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Vol. 51 No. 17 Week of Wednesday, August 3, 2011
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Orange County buzzes mosquito problems Nicole Gibbs For The Record The Mosquito Control Department for Orange County saw a significant increase in mosquito activity in the month of July. Prior to the increase in activity, which began on July 21, they had eight calls into their office. The remaining 206 service request calls came later due to all the rain we’ve been experiencing. “We can’t have rain without the mosquito,” Patrick Beebe,
director of the Orange County Mosquito Control department, told the commissioners’ court on Monday. BEEBE The ground spray treatments covered a total of 131,328 acres throughout the county for the month of July. The aerial spray treatments covered 170,240 acres. “We did increase all of our spray treatments throughout the county,” Beebe said.
“We’ve been scheduling two flights in the morning and one in the evening, as long as weather allows. We’ve been spraying three flights a day for
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almost two weeks now and we’ve increased the ground treatments.” Beebe assures the commissioners that his department is
working the best they can to treat all of the affected areas in the county. Some areas are not as affected by the mosquitoes as others, but the entire
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county is having problems with them. The Mosquito Control office targets the most heavily affected areas first in order to keep the other less affected areas from getting a mass influx of mosquito activity. Beebe assured the commissioners they will continue working to decrease the mosquito population in all parts of the county that they are allowed to treat. Beebe also said his office has been working COUNTY BUSINESS PAGE 2A
New Adult Probation Office project underway
OC’s new senator to visit Aug. 3 Staff Report For The Record
Bridge City Cardinal Hunter Wooll takes a water break during practise on Tuesday as Texas high school football gets back underway in the heat of early August. See Page 1B for complete game schedules for the 2011 season. The schedules can also be found at TheRecordLive.com RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn Jason Barnes, superintendent of the new Orange County Adult Probation project, moves dirt that will be the foundation of the new building. Due to new elevation requirements by FEMA, the walls pictured in the background are the height of the foundation. The floor of the building will be just above it. Barnes said completion of the project is expected in December. RECORD PHOTO: Penny LeLeux
Taylor Wendt For The Record When Hurricane Ike hit, many buildings in downtown Orange suffered much damage, and some were even completely destroyed. One of those buildings was the Adult Probation Office. After about three years, a new Adult Probation office has finally received the approval to be built and is currently under construction.
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The original Adult Probation office was located on west Division Street in old Orange, right across the street from the Old Orange Café. When Ike struck, the probation office flooded, collecting up to four feet of water. The flooding in old Orange damaged more than 51 percent of the Adult Probation office. Insurance companies will not repair buildings with that percentage of damage, so the old building had to be demolished. The land that the office was on had to be raised from about four and a half to five feet, which would put it above basic flood level, in order for the insurance company and FEMA to insure a new building. “It was a terrible loss, and we had to completely tear down the building and start over,” said Nancy Haworth, director of the Adult Probation office. Where the old Adult Probation office used to sit, there is now an unoccupied concrete slab. Workers in the old office had to be relocated to the sheriff’s department on Old 1442 when the building was destroyed. The idea for a new Adult Probation office originated shortly after Ike destroyed the previous one. After a property swap with the Heritage House in which the probation office acquired a bigger footprint of land within their complex, the plans for a new office became finalized. With help from a hired general contractor, the construction for the Adult Probation office started about six to sevADULT PROBATION PAGE 2A
Powell to assist veterans Mike Louvier For The Record Though not a native of Orange, Mike Powell has met the requirements to be an Orange native. He lived in Riverside, graduated from Stark High School and worked for DuPont. Powell is originally from central Louisiana and moved to Orange in 1961 when his dad, Vernon, was hired by the Orange Fire Department. He graduated from Stark in 1969 and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1970. His time in the Marines was unique in that he became a member of HMX-1, also known as “Marine 1.” He
Europe, and any served in the two heliplace else he needed copter units under the to go. It was a very administration of interesting tour of President Richard duty.” Nixon. Moving into the “My first years were “White Tops,” Powspent in the “Green ell served at times Tops”, these are the as the crew chief. support helicopters. Powell “You did not have to They are along with be a real crew chief the “White Tops” to provide maintenance person- to serve as crew chief. They nel and other functions that mostly looked for people that the unit may need. You stay “looked good,” since the crew with these for the time re- chief was often visible. All of quired to get the necessary us rotated into that job from clearance to move to the presi- time to time,” he said. Powell moved back to Ordential detail or the “White Tops.” These are the large heli- ange after his enlistment in copters that the President the Marines and joined the lorides in.” said Powell. “We cal National Guard unit. “I traveled all over the world with President Nixon; the U.S., POWELL PAGE 2A
On Wednesday, Aug. 3, Senator Robert Nichols will be visiting Orange County. Senator Nichols, from Jacksonville, will represent Orange County due to the new state redistricting plan. NICHOLS The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce will host a meet and greet with Senator Nichols at 3:30 p.m. at Lamar State College - Orange Student Center, located at 410 Front Street in Orange. Nichols was first elected to the Texas Senate in 2006 and now serves as vice chair of the Intergovernmental Relations Committee and sits on the Transportation and Homeland Security, Natural Resources, Health and Human Services, Sunset Advisory Commission and Nominations Committee. Before running for Senate, Nichols served as a transportation commissioner for eight years. He is a businessman in Jacksonville and has served on his city council, was elected mayor, built four successNEW SENATOR PAGE 3A
BC softball teams wins state, moving on Darla Daigle For The Record
The Little League Jr. Girls Softball team will be traveling to Midland, Texas for the Little League Regional tournament on Aug. 5-9. They will be competing against Louisiana, Colorado, New Mexico, and West Texas. It is an exciting time for all the players, coaches, and parents. They have worked hard and all of Bridge City and Orangefield will be supporting them in their quest to move on to World Series in Kirkland, Washington. The team thanks all those who have contributed to their fund raising efforts. The team includes; Haley Mills, Skylar Kahla, Faith Kaufman, Bailee Bacon, Ashlyn BC SOFTBALL PAGE 2A