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The Penny Record of Bridge City and Orangefield • Founded 1960Vol. 51 No. 46 Week of Wednesday, February 15, 2012

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There will be some new wheels for some county de-partments.

The Orange County Com-missioners’ Court approved

the purchase of a 2012 Ford F-150 with options and a 2012 Ford F-150 with options and a lift gate at their meeting Mon-day afternoon. These vehicles were approved as capital out-lay expenditures for the mos-quito control department.

A 1998 Ford F-150 and a

1999 Ford F-250 with a lift gate will be traded-in for the new vehicles.

Precinct 3 Commissioner John Dubose favored Purchas-ing Agent Connie Cassidy to go out for quotes on the ve-hicles.

Tina Barrow, elections ad-

ministrator for Orange Coun-ty, said during the citizens’ c o m m e n t s portion of the meeting the blue and white voter’s registra-

tion cards have now expired. The new cards will be yellow but they can’t be issue until the redistricting map is solved statewide.

She added the primary schedule for April 3 in Texas

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The Bridge City Chamber of Com-merce announced the Students of the Month for February at their monthly networking coffee on Feb. 14 at Luv Lingerie, located at 2215 Texas Avenue in Bridge City. Jacki O’Dell was chosen as the Bridge City Stu-dent of the Month and Maria Winfree was chosen as the Orange-field Student of the Month.

Jacki O’Dell is the daughter of Amanda and Richard Sonier and Jack O’Dell. She is ranked 94 out of her class of 176 with a grade point average of 3.34. Jacki’s awards and honors are:

•Cross Country Gold Medalist (fresh-man)

• “Never Shout Nev-er” - 1st Place (fresh-man)

•Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo – Award of Excellence (freshman)

•“Lights in Concert” – 1st Place at State Fair (sophomore)

•Bridge City Art Exhibition – 1st Place and Honorable Men-tion (sophomore)

•Houston Live-stock Show & Rodeo – Award of Excellence

(sophomore)• J&B Framing – 1st

and 2nd Place (junior)•Houston Livestock

Show & Rodeo – Gold Medal (junior)

•Alternate for Western Art Academy in Kerrville (junior)

• BCHS Art Exhibi-

tion 2011 – 2nd Place (junior)

• BCHS 2011 - Most Outstanding Female Artist (junior)

•BCHS Art Exhibi-tion 2011 – Special Merit (junior)

•Bridge City Heri-tage Festival – 1st

Place (senior) •Houston Livestock

Show & Rodeo – Best of Show (senior)

Jacki has a poten-tial chance to attend Glassell Junior School of Art this summer and a chance to win a scholarship.

Her Clubs and Organizations in-clude: Art Club – 9th through 12th grade; Treasurer 11th grade and President 12th grade.

She is involved in Community Ser-vice with her Church Youth Group, Hur-ricane Ike cleanup, blood drive, assisted in Art Exhibition set up, assisted with Her-itage Park fundraiser and designed a color-ing page for a Heritage Park event.

Art teacher, Debbie Gregg said of Jacki, “I have been honored to teach Jacki for the past four years and during this time, we have had an excep-tional student-teacher relationship. Jacki is an intelligent and tal-ented young lady; her gift is her art. Jacki has the natural abil-ity to create extraor-dinary art works. Among the many art contests in which she has completed and the

BC Knights ofColumbus host Lenten dinners

Bridge City Knights of Columbus Lenten fish din-ners (fried catfish, fries, coleslaw,hush puppies) be-gins Friday, Feb. 17, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost $8 per plate. Please call 409-735-4289 or 735-5725.

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Debbie Gregg, Amanda Sonier, Bridge City Cham-ber Ambassador Elyse Thibodeaux, Superinten-dent Mike King, Bridge City Student of the Month Jacki O’Dell, Principal Mr. Briggs.

Bridge City Chamber Ambassador Dave Derosier, Superintendent Philip Welch, Orangefield Student of the Month Maria Winfree, Counselor Ms. Wil-son, Christy Delgado.

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Former Bridge City Cardinal baseball coach Chuck Young was honored by alumni and fans at Cardinal Field on Saturday. Young coached Bridge City baseball for 28 years. He was inducted into the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2008. (See Story B) RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

HALL OF FAME COACH COMES HOME

Students O-Dell, Winfree recognizedStaff ReportFor The Record

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Maybe you can help solve the mystery of who killed the director.

The Bridge City-Orange-field Chamber of Com-merce is presenting their second annual mystery dinner theatre titled, Who Killed the Director? The event starts at 7 p.m. on February 25 at the Bridge City Community Center,

Tickets start at $35. Those who purchase a whole table of six seats will get $20 off the ticket price. A table decoration sponsor-ship is $50 with a table pur-chase, $100 without a table purchase.

Currently, there are only six tables left, but more can be added.

Cast member Brandy Slaughter said last year’s mystery dinner theatre sold out and was a lot of fun.

The cast for Who Killed the Director is as follows:

• Eric Andrus, Bobby Vincent, Trey Tomplait, Brandy Slaughter, Alex Edgerly, Adrienne Colletti Platt, Marcy Messer Hud-son, Elyse Thibodeaux, An-gela Thames, Brian Hud-son, Richard de la Concha, Aaron Dunbar, and direc-tor Lynae Sanford.

For more information contact Eric at the chamber at 409-313-0412, or via Facebook.

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Magnuson named BCCC ‘Employee of the Month’

Employee of the Month Jean Magnuson, Bridge City ISD, and Bridge City Chamber Ambassador Shirley Zimmerman.

Jean Magnuson was named as the Employee of the Month for February. The announcement was made by the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce monthly coffee held Tuesday.

Magnuson is the superintendent’s administrative assistant for Bridge City ISD. She acts as purchasing agent for the Ad-ministration building, deals with calls or visits from upset parents, organizes monthly board agendas, monitors the Ad-ministration buildings budget and keeps the superintendent organized.

“She makes everyone else’s job easier...without anyone knowing she is the one doing it,” said the nomination letter. “She handles all of these with grace and pure professionalism. Jean is the epitome of grace under pressure. It does not matter the situation, she will handle it in the most professional and appropriate way with a smile on her face.”

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Commissioners approved moving next week’s meeting to start at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Monday’s meeting is canceled due to President’s Day.

Douglas Manning, county attorney, announced former County Auditor Todd Mixson may had suffered a stroke and is in a hospital in Houston.

Jeff Kelley, emergency man-agement coordinator, report-ed the remainder walls on the shelter of last resort on FM 1442 were put up last Satur-day.Forty percent of the shel-ter is now complete.

“It’s impressive,” he said.A three-inch force main

pipe will be located on the south side within the county right of way of Simmons Road in Vidor. The force will not be under the road surface to damage it, according to Coun-ty Engineer Les Anderson. The pipe is for a new multi-family apartment complex be-ing built off of FM 105 N.

Also approved was the hir-ing to bill a budgeted clerk position in the tax assessor-collector office. This position

will be vacated by March 1 due to a clerk retiring. Two season-al part-time parks department employees were hired too.

Gene Smith, Orange Coun-ty Veterans’ Service Officer, reported to the court the vet-eran service office is a free service provided by the com-missioners’ court and taxpay-ers.

“Our veterans are encour-aged to take full advantage of this programs,” Smith stated. “There are several indepen-dent so-called ‘National Ac-credited Service Coordina-tors’ within the area who claim that they do not charge for their services.

“However, the VA does al-low an accredited coordinator to charge a 20 percent service fee for some services, paid by the veteran administration and deducted from the veter-an’s gross pay by the VA.”

Smith said this is normally done on a Form 21-22a (fee agreement) that some coor-dinators may ask the veteran to sign without explanation, alone with the stack of other forms. He added any veteran who suspects they may be caught up in this system, there is a VA Form 0904 or a Form 4597 depending where the ap-peal must go that he may sub-mit.

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AgriLIFE to holddiabetic demo

AgriLIFE offers two diabe-tes educational programs in one night beginning at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16 at Bap-tist Orange Hospital in the fifth floor classroom.

Paula Taker, county exten-sion agent, will offer a cooking demonstration.

Steve Willie of Arizona will present “Taking Control.” “I have diabetes and I under-stand the challenges you face,” says Willie.

To reserve your seat call the Texas AgriLIFE Extension of-fice at 409-882-7010.

BCI students recycle to help save the planetBridge City Intermediate School students have been involved in a recycling project to help the planet

and people in Africa. Mrs. Dillon’s fifth grade science classes have flattened, folded, cut, looped to-gether, and rolled up over 4,000 plastic bags. These “plarn” balls will be crocheted by a local MOPS group into 4’ x 6’ bed mats and then sent to Africa. The were excited because they volunteering their time just to help other people.

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Monster Nation will rumble back into Ford Arena with 1,800 tons of dirt and mashed metal on Feb. 17 - 19. What has become the premier monster truck event in the area prom-ises to continue wowing fans with six 10,000 pound ma-chines and much, much more jam packed into two hours of high flying horsepower. Mon-ster Nation Monster Trucks will be on display at various locations around Beaumont this week

The legendary BIGFOOT

will be making a visit to St. Anne’s Catholic School on Fri-day, Feb. 18 at 9 a.m. St. Anne’s students will get to see the newly designed Bigfoot Mon-ster Truck up close and meet the world champion BIG-FOOT Driver, Dan Runte.

Ms. Amy Delgado, Principal of St. Anne Catholic School in Beaumont, arranged for the visit as a reward for the St. Anne Students. “The stu-dents are so excited to be hav-ing “Bigfoot” monster visit our school. It’s a Good Life at St. Anne; we have lots of fun here. We have a high Standard of Achievement Excellence, and

we are very excited to be able to bring the Monster Truck here for the students. At St. Anne’s the students work very hard and we are excited to be able to reward them with this. Its’ a Good Life at St. Anne!!” St. Anne School is located at 375 N 11th St. in Beaumont.

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The nomination goes on to mention Magnu-son’s sense of humor and quick wit and how she makes sure the department operates with a sense of family and community.

“That sense permeates throughout our build-ing and district and Jean is a large reason for this. She is always thinking first of others and how can she make their situation better.”

“She asked to take on the role of BCISD dis-trict United Way representative and has done an excellent job of organizing our district’s ef-forts in the United Way. The same sense of fam-ily and community that she has for our district, she exhibits here for the surrounding area.

“Jean cares for people and it does not take long when anyone is around her to recognize that care and commitment that she has for oth-er people.”

Another person commenting on the choise of

Magnuson had this to say: “I totally support the nomination of Jean M. for employee of the month. She is the backbone of the school dis-trict with the way she supports all the depart-ments. She handles all the correspondence for the school board, all the special projects that are needed by the administration and on top of all that, she is attentive to all who approach her. She has been the ‘shining star’ of my time on the school board.”

Magnuson received a plaque honoring her as the Employee of the Month sponsored by David Self Ford. She also received gift certificates to The Record Newspapers, Bette’s Gift Shop, Du-puis Tire and Service Center, Sonic Drive-In, Total Impressions Salon, Peggy’s on the Bayou, Trendz, Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, and David Self Ford.

impressive number of awards she’s won, Jacki will have her artwork printed on hundreds of t-shirts and cards this year to help raise money for a museum in Bridge City. Jacki has set high goals for herself and will strive to meet them at all costs. She is truly deserving of Student of the Month.”

“Jacki O’Dell is an amazing student. She is so talented and creative, but her quick wit and pre-cious personality are the characteristics I love most about her” stated Sharon Wooley, the CTE Coordinator and Department Chair.

Jacki’s math teacher, Ericka Thibodeaux said “I have the privilege of teaching Jack this year. She is a brilliant young lady and extremely tal-ented. She is always working hard to maintain her grades and she never gives up. She is an ex-cellent role model for the underclassmen. She is very sweet and a pleasure to have in class.”

Future plans for Jacki include pursuing an Art Degree from an out of state college, possibly in Santa Fe or Savanna School of Art & Design.

Marie Winfree is the daughter of Christy Delgado and is ranked 53 out of her class of 107 with a grade point average of 3.37 on the college 4.00 scale and a 3.130 on the Orangefield High ranking scale.

Marie is an active member and secretary of the FFA. She is also an Art Club-At-Large Rep-resentative.

Her awards and honors are:•Big “O” Award from Spanish Teacher•Football Sweetheart for 2011 Homecoming

Court•Won 2nd Place in the “Law Day” Art Contest

hosted by the Federal Court of Beaumont, Tex-as. Had Art work hung in the Federal Building for the year 2010.

• Honorable Mention in Shangri La Art Con-test 2011.

Marie’s involvement in Community Service included:

• OCS Orange Christian Services with her church youth group-folded clothes and handed out food.

• Painted parking lot lines for her church with the church youth group for 6 hours as a

service project.• Sang Christmas Carols for the Sabine House

Nursing Home.Several faculty and staff comments chosen by

the AG Plant and Animal Department had this to say about Maria:

“Maria is a very conscientious student and respectful to her teachers and fellow students,” Web Tech teacher Cindy Womack said. “She wants to do well, tries hard and completes her assignments on time. She is a joy to have in class.”

“It has been my pleasure to have Maria in my art class for all four years of her high school ca-reer,” art teacher Sherry Windham said. “She is a sweet, conscientious student who has worked diligently at her art and has won numerous con-tests and awards for her efforts. I’ll certainly miss her next year in my class!”

“I have had the opportunity to teach Maria over the past three years. Maria is the ‘ideal stu-dent,’” Advanced Animal Science teacher Kaci Greer said. “She gives one hundred and ten per-cent in everything she does, no matter the task. I have watched Maria treat every student in the FFA, no matter who they were, with compas-sion and patience. I consider the Orangefield FFA chapter very fortunate to have Maria as an officer. She is the definition of a true leader.”

“I have had the pleasure of being Maria’s advisor for the past year,” Jessica Gates, AST/FFA advisor, said. “Maria is a wonderful loving student who puts her heart into everything and gives 100 percent no matter what is asked. She has been a wonderful role model and leader for our FFA chapter. She has outstanding leader-ship skills that will help her become a success-ful person.”

Maria’s future plans are to attend Sam Hous-ton State University and major in Animal Sci-ence with a minor in Agribusiness.

Both Jacki and Maria received a certificate honoring them for their accomplishments along with gift certificates from Walmart, Fire-stone Credit Union, Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City, Sabine Federal Credit Union, COS Printing and David Self Ford.


From the Creaux’s NestREMINISCING—A LONG AGO DAY

The date on a couple of pictures that Mike Louviere brought us is Nov. 5, 1960. What is so unique about the pic-tures is that they were taken at a reception held for Lyndon Johnson, candidate for vice-president, held at Jefferson County Airport, three days before he and John F. Kennedy were elected. Kennedy became the youngest and first Cath-olic elected president of the United States. One picture is Johnson and Congressman Jack Brooks waving at the crowd while disembarking from the plane. Speaker Sam Rayburn is pictured with them. The other portrait is of Johnson holding up a newspaper while two large balloons float up high with a large banner saying “Kennedy/John-son.” Well over 1000 people are in the audience, many hold-ing banners. Many faces in the crowd are familiar but one person up front is J.B. Arrington, the barbeque king, much younger of course. LBJ and JFK carried the area with 79 percent of the vote. That got me to wondering about those times when this area was a Democratic stronghold. So strong in fact that Johnson made Southeast Texas one of his last stops before the historical election. Kennedy was shot and killed in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald and Johnson became president and signed the Civil Rights Act. When he did, he said, “I have just signed away the South for Democrats.” Lyndon knew politics. The Vietnam War drove him from office and even though the conflict started under Kennedy, Johnson couldn’t win it or end it. This is just a small but important time in our history. The pictures are a treasure. Today, Barack Obama, a black and white mix, is president, seeking his second term. The GOP is bat-tling it out in the primaries to see who will take him on in November. A Mormon and Catholic are leading the field. Our country keeps evolving. The future will continue to bring the unexpected. *****I’d best get going. I’d appreciate it if you come along. I promise it won’t do you no harm.

