The Community Newspaper of Orange, Texas Week of Wednesday, February 4, 2015Vol. 56 No. 42

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Dig a little deeper for the next drink as prices rise

Dig a little deeper for that next drink

If it’s been a while since you last drank your favor-ite alcoholic beverage you may be in for a rude awakening when you receive the bill.

Alcohol pricing in restau-rants and bars over the past couple of years has increased dramatically, with wide varia-tions by segment, according to an in Nation’s Restaurant News.

Restaurant Sciences LLC, a market research firm that tracks food and beverage con-sumption across the food ser-

vice spectrum in North Ameri-ca, tracked millions of transac-tions at a period roughly be-tween October 2012 and April 2013, breaking down price in-creases on various product cat-egories by segment.

According to the research, mass-market beers, like Bud-weiser and Pabst Blue Ribbon, showed the highest price in-creases within the beer catego-ry — except in family dining concepts, where beer prices for that level of product remained steady. Despite the popularity of “ultra-premium” craft beers, price increases for those prod-ucts were relatively low.

For liquor, the biggest in-creases were seen in fine din-

ing — where the price of spirits grew more than 11 percent — and also in family dining, where prices increased 4.5 per-cent on average. The casual dining and bar/nightclub sec-tors, where most spirits are sold, saw virtually no increase.

Wine prices also inched up

during the period, with the big-gest increases seen at the fami-ly-dining and fine-dining lev-els — though the data may in-dicate consumers are migrat-ing to more expensive bottles, said Chuck Ellis, president of Restaurant Sciences.

Mike LeMoine, owner of Spanky’s Bar and Grill in Or-

ange, said alcohol prices have gone up every year.  “Beer has gone up every year. It cost grains to make it. You have transportation costs. Farming costs,” LeMoine said. “Any farm products have went up in price. Beef will go up in the next three years.”  He added there’s a 27 month turnaround

on cattle and it takes 27 months to replace them.  The State of Texas, additionally, have gone up on taxes. The liquor tax was 14 percent, it’s now 15 percent. Sales tax is eight-and-a-quarter percent.

Insurance costs have gone up

FISHING ORANGE COUNTY

Capt. Dickie ColburnPage 1B

SportsCommentary

Kaz’s KornerPage 1B

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CarolineBrewtonFeature Columnist

For The RecordPage 2A

Dr. Jimmy Jones, Humanitarian and Doctor

Dr. Jimmy Jones, Humani-tarian and Doctor

It is not hard to imagine Dr. Jimmy Jones in a black suit, wearing a flat crowned black hat, medical bag by his side, driving a horse drawn buggy making house calls. His atti-tude about the practice of med-icine fits that scenario better than the hustle and bustle of today’s world.

At a recent reception honor-ing both his 75th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his be-ginning to practice medicine, one thing was prevalent; he deeply cares for his patients and his patients care for him.

More than a simple party with cake and punch, the reception was a tribute to a man much loved by his patients, col-leagues, and family.

Jones graduated from Bridge City High School in 1958. The class was the second gradua-tion class of the new high school. “I was class president and we had $100 left at the end of the year. We needed to do something with the money, so we decided to buy trees. We bought the oak trees that still stand in front of the school to-day”, said Jones.

He enrolled at the then La-mar State College of Technolo-gy in Beaumont and graduated with a degree in Biology in 1961. “I knew from an early age

I wanted to be a doctor and wanted to practice family med-icine. After Lamar, I went to medical school at UTMB in Galveston. I graduated in 1965 and went to Fort Worth and spent time at John Peter Smith Hospital. I finished there in 1968, came back home and have been here ever since.”

Jones first office was on Tex-as Avenue in Bridge City, after a year he moved to an office on Green Avenue in Orange for two years and then to his pres-ent location on Western Ave-nue in West Orange.

“I am practicing in the only medical field I ever considered.

Angela Stone serves drinks at Spanky’s Bar and Grill in Orange. Data shows alcohol prices have risen the last few years due to a variety of causes. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball

Orange County Judge Brint Carlton and Commissioner Precinct 4 Jody Crump were absent at this week’s commis-sioners court meeting, as was Assistant County Attorney Doug Manning. The Agenda only had a few items.

One item regarded re-post-ing the Maintenance, Trans-portation and Personnel posi-tions. Apparently they were not all posted in the exact same manner and Carlton had put the item on the agenda.

Commissioner Precinct 3 John Banken was vehemently opposed. “I make a motion that we do not re-post the positions; that we have an executive ses-sion next Monday morning to discuss the applications we do have.

“My understanding is that none of them were posted wrong,” said Assistant County Attorney Denise Gremillion. “Just not all posted identically. Nothing in the posting as I un-derstand it violated the current HR policy.” Gremillion said she did not see the actual posting, but spoke briefly to Carlton and Banken about the issue. “It

is my under-standing there was just a dis-crepancy. Two of them were posted one way and one was posted, somehow dif-ferently. I don’t know the de-

tails, but as long as none of them were in violation of the HR policy, then there is noth-ing requiring them to all be re-posted.”

Commissioner Precinct 2 Barry M. Burton seconded the motion. The motion passed to discuss the applications Mon-day.

No action was taken on the appointment of five member to the Health and Code Compli-ance Permit Appeals Board. Each member of the court ap-points one of the members, so it was tabled until the full court was present.

There was also no action tak-en reguarding waiving of pen-alty, interest and attorney’s fees associated with Biehslich New-sum, Inc., doing business as GT Auto.

David BallFor The Record

Mike LouviereFor The Record

CARLTON

ALCOHOL PRICES Page 3A

Carlton, Crump absent for light court agendaPenny LeleuxFor The Record

COUNTY BUSINESS Page 3A DR. JONES Page 3A

LCM GRANTS Page 3A

Mike LouviereFor The Record

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A disruptive, rowdy crowd of about 10 people carrying noisemakers, balloons, and beating drums invaded the hallways at all schools in the LCM ISD. Hearing the com-motion, one teacher opened his door, ready to confront the noisemaking crew. When

he saw that the leader of the pack was Superintendent Dr. Pauline Hargrove, he retreat-ed back into his classroom.

Starting at Mauriceville El-ementary School, and going to each of the other schools the group was comprised of members of the LCM Educa-tion Foundation who were awarding to 14 teachers who had applied for grants for ma-

terials to enhance the sub-jects they teach.

Since the program began in 2004 the foundation has awarded 130 grants totaling $158, 276.23. This year 14 grants totaling $16,314.89 were awarded.

Any teacher in the district may apply for a grant each year. The applications are re-viewed by the 20 members of

the board of directors. The directors are all volunteers and are parents, community and business leaders. Dr. Har-grove and Community Rela-tions Director Sherry Combs serve as ex-officio members. They are advisors only and do not take part in the selection process.

The LCM Education Foundation presents the check to junior high band director Jose Ochoa. RECORD PHOTO: Mike Louviere

LCM Education Foundation awards grants

Dr. Jimmy Jones address the assembly gathered to celebrate his 75th birthday and 50 years as a doctor.

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The internet is currently fighting over yoga pants. Specifically, whether or not it is appropriate to wear them in public. Spe-cifically whether or not it is appropriate for women to wear them.

Honestly, I can’t believe we’re still hav-ing this argument.

Yoga-pants-gate seems to have been kicked off by one Veronica Partridge, who vowed never to wear yoga pants outside of the home due to the danger of causing “lustful thoughts” in men who are not her husband. You can read the full post here:

http://veronicapartridge.com/why-i-chose-to-no-longer-wear-leggings/

While I applaud Mrs. Partridge for going out of her way to tell us that this is a per-sonal decision for her and that she doesn’t expect to influence anyone, I find the need to respond.

I am not remarkably conservative or no-tably religious. But though I can’t say I’ve ever agonized over yoga pants, I have faced fierce internal debate on the subject of my own dress. I knew I dressed for myself - wore what I felt comfortable in - but once, remarks over my clothing made by a close friend caused me some worry about un-wanted reactions. I have a tendency to wear high heels. At not quite five feet, the extra (if faux) inches made me feel a little more equal to the professional circles I moved in, where I was expected to behave

with authority. I got in the habit in my personal life, too.

The fact that I feel I need to explain the why is what bothers me. I’ve never heard a man ex-plain, say, his cargo shorts. But here I am, ex-plaining.

For a while, I wore flats. It didn’t make me feel any less vulnerable, and - surprise - I also occasionally received unwanted at-tention during that period. But worse was the knowledge I had stopped doing some-thing that gave me confidence for the sake of... Well, really, I’m not sure. People-pleas-ing is the obvious answer, but that ends up being a hollow argument. Hear me out.

Modesty is subjective.When I was brainstorming for this col-

umn, I did some clicking around on the in-ternet. I found that even proponents of “modest dress” like the well-known reality TV Duggar family face criticism from peo-ple who think the girls don’t hide enough (they have a neck-to-knee coverage rule). And this is a family that believes holding hands before your engagement is an af-front to God. While I find that opinion ex-treme, you see where I’m going with this: No matter how “modest” you are, if the im-petus for controlling someone else’s poten-tial thoughts is placed on you, there will al-ways be critics.

And there will be unwanted attention, no matter what you wear. Rape happens in societies where women can only move out-

side the home veiled.Wearing or not wearing clothes you find

comfortable for any reasons other than your own ultimately won’t help anyone, least of all you, and trying to pre-empt oth-ers’ thoughts seems like a surefire way to develop a whopping case of anxiety.

It is likewise futile to encourage others to dress more conservatively in the hope your own beau won’t notice. If that’s what you’re worried about, invest in a stronger relationship and not different clothes.  Any partner who simply can’t stem the tide of lascivious thoughts to the point of obsess-ing over others’ wardrobes is not worth the effort.

All of this talk of female modesty is a distraction from the most vital thing: be nice to your fellow humans. Stop getting so lost in minutiae that you don’t offer to help your neighbors carry in their groceries. 

Policing someone else’s clothing choices isn’t going to earn you magic heaven points, it’s just going to make everyone miserable. Any such “good will” comments to that ef-fect are a lazy attempt at saving your fellow man real trouble. They cost the commenter nothing;  therefore, that kind of nonsense is an entirely hollow gesture. 

And women, stop beating yourself up over a garment that actually covers just about every inch of skin! Just be you. The wisdom from pop culture: Haters gonna hate.

I’ll be wearing my super comfy, slightly flattering, well-loved yoga pants any time as I see fit in protest.

Internet in uproar over yoga-pant-gate debate

Caroline Brewton

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Pinehurst seeking new city administrator after Parkhurst resigns

And the search is on.The Pinehurst City Council

started their search to find a successor to outgoing City Ad-ministrator Joe Parkhurst at a special meeting on February 2. Parkhurst submitted his resig-nation at last week’s regular meeting.

Mayor Pete Runnels said a four-member search commit-tee composed of Councilman Dan Barclay, Dan Mohon, Parkhurst and City Secretary Debbie Cormier was assem-bled. Application will be given out and received the next 30 days.

Runnels said the want ad on the Texas Municipal League’s website is worded as follows:

Pinehurst (population 2,097) is a Type A General law munic-ipality operating under the city administrator/council form of government. City Council con-sists of a mayor and five alder-men at- large serving alternat-ing two year terms.

The FY2014-2015 operating budget is approximately $2.7M.

The city administrator is re-sponsible for directing and

managing a staff of approxi-mately 20 full-time and 9 part-time employees. Potential can-didates must be able to work ef-fectively with council mem-bers, employees, and the public.

The city administrator will oversee preparation of and monitor the annual budget.

Potential candidates should possess a Bachelor’s degree in public administration, busi-

ness, or a closely related field.A minimum of five years

management experience, pref-erably in a municipality or oth-er political subdivision, is re-quired. Applicants should have extensive experience in finance and community relations. Ex-pertise in budgeting, capital planning, and negotiation are required.

Applicant must have strong

computer, interpersonal, writ-ten and oral communication skills.

Knowledge of grants and grant writing experience is a plus.

On a side note, incumbent Alderman Matt Chandler sub-mitted his letter of resignation from the city council and won’t run in the next General Elec-tion on May 9.

David BallFor The Record

as well. “You have to raise pric-es to all those factors,” he said.  The prices, however, hasn’t affected LeMoine’s bot-tom line.  “Business has been real, real good. Liquor sales are good,” he said. On the flip side though, he said it’s hard to proj-ect because it seems everything is going up including the cost of labor.  He cited as an example the city of Seattle raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, causing prices to go up expo-nentially. “It costs more money. For 26 years I have to raise pric-es when the minimum wage goes up,” LeMoine said. “I have to pass on the cost to the con-sumer. It’s (President Barack) Obama’s idea to make everyone equal. There will soon be two

classes of people: people with money and those who don’t have it.”

Red’s Liquor in Orange is the supplier for Spanky’s.  Nesla Vaughns of Red’s said prices have been rising. She believes it’s due to either inflation or it costs more to make the prod-uct.

“Yeah, we had to raise prices. It’s at least a couple of dollars more depending on what it is,” Vaughns said.  She said the higher prices hasn’t affected their business. She added peo-ple will find a way to purchase alcohol just as they find a way to purchase gasoline and ciga-rettes. “They’ve got to have it,” she said. Vaughns said she can’t foresee prices going down. In-

stead, she’s of the opinion they will probably keep increas-ing.  She mentioned some of their customers purchase items while they are on sale or buy in bulk.

Ashley Simmons of The Hitchin’ Post in Bridge City said some liquors such as Crown Royal and Jack Daniels have risen $5 in cost over the past three years. “We have to go up when the suppliers go up,” Simmons said. She further be-lieves the prices shot up when fuel prices began rising.  Sim-mons also doesn’t think the prices will go down, if ever. Many customers wait for a sale to make a purchase.

Alcohol prices From Page 1

County business From Page 1

LCM grants From Page 1Dr. Jones celebrates From Page 1

The grants for the 2014-15 school year ranged from mate-rials to assist elementary stu-dents learning to read to a very high tech 3D copying machine that can be used for a variety on process including giving the specifications for prosthetic limbs.

The 3D printer will be used by two classes, those of Cory Parsons and Terry Morris. The students will have a virtually unlimited scope of use for the printer and this may be the only 3D printer in the Orange area.

There was excitement in Bet-ty Martin’s class at Mauricev-

ille Middle School when her students found she had been given a grant for a “flying cam-era” . The grant was given for “Construction from a bird’s eye view.” It would enable the stu-dents to “fly” over the current construction project at the school and monitor the prog-ress. When Martin was asked if students would be able to fly the camera and she gave an af-firmative reply, one student as-sured her that he was very ca-pable of learning to fly the camera. “We’ll see” was Mar-tin’s reply.

Little Cypress Junior High School band director Jose

Ochoa was given a grant that will enable the junior high band to establish a drumline. “This is for the equipment you need to be able to carry and march with the drums. I am excited about getting this grant”, said Ochoa.

“You will be able to get a head start on marching now. You will have a full drumline and be able to have a good foundation when you go into the high school band”, said di-rector Jodi Purghan. “We are very pleased that Mr. Ochoa applied for this grant.”

I feel like I was called to Or-ange to practice medicine in Orange. I love what I do, do not feel like I have a job, and will practice medicine as long as I am able to do so”, said Jones. “My practice is very enjoyable. Early on I dedicated my prac-tice to the Lord. It has been better than I ever imagined it would be.”

