Sabine overflow challenges Bassmaster prosHere’s to hoping the Toledo

Bend Reservoir doesn’t rain on Orange’s fishing tournament this weekend.

Heavy rains north of Orange have created floodwaters that are flowing downriver.

The Sabine River Authority stated in a press release per-sons having interests in the Sa-bine River Basin below the res-ervoir are hereby advised that on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 9 a.m., the reservoir elevation

was 172.9 ft. Mean Sea Level.Currently, one generator is

out of service for repairs and the other generator is operat-ing 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Seven spillway gates have been opened two feet and two spillway gates have been opened one foot. To-tal releases are 22,890 CSF.

T-Roy Broussard of Swamp People and a member of Fish-ing League Worldwide, belives the water flow will affect the 2015 Bassmaster Elite Series tournament, held March 19-22, at the City of Orange Boat

Ramp on the Sabine River.“It definitely will hamper the

fishermen,” Broussard said. “There is an overwhelming amount of water coming down the Neches and Sabine Rivers

that has flooded the backwater areas from below the dam to Beaumont.

“Not only will it muddy the water up and cause the fish to not bite, it also will have low

levels of oxygen from the vege-tation dying. In my opinion, this will cause a chain of events that will possibly cause a fish kill. I have seen this before when there isn’t enough grow-

ing

vegetation to oxygenate the water. During the winter, vege-tation dies off and starts to grow in the spring. This is the

Orange to produce first of kind vessel

One Orange shipyard is on the forefront of technology.

Conrad Industries, Inc., a Morgan City, Louisiana based company with a branch in Or-ange- Conrad Orange Ship-yard, will be building Liquified Natural Gas bumper/transport barges at the facility. This will be the first of its kind to be built in the USA, according to Robert Sampey, business devel-opment manager.

He said LNG, as a marine fuel, isn’t as popular in the USA as it is in other parts of the world, though LNG is cheaper than diesel fuel in general. The goal is to supply LNG as a ma-

rine fuel, and thus, drive down its price through better avail-ability.

An LNG supply facility will

first be built on the West Coast at Tacoma, Wash. LNG is cur-rently supplied by trucks.

Sampey added Conrad is

working with both suppliers and end users of LNG.

“LNG is very popular across the sea, in Korea and the North Sea, for instance,” he said. “We’re working on additional contracts on the Gulf Coast with more to come.”

Other nations are already making inquiries about the barges.

As more LNG that is sup-plied, more LNG barges will be built.

The barge will be 232 feet long, by 48 feet wide and nearly 16 feet in length with a 2,200 cubic meter capacity. The barg-es should begin operations sometimes next year.

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County proclaimsBassmaster week

The Orange County Com-missioners Court decided to continue with the current poli-cy authorizing maternity/pa-ternity leave for employees rather than reverting to the previous policy at their regular meeting on March 16.

County Judge Brint Carlton introduced the agenda item. He said Orange County had a poli-cy a year ago that did not count against employee sick time. Employees could take up to six weeks of leave.

Since changing, leave counts against employee vacation and sick time.

John Banken, Precinct 3

commissioner, said the system was abused by employees who weren’t affected by maternity/paternity leave.

The county follows the Fam-ily Medical Leave Act which protects the employee’s job for a maximum of 12 weeks while they are out.

“What really bothers me is the abuse,” Banken said.

Douglas Manning, assistant county attorney, said commis-sioners can structure the ma-ternity/paternity leave as with-er medically based (with no leave available to women who adopt), or non-medically which is gender neutral. Orange County has a non-medical pol-

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Each year, the Berkley Experience trailer sets across the country looking to promote fishing while giving families a fun, interactive experience.

The Berkley Trailer is headed to Orange and the B.A.S.S. Elite Se-ries at Sabine River. Consumers are encouraged to flock to arrive March 20 - 22. The trailer will be on hand to entertain and offer deals to consumers. This will be an interactive trailer.

This marks the 10th year the Berkley Experience Trailer has been rolling through states, covering ground and giving novice and expe-rienced anglers the chance to see what makes Berkley one of the leaders in using science to develop the most innovative products.

Consumers get an exclusive look once inside the trailer. Kids and adults can experience the history of Berkley. Onlookers also get a glimpse inside the Berkley labs in Spirit Lake, Iowa. It’s here where many of the innovative products anglers use today were first pains-takingly researched and studied.

There is also a timeline of key products, an updated fish biology section and educational videos on Berkley products.

The walk through trailer also displays how the products were de-veloped from the ground up.

Highly trained Berkley professionals are on hand to provide more in depth knowledge on products, knot tying, line selection and how to select the best baits to Catch More Fish.

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The Conrad Orange Shipyard will produce the first domestic LNG bumper barges. The barges will be supplied from an LNG terminal on the West Coast to be used as a marine fuel. Plans are to supply LNG in other parts of the country.

Anglers vie for Elite Series title

Bassmaster Elite fisherman Fred Roumbanis is among the 115 professional anglers tak-ing part in the 2015 series inaugural event in Orange this week. The 36 year old Roumba-nis is from Grand Lake , Oklahoma. Also taking place during the fishing tournament will be Art in the Park and live entertainment. For more details and complete schedule of events log on to TheRecordLive.com. RECORD PHOTO: David Ball

The public got a sneak peek on March 14 of the anglers -along with their boats and trucks- who will be fishing in the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament as they registered at Baptist Orange Hospi-tal.

The tournament will be held on March 19-22 at the City of Orange Boat Ramp on the Sabine River. The Orange County Riv-er Festival is presented by Stark Cultural Venues and Gopher Industrial, and hosted by the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce.

Around 50 anglers arrived early to reg-ister for the 2 p.m. start. Everyone else made it in before the 4 p.m. deadline.

Fred Roumbanis is an angler from Grand Lake, Oklahoma.

He said he had a lot of fun at the first tournament in 2013 and he couldn’t wait to come back when he discovered there would be another one in Orange in 2015.

“It’s awesome. The fishery is huge,” he said. “I think there will be a lot more catching this time. Last time, a 12 pound bag a day would win it. A 13 or 14 pound bag a day may win this one.”

Roumbanis and other fishermen said the biggest challenge for this tournament will be the rainfall and the Toledo Bend Reservoir letting out floodwater down riv-er.

But whether the waters are clear or muddy, Roumbanis thinks the fishing will be “awesome.”

Roumbanis has been watching two to three particular areas a day to fish, espe-cially the backwater areas.

A win at this tournament at the begin-ning of the year would be just fine with Roumbanis because it would qualify him for the Bassmaster Classic- the Super Bowl of fishing at the end of the season.

“Winning it would be awesome. I would be ahead in points and I would have the upper hand advantage,” he said. “Orange is fantastic. It’s one of the greatest venues we have. Everyone has Southern hospital-ity and the food is great.”

Roumbanis said the tournament will

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I spend a lot of my free time traveling, so I’ve got packing down to an art. I do have to confess that I’ve shaped my wardrobe based on how well items travel; I look for basics in neutral colors and then add some color with fun accessories.  

Most of my trips are about a week in du-ration, some less. I never spend more than a month in a place that’s not home base (I just haven’t had the opportunity, but I’m looking for it).  I only bring carry-on lug-gage.

I like to take a set of basic items that lay-er well and are multi-functional. Typically, that includes an LBD, a good pair of skin-nies, some comfortable boots, and a few tops. I pack accessories that I can use to change things up, and make sure all the pieces I bring can go together, maximizing my outfit choices while minimizing the amount of space I need in a suitcase. 

I only ever bring one pair of heels, rely-ing instead on some comfortable (but still sexy!) basic black flats. I like a pointed toe; it adds a little formality.  

I usually wear my coat on the plane. I’m small, thin and cold-natured — airplanes give me the chills! Plus, a coat is a big ticket item in terms of space. You can always take it off if you don’t need it, but it’s unlikely you’ll be able to unpack your carry-on to get to it if you stow it before you leave. 

12.) Do your research before you get to

your destination. A last-minute Google of Chicago isn’t enough for you to get a good idea of what you’ll need to cram into a three-day visit. Spend some time with the internet getting to know a place before you blow a vaca-tion sitting in your ho-

tel or a mall. What is the city famous for? What puts it on the map? Find out and do those things.

11.) And speaking of malls, unless it’s got  a roller coaster inside, skip the mall. You can have that experience in any town in America. Go look for some local color.

10.) Don’t be afraid to try local food. I re-ally like to look up favorite or trending res-taurants on Yelp or UrbanSpoon to get the skinny on authentic cuisine I can’t get any-where else. I look for holes-in-the-wall or other notable restaurants in the area. Avoid chains like the plague.

9.) If you want to get to know a city, spend some time in its coffee shops.

8.) Some experiences are worth paying for, like the Monterey Bay Aquarium. That doesn’t mean that the only things you need to pursue cost money. Sometimes, just walking around a new city is enough. And I prefer walking around on my own to tak-ing a packaged tour, which I see as a canned experience. You want unique memories. Go and make some.

7.) Make an effort to think like a local. Where would they spend their Saturday af-ternoons?

6.) Spontaneous vacations are awesome, but if you’re planning on visiting a tourist hotspot, make sure it will be able to accom-modate last-minute visitors. Like that time my dad and I made a spontaneous trip to Alcatraz... Oh, wait, we didn’t get to go be-cause it was booked  months in advance. Check on these things before you expect tickets.

5.) Small towns can be just as entertain-ing as big cities. Keep an open mind when you’re booking your travel.

4.) Take lots of pictures. Memory fades, but a well backed-up hard drive is forever. But also remember not to overdo it. Don’t be so focused on capturing the experience you forget to live it.

3.) Linger over dinner.2.) Learn a different language. You’d be

surprised at how genuinely helpful this is — for one thing, you’ll receive cultural in-sight you’d miss as an English-speaker only, and for another, the cultural immer-sion will make your trip richer. Use your new skills when you travel.

1.) Don’t overplan. You’re not vacation-ing to increase your stress level. Offer yourself a little wiggle room in case you want to be spontaneous, in case you dis-cover something new you want to check out after you arrive.

I hope these help. Remember ... stay ad-venturous!

Caroline’s travel tips for the adventurous

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BASSMASTER PROS SHINEON HISTORIC SABINE RIVER

Orange doesn’t only welcome the Bassmaster Elite series March 19 through 22, the community is going all out for a big four day festival. This year, the Art in the Park festival will be held in conjunction with all other activities. On Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the free event returns to Stark Park. At least 125 venders will display paintings, pottery, woodworking, photography, handmade jewelry and much more. There will be many food venders featuring food of all types. Many activities for the youngsters such as pony rides, a petting zoo, games, face painting and more. A day full of music can be enjoyed by local artist including The Rux Pins, Traveling Roads Band and the Night and Day Orchestra. On Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11, starting at Green and Simmons, the first ever “Run Your Bass Off 5K” will be held. The children’s fun run will start at 9 a.m. The cost is $30 for adults and $15 for kids. Tee shirts, drinks, snacks and gifts will be provided. The money raised will go to cancer research. Visit wwwrunyourbassoff5K.org. for more info. A free concert by Dustin Lynch, whose release of “Where It’s At” reached number 2 on the Country charts and number 8 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums. His second single “Hell of a Night” placed at 41, and his other releases have done really well. He will appear on stage at the River Festival grounds starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 19. On Saturday, our own Orange County native Tracy Byrd will perform a free concert starting at 6 p.m. and following his show will be a big fireworks show over the Sabine River. High school fishing with the pros, a kids fish tank and the Lutcher Theater laser light show will all be featured events. Plenty to do for the entire family. Ten events all in one weekend, plus Shangri La tours on Adams Bayou. See the new spring blooms, bird nesting etc. The Stark Museum will be opened 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Scavenger hunts for all ages, guided home tour at the W.H. Stark House. The anglers will launch at 6:30 from City of Orange Boat Ramp. Weigh in 3:15 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Meet the pros, get autographs and photos. Nearly 40,000 visitors are expected. Shuttle bus locations have been set up. Park and ride free. Welcome to Orange, where the “Sun Rises on Texas” and the Sabine River flows and this weekend the fishing will be by the Bassmaster Elite Pros. Come pass a good time. Come one, Come all.

TURNING BACK THE HANDS OF TIME10 Years Ago-2005

Police eye Bridge City murder of Cynthia Ann Permenter, 41, by her entangle husband, David Permenter, 37. He was arraigned by J.P. Joe Parkhurst and is in Orange County jail. BCPD Major Joey Hargrave said, “It looks like a domestic violence situation where alcohol abuse and narcotics were involved and escalated from there.” Cynthia was killed with a shotgun blast.*****Bridge City distance runner Arron Brannen cruised to two first place wins in the 3200 meters and 1600 meters during the Cardinal Relays. Brannen ran a 9:57.15 and a 4:30.48 in the 1600.*****FACTS FROM 1909. In 1909 there were about 76 million Americans in the 46 states.***Women could be arrested for smoking.***There was approximately 10 miles of paved roads.***The average pay for workers was $12.95 for a week of 59 hours of work.***1909 Hupmobile on display at Stark House. Mr. Stark took the first year model of the Hupmobile to Austin with him and to the family’s Roslyn Ranch in Rand, Colorado . Ron Collins, who spent more than 100 hours restoring the auto, believed it was possible that Mr. Stark traveled to Detroit to have special features made for the machine because it is unique for one of the first year Hupmobiles off the line.*****A LITTLE ABOUT THE NATIVES: Moe Litton declared corn bread making champion He makes two-inch corn bread totally from scratch.***Bobby and Devra Cormier attended an international Dutch oven gathering in Scottsdale, Arizona.***Betty Harmon took Corky on a “make you feel good all over” trip for his 77th birthday.***Shirley Roccaforte is back in hospital with a staph infection in her leg. The results of an accident.***Mary Alice Hartfield and her family attended the Gaither Gospel Music Concert in Houston.***Neighbor Cox is home-bound with a low grade fever. Roy accuses him of faking so Ms. Ginny will prepare the garden for spring planting.***Amber Dunn makes a surprise visit home after graduating from the University of Texas. She has been accepted to the Texas Tech Medical school. Meanwhile, her step-brother Jason Menard is home from Iraq on his way to his base in Hawaii.*****Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wray Allen celebrate 50 years of marriage on March 18. They have three children, and six grandchildren.*****Daniel Mires turns one year old March 22.*****Jaymee Marie Craven turns 4-years-old on March 24.*****Kade Benoit celebrated his second birthday March 15. He is the son of Daron and Kelly of Bridge City.******GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Cynthia Ann Permenter, 41, was murdered March 17. She leaves two children, son Brandon Franks and daughter Brandy Franks.***Patsy Bishop, 73, of West Orange died March 18.***Wilson Clark, 87, of Orange died March 18.***Glenda Hudson Naegelin, 51, of Orange, died March 19. She is survived by father Travis Hudson and mother Melba.***Michelle Crooks, 33, of Orange, died March 19.***Beryl Plant, 64, of Orange, died March 20.***Marvin Dwight Girdler, 67, of Orange, died March 20.***Thomas Ray Rainwater, 57, died March 20.***Victor Hugo Patino, 35, of Orangefield, died March 21.***Ernest Ezell Denby, 63, of Bridge City died Monday, March 21. (Editor‘s note: Ten years ago people died younger than today. Only one of the above was in her 70‘s and only one in his 80‘s. Today, on average, people live five to seven years longer.)

35 Years Ago-1980

C.R. Nash named citizen of the year by the Bridge City Chamber. He was presented the award by Judy Wyatt, last year’s honoree.*****Linda Nicks and Larry Buchman awarded life memberships by Bridge City Elementary PTA.*****Cablevision coming to Bridge City. Al McKay, president of Bridge City Cablevision and Vidor Cablevision, along with Dave Ford, chief technician, Danny White, foreman and linemen Tony Mingo and Bobby Hamlett, prepare two acres of ground on Nelson Street for installation of Earth Satellite receiver. Cable was being installed on Fernwood and around the city. All stations will be ready by April 1. All services will cost $18.45 a month. (Editor’s note: Al McKay successfully built and owned, in partnership with Carl Parker and Oscar Wyatt, the first area cable companies. Al sold the companies and was worth several million dollars. He died only two years later of cancer, at age 42. He is buried at his farm beside his mom and dad in Warren, near Woodville. He had the good looks of a movie star and the brain of a Rhodes Scholar.)*****The home of Betty and Corky Harmon was the sight of Uncle Jim “The Fisherman” McKay’s 95th birthday party. Opportunity Valley News publishers, Roy and Phyllis Dunn, co-hosted the party. Debora Harmon made the large banner. Wayne Sparrow, of Channel 6, filmed the event for the news. Jim’s cake, baked by Catherine Fore, was decorated with a fisherman on top. A few present were Lynn and Dennis Hall, with daughter Janet; Arlene and Richard Turkel, with Russ and Scott and granddad Zack Siegal; Yankee Mortimer; Violet and Fred Chapman and children Freddie and Lia; Cathy Garretson and daughter Gina Shroft; Joe and Betty Kazmar; Barry Sulsar; Beth and Louis Dugas; Tina Travis; George and Cecil Brown; Ace and Joe Amodeo and many more well-wishers.*****Jimmy Verette, Daniel Reese, Robert Watts, “BoJo” Moore, Alvin Keown and Mike Cedars were named to the County Advisory committee.*****Hubbard Electric women’s basketball team wins state championship.*****Keith and Pam (Hoosier) Kay became the proud parents of their first child, Brian Keith.*****Belinda Wood and Harry Lee Delano tied the knot last week.*****Commissioner Raymond Gould was back at work after heart problems.*****Charles and Juliet Patton celebrate their 32nd anniversary.*****Texas State Bank of Vidor hosted Bum Phillips on March 15.*****Herb Taylor named president of Triangle Savings and Loan. Directors elected are W. Fletcher Garner, chairman; C.W. Hubbard, vice-president; B.J. Fields, secretary-treasurer. Other members James Jones, Dr. Douglas Thompson, Dr. B.F. Adams, Dr. Frank Williford and H.D. Pate. Assets of $8 million and $8 million on deposits.*****P.M. Magazine’s Leeza Gibbons was surprised with a birthday cake after filming of “Miracle Worker” segments at the Community Playhouse in Orange. Cast members celebrating with Leeza were: Charles Ferguson, Angie, Diane and Brooks Hill, Claude and Jean Hamerly, Beth and Louis Dugas, Jimmie Hart, Rosalie Anderson, Carol Brock, Jerry Speer, Debbie and Daphne Franklin, Polly Walton and Sandra Talliaferro.*****Lani Hall was 11 last week.*****Absentee voting opens in Bridge City city races. Mayor candidates are Gordon Harvey and Billy Cagle. Place 2 candidate Don Cole, Place 4 candidates are Mike Faulk. Bob Pruitt, Jr., Steve Baker, Albon Lee Buffington and Jim Wallace. Place 6 candidate is John Banken. Water District incumbents G.A. Laughlin, W.W. Bill Hutto and for three positions on school board are Barbara Landry, Gus Garza, Tom Brooks and Jerry McInnis.*****Bridge City High School Valedictorian is Kay Emment; Salutatorian, Donna Marie Stone; Highest Ranking, Andrew Zoch. School Principle is Joe Chenella.*****Sixty celebrities, including Bob Hope and Alan Sheppard, will participate in the Bum Phillips Golf Tourney on May 31-June 4. Chairman W.T. Oliver announced some attending will be Houston Oiler’s Mike Barber and Willie Alexander, Dallas Cowboy’s Billy Joe Dupree and Danny White; coach Darrell Royal of UT and “Little Joe” Washington. Proceeds will benefit the Hughen and Bob Hope High School for the handicapped.

