisd.org. Patrons may also take a tour of any of the facilities by calling the campus and making an appointment for a tour. Questions should be directed to Superintendent Dr. Pauline Hargrove or Assistant Superintendent Greg Perry at 409-883-2232.

Red Hot Flashers to meet The Red Hot Flashers of Orange, Texas, will meet at 11:30 a.m. on April 18, at the Sunset Grove Country Club for their regular monthly meeting. There are no birthdays this month.

An additional meeting will be held at 10:30 a.m. on April 10, 2013, at Madame Rebecca’s home. This is to celebrate winning a first place in the Christmas Tree contest at Shangri La. There will be pizza and refreshments.

All ladies are welcome. For additional information, call 409886-1609.

BCE Kindergarten Early Registration Early registration for Bridge City Elementary’s Kindergarten classes will be held through to April 19.

Children must be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2013. A state certified legal birth certificate, up-to-date immunization record, the child’s social security card, parent/guardian driver’s license and proof of residency (electric bill, water bill, rental or lease agreement; cell phone bills and cable bills will not be accepted). This will be the only time for teacher request for all grades.

For more information, please call 409-735-0900.

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Team captain meetings are scheduled for Monday, April 22.

All Team Captain meetings are directed at planning for the Orange County Relay for Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, which will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., May 3 – 4, 2013 at Bridge City High School. This year’s theme is “A Little Bit of Texas, A Whole Lot of Hope.”

Individuals or teams interested in becoming involved with this event are invited to attend the meeting and register on-line at www.OrangeCountyRelay.org.

CCS cheer clinic set for April 27 Community Christian School will be hosting its annual cheer clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 27. The clinic will be held at 1911 N. 16th Street in Orange. The cost is $30 for girls in K5 – sixth grades, and $5 for a picture of your cheerleader.

There will be snacks provided, and a performance at 11:30 a.m. for the parents.

For more information call Samantha Murillo at (409) 8824997, email her at samanthamurillo5711@yahoo.com, or log on to www.ccsorange.org for the form.

OC citizens to observe National Day of Prayer The 62nd Annual Observance of the National Day of Prayer will be held at noon on Thursday, May 2 on the front steps of the Orange County Courthouse, located at 801 W. Division St. In Orange.

All are welcome to attend. This event is sponsored by Vickie Landry.

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The Lutcher Stark High School classes of 1953 and 1955 will host a reunion Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20 at the Sunset Grove Country Club, located at 2200 West Sunset Drive in Orange. Any classmates who graduated in the 1950’s are welcome to attend. Those interested in attending are asked to RSVP by contacting Wayland Payne at 409-886-2548.

A Thrift & Gift ouside sale is being planned from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. Vendors will be able to rent 10’ x 12’ spaces but will need provide their own tables and chairs. Gates will open at 7 p.m for those setting up. The shop is located on the old Salk school grounds at 350 37th Street in Orange. Their hours of operation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Please call 886-7649 or stop by the shop to reserve a booth or for more information.

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The Bridge City Strutters will be hosting a dance workshop for Pre-K through eighth grade students. It will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 20 at the Bridge City High School Gym. The Bridge City Strutters Dance/Drill Team will teach participants stretch technique and a jazz dance. Participants are invited to dance in the Strutters Spring Revue on Saturday, May 4 at the Lutcher Theater in Orange. The cost is $35, which includes a “Future Strutter” t-shirt and Spring Revue ticket.

Registration deadline is Monday, April 15.

For more information, contact any Strutter, or call Amy at 719-6186.

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Deaths and Memorials

Victor W. Herm Jr. Former of Orange Victor W. Herm Jr., 69, passed away on April 4, 2013 after a courageous battle with multiple Myeloma.

He was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Orange, Lamar University in Beaumont and was a veteran of the United States Army.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Victor W. Herm Sr. and Catherine Meehan Herm.

He was a resident of Lakeland Fla. and is survived by Ginger Herm Funk; son Victor Herm III; granddaughter Taegan Herm; sister Mary Catherine and her husband Bobby of Oregon; many nieces, nephews and friends.

Gravesite services are pending in Orange.

Misty Lin Stephens Orange Misty Lin Stephens, 27, of Orange passed away on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston after her long and hard fight with cancer.

A visitation will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, April 13 at Dorman Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m.

Sunday, April 14, at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Dorman Cemetery in Orange.

Misty was born on March 7, 1986 in Galveston to parents Sandra Gail (Hanner) and Joseph Wayne Stephens Jr. She

had lived in Vidor, Deweyville and the last seven years in Orange and she was of the Baptist faith. She was employed at Robert’s Meat Market for several years as a hostess, cashier and waitress. Misty enjoyed doing crafts, taking pictures, being outdoors and listening to music.

Misty was a loving person who loved spending time with her fiancé and her nieces.

She was preceded death by; mother, Sandra Gail Stephens; brother, Joseph Wayne Stephens III. Misty is survived by her fiancé, Joseph William Honkomp of Orange; father, Joseph Wayne Stephens Jr. of Orange; sister, Tisha Stephens and husband, Jacob Stephenson of Orange; nieces, Ava and Ellie Stephenson, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

Condolences may be sent for the family at www.dormanfuneralhome.com.

Chester Nimitz Freeman West Orange Chester Nimitz Freeman, age 66, of West Orange,, went to be with his Lord and Saviour on April 7, 2013.

The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, April 10, at Dorman Funeral Home, with the Rev. David Millner and Rev. Kevin Trinkle officiating. Internment will be in Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange, with military services.

Chester was born Aug. 11, 1946 in Orange, to Robert and Ruby Curl Freeman. He was honorably retired from the U.S. Navy, March of 1970. Chester was a member of Calvary Baptist in West Orange and was a mem-

ber of DAV, FRA and American Legion.

He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Freeman; mother, Ruby Lucille Freeman; brother, Bobby Allen Sarver; and sister, Carrie Franklin.

He is survived by his wife, Francis Motley Freeman of over 40 years of West Orange; sons, Fred A. Freeman and Jason N. Freeman both of West Orange, Jason Companion and Sumnar Strayhorn, her daughter Akiyah Ward of Port Arthur.; sisters, JoAnn Demon of Bridge City, Myrtle (Sissy) Holmes of Orange; brothers and sister-in-laws, Louis Freeman and wife, Carolyn (Sue) of Vinton, La., Ruben Freeman and his wife, Shirley of Bridge City; aunt, Shirley Waldrop of Jasper County, and nine nieces and thirteen nephews.

Pallbearers will be Howard Hobden, Robert Franklin, Troy Shelton, Harry Franklin, Michel Davis, Bobby Shelton. Honorary pallbearers will be Louis Freeman, Ruben Freeman, Harry Hobden and Arthur Hobden.

Condolences may be sent for the family at www.dormanfuneralhome.com.

The family would like to wish a special “Thank You” to the staff at St. Mary’s and the second floor nursing staff, Dr Thome and his staff. Dr. Martin and his staff, Dr. Vertil and his staff, Dr. Badlissi and his staff, Dr. Harris and his staff, Group Care for their loving care and support, Bless all of you. A really special thank you to River City Hospice for their loving care and support.

Tom “Buddy” Addison Bridge City Tom “Buddy” Addison, 85, longtime resident of Bridge City passed away Saturday, April 6, 2013 in Beaumont.

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“Buddy” was born in Jasper on April 30, 1927 to Melvin and Alma Addison. He served in the Army during World War II, then worked as a process operator for DuPont Sabine River Works and retired in 1977 after 32 years. After retirement, he started working in the maintenance department at Wal-Mart in Bridge City in 1988 and retired again in 2009. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Bridge City, past member of the I.O.O.F., B.C. Optimist and B.C. American Legion. He was also active in the Bridge City community, helping with Little League and the Boy Scouts.