His faith is very important to him, he has been an active member of Winfree Baptist Church for over 40 years.

Jones is still seeing an aver-age of 40 patients each day and is treating the fifth generation of some families. Asked if he can estimate how many pa-tients he has seen in his years of practice, all he can do is roll his eyes and shake his head. “There is no way I can even come close…has to be thou-sands”, said Jones.

He has not limited his medi-cal knowledge to humans. Once he was riding with his dad, the late J.B. Jones, and they saw one of their cows in the field that was bloated. They stopped and the doctor told his

dad he needed a knife. Puzzled, the elder Jones gave him a butcher knife. “I took the knife and stabbed the cow in the side of the stomach. Dad said ‘You killed my cow’. I told him to just wait a while. Later we drove back by the old cow and she was grazing normally. The bloat was gone.”

Jones has enjoyed raising cattle. It was an important part of his family life for many years. On the table among all the family pictures at the re-ception was one of Jones and “Jim Dandy” a large Red Brah-man bull.

Kevin Trinkle, the chaplain at Baptist Hospital, Orange and Beaumont, read state-ments of tribute to Jones from his colleagues who also prac-tice at the hospital. Jones is very respected by those who have practiced medicine with him over his years at the hospi-tal. Several nurses wrote that Jones has always treated every-one with respect. One state-ment related that even if Jones is called at two in the morning he is always pleasant and cour-

teous to whoever has had to make the call.

Dr. Gordon Parks stated that when he came to Orange to start his practice, Jones told him he was welcome to use his office until he got his feet on the ground. He could stay as long as he needed to, and there would be no “rent.”

Ronald Norwood said he has known Jones over 40 years as a doctor and friend. “Once I called him and he came to my house because my son was run-ning a high fever. Doc took the boy and put him in a tub of very cold water. He sat with us and checked on my son and soon the fever broke and his temperature was back to nor-mal. Doc has been as good a friend as he has been a doctor”, said Norwood.

“I have seen a lot of changes in my years as a doctor. There are a lot more regulations now. A lot more paperwork. One thing has not changed about medicine; it is still all about one individual trying to help another”, said Jones.

Commissioners waived the six-week waiting period for the vacant position of deputy emer-gency management coordina-tor.

They also recorded in the minutes the order setting the salary for an assistant auditor as amended and the certificates of course completion of newly elected Carlton and Burton; and newly appointed County Clerk Brandy Robertson. They completed training on Texas Open Meetings Act and Public Information Act in January.

Also authorized was prelimi-

nary plat approval to Moon-light Manor, which is a small proposed subdivision in Pre-cinct 2 on Texas Highway 12, west of Cow Bayou.

All bids received for the Gen-eral Land Office Disaster Re-covery 2.2 contract DSR 220214 Bridges/Culverts Replacement were rejected, allowing the purchasing agent, Connie Cas-sidy to re-bid as per Schaum-burg & Polk.

In the open comments por-tion of the meeting, Vidor resi-dent, Lucas Stockwell asked what action to take about an is-

sue he has on North Tram Road when he has gotten no re-sponse from Commissioner Crump. He did not mention what the issue was that he had with the road. Crump was not at the meeting and couldn’t be addressed. Stockwell was asked if he was aware that Tram Road is scheduled to be rebuilt in the next year. Commissioner Pre-cinct 3 John Banken asked Stockwell to give him a call and he would take a look at the road in Crump’s absence.

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SUPER BOWL DONE--WAITING ON SPRING

The Ground Hog saw its shadow Monday. That’s suppose to mean six more weeks of winter. If that is so, it means we have until mid-March before putting away our coats. My guess is here in South East Texas, winter will be history before the end of February, maybe sooner. I’ll just be glad when it quits yo-yoing, mid 30’s one day, 70 degrees the next. I would never trade Orange County weather for that horrible snow and 14-degree weather in the North East or drought conditions in San Francisco.***** I’m hoping for good weather for the Mardi Gras parade in Orange Saturday evening. It should be a great show and a lot of entertainment afterwards so this is a good time to break away from the winter blahs and start working our way to spring.*****The Super Bowl is now behind us. We can’t deny it was a great game with lots of excitement. A record 114.4 million watched on TV. It wasn’t a blow out like some Super Bowls of the past; however, it was a game that will haunt Seattle Seahawks players and coaches for years to come. The New England Patriots came out the winner 28-24. The Seahawks, on the one yard line and three downs to score the winning touchdown, just simply blew it. Instead of trying to run the ball in they attempted a pass. If that pass would have been thrown to the receiver’s shoulder instead of a long reach in front of him, then game over, Seahawks win and everyone would have said what a great call. I believe it was Coach Bum Phillips who said, “Three things can happen when you pass and two are bad.” One of the bad happened. The pass was intercepted, leaving 114.4 million viewers in shock. Then the double guessing started, with a great runner like Marshawn Lynch why not run the ball in. There is no guarantee the Seahawks would have scored however. Five times in prior games Lynch tried to score from near the goal line and he succeeded only once. Like so many of you, if it would have been my call I wouldn’t have passed, but then back earlier I wouldn’t have gone for it on fourth with eight yards to go. I would have kicked a field goal. The Seahawks scored on that play which kept them in the game. The play at the goal line will be debated for years and Coach Pete Carroll will have nightmares for a long time. Disappointing for us is that hometown hero Earl Thomas III didn’t get another championship. It wasn’t the defense’ fault. I always hate to see football come to an end but boy, what an ending. *****I’ve got to move on. Please come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

U.S. PUBLIC WORKS BILL SHOULD PASS CONGRESS

For nearly four years we have said that nothing would help increase our work force more than a jobs bill. Three years ago, President Obama proposed a highway bill of $278 billion. It was estimated at the time that a million jobs would be created, plus the nation needed to start updating our infrastructure. It was a good idea then, however that’s when the Republican Congress was sitting on their hands and saying no to everything Obama proposed. It was a great opportunity to kick start an economy that had sunk to the greatest recession since the great depression. But at the time, the GOP had one clear goal and that was to defeat Obama with Romney. Mitch McConnell had vowed that Obama would be a one termer. Well, we all know how that turned out. It’s a new day and Obama is in his final two years. He has brought the country back a long way but so much more could and should have been done. The first problem is a very weak leader as speaker of the house, and a radical element in congress that he can’t control. Leading to absolutely no progress. They are hell bent on tearing down rather than building a stronger economic base. Once again, in the new budget, President Obama has proposed a $478 billion public works bill that would up-grade roads, bridges and other things in our transit system. Over 30,000 bridges alone are in bad need of repair or replacement. We are 20 years behind the curve in infrastructure repairs, even though we are the world’s wealthiest country. Our transit system is crumbling and has been for several years. We now have the opportunity to again have a world class system but just as important would be the additions of well over a million jobs, plus all the work created by those supplying material and other satellite companies. We’re talking millions of jobs. I’m afraid Congress has no interest in improvements that might boost Obama’s popularity and result in benefiting the Democratic Party in the next election. It’s a shame that this great United States system of government has that fallacy. The Congress will now go into election mode and will accomplish very little or nothing and blame the President for not working with them.They will make a big deal over the Keystone Pipeline that will supply as few as 35 permanent jobs, while throwing away the opportunity to rebuild our country and putting millions of Americans to work on good paying jobs. I’m afraid that is wishful thinking on my part. Some day I’ll say, “What could have been.” Just like I say now if the highway bill would have passed three years ago.

FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHT VIDEOS AVAILABLE

We have in our possession some highlight videos of players who played for Coach Les Johnson at Bridge City in the late 1990’s. The videos can be claimed at our office in Orange, 320

Henrietta, across the street from Granger Chevrolet, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Monday only. Players featured in the videos are: Chad Hanks #56; Toby Latiolais #99; Tony Lute #52; Terry Magee #10; Nick Watson #62; Brad Miller #12; Colby Doucet #28; Kerry Strong #77; John Hoffpauir #24; Rhett Sanders #78; Bryan Bock #22; Nick Watson #67; Chris Collins #46; Jeremy Buckley #11; Dustin Denham #77; Jarred Williams #51; Dathan Juneau #50; Brian Finley #82; Eric Bramlett #70 and Raun Bryant #17. These highlight videos have been made available from the extensive library collection of Coach Johnson and we appreciate him allowing us to get them to his former players.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME12 Years Ago-2003

On Saturday, Feb. 1, the world watched in horror as the Columbia space shuttle literally disintegrated in the skies over the East Texas area. The bodies of seven astronauts on board were found on the ground, the majority between San Augustine and Jasper. Pieces of the shuttle were scattered for miles, as far as Louisiana. Orange County fire departments and most law enforcement agencies assisted in the recovery. Astronauts Rick Husband, William McCool, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Ilan Ramon, and two women Kalpana Chawla and Laurel Clark all lost their lives on that fateful day.*****Orangefield High School sophomore, 16-year-old Angela Ledford, represented Orange County in the Miss Texas Teen USA pageant. Texas Monthly magazine featured three pictures of her with the story of the pageant. *****Orange’s first annual Mardi Gras parade will be held Feb. 28, at 6 p.m. *****On Feb. 2, Miss Thelma Thurmond celebrated her 90th birthday. ***** On Feb. 3, Arthur Anderson celebrates his 90th and he and Ms. Anabel celebrate 65 years of marriage.*****On Feb. 5, Sue “MeMaw” Gunn will turn 90.*****President Ronald Reagan turns 92 on Feb. 6 but he’s not aware of it because of Alzheimer’s Disease. (Editor’s note: All of the good folks mentioned above are not longer with us but not forgotten.)*****Matt Bryant, of Bridge City and now New York Giants football star, delivers his testimony at Echo First Baptist Church, where his friend Rev. Jeff Anderson is the pastor.*****Darlene Zavada is the new director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau. She replaced Charlene Sonnier. *****Laura Bergman, of Bridge City, made the President’s List at Texas Tech. She has a 4.0 grade point average.*****Bridge City Cardinal Matt Peebles signs to play football at new Mexico.***WOS quarterback Joey Byerly is expected to sign with North Texas.***West Orange-Stark defensive leader, Vontearr Edwards signed with McNeese.*****GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Gloria Stegall, 77, of Bridge City, died Jan. 25.***J.D. Dubose, 88, died Jan. 28.***Dolores Copeland, 69, of Orange, died Jan. 29.***Mary Earlene Sharp, 63, of Bridge City, died Feb. 2.***Hattie Bradshaw, 94, of Bridge City, died Feb. 1.

37 Years Ago-1978

Last weekend, Jan. 30, Rosalie Clark and her twin sister celebrated their birthdays. Drew Miller celebrated on Jan. 31. Don Kachtik celebrated on Feb. 3. *****Ronnie Theriot is now associated with Stephen’s Buick. *****A coffee honoring John Hill, candidate for governor, was hosted by Helen and Doug Harrington. A large crowd came to hear the attorney general. *****Bridge City school royalty is planned for Saturday night. Senior nominees for the honors are Cynthia Soileau, Denise Gauthier, Terri Medley, Jannine Stout, Bryan Huckabay, Windell Broussard, Dean Menard and Don Tibbits. Juniors are Melanie Ladoux, Tish Bratton, Milton Briggs and Tim Schexnider. Sophomore candidates are Tammy Poindexter, Holly Hollingsworth, Billy Bryant and Scott Willis. Freshmen are Tammy Emerson, Leslie Garrison, Richie Briggs and Brent Huckabay. *****James T. Cahanin is back as one of the leading jockeys at Delta Downs.*****Les Samms and Wayland Payne are the top salesman at Bill Payne Chevrolet, the “No Gimicks” dealer, located on Highway 90 in Vinton.*****Former Orange County Service Officer James L. Hennigan, 49, files for JP post in Precinct 4 in Newton County. He lives at Indian Lake.

42 Years Ago-1973

Orange County Employees Credit Union elects officers: Don Kachtik, elected president; A.J. McKenzie, vice president; members are Ethel Burton, Katherine Hutto and Sharon Bearden.*****When Harry Stephens, who had been out of town with his family, returned home and turned on his TV, he discovered a tornado had just hit in the 500 block of Front Avenue. Harry left his house like a shot and at lightning speed, drove to his store only to find out the announcement was a mock demonstration by the state guard. Harry is taking quite a kidding. *****The Orange Lions Club, which was chartered May 12, 1937, still has two charter members, Don Cable Jr. and A.E. Jack Fuller. The club chartered with 24 members.

A FEW HAPPENINGS

My thoughts this past weekend were about Vivian and the late Fain Holbrook. On Jan. 31, 1972, 43 years ago, they lost their 15-year-old son Clay. I remember that day. Over the years my thoughts always turn to Ms. Vivian, a wonderful lady. A mom’s love is everlasting. ****We received a nice, heartfelt card of thanks from the family of our departed friend Inez Hearn. Nez was special. She brought sunshine to everyone who knew her. She also left a family of great folks I’m proud to call friends. *****I received my latest issue of Las Sabinas published by Orange County Historical Society. It records the history of Orange County. It also publishes the names of those who left us in the past year. I especially enjoyed the story of Leo and Lula Mae Schexnider of Bridge City. The family history was written by their daughter Charlotte Chesson. Leo passed away 20 years ago but Ms. Lula Mae, at age 84, mother of 11, 31 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren, is still the monarch of this large family. ***Also in Las Sabinas read the history of the Elms, 304 W. Park, built by Albert Neyland, Sr., compiled by Thomas and Peggy McKenna, present owners.*****Last week in this column we mistakenly printed the year 1979 in an Out of the Past segment. The year should have read 1974. Woodrow Bishop informed us that one of the First Baptist Church singers listed, James Decker, had died in a train/auto accident in 1975. That is what alerted us to the wrong year. Sorry for the confusion. *****Our old friend Howard Johnson called this week. He was Parker “P.T.” Thompson’s dad. Mr. Johnson, a longtime friend of David Peck, was interested in finding out how he is doing. Last we heard, Judge Peck was improving daily and was sitting up playing cards last week. We understand however, he still has a long way to go. If you would like to write him his address is as follows. Tirr Memorial Herman, 1333 Moursund St., 2nd Floor Room 209, Houston, TX 77030. He’ll enjoy hearing from you. Tell him Breaux and Creaux says

