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contents6 Beautiful Blooms

What’s growing this spring

8 OutdoorsSaltwater Action

12 Fire It Up

PK’s Grill brings big-city

dining to Orange

14 WO-S New TrackShowcasing the new track just in

time for the big season

16 Crawfish FestivalMauriceville Crawfish Festival

19 More On CrawfishBig Daddy’s Live Crawfish has big

plans in store

22 Prom Prep 101 When and where to start

shopping for the perfect prom

dress or tux

25 Black History MonthInfluential leaders who helped

shape America today

26 Pet Grooming An important part of pet health

27 2012 SE TX Prep TrackSchedule

Area leaders from the 2011 High

School season

30 Upcoming Events CalendarLate Winter and early Spring

events in the area.

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Beautiful Blue

Blooms in Spring

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As spring arrives it is time to enjoy our yardsand make a trip to the garden center to buynew vegetable and landscape plants.

Blueberries and bluebonnets have beenseen blooming very early this year. Someother blue blooms to look for later in thespring and summer is the Brazilian SkyFlower and Vitex which also goes by thename Texas Lilac. Both of these plants areTexas Superstars and grow very well inOrange County.

The Texas Lilac is a small ornamental tree

that gets 10 to 15 feet tall. The tree willhave spikes of lavender flowers with theheaviest blooming in early summer. The

tree will continue to bloom into the fall.Because of its tolerance for heat, drought,and numerous pests the Texas Lilac is agreat addition to the home landscape thatwill provide years of maintenance freebeauty. Pruning the plant after bloom willlead to more spectacular flowering.

The Brazilian Sky Flower is a rapid-growing, dense shrub that can become

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fairly tall for a shrub; it has small glossyleaves with light blue to purple flowers.

The shrub can fruit heavily and become cov-ered with small golden ball-like drupes. A fruit

called a drupe includes peaches, plum, andthe cherry.The fruit of the Brazilian Sky Flower is not

edible but is a very nice ornamental character-istic of the plant. To see these and other TexasSuperstars growing, visit the Master Gardener demonstration garden around the OrangeCounty Courthouse.

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Spring Super

Saltwater ActionSoutheast Texas anglers are fortunate to

have a number of prominent, highly soughtspecies available for consistent catching inthe spring.

Let’s show you how and where to find themost popular of these species (reds,specks and flounder) in Texas waters.

Redfish are back in vogue as popular sportfish along the Texas coast with tour-nament trails putting them back in the spot-light in a big way. Along the Intracoastal Canal anglers will

be targeting reds up many little inletsbetween Orange and Hackberry, La. Anglers should keep in mind that reds

have what can best be described as a“cone of vision.” They can see about 180degrees and the most likely strikes will befound in front of the red and perhaps justoff to the side. Precision casting is impor-tant because they will rarely turn around tostrike at something they only hear.

For anglers with seaworthy boats, theSabine, north Galveston and CameronJetties are loaded over-sized bull reds.

And despite popular perception, there arequite a few of these fish year-round at all jetty systems in Texas. Look for deep holesalongside the rocks to hold the most fishwith the boating cuts being a secondaryand sometimes highly productive option.

Live croaker is the best bait for the jetties,but artificials will work well too. Trolling a1/2-ounce gold Rat-L-Trap or a chunking abig gold spoon tipped with squid or shrimp

down into the deep holes works good for the jetty reds as well. Be warned however that when fishing the lighter tackle requiredfor using lures, the reds can easily runstraight into the rocks and you will not onlylose the fish but your expensive lures.Stick with big tackle and live bait if you

want to bring home fish and artificials if youwant more sporting opportunity and justwant to play.

During late winter and early spring periodlots of anglers wadefish for big speckledrout on mud flats adjacent to theIntracoastal Canal in Sabine Lake andGalveston Bay. On warm afternoons bigtrout move up to feed over the mud, whichretains heat and is a few degrees warmer than surrounding areas. The typical strate-gy involves using slow-sinking lures likethe Mirrolure Catch 2000 or B&L Corky.Trout have very slow metabolism this timeof year and the super slow sinking of these

lures appeals to that. Anglers trying this method for the first

time should be warned that even hugetrout sometimes barely hit during winter. If you feel something taking the slack out of your line or a soft “tick”, then start reeling inyour slack and set the hook when you feelpressure. Sometimes it’s nothing but quiteoften it is a big speckled trout you wouldhave otherwise missed.