REMEMBERING WHITNEY HOUSTON

Death came to Whitney Houston, a pop music icon, at 3:55 p.m. on Saturday, in a room in the Beverly Hills Hotel. I was not surprised to learn she was found dead. I was sur-prised however that she would be found submerged in a bathtub filled with water. A year or so ago, I had said out loud, “That girl is a tragedy waiting to happen.” It was at a time when she didn’t even look like herself. Lately, she seemed to be getting back to herself. She brought joy to mil-lions worldwide through her music. She will long be remem-bered. Few, if any, artists will ever match up to the soulful, unique voice that sold over 170 million albums. Twenty-one years ago, she recorded the “National Anthem” that she sang at Super Bowl XXV. That song went platinum in sales. Just an example of her ability. Private services are scheduled Saturday in her hometown church, in Newark, N.J. Only 48-years-old, she died much too young. Like Hank Wil-liams, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, Whitney and many others in between, fame brought death to way too many even be-fore their 50th birthdays.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME

10 Years Ago-2002DuPont restructuring splits Orange plant. The plant an-

nounces it would be separating the textiles production into it’s own company. “We have two businesses here, packaging and industrial polymers, which will stay DuPont,” said plant manager Gerald Ehrmon. The plants will initially separate the NISP into a subsidiary company of DuPont until the end of 2003.”*****Sabine Rail Service finalizes a lease with the Port of Orange. *****Orange County Clerk, Karen Jo Vance, extended the early voting hours until 7 p.m.*****Bridge City Chamber names Don Peters “Ambassador of the Year.” He is Bridge City’s municipal judge. *****Karen Maddox, after 25 years, retires from the Orange Public Library. *****The winter Olympics in Utah are in full swing. *****Murray Spector, 89, died Feb. 7. He is survived by brothers Toby and Sammie, daughters Maureen and Judy, sons, Larry and Michael. *****Howard Hogg, 44, also died on Feb. 7. He leaves behind his father Orman, brothers Donald, Carl and Larry, sisters Brenda and Rhonda. *****Charles “Dusty” Rhodes, 88, died Feb. 8. For many years he was the voice of high school sports on radio KPAC and KOLE. *****Delta Downs has their big grand opening Feb. 13 with 1,500 slots, great food and lots of fun. (Editor’s note: The racing and gaming establishment has really grown and is a great place to visit.)*****Ernest and Bonnie Swanson cele-brated their 50th wedding anniversary Feb. 9. *****The Lunch Bunch was spotted at Heath’s Golden Corral. Hav-ing great food and fellowship were Cal Broussard, Johnny Montagne, Charlie Farris, Pete Runnels, Claude and Jer-ry Wimberly, Parker Thompson, Joel Steirman, Ricky Trevino, Ruby Pickard, Karen Jo Vance, Roy Dunn, Gro-ver Haliburton, Rev. Leo Anderson, Jack Lovett and Da-vid Peck. *****Judge Don Burgess will be roasted March 15 at the Bridge City celebrity roast. Roasters were Sen. Carl Parker, Judge Buddy Hahn, Ermitt Shepard and with a stroke of genius by Burgess, Sue Ball was added to the list.

Sue in another life was Sue Pate. *****Anna Belle Rost has recovered from foot surgery and is ready to shake a leg. *****Phil York, 64, longtime butcher, died of a heart attack. He is survived by his wife Inelda, daughter Cindy Chil-dress, sons David, James and Phillip Jr., and brother John.*****Avery Celeste Williams, daughter of Austin and Ciclye Williams of Bridge City, celebrates first birth-day Feb. 13.*****Patrick Godwin, six foot, two inch, 290 pound football player, signed a letter of intent at Texas Southern in Houston.*****The Judice French Market, 3005 Seventh Street in Port Arthur, is celebrating it’s 75th anni-versary. Maw Maw and Pa Judice started the store in 1927. It’s a unique store with all the Cajun favorites. The store has had four generations of operators. Al took over from his dad A.J. and now Al Jr. is running the store. (Editor’s note: The store is 85 years old and going stronger than ever.

35 YEARS AGO-1977

Bridge City School Board elections will be held April 12. Terms expire for Gus Garza, Bill Townes and Billy Chris-tian. *****Current tenures, in the city of Bridge City, end for councilmen Shirley Marks, Bubba Hubbard, Gordon Har-vey and mayor P.M. “Red” Wood. *****W. T. Oliver will celebrate his birthday Feb. 15. No one does more for man-kind. Everyday is dedicated to doing something good for people in all walks of life. (Editor’s note: Those of us who knew and cared about this good man still miss him every day.)*****David Claybar announces that Judge Pete Run-nels has expressed a desire to see what can be done to get an ambulance service for Orange County. *****State Rep. Wayne Peveto has the backing at home to warrant the in-troduction of a bill, which would create a third district court in Orange County. *****Two young men from Bridge City, Daryl Segura and Charles Hartman, have released their first gospel album. They are members of the group, “The Followers.”*****”Spec” Faries, longtime butcher and a true character, celebrates his birthday Feb. 15. (Editor’s note: Spec was one of those very independent people and a master of his trade. He was the kind of person you never forget.)

CONDOLENCES

We were sorry to learn of the passing of Joyce Young, age 78, who died Monday, Feb. 13. Funeral services will be held at Claybar Funeral Home in Bridge City. Rev. Kirk Ellender will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thurs-day. Service will be held Friday, 2 p.m. We have known our friends Joyce and husband Kenneth for over 50 years. To-gether for 57 years, they had played an important part in the development of Bridge City. Joyce was one of the sweetest ladies we had ever known. She had a big heart and was loved by everyone who knew her. Even though she was the quieter one in the family everyone knew she was the rock. She loved children and made caring for Kenneth and raising her chil-dren her mission in life. She fought the cancer battle until the Lord called her home. We are all better off to have known her. Our deepest sympathies to Ken, sons David and Mark, daughter Karen and their families. May she rest in peace. Please see obits.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEKRobert Montagne, Drew Domas, Inez Jones, Judy

Brownlie, Mandy LeBauve, Patricia Davis, Vicky Stanley, Ann McDuff, John Chauvin, Kim Harmon, Mellisa Tut-tle, Rolf Schulz, Alayna George, Tom Edwards, Lucy Pul-liam, Ashley Floyd, Bernice Say, Justin Broussard, Jere-my Crocker, Betty Drachenberg, Betty Smith, Leah Gun-stream, Charlotte North, Ruby Sanders, Christy Faulk, Darrin Havens, Jason Clark, Martha Pittman, Ty Brous-sard, Nathan Dickman, Ron Teaff, Sydney Peet, Allison Floyd, Erin Boren, Beverly Satir, Jim Izer and Amanda Newman.

A FEW HAPPENINGSBridge City to start new method of garbage pickup start-

ing Monday, Feb. 20. Ninety-six gallon trash carts will be delivered to all homes by Feb. 24. The new carts will be cost free to citizens. Republic Services and city officials advise that no other type of container will be picked up. *****Speak-ing of trash, the big Shangri La’s annual “Trash Off” is next Saturday. Everyone will gather at Lion’s Park at or be-fore 8 a.m. Bring the entire family or church group. There will be lots of fun, drinks, food and prizes. Mike Hoke wel-comes everyone interested in a clean community to come join a team and feel good about what you’re doing. *****We are fortunate in Orange County to have many good food outlets, nice restaurants with a variety of food specialties. You have many choices. We suggest you try our local cuisine before going out of town. Kathy, at the new Sure Catch Restaurant, in Bridge City, reports that they had a great for-mal opening. Spotted enjoying the seafood this weekend were H.D. and Pat Pate and Mr. and Mrs. Ray LeLeux, who reported the food was great. *****Adele picked up six trophies at the Grammy Awards show. She matched Be-yonce for the most wins in a night. The six awards included album, record and song of the year. Adele’s “21” was 2011’s best selling album. She also preformed for the first time since having throat surgery. I can hardly understand her Limey accent but she can really belt a song. Prior to the Grammy show, Adele was featured on “60 Minutes” in an interview with Anderson Cooper. Besides the tribute to Whitney Houston, Glen Campbell, who has Alzheimer’s, was honored for his lifetime contribution to music. *****Not many surprises yet in local politics with the exception of Judge Pete Runnels, who has announced he will be a candi-date for mayor of Pinehurst. He previously served three terms as mayor and as city administrator. *****I’m told to ex-pect other unexpected filings in the city elections. Also, some folks are waiting to throw their hat in the ring if filings reopen in state and county races. I don’t look for reopening to happen locally however. *****Judge Pat Clark performed the wedding of his bailiff, Trish Journey, and Sgt. Charles Williams, on Valentine’s Day in his chambers. Williams is with the sheriffs office parole division. The couple makes their home in Little Cypress. Judge Pat has a good average of his weddings sticking. Congrats and best wishes to the new bride and groom. *****What a crew...spotted having lunch last week was retired county treasurer Vergie More-land, retired county clerk Molly Theriot, retired Chief Deputy Irene Pachuca and County Clerk Karen Jo Vance. Now there’s a good start on a jury. *****Congrats to West Orange-Stark eighth grader, Nathan Hayes, who brought home two medals from the UIL solo ensemble superior ranking and outstanding ensemble. Proud mom is County Clerk Deputy Brandy Robertson. *****Alan and Myra Sanders’ oldest son, Aaron, who also is Lynwood’s grand-son, is starting a new church, Coastal Community Church, in Galveston. Hopefully the first service will be on Easter

Sunday. *****CREAUX’S TIP OF THE WEEK: Use vertical strokes when washing windows outside and horizontal for inside windows. This way you can tell which side has the streaks. Straight vinegar will get outside windows really clean. Don’t wash windows on a sunny day, they will dry too quickly and will probably streak. *****CAJUN DEFINI-TION: Mardi Gras (Mardi-graw), commonly known as Fat Tuesday because in Cajun that’s what the words Mardi (Tuesday) and Gras (fat) mean. In French the order of the words are often reversed. In English it would be Tuesday-Fat. It is the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Roman Catholic season of Lent. It’s also the day of the big-gest parade on earth in New Orleans and many other places. *****A few folks celebrating their special day this week. Our old buddy Harold Forse turns 92 on Feb. 15. He’s marching towards 100. Here’s hoping we’re here to celebrate with him. ***Longtime school administrator Robert Montagne cuts another notch on the ladder of life on Feb. 15. ***Clint “C.W.” Britt hits a half of hundred on Feb. 16. Best wishes for clear skies ahead. The road is yours to travel. ***Some-times Record sports writer Mark Walles’ eldest, Alayna Walles George turns another year older Feb. 17.***Norman Berry, a great guy, turns 72 on Feb. 18. Keep on keeping on. ***On this day, Rev. Leo and Ivalyn would have been mar-ried 52 years. I’m still struggling with the fact that he’s gone. ***Our friend Ray Craven turns 64 on Feb. 20. I wish I had a dime for every nail he’s driven. Happy birthday and keep on a-hammering. ***Michael Gilbert, chief deputy in the coun-ty clerk’s office, celebrates his special day on Mardi Gras, Feb. 21. Happy birthday to all. *****Ash Wednesday begins Lent which will last 40 days until Easter Sunday. *****I just discovered that Charles “Butch” Duncan, born June 17, 1954 in Bridge City, passed away Feb. 8, at his home in Hous-ton. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Manya Fay, daughters Shawna Talton, Carlen Duncan and Rachael Duncan and their families. He also leaves behind his mom Julia Duncan. Some of you in the Bridge City area might re-member the Duncans. *****

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK

Clotile Boudreaux went to see Dr. Desomeaux for a checkup. She told da doctor dat this is very personal and she would like to talk to him in his private office.

Da Doc said, “Okay.” He axe Mrs. Boudreaux wat da problem is.

Clotile told him she was losing her desire for sex her.Dr. Desomeaux him, looked at her and axed, “My god,

Mrs. Boudreaux, you 76 years old aren’t you?”“Yes, “ she replied.Da Doc said, “And you husband Clovis, he’s 79 him?”She answered, “Dats right, he’s 79.”Da Doc say, “Let me axe you, when did you first notice

dis loss of desire?”“Well Doc,” she answer, “Las night and again dis morn-

ing.”

C’EST TOUTWell, I’ve come to the end of a tough week and haven’t giv-

en as much time to politics that I usually would. I checked on the latest polls however and President Obama’s num-bers are steadily going up. A CBS poll Monday shows his ap-proval rising to 50 percent, ten points ahead of his closest challenger Mitt Romney. National polls favor Rick Santo-rum over Romney but fall way behind when pitted against Obama. Amazingly 61 percent approve of the way the Pres-ident handled the contraceptive controversy. Ninety percent of Americans disapprove of the congress, only 10 percent approve of the job they are doing. Las Vegas still says that Romney will win the GOP nomination but if he loses his home state of Michigan I’m not so sure. A battle could go to the wire and a brokered convention in Tampa, in August. Las Vegas also says 60-38 that Obama will be re-elected. Meanwhile, here in Texas we still don’t know for sure when we will hold our primaries and what our districts will look like. Republicans brought on the problem with gerryman-dering started with Tom DeLay and Rick Perry and contin-ued this year by all Republicans, Texas legislature and gov-ernment. The state has grown by three million minority voters yet Attorney General Abbott and the Republicans agree to only two minority congressional seats rather than the four seats that are justified. That’s hanging up the pro-cess. My best guess is that many Tea Party obstructionist congressmen will get beat. *****The president has submitted his new 2013 budget. Sixty-eight percent believe letting the Bush give-away to the wealthiest Americans should expire, 57 percent of Republicans believe the same. Gas prices will hurt our economy. Big oil is making the biggest profit ever, yet President Obama will get the blame. The bus was run in the ditch yet the congress sat on their hands and said, “Just Say No.” Despite their lack of help, the economy is growing ever so slowly, but growing, today after a deep recession our future looks brighter*****Well, that’s my say and the latest on the national front. Thanks for your time. Read us cover to cover. Take care and God bless.

In the increasingly interconnected and innovation-driven world in which we live and work, aviation provides a vital link to economic opportunity. U.S. airports are the starting points for nearly 22,000 daily flights that carry about 2 million people across our country and the globe. Nearly 11 million Americans are employed by the aviation industry, which generates $1.3 tril-lion in economic activity annually. Aviation provides vital ser-vices – in commerce, agriculture, and medical and law enforce-ment emergencies – for small and rural communities.

Congress recently approved bipartisan legislation that reau-thorizes the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and ex-tends vital programs for airports and air travel. Arriving at a good, balanced bill wasn’t easy. The previous FAA reauthori-zation bill expired nearly five years ago. Repeated (23) short-term extensions of the FAA kept commercial air travel going. But short-term extensions didn’t provide the long-term stability which airports, commercial airlines, and private aviation need-ed to make capital investments in new runways, terminals, and other facilities.