hello.*****We were sorry to learn about the death of John Haure, 74, who passed away Jan. 31, in Colmesneil. He was a retired mechanic for the Bridge City School District. He also served for 10 years as a deputy constable of Pct. 3. His wife Cetha is also retired from BCISD. Services were held Tuesday. *****A few folks we know celebrating their special day in the coming week. On Feb. 4, Celebrating is former national champion pole-vaulted Eric Eshbach, also John LeBlanc, Mel Moreau, Sylvia Holloway and Lydia Wilson. They join singers Clint Black, 52, Alice Cooper, 66, and boxer Oscar De La Hoya, 41. *****Feb. 5, finds David Cooper and Madi Johansson celebrating. They join baseball player Hank Aaron, 80, football star Roger Staubach, 72, singer Sara Evans, 42 and actress Barbara Hershey, 66.*****On Feb. 6, Neighbor Cox and Ms. Ginny’s lovely daughter, Karen Duplichin, celebrates. She and Keith are waiting for a new grand baby in March. Also celebrating are Grant Jones, Cindy Lessard and Lindsey Day. They join Zsa Zsa Garbor, 97, Tom Brokaw, 74, singer Natalie Cole, 64 and actor Mike Farrell,75.*****On Feb. 7, celebrating is Jeanna Campbell, Luke Lyons, Darlene Brown and Charles Smith. They join Garth Brooks, 52, Chris Rock, 49, actors James Spader, 54 and Ashton Kutcher, 36.*****On Feb. 8, Todd Landry gets older as does Kaitlyn Ezell, Lois Powell, Barbara Fix and Dolores McQueen. They join actor Nick Nolte, 73, author John Grisham, 59, and actress Mary Steenburgen, 61.*****On Feb. 9, our old buddies Jivin’ Gene and Karen Fusilier share birthdays. Home boy Doyce Sherman celebrates as does Leonard Bock and Sandy Sanford. They join singer Travis Tritt, 51, singer Carol King, 72 and actor Joe Pesci, 71.*****On Feb. 10, our good friend, a great, hardworking lady, the top hand at “Peggy’s on the Bayou,” Peggy Albair celebrates. Also the twins Trevor and Tyler Gunn celebrate. We have been recording their birthdays for at lease 20 years. They join TV host George Stephanopoulas, 53, actor Robert Wagner, 84, Glenn Beck, 50 and Mark Spitz, 64.*****I thought the Katy Perry halftime show was quite a production, really amazing. I don’t know about her singing. I didn’t understand a word she sang. The commercials were pretty good. Of course Budweiser’s lost puppy and the Clydesdale spot won the contest. Two of my favorites were Fiats blue pill, I felt for that old guy, his one shot gone down the tube. I also liked the Dodge ad, “What you learn in 100 years.” Quarterback Tom Brady ties Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana with four Super Bowl wins. Brady, third time MVP, is the best quarterback of all time. He’s not my favorite but the figures don’t lie. Today he’s the best that ever played the game. One issue still remains for Patriot Coach Bill Belichick, Brady and the NFL and that is the deflategate investigation. I don’t put much stock in the results; someone may come up and take the fall. It’s a lot to do over little anyway.*****New car sales in January were up 14 percent over Jan. a year ago as the economy continues to improve.*****By the way, do you recall when I predicted that Coach Wade Phillips would end up being defensive coordinator at Denver. In case you haven’t heard, Wade now has been hired by Denver. Some of my friends disagreed since it was the same owners that let him and Dan Reeves go. They forgot Elway wasn’t running the show then. *****The first annual High School Gumbo Bowl was held Saturday. LCM’s Project Safe Grad won first place, Vidor and Bridge City tied for second with Vidor winning the tie breaker.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK

Lisa Ludwig, Don Mosier, Lydia Wilson, Brad Freeman, Eric Eshbach, John LeBlanc, Lindsey Hollingsworth, Mary Bull, Mel Moreau, Rheese Rhodes, Syliva Holloway, Jack Jones, Madi Johansson, Madison Johansson, David Cooper, Grant Jones, Haley Arnold, Harold M. Collins, Lindsey Day, David Gryder, Peggy Jones, Cindy Lessard, Darlene Brown, Charles Smith, Jamie Beaulieu, Jeanna Campbell, Luke Lyons, Jeremy Sleeman, Kaitlyn Ezell, Lois Powell, Dolores McQueen, Addison Geldard, Kezavien Roberts, Todd Landry, Barbara Fix, Doyce Sherman, Lisa Woods, Jivin’ Gene, Karen Fusiler, Leonard Bock, Sandy Sanford, Cynthia Fisher, Peggy Albair, Shane Brister, Trevor Gunn and Tyler Gunn.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK

Carl Bigneaux walked into Tee-Boy’s Bar and Grill at 9:58 p.m. and sits at da bar next to Norris Comeaux. Norris is not the brightest guy in the joint. Da 10 p.m. news came on da TV and da news crew was covering a story of a man on the ledge of a large building preparing to jump him.

Bigneaux turn to Comeaux and he say, “You know, I bet he’ll jump him.

Comeaux answer, “Well, I bet he won’t.”Bigneaux put a $20 bill on da bar and he say, “You on.”Jus as Comeaux was put his money on da bar, da guy on da

TV did a swan dive off of da building, falling to his death.Comeaux him got very upset and handed da $20 to Bigneaux

and said, “All is fair, here is you money.”Bigneaux say, “I can’s take you money me, I saw dis earlier

on da 6 o’clock news and knew dat he would jump.”Comeaux say, “Me too, but I don’t tink da fool would do it

again him.

C’EST TOUTOur friend Judge Joe Parkhurst is giving up the managers

job at Pinehurst. Already several applications have come in for the job. Joe took that job mostly for the challenge. He didn’t run for re-election as J.P. of Pct. 1. He could have stayed on as judge as long as he wanted to but there were some aspects of the job he wasn’t fond of. Mostly he didn’t find the J.P. job challenging enough. Too much down time for a guy who has always run wide open, going back to his baseball days. He was a Pete Rose kind of a guy. Joe plans to do things he never had the time to do. He’s a first class guy. He has earned and deserves the best life has to offer. Time moves on and Joe says the time is right for him to move on. We wish him the very best. *****Now it’s time for me to move on. The Wednesday Lunch Bunch will dine at Robert’s this week and Novrozsky’s next week. The Bunch would like to have you visit. Everyone is welcome. My time is up, thanks for your. Take care and God bless.

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Happy 66th Wedding AnniversaryMilton & Margaret PellerinFrom your loving family

Pellerins celebrate 65th year

Happy 1st Birthday!Averie Grace Darby will cele-

brate her 1st. birthday on Feb.3rd with a Minnie Mouse Party!

Lots of her friends and familywill be celebrating with her.

Her parents are omas andLauren Darby. Her grandparentsare Jeff and Lynn Gamble, Davidand Dorthy Darby, Ricky andAngela Gollthare.

We love You!

Shrimp OpelousasEVY’S CAJUN KITCHENEVElYN BrANdoNFor e record

It’s no secret that I loveseafood prepared just about anyway. I also love one pot meals -anything convenient is a plus tome.

I belong to several cookinggroups, blogs and websites onthe internet and this is where Ifind most of my recipes. One ofmy favorites is on Facebook andis run by my good friend PeggyHumble from Denham Springs,La. Her Facebook page is calledCajun Cooking Recipes. Check itout, I’m sure you will get lost init as much as I do. Check Peggyout here: .

Peggy posts recipes from peo-ple who send them to her fromall over the globe and when sheposted this one, I knew it wasone I would have to try so I couldshare it.

I made this one with a fewchanges to suit me and my familyand it was delicious!

I don’t know who the person isthat should get credit for thisrecipe, but if he or she reads thisand will contact me, I will makesure they gets full credit.

I’ve been promising Miss

Peggy I was going to come slingsome pots and pans with her inher Louisiana kitchen - maybe ifshe will share more recipes likethat with us, I will go spend amonth with her.

I hope y’all enjoy this dish asmuch as I did.

Bon appétit!

Shrimp Opelousas1 pound raw shrimp

1 finely chopped onion1 finely chopped bell pepperGreen onions and parsley to taste1-1/2 cup uncooked rice1-14 oz. can beef broth (I added acan of cream of mushroom soup)1-4.5  ounce  can  mushrooms  (Iused fresh mushrooms)1/4 - 1/2 cup butter (I used a cup)

Mix ingredients in 5 quart ricecooker and cook like rice. Do notadd water or open rice pot to stir.

Taste of Southeast Texas

North Early Learning Center recently held a program to celebrate the achievements of studentswho earned perfect attendance honors during the second nine weeks. Teachers with perfect at-tendance were also honored. All honorees were presented with certificates. Additionally, studentswho maintained perfect attendance during the entire first semester were recognized. North ELCstudent Christopher Peck, Jr., one of 24 students who achieved perfect attendence for the firstsemester, is all smiles as he waits for his personal congratulations from WOCCISD Director of Cur-riculum Dr. Wayne Guidry, a guest speaker at the event.

POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT

Zoch runs for BCISD officeMy name is Marla Zoch. I am

running for school board trustee.My goal is to ensure that BridgeCity continues to thrive and im-prove in areas of academics, stu-dent character building andextra-curricular programs andfacilities for its students. I planto support our kids, teachers andparents in maintaining and im-proving areas of communicationand trust throughout the districtand administration. Education isthe key to the success of BridgeCity and I would like to play apart in continuing this success.

I feel that I can bring some newideas to the board and that I amqualified to do just that. A littleknown fact about me is that I wasa teacher in the public schools for5 years. I can bring insight to thetable from my experience as ateacher as well as my 25 years ofexperience as a business ownerand manager of two businesses.In the past, my husband was aschool board trustee as well asthe president of the board and Iwas in full support of his endeav-ors to better the school districtwhile I helped him by staying inthe background to raise our 3children.

I have raised 3 successful andwell- rounded children in BridgeCity and I owe the district a greatdebt because of how it helped meraise these children in its schoolsand with its wonderful teachersand administrators. Our oldestson was an honor graduate andUIL state qualifier in Math inBridge City and is now a fresh-man at the University of TexasLaw School in Austin. Our sec-ond son was also an honor grad-uate and pitcher for Bridge Cityand earned the honor of all statein baseball. He is now a seniorpre-medical honor student atLamar. He works in the emer-gency room at Baptist Hospital in

Beaumont part-time while takingclasses. Our youngest child is asenior honor student and All-American Cheerleader at BCHS.She also lettered on the varsitytrack team. She recently servedas a Junior Counselor at the statelevel for the Texas Student Gov-ernment Leadership Workshopand was honored as student ofthe month by the Rotary Club ofBridge City. She is the currentStudent Body President of BridgeCity High School.

With my children now practi-cally grown and with ouryoungest leaving home next Fallto attend the University of Texasat San Antonio, I feel that I willhave the time and ability to giveback to the community and helpother parents raise students in anacademic and sound environ-ment that I was privileged tohave for my children.

I would like to point out that Iwould bring a diversified per-spective to the board and amconnected and in touch with thecitizens of Bridge City in manyways that will prove useful as aschool board member. In the

past I have been the Bridge CityChamber Vice President, Am-bassador Chairman for theBridge City Chamber Ambassa-dors, Citizen of the Year forBridge City and have spent hun-dreds of hours working as a vol-unteer with Bridge City youthsports teams while my childrenwere growing up. I have alsobeen a Sunday school teacher forpre-school through college agekids as well as a Sunday schooldirector. I have taken part inmuch other volunteer work thatI will not bore you with. Cur-rently, my husband and I are ac-tive members of St. Paul UnitedMethodist Church in Bridge City.

I am a graduate of the Univer-sity of Texas in Austin andearned a Bachelor of Arts degreewith studies in Foreign Lan-guages. I was an honor studentthroughout college and was anactive member and leader in theNational Scholastic Honor Soci-ety for Women, Alpha LambdaDelta, as well as an academicpeer advisor. I was also involvedin numerous other academicclubs and organizations. Aftergraduating from UT, I earned myteaching certificates and did ex-tensive post graduate work bystudying at night while workingto support my husband throughdental school. For over 25 years,I have owned and managed twosuccessful businesses in BridgeCity both of which I manage andoperate currently.

As your school board trustee, Iwill work tirelessly to strengthenthe connection between ourschools and our community’sfamilies and businesses. I willalso work to give our students thebest education possible whileproviding wise management andaccountability needed to admin-ister Bridge City’s taxpayer fundson behalf of the schools.

Marla Zoch

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Birthday parties atTiger Rock Martial Arts

As a parent, you’ll love ourbirthday parties at Tiger RockMartial Arts in Bridge City. Afterall, we have all the bases covered.You get to just sit back, enjoyyour child having the time of hisor her life, and chat with otherparents. We offer personalizedinvitations, two hour party,games, real lesson for all guests,party supplies and the birthdaychild gets to be the star of hisparty with special activities.

e cost of the party is $200for up to 15 kids and $10.00 foreach additional. You can evenorder your “TKD Uniform Cake”and not have fuss or worry. Callto book your date today at 409-920-1462 and your child will beengrossed in games, activities,great food and more in everymoment. You do not need to bea member to book your party.

Shaw to speak at WO Christian Church

Dr. Eldon Shaw, president ofTLC International will share hismissionary work and his love ofChrist at the West Orange Chris-tian Church, Feb. 15, at 6:00 pm.e church is located at 900Lansing, West Orange.

e purpose of the TLC Inter-national is to teach and equipleaders for ministry in the King-dom of God around the world.

For more information, contactNelda at 719-3992.

Evadale VFD to hold Car/Bike Show

e Evadale Volunteer FireDepartment will hold their 2ndAnnual Car and Bike Show April4. Check in time is from 8:00 amuntil noon. Cost is $25 for pre-registration and must be in byMarch 25. Entry fee day of theshow will be $30.

Winners will be named in Bestin Class, People’s Choice andFireman’s Choice.

For more information, contactLarry Fountain at 409-233-9426,or Billy Lamb at 409-276-2280.

Fish and BBQ plates will alsobe available for purchase. Pro-ceeds to benefit the Evadale Vol-unteer Fire Department.

OC Writer’s Guild to meete Orange County Writers

Guild will meet Feb. 3, from 6:00to 7:00 pm., at Brown HearingAid Center, 105 Camellia, Or-ange.

e Guild has a new instruc-tor, Tena Sanford. For informa-tion, or if you have questions,contact Tena Sanford attena0123@hotmail.com orKaren Stevens atkaren.stevens@coldwellbanker.com, or call 409 988-2588 

American Legion holds BBQ fundraiser

e American Legion Post 49,108 Green Ave., Orange will holda BBQ plate lunch fund raiserfrom 11:00 am until 1:00 pm,ursday, Feb. 5.

Cost of each dinner is $8 andconsists a link, potato salad,beans, bread and dessert. Walkins are welcome and delivery isavailable.

Call 886-1241 after noonWednesday, Feb. 4 and before9:00 am, ursday, Feb. 5 for or-ders and deliveries.

e American Legion Post islocated at 108 Green Ave.

BCLL to hold info ‘Road Show’

Bridge City Little League willhold a meeting hosted by theTexas Little League, District 32.Little League representativesfrom Williamsport, Pa. andWaco, will be conducting themeeting.

e goal of the meeting is tomake board members and par-ents know what to expect fromLittle League, Inc.

e meeting will be held Feb. 7,at 9 am, at the Bridge City Ele-mentary School. An umpire clinicis also being offered at 9:00 am forthose interested in umpiring.

American Legion hosts Valentine Dance

e American Legion Post 49is sponsoring a Valentine’sDance with karaoke by Chadwith Texas Star. e dance willbe Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 7:00pm at the American Legion, 108Green Ave., Orange.

ose in attendance will beable to vote for a King andQueen. Voters will pay $1 pervote for their choice of King andQueen.

ere will be no BYOB asthere will be mixed drinks avail-able at the cash bar.

For more information, pleasecall 886-1241 or visit the Post.

