A dog was shot by an Orange Police Department officer who had determined the dog was a danger to those around him.

According to reports, an of-ficer arrived at 5:22 p.m. Fri-day in the 1200 block of Jay-way after there were reports of a vicious dog.

The male blue and white pit bull was seen in the front yard of a residence by the wit-ness who also said the dog is known to be aggressive and bitten people in the past.

The officer noted in his re-port, the dog did not have a collar or any type of leash on him. The offi-cer attempted to get out of his patrol vehicle, but with the hair raised on the dog’s back while snarling and barking, the dog charged at the officer.

Dispatch was notified of the problem and an animal control officer was sent to the scene.

In the meantime, the dog

went under a residence and into the back yard.

When the animal control officer arrived, they told the of-ficer they had

problems before with the same dog. As a result, the dog was deemed dangerous by the city and not going to be released to the owner dangerous by the city and not released back to any possible owner.

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A few days missed at school was certainly worth it for Al-lison Floyd, 21,of Orange, for a “trip of a lifetime” to see the 55th Annual Grammys Award Show on Sunday in Los Ange-les, Calif..

Floyd is a studying Elemen-tary Education at Texas State University in San Marcos. She will graduate in December with plans to go to graduate school.

Her mother, Carol Floyd, entered her daughter along with other family members at a Nederland store in a contest held by a Beaumont televi-sion station. Carol Floyd was watching a morning news broadcast when she saw her daughters name on the screen.

Immediately, she called her daughter, Allison, to tell her the great news.

“I was shocked, “ Allison Floyd said “I didn’t even know she has entered me.”

But, she added, she didn’t think anyone actually won these type of contests. It be-

came a reality when she re-ceived the paperwork for her trip.

“For a 21-year-old to win a trip like this is a dream,” said Laura Floyd.

The trip valued at $4,235 enabled Allison to take a friend along. She chose her college friend, Tally Jorn. The prize package included a three day two night stay at The World Class LA Live JW Marriott, two round trip tick-ets to Los Angeles, two tickets to the Grammys, two tickets to the Grammy after party, Plus there were two tickets to The Grammy Museum, daily breakfast at the hotel and a $300 bank gift card. In ad-dition, her parents, Carl and Laura Floyd, purchased an additional day of the trip for their daughter so she would have the chance to see the tourists sites.

There was so much to do in such a short amount of time to get ready and only about a week to buy a new dress,purse and shoes for the big event.

Love is in the air and not just  because Valentine’s Day is around the corner, but be-cause of Henry Lee Willey and his bride of nearly 64 years, Lamurel Willey, who  are just as in love now  as they were when they first got married.

Henry Lee Willey, who is the third generation from the Mauriceville area,  spotted his future wife at a Mauriceville cafe where she was working as a waitress. It was her long dark curly  hair which caught his eye. Lamurel is from Shelby County which is jokingly re-ferred to as the “back woods.”

It wasn’t long before the couple realized it was a “good fit” and years later they would look back and know it was the reason they had lived such a good life together.

Together they raised six children. Family was impor-tant to them. They made it

a point to attend all of their children’s baseball and basket-ball games.

Weekends were spent at their home in Toledo Bend. Together they fished and en-joyed each others company. Even after their children were

grown with children of their own, they continued to go to the lake. Over the years, their family has grown to include 15 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

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Every girl wants the chance to feel like a princess, even it is only for one night.

Girls in foster care are not any different, and most won’t ask their foster parents for the money needed to get their special dress and needed ac-cessories.

However, for the eighth year in a row, Child Protective Ser-vices is collecting “trendy in-style” prom attire through the end of February. They are not only looking for prom dress-es, but also jewelry and shoes to complete a young girl’s night to remember. CPS

would also like donations of new make-up, evening bags and gift cards. Monetary do-nations are also accepted to help with the costs of putting on the prom night.

Not only will the donation make a girl’s dream come true, but will give someone the chance to make room in their closet by getting rid of their gently used dress.

Each year about 50 girls ar-rive to pick out their dresses along the racks of dresses. With their new dress picked out, they find the “bling” needed to make the look com-plete. The girls are treated to a

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The Orange County Sheriff ’s Office will be pur-chasing three new Char-gers at an estimated cost of $90,015 with trade-ins of two 2008 Dodge Police Chargers and a 2005 Chrysler 300 seized vehi-cle. These vehicles were ap-proved as capital outlay ex-penditures for the sheriff ’s department. The sheriff was also authorized to pur-chase a 2012 Toyota Tun-dra for use in the narcotics division known as special services. This vehicle will be purchased with drug forfeiture money. Later, four other vehicles will be sold on the counties auc-tion Web site to help offset the cost of the Tundra. Sheriff Keith Merritt said, “We’ll be using the county online auction for the first time. We have four vehicles we’ll be auctioning off. The reason that we’re doing that is because the four ve-

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Valentine Dance at The Fraternal Order of EaglesSouthern Roads will

provide the entertain-ment from 8 p.m. to mid-night Saturday, Feb. 16th the Eagle’s Valentine dance. The admittance fee will be $5 per person. The Fraternal Order of Eagles is located at 803 N. 28th Street, Orange, Texas. For more infor-mation contact Sharon Bodin at 735-8662 or cell 729-7793.

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hicles we’re auctioning off were purchased with drug sei-zure money, back before I be-came sheriff. That money has to be kept seperate. It can’t be intermingled with budgeted cars that we are gonna get.” Merritt will bring the issue to have the four vehicles removed from the county assets to the court before the auction. “We haven’t put the four on auction yet, because we’re still trying to get all the paperwork in or-der,” said Merritt.

The sheriff ’s office is ulti-mately reducing the depart-ment’s fleet by three vehicles.

Christy Khoury informed commissioners the total amount of interest paid on the

Tax Anticipation Note with Wells Fargo was $52, 867.50 which is a savings of more than $30,000 by paying off the note early. the original esti-mate of interest was $86,000 according to County Judge Carl Thibodeaux.

The court also authorized Khoury to sign documents to obtain unclaimed money due the county, held by the State Comptroller in the amount of $166.98.

A direct deposit was re-ceived from the state comp-troller in the ammount of $438,611.06 for Decembers 1/2 cent sales and use tax. The total is a $48,000 increase over last year.

Thibodeaux signed the Ad-vance Funding Agreement with Texas Department of Transportation on the repai or replacement of the East Roundbunch Swin Bridge. This is the agreement to ac-cept the county’s 10 percent match with inkind work on other projects. “It’s a win-win for us,” said Thibodeaux. The county’s projects will be paid for with Ike Round 2.2 funds

Commissioner Precinct 3 was appointed to the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) stakeholder group for Adams and Cow Bayou water-shed areas.

Joe Parkhurst and Wayne LaCombe were reappointed to the Orange County Emergen-cy Services District #3.

Christy Khoury was added to the Orange County Con-vention and Expo Center com-mittee.

Clark Slacum, county engi-neer was authorized to attend the 2013 Texas Transporta-tion Forum in Austin Feb. 17-19. It counts as continuing ed-ucation credits to maintain his certification and is a bud-geted item.

Commissioners authorized hiring for several vacant posi-tions including a custodial po-sition, maintenance Tech po-sition that covers air condi-tioning and refregeration, a bus driver for the transporta-tion department, plus a part-time dispatcher.

The county will begin ad-vertising for proposals for ser-vice providers for the Orange County Convention and Expo Center. The court formed a committee to evaluate the proposals on RFP-13001-Tele-communictions for the build-ing and any other matter that comes to the purchasing de-partment for the completion of the building. Departments are not expected to move into the center until April or possi-bly May.

Commissioners court will meet at 10 a.m. next Monday.

See The W.H. Stark House Dining Room set for Valentine’s Day during the Victorian Valentine’s Day ex-hibit.

W.H. Stark House celebrates Victorian Valentine’s Day with new exhibitStaff ReportFor The Record

The W.H. Stark House in-vites the public to a new ex-hibit Victorian Valentine’s Day, where visitors can discov-er ways that a Victorian couple may have celebrated Valen-tine’s Day. This exhibit will be on display through Feb. 16.

Visitors touring The House during Victorian Valentine’s Day will have the opportunity to view the Dining Room set for a romantic dinner for two with a cherub themed tabl-escape, including the rarely displayed Rose Trellis pattern china by Manufacture Na-tional de Sévres. Also included will be a special gift that rep-resents what may have been exchanged between Miriam and William Henry Stark to celebrate the holiday. High-lighted in the Master Bed-room will be a never before ex-hibited dress, shoes and other

accessories that Miriam Stark may have worn for such a spe-cial occasion. Tours are avail-able to visitors ages ten years and older and an admission charge does apply.

Visitors will also have the chance to create a Victorian Valentine’s Day card in the ad-jacent Carriage House, which serves as the entrance for the Victorian Valentine’s Day pro-gram. All ages are welcome to stop by The Carriage House, located at 610 W. Main Ave. in Orange, to make a take-home card from Valentine’s Day-inspired materials. Admission to The Carriage House for this event is free of charge.

Patsy Herrington, Direc-tor of The W.H. Stark House, welcomes the public, saying, “Guests of all ages are welcome to The Carriage House to see our Victorian Valentine’s Day exhibit and take part in mak-ing a Victorian-style card. By the mid-1800s, it was common

for Americans of all social classes to exchange cards and Victorian cards were elaborate hand-made or mass-produced creations with real lace, feath-ers and ribbons.” She reminds the public that only visitors ten years of age or older can participate in tours, but The Carriage House is always open to all.

Located at 610 West Main Avenue in Orange, Texas, The W.H. Stark House is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the last tour begin-ning at 3:30 p.m. For more in-formation, call 409-883-0871 or visit www.whstarkhouse.org.

Also on Feb. 16, Stark Mu-seum of Art will also have a heart-inspired day of celebra-tion. Visitors of all ages are welcome to the free I Heart Family Day program, taking place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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“I haven’t been dressed up like that since high school,” said the 2009 Little Cypress-Mauriceville graduate.

They both were successful in finding the perfect outfits, but still had to go to school and make sure their class work was done, especially since she would miss classes on Monday. Her professor was so excited for her and she was able to take care of her work before she left town on Thursday. However, it was very hard for her and her friend to concentrate on school when all they could think about is who they might see walking down that red carpet on Sunday night.

With pure excitement they were barely able to sleep and managed to get in about two hours the night before their trip. But, their flight left at 8 a.m Friday at George Bush Houston Inter-continental Airport and they were more than ready. By, 1 p.m. they arrived at their hotel.

For a late lunch they went to eat at a Mexi-can restaurant called EL Paseo Inn. When the waiter found out they were from Texas he brought them a plate of delicious wedding cookies for desert on the house. He told them they loved Texas girls coming to eat at their restaurant.

That night they decided to go for food from a different part of the world and went to IL Mare Italiano restaurant and described it as

“awesome.”Saturday they set out to see the sights. They

rode the metro bus to the Santa Monica Pier and took a Hollywood Home’s Bus Tour. They also ate at the famous Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel for lunch. No trip would be complete without going to Grauman’s Chinese Theater to see the many handprints and footprints of the stars.

Finally, the night arrived when they went to the Grammy awards show at the Staples Cen-ter. Although they were seated a great distance from the stage, the pair came prepared with binoculars.

The opening acts were memorable with Tay-lor Swift starting the colorful show.

The after party was just as memorable. Not only did they see stars at the award show, but at the after party where some performed.

“There was tons of food too,” Allison Floyd said.

After a whirlwind of a weekend, it was time to come home. They boarded the airplane Monday knowing Tuesday morning would come very soon.

“I had to get up at 6 a.m. on Tuesday,” Allison Floyd said. “But it was worth it - for sure,”

Allison Floyd wants to thank her mother for entering her into the contest and the trip of a lifetime.

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A group of Firestone employees, along with their families, participate in the Shangri La Community Trash-Off in Orange on Saturday. RECORD PHOTO: Stump Weatherford

Due to the fact the officer felt the dog was dangerous, he felt the animal control officer would be in danger and assisted in taking cus-tody of the animal.

The dog continued to bark violently in the back yard of the residence and freely running in and out of the backyard. The officer and the animal control officer entered the back yard and attempted to contain the dog.

The animal control officer shot at the dog with a tranquilizer dart, but missed which caused the dog to become more aggressive and charge toward the officers. A second shot hit the dog in his back leg. The dart appeared to not be working and caused the dog to further anger the dog and it began barking more erratically.

The dog then ran out of the opened gate. While standing on the south side of the back-yard, the pit bull charged at the officer. When the dog as within 8 feet of the officer, he fired his Taser but missed.

The sound of the Taser caused the dog to stop and run away from the officer. The officers again attempted to contain the dog in the back yard so that once again a dart tranquilizer could be used . The sound of the Taser startled the dog and it stopped before running away. However, the officer noted if he had not fired the Taser, he believed the dog would have bitten him.

The officers once again attempted to contain the dog in the east corner of the backyard so the animal control officer could shoot it with a tranquilizing dart.

However, the dog once again charged at the officer while viciously barking and growling. It lunged at the officer so he tried to back away.

But, the dog suddenly began to chase the of-ficer. The officer drew his gun and shot at the dog. The round missed the dog and instead went into the ground. The dog continued to chase the officer and when it was within a short distance, the dog lunged, so he fired a second shot which struck the dog in the head near the eye.

The dog immediately stopped and was no longer a threat. The dog was placed in the back of the animal control officers vehicle.

The officer attempted to locate the dog’s owner, but was informed the dog did not belong in that neighborhood.

In other police business, two men were ar-rested after they were spotted in a stolen trac-tor trailer.

Corporal Bryan Cooper of the Department of Public Safety, arrested Tommy Lynn Everts, 46, of League City and 39-year-old Shane Wil-liams Hansen, of Houston on charges of theft of more than $200,000 and money laundering. Bond was set at $300,000 each and they have since posted bond and have been released from the Orange County Jail.