A FEW HAPPENINGS

We were sorry to hear of the death of Betty Ricks, 58, who passed away on March 13. Services were held Tuesday in Silsbee. A native of Silsbee, she and husband Larkin were longtime residents of Orange County and operated Shrimpboat Seafood located on Highway 62. Our condolences to Larkin, sons Billy and Jerry, daughter Lisa Marie and their families. May she rest in peace. Please see obituary. *****Betty Harmon told Corky they were having a family reunion Saturday so Corky spent a week researching the Armstrong bloodline, his mother’s side. Betty had the family come in early. All three of their children Debora, David and Jimmy, grandchildren, including late son Chad’s crew. Jimmy showed off his two beautiful daughters and granddaughters. Then the surprise party happened and although there was plenty family and friends from the Armstrong side, Gary and Barbara Mulhollan, he’s Corky’s cousin, brother Tom Harmon and Barbara, sister Cynthia and husband Howard Fisher, many friends were also in attendance. Jerry Priddy told three dozen good old stories about early Orange and its people, including recollections about Lutcher Stark. C.J. Huckaby and Roy were all ears. Ms. Phyl was forced to listen. Commissioner David Dubose and Harriet made the rounds along with Ross Smith and Ms. Eva, cordial like always. Ross and Dr. Mike Shaman got in a good visit. Even Sprad and Margaret took in some of the great food. Nephew Donnie and wife Rhonda, who just got her degree in education visited with the partiers. Nearly a hundred attended but when you get to be 87, not too many of your old friends are left. Corky seemed to treasure every one of them and enjoyed the youngsters also. I wish I had space to name them all.*****Judge Carl Thibodeaux visit’s the doctor this week to see what kind of therapy he will have to do to strengthen his knee after surgery.*****We understand Judge David Peck is back in Galveston after having successful surgery. He’s working hard to recoup and his spirits are high and of course, Ms. Patsy is tired but still smiling.*****Nate Silver says Kentucky has a 40 percent chance of winning the National College Championship. That’s pretty high odds when you think about all the team in the NCAA tournament.*****I’m hearing rumors that Father Sinclair Oubre, Orange City Manager Shawn Oubre’s brother, will be the new priest at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Orange.*****I believe West Texas crude falling to $42.85 a barrel, a six year low, and a supply glut, will drive gas prices down again to below $2 a gallon at the pump. We could see the lowest prices since the Clinton years in the 1990’s. If the U.S. makes a nuclear deal with Iran and removes oil sanctions, higher Iranian exports would add to the glut. U.S. crude inventories are at record levels. Something to think about, oil might just be the boogie man behind the 47 Republican Senators, disgracefully trying to disrupt the U.S.- Iranian nuclear talks. The oil companies have a large lobby. Follow the money is what I always say.*****Those 47 Senators made the letter deal in the back room. No Democrats saw the letter before it was sent or were asked to sign it. That’s not policy, that is strictly politics. There’s a reason for the secrecy, it’s not above board. The number “47” did Mitt Romney in and it could be very costly to the Republican Senators.*****A few folks celebrating birthdays this week. On March 18, our buddy going back 60 years, Carlton J. “Corky” Harmon celebrates a birthday. Wife Betty, who he kidnapped from the nuns when she

was a teenager, hosted a surprise party at their home Saturday. He shares birthdays with country singer Charley Pride, 76, singer Adam Levine, 35, actress and talk show host Queen Latifah, 44 and actress Vanessa Williams, 51.***On March 19, celebrating is our longtime friend Carol Emerson. At age 21, I thought this beauty should have been in Hollywood. Also having a birthday on this day is one of the late Sammy Carpenter’s boys, Roman Carpenter. They are joined by actress Glenn Close, 67, actor Bruce Willis, 59 and actress Ursula Andress, 78.***March 20 finds Kamela Latiolais celebrating another one as does Brittany Backer, Diane Sims and Ben Walles. They are joined by actress Holly Hunter, 56, actor Hal Linden, 83, Spike Lee, 57 and coach Pat Riley, 69.*****On March 21, former Bridge City baseball, football and track star Johnny Dishon celebrates. Also Barbara Mosier, a nice lady, is celebrating along with Kyle Anderson, Pam Nugent and Tanya Simon. Special birthday wishes to Harold Scales. We go back more years than either can remember. Also on this day we lost a good friend Gene Hidalgo in 2012 at age 72. Celebrity birthdays are Scott Eastwood (Clint’s son), turns 20, Rosie O’Donnell, 52 and Matthew Broderick, 52.*****March 22 finds Kyle Leyendecker, Wanda Taylor and Carsen Carpenter all celebrate. This is also the day our friend Bobby Joe Taylor died in 2014. Celebrity birthdays are Bob Costas, 62, actress Reese Witherspoon, 38, actor William Shatner, 83 and composer Andrew Lloyd Weber, 66.*****On March 23, Euel Norwood celebrates. We go back to when we were young dads on the Little League field. Also the Sign Doctor’s lovely wife Renee Dillon celebrates. A great athlete Natalie Sarvar has a birthday as does Gospel singer, our friend Helen Clark. Lance Eads and Chad Gearhart and Margaret Boehme celebrate also. They are joined by Peyton Manning, 38, and actor Jim Parsons, 41. Happy birthday to all.*****Something to think about with all the talk about Hillary’s emails. During the Bush/Cheney years, 22 million emails were deleted, never to be seen again, even after being sued by CREW, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.*****Robert Durst might have done himself in by talking to himself. Not realizing he was taping himself. He was arrested in New Orleans charged with the execution-style death of his Los Angeles friend Susan Berman in 2000. I believe his handwriting will carry more weight than the recording. Durst was cleared of killing a friend in Galveston and chopping his body up. In 1982, he denied involvement in the disappearance of his first wife Kathleen. Recently, in Houston, he paid a fine for peeing on candy at CVS store. Don’t bet the farm that this nut will be convicted. He is represented again by Dick DeGuerin who eats young prosecutors for breakfast. They better put an old hand on him.*****The Wednesday Lunch Bunch will dine at Robert’s this week and next week at Pk’s in Pinehurst. It should be a nice gathering. Everyone always welcome.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEKGeraldine Cherry, Beth Shepherd, Corky Harmon, Tammy

Stark, Blaine Slaughter, Buffy Dioron, Christin Wright, Courtnie Campbell, Deborah Miller, Roman Carpenter, Hannah Walles, Brandy Mayo, Donna Fong, Abby Ludwig, Ben Walles, Jamie Preston, Jan Savage, Diane Sims, Keely Benefield, Kamela Latiolais, Brittany Backer, Erma Goss, Ester Brown, Barbara Mosier, Pam Nugentm, Terry McFarlane, Ronelle Irvine, Kyle Anderson, Otto Whisenant, Ramona Huff, Harold Scales, Ruth Mason, Stephen McKenzie, Tanya Simon, Lisa Roberts, Shirley Musser, Waunice McReynolds, Robert Thomas, Kyle Leyendecker, Wanda Taylor, Carroll Kile, Carsen Carpenter, Euel Norwood, Mary West, Kenneth Kemp, Lance Eads, Corbin McLellan, Kurt Haggard, Chad Gearhart, Margaret Boehme, Margery Sargent, Natalie Sarvar, Renee Dillon, Tiffany Smith, Helen Clark, Cambree Williams, Grady Rawls, Forrest Wood, Hannah Drane, James Stone, Joseph Blanda, Matt Hanson, Louise Wood, Mary Ann Smith, Zara Killman, Brenda Edwards and Grant Kimbrough.

CAJUN STORY OF THE WEEK

Alcid Badeaux, age 83, wat lives in Maurice, drove to Abbeville to see Dr. Lebouf and got a physical.

A few days later, Dr. Lebouf saw old man Badeaux in town wit a gorgeous, young woman on his arm.

“You really doing great aren’t you?” Da doctor ax Baudeaux.“Jus doing wat you said Doc,” Badeaux answer, “Get a hot

mamma and be cheerful.”Da doctor, in shock, replied, “Dats not wat I said, Mr. Badeaux, I

said, ‘You got a heart mummer, be careful.’”

C’EST TOUT

Friday, State Rep. Joe Deshotel filed a bill to legalize casino gambling in Texas. The bill does not have a senate sponsor yet. To pass in the house would require 100 votes from the 150 representatives. The bill would have full Vegas type gambling. Joe makes it sound good but like I’ve said before, gambling in other parts of Texas doesn’t help us in Orange County. In fact, it would hurt. Over 1,700 employees at the Louisiana casinos are from Orange County. We profit a lot from people traveling through, staying in our motels, eating in our restaurants and buying gasoline and other services. A couple of weeks ago, I visited with two couples from Sugarland. They first said Houston. Anyway, they had registered at the Hampton’s Tree the day before, went to Delta Downs the first night and were going to one of the other casinos the next night. A couple of months ago I ran into a couple at the car wash who were staying in Orange and visiting the casinos. They had a Chamber brochure and were going to visit the Stark Museum and other spots. Just a couple of examples but it happens regularly. Casino gambling is what brought them to Orange. If gambling was open in the state, people would no longer come this way to gamble. We would lose the revenue. It’s not a good deal for us. Contact your congressman and senator, let them know that it might not be as good a deal as Joe proposes.*****Motiva/Union strike ends after one month walk out. That’s a good thing. *****Prime Minister Ben Netanyahu may just get what he deserves. The Tuesday vote, as of my deadline, was too close to call. Besides his interfering in U.S. foreign policy and kicking sand in the face of President Obama, he lied to the American people when he told us he would work to establish a Palestinian state. Two days before the election to get the far-right wing vote, he told the Israeli people there would never be a Palestinian state as long as he is in office. I don’t trust him and never have. I hope he gets his dues. *****Gotta go, thanks for your time. Shop our family of advertisers and check out our restaurants. Take care and God bless.

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Members of the board of Friends of the Orange Depot holding up a document showing the vacantland on 11th Street across from the depot which was donated by member Susan Quigley at theboard meeting Thursday evening. Pictured, from left, are Ron Woliver, Diana Hill, Dave Derosier,Rose Simar, Susan Quigley, Carrie Woliver, and Carol Sims.

Friends of Orange Depotreceive gift of property

A generous board member hasdonated a 1.6 acre tract of vacantland across 11th from the South-ern Pacific train station to theFriends of the Orange Depot, anon-profit organization formedto help save the Depot for thecity of Orange.

Susan Quigley, a resident ofOrange and a member of theprominent Quigley family whoowned e Orange Leader for 47years, from 1936-1985, believesin giving back to her hometown.She lived for much of her adultlife in Houston, but returned toher roots in 1995.

A founding member of theBoard of Directors of F.O.O.D.,Ms. Quigley is passionate aboutsaving this landmark building forfuture generations, because ofthe important part the depotplayed in the growth of Orangeduring the 20th center it willcome alive again.

At the board meeting heldursday, March 12, at GraceLutheran Church on EddlemanRoad, the board enthusiasticallyaccepted her gift and discussedsome of the ways the land couldbe utilized by the organization.

Also attending the boardmeeting was architect Rob Clarkof AIA in Beaumont, who pre-sented the latest schematic de-signs for the depot renovation.Plans for the interior museumand gift shop were discussed aswell as the placement of thebrick pathways around thedepot’s exterior. Donors nameswill be engraved on the bricksand also a large column will beerected which will be inscribed

with many other donor names.Appropriate recognition will begiven inside the depot for majordonors to the project.

Carrie Woliver, founder andpresident, wishes to thank all theresidents and businesses of Or-ange who have already donatedto the renovation project, includ-ing those who continue to sendin requests for bricks. She has-tened to add that though the or-ganization has raised substantialfunds, they have yet to reach itsgoal of $600,000.

“We are halfway there but weonly need $60,000 more to beginthe actual construction.

Designs of the museum spacewill include exhibits, some inter-active, showing the history of theindustries and notable personswho played an important part inthe growth of Orange: railroadtransportation, timber, ship-building and petrochemicals.Once operating, there will beplenty of opportunities for areaschool children to visit the mu-seum to learn about their cityhistory. e depot museum is ina prominent location at the apexof the Orange Historic Districtand therefore will attract touristswho come to visit the downtowncultural venues. century, and asa museum and conference

“Businesses along that corri-dor will gain from being locatedclose to the new Depot Mu-seum,” contends Woliver. “Weare proud that our project willplay a part in the revitalization ofdowntown Orange.”

Companies or individuals canbecome naming donors of each

of the exhibit areas with dona-tions ranging from $5,000 to$25,000, with specific benefits ateach level of participation.

Pledges are accepted, whichwill allow the participatingdonor to spread their gift overseveral years. “Pledges can alsobe made by individual donorswho wish to help, but who do nothave cash on hand. Arrange-ments can even be made to usecredit card donations over a pe-riod of time,” said Woliver.

On March 21, volunteers fromF.O.O.D. will be on hand at theirbooth at Art in the Park, to fur-ther inform the public of theirplans for the depot and to collectdonations, and sell various itemssuch as t shirts, engraved bricks,and Ms. Woliver’s book, eTrain Stopped in Orange. Alsofor sale by special order will bewine and beer glasses embla-zoned with the colorful Friendsof the Orange Depot logo,painted by F.O.O.D volunteerand local artist Sue Ryder, whowill be donating the glasses tothe benefit of the project.

Information on how to donateto save the depot can be foundon the website, www.or-angetxdepot.org, and questionscan be submitted toinfo@friendsoftheorangedepot.org.

PHOTO ABOVE RIGHT: Aerialphoto of the vacant propertylocated across 11th Streetfrom the Depot which was do-nated to the Friends of the Or-ange Depot at meetingThursday.

Welcome to ‘American Trailer Park’

ere’s a new tenant at Ar-madillo Acres—-and she’swreaking havoc all over Florida’smost exclusive trailer park. 

When Pippi, the stripper onthe run, comes between the Dr.Phil—-loving, agoraphobic Jean-nie and her tollbooth collectorhusband—-the storms begin tobrew.

“e Great American TrailerPark,” directed by Anne Lilyquistand assisted by John Gray Jr. andJoshua Scales, this fun rompthrough the trailer park is notrecommend for youngsters dueto the adult themes and lan-guage.

Tickets are $15 adults and $10students.

Performances will be at theOrange Community Playhouselocated at 708 W. Division Ave.at 7:37 p.m. April 16-18 and 23-25. Two Sunday matinee per-formances will be held at 2:37

p.m. April 19 and 26.For reservations call 409-882-

9137 or buy tickets online at or-angecommunityplayers.com

Rehearsals are underway for “The Great American Trailer Park.”Pictured L to R, bottom: Barry Foster, Carrie Wilson and MalloryMatt. Top L to R: Mike Hudnal and Keri Foreman, (not picture)Amber Martin.

Orange Players present comedy for grownups

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icy.Manning said the abuse alle-

gations arose from perspective fathers using the time off for hunting and/or fishing trips in-stead of the intended use.

Minnie Hightower, HR di-rector, said the FMLA did offer leave for a catastrophic illness such as cancer.

“We have a very generous program here,” she said.

She added it would be coun-teractive for the court to revert to the old policy.

David Dubose, Precinct 1 commissioner, said the county can’t financially afford to give any more time off.

Rosalinda DiTommaso with the Texas Association of Coun-ties gave a presentation on the Wellness Incentive Program for county employees and ef-

forts to comply with the Af-fordable Care Act. She also gave a mid-year review of the Wellness Incentive Program.

Some of the numbers weren’t where the commissioner would had liked.

Banken said he thinks some of the employees aren’t taking advantage due to their lack of knowledge of the program.

He was in favor of educating

department heads who in turn would educate the employees on the incentives.

“It could be a benefit to ev-eryone and a big cost savings,” he said.

Likewise, the court appoint-ed Hightower as Wellness Co-ordinator for the Wellness In-centive Program after she vol-

unteered for the position. Carl-ton was appointed as Wellness Sponsor.

Schaumburg & Polk were awarded the $2.7 million Gen-eral Land Office Recovery 2.2  contract to replace bridges and culverts in the county.

The Orange County Com-missioners Court proclaimed

March 19-22 as “Bassmaster Week” in the county.