Orange Rotary Club plans benefit concert

e Orange Rotary Club ishonored to present An Eveningof Classical Music withFrancesco Attesti and MatteoGalli. Francesco Attesti is an Ital-ian pianist of international ac-claim. e epitome ofFrancesco’s collaborative work todate is his performance with theCzech Chamber PhilharmonicOrchestra of Prague, performingthe European premiere of “Chi-avi in Mano” by the PulitzerPrize winning composer YehudiWyner. Francesco is a Paul Har-ris Fellow and member of theRotary Club Cortona Valdichi-ana, District 2071 in Italy. Mat-teo Galli is the chief organist atthe St. Maria presso St. SatiroBasilica in Milan, where he isalso the artistic supervisor andwhere he attends to the musicaland concert planning furthereddirectly by the Basilica or in re-lationship with the most impor-tant musical Authorities ofMilan. Together, in 2007, thesetwo published the first recordingof Verdi’s Requiem, transcribedfor piano and organ, on the “LeVoci della Citta” label.

e benefit concert will be atthe First Presbyterian Church inOrange, Texas on Monday, Feb-ruary 9, 2015 at 6:00 PM. Ticketscan be purchased for $25 at theoffice of Steirman, Whitfield &Co. All proceeds from the con-cert will go towards the OrangeRotary Club’s community serviceprojects.

Friends of Orange Depotset 2015 meetings

e regular meetings ofFriends of the Orange Depot willbe held every other month in2015.  e next meeting of theboard and volunteers will be heldon ursday, March 12, 5:30 pmat Grace Lutheran Church. e

group will participate in Art inthe Park on March 21, so themeeting is one week early thatmonth. Normally, the meetingswill be scheduled on the thirdursday of every other month.If anyone would like to sign up tohelp in the FOOD booth for Artin the Park, please come to theMarch 12 meeting.

Mardi Gras 2015e Orange Convention and

Visitor’s Bureau invite the com-munity to help kick off MardiGras, Feb. 7, at 6:00 pm. for theparade and after party at ePavillion.

Guests will enjoy beer, foodand entertainment, featuringJamie Bergeron and the KickingCajuns on stage at 7:30 pm.

Chuck Young AlumniBaseball Game slated

e Chuck Young AlumniClassic Baseball Game isplanned for Saturday, Feb. 21 atthe BCHS Baseball Field. eHomerun Derby will begin at11:00 am and the alumni gamewill begin at 12:30 pm.

ose interested in participat-ing in the derby and/or the gamemay contact Coach Chris Mooreat chris.moore@bridgecityisd.net.

It is hoped that many alumniwill salute the BCHS baseballteams and Coach Young by at-tending the event, as well as vis-iting with Coach Young andsharing stories with formerteammates.

Glenn Pearson AlumniBasketball game set

e 8th annual Glenn PearsonAlumni Basketball game will beSaturday, Feb. 7, at 3:00 pm inthe BCHS competition gym inBridge City. e alumni game isplayed to honor the memory ofMr. Pearson and his 32 years ofdedication to the Bridge Cityschool district.

Any male who graduated fromBCHS and received a Varsity let-ter in BC Boy’s Basketball is in-vited to participate in the game.

Participants will need to pro-vide the year you graduated fromBCHS, name of the varsity coachyou played for, years in whichyou lettered, career highlightsand contact information – tele-phone and/or email. is infor-mation needs to be sent toCoach Knight at   as soon as pos-sible.

Participants will also need tocontact Jennifer at 883-7254 toorder a jersey, unless you stillhave yours from the last alumnigame.

Forms can be mailed to TonyKnight, BCHS, 2690 Texas Av-enue BC, Texas 77611, or it canbe dropped off in person toShawn Knight in the highschool’s front office. CoachKnight can be contacted at 735-1661/1664. Please leave a voicemail with a return phone num-ber.

Master Gardeners OF hold plant fair

e Orange County MasterGardener’s Annual Bloomin’Crazy Plant Fair will be held Sat-urday, April 11, from 8:00 am –1 pm, at Jewel Cormier Park,8235 FM 1442, Orangefield (Exit869 S off IH 10). Perennials, an-nuals, shrubs, tropical, Sat-suma’s, limes, lemons,

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cold-hardy avocados, Texas Su-perstars and heirloom vegetablesare just a few of the unique andhard to find plants we will haveavailable. Five 10X10 boothspaces are available for rent at$25 each.

For more information contactSheri Bethard at 409 673-5057 orsheribethard@yahoo.com.

El Mina Shrine hosts MardiGras/Valentines Dance

e El Mina Shrine will host adance Feb. 14, at 8:00 pm at theOrange County Convention andExpo Center on Hwy. 1442 inOrange. Music will be providedby Na Na Sha.

Tickets are $30 per couple andcan be purchased in advancefrom Pierre DeLaFosse (883-8568 or Mike Kelly (886-7729),or they may be purchased at thedoor.

No beverages are sold at thecenter, therefore you must bringyour own drinks. Coolers arewelcome. Ice and cups will befurnished.

Income tax assistanceoffered through AARP

e AARP Tax Filing Assis-tance Program will be offeredstarting at 12:15 pm, Wednesday,Feb. 4, at the Orange Public Li-brary. Trained volunteers will beavailable from 12:15 through4:00 pm each Wednesday andFriday through April 15.

ose interested in assistanceshould bring All W-2 and 1099forms, including social securitybenefit statements; records ofcatalo gains and losses, receiptsof medical expenses, taxes paid,interest paid, contributions, ca-sualty and theft losses, job ex-penses, sales tax receipts formajor purchases and social se-curity cards for dependents; allhealth insurance information,form 1095-A if received and anyhealth care exemptions receivedfrom the IRS or the marketplaceand a copy of your 2013 tax re-turn.

Animal Shelter in needof blankets, other items

A volunteer with the Pinehurst

Animal Shelter is asking for helpduring the winter months for thedogs who are in the shelter. eshelter is in need of towels, blan-kets, collars, leashes, toys, treats,food and other items that may behelpful to them.

If you would like to help withany of these items, please contactTraci James at 409-9882614.Items can be dropped off at theshelter, or the County Record of-fice, 320 Henrietta, Orange (at-tention Evelyn).

You can also visit their Face-book page at https://www.face-book.com/PinehurstAnimalShelter.

CASA Gala set Feb. 13e Advocates for Children,

Inc. more commonly known asCASA will host a black tie event,“Open Your Hearts Gala” 6:30-10 p.m. Feb. 13 at the OrangeCounty Convention and ExpoCenter featuring Jimmy Wayne.

It will be an evening of dining,dancing

Tickets are $75 for individualsor $125 for couples. Tickets canbe purchased online at: www.ad-v o c a t e s - 4 - c h i l d r e n -inc.org/CASA_Fundraiser.htmlor at the CASA office, 2120 Glo-ria Dr., Orange. For more infor-mations call 409-886-2272.

Orangefield Water Supply Corp.assisting Victory Gardens grow

Several months ago, Orange-field Water Supply Corporation(OWSC) sponsored a field sur-vey for interest in expanding ourWater and Sewer service in theVictory Gardens Subdivision.e positive interest indicated atthat time, encouraged OWSC todo an Engineering study of thecost to serve the Victory Gar-dens Subdivision with Water andSewer service. e presentOWSC rates, for a minimum3000 gal of water and sewer serv-ice, is $64.00 a month.

e funding for the OWSCexisting infrastructure, bothWater and Sewer, was throughthe United States Department ofAgriculture (USDA), Rural Util-ities Services (RUS) with low in-terest loans and grants. OWSChas made an application to the(USDA), for possible funding forVictory Gardens Water andSewer Services. OWSC has alsoapplied to the Texas Water De-velopment Board (TWDB), aseparate funding source from theState of Texas. e funding fromUSDA and TWDB is a competi-tive process. ere is a qualify-ing condition of first time waterand sewer services, for the fund-ing from USDA, which helps toqualify Victory Gardens Subdivi-sion for the funding. e TWDBapplication for Sewer was ratednumber one Sewer need in thestate for 2013, because of thepollution of Cow Bayou. Weshould know which agency willfund the Water and which willfund the Sewer within three tosix months. e Water distribu-tion system would be con-structed first, with the Sewercollection system immediately

following.OWSC believes that the Vic-

tory Gardens Subdivision willqualify for a Grant to pay a por-tion of the construction cost.e most important factor thatwill influence the final cost, andmake this service available, is thenumber of customers that actu-ally decide to hook up to theseservices when available.

An application for a Sign UpDrive “Indication of Interest”agreement, which includes anapplication fee of $100.00, will bepassed out to all residences ifpossible. Application are avail-able at OWSC office, 9913 FM105 and the Gulf Credit Unionon Hwy 87 or call 409-988-4166.Renters must have Propertyowners sign agreement. eOWSC Membership Fee foreach member is $100.00. e“Indication of Interest” Fee of$100.00 will be transferred as amembership fee when servicesare connected. ere is a pay-ment option plan available forthe $100.00 deposit, paymentcomplete by April 30, 2015. IfOWSC is not able to furnishWater and Sewer services, allmonies will be refunded.

All “Indication of Interest” ap-plication returned by February13, 2015, will have the Water andSewer services connected toeach residence by the construc-tion contractor, where their con-nection starts outside theresidence, at no additional costto the owner. Owner is respon-sible for marking where all con-nections are needed. Anyapplications returned after Feb-ruary 13, 2015, will have to payan application fee set by the

OWSC Board.Orangefield Water Supply

Corporation thanks you for yourtime in reviewing this applica-tion and look forward to servingyou if you decide to connect tothe services. If you are in favorof these services, please encour-age your neighbors and friendsto also sign up. e more posi-tive response we have, thecheaper the cost, the quicker theconstruction can start. If you aretired of dirty contaminatedwater in your drainage ditches,this will be a way to clean themup. e Orange County HealthDepartment supports thisagenda. e water system willalso provide fire protection forthe area served.

If you have any questions,please call Joe Morton, OWSCInterim General Manager, 409-735-9422.

8A • The Record • Week of Wednesday, February 4, 2015

What is the connection be-tween Bridge City, Texas, Mul-vey, Louisiana and Mardi Gras inPort Arthur you ask?  BradleySchexnider (Paul to his class-mates from Bridge City HighSchool, Class of 1969) left BridgeCity after graduation for thesmall community of Mulvey be-tween  Kaplan and Gueydan, La.Over 45 years later Schexnider’sgrandson, Ethan Hunt, will per-form at Mardi Gras Port Arthuron Feb. 14.  Schexnider’s mother,Lula Mae Schexnider, and themajority of his large family stilllive in Bridge City.

irteen year old Ethan Hunt,a promising newcomer, is apiano player, singer and is a nat-ural talent. Ethan only beganplaying piano by ear in June of2013. In the span of only 18months, he has taught himself toplay and sings nearly 100 songsbut definitely not the typical

song list for a person his age.Mixing a little young vibe withan old sound he has a repertoirethat includes artists such asLynyrd Skynyrd, e Beatles,Fats Domino, Ray Charles, Elton

John and Otis Redding. Ethanloves to sing songs that hisGrandpa Brad loves to listen to.

Playing mostly in local estab-lishments in South Louisiana,Ethan Hunt was the openingperformer   for the LouisianaCajun Food Festival this past Oc-tober and made two perform-ances on the TV morning show,Passe Partout, in Lafayette onKLFY TV.  Now Ethan is spread-ing his wings a little further andwill be performing in upcomingTexas festivals. Ethan will per-form at the Southeast TexasMardi Gras Festival in PortArthur on Saturday, Feb. 14from  5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. onthe Green Stage located on festi-val grounds on Procter Street.

For a sneak peak of this tal-ented, young musician, one canview his Youtube promo video athttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIfT9cI3B9k

Ethan Hunt of Bridge City.

Hunt connects Bridge City to stardom

Robotics teams from WestOrange-Stark ElementarySchool placed in the Texas Com-puter Education AssociationArea 5 Robotics Competitionheld in Hamshire Fannett lastweek.

Students in grades fourthrough eight competed againstone another. WO-S Elementaryteams placed fourth, seventh,eighth and ninth in an arenafield of 33 teams.

West Orange-Stark Elemen-tary School arena teams andtheir placement are as follows:

e team of Antonio Soto,Trinton Garrett and Marquari-ous Garrett placed fourth.

e team of Phoeniz Smith,

Ruben Ceasar and Kelsy Milesplaced seventh.

e team of Asia Stewart,Shaela Forward, Jakelen Jenkinsand Ruby Ceasar placed eighth.

e team of Nia Lewis, TrinityGarrett and Ania Jackson placedninth.

WO-S Elementary studentsalso competed in the inventioncompetition. e team of Mar-ion Melgoza, Ryan Bergeron andDevan Abrego invented a Drill-bopt that is designed to locatemetal objects underground anddig them up.

Katie Kornegay and Amyompson are the WO-S Ele-mentary Robotics sponsors.

e Area 5 Robotics Compe-

tition is sponsored by the TexasComputer Education Associa-tion. Participating students fromelementary and secondaryschools design, collaborate, plan,redesign, construct, create, as-semble, invent, reinvent, write,present and compete to see whohas developed the smartestrobot.

e contests vary based onstrategies that involve speed, ac-curacy, sensing objects and light.A programmable robot is lim-ited only by the imagination ofits inventor.

Area 5 includes school dis-tricts in Hardin, Jasper, Jeffer-son, Orange, Newton and TylerCounties.

Pictured is the West Orange–Stark Elementary Robotics Team. They are, front row, Nia Lewis, TrinityGarrett, Shayla Foward, Phoenix Smith and Ruben Ceasar; middle row: Marquarius Garrett, AniaJackson, Ruby Ceasar, Asia Stewart and Kelsy Miles and back row, Antonio Soto, Trinton Garrett,Devan Abrego and Ryan Bergeron. Mario Melgoza is not pictured.

WO-S Elementary students place in robotics

Saturday, Jan. 31, the LCM Quiz Bowl team competed in the first round of the Channel 6 AcademicChallenge. They defeated Vidor 255 to 40. The team members are Shri Murthy, Aaron Rose, andArish Bheraiya. Jessica Robertson is alternate. This segment is scheduled to air Saturday, Feb.21. The team is coached by Charlette Roddy and Marcia Brown. Students pictured from left are,Shri Murthy, Aaron Rose and Arish Bheraiya.

The Record • Week of Wednesday, February 4, 2015 • 9A

Each week The Record Newspapers features a pet, or pets of the week for adoptionthrough local shelters and rescue organizations. This week’s pets are again rescues fromPups in Peril.

Why is it that sweet Katana, pictured ABOVE RIGHT, has not found a forever home yet? Allher brothers and sister found a home and she is left behind. She is a great car rider andhousebroken. Katana is a typical puppy, she gets along great with other dogs but does notknow her size so she might be too much for small dogs. She does require more than a 4 footfence since she believes she is an Olympic jumper and climber.

Jessie is between one and two years old, up to date on his shots and neutered. Jessie canbe energetic at times. He is housebroken and crate trained. He is believed to be an AmericanFoxhound mix.

If you are interested in any of the dogs seen here, please contact pupsinperil@gmail.comfor a adoption application.

PETS OF THE WEEK

The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for Dustbusters. They began doing business in1993 and is locally owned and operated by Lynn Picard. Through hard work and dedication, they have steadily grown since and pro-vide both residential and commercial cleaning services for all of Southeast Texas. For more information please contact 409-769-1253.

Complementary wine at eachperformance of ‘Dixie Swim’

Orange Community Players,Inc. will offer complementarywine every night throughout therun of “Dixie Swim Club” whichbegins Feb. 12. On the Valen-tine’s Night performance, Satur-day, Feb. 14, they will have anarray of sweets during intermis-sion.