The rig contained MREs which were sup-posed to be going to the victims of Hurricane Sandy from a non-agency.

A drug dog was called in to aid in the search by alerting on the cash.

A search of the trailer resulted in finding $50,000 cash. One of the suspects has $6,000 cash on him at the time, according to informa-tion received.

The case remains under investigation by the Department of Public Safety.

The work week was busy. Henry  worked at Bethlehem Steele while Lamurel stayed home with the children. She also quilted. But, Lamurel would also occasionally make Henry’s favorite dessert, a chocolate pie, which was sure to bring a smile.

‘Daddy always loved Momma,” said Carol Annette, the daughter of Henry and Lamurel. “That’s the best gift he gave us.”

So, as Valentine’s Day nears, they already have what many continue to search for...love.

day of pampering while the boys also have a day of fun. At the end of the day, all are ready for their special night which is for all the high school age foster children to attend. Like proms at local high schools, a king and queen is crowned. There are plenty of smiles and laugh-ter mingled in with the music as they dance.

According to Shari Puliam, public informa-tion officer with the Texas Department of Fam-

ily and Protective Services, the girls are trans-formed during the night out celebration and their attitude becomes one of gratitude.

Once the party is over, the girls take home their new attire so they can use it at the prom where they attend high school.

Donations can be made at the local CPS of-fice located at 2220 Gloria Drive. For more in-formation, call 409-951-3351.

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LENTEN SEASON BEGINSThe rains have gone away for now and a cool front

blows in.. Today, Wednesday is the first day of the Lenten season that will last 40 days until Easter Sun-day. It’s a most important period for those of the Catholic faith. It’s a strange time for the first Pope in over 600 years to choose to resign. The last time that happened it would be nearly 300 years before Ameri-ca became the United States. Today around the globe there are 1.2 billion Catholics. Pope Benedict XVI, 85, will step down on February 28. A new Pope is ex-pected to be named by Easter. Retired Pope Bene-dict will live at the Vatican. Five Italian Cardinals are leading candidates to replace Benedict. They are An-gelo Scola, 70, Leonardo Sandri, 70, Angelo Bag-nasco, 69, Marc Ouellet, 68 and Gianfranco Ravasi, 69.*****No word yet on which night Kree Harrison will appear on American Idol. Either Wednesday or Thursday or both. The girl contestants start their TV competition but we do know that Kree is in the top 40. Her local family doesn’t know any more than that except that she is in Las Vegas taping and filming. We’ll be pulling for our local girl to do good.*****Well, it’s come on Valentine’s Day. Each year, for many years, this column has passed out a few sweetheart awards. This year is no different. However, this year, besides picking special beautiful people, we have also chosen ladies that sometime are other throughout the year fed us some goodies. You could say the way to my heart is through my taste buds.*****I best get started and see what I come up with. Please come along, I promise it won’t do you no harm.

VALENTINE SWEETHEART AWARDSWhat these women have in common is that they are

all upbeat, friendly, smile a lot and truly care about people. Here they are in no particular order. Joy Scar-bourgh, a longtime educator now retired. Always on the go, Joy has been slowed by a bad accident that af-fects her walking but she manages. Joy makes the world’s best pecan fudge. I hoard it when I get some.***Patsy Peck is a great friend to have and the best thing that ever happened to David. She’s always available to help anyone who needs it. She stays on the go. No one makes better banana pudding and I’ve been the recipient of several gallons of it.***Sherlynn Blackshear, is not only easy to look at, she’s a great baker and always sees that we get some of her latest creations. You just can’t beat her pie making. She al-ways has a smile for the next customer at Bridge City Branch Bank.***Pearl Burgess, at age 92, is like Betty White, spreading joy and entertainment. Pearl touches a lot of lives with her poetry. She’s so up beat you would never know she’s had a bad day. She also a master chef.***Donna Scales, always full of it, she is great to be around and she tells unbelievable stories. As head of Orange County Parks she’s a great ambas-sador and boy can she cook. No one makes better cakes, all varieties. My favorite is a ten pound pan full of Almond Joy cake.***Peggy Albair. What a gal. She was born to work in the public. A reality show should be done on her and Richard’s place, Peggy’s on the Bayou. She’s really cute in her baseball cap. She keeps me fed, plus I’m the guinea pig for new items and I’m good at that. She sends me home with the areas best seafood gumbo and crawfish pistolets. Gives me a hug and says “Enjoy.”***Lyndia Permenter, what a nice lady, very caring and always has a kind word. She’s a special kind. She was the first to remember me for Valentine’s Day. She sent me some goodies, deliv-ered by our friend T.W. Lyndia is a proud great-grandmother who always wears a smile.***Well, there are my beautiful people for one more year. We wish them and all of you wonderful ladies a very Happy Valentine’s Day.

FROM MUMFORD AND SONS TO WOODY GUTHRIE

It wasn’t the best Grammy’s I’ve ever watched but a good thing that has happened over the last few years is that country music has become more prevalent. I recall when country got one award. I was glad that “Babel” Mumford and Sons got “Album of the Year.” I like music that has a banjo in it. Last week, in a spe-cial on TV, the band traveled from California to New Orleans and did concerts along the way. Earthy music that goes back in time.*****Speaking of that, our friend Glen Oliver ordered he and I a hardback copy of the new book by Woody Guthrie, called “House of Earth.” It’s a novel that was discovered and edited by a Rice University professor Douglas Brinkley and ac-tor Johnny Depp. It was finished in 1947 but lost to readers until now. It’s a powerful portrait of the Texas Panhandle Dust Bowl. In many ways it’s a companion piece to Gutherie’s folk anthem, “This Land is Your Land.” It’s a powerful tale from one of our greatest artists. Even the book cover is a copy of a painting by Woody. On Sunday, April 1, 1935, Palm Sunday, Woody Guthrie thought the Apocalypse was knock-ing on the door of Pampa, Texas, when an immense

dust cloud blew in. Bob Dylan says he was surprised by the genius of the writing of “House of Earth,” which told about how poor people searched for love an meaning. Woodrow Wilson Woody Guthrie, 1912-1967. The discovery of “House of Earth,” reinforces Guthrie’s place among the immortal figures of Amer-ican letters. The book went on sale last week. Thanks to Glen for this special novel. Anyone who loves his-tory and learning about the hard times endured by ordinary people to plant roots in the arid land of the Panhandle should certainly read this book.

OUR CONDOLENCESWe were sorry to learn about the death of our long-

time friend Beuford Herford, age 72, who died Sun-day, Feb. 10. Visitation will start at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Memorial Funeral Home in Vidor. Beuford was a retired Boilermaker, Local 587 in Orange with over 50 years of service. He was a close ally of Dewey “Teddy Bear” Cox and served as Business Agent of the Local. Our sincere sympathies to son Clay, daughters Rita and Monica and their families. He was a good man who helped many. Please see obituary.*****Our thoughts are also with the family of Newell Shipley, 45, who died of burns at a private hunting club in Jasper County last Saturday, Feb. 9. He was a Master Electrician with Local 479 and a member of Pine Forest Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his son Thomas, daughter Aubree and parents Aubrey and Martha Shipley and sister Amy. Servic-es will be held Wednesday, 2 p.m. at Memorial Funer-al Home of Vidor. Our sympathy goes out to all of his family.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME10 Years Ago-2003

A bunch of folks gathered at Van Choate’s Cajun Cookery where Van prepared loads and loads of boiled crawfish outdoors and the crawfish eating con-test was on. Attorney Michael Catt and Roy Dunn are above average crawfish eaters but Roy says, “You don’t want to get in a crawfish eating contest with Asst. D.A. Doug Manning. He put us all in the shade. Pretty, long legged legal secretary Shelia Murrry came in last and she wouldn’t suck the Crawfish heads.*****Bob Shinn had open heart surgery at Bap-tist Hospital in Beaumont.*****Darlene Zavada is the new director at the Convention and Visitors Bureau. She replaces Charlene Sonnier. (Editor’s note: What a great job Darlene has done over the last 10 years. She was a great choice for the job.)*****Huey Meaux, 73, is headed back to the big house. Huey was paroled in September of 1996. He had gotten a 15-year sen-tence for possession of cocaine, two counts of sexual assault of a child, pornography and jumping bail. He was in a half-way house when he was caught in pos-session of pornography. Guess what? He’s headed back to the big house.*****Colin Powell in his presen-tation to the United Nations Security Council makes the case that Saddam has weapons of mass destruc-tion. (Editor’s note: It turned out to all have been a lie furnished by the Bush bunch, mostly VP Dick Cheney. The U.S. invaded Iraq and 10 years later no WMD’s have yet to be found.)

63 Years Ago-1950Jimmy Conn was MC for the Tiger Grid Banquet.

Twenty lettermen received special recognition. Thomas Jefferson coach Clarence Underwood was special guest.*****Bridge City fighter Dow Gene An-derson, a flashy welterweight, failed to record his fifth knockout in a row but did hammer out a deci-sion over Harmon Miller to win the 147-pound class in Port Arthur Golden Gloves tournament.

65 Years Ago-1948A hard freeze continues holding at 24 degrees bring-

ing a fuel crisis. *****Sid Caillavet and Jimmy Conn create a big public scene in the New Orleans depot af-ter Conn stole Sid’s overcoat. Sid took his belt off and started whipping Jimmy after Sid’s coat was found being worn under Jimmy’s coat. Conn sends card and toy skunk to Joe Blanda. The card read, “Thinking of you.”*****Orange fighters, coached by Crip Trahan, win five of seven Golden Gloves bouts. The show opened with exhibition by Orange’s bat-tling twins, Robin and Roddy Tolar. Winners were Ray Duley, Red Lindsey, Don Stephenson, Earnest Casnino and Jack Dennis. Undefeated Kid Henry fought an exhibition with Charles Booty.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEKJudy Ford, Lee Ann Jaarah, Liz Fontenot, Jeremy Delano, Fred Kennedy, Judy Harrison, Jordan Guidry, Dan Batchelor, Robert Montagne, Drew Domas, Inez Jones, Judy Brownlie, Mandy LeB-auve, Patricia Davis, Vicky Stanley, Ann McDuff, John Chauvin, Kim Harmon, Mellisa Tuttle, Rolf Schulz, Alayna George, Tom Edwards, Lucy Pul-liam, Ashley Floyd, Bernice Say, Justin Broussard, Jeremy Crocker, Betty Drachenberg, Betty Smith, Leah Gunstream, Charlotte North, Ruby Sanders, Christy Faulk, Darrin Havens, Jason Clark and Martha Pittman.

A FEW HAPPENINGSBad news ahead for baby boomers, Alzheimer’s pa-

tients could triple by 2050 to 13.8 million. I would hope that by then they would surely find a cure. Ex-perts say not likely, but will be able to postpone ef-fects. *****Texas A&M racked up on talent signing day. New signers included Eric Dickersons cousin Ricky Seales-Jones from Sealy High. The only area recruit for A&M is Alex Sezer Jr. 5 foot, 9 inch, 180 pounder from Little Cypress-Mauriceville. Aggie coach Sumlin says about Alex, “I had to check my timer twice to make sure it was working correctly when I clocked the speedster. He’s a sleeper who will get a chance to contribute in our return game.”*****Co-host, Robin Roberts, will return to ABC’s Good Morning America on Feb. 20. That’s exactly five months to the day she has been away for treatment of a rare blood disorder, (Myelodyplastic). *****I’ve been asked which Super Bowl commercial was my favorite. That’s easy, the Family Farmer/Chrysler-Dodge spot narrated by Paul Harvey, a speech he once gave to FFA. Second favorite is the Budweiser Clydesdale spot. It shows success if you prepare for it.*****A sad note that came out of the Super Bowl was the aunt and uncle of San Francisco 49ers tight end Delanie Walker were killed in a car crash shortly after the

49ers lost the game. Alice, 42 and Bryan Young, 54, were staying in a hotel in Baton Rouge and were driv-ing there after spending time with their nephew Delanie and other family members. They had pulled over on the side of the highway when Nichole Thom-as, 24, of Houston, crashed into the Youngs. Police say she was traveling at a high rate of speed. Both cars caught fire. The Youngs burned to death in their auto. Thomas made it and was arrested for Vehicular Homicide and DWI. Not her first arrest. *****A few folks we know celebrating their special day in the coming week. Two great guys we’ve been honored to know celebrate birthdays on Feb. 15. Harold Forse turns 93 and still kicking fairly high, and longtime educator and Orangefield superintendent Robert Montagne marks another year.***Feb. 16 is a special day for our buddy Keith Wallace, from Reliable Cleaners and Port Commissioner.***Also celebrating on that day is Clint “C.W.” Britt, who’s not getting any younger. The road ahead is shorter than the one he’s traveled.***Feb. 17, finds Kim Harmon, Mellissa Tuttle and Lucy Pulliam celebrating.***Feb. 18, is a special day for a special guy. It’s Norman Berry’s birthday.***Feb. 18 is also President George Wash-ington’s birthday and a national holiday, President’s Day.***Feb. 19, finds Christy Faulk and Jason Clark marking another year.***I want to put everyone on alert that next Wednesday, Feb. 20, is Chief Jerry Wimberly’s birthday. He deserves a good one. *****Congratulations to Brent and Dana Dearing on the birth of son Reagan. Grandparents are Gary and Darlene Dearing and proud great-grandparents are Louis and Ella Jo Gossett. A nice birthday present for L.C. who celebrated on Feb. 11. *****President Obama’s State of the Union covered four major top-ics, Immigration, guns, the budget and same sex mar-riage. On Tuesday evening 40 million TV viewers watched. Sen. Marco Rubio gave the response for regular Republicans while Rand Paul spoke for the Tea Party. The State of the Union came on the heels of a Monday report by 46 economists who say the na-tion’s economy and job creating engine will start to purr later this year. The economy will shift into a higher gear this summer and then grow for the next nine months. Unemployment will fall to 7.5 percent by year’s end. The Federal Reserve’s low interest rate policies will have a positive impact through rising home and auto sales. Most importantly, we must avoid the sequester. Meanwhile Sen. Lindsey Gra-ham has gone bananas and pledges to hold up Obama’s nominations. Like a new NFL coach, I be-lieve any president should be able to pick his coaching team. Only exception is a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. Graham and McCain are petty and trying to make points at home. *****Donald Trump indicates that Karl Rove is an idiot. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. *****Our Houston con-gressman Steve Stockman brought Ted Nugent as his guest to the State of the Union. Now there’s a fine pair of aces. They are both fighting background checks on weapon purchases. *****Don’t be surprised if Lindsey Graham doesn’t try to filibuster the nomi-nation of the new pope.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEKClotile and Felix Morceaux were dressed and

ready to go to da big Mardi Gras ball. Dey turned on da nightlight, da answering machine, covered da pet parakeet, put the cat in the backyard and dey called Comeaux’s Yellow Cab Company. Da taxi arrived but wen dey opened da front door to leave da darn cat ran in da house. Not wanting to leave da cat in da house because she would eat da bird, Clotile goes to da cab and Felix went back in da house. Da cat ran upstairs wit Felix in hot pur-suit.