He is preceded in death by his parents; wife, Nettie Addison and three sisters.

Those left to cherish his memory are his sons and daughtersin-law, Tracy Dean and Elaine Addison of Beaumont and Keith Allen and Gail Addison of Orange; two grandsons, Ike and Harvey Addison and six great grandchildren.

John I. Pickard Jr. Orange John Ide Pickard Jr., 88, of Orange, died Friday, April 5, 2013 at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont.

Funeral services were held Monday, April 8, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with the Rev. Mike Umbenhaur, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Orange, officiating. A eulogy was given by Chester Moore Jr., grandson of Mr. Pickard. Burial followed at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Pickard was born in San Augustine on May 17, 1924. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served from 1940 through 1945.

He was a member of and later served as Business Agent for Millwright Local 2484 in Orange. He later was president of Southeast Texas Building and Trades Council. Following this, he founded and was owner of Millwright and Erectors, Inc. and then founded and was president of Pipe Tech, Inc. in Orange.

Mr. Pickard served as vice president of My Wish, Inc., an organization founded in 1982 by his wife, Ruby L. Pickard. This organization granted wishes to more than 200 terminally ill children in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. He was very proud of this organization and worked tirelessly behind the scenes in granting the wishes of the children.

In his later years, he founded a non-profit organization called Sabine River Basin Foundation which worked at cleaning up the waters of the Sabine River in our local area.

He was preceded in death by his father, John Ide Pickard; mother, Ruth (Williams) Vice; and his wife, Ruby L. Pickard.

He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Gloria and Chester Moore Sr.; grandson, Chester Moore Jr. and his wife, Lisa; great-granddaughter, Faith Moore, all of Orange; brother, Don Earl Pickard and his wife, Davette of Bridge City and his sister, Paula Pickard Smith of Kingwood.

Chester Moore Jr., Carey Roberts, Pete Bean, John Comeaux, Dwayne Devers and Jack Veal served as pallbearers.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Julie Rogers Gift of Life Program, 2390 Dowlen Rd., Beaumont, Texas 77706.

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Angie Lorene Zoch, 81, of Bridge City, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at a private care facility in Orange.

A memorial service was held on Saturday, April 6, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bridge City with Pastor Paul A. Zoch officiating.

Angie was born on April 8, 1931, in Union, Missi. where she was raised by her parents, Robert Frank Skinner and Cleo Mae

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(Dorman) Skinner. She attended Nursing School in New Orleans, La. and later moved to Orange where she worked at local hospitals and then later in life, area nursing homes. She was an active member of St. Mark Lutheran Church (now Good Shepherd). Angie loved to garden, visit friends and relatives, travel, and taking care of her grandchildren. She was a hard worker and always willing to help in any way that she could.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband of 43 years, Wilfred Fred “Pete” Zoch.

Angie is survived by her sons, Paul A. Zoch of Bridge City; Dr. Fred F. Zoch and wife, Marla of Bridge City; daughter, Bonnie S. Albright of Port Arthur; and grandchildren, Frank Zoch, Forrest Zoch, Kelly Zoch, Aligail Albright and Emily Albright.

Arrangements were held under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Gertrude McFadden Dotson Orange Gertrude “Granny” D o t s o n , 102, quietly slipped away on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at The Meadows in Orange. She was born in Paris, Texas on Oct. 4, 1910 to parents Ben and Louvenia McFadden.

Funeral services were held Sunday, April 7, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with the Rev. Lynn Ashcraft officiating. Burial followed at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City.

Gertrude married L.M Dotson in Paris, Texas and moved to Orange in 1940. She worked at Green’s Department store and The Fair store for over 50 years.

Granny was a lifetime member of the Orange County Senior Citizens. She enjoyed the ladies group known as the Lunch Bunch that meet monthly to eat, visit and play a mean game of SKIP BO. Granny was part of the Master Gardeners Club.

She raised a huge garden until the age of 96. She was always bringing vegetables to people to enjoy. Granny has that amazing ability to break off a stem, stick it in the ground and it would become a flourishing plant. She loved to putter in her yard and work with her flowers.

Granny owned and operated Dotson’s Exxon Service Station on 16th street with her husband, L. M Dotson for many years. She would work at the Fair store and then come sit at the station. She never met a stranger and had the gift of gab. Granny loved to talk to all of the people that came into the station. She had a memory like a steel trap and was a natural born storyteller. Granny and L. M. had many opportunities to travel with Exxon in their earlier years. She loved to see new things and welcomed the chance to go.

Granny was a great cook and always had something cooking on the stove. She loved her family. She raised her three sons Bill, Donald and Jerry. In later years she helped raise grandchildren and then stepped in to help raise great- grandchildren.

Granny loved Bingo. It was said that when she would win, she would dance on the way to get her prize.

Granny was a member of North Orange Baptist Church for

55 years. She loved and enjoyed Sunday school, the church services and the church family.

Granny was preceded in death by her husband, L. M. Dotson; sons, Bill Dotson and Jerry Dotson; granddaughter, Dana Hargrave; parents, Ben and Louvenia McFadden; sister, Opal Shew; and brother, Roy Davis McFadden.

Granny is survived by her brother, Edward (Son) McFadden of Paris; son, Donald Dotson of Orange, daughter-in-laws Diane Dotson of Orange and Jane Dotson of Lafayette. Granny is also survived by grandchildren, Donnie and Carter Dotson of Orange, Mike Dotson of Caldwell, Daniel Dotson and wife Chrystal of Orange, Misti Dotson of Orange, Laura Sweatt and husband Hayden, Drew Dotson and wife Andrea of Santa Fe, Alicia Germany of Millington, Doug Dotson and wife Michelle of Lafayette. Great-grandchildren are Jacob Hargrave and wife Rebecca of Hawaii, Lucas Hargrave of Orange, Crystal Smith, Ashley Passmore, Allison Nunez, Faye Unold, Eric Dotson, Beth Elliott, Cread and Cade Dotson, Simon and Henry Dotson, Kourtni, Kaylee and Haylen Sweatt, Alex and Ashley Dotson, Elizabeth, Olivia, and Jack Germany, Britney Gossen and husband, Crawford, Bailey and Brett Dotson and nine great great grandchildren.

Mike Dotson, Daniel Dotson, Donnie Dotson, Carter Dotson, Doug Dotson, Drew Dotson, Jacob Hargrave, and Lucas Hargrave served as pallbearers.

James Wilkinson Dawes Tomball After 83 years of a remarkable and full life on earth, Dr. James Wilkinson Dawes of To m b a l l , formerly of Orange, Texas (and a citizen of the world), passed from this life to the next on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013. All who knew and loved him will cherish the memories of his passion for life, his curiosity about the world, and his deep love for God and family.

Funeral services were Friday, April 5, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with the Rev. Barry Bradley, pastor of First Baptist Church in Orange, and Dr. Bill White officiating.

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by Ken Williams and Brenda Lee. Burial followed at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City.

Jim Dawes was a multi-faceted human being. He was born in New Orleans, La. on Aug. 21, 1929 to Beatrice Wilkinson Dawes and Walter Eblen Dawes.

From his doting mother, he inherited the ability to love deeply.

From his world-traveling father, he obtained wanderlust. His early years in New Orleans left him with a lifelong love of good food. As a boy in New Orleans, he loved to ride the streetcar downtown to go to the movies and to play in the canals in his neighborhood in Algiers.

Following World War II, Jim’s father, Walter, moved his family to England while Walter worked in London for the U.S. government selling surplus lend/lease equipment from the war. The reminders of the war and its car-

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Layoff turns hobby into career as “The King” Bill Cherry grew up with a love for Elvis Presley and his music. “I was raised on it,” he said. “We used to have records, so I was exposed to it. We

Tribute Artist Contest sponsored by Graceland in 2009 and is featured in the winter/ spring production of “Elvis Lives,” which comes to the Lutcher Theater April 22.