“Make your reservations now,tickets going fast for ValentineNight,” said director Diana Hill.“...bring a friend, your hubby,girls night out, your bestfriend...”

e curtain rises on “eDixie Swim Club” at 7:37 p.m.,Feb. 12-14, 19-21, with a matineeat 2:37 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 22 atthe theater located at 708 W. Di-vision Ave. in Orange.

e cast includes: Kristen

Campbell, Angie McClelland,Tanya Guillotte, Codie Vasquezand Janet Bland, with Keri Fore-man as understudy.

It’s the tale of five southernwomen, whose friendshipsbegan many years ago on theircollege swim team. Every Augustthey spend a weekend free fromhusbands, kids and jobs. eymeet at the same beach cottageon North Carolina’s Outer Banksto catch up, laugh and meddle ineach other’s lives.

Tickets are $15 for adults and$10 for students. ey can bepurchased online at orangecom-munityplayers.com or reserveseats by calling (409) 882-9137and leaving a message with theday you plan to attend and thenumber of people in your party.

Lutcher features ‘Guys and Dolls’Broadway classic,  Guys and

Dolls will play the Lutcher The-ater, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 at 7:30PM. Tickets from $45-$65 areon sale now at www.lutcher.orgor by calling the Lutcher BoxOffice at 866-5535.

Bustling with gamblers,gangsters, and sassy show-girls, Guys and Dolls celebratesBroadway’s golden era with oneof the greatest scores ever writ-ten for a musical by the leg-endary Frank Loesser,masterfully witty book andlyrics by Joe Swerling and com-edy legend Abe Burrows, andthe glorious Damon Runyon’scomic book world of 1940sTimes Square New York City.

A special treat for area pa-trons, this national tour starsNederlan   native,  Matthew J.Taylor  as Sky Masterson. Mr.Taylor was last seen on theLutcher stage in the nationaltour of  Cats  during the 2010-2011 Season.

Guys and Dolls originallyconquered Broadway in 1951running for over 1200 perform-ances and the winner of 5 TonyAwards including Best NewMusical, and again in 1992 with4 Tony Awards including BestRevival of a Musical.   The NewYork Times calls it ‘The showthat defines Broadway dazzle!”

Considered by many to be theperfect musical comedy, Guysand Dolls introduces audiencesto a cast of characters who havebecome legends in the musicaltheatre world:    Sarah Brown,the upright but uptight “mis-sion doll,” out to reform theevil-doers of Time Square; SkyMasterson, the slick, high-rolling gambler who woos heron a bet to Cuba and ends upfalling in love;  Adelaide, thechronically ill nightclub per-former whose condition isbrought on by the fact she’sbeen engaged to the same manfor 14 years; and Nathan De-

troit, her devoted fiancé, des-perate as always to find a spotfor his infamous floating crapgame.

Frank Loesser’s toe-tappingscore, including fan favoritessuch as “Luck Be a Lady,” “SitDown You’re Rockin’ the Boat,”and “I’ve Never Been in LoveBefore” is the perfect musicalcomplement to Runyon’s color-ful characters.

Guys and Dolls  is producedby Big League Productions. Ledby President and Executive Pro-ducer Daniel Sher, Big League iscelebrating its 26th season ofproducing, general managingand booking Broadway musi-cals and special attractions fortouring throughout NorthAmerica and the world.

Guys and Dolls is sponsoredlocally by Total.

The Frances Ann LutcherTheater for the Performing Artsis located at 707 Main, Orange.

Saturday, the initial Gumbo Bowl was hailed a success, raising funds for are Project Safe Gradua-tion programs. Orangefield, Bridge City, West Orange-Stark, Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Vidor andDeweyville all made up their best gumbo recipe to see who would come out on top. A team of fivejudges, in a blind taste test, pronounced LCM as the winner. Bridge City and Vidor tied for 2ndplace, with Vidor taking the tie-breaker of judges’ favorite by one vote. Deweyville placed 4th, Or-angefield 5th and WOS placed 6th. Besides Gumbo there was a washer tournament, raffles, facepainting and various booths. It should become an annual event. Who will take the crown next year?RECORD PHOTOS: Penny LeLeux

Bridge City takes 3rd Place at first Gumbo Bowl

10A • The Record • Week of Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Clark-Ramboteam just keeprolling along

After cashing a big checkwith a terrific second placecatch only two weeks ago inthe Rayburn Bass Champstournament, Cory Ramboand Rusty Clark raised thebar last Saturday in the firstTexas Team Trail event ofthe year. is event was alsoheld on Rayburn and I amthinking that if they don’t get this red hot duo offRayburn pretty quickly, tournament hosts mayconsider naming upcoming events the Rambo-Clark Invitational!

After drawing a “take-off” number well back inthe huge 300 team field, they were more con-cerned about arriving to find another team fishingtheir spot than whether or not the bass were there.ey had been keeping tabs on their deep waterstaging area over the past month and they knewit was continuing to reload with pre-spawn bass.

Much to their relief, no other boat was in thearea and they caught the winning stringer beforemany of the other teams even caught their firstbass. After quickly catching a five fish limit thatincluded a seven pounder and a five pounder, theycontinued to upgrade until just after noon whenthey culled their smallest bass for another fivepounder.

As it would turn out they wouldn’t even needthat fish as their winning catch of 29.77 poundswas three pounds heavier than the weight postedby the Penney-Fowler team. Rambo and Clarkwon a $42,000 Ranger-Evinrude boat package fortheir efforts while the second place team casheda $7,500 check.

eir approach and choice of lures varied, butvirtually every one of the fourteen teams thatposted 20-pound plus catches targeted pre-spawnbass in staging areas. Rambo said that their spotwas more critical than their choice of lures, but

COLBURN-FISHINGCAPT. DICKIE COLBURNFOR THE RECORD

See COLBURN, PAGE 3B

Great defense or lousy offensive play?

If you’re fighting a bigbattle and have a Shermantank in your possession,would you try to foil theenemy by using a Daisy B-B gun?

at seems to be thethought process used by the Seattle SeahawksSunday night in the final minute of Super BowlXLIX when they had the New England Patriotson the ropes with 40 seconds left in the gameand Seattle behind 28-24.

But the Seahawks had a second down at theNew England one yard line and big MarshawnLynch in the backfield just raring to plow intothe end zone to give his team the lead and aprobable 31-28 victory.

When New England head coach Bill Belichicksaw Lynch trot off to the right flank, he knew im-mediately the Seahawks would be passing likethey often do on goal-line situations, and didn’tcall the time out he would have called if Lynchremained in his tailback position.

Instead, Seattle quarterback Russell Wilsonthrew a slant pass over the middle intended forwide receiver Ricardo Lockette that was pickedoff in the end zone by rookie Patriots defensiveback Malcolm Butler to give the pleasantly-sur-prised Patriots the football and the Super Bowlvictory.

What resulted was the worst play in SuperBowl history called by Seattle’s offensive coordi-nator Darrell Bevell that prevented Seahawks’head coach Pete Carroll from becoming the onlycoach in history to win two Super Bowls and twonational titles in college football.

e Seattle loss also cost the Seahawks frombecoming the first team to win back-to-backSuper Bowls in 10 years and deprived Wilson thehonor of replacing Brady as the youngest quar-terback to win two Super Bowls.

New England under Belichick and with Bradyat quarterback has won four Super Bowls bythree, three, three and four points. e Pats alsohave lost by three and four points and shouldhave lost Sunday by three points. Overall, thePats have won four of the eight Super Bowls inwhich they have participated.

I don’t think the Patriots could have stoppedLynch from scoring that one-yard touchdowneven if Belichick cheated and put 22 defensiveplayers on the field in those last 40 seconds.

e Lynch touchdown was inevitable and Be-lichick’s game plan was to conserve as much ofthose remaining 40 seconds as possible and useBrady’s magic plus the Patriots’ remaining timeouts to try for a tying field goal before time ran out.

Carroll nobly saved his offensive coordinatorfrom being thrown under the bus and blamedfor the loss (like he should have been) andclaimed that he wanted to “waste” a pass playand use up all four downs and the rest of thetime to score that elusive winning touchdown.But an incomplete pass would have stopped theclock and helped the Patriots in that situation!!

Even though the final score didn’t suit theSeattle Seahawks players or fans, the game hadto be one of the most exciting finishes in SuperBowl history, especially the last two minutes ofthe first half.

e Seahawks responded both times that NewEngland scored touchdowns in the first half withsix-pointers of their own.

However their second touchdown looked tobe a short field goal try with six seconds left andthe Seahawks on the New England 11 yard line.But Carroll changed his mind and went for thetouchdown.

Wilson took a quick drop and threw to his leftfor Chris Matthews, who made a leaping catchat the goal line for the tying score.

Matthews, if you recall, recovered that onsidekick in the comeback win over the Green Bay

Packers two weeks ago. He was working at eFoot Locker when the Seahawks called him fora tryout and signed him in February.

Seattle got the football to start the second halfand marched downfield but had to settle for aSteven Hauschka 27-yard field goal to give theSeahawks their first lead of the game, 17-14.

After the ensuing kickoff, Brady threw his sec-ond interception of the game, this one picked offby Seattle linebacker Bobby Wagner at midfield.

Wilson went to work and on the sixth play hitwide-open tight end Doug Baldwin in the backof the end zone to up the Seahawks’ lead to 24-14.

is is where Brady earned his Most ValuablePlayer Award by leading his team two a pair offourth-period touchdowns and the 28-24 scorethat went down in the history books.

Brady tied his childhood idol Joe Montana bybeing voted MVP for the third time. And Be-lichick tied former Pittsburgh Steelers headcoach Chuck Noll as the only coaches to winfour Super Bowls.

e best (and perhaps luckiest) play in SuperBowl history occurred in the final minute when

See KORNER, PAGE 3B

Patriots rookie safety Malcolm Butler picked off a Russell Wilson pass on the goal line, jump-ing the slant run by Seahawks WR Ricardo Lockette to seal New England’s 28-24 win.

KAZ’S KORNERJOE KAZMARFOR THE RECORD

2B • The Record • Week of Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Little Cypress-Mau-riceville's Katon Browngoes airborne to scoreagainst the Bridge City Car-dinals in the 53-37 victorythis week. Defending forBridge City is JohnathonMoore. RECORD PHOTO:Lawrence Trimm

Bridge City's Ryan Mirabella looks to pass the ball while beingheavily defended by Little Cypress-Mauriceville's Andrew Daspitin district basketball action this week. On Friday the Bridge CityCardinals travel to Hardin Jefferson to take on the Hawks.RECORD PHOTO: Lawrence Trimm

Bridge City's Dagan Smith goes up to shoot against the LittleCypress-Mauriceville Bears in the Bear Cave. Defending forLCM is Ayson Simmons and assisting for the Cardinals isTommy Truong. RECORD PHOTO: Lawrence Trimm

Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bear Ayson Simmons takes a shotduring district basketball action this week. Defending for theBridge City Cardinals are Johnathon Moore, Dagan Smith andRyan Mirabella. LCM won the contest 53-37. RECORD PHOTO:Lawrence Trimm

Fast and furious basketball action unfolds in the Bear Cave asKaton Brown scores for LCM during the district matchup with theBridge City Cardinals. On Friday LCM goes on the road to playSilsbee. RECORD PHOTO: Lawrence Trimm

HometownHoopsAction:

Cardsvs.Bears

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Seattle receiver Jermaine Kearseand Butler went up for Wilson’spass down the right sideline, andwith Kearse on his back the foot-ball bounced off his leg and thenhis knee and onto his stomachwhere he controlled it for thecatch. at sensational catch setup the worst play call in SuperBowl history.

KWICKIES…e Seattle Sea-hawks played well despite havingthree members of their defensivebackfield nursing aggravating in-juries—Orange’s Earl omaswith a separated shoulder,Richard Sherman with a badelbow and Kam Chancellor witha leg injury. But it was the injuredarm cornerback Jeremy Lanesuffered after intercepting TomBrady on the goal line in the firstperiod that really came back tohaunt the Seahawks. Lane’s re-placement, arold Simon gotburned for three New Englandtouchdowns—to Brandon LaFell,Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edel-man—that doomed Seattle Sun-day. It was learned Monday thatSherman will have Tommy Johnsurgery on his injured arm.

With Sunday’s Super Bowl vic-tory, the New England Patriotsjoin the Green Bay Packers andNew York Giants with four, whilethe Dallas Cowboys and SanFrancisco 49ers have won fiveSuper Bowls and the Pittsburgh

Steelers lead the way with sixSuper Bowls.

Johnny Manziel supposedlyhas checked himself into a rehabtreatment facility to work onareas he needs to improve, likebeing a normal pro footballplayer who learns his playbookand then remembers how to ef-fectively use what he has learned.

A couple of players in Sunday’sSuper Bowl who become freeagents their respective teamshope to re-sign are Seattle cor-nerback Byron Maxwell who hadto change positions when JeremyLane was injured and New Eng-land free safety Devin McCourty,who has been with the Pats thelast five seasons.

A report on ESPN Monday af-ternoon stated that the NFLplans to investigate the AtlantaFalcons about “artificial crowdnoise”.

JUST BETWEEN US…Seat-tle’s stunning loss in Super BowlXLIX Sunday night personallycost me some big bucks becauseI participated in a big footballpot and had Seattle l and NewEngland 8 which would havehappened if the Seahawks scoredthat touchdown like millions offans thought they would andmake the final score Seattle 31,New England 28. So Seahawks’offensive coordinator DarrellBrevell owes me!!!

Kazmar From Page 1B Colburn From Page 1B

they relied on a Carolina rig and an A-rigwhile the others got it done with jigs andslow rolled spinner baits.

is circuit may be the most user-friendlyof all for teams looking to give tournamentfishing a try. e prize money is very good,forty-five teams cashed checks, and the entryfees are a very reasonable $250 plus a $30membership fee. e next event is set forFebruary 21st on Toledo Bend. For more in-formation just check them out at Texas TeamTrail.

e SRA was finally able to cut back on thegenerating and even with the latest rain weare starting to see a little clearer water inparts of Sabine Lake. As you would expect,incoming tides improve conditions muchfaster on the south end of the lake. If youhaven’t been on the water in the past fewweeks you won’t be overly excited with theless than optimum clarity, but it is plentyclear enough to yield a dependable bite.

e redfish continue to provide the mostconsistent action, but the trout bite is slowlycoming around as well. e reds are doingtheir thing from the time we arrive until thetime we quit, but the best trout bite is takingplace in the late afternoon. e deep shell onthe Causeway reefs has yielded some decentfish on the tail end of incoming tides and thatis a bite that we haven’t been able to rely onover the past few years.

While most of those fish have been caughteither bouncing tails off the deep shell orCarolina rigging minnow type lures like theLong A or Yozuri crystal minnow, we havebeen catching our fish drifting three to fivefeet of water with Corkies, Maniac Mulletsand five inch tails. I prefer the Maniac Mulletover the Crazy Croaker this time of the year,but we got absolutely lit up one day last weekby a pair of anglers fishing the smaller CrazyCroaker.

ey were fishing it much faster than wewere retrieving the larger baits and evenwhen we speeded up we didn’t do as well.e hot color that day was red shad, but theysaid that they had done very well before thewater got so muddy with chartreuse withgold flake sides. “Seeing is believing” andthey were steadily catching both trout and

redfish!us far, we have managed to catch some

very solid trout, but the fish worthy of wad-ing for on a wet windy day have just not beenthere for us thus far. A six pound trout hasbeen a really good fish lately and that is notwhat winter fishing is all about. A littleclearer water will make locating smallschools of mullet easier and I have no doubtthat the larger trout will not be far behindthem.