As the Ranking Republican on the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, which has jurisdiction over the FAA, I worked with the Democrat Chairman, Jay Rock-efeller, to produce a long-term, fiscally responsible reauthoriza-tion bill that earned both Republican and Democrat support. It makes a number of improvements for air travelers, assures pub-lic safety, and will strengthen a vital sector of our economy in the years ahead.

This bill provides for modernization of our antiquated air traffic control system, and moves us one step closer to more effi-cient and safer travel through our national airspace. When fully implemented, the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) initiative will transform air traffic control (ATC) from a ground-based radar system to a satellite-based system that uses Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation and sur-veillance, digital communications, and more accurate weather services. In addition to improving safety for commercial and general aviation, and reducing flight times and delays, NextGen will help airlines to conserve fuel, reduce jet engine emissions, and reduce costs.

For the millions of Americans who reside in rural areas and for those who travel to and from these areas of the country, the FAA bill contains important provisions that will strengthen rural communities’ access to air service by continuing incentives for carriers to gain improved service to small and rural communities. The bill also authorizes the Small Community Air Service Devel-opment program to support creative financing at rural airports.

The new legislation also moves forward use of unmanned air-craft systems (UAS). UAS deployment to bolster border security and law enforcement is a particularly important new capability for rural areas and smaller communities along our border. UAS technology can also be a valuable new resource for fighting the kinds of wildfires that ravaged scores of Texas communities last year.

Now – more than ever – it is critical for leaders in Washing-ton to work together to advance policies that are both fiscally responsible and provide the private sector with the certainty and predictability needed to create jobs and revive our weak econo-my. I am proud that this legislation helps to accomplish both of those imperatives. For instance, this bill establishes a process to

address outdated and obsolete FAA air traffic control facilities to save taxpayer money. The long-term certainty and predict-ability this bill gives to one of the largest industries in our coun-try and its stakeholders allows for more effective and efficient use of taxpayer dollars.

Ultimately, what this legislation means for our economy, for our safety, and for our national security is paramount, and in turn it will undoubtedly have a positive impact – either directly or indirectly – on the lives of all Americans.

Hutchison, a Republican, is the senior U.S. senator from Tex-as and Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.

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FAA legislation takes flight benefiting economy, public safety, national securityU.S. Senator Kay Bailey HutchisonSpecial To The Record

I’ve told this story years back, but ev-ery year around Valentine’s Day, those memories from sixty-five years back flood my thoughts.

I returned to elementary school in Wheeler, Texas in the middle of the third grade, having spent the first couple years following Dad around the country wherever the U.S. Navy sent him. In 1943, they shipped him out to South America, and we returned to Wheeler.

Having left Wheeler when I was about four or five, I knew very few of the kids in school. I’ll never forget that first year for it was the one that I didn’t receive any cards on Valentine’s Day.

Looking back, the problem was more mine than anyone else’s. A new kid coming in during the middle of the year had a tough time fitting in. He was usually an outsider until someone felt sorry for him and invited him into their little exclusive set of playmates.

I was always a little belligerent, I suppose, for instead of trying to fit in, I ignored them, going my own way and pretending I was content with my own company. I let no slight pass, which meant, I usually stayed busy at recess giving and taking punches from first one hard-headed little boy, and then, at the next recess, an-other. Sometimes I won, sometimes I lost.

I’ll tell you, working on the farm made some of those old coun-try boys mean and tough.

As a result of my propensity for fighting, I saw a lot more of the principal and his hardwood paddle than I wanted. And when I

got home that evening, Mom was waiting with a hickory switch.Consequently, I became quite the connoisseur of switches

from the whippy willows that wrapped around your leg three or four times to the almost unbreakable hickory branches that left indelible imprints on your behind.

Now, even at that age, I had vague idea of Valentine’s. I knew that the month of February was somehow connected to girls and romance. I was sort of puzzled why it was observed at school, but when I learned that cake and punch accompanied the Valentine cards, I figured it was a great idea.

You see, the way it worked was that the teacher decorated a box about a week ahead of time into which each student would drop Valentines for others in his class. Each day, different class-mates would sidle up to the box and with an embarrassed giggle or sly wink, drop in a card.

All I cared about was the cake and punch. They could have their cards.

A couple days before Valentine’s is when I took part in “The Big Fight.”

She whipped me.That’s right. She whipped me.Back then, third grade girls could be mighty snippy. Dela Fay

was snippy personified. When she told me at recess I was mean and ugly, I responded, “Oh yeah. You’re uglier.”

That’s when she slapped me.Now if she’d been a boy, the war would have been on, but she

was girl. Confused as to my next step, I just stared at her. Kids gathered around, giggling at me. My ears burned. I had to do something, so I pushed her shoulder, and she slapped me again. The kids giggled louder. I shoved, and she slapped.

Fortunately after several more exchanges, the teacher stopped us.

Kent ConwellLighter Side of LifeFor The Record

A valentine from way back, a memory never forgotten

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AARP income tax assistance program offeredThe AARP Tax Filing Assistance Program will have trained

volunteers available from 12:15 to 4 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday through April 13th in the Orange Public Library.

Anyone seeking assistance should bring the following: all W-2 and 1099 forms, including Social Security benefits and state-ments; records of Capital gains and losses; receipts of medical expenses, taxes paid, interest paid, contributions, casualty and theft losses, job expenses, sales tax receipts for major purchases and Social Security cards for dependents; a copy of your 2010 tax return, which will be very helpful for the volunteers assisting in the preparations of the 2011 return.

Electronic filing will be available. No tax returns will be start-ed after 4 p.m.

BCHS Speech and Debate team host family personal protection seminar

The Bridge City High School Speech and Debate presents a

Family Personal Protection Seminar instructed by Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City on Saturday, Feb. 18, in the Bridge City High School Competition Gym from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

The seminar will cost $15 per individual and $35 per family of four; minimum participation age is 6 years old.

T-Shirt will be included for participants who sign up by Jan. 27. All proceeds will go to Bridge City High School

For more information, please contact Elyse Thibodeaux with Tiger Rock Martial Arts at 409-920-1462 or contact Jennifer Clarke with Bridge City Speech and Debate at 409-735-1600.

Orange VFW to commemorate sinking of USS Maine

Orange Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2775 will commemo-rate the sinking of the USS Maine on Feb. 15, 1898. The pro-gram will cover events that precipitated the beginning of the Spanish American War, which began in April of 1898. The pub-lic is invited to attend the program, which will take place at the VFW Hall on Highway 87 N (5303 N 16th St). For further infor-mation, contact John Clark at 883-0264.

Lutcher Stark Bengal Guards to meet Feb. 17The Lutcher Stark Bengal Guards, years 1935-1944, will have

their monthly meeting at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 17 at The Sun-set Grove Country Club on 2900 W. Sunset Drive. All The Lutch-er Stark Guards are invited to attend.

Red Hot Flashers to meet Feb. 15The Red Hot Flashers have changed their usual meeting date

to Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 11:30 a.m. They will meet in the home of Madame Rebecca Nation for there annual Mardi Gras party. Ladies are to bring finger foods and dress in Mardi Gras style.

Birthday ladies are: Lady Betty Boop, Betty Morgan: Queen Helene, Helen Broussard: and Lady Frenchie, Marie Browning.

For directions to the home call 409-779-7213.

Christian Women’s Job Corps to host classes

Christian Women’s Job Corps (CWJC), “offering a hand up not a hand out”), serving the Golden Triangle will be having Orien-tation Day at the Orange Site, located at 2300 41st Street, (room # 37) Orange, TX 77630 with Spring Classes resuming on Feb. 15 at 10 a.m.

The organization, which was started in 1997, has had a tre-mendous success rate of helping women from all walks of life improve that their quality. We have been in the Golden Triangle since 2005 and the modern Orange site is a wonderful job skill site, offering free of charge, job skills such as computer skills, re-sume writing, interview techniques, job etiquette, business and banking, crafts, as well as a Bible study, with a graduation cere-mony complete with certificate at completion.

Each student will also be assigned a personal mentor to ac-company them in their journey to wholeness. For more informa-tion, please call 409-883-9100.

AgriLIFE to hold diabetic cooking demoAgriLIFE offers two diabetes educational programs in one

night beginning at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16 at Baptist Or-ange Hospital in the fifth floor classroom.

Paula Taker, county extension agent, will offer a cooking dem-onstration.

Steve Willie of Arizona will present “Taking Control.” “I have diabetes and I understand the challenges you face,” says Willie.

To reserve your seat call the Texas AgriLIFE Extension office at 409-882-7010.

OC Relay for Life Survivor Dinner rescheduledThe Orange County Relay for Life Survivor Dinner, which was

originally scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 16 has been rescheduled. The Relay for Life Survivor Dinner has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 29 from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Bridge City Commu-nity Center.

BC Knights of Columbus host Lenten dinnersBridge City Knights of Columbus Lenten fish dinners (fried

catfish, fries, coleslaw,hush puppies) begins Friday, Feb. 17, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Every Friday through Friday, March 30. Cost $8 per plate. Dine-in or take-out. Will deliver for ten or more. Please call in orders Thursday evening or early Friday by 9 a.m. Please call 409-735-4289 or 735-5725.

OC Coin Club to host coin showThe Orange County Coin club will host a coin show on Satur-

day and Sunday, Feb. 18-19, at the VFW on Hwy. 87 in Orange. Hours for the show are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The community is invited to attend. For more information, please call 745-4280.

Orange Chapter of DAR to meet Feb. 20 The William Diamond Chapter of The Daughters of the

American Revolution of Orange will have their monthly meeting on at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 20.

The meeting will be held at 620 Idylwood Street in Bridge City. The program for the meeting will be “Portrait of Dolly Madi-son.” Any woman eighteen years of age or older who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of The American Revolution is eli-gible for membership.

Anyone who is interested in becoming a member is encour-aged to attend. If more information is needed, the Chapter Re-gent may be contacted @ 409-735-5253.

BC Band Boosters to meet Feb. 21Bridge City Band Boosters will hold its monthly meeting on

Tuesday, February 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school band hall. For more information, follow the group on Facebook or www.bridgecitybands.com

LCM Young Farmers to sell barbecue platesLittle Cypress-Mauriceville Young Farmers are taking orders

for barbecue plates with brisket, sausage, potato salad, beans and trimmings. They are $10 per plate and you can contact ei-ther Jennifer at 281-793-3364 or Carrie at 409-886-7988 to buy tickets. Pick up for plates is Saturday Feb. 25 from 11 am to 1 pm at the Orange County Livestock Barn in Mauriceville, you will need to pre-order plates as we will not be selling additional plates on day of pick up. Last day to order plates will be Feb. 15th. The monies raised will go toward our scholarship fund.

LCM Young Farmers is having a garage sale Saturday March 3rd from 8-2 at Grace Lutheran Church 2300 Eddlemen Rd Or-ange (across from Memorial field). Monies raised will go toward scholarships and 2012 FFA State Convention for LCM students

Girl’s Haven Gumbo Cook-off set for Feb. 25Girl’s Haven is excited to announce that their 18th Annual

Gumbo Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 25. They will hold their annual gumbo cook-off to be held in the Parkdale Mall parking lot in Beaumont. This year’s entry fee will be a $100 donation to Girl’s Haven per team to secure a 10x10 space or $150 donation to Girl’s Haven per team to secure a 10x20 space. Spaces are available to those (businesses or persons) wish-ing to participate as cook team.

Gumbo will be judged in three categories: seafood, poultry and combination. There will also be a People’s Choice award giv-en.

The Gumbo is schedule for 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Live entertain-ment will be provide by Texas 80 Proof, Lamar Port Arthur, Stone Cold and other live entertainment. They will also be host-ing Sonny “The Bird Man” for a live show. There will be a kid’s area with carnival like games that fun for the whole family. Gumbo tickets are sold on-site. Admission and parking is free. A large bowl or four small bowls of different gumbo is cost $7.

Sponsor’s include YMBL, SETMA, Quality Mat, Valero, La-mar Advertising and Clear Channel Radio, as well as many oth-ers.

For more information on cook teams or sponsorships, please call Alice Teeler or Pati Crittenden at Girl’s Haven at 409-832-6223.

BCHS Alumni Assoc. to meet March 3

The BCHS Alumni Association will meet on Thursday, March 3 at Bridge City High School. Also, a Fine Arts Exibit and Open House will be held at BCHS.

Deadline for BCISD Board of Trustees Appli-cation approaches

The deadline to file applications for be placed on Bridge City I.S.D School Board of Trustees. Regular (special) election ballot may be filed until March 5, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Drop off or mail applications to Bridge City I.S.D., Superintendents Office, 1031 W. Roundbunch, Bridge City, Tx 77611.

Former DuPont instrument employees reunionThe annual reunion of former DuPont instrument employees

will be held Tuesday, March 6 at JB’s Barbecue at 5750 Old High-way 90 in Orange. The group will meet in the parking lot at 12 p.m. to visit and will move inside at 1 p.m. In the event of bad weather, plan to arrive at 12:45 p.m. Attendees will pay for their own lunch selection through the serving line. If you are a retired or former DuPont or INVISTA instrument employee, you are in-vited to attend this reunion.Visitors are welcome. For more in-formation, contact Dan Ryder at 409-504-5046 or [email protected].

LCM FFA to host Spring Easter FundraiserThe Little Cypress-Mauriceville FFA is kicking off their Spring

Easter Fundraiser. Meat items and the dessert orders must are being taken and should be turned in by Friday, March 9, (Friday before Spring Break) and will be in before Easter Weekend. The forms and information are attached. To place an order, contact Brandy Whisenant, 409-886-5821 extension 1040 [email protected].

BC Project Graduation to host Ladies Night OutThe ladies of the community are invited to attend LADIES

NIGHT OUT, a night to come and enjoy a night of socializing and browsing with local vendors supporting your local business and Bridge City 2012 Project Graduation. This event will be held on March 24 at the Bridge City Community Center from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is $5 and door prizes and finger foods will be available. For more information, please call Judy Shockley at 409-734-7365

Art in the Park scheduled for March 24

The 10th Annual Art in the Park is being planned by the Or-ange Convention and Visitors Bureau. March 24 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Artists, crafters, bands along with other activities will cre-ate this year’s one-day event.

There will be pony rides, a petting zoo and if weather cooper-ates a couple of bounce houses will be available for entertain-ment for children. Blues and jazz bands will play throughout the day and evening. Plans will also include a Barbershop Quartet and a Bagpipe Band strolling thru Stark Park as additional enter-tainment. Of course, food vendors will be on site all day.

For registration forms and details, please call 409-883-1011, 409-883-1010 or 800-528-4906 or stop by the office at 803 Green Avenue, Orange, Texas.

American Association of University Women collecting books

The Orange branch of The American Association of Universi-ty Women (AAUW) is now collecting books to be sold in their annual book sale. Anyone able to donate any gently used books is asked to drop them off at Mann Insurance Agency, 1505 Park at 15th Street in Orange. If pickup is needed, call 886-5739 or 886-2194 in Orange. All proceeds from the sale go toward the annu-al scholarship fund. Each year, the AAUW awards scholarships to two young women from Orange.