As this issue reaches readers, flounder action will begin to heat up as the earlystages of the spring migration back into thebays begins.

It is important to remember that tides dic-tate how flounder will be feeding. On a fastfalling tide, they move in close to thedrainage in tight schools. When it is fallingslowly, they might scatter out around themouth of a drainage or up into the marsh.

They will do the same thing during thefirst hour or so of an incoming tide. Thenthey will usually move into the cuts. I havealways had far more success on incomingtides during summer months. In fact, I usu-ally check the tide charts and mark off thedays with the highest tides to concentrate

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on them. And when these tides are running high,

seek flounder along the main shorelines of bay systems. Attacking vast shorelineswould be a waste of time and end up in

dogged frustration so you have got to havea strategy. Instead of looking over eightmiles of shoreline, narrow your search downto an eighth of a mile. You must eliminatewater to successfully bag spring flounder.The first step I take while eliminating water

on a strange ecosystem is to once again

look for a shoreline that has stands of roseau cane.

Roseau cane has an intricate system thatis somewhat like a smaller version of man-grove and it gives baitfish a place to linger,

hide and dodge larger predators. It is best tofish these areas during the first couple of hours of a falling tide. As the water recedes,the baitfish are removed from their cover and the predator/prey dynamic kicks in. And that is when the fun begins.

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Net affordable seafood

cuisine at PK’s Grill

Seafood restaurants are nothing new to theSoutheast Texas area, but for the Orange

area PK’s Grill may just have the hook to landcustomers again and again for years to come.

Besides being conveniently located onStrickland Drive, David and Jenny Kuch bringan originality to the dishes that they prepare.

David makes all of his seasonings andsauces by hand, which ensures that nothing atPK’s Grill has an out-of-a-box taste.

“If we bought seasonings and successalready made up, I wouldn’t know what it

would taste like,” David said. “Making all of myown, I know exactly what the taste will be.”With grilled seafood being their specialty,

David said timing is everything.“The biggest challenge comes from making

sure nothing is overcooked,” he said. “That isexperience I have picked up over the years. Itall depends on the dish.”

Jenny said that although PK’s Grill onlyopened on Feb. 24, 2011, they have beeninvolved in the food industry for the past six

years.“With the way the economy was going, it

was a risk for us (to open a restaurant),” shesaid. “But, we have done okay.”

Jenny said that they run lunch and dinner specials everyday and have an open menu for senior citizens everyday.

“We have good, quality food that we checkevery day to ensure its freshness,” she said.“And, we believe in quality service and hirelocal.”

PK’s Grill has a varied menu from appetizersand soups and salads to specialty entrees,wines and desserts to provide a big-city dining

experience in a small-town environment.Entrees include such dishes as filet mignonand grilled rock lobster to magi doable,almond-crusted tilapia and shrimp brochette,with prices ranging from around $15 to $29.

“Nothing is kept under a heat lamp here,”Judy Wilson, dessert chef, said. “Everything isfresh and made when you order it. Nothingcomes from a package.”

So, overall, PK’s Grill would be a goodchoice for the seafood connoisseur that not

only thinks outside the box, but chooses to eatoutside of it also.

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WWO-O-S eS exxcited about cited about nenew t w t rrack and big seasonack and big season

WEST ORANGE - For those people thatwant to go see something state-of-the-art,they need to go visit West Orange-Stark

High School’s new track facility at DanHooks Stadium.

For the past several years, the old trackat WO-S was too rough to run on. The long jump lanes were cracked, soft and unbear-able.

Despite all of that, the WO-S boys trackteams have claimed the last three Class3A state team titles. WO-S is the onlyschool in Southeast Texas history that has

won three straight state titles in any sport.Well, all of the kids within the WestOrange Consolidated School District hassomething to be proud of after close to$750,000 was spent to upgrade the track

along with the long jump and triple jumplanes and the high jump and polevaultareas.