And, while the bass fishermen on bothRayburn and Toledo Bend are cashing in on

the pre-spawn bite, the white perch enthusi-asts finally caught a break with the rain andhave done well the past few days. e fishhave just been average in size, but the num-bers have been good.

I spoke with a number of folks that fishedthe Chicken Coop area last weekend andtheir reports were much the same. eycaught their fish on minnows and had noproblem catching their limits.e white bassand yellow bass are also showing up in num-bers, especially for the folks jigging spoonsin deeper water.

Plenty of redfish to go around!

Cory Rambo of Orange and Rusty Clark of Sam Rayburn won the2015 Texas Team Trail on Jan. 31 at Sam Rayburn Lake.

Rambo-Clark pair upfor Rayburn fish title

Cory Rambo, of Orange andRusty Clark, of Sam Rayburn,brought 29.77 pounds of bass tothe scales to win the 2015 sea-son-opening event of the TexasTeam Trail presented by Cabela’s(TXTT) on Jan. 31 at Sam Ray-burn Reservoir. anks to con-tingency program upgrades, thewinning anglers took home abrand new, fully rigged RangerZ119C powered by an Evinrudeoutboard, valued at $42,000.

Sam Rayburn lived up to itsreputation as a big-fish factory,kicking out 14 limits over 20pounds and nearly a 30-poundwinning limit. e eventrecorded a TXTT record 300teams registering for the tourna-ment, which paid out more than$129,000 in winnings.

Approximately one monthago, Rambo and Clark found amid-lake staging area that wasloaded with pre-spawn bass. espot was special because it hadboth numbers and big fish, and itwould continually replenish.

“We’ve been sitting on this onespot,” said Rambo. “We knew it

was good because the fish we’vebeen catching are white and pale.at told us they were comingand it has just kept reloading.”

� As boat No. 103, the two an-glers were worried somebodyelse would arrive at their spotfirst. To their surprise, nobodywas on it and the early bite wasas good as they anticipated.

“We had a limit first thing thismorning,” recalled Rambo.“Rusty caught a five-pounderand a little bit later I picked upan A-rig and caught a seven-pounder. At 8:30 the bite sloweda little and then we’d catch agood one every half hour or so.At about 1:30 we had a seven,two sixes, a five- and a 3.5-pounder. Right then, Rustycaught another five-pounder ona Carolina rig and we weredone.”

e next tournament stop forthe TXTT is set for Feb. 21 atToledo Bend. e 2015 scheduleincludes some legendary Texasbass fisheries and features hugepayouts with unprecedentedcontingency opportunities.

Keep Orange County Beauti-ful is pleased to announce thatnominations for its Beautifica-tion Awards is now open to thepublic and nomination forms areavailable on-line at their website,www.KOCB.org.

Once each calendar quarter, aBeautification Award is  pre-sented to a single residence anda single business that have bestexhibited the concept of KeepingOrange County Beautiful. 

Award  recipients may comefrom anywhere within OrangeCounty.

e purpose of the award is torecognize individuals and organ-izations that closely exhibitKOCB’s vision and to encouragetheir neighbors to do the same.

Each award recipient will re-ceive a lawn sign to indicate theaward and the date of theaward.  Award recipients mayalso receive gift certificates andother valuable considerationsraised by the program partners.e lawn sign does not need tobe returned to the Committeeunless it or the location is notmaintained.

Whenever possible, a smallpublic ceremony is held at  theaward recipient’s site. If a cham-ber of commerce partner is in-volved, this ceremony includesmembers of theirambassadors program and eachpartner uses its normal facilitiesto see that a photograph is pub-lished in  its favorite media in-cluding their own web sites.

KOCB welcomes other organ-izations and individuals to par-

ticipate as Program Partners inthe award program. (Contact thewebmaster for more info.)  Eachprogram partner provides a pro-motional page on their own websites with links to the nomina-

tion page on the KOCB website.In addition to the public nom-

inations, Program Partners areresponsible for one nominationeach period for a business andKOCB is responsible for one

nomination for a residence.Nominations close at the end ofthe second month of the calen-dar quarter.  KOCB is responsi-ble for tallying thenominations.  Whenever possi-ble, preference is given to nomi-nations from the public.  

Keep Orange County Beautiful(KOCB) is a non-profit organiza-tion whose vision is to see Or-ange County become the cleanestand one of the most beautifulareas in Texas. KOCB has chosento focus its efforts on two primeareas – Trees and Trash. KOCB’smission is to educate, organize,and implement programs toachieve its vision.  Further infor-mation can be found on the web-site (www.KOCB.org) or email toInfo@KOCB.org.

e Bridge City Chamber ofCommerce presented Julie Agee,Registrar/PEIMS Secretary atOrangefield High School, withthe Employee of the MonthAward for January 2015. 

Julie was presented her award,sponsored by Sabine River Ford,by Elyse ibodeaux at the Janu-ary Networking Coffee held atthe Cormier Museum andhosted by Orangefield ISD. Juliealso received gifts from the fol-lowing businesses:  Little Cae-sars, Total Impressions Salon,Dupuis Tire, e Record News-paper, Tiger Rock Martial Arts,Michele Michelle Day Spa, DairyQueen, Sabine Federal CreditUnion and Mary Kelone, LMT,NCBTMT. 

Julie is employed at Orange-field High School and assistswith several school organiza-tions.   Julie is married to JerryAgee and they have three daugh-ters and one son-in-law; Savan-

nah, Jeri, Shelby Storment andUSMC Sgt. Daniel Storment.She is a graduate of St. MaryCatholic School and West Or-ange – Stark High School, with aBachelor of Science in CorporateCommunication from LamarUniversity. 

As a member of St. HelenCatholic Church, Julie serves asa facilitator for 11th/ 12th gradereligious education. Julie said, “Ienjoy service opportunities andsupporting our local businessesand communities. As far as myjob, I never planned to work inthe field of education. However,I’m not surprised this is wheremy path led.  My values weremost influenced, not only by myparents, but by strong and pas-sionate teachers throughout myeducational career. My hope isto carry on their legacy of help-ing others achieve successthrough hard work and in-tegrity.”

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Locals earn top honorsLamar State College-Port

Arthur students recently quali-fied for the President’s List forFall 2014, an honor earned bystudents who earned a perfect4.0 grade point average whilecompleting at least 12 semestercredit hours.

Another 90 students qualifiedfor the Dean’s List, which re-quires an overall grade point av-erage of at least 3.6 for thesemester.

Local students qualifying forthe President’s List in the Aca-demic College, listed by home-town, are:

Bridge City – Jenna Bush.Orange – Brooke Wilhelm.Students qualifying for the

President’s List in the TechnicalCollege, listed by hometown, are:

Orange – Valerie Brown andJordan Simpson.

Starks – Nathan Ingalls.Vidor – Jessica Jones, Laura

Pineda.Students qualifying for the

Dean’s List in the Academic Col-lege, listed by hometown, are:

Orange – Jolonda Rhines.Vidor – Ashley Bunner.Students qualifying for the

Dean’s List in the Technical Col-lege, listed by hometown, are:

Mauriceville – Tevin Soileau.Orange – Brandon Boze,

Emily Haley, Ashley Schisler,Nicole reatt.

ORANGE COUNTY RESTAURANT REPORTSOrange County Health In-

spector James Scales made thefollowing inspections on areabusinesses from Jan. 16 throughJan. 31:

Homemade Donuts, 6377 FM1442, Orangefield - Sausage andham out of proper temperature; usingsame pan liners multiple times forbaking; vents above fryers need to becleaned; air vents need to be cleanedand repaired; floors along baseboardsneeds to be cleaned of old food/dirt.Score - 88

Fastlane #14, W. Railroad, Vidor -No violations. Score - 100

Pine Forest Elementary School,4150 N. Main St., Vidor - No viola-tions. Score - 100

Horrnito’s Mexican Restaurant,10930 Hwy. 12, Mauriceville - Pre-opening inspection, no score.

Burger King #3051, 605 N. MainSt., Vidor - Walk in cooler door dam-aged and not sealing completely,need to repair; entire restaurant foundto be very dirty, will work with man-agement on a cleaning schedule. Thisincludes floors, walls and equipment.Also need to clean and organize back

storage room. SCore - 94Food Mart #2915, 915 Hwy. 12,

Vidor - Name and address needed onall bags of ice sold at store; need todate/label all foods inside coolers;pulled several expired foods fromshelves; no certified food manager onstaff; front panel over ice machine ismissing and needs to be repaired; icescoop broken and need to be dis-posed of. Score - 86

Country Corner, 1810 S. Main St.,Vidor - Cold hamburgers inside coolernot at proper temperature; store nameand address are needed on all bagsof ice sold at the store; pulled severalexpired foods from shelves (2013); in-side of three compartment sink, cap-puccino machine, storage cabinetsand floors throughout need to becleaned of old food/dirt. Score - 84

Noah’s Seafood Kitchen, 950 N.Main St., Vidor - Need to date allfoods inside coolers; area around fry-ers and vents above fryers need to becleaned of old grease; walls andfloors throughout need to be cleanedof old foods. Score - 93

Valero Corner Store #969, 1010N. Main St., Vidor - Area under milk

inside cooler needs to be cleaned.Score - 97

Super Stop #4, 2590 N. Main St.,Vidor - Need to date all foods insidecoolers; storename needed on allbags of ice sold at store; pulled sev-eral expired foods from shelves;chemicals are being stored abovepaper goods; ice machine line drip-ping water onto the floor, need to re-pair. Score - 86

Fast Stop Food Store, 2410Texas Ave., Bridge City - Pulled sev-eral expired foods from shelves; soapis needed inside restroom. Score - 93

Walgreens #12355, 1790 TexasAve., Bridge City - Pulled several ex-ited foods from shelves. Score - 96

Subway #7114, 1090 Texas Ave.,Bridge City - Several gnats foundthroughout; need to post food man-ager certificates and food service per-mit in front of restaurant. Score - 94

Shell Star Stop #12, 11384 Hwy.12, Mauriceville - Pulled several ex-pired foods from shelves; chemicalsbeing stored above pet foods; storedoes not have required food servicepermit. Score - 90

West Orange Elementary, 2605

MLK Dr., Orange - No violations.Score - 100

Star Stop#4 / Exxon Deli, 141516th St., Orange - Pulled several ex-pired foods from shelves (2012, 2013,2014); mold found on Slushi ma-chines and inside the ice machine;store does not currently have requiredfood service permit. Score - 90

Delta Food Mart, 705 Texas Ave.,Bridge City - Pulled several expiredfoods from shelves (2013, 2014); sev-eral gnats found at the drink station;store does not currently have requiredfood service permit. Score - 90

Star Stop #5, 1104 Burton Ave.,Orange - Pulled several expired foodsfromshelves; found ice scoop broken,need to replace; store currently doesnot have required food service permit.Score - 90

Zuniga’s Mexican Food, 1925Texas Ave., Bridge City - Reach incooler not closing completely, need torepair; soap and towels were neededat the hand washing sink; no certifiedfood manager on staff; floors andwalls need to be cleaned of oldgrease; restaurant does not have re-quired food service permit. Score - 85

Orangefield High School’s Julie Agee was named Employee of theMonth by the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce.

Chamber honors Agee

Community Christian School students recently participated in the ACSI Area Spelling Bee. Theywent up against many bright students from surrounding schools and gave their best. Those stu-dents include: Third Grade -- Samiah Brown, Participation Ribbon; Fourth Grade -- Connor Dew-berry, Participation Ribbon; Fifth Grade -- Destiny Knox, Participation Ribbon; Sixth Grade -- RachelRose, Participation Ribbon; Seventh Grade -- Kaelan Long, 3rd Place; and Eighth Grade -- JacobCarter, Participation Ribbon.

Pick someone for Keep Orange BeautifulThe presentBeautificationAwards programstarted at thebeginning of2009 with thisaward to Mr. &Mrs. RobertSims for theirproperty in theHistorical Dis-trict of Orange.

Many years ago a good Chris-tian friend invited me to attend aYoga class. Just the mention ofthe word Yoga gave me a veryanxious and uncomfortableemotion. I quickly rejected heroffer and explained I had beentaught Yoga was part of a prac-tice of a different religion and Iwould pass. She assured meYoga was absolutely not con-nected to any particular religionbut aids all who practice theirown religion.

In 2006 after many attemptsfrom my friend I attended myfirst Yoga class. I realized formyself this beautiful practice ofYoga did indeed help strengthenmy own Christian faith. I walkedout of that class with a sense ofcalmness and strength I hadnever experience thru any otherform of exercise. I was immedi-ately connected to Yoga andknew somehow I had to sharethis experience with as manypeople as I could reach. One ofmy first hurdles was to assureChristians that Yoga did notoriginate from a religion.

Because yoga has an Easternorigin the practice of yoga isoften perceived to be connectedwith the Eastern religions. efact is archaeological findingsprove the practice of yoga pre-dates all of the world’s major re-ligions. It is true Easternreligions did eventually adaptyoga for their own purposes butit did not begin there. ManyChristians fear yoga as some-

thing that was born from an-other religion and that is not fac-tual.

e second hurdle to jumpwas to find a venue to teachYoga. FitLife opened in Novem-ber of 2008 when Hurricane Ikehelped force the DERA to close.It really is true that when onedoor closes another will open. Ihave been teaching group fitnessin our community since 1998and my dream was to one dayown a group fitness studio. Byowning my own studio I had nolimitations on how many classesI could offer and the type ofclasses I could offer. We have hadover 1000 participants pass thruour classes and we continue tothrive under the leadership ofour talented and passionate fit-ness instructors. Our instructorsare certified and attend numer-ous workshops throughout theyear.

I wrote this article becauseYoga is beginning to become ourmost popular class. I want tomake sure everyone who walksthru our doors at FitLife experi-ence no judgment and they feelcomfortable during their prac-tice. We want everyone to knowwe care about the health andwellness of each and every mem-ber and our mission is for themto live life to their fullest.

FitLife also partners with Op-timum Wellness Clinic that pro-vides Nutritional Counselingand Diet Programs. Our mem-bers who have participated in theOptimum Wellness Clinics pro-grams have been extremelypleased with their results. Formore information on OptimumWellness you can call them at

409-221-8294. As a FitLife Mem-ber you will receive a special giftfrom them. You can also findmore information on their web-site: www.optimumwell.org

FitLife is located 2826 West-ern Ave Orange,Tx 77630 (NextDoor to Sunrise Donuts). ecost is $5 a class or $40 for un-limited classes per month. Wedo not have contracts and we donot accept debit or credit cards.We begin classes at 5 a.m. andour last class starts at 6:20 p.m.All Fitness level are welcome toevery class we offer. Our instruc-tors will demonstrate modifica-tions for each fitness levelduring class. Along with Yogawe also teach Zumba, Step Aer-obics, Cardio Kickbox andStrength Training classes. Youcan visit our website atwww.fitlife.me to find out moredetails about each class and ourinstructors. We hope to see yousoon.