Clotile doesn’t want da cab driver to know dat da house will be empty so she tells da cab driver that Felix will be out soon, him, he’s jus going upstairs to say goodbye to her mother. A few minutes later Felix gets in da cab, “Sorry I took so long; dat stu-pid bitch was hiding under da bed. I poked her in da butt wit a coat hanger to get her to come out. She tried to take off so I grabbed her by da neck, wrapped her in a blanket so she couldn’t scratch me, den I hauled her downstairs and threw her out in da backyard.” Boudreaux, da cab driver, him, hit a parked car.

C’EST TOUTBefore I go, there’s something I believe every Or-

ange area youngster should know. Judge David Peck was raised in a regimented orphanage and he learned early on that school was for learning. He doesn’t take kindly to any school disruption. He’ll work with the parents and school administration to help with a dif-ficult child but that youngster has to do his part. It’s not a good idea to be a repeat offender in Judge Peck’s court.*****On the matter of gangs, this is not Chicago or downtown Houston. Every parent of a youngster, as well as all citizens, should be concerned about the springing up of youth gangs. Something starting in-nocently enough has a way of taking on the mob men-tality. Left unchallenged, it can become a cancer in a community that quickly gets out of control.*****The Lunch Bunch will dine at Robert’s Wednesday, 12 noon. Last week, a scaled down group gathered at Novrozsky’s. It allowed for more visiting. Dist. Judge Courtney Akeen attended. She’s a very nice lady. An Orangefield native, she says longtime educator Phil-lip Welch was around always through her school years, as coach, teacher, principle, etc. They are al-most like family. Everyone is welcome to join The Lunch Bunch any Wednesday, 12 noon.*****My time is up, thanks for yours. Please read us cover to cover and shop with our family of advertisers. Check us our also on the web at TheRecordLive.com. Take care and God bless.

AARP income tax assistance available The AARP Tax Filing Assistance Program will be offered

starting at 12:15 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday through April 15, 2013 at the Orange Public Library. Trained volunteers will be available from 12:15 to 4 p.m.

Anyone seeking assistance should bring the following:All W-2 and 1099 Forms, including Social Security Benefits

statements;Records of Capital gains and losses;Receipts of medical expenses, taxes paid, interest paid, contri-

butions, causality and theft losses, job expenses, sales tax re-ceipts for major purchases and Social Security cards for depen-dents;

A copy of their 2011 tax return to help the volunteers prepare the 2012 return.

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

BC Knights of Columbus to offer fish dinnersBridge City Knights of Columbus will offer fish dinners (fried

catfish, cole slaw, hush puppies, fries) through Friday March 22. Serving between 10:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. $8 per plate. Dine-in or takeout. Large order delivery is available call 735-5725.  

AgriLife Extension to host gardening classesThe Texas A&M AgriLife Extension of Orange County will

the Green Thumb Series at St. Mary Catholic School from 6 to 8 p.m. Classes will be held Feb. 19.  The topics will be:  Sprouts, shoots, and Roots; Planning and Preparing your Garden Area; Structures for Planting Year Around; Container Gardening, and Herb Gardening.  The cost will be $20 per person for this group of classes and covers all materials.  Please call the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office at 409-882-7010 to sign up for these classes.

OC Master Gardeners to meet Feb. 14The monthly meeting of the Orange County Master Garden-

ers will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at the Salvation Army building on the corner of MLK and Strickland in Orange. A pot luck supper will be held and the business meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. Door prizes will be drawn at the end of the meeting. Any one interested in gardening is welcome to attend.   Their meetings are held the second Thursday of each month. For more information, please visit their website: http://txmg.org/orange.

Scottish Society of SETX to meet Feb. 14The Scottish Society of Southeast Texas will meet on Thurs-

day, Feb. 14 at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, located at 1350 N. 23rd at Gladys in Beaumont. A light covered dish supper will be served at 6:30 p.m. followed by the program/entertainment.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, there will be an evening of Celtic music performed by Andrew Bollich, as well as the Valentine custom and traditions practiced through the ages.

Anyone interested in Scotland, its history, culture and land as a tourist destination is invited to attend. For more information, please call 409-898-4986.

BCCC to host Mystery Dinner TheaterThe Bridge City Chamber of Commerce will be holding their

third annual Mystery Dinner Threater “READING AUNT LOU-ISE’S WILL”, Feb. 15 and 16.

On Feb. 15, tickets will cost $20 per person or $150 per table of 8, dinner and drinks will be served (no alcohol).

On Feb. 16, tickets will cost $40 per person or $300 per table of 8, and $50 to decorate table. Dinner, drinks and wine will be served (NO ONE UNDER 21 WILL BE ADMITTED).

Stop by the Bridge City Chamber office from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, or call 735-5671 to reserve a table.

Valentine Dance At VFW The Vinton Veterans of Foreign Wars is hosting a Valentine’s

Dance on Saturday, Feb. 16, at the post home located at 2992 Hwy 109 S, a quarter mile north of the Longhorn, at exit 4 “Toomey-Starks” off Interstate 10. The dance will start at 8 p.m. and The Texas Pride Band will provide live music until midnight.

Cost is $10 per couple or $6 per person. The bar will be open to purchase snacks and all types of beverages. BYOB is also wel-come and cost is $5 cover per bottle. Dress up or dress casual! Come and join us for a lovely evening with friends at the VFW! Any questions please call the VFW at 337-589-5832

Valentine Dance at The Fraternal Order of Ea-gles

Southern Roads will provide the entertainment from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Feb. 16th the Eagle’s Valentine dance. The admittance fee will be $5 per person. The Fraternal Order of Eagles is located at 803 N. 28th Street, Orange, Texas. For more information contact Sharon Bodin at 735-8662 or cell 729-7793.

Red Hot Flashers to meet Feb. 21The Red Hot Flashers will meet on Thursday, Feb. 21 at

Starvin Marvin’s in Beaumont. Those who want to go can but can’t get a ride are asking to call Better at 792-9244. They will leave Orange at 11 a.m. Birthday ladies are Betty Morgan and Helen Broussard.

BCYRA board election meeting to be held Feb. 21

The BCYRA will hold a board election meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the BCYRA Board Room, located at 201 Parkside Drive in Bridge City.

OC Relay for Life to hold monthly Team Cap-tain meetings

The Orange County Relay for Life will holding monthly Team Captain meetings at the Lamar State College – Orange Wilson Building, Room 101. 

Team captain meetings are scheduled for: Monday, Feb. 25, Monday, March 25 and Monday, April 22.

All Team Captain meetings are directed at planning for the Orange County Relay for Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, which will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., May 3 – 4, 2013 at Bridge City High School. This year’s theme is “A Little Bit of Texas, A Whole Lot of Hope.”

Individuals or teams interested in becoming involved with this event are invited to attend the meeting and register on-line at www.OrangeCountyRelay.org

Eagles offer activities, pool tour-nament and hall rental

The Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2523, located at 803 N. 28th St. in Orange is offering several classes, activities and fund-raisers.

Free scrapbook classes are held at 4 p.m. each Tuesday. The community is invited.

Free genealogy classes are offered at 4 p.m. each Wednesday. The Eagles will host a pool tournament every Friday begin-

ning at 8 p.m. Prize money will given to first and second place winners. Food will be available.

The Eagles will have tables ready to play 31 on Saturdays from 4 p.m. until closing. Enjoy drink specials and meet our members.

The Eagles have new hours of operation. They will now be open on Monday’s at 4 p.m. The hours for the rest of the week re-main the same.

Patrons will now enjoy free pool, free popcorn and drink spe-cials Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during special hours.

For more information on any of the activities or rent the hall contact Sharon Bodin at 409-735-8662 or 409-719-7793.

Weight management classes offeredIt’s not too late to join the weight management and diabetes

prevention classes offered Wednesdays at Baptist Orange Hospi-tal. The 16 week course that began Jan. 9 will continue through May 8. Afterwards there is a commitment to monthly support group classes for a year.

The cost is $5 per person per class. Scholarships are available. Classes will educate adults to make healthier choices one day

at a time. Look and feel better and learn nutrition for the preven-tion of diseases.

Call AgriLIFE extension office at 409-882-7010 to pre-regis-ter. Classes meet in the fifth floor classroom at the hospital.

Local AAUW to host book driveThe Orange Branch of the American Association of University

Women (AAUW) is beginning their annual book drive to collect “gently used” books for their scholarship fund. All books, fiction, non-fiction, hardbound or paper back are acceptable. Books may be delivered to the Mann Insurance Agency located at 1505 Park Avenue at 15th Street during regular business hours. If unable to deliver the books, you may call 886-5739 or 886-2194 to arrange for pickup.

KOCB sells Litter Button bannersKeep Orange County Beautiful hopes to sell 50 banners to

local businesses for $25 each promoting their “Litter Button” on their Website: www.kocb.org. Their hope is that each banner will generate 10 hits of the “Litter Button,” which would mean 500 litterers in the State of Texas would be notified by the Texas Department of Transportation of their illegal activity.

If you see someone littering, take down the time, date and place of the littering and the license plate of the vehicle. Report the activity by going to www.kocb.org and hit the litter button. Fill in the information which is then sent to TxDOT.

The offending litterer will be sent a letter reminding them it is illegal to litter in the State of Texas. They will also receive a litter bag for their car and a Don’t Mess With Texas sticker.

To purchase a banner, contact a member of KOCB or visit their Website.

Boy Scouts to host annual flag fundraiserThe Boy Scouts of Troop 62 is now accepting subscriptions for

commemorative flag displays in and around North Orange (near Hwy. 87 and Meeks Drive) between IH-10 and South Teal Road. The 3’ by 5’ flags will be displayed on the five flag days of the

year (Memorial Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July, Patriots Day [9/11] and Veterans Day). The flags will be displayed no later than 9 a.m. on the commemorative day, picked up before dusk and stored until the next flag day.

An initial $75 tax deductible donation ($50 for renewals) is re-quired. Money orders and checks must be received 14 days prior to posting day in order to ensure timely service. All proceeds go to support Scout activities and programs throughout the year.

For subscriptions, contact Bubba Plexico, Troop 62 Scoutmas-ter, at 214-770-0568; or Chris Wright, Troop 62 Fundraising Chair, at 409-882-9972.

Mauriceville AA meetsAn Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is held each Thursday at

7:30 p.m. in Mauriceville at the United Methodist Church on Highway 12. For more information call 409-670-6265.

Orange Community Band to meet every Thursday

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

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Community Bulletin Board

Death Announcements:

Jannell MarieManriquez DyeOrange

Jannell Marie Manriquez Dye, 53, of Orange, died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013.

Born in Deridder, La., on Aug.

23, 1959, Jannell was the daugh-ter of Nacho Manriquez and Hazel Ruth (Moses) Manriquez. Jannell worked as a caregiver. She had a great sense of humor and never met a stranger. Her family described her as a “free bird”.

Jannell was preceded in death by her partner in life, Alvin My-

ers. She is survived by her dad,

Nacho Manriquez and wife, Ju-lie; mother, Hazel Ruth Shirley and husband, Jimmy; daughters, Samantha Gore and Jennifer Williams; son, T.J. Flebbe; sis-ters, Terry Bagley, Frances Man-riquez Christian, Lisa Fields and husband, Henry, Regina Savage; brother, James Michael Shir-ley; step-brothers, Kirk Richard, Shannon Richard, Spence Rich-ard, Chance Richard, and Chad Richard; nieces, Kristyn Crysel, Stacy Bagley, Savannah Savage; nephews, Jason Fields, Mitch-ell Fields, Devin Savage, Gavin Shirley, Gabrel James Shirley; great nieces, Jaylin Melchor, Lylah Calloway; and her beloved cat, Lana.

Arrangements held under the direction of Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

To Be held:

George Henry Slaughter Sr. Orange

G e o r g e H e n r y Slaughter Sr., 89, of Orange passed away on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 at Arboretum Nursing and Rehabilitation in Winnie.

A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Dorman Funeral Home, with a visitation one hour prior to ser-vice time. Cremation will follow the services.

A native of Deweyville, he was born on Aug. 2, 1923 to parents Dora Elizabeth (Cooper) and Henry Plaskie Slaughter. He had lived most of his life in Orange and had served his country in the Navy during World War II from 1942 until 1945. He had worked in construction with Local Union #450 as a heavy equipment op-erator. George loved taking long walks to keep him self fit. He was a loving husband, father, grand-father, great grandfather and friend who will be missed dearly.