“It’s a great, great thing for entire schooldistrict and it is something to be extremelyproud of,” said WO-S Athletic Director Cornel Thompson. “It’s been a long timecoming, but its going to be a beatiful facili-ty and a place to put on some excellenttrack meets.”

WO-S will host the Mustang Relays Feb.18 and will host the WO-S Relays the fol-lowing week on Feb. 25. There will also be

a junior high meet on March 1 and then theschool will host the District 21-3A Track &Field Championships Apr. 10-12.

“Nederland bumped back its meet toFeb. 10 so there was an opening on Feb.18 and we gladly took it,” said Thompson.

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“There will be about 10 boys and 10 girlsteams at that first meet. The one on Feb.25 will be a little smaller, maybe seven or eight teams each.” Another exciting element that will be

added is an automatic timing system.Which means the coaches won’t have toworry about hand-timing all of the contest-ants.

“You gotta love that,” expressedThompson. “You tend to see those auto-matic timing devices primarily at districtmeets along with regionals and state. It’sdefinitely someting we’re all looking for-ward too. I think we’re going to bring someLamar folks in here to update us on how to

use it properly and we might even have afew teams come in early and maybe havea practice meet so we can learn about itmore.”

One thing for sure, WO-S has a greatdeal of respect for Orangefield HighSchool for allowing WO-S to host theMustang Relays at the Orangefield cam-pus the last three years.

“Many, many, many thanks go out to

Orangefield, along with Coach (Blake)Morrison when he was there and Coach(Brian) Huckabay and that entire district for allowing us to host a meet at their place,”said Thompson. “Also, we have to thank

them for letting us practice there and thesame to LC-M, because I know we prac-ticed there too. We’ve had great supportfor our track program across SoutheastTexas and you love to see that. Hopefullywe can give some of it back with the faciltywe’ll have now.”

Thompson was thrilled about hosting the21-3A Track & Field Championships in thefirst year that the Mustangs are competingon their new surface.

“I’m sure the district meet will be floatingaround for years to come and Silsbee andBridge City has done so well with it over the years,” said Thompson. “But it is a nicefeeling for our entire school district to hostdistrict this year. It’s something the kidscan be proud of and something the entirecommunity can be proud of. We can’t waitfor February 18.”


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Crawfish

season

is here

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Crawfish festival is

annual tradition inMauriceville

For more than 30 years alocal festival has been at theforefront of spring events andlooks to have it best year ever.

The 32nd Annual MauricevilleCrawfish Festival returns for itsyearly three-day run as it opensat 5 p.m., Friday, April 20 andcontinues through 5 p.m.,

Sunday, April 22 at the festivalgrounds located just off StateHighway 62, approximatelyone mile south of StateHighway 12 in Mauriceville. Admission is $5 for adults

and $3 for students and sen-iors on Friday night andSaturday until 5 p.m. Admission is $5 for everyone

after 5 p.m., Saturday. OnSunday, admission is $5 for adults and $3 for seniors andstudents. Children ages fiveand younger are admitted freeeach day.

Carnival wristbands are avail-able for $20 for each session.Sessions are from 6 p.m. - 10p.m., Friday; noon - 4 p.m., and6 p.m. - 10 p.m., Saturday; andnoon - 5 p.m., Sunday.

The festival offers plenty of fun activities, such as a craw-fish eating contest, crawfishraces, live music, a barbecuecook-off for cash prizes, and

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the annual parade. According to Cynthia Doucette of

the Mauriceville Crawfish FestivalCommittee, it takes the work of many people and organizations tomake the festival the huge success

it has become.“Encouraging and giving back to

the youth of our community is a pri-ority of everyone on the festivalcommittee and those involved in thefestival,” Doucette said. “We are sohappy to have so many groupsinvolved in the festival and theparade again this year.” Area residents who regularly

attend the festival enjoy the carnivalrides and games, arts and crafts andactivities, but the reason hundredsupon hundreds of people come tothe Orange County community of Mauriceville every April is for thecrawfish.

