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BCCC Christmas Lights Parade, Sat. Nicole Gibbs

For The Record

Now that wonderful Thanksgiving festivities are over, the spirit of Christmas has come rolling in and what better way to kick of the season than with two Christmas parades!

The Third Annual Bridge City Chamber of Commerce’s Lighted Christmas Parade theme is the “Spirit of Christmas” and will begin on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. The parade will begin at the First Baptist Church and will continue down West Roundbunch to the Bridge City Elementary

School.

This year’s parade marshall will be the 2011 Junior Girls World Series team members.

The members of the All-Star team are Hannah Faulk, Kellyn Cormier, Brooke Derouen, Bailee Bacon, Faith Kaufman, Sabryn Crain, Kaleigh Carter, Skylar Kahla, Katelyn Dickerson, Kasey Frederick, Haley Mills, Harleigh Myers and Ashlyn Mitchell; and coaches Julie Kahla, Justin Fredrick and Hilton Bacon.

This year’s parade will feature a variety of lighted entries from local civic organizations, school groups, businesses, and individuals. The parade will

conclude with a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus, Don and Angie Breaux.

Those interested in participating in the parade are encouraged to stop by the following locations to pick up an

entry packet: Bridge City Animal Hospital-Dr. Albert Pugh, Chicken Express-Bridge City location, Bridge City City Hall, Dupuis Tire Service, Saiser Le Jour Day Spa, Serendipity Chicks and Texas State Opti-

cal- Dr. Heidi Doucet.

Parade judges will be Jerald Smith of Collision Clinic, Beverly Satir of Golden Triangle Family Care, and Stephanie Sonnier and Jo Walton-Wiedenfield of Complete Staff-

ing. The parade will be led by Bridge City Police Chief Paul Davis and Constable Mark Philpott.

The original intent of having SEE PARADES PAGE 2A

Unpacking Is Just Half The Fun!

Cormier Museum brings back O’field tradition

Judge Janice Menard (second from the left) is pictured with her staff in their new offices of Justice of the Peace Precinct 3.

Pictured from the left: Penny Nguyen, Daryl Broussard and Aleta Nunez. Inset: Judge Menard in her new courtroom.

RECORD PHOTOS: Penny LeLeux

Staff Report

For The Record Second Lt. Rauseo and his staff from the 808 Army Engineer Group met with Orangefield ISD Superintendent Philip Welch and Chairman of the Derrick Relocation Committee last week to survey the oil derrick they want to moved to the Orangefield Cormier Museum. The Army Engineer Group has volunteered their time to help move the derrick even though this will be the first time they’ve ever moved an oil derrick

Penny Leleux

For The Record

The Orangefield Cormier Museum is working hard to revive a long standing Christmas tradition in Orangefield: the relighting of an oil derrick.

In the past, before hurricanes and other problems, driving through Orangefield at the Christmas season there would be an oil derrick lit

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from the ground to the rig top with bright Christmas lights and maybe even a Santa Claus either on the derrick top or on the “walking beam.”

This year, Bobby Cormier will loan a portable 90 foot rig to the Orangefied Cormier Museum to be rigged with lights at 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9. The reenactment of the lighting will kick off the “Christmas in Orangefield Festival.”

The festival will begin with a Christmas parade at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10. Following the parade the festival booths will be open and the activities will commence.

“We want to bring back to Orangefield a little bit of what Christmas was like in years past when there would be Christmas lights on the oil derricks,” Harvey Wilson, museum staff member said. “In addition to being a celebration, this will be a fundraiser for the relocation of an oil rig to the museum grounds.”

There are currently two derricks left in the oil field and the museum has graciously been given both of them to relocate to the museum.

At this time, the 808 U.S. Army Engineer group has volunteered to move one of the derricks. The fundraiser will raise money to purchase the foundation for the derrick the Army Engineer group will ORANGEFIELD PAGE 3A

More than three years after Hurricane Ike destroyed the courtroom and offices of Orange County Justice of the Peace of Precinct 3 Janice Menard, she was moved into her new building Monday.

“It’s wonderful, finally. It’s been a long time coming, but it’s worth it,” said Menard. They had spent the last three years in temporary quarters of a small trailer. “We were cramped,” she said.

Menard is very happy with the new offices. “It’s so nice, so very nice.”

The new building is a major improvement over the one destroyed by the storm. “When I went to work for the JP

office there were folding chairs for the jurors and then we got theater seats out of the old Bridge Theater,” said Menard.

“You had to be careful, because once you stood up they folded back up.”

She said after Flo Edgerly was in office about ten years they got church pews out of one of the local churches.

“They were cushioned and very nice, but you could only seat your 12 jurors and maybe 8 spectators. This way we’re going to be able to seat a little more.”

She held court Monday while the moving process was in progress. “I had four evictions. Things go on.”

Menard kept her gavel from the old office even though it has some water damage on the handle. It was a gift from John Tarver and his wife, Dena, when

Judge Menard was sworn in. “John Tarver was married to my daughter a year, before she passed away. He’s like a son to me.”

“I salvaged some things, like the mirror I had hanging on the wall. The back of it, you can tell it got wet. Most of my pictures did get wet.

“I can take them out of the frames, but I cannot take the glass away because the picture is stuck to the glass. I would like to hang the previous JPs in this courtroom, that’s what I plan to do.”

Menard and her staff are still unpacking and finding a home for belongings, but they are very happy with their new home in front of the Orange County Airport on Texas 87.

Annual Toy Coffee set for Dec. 1 in Orange Darla Daigle

For The Record

Each year, the Service League of Orange hosts a fundraiser that provides toys to children who otherwise wouldn’t have any on Christmas day. The Toy Coffee, which has been a long standing tradition in Orange County since 1956, will be held on Thursday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the home of Kathy and Randy Brown. Their beautifully decorated home is located at 6315 Meadow Mist in the West Chasse addition in Little Cypress.

Though there is never a shortage of needy in any community, not all communities have a Service League. Lisa Fournet, a two-year member of the Orange County Service League and their Corresponding Secretary and the Publicity Chairperson, recently explained part of their mission,

The 55th Annual Toy Coffee, hosted by the Service League of Orange, will be held in the beautiful home of Randy and Kathy Brown, located at 6315 Meadow Mist in the West Chasse addition in Little Cypress.

RECORD PHOTO: Nicole Gibbs

“We are a non-profit 501c3 organization that is run strictly on a Volunteer basis. Each one of the ladies is dedicating their own time and abilities to make the group successful. All profits are directed back into the area’s of need within the Orange County region.”

The Service League is an allvolunteer organization so all generated funds can be used strictly for the services they provide.

Every year a special home in the community is chosen.

This home decorated from top to bottom in pure Christmas wonder, with a sleigh in the front yard for toy donations.

The house is then opened for touring and refreshments on the day of the fundraiser.

“You can have a tour of the home, and then visit a delightful area to have a wonderful variety of refreshments,” TOY COFFEE PAGE 3A

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Bridge City’s parade the day after the Orange Jaycees’ Christmas parade was to offer those decorating a float a chance to use their float more than once during the holiday season.

All entries are encouraged to “light up” their floats, trucks, bikes and other portions of the float as much as possible so that the spirit of Christmas can be seen and enjoyed by all.

For more information or in the event of bad weather for the Bridge City parade, please call 735-5671.

The 63rd Annual Orange Jaycees Christmas parade theme this year will be “A Retro Christmas” and will begin on Friday, Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m.

The parade will start at the MacArthur Shopping Center parking lot and will end at Lamar State College-Orange.

Entry forms may be picked up at NAPA Auto Parts on MacArthur Drive, Artcraft Printing on Western Avenue or at the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce on 10th Street and Green Avenue.

To receive an entry form via email, please email the Orange Jaycees at orangetxjaycees@yahoo.com.

They’ve had approximately 60 entries, but expect to have around 80 come Friday night.

Each entry is asked to donate a new, unwrapped toy in lieu of an entry fee. The toys will be donated to the Salvation Army of Orange for the children of families facing financial difficulties in Orange County.

The Grand Marshall for this year’s parade will be Rodney Townsend, a family law and personal injury attorney in Orange.

“The Jaycees’ host the only Santa in the parade,” Niki Monceaux with the Orange Jaycees said. “We rotate the fire departments in the city to take turns driving him [Santa] in the parade.”

The fire department in Little Cypress will be chauffeuring Santa in this year’s parade.

The parades give Orange County Cowboy Church an opportunity to show off their new chuck wagon pulled by the team of Peter and Paul.

“They’re a matched set of Shires horses that [Don Moorman] uses to pull different wagons. Their trained as a team,” Pam Scales Crew said.

The church acquired the chuck wagon during the summer “it came from Oklahoma, it’s an authentic replica of an 1800’s model chuck wagon.”

Crew said the chuck wagon has been on display at the church, but they haven’t had it out in the public much.

“It’s the first time it’s been in a parade in Orange County.” The church is participating in both the Orange and Bridge City parades.

She said the wagon was purchased to be used as part of the outreach program for Cowboy Church. “So far it’s been at the Winnie Rice Festival and the Bridge City Heritage Festival.”

Crew said the church will also have a float featuring the Cowboy Cross Band.

For more information on the Orange Jaycees’ Christmas Parade, please contact Monceaux at 409-289-6459.

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Public defender proposes grant to county Penny Leleux

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Jack Stoffregen, chief public defender gave a presentation to the Orange County Commissioners’ Court Monday concerning the Fair Defense Act, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 26.044(b) and the Texas Government Code Chapter 791.

Some of the district judges in west Texas region got together in 2007. “They were concerned about two things, 1) quality of representation to death penalty eligible defendants and 2.) The cost to the counties to provide that representation, it’s just enormous.”

“A grant was requested from the indigent defense task force to start an office that only defends death penalty cases.”

“It was a pilot, test program,” said Stoffregen. They started in Regions 7 and 9; the main office was set up in Lubbock. Other counties kept calling, wanting to join the program, so it was expanded to regions 4, 5 and 6. The program is now being offered to counties in regions 2 and 3.

Orange County is in region 2.

“It’s an insurance program is what it is,” said Stoffregen.

He said the county’s’ cost outlay for 2012 would be zero as it is fully funded by the program grant and it would go up proportionally over the first four years with cost match fund-

ing. The county would not pay their full share until 2017, which would be $65,665. Currently Orange County’s cost would be $19, 699 in 2013; $26,266 in 2014; $39,399 in 2015 and $52, 532 in 2016. The formula used to determine costs is 50 percent based on total population and 50 percent bases on the percentage of potential death penalty cases filed with a minimum cost of $1,000. Stoffregen said the county’s cost could actually go down from there.

In 2009 Randall, Crane and Tyler Counties paid a total of $136,617 for Regional Capital Public Defender Office’s services. If they had not been part of the program, their costs would have been $557,060.

Commissioners’ court requested Stoffregen to present the program to Orange County Attorney John Kimbrough and the district judges.

Stoffregen readily agreed to the court’s request. “We try to invite all the prosecutors to the courts as well as the district judges. We want their input,” said Stoffregen. “Our biggest supporters are the judges and prosecutors.”

It is expected a workshop will be held at a future date concerning the matter after which it will be put on the agenda for a vote.

In other business, the court voted to implement a permanent transfer of a search and

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rescue boat bought for the City of Orange Fire Department with Homeland Security Grant program funds. The equipment was already on loan to the fire department and the transfer takes it out of county inventory.

Bills were paid totaling $115, 045.06 including $15,485.00 to Cleveland Construction, Inc., from the general fund for the new Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 facility and $8,933.98 to Memorial Hermann Baptist for supplemental Medicaid wire transfer.

No burn ban is in effect on the recommendation from the office of Emergency Management.

On the recommendation of Orange County Sheriff Keith Merritt, commissioners voted to renew the contract with Five Star Correctional Services for the provision on inmate meals in the county jail. Last year the cost of meals through Five Star dropped from $1.79 per meal to $1.56, saving the county $50,000-60,000. The Sheriff said the new contract has a slight increase of just over one cent per meal, but the savings to the county outweighs the increased expense.

The court also awarded the bid on the CIAP Grant installation of on-site sewage facilities or tie-ins for the Orangefield and Bridge City locations to David’s Discount Plumbing.

Approval was given on the Disaster Recovery Round 2.2 application budget consisting of $3,780,000 for the swing bridge on East Roundbunch in Bridge City, which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ike; $829,805 for a county-wide planning study to include, but not limited to long term infrastructure development, economic development and overall strategic planning as it relates to county-wide growth and development; and $5,827,656. For road repairs left over from Hurricane Ike. The actual budget for the road repairs is 2.5 million, but was reduced to the 1.2 million to accommodate the available funding. They will finish what they can with the available funding.

BCHS 2012 Project Graduation chili

The Bridge City High School Class of 2012 Project Graduation will host a chili lunch on Saturday, Dec. 3 at First Baptist Church in Bridge City from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Homemade baked goods, poinsettias and will also be available for purchase. All proceeds will be put into the Project Graduation.

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Model railroaders show trains in Orange County about two hours, due to the labeling of the sections and the modular wiring of each section. Controllers can be plugged in and several locations around the layout. Once the building and other accessories are in place then the trains are put in place.

Some of the engines and

Mike Louviere For The Record

There are a group of men and a few boys who never outgrew their love of playing with trains. Some started with toy trains they were given as Christmas gifts, others started later in life. Twenty five of these railroad loving guys are members of the East Texas and Gulf Rail Modelers Association.

The Orange chapter meet every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, located at 2300 Eddleman Rd. in Orange, to discuss and work on the layouts of model trains that belong to the club.

Their work is very detailed and covers all of the eras of railroading from steam engines to the high speed bullet trains. Along with the trains and track layout there is also a group of highly detailed scale models of towns, depots, industrial sites, grain elevators and even a port. In short, anywhere a train may go, the club has a scale model on a layout.

November is National Model Train Month and the club had four different exhibits of the trains and layouts that belong to both the club and individual members.

“The church has been really good to us, they give us a room to meet in and each year they have given us the space to put on our local show,” member Tomalee Drake said.

In addition to the Orange show, the club also attends and exhibits at Longview, Houston and Rusk, Texas and at the annual Railroad Days at DeQuincy, La. Club members Mickey Taylor, Jeff Hamilton, Phillip Comeaux and Les McMahen built a layout for the DeQuin-

cars belong to individuals and some belong to the club. They may either be DCC or DC controlled, depending on which engine is used on which track for the show.

“After the show, when all the trains and buildings are stripped off of the layout, we can take it down in about 45

Toy Coffeee cy Railroad Museum that is on permanent display. The layout is wired to run and is behind a glass protector, but has controllers so that it may be operated by museum visitors. Children in particular take great delight in running the trains and blowing the whistles.

Controlling the trains has entered the computer age.

From the old controllers that were wired to the tracks and would only allow one train to run in one direction at a time, the new controllers are of the DCC type, Digital Command Control. A DCC control allows multiple trains to run on multiple tracks and in different directions, all at the same time.

It is remarkable to see five trains on five different tracks doing five different things and all being controlled by a controller the size of a small shoebox. There are also controllers that may be operated from a computer. There is also DC, or Direct Current controls. DC is an older system, but may be used alongside the newer DCC controls, just on a separate track on the layout.

“Model railroading is a ‘silent hobby,’” George Bohn, program director for the ET & GMRA, said. “A lot of people do this at home and are not

Fournet said. “The home is decorated with a magical sense of Christmas and will inspire each and everyone that attends to get the Christmas spirit flowing.”

To enter the home is simple, dash to the store and pick up a toy, stash it in the open sleigh in the front yard and head inside.

Though the Service League began this tradition in 1956, by 1959 they had partnered with the Salvation Army to connect their event with their Christmas Store to identify particular kids in need. That partnership has stood the test of time and economy in giving

aware of clubs like ours. It is a hobby that can be done with a kit from a box, or you can do like we do and build from component parts and do detailed scale model building.

The hobby can be what you want it to be and you can also spend a lot of money if you want to go that far.”

One member whose expertise is scale model building is Mike Gulley.

“Our layouts are a work in progress,” Gulley said. “We are always adding to them and modifying them. I just added a scrap yard to the big layout and I’m working on a town to go on the opposite end. I used whatever I think will work for whatever I’m building at the From Page 1 time.”

Gulley proudly showed a come back to move the dergrain elevator built out of parick. If the funds can be raised, per towel roll centers and a this project can be in approxifence made from small grillmately six months. ing skewers. A lot of Gulley’s “The festival is to be a major buildings are made from refundraiser for the derrick recycled cardboard, some from location project,” Wilson said. political signs.

“There will be food booths, The layout used at the local craft booths, face painting, a show is 16 feet by 24 feet. The cake sale and a petting zoo, sections are built in 2 foot by Uncle Jesse’s Farm, spon4 foot sections and labeled so sored by the Orangefield High that they can be stored in the School FFA.” club’s trailer in order and asLater Saturday there will sembled easily and quickly. also be a Civil War reenactThe layout can be set up in

minutes. We are ready to go home and work faster,” Gulley said.

“We welcome new members,” Bohn said.

For more information on the ET&GMRA and details of the club’s operation and schedule of events, you may visit their website: www.etgrma.com

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to children in the community that otherwise would not experience the joy of the season.