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Deaths and Memorials

409-738-2070

The angels came so quietly to carry you away. No time for goodbyes,

no parting words to say.The reason eludes us as to why you

had to go, only God in Heaven for now will know.

In our hearts are memories that will always be so dear. A son, a brother,

a father and friend we’ll always keep you near.

Your footprints on this earth will never fade away, so until we meet again someday, we will love and cherish your memory everyday.

Clifford Wayne Seelye

Dec. 26, 1973 - Feb. 6, 2005

In loving memory

Death Announcements:

Paul Albert BreauxOrangefield

Born on Jan. 16, 1944, Paul pass away after a lengthy illness on Feb. 11.

He was a resident of Orange-field and worked many years as a mechanic at Burton Shipyard in Bridge City. Paul was a mem-ber of the First Baptist Church in Bridge City who enjoyed attend-ing the early service.

Paul leaves many friends be-hind, including a son, Jason Breaux of Beaumont. Thanks to Raymond “Peewee” Henderson and his wife, Stacy for the great love and care they gave Paul during his last few months.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Paula Fay HipsleyBeaumont

Paula Fay Hipsley, 43, of Beaumont , formerly of Orange , passed away on Sunday, Feb. 12, in Beaumont. Funeral ar-rangements are pending at Dor-man Funeral Home.

To Be held:

Gary Dewayne CopelandOrange

Gary Dewayne Copeland, 44, of Beaumont , formerly of Orange, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 11.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 2 p.m. at Dorman Funeral Home, with the Rev. Barry Bradley officiat-ing. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memory Gardens near Bridge City.

He was a native of Orange; born on March 27, 1967 to par-ents Mary Jeannette (Ratcliff) and Ted Lavoy Copeland. He had worked with IBEW Local #479. He was on his last leg of receiv-ing an Electrical Engineering De-gree from Lamar University and was a brother of the Kappa Sig-ma Fraternity. He enjoyed going camping, fishing, hunting, going to rodeos and his great passion in life was cooking. Gary was a loving son, brother, uncle and friend who will be missed dearly.

His is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Copeland of Orange; sister, Terri Lewis and husband, Jeff of Orange; broth-er, Larry Copeland of Clearfield , Utah ; nieces and nephews, Lindsey Lewis, Courteney Lewis, Layne Lewis, Bo Copeland and Megan Copeland. Also left to cherish his memory are numer-ous aunts and uncles.

Serving as pallbearers will be Robby Baker, Jeff Lewis, Dean Glende, Darren Copeland, Keith Vasek, Jeff Glende, Phillip Du-puis and Tim Wallace. Honor-ary pallbearers are Layne Lewis, Kevin Vasek, Colin Copeland and Dakota Porter.

Joyce Duhon YoungBridge City

Joyce Duhon Young, 78, a 57 year resident of Bridge City passed away Monday, February 13, 2012, at Christus St. Eliza-

beth Hospital in BeaumontFuneral services will be held at

2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, at Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Bridge City with the Rev. Kirk Ellender, officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home in Bridge City.

Born in Conroe, on Nov. 29, 1933, Joyce was the daughter of Forest and Gladys (Fore-man) Duhon. Joyce en-joyed camp-ing at Ray-burn Park. A devoted Christian, she was very involved in activi-ties with her family and extended family. She loved and was deep-ly loved by her family, especially her children and grandchildren as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, sister, Eve Payne; and brothers, Ray Duhon Sr., Richard Duhon and Donald Duhon Sr.

Joyce is survived by her hus-band of 60 years, Kenneth R. Young; son and daughter-in-law, David and Suzanne Young of Houston; daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Bubba Ellison of Bridge City; and son, Mark Young of Bridge City. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Destiny Young, Adam Young, Justin Ellison, Dillon Young, Alex Young and Morgan Ellison; sis-ter, Marlene Marble; and brother, Carlos Duhon.

Serving as pallbearers will be Adam Young, Alex Young, Justin Ellison, Dillon Young, Ray Duhon Jr. and Wayne Hewitt.

Held:

Philbert Lynn Honeycutt Sr.Orange

Philbert Lynn Honeycutt Sr., 71, of Or-ange, died S a t u r d a y , Feb. 11, in Houston.

F u n e r a l s e r v i c e s were held on Tues-day, Feb. 14, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange with the Rever-end Barry Bradley, of First Bap-tist Church in Orange, officiating. Burial followed at Hillcrest Me-morial Gardens near Bridge City.

Born in Orange, on Nov. 27, 1940, Mr. Honeycutt was the son of Wilson Lynn and Bernice (Corbello) Honeycutt. He served in the US Marine Corps and was a member of First Baptist Church. He had worked with his father-in-law at Stephens Buick in Orange for many years, and afterwards was self-employed in the accounting and computer industry.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and father-in-law and mother-in law, Jessie L. and Virginia Stephens.

Mr. Honeycutt is survived by his wife, Bette Stephens Hon-eycutt of Orange; daughter, Kris-tina Honeycutt Eastman of Aus-tin; son-in-law, Mike Eastman of Austin; son, Philbert Lynn Hon-eycutt Jr. and his wife Chrislyn of Houston; grandchildren, Quinlyn Honeycutt and Lincoln Honeyc-

utt; and sister, Lou Honeycutt Boudreaux of Orange.

Memorial contributions may be made to SweetPups, PO Box 446, Vidor, TX 77670, or Houston Hospice, 1905 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4123.

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“Joe Daddy” Martin, 78, of Or-ange passed away Satur-day, Feb. 11, in Dequincy, La.

F u n e r a l S e r v i c e s were held on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at First Baptist Church in Mauriceville with the Rev. Kevin Brown, Evangelist Lyndon Long-oria and the Rev. Wesley Blanton officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

“Joe Daddy” was born Nov. 10, 1933 in Woodville to Ernest and Eva Gay (Risinger) Martin. He served in the United States Army and later retired from Tex-aco after 32 years. “Joe Daddy” was a member and deacon of Oakwood Baptist Church and was the backbone of “The Mar-tin Family Ministry.” He was a simple man who was dedicated to his family and honored God with his life. He will be missed by many and his memory will live on through the many lives he touched.

He is preceded in death by his parents and son, Joey Martin and is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, “Mama Pat” Martin of Orange; daughters, Patti Mar-tin Williams and husband, John of Vidor, Lisa Martin of Mau-riceville, Julie McDaniel of Or-ange and Lindsay Russell Martin of Lake Charles; grandchildren, Sarah Martin, Hope Martin and Jade Hollier. “Joe Daddy” is also survived by his brother, William “Chris” Martin of Woodville and nieces and nephews, April Mar-tin, William Martin and Murphy Martin.

For those that desire, memo-rial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church of Mau-riceville – Building Fund, 11540 HWY 12, Orange, TX 77632.

Serving as pallbearers will be Kent Newell, Buddy Nusom, Wil-liam Martin, Brandon Gill, Jack Cook, Scott Newell, John Jack-son and Terry Strack.

Janice Marie RostromBeaumont

Janice M. Rostrom, 54, of Beaumont died Friday, Febru-ary 10, 2012 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont.

Graveside services were held on Sunday, Feb. 12, at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor under the direction of Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor.

Born on Feb. 13, 1957 and a native of Orange, she has lived in Beaumont for six years, and was a homemaker.

Janice is survived by her sis-ter Sandy Rostrom of Beaumont, aunt Juanita Hogge of Vidor, and numerous cousins.

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Patricia Ann Parry, 68, of Or-

ange passed away on Feb. 8 at St. Elizabeth Hospital.

A Memorial Service was held on Saturday, Feb. 11, at at Dor-man Funeral Home with the Rev. Timothy Linscomb officiating. Cremation followed the service.

She was a native of Buffalo, N.Y. ; born on June 13, 1943 to parents Anne Kathleen (Strnaud) and Alexander Butler Turner. She had lived in the Orange area since 1995 and was a member of Calvary’s Purchase Church. She retired from Baptist Hospi-tal after many years of employ-ment as a cafeteria worker. She loved to cook and her greatest joy in life was spending time with her grandchildren. Patricia was a loving mother, sister, grand-mother and friend who will be missed dearly.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Ed-ward Parry; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Turner and brother, Donald Turner.

Those left to cherish her mem-ory are her daughter, Dawn Parry of Orange; sons, William John Parry and wife, Amy of Vidor, Ja-son Bryn Parry and wife, Tifanie of Orange; grandchildren, Trent Parry, Kristin Parry, Hannah Par-ry, Katie Parry and Bryn Parry. She is survived by numerous nieces, Natalie Turner LaJoie, Al-lison Parry-Hake; nephews, Bri-an Turner, David Parry, Darrick Parry and and a host of friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to assist with final expens-es. You may sign the guest book at www.dormanfuneralhome.com.

Hazel Dardeau SmithOrange

Hazel Smith, who was a long time resi-dent of Or-ange, went to her heav-enly home on Feb. 8. She died in Col-lege Station, Texas, after a brief illness.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, Feb. 11, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Burial followed at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City.

Hazel was born on Dec. 13, 1922 in Daisetta, Texas, to Jack and Estelle Dardeau. She gradu-ated from Orangefield High School in 1939. She married Robert A. (Bob) Smith on May 7, 1943, and they made their home in Orangefield, and later moved to West Orange. Hazel was employed at Joe Norman Enter-prises for many years. She loved bowling, line dancing and Aggie football.

Her great pride and joy were her children Janice Kay, Bobby, Mary Lynn, Gary and Dicky, and she was extremely proud to be the wife, mother and grandmoth-er to eleven Texas A&M gradu-ates. Even though Hazel had to relocate to College Station after Hurricane Rita, in her heart she always considered Orange to be her home. Hazel will be re-membered as a devoted wife, loving mother and grandmother. She never forgot the lifelong friendships she had established in Orange and cherished the

memories she shared with those friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Bob Smith, her son, Bobby Smith, her sister, Evenlyn Garrett, and her niece, Carolyn Hogan.

She is survived by her daugh-ter and son-in-law, Janice and Bill Adams of Grapevine, Texas; her daughter-in-law, Lynn Smith of Longview, Texas; her daugh-ter, Mary Lynn Smith of Mexia, Texas; her son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Sally Smith of Southlake, Texas; and Dicky and Leta Smith of College Station, Texas. She is also survived by ten grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Ernest Clyde “Paw Paw” RandallOrange

Ernest Clyde “Paw Paw” Ran-dall, 86, of Orange passed away Monday, Feb. 6, at his residence.

Funeral Services were held Thursday, Feb. 9, at Claybar Fu-neral Home Chapel in Orange with Brother Richard Davis of-ficiating. Burial followed at Hill-crest Memorial Gardens near Bridge City.

Born in Beaumont on Oct.

1, 1925, Ernest was the son of Ernest Clyde Randall Sr. and Catherine (Cascio) Randall. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and retired from Texas Gulf Sulphur and North Star Steel.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Velma Marie Randall, one sister and one broth-er. Ernest is survived by his son, Paul Seales of Port Isa-bel; daughters, Wanda Walker of Orange, Ronnie Crouch of Groves; and sons, Glen Rowlett of Crystal Beach and Rick Rowlett of Dripping Springs. He is also survived by his six grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; three great great-grandchildren; and sis-ters, Betty Short, Alice Karr and JoAnn Randall, all of Ned-erland.

Serving as pallbearers were Curtis Pennington, Sr., Curtis Pennington, Jr., Caleb Davis, Aaron Davis, Ricky Johnson and Rusty Justice. Honorary pallbearer was Chad Reynolds.


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This is a classic Louisiana recipe. I grew up eating this dish quite a bit. Now days I rarely, ever see anyone making this dish. It consists of divine Red Snapper cooked in a rich, to-mato gravy. You can also sub-

stitute shrimp for this dish. Perhaps you have heard of Shrimp Couvil-lion (pronounced Coo-ve-on). Hope you enjoy and Happy Eating!

Make fish stock with parts of fish with bone, etc. Season well.

With approx. ½ cup of oil and 3 or 4 tablespoons of flour, make dark roux. Add and cook until soft the following: 2 med. onions,

3-4 green onions, 1 or 2 bell peppers, 4 stalks of celery chopped fine, and 3 cloves of garlic.

Add: Instead of water use fish

stock until a rich gravy is made1 can of Rotel Tomatoes1 can of tomato paste1 can of tomato sauce1 can of chopped mush-

rooms2 pods of crushed garlicPinch of basil3 Bay leavesSalt and pepper to taste,

along with red pepper OR Tony’s Creole Seasoning to your taste. You can add 1 tea-spoon sugar and add 1 cup of dry white wine.

Cook ingredients for 1 hour and 40 minutes. Then add deboned fish and cook about 20 minutes. (Preferably Red Snapper)

Instructions (fish Stock)1 lb. fish heads and bones,

rinsed1/2 cup dry white wine8 cups water3 celery stalks , roughly

chopped1 carrot1 onion2 bay leaves6 parsley stems1 bulb garlicSalt and pepperStock potSpoonStrainerBowlStorage container1. Purchase 1 lb. of fish

heads and bones at your local fish market or grocery store. Let the grocer know that you will be using the fish parts for stock and that you would like the fish gutted and the gills removed. For a mild-tasting

stock, use the heads and bones of a whitefish.

Peel 1 medium-sized carrot and 1 small onion. Chop them, along with 3 stalks of celery, into fine pieces.

Cut a bulb of garlic in half, remembering to remove the papery husk.

Rinse the fish head and bones thoroughly.

2. Boil Ingredients for Fish Stock

Place the fish parts, 1/2 cup white wine and the vegetables in large stock pot or saucepan.

Add 8 cups of water, cover the pot and slowly bring the water to a boil. Slowly sim-mering the mixture is the best way to extract the nutrients from the fish and vegetables, while bringing it to a boil lets the vegetables get mushy.

Reduce the temperature to medium heat and uncover the pot once the stock has begun to boil.

Simmer for 15 to 20 min-utes. Use a spoon to continu-ously skim off the foam (or “scum”) that will rise to the top.

Add six parsley stems and two bay leaves to the stock pot when there is no more scum rising to the top. At this time, you may also add salt and pep-per to your preferred taste.

Continue to simmer, uncov-ered, for 20 minutes.

Remove the pot from the burner and allow it to cool just enough that you can use oven mitts to pick up the stock pot.

Place a strainer or colander over the mouth of a large bowl.

Pour the fish stock through the strainer, using a spoon to press on the solid pieces at the bottom of the strainer. This will make sure that the stock will gain nutritive substance from the fish and vegetable solids. It will also create a thicker stock.

Let the mixture sit in the bowl for 10 minutes so that any impurities can settle to the bottom. Then transfer the stock to a jar for storage.

Tips & WarningsTypes of fish that make

good stock include cod, had-dock, hake, sole, pollock, striped bass, halibut, grouper or flounder.

Stock can be frozen for up to 4 months. If you plan to put it in the freezer, use freezer bags or freezable containers instead of glass jars.

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Cabbage is a cool season bi-ennial that is grown as an an-nual vegetable. It is used in slaw, salads, sauerkraut and cooked dishes.

Nutritiously it is a good source of vitamins A and C and calcium. Cabbage is a har-dy vegetable that is a member of the mustard family. There are several types of cabbage: pointed, flat, red or green and savoy. Green cabbage is gener-ally preferred to the red or sa-voy types, but red cabbage is becoming more popular for color in salads and cooked dishes. The savoy varieties are grown for slaw and salads.