The Mauriceville Youth FootballLeague will be selling crawfish againat the festival, just like it has the pre-vious two years. Fresh boiled craw-fish is served steaming hot and with just the right amount of spice toplease most appetites.

Youth organizations and groupsparticipate in the festival each year to help raise funds for their variousorganizations and schools and willdo so once again in 2012.

Festival hours are 5 p.m. - 11 p.m.,Friday; 10 a.m. Saturday to mid-

night; and 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sunday.For more information about thisannual event, search for Mauriceville Crawfish Festival onFacebook.


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Not yourNot your

average bugaverage bugPrime crawfish season is here.Depending on weather conditions, prime

crawfish season can start as early as the lastweek of January to the first week of February. Crawfish can start being harvestedin the first week of November if weather con-ditions keep the mud-bugs happy.

Crawfish prefer warmer weather as long asit does not get too hot. If the water reaches90 degrees in the ponds, the crawfish will go

down in the water table where the tempera-ture will be around 60 degrees. To keep themud-bugs happy and flourishing, the idealwater temperatures should be approximate-ly 70 to 80 degrees.

Big Daddy’s Live Crawfish, located at10707 Bessie Heights Road in Orangefieldand can be reached at 409-670-8821, hasbeen supplying the area with crawfish thisseason since the first week of November and sees possibilities of being able to keepthe area supplied with crawfish through theend of July. It is the second largest seller of crawfish in Texas.

While they do raise crawfish on their 265acres of crawfish farms, they will also buyriver crawfish from Louisiana.

“The drought hurt us a little but recent rains

have helped,” Todd Landry, owner of BigDaddy’s Live Crawfish, said.

“We have already seen some good sizebaby crawfish in the ponds,” Landry said.“This is going to be a good year for crawfish”

Prices for the mud-bugs depends on mar-ket price which is effected by supply anddemand for tasty treat.

Last year, Big Daddy’s Live Crawfish sold5,000-6,000 sacks a week during the prime

season and are the second biggest seller of crawfish.

Big Daddy’s is expanding.They are currently building a peeling plant

which could be completed by the secondweek of February. It will have to go throughtesting and should be running by the end of March or beginning of April. It will be the firstpeeling plant in Texas.

Call them crawfish, crawdads, crayfish, or mud bugs, now is the prime time to plan aget together with friends and family to enjoya crawfish boil.

Big Daddy’s Live Crawfish advises to call aweek ahead of time when planning a largeparty or celebrating a holiday to ensure avail-ability of plenty of crawfish.

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Spring time is

prom timeBy Tommy Mann Jr.

pring is always a busy time, but it is also an equally busy and impor-tant time for high school students.

Spring is also Prom time.School proms are typically held in late April and early May, and that

means hundreds upon hundreds of Orange County teenage boys andgirls will be out shopping for just the right tuxedo or suit or the perfectprom dress to complete that lifetime memory.

Kari Milligan of Cindy’s Bridal and Formal in Vidor said now is the time

to begin looking for that magical prom dress, as many stores beginreceiving new dresses as early as January. She also had many insightfultips to searching for just the perfect prom dress.

“Don’t worry if you don’t find it the first time you go shopping,” Milligansaid. “Dresses keep arriving through March, so you have plenty of time,but you don’t want to wait until the last minute.”

Milligan said many young women already have a dress in mind whenthey begin searching for prom wear, but she suggests being more opento other dresses.

“Try on anything that fits, no matter the color or the design,” she added.“Probably 90 percent of the dresses I sell around prom aren’t what the

girls are looking for to begin with. The dresses are not made to look goodon a hanger, so try on a lot of dresses.”

Milligan said many girls and their mothers often travel outside of OrangeCounty, or even Southeast Texas, on their quest for the perfect promdress. She believes that is a mistake.

“Anything you can get in Houston or Austin or Dallas you can get at alocal vendor in town,” she said. “But don’t’ buy the dress because you seeit online. Go in to the store and try on the dresses and see how it fits andhow it looks. You can always order it in different sizes or colors after that.”