He said being on stage used to make him nervous when he

Bill Cherry portrays Elvis Presley in the last stages of his musical career in “Elvis Lives” at the Lutcher Theater at 7:30 p.m., April 22.

watched the movies when he was on TV. I was always an Elvis fan.” He used to sing along with Elvis’ records when he was younger and later started entering look-a-like contests as a hobby. “Elvis was sort of a side-kick for me.”

A welder by trade, Cherry was a victim of a massive layoff at the steel foundry where he worked in 2008. That is when he turned his hobby as “The King” into a full time career and joined the “Legends in Concert” shows in Las Vegas and other areas of the country.

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first started performing, but what helped was putting on a costume and becoming someone else. “In my mind, it wasn’t me, it was me being Elvis, so that eased my nerves.”

The “Elvis Lives” tour started Jan. 15 in Florida and ends May 13 in California.

“It’s a show that takes you through his musical career,” said Cherry. “It starts with the 50s and then you have the movie era which features AnnMargret. Then we do the 60 comeback, where Elvis wore the black leather and then myself, I do the jumpsuit era which represents the 70s.”

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nental Europe.

Following a brief stint in Geneva, Switzerland working for the DuPont operations there, Jim and Barbara returned to the United States and to their home in Orange, where Jim worked a few more years before retirement. He worked a total of 35 years for DuPont.

Retirement brought him back to one of his original loves—Roman history! He lectured aboard cruise ships and taught a course at Lamar State College-Orange.

In recent years, he had been known to share his copious knowledge with anyone who would listen. He loved learning and, because of his passion for knowledge, was a great teacher.

An exciting part of retirement for Jim was the opportunity to serve the Orange chapter of Golden K Kiwanis as a member and as President.

Jim and Barbara moved to Tomball in 2009 to be closer to family where they joined Champion Forest Baptist Church.

Jim is survived by his spouse of 48 years, Barbara Stephens Dawes; his daughter Jennifer Dawes Adkison and her husband, Steve Adkison, of La Grande, Ore.; his daughter Amy Dawes Klein and her husband, Craig Klein, of Tomball; his son Walter Dawes of Houston; five grandchildren: Bridger, Ally and Jake Adkison of La Grande, Ore., and Jackson and Jonathan Klein of Tomball; his sister-in-law Bette Honeycutt of Orange; and his sister-in-law Brenda Escamilla and her husband, Randy Escamilla, of Midlothian, Va. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Champion Forest Baptist Church; 15555 Stuebner Airline Road, Houston, Texas, 77069.

nage were all around them, and the British people’s suffering from the devastation that surrounded them left an indelible mark upon young “Jimmy.”

As there were no American schools in London at the time, Jim was sent to the American Community School in Paris, where he received his high school diploma in 1947.

He returned to the United States to begin his college years, acquiring a bachelors and masters degree in chemistry from Louisiana State University, and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Texas. Early in his academic career his passion for Roman history led him to consider studying history, but he decided that the exciting developments in chemistry were too compelling to pass up.

Prior to attending UT, he put his knowledge of chemistry to good use in the United States Air Force where he served his nation proudly as a First Lieutenant during the Korean conflict. His role in the Air Force was not combat but science, as he worked as a project engineer developing a system of reclamation for photographic wash water.

He began his career as a research chemist at DuPont in 1958 and ended up at the Sabine River Works in 1963 where he met the love of his life, Barbara Stephens, and swept her off her feet with his red Corvette. This was an exciting time for him as he not only met the woman he would marry but also found the faith that would shape and guide the rest of his life. He was baptized at First Baptist Church in Orange and became a devoted member of that church.

When his daughter Jennifer was born in 1966, his red Corvette days were over, but the fun was just starting. Amy followed in 1968 and Walter in 1971, and the circle was complete.

Jim continued to enjoy traveling and loved taking his family all over world. Special highlights were two trips to the Holy Land with friends from First Baptist Church.

In 1984, DuPont transferred him to London to set up a lab at Hemel Hempstead to spearhead the Hypalon project for the European operations of the company.

Those were the good times.

When he wasn’t working to make the world a better place through chemistry, Jim was touring with his family all over England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and conti-

Robert F. Gerik Bridge City Robert F. Gerik, 82, was born Oct. 4, 1930 in West, Texas and passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013 in Port Arthur.

A mass was celebrated Friday, April 5, 2013 at St. Henry Catholic Church with Father Steven L. Leger officiating. Interment fol-

“You get four shows because each one is a separate guy, as opposed to one guy changing costumes,” he said. “Another thing that is neat is Elvis narrates the show on a large screen behind us. He talks and there is video footage that takes you through the years.”

Other cast members were the finalists in the contest: Kevin Mills, Leo Days and Ben Klein. The four tribute artists each represent a period in Elvis’ career: the early years in the 1950-60s; the movie years; the comeback tour; and the jumpsuit era, which is what Cherry portrays. Lorri Russo joins the cast as Ann-Margret during the movie years’ portion of the show.

Back-up singers, dancers and a live band completes the cast. Imagery from the Presley estate is shown throughout the production. It is the only Elvis Presley endorsed show out there according to Cherry. “It has the stamp of approval,” he said.

“It’s a show for all ages. We really love what we do,” said Cherry.

Currently they are doing seven to eight shows a week.

“We sleep on the bus and every morning we wake up in a different state. We’ve eaten everything from grits to Yankee pot roast,” laughed Cherry.

Cherry was called back for his former job as a welder, but he turned it down to continue as “The King.” “There was no way I was going to go back,” he said.

When the “Elvis Lives” tour is over, he will go to Connecticut and perform with the “Legends in Concert” at a casino there. “It’s something we continue to do all year round.”

“I want to continue doing it

as long as I can, up to the point my looks or my voice starts to fail me. Then it would be time to quit, because I don’t want to be disgraceful or a mockery. I want to do what I do in a re-

Warren M. Brown, 76, of South Newton County passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.

Funeral Services were held Friday, April 5, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Mr. Mike Brown and the Rev. Kevin Brown officiating and a eulogy given by Mr. Aubrey Cole. A burial followed at King Cemetery in Hartburg.

Born in Orange County on Oct. 13, 1936, Warren was the son of James Walter Brown and Barbara Altha (Kelley) Brown.

He graduated from Mauriceville High School and later retired from Sheet Metal Local 196.

Warren enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Marvin Brown, Al Brown, Bruce Brown; and sister, Mozelle Glende.

Warren is survived by his brothers, Gene M. Brown of Mauriceville, Pat Brown and wife, Gloria of Deweyville; sisters, Carolyn White and husband, Ardell of Vidor, Marilyn Perry and husband, Tommy of Mauriceville; and many nieces and nephews.

Robert Glende, Butch Brown, David Perry, Clint Fountain, Mike Brown and Rex Herrington served as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were Kenny Winn, Edward Jones, Aubrey Cole and Doug Bean.

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He is preceded in death by his son Leonard Gerik.

Mr. Gerik will be fondly remembered by his wife of 61 years, Margaret Steyaert Gerik; children, Joan Thibodeaux and husband Ray of Nederland, Carolyn Kelly of Beaumont, Steven Gerik and wife Linda of Phoenix, Ariz., Kathy Brown of Port Arthur, and Susan Stephenson of Nederland. Other survivors include his 16 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.

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STAFF REPORT FOR THE RECORD

COLBURN-FISHING CAPT. DICKIE COLBURN FOR THE RECORD

Aside from “How many people will there be in your party,” the most important question I can ask when a new client calls is, “What do you hope to accomplish by hiring me to take you fishing?”

