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Vol. 51 No. 23 Week of Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Penny Record of Bridge City and Orangefield • Founded 1960
Winfree legacy celebrated in ‘cattle drive’ Mark Dunn
For The Record
The Winfree family legacy will be celebrated as part of the ‘Cow Bayou Cattle Drive’ to be held Satuday, Sept. 17. Similar to a “ducky derby,” 500 floating toy cows will be tossed from the SH-105 bridge crossing Cow Bayou in Orangefield and be herded by
boat and cowboys on jet skis over a mile away to Cow Bayou Marina in Bridge City. Port of Orange board WINFREE member, Barbara Winfree, wife of the late Lester “Buckshot” Winfree, will start the ‘cattle drive’ at
County works to cut spending Nicole Gibbs
For The Record
The Orange County Commissioners have been working diligently on next year’s budget by scheduling a host of workshops to find ways to cut spending. They are trying to cut in all ways they can without cutting benefits earned, layoffs, etc. On Monday, they discussed possible ways to cut even more. The Commissioners addressed the issue of County vehicles being driven home. “Only vehicles that we can justify having a possibility of being called out after hours or
Spaghetti Dinner Fund Raiser A Spaghetti Dinner fund raiser is being hosted by the Historical Museum of Bridge City on Friday, Sept. 16 between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. just prior to the Cardinal’s home game against Kirbyville. Dine-in or carry-out will be available at the Bridge City Middle School Concession Stand. Pre-sale tickets are available for $6.00. Dinners may also be purchased on site. For more information contact Darrell Segura at 7209999.
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on the weekend in emergencies [should be driven home],” Thibodeaux said. Included in those cars THIBODEAUX would be one for the Road and Bridge Department to be used by a foreman from each precinct for the purpose of opening and closing the swing bridge when needed. Thibodeaux felt the best option would be for the foremen to be on a rotating weekly schedule. If adopted, each will be on duty for a week for after hours calls for the bridge to be opened beginning Oct. 1. There is a concern of overtime pay and the time it would take for the foremen that has to drive the farthest. The County is currently logging each time the bridge is open to see if would be worthwhile to hire part time bridge tender to open and close the bridge. The Commissioner also addressed an issue with the number of employees in Orange County. “We don’t want to fire anybody,” Thibodeaux said. “We have to start looking at our workforce. If we don’t, it’s going to catch up with us where we will not be able to pay the employees who have been here a substantial length of time the salary they deserve and support the benefits they’ve earned.” Thibodeaux also said that the overall workload for the County has not increased. The Judge and Commissioners stated they won’t be the ones to say if anyone needs to be let go. “The department [heads] are going to have to take a good look at their department,” Thibodeaux said. “If somebody retires, do you really need that [position filled again].” Last week, the Commissioners instated a hiring freeze. Any department requesting a new hire would have to present their need and justification for that new hire to the Court. “It’s not our job to micromanage, it’s our job to manage the budget,” Pct. 4 Commissioner Jody Crump said. Vidor property Attorney Steve Bird approached the Commissioner in May about a piece of property in Vidor, 340 West David Loop, the County and other taxing jurisdictions (city of Vidor and the Vidor School District, etc.) own. The property, which is worth $40,000, had been foreclosed upon due to delinquent COUNTY BUSINESS PAGE 3A
high-noon by dropping the herd from the Orangefield bridge. She will journey with the drive down the bayou by boat to pluck the winning cow from the water as it crosses the finish line. The grand prize winner will receive a 40-inch television donated by the Sears Hometown Store in Orange. Prizes will be awarded for the first
five places during the Bridge City Heritage Festival on Oct. 1. “We are delighted to recognize the Winfree family. They have played such a large role in our local history,” said Paige Williams, chairwoman of the event. “It’s going to fun. There are still cows available for anyone who wants to enter.” The Cow Bayou Cattle Drive