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Yoga is fast becoming one of the favorite classes at FitLife.

FITLIFE YOGALIZ HOGANSPECIAL TO THE RECORD

Yoga reaches every level studentThe LCM Lady Bear Golf Team captured second place at the Bridge City golf tournament at BelleOaks. Junior Lauren Cox won second place medalist with an 82. Pictured from left - JessicaMcLain, freshman; Theresa Beckett, sophomore; Kacie Nichols, junior; Hope Henry, sophomore;Lauren Cox, junior and Ashley Young, senior.

Each year in its annual WinterEdition, the staff at DaveCampbell’s Texas Football hon-ors the finest high school foot-ball players in Texas at eachposition, regardless of classifi-cation. It is called the All-TexasHigh School Team, and it’s oneof the most prestigious honorsin the Lone Star State. WestOrange-Stark’s DeionteThompson was chosen at de-fensive back.

Stallions pick up W’sat Hardin-Jefferson

e Stallions traveled toHardin-Jefferson and camehome with two hard fought wins.

e seventh grade team heldoff a tough Hawk team to win bya score of 29-26.

Wilbert Ned led the offensescoring 12 points with Ja’veenWood adding 9.

In the 8th grade game thescore was tied at the half 21-21.

e Stallions trailed by 4 at theend of the 3rd period, but put up21 points in the 4th to claim thewin by a score of 50-43. BrettlinWiley lead the team with 15  andJordan Johnson added 7.

e 8th grade team will playFriday and Saturday in the St.Anthony’s tournament. e Stal-lions first game will be Friday at2:50 vs Spurger.

Grant application packets arenow available for nonprofits whowish to apply for a competitivegrant from e Foundation forSoutheast Texas. Nonprofits canfind the application on our web-site at www.cfsetx.org or requestthe application by calling oremailing the Foundation forSoutheast Texas.

All completed applicationsmust be mailed or personally de-livered to the office by

Monday, March 9, 2015. (Ap-plicants should call before deliv-ering applications).

Tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organi-zations in Hardin, Jefferson andOrange Counties are eligible forconsideration. e averagegrant in past years has been$2,000.00.

Foundation executive direc-tor, Mellie Bevilacqua will re-view the application form, rulesand procedures at the NonProfit Development Center’s

“Lunch and Learn” on Tuesday January 20, 2015

at 11:45 am in the auditorium at700 North Street.

Reservations are requested bythe Non Profit DevelopmentCenter. Please call 409-832-6565 or email to reserve yourspot.

e Foundation’s grants com-mittee will review all applica-tions. ey will consider theapplicant’s need and adherenceto policies and guidelines. eywill strive to recommend grantsin all areas including arts, healthand social services.

e Board of the Foundationwill vote on the recommenda-tions in late April and the grantswill be awarded at a ceremony inMay.

Examples of prior grantsawarded include: assistance withbuilding habitat housing, cloth-ing and supplies for social serv-ice agencies, artistic expenses for

school arts programs, rehabilita-tions for buildings, prescriptionassistance for homeless program,tuition assistance for disadvan-taged in summer programs,computers and computer pro-grams, training for volunteer firefighters and renovation expensesfor historic projects.

Community leaders from allthree counties established theFoundation for Southeast Texasin late1997as a community foun-dation. It manages a collectionof pooled funds from manydonors and has a market value oftwelve million dollars. e Foun-dation, through its designated,donor- advised and unrestrictedfunds, has distributed over twomillion dollars since the fall of1998 to numerous non-profit or-ganizations. We are proud to an-nounce awarding over $3.5million dollars to deserving non-profits in Southeast Texas since1998.

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Deaths and Memorialsjoyed sharing the love of ridingwith his family.

He was preceded in death byhis parents.

John is survived by his lovingwife, Cetha Wade Haure; daugh-ter, Lisa Knott and husband,Ryan of Warren; son, CharlesWade Haure and wife, Donna ofOrange; four grandchildren andnine great grandchildren and ahost of other family membersand friends.

Funeral service were heldTuesday, Feb. 3, Riley FuneralHome Chapel with Brother ScottMitchell, Brother Ray Wells andBrother Donald Head officiating.

A grave side service was heldat Hillcrest Memorial Gardens inOrange.

In lieu of flowers, donationsmay be made to the WarrenChurch of Christ,  357 CountyRoad 4475, Warren, TX 77664. 

Agnes BeatyBuna

Agnes Belew Beaty, 80, ofBuna, passed away Jan. 29, at herhome. A graveside service wasSunday, Feb. 1, at WaldropCemetery inB e c k v i l l e .Officiat ingwill beB r o t h e rT r a v i sArden ofB r o o k sCommunityChapel.

Born inP a n o l aCounty, Dec. 4, 1934, she was thedaughter of James Elmer Belewand Hazel Irene Gorman Belew.Aggie was a classy, well re-spected and forgiving person.She was always giving to others;sometimes neglecting herself tomake sure others had what theyneeded. Aggie was a faithfulMissionary Baptist, and a mem-ber of several organizations suchas, Eastern Star 214-Orangechapter, VFW Auxiliary, and theAmerican Legion Auxiliary.

She is preceded in death byher parents, James and HazelBelew; sister, Mary Francis Kee;husband, James Hunter Beaty;and her granddaughter, RuthAnne Reed.

Aggie is survived by her chil-dren, Deborah Hardin Blakesleyand husband, Robert and WoodyCox and wife, Kim, all of Buna;grandchildren, Jay Reed andwife, Wendi, Manessah Cox, andMatthew Cox; great-grandchil-dren, Tristina Henry, MichaylaHenry, Cameran Reed, BradynReed, Sidda Leigh Reed; great-great-grandson, Jaxon Dans andher niece, Robbie Richardsonand husband, Ted.

Honorary pallbearers were JayReed, Matthew Cox, BradynReed, J.R. Hardin, RobertBlakesley, and Mike Reed.

In lieu of flowers, memorialcontributions may be made toWounded Warrior Project atP.O. Box 758517 Topeka, Kansas66675 or .

Joyce MelebeckOrange

e Celebration of Life forMrs. Joyce M. Melebeck, 73, ofOrange, was Saturday, Jan. 31, atMount Olive BaptistChurch. Rites of Christian burialfollowed in Magnolia MemorialGardens under the direction ofSparrow Funeral Home.

She died Jan. 27, at BaptistHospital Beaumont.

An Orange native and 1960graduate ofEmma H.W a l l a c eH i g hSchool, shea t t e n d e dPrairie ViewA & M Uni-versity.  Sheretired fromthe DallasIndepend-ent School District as an Admin-istrative Assistant and was amember of numerous commu-nity and civic organizations.

She is survived by one daugh-ter, Veronica Melebeck of Or-ange; son, Earl A. Melebeck(Davnee) of Waco and fourgrandchildren.

Offer sympathy expressions andview other Life Legacy informa-tion at sparrowfuneralhome.com

Sue BrownOrange

Sue Brown, 62, of Orange,passed away Tuesday, Jan. 27, inOrange. 

Sue was born Jan. 24, 1953 inOrange to Melvin O. and MarthaAnn (Baggett) Brown. She was alifelong resi-dent of Or-ange and aH o m e -maker.  Suewas a loverof animals;she oftentook inmany straysand tookcare ofthem.  In addition, she enjoyedcooking and canning. Her familywill fondly remember her may-haw and muscadine jellies andher German potato salad.  Suewas loved and will be missed bymany.

Sue is preceded in death byher father and her nephew, IvanBrown. 

ose who will most cherishher memory are her husband,Mike Spector and daughter,Annie Nelson, both of Orange;mother, Ann Garrison and hus-band, James of Jasper; sister, Cre-sie Brown and brother, GeorgeBrown, both of Jasper and hergrandchildren, Garrett Kovacs,Carter Kovacs and Gavin Ko-vascs. Sue is also survived by nu-merous members of herextended family and friends.

e family will arrange memo-rial services for a later date.  Cre-mation arrangements are underthe direction of Dorman FuneralHome in Orange. 

Margie JonesWinnie

Margie Jones, 89, of Winniedied Tuesday, Jan. 27, at e Ar-boretum Nursing and Rehabili-tation Center, Winnie. She wasborn Sept. 26, 1925, in Childress,to Frances Owens and James L.Adams.

Mrs. Jones is survived by hersons, James T. Jones and his wife,Donna, of Missouri; Robert “Kit”Jones and his wife, Cindy, ofWinnie; daughter, Della F. Moonand her husband, Bradley, ofHankamer; grandchildren,William Abshire and his wife,Dana, of Austin; Jeffery Moon ofAnahuac; Valarie Cumberlandand her husband, Bo, of Dayton;Jamie Wilson and her husband,Larry, of Orange; Cynthia Jonesand her fiancé, Gerald, of PortAcres; Daphne Leleaux and Kyle

Royer, of Winnie; and CaseyWayne Jones of Winnie; great-grandchildren, Cody Abshire,Beaux Abshire, Cason Petters,Brady Cumberland, ChristaCumberland, Nicholas Wilson,Dustin Leleaux, Kylie Royer,Joshua Leleaux, McKenzie Le-leaux, Kadince Jones, LayneMoon, Allison Moon, AaronMoon and  Luke Moon, ; great-great-grandchildren, Lyla Graceand Gunner Allen and brother,Everett Adams and his wife,Dorothy, of LaGrange.

She was preceded in death byher parents; husband, JamesHenry “Casey” Jones; andbrother, Maurice Adams.

A memorial service for Mrs.Jones was held Monday, Feb. 2, atBroussard’s, Winnie. A familycommittal  was held at Brous-sard’s Crematorium, Beaumont.

Harvey SterlingPinehurst

Harvey Lee Sterling, 69, ofPinehurst passed away Sunday,Jan. 25, at Baptist Hospital in Or-ange.

Harvey was lifelong resident ofOrange; born Dec. 19, 1945 inOrange to Naomi (Curl) andSylvester Claude Sterling. Heserved his country in the MarineCorp for four and a half yearsand the Army for two years dur-ing the Vietnam War. Harveywas a mem-ber of NewLife Taber-n a c l eChurch inOrange andhe workedin construc-tion formany yearsas a piledriver andw e l d e rwith  Millwrights  LocalUnion No. 2484. He enjoyed theoutdoors; going fishing, camp-ing, hunting and taking care ofhis fruit tree. Harvey was a lov-ing husband, father, grandfather,uncle and friend who will bemissed dearly.

He was preceded in death byhis parents, Mr. and Mrs.Sylvester Sterling; daughter,

Christina Lynn Gurre; son,Roger Wade Sharpless; sisters,Nancy Brock, Yvonne Dickerson;brothers, Richard Sterling, EddieSterling, Leonard Sterling, Ad-nell Sterling, Darrell Sterling.

Harvey is survived by his wife,Ruth “Nell” Sterling of Orange;daughters, Georgette Cole andhusband, Byron of Vidor, SherryLynnell Vanwinkle and husband,Eddie of Silsbee, Rhonda FayeMiller and husband, Wayne ofSpring, Patricia Ann Molina andhusband, Michael of Wills, EdnaRuth Midkiff and husband, Ernieof Austin, Christine Lee Sterlingof Orange, Naomi ElizabethSterling of Orange and JudithCaroline Mendoza and husband,Oscar of Orange. He is also sur-vived by his 31 grandchildren, 35great grandchildren, one great-great grandchild and numerousnieces and nephews.

A funeral service was held Sat-urday, Jan. 31, at Dorman Fu-neral Home, with the Rev. MackMcDonald officiating. Crema-tion will follow the services.

Alvin Van MarionNederland

Alvin Leonard Van Marion,91, of Nederland, died Monday,Feb. 2. He was born Nov. 13,1923, in Nederland, to OlgaStehle and Leonard Van Marion,and had been a lifelong residentof Nederland.

Alvin retired from Texacoafter 36 years of service. He wasan avid gardener and some sayhe grew the best tomatoes inMid-County. Alvin enjoyeddominoes, and in earlier yearsfishing. He was a pastry chef atheart.

Alvin is survived by his chil-dren, Leonard Van Marion andhis wife, D’Juana, of Orange;Wilhelmina Allen and her hus-band, Curtis, of Baton Rouge andChristina Akbari and her hus-band, Hossain, of Jonesboro, Ar;grandchildren, Brad Van Mar-ion, Bree Cammack, BrittnyWilliams, Ariana Akbari, and Sy-rina Akbari; eight great-grand-children; brother, Nelis VanMarion and his wife, Dorothy, ofBeaumont and sister, ShirleySolis and her husband, Nick, ofBeaumont.

He is preceded in death by hiswife, Catherine; and sisters,Norma Wilkins, Pearl Cureton,Betty Menard, and JoAnnWalker.

A gathering of Mr. Van Mar-ion’s family and friends will be at5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., urs-day, Feb. 5, at Broussard’s, 505North 12th Street, Nederland.His graveside service will be at11:00 a.m., Friday, Feb. 6, at OakBluff Memorial Park, 101 BlockStreet, Port Neches.

Memorial Contributions inMr. Van Marion’s name may bemade to St. Jude Children’s Hos-pital, 501 St. Jude, Memphis,Tennessee, 38105.

Bobby RichardOrange

e Celebration of Life for Mr.Bobby Richard, 87, of Orangewill be Saturday, Feb. 7, at 11:00a.m. at the Mount Calvary Mis-sionary Baptist Church. Rites ofC h r i s t i a nburial willfollow inM a g n o l i aM e m o r i a lG a r d e n sunder thedirection ofSparrow Fu-neral Home.

Visitationwill be Sat-urday from 9:00 until 11:00 a.m.at the church.

He died Monday, Feb. 2, at hisresidence.

A native of Lafayette, LA, heresided in Orange 42 years andretired after 20 years of service atthe Orange Housing Authority.

He is survived by all of his 16children, Wyona Davis (Joseph-deceased), Joseph Richard, FloydRichard (Amanda), LloydRichard (Gracie), Mary Brous-sard, Shirley Richard (Weblyn),Ella Barlow, Elizabeth Richard(Kevin) and Annette Richard(Patrick), all of Orange, AlbertRichard(Darlene) of Killeen,Earnest Richard (Juanita), EltonRichard (Sharon), Paul Richard(Roslyn), all of Lafayette, LA,eresa Henry (Rodney-de-ceased) of Sunset, LA, HiltonRichard (Rita) and BobbyRichard, Jr. (Elizabeth) of Caren-cro, LA; one sister, Pastor L.R.Charlot and one brother, PastorCurley Richard ( EvangelistDorothy), both of Orange andnumerous grandchildren andgreat grandchildren.

Offer sympathy expressions andadditional Life Legacy informationat sparrowfuneralhome.com

John HaureColmesneil

John Elywin Haure, 74, ofColmesneil passed away peace-fully on Jan. 31.