The later-maturing varieties usually grow large heads and

are more suitable for sauer-kraut.

Cabbage is easy to trans-plant or can be planted 1/4 or 1/2 inch deep. Recommended varieties include: Early Dutch, Brisk Green and Early Jersey Wakefield. Plants should be spaced 15-18 inches apart. The closer they are planted the smaller the heads will be.

Cabbage plants can tolerate moderate water stress early in the season, but later, when heads are sizing, excessive wa-ter deficit may cause the heads to split. Cabbage can be har-vested any time after the head develops. Cut the heads when they are solid and firm but be-fore they crack or split.

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American Legion to host pool tournamentThe 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 409-330-4847.

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 Christ-mas, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Veteran’s Day con-certs. At least one traditional band concert is performed annu-ally. Please visit us on Facebook at Orange Community Band.

BCCC now accepting Business, Citizen of Year applications

Bridge City Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for Business of the Year and Citizen of the Year. Please submit all nominations in writing to Bridge City Chamber of Com-merce Board of Directors, 150 W. Roundbunch Rd, Bridge City, Tx. 77611. Deadline to submit nominations will be Feb. 8, 2012.

Rape and Suicide Crisis Center to offer sup-port 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 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 Stud-ies) at the elementary level without prior instruction. The stu-dent 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 examina-tion 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 regis-tration forms can be obtained by contacting Gina Mannino at: [email protected].

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Derrell and Tonyia Lackey of Nederland are pleased to an-nounce the engagement of their daughter Brittany Ann Lackey to Jason Gene Meshwert, son of Andy and Pat Meshwert, of Bridge City.

The couple plan to marry in an evening ceremony at St. Hen-ry’s in Bridge City on April 28.

Lackey to wed Meshwert

I know MawMaw’s proud of youShe’s always been a shutterbug - Mom’s a photographerBut must be out of filmFor I couldn’t get even one picture Out of both of themThis was the best I could do.Happy Valentine’s Day (a little late)Love you a lot!- Aunt Pud & Uncle DonDon Jay Mason Delk

Happy Valentine’s Day, Jay!

The Bridge City Public Library celebrated Valentine’s Day this Wednesday. Pictured are Emma Chauvin, Reece Fielder, Cole Norwood, Case Norwood, Parker Freeman, Landon Richards, Emmy Richards, Hannah Bisson, Jayslea Bourdier, Mia Abel, Bai-ley McRight, Caroline Braneff and Leland Gros.

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The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed Safe Haven II to the Chamber with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Safe Haven II is a coin shop that sales investment grade metal bullion and col-lectable coins. They can quote prices on coins and will buy them as well. Safe Haven II is located at 3721 B North 16th Street. For more information call 337-499- 8512.

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While the return to more normal local fishing conditions has been much quicker than anticipated, many area anglers are just now discovering that the drought took its toll on not only the landscape, but their equipment as well.

On a leisurely ride through north Newton county last week I was surprised to find not only most of the road side ditches water leveled, but acres of low ly-ing woods still flooded as well. Over the past few days it has continued to rain with even more to come for the remainder of the week so salinity levels will continue their decline.

One of the unappreciated benefits of launch-ing on the Sabine or Neches River is that your day of saltwater fishing is normally preceded and concluded with salt purging runs through slightly brackish water at the worst. The drought negated that benefit this year, how-ever, and neglected boats, trailers, and fishing tackle have paid the price.

I initially noticed the unprecedented ef-fects of the sky high salinity levels in the river when washing down my rods and reels every evening. It had always been little more than a good habit until I started discovering a few crystals of salt on reel seats and level winds the following day. While I usually break my reels completely down for cleaning every two months, I stepped it up to every two weeks and I was still finding salty residue each time.

Even if you made only a few trips this fall or summer I would recommend going through your tackle as soon as possible. Check the frames on your rod eyes and the reel seat for corrosion. If the locking collar does not un-screw easily….do not force it as it will crack

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Bridge City alumni baseball player Charles Miller takes the field during the Chuck Young Alumni Classic. Miller played baseball for Coach Chuck Young in 1967 and later coached with him going to the final round of the state baseball championship in 1992.

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Young honored by former players and fans

A cornerstone in the tradition of Bridge City baseball was recog-nized Saturday on the field he helped build. Former Cardinal baseball coach Coach Chuck Young returned for the annual alumni game that bears his name. Young was inducted into the Tex-as High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2008.

Former Cardinal baseball play-ers from 1967 until as recent as last season participated in the alumni game and home run der-by. The alumni displayed and

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“This is indeed an honor but I feel like I am the one who should be honoring you,” Young told the alumni players and fans. “There are many wonderful memories of my years as your coach here.”

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reer wins as a high school baseball coach. He took over the Bridge City baseball program in 1967 and led the Cardinals to the final round of the UIL State Baseball Championships in 1992 assisted by Coach Charles Miller. Young moved on to coach for Texas City High School reach-ing the state finals in 2007.

Young coached 31 playoff teams that includ-ed the two state baseball tournament appear-ances, six regional semifinalist, 10 regional quarterfinals championships, 15 bi-district championships and 15 district championships.

In the alumni baseball game the “even year”

team defeated the “odd year” team for the sec-ond straight year. Former Cardinal slugger Dylan Mullholan won the home run derby smacking three of five pitches over the fence.

Participants included: 1967 Charles Miller, 1983 Chad Pepper, 1969 Ronnie Shugart, 1993 Brandon Dennison, Kurt Roy, Shannon Sand-ers, 1994 Daron Benoit, 1996 Craig Darder, Chris Linscomb, Slade Watts, 1997 Jason Kee-ney, Jacob Monceaux, Chris Moore, Blain Polk, 1998 Frank Giarratano, Clay Richards, 1999 Mark Crorey, Johnny Montagne, Lance Polk, Ross Watts, 2000 Paul Giarratano, 2001 Daniel Ruiz, 2004 Brian Bailey, Steven Lapeyrolerie, 2005 Kirk Vincent, 2007 Chase Warner, 2009 Grant Encalade, Jared Raggio, 2010 Josh Lem-oine and 2011 Dylan Mulhollan and Forrest Zoch.

Many of Young’s former high school baseball players are coaches today. Two-time state tour-nament Cardinal baseball coach Billy Bryant is now at Big Sandy. Others include, Shane Reyen-ga at Lumberton, Todd Doucet, Fredericks-burg, Kevin Terrier, Buna, Jason Keeney, Ham-shire-Fannett and Craig Darder in Godley. Two former Cardinal baseball players, Josh Smalley and Chris Moore, are coaches for Bridge City today. Moore is assistant baseball coach for the No. 3 ranked Bridge City Cardinals with Head Coach Chad Landry.

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In the style of ‘The Babe,’ Bridge City Cardinal head coach Chad Landry swings for the fence during the home run derby in Cardinal Field on Saturday. Landry, a former slugger for the Texas Tech Raiders, hit two homeruns in five pitches during the Chuck Young Alumni Classic. RECORD PHOTO: Mark Dunn

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Last weekend proved to be a strange one as our weekly Netflix feature film was “Moneyball” with Brad Pitt which was very enjoyable for me, not only because it was about major league baseball, but also that it was based on a true story. Pitt was nominated this year for an Oscar for best actor.

What turned out so coincidental about the movie was the fact that two separate news stories, one by the Associated Press and the other by the Houston Chronicle both were based on the main theme of “Moneyball”.

The story is about Oakland Athlet-ics general manager Billy Beane, back in 2002, who was sick and tired about how the New York Yankees buy any talent they might need to defeat a small-market team like Oakland. And then to make matters worst, they obtained three of the A’s best players who have become free agents.

Beane, who was played by Pitt in the movie, hired a young nerd who is a com-puter geek who figured out how many games Oakland would have to win to get into the playoffs, based on how many runs would be necessary and how many players would have to get on base to make it all happen.

Beane traded off a few more of his best players and brought in low-salaried play-ers who had the best on-base percentages, despite vehement opposition from Oak-land’s scouting department. A’s manager Art Howe also fought Beane every inch of the way until his theory began to result in victories.

Oakland finished that season with a franchise-record 20 consecutive victories and another trip to the playoffs which gave Beane’s experiment considerably more validity.

Saturday’s Associated Press story was about using the “Moneyball” idea of build-ing winners by thinking outside the box in any business that can not only shake up the status quo, but lead to breakthrough ideas that can revolutionize industries.

The new regime of the Houston Astros recently hired Sig Mejdal (pronounced my-dell) who used to work at NASA, where he was solving the mysteries of the human body in conjunction with those solving the mysteries of the universe.

Mejdal is the Astros’ new director of decision sciences who will be tasked with

figuring out the mys-teries of baseball’s worst team by using every piece of data within his virtual reach, according to Sunday’s edition of the Houston Chron-icle.

“Nine years after the season chronicled by the 2011 movie “Moneyball”, the Oakland Athletics’ ad-vantages on the surface have dried up as other teams have caught up. The thinking behind them, though, is still present, and the Astros hope to be the pioneers of the new advantage or inefficiency,” the article explained.

“All the pieces of information that you can imagine that we evaluate on an every-day basis to make decisions, we’re going to do that in a systematic way,” said new Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow, who brought Mejdal with him from the St. Louis Cardinals where Luhnow ran the scouting department and Mejdal served as director of amateur draft analytics.

Their efforts in amateur scouting, blending the traditional with the numeri-cal, produced several players who cel-ebrated a World Series title four months ago.

In Houston Mejdal will be involved in amateur scouting and a host of other fields including salary evaluation, me-chanics and medical sciences. If anyone has questions, Mejdal and his small team plan to find the answers.

Mejdal studied mathematical models of sleep patterns at NASA and plans to use a projection system to predict player performance based on past data. Trying to figure out how players will perform in the future is what scouts have been doing for as long as the game has been around.

And Mejdal believes their input is what separates the effectiveness of what the Astros will do from published statistical projections. “Certainly the big advantage is that we have a team of experts—our scouts—who are providing information,” Mejdal said.

“Many of the questions or hypotheses that we investigate or want to investigate are generated from the scouts. I’m on the phone with them every day,” Mejdal ex-plained.

“I think there is still a debate (stats vs. scouts) going on, and I think some of that comes from the framing of “Moneyball”,” he continued. “You’re either going with

your scouts or you’re going with the nerd in the room. I don’t think a progressive organization thinks that way.”

This year’s focus for the Astros is on the pipeline and specifically the amateur draft, where Houston has the No. 1 over-all pick for the first time in 20 years.

Most of the Astros’ faithful followers hope it’s going to be the last time ever!!

KWICKIES…The high school basket-ball regular season has ended and the girls already have played their first-round playoff matches while the boys finished their regular season Tuesday, with the playoffs set for later this week and early next week. Orangefield’s Lady Bobcats and Vidor’s Lady Pirates qualified for the playoffs while Little Cypress-Mauriceville and possibly either West Orange-Stark or Orangefield will represent Orange Coun-ty in the boys’ playoffs.

For the fourth straight weekend the third-round leader on the PGA Tour failed to win the tournament on the fi-nal day. This time Charlie Wi went into the final round sporting a three-shot lead and faltered. Phil Mickelson rallied from six shots down by firing an eight-under-par 64 to win at Pebble Beach Sunday by two strokes over Wi. Lefty’s playing part-ner, Tiger Woods, ballooned to a three-over 75 and finished nine strokes behind Mickelson.

No. 1 Kentucky (25-1), No. 2 Syracuse (25-1) and No. 9 Murray State (24-1) are the only Division I schools in the Men’s Top 25 Poll with only one loss. Mur-ray State was the last undefeated school which suffered its loss last week.

In this week’s edition of USA Today Sports Weekly is an article that gives 100 Names You Need to Know, which is not necessarily baseball’s 100 best prospects, but rather the ones most likely to make a mark in the major leagues in 2012. To qualify, a player must have had more in-nings (for pitchers) or plate appearances (for hitters) in the minor leagues during 2011 than he has had during as all of his major league time. Listed at the top of the list is Texas Rangers right-handed pitcher Yu Darvish, while San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt of Lufkin Hudson is listed No. 31. Astros on the list include outfielder J. D. Martinez (No. 16), second baseman Jose Altuve (No. 24), right-handed pitcher Kyle Weiland (No. 45), third baseman Johnny Paredes (No. 61), shortstop Marvin Gonzalez (No. 91)

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If you don’t feel comfortable taking your reels completely down take them to someone that does. I think R-1 Bass in Beaumont does a good job and they have most replace-ment parts in stock. Even if you plan on taking them in, you still need to remove the old line and clean the exposed surfaces. Quality reels cost far too much today to simply dis-card them and buy a couple of new ones!

I was in Texas Marine pick-ing up another trim tab an-ode for my Yamaha Monday when Dennis Hebert walked through the parts department. For more years than he would care to admit, Dennis has been dissecting and rebuilding out-board engines. You are at the top of the class when you can walk a novice through a prob-

lem over the phone and you can’t even see the engine in question. He has no intention of providing that service on a regular basis, but he has saved my grits more than once while I was still on the water!

He was quick to point out just a few of the problems that he has seen this year that were directly attributed to saltier water.“Most people around here just aren’t use to it and it is biting them in the butt,” he stated.“They all know about the horrors associated with ethanol and they are doing a better job using a gas additive, but they have overlooked the salt problem.”

Having to change a trim tab anode twice in the same year was an easily noticed problem.“Any exposed fittings, cowling latches that haven’t been exercised, jack plate mo-tors, battery terminals and ex-posed electrical connections are the first items to go,” he added.“A lot of fishermen are going to turn that key once they get back on the water and hear nothing but the dreaded click or find that they can’t turn their steering wheel!”

Because I seldom keep a boat longer than 12 to 18 months, I don’t often see the effects associated with normal wear and tear or weather relat-ed problems, but this year has been different. Staying on top of corrosion in running light connections, electronic plugs and panel switches has been a daily battle.

Even the trailer has taken hits I have never had to deal with before. I spray everything from the leaf springs to wheel hubs down with Corrosion X the first time I launch a new boat and it really helps, but I have had to be even more dili-gent this year. I have already had to replace rusted courtesy lights and a winch strap hook.

Johnny Cormier suggested

that I remove the lug nuts off ev-ery wheel and properly lubricate them last summer and it proved to be a valuable suggestion. Some of them were all but im-possible to break loose and a flat tire would have been a night-mare on the side of the highway!

Right now is the time to take care of any and all of those problems before they ruin your next outing or lead to more expensive problems. I have found that the service lines are much longer when

you wait until the last minute to address a problem. The bot-tom line is that our salinity levels are now closer to nor-mal, but your equipment may not be.

At this point I don’t know if the weather is going to be conducive to making the 17th annual Trash Off re-scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 18 happen, but it is still on for right now. For more information you can call the Shangri La Botanical Gardens.

An unbelievable amount of newsprint gets used up every month covering what many people believe to be the “only” fish out there worthy of catch-ing, speckled trout. Further-more there is growing legion of believers that subscribe to the fact that catching tro-phy speckled trout on artifi-cial lures is the “only way” to fish. All other fish and fish catching methods are simply beneath the upper echelon,

beneath the real fishermen. In the famous words of game show hosts everywhere, “sorry, wrong answer, and thanks for playing. Johnny tell them what they’ve won.”