More often than not the response is, “To give us a better chance of catching fish,” which opens the door to a number of options for me that may or may not enhance the client’s expertise. I will immediately plan to fish for the easier fish to catch at the time whether it be trout, flounder or reds with the most user-friendly technique and lures.

There are no guarantees, but if I am going to spend $500 for a day on the water I personally want the most bang for my buck. If I accomplish nothing else I want to tap into the guide’s experience and learn more about fishing. As a matter of fact, I would prefer to zero while learning more about techniques and the habits of the fish than filling the ice box with small keeper trout caught under a flock of birds that you could see from the launch!

If the majority of my clients simply wanted to catch rather than learn, I would cancel very few trips due to wind or inclement weather.

Catching is the key ingredient to longevity in the guiding business, but as a prospective client it would never be my number one reason for fishing with a guide.

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‘THE RECORD’ HOMETOWN HIGHLIGHTS

Bridge City sophomore Lady Cardinal Alexus Henry clears the bar for a Dist. 21-3A gold medal.

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Lady Bobcat Jennifer McManus wins Dist 21-3A gold in the pole vault.

The beginning of the Dist. 21-3A Track and Field Championships were held at West Orange-Stark High School on Monday. The relay finals will be held at WOS high school on Thursday.

The results from Monday’s meet are below: BOYS - PRELIMINARIES 100 Meter Dash First place went to Devon Cooper of Hardin-Jefferson with 11.26, second place to Kendrick King of HamshireFannett with 11.38 and third place to William Moore of West Orange-Stark with 11.50. Also qualifying for District Finals are Lakieth Broussard of HJ with 11.50, Dylan Westbrook of Orangefield with 11.64, Brandon Wold of OF with 11.65, Patrick Reed of Silsbee with 11.65 and Floyd Spearment of Silsbee with 11.78.

200 Meter Dash First place went to Chris James of WOS with 22.15, second place to Jarrod Ross of WOS with 22.45 and third place went to Devon Cooper of HJ with 22.87. Also qualifying for District Finals are Yancy Brydson of Silsbee with 22.90, Travis Appling of HF with 23.39, Farren Fontenot of HJ with 23.45, Patrick Reed of Silsbee with 23.61 and McCrea Lopez of Buna with 23.65.

400 Meter Dash First place went to Rashon McDonald of WOS with 52.22, second place to Darius Riley of HF with 53.45 and Jerrious Tims of WOS with 53.72. Also qualifying for District Finals are Tyler Western of Bridge City with 54.08, Eric Truncale of OF with 54.11, Devondrix Spencer of WOS with 54.62, Ashtin Reed of BC with 54.78 and Blake Permenter of OF with 55.26.

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Bridge City Cardinal pole vaulter Windsor Nguyen wins first place during Dist. 21 3A field events.

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Bridge City Lady Cardinal Kati Thorton clears the bar for a second plave finish in the girls pole vault.

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100 Meter Hurdles First place went to Perry Spikes of WOS with 15.53, second place went to Mitch McCall of HF with 15.56 and third place went to J’Marcus Rhodes of WOS with 15.86. Also qualifying for District Finals are Caleb Spruell of BC with 17.32, Conner Wilbur with 18.97, Jonathan Sanders of Bune with 19.61, Nick Johnson of Buna with 19.85 and Jake Richardson of HJ with 20.19.

300 Meter Hurdles First place went to Will Johnson of WOS with 41.86, second place to J’Marcus Rhodes of WOS with 41.96 and third place to Conner Wilbur of BC with 42.20. Also qualifying for District Finals are Mitch McCall of HF with 43.50, Rashon McDonald of WOS with 43.67, Carl WOS Mustang JMarcus Rhodes wins first place in the Wiley of OF with 43.68, Caleb long jump.

Spruell of BC with 44.79 and Jacob King of HF with 45.08.

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High Jump First place went to Deionte Thompson of WOS with 6-04.00, second place to Mitch McCall of HF with 6-02.00 and third place to Daris Riley of HF with 6-00.00.

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LCM Bear Tyler Howett wins Dist. 20-4A gold in the shot put with a distance of 54:2.75.

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LCM Lady Bear pole vaulter Zoe Casteel wins first place in Dist. 204A vaulting 12 feet.

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Track and field with 11-06.00 and third place went to Ian Carruth of BC with 1100.00. Bryce Tubbs of HJ placed fourth with 11-00.00.

Long Jump First place went to Deionte Thompson of WOS with 2008.00, second place to Devon Cooper of HJ with 20-04.75 and third place to Will Johnson of WOS with 20-03.25. Also place were Yancy Brydson of Silsbee with 20-02.00, Lakeith Broussard of HJ with 19-11.50, Kane Vice of BC with 19-07.75, J’Marcus Rhodes of WOS with 19-00.50, Tanner Jones of HJ with 1803.50, Nicholas Bryant of OF with 18-01.50, Kendrick King of HJ with 17-10.75, Tyran Como of OF with 17-01.00 and Cedric Antwine of HF with 13-09.25.

Triple Jump First place went to Darius Riley of HF with 43-11.00, second place to J’Marcus Rhodes of WOS with 43-06.50 and third place to Dilon Cole of WOS with 43-05.00. Also placing were Devon Cooper of HJ with 42-05.25, Mitch McCall of HF with 41-07.50, Carl Wiley of OF with 41-05.50, Caleb Morrison of HJ with 4100.00, Kendrick Scott of Silsbee with 39-04.00, Patrick Reed of Silsbee with 39-00.00, Tanner Jones with HJ with 38-07.50, Griffin Ricks of BC with 36-03.50 and Jordan Boudreaux of BC with 36-00.50.

Shot Put First place went to Blain Padgett of HJ with 43-09.75, second place to Seth Adams of Silsbee with 43-00.25 and third place to Anthony Holman of WOS with 41-02.75. Also placing are Stephen Hubert of HF with 39-10.25, Jerrod Watkins of OF with 3905.75, David Souredellia of BC with 39-02.25, Kanon Mackey of Silsbee with 39-01.00, Jackson Roberts of BE with 37-05.25, Zachary Carruth of OF with 3704.50, Paul Hebert of WOS with 36-01.25, Casen Carter of HF with 35-11.75, Stephen Sliter of Silsbee with 34-05.00, Octavis Crosson of WOS with 32-02.25, Peter Gloston of HJ with 31-10.25 and Cullen Dale of HJ with 2910.00.

Discuss Throw First place went to Kanon Mackey of Silsbee with 121-01, second place to Stephen Hebert of HF with 114-03 and third place to Daniel Woodson of WOS with 110-01. Also place were Levi Shores of OF with 109-09.50, Alex Bingham of BC with 10505.50, Colton Weeks of BC with 105-02, Casen Carter of HF with 103-06.50, Stephen Sliter of Silsbee with 103-06.50, Peter Gloston of HJ with 96-01.50, Seth Adams of Silsbee with 91-08, Allan Edelmon of HJ with 89-07.75, Joshua Orebo of WOS with 8702.50, Octavis Crosson of WOS with 80-02 and Jared Brottem of HJ with 65-06.50.

Girls - Preliminaries 100 Meter Dash First place went to Chanissey Fowler of Silsbee with 12.56, second place to Shavontae Thomas of WOS with 12.75 and third place to Raegan Padgett of HJ with 12.81. Also qualifying are Natassja Hudson of Silsbee with 12.96, Ashley Coots of HF with 13.13, Taylor Aldrich of HJ with 13.22, Hannah Hulet of HF with 13.51 and Hope Carr of BC with 13.80.

200 Meter Dash First place went to Raegan Padgett of HJ with 25.93, second place to Aaliyah Teel of WOS with 25.94 and third place to Makenzie Callender of Buna with 26.30.