Born Oct. 20, 1940 in Beau-mont, to thelate C. Johnand EmmaB e a s l e yHaure, helived inBridge City,before mov-ing toColmesneilmany yearsago. He wasa retired mechanic for the BridgeCity Independent School Dis-trict and served as a DeputyConstable for Orange CountyConstable Pct. #3 for 10 years.John enjoyed the outdoors andwas an avid horseman who en-

Little Cypress Junior High and Mauriceville Middle School eighth graders recently participated inJASON 2015 at Lamar University. Students prepared and presented four different lessons to ele-mentary students in grades 4-6 from across the Golden Triangle. MMS taught a lesson on waveswhile the three teams from LCJH taught lessons on igneous rocks, sedimentary rocks, and meta-morphic rocks. Each team presented 12 times throughout the day. Elementary students rotatedthrough each of the rooms reviewing/learning about the different lessons. LCJH and MMS studentscreated PowerPoints and demonstrations for each lesson as part of their presentations. JenniferKnapp (LCJH) and Ronda Sunderland (MMS) are the sponsors of The JASON Project for LCMschools. Pictured, front from left, Jackson Baeza and Kooper Abernathy; second row from left,Allee Franks, Sean Martin, Kryssy Smith, Valyn Faulk, Walker Smith, McKenzie Guillory, MalloryLisle, Akhil Tejani and Seth Sartin; back row from left, Chaz Hill, Max Dileo, Danya Maradiaga, ZachCasey, Karly Rodgers, Sophie Boyd.

$100K available for non-profits

Disney and Diningat First UMC

For your special ValentineFirst United Methodist Churchof Orange invites everyone to at-tend a magical evening of Disneyand gourmet dining at 6:30 p.m.Friday Feb. 13, in the Praise Cen-ter on the corner of 5th and ElmStreets. Cost is $50.00 per per-son. Call 409 886-7466 for reser-vations and details.

Salem goes HollywoodJoin Salem United Methodist

Church as they go HollywoodSaturday night at 6 p.m., with avaried tasting menu from someof your favorite Celebrities fa-vorite foods. Stars featured willbe Denzel Washington, Patti La-belle, Ray Parker Jr., Sweetie Pieand more.

Cost is only $10 per person.Email salemorange@sbcglobal.netfor tickets. e event will be heldat 1911 16th St., Orange.

Shaw to speak at WO Christian Church

Dr. Eldon Shaw, president ofTLC International will share his

missionary work and his love ofChrist at the West Orange Chris-tian Church, Feb. 15, at 6:00 pm.e church is located at 900Lansing, West Orange.

e purpose of the TLC Inter-national is to teach and equipleaders for ministry in the King-dom of God around the world.

For more information, contactNelda at 719-3992.

You are invited to pray theMost Holy Rosary at the PortArthur Mardi Gras at 1:00 PM,Saturday, Feb. 14. Also, let yourfriends know about theLiving  Rosary and invite them tobring their Rosary and join us atMardi Gras in praying the Sor-rowful Mysteries of the Rosary.  

Email Stephen Sellarsssellers@gt.rr.com or call (409)658-6020 if you and/or a friendwould like to participate. I needto have a list of participants at theentry gate on or before Feb. 12.

Living Rosary participants willhave free entry to the Mardi Grasif their name in on the RosaryParticipant List. You will need toenter through the Waco Streetsouth gate (by the main SertomaPavilion)

Many people are not awarethere is a correlation betweenMardi Gras and the Lenten Sea-son. e intent of praying the“Living Scriptural Rosary” in pub-lic at the Port Arthur Mardi Grasis to help inform folks attendingthe festival that Mardi Gras doeshave a religious connotation. To

many misinformed folks, aRosary is just like a string of beadsthat people could throw aroundat Mardi Gras. ey do not un-derstand the Rosary is a tool forprayer, is based in scripture, andtells the life history of Jesus.

Mardi Gras, literally “FatTuesday,” has grown in popular-ity in recent years as a raucous,sometimes hedonistic event.But its roots lie in the Christiancalendar, as the “last hurrah” be-fore Lent begins on Ash-Wednesday.

What is less known aboutMardi Gras is its relation to theChristmas season, through theordinary-time interlude knownin many Catholic cultures asCarnival. (Ordinary time, in theChristian calendar, refers to thenormal “ordering” of time out-side of the Advent/Christmas orLent/Easter seasons.)

Carnival comes from the Latinwords carne vale, meaning“farewell to the flesh.”

With your participation wehope to educate our misin-formed Brothers and Sisters.

You are all welcome to makethis another evangelizing serviceevent by participating and show-ing the unity of the Catholics

within and beyond the Beau-mont Diocese at this Mardi Grason Feb. 14 to support praying theLiving Rosary.

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You are invited to pray the Most Holy Rosary at the Port Arthur Mardi Gras at 1:00 PM, Saturday, Feb. 14. Also, let your friends knowabout the Living Rosary and invite them to bring their Rosary and join us at Mardi Gras in praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of theRosary.

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COMMERCIAL LEASE 1,200 SQ. FT IN ORANGE, beautiful-ly decorated space in strip center by John-son’s mini storage on MLK, for more info call (409) 883-5652. (2/4)

For Rent on Roundbunch Rd, bC, various sizes and pric-es, frontage available. Rear spaces cheaper. Perfect for shops, stor-age, warehouses, etc. 409-735-2030 (m&r)

aParTmeNTS

ORANGE HOME AwAy FROM HOME. Ideal for 2 workers. Efficiency apartment. All bills paid. $250 weekly. 979-

798-1567. (2/4)

$99 FIRST MONTH’S RENT! bRIDGE CITy’S best Value in Apart-ment Living! Recently Updated, Quiet Com-munity, 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath, Laundry Facility, Pet Friendly. 2100 wise St. 409-735-8700 (2/4)

1 bEDROOM FULLy FURNISHED in Orange, includes all appliances inc. washer and dryer, utilities paid, $850 monthly + $500 dep. Call Christine @ (409) 779-6580. (2/4)

1 bEDROOM in Or-ange, all appliances inc. washer and dryer, $575 monthly + $500 dep. you pay utilities, $575 monthly + $500 dep. Call Christine @ (409) 779-6580. (2/4)

Home reNTal

bC 820 Dugas St. 3 bR 2 bA Central air & heat, nice neighbor-hood, large great room with fireplace, ad-ditional living room, screened back porch, large yard. $1,000, $500 dep. Referenc-es required. 409-474-1147. (KS)

FOR LEASE 3/1/2, Lr.

and den, CA/H, stove, fenced bk. yard, $850 monthly + dep., (409) 313-4652. (2/11)

1/1 IN OF. FOR RENT, near OF post office on McGill St., $550 monthly + $400 dep., inside pet dep. $250, call or text (409) 882-4706. (2/4)

moBile Home reNTalS

NICE 3/2, $700 monthly + dep., (409) 988-6893 or 626-0988 (2/4/15)

m.H ParK

STADIUM VILLAGE M.H. PARK 330 bower, across from Jr. High School bridge City 77611, Spaces for rent $180 monthly. Concrete street and parking (409) 988-6893 or 626-0988 (2/4/15)

moBile Home aND laND

3 OR 4 bDRMS/2 FULL bATHS, on 1/2+ acre lot, partially land-scaped, good neigh-borhood, just outside city limits. Close to schools, churches, shopping. Has kitchen, diningroom combined with a nice living room. Structurally sound ex-

cept for some floor re-pairs needed. Good well water, good sewer system, two out build-ings, $32,500. Call Ruth @ (409) 565-2481 or Linda @ (409) 594-1321. (2/18/15)

aPPliaNCeS

USED APPLIANCES, starting at $99.95. Har-ry’s appliances, 302 10th. St. (10th. & Main), Orange. we buy used appliances, 886-4111 (hs)MISC.

21 GAS DRyERS, Pro-pane and Nat. gas, $100 to $300 ea., 409-886-4111. (tfn Harry)

miSC. For Sale

INVACARE wHEEL-CHAIR, brand new M91 sure step, heavy duty, elevating seat, head rest, reclines, adjusting foot rest, 300 lb. capac-ity, 6.5 mph, manuals, lifetime warranty, paid $5,500 will sell for $2,000 ObO! (409) 499-2121. (tfnKG)

FOR SALE....Two cem-etery plots in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens-$2,500 for both in Last Supper area. Seller will pay the transfer fee.

817-709-8107.

Keets starting at $3.70, as low as $1.70, chicks as low as $1.10. 717-340-1034 or www.ChickensDirect.NET (2/4)

wASHER GAME, $125; new ladies bike, $75; set of china, $75, (409) 459-2128. (2/4)

SerViCeS

SEwING, HEMMING and custom made items. you still have time to get custom made Christmas outfits for holiday pictures! 238-1230. JS

Experienced House-keeper. Call Helen 409-734-8096.(2/18)

PeTS

Needs a good home, inside. Cute, sweet and very loveable 2 black and white female kit-tens about 5-6 months old. One has long hair and one is medium length. Someone threw them away on my street. I have had both of them spade. They will make wonderful pets. Please call 886-7863. (2/4)

FOUND! we rescued two young male dogs, about 10 months old, 1 tan & wht (boxer mix) and one black (Lab), free to good homes, have shots and we will neuter. (409) 886-7240. (2/18)

PSa

ALCOHOLICS ANONy-MOUS meets daily at noon and 8 pm at 240 Dobbyn St. in bridge City. If you are strug-gling with a drinking or drug problem come see what AA has to offer. Call 409-735-8094 for more info.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP to promote healing after the loss of a loved one meets Mondays at 7 p.m. and Wed. at 10 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lu-theran Church at 945 W. Roundbunch Rd, Bridge City. Good Shepherd Compas-sionate Friends is open to anyone who would like to join.

AL-ANON meets wed. & Sun. at 7 pm 1512 Strickland Dr., Orange. Call 409-779-4289 or Cindy 994-5503 for de-tails.

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409-749-4873License #’s

Customer: # 25151Master: # 14161

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• Dirt / Shell Spreading• Bushhogging• Garden Tilling

• New home pads Prepared • Sewer / Water / Electrical

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Home RepaiR Inside or Outside

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GARAGE and ESTATE SALES

SAT., 235 BLAND BC, (77611) 8 till 1. Women’s coats and sweaters, desgner jackets, capes, holiday decorations (Weber Cerill), This and that misc. Ask about chocolate sofa, Futon, hope chest.

SAT., 2228 McARTHUR DR., ORG., Suite A, (77630), 8 till 1. Women’s / Men’s and Children’s clothes, lots of home de-cor, misc.

PSA

DEMENTIA CARE GIV-ERS SUPPORT GROUP meets monthLY the 2nd Wed. at 10 a.m. and the second Thur. at 6:30 pm. at St.Francis of As-sisi Catholic Church, 4300 Meeks Dr. in Or-ange in the Brother Sun

Room of the Canticle Bldg.

GOLDEN TRIANGLE TOUGH LOVE is a self help parents support group for parents of children displaying un-acceptable behavior. Meets Tues. 7 pm. at the Immaculate Con-ception Ed. Bldg., 4100 Lincoln (corner of Lin-coln & Washington) in Groves. For more info call 962-0480

RAPE AND CRISIS CENTER of SETX pro-vides critical services for those in crisis due to sexual assault, rape, suicide or general cri-sis. In addition, a 24 Hour Hot line is provid-ed for crisis interven-tion, referrals and sup-port group sessions for sexual assault/rape victims. Victims are not alone, help is provided. All of the services as provided are free. Our

number is 1-800-7-WE-CARE or 1-800-793-2273 or 409-835-3355. Volunteer advocates are needed to provide direct services to survivors of sexual assault in a medi-cal setting. Comprehen-sive training is provided. For more info call 409-832-6530.

AL-ANON meets Wed. & Sun. at 7 pm 1512 Strickland Dr., Orange. Call 409-779-4289 or Cindy 994-5503 for de-tails.

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BOOKEEPER NEEDED for local CPA firm. Please mail resume to: Penny Record Ad PO, Box 1008 Bridge City, TX 77611

NOTICE TOCREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of John Albert Gunter, Deceased, were issued on January 16, 2015, in Cause No. P17004, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: JEREmIAh GuNTER.

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 prescribed by law.c/o: Paul m. FukudaAttorney at Law312 Border StreetOrange, Texas 77630DATED this the 21th dayof July, 2015Paul M. FukudaPAUL M. FUKUDAAttorney forJeremiah GunterState Bar No. 00789915312 Border StreetOrange, TX 77630Telephone 409-883-4357Fax 409-883-6263E-mail: Pfukuda@883help.com

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CORRECTIONS By5 P.m. TODAyto 735-7346

Thanks,Debbie

NOTICE TO ALLPERSONS hAVING CLAImS AGAINST ThE ESTATE OF RICKEy DEAN

CARTER, DECEASED

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Garage Sale Saturday,

February 7th 7:30 to 11:00 a.m. 945 W. Roundbunch Road, Bridge City

Christening Gown in perfect condition, Size Zero Wedding Gown, Queen Victoria Neckline, long train with lots of beads & veil both in A-1 condition, Toys, electronic games, knee braces, hunting knifes, rods and reels, jewelry, Christmas decorations, knick knacks, Men’s clothing Sizes 2Xto 4X all in excellent condition some brand new, Ladies and Children’s clothing, shoes, plus a variety of miscellaneous items.

THEME: PRESIDENT’S DAY

ACROSS

1. Cookie amount6. “You betcha!”9. Bartenders typi-cally split these

13. Ancient Greeks’ assembly area14. Snake-like reef dweller15. Gent or guy16. Salad dressing vessel17. African grazer18. *Truman’s “State of the

_____” was first one on TV

19. *”Return to Normalcy” Presi-dent21. *Uniform ______ Holiday Act23. A Beatle bride

24. Cowboy’s prod

25. Egg cells28. Wisecrack30. Old fashioned expression of dis-approval35. Bruce Wayne in “The Dark Night”37. Chinese dy-nasty from 960 to 127939. High-strung40. Jessica ____ of “Dark Angel”41. Kind of test43. Stake driver44. *The nation did this in Nov. ‘63 with Jackie46. Saintly glow47. Stack48. Bracelet for the arm50. “Scene one, ____ one”52. Feather glue?53. Cleanse55. Bird-to-be57. *”He Kept Us Out of War” was his slogan60. *He hailed from Hope64. BBQ spot65. Building addi-tion67. Dry white Italian wine from Verona68. Tim or Woody69. *George H. W. Bush led it in the ‘70s70. “The Lego Movie” hero71. Join together by heating72. Barbie’s beau73. Nostradamus and Tiresias, e.g.

DOWN

1. “Cello Suite No. 1” composer2. Site of Taj Ma-hal3. ____ of duty4. Belief5. Detesting

6. Safecracker7. Even, to a poet8. Like Raphael’s cherubs9. Be inclined10. Hipbones11. Clever tactic

12. ___ Gabriel15. Non-competi-tive race20. White _____22. Not safe in baseball24. Having physi-cal sensation25. *”Change We Can Believe In” President26. Courage in the face of danger27. Vinyl collect-ible29. *”No Child Left Behind” President31. Impermanent employee32. Characteristic33. Throat dangler34. *”Tippecanoe and _____ Too”36. Anglo-Saxon nobility title38. Apple variety42. Bumpkin45. *President Ford’s VP49. Chinese “way”51. Knights’ breastplates54. T-shirt style56. Fairytale gar-den dweller57. Whip lash mark58. It shall, for short59. Behaved like Pinocchio60. Family or kin61. Like a broken horse62. Last word in radio transmission63. They now play in Brooklyn64. “Hand” with claws66. *George Wash-ington couldn’t tell one?

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