George was preceded in death by his father, Henry Slaughter; mother, Dora Slaughter; sister, Pearl Blackman; brothers, Bill and Claude Slaughter.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Geraldine Slaughter of Or-ange; daughters, Deana Sherrill and husband, Greg of Orange, Dora E. Langston and husband, Brian of Vidor, Joyce Carlisle of Orange; sons, George Slaughter Jr. of Vidor, Phillip L. Slaughter and wife, Jane of Philippines; eighteen grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter on the way.

Condolences may be sent for the family at www.dormanfuner-alhome.com.

Doris M. GodfreyOrange

Doris M. Godfrey, 82, of Or-ange, died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, at her home.

Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at Claybar Funeral Home in Or-ange with the Rev. Joseph P. Da-leo of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Orange. Burial will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Orange.

Born in Nederland on Oct. 13, 1930, Doris was the daugh-ter of Whitney Hebert and Edith Fontenot Hebert. She worked as a nurse at Orange Memorial Hospital for four years and was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Altar Society.

Doris is survived by her hus-band of 60 years, Richard God-frey; as well as, four children; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by her family who called her “the rock of the fam-ily and the fire we would all warm ourselves by.”

Beuford Ernest HerfordVidor

Beuford E. Herford, 72, of Vidor died Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013 at Vidor Health and Rehab in Vidor.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 at Memorial Funeral Home of Vidor, with burial to follow at Restlawn Memorial Park in Vidor.

Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 at Memorial Funeral Home.

Born on June 28, 1940 in Conroe, he was a lifelong resi-dence of Vidor. Beuford was a retired Boilermaker Local 587, with 51 years of service. He was an elected officer of Local 587 from 1969-2002. Beuford was a member of Pine Forest Masonic Lodge#1420 and Not in Dark-ness Baptist Church in Vidor. Beuford was an extremely proud and loyal fan to the Vidor Pirates Football Team.

Beuford is survived by his son Clay Herford and wife Robbie Ann of Vidor; daughters Rita Herford and Monica Herford both of Lake Charles, La.; brother August Herford and wife Tallulah of Great Falls, Mont.; 8 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

Paula Jean ThompsonOrange

Paula Jean Thompson, 73, of Orange, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday,

Feb. 10, 2013, at her home.Funeral services will be held 7

p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, at United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City with the Rev. John W. Harroll of United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City and the Rev. Donald Bearce officiating.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, at the church.

Born in Rockville, Ind. on April 16, 1939, Paula was the daugh-ter of Paul Leroy Smith and Mary Catherine (Clodfelter) Smith. She was a member of United Pen-tecostal Church of Bridge City, where she worked in the book store and was a part of the tape ministry.

Preceded in death by her par-ents, Paula is survived by her sons and daughters-in-laws, Alan and Jackie Thompson of Crawfordsville, Ind., Brian E. and Tanya Thompson of Sour Lake; and grandchildren, Eric Rich-ardson, Lauran Thompson, Alli Conkright and husband Kody, Kyler Thompson and wife Jess, and Logan Thompson. She is also survived by her great-grandchild, Kayne Thompson; sister, Nancy McCloud of Lum-berton; and a host of nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorial do-nations may be made to United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City, 2056 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City, TX 77630, or to the charity of your choice.

Bessie AndressOrange

Bessie Andress, 90, of Or-ange, died Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 at Baptist Hospital in Beau-mont.

Funeral services will be held on 2 p.m., Friday, Feb. 15, at Claybar Funeral Home in Or-ange. Burial will follow at Ever-green Cemetery in Orange.

Visitation will be from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home.

Born in Crowley, La., on June 7, 1922, Bessie was the daugh-ter of Pete George Moscovis and Marie Levinia Landry Moscovis. She worked at Equitable Bag for 40 years and during retirement enjoyed crafts and puzzles.

Bessie was preceded in death by her husband, W.G. “Bud” Andress and is survived by her niece, Jan Malone and other special loved ones; Barbara Shelton, Darryl and Lisa Guy-ote, Cody and Amber Roberts, Ty and Brittany Roberts, Steelye Roberts and Ryker Roberts.

Serving as pallbearers will be Cody Roberts, Ty Roberts, Dar-ryl Guyote, Jimmy Dillon, Jaden Dillon and Lloyd Craig.

Mark Kyle SmithOrange

Mark Kyle Smith, 39, of Orange, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, at Pinehurst Nursing and Rehabilitation in Or-ange.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at United Pentecostal Church of Bridge City with the Rev. John W. Harroll officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gar-dens near Bridge City.

Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, at Claybar Fu-neral Home in Bridge City.

Born in Port Arthur on Sept. 21, 1973, Mark was the son of Mark Alton Smith and Mary (Mounts) Smith West. He worked as a butcher, previously work-ing at Market Basket, Kroger, Brookshire Bros., H.E.B., and Albertsons. Mark loved nature, the outdoors and bird watch-ing. He was also an avid Texans Longhorn football fan. Mark was always joking around and play-ing pranks on others. He had ev-eryone around him laughing and smiling.

Preceded in death by his father Mark Smith, Mark is survived by his mother and step-father, Mary and Tim West of Orange; sons, Austin Smith and Mark Smith II both of Hampshire; brother, Wal-

lace Smith; sister, Michelle Con-nor; and niece, Karrah Connor.

Serving as pallbearers will be Jeremy Mayer, Jonathan Mayer, Cameron Meredith, Eric Smith, Chad Smith and Wallace Smith.

Held:

Kenneth P. “Nick”Nichols Orange

Kenneth P. “Nick” Nich-ols, 88, a longtime resi-dent of Or-ange, passed away Friday, Feb. 8, 2013.

S e r v i c e s were held on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at Orange First Church of the Nazarene on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, with Pastor Ray Mc-Dowell officiating. Entombment followed at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Orange.

Born in Superior, Wis. the youngest of 13, he served in the US Navy from 1942 to 1948 in both theaters and as a Navy re-servist, served during the Kore-an conflict from 1952 to 1953. He was employed by DuPont S.R.W. from 1948 until his retirement in 1986. He was a member of First Church of the Nazarene and the V.F.W. Post.

He was preceded in death by his parents and 12 siblings; the mother of his son, Edna Horton; his wife of 32 years, Frances Sanford Nichols; step-son Ed-ward Nichols, and step-daugh-ter, Lisa Sanford Costilla.

He is survived by his son, Kenneth Stephen Nichols; step-daughter, Frances (Ron) Nichols Perea, all of Orange; step-son, Mark (Julie) Sanford of Mau-riceville and their daughter Me-gan (Chris) and her two children of Vidor; Lisa’s husband Ray-mond Costilla of Orange; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Heritage Sunday School class at the Orange First Church of the Nazarene, 3810 MLK Jr. Dr., Orange, TX 77632.

Charles Finley SmithOrange

Charles Fin-ley Smith, 89, of Orange, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2013, at Harbor Hos-pice in Beau-mont.

G r a ve s i d e services were held on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens near Bridge Cit with the Rev. Barry Bradley, of First Bap-tist Church in Orange, officiating.

Born in Smackover, Ark., on Nov. 14, 1923, Charles was the son of Finley W. and Ethel (Grisham) Smith. He served in the US Army in World War II and was a 32nd Degree Mason at the Masonic Lodge in Augusta, Ga. He was a member of First Bap-tist Church in Orange and retired from DuPont Sabine River Works as a Construction Superinten-dent.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers, Chester Smith, Arlis Hall, and Jimmy Hall.

Charles is survived by his wife of 65 years, Juanita Smith of Or-ange; daughter, Sandra Kay Fra-sier of Highlands Ranch, Colo.; son, Gary Lynn Smith and wife Peggy of Orange; grandchildren, Charles “Chad” Frasier and wife Amanda, Corey Smith, Kimberly Green and husband Terry; and great-grandchildren, Ethan Fra-sier, Seth Frasier, Mason Smith, Finley Green, and Kyler Green.

“Gramps” often said he had experienced a fulfilled and blessed life. He was born in Smackover, Ark. during the oil boom. His first nickname was “Patch” because a black spot on top of his blond hair resembled an oil patch. His uncle had a cattle ranch in Arkansas and he spent “many a long day in the saddle herding cattle”. In his teen years he joined the CCC

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(Civilian Conservation Core) and worked building structures in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tex-as.

When Charles was drafted for World War II he was assigned to the United States Cavalry branch at Fort Riley, Kan., be-cause of his horse riding skills. He served with several promi-nent Hollywood film stars and often would laugh when seeing their films and tell stories of their times together. Charles was later reassigned as a rifle instructor and then into the Armor Division. He served in the Philippines and Japan.

After his discharge he came to Orange to join his family and began his career in the petro-chemical field. Charles became a pipefitter and a member of Lo-cal Union 195. “C.F.” worked for numerous companies in several states and ended his career as Construction Superintendent at Sabine River Works.

Charles had a lifelong love for sports, especially baseball. He played on the minor league cir-cuit as a pitcher in his younger days. He was being coached by a New York Yankee pitch-ing coach when drafted into the Army. During his time at Fort Riley, he was a baseball pitcher for the U.S. Army team. Charles enjoyed fishing and for many years had a routine of a Saturday morning golf game. He shared many stories of fishing or hunt-ing with his brothers and friends. Although he didn’t hunt, Charles and his brother Chester were the camp cooks. He always enjoyed cooking and for years spent his Saturday afternoons with the “pit fired up” and making his special BBQ sauce.

Charles was a long time mem-ber of the First Baptist Church of Orange, Texas. When he could no longer attend services he faithfully watched the Billy Gra-ham services on Saturday night on television and local Sunday morning services. He found great comfort and direction in his religious journey.

“Gramps” was a compassion-ate person who truly cared for the well being of others. His life centered round his family and his

beloved wife of 65 years, Juani-ta. Dad cherished the time spent with children and grand/great grand children. “Gramps” often commented he was blessed to be able to live long enough to spend time with the next gen-erations. He touched the lives of many people with his friendly smile and greeting “Hello here, partner”, his humor and gener-osity. We were blessed to have him in our lives for so many years. We will miss but always remember his laughter, the spar-kle in his eyes and his insightful calming strength and guidance.

He truly experienced an ad-venturous, loving, successful, blessed and fulfilled life.

Douglas Wayne Pence Sr. Orange

D o u g -las Wayne Pence Sr., 71, of Orange passed away on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 at his resi-dence.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Dor-man Funeral Home. Cremation followed the services.

A native of Huntington, he was born on June 12, 1941 to parents Hassie Dee (Harrison) and Charles Norvel Pence Jr. He had lived most of his life in Orange and he had served his country in the Army. Douglas retired from Firestone in 2001 after many years employment as an operator. He enjoyed working in his garden and help building houses. Douglas was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend who will be missed dearly.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pence Jr., sister, Dale Pence; brothers, Herbert Don Pence and John Harold Pence.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Vera Lanelle Pence of Orange; sons, Douglas Pence Jr. and wife, Brenda of Jasper, Richard Pence and wife, Marci of Fort Myers, Fla.; sister, Juli-ann Windham and husband, Jim of Greenville; brothers, Charles N. Pence III and wife, Mickey of Caldwell, Ind., James Pence of Texas, Billy George Pence and wife, Helen of Texarkana. Also his memory will be cherished by his grandchildren, Miranda Ruffin, Chelsea Pence, Conner Pence, Crystal Meacham, Cath-erine Pence; great grandchil-dren, Cainan Terry, Trent Terry, Darian Pence, Kendin Hampton.

A special thank you to River City Hospice and staff for the love and care given to our love one, especially Ryan Anderson, Elsie Spain and Dr. Mazzola.

Condolences may be sent for the family at www.dormanfuner-

alhome.com.

Billy Wilson TrahanOrange

Billy Wilson Trahan, 69, of Or-ange passed away on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 at St. Elizabeth Hos-pital in Beaumont.

A visitation was held on Sun-day, Feb. 10, 2013 at Dorman Fu-neral Home. Cremation followed after the services.

Billy was a native and life long resident of Orange. He was born on April 1, 1943 to parents Ozite Marie (Hebert) and Wilson Tra-han. He retired from the City of Bridge City in 2002 after many years of employment. He was a member of St. Henry Catholic Church. Billy enjoyed the out-doors; going fishing, hunting and watching drag racing. Billy was a loving man who would help anyone that needed it and loved spending time with his family.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Ozite Marie Trahan.

He is survived by his father, Wilson Trahan of Orange; broth-ers, Earl Trahan and wife Pat of Orange, Roger Trahan and wife Betty of Vinton, Ricky Trahan and wife Ludy of Orange, Rob-ert Trahan of Orange; ex-wife, Leanna Broussard of Orange; stepdaughter, Sharon Stakes of Orange; grandchildren, Josf Newson of Topeka, Kan., Carrisa Mayo of Orange and numerous nieces and nephews.

Condolences may be sent for the family atwww.dormanfuner-alhome.com.

Elizabeth Plaas MillerOrange

El i zabe th Plaas Miller died Tues-day, Feb. 5, 2013 in Beaumont.

A Memo-rial Service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Or-ange, on Saturday, Feb. 9 with Pastor Paul Zoch officiating

Betty was born Nov. 13, 1917, in Larimore, N.D. She was the daughter of Dr. George A. and Augusta R. Plaas.

Betty attended high school in Larimore, excelling in music. She was a member of her high school girls basketball team which won the North Dakota state cham-pionship in 1935. She gradu-ated as class salutatorian in that same year.

After high school Betty moved to St. Paul, Minn. and attended Cable’s Twin City Secretarial College. She stayed in St. Paul after completion of the secre-tarial program and worked at the Klinkerfuss Meat Packing Com-pany and the Covered Wagon Café.