The proclamation recogniz-es the Orange County River Festival held on the Sabine Riv-er. The court was presented with a poster with signatures from the 12 finalists at the 2013 Bassmaster Elite Series tournament in Orange.

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also bring in visitors to the mo-tels, restaurants and money for the city.

“It adds up to a lot of dollars,” he said.

Chris Lane hails from Ala-bama.

He also fished in the tourna-ment here two years ago and is “really excited” to be back.

“We don’t expect to see 20 pound bags,” he said. “It’s a unique experience. It will be wide open.”

Lane said he saw one of the largest crowds for a Bassmaster tournament in Orange in 2013. He added he’s also looking for-ward to eating some crawfish while he’s here.

“It will be a good time; win, lose or draw,” he said.

Lane and the other fisher-men expect to be fishing from muddy water, to saltwater, to

fresh water, to brackish water, and like Roumbanis, Lane thinks a 12 pound bag a day may win the tournament.

“We cover a lot of water in our practice sessions. We may be in Louisiana, in Texas and the Sabine,” he said. “A win would be huge, especially with so many people here.”

He added Orange has been very hospitable and exciting.

“The people here have a sense of gratitude. People love the sport of bass fishing here. I love coming to Texas. Everyone is so nice here,” Lane said.

Lane won the Classic in 2012. Fellow angler, Skeet Reese who will be competing, also won the Classic before.

Kelly Jordon calls himself a Texian from Dallas.

He said the rainfall has thrown the anglers a curve ball

by creating high waters and muddy waters.

“Practice starts tomorrow (March 15). You have to pick your areas and explore them,” Jordon said of what’s going through his mind. “You have to know how far a run you want to make, how fart do you want to catch them. Do you have enough gas to make it there and back. Do you have time to fish, are there floating objects in the way.

On another note, Jordon said he glad to be back in the great State of Texas and that Orange is a dynamic town.

“It’s great to be home. Win-ning in my home state would be awesome,” he said. “I want to encourage people to come out and see us. ”

The exterior hull will be made of carbon steel. The inte-rior tank will have foam lining and another stainless steel lin-ing.

The LNG must remain cold at minus 260 degrees Fahren-heit.

Sampey said its difficult to compare LNG prices to oil prices because LNG is based on MMBTUs – One Thousand Thousand British Thermal Units- and oil is sold by the barrel. For instance, LNG is priced at $2.80 MMBTU while oil ranges from $40 to $50.

Conrad Orange Shipyard was selected for the pilot pro-gram due to its “great reputa-tion,” Sampey said, and its great workforce. They also

build inland tugs, ferries, deck barge, double hull tank barge, etc.

He added the employees in Orange are dedicated to doing things the right way.

Another bonus is Orange is adjacent to Houston and to the four Conrad facilities in Louisi-ana.

Sampey said another plus for LNG is that ships won’t need to carry as much fuel on board.

“It’s cleaner burning. There will be cleaner engine rooms and it will be better for the peo-ple around it. This is cutting edge technology,” he said.

The Orange shipyard is lo-cated on the Sabine River ap-proximately 37 miles from the Gulf of Mexico on approxi-

mately 23 acres, according to the company’s website.

The shipyard has six con-struction bays under 115,000 square feet of enclosed build-ing area with 13 overhead cranes. The site also has 200 feet of steel bulkhead and one slip.

The Orange shipyard equip-ment includes a gantry type NC (Numerical Control) plasma burner with a 21-foot by 90-foot table, over 60 automatic and semi-automatic welding machines, two rolling cranes, 600, 800 and 1,600-ton trans-fer/load-out systems and a ma-rine railway with side transfer system.

Conrad acquired the Orange shipyard in 1997.

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worse time for this to happen. I’m afraid it will be tough for these guys that fish the Neches and Sabine Rivers.”

David Montagne, general manager of the SRA, said fore-casters are projecting more rain later this week. Deweyville will be a little above flood level with the heaviest rain predict-ed for Saturday.

“It will be tougher to fish but they (the professional anglers) know that,” Montagne said. “If they’re a great river fisherman, they may win it too.”

Montagne said current flood levels are out of the bank, but not in the roads. He added be-cause there’s been a drought for the past three years, the wa-ter level is still seven feet low at the top stage of Toledo Bend.

“It’s moving and picking up and that may be better. It’s running so fast and the lake is so big. We have a dissolved ox-ygen problem when there’s a drought. It’s no problem on the fish but it’s harder to find them

from low flows and lots of heat,” he said.

Montagne said the rush of water is not necessarily a bad thing because fresh water and the alluvial plain needs over-flow to stay healthy.

“We’re matching outflow with the inflow. It depends on how much rainfall there is,” he said.

Roger Bacon is a guide and a tackle representative from the Lakes area.

He said this weekend tour-nament will separated the wheat from the chaff for the professionals.

He mentioned authorities opened the Louisiana Wildlife Refuge at the tournament two years ago on a Saturday, The anglers went in blind because they haven’t fished it and they “caught pretty good.”

This time, the refuge is al-ready opened and Bacon be-lieves this will spread out the fishermen.

Bacon also fishes the Lake

Sam Rayburn and said the Neches River too is at flood stage, muddied out and rolling.

He also thinks the anglers will have to fish in a smaller area due to the river being washed out.

“It’ll be a tough event, but somebody’s going to win it,” Bacon said. “A lot of these guys would rather fish a tough tour-nament to level out the playing field.”

He further foresees anglers fishing in either the marsh on the Texas side or making their way to the wildlife refuge.

Some may drive all the way to the Houston area and try the Trinity River Basin and get away from it all.

“There’s not going be a lot of them fishing on the Sabine River. It will be a battle of attri-tion. The water’s up and they won’t be able to see things in the water they would normally see,” he said.

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Deaths and Memorialsgrandson, Ian Zerko; brothers,Ira Zerko and wife, Mary Ann,John Zerko and wife, Beverly andEugene Zerko and wife, Lindaand many nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorialcontributions may be made to St.Jude’s at 501 St Jude Place Mem-phis, TN 38105, Texas Childrens,or a charity of your choice.

Betty RicksOrange

Funeral services for BettyElaine Eason Ricks, 58, of Or-ange will be at 1:00 pm Tuesday,March 17, at Full Gospel Evan-g e l i s t i cTemple inSilsbee withi n t e r m e n tfollowing atC u n n i n g -ham Ceme-tery underthe direc-tion ofFarmer Fu-n e r a lHome.  

Mrs. Ricks passed away March13 at her home in Orange.

Betty was a native of Silsbeeand a lifelong resident of thisarea. She was the manager ofShrimp Boat Seafood. 

She is preceded in death byher parents Deacon and Cather-ine Eason; brother Jack Easonand sisters Ruth Eason and LizaEason.

Survivors include her husbandLarkin Ricks of Orange; sonsBilly Ricks and wife Kara andJerry Ricks and wife Faith all ofBridge City; daughter Lisa MarieBozyone and husband Jonathanof Silsbee; brothers Virgil Easonand David Eason both of Silsbee;sisters Ellie Mae Brown of Sils-bee, Glenda Sue Nolan of CaneyHead, Patricia Ann Hopkins ofLivingston and Diane Eason ofSilsbee; grandchildren ToniRicks, Griffin Ricks, DeaconBozyone, Hannah Bozyone,Kason Ricks, Cade Tompkins,Kenley Ricks and Corbin Ricks.

Jarya HaleyOrange

e Celebration of Life forJarya Nicole Haley, infant daugh-ter of Jamie Chavis Hendersonand Robert Haley was Monday,March 16, at Magnolia MemorialGardens.

She died at the University ofTexas Medical Branch Hospitalat Galveston.

Darryl RileyOrange

Darryl Lane Riley, 65, of Or-ange, passed away March 12, athis home in Orange.

Funeral services were, Mon-day, March16, at Clay-bar FuneralHome inOrange. Of-ficiating wasF a t h e rJoseph P.Daleo of St.M a r yC a t h o l i cChurch inOrange. Burial followed at Hill-crest Memorial Gardens in Or-ange.

Born in Orange, Oct. 4, 1949,he was the third son of JamesBenjamin (J.B.) Riley and NancyRamos Riley. Darryl loved to gar-

den, gamble and loved being out-doors. He was a long time mem-ber of St. Mary Catholic Churchand Sheetmetal Local Union 54.

He is preceded in death by hisparents.

He is survived by his wife,Pamela Kincaid Riley of Orange;daughters, Elizabeth (Christy)Klein and husband, Paul, Jr.,Franny (Nan) Riley and HeatherVaughn and husband, Don all ofOrange; grandchildren, PeytonVaughn, Korban Swartz, and Ge-offrey Swartz and brothers,Michael Riley and wife, Peggy,Charles Riley and wife, Tina, andRussell Riley all of Orange. Otherrelatives include many niecesand nephews; Jeannette Richardand Freda Rast.

In lieu of flowers, memorialcontributions may be made toLeukemia and Lymphoma Soci-ety 1311 Mamaroneck Avenue,Suite 310, White Plains, NewYork, 10605.

Murphy CormierBeaumont

Murphy Joseph Cormier, Jr.,59 of Beaumont passed awayMarch 13, in Beaumont.

A memorial gathering will beTuesday, March 17, from 4:00 to7:00 p.m. at Claybar FuneralHome in Bridge City.

Alice WaldenBeaumont

Alice Isabella Walden, 87, ofBeaumont died Friday, March13, at Vidor Health and Rehab inVidor. Shewas a nativeand lifelongresident ofBeaumont.

Alice wasa member ofOur Lady ofthe As-s u m p t i o nC a t h o l i cChurch inBeaumont and was a loving wife,mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother and great-greatgrandmother.

A mass of Christian burial wascelebrated Tuesday, March 17, atOur Lady of the AssumptionCatholic Church, with burial fol-lowing at Hillebrandt Cemeteryin LaBelle.

Alice was preceded in death byher husband Milton O. Walden Sr.

She is survived by her sonsMilton O. Walden Jr. and his wifeIrene of Vidor; Gerald L. WaldenSr. and his wife Brenda S.,Michael R. Walden Sr. and hiswife Debbie all of Kountze, Gre-gory D. Walden and his wife Kimof McAllen, Brain K. Walden andhis wife Linda S. of Lumberton;daughter Marie I. Westmorelandand her husband Keith of Vidor;brother Frederick Hillebrandt ofOrange; 17 grandchildren, 27great grandchildren and onegreat-great grandchild.

Irene ViatorOrange

Irene Viator, 94, of Orange,passed away March 11, at eMeadows in Orange.

A Mass of Christian Burialwas Monday, March 16, at St.Mary Catholic Church in Or-ange. Officiating was FatherJoseph P. Daleo. Burial followedat St. Mary Cemetery in Orange.

Born in New Iberia, Louisiana,January 22, 1921, she was thedaughter of Batiste and Louisia

Viator. Irene was a member of St.Mary Catholic Church and hadbeen since 1946. She loved Cajunmusic, danc-ing, and wasa seamstresswho de-signed herown clothes.She lovedher familyvery muchand workedhard all ofher life tak-ing care of them. She loved tocook and wanted everyone to eatwhen they came to her house.

She is preceded in death byher husband, Wedes Viator.

Irene is survived by her chil-dren, Orey Viator and Patsy ofMauriceville and Ella Mae Welchand Lionel R. of Labelle; sevengrandchildren; 17 great-grand-children; and four great-great-grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers were T-Ray Viator, Ricky Viator, JefferyViator, Jerry Paul Viator, StevenG. Welch, and Aaron Gaudet.Honorary pallbearers were RayViator, Ted Dore’, JohnnyRomero, Jason Gaudet, and Tay-lor Cox.

In lieu of flowers, memorialcontributions may be made tothe American Cancer Society ator Odyssey Hospice at 550 Fan-nin St. #1230 Beaumont, TX77701.

Christopher ArcherMauriceville

Christopher Cody Archer, 29,of Mauriceville, passed awayMarch 9, at Baptist Hospital inBeaumont.

Funeral services were  Satur-day, March 14, at Claybar Fu-neral Home in Orange.Officiating was Brother JarrodParnell. Cremationwas under thedirection of Claybar Haven ofRest Crematory.

Born in Lake Charles, Dec. 26,1985, he was the son of James M.

Archer and Delana JohnsonOdom. Christopher loved everyaspect ofanything todo withmusic. Hewas a bighugger andhad a bigheart and henever met astranger.

He is pre-ceded indeath by his daughter, Aleah Eliz-abeth Archer; grandparents,Sarah and Hayward Johnson andMary Alice and Quiller Archer.

He is survived by his fiancée,Alissa Staggs; father, James M.Archer; mother, Delana Odom;children, Cheyenne RayneHatcher, Declan Connoromas, Madison Faye Danielsand Elliot Ray Daniels; siblings,Zachary Ryan Archer and Mae-gan Elizabeth Archer Stansburyand husband, Byron; nieces,Brooklyn and Gracilyn Stansburyand nephew, Jackson Archer.

Keith ArnaudHouston

Keith Allen Arnaud was bornMay 10, 1958 in Orange andpassed away Nov. 23, 2014.

Keith was preceded in deathby his parents, James and JuanitaArnaud and brother, Randy.

He is sur-vived by hissister, Judy;b r o t h e r ,David; sons,M i c h a e l ,Phillip andAlex andmany ex-tended fam-ily membersand friends.

A memorial service and inurn-ment will be held at a later dateat the Bland Cemetery in Or-ange.

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Waunice McReynoldsOrange

Waunice McReynolds, 91, ofOrange, passed away on March17, at her home in Orange.

Funeral services will beat 10:00 a.m., ursday, March19, at McDonald Memorial Bap-tist Church in Orange. Officiat-ing will be Pastor Joel Warren.Burial will follow at HillcrestMemorial Gardens in Orange.

Visitation will be from  5:00p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday,March 18, at Claybar FuneralHome in Orange.

Born in Dawson, March 22,1923, she was the daughter ofFrank and Maggie Tekell. Wau-nice was a long time member ofMcDonald Memorial BaptistChurch and a beautician formany years at Waunice’s BeautyShop. She was involved in sev-eral groups at church including,Livewires and a ukulele band.

She was preceded in death byher husband, J.D. McReynolds;parents, Frank and MaggieTekell; brother, Lewis Tekell; sis-ters, Cleta Ruth and EldredOlene (Tincey).

She is survived by her sons, JayDon McReynolds and wife, Paulaof Flower Mound, and LarryMcReynolds and wife, Miriam ofBellville; daughters, AngelaHolton of Beaumont, andSuzanne McClain and husband,Jim of Houston; 12 grandchil-dren; 35 great grandchildren and3 great-great grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers will beClint McReynolds, ScottMcReynolds, A.J. McReynolds,Joel McClain, Eric Holton,Chuck Schulze and CodySchulze.

In lieu of flowers, memorialcontributions may be made toShriner’s Hospital for Children at6977 Main Street, Houston,Texas 77030.

Melissa MaryanskiOrange

Melissa Maryanksi, 41, of Or-ange, Texas, away March 15, atBaptist Hospital in Orange.

A memorial service will beheld at 3:00 pm, Sunday, March22, at Calvary Baptist Church inWest Orange. Officiating will bePastor David Millner.

Born in Houton, Jan. 5, 1974,she was the daughter of Georgeomas Maryanski and BettyJune (Pudifin) Maryanski.

Melissa is survived by hermother Betty Maryanski; broth-ers Jerry Sharp and wife Mary, ofHuntsville and Robert Sharp, ofHuntsville and her cousin NancyRae Ogden.

She was preceded in death byher father George Maryanski;sister Crystal Smith; grandpar-ents Robert Dinn Pudifin andOpal Marie Pudifin; niece MindySmith and her nephews JasonSmith and Jody Smith.

Lena LessardBeaumont

Lena Ann Lessard, 71, ofBeaumont, passed away peace-fully Sunday, March 15, at Har-bor Hospice in Houston. 

Born Aug. 28, 1943 in Orange,to Willie J. Moore and Hazel(Vincent) Moore, she lived inBeaumont for the last few yearsand lived in Sorrento, Louisianafor over 30 years. Lena was of theCatholic faith and a homemaker.She enjoyed crocheting and vis-iting her family, she was an excel-lent cook and she always placedothers before herself.

Lena is preceded in death byher parents; husband, KennethLessard and her brother, BillyMoore.

ose who will most cherishher memory are her sons,omas Vilo and wife, Laurie ofOrange and Terry Vilo and wife,Melissa of Orange; her daughter,Pamela Vilo Bourgeois and hus-band, Mark of Beaumont; stepdaughter, Emily Lessard ofHouston; grandchildren, LaurenDaigle and husband, Andy,Taelor Vilo, Ryan Vilo and fi-ancée, Destiny Garza, Tyler Viloand wife, Stephanie and JordanBourgeois; her great grandchil-dren, Aurora Vilo and AddysonVilo. Lena is also survived by nu-merous members of her ex-tended family.

Services to remember andhonor Lena’s life will be at 2:00P.M. ursday, March 19, in theChapel of Dorman FuneralHome in Orange with FatherGeorge Kindangen, officiating. 

A gathering of Lena’s familyand friends will be from 5:00P.M. until 9:00 P.M. Wednesdayat the funeral home with aRosary/Wake Service to be held

at 7:00 P.M.  Lena’s family wishesto thank the Neuro Team at St.Luke’s Hospital; the Staff at Har-bor Hospice in Houston, namelyShellie, Nelly, Tameka, Nicoleand Jessica; friend from HarborHospice, Janice Collins and Fa-ther George Kindangen and Fa-ther Jose Mundadan. 

For those who desire memo-rial contributions, please make adonation to St. Helen’s CatholicChurch in Orangefield.

Dawn WrightOrange

Dawn Wright, 53, of Orange,passed away March 14, at herhome.

A gathering of family andfriends will be Saturday, March21, at the VFW 4759 in Starks,beginning at 4:00 pm. Cremationwill be under the direction ofClaybar Haven of Rest Crema-tory.