The Toy Coffee provided more than 500 toys and $4,300 in donated cash from nearly 400 attendees last year.

Their work doesn’t end at 2 p.m. on Thursday. The next week is spent gathering and separating the toys for distribution. But the need this year is greater than ever. More and more people in the area are finding it easy to dream of a bountiful Christmas as in years past.

When asked about how this year seems to compare in numbers from last Fournet

said, “Yes, the need to help others has increased dramatically due to the present economic situation.”

Cutting out a few cups of coffee or brown bagging a couple of lunches could easily pay for one toy. But that small sacrifice could change Christmas morning for one of at least 1000 children in Orange County.

For more information on this and other services or to become a part of the Service League of Orange see their web site at: www.serviceleagueoforange.com.

Orangefield Christmas tradition ment.

One activity that is planned for Friday night in addition to the derrick lighting is an old fashion Hootenanny. The Hootenanny is planned by Linda Granger Crawford, of Dallas and is going to be more Christmas music than a normal Hootenanny.

There will be art contests for elementary, middle school and high school students as well as an invitation to all area artists to enter and display their art.

The main attraction of the festival will be the museum itself. It will be open for the public to enjoy. The museum was a gift of the Paul Cormier Family to the Orangefield Independent School District.

Anyone interested in participating as a vendor may contact Deena VanPelt at 409988-5931. Those interested in participating in the festival or to make a donation, please contact Festival Chairman Chad Jenkins at 409-735-2034.

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Dec. 4, Flo and Gene Edgerly celebrate another anniversary.

(Editor’s note: Eight years later they are still together more than 50 years. I would guess around 54. Here’s to continued good health and happiness. Judge Flo keeps Gene young by keeping him busy with “Honey Do’s.”*****Harry Stephens acquired a great big Elvis that he displays in his showroom window at Harry’s Appliance. It’s attracting many lookers.*****The Record’s “All Orange County Team” names Kerry Franks, West Orange-Stark MVP. Coach of the Year is Kevin Flanagan of Orangefield.

38 Years Ago-1972 West Orange Chiefs defeat Crosby Cougars 30-13 in 10AAA playoff. The Chiefs will take on Henderson at Lamar. Last season Henderson beat the Chiefs 10-0.*****Several Orange County players were picked for “Coaches All Zone Team.” On offence: Ray Pousson, W.O., quaterback; Lanston Fall, B.C. running back; Roy Williams, W.O., running back; Lorance Wills, W.O. back; Randall Teate, W.O. end; Robert Moody, L.C.M., tackle; Victor Enard, W.O., tackle; Duane Callahan, W.O., center; Clint Belk, B.C., guard. Ray Pousson took home the “Offensive Player of the Year” award. On Defense: James Long, W.O., end; Paul Bingham, W.O., end; Mike McDonald, W.O., tackle; Kenny Brown, B.C., tackle; Randy Fults, B.C., nose-guard; Mark Dunn, B.C., middle linebacker; Larry Spears, W.O., linebacker; Charlie Hillebrandt, B.C., linebacker; Kenneth Stephenson, W.O., defensive back; Dale McCal, L.C.-M., safety; Bo Worrell, B.C., defensive back. Defensive “Player of the Year” was Larry Spears. MVP of the Year was Lanston Fall. Coach of the Year Glenn Green. (Editor’s note: A bunch of tough guys who let the hair go with the hide. I wonder how many are still in the area.)

COMES A TIME WHEN THE MIND SLOWS DOWN We got a little rain, then here come the high winds, cold weather with frost and dried everything up, also damaged some plants. Overall it’s predicted to be a warm, dry winter.*****Things are getting serious in Iran and could affect elections next November. I feel comfortable with Obama as Commander in Chief. He has the balls to do what needs doing when the time comes.*****Doctor Conrad Murray is sentenced to the maximum four years in prison for his part in the death of Michael Jackson.*****It looks like every week, as I get older, I fall further behind and have trouble making deadline. This stuff used to be a lot easier when my brain was much quicker than my hand. Now my hand waits for the next thought. Oh well, it beats the alternative. At lease the mind still works on a slow cruise.*****Best get going. Hop on and come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

WHAT REDISTRICTING MEANS TO US After the Texas Republican State House gerrymandered, Texas was redistricted again. A federal court in San Antonio redrew the congressional districts. State attorney general, Greg Abbott and other Republicans will appeal the new district lines to the Supreme Count. Under both plans Orange County is still being minimized. We fall in a new district including Orange, Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler, Polk, all of Liberty and Chambers counties and a part of Harris county. Without Polk and Harris counties, someone like Judge Carl Thibodeaux or another from Southeast Texas would have a good shot to represent our interest and not Houston’s. The new district however does not include Montgomery County as it does now. If Con. Kevin Brady runs in this district it would mean he would represent a district other than the one he lives in. Now how much of a stepchild would that make us. Brady is polling both districts to see where he will run. He can live in the rich Houston suburbs of The Woodlands and represent Southeast Texas, as a carpetbagger, which is one way to have your cake and eat it too. Orange County will also no longer have a state representative. It looks like Rep. Mike Hamilton would no longer represent Orange County. He lives in Mauriceville and will have to change his residence to run in the new state representative’s district, that could pit him against Rep. Joe Deshotel, who now represents the other half of Orange County. Hamilton is politicking in Jasper County, while Rep. Allan Ritter is working Orange County. He lives in Mid-County. When you boil it all down, we don’t have a local voice in state government unless someone files for the state representative office in Orange County. Years ago, before the Republicans and Rick Perry took over the state Orange County had a lot of clout. Today, it’s very minimal. Remember the big contracts that used to come our way creating jobs? That wasn’t by accident. Con. Charlie Wilson and Con. Jim Turner fought hard to get our fair share.

CONGRATULATIONS TO WO-S MUSTANGES The Stangs beat Bullard 45 to 13 to advance in the playoffs.

West Orange-Stark will take on Coldspring, who beat Bridge City 7-0, a game that B.C. Coach Chris Stump will relive for a longtime. The Mustangs will clash with the Trojans in region finals. The game will be played at 7:30 p.m., Friday, at Humble’s Turner Stadium. We wish Coach Thompson and his tough Mustangs a great victory and another notch towards the state championship.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME Eight Years Ago-2003 The backyard of the Port of Orange administration buildings, on the shore of the Sabine River, saw a $200,000 facelift. It will also beautify and protect the shoreline. Gene Bouillion, port director, said the shoreline stabilization project came from reserve funds and will not affect the tax rate. The Orange Jaycees will sponsor its 55th annual Christmas parade, Dec. 5. *****Three Waterwood families opened their homes for the Christmas Rhapsody Home Tour to raise funds for the needy.

Featured were the homes of C.O. and Cindy Wallet, Dr. Fred and Marla Zoch and Judge David and Betsy Dunn. (Editor’s note: I wonder if they still live in Waterwood?)*****Elizabeth Eddington, 12-year-old daughter of Page Olive, a Bridge City fourth grade teacher, wins English style horse riding contest in hunter-jumper competition held in Houston. Elizabeth came home with the over-all reserve championship.*****Edee Pratt joins The Record Newspapers as advertising executive.*****James Rainwater has kept his dad’s radio show going. Brother Dewitt Rainwater passed away a few months ago. (Editor’s note: Eight years later and James still has his show going on Sunday at 8 a.m. on KOGT. Brother Rainwater was a Jimmy Rodgers style gospel singer and one heck of a great preacher.*****Patrick Earl Bishop died Nov. 29. Service was held Dec. 2 at Claybar’s Funeral Home.*****A good Christian lady, Bessie Morris, 87, passed away Nov. 19. Her sons are Gerald and Ronald Morris and daughters are Betty and Frances. Services held Dec. 2 at First Baptist Church in Bridge City.*****President George W. Bush makes a surprise visit to troops in Iraq on Thanksgiving Day.*****Tyler Bearden celebrated a birthday Nov. 29.*****A.J. Lapeyrolerie celebrates his day Dec. 2.*****Louis Dugas will be 75 on Dec. 12 and still going strong. (Editor’s note: Louis’ good health went down fast. He passed away a few years ago.)*****On

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK Zenobia LeBlanc, Erin Evans, Jamie Applebach, Evelyn Brandon, Sandra Smith, Kenneth Manuel, Leah Vogt, Tish Garrett, Brad Braus, Howard Minor, Ricky Harper, Ryan Anderson, Vance Chauvin, Bill Hare, Stephen Clopp, John Garrison, Frank Welch, Kelsey Dardeau, Mitchell Backer, Wesley Duncan, Amanda George, Cheryl Fornols, Jake Glazner, Vergie Thomas, Lisa Walker, Beverly Blalack, Edd Brown, Eddie Robertson, Marie Moran, Wayne Scales, Barbara Blackwell, Sandra Huthison, Susan MacCammond, Todd Wilson, Trisha Anderson, Amber Franklin, Vincent Hoyt, Carolyn Andrus, Chris DeCuir, Slyvia Bland, Bill Force, Dana Simmons, Catherine Allen, Dick Jackson, Gwen Tallant, Stephanie Kreger, Francis Breaux, Belinda Force, Susie Collins, Mary Bridges, Rory Piccone, Shea Bolton, Steve Hightower, Debbie Bishop, Woody Carter, Cheryl Jones, Barbara Cartwright, Lois Cornwell, Mayme Bock, Richard Briggs, Emily Mangham and Michelle Potter.

A FEW HAPPENINGS Who Dat! Say dem Saints ain’t for real. Manning and the Giants’ 42-17 loss in New Orleans won’t be the last to feel the Brees coming out of South Louisiana down on the Mississippi River. Right now I would rate Drew Brees and Aaron Rogers neck and neck, with Tom Brady out-distancing Romo for the other two spots. If I had to draft one for the future, it would be Rogers because of his youth. For today however, I like Brees, plus, I like that he helped the Cowboys in Monday’s win.*****The dream college game would be a rematch between LSU and Alabama. The coliseum would be a television viewer record.*****Harry Stephens is back at work after 10 days in the hospital with pneumonia. He still doesn’t feel like a youngster.*****Meanwhile, Deborha Harmon got out of a Kansas City hospital Monday with the same thing. She then made the 12 hour auto ride back to Denver. A speedy recovery to both.*****Marlene Merritt has been grounded for a month after foot surgery. She’s going bananas not being able to travel but hopes to break free next week.*****Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said that the lady is lying about him unzipping his britches. For 13 years he was just helping her out. I wish them gals would quit messing with Herman, that will drive him out of the race or cost him an expensive divorce.***** A few special folks we know celebrating their special day: On Nov. 29, Tyler Bearden, who is married to Brad and Carlis Roy’s pretty daughter, son of Sharon and Carol Bearden and also the brother of Jim Sharon, celebrates.***Tyler’s mom, Carol celebrates on Dec. 13, which was also the birth date of Tyler’s late uncle J.B. Beardan.***Evelyn Brandon, our girl manning our website, celebrates Nov. 30.***Vance Chauvin, who runs with Ray Leleaux and Kee-Kee Dupuis and is married to Cindy, one of those pretty Scales girls, celebrates Nov. 30.***Bill Hare the boy from College Station and longtime Beall’s store manager, is a year older Dec. 1.***Gene Edgerly, “The Drummer Boy” in his youth is now too old to beat anything, puts another peg down the road of life on Dec. 1.***A good Catholic who raised a mess of good looking girls, Buster Lepeyrolerie, celebrates on Dec. 2.***Ms. Phyl’s only sibling, Jo Ann Huard, gets better with age on Dec. 3.***Richard Briggs is getting older right in front of our eyes. Yesterday he was a youngster but on Dec. 6, he’s a year older and a certified middle ager.*****Saturday, Dec. 3, Honky Tonk Texas, Hwy. 96 in Silsbee, will host its annual “Angel Tree of Hardin County” fundraiser. There will be a live auction, 50/50 riffle, washer tournament, live entertainment and lots of award winning gumbo and chili. Cover is $10 or a toy donation of equal or greater value. It’s a great way to spend a Saturday and a good cause.*****CREAUX’S TIP OF THE WEEK: You may already be doing this but to you who are not, it’s a great idea. Place fabric softener sheets in dresser drawers and your cloths will smell freshly washed for weeks to come. Also do this with towels and linen. Try it.*****CAJUN DEFINITION Lagniappe (Lan-Yap).

This word is Cajun for a “Little something extra.” An unexpected surprise, like the extra donut in a bakers dozen.*****M.D. Anderson opens up new front in the fight on cancer by putting focus on drug development. Center officials announced the creation of the institute for Applied Cancer Science. The institute will be staffed by 28 scientist and plans are to employ 70 scientist within the next two years. M.D. Anderson, the world’s leading cancer center, now makes a big $3 billion assault on the disease.*****U.S. retail sales during the Thanksgiving weekend climbed 16 percent, a new record. Our local family of advertisers reported Monday that business was good right here at home. We appreciate you shopping with our advertisers. We urge you to shop our small, independent stores this holiday season. Small businesses are the backbone of this nation and they serve Orange County and our area well.*****Sunday night, as I was watching the football game, I got a call from Newt Gingrich. I guess I was one of many in Texas who got Newt’s message. He’s taking Rick Perry on in this state. Newt is not going anywhere, he’s looking for money. The $100 million he made peddling his influence will hurt him.*****Friday evening is the big, annual Orange Jaycee Christmas Parade. Coach Dan Ray Hooks is the Parade Marshal. I don’t know how Dan can be at two places at once. West Orange-Stark plays Coldspring in a playoff game at the same time. Even though Dan isn’t coaching, those are his boys. It will be hard for him not to be at that game and no one would blame him for going. *****Saturday night Bridge City holds it’s “Parade of Lights Holiday Parade.*****Good luck to Coach Clint Hartsfield and his Kelly Bulldogs, who play No-

lan for the state TAPPS title. The game will be played at 2 p.m. in Temple. Clint, a Bridge City boy has had a great year at Kelly in his first head coaching job. Last Saturday, Kelly defeated Plano at A&M’s Kyle Field. *****Filing for political office started Monday, Nov. 28 and will continue through Dec. 15. *****Happy 50th anniversary to Judy and Don Shockley. Father Vincent married them at St. Henry Catholic Church, at 10:15 a.m., on Dec. 2, 1961. Now there’s a lady going to Heaven. *****Ole’ Harvey, at Paw-Paw’s, on Highway 1442, near Hwy. 105, took care of us for Thanksgiving with the best fried turkey I’ve ever had. I’m convinced that’s the only way to eat turkey. While there, we picked up on boudin and fried peanuts but it’s the cracklin’s that get to me. I ate up two bags and didn’t share a one. I intended to use the cracklin’s in cornbread but didn’t make it. I ate the whole thing.*****Billy Fisette stopped by. I was glad to see he was still alive. He said they built a new home in Bridge City and he’s doing a lot of nothing. I learned he and Glenn Oliver attended SFA together. Anyway, wife Joy hasn’t run him off yet.*****We talked to Doug Harrington also. He finally made it home to Crockett but comes in to Houston this week to see about Regina’s broken wrist. Doug says they will move into their new home in Spring before Christmas. He will be spending less time at the ranch now. Lunchbunch will be happening at Novroskys this week, and Robert’s next week.

NEWS AROUND THE COURTHOUSE: Retired attorney Wayne Peveto was at the counter in the County Clerk’s office last week. He looked great. He’s farming and ranching and enjoying every minute of it. He has around 700 head of cross-bred cattle and is also farming rye grass. He has about 3500 acres that keep him busy doing exactly what he loves to do.*****Democratic Party chairman Mark Carter, who had a tree fall on him recently, was being driven around by Party secretary Mary Terry on Monday, the first day of filing for candidates for the upcoming 2012 primaries. Mark says his wife and mother were not thrilled about him being up and about so soon.

Democratic candidates can file their applications for candidacy at Atty. Ed Barton’s law office, 701 W. Park Ave. For information call Mark at 882-1922.*****County Clerk Karen Jo Vance visited with her family, the Wright clan, in Mauriceville over the Thanksgiving holiday. The special guest was her nephew Navy Petty Officer 1st. Class Adam Rodgers, son of John and Sharon Rodgers. Also attending as part of the Clan were Sam and Judy Lucia, Karen Jo’s sister.*****Visiting over the Thanksgiving Holidays with grandson Hazen, were Dist. Clerk Vickie Edgerly and husband Alvin. It seems that Hazen is very excited about having a new little brother, who is expected around Dec. 7.

Hazen’s parents, Ryan and Erica, who live in Austin, have decided to name the new little one Rory.*****County Clerk Deputy Brandy Robertson’s baby, Nicholas, will turn 10 years old Monday, Dec. 12.*****Judge Pat Clark and Rosalee celebrated Thanksgiving with daughter Maryann and son-in-law Bruce Aven in Florida.*****Judge Pat’s court coordinator, Sandy Kaufman, visited with sons Ryan and Jeremy, and was also visited by her brother, from Washington State.*****Judge Pat’s bailiff, Trish Journeay, traveled to South Carolina to see son Blake Journeay graduate from Army Boot Camp.***** Mike White and Karen Jo were seen visiting. They talked a lot about always trying to put God first in their lives. Mike’s health has improved over the past year. He’s lost weight and gained peace and joy.

CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS Ben Stiller will be 46 on Nov. 30; Clay Aiken, 33 and Billy Idol, 56.***On Dec. 1, Woody Allen will be 76; Bette Midler, 66; Nestor Carbonell, 44 and Lee Trevino, 72.***Britney Spears will be 30 on Dec. 2; Nelly Furtado, 33; Lucy Liu, 43 and Sarah Silverman, 40.***Ozzy Osbourne will be 63 on Dec. 3; Daryl Hannah, 51 and Brendan Fraser, 43.***Jeff Bridges will be 62 on Dec. 4; Jay-Z, 42; Marisa Tomei, 47 and Tyra Banks, 38.***Little Richard will be 79 on Dec. 5; Frankie Muniz, 26 and Nick Stahl, 32.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK Clotile Comeaux, 52, is an old maid her. She’s not no beauty but she don’t look so bad. For years she tried to get herself a man. While visiting her sister Alma, in New Orleans, she was sitting on this park bench wen dis man come sit on da bench him.

She axed, “Are you a stranger here?”

“No,” he replied, “I lived here a long time ago.”

Clotile say, “Where were you da last few years?”

Da stranger replied, “In prison.”

“Wat for,” Clotile axe.

Da man looks at her and very quietly and said, “I killed my wife.”

“Oh,” said Coltile, “So you single you hanh?”

C’EST TOUT As I wind up this column, my mind goes back to political years of the past. Politics have gotten way too nasty. It may help candidates in the short run but I believe it hurts voter turnout in the long haul. A lot of people today are turned off by politics. I recall when it wasn’t that way. *****Barney Frank, an openly gay congressman from Massachusetts, is leaving, retiring. He got caught up in redistricting adding 300,000 new voters to his district but says representing his people, the working class, is not fun anymore. Government has gotten way to partisan. The GOP votes against employee tax breaks that would mean $1,500 a year to working families, while insisting on tax breaks for the wealthy.*****A friend from Dallas emails me that the Republican primaries are on life support with a different flavor each month.

He says if Jeb Bush jumped in right now he would blow the others away. He also says unemployment will be down to eight percent by election time. I don’t know about that. If it is Obama is a magician because he’s surely not getting any help. One other thing people switching parties haven’t thought about is that four years from now, Obama won’t be at the top of the ticket and it will be a brand new ball game in Texas.*****I’ve overrun my time again. Thanks for yours. Please shop our family of advertisers.

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A feeding frenzy Kent Conwell

Lighter Side of Life For The Record

You’ve seen videos of sharks in a feeding frenzy, ripping chunks from the prey, tearing at each other, filling the water with blood and slivers of raw meat.

That’s what the media appears to be doing today to the GOP candidates under the guise of impartial reporting. Maybe their onslaught is deserved. Maybe it isn’t.

What’s the sense eviscerating a candidate when our primary concern should be to show our sitting president the road out of Washington and back to his daytime job as community organizer.

Case in point, old Herman Cain. That guy has been the center of the cold-eyed media’s frenzy for weeks now. They’ve torn him to pieces.

I’ll bet he’s glad Jerry Sandusky and Penn State came along to take over the headlines.

Between that guy and the over-the-hill hippies at the protests, perhaps Cain can find a tad of respite from the heated accusations and innuendoes directed at him.

But in all fairness, you know as well as I, such recrimination, whether deserved or not, was due old Herman since he had the unmitigated audacity to surge to the top tier of GOP candidates.

The media reminds me of some of the wacky (read dangerous) deer hunters I’ve had the misfortune to run into over the last forty or fifty years.

Those are the crazies so anxious to take a deer that they shoot when a leaf moves, figuring they’d spotted a ten-point buck when in reality, all they manage is to put a hole through a maple leaf. But, they sure killed that sucker dead.

Seems like as if by magic, a bullseye morphs onto the chest of any GOP candidate who rises to the top, and the media takes aim, dreaming of Boone and Crockett headlines.

Now, I’m not defending Cain. Maybe he did, and maybe he didn’t. I have the same reservations as any of you who struggle to keep an open mind. We need to know all about our candidates, warts and all-within the bounds of credibility.

Accusers have stepped forward, then fallen back. Makes me wonder. Is it all a ploy paid by liberals or even opposing conservatives to demean and disgrace the man? Or is it the truth?

Such is difficult to define since the majority of the media has been in Obama’s back pocket since the campaign in 2008. Anyone who opposes him is fair game.

I’ll be the first to admit, some of the poor jokers on the receiving end of the media’s Spanish Inquisition deserve much of what they get, but I have yet to see the mainstream media nitpick at the current president the way they scrutinize every thread in the fabric of his opposition’s life.

Take Michele Bachmann. A good person, she is very sincere in wanting to put America on the right track, but she made too many blunders

early on when she was in the top tier of candidates. Some were outrageous, such as implying the shot heard around the world’ was fired in New Hampshire’ when it was in Massachusetts. Or her assertion that Perry’s HPV vaccinations caused mental retardation.’

What do you want to bet if Obama had made those remarks, we’d never heard of them? The media doesn’t appear to be taking him to task today for the politics he’s playing with the Keystone pipeline, dragging his feet until next year’s election, then approving it.

And then along came Perry, who rocketed to the top of the candidate list and back to the bottom just as fast. Why? The media honed in on him, his hunting club with the derogatory name; his loss of memory; his deplorable debating skills; even his twang.

In his favor, he didn’t name the lease; everyone is forgetful at the wrong time; great orators are not automatically good presidents; and what’s wrong with a twang?

The result of the media’s obsession with Perry? Old Rick tumbled down the hill right behind Jill–oops, I mean, Michele, and then along came Herman, self-made, Washington outsider with plain and simple ideas at which the media scoffed.

Can’t you imagine just how frantically the media struggled to dig up bad press? And they found it in the sexual harassment business, a sordid business to which they clung like cur

dogs on a gut wagon.

Cain didn’t help himself during a couple interviews when he had to pause to put together a response. That was all it took to bloody the waters, and here came the sharks, gaudy headlines glistening off their curved teeth.

I think there might have been a few shreds of old Herman left to sink to the bottom. I’m not sure, for the predators did a pretty thorough job on him.

Then came Newt, who early on had been pilloried, but survived. When Cain tumbled, Gingrich hit the top tier. Now, they’re after him like fresh chum tossed in the water because he worked as a consultant for Freddie Mac to the tune of $1.5 million over seven or eight years.

What is that, $200 thousand a year? Less than half of what Joe Paterno made at Penn State.

Now I don’t know about you, but I can understand many of these candidates messing up from time to time, and okay, the media takes them to task. That’s their job. Can you tell me Obama hasn’t messed up? What do we hear?

Nothing!

But sometimes, the media, in their quest for blood, overreach. Bachmann made a remark that as a youth in 1961, her parents paid five bucks for a doctor’s visit. The media pounced on it, pointing out that 1961’s five bucks was $37.94 today.

So what? She was trying to make a point, although she was somewhat clumsy about it.

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Community Bulletin Board American Legion to host brisket lunch The American Legion Post 49, located at 108 Green Ave. in Orange, will host a lunch on Thursday, Dec. 1 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The menu will consist of brisket, links, potato salad, beans, bread and a dessert. The cost is $7 per plate. Walk-ins are welcome and delivery is available. Please call after noon on Wednesday, Nov. 30 and before 9 a.m. on Thursday for delivery.

All proceeds go back into the American Legion Post 49, which is a non-profit Veteran organization.

BCHS 2012 Project Graduation to host chili lunch The Bridge City High School Class of 2012 Project Graduation will host a chili lunch on Saturday, Dec. 3 at First Baptist Church in Bridge City from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Homemade baked goods, poinsettias and will also be available for purchase.

All proceeds will be put into the Project Graduation.

Jimmy Troy Stanley Benefit to be held Dec. 3 The Fraternal Order of Eagles, located at 803 28th Street, will hold a benefit for Jimmy Troy Stanley to help with funeral expenses on Dec. 3 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Raffle tickets for a 270 rifle with scope will be sold, the winner need not be present. Live music, a live auction, a 50/50 pot, links and chips will be available.

West Orange Chiefs to host annual Christmas Dance The West Orange High Chiefs Annual Christmas Dance is set for Saturday, Dec. 10 at the American Legion on Green Ave. in Orange. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the dance will start at 8 p.m. The cost will be $10 per person and the dress is casual attire. This is a BYOB event with a cash bar for beer and setups.

Those attending are welcome to bring snacks, as well. All former Chiefs and guests are invited to attend, and the dance is also open to the public. Music will be provided by Ken Marvell Band.

For more information call Jimmy Guidry at 409-738-2294 or e-mail at jcrazycajun@sbcglobal.net

Light up Bridge City for the holidays The Bridge City/Orangefield Rotary Club and the City of Bridge City are planning to “Light up Bridge City” for the upcoming Holidays. The plans are to attach “shooting Star” pole decorations along Texas Ave., along with eight foot “Angels” pole decor on the corners of Texas Ave. and Roundbunch. There will also be a dickens Christmas Vignette depicting skaters, a Christmas Tree on the corner of Texas Ave. and Roundbunch.

They are asking for donations from the area businesses as well as individuals in order to purchase the life size silhouettes for the corners vignette. Any amount of donation would be greatly appreciated.

Checks can be made to BC Rotary-Christmas Decor. An account has been set-up at Bridge City Bank for this purpose.

Checks can be mailed to P.O. Box 191 Bridge City, 77611.

For further information contact: Lou Raburn at 409-735-2688 or 882-4142, or Lucy Fields at 697-1206 or 626-1974.

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Entergy Texas, Inc. today filed a plan with the Public Utility Commission of Texas that would allow it to keep up with the growth of its Texas service territory and ensure a sufficient supply of reliable power for customers.

As filed, the plan calls for an additional $112 million in annual revenue supporting increased capital investment in the company’s electricity infrastructure from 2009-2011.

From July 2007 through June 2009,Entergy Texas invested $261.8 million to complete transmission and distribution capital projects. The company plans to invest an additional $664 million in its Texas service territory over the next three years.

In an attempt to lower bills in the future, Entergy is proposing a remedy to costly rate cases by asking that all purchased capacity costs—including both purchased capacity costs already in base rates and new purchased capacity costs—be recovered through a rider rather than through base rate increases.

Each rate case costs customers about $12.5 million. Fewer rate cases will save customers money. A rider will not reduce Public Utility Commission oversight. The commission will continue to regulate the company.

Purchased power is an important part of how the electric market operates today as the result of the emergence of a wholesale market. In the past, electric utilities powered America by making electricity at their own generating plants, then send-

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VFW to host Pearl Harbor Day remembrance Orange Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2775 will host a video showing of “Frank Curre’s Story.” This is a personal interview of World War II Veteran Curre, as done by Waco City Cable Channel WCCC-TV, as he relives the bombing of Pearl Harbor and his following five years of sea duty aboard the Battleship Tennessee. The public is invited, free of charge, to attend the program at the VFW Hall, located at 5303 North 16th Street (Hwy. 87 North) at 6 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 7.

MCT Credit Union to host Sounds of the Season Students from area schools will be performing Christmas music at all MCT Credit Union branch locations. The public is invited to attend. The performance schedule is as follows: Bridge City Branch – 4837 Highway 87, Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 9:30 a.m.

- Bridge City Elementary and at 10:15 a.m. - Bridge City Middle School; Orange Branch – 5401 N. 16th Street, Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 9 a.m. – West Orange Stark.

Sign-ups for Christmas baskets scheduled Christmas Baskets will be given to indigent Bridge City and Orangefield residents who are 60 years and over whose income is below poverty. Sign–up will take place at the Ministerial Alliance building next to First Baptist Church of Bridge City on Dec. 5 and 7 between 9 a.m. – Noon.

Eligibility depends on proof of income.

You must present a utility bill to verify address and have an ID of all family members.

Donations are needed for this program to continue. Any business, church, individual, or organization may make a donation to the account of Bridge City Orangefield Ministerial Alliance Christmas Basket Fund at the Bridge City Bank.

Orange Boat Club Christmas Party The Orange Boat Club will be holding its annual Christmas Dance on Saturday Dec. 10 at at 8 p.m. at the Boat Club facility located at 2206 Dupont Drive. Live music is planned featuring the Red Bone Cookers band. Admission will be donations of three can goods or non-perishable food items per member and invited guests. Come and have a great adult time and contribute to a good cause! Cash donations will be accepted in lieu of food donations. Members or friends not attending the dance can

ing it out on their own transmission and distribution lines to homes and businesses in the clearly defined areas they served.

That model has changed dramatically since the mid-1990s with the emergence of a wholesale power industry that often makes it possible for utilities to provide electricity at a lower cost by buying it from independent power producers.

Entergy Texas is taking advantage of that opportunity by purchasing power on the wholesale market and also by entering contracts that ensure reliable power into the future. Three recent contracts include the following: · Calpine- Carville, 242.5 megawatts · Conoco Phillips, 100 megawatts · Sam Rayburn Dam Electric Cooperative, 225 megawatts Currently, purchased power capacity costs are recovered through base rate increases.

This makes it necessary to file rate cases more frequently.

If approved as filed, the average monthly 1,000 kilowatt-hour residential bill would increase by $14.37.

Entergy Texas, Inc. provides electricity to more than 400,000 customers in 27 counties.

It is a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation. Entergy is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plans with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

bring can goods or cash donations in advance. Finger foods and deserts are welcome.

American Legion to host pool tournament The American Legion Lloyd Grubbs Post 49, located at 108 Green Ave. in Orange, will be hosting a pool tournament every Friday from 7 p.m. to midnight. There is a ten player maximum.

The community is encouraged to join in the fun and free food to help support the Veterans. For more information, call 409-3304847.

Orange Community Band to meet every Thursday The Orange Community Band rehearses every Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory, located at 4103 Meeks Drive in Orange. They are in need of players for the following sections; flute, clarinet, saxophone, French horn, and percussion, but ALL are welcome! The band performs Christmas, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Veteran’s Day concerts. At least one traditional band concert is performed annually. Please visit us on Facebook at Orange Community Band.

Rape and Suicide Crisis Center to offer support group meetings The Rape and Suicide Crisis Center of Southeast Texas will be hosting a support group for female survivors of sexual assault the first and third Wednesday of every month, starting at 5:30 p.m. Meetings will be held at the Foundation of Southeast Texas building, located at 700 North St. in downtown Beaumont.

To RSVP or for further information, please contact the Crisis Center at 409-832-6530.

BCISD to administer Credit by Examination

Bridge City ISD, in accordance with Chapter 74.24 TAC, will administer the Texas Tech University Credit by Examination Tests. Testing dates will be December 6, 7 and 8, 2011 and June 5, 6 and 7 2012. Students in grades first through fifth will be allowed to take each of the five tests (Math, Science, Language Arts, Reading, and Social Studies) at the elementary level without prior instruction. The student must score at least 90 on each of the five four tests to be considered eligible for grade level acceleration. Students in grades sixth through 12 will be permitted to take an examination to earn credit for an academic course for which they have had no prior instruction. Students must score at least 90 on the test to receive course credit. Additional information and registration forms can be obtained by contacting Gina Mannino at: gina.mannino@bridgecityisd.net.

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The 4-H horse committee will host a barbecue fundraiser from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 17 at Tractor Supply located in Orange on Interstate 10.

Links will be available for $2 or with chips and a soda for $3.

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LSC-O’s Spears honored with Julie and Ben Rogers Community Service Award Staff Report

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In the late 1970s, Jackie Spears was asked to volunteer to teach a third-grade religion class, marking the beginning of 22 years (and counting) of community service. Today, she is being honored with the Julie and Ben Rogers Community Service Award, as the recipient from the Lamar State College-Orange campus. As the director of the Business and Technology program at LSC-O, Spears regularly volunteers both on campus and off, currently participating in more than 12 community service activities.

Dr. Michael Shahan, president of LSC-O, contacted Spears in June to inform her that she was the campus’ Julie and Ben Rogers Community Service Award recipient. Elated and honored to be the recipient, Spears said receiving the award never crossed her mind, but she believes it brings awareness to others that what they do can make a difference.

“I do what I do because I love helping others,” said Spears. “My goal is to add a new service every year.”

Thirty-two years ago, Spears began teaching religion classes for St. Mary Church on a volunteer basis and later became involved with their youth group. She also served as a Eucharistic minister and volunteered for various church and community activities through St. Mary’s.

Over the years, she has volunteered and participated in a variety of fund-raisers, and was recently introduced to the Southeast Texas Food Bank by her daughter, who volunteers while away at college.

“I encourage everyone to volunteer at least one Saturday a month to participate in this worthy cause,” she said. “We put together boxes, stuff them with a variety of non-perishable food items and they are stacked to be sent out to needy families.”

Each month, Spears passes along information for volunteer opportunities at the Southeast Texas Food Bank to the faculty and staff at

LSC-O, the youth groups she works with, and the various other organizations to encourage participation. Along with the Food Bank, she has participated in fund-raisers for the American Cancer Society, Relay for Life, The American Diabetes walk and Orange Christian Services. She has volunteered to help with the local high school’s Project Graduation, as a chaperone, to work concession stands and car shows, to sell raffle tickets and work fund-raisers. This year, she has volunteered for the first time as a Little Dribbler’s basketball coach for local third and fourth graders.