She married 2nd Lt. Keith Iver-son Miller at Fort Snelling, Minn. on April 11, 1943. Subsequent assignments took the couple to New Orleans, La. and Port-land, Ore. In September 1944, Keith was assigned to the Euro-pean Theater of Operations, re-turned from Europe in 1946 and was released from active duty. While Keith was in Europe, Betty moved to Minneapolis, bought a house and waited for his re-turn. They lived in Minneapolis until 1961 when they moved to Lombard, Ill., and in 1980 relo-cated again to Orange. During these years Betty was active in school and church activities, and served as a leader of her daugh-ter’s Camp Fire Girl troop.

Elizabeth was preceded in death by her husband, Keith Iver-son Miller of Orange; her grand-son, Matthew Norris Miller; her parents; and her brother, George A. Plaas of Grand Forks, N.D.

She is survived by four chil-dren, Marilyn Chapman of Chi-cago, Ill., Peter Miller, of Beau-mont, Lee Miller of Orange, and Don Miller and his wife Sandy of Milford, Del.; one Grandchild, Rachael Crozier and her hus-band Jeremy, of Grain Valley, Mo.; three great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and neph-ews.

Betty was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church or Orange.

The family request that me-morials, in lieu of flowers, be given to the Fort Snelling Memo-rial Chapel Foundation, PO Box 211283, Eagan, MN 55121-2783, or the charity of their choice.

The family extends their thanks to the staff members of Memorial Herman Baptist Hos-pital of Orange, Harbor Hospice of Beaumont, and Prescribed Home Health.

Newel Lee ShipleyVidor

Newel L. Shipley, 45, of Vidor died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013 in Jasper.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Memorial Funeral Home of Vi-dor with burial to follow at Eaves Cemetery in Gist.

Born on Nov. 6, 1967 and a lifelong resident of Vidor, he was a Master Electrician with Local #479, employed by Exxon-Mobil Refinery in Beaumont. He was a member of the Pine Forest Ma-sonic Lodge #1420.

Newel is survived by his son Thomas Shipley of Vidor; daughter Aubree Leigh Shipley Hawkins and husband Kyle of Port Arthur; parents Aubrey and Martha Shipley; and his sister Amy Shipley Neel all of Vidor; one niece one nephew, and numerous cousins, aunts, and uncles.

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Orange Community Players present the South East Texas premiere of “Mama Won’t Fly,” at 7:37 p.m., Feb. 14-16, and Feb. 21-23, and at 2:37 p.m., Feb. 24.

Directed by Codie Vásquez, it’s an outrageously hilarious race against the clock begins when Savannah Sprunt Fairchild Honeycutt agrees to get her feisty mother all the way from Alabama to Califor-

nia in time for her brother’s wedding. Savannah’s problem: Mama won’t fly!

This ferociously funny, fam-ily-friendly Jones Hope Woo-ten comedy comes with a spe-cial dedication from the writ-ers to OCP’s beloved, Jeff Hattman.

Complimentary wine will be served on opening night, Feb. 14.

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and $12 for adults, and may be purchased at the box office an hour prior to each perfor-mance, or online at www.or-angecommunityplayers.com.

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The theater is located at 708 W Division Ave.

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While a number of the top bass pros in the United States were all over Orange County this past week scouring the river and bayous in hopes of putting together a winning pat-tern, Cory Rambo and Rusty Clark were taking advantage of a much eas-ier bite a little further to the north.

This area is off limits to the Bassmaster Elite field after this week and they were squeezing in as much information gath-ering as possible prior to returning to Orange for their first tournament of the year March 14-17. While they were extremely complimen-tary of the accommodations and the openness of the local fishermen, to the man, they agreed that the Sabine River tournament will be a challenge.

And, while they were logging miles on their wrapped bass boats, (a number of them have already decided to make incredibly long runs in hopes of locating a more consistent bite), lo-cal pros, Rambo and Clark, were cashing in on the pre-spawn bite on Sam Rayburn. After a very successful year in 2012, they continued their consistent 2013 run with a five bass sack weighing 25.01-pounds. Their second place finish in the Bass N Bucks event earned them a $4500 check and solidified their position atop the leader board in the angler of the year chase.

Rambo said they caught most of their bass on a 1/2 ounce chartreuse and white River 2 Sea spinner bait in 4 to 6 feet of water. The team of Todd Castledine and Jason Bonds won

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Wrapped boats were in every area hotel parking lot all week as professional tournament fishermen come in for the Bassmaster Elite tournament March 14-17. (See Capt. Dickie Colburn article on left.)

On the weekend before the Houston Astros were to report for the opening of spring train-ing for the 2013 major league baseball season, new owner Jim Crane may have had the most excitement that will ever come his way this year. The Astros owner slipped away from the spring training site at Kissim-mee, Florida to partici-pate in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament that pits invited amateur golfers with one of the players on the PGA Tour.

It appears Crane has better command of a pitching wedge than he does a pitching staff as he and his PGA Tour partner Kevin Streel-man tied for third place during the four-day event at famous Pebble Beach on the Califor-nia shore.

If someone removed all the golf clubs from his bag except a sand wedge, brassie and put-ter and told Crane to go play Pebble Beach now, that would be equivalent to what the owner did to the roster of the Houston Astros when he dumped all of the major league talent and then expected the loyal fans to pay premi-um prices to watch his team play in the Amer-ican League this season.

If Jim Crane expects to derive pleasure from his sports endeavors, he’d better be at the golf course more than at Minute Maid Stadium, because it looks to this Korner like another long and frustrating 100-plus loss season for the Houston Astros—the third in a row.

The pitchers and catchers reported to Kis-simmee Monday and had their first workout

Orange County high school baseball and softball fans will get an opportunity to see their favorite team during scrimmage action again this week before tournament play be-gins.

The Bridge City Cardinals will scrimmage PNG at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday at Cardinal Field. The practice ses-sion had been scheduled for Tues-day but cancelled due to rain.

The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears and Bridge City will go head to head on Saturday, Feb. 16, at Don Gibbens Field at 4:30 p.m. The big event Saturday, however, will be the annual LCM Baseball Alumni Game as former Battlin’ Bear greats take on the varsity squad at 1 p.m. The alumni home-run derby starts at 9 a.m.

The Orangefield Bobcats travel to Kirbyville on Friday for a scrimmage at 6 p.m. On Tues-day, Feb. 19, the Bobcats host Beaumont-Ozen.

The West Orange-Stark Mustangs head out to Jasper on Friday for scrimmage action against Jasper. On Saturday, Feb. 16, is the WOS Baseball Alumni game at noon. On

Tuesday, the Mustangs host the LCM Bears for scrimmage play at 6 p.m.

Tournament action for all The Record base-ball teams will begin Thursday, Feb. 21.

Softball action is in full swing. The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Lady Bears will host their annual Southeast Texas Kickoff Classic in Beaumont this week. Local teams attending the tournament will be the Bridge City Lady Cardinals, Orangefield Lady Bobcats and the

West Orange-Stark Lady Mustangs.

On Tues-day, Feb. 19, the Lady Bears take on Westbrook as

softball season begins. The Lady Cardinals host Vidor at 7 p.m. The Lady Bobcats travel to Lumberton for a game at 6:30 p.m. The West Orange-Stark Lady Mustangs host Beau-mont-Ozen at 6:30 p.m.

Along with baseball and softball, Orange County track and field teams are also in mo-tion. This Friday the West Orange-Stark Mus-tangs, Bridge City Cardinals and Little Cy-press-Mauriceville Bears will all take part in the Nederland Bulldog Relays.

OC baseball, softball and track have busy week

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A big event Saturday will bethe annual LCM Baseball

Alumni Game as former Battlin’ Bear greats take on the varsity

squad at 1 p.m.

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on Tuesday. The position players are scheduled to report Friday and have their first workout Saturday.

The team will work out next week and play its first Grapefruit League exhibition game against the Philadelphia Phillies Feb. 23.

Crane, along with General Manager Jeff Luh-now and first-year manager Bo Porter has posi-tive expectations for the upcoming season. The owner believes the Astros will be better than the 2012 club that lost a franchise-record 107 games.

Crane added that he would be willing to spend money midway through 2013 if the As-tros defy all odds and are competitive in the strong American League West Division. He be-lieves the strength of the team this season could be its starting pitching.

Luhnow, Crane and Porter all believe they can pattern the Astros to the Atlanta Braves, who lost an average of 97 games a season be-tween 1985 and 1990, including 106 losses in 1988.

By 1991 the Braves went from “worst to first” and won a division title, which they did for 14 consecutive seasons. The Braves won with pitching, rebuilding their staff into one of the best in baseball history through the draft, trades for prospects and one-game-changing free agent—36-year old Greg Maddux who signed in 1993.

So the Astros are counting on the youthful arms of Bud Norris, Lucas Harrell, Jordan Lyles plus free-agent veterans Erik Bedard and Philip Humber to be the starting rotation for the 2013 Astros.

The 33-year-old Bedard had been with three teams since 2008 and was released by Pitts-burgh in August.

Humber, 30, was the third overall draft pick out of Rice in 2004, but dealt with a multitude of injuries early in his career and didn’t regain his fastball until six years later. Despite pitch-ing a perfect game for the Chicago White Sox last April, he went downhill the rest of the sea-son and he was waived.

Prior to the pitchers and catchers arriving Monday, Porter sounded optimistic when he told a reporter for the Houston Chronicle, “We will create a winning environment.”

However baseball analysts predict daily thrashings for the 2013 Astros. The New York Times suggested Saturday that the team could become only the second club to lose 106 games in three straight seasons.

Of course the Big Apple publication recalls

its hometown team--the New York Mets—which did it four years in a row (1962-65). But Porter continues to believe in what others are convinced will fail.

Porter spent part of the winter evaluating all 162 of the Astros’ 2012 games. He discovered that 35 of the franchise-record 107 losses fea-tured a break point—a game the Astros could have won but lacked the focus and will to claim the victory.

The new manager spent last Friday with an old friend Bill Parcells, who was recently in-ducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The former NFL coach provided Porter with all of the positive reinforcement he’ll ever need while guiding the Astros through their rebuilding process.

Parcells, who is full of quotes reeking with wisdom, told Porter, “Never make exceptions for your players doing the preparation, because you’ll look up one day and you’ll have a team full of exceptions.”

Let’s hope Porter makes Jim Crane happy enough to put his golf clubs in the attic for the summer.

KWICKIES…Congrats to the Lamar Lady Cardinals softball team for posting its first win in since 1987--when the school dropped the sport--Saturday 3-2 over UT-San Antonio on a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning by first baseman Ashley McDowell. The visitors tied the game in the top of the seventh on a throwing error by McDowell, so it was only fitting that she gave that run back to her teammates with a blast over the centerfield fence. However, the celebration didn’t last too long as the Lady Roadrunners avenged the loss Sunday with a 7-3 win over Lamar at Ford Field. The Lady Cards swing back into action Friday at the South Alabama tournament.

Everybody seems to be pointing the finger at Entergy for the 34-minute power failure during Super Bowl XLVII in the Louisiana Superdome. The company that supplied power to the stadi-um installed a “new and improved” device de-signed to prevent a blackout and it failed miser-ably. It has been removed from the Superdome.

The Lamar men’s basketball team finally found a team worst than they are and sneaked past Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 67-63 Thurs-day for the Cardinals first Southland Confer-ence victory of the season in 11 tries. However the Redbirds’ returned to normal Saturday and were handed one of their worst losses by Sam Houston State 78-40 as their dismal overall re-

cord dipped to 3-21. The Cards return to SLC action Saturday at the Montagne Center against my alma mater McNeese State.

Rob Ryan didn’t stay unemployed very long after the Dallas Cowboys handed him his walk-ing papers. Ryan’s defense was ranked 19th in the NFL last season. The New Orleans Saints named the rotund Ryan defensive coordinator, the same position he held with the Cowboys.

The family of late Penn State football legend Joe Paterno strongly rebuked accusations that the Nittany Lions long-time head coach cov-ered up sexual-abuse allegations against PSU assistant Jerry Sandusky made by former FBI Director Louis Freeh. The Paterno family de-nounced the accusing report by Freeh as inac-curate, incomplete and misleading. It was a ma-jor effort by the Paterno family to clear the damaged reputation of the former coach who died in January 2012. The university leadership accepted the report which became the basis for extraordinary sanctions against the Penn State football program.

Brandt Snedeker, who finished second to Ti-ger Woods and Phil Mickelson the past two weeks, set a tournament record last weekend in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am by firing a seven-under par 65 Sunday for a two shot victo-ry to finish with a 19-under par 267. This broke by one shot the tournament record held by

Mickelson (2007) and Mark O’Meara (1997) who each shot 20-under 268 when Poppy Hills was in the rotation. The 32-year-old Snedeker fired rounds of 66-68-68-65—267 to pocket the $1.17 million first-place money. In five starts this year he has a win, two second-place finish-es and a third and has moved up to No. 4 in the world.

JUST BETWEEN US…All the records set last season by the West Orange-Stark Mus-tangs’ Chain-Gang Defense were no accident as a school-record six Mustangs—who all were instrumental in the defense that re-corded a school-record nine shutouts--signed college letters of intent last week to play football at the next level. The Mustangs that signed included defensive back/wide re-ceiver J’Marcus Rhodes (SMU), safety Tra-von Blanchard (Baylor), defensive back/re-turn man Quinton Tezeno (UTEP), defensive end Colin Janice (Arkansas State) and line-backers Joe Lynch and Daniel Woodson (Kilgore Junior College). Lynch also is a fi-nalist for the prestigious Willie Ray Smith Award. Only the Port Arthur Memorial Ti-tans had more signees (11) from Southeast Texas.

OC Relay for Life to hold monthly Team Captain meetingsThe Orange County Relay for Life will holding monthly Team Captain meetings at the Lamar

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April 22. All Team Captain meetings are directed at planning for the Orange County Relay for Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, which will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., May 3 – 4, 2013 at Bridge City High School. This year’s theme is “A Little Bit of Texas, A Whole Lot of Hope.”