Also qualifying for District Finals are Alexus Henry of BC with 26.54, Lashya Cole of WOS with 26.80, Cymone Toole of Silsbee with 26.97, Kelsey Smith of BC with 27.29 and Natassja Hudson of Silsbee with 27.71.

400 Meter Dash First place went to Becca DeLord of HF with 1:02.33, second place to Mercedes Fezia of WOS with 1:03.94 and third place to Shelby Foster of Buna with 1:05.05. Also qualifying for District Finals are Chrislyn Janice of WOS with 1:05.81, Taylor Colbert of WOS with 1:06.34, Brenna Overman of OF with 1:06.39, Kirsten Walker of HF with 1:06.79 and Hannah Story of BC with 1:07.07.

100 Meter Hurdles First place went to Brandy Ehrlich of OF with 17.74, second place to Kati Thornton of BC with 18.10 and third place to Tre’sha Bonton of BC with 18.13. Also qualifying for District Finals are Alanna Blanchard of HF with 18.22, Jade Woodie of HF with 18.62, Kori Harris of Buna with 19.02, Haley Hodkinson of BC with 19.18 and Bailey Berry of OF with 19.22.

300 Meter Hurdles First place went to Kelsie Moulder of Buna with 50.04, second place to Leslie Hendrickson of BC 50.57 and Brandy Ehrlich

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of OF with 51.91. Also qualilfying for District Finals are Jolie Bayse of HF with 51.99, Brittany LaLonda of HF with 53.69, Margan Ferguson of WOS with 54.42, Meghan Williamson of HF with 54.98 and Kathryn Padgett of HJ with 55.63.

Girls - Finals 3200 Meter Run First place went to Katelyn Potter of BC with 13:07.39, second place to Sarah Foster of Buna with 13:18.70 and third place to Bethany Vizena of HF with 13:36.24. Also place were

Katherine Zoch of HF with 13:41.03, Anna Vera of HF with 14:16.30 Victoria Richard of BC with 14:34.27, Hannah Lowe of OF with 14:44.74, Carlee Whitehead of Buna with 15:19.18, Nik-

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Track and field results kiah Pulliam of BC with 15:38.94, Lauren Smith of OF with 15:40.66 and Kristen Blanke of OF with 16:58.47.

High Jump First place went to Alexus Henry of BC with 5-04.00, second place to Kori Soignet of Silsbee with 5-04.00 and third place to Rebekah Newell of OF with 5-00.00. Also placing were Meghan Williamson of HF with 4-10.00, Kamryn Elliot of Buna with 4-08.00, Shelby Foster of Buna with 4-08.00, Becca DeLord of HF with 4-06.00 and Chrislyn of Janice of WOS with 4-06.00.

Long Jump First place went to Lashya Cole of WOS wth 17-00.50, second place to Ashley Coots of HF

with 15-07.00 and third place to Chanissey of Silsbee with 1506.75. Also placing were Elexis Bray of Silsbee with 15-03.75, Taylor Aldrich of HJ with 1503.75, Hope Carr of BC with 1501.00, Jole Bayse of HF with 1411.75, Kamryn Elliot of Buna with 14-10.00, Makenzie Callender of Buna with 14-08.00, Kelsey Smith of BC with 14-05.75, Jaycie Young of Buna with 14-04.75, Meghan Williamson of HF with 13-11.50, Eriel Jordan of WOS with 13-10.00 and Sarah Truncale of OF with 13-08.75.

Triple Jump First place went to Alexus Henry of BC with 37-08.00, second place to Lashya Cole of WOS with 36-10.50 and third place to Meghan Williamson of HF with 33-10.75. Also placing were Kori Soignet of Silsbee with 3308.50,

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Pole Vault First place went to Jennifer McManus of OF with 10-06.00, second place to Kati Thornton of BC with 10-06.00 and third place to Sarah Foster of Buna with 8-00.00. Also placing were Jessi Lavergne of Buna with 7-06.00, Carley McDuffie of BC with 7-00.00, Shae Doucet of HF with 7-00.00 and Victoria Merchant of HF with 6-06.00.

Shot Put First place went to Anshawnique Morrisey of Silsbee with 36-10.25, second place to Camry Martin Silsbee with 31-11.50 and third place to Hailey Wanoreck of HF with 30-11.00. Also placing were Katie Laird of BC with 3010.00, Patricia Hudson of Silsbee with 30-07.00, Kimberly Wendling of HF with 30-04.25, Priscilla Garza of OF with 28-07.50, Marisa Bishop of OF with 2803.25, Hollie Coffin of HF with 2708.00, Karington Blanchard of WOS with 27-08.00, Samantha Crooks of BC with 26-00.00, Hannah McAnelly of BC with 2409.50, Chelsea Boyd of Buna with 23-08.75, Mikaela Gonzales of Buna with 22-03.75, Morgan Isaacs of OF with 20-01.00 and Chasity Gray of HJ with 15-00.75.

Discus Throw First place went to Anshawnique Morrisey of Silsbee with 112-03, second place to Marisa Bishop of OF with 92-09.50 and third place to Kaitlin McFarland of HJ with 86-01.50. Also placing were Kimberly Wendling of HF with 82-05, Hailey Wanoreck of HF with 81-11, Samantha Crooks of BC with 81-05, Patricia Hudson of Silsbee with 81-04.50, Sarah Sams of BC with 79-07 and Chelsea Boyd of Buna with 69-02.75.

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quickly enough and regardless of how good the bite is… it is worthless on that particular day. The guide should be the only one in the boat having to deal with frustration and added stress. Hopefully, there is a substantial Plan B that includes catching, but that isn’t always the case.

The bottom line is that while I have no recommendations since I am content to fish all day and spend my evenings at a local ball park, I still have to believe there is something else more entertaining than fishing simply for the sake of fishing. If I haven’t totally turned you off to ever hiring a guide at this point, remember to select you guide wisely and expect answers to questions that will make you a better fisherman in the future.

Perhaps it was because we struggled late last week in the daily winds that eliminated much of the open lake as well as missing a solid bite that was taking place too early for traveling clients, but I could not have been more impressed with Michael Braxton and Michael Vaughan’s performance over the weekend.

The local team has been diligent in quietly doing their homework all year long and they reaped the benefits Sunday evening with a win in the two day Speck”tacular”Gulf Coast Trout Series Championship. They finished the day a close second on Saturday, but sealed the deal with Sunday’s big catch. Their two day total edged out the team of Erik Renteria and John Havens

by less than a pound. Their six trout limit bottomed the scales out at a whopping 35.25 pounds!

The wind was an absolute nightmare all weekend, but Vaughan and Braxton stuck to their game plan and weighed in almost identical stringers each day.“The first day we weighed in 17.07 pounds,” said Braxton “and the second day our three fish weighed 18.18 pounds. We weighed in both of our seven pound trout on the second day, but were still afraid that we had made a critical error that morning that would cost us the championship.”

Before Braxton could even turn on the live well Sunday morning Vaughan was in the process of boating a 6 ½ pound trout.“We learned right off the bat that our trout were still there and that helped settle us down,” stated Braxton.“We were culling very early and on top of the world until we discovered later in the day that our third trout was an eighth of an inch too long!”

Panic temporarily set in as the duo realized that even with two fish over seven pounds in the box they no longer had a third trout to weigh in. It didn’t help matters when their next fish was another trout over 25-inchs.“There is no doubt that we released several heavier trout under the 25-inch that morning, but we could not have been more excited when Michael finally put a four pounder in the boat.”

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that it took a catch like that to barely nose out the second place team. The championship win was worth $6500 in cash and prizes.“The catching actually proved to be the easier and less expensive challenge for the winning team.“Aside from the added cost of making the long runs to the weigh-ins each day, we both got speeding tickets Friday rushing to make a Captain’s meeting that turned out to not even be mandatory,” added Braxton.

