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County Record The Community Newspaper of Orange, Texas
Vol. 52 No. 13
Week of Wednesday, June 27, 2012
County plans new Sabine Lake boat ramp
David Ball
For The Record
Outdoorsman should now have easier access to Old River Cove (on Sabine Lake) on Lake Street in Bridge City after the Orange County Commissioners’ Court approved the measure at their meeting on Monday afternoon. Precinct 3 Commissioner John Dubose introduced the item that would apply for grant funds from the Sabine River Authority to construct a small boat ramp on Lake Street. This is a joint project with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the SRA. He also said County Engineer Clark Slacum has done
a good job with the project. Dubose said there’s a duck lease in the area and boaters must go underneath the bridge DUBOSE from the dock on the south side. Dubose
wanted to start the application process to the SRA board of directors when they meet in July so the county wouldn’t have to wait until their next meeting in October. The county’s portion for the grant will be in-kind. The boat ramp will now be on the north side for easier ac-
cess. The commissioners next turned their attention to election matters. Tina Barrow, elections administrator, presented early voting locations for the July 31 primary run-off elections from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, July 23 through Friday,
July 27 at the following: • Orange Public Library (Main early voting location), 220 N. Fifth St. • First Baptist Church of Mauriceville, 11540 Highway 12 • Bridge City Public Works Building, 220 Nitsche • The Raymond Gould Com-
munity Center, 385 Claiborne in Vidor All of the races will be statewide with no local races. On the Republican side, David Dewhurst will face Ted Cruz for the U.S. Senate; Stephen Takach will face Steve StockCOUNTY BUSINESS PAGE 2A
DETECTIVES SEEK HELP WITH COLD CASE
Heartache, questions haunt family of missing woman Debby Schamber For The Record
Orange County Farmer’s Market open every Wednesday, Saturday The Orange County Farmers’ Market is open for the season on Wednesdays from 3-6 p.m. and Saturday from 7-10 a.m. The market ends when the produce is sold out, which is often earlier than the times shown. The following items are now available: watermelon, tomatoes, okra, speckled butter beans, sweet corn, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, purple hull peas, a variety of peppers, blueberries, blueberry juice, jams and jellies, salsa, local honey, boudain, jerky, sausage (jalapeno, green onion, smoked, and Italian), flowering plants, herb plants, blueberry bushes, fig trees, and more. The market is held in the parking lot in front of Big Lots on MacArthur Drive. For additional information, contact Texas AgriLife at 882-7010.
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Although Mona Lindemann has been missing more than 22 years, the heartache for the family remains very real and her memory is still a part of their lives. In December 1989, Lindemann, 46, of Mauriceville, worked at a Beaumont hospital as a janitor. She had plans to go out for the evening following her shift. She was still in her light blue hospital uniform when she stopped by the residence of her boyfriend, Claude Fitts, where she caught him with another woman. An argument ensued and Lindemann angrily slashed the tires of his vehicle, according to family members of Lindemann. It is now known what exactly happened next, but she would never be seen alive again. Lindemann had borrowed money from her parents to get to work that day and was supposed to collect a paycheck the next day, but never arrived to collect her pay. A few days later when Lindemann did not return to her parent’s house where she was living, her younger sister, Betty Rush Rogers, and mother reported her missing. After all these years, the phone number to her parents
Mona Lindemann
house has stayed the same in hopes Lindemann would call and say she was okay, according to Rogers. But, the call never came. “Me personally, I’ve never given up,” Rogers said. The family had wanted some answers before Lindemann’s parents passed away. But, her father died in 2005 and their mother died in 2011. They never knew what happened to their oldest child of 14 children. There was always an unspoken emptiness during family gatherings. The one thing the siblings had hoped for their parents was to tell MONA LINDENMANN PAGE 2A
KOCB helps to keep Pinehurst beautiful David Ball
For The Record
Keep Orange County Beautiful presented a check in the amount of $2,500 Tuesday night at the regular meeting of the Pinehurst City Council. The funds are in support of the city’s beautification project to plant crepe myrtles trees along the main streets in Pinehurst. For instance, crepe myrtles will be planted along the curbs and sidewalks on Strickland Drive. The Texas Department of Transportation approved the item. Later plans involve planting crepe myrtles along MLK Drive. A press release from the organization read because of the city’s small size and limited income the full beautification project will be completed over several years. However,
the donation from KOCB will kick-start the program for Pinehurst and cover a major portion of the costs for Phase I — placing crepe myrtles trees for one mile along both sides of Strickland Drive. “It should be noted that this donation was made possible in part by a generous donation from David Brown and Dennis Davis. David Brown was a son of Mr. Edgar Brown Jr. (who incorporate and formed the city). David and Dennis were early members of Keep Orange County Beautiful and instrumental in its early success,” the press release read. The council appointed Jerome Hadnot as interim fire chief of the Pinehurst Volunteer Fire Department. Fire Chief Mike Simon is training firefighters for three months PINEHURST PAGE 2A
Adult Probation gets finishing touches Mark Wimberley, maintenance supervisor for Orange County said the Adult Probation Building at Division Avenue and Border Street is near completion and should be opening soon. Above: Edvardo Silva put the finishing touches on an exterior door of the new building. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn
Edgerly benefit Saturday Penny Leleux
For The Record
Communities in Orange and Jefferson County will come together in a huge benefit Saturday for Todd Edgerly. Edgerly, 48, is a 1982 graduate of Bridge City High School and has lived in Jefferson County. He is employed by and is brother of IBEW Local 479. Todd’s parents, Gene and Flo Edgerly, are also well known in Orange County. Flo was formerly the justice of the peace of Precinct 3. Todd was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a very aggressive brain cancer, in March. “It’s one of the fastest growing malignancies that there is as far as brain cancer,” said Stephanie Edgerly, Todd’s sister-in-law. The benefit is to help offset medical expenses not covered by insurance. Doctors at M.D. Anderson Hospital sent Edgerly home on hospice care after their treatments were not slowing the cancer down. The cancer continued to grow after surgery was performed to remove most of the tumor and during radiation and chemo-
A benefit for Todd Edgerly will be held 10 a.m.-11 p.m., Saturday at the Community Center in Bridge City featuring music, barbecue and auctions. Pictured left to right: Flo, Todd and Gene Edgerly. (Couresty Photo)
therapy treatments. Doctors there said there was nothing else they could do. When Todd came home, the Edgerlys were not ready to give up. Flo went to the Internet to search for answers. They changed his diet switching to organic foods and eliminated sugar, which is thought by some to feed cancer. She also located a doctor in Houston, Stanislaw Burzynski that did targeted therapies. Even though the doctor has been performing these specialized treatments for over three de-
cades, it is still considered experimental by most of the medical community and is not paid for by insurance. The cost has been high and has to be paid as they go, but that is not even a deciding factor when it comes to a mother trying to save the life of her child. Todd has been under the new treatments for about a month, and Monday they got their first results. “Todd’s tumor is stable. It has not grown within the last EDGERLY BENEFIT PAGE 3A
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