Don’t get me wrong, I freely admit that I thoroughly enjoy chasing big trout with artifi-cials. I also enjoy just about every other style of fishing that you can think of as well. Perhaps the only one I would shy away from would be that insane pursuit of catfish called grabbling, the one where you feel around for the fish in the holes along the river banks and catch them by jabbing your hands in their mouth and pulling them out. That meth-od is not for me, but most oth-ers are.

I like every other guide on the coast has been plagued by less than desirable conditions for a weeks now, one day it will end I am told. Due to this

fact we have really changed our target fish and have had a great time in doing so. Sabine lake and Calcasieu are both blessed with an am-ple supply of marsh and estuariues, these places hold count-less opportunities for fisher-men of all skill levels. Typical spring patterns have been do-ing well catching flounder and redfish along protected shore-lines while throwing small soft plastics on light jig heads, spinnerbaits and spoons. The flounder have been scattered but the reds have been good in numbers and a bit small on the size.

Along with the flounder and redfish there have been some other really neat opportunities to take advantage of as well. Sheepshead have been show-ing up along the jetties and are more than willing to give you a fight. In fact for a week or so they were really tailing like reds and made great tar-gets for flyfishermen, tough to catch on fly but very rewarding when it happens. Sheepshead are often called “Texas per-

mit” by flyfisher-men because they can very difficult to tempt, catching one on fly is con-sidered a worthy accomplishment.

Another ma-jor player that has shown up is the

striped bass, these fish have been staging in the Sabine Riv-er along deep drop offs in the bends of the river. Now if you have never caught one of these fish you owe it to yourself to do it at least once, they are ter-rific fighters and grow to huge proportions. Every now and again we find them school-ing and busting the top of the water while chasing shad or shrimp. Believe me when I tell you that a trout eating a top-water plug cannot compare to what a striper will do to sur-face plug, especially when they are 15 or 20 pounds.

Now I know most of you may be saying why in the world would I want to go chase any of these fish besides a trout, red and flounder. The answer is because its fun and fishing is about fun. In my opinion the worst thing a fisherman can

do is pass up an opportunity to enjoy their sport and that’s what happens every time an angler bypasses a species of fish for whatever reason. Some of these fish that receive a bad

wrap or get looked down upon are very worthy opponents and well worth pursuing. Until the spring patterns get lined out these fish may also be the only game in town.

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wanted to play La. Tech, which sent both McNeese and Lamar scrambling to find another opening day foe. Fortunately, Lamar found a road game at Louisiana-Lafayette against the Ragin’ Cajuns while Mc-Neese was left out in the cold. The Cowboys, instead, used the buyout clause in their contract with Texas A&M and will col-lect $200,000 from the Aggies. Texas A&M will play Louisi-ana Tech on Thursday, Aug. 30 in Shreveport. Lamar will still play Louisiana Tech for the $175,000 payout, but that won’t happen until 2013. The Cards will receive $125,000 from the Ragin’ Cajuns.

Kaz Astros From Page 3BColburn: Fishing From Page 1B

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Sheepshead will be a favorite target for many fishermen this spring.

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Mrs. Maxey’s field was cho-sen because it was one of the few open areas in town. When promoters of the games of-fered to rent the field, Mrs. Maxey refused payment, ask-ing only that her family be al-lowed free admission.

Other baseball fans watched the games from wooden bleachers, which accommo-dated about thirty people, or

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exhibition games, cows, sheep and other livestock were al-lowed to run free and before each game members of the teams cleared the field of ma-nure.

“I didn’t pay much atten-tion to Babe Ruth. He was just another big, husky guy but I thought he was a good player,” said Nell.

After his games in Corrigan, and his ensuing fame with the New York Yankees, Ruth’s ca-reer was watched closely by Nell. Each time she found a newspaper story about the legendary hitter, she clipped it and stored it away. On the days of the of the exhibition games, early automobiles lined the road leading to the Maxey pasture. Those who did not have a car would come afoot or ride horses, which were tied to trees around the field.

While most of the baseball players arrived by train, Ruth may have driven his own car, a black Moon manufactured in the 1920s. Ruth bought the car for $2,350 with a grill attach-ment reading, “San Antonio,” a gift from San Antonio Mayor John Tobin.

Ruth’s career was legend in its infancy in the 1920s and he went on to build a home re-cord that stood until 206 when it was broken by Barry Bonds.

Meanwhile, another link to Babe Ruth’s visit to Corri-gan exist in Polk County. Greg Ogletree of Livingston bought the slugger’s black Moon ve-hicle in 1975 and still owned it in 2006.

Bob Bowman, of Lufkin, is the author of more than 50 books about East Texas.

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Every time Orange County residents purchase merchandise out-side the county, everyone loses out.That’s the message Brandy Slaughter, marketing director for Da-vid Self Ford and also a member of the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Com-merce, the Bridge City-Orangefield Chamber of Commerce and the Vidor Chamber of Commerce is trying to relay to county residents.“When you buy anything outside the county, it’s a loss of tax dollars for us,” she said. “Last year, Orange County citi-zens spent $83 million on vehicles and only $16 million was spent in Orange County. That means $67 million was spent in other places.”That loss of revenue, furthermore, is less tax dollars to fix streets, highways, etc. in Orange County, she said.“Some people don’t give us an opportunity to sell them a car and never walk into our stores. Some things can be bought here,”

Slaughter said. “It’s a ripple effect like eating at our restaurants so businesses won’t shut down.”Slaughter said their dealership and Granger Chevrolet are part-ners called the Car Crew and are urging county residents to give them a try before they shop elsewhere.

“Customers think they’re get-ting a better deal somewhere else but it’s the same cost for vehicles for us as it is for a Houston dealer. Any dealer-ships here can do what any-where else can,” she said.Ross Smith, owner of Akrotex in Orange is now co-owner of David Self Ford. Slaughter said

Smith and Self are making improvements at the dealership such as remodeling the showroom and increasing inventory at the dealership. “Think if we had just half of that $67 million and how much more we could do here and not have our taxes go up,” Slaughter said. “Let’s work together to keep Orange County beautiful. Do it in Orange!”

According to the office of the Texas State Comptroller, Su-san Combs, motor vehicle sales and use tax is levied on all retail sales of motor vehicle in Texas and motor vehicles purchased at retail outside the state and used on Texas public highways by a Texas resident or an individual domi-ciled or doing business in the state. Orange County’s rate is 6.25 percent of sales tax, minus any trade-in allowance.

Businesswoman encourages residents to do it in Orange CountyDavid BallFor The Record

Ten miles north of Orange on the Sabine River in the West Bluff area, is a place called “Ballew’s Ferry.” In the early days of settling Texas this was a major crossing into Texas from Louisiana, via the “Neutral Strip.” The ferry was built and oper-ated by Richard Ballew. Ballew had been granted a league of land by the Spanish governor of Texas. The only thing that differed Ballew from other settlers who had been given land grants to settle Texas was that Ballew had been a pirate, a trusted associate of Jean Lafitte.

The connection of Ballew and Lafitte is one of the reasons that so many legends and rumors abound about Lafitte burying treasure in the Sa-bine River. Lafitte, or some of his ships and crews, made many trips to Ballew’s Ferry to sell slaves to Ballew, who in turn resold them to slave traders. The traders who did the most business with Ballew were the Bowie brothers, James, Rezin and John.

By 1817 Lafitte’s ships were capturing so many Spanish slave ships off of the coast of Cuba that the slave pens, or barracoons, on Galveston Island were often filled to capacity. At the sugges-tion of Jim Campbell, Lafitte’s most trusted lieutenant; Lafitte built two barracoons in the Neutral Strip. One was on Contra-band Bayou and the other on Ballew’s land north of Orange.

The Neutral Strip was the result of a boundary dispute be-tween the United States and Spain. Spain owned Texas and the territory west of Texas. Spain claimed that the Calcasieu River was the western boundary with the United States and the U.S.

claimed the western boundary was the Sabine River. As a result the area between the two riv-ers was an area of such lawlessness that John Quincy Adams called it “the backdoor to the United States.” With Lafitte having so much profitable activity in the area, it is no wonder that there was an abundance of stories about buried treasure.

Lafitte had built a settlement for his men at Baritaria, south of New Orleans in the swamps and he had gone to Galveston later and es-tablished his “Campeche.” The entire Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean areas were his do-main and he felt free to attack and capture any ship flying the Spanish flag. He would return with his spoils to Galveston after he had been pushed out of Baritaria.

Lafitte was subject to enter any of the rivers, bayous, bays, lakes, or any other waterway on the coast between the Mississip-pi River and Galveston. His plunder from raiding ships and gold coins from selling slaves was so great that many cannot think of any way for him to control his vast wealth other than burying it in secret locations along the Gulf coast.

It is documented that Ballew and Campbell lived in the Or-ange area. Campbell with his wife, for a short period of time; Ballew for a number of years. Slave trading was so profitable that John Bowie, the younger brother, reported to “DeBow’s Maga-zine” in 1853 that after buying the slaves at $1 per pound they resold 1500 slaves for a total of $65,000 in a two year period. Gold coins were the method of payment.

Pirates on the Sabine: The stories of BallewMike LouviereFor The Record

Jean Lafitte

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If it had not been for the Lutcher Theater excepting a last minute engagement of “Cats” last year, the “Blue Man Group” might not have been scheduled for this year. “It’s booked out solid. There are no dates available. It’s re-ally hard to get,” said Jim Clark, director of the Lutcher Theater. The agent for “Cats” was the same as for the “Blue Man Group” so that was a stipulation Clark put on booking Cats. “If we’re gonna add the show we want to be on the list to

get Blue Man Group this year.”The agent said she would see what she could

do. Originally the Lutcher was given three dates for the show, and then they had to give one back. Want to know how to get a third date back? Sell out the first two shows with no pro-motion.

“We didn’t even advertise it at all,” said Lynae Sanford, marketing manager for the Lutcher Theater. It hadn’t been mentioned except in their brochure, word of mouth and first of the season publicity or when they put out anything that had a list. “But we hadn’t advertised “Blue Man Group yet and hoping not to.

When looking at the numbers and fast ticket sells, the production company wanted to know what they had been doing to promote the show. “Nothing” was their reply. Numbers don’t lie and the production company has pulled a per-

formance from up north and given it back to Orange.

“We’re pretty excited to get the other show,” said Clark

After selling out two shows without any marketing effort the production company told Clark, “We’re gonna make it work and get you another show down there.”

“Now the competition is on to see if we can sell out a third show and show up everybody else,” said Clark with a laugh.

We’re doing stuff today where we’re spread-ing the word on Facebook and see how much we can sell like that,” said Sanford.

“We’re up to like row Q and then it’s starting to fill on the sides. It’s slowly but steadily filling on the main floor and some of the balcony, too,” she said.

“It’s the first time it’s been in Southeast Tex-as. They’re not playing in Louisiana this sea-son, or anywhere near us. They are not going to Galveston, not going to Houston this time. So it’s a real big draw,” Sanford.

Clark said in only four days of sales they have already sold over a third of the tickets.

This is a different performance than in their permanent locations in Las Vegas or Orlando.

The original Blue Man Group performances are scheduled to play March 5-6. The third performance is now scheduled for Wednesday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for the March 7 performance are on sale now and can be purchased at www.lutcher.org. Tickets can also be purchased by calling the Lutcher Theater box office at (409) 886-5535, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Blue Man Group is best known for their wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts that combine comedy, music, and technology to produce a totally unique form of entertain-ment. The blissful party atmosphere created at the live events has become the trademark of a Blue Man Group experience.

Blue Man Group creates experiences that defy categorization. Blue Man Group is best known for multi-media performances that feature three bald and blue characters that take the audience on a journey that is funny, intelligent and visually stunning. A live band, whose haunting tribal rhythms help drive the show to its climax, accompanies the Blue Men.

Although it is impossible to describe, people of all ages agree that Blue Man Group is an in-tensely exciting and wildly outrageous show that leaves the entire audience in a blissful, euphoric state. With no spoken language, Blue Man Group is perfect for people of all ages, lan-guages, and cultures.

Blue Man Group co-founder Philip Stanton states, “Our goal with this production, as with all of our productions, is to help audience mem-bers reconnect with their own sense of discov-ery, with their own sense of what is possible in their lives.”

This unique experience is a form of enter-tainment like nothing else; guaranteed to be an outing you will never forget.

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If the Bowie brothers had earned this much money, then one can only assume that the for-tune of Lafitte had to be enormous. Transporta-tion and storage of large amounts of gold coinage was a problem. From time to time indications are seen that give rise to the rumors of buried treasure, possibly large amounts of gold coins.

A 14 mile long island divides the Sabine River between Nibblett’s Bluff and West Bluff. There is a spot on the island where trees grow in the shape of a ship. Legend says that one of Lafitte’s ships lies buried below. There is a brass cannon about 25 feet from the trees and the island. It is also believed that a second ship was sunk near the location of an old pumping plant. Nothing definite has ever been found.

In the summer of 1965 there was an effort made to check a location in the 40 Gums area, about a mile north of Nibblett’s Bluff near a bend in the river. On the east bank of the Sa-bine there were signs that perhaps a ship had been sunk. A group decided to drive sheet pil-ing around the area and pump out the water to expose the wreck. They prepared to build a cof-fer dam and install a suction dredge. But first they needed to determine if there was a ship there.

After about two weeks they reported that they had thoroughly checked the 40 Gums area and found nothing. They had swept 20 feet be-low the river bottom and found only a large log. They did not say there was not a ship in the river, only that if there was, it was not where legends said there was one.

In the mid 1800s, two Indians reported that they had seen a two masted ship about 45 feet long, manned by two men sailing up the river in that area.

The late Louis Dugas, a former president of the Orange Historical Society, stated his opin-ion about Lafitte’s presence on the Sabine, “The only time he came to the Sabine was when he was slave trading, and then he would only come to the mouth of the river. He was too smart to go up into a river where he may have been trapped and could not get out.”

Other opinions about pirates and their trea-sure is that they spent the money as fast as they got it. Their lifestyle was that they lived for the day. In their line of work there was often no to-

morrow.Lafitte did frequent the Sabine Lake, Sabine

River, Black Bayou, Contraband Bayou and Cal-casieu River areas, what he did there, no one living will ever know. Lafitte is such a mystery that it is not even known how he died, when he died, or where he died. One story about his death is that he was sailing off the coast of Hon-duras on his 43 ton armed schooner, General Santander. On the night of Feb. 4, 1823, he at-tempted to overtake what he thought were two Spanish merchant ships. The ships turned out to be heavily armed Spanish privateers or war-ships. They returned heavy fire. Lafitte was fatally wounded and died just after dawn of Feb. 5, 1823. He was buried at sea in the Gulf of Honduras. Obituaries were published in the Gaceta de Cartagena and the Gaceta de Colum-bia. No American newspaper ever carried an obituary of Lafitte.

The legend did not end there. There have been stories of Lafitte living in New Orleans, Galveston and even Paris after helping Napo-leon escape from his British captivity. Ballew and Campbell, two of his most trusted men, lived on or near the Sabine. Lafitte had rea-son to visit Ballew. Lafitte’s ships had to take their cargoes of slaves to Ballew for sale to the Bowie brothers. It is not impossible to believe that among the cypress swamps there is a cache of gold coins to be discovered. One day with ground penetrating radar and metal detectors someone may prove a rumor to be true.