Spears said volunteering is important because it lets you give back to the community, a lesson she has passed on to her daughter and the rest of her family.

“My family participates and our daughter is off at college volunteering and participating in various fund-raisers and activities,” she said. “It is part of what we do as a family; it’s a wonderful feeling to know that what you do helps others.”

In addition to those efforts already mentioned, within the community, Spears has worked with the Vacation Bible School at St. Mary’s Church and participated in fund raisers and food drives. She was score keeper for the high school softball and travel team athletics, has taught adult religion classes and is a volunteer for the Orange Lions Club. She donates to St. Jude’s Children’s’ Hospital and has participated in the greeting card donations to the St. Jude’s Children’s Ranch. As a member of Relay for Life, the American Cancer Society, Orange Christian Services and the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Spears goes where she is needed and does whatever she can to help out.

“It is a part of my life,” she said. “Also, working on the LSC-O campus has shown me that our campus has some great people that are always here to help make life easier for those less fortunate. I am blessed by the people I work and come in contact with. It takes all of us working together to make a difference.”

Within the LSC-O community, Spears has

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taught resume writing and job-hunting skills to local students preparing to enter the workforce and job develops for students in need of full or part-time jobs. She visits employers, attends chamber functions, and visits local high schools promoting LSC-O in the community.

She has submitted art and photography to the Cypress Branches Literary Journal and has volunteered for a number of fund-raisers and activities on the campus. Working in a helping profession on a daily basis allows Spears to expand on opportunities to help others.

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helping others in need,” she said. “When you do something that will help others, it is a great feeling that the little things we do really make a difference in someone’s life.”

A reception honoring Spears and her fellow Julie and Ben Rogers Community Service Awards recipients will be held at Lamar University on Nov. 30 at 3:00 p.m., in the Dr. Richard L. Price Auditorium at the John Gray Center.

Other recipients include Antoinette Y. Mays from Lamar University, David P. Mosley of Lamar Institute of Technology, and Janet R. Hamilton from Lamar State College-Port Arthur.

Jackie Spears director of the Business and Technology program at LSC-O

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Cooking with Katherine: Turkey Enchiladas

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1 onion, chopped ¼ cup of fresh cilantro 2 cloves garlic, minced ½ teaspoon of salt ½ teaspoon of ground black pepper 24 (6-inch) corn tortillas Tomatillo Cream Sauce (recipe follows) 1 (8 oz.) package shredded Colby Jack cheese blend Garnish: sliced green onions Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Lightly grease 2 (13x9-inch) baking dishes.

In a large bowl, combine chicken and next 8 ingredients. Spoon two tablespoons of chicken mixture down center of each tortilla. Fold sides over, enclosing filling. Place filled tortillas in a single layer, seam side down, in prepared baking dishes.

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Deaths and Memorials To Be held:

Carrie Wallace Walpole Groves Carrie Wallace Walpole, 35, of Groves, passed away suddenly of a brain aneurism in Houston on Sunday, Nov. 27.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 30 at St. Henry Catholic Church in Bridge City with Father Steven L. Leger officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Carrie was born in Beaumont on April 23, 1976 to Randy and Ruth (Klein) Wallace. She graduated Bridge City High School in 1994, McNeese State University and received her Master’s Degree from Northeastern in Boston, Mass. Carrie was a certified Behavior Analyst and loved working with children in this area with autism and other special needs. Carrie was a generous, loving person who even after passing away gave so much to others. She was an organ and tissue donor and because of her gift to others, she will live on forever.

She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Mildred Klein and is survived by her loving husband, Daryl Walpole; sons, Billy and Tommy Walpole all of Groves; parents, Randy and Ruth Wallace; grandparents, Glen and Juanita Wallace and Wilbur Klein and brother, Brad Wallace all of Bridge City. She is also survived by her godmother, Peggy “Nan” Biddle and many aunts, uncles and cousins who all love and cherish her memory.

Serving as pallbearers will be Wes Biddle, Robert Biddle, Brad Wallace, Ron Chapmond, Miles Wallace and Joel Lack. Honorary pallbearers will be Alan Wallace, Sam Biddle, Glen Klein and Randal Klein.

Carrie’s family requests that memorial contributions be made in her name to LifeGift Southeast Region, 2510 Westridge Street, Houston, Texas, 77054 or to Southeast Texas Hospice, 912 W. Cherry, Orange, TX, 77630.

Dorothy Trull Orange Dorothy Trull, 84, of Orange , passed away Sunday, Nov. 27, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on W e d n e s d a y, Nov. 30, in the Chapel of Dorman Funeral Home in Orange with the Rev. Billy Burch, officiating. Interment will follow services in Autumn Oaks Memorial Park in Orange. A gathering of family and friends will be from 10 a.m. until service time on Wednesday at the funeral home.

Born on October 22, 1927 in Orange, to her parents, Herman Stephenson and Ella (Edgerton) Stephenson, she was a lifelong resident of Orange, she enjoyed being a homemaker and caring for her family. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and will be remembered by her family for her baking of tea cakes.

Dorothy is preceded in death by her parents; her son, Richard Trull and her sisters, Lois Root, Juanita Wilson and Nettie Pearl Miller.

Those who will most cherish her memory are her husband of 65 years, Adrian Trull of Orange; her daughters, Pat Hedgpeth and husband, Jim of Cedar Hill, Mo. and Gayle Swann of Orange; her sisters, Doris Meyers of Woodville and Marie Peveto of Orange; four grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.

Laurette Nicole Brooks Orange Laurette Nicole Brooks, 47, of Orange, died Sunday, Nov. 27, at Harbor Hospice in Beaumont.

Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Claybar

Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Father Tom Phelan, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church officiating. Cremation will be under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Born in Orange, on October 6, 1964, Laurette was the daughter of Floyd L. Broomes Jr. and Mary (Romero) Broomes.

She was preceded in death by her father, Floyd L. Broomes Jr.; and grandparents, Floyd and Ella Broomes, and Nick and Mamie Romero.

Laurette is survived by her mother, Mary Broomes; daughter, Crystal Broomes; sons and daughters-in-law, Brandon and Brittany Martin, Justin and Lexi Martin; two grandchildren; brothers, Joel K. Humberson and Alec Broomes; half-sisters, Rachel Shields, Bridget Renick; and ten nieces and nephews.

The family wishes to express a special thank you to the nurses, LaDawn, Cookie, Michele and Cindy at Harbor Hospice.

Barbara Mozelle Glende Orange Barbara Mozelle Glende, 85, of Orange, died Monday, Nov. 28, at her residence.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m.

T h u r s d ay, Dec. 1, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange. Officiating will be John Fortenberry of Calvary Baptist Church in Deweyville and eulogy will be given by Mr. Mike Brown.

Burial will follow at King Cemetery in Hartburg, Texas.

Visitation will be 5 to 9 p.m.

Wednesday, at the funeral home in Orange.

Born in Hartburg, Texas on May 3, 1926, Barbara was the daughter of James Walter Brown and Barbara Altha (Kelly) Brown.

She loved to go camping, fishing and gambling.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Victor Lawrence Glende; and brothers, Marvin Brown, Bruce Brown and Al Brown. Barbara is survived by her daughters, Sharon K. Glende and Jerry of Lumberton, Vicki Dianne White and husband, Roger of Orange; sons, Dean Glende and wife, Theresa of Orange, Larry Glende and wife, Barbara of Buna, and Gary Glende and wife, Judy of Hemphill.

She is also survived by her thirteen grandchildren; 15 greatgrandchildren; sisters, Carolyn White of Vidor, Marilyn Perry of Mauriceville; and brothers, Warren Brown of Kirbyville, Gene Brown of Mauriceville, and Pat Brown of Deweyville.

Serving as pallbearers will be Clay Thomas, Robert Glende, Shane White, Jeffery Glende, Jason McGalin and Jason Glende.

Honorary pallbearers will be Edward Jones and Mike Brown.

Charles Westly Hofford Hartburg Charles Westly Hofford, 58, of Hartburg, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, November 23.

A memorial celebrating Charles’ life will be held on Saturday, December 3, at 2:00pm at Dorman’s Funeral Home in Orange.

A lifelong resident of the Orange area, he is preceded in death by his mother, Melva Hofford, of Hartburg.

Charles’ memory will be forever cherished by his wife of 38 years, Jeanne Hofford of Hartburg; his father, Wilburn Hofford of Hartburg; his sons Tony Hofford of Starks, La. and Chris Hofford of Copperas Cove, Texas and their respective families; his brothers Everett Hofford of Orange, Billy Hofford of Deweyville, Lindon Hofford of Hartburg, and Wallace Hofford of Montgomery, Ala.; sisters Tena Cummings and Mona Wilson, both of Hartburg, and their respective families.

Charles will also be greatly missed by a host of wonderful nieces, nephews, and his granddaughter.

Margaret Frances McNamara Cape Coral, Fla. Margaret (Peggie) Frances McNamara, 91, a resident of Cape Coral, Fla. and a former resident of DeRidder, La. and Orange, died Thursday, Nov. 24.

A Graveside Service will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, at St. Mary Cemetery in Orange with Mr. Frank McNamara officiating.

Born in Northbridge, Mass. on July 13, 1920, Margaret was the daughter of John Francis and Una Belle Morton McGinniss. She was married to the late James (Jim) Henry McNamara of Orange.

Margaret was a long standing member of The Daughters of the American Revolution. She was also a member of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority since her college days at Colby Jr. College for Women in New London, N.H. and in 1990 was awarded the Degree of Exemplar of Beta Sigma Phi by the Headquarters of Beta Sigma Phi in Kansas City, Mo. She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Louise Kelley; and her husband, Jim. Margaret is survived by her children, Christine Elizabeth Darbonne and husband, Lee Ray of Lafayette, La., Richard “Dick” Morton McNamara of Las Vegas, Nev., and David Michael McNamara and wife, Colette of Cape Coral Fla.; five grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and fourteen step-great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, please make memorial contribution donations to The American Cancer Society.

Donations can be made online at www.cancer.org or by Phone at 1-800-227-2345.

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Jerry Wayne Lunsford Orange Jerry Wayne Lunsford, 71, of Orange, died Thursday, Nov. 24, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.

Memorial services were held on Monday, Nov. 28, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Orange with Mr. Darrell Powell, preacher of West Orange Church of Christ, officiating. Cremation was under the direction of Claybar Haven of Rest Crematory.

Born in Cumby, Texas on June 20, 1940, Jerry was the son of Leroy and Manah LaRue (Sanders) Lunsford. He retired from Chevron after 27 years, and retired from TDCJ after 10 years.

Jerry enjoyed fishing, hunting, traveling, watching NASCAR, Orangefield baseball, and especially his grandchildren. He was also an active member of the Church of Christ.

Preceded in death by his parents, Jerry is survived by his wife of 46 years, Aundria Rose (Asher) Lunsford; son, Robert Lunsford, his children, Colby Stange, Jamey and Tanner Lunsford and their mother, Crystal Lunsford; son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Tanya Lunsford and their daughter, Ashley Lunsford, all of Orange. He is also survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Margie and Ralph Kirkpatrick of Inez, Texas; brother and sisterin-law, Donald and Eva Lunsford of Orange; six nephews and one niece.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73123-1718 or the National Kidney Foundation, 30 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016.

Lenard Duwane Smith Orange Lenard Duwane Smith, 83, of Orange, died Thursday, Nov. 24, at Pinehurst Nursing Home.

Graveside services were held on Saturday, November 26, at The Cemetery in Mauriceville with the Rev. Marv Howland officiating.

Born in Hereford, Texas on April 23, 1928, Lenard was the son of Otto George and Molinda Ruth (Harris) Smith. He served in the US Army during the Korean War and later retired from the US Navy. He also worked as an electrician with Bethlem Steel.

Preceded in death by his wife, Rose Smith, Lenard is survived by his son, Keith Smith of Austin; daughter, Deborah Leslie; and three grandchildren.

Laura Elaine Buckley Orange Laura Elaine Buckley, 68, of Orange passed away on Monday, Nov. 14, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont.

A funeral service was held on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 2 pm at the First Baptist Church of Starks. Burial followed at Doyle Cemetery.

She was a native of Starks, La.; born on Jan. 13, 1943 to parents Nettie M. (Doyle) and Thomas Brindley. She had lived in the Orange area since 1963. She was of the Baptist faith and was a member of First Baptist Church in Stark, La. She was a very caring and giving person who would help anyone. She loved to cook, spend time with her family (especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren) and she was known to everyone as Maw Maw Elaine.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her nieces, Karen Brantley; granddaughter, Kelley Isaacs.

She is survived by her by her daughter, Tammy Dowden and husband, Mark; sons, Johnny Buckley, Dustin Buckley all of Orange; sister, Patsy Hyatt and husband, Nathan of Starks, La.; brothers, Elton Brindley and wife, Shirley, Harold Brindley, Eric Brindley all of Starks, La., twin brother, Edward Brindley and wife, Judy of Allen, Texas; grandchildren, Mallory Reno and husband, Gregory, Doyle Isaacs and wife, Beatrice Maryde both of Orange; great grandchildren, Kiley Reno and Corbin Isaacs.

Also left to cherish her memory are numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews.

Honoring Mrs. Buckley as pallbearers were Jason Dowden, Bobby Benoit, Slade Miller, Doyle Isaacs, Ben Lozano and Greg Gunner. Honorary pallbearers were Gregory Reno,

Keith Miller, Marco Lozano and Shane Jones.

Cynthia Maraie “Cindy” Gantt Orange Cynthia Marie “Cindy” Gantt, 48, of Orange, passed away at her residence on We d n e s d ay, Nov. 23.

A mass was held on Saturday, Nov. 26 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Orange with Father Joseph P. Daleo, officiating. Rite of Committal and Interment followed in Evergreen Cemetery in Orange.

Cindy was born on Jan. 24, 1963 in Orange to her parents, George W. Gantt and Elsie M. (Bellow) Gantt. She was a longtime resident of Vinton, La, she moved to Orange in 1996 and she worked as an administrative secretary for a commercial diving company.

Cindy is preceded in death by her father; her brother, Wade Michael Gantt and members of her extended family.

Those who will most cherish her memory are her husband, Keith Burkart of Orange; her mother, Elsie Bellow Gantt of Vinton; her children, Heather Gillette and husband, Kyle of Fruitland Park, Fla., Kenneth Stansbury and wife, Crystal of Buna, Evangeline Burkart of Beaumont and Jacqueline Mae Burkart of Deweyville; her sisters Virginia Harbert of Vinton, Becky Dickens and husband, Rick of Vinton and Erika Leach and husband, Chris of Vinton; her brother, Daniel Gantt of Vinton; her grandchildren, Gabe Gillette, Abigayle Granger, Logan Gillette and Zachary Stansbury.

Honoring Cindy as pallbearers were Eric Harbert, Keith Kovatch, Michael Harbert, Wade Gantt, Chad Svoboda and Carl Harbert.

Lizzie M. Bennett Burns Roshong Orange Lizzie M. Bennett Burns Roshong, 93, of Simpson, La. went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 23, 2011 in Orange.

Funeral services were held on Friday, Nov. 25, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with the Rev. David Millner of Calvary Baptist Church officiating and the eulogy was given by her grandson, Glenn Hughes. Graveside services followed at Pine Island Cemetery in Simpson, La. Lizzie was born May 13, 1918 in Simpson, La. where she grew

up and lived until she moved to Orange, in 2004 to live with her daughter, Loretta Hughes.

She retired from Fort Polk where she worked as a seamstress. She also owned and operated a grocery store in Simpson and worked in a department store in Leesville. She was well known for her homemade biscuits and gravy, dumplings and corn bread dressing. She loved her family and enjoyed cooking for them. She always had a garden and canned fresh vegetables for herself and family.

She was a member of Simpson Baptist Church and Ester #26 Order of the Eastern Star, where she served as Worthy Matron in 1983 and her husband, Earnest Roshong, served as Worthy Patron. She was a faithful member, joining March 18, 1965 and she served in many offices. She loved quilting and painting ceramics, and meeting with friends and family to work on their projects. She was a very active person, full of love and life and always helping others.

At age 16 she married Charles Jefferson Burns and they had three children.

She is survived by her children, Charles B. Burns and wife Ann, Loretta A. Hughes and husband Jerry, and Ronald J. Burns and wife Janice. She is also survived by her seven grandchildren, Glenn Hughes and wife Debbie, Charles E. Burns, Stephanie Lomonte and husband Frank, Candace Clark, Jennifer Burns, Christi Huber and husband Jim, Melissa Terrell and husband Barry; 14 great-grandchildren; and five great great-grandchildren. Local great-grandchildren who spent time with her and were very special to her were Ben and Kayla Hughes.

Also surviving are her sister, Nelda Burns and husband Ross of Orange; and brothers, A.J. Bennett of Shreveport, La. and A.C. Bennett and wife Virginia of Simpson, La..

Lizzie is preceded in death by her husband, Earnest Roshong, and granddaughter, Angela Kay Hughes.

Leonard Bennett, Glenn Hughes, Ben Hughes, Charles E. Burns, Mike Shugart and Michael Braxton served as pallbearers.