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the tournament with 27.81 pounds. For most of the huge field it was not about catching bass, but finding the right five.

The top six teams all had over twenty pounds, 68 teams weighed in five bass limits and the average weight of the 347 bass weighed in was 2.82 pounds. Rambo and Clark are sponsored by West Ltd., Daley’s Hunt N Fish, Ranger, Castaway, Minn Kota, River 2 Sea, Humminbird, G&G En-terprise, Castaway Rods and Premier Yamaha.

On the local saltwater scene, Aaron Hommel and Adam Jaynes bested the six team field in the Gulf Coast Red-fish Tournament hosted out of Ancelet’s Marina Saturday. The Pro Cure team weighed in two reds for a 12 pound 5 ounce total and took home a

$540 check for their efforts. The duo earned a $450 check for their fourth place finish in last month’s Gulf Coast Trout Series tournament with three trout that weighed 14.77 pounds.

It was good to see the park-ing lot full of trucks and boat trailers last weekend at Ance-let’s Marina. They re-opened for the fishing season on the 4th after two very busy months of processing deer for local hunters and turning out hundreds of pounds of sausage at their market on Twin City Hwy.

I talked with Tyler Ancelet a little while Saturday morning and he said they were already in good shape on mud min-nows and finger mullet and live shrimp aren’t far behind. They absolutely spoiled Sabi-

ne Lake anglers last year with their one stop facility. If you aren’t lured in by the launch, covered deck, easy parking, tackle, drinks, snacks, and ice you will still fall victim to the aroma of boiled crawfish most evenings.

Tyler said the boiled craw-fish will be a Friday through Sunday thing for now, but the demand will surely expand those plans again this year. You can sit on the covered deck and eat them, which is a mistake as it invariably leads to ordering one more tray, or call in for a take home order and they will have them ready when you arrive.

The Sabine Lake Aban-doned Crab Trap Collection will take place this Saturday and the TPWD can use your help in ridding the lake of

ghost traps. These unmarked traps not only continue to kill both crabs and fish when they are no longer marked, but all too often wind up wrapped around the prop on an unsus-pecting angler’s lower unit.

For more information on time and the collection site you can call director, Jerry Mambretti at (409)983-1104 (ext. 222).Saturday afternoon Daley’s Hunt N Fish will also be hosting a fundraiser to help rebuild a fishing pier in the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge. There will be draw-ings for everything from Yeti coolers to Go Pro Hero 3 cam-eras. For more information give them a call at 409-736-3999.

Eagles offer pool tournament and hall rental

The Fraternal Order of Ea-gles Aerie 2523, located at 803 N. 28th St. in Orange is offer-ing several classes, activities and fundraisers.

Free scrapbook classes are held at 4 p.m. each Tuesday. The community is invited.

Free genealogy classes are offered at 4 p.m. each Wednes-day.

The Eagles will host a pool tournament every Friday be-ginning at 8 p.m. Prize money will given to first and second place winners. Food will be available.

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A Las Vegas man who was the unofficial spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill, a medically themed restaurant that embraces monstrous hamburgers, died Monday after suffering a massive heart attack.

John Alleman, 52, who had come to the restaurant to eat every day, was on life support at the Las Vegas Sunrise Hospital after he had a “massive” coronary at a bus stop last week. He was taken off life support Monday.

Heart Attack Grill owner Jon Basso, who was in Alleman’s hospital room when he died, told ABC News that Alleman said both his parents had died in their 50s of heart attacks.

“This was really a nice human being, just the greatest guy you would ever want to know,” Basso said.

The Heart Attack Grill, whose tagline is “taste ... worth dying for,” plays up its image as a glutinous burger joint, bound to put customers in a food coma.

Burgers on the Heart Attack Grill’s menu have names like “Single Bypass,” “Double Bypass,” “Triple Bypass,” “Quadruple Bypass” and so forth. The “Quadruple Bypass Burger,” which packs four meat patties and weighs more than 3 pounds, won the Guinness World Record for “world’s most calorific burger,” pack-ing a whopping 9,982 calories.

The menu also includes sky high-calories sides, such as “Flat-liner Fries,” which are deep-fried in pure lard.

Basso goes by “Doctor Jon,” but he is not a real doctor. Wait-resses are “nurses” and orders are called “prescriptions.” Cus-tomers, who have to don a hospital gown when they walk in the door, are called “patients.” Those who weigh more than 350 pounds eat for free but only after they get up on a scale in front of the whole restaurant for a pre-meal weigh-in.

“If I set the mark at 300, I would go broke. Everyone in the room is 300,” Basso said. “They need to know right now if they are eating this way they are going to end up in the hospital.”

Despite its medical theme and jovial ambience, Basso, who used to own a Jenny Craig franchise and fitness center, said he understands that his calorie-packed menu is “very dangerous,” but that the Heart Attack Grill serves as his “soap box.”

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‘05 Chevy Malibu LS04 Suburban LT

‘07 Grand Marquee‘02 Chevy Camaro

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‘07 Chevy Uplander LS

$11,900Automatic - Air, 70k, Black, Ext Short

‘08 Chevy Box Van

‘06 Dodge Grand Caravan

‘09 Ford Ranger PU

‘05 Buick Rendezvous

‘00 Chevy Tahoe

‘06 Chevy Impala LS

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‘05 Ford Freestyle

Automatic - Air, Blue,4WD

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$10,500 $9,500

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85k, Red, Convertible, Automatic - Air

Work Car114k, White,

Automatic - Air

129k, Dark Blue,Automatic - Air, Leather

59k,Maroon,Automatic - Air, V6

Light Blue,61k, Convertible, Automatic - Air

Silver, 89k, Sun Roof, Automatic - Air

4 Cly Automatic - air,White, 76K

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‘05 Chry. Convertible ‘08 Chrysler PT Cruiser

‘06 Ford Taurus ‘03 Buick Century

‘05 Buick Lesabre

‘05 Chevy Silverado EXT

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Mississippi pro Paul Elias won last year’s stop at Falcon Lake in Texas with a record-setting catch weighing 132 1/2 pounds. This year Orange, Texas, will kick off the 2013 Elite Series season just three weeks after the Bassmaster Classic on Oklahoma’s Grand Lake wraps up.

4B • The Record • Week of Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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Despite the heavy rains the night before and drizzling rain Wednesday, Feb. 6, Little Cypress Intermediate School held a ground breaking cer-emony for their new “Stay and Play Recreational Area.” This is a playground that is being designed and built for the spe-cial needs students. Families, administra-tors, representatives from Granger Chev-rolet and Lowe’s Port Arthur were on hand to cheer as the spe-cial needs students, Rachel Choate their teacher, Chris Pachu-ca-Adaptive PE Coach and Kelly Meadows-School Nurse decid-ed to get a little wet and break ground for this exciting project. Each one of the spe-cial needs students received their own shovel and took turns digging in the dirt.

“Stay and Play Rec-reational Area” will be built in four stages as fund-ing becomes available. Lowe’s Toolbox For Education Grant of $5,000 provided the mon-ey for Stage 1 which involves installing a 6’ black coated chain-linked fence around a 40’ X 40’ area outside of the Life Skills Classroom and purchasing a picnic table designed for the physically challenged as well as some sensory stimulating portable playground equipment.

After hearing they had been awarded the grant a meeting was held with representatives from the Lowe’s store in Port Arthur, LCM Maintenance Director-Philip Matthews, LCI’s Principal-Julia Dicker-son, Rachel Choate- Life Skills Teacher and Kelly Meadows-School Nurse to discuss the

project. Lowe’s representa-tives Charlie Muldoon and Dan Gholson offered their assistance to help with this project by contacting some of their friends and clients re-garding possible

5,000 grant will be utilized to help with Stage 2 of the

project which involves pour-ing a 6’ X 20’ sidewalk from the existing driveway to the Stay and Play Recreational Area, a concrete pad within the fenced area that will then be covered with a poured rub-berized surface to provide a 5 ½’ cushioned fall zone.

LCI has also received a gen-erous donation from Butch and Justine Gaston of Hous-ton that has provided the opening of the account for Stage 2. Kelly Meadows and Rachel Choate are continu-ing to write grants in hopes of securing enough additional funding to be able to complete Stage 2 over the summer since the students will not be able to play outside after the con-crete inside the fence has been poured, cured for 30 days and

the rubberized surface instal-lation completed.

The grant writing and ac-cepting of donations will con-tinue as they then begin pre-paring for Stage 3, erecting a metal awning 12 ‘ high over the entire Stay and Play Rec-reational Area. Many of the

special needs students do not tolerate the heat or direct sunlight for prolonged periods of time. At this point, it will also serve as an outdoor classroom and can be utilized by the general education students when not oc-cupied by the special needs students. The fi-nal stage of this project will be to purchase and install some age ap-propriate, permanent sensory stimulating handicap accessible playground compo-nents.

This project has prompted Mrs. Lisa Stephenson’s 5th

grade homeroom to take on the new name of Stephenson Contracting Inc. for the next couple of weeks. They are us-ing different skills that they have learned to determine the amount of fencing and concrete that will be needed to complete this project then they will submit their propos-als along with their drawings to Mrs. Meadows. Once the fence has been installed, they will return to the construc-tion site to take measurements to find out if their proposals were correct. Stephenson’s Contracting Inc. will be in-volved in each phase of this project.

Anyone interested in get-ting involved with this project should contact Kelly Meadows at 886-4245 ext. 5.

LCI breaks ground on Stay and Play Recreational Area

Tyffani Hinson and Amahri Finister each won $2000 scholarships and campus titles in the West Orange – Stark High School finals of the 109th Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest in Reading and Declamation held Sunday at the Carl Godwin Auditorium.

Hinson took first place honors in Interpretive readings with her reading of “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Elliott. Kalairn Keaton placed second with her reading of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adven-tures in Wonderland. Keaton earned a $1500 scholarship for placing second in Interpretive Read-ing.

Finister won first place in Declamations for his presentation of the “War Message to Congress” by Thomas Woodrow Wilson. Nathan Wood placed second for “Let Us Continue” by Lyndon B. Johnson. He also earned a $1500 scholarship for placing second in Declamation.

Other WO-S finalists in the contest were Rachel Anzaldua, Eurasia Sneed, Chris Crawford, Chastyne Hoffpauir, and Kaylynn Roberts.

Hinson and Finister now advance to the Orange County Finals of the Miriam Lutcher Stark Reading Contest to be held Sunday, April 21 at 2 p.m. at the Lutcher Theater.

Hinson, Finister win WO-S Campus Finals of Stark Reading Contest

Winners of the West Orange – Stark High School Stark Reading Contest are pictured with Principal Hutcherson Hill. They are Tyffani Hinson, Amahri Finister, Kalairn Keaton, and Nathan Wood.

Several students from Little Cypress-Mauriceville CISD had paintings that earned rec-ognition in the 2013 Houston Livestock Rodeo Art Contest. Winners include Jared Ab-bott, “Best of Show” for sixth through eighth grades. Jared Abbott is a seventh grader at Little Cypress Junior High. The “Gold Medal” winner for sixth through eighth grades is Reanna Longmire, seventh

grade at MMS. The LCM HS “Best of Show” is Sarah St. John, twelfth grade and “Gold Medal” winners Harman Kaur, twelfth grade and Emily St. John, eleventh grade.

There are five pieces of art-work from LCMCISD that will be on display in the Hayloft Gallery throughout the dura-tion of the rodeo. The three pieces from the High School will continue to the second

round of judging where the judges will decide if the pieces qualify for the Art Auction. The Award ceremony, to be held on March 3, is when all the students receive their tro-phies and/or medals. At this time, they will also find out if their artwork will be included in the art auction and if they were accepted into summer art classes.

LCM students place at Houston art contest

Top-Left: “Young and Restless” by Emily St. John, Gold Medal Winner

Above: “Three “Amigas” by Harman Kaur, Gold Medal Winner

Left: “Cowboys and Angels” by Sarah St. John, Best of Show

The Record • Week of Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5B

CHURCH BRIEFS

First Baptist Church Orangefield

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

Pastor Forrest WoodSun.: Bible Study - 9:30 a.m., Worship Service - 10:30 a.m., Evening Worship- 6:30 p.m.

Wed.: Midweek Meal- 5:30 p.m.,

Praise & Prayer - 6:30 p.m. Youth & Children Activities,

7:15 p.m. - Choir PracticeEmail: office@fbcof.com

www.fbcof.com

St. Paul United Methodist Church

1155 W. Roundbunch Rd., Bridge City

409- 735-5546Pastor Brad Morgan

office@stpaulfamily.orgSun. Mornings: Worship Experience - 8:15 a.m.;

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.; Worship - 10:45 a.m.

(Nursery provided at all services)

For Mid & Sr. High YouthSun. Afternoon:

3:30 to 6 p.m. Sun. Evening : Taizé

Service - 7 p.m.For Children Ages 4–10 on

Wednesday evening –6 to 7 p.m. – JAM (Jesus &

Me) Club

First United Methodist Church Orange

502 Sixth Street886-7466

8 a.m. - Worship in Chapel 9 a.m. - Celebration Service

in Praise Center 10 a.m. - Sunday School for

all ages 11 a.m. - Worship in

Sanctuary 5 p.m. - UMYF & Kids

Pastor: Rev. John Warren Director of Music & Fine

Arts: Doug Rogers Organist: Justin Sanders

Director of Youth and Christian Education: Allisha

Bonneaux www.fumcorange.org

Trinity Baptist Church

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

Office: 886-1333 Pastor Dr. Bob Webb

Worship Leader Dan CruseSun. Morning

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

Nursery Provided

Salem United Methodist Church

402 W. John Ave.409-883-2611

Is there something missing in your life?

Are you seeking answers?Do you need a spiritual foun-

dation?God’s got a Blessing with

your name on it!Come worship with us!