Born in Sulphur, Jan. 4, 1962,she was the daughter of FredVernon Wright, Jr. and NadineVincent.

Dawn is survived by herspouse, Jorge Hollingsworth;children, Dondi Wright, JoniWright, and Candi Wright;brothers, Brett Wright, JefferyWright, and Jimmie Croker and11 grandchildren.

Eunice WalshOrange

Eunice M. Walsh, 82, of Or-ange, passed away March 15, atDubuis Hos-pital inBeaumont.

F u n e r a lservices willbe at  11:00a.m., urs-day, March19, at Clay-bar FuneralHome inOrange. Of-ficiating will be Pastor RobbieHolland of First Assembly ofGod in Bridge City. Burial willfollow at Hillcrest MemorialGardens in Orange.

Visitation will be from 5:00p.m.-8:00 p.m., Wednesday,March 18,  at Claybar FuneralHome in Orange.

Born in Charlottetown PrinceEdward Island Canada, on June18, 1932, she was the daughter ofWilliam Arthur and Mary Ruth(Campbell) MacEachern. Eunicewas a member of First Assemblyof God in Bridge City. She lovedto crochet, bake, and read.

She is preceded in death byher parents; husband, omas J.Walsh, Jr.; son-in-law, M.P.“Scooter” Smith; sister, HazelStrength; and her brother,William MacEachern.

She is survived by her daugh-ter, Cynthia Ann Smith of LittleCypress; grandchildren, KellySmith and wife, Amanda, DarrinSmith and fiancé, Courtney Bel-lard; great-grandchildren, JordynSmith, Layla Smith and MattoxSmith; brother, John ChesterMacEachern and her sister, RuthJoyce.

Franklin ZurkoOrange

Franklin Delano Zerko, Sr., 75,of Orange, passed away March15, at his home surrounded byhis family. Visitation will be from6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., u r s d a y ,March 19, atClaybar Fu-neral Homein Orange.

F u n e r a lservices willbe at  2:00p.m., Friday,March 20, atClaybar Funeral Home in Or-ange. Officiating will be PastorDamon Bickham of First BaptistChurch in Deweyville. Burial willfollow at Hillcrest MemorialGardens in Orange.

He was born in Colgate, Okla-homa, June 24, 1939, but hasresided in Orange since 1942.Frank was a member of Old FirstOrange Baptist Church and Pip-efitters Local #195. He alsoserved in the U.S. Army from1963-1965.

He is preceded in death by hisparents, Peter Paul and DovieElizabeth (Prince) Zerko; broth-ers, James Zerko and Pete Zerko.

He is survived by his wife of 51years, Nancy E. (Hobbs)  Zerkoof Orange; sons, Franklin “Del”Zerko, Jr. and wife, Kathleen ofVidor and Richard Mark Zerkoand wife, Tammie of Orange;grandchildren, Morgan Zerko,Paige Zerko, Adam Zerko, HaleyZerko, and April Zerko; great-

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BURGERS Our burgers are half pounder except on the Cow Bayou, which is a 1 pounder. Our burgers are served on gourmet white or jalapeno bun. Served with lettuce, tomato, pickle, grilled onions and mayo. Now serving with choice of fries or onion rings -.75 extra with sweet potato fries.

THERE IS AN EXTRA CHARGE FOR EXTRAS ON BURGERS AND PO BOYS.

Mini BurgerPeg’s Classic BurgerPatty MeltCheese BurgerBacon BurgerBacon CheeseburgerCow Bayou BurgerWhisker BurgerShrimp BurgerCrab Cake BurgerChicken Fried Steak BurgerOyster BurgerDouble Bacon CheeseburgerGrilled Chicken BurgerRichard’s Philly BurgerDouble Cheeseburger

PO’BOYSOur Po’Boys are made on 8” Hoagies and our choice of jalapeno or white sour dough bread. Served with lettuce, tomato, pickles and tarter sauce. Now serving with you choice of fries or onion rings. Extra charge of .75 for sweet potato fries.

Shrimp Po’BoyWhisker Po’ BoySpicy or Mild Chicken Po’BoySoft Shell Crab Po’BoyOyster Po’BoyBayou Philly Po’Boy

STUFFED POTATOESServed with choice of green salad or cup of gumbo

GRILLED SHRIMPCRAB DIPCAJUN BABYGRILL CHICKEN CHICKEN FRIED STEAK

LUNCH SPECIALSMILD CHICKEN STRIPSSPICY CHICKEN STRIPSCHICKEN FRIED STEAK (Small or Large)SEAFOOD LUNCH SPECIALSOur fried seafood is had battered with our own special seasoning. Each seafood BASKET is served with 2 hush puppies, your choice of fries or onion rings and a cup of gumbo. Sweet potato fries is .75 extra. Baked potato $1.75 extra.

SHRIMP (6)WHISKER (1)CRAB CAKE (1)OYSTER (6)GRILLED CHICKEN DINNER

SEAFOOD TACOSLG SHRIMPLG WHISKERLG COASTIE GATOR Served with a cup of gumbo

SALADSOur salads and chicken salads served with a cup of gumbo and choice of jalapeno or white sourdough toast. SHRIMP SALADGRILLED CHICKEN SALADGRILLED CATFISH SALADGRILLED TILAPIA SALADGREEN SALADHOUSE SALAD

SIDE ORDERS (All available in small or large orders)

FRENCH FRIES ONION RINGSSWEET POTATO FRIESCORN NUGGETSFRIED PICKLES

DESSERTSAsk about our desserts for today.

Bread Pudding (with ice cream)Apple Dumpling (with ice cream)Root Beer FloatFunnel Stick

SEAFOOD DINNERSOur fried seafood is hand battered with our own special seasoning. Each seafood dinner is served with 2 hush puppies, your choice of fries, onion rings or baked po-tato and a salad. To substitute sweet potato fries, add .75 on all dinners.

SHRIMP (12)WHISKER (2) OYSTER (12) SOFT SHELL CRAB CRAB CAKE (2)FROG LEGS (2)BAYOUR GATOR (1/2 LB)GRILLED TILAPIA (1)GRILLED SHRIMP KABOBSGRILLED CATFISH with Cajun Baby SauceCOMBINATION DINNERChoice of 1/2 order above (excluding tilapia and grilled catfish with Cajun Baby sauce)

SEAFOOD SPECIAL

SMALL SEAFOOD PLATTER6 shrimp, 1 catfish filet, 6 oysters with choice of 2 side orders

LARGE SEAFOOD PLATTER4 shrimp, 4 oysters, 1 catfish filet, 1 soft shell crab, 2 frog legs and choice of 2 side orders. (When oysters are out of season, we will substitute with a crab cake)2 # Boiled Shrimp1# Boiled Shrimp2# Boiled Crawfish3# Boiled Crawfish4# Boiled Crawfish5$ Boiled CrawfishSnow Crabs (1) One half cluster

SHRIMP AND CRAB GUMBOCup of GumboSmall Bowl GumboLarge Bowl Gumbo

Peggy’s On The Bayou2682 E. Roundbunch RoadOrange, TX 77630 409-886-1115

Sun 8-3Mon-Wed 8-8 Thur-SaT 8-9

Serving BreakfaSt all Day

Business Orders DeliveredOrange Area-5 or more

Pt. Arthur Area-10 or more

Clay Dunn traveled a fast, rough and dangerous road

Clay Dunn flirted with the odds, walked on the edge on a quick rise to the top. By the time he was 27, he had been to hell and back. Lady luck rode with him.

Clay Jackson Dunn was the product of a pioneering background. His father Allen had come to Texas from Arkan-sas in a covered wagon with his moth-er, Sarah Jane, who apparently was a pretty tough cookie for a 26-year-old. She embarked on a 14-month journey to Texas that held many uncertainties and dangers. Her husband, Dr. Ste-phen James Dunn, had been killed a few months earlier in the Civil War. Sarah Jane sought a new life for her son and younger sister.

Abraham Lincoln was president of the union when the trio arrived in Texas. The territory was almost law-less with only a handful of Texas Rangers. Outlaws and raiding Indians were still prevalent. The Dunns set-tled around Rising Star. Sarah Jane, my great-grandmother, home schooled the two youngsters.

Allen caught the branded stray Longhorns, acquired land, and at the age 26, my grandfather married 14-year-old Laura Dunn. This union produced eight children. My father Clay was their fourth child and second son.

My grandmother was a very reli-gious woman, who raised the children in the Methodist church. Allen, a law-abiding citizen, had gained respect in the territory. Nothing in their back-ground indicates anything other than that they were good, law-abiding, Christian folks, who raised their chil-dren accordingly. Allen was a hard-working, industrious husband who ventured into several endeavors to feed his large family during hard times. Allen instilled a good work eth-ic in all of his children. I mention the above to establish the foundation my father Clay came from.

Before his 15th birthday, Dad was the first of the boys to leave home. Af-ter graduating from the seventh grade, he took his diploma on the road, leav-

ing home on a donkey. At Co-manche, he got a job with the tele-phone company that a few years later landed him in Port Arthur. He had learned to drive while

stringing wire and poles with the phone company. The Port Arthur Fire Department had obtained its first mo-torized equipment, the “Belle Stea-rns,” named in memory of Assistant Chief George Stearns’ wife. Dad was hired in 1915 to be the first driver of the first fire truck. Within a few months, he used up his saved money to purchase three cars from Lynn mo-tor Company. He started Port Ar-thur’s first taxicab service. The cabs made the long dirt road hauls to Sabi-ne Pass to pick up and deliver seamen to their ships. The cab business was thriving when Clay was called to serve in World War I.

Death would soon become a daily occurrence for Clay even before they reached the battleground. While crossing the ocean, influenza attacked their ship. Many mornings Clay woke up to find a soldier at his side dead. So many died that they soon ran out of flags to drop the bodies in the ocean and just got to throwing them over-board for burial at sea.

Dad marched every step of the way from one end of France to the other. Fighting was mostly hand to hand combat. Like most country boys, he was a good shooter, but he killed more of the enemy with a bayonet than he did with a rifle shot. At wars end, in 1918, he returned to Port Arthur. His taxicabs had been wrecked, torn up and put out of commission. Clay start-ed over with one cab.

One day a man he called “Captain” hired his cab after Captain had been told that Clay knew where all the speakeasies were. Dad drove him around all day. The man asked Clay to drive him to Beaumont to catch the train. He told Dad he didn’t want him to stop anywhere; he wanted to get to Beaumont. Wrapped in some newspa-pers, Captain said was $10,000 that he was giving him. Clay found out the man had taken orders for 1,000 cases of whiskey and the man was giving Clay $10 commission on each case. The man told him he would return each month and do the same because he trusted him. With so much money

at stake, he had to have someone he could really trust. Dad said that amount of money was so great it scared him.

For several months, the procedure repeated. Clay now had plenty of mon-ey. He expanded the cab business and went a step further. He hired Captain Livingston in Orange to build him a ship and started importing the liquor from Nassau himself. He paid $17 per case and sold it for $125 a case. A load of 1,000 cases was earning him $90,000 a month. Clay was off and rolling and living the good life when the Ku Klux Klan got after him.

The Klan, in 1920 in Port Arthur, involved almost everyone who wasn’t

Jewish, black or Catholic. Clay’s broth-er Carl had been mistaken for him and had his stomach cut open and had car-ried his guts in his hands to the hospi-tal. Clay went to the jailhouse and re-quested that sheriff Walter Covington lock him up for his own protection until he could figure out his next move. Covington reluctantly locked him up but when the Klan showed up he let them drag Clay out of the cell. They took him out to the outskirts of town, now known as Port Acres, and tarred and feathered him and left him to die. A Catholic man had noticed a cross burning about midnight. The next morning he found Clay nearly dead. He took him home, hid him and

he and his wife cared for him and saved his life. Up to his last day on earth, Dad couldn’t grow body hair where he was tarred.

For a couple of months, the law looked for his body. When his brother Carl was able to leave the hospital, he returned home to Rising Star and told his parents he believed Clay had been killed. Meanwhile, Clay had gotten a message out to his folks that he was alive and hiding out. After a few weeks, Clay got word to Joe Teage, a friend, who picked him up and drove him to his parent‘s home.. He stayed until he was fully recovered, could walk and use his arms.

According to historian W.T. Block, almost everyone in law enforcement, judges and so forth, belonged to the Klan in Port Arthur in 1920. Appar-ently Covington was also a Klan mem-ber. Clay vowed to kill him. He just missed him once when he learned he was in Mexico on vacation, but Clay arrived too late. For the rest of his life Covington kept a law enforcement job so he could tote a pistol. He was con-vinced Clay would kill him if he got the chance.

Ironically, I was involved in some-thing that I wasn’t aware of. Walter Covington had a job as a jailer for the Port Arthur Police Department. It was located across the street from Mrs. Shuggart’s Boarding House. Coving-ton ate lunch there every weekday. I had moved into the rooming house while I operated the pony ride at Plea-sure Island. Harry Waddell, now de-ceased, and I roomed together. Every-day I had lunch with Covington and the other residents. I didn’t know him. He didn’t know me. When he found out who I was, he never ate at Mrs. Shuggart’s again. A policeman friend later told me that Covington believed I had been planted there to kill him. Clay hated anyone who hid behind a mask. He called them “gutless sons of bitches.”

By 1922, the Orange oilfield boom hit big time with the Oscar Chesson Wonder Well in August. Most of the Klan members disbanded after tar and feathering a doctor in Beaumont, a move that brought in the Texas Rangers. Clay, who had parlayed his seventh-grade diploma into a bache-lor’s degree in the school of hard knocks, returned to the area and set up shop at Orangefield and embarked on a path that would earn him a mas-ter’s degree from the same school. The above is just the beginning.

Down Life’s HighwayRoy DunnFor The Record

n Clay Dunn flirted with the odds, walked on the edge on a quick rise to the top. By the time he was 27, he had been to hell and back.

My grandfather, Allen Dunn and my dad Clay, age 25. Allen was alive during the Civil War. Clay served in WW1.

My grandfather, Allen Dunn and my dad Clay, age 25. Allen was alive during the Civil War. Clay served in WW1.

Deaths and MemorialsVerlene HammettOrange

Verlene Head Hammett, 75, ofOrange, passed from this lifeTuesday, March 10, at BaptistHospital ofS o u t h e a s tTexas in Or-ange. 

Born July18, 1939 inOrange, toWillie Ver-tice Headand EdnaMae (Peet)Head, shewas a lifelong resident of Orange,a homemaker and a member ofthe Winfree Baptist Church inOrange. Verlene enjoyed grow-ing vegetables, century plants,making crafts, baking weddingcakes and cooking foods fromscratch.

Verlene is preceded in deathby her parents; son, Mark AllenHammett and her sister in law,Tiny Head. 

ose who will most cherishher memory are her husband of57 years, Jerry L. Hammett ofOrange;daughter, La Trisha AnnMatthews and her fiancé, HarrySaucier of Orange; sons, Jerry

Hammett and Eric Hammettboth of Orange; sister, JeletaMiles and husband, George ofWest Orange; brother, Vertice L.Head of Orange; grandchildren,Amber Webb Megan Matthewsand Erica Arline and husband,Lance; great granddaughter, Is-abella Grace Arline and numer-ous nieces, nephews andextended family.

Services to remember andhonor Verlene’s life was Sunday,March 15, at the Winfree BaptistChurch, with the Rev. KeithRoyal, pastor of the church offi-ciating. Rite of committal and in-terment followed services at theOrange Forest Lawn Cemeteryin West Orange. 

Honoring Verlene as pallbear-ers were Jim Murray, ScottFicken, John Taylor, Steve Culp,Larry Haynes and Elmo John-son. 

Services were under the direc-tion of Dorman Funeral Home inOrange. Condolences may be ex-pressed for the family at .

Jude SingerOrange

Jude Andrew Singer, was ableto spend four wonderful dayswith his family before the angels

took him to Heaven, March 10.A graveside service was held

Saturday, March 14, at St. MaryCemetery inOrange. Of-ficiating wasthe Rev.Scott McIn-tosh ofNorth Or-ange BaptistChurch.

Born inGalveston,March 6,Jude was theson of Jason Singer and JessicaSinger.

Jude is survived by his parents;grandparents, Joyce Blanchetteand husband Lloyd, Alan Powell,and Rick and Jan Singer; broth-ers, Jaxson Singer and JadonSinger and many other lovingfamily members.

“For I know the plans I havefor you,” declares the Lord,“Plans to prosper you and not toharm you, plans to give you hopeand a future.” Jeremiah 29:11.

“PrayersforJude” has been abeautiful way of joining togetherin prayer and support. e familywould like to thank everyone fortheir outpouring of love, prayers,and support during this time.

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Phil Collins, filing deadline keeplegislators busy at Texas Capitol

March is always a busy month in the Capitol asmany families, students and teachers make theirway to Austin during their spring breaks. Weenjoy seeing everyone, but there is, of course, nospring break for legislators as final bills are filedand committee agendas are full of potential legis-lation.

Here are five things that happened this week atyour Texas Capitol:

Operation Strong Safetye Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) re-

cently released their Operation Strong Safety (OSS)report. In June 2014, the Legislature directed DPSto conduct a surge operation with its local, stateand federal partners in the most heavily exploitedareas along the Texas-Mexico border. e opera-tion, which integrates local, state and federalground, marine, air border security assets aroundthe clock along the border, was put in place to de-crease cartel drug and human smuggling.

At the end of the first week of operation, therewere 6,606 illegal alien apprehensions along theborder. By week 11, the numbers had decreased to2,000 and have consistently remained low. Morethan 180 tons of cartel drugs, totaling around $2.3billion, which were destined for retail marketsaround the state and nation were apprehended. eTexas Senate has proposed more than $815 millionin additional funds in the Senate budget proposalto continue this surge for a longer period of time.