The family would like to give a special thank you to Lizzie’s longtime caregivers, Terri Lee and Elaine Shaddell.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Southeast Texas Hospice, P.O. Box 2385, Orange, Texas 77631-2385.

Holidays by the numbers Staff Report

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Many people, including retailers, have high hopes for the 2011 holiday shopping season.

As much of the country and world continues to gut it out through an economic recession, speculation reigns as to just how much consumers will spend this holiday season and whether such purchases will help businesses rebound after another tough year.

41 percent of consumers are planning to spend less on holiday and Christmas-related activities, which marks an increase over the percentage of people who planned to scale back for the 2010 season. (Alix Partners) Retail sales are expected to rise just 3 percent, which is less than the 4.1 percent gain of last year. (International Council of Shopping Centers) Consumers will shop online more and use their mobile devices rather than stepping into malls and other brick-andmortar stores. (Shopper Trak) 12 percent of survey respondents said they will use social media to find and share good holiday deals. (Steelhouse Marketing Consultants) Internet sales are estimated

to grow by 12 percent in 2011, despite the uncertainty of the economy. (Emarketer) Shopping on smartphones and tablets is expected to be significant for this holiday season. (National Retail Federation) Purchasing a real Christmas tree can be less expensive for consumers. The average

dollars spent on a real tree is about $37, while the average artificial tree costs roughly $60. (National Christmas Tree Association) Many people plan to shop the day after Christmas.

Roughly 20 percent did so in 2010. (International Council of Shopping Centers)

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Happy 10th Birthday, Michelle !

Michelle Hagan Brown celebrated her 10th birthday on Nov. 19 with her family, relatives and friends.

The theme of her party was “Flowers.”

Michelle’s parents are Charlie and Rebecca Brown of McGregor, Texas. She has one sister, Hannah.

Her grandparents are Richard Cuneo of Bridge City and John and Janie Brown of Valley Mills, Texas.

Her great-grandparents are Hildegarde Cuneo of Denver, Colo., Lavinnia Willis of Gatesville, Texas, and Lela Collins of McGregor. Michelle has numerous aunts, uncles and cousins in Texas, Colorado and California.

Happy Birthday from Grandpa and Grandma Debbie!

LSC-O nursing instructors attend SUN Conference Staff Report

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Lamar State College-Orange nursing program instructors, Jennifer Trotter and Suzanne Baker, attended the 2011 Laerdal Simulation User Network (SUN) Conference in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., in October. Laerdal is the company who produces the SimMan 3G interactive patient simulator, which was purchased

by LSC-O in July 2010 with the State of Texas Jobs and Education for Texans Grant. The conference provided the instructors with new and innovating ideas for implementing the Sim Man in the classroom.

After working with the Sim Man for more than a year, LSC-O students have been allowed to perform relevant skill and simulate learning scenarios that may be encountered in real-life situations that they may not have been exposed to during their normal clinical rotations.

“Having the Sim Man allows the students to learn in a safe environment,” said Baker, instructor of the vocational nursing program.

“I feel it is an essential part of the learning environment for the students, since our clinical sites are so limited.”

Baker said the SUN Conference showed instructors how to program their own scenarios to use with the Sim Man 3G, in addition to the pre-programmed National League of Nursing scenarios that they already implement. They were given ideas on how to make these scenari-

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os more realistic with the use of media that can be shown on student monitors in the simulation rooms, and with make-up for the Sim Man. Attendees even received a Laerdal recipe book to use to make various medical ailments that patients may have such as vomiting, bleeding, bruising and more.

“We also learned how to make our debriefings better educational opportunities so students can learn from their mistakes in a safe learning environment,” she said. “A debriefing is what we do at the end of each scenario to allow the students the chance to tell about their simulation experience and what they can improve on or learn from.”

Baker, who plans to become certified in Clinical Simulation in the near future, says the conference was a wonderful educational opportunity to be able to network with people from all over the world and exchange views, ideas and experiences with them.

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They’re cool to the touch, use tiny amounts of electricity and can last up to 20 years. “They” are light-emitting diodes, or LEDs—the latest, greatest way to decorate for the holidays without running up your electricity bill.

And this year, six Entergy Texas customers are going to win $1,000 worth of energy-star rated LED lights to help them decorate—in an environmentally friendly way—for the holidays.

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By midnight Nov. 30, submit a short video, audio alone or even just a written jingle that uses the words “Entergy” and “LED.” All entries should be submitted via email to entergytexas@posterous.com. Videos need only be recorded on a cell phone, although you’re welcome to use better equipment if you have it available.

Include your name, physical address, city, state, zip, contact telephone number and e-mail address. Your Entergy account number may be included but is optional. All instructions can be found at http://www.entergy-texas.com/features/holidaylights.aspx.

Other rules include: LED lights must be awarded to an Entergy Texas customer, either individual or business/ organization.

No music allowed.

Must use the words “Entergy” and “LED.” Must be 30 seconds or fewer.

Entergy owns the video, audio or written jingle once submitted.

All material will be approved by the contest moderator before posting for votes.

Submissions will be screened by Entergy Texas for content and rules and posted on social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, and Posterous. Once it’s posted, let the voting begin! The most “likes” votes will determine the winners. Be warned, however. The rules call for one person-one vote. No stuffing the ballot boxes to win.

Voting will end at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5, with winners announced the following day. This will allow plenty of time for winners to receive their $1,000 in LED holiday lights for decorating purposes.

“Energy efficiency isn’t just a buzzword, anymore,” explained Pam Williams, Entergy Texas manager for customer operations support.

“This has become an important issue with our customers and holding this contest is our way of encouraging them to do things in a way that helps the environment and also helps them manage their electricity bills.”

LED lights use approximately one-tenth as much electricity as standard bulbs and are cool to the touch. When it comes to holiday lighting, 10 strands of LED lights can be connected compared to just three strands of traditional lights. Plus, LED lights last many years longer if reasonable care is taken.

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Engage in earth-friendly giving, entertaining this year Staff Report

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The holiday season is now if full swing – and along with good holiday cheer comes a lot of extra waste. Americans throw away 25 percent more trash between Thanksgiving and New Year’s as compared to any other time of the year. The extra waste amounts to about 1.2 million extra tons per week (or an extra 6 million tons during the entire holiday season) and is being predicted to be roughly the same for this year even in light of the economic downturn.

“We can all save money and time and reduce our impact on the environment by looking for more creative, sustainable gift options,” said Mike Wilson, district manager for Waste Management of the Golden Triangle. “Whether it’s buying products made from organic or recycled content of giving the gift of time to a favorite

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Many online and catalog retailers sell these types of products. Whatever you give, be sure to buy durable, reusable products that will last a long time. · For the trend-setter on your shopping list, purchase vintage clothing or accessories from consignment or second-hand stores. Help keep the re-use cycle going by donating clothes and accessories you no longer want to these establishments or charities in your community. · Give potted plants, flowers or trees that the recipient can plant in the garden or yard – not only will it be a gift that continues to be a beautiful reminder of the holidays throughout the year, but it will also provide benefits to the environment by absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen into the air. · Thousands of paper and plastic shopping bags end up in landfills every year. Reduce the number of bags thrown out by bringing reusable cloth bags for holiday gift shopping. Tell store clerks you don’t need a bag for small or oversized purchases. · When packaging gifts, consider reduced or no-waste wrapping options. Put a reusable bow on the gift; place the gift in a reusable bag such as a backpack or purse; or package small, themed gifts in a larger item – such as plates or tableware in placemats or a tablecloth or kitchen utensils in an apron or decorative dishtowel.

Also, you can use last year’s wrapping as packaging material.

· Make your own wrapping paper by using old maps, posters or pages from the newspaper or magazines. Recycled-content wrapping paper is also available. Save bags and bows to use again and be sure to recycle the newspapers or brown paper shopping bags after the gift is opened, or use it for padding when shipping gifts. · If you are attending a party or dinner and are bringing a dish for the meal or an edible gift for the host, be sure to package it in a reusable container. If the item is a gift, place it on a decorative holiday plate, in a washable kitchen container or wrap it with a holiday towel. · Use e-mail for your holiday greetings – it’s a great way to share photos and keep in touch more frequently and saves paper and postage.

If you send cards, make them with last year’s cards or wrapping paper. · When entertaining, use washable utensils, plates, glasses, napkins and table coverings.

Decorate with potted plants (that your guests may take home and plant) or candles. Be sure to have containers available where your guests can put recyclable cans and bottles. If you have leftover food, send it home with your guests in reusable containers or donate it to a local homeless shelter or soup kitchen.

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THE RECORD HOMETOWN HIGHLIGHTS • SECTION B

Get Ready Texas Here Come The Mustangs

Nathaniel Colbert scampers just out of reach of a Bullard defender.

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WOS receiver Larry Sonnier leaps through double coverage to bring down a Jimmy Salter pass setting up a Mustang touchdown.

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Mustang runningback Britton Lyndsey in playoff action against Bullard.

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Mustang Insider Meri Elen Jacobs For The Record

WOS quarterback Jimmy Salter escapes the Bullard defense on his way to a Mustang touchdown.

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elting rain, slick turf, three interceptions, one fumble and eighty yards in penalties in the first half didn’t keep the Mustangs from holding a 17-13 lead at half time against the Bullard Panthers. The rest of the game belonged to WO-S as the Mustangs went on to win, 45-13, in the Region 3 Division 2 semifinals this past Saturday in The Woodlands.

“We made too many mistakes early but once we settled down and got the penalties out of the way, we showed what kind of team we really are,” Head Coach Cornel Thompson said. “In the second half, we were able to execute our offense and we stuffed them on defense.”

The Mustangs finished the game with 519 total offensive yards, 347 on the ground and the defense held the Panthers to just 8 first downs and 114 total yards, with 95 of those coming in the first half.

Quarterback Jimmy Salter and Britton Lindsey teamed up to lead the Mustangs on offense. Even with three first half interceptions, Salter kept his head, throwing a 14-yard touchdown pass to receiver Larry Sonnier and also scoring on a one yard run before the half. Salter finished the night, completing 11 of 17 passes for 172 yards and 67 yards rushing. He also threw for three touchdowns and, besides his first rushing touchdown, scored on a bum play when he dropped the ball, picked it up and ran for 47 yards to score.

“Jimmy came back and had a great second half,” Thompson said.

Lindsey finished the night with 190 yards on the ground and one touchdown. Lindsey leads the Mustangs’ rushing game with 1645 yards and 20 touchdowns for the season.

Receiver J’Marcus Rhodes scored on two passes from Salter, a 48yard toss across the middle that pretty much sealed the win in the third period and then a 22-yard pass, between two Bullard defenders, that he shook off before walking into the end zone. Rhodes finished with 4 catches for 82 yards.

The traditional “Chain Gang” defense has also continued to do their job. Junior Travon Blanchard had an interception that set up the first touchdown and was also instrumental on good field position with great punt coverage. Junior Quentin Tezeno and senior Ian Jenkins both recovered fumbles caused by the WO-S defense. Linebacker Daniel Woodson also had an interception to set up the last score in the fourth quarter.

“The entire defensive unit, our Chain Gang, has been pulling together,” Thompson said. “There are not really any standouts. They all play hard.”

Thompson also gives credit to the offensive and defensive linemen.

“Both the O-line and D-line have gotten us where we are,” Thompson said. “We got our center back several weeks ago and all five are playing in their same positions and they keep getting better. I told them early

Britton Lyndsey soars through the line for a big gain against Bullard.

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Mustangs advance to face Coldspring From Page 1

on that our football season will go as our O-line goes.”

Next up for the Mustangs is a game that, according to Thompson, all 3A eyes will be on-WO-S and the Coldspring Trojans. The Trojans are the district champions out of District 22-3A and sport a 13-0 record after beating Lorena, 13-7, in the Regional tilt last Friday night.

“All 3A eyes will be on Turner Stadium Friday night,” Thompson said.

“All 3A eyes will be on Turner Stadium Friday night,” Thompson said.

“We have to have a great week of workouts.

Then just play our game and get after it.”

“We have to have a great week of workouts. Then just play our game and get after it.”

According to Thompson, the undivided attention will go to Sherman Gilbert, who is Coldspring’s #1 “go-to guy.” Gilbert plays wide receiver, running back and wing back with over 1900 offensive yards for the year. In last weeks’ win over Lorena, Gilbert had 305 yards and two scores for the Trojans. Another threat is quarterback Alford Scott whose brother was also a quarterback for the Trojans several years ago.

With only eight teams left in Division 2 of 3A, the Mustangs are excited to finally be playing in December, a goal that was set at the beginning of the season.

“I told the kids, ‘The good news iswe are still alive. The bad news is-we

are playing the Coldspring Trojans,’” Thompson said. “This week, we have to play 48 minutes of football. We are both pretty good on offense and pretty good on defense, with our kicking game better. I couldn’t think of two teams that are better to play for the Region 3 title than them and us.”

The game will be played Friday night at 7:30pm at Turner Stadium in Humble with the Mustangs being the visiting team. Tickets will be on sale Wednesday, November 30, from 9-12 and 1-3pm and also on Thursday, December 1 from 9-12 ONLY at the WO-S Athletic Office. Tickets prices are $8 for Adults and $5 for students with all tickets at the gate being $8.

Tickets can also be purchased on line for a small fee at https://www. totalgatesolutions.com/SelectEventTickets.aspx?eventId=21751. On line tickets must be printed out and presented at the gate.

Directions to Turner Stadium (1700 Wilson Road -- Humble, TexLeft: The Mustang Chain Gang defense crushes the Bullard quarterback.

Below Left: Quarterback Jimmy Salter scampers for yardage in playoff action this week.

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as) are as follows: Take I-10 West to Beaumont. Take the College Street/ Old Hwy. 90 exit and make a right on College. Follow Hwy 90 through Dayton to Beltway 8. Take Beltway 8 to the Wilson Rd. exit and make a right on Wilson. Follow Wilson Rd. to Turner Stadium, which will be on the left. Visitor parking will be past the high school and middle school.

For a great game of football, join the Mustangs on the visitor side.

Holler with the cheerleaders, dance with the Fillies and band, and cheer on the Mighty Mustangs as they vie for the Regional championship and one step closer to a goal the team set in August.

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Kaz’s Fearless Football Forecast H WEST ORANGE-STARK (10-3) over COLDSPRING (13-0) 7:30 p.m. Friday at Turner Stadium in Humble—The Mustangs appear to be getting stronger each week but will have to eliminate those costly penalties, interceptions and fumbles to have any chance of upsetting the undefeated and state-ranked Trojans. Hopefully Friday night will be pay-back time from a couple of years ago for the ‘Stangs.

H PORT ARTHUR MEMORIAL (12-1) over LA PORTE (11-2) 1 p.m. Saturday at Reliant Stadium in Houston—These two members of District 21-5A met Oct. 28 during district play when Memorial was handed its only loss of the season. The Titans seem to be evening up the score during this playoff run, avenging last year’s 34-10 loss to Houston Memorial with Saturday’s 24-14 win over the Mustangs to reach the regional finals.

La Porte upset state-ranked Katy 9-7 last week to reach the finals.

H BEAUMONT KELLY (11-3) over FORT WORTH NOLAN (12-1) 2 p.m. Saturday at Wildcat Stadium in Temple— The Bulldogs found themselves 11 points down to the defending state champion Plano Prestonwood Saturday and seven minutes left in the game and scored twice to win 24-21. Nolan edged past Houston St. Thomas 7-3 last week to reach the championship game.

Mustang runningback Britton Lyndsey takes the handoff from quarterback Jimmy Salter as WOS rolls past Bullard and moves on to take on Coldspring this Friday in Humble.

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Thanksgiving weekend included the good, bad and ugly KAZ’S KORNER JOE KAMAR FOR THE RECORD

If there ever was a time to catch up on your football watching and your turkey eating, it has to be the Thanksgiving weekend. I watched a ton of games on the tube and even listened to one on the radio (the West OrangeStark win over Bullard) simply because of the rainy weather forecast and did double-duty on my turkey-eating.

Last weekend offered a wide variety of scenarios like many of our favorite football teams winning, some of them losing or having key players injured and others had some downright disgusting incidents occur.

Only three of the seven area teams survived the second round of the Texas high school football playoffs, with the West Orange-Stark Mustangs being the only Orange County team remaining in the playoffs. Other teams still playing are the Port Arthur Memorial Titans in Class 5A and Beaumont Kelly playing for the state championship Saturday in the TAPPS. Although the Mustangs played well enough to post a convincing 45-13 victory over the Bullard Panthers, they had three passes intercepted, lost two of five fumbles and had 14 penalties

for 120 yards. Mistakes like that will get a team facing Coldspring murdered.

But on the positive side of the coin, the Coldspring Trojans also made several mistakes in their two playoff games and scored only 20 total points. However, they have only given up seven points in the playoffs. The Mustangs know what they have to do to win Friday night’s Region III championship game at Humble.

Port Arthur Memorial’s game with Houston Memorial Saturday afternoon was delayed by a thunderstorm for almost an hour.

When the game started, a TV sports camera spotted a huge man alone in the stands wearing a poncho and holding a huge umbrella. It was former Astros pitcher Roger Clemens, who there to watch one of his four sons play for Houston Memorial. His son recovered a Titans fumble early in the contest.