will begin near what was once Winfree’s Crossing, an outpost for cattlemen driving herds to New Orleans. Abraham Winfree settled on the land in 1831 when it belonged to Mexico. He was one of the first Anglos to settle in what became Orange County. Winfree’s Crossing was along the Opelousas Trail. Cowboys driving cattle would stay there
overnight, and Abraham kept a 20-acre pen for the cattle. Family history says Republic of Texas soldiers, traveling with captured Mexican Gen. Santa Ana to New Orleans after the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836, stopped at Abraham’s and spent the night. Abraham COW BAYOU CATTLE DRIVE SEE PAGE 5A
H Hometown Heroes Cheered For World Class Accomplishment H
World Series contenders, the Bridge City Junior League All-Star softball team, were recognized at mid-field during halftime of the Cardinal’s home opener Friday against Kelly. The team placed third in the world and represented their hometown with spirit and pride. Standing left to right: Brooke Derouen, Haley Mills, Kellyn Cormier, Skylar Kahla, Kaleigh Carter, High School Principal Richard Briggs, Harleigh Myers, BCISD Superintendent Mike King, Kasey Frederick, School Board Member Mark Angerson, Team Manager Julie Kahla, Coach Hilton Bacon, Bailee Bacon, Katelyn Dickerson, Sabryn Crain, Faith Kaufman, Ashlyn Mitchell, and Hannah Faulk. RECORD PHOTO: Angela Delk
Clint Hartsfield: Cardinal turned Bulldog Mike Louviere For The Record
It’s unusual when a former player comes home to coach a football game–on the visitor side of the field. This happened Friday night when Clint Hartsfield, the new athletic director/ head football coach came to Bridge City to put his Kelly Bulldogs against his old Bridge City Cardinals. Hartsfield is a 1988 graduate of Bridge City High School with deep roots. His mother Alice Hartsfield is a 1968 graduate and was a student when the Cardinals became state champions in the 1967 seaHARTSFIELD son. His grandfather is Don Cole, the longtime owner of Cole Plumbing and a former precinct 3 commissioner. “I have real mixed emotions about the game. It is a thrill to be coming home for the game. I want my team to win very badly, but I do not like the thought of whipping the Cardinals,” said Hartsfield. “I have some old friends that will give me a hard time however the game goes.” After serving as an assistant coach at Vidor High School and Edison Middle School in Port Arthur, Hartsfield has spent the last 12 years as a coach at St. Anne Middle School in Beaumont. He has a total of 17 years as a coach. “I was really surprised when they called me back for a second interview. I really did not think I had much of a chance since my prior coaching had been Jr. High.” said Hartsfield. The selectors at Kelly evidently disagreed with his outlook as he was selected over coaches that included Larry Haynes of Hardin. Haynes is currently the winningest active coach in Southeast Texas. His 12 years at St. Anne puts Hartsfield in a unique position. A number of the current players on the Kelly squad have been his former players at St. Anne. “I think I have a good thing with my players in a way,” said Hartsfield. “They know me and I know them as well as most of
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Misty Flowers of Bridge City to-good-to-be-true e-mail scams are a daily occurrence. She is fighting back. RECORD PHOTO: Darla Daigle
Scamming Scammers Darla Daigle
For The Record
For one Bridge City woman, spam e-mail is almost a daily occurrence, but they usually go straight to her spam (or junk) folder. However, Misty Flowers received an e-mail in her inbox that almost seemed credible but could have posed a significant threat. “I will like to order for 8 big bouquets flowers for my Son”s wedding.” Besides the obvious grammatical and punctuation errors, its wording is off for the English most of us speak and write. For most of us, our e-mail spam folder (or junk folder) is full of a variety of ads we aren’t interested in viewing and proposals from strangers better left untouched, but sometimes one slips through the cracks. “I guess it is because of my name,” explains Missy happily, “I get eight to twelve a day in my spam box but this one was SCAMMING SCAMMERS PAGE 3A