It must not have been too upsetting, however, as both anglers are already making plans to fish the same circuit next year.“We missed the first two tournaments of the year so we were out of the hunt for team of the year, but we plan on giving it another shot in 2014,” stated Braxton. I wouldn’t bet against them!

CUP: Things are faster in Texas Staff Report For The Record

Texas Motor Speedway will present the Gen-6 car with a super-fast intermediate track test in Saturday’s 500-mile race.

The Sprint Cup Series raced on a 1.5-mile, high-banked track last month at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, but Saturday night’s event, the first evening race of the season, will showcase significantly faster speeds.

The track qualifying record at Las Vegas (owned by Kasey Kahne) is 190.456 miles per hour. The Texas mark of 196.235 was set in 2006 by Brian Vickers.

“It’s a fun place,” Kyle Busch said of TMS. “It’s really challenging because of the flatness of the corners, getting into the corners, and then they’re so banked through the turns, and then the exits of the corners, they kind of fall off real quickly.

“That was always really weird for me to try to figure out because the lateral grip seems to go away so fast on the exit of the turns. You kind of want to be straight by that point. It’s an interesting facility. Texas, Charlotte and Atlanta all might look exactly the same, but they drive nothing alike. It keeps you on your toes.”

Busch said it’s important to be able to run in all traffic lanes at TMS. “Texas is a really fast mileand-a-half race track,” he said.

“The asphalt is getting a little bit older, but, for as old as the asphalt is, it’s still really fast for a few laps, and it’s still kind of a pain sometimes because it is so aero-dependent that when you do run the bottom it’s hard to pass.

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Finding a way to get your result The sound of the garage door opening broke the silence as I stood there at my own personal weather station. You know the one, the one we all use to determine how the day is going to be, and the one that we use to tell if the meteorologist on TV is worth their salary or not. I looked up at the trees and judged the wind, not a leaf rustling, the day has potential. The temperature was ideal, just enough heat to let you know the days of winter were in our rear view mirror but still a long way from the melt down days of summer that are sure to come. All the variables pointed to a day with plenty of potential, I would do my best not to waste the opportunity.

With my little skiff in tow I eased down the road and got a feel for the water level as I crossed one of the many bayous that run through town. The water was a little lower than normal and that would certainly help out my shallow water program by concentrating the redfish in smaller areas. Things were definitely shaping up and the odds would appear to be in our favor. The morning starts off full of promise as our first destination proves to be a perfect starting point. Several fish make tell tale mud boils and push healthy wakes as they make room for us in the pond. Both my clients start the day off with topwater plugs just knowing a surface eruption is right around the corner.

The sun is now creeping up past the horizon and the temperature is perfect. The added light makes spotting the fish much easier and we all begin to pick out fish. For whatever reason the redfish ignore the surface offerings and remain tight lipped causing us all to scratch our heads. A new game plan is put in play and almost instantly pays dividends. A weightless soft plastic strikes the first fish as a heavy redfish put on a show while steadily taking line off the reel. For that moment in time all is right with the world and the three figures in the boat all know it without saying a word.

The big redfish eventually comes to the boat and just as we suspected it’s a toad, a solid 12 pound fish that stretched the tape to 32 inches. A few quick snapshots and the fish is released unharmed to fight another day. That episode would soon repeat itself several times over the course of the day, quality fish that had shunned the topwater plugs would readily inhale the soft plastic offerings. No the strikes were not quite as visual but the end results were just the same and for the most part that’s all that really counts when you think about it.

Too many times we get so caught up in how we do something, the “live vs artificial” war between anglers is the first thing that comes to my mind on the subject. “Fly vs Conventional” is an-

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They will feature live entertainment, carnival games and activities, classic car show, fifth annual beach volleyball challenge, plant booth, kid’s fish tank, raffle, talent show, silent and Live auction and much more!

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other battle that makes zero sense to me. Begrudging someone or belittling their accomplishments because it’s not like how you like to do it is a little much on the “holier than thou” scale isn’t it? As fishermen we all want one basic thing, a pull on the end of our line in some form or fashion. Some want a bigger pull than others. Some want more than just one pull, in fact they want a bunch of pulls.

Regardless of how you go about it we all want the pull and that makes us all basically the same. Some of the most fun trips I have ever been a part of were when anglers who were way up on the skill chart took time to go back and do something less complicated.

Watching guys who made their name winning tournaments and perfecting techniques that would drive the average angler nuts reverting back to things they did when they were kids. To see guys in a tournament boat that resembles a NASCAR anchored up pitching live bait or dragging a cork is as refreshing as the laughter that inevitably follows. To just fish and have a good time is what this whole sport is about; don’t ever lose sight of that fact.

Steve And Tara Smith discuss mission work on Sunday at Trinity Baptist Trinity Baptist Church of Orange will host Missionaries Steve and Tara Smith on Sunday, April 14. Steve was raised in Orange and graduated from Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School, Lamar University and the Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Tara is from Fort Worth, and graduated from Lamar University in Beaumont. Steve served on the staff at the Little Cypress Baptist Church in Orange and the First Baptist Church in Lewisville, Texas.

They were appointed as Southern Baptist missionaries and have served with the International Mission Board since 1990.

They began their work in the Central African Country of Burundi and will share their experiences during the program on Sunday. Many years and much of their work have been among the European people of Reunion Island, France and Germany.

There will be a fellowship at 9:30 a.m. in the foyer at the entrance of the church. Refreshments will be served. The program will start at 9:45 prior to the 11:00 a.m. church services. Worship Leader, Dan Cruse would like to invite all who would like to attend and enjoy the travels and mission work of Steve and Tara.

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Starlight COGIC to host WIND Retreat Registration is underway for WIND Retreat 2013, sponsored by the Women’s Dept. of Starlight Church of God in Christ. The Retreat is scheduled for April 12-14 at the Omni Houston West Hotel. The theme is Joy! Psalms 16:11. Special Guest include Pastor Elaine Benson of Houston; Evangelist Phyllis Thomas of Sacramento, Calif. and Psalmist Linda Broussard from Starlight.

Registration includes two nights stay in a luxury hotel, two full meals, conference bag and material. Registration fees: are Single $325 pp; Double $220 pp; Triple $185 pp; Quad $170 pp; and Teen Girls $99 (based on two adults in room). A deposit of $75 is due by Friday, March 15 and the balance is due no later than Monday, April 1, 2013. For more information call 409-886-4366.

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BC KofC to sell boiled crawfish The Bridge City Knights of Columbus will sell boiled crawfish from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 28 at the KC Hall adjacent to St. Henry Church. $20 for five pounds boiled crawfish, corn and potato. Dine in or take out. Tickets are being sold in advance by the following KC members. Ron Jackson can also be contacted for tickets at 409-351-9876 or ronnycjackson@gmail. com. Tickets will also be available at Monday evening S.H.A.R.E. meetings at St. Henry.

St. Paul UMC selling bricks for Prayer Garden St. Paul United Methodist Church is continuing plans for its Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Prayer Garden by paving the garden with a brick walkway. The church is selling bricks that will be engraved with a personal note of the buyer’s choice.

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Housing and transportation provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of the work day; Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worksite will be provided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract.

Employment offered by HMC Farms, L.L.C. located in New Iberia, LA. Qualified applicants may call employer for interview (225) 207-0505 or may apply for this position at their nearest State Workforce Agency located at 304 Pearl St., Beaumont, TX 77701.

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The Record • Week of Wednesday, April 10, 2013 • 7B

Cruise down the Rhine was fine, but Europe was c-c-cold

OUTDOORS JOE KAZMAR FOR THE RECORD

Probably all but a half-dozen Orange residents could care less that Europe was having unseasonably cold weather early this spring.