11 a.m. Sunday morningWacky Bible Study--Tuesday

at noonEvening Bible Study---

Wednesday--6 p.m.Reverend Dr. Carolyn

McCall, Pastor

Living Word Church

Hw 87 & FM 1006, Orange409-735-6659

www.livingwordtx.orgSamuel G.K. - Pastor

Joseph Samuel - Asst. PastorSun. Service - 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wed. Service - 7 p.m.Come As You Are!

Orange First Church of the

Nazarene

3810 MLK Drive, OrangeLead Pastor: Ray McDowell

Music Pastor: Bruce McGraw

Youth Pastor: Michael PiggChildren’s Pastor: Rebekah

Spell Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Celebration Service 10:45 a.m.

Prayer Service: 6 p.m.Wednesday Service: 7 p.m.

Everyone Welcome!

First Baptist Church of Bridge City

200 W. Roundbunch, BCOffice: 409-735-3581

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

Rev. Bob Boone, PastorSunday Schedule: Traditional

Worship - 8:15 a.m.; Bible Study at 9:30 a.m.;

Celebration Service - 10:45 a.m.; CSI, Youth Bible Study,

Discipleship Classes - 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday Schedule: Prayer Meeting - 6:30 p.m., Youth

Worship “Living Stone”

First Christian Church of Orangefield

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

Minister Jim HardwickSunday School: 9 a.m.;

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

Wednesday: Prayer & Bible Study 7 p.m.

Nursery providedFor a ride, call 735-4234

Cowboy Church of Orange County

673 FM 1078 Orange409-718-0269

E. Dale Lee, Pastor Sunday Worship Service

10:30 a.m. “Round Pen” (Small Group)

Studies: Ladies & Men’s group:

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

Boots & hats welcome!

Echo Church

1717 FM 3247, Orange409-735-8580

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

Praise & Worship - Contemporary music!

Come as you are!

West Orange Christian Church

900 Lansing Street, W.O.

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

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

Wednesday Evening - 6 p.m.“Our church family

welcomes you!”

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738-2070

St. Mark’s to host Ash Wednesday ServiceThe families of St. Mark Lutheran Church cordially invites

our community to attend a potluck meal and Ash Wednesday service, on Feb. 13. They will gather at 6 p.m. to enjoy the meal that we wish to share with all of you, followed by our evening worship service at 7 p.m. February 13th.  The church is located at 945 W. Roundbunch Road in Bridge City.

First UMC of Orange church eventsFirst United Methodist Church will host an Ash Wednesday

Service which will be held in the Slade Chapel on Elm St. Be-tween 5th and 6th Streets at noon and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Lenten Soup will be served after the noon service and at 5 p.m. before the 6 p.m. service.

The First UMC Church will present “Love Never Dies,” a Val-entine Dinner Theater event on Friday, Feb. 15 in the Praise Cen-ter. Dinner will be served by the Orange County United Meth-odist Men and some of the greatest love songs ever written will be performed by the cast. Tickets are $25. All profits will go to-ward the Mobile Medical Mission project of The Orange County UMM, the second such venture in recent years. Call 886-7466 for tickets and reservations.

Salem UMC to host gospel festSalem United Methodist Church will host the Best of the Best

Gospel Fest at 6 p.m. on Saturday Feb. 16 at  Joe Ware Plaza in Orange. Tickets will cost $15 and the meal is included. For more information or tickets call 409-883-2611.

LC Bapist Church to host Crisis ExpoThe Little Cypress Baptist Church will host a Crisis Prepared-

ness Expo from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the church, located at 3274 Little Cypress Drive. They will have sev-eral guest speakers from the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Red Cross of Orange, etc. They will teach a CPR course and will teach participants how to can and preserve food for storage. Door prizes will also be given away. For more informa-tion, please call 409-883-8905

Faith UMC hosts “Holy Workers” work dayFaith United Methodist Church, located at  8608 MLK, Jr. Dr,

Orange, is hosting a “Holy Workers” work day from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Sunday, Feb. 24. Their worship service  will be held  from  9:30 to 10:30 a.m. There will be no Sunday School Classes that morning. Cleaning will begin at 10:30, followed by a luncheon at noon. Volunteers are asked to please come to church in your work clothes. This should be a fun morning and we invite everyone to take part. Please note the time change if you are wanting to attend only our worship service, it is 9:30 a.m.

Financial classes at Saint Francis Church Saint Francis Church, located at 4300 Meeks Drive in Orange

is hosting Financial Peace University (FPU) classes consisting of a nine week video based curriculum taught by financial expert Dave Ramsey. These Christian-based classes incorporate small group discussions that help encourage debt-free living, account-ability, and discipleship.

These once per week classes are scheduled for nine weeks on Tuesday’s from 6:30 to 8 p.m. from Feb. 26 to April 30 with no meeting planned March 12 (Spring Break). To sign-up for these St. Francis hosted sessions, please use this unique website link http://www.daveramsey.com/fpu/locations/org/43141/class/222667. Total course costs are $89 (plus shipping cost) per couple to pay for workbooks and course fees. For additional in-formation, please contact church coordinator, Pat Belcher, via cell at 409-670-8241 or email patrickbelcher@rocketmail.com.

Starlight COGIC to host WIND RetreatRegistration is underway for WIND Retreat 2013, sponsored

by the Women’s Dept. of Starlight Church of God in Christ. The Retreat is scheduled for April 12-14 at the Omni Houston West Hotel. The theme is Joy! Psalms 16:11.  Special Guest include Pastor Elaine Benson of Houston; Evangelist Phyllis Thomas of Sacramento, Calif. and Psalmist Linda Broussard from Starlight. Registration includes two nights stay in a luxury hotel, two full meals, conference bag and material. Registration fees: are Single $325 pp; Double $220 pp; Triple $185 pp; Quad $170 pp; and Teen Girls $99 (based on two adults in room). A deposit of $75 is due by Friday, March 15 and the balance is due no later than Monday, April 1, 2013. For more information call 409-886-4366. Evangelist Josie Lindsey is Director of Women Ministries at Starlight.

First UMC to host MOPS The local Mothers of Preschoolers group (affectionately

known as MOPS) invites you to join them one Tuesday a month 9:30 a.m. to noon September through May in the First United Methodist Church Praise Center located on the corner of 5th and Pine. 

MOPS is designed to nurture EVERY mother with children from infancy to kindergarten through guest speakers, mentor moments, creative activities, breakfast, discussion time, play groups and more. 

Members come from all walks of life, but share one desire---to be great moms!  You don’t have to be a Methodist, just a mom. Free childcare is provided during meetings.  For more informa-tion and dates, please contact FUMC Orange at 409-886-7466 or find more information on the web at www.mops.org or www.fumcorange.org.

Winning the Raceby Pearl Burgess

I’ve traveled many years on this planet EarthI’ve gone many directions

since my day of birth,I first had to crawl on my hands and my knees

To explore everything that I was able to see.

When I pulled myself up to walk on my feetI saw my future ahead for me to complete,

I worked and I toiled to make a happy homeI had much to learn as my course moved on.

Sometimes I worked under a heavy loadSometimes I traveled a rough, rocky road,Life brought some sorrow, but mostly joy

But I knew my journey was made to enjoy.

Racing quickly through life’s unpredictable pain

I slowed down to let the sun triumph over rain,Sometimes a thorn was placed in my side

So I counted my blessings and took life in stride.

Life’s race can be heartache but happiness, tooBut God promises victory for me and for you,With His help we will win life’s difficult race

As we go the distance, keep your eyes on His face.

APARTMENTS

1 MONTH FREE RENT on 1 and 2 bedroom apart-ments. at SOUTHERN OAKS APARTMENTS in Bridge City. Your deposit gets you in, pay no rent till March 1st. We pay water, sewer and trash. Safe location in the heart of Bridge City. Excellent school district. Near all of the big Refinery job sites, Starting at $550 to $625,. Stop by our office at 245 Tenney St. Bridge City, or call (409) 735-7696 or 232-0290.

HOME RENTALS

4/2 1/2/2 BRICK tile through-out, Granite, fenced yard w/ Lg covered patio, BCISD, $1,200 monthly w/ $1,000 dep., (409) 735-2030.

3/1 IN WO. Stove, refrigerator, central heat/air, fenced yard. 2414 Bradford St. $700/mo + deposit. 409-886-3235.

1 BEDROOM LOG CABINS

in Mauriceville, real cute and in the country, $500 monthly + dep., (409) 735-2030.

3/2/2 IN BCISD, fenced in back yard, $1,450 monthly + $1,450 dep., (409) 474-2259.

3/2/2 IN BRIDGE CITY, w/ carport, all elec., like new, $1,350 + dep., (409)735-2660.

M.H. RENTALS

BC AREA , as little as $30 daily for rooms, M.H.’s by day or week, starting at $30 a day or weekly, 735-8801 or 734-7771. (cctfn)

2/1 AND 3/1 AND 3/2 IN OFISD, 1 block from schools, Large lot, W./D hookups, No Pets, $400 and $550 and $650 monthly + dep., (409) 720-8699 or 735-6701. (3/6)

3/2 M.H. IN BC, in Shady Estates, CA/H, laundry room, stove & refrig., appliances, clean inside and out, excel-lent cond., $725 monthly (includes water and garbage) + (1st. & last), References Req., (409) 474-2855 or 474-2252.

3/1 IN BRIDGE CITY, 370 Devillier, big yard, furnished,

HUD Ok, $750 monthly + $700 dep., (409) 306-3766.

2/2 IN BCISD, unfurnished, rifrig. & stove, washer and dryer, C/A, older M.H. but in good cond., outside BC, $600 monthly + $600 dep., (409) 735-8306.

HOME SALES

3/2/2 BRICK IN BCISD, CA/H, on 3/4 acre lot, 735-7680.

BRIDGE CITY 3/2/2, 3 1/2 years old, 2132 sq. ft., sbo, beautiful open concept w/ archways, trayed ceilings, granite, crown molding, lots of storage, personalized wooden & Bamboo blinds, dead end curbed and guttered street. Call to see @ (409) 988-8667.

4/1 FIXER UPPER, if your looking for a house to to fix-up to rent or sell, this is it! Has fenced back yard and carport, asking $35,000 will consider counter offers, (409) 779-9119.

4/1 W/ COVERED CAR-PORT, #12 circle G in Orange, Lg. family, dining and den, wood floors under carpet,

workshop, backyard privacy fence, enclosed patio, corner lot, vynal siding, (409) 886-3545 or 330-0437.

LAND & LOTS

INCOME TAX REFUND? YOUR TIME TO BUY LAND IS NOW! INVEST IN YOUR FUTURE. GUARANTEED OWNER FINANCING WITH LOW DOWN PAYMENT. CLAA TODAY FOR OUR FULL INVENTORY! C O U N T R Y L A N D PROPERTIES LLC. 409-745-1115. (3/4)

ALMOST 1 ACRE LOT, OFISD, septic, $30,000, (409) 499-2128.

CEMETERY PLOT for sale in Hillcrest Gardens. Call 988-0684 or 313-4404.

ORANGEFIELD ISD, 2.6 ACRES with culvert, drive, and padsite. Water and sewer can be added to financ-ing, livestock and mobiles OK, Owner financing guar-anteed. COUNTRYLAND PROPERTIES LLC. 409-745-1115.

33’ TRAVEL TRAILER on 50’ x 100’ lot in Gillcrest. T.T. is less than 2 yrs. old, like new, never used, has 2 slide outs, Queen bed, Lg. shower, media center w/ TV, call for more deails (409) 594-8112.

M.H. SALESWANTED USED MOBILE HOME in excellent shape. Large single wide or double wide. Windzone 2 Cash sale. 735-9504.

TRUCK DRIVERSDRIVERS: GREAT BENEFITS/Steady Work

in Port Arthur, TX, TWIC & OHSA Card Req. X End. Fax: (985) 652-4854 or esandh.com/careers

DRIVERS: GREAT BENEFITS/Steady Work in Sulphur, LA, TWIC & OHSA Card Req. X End. Fax: (985) 652-4854 or esandh.com/careers 985-262-5011, 337-990-1539

EMPLOYMENTLOCAL PLUMBING COM-PANY wants to hire an expe-rienced service plumber. License not mandatory Must pass drug screen & ISTC. Valid drivers License required. Potential for promotion. 313-2870.

TANK CLEANER TECHNICIANS/Foremen in Port Arthur, TX TWIC Req. Overtime req. OHSA card/HAZWOPER Pref. Fax: (985) 652-4854 or esandh.com/careers

PART TIME GARDENER large yard. Mature gentle-man, year round work, no tools needed. Knowledge of plants helpful. Includes trim-ming, weeding, planting, pres-sure cleaning. $10 per hour. Dependable transportation and references required. Call Mr. Richardson at 886-3410 or 351-0089.

PART TIME EMPLOYMENT, Florist delivery, paid by order, call (409) 883-6267.

TANK CLEANER TECHNICIANS/Foremen in Sulphur, LA, TWIC Req. Overtime req. OHSA card/HAZWOPER Pref. Fax: (985) 652-4854 or esandh.com/careers 985-262-5011, 337-990-1539

THE RAPE AND CRI-SIS CENTER is in need of Volunteer Advocates to offer intervention on our 24 hour hotline, and in direct services

to sexual assault survivors. Training is provided and certi-fied through the office of the Attorney General. If you are interested please call the Crisis Center ar (409) 832-6530 to set up an interview. Thank You, Make A differ-ence, become a volunteer!

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

WHIRLPOOL DOUBLE DOOR refrigerator, water and ice in door, $75; Lg. all wood entertainment center, really nice, $75, (409) 499-2128 or 745-2154.

FURNITURE

LARGE COUCH, made by Townsend, good cond., brownish grey, $50, (409) 594-8112.