The third area team—the Kelly Bulldogs--overcame an 11-point deficit against defending TAPPS state champion Plano Prestonwood Christian to score twice in the final seven minutes to pull out a 24-21victory in the state semifinals.

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Of course what was good for the Longhorns was bad for the Aggies as they demonstrated they don’t discriminate about who they blow their halftime leads against.

Lone Star State pro football fans were happy both the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans won last weekend, but both should have doubts about the future of their respective teams.

The Cowboys let an early 10-3 lead disappear and needed a last second Dan Bailey field goal to pull out a 20-19 win over the hapless Washington Redskins Thanksgiving Day. Although the team owns first place in the NFC East Division, they’re not playing nearly consistent enough to be thinking about the Super Bowl.

And the Houston Texans, who two weeks ago looked like a shoo-in for their first-ever trip to the NFL playoffs, lost two starting quarterbacks for the season in a period of one week.

Now they must depend on rookie third-stringer T.J. Yates, who helped guide the Texans to a 2013 win over Jacksonville, to lead them for the rest of the season.

The Houston quarterback situation was a hot topic Monday morning on ESPN2’s First Take where host Skip Bayless and former New York Jets and Cleveland Browns head coach Eric Mangini seriously suggested the Texans consider dragging Brett Favre or 41-year old Jeff Garcia out of retirement to run the Houston offense.

Pro basketball fans are happy the NBA finally settled their dispute and ended the lockout.

Apparently there will be a 2011-12 season that will be shortened to 66 games and will begin around Christmas Day. So many of the former NFL players and socalled experts on the pre-game shows insist that Tim Tebow is not the type of quarterback that can have success in the league. His delivery of passes is all wrong, he doesn’t stay in the pocket like he should and he runs way too much with the football. But Denver Bronco fans reply that all Tim Tebow does is win. And isn’t that what the NFL is all about???

One of the bad things that happened last weekend was that Vidor’s season came to an end at the hands of undefeated Angleton, which needed to score 32 points in the third period to fend off the stubborn Pirates and win 55-30.

Another setback for some Houston Astros fans (me not included) was that new owner Jim Crane fired General Manager Ed Wade and long-time team president Tal Smith Sunday night. It looks like the Astros won’t be the dumping grounds any more for the players the Philadelphia Phillies no longer want.

One of the ugly incidents last weekend occurred at the end of the Beaumont Ozen-La Marque playoff game at Stallworth Stadium in Baytown when the second free-for-all broke out and was quelled by the stadium police who blatantly fired pepper spray in the eyes of anybody on the football field that wasn’t a peace officer.

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Although Suh’s been in the league less than two years, he has been fined several times for what appears to be dirty play. Don’t be surprised if he is slapped with a one or two-game suspension when NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell investigates the incident.

Suh’s former Nebraska teammate Matt Slauson, who plays offensive guard for the New York Jets, said he’s no fan of his controversial former teammate.

“Somebody needs to get Suh under control because he’s trying to hurt people,” Slauson pointed out in an exclusive interview with the New York Post last weekend. “It’s one thing to be an incredible physical player and a tenacious player, but it’s another thing to set out to end that guy’s career.”

The article added that Suh already has been fined $42,500 by the NFL for dirty play. “Last year when he got fined for the takedowns on quarterbacks, it looked like he was trying to kill them,” Slauson explained. “I’m all for physicality, but within the framework of the game.”

Slauson added that Suh wasn’t popular at all with his Nebraska teammates. “He was well-respected for his ability, but he wasn’t well-liked,” Slauson concluded.

KWICKIES…The first time this season the Seattle Seahawks were favored to win last weekend they suffered an upset at the hands of the Washington Redskins 23-17, who rallied in the fourth period to get the victory. But Orange’s Earl Thomas continues to lead the Seahawks in tackles with 73 and 55 solo stops. The Seahawks play against the Philadelphia Eagles tomorrow (Thursday), but it most likely will be shown only on the NFL Network.

A couple of college head coaches who became unemployed this week include University of Illinois longtime head man Ron Zook and Turner Gill of Kansas. On the other side of the coin, Urban Meyer, who left Florida for “health reasons”, must be feeling much better as he just agreed to be the new football coach at mighty Ohio State.

LSU and Alabama retained their top two positions in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 College Football Poll with Oklahoma State jumping two places to No. 3, Stanford remaining at No. 4 and Virginia Tech moving up one notch to No. 5. Arkansas dropped from third to No. 6, Houston and Oregon each moved up one spot to No. 7 and No. 8, respectively while Boise State fell two spots to No. 9 and Southern Cal remained No. 10. TCU moved up one spot to No. 17 and Baylor jumped two places to No. 18.

JUST BETWEEN US…The Canadian Football League featured its Grey Cup Championship game Sunday, which is comparable to the NFL’s Super Bowl, between the Winnepeg Blue Bombers and the British Columbia Lions. The Lions won 34-23 to the dismay of former West Orange-Stark and University of Texas star Deon Beasley, who starts at cornerback for Winnepeg and runs back kickoffs and punts.

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7:00 p.m. - American Legion Pool Tournament, 108 Green Ave in Orange. 409330-4847.

7:00 p.m. - RECEPTION: Senior Thesis Exhibition at Dishman Art Museum Lamar University , Beaumont, (409) 880-8959 7:30 p.m. - In The Heights at Lutcher Theater 707 W. Main, Orange, 409-886-5535 7:30 p.m. - Body Maps at University Theatre 4400 S MLK Jr. Parkway, Beaumont, 409-880-2250 7:30 p.m. - Miracle on 34th Street at Port Arthur Little Theater 4701 Jimmy Johnson Blvd, Port Arthur, 409-7277258 8:00 p.m. - Saddle Broke at The Gig 240 Crockett Street,

Beaumont, 409-839-1808 10:00 p.m. - In The Heights Block (after show) Party at The Barking Dog Coffee Lounge 109 5th Street , Orange, 409-886-5535 December 3 - Saturday Dec 3 - Saturday 8:30 a.m. - Apostles Build Work Day at 3315 Lorilee, Beaumont 9:35 a.m. - Zumba: Classic Favorites at Health and Wellness Center Fitness Floor 3030 North, Beaumont, 409899-7777 10:00 a.m. - Holiday Wreath Making Workshop at Shangri La Botanical Gardens & Nature Center 2111 W. Park Avenue, Orange, 409-7609113 10:00 a.m. - St. Catherine of Siena School Winter Market & Holiday Fair at St Catherine of Siena 3840 Woodrow, Port Arthur 10:00 a.m. – A Very Merry Main Street Market Children’s Workshop and Pictures with Santa at Beaumont Civic Center 500 Main Street, Beaumont, 409-832-0873 10:00 a.m. - A Very Merry Main Street Market at Beaumont Civic Center 701 Main Street, Beaumont, 409-8320873 5:00 p.m. - Christmas in the Park at Winnie Stowell Park LeBlanc Road, Winnie 11:00 a.m. - Jimmy Troy Stanley benefit held Fraternal Order of Eagles, 803 28th Street in Orange.

7:00 p.m. - Bridge City Chamber of Commerce’s Lighted Parade. Begins at First Baptist Church on Roundbunch and will end at Bridge City Elementary School. 409-735-5671.

7:00 p.m. - Lamar Cardinals Basketball at Montagne Center Lamar Univ 4400 S MLK Jr. Parkway, Beaumont, 409-880-1881 7:00 p.m. - Painting with a Twist: Shiny Christmas Ornaments at Painting With A Twist 229 Dowlen, Beaumont, 409-866-0399 7:30 p.m. - Miracle on 34th Street at Port Arthur Little Theater 4701 Jimmy Johnson Blvd, Port Arthur, 409-7277258 8:30 p.m. - Lava Daddies Honkabilly Jitterbug at MacKenzie’s Pub 229 Dowlen Rd # 9B, Beaumont, (409) 866-2288 December 4 - Sunday Dec 4 - Sunday 1:00 p.m. - Candlelight Tour at John Jay French Museum 3025 French Road, Beaumont, 409-898-0348 2:00 p.m. - Painting with a Twist: Ginger Bread House at Painting With A Twist 229 Dowlen, Beaumont, 409-8660399 2:30 p.m. - Miracle on 34th

Street at Port Arthur Little Theater 4701 Jimmy Johnson Blvd, Port Arthur, 409-7277258 3:00 p.m. - Lamarissimo! A Cappella Choir and Grand Chorus Holiday Concert at Jefferson Theatre 345 Fannin Street, Beaumont, 409-8808144 6:00 p.m. - Road to Bethlehem at Wesley United Methodist Church 3810 N. Major Dr., Beaumont, 409-246-3708

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It all comes down to: Location, technique equals catching CAPT. DICKIE COLBURN FOR THE RECORD

“I am afraid that I am about to lose another one of your lures,” said Alex Meters, as his rod was already arching against a steadily tightening line and he still had not attempted to set the hook out of fear of hanging up.

His partner, Jonathan, had already caught and released two trout over 26-inches and we were determined to get Alex a shot a big fish. In response to the urging of his partner, he finally attempted to set the hook only to confirm his earlier speculation. He dejectedly reeled in the broken line and declared, “I just can’t do this!”

While the technique was yielding bragging size trout, it was anything but easy to do. The wind was howling out of the southeast just prior to the arrival of another front while a strong outgoing tide was doing its best to suck the marshes dry. Those conditions just made it that much more difficult to detect a strike that was more akin to a subtle tap on the shoulder than the typical rod jolting assault of a big trout.

I still had six or seven Maniac Mullets left in my box, the lure the big fish seemed to want at the time, but Alex sheepishly admitted that he would prefer to try an easier pattern regardless of the size of the fish. We swapped the six and a half foot Laguna Wader II and Curado 50 that he was using for a 7-foot medium action spinning rod rigged with a 2500 series Shimano reel and changed the game plan.

We abandoned the productive deeper ledges on the ICW and moved to the shallow flats on the Louisiana shoreline. Alex proved to be much more adept at catching those trout as well

as an occasional slot red by swimming a Flats Minnow over isolated shell pads. While the trout were smaller, it was a much easier program and fishing is always much more enjoyable when catching is involved!

The ability to locate fish is an important attribute for any fishing guide, but it is even more critical that he can locate fish that the clients can catch. A live bait bite is obviously more user friendly, but any time you are relying on artificial lures to get the job done you have to tailor the trip to the abilities of the fishermen. Add to that the fact that some folks want to catch a fish every cast regardless of species or size while others are driven to look for that one big bite and in many cases you are forced to eliminate a productive pattern before you ever leave the dock.

Never hire a guide without telling him what your wishes are before hand as well as the skill level of each member of your party. While I can usually have even first time anglers casting and retrieving well enough with a properly matched spinning combination in just a few minutes, I am still obligated to tell a potential client in advance if I am not on a pattern that he may wish to fish.

Most of the guides that I know provide quality tackle, but you have to be honest with them when they ask you what type of rod and reel you are most comfortable with.“I have never thrown one of those,” is not a declaration that any guide wants to hear once the boat leaves the dock.

I recently fished with a Dad and his two young sons and he was quick to point out on the phone

that his boys had hunted but never fished much.“Not a problem,” I assured him. The following morning the ten-year old was casting into the trees across the bayou after only a few practice casts and his younger brother wasn’t far behind.

Their dad was openly pleased with their newly acquired skills and was even happier when they were both catching fish on the first stop.

It wasn’t until the third time that I made a trip to the back of the boat to undo another spider web of line balled up in his rod guide that I realized that Dad had been talking on the phone while the casting lessons were taking place. He had been trying to cast all morning holding his reel upside down and reeling backwards. Yes…. he failed to mention that he had only fished

once or twice before as well.

It came as no surprise when I later learned that their Uncle Cecil had purchased the trip for them as an early Christmas present. It wasn’t until they were leaving that the oldest boy said that they were all going to fish with him in Rockport next week and he thought a practice trip with a guide in advance of the highly anticipated event might be a good idea.

The Dad eventually turned his reel over and matched his boys cast for cast and fish for fish for the remainder of the day.“Uncle Cecil will also be happy to know that the proud father called to tell me that he purchased three new spinning combos on the way home.

“Uncle Cecil…..your plan was successful and it will be “game on” in Rockport come Saturday morning!”

An armload of trout on a rainy day!

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For The Record

The West Orange High Chiefs Annual Christmas Dance is set for Saturday, Dec. 10 at the American Legion on Green Ave. in Orange.

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the dance will start at 8 p.m. The cost will be $10 per person

and the dress is casual attire. This is a BYOB event with a cash bar for beer and setups. Those attending are welcome to bring snacks, as well.

All former Chiefs and guests are invited to attend, and the dance is also open to the public.

Music will be provided by Ken Marvell Band.

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Louisiana duck season ends this weekend, hunters take advantage CAPT. CHUCK UZZLE

17 one week after Texas re-opens their duck season once again on Dec. 10.

So far the overall report has been very good from With the Texas duck season closed for the split season the both sides of the Sabine River as local hunters have only game in town is for folks chasing ducks is hunting in Loui- cashed in on an outstanding population of waterfowl siana. This weekend will be the final weekend of the first half of in the area. All of the pre season worry about the Louisiana’s duck season. The second half will re-open on Dec. saltwater in the marshes apparently was a false alarm as it hasn’t hurt the hunting in most areas.

The weather for the first half has been a little warmer than most folks would like but it’s been far from bad. The mild temperatures and just right mix of cold fronts has made the first half of the season almost enjoyable. The cooler and windier conditions have also helped curb the numbers of mosquitoes waterfowl hunters must deal with and that in itself has been a huge bonus. Unlike the coming months when the weather will certainly get tougher the cold fronts of the first split didn’t dry up the marshes with ultra low tides.

For the most part there has been plenty of water and that makes accessing your favorite pond a much more enjoyable task. The folks who hunt the Sabine Refuge have been blessed with good water levels so far which has kept many hunters from pushing their boats across mud flats to a minimum. All in all the conditions and numbers of ducks for both the Texas and Louisiana first half of the season have been really good.

Now if you are not hunting Louisiana and are waiting for Texas to re-open now is the time to take of any maintenance you have been putting off.

First thing that comes to mind is re-brushing and repairing blinds. A new coat of brush on an existing blind will help with concealment and also give you an opportunity to scout while you are in the area. Do your best to break up any outlines and look as natural as possible. Keeping your blind from looking like a taco stand in the middle of a pond will increase your success tenfold.

The hunters who take the time to really blend their blinds into the natural surroundings are usually the ones with the heaviest straps of ducks when they reach the cleaning table.

Another item that may require some maintenance is your decoys. Take a few minutes to wash them up really well and inspect Jonah Lemoine of Bridge City with a hefty strap of ducks taken dur- the cords and weights. Most hunters have gone to Texas Rigging their decoys for the convenience but some still put theirs in bags. ing the first split.

Decoys are a big investment for waterfowl hunters and they need FOR THE RECORD

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The thick, spiced drink we know as eggnog has become synonymous with the holidays. It is so linked with the Christmas season that a person may be hard-pressed to find it sold in the supermarket any other time of the year. But eggnog wasn’t always the holiday beverage it has become.

Eggnog is believed to have originated in 17th century Europe, primarily as a drink for the elite, since the ingredients in the beverage were hard to come by and thusly relegated to the very rich.

There are different theories on the origins of the word eggnog itself. Some believe it has gotten its name from the Old English word “nog,” which meant “strong beer.” The “egg” refers to one of the ingredients in the beverage, fresh eggs. Others surmise that it comes from the word “noggin,” which was a vessel for serving drinks in taverns. The drink was called “egg in a noggin,” which was shortened to “eggnog.” Still, there are others who say its name is derived from the term “grog,” which was another term for booze. “Egg n’ grog” was eventually abbreviated to “eggnog.”

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These decoys hold up as well or better than any others on the market. The G and H decoys are hard to scuff, hold their paint, and will weather the occasional stray shotgun pellet like a champ. I have been using them for years and have no complaints. I was really excited to see Daley’s in Port Acres start carrying these locally so you could actually put your hands on them and compare instead of ordering them sight unseen.

Take your favorite decoy over and compare them side by side, you won’t be disappointed. Also don’t forget to check out the RIO shotgun shells that Daley’s keep in stock, they are easily the best shell for the money you can find and Daley’s has them marked cheaper than anyone.

We are getting ready for the home stretch of duck season so be sure to have all your gear in order because it will be here and happening before you know it.

Although there is little certainty to the origins of the name, the recipe for eggnog has essentially remained unchanged throughout the centuries. It consists of beaten eggs, cream or milk and sugar mixed with some sort of alcoholic spirit. The Old English were believed to mix it with wine, though once the drink was brought to the New World, colonists substituted rum for the wine. Rum was readily available through tradesman running between the Americas and the Caribbean and therefore less expensive than another spirit. As America grew and eggnog was enjoyed in different parts of the country, the rum was replaced with regional spirits, including bourbon or grain alcohol.

Other ingredients were also added to give it a customized flavor.

However, the use of nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves has become traditional flavors for the holiday brew.

Although eggnog is widely enjoyed throughout the holiday season, in the past it was served at special events and social occasions. As a warmed beverage it can easily chase away winter’s chill. This is how it may have come to be enjoyed primarily during the holidays.