Bill Filing Deadline Friday, March 13th is a very important day at the

Capitol as it is the bill filing deadline. Each legisla-tive session is 140 days long and the 60th day is al-ways the last day to submit bills. Over theremaining 80 days, bills will be discussed in com-mittees and those that pass will be sent to theHouse and Senate floors.

Of course, very few bills make it successfullythrough this process to become law and the systemis designed this way on purpose. e writers of theTexas Constitution envisioned a society with smallgovernment and little infringement on citizens’rights by elected officials. Many years later, their vi-sion is still being fulfilled.

VFD Sales Tax HolidayIn East Texas, we are fortunate to have dedicated

men and women who give of themselves to serveas Volunteer Firefighters with little to no compen-sation. Volunteer Fire Departments (VFD) providecritical services for local communities and respondto almost 90 percent of wildfires in Texas.

I have co-authored Senate Bill 31 by Senator Zaf-firini, which would allow Texas volunteer fire-fighter and emergency services organizations tohold up to 10 sales tax-free fundraisers during acalendar year. Many Volunteer Fire Departments(VFD) depend on various fundraisers for much oftheir operating revenue. e additional fundingraised would ensure VFDs are able to continue tooperate in rural areas of the state where publicfunding is limited.

Texas Population Growthe saying goes that ‘everything is bigger in

Texas’. is was proven true by a recent reportwhich shows Texas as the country’s second mostpopulous state with more than 26 million people.According to the Office of State Demographer,Texas will more than double in population to 54.4million by 2050 if current migration patterns con-tinue. at is 1.74 times the growth the state wouldexperience from natural population increases.

is increase could have broad implications forthe future of our state’s economy, quality of life,water and transportation infrastructure andschools. e work we are currently doing in thislegislative session becomes more important as weplan for the future of our state and ensuring we areproviding the best services to the citizens of theLone Star State.

Phil Collins is week, the Texas Senate and House passed

resolutions naming well known musician andAlamo buff, Phil Collins, an Honorary Texan. iswas done in recognition of his donation of over 200historical artifacts which will be displayed at theAlamo. According to the resolution, Collins has as-sembled what is considered one of the world’slargest private collections of Alamo and Texas Rev-olution Artifacts. e collection contains hundredsof documents, including a letter from Stephen F.Austin, an 1835 grant of land to Sam Houston, arifle and leather pouch owned by David Crockettand a knife carried in battle by Jim Bowie.

MY FIVE CENTSSEN. ROBERT NICHOLSFOR THE RECORD

e Mauriceville ElementaryStudent Council held a “Dip IntoSpring” dip contest for facultyand staff. Teachers could enter inone of three categories - ChipDip, Veggie Dip, or Fruit Dip.

e Student Council providedthe chips, veggies, and fruit.Each Official Dip judge had thedifficult task of tasting all of theentries in each category. Ac-cording to Student Councilsponsor Mary Kay Berndt, “ejudges must have had a reallyhard time deciding because Iwatched them go back for sec-ond and even third tastes beforechoosing the winners.” Each win-ner received a special gift basketprovided by Student Council.

e winners of the “Dip IntoSpring” contest were: Fruit Dip,Cindy Childress; Chip Dip,Amanda Moyer and Veggie Dip,Cindy Reynolds.

e judges were Aaron Buke,Chris Lee, Buffy Knight andCarie Broussard.

MES Councilpicks top dipsin staff contest

The winners of the “Dip IntoSpring” contest were: TOPLEFT: Fruit Dip - Cindy Chil-dress. MIDDLE LEFT: Chip Dip– Amanda Moyer. BOTTOMLEFET: Veggie Dip – CindyReynolds. The judges wereAaron Buke, Chris Lee, BuffyKnight and Carie Broussard.

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Orange County Happenings

Lutcher Theater Guild meeting

Volunteers of the Lutcher Theater Service Guild. Our last Guild Meeting for the 2014-2015 season will be held on Thursday, March 19 at 5:50 pm on the Third Floor of the theater. Pizza and other re-freshments will be served. New officers, chairpersons and direc-tors for the 2015-2016 Season will be nominated and voted on at this time. It is very important that everyone attend the meeting, if possible.  Installation of the new officers will be  conducted in May.

 If you have any questions, you may call the theater at 409/886-5535. 

Pinehurst Animal Shelter in need of blankets, other items

A volunteer with the Pinehurst Animal Shelter is asking for help during the winter months for the dogs who are in the shelter. The shelter is in need of towels, blankets, collars, leashes, toys, treats, food and other items that may be helpful to them.

If you would like to help with any of these items, please contact Traci James at 409-9882614. Items can be dropped off at the shel-ter, or the County Record office, 320 Henrietta, Orange (attention Evelyn).

You can also visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/PinehurstAnimalShelter

Income tax assistance offered through AARP

The AARP Tax Filing Assistance Program will be offered start-ing at 12:15 pm, Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the Orange Public Library. Trained volunteers will be available from 12:15 through 4:00 pm each Wednesday and Friday through April 15.

Those interested in assistance should bring All W-2 and 1099 forms, including social security benefit statements; records of cat-alo gains and losses, receipts of medical expenses, taxes paid, in-terest paid, contributions, casualty and theft losses, job expenses, sales tax receipts for major purchases and social security cards for dependents; all health insurance information, form 1095-A if received and any health care exemptions received from the IRS or the marketplace and a copy of your 2013 tax return.

Master Gardeners hold plant fair

The Orange County Master Gardener’s Annual Bloomin’ Crazy Plant Fair will be held Saturday, April 11, from 8:00 am –1:00 pm, at Jewel Cormier Park, 8235 FM 1442, Orangefield (Exit 869 S off IH 10). Perennials, annuals, shrubs, tropical, Satsuma’s, limes, lemons, cold-hardy avocados, Texas Superstars and heirloom veg-etables are just a few of the unique and hard to find plants we will have available. Five 10X10 booth spaces are available for rent at $25 each. For more information contact Sheri Bethard at 409 673-5057 or sheribethard@yahoo.com

 Car and Bike show scheduled

The Evadale Volunteer Fire Dept. will hold their second annual car and bike show April 4, from 8:00 am - 12:00 pm. Prizes will be awarded in three categories - Best in Class, People’s Choice and Fireman’s Choice. Entry fees are $25 pre-registration and $30 day of the show. All proceeds will benefit and Evadale VFD and Fire Department Scholarship fund.

BBQ and fish plates will be available for purchase. For more information, contact Billy Lamb at 409-276-2280 or

Larry Fountain at 409-233-9426.

Lions to host golf tournament

The Orange Lions Club, in cooperation with the Lions District 2-S1, will host the 23rd Annual Lions Eye Bank Golf Tournament Saturday, May 2.

The golf event will begin with a 8:00 a.m. shotgun start and will take place at Sunset Grove Country Club in Orange. A variety of food, drinks, prizes and contest will be included in the event.

For more information, including sponsorship opportunities, please visit http://www.lionsgolftournament.org.

OF Cormier Museum open March 21The Orangefield Cormier Museum will be open from 10:00 am

until 2:00 pm. on the third Saturday of each month. The museum is located at 99674 FM 105 in Orangefield.

Entrance to the museum is free to the public.Please be sure to sign the book, as the number of visitors quali-

fies the museum for different things from the state.

VFW Women to hold garage/craft sale

The Ladies Auxiliary to VFW Post 2775 will host an indoor ga-rage and craft sale. Tables are being rented on a first come, first served selection for $10 per table. All tables must be rented from the auxiliary. The sale will take place April 25, from 7:00 am un-til  1:00 pm--NO EARLY BIRDS.  The hall will be available Fri-day, April 24th for set up from 3:00-8:00pm. Donuts will be avail-able upon opening. Beginning at  9:00 am  the kitchen will serve hot dogs, nachos and chili pie. Non-alcoholic beverages and chips can be purchased at the bar. Contacts Cathie Duhon, Chairman at  883-6909  (home) or  553-6180  (cell); Ramona Henson at  330-1677 and Patsy Kemp at 886-2796 (home) or 988-3269 (cell) for ta-ble rentals or further information.

Kiwanis to host golf tournament

The 15th Annual Kiwanis Golf Tournament is scheduled for Saturday, March 28.  The four-person scramble tournament will be held at the Sunset Grove Country Club in Orange, with an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start.

The fee is $300 per team and tee sign sponsorships are available for $100.  A sports memorabilia auction is also being held in con-junction with the tournament. 

The tournament is part of the club’s annual campaign to raise funds to support children.  

For more information on registering or sponsoring the golf tournament, visit the Kiwanis Club of Orange, TX Facebook page or call (409) 886-4411.

Lutcher Stark class of 1955 plans reunion

Attention Tigers – Lutcher Stark High School Class of 1955 is hosting their 60th class reunion Friday, Aug, 14 and Saturday Aug. 15 at Sunset Grove Country Club, 2200 W. Sunset Dr., Orange

They are inviting any classes of Lutcher Stark High School to

join them. For more information call 409-745-1596 or email kclay-bar@aol.com.

Orange AAUW collecting books

The Orange Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is beginning their annual drive to collect “gently used” books for their scholarship fund. All books, fiction, non-fic-tion, hardbound and paperback are needed. Also wanted are audio and video tapes, CDs, DVDs, video and board games, and puzzles.

These may be delivered to the Mann Insurance Agency, located at 1505 Park Avenue, 15th Street, during regular business hours. If unable to deliver your donations, you may call 886-5739 or 886-2194 to arrange for pickup.

The AAUW will collect books until the day of the book sale, Saturday, March 21, in conjunction with Art in the Park.

Food handlers class being offered

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office is holding a Food Handler’s Class April 21, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Exten-sion Office on Hwy 1442 in Orange. 

The class is a basic overview of food safety practices that are necessary to ensure you serve safe food at your establishment such as but not limited to:  good personal hygiene, cross contamination, and time and temperature abuse. 

This is a Texas Department of State Health Services accredited food handlers program.  It is recommended for all food service employees to help promote the service of safe food. 

The cost is $20 per person and is payable by check or cash the day of the class. You must pre-register by calling the extension of-fice at 409-882-7010.

Eagles host karaoke

The Fraternal Order of Eagles will host Karaoke with Rick and Susie, March 28, from 8:00 pm until midnight, at the Eagle’s Lodge, 803 N. 28th St., Orange.

There will be a snack bar and drinks available. Outside snacks will be allowed. For more information, please call 886-7387.

VFW honors cancer patients, survivors

The Ladies Auxiliary Orange VFW Post 2775 wish to extend an invitation to all members who are cancer survivors.  A special rec-ognition portion of our meeting will take place during our regular meeting at 7:00 pm, April 20, at the Post Hall on Hwy. 87 N. (5303 16th Street). Any member who has had or does have cancer of any kind are invited to attend.  

For further information, contact cancer chairman Cathie Duhon at 883-6909 (home) or 553-6180 (cell).  

Orange County Republicans to meet

The Orange County Republican Party will welcome Pct. 2 Com-missioner Barry Burton as the monthly speaker for their March meeting. The meeting will be held Tuesday, March 24, beginning at 6:30 pm with refreshments and the meeting at 7:00 pm, at the Old McLewis Church of Christ, 8370 Glenwood, Orange.

Christian Writer’s Guild to meet

The next meeting of the Orange County Christian Writer’s Guild will be April 7, at 6:00 pm. The speaker will be Anne Payne. The meeting will be held at the Brown Hearing Center, 105 Ca-mellia, Orange (in the back, upstairs).  

CFMA Association to award scholarships

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THE RECORD SPORTS AND OUTDOORS

FISHING...

WelcomeBassmasters

The first stop for many of the Bassmaster Elite pros upon arriving in Orange last Sat-urday was a five hour “meet and greet” affair hosted by Simon’s Outfitters.It had to be a bit of a hassle coming off a long drive as hundreds of well wishers and fans anxiously awaited their turn to shake hands or get an autograph as soon as they climbed out of their trucks.

Pan after pan of boudain, sausage, ribs and brisket that would melt in your mouth kept the majority of those in attendance mop-ping their faces with paper towels, but those in the know never strayed far from the pit for fear of missing out on bacon wrapped duck breasts and even a little pheasant that came and went unan-nounced!

The weather was absolutely perfect and the huge crowd was ob-viously very pleased to welcome these pros back to Orange.Many of them were eager to once again see a particular pro that they met at the 2013 event, but for the most part it was simply an op-portunity to shake hands and rub elbows with their fishing he-roes.

I spoke briefly with John Gothia, one of the two individuals most responsible for the Bassmasters granting Orange an Elite tournament. He was all smiles as the huge gathering was a very positive beginning to an event filled week of fishing, concerts, art in the park and fun for the entire family. While the Chamber of Commerce, Stark Foundation, hotels and area businesses as well as a small army of volunteers have doubled down to attract even larger crowds than the record setting 2013 event, none of this would have taken place had it not been for David Jones and Gothia.

“David deserves all the credit,” stated a much too modest Gothia.“While visiting with a home town friend of his that was also a good friend of Jerry McKinnis, he mentioned Orange and the Sabine River system as a worthy test for the best bass fisher-men in the world.A year later, David’s phone rang and we were told that Orange had indeed been chosen for the first Elite event of the year.”

“David called me and we were initially like “Holy Smoke…..what now,” said Gothia.“The irony in this,” he added, “is that at that time we were just hoping to host any of their tournaments, prove that Orange had a lot to offer and eventually land the same Elite tournament we are hosting this week.Nothing quite like starting at the top!

While it is not in their best interest only two days prior to the first day of the tournament to share any pertinent tips regarding bass fishing on the Sabine River, Paul Elias and Shaw Grigsby did share their different approaches to locating fish while speaking to

Everyone knows that high schools have football teams, basketball teams, baseball teams, softball teams, track teams, etc. but did you know they also have some fishing teams?

Orange County can boast that schools Little Cypress-Mauriceville, Bridge City, Or-angefield and Vidor have team who compete in tournaments. In fact, nearly all of the team members say their fathers say they wish they had a fishing team in high school.

On Saturday, during the Bassmaster Elite Series some of these high school fisher-men will get the opportunity to fish with the pros.

Little Cypress-Mauriceville

This will be the third year the school has had a bass fish-ing team, which, along with Deweyville and Lumberton, make it one of the longest run-ning programs in this area, according to Coach Jennifer Doyle.

Team members Darren Bland, Truman Franklin, Kol-by Gengo, Alora Lee, Ryen Howard, Madeline Owens, Kelsey Harvey and Aaron Lejeune said they have been bass fishing their entire lives- one started by using a Mickey Mouse rod and reel.

And this sport offers schol-arships for fishing too.

Students said they have learned some things since they started fishing competi-tively, such as which bait to use, water temperature, feed-ing patterns, weather, moon phases, and how to be patient. Another thing learned was ac-curate casting and not how far one can cast.

In addition to learning how

Getting ‘schooled’ in fishingOrange County high school fishing teams get in on the action

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The Little Cypress-Mauriceville high school fishing team. Teams compete in tournaments for schol-arship money and prizes.

Several members of the Bridge City high school fishing team. There are also teams from Orangefield, Vidor and Deweyville.COLBURN Page 3B OC FISHING TEAMS Page 2B

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Sabine River Authority of Texas Welcomes the Bassmaster Elite

2015 Board of Directors

Mac Abney, President Marshall

Connie Ware, Vice President Marshall

J. D. Jacobs, Secretary/Treasurer Rockwall

Connie Wade, Secretary Pro Tem Longview

David Koonce, Center

Earl Williams, Orange

Stan Mathews, Pinehurst

Cliff Todd, Carthage

Sharon Newcomer, Mauriceville

”Sabine River Authority’s roots run long and deep in Orange County. Orange County Citizens were among the early pioneers that had the vision to create the Sabine River Authority of Texas. Orange County continues to be a focal point of our operations in the Sabine River Basin.”

-- David Montagne, SRA General Manager

For More Information Contact: Sabine River Authority

P. O. Box 579 · Orange, TX 77631 (409) 746-2192 www.sratx.org

to be patient, team members learn how to think on their own in a competitive sport.

The girls on the team said their favorite part of tourna-ments is having larger fish in their bags than the boys, and oftentimes, even the boys ad-mit the girls can out fish them.

Another benefit of the tour-nament structure is that teams members may fish with their parents and spend some qual-ity time.

Though experience and practice matter, sometimes it’s a case of beginner’s luck such as when two freshmen who had never fished before fin-ished in fifth place in a tour-nament. In fact, there were 400 teams from 38 high schools competing in the last tournament.

Doyle said it’s the largest bass series in the United States.

Some of the LC-M students, moreover, qualified to fish with a professional Bassmas-ter angler.

Doyle has 90 students on her LC-M team. She, herself, has been fishing and camping all of her life and she also fished at Texas State Universi-ty on the Bass Cats.  That’s when she learned about com-petitive high school fishing.

“I pushed, and pushed, and pushed until we did it (create a fishing team at LC-M). Only Lumberton had a team three years ago and they started in February. Then, LC-M and Deweyville had one by March too. The next year others started in the series,” she said. “The kids have done really well. We won the champion-ship title last year out of 800 kids and 400 team captains.”

Doyle said boat turn-outs for tournaments are huge- at least 40 for the Southeast Tex-as Association. If students don’t have a boat captain, they can be paired up with a friend or with a dad who has a boat.  The boat captain is generally a parent or an uncle in the boat.

The captain can fish, but they can’t cast for the stu-dents.

Coaches and captains go with the student is at with their fishing skills.

Some start with the basics while most have already learned beyond the basics.

“We have kids who have a lot of fishing experience, but not tournament experience,” she said.

There are 20 tournaments scheduled throughout the year. Doyle admitted they can become a little stressful for her.

Her students, on the other hand, aren’t necessarily stressed, but too excited to sleep the night before a tour-nament.

Students may pre-fish only on the Friday before a weekend tournament.