Trends are always popular at this time of year, and Milligan said this

year’s trends include “high-low” dresses, which are high in the front andlow in the back.

“One-shoulder dresses are also coming back in style, and so are theslim fitting, floor length dresses,” Milligan continued.

She also suggested girls be open-minded when seeking out that new

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dress and to consider thesalesperson’s opinion whentrying on dresses.

“A good salesperson isworth listening too,”Milligan explained. “Whena customer walks in, I’mlooking at her hair, bodytype, height and thinkingwhat is this girl going to lookgood wearing.

“You need to feel good and confidentin the dress you pick,” she continued.

“But when a girl finds the right dress,she will know because she will not wantto take it off.”

Young men who are searching for justthe right tuxedo to compliment hisdate’s dress and color scheme mayhave it a bit easier, but time is of theessence.

“As soon as his date has her dress,then he needs to start searching for his

tuxedo, so he is assured of getting thetux he really wants,” Milligan said.Matching the tuxedo or the vest or tie

to the girl’s dress is a very importantpart of the tuxedo search. Milligansuggests bringing in a ribbon or color swatch from the dress to successful-ly match colors.

“If time is running out or the girl istaking too long finding her dress,the young man can always go with

the traditional black and white tuxor even a silver tux because it’sneutral with most everything,”she added.

Milligan said pinstripes arepopular this year, as are tuxe-dos with shadow stripes.

“Every season there are tuxe-dos which are hot sellers,” shesaid. “So, if you wait too late, then you

may not be able to get it. The sooner you can start searching, for a tux or adress, the better off everyone will be.”

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Martin Luther King Jr.King is best known for his role in the

advancement of civil rights around theglobe. King did it in a nonviolent way and isnow a national icon in this country’s history.MLK was assasinated on April 4, 1968.

Harriet TubmanTubman was Union

spy during the Civil War and is best known for helping slaves escapeusing what is known asthe UndergroundRailroad. She was borninto slavery yet her determination led to her escape.

Jackie RobinsonWithout Robinson there

might not be a BarryBonds. Robinson was thefirst black Major LeagueBaseball player of the mod-ern era. He broke the color line in 1947 and broughtthe African American race

into the big leagues andout of just the Negro leagues.

Muhammed Ali Ali was beyond who

many consider one of the best athletes insports history. Ali is alsoconsidered to be thetouchstone for the racial

and antiwar in the 1960sagainst the VietnamWar. “

Charles H.Houston

Houston is best knownfor an African Americanlaywer and dean of

Howard University LawSchool best known for dis-mantling the Jim Crowlaws. Houston played apart in nearly every civil

rights case before the Supreme Court from1930 to 1954.

Oprah WinfreyOprah has been labeled

as the most influentialwoman in the world. Shehas simiply done it all andnever stopped to giveback to those who areless fortunate.

Rosa ParksParks is the woman who quietly and

sternly said “No.” Parks on Dec. 1, 1955refused to move to the back of the bus to

make room for a white passenger.

Barrack Obama Agree or disagree, Obama became the

first African American to hold the office.Obama defeated John McCain and wasinaugurated on Jan. 20, 2009 and later wasnamed the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Booker T.

WashingtonWashington is known

for being a great educator and was one of the lastblack American leadersto be born in slavery.

W.E.B. Du BoisDu Bois was the first

African American toearn a doctorate fromHarvard and put hisknowledge to good use.He later became one of the co-founders of the

National Association for the Advancementof Colored People (NAACP).


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By Greg Hayes

hampoo lathers into soapy suds,clippers buzz and scissors snip and

fly. But, unlike most beauty parlors, the cus-tomers are not quite as chatty.

Just as grooming of one’s hair is important

for hygienic purposes in humans, doggrooming is a very important part of care inthe pet’s life. From different types of coatbrushes and stripping combs to dead-hair rakes and standing dryers, the business of grooming animals can be quite costly andtime-consuming.

But, for groomers such as Jan Klucik of Bridge City, dog grooming is a job that isvery enjoyable.