Love it or hate it, eggnog is a drink that can evoke strong feelings of the holidays within minutes.

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Starlight COGIC to celebrate 55th anniversary The Starlight COGIC church family, located at 2800 Bob Hall Road, invites the community to their 55th church anniversary. It will be held on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 11 a.m. The guest speaker will be Evangelist Vanessa Gatlin of Crowley, La. Superintendent E.B. Lindsey is Pastor of Starlight. For more information call 409-886-4366.

First Baptist Church of Orange to host Christmas musical

The First Baptist Church of Orange, located at 602 W. Green Ave, will host a Christmas musical on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m.

This musical is presented by the John Bickham, Minister of Worship and the Music Ministry of FBCO. Following the musical, “Christmas on the Green” will be held in the lobby of the Family Life Center. This annual tradition will feature Christmas refreshments will be provided by different Connection Groups of the church. Both events are free of admission and the public is welcome to attend. For more information, please contact the church at 886-7461 or visit their website, www.fbco.org.

Wesley UMC to sell pecans, walnuts

Wesley United Methodist Church is having their annual fundraiser. This year’s crop of pecans halves and pieces sell for $10 per pound. Walnuts sell for $8 per pound. Call Billy at 883-3210 or 670-6350, Frankie at 988-4215 or Connie at 883-4995 to place an order. We will deliver 5 pounds or more to individuals or businesses.

Listen to the Lights Pine Forest Baptist Church welcomes the public to “Come Listen to the Lights” at the church grounds located at 4800 North Main in Vidor. On weekends through Christmas you can watch a Christmas Light Show that is sincrinized to music without leaving your car. Tune your radio to 103.1 to enjoy the musical display. Family Nights are Dec. 10 and 17. The show is active from 6-9:30 p.m., Friday - Sunday. For additional dates contact 409-786-1575 or www.LightsAtPineforest.org

The Singing Christmas Tree The music ministries of Pine Forest Baptist Church and First Baptist Church present the Singing Christmas Tree with Evan-

Christmas Baskets will be given to indigent Bridge City and Orangefield residents who are 60 years and over whose income is below poverty. Sign–up will take place at the Ministerial Alliance building next to First Baptist Church of Bridge City on Dec. 5 and 7 between 9 a.m. – Noon.

Eligibility depends on proof of income.

You must present a utility bill to verify address and have an ID of all family members.

Donations are needed for this program to continue. Any business, church, individual, or organization may make a donation to the account of Bridge City Orangefield Ministerial Alliance Christmas Basket Fund at the Bridge City Bank.

FPC of Orange to host Christmas open house First Presbyterian Church of Orange will host its 12th Annual Christmas Open House during the Orange Jaycees Christmas Parade on the evening of Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. Doors of the Frances Ann Lutcher Memorial Building, located at 902 Green Avenue, will open at 5:30 p.m. and remain open until 8 p.m.

The community is invited to attend and indulge in cookies, cocoa, coffee and punch. Bags of popcorn will be served on the sidewalk in front of the church. Enjoy being serenaded with Christmas music by various choirs in the downstairs entrance, while organ and piano music will be played for your pleasure in the upstairs sanctuary. Docents will be available in the sanctuary to inform guests about the beautiful interior of the church.

For any questions, contact the church office at 409-883-2097, access the First Presbyterian website, http://www.firstpresorange.com or check them out on Facebook.

FBC of Orange to serve refreshments during parade First Baptist Church of Orange will be serving refreshments during the Jaycees Orange Christmas Parade, Friday, Dec. 2. Parade watchers may go to the Family Life Center, located at the corner of Fifth Street and Green Avenue, and be treated to hot chocolate and popcorn.

St. Mark’s pizza supper with Santa On Wednesday, Dec. 21, all readers of this paper are invited to have pizza with Santa and let him know your wishes....and receive a gift (up to age 12). The festivities will take place at St. Mark Lutheran Church, 945 W. Roundbunch Road in Bridge City starting at 6 p.m. Santa is making his annual stop at our church to greet all the little ones and share supper and treats.

For more information, please call Elinda at 735-8727, Pat at 7226655 or Pastor Paul at 988-3003.

Grace Point Fellowship, Eagle Heights merge churches Staff Report

Church Directory

First Baptist Church Orangefield

9788 F.M. 105 Orangefield, 409-735-3113 Pastor Forrest Wood Sun.: Bible Study - 9:30 a.m., Worship Service - 10:30 a.m., Evening Worship- 6:30 p.m.

Wed.: Midweek Meal- 5:30 p.m., Praise & Prayer - 6:30 p.m.

Youth & Children Activities, 7:15 p.m. - Choir Practice Email: office@fbcof.com www.fbcof.com

Cowboy Church of Orange County 673 FM 1078 Orange 409-718-0269 E. Dale Lee, Pastor Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

“Round Pen” (Small Group) Studies: Men’s group: 7 p.m.

Mondays, Ladies’ group: 6:30 p.m.

Thursdays Come as you are!

Boots & hats welcome!

Back to God Fresh Anointing Ministries

PASTOR LEO ANDERSON Each Sunday Morning @ 7:30 a.m.

On A.M. 1600 KOGT

24 Hour Prayer Line 779-4703 or 779-4702 CALL (409) 745-3973

Why are thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. Psalms 42:11

Church Sponsors H.K. Clark & Sons

Knox Clark, Hiram Clark Jr, & Philip Clark

Celebrating 50 years

4874 HWY 87 ORANGE

409-735-2448

Four Area Locations

Like New Automative Ross Talmadge (409) 735-4047

YOUR AD COULD BE HERE

Call 886-7183

Trinity Baptist Church 1408 W. Park Ave. @ 14th Street, Orange Office: 886-1333 Pastor Dr. Bob Webb Worship Leader Dan Cruse Sun. Morning Worship 11 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Nursery Provided

608 Dogwood St., Orange 409-883-5466 Residing Pastor Rev. Larry Doucet Founding Pastor Rev. Tunney Vercher Sr. Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday night Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday night Bible Study 7 p.m.

IH-10 at Highway 62, Orange (409) 745-3973 Rev. Leo Anderson Sun. Morning at 7:30 a.m. on A.M. 1600 KOGT Radio Sun.: 2 p.m. • Tues: 7:30 p.m.

24 Hour Prayer Line: 409-779-4703•409-779-4702

Scripture of the Week

4234 FM 408 (between BC & Orangefield) 409-735-4234 Minister Jim Hardwick Sunday School: 9 a.m.; Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday: Prayer & Bible Study 7 p.m.

Nursery provided For a ride, call 735-4234

1155 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City 409- 735-5546 Pastor Brad Morgan office@stpaulfamily.org Sun. Mornings: Worship Experience - 8:15 a.m.; Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 10:45 a.m.

(Nursery provided at all services) For Mid & Sr. High Youth Sun. Afternoon: 3:30 to 6 p.m.

Sun. Evening : Taizé Service - 7 p.m.

For Children Ages 4–10 on Wednesday evening – 6 to 7 p.m. – JAM (Jesus & Me) Club

In today’s chaotic culture of disunity, partisanship, high divorce rates and church splits, a bright beacon of hope and harmony shines through the darkness. This radiant light is a refreshing story of two merging churches: Grace Point Fellowship and Eagle Heights Church. Prior to its conception, both church pastors, Kevin Inman and Bob Vermillion, humbly met to sort through the details. The almost mundane and normalized story of the church in our age, unfortunately, has produced the exact opposite manifestation in many instances: a splintered family unit that crumbles and leaves the body in disarray. This time there is a collective and cohesive vision.

Grace Point Fellowship formed in January 2008 through the leadership of Pastor Kevin Inman, while the members met at several temporary locations until the recent merger. Eagle Heights Church began in the fall of 1995 under its founding Pastor Don Richey Jr. Pastor Bob Vermillion came on staff in July 2007 and became pastor of Eagle Heights in July 2009. It was during the spring and summer of 2011 that both pastors, Kevin and Bob, began comparing notes, realizing they share the same doctrinal beliefs, mission and purpose.

On Oct. 16, a joint service was held in which 151 individuals were in attendance. This was followed by a fellowship dinner and an open discussion where both pastors answered any questions or concerns that anyone brought forth. The end result was a unanimous vote that married the two local churches into one body.

This family oriented church is now called Grace Point @ Eagle Heights. They meet on Sunday mornings at 10am and Wednesday evenings for a fellowship dinner at 6 p.m. followed by a Bible study at 6:30 p.m. Their location is 11815 IH-10 in Orange. Anyone seeking more information is welcome to visit their website www.gracepointorange.com, their Facebook page, or contact by phone; the church office: 409-745-0050; Pastor Kevin: 409-7906346; and Pastor Bob: 409-779-1794.

It has been said that the news of this merger has blessed many pastors and Christians locally and beyond through this message of unity. It is without a doubt that the Sovereign Lord God of all ages, who has created all things and holds all things together, has Himself ordained this unification of His people! “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in harmony!”

(Psalm 133:1)

presents:

First Christian Church of Orangefield

Miracle Restoration Revivals Church

Apostolic Pentecostal Church

IH-10 AT HIgHwAy 62

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:40 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Evening - 6 p.m.

“Our church family welcomes you!”

St. Paul United Methodist Church

For The Record

THE APOSTOLIC PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

9B

1011 10th St., Suite 108, Orange 409-779-3566•409-883-0333 backtoGodnow@gmail.com www.backtogodfreshanointingministries.com Pastor Gerald Gunn Co-Pastor Pearlie Gunn Sun. School 9:45 a.m.

Sun. Morning Worship 11 a.m.

Tues. Night Bible Study 7 p.m.

Men of Valor & Women of Warfare classes on Thur. 7 p.m.

First United Methodist Church 502 Sixth Street, Orange 409-886-7466 Pastor: Rev. John Warren Dir. of Fine Arts & Music: Doug Rogers Organist: Justin Sanders Dir. of Youth & Christian Education: Allisha Bonneaux 8:15 a.m. Worship in Chapel 8:55 a.m. Celebration Service in Praise Center 11:00 a.m. Worship in Sanctuary Sunday School for all ages at 9:50 a.m.

UMYF & Methodist Kids at 5:00 p.m.

Visit our web site: www.fumcorange.org

West Orange Christian Church 900 Lansing Street, W.O. 409-882-0018

Orange First Church of the Nazarene 3810 MLK Drive, Orange Lead Pastor: Ray McDowell Music Pastor: Bruce McGraw Youth Pastor: Michael Pigg Children’s Pastor: Marilyn Ball Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Celebration Service 10:45 a.m.

Prayer Service: 6 p.m.

Wednesday Service: 7 p.m.

Everyone Welcome!

First Baptist Church of Bridge City 200 W. Roundbunch, BC Office: 409-735-3581 Fax: 409-735-8882 www.fbcbc.org Rev. Bob Boone, Pastor Sunday Schedule: Traditional Worship - 8:15 a.m.; Bible Study at 9:30 a.m.; Celebration Service - 10:45 a.m.; CSI, Youth Bible Study, Discipleship Classes - 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday Schedule: Prayer Meeting - 6:30 p.m., Youth Worship “Living Stone”

Harvest Chapel 1305 Irving Street, Orange 409-882-0862 Ruth Logan Burch, Pastor Sun. Morning 10 & 11 a.m.

Evening Service 6 p.m.

Wednesday Service 6 p.m.

Echo Church 1717 FM 3247, Orange 409-735-8580 Pastor George A. Cruse Jr. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

Praise & Worship Contemporary music!

Come as you are!

TO LIST YOUR CHURCH

Call 886-7183 for more information!!

10B • The Record • Week of Wednesday, November 30, 2011

THE RECORD

• Just $10 For A 30 Word Ad In Both Papers And The Web • Classified Newspaper Deadline: Monday 5 P.M. For Upcoming Issue • You Can Submit Your Ad ANYTIME Online At TheRecordLive.com

Community Classifieds Call 735-5305

Your ads published in both newspapers, the County Record and the Penny Record plus on our web site TheRecordLive.com EMPLOYMENT CRISIS CENTER. Rape and 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.

METAL SLEIGH BED FRAME. 1 year old. $200.

Call Christy at 920-9723 or Ray at 330-5459.

LOST & FOUND FOUND FEMALE DOG, near Bessie hts. rd., medium size, dark brown & black w/ white feet, red collar, No Tags, (409) 735-6159.

APPLIANCES

MISCELLANEOUS

USED APPLIANCES, starting at $99.95 & up, Harry’s Appliances, 302 10th. St. (10th. & main), Orange, We buy used appliances, 8864111.

MISC. SALE. Furniture, glassware, picture frames, pots, ceramic molds, clothes, Much More (some free items), (409) 886-7878.

FURNITURE LARGE OAK DINING ROOM TABLE w/6 chairs - $350; Little Tykes Hummer, need battery - $95; Metal Tonka trucks - $10 to $15 a piece; Beautiful Ashley entertainment center - $950; Burgundy wing back chair - $45; Broyhill Floral couch & love seat $125; Beautiful Broyhill king bedroom suite (includes king bed, headboard, footboard, two large marble top night stands and armoir) - $2500; King mattress and box springs (firm) - $195; 2008 Kirby vacuum w/all attachments - $595 o.b.o; and 1977 Kawai piano - $995 o.b.o. Call Patty at 409-988-4842.

ANTIQUE WALNUT BED with carved headboard, 3/4 size, custom mattress and bed springs like new - $400.

Old white wicker couch $125. Call 409-882-9559.

HONEY PINE DINING SET purchased 3 years ago from Rooms to Go in Dallas, TX. Large table with extra leaf will seat 10. Six side chairs and one captains chair. Chair seats are ecru woven fabric.

Must see!! Paid $750, $400 or best offer! Call 409-735-4329.

TRACTOR WORK BY DANNY COLE

• Dirt / Shell Spreading • Bushhogging • Garden Tilling • New home pads Prepared • Sewer / Water / Electrical Lines Dug Home 735-8315 Cell 670-2040

KIRBY VACUUM CLEANER - $200, Whirlpool gas dryer $150, Craftsman heavy duty tool set (miter saw, drill press, router with table and scroll saw) - $500. Call 409-7453985.

BEURWOOD GUITAR, $90; Mark II Guitar, $45; small first act dicovery, $15, (409) 8838372.

BOWFLEX $25; HAIRDRYER CHAIR, $50; Recumbent exercise bike, $50, (409) 7453490.

AIR COMPRESSOR SPIRVFLO Ingersoll Rand, 100 scf, not running, $425 OBO, (409) 735-3271.

SERVICES COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL cleaning. Excellent references from longtime customers. 409-734-8096.

HANDYMAN NEW Construction, old remodeling, paint, electricity, cabinets.

Call 330-5459 ENCHANTED CREATIONS Professional Cleaning Services, we do Spring cleaning, Real Estate set-ups, office cleaning, basic home clean-

BATES

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ing 15 years experience in house keeping, Dependable, Affordable, references available, $10 off house cleaning special, free quotes, No Job Too Big for us to handle, ask Brenda about our Holiday Special, (409) 344-2158. www. hotbiz.ws/CLEAN

PETS & LIVESTOCK FREE KITTENS, to good homes, 2M & 2F, momma stayed in and had kittens, ready in 3 ro 4 weeks, (409) 221-5306.

• Penny Record Office: 333 West Roundbunch, Bridge City • County Record Office: 320 Henrietta, Orange Note: Offices Closed On Wednesday

0480.

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. You’ll be glad you came, and so will we!

SUICIDE RESCUE of Orange

THE RECORD NEWS ANDREA WHITNEY You Can’t Buy Better Orange County Advertising (409) 221-1605

FREE TO A GOOD HOME. male Shih Tzu, grizzle and white, 3 years old (born 05/28/08). named “teddy.” call 920-1404.

RESCUE DOGS, spayed & neutered, needing good homes. Pet food donations welcome. (409) 746-9502.

2 ABANDONED DOGS, sisters, free to good homes, about 1 yr. old, good with kids & other pets, wormed, have ads & picts. on Bridge City Classified.com, call Amy @ 920-3765.

County. Suicide is not the answer, give us a chance, 769-4044 Vidor.

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 962-

HOME SERVICES

The Record Newspapers needs carriers!

Routes open in Bridge City and Orange County Needs some experience, but you can learn fast Call Bill Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday

Avon Christmas Sales Dec. 10 & 11

(409)

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735-5305

Everyone is welcome!

Lots of gift items!

Very low prices!

719 Front St. Orange TX 77630

LAB/PIT MIX, 8M old, spayed female, on heart worm prev., free to good home, (409) 7469502.

PUBLIC NOTICES:

NEEDED!

CRISIS CENTER. Rape and 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.