MISCELLANEOUS

JUGG’S PITCHING MACHINE, like new, auto feeder, throws 30 - 90 MPH, fast & curve balls etc., paid $2,500, used vey little, will sell for $1,500 for all, perfect cond., great buy! (409) 474-2855.ß

‘07 MORGAN STORAGE BUILD. for sale, 10’x10’, paid $1,700 will sell for $700 cash, (409) 225-4446.

UPRIGHT WALTZER ORGAN, Church size, GOOD COND., (409) 883-8695.

SERVICEWILL SIT WITH ELDERLY, and do light housekeeping, (409) 6709272 or 730-3143.

ENCHANTED CREATIONSLet Us Clean Your Palace!Affordable Experienced

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REFERENCES

PETSBEAUTIFUL PEKINESE PUPPIES! Ready FEb. 6. Black and white, 3F and 1 M, 3 small and 1 teacup, photos available, $400 small, $600 teacup, (409) 504-8879. Will hold till Valintines Day.

FOUND! SMALL CHIHUA-HUA, on Hwy 408 by store, (409) 960-1416.

LOST! GREY STRIPED CAT w/ orange belly, affection-ate, large male, help him find his way home in BC, near Fernwood and Rosehurst, (409) 735-3590.

WANTED! WHITE LONG HAIRED Kitten. (409) 767-0470.

FREE KITTENS, (409) 735-2826, if no answer leave mes-sage, will return call.

A U T O S‘93 LINCOLN TOWN CAR,executive series, cold A/C and all works,$1,800, (409) 745-2154 or 499-2128 & leave message. ‘T R U C K S & VA N S

‘‘11 FORD F-150 LARIOT, loaded, very few miles, clean, (409) 886-1896.

‘P A R T STIRES OFF DODGE CHAR-GER, used 10 months, set of 4 Toyo 225/60R18, $400 OBO, (409) 746-3271.

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NOTICE OF APPLICA-TION FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES PUR-CHASED CAPACITY COST RECOVERY

Entergy Texas, Inc. (“ETI”) hereby publishes NOTICE that it filed on November 30, 2012 an Application with the Public Utility Com-mission of Texas (“Com-mission”) for relief to re-cover, as eligible fuel under the Commission’s rules, its purchased capacity costs associated with two purchased power agree-ments, one with Calpine for power from the Carville generating facility and one with Exelon for power from the Frontier generating facility, as a special cir-cumstances for the period July 2011 until the earlier of when such costs are recovered through a base rate proceeding or anoth-er Commission-approved mechanism. ETI seeks to recover these costs pur-suant to P.U.C. Subst. R. 25.236(a)(6) only to the extent that the costs are matched by the equivalent amount of variable fuel savings that have been or are currently being provid-ed to customers by these purchased power agree-

ments. ETI’s filing impacts only the recovery of fuel and purchased power costs and does not affect base rates that are current-ly in effect. All residential, commercial and industrial customers whose elec-tric service rates include charges for fuel pursuant to Rate Schedule FF, en-titled “Fixed Fuel Factor and Loss Multipliers,” in all territories served by ETI, are affected by the Appli-cation.Only the actual amount of purchased power costs that are incurred by ETI and are matched by fuel savings to customers pro-duced by these purchased power agreements will be recovered under ETI’s Application. ETI’s costs recovered pursuant to this Application will be subject to final review by the Com-mission in the electric utili-ty’s next fuel reconciliation. The effect of the requested relief on customers’ bills will vary depending on the rate schedule under which they take service. ETI re-quests that the proposed recovery be effective with the first billing cycle for the first billing month after the Commission issues a final order in this proceeding.

Persons with questions or who want more informa-tion on this Application may contact Energy Tex-as, Inc., Attn: Customer Service – Special Circum-stances, P.O. Box 2951, Beaumont, Texas 77704, or call 1-800-368-3749 (select option 4, then press 4, then press 2, then press 2, then press 1) during normal business hours. A complete copy of the filing is available for inspection at ETI’s Beaumont office located at 350 Pine Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701.The Commission has as-signed Docket No. 41003 to this proceeding. Per-sons who wish to formally participate in this proceed-ing or who wish to express their comments regarding this Application should contact the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Of-fice of Consumer Protec-tion, P.O. Box 13326, Aus-tin, Texas 78711-3326, or call (512) 936-7120, or toll free at 1-(888) 782-8477. Hearing- and speech-im-paired individuals with text telephones (TTY) may call (512) 936-7136 or use Re-lay Texas (toll-free) at 1-800-735-2989.

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NOTICE TOCREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of ROSE MAE BENOIT, Deceased, were issued on February 6, 2013, in Cause No. P16319, pend-ing in the County Court at Law of ORANGE County, Texas, to: SUZANNE BENOIT BROUSSARD.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.SUZANNE BENOIT BROUSSARDc/o: JOE D. ALFORDAttorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, Texas 77630DATED the 6TH dayof February, 2013Joe D. AlfordJOE D. ALFORDAttorney for SUZANNE BENOIT BROUSSARDState Bar No. 01012500Attorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, TX 77630Telephone 409-8832-9014Fax 409-882-0564

NOTICE TOCREDITORSNotice is hereby given

that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of JAMES THOMAS FELL-ERS, Deceased, were issued on February 4, 2013, in Cause No. P16372, pend-ing in the County Court at Law of ORANGE County, Texas, to: BARBARA LYNN FOURNIER.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.BARBARA LYNN FOURNIERc/o: JOE D. ALFORDAttorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, Texas 77630DATED the 5TH dayof February, 2013Joe D. AlfordJOE D. ALFORDAttorney for BARBARA LYNN FOURNIERState Bar No. 01012500Attorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, TX 77630Telephone 409-8832-9014Fax 409-882-0564

NOTICE TOCREDITORSNotice is hereby given

that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of ARTHUR LEE HICKEY, Deceased, were issued on February 4, 2013, in Cause No. P16321, pending in the County Court at Law of ORANGE County, Texas, to: PEGGY ANN HICKEY.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.PEGGY ANN HICKEYc/o: JOE D. ALFORDAttorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, Texas 77630DATED the 5TH dayof February, 2013Joe D. AlfordJOE D. ALFORDAttorney for PEGGY ANN HICKEYState Bar No. 01012500Attorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, TX 77630Telephone 409-8832-9014Fax 409-882-0564

NOTICE TOCREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of CONIS PHILLIP PEVETO , Deceased, were issued on February 6, 2013, in Cause No. P16320, pending in the County Court at Law of ORANGE County, Texas, to: CONIS WAYNE PEVETO.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.CONIS WAYNE PEVETOc/o: JOE D. ALFORDAttorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, Texas 77630DATED the 6TH dayof February, 2013Joe D. AlfordJOE D. ALFORDAttorney for SUZANNE BENOIT BROUSSARDState Bar No. 01012500Attorney at Law105 S. Market StreetOrange, TX 77630Telephone 409-8832-9014Fax 409-882-0564

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NOTICE TO ALLPERSONS HAVING

CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF ED WAYNE BARTON, DECEASED

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of ED WAYNE BARTON, Deceased, were issued on January 31, 2013 in Cause No. P16377 pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: ANITA HUDSON AND JAMES ALLEN BARTON. The mailing address is:Anita Hudson3574 Hudson RoadOrange, TX 77632

James Allen Barton714 LlanoPort Neches, TX 77651

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being adminis-tered are required to pres-ent them within the time and in the manner pre-scribed by law.

DATED this the 31st day of January, 2013

Respectfully submitted,SANDERS & SANDERS, L.L.P

Alan SandersP. ALAN SANDERSState Bar No. 17602100707 Front AvenueP.O. Box 519Orange, Texas 77631-0519(409) 883-7495 Telephone1-866-868-9677 TelecopierE-Mail: asanders@

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CIVIL CITATION - CCVPUBWDTHE STATE OF TEXAS

TO: Galen Eugene CollinsRespondent, NOTICE:

YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days from the date of issu-ance of this citation and petition, a default judgement may be taken against you.

You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Plaintiff's Petition at or before 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next after the expiration of forty-two days after the date of issuance of this citation the same being MARCH 18, 2013.

Said ANSWER may be filed at the District Clerk's Office at the Orange County Courthouse, 801 W. Division Ave., or by mailing it to 801 W. Division Ave., Orange, Texas 77630.

Said PLAINTIFF'S FIRST AMENDED ORIGINAL PETITION was filed and docketed in the Honorable 163rd District Court of Orange County, Texas at the District Clerk's Office at the Orange County Courthouse 801 W. Division Ave., Orange, Texas on SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 in the following styled and numbered case:

The suit requests DEFENDANT BE CITED TO APPEAR AND ANSWER THIS PETITION CAUSE NO. 110224-C

Gates vs Galen Eugene Collins

The name and address of the attorney for Plaintiff otherwise the address of Plaintiff is:

CHRISTOPHER SMITHPO BOX 189 ORANGE, TEXAS 77631

ISSUED AND GIVEN under my hand and seal of the Court at Orange, Texas, on January 31, 2013.

VICKIE EDGERLY, District ClerkOrange County, Texas

By: Charlean Lindsey Deputy

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CIVIL CITATION - CCVPUBWDTHE STATE OF TEXAS

TO: Walter TraylorRespondent, NOTICE:

YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days from the date of issu-ance of this citation and petition, a default judgement may be taken against you.

You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to the Plaintiff's Petition at or before 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next after the expiration of forty-two days after the date of issuance of this citation the same being MARCH 18, 2013.

Said ANSWER may be filed at the District Clerk's Office at the Orange County Courthouse, 801 W. Division Ave., or by mailing it to 801 W. Division Ave., Orange, Texas 77630.

Said PLAINTIFF'S FIRST AMENDED ORIGINAL PETITION was filed and docketed in the Honorable 260th District Court of Orange County, Texas at the District Clerk's Office at the Orange County Courthouse 801 W. Division Ave., Orange, Texas on November 9, 2012 in the following styled and num-bered case:

The suit requests DEFENDANT BE DULY CITED AND REQUIRED TO APPEAR AND ANSWER CAUSE NO. 120372-C

Patsy Fleming et al VS Erica Blackwell et all

The name and address of the attorney for Plaintiff otherwise the address of Plaintiff is:

JONATHAN C JUHAN985 I-10 NORTH STE 100 BEAUMONT, TEXAS 77706

ISSUED AND GIVEN under my hand and seal of the Court at Orange, Texas, on February 1, 2013.

VICKIE EDGERLY, District ClerkOrange County, Texas

By: Charlean Lindsey Deputy

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NOTICE TOCREDITORSNotice is hereby given

that original Letters of Testamentary the Estate of STEWART B. OLIVE, Deceased, were issued on the January 31, 2013, in Cause No. P-16386, pend-ing in the County Court No. 2, Orange County, Texas, to: JOHN MAC KAY OLIVE.

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

c/o Jerry V. PenningtonAttorney at LawP.O. Box 2010Orange, Texas 77631-2010DATED the 4th day ofFebruary, 2013

Jerry V. Pennington Jerry V. PenningtonAttorney for JOHN MAC KAY OLIVEState Bar No.: 15759000P.O. DRAWER 2010ORANGE, TEXAS 77631-2010Telephone: (409) 886-0575Facsimile: (409) 996-1353

NOTICE TOCREDITORSNotice is hereby given

that original Letters of Administration the Estate of PATSY CAROLYN WATSON, Deceased, were issued on the February 6, 2013, in Cause No. P-16402, pending in the County Court, Orange County No. 2, Texas, to: JERRY W. MCDONALD.

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

c/o Jerry V. PenningtonAttorney at LawP.O. Box 2010Orange, Texas 77631-2010DATED the 6th day ofFebruary, 2013

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

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The Record • Week of Wednesday, February 13, 2013 • 7B

THEME: U.S. Presidents

Solution from last week

ACROSS1. Ruler sides, e.g.6. Toward the stern9. Hit the bottle13. “La traviata” composer14. Tokyo, formerly15. *First President to resign16. One of three hipbones17. Bruin legend Bobby18. Some tourna-ments19. *First to be as-sassinated21. Protests23. Corn spot24. Mischievous Scandinavian god25. Actress ___ Gasteyer28. Famous Christ-mas guests30. As much as necessary35. Follows ding?37. Sold in bars39. “Tonight’s _____ be a good night...”40. Allege41. *Andrew John-

son’s tribulation, e.g.43. Clever tactic44. Bouncing off the walls46. Sports award47. Equal48. Scraps50. Brewer’s kiln52. Word for a nod53. Second word of many fairytales55. Poison ___57. *First to have been divorced60. *First Rhodes Scholar64. Model-building wood65. Boiling blood67. Nobody68. Open up69. Belonging to us70. Capital of Tu-nisia71. Big first for a baby72. Meaning liter-ally “born”73. Cancel, as in correction, pl.

DOWN1. *Reagan’s de-

scription of Soviet Union2. Hero place3. Smiley face4. Something con-cluded5. Arabian sand-laden wind6. Quite a stretch7. *First to appear on black-and-white TV8. Body center9. Cone-shaped quarters10. Farm team11. French-Amer-ican soprano Lily ____12. Ensign, for short15. Paying close at-tention

20. Minimum22. *First to appear on color TV24. CIA connec-tion, e.g.25. *First to live in White House26. Star bursts27. Beside, archaic29. *Clinton’s num-ber two31. “My bad!”32. Untwist a rope33. Garden crea-ture34. *Rutherford _____36. “True ____,” starring John Wayne38. Pop42. Disinfectant brand

45. Courtney Cox’s character49. Hot springs resort51. Contaminates or corrupts54. Tear jerker56. Type of whip57. Deliver a tirade58. Dresden’s river59. Hurry up!60. Wrap in waxy cloth61. Voice quality62. “Get __ __!”63. “The Untouch-ables” leader64. *Presidents Obama and Bush both campaigned from one66. Street in Paris

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