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Lutcher adds third performance after Blue Man Group sellout

Penny LeLeuxFor The Record

The Little Cypress-Mauriceville FFA is kick-ing off their Spring Easter Fundraiser. Meat items and the dessert orders must are being taken and should be turned in by Friday, March 9, (Friday before Spring Break) and will be in before Easter Weekend. The forms and infor-mation are attached. To place an order, contact Brandy Whisenant, 409-886-5821 extension 1040 [email protected].

LCM FFA to host Spring Easter FundraiserStaff ReportFor The Record


St. Mark Lutheran Church is cooking againSt. Mark Lutheran Church is cooking their delicious chili

again on Feb. 15. Chili, rice, onions, cheese and crackers can be purchased for $6 each. Those wishing to eat-in may do so at the church located at 945 W. Round Bunch but carry out or delivery is available from 10 a.m. to noon. Call Elinda at 409-735-8727, the Pastor at 409-988-3003 or Pat at 409-722-6655 for orders or more information.

St. Francis KCs holding fish frySt. Francis of Assisi Knights of Columbus Council 13825 will

be selling fish dinners from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 24, March 9, March 16, March 23 and March 30 in the San Damiano Center located at 4300 Meeks Drive from during Lent on the following Fridays:

The dinners include two fish filets, fries, hush puppies, cole-slaw, dessert and tea for $8. Dine or carry out.

St. Mark Lutheran Church to host Wednesday potluck

St. Mark Lutheran Church will host a potluck dinner on Wednes-day, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. The community is invited to bring a covered dish, join brothers and sisters from Trinity Luther Church in Or-ange and share in a great fellowship and food on Ash Wednesday. A gathering in the St. Mark Lutheran Sanctuary will begin at 7 p.m. to commemorate their Lenten journey with the imposition of ashes, Holy Communion and anointing of heating oil.

St. Mark Lutheran Church has open Communion for those who believe in the Lord. The community is invited to attend their services for wonderful Christian fellowship.

St. Mark Lutheran Church is located at 945 W. Roundbunch in Bridge City.

Wesley UMC selling pecans, walnutsWesley United Methodist Church is selling pecans and wal-

nuts. This year’s crop of pecans halves and pieces sell for $10 per pound. Walnuts sell for $8 per pound. To place orders call Billy at 409-883-3210 or 670-6350, Frankie at 409-988-4215 or Con-nie at 409-883-4995. We will deliver five pounds or more to in-dividuals or businesses.

Starlight COGIC to host Women’s RetreatThe Women’s Department of Starlight COGIC invite women

in the community to join them for Women’s Retreat 2012. The retreat will be held April 13-15 at the Omni Houston Westside Hotel. The Theme of the retreat is “Woman at The Well,” St. John 4:15.

Their Guest Speakers are Evangelist Yvonne DeVaughn of Phoenix, Arizona and Supervisor Lena McClain of Houston, Texas. There will be dynamic powershops such as, “Empowered to Serve,” “Will the Real Men Please Stand Up,” “Soloing with a Song,” “Till Death Do We Part...So Help Me,” and more. For dou-ble occupancy, the cost is $225 per person, a triple is $195 per person, a quad is $180 per person, and teens $99. Pay your $75 deposit by March 12 at 2800 Bob Hall Rd to guarantee your space or go to www.starlightcogic.net and pay by using paypal. Rev. E.B. Lindsey is Pastor of Starlight and First Lady Josie Lindsey is the Director of the Women’s Dept. For more information call 409-8864366.

CHURCH BRIEFS

Angie’s Pampered Paws

2122 Texas Ave.Bridge City, TX 77611

409.697.3575

Cat & Dog

Grooming • Bathing • Grooming• Nail Clipping

• Locally Owned & Operated

409-738-2070

First Baptist Church Orangefield

9788 F.M. 105 Orangefield, 409-735-3113

Pastor Forrest WoodSun.: 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 PracticeEmail: [email protected]

www.fbcof.com

Cowboy Church of Orange County

673 FM 1078 Orange409-718-0269

E. Dale Lee, Pastor Sunday Worship Service

10:30 a.m. “Round Pen” (Small Group)

Studies: Ladies & Men’s group:

7 p.m. Mondays, Come as you are!

Boots & hats welcome!

St. Paul United Methodist Church

1155 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City

409- 735-5546Pastor Brad Morgan

[email protected]. 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 YouthSun. 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

Apostolic Pentecostal Church

IH-10 at Highway 62, Orange

(409) 745-3973Sun. 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

Back to God Fresh Anointing Ministries

1011 10th St., Suite 108, Orange

409-779-3566•[email protected]

ingministries.comPastor Gerald Gunn

Co-Pastor Pearlie GunnSun. 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 409-886-7466

Pastor: Rev. John WarrenDir. of Fine Arts & Music:

Doug RogersOrganist: Justin SandersDir. of Youth & Christian

Education: Allisha BonneauxSunday: Worship in the Cha-

pel: 8:15 a.m., Celebration Service in Praise

Center: 8:55 a.m.,Sunday School for all ages: 9:50 a.m., Worship in the

Sanctuary: 11 a.m., UMYF & Methodist Kids: 5 p.m.

Web site: www.fumcorange.org

West Orange Christian Church

900 Lansing Street, W.O.

409-882-0018Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

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

Wednesday Evening - 6 p.m.

“Our church family wel-comes you!”

First Christian Church of Orangefield

4234 FM 408 (between BC & Orangefield) 409-735-4234

Minister Jim HardwickSunday School: 9 a.m.;

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

Wednesday: Prayer & Bible Study 7 p.m.

Nursery providedFor a ride, call 735-4234

Trinity Baptist Church

1408 W. Park Ave. @ 14th Street, Orange

Office: 886-1333 Pastor Dr. Bob Webb

Worship Leader Dan CruseSun. Morning

Worship 11 a.m.Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Nursery Provided

Miracle Restoration Revivals Church

608 Dogwood St., Orange 409-883-5466

Residing Pastor Rev. Larry DoucetFounding 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.

Orange First Church of the

Nazarene

3810 MLK Drive, OrangeLead Pastor: Ray McDowell

Music Pastor: Bruce McGraw

Youth Pastor: Michael PiggChildren’s Pastor: Marilyn

BallSunday 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, BCOffice: 409-735-3581

Fax: 409-735-8882www.fbcbc.org

Rev. Bob Boone, PastorSunday 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, Orange409-882-0862

Ruth Logan Burch, PastorSun. Morning 10 & 11 a.m.

Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Service 6 p.m.Gospel Singing first Friday

of the each month.

Echo Church

1717 FM 3247, Orange409-735-8580

Pastor George A. Cruse Jr.Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

Praise & Worship - Contemporary music!

Come as you are!

Maranatha Christian Center

7879 Hwy. 87 NAsst. Pastor Daniel RayMusic: Sherry DartezPastor Bob Simmons

Sunday Morning 10:30 a.m.Sunday Evening 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

To list your church, call

886-7183

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This former Mauriceville resident is a great teacher, a very knowledgeable individual and an accommodating person, according to longtime friend Rueben Stringer.

“Meet Floron (Buddy) Faries, Texas A&M professor and director of state extension veteri-narian medicine. Affiliations include Texas AgriLife Extension Service, National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense, and Texas A&M University System,” he wrote.

Faries is a 1960 graduate of Mauriceville High School. As an active member of the Mauricev-ille FFA chapter; he earned his state FFA degree in 1959. Wayne Frederick also received his state FFA degree in 1959.

They were the first two to receive this award from Mauriceville. A guy who pushed them along a little was Ed Meyers who was the class salutatorian, Stringer stated.

Faries was class valedictorian and FFA chapter president while in school.

After graduation from high school, Faries enrolled in Texas A&M University. In 1964, he received his Bacholer of Science degree. In 1965, he received his doctorate in veterinary medi-cine. He added a masters’ degree from Oklahoma State Univer-sity in 1968.

This was followed by nine years of private practice in Orange and Jasper Counties. His next nine years were spent teaching veterinary parasitology and large animal medicine for veteri-nary students.

Stinger wrote there is a statewide demand for his services.

“Twenty-eight years of outreach education have been a pleasant experience that is second to none,” Stringer wrote. “Subjects vary but beef cattle and horse health management for producers; disaster emergency management for animal owners; and career oriented veteri-nary science education for 4-H and FFA mem-ber are some of the things that have been em-phasized.

During these years, over 1,500 seminar pre-sentations have been made. Over 1,000 articles to the news media have been printed and four books on veterinary science have been au-thored. Four veterinarian science courses have been written.”

Faries prepared himself for college by taking advantage of opportunities offered to him in high school, according to Stringer.

He raised and showed steers and swine at the South Texas State Fair, making the sales

with his animals at the fair. In 1955, he showed three pigs and made the sale with all three. A steer made the sale. Various con-tests were entered during his high school tenure.

“I also remember a Tamworth boar that was determined that Buddy and I were not going to prepare him for the sausage house. He won the first battle, but lost the second one. At the auction sale he weighed 714 pounds,” Stringer wrote.

“The FFA motto is learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, living to serve. Evidence points to the fact that Dr. Faries has taken the motto seriously. We congratulate him and wish him continued success in the years to come.”

Former OC resident treats animals over 50 years

Buddy Faries has spent the last 50 years in veterinarian science.

David BallFor The Record

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EMPLOYMENT DRIVERS

DRIVERS: LOCAL ROUTES! Home Everyday!Excellent Wages/Benefits: CDL-A/B, 1yr. w/hazmatApply at: Airgas; 2210 Swisco Rd, Sulphur LA

70665

EMPLOYMENTCRISIS CENTER. Rape and crisis center of S.E. Texas needs volunteer advo-cares to provide direct ser-vices to survivors of sexual assault in a medical setting. Comprehensive training is provided, Anyone interested should contact the Crisis Center at (409) 832-6530.

FULL TIME POSITION avail-able at Reliable Cleaners. Must be honest, dependable, energetic. Daytime hrs. Must be willing to take drug screen and background check. Apply only from 9 am to noon at 2230 Texas Ave in BC. No phone calls please.

APPLIANCESUSED APPLIANCES, start-ing at $99.95 & up, Harry’s Appliances, 302 10th. St. (10th. & main), Orange, We buy used appliances, 886-4111.

FURNITUREFURNITURE SALE! All in excellent cond. Blue 3 cush-ion couch, blue 2 cushion love seat, dark blue leather recliner, oak coffee table W/ glass, Zenith TV with wood cabinet, (409) 543-7346.

LOST & FOUND

FOUND FEMALE DOG, miniature Dachshund puppy, call and describe, (409) 670-0651. 1/4

FOUND MALE DOG, retriev-er, OF/Vidor area, call and describe @ (409) 988-9059.

L-O-S-T YELLOW BIRD--downtown Orange. Be-loved tame BIRD flew off shoulder and out door--loves petting--$100 RE-WARD for return--if seen 409-886-3885--solid yellow Cockatiel with orange cheeks.

MISCELLANEOUS

2 LIFT REMOTE BEDS, $35 ea.; 1 full size bed set, $40; 1 twin all wood bed set, $70; 1 king bed set; $70; 1 antique Singer sewing machine, mint cond., $140; 1 black & silver queen head board, $35, (409) 499-2128.

CEMETERY PLOT FOR Sale in Hillcrest Garden. Call 409-988-0684.

SLIM PS2 w/ 2 controllers, 2 memory cards, games, $45; (409) 474-0166, call or text for more info.

JUGG’S PITCHING MACHINE, like new, auto feeder, throws 90 MPH, fast & curve balls etc., paid $3,000, used very little, will sell for $2,000, (409) 474-1518.

SERVICES

WOULD LOVE TO SIT with Elderly, light house work, lifelong resident, reasonable rates, (409) 313-0857. (2/29)

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

VALENTINE AKC YORKIE pups for sale. Four registered male pups, champion blood-line, beautiful silk coats. Ma-

ture up to 3 to 4 pounds, up to date on shots and vet checks. HEALTH GUARANTEED. $700 each. Call 409-883-6520 or 409-882-4944

LAB/PIT MIX, 8M old, spayed female, on heart worm prev., free to good home, (409) 746-9502.

PUPPIES! I have 7, mixed breeds (some Lab looking), can’t afford to keep feeding them, free to good homes, (409) 988-9472.

PUBLIC NOTICES:

AL-ANON MEETS ON Wednesday & Sunday at 7 pm. 1512 Strickland Dr., Or-ange, call (409) 779-4289 or Cindy @ 994-5503 for details.

GOLDEN TRIANGLE TOUGHLOVE is a self help parents support group for parents of children display-ing 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 962-0480.

AT. ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST you can expe-rience 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 experi-

ence at 9:30 AM for Sunday School. You’ll be glad you came, and so will we!

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

CRISIS CENTER. Rape and crisis center of S.E. Texas needs volunteer advo-cares to provide direct ser-vices to survivors of sexual assault in a medical setting.

Comprehensive training is provided, Anyone interested should contact the Crisis Center at (409) 832-6530.

HOME SERVICES

STAKES ELECTRIC RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIALFree EstimatesSpecializing in older home re-

wiresOffice (409)

735-4171 or 749-4873

[email protected]

Licence #’sCustomer # 25151

Master# 14161

DJ’S CLEANING SERVICE ETC.

Homes, offices, new construc-tion, make readys, windows, carpet, etc. One time, weekly, monthly. All cleaning supplies provided, honest, depend-able, 32 years experience.

Free Estimates(409) 313-6223.

JOHNSON PAINT SERVICE

Interior and exterior paint-ing, stain and finish, stamp and drag, etc. 30 years ex-perience, Locally owned and operated, no job to big or too small. Top quality work at competitive prices! Free Estimates! (409) 313-6223.

Jones Multi Service• Licenced • Bonded

• Insured•Residental & Commercial Electrical Repairs •Remodels & Add-ons & Home Rewires•Electric Meter &Breaker Box Repacement •Parking lot light-ing Repairs & MaintenanceEstimates Available on Request(409) 299-2666 or 221-8097

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Big Selection of Reconditioned AppliancesAll Used Appliances Sold with Warranty

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

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Tree Removal, Tree Trimming, Haul Offs and

Stump Grinding.

BATESDUMP TRUCK

AND TRACTOR SERVICE

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TRACTOR WORK BY DANNY COLE

• Dirt / Shell Spreading• Bushhogging• Garden Tilling

• New home pads Prepared • Sewer / Water / Electrical

Lines DugHome 735-8315Cell 670-2040

24x30x10 - $10,91330x40x10 - $15,55030x50x12 - $19,677

Slab, 1(3x7) Entry Door & 1(10x8) Rollup Door

24x30x10 - $10,91330x40x10 - $15,55030x50x12 - $19,677

Building Package Includes:

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Slab, 1(3x7) Entry Door & 1(10x8) Rollup Door“Your Service, Your Way!”

Now Hiring in Orange!Maximum Effects

Hair dressers, massage therapist and nail

technicians. Room or booth rental – $75 per week. Have

walk-ins, but clientele helpful.Call Christine at

409-886-7776

GARAGE SALESESTATE AND GARAGE SALE.