She added there’s been some accidents in tournaments so training and boater safety is stressed. Life vests must be worn at all times with the big engines on the boat are run-ning.

“We’ve learned a lot since starting,” Doyle said. “I love it. It definitely keeps you busy. It’s always something.”

Bridge City:This will be the second year

the school has a bass fishing team. Most of the students competing this year were also on the first year team.

Some of the team consists of David Sourdellio, Trey Lee, Luke Potter, Riley Harris, Kai-tlyn Bright, Trace Moore and Tyler Tran.

Coach Nikki Harris said she placed flyers around campus two years ago for those who were interested in fishing.

She discovered fishing around the nation there were no high school teams in South-east Texas who had competi-tive teams. She decided to e-mail Superintendent Mike King to start one after the BASSmasters tournament was held in Orange in 2013.

“It blew up,” she said. “We broke record for youth fishing. We have the most boats at 400 in the Southeast Texas High School Fishing Association.

Most tournaments begin with a morning launch at 6:30 a.m. and fishing until 3 p.m. Students, consisting of two-partner teams, get their limit of fish and turn in their num-ber in an opportunity to win a possible $10,000 in scholar-ship money or other prizes.

Bright is the only girl on the team, but says she loves fish-ing with her father.

The students said tourna-ments are a challenge, but fund competing with other schools. They also learn re-spect and sportsmanship.

They also attend seminars and sometimes have profes-sionals speak with them. In fact, Todd Faircloth, the 2013 BASSmasters champion from Jasper, will speak this year.

As with their LC-M peers, the Bridge City students have been learning about tech-niques, fishing at different times of the year, the tempera-ture of the water and so forth.

Students earn points throughout the year for atten-dance as well.

The team has also has had some success in its young ca-reer with Sourdellio placing

eighth place in a tournament and the team finishing 25 out of 300 boats.

Likewise, Harris predicts one of her students will place “pretty high” in one of the up-coming tournaments.

Some of the students are also involved in other activi-ties, so it’s sometimes a bal-ancing act with other sports or jobs. And though fishing is not a UIL sanctioned sport, Harris follows no pass, no play for her team.

The students are quick to point out that fishing is a sport like others because you have to deal with elements such as waves and cold weather.

Bridge City, particularly, practices boat safety after an incident last year where a team captain fell from a boat.

He had the engine kill switch in his possession so there was not power going to the boat’s engine. His team kept a cool head by shooting off a flair, calling 911 and get-ting their captain back into the boat.

Consequently, the team’s first meeting was about safety.

The students agree you have to be mentally tough to be an angler.

For instance, an angler may have five minutes left and they still have to get their limit. They need to be patient and have a confident mentality they will catch fish.

“You can’t put pressure on yourself. You have to go back to the basics. You need to be so focused, that you don’t even hear your partner,” Riley Har-ris said.

Some on the team would like to go on and fish on col-lege teams. Both Lamar and McNeese Universities have al-ready spoken with the team.

Riley estimates this sport will probably be the most pop-ular one in the world one day.

All agreed the hardest thing is when a fisherman loses a good one.

The next regional tourna-ment will be March 28 at the Umphrey pavilion on Lake Sam Rayburn.

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Bridge City High School anglers display their catch following a day of competition.

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the CCA Chapter Monday night.

Elias pointed out that the fourteen inch minimum length was the most difficult chal-lenge in this tournament. “The water is high and dirty, but you can still get an incredible num-ber of strikes if you just pick apart any piece of structure with a jig or craw worm,” stated Elias.“The problem is that you don’t really know what you have found until the tourna-ment starts because you can’t afford to set the hook and waste even a single keeper fish!”

Grigsby, a Florida resident, was quick to laud the CCA and what they have done for saltwa-ter fishermen in his state as well before briefly discussing his approach. He, too, pointed out that getting bites was not a problem, but more surprisingly, he added that tidal movement did not play a major role as to where he would start each day.

“I am a spot fisherman re-gardless of what the tide is do-ing,” he stated. “I know the fish will position themselves a little differently and I target that depth, but I just decide on sev-eral spots, pick them apart and hope that at least a few of those

bass will be big enough to get me to the final day!”

Grigsby also pointed out the entire Bassmaster field thor-oughly enjoyed the hospitality shown them on their last visit, but were concerned that they might not get a return visit be-cause of the difficulty in locat-ing numbers of legal bass.“By the time we left, however, as the result of the over flow crowds at every weigh-in we all knew that we would be back again!”

“We also fished a similarly difficult tournament in Phila-delphia and we will fish there again because those folks turned out in huge numbers just like the folks here in Or-ange. I can assure you that earning return trips is more about the numbers and support than challenging fishing.”

Well……the hay is in the barn. David Jones and John Gothia made the coveted event a reality, area businesses have gone the extra mile for both the fishermen and the spectators and now it is up to each of us to keep them coming back.Take the time to load up the young-sters and attend the weigh-ins and regardless of which pro

The following items are com-piled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports released on Tuesday, March 17.

Up to No(se) Good

A Travis County game war-den and K-9 partner, Ruger, were requested by the Jon-estown Police Department and the Travis County Sheriff ’s Of-fice for a canine sniff search of a vehicle. The vehicle had been stopped for a traffic violation and was deemed stolen. Ruger alerted and indicated to the presence of controlled sub-stances. While searching the vehicle, officers found about 1 gram of methamphetamines, a glass meth pipe, a scale with residue, potential stolen phones and SIM cards, birth certifi-cates and documents with oth-er individuals’ social security numbers. Charges were filed for possession of drug para-phernalia, possession of con-trolled substance and unau-thorized use of a motor vehicle. Further investigation of the po-tential stolen phones, SIM cards and sensitive documents is ongoing. Cases pending.

Well-Hidden

The Delta County Sheriff ’s Office requested assistance from their game warden after burglary suspects fled from a deputy. The deputy was unable to continue pursuit of the sus-pects due to the condition of the road, but the warden was able to locate the suspects’ ve-hicle, which had become stuck in the mud. With the assis-tance of a Department of Pub-lic Safety helicopter and a Tex-as Department of Corrections K-9 team, the subjects were found clinging to the inside of

an abandoned well. The well was covered by a cedar tree and appeared to be about 20 feet deep. A large amount of meth-amphetamines was also locat-ed a few yards from the vehicle.

Poachers See, Poachers Do

A Harris County game war-den responded to an Operation Game Thief tip about a man seen walking around with a ri-fle in the Addicks Reservoir. When the warden arrived, he spotted a vehicle and tracked footprints that led inside the reservoir. After waiting in the brush alongside a nearby path, the warden heard a shot fired in the distance. Nearly 40 min-utes later, the subject came down the path and was subse-quently apprehended. After the warden spent some time ques-tioning and investigating, two of the man’s friends also poach-ing in the reservoir, turned themselves in without incident. Cases pending.

Five of a Kind

While a Starr County game warden was on patrol, he came across an open gate leading to a ranch and decided to investi-gate. Upon entering the ranch, the warden spotted two vehi-cles and five people dressed in camouflage, standing around a hunting blind. At first the in-dividuals said they were work-ing on the ranch, but, after some questioning, admitted they were hunting. The war-den followed the hunters down to where one of the hunters had shot an eight-point buck and helped the hunter load the deer. After further inspection, however, it was found that the hunter had marked the deer with a tag that expired in 2012 and also did not have a valid hunting license. The buck was seized and the meat was do-nated to a local family. Cases and civil restitution pending.

Poacher Scissorhands

A Webb County game war-den received a call from a land-owner who believed someone poached a deer on his ranch. The warden arrived at the ranch and began to investigate the area. There, he found evi-dence of a deer being shot, a fence being cut and a deer dragged under the fence. The warden then went to the adja-cent property to see if anyone was at the deer camp and to be-gin looking for evidence. There was no contact made at the camp, but the warden saw evi-dence of a deer that was recent-ly processed at the cleaning station. The material used to repair the cut fence was also at the camp. After investigating further and talking to land-owners plus the hunters leasing the property, one of the men said he had shot the deer on the neighboring property and cut

the fence to retrieve the dead deer. Multiple cases pending.

A Perfect Match

One evening, a La Salle County game warden set up on a back road near Los Angeles, Texas, where poaching activity was known to take place. Around 8:30 p.m. a slow mov-ing truck made its way past the warden while shining a bright light. After following the vehi-cle for a short distance, the warden initiated a traffic stop. The two people in the car had a loaded rifle lying across their laps. A set of fresh deer antlers was also discovered in the bed of the truck. The two occu-pants were taken to jail for sev-eral Class A violations. A few days later, a deer carcass was discovered on a nearby ranch. The deer antlers from the truck bed matched perfectly. It was also discovered that one sub-ject was a convicted felon. Felo-ny charges are pending.

Three Strikes, You’re OutWhen a frustrated rancher

in La Salle County discovered his neighbor trespassing on his ranch, for the third time, he de-cided he needed to call the lo-cal game warden. Unlike the previous two times he had tres-passed, this time the neighbor notified the rancher of his in-tent to enter the property. The neighbor said that he had crossed the fence the previous evening while hog hunting and shot a hog. The hog was too heavy to drag back, so it was left behind. The neighbor thought he could make it right if he called and told the ranch-er about what he had done. Charges pending.

Man Overboard

Two Calhoun County game wardens spotted a skiff oyster-ing in closed waters. As the wardens moved in, one of the occupants threw the oyster dredge overboard, along with himself. When the warden was able to get the man back in the boat, both subjects were arrest-ed. Multiple charges pending.

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The Kentucky Wildcats have continued to con-vincingly mow down their oppo-nents whether they appeared on their 2014-15 schedule as non-conference foes or be-longed to the Southeastern Conference for the regular sea-son or the post-season playoffs.

The ‘Cats boast the only un-blemished record (34-0) in Di-vision I and have had a few close calls en route to their perfect season so far. They nipped Ole Miss 89-86 in over-time Jan. 6 and in their very next game went double-over-time to subdue Texas A&M in College station 70-64.

Kentucky had another close call Feb. 10 at Baton Rouge, edging past LSU 71-69. Despite those three nail-biters, the NCAA Selection Committee had an easy time making Ken-tucky the No. 1 overall seed for the entire 68-team tourney.

A total of 19 college teams have entered the NCAA Tour-nament undefeated, with seven going on to win the national championship including UCLA under Head Coach John Wood-en who won it all in 1964, 1967, 1972 and 1973. The last team to win the NCAA Tournament undefeated was Bobby Knight’s Indiana team in 1976.

The four leaders of Knight’s undefeated team—Quinn Buckner, Scott May, Tom Aber-nathy and Bobby Wilkerson-- were all seniors which is a rari-ty today with the most talented underclassmen opting to exit college early for the NBA.

By contrast, Kentucky’s starting lineup Sunday against Arkansas didn’t have one se-nior. In fact, the team has only five upper classmen (juniors and seniors) on its 16-man ros-ter.

The most recent team that went into the tournament un-defeated was Wichita State last year, which also boasted a 34-0 record.

Kentucky, which is the top seed in the Midwest Regional, isn’t expected to suffer an up-set en route to the Sweet 16 or probably to the Final Four.

The Texas Longhorns, who were lucky to even get in the tournament, are the No. 11 seed and for some reason are a 1½-point favorite in their open-ing-round match-up with No. 6 Butler tomorrow (Thurs.). The ‘Horns have a distinct size ad-vantage over guard-oriented Butler.

Another team to watch in the Midwest Regional is No. 12

Buffalo, which is coached by two-time NCAA champion and Duke alum Bobby Hurley, and have won eight in a row. The Bulls take on No. 5 West Virginia on Friday.

My personal favorite team, the Duke Blue Devils (29-4), was selected as the No. 1 seed in the South Regional which plays both the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight rounds at NRG Sta-dium in Houston.

According to Monday’s edi-tion of The Houston Chronicle, the last time the Blue Devils played in Houston and the Fi-nal Four was in Indianapolis (the same set-up as this year) was in 2010, when Duke beat Butler for the national title.

Head coach Mike Krzyzews-ki, who is the winningest coach in Division I, is in his 35th year of coaching and is bringing his Blue Devils to their 20th straight NCAA Tournament.

This marks the 13th time Duke has been a No. 1 seed, and each of the previous 12 times the Blue Devils have reached the Sweet 16, accord-ing to the Chronicle article. They open the tourney Friday against the winner of Wednes-day night’s game between North Florida and Robert Mor-ris.

The Blue Devils should be challenged by No. 2 seed Gon-zaga (32-2) which has the strength inside and scoring ability to play them on an even keel. A dark horse team to watch has to be No. 12-seeded Southland Conference Cham-pion Stephen F. Austin (29-4) which has won 28 of its last 29

games and meets No. 5 Utah Thursday.

Villanova is the top seed in the East Regional and will have a difficult time reaching the Fi-nal Four with the likes of such strong teams as No. 2 Virginia (29-3), No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Louisville and No. 5 Northern Iowa.

The West Regional is headed by top-seeded Wisconsin (31-3), which will have a hard time subduing No. 2 Arizona (31-3) who lost a heart-breaking 64-63 overtime loss to Wisconsin last season in the West Region-al finals.

The upset special in this re-gion could very well be No. 13 Harvard over No. 3 North Car-olina tomorrow.

There are five teams from the Lone Star State in this year’s NCAA Tournament be-sides Texas and SFA—No. 3 Baylor, No. 6 SMU and No. 15 Texas Southern—with LSU the only school from Louisiana to get invited.

And no other conference has more teams in the NCAA Tournament than the Big 12 with seven (Kansas State Iowa State, Baylor, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Texas and Oklahoma State). The Big Ten also has seven teams, the ACC has six, the Big East and Southeastern

Conference have five and the Pac-12 has four.

KWICKIES…The Texas Aggies are disap-

pointed they weren’t chosen to play in the NCAA Tournament but also are happy to be one of the better teams playing in the 32-team National Invitational Tournament. The Aggies (20-11) hosted Montana Tuesday in the first round with the winner facing the winner of Louisiana Tech-Central Michigan. The Aggies had not made the NCAA or NIT postseasons in Head Coach Billy Kennedy’s first three seasons, so Sunday night’s announcement to play in the NIT was good news.

The Lamar Lady Cardinals choked away a 14-point second half lead to Northwestern State Saturday and then lost the Southland Conference semifi-nal game 70-64 in overtime to the Lady Demons, who ended up defeating Houston Baptist 58-50 in the championship game Sunday and getting an automatic bid into the NCAA Women’s Tournament.

Free-agent former New Eng-land nose tackle Vince Wilfork said Monday that he will sign a contract to play with the Hous-ton Texans for the 2015 season according to ESPN. Wilfork, 33, will be entering his 12th

NFL season after being re-leased by the Patriots recently. Wilfork will be reunited with defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel, who coached him at New England.

A 30-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole made a winner out of 21-year old Texan Jordan Spieth Sunday in the Valspar Championship at Palm Harbor, Fla. The PGA victory was the second for Spieth, who joins Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia as the only players to win twice before their 22nd birthday. Spi-eth was in a three-way playoff with Patrick Reed and Sean O’Hair. The victory boosted him to a career-high No. 6 in the world.

ESPN also announced that Tim Tebow worked out for the Philadelphia Eagles Monday. He reportedly didn’t sign a contract or anything and hasn’t played since 2012 with the New York Jets.

JUST BETWEEN US…As the spring training exhi-

bition season draws to a close, I wonder if the Houston Astros’

new regime will handle the players on the bubble who are having great springs the way it used to be done. Hard-throw-ing Asher Wojciechowski hasn’t given up a run all spring as he fights for the fifth spot in the Astros’ starting rotation when the season starts. But he probably will get sent down to the minors to start the season while some washed-up veteran makes the team. The same thing can be said about 29-year-old Luis Valbuena, who was traded to Houston by the Chicago Cubs after having a career year in 2014 with the Cubbies. Valbuena was sup-posed to challenge third base-man Matt Dominguez for his starting job and has responded so far this spring by batting .526 with three doubles, one homer and five RBIs and should be the favorite to start at the hot corner in April. Often times great spring trainings don’t amount to a hill of beans for some organizations that al-ready have their 25-man ros-ters penciled in at Christmas time.

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The 18 finalists for the annual Law Day Art Contest were recentlyannounced by the U.S. District Court in Beaumont. Four of thesefinalists are Orangefield High School art students: ShelbyWilliams, Thanh Tsan, Tisha Merendino, and Lauren Smith. Thewinners will be introduced at a ceremony in Court Room Number1 at the Federal Court House in Beaumont at 2:00 p.m. on Thurs-day, April 23. All finalists will receive money, with other awardsranging from $250.00 to $1,000.00. Orangefield is one of tenschools who entered the Law Day Contest.

Each week The Record Newspapers features a pet, orpets of the week for adoption through local shelters andrescue organizations. This week’s pets are again rescuesfrom Pups in Peril.

Lady is up to date on all her vaccines, spayed and house-broken. Lady loves kids and is trying hard to find a familyto adopt her.

If you are interested in making one of these puppies apart of your family, please contact Pups In Peril and fill outan application. Applications for all these pups may be filledout online at www.pupsinperil.org. You can also see moreof the dogs available for adoption on Pups in Peril’s Face-book page:https://www.facebook.com/PupsInPeril. Thesepets are also available for visiting at local adoption events.

PET OF THE WEEK

St. Mary Catholic School first grade class celebrated “Go Texas Day”. First graders enjoyed dressing up in western attire. For twoweeks, Mrs. King’s class learned fun facts about Texas cities, animals and historical figures!! They also loved eating Texas chili andpecan pie. The first graders enjoyed their time learning about our beautiful state. Go Texas!! Pictured: First graders and the teacherMrs. Melinda King.

St. Mary Catholic School sponsored a blood drive in honor ofJimbo Hill and in honor of all community members battling can-cer. Mr. Hill recently passed away from cancer and his familyalong with MD Anderson Hospital organized this event to giveback to those in need. St. Mary Catholic School was honored topay it forward by hosting this event. The blood drive helped 42lives with platelets not including red blood and plasma. Picturedis Lindsey Braquet, St. Mary staff member, donating blood inhonor of Jimbo Hill and others battling cancer.

