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Carlton elected Orange County Judge really about trying to get our people out again to vote,” he said. He further thinks Orange County needs to make some big changes. “I think that’s what the peo-
David Ball
For The Record
A newcomer to the Orange County political scene is now the new county judge. Brint Carlton, an attorney in the Orange County District Attorney’s office, won the Republican Party Primary run-off election Tuesday night over challenger John Dubose. Dubose is an accountant and former Precinct 3 county commissioner. With no Democratic opponent in the General Election in November, Carlton is the new county judge. The final vote count was Carlton with 2,971 votes and 53.45 percent of the vote to Du-
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John Dubose
bose’s 2,587 votes and 46.55 percent of the vote for at total vote of 5,558. Early vote results were Carlton with 1,831 votes and 51.50 percent to Dubose with 1,724 votes and 48.50 percent and a total vote count of 3,555. There were 32 under votes. “It was a very close race. Both me and Mr. Dubose have a lot of good qualities to a lot of supporters,” Carlton said. “We were both really anxious to win. We both had a lot of good things to offer. The people just had to make their choice on
who they wanted.” Carlton said it’s been a long campaign for him and it’s something he’s been thinking about doing since last July. “For us, it’s been going on for almost a year and I’m happy it’s done now and not carry one (until November),” he said. Carlton thinks the reason for his victory was a matter of getting people out to vote. “We’ve spent a lot of time making calls and using social media. We didn’t focus a whole lot on advertising. We did some the last couple of weeks. It was
David Ball
For The Record
A 50-year dream has come true for two Beatles fans and former Mauriceville residents. This Fab Two, Raejean ClarkGerman and Tanyia Strickland-Barnwell, promised themselves when they were eight and nine they would one day visit Liverpool, England, birthplace of the Beatles. “We are big, huge, fans,” Strickland-Barnwell said. “We’ve talked about it all of our lives. We didn’t want to talk about the trip before so it wouldn’t be jinxed.” Both women watched the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, screaming to each other on the phone. The two even had secret signals between themselves about the
Beatles. They also made a fan club where members had to know all the words of the Beatles song to gain admittance. The closest they came to Liverpool before the trip were Beatles conventions in Houston and attending Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr concerts. ClarkGerman’s daughter, Lacy, lives in Manchester, England and she was expecting to deliver her baby on April 30. The Texas duo left for the UK on April 13. “So this was the sign that the time was here. It was our ‘Ticket to Ride’- finally!” ClarkGerman said. They flew to London bringing a life-sized Paul McCartney (Flat Paul) drawing that
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“I won’t be taking office until January of 2015 and this current Fiscal Year budget will be completed by Judge (Carl) Thibodeaux and the commis-
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BC’s Inspirational
BC resident Steve Beatlemania Bisson OC women travels appeals long and winding road for help to Liverpool Steve Bisson, a 1974 Bridge City High School graduate, is on a waiting list. A waiting list for people that can’t wait, but still have to. He knows the folks at St. Lukes are working really hard to find a liver to transplant into his body. But now he is not only running out of time, but also, running out of money. Steve has to drive back and forth to Houston all the time for his medical needs. He has no one to help him and now he can not afford to pay his doctor bills. Please, if you can donate to help Steve, call or go to Firestone Credit Union (409-697-2461) where an account has been set up under Steve Bisson, or call him at home at 409-735-5914.
ple elected me to do. I ran on that as part of my platform. I’m willing to make the tough decisions,” Carlton said. The first order of business is to make sure our budget is squared away, he said.
Tanya Strickland-Barnwell and Raejean Clark-German’s dream came true when they visited Liverpool, bithplace of the Baetles.
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Young cancer survivor to graduate Friday Penny LeLeux For The Record
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ngel Marie Sehon has been on a journey no one would envy, but many have admired. The Bridge City 2014 graduate was a promising cross country runner that loved athletics. Her main goal since she was 15 was to earn an athletic scholarship and become a dental hygienist. But her athletic career came to an end when she contracted thyroid cancer. One day in December 2011, they were in Carl’s Jr. eating, when her mother, Janelle Sehon, noticed a lump on Angel’s throat. Janelle was concerned. Angel didn’t see the big deal. “It’s not like its cancer or anything,” she told her mom. Actually, that’s exactly what it was, papillary and follicular thyroid cancer. Their local nurse practitioner, Lana Griffith, sent the Sehons to Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. In January of 2012 Texas Children’s Hospital sent Angel to M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. They felt she would be better served there. June 2012, Angel had surgery to remove the left lobe of her
Angel Sehon has been battling thyroid cancer since December 2011. Friday she walks across the stage at Larry Ward Stadium as a 2014 graduate of Bridge City High School.
thyroid and the tumor. It was malignant. In December the same year, she had the right lobe removed. Dr. Steven G. Waguespack wanted to include Angel in a study. That was not acceptable to Angel’s parents. “We went back to Texas Children’s in February of 2013, we did not want to be in a study or textbook that Dr. Waguespack wanted... we wanted treatment,” said Mrs. Sehon. Initially, Angel went through a period of depression. “My life depends on a little pill, 175 mg. If I don’t take it, my organs will shut down,” said Angel. It was hard for her to realize her dream of an athletic scholarship was gone. Once she came to acceptance, she decided to buckle down and improve her grades so she could earn an academic scholarship and still go to college to become a dental hygienist. “Throughout my freshman and sophomore year of high school I guess I would
be labeled as what some may call a ‘jock.’ I wasn’t the smartest kid in my class. I depended on sports to get me by,” said Angel in her essay for a scholarship. “My dreams were taken away from me by one simple word; cancer.” She continued trying to push herself during her junior year, trying to participate in sports, but her body would no longer allow it. “I know what it is like to have your dreams ripped away from you, but I also know what it is like to be victorious and build new dreams,” she wrote. Last summer in July, Angle had a radioactive iodine treatment, which requires isolation from everyone in a hospital for almost two weeks and continued isolation from family and friends once she got home. It was almost a month before they could sit across from each other. She even had to isolate her use of the bathroom
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