FRI. & SAT., 2103 LINK ST., ORANGE, off 16th. St., 8 till 5. At the home of the late Hubert and Dena Cox, all must go! Antiques, collectables, furniture, fine china, crystal, Wicker chairs & buggy, Ruby Red, antique dolls, squeeze box, deluxe Eagle Toy cast iron stove W./ all accesso-ries, household items, appliances, Lg. S.S. side by side refrigerator ($800), tools, So Much more!

ESTATE SALE THUR-SAT, FEB. 16-18 8am to 5pm. 1102 W. Orange Ave. in Orange. Antique dressers and armoire, housewares, glassware, lots of misc.


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APARTMENTSBC BRICK DUPLEX APT., 2/1/1, CA/H, W/D hookups, in quiet residential neighbor-hood, ideal for 1 or 2 persons, No Pets, $625 monthly + $400 dep., application required, (409) 728-8995.

THE VILLAS AT COW Bayou located at 3650 Fish

Hook in Bridge City, now has 1$2 bedroom openings! Enjoy comfortable living in a quiet, secluded surrounding. Located in the Bridge City School District with con-venient access to Orange, Port Arthur and Mid-County areas, we are close to all area refineries! Covered parking, washer/dryer connections are

provided. We supply your City of Bridge City water, trash & sewer! Please call today and ask about our move-in spe-cial! Move-in by January 31st,

2012 and we will take $250.00 off of your first month! Call to make an appointment for your personal tour! 409-988-5754.

DOUGLAS OAKS LOCATED at 604 Douglas Street in Bridge City, now has 1&2 bed-room opening. Enjoy comfort-able living in a quiet, seclud-ed surrounding. Located in Bridge City school district with convenient access to Orange, Port Arthur and Mid-County areas, we are close to all area refineries. Garage/Covered parking, washer/dryer con-nections are provided. We supply water, trash & sewer! Please call today for your per-sonal tour! 409-988-5754.

THE VILLAGE AND SOUTHERN OAKS

IN BRIDGE CITY ARE OFFERING A

NOW LEASINGnewly constructed 1/1 apart-ments, 800 sq. ft. of beau-tiful living space. Features include, dishwasher, washer and dryer (full size), grbage disposal, built-in microwave. Huge walk-in closets, garden tub, designer ceiling fans, ceramic tile, plush carpet, antique bronze fixtures and much more! $725 Monthly W/ $500 deposit,, please call for more info at (409) 735-7696 or 474-9731, or stop by 245 Tenney St., Bridge City.

COMMERCIALAUTOMOTIVE BUILDING on Border st., Orange, Re/Max Platinum (409) 738-3000, call Jackie Crow at (409) 920-

2238 for more information.

COMMERCIAL SUITES FOR LEASE in Concord Physi-

cians Bldg. Call 409-882-0696

HOME RENTALS4/1.5 IN BRIDGE CITY, CA/H, fenced back yard,, 235 Elizabeth, $750 monthly + dep., (409) 474-1518.

3/2/2 BRIDGE CITY HOME. laundry room, located at 1390 Elsie, Great Neighborhood! $950 Monthly + $600 dep., (409) 882-4706.

BRIDGE CITY 3/2, Lg. back yard, newly painted, $850 monthly + $800 dep., (409) 735-2030. (M&R)

2/1/1 IN BCISD, Lg. fenced back yard, all kitchen appli-ances, W/D hookups (gas or elec.), CA/H, wood & tile floors, $750 monthly + $600 dep., (409) 735-3281 or 553-1929.

BRICK 3/1 W/ LG. YARD, VISD, Orangefield area, 2061 Liston Rd., $750 monthly + $500 dep., (409) 882-4706. (2/22)

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 734-

7771. (cctfn)

‘06, 2/2 & 2/1 IN OFISD, 1 block from schools, Large lot,

W./D hookups, No Pets, $425 & $400 monthly + dep., (409) 720-8699 or 735-6701. (2/15)

HOME SALES4/2/2 IN LCMISD, 1717 Greenbriar ave., screened in patio, corner lot, $95,000, (409) 883-8389.

BCISD. 3YR OLD BRICK HOME 3-2-2 with granite, tile, carpet, stainless steel appli-ance, fenced yard with shed. great neighborhood. 1700sqft. asking 157,000 call for view-ing 543-5791.

CUTE 2/1/1 IN ORANGE,1,059 sq. ft. home, fully furnished, nice covered patio to relax on, fully fenced back yard w/ out building, Re/Max Platinum (409) 738-3000, call Jackie Crow at (409) 920-2238 for more information.

OWNER FIANANCE. 1322 Irvin, W.O. 2/1/1, Price: $34,900. Down $2,000 P&I 353.76. Call 409-504-5945.

NICE 4/2/2 IN BRIDGE CITY, 1,390 sq. ft. home, fully fenced, acreage size is .685. Re/Max Platinum (409) 738-3000, call Jackie Crow at (409) 920-2238 for more information.3/2 PORT ARTHUR HOME,

2,200 sq. ft., formal living & dining rooms, utility rm., kitchen has 10’ breakfast bar, bonus room off kitchen, lots of storage, security system,

home sits on a 100’ x 300’ lot, fenced back yard, No Owner Finace, $75,000, call (409) 720-9463 for more info.

BEAUTIFUL 4/4/3 with over 3992SF and now priced well below appraisal at just $349,900! Exquisite cus-tom built home featuring grand cathedral ceilings and hand cut specialty hard-woods throughout including black cherry, black walnut and solid oak. Enjoy your own loft library, private office w/ built-in safe, stately for-mal dining, spacious family room with fireplace and gor-geous views from the kitchen window. Outside city lim-its for lower taxes! BCISD rated Exemplary. Situated on almost two tree shaded acres. Call Libby Mitchell at REGENCY Real Estate 724-MOVE (6683) for your per-sonal tour today! (2/29)

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

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.

BEAUTIFUL LOTS LOCATED IN DESIRABLE AREA OF FINE HOMES! Regal Pointe offers under-ground utilities, decorative street lights, profession-ally landscaped boulevard , city water & sewer, BCISD & no city taxes! Regularly priced at $32-35K , RIGHT NOW SAVE 25% ON ANY LOT THRU March 31st!. Call REGENCY Real Estate Professionals (409)724-MOVE (6883) or visit www. REGENCYRealEstatePros.

com for details!

745 ADAM CIRCLE: Very nice lot to build your new home, at a NEW great price $8,900 (93’x160’)! Located in Tyler Estates, a quiet restrict-ed neighborhood in BCISD. 35ft drainage easement on left side. Call Libby Mitchell at REGENCY Real Estate 724-MOVE (6683) for more infor-mation today!

HWY 12, MAURICEVILLE, 10 acre tracts, livestock and Mobiles OK, some commer-cial tracts with Hwy frontage, MMUD water and sewer avail-able, WOODRIDGE LAND, (409) 745-1115.

780 ADAM CIRCLE: Very nice corner lot to build your new home, at a NEW great price $16,900 (100’x160x’)! Located in Tyler Estates, a quiet restricted neighborhood in BCISD. Call Libby Mitchell at REGENCY Real Estate 724-MOVE (6683) for more information today!

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

LOT 17 FRONTIER DR: Build your dream home on 1.4 (150’x416’) acres located in Colonial Estates in BCISD at a NEW great price of $39,900! Call Libby Mitchell at REGENCY Real Estate 724-MOVE (6683) for more information today!

QUAIL TRAILS 3, LCMISD, 3.735 acres, ready to move on, MSUD water and sewer, mobiles and horses OK, WOODRIDGE LAND, (409) 745-1115. (2/29)

AUTOMOBILES‘68 FORD MUSTANG. GT Fastback, Automatic, runs and drives well, Price $6950, for details mail me at [email protected] / 512-782-4586.

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

‘06 SUBARU LEGACY (OUTBACK), silver, 58K miles, 4 dr., excellent cond. except one tiny dent on Dr. side back behind door, 1 owner, always kept in garaGE, HEATED FRONT SEATS, ELEC. w/seats, side shields on side win-dows. $15,500 OBO, (614) 483-8075.

BOATS

‘96 BAYLINER, 18.5’, 120 Force outboard, runs perfect, new drive rod, 75 hours, needs a little clean-ing, $2,500, (409) 553-3332.

MOTORCYCLESHONDA REBEL 250 , runs good, w i th ex t ra parts bike, $1,200 takes al l , (409) 221-7126.

‘T R U C K S & VA N S

‘92 CHEVROLET P.U., auto, 350 V-8, runs good, $1,295, (409) 594-8293.

‘'85 CHEVY C-10, V-8, LWB, A/C, C. player, auto trans., PS/B, good motor, no oil leak-age, real workhorse, $3,000 OBO, ask for Ruth @ (409) 735-7353

‘82 DODGE PU., brown, 93k miles, nice camper on it, extra nice, no rust, asking $3,000, (409) 886-2978.

‘06 FORD F-250, Turbo Diesel, crew cab, 146K mi;es, new tires, A/C works, Auto matic, PW/L, $13,500 OBO, (409) 735-3782 or 363-0330.

CUSTOM RIMS, 15”, off ‘86 Camero, $300, (409) 883-4992 or 221-4610.

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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.

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PROJECT: PortofOrangeLawnServices

OWNER: OrangeCountyNavigationandPortDistrict;dbaPortofOrange

AMandatoryPre-BidConferencewillbeheldatthePortofOrangeAd-ministrationOfficelocatedat1201ChildersRoad;OrangeTexas77630at3:00P.M.localtimeonThursday,February23,2012.Allcontractorsarerequiredtoattendthepre-bidconferenceinordertosubmitabidforthisproject.Questionspertainingtosecurityrequirements,drawings,projectdetailsandbiddingprocedureswillbediscussed.Themandatorypre-bidconferencewillincludeaprojectsiteinspection.

Inordertoattendthepre-bidmeetingindividualsarerequiredtopresentacurrentvalidgovernmentissuedphotoIDandsubmittorandomvehicleinspectionsinordertogainentranceintothePortofOrangeAlabamaStreetTerminal.ContactthePortofOrangeAdministrationOffice(409.883.4363)inadvanceifyouhavequestionsregardingourfacilitysecuritypolicy.

BIDDEADLINE: Thursday,March8,2012at10:00A.M.LocalTime Location: PortofOrangeAdministrationBuilding 1201ChildersRoad Orange,Texas77630

BIDOPENING: Thursday,March8,2012at10:15A.M.LocalTime Location: PortofOrangeAdministrationBuilding-Boardroom 1201ChildersRoad Orange,Texas77630

SEALEDBIDSinduplicate,clearlymarkedandaddressedtoPortofOr-ange,Attention:DebbieBritnell,ProjectAdministrator,OrangeCountyNavigationandPortDistrict(the“Owner”),willbereceivedatthePortofOrangeAdministrationOffice,1201 ChildersRoad,Orange,Texas,77630until10:00 A.M.,localtimeonThursday,March8,2012;andthenpub-liclyopenedandreadaloudinthePortofOrangeAdministrationOfficeBoardroom,1st Floor,for“PortofOrangeLawncareServicesProject”.Bidsreceivedafter10:00A.M.localtimewillbereturnedunopened.ProjectislocatedinOrangeCounty,Texas.

Bidderisherebyadvisedthattheworkshallbesubjecttoequalemploy-mentopportunityrequirements,localprevailingwagerates,andExecutiveOrderNo.11246asamended.

BiddocumentswillbemadeavailableattheMandatoryPrebidMeetingonThursday,February23,2012–3:00P.M.

TheOrangeCountyNavigationandPortDistrictreservestherighttorejectanyorallbidsandtowaiveinformalitiesinbiddingtothefullestextentpermittedbylaw.Incaseofambiguityorlackofclearnessinstatingthepricesinanybid,theOWNERreservestherighttoconsiderandacceptthemostadvantageousconstructionthereof,ortorejectthebid.

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NOTICE TOCREDITORSNotice is hereby given

that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of LOUSISE HARDIN, Deceased, were issued on February 1, 2012, in Cause No. P16020, pending in the County Court at Law of ORANGE County, Texas, to: PATSY JANE OWERS.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.PATSY JANE OWERSc/o: JOE D. ALFORDAttorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, Texas 77630DATED the 1st dayof February, 2012Joe D. AlfordJOE D. ALFORDAttorney for Pasty Jane OwersState Bar No. 01012500Attorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, TX 77630Telephone 409-8832-9014Fax 409-882-0564

NOTICE TOCREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of RUTH DELORES HOGDEN, Deceased, were issued on February 1, 2012, in Cause No. P16020, pending in the County Court at Law of ORANGE County, Texas, to: RICHARD CARL HOGDEN, JOYCE IRENE HOGDEN, AND MARC C. HOGDEN.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.Richard, Joyce and Marc Hogdenc/o: JOE D. ALFORDAttorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, Texas 77630DATED the 1st dayof February, 2012Joe D. AlfordJOE D. ALFORDAttorney for Richard, Joyce and Marc Hogden.State Bar No. 01012500Attorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, TX 77630Telephone 409-8832-9014Fax 409-882-0564


that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of JACK MCLELLAND, Deceased, were issued on February 1, 2012, in Cause No. P16003, pending in the County Court at Law of ORANGE County, Texas, to: ELIZABETH ANN MCLELLAND.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.ELIZABETH ANN MCLELLENDc/o: JOE D. ALFORDAttorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, Texas 77630DATED the 1st dayof February, 2012Joe D. AlfordJOE D. ALFORDAttorney for Elizabeth Ann McLellendState Bar No. 01012500Attorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, TX 77630Telephone 409-8832-9014Fax 409-882-0564


that original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of Wilmer E. Sanford (a/k/a Sandy Sanford), Deceased, were issued on February 2, 2012, in Cause No. P16049, pending in the County Court, Orange County, Texas, to: Tracey Sanford Wild.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.

c/o Jerry V. PenningtonP.O. Box 2010Orange, Texas 77631-2010DATED the 13th day ofFebruary, 2012

Jerry V. Pennington Jerry V. PenningtonAttorney at LawState Bar No.: 15759000P.O. DRAWER 2010ORANGE, TEXAS 77631-2010Telephone: (409) 886-0575Facsimile: (409) 996-1353

LEGAL NOTICES

The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce presented Bette’s Gift Shop and Boutique as the Business of the Month at the chamber’s monthly networking coffee held at Luv Lin-gerie located at 2215 Texas Avenue in Bridge City.

Owners Mike and Bette Smith rebuilt the former Hallmark store after Hurricane Ike. Bette strives to hire local people, further helping the community.

The shop is clean, vibrant, and is a pleasant atmosphere to shop locally. Bette carries a wide array of cards for every occasion: Jim Shore collectibles, jewelry, home décor, cloth-ing and more. The shop is always decorated beautifully for every season. Bette’s offers the community one great place to shop locally.

Bette’s Gift Shop and Boutique is located at 2011 Texas Avenue in Bridge City.Along with being a business owner, Bette also gives countless hours of her time and

energy to the local community by being involved in chamber events, co-chairman of the Bayou Bowl Scholarship three years in a row and an Orangefield Athletic Booster Club member.

Bette received a plaque honoring her as the Business of the Month, sponsored by Da-vid Self Ford, as well as gift certificates to Tiger Rock Martial Arts of Bridge City and David Self Ford and a candy jar from Complete Staffing.

BCCC names Bette’s Business of the Month

Candace Todora, Bette Smith and Bridge City Chamber Ambassador Beverly Satir.


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