“People don’t realize that it is hard, physi-cal work,” Klucik said. “You have to workwith animals that don’t understand what isgoing on and may be scared. But, I enjoy itand I will continue to do this until I just can’tanymore.”

Klucik said that she worked as a beauti-cian for many years in the Bridge City andPort Arthur areas, but made the switchwhen a family member asked her if she

would be interested.“One of my sister’s (Bridge City AnimalHospital) employees left and she asked if Icould fill in,” she said. “That was eight yearsago. I started off just bathing the dogs andworked up to grooming.”

Klucik said that the biggest differencebetween her four-legged customers andher former bipedal, beauty salon patrons isthat they didn’t snap at her.

“None of my human customers ever bit

me,” she said with a laugh.” But, dogs onlybite at you because they are scared. Theydon’t understand why they are there in thefirst place because they don’t really see aneed for it.”

Klucik said that she has a method for calming down perturbed pooches thatcome through the door and that it seems towork … most of the time.

“If they act anxious and look as though

they might try to bite I put them on a leashand make them walk on my left side right upagainst my left leg for a few minutes,” shesaid. “Then, they realize that I’m the boss,not them.

“This works about 80 percent of the time.”Klucik said that the Labradoodle and

Goldendoodle hybrid breeds seem to bethe best tempered, but that sometimes sizeof the dog says a lot.

“The larger dogs seem to be calmer andthe smaller ones seem to be more scrappy,”she said. “But, I’m not partial to any onebreed.

“I love working with all of them.”

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2012 Southeast Texas prep track schedule

Feb. 18: Mustang Relays

Feb.23: PN-G’s Williamson Relays

Feb. 25: WO-S Relays

Mar. 1: Deweyville Pirate Relays

Mar. 2: Vidor Pirate Relays

Mar. 3: YMBL Relays (Ozen)

Mar. 9: LC-M Battlin' Bear Relays

Mar. 22: Silsbee Tiger Relays

Mar. 24: PAM Titan Relays

Mar. 31: BC Cardinal Relays

Apr. 9-10: 24-2A Championsips (Winnie)

Apr. 9-11: 20-4A Championships (West Brook)

Apr. 10 -12: 21-3A Championships (WO-S)

Apr. 27-28: 5A & 3A Region III Meet (Humble)

Apr. 27-28: 4A and 1A Region III Meet (Huntsville)

Apr. 27-28: 2A Region III Meet (Whitehouse)

May 10-12: UIL State Meet

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Southeast Texas Track & Field leaders

from the 2011 high school track season:


BOYS

100 meters: Justin Thomas, WO-S, 10.39.

200 meters: Justin Thomas, WO-S, 21.29.

400 meters: Colin Janice, WO-S, 48.76.

800 meters: Gabriel Johnson, West Brook,

1:57.9.

1,600 meters: Layne Smith, Nederland,

4:22.15.

3,200 meters: Layne Smith, Nederland,

9:55.65.110-meter hurdles: Jeylin Reed, PA

Memorial, 13.75.

300-meter hurdles: Jeylin Reed, PA

Memorial, 38.03.

400-meter relay: WO-S (Ed Ivory, Justin

Thomas, Phillip Jones, Mark Roberts), 40.89.

800-meter relay: WO-S (Mark Roberts, Ed

Ivory, Justin Thomas, Phillip Jones), 1:25.86.1,600-meter relay: PA Memorial (Jeylin

Reed, Phillip Thomas, Darius Lemora, Nate

Holmes), 3:19.96.

Discus: Hayden Reed, LC-M, 186-3.

Shot put: Hayden Reed, LC-M, 63-5 1/4.

High jump: Kelvin Smith, Nederland, 6-9.

Long jump: Jarrian Rhone, Silsbee, 23-5

1/2.

Triple jump: Trevor Bell, Hamshire-Fannett,

47-4.

Pole vault: Ty Johnson, Orangefield, 13-0.

LC-M’s

Hayden Reed throws theshot at a meet during the2011 season.Reed is thedefending Class 4A statechampion inboth the

shot put and discus.

Photo byTommy Mann, Jr.

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GIRLS100 meters: Bealoved Brown, Ozen, 11.86.