But those six Orangeites— Bob and Kyle Hood, Richard and Anita Duffee and Susan Kazmar and me—got a firsthand taste of Ol’ Man Winter hanging on in The Netherlands, Germany, France and Switzerland during the final week of March and the first couple of days in April because we were there.

When we booked a Viking River Cruise down the Rhine River a year ago, we never dreamed it would still be winter in Europe. Luckily we did pack a few cold-weather items of clothing—just in case we needed them.

Well we not only needed them, we had to wear longsleeved clothes underneath our heavy sweaters and then donned our heavy winter coats, gloves, toboggan caps and ear muffs. And we still were cold once we stepped off our three-decked riverboat— the Viking Sun--because Europe was having its coldest March in 130 years.

We left Bush International Airport for a non-stop, 5,100 mile flight from Houston to Amsterdam that took 8 ½ hours. We arrived at 7:30 a.m. after flying all night and were greeted with a 24 degree temperature and a wind chill of around 10 degrees and the news it was Amsterdam’s coldest March 24th in history.

Our cruise ship wasn’t set to sail until 4 p.m. so we had most of that Palm Sunday to see Amsterdam. We decided to take a sight-seeing boat trip on the many canals of the city, mainly because the vessels were enclosed and heated.

We saw the Heineken Brewery and several structures that were built in the 1600s and are still lived in today. The boat driver pointed out the many houseboats moored along the canals that numbered 2,500 throughout the city. We visited the Hermitage Satellite Museum, which was the only branch outside of Russia.

The Viking Sun began its journey down the Rhine and

the six of us turned in very early that first night. We traveled all night and docked at Kinderdijk and did a walking tour of a windmill farm that was cut short by us because the little stream that worked the windmill had ice on it. We cast off for Cologne, Germany around noon.

At dinner that night some folks from Lubbock came over to meet some fellow Texans.

They said originally they were from the Adirondack Mts. in Upstate New York—Old Forge—and I said I was from Schenectady.

The lady said her sister lived in the Stockade Section of Schenectady, which was right around the corner from where my parents used to live.

Small world, isn’t it? The man was from Glens Falls, N.Y. and we found out we played high school baseball against each other.

During our walking tour of Cologne we saw the Farina House which claims to be the world’s first perfume manufacturer, a chocolate museum, a beer museum and The Dom, Germany’s largest cathedral.

The next day (Mar. 28) we docked at Koblenz where the German Army Forces command headquarters was located. The town celebrated its 2,000th anniversary in 1992.

We visited the Marksburg Castle, which is the best-preserved castle on the Rhine. We also viewed about two dozen other castles en route to Rudesheim.

On Thursday we took a bus tour to Heidelberg, often thought of as Germany’s intellectual capital because it is the home of the country’s oldest university, established in 1386. While other German cities were destroyed during the Allied bombings of World War II, Heidelberg was largely spared.

The Viking Sun continued down the Rhine where France borders Germany and on Friday morning we visited Strasbourg which was founded by the Romans in 12 B.C. for its strategic location and today is the capital of the Alsace region in eastern France. The wine

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drinkers had a chance to visit an Alsatian vineyard and sample the famous blends.

On Saturday morning we arrived at Breisach and took a Black Forest bus tour in the renowned mountain landscape and dense forests and saw a cuckoo c l o c k-m a k i n g demonstration after trudging through about a half-a-foot of snow.

We returned to the Viking Sun for lunch and then took what I thought was the most interesting bus tour of the cruise, the World War II Tour.

We were right on the battlefield where the Allies were unsuccessfully trying to keep the Germans from invading France.

Lt. Audie Murphy was trying to hold off a force of 300 Germans with his platoon of 40 men. He finagled three tanks from another unit, but enemy artillery knocked out all three before they could do much damage.

Murphy leaped up on a burning tank and noticed the 50 caliber machine gun was in perfect working order and as the 300 German soldiers charged his dwindling outfit, he began firing and caused the enemy to retreat. He yanked the phone from a dead radioman and directed the U.S. artillery at the fleeing Germans.

The French were so thankful for Murphy’s one-man performance that liberated their country, they erected a monument of him on the tank that stands today at the exact location of the encounter. Audie Murphy became the most decorated soldier of World War II and the film “To Hell and Back” depicts his heroism.

There was a farewell dinner that night as we toasted our captain Herr Robert Oplof and the wonderful staff on the boat, especially Executive Chef Georg Pfandl, whose meals definitely were not from the Weight Watchers cookbook.

We met some very interesting people during our week on the cruise from all over the U.S., Canada and the U.K. We arrived in Basel, Switzerland early Sunday morning

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SERVICE CIVIL CITATION - CCVPUBWD WILL SIT WITH ELDERLY, BY CORRECTIONS THE STATE OF TEXAS 5 P.M. TODAY PROBATE NO. P16401 TO: William Fowler ESTATE ROSE MARIE WRIGHT , DECEASED toOF735-7346 Respondent, NOTICE: CITATION BY PUBLICATION Thanks, YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If THE STATE OF TEXAS you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk Debbie TO: who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days from the date of issuance of this citation and petition, a default judgement may be taken against you.

ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN HEIRS AND ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THE ESTATE OF ROSA MARIE WRIGHT , DECEASED

You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Plaintiff's Petition at or before 10 a.m. on the Monday next after the expiration of forty-two days after the date of issuance of this citation the same being APRIL 8, 2013.

GREETING:

Said ANSWER may be filed at the District Clerk's Office at the Orange County Courthouse, 801 W. Division Ave., or by mailing it to 801 W. Division Ave., Orange, Texas 77630.

Said PLAINTIFF'S ORIGINAL PETITION AND REQUEST FOR DISCLOSURE was filed and docketed in the Honorable 163rd District Court of Orange County, Texas at the District Clerk's Office at the Orange County Courthouse, 801 W. Division Ave., Orange, Texas on OCTOBER 30, 2012 in the following styled and numbered cause: The suit requests DEFENDANT CITED TO APPEAR AND ANSWER HEREIN CAUSE NO. 120386-C Johnny Roberst VS. Roderick Daniels et al The name and address of the attorney for Plaintiff otherwise the address of Plaintiff is: JONATHAN C JUHAN 985 I-10 N STE 100 BEAUMONT, TEXAS 77706 ISSUED AND GIVEN under my hand and seal of said Court at Orange, Texas, April 4, 2013.

YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear before the Honorable County Court of Orange County, Texas, at the Courthouse of said County, in the City of Orange, Orange County, Texas, at or before 10 o'clock A.M., on the first Monday after the expiration of ten days from the date of publication of this citation by filing a written answer to a petition that was filed in said Court on Application To Determine Heirship, in Cause No. P16401, and styled: ESTATE OF ROSE MARIE WRIGHT , DECEASED. A brief statement of the nature of the application is as follows, to-wit: APRIL 1, 2013, as is more fully shown by the application on file in this cause.

This citation shall be served by notice published once in a newspaper of general circulation in Orange County, Texas, the County in which the proceedings are pending1, said publication being not less than ten (10) days from the return date exclusive of the date of publication.

The officer executing this process shall promptly execute the same according to law, and make due return as the law directs.

If this citation is not served within ninety days after the date of issuance it shall be returned unserved.

ISSUED AND GIVEN under my hand and official seal of said Court at Orange, Texas on April 1, 2013.

KAREN JO VANCE, Clerk, County Court, Orange County, Texas

VICKIE EDGERLY, District Clerk Orange County, Texas By: Charlean Deputy

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as the eight-day cruise came to an end. However, the six of us chose to extend our stay two more days and Viking arranged for bus transportation to Lucerne. It snowed the entire way and the mountains we were traveling through looked like a winter wonderland.

On Monday Susan and Anita went on the mountain tour to the Titlis glacier at 10,623 feet and rode the world’s first rotating cable car to the peak. They also visited a cheese factory in Engleberg and learned how the Swiss make the cheese.