Wheatley benefit set for March 28ere will be a benefit March 28 for Dennis Wheatley, who is bat-

tling liver and bone cancer. e benefit will be from noon until atthe Eagle’s Lodge, 803 28th St., Orange. Dennis is a USAF Veteranand a former employee at Dupont.

e benefit will include a poker run, fried fish dinners, links andboudain, silent and live auctions, 50/50 pot, raffle tickets and music.

Cash donations can be made at 5 Point Credit Union using accountnumber 7642607.

For more information on the poker run, contact Johnny Gill at 409-330-3090.

Lee named CCS Teacher of MonthCommunity Christian

School’s teacher of the month forJanuary is Ronnie Lee, a belovedhigh school math teacher. 

Lee teaches College Algebra,Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus,Calculus, and Physics.  He hastaught at Community ChristianSchool for 16 years, and beforehe began his teaching careerworked for Chevron ChemicalCompany for 35 years and forDuPont for three years. Mr. Leereceived his Bachelor degree inChemical Engineering from theUniversity of Texas at Austin andhis Masters of Science in Mathfrom Lamar University in Beau-mont. 

He enjoys teaching very muchand says it is always refreshingwhen former students comeback to see him and send thankyou notes.  It makes him feelgood to help students achieve

their goals. He had good teach-ers while going through schooland he tries to emulate what helearned from them. 

Ronnie Lee

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CCS students celebrate Book Week with readers, vocabulary funDuring Community Christian School Book Week students celebrated reading with “celebrity”

readers Ida Schossow, President of the Orange Chamber of Commerce and Jennifer Burtsfield, Pres-ident of the Orange Rotary Club. ese generous ladies came to our school and cheerfully read toour elementary students. e school also welcomed author/photographer Tim Ostermeyer whoread his beautiful books to the students and autographed books students purchased. e most cre-ative aspect of the week was the Vocabulary Parade. e students creatively came up with costumesto describe the vocabulary word they were given and paraded their creations for our parents.

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The Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School chapter of Texas Association of Future Educators(TAFE) and Ready Set Teach (RST) recently toured the Stephen F. Austin State University campusto meet with advisors on their education degree plans and tour the charter school that SFASU has,which is a state of the art “Early Childhood Lab” for newborn through fifth grade facility. Babs Fos-ter is sponsor of the groups.

Orange County Marriage LicensesThe following marriage licenses were issued

by the office of Brandy Robertson, OrangeCounty Clerk, for the week of March 2 throughMarch 6:

Shane R. Shivers and Felicia D. ChampagneJack O. Peddy and Jackie J. UzzellDanny L. LeBouef and Brenda L. Hantz

Ernest J. Chapman, Jr. and Amanda L. BryantMark A. Willmon and Holli L. BoyselRyan N. Sonier and Sarah J. WilkersonKeith W. Campbell and Shana R. SpurlockJustin L. Ply and Ashley G. LaFleurVernon D. reeton, Jr. and Martha L. WoodallMarc J. Howeth and Angela E. Lucia

St. Mary Catholic School stu-dents participated InventionConvention which involved stu-dents researching and invent-ing scientific projects todemonstrate their creativeknowledge.

Sydney Schmitt, AudreyJohnson and Lily Reidel re-ceived 1st place. Phoenix Law-less (not pictured), EmileMayfield and Jessica Hughesreceived 2nd place. MarkPesek, Sarah Kusek and JacobAnderson received 3rd place.Tallie Cooper, Ethan Smith andZack Keszeg received honor-able mention. Participants arepictured at left.

West Orange-Stark HighSchool students Grant Andersonand Claydra Rhodes earned firstplace in Declamation and Inter-pretive Reading, respectively, atthe school-level finals of the111th Miriam Lutcher StarkContest in Reading and Decla-mation, a scholarship programsponsored by the Nelda C. andH.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation.

On March 11, West Orange-Stark High School students com-peted in the local-level contest,which was coordinated by Eve-lynn Elliott, West Orange-StarkHigh School teacher and schooldirector for the Stark ReadingContest. Anderson won firstplace in Declamation with I’veBeen to the Mountain Top by Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., whileRhodes won first place in Inter-pretive Reading with her presen-tation of an excerpt from Rizpahby Alfred Lord Tennyson. Sec-ond place in Declamation wentto Jared Dupree, with JacksonDallas receiving second-placehonors in Interpretive Reading.

WO-S students Sadie Greerand Nathan Hayes served as theemcees for the West Orange-Stark competition. RonaldWright, West Orange-Stark HighSchool Academic Coordinator,presented awards to the 2014-15school-level contest winners.

Each second-place winner wasawarded $1,500 in scholarshipsfrom the Stark Foundation, whilethe two first-place winners were

awarded $2,000 in scholarships.e first-place winners fromWO-S High School will go on tocompete against the first-placewinners from other participatingOrange County public highschools at the County Final of theStark Reading Contest, which isset for Tuesday, April 28, at 6 p.m.at the Lutcher eater.

e Stark Reading Contest issponsored by the Nelda C. andH.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation aspart of its continuing mission toenrich the quality of life in theOrange community and encour-age education. e aim of theContest is to enhance the literaryand forensic quality and skills ofOrange County public highschool students.

West Orange-Stark Miriam Lutcher Stark Contest Reading contest winners are, from left, JaredDupree, Grant Anderson, Claydra Rhodes, and Jackson Dallas.

WO-S students take Stark wins

St. MaryInvention

Convention

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Apple Au GratinNANCY’S KITCHENNancy McWhortere Record

Recently my sister-in-law’s (Ava) daughter andson-in-law (Dawn & Michael Williams) came tosee Ava for an overnight visit.  She cooked dinnerand invited me to join them.  For my contribution,I decided to use a recipe from my cookbook titled“A Taste of Home from the Schlabach Family.”  Youmay recall the recent recipe I featured from thebook for “Sour Cream Blueberry Pie.”

I was a bit wary of the recipe because it soundedvery different and I wanted their feedback beforesharing it with the  Record.  It did receive a“thumbs-up” from all of them.  Even Dawn thatdoesn’t relish cooking requested the recipe.  atmust make it a KEEPER.

I did do a couple of things different.  Since I donot care for Granny Apples, I used Fuji apples andbecause I had cranraisins in my staple supply, I sub-stituted them for the raisins.  If you try it, I hopeyou too will like it.

APPLE AU GRATIN2 lb. Granny Apples (I used Fuji apples), peeled andsliced½ cup raisins (I used cranraisins)½ tsp. cinnamon¼ cup lemon juice¾ cup brown sugar, packed½ cup flour1/8 tsp. salt¼ cup butter, softened

1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated

Arrange apples in a well-buttered 1 qt. casserole.Sprinkle with raisins, cinnamon, and lemon juice.In a bowl, using a fork stir together the brownsugar, flour, salt, butter, and cheese; sprinkle overthe apples.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes oruntil apples are tender.  It took me 25minutes extra before the apples were soft.

Best served warm topped with vanilla ice cream.

Taste of Southeast TexasTim Ernst’s Shrimp Etouffee’EVY’S CAJUN KITCHENEvelyn Brandone Record

When my mama, Pat Bran-don, worked at City Hall, she wasalways making something goodfor a party or just because shewanted to take something goodfor everybody at work. All theladies did this on a regular basis- it’s easy to say they all loved tocook and eat.

One time, I don’t rememberwhat the occasion was, a gentle-man brought shrimp etouffee’ toone of the gatherings and I re-member how much everybodywent on about that dish. It wasso good!

Of course, mama had to havethe recipe and this recipe is theone we use when we just want to“whip up” an etouffee’. It’s thequick and easy version and it’svery tasty.

is is a great meal for lent.Serve with rice and hot butteredfrench bread, or coush coush andyou have a delicious meal that is

easy to prepare to put on thetable.

Tim Ernst’s Shrimp Etouffee’2 stalks celery, chopped1 bundle of green onions, chopped1  small  to  medium  bell  pepper,chopped1 small to medium onion, chopped3 sticks butter (not margarine)1 small can Rotel tomatoes (I usemild)2 cans Cream of Mushroom soup1 pound medium size shrimp

In a medium sized Dutch

oven, melt butter and addchopped vegetables. Add Roteland season well. Cook 3 hourson low heat.

While vegetables and roux arecooking, season shrimp with salt,pepper, garlic powder, Cajunseasoning and a little red pepper(optional) and toss to coat well.

Add shrimp and simmer on alow fire for 30 more minutes; addsoup and cook 15 more minutes.Serve over rice.

Bon appétit!

City of Orange Police BeatOfficers from the Orange Police Department re-

sponded to the following calls between March 9and the morning of March 10:

Damaged property/simple assault, 200 MainAve.

Burglary, 1320 HawthorneBurglary, 1118 3rd St.

Traffic accident, IH-10 and Hwy. 62Fail to register as a sex offender, 201 8th St.Larceny from yard/land, 31 Knotty Pine Ln.Possession of marijuana, 20th and BurtonLarceny from a vehicle, 111 PineWarrant service, 205 Border St.

The 2015 winners of the school-level competition held March 12, at Orangefield High School arefrom left: Thanh Tsan, 1st place, Declamation; Kristen Blanke, 2nd place, Declamation; ChaseSlaughter, 1st place, Interpretive Reading and Jeri Agee, 2nd place, Interpretive Reading.

OHS students fare well at Stark contestOrangefield High School students anh Tsan

and Chase Slaughter earned first place in Declama-tion and Interpretive Reading, respectively, at theschool-level finals of the 111th Miriam LutcherStark Contest in Reading and Declamation, ascholarship program sponsored by the Nelda C.and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation.

On March 12, 10 Orangefield High School stu-dents competed in the local-level contest, whichwas coordinated by Ron Chevalier, OrangefieldHigh School teacher and school director for theStark Reading Contest. Tsan won first place inDeclamation with 1997 Commencement toWellesley College by Oprah Winfrey, while ChaseSlaughter won first place in Interpretive Readingwith his presentation of an excerpt from eHounds of Fate by Saki. Second place in Declama-tion went to Kristen Blanke, with Jeri Agee receiv-ing second-place honors in Interpretive Reading.

Two 2014 Stark Reading Contest County Final-ists, Katy Swiere and Claire Trawhon, served as theemcees for the Orangefield competition. DeanaVan Pelt, Orangefield High School Assistant Prin-cipal, presented awards to the 2014-15 school-level

contest winners.Each second-place winner was awarded $1,500 in

scholarships from the Stark Foundation, while thetwo first-place winners were awarded $2,000 inscholarships. e first-place winners from Orange-field High School will go on to compete against thefirst-place winners from other participating OrangeCounty public high schools at the County Final ofthe Stark Reading Contest, which is scheduled forSunday, April 26, at 2:00 p.m. at the Lutcher eater.

e Stark Reading Contest is sponsored by theNelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation as partof its continuing mission to enrich the quality oflife in the Orange community and encourage edu-cation. e aim of the Contest is to enhance the lit-erary and forensic quality and skills of OrangeCounty public high school students. e Contesthas continued annually since its inception in 1904,which makes the 2014-15 school year the 111th an-nual year of the Contest. In addition to offering ed-ucational opportunities and experiences forstudents at eligible Orange County public highschools, participating students may earn scholar-ship awards for continued education.

St. Mary Catholic School is honored to share the “Good Samaritan” award winners for this week. St. Mary staff nominates students and staff they witness displaying acts of kindness, helping othersand showing respect at school and within the community. The principal, Donna Darby announcedthe winners at morning announcements in front of all students and staff. The winners received acertificate and other prizes for their wonderful behavior. Pictured from left are Hannah Allison,Cody LeJuhn and Clay Darby.

LSC-O features Buchananas Distinguished Lecturer

Lamar State College-Orangewill present Jessica Buchanan,Humanitarian Aid Worker for itsDistinguished Lecture Series,March 26 at 6:30 pm at theLutcher eater.

Buchanan is a New YorkTimes Best Selling Co-Author ofImpossible Odds; e Kidnap-ping of Jessica Buchanan andHer Dramatic Rescue by SEALTeam Six. Books will be availablefor sale and a book signing.

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St. Mary Knights sell fried and baked fishSt. Mary Knights of Columbus will be selling both friend and

baked fish dinners at Parish Hall, 908 Cherry St. in Orange. Two pieces fried fish dinners are $7.00, three piece fried fish dinners are $8.00. The baked fish dinner is $8.00. The Lenten dinners will be on ale from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday. Open to the public.

Bridge City Knight of Columbus fish fryThe Bridge City Knights of Columbus will be selling Lenten

dinners through March 27. Serving times are from 10:30 am through 1:00 pm. The dinners are $8 each and will include fish, french fries, cole slaw, hush puppies. Desserts are available for an added fee. The Knights of Columbus Hall is located at 770 Ave. A in Bridge City. For more information, call 735-5725.

St. Francis Lenten fish dinnersSt. Francis of Assisi Knights of Columbus Council 13825 is sell-

ing fish dinners in the San Damiano Center (behind the Church) located at 4300 Meeks Drive from 5:00 to 7:00 pm on the follow-ing Lenten Fridays: March 20 and March 27.

Dinners include two pieces of fish, french fries, hushpuppies, coleslaw, drink and dessert for $8.

Faith UMC Women serve Lenten lunchesFaith United Methodist women are once again hosting their an-

nual Lenten luncheon series.  Each Wednesday during Lent  you are invited to join us for lunch and a guest speaker from various local churches. 

Starting Wednesday, Feb. 25, from noon until 1:00 pm, and each Wednesday  thereafter through March 25. These luncheons are open to the entire community.

Faith UMC is located at 8608 MLK Jr. Dr., Orange, Texas.  Pas-tor: Dr. Billy Watson

For more information, call church office at 886-1291,  Monday - Thursday 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Cowboy Church to host ‘Walk with Jesus’

The Cowboy Church of Orange County invites you to walk the path Jesus walked during the week of his crucifixion and resurrec-tion. You are invited to experience the story and “Walk with Jesus” through models of the market streets of Jerusalem during His Tri-umphant Entry, the Upper Room, the Garden of Gethsemane, and his trial before Pilate. Come see the cross and the empty tomb. You will see over 100 live characters as you experience this “Walk with Jesus.” This event will be held on the Cowboy Church prop-erty on Palm Sunday, March 29, from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. There will be free admission, a petting zoo and refreshments. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

The church is located at 673 FM 1078 in Orange, off of Hwy. 62, North of IH-10. For more information, Pastor Dale Lee may be contacted at 409-718-0269.

Cowboy Church to hold Bull Buck-Out

The Cowboy Church of Orange County will host a Bull Buck-out Saturday, March 21 at 7:30 pm.

Senior bull riding will have $1,000 added money and Junior (15 and under) bull riding will have $200 added money. Call-ins Mon-day, March 16, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm. at 745-1471.

There will also be calf and sheep scramble and mutton bustin’.Admission is $8 for adults; $4 ages 5-12 and 4 years and under,

free. For more information, visit www.cowboychurchorangecounty.

org. The church is located at 673 FM 1078 in Orange.

Community Lunch/Free Meal

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Bridge City is inviting the public to a free lunch Saturday, March 21. Food will be served be-tween 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The community lunch will be offered once a month to all the community – those in need of fellowship or just a hot meal.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is located at 945 W. Round-bunch Road, Bridge City. No reservation needed.

Cowboy Church to host play day

Cowboy Church of Orange County will host a play day March 28 in the church’s arena, 673 FM 1078, Orange. Sign up time be-gins at 10:00 am, with the event beginning aty 11:00 am. Fees are $5 per event, per age group. There is a $10 buckle fee. Age groups are 0-6 lead line (barrels, poles and straights only); 0-10 Peewee; 11-14 youth; 15-19 seniors; 20 and over and adults 55 and up.

Events will include cloverleaf barrels; straight barrels, speed barrels, poles and a mystery event.

Call before you haul, due to possible rainouts. For complete list of rules or more information, please call Linda

Carlton at 409-656-7345 or 409-745-2120.

Easter activities planned at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will of Easter family activitiesat 11 a.m. Saturday, April 4. Games, handcrafts, door prizes, and an Easter egg hunt for chil-

dren in three different age groups up to age 12 will be provided. Sandwiches, chips, cookies, and punch will be served at 11:30

a.m. Bring your Easter baskets and cameras. All families within the community are invited to participate in

the second annual Easter activities for the entire family.Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is located at 945 W. Round-

bunch Road in Bridge City.

Easter service at Iglesia Cristiana Hispana Americana

Evangelistic Crusade will present an Easter service April 3,4 & 5 at 7:00 pm., at Iglesia Cristiana Hispana Americana/Hispanic American Christian Church 3720 Pheasant St. Orange. The ser-vices will be in English & Spanish.

The Evangelist will be Pastor Asuncion Vargas, the Rev: Tomas Esparza and

the Rev. Dr. Alberto Martinez.Everyone is welcome.

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Saturday March 21,7 p.m.Sunday, March 22, 10 a.m.

to hear

Pastor Ron Nissen

Living Word Church7403 F.M. 1006

Orange, TX 77630(Corner of HWY 87 and FM 1006)

409-735-6659

Come Join Us

Ron Nissen is known for his practical, inspired preaching and teaching of the Word and his love and concern for people. He has pastured Elim Church in Houston 31+ years.

God is using him all over the country to preach the gospel and further the kingdom ministering at Elim and other churches.

Acts of Praise,the Dance/Mime Ministry of St. Paul CME Church will celebrate with a Night of Praise and Worship, March 21 at 6:00 pm.

Area dance and mime ministries are invited to take part in the celebration.

The dance team has been a part of services at St. Paul for 15 years.

The church is located at 1201 N. 4th St., Orange.