200 meters: Bealoved Brown, Ozen, 23.98.

400 meters: Ashley Wright, West Brook,

57.25.

800 meters: Ashly Wright, West Brook,

2:16.61.

1,600 meters: Kinsey Miller, Nederland,

5:30.00.

3,200 meters: Payton Burns, LC-M,

12:05.32.

100-meter hurdles: Dominique Brannon,

Ozen; Lindsey McDonald, East Chambers,

15.23.

300-meter hurdles: Lindsey McDonald,

East Chambers, 44.63.

400-meter relay: Beaumont Ozen (Jemeica

DFontenot, Robyn Hancock, Asia Booker,

Bealoved Brown), 46.82

800-meter relay: PA Memorial (Kierra Roy,

Reagan Jones, De’Ontra Kinlaw, Courtney

McKinney), 1:36.91.

1,600-meter relay: Beaumont Ozen

(Dominique Brannon, Robyn Hancock, Renka

Williams, Raven Williams) 3:55.01

Discus: Nekia Jones, Ozen, 141-7.

Shot put: Nekia Jones, Ozen, 45-10 3/4.

High jump: Ashley Johnson, Silsbee, 5-8.

Long jump: Bealoved Brown, Ozen, 18-1

1/2.

Triple jump: Ra’nell Lee, Beaumont

Central, 38-8.

Pole vault: Nicole Casper, Buna, 12-3.


LC-M’sPayton Burnsis one of the

leading returnees inboth the girls1,600 and 3,200 metersin Southeast Texas thisseason.

Photo by

Tommy Mann, Jr.

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• Feb. 17-19 Monster Nation at Ford Arena inBeaumont ($23) www.fordpark.com

• Feb. 17 “From Russia: Fechin and Gaspard in theSouthwest” exhibition; David Brauer Lecture at Lutcher

Theater followed by reception and book signing at StarkMuseum of Art. www.starkmuseum.org.

• Feb. 18 – June 2 “From Russia: Fechin andGaspard in the Southwest” at Stark Museum of Art.www.starkmuseum.org.

• Feb. 18-19 Coin Show at VFW Hall in Orange• Feb. 21 Taste of the Triangle at Ford Exhibit Hall

www.fordpark.com• Feb. 21 S.O.A.R. Program (Save Our American

Raptors). Shangri La Botanical Gardens and NatureCenter Discovery Theater. Seating is limited; RSVPrequired at 409-670-9799.

• Feb. 24-26 Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Musicat Ford Arena in Beaumont ($12-$56 )www.fordpark.com

• Feb. 24 Trace Adkins at Nutty Jerry’s in Winnie ($30-$75) 877-643-7508

• Feb. 25 21st Annual Cat Show at Beaumont CivicCenter 409-838-3435, Ext. 1

• Feb. 25 Musical Family Day at Stark Museum of Art.www.starkmuseum.org.

• Feb. 25 Star Party at Shangri La Botanical Gardensand Nature Center. www.shangrilagardens.org.

• Feb. 27 Romeo and Juliet at Lutcher Theater www.lutcher.org

• Feb. 29 My Fair Lady at Lutcher Theater ($35-$60)www.lutcher.org

• February Medieval Manuscripts: From the Stark

Collections at Stark Museum of Art through • Feb. 25.www.starkmuseum.org.

• February Exotic Beauty: Birds of John Gould atStark Museum of Art through • Feb. 25. www.starkmu-seum.org

• March 1– April 13 Easter Décor at The W.H. Stark


Late Winter andEarly Spring

EVENTS

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House. www.whstarkhouse.org.• March 2 Symphony of Southeast Texas at Julie Rogers

Theater in Beaumont ($12-$36) 409-838-3435, Ext. 1• March 2-4 Golden Triangle Home Show at Ford Exhibit

Hall www.fordpark.com• March 3 Saturday Adventure Series: Off the Beaten Path

at Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center.Seating limited. RSVP at 409-670-9799. www.shangrilagar-dens.org

• March 3 Trans-Siberian Orchestra at Ford Arena inBeaumont ($35-$55) www.fordpark.com

• March 5-6 Blue Man Group at Lutcher Theater ($35-$60) www.lutcher.org

• March 8 Doubt at Lutcher Theater ($15-$30) www.lutch-er.org

• March 9 Randy Travis at Nutty Jerry’s in Winnie ($35-

$75) 877-643-7508• March 10 Saturday Adventure Series: Green Cleaning

Products at Shangri La Botanical Gardens and NatureCenter. Seating limited. RSVP at 409-670-9799.