The rest of us took a boat tour on Lake Lucerne to a hamlet across the lake named Weggis (pronounced Vegas) and did a lengthy walking tour and ate lunch at an original Swiss café before catching a boat back to Lucerne.

The Hoods and the Duffees planned a big April Fool’s Anniversary dinner for Susan and me but all six of us were under the weather with colds we caught from some little old lady on the plane to Amsterdam who apparently never learned to sneeze in a handkerchief.

Viking didn’t put too much thought in our return trip home as we woke up Tuesday morning at 4 a.m. (9 p.m. Monday Orange time), rode a bus to Zurich and caught a flight to Paris at 8 a.m.

We changed planes and left De Gaulle Airport around noon and headed for Detroit where we changed planes again for Houston. The air trip took 16 ½ hours and we finally arrived in Orange at 9 p.m. Tuesday and loved finally sleeping in our own beds. However, four of our Orange group’s six suitcases didn’t make it until later in the week because the French apparently don’t know the difference between Detroit and Atlanta.

KWICKIES…The Sunset Grove Women’s Golf Association concluded another successful Orange Blossom Ladies’ Golf Tournament last weekend at Sunset Grove Country Club with a great turnout of 70 golfers from as far away as Houston, Montgomery County and Southwestern Louisiana. Winning first place in the Championship flight was Sunset Grove member Nancy Wood and her partner Shannon Hanson from Frasch Golf Course in Sulphur, PUBLIC NOTICES: AL-ANON MEETS ON Wednesday & Sunday at 7pm.

1512 Strickland Dr., Orange, call (409) 779-4289 or Cindy @ 994-5503 for details.

GOLDEN TRIANGLE TOUGHLOVE is a self help parents support group for parents of children displaying unacceptable behavior.

Meets every Tues. at 7 pm. at Immaculate Conception education building, 4100 Lincoln (corner of Lincoln & Washington) in Groves. For more information call 9620480.

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La. Taking third flight honors was the team of Myrna Stimac of Sunset Grove and Marie Rinto of Frasch.

By the time Time Warner and Comcast settle their contractual dispute about televising the Houston Astros games, our heroes from Minute Maid Park will probably be so far in the American League West Division cellar it would take a dragline to dig them out. After winning their opening game against the Texas Rangers before a national television audience, the Astros dropped five straight going into Monday night’s action at Seattle. The question doesn’t appear to be whether or not the Astros will lose 100 games this year, but rather how early in the season will it happen?

The Lamar Cardinals baseball team won their first Southland Conference series last weekend at Hammond, taking two of three from the Southeastern Louisiana Lions, winning Sunday’s rubber game by a whopping 18-1 score. Every Lamar player with an atbat got at least one hit, totaling 19 during the contest that was halted after seven innings due to the SLC’s “Mercy Rule.” The Redbirds now stand at 4-5 in SLC play and 24-9 for the season.

The Cards played a nonconference game last night against the nationally-ranked Rice Owls at Vincent-Beck Field in Beaumont.

The Lamar Lady Cardinals softball team swept a threegame series from Texas A&MCorpus Christi last weekend.

The Lady Cards now stand at 9-6 in the Southland Conference and 18-23 overall. They played a doubleheader at Texas A&M last night.

JUST BETWEEN US…Congratulations to Bridge City native Dwayne Dubois for being named as the new head football coach at Hardin-Jefferson High School in Sour Lake. He joins a growing number of football coaches from Orange County who are or have been head coaches. Dubois was a long-time assistant at Vidor under Jeff Matthews, who also hails from Bridge City. Last month former West OrangeStark player and later Mustang offensive coordinator Toby Foreman was named as the head football coach at Beaumont Central.

Other Orange Countians in head football coaching positions include West OrangeStark head coach Cornel Thompson of West Orange and we can’t forget Orange native Bum Phillips who was head coach of the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints plus his son Wade, who held several head coaching jobs including the Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos.

There are probably some others that escape our recollection at this time.

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PUBLIC NOTICES: AL-ANON MEETS ON Wednesday & Sunday at 7pm.

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parents support group for parents of children displaying unacceptable behavior.

Meets every Tues. at 7 pm. at Immaculate Conception education building, 4100 Lincoln (corner of Lincoln & Washington) in Groves. For more information call 9620480.

AT. ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST you can experience the warmth of friendly people, beautiful music, and inspiring sermons. Join us at 1155 W. Roundbunch Rd., BC each Sunday at 8:15 AM or 10:45 AM for worship experience at 9:30 AM for Sunday School. SUICIDE RESCUE of Orange County. Suicide is not the answer, give us a chance, 769-4044 Vidor.

CRISIS CENTER. Rape and

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

crisis center of S.E. Texas needs volunteer advocares to provide direct services to survivors of sexual assault in a medical setting.

Comprehensive training is provided, Anyone interested should contact the Crisis Center at (409) 832-6530.

ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN, Inc. “A CASA Program” is accepting volunteer applications at this time. You can apply by calling 1-877586-6548 [toll free] or going on-line to www.advocates-4children-inc.org [there is an application at this website]. 30 hours of training is required.

Record numbers of children are being abused. Your volunteer help is needed! The program serves Orange, Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler and Sabine counties.

NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF GLENDA JEAN SANDS, DECEASED

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Record Newspapers Orange County, Texas, to: Anna Louise Orange County, Texas, to: were issued on 02/29/12 All persons having claims 02/29/12 Deceased, 02/29/12 Monte Allen.to 735-7346 Jerry L. Burd. the 5th day of April, 2013, All persons having claims against this Estate which is in Cause No. 16453, pendAll persons having claims Thanks. against this Estate which is currently being administered ing in the County Court at against this Estate which is PLEASE ANY ANY PLEASE currently being administeredFAXare required PLEASE to present themFAXLaw of Orange County, FAX ANY currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within Texas, Probate Division to: CORRECTIONS BY CORRECTIONS BY CORRECTIONS B are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner JAMES EDWARD to the undersigned within 5 P.M. MONDAY 5 P.M. MONDAY 5 P.M. MONDAY the time and in the manner SANDS. prescribed by law. the time and in the manner prescribed by law. to 735-7346 to 735-7346The residenceto of 735-7346 such prescribed by law. FAX c/o Anna L. Graffagnino executor is 2524 Bowie, # 735-7346 Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, c/o Representative, Estate 28152858 Meadowbrook Orange, Tx 77630. c/o Monte Allen of Homer Lloyd BurdDebbie Lane Debbie All persons having 418 Inwood Debbie 130 N. Caldwood Port Neches, Texas 77651 Bridge City, Texas 77611 claims against this estate Beaumont, Texas 77707 which is currently being DATED the 8th day of DATED the 8th day of FAX administered are required FAX DATED the 8th day of FAX April, 2013 April, 2013 to present them within the April, 2013 # 735-7346 # 735-7346 # 735-7346 Joy Simonton time and in the manner Joy Simonton Joy Simonton prescribed by law.

JOY DUBOSE-SIMONTON JOY DUBOSE-SIMONTON Attorney for Susan Briggs and JOY DUBOSE-SIMONTON DATED April 5, 2013 Attorney for Monte Allen

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State Bar No.: 24043642 345 W. Roundbunch Rd. Bridge City, Texas 77611 Telephone: (409) 735-7301 Facsimile: (409) 765-7971

Attorney for Jerry L. Burd State Bar No.: 24043642 345 W. Roundbunch Rd. Bridge City, Texas 77611 Telephone: (409) 735-7301 Facsimile: (409) 765-7971

James Jones State Bar No.: 24043642 345 W. Roundbunch Rd. Bridge City, Texas 77611 Telephone: (409) 735-7301 Facsimile: (409) 765-7971

James Edward Sands

JAMES EDWARD SANDS Independent Administrator

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