St. Paul CME “Acts of Praise” praise dance celebration

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First Baptist ChurChOrangeField

9788 F.M. 105 Orangefield 409.735.3113Sun: Bible Study 9:15 a.m., Worship Service 10:30 a.m.,

Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.Wednesday evening services: Youth and Children 6:30 p.m.,

Praise and Prayer 6:30 p.m., Choir practice 7:30 p.m.Pastor Cody Hogden

Email: office@fbcof.com / Website: www.fbcof.com

trinity Baptist ChurChOrange

1819 16th Street • Orange • 886-1333

Pastor Gary Price, Worship Leader Dan CruseSunday Morning Worship 11 a.m.

Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Nursury Provided

gOOd shepherdlutheran ChurCh

945 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 735-4523Worship Services: Tradition 9 a.m., Sunday School 10:15 a.m.,

Contemporary Service 11 a.m., Monday ‘Compassionate Friends’ 7 p.m., Wednesday ‘Compassionate Friends’ 10 a.m.

Pastor Paul Zoch 409-988-3003Our congregation welcomes the community to join us for all our

services. We are a friendly, caring church of the future.

COwBOy ChurChOF Orange COunty673 FM 1078 • Orange • 409-718-0269

E. Dale Lee, PastorSunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.“Round Pen” (Small group) Studies:

Ladies and Mens Group: 7 p.m. Monday

Come as you are! Boots and hats welcome!

West OrangeChristian Church

900 Lansing Street • West Orange • 882-0018Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Wedensday evening 6 p.m.Pastor: Kurtis Moffitt

“Our church family welcomes you!”www.westorangechurch.org

like newautOmOtive900 Lansing Street • West Orange • 882-0018

Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.Wedensday evening 6 p.m.

Pastor: Kurtis Moffitt

“Our church family welcomes you!”www.westorangechurch.org

Living Word ChurchHighway 87 & FM 1006 • Orange • 735-6659

Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.Wedensday evening 7 p.m.

Pastor: G.K. SamualAssistant Pastor: Joseph Samuel

Come as you are!

Harvest Chapel1305 Irving St. • West Orange • 882-0862

Sunday Worship 10 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Night Service 6 p.m.Wednesday Night Service: 6 p.m.

Pastor: Ruth Logan Burch

St. Paul UnitedMethodist Church

1155 W. Roundbunch • Bridge City • 409.735.5546Sunday Morning Worship Experience: 8:15 a.m., Sunday school

9:30 a.m., Sunday worship 10:45 a.m. (Nursery provided).For middle and senior high youth 3:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. Taize’ service

for children 6:30 p.m. “Kids For Christ” Wednesday 6 p.m.-7 p.m. For information on pre-school enrollment 409-735-5546

Rev. Mark Bunch Email: office@stpaulfamily.org

Wesley UnitedMethodist Church

401 N. 37th St. Orange 409-886-7276Pastor: Randy Branch

Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service 11 a.m.Bible Study Wednesday 6 p.m.

www.orangewesley.org

First United MethodistChurch - Orange502 Sixth Street • 886-7466

Celebration Service in Slade Chapel 9 a.m. Sunday School (All ages) 10 a.m.

Worship in Slade Chapel 11 a.m.; UMYF & Kids 5 p.m.Pastor: Rev. John Warren, Director of Music and Fine Arts: Doug

Rogers, Organist: Justin Sanderswww.fumcorange.com

Orange First Churchof the Nazarene

3810 MLK Drive, OrangeLead Pastor Ray McDowell. Worship Ministries Director: Leslie

Hicks, Youth Pastor Michael Pigg,Children’s Pastor Rebekah Spell. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Celebration Service 10:45 a.m.Home Group 6 p.m. Wednesday Service 7 p.m.

First Baptist Churchof Bridge City

200 W. Roundbunch • 735-3581Interim Pastor Rev. Lynn Ashcroft

Sunday schedule: Bible study 9:15 a.m., Celebration service 10:30 a.m., Youth bible study, dicipleship classes 5:30 p.m.Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 p.m. Children’s activities.

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For rent on roundbunch rd, bc, various sizes and prices, frontage avail-able. rear spaces cheaper. Perfect for shops, storage, ware-houses, etc. 409-735-2030 (m&r)

For rent In bc, on busy texas Ave in the middle of bridge city, 1,300 sq.ft. Very nice, suitable forany type of retail, service, or buis-ness office. ceramic tile floor, 2 energy effe-cient A/c units, 2 rest-rooms, lunch room, seperate rooms, laun-dry facility, water out-lets etc. for Salon or nails. closet for stor-age. All yard maintince provided by owner, out-side lightingconncrete

parking. Also another 2,100 sq. ft. available if needed. $800 + elect. (409) 735-6277 or 626-1968. (sstfn)

IncoMe ProPertY For SALe by owner, duplex apartment build., excellent income property, or live in one side and lease the oth-er, Approx. 1,500 sq. ft. each, both sides very nice, all new S.S. appli-ances including dish-washer and Garbage disp., refrigerator and self cleaning oven. both are two bedrooms, car-pet and ceramic tile floors, energy effecient A/c units, large clos-ets, utility rooms W/W&d connections, pull down stairs in each apt. W/ lights for add. storage, concrete drive and patio. 2 nice lots,

$125,000, call for more info or appointment, (409) 735-6277 or 626-1968. (sstfn)

coMMercIAL For rent In bc, on texas Ave., small office space, home craft, re-sale shops new used antique and much more! $50 / $100 / $300 / $400 electric and utili-ties included. common area, several rest-rooms, kitchen facili-ties. Will be leasing soon! call for more info or appointment, (409) 735-6277 or 626-1968. (sstfn)

rooM rentals

unfurnished bedroom for rent $100 per month. residential neighbor-hood in orange. call 670-9272. (tFneP)

aPartMent rentals

1/1 In brIdGe cItY, very nice and clean, 260 canal st., all ce-ramic tile floors, ceiling fans, blinds, cA/h. Large bathroom, all tile, vanity and mirror. nice size bedroom and clos-et. Kitchen has all S.S. appliances, dishwash-er, garbagee disposal, Granite countertops,

small dining area. Liv-ing room has extra closet for storage. $550 monthly + $300 dep. + water and electric. no Pets, concrete parking, yard maintenance pro-vided. call for an ap-pointment or informa-tion @ (409) 735-6277 or 626-1968. (tFnss)

2/1 In brIdGe cItY, 260 canal st., nice neighborhood, nice size closets. Kitchen has large bar, lots of cabinets, pantry, small dining area. bathroom has tub/shower, nice vanity,linen closet. Large extra room with washer and dryer con-nections, carpet in liv-ing area and bedrooms. All appliances plus dishwasher and gar-bage disposal, cA/h. concrete parking and patio, yard mainte-nance provided. $650 monthly + $300 dep. + water and electric. call for an appointment or information @ (409) 735-6277 or 626-1968. (tFnss)

hoMe for sale

3/1.5 In brIdGe cItY, #13 Park-land cir., nice back-yard, updated inside,

$85,000. call or text (409) 882-4706. (3/18)MoBile hoMe for sale

16’X80’ ‘09 cLAYton, 3/2, all applianc-es, A/c, excellent cond., M. h. only no land $27,600, (409) 697-3157. (3/18)

land

tWIn LAKeS eStAteS - newest development in the desired orangefield ISd, 4 ~ 2.0 acre tracts w/private lake access. Water, sewer, gas, electricity, and internet are all available! Several homes completed and several under construc-tion! come get your lot today! owner financing available. countrY-LAnd ProPertIeS, LLc, 409)745-1115. (3/23)

10 AcreS on WeSt GIrGSbY rd. WIth 500’ PrIVAte drIVe. AdjoInS LArGe tIM-er trAct. AcceSS to MAurIceVILLe WAter & SeWer And eLectrIcItY, oWner FInAncInG AVAIL-AbLe. MobILe hoMeS And LIVeStocK oK. countrYLAnd

ProPertIeS, LLc, 409)745-1115. (3/23)

5 AcreS Improved pasture, two ponds, re-stricted to slab houses. Additional acreage available, water / sewer and natural gas avail-able. countrYLAnd ProPertIeS, LLc, 409)745-1115. (3/23)

aPPliances

uSed Front LoAd WASherS And drY-erS, gas and electric, harry’s Appliances, 302 n. 10th. St., or-ange, (409) 886-4111. (hS tfn)

Misc. for sale

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

30’ trAVeL trAILer, vey nice, living room, kitchen, and bedroom, 1 slide out, nice fur-niture, $7,000; Large bbQ pit, new, $2,700, (409) 735-3271. (03/18)

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

THEME: The 1970s

ACROSS1. Libra symbol6. Weep convulsively9. Under-dress gar-ment13. Knucklehead14. *Some Watergate burglars had worked for it15. On the rocks16. *”Fear of Flying” author, given name17. *”___ My Children”18. Gossipmonger’s information19. *iPod predeces-sor, debuted in Japan in ‘7921. *Its fall ushered the end of Vietnam War23. Snakelike reef dweller24. You can’t have this and eat it too?25. Business school reward28. Tibetan teacher30. #20 Down, to Shakespeare35. Miner’s bounty, pl.37. Measles symptom39. Dictation taker40. Signal receiver41. *Punk rock, e.g.43. “I’m ____ you!”44. Kindle content46. ____ lamp47. *Travolta and Newton-John, e.g.48. Historically, they were sent to colonies50. Sacred Hindu writ-ings52. *Martial artist53. Ambience55. Genetic initials57. Like a bikini?60. *Type of men’s suit64. The present65. Calendar square67. Forty-niner, e.g.68. Arabian chieftain69. “But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove out of sight...”70. Plug-in71. Something neces-sary but lacking72. Hi-___73. Film director Sergio

DOWN1. Old World duck2. Countess of Grantham, “Downton Abbey”3. Seed coat4. English philosopher John5. Canine’s coat6. *First clinical CT- or Cat-____ in ‘717. *Subject of 1970s crisis8. Model-building wood9. Like a bug in a rug10. Stretched ride11. Clickable picture12. For every15. Bay windows20. Eye opener22. *Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli, ___ “The Fonz”24. Source of tapioca and a staple in the tropics25. *Cheryl Tiegs or Beverly Johnson, e.g.26. Palm grease27. Famous fabulist29. Sledgehammer31. At the summit of32. Of the kidneys33. Undo laces34. *She had a hit TV sitcom36. Old Woman’s home38. Bee home42. Military group45. *Kramer’s oppo-nent49. Small amount of liquid food51. *”______ House”54. Actress Winona56. Out of the way57. Not all58. Capped joint59. Like a decorated cake60. Cleaning cabinet supplies61. Backward arrow command62. Seabiscuit control63. European sea eagle64. A Bobbsey twin66. Present plural of “be”

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LEGAL NOTICENorth CarolinaGuilford County

DANA SIMS TRAHAN,Plaintiff

Vs.JOSEPH LEE TRAHAN,

DefendantIN THE GENERAL COUNRT OF JUSTICE

DISTRICT COURT DIVISION15 CVD 181

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

TO: JOSEPH LEE TRAHAN

TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-titled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: ABSOLUTE DIVORCE AND CHILD CUSTODY, sought by DANA SIMS TRAHAN, Plaintiff. You are required to make defense to this pleading no later than April 27, 2015, said date being 40 days from the first publication of this notice, and upon your failure to do so the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief sought. Hearing on absolute divorce, motion to waive custody mediation, and hearing on child custody sched-uled for: the April 27, 2015 term of District Court, or as soon thereafter, at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom 3A of the Guil-ford County Courthouse, 505 E. Green Drive, High Point, North Carolina 27260. Calendar call for this session will be held Thursday, April 23, in Courtroom 3A at 9:00 a.m. This the 17th day of March, 2015.

Molly N. HowardAttorney for Plaintiff2115 Eastchester DriveHigh Point, NC 27265N.C. State Bar No. 42750Telephone: (336) 885-3124Published in: The Record

Publication Dates:March 18, 25, and April 1, 2015

Rescued 10-12 mo old boxer mix dog. Neutered and up to date on all shots. Very sweet. Loves people toys and his dog bed. Call 886-7240

Free to Good Home

NOTICE TOCREDITORSNotice is hereby given

that original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of CLARENCE WRIGHT WATTS, Deceased, were issued on the March 10, 2015, in Cause No. P17126, pending in the County Court, Orange County, Texas, to: ARLENE J. HOWLAND.

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 Law110 N. 7th StreetOrange, Texas 77630DATED the 10th day ofMarch, 2015

Jerry V. Pennington Jerry V. PenningtonAttorney for ARLENE J. HOWLANDState Bar No.: 15759000110 N. 7th StreetOrange, Texas 77631-2010Telephone: (409) 886-0575Facsimile: (409) 886-1353E-mail: jerryvpenn@sbcglobal.net

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PlEAsE fAx ANycoRREcTioNs by

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NoTicE TocREDiToRs

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of sylvia Marie sonnier, Deceased, were issued on March 13th, 2015, in Cause No. P17139, pending in the County Court at Law of Orange County, Texas, to: MicHAEl JAMEs McfETRiDGE.

All persons hav-ing claims against this estate, which is cur-rently being adminis-tered, are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.c/o George b. barronAttorney at lawP.o. box 279orange, Tx 77631-0279

DATED: the 13th day ofMarch, 2015George B. BarronGEOrGE B. BArrONBArrON LAW OFFICE, PLLCSBT NO.: 01817500ATTOrNEY FOr EXECUTOr

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Field Workers

3 temp positions; ap-prox 9 months; job to begin 4/28/15 through 1/31/16; Duties: propa-gation of plant mate-rial including planting, maintenance and har-vesting of plant mate-rial in preparation for wetland use. $10.18 per hour; 40 hr a wek/OT varies but not guar-anteed; 2 month expe-rience required in job offered. All work tools provided. Housing and transportation provided to workers who can not reasonably return to their permanent resi-dence at the end of the work day; Transporta-tion and subsistence expenses to the work-site will be provided by the employer upon com-pletion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier, if appropriate; ¾ hours guaranteed in a work day during contract. Employment offered by Dauterive Contractors, Inc. dba: Wetlands Res-toration located in New Iberia, LA. Qualified applicants may call em-ployer for interview at (337) 364-9613. Appli-cants may apply for this position at their nearest SWA office located at 304 Pearl St., Beau-mont, TX 77701.

MIsc.

We Buy Gold, Silver & Plati-num, Jewelry, Coins, Watches, Flatware, any uS. Coins, old Curren-cy & tokens, old toys & antique toys, Knives, Signs & memoribilia. We buy all old military items Civil War to present. toP PriC-eS Paid For all! large Collections and estate lots Wanted. We do es-tate Sales and Gold Party’s. l&l Coins Collectibles, 1922 Strickland dr., or-ange/Pinehurst. 409-330-7882. (3/18)aUTos

1967 merCury monterey $20,000.00 Pur-chased in 1967 in Seattle, Washing-ton by a navy offi-cer who stored it while at sea. it was purchased from him by a man from new york and later sold to a man in Florida. i purchased it from him. it has a 390hp engine that has been overhauled. the Body off resto-ration and paint job was done in Florida. i’ve completed the restorations and it is ready for sell. lo-cated in orange. 972-822-9471

help WanTed

robert’s meat mar-ket is hiring experi-enced cashiers for the meat market only and meat mar-ket help. apply in person only in the meat market at 3720 West Park ave. in Pinehurst, ask for tina myers. no PHone CallS.

Cdl driver: $1000.00 SiGn on BonuS!!!! must Have: Class a Cdl driver, tanker en-dorsement, Clean mvr, tWiC card, must operate fork-lift, flatbed and bulk tank trailers. Paid holidays, benefits. american industrial minerals, 1451 Pier road, orange. (409) 670-0320 (3/18)

serVIces

i will clean your house like i clean mine. excellent ref-erences. Call Helen 409-734-8096.(4/1)

SeWinG, Hem-minG and custom made items. 409-238-1230. JS

peTs

Found Cat, march 2, in the oak Creek village area of or-ange. Gentle lap cat, has to be some-body’s pet. must be able to identify if male or female and color of cat. if own-ers aren’t located, the cat will need a loving forever family to call his own. 883-9934.

GaraGe and es-TaTe sales

Fri. - Sun., 255 meadoW dr., BC, 8 till 2 (Sun 1-4 all 1/2 off!). tools, furniture, crafts, sewing items, kitchen wares, lin-ens, seasonal items, lots of everything!

tHur.-Fri. mau-riCeville 1/4 mi n of 12 on 62. yard Sale. some furniture, collectables, new and gently used

clothes and misc.

psa

alCoHoliCS anonymouS meets daily at noon and 8 pm at 240 dobbyn St. in Bridge City. if you are struggling with a drinking or drug problem come see what aa has to of-fer. Call 409-735-8094 for more info.

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

dementia Care GiverS SuPPort GrouP meets monthly the 2nd Wed. at 10 a.m. and the second thur. at 6:30 p.m. at St.Francis of assisi Catholic Church, 4300 meeks dr. in orange in the Broth-er Sun room of the Canticle Bldg.

al-anon meets Wed. & Sun. at 7 pm 1512 Strickland dr., orange. Call 409-779-4289 or Cindy 994-5503 for de-tails.

Golden trian-Gle touGH love is a self help par-ents support group for parents of chil-dren displaying un-acceptable behav-ior. meets tues. 7

pm. at the immacu-late Conception ed. Bldg., 4100 lincoln (corner of lincoln & Washington) in Groves. For more info call 962-0480

raPe and CriSiS Center of SetX provides critical services for those in crisis due to sexual assault, rape, sui-cide or general cri-sis. in addition, a 24 Hour Hot line is pro-vided for crisis in-

tervention, referrals and support group sessions for sexual assault/rape vic-tims. victims are not alone, help is provided. all of the

services as provid-ed are free. our number is 1-800-7-We-Care or 1-800-793-2273 or 409-835-3355.

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