“Before you write out the check, let us check out the title” Our staff has more than 250 years of combined experience. Let the professionals help you with your next real estate transaction

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We haul dirt and spread, sand, 60/40, top soil, slag, limestone, wash-out, bark and garden mix. We also do Dozer Work, backhoe, mini & large Excavator work. We dig ponds and fill swimming pools, remove concrete. No Job too small. Call for price @ (409) 735-6588

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(Save $4 weekly over a 2x2, 4 week minimum)

Bring your info to 333 W. Roundbunch Rd., BC, or 320 Henrietta, Orange

“NOW SERVING ORANGE AREA” Greg

Driver

Cell: 409.332.0930 (409) 460.0835 (409) 460-0566 TAXI (409) 433-1177

Out of Town Specials for the Holidays

Orange’s Oldest Hometown Appliance Dealer FREE LOCAL DELIVERY

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Since 1963

APPLIANCE & SERVICE INC Big Selection of Reconditioned Appliances All Used Appliances Sold with Warranty

3000 McArthur Dr. Orange, TX 77630

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We Sell Parts For All major Brands ~ We Service What We Sell

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The Record • Week of Wednesday, November 30, 2011 • 11B

New trends in home décor (StatePoint) Americans are spending more time than ever at home with family and friends.

Eighty percent of consumers say they are entertaining at home these days, according to new research from the NPD Group, a consumer market research company.

And alongside this newfound enjoyment of their homes, families are re-discovering an appreciation for home décor that enhances their living spaces without busting their budgets.

There are several new trends in home décor that can cost-effectively liven up your living spaces.

Serve & Protect There’s nothing better than chowing down with the family while watching a good movie. And while you want to preserve that expensive couch from food stains and pet hair, you know grandma’s plastic couch covers are a serious fashion faux-pas.

Fortunately, you can now get quilted sueded furniture covers that add extra cushion to your sofa, loveseat or favorite

chair while preventing spills from reaching the upholstery. Best of all, such covers are machine-washable.

Go Black Always been an admirer of sleek highend furniture, but constrained by a lowend budget? You don’t necessarily have to sacrifice fashion for price. There now are many affordable options, such as The Lakeside Collection’s dark-hued Espresso Furniture set that lets you have a living space that looks like it was plucked from a design magazine, but without the hefty prices.

And if you’re like most Americans and use one room as a living, eating and entertaining space, consider Ladder Shelf Storage. These 5-tier shelves can store and display many household items, like books, DVDs, board games, photo frames, collectibles -- even wine! You can mix and match shelves to suit your needs.

Wrought Iron A popular trend this year is the use of wrought iron as accent pieces in homes.

Try spicing up a drab wall with a scrolled metal wall medallion. The graceful curves

and simple design produce a calming effect. Or add a little vintage flair to a bedroom with a vintage dress form in the shape of a woman. Drape it with fabrics and jewelry for extra panache.

Creative Storage Cramped for space? Some trendy additions can help you conserve space and organize your most frequently used items.

For example, the hanging jewelry organizer from Lakeside.com has 72 see-through pouches for earrings, necklaces and bracelets and hangs in your closet, allowing you to quickly get what you need.

And if you’re all out of bedrooms for visiting relatives, try turning a spare room into a livable space with metal storage solution racks. Consider a Clothes Organizer that features a hanging rod, shelves for shoes, socks and accessories, and a top shelf for hats, sweaters and more.

For more décor ideas that save space and add character, visit www.lakeside. com.

A little design sensibility can help you decorate your home to your liking without hurting your wallet!

Liven up your living space with affordable home décor.

Easy tips to save water, energy at home (StatePoint) More Americans than ever before are striving to be environmentally-friendly these days. Not only does conserving water and energy help reduce our imprint on the planet, it can also ease the burden on our wallets.

“Many Americans now are finding new and innovative ways to save on water and energy costs in their homes without sacrificing the type of lifestyle they’re used to,” says Tom Moskitis, Executive Director of the Council for Responsible Energy. “Little changes can go a long APARTMENTS VERY NICE AND CLEAN small apt., 1/1, suitable for 1 or 2 people, all ceramic tile floors, CA/H, all tile bath w/ tub and shower, nice vanity, kit. & dining area, all S.S. appliances, self cleaning oven, dish washer, No pets, concrete parking, yard work taken care of, $550 monthly + $elc. & water, $300 dep., call for an appointment to se @ (409) 735-6277 or 6261968. (ss) 1/1 DUPLEX APT., W/D hookups, all appliances, $425 monthly + $200 dep., (409) 735-6691.

1/1 FURNISHED, 2619 Briggs Dr., 3 blocks from Bridge City, Dish Network, Smoke / drug and Pet free, all utilities paid, $600 monthly + dep., (409) 735-4549.

COMMERCIAL VERY NICE & REDECORATED, approx.

1,400 sq. ft., ready to go for 7 chair beauty salon, shampoo bowls, nail techs, lunch room, laundry room, 3 energy efficient AC/H units, lots of storage, concrete parking, yard maint. included. Also could be used as any type retail or office space, $900 monthly, (409) 735-6277 or 626-1968. (ss) HOME RENTALS 2-1-1 IN BC, NICE YARD, 245 Hebert, Stove and Refrigerator, CAH, NO PETS, $710 Monthly, + $500 Deposit, (409) 735-3478 M-F 8 - 5, or (409) 988-3663 After 5 p.m.

1/1 IN MAURICEVILLE, Log Cabin, in the woods, $550 monthly, Call for an appointment to see @ (409) 7352030. (M&R) 1NICE BRICK 2/2, 2 car carport, has ceiling fans, carpet and ceramic tile, CA/H, Lg. closets, W/D connections, kitchen has refrig / stove and dishwasher, $900 monthly + $500 dep., (409) 735-2030.

(M&R) 1-2&3 BEDROOM HOMES and Apartments for rent, HUD accepted, Stringer Properties, (409) 883-3481.

2 LG BEDROOM, 1 carpeted, lg kitchen & living room, laundry room, 1 bath and storage room. No garage. Very large

QUIET COUNTRY LIVING! 3/2/3CP, Ofisd, 1 1/2 story home on 2.24 acres, all appliances (including Washer & Dryer), some furniture, CA/H, 30’ x 30’ shop, On Hwy 1442 N. of IH-10 Reduced to $215,900.

409•745•3868 or Cell 767•0361

way.”

Here are some easy tips to help you save water and energy at home: • Wash Full Loads. When it comes to dishes and laundry, wait until you have a full load before running the appliance. And use cold water for laundry and air dry dishes when you can.

• Heat With Natural Gas. A gas water heater can heat water up to twice as fast as an electric one. And a natural gas water heater emits up to half the carbon emissions of an electric water heater.

fenced yard, quiet neighborhood in WOS school district.

Rental applications and references required. No HUD. $500 dep + $700 mo. Call 409-920-3994, 409-883-9432 or 409-920-8683.

BRIDGE CITY BRICK 3/2, fenced back yard, $1,000 monthly + dep., (409) 7352030. (M&R) 2/1/1 IN ORANGE, No hud or Pets, $575 monthly + $575 dep., (409) 313-4651. (12/7) MOBILE HOME RENTALS BC AREA , as little as $30 daily for rooms, M.H.’s by day or week, starting at $30 a day or weekly, 735-8801 or 7347771. (cctfn) 3 BEDRMS. WITH 2 FULL BATHS, Mobile Home, CA/H, located in Shady Estates, BC, $650 monthly + dep., includes water & garbage, references req., (409) 474-1518.

‘06, 3/1 IN OFISD, 1 block from schools, Large lot, W./ D hookups, No Pets, $550 monthly + dep., (409) 7208699 or 735-6701. (12/21) BRIDGE CITY 3/1 on private property, nice and quiet, got by and look at 414 Blueberry, $575 + dep., Pets Ok, call if interested at (409) 988-6569.

NICE 3/2 (full baths) IN BC, laundry room, stove & refirg., CA/H, $695 monthly + dep., includes city water & garbage, (409) 474-2252.

HOME SALES 4/2/2 IN LCMISD, 1717 Greenbriar ave., screened in patio, corner lot, $95,000, (409) 883-8389.

2412 CRABTREE, W.O. 2/1/1. Did not flood. Shady,

privacy fence in backyard.

Make Offer. 409-351-3250.

BY OWNER, 4/2 IN BC, on 2 lots, below market, all new inside, 255 Turner Lane, #105,000, (409) 735-7163.

(1/4/12) RANCH HOUSE & 5 ACRES, 3/1 w/ screened porch, 2 living areas, beautiful pasture, LCMISD, WOODRIDGE LAND, (409) 745-1115.

LAND & LOTS OVER AN ACRE, VICTORY Gardens, nice quiet neighborhood, water and electric ready, cement dr., perfect homesite, $28,000 OBO, Call Mike @ (409) 735-7680.

READY TO GO!, water and sewer on site, ready to move on, 2.716 acres in LCMISD, Turtle Road, livestock and mobiles OK, seller will finance, WOODRIDGE LAND, (409) 745-1115.

430 HOLLY ST., BC, lots 28 - 29 - 25’ of 27 a n d 15’ of 30, $30,000, water and sewer tap paid; 450 Holly, 1 bedrm. house, zone B, buy ALL for $50,000, No Owner Finance, (409)735-5041.

• Go Tankless. For even more efficiency, install a tankless water heater, which heats water on demand. A natural gas tankless water heater, near the point of use, eliminates energy loss caused by tank heaters that have unused water cooling in the tank. This can save hundreds of gallons of water over the course of a year. Plus, such tankless heaters last almost twice as long as tank water heaters.

• Take Low-Volume Showers.

Replace your high-volume shower head with an aerated shower head,

MOBILES OK!, 1.282 acres on 2 wooded lots in Mauriceville, LCMISD, MUDD water and sewer available, financing avalable, WOODRIDGE LAND, (409) 745-1115.

23 ACRES, livestock & mobiles OK, LCMISD, MMUD water & sewer available, wooded and quiet, WOODRIDGE LAND, (409) 745-1115.

MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE TIRED OF PAYING RENT? 2 BEDROOM IN BC, in Shady Estates, all appliances Refrig / microwave/ stove, ceramic tile, full bath, roomy and cute inside, new water heater / stove & breakers, $3,500, will finance with $1,000 down (409) 474-1518 or 474-2260.

RENT TO OWN! ‘96 FLEETWOOD 3/2 (full baths), CA/H, all appliances, fresh paint, roomy, nice Mobile home at #202 Park St. in Shady Estates M.H. park, $13,000, owner financing w/ $3,500 down, 2 years on balance, can be moved or remain in nice park, call (409) 474-2252 to see.

ORANGE ESTATE SALE! Next Week Thurs. thru Sat. Dec. 8 - 10 2016 Stakes Ave Behind Auto Zone (Off McArthur Dr.) Open 9 a.m. till 4 p.m.

Antiques, Tables, 3 piece full size bedroom set. Broyhill love seat, gas dryer, 2 wooden kitchen tables w/ 2 chairs each, lots more goodies!

FOR RENT - BC School District 2 BR / 1BA Mobile Home Washer / Dryer Hook up $525 month

which uses a mix of water and air to produce a flow that feels strong but can save up to 60 percent of water compared to an average shower -- reducing both your water and energy use.

• Avoid the “Phantom Load.” Appliances such as your TV, DVD player, cell phone charger, computer and other gadgets consume energy just by being plugged in. Unplug them when not in use. If that’s too cumbersome, plug them into a powerstrip that you can turn on and off with just one flick of a switch.

AUTOMOBILES

‘68 FORD MUSTANG. GT Fastback, Automatic, runs and drives well, Price $6950, for details mail me at stephbo2@msn.com / 512-782-4586.

‘98 FORD TAURUS: motor, 3.0 V-6, asking $350 OBO; Whole car, $500, for more info call (409) 221-9996.

‘96 MERCEDES BENZ C280 as is. Needs wiper motor, rt headlight lens, inspection and tags. $1200. Great buy! Email cdcampbell2@gt.rr.com for more info.

‘T R U C K S & VA N S ‘88 CHEVROLET P.U., runs good, $1,200, 543-8089 or 886-7329.

‘'85 CHEVY C-10, V-8, LWB,

A/C, C. player, auto trans., PS/B, good motor, no oil leakage, $3,000 OBO, ask for Ruth @ (409) 735-7353 ‘02 CHEVY BLAZER 4X4 FULLY LOADED! Power steering, power brakes, power windows. Call 409-779-3354 ‘90 FORD F-150, straight 6, 5 spd. manual trans., good cond., $1,600; ‘98 Dodge Dakota, v-8, 5 speed man. trans., good cond., A/C, needs power steering pump, $1,200, (409) 221-0798 or 735-9729.

CUSTOM RIMS, 15”, off ‘86 Camero, $300, (409) 8834992 or 221-4610.

SHINE

Allow your light to shine unto the lives of our patiennts and thier families by becoming a Hospice Volunteer! To inquire about our "Shiners" Youth Volunteer program (ages

12-17), or our Adult Volunteer Program. Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator at 832-4582. Hospice of Texas, 2900 North Street suite 100, Beaumont, Texas 77702.

GARAGE SALES

SAT., 504 LANSING ST., WO, 8am to 1pm. (corner of Austin and Lansing St), under carport. Furniture, appliances, home goods, tools, kid’s items and antiques.

SAT., 100 CIRCLE DR., BC, Circle Drive Baptist Church, 8 till noon. Giant Rummage Sale!

SAT., 4905 YOUPON, OF, off Tanglewood from Bessie Hts. Rd., W off Hwy 1442, 8 till noon. Lots of Misc., clothes, Christmas decor, etc.

SAT., 505 MEADOWLAWN, BC, 9 till 1. Lots of Christmas items (tags, bags, wrapping paper, etc.), ladies clothes (Jeans and shorts size 8/10/12, 2X shirts, size 9 1/2 shoes), candles, flower arragements, Wii bundle, Nintendo system and games, lots of misc.

SAT., 230 JANE, BC, 6:30 till 11am. Christmas decor & other holiday items, kid’s / adult / baby clothes (winter), home decor, tools, furniture, boat, toys (new and used), books, More!

1433 South hwy. 69, NederlaNd, tX 77627

409-727-3999 • toll Free 866-735-3999

SAT., 497 E. SUSAN CIR., BC, 7 till noon. Christmas items, lawn furniture, ladders, weedeater, old dishes, bottles, computer desk, etc.

SAT., 2654 W. NORMAN CIR., ORG/OF, off Hwy 105, 8 till 1, 2 SALES! Christmas things still in boxes, Christmas tree, all size clothes, 10 cell phones, house items, VHS movies, Much More!

SAT, 375 RACHAL AVE IN BC, 6am till ? - Lots of women, men, kids clothes, shoes, shop early and cheap!

Great 3/2/1 cozy home on cul-de-sac with a lot of updates. Nice kitchen with corian countertops and tile backsplash, large living room with laminate floors, covered patio area, etc. $109,900 Call Tracy Permenter at 920-0714.

WWW.REmAxFIRST-TExAS.COm EACH OFFICE IS INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

B.C. School District (no city taxes)

1 BR / 1BA Mobile Home $450 month 3 BR / 1BA Mobile Home Washer, Dryer, Furnished $620 Month

• Fix Leaks. From dripping faucets to drafty doors and windows, leaks can be a major source of energy and water waste. Being a responsible homeowner or tenant and attending to those annoying home improvements can significantly reduce your monthly water and energy bills.

For more tips on saving water and energy in your home, visit www.comfortableresponsible.org.

When it comes to your money and the planet, little steps can make a big difference.

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LEGAL NOTICES CIVIL CITATION - CCVPUBWD THE STATE OF TEXAS TO: Michael Trahan

Respondent, NOTICE:

YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk 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.

You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Plaintiff's Petition at or before 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next after the expiration of forty-two days after the date of issuance of this citation the same being JANUARY 2, 2012.

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 PETITION ORIGINAL PETITION was filed and docketed in the Honorable 260th District Court of Orange County, Texas at the District Clerk's Office at the Orange County Courthouse 801 W. Division Ave., Orange, Texas on NOVEMBER 16, 2010 in the following styled and numbered case: The suit requests DEFENDANT BE CITED TO APPEAR AND ANSWER "SEE ATTACHED" CAUSE NO. 100729-C Kimberly Kane VS. Michael Trahan, defendant et al

Lot for Mobile Home $200

The name and address of the attorney for Plaintiff otherwise the address of Plaintiff is: JONATHAN C JUHAN 985 I-10 NORTH STE 100 BEAUMONT, TEXAS 77706 ISSUED AND GIVEN under my hand and seal of the Court at Orange, Texas, on November 15, 2011.

RV lot - 50 amp $380 month

VICKIE EDGERLY, Orange County District Clerk Orange County, Texas

Quiet Park

On-Site Manager & Maintenance

Bayou Pines Park 19603 Hwy 62 S.

(409) 656-8826

(Between Like New Auto & Winfree Baptist Church)

For Sale by Owner 3 BR/1BA, laundry room, 2 carports Large updated kitchen with custom oak cabinets Large Shop (approx. 60’ x 12’) Just under half acre lot with sides and back fenced Appraised at $88,000 3719 Victory Circle Call 409-656-8826 or 409-769-5633

By: Charlean

Lindsey

Deputy

BRIEF FOR PUBLICATION The following statement shall be incorporate in any Citation for Publication up Defendant, MICHAEL TRAHAN: Cause No: 1007259-C, 260th Judicial Dist. Court; On or about December 20, 2008, in Orange Co., TX, Defendant PEGGY PRICE, insured vehicle owner of vehicle driven by Defendant, Michael Trahan, slammed into Plantiff Kimberly Kane, causing her injury.

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