• March 13 A Walk to the Heronry at Shangri La BotanicalGardens and Nature Center. Seating limited. RSVP at 409-670-9799.

• March 13–16 ArtQuest Classes at Stark Museum of Art.www.starkmuseum.org.

• March 13-18 Nederland Heritage Festival in downtownNederland www.nederlandhf.org• March 15 Third Thursdays: Special Birds of Shangri La

presented by Michael Hoke at Shangri La BotanicalGardens and Nature Center. Seating limited. RSVP at 409-670-9799.

• March 17 Saturday Adventure Series: Landmarks of Shangri La. Seating limited. RSVP at 409-670-9799.

• March 21 Blue Brothers at Lutcher Theater ($15-$30)www.lutcher.org

• March 22- April 1 South Texas State Fair at Ford Park inBeaumont www.ymbl.org

• March 23 Third Annual Beaumont Blues Festival atBeaumont Civic Center ($37.50-$44.50) 409-838-3435, Ext.1

• March 24 Art in the Park at Stark Park in Orange (free)409-883-1011

• March 24 Family Fun at Art in the Park with StarkMuseum of Art. www.starkmuseum.org.

• March 24 Saturday Adventure Series: Lettuce on Your Patio at Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center.Seating is limited. RSVP at 409-670-9799.

• March 27 Twinkle Twonkle at Lutcher Theater.www.lutcher.org

• March 31 Saturday Adventure Series: Morning Bird Walkat Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center.

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Seating limited. RSVP at 409-670-9799.• April 5 Charlie Russell performance project at

Lutcher Theater. www.starkmuseum.org.• April 6 City of Orange Easter Egg Hunt at City of

Orange Boat Ramp www.orangetexas.org• April 7 Saturday Adventure Series: Tree ID at

Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center.Seating limited. RSVP at 409-670-9799.

• April 8 Easter Sunrise Service at Shangri LaBotanical Gardens and Nature Center. www.shangri-lagardens.org.

• April 15 Screening of film “Summer of the Birds”with reception at Stark Museum of Art. www.starkmu-seum.org.

• April 17–22 Earth Week with Daily, Family

Activities at Shangri La Botanical Gardens andNature Center. www.shangrilagardens.org.• April 19 Third Thursdays: Twilight Hike at Shangri

La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center. Seatinglimited. RSVP at 409-670-9799.

• April 20-22 Mauriceville Crawfish Festival inMauriceville www.facebook.com

• April 21 Eco-Fest at Shangri La BotanicalGardens and Nature Center. www.shangrilagar-dens.org.

• April 22 Earth Day and Butterfly Release atShangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center.www.shangrilagardens.org.

• April 24 Mass Chaos Tour featuring Godsmack,Staind and Halestorm at Ford Pavilion in Beaumont($35-$45)

• April 27-29 Texas Bar-B-Q Festival in Vidor 409-769-6339

• April 28 Saturday Adventure Series: Tracking 101

at Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center.Seating limited. RSVP at 409-670-9799.

• April 28-29 St. Mary Spring Festival. 409-883-8913

• April 29 Orange County high school finals of theStark Reading and Declamation Contest at Lutcher Theater.

• May 3-5 Port Neches Riverfest in Port Necheswww.portnecheschamber.com

• May 5 Saturday Adventure Series: Wild Edibles atShangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center.Seating limited. RSVP at 409-670-9799.

• May 12 Mother-Daughter Tea at The W.H. StarkHouse. www.whstarkhouse.org.

• May 18 International Museum Day, “From Russia:Fechin and Gaspard in the Southwest” spotlight atStark Museum of Art. www.starkmuseum.org.

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